"'"T I f '&?' J" ts THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1900. e Acranfon ZtHnnt Publlihtd Dally, Except Sunday, by The Tribune Publishing Company) at Fifty Cents a Month. MVY 8. RICHARD, Editor. O. T. BTTXBEE, Business Manager. New Tork Office: ISO Nassau 8t. S. 8. VREBLAND, Bole Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entered at the Postofllce at Bcranton, Pa., aa Second-Class Mall Matter. When space will permit, The Tribune la nlwnyn Bind to print short tetters from Its friends bearlnR on current topics, but Its rule Is thnt theso must bo signed, for publication, by the writer's renl name; and tho condition precedent to acceptance Is that all contributions shall be subject to editorial revision. SCRANTON, MARCH 1, 1!00. An order for 2,000 tons of steel rails for railroads In Norway, the first ever taken by nn American" company, has been received by tho Sparrows Point mill. Expansion enn't be stopped. Theory and Condition. WHEN President McKlnley said that the free admis sion of Puerto Rlc.in products Into the United States was a plain duty he spoko from the standpoint of the welfare of the people of that Island and he spoke tho truth. But later developments came Into consideration and forced ti temporary postponement of free trade. One of these wns the need of an easy me. m of obtaining revenue for paying the Hand's current expenses until a systematic revenue plan can bo worked out. The easiest way known to mun is to put a revenue tax on Imports. That was why the Republican leaders In congress, with the president's full as sent, proposed to charge upon Ameri can products Imported Into Puerto Rico and upon Puerto RIcan products impartedinto the United States a duty equal to 2T per cent, of the rates laid down In the Dlngley tariff. This was bubsequently reduced to 15 per cent. The money thus, raised goes Into the Puerto RIcan treasury; not a penny of It, barring tho expense of collecting the part taken in at our custom houses, remains in the federal possession. It Is calculated that during the two years which this arrangement is to run Puer to Rico will thus receive $1,250,000 In cash per annum, or enough to pay all her political expenses, with something over for Internal Improvements. The duty Is so small as to represent no hindrance to trade between the island and the mainland; except for this rev enue feature, of which Puerto Rico reaps the entire benefit, it is equivalent to free trade. The other development, not foreseen by the president when he wrote his regular message, was the discovery that if congressional assent should be given, or should even seem to be given, to the doctrine that every bit of terri tory newly acquired by tho United States immediately falls under the constitutional decree that "all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States," and not under the article of the constitution which clothes congress with power to "make all needful rules and regula tions respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States," It would be seized upon by the Democratic leaders as an opportunity to hold before native labor the peril of Malay competition in the Philippines on a free trade basis, and probably re sult In the defeat of the entire expan sion programme. When the president and his advisers discovered this cun ningly laid trap of the opposition, they very naturally took steps to avoid it. Under the bill passed yesterday in the lower house of congress, Puerto Rico, the first new territory to call for congressional action, receives all the substantial benefits of free trade with a good revenue feature thrown in, but the question of its constitutional status is passed upon In a manner to leave congress free to enact for Hawaii, Guam or the Philippines, similar or different regulations as the future may make wise. Congress, in other words, does not Indorse the Democratic con tention that free trade necessarily fol lows the flag; it lends its weight to the view that territory Is "property" in the language of the constitution, to bo regulated either on a free trade, a low or a high tariff basis, depending upon the peculiar circumstances of each case. Free trade with Puerto Rico will come. Free trade with the Philippines may never come; certainly It will not come at tho expense of the home worklngman. The president in his message outlined the Ideal theory; the Republican ma jority yesterday, with his fullest as sent, fitted the theory to the practical condition. As a racy play, "Sapho," in Scran ton, displayed a pace about like that of a superannuated truck horse on a jwo-mlnute track. - Intervention in South Africa. AYS MONTAGU WHITR lh k' unaccredited representative of the South African republic in this country; "The war "Vlll not end until Pretoria falls, and "whan1; the British reach the Transvaal 'cajikal- many- thousands of lives will are'been lost. Tho Boers believe that Pretoria Is impregnable. As' to intervention, the outlook is not pleas ing:.' i see no hope In Europe, unless Ttussja' should tako action, and that