w THE SCRANTONTMBUJN!-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1900. '-V " -Wf " - $ge deration $ri6une rubllnhcd Dally, Except Sunday, by The Tribune I'uuIlshlniJ Company, at Fifty Cents a Monti). I.1VY 8. niCIIAHD, Keillor. O. r, nyxiiEi;, Husli-ets Manager. New "ork Ofl'co! 180 Nusuu St. s. s. vki:i:i.ani), Solo Agent for J'oulijn AdvertMiis. KntHcd lit tlie IVntctflcr nt I'a., oh Swuml'dims Alt. II i Scratiton, Jultir. When spaco will permit, Tho Trlbuna Is uhwijs gtiicl to print short loUors frnm Its frlenrls be irlrm on inrre-nt tnplt-H, but Ha rulo Is that these must be sUne.fl, fur publication, by the uiltcrN ic.il niiinc: mil tho cfitiillltnn pn-ccdent lo ncceplniuo In that all contributions Hli.ill bo tubjci t to cdltoilal revision. 8CIUNTON, PEUUUAIIY 1, 1900. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. SCHOOL nmUCToiliC. C. rcrbcr, u. 1). rciiovs. Tlic mi if v.ho 111 c booming Coljn 1 Itoosuwlt for tin? !. pio.-Iiloncy have! letiiniH'd woiU: but the fact i, in litis that the piopn iinilltlnti Is I'uiiiis)! Minla'H iiuvilcuH lepit-seiitiitlvc In the lublmt, Hon. Clmili'H l.'tnoiy Knilth, a )('Llinpn of lioio liillll.int niiitoiy va tneneiit cIhl'uIuio. An Unjust Suspicion. I T Ci:TA!NLY it unfair to thu New Yoik State Itnllio.tel cum. inlf-luu to Intimate, us ceitilu New Yoik jollin.ilg ilo, tlmt Ihu puvnii' befoio tlie rnmmllon of n urn of Senator Piatt us an atloiney foi mmiiu nt the Inlertstrt nppot d to tlio granting of pet mission to the Uelawat j Valley and Kingston Hallioad eoni.m. to build a line of lulhwiy fioni Iai'ka wiixuli to KlnKston foieeasts an nd ete tltflsloti upon the pendlnK uppll cation. Mr. 1'lntt Is u member of the law III m thai nunihurx unions tt.s tegu lar ellentK the New Yoik, Onttulo and AVt stein ltallifnd company, one of til" parlleH hostile to the piopostd new rall lond. Ills appeaiaiKo foi that com pmy was In the oullnaiy com so of piofevhlonal business. It Is habitual with some newepapeis and a fault common to many people outside nt nowspapei elides to give undue .slKiilllcance to the .sllKlite.'it In cident which might eem to east I Mm tic of nispli Ion upon men oecupj lir otlklal positions; and this, tendency Is isptcl.illy in.li keel with iifereneo to Htate boards halng some measuic of juilsflictlon over e oi pot. itlons. Itegaid less of the fact that the gieat majoi Ity of men appointed to memheishlp on boards oi commissions aie men of line ippututlon and iet.sonally aboo ie pioaih, their acceptance of a public; trust puts them immediately within the cone of a lolentless ciltlial fire, and it is not long until nn iinpiesMon is eteated that they aie "owned" by this, that or the other political coipoiato Influence and have no longer minds and wills of their own Just how far tho geneial public takes stock in tills pel verted view of ofllelal honor we cannot say. We cm only ex piess our belief that the New Yoik I'ailtoad commission W a conscientious body of men which will give to the anplicatlon before It Its best thought and judgment and leach a conclusion upon the nieiits as It sees them. Lack of Intelligence as to tlie wheio abouts of Aguinaldo still permits Mi. Hi j an to monopolize the center of the stage. Better Go Slow. X COMiMHXTIXCS upon the un animity of Jov vvhl.-h pievalU among the continental nations I over Oieat Hijltiln's mll'tary leveises In South Africa, tho CMcago Times-Herald un find no mound In hluorv for tho belief that it nilses I. -oni honest sympathy vlth the Goeis, in neither the couits nor tbo people lUiinV" have ever shown sympnth;" or a weak nation stiuggllng. as they Hi-tend the Roeis nie, "for liberty." "ui contempoiaiy n-niliuls its nudera rial In our own time Huiope fiddled whll" tho Tuik slew more Aimenlans than there arc Hons of mllltaiy agj lu the Transvaal. 'The Hue i enroll for European jubi lation over 3:itlsh dlsasteis Is to ba found," It continues, 'in hatted of ie publlcan Imgland, envy of commercial Kugland and jealousy of colonial Eng land. Theie is not n coatt in Huiop--where tho English system ot a gov ernment responsible to the people, which lejects the idea of the Divine light ot kings and derives its nut hoi -lty to iiilo nnd to tax from the peo ple. Is not held in ollliial abhoiienie For nioio than a century Englai.d has been the sanctuaiy fiv tho oppic-ssed ufugees of Euiopo and Its fuo pns luiH"helfl the torch cf llbeity and iopu lir government before the eyis of the ovei taxed helpless mllllors on tho eon--tlnent." - As showing the commeulal envv lichi '1 back of much of this nut! English fiilljig s-o torus the