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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1600.
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3CKANTOX, FEBRTJAIW 23, 1900.
Those who want to see lewdness de
pleted on the slnco with artlstla ac
curacy and nlmost complete absence of
restialnt.wlll rally to the flnanclnl sup
port of the Nethernolo play, "Sapho,"
which Is belnjr duplicated by a number
of rond companies, one of them headed
for Scranton; nnd those who don't
fancy that kind of stnKu literature can
keep away from It. Sotting the police
on the Pluyei'8 will do little good for
the public morals ho low? as respect
able people In stent numbers encour
nfin salaclousnoss by their dollars nnd
applause.
The Next Legislature.
WK Fl'I.IA" ncree with ft
contemporary which says
the people of Lackawan
na should see to It that
the four niembcis of the leclsluturo
from thl county shall bo "men whose
dcotlon to Rood government and de
ci'tit party ninnaRcinent Is above- sus
picion." It is very true that "the rank
and lllo believe in the purity of the
ballot box. In Rovernment by the ma
jority. In the ascendency of decency
nnd In the administration of the public
hiihlncss for the benefit of the public,
rather than for that of a few indi
viduals;" and It is possible that "the
Mate house at ilarrlsburff will bo the
scene, next winter, of one of the fierc
est battles which have ever been waged
between the forces of decent politics
nnd Kood Rovernment on the one hand,
and the minions of corruption, fraud
and indecency on the other."
These truths constitute ample rea
sons why the aid of Lackawanna
should not be given to the disappoint
ed, envious and Insinceie men who are
bent upon the destruction of the exist
ing Republican organization, not with
any idea of Introducing Improvements
In party meth'ods that expectation,
from men of the Martln-Fllnn-Vnn
Valkenburg type, Is ludicrous bul
with the purpose of building up a po
litical autocracy headed by Mr. AVana
maker, who is willing apparently to go
to almost any lengths to secure the
coveted but Impossible senatorshlp.
These men, by bolting their party cau
cus nnd going into combinations with
the Democrats, have shown how little
regard they have for "government by
the majority." Their objective point It
government by John Warm maker, aid
ed in the distribution of the spoils by
Martin, Klinn and the smaller insurg
ent bosses scattered throughout the
Mate.
Men should bo sent to Iho next legls.
lature who are independent enough to
he manly, clean enough to bo trusted
and fair enough to stand steadfastly
by the party electing them. They
should not tie sent to Harrisburg as
mere pawns in a battle for factional
contiol.
It now turns out that the Island of
Sulu does not belong to the United
States. The objectors who made so
much fuss some time ago regarding
slavery In Sulu will therefore relolcc
that they had their talk first.
A Difference Not Yet Learned.
THERE IS nothing of the pes
simist in Hon. John B.
Long, this government's ac
complished and sagacious
secretary of the navy. To the Har
vard club on Wednesday night he said:
"I tell you, my friends, there are Just
us good men in public life, Just as
noble and jut as true men as there
are In private life. And further than
that, there ate just an high-minded
men in public life today as there ever
were. I meet some of those men every
week around the tablis in the White
House, and I am thinking particularly
of the man nt the head of the table
who once said to me that he would
rather be sure he wna doing the right
thing and be fauro of defeat than know
he whs doing the wrong thing nnd be
sure of his election."
At the same occasion, "Mr. Long's
former subordinate, now Governor
Roosevelt, spoke, and ho also said a
good thing. "I do not." said he. "in
tend to preach, but If I did I would
take for my text tho Eighth and the
Ninth Commandments. JDo you recall
them? Well, one has reference to
politicians and the othet to their crit
ics. One is 'Thou shalt not steal;'
and the other Is. 'Thou shalt not bear
false witness.' The difference between
slandering a man In private nnd pub
licly lying about him. tho difference
Uetrteen perjury and subornation of
perjury, iri a difference In statute and
not in moral law."
.This Is a difference which tho Carl
Schurjes, the Atkinsons, Poutwells,
Lcnjcs and Pettlgrews have yet to
learn.
