'4 THE SCRANTON TRIBUJNE-THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1899. V, t$t Scranfon CrfBune Published Dolly, Except Sunday, by Th Tribune Puhilnhlntr Company, ot Fifty Cents a Month, r '"- ti , t " New York Oftlcdi 150 Nnirnnu St.. B. S. VREELAND. Bolo Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entered at the Pontofflcn nt Bcronton. Pa., as Sect nil-Class Mall Matter. When tpnen will peimlt. The TrIKuns Is nln-nyn clad to print short letters finm Its friends hearlnpr on current topi'" but Its rule Is that these must be nlKncfl. tor publication, by the writer's real name. SPR ANTON. IMCCEMBEIt T, 1S99. Tito Dewey real catnto ileal; tho Rarnnson-Solitey controversy nnd thu Green UIiIro water pgltntlon arc HnWo for u time to be forprntteii In Hit flurry over Hrotlicr r.oberts. A Pointer to Parents. T SEEMS to us that n word of pointed wurnlnff should bo spok en to some of tho parents In this town. We are bavins, nmongst the youns ones In 'the public schools, the Usual and porlm, more than the nveruKe run of contusions diseases, notably scat let fever and diphtheria. Every day or two some pupil drops out or tho line and the next Information on the subject Is that he or she Is abed with a fierce disease. A certain amount of this kind or thlnrr Is perhaps an Inevitable vicissitude of life: nt least It will do no harm t.) think so. Hut there Is one phase of this prevalent sickness which arouses Indignation and that Is the carelessness manifested by pomepareritgln exposing unnecessarily to the contaplon In their own family circle tho children of their neighbors and friends. Every HUlo while we hear of scarlet fever patients released prematurely from quarantine and sent back to school to spread tho terror there. Not Infrequently parent pass directly from tho sick room Into tho presence of others without taklns the smallest precaution to prevent th! transmission by them of the germs, or seeds of disease. In a hundred ways, of course without evil Intent, the wel fare of the community Is menaced and If the matter Is not properly called to the public's attention the consequences may some day be serious. The local physicians, we are persuad ed, do In most Instances their full duty In Instructing parents Into whose homes they are called. If they do not, they should henceforth do so. But the trouble Is most likely to begin after the doctor's back is turned; and if in each community where a careless par ent or nurse exposes to peril unneces sarily the children of the neighborhood some determined man or woman would volunteer to do a little missionary work in behalf of common sense, tho prob abilities are that wo should soon detect the result in a declining death rate. Aguinaido may be reserving himself for a C'hrlstmaa tJierent for Uncle Sam. Mr. Roberts' Delusions. N a"sTATI3MENT telegraphed from 'Washington to the Phila delphia Itecord Brigham II. Hob- erts.the representative-elect from Utah, says: The action of the house In my case was not a surprlso to me. Tho whole matttr was evidently prejudged nnd the minds of members made up to follow the courso that had Won outlined. When tho ques tion comes to bo considered by members of the houso after pressure of public opinion Is removed, I think the case will stand ns a vicious violation of tho well established precedents which have fixed tho rules of the house. The foundation Is now luld for confusion, chaos nnd rev olution In tho organization of the house, and tho rights of the members therein. A precedent has been established which will yet excuse tho eamo denial of rights to n Human Catholic, a Presbyterian, an ngnostle or any one who may be unfor tunate, enough to stand under condemna tion of a popular sentiment, lashed Into a frenzy by mlsiepresentatlon and false, hrnd, as In my Instance. 