cmtinpn tnl.powels are concerned, the Chicago paper pilnfs a t ible of the lommerce of the British empire as compared vvltti hc commerce, of all the other HUropuD povvPis. Tne year of com- pirfron t li9d; and tho total for Gieat ,Hiltain ($fi,U18,000,000) Is neatly tluec- ouiths of the total of the en- tlie continent ($8,LO5,0OO.000). That a power cmtueit In a little gioup of Islands hai illy large enough to make a lcspeotable showing on 'the map alongside the immense stioUhcp of contlm ntal teititory should be aide not onlv to command the seas but lrtuolly to control by far .the largest commeice of any single, Euiopean power Is enough lo caus envy to sink deep Into the breas'ta of Euinpean statesmen, whom, we know 'from hlstoiy, are not exempt irom "that evil feeling. nut the TIines-Heiald is una bio ti 'discover nny reason why the t'nlted Static should shate in tho continental .attitude "Tho government of tin I'nlted Kingdom cannot," it says, "ba too republican to suit the lilt us of In telligent Americans. Its commeico cannqt bo so eMenslvu us to exclto 'our envy, because we profit by thi 'lien's shaie in that commerce. Us colonial conquests do not move us to Jealousy becnuo our relations with British colonies 'ire nlmo-t nk pioilt jiiilo us Ungland'n own. In 1398 neatly one-fifth of the commerce of the Unit ed Kingdom was with the t'nltid States and nearly ono-foutth of Its Imports woro bought ltom us." Tim name proportion obtained In the flsc.il year last ended. Then our Imports from Clreat Hrltaln wercs $J97,1S-uS$, or only $JS,210,J6S lest) than veto our Imports fiom continental J3tuoii; while of our cxnoits tlieitt Hrltaln putiliase'd $t52,'.!74,l1& while the e-onel-nental countries bought only $124,004, (S4, It was not long nc that the con tinental powers were soiloiiMy conpld ri lug an Internattonal trttelo combina tion against ti, Just us, dining tin .Spiiilsh-Anieilcm war, they ttlcel to affect a diplomatic "icmbltie" against us. In neither of tlieo projects would ntiglaud take nny part. Tim latter Blie llatly prevented. We ugne with our t'lilcngo content poir.ry that "imj thing nppio.it.hlng a woiId-convulliiK c.ttastuphe to ling Usll power and piestlge In South Af llca would bis felt in eveiy IiuluilrKl f inter nnil agilcultuinl cltilit In lliu I 'nlted States," and for this liwson It behoovea the Anuileaii pi oplu to go slow in llielr nagglni; at u. friendly power in trouble. Senator Hilly Mason seems to bo In a slate of ituoei talnty as to whether he has tho gi cutest dislike for the Hilt sh nation or the administration at Washington. A General Need. I X AX ADDItnss befoie tho Moth- odlst ministers of I'lill.ulelphl i, dcllveted on Monday in behelf of the "twentieth centuty thank offeilng" of $20,000,000 called for by the bishops of that religious denomination, Hev, l)i. Oeorge 12. Heed, piesldent of Uie.klii.son tollege and llbiatlau of l'ennslvanla, descilbed lldly the leasons why the American peopb should be Increasingly llbeial In good w oi ks. 'The gain In the woild's wealth from 1S.-.0 to 1S60 was fifty times the gain of the fit Ht lifty yeais of this eentuiy," he said, "and the gain of those- Hist fifty eais i'ciiai'il the gain of the eighteen tenturks that piecided them. The gain slnie 1S60 has simply been phe nomenal, and the gain of the next flvu oars no man can estimate. The on tilbutlons to chailty, iducatlon, etc., In this fountiy In ISP", weie ovei 2, 000,000; in lSyil they weie over $l.:,00o, 000; In 1SSS they weie over $.' :,00,00'i; and In 1890 they leached the magnifi cent sum of $7!),749,000, and gifts of less than $1000 and the conttlbutlons tluotigh the iiRiil.li' channels of the chin ill are not included In this amount. In these sK yeais $?flO,OoCO00 wetccon U United, 80 per cent, ot which went to the cause of education. This gives us some Idea of the icsouiees' of tlu people." Applying himself dltectly to Method ism, he pointed out that wheie therj was one trained man in the past tlie times demand fifty now, and he added. "Xot $!,000,000 have gone Into our col leges the past sl yeais. We did not have a single college until 1S11. In UJ0 wo did not have three colli ge bied men In the whole chinch. Out people did not appiecjate higher educ i tion then. Only in the last thlity or foity vears have we come to toleiatc the theological spminary. What we sully need Is a levlval of tho sense of financial responsibility among our peo ple." That need is vety geneial. The fuilous ado made In the senate the other day by Shouting Hilly Mason over ceitaln ciitlclsms of him alleged to have been uttered by a British vie a consul at Xew Oilcans, turns out to be a cube of much ado about nothing. It Is another Instance of ellow Journal ism culminating in ellow statesman ship. The British vice consul never said it. - Spelling refoim nt Washington has changed Pueito Hlco back to Poito Hlco In some of the departments. Tf tho names of our now possessions au to be constantly twisted to suit the whims of cveiy new otlklal, thev will soon be as confusing to the aveiago In dividual as the Nocabulaiy about tho Tower of Babel. Xow that Governor Roosevelt has had his way in the matttr ot the In-suiance.