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THE SORANTOX TRIBUNE-MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1900.
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TEN PAGES.
SCllAXTOX, KlilMUAUYJi, 100.
STATE CONVENTION CALL.
To the llepubllcun Klectors of l'ennsyl-
vunla:
1 am d heeled by tho Hepubllcan state
committee to unnimnco Hint the lttpub
llcans ot 1'enns.vlvalila, by their duly
eliosen representatives, will meet In ton
volition ul the upi-ru house. In the city or
llarrlsliuif?, on Wednesday, April SS, law,
nt lo.tw o'clock a. in., for the purpose or
niinihiatliiK caiiilidates for the following
olllces, ti wit:
One person for the tlllce of auditor pen.
eral.
Two persons for the olllce of confess-inali-at-larKe,
Thirty-two persons (four-at-laice) for
tueslikutliil electors, and to choose eU'ht
deleKiitert and eight nlttinates-al-lais';
to the Itcpubllc.in national convention .to
be held it. 1'hlladelphln on Tuesday, the
nlneteeiitli day of dune next, and for thj
tiansaellrn nf such other business ns
mi.y he pieseiifeil.
In ncciii-danee with the rule minuted at
the slnte (iniveiilloll held 111 II. nil. iilfK
on August -itli lest, the rcpivswii.itlnn
In the str.K convention will be b.ised on
the vote pollfd at the last pt evidential
election. 1 'filer this rule rpch legislative
ilbtrlet Is rntlllcd to line delegate tor
cveiy two thousand votes cast for the
.veslilcntlal electors, 111 IV!, and an ml 11
llonal delegate for evei fraction of
two thousand votes pollnl In excess if
one thoi'snr.d. Knch district Is entitled
to the same number of delegates n n P
lesenteil It In the conver.tlon of IK'S.
My order of the Hepilblican slate com
mittee. Frank llredor. Chairman.
V. It. Andrews, (.'. K. Voorlieos, Sec
retaries. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
Fininoi, niRKf'TOl7s.-f 0. Forber. E.
1") Follows,
How many of the Democratic politi
cians who nro yelling at President Mr
Klnley to stop the South African war
would volunteer to shoulder muskets
if a premature attempt at .lfedlatlon
should Iniul t'nele Pani In trouble?
Regulation of Speakeasies.
PKXPIXO IX om- councils Is an
ordination empowering the
mayor or any alderman to
cnui-e the arrest of persons
.suspected of Veepli'ir unllcenseil saloons
and. upon tl. If fi'Iluro lo pioiluo a
license, to inlllet .summary iiunlshment
by means of lines from which there Is
no uppe ' It Is a measure wirthy of
careful consideration.
The theory of the common law Is
that a man who ia accused of a seri
ous crime shall have th. jn'lvlli-gf of
an op'en trial bcfoie a Jury of hl.i pp-rs.
The law of Pennsylvania makes sell
ing liquor without n license a serious
cilmc anil provides drastic penalties
to follow conviction In a Jury trial.
Knr reasons well known, this law Is
largely Inoperative In our community,
but the fault Is less with the law than
with tho manner of Its enforcement.
Tho same law Is rigidly enforced In
many other places under tho same
mechanism which exists In Lackawan
na county. In those places a public
sentiment exists which holds theoflleors I
of the law to a strict performance of
their duties and also Insures a high
average of character In the jury box.
From this circumstance it might rea
sonably be Inferred that the trouble
hero Is less In the mechanism of the
law than in the general sentiment of
the community. Would the new me
chanism which Is proposed In the pend
ing ordinance lead to a better condition
of public sentiment or would It in
stead tend simply to clothe unscrupu
lous olllclals with additional power to
levy political or financial tribute upon
the "speakeasy" element?
