!" rt'irw tiWp' yaHpf ? THE SCRANTON TRIBUJNJW-THUIISDAY, NOVEMBER 1G, 1899. m" Clje Scrcinfon fcrCBime Publlrtird Dnlly. Kxctpt SitnrtaV. by Tho Tribune- PiiMIMiInc Company, at nriy uuits a Montn. New York Offlce: 150 Nneiu St.. b g, vm:ni,AND. Bole Agent for TorclRn Advertising. Entered nt the Potnmcr nt flcrnnton Ta., as Sectnd'Clasii Mnll Mntter. When ppac will petmlt, Tho Trlbnno tii nhvnyn clad to print short letters unm Its frlerds hearing on current topVi but It ri.lc Is thnt Ihcua mint be rlKied, for publication, by the writer's rcnl name. TEN PAGES. SCRAN'TON. NOVKMBna 1G, 1819. Cr - Both tho Cuban unci South African tvnri have demontrated thut It uoul'l bo easy to map out u campaign at any time If one knew In advance Just how the enemy expected to moso. Lifiht on the Dreyfus Case. im VI nw taken of tho Drey- fim caio by the Rev. D J. JL MnrGoldrlck In lb" lec'uro jinsented by him on Tutss- dav evenhiK befote the Now man Mow- zlne club and reported verbatim In lust exenliiK's Truth H a most Inteiestln,; one. both In Its averments of fact and In the opinions offered. The lecturer ppoke of the "mutilated repoits of a subsidized and pirtlsin press," nseited thnt nmon? the docu ments seized by the Trench seciet ser vice officers nt the German embav In I'ails and photographed by them for tho French wnr ofllce were letters In the hutORi.iph of the fierman emperor, of such a nature that tho emperor tlueatened to recall the. German nm T)nsidor If thev weie made public; and ofTeied this throat as the reason why, owlnpr to Trance's unpreparedness for a war with Get many, the secret evi dence njrainst Dreyfus was not dl vnlRcd beyond the Inner circle of the Fteneh government and the judges of trial. The lecturer followed this with scathlmr criticisms of tho nntl-Catho- 31c Inlluences In Fieneh politics, to whom he credits tho degradation of France: and expressed pltv that the public opinion of both England and the Vnltcd Sta,tcs should have been, as ho iirjpllcd, fooled and betinyed upon tho genernl Issues of Justice Involved In the Dreyfus affair. It micht bo wondered how tho Rev Father MacGoldriek should Inppon to possess such supeilor sources of infor mation, lie ays his knowledge of th3 Dreyfus testimony was derived from Ptenogiaphlc reports published In rigaio of iPnils. Ho Is not the only man capable of leading the Tlgaro re ports nnd translating thm Into good English Yet the American Associated Press, which had accomplished 1'ieneh pehnlais senlng as its lcnoiteis at Rennes, all the lending English papers, who weie iepieented with .similar efVl"- leney, and dozens of Independent agencies of Infoimntlnn weie, It seems, cither fooled or guilty of dlstoitlng tho news reports which they supplied to English-speaking leadei.s. The gialtv of such an arraignment of the piess doubtless was present In the lectin er's mind; and It Is leason able to as-sumo that ho Is ptepated to subtsantlnto his lemarks with creJIblo jiroof. Dr. Leyds' telephone nscins to 1)2 out of order. Vice Admiral. ERE, IX THE TORM of an extinct fiom a letter by Colonel McCIure pilnfed In the Philadelphia Times Is nn example of how the Schley claque delights to mlK things up. The ndmlnlstiatlon exhausted Its pow er, cen to tho extent of repeated defam atory ebullitions from tho bietctuiy, to liae Samp'-on ncciptcd ns the lii.ro of Santhgo; but the senate dally grew Ntinnger In Its support of Schley, and later, whin tho piesldent was compelled to iecibu tin position of Schley and Sampson bv nominating Schley ns the senior, they were unanimously cou th mod Colonel McCluie would bo unfit to ill aw another penny's snlniy In the newspaper business If ho did not know, when he penned the foiegolng, that the president never "i excised" the po sitions of Schley nnd Sampson after ho nominated Sampson to be Schley's t-enlai ; the naval personnel 1 iw sltn ,ily made It nppear so. That law abol ished the giade of rommodoie and cre ated two giades of rear admlials, seni or and junior. Schley haIng been a commodoie when Sampson was only a captnln, Sampson's ilse to tho lank of inmmodore, which occuued In the ugulnr sequence shortly beforo tho nnvnl peisonnel bill was enacted, put him Junior to Sihley ns commodoie, nnd with the