.- ". rw,! ? j" THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1900. Publhhfd nnlly, Except RumUy, by The Trllnino I'ubllHliliiK Company, at Vlfly Cellist tt Month. MVY B. MCHAKD, MHor. O. F. UYXUUK, Uuslt'CE Manager. New Vork Office! 150 Naseau fit. s. h. vnuni.AN'n, Bole Agent for l'orelgn Advertising. Entered at the PcwtoiTlco nt Scranton, l'a., ns Sctond-Clnsa MdII Matter. When npnee will permit. The- Trlhuno In alwnH Klail to print short letters from Its friends bra ring on current topics, but Its rule N that theso muit bo signed, for publication, by thn writer's real name; nnd the condition precedent to ncceptntico Is thnt all contributions shall bo subject to editorial revision. BCKANTON, FEI3HUAHV 19, 1900. STATE CONVENTION CALL. To tho Republican Electors of renn)l- anla: 1 am directed by the Republican slate rommltleo to niiuounco that tho Itcpiib Ikans of 1'miiim1wuiUi, by tlulr duly thoen rrpreyntatlMH, xx til tneet In ton entlon lit the opera liuti, In the city ot lliurlsbuw, mi Wcdnisdny, April 2", 1'.'"', at 10 20 n'dcM.k ,i, m., for the purpose or niimliLitliiK cnndldiitis for tho lollowii'K otlltes, tc nit: One perhon for the tfllce of auditor ren. crnl. Two persons for the ollke of centres' limti-nt'litiue. Tlihty-lwo pcisoiiM (four-:itliii"o) iVi picvUkutl.il elector!, mid to choo.'e eight ileliRUles mid Light nltcriuiti s-at-lalgo to the Repillilk'.in nation. il coiieiillou to b hold In l'lillndi'Iphl.i on Ti.etd.iv, the nlneti unth day of Jinn- next, unit for tin tiniiHtt'tli n of mull other lm.lncs us innv no pievented In iiicnidiiiico ultli the rule adopted .it the tato convention hild In HurNbiitg on August 21th. Inst, the icpie-utitutlon In llic stnti nmvpiitlon '.till be b.ised on the ote polkd at tho lat presidential rleilliin. I'rder this rule trt.li legllutle district Is entitled to one rich gate- for i'Vpiv two thousind ots east for tho pT-.lclpntl.il Uectots, In VC, and all udJl tlon.il delegate for rxiiy fraction of two thousand otc polled In excess of one thoi's.u.d Kiich (HMilcl t entitled to the same number of dilrgatis lit up rcented It In the comct.tlon of 1VS. Uy order of tho Repillilk'.in ht.ito com mittee. Frank Ureder, rhnlrm.ui. W. R. A mil en , CMM:. Vooihees, Sec retaries. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. SCHOOL DIRKCTOnSC. C. Ferbcr, li I). Fellows. Vote tomorrow for Ferber and Fel Jowh for school director, for the Re publican ward candidates and for tho viaduct and new hewers. Business Prospects. SIGNS ARK multiplying that the approaching- spring and sum mer will see busy times In tho building; trades In Scranton. Last year's labor troubles spoiled that heat-oil's prospects and much of the building' then postponed has already been or soon will bo tonti acted for, the woik to be begun this coming' spilng. If the new tin plate mill shall be pushed lgorously it will nttiatt to the city within the year a laige number of families who will Ineuase the demand for homes and greatly stimulate build ing operations. Tho construction of thiee such magnificent buildings as the proposed laige printing plant of the Intel national Correspondence .schools, the new aimoiy and the Young- Men's Clulstlan association building Is certain to lend an appreciable impetus to ical estate allies throughout the city as well as throw Into'nctlve tiiculatlon a (onsldeiablo amount of money. The impioveiuenU planned for Nay A us; park, the opening to put chase of large tiacts of land hitherto fenced In liv some of the large corporation, nnd the sums to be expended In viaduct nnd sewer conjunction if the majoilty at tomoi low's election shall favor theso necessary Impimements arc additional indications favorable to a season of nunc than oidlnary business activity. It Is noteworthy that the local archi tects have been busy on new plans for months past, that tho dealeis in build ing mateilalsand supplies have oidered heavily in anticipation of a lushlmj spilng- demand, and that tho expecta tions of those who keep watch upon such