THE SCRANTON THIBUINJji-FIlIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1899.
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SCItANTON, NOVEMBKIt 3, 1839.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.
Justice of tho Supremo Court J.
HAY
UROWN, of Lancaster.
Judge of the Superior Court JOHN I.
MITCHELL, or Tlofjn.
Btato Trcasuror-LIKUTENANT COL-
ONEL JAMES E. BAUNETT, of
Washington.
County.
Coramlsiloners-JOllN COXminn MOP.
R1S. of Srranton; JOHN PENMAN,
of Olyphant.
Auditors WILLIAM E. JOHNS and ASA
13. KIEFER, both of Scranton.
Election day, Nov. 7.
Uncle John Wannmakrr has again
demonstrated that ho will never bo en
tirely satisfied with Pennsylvania poll
tics until he cets n senatorshlp.
Don't Neglect Voting.
XHF3 AHSI3NCB this year of
political skyrockets and red
fire should not cnuse any
Honulillcar. to be neglectful
of his civic duty next Tuesday. It Is
not wholly n question of decline a
lew men to oilier, although If It wero
tho offices are Important enough to
wnrrant the taking of an active In
terest In lining them. Pnrty organisa
tion and effectiveness for future cam
paigns are at stake and they Justify
the utmost activity on the part of Re
publicans whose partisanship Is sin
cere. The Democrats would hall a victory
next week as asign of Republican
weakness and redouble their efforts to
win next year. No such victory is pos
sible except through Republican npa
thy or overconfldence. Lackawanna
county Is Republican; the pollbooks
show a clear margin In behalf of the
present Republican ticket and the
question is simply one of getting out
the vote. Democrats seldom stay at
home. It hi goneinlly safe to count on
their presence at the polls In full force.
Shall It be said that the Republicans
of Lackawanna are less devoted to the
party of their choice?
Tho time between this and election
day should be used In Impressing upon
all Republicans the necessity of doing
on Tuesday next their whole duty as
citizens.
-
Our morning contemporary, the Re
publican, on Wednesday entered tho
thirty-third year of its existence a
career almost co-equal with that of the
city. The felicitations appropriate to
an occasion of this character are here
by extended.
A Tempest in a Teapot.
IIKN THI3 FACTS nro
separated from the
newspaper gossip, it will
J
doubtless be found that
tho affair between General Funston
mid Archbishop Ireland was merely u
tempest In a te.i pot. The fact that
a Catholic paper out west printed
something derogatory to Fnnston upon
hearsay evidence supplies no icasoii fori
the licllff that the general nnd the
archbishop will have to flgln a legal
duel In the courts In older to sathfy
the requirements of justice. We con
sider all Intimations to this cited as
mere embellishments of some rensa- ,
tlon-lovlng reporter. I
Rut since this eplsod" brings tip In a
genetal way the rolatloi.shlp of tho i
Catholic church to the Philippines it
may not
that the
w
be out ot place to sugsest I w-hctheii Admiral Dewey's last engage
wise and liberal views of, ment is a victory or a surrender.
American Catholics like Cardinal Gib
bons and Archbishop Oinpollu are
better fitted to this question than Is
tfl.n n.n..n i.r..-., 1.1. . I, .. ...l1. i
id. ii-iiijn-t .uiii'iiL nj,i-ii it i,uii'i- l(l
take umbrage wheie no oifr-nce is in- ,
tended. The readiustment In the i
church s attitude toward tho govern-
ment, made necessary by American
i-nvereignty. which does not share Its
administrative functions with any
church, will be a du'leate enough prob
lem at best; and It will not lighten its
intricacy to have an unnecessary stlr
lltiK up of prejudice.
We are likely to hear a good deal
from the Philippines ere long about the
fiiars against whom tho Filipinos are
said to be greatly incensed. It Is pos
blblo that our govniment may, In
course of time, have to take cottnlzancj
of these friars as It recently had to do
In the Island of Guam. Any action In
this direction can be justified on one
footing -only. If henest investigation
shall dlsclo&e that the friars are gulltv
of violations of the law they wil doubt
less be treated on a par with other law
breaker, wholly regardless of sectar
ian considerations If It shall, on the
other hand, be found that tho reports
about them which nave figured largely
In the recent literature from the Philip
'pine Islands havo been unwarranted;
?that they are not and hava
not been the mischief makers
alleged but honest conscientious)
and God-fearing men then tho
Unlted States must give to them its
protection to tne run unit nt its power.
