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lln frlmidt lualltiit on current topic, hut
It rule Is Unit thenj muni bo sinned, for
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Mnd the condition ptecident In neceptaiuo
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SCHAXTO.V, JAXUAHY 30, 1S0O.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
SCHOOL Dint:CTOH8(;. C. I'tfrber, K.
D. Fellows.
5oeinnr Htnno nnd the Dei'uttinent
of Aprlrultnto niny not be nblo to jnovo
ennilulv !y lli.it tho oleo ltiw Is u lnw,
hut thi-v cut ut lonst furnish a tuTe
Fuutd thiil will or.nblo the olouinurh'ar
llie ( ntliusl.mtH to avoid good butter.
A Fight for Life.
-y-rS XcfLAXlvs? .lufe.it Is soilmis
I In Eolith Afrlcn; It nieitris
Ji V Hi" r.ill of l.ulysmltli, tho
illi-pltllliiK of tho Hrltlh
tinops, J)e further dKiffpotlon of th
AftlK.indotti .ind po-"lhly ti los of KriR
I mil's hold upon the native ttibes. Hut
the iiiot him inns Ip.itui o of tho col-lups-p
of the Huller e:iinp.ilKti 1 Its pos
sible PiKotti.iKcmerit ot nuropean In
tenentloti with olntiiU'tlonx to Ilia
Hiltlsh i hum' and peih.ip with de
mand!' leuhiiiK Into other tlieatois of
lutein. illon.il i oncei n.
t'p to this moment dlploniatle ro
o'iiltlon ol th South African repuhlU
has hi fii seiupuloimly withheld by the
neutral powois, notwithstanding tho
eonsldoinble pic-wine finin public opin
ion in li. nice, l(Minany nnd Holland
1(0 Mime oillclal hliou of the popular
-inp.itli As the Cngllsh piestigo
has Ipsm'iipiI under the ftioss of cunui
lathp defeat, this luossiiie has enor-inou-ly
imtouM-d; and the Incident la.U
wrel; of the otentatlous Invitation of
Dr. Lejds, the ISoer ujrent in Kurop ,
to a banquet kIvpii by the Germ in
minister of foielcn affairs was some
thing that would not huvp oecuned had
Kritlsh aims met with no leverses.
That the spiIoumiomi of the crisis la
fully recognized by Great Uritain is
demonstruted by tho tone of the Lon
don press. The K.ithetlns storm of
public ciltlelsm which a .short time,
ngo thieatened to lneak imniediatclv
over the pietent I'tiglMi ministry has
disappeared as If by magic under the
obvious neoe'-slty for a closing of all
tanks agilnst the perils abroad. Olio
paper mges the lilting out of tho eii
tlip fleet upon n war basis, and It Is a
conservative journal at that. It Is
plain that the Inhabitants of tho moth
ei courttiy ate now ptofoundly htlried,
as they have not been during the pres
ent generation. Out of a seemingly
little, matter has grown a mountain ot
ttouble, with vaMer dliliculties and
dangeis poi tending; but theie Is some
thing line in the way they ilse to It
and set their f.iew to nee It thiough,
Irrespective of the cost. Theie will he
a reckoning latei; just now it is a
fight for life.
A confusion ot names which made
"Brandt" read "liradley " has involved
the Xew Yoik YVoild in a ttn thousand
dollar libel suit. And yet many cor
u.spondents wonder why newspapeis
fhould be so paitleular In tho way of
Insisting upon good penmanship.
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
THi: POSSIBILITY of com
plications aiJsing over tho
Olavton-IJulwi r trout ;
slio-ild the I'nlted s-'tutcs go
ahead, as onteinplated In the Hep
burn bill, rtlth the eotis'Hiction of tho
NIcaiagtia canal, Is i"mote. An un
derstanding on this subject undoubted'
1 exists l"twien the goeiriinents ot
(ileal iiiitaln and the I'nlted Htatts.