abolition of the lank of I'ommodoio Sampson beenme a Junior nnd Schley a senior rear admiral. Had tho president's nomination been con tinued, both Schley nnd Sampson Would be senior icar admit nl, with Sampson rankjng Schley as befitted tho circumstance . that Sampson, thioughout tho war, In moio senses than one, was Schley's superior offi cer. The president's nominations were pent, to the senate plor to the pass age of the pet.sonnel nit, at a time when it was not sine that this very Just measure, so long urged upon congress- unsuccessful, would succeed. T.ho president's nominations weie dis tinctly offered ns special rewards for extraordinary servlco In war. Tho ad vancements effected by the personnel net wore entliely routine and had no connection with tho war. If these sp--clnl rewards, which failed at the list pegslon of congress owing to a hold up In the sennto by the ostensible friends of Schley, nro to be renewed nt the forthcoming session, there will need to be a icvlslon In tho nominations Sampson, having progressed from a captain's lunk to that of roar admit it! by net of routine, in ordor to tocelve special distinction, would have to bo advanced at least one grade in recog nition of his war service. In othei words, he doserves to bo made vie a admiral. The chief chemist of tho agricultural depot tmont at Washington, Dr. Wlloy, testifies that upon the whole American brewed beer Is pure and wholesome. Very few of tho brands put upon the market contain, says he, deloteilous mibstanccs, nnd those who drink beer at nil ran drink the domestic product In freedom fiom the apprehension that It Is salted with stomncli-rottlng drugs. Considering tho quantity of beer con sumed In this country this Information Is reassuilng; but It supplies no reason why the temperate Individual who Is hnppy without the bocr-drlnktng habit Hhould undertake to convert himself Into a tank. As Others View It. s AYS the Philadelphia Press: "Observers may deduct two facts worn the famous Iang- stnff-Kelly election contest In Laskawanna county for tho ofllce of tieasurer first, that the law's priv ileges at times cause people to go to almost crazy oxtiemes, and, second, that Laci aw anna's taxpayers nro among tho most enduring people In tho stnto. A transcript of the evidence In this rematkable contest-was tiled In the clerk of the court's offlce at Scran ton on Saturday, and It comprised 1G0, 00., typowiltten pages, or thirty-two volumes of r. 000 pages each. A calcu lation showed that r.0,020,000 wolds are Included In the testimony, or, to lllus tiate moie cleat ly, what would be equal to about 31000 news-ptlnt col umns of the Pi ess. Another year will et be occupied befoio tho contest Is decided, and by that time County Tieasurer Kelly's term will have cx pnrod, as he Is to go out of olllco on December 31, 1900. Should It be other wise, however, It Is curious to note that the contestant, Mr. Langstaff, could not now take the offlro If It wore shown that ho was duly elected, as he has dis qualified himself by non-iesldenio. Yet It Is ostimated y nn official engaged In tho contest piocee lings that the whole affair will cost Lackawanna county close to J100 000" The Inteiestlng feature about this notoilous contest not pointed out by our eontempo niy consists of tho fact that the contest was begun solely to giatlfy the suspicions of a little fac tion of dlsgi untied Republicans who thought thnt by means of It they could cause nnnoynnca to political oigonents In their own pirty. Tho taxpaeis are made to pay for tho giatillcatlon of this spleen a sum of money sullklent to have pensioned Langstaff and nil his factional coadjutors llbeially for life. Under forms of law a hold up has been committed equal to the taking of from $2 to $3 from every male adult in tho county; nnd the men whose signatures to Iangstalf's petition made the contest possible w ill have good reason to applaud tho generosity of the people If they aie not marked for pei manent public censure. With the knowledge that the millln eiy song birds are In nearly every In stance made of hen's feathers, wood, paint and glue, the humane f-oclotles that hive objected to birds upon ladies' bonnets will be obliged to oiganlze a crusade against filed