, Tho point to be especial! emphaslzid
, Is that Americans of Catholic faith '
fihould not be hasty in withdrawing j
their confidence from the government'
Df theli country or from that govern-1
'ment's responsible agents who are '
, charged with the work of bringing or- I
,xler out of chaos In tho Philippines. It
'would be unfair to accept as tiuo or to
Signify by notice the flist current ru
mor which, as in Funston's case, may.
pet Into print upon subjects touching
the Catholic church. It is to the in
terest of Catholicism! even more than.
It will be to the interest of the civil
government soon to lw established In
Luzon that the men In that Island who
carry the authority of thu church shall
bo men whose conduct and professions
tloscly agree; and for this reason the
leadlnp roprcsentntlvon of the church
and of the Htatewlll nodcnibt work cnoh
In their respective way in stod spirit
nnrt In frood faith to the end that tho
right men shall be lightly placed for
the btst results to country, to civiliza
tion and to a od.
With the arrival of the KnBllnh
transports the Uoeis will soofi cease to
trample on the skirts of Ladystntth.
Two Exciting Campaigns.
O'
HIO AND KENTUCKY pre
sent this year tho most Inter
esting political features they
have ever presented and the
result of the election In both states will
bo awaited with Intense curiosity
throughout the United States.
In Ohio tho great element of uncer
tainty Is tho Independent candidacy of
Samuel M. Jones, the "Oolden Rule
mayor" of Toledo, O. If the fight had
been between Judge Nash, the Repub
lican candidate for governor and Kdl
tor McLean, the Democratic candidate,
alone, tho factional knifing common to
Ohio politics could safely have been es
timated as about equal on both sides,
which would have made Nash's elec
tion sure by a large majority. Inas
much as the state normally a Repub
lican by from 23.000 to CO.000. 'llut Jonrs
Interrupts all calculations by waging a
kind of Peter the Hermit political cru
sade In behalf of socialism nnd the
"undpr dog," denouncing all politicians,
repudiating all of the ordinary politi
cal practices and methods, and preach
ing most beautifully the picturesque
doctrine of human brotheihood. He ap
peals strongly to the Imaginations of
tho discontented of all parties and the
practical question Is, From which parly
will he take the m6st votes' .The man
who enn answer that can tell who will
be tho next governor of Ohio and what
his majority will be. No two opinions
as to tho distribution of Jones' strength
agree.
In Kentucky tho fight Is between the
Goebel and the antl-Ooebel wlnga of
the Democracy, with the Republican
candidate holding his own In the hope
that by means of tho division of the
opposition he will receive a plurality.
On n fair count this would seem to be
a reasonable expectation. The Democ
racy of Kentucky Is disrupted a3 never
before: the most passionate protests
ngainst Goebel and Goebelism are be
ing uttered dally In all parts of the
commonwealth by men of the highest
standing as life-long Democrats, who
charge against the regulnr Democratic
nominee not only tho grossest political
perfidy but also personal crimes, amoni
them murder; and organizations of
leading citizens nre being perfected
throughout the state for the avowed
purpose of applying mob Justice to
election officers caught In the act of
Juggling with the ballots. Rut the en
tire election machinery Is in Gocbel's
hands. He has had tho naming prac
tically of every election officer In Ken
tucky; under the election law which
bears his name a million doors arc open
to fraud, nnd his reputation for nerve
leaves little room for doubt that none
of these doors will be neglected by him
If necessary to gain hls'purpose. It Is
simply a question of how far tho oppo
sition to him is prepared to go in order
to circumvent his cunning and force a
fair count.
The chances appear to us to favor a
Democratic victory In Kentucky and a
Republican victory in Ohio. We think
Goebel will win because he has nn or
ganization absolutely protected by law
and without scruple in method; and we
think Judge Nash will win because
there ought to be a majority of voters
In Ohio In favor of protecting their
honored fellow-cltlzen, the president of
the United Stntes. against the false im
pressions which a Democratic victory
at this pecullor time, Just In advance
of his candidacy for re-election, would
create. Rut it would be idle to deny
that In both states the existing com
plications render predictions unusually
hazardous.