In a letter to the president, trans
mitted by tho latter to congress, tho
Hon. John Hay, secretary of state, and
ij gfod one, says: "There is no truth
In the charge that a ooeret nlllanco
exists between the republic of the
United States and tho empire nf Great
Britain: no form of secret alli
ance is possible under the constitution
of the United States, Inasmuch as
treaties require the advice and con
sent of the senate; and, finally,
no secret alliance, convention.arrango
inent or understanding exists between
the Unfted States and any other na
tion." Let Democrats take notice.
-Edmund Clarence Stedman, the
banker-poet, has retired from Wall
treetj and will hereafter devote his
rtttlro time to literature. Mr. Stedman
Is one of the few poets who are able to
wear fine clothes and enjoy an occa
sional hair cut. The fact that ho has
In the past devoted more tlmetto bank
ing than to poetry doubtless accounts
for this unusual state of affairs.
Nothing now remains for Macrum
but to retire to his laager and try to
look pleasant.
A Pivotal Issue.
THE VOTE which Is to bo
taken on Monday next In
the lower house of congress
upon the bill to establish a
civil government in Puerto Rico co
lonial rather than territorial in form
will, It Is now generally perceived, sup
ply the pivotal Issue of the next cam
paign and constitute one of the most
Important questions ever considered by
tho American people.
When the Republican loaders In con
gress substituted for tho executive rec
ommendation In favor of free trade
with Puerto Rico a small revenue tar
iff, nil the proceeds of which are to go
Into the Island's treasury, wonder was
widespread nnd dlsmtisfactlon was
general. Tho people's sympathies were
with the poverty-stricken Islanders
whose welcome to American sovereign
ty had been so spontaneous nnd genu
ine. They felt that free trade with the
United States was Puerto Rico's Just
portion.
The leaders In congress share this
feeling, but they look beyond their
sympathies Into the great consequences
Involved. A 23 per cent, tariff on
Puerto Rlcan imports, handed back
into tho Puerto Rlcan treasury, is
practically ns beneficial to tho busi
ness Interests of that island as free
trade, besides furnishing them with
sufficient revenue to run their govern
ment. Rut it is much more, so far as
tho United States Is concerned. It is
a conspicuous notification of the Re
publican party's intention to treat the
new possessions as colonics rather than
possible states; to tnako tariffs nnd im
migration laws for them different, if
need be, from the tariff and ltnmlgra
tion laws of the United States; to
protect the labor of tho mainland from
Latin and Malay competition; In other
words, not to sacrifice the greater to
tho lesser good.
Puerto Rico Is selected as tho start
ing point in this broad definition of na
tional policy simply because It Is the
first of the new possessions to come be
fore congress for action. The question
of what tariff rates Puerto Rico shall
have Is a question of detail, subject to
change nt any time. Once the principle
explained above Is fully established
nnd understood, the tariff with Puerto
Rico can if then deemed wise, be
wholly removed. Hut it is vital to tho
political success of tho expansion
movement that the right of congress to
hold the Philippines as territory open
to different legislation from that cover
ing tho states of our Union thall bo as
serted unmistakably at the first oppor
tunity, so that tho opponents of the
movement may not hold up to Ameri
can labor the danger of being swamped
by the competition of 10,000,000 Malays
working at wages averaging six cents
a day.
Tho president at first thought this
point might be waived as to Puerto
Rico, on account of the urgent need of
Its Inhabitants, and raised later, when
the question of legislating for the Phil
ippines came up; but the Republican
lenders In congress, have since con
vinced him that it will bo prudent to
meet the Issue at tho very outset.
Hence the call for Saturday's caucus
and the intense interest felt In next
Monday's vote.
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Tho trapping season seems to ho at
an end so far us Oom Paul's followers
are concerned.
"Government by Injunction."
AN EFFORT is being made by
the American Federation of
Labor to secure the enact
ment of a bill by congress
wlrtch will prevent future interference
by United States courts with strikes
and other labor movements; In other
words, a law doing away with what
the last Bryan platform called "gov
ernment by Injunction." A number of
able attorneys have been at work upon
the subject for many weeks and the
result of their labors, as put In drafted
form, will, It Is expected, soon be mado
public.
