THE SCRANTON TRIBUTE-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1G, 1800.
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TWELVE PA GEsi
RCI1ANTO.W SKPTKMHHK 16. ISM.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Stnte,
Justice of the Supreme Court-J. HAY
lillOWN, of Lancaster.
Jlldlienf the Superior Court JOSIA1I It.
ADAMS', of 1'hlliiMVInhln.
State Tri'iismer-uni.'TKNANT COI.-
ONT-X JAMUS 13. BAHNHTT. of
WashltiRton.
Illcftlnn day. Xov. T.
In Indorsing tho nt-tlnn of Cieneral
Ludlow In sununnrlly suppressInK u
Hiivnna. scandal sheet tliat had passed
nil limits of Siititf eiuluranct'. Secre
tary Itont. nays: "Kvery Kovernment
l hound to protect the community
nKhlnsi puhllc Indecency." Tho action
of the Lackawanna county Brand Jury
In llnilltiB true hills analnst Little and
('Toole 1 1- a local Instance t happy
omen Indicative that Secretary Konfn
theory has widespread support.
The Park nnil the People.
13
ritLIC OPINION' very Ken-
rally sustains the action
Ji of eouuclls In approprlntltiK
s:'o.ooi in three yearly In
slalinenis for the development of Nay
Atltf park. It Is assumed that this
money will he expended Intelligently
and that p-ooil results will show for It.
The sum is not liuw; It goes only
about one-third of the way contem
plated In the (iiiKinal plans, hut con
Pl'lerlUR the city's other neglected
nlillKatlnns It N perhaps ns liberal a
heslnnlliK as could reasonably he ex
pected at this time.
Xow that the city has made a tart
In this direction let us hope that In
dividual citizens will co-operate even
more actively than they have done in
the past, to the end of mnkliiK this lit
erally a park of the people. If our
public spirited residents would each
Blve somethlns. Krenl or small, to the
park, either in tin form of contribu
tions to the embryonic "::oo" or In th"
mutter of supplementary equipment of
the kind needed In a pleasure ground
fic(iiented by thousands. It would not
take Ions in conjunction with the city's
efforts, to develop a very creditable
institution,
There will need to be this kind of co
operation, with alert popular watchful
ness If the park is to fulfil Its full
measure of usefulness.
The various Kovornnients ha'o dis
claimed nnv intention of boycotting the
l'nrls exposition, but the people who
Mfll tho bo oillce receipts are still
inclined t associate the exposition
with the Jounust judgment.
America's Dreyfus Case.
jr MUX Till'; people of tho
, United Stntes condemn
I ranee tor the IJivynu
Injustice, Is It a ca-p
'f the pi t calilnq: the kettle black?
There are thos.o who say so, and they
cite ns. proof the almost equally cele
hintei' Fltz .1 ihn l'orter case, the pnr-tir-ulniH
of whieh, very hrlelly recalled,
ii iv as follows. In the words of the I'al
erson, X. .1., Press:
"In Xovembi'r. 1W1, General Port r
was tried by mart martial on charges
ol cowardice and Insubordination pre
ferred nKalnst him by (lwnial Pope,
found Kiillty and illshonoritbly dls
l'llrsed from the service ilesplte all his
protestations of innocence and of the
insul'lcieney, us many thought, of tin
exldence ai;nlnst him. Xuirly sixteen
yi nrs he was bowed under the weight
of hla dlejrrac- for it was not until 1S7
tliat h" succeeded In securing the ap
liotntmenl of u commission Instructed
to review the evl lelic and rpjmrt
thereon. This commission cunsisted of
thncruls Seollelil, Terry and "!ett, and
mi one was bold onoiijrh to question
lilier their ability fir their Impartial
It y. They w nt over tho whole ground
with patlpnt 'are and finally made a
jeport In which (Jeneral Porter vas
cuinph'tjly "Xuneiatcd and censure
chntisfil tfi praise. Piihscqitenil., rim
oral Oram, who liml been Induced to
look into the matter, rtnouweil that he
had clmiit"'d bN originally unfavorable
oplnl"ii and had become convinced, not
fiiilv that I'epcral Porter was free from
hlriuie. but that he lmil i-hown exe Hunt
jiulKrinent. and that had his plans been
ennied out the war would have been
ended then and there. It was, how
ever, elRht years more before congiess
could he made to pass a hill ne mltlni;
Potter of all blame and restoring: him
to his, rank, and even then 21 year.s
after Ills condemnation It refused to
pay I. Is salary In arrears."
