S ) 0e jScranfon ZtiSmt Published Dally. Kxcept Sunday, by The Tribuno 1'iiblliihlng Compuny, at Fifty Units a Month. MVY S. ItlClfAItD, Hdttor. O. F. BYXBE13, Business Manager. THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1900. New York Office: 130 Nnssnti St. , . H. S. VRKHLAND, Solo Agent for Foreign Advertising. tenured fit the I'nstomeo nt Scranton, Va nil Second-Class Moll Mutter. When space will permit, The Trllmno ty always Bind to print short letters from its friends hearing on current topics, but Lt.T.u,c..,s ,M!lt lht, mut bo signed, for publication, by tho writer's real numei mi the condition precedent to nceeptutuo 1 , " ' contribution! shall bo subject to edltorlul revision. to tho best of hln ability. That Gen eral Utooko wan not a Leonard Wood was the fault of destiny. All that ho could do he did with his whole heart. A test vote indicates that Candidate Ooebel has live majority In tho Ken tucky legislature, which means that uulesB the people Hhiill pteveiit. tlu elected governor, .Air. Taylor, will be ousted, Perhaps In the Ions run that would be best. It would afford Ken tucky manhood a chance to show Itself, SCRANTON, JANUARY 29, 1000, STATE CONVENTION CALL. To tho Republican Klectors of l'etmsyl. vnnla: 1 urn directed by tho Republican state committee to announce that the Rcpuh. lieniis of I'ennsylvnnla, by their tllllv chosen representatives, will meet In eon', ventlon nt the opera house, In tho ellv of Hnrrlsbttrg, on Wednesday. Aptll 23. lfiyo, nt 10.20 o'clock ,i. tn for the purpose or nominating candidates for the following offices, tc wit: One person for the mice of auditor Ken. c-r.il. Two persons for the otnee of congress inn mat-large. Thlny-two tiersnns (foiir-at-largci rr ptf.--lilintl.il electors, ami to choose right ilohgntes and eight nlterimtcs-nt-liiigo to the Rcpubllcin national couvcntlon to be held lii Philadelphia on Tuesdav. tie nineteenth ilnv tf .Mint' next, and for th? iiiiiisuciir.n or sum other business us may be pieseiitctl. In Hceord.tiiee with the rulo ntlopted at tne state convention held In H.irrlsburB "it August :4th, b,st, the representation in the str.tr .convention will be based on the yote pelled nt tho last presidential ,,..." , ' r,,''r ,MH r,ll irtl' legislative illMllet Is tntltlcd to one delegate lor eveiy two thousand votes cast tor the pre-dduntlal electois, In 1W. and an atlil. tlonal delegate for ever fraction of two thousand votes polled In excess if one thousand. i:,u, district Is entitled lo the snmn number of deleimtnu ,,m ... . resented It In the convet.tlon of lV'v Il.y order of tho Republican Mute coin mlttee. I W It. rctarlcs. Frank lleeder. Chairman, Andrews, c. K. Voorhecs. St- REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. SC'HOOI, DIRECTORc. C. Ferber. E. i. Fellows. m - The mayor's confidence In the econ omy and fidelity of tho city govorn ment might be shaken If somebody were to ask him for n bill of partlcu-lars. Narrowed Down. THE PROPOSITION embodied in the card of the Grocers' association, published on ,u . . Saturday, which Involve he tender of ROod oftlces to miner Imvlnir grievances and ,ho promise of -Superintendent I.oomls to meet In cor foKence any ilner or number of min ors employed by his company, in the presence of local business men, If tho miners so desire, presents a bask o solution for the unrest which . pre vails anions some of the ml,,,. u,fi.. crs of this valley. Should miners with lea! grievances hesitate to accept thl offer? The demand of the lilted Mine Workers of America, an o. conization largely controlled by soft coal influ ences. Is that tho operators shall con fer with committees or representatives of Its choosing. Mr. Loomls fakes th position that he has no right to assume that this organization represents the employes of his company; on tho con-tr-uy, he has leason to believe that it reptesents a very small proportion of the miners working for the Delaware -Lackawanna and Western company.' A parallel, therefore, dues not exist be tween the United Mine Workers and the railway brotherhoods, which clear ly do Include the employes of the rail road. What Is