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THE SCRANtONTllIBUNl!-TIICRSDAY, iNOVEMBElt 9, 1899.
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PiibtliihM Dtlly. Excfpt Himelny. by Tio
Trlbuno l'uMlnhlnB Cotnpnny, at I lity
Crnts a Month.
Now York dnico: ICO Nnprnti fit..
B. S, VIIEKI-AND,
Bolo Apont for Foreign Aelv crtlMni,'.
Entered nt tho Pnntotflrfl nt Seranton.
Pn na Bectnd-ClaFi Mnll Mutter.
When fpnco will pnmlt, The Trlbuno
In nlvvnys clad ti print fhtirt letters nnm
,ts frlct.dn lirnrlntr on current toplrt
jut ltn rule Is tliiy llinsn must be nlKneel,
tor publlcntlon. by the writers rcnl name.
ten'pages.
pctunton. NOVRMnnn o, isdd.
IAirnirr fre-psy need no longer no
fleet lils Hocks.
Speaking of Opprobrium.
The rni riles within the lines emi rest
issiiied tlmt they will lint eienne the
MMiiolirlum they dative. ll( publleiin.
-W mST A.MO.NO these are the
-4 plotters of the I.angstnn' spite
' . ... .. ..... ....
contest, which not only lm-
I n'-cd n useless cost of $C0 (ill
upon the d( fonsole.ss taxpayers but nlsn
by teirorlrlng tho nvpiauo voter has
in ul 'iext to impossible in I-aekawnn-
i.. l... ...111.. .a ..t tlwi uniltl 1 (ltl I
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The public knows who those ll"e ,
nre ami win aucne 10 uu-ir .-..
opportunity sunn ain-e.
Then there weie the professed Ito-
publlcpiiK who. having innted for yeais
ut Uie alleged treoi hery of 'Connell
Ism" nnd called the gods to witness the
shining supetlorlty of their own polltl
ml virtues', after stooping to employ In
tlelr manufacture, of public pi ojudteo oi
Hiiirillous alien recently behind the
bus fr libel, pioeped-.l, ns one of,
them illd. to show- the ounllty of their (
puty loyelty bv hi' -n-f of their in-
t. nt to spend f iii in the eeieat oi luii- ,
ili Lite Johns and by setting up the
il. tl with Pin kin's friends whereby I
.1 lm Coin lei Morris, the man who re- ,
f us, d to 'sign a paper mortgaging lilin
uHf to them In ndvancc, was, plrato
fashion, to be tin own oveilmnid. I'lie
'tuins show how near Ihls plot came !
t- consummation: and we suspect tint '
tln- editor of tile Itepubllcan, if lie tiles
wlih due diligence, can discover the
i li ntlty o' the traitots.
The county ticket was saved In splto
nf thco hnndlcajis and the apathy nnd
il's.-ust which thev Insphed. It was
ied by Uie paity loyalty of the very
nvn wlioui it iwns originally designed
to punish. Proof of this can be ascer
tained beyond nuestlon by every un
biased votet who caies to make a fair
Investigation Hut we say now, with
malice toward none, that the Republi
can paity of Lackawanna county mil -t
fine Itself completely of these dnik
lantern plots and plotters If It wants
t enter with confidence Into the lm
ln taut imlltics of presidential year.
The majoilty of people who oxpres.s
sympathy for the liners have dlllleulty
In defining their leasnns.
The Result in Pennsylvania.
O.MDTIMr.S advice is accep-
Scasx table from a frleudlv source
V. Jf whtn It might not be received
In good part from an avowed
eiu my. What goes under the name of
the Ht-nubllcdn "maclilne" In Piii-syl-Minla
Is ut the prtsmt time In the need
ul ionie f lendly counsel, and we jiro
i hip to arlvo It.
The vote for Harnett shows that tho
lit ipkeuards and fakers of Pennsyl
.i la tiolltb-s and the sore bend elo
ini nt jire aching reform ns a mask for
v isonal vlndletlveness me Ineffective
f.u 'tors, deserving, so far as they them
. Ives are concerned, only pity with
i nnteinpt. The John Wanainaliers and
ltlll I'llnns. the Cordons, Van Vallun
1 u-gi nnd Kauff mans that wlinl
c lass of high and holy marly h to their
in iblllty to get what they want In
jinlltlcs nio not dangerous. The peo
ple In geneial have evidently takin
their measure.