Tho mayor of the city, having at his
command the whole police force, could,
under tho power thus proposed to bo
conferred upon him, be either a mighty
agency for teforin or a political boss
ot extraordinary degree . depending
upon whether ho should use his power
honestly and fearlessly, without count
ing the cost to his party, his faction
or himself, or whether he should hold
It as a club over the law-breaking
classes to make them do his bidding
at the primaries or the polls, in much
. the same way would this power affect
1 the status of the aldornieii, one point
of difference being that aldermen are
eligible to Immediate re-election,
"whereas the mayor cannot succeed
himself. This eligibility might furnish
5 strpngcr temptation for the alder
HiP.n to use the. fiower for political pur-
iMwus than would -exist In the case of
a mayor 'not "ambitious for political
"'nsctMidencj'' or 'hot under .the control
"tit nrnbltlous or unscrupulous advisers.
The whole point In reference to an
?nip,er,al ordinance of this kind Is
beHior tho conditions of ofnee-fllllng
.kijuur city nivnusplclous for the gh-
Him! to-our officials of such' autocratic
additional ttnthoHty. If the belief
'reVhlls'that It would be safe to put
'inta'the hands of our mayor and alder-
pnien.t'ho exceptional prerogative con-
..tc-rnjilaU'd .in the pending, measure,
tlu-n thlR-ordlnance should pass; If not,
Jt.shpuld be cither defeated or very
carefully safeguarded, '
'ilaif the .late William Qoebel pos
fl?ssed, a.,conscleneo In keeping with
hls.shiewdncFs and courage ho Would
have been one of nature's rarest noblo
rmen. ' r, , i.'.Z
k Although 11 great deal has bc-Qn writ-.ten-,"?
Jate cuneornlng Leonard Wood,
,lti I19S, remained for iloClu re's mnga
Blne, February Issu. to ptlnt the first
clear' and -comprehensive biography
and 'estimate of that extraordinary
man. It Is an article which ought to
bo rend nloud In every public school.
We hear Unit every claim growing
out of the wreck nt I'aterson on the
1).. U. & V. railroad on Xov. 21), last,
has been adjusted amicably save those
nrlslnj.' fioni the deaths of Alexander
Crn ljr ami family. In this matter,
which Is yet ponding, the attorney for
the company, we are Informed, esti
mates the railroad's legal liability nt
it sum not to exceed $1,200: but It
seems assured that the management
of the company, which has publicly
and very honorably, thiough Its gen
et nl Ftiperlntendcnt, admitted Its re
sponsibility for that distressing nccl
dent, will, In Its overtures for a set
tlement with tho Craig heirs, not stand
wholly on teehnlcnl points, but fulfill
Its favorable reputation for fair nnd
liberal dealing.
The Vice-Presidency.
Tut: Philadelphia Even
in;,' Ilulletln saya: "There in
a rapidly growing opinion
anion:,' Ilepubllcnns that
Theodore Jioosevelt Is tho man who
Is wanted for the second place on the
presidential ticket with McKlnley. He
Is by far tho strongest available candi
date In general ability and In popular
tunning qualities that has yet been
named or seems likely to be named for
the vice-presidency. His hands nre
clenn, his record Is clear, his brains are
sound, nnd his Kepubllcanlsm repre
sents the wholesome, practical and pro
gressive spirit of his party. Tho next
nomination for tho vlco-preslUency
should not go to n stick or to a mere
money-bags. It should bo given to a
man whoso personality will strengthen
the ticket with tho people nnd who has
enough character and capacity to
measure UP to the first olllco In the
nation In the event of Its devolving
upon him through death or accident."
Wo yield to none In admiration for
Theodore Roosevelt. Should he be
nominated for vice-president nnd nc
cept. the party would rally behind him
unanimously nnd he would also draw
votes fiom the opposition. Hut It I'
pretty well established that ho does not
want this nomination: that ho con
sldeis It to be his highest duty at this
time to accept the re-election as gov
ernor which awaits lilm In gift front
the wel!-pl'ased people of tho Empire
state and, In that position, to carry
forward the considerable reforms which
he has Inaugurated with so much prac
tical coinage: nnd that in this p-oper
ambition he has the fullest approval of
his best and tiuest friends. The olllce
of governor of the foremost state In
our I'nlon, the state which Includes the,
financial and commercial capital of the
hemisphere and which offers for solu
tion many of the largest political and
economic prcblems of the times, moro
fully fits the capacities and Inclinations
of Colonel Roosevelt than would tho
vice-presidency, even though the latter
olllce should be elevated by his super
abundant energy and fine ablllt. to .1
piano of greater consequence than It
has been tradltlonall' .