Some extenuation exists In this case.
however, which Is not prtsent in tho
French case. The controversy over
1'ortnr nrnso as an outgrowth of n very
.complex war tho most complicated
military tstrusKlr in modern history
nnd It was not accompanied by pen-on-nl
Indignity. He was for a time thu
victim of a mistake, width circumstan
ces conspired to prolong. Th Injustice
clono to Porter wns done In IqnorancR,
not malice; and upon full publication
and comprehension of the facts, public
opinion was quick to confess Its 'error.
Operations on tho scale of our civil war
ate liable, despite the utmost watch
fulness, to involve such mistakes,
which, howevtr, time Invariably recti
ties. Not so with Droylus. Here vo had
only an ordinary incident of peace with
furirerl and perjured evidence fully ox
jioed In their true llKht nnd tho utmost
ventilation of the real facts and still
n man aKnlniit whom no tangible proof
rmnnlned was, upon re-lilnl, con
demned, after nn exhibition of preju
dice by tho tribunal In ohnrge tho worst
that our ireneratlon has neon. The
Fltz John l'orter unn wns lad cnoiiffh,
heaven fennuv. lititlt was not n marker
tothe Dreyfitr: rase.
The newest steel , company III tho
Held Is the Lake Superior Steel com
pany, a concern with liberal New York
lini'klnir,-which proposes to make Du
Itith ami West Superior'" hum ngaln
with steel making netlvltle. It will
lie the Konenil opinion of all who havn
visited tlios- places that they sadly
need HiiinethlnK in tho line of new In
dustries 10 make, them hum.
The Trust and Yotinpr Hen.
I
T UKMAIXKI) for cx-Scnatot W.
Ii. Washburn, of Minnesota, t.
contribute) to the discussion of
the trust problem u sentimental
factor of widespread interest.
"When I was a young man." he says
(he Is now GS). "I had the world before
me, and there was absolutely a fair
Held for me. Tnke all of our most suc
cessful business, men of today and their
experiences were like mine. They en
tered the race without a handicap, and
their Rilt and capacity won. Now this
building up of trusts puts a stop to
fair and equal opportunities for the
young men of today. Tho young man
Just out of college has no opening, ns
a rule. He cannot begin business on
his own account against organized
capital. He must Join tho procession.
He must content himself with being a
mete clerk, and the chances are that
he will never get any further, because
there are so many in his class."
This overstates the case against the
trusts, for it conveys the inference
that the young man of today has no
chance whatever, which Is untrue. Yet
It Is worthy of rerlous attention. To
comprehend Mr. Washburn's point wo
must Imagine that the trust process of
doing business lias gone Into general
adoption: that very few Industries or
lines of commercial entei prise remain
open to Individual Initiative. The
young man. seeking employment, must
seek it of the Immense corporations,
where he Is only one among ten thou
sand. He may possess nullity, but we
are to assume that In such a crush '.t
Is In danger of being lost sight of. lie
cannot, from his savings, hope to ac
quire capital enough to start himself
In business for himself the competition
of the trust would drive him out. He
must remain a wage-earner, without
the powerful Incentive which inheres
in the possibility under the former In
dustrial system that the employe of to
day may as a result of frugullty and
enterprise develop Into the prospering
employer of tomorrow.