Joe's" bet appear likely. I believe Em jieror "William would like to stop, the jvar, but he doesn't exactly know how .to go about It. The only hope is in -the United States. No other power tan mediate, and the administration pppears to be lukewarm. Fublie opin ion in the United States seems to count or little, eo far as its influence upon the administration Is concerned. All Jhese meetings throughout the coun try, h direct evidence that tho sentl tnen't of the people of the United States Tavora medlitlou, count for nothing Vlth the administration." (; Montagu la mistaken. Publie opinion n trie United Stabsn, does count for itnucH With" the admlniatratlon; but .thelatter discriminates between the publhrpplnlon which la founded on In telligent study backed by common enaei, and the mere effervescence of excitement founded on prejudice Vi!i or sentimentality. "These meetings throughout the country" we are to havo one in Scranton next Sunday represent only a small fraction of tho American people, and while a good many who attend them nro In earnest, a good many others go and denounca England 'because for a number of years past that has been customary among them. PersonR of conservative temperament do not see In tho South African war any necessity calling for public meetings or Impassioned ora tory on the part of citizens of fho United States. They recognize that speeches which may be delivered largely for partisan effect In, let us say, Scrnnton, Pennsylvania, cannot possibly Impcdo tho forward march of Lord Roberts' victorious army In Or unpe Free Siate; and that unless the American people are ready to shoulder muskets and wnde Into the fray bel ligerently and assertively they had much better keep cool and pay ap propriate attention to their own af fairs. As to mediation, it is only possible on a friendly basis when known to bo nrceptablo to both belligerents, and tho administration is In a better posi tion to ascertain tho wishes of tho belligerents than are Its Irresponsible critics. Wo say on a friendly basis, for wo tako It for granted that no American out of a lunatic asylum seri ously Imagines that the United Statea should endeavor to Intermeddle by force In a remote row as to which It has not a penny's worth of direct In terest of any kind. A number of Porto Rlcans are In Washington to protest against tho tariff measure before congress in their Interest. While tho new citizens are undoubtedly sincere in the present in stance, experience with frco trade would doubtless soon teach them that some sort of a revenue will be neces sary to pay tho expenses of running the government and that none are bet ter able to contribute to this fund than the Importers. In any event the affairs of the Porto Rlcans will be safe In the hands of a Republican ad ministration. A Game Worth the Candle. THE MUCH DISCUSSED bill to Increase tho foreign trade of the United States by pro moting the ocean merchant marine has been favorably reported to the senate from the committee on com merce, with certain interesting changes. The changes have had four purposes in view, namely: 1. To en courage the building of now ships In the United States. 2. To Induce our citizens to construct freight carriers. 3. To attract present nnd prospective American ship-owners to tho excep tional opportunities upon tho Pacific; for the development of American trade. 4. To compel vessels to carry at least half cargoes each time they leave the United States on a foreign voyage, their compensation being re duced In proportion to the extent that they fall to carry such cargoes. In reporting tho hill to the senate Senator Frye pointed out that existing vessels are to have the benefit of sub sidy for ten years while vessels here after constructed will receive It for twenty years. This Is expected to en courage great Improvements In ship building. Of the $9,000,000 in annual subsidies provided for, only $2,000,000 Is to go to ships of over DO knots speed. This limit Is expected to stimulate tho construction of freighters, which are most needed in the development of our foreign trade. "It Is recognized," said he, "that tho more rapid expansion of our export trade will be with the Ori ent. This will especially stimulate new lines of steamships from our Pa cific ports to Asiatic countries. To make it particularly attractive and also possible for our citizens to develop that trade with American-built ships, 30 pV cent, of the maximum compen sation Is reserved for our vessels upon the Pacific, while, of course, there is no limit to the extent that they may participate in the other "0 per cent, by increasing tho number of ships In our foreign trade." In order to induce those Americans who have hitherto found it necessary to go abroad for their ships and sail them under foreign Hags to expand their present trade with American, built ships, provision is made for th3 admission to American register of for-eign-bullt vessels owned by American citizens, on condition that they have tonnage built in American shipyards equal to that admitted to our