A more suitable man for the vlce
jiresldency, and one In '"bom Pennsyl
vania Republicans rightfully take a
larger interest because he Is n brilliant
and respected citizen of their own state,
Is the accomplished postmaster general
and Intimate friend and adviser of the
piesld-nt, Hon. Charles Ktnory Smith.
The state of New York has had fre
quent representation on tho Republican
national ticket: the state of I'ennsyN
vnnla, although the stanchest citadel
of Republicanism In the I'nlnn. has
never had such representation, and now
Is an opportune tlmo to correct that
unjust omission. The Philadelphia
Evening Rulletin does not need to be
told that Mr. P-iiith Is pre-eminently
the "man whose personality will
strengthen the ticket' with the people
and who has enough character
and
enii.'ieltv to measure un to the first
olllco In the nation In the event of It
devolving upon him through death or
accident." Wo shall confidently look to
It to Join with The Tribune In en
deavoring to secure for Mr. Smith and
for Pennsylvania the recognition which
both so Indisputably deserve.
By comparison with England's trou
bles, our war and Its management
grow brighter each day. Americans
have a good excuse to feel proud Just
now.
Relief for Puerto Rico.
EG
EOISLATIOX for tho relief of
Puerto Rico Is now approachi
ng something like definite
form. The committees of
both
been
houses of congress which liava
considering the subject have
agreed to icport bills substantially
Identical except In one pa tlcular.
Both bills provide that the tariff
upon Imports from Puerto Rico shall
be M per cent, of the duties specified
In the LMngloy bill, but the sen
ate bill, as we understand It. goes
further and specifies that the
revenue thus raised, together with
nil duties collected at Purto RIcan
ports on American exr-orts, nnd all
Internal revenue collections on Puerti
RIcan products, shall go Into tbo
Puerto RIcan Insular treasury. Tho
house bill gives to Puetto Rico all tho
tnxes and duties collected within Its
borders but does not give to It tho
duties collected In the United States
upon articles exported from Puerto
Rico to this country. Tho house bill
further provides that tho customs
duties collected In the United States
on articles of Puerto RIcan manufac
ture shall bo not Usu In rnto and
amount than the internal revenue tax
which may bo imposed in tho United
States upon the same articles of mer
chandise of domestic manufacture;
and vice versa.
It will be perceived that the senate
bill aruounts substantially to nn ac
ceptance ot the president's recom
mendntlon to abolish nil customs
tariffs between the United States and
Puetto Rico tnd give her products
freo access to our marketp. By tho
j"vsnn returning to Puerto Rico tho
slt'Tht duty eollpctc! cu her products
there W I" off i , fie access without
commit tint; congress hi ndtnnco to
nn opinion on the. conttltutional ques
tion ns to whether n territory may
have a revepuo system different from
the revenue system 'prevalent In the
staton. It Is assumed at Washington
that this constitutional question will
soon come before Hie Supreme court
for nn opinion: nnd very properly
there Is a disposition to mnlte no
permanent arrangements until the
fundamental law on the subject shall
bo defined authoritatively.
Justice and fair play cleat ly call
for the enactment of the pennte bill
without delay. The matter of permit
ting the pioducers of Puerto Rico to
have n mnrket Is not urgent: procras
tination spells ruin. The matter of n
form ot government for Puetto Rico
Is not so urgent. It can wait or It can
be left by congress to the president's
discretion until the constitutional limi
tations are marked out decisively.
All tho facts concerning the much
derided treaty with tho Sultan of Sulu
have been transmitted to congress.
