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THE SCRANTON TlUBUNJfl-FllIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1809.
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SCUAN'ION, Di:CKMIi:n 1. 1899.
Comment upon the frightful wreck
at I,atfri6ii mtiy well ho withheld
pendlntr the rfflclul Invcttlirntlon.
Alexander CrnlR.
-TK SPHI..I.. Of tinRcdy rat
.upon this oincp in the suu
dtjn onulllnB nut of the HfJ
"of It ImalnreiH tnnnniter find
thp'lllves of his entire fitnlly ni.ilos
peculiarly painful the ta"jk of which
thlSartlrle Is" nn Inuilpnuati? fulfill
ment hut It Is proper that a few words
Fhnuld he said on the personal 8'de of
a rarccr vital to this paper nnd credit
able to .the memory which it loaves.
AltA-anrter Crnls came to peranton
iimftn ,Tha Tilhune one enr ago last
rehruaiy-.- Inth time IntSrvenltiB ho
tV(iu that ami the abrupt endlnpr of
lift" woik hv Wedncsdn's accident he
orpanlyed thnrouRhly the huslnrps of
this imper.' laid ;in"S of blond and per-
ninn&lit ffrowth. iwlncil the ronlldeiue
of tl'oe auaoel.ited with him, the es
iprin of thnf whom he e-nne to knrfw
mid the profound respect of tlio"-e who
ame to know him lie attended
flosely to the dttjlls of his Must, seek
tiiK no peiponal fume. In this way it
happened thnt the rirrle of his ppf
nn.'il friends In Rcianton was not yet
wide, hut It was a glowing el-ele, and
those who entered It stued. As a
business mar. he knew his business,
Inn ho also knew mote. Me knew tho
aluo of put'ctuallty. comtesv and 11
delity. He neei hiolce n promise He
never shirked a dut. He hullt Intelli
gently for the futute nnd he hullt by
methods that win.
The public In general does not ap
probate the Intlnltude of details nn I
of frictions Incident to the manage
ment of a now pp.i oer propnitv; but to
those who have this knowledge it will
be significant to say of Alexander
Craig that he tan led himself in uni
form masteiy of these and never with
in our knowledge lost his patience or
his self rontiol. Those of us who weie
assoilnted with hlin feel that to his
memoiy Is due the ptiblli placing of
the credit which In life he nevr
grasped for.
As to tho man and fiknd lot in his
death, the wrltei heieof dots not tiust
himself to speak. I- S It.
XSZSEMSSE35X3EBG2S
What a pity so nnii h bloodshed nnd
suffeilng In South Africa should be le
qulied In order to hccuie to all men
equal rights.
Bishop Potter's Tea Saloon.
LAST SPUING, in Allen street,
New Voik, THshop Potter
f eaubed to be opened an Insti
tution which was intended to
Illustrate his theoiy that the poor man
ns well as the rich needed a club ir
lounging place. It was called a t.a
saloon and, accoidlng to a letter by
William U. Curtis in the Chicago Her
old, it was a falluie because It wai
located In the wrong place Allen
sti pet, wiltes Mr. Curtis, is the cen
ter of the Jewish quarter, the ghetto.
Theio nie few Inhabitants of any other
nationality. Nearly all tho signs are
written In Ilebiew and half the inhab
itants aie unable to speak English.
Whoever selected this location evident
ly was not familiar with the chai ar
te lstlcs of tho Jewish tace, for there
Is no community in the gieat metio
polls that needs a tea saloon less than
that particular portion of the popula
tion. They ,ue not a drinking people,
and spend very little money for liquor.
Whisky and beer saloons ate few In the
ghetto, and there was even less nied
of a tea saloon. It was nleily fitted
up; the Interior was attractive, there
were two small bars, at which hot ti a
was served at 2 cents a cup dear and
for 3 cents with cream and sugai
Iced tea was '1 cents and coffee was
sold at the same price. Sandwiches,
frankfui teis, pickled meats, juetzels
and other cheap foods that could bo
handled with the lingers were piovld
ed and sold at cot responding i.Ues,
but theio was very little patipnage.
not enough to pay the lent, and, af
ter a veal's experiment, the sehi mo
was given up.
Another saloon has been opened at
1 119 Third avenue, near Seventy-second
street, under the auspices of tho
Church Ainiy, of which Colonel II. II.