1 was met at tho very bar of tho house ami denied tho protection granted by the rules of that body nnd the constitution of the I'nlted States, becauso I was a member of nn unpopular church against which there rests a sectarian hate. The matter of df--nylng me tho right to be sworn In Is In Itself not a very Important matter, so far nn affecting tno personally Is concerned, hut It is a fact that tho right of repre sentation of u sovereign state has been denied by this action. It Is an easy thing to charge misrep resentation nnd fnlsehood; but before such a charge against the millions of intelligent and patriotic American citi zens who have lifted their voice against Hoberts' admission can bo believed It must be proved. Tho action of the house of representatives on Tuesday was not a rejection of the credentials of the representative-elect from Utah but tho reference of thest- credentials to a special committee of nine members, charged with making a Judicial Inquiry Into tho facts, such inquiry to be re ported to the whole house for final nc tlon. The opportunity will not be de nied to Mr. Hoberts to uppear befora t)ils committee with persons and papers fop the, purpose ot rebutting whatever nlay Tie brought before It In way of cliallenge of his right to sit In the con gress of the United States. If the ac cusation against him that he bus direct ly violated the law und the will of the United, States with regard to polyga mous cohabitation be disproved; or, in other words if this accusation bo not established beyond reasonable doubt, vji the committee, If it be Just nnd ialr. will report In favor of seatl"g Huberts nnd the case against him will drop. lf. it shall appear, after honest i)ul thorough Inquiry, that Hoberts I tjtiyjccnt of the offences charged: that spw faith he has obeyed tho law id the will of the country In the mat ter nt Issue and that the outcry against hln,h(is proceeded under a general mis apprehension of tho real fncts, wo be Hovo there Is enough manhood on that BpecM committee nnd In the whole congrias) to do the Just thing regardless of pulllJ clamor; and doubt of this should lot bo entertained until created by tho Uglo of events, TljrT, no,, present call, therefore, or yjipatliy or Tir against Roberta llelsjjot marlyr'. The Issue before eongreeV-douictV f oncerrt his religion or his consclvnce but his nets as n cltl zen. Belief In Jhls country Is free. Consefence latrjfe. The light to wor ship us any man shall choose la fres beyond abridgement; but over nil this freedom I tho nno nmllfylns clause: Tho innn possessing this freedom must respect the rights of his fellow-man nnd render to the laws that are enacted by the majority honest obedience while he elects to live under them. The law sayi that a man shall not live with three wives. He ennnot escape that law by saying that his conscience tells him to live with three wives. Ho ennnot es cape by nlleglng that It Is his religion to practice polygumy. If such n rule were established, religions would soon spring up nnd promptings of conscience be alleged for the purpose of sanction ing every form of vice. The law takes note of acts. It says what shall anj what shall not be done. If Hoberts has done what the law says he should not do, the admission of him to congress would be n mistake, Intensified by tho special prominence of bis transgress ion and tho Invitation which congres sional sanction of It would extend to Its wldesprcnd Imitation. Tho rerently published EtntenienU of Consul Oscar K, 'Williams, nt Ma nila, Indicate that Aguinaido may after nil have been In the position ot many other leaders, "In tho hands ot their friends," and unable tc escape. With Regard to England. " w -IIE LONDON papers take es- G pedal notice of one sentence 1L 'a the president's messag, occurring In the paragraph referring to the South African war. As published, the message said: This government has maintained nn at titude of neutrality In tho unfortunate contest between Great Britain and tho lloer states of Africa. We have remained faithful to the precept of avoiding en tangling nlllnneos as to affairs not of our direct concern. Had clrciimstnnces suggested that the parties of tho quar rel would have welcomed any kindly ex pression of the hope of tho American people that war might be nverted, good otllces would have been gladly tendered, etc., etc. The London Chronicle nnd In fact nil tho London papers take this to lndlca'e an Intention of coolness toward Great Britain, tho Chronicle In particular snylng: "If tho tone Is n nlin.de cooler in tho references to Great Britain wo owe It to Mr. Chamberlain's mischiev ous exaggerations. But for them the message would probably not have con tained a sentence which was evidently hurriedly dropped Into a paragraph without consideration of the bearing of Its context." The sentence thus referred to Is evi dently the one which reads: "We havs remained faithful to the precept of avoiding entangling alliances ns to af fairs not of our direct concern." While It does seem to bo a little out of line with Its Immediate context appertain ing to the South African war, ns it .which the United Stntos could hardly be expected to entertain tho thought" of an alliance, entangling or otherwise, yet tho doctrine contnlned within It Is timely as well as sound. There nre two extreme positions with respect to the relationship which should exist between the United States nnd Grent Britain and common sense condemns both as unreasonable. On Is that we should be ready to take a fall out of the English empire upon tho slightest provocation. There Is a frac tion of our population, fortunately a small one, numerically speaking, which has been mls-edicated Into a kind of professional hatred of England. It Is largely an Impersonal feeling, very often nutomatlc in its manifestations; but It has been so long entertalne 1 that quite without regard to nny changes In conditions which time has brought or Is likely to bring It seizes each passing occasion to give frantic wrenches to the lion's tall. On the other hand, we have an ele ment amongst us, very good fellows for tho most part, who think It quite the thing to applaud Indiscriminately all that bears the British label; and whose summit of hopeful expectation, so far as international politics Is con corned, would be signalized by the ratification ot an Ironclad partnership between Jonathan and John, binding each beyond all reason Into responsi bility for tho other's follies. It Is hardly necessary to say that sensible Americanism plants Itself somewhere between these outpost positions. It Is happy In British respect and grateful for English good will, but it sanctions no chevalier quixotism in foreign pol icy and is content to let the relation ship between tho two branches of the common race rest upon a basis of or dinary nmlty, with nmplo margin for such departure toward warmer or cold er feelings ns circumstances and ac tions may from time to time demand. Gold Democrats expect to support Brynn so long ns there Is nn danger thnt success will crown his efforts. The Congressional Library. K VEHV VISITOH to Wnshlng ton who hit'! inspected tho beautiful building In which the congressional library is locnted or had opportunity to study the mpiits of this superb Institution will, we are sure, bo Interested In some fncts concerning the library ex tracted from Librarian Putnam's iirst annual report. To run the library for the last fiscal year cost $185,000. The amount dis bursed en account of the maintenance of tho library building and groundn wbh $106,000. On June 30 last tho lib rary contained 937.03G pamphlets nnd books, 26.500 mnnuBcrlpts. r.2,181 maps and charts. 70,823 prints, 277. 1G! com positions of music and 50,330 bound volumes of periodicals and newspa pers. There are 18,23$ files of news papeis nnd tho library Is now pre serving (files of every consldcrnblo publication In the United States. In Its reading room the library during tho year entertained 121,270 readers, while In the leading room for tho Wind, a new feature, 31,000 visitors were registered. Mr. Putnam urges strongly upon congress tho re-claeslflcatlon of tho library, saying that the preuent clussl llcatlon Is but n slight expansion of that adopted by Thomas Jefferson In 1815 for his library of 0,700 volumes. There Is no shelf list for tho more than a million books and pamphlets In the library, tho catalogue now ex isting Is insufficient and antiquated nnd mnny conveniences nro nbsent which In other large libraries nre con slderod Indispensable. Ho nsks au thority to tnko up this necessary work nnd It Is self-evident thnt ho should have It. One Important nddltlon which ho Announces will bo mado within two months Is a reading room, open day and night, whMi will contain fop public use files of nil tho current newspapers nnd periodicals. The general public touches the li brary most frequently thr'ough the, copyright department, and this, owing to Inadequate appropriations, Is In bad shape, Tho law at present authorizes the employment In this department of only thirty persons and they are un able to keep up with current business, much less clean up nrrears. Six per sons have befti lent from other de partments, yet these