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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1000.
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TEN PAGES.
BCnANTON, MARCH 13. 19j0.
The Sliamokln example of arresting
boodle rounclltncn Is likely to ppread.
Next Saturday's Primaries.
" V N NEXT Saturday afternoon,
I between 4 and 7 o'clock, Ko
S publican voters In the First
and Second legislative dis
tricts, comprising the city of Scran
ton, the third most populous com
munity In tho state will meet nt the
icRtitar polllnB places, under the direct
primary system, to Indicate their
clinic? for party nominee for the legis
lature. It Is Important that they
clinoiR wisely.
In tho First district Speaker Fatr,
whose record nt Harrlsburg, beginning
with the free text book law, which has
saved to poor parents thousands of
ilollat s In the cost of educating their
children, and Including the compulsory
ducntlon law, the law to make eight
hnuiR n day's work In state and city
employment, the law to protect the
American flag and, of especial local
Interest, the law creating tho West
Side hospital, In which, since Its or
ganization, more than 2,000 persons
have received free treatment dm lng
Illness or disability, Is opposed for the
nomination by T. Jefferson Reynolds,
of the Fifteenth ward, a young man
without experience In legislative af
falts and whose candidacy Is really
meant to punish Speaker Farr for
having been so successful In promot
ing the Interests and the prestige of
his district. It is well known that
when, during the last session of the
legislature Mr. Farr aH speaker de
clined to surrender to a clamorous mi
nority faction or to be browbeaten by
the subsidized press of Philadelphia,
threats were made that ho would be
made to pay for his Independence. It
It. equally well known that Mr. Rey
nolds wus put forwaid as the candi
date of this faction and that the
voters of Hyde Park and Ptovideneo
are being solicited to wieak vengeance
on Mr. Farr, not becnuse he has not
served them well, but because Mr.
Reynolds.' factional backers could not
use lilm us they wished. We mistake
the temper of the plain and loyal
people of the First district if they will
have uny part in such a programme of
icvenge. They know what John R.
Fair Is capable of doing for them and
they will ask him to continue the good
work lie has already done work which
has not been surpassed by that of any
other member in this or any other
county.
In the Second dlstilct a similar sit
uation Is presented In the opposition of
Frederick Connell to Representative
Scheuer. During his first teim tit
llarrlsburg Mr. Scheuer was especially
liseftil to his district by reason of his
membership on the appropriations,
municipal corporations and labor and
industries committees. He intro
duced In the house and successfully
piloted to passage the law to prevent
vindictive and extravagant election
contests n law which if it had been
on the statute books n year or two
sooner would have saved tho voteis of
I-acka wanna county ?io,000 to $100,001
by pi eventing tho Langstaff contest.
He also introduced the defective ain
davlt bill which protects honest oteis
from ignorant or evil disposed election
officers. He secured $.",000 for the
Hahnemann hospital, protected th
other charities of Scranton from the
cuts which were so general In the last
legislative session, and started the In
fluences which, if continued, will pro
vide a suitable home for Lackawanna
hospital. In every requisite of a con
scientious, faithful and successful lep
resentatlve, Mr. Scheuer amply estab
lished his right to claim u re-election;
and he is opposed by a young man.
avowedly set up by a faction, w ho has
not, within our knowledge, previously
lifted a finger for the Republican paity
or for the public interests of the Sec
ond district.
The city of Scranton, as it Is about
to pass from the third class Into the
second class of cities, will have need in
the next legislature, in tho adjust-
, ,imnt, and. protection of Its growing
' .,lCKlHjRtlvv interests, of tho best men
i that it run And to represent it. It
-cannot afford, under tho whip of fac
tional scheming, to displace lcglsla-
3 '' torfi 'who tiro tried and true by the
,' nomination of men absolutely inex-
' perienced.
'Wui?rticiBm ,a eas" Performance dllU
.qu"jt. The Republican party Is a paity
of BcrformMiie.-
"iFrance and England.
