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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1900.
8c Scranton tt8une
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TWELVE PAGES.
BCIIANTON. FEHRUAIW 17. 1000.
BEPUBLICAN CIT5T TICKET.
SCHOOL Dim:CTOKB.-C. C. rorber. K.
V. Fellows.
Ilcmember to vote on Tuesday for
Hie Republican ward candidates and
for the two ovrcllent randldatcs at
liiBt! on the Hcpuhllciin ticket for
Fihnnl cilia tors In the board of six.
The Little Verdict Affirmed.
IV AFrtUMINf. the conviction of
JUihfirtl I.lltle. editor of thu
Scrnntonlan, for criminal libel,
the .Superior court has very
properly, lent Its s motion to the prop
osition lb it the character of men
piomlnent In public affairs If not with
out ItK.il protection.
That the minimi tilal was most
lultlv, us Hfll n ablv, condutt'Ml, and
lli.ii the ntllriKS of the lower court, as
well .is Its exposition of tho libel hiv,
weto thonmK'dy Judlcltl anil judicium,
u to app.iient toevfiy Intelligent mm
who watched the p occedlnirs or cx
(inilned the tnnscilpt. The vnllet of
the Juiy ,vah tho voice of the coni
niliiiilv. The unbridled lit t lire of sen
Mtlmvil Journalism had exceeded all
limits of lotciatlon, and either tho law
heel to i heck It through the lequlaf
channels or public dlsKie't, tal.ltiK I'm
law into sunniHiy execut'on, would
lime : nlsteicil ItFelf bv foiee
I.lt'le ominiillv dp"iv"5 no sm
puthy. Ills nline w.im ln.illgnuntlv
and lio.iittull committed. Vet, whll.
the law now closes atound his tt.ioit.
It mt'ht not be foii-nttcn who the men
were, ptofe-'Vdly Chiistian and le
pect'ible, who compound 'd cIk- villainy
that Utile' filthy iiubllentlon n'ntteiel
bioadc.'ist ihiotiKhr.ut the rumimiiuty.
Ho coes to Jail, but shall they go seoi
fife?
Heoent ntmllnh prnpri es ha-? sUlmu
lnte.1 the war map makfis l iiin-wed
effoit The South All lean war map Is
tmmuthlm; tli :t nnot be qucstluned oi
dis-puted at this t i;t of the conflict.
Proper for Investigation.
--jr-lli: CAST: of the I)unnioi2
I boy whi, lCtoidlnc to Our-
Jft. on.-r I'.oli.'its. had alph-
tbeiln, was unattended by
a phiIolai), dlid, and whose puents.
In the ubiiice of any notidc.itloii of
the bnaid of heallh 'if the o.lstniw"
In theli home of a i m tar,!"'- dlrau
were Ititemlinif to hno a public fu-
liu.il, which the eppmtune Interfei "'DC
of the coionn piev'iiied. IniolMH .1
matter which, if the facts nie as
sl.ittd Is certainly proper fot Inves-
tlg'ition
, The fact that the p."ents are de
rctlbid as bclleveis in i'htltian
Hrh nee clues not and hhouid not liuio
any bwiiim; upon tho 1 iw In tlm c.ie
If any poison ministered to the hoy
duiliiK his ll'in i kn'iwlnjr tint the
caip was one of dlplitheil.t, and did
llul inpoit the fact to the bond of
health, a plain and neiefsiiy law w s
biokrti, and the penalty for Its ioli
tlon should be Intllcleil as n pulille
wniniiic. If theie w.im no Midi mln
lPtiatlon, but on the eonii.irv If the
community tf epoi d h Infection
thiouuh tile belief of the patents Pi
the cuialhe eillcacy it faith and ptuy
e, then the rriinmunlt should have
lesal pioteetlon,
Thl Is not n mjitter of rollKlou por
secutlot) or inloleianci , but of th
publli welfaie The common sense of
the Kie.it miloiltv of the people has
reco-mlzd and put Into IpkoI f oi m the
necK-sitv tot Isol.itlnir iitrf-niiii nllllct 'd
wllh i ont'ifrlnus dens,, f,M,t (;unidln
RKiutisi the spiead of such disease. It
maltfTf. not what the lndlildu.il may
think, this appi iivid will of the iua
Joiity b the law and It Miould be en
foiml. The i'ht of p'liuits lo ink"
lame chain es on the livs if th . own
ofit.pi iiu; may be deb liable- but tlev
hae no ile'n to imp rll the heilth of
theii lutKhbiis,
The piesent bill heroic congress to
abnllt.li the one-eighth bin el known to
the beei tiade, with whli h ceitaln citi
zens ai e wont to celebrate on Satur
day evenings, s just as liable to woik
or evil as good. A law patted mak
ing the quarter baircl the .smallest
package for home consumption win ie
suit In most cases in total abstinence
or a bigger dmnk.
