""Ci.,v i,'" f '"ftt SnwfSSfTA 1-J- THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1900. (Se tbttanton $v6tme Published Dally, nxropt Hunday, by Tlie Tribune I'libllRliIng Company, at Kitty Cents a Month. I.1VY 8. niCHAnD, Kdltor. O. K. BYXDEI2, UusltiMj Manager. New York Oftlce: 150 Nnscnu fit. S. 8. VIIKKLANO, Bole Asont for Foreign Advertising. Entered at th Poitofflco nt Scranton, Pa., as Second-Class Moll Matter. When upacn will permit, The Trlhuno In alWRj-s glad to print short lettora from lt friends bearing on current topics, but its rulo Is that theso must bo signed, for publication, by tho writer's real name; and the condition precedent to ncccptanco Is that all contributions shall bo subject to editorial revision. TEN PAGES. SCRANTOX, MARCH 8, 1900. The legislative Interests of Scranton, Its hospitals, charities and city affairs, arp too Important to bo entrusted to Inexperienced -men. Representatives Purr nnd Schcttcr deserve to bo re nominated and re-elected; and their nnurn to Hnrrlsbure will be to the public's distinct gain. Slandering the Administration. THIS CHARGE that the recent chance In policy fovvatd Puerto Rico was due to "trust" Influences naturally appeals to Democratic organs like thi Scranton Times which delight In ascribing- unworthy motives to political opponents. It Is futile to pay attention to such Innuendo. The thatge Is un supported by proof; Is clearly purtls'in In moth e. and can tardy bo left to the sober judgment of the people. Those who are anxious to believe HI of the president of the United States and his advisers will believe It regardless of what may be said to the contrary; and tho-ic who aio unwilling to accept such itsscitlons without pioof will await the proof or, falling Its ptoduetlon, visit upon tho villfleis the contempt they de serve. As Senator Lodge has made plain, the pending bill gives to the Inhabit ants of Pueito Rico pilvllcgcs In ex cess of those enjoyed by the Inhabit ants of our domestic teirltorles. They are to have every legal privilege en joyed by Amcilean citizens anywheic; but unlike the citizens of Arizona or New Mexico they are not to pay one tax on articles covered by a revenue tariff and another for territotial pur poses. Tho only tax put upon them Is one amounting to 15 per cent, of the duties provided In tho Dlngley tariff law; If this should be lemoved, Its equivalent would have to be paid by them In the form of a direct tax, which la the hardest kind of a tax burden to bear. On this subject Congressman Dalzell well says: "It Is absolutely necessary that money bo raised to run the government of Puerto Rico. Money Is necessary for schools Internal Inipioymcnts, and for tho administration of the government. Thero uro three wain In which that money cm he mixed bv direct appropil atljn from the Pederal treasury, which makes Puerto Rico a chnilty patient, ami against which the Piurto Kleins tlii.ni si'lves protest; by putting a mortgage on the island, bni lowing momy at .i high into of Interest, anil turnlrg Puerto Itleo over to the bond-holders. The commit tee on wajs and means did not believe that tlin Ami rle.in people would nppiovo of bturtlni; Puetto Rico upon her new lurrrr saddled with a debt. Tho only method left, thcretorr, to rnlfcc money 's by taxation. To extend tho l'nlti-d States levinuo system to Puerto Rico would bo te uiln tho Maud, 'i'ho people ate not In a situation ti lopond to levenuc tax. ntion. It was tbeiefoie determined to impose taxation ol the least obnoxious kind, namely; Indliect taxation. ThN Is tho least felt and ImposiM the) burden wheio It cm be most easily borne. Puerto l'lco'r. exports are principally nt thlre kind", coffee, whle-h comes In free, tobac co and sugar. The tobacco and sugar of Puerto Rico In the wan houses aio owned bv the tobiieen tiust anil tho Migar liilst. The eomniittee thought It would bo a beneficent act to tho island to make those two triihts coiitilbutc by way of duties to the hWn of the poor Puerto RIchit". The claim that this bill Is ad vocated by the tobacco trust and tho su gar trust Is to.v ridiculous to merit con sideration. i;vcrv body with any fceiisu knows that It I In tho Interest ot these trusts to have their law in.iteilals coma Into the t'nlted Slates frvo of duty. The cry that tho bill Is robbery of the Pueito iticans is llellculous. Under t-'panlsli nile they paid all forts of taxes, n tarllT on their piodueu going to Spain mid Cuba, i xport taxes, licenses, trans