Still, :h" itip-tlnn Is of sulllclent
iiiadeiuli Inteiest to destre eousldor
tit Ion mnoii!; the ;,o. s-ibl, i,onse(tience,,
and this, we tiust, will eseun ijs for
iuolimr timn thf Xew Voik Sun an
uiiiifually i b'lr hhtory of the treaty
nnd of the Inteipiel ttlon.s which luivi
bi'en plnted upon It.
In JIT the ippubllc of Niearegin
became Irvulvpil In tluuble with .1
tiibp of lutlians, the .MomiuUos. who
dwelt upipii the Atlantic coast tide o
the I'-thnut" ot Xkat.'.giui. ("ei theue
lndliins a piotectoiite was il'ilmed by
(Ileal Itilialn; and aftt i Xkatagu l
bad i.'ilfpil the Xlcaragiian ling Oieni
Iiiitaln steppetl In ,-i'd foucd it to
yield to the Indians' turns. "ThH
ft," the Sun adds "was constiued by
our gnpiniu":nt as Indlcatho jf an In
itui Uon, to iiiovent the tonstiiictlon of
fj. i mil luross the Amti lean Isthmus
With American inoiify and under
Anvt'.icMn protection and lontrol. Tho
lvlitlona between (Su it Iiiitaln and
the I'njtt'tl Stati'8 poon as-sumed a
ihriiitenin nspect, and one of tho flut
ndniiiil.sti.itle measmer ot Piesldent
TayJr, v'fter he took oflico on Match
4, 1S4", was to send a diplomatic ngent
to Cential mctlca. Xoon ntter this
rtgeut's nrilvnl the Hiltlsh took for
cible possession of certain Islands In
tho Tiny of Fonseca, on the Faclil?
sldi-of tho Xlcuragu.in Isthmus, osten
sibly to loieo claims for the Indemnifi
cation of Uiitlsh subjectf against tha
states ofHonduias and Salvador, but
lp leallty, as Americans believed, to
com 'I this count i y to enter Into an
agreement lor a joint coiitructoy and
Iteration of the piopnred( can.il. At
all events, It was eidtnt that delay
rhlght augment tho misunderstanding
and pteeidtatu a. cojiriet. According
ly, Mr. Clayton, the sectetary of stati',
Vi"l til?, Henry Hulwer, representing
(lrer.tr Hrltain, finmed the tieuty of
April IplSoft, the'ilist pttlcle of which
provrdeVijiot neither government 'will
ever obtain or maintain for Itself any
exclusive contiol over iho ship canal
which' may bo cnnstuirleil between
tio Allantlo rtnd tho I'atltlu oceans by
tho ,vny of the Hlver Ran Juan 3
XlcirnRua, or either or both if tho
tar8 of Vloorucruu of MunUKtM. to
1 t - -
any port or placo on Iho Pacinc ocean;
or ctect or maintain nny fortifications,
or occupy or fortify, or colonize, or
assume, or exercise unv dominion over
Nicaragua, Costn lllca the Mosfjttlto
coast, or any part of Central America:
or make uko nt nny ptotectlon which
cither power tuny nftoid, or nny- al
liance which cither power lias, or may
hino to or with unv state or people,'
for nny of iho aboc puipons
"After the treaty was Mgned Sir
Ileniy Hulwer tiled In the state de
pa! tmeut a memorandum to the effect
that nothing in tho treaty shoi'ld bo
held to abrogate the right of Hiltlsh
subjfcts to maintain their woodcut
ting 'Hettlemont' In tho mast district
known as tho Hellzo, nnd Mr. Clayton
stated that such was liln understand
ing. Our government 1 3 In nowise
bound by Mr. Cluyton'8 statement.
Hut, even If It were, tho 'settlement'
of which Sir Heniy Hulwer spoke,
which meielv gave to Hiltlsh subjects
the right of denlzenshlp and wood
cutting under the sooielpnty of the
lepublle of Honduins, was, cfter tho
beginning of our Civil War, trans
formed by (lre.it Hrltalti Into n crown
colony, which, cf eouiro, Involved tha
assumption of L'rltlh soerelgnty." It
was contended by Seuotniy Ftellng
huysen that this violation ol' the splilt
of the oilgiual convention left tho
United Staten fire to consider tho
compact bioken; nnd tho same view
was upheld by the Hist Cleveland nd
mlnNttatlon. This Is a loop-hole ot escape In casj
we need n loop-hole. Hut tho better
Plan Is to imvo a fulr and s-iuaio un
derstanding. This doubtless already
olsts.