The framing of a bill taking away
equity Jurisdiction from the federal
courts Is easy enough In theory, but
there remains to be lun the gauntlet
of tho Supreme court, which, as his
tory shows, is jealous of the constitu
tional and traditional prerogatives of
the Judicial branch and quick to nullify
legislative enactments Infringing upon
them. Many bills huve nlready been
Introduced on this subject, only to bo
abandoned after It had been discovered
tlmt they stood no show of being up
held upon iu lew. Tho right to enjoin
is a natural complement of the right
to try; It has been sanctioned by cen
tuiles of usage and while It la a ques
tion how far the court's power extends
In contempt proceedings over actions
alleged to be committed bevond tho
court's visual ken, it would seem to bo
Illogical to take from the court tho
ability to punish contempt nt a dis
tance while permitting it to retain the
ability to punish contempt In its pres
ence. Contempt is contempt, regard
less of location.
As a matter of expediency, however,
it might be advisable to permit ques
tions of fact In contempt proceedings
to be taken before a Judgo other than
tho author of the injunction. That is
to say: If Judge A should enjoin
strikers not to Interfere with the move
ment of trains on a certain railroad
and It should come to his knowledge
through other than personal observa
tion that some or all of tho strikers
thus enjoined had disobeyed tho order
of court, It might be wlso to allow the
hearing as to the alleged fact of dis
obedience to take place before Judge B
or C, as tho defendants' counsel might
elect, so as to remove tho possibility of
bias.
Tho demand that this question of
fact be heard by a Jury Is, however, In
consistent with the contempt preroga
tive. necauso of a holo In a street which
caused the upsetting of a heavily laden
truck and the smashing of a bystand
er's toe, necessitating lis nmputntlon,
tho city of New York hns Just been
mulcted In tho sum of $5,000 damages.
This Is a handsome prlco to pay for a
toe but It mny lead to more careful re
pair of the streets and thus become a
municipal blessing In disguise.
It aijpcars that tho Wyoming county
oil prospectors arc not having alt ot
the excitement In tho way of remark
able discoveries. It Is said- that "pay
dirt" Is now being taken from a gold
mine near Genesee, In the western
part of the state.
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In view of tho press of business on
hand for England, it seems a trifle
severe on tho part of David Alfred
Thomas to Insist upon fighting the
Jameson raid over again.
New York theatrical managers seem
to be having difficulty In finding plays
that are Immoral enough for advertis
ing purposes without provoking a visi
tation from the police.
Now that tho peach crop; the orange
crop and perhaps tho strawberry crop
have succumbed to the elements, let us
hope that tho Bermuda onion crop may
at least pull through.
It Is now in order for a good many
people who do not know much on the
subject to express opinions upon the
Puerto Rlcan tnrlff.
Tho time Is ripe for the powers un
friendly to Great Britain to make
known their grievances.
General Cronje has certainly been
surrounded by rumors, If nothing else.
Expansion Is the
Lau) of Our Destiny
Abstiact of an Addresra by Hon. Jacob
Gould Schurman, President of Cornell
University, at the Union League Club
Banquet In Chicago Yesterday.
NOWHERE J-vo the mechanic devel
opments of tho century been fuller
nnd richer, nowhere have tho re
sults of them been more astonish
ing, than In tho United States. The
nineteenth century has been a century
of expanding knowledge, a century of
abounding Invention, a century of amaz
ing lncrer.se in the mcais of communica
tion and transportation. President Schur
man referred to the enormous increase ot
tho power of production In the United
Stuteo and the universal cry for new
maikcts for American products, and
continued:
"In addition to tho homo market we
now need the markets cf the world.
Science, Invention and manufacturing
havo all expanded together. Our power
of production having outrun our capac
ity to consume and being all the time
on thu Increase, and tho old markets of
the world being glutted by tho products
of all civilized nations, what new outlets
are there for our waxing productivity,
what new fields for tho reception of the
surplus commodities we multiply so rap
Idly nnd at a constantly declining cost?
