THE SCRANTON TRIBUNJU-MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1890.
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SCrtANTON, OCTOUKH 1C, 1S39.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.
Suetlco of the Supremo Court J. HAY
DROWN, of Lancnstcr.
Judge of the Superior Court JOSIAII K.
ADAMS, of Philadelphia.
Stato Trcasurcr-LIHUTENANT COL-
ONKL JAMES E. BAHNETT, of
Washington.
County.
Commlssloncrs-JOIIN COUrtinn MOtl
HIS. of Srrnnton; JOHN PENMAN,
of Olyphnnt.
Auditors WILLIAM R. JOHNS and ASA
E. KIEKEIt, both of Scroiuon.
Election day, Nov. 7.
Ilrynn Is In politics solely for the money
there Is In It. Tho letter, In tho light
of Its birth, inoves nothing of the kind,
although even If It did, the pursuit of
politics In the hope of earning n live
lihood Is not necessarily a crime. Hut
tho point In this episode Is not the
lllmsy nature of the nccusatlon Itself;
It In the quick and tion-partlBan veto
which public opinion has everywhere
put upon J. Steillng Morton's small
potnto tactics. Republicans heartily
opposed to Mr. llryun in party belief niul
nnxlous to tnko n good full out of him
In legitimate discussion Join with his
Democratic friends In tepudlatlng with
scorn the peanut-politics thnt Inspired
Sterling Morton's boomerang.
If the Hoers have put a $25,000 price
on Cecil tthodes' heart they have given
him an ndvertlsement easily worth
that sum and thus earned his thanks.
Hut It is not a lofty stylo of lighting.
"kiss
One year ngo tho Scranton Times
was hoping, with Admiral Dewey, that
tho American flag, raised at Manila,
would never come down. Today It is
howling with all its might for the flag
to bo pulled down nnd hurling all
kinds of epithets at those who believe
that Its piesence In the Philippines Is
absolutely necessary in the interests
of ultimate peace, order, liberty and
civilization. If Its present attitude
Isn't a copperhead attitude what is It?
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A Suggestion.
T TS POSSIBLE that the citizens
of Scranton may be willing t3
take a lesson from tho citizens
of Plttston, who, on account of
the loose if not dishonest methods pre
valent In the conduct of their city'
municipal affairs, have Just organized
n Taxpayers' association, made up of
representative business nnd profes
sional men of all parties, and designed
to force a better accounting from tho
city's ofllcials. We nre not familiar
with the Immediate causes of this ex
traordinary movement In our neigh
boring city; but the general Inference
is that some of the leading taxpayers
of Plttston are of tho opinion that they
are not getting their motley's worth
In city government; and If that be
lief obtains in Plttston there is cer
tainly good reason for the same be
lief In Scranton.
Last week the president of the
Scranton common council, speaking
w Ith reference to a telephone franchise
newly proposed In ordinance form, in
timated x that an investigation of
methods might become necessary. It
is notorious that for several years
past franchise propositions of various
kinds have been considered In our
councils in a manner 'to excite public
suspicion. Rumor, In some cases per
sistent, has nlleged in connection with
many of these propositions transac
tions which, if established in a court
of justice, would have Increased the
population of the penitentiary. Thoie
has been nobody to assume the burden
of looking Into these rumors; and the
consequence Is that If there are any
members of councils open to undue In
fluence there is before their eyes no
particular deterrent Influence. Men In
public office anxious to sell themselves
can usually find purchasers, especially
If the constituents whose rights form
the commodity In trade exhibit no
signs of objection.
It is not an exaggeration of the
truth to say that for the taxes they
pay the taxpayers of Scranton are se
curing a poor return. It Is pretty
hard to find a place In our city gov
ernment which might not be percept
ibly Improved without additional tax
cost if an aggressive movement were
made in that direction by Intelligent
men possessing the confidence of the
people. The average man has little
time to give to detective work in be
half of bettor government; but If con
vinced that he is being cheated and
made to understand clearly in what
manner and by whom, he will do tho
rest. If a representative organiza
tion of taxpayers working sttlctly on
business lines, without partisan taint
or motive, and willing to go to sohio
pains and expense to ascertain the
exact truth about suspicious features
of city government, would take hold
In Scranton and keep hold until It had
accomplished Its purpose, we believe
that the gain to the city would con
stitute an ample compensation for the
Investment of time, money and energy
necessary.