Haso ball enthusiasts arc already ut
woik, auanglng games for the season
of 1900. An Atlantic Lengue to Include
Scianton ami AVIlkes-Harre, has been
organized on paper, and In fact all con
cerned are hopeful save the men who
are expected to furnish the cash.
The Anti-Saloon League.
AXXOrXCHMHXT was made
in yistenlay's Sun of a new
attack which Is being organ
ized In Xow Yoik city upon
.saloons- and the saloon Inlluence. Tho
Anti-Saloon league has gone Into th
metropolis and Horn the pulpits ot
twenty-live churches on Sunday ser
mons weie dtlHeied bulling upon this
subject. The Anti-Saloon league is an
institution which had its birth beven
years ago in Oberlln, O., nnd Is now
stiongly entrenched In thlrty-thieo
states In the Union. Its woik Is to
combat intempeiance not only In an
educational way but also ptactleally,
byfotclng the enfouement of the liquor
laws, by Insisting upon the nomination
ot honest men for olllce, by drafting
and stiongly supporting now legislation
intended tho bojtpr to safeguatd the
public welfaie-and by such other forms
of actllty as may In dllfeient local
ities seem to be called for.
According to its national supetintend
ent, Hev. Dr. Husm.'11, of Columbu, O.,
the league is not In any way connected
with tho paitUan piohihltlon move
ment, but is simply a chicle of en
forcing the best legislation legarding
the liquor tialllc that public sentiment
will uppiove. Jt tiles to do for tem
peiance rcfoim the piaetlcal woik tnat
u political machine does In politics,
with the difteience that it asks for no
spoils In compensation. Tho ldeu is ap
patently bound; and It will be Interest
ing to observe how far It can bo suc
cessfully applied to a wide-open com
munity like Xew Yoik. A problem
which wo date say tho league has
thought of and provided for would arise
If many saloons In our large cities
should bo suddenly closed, leaving their
habitual patrons to find shelter, enter
tainment and amusement elsewhere.
As nearly eveiy newspaper In Sus
quehanna county has denied being In
tho syndlcnte, the much-talked-of
journalistic combine up that way be
gins to assume tho aspects of a pipe
di cam.
As to Puerto Rico.
IT IS AXXOHXCHD upon author
ity and apparently confirmed by
actions that the administration
has undergone within the past
few das a change of base in legard
to tho policy to bo puisued towaid
Fuel to Hico. The piesldent In his mes
sage stiongly advocated extension of
the fedeial revenue laws to that Island,
theieby aiming to as-sure peipetual fiee
i tiado between the island and the main
land. This policy was later Indoised
by the cabinet and formulated In a bill
lntioduud by Hipu sontatUe Fiiyne,
the Hour leader of the house of repit.
tHiitatlw s
Hut now the position Is assumed bv
those leprcsentlug the administration
that It would be wiser not to pass leg!?
latlon involving an appu-ent tecog
nitlon of I'uetto llko's constitutional
equality with other teitltoiy of tin)
I'nlted Slates -a law point In process
of Judicial deteimluatloii and wo are
told that the administration will in
stead in ess for a meiely nominal tarirf
on aitlcles I m polled into the I'nlted
States fioni Pueito Hleo. This, It is
asset ted, will nffoid neeessaiv relief !o
I'uei to Hlean piodlleeis without com
mitting the adinlnlstintlon prematurely
to a lenltoiial form of government lin
pljing statehood as a goal.
In a matter of this nature the ad
ministration, with Its cumplete fund of
Information, Is better qualified than
the oidlnary citizen to roach a wisj
Judgment. Confidence, thctcfoie, should
not be wlthdiawn from It. At tho same
time. Urn belief is widespread that
Fuerto mm is fairly entitled to all tho
lights mid privileges ot a tcrtltoiy in
the familiar significance of that tenn;
and that, while It Is well to bo eautlous
it Is al?t well to be just.
