TIIBSCKANTONTHIIJImMC-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1900.
tfic .-cranton CriBune
l'iibllf.rid Dnlly. I'xccpt Sunday, by
The Trllmnti I'ublNhliiK Cuniiwuy, nt
l'lfty Cents Month. j
I.IVY S. IUCHAIID. IMItoi
O T. mXl'IIK, lluplt'o's Mnnaser.
New York Ofl'cc: 1W Niwnu St.
h s. viu:i:i.and.
Solo ArpiU for rorelmi A1. ertlMmr.
J.iitertU nt the IMitotllro nt Seinnton,
I'll., us HoLonil-CIasH Mi II Matter.
When Minco will liprmlt. The Trllmno
Is iiIwiivh Kind to H tut -"hiirt le-lter from
ltn rrlcuiH hi-arliiK on current topic, hut
Us nile Is thnt thoe mint ho ultmul. for
iiulilleiitlon, hy the writer's renl muni',
nml thu condition jnoriiKnt to luceptntiee
Is tJiit nil lontrlhutloiiB shall he suhjett
to t dttoriiil rullon.
SCltANTON, JAN'UAHY21, 1900.
TEN PAGES.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
SCHOOL niKKCTOUS -r. C. I'erhcr, 13.
1) I'ellows.
'
Polities, to he sure. Is "mighty on
s.irtln', ' but It Is IntorostliiR to ob
v. ivo that the piophots who woio to
n-ntly forte lllng Colonel quay's rejec
tion by the senate aie not so cnckauie
now .
Colonel Sanderson's Letter1
P-v V. L13TTI3I1 from Colonel
Sanderson. In another col-
H tnnn, inesents an litMtiiu'-
tie review of the ilnaneltl
(onillttou of our city Kinotnnioiit, intl
lm the met It of beln uncommonly
Intnl.. It lioldi up the 'mIiiico slitct
jut public Inspection anil t-luiws tint
m thlnus arc koIpk the iltj f f-atily
-pi'inllnB moio money than It Is receiv
ing. The o!t. It points .ut, Is il ilns
this entiiely a patt fiom the mutter of
rrw Imptoveini'lltn; the city is tponri
lns In eveiy da., loutlne expenuM a
fii.ocl ileal more money, year after jenr,
than the city N taking in. As Col
onel Samlet son phrasen It. the city la
cutting Us jMtmi'Ml without i of.Teni'e
to Us cloth.
On the subject of now Improvement
we differ vnmewhat flow what seems
to be the tenor of out col respondents
nm.uk. although nil must nelniU that
In- is concIenllous and ctii.airi'ciiis 'n
bis position. There at- seit.o Improve
ments which thu citv uaj't afford to
postpone, even thoucn n K"t them
licresFltates a now bond l-sue anil
limber tni. The city must have nior.
hi w eis- the lack of them Is a public
dancer, cuitlnK. In slikness and death,
twice as much as the seueis would
ost. It must have Mdewalks In new
ly populated terrlury. ind additional
Ilri and police protection to keep pace
with the city's growth. It mini have,
at no late day, a genuine s-aftity vln
iluit over the death tiap on West
Lackawanna avenue, and It cm ill
n fiord to postpone the rcminiblc de
ilopment of Nov ug paik, its one
B neial meeting plate for fiimnieitliTir
rest, tociention and innoceiit plcasuie.
To withhold from the people any of
these conveniences for one ininiit
longer than Is absolutely nceesary,
except after n neg.itlvo popular Mite,
would, ns wo view it. be a public
wrong, leganlless of the tax cost.
On the other hand, to s-pend city
money elthei extravagantly or cate
lessly on objects not nt tho moment
essential: as, for Instance, In the em
plojmcnt of .iipeillnoiis peimnnent
men in tho llro depaitment; in the
multiplication without good reason of
street lights; in the carrying on city
pay lolls for political put poses of the
names of men who do not f.iiily cam
liv public son Ire all that they receive;
and In the Innumeiable little wastes
which can be stopped hy the election
of clean and Intelligent councllmen, is
to commit the meanest kind of clime.
In cause tho Injury Involved extends
to every tn.Npajoi. We aio not nt tills
time ptepaied to go fuither Into the
question of a lemedy lor tlnt evils
than to advise tho election net month
of good men to councils, but the ques
tion of plugging the leaks that are
i obblng Scranton of conveniences
ihleh it ought to have without extra,
cost, and forcing the payment of
taxes higher than theio is any neces
sity for, except when especially au
thorized, is one well worthy of public
onsider.itlon and one which sooner
nr later, will have to bo taken up In
earnest.
lioth state and Interior dep.titmcnu
deny that Webster Davis, the South
Aft lean traveler, who has been ildlni,
In 1'aul Kiuger's pilvtito car, !s cloth
ed with any diplomatic mission. The
government does not rtopo- to let
International complications arise from
Webster's reluctance to pay car fnro.
