V V THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SAT UKDA1, FEBRUARY 3, 1900, It; L h (Je Soranfon ri8um Published Dally. Incept Sunday, b Tho Tribune I'ubllHliIng Company, ut l'lfty Cmtv u Month. UVV o. r. 8. niCUAltt), Wltor. XHi:i:. Hiinlne MjuuKtr. New Yf.rk OfTcc: IV) Nnniu St. S S VlttlKLANl). Sole ARcnt for foreign Aiertltlnff. Hntt-rod at th IVmti.jrire I'a., nn Sri.iimM.,la3 Mi nt Si rnntonV .11 Matter, Whin snnrr -v? Ill permit, Tin? Trtlmno H iilwaji t'lml to print Hhort IoUcth from Us friends lx uIiis on current tuplrs, but Up rule K th.it tlic' must be pImiuI, for publlintlon, by tin- filter's reul tmnip; nml tht londltlon precedent to ncccptnnrs la that nil ontrlbntlons shall bo subject to editorial ruiMun. TWELVE PAGES. SCllANTON, Ffcimt'AUY 3, 1900. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. FrilOOl. DIIinCTOlTa -0. C. 1'erbor, K. D. fellow s. Contrast Republican ptoipptlty with Detnoci title desolation and teinenib"r th.tt Clitules Kmory Smith wis tho "orIi?lnul" McKlnley man In 1S')G. The Board of Health. WK KEAlt that the es teemed Philadelphia In flulnM, when comment ing upon Peranum top ics, does not nlums tend Tho Tribune accurately, it errdlt.s this paper with takhiK i ceptlon to the summary cIob lns of the public llbraiy. The thing to which we took exception was the al h Ueil nt'Kleit of some i.h.Hlelans to niike pionipt utiort ot contagious ciimh. so th it the (Iriulntlou of llluary books inuld be ifogilaided. The board of tinde closed the library for tl e public Rood and tU tones praise liutMd of blame for Its tout.iae In tnkliiK this appnently ntcmsiiv step. Those who luie In en lliPlstlns; that thu 'oud should gli addltloii'il pioot of ;s artlvltv should not be the Hist to (nmnliln wln'i the bond does tal:-" unto Itself son.e of the summary pow is of Its olIKe and applv Hum to the best of Its abllltj In the ' b ilf of 'tli- Illblli s piotectlou An aetl.- boaul or he ilth means tint somiboih's loins aie boiiuil to be Hodden up in. It Is. iniposslMe to safeuuanl the lie ilth of the tominunlty In n time nf srpeclal and pushing iluiiRer unlis. the h nlth oftl- ei shall hae the puhlk's conlli! pup p.11 t Wo fully agio with the liuiulrei that "the jir-oplo of the like trie City can do without a public Hlnary for a week oi two bettPi than they can affoid to buy eemetoiy lots, coIHn and the ntl or pat aphonia!! a of dcith." We also be lieve that If tlieie weie tho light spltlt of co-opeiatlon i itlttg between the jdnsklius, leading citizens and henltli ollker, It would not lie iiu"-.iiy to close the llbran. Willi two Koeniois and plenty of ammunition, tluie ei'tiis no tendon fin Kenlurk to suffei with ennui during tho dull season prior to the opening of .sprlnfr tiade. The Situation in Kentucky. W: COURTS of law aie th" I juopei tilbunils for the pet- M tlement Of KentUlky'h elec tion contest, and It Is well that an appeal litis been made to them (loeinor Taj lot's tequest to the presi dent for iieoRiilllor. and help was the foolish act ot a man evidently the vli -tint of too much excitement. Like his use of the Kentucky militia to oei awe the legislature, It takes from him much ot the public sympathy founded on the belief that he was fall ly elected, and texeals a peisonal weakness out of Keeping with the gmIty of the situ ation befoie him. The piesldent oi tho 1'nltod Static is not a judge of i lec tions and should rot bo put In the.poM tlon of one. The people of KenllHh', should not be peimlttid to Milik the i espon-dbll-lty for the ihnntle eondltloiis piuvall Ins within tluli honl'Ms, Their ion stltutlon and law )uolde a metbol of (.ettlltiK election contestp; and It Is th-It duty to enfoice submission to th it Method, no mattei whlih piity s l.itrt. It tin f'oebel i-plienii Is unjust, no belter w i to demonstiate that l.ut exists than to acriulifce in the hUlilllssnn of the whole illleMlon to the e'ouits, with a lew to nltlnnte appe il to thi peopli at tht polls it nee tssiiy. 