ytrnAliimlMmBiv' ' TIDE SCRANTON TRIBUJSJ5-MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1899. m ''-'. tfj, d. '"'; d &0e cranfon ri8tme Publlnhcri Dally. Exc-ipt Sitndny. byTho Tribune Publishing Company, at Fifty Cents a Month. New York Office! IM Nnsmui St.. H. 8. VHKF.kAND. Solo Agent for Foreign Advertising Knlered nt the rostofllcp nt Scranton. I'a,. ns Scccml-Clans Mnll Matter. When rpneo will permit. The Tribune t- always triad to print short letters from Its frler.rts benrlng on current toph-H hut ItH rule In thnt theso must bo nlRned. for publication, by tho writer's real name. PCnANTON. NOVEMBI3II 13, 1899. A micressful light on Matthew Stan Ui (Jtmy ennnot bn Hindu In Pennsyl vania uiulcr the oufiplces of men who li.ivo llclUMl his handH for favors nml Mimrt-il on him only when their hun iwr outran his ability to feed. In thli matter hlotoiy will o right on re peating. Secretary Lour on Schley. f f-HK ONi: COURSE open to 9 I tear Admiral Sehley.ln view Jt i.f th" letter concerning him . uplid "elsewhere the one e.iute oih.ii t" Schley If he would re tain his self-respect and not leave for distant service with the brand of faker stamped upon him. Is to avail lilnisulf of geeretnry Long's Invitation i-i k-eU. an Investigation at the hands ..r his fellow-oftlcois. . "Admiral Schley." s.iys the secretary I the navy, "has no ground for eom I'lnli't. nor has he (ver inadu a enm pl.i nt Should he do do. the depart uu nt Is ready to make any Investlga ii .11 that he 1110?" ileslre. or submit Its -HH ONi: OOUnSK open i.-piirt or eialms to any competent Jury." If Schley docs not complaln.why should lie nit silent In thr company of men like General Annus and Colonel MeCluie, who, In his behalf anil with his hungry acquiescence, hold him up to the public gaze as a specimen of bureaucratic martyrdom and parade him forward and down tho line for the bouquets ol the gullible? If ho does not rotiinlalti at records of the navy 'Inpiirtniellt Which convict him of dis obedience of orders, unreliability and moral dishonesty, why does he dele gate the complaining to others and take gieedlly to himself tho personal .irostlse of it by posing as an uncom plaining vli'tlni of departmental In trigue? The amiability of the president In wishing to avoid personal controvers-!.- and for that reason his willingness to let Schley keep his place In tho lino of naval officers promoted In conse quence of the Santiago sea campaign v. hen, as the records of the department show, he ought to have been court. niai'tlnUd, have been seized upon by Schley and his back door cabinet as the basis for a mighty ingenious Imi tation of Injured Innocence; but If William MeKlnley as eommander-ln-chlef Is heedful of the best interests of the naval service he will not entrust to U'inlleld Scott Schley another sea command until Schley has first purged himself of the grave nccusatlons under which he nowtands strangely silent. The General Otis who is directing the present smashing campaign In the Philippines Is the same General Otis who, it short time ago, was accused or all manners of shortcomings. There . as been a change somewhere. Is it In the correspondents? The Labor Vote. T IS ANNOUNCED that the Rulldlng Trades council of Chi cago will tonight petition tlv council of that city to pass nn ordinance forbidding police protection to all non-union men who continue to v.ork on a job which has been struck." Councllmen who art unwill ing to support this manifestly uncon stitutional ordinance will be told that they will be posted among their con stituents ns enemlor, to labor and will be held to account accordingly. As a onsequence of the unrest which has been created in tho building trndes In Chicago by unreasoning men on var ious sides there is n serious prospect of the complete suspension of building operations for an Indefinite Urn.?, which would throw upon charity and condemn to Intense suffering thousands of families utterly Innocent of nny of fence; ns well ns dial a blow to busi ness in general from which Chicago would not soon recover. Tile unrest noted In Chicago can bo oen elsewhere. Tho extraordinary votu for Jones ens: in Cleveland. O.. last week was one cymptom of this which has not failed to uttraet wide spread attention. That a candidate, without a party and without a plat form in tho ordinary sense, but appeal ing simply to the dissatisfaction with existing conditions rife among many work in for dally wages, could In ona -impalgn In a populous city beat down both of the obi parti. -s and poll nearly two votes to their one, offers food for thought. It Is a slliiatlon which shows how rapidly wo are coming to the class possibilities prevalent In the politics of older countries. Three years ago Wil liam Jennings "Bryan tried to realize politically on the labor vote, hi called, bynrtful flattery and demagogic appenl, imtV It look the hardest kind of work to pi event 1dm from wicceeillng. Ha will undoubtedly try to lepeat his lat tem'pt next year and tlus vnto for Jones siimvs how Important It is that labor r.lijOl not lit' led astray. ;.Tho organization of an aiitl-Kobuiis leaguo among the wives of congiesm'iii Is rt sure sign of trouble. There '.