THE SCIt ANTON TRIBUNE- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1900.
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SCHANTON, FEnnUAItY 10, 1900.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
bphooi. mmxrroiis-c. c. rcrbcr, c.
D T How s.
The possibility that tho Supreme
court may annul tho present bo ml of
control makes Important tho election
of good men on tho board of lx. The
lleptiblloun candidates, l-crticr and
Fellows, aru uood men.
In the Interest of Peace.
T
Hn COtlNTUIl proposition
which It Is H.iid vvc'ie Mill
mltted by Ouvotnor Titjlor
ate sensible, lie cietnanus
Immediate repeal of tho (loo-
the
bel law, to be signed bv him-
holf, and llhowlse obedience on
the part of the legislature to tho con-
stltutlonal leciulrement that the lu
pous of tho contest committee shall
be ratified bv the two houses sitting
s-epnt.itely. If tho majority of tho
legislature shall then decide that he
was not ele.cted, he will step nsldo In
the Interest 'of peace until a fteh ap
peal can be taken to tho people.
This Is to some extent In tho nature
of a compromise Inasmuch as it Indi
cates a conditional and temporary sur
render to the Democratic conspiracy
which has sot out deliberately to over
turn the well of the people aseproed
Inst November at the po1l. Hut from
tho altetii.it 1 e of n civil vvtr curylng
feuds and bloodshed Into eveiv county '
in the commonwealth; setting nclshbir
against neighbor and friend ngalivit
friend, Governor T.ivl.ir not unr.atur- .
ally shrinks. 11 Is tine that tho le
sponslbllltv fm starling Mich a whole
sale vendetta would not bo his; ot i
sometimes It Is wiser to vild a little j
to high excitement and await the jus- j
tlce of time than to be In any manner
Instrumental In tlv bilnj'lug on of hor- I
rors. The gooinor has profited by
liN iccent mistakes He Is now doing
Ills thinking flit. In this ninendim nt
of conduct and policy ho f-hoveS to
imu'i li'ttc r .Kh.iiilag .
No man can tav Im'Y U'N fiightftil
tnnsle will unrnel; but the hon 'ty
of pmposo of thoio Democrat Io leaders
who sipped the niUlnnl l.oiilllle
;igi cement Is now put to the test, and
wo rhnll soon gii whether thrio Is to
bo pi ice or war.
Why should not the average capa
ilit shov n bv pupils In tho public
i-eliools be mule the basis of pionio
tlon Instead of head-splitting wiltten
examln itlons?
To Meet at Charleston.
T
Tin nxnCXTTIVR committee
of the Nation il lMuiatiennl
I'llUj
u-soclatlon have inspected
and approved the airaiigo
ments made by Charleston n, S C, for
the entertainment of the association
July 7-10 inclushp, and In a clrculir
give conNlnclng reasons why this
choice of a mee-tlng place was made.
"The committee," sujs the circular,
"were deeply Impressed by the earnest
appeal of tho citizens of Charleston,
endorsed with eeiual earnestness by the
leading educators and tho pi ess of the
south, that the present is a most op
portune time for the National Educa
tional association to lend Its aid In
support of the recent reN Ival of edu
cational interests In the south, which
is no less manifest than Is the Indus
trial revolution throughout the Mine
terrltoiy. Men cover, the committee
could not fall to recognlo the new
national splilt vvhlih has atlsen from
co-opeiatlon In tho recent Spanish
Amciican war. and which suggests the
certain and valuable icsults tint will
follow a closer and more helpful fel
lowship In solving tho peaceful and
lmpoitant pioblems of national life
and education."
Chaileston Is poihaps tho most con
servative and exclusive social centT
tn tho south. Much of its life Is p.T-sod
In the spliit of befoio tho w.it. If
the cducatotrt of the nation can break
tlnough this crust of ti.idltlotullsm
nnd let In a little modem sunlight,
their-visit will be well woith ivhllt?.
. Ciltlcs' bt the new canal treaty over
look that Iho Ametlcan navv can do
all, thc;ifortlflng It wants to, thice
miles out to sea.
. i Not Helpful to Expansion.