'the niajoMi in Kentucky w 111 not Ion j loleiate usiiipatloii. H will In clue time flu l an effectual means nf mfoifhiK It win without l-sott to m-Kiln.itlnn oi Iidence. cn inoi T.iIoi'm mlstike was in Tallinn to ioco'nlc tlilw fait H. should hue let the Ilcmo. ratlu ma joilt in tile lerlMatuie tale Its own leMilutliuiiin eouise and then ap pealed to the louits to cleilde whether he or (iocIhI wus the h-Rilly iiuallfled r;notno! ti,,,t ,.0it li.ul the ap peal Koiie In his (aoi mucli ill will would hae been nxeited; while, had -the rouitH deelded ujfalnst him. he could hae buwid to the decision with filnnlty and taken an appeal to the foiirt of final ichoit, th.. Kentutk electoiate, Tha.t irtlstake s anw loiumlttid. nnd lie,-ond mvll, but the k-xson ut It can he heeded In future conduct. It luattois lpsS to the welfaie of Ken tucky what man Is governor or what piny Is In powei than what tenpeet thei if for law and what willingness tlii-io,l to Mjbmlt V tho duly conMl tuted ,ti Ibunalu of Justice. Captain Dreyfus, and lieutenant Hobsou appetir to have been stnnlnu In' the- Rime company of late. Marriage Reform. TA,1,; OOVCItXon of Colorado. I It Is fiunouiKed. has diafted and will iccommend a bill to !ieo tl.o RiantlnK of manijgo board of licenses In the hands of a medical examiners. Tho bill, as outlined In a press dls pitch, pioMdes for each county a board of medical examiners, to con tut of tluej phyMUuis, no two of tho fame school, and where; po?lbl3 ihe board Is to hnvo ono or more f initio members. No Ikenses shall be ct anted until n certificate Is had from the- bout el thnt the man It not less' than twentv-flve eais old, tho wo man not less than twentv-two and both are free from dlpsomtinla, or ttanlc or ttue Insanity, hereditary In sanity, tuberculosis of the luns or otliel ltnl oigans, heredltaiy asthma, sciofula, epilepsy, and other diseases end tint time. Is no blood relation existing between them. In no casj shnll a certllli'iite b" pranted to n per ron notorious for in (mil ilepiavlty of one who shall at the time ot the appli cation bo on trial, under bonds or In prison foi felonv. Thi'1 Is man lane reform with a ven geance. Illtheito the Idea embodied In this bill has been confined to the ac.uk nilc discussion Indulged !n bv scientists nnd philanthropists. The need of a n.oie setMchlng rcsttlctlon upon niotilnges has long been recog nized in medical elides, but until this moment nohodv Ins had tho coiiinso to t iko up the subject practically. It will be the part of prudence to awult the result nt the Colorado experiment befoie pioncunclng dinl Judgment upon the me. 'its of the plan. The aw aid of the prizes In the recent rontest for tho best reply to Maik ham's "Man with the Hoe." Indicates that the nveiage reader does not know what poetiy Is. People who Imagined that poetiy consisted of Intelligent thoughts woven Into musical sentences will deduce from the fact that Kate MasteMon received only the thltd prize that they have been mistaken. Vague meaning. Jerkv ihthm nnd an nil round Jolting Impiei-slon 1111 the high est Ideals according to modern author ity. The Sensible Solution. THE ltnrOKT of the Philip pine commission, ti mtnlt ted by the pre-ldn) ' giess yesterday, consider! I'l place the ptopcivltloti so gllb.s iuo c.Ued by Colonel Uiyan and effectually dspoes of It. "A piotcetoiate," t!u- icpoit says, "piesupposcs an cstitbllshed goictn- ! mont to piotect." Kseeptlnu the mlll- fuy government ndtulnlsteied by ths United Slates w hoi ever possible, theie Is In the Philippines today no estab lished f,oetrment to piotect. "The only kind of piotectoiate which the InMiigcnt leadeis eer attempted to foi niulate." tho lepoit continues, "was one under which the United State- should Incur all the responsl bllltS of ptoteetlng the Philippine gov ernment against foielgn nations, while th- Philippine ofllci.'ls themselves col lected all tho