chicken if they expect to accomplish noticeable icsults. A Sensible Rccomcndation. A -HE RECOMMENDATION of Admit nl Dewey thnt the government build at least a do7en small but fast ctulsers of exceedingly light diaft, say of fiom S00 to 1,000 tons dlsplaiement, for use on the Asiatic station, In policing the shallow ilvets. Inlets, unchatted bays, etc., nnd capable of rapid dispatch from place to place on the shortest no tice, Is so manifestly sensible tint con giess should not be peimittcd to dis legaid It. The need of craft of this kind Is well lllusttatod in the ..ate of the Charleston, a much larger cruiser of deeper draft. A smaller ship could hae done eveiy sen Ice that the Chaileston was doing at the time she struck the unchatted icof, and by rea son of Its lighter diaft would be far more likely to glide over dangerous places In safety or, If gtounded, to no floated In safety on a rising tide. In tho event of the compute loss of such a essol there would be a saving as compared with sacilfico of our more expensive warships. There Is a feeling In some quattera that little ciulseis such as Dewey rec ommends might prove of small valus In time of war; but this Impression Is clearly erroneous. When an American naval officer like Wnlnwrlght, with a gallant crew, can take a mere pleasure jacht with a few guns placed upon It and, rushing Into the veiy thick of tho hottest naval battle since modern arm or plated ships weie Invented, sink two of the fastest and most terrifying ships of the enemy ns well as come safely through the general fusllado and bo of exceptional use In tesculng tho sur vivors, It Is Idle to measuie the useful ness of n boat wholly by the number o. tons of Its displacement Of course, large battleships and fast ciulsers of the Rrooklyn typo aie very necessary; but let no man turn up his nose nt tho little ciulsers when manned by tho kind of men who woik In Uncle Sam'-t navy. m There's no question that n large num ber of the stars failed to shoot on schedule time. A Move Townrd Good Roads. Ai;u:m pas tur -A CONCURRENT resolution was passed by the last leglsla- ro, and approved by tho governor, piovldlng for the appointment of a commLeslon to pi pare a road bill for presentation at the next session of the lcglslatuie. This commission has Just been constituted, as follows: A. J. Cnssntt, Phl!ade. phla; Cyrus Gordon, Cleai field, and II. M. Ilieckeniidge, Nationa, nppolnted by tho governor; N. C. Snuvely, Leb anon, appointed by tho Fatmets' alli ance; ex-Governor James A. Heaver, Uellefonte, appointed by tho secictary of agil'iilture, and Hlbberd II Worrell, Philadelphia, appointed by the League of American Wheelmen. At this tlmo of year the need of bat ter highways In the country districts Is likely to ptesent itself emphatically to all who have occasion to wrostlo with the abominable ruts and bogs over which most of tho dilvlng In Pennsyl vania has to take place In wet or slushy weather. The battle for good roads has waged merrily In the press and on the lecture platform and some leglula- Hon of a contingent character has been forced on tho statute books; but tho humiliating fact stands out vividly throughout the commonwealth that tho roads themselves nre very little better, save In n few favored localities, than they were when first tho good roads movement took definite form. Our poli ticians turn our legislature from ses sion to session Into orgies of factional stilfo and eat up millions of tho peo ple's money In their bickerings and Jobbery, and tho great body of U19 farming population, tho backbone nnd mainstay of the state, are no bettor off, In the matter of highway facilities, than wore their fathers and grand fathers before them. A time must como when tho Intelli gence of tho public will refuse to be content with this costly procrastina tion. May the w ork of tho present com mission speed its coming. Tho Russian nmbnssador at Wash ington, Count Casslnl, says he cannot understand tho ndo which Is being mndo oer nn open door" Into China. "Ho for ns Russia Is concerned," says he, "her door already stands open. Tho great commercial port of Tallo wnn has been made free to the com merce of the world, by formal procla mation. No disci Imlnatlons are made against