Hut the vote for llaiuett also shows
tlmt thn rank and lllu of the Repub
lican party In Pennsylvania tho ot
cis who vote on principle and arc not
swayed chlelly bj appetite for ofllee
is not as enthusiastic for llj)iibllcnn
utate nominees as they ought to be In
n state which, nn nntlonul issues,
stands whero Pennsylvania stands;
that somehow the Indifference of the
liarty masses Is more than ihto off
year llstlessness, but enntab s dan
geious elmints of dissatisfaction with
the paity management which for sev
en! years in succession has mnnoeiiv
ered continuous y on ta- 1 "fiMniVP. Tli,
nverogp Hepublicnn -oter does not like
to be the fellow who takes the punch
ing, lie does not respond enthustleally
to a defensive leudoishlp. He wants
to charge the enemy, to push tho fight
ing, to set the imte.
The necessity for party organization,
foi paity machinery responsive, to cen
tralised control, is disputed only bv
duett lnalres or hypocrites: but this
lendershlji 13 most tai!sfartor: i.nd
most lespccted when by wise policy
nnd creditable results It Invites tlm enn
dence of tho peoplo and ciut'ph into
the lnovltnliln dickering of polities a
serious :nnd honorable leirard for thn
geneial wclfaio. Lrglslatuies which
Ignore mnnlfebt public needs In order
to vullotv In factional dUs'iislon cr
tiafflo in special exemptions or prlvl
legesjuconvontlons where public opin
ion lis cspiessed for well-known tau
clIdifteB' Is suliordlnated to influences
which. thH lay juibllc cannot compre
hend or Justify: nomination!) nnd an
polntments for public olllce ipRtlng
mmo often mi favoritism or Intrigue,
than upon meilt and wtll-estiibllHlied
populaity these too freqe-unt accom
paniments, of "maehliui" )owvr lay
the foundations of tiouble under repub
lican institutions, and, In view of thn
trend of locent elections In P-nnsvl-vnnla
nnd of public rplnlou as loveitled
by meatiH hf thm. It bi-lmovts the Ho
publican leadoritjlp " Pennsylvania to
look to ItH own salvation, It 1ms been
blackguarded nnd maligned nrd ac
cused Intcimperatcly beyond all HinltM
of J48Uc(& nnd yet the nd fact remains
thatj,lihns done or nsrinltteit manv
thlnirsipeot for rebuke, and which It
would 'bo' good polities not to joneat.
but to loimnt and icotlfy. I.ut It
shi ' uhllltv tu bo Inslruatud
liy event: let It trtke the wind out of
tho opposition's wills ly Kettlnu off
thi' dcfenilvo tnck.
Slnoe the I'nlteil States sURffcsted It,
nll of tlm Powntn nusKosslnir Blwro
pi IvMufreH In China linve concluded that
the "open iloot" Is the ptoper nr
rntiiromcut to rccuro universal patlsh
factlun In the far rust.
The Result in Ohio.
T
m: ON'H state content which
beyond nil ullluuio or eiit"
tkm jiippinlnently Involved
intlonni Issues nnd whleli,
on the Hepubllcnn side, was untied
on national lsnifS exclusively, wns the
campaign In Ohio, and In Intel pretln?
tho slRiillleauep of the Republican vie-
toiy In Ohio u must Ueep In mind
the locul conditions. '
ptirt iroiit the peiplexlng compll-'
cations Injected Into tlm IU;ht by thu
.loiie.s candidacy, appealing as It did
t every clement of the discontented
and offering befoio the bewildered
WW" ' "r nemwini. vini.ma ui i
M.ehillstle iTtoj.la invoivi in wenim
inn linfiilncBs without work or cares.
theie was lii the republican r.mks a
cotispliacy of Irene hery Including not
only the Itopubllcnti governor and the
niujotity of his appointees, together
with the national committeeman, but
llIso, It HUspeeled one of Hie Hepub
,.raI, S(,n!ltols,. toiious for his ills
gnmthMnent and so lukewarm In hi.-
piofL-sloiiB of support Unit he might
better have kept still. This conspiracy
was it continuation of the Inconceiv
ably despot ate and bitter fight made
two years befoio on Collator Hnnn.i,
whli h split the party from hike to
liver and conveited Into nctive op
ponents of ,lud'i' Nash every Ilepublt-
. ifin In flhlfi In, si fiillllte In Rituip
))111( c w lM)titP nl ein'elunvnt could
,)0 ranm.(1 ,,y tll0 iiUpi1Pii fnllowlni;
,nt() u lam(1 or ,ovoUi Thl8 ,,r,,nj
, ()f KrU(ige-veiitein was plentiful
ly supplied by the Democratic, man-,
aceis with the Mncwn of war and It la
the ln at table testimony of every cx
perlenctd polltiilan who ji.it tlclpnt 1
In the Ohio canvas1? that never before
In the jmlltltal hlstoiy of any state
was money more plentiful than upon
jjvj.en,,-,, s,i or n thr devious slde-
liaths which were being worked to
contribute to his success.