A FRIES
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. Feb.
FRIKND sends us a clipping
from the London Times of
19 which- says that the
ni t French ambassador, Hpeaklng
ntip a 'distribution of prizes and certl-
m ileates to successful competitors In an
examination in French languago and
,l literature at the Mansion house on the
. 'jjireqedlng Saturday,, said Franco and
Kntland were the two countiies In
the world which represented the best
Ideas of progress and civilization, and,
in spite of what some gloomy prophets
telHUytoff.wa'coirclucea that
jrtjeiy wejildmeer be anything but
K00A.rfii8.Uon8 between the two' coun-
iUOyr'tjorrwpoiMent thinks tho fore
aKolng a sufficient denial of tho rumors,'
"$ fHf. otHt near approach of
Stwlj-Efcalwtd and France. We
(fust, with him, that these rumors
not be verified, Such a war
could have no adequate warrant nor
could It have other that a most
disastrous result upon France, crush
ing out what hope there has Beeined
to be that the French republic might
survive the temperamental follies of
Its Gallic constituents nnd rise gradu
ally to the piano of n permanent nnd
liberal Institution until it should be
come n beacon light 'for European
progress.
It It to be hoped that tho giving to
Lord Kitchener, by the Anstrlan mili
tary nttuche In South Africa, of tho
credit for England's recent BUccesse3
will not start a British parallel to the
Schley-Sampson controversy. Roberts
anil Kitchener evidently understand
each other.
Intolerable.
A CONDITION of affairs Is pre
sented to" view In Kentucky
.which requires general con
sideration. It Is a situation
of revolution; of the forcible overturn
ing of the fundamental rights of Amer
ican citizenship; of the prostitution of
government to malicious ends; of pas
sion, prejudice and bandit daring
usurping the place of Justice.
To begin with, we have a group of
office-seekers plotting to steal by
forms of law absolute control of tho
election machinery of the state; wo
have them put In possession of that
machinery and In spite of tho partisan
one-stdedness of the urrangement, we
have their own appointees returning a
lfi.OOO plurality for the Republican
nominee for governor in a poll In which
reputable Democrats assert that ther"e
was actually cast for him not less than
a 50.000 plurality. Although the revis
ion of the returns by the Democratic
canvassing board cuts this plurality
down still further, It dares not over
throw it altogether, and the Republi
can nominee in due order is declared
elected and inaugurated. Then, it is
found that the Democrats, thanks to
the Ooebel returning boards, have a
small margin of control In the legisla
ture nnd to make that margin sure
they proceed to unseat a number of
fairly elected Republicans. 'Once In
suie control, the contest Is sprung and
the prejudiced tribunal is about to
render Its pi e-detei mined verdict when
tho bullet of un assassin lays tho
Democratic claimant low.
"Thereupon." affirms the man whom
tho people elected governor; a man
who In defending his rights nnd the
rights of the people of Kentucky and
of every state where republican formb
of government are supposed to pre
vail, has exhausted all his private re
sources and Incurred the continuous
and prospective risk of assassination,
"a conspiracy was formed to fasten
this heinous crime upon all or some of
the state olllcers elected by the people,
the purpose being to obscure nnd cover
the political robbery and to terrorize
and destroy all opposition. In order to
carry out this foul conspiracy they
proem ed an act appropriating $100,000
ostensibly for the purpose of detect
ing the criminals, and have employed
a lawyer whose course In the criminal
practice of Cincinnati was so odious
as to cause a riot, resulting in the de
struction of the court house and the
loss of over forty lives. Following this
an employe of the notorious Cincin
nati Enquirer has made affidavits,
charging that the Hon. Caleb Powers,
secretary of state: his brother, John
Powers, a captain of a company of
state militia; W. H. Culton, a clerk in
the auditor's office; the Hon. Charles
Finlpy, ex-secretary of state, and Cap
tain John W. Dnvls, policemen of the
state house grounds, conspired, aided
and assisted in said assassination.