Does this opinion meet with public
approval?
We do not believe that patriotism or
philanthropy enters Into the conquest of
the Philippine,. There may be here nnd
there a sanctimonious old hypocrite who
Pictends to seo tho hand of God In tho
steal. Scranton Times.
Does our contemporary aim this
shot at men like Archbishop Ireland?
Hoar and AlcKinley.
NLKS8 Senator Hoar Is hid
ing behind a subteifuge, he
has come around at last to
acceptance of the president's
Philippine policy. Speaking nt Worces
ter last week, he pledged his 'loyal sup
port" and "hearty approval" to the
doings and platform of the recent Mas
sachusetts Republican convention, thus
indorsing the following plank In that
platform:
"Under the treaty with Spain, tho law
Of nations put upon the United States
the losponslblllty for peaco and security
of life and property, tho well-being, nnd
tho future government of tho Philippine
Islunds; accepting this icbponslblllty, It
Is our profound tiust that the present
hostilities can be brought to an early ter
mination, and that congress, guided by a
wise and patriotic administration, will
establish and maintain in those islands,
hitherto the homo of tyrants, a govern
ment as free, as liberal, ond as progres
sive ns our own, In accordance with the
sacred principles of liberty and setr-gov-ernmont
upon which tho American repub
lie so securely rests."
This plank expresses fully the policy
and purpose of tho president and the
Republican party, otherwise set forth
In President McKlnley's Minneapolis
speech In these words: "Tho future of
these new possessions Is In the keep
ing of congress nnd congress Is tho
servant of the people. That they will
ho retained under the benign sov
ereignty of the United States, I do
not permit myself to doubt. That
they will prove a rich and Invaluable
heritage, I feel assured. That con
gress will provide for them a govern
ment which will bring them blessings,
which will promote their material in
terests, as Well as advance tho people
In the path of civilization and Intelli
gence, I confidently believe. They will
not be governed as vassals or serfs
or slaves they will he given a gov
ernment of liberty, regulated by law,
honestly administered without oppres
sion, taxation without tyranny, Justice
without bribe, education without dis
tinction of social conditions, freedom
of religious worship and protection In
life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap
piness." Substantially the same sentiment ap
peared In the eloquent address of Hos
ton's Democratic Mayor Qulncy on
Saturday In welcome to Admiral
Dewey on an occasion pronounced by
Dewey the grandest ovation that liv
ing man has ever seen. Mayor Quln
cy, addressing the admiral, said:
fogy, of courrc, but do nice girls
men?
Answering "An Old Lady's" question,
wo venturo to say that nice girls show
considerable discrimination In their
kissing of men. They do not make a
practice of It In public places; they do
not hold the kiss to be less sacred than
a symbol of esteem or affection; nnd,
above nil, they nre nbt foolish enough,
save perhaps in very early life, before
their Ideas havo been matured, to be
llovo that this symbol can bo cheap
ened by them without cheapening the
whole relation of their sex to tho sex
which values the kisses of nice girls
most of all.
From this premise It follows logic
ally that nice girls do not, by aimless
frequenting of the public thoroughfares
nt rlght and by little feats of coquetry
and" flirtation, perhaps begun wholly
without evil Intent, put themselves In
the light, to disrespectful men, of In
viting tho temptations which too often
end In tho loss of character and honor.
Those whose business requires them to
bo upon the streets of Scranton nfter
nightfall have probably noticed enough
of this foolish loitering to cause won
derment at the apparent Indifference
with which it Is regarded by parents;
and sometimes the thought has como
to them that If parents arc Indifferent
the city authorities should not be, for
when this evil ripens Into actual degra
dation, It generally means new expense
to the charity nnd correction depart
ments of our city government, with
heightened peril to the public morals.