ieenues. The idea of a piotectoiate enteitnlned by the Insur ceiit lendeia, under which they should tnjov all the powers ot an Indcpend int, soveteUu govcininent and the Ainei leans should assume all obliga tions to fon'lgn nations for their good use of those powets, would create an Impossible Mtuatlon for the United Ptatos, Intern il dominion and exter nal le-peenslbillty must go hand in hind" The lepoit adds: "Under the ehlmeilcal scheme of pio teeikn eheihiied by Agulnaldo, If a foielgner lost his life or piopeity tin our i a miseinlage of justice In a Philippine couit, or In consequence of a gcnemoi's failure to ruppress a llot, tlien the United States would be re sponsible for Indemnity to the foielgn ei's goemment, without possessing tho power of punishing the oftendeis or of punenting such maladministration, or of protecting Itself against similar occunenees In the future. Nor could the liability to foielgn nations be re duced without peimlttlng them diiectly to s ek 1 1 ",s aie) such a course would. It i fe.ue! speedily lead to the appropriation of the Philippine Islands by the great poweis, who would not neeel to !-eek far foi pretences for in tone ntlon " Poielgn nations tespect the American flag tint floats nt M mlla In sovereign ty oxer the Philippines By all the laws- nnd customs of nations the Amer ican title Is Impiegnablc. Foielgn na tions would not be under similar obli gations to ic spec' the flag of Aguln aldo even though It shouM be backed b the aseited "protection" of the United States, To make that piotect oiate cot tain, tho United States xxould iecii!io a fleet of wai ships able to wl"isfand the combined naxles of Uu loj.e anl a stindlng atmy in propoi tlem. Potmanent (oxeulgnty is the peae i ful, sons-lble and economical solu tion, Piieito Kleo's lewaul for good bo le ix ioi thieutens to be commetclal uln. Pile i to Kico might be excused If Mio siioubl ee lit to i't.nt Senatois Pi'ttlgiou and Mason on a lei tilling torn lu hei behalf Longevity anil Defeneration. w ll.MAM P.OSCOU. THAY- or. In in niticle on l.onpevltx and Degen eiat Inn in the Febiuaiy Uoi urn. gives some li.teiestlug ilguie5 hrnl piemnts an optlmUtle view of his subjei t which will nfloid food for mue h tl ought. In the tit1- place, h states that a vnuns; ninn of this gencritlon has the piobablllty In his lavor of living to bj ten ve.us elelei thnn his grandfather. A.i to the V'tlous chances of long life elnhoiato leseiueh has been made, tho icsult of which Is llkelv to bring to confualoii sonie of the traditional be liefs For Instance Poets are pop ulaily supposed to bring themselves to an eailx , ave beiauso of much mooning, and an unxxholeiome ellsie ganl lot tluce pic sale meals a day. The fact Is tint tl.oy live to an avei ago nge ot fii e.rs. Patnteis anl sculptois, vxho are also undci stood as cnduilm: nrmy privations supposed to ap vltalltv, attain the sime ,ag. Musicians, prib.ablv beeausn of tm) much neivoiis hti.aln nnd fie.uent rcrapplng with ordinal y pcoide, dl cailler, their nvernge age belnfj only W, Novelists go oil' bet. tei, living t" the iva of 6!, whlla men ot letteis. ea lists and purely lltei.aiy wiltns, who think haul at timet, are 07 tit the tlu'i of theli death. From tlv rellffloas c.itegoty pi elates and chuieh dlgnltailes mo exedude.l, only those of uvnvelous s'lrltital In fluence, such ns Spin fvoii and Phillips Brooks, being considered In the fifty or mom from which the aveiago was do- rived. Thev teach the ago of 86. Phil osophers .arc fio, but oJdly enough the habit of close studv In another direc tion seems to tend to longevity, f'"" hlstoilaiiH make nn average of "J yeum of lite: xxhlle lnx'entois. who Htitely haxe troubles ot their own, and whose habits of life. p'U tlcularly as to dlet.'nro notoriously eppnstd to the rules ol Inalth, live to be 72 Met. of active, stienttous lite, such a.a have been prominent In navy nnd nrmy academy chronicles, murage Tl ycuis