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PCKANTON, JANUARY 31, 1900.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
SCHOOL DinECTORSC. C. l'crbcr, V.
1J. Tollow
It nn ChmtoM I'moiy Smith's iir
rlty niul foti'lBht that flrt nniii-il
WIllLitn McKlnli'y fir tlio presidency.
The l(f-iicldontlal nomination la
but n miiiiII ii(knovvkc.!t;irirnt of tho
D.ittim'i obllqntlon.
Frederick V. (lunster.
N lNTr.LMOi:.T, fnlr-
mlmkil mil liu ottiiptllib
. jL. Jtidpi' U nin- of the finest
int ivnn tli.it ntiv people
m iv lime, mid Midi ii possesion vuih
1ml by tho puipl of I. u'lcaw .inn v
i-niiitj in tin1 luf-cm of Hun IrolTlc 1c
AV. (Iiinwi, mil niiv li"t liv tlicn l',
l"ii!..v Ifi lili expci tod ct Koriuwful
dentil
ThifU'Eliotit lilt nicer of in uly lnlf
a itiituiy In thN i (immunity, ltu liulln.r
lil tu,iitl( it tho b.ii lih iorlio of
the public us i'HIiIi t .mil i It," uttinnoy,
nic mlior of the stuto li Klslntuic, pio
iiinto: nf tli' now cnuiitiv and pctlve
voikci In bib ill of the public liuievo
b in i ; ,iml i tiliiiliiutlni.' l:i th" judicial
loininlsiloti wlili li was In Iti- iitnii'l
iloi.ui' .lmli;o iJiii'otct c ii i If .1 hlnisLlt
with tho dlmiltv .iinl i quIpdNc nt an
Mpilulit man and rit . ft mn d.'y to tl ly
In tho icijicct of those jii knn him.
Am it Jm 1st he u.iu liiKii!nily cloar
niliulcd mil fioe fmm lila oi any Kind
Tor bi ( tilth niul faliniu hl rulltiKi
anil opiiilnns foim a monument to IiIt
inomijiy.
The loss nun-loiii'd through Ills d
inlse Is ci-tt, but there Is consolation
in the hlnh .mil kindly rsaicl which
exhibits Itself In the pub'k's cstlm t
tlon of him.
The nilchlonus tiend of the re
mtilts of certain men of ptomlni nse
can Konei.illy be JuiIko-I bv- the clas
of iicwpipeih which easeily quote
them.
The Fats That Oocbel Invited
EVERY HONEST MAN. vvlnt
eti his pollths, will hln
ceiely dcplme the mad net .it
Kentucky s capital jesterdny
which sped an m-sasln's bullet to thu
wounding of the Democt.ttlo contest
ant fur the ntllcc of cm ei nor. The
dime Is not onlv honlble In Itself and
inconceivably repugn tnt, but li tct
fcon of the attendin;,- licumstances It,
lnc.ikul.ililj unfoitunate. A iltebi.tnd
thrust Into the open door of a powder
magazine tould not have been moie un
timely. Yet the stein truth must be spoken
that the virtlin met the very fate
which he wilfully Invited. With colos
sal Inidlhoml he had pushed acalnsi
the will of the people until Homethlnir
h.ul to give way. The people who-o
will he llouted aie a people numhtilni;
mioni; them "omo who have been
h tbltuated to pcisonil venRi.ir.ee ec
mtrd InosiHctlvc of th ltw. The
ii uly pistol which has s-n often htalne I
the mil and fame of the "dark and
blood" i onimonwealth appealed In
tlili i.ist not. Indeed, in the evict man
ner rMitMl, but under the pioniptln
of a publk passion which had Ions
foiecanted blnodHlied. Sen itoi (Sot del
Knew the iHiup-i of the jitoplc with
whom ho was dialing. He knew the
ilsk which ho was luiiiiiiim, both pei
MUial niul public. Against the better
jiidgnu nt nt his patty and his ft lends,
he dell.intly hi nt ahead, and Kentucky
m tv mushier hoiM'lf foitunate If the
Inmltalile letilbutlon wlilch has ovei
taKin Willi mi ,J. Coebel shall consti
tute the iicnplcted mischief of his
nwliil bluudei.