portation taxes and perhaps others. Some two or three years ago a t-omniNMou of illstlngulshcd Puerto Means was formed to devise a scheme of tniifC reform for the Island. Their iiport asked but two things, a protective tariff to build up their Industiles belrg tho first. Tills bill gives them the protective rates of tho Dlngley bill. They asked, secondly, for n treaty with the United States, which Mieiuld reduce our duties 20 nor cent. Thla bill reduces our duties bo per cent., so that In point of fact tho Pueilu HinuiH aie today getting much meao than what thety themselves aked for two yems ago." do not again nlludo to tho con stitutional teasons which ptompted tho administration to uvvalt a decision iinin tho Supteme couit on tho power eif congress to legislate for tho terri tories befeire niakipg ppimanent laws for Puerto Hlco; these, wo Imagine, aro by this time, well understood. Tho point now In need of emphasis Is that the Republican leadets have been inls tepresentpd; that the outcry against thorn testa on misconception of the faotB; nnd that tho duty of nil pattl olio, citizens, legardless of party, Is to hltut their ears to mistaken clamor and tako steps to Inform themselves as to those facts. The Republican party can w ell, aft oi cl to trust its case to an Intelligent investigation. A number of citizens residing In th Seventeenth ward are hoplnc that tho Schultz court Bcwer ordinance, which provides for tho sewering of their por tion of the city at their own expense, will bo 'expedited on passage so that tho cpnilns summer will put an end to the cesspool abominations which now menace their health and the city's health, but which at present are a. necessary evil. This matter has been too' long' delayed, . . -. . "The, purpose of the president," ae oordlng to Judge Tart, the head of the nevvPhlllpplno commission, "Is to give to tho people of the lhlllpplno Islands the best civil government which he can provide, with the largest measure of self-government consistent with stabil ity, He seeks only the welfare of the Filipino nnd the betteiment of his con dition. The Inrldentut beneilis to tho trade of this conutty attains fiom tho new ti.lntlon must be made subservient to tho Inteiests of those who have bo come our vvnrels." If this Is Impcilnl Ism, make the most of It. If tho sugar trust could save the duty on Its taw material thtough free ttnde with Puetto Rleo, do you suppose it would light to put a tntlff on'.' A Menly Letter. IN A MANLY letter to Senator Davis, Adjutant General Corbln Invites the fullest Investigation of his military iccorel since he cntereel the nrmy. It has been alleged that during tho civil wnr, vv-hen Gen eral Corbln was lieutenant rolonel of the Fourteenth Colored Infantry, ho acted In a manner unbecoming ti sol dier. Hi' was fully tried by court mar tial nt the time nnd honorably ac quitted but enemies have persisted In casting this old accusation In his face and ho now says: "I desire to place myself nt your command In aiding you to make a seatchlng examination of my record as a soldier, with a view to as certaining all the ttuth, and I wish to say In all earnestness. If a search re veals to you a suggestion of unvvorthl ties, I will close the discussion, so far as I am concerned, by authorizing' J'ou to present my resignation fiom the ser vice to the piesldcnt." Continuing1, he says: I will gladly give ou any assistance In facilitating an examination of the lecoids made, day bv day, fiom tho tlmo when, as a kid of It', 1 left my father's farm in southern Ohio and entered tho volunteer nt my. 1 tun now closing my thirty-eighth jeur of continuous sen Ice; a service, modest though It has been, I claim to h.ivo been honest and faithful. My sei vlre In tho volunteer uimy covereel nearly four cais. having In that tlmo held coin missions of six grades, trom second lieu tenant to and Including that of colonel with bievet of brigadier-general, from all of which 1 was honorably discharged. Not only this, but General Grant, while, secietary of wai ml Interim (two jears after tho tll.il herein discussed had Iwen of record In tho war department), con ferred upon mo by authority of tho prcs Ident two brevets, oho of major, for gal lant and mctltorious conduct In the bat tle of Decatur, Ala., and another of lleu-ttnant-eolonel for llko scrvlco In tho but tle of Nashville, ccverlng iho exact dates set forth In the speclticatlons to the chaises trieel. Following my discharge from tho voluntect service