'VI n -. , ? nwi,nimin- nw'"H'ftiwiwwtv 1f(W.i t jr 7A . v r THE SCKAMT(WTKIKUJSI-SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1900. (Se ;cranfon rt6ime Piibtlhr1 Dully. Except Sunday, by Th Tribune I'ulillrhlne Company, nt Fifty Cents a Month. New York Office! ISO Nmwiu St.. b. s vnnni.AND. Bole Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entered fit the Postofflee nt Scranton. Pa., at Seccnd-ClaM Mnll Mntter. When Fpnrn v III permit. The Trlbiino In iihv!it Rind ti print short letter from lis frle mis henrltiK on current topics, but Its rule N thnt tlir.-eo must lie hIrmiI. fer I'lilitlrntlcin, bv the writer's leul niimoi ntnl the enndltlnn precedent to ncceptunce Is thnt nil cntitrlliutlon f wh.iteir nnture and bv hnni!oecr sent shntl be subject to editorial relslon. TWELVE PAGES. SCHANTO.V, JANUA11Y 20. 1900. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. Srltoni, rni:cToilS-r. C. IVrlicr, 1:. 11. IMIoui. In chlrnrr" buffet ittiuhnipnM nro to be added l tho rtient cur servlc so tint lumen y pTens'M cin soeuro food nnd ililnl: w lilli travi'lltiir. Dur ing thu nwv -"win In Scranton FliM'idntr mi niliilii pay. Alnyor and Speak-Hnsles. IT IS NOT CLi:.n why tho mayor ihntllil need the hell) of a. com mittee of council In oidcr to fni iihiIiUl' a plan feu viiipie-lii.; the "icnk-e.inli s" or m'cuiIiik the ad illtlon.il luvctiUt. which wnulil H'siilt fiom their belni? ( timpi lleil to take nut licence'!. Thu niuyni already his at hi 4 cominind not only tho whole pnlliu and deti'CtlVf foice but nNo a special fund Intended fui Just .such pin poses. If he Is In doubt about the facts, his i an h.ui' the police men and detecthes upoit Hum to him. If he Is In doubt about the law, the city solicitor's olllco Is at his disposal. The weapons for an attack upon thoe who are bieaklnir tho law within tho iltv limits are al iead In his hands, and moiioei he li Itndci oith to use his best uidcnvois to mforce the law. Councils, can neither help him nor stop him: and the Mine donlan appeal to them foi help looks as much like n pluy to the salleiles as like the earnest move of a dUeimlnid and fiailis-s olllclil. The meilts of Genet. il I.ionird Wood have been pictty well exploited in -hlsj country, but the KieiteM one lem.uns to be. told, lie h is I ist stub ulbed for all the ii'nspapus of Havana and pil 1 hK suliMilpt'cm In .uh.inie. Let The Public Protect Itself. r n .Hi: I'l'IlUC will notlte thit the talk of a mine stilke .u this leKlon dm s not oiIkIii- ate heie, but is pioeliiintd as far away as Indianapolis, n cltv Fltuated In the center ol the bitumin ous coal llelds. There Is nobody in In dlinapolls v ho has the Him il iIrIu to older or to Incite the mlneis of Set .ni ton to unit woik Just as the aie coin Intr out of the loin? spill of haul times and hcKinniiiK to sh.uei in the Keneial letuin of piospeilty. If a soft coit opeiator out In that count! y weie to s-.iy to the antluailte mine nwneis hereabouts- "Hcie, ou must close down jour mines, jour men won't let me llx theli wawos," the attempted dictation would le quickly lc-ented, as well by the mlneis? ah by their em plojeis. Whv Is it not equally the ili;ht and duty of the mine owncis and mlneis of this valley to vcltle their dllfeiences nmniiff theinsthes? Why Minuld tins nntlii.ieltc coal Industiy bo attached as a kite to the soft coil Industiy, nnd the wm kinsmen of om valley joked to all the tumbles and filctlons of the bituminous dlsttlct? Tho s-oft coal trade and tho h.ud coal tiade aie livals. They aie each competing' for business. Do the anthiaeite miners not see that it would be a mighty Mick trick on tho part of the bituminous people If they could foice a suspen sion of nntluaclto operations at this particular time when nnthi.ulto is 1j--BinnlnK to take a brace, and theieby take away peiminently a lame pai: of anthracite's natural