Of course nice girls do not need these
words; yet there ore girls and parents
who do; and It Is high time they were
spoken.
Rudyard's Kipling's letter, read last
week at a mass meeting of English
men held In support of the British
Bide ojf tho Transvaal controversy,
shows that the celebrated Anglo-Indian
writer of poetry and fiction can
also write pithy political prose. "I
am entirely In sympathy," ho wrote,
"with the object of the meeting and
realize our country's obligation at tills
crisis to support her majesty's govern
ment unreservedly. Their demand, I
take it to be, Is for equal rights
for all white men from the Cape to
the Zambesi, their aim the establish
ment of a republic instead of an
oligarchy, and their vindication a new
and regenerate Transvnal, governed
under the equal laws formed In open
council by fre men, neither corrupt
ed nor coerced, representing every in
terest in the land." England's case
has not been better put.
News unsensatlonal travels slowly,
andthatmaybewhy Sept. 2.1 last Is not
yet regarded by the American people
as a date of particular Importance;
but It was of importance nevertheless,
for on that day the first completely
equipped English-teaching free school
was opened In Porto Rico. It Is lo
cated at San Juan and Includes all
grades from kindergarten to profes
sional courses. The Intention is to
make It a model school for the wholu
Island. Already Its facilities are over
taxed and additional room Is to be
secured. In smaller communities
smaller schools nre being opened; and
In one town Farjardo $20,000 has
been given for a normal school, to
train native teachers. This Is what
expansion Is doing for Porto Rico.
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES
Knew tho Family Secrets.
Robert O. R, Rcld, tho "Czar of New
foundland," has Just arrived homo from
Algiers, where he has been sojourning
lor his health. Mr. Reld contiols tho
cntlro finances of tho colony, and Is to
Newfoundland what Cecil Rhodes Is to
South Africa, says tho Philadelphia Sat
urday Evening Post. Mr. Reld was boin
In Scotland, and (darted llfo as a poor
boy. Ho nlwnys had a ready wit, how
ever. When ho became famous ond rich
one of his poor relatives arrived In St.
John's, and started tho story that ho
never rcccgnlztd tho poor members of his
family. Reld heard of this, and while
walking through a holel ono morning ho
spied the distant cousin. Ho walked
straight up to htm nnd, patting him upon
the shoulder, cried out: "Why. my good
fellow, nro you hero? Did you uso your
brother's ball money to skip the couu
try?" Tho relative. It Is said, never again re
marked that Rcld forgot his family.
Dewey's Sarcasm.
Though ns a general rulo vi!et and
modcrnto of tongue, Admiral Dowry can
on occnslon show Intimate acquaintance
with the sultry language often heard on
board ship, relates tro Chicago Chron
icle. Then, again, he has been known
to restrain himself unJcr great provoca
tion. While crutslrc In tho Mediterra
nean somo fourteen years ago on tho
Ponacolo, of which he was then captain,
a white squall struck tho vessel. Some
sailors bungled their work In such a way
ns nearly to causo tho loss of a spar.
They expected to hear something sul
phurous when they reached tho deck, but
Captain Dowey only said to his next In
command: "Will you kindly tell mo what
was tho matter Just now with tho agri
cultural population on the malntopscll
ynrd?" Needless to say tho sailors would
havo much preferred the most vigorous
cussing to being thus delicately classed
as farmers.
Rut the creditor got on his car.
"Look a'hvnr!" said he. "I'se glttln'
mighty tired o' comtn' croun' hero after
t1I yeio money. Hit's always de samo
thing. Como croun' nex' week. I'm
tired o" comln' croun' nex' week. I wants
ma money! I come In las' week and o'
tolo me ter como ngln nex' week, an" I
comes nex' week and yo' tells mo tor
romo do week nfter. I wants ma money!"
With that the bi.iber took tho middle
of tho floor r.nd declared himself.
"Look a-hyar, black man," said he,
"whut yo' pcsterln' me about o"
money? Isn't I done tolo o' to como
nex' week? What o expec 7 I'vo dono
tolo yer do snnif thing all do time. iNex
week! nex' week! I tolo yer dat las' week
and I tells yer dat now. I hasn't
changed. I'se prepaicd to do Jes' whut
I says." Memphis Sclmetar.