Papers nro yet undecided as to
The Sulu Problem.
f ONSIRTENCY does not count
PrM.
...it. , till',, t, Itlf Hit- l.ilICJl-
Ing for pretexts with which
to embarrass tho Republican
national administration. In one
breath they condemn President
McKlnley for attempting, as they as
sert, to govern the Island of Luzon
without the consent of the governed
and in the next they condemn him for
acquiring by peaceful means the con
sent of the governed in tho Sulu archi
pelago. They want him to let Agulnal
do do as ho pleases but they don't want
him to let the sultan of Sulu do ns ho
pleases but as they please. Their aim
Is not to promote Justlco or advance
elvillzatlon but simply to put tho presi
dent of their country In a hole.
"In taking over the Sulu group," says
President Schurmnn of the Philippine
commission, "we havo ncqulred no
rights of any sort thnre except those
bequeathed us by Spain. She was bound
by her agreement with the sultan not
to Interfere with tho religion or cus
toms of the Islands and It would ha
most unwise for us to attempt this by
force when It can be ultimately ac
complished by the slower method ot
civilization and education. The Sulu
group proper contains about 100,000 In
habitants. They are all Mohammed
nns, as are about 150,000 of the resi
dents of Mindanao, directly east. To nt-
j tempt to interfere with the religion of
these people would precipitate one of
the bloodiest wars In which this coun
try has even been engaged."
"But," say tho opponents of the ad
mlnlstiatlon, "tho Sulu treaty cannot
stand unless the people of the United
States are willing to regard nn act as
perfectly legitimate and innocent in a
certain part of the federal Jurisdiction,
while it Is branded by law as a crime
of high grade in another part of it. The
country is dlscucslng with much heat
tho eligibility of Roberts to a seat in
congress, and yet It Is seriously pro
posed to take under tho federal pro
tection and under Its Jurisdiction a
wholo nation of polygamlsts."
If It were proposed to admit the
Sulu group of islands as a state Into
our Union and to give to the sultan
thereof a seat In congress it would be
proper to say at onco that polygamy
should cease, and If the sultan, after
agreeing to stop It, as Roberts did,
should marry new wives and make a
boast of his pcrildy, then he would be In
tho samo category with the member
from Utah, who Is smart enough nnd
civilized enough to know better. Rut
nothing of the kind la proposed In this
Instance. All that Is proiwscd with re
gard to the Mohammedan subjects of
tho sultan of Sulu Is that they shall'
keep the penco and bo protected against
foreign Invasion, leaving to the "slow
method of civilization and cducntlon"
the bringing of them up to higher
levels of thinking and living.
It Is contended that to enable this to
be done will requlro thu help of a con
stitutional amendment. That question
we leave to lawyers. But it will bo
done unless somebody can show how It
can be honorably avoided.
Admiral Dewey's announcement of
his engagement to marry tho widow of
General Hazen possesses political as
well as personal Interest. Will tho ad
miral's bride-to-be share his distaste
for a political career or will she throw
the weight of her influence in favor ot
a presidential candidacy? However this
may be, the country will wish to the
lucky sea dog all happiness in hla do
mestic future.
Senator Billy Mason's talk about re
signing In order to obtain vindication
at tho hnnds of his constituents by re
election, Is becoming less pronounced.
It may be that Billy Is haunted by a
suspicion that the vindication of the
people will hit him In the region of the
solar plexus.
The national hymn of the Boers Is
now being published in some of the
American newspapers. From a musi
cal standpoint it also has whiskers.
Kipling's recent poems indicate that
his illness may have been even more
serious than was first Imagined.
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES
Detected the Symptoms.
Tho faculty of terso and forceful speech
Is ordinarily an advantage, but occa
sionally a man gels hoUttd by his own
epigium, relates the Washington Star. A
hustling young New Yciker, who was ru
ccntly established in a blanch of tho oil
busliics-s, had sot cut to get tho pat
lonugo of u ceituln firm. Tho head of
tho concern was icluctunt to make a
change.