thirty-six, .al though they have contributed with out charge 9,759 hours of overtime work, are behind in the business of tho department, while tho volume of that business goes on Increasing at tho rate of ten per cent, yearly. The department as now constituted returns to tho government a profit of over $17,000 a year, and Mr. Putnam thinks that tho government can well afford to let him take $10,000 of this proilt and apply It to bringing tho Immense work of the department up to date. The congressional library la n grand Institution, but like most Institutions run by congress It needs for Its pre servation continual battling against congressional misinformation or in difference. The library, Is now In su perior hands; It Is. becoming year by year more elllclent In organization and more satisfactory In results; nnd tho present congress should Indicate sub stnntlal appreciation and encourage ment. Lllllo Iievoreux Blnke contends that women make tho best census enumer ators. This looks like nn admission that n woman can ask questions faster than a man. Although wearing football hair Mr. Roberts did not seem to have much success as n, rusher. President and the Philippines From Ills Hecent Message. Tho future government of the Philip pines rests with tho congress of the United States. Few graver responsibili ties have ever been coiillded to us. If we accept them in n spirit worthy of our race and our traditions, n great oppor tunity comes with therit. Tho Islands lie under the shelter of our this. They are ours by every title of law and equity. They cannot be abandoned. If we desert them, we leave them at once to anarchy nnd tlnally to barbarism. We fling them, a golden apple of discord, among tho tlvnl powers, no one of which could per mit another to sclzo them unquestioned. Their llch plains and valleys would be the scene of endless strife and blood shed. The advent of Dewey's licet In Ma nila Bay, Instead of being, us wo hops, the dawn of a new dav of freedom and pros;iess, will have been the beginning of an era of misery and violence worse than any which has darkened their un happy past. o The suggestion has been made that we could renounce our authority over tho islands, and, giving them Independence, could retain a protectorate over them. Thin proposition will not be found, I am sure, worthy of your serious attention. Such an arrangement would lnvolvo at the outset a cruel breach of faith. It would place tho peaceable nnd loyal ma jority, who ask nothing better than to accept. our authority, nt the mercy of tho minority of armed Insurgents. It would make us responsible for the acts of the Insurgent leaders and give us no power to control them. It would charge us with the task of protecting them against each other and defending them against any foreign power with which they choso to quarrel. In short, It would tuko from tho congress of tho I'nlted States tho power of declaring war and vest that tremendous prerogative In tho Tagdl leader of the hour. o It does not seem desirable that I should commend nt this tlmo n specific and 1ln.il form of government for these Islands. When peace shnll be restored It will be the duty of congress to construct a plan of government which shall establish and maintain freedom nnd order and peace In tho Philippines. Tho Insurrection la still existing, and when It terminates fur ther Information will be required ns to the actual condition of affairs before In augurating a permanent scheme of civil government. Tho full report of the com mission, now In preparation, will contain Infoimatlon and suggestions which will be of value to ci ogress, and which I will transmit as soon us It Is completed. Au long as tho Insurrection continues tho military arm must necessarily bo su preme. But there Is no reason why stops should not be taken from time to time to Inuugurato government essentially pop. ular In their form as fast ns territory Is held nnd controlled by our troops. To this end I am considering tho advisabili ty ot the return of the commission, or such of tho members thereof as can bo secured, to aid tho existing authorities nnd facilitate this work throughout the islands. I have believed that reconstruc tion should not begin by tho establish ment of (.no central civil government for nil the Islands, with Its feat at Manila, but rather thnt the work should bo com