the commerce of foreign coun tiles nnd Russia enjoys no special privileges. Russia Is anxious to have the world trade there " If that be true, Count Casslnl will kindly urge tho Russian foreign ofllce to put Its anxiety Into writing, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. The area of Tutulln, Uncle Sam's new Island In the Samoan group, Is not three times as lntge ns the area of the city of Scranton; and Its popu lation does not much exceed one-third that of Dunmoro; but the harbor of Pago Pago, which It contains, Is tho best In tho Pacific; Is large, land locked and easily defended from both land and sea; and when the Nicaragua canal Is cut through will make a popu lar as well ns valuable port of call. Tutulla is all thcie Is to tho Samoan group, considered from a naval point of view. Monroe, the Chicago bigamist, suc ceeded in peisuadlng twenty-six wo men to mairy him at different times and place In his lcer.!ncr what prop et ty they possessed. Upon securing the money, Monroe Invariably departed, leaving no address, and looked up an other victim by matrimonial adveitlse ments. This is but another proof that the matrimonial ad vnrtlanmpnt Is some thing which should bo regarded with suspicion at nil times and should never bo investigated by persons possessing money. p In consequence of a mania of stamp collectors for the special stamps pro- ldcd by tho United States govern ment for the use of the Inhabitants of Guam, Captain Lenty, governor of Guam, after suppljing natle wants, has sold enough souvenir stamps to net for the government a profit of 510, 000, nnd the rush still continues. This expansion business is turning out bet ter than n gold mine. Philadelphia papers claim that Gen eral Plet Joubert, commander-ln-chlcf of the Hocrs, was botn in tho city of brotherly love. That explains, possi bly, why he Is slow but sure. Japan seems anxious to repeat by means of an Intciview with tho Itus blan bear tho surpilso given to the wot Id In her encounter with China. It Is a dangeious hazard. The Paris exposition and the Dreyfus case passed out of mind simultane ously. HUMAN NATURE STUDIES. Paid for Her Curiosity. Ono morning tho other week a lady liv ing in Dulwieh answered tho bell to UnJ a bulky bo, with an Innocent red face, and laige, Happing ears, standing on ilia hieps. Ho explained that ho warned to bee her husband, uud she nuswcied that her husband had left for his otllcc. "I'm tho bo who sweeps out nil tho offices in the building where ho Is," saia tho bny, at, ho backed down tho step-., "and this morning I found a letter in the waste basket." "Well, ou can leavo It," she replied. "I-I think I hadn't better," ho hnlf whispered, ns ho showed the pink envel ope. "Boy thnt Is boy, let mo bco that let ter," bhe said, as she ndvanced and ex tended her hand "Oh, 'twouldn't bo 'zactly right, ma'am, 'caube I know he'd givo mo a shilling." "Look heic boy," she said, as sho felt In her pocket for the half ciov.11 left to buy coffee nnd tci that morning, "ou take this, glvo mo the letter and don't bay a word to Mr. Smith about finding It." "I don't believe It Is much of a letter," ho remarked. "Never mind, hand It over; here's your mone '" "P'raps thero nln't n word of writing In it, ma'am " "Here, glvo mo tho letter; now go!" Sho took It and entered tho house, nnd tho boy with the flapping ears flew down the street llko a cannibal going to dinner. In about 40 seconds tho woman eamo out, sns Pearson's Weekly, looked up and down tho street, and the expression round her mouth was not happy and penreful Tho boy had seemed to doubt that thero was any writing Inside of tho envelope, but sho was not quite prepared to tear It open and find a typewritten document commencing: "Whereas, default having been mndo In tho conditions of a certain mortgage," etc. She wants to hold Just one more Interview with tho lad. Dewey to Be Dined Again. Admiral Dowcy will, after nil the many public tcstimontils to his binvery nro completed, bo given a grnnd dinner by his old friends at tho Metropolitan club. Tho occasion will be ono lining to histori cal Importance, sas tho Washington cor reepondonce of the Philadelphia Ledger, as tho siqucl and twin affair to a dinner given him nt the same club tho