Just think for a moment of tho stake
at Issue. Here was McLean running
on n p'ttform llatly challenging in
AlcICInlev s homp stale tho expansion
policy of the MeKlnley administration,
with the untlei pinning of ltpubllcan
tieadiery so set nj,, as he supposed,
as to make certain the ndnilnb tr.t
tlon's defnat. Tor McLinu 11 niemt
the sldetiuelilng of the politically
hojielrsi free silver Issue, the iccast
Ing of national nemoci.tiie polity with
McLean as the central ilctire, lemly
ilther to tun for jiresldent on the j r03
tlge of hnIng ib feated MeKinly ti)
on McKlnley's own ground or to ns-
sume, behind another nominee- of hl:i
own selection, virtual iiropiiotorshlp or
the Democratic national organlz.ttl in.
with the Immense njipoi Utilities wliieh
tlmt would InvoH'eto a man resident, as
McLean K at the nutlonal capital, athc
center of jiulltlcal lntilgue nnd sjiecti
latlou. And tile Ingenious feature of
the jirograinme. n McLean thought,
wus the fact that eti'iuctte forbade
McKlnlev to meet this attack In iieisoa
anil compelled him to ciitiiisl the de
fense to otheis, notably Senator llan
ttfi, than whom there have been inoro
popular men.
In view of these circumstnnrcs, tak
en in connection with tho hllheito In
vailable tendency of Ohio to coquette
w 1th the Democracy In off years, tho
Republican victory of Tuesday Is om
of the most notable In the whole his
tory of American politics. In con
junction with Mr. Mryin's lctoiy m
Nebraska, won solely on the strength
of state pi lib In his personality and
jire.mlneni" In national jiolltlcs, it as
sures bevon 1 further nuestlon the pit
ting agalns; each other, next year, of
the pi evidential opponents of JSIifi, Mo
Kinley standing, ns before, for na
tional honor, duty and growth, and
R-rxnn for national lepudlation of
soloinn obligations, for j-oe!,iHs,m and
for conti action. This issue tho Re
jiublicnn party welcomes.
And Deniocraey still holds tho cham
pion belt for "putting up jobs" that
fail to bilng satisfactory results.
The Result in Nebraska.
-ci HAT MR. URVAN
IJ the Nebraska resul
JL test against the poll
sHAT MR. URYAN'S claim of
ft as a "pro-
polleles of the
Republican ndmlnlstiatlon" is
not well founded Is show u by tho result
In the adjoining states ot Kan
sas, South Dakota and Iowa,
nil of which lmv given lu
creased Republican irnj ultliM as
compared with the vote pulled in them
last year. If there weie a widespread
and fonnldnble determination on the
part ot tho jioople of tho Mississippi
legion to jirotest against the policies
of the McKinley administration, it Is
unlikely tlmt the manifestation of this
determination would bo limited to Ne
braska alone: siucly, evidences of it
would show across the border.
We liavo not kept closo watch upon
tho Nehrnska campaign, but on tho
suifaco It looks as If tho xordlet In that
state was simply one of personal ob
jection to tho dwnrllng ot Its jiolitleal
jucstlgo threatened in the elimination
of Mr. Rryan fiom Democratic national
lotide.'shlj), whleh xvas fit-ply predicted
on all sides as tho piobable const ejtienc4
of u. Republican vletoiy In Nebraska.
Mr. Hryan jieisonally appealed to the
voteis of his home state to save his
political life; and they, rellihlni; tho
glory telleeted from tho clfulgent per
son of the first Democratic jireRldontial
canuldate whom the 'trans-Mississippi
jieople have had tho plcnpuro of furn
Ishl k to the nation, restionded by giv
ing iilm n coinpllmentaiy extension of
political existence.
It is Imiely posslblo that tho Repub
licans did not combat this pioposltlon
as seriously as they appeared to do.
They have taken Mr. Ihyau's measure
and prefer It to that of nn opponont
not o well known.
Any mysterious wild man who may
for the next few week lie observed
hoverlnic at the odg of some forest
olHorlng und mutturlng unintelligible
L founds can be ldontlfUd us one ot tho
true believers of the Philadelphia
lloeoril'fl mnipalffn war stories.
It Is fnfo to preillrt tlmt Aelmlrnl
; Dewey will put the Atlantic oeenn be-
tweeu him ntul Ills countiy within tlm
tievt sixty duys. A Ouvvey fnmlly ro-(
union hns been lurntiKi'd for at an
early date In January at Washington.
Tho fact that the rising Renpralloii
continues to exhibit lntolllRenoo In
fnee of sonip of the fuels In teachlnj;
that have been adopted In tho schools
Is proof that wo tiro Indeed existing1 In
n,r nf lll,lm,w,l,l
nn ago of eiillghtenuionl.