I was ap pointed a second lieutenant la tho legu lar army, and In July, l&Oli, was appoint ed a captain In one of the now lcglments, nnd, so far as I am avvaie, without thu solicitation ot any intlueneo outside of the mllltnry service. I had been an of llcer of tho army more than fourteen ycais befero 1 had tho honor of tho per sonal acquaintance of any member of congress or any one else in touch with tho authorities In Washington. My first ten years in tho regulur army were spent with my company In the then remote western states and territories of Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, having In that tlmo marched in different expeditions against hostile In dians and chnnges of station from Poit Riley, Kan., (then tho western terminal of the railroads leading to the west), to Port Ilrown nt the mouth of the Rio Grande, the distance Unversed anil tho dinieultiez of this servlco being fully un dei stood only by those who have had the experience. During all thi'se ten years I was never absent from duty a single day from any cause whatever. 1 served fourteen je-.irs as a captain of infantry nnd In the pdJulant-Rencral's department, nine years la the grade of major, soven yeais In the giado ot lieutenant-colonel nnd two years In the praelo of colonel and, at the time of my nppolutmcut as adjutant-general, was the senior colonel In the dcp.it intent. Your attention Is also Invited to tho fact that tl.o president ten dered mo the commission of mnjor-gcu-eral of volunteers, which I had the honor to decline, so that all these offices (lim ited In number by law) might bo given to otllceis solving with tmops In the field. I have now served In the regular nrmv moio than a thhd of a centuiy, and I huve been absent from duty fiom any ciiuo less than thirty days. This manly letter will win for Gen eral Corbln the sympathy which prop erly goes to men who are hounded without cause. What tho Influences are that have Inttoduceel a state of feud between Corbln and certain other ollleeis of the tegular army stationed at Washington, notable among them, If common report bo title, tho major general commanding, civilians do not have the means of knowing; but It Is earnestly to be hoped that the Inves tigation which has been pioposcd by tho senate in connection with tho army teorganlzatlon bill will go to tho bottom of the situation and clear It up, once for all. The announcemfent that Mr. Cleve land has gone upon a ilshlng tiip is a refutation of the assertion that It Is necessary for our ox-presidents to have the gout in order to get their names In the papers. The "Blacklist" is Illegal. -pHE DECISION of tfio Su- I pretne court the other day JL asset tins the Illegality of the "black list" In a case In volving a combination of wholesale product) dealers who pledged them selves not to sell goods to any person In debt to any member of the combina tion is manifestly good law nnd gooel common sense as well. A tetall dealer In Philadelphia owed one member of tho "combine" a bill of $1)0. The creditor posted the debtor on a black llfct which shut off his supply of pto duce and for a time practically ex tinguished his business. He sued and tho lower couit cave him no redress, claltnlns that action should Ho for the. recovery of special damages, which must bo proved. Tho court of review ovcithiows this point, holding- that the Infliction of damage Is self-evident from thu nnturo of tho blacklist; that tha combination so to testraln ttado Is unlawful nnd that the fact that :i man owes n debt does not give another man or a com bination of other men a license to lulu him. Thero aio tegular channels for tho collection of debts nnd for the pun ishment of fraud If fiaudulent prac tices entered Into the conttactlon of tho Indebtedness. To Ignore these channels and to set up, extra judicially, nn ar bitrary and highhanded tiibunal for tho enforcement of collections In a manner suggestive of coercion by black- mall, very properly Impresses the Su preme court as not to bo tolerated. This decision will commend Itself to intelligent Judgment. It Is true that the professional "dead beat" consti tutes a standing1 provocation to resort to drastic means of collection; and If the black list principle could bo con fined to this class thero would be very little objection to Its application. Vn happily, the width of tho blackllstor Is liable to full upon the Just and the un just Indiscriminately and tho only way to protect the honest debtor Is to re