'OOKINO AT the subiect from
Its standpoint, wo do not
wonder that tho Chicago
., ', , ,Tlmcs-IIi7i aid takch vlgoious
(exception to theutiiilff legislation pto
fioBtid' for Puei to Hloo. Claiming that
tlllir'iogUiatlon vvus'dlctated hy the to
baijeo tftia'riugar"gre3worH ejf th states,
sTus:' '
"' 7'fl1i'e'mereVtatemerilt of the, fact ear
i 1qs .vvtji It vhe conciumnutlo'i of the
prtipoM.d, Uvv. It is monstrous that
-ccriuli ))ulness Intel ests lu this coun
try should bo allowed ho to jnrvoit the
principles of 'our government. If the
island s patt of the United States It
,shjoull have thf! whip fiscal Ixws that
wo have. If It is no moio than a be
longing we cannot affoid to hold It In
ibJeetlein'-toenTiy clnsit iif Ameilcan
'cltfeeiis whu may do with it as tlu-y seo
fli. ( Under tlioso clicuiiistances what
goalie, r'e.yoino uf.homp tujo nnd of our
-efctfUyitlons, against., taxation without
representation? Puerto i.leo should
have our tariff laws or tat Iff luws of
ti ovn cieatlon. To give It special
.legislation,, by Ivoutsluna pl.intei is In
ptJnciple to put It at the ntercy.iif a
u
foreign lyinnny and to deny It those
lilesalnRs of free government which aro
out boast.'
Tho success of the special Interests
In Imiiiosslnu their views upon con
Kress Is duo to the fact that they
make It their business to protect their
Interests. Puerto Illco, bclnir some
distance off and without powerful
friends at court, must take pot luck.
Tho cause of expansion Is not promot
ed by this ery evident unwillingness
on tho luit of congress to exhibit the
moral courage of its obligations; but
we dare say It will work out right In
time. Our American problems usual
ly do.
Judge Taft, tho head of tho new
Philippine commission, laid the foun
dations: of his success aH a reporter on
a Cincinnati paper. Ho will do.
War Losses Compared.
A'
COItnnsPONDRNT of the
Philadelphia Pioss takes c
t option to an editorial In a
tccent Issue of that paper,
a portion of which was reproduced In
The Tribune, In which tho assertion
was made that the Spaniards, ns com
plied with the Hoots, could not shoot.
"Our army at VA Canoy and San
Junn hill, although Inferior In num
bers to the uimy under General Mothu
en or that under General Huller, lost
far moip men." F.avs ho, "than the
llrltlah have lost In killed and wound
ed in any engagement ot fought In
the South Afrltan war. At Moddcr
Hhor 12 (W Hoeis killed 73 and wound
ed 412 of the Hrltlsh, being about 4
pti ci nt of their own number. At
Mngersfonttln they killed 160 and
wounded CD4 of the enemy, being about
7 per cent, of their own number. At
Colenso they killed IB" and wounded
7C4 of the enemy, being les than 8
per cent, of their own number. At
Santiago the Spaniards about 6,000 In
number killed 2"i and wounded 1,284
Americans, being 2"! per cent, of their
own number. This comparison Is 3 to
1 In favor of the Spanish as against
tho liners.
"Tho nrltlsh met the following losses
In the above battles and collipsed; At
Moddcr Hhor, 15, not 3 per cent, of
their force. At Magersfonteln, SM, not
per cent of their force. At Colenso,
1K, not fi per cent, of their feme. At
Santiago 1", 000 Amet leant lost l.iVIO
men, being 10 per cent, of their fotce,
but ciptmod and held the works of
the onemv. At Kl Canoy a few hun
dred Spmlards held their giound near
ly the whole d iv against Law ton's
whole division, and were at last pric
tlc.illy surioiinded and exterminated.
At the s.nne plnee, the Seventh United
States Infantry, after losing 32 men
killed and nearly 100 wounded, ad-
'N,ineod and occupied tho onems's
I giound. Tn spite of bloody bulletins,
no lliltlsh bittallon has u ported any
i Mlc h loss in the pu sent war."
j II Is baiolv possible that all tho,
IhltMi casualties haNe not been ie-
pnitd. At the line time, no Amerl-
' i. in wlhis to detiact from the honors
won at Santligo Whitevor the facts
in ly be as to tho ielat!e maiksman
s.hlp of Spanlaids and liners, the les
son of both war Is the sime: "In
time of peace prepare for wai."
In saving nt Hartford that he "Is
moio conservative than Jesus Christ,"
Mr. l!t.iii exhibited the bad tahte
which seems Jtiht now to be epidemic
out West. Tho Topek.i minister who
hippodromes Ms intention to run a
paper "as Jesus would": tho Knnsas
I"i'u,,sl """ ""onus io run lor eon-
gie-s on me piauotm: "vvnat Jesus
Would Do," and the whole biood of
mountebanks, blasphomens or uncon
scious egotists who ate taking the
n line of the Lord in Naln for putposes
of self-glorlllcatlon make reverent peo
ple very tired.