Won by a Letter.
Cutllffe Hyne Is one of tho successful
story writers of England, his Captain
Kettlo yarns having "gimo" there with
a boom second only to "TrllDy Here so
long ngo. writes Kenneth Hcrford In tho
Detroit Free Press.
One day this summer he told a little
party how It was his first story hap
pened to bo accepted. "I was unknown
nnd sent it to tho Windsor," ho said.
"When I wrote tho note accompanying
tho manuscript 1 was thinking about
something else. I learned this after
ward. I wrote. 'If you don't send this
back will you please uso It?' Afterward
the editor told me the story was fright
fully bad. but tho letter so clevsr tl.ey
bought tho tale just to encourage me."
He Had Not Changed.
Graham Macfarlano relates that the
other day he was In a barber shop pre
sided over by a tonsorlal artist who Is i
man of color. The operation of shaving
Mr. Macfarlano was about half finished
when thero camo in another negro, a hack
driver, who demanded 2 that tho barber
owed fclm for a hack at a funeral.
"Como In next week an' I'll h.fve It,"
said tho barber, as ho continued to
scrapo.
as a Literary Person," has been secured
by tho publishers of Tho Century nnd
will appear In tho November number.
A curious und entertaining book has
teen brought out by Laird & 1-cc, of
Chicago, under the tltlo of "Dreams nnd
Omens." It contains a list of Interpret!,
lions of dreams arranged In alphabetical
form, which havo been compiled from an
cient nnd modtrn documents, nnd'ls cal
culated to Interest those who cherish a
belief In tho meaning of nocturnal vi
sions. But whether ono has fujlli In Us
contents or not It Is a volume that can
not fall to furnish endless amusement
In tho household nt nil times. It Is em
bellished with dainty Illustrations, artis
tic covers nnd is In cvtry way nn at
tractive book. (Cloth, 75 cents. Laird
& Lee, Chicago.)
Of all tho thousands of visitors who
pass through tho city of Now York dur
Ing tho year It Is doubtful If a scoro of
them seo anything of tho qunlnt nnd curl
ous spots that nre hidden In out-of-the-way
cornea. It Is doubtful whether they
stop to consider, In tho rush nnd whirl of
tho city, that tho metropolis has pot qulto
swallowed up tho plclurcsqucness of n
hundred years ago. Writers havo been
prone to deal with that which Is modern,
and In tho observation of progress nnd
Improvement neglect tho dnlntlness and
poetry of tho older town. In this older
sictlon of tho town thero nre tiny vil
lages hidden In tho midst of crowded tene
ment sections, lost thoroughfares, for
gotten graveyards, reminders In land
marks of Peter Stuyvesant tho valiant
Dutch governor, houses that were stand
ing when the English took the town with
out a strupglo frpm the Dutch who were
always going to prcparo for war and
never did. Thero nro days of delight for
those who will wander through old Green
wich and Chelsea villages, and through
nil tho plcluresquo scenes connected with
the city whero Washington lived, where
Irving wrote, where Thomas Paine was
nn cxllo nnd where Nathan Hale died. All
such scenes nro brought together In the
pages of a dainty volume soon to be Is
sued by Charles Scrlbner's Sons, called
"Nooks and Corners of Old New York,"
by a well known Now York Journalist,
Charles Hcmstreet. who has placed tho
research of many years In unique form,
whllo tho facllo pencil of E. C. Pelxotto
has pictured tho quaintest bits of tho
ancient city.
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"Our people love you ns an example of
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strango nnd trying situation which con
fronts us In tho Philippines, we turn
to you, who know tho conditions so
well, for counsel, for guldanco nnd for
further service. Your fame was won at
Manila and thero It tdiould be secured
and perpetuated. The work which your
fleet began was a work of liberation, not
of conquest, of civilization, not of en
slavement. However dark may bo tho
present situation In those now distract
ed Islands In the eastern seas, tho truo
Intentions of the American people must,
in tho end, make themselves felt and rec
ognized alike nt Washington nnd In
Luzon; when peaco Is restored, when the
wlso and statesmanlike counsels so asso
ciated with your own name agnln assert
themscHes, wo may bo sure that the Fili
pinos, who accepted you as their friend
nnd have never learned to regard you as
un enemy, will be given tho fullest lib
erty which they nro capable of enjoying.