- commissioner without a dls--rntlng vote, the opponents of Boss Piatt may possibly begin to wonder If Piatt Is, after all, such a gieat boss ns they have plctuicd him. Tho exhibition given by Ptof. Scheilc, the poison-proof expert at the Mollneu.x tiial, who drank bromo-scluer and cjanlde of meicitiy and did not die, looks vet j much like a tilck. Somo one ought to take a shot gun to Pi of. Schcele. Bourke Cockian's offer to suppott, Bijan If Buan will dtop silver hi-; been declined with thanks; nevuthe less It Is safe to pi edict that Bouiko will soon be found on the fiont Stat of tho Hiyan band wagon. The compailson ot Splon Kopje with Majuba Hill has it-moved from tho minds of many on this side of the At lantic the Idea that a kopje was some thing that was loaded with smokeless povv eler. m TOLD BY THE STABS. Dally Horoscope Drnwn by Ajacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astiolabo Cast 1.10 a. in, for Thais day, Kebiuatv 1, lain). KS8 & '& A child born on tblr day will be happy when tho Xlcauuua cnmil and thu West 1-cckuwMiiiui. avenue viaduct nro com pleted. Tho nnnouiicenn.iit that straw ben Iph and cream aio in market fcounds like tho mu.sln of an Iildescent dream to tbn boauler who exists upon dried tipple s uico and oleoniargurlne. Many a man's back has been broken endeavoring to pull the ropo In a vva to inuko both ends meet. Poverty Is too often tho unvard of hon esty. Tho most successful newspaper mm Is alwuja the one "who wiltfs Just as wo think. There is alvvas one couiloit left for the small man. If ho bus any friends they may bo relied upon as genuine. ' Ajacchus' Advice. Du not resent with Idle word the Insult of a neighbor. PrcM-nt his wife with a ticket to the cooking school American Trade BoUnd to Expand BHI-'OItE THE I'nlun l.cngue club of Philadelphia on Tuemlty cvcr.llif, IViEtm isfcr (leneral Charles Em oi y Smith dellvcicel an nddress uttijii "file Philippines" which was III leipietcd as having otllelal significance. Mr. Hinlth'n aiidriss was a statement or the eeimlltUMis and forces which hive within thu list lorty tais placed thy t'nltid Slates at the head of nil the na tions of tho earth In ngi (cultural and Industihil products, and of tho events vhk'li nt a bound laked this nation In tho estimation of tho woltd from a .hli'd It.tu power to the -very Hist. As a clim ax to that puitlon ot his atdress be spoke of the prompt and full neceiitunra of our govoiiimini'a demand for an o'k n dooi to China for our piodurts, which bad been retusid to England. He ii'garded thp Philippines us the gateway to China, tho abandonment of which would lcs-ea our Iniluenco Willi Euro pean liatleus. Ho bald: ;oi llio United Stiite.i has reached a tuinlng point In Its history. The coming bkinrlm v. ill d ito a new cia Irom tho SptiiiNh war jutl tho changes Immedl-ut-ly growing out of It. That war was coincident with tho culmination of a m i tcrlal dovilopment which Is unparalleled In the annals ot time. The first and piianiinmt obligation connected with the war lu tin- iiionil duty growing out of It. It was purely and solely a war of huinatiltv. Thu moral M-ntlniPtit and conviction which impelled us to tnke up aims niiiht rule the settlements of tho war, and 1 do not hesitate to say tint they have guided the president In cveiy step be Ins i ikon. A government less bonoiablo nnd scrupulous would have totalm-d tho powir which events ijavu It met Cub i, but In our inse the pledge of indt-ptiidcnic Is respected and the will of the Cubiin people will be decisive. 