-nn be no further doubt that Huberts w'l El'.. . I'rize-fljjhtlne;. XT IS IiEIJEVKD Unit the Jefi'rles Slinrkey prize fight was the hut of Uh kind to be held openly nnd boldly In New York state. Tho next legislature of that Mate is to bo asked to repeal the llorton law, under, which the brutal 'mill' was " "authorized," and to substitute u law llutly prohibiting pugilistic encounters of any kind. The Inltuentlul aid ot Governor Itoosovelt has been prom ised; the repeal net Is already drawn atuijjt Is now only ti question of walt- . IntrtunMl tho state solnus assemble. Under the llorton law boxing con ifstH ore pannitted before tho regular members of chartered athletic cluba proyldod el"vos weighing not less than - live ounces are used and no ndmls. slon fee Is charged. ThR way this law linn hern avertea l by the BelUmr of epeclal club membership tickets for each iniKlllRtle evtnt, thus extc-ndlriff the membership to Iniltidu everybody wishing to seo the ur-mri and having thi! price of admission. The law which It Is propostd to substitute for l)io llorton law provides that a person who, within Now York state, "cnftairoj In, Instigates rtltls, encourages or does of there being nny necessity for tho any act to further n contention or fight present charge on fourth-clnss matter, without weapons, between two or more merchandise could easily be trnns persons, or a fight commonly "ailed n ported by the government nt a profit tit ring or prize fight, either within or tht' English charge of fl cents u pound, without tho !tnt. or who engages In According to tho last nnnuul report of a public or private sparring exhibition i ,)u, United states 'postofllce depart with or without gloves, within th . ,.Mlti thp Ilctlm COj,t of transporting state nl whlrh an admission foe Is .. ,1(ln.t of mnii for ,hn PSItmnttl nVer- charged or received, either directly, or Indirectly, or who send? or publishes a challenge or acceptance of n dial- leuge for such n contention, exhibition fv light or carries or trains or assist an p"ison In training or preparing for ii. n contention, exhibition or fight, shull be guilty of a mlsU-inean-or." Governor Itoosovelt Is nn admirer of houtst sport; he doce not shy at iniMli Inn nt ti ifitt tf Iwivltir rrlot'ta but he recognizes that prize flBitlns ! under false pretenses Is doubly disrep utable and ho will be cordially sus tained In his efforts to do uwny with it. Th hand of common sense should descend In rebuke upon those nneon slderate Americans wlnf are following Admiral Dewey and his bride about in gaping throngs, very miuii as small boys follow a paridlng band of per forming bears. The admiral Is as clearly entitled to respectful privacy In his private relations as the humblest citizen In the land and those who will not respeci. this pilvncy voluntarily should bo made to respect it. Idealists at Work. -y HE DISPOSITION to put theories before condition; to lose sight of what Is in rapt adoration of what ought to he, characterizes the Ameri can idenlls above all others of his type. It Is a characteristic which Ins: betrayed American statesmanship into ! more pitfalls than any other In the list of factors entering Into American gov ernment. Knaves and rogues can b soundly Hayed; men of mean motives can be put under surveillance or res traint; but what are y6u going to do with the mild-mannered, conscientious, perfectly lovely class of citizen who continually gets you into bother simply because he Is too sweetly good for any practical use? This sentimentalist element Is now nt work upon n memorial to congress relating to the Filipinos. It wants congress to say to them that It is "not tho purpose of tho United States to force them to be subjects or citizens of the United States, but only to per form the International duty Involved In consequence of the events with the Kingdom of Spain, In preserving the rights and safety of citizens and sub.1 ,is of other countries, and pre serving