War Taxes.
AIIIM TO KHMTCK the war
taxes fW.000,000 annually,
Pilnclpally by loweilng the
Intel mil revenue taxes on
liquoit! and tobacco, has been In
troduced at Washington. The prlnclpil
l!ovlnions of the bill nre as follows.
The tax on beer, ale, etc., Is i educed
from $'.' to $1 per ban el; the tax on to
bacco and snuff Is reduced to six cents
a pound; ?- a thousand on cigara
weighing more than three pounds pel
1,000 and 7i" cents pei thousand on cl
eats w'elghlng Icbb than three pounds
per 1,000; and J1.25 per 1,000 on clgnr
Ittes, The Mnmp taes are to be
reduced f.O per cent, except on ( hecks,
drafts and telegrams. The taxes on
proprk'taiy medicines mid pinpaiatlons
tf tepculed, as Is the tax or 10 celita
per pound on tea.
Thu author of tills bill, Ilepiesonta.
.lvo .Lew of New Ymk, a IHniocraJ,
lrgucs that Jnnsinucl q,s the war i
Wr,'ijlU,0u,oKiiinuTt invunuiH nut
ihowln.K a margin of surplus, It Is time
o lighten tho tax but dens. In nn ab
ltrict s"enst his pioposltlon Is found
but from a practical utandpolnt the ad
ministration's policy of deferring this
matter until the Philippine trouble Is
out of the way and the uncertainties In
other directions aro fully Buarded
agalnHt Is manifestly prudent, The so
called wai taxes are not as a rula
oppressive. They do not represent
much mote than the actual needs of the
country under a proRtesslve and en
lightened administration. When thf
time comes, they should be revised anJ
leduoed where onerous, but their
w holesalo repeal Is not probable at any
time. . "'" "
In Mercer county Judge Miller re
quires every holder of n liquor license
there are only fifteen In tho county,
or one to every 4,000 Inhabitants lo
sign an agreement to close his bar on
Bundays nnd on legal holidays, and at
his own expense lo employ specl'U po
licemen on pay days and Saturday
evenings, to preserve order. Yet the
same license law covers Mercer county
that exists In Lackawanna. The dlf
fetence In Its enforcement measuies the
dlffoioncu In public sentiment.
From a Political Standpoint.
Wr C ARE GL.AD to observe
that so influential a
' journal aS, the Troy, N.
Y Timer, appreciates
tho public's interest In the proposed
Delaware Valley nnd Kingston rail
mad, as revealed through the heating
before the New York state railroad
comtnls'lop upon the application for it
charter. This matter, the Times per
tinently rcmaiks, "Is one directly af
fecting the pocket of every manufac
ttuei, met chant and housekeeper In
the cart who uses anthracite, and all
aie In favor of a plan that will give
thun cheaper fuel."
