J ..v.u.-tTiimuioyAi, Jb'JUJltUAlil 28, 11)00. 3e Scnnfoit Ztihim PublMieil Dally, Hxrept Sunday, by Tho Trilmno I'uhllfhlns Cumpnny, at Fifty Ctnt a Month. L1V P. niCHAHD, IMIter. O. F. nVXIJK):, Uuslruca Manaerr. Hew York Ofl'cc: 150 Nusiau til. b p vni:ni'A.m Bole Aijont for Fore-ten Advertising Entf-rcd nt the Fculcfllrn nt Somnton. I'jt., ns actontl-CULS M ill Matter. When paof will permit, Tho Trlhtino Is nlwajK plad to print Hhcirt lentrrs from Its friends brarlnn on current topics, but Us rule Is that thecc mimt be slencd, for publication, by the writer's real n.ime: find tli condition precedent to ncceptaucu I) that nil contributions shall bo cubjoct to editorial revision. rim TWELVE PAGES. SCnANTON, KHBHUAIIY 2S, 1000. Unless some ei. our pro-Hoel fi lunds talte Immediate action on thH side of the water, the kinks mo liable to nil k.t out of the lion's mil In tt few days. To the Mayor. NOW THAT the slot machines h.ivc been i omened by (iiiUr of the major, we illiect hH honors attention to the fact that never befoto In the hlsloij nt Sci anion him piostllulloti bet n m bold In llauntlnp ItH iialnteit fate on our main t!ioiouf;hf.i:o! as It is today, and never hns th i.nlltiit of its distribution been "o lat It may not be pnxsib'f wholly to ellmlnite this ell: but It li.'S been shown In jirevlous adinlnlstiatloin th.it It Is poi-slblo to eonlino the vice within nanow limits, check Its moi offeinhe public m.iniiematlons and penult honest women to appear upon the streets without IuivIiir continually in brush elbows with dentens of the in ther world. Tho s-atne kind of executive eneigy which dune the slot machines Into hiding will push back Into the altej.s and qnitci Lilly lessen the ton-told pi eater lce of which we speak. We call the niaoi's attention to this mat ter with no Inclination to threaten him with ell it? exposure. We do not In sinuate, lor we hiue no pioof. that u Unite Is lciled from the city builc' liiK upon these bhnincless women who infcM our streets and that their un paiallelpd effiontory Is the consequence of Immunity boUKht and sold. Hut we consider that when the work of mu nicipal purlllcatlon is besun It should be carried frwaid in pood faith, and we shall thereto", expect to see the police force of r-'ountnn today given double quick matching orders in the direction of fmcinff onckwards the high tid of deili-.it vice which is now sweeping aown our thoroughfares to the publlc'H mltiKhd peiii and disgust. The mayor, we as'-ume. is f-lneeie In wishlnir to adminWter falthtully and well the oblli;atioi's of his oltlee. In his o'forts to do this he dtt-on cs the united and o.u nest Mippoit of all up right citizens. Most people who h.io jmu'lifvc'd copii s ot "S.ipho" recently probably did so in ordu to be abl- to determine the extent of the wickedness of the persons who went to see the play. Of Vital Importance. -Iin AVKAVEi: cT--e involves a point coneeinlnn which It is -ipiy desirable that thi'te 1 should be, in this commun ity, a laving lov n of the 1 iw The llf'ht of the Weaveis to belle o wjh it tlicj s please I'1 'nattii' of icllglou faith cannot be qucsM md. The tact of their b 'Ing Ohilm.ui SilentMs h " no leailncr The. simple question is, .U- tllO'L- Who dlibelfci in owllll.UV medic nl tw tlnvnl of tie siv 1; to be I i milted to Ignme the hiw uqulilu,; the t.lanudlir-r ot eorl.ij'lews disease! and thus to rndani'ti the public health j' 1J. seems to us tint theie can be only one u'iswr. The liw was enact ed for a lunetlci'iil punios", it is in full foiee. and public opinion oei wholnilnBly sustains it. It Is the dutv ot those In cue of the rlrk, whateMT thnir pri-onil belief"-, to use cveiy reasonable means to aseeitalu the nature of the sickness within their household and, having so informed themselves, to taki measures to pio ve'it the ctwuminli .itlon oi the disease to otheis. This duty is so elementary and unquestionable tint it should not need, in the case of any oidin.iiy intel llpent familv, to be enfo:ctd by law. Yi t whole it Is ignoiid and proof of the lact eleaily appear', eveniplmj iustlce mint b nlminlsteud or the law if latino to tontaetlous dlsiasos will cuife ti 1mp fnice and tlie health of the coiniuunlty will be left without adequate piotectlon. It the tendency of Chiistl'iii Pcieiiee Is to teai Iovmi tin -o leisonable safe guar.is then it. too, must go. Time seenn to be no difllctiltv expe rienced in peipotuatln,? the Dewey aich, but a hitch Is pioniised in the di.