Practical Sanitation.
"VIE ItnsiILTS olhouhcro
Fummaileii, of the investi
gation which t)K Oieeij
Ttldgo Woman's club has
made into the question of the minltnry
condition, of the dallies which furnlsli
Peintiton vvltli its milk supply are of r.
ji.ituto to call for itu reused activity
and aullio; Ity on tli" patt uf tha food
inspection department They not only
Illustrate how carolcamf-ss In tho
dairies must bo watched, if the publlu
lie.alth Is to bo protcotiil; hut nl'-o
indicates that an eiifiretlc vonutn'i
e lub can bo very helpful In aiding tho
authorities to locato obtectlonable con
ditions. As bearing upon thla lmpoitunt top
ic wo present In this ihio tho text of
a valuable paper on "The .Stnnilmd of
Our City's Milk Supply." lead .vie
Unlay befoio this club bv Dr. J.nob
Jlelmer. It considers the aubjei t ry
thoroughly finiu tho standpoint of
r i act leal science and Is on Impntant
cnnttlbutlon to tho publics Inform t
tlon. In the light of the tecent ls.
tntlons of serious! epldimtlcn too much
care cannot bo exerclsd In safeguard
ing tho purity and cleimlinps'j of tho
milk supply especially and of foods
In general. Whore indl!fmnci means
death, It pays to be alett.
Another rclentlst has Intimated that
ho can store the rays of sunlight for
use in heating and power. This is a
matter worth experimenting upon.
The discovery which Professor Coles
refuse to put to practical use would
even In the moft crude form prove
next to peipfjtunl motion.
Count Cnstellano says that he hai
never gambled, never speculated In
stocks nnd has never quarreled with
his wife. If this Is true. It l certain
that llonl has an Impieguable case
against the Paris prc-s.
The Better I Ian.
IX YIISTKIIDAY'S mail came the
letter which Is appended. The
wiltir of it, wo umleistaud, is a
uiemliet and an olllcer of the
rnlted Mlnu Woikets of America:
lMltur of The Tribune
Mr. Just n woril to correct any false
Impression wlilih may In create cl nv
oiir bulling editorial In Momln u lue.
There vmis no Indianapolis li'iuejcntiitlve
at tlie late meeting of tin iiilneiH In
Scrnntoti The) worn nil omplojes of
the various cotnpanlos gathered to ills
luissioiiiittflj discuss nnd, If possible,
tiiacefiiUy pcrfect n settlement ot tlm
tnmi gilevalices under which thoy at
pie-int suiter, "men to men and in a
ruli-mlndeii Amirlcun manner." A paper
of The Tribune' "tainllng should not
lesurt to filch subtle sllbterluges to pal
liate the mistake made bv the operators
111 Ignoring the reasonable if quest of the
men. Charles J. Th.iln.
U l.ogan St . Wllkes-ltitre.
Jan. ;a.
Tor the Information of those who
may not have seen the cdltoilal ic
fened to, we leproduco what was said.
In Mondaj 's pnper:
HALT WIM)-I3YI3l) AOITATION.