miket? i:cry man of Intelligence connected with the anthracite Industiy, whether ns an employe or an employer: and every other conservative, fair-minded citizen, whatever his vocation, knowj that a strike In our mines at nny time, and nt this time mote especially, would be a mlsfoituno for which there could not possibly bo adequate compensa tion. Kor the mlneis it would mean idleness, debt, Mifloilw," and Ill-feeling which jeais could not effneo; for the mine owneis, a handicap which it would take lone; to oveiconie, and fo tho community In Koneial, business dlstiess, restlessness, dlsoidei i tie mendous loss absolutely without nnv Kain whatever. Under those rheum stances. what is tho duty of the sensi ble eltls-onshlp of our valley? Is it not to put its stionif hand upon this threatened ev II and squelch It befoi It riows Into propoitlons bejond con tud? la mnkfnff recent chaises ns.ilnst the,'.' nntl-admlnlstiatlonlsts. e-Minls-tci"!Bariett has aioused n flood or "om inous silence" In certain qiuttei's. Make It General. THE PROPOSITION to lequli i the next in iv or of Heiantou to clve n $IO,iioo bond as an indemnity In case he shoull foi net to turn over police couit fines astreciulied by law- has Its humoioiis fclde. It miKht bo sunnosed that n ifter the trouble which thev have lmil n n this matter the citizens of this tow would show sreat caie In tho selec ctlon of their next major, taking pains choose a man who Is not only under to no temptation to withho d cltv funds but one who, in a genpial way, possesses mina aiu a wm or nis own, with com- mon sense to boot. This wouiri hr the reasonable Inference If thn inmnv yers took the name Interest In the admlnl s- tiatlon of tho public business that, nij individualaMhey show In their personal affairs . " hvtwntly CputicHman Melvln Is In oine uncertainly on thla.olnt and proposeBji-toBjaka afMance-doubly sure by requlrlnR the" next nayor ti Klvo financial security to the city, Tho HiirKestlon Is Kood ns fnr nB It Roes! but It dots not go far enough. The tioublcs of our town do not nil origin nte with tho mayor. Ills responsibili ties an- not trilling, but It must not bo foiKotteii thnt connected with him In the running of tho government nro 12 councllmen, some of whom, upon oc casions past, have, It Is said, not even had a propertj' ownei's natuial Interest In economical government nt tho time of their 111. st election to offlce, because at that time they did not own propertj'. The fact that on a salary of nothing it j ear Instances have been known of councllmen spoeilllj- acquiring property subsequent to their election, nlthough not v Islbly engaged In other buslncl than politics, would seem to suggest the need of a bond from the legislative ns well as fiom the executive blanch of the municipal government: and a tolerably stiff bond nt tint. If before a councilman could qunllfv he should bo icqlllred to furnish a $10,000 bond that ho would not succumb to the blandishments of street railwaj. telephone or other lobbyists; that ho would not Intciest' himself lmpropeilj', either directly or indirectly, In cltv contracts; that he would not uso the wnid appi epilation In the pajment of campaign debts but would expend It honestly nnd faithfully for the good of the cltv: that lie would cany Into the dellboi.itlons of councils a clean pur pose to do his dutv without feir or special favor, and that he would hew to the line, letting the chips fall wheic they might, It Is not ceitaln that our city government would lmptove, but an additional safegtiaid would be etoated, of which tin- Injuied citizen might, It he wished, take legal advantage. Will Councilman Melvln accept our amcndiiKiit'.' So longas.lullanllaw thome does not uciusm the late .Mr. Wexcott of having wiltten any of Kipling's stuff, tho re latives of tho dead novelist should tiv to bear up under tho ildlciilous