the Just securities of order nnd safety of all citizens of the Unite I States and the people of the Philippine Islands pending the establishment of regular and permanent constitutional government, and to assist, protect nnd defend the people of tho Islands In forming and maintaining free, equal and Independent self governing organ izations, by which liberty, order and private rights, under republican gov ernment, shall be made and continued secure; and when so established, to protect, defend and assist them In maintenance of the same; and that It Is to these ends only thni the action of the United States shall be directed In future. If those now engaged in hos tility against the United States, nnd against whom the military forces of the United State3 are employed, shall cease all warlike operations and shall co-operate with the authorities of the United State3 In speedily nnd effect ively attaining the aforesaid ends." To read over this sonorous resolution one might think that It had been writ ten for Intonation by some cherubic boys' choir In a gray old cathedral at eventide, nnd not designed for practi cal use among a lot of Malay cut throats, heated with the lust for loot and power. Its rhythmic periods and grandiloquent sentiments better fit the cloister than the camp. We do not go nfter savages with qualifying; clauses end it Is not likely to be thfi policy of the United States govern ment, save In n fit of Insanity, to sur round Its assertion of sovereignty over the Philippine nrchlpelngo by an un necessary halo of "Ifs," "huts" an.l "amis." On tho face of tho returns, Ameri can diplomacy docs not appear to have much incentive to hilarity over the details of the Samoan settlement; but perhaps Secretary Hay has a trick or two up his sleeve. For a F'arcels Post. A MOVEMENT, to which tho express companies will doubtless promptly enter ob jection, has been Instituted by the National Association of Manu facturers in behalf of the establish ment of a parcels post In tha mnll sys tem of the United States. At tho next mepting of that association, In Janu ary, the matter Is to be presented in vigorous fashion by President Search, who has assurances that the organiza tion will sustain him in a determined fight before congceRS for this much needed public facility. A recent can vass showed that of tho l,2u0 largo manufacturing concerns Included with in tho membership of tho association moro than !W per cent, were willing to contribute toward an agitation fund in this direction. The manufacturers want a parcel po.U becauB of tho Increased busi ness which It would develop In small communities lacking express facilities or unwilling to pay tho comparatively high prices charged by the express companies for the transportation of packages for long distances. Through out the United States, and particularly In the sparsely settled regions of the northwest, west and eouthwost, ore thousands of qrosa roads village and towns which would buy merchandise from the large trading centers If there were a parcels post Insuring tho prompt filling of mall orders at very moderate cost. As to the effect of such a system upon the postolllce depart ment, Mr. Charles A. Schlercn, treas urer of the Manufacturers' association, calculates that It would be beneficial. Taking nn it basis the English par cels post, with the weight of eoch par cel limited by nn cloven-pound maxi mum, Mr. Schleren shows that Instead nge distance Is slightly tinder 6 cents ti pound, all costs Included. For carrying letters Uncle Sam receives 32 cents a. pound and only a cent a pound for carrying the great mnss of second class stuff, most of which ought to go i.s merchandise or by slow freight. If tliete were a fair revision of th" second-class rates, It Is contended pretty generally by the experts that the post oillee department could on the saving - "f"01"1 "oat every exepnse of u par- eels post limited to a charge certainly of S and possibly of C cents a pound. It Is a subject worthy'of careful In vestigation. During the first nine months of ISO'J our Imports from Cuba, Porto Itlco, Hawaii, and the Philippines, but prin cipally from Cuba and Porto Ulco, amounted to slightly more than $33, 000,000, as compared with $31,000,000 for the corresponding period of 18'JS. In the sairi" time wp exported to these Islands nearly ?30,00U,OU0 worth of goods, or exactly 161 per cent, more than we exported during the corres ponding period of one yonr ago, the gain having consisted chiefly In agri cultural machinery, sewing machines, cotton cloths and building supplies. At