the purpos,. of the United Mine Workers? Avowedly to benefit the miners. It Is a means to an end, the declared end belns lo Improve the miners' condition. If the miners can fltfnln 1l nA L.. . ' - '" "t in'iMHHii conference with their employers, should it matter to them whether representatives of th United (Mine Workers are formally recognized as such or not? Rccngnl tlon of an organisation controlled by soft coal Influences is not essential to the welfare of the miner of h-ird coal. What ho wants is a chance to earn a fair day's pay for a fair day's work: and judging from the past, ho is not likely to broaden this chance through, n strike. It may bo asked why the Grocers' association should concern Itself In this matter; but surely those of whom the miners would ask credit In case of a strike are entitled to do their best to avert the necessity for a strike. If they should be represented In a conference between Mr. I.oomls or any other mine superintend deny and the men in his employ. IhejV -would be In a position to jjnffdi' ' timely counsel 'rom tho standpoint of the community's 'busi ness, welfare. Unlike- the soft roaj. Interests, which Inrpely control the, jITnItid Mine Workers, these men nrejjltatly Interested In the welfare of Iho'clty at Scranton and of tho Lack, a wanna valley, and their moral right to exhibit and to protect that Interest 1s undeniable. The question, then, practically nar rows down to this: If the Si-rantnn miner can secure a redress of real prlftvanees by personally confrritiR .with his employer, rhould he re fuse to hold such a conference on no count of the exclusion of representu. ilves of the Indianapolis organization? Would,he be warranted in making that exclusion the basis of a strike? Persons who are surprised that Sen ator Piatt does not break with Roose velt do not know Piatt. He can sot along-, with men who are frank, clean and true-ib their word. If there were nnre.;ijpp$evelts, politics would be an easy gafiiki - The. assignment of Major General Brooke to succeed Major General Mer-rltt.-vvhp. Is about to retlro from com majid.oX.tho department of tho east, Is pHijJr. compliment. It Rives him the best berth In the army nnd he deserves it for extraordinary services rendeted An American on the Boers. N LAST AVKKK'S Outlook Is an Interview with John Hays Ham mond upon the e.lUSM of the South African war which pre sents it number of facts not generally known. Mr. Hammond, as our read ers probably know, Is an Amarlc-in who achieved fame nnd fortune as nn engineer In the gold-mltiing Industry In South Africa, and was on-j of the men sentenced to death In punishment for the Jameson r-iltl. Ills version of that raid differs In many ti.irtlcnlavu from the version that most ot us have trail. Mr. Hammond demolishes the com monly accepted thorny that the Ult landers, or Unsllsh-speaklnfr elemcnl In the Trinsvant, forced themselves Into the hind of tho Peer?, lie dies the fact that In 1S!:1, on behalf of the South African republic, President Krucer publl-'hetl In the London press, u ennllaj Imitation and welcome an.l the promise of equal rlfshts and protec tion to all who would ko to the Trans- vnal ind Invest their capital or con tribute In any way to the development of the country. In (.nseiiuenc- the Rold mining Industry was started, swelling the revenues of the Poor re public from loss than a million dollar In 1SS6 to more than twenty millions In IM'ii; but no sooner was sold discovered than the Peers began adversely to m.inKc- ine fntnejiise nnd other laws affecting the Immigrant population until, up to last July, for nn Ulthmder to acquire citizenship and a voter's rights he was required to show four teen years' resldeiic; and n written petition signed by a mnjorlly of Poors in his district, the latter not binding until approved by the executive coun cil. While thus aspiring to citizenship the Ulthmder was subject to conscrip tion and had not onlv to leave his work nt the order of the Poor govern ment but also to purchase his own arms wncn summoned to fight the na tive tribes. Peaceable measures looking to re form In the administration havlng falled, the