Alaska as an Awful Example.
T
HE TERIUTORIAL form of
government which it is
proposed to give to the
Philippines is all right
when It Is administered properly, but
heaven he'p the Filipinos If the United
States shall neglect them as it do?s
tin peaceful and loal Inhabitants of
Alaska. In one of Mi. William n. Cur
tis' ulwavs iutei esting Washington
k'tteis in the Chicago Iteeoid, In refer
ence to the pteseiite at Washington of
i laigo delegation of Alaskans whose
I mission is to tiy to peisuule congiess
to do .iiimethlnpr for theli negloctod
teiiltoey, wo find sumo Intel estlng ci
tations of the haulshlps nnd absurdi
ties of the piesent govoinine.it or,
uuher, lack of government. IVa ex
ample. Last iimiuioi -'i0 men wero attested lor
violation ci the mining U ut ono ot
tho gi Id camps and v.eio taken to Iho
maiM town They v.eio all stalwut
lnlnois nud tbrli c iptm was a seco.ul
II. uli n ml ot iln .urn'., J2 .vutis olii, Jn-t
nut of V st Point Mlllttuv academv. lie
h id a gu ml consisting ot a coipor.il and
live piivates to "hold lu elMtodj" jj eit
tho loneliest cliaiaclers tint a inhilii.
t.iiup uttinets. The piboinis Hiibmllted
with Hie u,ite?t good nitiiio, ulthouiili
tiny eli.irfnl the little lieutenant In tin Ir
v.!M wist in way and liau all the fun tint
tli j exclusion would tiinUh; but whoa
be tot tin in to the iic.iio.st town 1 be
ll 'vev It wns St. Mich lei there was no
court to try them, no jail to hold them,
not even a justice ot tho pe.iee, and
meals .it Iho hotels and restnui.ints cost
"i cub, with lot Kings at a similar
amount
Tho Hlisiiidiiy ot the situation was ice
n,;nls'id b Uk eiithc pupul illon. Theio
wns tho vouu' 'Oteinnt. without n ln.
in t In his pocket. In i nigo of 2nCi pits
le rs vshlih l iw compelled him to
"lie. 1 n cm Is" mil fm nlsh 'subsist
onet at tlin ini- ot over $l,iinu a day with
no prospm of evil ndng relieved of
his preposti'ou iciiioii'lhlhty until con
i;rcss iiisscM nn act toi tho establishment
ut il couit to try his pilsouus 1jh only
filtoiuatli'o was to march them ihtoss
tho mountains, moie than l.Onei ni!leN to
tho nearest court Tho buy could do
nothing but release his prlsiucis nud go
back with them to tho jiluco they cumo
fiom iik good natuieilly as possible, but
the ineldent setvi's to lllustiate the io-
sja U which thoeei lough nun have for
thu -utlie lilv of their government and
the I iw -abiding spirit of tho toughest
portion ot our population,
Tho flist leqiiest picferred by the
Alaskan deh-gatlon Is that congress
establl.sh'nt least tlneo courts, so that
It will not heieaftof bo neeessuiv for
iv mm having loislness befoio a court
In Alaska to ttavel l.Ono miles mid ah
Hint himself fiom homo for fiom four
to n I nn months in ouler tn get Into
peisonal eommunlcatlon with Justice.
The second request la for nuthorlty.
now lacking, to orjranUe municipal
government. On this point Mr. Curtis
says:
Towns of 1,50) nnd 2,000 people already
exist by nurfcraticp, and they arc jfov-priii-d
by officials olee ted without the au
thority uf luw. It Is unothei Illustration
of American manhood. The-lr authorlt)
U rc'Miectid anil obejed without ques
tion, although evcribody knows that tht
exercise of now or Is unlawful anil au
thorized onlv by public sentiment. There
tiro no county, towrhlp or munlclpil or
ganisations In Alnyka: no school dis
tricts, no police, iio lire departments, no
power tn niaku roLels cr rlieets cr to en
force order or sanitary conditions, except
by common consent, and where nvmey Is
needed for these purpose It Is raised by
subscription. This cur not go on mucn
longer, however. Hcforei Juno 1 It Is ex
pcetnl that tho town of Capo Noma will
contain 20 000 Inhabitants, and It Is
scarcely possible that so largo a com
munity can be governed without law or
formal authority. Already the smltnry
conditions are silel to be dieadful. llo
l'oio thu last boat left an epidemic of
Uphold fever had broken out and thera
Is no telling how far It has extended.