If General "Whouton succeeds In
Retting Agulnaldo In llui ilniir net
,,, ()f lUe jarring campjlgn thun-
(1 ,. ni)out u3 will ho reduced to dulcet
whispers.
-
IV iplo who have bien worrying
about candidates with cold feet will
please onset vc that moccasins novo
been provided for tho winter,
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES
In the Elevator.
The tilshtmin who went up In the hotel
lift without Knowing what It was did noi
recoxtr easily from the surptlse In tho
lilfh Independent he uhites tho Btoiy
1 In this way;
I "I i.lnt to tho hotel, and sus I, 'Is J1U
ther Smith InV
"Yes." sajs the man with tho sojer
cap 'Will iz htup In?'
i "So I steps Into tho closet, nnd nil of a
' sitildlnt he pulls tho rope, and It's tho
Until I'se telling yezlhu walls of tho
building btguu runultiK down to tho cel
lar. " 'Oeh, inuilher!' says I, 'what'll bc
ciiine of Uildget nnd tho thlldieu which
was left below there?'
"ri i.vs the sojci-cnp man, 'He nlsy, sorrj
they'll be all light when ytz conies
down".
"Vomo down. Is It,' says I. 'And It Is
no clo.-et at all, but n lui thenli-h balloon
Ih it ytz got mo In!
And wld that the walls slond stork
I still, and no opened the door, and there
ns wld, the roof just ovir my head!
And, liegmru, that's what saved me ftom
goln' up to tho hexing lntlrtly!"
Sorry He Said It.
There nio so many things In this wlckcf
I world wo would rather not have sal'l,
mivs the Louisville Times Mean things,
spiteful things, unfeeling things, rtekless
things which tllcMe ovei the lips befoio
we n-allze It. An estimable man in town
has n wife who' Is a good woman, though
lie can nexir bo u landldate at a beauty
"how. lie admires her, however, and as
he Is the one to be jilcjsed her lack ot
lnvellni".s Is a small matter. Ono day no
was tnlUlus with some fi lends about his
disposition.
"N'o," said he, caiidldly, "you rarely
see me get wolked up, nervous nnd ciops.
I nm the easiest person In tho world to
please."
"One glauco at your wife shows that,"
replied a char friend, who is the suul of
politeness, and who. poor wretch, rcal'y
meant to lmpl) she did not huvo tho
l looku of a nagged or brow-bmton xvo-
iiiiin, nnd must get on easily with him.
1 : nt. oh, it didn't sound that way, and
that man would gladly have given $10
down for a hole In thu greund Jut about
that time.
An Inimitable Fent.
The sallois of thno men-'o-vvnr Amcr-
lcun, Kicr.cli und Hrltl-h xvhilt In thi
i.imc hni bin, xvei" compitlng with each
i .,t'u I foi the hist dlMikiv ot suiniJli-
shlp. A Ynrkee went to the top of tlu
mainmast and stm cl there with an arm
e:.ti tided. A I'renc limnii then went aloft
and extended both ainiu.
An Irishman on bo.iid the Urlllsh ship
thought If he could stand there with a
leg nnd an arm cMtmlcd he would be
deelaicd the most diilng s.illi.r. Nimbly
he mounttd to the highest point and at
tempted to do so, but at the hist mo
ment lost his balance, and fell through
the rigging tnxxaul the deck.
Tho various iojks ng.ilnst which ho
came In e-ontnet broke Ids fall, and xvhen
nonr the deck he Ki-cceeded In ginsplng
a lope. To this he hung for a eiiiijilo of
seconds, nnd then dropped llghtlj em tho
deck, lnndlrg safely on ills feet.
Poldlng his nrms triumphantly, ns If It
were nil In the prngramine, he glanced
,m..n..l ,V.,. .1..,.! uliln ft,,, lnni,Dl av
luiiinu i, iv i.,i,i riuin ,,ii, jvjjiiiici, i;.vw
claimed:
'Theie, you frog-eating and iilg-stleklng
forelgnei-s, bent that If oii can!" Col
lier's Weekly.
She Wouldn't Pay.
"I shall have to r.nk you for a ticket for
that boy, ma'am."
"1 think not."
"He's loo old to travel free. Ho oc
cupies a whole M-iit. and tho car's ciow ti
ed Theie are people standing up."
"That's all light.'
"I h.ixen't any llnio to argue tho mat
ter, ma am. You'll have to pay for that
boy "
"I've nex'cr paid for him yet, and 1 m
not going to begin to do It now."
"ou'vo got to begin ele lug It some
time. If you haven't had to pay any faro
for Iilm ou'io lucky, or else jou don't
do much Unveiling. '
"That's ilcht."
"You'll ji.iy for tint boy, ma'am, or
I'll hax'o to stop tho car and put him off."