When that happy time shall come, when
the American flag shall mean In tho.so
Islands as It does at home, peace, older,
education, prosperity, then will be real
ized the promise of greater security and
larger liberty which the leport of your
guns carried that morning to tho listen
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como tho time when tho statuo of Gcorgo
Dewey shall be erected In tho chief
square of Menlla und when the natives
themselves shall write beneath his namo
the single word, the proudest tltlo that
can be borno by mortal man, 'Libera
tor.' "
According to the Scranton Times,
both Mayor Qulncy and Admiral Dowey.
who applauded him, must bo among tho
"sanctimonious old hypocrites who pro
tend to seo the hand of God In tho
steal."
It waa recently reported In some of
the papers that Attorney General
Griggs, in ono of his speeches made
while accompanying the president on
his western tour, had delivered a blow
at International arbitration. What he
said was this: "People sometimes de
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ences as If they could blot out of the
soul of man all love of gallantry, all
admiration for heroic deeds. You
may declare and resolve to the end of
the world, my friends, but longest and
last In the admiration of the human
soul will live deeds of heroism and
gallantry done In noble causes for the
benefit of the world." This Is an Im
pregnable assertion of fact.
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A Boomerang.
T la A CHBEHFUh sign of ad
vancing Intelligence In tho pub- 1
He's conception of political pro
prieties that tho ridiculous effort
of .1. Sterling Morton ond certain other
Nebraska envlers of William Jennings
Nryan's popularity among Democrats
to sandbag tho latter by moans or tha
ostentatious resurrection and publica
tion of a certain letter written by
Bryan ten years ago has utterly failed
of Its piii pose. The letter was ad
dressed by nryan to Morton at a time
when Morton was, we believe, a mem
ber of congress and Nryan, then a
hard-up young attorney Just starting
In at Lincoln, wanted Morton's help to
socuro for himself tho position of Sec
retary to tho stato board of transpor
tation. In his letter nryan said: "I
am grateful to you for your Indorse
ment. Had hesitated to write you be
cause I dislike soliciting aid. I assure
you that It Is tho money that Is In tho
oiilce, not tho honor, that attracts me.
If successful In getting It, It will tide
over my beginning hete."
With a great hue and cry this min
Morton, with the aid of a few Billy fit
publican papers In tho West, has
'paraded this letter us an evidence that
A temporary agreement has beer!
reached with Canada In the Alaskan
boundary dispute which, until a per
manent ono Is concluded, will leavo
tho United States In possession of
every water Inlet and outlet to tho
Klondike country; retain within Amer
ican territory the ports of Dyea nnd
Skagway, one ofTvhlch Orent llrltaln
wanted nnd at ono time actually
claimed, and give to tho United States
the bulk, If. not all. of tho Klondike
trade. Wo can ufford to let it go at
that.
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On Kissing.
HAT IK without doubt a
pertinent Inquiry on a
subject of more or lc33
sentimental interest to
persons of all agog and sexes Is raised
In it letter to tho Sun from a corre
spondent who signs herself "An Old
Lady." Sho writes: ,
In Harper's Monthly for October Is a
storj by Mmy llartwell Catherwood,
railed "The Indian on the Trafl." Tho
heinlne lh reprwfonted us beautiful, gen
tle and t'tuiiinlrK, with "a spirit so pass.
li'Miitols intlcrnt that It donled to Itself
Its own cmotlone." And yet sho Bays to
the man t.ho Is In murrv: "You thlnj; I
am M prize. Why I flirt and l'vo-kls.d
men!" lie laughed. "You would be" (ho
says) "n queer girl, at your iw. If you
hadn't klswd men a llttU." I m . M
TWENTY YEABS AGO.
(Lines that will probably be written to
Sir Thomas Lipton in 1919.)