Above all must be the siipiemic of
the ltw. To this end (Joveinor T.tlin
Is tight In bending the whole eneigy of
his oflii o.
Mr. ( 'la ton, of Allium i. Is wlllln,;
tli i the ''ub.uis shciid lia an In
lentlve to let the) eagle ?iu;uu on tli"
"eve. iilotluus" Hut Ameilian with
iliuwal Jiom Cuba will not bo sit.im
pedtd. Do Not Miv Well.
THU CHINESE mlnlHtn- nt
J: , , WashliiBtop has his heirt
JL " upon thu icmov il of the
law which excludes his
oountijiurn fiom the United States,
andfio neglect no opportunity to con-
tTicjt" the luhosnitality shown to
Chinamen, In this country with the
ilnsUty'of Amejlcan nieuhnnts to se
nile hospitality In the markets of
China, nnd with tho gieat ado which
is made In the United States when
Home Ameilcan visitor to China, hap
pening to get out of the more Intelligent
Communities and among the native
fanatics, Is set upon and mnlttented.
lie icmiuds us thut It was American
contractors who first Induied the
Chinese to come to America; hlB conn
tijinen did not com.t of their own
jMomptlng; and ho especially empha
sizes tho fact that while thete are
Chinamen whose exclusion would be
Justifiable tho door Is shut equally upon
the good, the ludlffeient anil the bad.
Agulnst the citizens of no other nation
Is so h weeping 4i barrier elected.
In theory, Minister Wu Ting Kane's
aiguinen;tsare difficult to refute. It
docs' not appear possible to harmonlzi
(he policy of our domestic treatment of
tho Chinese, with the policy of our
foreign demands concerning China.
While vva call for on open door Into
Crib) a, o offer at home a closed door
against the Chlnes and It Is a wonder
thut no foreign power Jeulous of
Amerlcu's expanding Influence In the
International problcmn of tho Orient
has not pointed out this very striking
Inconsistency,
Nevertheless such Incidents as that
of the young woman In Philadelphia
recently found dead In an opium Joint
and of the iIIrcIobuicb of Immorality re
suiting therefrom tlluntrato why tho
logical niRUinonts for tho repeal of the
Chinese exclusion net do not innko
much headway. The Occidental and
the Otlcntnl have behind them too long
and too different a past to ml well,
They are better apart.
General Eullcr's pholorrnphs con
tinue, to look terrlfyltiB; but photo
graphs are frequently deceptive.
The Vice-Presidency.
A
OREUINO WITH Tho Trib
une that the office of the
Uc presidency ought "to
be estimated at Its eonccfc
value," and nsseitlng "that tho Re
publicans do not propose to name for
the sciond place any niun who N not
nimble of perfoimlliK the dtlll.'S of
thu Hist," the Philadelphia. Press men.
tlons a number of distinguished Re
publican in toniuctlon with that
nomination. The list Includes the
Jinnies of Secret iry of the Navy Long
and Senntoi Lodge, of Massachusetts;
Attotnoy ( lem nil Orlggs, of New Jer
sey; (Jin oi nor Roosevelt, ex-Secretary
of tin Interior Hllss, Son etui y of War
Root and Lieutenant Governor Wood
uiff. of New Yoik; Gov el nor Qlount,
of Indiana; Governor Sdinllcld and
Senatoi Spconer, of Wisconsin: Seni
toi Davis, nT Mlnucnta; Ooveinor
Shaw and A. H. Cummins, of Iowa;
S'liato:- Elklns, of West Vliglnla,
ll'inlson Uiny Otis, of California, nnd
Assistant Secietary of the Inttilo.;
Wehster Davis, of Missouri. Chaile
Einoiy Smith Is the peer of any m in
niniul by the Pi ess und tho omission
to pWie his name at the head of the
list must hive lieen nti ovei sight on
the part of th it paper.