matteis aie high. Presidential campaigns aie common ly believed to be detrimental to bust ness and In some localities they un doubtedly are. They do not, however, appreciably affect Scianton. So far as local business goes, the outlook heie is most cheerful and It will bo greatly Improved If tho pending application for (i chatter for the Delaware Valley and Kingston lallioad shall, be favorably passed upon and an outlet secured for the anthracite coal produit of the Lackawanna valley on terms which must largely Increase breaker time and thus swell tho volume of wagett In con nection with the mining nnd depend ent Industries. Sober counsel seems to have pi availed among the men who were meditating a strike in our mines; for the piesent this danger Is past, and It will not icappear If employes and employers shall consult their mutual . Interests and meet each other, from time to time, in frank and honest ad justment of dlffetences. The alaim created by disclosure ot the possible removal of the local steel tall Industry to Buffalo has passed, and w hlle this lemoval Is yet to be considered anion? the possibilities, conditions point to the unlikelihood that suoh a move will bo - made while theie la pioflt In operations here. Altogether tho chances favor nn ex- ceptlonally bounteous season of well 't diffused prosperity In our city and in Us environs. Kngland's confidence In Kitchener r seems to have been vvell placed. A general who can teslst the temptation to suppoit u press buu-nu must have heroic substance within him. An analysis of tho vote in the senate "on tho bill riveting down tho gold . standard shows that twenty-two suites voted for It. thliteen against and ten ,were divided. The twenty-two states which voted solidly for the bill contain 63.7 per cent, of tho total population of thp counti, the thirteen which voted solldlyvagajnst.contain 26 per cent, of i the tonl population and tho states vvKlehJaividedirepjesent 10.3 per cent. 'In rouniT numbers, 70 per tent, of the people through their senatorial repre sentatives sustained the gold standard aia only-o per cent, were for the Hrynn Idea of unlimited free silver coinage. Tho silver question Is licnco foith a dead Issue In American poli tics. It hat liecn extinguished by tho education of experience. Tho suggestion of Colonel Motsc 'n Ills recent lcctuto on "Municipal Sani tation," that If the city (if Sciantoi will make, liltn a present of Its lefuse lie will light the city free, offers timely escape f nun the piospect of having to pay M cents a nUht for each arc light to a company which threatens, If Its bid be not accepted, to shut off Its ser vice and leave tho city In daikness. Let the rlty fathers tnlie tho colonel at his word. Forests and Floods. Whim: Tiinnn dlrtislon of toplis been t has In tho f forestry much pos it Iveness of assertion to tho effect that destruction of limber tends to Increase spilng and fall Hoods t and to produce great r exttemes of i wet and dry weather, there has not, I to our knowledge, been n definite olll- i rial tct of this matter. One Is soon to be made. The division of roicstty In the United States department of agrleultuio In", It Is announced, selected Southern California as the Held for an exhaus tive series of measuicimnls and In vestigations for the put pot e of secur ing accurate knowledge of tho relation of foroMs to tho run-off of streani'j. The division hns chosen tho v.Mtcrslicd vvhli h embtaces the sources of tint Mohave river, In the San llomuidlno mountains, as the best center for ex potlnients. The work will embrace :i comptohenslvo study of tho present forest cover, considered In i elation to the rainfall and the flood capacity oC streams. The ntea selected contains, We are told, three distinct types the Holcomb shed, n brush-covert d dis trict; the Little Rear shed, which has been denuded by lumbei lng, and the Deep Clock Mied, still coveted w lth heavy virgin forest. These nioas ar.j under the contiol of the Auowhead Itrlgation company, which has k-'pt twenty-eight