Hadley is commander In chief. Thu
Chuich At my is nn Episcopal organi
zation and conducts a number of mis
sions In Now York. The tea saloon Is
on a broader basis than the oilglual,
und the location Is selected with gi eat
er wisdom. It is not In the slums,
but In a very respectable section of the
( it", whero mechanics and other wage
vRrners reside, mostly Irish, English
and Americans. Thete aie plenty of
saloons. Theie are four in the block
wheie the ten saloon Is established,
with blllldtd and pool looms attached,
Und One has a conceit-hall annex. Col
onel Hadley has undertaken to com
pete with them. In addition to tho
tea bars ho has established u cheup
testuuia,nt, wheie one can get a plato
of bam and eggs, with a cup of coffee
and hiead and butter, for I.'i cents;
ioined-beef hush, with coffee and
biead and butter, for 10 cents, a pile
of buckwheat cakes about an Inch and
a half high, with syrup, butter and a
cup ot coffee for 10 cents; nn omelet,
with bread, butter and coffee, 10 cents;
a cup of coffee and a piece of pie oi u
sandjyjch, 10 cents, and other similar
nrtfcIeS WiToaU .for..Gorrespondlng
priqej Intitadf coffee,' tea or thoco
JoterTvIll Jja ferfed," -9EATl,Ufcie
fo&ds fire Just as good and
lire cooked JuBt nH well as one could
get at uelmonlco's. The room Is neat
nncT'imrtt'etlvt', -tlil'm are'pletures on
tho "m11s. foliage-plants and other dec-
f J
orations, In the rear of the restau
rant Is a large assembly room for
men nnd women.wlth tables for games,
luwspapers, magazines and u piano.
During the day It Is ued for ti kin
dergarten and day nuisery, when
mothers who have to go out to work
may leave their child! on to be cat oil
for ftom 6 o'clock In the morning un
til 7 o'clock In the evening. At night
Colonel llndley expects to have at
tractive entertainments by wdunteer
performeis, slngcis nnd piano plajcts,
lollnlsts and other people who will
contribute to the enjoyment of the
patrons, eomle recitations, sllght-of-hatul
performances and other features,
which he thinks will compote success
fully with the pool rooms nnd music
halls In tho neighborhood. The base
ment Is being lltted up as a howling
allpy nnd gymnasium, which will be
opened In a few days.
This novel saloon was opened on
Nov. 1, and Mr. Cuitls writes that It
alieady pays expenses. For the first
week the lecelpts nveinged about ti
ii day and are Increasing slowly. The
lesultsaie so encouiaglng that Colonel
lludley pi opuses to establish several
mote In the "tendeiloln" and other
parts of the city. The gospel of com
mon sense appeals to the physical as
well as the spiritual man and goes
for his halvatlon along the line ot the
least leslstance.
m
Shocking ns aro the horrois of the
I'ater.son wreck, humanity Is the gainer
for many feats of heroism and self
fcacrlllce In tho lescue of the Injured.
Mankind is better thun It sometimes
gets credit for.
Money Question In the South.
ENTIMENT In the South has
iccentlj been undergoing al
most as sharp a change on tho
question of currency as It un
derwent on expansion. The Democratic
leadeis and newspapers that lean to
ward the gold standaid aie at present
putting forth their best efforts to In
duce gold Democrats to abandon the
Idea of nominating a sepaiate ticket
next jeai. They Insist that tin? ptesl
dentlal campaign be made a square
light between fico silver and the gold
standaid. As an exchange Intimates,
they regai d the lenomlnatlon of Hrynn
as Irtually asured, they are desirous
that the money question shall be
settled once for nil. This position Im
plies, of eoui.se, that gold Democrats
should vole the Republican ticket, so
as to make moie crushing the defeat of
the cheap-money forces. It Is a sen
sible conclusion, and piobably nothlnq:
has contributed to It so much ns the In
creasing .sentiment at the south for ex
pansion. Practically no linen of
demarcation between gold Democrats
and the Republican patty me left.
It Is significant, however, that many
of the cheap-moniy element In th it
section nie taking precisely the same
iov as to the desirability of a stialght
fight between free sliver nnd the gold
standard. They still profess to be de
voted to free sliver, but they see noth
ing to he gained for either their party
or the country In piolonglng the strug
gle beyond another national campaign
Without questioning the sincerity of
their attachment to free sllvei. It Is evi
dent that this class of southern Demo
fiats do not believe the country will
go to smash in case free "liver should
again be defeated. The south was led
Into the silver movement through de
sire for moie money, but now that
southern banks have more money than
they tan lend to good advantage nnd
nearly all "outhern Industries are thriv
ing opposition to the gold standard In
that section Is peiceptlbly waning.