Thero Is no sewerage, no method of dis
posing of garbage nnd offal, and tho
water Is bid natiinllv. Most of tho sup
ply used for drinking and cooking Is
taken from a rher which Hows through
at lenst two mining camps nnd lecclvcs
neatly all their tilth and refuse. Thcro
Is no other source of supply, nnd no
power to protect this water from pollu
tion. The epidemic of Uphold fever Is
traced dlree tlv to Its um nnd unless
something Is done Immediately upon thu
opening of navlgitlon to protect this
water or to furnish distilling apparatus
bv which the salt nnv be extracted from
soi wntiT the results will bo fearful. If
the bubonic plague, wlilih has alieady
reached the lltwallin Islands should be
communicated to rape Nomn the situa
tion would he desperate and thousands
of lives would i.iv tho penalty of ne
glect. The Alaska delegation also asks ap
propriations for the construction of
roads, for the support of schools, post
oillces, mall servlco, prisons, and for
other purposes which are absolutely
necessary for a new community. There
is, says Mr, Curtis, plenty of money
for this purpose. "The United States
government now collects a revenue
of from $20,000 to $500,000 a year by
taxation, which goes Into tho treasury
at Washington, and only a part of it,
not more than one half, Is expended
for the benefit of the people who pay
these taxes. The only way to get It
out of the treasuty Is by an act of
congress. Tho congress of the United
States, sitting In Washington Is the
only legislature or common coum II for
the government of this toitltory fiom
.r.,ii09 to 7,000 miles distant, and with
an niea of mi.sw equate miles, larger
thin twenty states of the union en3t
of the Mississippi liver. Not a dollar
of the taxes collected In Alaska can be
expended for any purpose without an
exact nnd specific nppropil.atlon by the
senate and house of repiesentatlves.
of whom 9 per cent have never been
within 5,000 miles of the tcrtltoiy, and
most of them have only a Naguo Idea
of the conditions existing there."
It is clear from thce bilef e.xtiacts
touching only a few of Alaska's politi
cal needs that the experiment of t rrl-
N, toilal government as admlnlsteied by
t'io congress nt Washington hrs not
I been calculated to entitle congress to
a cetllflcate of merit. The less tint
congress takes upon ituelf to do tor the
Philippines until there has boon put
before It the lesults of careful study
and of expoUenco among tho Filipinos,
the better will bo the chances of n suc
cessful outcome of A met lean sover
eignty in the atchlpclago.
The nvenlng P.ultetln of Philadelphia
signifies Its belief In tho expansion
policy by oiginling a special cable
news service cinbodlng the services
of more than 100 coriesnondents dls
tilbuted thiouuhout the vvoild. Tho
Bulletin Is one of the best newspapers
In the United States.
It was bad health that sent Thomas
It. Hard away fiom his Chambctsburg,
Pa . homo and finally landed him in
California, from which state he will
soon come cast as a United States
senator. He is In a position to appre
ciate the adage. "Tls an ill wind that
blows good to noboJy."
Colonel Bryan's eastern tour ought
to be woith not less than 50,000 votes
to the administration.
MUST BE SETTLED BIGHT.
Prom tho Philadelphia TSiiltctln.
Iti publican leglthtllvo niinaieis ut
Washington hue appinntlv aiilvnl at
tho conclusion tint It would not be wlso
during this session of congre-s to pi.as
tho passigo of tho bill offend bv He pro
scut.ulve Crtunpatkir ptovldlng tint tho
c mgres-loiial and electoral teiircMiita
tlon of states In which largo n umbo's
of men aio sstemntle.ellv dcptlved trom
voting shill be cut down to correspond
with the number of actual billots cist.
'Iho men In e liaise of the proguimme
of livv-nitklng at the national capital
M'ein disposed to ill'cour.agp ngit itlon
of the subject on the verge of a piesldi 11
tlul cimpilgn in which the Republican
ii iiU hopes to capture the electoral votes
of some of the bonier southern Dtates.
'Jills eiue-tlon, nevertheless, Is ono tint
can never be settled until It Is settled
light, ltn ell-eilssioli mav bo postponed
lor a time, but ultlmitely it must pi ess
for joliitlon with an lnsltcnce that can
not bo denied.
A BUNCH OF 'EM.
There once w u a Sultan of Rulu
Who loved to chew betel and tulil.
To Kobe itn said he;
"Mack's divvn won thee
Hut ho thlnks-and he h right I'm a
lulu!"