Yesterday's Now York Sun heads Its
report of the hearing: "Railroad Com
mission Decides That It Is Not Dry
Nursing Pennsylvania:" and explains
this reference as follows:
llefoic the state railroad commission
at the Fifth aierate hotel csterday, on
tie application of the Delaware Valley
alio Kingston ltallw.iv company for pcr
mls Ion to const I in I a new coal line to
the wi.tcr at Kingston from l.iek iw.icn,
nlnng the line of the old Delaware nnd
lli'd'oii Canal, counsel for tho nppll
c.inlf .ikid to haie a letter fiom the
Anthracite Coal Operators' association
li i mpoiuted In the record. ThJ letter
was miiirt'scd to the commissioners and
Wild Hut owing to the agreement of the
ci al loads Hie mlncis were blo to Weill
onlv K"i dif a car. The construction
of tho rtw road. It was asserted, would
en ihlo the operators to ah'p Nearly 3,m,
le) tons moii coul than at present and
Would icdiiee the mice ot coil 15 per
cent. frank PI itt. of counsel for the
opposing l.llrouls, objicted to the letter
and sahl It with an Insulting atti nipt to
Inlluet'ce the conunl'sioners. It was
thrown nit ulon; wllli another petition
oi the ('oil delators' association of
Sci.mton, the liillng being made that the
New Vo k coinmlsFlon was not Interest
id In the foiliiics of the people of Petin
sj lanla.
In an odlelal sense it Is true that the
New York r.i'lrcad commfSslfin Is "not
Intciistcl In the fot tunes of the peopl
ot Pennfy'Minl.1 " Its functions cease
at the Muto line. P.ut the above quota
tion fiom the Trjy Times supplies a
iciy toiiN Inclm; leason why the pro
posed new railroad's boailng upon thj
Mlbject of cheaper fuel In the Ilmpiro
state is an exceedingly pertinent topic
fot tnnsldcatliin by the railroad com
niltsion of that state.
Fuither aloni; In the New York Sun's
repoit nppe-irs the following:
Two state scnatois wete among those
who tistlllid for the applicants In the
afternoon. Thev were Senator Itbe, of
Vlsier count, and Benator Thornton, of
Sulllvnii. Piiit.liir Klce said a thousand
hemes hud leen vacated along the canal
it Kingston as a consi quence of Its nbar
dniunint. IVbi'ii he said thn new line
would be grc.itlv to ih" 'iilvnntuge of
KliiKfton, Mr. Piatt Inrjiiired If he was a
canlliWte for ie-eleetIon in the fall.
"I would like lo be a candidate for gov
ernor on this railroad question," replied
the .'( nato)
It should not be tieeessaiy for the
sum of New Yoik state's senior United
.States senator, in a stilctly business
matter, to intioduce e.tiamous politi
cal questions. Wt. question If It was In
good taste. Itut the answer which
Senator Itlce i canned to Frank Platt'a
iniputlnent qiit-iy is woitliy of study
by thos-f. x m,. inclined to look at
this Fiibjtvt from a political stand
point The Ilail of Itosebeiy, once Kng
land's picmler, asserts in the house of
loida that' last December tho Hiiti.sh
goieinnient made "vlgoious overtuies
to two great Dowers fieimnnv onil the
i fnlted ."tates, for an alliance, but
thes oei tin ex were not lecolved wllh
such cordiality as to cncouiago the
government to inn sue them " The call
of Itoseoeiy thus does wanton dam
age to the Ametiian Diinociaey'8 cam
paign thunder.
In spite of the nb.sence of an unusinl
foielgn demand for liiemMuffs, life
Arneilcnn expoit tiade contluiies to
glow. For Januai it amounted to
$1 15,31 S,t7.", an ineiease over the same
month a e.u ago of a million and a
half. Uxpansloii can't be stopped.
i
It is not true that Governor Stone
has snubbed ,the Lackawanna bar.
Neither Is it tme that he has accepted
Its lecoinmendatlon. He Is holding the
subject of the vacant judgeship un
der caieful advisement, a very pioper
thing to do,
Fieneli auny scandals continue to
multiply as the lights aie turned on.
It Is evident that nothing hut a war
can hjvo the French aimy from the
contempt of the woild; and It Is doubt
ful It a war would.
9 .
Flick's suit against Carnegie has
slatted the statlstleluns, one of whom
llguus that Carnegie's Income Is equal
to Jl every lime the clock ticks. An
diew ought ceitulnly to he willing to
let time lly.
Accoidlng to Mr. M.ieiiim's stoiy, he
expeilc-uced moie difficulty In obtain
ing a heal lu,; than Is eneoiinteiid by
tho aveiage new author with n mauu
sxilpt. Anxlouh people will doubtless lejolce
lo know tint Webster Dai Is Is on his
way home from tfouth Afiica, breath
whole and unscathed.