Tho life of tho nation In no small degree
depend-, on tho answer. TKo only peo
ples who havo not reached tho manu
factuilng stngo, the only peoples who
do not compete with us in their own
mnikets, aro the vast populations of
South America, Africa and especially ot
AMa. Great Britain and Germany have
got uhead ot us In tho markets of South
America; but if our manufacturers will
follow foreign example in adapting their
products to local tuctcs and needs, I
hco no obstacle In the '.1y of our secur
ing a fair share and that will bo the
lion's hharo of that hitherto undeveloped
and neglected business.
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"As to Africa, tho case Is different. In
our blind Idolatry of the Monroe doctrine,
In our devotion to the stay-at-home
policy of tho eighteenth century, In our
Inteiibo deslro to avoid nil International
obligations, wc have nllowcd the great
nations of Europe to partition out Africa
nmong themselves nnd exclude American
products by means of discriminating tar
iffs devised to recuro for their on
manufacturers n monopoly of tho new
markets. Wo stood unconcernedly by
and remained silent while these vast
possibilities of expanding trade were one
by one extinguished. For justification
we cited some abstract theory of non
intervention In the affairs of tho Old
World; and no one could pretend that
Africa was In our hemisphere. Our
blunder, which was little less than a
crime, was In our failure to recognize
that science and Invention and steam
and electricity have, slnco tho days of
Washington and Jefferson, made the
whole world one, and every part of It,
for commercial purposes, a possible
province of the United States.
"But the psychological moment has
passed. In Africa wo shall havo only
huch trading rights and privileges as tho
European overlords may bo graciously
pleased to vouchsofo u. Happily Asia,
the largest, richest and most populous of
the unoccupied markets of tho world,
remained. All eyes were or. China, with
its splendid. Inexhaustible, and undevel
oped natural resources and Its 400.000,000
people strangely stirring with a new and
mighty life. England made a great ef
fort to keep Its trade-doors open, but bhe
failed. And Englishmen In tho East, es
I well recall from conversations with
them In Shanghai. Canton nnd Hong
Kong, gave way to dlscourgaement.whlch
almost verged on despair. With Franco
on tho south, Germany on tlio east, and
tho Iluoslau bear's paw over all tho
north, the Independence and territorial
integrity of China trembUd In tho bal
once; yet If her sovereignty collapsed,
If those European powers divided up
and appropriated that vast empire, their
several nnncMitlnn would havo been
closed to Ameilcan trado and commerce,
o
"That this disaster to our lndusttlcs
has been averted you owe tfl the pre
science, wisdom and skill of tho state,
man who today worthily fills tho chair
of Washington. Thanks to tho brilliant
and truly memorable diplomacy of the
present administration, tho great nations
of Europe havo agreed nnd agreed In
writing that whatever political or terri
torial policies they may pursue In China,
tho open door to trade, tho equal com
mercial rights and privileges wo now
enjoy with them, shall remain Intact
and Inviolable."
President Schurman also referred to
tho "success of the administration's ne
gotiating for tho construction of an In
tcroccanic canal under American control,
which highway, ho snld, "was needed
more than ever slnco the Pacific Is now
destined to be, through tho mingling of
Occident and Orient under the new
agency of tho United States, the theatre
of tho next great net In the divine drama
of tho Ufa and development of human
ity." He urged in entering Into the vast
Oriental commercial estato a study of the
needs, tho sentiments und prejudices of
the Orlontnls bo as to cater to their
trado. Ho believed no one has painted In
too roseate hues tho possibilities of com
menial expansion In the Orient. There
was, as It were, a-foreordained field for
tho surplus products of our teeming In
dustries. o
Continuing President Schurman said:
"What was tho secret of our sdecess In
compelling European nations to stand by
tho policy of the open-door In China?
