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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1900.
Cfle Scranfon ri6une
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nnd tho condition precedent to occcptanco
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TEN PAGES.
SOTIANTON", MARCH If.. 1900.
Criticism of the mayor for slRnlns
the electric light ordinance overlooks
tlio practical fac that tho vote In
councils clearly demonstrated the ex
istence of more than a two-thirds ma
jority In favor of the ineastlre, which
would have made a veto Ineffectual
nnd would simply have bred 111 will
between the legislative nnd the execu
tive department!). The mayor's per
gonal theoilcs a to municipal legisla
tion are one thins: the conditions
v.'hlch stand between them und their
'enactment Into law aro Quite another.
I'o r the lutter he is not responsible.
Colonel Hitchcock Answered.
-TT-HK THEORY under which
I President McKlnley Is pro
JL feeding, to quote J. S. Tuck
er, of Washington, a cor
respondent of the New York Sun, "re
cognises that tho United States as a
sovereign power has the right to legis
late as It may deem best for tho In
terests of Its own citizens and for the
welfaie of the people who ate not its
citizens, but who have been trans
ferred to Its allegiance by the rlgtu
of conqucBt and cession. It holds that
the constitution of the United States
does not extend to conquered or cede'l
territory as an Incident of conquest or
cession; but that congress, as repre
senting 'the sovereignty of the country
for legislative purposes, may govern
these territories In Its discretion, giv
ing them such rights as they are fit
to use nnd withholding such as they
cannot Intelligently exercise."
Colonel Hltchock to tho contrary not
withstanding, this Is not a new theory
but is In effect the thpory which has
controlled our past acquisitions of ter
ritory. In the case of the Louisiana
purchase, our first and greatest expe
rience In expansion, had during the
llfe-ttnie of many framers of the con
stitution, It had been expressly stipu
lated In tho treaty of cession that
the inhabitants of the ceded territory
should he "Incorporated In the Union
of the United States and admitted as
soon as possible, according to the
principles of the Federal constitution,
to the enjoyment of all rights, ad
vantages and immunities of cltl&ens
of the United States," yet for ten
years following the ratification of this
treaty congress vested the government
of tho new domain In the hands of
the president and during that time a
tariff was In force at the port of New
Orleans different from the tariff en
forced at the port of New York. This
could not have been the case had the
constitution, as Colonel Hitchcock con
tends, immediately followed tho flag.
In the treaty of ParlH, by which we
acquired Puerto Rico and the Philip
pines, no promise of statehood was
made, but on the contrary our com
missioners contented themselves with
saying that "the civil rights and politi
cal status of the native Inhabitants
of the territory hereby ceded to the
United States" should "be determined
by congress." If the Democratic con
tention were correct, the words "by
congress" In this treaty would have
been unnecessary, Inasmuch as the
civil rights and political status of these
native Inhabitants would have been
determined de facto, by the extension
over them of the Federal constitution
coincident with the uplifting of the
Aineilcan flag. Yet this treaty was
rat I fled with the aid of Democratic
. votes and has the force of sovereign
law.
The M-cond paragraph of the thlul
tectlon of Article IV of the constitu
tion gives congress unlimited power to
deal with territory by saying that
"The congress shall have power to
dispose of and make all needful rules
and regulations respecting the terri
tory or other property of the United
Ptates." This grant of authority is
absolute. It carries with It the power
of alienation as well as the power of
government of territory, as distin
guished from the actual area of the
several states, whose limits congress
plowe cannot change; and It as
sumes jnd; pre-s'unoses, of course, tho
power to acquire territory. It Is this
clause" In the constitution which clothes
wlthj lull sovereignty the people of the
Unlqnj pllje'rwlse, there would be pre
sente flie' strange spectacle of an In
elustlc i government fenced within a
certain fixed space and left derelict
upon the ocean of circumstances, with
out power to fit itself to new condi
tions i
As to the Immediate application of
thlsXhcfUjj- qf constitutional Interpre
tation to the Inhabitants of Puerto
Rico, Colonel Hitchcock can hardly be
lieve that It Is as ungenerous ub his
letter in yesterday's Issue would seem
to Indicate. In the words of Henry L.
Bto'dTdafd, let us see what It Is actual
ly proposed to do." Two bills have
passed the-houso and are before the
senate. One appropriates for the uso
anfl benefit of Puerto Rico the $2,095,000
thus far collected under the Dlngley
Jaw on her Imports In this" country. The
second' bill provides that only 13 per
cent, jbf the, tariff levied ugalnBt im
ports from other countries shall be
levied on Puerto Rlcan 'products; and
that the same rate shall apply to our
exports' to Puerto Rico. After two years
all duties cease. The revenue collected
at oufjMjjton -houses and In Puerto
Woo iHSajJltSsK 1 Puerto Rico for us
on 'that Island. In other words, ex
isting duties ato reduced 85 per rent.,
all 'revenue thus far collected and yet
to be collected, Is to be turned over to
the Puetto means, they are to have
unrestricted trade In two years, and
not a dollar of Internal revenue tax
which our own people feel rather heav
ily Is levied aRalnst them. The tax
on 1)Uslness which the Amorlcnn people
are paying as a consequence of the
war fought for the sake of Cubans and
Puerto Means Is not extended to the
Island. Puerto Hlcuns pay no tax of
any kind whatsoever for the support
of. their own government. This coun
try pays It all, nnd continues to do so
under the new law. It Is even pro
posed by the senate to go further yet
and collect no duty on tho articles of
necessity bought by Puerto Jftlcans of
the United States, lest such duty might
add to the selling' price -and thereby
constitute n tax.