Prom every standpoint Mr. Smith
has nothing to fenr bv lompailson
with senntoto, i-spii'itot", gov oi nor
and i -goveinois so eorsplcuously
named In tho Press, It Is no i jflectlon
on the most distinguish! d of theso
eminent Ropubllcars that the name
of (Munles Emot y Smith, of Pennsyl
vania belongs nt the head of the
list The Tiibune's puipose In (hU
euly ugltatlot of the matter Is to nt
ti.tot the attention of the countt y to
the most available man In public life
foi the Republican lce-piesldentUl
nomination. The Tilbune nntutallv
expected the zealous nnd lnvaluible
co-operation of the Phllndelphi l
Pi ess, and It vet expects to see tint
paper r!e to the gieat oppoitunity of
the sltuitlon long before the nicetlnrj
of tho National Republican conventlou
next June.
The mm and the hour have met In
Charles Emory Smith. The oppoitun
ity and the state have inet in the In
(ompaiablo stite of Ptnnsjlvnnla. If
not, why not?
it would not bo difficult to plan "i
campaign In South Afilr.i If one Kno.v
befoiohand jii3t what the Hoois would
do.
The Closing of the Library.
1
-IIE PUBLIC will submit
In
patience to the tempotary
closing of the circulating
department of the public 11
biaiy, for It Is aware that this depri
vation Is wholly lu Its Intel est. The
hoard of health will be upheld In this,
as In any other step which It tiny con
sider wise to take for the public's pio
tectlon. Theio are ceitaln features
back of tho clcslng of the lllnaiy, how
ever, wlilch. tend to excite Impatience.
Wo undei stand, for example, that
the practice, customaiy In other cities,
of nntlfjin? the public llbiary otl'cials
of the locttlon of contagious i1sots.s
so that fninlllts thus infected may be
irfukeil the pi Iv liege of obtaining
books timing the pel lad of danger
without necessitating n genual clos
ing of the cliculating department is
lendeied Impossible heie tor the teason
that anion?' the physlclins In our com
munity me some who do not obey tha
law calling for the Immediate report
ing of such cases to the board of
health. Not being certain of the loca
tion ot all such cases, the boaid akos
the safe side by ditectlng that no
books shall be tin ulatecL, while tho
trouble Is acute.
in the natuie of things a nntter of
this kind can be ieniedl"d only by pub
lication of the facts -ind the fact? can
not bo Known unless thoie shall lie
coinage and patilotisii" i nmicth anion,;
the pi ople to lead thos who may posses-!
spec llV knowledge of an Irifiae
tlon i,f the law by n ptactlclng pht
clan to put that Knowlelge befmo the
authoiltlos. If the (oi'ditlou I? as it
Is undei stood to be, it neids a lemedy
and a bilsk one
Miss Maud Oonne, who Is said tn b
a modern Joan of Aic, has nulvd In
this eountiy with the, avowed Inten
tion of fanning the llanie of sympathy
for the Uoeis to ft white heat. Maud's
Intentions nuv be honist ennug't, hut
It Is apparent that she K.is become
slightly mixed ns to the winner In
which a Joan of Aic campaign shnull
be conducted. In order to pioporly In
terpret tho pirt, It would Feem to
most loadeis that Miss Oonne ought
at piesent to lie clothed In a ahlrt
ot mall and waving a banner from
a kopje In the Tiansvaal.
Baltimore Is now In the throes of a.
"blue law" agitation that bids fair
to Interfere with the comfoit of those
who teel tho necessity of eating an I
tli Inking on Sundit. There Is no ques
tion, however, that Baltimore, llko
Scinnton, would bo lmpioved by a mIM
dose of tho "blues."
It now seems to be neck and neck
between Dr. Leds and tho peace com
missions. THE PROPER TICKET.
Montioso Independent Republican.