stoiy ugaullng the nuthoisiilp of "David 11.1111111." An Object Lesson. FIFTY YKAKS Ano. three sla teis and two hiotheis by the mine of WIKon, residents of llrookljn, all of whom were old enough to woik lor a living, ap pointed one of tho biothet.s ticasuior nnd aguid to tuin nil of thelt earnings into a common fund, tioni which tli3 neiess.it j- housekeeping epenses were to be paid and the lemalnder invested for the benellt of all. None earned tnoic than I0 a week, and after som j eats one of tho sisters pulbnl out of the sjndknte In older to get mauled, but the otheis stuck together until the death of tho brother who act'l as tie.isuier forced an adjudication of th estate In tho sunog.ite's couit, whence came these facts. In the tlftv jeais piopeltv to tho value ot mote thin $100 000 wis accu mulitcd and this did nut Include nny eMi.iniclin.il)' Uses In jiopi'tv values but simply the natuial tesult of closo economv and shrewd Judgment In tho placing of Investment 4 The treasur ers name was Itobeit Wilson. "He," s.ijs the Mm, "was wotklnv for a Jeweler nnd would fiequen'ly tell his boss that theie w.i- plenty of time for him to p.iv what wn due as salary. It was not vety long befoic tho bos found himself gieitly In debt to hli wokman. Pinmlssoiy notes and other piomlses to pay wire satlsfaetoty to Itobeit Wilson, fur he knew the boss owned ical estate and would be com pelled by livv to part with it it It c.inw to a pinch In a lawsuit ovn wages due. rinally when tin- bos was In dibti'd to the workman fot a large .sum of monev in back wigs, tho woikman took a mortgage- on the buss's house in Gioeno nfeiiue, Hiook. lyn. ltobert Wilson continued to lot his wages lemaln with tho boss and he also allowed the Inteion on the moit gage to accumulate until ho got iady to s'curo his claim bv taking title to his boss's house. Then the Wilson co-opeiatlve family mocd Into th'j house and tho boss moved out. Tlioy continued to save until hobert hell other ie.il estate In his name and ha3 fso.ono Invested In gllt-eigod bonds." If llobeit nnd the other Wilsons, instead of saving with religious tegu lailty a l.irgo percentage of their mod est earnings from week to week anl contenting themselves to live in the most frugal manner, had maintained a showy ho'isehold. vvcm f.ishlonablo clothes, exhibited the ambition to keep pace socially with neighbors possessing ampler Incomes, and given n free teln to tho natui'il Inclination of mankind foi- the good and epoi:tlo things of life, they would not have accumulate 1 $100 000 or nnv put of it; but on the contiaiy they would piobably have gnn Into debt, been evicted by their lanclloid, and fallen into evil wajs the women Into shame ot squilor and the tm n Into mionle milcontent3, aigulng on the slightest, occasion that because of the greed of the plutoci.us tlu poor man has no clnnce. Such la tho wny of the wot Id. At tho renins of the I5oatd of Trade and Tiansportiitloii in xow -yoik on Jlomlay next tho Association of Ameilcan Advertise is, a newly foi mod organization of seme of the liisest and best known (idvcitNois In the countij', win noiit us ill st legulit meeting. Th. vety fact that Intciest In the subject of advoi Using should foim the basis ot an association of this 1 Ind. which In cludes within its nien-.boi.shlp many of the largest manufnctuilng nnd mer cantile films ot cot potations In the United States, is eloquent In pi oof that Intelligent aclvet Using pays. An Unnecessary Dictum. PUBMC OPINION will not con cur In tho New York Til liuno's dictum that Pueito Wco Is not and never should be on the basis of a territory, In the sense that Arlssona and New Mexico are territories; and that it has no claim to be considered as a terrltoiy In the matter of revenue legislation. Thero are arguments against tho con version of the Philippines into teitl toiies in the constitutional