Some powerful causa there certainly was,
for England had failed In a similar at
tempt only two or three years ago. We
should not have succeeded at that time
either; Indeed wo should not have es
sayed tlio task; and had any political
lender sn'"j,(l l '- "-'' h-' bu
denounced as a renegndo to tho Monroe
doctrine. But In the short space of two
years the political horizon of the Ameri
can people, had undergone an Immense
expansion; the astonished nations have
seen us become an Asiatic power. Amer
ican diplomacy triumphed In Chin be.
cotiM tho American flag waved In the
Philippines. That commercial expansion
which the marvellous growth of your
capital nnd Industries had rendered In
dltpensablo to the continued vitality of
the nation was heralded by the roar ot
Dewoy's guns, asserted by the brilliant
feats of your armies under Otis, Mac
Arthur and tho heroic Lawton, and final
ly established and secured by an Intel
national agreement which will render
this administration Illustrious In all the
annals of American diplomacy. Into our
reluctant lap the hand of destiny dropped
tho Philippines. We have accepted them
and with the aid of Providence wo pro
poso ta discharge our responsibilities to
thorn thovgh territorial expansion was
never dreamed of when tho war began,
and we did not desire It when the wi
closed."
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He pointed out that the republic had
not dwelt contentedly within Its ancient
limits, and said, "Territorial expansion
has been tho law of Us Into. No Ameri
can who has stopped at Honolulu In
crossing tho raclfic v.ill regret tho an
nexation of that unique oceanic empor
ium. Thanks to steam and electricity,
which abolish distance, the modern state
admits of unbounded territorial organiza
tion without loss of supreme control at
the centre or of local self-government In
any of the members. The equipoise be
tween central sovereignty nnd local In
dependence Is the balanco wheel of the
American system. This Is our contribu
tion to the politics of the world. And
this Is the surest gunranty of the per
manence of our republic"
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PERSONALITIES.
A. C. Swinburne, the poet. Is leading a
very retired llfo. His health has suffered
severely of late and ho Is rarely seen on
tho streets.
With tho prospective retirement of Mr.
Vest from political life at tho 'end of his
term the last of the Confederate senators
will have gone.
According to tho Hnrtford Courant, the
lata Editor Burr, of the Hartford Times,
was onco uridercd a cabinet position by
President Cleveland.
General J. C. Bates, ope of the new
major generals, is one of the few officers
who speaks a Philippine dialect fluently.
Ho U said to be a master of two.
Rev. L. D. Cole, of Ann Arbor, Mich.,
who has been offered tho presidency of
Bt Stephen's college, Annandale, N. Y.,
will, if ho accepts, be the youngest col
lego president In the country.
Senator Piatt, of New York, Is an ex
cellent French scholar, and has made a
valuable collection of early edIUons of
the French memoirists of the reigns of
Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
President Bashford, of the Ohio Wes
leyan university, announces that Mrs.
Elizabeth Mebarry, of Richmond, Ind.,
who gave $50,000 to the university, has
added $10,000 to her fund, thus endowing
two chairs.
"I am not In such bad health as the
papers say," writes Archibald Forbes, the
famous war correspondent, to a New
York friend. "I am comparatively well
at present, but it Is true that I fear my
constitution Is much undermined.".
The homo of F. Hopklnson Smith, at 150
East Thirty-fourth street, New York, Is
filled with Interesting curios, pictures,
tapestry, potter', etc., tho collections of
twenty years spent by the owner In
travel, engineering, art and literary pur.
suits.
Mr. Moody knew his Bible so well that
his eyes and fingers could find any pas
sage that he wanted from Genesis to Rev
elation In the hurry of rapid speech as
easily as the fingers of a master musician
can find tho notes of a familiar sonata
on tho keyboard of a piano.
Rudolph Schwartz, the sculptor, has
completed tho first ono of the colossal
soldiers' monument. The contract calls
for completion by next August, when the
monumpnt will be dedicated. Ex-Presl-dent
Harrison has been asked to deliver
the oration upon this occasion.
Mrs. Theodore Bit ncy, national president
of the Mothers' congress, Is urging the
members of that body to do all in their
power to Investigate and remedy the evil
of over-study among children. It la her
opinion that children study too hard and
that overwork has often made pupils hys
terical. Sir Philip Burno-Jones, Kipling's cousin,
relates of that author that when he is
absorbed In his subject ho writes with
great rapidity, and each succeeding line
on a page begins a little farther to the
right, so that when he gets to the end of
a sheet there are but two or three words
to a line.
The story of Thomas Edison's constant
smoking while at work in his laboratory
seems to be only partially true. He puts
a cigar in his mouth when he begins
work, but at once becomes so absorbed
In his work that he often forgets to light
It, though he keeps "drawing on it" vig
orously all the time.