So long as the eo.il iMtnp.inles In thu
region iphvH the li vvIIIIiikik ss to mut
ii ml treat with any oi all ot their cm-plo.ve-s
on all mattcis pcrialuing to thtlr
mutual tclatliins, II Is haul to uliler
tanit vby nrvboily out In Indianapolis
In no wa loi'i'LCled us an iiuplovc with
the eo.il business of the Lackawanna
v illey should uiulerlake n be poimltted
to have a declilln voice In the question
of wlulher this oommunltv yljould have
vNltid upon It the awful mtxloi tuiiu of
a stilke In the mines. Let the minors
of thl-. valliv mi et the mill) ovsiipis ami
talk over all Issues l'liu'nii Hum, n
nun to men Lit ewiy i itort lie made
on Hip part of both to get to the bottom
of nil illlfercnccs and to adjust tho'e
dlfltiemis In a stralghtrorvvam, hoiior
nlile mamiei. This is the ralr mlniliel,
Amtili'.iu was. In no olhei way can
the mutual tiropitt of mine rmploves
nnd emnlojers be piomoted nnd tho
pi .no and good onlit of the cominunltj
be preset veil. All men who reallre what
ilNastei Is pr. ngnl to lnbnr In the irck
less I'icipo'-lllon of n ginei.il Ptrlkn aie
now conf route il with tin serious ilutv ot
putting the eliim'is on vlld-ejed agita
tion and of using their geoil offices to
It. sure the uptemarv oi reason. Thev
can do this If they will
On Sttnelav last the Associated Pi ess
sent out this dispatch, dated Indian
apolis, .Tan, 20 "John Mlttholl. ptesi
dent of the rnlted Mine Wotkeis, said
today in rcgaid to the tlueatened strike
of 100 000 anthiaclte coal inlner1-, that
theio can be no nuthoiUed strike with
out definite action on the patt of tho
national executive boaid of the United
.Mine Woikeis." Last evening's Tiuth
contained, also under an Indianapolis
date line, the following: "Tho anthn
clto stilke talked of In Centi.il Penn
sylvania will not occur. Xutional
Ho ud Member I'onjamln James, of
Jianesvllle. Pa today said. 'President
Mitchell and I agreed that It would be
the height of folly to oider a strlki
now.'" In this ca-e It would appear
that the deciding voice nt Indianapolis
foi the present decided wlsely.although
that woid "now" is ominous, vet we
still contend that It Is hard to under
stand why anybody out In Indianapo
lis, or anywhere else i emote fiom
Scranton, and especially anybody who
is in no way connected, either as an
employe or ns an emplover, with the
coal business of tho Lackawanna val
ley, should undertake or he permitted
to have a deciding voice In the ques
tion of whether this community should
have visited upon it the awful mis
fortune of a strike in tho mines.
Much tho better plan. It seems to us,
would be for tho mine cmplovcs who
have grievances to go directly to their
omnloM-is and seek to come to a fair
undei standing. The mine owneis as n
rule uro pietty decent men who want
to do the light and just thing, but It
can haidlv bo wondeied at that they
do not cato to locate the management
of their Lackawanna county hard coal
business In a competitive soft coal
center like Indianapolis.
Tho Kev. Mr. Sheldon, who expects
to conduct a Toptit.v dally paper for
six days, "on Christian principles,"
will probably begin hy discharging the
man who swears to the circulation.
The Democratic Programme.
AS A ItnSl'LT, wo ato told, or
the conferences iecently heul
by Colonel ftrvan with the
leaders of his following In
cougiess, a definite progiamme ot
Demoetntlc polled has been formulat
ed, to hold good until the Democtatl.3
national convention. In buhstance, tho
Democratic leadeis will advocate:
1. Tho suppiesslmi of tho Insurrcctloa
lr. the Philippine luluml')
J The establishment of a lepuhlican
form of goverminnt then- as mon ns
the liiKiirivctiou U suppri MM'd.
i The withdrawal uf the anny as soon
ns such n government Is in operation.
1 Tho relinquishment of the sover
eignty of tho United States, but tho
exercise of a protectorate over thu
Islands In order to prevent foreign m
tcrfi re-ace,
', The Issue or S2O,fl0O00O In bonds of
the Philippine u public to lelmhurso the
I'nlteii states foi tho Indemnity paid to
Spain.
The polley with respect to trusts was
delhied In aecoidnneo with Colonel
llryan'8 ideas He pioposes. It will bo
remembered, that tin Jurisdiction of
tho federal government be extended
over all eotpoiationw engage 1 In Inter
state commpice: and he advocates tlw
passage of a law requiring them to
taka out licenses fiom tho commis
sioner of Intei nnl revenue, to publish
at stated Intervals sworn statements of
their financial condition and business
transactions, afler the manner of na
tional bank statements; and to be sub
ject, as are tho national banks, to ex
amination nt any tlmo by special
agents.
The Democratic panacea for trust
evils need not be consldeted nt this
time, for the reason that tho Democ
racy Is In a minority In tho present
congiess nnd It devolves upon the mn
Jority party to meet this Issue. The
nepubllcun p.i-t will not ihltk Its ie
sponslblllty In this direction, neither
will It be hurried forwn.'d by Demo
cratic gallery plajlng Into the enuct
inent of hastily constructed and Ill-con
sidered laws. It will take tlmo to bo
sure that It Is right and, once sure It
will go ahead without fiar or favor.