The rn oner
wns a statesman named
Clarke
Who seoiiud to bilbe men lie tho dark,
fin he btitighl 'em by e'ay
In a flank, open way,
And was shoe kid when It caused some
remark.
There once wns a bravo Tagnl chief
Who said; "It Ir pist all belief
How oft It's been cabled
I've be on kllleel or disabled
It's high time I had some relief."
There wns a brave old Yankee tor
For a long time a very bright star.
Pencil tho skies now at night,
And ou'll not find his light,
Which shows ua how Iteelln,? things ore.
Slid a worthy old warrior n imed Kruger
To his tiumpeter; "Play us a fugue, or
Somewhat similar theme,
For It's inr little scheme
To rush out on tho foo like a cougar."
There wns a ouns man who would
l hv mo
About in this style all tho time.
An Infuriated mob
Did a vi ry neat job.
And ho met the fate due to his crime,
' Philadelphia Nnith American,
Right and Wrong
f nal Question
Trom tho Philadelphia Press.
TUB HLUNT proposal made by the
New York Sun that tho United
States nt once admit Nicaragua as a
state shows tho Inevitable, dlfllculty
In which the leading and logical opponent
of tho Hay-Pauncefote canal treaty finds
Itself plunged. No middle ground exists
between annexation, which Is spoliation,
und neutralization, which extends law
over the canal. Ono or tho other Is In
evitable, either the United States must
place the '.anal and Its contiguous tcrtl
tory under Its own direct sovereignty, or
It must placo this great waterway on the
sumo basis and under a protection simi
lar to that tinder which the Sues canal
re-sts and has rested for twelve years.
1 ho sclmro during a period of profound
peace of the tertitory of n filendly Amer
ican state, whoso Independence wo hnvr
lu tho pnt more than once recognized
and accepted tn speclnl treaties, no
American would urge or could defend.
o
The mere suggestion Is enough to re
call all objectors to tho canal treaty to
the plain law and ilqht ot tho situ ttloti.
Tho rotito of the Me lingua canal is not
on American soil. It Is on Nlcarnguan
soil, lly treaty, Nicaragua has agreed
with Great ilrltaln, Spain, Italy and Pel
glum that through nny canal there built
the commerce of the so nations and their
ships of war Finll have nn ennui light
with other nations To this pollcv the
United States h is not been nble to ob
Jeet, because, beginning with Secret it y
Henry Cltiv's Instructions In May, I'.'O,
to our ministers, we have constantly held
th it, if n canal across tho Isthmus be
opened, "so as to ndmlt tho pnsao of
tea vessels fiom ocean to ocean, the
benefit of It ought not to be exclusively
appropilated to any ono nation but
shoulel bo extended to fill pells of tho
globe, upon the pivment of a Just eom
ponsitlon or reason ible tolls," The open
tinlg.ible chiraeter of all Interiieranlp
waterways wo hive Insisted unon fiom
tho first. Wo fought the North Alile in
pirates for the freedom of the Slratts
of Clbniltu. We forced Deiiriatk to
surrender her cl iltu for sound ehis nt the
entrance to tho llaltlc. Wo hnvo applied
the principle or Joined lu nppUtn; It to
rivers like the Anuivon and the Congo.
We have nccepted the principle In cur
own caso In the Yukon, who.i naviga
tion Is free.
o
The Intrrocear.lc canal, wherever built,
ami tho simo principle applies to tho
Panama louto as to Nlcaragu i, though
not to the amo extent Imbedded In
treaties, must, according to tho pilnel
ples wo have ourselves licl , urged and
acted on for a centu-v, be a flee water
way In peace and li win. 'J his is not
only our rUht, but ccil. Ms the light of
every South Amnlcin Ftnte. It Is a
rluht cm which Mexico would have a
right jealous to Insist. All lime Ametl
can povvits, fur which wo have nllle lallv
stood befoio the woild III the Inteir. i
tloinl Peace congress at Tho lIa-iio to
which the South Ameilia'i poweis welo
not asked to --e nil delegates, tho United
Slates standing toi them hive a rUht
to tho di ilni itiou. the pnctloe and the
enfniccment of the fieedom "t tho intei
oieinlc canal whose oust! notion will
divide the 1 mil piss-n;,. and open tho
waterw ijs between Noith and South
Anietlc.i.
o
This right to n free c inal for both
Am I lean and Umopcin countries Is
bial. It Is our tu.tuokon n itional pol
lcv. It le aeeepted In Intern itlon il liw.