STUDIES IN HUMAN NATURE.
E Got th Pasb.
Till: FOM.OW1NC1 amusing Mory Is
told lit the expetmu of Colonel II. V,
Wreim, munilger of the trallle depart
inclil of the llg Plant ssteni, b u well
known newppaper man of New Orleans
"fionie eiitr ago 1 was broke In New
York," ho sn, und hearing that II. V.
Wrcnn, paengcr trallle manager ot tho
Plant si stem, was In town I "iillcd mi
him nnd nked for a. pas to JackiionMlle.
It was a pretty cheeky tequcst, conxid
crln that Wrenn didn't know mo from
Adam, and he very propel ly turned ma
down. However, I had to have that pass,
so I kept on tackling him, each time pre
senting somo now reason why tho roai
should carry mo to Jacksonville. The
last tlmo 1 called the clerk wouldn t lot
me In, and handed me one of my cards'
on which Colonel Wrenn had written,
'Keep this fellow out. If ho bolhsrs me
any more I'll go crazy." That gave me
an Idea, and I made u bee line for Mi.
Plant's pilvafe office. 'Mr. Plant,' 1 i-aid,
'I want a pass to Jacksonville, f la.' The
old gentlemen looked nt me In amaze
ment. 'On what grounds?' he asked. 'In
exchange for treating Colonel Wrenn for
threatened mental trouble,' 1 leplled.
Mr. Plant's faco clouded. 'What kind of
a game Is this, sir? ho demanded, stern
ly. 'Colonel Wrenn Is perfectly sane,
sir, nnd 1 won't peimlt .' 'Pardon
me,' I Interrupted, 'but Colonel Wrenn
Is nt this moment apprehensive of lun
ncy. nnd believes firmly that It rests en
tirely with mo to avert tho attack. I
have his written statement to that ef
fect In my poekrt.' 'Let me see It,' Mr.
Plant fairly shrieked. I handed him thu
curd, and got ready to run. Aa ho read
the Inscription his faco relaxed. Ills
piercing gray eves began to twinkle.
Finally ho lay back In his chair and
roared with laughter, 'Hero. Mr. Smith,'
I he called to a clerk, 'give this young man
transportation to JacKsonifllc and cnargo
It to medical treatment for Colonel
Wrenn." New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Rewarded with a Sixpence.
UOW THE Duke of Norfolk, one of the
11 richest of Kngllsli peers, earned hta
first sixpence Is related by his friends
w 1th a great deal of gusto, gays the Chi
cago Chronicle. A few years ago a large
Kngllfh party headed by the Duke went
on a continental tour. The Duke busted
himself xery much on the journey In a
kind-hearted way about the welfare of
ever one In the party. At every station
he used to pet out and go round to see
If he could do nnvthlng for utivone. One
old lady, who did not know him when
she arrived nt last In Pome, tired and
hot, found great difficulty In getting a
porter. So she seized on the Duke.
"Now. my good man," she said. "I've
noticed you nt ill these stations loafing
about. Just make ourse!f useful for
once In vour life. Take my bag and find
me n cab."
The Duke mildly did as he was bid
und was rewarded with a sixpence
"Thank ou, nndam," he said: "I
stmll prl7e this Indeed: It Is the fii3t
coin I have ever earned in my life."
Sure to Be There.
A N OLD SCOTCH FAltMKK was Ivlng
tt on whit he thought was his death
bed. He began to give orders to his wife
about his funeral and the people to
be Invited, says the Newcastle (Eng.1
Chronicle His wife, knowing that he
SOME CURRENT VERSE.
Burgher Smlt of the Transvaal.
I.
Hurgher Smlt of the Transvaal, alone on
the kopje's crest
Beneath, In the mud, a pool of blood a
ragged hole In the breast
A groin and . a Oil! a fevor chill a
praer for a soldier's rest.
H.
Hurgher Smlt of tho Transvaal, In the
heat of the tropic sun,
Had stood thut day thro' the deadly tray
to his rock and his belching gun
With only a hope to guard the slope till
the grim assault was done.