As to the Philippine programme, Its
pernlclousness lies In the fact that It
Jumps rashly at conclusions, thereby
complicating unneccssniil.v the duties
In hand. Tor example, it talks about
the withdrawal of the army before tho
Insurrection has been riurhed. What
would have been the effect unon the
t'nloti cause dining our Civil war If, at
the time that Ornnt wa passing down
on Richmond the congtes3 at Wash
ington should have passed resolutions
about wlthdtawlng tho army, setting
up in tho seceded territory a republi
can form of government ami leaving to
the secessionists full liberty of action
subject only to a Yankee protectorate?
So fur from disarming, it would have
stiengthened the opposition and the
Confederates would have fought tho
hauler for unconditional success.
Otant's terms were unconditional sur
render: and not until those terms were
accepted did the dominant power show
Its magnanimity.
Our put al lei is subject to the quali
fication that the membets of the Con
federacy were Intelligent men, fully
clvllired, having had laigo training for
nnd excellence In self-government, and
lit In every way to begin hopefully tho
conduct of their own affairs. The
Filipinos, on the- other hand, repiosent
not only every shade of social unde
velopmunt fiom semt-clvillzntlon down
to abject savagery, but also absolute
Inexpeilence In the principles and
methods of Intelligent self-government.
Mm cover, they are of the Malay race,
utteily unable to corpprehend tho sig
nificance of Anglo-Saxon institutions,
nnd habituated to recognize tho supte
macy of force alone. They must be
thiashed into a receptive mood for im
proved ideas of government before their
government can be improved; nnd any
policy which docs not make uncon
ditional sunender its first essential will
simply sow gieat hat vests of future
mischief.
It is inciedlble that the pinctlcal men
In the Demoetntlc patty do not rcalbe
this. The Inference Is compulsoiy that
they do know It, and know it pcifeetly:
and that their only motive for indulg
ing in the buncombe talk of an Inde
pendent Filipino tepubllc based upon
Agulnaldo getting the loot nnd Uncle
Sam the ttouble is the cheap pattlsan
w lsh to find some means of deceiving
the voters in older to hold together the
rickety Democratic party oiganlzatlon.
The Syracuse-Post-Standard devotes
a column and a half, In addition to a
large portiait, to describing the new
elotlns of Kdnti May, a former lesldent
of that city who has achieved fame in
London as a burlesque queen. Accord
ing to the Post-Standard, it had always
been Ednas ambition "to have a blue
silk gown nnd blue silk stockings to
match " IMiia has them, together with
an lntet national leputation, acquired
thtough paining tea for the Piince eif
Wales. Theio is, therefore, no leason
why Siaeuse should longer be jealous
of Itochester In the possession of ex
Consul Oscar F. Williams.
Already tho pro-Doer agitation ls
having effect. The Iowa legislature
has Just decided to postpone sympathy
for tile lioeis by a vote of 57 to J2.
It begins to look as though tho
Dritisli war olllce has been withhold
ing news in oider to cushion the diop
plng place.
HUMAiN lUTURb STUDIES.
Apt in Slang.
The girls in one uf tho classes of a
Loulsvillo private srehool found them
telves up against the "real thing" u short
tluiei ngu, a8 the Coin lei Journal, it
wi's In the L'ngllith chits unit a now
teacher hud .nisi been emplujed. Sho
una Hum the nuith, and called all tho
pupil.1 '.Miss," at which they marveled
gitnll.
On the Hist day the tenchi r told her
class that she would not glvo a regular
lesson, but each girl should write dovn
ull tho slung she Knew ana bring that
to the next da, s iicltatlou.
That was a "finch." Soveial girls who
possessed brothers nnd the lest who pos
sessed othet girls' hi others set them to
wolk Tho icsult was m.uv clous. When
tho class was called next day there was
not a girl who could not show two closely
written pages of slang opresslons. The
teacher looked
"Veiy good," sho Fnld. "Xow trans
late them into readable English."
Thc haven t fooled with her since.
Ready if He Was.
Like many other public speakers, a
well known lectin er bus u gieat dislike
to being luteirupted iluilig his lectures,
and if aio emu happens to cunu In late he
has a habit of stopping shoit and wutch-
l Ing th Intrude! to his tvat, generally
, with the effect of iritklng him look very
ame-pisu uuu iiiseunceiitii males Lon
don Tit-Its. Some tlmo bae It, while lec
tin hin" In a Inige town, he was Inter
rupted by a gentleman coming In lute
and making a greut noise with his creak
ing boots. 'Iho speaker stopped anil
htaicd ns usual nt tho Intrude!, who
bec'iued not to ho lr tho least conscious
thnt ull ejC'S were upon him At length,
getting out of patience, tho lecturer le
marked, Icily: "I am waiting for you,
sir "
Apparently quite unmoved, the offender
spent a few seconds In nrranglng his
coat on tho chair. Thru, sitting down,
ho turned to the lcotuter with a clinrm
Ing smile, and said:
"Now, Mr. II , I am icady If you
ate."
