THE SCRANTON TlUBUJNJfi-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1899. (Se Scranton CriBune Published Dnlly. Excpt Sunday, hy Tho Tribune Publlnhlnff Company, at I Ifty Cents a Month. New York omco: 1K Nnunti St.. S. 8. VnEHt.AND. Bole Acent for Torolsn Advertising. Entered nt the Postotnco (it Scranton. Pa., ns Bcccnd-Class Mall Matter. When trace will peimtt. The Trlbuno Is always rU1 to print Miutt letters from Its frlcr.dB bcnrlnc on current topics but Its rule Is that these must bo tlsnecl. for publication, by the writer's real name. TWELVE PAGES: "SCRANTON, NOVEMBER 4,J$99. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. State. Justice of tho Supremo Court J. HAY HHOWN, of Lnncnstor. Judne of tho Superior Court-JOHN I. MITCHELL, of Tlocti Stato Trcasurer-LIEUTENANT COL ONIC JAMES E. BAKNETT, of Washington. County. Commtssloners-JOHN COTJIUEU MOn HIS. of Scranton; JOHN PENMAN, of Olyphnnt . . . Audltors-WILEIAM E JOHNS and ASA K. KIErER. both of Scrnnton. Election day, Nov. 7. Oonernl Funston's prediction that within a year 1-uzon will be ns peace ful na Massachusetts Is a dajrlnfr night of prophecy, but we hope It will come true. Clinch Victory Next Tuesday! B-.AIX IN MIND, Republican voters of Lackawanna coun ty, that the Democratic party Is flBhtltiR for moio than the immediate ofl'ces to bo filled next Tues day, desirable ns those nro In the eye of "the avenge Democrat. They arc flBhtlnK for .control of the machinery of the commHslonerH' olllce, In order to turn It to political account in sub sequent campaigns. If they should win, It would double the difficulty of defeating them next year and perhaps make subsequent Republican victory impossible. They will, therefore, put forth a tremendous effort. Wo do not put over much cred ence In the stories that they ate lent by factional dissension. It has been observed that however badly tho Dem ocracy may bo split up between cam paigns, It generally pulls itself to gether when there are ofttces in sight. We desire to Impress upon the Repub licans of Lackawanna that they can not afford to expect victory as a gift from the opposition. They must fight for it; they must get out their full Btrength and secure it by force of su perior numbers. On Tuesday next every Republican In tho county who has a genuine lnteiest In the welfare of his paity, who be lieves In Republican principles, and wants to see those pilntlples sustained, should ro early to the polls, cast his own vote ana use his Influence to se cuie the votes of others for the entire Itopublican ticket. There should bo no yielding to Indlffeicnco and no dicker ing with the enemy. Concerted and aggressive effort for stialghtforward ISertublleanlsm will win a victory from the top of the ticket to the bottom. Dr. Lcyds, the relay correspondent of Uoeiish proclivities, keeps hU end up with n vigor that buggests that he may have a diploma from the Hong Kong news bureau. Light for All. -n -VVERY AMERICAN who 4 aspires to ctpiess an opln S, Ion concerning the course our government Is pursuing .with icferenco to the Philippine Islands should, as a matter of fairness, lead the report of tho commission whirh President MeKlnley sent to those Inl ands to make a study of the conditions therein existing. An abstract of this lepoit was pilnted In yesterday's Til bune. but the complete lepoit Is so much moio Inteiestlng and Instinctive upon points which have been in con troversy that wo lopiint the most of it elsewhere, the omitted pait having been fully presented In yesterday's synopsis. Heie Is a unanimous agreement among live men (tho four whose names nre signed, and General Otis, who i ononis) men who lepiesent the army, the navx, science, education and dlplomary; men who in oidinary politics might and usually do divide ns Republicans, Domootuts and Mug wumps upon every phnt-e of tho Phil ippine pioblem as It presents Itself to 'the Ameikan government and peo ple. They concur in the following facts and opinions: (1) No promises or pledges weio made to Agulnaldo by tho Ameilcan Htithoiitles befoie tho war began und theiefoio none, weie bioken (2) Aguinali'o was brought to Luzon 'imply to wony our then enemy, Spain; lOut ho had not been theie for long )ofoio his head swelled, ho proclaimed iltnself dictator and plotted to set up is a monaich of all he surveyed. (.1) The Hkht between tho Amei leans ind the Filipinos was foiced upon tho . "ormcr by the latter's Inci easing In olenco; and, once begun, has to bo