THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY G, 1900.
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Sole Attcnt for Foreign Aelvrrtlnlni,'.
Kilt! red nt tli" PuMoftlrp nt Hcrnnton,
l'a., a Hi-cuiul-Ulii" Mf.ll Mutter.
When jiirt' will permit. The Trlbun
Is iiIuiim kIihI to ptlnt liort letter frnm
lit frli ihIh Ik iirlnt; on uirri'tit tuple, but
11k ruli It th it th"e mitt lio slsniil, fur
pulilliiitltin, lv tlio wrltir'n real nnmc:
iitul the miiilltlnn piomU'tit In atroptanco
Is tint all toiitrlliutluiiH liull bo miUJect
to editorial rcWxlon.
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, FnilRUARY 6, l'JOO.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
SCHOOL DinnCTORSC. C. Fcrber, E.
D Fellows.
The vacation of the nlekle-ln-tho-Mot
Rambling machines In Sctnntoii
seems to line boon voiy bilof.
The Judgeship.
IN TUB Impoitant matter of sp
lectlnu n uccisior to the late
Judge Cluiihtcr, the opinion, r
find, eiy Konurally prenlls Unit
the n.ir nsoclntlnn of I.aek.iunnna
inuiity, which, better than l.ijmen,
knows and apptecliUes the letiulio
inents of the Judli l.il office nnd Is no
(liialnted with the men who most neat
ly approximate to the tilling of those
iefUlicniuit, ulioulcl, for the guidance
of the appointing power, Indicate It
piefeience. It Is believed tint such an
Intimation would have Kieat weight
with the governor and It '(pmi to be
duo to him that It should be Rlen.
The Moddor rlei Iniiiliost mltlcntl
hellceil that the pio-Uocr people of
this cuuntiy should have some conso
lation In the way of manufactured
new s.
That New Railroad Project.
E ARK PLKASnD to ob
serve that the esteemed
I'll
'hlladelphla Innuhcr at
last percehes the eciulty
In the application of the Individual
coal opeiatois for permission to con
struct, with their own money on a right
of way already secuicd and pleiclng a
eountiy which does rot at present have
the benefits of rati transportation facil
ities, the Delaware Valley and Kings
ton railroad, so that the product of
their mines can have the benefit of
cheap fielght tales to tidewater. Our
eontempoi.iiy admits that the experi
ment s worthy of a trial nnd cannot
see why It should be opposed.
The people of Dutchess county, New
Yoik, go fin titer than the Philadelphia
Inquliei. They actually assert th it
unless thl new railway lino shall be
built, to take the place of the aban
doned Dclawnte and Hudson canal,
their chief lndustiles, now without a
pioper outlet, will languish nnd desti
tution will in ei take many of their In
habitants. The people of the Dclawnte
alley u e pi.ictlc.ally unanimous In
fiumlnir the construction of the Dela
ware Valley and Kingston talltoad and
aie taking steps to cause theli wishes
to be known by the New Yoik lallwav
contnilssloneis.
In the face of such repiesent.atlons
ns these, the genuineness of which can
not be doubted. It becomes .a piclilem
to understand upon what theoiv or
assumption the coiporate InteusU
allied In opposition to the new tallioad
project hold the belief that, the de
sired chatter will be withheld.
It is to be hoped that Mr. .Maci urn's
long silence will not, when biokeu, open
the floodgates of a specks of m.itnilcal
mania similar to that with whkh Mr,
Rryan seems to be a filleted.
A Les'son for America.
FROM THH linVRRPRS mi-
talned by tho Hrltlsh mill-
tary forces In Pouth Afika,
ROM TIIH nnVRRPRS sus
tained by tho Hrltlsh mili
tary forces In South Afika,
nnd more paitlcularly fiom
tho weaknesses In niilltaty oiganiza
tlon nnd equipment which that war
has reieakd on the Fngllsli bide, tho
Philadelphia Hi ess diaws a lesson vety
pertinent to tho American people.
"Rngland," says the Piess, "like the I
United States, has enlaiged Its nrinv.