quite fraud to be proved In regular ac tions for recovery or punishment or both. The nssoitlon ot Judge Tuft nt Cin cinnati the other night that ho was nut originally an expansionist and would be happier In spirit If thu United States were well out of Its new ter tltoilal ceimpllcatlons. but that he vvns satisfied that we had cot Into them thtough choice by our government of tho only honorable alternatives grow ing out of tho unexpected develop ments ot tho Spanish-American war, and that, being In, nnd apparently In to stay, the cull of duty Is to make tho very best of tho situation, presents a view of this problem sharply con trasting with the querulous fault finding and ineffectual vituperation of tho professional "untls." Robbery by Slander. AN IMPORTANT question In law nnd morals Is raised in thu Indictment by n New Yntk grand Jury of six men charged with deprcsslnB the stock of the Urooklyn Rapid Transit auet other corporations by foul methods. The picsentment of the Jury sets forth tho facts which are essential to a correct understanding of Its nctlon. It appears fiom the presentment that In the summer of 1S99 the stock of n number of coiporatlons whoso securi ties weto dealt In on tho exchanges wus selected as tho object of attacks of a novel and dangerous character. Paid advertisements were Inserted fiom week to week In leading' news papers In New Yenk and Uoston at tacking the value of the stock ot thesj companies, averting with the utmost posltlvcness In the ease ot" one; of them, whoso stock wan then quoted above par, that It would fall te to r,0, to i.0; that tho advertiser spoke from ac curate Inside information, ndvlslns the sale of such stock and ptonilslns defi nite Information If lpqulrais would write to nn advertised address. Letters weto sent btoadeast over the country In response to Inquiries made In an swer to such ndvcrtlscmenUi. reiterat ing tho statements ns to the value of the stock and statlntr that it would fall much lower; that followers of the advice given by the advertiser had made thousands of dollars, and urging the quick and confident sale of such stocl; short. Telegrams by the hundred were sent btoadeast through the United States advising the sale of the stock for a 30 point drop at the open Ins tho next morning, and, coincident with that telegraphic advice, an ab solutely fulso rumor or statement was suddenly and widely disseminated by word of mouth, by telephone and by private who that the company was about to go Into the hands of a re ceiver, that the pnpers applying fop such receivership had been seen, one i umor going so far as to give the name of the person who had been agreed upon for receiver. Enormous short sales of stocks followed, causing great loss to many persons. The present ment continues; As tho market price of the securities of a. eoiporatlon must depend upon tho belief of those holding or dealing In them that they uto valuable, these constant and cllveisllled attacks undoubtedly mado a most depressing' effect, tending to shake tho faith and confidence of the commu nity, and accomplished tho lesult Intend ed. Innocent holder.-, powerless to pro tcct themselves, saw their property dc predated day by elay by these novel and criminal methods. In our opinion these dellberato und leng continued attacks emanated from scvcial bourccs, but from their very nature namely, anonymous ciiculais and word of mouth lumors It has been Impossible for this gratul Jury In every case to trace these i amors to their authors. Some of tho false rumors bpieael abroad havo been circulated to unduly enhance the matket prlco of stocks; others tn depress tho stocks of solvent corpoiatlous below their proper and normal market price. We believe the public spirit of those who uro Influential In the financial world should bo moused to the necessity of bringing to tho at tention of the authorities all Instances of manipulation ot the pi Ices ot stocks by such methods and that tho district at torney in turn should make strenuous I'ftoit ,to convict and punish the guilty parties. A realization that detection and punishment will buiely follow will bo the best means of suppressing theso insidious eilmes which threaten not only tho In teiests of specific individuals, but also the general welfare of the community. It has been held that no law was vio lated In tho pursuit of these tactics. That will be a question for the courts to eletctmlne. Rut If tho law does not provide a sufllcicnt remedy for thti