Is this cruel? Is It unfair? Does It
deserve the criticism It has received
or warrant from Kepubllcans tho In
sinuation that the party leaders In
congress have sold out to the trusts?
The base ball club advertising bu
reaus are making heroic efforts to di
vert the attention of the ni'bllc from
Ilov. Mr. Sheldon's newspaper cntei
prlse and the operations In tho Trans
vaal; but with Indifferent success.
Yellow Journalism.
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N CONNECTION with the Now
York Evening Journal, tho Rev.
Dr. Robert S. McArthur, one of
the most accomplished and suc
cessful ministers of New York cltv, Is
editing dally a page of news and com
ment, not "as Jesus would" Dr. Mc
Arthur lays no absurd claim to special
knowledge of what our Lord would do
If He were to return to earth but as
he thinks, from the standpoint of n
Christian minister, that a newspaper
might properly be edited. The differ
ence 'between this platform and that
enunciated by Rev. Charles M. Sheldon
Is to Dr. McArthur's credit.
Among the topics discussed by Dr.
McArthur Is this Topeka Capital ex
ploit and his views Impress us as being
wise and timely. "Men," he writes,
"have gravely asked: 'Would Jesus
Join a political club?" 'Would He be a
member of the Republican or Demo
cratic party"' It Is possible greatly to
multiply questions of this character.
It is easy also to border on the ridicu
lous, tho Irreverent, even tho blas
phemous, In asking and answering
questions of this character. The fact
Is, that all the circumstances of our
material life differ so widely from those
of Christ's time and country that It Is
Impossible to say what He would do
lf He were here today. Indeed, It was
Impossible to anticipate what He would
do In Judea? when He was on the earth.
He constantly did many things which
were the very opposite of those which
He was expected to do. He accepted
the Invitation of a publican to dine nt
hla house. This net shocked the con
servative religionists of that day. He
had words of welcome, encouragement
and forgiveness for outcast men and
women, to whom the respectable classes
of the time would not speak. He was
a radical along many lines of social
custom and of religious reform. To
undertake to say what .He would do
now, were He here in the midst of the
stirring events of our material life, Is
to bo guilty of a presumption that Is
simply Irreverent. The most that can
be said Is that man may suggest a
course of procedure on His part, grow
ing out of our knowledge of His life
as revealed In Holy Scripture; but
when men undertake to describe In do
tall what His course would ho along
nil the lines of dally life, they are In
truding Into a sacred sphere, which Is
equally presumptuous and Irreverent
on their parts."
Righteous complaint exists among
Intelligent men and women at the phe
nomenon known as "yellow Journal
ism," meaning thereby the journalism
which panders to abnormal or morbid
tastes by a reckless display of sensa
tionalism. In details this kind of Jour
nalism differs, of couise, very widely
from the kind which Rev. Mr. Shel
don Is exemplifying; but is there, after
all, a large difference In principle? Is
It not quite as abnormal and morbid
to cater by unusual means to the curi
osity of the multitude as he Is doing
as It Is to cater to pretty much the
samo human Instinct in the more
familiar but not more sensational
"yellow" style?
Tho reports tell us that while there
Is a large. In fact a most extraordinary
demand for the Sheldon editions from
curious people, living at a distance
from Topeka, the regular' patrons of
the paper are dissatisfied and aro buy
ing other papers which give tho news
of tho day In the ordinary way. This
Is significant as to the fate which
would probably overtake the Sheldon
style of paper after the novelty of the
Idea should have worn off. That six
months or a year of the Sheldon kind
of journalism would land the Topeka
Capital In the hands of tho sheriff Is
a reasonable deduction. People do not
want to be preached at or treated to
assertive moralizing every day in th
year.
Peace terms for a time will prob
ably be a drug on the market.
Hr. Phelps on Arbitration.
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N A PRIVATE letter wiltten
three yearn ago to the editor of
the New Yotk Sun, the late Ed
ward J. Phelps, whose experi
ence as a diplomatist and student of
International affairs was widespread
and considerable, expressed an opinion
which is Interesting In view of the sub
sequent failure of the czar's disarma
ment congress and also In view of tho
war now In progress in South Africa.