menced by building up from the bottom, tlrst establishing municipal governments and then provincial governments, a cen tral government at hist to follow. o Until centres shall have made known the formal expression of Its will, I shall tiso tho authority vested In me by the constitution and the statutes to uphold the sovereignty of tho United Stutes in these distant Islands ns In nil other places where our ling rightfully floats. I shall put at tho disposal of the army and navy ul! the means which the liberality of congress and tho people have provided to cause this unprovoked and wasteful Insurrection to cease. If any orders of mlno wero required to Insure the merci ful conduct of military and naval opera tions, they would not bo lacking; but every step of tho progress of our troops has been marked by a humanity which has surprised even the misguided Insur gents. Tho truest kindness to them will bo n swift and cffectlvo defeat of their present leader. o Tho hour of victory will bo tho hour of clemency nnd reconstruction. No effort will bo spared to build up tho wasto places desolated by war and by long years of mlsgovernment. Wo shall not vvnlt for tho end of strlfo to beuln tho benellcent work. Wc shall continue, as wo hnvo begun, to open tho schools and the churches, to set tho courts In opera tion, to foster Industry und trndn und agriculture nnd In every way In our power to mnkc theso peoplo whom Provi dence has brought within our Jurisdic tion feel thnt It Is their liberty nnd not our power, their welfare nnd not our gain, wo nro seeking to enhance, Our (Ing has never waved over any communi ty but In bletslng, I bellevo tho Filipinos will soon rtcognlzo tho foot that It has not lost Its olft of benediction in Its world-wide Journey to their shores. THE REPORT OF SECRETARY OF TREASURY Concluded from Pago l.J In onc-half of one month the wholo de posit fund would be exhausted; nnd so It would, wero it not that the recipients of thewo checks themselves prefer u credit upon their bunkers' books. Thus It comes that these checks nnd drafts aro rather Instruments for tho transfer of property nnd credit than for tho realiza tion of money. They, however, perform In our domestic commorco and trade tho same function that the dollar note cf tho government, or tho fractional silver coin, performsthat Is to say, they aro the agency by which goods nro passed from ono to another and by which trndo ac counts nro settled. Thus It would ap pear that In tho department of ourN com mercial life, where checks and drafts nnd bank credits constitute the real cur rency, tho movement of expansion nnd contraction Is now governed b the mil tuul action of tho banks and tho business public. Tho Need for Cnuli. When tho operations of trado are In their usual nnd rcgulnr groovo, bank credits, with tho accessories of checks nnd drafts, furnish nil tho mechanism of exchange that trndo requires. With a periodical regularity, however, clearly marked, occurring year after year with tho autumnal season, , these Instruments of exchange are proved to be Inefficient for the service then required. Then tho crops nre to bo harvested, tho labor cost paid. The grain nnd tho cnttle nro to bo marketed. Tho western bankers und merchants who have funds or credit at rest with the barkers In tho financial centers find thnt checks and drafts nro not suited to the purposes now In ques tion. Tho bank credit Is nil right per se, but tho form In which that credit Is evi denced Is not convenient. What they need for these uses Is a form of credit Instrument easily recognized by tho peo ple, one convenient ns to denomination, nnd cno which will pass from hand to hand without being questioned. In short, their need Is for paper money, or hard cash. Now, subject to one limitation that of safety to tho note holder, a qualification never to bo disregarded It Is Impossible for anyone to name a good reason why tho Indebtedness of tho banker In this Held of tho exchanges Hhould not bo ex pressed ns freely In his notes of hand of convenient size, as In ono consolidated entry to tho cicdlt of his dealer, upon his books of recount. It Is precisely nt this point that dlfllculty, embarrassment, nnd loss are occasioned. What would be n naturnl. economical, nnd effcclve oper ation Is bv tho Inhibitions and restric tions of law now made Impossible. In