Warrants were Issued and said W. H,
Culton, dining the night or March !),
was taken fiom his home, where his
wife and child were sick, and incarcet
ated In the county Jail, without bail,
or being given an opportunity to secure
ball. On the day of said assassina
tion, Harlan Whittaker, whose resi
dence Is In Butler county, Ky., was
nnestcd, charged with said crime and
assassination, and was placed In Jail
and kept confined without trial for
over one month, in detlance of the pro
vision of law requiring a speedy ex
amination trial and that a person
charged with crime shall be brought
out every two days. Upon the trial he
was held over without bond, notwith
standing there was no evidence intro
duced showing his guilt. For some
cause, or without cause, our courts,
composed almost entirely of Demo
cratic Judges, have become so partisan
that It is practically, if not absolutely,
Impossible for any man not of their
persuasion to obtain a fair trial. As
organized, the couits are courts of con
vli'tlon Instead of courts of trial."
Our telegraphic columns carry the
story forward to the time of writing.
The chaos born of wilful fraud is fed
by continuous audacity until It has
now leached a proportion that, we sub
mit, properly comes within the mean
ing of Section 4 of Article IV of the
federal constitution, which says that
"the United States SHALL guarantee
to every state In this Union a repub
lican form of government." if the
United States courts cannot or will not
interpose a restraining hand, the chief
executive of the United States must
be appealed to to undo. If he can, a
monstrous wrong, which has become
intolerable.
General Mlchener, of Indiana, a vet
eran campaigner offers to his Republi
can brethren good advice when he says:
"Tho long delayed campaign of educa
tion should begin at once. Nearly all
the issues for discussion In the ap
proachlng campaign aio new to the
people and to statesmen. The work of
organisation should begin now. it
takes more time and mora hard work
to completely organize' the party In
power than the party In minority; the
latter Is always organized, for it Is on
the offensive. It takes time and labor
to bring organization out of the dis
organization which normally pievalls
In the party which is Jn power. These
are fundamental truths which ought
to bo Impressed upon tho minds of
some gentlemen who seem to hae for
gotten them. We need less grinning
and more grunting."
Senator Morgan Is right. In taking
measures for tho national defence the
United Stite Uoca not have to ask the
atitt
aid or consent of England or any other
nation. To make nn attribute of sov
ereignty a matter of treaty stipula
tion, as the senate foreign relations
committee does in its canal treaty
amendment, Is to descend from the
sublime to the pathetic.
A glance over the scenes of action
In the Transvaal and in Kentucky,
not to speak of tho threatened de
bates In the United States senate,
seems to thoroughly vindicate the
astrologers who have been predicting
"fenrful deeds" for 1900.
By what right does the Democratic
party profess friendship for Puerto
Rico, when, only tho other day, It
voted almost solidly against he bill to
pay over to Puerto Rico the $2,000,000
of duty already collected on imports
from that Island?
With two governors and two armies
In the field there is no reason why
the blood of Kentucky should not be
kept In the condition of newly-charged
ginger ale for several days hence.
A recent wedding In Philadelphia, to
which 3000 Invitations were Issued,
netted $50,000 worth of presents. And
yet they say marriage Is a failure.
Both the English and the Boers
want peace. The difficulty seems to
exist In deciding who shall draw up
the articles of agreement,
Captain Mahan demonstrates that
Monroe doctrine pressure without a
navy is the most hazardous kind of
bluff.
. Rev. Mr. Sheldon is one of the men
of the hour who will probably not re
main over sixty minutes.
Candidate Debs displays some
hesitancy about plunging Into the boy
orator campaign act.
The United States can well afford
a navy second to none; such a navy
would pay.
The war fever of France Is of the
Intei m It tent variety.
Agulnaldo and Dr. Lcyds arc still
among the missing.
Outline Studies
of Human Nature
. Cullom and Blaine.