laln-gnugo stations in operation for seven eais, and has also ineasuied the How of the stt earns dur ing that time; so that the government experts will have much data ulteady on hand. The soil Is similar on all por tlons, .and the geological foi million uniformly granitic. The iiilnfall on the foiested and logged-oft tiacts Is practically tho same. It Is believed that conditions aie so nearly similar throughout the legion that the obser vations will bo as lnsliucuve :us If made on the same tract befoie and after lumbering. Tho eftects of glaz ing and Hies will also bo poted. It Is entirely consistent with reason to believe that forest areas absoib and hold rainfall "a as nintri tally lo letard the outflow of streams and to assist In the natural li legation of cultivated lands--. Rut to know exactly the facts In the r remises Is obviously desliabl. This test will have unlvusal Inteiest. It would not become the United States senate to dodge the Quay cms?. The question Is one tailing very earn estly fin a dt Unite and an caily answer. The Death Penalty. THi: RRCRNT defeat by the house of ieprescnt.itlvo a Albany, by neaily two voici to one, of a bill to abolish the death penalty In New Yoik stat.' Is not a fair test of public opinion on this subject, for the icuson that th paitlcular bill defeated had been cham pioned at a paitlcular time laigely for a particular put pose the indication of sympathy for Roland R. Mollneuv. It was an ex parte proposition which u'l that account desetved its fate. The genet. il campaign against Hi? death penalty Is not weaken.;! b his vote ,'t is sttengthened by It. As On er,' rCewton M. Cuitls, one of the leaders- of this movement, said In i lecont interview In the New Yotk Sun: "It has never been a sentlement or mciely ethical question with me; it is simply a lefoim that Is needed for tho good of society. I believe that the abolition of the death penalty will deciease the number of murdeis that aie commit ted, will make convictions more eei- taln, and will make witnesses more willing to testify and to testify tiuth fully, and will foiever do nvv.iv with the horrible unceitalnty of circumstan tial evidence. In most capital tilals the question Is not is the prisoner guilty V but 'Shall the pilsonrr hang'." Again and again juries b:lng In ver dicts of 'not guilty' when the facts aie such that they must have absolutely Ignoied them to leach such a veidlct. The elicumstances of the murder may bo such that the jury does not believe that the extteme penalty should bo visited upon the accused. Rut they, know that he Is guilty and that If they' render a veidlct In aeiordunco with the facts they will force the Judge to ptonounco the death sentence. He has no option. And the jut y solemnly pio nounees the pilsoner not guilty. "The nim of ciimlnnl law Is the pie entlon of crime, and punishments pjp scilbed to promote that end should possess qualities most likely to attain It. Justice James Wilson, in his ehaige to tho giund Juiy at Huston, Nov 7, 1791, stated the qualities which render laws Hts preventives of cilme to be, 111 st. moderation, second, speedliioss, thlid, certainty. The punishment of death possesses neither of these quali ties, but their opposltes. The death penalty does not deter men fiom com mltlng ci line, but tends to Incite them to dlsoider, as fhown by tho fact that In states which Inflict the death penalty atrocious ciimes Inciease, while In non-capltul states they deciease. Tho death pen u'lty prevents the speedy empanelling of juiles and deteis witnesses from appealing In coutt and glvin;,- testi mony In a e'ear and posltivo manner, thereby delaying the pioceedlngs of the courts, multiplying expenses, und de feating the objects fm which they ate Instituted, the affoidlng suitors the means of obtaining speedy justice nnd the protection of property, llbeity and life. Kxecutlons horrify and brutalize the sensitive and young, louse the vic ious, possess no redeeming feature. Im prisonment gives an example as much moie effective