sense which do not apply to Puerto Rico, In tho former we have not only some 30 dlf fcient tribal vailetles to make complex the problem of governing them, but wa have also a fundamental separation be tween the Caucasian nnd tho Malay inceM. The co-oidlnutlon of the latter with thu former has never been ac complished In nny pnrt ot the woild and cannot bo consldcied ns among tho possibilities of our Oriental dependen cies. Tho gulf of division s even wider than between the white mnn nnd tho negro; nnd one race problem such as wo havo today In our southern states Is enough, so fnr as participation In the fedcial government Is concerned. Hut In Puerto lllco we nro dealing principally with a branch of our own rnclnl stock, containing no impossibili ties of assimilation but on the con trarj' much promise of development In the next nnd succeeding generations. Tho element In contiol In Puerto lllco Is the white man's element, not brought up to the Anglo-Saxon standnids, but capable of being brought up. The obli gation Is upon the United States to pro vide opportunities so that this element can bo Anglicized in tho American manner; and tho toward to bo held out for that good achievement should bo statehood nnd nothing less. The scheme to allow Brlchnm Rob erts to take l.ls seat In congress nnd then expel him, will scarcclj be agreed to by wide-awake members ot the house. A man unfit to tcmalti In 13 not lit to get In. For a Neutral Canal. IT IS ASSERTED tint In view ot the disposition exhibited in con giess to authorize the building of a canal across Nicaragua under conditions which would Ameri canize both shoies for a su'llclent sp ico to prevent 'oivln encroach ments, tho diplomatic repu'sentatlvcJ of tli fit lirltuln and Rein'.my havo notified our state dcpitlment of their intention to protest If there should ever be an attempt on tho part of tho United States to close tl.-j canal to other nations In time of wir. Great Riltaln and Gel many, It Is said, arc satisfied to have the canal conitiucted ns an Ameilcan cntoiptlso, v 1th special privileges for American com moico in time of peace; to this end, Great IJiltalu is willing to (consent to the abrogation of the troublesome Clay-ton-liulwer ttcnty. Hut sielthtr power will waive objection to the construction nt either end or along the banks of tho canal of any foi tltlcatlon3 v hloh might, In a period of hostilities, operate as a menace to European worships. What tiuth theie Is in th 'i i"P lesentatlons wo do not know, but they Impiess us as reasonable. To attempt to close the canal In time of war to the wni ships of any hostile power savo by i' Hacking and defeating those ships befoie thev could reach the cr.tiar.ee to tho canal would, as a matter of strat egj. be ildlciilous; and as a matter of policy it would bo email)' shortsighted in thit it would piovoko lotailatlnns should our own wnishlp have occasion to solicit passage thiough the Suez or similar foreign canals. The place to fight an enemy Is not 'n a nariow ditch but near his st.utlng point, 1)2 foie he gains an opportunltj to do mischief. Tor this reason we need a navj' sufficiently latgo and suinclent ly swift not only to defend our coasts should an enemy come within menac ing pioximltv to thorn, but also to give us the choice of tho battle ground and enable us to strike v hen nr.d where wo please. In that waj' alone can our great expanse of sea boat d, our enoimous coastwise commerce nnd our mailtlme prospects bo piopoily safe guarded. The Nicaragua canal, when built, will be an American Institution, but it need not be fenced in The cao of Julian Hawthorne Is a startling Illustration of the blighting effects of jollow Journalism upon genius. In tho opinion of General Ruckner, Democracy and ISiyanism cannot lunch on the same meal ticket. Ptesldent Snow's testimonial to Mr. Roberts proved to be a veiltable