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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SAT UKDA1, FEBRUARY 3, 1900,
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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;.
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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!
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AVENUE
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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
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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
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