It Is said that a voluminous diplomatic
work by Count Nigra. Italian ambassador
at Vienna, containing memoirs of the
principal political events of the last forty-five
years, and covering the period of
his ambassadorial service In Paris, Lon
don, St. Petersburg, Constantinople and
Vienna, will soon be published.
WIT IN SHOUT METER.
Improvements.
In days long since agono men fought.
In very different style.
Tho way tho combutants behaved
Would make us modems smile.
Tho warrior tcok bis battle-ax,
Llkowlse his trusty lanco.
And met tho focman hand to hand,
With each an equal chance.
But now when you would sally forth
And minclo In the fight,
Your foes or elso your friends are all
Blown up with dynamite.
But have a caro, for only war
Poimlts such things, they say.
You'll find that It's against the law
To slaughter fish that way.
Washington Star.
Oom Paul's Defy.
You may batter me with lyddite and with
bullets boro me through,
And seek to take tho wind out of my
sails,
But I'll never mako an effort to bo civil
ized like you.
Nor wear my whiskers like the Prince
of Wales.
I will not drop my h's, though the fash.
Ion may bo neat.
Nor call my friend a "chappie" or a
"cove."
I won't roll up my trousers when I'm
walking down tho street,
Nor wear a monocle nor say "by jovo!"
Washington Star.
Mysteries of Memory.
Arithmetic destroys his glee;
Ho fain would not begin It,
If It wcio set to rac-thne, he
Could learn it In a minute,
Washington Star.
Of Heroines.
In tho old novels, so wo lead, the girl
swooned now nnd then
To bo resuscitated by her lovers gallant
mtn.
In the new novel quite as oft most shock
ing things befall;
Tho girl hears much outrageous talk, but
does-n't twoon at all.
Chicago Record.
A Warning.
When on your lips you set a seal,
And vow they nothing shall reveal,
Watch well throughout that day, for lol
"lis then that you'll tell all you know.
Chicago Record.
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I In Woman's Realm I
IT ISN'T nice to "twit" people about
thett appearance, but really without
exaggeration It would be interesting
to know where, how nnd why the
Slrakpsch Opera company selected itself.
There is i.o excuse nowadays for a wo
man to be plain. Bhe need not be a tear
ing beauty. It Isn't necessary that she
drive all the other women to drink be
cause of envy of her. It Isn't required
that sho devote all her time and atten
tion to her personal appearance, but
surely sho needn't go round looking us
If alt the rest of the world had been
smitten vith blindness before she ar
rived. There are so many ways by which
a woman of positive plainness can bo tol
erably pretty that thero Is r,o excuse for
her If she doesn't grasp her opportuni
ties, and It does seem that on the stage
with nil the means at command any
performer could manage to do herself
and tho company credit. A man can pre
sent a reusonnbly fair appcaranco by the
aid ot darkened eyelashes and a red sash,
but n woman needs to take a Ditto muro
trouble but tho end justifies tho means.
Why a row of ten or twelvo chorus
, "girls" should bo permitted to appear
with such faces and costumes as those
In tho opera company which visited tho
city this week passes ccmptchcnslon.
THE CAKE WALK on Saturday night
nt tho Blcyclo club will contain moro
pretty girls, and moro unlquo cos
tumes than aro seen In two.thlrds of the
best stago performances. Tho trainer Is
a professional nnd tho results of bl3 work
with tho performers who will gtvo tho
entertainment will bo pleasing to all who
can crowd Into tho big hall.
AT THE opera yesterday nfternoon and
evening tho only man In the orches
tra who did not disappear beneath
the stago between the nets Is a member
of the common council. The temperance
societies have taken note of the fact and
hnve hopes of tho ultimate regeneration
of this town.
YOUNG MEN of tho city" are disposed
to register a protest against tho cus
torn fast growlrg in popularity
among tho young women of having af
ternoon card parties from which neces
sarily tho masculine representatives of
society aro excluded as Scranton men
haven't tlmo for protracted attendance
upon afternoon functions. Just what the
objectors will do about it is hazardous
to predict. .