'I hut mrely meets the moral stand ud In thu Phllli pines thou- was no alterna tive but the assumption ot American control. Tlie niceptanee of that icspon sltilllty was the dlctala of moral duty. :o: "But when we have nn-t the hlghert leeiulietuent ot that standird there Is no code of ethics ard no uilp of states manship which demands that wc shall not consldei the continental aspects. It Is tho obligation of the government fltst of all to be right; it Is als-o Its obllsa tlon to piomoto the advantage and vv cl inic of Its own people-; nml when tho two fully coincide and harmonize, when thu moial m indite nnd the m.itciial In tel eU completely blend. It Is eloubli strong and foi lunate, Such Is out piotf-nt position. Our eountij stands pie-eminent among the Industilal povv eis of tho world. The Ameikan policy which, with only n single bilit brt.il:, has been Readily puisueil during fortv cars since Abraham I.lniohi licam; piisldcnt, his brni ght us to a position of manufacturing suprenney which Is iiniiv.iled and unappro icbcd. Wc Unit mado geod our second Dei l.intlon of In- dopi nilenee a ilecKiution of eonipli-tc Industilal Independence. We built up oui own fijievs niid ft.e torles and in is. tend our own m irkets. And then, win n wo hail fullv iwics-cd oiitvelvcs of our own domain, wo weie ready to go out into the nimki-ts of the worfd. :o: 'Our grov.th Is the wondct of mm kind. In 1S70 the alue of our ni.inu f.ietiues v.a $"5 7 CO0,nJ : In l"s0 It was ne. uly $12,mVxi,iijo. The amu7lng advance- can best 1 c- realized bv comiiari son. lu ls7( the manufuctuies of the I'nlted States Just about equaled tbo"e of Oreat Biltaln: In ls'i't they were two and a half times ni great i.s tno tot it volume ot liiltlh lr.anufacturtH and eepiakd those ;( Great Biltaln, Get main iinjl Prance put tocelhcr. Tho Increase In the iiiiuuil Aiiic-rlrnn product within tlilitv j tars has been double tho com bined Increase of thete three gieat ra tions of Europe. In other words, It you nwtcb the United Stales r.gulnst Great Biltaln, Germany and Trance together, our manufactures ure- now equal to all tbelis, nnd are giowlrg twbe as fast We aro manufacturing neatly two-thirds as muth as all Europe, with its 370,uOOO' people, and mote thin one-third of till tint Is manuf.ictiiied in the world. If ou take the whole langc of Indus tiles. Including agriculture, mining, trans portatlon nnd even tcmtncice, wherein alono wo nro behlrd, the pioportlons stand about the same. The aggregate valuo of American Industries Is more than double that of Great Biltaln, three times that of Franco nnd two and a half times that of Germ my. It Is one-lnlf that of all Eupropo combined. With this enonnous industrial expansion tho nation it wealth of tho United States glows propoitloimtelv. In ISoO our ag gregate wealth was but little more than half Hint of Great Biltaln, less thnn half tint of Prance, and only about hilf that of the nations th.it m ide up the Gi rman Empire. Xow it is a tbiid greater thin Great Britain's, double Geiman's and uc.illy doublo that of 1 lance. Within fortv vears the United States has gained ovei CT.OOJ millions In wealth, while Great Britain, Kinnco nnd Geimanv togethei lmvo gained less than 10,0ml millions. Our prevent annual gain Is about S.OuO mil lions, and every working day sees the United States over KCoO.OiO better ott than It was the day before." :o, Mr. Smith outlined the paitlcular fac. tois in America's mnivclous Industilal development, saving that whereas fifteen veils ago tho United States m.ulo only half as much pig lion as Great Britain, wonuw make nioio than SO per cent, more than either Gieat Britain or German), and nioie than one-thlid of all the Iron mado In tho world; tint we mike half as much steel us all other nations put to gitbei; that in our piaetically Inexhaus tible, iniuicd ichouiceh of lion mo ami eoal, we possess the elements of tutuie supiein.il-), that our piedominance will be ciiine as signal in textiles as in metals, as Is all tad) Indicated In the develop ment ot the cotton mills of the South. Ho rmphasUed tho supe-iloiltv of Ameil c.iu genius and lnveulluu and adaptabil ity which, be i.ild, lu IVi', gave to the Ameilcan opetatlvo a pioductlvu power tour times is gieat at, tint ot tho Euiopenn operative. Ho ic feu oil to a tuither advantage In tho fact that tho United States Is tho one country tint m pplles Its own find and l.ivv m itc-rl.il, tho one gnat n itlon that sells nmn thin It bii)s, the one woild puwer that is eqnipletcl) Independent in Its re souites and wliollv self-sustaining. "Wo u to guat ltoth In land and industry," ho toiitluutd. "Oui ngileultuie and munit facturts woik togttbir for tho common welfaie. A eentuiy ago M-ilthus point ed out tho lueslstlblo sticngth of such a combination, He f.ild: 'According to general principles. It will finally answer to most lainlid nations both to manu facture fin themselves and lo conduct tin Ir own commerce. That nuv cotton should be shipped lu America, can led sumo thousands of miles to another couutiy, thcro to bo manufactured and