us the days of confine- ment exceed tho moments of nn execu tion." In this Interview General Curtis made the fuithcr statement that hlstoty and statistics fchow that In every civilized, Well-established government and slat" In which the death penalty has been abolished the results have been satis factory and the cilmo for which It has been Indicted has decreased after Us abolition nnd none have testored It af ter giving it n reasonable time to test its efficiency. In support of this state ment (lenciat Curtis quoted the exam ples of Michigan, which abollshol tho death penalty In 1S47; Rhode Is'nnd, which abolished it In 18."2; WlsconVu, which dropped It In 1S.3; Maine, which nbollshed It In 1STG, restored It In 1881, and abolished It ngaln in 1SS7; lown, which nbollshed It In 1S72 and part' restored it in 1S7S, allow Inc Juries to stipulate the death penalty In tho vet diet If they thought best, and Colorado, which dropped the death penalty In 1S97. In all of these states, General Cuttls said, the experience of the law maker and of the courts had been that murder was much more iiurely punished than It had been before-. Oen eial Cuctls has statistics to show that niurdeis have not lnci eased In any of the states anil In some of them has decieased; while the percentage of un punished ci hues has been greatly les sened. Ho has collected figures l elat ing to many foielgn nations which show the sanio thing. Iletween 1S90 und 1SU1 there weie, as far as General Cuitls' stutlstlcs show, CM) legal execu tions In the United States; In that satnu time there wete 917 lynchlnss. Only foil t of these lynchlngs were In states where the death penalty had been nbollshed. Rlaborate attempts have been made to bieak the foice of these ntguments, but they have not succeeded. The di lft of expert opinion Is, wo believe, steadily away fiom sanction of the death penalty. m The attempt to elevate Mr. Maeium Into u national Issue does not hold out much piomlse ot success. Professor Sumner Astray. r F IT IS TRIM:, as leportcd. that I 1'iofessor William G. Sumnei, of M the depaitineiit of social science at Yale unlveislty, believes that !io per cent, of the manlages of tho piesent day tuin out unhappily, the fact has no other beating- than as In dicating how a blight mind can occa sionally be led astray. Theie aie many unhappy manlages, too many of them; and Piofesor Sum ner does well to advise the oung men under his instruction to exercise, in the choice of life pai titers, not less than the deliberate and anxious care they would exeiclse If selecting a pait ner In a business venture. When he says that many marriages are care lessly contiacted, he speaks the truth. When he Implies that passing Infatua tion Is often mistaken for slnceie af fection and utllnlty he is equally with in bounds. Rut he has no data to piove that only 10 per cent, ot modern manlages aio reasonably happy. Ho can offer no Justification for to sweep ing an assertion. Happiness, of couif-e, Is a relative term. The happiness of a modem mar riage is not unvcxed; life docs not vouchsafe to any mortal, whether sin gle or.wedded, uninterrupted and per fect felicity. Rut if 1'iofessor Sumner means that in W per cent, or even a majoilty of ninnlages the paitles In contract aie less happy than they would have lichen had the matrimonial partnership not been formed, we do not see In what man ner he can suppoit such n statement. It Is tiuo that theie aie divorces and scandal and wanton unfaithfulness and that these, being much talked about, seem larger than they really are, espe cially since the men and women who are contented and faithful in wedlock do not ns a rule proclaim In public the success of their niatiimonlal expel 1 iiient. Rut the professor of social sci ence at Yale university is a man who should disci iminate. i:-Spcakor Reed defines the Sunday newspaper as u bi Inner of "trouble and doubt; tiouble lor a. man If ho does lead it and doubt It he doesn't.' It Is sate to b-uess that the ex-speaker dots not glv.o hlnnselt the boneiit of the doubt, NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. The aveiauo wages of a domestic ser vant In Lonoon In l.tf a wiek. Aiiotiallii is to have u naval rt servo mod. ml on that ot thu Unlit d btatea. 