this rate It will be difficult to put bounds to the growth of our Spanish American commerce. Although Illchard Croker has suc ceded In lifting the political scalp of Assemblyman Mazot, the man who asked troublesome questions, there are compensations. Mnzct has Just wed ded tho woman of his choice and Crok er can go hang. It Is now possible for an American at San Juan, Porto Ulco, to send for two cents a letter to another American at Manila or Hollo, 11,000 miles away, without the letter having once 'to get off American territory. The anti-expansionists are claiming as a convert Senator Hoverldge of In diana. They will get Ueverldge like they got Dewey. One strong characteristic Is notice able In General Buller. He doesn't say much. NUBS OP KNOWLEDGE. I.ukc Vlctoiia Nynnza, in Africa, Is ov.r l,0o& f-et above tho level of the sea. Factory work occupies ono woman out of every twenty-seven in tho German em pire. llrrtnen took l.'nf'.OOO ot tha U.jOO.OOO bales of cotton raised In tho United Str.tts last j-car. It has boon decided "jy the Municipal club of New York to offer prizes for tho cultivation and Improvement of uninvit ing Fcctlons of the city. The Hrltish military authorities ate so well convinced of the practicability of. the wireless telegraph that '.hey will use It on a large scale In South Am lean woik. liuslness In South Africa, Including Cape Town, Is absolutely stagnant. Food stuffs have doubled In price, nnd thou sands are without work or money to buy the necessities of life Tho United States court of appeals r.as d?"ldcd that suicide does not Invalidate a life Inrurnnco policy unless it can bo proved that the Insurer contemplated sui cide at the time of taking out tho policy. lielnw the waters of Monterey Key. Oal., lies a ciinVen T.aft that once helped to innko history. Sim Is the Natalie, which, in IS!.", curried Nanoloon bark to France freni Elba, and set tho l.ings of 11 Europe trembling ngiln upon their thrones. In tho Ff.udiiii tho horses are shod nlth socks made of camel's hair. In Australia horseshoes have been tiled of cowhide. A German not long ago Invented a horse bhoo mado of paper, which had been sat urated with oil, turpentine nnd other in gredients. HcallHtic snowstorms for theaters are produced By a new machine, which has two revolving perforated cylinders to drop linked and granulated substances respectively, with electric fans under each cylinder to drlvo the "snow" acioss the stago ns It falls. A horse can draw on tho worst kind of road about four times ns much s he can carry on his back. Or. a good macada mized road be can pull ten times ns much, on a wooden road twenty-five times as much, and on a tramline f My erlght times as much. Tho origin of the phrase "to give the eoid shoulder" Is said to have ')ien a cus tom In Fiance of -ervlng a told shoulder luBtead c,f a hut roast ,i dnt to guests who ha 1 outstayed Ibclr welcome, in some dlKiricts ot Ireland seed vuko was i,scd to convey the same hint. The Ntw York papers llgure up a state Inbeillance tax on the late Corne lius Vaudoii.ilt of over Jl.S00.i4K and a Federal Inheritance tux, under the wnr revenue act, of over JMCW.&OO. The o ta! sum Is three times the amount of Mr. Vuuderhllt'H public btqur.Us. From Mexico comes Information tfe. Kcilblng a unrtlculnr nerl), 'Vi'ba do la vibor.i," which l.s ucd with .iiie;...ss in srakc-blte capes. One Mexican has .i I'ox tcrrler, a bloed'auiuid and thr"e 'inr.-cs, all ot which, bitten by rattlesnakes, have been cured by the herb and are. now well. Moths lly against tho candle ..nine be ciuso their eyes cun bear only a email imount of light. When, theiefore, tliev come within the light of a cuiullo tbolr sight Is overpowered and tholr vision confused, and as they cannot iuul!m;iilh oojects they pursun the light Useif and fly against the flame. It Is Interesting to observe that the disposition of tho Japanese Is npparentlj to look almost exclusively to the United States in educational matters, as the total number of Japanese students resid ing abroad, ns shown by tho census fig ures, was i',405, and of tills number 2,17k vvero In the United States. The navy department has IstUPd nti nrder to plnco metal furniture on the cruiser Atlanta. It was found that tin presence of the wooden furniture nboani tho warship during the late' war was n most serious menaco to tho nun. More Injury was done by the llylng uplliitrri. than vvns done directly by tho shells of the enemy. , Tha Duchess of Northumberland pes pHt-oH a i-hawl given her by Chailcs N o' France, which cost a fnbulous sum. It b