Xow we regard this as by all odds
the most important point yet raised in
this controversy ovei the trusts. We
can say what we like In favor of the
economies to be derived from co-operative
capital, but the fact remains that
the Individual Is the unit of a republi
can form of government and he cannot
remain so If ho have nit a fair chance
to get along In life. The leaders In
business today are men who had thai
chance and Improved It self-made
men who worked their own way up
from the bottom of the ladder to the
tup. They must want to leave to their
children equal if not superior oppor
tunities and their children In turn have
a right to demand this equality of op
portunity as a birthright guaranteed
under democratic institutions. Does
the trust restrict or Impair this, right?
It is Ineradlcably antagonistic''
If It is. It will have to go; nothing
on earth can save it. The United
States Is dedicated to the largest
measuie of democracy possible In view
of the limitations fixed by human na
ture, and, however far we may nl times
stray from our Ideal, the principle it
self Is fundamentally dear and our peo
ple will never give It up. Hut It seems
to us that there is no present occasion
for becoming excited along the line of
ex-Senator Washburn's nrgument. The
young men of today are not getting
lost In the shullle. Their opportunities,
If anything, are larger than were the
opportunities of their fathers and
grandfathers. If they have an apti
tude for business they can find a hun
dred openings today where their an
cestors could find but one: If their
qualifications point to a career In one
of, the so-called learned professions,
special schools for their education ex
ist in numueiH anu to degrees or ex
cellence beyond the dreams of fifty
years ago, and the rewards In pros
pect for exceptional merit are to th"
rewards of the past as the electric
light Is to the tallow dip. Go anywhere
among large employers and you will
find that while new machinery can bo
hud whenever wanted and while the
lnani. te materials entering Into pro
duction are simply the creatures of
bargain and sale, the one scarce factor,
the one factor that causes perplexity
to wrinkle the proprietor's brow, is th"
trustworthy and competent man. There
ure plenty of men whose services are
on tho market; but are they honest
men? Do they know their business?
fan they take hold of important re
sponsibilities sensibly and efficiently
and bring order and profit out of chaos
and loss?
The young man of today .who fits
himself for responsible duties, watch's
cnrefully his opportunities and takes
care of himself Is qulto as apt to bo
sought after by the trusts as he Is not
to seek out the trusts. Good men are
still the scarcest and most valued com
modities In the market, and the bigger
tho scale on which business Is conduct
ed the more valuable do they become.
The latest remarks from Dr. Swal
low indlcuto that he is in a state that
would make him mi easy subject to
Killplnomnnla.
fir Schurman's Conversion.
(From tho Philadelphia Press.)
r
vUKSIDKNT SCHUUMAN, of
P Cornell, u year ago publicly
opposed the acquisition of
tho Philippines. When l.u
was uppolnted by President .McKln
ley on the Philippine Peaco commis
sion his selection wus accepted as giv
ing u reprt'SBntntlon on tho body to
those who wore In doubt us to tho wis
dom or necessity ot acquiring this ter
ritory, or who opposed any possessions
for tho Un.ied States oft of tho conti
nent. President Schurnian opposed
this us unwise for the L'nlted States
and unjust to thu Inhabitants of tho
Philippines. He did not bulla vo wo
were equal to the tnslc of governing
them or that they should be governed
by tin.
If President Schurman hnd remained
In this country he would probably havo
continued In hls'orlglnul opinion. Oth
er men have who did. Ho has not. He
hitH been in Manila. Ho has traversed
the Islands. Ho has seen things ns
they are. He Is a candid, reasonable
man of sincere convictions, and his
opinions have been altered by his ac
quaintance with the 3Ubject. Such a
change of opinion must havo convinc
ing .weight with that large body of
men who are anxious to do right and
deal Justly by a great national respon
sibility. There Is not one of them who,
If he had President Schurman's oppor
tunities, would not reach President
Schurmnn's conclusions. He went to
Manila believing we ought to cut loose
and let tho Philippines govern them
selves ns a whole. He found no one
there equal to tho task. As he frank
ly admits, he discovered he had a very
Inadequate Idea of tho Philippines. The
group Is larger than all the West In
dies from Cuba to Trinidad. Its thirty
odd tribes have sixty odd languages.