Ultlanders, In is.'i;;, nst. tuted a Reform committee, of vhlcli Mr. Hammond was a member t1i purpose being secretly to Import rllles and cannon to use In foicing a changj In political methods. Prior to that tho Ultlanders had been foi bidden to own arms. Mr. Hammond admits that Dr. Jameson, then administrator of the South Africa Chartered company, was to help In the Ultlander uprising, but denies that Cecil Rhodes hail any other part In the movement than as one of a number of capitalists Interested In mining propetties who rontilhot,.,! funds. Dr. Jameson slopped over; hla abortive Invasion, made on his own initiative, against the protest of the Reform committee, alienated svm- patby from tho reform movement, gav K Niger the opportunity to solidify tha Afrikander clement, led to the arrest of the Reform commltteo nnd to this incident, which w give in Mr. Ham mond's own words: "The arrest of the Reform commit tee took place In the face of promises to tho contrary from th? Roor govern ment. After a few months' imprison ment our trial followed, the jury be ing composed exclusively of poors. Under nn ngreement between the at torneys for the prisoners and the Peer government attorneys, it was agreed that a nominal tine only should be Im posed on us If wo pleaded guilty. Wo accordingly pleaded guilty, when, to our consternation, the Poer nttorneys repudiated their agreement, and tho death sentence was passed on four of the leaders, of whom f was one. Tho other members of the committee were Imprisoned. As tho civilized world protested ngalnst carrying out the sentence, the government finally com muted it to Imprisonment. Fortu nately for us, the abstraction from the community of about nlxty men, com posing the Reform committee, was having a disastrous effect on business. In consequence a general movement was made throughout South Africa for our liberation. The Uoer Eovernment did not think It wlso to resist tho unanimity of this movement, and fin ally, after nearly six months' Imprison ment, released us on consideration of a payment of $1.50n.00n, the tour of us condemned to death bi Ing compelled to pay ?12.,O0O apiece. Then- was no question of clemency involved. "Tho Poer government then ap pointed a commission to Investigate the matter of our grievances. After a long and careful examination, the commission unequivocally acknowl edged the validity of the charges mad! against the government, and strongly recommended that these grievances be redressed. Despite this, nothing was done. The interests ot the clique con trolling the government prevented the realization of the hopes of reform uiiM-ii mi wie report ot tne uoer com mission. Things now went fiom bad to worse. Time and uiraln tho tilt. landers appealed to tho Poer govern ment, but without avail. Finally Ust spring a petition signed by 21,000 Brit ish subjects was forwurded to the. British government. The result was the conference between President Kru ger nnd Sir Alfred M liner. In whlen the latter took the ground that all questions could best bo settled by a concession on the, part of tho South African republic of tho right of fran chise to tho Ultlander population. The Impression prevails that thoN confer, end) failed on uccount of the differ ence of tho number of years' residence necessary to gain a franchise. This Is a mistake. Tho most Importnnt point was the basis of representation. Un der the scheme suggested by Mr. Kru ger a majority of tho voters would have been entitled to less than a fifth of Volksraud representatives." Mr. Hammond denies emphatically that a change In sovereignty wits con- templnted by the Ultlander element when they planned the revolution which Dr. Jameson, by hU previous ncss, nipped In the bud. "This," ho says, "would have directly violated the pledges which we gave to tho peo ple ot Johannesburg. We declurel that the movement was only to rid the country of a corrupt oligarchy. We repudiated any subversion of Poor sov erelBnty. At that time It would have neon impossible to have foisted tho British or any other Hag upon the In habitants of the Transvaal. Tho An-glo-Saxoti members of tho community