night be fore ho left Washington two' years ngo to tako command of the Asintlc squadron. No naval olllcer who over left Washington cot such a send off us left Wubhlngton got such a send off ns George Dewey received, and It culminated in a dinner at tho Metropolitan club on tho night of Nov. 17, 1897. Every guest was u host except Dewey himself, nnd during tho evening tho tonstmaster, Ma jor Archibald Hopkins, clerk of tho court of claims, rond somo original vorbos which contained a prophecy thut has mir. pasted many others In tho way of com ing truo. It Is well worth reproducing: rill your glasses full tonight, The wind la oft tho shore; And bo It feast or bo It fight, Wa nlwlirii Din Commodore, Through days of storm, through dnys of calm, On broad Pacific seas, At anchor off tho Isles of Palm, Or with tho Japanese. Ashore, afloat, on decks below, or wheru our bulldogs ronr, To back a friend or breast a fo We'll pledgo tho Commodorol Wo know our honor'll bo sustained Where'er his ponnnnt files; Our rights respected nnd maintained, Whatever Power defies. And when ho takes the homeward tnck, Ueneath nn Admiral's ling. We'll hall that day thnt brings him back, anu nave another Jngl There can bo no doubt about thcra bo lng another "Jag" at tho Metropolitan club unless Mrs. Dewey shall object. Luggage Arrived First. As a train was moving out of a Scotch station a man In one of tho compartments noticed that tho porter, In whose charge ho had given his luggage, hud not rut It Into tho van, and so shouted at him and said: "III, you old fool, what do you mean by not putting my luggago In tho van?" To which tho porter replied : "Eh, man! jcr luggage Is no'cr such a fool as jorsel'l Yer 1' tho wrang train!" London Answers. Getting Acquainted. A Racnswood man tells this story about a friend of his whoso business takes him nwny from homo frequently. Eor the Inst month or so ho has had a respite, nnd his neighbors liavo noticed the unusual length of his visit at liU own house. Ono of them asked him re cently If ho had got pretty well acquaint ed with the members of his family "I think I inn mnklng an Impression." he lesponded "JIv little girl went to hor mother tho other dny nnd said: "Thnt man who comes hero sometimes spanked me today." " Chicago New a. He Found It. "Did jou ever know our husband to find nn thing where you told him to look for It?" said Mrs. Dhnploton to Mrs. Wltherby. "Never but once," said Mrs Wlthorby. "Hut I don t con-ldei It was a fair trial " "Oh, do teh mi ." "I told him to look In ono of my pock ets In my wardrobe foi a smelling bottlo that was w rapped up In a hundred-dollar bill papa had given mo for my birthday, nnd he found It In three minutes." A k..nous Complication. In tho mountains of East Tennessee tho natives, or rather tho lower elide of natives, tnko many liberties with tho Queen's English. A phi slclan w ho prne tlccs in that region tells of nn Incident II- I lustratlvo of this. He had a patient who 1 was beng nursed bv a friend. Ono day the doctor called and said to the nurse: Well. Jim, how is 111117" "mil nlr mighty bad today, Doc," Jim responded. "His wholo nervous sstcin seems to bo In a perfect strategy." Mem- , phis Scimitar. Henrtlly Approved tho Color. . v. . . . . .1. . When tho Queens ttatue In tho New- Zealand capital was unveiled by Loid 1 than tho Mnorls. Their flist exclamation was "Aiioi" and men vvnen tney iookcu, ciltlcally, upon the nmplo bronzed pro portions of Her Gracious Majesty, nnd noted her copper colored features, they said: "All right, all tho Mmo as our selves. She Is one of us." CURRENT VERSE. Life. Sad Is our youth, for It Is ever going, Ciunibling nway bencnth our very leet; Sad Is oui life, for uiiwaid it Is flowing In current unpeicelved, bec-utso so fleet; Sad nro our hopes, for they were sweet In sowing Hut taics. Kit-sown, have overtopped tho wheat; Snd nro our Joys, for they wero sweet in blow lac Am! still, oh, still, their dIng breath is sweet. And sweet is youth, although it hath to icft us Of that which mndo our childhood sweeter fctlll; And sweet Is middle life, for It hath left us A nearer good to cure an older ill; And sweet nre nil things, when wo learn to prize them Not for their sake, but His who grants them