There Is no common authority. There
Is no responsible rule. In the nntute
of things there can be none.
Many of the tribes cvan govern them
selves No one of them can be trusted
to govern the rest, though the Tugals
would like to, nnd are fighting tho Unit
ed States for the privilege. Autonomy
was offered them by President Schur
mnn's commission nnd flatly refuse 1.
Self-rule In the Philippines for Indi
vidual tribes Is possible. A Philippine
nation Is not possible because there Is
no Philippine people, any more than
the North American Indians made up
an Indian nation.
President Schurman feels, therefore,
that there Is nothing for the United
Stntes to do but to see the Job throughi.
"The fact that the responsibility Is
heavier than most. people supposed Is
would be Is no reason or excuse for
failure to discharge It." Many men
have this conviction. Wo believe It Is
the opinion of an overwhelming ma
jority of tho American people. Hut the
remarkable thing nbout President
Schurman's conviction Is that It comes
from a man who was orlglnnlly oppos
ed to this policy and attitude alto
gether. He has been converted by the
logic of events.
Congressman Lentz, the Ohio fire
ealer who has been making the welkin
ring with crazy eulogies of Agulnaldo,
says ho has received an offer from a
syndicate of "aunties" to go to Manila,
nt the syndicate's expense, to learn
the truth. He should decline it with
scorn. The truth is the last thing his
gang wants to learn.
The president has given notice to
many inquirers that he cannot go over
nnd release Dreyfus or take a hand
in dispelling tho Transvaal war fog.
Until things become more peaceful
down In Clay county. Ky It will be a.
display of bad taste for Mr. McKlnley
to interfere with trouble across the
water.
The Buffalo Times Is early In the
field with a handsome special Issue of
sixty pages devoted to the Pan-Ameri
can exposition which is expected to
make Buffalo the hub of the universe
in 1001. It Is a highly creditable piece
of Journalism.
The Chlea.go trust conference that
opened so auspiciously tho other day
fizzled early In the game. There were
too many talkers nnd not enough list
eners present.
There may be a question as to the
permanency of golf as a nntlnnal game,
but tho Amelia Bloomer pants and rat
tlesnake stockings have evidently,
come to s-tay.
People down East who have read the
Philadelphia papers since the exposi
tion opened will be apt tu forget that
Boston is the hub of the universe.
Tho dairyman who does not take
advantage of the advance In the price
ot Chicago beef and raise the rate on
butter. Is not up to date.
TOLD BY THE STAH.S.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astroloho Oast: 4.W a. in, for Saturday,
Sept 10, 1MW.
!, ,!
A ehlld horn on this day will notice
that next to wisdom is the nullity to
keep one's opinions from breaking loobo
nt the wrons time.
If men could ho Induced to diown sor
row with work Instead of whiskey thero
would be less srlef In the world.
Tho man who is held In awo by his
wife heldom succeeds In terrifying nn
one else.
This Dreyfus imitation Is enough to
make one lose appetlto for "French
fried'" potatoes.
Sorno men marry for money, others tiro
content with unencumbered real estate.
Tho court house, clock Is u better day
than night clock.
WHY DON'T HE P
For The Tribune.
Daddy sez ter go tor skule;
Never tole me why.
Sez thct ef I ain't er fule.
I'll thank him byu un' bye.
llf lliet's so, now. why don't ha
ijo ter bkulu Instead er mo?
What's ther use fer me ter stay
lu er fckulu-room all ther day,
While ther fellers play? ,
Hotter be er-roamln' roun'
Pickln' chestnuts from the grouty"
Hetter watch ther bobeiilnk,
An' ther robin, un' I think
I'd better bo out chnFln' squirrels
Er stcalln' kisses from ther glrle,
Ef ther deestrlc' 8 Utile's etch fun,
Why In blazes don't he como?
Ef ho likes It, why don't ho
i3o ter tkulc Instead er me?