IH.
And Dureher Smlt of the Transvaal had
worked Ills heart's desire
He had held his own on Ids rock-ribbed
thro' the stcrtn of steel and nie
llo had rroved his heart a worthy part
of the heart of his ttekklng sire!
IV.
Hut Hurgher Smlt of tho Transvaal felt
a hand of Ice at his soul:
He saw, or he felt, his native veldt, with
Its ocemi-dlp and roll
He looked thro' the night and saw the
light stream out from his "land-
bouvv" knoll.
V.
And there he saw hh: little ones he heard
ttielr mother's call
As best nhe can, like her own good man,
she works In the cattle kraal
Put ner heart Is away, tho long, long
day, away o'er the mountain wall!
VI.
Hut HuiUicr Smlt of the Tr.msv.nl shall
come no more to his otvn:
Ho luu gone the roul that his fathers
1 1 run he has tlekked to the last
Unknown- ,
And ihe Father above. In lu'the and
love, sh ill leap what there hands
have sown!
John Jerome Rooncy. In the Sun.
"Keep to the Bight."'
"Keep to the right," Is tho law of the
ro.'d
Make it a law of your moral code:
In whatsoe'er vou ilcte.mine to do.
Follow the road of tho Good and tho
True;
Follow and fear not; by day and by
nlcht,
tip hill or down hill, "keep to the tight."
Doubt velll asall you, temptation will
w oo -"Keep
to the right," for the right Is the
true;
Doubt Is a traitor, temptation a shame;
A hr.ut that Is horn st, a life without
blame,
Will lank ou far higher, In worth and
lonown.
Than the grandest of kings, with his
sccptct and crown.
"Keep to tho right," in tho journey of
life.
There Is eiowdlng and jostling, trouble
and stilfe;
The weak will t.uccumb to the boll and
the stiong,
And many go under and many go wrong;
He will acquit himself best In the tight
Who shirks not his duty, and "keeps to
tho right."
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
The statistical maniac calculates there
Is one piano for every teven houses In
tho United Kingdom.
rim iiggicgBtci mileage of all tho roadr
cuntrollcd by the wonderful Vaudcrbilt
Muigan combination up to the present
dite Is H.'.-'i, which is mine than onu-llfth
of ell thu rallruad mileage In thu United
Stutcs.
Tho finest blankets made in tho coun
ti are now m iiiuf.ictured ill Noith I'uro.
Una, where 101 woolen mills ale In opera
tion, The finest gradii of vool can bo
grown In the south almost ns eheiply
us cotton.
It In commonly believed among tho
prmantiy in the fi.il mountains that Pw
a wolf to see a man before the man sees
the woll I an omen tint liu will be
"jitiuek dumb" end so remain as long us
tho wolf lives.
Tim fact that most of the aitillerv jirae.
th e in the TriuiSMial win luu. appealed so
Ineffective on both sMih nid surprize to
one. It Is a v ill known fact Pint on an
aveinge onlv one bullet out of Wi lired
In battle stllkes home.
Two decades nt,n the south produced
was not dvlng, paid but little attention
lo his requests, and this so enraged the
farmer that he roso up on his elbow and
cried out:
"What need I speak: there'll be. nacth
lug dune rltht unless I'm thcru mysel'l"
His wife, patting him on the shoulder,
replied: "Tcots, man, Hauldyl Keep cr
mln' easy; je'll be tho principal man
there."
No Wonder They Are -lch.
THAT DRUG FIRM which has brought
1 suit against seirral others for In
juring Its liU'lncM reminds one of tho
stoiy of the dent man who went to a
drug store to havo a prescription flllid.
As the phatmaclst rolled up tho l.il
he saldi "Se vent -live cents, sir,"
The cuptemcr laid a nickel on tho coun
ter. "Seventy-five cents, If ou please," re
peated tho druggist.
"Well, there's our E cents," remarked
the customer.
"Put I said 75 ccnls," howled the drug
gist. "And haven't I pnld you your 5 cents?"
Insisted tho other man Irritably, us he
picked up his parcel.
"Oh, go long, you old idiot," muttered
the nhnrmaclst, as the man went out.