Agitators fre iiuently manage to Blinrten tha eat tlily career of other pi ople, but they thcm-elvcs live tolerably long, as they reach the nge of CO, nnd In making up Mies stntlstlcs iome men like Parnell atd llolllnnger are Included, xxho made their days less by reason of excesses. Statesmen, despite the tension and stress of their ehosen station. Ih'-i to be 71. In this list nre liieluded public men of high lank, Unlteil States Presi dents, Hmjllsh Premiers, Popes nnd Kings. Women classed ns emotional rather than Intellectual, in these statistics avei.age 67 years Among these an mentioned such personngea u.s Harriet Heccher Stoxxe, Oeoige Eliot, Oeorge Sand and the Hrontes, the last named by reason of their early year greatly reducing th" rate. The aver age ot nil classes Is glx'en as C'S years nnd S months for the century. Thu conclusion drawn from nil Is that xx oiklng on the highest plane, In xvhot epr sphere It innv be and with llttlo regard to outwatd conditions, tends to prolong life. Hence the theory of degen eration ns advanced by some thinkers seems to have little to recommend it. The century past has been cene of col lege and hocp tal bu Idlni. If not of rlhe?lml n In m..n,. , -....., ..- ... . w..., ,aw., ,v , i no development ot the moral ssnse nml the abandoning of traditionary evils, c no los lemarkable In Its piog-tes-t than In tne avutago longevity of tl u race of clvllbed man. Lancaster, like Pcranton, has, It ap lears, a highly developed case of the examination fad In hei public schools. So fast has been the educational pace In that city nnd so lnpldlv was knowl edge rammed and Jammed into the pupils' ci anlums that ninny pupils took -lek and had to leave school; com plaints fiom parents multiplied, aid finally the school board appointed a committee to lneiuhe Into the matter. This committee has Just repoited. It I finds that examinations have been en tiiely too fieeiuent and that the gen eial pressuie has been too high. The health of pupils Is too often regarded us a .secondary consldeiatlon. The Democrats have prepaied foi Intioeluctlon into the Marjland legls l.atuie ,i bill which does away with paity grouping and emblems on the official ballot and ananges the' names of candidates In a single column. Their Idea Is to effect the disfranchisement of thu illiterate ncgio voters and thus anchor Maiyland peimancntlv In the Demoei uc list of states. The purpose Is tiicky but the method Is fair. Nn man In any state should vote xxho does not knoxv enough to mark his own bal lot. In Alaska prlsoneis nnd witnesses, in attending court, frequently have to go 2,000 miles awuy from home and le m.iln snow-bound all winter. District Attorney Jones might make a foot note of this on his next tiial list, as a con solation for local grumbleis who com plain when they have to go half a block out of their way in behalf of Justice. TOLD BY THE STABS. Dally Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchui, The Tiibune Astrologer. Astrolabe Cust: 4 li) a. m , for Satur day, Februaiy 3, 10 i. A child born on this day will notice that thu "speakeasj" seems lo be the iccognUid stni)toet In Serunlon fen u I.etM uniouiit of eii'stdness tliat desoixeB lei be loeitcd In other quarters. In the nttemfit to follow j,ood mix ice some men nmkc a xxcise mess of It thin the man "who diet not know tlu.t it was loaded." It Is evident that the Scranton man xxho is to put up money for a base, bill tlub In the piopustd Atlantic league, saw his shadow jesteiday. If the "Man xxlth the Hoe" had grabbed u plumbers wrench, much ot the pathos of the poem might have been avoided. Cheap notoilety is the shoddy gar mint that soon wears out. The ptoxeiblal good-paUiicd man some times gains' the reputation ei being a "thump." A SONG. (In Answet to "The Man with the Hoe,") From OUnt-foicsts, hewn, All ("lelen llelels of Mnln: I'lemi the furrowed hills and the belch ing mills With their fuel of hand and brain: From tlio mountain's mine-dug depth To star paths made by men, hounds ono vast song that rolls along And c holes tho world again. , WorKLlt Ull. nlulls clang! , Work Li t us sow- tho i-eim! l.i t us bind the girth of thu mighty earth W.th the music of our theme! Sb.g as the xvhi'els spin round. I.uugh nt the red sparks' night, And lllu will flash from tho sledge's tlahh '1111 all the land Is light! Over the desert's waste We measure the miles of chain Till the Btenm King roars from both tho shores And lends tho hills In twnln. We search In tho ocean's, bed, And bridge vxhero the torrint hurled, And we stretch a wire like a line of fire To signal through the world! You vxlh jour tinsel cioxxns And kingdoms of crumbling clay, You with gold In Its jelloxv mold Itoitlng jour llxes awav, lie st xxhen tho task Is dorp, Sleep xxhen tho day goes bv. And the swcai of the hand that ploxxs tho land Aie i ms tint you cannot buj ! Work Lot tho anxlls clang' Wotk Let us sexv tho team! I et us bind tho glith of the mUhtv earth With the muslo of our theme! F'ni' as the xx heels spin tunnel, I. inch til tho reel sparks' flight, And life will flash from tho sledge's clash Till nil tint land Is light! From tho wealth of tho living nge, From the garden grave of death, Comes nno ucclnlm llko a furnace fl ime Fanned to a white hot breath. Honor the Man who Tolls And tho round of tho mull's ring: From u deathkss skv a hand on high Has reached to make a King. Knto M.artcrson. Outline Studies of fliiman Nature Offered tho Next Best Thing. Mil, C1IOATU Is quite ni good a story teller as he Is a luxer, or an ani biifsador, i It her, lis fur as that goc, si. a London corichpuiident of thu l)t tiolt I'reo Puts. Ilu loxes a stoiy hlin-s-lf, tend relishes tho telling. Here Is the must tcccnt t ifuslon of his an iifter-clln-lier afinlr thnt not inanv das ago xxas spuing at n. Imrquut in London unci bt ought about his curst a thunder of ap ph uso that rattled tho chunks ot lee in thti puuth bowl. Mr. dictate) said that ho xxent Into n, book shop In tho Strand n few ilns bo lero to puiehnso a eepy of Unites In femo" n Was his Intention to present tiiei poor to a oung friend wlio paiticu hitlx xxnMed to read It. .Much to Mr. j Chontc'h chum In, the Instant ho slopped fcjol in tho store the word "Inferno" en tllely escaped his mil, el. He told the salesman that ho would be bad: In n minute, nnd ho walked nxxav down to Wl Itnhnll trlng to think of thu last half of tho btok he wanted, fit e out sc, It was lXante's "something," but Dantct's "what 'thnt xxas the question. Pinally he gave up tixlng to recall the full title nnel went back to the shop. The clerk nslted him v hat he sought. Ha made u bold stab. "I want a eonv of j Dante's 'Hell,' be lenltul. Tho clerk d.uted luck to the rear of tho store. lv and by he returned with empty hands. "I i,m xeiv sony," he I said, "but wo haxen't got 'Hell,' by Dante, but we'xc cot 'Twenty Yrnrs '.n South Africa,' by Cecil Rhodes, If that xxoiuei no." "And feeling," concluded Mr. Choate, "that that w.is rrnclkully the same thin I took the book." Preparations for a Bath. DILLY DUACII, tho truxellng man, tells of a hotel experience In the Interior of Arkansas thut Is looked upon by nis friends with suspicion. He had arrlxed nt a small settlement, fend nt once re iV""" mo .auie House, widen was paired "'' Oil the OlltsklltS of the! town On .,, ,anu or n Rmnlt atfnntn Arter a dinner of side meat and corn btcad Billy lighted a cigar, anil the pto ptletor said: "Stranger, Is thai anything wo 'uns kin do foh ion all" Thinking to confound his host, Orach answered: "Well, cs; come to think of It, I'd like to haxo a bnth." Tho pioprktor let his feet drop from tho lulling upon which he had hoisted them, ills ippenred In tho hoiu-e. and le turiied In a memunt with a huge cup full of soft soap, a roiush tow.1 nnd a pick and -hoxil, whlrh lie offcied Diueli "What's tho pick mid slioxel for?" asked Dr.ieh. "Wal, strangfr," nnsxxered the lmdlord, "tli' xvatiih's low, nnd vo' all 'II hov to lim up th' creek." Cincinnati nneiulrer. As Bad as His Pictures. (JENIUtAL OltO&VHNOK was walking through the eorrlelcis of the capltol cstc relay, s,is the Washington I'ost, xx lien a ladv appro.ai lied hlrti "I beg jour p.aidon," f-ald !