-trlbution of the Pewey pilo money. - . Constitutional Guarantees. Tin: PPIWH oi Senator He poi, dcllvticd in ihe senate yestuulay and ,sunimaiizi.d in another column. claiMc a point which has evidently become obfccuie Jn tho minds ot some Repub licans, especially tlioso who have, on constitutional prounds, opposed the jmpoaitipn of a nominal tailff on im pel ts fiom Pucito Jtlco. In the biil liant peroi.itlon of Mr. Littlelleld. which we published yesterday because of Its llteury excellence, four was ex pressed that unless the "human rightt." of the Inhabitants of the new dependencies should be "Imbedded In the constitution" they might become "ephemeral and eircumscilbed" and might at any moment become tho spoit and' by-play of congiess, "too often affrighted at shadowc." But accord ing to senator Depew it was Legislator Littlelleld who was affrighted by a shadow. Says ho: "While the constitution does not ex tend over the territories of Its own force and without lejfislutlon, Its pro lilbUlonv am binding on congress. In those prohibitions, which are also pilv Ueges enjoyed by the people wheiever ojir jurisdiction extend?, is a complete charter of rlshts which congress can neither limit or Impair. All personal prl Ilexes and Immunities, such as re HrIouh freedom, property tights, free dom of speecu and tho picss, and equality before tho law must prevail wherever our flag rloatn. Hut otitsldo of the constitution and laws Is an un wiltten law; created by the genius of the Institutions of the paramount pow er and controlling Its nets and officials In all eoloiMal governments. The flag cullies with It over where the genius and tiplilt ot Auicilcan liberty and law. No American governor, council and judiciary would bo tyrants If they could, and could not If they would. An Insult or a blow at civil or religious liberty by an American administration in far-off Luzon would be flashed un der the ocean and across the land. The people would rise In hot indigna tion, which the president and congress would be swift to grant and Inflict." lhe constitution would not permit a civil government In Puerto Hlco to suppiess free speech, to establish a state-supported lelljflon or to erect be fore the law n privileged class, even weie any American administration fool-h.iicly enough to attempt any of these thing". The bill of rights ap plied whet over the Hag floats. Hut the contention of thoMi who hold that de tails of legislation may be diffeient In colonies than In tho states of tho 1'nlon, because conditions are diffeient, It suppoited by the uniform practice of all nations which have successfully admlnisteied colonial possessions. Philadelphia has already at ranged an Interesting ptosiammc for Republican national convention week. The dele gates will do the rest. General CronjVs Surrender. u OKD ItOUnUTS" appronriate celebi itlon of tho anniver sary of Majuba Hilt slmpitfles tlie pioblem of tho Hrltish campaign in tho Oiango Free State and makes probable an c.itly siege of Pie toiia. So long as Crotije's command hold out against tin; odds sui rounding it, it was an expensive clog upon tho foiwaid movement of the Invading coips. The to is good reason to believe that the Hiltlsh commander could hao foiccd an eat Her capitulation, but he had to deal, not only with this enemy In lorce, hut also with the peculiar attitude of public opinion which has legnrded with satisfaction every ex hibition of ferocity by the Boeis yet has denied to the English the military light to make leptlsals in kind. Hjd Cionje caught Roberts In the tiap which pioed Cronje's own undo ing, there would, it is safe to believe, have been no tine scruple in withhold ing heavy bombaidnicnt. Either the Jiritish aimy would have had to hut lender Immediately and uncondition ally or else It would' have been shot at and pounded bv the Hoer guns until no altotnathe but sunendei was left. This i war. War is not a pastime of couiticis. As Cleneial Sherman said, it Is hell, liut the war which Lord Hob eits has had to wage Is not simply a pitting of tit length again' t stiength but a w.ny and politic use ot strength so as to mold the ottering of pi"Uts for foielijn interontlon or diplomatic eni bunassnunt. In estimating the signifi cance ot Pionji's "iinendcr tills cir- umstance needs to bo boine in mind. It tends somewhat to oMset'Loid Hob elts' stipe ! lot Hy ot .