Rut the fcystcm on which It was or
ganized remained unchanged, ns It has
In this country. The Pnlted States
has quadrupled Its aimy, but left the
training of Its otlleet.s, thcli tests, ex
aminations and qualifications, and the
staff organization nf its miiltaiy loiios
exactly as they weie toi the Minll-r
force of three years ago Knsland his
i .. .. .
uuiu- uiu name' llllllij. If UIIUV V as
doubled, the Ine lease
uiKWK pi lie
,
for the most part In th past t n vats;
, .but t,he plllcets continued to be selected
- 'onVfnmllv 'iiuU. tliov weie praetkal-
ly restiktcd to .asnv.ll upper lns,
their training was confined to the dilll
. of the bairaek ard, Jind thulr kttowl
" pdB0 J'f fighting tame ot.ly f.cni meet-
Ini;' black and brown, hall u,ii;j
, rare.- The supported s of the English
. staff svstem, like the HU;pottivs heie
- of the f-jstetn whose i,feim S'-ejetmy
Rp"t- utged hi ills annual icpiut,
pointed to a brilliant pi.st, matshnled
vlctdrleu, new nnd old and declared
I tljaj-urijmyvhleh hnd don- well in
thevust ti-rralil do ns'w-11 In the future.
Against the e!f-liiteres-t nf the Kng
' llsli staff, tho fucitla of ollleei.s and
tint Inlluewe of letdllig f untiles tho
, cultlcs ot the Hngllsh aimy sjstem
could' acco'it; llsh iiothlui', just aw the
ctltlea of a like hjstem hero can milco
n progress against politicians, a per
manent staff and elderly officers who
f$e vthat tlie education which' Rained
, fe ifadeis of .the c'vll war ls better
., 'ilifV a,ny" 'nett"RiE!?a" German non
Tiiensu.''. ""'-"lJvt nv'nr, lho one final test ni)il
fiftUUr'.of. Military uystems, hds .spoken.
""Thd .English army Is plainly lnaele
UJfe VB, oreanlrntiun has uttetly
Jt cf.'l4WP-: Barvtlftgc Was a grpat via
i'tarp; wlti.tipjnlard9kon the hills jvho
Ae'e&Wi&VgojiBcl Vitu'ld "niij nhd.
Ut'fiT'not pleaiiantto tnlnk what would
have) come if Bopri had bein there
')' i K tilt ..W,C
who could, ni tbey hne to effect At
MaKtffontrln anil nt Colenoo. The
Incieine In the rnnpe nnd tlio rapidity
of flie of tniilern weapons Inn nlttreJ
the basic conditions of. war. The nt
tai k has Blown so difficult that It can
only lio cairled out by men carefully
tialii'-d to the wnik. The Keneral ofTl
cots must be schooled In strategy, so
ns to pass around tlio lines before
thcni. The army must be mobile and
swift In Its mnrch. The j-rRlmptital
ofllceis must undcrtnni! how to keep
their men sheltered. Tnformntlon as
to the Rioiiud over which the attack
Is to be delivered must be diligently
obtained, f'oi lark of these, the Jlns
llsh ntmy fuinlsh'-s a spectacle of de
feat. Neither numbeis nor bravery
have n ailed In the absence of a good
general. Having no llgld system of
testing men as In Ocrmany, the Eng
lish s stent of selecting genetat offi
cers Is as lmii-hnrarcl ns our own, nnd
each general ha thus far been defi
cient. The oflkers are biave, but they
have had no special training. They
nre Ignorant, reckless and unpiepared
for their woik. The practical result Is
that the Kngllsh army, as a whole,
propu unfit for Its duties. A small
war has icuulted the dispatch of every
man to South Afilcn, nnd In Great
ltt Haiti, for the defense of London and
the coast, only unti allied levies nre
left. A mote perilous position the
modern world has not sen foi a great
emplie with a cjuairel on eveiy fron
tier. " 'l'ppilonecV said a PhlbtlelphU
newspaper man n rentuty and a half
aq-o, "N a dear f-chool, but fools will
le.n n In no other.' No mllltniy tui
tion fees nre so dear as those settled
In ib feat. Hnrland has raid them. It
S"cielnry Root's advice Is ilisrogardel,
the Pulled Plates will f.imie cl'jy pay n
tuition fee as hoay m that of Ting
land today."
n-Candldate Aithur Pew all does not
hae much faith In the drawing qual
ities of his foinur tuiinlng-mate, Mr.