n stnto of freedom, the extraordinary wants of the country nt harvest tlmo would bo largely, If not wholly, met by tho conversion of bank balances, not available for these general purposes, Into bank notes or paper money. These, per forming their function, would ngnln re turn when their service wns ended, to bo again transformed Into "balances in bank," 'where, through tho medium of checks nnd drafts, the larger commercial uses would be tho better served. Restrictions. I have said that the present inhibitions and restrictions of tho law mako this natural course Impossible. The prohibi tive tax of 10 per cent upon tho notes of state banks nnd the unreasonable res trictions nnd conditions Imposed upon national banks ns a condition of note Is sues by them nre pointed to In Justifica tion of this statement. I can not do bet ter, perhaps, than hero to Illustrate tho argument by recent financial history. On August 2i, last, tho banks of New York held In "deiipslts" I. e., unliquidated debts to tho public the large nmount of $S.i8.0OO,O0O. They held claims against tho public (outstanding loans) amounting to $7;G,000,000. They held In cash thnt Is to say, various forms of money legal ten der by law upward of $227,000,000. The relation of things .p each other wns ap parently normal arid satisfactory. Tho merchant or the manufacturer or tho general dealer could exchange his obli gations with tho bank for the bank's ob ligation to him through n credit upon Us books at tho low cost of 2U, 3, or 4 per cent per annum. Tho "reserves" of tho bank, thnt controlling factor which final ly limits their power to expand credit operations, wero ample. About this tlmo n new Influence made Itself felt. Bank ers and merchants living In the Interior or tho farther west, who owned or con trolled a portion of tho credit bnlances standing on the books of the New York banks, needed to rcnllze to somo extent their balances In n form of credit obllga tlon which would bo convenient for tho payment of hnrvest hnnds and the other Incidentals of crop gathering. Stringency Illustrated. If tho New York banks could have Is sued their notes In tho form of paper money, they would hnve turnlshcd them, nnd thus discharged the credits standing upon their books, and this would have entirely satisfied Interior and western needs. In that case there would have been no expansion of credits. By so much as notes wero Issued, by so much book credits would have been canceled. Tho bank statement would have been ex pressed In different form, with no ma terial change In fuet. "Deposits" would have diminished, "circulating notes," by so much, would have been increased, tho total would lemaln tho same. The cash "reserves," remaining unaffected, would have continued to be n sufficient guard to liabilities, and the course of tho loan nnd discount market would have had no shock. But, as before stated, this course was not open. Nevertheless, tho Interior nnd western demand had to bo met In tho form In which that demand was ex pressed. In tho absence of alternative, resort was of necessity had to tho cash leserves. Between August 2ii and Octo ber 11, twenty-three millions of this fund, which limits nnd restricts tho gen eral credit operations of the bunks, wero sent to perform n fuuttlon which could have been ns effectively performed by bank notes of suitable denominations. Consider now tho effect this produced. As stated, $21,Ou0.ooo wero sent out from the reserves. This depletion destroyfd the ffuurd of cash requited by law for 'i2.0O0.0M of deposits. The banks wero no longer ublo to continue their main function, which Is to give their credit In exchange for tho credit of the Individ ual. On the contrary, It became impera tive, under the reduced holdings of cash, In order to bring liabilities down, to col lect their claims from the public, and by this process reduco their credit obliga tions (deposits) to tho public. Interest or. more truly speaking, tho bank's chargo for exchanging Its credit against prlvuto credit roso from 2Vs. S, or 4 per cent to 10, 15, 25, 40 per cent. That element of tho currency which bank credits furnished wns contracted within a period of nlno weeks to tho ex tent of JSt.000.000. In common parlance, deposits were reduced to thnt extent. Put In the shorteat form: In order to supply tho Interior with the use of n medium