"Well, I've made t cents prollt, anywa."
and ho slammed the cash drawer."
Louisville Times.
Novel Way to Dig Canals.
DRINCF, HOHKNLOHB Is a strong ad-
vocato ot Kmperor William's scheme
for a great ship canal which will connect
the Interior of Oermany with the ocean,
saS tbo Saturday livening Post. In dis
cussing the subject with ono of tho
Agrarian nobles who opposes tho pro
ject tho latter said:
"Your excellency, you will find the op
position to be a rock In the path of your
cannl."
The prince's eyes twinkled as ho ro
torted, "We'll Imitate the prophet Moses,
smite the rock, and then the water will
flow."
One on Joe Chamberlain.
U ERE IS a Tit Pit Mory on the present
colonial secretary of Great liritaln.
Homo visitors passed through Mr. Cham
berlain's orchid-houses at Highbury
ono morning, when a very valuable plant
was discovered broken. Mr. Chambcr
luln. It Is said, almost lost his temper,
and declared that sightseers should no
longer bo welcomed. Then ho Interro
gated tho gardener In chaigo of the
hones.
The man appeared confused, but pro
tested that he did not do the damage.
"I was very sorry when I saw It done,
sir."
"You saw It done? Then, of course,
the visitors did do It?"
"No. sir, tho visitors didn't either,"
said the man.
"Speak out, rn'in!" cried Mr. Chamber
lain. "I am resolved to discover tho cul
prit." Then the gardener spoke: "You did
It oursclf, please, sir, for I saw you.
You were walking up an clown an' re
hearsing something. I heard Lord Sil
jsburv's name, sir, an' Mr. Gladstone's,
nn' then you struck out with vour right
arm suddenlike, and dowa went the
orchid."
The colonial secretary smiled, and
i sightseers were not forbidden the orchid-
houses.
"Keep to th? right," and tho Right will
keep ou
In touch and accord with the Good und
the Tiuc;
These nre the Best things In life, after
all,
They make It worth living, whatever be
fall, And Death has r.ot terrors, when he
comes In sight,
For the man who determines to "keep to
the right."
Charles W. Hubncr, In Atlanta Consti
tution. The Han with the Hose.
Dressed In the loudest vestments of the
day,
Beside the suundlrg seashore ho has
straj ed,
The guileless guy of all the passing
thiui.g
Who labor for their living nnd arc glad.
For countless weeks no new idea has
roamed
Tho vacant chambers of his stunted
brain;
For him the piesent Is tho only time;
Tomorrow's hopes nor memory of the
past
Have power to shift the current ot his
dream,
For quite convinced is he that his Indeed
Aro guest of tho gay In tills year's hese.
Who plastered down his perfumed locka?
Who set his Jaws agape?
Whom does he work, that he from day
to da
May live nevoid of toll.
A brother to tho sacred cow
That at the circus ehews its peacsful
cud ?
Perchance in ages past did Solomon
Take all the wisdom fiom a lace of men
To add unto his store, nnd in reiuin
Fine raiment gave for wlrit he took of
wit.
Whence wns conceived this tribe
That never toll or spin. .
Who knows but tint at some far-distant
day
This thing we mike our mirth may, grop
ing, llud
A ballot bo and vote Jim like u man'.'
M his the light of fiancplte wo liolii dear?
bhall men of biain and brawn look on at
this
And silent be for shame? Let Jerry
Simpson say.
If in his present guise
Ho passed beyond the portals of this
cat th
And sought iidmNsIon at the heavenly
gates.
What would St. Peter ray?
Whoso act shall set within thin pumpkin
head a light?
Ills cigarette doth seaice fur mind suf
fice, Hath ho no soul? Is he more soro berett
Than cannlbjl or thoo of heathen Wiea?
Return in haste, O plnui band! There's
work to do at home.
Arthur K. Taylor, hi Harper'. Bazar.
nnnually hut G.WO.iiOG Ions ot bituminous
coal; that product )iru now passed tho
l",(X"),0vu murk, and of thu iT,m) squaro
miles of coal fields in tho south enly
about I ilK) aio uudci duvelopnit lit.