Hi nil. This is but another pi oof that
theie Is lonslderable tiuth In the le
niaik to the effect that "distance lend3
enchantment" when applied to Will
iam Jennings Hi van.
Direct Election of Senators.
u
NDI:r Till: Inspiration of
factional tioubles In many
states, and legislative dead
locks In four states, there
has ailsen lately a now demand foi the
election of United. State senatois by a
dliect oto of the people. Those who
pi also this Idea In the most
extraagant teims aie In some In
stances persons who would be equally
quick to condemn tho popular vote
sjstem If It did not bring about the
results of their choice.
To any one who possesses a working
acquaintance with politics and a phil
osophy knowledge of political history
It Is unnecessary to say that tho pro
posed constitutional amendment chang
ing the method of electing senators
otters little hope of betteiment. Our
own opinion Is that It offets no hope;
that the nsult of such a change upon
the character of the senate would,
.if tot a poilod of 5 cats, be more likely
to be harmful than beneficial.
The popular election of senators
would, under the pat'y plan of govern
ment, necessitate the popular nomina
tion at state coinentlons of candidates
for the olllce of senator. In states
where the pulse of public Intenst In
ptlniaiy elections is sluggish this
would mean that the so-called "ma
chines" would contiol as at piesent; in
other states, no riHantage would ac
inic because wheie public entl-
met" Is tight the senitots as a tule are
right, undcrtheexlstlng system. The de
mand for the popular election of sena
tois comes, In IV nnsjhanla, foi ex
ample, mainly fiom opponents of
QuaIsm. Suppose the change weie
made. Would It neccsailly take out
ot the hands of tiie Quay element the
ability to contiol the nominating con
eutlon? Ot If, In course of time the
Quay element should be dethtoned and
the Dave Mai tln-Wllllam Fllnn ele
ment enthroned, would that "machine"
,llt'er ' method or pilnclple fiom the
mucn "hused Quay "machine"?
To 'h'" tnp lel'' ls ml H'at " '
tlilmbie-iigging should prevail at a
stite convention In the nomination of
a distasteful candidate for senatot4, the
Independent element could hae it
com so to a stump nomination nnd
thus defe at the "m ichlne" nominee
and foice the election of a Democratic
iin.ttor. This aigument suits those
who aie suited with Democtatlc seni
tois, but It Is not calculated to cieate
enthusiasm among those who b"llee
that a gie.it Republican state like
Pennsylvania should at all times bo
fully icpusenlfil In the "ennlo of the
Pnlted St tes by Republican senatois.
We salu a moment ago that we
thought the dliect election of senitms
im.i.I.J i.uiil. ... ..ilii Mi I.. i .1,.,... t..i
' ,, ,' . -,v .- i it, unit,', iii u i.i iruifei-
I .. . ,,
I tt.'H u ... f. ,,..,.
We will now e-
pl.aln how. Those who have gone eaie
fully over the politic it hlstorj of the
j cciutttij fiom lis eatly dajs must have
been Impiessed by the fact that u
gi eater number oi ilemagogues have
.seemed olllce tluough dliect election
than by line i mediate means, As caie
less Immlgi.ttlon laws have added new
dantcis to unleisal suffrage and
populated our cities with discontented
elements whose discontent Is not dl
iect ly a fault of the count! y Itself, but
of their own Ignoi.mce, laziness or In
ability to adapt themselves to Ameil
can conditions, the Incentive to dema
gogism has Inci eased among aspltnnts
for elective positions until, In 1S!)G, vve
had the laie spectacle of tho piesl
dency itself utmost captutcd by n
young man piaetically without public
experience und gifted only In tho
knack of giving Ingenious exptcsslnn
to the restlessness nnd silly preju
dices of the hour. At the ilsk of say
ing what may not be iiopul.tr, wo wish
to record our belief that the welfare
of American Institutions Is Infinitely
safer In the custody ot the kind of men
able to manipulate) state lcglslatuies
or manage political "machines;!' in
other words, men JlkoT. C. Piatt, Maik
Hanna and M, . Qua than It would
be In tin hinls nf men of tho shift j",
loquacious an I li responsible kind typi
fied by Colonel Rryan. It takes a
supeilor quality of diplomacy, execu
tive ublllty and generalship to run a
successful political "machlno"; but al
most anybody with a little gift of gab
nnd a willingness to trim his calls to
fit the prevalent wind can become a
vote-catcher.