President McKlnley approved tho
treaty only after expressly stipulating
that his approval was not to be deemed
In any way to authorize or give tho
consent of the United States to the
existence of slavery In tho Sulu urchl
pelago. Ho ordered General Bates to
find out how many slaves there were
and upon what terms they could be
liberated; and he suggests that con
gress authorize the payment of a small
sum of money In the purchase of free
dom for these slaves. It Is up to con
gress. The president In his annual message
told congress that It was Its moral
duty to give to Puerto Rico the privi
lege of free trade with the United
States. Congress Is responding by stub
born opposition to the executive rec
ommendation. Special Interests appear
to have the ear of the leaders In con
gress, for the reason, probably, that
special Interests make their Influence
felt. Merely general Interests, founded
simply on equity and righteousness,
have no special pleaders to Intercede
for them and often get lost in tho
shuttle.
Miss Maud Oionne's efforts to arouse
pro-l!oer sympathy In this country
have not been entirely fruitless. She
has nwakened love In the heart of a
Mr. von Kuhl, whose name would cer
tainly Indicate that ho Is not an Eng
lishman. Government fop
the Philippines
T
HE MOST captious critic of "Im
perialism," unless he be a critic
for partisan purposes only, will
have to admit that the scheme
of government suggested for tho
Philippines by tho Philippine commis
sion offers to the Filipinos every rea
sonable assurance of Justice. Let lis
see Just what that scoheme Is. We
proceed to quote somewhat liberally
from a synopsis printed originally in
the Xew York Sun:
From tho very outset It will !' safe
and desirable. In the opinion of the
commission, to extend to the Filipinos
larger liberties of self-government than
Jefferson approved of for the Inhabi
tants of Louisiana, assuming that In
the Sulu archipelago, and In such por
tions of Mindanao and Palawan as are
still occupied by tribal Indians, the
government will be conducted through
the niency of their sultans, datos or
chief. It Is the remainder of the Phil
ippine Islands, more partlcu: irly to
Luzon, the Vlsayas and the coast of
Mindanao, that the territorial form of
government is recommended for adop
tion. The people of these regions, un
der suitable property nnd educational
qualifications, should, the commission
believes, be permitte 1 to elect at least
th. ii. mbers of the lower branch of
the territorial legislature. A model
constitution, prepared for the commis
sion by those Filipinos who sought
to adjust the claims of tho Insurgent
leaders to the right of American sov
ereignty, and In tho main Indorsed by
the commission, provides for a legis
lature whose branches are designated
respectively the senate nnd tho cham
ber of deputies. The latter Is to bo
composed of 110 members, elected by
tho people, who are apportioned among
the eleven districts Into which the con
stitution districts tho archipelago.
But this constitution, which provides
for popular representation In the lower
chamber, does not make the senate or
upper house wholly elective. Of Its
twenty-two members, tho eleven re
gions or electoral districts nre to elect
one each, nnd the other eleven are to
bo appointed by the American governor-general,
and, when appointed, to
enjoy a life term. It would, In the
opinion of tho commission, harmonize
better with American practice to have
theso appointments made by the presi
dent, and the term of ofllce mnde the
same ns that of elective senators,
which the constitution fixes at four
years. This constitution also provides
that the secretaries, or members of the
cabinet of tho governor-general, may
bo members of either chamber and, If
not members, shall have tho right to
sit and speak In either chamber. A
qualified veto power Is given to the
governor-general, which Includes the
right to suspend any law for a year,
even after Its passage by a two-thirds
vote of the legislature over his veto;
but tho commission notes that under
the territorial plan of government,
congress may and should retain the
light to veto all tenito'rlal legislation,
for which reason, In addition to other
good grounds, the Filipinos should, the
commission thinks, be represented by
a delegate In congress.