Why He Was Afraid to Did.
At an auction salo of miscellaneous
goods at a countrj stole tho auctioneer
put up a buggy robe of fairly good qtinl
lt. An old tinnier Inspected It closely,
seunul to think there wns a bat gain In
It nnd jet he hesitated to bid.
"Think It cheap," asked the auctioneer,
crjlng a 10-eent hid
"Yi s, kinder" was the reply.
"Then why don't juii bid ami get It?'
"Wall. I've bought heaps n" things In
dry goods and so on," slowly lejulned
the old man, "and I never took homo
anything that the old womnn thought
ns worth the pi Ice. If I got that 'ero
robe for even 13 cents she'd grab it up.
pill at one end, chaw on a comer nnd
call out. 'cheated ngnln smore'n half
rotton" That's th" tcason I elnsn't bid."
Ohio Stnto Journal.
One Good Hit Deserves Another.
A comedian In a Purls theater icccntly
made u great hit out of a painful Inci
dent. While Indulging In a bit of horse
pluy on tho stugo ho Btiuek his head
accidentally nainst one ot tho pillars
of tho sceno upon the stnge. Tho thud
caused a flutter of sympathy to pass
through tho audience.
"No great harm done," said the com
edian. "Just hand me a napkin, a glass
of water, and a Halt-cellar."
These vvero brought, and he sat down,
folded tho napkin In tho form ot a band
age, dipped It In the gin, and emptied
tho suit-cellar on tho wet part.
Having thus prepared n compress ae.
cording to prescription, and when cveiy
ono expected he would apply It to his
forehead, ho gravely rose and tied it
louml the pillar Collier's Weekly.
How Wars Begin.
Tommy was reading the war news
Whin ho finished ho enmo over to hla
mother and said.
".Mamma, how do wars begin?'
"Well, suppose the Dngllsh hauled
down the American Hag, and lliat tho
Americans"
Hero Tommy's father Intervened.
"Mv dear," ho said, ' the Kngtlsh
would not"
Mother "Dxcuse me, they would"
"Now, dear, who ever heard of such
n thing?"
"Pray do not Interrupt!"
"Hut jou are giving Tommy n wrong
Iden"'
"I'm not, sir'"
"You are. madam!"
"Don't call mo mndnm! I won't allow
you '
"I II call ou whit I chooe!"
"I'm tony I over taw jou! jou are
so"
Tommv (going out) "it's all light: I
think t krow how vvurs begin." Collier s
WVelclv.
Pertinent Impertinence.
"Say, nilstt r, do jou want jour bag
carried''" asked a boj , running after a
man who was hurrjlng ulong the street,
evidently bound for the rallwuj station.
"No, 1 don t," answered the man, u lit
tle slmiply.
"I II carry It all the way for a nickel,"
persisted the boj.
"I tell jou I don't want it can led,"
snld the man, quickening his pice
"Don't vou'" said the bov, breaking
Into a trot to keep abreast of his victim.
"No, I don't'" said the man, cl mclng
fieri civ at his small tormentor.
"Well, then m!tcr," said the iirenln,
with nn expression of anxious nnd inno
cent lnqulrj on his round, dirty face,
"what nie jou rurrjing It for? Why
don't you set it down?'
He got the bag, and a dime Colllet s
Wc.klj.
PROPER MONUMENT SITS.
Kdltor of The Tribune.
Sir. Your editorial In this mornings
paper In reference to the location of the
soldlets' monument, seems to me most
thnelj, and I wilte to express tho hopo
that tho matter innj be reconsldcied.
The court house square If allowed to
remain ns It s, will become mote anil
more benutlfiil, with the growtli of tho
trees and the cultivation of Us slotting
lawn", but the good eftects would be
larselv lost, bv the ( mplacement of so
prominent an oblect between the centiul
pile of buildings and unv ono of the sur
rounding stieets, foi tin- rxisou that the
existing open spaces are muled in their
enllretj-, to set off so large a stiucUire
us the court house, and, moreover, the
eieftlon fit nn elaborate monument upon
an ono of tho four sides would destroy
the balance of the square ns a whole
Aside from the question of the square,
the monument, ltelf, should he so lo
cated as to have a centtal and com
manding position In Its envlionmtnt,
which would not be possible within the
shallow of tho court hoiisi It Is quite,
probable tint, as vou suggest, a suitable,
location could pnlly bo "elected In Nnj
Aug Park, or about the entrance thereto.