I'd stay ter hum an' milk ther cow,
lilukes mo do It uny how)
Feed ther pig an" oi.rry ther horse.
An' er ilojrvn odor things er course;
Hut I wouldn't care, ef ho
Would go ter skulu Instead or me.
I went llebln' cuee wld PHI,
Dandy hole at Tanner' Mill
An' I lUhed nil day un' cought
Er heap mcro'ii what I ought
When my Daddy b'lpped on mo.
An' woro me out er-crcss Ids knee.
Sez ho wushes hn could go
Ter ther deostrlc' rliuX
I know ho Is fuleln' tho'.
Causa ho r.In't no fule.
Ef ho Is, why doesn't he
llo ter Bkule instead er mu?
-Ellot Kays Stune
Bcrnnton, Sept. Y.
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES
She Tried to IPlenso.
"Oood gracious. Morla, another milli
nery bill? Why on earth you want so
mnity new things I can't understand.
Look at tne. 1 have had nothing new on
for tho hut three months."
"Hut men ure different to women, nud
besides, you purely would not like your
wllo to look a flight before other peo
ple?" "Certainly not, but nt the same time
you might gel something tasty and pret
ty. It litems to mo that the women of
tlm present duv exert themselves with
moro Industry than smse In their efforts
to bo beuutlful. Their insane efforts are
simply oullundlsh."
"Hut one must follow the fashion; you
know that. Will."
"Nonsense, (live me tnsto first. Why,
Maria, you do not look nearly -o pretty
as you did when I Hist married you, fif
teen years ago."
"Oh, thut's becnir'e I've grown older.'
"Oil, no. It Isn't that. I liked you In tho
simple dress of dnvs gono by. You never
look so pretty ns you did then."
"Well, I will do my best to please."
Tho husband sat down with his paper,
whilst his wife hustled off to her boudoir
to dress for a drive.
Shortly afterward the voice of the lat
ter wns heard saying: "Are you ready,
dear?"
"flreiit Scot!" exclaimed the husband,
ns ho looked up from his paper. "What
In the nnmo of goodness havo you been
doing? Don't you know we're going out
driving?"
She wore a very unnll hat. a large
chignon, and strangely proportioned
masses of millinery, for which his vocab
ulary could find no phrase. A diminu
tive parasol completed tho absurdity.
"I am only trying to please you, dear,"
she quietly replied.
"To pleaso me?"
"Yes," wnB the reply. "It's the way
I dressed fifteen years ago, when we
were married!" Tlt-lllts.
Almost Everything Remembered.
A large and perspiring man, laden with
bundles, bustled onto the Mllwnukco
boat, upset a small boy In a sailor suit,
cnrrled away a half yard of flounce from
the skirt of n lady with a purple wal.U,
and finally brought up. panting and ex
hausted, beMdc a small woman sitting
tranquilly on the nfterdeck.
"Horace!"
"There, now, I know Just what you're
going to say, Mildred; that same con
founded old question. My dear, t forgot
minting!"
"Hut, Horace "
"No, I did not forget to buy the fruit!"
He thrust a basket of peaches Into her
lap.
"Xor the toweling!" Another package
followed.
"Xor the six and ouarter yards of
cambric. Mildred!" Another pneknge.
"Nor tho spool of silk hang It! tpool
of silk!"
"Hut "
"Xor the rattle, r.or "
"Hut. Horace, dear, will you allow "
"Xo .madam, I will not allow! There Is
no use In asking. J tell jou, I have for
gotten nothing, nothing!" He began to
unload his pockets.
"Here's the prescription, nnd here's the
er thingumbob that your mother
wnnted, and hero's a book for Amelia,
and here's "
"Horace Smith, stop your talking "
His wife rescued the "thlngambob"
from tho deck, smiled brightly up into
the triumphant face, and said pleasant
ly: "Yes. dear, hut ill what store did you
leave your hat?"
And then the boat started. Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
Amiable, but Fatigued.
The Homnn conqueror was home again.