Theie seems to bo nothing small
about Mr. Ltttlellcld.
The Real Thing.
It m.ittcis naught to ou and me
If thlo, tho new-born yen,
HcrIiih or i nds a centuiv;
Our duty still U clear.
Hack In tho spun of IiIh own llfo
Amid tho storm and bustle
Must win his I.iuivIh In the strife;
Ho get to work ami hustle.
Washington iStiir.
Outline Studies
o! fliiinan Nature
The Little Boy's Ambition.
Hobby Hers nn Xorth Delawsuo street,
sis tlin Iiulliinitpolls I'ress. Ho Is tho
yoiingefl In a lnnilly of eight. The other
day bis mother lutcriuiitul hltn In one of
his custoimuy mud itn-hcs from the gar
ret to the le-llar a new giinio of his
and held him by tho coat while, she sulil,
gently.'
"Hobby, dear, our birthday comes next
Tiipsdn)-dld ou know If."
Much lo her suipilre, the subject, usu
ally a topic of breathless Interest, didn't
appear to nrotiso Hobby to enthusiasm.
On tho contrary, he seemed anxious to
get away and continue his game. How
ever, ho condescended to replny, "Yctn,
I ktiovved It "
"I haven't heard you say onvthlng
about t(ic soil of a prisent ou would
like," said his mnmmii. "Surely, Hobby,
tbero's Kumelhliig that you would HKo
pretty well, Is theto not?"
Hobby atiswiud with a surgestlon of
sarcasm In his voice: "Yeth, but I won't
get It.
ills inniuma was touclud. "Why, Hob
by," sho sild, "how do ou know that
Jou won't get It'.' Don't ou usually set
uioivthlng you want?"
"Not alwas," lolurned the ounBePt
of tho eight, and his lone smacked of tho
cruelty urd uciirtlrnofs of tho world.
Ills mamma, was puzzled, Hobby hnd a
blcjele, o led wagon, nn nlrgun, a tho
engine. What was It ho'uiitittd? It must
be a Cbli.eso kite. Hobby was nlways
vviuitliig Chinese kites nnd always get
ting then. She c uld think of nothing
else.
"Hobby," she mid tenderly,, "tell
ni. iinma what It K"
Hobby dug the toe of his shops into
tho Tutklsli rug in some tmbarrass-ment.
"Tell mamma. Hobby," repealed his
mother, "vvhnt Is It 7 '
"Wilt vou let me go then?"
"Yes, Brbby."
"Honest."
"Yes."
"Well, then," blurted out Hobby, "t
want to hav o a beefsteak ull to m self "
Harrison's Maiden. Speech.
The leeinl maiden effuit of tho Junior
Buiiutur Horn IndliiPii, Mr. Heverldge, has,
says tho Wushlngton Host, revlve-d a
stoiy nt the copltol of the llrst speech
that General Harrison made before tho
upper bouse, Jan. 21, liSJ, when ho was
himself a Junior senator from the Hooslcr
state. The then future president had eli
te led tho senate March 4, li.il, when tho
usual cxtraordlnaty session whs called,
follow lug tha Inauguration of a chief
magistrate. Hetween that tlmo and the
following December General Ambrose H.
Hurnslde, n native of Indiana, but a sen
ator at that time fiom the state of Iihodo
Im.iikI, has tiled. General Hairisou w;i3
retiueated by some of the senators to join
la tho eulogies to bo delivered on tho llfo
and public services of the great soldier of
tho civil war, this being icgarded us
p.irtlculaily fitting, because General Har
rison had served at one tlmo under Gen
eral Huinsldo's command.
A dnv or two bcfoie tho date fixed for
the Hurnslde eulogies, a well-known of
ficial of the treasury, who hail been ap
pointed fiom Indiana and who was a
cIom' friend of General Harrison, iccelvtd
a tequest to call nt tho hitter's otilcc.
Tin re he found General Harrison hard at
woik over the eulogy, but thoroughly ills
satNtled with the tcsiilis of his toil.