Yotus respectlullv,
.1 Ilenl unln Dimmlck.
Scranton, Jan. L'J
NUBS OP KNOWLEDGE.
A village without a name, i .insisting
of COO llsherni' n's huts, oteupiis a posi
tion everj- winter on Lake Huron.
In Germany the question of Insurance
against stoims, linind itlons and ythel
forces of nature) Is bi Ing considered anil
tho pilnclpal companies have been to
quested to icpert their views to the gov
ernment. A firm of fish dealers in Mobile, Ala.,
Is expcrlmintlng with a lallroul tank
car in which, If sm ee-ssful, thev will
transpoit Spanish mackerel, poinpano,
fiulf hluellsh nml other Southern llshes
alive tei Northern cities.
Scutlnnd seems a d range place to tliiel
a statue of Abraham Lincoln, and jet
then Is one there. It adorns a mi tin
ment i roe ted In old c'alton burying
ground. IMInhurh, to the memorj of Ulie
Scottish-Americans who fought In tho
Aim! lean elvil war.
The LIlTel tower Is being painted with
live shades of enamel paint. The sum
mit and the dome tuei to be n chrome jel
low Tho shades will graduate to tho
pedestal, which will he of dark orange
Two coats will bo lequlreel nnd nearly
fifty tons of enamel paint will bo con
sumed. One of the latest German inventions,
repoit tells us serious j-, Is bier lo7i n
geis Thee nre madci of the powder ob
t lined bv evaporating lager bier, and
contain all the lngieillcnts of this popu
lar beverage The onlj needful thing to
turn them into a spaikllng nli Is to ells
solve them In water In whbh some car
bonic mid gas h is been added.
In 1VS9 ti law was pissed In Germanv
that every Goiman with nn Income of J,)
and over must insure his lite annst
slikness nnd old age. In ls'is time wero
11,2011,000 persons In Gitimnv thus ln
suicel, nnd so m,mv of thci had pulmon
nrj consumption that thlrtv-seven of tho
inur.anro companies elected nt their own
expense n sanitarium foi tho earo of
these persons
PERSONALITIES.
Unron von Wludheim, chief of the Uet -Hit
police, is cutting to tills country soon
J lor the studj of our police methods.
I Genir.il Joubert s wife hm gone with
him in all his camp ilgns, and is said to
have allied with her counsel tho develop
ment of his strategic plans.
Charles Danl. the evcllst. whose fame
up to the present tlmo has been on his
defeating Zimmerman at Florence, nns
been eimaged as the leading tenor of tho
Lyilc tluatir In Milan.
When tho German emperor Inspected
tho Dngllsh itoval Marine Artilleiy at
L'astnev liarraiks he pronounced It ono
of the line st loglments he had ever seen.
In height and phjslquo they excel tho
Foot Guards.
Paul Potter, tho Amctlcan dramatist,
whoso plaj. "Tho Conquerors," has
proved such a success, has secutcil rights
In several French piece, which he In
tends to maiket in London nnd Now
York next season.
Tho first wedding at tho Tower of Lon
don In many years was that of tho
daughter of Sir Hugh Cough to C. II.
Sljle, cclebiatcd recently. Tho bridal
partj- vsas escorted by tho Yeoman War
dens of tho Tower.
Geneial Kitchener opened tho Wndy-Hnira-Kliuttoiim
lallruad on December 4
with n weekly s-eivlco of trains. Tickets
nre now being issued to tho Second Ctna
rtiet and Khnitoum. whern a touilsts'
hotel Is being elected.
James Dads How, of St. Louis, who has
given his fortuno of $10.10 000 to the poor,
says ho was Influenced to do this hy tho
Incident of tho ilch young men t elated in
tho tenth chapter of St Jink's gospel.
Mr. How Is n grandson of James I!.
Dads, tho famous engineer who built tho
great Mississippi bridge at St. Louis
Iternarel C Ilefse, who v. us graeluated
fiom the Unlvoislty of MlrhUnn In IfcW
with tho degreo of pharmaceutical client
1st, and In I MI with the degree of bache
lor of science, is now einplojed us a
chemist In tho aniline and soda works of
Luelwlgshafen, Germany. Tills is tho
largest chemical factory In tho world.
Professor Koch found during his re
cent trip In German Fast Africa that tho
natives fenr calves iih If they wore linns.