I'vo wandered to the beubldc, Tom, I've
stood upon the shore
And gazed upon tho ocean, as wo did In
days of yoie,
Hut none were left to greet mo, Tom no
0110 who seemed to know
About the raco wo didn't have, somo
twenty years ago.
Tho sea Is Just as blue, Tom, tho white
caps are at play,
The brcezo' Is Just as absent at It waa
upon the day
Wo tiled to get tho yachts to sail and
found they wouldnt go
Hecauso the wind refused to push just
twenty years ago,
Tho fog Is Just as foggy, Tom, tho wa
ter's Just as wet
As 'twas tho day wo tried to raco dear
Tom, do you forget?
The steamers still aro steaming, but the
yachts refuse to go
Just as thev did upon that day, bomo
twenty years ngo.
They'ro still a-chnnglng balls, Tom, and
lengthening the mast,
Just as they tried 'to do It In tho days
that long nio past,
nut the same old calm Is In the air, tho
gulls fly to and fro.
While the yachts nro standing like they
did, Just twenty years ngo.
Tho Shamrock swings a slow, Tom; tho
bklpper tries to luff
And the Columbia Ftlll Is calling Sham
rock's cvtfry bluff.
nut Skipper J'aikcr's gone, Tom, to Ger
many, ou know, ,
For Kaiser Wllhclm cnllcd him back
Just twenty years ago.
Tho silver cup Is still here, Tom, as It
has ulnuya been,
Wo dust it off and look at it, nnd then
wc slyly grin
And think about tho breezes, Tom tho
ones that didn't blow
When ou wire here to lift tho cup, Just
twenty yean, nco.
My lldb havo long been dry, Tom, but
tears camo to each eye
As I gazed out upon tho yuchts nnd saw
them Idlv Ho
Thofco yachts thnt no'cr weio beat but
once, und that was, Tom, you know.
When tho tlmu limit beat them, Tom,
Just twenty years ago.
The yachts are drifting calmly, Tom, no
nearer to tho line
Than ever wo could get them In tho full
of 'nlnety.r Ino,
And dally they postpono the race, Just as
they did, you know, ,
When you camo here to lift the cup, Just
twenty jonrs ago,
Iialtlmoro American,,
TO STIMULATE INDUSTHY.
From tho Archbald Citizen.
Tho new managers of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad nro
not content to wait for business until It
comes to them. They propose to look for
It and if it does not already exist, then
they will create It. This, in substnnce,
will be tho result of the latest Innova
tion of the progressive peoplo who aro
now directing tho destinies of tho Lack
awanna line.
Elsewhere In this Issuo of tho Citizen
there Is a more extended reference to the
creation of a new offlcer to be known ns
Industrial commissioner whoso duty It
will bo to build up tho business of tho
towns contributing to Its support. It Is
proposed to advertiso the advantages of
tho territory tributary to tho Lacka
wanna line and In others ways to Interest
capitalists in tho abundant resources It
affords.
Tho arguments advanced In favor of
tho plan aro so reasonablo that It Is
rather surprising that nono of tho other
roads doing business hero did not tako
it up. Tho plan has been followed with
much success In tho west nnd In certntn
places In the cast that aro not near so
favorable to Its operation as Is tho re.
glon whoso business outlet Is the Lackawanna.
That part of tho lino In tho vicinity of
Scranton seemsi to bo a particularly fa
vorable Held for the work of an industrial
commissioner. With coal at tho most
reasonable prices, with abundant water,
plenty of labor and other facilities that
enable manufacturers to meet close com
petition, it Is difficult to seo how It Is
posslblo for any other section of tho
Union to 'surpass tho northern nnthrn
clte Held of this state. Yet tho facts aro
against us and so they will remain un
less there nro other efforts inado In tho
direction Indicated by tho management
of the Lackawanna line.
They aro to be oommendpd for hnvJng
set a pace which, wo hope, will stimulato
Industry on tho part or some or tno otner
lines doing business in this region.
DEMOCRACY'S ALLY.