manufactured from tho fur of a speelci ot Perelan cat, the hnlr'of which Is h lino tbat ont strand U hnrdly visible the naked eye. The spinning, vveavliu and fashioning of tho material re.quhe. everal yenrs of labor end thousands o' fin uklns ADMIRAL SCHLEY'S CONDUCT IN WAR SECRETARY LONG BRANDS AS CULPABLE. IT In a Letter to the President He Puts at Rest the Assertion Xhat tho Navy Department Has Persecuted Schley and Shows That on the Contrary It Has Trented Schley far More Generously Than He Has De served, Washington. Nov. 12. Secretary- Long, admits having written the fol lowing letter to the president. Tho let ter was written nt tho time of the vis it of Senators McComns nnd' Welling ton to the president to protest at the navy department's alleged persecution of Schley. "Mr. President: Senator McComus tells mu that u gentlemun from Baltimore has expressed In a telegram to him u desire to have nn Interview with you In order to discuss what Is culled 'The persecution of Admiral Schley." I think this refors to persecution on the part of the navy de partment. If such Is the case I wish to state tbat his charge Is absolutely with out foundation, and so utterly contrnrj to the actual facts that l should be glad to bo present when this charge Is raised In order that I may bt able to explain the true facts In the matter. "The navy department has from tho very beginning been especially consid erate of the ntllcer referred to. When the flying squadron vvns formed tho de partment assigned to him the command of the same, although Commodore Schley stood at the foot of tho list of commo dores. You will remember that you, oursolf. were Inclined to" deni,.r to the choice when 1 mentioned his name. This appointment gave him n command which was especially desirable, nnd on which nny one of his seniors would have con gratulated himself. He expressed par ticular satisfaction to mo when I noti fied him of the appointment, accepted It readily, and manifested pleasure at the prospect of this service In Atlantic wa ters under the eommnnder-ln-chlef. AN EXCELLENT CHANCE. "When the Spanish fleet under Cer vcra's command threatened our coastx, Commodore Schley vvns given an oppor tunity to go In search of the enemy with the llylng squadron. And here again the navy department gave him one of the best chances during tho war, and until June 1, when tho commander-in-chief tcok charge, he had an entirely Inde pendent command, You know, of course, thnt during this period of his Independ ent command his conduct was satisfac tory neither to you nor to tho department. Ho did not succeed In ascertaining wheth er or not Cervcra was nt Clenfuegos, al though ho had several days In which to cstnblteh the fact that the Spanish fleet was not there. It was Captain McCalla, who had subseouentlv Joined him, who ascertained this fact. Immediately nnd without any trouble. In his subsequent run to Santlngo and his extremely unfor tunate and unnecessary retreating man oeuvre, when he was only twenty miles distant from the latter harbor, Commo dore Schley Ignored existing instructions In an unjustifiable mnnner. In addition to this, there Is his cruise toward Key West, occupying one or two days, and his assertion that ho was short of com, while the repot tH show that oil his sMrw had a coal supply sufficient for from six to twelve days. If there was enough on hnnd to steam back 100 miles to Key West there must have been sultlclent sup ply of coal to go to Santiago, which is further shown bv tho fact that ho changed his mind once more, this time for the better, by going to Santiago af ter all. A SERIOUS ElinOIt. "All theso facts show that he and It seems to mo he ought to have recognized It by this time has committed a serious error, which, If the full facts had been' known at that time, would, no doubt, have been considered sufficient ground for relieving him of his command, or even proceeding against him In a disciplinary manner. You will remember that you wore much troubled and grieved vvnen you received the. news of his rt treating manoeuvre, which was tho only one on the part of the navy during the war. Hut ns Commodore Schley's Independent command expired about that time, and a month later tho battle of Santiago, In which he took part, was fought and a glorious victory won, the department considered disciplinary proceedings un necessary. The department therefore rec ommended the promotion of all the com manding officers who had taken part In the battle, and you ucted on the promo, tlon subject to subsequent confirmation by the senate. The first