Investigatlcn has convinced tho com
missioner of labor stntlstlis In Connecti
cut tint eltetile lighting Ik lurnlsled by
private ceinp.iulis to muulelpalitki! .so
eheiply now tint municipal owneishlp
would bring no saving woith considering.
Defective tlllis are 1 -ionslble for ovei,
11 per cent ot Ihe Hies nnd Incendiarism
Is net lis a cause, La.it ear C.sq a
eindlaiy fires occur! ed Lightning caused
U.l"!, spontaneous combustion l.U'i, fil
lion In machinery '.'1, natuutl gut M, dust
eplosuns II and five wuo caused by tho
sun's nis pissing thiougli window glnus,
The next gnat celebration In New Voik
Ih likely to be lulil hi Hiptimhci, unji,
and It wilt bo tho tluee hundredth mini -veisar
of the illuovciy ot the Il,uid
of Miiii'iattuti b, Ib-iuy Hudson, The
two hundifdth iiin.lvi ,-s ire, In rU-ptemh r,
Pi. wns modestly h blnled hj u dtimei,
lo Id under Ihe imsplcis of the New Yor'
Historic '1 socle ly.
rXMONAJtlTIEI.
Max O'Rcll, tho French author, siis
that he hus never seen nn American wo
man who could be considered really ugly.
General Theodore Schwaii takes with
him on nil his campaigns and smokes
every evening a pipe given him by Sitting
Hull.
Sir William Van Heme, chairman of
the board of directors of tho Canadian
Pacific railroad, once lilted the position
of a humble ticket agent,
Geiicuil d'l'xca Donmerce, senior offi
cer of tho French army, Is s ens old
and hus si rved under three kings, nn em
peror nnd two lepubllcs.
George Everett, builder of po-tofflces
and custcm houses foi tho United States
government, worked at day labor as n
stonecutter less thnn tweiit years ngo.
Hero Is an enthusiastic. Now Yorker's
appreciation of Paderewskl. "Why,
there's only one pianist In Ihe world; all
the rest of them ale tuelely lilted help."
"Fighting Rob" Evans nt one time of
his llfo Intended to bo a miner and Went
west at the age of 16, arriving In Salt
Lake City with $200 and a navy revolver,
D. K. Pearsons, tho millionaire phil
anthropist, lays It down ns the chief rule
for tlnnnclnl success to bo one's own man
ager nnd to trust no one to tako care of
one's business for one,
Governor A. II. Lot glno, of Missis,
slppl, who opposes lynching, wns cinco
tienrly mobbed bv fellow-students at tho
University of Mississippi for a violent
speech ngnlnst lynch law.
Sir John Lubbock, since his elevation
to tho peerage, hns decided to take the
title Lord Avebury from a property In
Wiltshire, said by nntlquarluns to bo a
greater Druldlca! monument than Stone
hengo. Representative Mitchell May, of tho
Sixth New York district, has the repu
tation of being the best-dressed, man in
congress. His clothes are always of the
latest fashion and cut and lit him llko
a glove.
Joseph L. Mevers, recently elected a
member of tho Ohio state senate, walked
from his homo In Coshocton to the capi
tal, a distance of 100 miles, a few weeks
ago, to show his dislike for railroad cor
porations. William Deon Howells l elates that as
a boy his first literary workshop was a
narrow space under the stairs at his
home. There was a desk against the wall
and a little window giving sufficient light.
This was his study for six or seven
years.
A movement hns started In Litchfield
county. Conn., to buy up John Brown's
birthplace In the town of Torrlngton, re
pair It, and hold It ns on historical relic.
Tho house Is in a dilapidated condition,
and has for some ears been occupied by
a poor negro family.
Thomas Yates, of Toledo, O., Is the
only American citizen who took part in
tho famous charge of tho Light Brigade
at Halaklava. Ho was In the Seven
teenth Lancers and maintains that the
charge was ordered out of Lord Lucan's
insane Jealouy of Lord Caidlgan.
Three men who have been newspaper
reporters In Albany have become mem
bers of the cabinet. The late Daniel
Manning, Daniel S. Lamont nnd Charles
Emory Smith, less than twenty-live ears
ago, sat side by side reporting the pro
ceeilings of the New York legislature.