themselves would have forcible- m. slsted any such attempt." What they wanted was fair play under a clean government, nnd they proposed to clean out tho corruption existing In the government, in this purpose, un til rr. Jameson spoiled nil, Mr. Ham mond says that they had the ssmpath "i many 01 me more Intelligent Boers. Mr. Hammond thus summarizes tho case for the Ultlanders, which Is m reality the case for Gtcat Britain In the present resort to arms; and nil ...' ii.li 10 ne informed should read his statement earefullj. If true, it supplies a complete Justification; 'and its truth has not to our knowledge been challenged: wen.''V'mlr,,IS1 f ,h,';:r"'svnnl population - Vtlo",,;l'1' Wl! w"nt tliltIic-- bv ex- ress ,nl alien; our capital and entei- ... .'V'"1'1''1 ",',mt '" ,,m'- '"'lids was a wouhless tetrltery Into the girate-t mining center -of the wo. ,n .?,."... .i . ,."rh' wnK ''"kri'l't before our ,u Jlv.il, wo own more than half the land, iv ng purchased It trom the Peers: wn P.ld nlne-teuths nf the taxes, much of which was admitted by the Poer coinmls- j-.wu i. u ,-iass taxation; any yet we had '.'.it r .l ' '"llliwfl" expenditure of tho itlk of taxation, as wo had no voice In tho government. Wo objected to the subversion of the high court nf justice. lM ill(.h rot(, only hope of legal redress. In dlieet con t invention ,,, , ,, rend wet (the liner co . stltut on), tho Volksraad empowered tho president and executive council to .lis- jui.-n ii y .1111 1 tin Ultlwviit t....t ...i... ooooooooooooooooo I In Woman's Realm $ ooooooooooooooooo M" .11... iini.,1 .i... :..,.... . "' "" ...... . m- Miiiuuy or any Uw passed bv be olksn.nd, oven when such law con'. Meted with tho Gnmdurt. President Krtiger exercised this pi h liege In sum mat Il.y removing Chief Justice ICotze. ii 1M,I,f'.,r n,""J' l'f honestly ami "lily Hlled that olllce. Afterwards all tho judges wore simply tho piesldent's tools. vVo objected to tho jury svstem; we were ilebnned from proper trial, us the law makes only burghers eligible for Jury duty. Court records thus prove that a very small percentage of Jioers are found gul ty. and a very large percentage of I Plunders are convicted. Nor was any Poer Jury ever known to convict n Poer who luul murdered a native. Wo objected to tho aliens expulsion act, by which an Ultlander can be put over th uonier at tno will of tho president, with out tho right of appeal to a court of Jus tlce ii course open to the offending burgher. This law was obviously opposed to the llrltlsh-Poer convention of issi. We objected to tho prohibition of freo speecn; to tno power vested in tho presi dent of suppressing any publication which, In his Individual opinion, was op posed to good manners or subversive of order. He did nut hesitate to exercise this despotic power toward newspapers which supported British Interests, while newspapers which supported thn Poer government were allowed to publish libel ous articles and even to advocate atro cious crimes without Interference. Wo objected to the dishonesty and In eftlcler.ey of the Johannesburg pollm force. For the shooting of a British sub ject a policeman was iccently released on Jl.imu ball-less than the amount tie. miiutlctl from Uithiuders In trivial cases. We objected to the public meetings net, which left discretionary power in tho hands of policemen to suppress assem blages. We objected to the Johannesburg high death-rate, owing to the insanltiitlon which tho community was powerless to prevent under lloer maladministration. Wo oblocted to being taxed to main, tain schools lit which Dutch was ex. cluslvt-ly taught. A resolution introduced In the Volksraad that no Kngllsh should be allowed to be taught even In prlvnto schools was defeated by only one vote. We objected to the Boers being exclu sively allowed to carry firearms. We objected to the non-protection of native labor, tho Boers lying In wait to rob the natives of their earnings when the latter were on their way from tho mines to their homes. Wo objected to the maladministration of the Honor law. The main reason for the shortage of labor was that tho na tlvts were not In a fit