He had viewed the triumphal arii:i
nnd heard the plaudits of plebs and pa
tricians. The calcium lights had played
on him for miles along the line of maxeh.
The chairman ot the committee on ar
rangements nppioached him and said,
deferentially:
"General, have wo left anything un
done which might convey our apprecia
tion of tho fact that .nu are the hetu of
tho hour?"
"Nothing." was the answer.
"Has the procession been in- long as
you think it ought to In passing a tlven
point?"
"It has surpassed my expectations."
"Havo you heard alt tho speeches you
want?"
"Yes, thank you "
"Havo you had all the music you care
for from the glee club?"
"Yes, thank you."
"Have you had all tho breakfasts and
dinners and suppers you want?"
"Yes, thank you."
"And all the fireworks?"
"Yes, thank you."
"And nil tho speeches?"
"Yes, thank you."
"Xow Is there anything else you would
enjoy? If there is. please mention It, tor
vou must lvmenibor, general, we think
the world of you and there isnt anything
we wouldn't do for you."
"Are you sure that If 1 spoke candidly
there would lie no offense?"
"Absolutely."
"Well, to tell you the honest truth, I'd
llko about twenty minutes' sleep." Phil
ander Johnson, In Washington Star.
Juvenile Depravity.
"Papa," said the boy, ns they drove
along, "ihat's the same horsefly that was
buzzing around the hoiso when we start
ed out, Isn't It'"'
"Yes."
"Then one ii.irselly will follow ono horfre
moru'n a dozen miles, won't It?"
"It seems so."
"1 reckon.', said tho hoy, who hail been
busy thinking again, "you'd call It a
one-horsefly, wouldn't you?"
"Pel haps."
"Then it wns a ono-horse town where
we got this rig, vntu't It?"
"Don't be too lly. my son." said pupa,
grasping his whip and meeting tho neces
sity ilnnly. -Chicago Tribune.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
Since the population of Michigan has
doubled the divorce rate nus tiehled,
lliickinghnm Palace hits a scent foun
tain which on stao occasions Is fed with
can do cologne.
Tho largest mass of pure rock salt In
tho world lies under tho Province of Gall
cla. Hungary. it Is known to bo n:.o
miles long, i broad, and '.'M feet In thick
ness. Tho proprietors of Chicago hotels say
that business Is now better than at any
time since the Columbian Exposition, and
some of the hostelrlcs are even turnlmr
people away. A largo number of the
guests ure commercial travelers.
A heavy thunderstorm recently dam
aged several buildings now In coulee i.f
erection for tho Paris Exposition, amon,,'
them the Ameilcun pavilion. Tho scaf
folding ubout tho hitter collapsed, uud
work on the structure will be delayed I'm
several weeks.
A Herman statistician has collated ilg
uies showing the consumption of beer
per capita In UST-'t'S In some of the thirst
iest of European cities. In Munich each
person consumed 5V5 litres; In Frankfort,
42S; in Niircir.burg, 121: in Uerlln, 2H); In
Vienna, 115. Thu litre Is niual to i..i
pints.
Artesian wells sunk near the Long
Peach station of the Long Island railroad
havo struck ut u depth of H feet pure
soft water, which Hows at the rate of
l.twcnty-llvo gallons a minute. At a depth
of 350 feet another vein oi waier. im
pregnated with sulphato of Iron and sul
phlto of magnesia, was struck.
Tho Cincinnati Street Hallway com
pany bus presented $3,004 to the Employes'
Mutual Protectlvo association a benefi
cial organization connected with the nill
way corporation. This will enable the
association to pay all sick and death
benclits without tho collection of dues
from members or the levying of assets
inents. For tho vast six months three Amril-
cuns havo been engaged In catching frogs
In Lnbclle township, Canada, nnd shipping
them to Cleveland, O., where nn effort Is
being mado to establish a market for
frogs' legs. They havo caught as many
as 2,M0 In three days, nnd are paid twenty
cents for each live frog un Its arrival
at Cleveland.