Tho suggestion ot Charles Emory Smith
for tho vlco presidential nomination will
bo lecelved favorably by Pcnnsj Ivnnla
Republicans generally, and will (Hid
many supporters among Republicans
thioiigliniit Iho nation wheuvir oui hon
ored pnstniastir gcncinl I Kiioaii
Outline Studies
o! Human Nature
Waltlnjr for the Storm.
t N THE seclusion of thu house cloak-
rooms u story Is being told on a west
ern member, savs tho Washington Post.
Theie are 3J" men hi tho house. Three
hundred and llfty-slx are hereby released
from nnv Connection with the storv. The
other mull and tho other mall's wife will
recognize tho truth of what Is hero re
corded. Tho western member went home nt a
very enrly hour In tho morning. He had
made a night of It with some friends. Ho
knew that his conduct would be consid
ered retire hcnslbto by his belter hnlf, nnd
so, ns ho ascended tho steps of his mud
cst home, ho racked his brnln for some
plan to nvett tho lady's wrath. As ho
et.tcrrd the hall he saw tin umbrella. In
ilantly II occurred to him that the um
brella might be Tils Halvntlon.
He can led the limbic lla upstairs. Seat
ing h'mseif on a chair In tho corner of
tho bedrocm, ho lalsed tho rain guard
over his head, nnd then he toughfd loud
ly. His wlfo an oka and saw lu tho dim
gaslight her liege lord sitting solemnly
under tho raised umbrella.
"What nro vou doing?' he asked, In
natural surprise.
"It Is 3 o'clock, my dear," said he, "and
I nm waiting for the storm."
Tho corgi rs'inan's ready wit saved him
from tv Cuutllo lecture. Ho Is woirying
now, howivor, to llnd an equally effective
art for tho next time ho stajs out lute.
On a Slender Thread.
THERE 18 A man In Washington, says
tho Star, who ls u shining light In otic
of tho prominent chinches, who nearly
lost his icputnticn the other night, nil
because of u child's innocent prat
tle. Ho called upon a ft lend who .s
hmdsomcly "fixed" us to this world's
goods, and who bus a tiny, c,olden-hiilreil
daughter ot whom he Is very fond 'XUe
friends adjourned to the smoking-room
fur a chat, nnd shortly afterward the
daughter went to hunt them. Sh caino
ilnv n to hei mother In tho reception loom
a little later and found her entertaining
callers.
In a lull In the conversation eno rnim
votitntccied the information that "pap i
and Mr Rlanl: were having lots of fun
"W hat are thev doing, dear?" asked one
of the callers, Idly.
"Plnlnr poker." wuj tho astounding
"I'likcr!" exclaimed the iistonlshcd
inothii, "why, Jennie, our father never
plaved a game of pot cr In his life
"Well, mamma, they are In tho room
with the big green table, nnd papa pokes
n little ball ut Mr Blank, and ho pokes
It bad: ngnln. Isn't that poker?"
Reputations often hunf on Just such a
slender thread.
Youthful Precocity.
A LITTLE GIRL who had Just entered
school latclv Jubli mtl announced to
her father tint she did better thin all
the girls above her In tho nrlthmetiu
class and went to the top.
"That was smart or ou, sua tie, tn
emu iglnglv. "How was it?'
"Well, miii see. Miss M iggle nsked tho
gill nt the tun how much was ? and 0.
and she dldu t know, and said 12; then
Iho next t'lil said !i, ni.u mo next. n
said 11, nnd tho next H Such silly nn
swiis Then Ml-s Maggie asked me.
and I sahl V, and Mlsc Marglo told mo
to go to up top roiuse it was l'i"
"Tint was nice," - ild the father. "I
didn't know mhi add so welt. How did
ou know It was 1'?"
"Whv. I guessed It: Nobody said 13
Phllndelphi i Bulletin.
Sho Hearl It.
THE 81'RPLICED choir had done its
dutv for the evening service. But all
during the church hours there had been
a jieci'll.ir sound outldo at If a child
were cnlrg In reality It was son'u
thlng the matter with tho otg.in. It
could be heard distinctly In the auditori
um of tho church. When tho choir sang
the recession il and imrcln d slowly out
ot the churih Into the dreslng-tootus one
ol thu voung ladles among the sopt.inoj
askid the woman who takes cue of the
robes;
"Did jou hear that awful squeaking
out here? '
"Yes Indeed, mum; I could nlmost un
ib t stand tho words "
And nothing more was said on the sub
ject. Detroit Preo Prcsi.