shipped ugnln for tho Amerkan market, is a state of thlngn that cannot bo per manent. A puitly eoiiimercliil stuto must always bo undersold and driven out of the nnrket bv thce who possess tho nttvantage ol land.' That predic tion, so far as it relates to Amerkan m.iuuiai tilling giowth, has been splen didly vci tiled. H l e mains lo be seen, and It is a p.ut of this discussion, whe ther tho prophecy shall not also bo leallzcd that this great lauded nnd maniifactuilug nation shall 'conduit Its own commerce," That Is a vital ques tion for Ainu lean stuttsmanshlp and tho Ameilcan pcoplo; the time mid tho oppoitunlty hnvo come, and If we .no truo to ourselves we shall gain tho triplo ciown of ngi (cultural, Industrial nnd commercial supremacy. "Put If wo are to gain that mlze. If wo aro even to hold our prtrint ii'ccnd nney, wo must fully undui stand the con ditions which confront us. Wc lmvo seen that tho growth of tho United Hl-ilps In manurac-tuns has been phono. in-Mial' that Its Industrial product n now it,uil to that of the thno great ludustrlnl nation of Kurope combined: that it in one-half the product of all tho rest of the world put together, nnd Is growing twice ns fasti tbnt wo nro Im measurably ahead of all rivals In raw iiiacrlals and resources for future! devel opment, und that, with our superior ap pliances, wo fur excel them In produc ing powei man for man. Blnco ls;o, whllo our population Ins doubled, our minuficturt lmvo quadrupled. Our producing capacity Is up to and beyond the nieistiru of our consuming nblllty, and Is Ine renting faster. Though wo are foremost In tndustrl il growth,, yet all tho great nations have been advancing lipldl), nnd, It Is estlmntid that, under tho application of moduli forces und of Improved machinery, the producing ca pin 11 v of tho world Is such that If etp orated to Its full extent ten hours a day, enough would bo produced in six months to mipply the world's demand for a year. Just now with the gieat revival of busi ness following the depression and tho depletion which went on from 1W3 to 1M7, thu production ma not tutrun the de mand. But It Is the pnrt of prudence to deal with broad and lasting conditions, and to preparo today for the requlie meats of tc morrow. :o: "What, then, arc wo to do? Aro we to icstilu prodiictlc-nV Are wo to run mill and factory on reduced time, vlth the nccessniy sequences of lower wages, smaller profits and wide discontent? Or are we to piovldo for this enormous und expanding output by supplementing our own iist but unequal meaBtite of con sumption with new outlets and maikets? Under this stress and In this rivalry tho other great nations mc struggling for empire and making opportunities tor trade. The United States has no ned to engage in this territorial rivalry with the object of commercial opportunity Wo have made an opportunity larger than nil these In securing the open door in China. There wo find the greatest ixitcntlal new market in the world. The accomplishment of tho open door In China with tho consent and pledge of nil 'the great nations, nnd without the necessity of entering Into any territorial division, Is t!ic greatest of -nil recent achievements of diplomacy. It secures for the United States a commciclal op portunity which is Invaluable. It pio vldes one of the great outlets which our Industrial supremacy and our enor mous producing capacity require. And that achievement Is tho great rnd mng ntliient fruit of cur triumph at Manila and our possession 0f tho Philippines. I do not dwell upon the value of the Philippines themselves. I say nothing of the opportunity which Is cffeicd In their own fertllltv and their own rlch-i-ess when once brought under the peace ful sway of good government nnd of civilizing di ve-lopmont. Their highest slgnllkance Iks In tho fact that tl.cy plvo us a foothold in tho Oilent and i onstltute a commurel.il and naval base at tho veiy vestibule of China for a commercial oppoitunlty and expansion which wero far bejond our wildest dicum two jenrs ago. If wo were te falter In the policy we should snerillro all that we have gained as Its pieelous fruit. ... o; "In the prosecution of this policy of commercial expanlon tho next great step Is the development of a merchant marine. If we would successfully carry on thu work upon whlih we have en tered we must earrv our products in our own ships." Mr. Smith empbnrlzed the Imperative necessity of a policy of pro tection on belnlf of American shipping and said In conelu-don: "We have only one of two courses before us, Either we must bait our growth, limit our pro duction, bank