kind of conspiracy to ieb by means of hlaneler It needs very little argument te convince tho average man that tho law should be amended. "Tho ttuth Is that we havo never tieatcd any people who have come under our flag with such generosity and consldetatlon as we show in the pioposed legislation for Puerto Rico. Tho citizen of Arizona or New Mex ico pays tho duties on every Imported aitlelo which ho consumes, and all In ternal levenuo taxes, and what he pays goes Into the treasury of the United States, while he Is left to tux himself in addition for all tho expenses of the tenltotlal government. In the easo of Puetto Rico every dollar of taxation ia!ed by the United States, dltectly or Indlieetly, fiom tho Island or its products Is puld Into tho Island treasury. The United States under this bill will not take ono cent of levenuo from the Island of Puerto Rloo, while It taxes tho Inhabitants of the states. It is dlfllcult to see how a more liberal nnd generous arrange ment could bo dovUed." Senaitor Lodge. It the anti-expansionists wish to prove that the United States recognized Agulnaldo or the Filipino government, they will do well to avoid bringing of tlclal documents Into the controversy, It begins to look as though many of the "Sapho" companies that started on tho road under such favorable condi tions a few days ago would havo to walk back. Puerto Rico may prove another Il lustration that those who make tho most nolso aro not always the people who pay the tax bill. Thre? Years of WIIIjmH'KiDley John J. Ingalls, In New York Journal. THU most exttuordlnnry phenomenon of President McKlnley's adminis tration Is the subsidence of social discontent. Tho threatening flood of untcst nnd exnspetntlon bom of mis fortune und adversity, which culmin ated In the nomination of Bryan, ebbed with his defeat. -Socialism, commun ism, cheap money nnd the other drift wood, rubbish nnd debris of that de plorable epoch, llko tho refuse of nn In undation, now lie stranded and decay ing on tho shore, or wero swept Into the sea of oblivion, and the stteam of national affairs flows undisturbed In its accustomed channel. Coxey's noble army of martyrs has been mustered out. The occupation of Debs, Herr Most and other apostles of anarchy, preachers of pessimism, acolytes of de spair, Is pone. Their crazy rant that once excited mobs to uncontrollable frenssy will now be heard with nmusa ment or contempt. Demagogues uro out of u Job. o Something has scattered plenty o'er a smiling land. Employment is abund ant and wages rise. Agriculture em barrasses the farmers with its riches and burdens the fleets of tho world with Its abundance. Commerce thrives be yond precedent. Manufactures multiply and replenish tho earth. From Cape Nome to Puerto Rico, from Manila to Maine, forges b!a2e, stacks smoke, wheels revolve, spindles hum, and elec ttlc lights turn night Into day. It is nn Illuminated chapter from the ro mance of prosperity. Even the per capita, that mysterious and menacing spectre whoso shaelow has so often darkened tho feast, has Increased from $22.47 when McKlnlcy was Inaugurated to $23.42 at tho closo of tho third year of his administration the most rapid growth of money In circulation in our history, and very largely in go'd. Whether this prodigious change is duo wholly or in part, or not at all, to the policy of tho administration Is Im material. It has happened. It may bj cause and effect, or It may be coinci dence; but tho millions who were ground between the upper and the nether millstones of adversity In that dismal interval after the collapse ot IS93 know that It has taken plaee. They are not Inquisitive ns to how It came to pass. What they desire Is Its continu ance. o As soon as the farmer has a bank account he ceases to be Interested In abstract questions of finance. The capacity to draw a check makes him conservative. The artisan who owns his homo and has constant occupation at living wages thinks less of com munism and the redistribution of the assets of society. Such a condition, while conducive to tranquility, and happiness, is not favorable to reform. A people contented and prosperous be come Inert and passively submit to wrongs that It Is more dlfllcult to re sist than to endure. For this rea son the encroachment of monopolies Is now Insidiously destroying competi tion and opportunity in every depart ment of commercial and Industrial ac tivity. Even tho newspapers, usually so prompt and vigorous to resent in justice and