Expansion, too, has onened the eyes
of southern lree-siier leadeis and
business men to the vast possibilities
fur southern Industries In markets in
the Ear East. Some of the strongest
expansionists In the south aro free-silver
men, which would hardly bo the
case If thev believed the prospeilty
of their section depended solely, as
they have tried to believe In the past,
on unrestricted silver coinage. They
have discovered a iipw path to south
ern prosperity. This plainly Is the rea
son why many of them are willing to
see the money question finally settled
one way or the other next year.
It Is Impossible, ot course, to tell
what Issues will be most piomlnent In
the coming national campaign. If
Uiyan should be icnomlnated the
money, question will Inevitably come
to the front, and if peace and order
shall have been icstorod meantime in
the Philippines southern desire for a
direct battle between the forces of
fife sliver and of the gold standard
may be leallzed. The hopeful thing
Is that the south Is weaiylng of the
money question nnd f rt eager to turn
Its attention to other Issues. Whether
this will lead to a breaking up of old
paity lines In that section it Is prob
ably too eaily to say, hut the tendency
is in that dliectlon. At any inte tho
south is beginning to realize that Its
future prosperity lies in trade oppor
tunities ncios the wateis, and nothing
will tend moie to eradicate false eco
nomic notions In that section than
tiade contact ot the latter with the
outside woild.
Theio Is more ihetorlc than grit In
the talk of a Cubari uprising. The dog
that barks ferociously seldom bites.
No Martrydom for Aguinaldo.
il'iom the Chicago Tlmes-IIeiald.)
ADMIRAL, DEWEY doubts If
we should Imprison or hang
Agulnaldo. hut adds that
such tieatment Is probably
what he deserves. The question of
course Is one of policy rather than of
exact Justice. If the man Is legarded
as a patiiot by any considerable num
ber of the Filipinos we should certainly
consider tills opinion and not provoke
disaffection anew by contributing a
martyr to the Insui gents' cause.
Hut If tho Tagalo fugitives exchange
open war for guerilla work which can
not be distinguished from the murder
and robbery of banditti, and Aguln
aldo unites his fortunes with those of
the- marauders, his status as patriot
can hardly continue to have even tho
faint color it now Iuib After a time,
when the people havo had nn experi
ence of American Sovereignty and have
enjoyed auch civil liberty nnd self-gov
ernment an they have never before
s
known, It Is probable that they them
celves will strongly object to paying
toll to highwaymen nnd nssasslns. We
may look for n decided revulsion of
sentiment on their part townrd their
sinister guide, who Is doubtful material
for matlyrdom nt best.
If, therefore, a general amnesty is
promised It should be coupled with i
distinct threat thnt unless Its terms
are accepted cveiyone, high and low,
who rejects them will do so nt his peril.
In such case there could be no con
fusion of political offenses with com
mon crimes. The Insurgent leader
would be a brigand like the otheis, and
his execution uftcr legal tilal would bo
entirely Justifiable.
It is not probable, however, that he
would hold out under the circum
stances, und herein lies the chief value
of the threat. With the spectaclo of
the gallows before him Agulnaluo Is
very likely to accept nn alternative
that w 111 save his neck. He has demon
stiated from the vciy outbreak ot hos
tilities that ho Is a coward. So far as
we know he has never led his troops
In action, but has always been fore
most In retreat. Ills hasty flight from
one of his alleged capitals to another
has made him a laughing stock In this
country deservedly enough, and the
flings of the paragrapher are the tchI
measure ot his valor.
At patriotism was never confided to
a meaner or more contemptible cham
pion, so we may reasonably expect
that the results will correspond to the
experiment. The George Washington of
Luzon may flist try to compromise by
soliciting a bribe In accordance with n
precedent which he himself established,
but after that. If he cannot escape tho
country, we may expect a nervous col
lapse and a suriender.
The tiresome faice that has been en
acted In the selection of a Jury at the
Molineux trial, In New York, Is almost
enough to make one doubt that Justlci
can be obtained In court where the de
fendants are possessed of ample means
to hire lawyers competent to Juggle
with Jurisprudence. The reluctance of
the aveiage man to sei ve as juror In a
murder trial has made It easy for a
shrewd attorney get tld of Intelligent
members on the list If he so desires.
The selection of Jurors to try Molineux
has consumed more time than should
have been devoted to tho entire trial,
and men In the box are now nearly
worn out by tho tedious process of se
lecting the panel. The right of every
man to a fair trial when arraigned fo
serious crime Is undoubted, but little
good can result fiom an exhibition like
that given In New York this week.