It Is right. It Is pdltlc The United
States e in inalnt iln Its n-cindiney in
thu Western world and be nccepted as
Its rightful de fender by the vvoild of
lliuope onlv 11 the United States re-piets
tho right i of the lessor and weaker pov.
ets which make up the Ameilc m s stein,
piottilod li the' Momoei doctrine Any
slfli tint til" United States pioposos to
pi ly the pirt of the bnlh, to teftiso thu
In tin rights of lull i national law and to
dc pirt from our oven settled policy with
lcf. tcneoto fiec wsiervvajs converts our
protection Into ti uiiiv and v Ml link thu
Monroe eloctilt.o v. I'll the unscriipu' ms
ellsicg.nd of lute rn itlon il tl'jh's. Nn
his the United btati s ever ta'e n in
other coutse For thte e-nuarlers of .
c i nliu y we hue ste.ulllv li sis'i I on a
tlce canal. To n eit now th r'!it to
close the canal at will and b lotee Is
to arouse the just suspicion of everv
American power ..ml pnvo the wa lor
tin li itwnpathy with an Kuropoin pro
test against such i.n net of aggi jsiou.
Plnco the e mal Is to bo fiec anil should
In1 fiee, th best course Is to secure this
by assuming complete responsibility for
Its freedom and requiring of l.urope a
pledge never to Intiifere.
o
The United States digs the canal, for
which It has at various times h id authnr
Itv fiom tho powers owning the loutes.
The United States owns the e an il it
v.orks the canal. It polices tho cinal,
It protects tho canal At nnv tnonyiit
It bus full right to place on It auv nrired
torco nifded to pioteet Its full lieedoin
to ouisclves and all othei nations. All
Kurope Is solemi Iv to agree to have this
tak to the United States What moie
e utilil be nsl,ed oi could bo done .' Hut
tho United States elms not do this be
c niie the canal Is on its own tetritory,
because the e.inal Is not. It docs not
untie x the strip undid for tho canal,
because It e.innot, exiept ns an act ot
spoliation and ought not us an act ot
vso polic.v. It taki s the e mil as a
tiust. It asiunns this seilous re spons!
Idlltv us the ginnll.in of the We stem
llemlsphe re. It dees fir tho nations of
tho vvoild whit no erne else i in do and,
followlu; the lines eif Its own linbiohen
policy, It ileus not nuke Mho canal a
iiiilltmv iiost or iiit of its own tottlll
ratlons, but dlseh.iigis the full dut) of
protection, ns Ui gland does at Sue 4, by
keeping a navy which can ilomln ite the
situation.
o
Tho United Stati s In this c.inil ttcatv
is at tho pirtlig of the w.ivs. It Is e usy
by iimioMitlcn oi even by toi.tllltatlon to
i.ili' the conviction tluoiu,hout the l'nl
nn and We -tern woild that in due t'me
this countiy Intends to use Its guut
power to take whit It want), where It
wants and is it wants, b fmee. Mull a
leputatloii once cstiblished will b fatal.
Such iiggieslon leads ,elwas to final de
ft it and decadence, Ur, ncceptlng tho
plain rule and ptlidplo of Inteiiiatlou il
luw and our own past policy, tho United
States e in pledgei Itself to build the canal
and kcip it fito ugalnst nil comers,
nnhind which uwus U per cent, of tho
Sues Canal shares, and needs It as tho
path to lull i, has accepted this piiticl
plo and practleo for Suez. Tho United
States cannot depart from this policy,
pilnclplo and practlso without ceasing to
rely upon law and light, and obelng and
observing each, and beginning instead
ti rest Its future on forco and the spolia
tion ot the weak.
ARMY AND NAVY.
I'rom a 3neech by Governor lloosovelt.
In ilialliiK with tho rutine lot us profit
hy tho lesion of tho Immcellato pnwt.