or denies them. Aubrey Do Verc. The Measles. When I had tho measles year ago Ma sho bald, "Now, Willie, dear, you know You'vo got the measles, so you must bo good, And bt.iy Indoors as all sick children should." Gee, I was good; tho fellers used to call An' yell fcr me, but I wouldn't go nt nil, Because I had tho measles. .Tcs" bioko out As bpeckled as a tuikey egg, about. An' ma sho fed mo on rns'berry Jam, At we only liavo fcr company, an' Sam Bam, he's my brother didn't git none. Cako An' chicken pie nn' all good things she'd bake. But bread nn' butter'n' bacon, llko Sam had, I didn't, 'cause my appertlto was bad. Oh, nothln' was tco good fer me, ou know, When I had tho measles ear ago. An' sometimes, when ma said I could, I took The great big fam'ly blblo down to look At pictures Moses In the rushes, Jea' A llttlo baby in a basket jes, An' David choppln' up tho gt-unt. Then Thero was old Dan'cl In tho lions' den, With growlln' lions, crouchln" In the dark, Ten times as many us nt Lincoln park. When I had tho measles ear ngo Gee, I lived high; an' ono day Sam, d'ye know. Ho blubbered somo becauso he'd had 'em once; An' I felt sorry. Pa says ho's a dunce, But I guess not; for thlnkln' of tho Jam All locked up tight, I quite ngrco with Sam Worst thing 'bout bavin' measles Is that when You'vo had 'em onco ou never can again. Edward M. Wilson, In Chicago Record, Don't Blame thn World. Don't blame the world becauso tho thorns are found among the robes; Tho day that breaks In storm may bo all sunshino when It closes. Wo cannot hope to alwas meet with for tune's fond cnrcsslng. And that which seems most hard to bear may bring with It a blessing. That burled beed must rot In earth cfo It produce tho flowei, And tho weak plant to fructify must havo both sun and shower; So man, to gain development, must strug gle with life's crosses, And view with calm philosophy his trials mid his losses. A deadly pols'nous weed may jleld a salvo of surest healing; Tho sweetest blossom may pols'nous be, although Its bane concenllng. Things aro not nlwnjs what they seem, but stlll.'twas heaven designed them, And we should class them all as good and tako them as wo find them. Little we know of this brief life, and nothing of Its sequel; Then lot us tako In bumble trust all that may seem unequal. Ood's vays aro not our ways, and Ho should cortnluly be trusted; All that Is wrong In His good time will surely be adjusted Hawke's Bay (New Zealand) News. NUBS OJ? KNOWXEDGrE. Carp nro supposed to live for 200 years at least. Tho largest glass bottlo plant In the world Is located nt Alton, III. Eggs of tho trout may bo kept for six days nnd then successfully fertilized. Lumber exports from tho United States will amount this jenr to nearly J50.000.000. The original cost of caviar has risen from J9 a keg In 1S00 to J 100 a keg this year. Tho supremo court of the state of Mich igan has decided that women cannot hold clectlvo offices. Instances aro known where the pollen of ono treo have fertilized tho flowers of another flvo miles away. Tho United States Is now producing more than a third of all tho Iron and steel mndo In tho world. Jacksonville, Fla., has a successful os trich farm, tho only ono In tho United Stntes outside of California. Tho London Chronlclo estimates thnt 6,000 of the 14,000 parish churches In Eng land are Inclined toward ritualism. Missouri chickens ta tho number or amount of 365,000 pounds have been or dered by tho British war department. Tho Chicago, Milwaukee nnd St. Paul's annual stntement shows that Jo1,lS2 was expended In Internal rovenuo stnmp taxes during tho jenr. Iletfilum has tho largest amount of rail road In comparison with Its total aren, tho nmount being 32 2 miles to ench square mlla of area. In tho flrut seven months of 1S10, Eng lnnd Imported from tho United States J2,397,C53 mcro silver than In 1S9S, and I'rnnco JCS6.43S more. Austrian returns Indlcato that thcro aru In thnt country 1,101 persons whoso In como exceeds 40,000 florins a yenr, and who are, therefore, rated as millionaires. Canada's exports of butter to England aro rapidly Increasing. This year, to Aug, 19, 215,411 boxes liavo been shipped, ns compared with a total of 154,011 in Fewer deaths aio caused by mining