Professor W. E. H. Duliols, of Atlanta
university, has begun nn Investigation
Into the catci!- of college-bred negroes,
and will mako a report to tho annual
nuro ciiiifeiime to be held at the uni
versltv net .May. He finds that there
are between !.'.! mil 1 ,"U0 negroes who
have been graduated fiom college.
Vstois to the Paris exposition next
summer will not be denied the pleasure
of listening to the Inimitable Yvettc
Gullbert. us was once feared, The singer
has In tell undergone p. most tring sur
gical operation, but Is now well along to
ward recovery. She expects to bo able
to return to the stage late In the spring.
It Is calculated that Ruskin wrole
more books than any three of the Vad
Ing thinkers In Erglaud. Tho entries in
tho most recent bibliography number
1,200, this number Including, of course,
tho various editions, letters, etc. His
books number 70. It is said that the
drawers of the Hrantwood library are
full of manuscripts.
A prettv story, which comes from the
deathbed of the Duke of Westminster, Is
that almost at tho last, when i.nable to
speak, he signaled for a sheet of paper
and pencil. Ho then wrote on It that ha
wished for a check for 1,000 to be sent
to the officers' families' fund. This wish
has been carried out, nnd the cheek has
been received at Lansdowne House.
Roll Top Desks,
Flat Top Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Chairs
A Large Stock to Select
from.
Hill b Connell
121 N. Washington Ave.,
always misy,
They Most Go
ilwftu ci
That's the order we gave
o 2,ooo pairs of Double-Sole
Shoes for ladies aud gcutle
uieu. Prices from
31.' 0 TO $3.00.
Lewis. Reilly & Dflvles,
Ill-tlO Wjomlm; Avenue,
Witt
FURNITURE
MltM Mea
Get Ready
for lospectflomi
We have uow 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 ope shop for
two or three mouths aud then
skip out. We are here to
stay. Our guarantee is "as
good a3 gold," Prices as
low as any.
MERCiEREAU&COMELL
130 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
Heatieg
Stoves,
Ranges,
Fwiiraaces,
PlMmWog
Tioiinig,
S2S-327 PENN AVENUE.
The HMot &
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Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wir'ng, -Qa3
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
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iloom 101 Cimne.l Datum j.
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About the vcar 1840 a ccntlcman at that time prominent In
New York society, while at Lake George with his family, was taken
sick with an attack of cholera morbus. No doctor was at hand
save a sort of half Indian local practitioner, who was sen for.
He prescribed a preparation of rhubarb and soda which he mixer!
hiimelf. Its effect was excellent and so pleased was the tourkl
with its results that he brought the prescription to New York and
used to have it compounded at Delaplaine's drug store at the cor
ner of 14th Street and Sixth Avenue. For many years this mixture
was in use in the family, one member of which was a son who after
wards arose to i-niiiu'iice as a physician. This son, as is related b,
a brother, was: "as veil as the lest of us, brought up on this medi
cine, fo to speak." He was, therefot 0, very familiarwith it at the tinn
he caused its introduction at the hospital where it afterwards be
came .so famous. It was from the origin here related that The
Ripans Ciemical Co. has :,inro made the most successful of
modem remedies Ripans TalmJcs. '
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Our January Clearancs
Sale of Underwear was so
successful, that we are now
enabled to open up for
Spring, au entirely
New lime
Of thp freshest and dainti
est undergarments that the
most perfect skill and artistic
workmanship is capable of
producing. The line as
usual is complete from the
plaiuest to those more elabor
ately trimmed, and comprises
everything in
Ladles'. Misses' and
Some extra special num
bers in matched sets for
wedding, etc., etc., at tempt
ing pnees.
SALE OPENS
MONDAY . . .
Tie Prang Pflafiaeftes.
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 dillerent subjects to
select from. The prices are very
reasonable and the assortment is
complete.
Be l?ei CrtpLetterlBoo!
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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
ot pen and ink. When the book is
tilled, extra tillers can be purchased
Irom us at very little cost. Two
sizes and bindings in stock.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Scrnnton, Pa.
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