our fires and stop our spindles, curtail our labor and restrict our capital, with all that this Involves, or wo must find broader maikets and ex p uided consumption. There may bo some cost In tills ocean-wide extension, but Is there not greater cost of loss in a paral)zlng restilctlon? Thero may bo some perplexities In this policy of commercial expansion, but aro there not great perplexities and dangers In a policy of Industrial contraction? And just as this Imperative necessity pre sents Itself, there comes a remarkable, uiifoi.seen, undreamed of, It Is not too much to say Provldmtliil, opportunity. We aro dilvcn by humanity Into a war with Spain; wo strike an Instant and clashing blow by taking the Philippines; we aro planted at once at tho ery threshold of the new and promising mar ket of the Oilent; wo are able, through this sudden and mnrvelous Increase of American influence, to command the open door In China; and immediately one of the great outlets we need Is brougnt within our reach. What Intelligent and thoughtful American, lcvlewing tho whole situation, can hesitate at the pol icy before us? In extending the sway of our flag and our commerce, we shall carry civilization with them. Wo shall rescue rudo peoples from tho darkness and the onprcdon In which they havo been enthralled. We shall give them enlightenment nnd freedom and aspira tion; and tho Ami rlcan name, which Ins bicomo the svnonyin of strength and power In the East, will become equall) the token ol liberal, humane and uplift ing rule." -. CONCERNING REV. MR. CRAFTS. Editor of Tho Tribine Sir: lu )cur ls-ue of .lanuarv C2, theio rppeared tho following article. "The Hev. Wilbur V. Crafts, who accused tho president of drinking champagne and sharply scoied him for it. has learned that tbn allegrd champagne was onlv Mineral water. Whether ho has also learned to govern his accusing tongue will ttpear lieieafur." In jusilee to the abovo named and honored clergyman, who bus, and is now doing a noble work la connection with tho reform bunau, Washington, D. C 1 icquest tho publica tion of tho above, la connection with the following lettoi lecelvcd by mo from this much slandered seivnnt ot Jesus Chi 1st "So many false repents have been ent out on tho above matter, some of them made tho basis of unjust c-dltouals, lint 1 nk your aid In conectlng them. Speaking In Boston eight months ago on tha nullification of the autl canteen law by the executive, I ac'ded, as a bit of circumstantial evldeneo as to the pres ident's relations to temperance, that a ceitaln icllablo wllntss whom I named that all might estimate for themselves tho value of tho testliitcnj, had told mc of seeing n lot of champ igno bottles bi ought out of tho piesldent s loom at the capltol on Mulch t. Tho doorkeeper Is denying that hid t lilt g but nppolonarls was used, and this 'guut' may well bo waived It Is so small compaied with tha 'camel' of the canteen which no ono de nies tho president might abolish In tho army by such an outer us that by which Secretary Ee ng suppressed It In tho navv. How sllfcht wus the Importaneo I attached to those bottles may bo In ferred from the fact that In all tho eight months slnco that one slight refcrenco to them In Boston, the) wcro never again mentioned by ino In public or private until tho president's friends called up the stoiy, and so Inadvertently called up also the larger and really Important discus sion of tlie pieslelent'h unquestioned rec ord us tho dispenser and defender of Ilqums, "If tho one reference to this secondary circumstantial evldeneo Is an eiror, let that editor or speaker or lnw)er who has never once used u testimony which was unlmpoitaul, or ufterwards denied, cast tho tlrst stone. Tho groxly lnac cuiate leports of this 'gnat' sent out by Washington correspondents, who might easily bavu had my side of tho case, and tho uulust editorials carelessly built on suih oiie-slibd repoits, come Just In tlmo to furnish 'horrible examples' of tho need of Sheldon's 'Capital News.' " Veiy respectfully, -J. U. Williams. Pastor Forest City Baptist Church lit would seem that the He v. Mr. Crafts might dovoto his talents to a nioio profit, ablo pin pose than repealing tho back door gossip of the national capital con cerning liquids consumed In the whlto house. What the president of the Unite t States chooses to tat or drink Is none of the public's business, so long ns he Is trmperato and decent, as William Mc Kinky Is.