SOMEBODY out in Illinois has started
n j nf- flint finnnfit full At, hon tinir.
Iccted tho Interests of tho soldiers In se
curing pensions and tho recognition of
other claims upon the government, which
is about the biggest lie that was ever
told of htm or any other public man, us
tho commissioner of pensions and tho
members of the senate committee on pen
sions will willingly testify. Senator Cul
lom has three clerks at woik In his com
mittee room, and one of them devotes
his entire, time to the applications and
complaints of pensioners.
1 think there would be no Impropriety
In telling a story about Senator Cullom
that Is distinctly apropos of this chaigc.
While Mr. Blaine was secretary of state
lie sent for me to come down to Bar
Harbor, where he was taking his summer
vacation, and Senator Cullom, learning of
my journey, nsked mc to urge him to
appoint a broken-down old soldier out
In Illinois to a consulate for which he
had long been an applicant, writes W. K.
Curtis in the Chicago Record. I ngreed
to do so, and he told ino some rather
distressing details of the case. It seems
that tho old veteran's health was deli
cate, and Senator Cullom hoped that his
life might bo prolonged If he could se
euro n small consulate with a salary suf
ficient to support him In a milder climate
than that of Illinois.
No opportunity wus offered to speak to
Mr. Hlr.lne about tho case until one Sun
day afternoon while we were taking n
walk among the hills bark of his house
at Bar Harbor, when, seizing the first In
terval in the convctsatlon, 1 informed
him that I was the bearer of a rather ur.
gent messngo from Senator Cullom. With
out waiting to hear what It was, he
tutned on me and nsked:
"Is Cullom u, candidate for tho presi
dency?" "1 don't know. I suppose be Is."
"Well, he will never make It," said Mr.
Blaine. "Cullom Is vtry shrewd ubout
some things, but he's got no sense about
others. Ho seems to bo always looking
nt tho past Instead of tho future. He
recommends men for ofllce for what they
have done for him rather than for what
they are able to do for him In the future.
For example, ho has bothered the life
out of mo ever since I came into the
stuto department about a broken-down
old soldier who is dying of consumption
and thinks he can live a little longer if
he can get a consulate down In the trop.
icx. If Cullom should bring in some
bright, active, promising young man I
should bo Inclined to appoint him, but I
cannot mako the consular sen Ice an
asylum for Invalids."
Sweet Liberty.
1 M UOIN' fast. Ames," said old Mis
Walker In 11 voice that plainly Inti
mated she was stabbing him as much
us lav In her power.
Amos held his gray head In his hands,
but said nothing. She had always been
tho spokesman, nnd experience had
taught him that silence was the best
course.
"You'll be marryln' ugaln when I'm
gone, Amos," continued the wife of his
bosom.
Still there was no word from Amos.
"I say you'll marry again," repeated
Mis' Walker In sharp reminder.
"I don't guess I will," objected tho
prospecthely bereaved husband.
"Oh, yes, you will," tcsponded sho with
ncrlmonlous conviction from which there
was no appeal.
In a tone of demurring he pleaded
humbly:
"I don't exactly feel llko it Just now,
Surah." Waverly Magazine.
The Ruling Passion .
THK CLERGYMAN had finished and
1 tho organ wus pealing forth the son
orous rapture of tho Mendelssohn
march.
"One moment, George," said the rodl.
ant bride, and facing the audienco khe
raised, her rxqulsltely-bound, though
somewhat bulky, prayerbook In her
dutntlly-gloved bunds and pointed It di
rectly nt tho brllllnnt audience. There
was it sharp click.
"All right. Oeoige," said the bllde,
come along."
And as they marched down tho aisle
she showed him that the supposed prayer,
book wasn't a prayer book at nil. it
was a camera!
"It's my own Idea. Oeorge," she whis
pered. "Clever, Isn't It?" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Another Reason for His Dislike.