state to work, a quarter of them being constantly Inca pacitated through drunkenness. Many of tho accidents oecurlng In the mines were dun to tho same cause. Finally, we objected to the prevalent official corruption and to tho granting of concessions giving monopolies for the sale of supplies Indispensable lo the Ult landers. With the concessionaires gov ernment officials were generally asso ciated In the great profit derived. In a recent railway concession It was proved In court that twenty-one out of the twenty-five members of tho Volksraad had received bribes. If these facts aro correct, Is Hie South African republic a republic more than In name? I assert from personal knowledge that tho facts are Indisputable. 183 BKRTIIA (1AT.1.AND fully met an tno expectations which hud been raised hi this city regarding her drunmtlo ability. Indeed with her changeful gmec and fascinating person ality she far exceeded the hopes of even her warmest admirers. Sho dues not suffer from stage nervousness as might bo expected ft cm one so Inexperienced but sho confessed on Saturday that tho nearest approach to that disastrous sen sation wai felt on tho previous evening when facing a Scranton audience, In vvnicn were many of her childhood ac quaintances. Hut tho entire house was tilled with her friends nnd they apple elated her talent oven If they did do It with apparent, timidity. Scranton audi dices aro notoriously cold and undem onstrative. Perhaps they consider It un dignified to ky-yl and clap their hands and make vociferous demands for it re appearance of even the greatest lavorlte In tho category. Verhups they like to be thought fastidious, perhaps they aro tin. certain ns to tho Infallibility of their own Judgment. At any rate they receive tlra matb! situations with admirable self, control. The other nlelit ihn rmlet ulll. tilde of people who saw "The Prldu of Jtnnlco" was marked. It seemed that all were so desirous of catching every word, every look, every detail of what was tak ing place on the stago that they hesitated to Interrupt tho sensations they were en joying. However, thete was far more en thusiasm displayed on that occasion than at any time within tho memory of the oniesi inhabitant. This week Miss Oalland has a rest In New York while an understudy plays Flavia In "Rupert of llentznu," with Hackett In Brookljn. Next week a New Kngland tour will be tnken nnd after tho return "The Pride of Jenr.lco" will prob ably be given u run In Now York. Tho Inst net needs considerable revising and will need to have many gory details eliminated In order to make the play equal In merit nnd relbiement of treat ment. That Mr. Frohmnn Is Immensely pleased with Miss Gulland's success thus fur Is to express his sentiments mildly. Mrs. Oalland accompanies her gifted daughter on alt her tours. MR, SOXANTON TO MR. WHYTE Ofllco Scranton Gas and Water Company. January 27, 1P00. Kdltor of The Tribune Sir: 1 observe that Mr. W. It, Whyte, of the Terrace hotel, havlrg paid his Wa ter bill for three months, pours forth his soul In u letter to Tho Trll.uno on tho water question. As I read how Mr. v byte looked on hlnnelf ns n "belnboieil hound crouching and cowering 'neath the master's lash," all "spirit crushed out of him," and then saw him In tim rm-,.m plump, rosy, handsome nt,d cheerful, and probably the best dressed man In the city, I couldn't but think of the old Irish scng, "Are you Mr. Riley they speak of so highly, Am you Mr. Riley who keeps the hotel? If you're Mr. Riley they spenk of so highly. Be dad, Mr. Riley, you're looking right well." If Mr. Whyte will only stand tho cx penso of lotting us have hln plumbing mado tight and his leaks stopped, I think we can ussure him thnt his bills will be sensibly lessened. Yours truly. -W. W. Scranton. PERSONALITIES. IDUIIOi, WATCHES, JEWELRY TUB NKWS that artificial eggs are likely to tako tho place of tho hen product Is causing considerable agi tation among tho housekeepers In Scranton. Tho Pure Food Kxposltlon has demonstrated that such a substitute can bo manufactured at a reasonable price which will In every way supply the Place or eggs. The problem regarding