-Hilltor Tilbunc. ooooooooooooooooo o In Woman's Realm I ooooooooooooooooo THE AI'AItTMKXT of domestic sci ence recently established In ion. hpcllon with tho Young Women's Christian association as a perma nent featuro Is a long step In practical advance- nnd Ber.intun Is nmong tho few progressiva towns that havo Instituted such an Innovntton within reach of tho innese. Another branch of such a s)s tern offers a lino field for somo inter prising company or organisation. U is u rtlelitlflc kitchen something after tho fnshlon of tho adorable ono de plctcd in Bellamy's novel, "Looking Backwird." His kitchen was artauged on thu co-op. erallve plan und simply to road about it was a Joy to tho housewife. N EW HAVEX, Colin , Is about to es tablish such a project. It Is to be backed by prominent business men who will put money enough Into the undertaking to secure Its-success If there Is such n possibility. , The chief objection which has nlwnva stood In tho way of tin1 practical operatloa of the theory has been obvlnled. It was that of eonvolng food for miio dktanco nnd still have It retain tho new ss irv de gree of beat. A device has been fecurcd which will keep hot a pinto of soup or a roatt of bef ns long as seven hours. Tho Xew Haven people propose to uso the latest scientific metlirds and It Is clnlmcd that by cooking large quantities of food as delicious results can bo ob tained as are famed nt De-lmotiko's. Tho chief Idea Is to furnlh private families with food, hot nnd ready to servo at the same rates paid by Indi viduals foi the iuw materials It Is claimed that the poor man will ba pro vided with luxuries under the new s)s-t-m and tbee at low cot, SCIENTIFIC MEX say that onlv 10 per cent, of tho food consumed is prepared so that It Is really fit to cat, as the otdlt.nry cook destrojs the nouiishlng qualities by carelessness, consequently living Is ubout live times ns expensive ns It should be and the meals eaten nro vastly unsatlsfacforv. If tho new scheme Is found practical It will produco a revolution In domestic al falis. With cooking largely eliminated from tho household economies tho de pendance of tho average American wo man upon servants will bo only a bad dream of the past. That the outcome of such an experiment as that to bo un dertaken In Xew Haven Is awaited with Interest, Is assured W,! AI.E talk about the good times. It Is a great delight to see so f t w kilo men on tho streets and to hear the bum of the mills nnd shops, but while the laboring man has more money than he bad two jears ago, ho can buy but llttlo inoro for It than bo could with his narrow means at that time. The average man on a salaiy tlnds that living has Increased to an appalling degree, w bile his salary is the same-. The necessities are so much higher in price us to make 11 Impossible to save but a very small portion of his income, and the outlook fot Improvement of conditions Is not encouraging. The cost of meat1-, svgir. eg( tables, milk, butter and eggs Is a dally source of consternation to tin housewife with thrifty piocllvltles. A scientific kitchen which would enable her to dismiss the cook nnd procure food nt cheaper rates In far greater Mirlcty nnd prepared In a more appetizing fashion will bo to her the herald of a mlllenlal dawn. Whv should not such a plan be taken up In this city? "S HE ISX'T a lady." tcmirkcd the young man In a Fedora bat, with decision In his tones.' "You can see tho entire solo of her shoe as she T T she walks down the street." HE SCRAXTOX KERAMIC CLUB will hold n regular monthly meeting next Wednesday at 5 o'clock In Mls MacXutt's studio. HEBE IS a probability that a prom- lnent charitable organization win soon organize for a big affair in which F. Hopklnon Smith will be tho star performer. OFFICE FWMTiB Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hill & Cooeell 121 N. Washington Ave., ALWAYS HUsY, ll3 jf"7.iTr- i" ON TOP i,.iii.ir iii'iiiimt ami I i:.TuKlt MIUllltOLXJ. Lewis. Rellly & DavJes, 111-116 Wyoming Aei.uc. S3 f mi I "i fi prjri !l Tn "y JPjkifM f.il'V Railroad lei Get Ready for Inspection We have now a full Hue of all makes of Watches that we guarantee to pass. Buy your Watches of an old reliable house. Not some agent who will open shop for two or three months and then skip out. Wc are here to stay. Our guarantee is "as good as gold." Prices as low as any. mCEREAU&CONHELL 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Kxchutige. Heating Stoves, Ramiges, Fmireaces9 Plmmlbflinig amid Virago GMSira k FORSYTE 32S-S27 PENN AVENUE The Hoot & ,CojniHieM Co Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. HENRY BELIN, JR., Utuerul Asent fir tua Wyouilaj District. j- illiilns, lllastlns. Sporttnc, SmoUalMt and llio ltep.uiuo Cueuiloo. Co iipany EXPLOSIVE. tmcly Hue, Cap ami llxplai): ttuoui 101 Connelt ISillUllilJ. ocraaloo. AUUNCIU4 THCS. FORD. JOHN B. SMITH & SON, W. E. MULLIGAN. Plttaton. Pl mouth. Wllkes-Uario. rullefcin, TOftORSbE; self Its 5 lw 1 - i juamacoioeicai nam body. art Av. &6r OlWilTPS POWDER. WTilr -.7 Mi -mmmmmmmmm JH Mvpeav tng upon the chemical and phy lolotfral agreement of texts, and confirming tho eamo by repeated clmliul proof, we detormino this remedy of value, because: tliesO T. It nrtjt tn rt.