Her Childish Query.
C HE WAS talking to her husband ovei
13 tho long distance line. Ho was In
Duluth woiklng. She nnd tho little
daughtei wire In St. Paul visiting. The
il lughtcr of the house was standing near
tho 'iilioue.
Sonu thing hubby sild mint havo been
i ispciatlng. for the wife exclaimed,
with emphasis;
"I wish 1 had ou where I could get
hold of vou "
"Why don't jou teach jour hind In,
mimun'.'" exclaimed Eleanor, who was
having her Hist ot sciv.atlon of the long
distance aricty of speaKlns device, St.
Paul (Hobo
No Book Learning.
4llOW MANY times did you voto In the
11 recent election? ' asked the judge.
'I he prisoner was silent.
"Annuel the eiuestlon," thundered the
Judge, "How mail) times did ou vote?'
"Miiise Tom," tnld the prisoner, ad
dressing tho Judge, "ain't jou known mo
long enough tir know elat I don't know
mittln' 'tall 'bout 'i mimetic?" Atlanta
Coiutltiitlon
Couit and Witness Agree.
AMl'SINtJ Incident ocruired In one
Av.
ut the common pleas courts the other
d iv The lawscr for tho defence wis
making n very lengthy oros-exnmtnitloii
ot an old l.ulv. when ho was Interrupted
bv the JiulrTi) with the icmark; "I think
jou hivu exhausted this witness"
"Yes, Judge," she exclaimed, "I do feel
ver) much cxluiuslcd.". Philadelphia Call.
MR. WHYTE TO MB. SCKANTON
Editor of The Tilbune
Sh The w iter question set tons of last
i k hns now developed Into a hum nulls
cue Ilistoiy Is full of such humor. Tho
old I lencli Noble ski had a prorog itiva
of vokiug Hull lenuii's wUh one of their
beasts and cultivating tilth 1 mils In that
mnni.ei. Il must havo looked funii) 10
tho Noblesccs 11s they gazed out of their
UiPtc-niiN ttlndnwi, whether on the
nigged hills ot Normandy 01 tho plahis of
Piintalncbleaii, to see ti fellow crt-iituio
and an ass or an ox joked together, be
sides cr toiling from their peoplo every
manner of 1 1 tluli devilish Ingenuity
could suggest. Such humorous condition
made 1. Marat, Ditntuii nnd Robespierre
possible (then tho Terror). The humor
hid grown glimmer. Cart history repeat
itself? Or hns cause and effect been
divorced.' Neto fiddled vvhllo Ronio
burned. Ho was 11 genuine humorist ot
that stripe. Tho poor dovll who Is com
pelled to step Into the captain's otllce nnd
pav a watoi tax eeiiial to 10 or ID por cent,
of his gross receipts falls to seo tho Joko
In tho s.uno llsht that the lias and
Water company dres, and thereby mlscs
tho cream of It, 'Vis strange how dull
thoso pliblans hid; too bad they are so
short of that peculiar quality of humor
tho Gas and 'Water company Is so long
of.
Mr. Scranton dcclaies over his signa
ture that tho Oas and Water company Is
not a philanthropic Institution. Will anv
body dure contradict htm? Ho sells his
Uod-glvtm product to tho Providence
(lus and Watir company at 5 cents per
thousand gallons. Ho charges other
smallerscleulers ccnnectcd on tho somo
main 400 er cent, moro for tho samo
article. 'J ho despised publican whose
siiiglu snlo does not exceed one dime with
which he throws In 11 fieo lunch would
stand aghast at sudi a profit, nnd tho
classic Mi. llellly, that Mr. Scinnton es
turns so hlshl;
think ho had a Gas and Water cinch ir
hei could Sfiueero that per cent, out of
his customers. And drug storea, why,
they aro not in it.