In theory the senate Is supposed to
be a check upon the house: the upper
branch of congress balancing nnd bal
lasting the lower. Often the house
loses temporarily Its equilibrium In re
sponse to some flurry or gust of pass
ing popular excitement or prejudice;
men frequently elective nre not, as a
rule, men with the full courage of their
convictions. It was the purpose of the
framers of the constitution, In requir
ing senators to bo chosen at less fre
quent intervals by a majority ballot of
Btate legislatures or by gubernatorial
appointment in certain contingencies,
to Interpose a safeguard upon the ic-
sponslveness of the house of represen
tatives to what might be merely tem
porary and fitful outbursts of public
opinion; and much as the senate has
been decried In recent years, the record
shows that It has, upon the whole,
grandly fulfilled this function. The
entire nature of the senate would un
dergo a chnnge; the whole theory of
Its usefulness ns a check , upon the
house would suffer modification, In our
Judgment for the worse, If the sena
tors were put upon a level with the
representathes In the manner of their
election.
In what states not now well repre
sented would direct elections be likely
to Improve the representation? It
seems to us that befote so radical a
constitutional change Is decided upon
this question shouli be cleuily
nnsweted.
Roger Q. Mills has become one of the
richest men In Texas. It Is doubtful
now If Mr. Mills could be persuaded
even to remember the title of the pet
tat Iff scheme which jeais ngo made
him famous and tulned many Indus
tiles In this country.
Utah threatens to elect another Mor
mon congiessman to succeed Brlgham
Robeits. In this casu the state should
furnish the new member with return
mileage In nthanee.
OWIine SKidies
of Httman Nattire
The Conductor's Bevenge.
T HE STRRRT CAR conductor some-
times manages to "get b.u k" at ll.o
grumbling pussenjor, and docs It In r.
smooth way, tco, sns the Omaha Worltl
lkrald. 'lho conductors are not allowtd
to talk back, and passengers often take
advantage of this and roast the tare
collectors. One day last week a man
boarded a car at Sixteenth, und when tho
conductor camo through tho crowded
lar handed him a quarter. The conduc
tor collected two or three fares before
making charge, and the passenger
thought It a good chance to make a
grand-stand play.
'Say, conductor, don't forget to gle
mo my change. You conductors hae a
lublt of overlooking that, but ou can't
work It on me. I'm next to jour gnno.
Fork over."
"It v as a quarter ou gave me, 1 be
lieve," ald the conductor.
"You bet It was."
"And jou want lei cents In th inge, I
believe"
"That's what I do, and I want It quick,
too," said the wise passenger, looking
about for applause.
"Verv well, sir; hero vou are."
And the conductor cnimtod twenty pen
nies Into tho outstretched hand of the
passenger.
"There you have jour SO cents, sir.
That ls coircct, I belli e."
The wlao passenger had nothing to saj
Fictttresquo Onions.
A PARTY OP yoi ns men and wome n
were blinding along a country lonl.
It was ,i sketching class, ami even cje
was wide open for an artistic subjict.
Suddenly tho whole pnt dismounted
with various exclamations of delUht ana
surptbe.
Jmt within the ferco on the left grew
lnnumeiable graceful st ilks. inch bear
ing aloft globes ot pile gteen that shad
ed into miiv nnd put pic.
"Hew cnch.intint'! ' fc.ild a joung wo
man "How dccoiatlvc!" said a joung man.
"Just what we nio looklrg foi," said
the tenrhcr, n full-fledged artist.
A gardener wns standing mar nt hand.
"Do tell us," el lid a girl, "what those
bciu-co-tlful thltiBS nre."
"Which?' icplled the gaulc-ner.
"'h. these." nld the girl
"Thim?" saij the garUner, with h.
chuckle. "Them's onions gone to teed "
Four-Year-Old's Anger.
A rOPR-YlUR-OLD kindergarten girl
was plajlng with a small book, which
the teacher took away from her during
school hours. Much incensed, the little
girl arose and walked toward tho door.