-he, plens. nntl enough, "but Isn t tills Congress mm Grosxetier, of Ohh" ' "Yes, madam," xns tne replv. "I thought o." she continued, "You see, I recognizee! vent flum xour pictures In tho pipers hi n she paejsed a mo ment, while (Icneiiil Orosxenor nUo waited. "OeiiPi il fJiosxi nen " ald the lnelx', xxlth n toueh of timidity In her v. tee, ' couldn't ou gl' e me n ticket of ad mlsspin to the gellei ,'s"" Quite gnllantlx. the Ohio coniriessmin procured n caul, fllbi! it out, anil slciu.l his name, the lidv xxti t mi her xay ic ji.Ieing. Oeueral nio-vinnr stood for a moment thoughtfullj. "Well." he "ii'd, "thrt Is the flist tlni" I evei knew I leal, lv looktd a bail as my picturis." A Collese Joke. I ONDON, sas l.ileiuturc, Is enjoying a pleasant smile oxer a reported ad venture of Kudjard Kipling and Thorn is Hardy. It seems tint Mr. Hardy took Mr. Kipling to look oici a house which xxas thought would "tilt him When Mr. Kipling moved out of eaishot Mr. HnrJ obuervid to the occupant: "I innv mention to jou that this gen tleman is no other than ltuiljui.l Klp- llin.'." "Is tint so?' she leplled. "I never he lrd tho name before." Piesentlv Mr. Kipling, in turn, found himself alone with the lady, uiid Te rn nked: "Possibly you miv not bo aware that the gentleman who biought me hero to dav Is Hardv, the eminent author." "Oh. Indeed!' was lier leply. "I don't know his n ine." Tit for Tat. AFOTIMF.IT roniniodore-c iptaln ot n fa mous transatlantic line, xxhlle friend l nnd polite to his iu(-tnseIS x.hen be loxv, w is verv nilieh the texeiso If up pio.iched when on ilutx. As he happened to ho on deck one line afternoon, a lady (lultei unnwnro of this peculiarly, accost ing him with some Hilling query as to the probable duration of the faxorablo weather, xxas both mrpilsecl and Indig nant to get curtlv mibwercd. "Don't know, m I'am don't knoxv. Bet ter go nnd ask the cook." Tho lady, thoen.h taken somewhat nback, was eiuito eepial to the occasion, and icjolned: 'Oh I beg a thousind paidons. ex cuse me. pray. 1 thought I was address ing the cook!" Colliers Weekly. Would Justify tho Supposition. B UCKLH attributes tne great success ..( Kr.,t uli men ol seienco to the It preference fe.r a ptlnl or elcejuctixo ar Kumcnt, wn the Cllcngo News, ihe 11 ... . I . t a (i l II It! It'- following stoix en mm... i ..w.-. ""' " trlbuteil to Sir Hi in Campbell-Banner-man: A Scotchman was asseitlng that nil tho gic.it poets xvcie of his nitlon. Well but," said one, "how about PhakehiKiirc.' You can't s iy he was a Scotsman " To which tho othei replied: "His talents would Justify tho supposl. tlon." NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. Women nie not permitted to be photo graphers In China. There uio o.OOl ji'eees In tho modern high-grade locomotlxes. A scientist sujs that only S00 persons In 1 (0 000 dlo from old age. Chicago has two free bath-houses, and last year they gave S01.1C8 baths. The average amount of sickness In human Ufa Is ten d.ijs per annum. Tho number of languages and dialects spoken In the world amounts to 3 Oil. One ear's sweepings ot the British mint jlclded oxer fJw)0 In particles of gold and sllxer. Hickory nuts am nn American pro duet, and we expott them In large num. bcr.s to Kurope. The president of Swltzor'nnd only gets JJ.TM per ear, nnd tho law forbids him to succeed himself. It 1 suppose! that the nverngo depth of sand In tho deserts of Africa is from thirty to loi tv feet. Tho Ingest clt In tho country In Washington's time xxas Philadelphia. It had O.wo Inhabitants. The lumbi r cinuuriied In the United States l.it eur is estimated to