Ono day ho got four natives to hold a
calf for him while ho Inoculated It with
tho germs of malaria. When ho cut tho
sMn tho nnlmnl kicked, whereupon tlm
ncgrnen let It go, howled In tori or and
climbed un trees
ooooooooooooooooo
S In Woman's Realm I
ooooooooooooooooo
IT IS euggested ns a reason thnt Sernn
ton women do not more gcnerullj
embrace the club fad which Is spread
ing over tho country tluit theio nre
so many put charities In this city which
demand their time thnt thej do not
jeurn for the social atmosphere of club
life This is to some extent true 'J In re
nre about four great Interests which
keep the larger portion of the so-called
women of leisure rushing about in a
wllel contest to urge the claims of th-ir
favorites. These met the Lackawunn.i
nnd Hahnemann hospitals, the Homo for
tho Friendless and tho Young Women s
Christian usoclatlon. .Then there Is the
Florence mission which also receives Its
meed of service.
Some times It seems that If all the wo
men would combine In a granel effort to
place nil these Institutions permanently
bcvnnd the mennco of disaster or tho
fear of a curtailed usefulness, this ever
lasting haste and hustle might bo nlntnl
for a few minutes nnd a little breathing
spaio might be enjoved As things nto
now conducted thero Is absolutelj no re
laxation of the strain. Fiich woman Is
tearing about as fast ns she can In des.
pernio greed lifter the Intel ests of her
own pet i hut Ity. There should he some
method of relief from this tension, but
Just how It can be accomplished Is dull
cult to suggest
.
IF THIS members of tho Young
Lndli s- society of the First Pros
bvterlan chuich wish to make an
other lilt lliey should nt once
secure Mr F. Hopkliisou Smith for n
letutn visit He likes Scrnulon nnd we
like him Ity this lime he his some de
licious new stolles to tell us. (Hy the
wuj- he put Scrniiton Into his recent one
of "That Ti.nnp of Hob s." Just sllghtlv,
but enough to Indicate that out citv Is
on the mipl A laige hull could be Illicit
with admirers ot the man capable of
writing such a book as "The Other Fel
low "
.
Tun "iimni) gikl" of tho future
Is to bo a man; so sijs Amelia
Harr and there ate many to echo
her sentiments, for In lot a few
hriseholds over tno countiy tlu nun is
pot esuitly displacing the numl. for sh...
had long since departed, but Is tilling a
plueo ut his own In a lar better way,
tho house mlstiess declares, than his
predecessor The problem that women
aie crowding men out of employment
seems to be thus solving Itself.
Tho man of-all-work is appearing In
tills city. Sevir.il lamllles have men
looks In their emploe and some of these
tin general housevvoik It Is rnthci tart
llng to inter jour boil chamber and nnd
a white clad colored man engaged in
deftlv malting vour oed and trundling n
swieper over the carp't. bit you giow
accustomed to the Innovation and. bill
ing him faithful, lie it nnd .rn'rlllng In
respect for vou and your cennni im!. you
wonder how tho house w.u ever man
aged without his assistnn c
Several Japmese servan's havn been
emploved In Scranton fnmll'f". and while
these In some cases havo prowl a bo in,
In olheis they wre InsoKiit mil careless
The colore)l mnn-of-all-work iihii at
piesent to bo a sensible fad.
T
IIDRi: AIID numberless theater par
ties planned for Frlliiv ovnlng to
welcome Miss liertha Gallond, 'i her
old home.
"W".:t:
HCHi: nie you going, mv pretty
maid?"
m going n-cooklng, sir," sho
said;
"Then I will many you now," ho cried.
"Oh, no; then tire otlieis," tho maiden
replied.
-
Propeily Located.
"That ileal vou have Just engineered
will be quite a feather In jour cap"
"A feather In my cap!" echoed tho
financier. "It wll ho a whole bunch of
feathera in my wife's hat." Washington
Star.
Too Much! Too Much!
"Aro they smooth Doers tho fellows
who are lighting In South Aftica?"
"Yes. Hut the liritish war news snjs
manj of tlum aie being rifled." Philadel
phia North American
liTIS
Roll Top Desks,
FJat Top Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Chairs
A Large Stock to Select
?rorn.
Hill & Connell
121 X. Washington Ave.,
ALW'AVK HUSjY,
.
raps&fesae
11 it
offtce
FIB
rip"?'EV?ji J"T 7fJrf-TgiC.r -1
3l:f
nrvl TPiD LitGK.sr muinr.ii and
Lewis. Rellly & Davles,
HMIC 'Wyoming Avenue.