this particular nrtlcle of food Is no Joke. Tho winter has thus far been remarka bly mild and still the price of eggs has been ruinous, while universal complaint Is heard that they aro far from fresh and often Impossible In every respect. Tho largo proportion received In this city aro what Is known as cold storage eggs. The olks will be found to llo close to one side of the shell and the taste Is stale and frequently worse. So called country eggs are hard to obtain, appallingly high in price nnd not nlwnys Irreproachable, it seems Impossible, to llv without eggs In modem cookery and still they are almost an unattainable luxury during much of tho winter. Anybody who will place ar tificial eggs on the market which are "fresh," wholesome and generally satis factory will confer ns great a boon on his race lis If he had discovered tho North Pole or a new way to produce cancer In rabbits. IT DOES SKKM strange that with so great a farming region to draw upon as surrounds this city and Its hub- urbs we should not have a respectable egg and poultry supply. No better mar ket can be Imagined, for Its size, than Scranton. Our people live well and pur chaso the best of food products, but the supply is notoriously poor and very ex pensive. Our markets are not what they should be and yet there Is no way of Im proving their condition unless the nearby producers Institute a reform. Why on earth a farmer Insists on grubbing nnd slaving tho year round to nilse a lot of poor bay and hundreds of bushels of po tatoes which tho vicissitudes of the sea son or of trade reduce in price until ho scarcely clears his seed cost, Is Incom prehensible, when, with cultivating small fruits and making a business of raising poultry, ho could show it Unci profit with half tho work. The farmer In Lacka wanna and Wyoming counties bus one of the greatest homo markets In the coun try right at his doors, and ;,et ho allows the city dealer to get most of tho garden and poultry supplies from a refrigerator car. I M, Ilanotaux, the ex-foreign secretary for France, has Just concluded an agree ment with one of thu great Paris pub lishers to bring up to present time Henri Martin's history of France. K. A. McDonald, who was elected mayor of Toronto recently ngalnst vig orous opposition, had been n, candidate! before llvo times. Ho Is the "Golden Rule Jones" of thn Ontario capital. The Mehtnr of Chltral Is to visit India ns the guest of tho British government, mid Is to bo taken to see the various his toric cities and military works likely to Impress him and his pcoplo with the power of (Stoat Britain. Colonel Duncan II. Hood, sou of the famous General Hood, of the Confederate army, and a graduate of West Point, has cast his fortunes with the South African republln and Is now a commissioned of- ncer in tho Boer army. When Justice Busknlll, of t'nrdltf, Wales, pronounced capital sentence for thn llrst time in his Judicial career re cently he broke down and wept, as tho prisoner was u woman, who would leave several little children motherless. W. D, Howells said tho other day In the course of nn Interview that when tho great American novel camo to be written at least u portion of It would have to be enacted In Wall street, that being a typi cal phase of peculiarly American life. The cordlul reception In Purls of Agnes Sorma, the German actress, who played there, speaking her native language, is noted with satisfaction In Berlin, where It is taken to be the best bid the French people have made for the attendance of the kaiser at their exposition. Mrs. Kate Douulnss Wlggln, whose en gagement to George Biggs, a buslnc.