aggie gate i,SiWW cubic fort. Utah Rlxcs its convict murduers tho cholco of how they will bo ONeculecl. The latest one ihose lo be shot. Tho Health Board computes the popu- latlon of New York as being l.jlOjj, as against J,r.S.iS"i In U'iS. a gain ot 111,131, There aro 5IOn),00 people In German, and the population Increases at tho rnto of 7(Kl,on(i oi sVxViOO every txxilxe months, The nlarmliig Incie.ise of juvenile e rim inals In Germany Is pusllng the !e-lha. tcrs. In lV the Jiixenlle offendeis num. bcred 30,701. the ti lul rising lo lJ,."jl In 18s4 and to 17,975 In IS 93. The Increase of all criminals In ihM over tho preceding ear xxas 3 per cent., an Increase illspro pot (lunate to the growth nf population. Statistics of the criminal population of the United States show that otilv (! per cent, of tho total number ot cilmlnals are xx omen. The postal money older serxice In New Yoik for isas nmnitntcd to jm.lH.W lr is-"! It nnieiunted to J115,lis,OJ3 a gain of K'., IH7,1IG. 'J he African Mcthoellt Uplseopal chuieh will enelcaxor to inlso $W,eUe) for Its twentieth century thank offcilng by January 1, 1901. The Sxxlss Cabinet consists ot a Fed eral Council of sex en members, rnch of whom draxxs the moelorato remuneration of $2 i'f) per nntmm. Tho estimated value of the Industrial product of tho United States for tho past year Is $7,000 (mo.oort, or more than tW for inch inhabitant. Smoking Is nlmeist unknown in Abys slna nnd Is punished as n crime xxhen practiced. French explorers haxo to smoke their dears In secret. There Is no xxord In the Chlnro lan guage that convevs an Intimation of xx hat xx o term public opinion; nor is there n synonm for patriotism. Tho principal undertaker of Oieenvllle, S. U savs that In the past slv e irs ho lias burled In that toxxn the bodies ot sex'enty-threo persons who met death by violence German emigration has fallen off rap idly. In 1SS1 there were 220,9011 emigrants from Orrmtiny: In Iks" there were lOk'SOj In ivu. 12HO0O; in IW, 37,4'n): In lsifi, 3J.S20J In 1897, 21,030, and last year, 20,9t!0 PERSONALITIES. The Crovxn Prince of Germany Is only child of the Kmperor who Is the not left-hanek'd, a trait common for centuries In tho royal family of Piussla. The flreplnce In the dining room ot Captain SIgsbee's Washington house is decorated with carved wood from tho wreek of tho battleship Maine. Maor Truest Glrnrdot, ot Sandwich, Mich , has served ten terms In the office. Several times he xvns elected by accla mation, but of late has had to go through a contest, usually getting about two thluls of a vote of 3iX Senator Simon, of Oregon, although not a subscriber to a clipping bureau, has an almost complete collection, filling sevei.il scrap books of all ncxxspiper comments upon him. He Is an omnlxcr enis reader of nexxspipeis President Daniel C. Oilman, of Johns Hopkins university, xxlll leixe carlv In the spring on .in extended tl lp to Kurope, hiving been granted a leaxo of absenie by th trustees In r. cognition of his ser vices as head of tho Institution since Its foundation. Speaker Henderson m tele nn apt reply to a remark that the spe iker's duties xxere nltinelx shockingly nglng him "Well," le piled Mr. Henderson. "I am not so voting as I was, but I am not bv twenty Jimts so old ns 1 hope to be at the- proper tlmc" Down nt Washington the other d.av someone In Introducing Sen itor De pew to Representative Dolllxei of loxxn said to the senatoi: "This Is the gentleman xxho icilned tho entch Hue of the list na tional campaign, 'McKlnli) und Prospcr Itx.' " Wheieupnn Senator Depexv re. plied: "Naturally the sequel xxlll be MeKlnley nnd Bliss " Daniel 11. Moffnlt, the banker and mlno owner of Denxer, has gh'eu SIOOOnu lo Oenge Boss 1 ewln, cashier of the First National bank, of Denver, and S7".