IBilllS, HN
TOB,
JEIELBf
Aud a large stock of
Clocks, Silverware,
etc. Every article
we sell is guaranteed
to give satisfaction.
MERCEREAU& CONNELL
330 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
Heatieg
Stoves,
Ramiges,
FMiraacaSc.
Pliminnilblinig
and
Tno ios:.
GUNSTER & FORSYTE,
323-327 PENN AVENUH.
The Hiinot &
CoooeH Coo
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 Lackayana AraiK
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Guiuiu Asent fir tlis A'yoiuioj
Dun lot )
worn
i-ili Ins, r.latln?,SD)tllinr Siuoj.oh
unit luo lti'imuno ejlicnuc .
i-o u y i
EXPLOSI755.
tulel l'Uic L'npe nml KxptJiire,
iiuoiii lot Commit tiuildui;.
ncrautj-i.
AOL'.NlJIIvi
THOS rORD, - - - Vltlaton
JOHN H SMITH & SON, - Plymouth.
W E. MULLIGAN. - Wilkes-Itatre-
POOTEBo
nil
I am a l.illl man nml work ten hours per thy .imlamconipcllcil to uork all the time to
male both cnnls meet, o I tr) to keep well as much as possible I necr a wk In
nt) life until I ua ciuglit ii .1 thift, which has broken mc ilonn, but these two months
hiu euneil like livinj' to nie. I look elown sick, the doctor came, i;.i.c me in injec
tion of morphine and! ueut to sleep. 'I hit is about all there was to tint I was up
atil at work ati-mi but I kept Bitting ilovvti skk about one clay in a week. I irieil eery
tliini ami uas ha f sal. all thu tune, hut the chmi;e tame the night I tried K an
Tabulcs. Tun months ago I bought ot Young, the druggist in Ljnn, Mass , one hundred
and twenty Kipans Tabules and now I can sa) that I never felt bitter fnuid of
mine wa goinij to work nith mo two weeks ago and lie said to mi "Why Miller what
is. the nutter with on?" Of course ( knew I was all rn;ht and I asked mainprise,
"What do you mean?" He replied " Nothing, onl) that nw wilk )ou hue (ot ' I
Ianche'1 and was not Roinjj to sav aii)thiii; when he Mid "What has done n Mnler?"
All I could M) was Kipaus I'abuks bie dune it and the kmmiiiL; him t ako them.
The next morning he lndaboof tin Tabulcs in his pocket. I.it Siturda in ' ' iionght
tn kecond box lontaining one hundred and twenty Tahules and 1 mean to Uep 'him on
baud all the time.
Anfwiijlf vfkt esn'Alnlnf ttv rinv Titrrin In amncrMrtun (wlthnnt irltlinnwforMlM xn
drne utorfo -roh riT' crsr Thli Inn prU- ort In InMnrt-l rnri'iDtHW dh.I ihaeeonomlrAt einp rlntfln
rt tb fUr-Tint urtAn (liu tkbiilMi riw he lud br mull br )M.n.lln? forts r4ht teoes to the l.iriKi l unmeet
eOMFKT. No lOPprurHtisxt.Nw Yorl. nraflmclccarion (t.s TenrLifll lll Im, ?nt for flv. )vnii Hipam
TiBVluiuajiUM'taii&Jc.f frrosiri. ctcnil iicirekDpi!ni,Dewii ftuts oni at Uquur tkirei uaiX Uirbcr aoj 4
LEI'S
Dre
Goods
'pedal:
We have a surplus of sev
eral Hues of Dress Goods,
which must be moved at oucc,
and have put such prices
them as ought to make quick
selling. There's not a piece
in the entire lot but what i
seasonable, and at these re
ductions the assortment will
not last long.
Tkse Wees
Are foi
Itoolay
Wdmesday
25 pieces Mixed Fancie ,
have b-;en qood sellers -p -rvf
at 50c. 'Reduced to.. $y)'
14 pieces All Wool Cheviot
and Homespun Suitings, 40
inches wide, have gr-?
been 4SC. Reduced to S
15 pieces English Cheviot
and Covert Mixtures, good
value at 75c. Re- . fr7
duced to.... 49&
Large assortment of Fine
Plaids, Venetians, Mixed
Suitiugs etc., at ONi-XflllRP
OFF regular prices.
510-512
LACKAWANNA AYENUE
00000
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for office and pocket use,
numerous styles of Cal
endars, Pads and Stands
to select from.
Blaok Books
aud the largest aud most
complete line of office
supplies in Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
ReyooldsBros
Stationers and Engl avers,
Hotel Jertnyn Building.
5cranton, Pa.
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