-s man of New York, was recently an nounced, has had a somewhat changeful life, which has been much to the advan tage of her literary work. Sho was born In Philadelphia, brought up In a Maine village, educated at Andover, lived for twelve years In California, and has also resided In Boston, New York and London. Mr. Rlggs met her during a couching tour of Wales. William Allen White, whose volume nbout "Poyvllle" contains some excellent stuff, Is a Kansas lad only thirty years old. He nttended the Topeka State Uni versity, nnd has worked as a newspaper man ever since, except when, in 1SSS, he tlrst became generally known through bis sketches In the Kansas City Star. 1 It has been editor of tho Emporia. (Kits.) Gazette for a half-dozen years. Fourteen years have passed since the death of Marie Rashklrtseff, but an an nual mass is still chanted for her at the Greek church in Purls on tho anniver sary of her death, and prayers are said at her tomb, which Is one of tho most curious spots In P.issy, tho fashionable cemetery of Purls. A man of some prominence In the re public went to President Kruger and ap plied for employment under the govern ment. Tho blunt old Boer turned on him and replied: "All thn big places are filled, and you nre too stupid to bo trust ed In one of the Jlttlo ones." In 1SS! three now famous men were at tho University of Strasburg Roentgen, PaderewskI nnd Tesla. Then Roentgen was a professor of physics, PaderewskI was an Instructor In music and Tesla was Installing tho electric light plant nt the university. And a large stock of Clocks, Silverware, etci Every article we sell is guaranteed to give satisfaction. MRCERMD&CONNELL J30 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. HNLEY'S Aomnual January Sale of Table Linens Heating Stoves, Ranges, Fmirnaces, PlMmbflng and PTP'O o uniin! GMSTER & FORSYTH, 32S-327 PENN AVENUE. Under ordinary circumstance! this announcement would be suffi cient in itself, without further com ment, to interest every housekeeper in the community, but taking into consideration the recent advances on almost every line of Dry Goods, iiNhNs iNCLUDi-n, and the fact that all our stock of Linens was bought early enough to secure them at old prices makes it all the more so. Our Table Linens, as usual, are only of the best such celebrated makes as Bansky aai Scottcl itoamas&s, Fiie Germai "Silver Bieadf ii The Hunt & ConmeM Co. I If this Is true. It does not matter, so far as Justice Is concerned, whether KiiKland Is bli; and the Transvaal small or whether In the first battles Knffland has Kot the worst or the bdst of It; the outcome, must bo a redress of griev ances. At a dinner slven In his honor In New York on Saturday night, Andrew CnrneKlo said: "I have never known u man to do much Rood boosting an other man unless the other man would climb himself." ' Providence has no tlKht to help those who will not help themselves. T IS ESTISIATKD by competent nu- thorlty that u, dairy of twenty cows, as llRiired acnlnst a poultry farm of L',000 hens, will result In favor of the latter by a clear profit of $1,MW a year. Tho first cost and shelter are alike. Thn feed for tho cattle will necessitate an outlay of $573; for the hens, $1,S0); mill: value, $1,200; crr: value, $3,000. With warm chicken houses and warm food, esss will bo produced all winter. These, together with the excellent prices received for early sprlnR chickens, will realize hand some proceeds for tho proprietor. Still tho average farmer would prefer to delve and dlj? and grow old before his time In tnlllnu late and early In tho fields or In milklm; great herds of cows and running the risk of being brought to a sad and disastrous end bv some wrimnn'n club. Jlen are so queer. A NUMBER of ladles connected with a prominent charity of this city are talking of engaging In tho second hand store business. It will continue but a fortnight and will be unique In character. All sorts of contributions will bo solicited, second-hand clothing, brlc-n-brnc, books, pictures, furniture, cr. pets, curtains, everything which people want and aro willing to buy at low prices Almost everybody has articles of which the family has grown tired and which although In good condition could well lis spared to give place to something new. These will bo convevrd to a storo cen trally located, which will be presided over by a committor. The result of tho sales will be given to the charity fund. ncc irc FURWTUBE Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. Safin Baiiastei Etc, Etc, All at our popular Last Season's Prices, and in the choicest designs. MaMis to Match Almost all fine numbers in Damasic both in 5-8 and 3.4 size. Some very line sets in 8x4, 8x10 and 8xi2, at specially low prices to re duce stock. Ask for our Two Specials in Crotchet Quilts, Marseilles PaUerns, at 98c and $J.19 04 ladOTama Avene HENRY BELIN, JR., UeuerulARentrortln Wyotnlnf Ulstrtcs.j; 510-512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Banes cosior lureirs MIDEfL liullor's failure carries the great op portunity up to Kitchener. To the gen eral who can win, lCnshmd will give anything. 