bliz zard.' Venezuela la uncertain those days whether she has a government or not. TOLD BY THE STABS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astiolabo Cast: 3 31 a. m . for Saturdaj', January liu, l'Mi. A child born on this diy will reallzo Unit It Is often a misfoituiU! tint wu i . nuot analjzo seme men until It Is too late. Cunent stilke strnlcs ate evidently like ikws fiom l.ul.M-mitb, wilttui at quite a distance fiom the tceno ot action. Too much genius will sometimes pre vent a mnn fiom earning an honest liv ing. Mintage Is not a fillure In manv In stances. It Is mine apt to be the hus band. The average husband is In doubt as to whether It Is thu bargain counter or tho cooling school that contains the greatest clement of danger. Krlei elsblp, like wine, should Improve with ccc. Ajocchus' Advice. Do not Iwcomo excited over news from I.uilj smith or tho statu ot tho weather. You can't help It. CASUAL SMILES. His Strong Box. I.aw)cr You say tho roller kept his gold In a strcrg box? Witnesi Yes, sir. Ho kept It In an empty llmbuigcr cheese box. Chicago New s. The White Man's Burden. Smith My congratulations, old man. 1 hear jou have another Increaso In jour famllv. Son or daimhtc-r? Jones (sadly) Worse; a sou-ln-law. York Evening Woild, Drove Him Away. I.udy Heie, take this broom and wutcr and sci ub down the dog house. Trum Never, mu'am! hat's why I left mo liuppy home. I.ady-Wh.it tor? Tramp Houso-clcanlng. Chicago News. Loyalty. "Whut did sou smash Mm fob?" "Ho Insulted a frlcn' er mine." "Uo away! Whut did ho say?' "Ho said dnt nex' tcr me, my frlcn' wall do mos ignu'nt pusson in dls com munity." Washington Blur. Th? Proportion of Rich Men to Poop. l-'rom the Philadelphia Ledger. THEItU IS a part uf thu American newspiper prsss which Is under the Impression, or, let least, sajs It Is, that In this countrj "the poor nro growing poorer and the rich richer" as '.Imegocson. Thesopubllc: Journals, "iilch aru not nil of tho generally olfinslvo j el low Ish hue, huve tl-o hearty support ot not only our alien Socialists and An al chlsts, whoso crcod Is that "Property Is Robbery," but of our domestic So cialism nnd Atmtchlsts, some of whom call tin mselves social philosophers, or polltlctl economics, or statistmn, even. Jf tlicso vvorkciM of ml'Chlef and sow us of discontent among tho musses were all untaught, lllitinto, or mcro selfish, sordid ill m.igon'uis, they would bo much lcs dangerous to tho lnstltu. tloni of society and government than they rcallv are, ns thev tire not conllned to the nulsv, laty and vicious lc tilers of tluli Hud. 'j hey are U be found nt limes In tho edltois' chairs of otherwise uspectablo newspipirs, or ameng the teacheis ot the lolkip." and uiilvcitltlo, or In tho coi.trlbutors' p iges or the irngiizincs and the more pretentious u views. Manv of them mean well, and mo probably Ignorant tliat In sowing the seeds of discontent, socialism nnd nnaichy they are idling something not les d mgcrous to society and govern ment thin would be thu throwing of llimlng brands among tho city stub ble. -o- The contention ot the Socialists nnd Anarchists tint tho rich nro growing rle Ik r and tho poor -poorer would bo direful If It were true, but It Is Indis putably fnlse, there being enough li.-e-lutablo facts to provu Its luaceutaev. A single loi d condition will go far to disprove the veiily of the contnitlon; It Is tho thousands upon thousands of the snug, comfortable homos ot liun dieds of thnus-uiiii of tho wage and sal niv mi in is of I'hll ulelphii. They havo In tin Ir equipment In lUhtltnj, belting, vi'iillHtlrg, furnishing. Mud In tie Ir cooking, bathing and siultnry in range -aunts, elements of geod IMiu' which a Mcnirntlrn rt,u onlj would have been, and actually were, the p'lzcd luxuries of all bu'. tho few veiy rich I oik. Tho indiistilciiis, sober, lrugil wage e.unei and