Itobetts must go and a malodorous
affair Is best closed up quickly.
ALEXANDER CKAIQ.
A Contemporary Estimate.
Piom the Scranton Times.
This tragic death of Alexander Craig,
of this city, his wife and two children,
In the wreck on the Lackawanna near
Paterson, last night, causes the most In
tense srltf to the friends who knew the
estimable family.
Mr Craig camo to this city a little less
than two jears ago, and became mana
ger of the Scranton Tribune. He had be
foie that time acted In a similar capacity
on the Dally News, of New Haven,
Conn He was a prnctfcal manager,
knowing the business end of the pub
lishing business perfectly and always
bending his utmost energies to the suc
cess of the enterprise In which he was
engaged. Never In Its history was The
Tribune so well managed ns under his
udmlnlstiatlon. It was never In better
condition than when he left It yesterday
and jojously started on a Journey to
spend Thanksgiving with friends the
Journey to death.
One of the strong points of Alexander
Craig's character was his perfect re
liability. The writer has had business
lekitlons with him almost dally for near
ly two j ears. Never In that time did Mr
Oralg fall to keep a promise. Never did
he try ti obtain undue ndvantage by
sharp practice. It was alwas a pleasuic
to deal with him.
Thoroughly Immersed In his business
ho has paid, little attention to social mat
ters since he camo to this city, and he
made no attempt to make acquaintances
bejond those with whom his duties
brought him In contact
Uy his tragic death tho Scranton Trib
une and t'hls community has suffered u
great loss.
Besolutlons.
At a meeting of the dlieclois of The
Tribune Publishing company held Novem
ber 2i), WJ, the follow Inn minute was
directed to be placed on record:
"The directors of The Tribune Publish
ing company havo learned with sadneis
of the sudden death of Alexander Craig,
who had been associated with them for
two ears as stcittary and general man
nger.
"Our association with him dmlng this
time hns shown his skill, efficiency und
faithfulness In tho position we hid as
signed him to meli an extent thVt he won
our entire conlldeneo and high esteem.
The suddenness of the shock by which
our ft lend, with his entire family, wus
taken from us has Intensified the ketn
ness of our soi row and made our sym
patic Inexpressible. We tender our deep
felt sympathy to the mother of the de
ceased In her sorrow and Ios as welt as
to the brother and sister who have been
so grievously bereft "
THE HOUSE IS JUDGE.
rrom the Detroit Tilbune.
Hon OalUHha A Grow, of Pcnnsvlvn
nla, the oldest member ot the nation ii
house of represtntatlves, In an Interview
shows how foolish aro the statements
that there is no precedent for not allow
ing Congressman-elect Huberts of Utah
to tuke his seat Mr. Grow reiterates
the well-known fact thnt the house Is
the sole Juilgo not only of tho legal
qualifications, but also the moral entail
tlcatlons of its own members, and can by
a inajoilty vote prevent any member
elect fiom taking 1,1s seat. Ilo cites sev
eral precedents, Including the famous
New Jersey case, where the Democratic
house shut out tho entire whig delega
tion from thnt state and rightly sas
there would be no sense In allowing a
man to take his seat only to expel him
by 11 two-thirds veto when the majority
ran decide the matter as soon as- the
house Is railed to order.
THE GHOST OF FBEE SILVER.
Fiom the Washington Stui.
Cdtalii It is that tho part responsible
for legislation by this congress has no
question to consider compatible In Im
portance to Its own wilfurn und to the
welfnro of the tcuntry to the financial
question After threii years of a new and
varied experience for the countiy. during
which scverat other questions have ap
peared, and, so to peak, strutted their
brief hour on tho stage, the sliver ques
tion remains supreme. Imperialism, "en
tangling foreign alliances," the awful
menace to the republic of a great host of
a hundred thousand soldiers, each has
reared Its wrinkled front, lived a little
day, and then been Uld away. Hut the
silver nutation la 1.1111 alive and still u
threat, nnd In dealing with It the party
In power has occnrlon not only for cour
age but for the utmost wisdom and din
trctlon If In nn nttempt to cloo one dojr
It should open another. It might tlnd It
self In the end Willi email warrant for
Its performarae.
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
Settled Very Promptly.