accidents now than In H5, although at tho present tlmo thero nro two and a hnlf times as many peoplo employed un derground. l'repniatlons nro soon to be mado for tho removal to Atllngton cemetery of tho dead from tho battleship Maine, who wre burled In Cilstobal Colon cemetery, in Havana Tho Osngcs aro probably the richest people per capita in the world. Each ono of them, man, woman nnd child, has 900 ncrcs of good land nnd receives J50 from the government four times a J ear. Lid smith, the town upon which tho ejes of tho world nre now turned, gets Its pretty nnmo from Lad'' Smith, tho wife of Sir Harry Smith, who years ago was a prominent British olTleer In South Afrlcn. In some towns of Germany tho tele phone is Introduced bv tobacconists ns nn additional attraction to customers. Any ono who bios a cigar may, If ho cK- desires, speak over the tobacconist's liv trument. It will rcqulro TO.OOO enumerators to tnlo tho census of tho United Stntes In Juno not, for It must bo completed b tho first week of July. That ne ins tint about 75,000 000 people must bo lerordcd in thirty days, or at tho rate of 2,500,000 a,dai; , ., In Germany, ns In many other Euro- countries, there is a rule that no moro ppopo ,, r,()o on Btreet carg than can find scats. Consequently, If a car Is full, If a woman gets on and It a man gives tno woman ins seat, tnc man is ejected Alt cad v an-ingoments nre being made by tho English tout 1st agents to conduct parties to Oberammerrnu next year, th famous Passion Plav having been fixed to commence on April 21. It will last, as usual, till tho end of September. Since 1G31!, with only slight remodeling, this msteiy or mlrnclo performance hns been performed by village pensints in the Ituvnrlnn highlands every ten years. Ornamental Ornnmental Floors, such as we ofler 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 Ave., Scranton, Pa. The Hyot & CoiMneM Coo Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 Lackawanna Avenue Lnnther Keller LiHE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. ord and Olllos West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. For Presents o o The largest and finest As sortment of Sterliag Silver-ware Prices ranging from $1.00 to $ioo.oo. MBCEMAU k CONHiELL 130 Wyoming Avenue. Heating Stoves, Ranges, Ftmiriniacas PlMmWofir e and Ttalmigo GMSXH k FORSYTH, 1-327 PENN AVENUE. Thk Modkun ll.utmvAitG sroaa. New arrivals pat terns that will surely please you. If yoi waut the best, coine here. FOOTE & SHEAR CO. 1 19 N. Washington Ave. - HENRY BELliN, JR., Gcutrui Agent for ttts Wyomlaj Dlstrlc. j- JllliIiiS, IHluthiz, Sporting, SmoioiJll aiid Ilia Iteputuo CticnlctU Compuuy'4 HIGH EXPLOSIVES. talcty rule, Ciipi and Icplois;L ltoom 101 Connell llutldui;. faorauUa. AGENCICi thob. rortD. JOHN B. SMITH & SON, W. K. MULLIGAN. - Plttstoa Plymouth. Wllken-Barre Chafing Isles DUPONTO PIIKB. To my mind, for the relief and, I have'nd doubt, for the permanent relief of any disorder, of the stomach, liver or bowels, all of which B have had (and I therefore speak with suf ficient knowledge), there is nothing like Ripans Tabules in their prompt but not violent action, and in their certain relief, fol-j lowed by no ill effects. AneimtTlt moV.t contalnloir IK MTAXt tunxj In app carton (wtlbnnt slut) Umw far tjlirt emi vt uoTcJ-nm Vl.K citS: thl. low prloM ...tt U InMiwwl for II.. pour and ttrum "t . O" dc.rn if tL. (ivr-crnt carlou. (1 i Ubulg.) .b.lMdbri.uH pyj'Wr-"V-tl 1UM IwtSimtohaAirKnKtn, titJ.ar-i .tgrvUjrt,utw. ciuti ud at liquor tfon- ". UrUcr -hop FINIEY The o ti n f t llli MlC of the easomi 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 leneths vary from each, 5 to 15 and for yards com- plete Dresses, Sepa rate Waists or Fine Wrap Linings, are the opportunity of a lifetime. They are arranged into 3 lots as iollows AT 88c C $IIo worth 1.75 to 2.2$ worth $1.00. worth $1.2$. Sale Opens Saturday Morning. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE TIAG SAVED IS MONEY EARNED SomstMng New. RRXLJ AM We Have It. Pee Cariboo 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 hoti:i. JEtlMYN. al wi tk m i,ii,.i1iiii...m.-. -:"-' . ;: ;:.:"..-.( ,aPi. ur. I, i i S
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