"The oil wo havo been getting has not
been unsatisfactory," said he, "and I
fall to sto why wo should mako a
change. Aio theiu any extra induce
ments you can offer? How do you pro
pose, to Improve on tho old quality?"
"In this wuv," was the prompt an
swer. "I propose to give the business
my person uttentlon. I Intend to put
some of my brains Into every barrel of
oil wo send out."
Tho rejolncr pleased the old gentleman,
and he bccaina a customer.
A few months later the hustling young
man was obliged to mako a journey, and
In his absence, through homo oversight,
tho quality of oil was allowed to dete
riorate. It was quickly noted, and a let
ter now on fllo lu tho office lecords one
of tho protests It leads: "Gentlemen:
Win n wo wvro Induced to use your pro
duct, wo wero assured Mr. Blank put
sumo of his brains Into every barrel of
oil. We deeply regret to observe that
Mr. Blank Is threatened with paresis."
How Riley Got His Start.
James Whltcomb Riley's success began
with what ho considered a terrible mis
fortune. Ho tolls his friends that the day
on which ho was discharged from tho
staff of the Indianapolis Journal was one
of tho dnikest of his life. Tha future
seemed to hold nothing for htm, relates
the Chicago Times-Herald.
It hapepned, however, that a state po
litical convention was held In Indian
apolis at about that time, and among
the nominees was a veiy portly gentle
man wh'i had never made a public
speech. Thr convention called for him
after ho had been nominated, and when
he appeared upon tho platform a speech
was demanded. Ho cleared his throat,
stood on ono foot nnd then tho other,
nnd said:
"Gentlemen of the Convention: I thank
you for tho honor you have given me. 1
can't mako a speech, but I can tell you
ona thing. Tho ticket you've nominated
hero today Is a-goln' to win 'When tho
frost Is on tho pun'kln and tho corn is
in tho shook "
The uproar which followed Indicated
that Riley's poem, first published only
a few dajs befoie, had been read by
evervlindv present, and that It had
touched a tender spot.
This rlrcums'tance more than anything
else Induced tho business manager of thu
Journal, who was Riley's steadfast
friend, to undertake In partnership with
the poet to have n little book, " Tho Old
Buimmln' Hole nnd 'Levcn More Poems,"
published. It made an Immediate hit.
and gavo Riley a national reputation.
Tho Secret o It. m
When a famous archaeologist went Into
his club tho other afternoon his erudt'3
couiitennnco was ornamented at several
points with sticking plaster, and there
was a general Inquiry among hla friends
as to what was the matter.
"Razor," said tho professor, briefly.
"Good gracloys! Where were you
shaved?" asked o.io of the younger mem
bers, sympathetically.
"it's u strange thing," said the man of
learning. "I was shaved this morning by
a man who really Is. I suppose, a little
nboo the ordinary baibcr. I know of
my knowledge that ho took a Double
1'irst Class at Oxfoid, that ho studied at
Heidellurs afterward, and spent several
jrars In other fonlgn cducatlonul ccn
tois. I know also of my own knowledge,
that ho hns contributed sclentllic arti
cles to our best mngnztr.es, and has num
bered among his Intimate fi lends men of
tho hlghett sorlal and scientific standing.
And yet," soliloquized tha savant, "he
can't shuvo a man decently."
"By Jove!" exclaimed tho young mem
ber. In nstonlshment. "What Is he n bar
ber for, with all those accomplish
ments?" "Oh! he Isn't a barber!" said tho book
worm yawning. "You eee, I shaved my
self today." Argonaut.
No Use for a Study.
There Is a good deal of point In a llt
tla story that I tcad In Vrench tho othir
day a point that pricks American men
of tho cuss who havo their own houses,
as well ns Frenchmen. A man la getting
himself up n rnw house, and ho and his
wife cr-i ciinsldorirg plans. One of these
plans Is fnvired by the wife.
"Well, I should llko this plan very
well," says the husband, "but I don't
qullo see wliero I am going to get myself
In a study."
"A study!" exclaims the wife. "What
do you want of n study? You don't
smoke!" Boston Evening Transcript.
How the Archbishop Escaped.