flrrled to a finish, ft) The Insuigents nio mostly 10b , mih and plundeieis, whom their own mintryinen diead and shun; tho insur ectlon is limited to a small pait of the .lea and population of Liuon and Is j teadlly dlslntegiatlng; and tho insur gents have never deserved the sym pathy they have received. (5) Tho Filipinos have many natural good qualities, but they ropiesent imany tribes having no common lan 'Buago or bonds of Interest: they have absolutely no prepaiatlon for tho re Bponslbllltles of self-government; and there has not been a minute since Dewoy sunk tho Spanish fleet that American supervision could have been withdrawn without causing Internal anarchy or foreign inteivontlon. (6) The hopes of the best people In tho Philippines and tho tiue welfare of tho archipelago lie Jn the direction of continued Amorlcan sovereignty, with all that that implies. ""'If' thoro exists an honest American of uvoiago Intelligence or better who can read this report and then truthfully tiny that It does not Justify what resi dent MuKlnley has done, ve await with curiosity his Identification. Tho report of proceeding of the Congicss of Orientalists, In session ut Homo. gt'es some interesting news In telatlon to the doings of tho fiuit la dles nnd gentlemen of tho woild. The members of the congress havo filed, to their own satisfaction at least, the first dato In humnn history, nnd the reports Incidentally glvo illust otions of bookkeeping 4.000 years ago. An Impoi tant note translated f i'jti the papyri by the Egyptologists fjlos un account of a feast In honor of tin lin ing of Sothls, the arrangements of which wero in rhnigo of Chief Priest l'epy-Hetep. The nitlcle states Unit 200 vnilous loaves and plxty Jars of beer had been provided which Indicates that Pcpy-Hetep understood how the solid and liquid refreshments, should be distributed for the best lesults In tho way of hilarity. The important question as to whether Queen Victoria Is a direct descendant of King David or Moses has not been fully decided by the society ns yet, but theie Is no telling what further contemplation of tho spiced manuscripts from the Nile may reveal. Ail Injustice. -ipHC MOST RESPONSIBLE 1 position In the United States JL navy, next to that of a Hiir officer commanding a naval force In tlrno of war, Is that of chief of the bureau of navigation. Tho oc cupant of It is virtually chief of staff of the navy and is to a largo degree the right arm of the secretary of tho navy, who, being usually a civilian, necessarily leans for expert advice up on this expert officer. The present chief ot tho bureau of navigation Is Rear Admlial A. S. Crownlnshlcld, a man who poscsso the fullest confidence of his superiors. In his annual report, Just submitted to Secretary Long, he says: "Before the outbreak of the war you addressed to the ofllcers of the North Atlantic fleet a letter, through the admiral, from which the following is an extract: 'Each man engaged in tho work of tho inshore squadron should have in him the stuff out of which to make a pos sible Pushing; and If the man wins, the recognition given him shall be as great as that given to dishing, .q far as the department can bring this about.' Every effoit of tho department to re deem this solemn pledge has been balked. Of tho olPcors who served in the North Atlantic wateis three have been confirmed in the recognition uiged by the department two because their cases wero piesentPd at propitious mo ments, tho other because of n mlsap piehenslon. The lest, numbering among them every gallant captain at Santiago on July .1 and all the bravo captains of the eveiy-ready gunboats, and Including, at tho head of all, the able and dotoi mined ofllcer who planned, worked out and executed tho whole campaign, and who finally con summated the one victory which was vital to the enemy he and all tho lest have absolutely nothing The greatest among thrm has not as much as the medal which was given to each of the hundreds who sh.uid In a victory won In a more propitious hour." The "able und determined ofllcor" hero alluded to is Rear Admlial "Wil liam T. Sampson, whose promotion fiom the tank of captain to commodore cam in the regular order, without re gard to any part which he took In the war with Spain, and whose elevation to tho naval peisonnel law, which abol ished the rank of commodore, substitut ing therefor what Is known as the rank of Junlrr real admiral, tho rank which Sampson new holds. Had Captain Sjmpon, during the