"That's all light. You jiut him oft it
you think that's the way to get any
thing out of me."
"You ought t'i know what tho rules ot
this company are, madam. How old Is
that bov?"
"I don't know You'd better nsk thnt
old gentleman sitting In the corner. He
got on with him. I never saw Iilm be
foie." Collier's Weekly.
A Solomon and Hypnotism.
A story Is told of a judge- xvho lately
had the hypnotic jile-n mixed before him
bv n burglar. The prkuiier claimed that
ho did not know tint lie was "burgling";
tlmt he did It nulomslieally and uncon
Kclously, under the direction of a hypnot
ist. The Judge said ho would glvo him tho
full benefit of tho law. und also of hU
hypnotic misfortune. Ho thereupon (sen
tenced the man to llvo years' pen.il ser
vitude, but told him be could. If ho cho.-e,
send for tho hvpnotlst. nnd hnxo himself
made unconscious for tho entire linn of
his Imprisonment.
"Tilt same power." said the judge,
"which iiiubled you to commit biugl.iry
and not know ft. eui.ht alo to en ible you
to suffer Imprisonment with haul inbnr
and not bo nvvnio of It. At any iale. tlili
is the best I can do for you," Collin's
Weekly.
Advice from tho Gallery.
Of the Dublin gallery hoys u famous
baritone. In his icmliilsteuces, tells some
fncetlous talcs-one of "Faust," in whleli
lie plajed Valentine.
After the duel. Mnrllin. xvho rustic cl In
nt the head of the eiovvd. raised his head
and held him In her aims, during tho
first part of the seine, and ciled out, In
cxldtiit alarm:
"Oh, xv hut shall I do?"
Time was a deathlike stillness In 111"
house, which xvas tnteirupted by n voice
from ihe gallorv curing out:
"Hiibutton hU xvosklt!" Spare Mo
ments. Hla Abruptness Won.
A chaimlng Incident occurred during
the recent prlx-ata visit eif tho Prince
of WnloH to tho Loudon hospltul. A
llttlo blind boy In MoUIhIi Wind was sit
tlmr em u chair, anil the ptltiews, sewlnir
him, xvent up to him ind spetko to Iilm
Tho ohklinuiu of the hospital, thinking It
xvciiiM bo nice for the hid to know xvno
hod U.'im ttpcMklng to him, said to him:
"Tlmt lndy who hns bten spenkhiB to
you vviih llin 1'rlnccn of Viiien; would
you like to comei up and innko jour bow
to her mil twtlt II hei 'the buy w.is
dellKhled und Jumped off his chair. Ho
Whs led up to thu ptlnc . Mm no was
told of bin wish, to which sin- very lend
lly acceded. The bow vn nmde, und then
came tho hpeeil
llo'.v uie you, mix
a speech vhleh was baldly r-xpuctul, but
which was iiniuf.ri.il bv lli minutes
conversation, and the boy loturncd to hU
clinlr proud nnd lmpiiv.
Out of the Mouths of Babes.
l.lttle a-vi-nfeild Ileeido was trying to
tiling hcinelf one morning and mummed
to net her clothes badly mt-cwi. mum
I1" " '' IllOtlm. SllO M.llll "Oil, tllUltltllll.
u,mo nl)(1 ,ltlll Jni. , , , ,,,, (lUt,..
1 giietr that ain't nu . sulci llttlo
Ralph, hi, ho gazed earnestly at a pho.
loKi-npli of hluueir. "What makes xoi.
think It Isn't?" nuked bis mother.
" 't'nue It's stnticlin' ftlll too long to bo
nio," was the reply
"t xvundei," ti.ld little llarix-, "If men
iv 111 ever live to be BOO or fimj xenis old!"
"No, I guess not," icplled his S-yenr-old
sister, vho was Mudvlng her SunUuy
school Iwson. "The Lord tried tho ex
pel Intent once and they got so bad that
He Just hud to drown tin m." Chicago
New s.
A flood Indication.
"I thought xou used to sny that ou
xvouldii't care to be tied to Miss Wheeler,
If she were the last girl In tho xvorllj
but I see thai jou're pnxtiu.- a good deal
ef attention to her lately" fculd llrovvn
to Ids fiiend (Iruen.
'yes.' wdil Oiecn, "my opinion of her
has undcrgino a eomplctc change. I
used to think that sl.o would lint mnko
n good wife for a jioor man, because she
teemed to bo lazy,
"And now'" asked l'rown.
"Why. look nt her bicycle! There Isn't
another girl lit town who keeps her wheel
In such line condition." Peatsou's
Weekly.
Foolish Tollow.
Mrs. rndclo (faith ciirlnt) IIoxv Is your
giandfuthcr this moitilng, Hrldget?