"Whcio are jou going, Annie?" her
tt ache r asked.
"I am going home," said the child, "I
shan't enmo buck anj more, I'm going
to be In the second reader now. An' to.
I morrow my nuimmn Is going to bring a
big spider and put It on you."
"Rut I like spiders, Annie."
"Will, It'll cinwl all over jour face."
"I like that ever so much,"
"It's, n.goin' to crawl In jour mouth.
An' slu II bilng a bug, too!'
And satisfied with this culmination of
horrots, Annie consented to remain the
rest of the moinlng Indianapolis Press.
Shaw's Witty Rejoinder.
DRRNARD SHAW, the phvwrlght.
ls
a wit nn wjll liv wind of mouth as
bv v.ord of pen, u tad llhisuuted In a
stotj which Ruolh T.irklnpton tells of
him li, the Indl mr.pollM Press,
One Hist night at a London theater a
plnj of his had taken the audience by
storm. After the Ili.nl curtain tho author
was called for, and stepped forwarl to
nnkii a rpeech of thanks when a single,
bat vehement, his was heaid from n man
kanlug over the gallery rail. The play
w light tooled vp to where the mm sat,
nnd addressed him:
"Yes, my friend, I'm rf vour way of
thinking irijsclf. but v. lint" Indicating
with n wave of his hand the crowded
house that had cheered to the echo "but
what can wo two do against so manj?"
An Invitation.
T ITTLP. JOHNS iiurt was visiting tho
fnnillv, nnd John c'd no alvvajs ap
prove of her ruiiail.i'. One d ij the small
boy was obseived winking vcij- liatcl In
tho back j aid, digging n tiolo as ileci as
his sticngth would pernitt. He then
carefully placed something In the Itolo
and shoveled tho I'lrt hack In, Curious
to know what tho youth was about, his
fullur secretly unearthed the burled ob
ject und brought to light this letter:
Deere Denvcl:
Ant Knit Is vlstuu us. I doant lik hur.
Plees cum nn tnk her i waj-. John,
Indianapolis Press.
PERSONALITIES.
A mouunu'nt on tho famous heights
of St. Miilo will bo put up to the mem
ory of Jucques Cartler, the first P.uio
pean to make nn exploration of L'auuda,
and the founder of Montreal,
At the urgent request of Lord Balls-burj-.
Queen Victoria will In person open
Parliament on Feb. 14, the first time sho
has d'Mie ?n nlr.ee .Inn ??, 1W1, m h u uhe
opened the Parliament to which Glad
stone presented his Irish homo-rulo bill.
Mrs. Agaslz has resigned tho presi
dency of HnilcllfTo college, sometimes
called the Harvard annex nn office
which she has held since the beginning
of tlio Institution. Her health no longer
permits her to perform Its duties.
William Hnttersby Flnnlgan, a veter
an of the British army, hns Just died
at his home near London, llo was no
table as being tho solo surllng posses,
sor of a pension granted during tho reign
of Wllllnm IV., Victoria's predecessor
on tho throne.
General Gatacre, though a very strict
disciplinarian, Is said to bo very popular
with his men. In the Soudan campaign
his popularity even surWied the stop
Pago of the salo of liquor of nny kind;
"a malst uncommon experience," us a
Highland piper remarked.
Honore I'ulmcr, now a bank messen-g'-r
In Chicago, was recently asked by
an Impudent palng toller how It was
that Fotter Palmer should set his sons
to work. "To tench us to get along fur
ourselves," wns the reply "and to mnke
us t'" kind of men who ''t ask such
question.
It Is rumored that i "tenrst, of
tho New York Journal. thur III Is
bane, nno of his most tiuMcil lieuten
ants, will start a muguzltie de luxe In
New York something on the lines of
Lady Randolph Churchill's Anglo-Saxon,
to appeal only to the most culttned
classes.
:URRENT VERSE.
An Automobile Girl.
With the Innate grace of a fulry queen,
And head thrown bnck, erect;
A smllo that plijs on u face serene,
A manner circumspect
She spins down our boulevatds at ease,
Iu a sudden lightning whirl,
A sight the pessimist's heat I to plcisc-i
This automobile girl.
t
She cares not for horses that punier and
shy.