-ittciuth. The diffuse ot tho IJou'is has bsun magulllceiit Theli coinage can neer iiJtain bo ej'iestioned. Niu has their gi-neiiilshlp nuen Infer: lor. The strat egy of CionieV ietie.it Is admitted on euy liuid. The stiutehy oi his hold ing out foi a suiileknt time to enable tlie other Hoer foiet.s to peifict their plans r.f futuie ic-lstance is appaient, 'I In i qua ules i omiimnd uniV" i.-al id mlratioii and will opeiate to "-often til" ultimate temis m pe u e. Hut it can not ln oc rlnaked bv those .ho aie disjeiscd lo be fair in tills matin that the iitcsslty for all thM s'aughti r was lorcej by Hoer obstinacy in lefuslne.". In tlie Hi st plate, to deal justly .m,l nultablv with the Kngllsh-speaklnrT people whom they had United to take up a i evidence within Bot teiritTy and whom they afteiwa'd mis-gov-eined cnittagtously. It would be the policy of wisdom for the Transvaaleis to anticipate the In evitable by eaily oerturts for peace. England in the end Is bound to ovei come resistance by foite. Having gone so far she could not now do otherwise. A policy by the Boer., of meie dogged opposition would cciiit many more lives and much additional treasure, but It could not aort the imperious neces.slty which is uron Kngland to free .South Afilcti of oligaiehic oppression and to omi all the tenlto-y fiom C.ipstowu to the Limpopo lo equal justice and equal lights, Wo indul-e ro hope, how ever, that this fact will be appi related at Pi clot la. Tho Hoeis have set their stubborn heads for war to tho last ditch and tlur will peislst simply to tlalr own moiu thoiough undoing, llemociatic Chairman Jones has inappfd out u scheme of aellon tor the cumlng campaign with featuies calcu late I to plenso evpijliotiy with a polltl- itl hobby In other words, he Is will ing that the followers of the vaiious bi.iuds of Democracy may think what they plea-o if the will only oto for .Mi. r.tiun. TOLD BY THE BTAR3. Daily Hojoscope Drawn by Ajncchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe C'asf 2 n a. m., for Wcdm s- day, Pi In nary 24, IvuO. A child ban on this day will notice that tho woman who Is truthtul about her ago Is usuallv very ount;, Tho "S.ipho" Investigating committee appears to havw secured an uncalled tor shuio of thu advorllsliiK with no benefits from tho bo olllee receipts. It Is easy for a youth reaied In the lap of luxury to fall off into the mire ot pov erty. Thu officer who depends entirely upon tho puffs of public opinion for u guide board will generally have a lively official career. Hucce-ss In lite often depends upon abil ity to Judge between useful and useless acquaintances. Cliim winter in Scrcrtcn will soon give way to dirty streets. Katun never fails to keep kn appoint ment. , Ajacchus' Advice. If you have no kinds words for a neigh bor, give him taffv) Senator DepW Is N an Expansionist Prom Ills Hpeech In tho BemUe, Dellv cicil Yesterday. TUnili: AHU well-moanlng nnd honest people who gather every year In Iondon, and did last yar In Hoston, to piotest ag'ilnst the be heading of Chailes the First. Hut Charles the Fltst was bpheadcil two hundred and fifty yeata ago. By his death the chains which bound a free people we re broken. Cromwell, with nil his mistakes, nil Ills crroi.s, and nil tho Injustice which can be charged against him, created that reign of Individual Judgment nnd conscience which has evoluted Into civil and religious liberty, which has created the commercial spirit of the English-speaking peoples, which has made them explorers, travelers, masters upon the sea and land, ait settlers and colonizers, and haB carried, with their Influence, nolf-government unci representative institutions all over the world. It Is still an academic dis cussion whether President Lincoln lind tho light to coerce n sovereign stute, but the exercise ot that right saved and re-created this republic and has made It the foiemost power of the wot Id. There are constitutional lawyers and wilterc upon public questions who still discuss the power of Abraham Lincoln to Issue tho emancipation proclamation, but he eliel Issue It, slavery was abolish ed, nnd the blessings of tho act are en joyed by owner and bondmun equally, by the free states, and by those that were once known as the slave states. We uio In tho Philippines: we are theie to stay by conqust and by ticaty rights. All which precedes the ratifica tion of the treaty by the senate of the United States is an academic question. o-. Tenltoilally, constitutionally and bv the decisions of the Supremo court the I'nlted States have been expanding for neaily u century. Constitutional objec tion and Indiscriminate abuse preceded, attended