promotion was intended for the commander-in-chief, the second for Commodore Schley, etc. "Up to that time It could hardly be said that there was any persecution, but rather a very considerate course of ac tion on tho part of the navy department. Since then tho navy department has taken no action In this matter, nor ex pressed any opinion except on the follow ing oecnslons: "First When. In February last, the senate called for reports on Admiral Schley's case. These were complied from ofllclal reports and furnished as request ed. In order that no errors or omis sions might occur, the department ap pointed three otllcers for tho purpose or compiling the same, nnd nssoclatcd with them Admiral Schley's own flag nir.cer to attest tho accuracy of the reports. SCHLEY'S SNEAK TRICK. "Second When the newspaper contro versy arose, In whlrh the department had no shnre, as to a conversation which was said to havo taken place during tin battle of Santiago between Commodore Schley and his navigating officer, Lieu tenant Hodgson. Ono newspaper pub lished this conversation several tlni rtntlng that Lieutenant Hodgson h.i' divulged It. Subsequently another pu per published a letter from Lieutenant Hodgson to Admiral Schley, declaring thnt such a conversation had not taken place. Then tho first paper, ostenslb!;, on tho testimony of another ntllrei stated that Lleulennnt Hodgson had. nc ertheless, declared that such a convene tlon had taken place. Under tho clrcum stunces, It looked ns though one of thr two olllecrs had publicly mado a f.d statement In d matter concerning th navy. As this, unless cleared up, mlglv work prejudice to tho service and Involve It In a scandal, It became necessary, in customary In Mich cases, to call for ni explanation. Uoth otlleers were, there foro, asked by the department to furnl..l uir.li an explanation. Tho result was thu Nontenant Hodgson declnrcd that id denial of the conversation was to be con strucd that the conversation had no" taken plnco In the terms reported, tm that the substance of tho same had be orreetly stated. It was further estab llshed that the lieutenant, outside of h' .'oinmunlcatlon to Schley, in which ho d.. tiled the conversation published, had sea mother letter In which he declared tlu ii conversation with tho former he 'jicn misrepresented by tho newspape inly as to Its terms, hut not as to .t Mibstancc. Lieutenant Hodgson hud pn vlously sent another letter of similar put lort to Admiral Schley. "It Is evident that the courne of net I if the department In this matter Is th siial course resorted to by the depan nent In order to glvo an officer an oppoi unity to explain what, If not explalne. vould lay him open to the charge of In iroper talk or conduct. The (pieatl nay be raised vhy the department d uit call upon Admiral Schley to expla vhy ho had published the letter whb uust havo given tho impression th uoh a conversation hnd never take plac mil not the Bccomnaiivinir letter and th former letter, both of which showed that the conversation hnd taken place, If not In tho terms stated, yet In substance; nnd why he did not explain tho circumstances that those two letters, which contnlned tho real facts, were held back, vvhllo the other letter, which was calculated to glvo n different Impression, was pub lished. Tho consideration which the de partment showed in not calling upon the admiral for an explanation of theso mat ters can certainly not be regarded as persecution. OPPORTUNITIES TO POSE. "The foregoing Is all that the depart ment has done In this matter, except that It has assigned to Admiral Schley such work as would properly full to an officer of his or superior rank In nny ordinary sea service. Ho has also been given every opportunity to appear befoio tho public. "No doubt tho battlo of Santiago has been much discussed outside of the de partment, but thu department Itself has, so fnr. never expressed an opinion as 10 the manoeuvres of our ships In that bat tle. Nuthlng, therefore, can be further from the truth than the statement that Schley has been persecuted. Whatever lias been done vvns done with your co,i sent, nnd to nllny rather than to fur ther Btln up the cxeltemrnt which is ul vviivh manifested in a public discussion of personal merit . Admiral Schley has no (.round for complaint, r.or has he ever mnde a complaint. Should ho do so the department Is ready to make any Investigation that he may dr. .ire. or sub mit Its report or cinlms to any competent Jury. "It Is not conceivable thnt nny naval olMcer. possessing a sense of honor, should for a moment suffer