No Inikej', made to grin;
Rut In her ulory rolls fast by
Alone, to take her spin.
All ejes light uu ns onward sho goes;
Riieh heal t Is In a twill.
Por old und joung the vision well know
The automobile glil.
-Kdwln M. Abbott.
A Century from Now.
If jou nnd 1 should wake from sleep
A eentuij- from low,
Hack to the gtnve we'd want to creep,
A centurj fiom now.
We'd witness such a stailllng change,
Plnd eveijtblng so wondrous stiangc,
v o el hurry back ne russ the range,
A centuiy from now.
1
A woman, forty, fat and fair,
A centurj from now,
May warm with giace the Speaker's
cluilr,
A cet turj' from now.
Tho cabinet mnj- be a flock
Of girlies, gay of hat and frock,
Who talk, but who won't mend u sock,
A century from now.
Tho people nil will fly on wings
A century frcm now,
(Not heavenlj-, but patented things)
A centurj- from lew
Thev'll soar aloft devoid of fear
On pinions of a eh.ilnless gear.
And change their "tljers" everj- j-ear,
A centuiy from now.
There'll be no restaurants nt all
A century from now.
The home will have no dining hall
A century from row.
'1 he chemists all out wants will fill
With food In taldi ts, and to still
Our thirst we'll simply take a pill,
A centurj- from ne w.
Pearson's Weekly.
Old Times In Yavapai County.
Thero wns blood In tho ejes of the Vigil
ance gang
Of the Gruy Buzzard's Gulch that night.
As up with a bound to their saddles they
spiarg
And wheeled down the gulch, to tho
right.
"This iioss-Hti.tlln' biz got to stop around
J aie,"
With an oath muttered Hassajamp
Jim;
"An" it Rattlesnake Tim tuk my llttlo
giay mine
W'j, wo'll htv the settllu' of him,
Down in Yavapai Count J-."
"Who else mout it be?" quoth Catamount
"I seen 'em ti-tplltlln' tho nlr.
Comln' gnlloplu' down, not a half-hour
ago,
Tio' de gulch, on jer little gray mare.
Dun loosen jer telns, tellers, dig In Jr
spur :
See how jer cnb.illos can git;
Iloss-thleve- and lioss-stcaliii' m IV go
sonie-ii-w'eres.
Rut wld vve.uus dey never went jit,
Down In Yavnpal County."
On down thiough the gulch sped the gal
loping steeds.
Heating down the dry sago and tho
grass,
While tho prowling cojoto slunk out in
till) Weeds
To let the grim cavalry pass.
Like the wind did they ride; not a worfl,
not a .sound
Was heard as they flew o'er the heath.
Save the beating of hoofs on tho hard,
blistered si mind.
And tho brown sage a-ciackllng be
neath, Down In Yavapai Count j.
Then a shadowy speck aroso In their
sight.
Like a bullet It shot on ahead;
It seemed like a fugitive wraith In the
night
As on through tho darkness It sped.
"It Is him!" with an oath muttered
Hassuvnmp Jim;
"Kaln't jo see how thej's spllttln' the
nlr?"
He was il-ht. for there never was rider
llko Tim,
Nor steed lllce tint llttlo gray mare,
Down In Yavapai Countj
"It Is him!" w.is the whisper on each
horseman's lip
As foivviiid he bint for the race;
Deep, deep s.ink the spins, and the mer.
clicks whip
Prged tho fn nn covered steeds In the
chase.
Llko a cjclono they flew, indistinct In
the nlsht.
And th" hoofs thundered fast on tho
ground:
Ah, the fugitive knew In his hurrjln?
flight,
Whnt was me nut by that ominous
sound.
Down In Yavapai County
Deep, deep In the flanks of the little gray
mnro
Rank the spurs of the rider ahead;
Through the sage and tho grass nprit the
fugltlio pilr
Whllo behind them the A'lgllants sped.
"On. on!" urged tho filing on. "On!"
came tho sound
In the rear, from a dozen of lips;
On. on sped they all with a leap and a
bound
At tho touch of the spurs and tho
whips,
Down In Yavapai Count j'.