The Archbishop of York (Dr. Macla
gnn) llko the Primate of All England,
ofton travels third class, and on. one of
his Journeys about tho dloctse, says tho
Lady's Realm, found himself In a rnll
wav carriage with two drunken men.
One of them complained that he had been
robbed pf n 5-pound note, nnd was de
termined to search the pockets of his
fellow passengers. "I began to feel
rather uncomfortable," says tho Arch-
bishop, "as I happened to have a B-pound
nolo In my pocket. Hnwover, I deter
mined to sit quietly and feign slcp.
Prcsontly enmo the challenge, 'I say,
nolghbor,' but I made no answer. Then
tho man grabbed me by the nrm ind
shook mo violently, but I did not wako
up. Ha kept rn Blinking, but still 1 re
mained Impassive. Then his friend In
terfered with, 'I say. Bill, leave him
alone, can't you? Hc'b drunker'n you
arc.' "
Not What Ho Wanted.
Ono day a little son of tho Rev. T. V.
Gardiner wai playing with somo boys
who had a cart, nnd they wanted a do?
to draw It, i elates tho Scottish Amort
can. "Papa says wo must pray for
what wo want," said tho minister's
son, and he knelt down and said, "O
Lord, send us a dog to draw our cart "
In a llttla whllo a bis ono camo along
that frightened them, and they began to
cry. A second time the boy knelt, but
thin time ho prayed, "O Lord, wo don't
want a bull dog!"
Let TJs Have Peace.
One evening 4-year-old Nelllo failed to
mention her father In her prayer because
ho had scolded her. "You must pray
for papa, too, Nellie," mid her mother.
"But I don't want to," replied tho llttlo
one. "But you must,' said mamma.
Dropping upon her krtes again sho add
ed: "And. for pity's sake, bless papa,
too, and let us havo penco In the fam
ily." Chicago News.
STATISTICS 03? CITIES.
Upon the Initiative of tho New York
Reform club Committee on City Affairs,
a resolution was passed by the Fifty-fifth
congress calling upon tho commissioner
ot lubor to compile and publish annually
an abstract of tho official statistics of
cities. Tho first volume has Just been
Issued In tho September number of the
Bulletin of the Department of Labor, and
we know of no publication which con
tains In a condensed nnd easily accessible
foim such an nrray of statistics regard
ing city affairs. It is impossible to
enumerate in detail the subjects cov
ered. The most Important nro popula
tion, denlhs, arrests, convictions, excise,
police, fire equipment, charities, schools,
libraries, cost of gas, wutcr and electric
light works, finance, etc.
The difficulties Commissioner Wright
had to overcome render tho report all the
moro worthy of praise. Hero wero HO
cities keeping their statistics according
to different plans. No attempt hud been
made to Introduce uniformity, nnd how
ever excellent each method may have
been. It was necessary to adopt a uni
form plan in order to render tho results
of any value at all. With tho co-operation
of tha city oIHcIals, this has been
dono to a very successful degree Upon
certain subjects, e. g , number of con
victions for various offenses, tho reports
are not as complete as could bo wished.
But such omissions will grow less and
less, and In a few years this annual ab
stract of statistics of cities will rank
in value and Interest with any statistical
work Issued by any government of the
world. Tho suciess of tho present num
ber far exceeds the anticipation of the
most hopeful.
That there aro Inaccuracies Is not to
be denied, and some nre quite amusing.
For example. In Denver, there wero 1,054
arrests for drunkenness and 10SO convic
tions. "Evidently thero were some 23
persons who voluntarily appeared before
the judge and asked to bo convicted, or
wero left over from the provlous yenr.
But possibly this Item belongs to the
third class of lies, which have been
grouped "lies, d lies, nnd statistics."