war with Spain, r mained at home on waiting orders ho would today be a rear admiral Just tho KiimO! tlin nnslMnn line: nnrwi in ihl.. i.. i, ..ii... . .. i.t. ,. , In the oidlnaty sequence without ref- eienco to the valuo of the service which the liberty of the Filipino peoples, but he tendered to his country nt a most i hc continuance of his own arbitrary nltlcal time when In command of tho I nn1 (1,c"5llotl( Pwer. In any event, the i,r,r.c, fi, f . .,oi.. American people mayfeel conddentthat law st fleet of war vessels ever as- effolt wns omltted by the commls semblrd under the meilean llig. slon to secuie a peaceful end of the The service which Sampbon rendered struggle, but the opportunities they Immediately prior to and durlno- tbo I """yiyd and rgod were all neglected, If war with Spain began with his detail to Havana to act as piosident of the naval court of Inquiry into the destitu tion of the battleship Maine. How thoroughly nnd dls-creetly he did tho task thus put bofoie him Is nn undis puted matter of locord. When, Intir, he was put In command of the North .viianuo ueei. wmen grew in piopor lions until tlure was lepresented under1 ''j'11 "f the population, nil varieties his immediate rcsponslb.l.ty mo.e than VZulf '?"' tI.'o s-eventy vessels, valued at moie than commission also made a careful studv J10u,000,000 nnd carrying, In sailors and of Spanish governmental Institutions' mailnes, something like H.000 men, ha ,,0h '" u"n,n ftlul '" tne sthern isl .,,.,, , , . """' "u , nnds, as we ns of the orcnnle laws sustained this niduom weight of oiric- I Mncl,.P Mhlch th(.y we.o established and lal cans for nearly three months in by which their operations were regu a manner which, from his severest crlt- lato,l nn-d contiolled. At the same ics, has brought forth but one serious I!."1'!!!' c),"1,",lmln,n' ' mlnjjllnt: free criticism, the wlthd.awa, ot his Hag- oher,parls9orh:J1l,r,Va,eav" ship frorr the blockading squadron ored to understand their character and on the moinlng that Admiral Ceiverx aptlti'des nnd to apprei late the npeds made his Ill-fated attempt to escppo from Santiago lu'iboi. The subsequent manocuver of the Brooklyn on that oc casion, which diew her away from tins enemy's fire and cam near ramming the Texas, has been deicilbed as an of their languages which are mutually eiror of judgment on th-i part ot Roar ' unintelligible) nnd the multifarious Admlial Sol-b-y, who was responsible l,,,mst'? nf ilvJllaatlon ranglnc? all the font, vet those who forgive Schley for , .WU ft0 t'ffT.k that error, harshlv censure Sampson i oral piovlnccs and Islands. In splto for taking away tho New Yoik at a. of Hip general u.e of tlm Spanish l.an tlmo of day when not a man aboard . f?uae. v the educated classes, nnd tho any of tho Ameilcan phlps had tho slightest expectation tint Cervera would come forth. Because Schley, whose recoid prior to July 3 had exhibited several censiuabla polnts,nslsHhoMib otlkial documents, had not been put In the plnco to which Sampson vas assigned under the dis cretion vested in the secretary of tho navy, Sehlev's friends In the penate de cided that Sampson should get no le waid for his devoted and effective work ns commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic licet: therefore they held up all promotions, Including those recom mended by the president for the fight ing captains in the Cuban naval cam paign. Not alone Sampson, but also Philip, Clarke, Fv.ans. Cook, Waln wrlght, Hobson ond nil the rest of that grand galaxy of naval heroes who had displayed nt every point courage, fidel ity, ability, got absolutely nothing In way of professional advancement on account of their splendid achievements ' In their country's behalf and their do- privation Is due solely to tho dog-ln- the-manger attitude of the Wend, of M Infield Scott Schley, an attitude to whk h he offered no known objection or protest. Will tho Intelligent common senso nnil falnnlndedncss of the American , people submit Indefinitely to this groa exhibition of Injustice? TOLD BY THE STARS, Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus, Tho Tribune Astrologer. Aslrolabo cast: 3 45 a m,, for Saturday, Nov. I, im A child born on this day would rather bo tiled by a siiperstdcas than a Jury. Manv chlldien who aro ruled by lovo ontlii'ly in earll. i' cors hao to bo kept in discs latet In life. It Is seldom that on all round rogue docs not begin operations with a hlgn latlng In the tommtrclil agencies. Knowledge