No man can arrogate any credit to him
self that ho paid the Gus and Water
cempnn)'s bill, whatever It might be.
'they have a method of collecting ns pot
ent ns tho head Tutu's nxo or tho rack
of tho IliqulMtloti. Kor further particu
lars seo their rules nnd regulations. Oh
o ovcr-vvorkrd, over-taxed nnd prema
turely old biiKlness men trading In tho
manufactured necessities of llfo on a pro.
lit of from 5 to 10 per cent,, with )our
burden of bid debts, etc, etc., think
of thn difference between vour position
and (i franclilnd and favored corporation
with powers not second to the cz.ar of
Russia and used with murh less mercy.
This Is a serious matter, and If tho ptlv
llego of tho (Jus nnd Water company bo
hedged In ever fo securely by legal pro
ceduro and private legislation, the qurs
tlon Is whether or no tho people, es, the
people, have not a higher and moro di
vine right to bo dealt fairly with In the
great essential, water.
There nro places that aro not using
sutllclcnt water foi sanitary purposes on
account of tho expense, and water Bhould
only be economized when it is scarce.
Por eight months In the year It gees over
tho dam nnd rolls aimlessly to tho rea.
benefiting no one. But tho meter clicks
uucciislngi) nt prohibitory rates nnd not
sitfllclent water Is used for cleanliness
nnd health whiro millions of gallons aro
wasted. The luxury of a hose, the sprink
ling of liwns, tho watering of flowers
to beautify the surroundings that alt
might enjov nre not to bo thought of by
thoso who aro compelled to buy watjr
nl schedule rates, and baths must not bo
too frequent. Tho cellars In the South
Side lire flooded: complaints wero mado
of broken sewers, etc, tho ground was
permeated with water: tho water was
nnalv7ed; It was found not sewage but
tho high priced luxury furnished bv the
U is and Water company, uau piping,
ehargo It to tho public account. One
twist of the si rew will collect It.
Mv plumbing Is tight. How long It will
remain so I do not Know; but this I do
know. If other expenses wens In propor
tion to water taxes, m)self nnd hun
dreds of others would go naked nnd
hungry, too. Yours vciy truly,
W. II. Whyte.
Scranton, Jan. 30.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
America has 1,0I3,WX Hebrews; New
York. 400,000.
Hundreds of Americans aro at woik In
Russian lnctorlcs
Bees raised In Texas aro shipped to all
parts of tho world.
Eggs without shells are shipped from
Russia to England. .
Meal made ol corn cobs, ground, Is
used to adulterate many food products.
There is a cafe in Venice which has
never been closed night or day for 15)
) ears.
Women cmploed on Japanese tea
farms work twelve hours and aro paid
15 cents a da).
Sebastian, n big black cat owned by 4
Cumberland (Mil.) woman, wears a dia
mond earring In each eir.
No married man in Vienna Is allowed
to go up tn 11 balloon without tho formal
consent of his 'wife nnd children.
Tho funnels of the steamer Oceanic
.110 of such gigantic propoi tlons that two
London tram cars could pass thtough
them side by side.
Theru aro no textile mills of tiny im
pel taiire. In tho Transvaal, and. as a con
sequence, laige qunntltles of cottons und
woolens have to be imported.
It Is now possible, to telegraph from
San Pranclsco to tho Klondike, a Cana
dian government line having been strung
from Bennett to Uawton Clt).
Thu British Association for the Ad
vancement of Science has granted a
thousand pounds sterling toward the ex
penses of nn Antarctic expedition.
Mice havo long been in demand as pets.
Thev can bo trained to perform many
tricks, aro very fond of music, nnd havo
hem taught to dance gracefully to waltz
time.
Geimnny Is the third greatest Iron
countr) In the world, and vet a twenti
eth of Its entire output of Iron oro comes
from the Krupp mines and Is manufac
tured In tho Krupp works.