-a f Jnrt nril rUsnrder fit tha Btomacb 11. Ur rtrlUa ir-trw tl Mrii.r it m to itrilwtory 1 1 tU b -mlth f the entire syst. .-- la & i rS : AS u. ?d"u JSiStSSw! ar 1 11 to uuritmu them bcuuis. of rtta ph j.tolfcl actfoa which my Ucrj.Tttli i. i d.:rlwdB fo-Iu, t!x i I iuMW,ttZVil'.ll1lnVt earfrlo JuIeeblaereaHHl. TUlo-rtsaomal and phyd, . :uMao'ant!ntlecUoa.l.j vlrta.ct H:htt rrtTeoti the deeomporiUonand fermentation ot thecoateatp ct t-e aiom'ech. MtoJ. bowoxti, thai lu th.ucllun of dissolution. It may cau a dewchraeut et the sauciu,waico naypa ont oi Uie rtonui U ud inteim ttfore before bsluil acted upon. S. Urcllevra ca&trU' a id inutliul psln. a Wluu i iukJ 1T in I'atliur laf ta, . mbI.,m .. lu .. .1.. u,. f ... Il,.n tntio rh .fn-ufi rt e. wnen auo lo loc-ii nturauna. I. It U operaiiT. at nine r f w or ww r'l"'..it. .h. mn,o..nMhmiia ef the lateeUaea, I. It ZUa m lOiilr f IlfCLOl UIO (nucutw finjiiwa !-.-v.-.. .-... ; tt-j-..- ARWo'iieeKlri-. al. lllMIII'U IV oclnte joctAbolI.ni. both of oreinlc and Inorgaato matter. II. It Jim ml tin. tli" allium t of eirtc acid reUUtcly. . .i j t . ih kai-tlilnriNiiif a arffie .SfvTWra TlffSSllT. MTt fouto i ma tlio tho timedy the tnccuraitmeut ArrtlH.lW. AMwtTlaiaVltetconluliiIajTMr4?iNtT4nn.Minftppercytott(witbou SFKtS"aiilnuUiKM)fti hai by IT '?u"'. .? ...,. i.i..i ..b. ,fi. i.i i Uvvir, Inu. V IVPfAUkV a'k w(e v ve 1RY' ILflLf il Aim mi anal Jaeuary Sale of . Table Limieinis Under ordinary circumstance this announcement would be suffi cient in itself, without lurther cortv ment, to interest every housekeeper in the community, hut taking into consideration the recent advances on almost every line of Dry Goods, I INI ns iNCLUDt o, and the fact that all our stock of Linens was bought early enough to secure them at old prices nukes it all the more so. Our Tabic Linens, as usual, are only of the best such celebrated makes as mmsv aim Scolcfii Mmasks, Hits taiiai "Sliver Bleach" Belgian Double Sallm Bamasks, Etc., Etc, All at our popular Last Season's PmcLs.and in the choicest designs. Nanftias to Match Almost all fine numbers in DsmasK both in 5-S and 3-4 size. Some very fine sets in 8x4, 8x10 and 8x12, at specially low prices to re duce stock. Ask for our v, Two Specials in Crotchet Quilts, Marseilles Patterns, at 98c and $1. 19 510-512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE nettcs. Teachers and superintendents de siring for class use in picture study, something that is substantial and inexpensive will find these beautiful new reproductions of great value. We have ioo different subjects to select from. The prices are very reasonable and the assortment is complete. With this book the simple act of writing produces a copy. Any letter head can be used and a copy produced from pencil or any kind of pen and ink. When the book is filled, etra tillers can be purchased Irom us at verv little cost. Two sizes and bindings in stock. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Scran ton, Pa. FN Tie l?ei CarlbraLetoiooi s There Is probably no dtseaw that tnore r( quire!. In tlio prcciti of cure, the hc-uuiy actloa I of every organ, thin ilypeiteia. Again, there , nodlscaponlthBUch a pronounced mot mdjystenaBi Influence. Aberncthy uinelo the) axiom, "To ctu aganrla disorder, evrryortran mnn he exerclslnc' mucuiwiB. ine rsiuir ui jucuh-iuu ,. nw uco the equally notoblu proverb : " The stomach' ks vnoiesonie or m ucuawins cucv.,u 51 A Rood etomach tlscinea neaita. n (1 frn r)fACf ' 1 bo Iasatolok'lcal Bureau has. In the InUreata of medicine, conducted u series of resenrcnts ojj til pots Tabulcs, a dosKrtto remedy of large ana Browlac favor, and, In prwuounclui; a therapeutic al cellmate-, cannot ba moro emphatic than to ose tWO lacniinr goou wejtun icaio. i-ii"- by DI prinuerllj- actios ron that ergui and U the awe t a th ATLintlll T. the etomach and to tl. ... aro becoming I. it h. materia oedlca. and tt. n-dlcal rr ef comiatudjlion. mail by wnl!nfirtyl.tirnttic - th.HifACBUUGAi .1.. i ai-f.m n. . iiiiLLEai ai11 btiiauit lor Ara cant - .- - - ----- - . M
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