his lnmlly nro now well housed, fid, clothed and slnlteied fiom tin storms of pevortv. '1 he wage eunet Is walking shorter bonis itml receiving fulnr rewaul for his 1 ibor than ho cvn giit for it. o- That the wage and siluj- earners am not obliged to spi nd ail they get upon the butcher, baker and eamllistu lc maker Is mndc clear by the oilliial re pott of tho comptroller of the cuiienev, rcccntlv Issued Jrom Washington, of the business donu bv the Savings H inks of the country dining the last five jc.us. Here nro tho figures which prove tint In that brief pnlod. In which i Included some of the most unprcspeious jells ot the present gcnei litem, the poor have not giewu poorer, but richer: iv 'I. Number of Hiving- limits In I'nlted States 1,0 0 Total deposits tl.Ml.uW.WJ Suiplus pjnil.tmo Sundrj assets D,UjO,W0 Total assets 52,0U,lW,00O lfc"i. Number of Savings Hanks In 1'nllid Stales yi2 Total deposits ?.',l'i),0H,0)J Si.iplus lljOHi.O1) Sundiy assets ",W,U0J Total assets f-' lOl.OuO.OOO These statistics siuiw that in live jiars the savings of the poor, put Into the savings bmks alone, the di posits ot which lepteseiit onlv a fraction ot the gloss s,ilnKs of tho people, nave In cicasoel to the great amount of $IVt,oia,. tXnj; that t.U1,eiuO depositors have been add ed to thu list ot those of 1SS3, and that tho average deposit his grown fiom $A9 to JTi3. o These llguies refute tho Socialists, An atchlsts and clem igogues of nil degrees who contend that the poor aio growing poorer In this countij. What else thev do Is to give to organized society and government nss-uranus of ceilnlii sta bllllj, of security fiom the practical op erations of the Ai.nrchlsts' cued that "Piopcrty is Robbeij'." The deposit of the wage eirner In the savings bank is his propertj-, his capital, and as de ir to him as are tho property and capital or his wealthiest neighbor. The savings bank depositor who has worked and de nied himself In order to sa0 ,v snug sum, thus accumulating propertj', Is not going to unite with the destiojers of tho tem ple of soe iety and government: he Is going to unite to uphold nnd defend It against Its would-be de sti overs. The savings bank depositor 1, In fact, one of the sure, safe piops and pillars ot the state. PERSONALITIES. James Jackson, heir to tho throne of Kabluda, Is janitor of a ilal In San Kianclsco. Henry W. Corbett, 1'nltid States sen ator from Oregon, went to New York in IM4 and worked in a store for $3 50 a wee k. George Gould, who has tho fox-hunting fever veiy badly, has Just purcluscd out right one of the finest and luge.st packs ot fox hounds In England. Ella Wheeler Wilcox thinks tho silc ces'ful man "Is one vvho has inalu a lu.ppv homo foi his wife and children, no matter what ho has done in the way of winning money or fame.' It is sjdii that hovl ,. l.eltrr, tho Chi cago millionaire. Intends to erect a hand some monument In llnj old I.eilei gtave jaid on the Drvid Strlto laur. near lld-Kc-tstown, Jlil., v.heie ho win born. Dot bey W. fehackleford, who takes Illaiid s old seat in conrress. Is a rli h man. Ho made his mouej In the hugu slnu and lead mints ot I'umileii county, Mo , of thu best of Willi h ho Is practical!) tho owner. Riiv. Dr. hvnnn Abbott has nlwajs cultivated the ait of Using publlo Ilbi.i lles. Ho spends much of Ids leisure tlmo In tho old Astor library of New Yolk be fore a table literally buidiiKil down with books and p.ipe r.s. John Morley has just been unanimously clecttd honorary president of tho Oxford Palnierston club. This i ot was occu pied by Gladstone Horn tho club's foun dation In 1ST! ui.til his death, since which tlmo it has been vacant. Roger Walcott, jr., son of tho governor of Miissnchiihi Us, havlt.g giaduitcd froai college, Is now a student In the law school nt Harvuid. Ho has decided literal)- tastes end Is a frieiuent contilbutor r'lom thn Ft. Louis