In the good old days In Kentucky
there was, says the Waverly Magazine,
a court composed of three magistrates
to try certain cases nppenled from a
single justice of the peace The tluee
magistrates were backwoodsmen. A
cose was being tried one day that was
very Important and several hours of
listening to the rending of depositions
and the arguments of counsel, pro and
con, and pro and con again, had so
nearly entangled the court In a laby
rinth of perplexing questions of law
and fact that they doubted their abil
ity to blaze their way out. So they
whispered to tho leading lawyer nt the
bar, who was sitting by as a spectator,
nnd asked him what he thought ought
to be done with the case.
"I think it ought to be thrown out of
court," was the piompt and emphatic
reply.
That settled it.
"Mr. Clark," said the chief magis
trate, "pass up them papers."
The papers, which made quite a large
bundle, were handed the chief magis
trate. "Now, Mr. Sheriff." said he. deliber
ately, "open that window."
The sheriff opened the window and
tho case was thrown out of court.
The feud that followed lasted for fif
teen years.
He Had to Pay.
A man with a grip entered a down
town pharmacy the other day, says the
American Druggist, nnd asked permis
sion to look at the city directory. He
was so long abou his search that one
of tho clerks got th watching him, and
not without results. The man wus ap
parently looking through the business
Indices at the back of the book, and
whenever he came to a page he fancied
he cut It out with a deft movement,
bniely detectable. The clerk called the
proprietor, and between them they saw
him cut no less than five pages from
the book.
Then the proprietor beckoned to a
policeman Just outside the window and
went up to his customer.
"Got through with the book?" he
asked.
"Yes, quite," wns the reply "Much
nltltnrl To thni nn.. .Vio fern 9'
"Yes; the usual charge." said tho
drug store man. "Eight dollars,
please."
The man looked at the proprietor,
took in the policeman, and without a
word produced his wad and settled
"This Is not the first time people have
mutilated my directory." said the drug
gist in relating the Incident, "but it's
the first vandal I caught at It. Instead
of copying the few names he wants, ho
preferred to cut out whole leaves .Well,,
ho paid for his fun."
The President's Tact.
President McKInley Is noted, says the
Washington correspondent of the
Times-Herald, for his llne'manners, for
his easy addiess, his soft way of
averting the wrath of the many people
who ask at his hands and recelvo not.
Concerning this a good story Is told.
Not long ago several bishops of tho
African Methodist church called at the
White House, with Hlshop Arnott at
their head. They wanted to know If
It was not possible for the 'President
to do something for the colored race
"Why," said the President, "I have
done more for the colored people thin
any other President has ever done. See
what a large number of men of your
race I have appointed to good ofllces."
And then the President, who has a
fine memory for such things, ran over
the list of negro nppolntees to public
place under this administration.
"But Mr. Piesldent," said Hlshop
Arnott, "these colored men are mere
politicians. What we want to know Is
what ou can do for us Methodists."
"Oh, as to that," replied Mr. McKIn
ley, suavely, "I don't see how I can do
anything more than has already been
done for tho Methodists. You must re
member, bishop, that we Methodists
have the presidency and should not
ask for anything more."
And the good bishop marched out.
satisfied and happy because "we"
Methodists have the biggest ofllee In
the land.
On the Hotel Clexk.
Heie Is a typltil Depow story from
tho Saturday Evening Post:
"Last time I was tiavellng In the
south I had to put up over night at
ft second-rate hotel in Western Geor
gia. 1 said to the cleik when I en
tered: 'Where shall I autogiaph?'
" 'Autograph'' said the clerk.
" 'Yes sign my name you know.'
"'Oh, right here.' ai I was signing
my name in the tegistei. In came three
roughly clothed, unshorn follows Im
mediately retognlablo ns genuine
Georgia ciackcis. One of them ad
vanced to the desk.
"'Will you autograph?' asked the
clerk, his face aglow with the pleasuro
that comes from tlie consciousness of
intellectual supcrionty.
" 'Cei talnly,' said the Georgia crack
oi, his face no less i.tdlant than that
of the clerk; 'mine's iyc
"There was no escape for the clerk,
end he treated with ns good grace na
lie could command under the circum
stances, jjext morning T said to him:
Thnt was too bad, the way ou gJt
caught last night.'
11 'Wnll T Dimnnsn T clmtlliltl't rnill-
plain,' he icplled; 'but the nest Urn
I speak a foielgn language In my own
country I'll Know wimt I'm talking
about.' "
An Eye to Business.