REV. ANNA HOWARD SHAW, of
Washington. D. C, la a very eloquent
speaker as well u H un uble theologian.
On ono oLcaslon sho occupied a pulpit
temporarily, und had In the congregation
a clergyman who was strongly opposed
to women divines At the end of the ser
vice, which ho had seemed to enjoy, he
wns asked If ho had changed his opin
ions. He replied slowly:
"Not to a great extent. Before I
heard her I thought women were Incapa
ble of nillng a pulpit acceptably: now,
however, I bnllevo that they are too c
publo altogether for the good of us In-cumbents."-Fhlladelphla
Post.
One Thing He Could Do.
Q N ONK OF "Old Hoss" Hoey's lilps
w across tho Atlantic tho steamer,
moving slowly along In n denso fog tit
nbout 3 o'clock In tlio morning, struck on
the rocks of Fasttiet, the light not being
visible.
Fortunntely, nothing more than a senro
for tho passengers resulted. Kvcrybody
was soon on dock except Hoey, who had
slept nil through tho trouble. Ono of
his friends sent a steward for nlm, and
lit lust ho appeared, still n trlflo be
fogged. When the facts were explained
to him ho lolned fervidly In an Im
promptu pralsu service which the pass
engers were holding. Finally Ihero camo
a lull In proceedings nnd "Old Hoes"
took advantage of It to proposs thiee
cheers and a tiger for the captain. The
proposition caused much astonishment
and someone ventured to tisk nn what
grounds he based tho proposed honor to
the captain. Drawing himself up to his
full height, "Old Hoss" replied Impress
ively: "On the ground that lie Is the only man
sailing the Atlantic ocean who could
have hit that rock without a light."
Two Answers.
ft OT LONG AGO a Boston clergyman ic
11 eelved an evenltig call from nn elder
ly man and woman w ho expressed a wish
to be joined In the bonds of matrimony
then and there.
"Have you ever been married bofore?"
asked tho clergyman of tho man, an
honest-eyed, weather-beaten person of
sea-faring aspect.
"Never, and never wanted to be be
fore." was the prompt reply.
"And have you ever been married be
fore?" tho, question came to the woman.
"No. sir," she replied with equal
promptness; and with a touch of humor
that appealed to the clergyman ut once,
she added, "I never had a chance!"
Tho marriage ceremony was speedily
performed, nnd the clergyman refused to
take any fee, telling the bride, with n
twinkle In his eye, that It had been a
privilege to officiate which he would have
been scrry to miss. Youth's Companion.
A Servant's Idea of Distinction.
THK REION of Lord Brassey as gov
1 emor of Victoria Is drawing to a
close, and tho funious Sunbeam is being
overhauled for tho homeward voyage.
Hero Is tho latest story: During tho
early days of his governorship ho had
on bis staff a young earl who was fond
of wearing a gorgeous uniform. Alter
tho governor nnd party had lewed tho
exhibits at up-country agricultural
show ono da. s excellency, In a com
monplace frock-coat, lid tho wuy to tho
luncheon-room. But be was promptly
slopped and warned aside by an attend
ant, who said:
"Pardon me, sir, let his excellency in
first."
The man thought that tho brilliantly
attired earl must bo the governor.
PERSONALITIES.
Henry James' Income from his books
during JSD3 lu said to havo been some
thing over $S,000.
Within thrco years William Jennings
Bryan has traveled nearly 100,000 miles
for tho purposo of speech making.
Senator Stewart was first elected to tho
senate in 1861. und is now serving his
fifth term, which will expire in 190i.
Dr. J. J. Henna, a native of Puerto
Rico, now In Washington, says that
there are 88,800 )w?ggnrs out of a popula
tion of 1.000,000 In that island.
Mrs. Taylor, wife of the governor of
Kentucky., was In no way intimidated by
the exciting times in Frankfort. She
visited the soldiers each day, and carried
to them baskets of cake and sweetmeats.