oppiesslon, submit to tho extortions of the trust which has re cently so enormously Increased tho price of paper, almost without a mur mur of protest. With combined ef foit they could wring the necks of these malefactors and throw their car casses on the compost heap of mam mon, whero they belong. This trust levies Its blackmail on education and religion, on the school book and the Bible, on knowledge, literature and libraries, on free thought and a free press, which aro tho sentinels and guardians of liberty. Of all the un forglven crimes of the money power this Is the most indefensible and in famous. If tho Republican party does not stiangle these monsters It Is cer tain that some other paity will, o The president's career fiom the be ginning Is a striking Illustration of the Immense value of pure, high, stainless personal character as an element of success In public life. He wears the triple armor of him who hath his quarrel Just. He has escaped calum ny. All our recent presidents, with ono exception, have been reputable enough, but McKlnley has been more than this he has lived up to his ideals. He has made the golden rule the law of his conduct. He has been loyal to his home, faithful to his friends, mag nanimous to his adversaries, constant In his devotion to) duty. He has paid his tithes of anise, mint and cummin; ho has not omitted the weightier mat ters of the law. Ills defects and lim itations are recognized, but no one doubts his patriotism, his sincerity, his determination to do right, his love of Justice. He Is safe and sane; a planet nnd not a meteor. His oppon ents respect him, and the people, re gardless of party, honor and trust him. Even caricature, tho Roentgen ray of satire, which brings the hidden and seciet infirmities ot character to tho surface, has discovered no flaws, and the lampooners have fallen back on the schoolboy Irony of depicting him as tho mailonette In a Punch and Judy show that moves as the strings are pulled by stronger men, which searce provokes a smile. This faith and confidence of the people have been a shield to the president in many emergencies where he might otherwise havo been vulnerable. o The Spanish war was not a party question. It was tho people's war. They knew the president was opposed to it. He desired to avoid blood, and so he sought a peaceable settlement; but his motives were never ltnpunged. and congress gave hint titty millions te prepare for the conflict. No war of modern times has beeen followed by mote momentous conseeiuuncjes, anil none, on land, has bec-n less prollflci In heroes or glory. Ths private soldier fought mugnlllcently, as American sol dleis always do, but Shafter's ham mock nnd buckboard campaign, and his purpose to retreut at Santiago; tho horrors of Montauk, the Egau episode, tho ecccntiio contracts of Alger uto matters to which tho historian will re vert neither with pleasure nor pride. But no one holds the president respon sible. Still less will they believe that because he waits to learn their wishes ho Is Infirm of purpose, or that ho pio poses to overthrow constitutional lib erty and set up an empire on the ruins of the republic. o Political Issues, like poets, are born and not made. They aro organlo and not Invented. They are not Kept In stock llko canned goods In a grocery nor hand-me-downs in n misfit parlor. Tho Republicans hold tho afltrmatlve on every great question before the American people. They have redeemed their pledges and ore not (encumbered with nnclcnt platforms. They will re nominate President McKlnley, ns the Democrats will re-nomlnate Mr. Bryan, by acclamation. One will stniiil on a declaration of principles for 1000; the other on tho Chicago platform, with codicils nnd postscripts dr. vn from a grab-bag, reafllimlng undying hos tility to government by Injunction, which is a nightmare; to Imperialism, which Is n chimera, nnd to tho gold standard, which Is tho cotnorytono of the financial f.ystem of tho world. Standing at the gateway ot the fourth year of his administration, tho president and his party have nmpla grounds for congratulation, both In tha prospect and tho retrospect. ooooooooooooooooo I In Woman's Realm t ooooooooooooooooo A LETTER HAS been received from a member of tho Green Rlelgo Women's club, In whoso good work nlrcndy ac complished In this city all public spirited peoplo are In sympathy. Space Is gladly given to tho following portion which re fers to tho nttltudo which tho Economic Section desires to