Krupp bii)s from nu eighth to a tenth
of all tho iron oro mid pig Iron lmpoited
Into Germany from foreign lands, and
this gigantic enterprl"o Is tho largest
producer In tho German Empire.
Canada lucks only J37.O0O square miles
to be as large as tho whole continent of
Euiope; It Is nearly thirty times as largo
as Gieat Britain and Ireland and Is OOOoO
squat a miles larger than tho United
States.
In 1SI3 tho decadence of Ireland began
lu earnest, and It has kept up ever since.
In that j ear tho population was STO.OOl,
tho high water maik. On the COth of
lust Juno It was 4,S31,031, the lowest
ever Knovn
Tho Society of Total Abstainers Just
foinied In Vienna, is tho first ever estab
lished In Austila. Everybody drinks In
Austria. An Austtlan baby begins to
sip beer nt the ago of thieo month- and.
ns it grows up, leatns to consume tho
liquid in ever-lncrcaslrg eiuantltles until,
when a full-grown man, he can drink it
bv tho ballon.
PERSONALITIES.
Alan Arthur, son of tho Into president,
finding that his income goes further in
Europe than in this country, has practi
cally expatriated himself.
Queen Victoria alwas breakfasts pil
vately as 11 relief fiom the formality of
other meals. In summer, wherever she
Is, she has the breakfast served in the
open ulr.
Paul Dcroulede has chosen Spain as
his abode while in exile from Fianco, and
declares fiom Barcelona, where he now Is
that ho will refrain from talking politics
during his stay.
William Morgan, of Ccrardstown. W.
Vu . has been selected by United 8tntes
Pish Commissioner George M. Row era to
tako ehargo of tho exhibit by the com
mission at tho Paris Exposition.
Congtessmtn J. C. Nceilham, of Cali
fornia, began to collect postage stamps
when he was a small bo), nnd has never
civ en up his collection, which Is now otio
of tho best in the United States.
Miss Helen Gould his presented to the
New Yoik Public I.ltiruy the Hen Ian col
lection of works 1 elating to Moi monism.
This Includes 4 volutin s, SjO pamphlets
and sovcral volumes of uewsp.ipois.
Alls .Mary Hi) an Cobb, groat-grandmother
of William Jennings Uryan, is
living nenr Kokomo. Ind , at tho ago of
'.". Her lirst husband. I.ouls H. Hr.inn,
was a soldlei In tho War of 1S12 nnd in
tho Moxlenu Wui,
Arthur (Irlsiom, whoso verso is at
tracting coiHile'rnblo attention Just now.
Is but il ve.irs old. but has been In the
newspaper business for is )cars. At 27
ho was managing editor of tho Kansas
City livening World.
E. Carlton Jilaok, the new head cf
Uoston Pnlveislt)'s English department,
wbb a ward of Dr. John lirown, the
famous author of "Hub and Ills Pi lends;"
a classmate of It irrle, nt Edinburgh; a
friend of Stetenson t.nd Crockett, and
afterward a regular lecturer at Haivard,
Representative Robcits, of Massachu
setts, known In tho House nnwadns as
"llm other Roberts," has the credit of
having introduced mora bills and amend
inents to tho Constitution than any other
member nf tho House, Ho Is the au
thor of two amendments and of Gl bills,
mveilnir a largo variety of subjects.
Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper, tho first
negro to cradajie from West Point, on.
poses tho pioposcd Federal legislation in
prohibition of l)iichlrgs, nnd declares
that it will not aid his race. He de
clares that "In all affairs of llfo conser
vatism nnd conciliation ure productivo of
best results; coercion nggrravutes and
never ameliorates."
Juno W. Gn)le, tho new congressman
from tho Ashland district In Kentuckj
tho ono so long represented by Hreckln
ridge Is one of the hndsomest men In
Kentucky. Six feet tall, with rrtdlai,
almost bo)lsh features, bluo e)es, brown
hair, a splendid figure and eusy bear
Irg, ho Is expected to make a stir In
Washington sm ety.