Tho great practical value of thla ab
stract Is principally In tho direction of
furnishing rellablo data without which
progress Is Impossible, ot Inviting com
parisons between cities and thus of
arousing a spirit of friendly rivalry. San
Antonio, Texas, which this yenr occupies
tho unenviable position of being tho only
city which sert in no reports whatever,
will scarcely continue to bo unrepresent
ed. To render comparisons more easy for
tho chief object of municipal statistics
Is to show what Is being accomplished by
different cities in the way of solving city
problems the cities should bo arranged
In order of their population rather than
alphabetically. For example, In tho
present tables Newport, Ky., with a
population of 31,500 Is next to New York
with its 3,500,000 inhabitants. Now muni
cipal conditions In Newport are so dif
ferent from those of New York thut
there Is not a single justification for
their proximity. One would never think
of comparing tho statistics of tho two
cities. New York should stand noxt to
Chicago and Philadelphia, and St. Louis
and Boston. The alphabetical arrange
ment permits n city to bo easily found,
but a key at tho beginning of tho tables
would do this and the arrangement ac
cording to population a sclentlllc classl
flcntlon would greatly Improve tho valuo
and usefulness of tho tables.
But all In all one cannot praise too
highly this first report. It Is excellent,
nnd subsequent Issues will be awaited
with great expectation. Every citizen is
under obligations not only to tho Reform
Club Commltteo on City Affairs for the
origination of tho idea, but to icongress
and to Hon. Can oil D. Wright for tho
efficient way In which tho idea is being
carried out.
DUTY CLEABLT DEFINED.
Senator Allison in tho Independent.
It does not seem to me that there con
bo two sides to the question of what Is
our present duty In the Philippines. By
our treaty with Spain and with tho ex
change of ratifications of tho treaty theso
Islands became ours, Our title to them
Is clear and unquestionable under our
constitution and under tho laws and
utages of nations. The Insurrection thero
against our authority began after tho
tuaty was signed at Paris, and continues
to this time. Our duty requires us to
suppress this Inturrectlon nnd to estab
lish peace and order there. This I un
derstand the president Is endea'vorlng to
do, through tho means given to him by
congress before tho closo of tho last ses
sion through tho army bill, which pro
vided for 100,(01) men temporarily, with
tho understanding of nil parties that thH
army would bo used so far as necessary
to suppress this insurrection. This duty
wns Imposed upon tho president not by a
partisan majority, but practically with
unanimity by all parties In congress, and
a failure on his part to use this power
to restore order thero would subject him
to the severest censure of congress and
tho American poople.
With the restoration of peace and or
der there, I take It for granted that con
gress will provide a government for the
peoplo of tho Islands, In the spirit of lib
erty nnd Justice, and with a view to tluir
highest possible civilization. Heretofore,
when posies?lons havo been acquired hy
the United States, congress dealt with tho
peoplo residing In those territories In tho
spirit of Ubeity and Justice which pio
vpIIh In our constitution und In our laws.
and I have no reason to believe, or even
to suspect, that future congresses will
not mako hiieh rides and regulations for
theso Inhuh'tauts as will provide fur
them tho laieest measure of liberty pos
slblo as well as the ltrgcst local partici
pation In the government consistent with
tho situation there under our sovereignty
and under our Hug.
fio far as I con seo the only practical
alternative to this Is tho abandonment
ot the Islands, tho withdrawal of our
troops nnd the withdrawal of our navy
as well. Tho president has no power to
direct this, ns ho cannot alienate terri
tory acquired. Congress can do so by
law, and will soon be In feeslon, and
thoso who think we shruld surrender
what wo havo gained thero and with
draw our army and navy will have an
opportunity of testing the sense of con
gress by offering propositions to that end.
THE UNDER DOO.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Sympathy with the Boers in their pres
ent war with Great Britain must find al-
most Its solo Justification In that natural
disposition which, without rcfcrcnco to
tho causa of a -luarrel, leads every man
Instinctively to nldo with the weaker
party. As a matter of principle It vlo
latcs all our American beliefs to contend,
as tho Boers do, that twenty whlto men
should bo ruled by six; thnt religious dis
crimination should exist; thnt men should
bo taxed without representation; that the
colored rnco should bo enslaved, and that
tho productive portion of a community
should have no volro whatcer In Its gov
ernment In order that a stolid, land-owning
oligarchy might rulo without question.
PERSONALITIES.
Tho engagement Is ur.rounccd of the
daughter of Admiral Cervcra to a Mr.
MncKlnley, a nephew uf Herman Ben
der, tho composer.
Dr. V. O. Koto, who is a candidate on
tho Republican legislative ticket of Iowa,
did not receive the l.omlnatlou until 7,328
ballots had been taken.