Ahcivo all, let 113 Keep clear of ever as
hcrtliiB a policy which vvei elo not intend
to carry out. Illuft la 11 very hart thins
in either nation or num. I most heartily
hellnvn in tho Monroe) clnc-trlnc, that the
XTnlte States Hheiihl fnthlil uny foreign
nation from aeitilrlnir, urnlrr any pretext
whatsoever, a font of Arm i can noil, north
01 Houth, heorel what it niuy iilreail)
have. 1 hope tint our nation will tipholel
this eloctiliiii tintlli.chlui:ly nnel unwav
irinKly. liut It 1 101 to nti-ert It lest
wo intenel to inilcei our vvcmli good hy
ileeels If tho nceel lehouhl nrin', anil to elo
this wo must ho prepireil; othervvlho we
shall hrlntr illsaster upon ourselves, ami
when tho ellsister comes wo shall have
to thank, not tho men umlcr whom il
may ehnneo to ccme, hut ouaelve-s, tho
people of tho I'nltcil Htntes, for nut hnv
Inir tho forethouifl.t tn mako full pre inr
atton In iiihntico. If vvc Intend, ns I
earnestly hnpo and hellnvei vwi elo liui rid,
to keep tho Monroe iloctrlno as the e.irdl.
mil feature of American foielgn p dlcy,
wo must never permit our nnval rank
among tho nations of tho world to
be any lower than It Is, and If po-sl-blo
should mako It higher. Let us go
on and build up our navy; get tho best
tumor whether It costs $3iN or $400 a ton;
and whllo we do not need a largo army,
we do need ono of tho present size, which
Is really n very small army compared to
tho size, tho wealth and tho nerds of the
nation. And wo must make this nn In
strument of the highest fighting effi
ciency. PLATT AND ROOSEVELT.
Interview with Lemuel Qulgg.
The governor knows that Scnntor Piatt
ndmlrcs and respects him, and likes him,
and he entertains the Fame sentiments
toward tho senator. In tempetament,
however, In experience nnd In many
other lespects they arc very different
men and they differ widely In their views
from time to time. Hut each realizes
how necessary the otlur Is to tho vvcl
faro of tho Hepubllesn party, and each
has learned to respect tho sincerity of
the other's opinion. The enemies of
either or both, who are sitting around
waiting for n quarrel between them, can
makn tip their minds to wult a long
while.
NOTHING SERIOUS.
A Business Domand,
"Hero, Ilcnrv, theso lorenges will kep
vou fiom coughing In ehiiich."
"CJrcat governor, Amilli. I can stay
awav from chuich If I have to. What I
want Is a lozenge lint can keep mo from
coughing In a railway office." Indiana
polls Jouin.il. ,
Damp Experiences.
"I take a cold-plurga hath every morn
ing"
"That's rothlng. My wife throws n.
wet blanket on mo nt least twenty times
a day." Chicago Tlmcs-lleiald.
Constancy.
"I have been married for 15 years, and
mv wife never fulls to meet me at the
door."
"Wonderful!"
"Ye; she's ofrnld I might go In with
out wiping my feet." Chicago Tinvs
Herald. Ono Needed.
She They seem to be lost In each oth
er's lovo.
lie Yes; thev ought to advertise for a
mlnisti r. Puck.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
'J he four hundredth anntv ers.ary of the
dlseovciy of Hi a7ll is to lie observed in
II l.V.
In proportion to Its size Hrltaln his
eight times as man miles of railway as
tin Ui itid Stntes.
'J he roso was nn emblem of immor
tillij among tho Svilans and the Chlneuo
pi lilted It ovei gi.ives.
Ninety pojplu out of every nundred
mastic tto their food v.lth tho teeth on
the h ft side ot the j iw.
All gum-bearing decs, or conifers, are
i specially ho ilthful, slnro thev give out
gu it em. unities of 070110.
Scotch and Ihigllsh milkm ilds bcllevo
thch cows will "go ell" If tiny foiget
to wash their hands when through milk
ing. 'J he olive ciop of the pist jear, of
Siutliein California. Including pickled
olive a and ollvo oil, was estimated at
'lOO.emi
In minv parts of Huropo It Is at the
present day contlileiid an omen of 111
luek for 11 hue to cross the road In flout
of 11 tr iveler.
In Hull mil and Helglum it Is believed
tl it Ill-luck Is 1 i,ro to follow all tlnough
llfo nnv one tint, accidentally or otlier
v.lte, kills u stork.
A pitctit has been tiken out for a
stocking, into the top of which threads ot
linlli rubbei aio woven, th" Stoekilg
thus being sof-supportlng.
Illinois 1 nks second to l,onnslvpnla in
thu ptneliiitlon of coal It Is mined In
f.ftv-tvvo countli of tho st itc, and tin
output for last ve.ir was SHmi". tons.
Tho population of Peru Is illustrated
b the r.ee t tint the Valley of b una,
which lu the divs eif the lnens had a
popul itlon of "moon, now has only ."iw)
In the past ten vents tho production of
wheat his iivioasid 51 per rent. In tho
south nnd the number of hogs raised
thcrti has elurlng that period nearly
double d.