nnd followed each of these acquisitions. The grim specter of the mined lepubllc was each time diagged out from the stage piopprtles of the spectacular drama of despair, only to be liughed back Into its crypt by pros perity, population, thriving industiirs, mutual benefits to the old nnd now states, and the blessings of American law and liberty Impressing the people with the wisdom of the expansion. There have been tyiants and usurpers, if Piosldent McKlnloy is one, doing these same things In the past as he has done, and they aie Thomas Jeffer son, James Monroe, James K. Polk, and Franklin Pierce. Our country on this continent, and without Including the Spanish Islands, numbers 3,692,121 square miles. Washington governed a republic of 1.37K.9S1 square miles, and 2,213,144 have been added from the close of his administration to the be ginning of President McKlnle-y's The United States has a domain with nurly three times greater area than it pos sessed when it became a nation, and stands original and alone In the benefl tlcent processes of its t'rowth. Its au thority has been extended over new lands coveilng an aiea ns huge as two- thiids of the continent of Europe, at .1 meie tiltle of the cost to Fiedeilck the Gicat ot the piovince of Silesia, or to France of the narrow limits of tfnvoy. For nlnetj -seven wars we have, in the cxetclso of that sovotelgn power which Is inliyient In nations, gained property by all the processes known to govern ment, but we have waged no war for conquest or subjugation. We have ti cutcd our d-toated enemies with un usual meicy -ind i onsldeiation. Wheth er our territories have come by eon quest and tie.ity, by purchase, annexa tion, or illstoveij, the peiple, coneriiss, and the country aie unanimous In tho atlirmatlon of oui title The lime will be brief until by slmila. unanimity Pucito Itlco and Hawaii, tluatr. and tho Philippines ate held to be equally and sar redly teirittny of tho United States. o Our fi lends in South Carollin, Mis sissippl, ami Louisiana who stand shiv ering with f-ir lost lb- Filipinos, by becoming etUens, will have tlie "on "tl- tutlon.il rk'ht to vote, oi bv being d--pilved of that vote will become the ic- ! tims of despotism noie autoetatic than Hussia, luivij found no dilllculty in ex cluding fiom the ballot a laige number of their titUens. South Caiollna, by the new constitution of the sta'e, makes the requisite for voting the abll I ll,y to lead undeistandliigly the consti tution of the United States, and the posuesslon of foil worth of propeity. If this test weie impot-ed on the Philip pines, it would elfeetually deprive the whole native population of the su 'lasro. They make for theli denial of the eon i sent of the governed the Ingenious ulea I that neither by the decl.uatlon of In- ' rlonendpnen nor tho eiiiistltllt on did tli I negroes acquire liebts or lecotrnt'lon- ' tlw.l the f.-ithers never meant to lnt hide them. Certainly. If this be uue, it ap- piles with greater force to the alien f races who Inhabit tho Philippine Islands, whose existence was unknown ! to tlie signers of tho declaiatlon or the tr.inicis of the constitution. o r.. ..lfn..i l.-inlal.if !.. .M., Om ,'., ma. o no h I epubVlei "am bVrepn ed and clear decisions ot the Supreme ....... ....... ...i,,,,!..! .,. .tni.iiu.,,..!. point these principles mo established Fit st that the constitution was meant fot tlie states in the Union as they sevfiullv' adopted it. Second, that it becomes operative upon every state subsequently admitted Into tlie Union. Third, that It does not extend by its own force over tenitoty acquired utter the adoption of the constitution, but that congiess has the power to giant so much of its piovlslons .s It deems wise. It has been said that govern ment by the United States in tlie new islands' will be u despotism. Such ft be lief shows a singular ignorance ot misappieliension of the eoiutltutlona! limitations upon our powers and the spirit of our institutions. While the constitution does not extend over th tonltotles of Its own foico and without legislation, Its piohlbltions ate binding on congress In those prohibitions, which nie also ptlvlleges enjojed by the people wherever our jurisdiction extends, Is n complete charter of rights which confess cin neither limit nor Impair. All peisonal privileges and Im munities, such ns religious 'frtedom, ptopertv lights, freedom of speech and the pi ess, und equality before the law must prevail wherever our flag floats. But outside of tho