SIlss Hattle Bumgarten. of New Mil
ford, Conn., has 11 novel plan for reform
ing saloons. The scheme Is to have the
best citizens frequent the saloons, not to
drink, but to form u social sunounding
of a high order.
The London Leader says It Is a mis
take to think of General Joubert as a
rude, unletteied soidler, whoso strategy
Is merely instinctive, as ho has mode a
study of nearly everything worth reading
on the theory of wur.
Sir Ford North, retired from tho Ju
dicial bench of Hngland on a pension of
3,o00 a year, states that he will devote,
his remaining days to the pursuit of
beetles, moths und butterflies, as ety
mology has always been his hobby.
Two members of the present congress
began life as sailors. Each was a New
Knglander by birth, each ran away to
sen, and each finally made his home In
California. One is Senator Pel kins and
the other Representative E. F. Loud.
Sol Smith Russell has a double In the
senate. His name is Turley, and ho Is a
senator from Tennessee. If Mr. Turley
should ever wear the Hon. John Grlgs
by's clothes and stovepipe hat he could
go on the stage anywhere, and there Isn't
an audience In the United States that
would know him frcm Bussell.
It is announced that Professor Ira
Kemsen, of Johns Hopkins University,
nlll deliver tho address at the dedication
of the new chemistry building of tho
University of Kansas next full. Dr.
Kemsen Is acknowledged to be tho fore
most chemist In America, nnd Is the
author of a number of valuable scientific
w nrks.
On tho tomb of John Buskin's father at
Shirley, near Corydon, England, is tho
following characteristic epitaph, placed
there by his devoted son: "He was nn
entirely honest merchant, and his mem
ory Is to all who keep It dear und help
ful. His son, whom ho loved to tho ut
tirmost and taught to speak tho truth,
says this of him."
Sir Augustus Harris once settled the
pitch question In his own off-hand fash
Ion. A famous prima donna of his opera
company came to him complaining that
the piano used for vocal rehearsals was
too high, and nsking that It might be
lowered. "Certainly," replied Drurlola.
nus, with a bow. "Hero Forsyth, have
a couple of inches sawn oft the legs of
this piano.
T. Carson, the mayor of Brownsville,
Tex., is known In that part of the coun
try as tho "perpetual mayor." He has
held tho ofllce for 21 years, and he can
not get out of it. He has declined re
nomination time and again and threat
ened to resign If elected, but tho people
huvo nominated and elected him In spite
of it. He was tho first mayor elected In
Texas under tho new constitution of 1S79.
J. C. W. Beckham, who claims to bo
the do Jure governor of Kentucky, comes
of one of the oldest families In Kentucky.
Ills father was William N. Beckham, of
Nelson county, and his mother Is the
daughter of ex-Governor Robert C.
VVickllffe, of Louisiana. On tho first day
he was eligible to hold tho office he was
nominated by the Democracy of Nelson
to represent It In tho house of represen
tatives. Tho late It. D. Blaekmoro could never
endure to have advertisements printed uu
his books, and when a cheap edition of
"Lorna Doone" appeared, with a flam
boyant assertion on the Lack cover that
"Ulank's cocoa Is the best," ho sent n
peppery letter to tho publisher, und end
ed with tho quaint anti-climax: "And
bnsdies, I havo had to diluk chocolato for
some time, and I know Blank's cocoa is
the woist."
At u banquet In Washington the other
evening Senator Depew told un Interest
ing story of three young men who, hav
ing graduated from Yale ubout forty
years ago, started for their homes In
Michigan, Kunsax and New York to be
gin the battlo of llfo with the ugrecmiut
that If they were successful they would
hold a reunion ut the college ten years
later, but It was not until tho other night
that they met, at his house, In his city.
They were Justices Brown and Brewer of
the supreme court and Mr. Depew himself.