'lire tablo uiUs betwteii South Atuca and england uiu to bo redueed to it a I he' uveiage duration of life in Chicago his been greatly ineiiastel 111 thu last Unity ears, resulting In thu saving ot 1..0W lives. Japan will not tesloio captured ships to t hliui, but -v. Ill sell her new ally L'W.uw Maiisir rlllts ami il.iMJ.uvo tounds of am munition at a low rate. All atieel railway companies operating in the city of New Yoik uiu luqulred by law to inn at least one closed tai lu o.' cry four at all stasons of thu eur. iho Japanese government decided some tlino ago to increase tho prlco of railway tickets by onc-lhlrd. Thu icsult was a loss Instead of a (.uiu In receipts, Tho prevailing use of eleetuvlty has brought about i luge Incifiiso in flies, owliirf to erosstd wires. Ten eais ago tin lu weio onl) i)."i such llres nnd lust jcar theio were Ws. About 20,000,000 false teeth aio pioduccd annually In tho United Mutes, nearly all being tho piudurt of Philadelphia facto ries, About I'M-cO ounces ot tine gold uiu uaid with this output. Prussia's iintl-I'nltsh campaign has leaclud tlm point of fit bidding tho teaching- of Polish to cblldicn after lliey have left school, ren by their own families, under penalty of heavy fines. I'toplo vlio suflei from heat in tho bands and feet can obtain speedy and ensy itlk'f fiom tho samu by putting In side their stockings and cloves n small portion of vciy lino oatme-il. Instead of Issuing return e lucks to per sons leaving a theater dm lug the per foi malice, the .Inp.uioso mark the de-pirt-lug spectator on the hand with an India lubber stamp, tho mark varying each ev ening In toim and color. A Gei man physiologist attacks the prevalent notion that sugar Is injurious to the stomach. He considers It ouo of tao most wholcsomo nnd nourishing foods, ndmlttln,', however, that dyspep tics should not ent sweet dishes In tho evening. Two-thirds of tho quinine consumed Is produced In tho inland of Java, from cultivated trees, tho joung plaiits having been procured bv the Dutch government from Peru In W2. Tho Rngllsh govern ment ulso started cinchona plantations lu India, which now produeo largo quan tities of quinine. SOCIETY ON PARADE AT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT'S LAST IlECEPTION A GORGEOUS AEFAIR. Thn Last Card Function of the Srn son Only a Skeleton of tho Army Repiesented, but the Women Form a Bewildering Panorama of Whito Shoulders, Shapely Arms and Ele gant Gowns. Special Correspondence of Tho Tribune. Washington,, D. C, Feb. 18. It was simply gorgeous the president's recent reception. It was the last card func tion of the season at tho White HoU3 An opera wrap, a swallow tall und carriages found wide open doors unl no questions asked. The polite ushc.'s didn't know whether the guest was self-invited or not, nor did he j.i'e. He was obsequiously polite to the opera wrap, because he knew Intuitively how scarrt was tho modish g-ovvn under neath. And what the White House habitue doesn't know about "the female foim divine" is not worth knowing. The army nnd navy reception Is the most brilliant of nil the season's social func tions at the White House. It Is the ambition of every woman who owns an evening gown (whether her neck and shoulders size up to the sttictlv con ventional standard or not) to attend this great spectacular affair. The time was when biass buttons and siujuldcr stiaps conspicuously dominated the function, but the swallow tnll had Its first tilumph In last night's affair. The boys in uniform were on the Held or In the camp defending the honor of the Ameilcan llag where American civiliz ation and American valor had planted It never to be h-utled down. Only the skeleton ot tho iirmv was represented. Rut the women! Wh'tt a bewildering panorama of white shoul ders, shapely arms