Is more dangerous than Ig norance in tho hands of rorr.o person. Whcro Ignorant o Is bllsr It Is folly to get up agalriHt an election contest. Ajacchus' Advice. Do not tell your best girl that you aro unworthy of her love. Sho ivill find it out quick enough after you aro married. Complete Story of Filipino Revolt ICondudcd from Pago 3. commission wero on the way to the Philippines bearing the Instructions of the president to make known to tho Inhabitants the peaceful and beneficent Intentions of the United States. The insurgents' rash and wholly unjustifi able appeal to arms did not prevent tho lommisMon from entering upon their labois, though it greatly testileted the area ot their oueiatlons. On tho 4th of April they Issued n uroclnmatlon setting forth the principles by which the United States would bo guided In exercising tho sovereignty which Spain had ceded to us over the Philippine Is lands, and assuring the people not only of their lights and pilvlleges, but also of tho largest participation In govern ment which might be found compatible with the sovereign rights and obliga tions of the United States. The pro clamation had a good effect In Manila and the adjacent parts of Luzon, und In the Island of Negros and such other places ns were open to its reception. Indeed, tho public sentiment of Manila, which In March had been strongly nntl Ameilcan, undeiwent a palpable change, nnd currents of peace and con ciliation wero set in motion until they found a response in the ranks of the Insurtrentfi themselves. Agulnaldo sent u delegation to Ma nila to confer with tho commission; and while the commission steadfastly refused to discuss his proposal to sus pend hostilities, as being a military matter, assurances weio given of tho beneficent purposes of the Unltod States and the president's readiness to grant the Philippine peoples as laige ti measure of homo rule and as ample liberties as wero consistent with the ends of government, subject only to tho reoopnltlon of the sovereignty of tho United States a point which, being established, the commission Invariably lefused even to dlspii's Tho so-called congrdS" of Agulnaldo voted, for a peaceful settlement on tlK baste of the commission's proclama tion, and Mablnl, tho Ii reconcilable head of the so-called cabinet, was re placed by Fatei no, the foimr media tor between the Spanish, government and Agulnaldo. But nothing came of negotiations, as Agulnaldo's emlssarlsa weie without pouein and merely came nnd enmo again for Information. Thfi courteous. leteptlon nccoided to them by tho commission, tho fullness of tho lnfoimatlor communicated to them, the nssurances of a liberal form of rrovcrnment when they laid down their aim, and the earnest appeals to them to stop further bloodshed In a struggle which could only end In their defeat i-ll witness to the spirit of patient conciliation exhibited by the commis sion In endeavoring to reach an ami cable adjustment with the insurgents, and tho obduracy of Agulnaldo In cora tlnulng forcible resistance nnd In le fiiblng even to outline terms which might bo compared with the terms of fered cr with tho concessions which the suprIor power might have boon w llllng to make. No better proof could. ibo furnished that the piimary oblect I of ,, atrl,ccI;. )s not. .L ,s mten, od. not, Indeed, spurned CAPACITY FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT. To what extent the riliplnos are cap nble of governing themselves Is a prob lem which occupied the diligent and em nest attention of th commission for ppveral months, in tho couise of whlcn n gieat number of witnesses were ex amined. These witnesses repiesentivl all shades, of political thoucht. nil nun nspiraiions or tlto people for whoso benefit a new Fvstem of government wis io dp trameu. The most ntilklnc and perhaps the most significant fad in the entire sit uation is the lnultlillclty of tribes in htthltlntr the nn Mm. In i. n... ..i,.. consldeiabl slmllnilty of economic nnd toeini coniimons prevalnt In Liuon and the Vlsaynn Islands, the masses of the people nie wjthout a common speech nnd they lack the ssntlment of nationality. Tho Filipinos are nm a nation, but a variegated assemblage of dlffeiont tribes, and their loyalty Is still of the tribal type As to the (.'