? DON'T HAVE a good time at all
1 any more," complained a small
maiden of six yesterday. "Ever
since mother Is so afraid of burglars she,
hides her Jewelry In my dolly's cradle
and everywhere else 'mong my things n'
then tells me I musn't play with 'em to
day. N' I don't want my things burgled,
either, just 'cause she has rings and a
lace thing In cm."
NUBS OP KNOWLEDGE.
Whales aro never found In the gulf
stream.
A good railway cnglno will travel about
1,000,000 miles before It wears out.
The Georgia legislature has passed a
bill providing for county police protec
tion In all counties of tho state having
a population of mora than 75,000.
Timber lands In tho Northwest, have
doubled and trebled In price the last
season, and are still advancing, wl. i
sales amounting to Millions of dollars
monthly.
A Paris Journal says that Americans
buy fJ.mfiOb worth of millinery of them
annually, England following with $1.000,.
000. while Germany la satisfied with JC00,
000 worth.
When tho Boers form a firing line no
body Is left to look after tho horses,
which are trained to remain where they
are, ns soon ns they feel tho reins
dropped over tho necks.
A street car barn, COO feet long and
200 feet wide, is being built in Buffalo of
discarded street car rails, it being im
possible to obtain steel within tho time
required. It will havo a flat roof.
A shipment of sewing machines, valued
at $103,7C0, was recently sent by an
American Arm to China. The Chinese
women have recently awakened to the
fact that the sowing machine Is a neces.
sary household Implement.
Roll Top Desks,
Flat Top Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Chairs
A Large Stock to Select
from.
Hill & Cornell
121 N. Washington Ave,
ALWAYS BUSY,
Tlhey Must Go
That's the order we gave
to 2,000 pairs of Double-Sole
Shoes for ladies and geutle
meu. Prices from
$1.50 TO $3.00.
Lewis. Reilly & Davies,
UM18 Wyoming Avenue.
OFFIffi
FlimiTUBE
Railroad. Men.
Get Ready
for taspectioo
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 a3 gold." Prices as
low as any.
iNERCEREAU&CONNELL
J30 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
. Heating
Stoves,
Ranges,
Ftuuraaces,
Plumbing
M6-M7 PENN AVENUE.
The Hunt &
Comoell Coo
HeatJmg, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Uenem Aeent for tae Wyonilaj
Dlsirlcl.j.-
sUulnt, Blading, Sporting, duioktiMt
and Uie rtepuuno One mica:
Co npany't
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
tulety Kue, Cap nnd KxploJui.
Uooiu 401 (Jonnell UalUiaf.
acrautio.
AUKNUlta
THCS. FORD. ... vittstoa
JOHN B. SMITH & SON, Plymouth.
W. E. MULLIGAN. - Wllkes-Bprre.
wipoirs
POWDER.
The advertisements of the Ripans Tabules are made up mainly
from actual experiences reported by those who have been benefited
by their use. No two persons have exactly the same story to relate,
and yet although the particulars vary with every case, each variation
has its counterpart in some other person who will be interested in read
ing the account and likely to be benefited in the same degree by using
Ripans Tabules. To encourage the procuring and sending in of the
particulars of remarkable cures and benefits worked by Ripans Tabules,
the proprietors make a practice of presenting a small white and gold
mantel clock, manufactured by the Seth Thomas Clock Company of
Thomaston, Conn,, delivered carriage paid to any person who reportsan
actual case with sufficient accuracy and detail, with, name, age, occupa
tion of patient. The name is not used in an advertisement without
special permission, but is needed to make possible a verification of the
facts as stated and that they are given with entire good faith. All
correspondence should be addressed to the Ripans Chemical Company,
No. 10 Spruce Street, New York.
INLET'S
FOMmil
1LB AMD
!
We have just opened ouf
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 uNatu
ral Foulard" and "Liberty
Satin" finish.
Omr Challies
Are too handsome 'to de
scribe and our assortment
NOW is far more extensive
than in any season heretofore,
but on 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.
Teachers and superintendents de
siring for class use in picture study,
something that is substantial and
inexpensive will find these beautilul
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 Etgravers,
Scranton, Pa.
SHALL
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