Tho subject of the Philippine civil
service. Is also fully treated, tho repot t
explaining that under the form of gov
ernment reeommondec. for tho Philip
pines by tho commission, nearly all the
ofllces will, of course, be filled by Fili
pinos themselves; and It Is a safe and
desirable rulo that no American should
l.u uppolnted to nny ofllce In the Phil-
1 Ippines for which n reasonably quall-
lied i'lllplno can by nny possibility bo
secured. Of course, the merit or busi
ness system must bo adopted nnd lived
up to, Tho patronage or spoils system
would, In the Judgment of tho commls
slon, prove absolutely fatal to good
covornment In this new oriental terri
tory. It will bo necessary to Institute
in Manila a civil service board or com
mission, nnnlogous to that which ex
ists In many of tho states of thu Union,
whoso duty It shall bo to ascertain, by
competitive examinations of a very
practical character, the relatlvo quali
fications of tho Filipinos who seek nd
mlsslon to tho public service. In the
Filipino civil sonic there should be,
besides provisions for tests of fitness
befoio appointment, regulations to In
nu re promotion upon merit, nnd tenure
of ofllce during efficiency and good be
havior. A small number of American
officials will bo necessary for the Phil
ippine service. The highest, according
to the form of government recom
mended by tho commission, may be
divided into two classes. In tho first
group belong the governor, secretary,
attorney general, certain judges nnd
other officers of the territorial govern
ment. To the second group belong tho
directing heads of the postal, customs
and other departments of the Federal
service In the Philippines. Tho mem
bers of tho first group will bo nppolnted
by tho president; those! of tho second
probably transferred from tho homo
service. In neither case will there be
examination.
o
Under tho scheme of government
recommended by the commission, half
the senate Is to consist of appointed
members, and It is presumed that tho
secretary, attorney general, nnd other
heads ot departments will bo appointed
senators. Permanency of tenure Is tho
first requisite In tho highest office
which tho Americans will be called
uuon to fill In the Philippines, nnd to
secure the best men men who are
qualified for tho arduous task of
shaping and guiding public adminis
tration In the Philippines It Is essen
tial that high salaries should be paid.
Besides tho executive', administrative,
and Judicial hends, who cannot be
selected by means of competitive ex
aminations, there would be a small
number of offices, Intermediate between
tho heads of departments nnd the
great body of native officials In all
branches of the government, for which
It would be desirable to have Ameri
can Incumbents. Americans who afo
candidates for these positions should
be subjected, before admission, to tests
of fitness In tho United States. They
should then be promoted upon merit
and retained during efficiency and good
behavior. American members of the
regular Philippine civil service should
bo required to learn tho language of
the people among whom thoy live, and
facility In the use of such vernacular
should be .1 condition ot all promotion.
o
As to tho number of Americans who
may be needed for the Philippine civil
service, the commission believes that
tho experience of tho British will af
ford some safe indication. In British
India and the feudatory native states,
with an avea of l.Gon.OO'j square miles
and a population of 000,000.000, tho
whole of the higher executive and
Judicial work la performed by 1,000
British officials, with the nld of na
tives, on nn average of ono such Euro
pean official to every ono thousand
square miles of country nnd to every
230,000 inhabitants. The results are
the same In Ceylon. The conclusion
drawn In the report Is thntonly w small
number of Americans are needed na
tho organizing and directing brain ot
the civil administration of the Philip
pines. o
As to other details tho report recom
mends that at tho present time no at
tempt be made to nsslmllate the cus
toms duties or Internal revenue tnxes
of the Philippines to those of tho
United States, because of the radical
differences In condlti- ns; and It adds:
"There are two fundamental princi
ples on which a successful administra
tion of the finances of dependent terri
tories must rest: First, their finances
must be managed not for the advan
tage of the sovereign power, but foa
the benefit of tho people and the de
velopment of the country whosn des
tinies have been committed to Its su
premo control. The second vital prin
cipal of the financial adnilnlstratlon
of dependent territories Is that they
should be made sjlf-supportlng; and
to accomplish that object should be
the principal aim of thu United States
in the financial administration of the
Philippines. All duties and taxes col
lected In the Philippines must be de
posited In tho Philippine, treasury, anil
that treasury must bear the cost of
tho entire administration of the archi
pelago " The question of currency
changes ir to bo held open until fur
ther expei lenco shall have cleared the
way; but tho commission urges th'i
Immediate extension and development
of a public school system and sug
gests that this general scheme of gov
ernment be put In opetatlon at once
in all pacified parts of tho archipelago,
so us to exhibit to tho natives In
practical fashion tho American gov
ernment's good faith.