constitution and laws Is an unwritten law created by the genius of the institutions of tho para mount power and oonti oiling Its ucts and otticials in all colonial govern ments. We know from Cicero's oration that even u Boman proconsul was sub ject to this idea, England received her lesson in tho danger of violating this spit it when site lost her Ametican col onies by our successful revolution, and she has today the gieatest and most loyal colonial empire the world has over known by granting nuch meaeuies of self-government as each colony demon strates Its ability to maintain. Klac. tilclty and steam have annihilated time and distance. Tho Philippines are nearer Washington hy months than New Orleans wur In Jefforrnn's admin istintlrn, Thellag carrleswllh 11 every wheie the genius nnd spirit of Ametl can liberty and law. No Amerlcnn governor, council and judiciary would bo tyiants if they could, and could not bo If they would. An Insult or a blow nt civil or religious liberty by an Amer ican admlnistiatlon. In fur-oft Luzon would be flashed under tho ocean and ucross the land. The people would rise In hot Indignation, demanding Justice nnd punishment, which the president and congress would be swift to grant and inflict. All other nations have been familiar thtongh thei nges with the power of sovereignty. Their people have grrad tiftlly won Individual lights from tho throne, but without Impairing In Its national relations this power. We have developed the other way. Slowly and reluctantly wo have surrendered In dividual rights that we might bo a na tion. We have btcn a hundred yeais trying to understand that a govern ment of the people bus nil the strength, perpetuity and powers of sovereignty, but with an evor-prtsent l expansibil ity to the people. When submitted to the arbitrament of the sword, the sne liilco of a million noble lives on one side und the other opened the minds ot f i lends nnd foes to a broader and nioio elevated undoi standing of the in dissoluble unity, the vast and expans ive possibilities, the creative und beneficent spirit nnd the mighty and glorious power of tho United States. o The fcais dally exricssed of disas tious consequences to ouiselves from the pioductlons and Industries of these Islands have no Justification In the long experience of other nations. Oteat Hilt.iln has found her best matkets in her colonies and no Invasion of her in dustries fiom them. The same is tine of tho cjrowded highly organlred, anil sensitive Industrial Intel ests of Holland. The people of the temperate ones gov ern nil tropical countiles outside ther Americas. The northern races are the migrators, the colonizers, the rulers, and tho organiers of the productive energies of the world. There is a close ness and contact between all parts of the lands and peoples which are under one general government. Though Oieat Btitnln has no greater commer cial advantages with her colonies thin other and competing countiles, yet she furnishes 43 per cent of their Imports, and If analyzed so as to select only the articits .Ole produces tho proportion would be gi eater. The lapld develop ment of wants and ability to giatify them created by civilization nnd stable govoinment will enotmously increase tho consumption and pui chasing power of the Inhabitants of our island pos sessions. o America and Europe are tho bene ficiaries and the victims of the mar velous development of the nineteenth century. Electricity, steam and inven tion have stimulated production be yond living limits, unless new markets can be discovered. Now the world's problem of markets for the surplus of farms and factories, or low wages, want of employment, idleness, and want Is near our own doois. The mar kets for the pioducts of our farms and factoiles accessible by the Atlant'e ocean will soon be filled. Hut acioss the Pacific are limitless oppmtunltles. Within a distance from Manila not much gicitcr than Havana from New Votlv live Iirirt.OOO.OW of people, purchas ing now annually fiom all nations, of the things whlih we piocluce, to the sum of a thousand millions ot dolhus, of which we furnish five per ecm. And yet with out Iaelile coast and Its en terprising people, tho opening of the canal across tlie Isthmus and an Ameii can meichput mailne that live per cent should be fifty. With railioads open ing u? these countiles and civilisation st!mc.!ntlng tiirli people, the possib'e lmrease in their tiade dazzles the Imagination. To lollevo home cnri; s tion suit v.ttlon ntu' revolution, Ung lanil, Oe i many and France are hi' "as Ing tluir aiinlp-i, eulaiging their Meets and either waging wai or on the eve of great conflicts whiie p.u titionlris- Af ilca, thieatt-iilng China, selling AIillo principalities and tnad'y building lail tonds acioss the continents of A'.i and Africi. liy vlctoiious wnt and triumphant dlplon.