register. Compensation Is withheld until this new tonnage Is built, and a forfeit of $10 per ton required If It Is not built. This foreisn-built tonnage that is ad mitted receives only one-half the amount of compensation paid to American-built vessels. All such vessels, and their equivalent tonnage to be built In the United States, are to be excluded from any participation in our coastwise trade. Compensation Is also withheld from owners of existing American vessels until they havo had built In American shipyards tonnage equal to 23 per cent, of that for which compensation is asked. By requiring vessels to carry on out ward voyages tonnagp equal to" ona half of their gross tonnage beforo they can secure benefit of subsidy tho dan ger Is prevented that empty ships will be run simply to mulct tho govern ment. A most important change In tho amended bill Is that which so arranges the subsidy as to make it impossible for any type of ship to recIvo especial favor, and to prevent tho monopoly of any class of trade or route by any one line or by any special type of vcssal. Should it appear that any class of ships or any line or any route was more remunerative, right there the greatest competition will center, a re sult fure to prevent the enjoyment ot any undue favor by any ships, lines or routes, During ten years any American citizen or corporation may enter into a contract with the secre tary of the treasury for a period of twenty years to put on a lino of ships or class of ships on any route, or In uny trade, and obtain precisely tho compensation his rivals receive, the number, size and speed of his ships being equal. It is Senator Frye's opinion nnd he Is one of the best informed men in the United States or. the subject of shipping that tho Immediate effect of the paspngo nf this bill will be to assuro within five years the construction of approximately a half a million tona ot now ships in American shipyards, to increase the efficiency of our shipping in the foreign trade at least three-fold In that time, to largely and permanent ly reduce rntes of ocean transporta tion, to thus Increase our export trade, to eventually bring the cost of con structing ships as low In the United Statec as it is elsewhere, to place at all times at tho Immediate command of the government effective ships and trained men, to have our mails car ried free and to gradually put on end to our present payment of about $175, 000,000 a year to tho foreign shipping doing our foreign carrying. It is a game worth tho candle. No one will probably be sorry that the $25,000,000 milling trust has col lapsed. If there Is ono commodity that should be frco from the grip of tho combine it Is certainly tho product that is the main article of food for the millions. The fact that capital has frowned upon the milling trust Is an evidence that the world la not so en tirely given over to tho oppression of the hungry as many would have us suppose. - Barrowe, the kidnapper of "Baby" Clark, Is said to bo insane. The ef fects of yellow journalism are some times slow, but are usually sure. The recent state of the elements has been almost sufficient to cause frac ture of tho goose bone. Probably the English experienced the greatest satisfaction In making Cronje cringe. Outline Studies of flliman Nature Wasn't That Knd of a Cake. AN EAST END car was loaded down with shoppers, mostly women, for it was in the middle of tho afternoon. Con versation was proceeding at a great rate. It was like- a pink tea or a session of the sowing circle. But all at once a hush fell over tho fair chatterers. A negro lad en tered, bearing in his arms an immense cake, three or four decks high, and frost ed over from pit to dome, as they say of a theater. There was a profusion of flowers by way of decoration, and deli cate traceries of gaudy lace completed tho embellishments. Tho cake was so largo that tho negro could scarcely carry it. The cako told the whole story of the wedding, tho bridesmaids, tho orango llowers, the flower girls and tho banquet afterward. Every femlnlno heart In Unit btrcet car was a-flutter as its owner gazed speechlessly upon the evidence of a wedding to be. Finally, when tho car stopped to let on another passenger and everything was very still, ono lady took courage to nsk the negro whero the wedding was going to be. "Whut weddln'?" asked the negro, his eyes nrotrudlncr. "Tho wedding that cake Is for." "DIs ain't no weddln' cake." "No?" "No'm. DIs yeres er cake walk cake." There was a smllo that reached from ono end of the car to tho other, and very soon conversation was resumed as before. Memphis Scimitar. Repartee in Congress. MY OBSERVATION and experience in the house has been that it is ex tremely dai. serous to interrupt a man who is making a speech," observed Rep resentative Champ Clark, of Missouri. "If he has good control of his mental appara tus, tho chances aro all in his favor. I onco received a stunning blow myself, which exemplifies my original statement. It was in tho last congress, when the house wa3 trying to flx a time for de