"I wMi j on would rend this over," ho
said, as hoon ns hli caller had been seat
ed, holding up seveinl sheets of manu
scilpt th.it bote evidence of many chang
es of language and phrases. "I want
vou to snatch out anvthlng In It that
v on don't like. Scratch it all out, It
von think hist," ndiled tho general, In a
dlsioiirngcd tone, "and write In whatever
ou wish."
Gcnoinl Harrison's visitor read the
mamiscilpt that was handed him, and
noted tho beautiful sentiments of lovalty
and friendliness that beamed fiom every
page. The eulogy was delivered as Gen
t ral Hanlsor. had written It, and Ins
In en pronounced ono of the choicest and
sweetest hits of tribute literatiiro ever
heard In tho United States senate.
Tho Creature nnd the Creator.
A pompous member of Farllamcnt vis
iting an ugtlcultutal show In Dublin ar
rived late, nnd found himself on tho out
skirts of u huge crowd, says the ScottUn
Amotion. Helng anxious to obtain a
good view for himself nnd a lady friend
who aicompjnled him, and presuming
that ho was well Known to tho spectators, J
no tapped a Duily coal poller on tha
shoulder and peremptorily demanded,
"Make way there."
"Gam, who are yo pushln'? wns tho
unepecled i espouse.
"Don you knew whom I am, sir?" cried
the indignant M. J.
"I am tho representative of the peo
ple." "Yah!" growled tho porter, ns he stood
unmoved, "but we're tho bloomin' peo
ple themselves. '
The Editor's Mistake.
Hdllors havo their Houblcs. One of
these men who preside over the destinies
of u western newspaper is mourning tho
loss of two subserllirs. Xo. 1 wrote nsk
lng how to lalso 1,1s twins safely, whllo
the other vv anted to know how he might
rid his orihaid of grat. shoppers. The an
sweis went forwuid by mall, but by uc
rldcnt the idltor put them Into tho
wiong enveliin.s, so thnt tho man with
tbii twins received tho answer:
"Cover them raicfully with straw nnd
set Hie lo It, and then the little pests
after Jumping In tho flumes for a few
minutes, will bo speidlly settled:
And tho man with the gtasshopper.i
was told to "give eastoi oil mid rub their
gLms with a bone "Columbian.
Awkwatd Juvenile Candor,
When James Hverett Duller, a giulid-
sou of Govirnor .Mount, Is lu tho gov-
niioi's nllUe, tho attaclus of tho ofllio
"walk stialght," fcaji, the Indianapolis
Fress. A day or two ago, while the gn
1 1 nor was almost burled under u mass of
state papers hi his pi hate utllec, a man
walktd Into tho ofllco iii.it asked If tho
governor who in.
"Ho Is not lu lift at pieseat," said I'll
vote Stiietnry Wilson. In his must Miavo
manner.
"() ves, ho s," said James Hverett Hut
in r, "lie's light In that room time." nnd
Mi llson m inly collapsed as tho stran
ger walked Into tho pilvato office.
Straw Did Not Go with Bread.
One autumn Sunday, says the Scottish
American, a Highland dlvlnn preached
fiom tho text. "Cast thy bread upon the
w iters, und ufter ninny das It shall te
ti'in unto thee." A day or two alter
there was a heavy rainfall, a l.ugo por
tion of the mlnlstir's corn on tho glebe
lands being swept away. Meeting a
neighbor, the minister said:
"1 suppose, Tamils, jou werena nblo
to tnk" nny o' my sheaves out o' tho
water?"
"No," replied Tnmns, "an' 1 dlnua
ken If I would, even though I could.
"Why.1 "
"Weel, e told us on Sunday to 'cast
our bread upon tho waters.' "
"I did lh.it," replied tho minister, "but
no' straw an' a'."
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
Tho rocking chair "Injures the nerves."
Yellow stouo Hark geimrs uio ulowly
playlnr out.
For every million inhabitants In Rus
sia, there are only ten newspapeis.
Ono of lndki's sucied flies that still
burns was coiiseciated 1,3'X) voarH ago,
Tho entertainment of rojulty costs
KiiBllsh society each jeur fully J10,0u0,O)0.