The KennebiT Journal tells of a man
who catches senls, cuts oil tho noses and
gets the dollar bounty offered by tho
stale of .Maine, after which ho collects
tho talis and hies himself to Massachu
setts, where h" collects tho bounty of
fered for the tall of every seal caught in
Massachusetts waters. Then ho returns
to tho Pino Tree stato to work tho skin
Into gloves, hats, pockctbooks, ttc.
PERSONALITIES.
The full nnmo of the Sultan of Sulu Is
Hndzl Mohammed Womnlol Klram.
Sir William Vernon Hatcotirt makes
every visitor to his country place plant n
tree before leaving.
August Hiasfart. who mado the first
silver plate used In photography by the
Dagucrre, Is Uvlnc In Chicago.
Secretnry of War Klllut Hoot Is snld to
protest vigorously against the inMdlo Ini
tial "H.," which some newspapers havo
Incorrectly added to his name.
John It. Dos Pnssos, the Xcw York
millionaire, has been buying land trom
time to time In Westmoreland County.
Maryland, until he now owns fi.000 ncre:i,
the largest and finest tract In the eountv.
Mrs. Mnry S. Wilson, who recently
celebrated her ninety-first birthday at
Oyster Hay, I 1., Is living In a house
which Is nearly 300 years old, and on the
porch of which George Washington shook
hands with the people of the town.
Captain "Hank" Haff. the sailing mas
ter of some of tho famous America's
cup defenders. Is living nt Isllp, L. 1.
Advancing years caused him to bo re
tired from the list of possible captains
of the Columbia.
Negotiations between Augustus St. Gau
dens. the distinguished American sculp
tor, nnd the ministry of public Instruction
In Paris have resulted In an arrange
ment which will place several ot the
works of the former In the Museum of
the Luxembourg.
Ira D. Snnkey the evangelist, has been
making complaints to tho board of
health ncalnst the duck1 farms near his
homo In Kastpnrt. L. 1. The complaints
were Investigated tho other day and the
board came to the decision to stand by
the ducks and voted against Mr. Sankey.
T. J. Smith, who Is now ono of the
wealthiest residents of Wright county.
Kan., started out to acquire his fortune
In 1ST!), at which time his possessions con
sisted of a wife, six small children, a
horse and wagon nnd S cents hi cash. He
'bought n farm without paying a cent
down, nnd made his fortune by tho culti
vation or tho soil.
Twenty-seven years ago Hooker T.
Washington left Charleston, W. Va., a
penniless eoloied boy and walked to
Hamilton to trv to get an education.
Last week he returned to Charleston as
tho guest of the city, was received by
tho mayor nnd officials and was greeted
nt tho opera house by 2.000 enthusiastic
admirers.
Mrs. H. K. Bruce, of Mississippi, who
has accepted the position of assistant
principal of the Tuskogee Normal and In
dustrial Institute, Is the widow of the late
United States Senator Bruce. The latter
was the only nigro who served a fu'l
tetm In the senate, nnd wns the first ne
gro register of the United States treasury.
Mrs. Bruce Is deeply interested In the
cause of Industrial education.
If Prince Hohcnlohe retires from the
double post of German Chancellor and
Prussian Premier It Is rumored that lie
will be succeeded by Count Waldersee,
who succeeded Moltke as chief of the
Grand General Staff, and now com
mands the Ninth fSchleswig-IIolsteltl)
Army Corps, with the certain prospect
as the emperor publicly promised him
on going to Altoi.a of commanding a
whole nrmy in tho event of war. It was
well known nt the time that fount Wal
dersee left the general staff that he
cherished the ambition to succeed BIs
murck, and his Interference In polities
was one of the causes which then made
for his removal from Berlin. He mar
ried a Miss Lee, of New York, and has
marked Anglo-Saxon sympathies.