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T IS WO.MIIN who chiefly have art
cravings; men do not, genetauy
Bpenkliig, catch the ills-ease. It Is
eontiactcd In various ways. If a wo
man is to iho manor born or has lived in
the teiulty of lloston she may not re
member when tho took It. Jn fact it
may have been several generations ugo,
and sho cannot have the humiliation ot
I looking back upon her disorder of tho
Karly Decorated in tho shape or cro
chotted tidies and macranio lambrequins,
of spatter-work und wax lloweis.
Then, too, It may havo been superin
duced by a foreign tour. This is Its
most violent form and It usually breakn
out all over tho house upon the vletlm'j
return. Sum-times 11 Is acquired at col
lege and In this case Is probably less af
flicting to tho family.
If tho woman has been a resident of
tho country or of Scranton nil her life,
the disease possibly began with symp
toms of Culture, under the gulco of il
lustrated lectures, with later, a very
pronounced und unmlstaknblo easo In
dicated by nn Art Club. This Is Inva
riably hopeless and her family may as
well prepare for tho worst.
Xot Infrequently It Is contracted In
calls mado at some houso wncre tho ef
fects of tho disease Is apparent on tho
walls by tho absence ot lurid oil paint
ings, or palo crayon portraits and tho
pervasiveness of many tombro groups
of shaded gray effects of queer looking
buildings rind ladles who do not appear
well quite respectable, und men In lints
which haven't been In stylo for somo
seasons. Instead of the Dresden shep
herdess and man on each end of tho
mantel nro plaster casts for which tho
grandmother of tho present hostess
would promptly hnvo constructed Moth
er Hubbard wrappers.
AS WAS stated above, the average
man does not suffer from Art Crav
ings. Xow average men aro usually
those our friends marry. Hut so
strong Is their predomination In num
bers that their Immunity to thu urt mi
crobe Is often considered rnther univer
sal. Tho averago man, then, Is upt to
regard art according to tho ratio of tho
years ho has been married, if ho has
lceently taken a wlfo who U going
through a violent phnsa of tho dlscaso
ho looks upon It with a wort of toleration
nnd vaguely hopes that sho will get over
It. Of course hhe never will but Hint
certainty Is mercifully borno upon him by
degrees. If ho has been married for a
year or moro ho Is correspondingly a
scoffer over what ho terms her latest fail.
Ho holds in open contemnt tho Italian
Old Masters, Irreverently called clmabue,
"fhlmmle, old boy" and frankly reviles
t ! tnsto that can seo anything to mi
ni Ire In such long noses nnd Chlneso
eyes ns ho observes In his artist's work,
To cnlU llottlcelll's spring maidens
"skinny." He waxes eloquent In his
objections to tho Montui J.lsn, who he
declares Is trying to look around a cor
ner, and anyway, ho Is convinced she Is
a person ho shouldn't have liked his
wlfo to have on her calling Hat. He picks
flaws with Michael Angelo's work be
cause of the belief that the women the
great muster painted would liavo wanted
to vote. "Just look nt their arms!" he
iirgcs In corroboration of this advanced
theory,
Then ho can't sco why In tho world his
wlfo should earnestly desire to havo en
gravings of musty old churches strung
up everywhere. ".Most of 'cm wero
henthcu places," ho asserts "If you mun
have building pictures why can't you
framo up tho ground plan of our new
stable? Xow that Is something like,
drew'em myself. The front elevation Is
lino, I tell you, treo there, nnd all: n
gicat sight better than some ot tho
things you call 'Interiors,' and that look
like nothing in tho world so much ns
tho Inside of a coal breaker with several
laps of picket fence put up In lnvers.