How ended tho race? When tho gray
sullen mom
Looked down on tho gulch with n frown,
A naked old toltonvvood, standing for
lorn, With the neighboring grass trampled
down.
Told tho tale, told It well, how tho Vlg
Hants' steeds
Through the gulch chased tho fugitive
speck
That rose In the dark 'mid the sago and
tho weeds,
And they won the rare by n neck.
Down In Yavapai County.
-Arizona Graphic.
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I In Woman's Realm g
ooooooooooooooooo
THRRR WAS a merry party of society
girls In Chicago who decided to give
a chafing dish rupper to James K.
Hnckctt one night after tho plnj.
One o tho number wns a voting lady
who Is veil known In Scrnnlem and an
other was the daughter nf a man of
great ptoinlnelice In this region. They
wore having a bcnutlful time and the
rnreblt was In lino condition when sud
denly Mr. Hnckctt arose and said! "La
dles, I must ask jou to excuse me, I nl
wajs telephone to my wlfe nt Just mid
night." "And what do you think?' exclaimed
the nnrrator of this Incident, "If he didn't
trot himself oft to the long distance tele,
phono nnd talk to his wife. We dtdn t
know he had one or that she was Mary
Mannerlng, the beautiful woman on tho
stage. I wish you could have seen how
we looked nt each other. It was a reg
ular semi-comedy nnd wo weren't sure
It was our time to laugh."
TWO SCRANTON physicians of dif
ferent schools nnd of much distinc
tion In their piofesslon were heaid
to remark vesterdny that there Is n
great deal In the ptcjcnt epidemic scare
that Is mora senre thin hurt. If the truth
were known. They declare that but few
cases of real diphtheria have been found
in this city during the past four months
and the same Is to tome extent true of
scarlet fever. Rviry peiscm who has n
sore throat Is at once marked for diph
theria's own and the announcement Is
accordingly made- Rarely havo these
cases bail the malignant sjmptoms of
actual diphtheria.
T hose phvs'cl ms are of the opinion that
the piMstmt t epulis of tho prevailing
epidemics nio like t'ie reports of Mark
Twain's death, greatly exaggerated.
Thev Injure the city and bv reason of
the censtant stt.iln of worry and mental
distress, have serious consequences on
the nerves nf many mothers.
THR GRRRN R1DOP, WOMAN'S
club has made a pretty thorough
canvass of the dallies of this re
gion and it must be admitted has
performed excellent service to the pub
lic In so doing. The pi opt triors of d ilrks
where the eruditions wore found unde
sirable seem disputed to attempt a re
form In their methods and those who In
sisted upon a moderate degiee of cleanli
ness .iro cnceuiaged to Impiove tho sjs
tem emploved. Tint the milk supplv of
the cltv will be delivered In a more s.ml
tarv condition thin heretofore Is rather
fully assured. Por In such nn hour when
the dairy man Ihlnks not down will
swoop a committee or pretty women,
like n wolf on the fold, and be will wish
tho attendants had lint lint particular
tlnv left the milk can open In tho stable
reeking with odors to which tho visitors
npparentlj- object.
There is one most pecullnr thing nbnut
dairies. The milk fiom tho dirtiest
stables seems to be uniommonly rich and
tho crenm ls thick and j'ollow and will
"whip." Trom the clean dairies, tho ones
where both the outside anil the Inside
of the cup nnd plntter nre relentlessly
washed comes milk thin and blue and
the alleged cream, llko Markhnm's
Man with the Hoe, Is brother to that
milk to such a degree that you can't
tell which from t'other. It Is evident
that In the nice, clean dairies they wash
both sides of the milk so vigorously that
It becomes thin from the "strain."
THREE LITTLE SMILES.
, Only.
ITamfat Did jou leave jour regular
route during the tour?
Shj lock Onlv to 1c t tho trains go bj-.
Sjracuse Herald.
Under Social Pressure.
Judge What esplanatlon havo j-ou to
offer for stealing this dross suit?
Prisoner Your honor, I was Invited to
a ball Chicago Record.
A Shining Example.
"Do j oil bellev In palmistry?"
"Yes, to some cjitint."
"Do jou think the hands ran indicate
th it a man Is about to acquire wealth?"
"I do In the case of pockets." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
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