Bridget He still has tno rneumaucB
mighty bad, mum.
Mis. Pciilcle You irean he thinks ho has
the rheumatism. There Is no tuch thins
ns rhtumatl nt.
LrlilRot Yes, mum.
A few elajs later.
Mrs. ruiile And doe-, your grandfather
still persist in his elc lusl m tlmt ho has
the ilieuin.itlsm?
Hrldget No, tntini; the poor man thinks
now thtit he Is dead. We bulled hliu ios-
terclay,' London Answers.
Healthful Ignorance.
"Don't nu want the water of your
well analyzed?" asked the triveling agent
of the clicmlc.il coinjnii.
"What fur"" asked the halo old far
mer sitting on tlu fionl jioich,
"To know whether It Is pure and
wholesome tr not "
"t leckon not. If there's anything tho
matter of It, mister, I'd ruthei not know
It."
"I low long have you been using 117"
"Hlghty-seven ears."
The liavellng agent jiassed on. Chi
cago Tilbunc.
Identified.
"Did you hear him say ho xvns a New
Ynikci?"
"No, not exactly, but I overliPnul him
remark that none of the pictures in the
Corcoran Art gallery were one, two,
three with the jiietuics In tho Hoffman
liou'.p bar, and "
"What ele?"
"lie never glx-es up his scat to a xvomnn
In a street car, and "
"Tlnfll do. He's fiom New York, all
t ight." Washington l'ost.
PERSONALITIES.
Mis. John J. Ingalls Is fnmed through
out Kansas for lit r bn.ckberrv jam.
Mis. Maria Allen, of Hlyila, O.. who Is
PS xenrs of age. Is the olelest member of
the Woman's Rclle f corps.
It is not generally known thnt Rudy
aid Kipling's full name Is Joseph Rud
x.iul Kipling.
Mrs. Sorchan, a. society xvoman of New
port. R. I., has been nominated ns a
member of the School board of that city
W. C. C ileman, the ilchest Aineileu.i
negro, has starttd a largo cotton mill at
(.one-mil, N. C, which has 500o spindles.
General Cipilano Castro, the new
piesldcut of Venezuela. Is but ."0 iars
old. He Is xvell educated nnd bus spent
seveial venra In Rurope.
The Rev Dr. Wnylund lloyt, of riilln
ilelphln, has deeldnl to accept the call
given him rcctntly from the First Ilaptlsl
church, of Cambildge, Mass.
The adjutant i-cntinl of the state nf
New Yolk, Ax try D. Andrews, enjoys Iho
distinction of being tho first picsldent
of any organization of automobiles In this
country.
Senator Heverldge, ot Indiana, owns
n rtm.it kably good collection of auto
graphs in width Is a letter fiom l'ri-sl-dent
Kruger to a friend distinctly fore
shadowing the present war
Sir James Rlyth, of Portland IMace,
Ruglaiid. who has the- finest dairy firm
In the wen Id. offers a silver bowl weigh
ing twenty-live minces for tho best Jer
sey cow bred In Unal lliltaln.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer hns started
a fund to build n monument over the ne
glected giave of Onernl Slopes Cleve
land, the founder of Ihe Ohio city, who
lies bulled In Canterbury. Conn
Ailstldes I.emciil, the aichltect, xvho
has been xlslilng Atrhblshop Cmrignn
and Cardinal Gibbons. In.-, been recalled
to Romo to tiiiperlnteiiil the erection ot a
cathedral nnd college to co.U $.,0(K),000.
According to the latest rejioit of II.
Clay Hx-ans, commissioner of ppnlons
there Is now only ono suivlvor of the
war of 1SJS lliinm Conk, of Northwest
ern New York. He- Is "'i jcais ot age.
I'ather W D. JlcKlnnon, chnplnln of
the Flist California viiluntccis in tho
Philippines, lu-- boon nppnli.teel a elmii
laln In Ihe rrgului urmy and started from
New York on his way back to Manila
President Pntlnii nimounees thnt ex
President Clex eland Is to bo n lecturer at
Pilneoton tlilH year. Uo has agreed. It
seems, in deliver the lectuics called for
bv the Stafford Little fund of 110,030. which
establishes a lectureship on themes con-uccte-d
XX lib jmblle life. ,
Lieutenant Valentine H. Gllson, of Ilos
tonu, overtops nil other nienbers of the
Massac husc Us Stnto nillltta, being C, ft it
S Inches In height. Ho sen cd In tho
SiiaiilHh-Aineilcan xv.ir, and Is conceded
to be n fust Mass marksman.