1 It Is strange that none of the yellow journals has offered prizes for the fiest guess on ex-Consul Macrum's secret. Consul Macrum's purpose Is clear. He meditates nn attack upon the lec ture platform. From all accounts Clonerais Roberta and Kitchener still remain In the anteroom, THE PROPER TICKET. from tho Mldtlletown Tress. Wo heartily coincide with the Hcranton Tribune, which believes that tho ofllco of vlco pret-Idcnt of tho t'nlted States has found the right man and names him, the Honorable Charles Kmory Smith, of Phil adelphlu. Tho rank and Ilk- of Repub llcuuUm In tho capltol county will en dorso this nomination. This stato de serves recognition for Its constant loy. alty. Mr. Smith represents no faction; but the grand old putty, llo Is Indeed tho man for the place and McKinley and Smith would mako 11 banner for tho next cdinpulgu that would bring victory and proptrlty from every hamlet. Ms ISS ORACK RKAI.S. tho ".Mlchelo" of "Tho J'ride of Jenulco," Is a na ive of this region, having been born near New Mlltoid. one Is a. name, sake of Mrs, Frank 11. Jermyn lu whoso girlhood home she was a frequent visitor, While In this city she was the guest of Mrs. William 1-'. Halls tead. Miss Reals work In "The l'rldo of Jenulco" makes up somo.of the strongest parts of the play. NUBS OF KNOWLEDQE. Yellowstone rail; geysers aro slowly playing nuC John Hull's, naval pension list consists of 5,M7 persons. Tho average loss by tiro In the United States has been reduced In ten years trom ?(i,W.'- to H.StiO. Tho Insurance loss In tho sumo period was 1 educed from $3,903 to $1,033. A Mudrld Journal Is printed on linen with n composition easily removable by water, and tho subscriber, after devour ing the news, washes his Journal and has a handkerchief. Alabama, has a History Commission, appointed by legislative authority, tho mission of which Is to ascertain und re port to the Governor all accessible mate rials, without as well as within thn state'3 borders, for u history of tho state. The occurrence of French names like Joubert among tho Hoers Is explained by tho fact that many Huguenots went to the Capo of Good Hope while It was still a Dutch colony, nnd there became pros porous nnd prominent. Tho descendants of many of these Huguenots may be found In tho Transvaal today, and are quite as Dutch in ul! their ways as the other Uoera. Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, ' And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. H511 & Connell 121 N. Washington Ave., Wlulns, Wasting, Sporting, Hmolcelan and thu Itcpnuno Chemical Co npany'4 EMU EXPLOSIVES. tmely Fine, Cnpn and K.tulo.toci Hooiu 401 Conuotl HulUlur. tiorautij. AUKNUIbi TIIOS. FORD. - - . .Vlttston. JOHN B. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN. . Wilke-Brre. 00000 A complete Hue 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. Rey molds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building, Scranton, Pa. ALWAYS HUfsY, K &n'iT:- r-"wv 1 flMl ON TOP I.AIUJKsr RUIIHKIt Nll I.UATilLIt HllUK HOU.Si;. Lewis. Reilly &. Davles, IH US Wyoming Avenue. I am .13 years old, ' said a Philadelphia bookkeeper, " and have always led an indoor life. I have been a great sufferer from const!, p.-itlou, and my liver has seemed to be out of order almost all the time, and my face looked yellow. .Some time ago a neighbor of mine suggested that I try Ripans Tabules and I did ?o. I now take them whenever occasion arises, and feel much better, My bowels act well, and people tell me mv face ; has taken on a more healthy look. I usually take one Tabule'every day and another at night before getting in bed." I
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