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l In Woman's Realm
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THE SCRANTON woman who wants
to llvo long and bo happy Is adopting
rlbbcr tips on her shoe heels. Now
rubber tips ur warranted to do nil
forls cf things for tho nervestrung, sen
slllvo femlnlno vveanr. They break tho
Jar which uffeels the spine til every
step und gradually renches out Into tho
uttermost parts of tho s)stcm. They
keep her from slipping on the Ico and
they perfotm such miracles as erasing
wrinkles from tho brow caused by nerv
ousness, restoring Impnlred sight nnd
producing a lino growth of hair. Hov,' in
tho world woman nnd horcs have lived
all theso )ears without rubber heels Is u
, in) story.
SPEAKING OK beds Is a reminder nf
toes In other words, nhoe tips. E
ei)body knows tint dull leither tips
uro grievous to bo worn Thev simp
ly don't wear at nil, they scuff and peel
up to a shvmcrui itcgico nmr a low
week's service and, llko ilumpty Bumpty,
lannot bo put back In n deslrublo con
dition even with tho aid ot the ben shoo
polish that wes ever in viuf letured. Pat
ent leuthcr thu did nut do thus. 11
needed a persistent nm unit of too flub
bing to disturb th"lr brllliiinre. But 0110
dn) they went nuL of fnslilo'i just be
cause they weto so tcennniical and sen
sible, und, trv nn tho d'-ibr nitiv, they
nnnnt Induce women 10 vnar them In
this town although tho fid for M I lips
has lnrgi ly dlsnppMiel tn most other
pl ices. Hence It Is that we -o about
with toes which look ns If we had been
creeping up and devvn tho hills llko so
innnv babies.
av:
ROPOS of the milk agitation the
view of the case from tho milk
man's st indpnliit Is of Interest, Now
by tho milkman is not meant mo
lmdctl pioprletor who stands at the farm
nnl gato nnd proudly Piiivejs his herd
of cows, nor the persoi ngn who glve
directions through 11 long dNt mm tele
phono for tho distribution of so innnv
cans of milk, but Just the pl iln every
morning milkman, who In tho millcnlum
will bo fitted out with 11 rubbei -tired
wngon and rubber-recked cans with a
soft pedal for his voice.
Prom tho milkman's standpoint there
nro threo kinds of pec pie, the good, tho
bad nnd tho ones who lose tho milk
tickets nnd always expect him to make
up tho dcllclencv. ,
One of his kind stated bis sentiments
thus )cstcida): "Don't not 1y need to
tell mo who's who In this town. I can
tell. It ain't tho ones that goes most
to church und pink teas. Thev Icavo
all tho work for the hired girl. Tho tea!
good ones Is them that Mays home and
washes out tho milk bottles themselves
It only some of the line 1 idles could
too them bottlesthat I hive to cart
nwav frcm their back doors thej'cl want
to start another vvotmti's club nnd bump
their own heads with it. I can name the
names of the real nlco ladles In Scran
ton. I can tell 'em bv the milk bottles.
They seo to It tint they ain't In sli ipo
to 11c id a boird ot heilth fumlgitlon;
and Hint's no Joke."
A New Exercise.
"I'm sorry we got Willie a
ticket to
tint new gmnaslum."
"Why so?"
"When I came downstairs this morn
ing ho was tinning p.ineg)rlcs nil oyer
the parlor lloer. '-Cleclrr.d Plain Dalsr.
LIFE.
Chisel in hand stood a sculptoi-boy,
With his marble block before him,
And his faco Ut up with .a smllo of Joy
As an angel-dream passed o'er him:
JIo cat ved tho dream on that shapeless
stone
With many 11 sharp Incision;
With heaven's own light tho sculpture
shone;
He .had caught that angel vision.
Fculptors of life nre we, as we stand
With our souls uncancel befoie us,
Waiting the hour when, at God's com
m ind,
Our life dieam shall pass o'er us.
If we carve It thin on the ) lolling stono
With manv a slniu Indslon.
Its heavenly beauty shall bo om own;
Our lives that angel vision.
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