Count Shorzc-xvskl. a wealthy land own
er in Pom n, (Itimnny, has icicntly u
tcnlshtd tho natives by employing a
eiitni I. instead of horses or oxen, to draw
tho ploxv on his estate. Tlio e.xpeilint-nt
1ms jiroxed most successful, una is iiieei)
to bo copied In other agricultural ells
tilcts. Mnltre Laboil Is still at B.imols, near
I'ontnlncbltau. The bullet In his hack
causes him consldtr.ible suffering nnd
pi events him fiom standing upilgbt. The
bullet xv 111 onlv be removed when tt
lenxcB the muscles to which It at piescnt
ndhciPB. In this way It Is hoped that n
simple incision nf tho skin will sufllco to
bring about Its extraction.
The noted uuihor, "Lucas Mnlet," Is In
rcnllly a daughter of the famous diaries
Klngsloy. Ah Lucas Mulct she came Into
ixtstenco with tho nuiduetlnn of "Mrs
Lorlmrr. ' I'p to this tlmo It had seemed
-uobublo thai her power would find an
outlet on other llnoh-thut ho would be.
etiino a painter. She studied as a gitl
hi tho Slude eliool, mid did very xvell
there.
James Whltromb Riley says that xvhen
'io xviih In Atlanta, flu., Inst year, as the
Sliest of Frank L. Slnntou. the latter pro
posed that they surprise hi fiiend, Joel
handler Ranis, by driving oxer to hlj
ilace outside of the city. "Would it be
inlr to Jump down em him tlmt xxny"'
iKS.eiel Jlr. Rllej. "lun't ho a very ne-r-mius
mini?" "Ha much so." lepllesl Stun
ton. "that If ho knexv vou wore- coining
ml hud to wait for iou he'd havo peer
, voim preiBtiutlon "
NUBS OP KNOWLEDGE.
All precious stones aro purified bv a
b.itli lu honey
A cup of very hot milk taken nt bed
time xv IJ1 often prevent sleeplessness.
Dr. Koch, tho dlcovcrcd of tho lymph
cure, has genu to Java and Singapore to
study miili.ila.
Nearly n million barrels of Hour wero
exported from Ban Prnuelsco during tho
luct fiscal year
An mltlcd attiactlou nt Memorial Hall
In New Orlens Is an S-lnrli gun used by
the Confederates agi.lnst Pnir.igut ul Mo
nlle. The most cally dleesled meats are cold
niutton, mutton chops, venison, lender
loin and sirloin steak, lamp chops, rabbit
and thicken,
Raw eggs, milk nnd plenty of fruit are
recommended for brnln-workers. 'I ho
fruit con cits tho bilious tendency of the
milk and eggs.
In the grninintr schools lu Chicago the
sexes nio about even In number, but In
the high schools the pmpoitlon Is about
three gills to one bov.
The latest government census In India
showed fl Oli5,7f!i girls between 5 nnd 9
jcars of age who weie alreaely tn.ir.'lcd,
of whom 170,0(10 hnd become widows.
In the Hmernld Isle a belt of woman's
hair Is put In tho trcdlc of an Infant to
Keep If from Inn in, f.nd In Reuuiaiila the
mothers bird red llbbons round the an
kles of their childien for the samo rea
son. t'oiitintr to the provnltnt opinion, cor
poral punishment Is nut allowed In Rus
sia oxe cpt In tho ciiso ef unruly peasants.
In schools the rod Is indie unknown, nnd
the iisu of It would citato a tint.
The most famous extant gems aro per
haps the llonimn Augcstta In Vienna, a
sardonyx ne.irl.v a quarter of a yard long,
on which the tilumpli of Augustus Is cut
lu Hie rarest workmanship by DIoscorldcs
of Rome,
To demonstrate the comparative hnrm
lesiinoss of beer, stntMlcs have been
guthercd In thirteen large cities of Swe
den. It was round tint binudy wns ic
sponslble for .17 per cent, of all rases of
Intoxication, nnd heir for only G5 per
cent.
A Dutch m. ther Is careful that garlic,
rait, blend, and steak aro put Into ihe
craillo of her now-hoi n babe, nnd In
Wales a pall of longs or a knllo In the
baby's cradle answers tho same purpose,
lz of stcuilng tho little morsel of hd
m.inlty frtm harm.
it is repoilid that a meteor which fell
reuntlv In Hrltlsh Central Africa, em the
cast side of Mi-nut Motnba, txplodid with
a tmlso tint was ln-uril for at least sev
enty miles to the north and south. Tne
lr.igmonts wire spattered over an aica ot
nlno miles bv three and bomo ot them
Weighed live pounds.
Tea Is cheaper than r.ry water bottled.
By actual mtasuument over r.CO cujis of
tea can bo made fiom every pound ot
black ten, which, at the rate of CO cents
a. pound, v.ouhl give six eujis for ono
cent. Coffee ut Its pri nt low jirlcc
Is much dealer than lea, as only four
cups can bo made from one ei nt.