(-nornl Intollpctual capaci ties of the Flllp'niis, tho commission Is dlspoFed to rate them high But, ex cepting in a limited number of persors. Ui"" capacities havo not been devel oped by education or experience. The musses of the people aro uneducated That intelligent public opinion on which popular government rests does not exist in the Philippines. And it r.annot exist until education hns elevat ed the masses, bnndc-need their Intel loetlial horls-nn. and diKrlpllned their faculty of Judgment. And oven then the power of s'lf-goveinment cannot bo assumed without conrlderablo pr vlous training nnd expeilencp, under tho guidance nnd tutelage of nn en lightened and llbernl sovoiplgn novvpr For the bald fact Is that the Filipinos have never had nny experience In gov erolne themselves. Tho laws for tho archipelago wero all mado In Madrid. Tho Judges who Interj.tetud and up- S"0',1 lh?n lu 1M?nlt.0U1L ,frV,m Sj was vested absolutely in Spain, oj tho legislative and administrative branches ot tho government were, with tho ox- lejuion oi me lowest omuuii, w"- pletely In Spanish hands. n goes without savlntr that the eov ernor general was appointed by th npanisn government, tie was assisted by a council of administration, whoso members were In part nppolr.led by tho Spmlsh government and In part elect' ed by tho ptovlnclal Juntas, which tho Spanish government coin lolled. Spain also appointed tho gov ei nor of every province and of tho council or luntiu, which assisted the governor. Only the mlnoilty of the membera were elected nnd these not by the people at large, but tho heads or mayors ("municipal captains") of the towns of the piov Ince. Thus It was thai neither in tho government of the piovlnce nor In tho general government of the archipelago bad the Inhabitants of tho Philippines any control and scarcely oven a voire. Indeed, these provincial councils, for which the heads of tho municipalities were permitted to elect n mlnoilty ot tho membets. had only advicory pow ers In relation to the governor, whoso decision In all matteis was supreme; npd berldcs advising the governor, tho councils had no other function but to Inspect the ndmlnlstritlon ot the af fairs of the municipalities. liven the municipal councils were, therefore, not bodies controlled by the people. In addition to constant Inspec tion and dlicctlon fiom the ptovlnclal Junta, every municipal council was liable to warning, admonition, fines, nnd suspension nt tho hands ot the governor of the province. And to make the control from above still more ef fective, the Governor Geneinl exeiclsed Jurisdiction over all the municipal tribunals and was vested with power to discharge members or even the en tire tribunal Itself. fBven when municipal government had been thus circumscribed tho masses of tho people had no share In It. Suffrage was limited to the "prin cipal people" of the town, and elections wero Indliect. The "principal people" were present and past otllce-holdeis nnd persons paying fifty dollars land tax. Tho "principal people," as thus constituted, elected by ballot twelve delegates, and these elected the munici pal tribunal, which actually governed the town This Is nil the training In self-government which tho inhabitants of the Philippine Islands havo enjoyed. Their lack of education and political exper ience, combined with their racial and linguistic diversities, disqualify them, In spite of their mental gifts and do mestic virtues, to undertake tho task of governing the archipelago at the present time. Tho most that can be expected of them Is to cooperate with tho Amei leans In the admlnlstiatlon of general affalis fiom Manila as a centre and to undertake, subject to American control or Eiildance( ns may be found neccssaiy), the admlnlstiatlon of pro vincial and municipal nffalis. Fortu nately, there aio educated Filipinos, though thev do not constitute a large proportion of the entlie population, and their support and services will be of Incalculable value In Inaugurating nnd maintaining tho new government As education advances and experience ripens the natives may be entiuted with a larger and more independent share of government; self government, as tho Amorlcan ideal, being constant ly kept In view as tho goal. In this way American sovereignty over the archi pelago will prove a great political boon to the people. ANARCHY WOULD FOLLOW OUR WITHDRAWAL, Should our power by any fatality bo wlthdtawn the Commission believes that the government of the 'Philippines would speedily lapse Into anaichy, which would excuse. If It did not neces sitate, the lntei ventlon of other pow ers, and the eventual division of the Islnnds among them Only tluough Ameilcan