bating the civil service law. Some gon tlcmnn had proposed that the time phould bo divided equally between the friends and opponents of the law. Colo nel 'Pete' Hepburn, of Iowa, told the houso that ho thought tho time should bo divided into three carts. Ono portion should bo given to tho friends cf the present law. There were others who were In favor of a partial repeal only; they should bo given a portion of the time. Then Colonel Hepburn said the other portion of tho time should be given to tho Democrats, who were for total repeal of tho law. " 'How do you know that?" I was rash enough to ask him. " 'Because it is wrong, and the Demo crats nro always wrorg," ho retorted. Afterward," added the Mlssourlan, "I crossed over to the Republican side and congratulated Colonel Hepburn. I often refer to that Incident when I lecture." Washington Post. No Commiseration Necessary. TWO GIRLS met in a dry goods store yesterday. They had evidently not scon each other for some time, as tho trend of their conversation proved. "What good times we used to have at the lake." said one. "Yes, I like our own resorts," replied tho other, "better than on tho const. Oh, bay, whero Is my old flame, Perry? J think tho world nf that boy." "Oh, he's married." "You don't say! Who to?" "Me." "Well, of all things," replied her friend, flushing. Tho convtrs-aticn drifted, but a short time later reverted to Its old channel. "Say, Hetty, remarked Perry's wife, "did you meet Johnny out In San Francisco?"- and then added, "He told mo that summer ho was there that ho could not Hvo without me." "Yes, I met him In Los Angeles." "Poor fellow! I feel sorry for him. He Is a bachelor yet, I Buppose." "No, he's married." "You don't say! Who to? "Me."-Snlt Lako Herald. Millais' Preference. T HE FIRST MEETING between John Mlllals, tho artist, ond Mrs. Jopllng, a pretty society woman of London, oc curred at a private view of the old mas. ters at Burlington House. Mrs. Jopllng was walklnsr with a well-known artist when Mlllnls approached; "A good show of old masters," remarked the artist after they had exchunged greetings. "Old mas ters bo bothered. I prefer looking at the young mUtresses," eald Mlllals, with a humorous glanco at Mrs. Jopllu. Ban Francisco Wave. Made Them Forget the Errand. AT THE ANNUAL dinner of the Mlchl. n gan association Senator McMillan told this story, says tbe Detroit Frco Press: "Burrows came into my committee room one day," began Mr. McMillan, "to see me about an appointment. Bringing his flat down hard on a table, he declared: 'Senator, we havo got to have this placo, and we must mako the president know it. Tho thing to do Is to go down there now, right away, and insist upon It "Burrows was so forcible about It that there was nothing else to be done; so l ordered ray carriage and we btarted for tho white house. President McKinlay re ceived us, and was very kind. He offered us cigars. Wo smoked. Ho discussed current topics, and finally told us a story. It was a good one. As he finished, a messenger camo to tell Mr. McKlnley that a deputation was waiting. Gracious ly excusing himself, tho president retired, and Senator Burrows and I Went out, still laughing and discussing tho presi dent's story. Entering our carriage, wo continued in a Jovial mood until we wore opposlto the treasury building, when I ventured to rcmarkt " 'By tho way. Burrows, what wns tt wo went to see the president about?' '.' 'By Jove, I forgot all about that,' ex claimed my colleague." Ceased to Be Surprised. Q N THE opening day of -the session of w tho Fifty-sixth congress, says the Criterion, a tall, gaunt man, shambling of gait, with "high-water" trousers, a slouched hat mashed In any old way, and an overcoat that needed brushing, presented himself at tho center door of the house of representatives. Ho start ed to walk right in. but wns stopped by ono of the doorkeepers, who said to htm, testily: "Say, don't you know you can't go in there?" "No, I don't know it, my friend; I thought I could," ho snld, mildly. "Nobody but members allowed In to day' "Well, I'm a member; Congressman Cushman, of Washington." "Ohl I beg your pardon; walk right in." As Mr. CUshman strode In tho hall tho astonished doorkeeper looked after him for a moment and then turning to his assistant on tho door, said: "Say, Bill, did you see that? Well, after . ? -L aln,t cot the nerve to Btop any thing. John Bright'" Threat to His Wife. TWO CHARACTERISTIC anecdotes ot John Bright aro given In Sir Edward Russell's memoirs, which he has pub lished under the title, "That Reminds Me ." Bright was supposed to be a total abstainer, but once when Edward Mlall was very nervous at the prospect of having to mako an important speech In the house, Bright said: "Well, Mlall, if I were you I'd for onco go and have a pint of champagne." Mr. Miall did as ho was told, and tho result may be Judged from tho narrator's comment that "champagne on an unac customed Interior Is not always a cura tive or a tonic." Bright "rarely had any difference with hla wife," but occasionally they were