Globe-Hemoerat. New Alb.inj-. Ind, claims amour its lesldcnts the oldest nillvo inlltlelnn In (he t'nltod States. Ills nanio Is John Stephens. Ho Is 9 jears old, and ho occupies tho position of Deputy Shcilir of riovd county. Ills pii"ent assignment Is bailiff In charge of the grand lury. Mlsi Mario Tempest, the nctiess, u a gieat reader of Hi gllsh, Ameilcan and Trench novels, and t,ets thiough nearly all tho new novels ot nnv met It as they aio published. Her fnv elite novelist Is Hudjard Kipling, so, needless to sav, nothing of his ever escaped Iit perusal. Slnco the death of his wife, hold Sails bury Is It tiding a life so retired an to bo almost that of a hermit. Mo will sea only his oldest and ir.rst intlmnto friends or thoso who call on business of most paramount impoitnnee. Hustness, too. Is thn only thing that tnkes him out of tho house. Oeoige I.j noli, correspondent of tho Ei ho, who has been captured bv tho nni-rs outside tho Hrltlsh linen nt I.uty. smith, is a bright journalist and an ex cellent nrtlst. who did good woik In tho Smtliigo campaign, nnd who left London or tvventj--four hours' notice to icprc sent three journals. Lord Armstrong, tho famous gun- ninker, has Just entered his ninetieth jear. It Is now Just forty jcars slnco ho was knighted fot bis eilscovcry of thu Aunstrong breccli-loadlug gun. Hut us tho Inventor of tho modern ostein of hjdruiillcs ho elcccrves even greater fames tlutn his gun has given him. Empciot- Wllluim has orelcrcd his court to learn the Koermagjar, a suit of min uet, It Is an extremely dlltlciilt dnnco to master, and Professor I.ouls Pottnk, who Is a Justice of the pcaco nt Mlskolex, Hungary, Ins been ordered to llerlln to teach tho court. Ho was lecommeneted to tho emperor by thu lender of the opera. John Jacob Artor owns una ot tho most valuable manuscripts In tills country. It Is the famous Sforza missal, anil was bought for $1"000. It measures 11)J,'i',it Inches, has is pages of vellum and Is bound In red morocco It was niado and decorated for Onlcu7zo Sforra bv the great Elorcntlno artist, Trance-sea Tlllppo l.lppl. Mis. hjell.i A. H. Woods, who died re cently In York, Neb, bequeathed $WlW0 eich to York nnd Tails City, In tint state, to establish public libraries simi lar to thn one which Mrs. Woods gave, while living, to Humboldt. The residue of tho estate, after soino prlvnto be quests, goes to the Denver Orphans' Homo. Colonel Norlhcott, who wns killed In tho Modeler river light, has done some excellent natural history work In tho Gold Coast httiterlnnd, nnd was looking forward to telurnlng to that pint ot Africa to piosecilto Ills 7oologlc.il studies. Ho had lately preFinled the llrltlsh Mu se tint with nn Interesting collection of West African bird". Many of the mines who went to South Aft lea with th Canadian troops aro members of well-known families In tho Dominion Tho head nuiJe, for exam ple, Is the joungrst slter of Joseph Pope, utiiler seeietinv of state. She his been a nuie In at least tin oo I'nlted States hospitals. Another of tho Cinn dl in muses Is tho daughter of Judge Tot bos, of Halifax. Dr. John Conteo Talrfix, n practicing phvlclin of Klndenburg, Mil., Is thn eleventh Hiron Talrfax of Cameron. Ills right to the Urltlsh title Is ar know lodged bv the house of lords and bv all th" all thoiltlts em pceiaLe. but Dr. tViltfax Ins not tho money to suppoit a peerage i ho sixth baron lived In Vltglnla, and was a dose friend of Washington. Alficd S Hartwell. who Ins consented to represent Hawaii at Washington ns nn unolllelal terrltrrl.il delegate nt tho eionlnc session of congress, has for thirty veirs been one of tho leading members of the bar of Hawaii. In lsejs he was ap point eel first associate Justlee of the Su pre me court, becoming subsoiniently at torney general In ls'l nnd ISTfi. THE MAGIC LETTER. Thero was a little maiden once, In