occupation, theicfoie, is the Idea of a fiee, self-governing and united Philippine commonwealth at all conceivable. And the Indispensable need from the Flllnlno point of view of maintaining American sovereignty over the aichUielngo Is recognized by all intelligent Filipinos and even by those Insurgents who deslie an Ameil can protectoiare. The latter. It Is trup, would take the revenues and leave us the responsibilities. Nevertheless, they lecognlze the Indubitable fact that the Filipinos cannot stand alone. Thus, the welfare of the Filipinos coincides with tho dletate of national honor In forbidding our abandonment of the archipelago. We cannot from nny point of view escape the responsibilities of the government which our sovereign ty entails, and the commission Is strongly persuaded that the perform ance of our national duty will prove tho gieatest blessing to the people of the Philippine Islands. OUR SOLDIBRS AND SAILORS IN TUB WAR. Tho Commission Is not willing to ciuse tills statement without p. ln just tilbuto to our sailors ami xoldkr I hu pubeiice of Admliu1 Di i'j i.s u munliu of this body miiltes ft unfitting ti- dwill on his pcisonul ui 1 levenunts, but he joins with us In eulogy of his camindrs Wo were fortunate in wituchhlng tome of tho biavu deeds of our soldiers All that skill, cour.igo und patient endurance can do hns been dono In tho Philippines Wo nro nware that there nro tlu,e who have seen fit to ncciiKo our troops of dc-o-ci.itlng churihes, muiderlug prisoners and committing unmentionable erlms To thoso who derive Mitlt-factlon fumi bolzlng on Isolittil otcuneni es, lcgrettu ble. Indeed, but inclilint to iveiv var and making them the IiohIs of swetplni? accusations, t hi- commission bus noth ing to na Still less do wp f.'U c tiled upon to iinsuir Idli tales without fnund.i tlon in f.ie t Hut. foi tho satisfaction of thns-p who have found it dllllrult t understand wbv (ho transportation . f Ameilcan citizens across the Pacini ex ean should change their nature vu are glnel te express the belief lb it a wai was never niejro humanely conducted In mirgpiit wounded were rcneateMlj sin cured on the llelel by cur men at the ilsli of their lives Those who hael a rliati' for life wire taken to Manila and teiuli r Iv cared for In our hospitals If churi h Viero occupied It was cnlv as n mllltier necessity, nnd frequently nfter their u as forts liv the Insui Rents bnel md It nccot-snrv to train our artllleiv uihp them Prisoners were taken wlienrv i oppnrtunltv offereel, often only to be s, fit liberty nfter 1 plug disannul and f ' Up to tho time of our dep irturo eel though numerous spies had bet n cat tured, not a slnglp Filipino bad been i pcutoil. Such wrongs as worp nctunM committed against the natives were llki to bo broiuilit to our attention, and I everv case that wp Investigated vvp ftmn a willingness em Hip part of thoso In au thoilty to administer prompt Justice TUB VALUB OF TUB ISLANDS Rich In agtlcultiirnl und foreHt pi ducts, ns well us In mlneial wealth, ceim inuiidlng In g uiiriiiihUal position, lb Philippine! Islands should soon become en of tho great tiadu centeis of the eus New steamship lines, established situ tho American occupation, ahead conm-i Manila with Australia, India und Jap.e Sho will lipcnnio the natural termini uf mnny other lines when a rhlp tun connects the Atlantic with the Patlli. und et others will Inevitably be uttriu i eel by tho development of tho Phillpph eti il deposits 'flie building of a shen railway has reeentlv develeiped tho rl crop of the archipelago It cannot l doubted that under an etllelent admlu tratlnn of domestic affairs commerce v Kiently incienso. und tho United Slut will reap a largo Bhuro In this. Munll with tho Immunity which It has thus f njoyed from that tcirlhle pest, tho t bonlc plague, shnulel become it dlxtrlbn lag center for China, blam. the Stral HpttltinentH. Tonquln. Annnm and A' tralla. Our control menns to the Inha' tauts of tho PhillpnhiPA Internal pen ind order, n guarantee against fiipp aggression nnd against tho ellsmeinl" "lent of tho country, commercial nnd histrlnl Prosperity, nnd as largo a !' e if tho affairs of government as tbov i niovn tit to tnltp. When pnare prosperity shall havo been cstob" 'i throughout the archipelago, when educa tion shall have uecouio genet til, then, til tlm lungitHKo of u k'tidiiiB Hllplno, bm ptoplo will, under our BUieiance, "become more American thun the. Americuns themselves.'' J. O. Shurman, Ocorgo