not at ono about the children. When they came to a point of absolute dsagrco ment, he used to say: "Now, I tell theo if thou doesn't do what I wish,- I'll go straight to Mr. Glad stone and ask him to mako me a knight, to which the answer invariably was: "Oh, anything rather than that." True Gratitude. C OON AFTER tho first distribution of committees In the houso of represent atives Representative Foster, of Chicago, w.as introduced to Speaker Henderson. Ho had received but one committee ap pointment and that an obscure one. Ho remarked: "I am on a fine committee, Mr. Speaker." Mr. Henderson beamed. "I am very glad, Mr. Foster, you like your appointment," he said. "I always like to please tho gentlemen of the houso." "Oh," cald Mr. Foster, sol emnly, "I refer to tho committee of tin whole. You know I am a member of that." While the speaker was gasping for breath the new member from Chicago added: "At the same time, if you aro very anxious to please. I would not object to being In your debt for somo other good committee." And the speaker passed his box of Philippine cigars. San Francisco Wave. CONVENTION CALLS. First Legislative District. Notice la hereby given that a conven tion of the Republicans of the First leg islative district will be held at 3 p. m. on tho 20th day of March next, at Co-operative hall, West Side, for tho purpose of nominating a candidate for the legisla ture to represent said district and elect ing two delegates to attend the Repub lican state convention to be held In Har rlsburg on April 25, 1900. The primaries will be held on Saturday afternoon, March 17, between the hours of 4 and 7 o'clock. According to the rules govern ing the Republican primaries of this leg islative district rottco of the date of said primary election must be given by the district chairman at least twenty days beforo said primary election and each candidate must register with the district chairman his full namo and postofflco address and pay his assessment fifteen days before the primary election or his name will not be placed on tho official ballot. No votes shall bo counted for any person v. ho has not complied with theso conditions. W. A. Paine, Chairman. Attest: Joseph Jeffrys, Secretary. Scranton, Pa., Feb. Si, 1300. Second Legislative District. Notice is hereby given to the Republt can voters of the Second Legislative dis trict that a primary election will be held on Saturday, March 17, 1900, between the hours of 4 and 7 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing two delegates to rep resent said legislative district in tho com ing Republican state convention to bo held in Harrlsburg, and to nominate a candidate for the legislature. The con vention to compute the vote will bo held on Tuesday. March 20, 1900, at 1 o'clock p. m., In the court house In Scranton. In accordance with the rules governing this district the candidates will be voted for directly by the voters at tho polls. Each candidate must register with the district chairman his full name and post office address and pay his assessment twenty days before the election or his namo will not bo placed In tho official ballot, neither will any votes cast for him bo counted. Tho district vigilance committees In tho various precincts will conduct tho election and tho result will be reported by the return Judge to the district con vention, which will bo composed of tho return Judges of tho various districts. A written notice containing further In structions will be sent to tho members of tho said district vigilance committee. Frederick W. Fleltz. Chairman. Attest: Walter E. Davis, Secretary. Third Legislative District. In pursuanco of a resolution of the Re publican s tandliigr committee of the Third Legislative district of Lackawanna coun ty, adopted at a regular meeting held on Saturday, the 24th day of February, 190O, the district convention will be held on Tuesday, the 10th day of April, 1900, at 2 o'clock p. m., in tho arbitration room of tho court house, Scranton. for tho pur pose of nominating a candidate for the legislature and electing two (2) delegates to represent said legislative district in the state cqnventlon to be held at Har rlsburg on April 23, 1900, and transacting such other business as shall be brought before tt, Vigilance committees will hold primary elections on Saturday, the 7th day of April, 1900, between tho hours of 4 and 7 p. m. Each election district shall elect ono person, a qualified elector of said district, to act as a member of tho legislative standing committee for tho next ensu ing calendar year, whose name shall bo certified to on the returns to the district convention. Candidates who have thus far regis, tered their names with the secretary at 903-901, Mears building, Scranton, Pa., and those who are desirous of registering will observe the requirements of rule G, which read as follows: "Each candidate must register his full name and pnstnf flee address with tho chairman of the legislative standing committee, and shall pay his assessment to the district chair, man at least twenty days