and elegant gowns. It was "u low necked affair," or "a V shaped affair," was tepeatedly observed In the writer's healing. It was sug gested, too, that the old saving of "fair women and brave men" ousht, In Justice to the women, be teversed. Unquestionably It took both uncommon coinage and phenomenal braveiy on the pait of many splendidly gowned women to submit to fashion's Inexor able conventionality and nonchalantly bare their scmvviiy, pimpled shoulders to the stating, ogling men and women who. In the pursuit of anatomical re seat ch doubtless tegaid these exhibi tions purely In the light of scientific achievement. A striking1 coincidence, they certainly observed, was that the more elegant and costly the gown the lower the cut and tho tntnner the neck. A magnificently gowned woman, her neck and head blazing with great big diamonds, was just ahead of your cor respondent In the receiving line. It was Idle curiosity, If not a little mean, to look for more, but It was Just "the man of it" to do that very question able thing. It Is the regret of a life time. NUDITY THAT APPALLS. What a. vision of blades, bones, moles and frecKles, and the dear thing wa3 charmingly unconscious of the nudity that appals rather than delights the average lll-bied, unappreclative man. Pel haps it was the consciousness that she had lots of company in the vast throng, and so she did, or perhaps she thought her flashing Jewels would ob scute the bones and moles, but, alas! It was Just thu reverse. The envious mluded of tier own sex thought out loud, "What an ugly, scrawny thing to be the owner of such magnificent stones." The men were not half so ctuel. "That's ,i brave woman," they said. "She would have stormed Rl Caney or Santlgao with as little tiepl datlon as she will shake the president's hand, and she knows that the elect and the elite behind the recelv Ing line will not look below the tiara ot dia monds on her shapely head of raven hair. And she was light. She knew that fashion behind the firing line would ncclalm her triumph, It was the victory of stones and gown. The woman was not in it. Rut this woman was not tho rule. Theie were others and many otheis, and they had beautiful shouldeis, round, plump necks, pretty, bright, happy looking faces, fair types of the bewitching, modest, gentle Ameilcan gill nnd matron. Nature had been good and beneficent to them. They were not tailor-made. It was the love ly, sweet, unworldly, womanly Ameri can woman. If the gown was, per chance, cut u little low Just a little there was n pair of s-upoib shoulders. A string of pearls or diamonds mound such a faultless thioat would have been a deseciation. Nowhere else does Washington soci ety show to buch ciedlt. At the private functions the exclu slveness of the salon seems to bo a license for more nudity than fiock. Rut that Is not so at the president's recep tions, or rather It Is not the rule. There is no society here for the pre vention of exposure at public recep tions. Rut much that one teads In the society papeis about the Indecorous lack of wearing apparel by Washing ton society people Is exaggerated. It Is bad enough, but It might bring moio blushes than It does. The tendency Is toward abbreviated apparel, whether Indoors or on the public thoroughfares. The "rainy day skirt," for instance. 13 now worn by almost every woman and the more general Its use the shorter grows the skirt! And what more ap piopjtute place for this woman's right' tog than nt a White House reception? Think of the comfort. And Isn't it too absurd that women sensible on every other thing and subject (possibly ex cept mattlmony) should wear such low cut f locks on top where the gown Is not In the slightest peril and such long, sweeping sklits, the prolific cause of so much suppressed profanity. What a spectocle of torn, mangled, wrecked mass of rich laces and i utiles anil flounces. THi: CRUSH AND JAM. Rut It Is "lovely woman's way." The crush and Jam at tho White House last night wns absolutely appalling. Once ciushed in the