criticism, to say nothing of persecution, on the part of ii nv authority over him without Im mediately calling for nn Investigation. Admiral Schley has had ninny cars' ex pcrlence In the naval profession nnd has met with every consideration from this department. Therefore, the fact that he has accepted our course of action without any demur Is a clear proof that he Is entirely nitlsflod with It, or, at least, that ho deems It Just and consid erate and has no cause for complaint.. It may be that the navy department has mndo some mistake In this matter, but thern can certainly be no question r nny persecution. Very respectfully, "John D. Long." TWO VERDICTS. She was a woman, worn nnd thin, Whom the world condemned for a single sin. ' They cast her out on tho King's highway, And passed her by as they went to pray. He was n man, and more to blame, Hut the world spared him n breath of shame. Under bis feet he saw her lie. Hut raised his head ami passed her by. They were the people who went to pray At the temple of God on a holy day. They scorned tho woman, forgave the 111 an It was ever thus since the world began. Time passed on. and the woman died, On the cross of shame she was crucified; Hut tho world was stern and would not yield. So they burled her lit Potter's field. The man died, too, and they burled, him In a casket of cloth, with a silver rim; And said, ns they turned from his grave nwny: "We have burled an honest man today." Two mortals, knocking nt Heaven's pate. Stood face to face' to Inrnilre their fato; Ho carried a passport with earthly sign, And she a pardon from Love Divine. O! ye who Judge 'twixt virtue nnd vice, Which, think you, entered to Paradise' Not he whom tho world had said would win. For tho weman alone was ushered In. Arthur Lewis Tubbs. 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THK MounitK IlAumv.vitK Hroiu New arrivals pat terns that will surely please you. If you want the best, come here. F00TE & S1EAE CO. 119N. Washington Ave. HENRY BEL1N, JR., Ueuurui Agent for tli3 VVyoiuia; lJlilrlcl.J. Mining, Illastliijr.Suorlln;, Sinolsaliii uud lUu Itepiiiina Uuu.mc.i. Co upaiiy i EXPLOSIVES. tnlcty 1'iisp, Cu;n nml Ktiiuljrt. Hooiu 101 (Joiiiull il.ul lui;. tiiiCAliit-l. AUU.Ntilblti tiios. fonn. JOHN B. SMITH & BON, W. E. MULLIGAN. ?lttston. Plymouth. WllUPj-B-rri-. Chafing Dishes Duroirs POWDER wi ft L -Jf ill ;!j;M?IJai'i) 'f' mmt wmS i CLA' :- - ' -f I i.r -- ' A New York literary man reljtei that lie recently li.-d occasion locnnnilt a well know 11 ih) 'idan fnr u .Inmaih iroubli- lilc!i wi pn n iun-cd a type 'l uer la. "Alter consultation," he writes, "ihe iJouur t" " a l)rc-i.rlpiU.n, ciJ I wa some hat mrpiued to note tbat the foin.ula n nearly Identical with that - f Ripasis for which I h.vl, on more than one occ.iilnn, prepared advertising matter. I had ihe prescription li'led, and It proved i:..;ct .ry, rIwc: T'ick relict. A week later, when I had taken all llus mcdfclne, 1 us In called on tho Doctor nnd mentioned the similarity of his prescription and tho proprietary remedy 1p0J.cn cf, showing him both the remedy Itself and Ihe formula. The Doctor as at lirst somewhat IncliMd to criticise . hat he called patent medl. Ire, hut appeared 11 he surprised when lie noted to nlial extent hit own prcscrlptio 1 conformed to llie foimula I tnowtd Mm. It was practUally the unit, Ai'ur a short time devoted to noting the careful nun. ner In whlth Ihe proprietary medicine was prepared, ho round up by preserving It for my cm:: Of course I had to ay hlr for ullinu me to do this, hut it was wortu tl.c cot to have such hljh profciwloiial awursnes that the adv rtlv-u artlcu was, In fact, Ihe Klenllfic formula that It purnorlad to be. I might hae taVen the propile tary medicine In the Uylnning and savsd the Doctor's fee, but I think the confidence 1 have aiuirod In the olBcacy of the remedy, through the IKctor Indorsement ol, it, i well worth the fee", . . u FINLEY The 1 ilk 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 citv. The lengths varv from each, 5 to 15 yards 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 $nos worth $1.00. worth $1.25. worth $1.75 to $2.2? Sale Opens Saturday Morning. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENU -I TIME SAVED IS MONEY EARNED SMnetMag New. T V V Jiii Jl ILd AM We Em 11 Pen Cartoon Letter Book No Press. No Water. No Work. No Time. Any Ink. Any Paper. Any Pen. A Perfect Copy. Reynolds Bros Office Supplies Our Specialty. 139 Wyoming Ave IIOTKI. JKIIMYN. Tabule Sac ric to
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