Dovvty, Chatics Denliy, . Dean C. Wotcestcr. ALWAYS THE FLAG OF THE FREE. Who fears for tho ring that freedom blessed, 'Though It wnndcrs nfur from home, By tho winds curcsscd, to the Bast or West, Wherever Its sons may roam? In tho calm of ptuco or the storm of wars, On land or the bounding sen, With Its silver stars and Its crimson Is always the flag of the free. Fur from tho cradlo where Liberty reined Its brood of free-born men, That banner fared und has onward drtrcd, Full many a league since then. Like a strong oung eugle, on wings elate. It bus followed Its destiny Fiom tho old Bay Stato to tho Golden Gnte Tho fetterless flag of the free. South, where tho fair Antilles He, In smiles to the glowing dawn, It soais on high In the sunlit sky, Un IIIO mil nvnp Kfin Tttnn It has followed its well-lovcd ships away To tho uttermost nllen sen, And It flouts toduy hi Manila Bay, Tho conquering flag of tho free. God speed the flag that has never quailed, Though it rode o'ei the Spanish Main, When by foes nbsalled that bus never failed Humanity's need nnd pain! It shnll bless the slavo whom its valor frees, And Its glory shall 'round him be; On its own loved breeze or the Orient seas It Is ulwass the flag of the frpo. John S. McGroarty In Anaconda Stand aid. Parpct Floors Ornamental Floors, such as we oiler have been in use in Europe for generations, They are no ex periment, It is safe to consider that no out 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 & Connell 121 N. "Washington Avo., Scranton, Pa. We Make Clothes AU Po&etbooks. The man with the hoe or the man with ths "dough" will find more for his money here than anywhere else. Wo Jo Davis, ffacltat Tailor, 213 WYOMING AVENUE I mm A student of human nature, residing nt Harmondsburg, Ta . writes as follows : " Not long since I came upon a ' Knight ol the Ho.id' taking some thing from a small package, a circumstance that I would hardly Imc noticed had not my eje fallen upon the eIl.lnon label Ripans Tabules Then I was Interested and proceeded to Interview htm. What do I take 'em fur?" he answered ray query. ' See here, young fellow, what do je take )er swag fur? Ycr sec, when a fellow's liver and stomach is out er whack ther ain't much fun in my biz ; so I gets these here and then I have fun. A fellow can have lots o' fun Irampln if 'is stomach's in good order. So tint's what I takes 'em fur.'" Yon Canot TMtt& No matter how hard you try of a beter place to buy your office sup plies and stationery than at our es tablishment. We carry our lines as near complete as possible. We cater for the up-to-date trade and if its a good thing in office wants we have it. We still put the planitarv pencil sharpener on trial in any offiice for ten days free of charge, Our line of Stationery and Engraved work is as dainty as ever and wish you to in spect our lines. Reynolds Bros STATIONERS .an I ENGRAVERS. Scranton Pa. For WeddSeg Preseeteo . . The largest and finest As sortment of Sterling Silver-ware Prices ranging from $1,00 to $ioo.oo. MHQEMAU El CONNELL 130 Wyoming Avenue. Heating Stoves, Ranges, Ptuiir maces, PlmmHinig and Tiniinifi:. GUNSIER & FOMSYIi, 325.327 PENN AVENUE. Lmitlher Keller LiriE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. 1 nrd nnd Ofllcs West Lackawanna Ave,, SCRANTON, PA. TT W5i k l iii.MIL The cm (OLll of the Seasomi A purchase of near ly 2,000 yards ena bles us to offer the greatest value in up-to-date silks that that have ever been brought to this city. The lengths vary from 5 to 15 yards each, and for com plete Dresses, Sepa rate Waists or Fine Wrap Linings, are the opportunity of a lifetime. They are arranged into 3 lots as follows AT 69c 88c $n,2g worth worth worth $1.00. $1.25. $1.75 to $2.2J Sale Opens Saturday Morning. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUQ THE MODEllX HARDWARE STOIIB, New arrivals pat terns that will surely please you. If you want the best, come here. 1 19 N. Washington Ave. The Hirnnit & Coramiell Co. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware; 04 lactoaaM Araue HENRY BELIN, JR., OeneraiAsent forth W7aru1.11 Ulutrlcl.j. u nirm a nrn lUuJns, innuiiKr.Sportliij, HmoktUtl una the itepnuno O'tiomtcU Company 4 EIGI EXPLOSIVES. tulcty Kuhp, Cnpi ami lliplojo.'l. ttoom 101 Connoll Uulldluf. ticrauUu. So -n f pa Ilk S Qtafiiig Dishes yyfBi POWDER. I AUENCIbi T1108. FOUD, ... Flttston, JOHN B. SMITH & BON, . Plymouth. ' W. V. MULUQAN. - Wllkea-Baito.
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