of exchange for a few weeks, to tho amount of $23,ocfl,ooo. havoo wns wrought In the regular ongoing of our commercial life. It Is pertinent to Inquire whether this is tho best of which wo nro cnnable. Is tho general theory of our government that the largest liberty should bo en Joyed by the people, subject only to such rcstrnlntH ns tho welfnro nnd safety of tho wholo may require, tnd In tho tleld of banking It may be nfllrmcd that this prlnclplo should be obf.crved, I beg now to point out some of tho general llmita tlons and restrictions which congress has Imposed In this department, nnd Inquire as to their lusticc, wisdom nnd adequuey. Defects Indicated. 1. As to conditions of capitalization. Tho law requires u minimum capita! of 150,000 m n precedent to organization un der the national bank act. While this would seem to bo a. fair nnd moderate limit, It Is undoubtedly tuo huge for tho resources of small communities, whero banking facilities nre much needed, and It Is suggested that for places of a popu lation of 1.000 or less tho minimum bo re duced to $25,000. 2. The national bank net clenrly rec ognizes thi note-Issuing function ns a, proper one, but It Is plain Unit tho orlg lr.nl condition! nnd limitations Imposed have, under changing conditions, becoma substnntlnlly prohibitive In their terms. This ought to be rcnttidlcd, und us large n liberty given ns may bo consistent with safety In tho exercise of that useful function. 3. Tho law prescribes percentages which national banks shall carry in cash ngnlnst their deposits nnd limits tho nmount of risk which the bnnk shnll tnko In lonns to nny one Individual, linn, or corporation. Tho pcrcentngo of ensh reserves seems to hnve Justified In prac tice the provision cf the law, but tho limitations on lonns havo been found to work with great Inequality. Tho recom mendations of tho comptroller of the cur rency on this point, to bo lound In his report to corgrcss last year, merit care ful consideration, 4. While limitations r.nd restrictions ex ist In several directions, no limitation hns ever been given ns to tho ultlmntn liability n bank may carry upon a given nmount of capital. Upon this point tho bank with $50,000 cnpltal stands legally ns free ns docs tho bank with-$5,000,000 cap ital. Cash reserves arc a defensible sub ject of legislation, because they affect tho Immcdlato solvency of the bnnk. Thp limitation of liability compitred with cap ital Is equally so, since tho percentage of capital and accumulated surplus affects the ability of tho bank to bear Its own losses. Capital, lonns, and deposits bear healthful and proper relations to each other. Everything elso being equal, tho measure of risk Is determined by tho ex tent of the loans; nnd for tho ultlmnto solvency of tho bank as to Its deposits, tho cnpltal of tho bank Is tho proper guaranty. The capital should, therefore, bo rolntlvo nnd fairly adequate to tho risks Involved. Eemedy Needed. It Is mainly In tho lack of adequacy to public needs that our national system Is at fault. The repressive effect upon noto Issues destroys, or Injuriously limits, ono of Its very Important functions. How in certain particulars this Injury results I have tried truthfully to show. In view of tho weakness nnd limitation which tlmo nnd expcrlenco have brought under notice, efforts have been mado to modify the national banking net. In the house of representatives of tho last congress, ccrtnln bills were proposed embodying measures which I believe would be effect ive toward needed reform. These meas ures In their gcncrul principles nre ap proved by the Informed Judgment of the most thoughtful of our people. It Is to bo expected that they will bo ngnln of fered for the consideration of the present congress. Without Indulging in specific recommendations at this time, which if mado could be but repetitions of pre vious recommendations. I commend tho subject to tho thoughtful attention of the legislative body. Botany. Where purple asters in tho woodlands nod She said we'd go nnd study golden-rod. As thcro nro eighty kinds the themo Is vnst I'll do some courting while the lessons Inst. Chicago Record. Hill & Connell's Christmas pMroitiuire 0 The largest stock to select Irdm of Writing Desks. Dressing Tnblcs. Toilet Tables. Clicval Glasses. Parlor Cabinets. Music Cabinets, Curio" Cabinets. Book