-uy ve aie In our own tc.-iitoiy within ( isy learh, at Manila, of China, Sinm, Korea, Ann it, the Fast Indies and Japan. Without war or entangling alliances wo will have equil lights with ot!vr nations to the potts of the Orient, with all that it means tor the ilemonstiate.1 super iority of our manufactures and the bur plus haivcsts of ou- fauns. o This Is not a sot did view, nor can any right apptehenstori of our Philippine ?'cv or our iel;i colonies be sordid ;iulicv or our lelatlons to oui island or purely coinuier cIal Iu sP'te ot ourselves we havi Colonial pOsSi salons. Wer have 110 Pol have icV tn tU'claie. no glitteiing resolutions or Proclamations to make and in tho future to embarrass tM We will stamp out tlle Insui ruction and establish a I stable government. We will otganlze local government. Wo will constitute couits. We will insuie with the whole power of tlu United States secuiity for I " '1 " ?" otxoUn , a "1the, p,,ua' ,,d. "V n-mn'tat."n of the law Tho kindeigatton of lib- erty, undi r competent Instiuctots?, i,.p. Idly dtvelops its pupils lor larger re sponsibilities for citizenship, tespeot foi law, for Judicial duties and lor a con stantly incicuslng sliaie in their local and general assemblies. Our year of i tile by the United States In Cuba Is a convlnclngobject Usson. Brigands have become Kumois, and levolutlonlsis con SPivatlvo citizens. Older has taken tho place of unaichy, nnd law of license. Tho Cubans nio developing their Indus tries and lapldly acquit ing" habits of j self-government. So the uplifting of the people of the Philippines to tlie rum- I piehenslon and piactlce of ordeily In- dustty, lespect lot ndlvidual rights, confidence and then pat tlclpation in sovcinmtvnt will aid enormously to their happiness and teclpiocally to the stiength, prosperity ana power of our count!'. THE CHILD'S HEABT. Tho heait of a child, Like the heart of a tiower, Has a smile for the sun And n tear for the shower; Oh. Innocent hours With wonder beguiled Oil, heart like a flowers In tho heart of u child! The heart of a child, Like the heart of n bird, With rapturee of music Is flooded and stirred; Oh. songs without words, Oh, melodies wild Oh, heart liko a bird's In tho heart of a child! The heart of a child, Like thu heart of Spring, I full of the hope Of what Summer shall bring; Oli, glory or tlilncs In n. world undented Oh, heart like the Spring's In tho heart of a child! -Arthur Austin-Jackson, in the Uitrnkcr. ooooooooooooooooo In Woman's Realm ooooooooooooooooo When Lent began Sho went cucli early mom To ssy her praveis. Sho kept Each fust and did adorn Herself In palert gray that swept Like mist tho sea l.ss worn: When Lent began. Through Lenlen ilnjs. To bull and theater no more Hied she, but wrought Instead Weird pannents for the pnoi and bore Self sacrifice In all and tend Tho books which tlmn foih.ede before. Through Lenten days. When Lent Is o'er Her summer frocks aro things to dote On. Nights of slumber have, her pnrs Turned back. What once she did do. vote To violets nnd sweets, as Easter nears Sho's saveel enough to buy a silken petticoat. When Lent Is o'er. iillOW t DltKAD Lent," exclaimed n JTI lady tho other day. "Why?" nslcod her friend In wonder. "You aren't a Catholic nor an Episcopalian and you don't keep It." "Yes I do," replied the fltst speaker, "And so does my look. She positively almost sturves herself, ulul it does make her so cross, poor gill. Thin theru mo tlie church services. I'm alwavs glad to have her attend them most faithfully. Indeed I think a gie'it deal more of a maid who Is conscientious in her lellgloiis obsei v.inees, but sometimes I am at m.v wit's end to know how to manace to kiep harmony in the household. My hU"-. band Is just ns apt to aslc imniinny to dinner on Wednesday or Fililay evening as it any other time, and then poor me! 1 ,s Imply have to go out In tho kitchen and eiovel In order to preserve peace. Whenever wo aro a little lnt" for dinner I feel tint I hr.vo committed a sin, "-o if I don't keep Lent I don't know unvbody who does." m THIS IS tho e.ion when tho fact Is most appaient than over that If women were the primal c iue ot