beforo the pri mary election, or his namo will not be printed on tho official ballot." Saturday, tho 17th day of March, 1900, Is the last day for registering and paying the assessment. T. J. Mntthows, Chairman. Attest; J. K. Walking, Secretary. Scranton, Pu., February, 28, 1900. ooooooooooo oooooo I Id Woman's Realm I ooooooooooooooooo THE FACT that a clergyman at Beth lehem has announced to his congre gation that five hundred maidens nre included therein who should be married by tho men cf his congregation Is at tracting considerable attention, lie in cidentally remarks that tho glrln aro pretty and modest and agreeable ns any In tho atata nnd that the men aro too shy or too stingy to propose. )Ic, therefore, ns an encouragement to moro unttvprlso promises to perform the ceremsnles for nothing and It Is stated thnt his words aro already resulting in tho announce ment of numerous engagements. There Is no doubt In the world that tho snmo condition exists In every rhurch In this city nnd while It Isn't at nil ccitnln that tho young women would bo airxtous to havo tho minister lntcrfero in their behalf ns regatds piabcullno -apathy to their attractions, yet wo all know any number of men who would marry if somebody should suggest that as a proper course for them to pursue they need only a llttlo encouragement from some disinterested person to make them ac cept tho Idea with alacrity. It will not do for tho suggesting to como from tho girls themsehes. Oh, dear no! but a kind friend, a clergyman, for Instance, might thus easily bo tho medium of making two hearts happy nnd at tho same time se curing a fee for himself, tho latter con slderatlou.ot course, not weighing In the matter. IF THE awful stutcment recently made by Mr. Bok Is truo that womr-n In business havo boen tried and found wonting and are rapidly going back to domesticity nnd therefore safety and pro prlety there should be a boom in tho mar rlago market and a corresponding depres sion In the divorce quotations. According to some eminent thinkers the Increasing number of divorces is chiefly due to the fact that women are tired of keeping houso and homo and yearn for office and business life. Now Mr. Bok's theory should show re sults. He gives tho startling Informa tion that the number of women filling hospitals and Insane asylums with nerve broken victims is vastly on tho Increase and that tho profession of typewriting so largely taken up Is death to women as It injures the spine and produces untold horrors of nervous diseases. Hence, ac cording to his theory the girl of 1900 must revolve back to where her great grand mother left oft In tho early century and have marriage as her only prospect in ltfo since men are refusing to employ her In a business capacity. It is a rather doleful outlook for the college girl, tho high school maiden and women in general who havo been pre paring themselves for a business career. At any rate tho times are now declared to be good and it is certainly tho cler g man's opportunity for encouraging matrimony. REFORMERS, as a rule, like to do their reforming with a very long pole and formaldehyde pervading tho atmos phere, probably with tho memory in their minds of tho proverb: "He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon." In tho modern rendering tho long spoon, or pole is transformed into a newspaper stick, or a column. ((THERE ARE different ways of doing 1 penanco through Lent," remarked a professional man yesterday. "In the caso of women they seem to mostly take It out in dental work." JINGLES. Delusion. "He dreams of me," the maiden thought, As his abstracted glance she caught. But, for a fact, his mind was set On ways by which ho cash might get. "She thinks of me." .the man declares -"Such musing mood her fond face wears," But, truly, Just beneath the rose, Tho damsel's head was full of clothes. Indianapolis Journal. Returning from the Club. Although "night's candles are burnt out," And bright the sun's first ray, He bears tho rattle of tho cans Along the milky way. Judge. Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from, Hill & Comniell 121 N. Washington Ave., ALWAYS BUUY, They Must' That's the order we gave -o 2,000 pairs of Double-Sole Shoes for ladies and gentle men. Prices from $1.80 TO $3.00, were FIIRMmiHE Lewis. Reilly & Davles, X14-116 Wyoming Avenue. 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They don't cost much, and they never do any harm. I would no more think of depriving myself of their beneficial ministrations than I would of going with out my frequent bath or occasional cigar. Since 1 first learned abour Kipans Tabulct m4 their wide application, I have bad fewer tick days and life has mote tunthiuc in tt." I TTTT NIEY'S U We have just opened our 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 "Libertv Satin" finish. Our 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. 512 e 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. 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. 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