I airy dajs gone bj, Whoso everj thought and everj- word Alwavs began with "1." "I think." "I know," "I wlh," "I say," "I like-," "I want," 'I will." I'rom morn to night, I nun day to daj", "1" was her burden still. Her schoolmates would not play with her, Her pirents tiled 111 vain To leach In r better, and one- daj' Pour "I" ei led rut in pain. "Hi lp me, O falii'-s!" he besought. "I'm worn to just a thread. Do save mu from this ilriadful child, Or 1 shall soon be dead!" Tho fall lis heard, and heeded too, Thej- c night poor "1" awaj And nurseel him Into health again Through manv nn anxious dav; And In his place they deftly slipped A broader, stronger lette.-. "Tho mine she uses that," they said, With roguish smiles, "the better!" 9 Tho little maiden wept and sulked At tlrst, and would not speak. Hut she grew tired of being dumb; And fo, with In n week She used the substitute; and lo! Her plejm.ates ciowdcd round, Her parents smiled, nnd alt were please J To hear this novel sound. She grew to ue It steadily Ard liked It mno nnd more. It came to nil a In get- plien Than "1" had dene befoie; And each vear found the little maid More kind r.nd sweet and true. Whit wns the magic letter's name? Whj', can't vou guess? Twas "VI" rtoston Tic.tcon, Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hill & Cornell 121 Jf. Washingtou Ave, ALWAYS 11USY, iPf ntI THD hiuiKsr m'iim:it anu Lewis. Reilly & Davles, 1IM1S Wyoming Aveouo. WISE FIB11TWE 2s'Tr At (- WATGHE8, JEWELRY And a large stock of Clocks, Silverware, etc. Every article we sell is guaranteed to give satisfaction. JKERCEREAU&CONNEilL 330 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. Heating Stoves, .Ramiges, FMrmiaces9 PMmbiinig ninisr. GUNSTJEE k FORSYTH, KS-327 PENN AVENUR The Hyot & CooinieM Co, Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 Lackawanna Avenue HENRY BEL1N, JR., lie.uc.iul Agent for tin Wyoming UltUlut.j.- Ululng, Illastlns, Sporting Siuol:sli mid Ilia Hcp.'uma Clieinlca. Co iipa'iy HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tielety tw. Cap unit UxploJari. itooiu 401 Couiiell UaiUlilf. scrjiitja. AcJK.Nftlii TIIOS. FORD. ... pittston. JOHN B SMITH & SON, - Plymouth'. W. E. MULLIGAN. - Wllkes-llrre. BIWIT'S PI1DE1J. 6-"V"T.---iC4U-i?;i::r - 1-.-" . -JsSSrrrfS; S .JZ t-J'MI 11 II " For the explorer, the surveyor, the Hunter, miner, the lumberman, the sportsman or tourist, Ripans Tabules arc the one medicine that is con venient, always ready, portable, protected from accident of wind or wave, or climatic changes, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred they fully answer all requirements. Ripans Tabules will not cure a cut made with an axe or a gun shot wound, but in most cases the sufferer will be benefited by swallowing one. FINLEY'S Dress Ooods pedals We have a surplus of sev eral lines of Dress Goods, which must be moved at once, and have put such prices on them as ought to make quick selling. There's not a piece in the entire lot but what is seasonable, and at these re ductions the assortment will not last long. Tines e Prices Are for. M 25 pieces Mixed Fancies, have been good sellers -5, at 50c. Reduced to.. $y& 14 pieces All Wool Cheviot and Homespun Suitings, 40 inches wide, have dt been 4SC. Reduced to -3) 15 pieces English Cheviot and Covert Mixtures, good value at 75c. Re- . -. duced to...'.. 49G Large assortment of Fine Plaids, Venetians, Mixed Suitings etc., at one-third off regular prices. 510-512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE 00000 A complete line for 1900, for office and pocket use, numerous styles of Cal endars, Pads and Stands to select from. Blank Books and the largest and most complete line of office supplies in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building, Scranton, Pa. Excelsw Dunes I ' 1
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