It a flro needs blowing to give It a good
start It will bo found tint blowing down
Into tho 11 in.es makes It burn up more
lulghtly and quickly than if blown from
underneath.
Roll Top Desks,
Flat Top Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Of'Tice Chairs
A Large Stock to Select
from.
Hill & Connell
121 N. Washington Ave,
A1.W.WS KUaV,
They Most Go
BoiiMe-dJuick
Thut's the order we gave
to 2,000 pairs of Double-Sole
Shoes for ladies aud geutle
uaeu. Prices from
$1.F0 TO $3,00.
Lewis. Rellly & Davles,
.IH-llC Wjomlns Avenue.
IFME
FHBllTlffi
CMfe- $fe!i
-v I
Get Ready
for lospectloini
We have now a full line 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 as gold." Prices as
low as any.
WERCEREAU&CONHELL
130 Wyoming Ave.
Conl Kxchnnge.
Heating
Stoves,
Ranges,
Fmirnaces,
PlMmblng
and
inlngo
GMSTER & FORSYTH,
32G-327 PENN AVENUE
The Huot &
Conoell Co.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware
iU lKv?nm knvit
HENRY BELIM, JR.,
lieuerat A ten: tor taa Wyoiulaj
Uistrlal
llJMni,-, Blasting sportlm d uilM
unu the Itepniui Ciumic.
EM EXPLOSIVES.
iHIctj I iwe, rp am! .Ajilaclart
liooin nil c' m u l uallim;.
aiLititii.
AUUNOtM
thos ronn.
JOHN It SMITH & SON.
W. V MULl.leJAN.
nttston.
- Plymouth.
Wllkes-Harre.
WFiirs
POIIEil
t. y yj a 1 J ai HI f W if'vjEjWRH3aV9l'4BB0VBsaH
My firbt symptoms wcic pains in or over ray kidneys and next mj
feet began to feel kind of pricking and I was very thirsty. I drank
over three quarts of water or lemonade in one night. I got very weak
in my back and legs and dark spots came under my eyes and verj
severe pains from the base of my brain clear down my spine, and,
oh, such darting p?ins down my legs. At last I got so low that I
was as helpless as a child. Some of the doctors calltid it Bright'l
disease. This began in January. Being a holdier, I went to the
Soldicis' Home at Waupaca, Wis. In the hospital there I was doctored
for eleven months. All this time I kept getting worse. As soon as I
got the Ripans Tabules I began to gain, and am getting along fine
and am gaining in flesh. My age is fifty-five and my occupation a
s.iilor and winters lumbering.
4 new itjl packet ciMitalnlntt tfm WI s TiimJM In a r"!r rrton (nltiiwitKUi)liroe tor slt torn
driieftoiw-KOtt IVK crw, HiU lov priced tort li Inti'iUwl for tho r iu.1 ttpeicnoTilcMt. OimJouu o
UwllTtfient caiionii (111 UUilem riu 1. lia.l liynwitby Ilni; tfirlj-ciitiit eniu loilio lliriki Curjiirit Con.
riKT. H 10 piuco Hrei t. Vi w Yi rk-or ft mulo c Jrtn iicn Tine u ) ill Iw e ut for lire ex uU Ririlii TiXVUI
1017 aiw lu Uail ot grociM, gmral tori;kici:iir, uci ceut iw4 at lUuvr stvrcH aui barber tluiM.
MLEf'S
rl
Aennal
Sale of
Table Linens
Under ordinary circumstance
this announcement would be sufll.
cicnt in itself, without (urther com
ment, to interest every housekeepei
in the community, but taking inta
consideration the recent advances
on almost every line ol Dry Goods,
1 iNrNS inci uded, and the fact thai
all our stock of Linens was bought
e.uly enough to secure them at old
prices nukes it all the more so.
Our Table Linens,' as usual, ara
only of the best such celebrated
makes as
Scu4el iaiMste,
"Silver Bleach"
Etc., Etc
All at our popular Last Season's
PiucFs.and in the choicest designs.
Almost all fine numbers in Damask
both in 5-8 and 3-4 size. Some
very fine sets in 8x4, 8x10 and
Sxi2, at specially low prices to ro
duce stock. Ask for our
Two Specials
in Crotchet Quilts,
Marseilles Patterns,'
at 98c and $11.19
510-512
LACIAWAHNA AVENUE
Teachers and superintendents de
siring for class use in picture study,
something that is substantial and
inexpensive will find these beautllul
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 Rngravers,
Scranton, Pa.
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