In our last two ads what the styles and
materials for Fall and Winter would be:
but do not think that a man who would
dress In style Is confined to tho fashion
plates for pattern of material or Htylo of
cut. You have a wide range of individual
preference. You can keep out of tho rut,
yet keeping the road. Uniformity ot dress
Is not necessary. In fact tho best
dressed men arc those who dress with
some originality yet keep within certain
style limits. If you wish to dress sti
llshly nnd yet originally we have Just tho
stock that will s-atlsfy you and whllo yuu
secure the latest In design you sccuro tho
lowest In price.
Wo Jo Davis,
in Wywtiig Aran
Arcade Building
WE MWE
Till III
The woodworker's life is hard at its best. Standing day
after day alongside a workbench causes many of the delicate
organs of digestion to get out of working order. Worry in the
workshop six days in the week is very apt to carry over on
Sunday also. Headache does not stop when the day s work is
done, but spoils the pleasure of the leisure hours as well. A
workman in the Burlington Venetian Blind Co.'s employ says:
" Ripans Tabttles first came to my notice when the engineer
sent for me one day and asked me if I had ever used them. He
recommended them so highly because they had cured him of
dyspepsia and other troubles, that I began to use the Tabules.
1 found them so good that I recommended them to others. I
liavc had headache but once since I began to take them. livery
thing I eat acts well now and even a crust of bread tastes good."
A new lyl packet conUInlnuTus summ wbcim In rrr carton'wlthout rIm) U now for naloM romt
drug itorn-ron rin ctxn. Tbli low prlcrd iort It lute nrtitl (or tlio wr una tho wunomiral. on lmn
ot Ihe flic nt cirtons (130 tabulw) can bo nod by iu.,11 by wudlnu forty eight mil tu Ibe lllrv CluulciL
L'osriKT, No. 10 Sprue Street, hew Votk-or a tingle cartou (iix Tvut) wilt bo Mat for tl? v ceuU.
tar
Paper
Fastemier
Fastens papers in a jiffy,
feeds itself and improved in
every respect. Prices lower
thau 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 ofnee sup
plies, together with a large
line of Blauk Books and
Typewriter's Supplies.
ReyooldsBros
STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS.
Hotel Jcrmyn Building.
The Hunt &
Comeell Go.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
04 Lackawanna Arais
Temperature Tamers.
Plenty of things right here to make
tho hot wenther not only endurable
but enjoyable.
And the price nt which we offer them
Is not going to make anyone hot, ex
cept tho man who charges a higher
piiro for equal quality, and ho Is nu
merous. Just think of these and get cool.
Refrigerators at reduced prices.
GTOSIIER & FORSYTH,
323-327 PENN AVENUK.
Ltmtheir Keller
LUTE, CEIYIENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
Vnrd and Oillcd
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
FINLEY
New Fall
Dress Goods
Fresh arrivals daily of tho
newest things in
Fine Black Crepons,
Black and Colored
Arrnure Crystallines,
New Camel's Hair Plaids,
Plaid Black "Rever
sible Suitings,'
In the newest color effects,
for Separate Skirts.
Complete Line of
for Tailor-Made Suits,
in black, only.
nestle and Scotch
In the new Oxford and
Brown Mixture. .
A Very Desirable Line.
SHOand 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUB
A Tveaity-Year
Gold-Filled Gase
Witi a 15-JeweM
Walfiaii Movemeat.
Both
Gmiaraeteed
The Best Watch in the
Whole World for the Money.
MJEIOTRISAIU ii COMELL
1 50 Wyoming Avenue.
Tub SIoiikiiv ll.tnnwAitis Hrons
Mayonnaise Dressing
Can be easily prepared it
you use the Christy May
onnaise Mixer, price $1.50
FOOTiB & SHEAR CO.
nqN. Washington Ave.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
licuerui Agnitfortm Wyoming
Dlbtl'lCl.'K
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una ilia llep:wino Uhsmlci.
L'.iiia:iy 1
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
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tjcrautjii.
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rues, ronn.
Vlttston.
ON, Plymouth.
WIlkeii.DiUte,
JOHN II. SMITH &
W. Ii. MlfLLIUAN.
FOR $10
PUT'S
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