assume with respect to tho movements undertaken: The article In the woman's column of Wednesday secmrd to open a fitting op portunity for tho members ot tho Scl enco Section of tho Women's club to briefly explain to tho general public the object of their work. To thoso who have felt that wo have departed from our sphere In undertaking by ngitntlon, to bring about Improvements In tho sani tary conditions of Scranton, wo would say that wo would havo been glad to havo seen this work dono by tho men of our city, but In most cases their business duties, In this young and active town, have been too great, that they have scarcely had tho tlmo to discover how serious wero tho condition and how nec csFarv tho Improvements. Tho mother who has tho care cf tho household and tho Interests of her children at heart Is naturally tho first one to glvo thought to these matters, nnd when other means seemed wanting, Is it a wonder that the women took tho question up? In every caso whero business men or organizations havo been called upon for tho purposo of suggesting Improvements wo have been treated with great repect and cour tesy, and wo have generally found ready assistance from thoso In power to further the advancement of our work. Reform hns not been our motto but rather Im provement, nnd It would seem that In a city which hns been so generously en dowed by natuio and whero the wealth of our citizens Is so plainly manifest In our magnificent structures, that there should bo no lack of Interest or support toward making all corners clean thereby giving us tho wholesome condition, which by n Uttlo caie, would go far toward making our city Ideal. Wo did not found our section for the pleasure to bo derived from It, nor to create antagonism, though we did not expect every ono to ngreo in our plans nor support us. Wo havo en deavored beforo taking up nny subject to inform ourselves upon it, and to obtain advico from tho best possible authorities. The work has been continuous and very hard and has fallen upon a few, but it has been done for tho benefit of all of the citizens of Scranton, whether they havo favored or opposed us, with the hopo that tho near future will sco a de cided Improvement in tho sanitary condi tions throughout the city. ( THERE IS an endless procession of Lenten fads this bcason. Ono of tho newest was exhibited by a charming girl yesterday, as with a number of friends sho was chatting In her pretty room. "See my 'darn box?' " she suddenly re marked. Some of her listeners glanced round expecting to behold a new fangled mending basket or the latest thing for on Easter thimble, tea. Nothing of the bort. Jus,t a Uttlo white pasteboard box which had probably onco been tho recep tacle of wedding cake. Now It had a small silt in tho top. "Every tlmo I say 'darn' In goes a five cent piece," announced tho pretty girl. "By the tlmo Lent la over I shall be en abled te endow a hospital. Yes, I know it's horrid to hear a girl say 'darn,' and I mean to break oft the habit. I begin to realize what It must mean for Jack I,, to stop smoking cigarettes. I wonder that anybody ever reforms." Then the girls all began talking about their various pledges of self-denial through Lent and thero was certainly an Interesting list. Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hill & Connell 121 N. Washington Ave, ALWAYS BUSY. EKI SHAPE," More ft lends every day. The causr easy to buy, easy to wear, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. Lewis. ReJHy &. Davies, JH-110 Wjomlrc Avenue. IFFBE FUMTI1E fid 1 Wit I rrct LJQ? vA Mlirrt Men Get Ready for I inspection We have now a full Hue of all makes of Watches that we guarantee to pass. Buy your Watches of au 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 as gold." Prices as low as any. IMCEREAU &MLt 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal. Exchange. Heatflog Stoves, Ranges, Fmiriniaces, Ptambinig TSntagc GUNSTER & F01SYTH, 823-327 PENN AVENUE. The Hunt & ConmieH Go Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 Lackawanna AveniK HENRY BELIN, JR., Uenerui Aceatfor tba Wyotulaj Ulatilct.'J.- Mains, WatlnaSportln-;. .Smoljo'.Jti und tha nppaiino Cue mica. HIGH EMOSIYES. tulity J'lue. Caps and V.o Ij.-t ilouut iOl Connell UnUUiu;. feorautm ACiKNX'tlii THC3. FORD, - - Plttston. JOHN B. SMITH & SON, . Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN. - WllUs-Bnrre. ST- :JS&&2 nuroir HMOEB. If I JBfj. 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