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KO STORIES nrc more fascinating to
the average feminine reader than tho
ones In which it character develops
from a grub Into a. brilliant butterfly
under tho miraculous changes wrought
by dress or education or environment.
Tho chief charm thus far In Miss Hum
phrey Ward's "Eleanor," now running
through Harper's, Is the transformation
mado in Lucy Foster by having her hnlr
done differently by the deft hnnd of
Eleanor. Tho discarding of tho plaid
gingham frock also adds to tho effect.
The women of the story, unllko most of
tho present day novels, nro tho only chnr
acterstono would culo to know. Anybody
more distinctly tiresome nnd uninterest
ing than Mnnlsty, tho hero of ths talc,
would bo difficult to portray. Mrs. Ward
Is certainly getting even with Ford for
ctenting such n heroine ns Janlco Me
redith, and with various other popular
authors whose heroines are fools differ.
Ing only In tho picturesque quutlty of
their fool performances.
APROPOS OF Kentucky warfare, Rev.
Mr. Lewis, a former rector in this
region, who went to Kentucky some
years ago was rather uncomfortablo for
some time because of the unexpected
things which wero always occurring in
his parish. Indeed his wife found her
nervous system fast breaking down un
der the continuous strain which she was
under becauso of tho fiery temperament
of her husband's parishioners. Finally
after some months of excitement the
clergyman nerved himself to the point
of requesting his vestrymen to leave their
"guns" nt homelnstead of bringing them
to the vestry meetings. Tho wondering
gentlemen did so with reluctance, evi
dently regarding their rector as a man
of whims who must be humored much In
the fashion employed with u child.
'
SATD A VISITOR yesterday ni she
walked up Lackawanna, avenue:
"Good gracious! Is Scrnnton going
to smash entirely? With "flaming red
signs of 'dissolution sale.' 'Settlement
Sale' ami every other kind of sale, all
the way up tho stieet, It really looks llko
a western boom-town after tho boom
has collnpsed. I should think It would
tnko Dolph Atherton all his time to tiy
to counteract the effect of this street on
strangers who come to town." Then she
added: "It reminds me of the big sign
In front of a store In New York. 'Great
Flro Sale! Don't go elsewhere to be
cheated. Como right In here!' "
THEY ARDN'T "readv made clothes"
any more. You don't hear of "hand
mo downs" or anything of that sort
which seems to iirltntc men when
accused of wearing such garments. In
stead they are "Heady to wear clothes,"
and oh, the difference It makes!
AN OBJECT OP CHARITY.
She I didn't sec you nt tho Chutily
Ball. Don't you approve of Its objects?
He Oh. yes: that's why I didn't go.
I'm ono of them. Philadelphia Bulletin.
GLAD OP IT.
"There's many a noble Bong unsung."
"Thank heaven!" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
THE STORY OP LIPE.
Only the same old story, told in a differ
ent strain:
Sometimes a smllo of gladness, and then
a stab of pain;
Sometimes a flash of sunlight, again the
drifting rain.
Sometimes It seems to borrow from the
crimson rose Its hue;
Sometimes black with thunder, then
changed to a brilliant blue;
Sometimes false as satan, sometimes as
heaven true.
Only tho same old story, but, oh, how
the changes ring!
Prophet and priest and "peasant, soldier
and scholar and king:
Sometimes tho warmest hand-clasp
leaves In the palm a sting.
I
Sometimes In the hush of even, some
times in the midday strife;
Sometime with dove-like calmness, some
times with passion rife;
We dream it. wrlto it, live It, this weird,
wild story of life. Anon.
Roll Top Desks,
Flat Top Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Chairs
A Large Stock to Select
from
Hi 111 & Connell
121 N. WashiiiElott Ave.,
ALWAYS BUSY.
Moie ft lends every day. Tho cause
easy to buy, easy to wear.
$3.50, $4.00 and $5.00.
Lewis. Reilly & Davies,
Ui-lU Wyoming Avnu.
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As this number contains
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we issue a general invir
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