- 0J0 to Thomas Keelx, the assistant cash ler of tho snmn brnk n toki ns of his regard. About a vear .ego Mr. Moffatt took the head waltci of tip Fifth Avenue hotel, of New York, on n trip to Km ope, Pieslde-nt Loubct. of Fiance, his con-ff-ried the oultr of chexallir of the Le gion of Honor on Henrv Ptartioe, iva. dent of the American Chambci of Com merce) of PaiN, fn iccognlllon ot his ac tive pirtldpatlon in the negotiations of the Fteiico-Ameilc.ui commeid.J tieatv and lor slgml set x lees li-iielered In the development of the eoiniueiel.il relations between Fiance and the Fnlteel States Senitor Allison, of Iowa, is tho senior lenatejr liotn that stato not only In tho length of seixlce, which began In 1S7J and ha i continued ronseeutlxelv ever since, but nUo in tho duration of his present tetm in tho senate, which does not expire until 1'iOi. Senator Allison Is not, how iMer, tho senior senator In point of years, for his colleague. Senator Gear, whose term expires In 11(11, Is four years older, and will, at tho time his successor U to ba ehesen, be 7C years of age. Roll Top Desks, Flat 'fop Desks, 5taiiding Desks, Typewrltei' Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hill & Connell 121 N. Wabuiuton Ave., ALWAYS UUoY, They Must Go ii rr aw That's tlie order we gave to 2,000 pairs of Double-Sole Shoes for ladies and geutle ineu. Prices from $1.0 TO $3.08. Lewis. Reilly & Davies, 11I-11C WjomlnR Aenue. FFDiBE FiBlTiffi lb3 Mlirrt Mei Get Ready for Iinispectioe 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. We are here to stay. Our guarantee is "as good a3 gold." Prices as low as any. MMCEIRMU fcCONNELl 130 Wyoming Aye. ' Coal Exchange. Heating Stoves, Ranges, Fmirnaces, Pluimlbing Tiningo GUHSTER & FORSYTH, 823-327 PENN AVENUE The Hont & Connell Go. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. HENRY BELIN, JR., (jeueral Aueut for tU Wyomlui Uisulci.'j.' illmng, UlaRtini.sportl i S uo'o.dit uud Ilia ltepauii i Cuuimci. Co up i ly i lulely 1 nap, I'ap-i .nut llxplajacfc ituoiu 101 Uoiuioll lluiUm;. .-;rutoo. AliK.SCllii TIICS. FORD, - - - Vlttston JOHN B. SMITH & BON, - Plymouth V. E. MULLIGAN. - Wilkes-lUrre wreiT's ! d n i n c ra irywivyi&uiici I am getting along splendid, since I commenced using Ripans Tabules. I can do all my housework now without sitting down to rest, and can walk first-rate, no pains nor aches about me, Ainwrtylrl(Ctrpntlnln(:rMBirv8 Tunra ,n paper crtm(wlthemt f1m)Iiiow for uil tl cra, droir itortj-roa ms cilnu Thi. I iw price I it la lutriutul for Hi "r anil tho ironomtc!. On daira of the flu-cent cirtoimd.! Ululdca'i bo hut tiyiiiull IrjxnJIn fortjlst.t recti to the lUrim Cnnncib CoriNT,Nu l'pnici.F,trtrt, Sw Vr-or a ilnulo rurton (res I win ot) will be wnt for Ct cent. lUTilil Tieilu nuftlid l tail uf irroctrn, gurl .torcmntrt, dw kiuii uaj t liquor ttvfM wtd brbr tbM. NIEY'S k Anmiual Jan unary Table Linens Under ordinary, circumstnncet this announcement would be suffi cient in itself, without further com ment, to interest every housekeeper in the community, but taking into consideration the recent advances on almost every line of Diy Goods, lincns includfd, and the fact that all out stock of Linens was bought early enough to secure them at old prices makes it all the more so. Our Table Linens, as usual, are only of the best such celebrated makes as Fine German '"S: w Satin Bamaslcs, Etc, Etc. All at our popular Last Season's Pfxiccs.and in the choicest designs. Almost all fine numbers in Damns both in 5-8 and 3-4 size. Some very fine sets in 8x4, 8x10 and 8x12, at specially low prices to re duce stock. Ask for our Two Specials in Crotchet Quilts, Marseilles Patterns, at 93c and $1.19 510-51! LACKAWANNA AVENUE Tie lPnng: Platinettes. 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 100 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, extra fillers can be purchased from us at very little cost. Two sizes and bindings in stock. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Scranton, Pa. The Pen CarbonLcttcr Book ife- -r?-3 r
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