The sun Is so vast tint if it were a
hollow ball the moon could icvnlvn In
the oiblt which II now follows and still
be entirely enclosed within the .-inn's In
teilnr. fur every nele on the surface of
our globe there are more than ten thou
sand noes on the surface of the great
luminal v.
Tho oldest woman in the world, nc
cnidlng to ofllcijl census it ports, lives In
Hawaii, and Is Ul xears of age. Her
name Is Kepoolele Apau, and hir claim
to advanced age Ins been thoroughly In
vestigated by Hon AUit.iu T. Atkinson,
the geneial superintendent of tho Ha
waiian census.
Statistics which lu.vp been collated In
Wisconsin show the average cewt of rais
ing wheat to be 21 cents n bushel and the
cost nf corn 27 cents. In both enses there
,ue Included Interest on the vnlue of the
hind, with the cost of Implements nnd
hordes added In.
Oraameflfal
mi Borders.
Ornamental Floors, such as we
offer 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
Irom.
Estimates furnished and all work
guaranteed.
Hill & Cornel!
121 N. "Washington Avo.,
Scranton, P.t.
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A lady living at TnwrCTce, Mass., describes an interesting conditioa
of affairs in her household. When s.lic lirbt heard of Kipuns Tabules
elie was having an awful spell with her stomach. She had had them
off and on all her life and had swallowed enough medicines to stock
up a drug store " I was losing flesh every day," said she. " Some,
days I was so weak I couldn't get out of bed. I know if I hadn't got
relief I wouldn't be here now." Iwo dollars' worth of Ilipans
Tabules was all she ever used, and they made her u well woman, Her
husband says she looks better now tVnn he ever saw her. She
made him take the Tabules for biliousness and they acted just as well
in his case. Kipans Tabules are a regular stand-by in that family now
A new tyie fV t cwiulntu tck Wf am tavclh
( v.iu.u..t ruLt M.f.df ifls tiiltiilt-Bi uan l liAtl liT
loui-Ih v Hg. 1(1 huniv.v btrvi-i. Nw Ywi W-vr iub'l
"fra
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You CaMSt Tliiafe
No niallcr liow hard you try of a
better pl.icc to buy your -fficc sup
plies and st.itioneiy than at our es
tablishment. We carry our lines as
near complete as possible. Wc cater
for the up-to-date trade and if its a
pood thinp; in olllce wants wr. iiavt.
it. We still put the planitary pencil
sharpener on trial in any offiicc for
ten days free of charge, Our line of
Stationery and Hnsraved work is as
dainty as' ever and wish you to in
spect our lines.
Reynolds Bros
SUllOXURS nn.! INl.R.WUS,
Sctanton l'.i.
For
Weddiog
Presents. . .
The largest aud fmest As
sortmeut of
Prices ranging from $i.oo
to $ioo.oo.
MEECEMAU k CUHNELL
130 Wyoming Avenue.
Heating
Stoves,
Ranges,
Fmir maces
Pliminnilbta
amid
Ttata
OTSTIEE & FORSYTH,
S23-327 PENN AVENUE.
Limther Keller
LlflE, CEMENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
lnrel amlOilloa
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
In . rawr c twn (1
r t ito (ithattt h Imi) 1 bow for m at aimo
p-vr iiuu in1 tiinMiui04. inwiAfti
null Uf MiuJiiur l0ltFiUta otlli Itilli
n 11 ut-f ivuh4 ytuvif ih
cwtou ufcft iiwiu) will Uo teat (or Utj col
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Mh-ljS3 (Si
FINLEY'S
Tlh
aic
of the
easoe
A purchase of near
ly .2,000 yards ena
bles us to oiler 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 $Eo5
worth worth worth
1.00. $1.25. $1.75 to $2.25
Sale Opens Saturday Morning.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
The MooEny JlAnuwARic stoiik.
New arrivals pat
terns that will surely
please you. If you
waut the best, come
here.
&s
1 19 N. Washington Ave
o-
The Hiimt &
CouMiell Co,
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware;
434 lac&awairoa Avcnut
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Oe.ue.iul Ascnt fur tUi Wyoinlai
Utiir.ct
IUFD1T
illullli IHasllllL', MporUill Hliio'.ialoll
turn uiu llcpimim Cuomicu
L'o mil my 1
era explosives.
ttitrty 1 iiw, Cupi mill KxplJlj.-u
Uuuin 4(11 (Jmiiv)il lluiliiu;,
HtCMH I II.
AUKNUtUi
tiiob. ronn
:OUU II. SMITH & HON,
W. K. MULUUAN. -
PlttBton.
Plymoutlu
Wtlko-Datrt.
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Chafing
Dishes
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