Just now tho average man is being
agitated over tho crazo for passe-partout
work. Ono of his kind was lamenting
tho other day about the condition of his
home. "I can't go round a room In Iho
dark," bo complained, "without cutting
my lingers on gluss or getting stuck fast
with gluo my wife has handy for this
everlasting passe-partout business. She's
given up taking four-cent coat holders
and fitting them out with silk at two
dollars 11 yard and tho powder you buy
at tho druggists for a. dollar a pound,
no not genuine, but the perfumery stuff.
Oh, yes, 'sachet,' that's what she calls
It. She swapped thrco of those things
with friends at Christmas and got three
back, different pattern of silk, that was
all. Xow she's gone to framing penny
pictures. Sho puts n glass over them
and a black streak round the edge nnd
calls them framed. I'd a good deal rath
er have tho cow picture wo used to havo
In tho dining room and that she gave to
the poor."
PASSE-PARTOUT Is certainty tho
fait ot tho hour. Engravings and
prints of all kinds cr.n thus bo pre
served nt 11 smalt cost and with a
certain amount of skill any person can
do It very neatly. Tho picture dealers
hnvo been amazed at tho demand for
materials In this town and have had to
lay In n big supply of paper and mounts.
One proprietor of a framing establish
ment expressed himself ns pleased at
the fact that so many women hail taken
up the work. "It Is a puttering Job, ho
said, nnd we don't llko to do It. It's Just
right for the women," which may be a
compliment or not, Just ns you look nt
It. Tho cost of a print is from one to
live cents for tho Perry or tho Prang
platlncttes. There nn; lino subjects, re
productions of the old masters In sculp
ture and painting, modern art and fa
mous buildings. Tho glass for 11 10x12
picture costs from S to 10 cents. The
card mount In a good gray tone Is about
2',s cents, and altogether the picture may
ho framed nt nn expense of about 20
cents. Tho dealer asks 11 half dollar.
The Prang subjects can now bo had In
this city.
ONE THING AT A TIME.
From tho Blue TUdgo Zephyr.
The Scrnnton Tribune gives somo excel
lent reasons why Pennsylvania's brainy
nnd brllllaht Charles Kmory Smith
should bo the choice for vice president.
The Idea would be a good ono were the
vice presidency the measure of Mr.
Smith's ability nnd the proper limit of
bis political merits. Charles Einorv
Smith has the true stamp of presidential
timber, nnd the currents aro running his
way. lie should not be eternally bulled
In tho subordinate oosltlon. Vo nr.'ch
prefer to hold him back till 1904 and then
push htm hard and stron? for the first
place on tho ticket. Ho is loo gcod a
man to be sacrificed on the nllar of tbo
lco presidency.
Tho Finest Drink.
When you've drunk all kinds of llcUcr,
And your tnnguo pets thick and thicker,
And you first feel sick, then sicker
Of nil llckers you have viewed;
Then you turn to water madly
For tho drink you're wanting badly,
And T reek you echo gladly
It's the finest drink yet brewed.
Philadelphia Xorth American.
Roll Top Desks,
Flat Top Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Chairs
A Large Stock to Select
from.
Hill & Coromell
121 X. 'Washington Arc,
ALWAYS 11UHV,
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That's the order we gave
to 2,000 pairs of Double-Sole
Shoes for ladies and gentle
men. Prices from
$1.60 TO $3.00.
Lewis. Reilly & Davies,
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FURNITURE
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Get Ready
for ttospectiomi
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 mouths and theu
skin out. We are here to
stay. Our guarautee is "as
good a3 gold." Prices as
low as any.
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'IMIEY'
Ammonal
Sale of
Table Lneens
Under ordinary circumstances
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 Dry Goods,
linens included, and the fact that
all our stock of Linens was bought
early enough to secure them at old
pricesmakes it all the more so.
Our Table Linens, as usual, are
only of the best such celebrated
makes as
Scotcl Mmasks,
Ftae Germai
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Etc., Etc.
All at our popular Last Season's
pRiCEs.and in the choicest designs.
Almost all fine numbers in Damasn
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
LACIAWAMA AVENUE
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 loo different subjects to
select from. The prices are very
reasonable and the assortment is
complete.
Tfc Pea Cartatetoir Booifc
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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
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.
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