Great Diltaln's postal service enrna
L'O.CW.OflO a year.
At Jiipuu's Atlantic City (Ikao) cverj
body goes raked.
Hiissla is it eoiintry oxtiemely itch In
hoises the number of which has been
estimated at W.OOO.OIW, of which nt let.st
una million nro saddle horses fit for tho
purposes of wur.
It U said that tha population ot the
world Increases 10 per cent, every ten
ears.
Tho New York Fostofllce did a (justness
of HUIXO.eoo lii 1S5D an Increase of S per
cent, ovir Wis.
At meetings of tin Hrltlsh cabinet nn
oillclal record ot any kind Is kept of
the proceedings.
The nrrests for drunkenness In Hnston
hist jear averaged C3 per day, or 4 per
cent, of tho population.
Husfl.a rould put In the Held 153,000 cav
alry to tho HJ.OOO of Germany and Austria-Hungary
combined.
Detwcon tho ticks of n. watch a ray of
light, It Is averred, cculd move eight
times around the earth.
A woman has sued a Chicago hospital
for HOO.Ouu for tho loss of her sense of
taste, due. It Is stated, lo a mlstuko In
administering medicine.
Hudderslleld, Hnglnnrl, furnishes Its
residents villi transportation, gas, elec
tricity, stoves, fuel, housss and oven with
beef fiom its own abattoirs.
Dr. JT C. Culbcrtson, u member of the
Cincinnati school beard, believes the
schools should bo moved out Into tho
country und tho pupils supplied with car
rides und lunches by tho municipality.
How thn baby U named in Fersla: Flvo
names are written on ns many slips of
paper. Olio or tho slips Is drawn nt
random. Tho nama on the slip Is tho
ono tho child has to bear htrough life.
A school girl In Wnbnsh (Ind.) Is suf
fering from paralvsls of tho muscles of
tho mouth, caused by too persistently
chewing gum. As a result tho left slilo
of her mouth Is drawing up toward tho
car.
A phvslclan declares thnt a person In
robust health walks with his toes pointed
to the front, while ono with his health on
the wano gradually turns his toes to the
side, and a bend Is perceptible In his
knees.
Loss ot llfo on the Great Hakes during
tho hist season has been about loo. Fifty
six persons were lost by tho foundcilng
of ships and thirty-two were lost ovcr
bourd. No passengers were lost on any
of tho regular lines.
One million flvo hundred and thirty
eight thousand seven hundred nnd thirty
eight Is Hip precise number of birds esti
mated by tho Hrltlsh Consul of Venezuela
to have been killed last year to provide
aigrettes for ladles' hats.
Ireland has W.OiX) people named Murphy;
Kelly, re.OX); Sullivan. 43,000; Wnlsh, 3.1,000;
Hy.in. 32.000; Connor. 31.20-J; O'Neill. 29.100,
and llcllly, 20,000. Kelly is u Klldare
name, Sullivan Cork nnd Kerry and
Hvrno Dublin nnd Wlcklow.
Statistics Just complettd bv the Income
Tax Commission of Great Hrllaln show
that out of a total adult male population
of I2.rino.0o0 more than in.000,000 earn less
than W0 a year. The Incomo tax Is col
lected at the rate of IB cents on each ."
above $560, and tho total tax, which last
rnr amounted lo nearly $100,000,000. was
contributed by not mote than 2,000,000
people.
LITERARY NOTES.
Alnslco's Magazine for February Is
notablo for an extraordinary varied table
of contci.ts. Perhaps the most valuable
contribution Is the character bketch of
Cecil Hhodes, by Allen Sangrce. Hany
Thurston Peek, in nn article on "This
Decade's Immortal Hooks," contends that
this Is the most sterllo decade of the cen
tury, holding that only two writers of the
period will live "The United States of
the World," by George I.claad Hunter,
Is a paper of great significance at this
stago of tho world's politics. Tho cruls0
of tho Wilmington up the Amazon ll
vividly described by H. H. Coleman, while
G. II. Pavne tells of Howard Gould's
tranatlontlu ciuWe In the Niagara. Tho
weird color of Sable Island has never
been better convlneed than In Gustav
Kobbe's dramatic picture of this ocem
graveyard. "Tho Autobiography of a Ma
laria Germ." ns edited by Theodore Wa
ters, is quite out of the usual mnsazluo
stylf For stories "Tho Vindication of
Henderson of Greene," by Hrand Whit
look, is tho best woik this forceful writer
has jet done. Thetu aro also stories by
Opio Head, Hdlth Hoblnson, Howard
Fielding and General King.