Jessie Bartlctt Davis, who has been
ptomlnently before tho inustc-Iovintf
public since the dnvs of the Church
Choir Plnafote company, has made It
u pi.u'tlto to attend chinch serviris
on Sunday whenevei possible, relates
the Saturday Evening Post. Once pile
went to a local revival meeting. The
music was led by an lingular youn-j
woman, astonishingly clad, and gifted
with one of tho most biridently dls
cordaut -voices Mis. Davis had over
heard. Her singing wns so bad that
It fascinated her, but. neveithele&s, 11
seeinod to delight othors in the ton
grosutlon. Immediately after the sermon an old
man who shaied her pew showed gieat
Interest In her. and tinned with a
Batlsfled smile and said:
1 knowed you nt once. You uro onn
of them operv singers that gavo that
show last night in the opery house?
I thought so. Well, that girl that led
the stngln. she's my dartei, nnd she's
the best all-round singer In thu state.
And say, If you know anyone that
wants music lessons, snd 'em to her.
, She gives vocal and pennny lessons
for a iuarter nplece. You don't want
to take no lessons, do you? 8he3
gteat on trills."
The Earl and Ills a rip.
The Earl of Yat mouth, actor In a
Frohman company, Is not In the habit
of taking care of himself when he
travels, says the New York World, Ho
usually has a man to buy tickets and
to see that his baggage gets through.
When the Karl went out with the com
pany he left his mnn. He tried to be
self-reliant.
In addition to his trunks the Karl
carries a pigskin bag. One day he was
on his way to Washington. The train
was standing In the station. Tho Earl
walked to the open door of tho baggage
car nnd throw tho bag Inside.
"I'll get that In Washington, my
man," he said to the train hand.
"Get It checked!" shouted the latter.
"Checked!" exclaimed tho Hail.
"Why, bless my soul, I'll know my own
bag when we get to Washington."
PERSONALITIES.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis mav make licr
permunent home In New Orleans
Dr. John Ilodham, of Wnxahaehle,
Tex., owns a rare old painting, a por
trait from life of Robert Hums' "Mull
land Mary" and the "twa" dogs.
Charlotte Kmbdcn, who died at Ham
burg on October 14, aged 99 years, sur
vived her brother, the poet Iiclne. by S3
years, though she was born only two
years after him.
The Emperor William, it seems, takes
the keenest Intel est In tho caricatures of
himself which appear In the English
comic Journals. Ho laughs nt them until
the tears run down Ids checks.
"The llrst person to whom I announced
my engagement was ex-Secretary Hilary
A. Herbert, my confidential friend, ns
well ns my legal counsel," said Admiral
Dewey to a delegation from Nashville,
Ono of tho London papers gravely as
serts that Sir Thomas Upton Is so pop
ular In this country that if he should be
come a naturalized citizen he would be
"almost ns formidable a candldalo for
the presidency as Admiral Dewey"
Plcter Plelcrso, a Hoer, of Wynberg,
Capo Colony, married the widow ot the
eighth Earl of Stamford in 1S92 Sho wan
a Miss Solomon, whose mother was an
African native. She married tho eighth
Earl of Stamford (before his accession
to the title) ns his third wife.
Ex-Senator Henrv P. Dawes, of Massa
chusetts, celebrated his eighty-third
bhthday recently by entertaining the
Monday Evening club, a literary society,
at his home In Plttsfleld. Mr. Dawes
read a paper on "The Duties and Func
tions of tho United Stntes Senate "
An English weekly says that tho dlvorco
of tho Prince and Princess Herbert Bis
marck may be expected Immediately,
ns Is well known, they havo of late years
been very unhappy; In fact, since tho
death of the late Prlnco Illsmarck Prince
Herbert hns returned to his bachelor
modo of life
The English friends of Dr. Donaldson
Smith, the well known American ex
plorer, who left Herborn. on the Somali
coast, about two months ago, with tho
object of leading an expedition ncoss
Somallland to Lake Rudolph, and thence,
to the Nile, are anxious for his safety.
He had set his heart upon getting suc
cessfully through to the Nile.
Parquet Floors
Ornamental Floors, such as we
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for generations. They are no ex
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They are cheaper than carpets.
Floors laid nnd finished in best
manner.
Fine line of patterns to select
Irom.
Estimates furnished and all work
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121 N. Washington Ave.,
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130 Wyoming Avenue.
The Modern JUnmvAnr Btobi.
Ttaksgiving Needs
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here. We're ready to
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Roasting Pans,
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Jelly Moulds,
Carving Sets,
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119 N. Washington Ave.
The Huot &
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Heating, Plumbing,
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Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
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Trimmtags
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