Though OS years old, John Stephens, ot
Now Albany, Ind performs tho duties
of deputy sheriff of Floyd county. Ho Is
the oldest active politician In tho state,
If not In tho country.
Sir Chlbrchen Lofcngluh, tho Chinese
minister to tho court of St. James, will
soon make a tour through tho industrial
centers of England, und will afterwards
wrlto a book, tn Chlncso and English, tell
ing what he has seen.
Rev. Dr. S. M Hnsklns, of Williams
burg, N. Y haH been In continuous min
isterial service In ono place longer than
nearly any other clergyman in the coun
try. For sixty years he has been rector
of St. Mark's Episcopal church.
Booth Torklngton, whoso "The Gentle
man from Indiana," now published In
book form after a serial uppearanco,
gives promise of rroro than avcrago suc
cess, is a western newspaper man, Ho Is
a graduate ot Princeton, and not yet 33
years of nee.
Carlos Gutlleraz, a citizen of San Sal
vador", who was n endet at the United
States Military academy, has ti-slgncd
at the end of his furlough, which comes
nt tho end of tho second year, becnuso of
tho revolution In his nntlvo land which
deposed his father from the presidency.
Guy R. Mnble, 19 years old, of El Dor
ado, Knn., has won tho scholarship In tho
University of New York offered by Mlis
Gould ns a memorial to her father. The
scholarship Is worth $100 a vear for four
years, the lncomo of nn endowment fund.
Tho scholarship is open to western boys
only.
As an offset to England's purchaso of
mules In this country for the Transvaal
campaign, Colonel Sumpter, military at
tache of tho United States embassy In
London, has been nrronglng for the pur
chaso thero of two batteries of Maxim
guns for uso In the Philippines. They
will be shipped next month.
Rider Haggard appears to havo turned
his attention from literature to tho more
profltnblo pursuit of gold mining In Alas
ka. In company with Lord Ernest Hamil
ton ho has proceeded to tho Atlln gold
fields. Certain claims thero havo been
purchased by tho novelist nnd his com
panion from "Sailor Bill" Partrldgo for
0,000.
Professor Von Hoist, who recently re
signed tho chair of history in the Urn
verslty of Chicago, denies" the report that
he did so because the college authorities
disapproved of his nntl-expnnslon atti
tude. Ho says ho Is really 111, will go ti
a sanitarium, and that It Is quite possible
that ho will never bo nolo to resume act
ive work.
Congressman Otey, of Virginia, having
discovered that there was no portrait of
General Robert E. Leo among thoso nt
West Point of the former superintendents
of the mllltarv academy, has written to
President McKlnley and Secretary Root
snd received answer that tho portrait
will be hung among tho others If donated
to tho Academy,
Oraameafal
Parquet Floors
aid ifMeirs.
Ornamental Floors, such as we
offer have been in use in Europe
for generations. They are no ex
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lay will so furnish and enrich a
dwelling as these ornamental floors.
They are cheaper than carpets.
Floors laid and finished in best
manner.
Fine line of patterns to select
from.
Estimates furnished and all work
guaranteed.
Hill & Comeell
121 N. "WashinKtou Ave.,
Scranton, Pa.
" Several years ago I was troubled vith an aggravated case of
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speedily as I could. I took regularly all the medicines as my doctor
prescribed them. In a short time 1 felt all right, thought I was cured
and stopped taking the medicine. But it wasn't long before I was feel
ing as badly as ever, and again I had recourse to the doctor. This
kept up for some time until at last I made up my mind I would quit
doctoring and try some of the remedies I saw advertised. I had lead
eo much of Ripans Tabulcs that I concluded I would give them
a good trial. It said 'one would give relief,' and I thought if one
could give relief a whole lot might cure me. I purchas-ed a dollar's
worth, and when I had finished them I was i iing better than I had
for years. I continued to use them, and to-day I believe I am a per
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the old malady, but a single Tabule fixes it all right. I generally
keep a supply at home."
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STATIONERS nnl KXGR.VVBRS
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A purchase of near
ly 2,000 yards ena
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The lengths vary
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i
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AT
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This Modlun Haudwahk Srons.
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Light Wiping, Gas
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