sin In the world they are taking upon them selves moit of tho penitence. Imaglno n mun In good health and corresponding sense fasting. Of course the clergymen nie expected to do that as part of their olllclal ditty but who iiMlly nnd truly oMnets a man to do anv extensive fast ing In theo days? It would be a good thing for some men If they would observe the fast dp-s for doubtless they eat too much evir meal of their lives. It Is chiefly a feminine prerogative" to attend church spi vices Whv should men trouble to go when there nrn tlie dear women who will prav and fust und do penance not alone, for themselves but for tho fathers and husbands und broth ers and sweetheutts, nnd who will not even cease their sweet Intercession at death? IT TOOK a brave hereon to ask a wo man vesterclay If shei were going to see "Sapho." Many women went to see "The Turtle," "The Telophono Girl," and other so-called plays no better than the much talked of production of which so much has been said, but the free ad vertising given "Sapho" in this town while it no doubt added to the receipts of the hnilfp naturally made women a trllio coy about acknowledging an Inten tion to bo present. It Is only fair to Peranton women to say that as a el iss they are not anxious to see demoralizing il ivs It Is not slmplv the fear of being crltlci-ed for giving the honor of their presence to such performances but they are leallv not dilious of lilting tlvlr minds with pollution. It need) neither a censor nor a committee to keep tho wo men of till" c Itv from rushing to a the ater wluie vile plies ore pipspiitnl, and iliee ore not v lid to act on committees oiginlzcd for the purpose of censorship. He Tumbled. A Hrltish red ran riow n the copje, IIo ran as though the couldn't stopje, Hut on the v eldt He got a beldt. And forthwith took iidrnntjc Philadelphia North American. Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Larsre Stock to Select from. HiU & Connell 11M X. Washington Ave., AI.VASj liUaY, rsS They Must Go JtaBle-Oia.ek That's the order we gave to 2,000 pairs of Double-Sole" Shoes for ladies and geutle- meu. Prices from $1.0 TO $3.00. Lewis. Reilly & Davles, 0FF10E FBBUTUIE j0m il4-ll Wyoming Avenue. Railroad Men Get Ready for Inspection 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 soms agent .who will open' shop for two or three months and then skip out. We are here to tay. Our guarautee is "as good as gold.1' Prices as low as any. ISO Wyoming Ave. Conl Exchange. Stoves, Ranges, Fun maces, Plmmlblng and Tining, GTOSXim & FORSYTH, S25-327 PENN AVENUE. The Bunt & Connell Co. Heating, .Plumibing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 iaetoa kumi HhNRy BEL1M, JR., Cjci.cki. Aiient nr Ilia ' Jini.ui Uisirici DUHPOHT'8 MIMin.EIB til .!!., lllU'-tln, 'pJlttlU '1J !3.JI una mo Itepiuina ejuo.iiioj. em Emosiyss. tpleiy i use, lun unit .njjj.'l Kocuu 401 (,'o.iueU duilim;. 3c.raut3. THOS. FOnD, - Plttston JOHN B. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth W. F. MUI.UUAN. - Wllkct-n'rr r2 4fL3W uu liyiiauua Jmk 'Vji -. '- -a' JH - 1 .tV - -VI I "J J Ttrw .A F frfjVii fir :.' ifr-rafcv ?Mhjm w, "What you want," he said, "is a Ripans Tabule." Tn INLEY'S us km We have just opened 'out spring line of New Foulards, and take pleasure in , calling your attention to the same, representing, as they do, the 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" and "Liberty Satin" finish. Mir Challies Are too handsome to de scribe and our assortment NOW is far more exteusivo than in any season heretofore, but on account of the scarcity in all the finer grades, this conditiou 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 LACIAWAMA AYMUE Tie fmg PJafiaeites. Teachers and superintendents de siring for class use in pictuie study, something that is substantial and inexpensive will find these be.iutilul nuw reproductions of great value. We have 100 dillerent subjects to select from. The prices are very reasonable and the assortment is complete. Ttos Pei Carfe)i letter BfloX With this book the simple act of writing produces a copy. Any letter hod can be used arid a copy produced fiom pencil or any kind ol pen and ink. When the book is filled, extr.i fillers cm be purchased trom us at verv little cost. Two sizes and bindings in stock. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Kngraveis, Scran ton, Pa. fefl. v rtikl (Ve, mm FSMHn GHM1JE8 MtfKW. f.W-'V'BM.-jt "..-WITfc2- ' -ZST - &-33i
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