Thomas H. Reed, in writing of tho mod
ern trust, does not beem to regard It
either as an "octoput." or a bugaboo.
"My notion," says he, "Is that whllo
Providence and the higher laws which
really govern tho universe are, In men's
talk, much Infetlor to the revised stat
utes before they nro enacted, they aro
always found to bo quite superior to
them after they aro enacted. In fact,
nature abhors a monopoly as much as It
does a vacuum." Mr. Heed's paper on
"Monopolies" which Is to appear In the
Saturday Evening Post of February in
Is a suggestive discussion of the methods
of vast corporations. It discusses in a
striking and oilgtnal manner one of the
most pres-lug questions of the day.
Tho last of tho "body" articles In tno
February Century Is tho ono that will
doubtless attract the most attention.
This Is tho first Instalment of hitherto
unpublished extracts from the private
diary of Dr. H. H. O'Meara, Napoleon
Honaparte's phvslclnn at St. Helena. Tho
original manuscript of this Journul, In
eighteen llttto volumes, has come Into
the possession of the Century company,
and Is found to afford a surprisingly
largo amount of now material In tho way
of conversations with tho exiled em
peror. These "Talks with Xe pole on" will
form an Imiortaut featutc of Iho Cen
tury during the year 1800.
A special fentuie has been made of lato
In the monthly magazlno numbers of Tho
Outlook, of single pages de-voted each to
a portrait nnd sketch of somo man piom
Incntly In tho ejo of tho world nt tho
time of publication. The February mnga
zlno number has portraits and sketches
of this kind, of Socrctdry John Hay,
whoso management of International af
fairs Is just now leeching such wide
spread applause, and of Mr. H. H. God
kin, who hns Just resigned from tho ed
itorship of tho "Nation" and of Um
"Hvenlng Post" of New York. ($1 u ear.
The Outlook company, Xew Yoik.).
Hver body's Magazine Is the name of
a comparatively new bidder for public
favor In tho la-cent lb Id It makts a fei
tuio of tip top short stories tho kind
that grip hold of ore and of slmplo ex
planations of rommon things that i o
body understands. For Instance', In tin
Fcbiuary number we oie told In a ie-
mtirlMihly dear and graphic manner Just
how cleclrhlty is generated, und how it
i una tho trolley ear. Fot a purely scien
tific stibjcet It has been treated with as
tonlshlug simplicity nnd brevity, and no
ono can rend tho article without Interest
and profit.
Pei Ibner's Maazlre for February, has
for Its frontisplcco a poi trait of Donald
G. Mitchell, leeenlly drawn fiom llfo by
A. I. Keller. Thl.i Is pi luted lu tints, ana
Is n striking likeness of thn veneratin
nuthor of "Hev cries of a Haihclor." It
Is accompanied with ar article on "Tho
Master of Hdgewood," by Arthur Heed
Kimball, who writes on that giaclcus
and personal side of Mr. Mitchell's long
literary career which Is associated with
his farm and his friends.
An event to all music loveis will bo tho
publication of tho last musical compost
tlon of Joluinn Strauss In the Mntch Wo
man's Homo Companion, which maga
zine has secured the exclusive light to
publish this musical masterpiece, it is
entitled "Dieam Visions." and arranged
for tho piano, being n grndo of composi
tion within tho execution ot tho uverago
musician.
The publlsheis of Medina's Magiulno
say that nothing elso they have ever
brought out has attracted such wide in
tention and such heaity commendation
ns "The I.lfo of tho Master," by Dr. John
Watson ("Ian Maclaren' ). A second In
stallment will uppear lit tho Febtuavy
number with flvo Illustrations In color
anil many In black and white, all fiom
special paintings nnd drawings bv C. K.