receiving line theio wnsno escape. After weaiy waiting the great, capacious east room was en tered edgewise. If the wedge fitted all light, but tliero were so many roun I people In square holes that misfit was the rule. The thing to do wns to edge along, push, shove, talk loud and seem unconscious of rudeness, whether jou wero tho victim or the offender. Rvery body appeared to be In a good humor, and it didn't seem to make any differ ence whether It was a costly lace llounco or a bunion, nobody uttered a word of protest. With Ash Wednesday a few days hence It wns tho apparent purpose of every ono to make tho most of tho last Whito House card function of tho gay and billlliint winter. And yet with nil this unrestrained gaiety nnd gladness and enjoyment there was a shadow In tho smile on tho sweet-faced little woman whoso gracious, kind saluta tions weie given to nil alike. This de voted, patient loving wife the highest typo of a good, pure, womanly Chris tian woman filled a tender place In eVeiy heatt In tho gient hosts of peopto who will always recall the beautiful picture of loveliness and wifely duty ns they passed her by with a slfnple bow. There was a silent prayer In every tender bentt that her noble, Clulstlan life may be spared to enmfott and bless the man whose tender love and gentle devotion, whoso sweet nnd thoughtful companionship has made the wife a happy, contented woman. Fenny LATTER-DAY PHILOSOPHY. Tho twilight of good nnd evil Is man's constant tlmo of day; hence, his stum blings.. Heaven cannot depend upon our seiifo of duty; hence, thoso extruordlnnty bribes of pleasure and penalties of pain we snmplo dally. Only one kind of honesty, but a million counterfeits so well executed they pass undetected. Some of tho counterfeits of honesty pass current seventy jeuis. or longer. If the spurious coin Is not sooner worn out. Nature, from tlmo to time, Issues a few ge nulno coins of humanity, and the race Is kept busy counterfeiting them nnd keeping them In circulation. So exquNlto is tho art of fabricated honesty that onlv heaven knows, when vve corral a specimen, whether It Is gen uine or not. A thief Is any gentleman of miscellan eous and Impersonal Income. The use of a freo lance Is quite as often indicated in morals as In surgery. Tho looker-on In Vienna olten sees mora than tho old resident. Tho competent lay-preaciior Is not for blt'den to find a pulpit and u text in every nook and comer of creation. The freedom of the universe Is extend ed to us, excepting only domination over our fellow -beings. This Is forever ex empted, nnd nil lights leserved. Wo arc all tarred with the same brush, or opposition would be made a capital crime. Stupid nnd unimaginative oppicsslons are the deadliest ones. "Rich and poor" are tho blasphemous expressions of a bl isphemous fact. Justice Is tho business word for love. Wherever there Is a righteousness there velll bo no lack of common necessities. Life Is an idealism. It Is picclstiy what the soul can apprehend and com municate of truth, beauty and love. Tho most Impolitic Relng who ever ex isted conceived the only universal polity possible to man. Mnn Is a creature of evolution and, revolution In a very wide orbit. Sinn Is not to be comprehended by one mind, nor In one age. I have seen rich men, able men, elo quent men, famous men, vvlso men but never ono to envy. There was always a fly In that ointment. So Ions ns wo are natural, we arc creative. When we out selves become monstrosities we fall back on Imitation. Wisdom Is to know a part from the whole, to sacrifice the less to tho greater. and to use right means to benevolent ends. Rxtremes meet; obedience nnd free will, for Instarce. If ou hob-nob with the devil In pri vate, he will nod to you on the street. 