Cases. Waste Ilaskcts. Lounges. Work Tables. Easy Chairs. Gilt Chairs. Inlaid Chairs. Rockers. Shaving Stands. Pedestals. Jardinieres. And novelties in PICTURES. All marked in plain figures. A fine selection for early callers. Hill & Cornell 121 N. Washington Ave, Scranton, Pa. Heating Stoves, Raeges9 t Fimr maces PlMmrablinii: s amid To o flonmis GMSXIEJR k FORSYTE 325-327 PENN AVENUE. HENRY BELIN, JR., tieueriu Agent for tuj Vyom..ij District 1- DUPODT limine, llluottiur.Hportln;. imorfi.iti und ma ltepaua.) Una.ulcu. Co npuny 4 tulety Kiup, Cap and i:;iUlj;t Uooui 401 Conuall UatUlut. Borautja. AUKNUll&i THOB. FOIID. - - - .Vlttston. JOHN D. SMITH & BON, Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN. WIUtej-Bflrro. PMTOEB. For Weddieg . Presemiteo . . The largest and finest As sortment of Sterling Silver-ware ' Prices ranging from $i,oo to $ I OO.OO. ME1KC1EMAU k WWII 150 Wyoming Avenue. The MoDenx IlAnnwAnre Sroiti. Opeev Do you have them in your house? Perhaps you need new Andirons or a Fire Set. We have them from $.00. up. F0OT1E k SliME CO. 1 19 N. Washington Ave. The Hunt & Coentell Coo Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware; Ltmtlher Keller L1HE, CEMENT, SEWER P3PE, Etc. Vnrd nnd Otllo3 West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. is Yoim HOUSE VACANT? IK SO. THY A 'TOR RENT" AD. IN THE TRIBUNE. ONE CENT A WORD. Grates " '" E ?--, ,-3 j. 1 . - - iv..xs.xxw ' tn 1 -f ,JmWr5-rDrUa, !Si5WggiggawiwmawgwMi wrvr Grace. Mauy. Gkacc. I think there must be something in those Ripans Tnbulcs we see advertised so much. They must be Rood for something, What makes yon think so? You know they have a black, yellow ami red poster on all the stations of the llrooklyn Elevated U.R. representing a w hite-haireil old gentleman who in the first place is tyingon a red necktie that represents morning: In the next place he is eating apiece of mince pie at a lunch counter that's noon: and, finally, he appears with n uight-cap on evidently bed-time. It is the most con- spicuous poster on the stations, and last night two well-dressed gentlemen H00J looking at one of them and I overheard what they said. At what station was this? At Lexington and Sumner Avenue. One of them said that poster make Mary. Grace. me laugh I T he other or.e said why ? Then the first one said the absurdity of a medicine making an old man such as that poster depicts look so happy at all tlmce of the day and night. Then the other man, tapping him on the shoulder, said, why. bless your heart, I have taken Ripani, Tabules for two years and I can verify the old man's silent testimony. Then he took a little vial out of his pocket and said to the oWer man, if you will use these accord. Ing to directions, you will be more smiling than this old man when you come to be his age, A nw rtyl. pi kt cnntalnintr tiv BirK jiDouts In a paper carton (without elan) It noir for ml at ar-nv. mifjr.-rpH riv cki. ;TTil.w.nrltIwtt Ulstondnl fortli . rand fhlraonSitora of th. Hwit carton. OMUlnlMlmn tw had by mall bTKndlmrfortx-olabtrentato h. HntkVmuSSal? Cou-junr, Jlo. IOSj.rucbtrt,ew York-or a tlnglo carton tt nerua i wul bo neat toraTnt ' P IT "KvT IT TP Yi 7 9 (C f "Mi A Flee Mk Umbrella a mas Present for Either My or Gentleman is as appropriate as anything we can suggest. We had this in view when we made our selections and the goods fully meet our ex pectations. The handles, of Natural Woods, Plain and with fine Pearl, Sterling Silver and Gold Mountings, are the most artistic and unique of auy line we have ever shown, "The wearing qualities are beyond question." The"Golf,"TallyHoaud "Automobile', are among our latest handles and these we are showing in exclusive de signs, and in regard to prices, you can take your choice from $3-75 to $17. jo. Select now, while the line is unbroken. Should you want the Best One Dollar Umbrella pro curable, our $1.35 quality will be yours at this price for just ten days. 'Fine line of Children's Umbrellas from 50c up. 5110 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE TIME SAVED IS MONEY EARNED Something New, Pee Carlboe Letter Book No Press. No Water. No Work. No Time, Any Ink. Any Paper. Any Pen. A Perfect Copy. Reynolds Brps Office Supplies Our Specialty. 139 Wyoming Ave HOTEL JERMYN. Sr -Sr WRITE IS And We lave It
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