I.inson. '
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TllH NKW book which sterns to bo at
tracting most attention Just now
ntrong the rt.aders lit fiction Is "Hod
Foltnge," by Mnry Cholomondely
(which you will remember to pronounce
' Chumtey"), published by Harper's on
this side. While It Is admirably w tit ten
and with tho purpose of showing up tho
special kind of a London fool who en
ters Into nn lutrlguo with a matrlcd wo
man, It is rather p'llutul lu Its denoue
ment and loaves a bad taste In ye.ur
mouth. This, tho nuthor makes a feeble
attempt to removo by an equivocal sort
of doso In the shape of an epllofuo v.hlch
shews you a. hint of what imiv hippen If
the desolnto heroine should In latrr ears
console herself with u cowboy i;lnd of
lover 111 Australln. This hns the effect of
filling you with an tmreisonnblo desire
to have seen her drown along with her
latp "intended."
Tho book selves one purpose that of
making the author's Intention clear to
show up a piitlcularly obnoxious brand
of elergjman.
SPHAKING Ol' books; among the re
cent ones which can now be obtained
at the library Is that delightful ono
of T. Hopklnson Smith, "The Other
Fellow," which toi.lnlns u number of
stories reud by him Inst winter. Among
these arc "A Kentucky Cinderella," "A
Water-logged Town" and "Flvo Meals
for a Dollar." In ono entitled "That
Trunin of Hob's," tho author remembers
that Serunton Is on the map by alluding
to It In connection with tho old violin
man's pathetic peregrinations.
ANOTHHH book lately received at tho
llbrat y Is also one of, short stories,
which seems to be tho popular way
of serving up fiction of tho day, Is
"Tho Queen's Twin," by Sal ah Orno
Jowctt. It is delightful and a breezy,
out of door fascination Indescribable lu
Its hold on tho reader.
A new work which will be seized with
enthusiasm bv tho nit lover Is "Great
Pictures Described by Great Writers."
Kdltcd and translated by Esther Single
ton, nuthor of "Turrets Towel s nnd
Temples." It Is a sumptuous volume con
tnlnlng exquisite reproductions of the
mnsterpleces of painting and description
written by somo of tho most famous au
thors of modern times. Including Dumas,
Huskln, Austin, Dobson, Fromentln.
Gautlcr, Constablo nnd many others. Tho
noud piece of word p tinting by Walter
Pater relating to tho Monna Lisa In tho
list.
What makes this book especially Inter
esting to Scranton renders Is because
the cover Is designed by Miss Morse, su
perintendent of drawing of tho public
schools. It is Issued by Dodd, Mead fir
Co.
PERSONALITIES.
Et-Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, has
given $0,000 for tho building ot a. home
for friendless persons in Oshkosh.
Queen Victoria loathes cats, and no one
In her Immense household Is permitted to
own a cat. Sho has an uncanny fear of
them.
Henri Hochefort, editor of the Palis
IIntrnnslgeant, has fought 210 duelsind
has challenges for a dozen moie out
standing. Pierre l.orlllard has had his famous
house-boat, now at Jacksonville, Fl.i ,
overhauled und refitted at an expense
of $70,000.
Professor John J. Flather, of tho Wis
consin State unlveislty, believes that
liquid air Is often "faked," and thinks.
In nny event, It will bo useless for pow
er. A bullet filed at Klrg Geoige of Greece
bv a muidercr Imbedded itselt In the
framework of his carriage. Ho had It
extracted and mounted as a watch
charm, and thinks It Is a talisman for his
safety.
Ono of tho most prominent lawyers of
Oklahoma City Is Haura Hyklns. a half
blood Shnwneo woman, who wns gradu
ated from tho legal department of the
Carllslp Indian school In 1S3S.
Sir William Turner, w ho has just been
elected fireside nt of tho Hrltlsh associa
tion for lf'OO, Is ono of the best-known
anatomists In the wrild. Ho is 67 venrs
of age und a natlvo of Lancaster. When
he wns only 22 years of age he wns made
demonstrator of anotomy nt tho Univer
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