TIE YACIT EACE
The Hmmit
Coeedl Gc
510and 512
LACKAWANNA AYENUB
I
Our eyes, and those beyond the sea
Are bent on yachts and sailors,
And gentlemen, where'er they be,
Are looking up the tailors.
No matter how the winds may fail,
Our friends the winds are raising;
They come to us from hill and vale
For fits that all are praising.
And when we make a sale, you see,
To any saint or sinner,
No yacht is better decked than he
To cross the line a winner.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
04 Lackawaiia Amine
From tho New York Sun.
If tho Democrats In any slnto are dis
couraged they should be heartened and
Uplifted by the thought that, far away
across tho l'acillc, the Hon. Kmlllo
Agulnaldo Is "piaying to God that the
great Democratic party may win tho
next presidential election and Imperialism
fall in Its mad attempt to subjugato us
by arms."
'LITERARY NOTES.
Wo Jo Davis,
Merchant Tailor,
213 WYOMING AVENUE
Lmitlher Keller
L1HE, CEMENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
For
WedldSeg
Preseirateo . .
The largest and finest As
sortment of
Sterling Silver-ware
Prices ranging From $1.00
to $IOO.OO.
nrd andOdloj
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
President Hndlcy. of Yale college, one
of tho best authorities on the subject In
tho country, and a mnn whot-o opinions
havo tho vnluo of dellberato obbervallon
of actual conditions, has wiltten nn ur
tlclo on "Tho Formation and Control of
Trusts" fur the November Scrlbner's.
Swinburne's new tragedy, which he has
finally entitled "ltosamund, Queen of the
Lombards," will be published luto in tho
autumn by Dodd, Mead & Co. It Is also
announced that tho same houso will
publish a now edition of Bwlnburne'B
completo poems, revised and icarrangtd
by tho author.
Dr. Weir Mitchell's new story, which
Tho Century Magazine will print In se
rial form beginning with November. Is
called "Tho Autobiography of a quack."
Dr. Mitchdl has used his knowledge of
the under side of his profession In a wav
which Is said to mako an unusually at
tractive psychological study.
It was current newspaper report a few
months ngo thnt Mark Twain was writ
ing nn nutoblography, and that it would
not bo published for a hundred years.
This Ideu. If it over existed In the mind
of tho author, has been given up; but he
did some work on an uutoblography, and
0110 cliostr - '- ""' "Mv Debut
MERQEMAU k (MHEIX
130 Wyoming Avenue.
" I am a butcher and market man, and live in Dal
las, N. C. I had been entirely past work for three or
four years because of indigestion and dyspepsia. I took
about every kind of medicine there is on the market,
but none of them ever did me any good until I tried
Ripans Tabules. They benefited mc from the start,
and I know they are the best thing I have ever taken
for dyspepsia."
A newttjls tucket contulnlnor m urvTiEUUJ In apa per carton (without ttljw) li no-r for Mia at m ipi
dnifT.uma-roanvKClMTf Till, low iincea mtrt Itflulendetl for tn poor nnd tho rcoDumlcitl. Iinndoscl
of thallne-rmtnnrloaMlMUbiJlMlran be l'i by null br iwntluw rortrHilelitronli to laaltUAloLuiuua
CYariXT, Mo. 19 tfpruc btroet, hew Yurk-or a iiuzlo carton (tin tuulxs) wUl bo KBt for lira uau.
HeaLtieg1
Stoves,
Raeges9
Furnaces,
PlmiinniWinig
amid
TSoiinigro
GMSIEIR & IFOESYTi,
825-327 PENN AVENUE.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Otutrai Agent lor tm Wyotnlaj
Dlitrlct .
IIPBITPI
Jiluins, IHnMlng, Sporting Hmolcelui
uud U10 Ilepumu Uueuucu
Co nputiy i
EM K1PL051VB.
Uilely Knap, Cnp nnd Ktploie:!.
Ituom 101 Commit Ualldluf.
Scrautja.
AUHNUI&4
THOS. Fonr.
JOHN n. SMITH & SON,
W. E. MULLIGAN. -
Plttiton,
Plymouth.
WUUes. llano.