1 The dov II catches an avaricious man as a country parson catches his horse with a dKh of corn, wheat or oats, or some other gnmbllng commodity. The unsocial will succeed la nothing not even In being unsocial. What logic is theio in evil? No logic, only love. More havo slipped from virtue without passion than with it. Our Individualities are In no sene our own: wo nro virtually non-possessors ot ourselves In the Interests of society. Wo can neither pay, nor collect, half our social dues. The solo business of life is social pro duction nnd exchange. Tho expenses of love Fhould be reck oned ns assets. lioston Transcript. FIBilTlB Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Halfl fc Connell 121 Wnshinston Ave, They Mtinst Go That's the order we gave to 2,000 pairs of Double-Sole Shoes for ladies aud gentle meu. Prices from $1.0 TO $3.00. Lewis. Reilly & Davles, 111-116 Wyoming Aenuc. 0FF16E sis! fRaRroiiiEi Iffiiliitf ALWAYS 111 bY, tailirrt Men Get Ready for Inspection We have now a. full Hue of .nil 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 irood a3 gold." Prices as low as any. J SO Wyoming Ave. Conl Exchantie. Heat tag Stoves, Ranges, Funriniaces, and Tflotagc QJNST1E1R & FORSYTE S2S-S27 PENN AVENUE. The Hoot & Comioell Coo Heating, Plumbing, Gas, Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 lac&muM Aral HfcNRY BELIN, JR., Oeutio. Asentlur tua 'juiu.a District 1; DUPONT iliilii, UUc-tliis.Suortliii, S.r.oiJ.JU unit luo Itopauiu CUdllltCJ. Co ip.eny m! tuielj I'Uhf. 1 ii'n .1 id .tiiiJtj.'e. houm 101 I'uiiiiall li i.t tl.i;. ft-Tauti.u ACJU.NClh-l TIICS KORD. JOHN B. SMITH & SON. V. E. MULLIGAN. Plttston Plymouth WIlkts-Bi-rre v vvrr- --ugti POiOEB. A truck farmer, living in Owen, Indiana, describes nn tiflilcted condition with which al)iut owry ono will uy niatIiio. 1 want to thank uu," Iiq writes, tor tho good ili.it 1'ipans T.tlmlc.s luio done inc. 1 had been all run clown for a jc.ir uinl lould not build up on account of imperfect digestion and nsiiinil.ition. I luid tiie-d uiritms iinii'dlcH without lclief until I wns thor ougldy discouraged .My father, who had iimmI thu T.tbuliM villi good rtultt, recommended them to me, but I had mi little failh in un tiling, that ho hail to insist hcncrnl limes before I would try them. I'inally 1 got u ii.iekagoaud my improvement was both tajiid and siiro fiom the tlrht 1 Mull Kei p Ihem on hand hereafter for emergencies, anil rdmll take plejbtire ill iccoiuuicndiug their uo to any ono who may be similar)) alllieted." A now ft) lo pacl'l "onttlnini TtN I H'ani iami t lu a Mjri'intiti(llhontc' in) I, nowfortaie.il om druemciretf w netCENTi. Iltiilu i n u MiriWii iuuitlf r elu tHr und tit. ttmiuiuu'al. cmh iluzia or tl)3Uer-.'iitarl!!cl'.-'lebuleiAn '' I1'! by 'MI ! l"liti? t( rt)-lkfht rtnutollm I lrMi ( iikmica& CoMrikT, ." IX 'l ue- Ltlee I, e ) urk .ur a Hnflu eai tuj ULN UHLUJ IU U' te ut lur Ut t eiUi. FINLEY FIILHl 1L All We have just opened out spring line of New Foulards, and take pleasure in calling your attention to the same, representing, as they do, tho CREAM of the best manu facturers' line for 1900. Dif fering from last season when most everything shown was in Blacks and Navys, this season's line comes in colors and shades more appropriate for a summer garment and comprises the New Blues, Greys, Heliotropes, Fawns, etc., etc., both in the "Natu ral Foulard" aud "Liberty Satin" fiuish. Oimr Challies Are too handsome to de scribe and our assortment NOW is far more extensive than in any season heretofore, but oa account of the scarcity in all the finer grades, this condition will only last for a limited time, and early buy ers will get by far the best selection. See our exhibit this week. 510-512 IAEAWAMA AVENUE Tie mg Platinettes. Teachers and superintendents de siring for class use in picture study, something that is substantial and inexpensive will find these beautiful new reproductions of great value. We have 100 different subjects to select from. The prices are very reasonable and the assortment is complete. TlilPsiCaTibMLcfteirBook With this book the simple act of wtiting 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 purch-ised Irom us at verv little cost. Two sizes and bindings in stock. 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