' I do not believe," wrote Mr. Phelps,
"that a general system of International
arbitration Is practicable, or would bo
desirable If It were, and I do not be
lieve In International arbitration at all
except In some rare cases where, Im
pel feet as It Is, It may nevertheless be
useful and possible necessary. These
new and sudden fads In the public
mind are usually of short duration. We
know far too little ubout International
law In this country to become tha
pioneers In new discoveries; nnd when
we attempt It we shall be likely to
find that the means by which tho af
fairs of nations have been conducted
for many centuries are not likely to be
Improved by tho ne,w wisdom of those
who know very little about the subject.
Hound and able diplomacy Is now, as
It always has been and always must
be, the only means by which questions
between nations can bo adjusted, when
they can he adjusted at all. If our
diplomacy Is weak, as It will bo so
long as Its agents are only temporary
makeshifts, wo should strengthen and
Improve the systom, rather than try.
to discover substitutes lor It that aro
likely to prove as Impossible as per
petual motion or tho philosopher's
stone."
It is possible that Mr. Cleveland's
minister to England was deficient in
hopefulness upon this point; It Is pos
sible that had ho revised his letter In
the light of the progress made at Tha
Hague conference toward an organ
ized plan ot International arbitration,
ho might have adopted a more en
couraging tone.' Rut his letter reveals
a practical grasp on the true secret of
Improvement in International' relations,
ns In most other human affairs; and
that Is the getting of good manhood
to the front Instead of wasting time on
tho thinking out of new systems of re
form which do not Include betterment
of the human factors upon which all
systems depend for successful results.
This is a truth which 'cannot be over
emphasized. The problem of taxation Is now the
big bone of contention In Cuba. Ono
faction wants to put a revenue tax on
sugar and tobacco, and the other fac
tion opposes the proposition on, the
ground that tobacco and sugar are the
foundations of the Island's prosperity;
that upon planters have fallen the
heavy burdens of the Insurrection
period and of the period following; and
thut it would be most unwise to put
any hindrances In the way of tho
Islund's agricultural development. The
argument of the "antls" seems to be
well considered.
To Learn Through Experience.
u
NDER THE new currency
bill a great many new na
tional banks will be organ
ized by virtue of the provi
sion permitting the organization In
small towns of national banks with
$23,00p capital. It Is estimated that not
less than 2,000 of these small banks
will come Into existence Immediately,
thus Introducing many hundred thou
sands of persons to banking facilities
who have not hitherto understood
them and who have been somewhat
Inclined to look upon the average
banker as a Shylock with horns. These
residents of small villages, mostly In
the west, will soon learn by personal
observation and experience that a na
tional bann, Instead of being a cun
ning contrivance of the money power
for the oppression of the sons of toll,
Is as truly a public convenience as Is
the village postofflce or the village
drug store; nnd when this lesson has
been Impressed upon their minds by
an actual acquaintance -with banking
methods, even ir only by the occasional
cashing of a check, the soil In which
most of the free sliver and greenback
heresies of the past have been planted
will no longer exist; and the oppor
tunities for mischief of tonguey dema
gogues like Colonel Bryan will be cor
respondingly curtailed. There Is no
school like experience.
Editor Ben Haines, of the Wayne
Independent, one of the original antl
Quay men of this section, goes about
his work In a rather half-hearted man
ner this spring. It may be that Br'er
Haines Is ashamed of some of the com
pany in which ho has been forced to
travel lately.
As compared with the year preced
ing, Imports Into Hawaii last year in
creased nearly $7,500,000 or over 60 per
cent., and her exports Increased $3,
2S0.000, or more than 30 per cent. The
American flag Is an unequalled trade
tonic.
It Is not probable that the spasmodic
attack upon Immorality in New York
will be lasting. Gotham possesses too
much material always In fit condition
to succumb to the ravages of the
germs of vice.
Mr. Frlck will probably experience
considerable difficulty In convincing
either the courts or the public that he
made Mr. Carnegie In a business way.
Count Castellane and the editor of
Figaro appear to have agreed upon
terms of peace without foreign Inter
vention. THE MODEEN NEWSPAPER.
From an Address by Colonel George Nox
McCain, Delivered Recently Before the
Pittsburg Prets Club.
Tho times have given blith to aotne
hypercritical Individuals whose specialty
Is decrying tho alms and tendencies of
the modern newspaper. They fall to
jioto that tho functions ot legitimate Jour
nalism are growing broader every car;
that expansion Is the order of the day
lu newspapers as It Is In government.
They complain that newspapers are mer
cenary; that they aro run as money
making enterprises. But have you ob-t-crved
that such critics aro not In busi
ness themselves for their health or re
creation, or for the benefit of their first
wlfn's relations?
The newspaper Is a money making en
terprise, and when It ceases to bo that
it ceases to bo a newspaper. It Is pre
eminently the business In which tho own.
ers and managers take the public Into
their confidence; treat it as a partner,
consult It, listen to its complaints and
protests, respect Its whims and occen
trlcltles. and give It greater return for
Its limited investment than any other
business under tho stars.
A properly conducted newspaper Is a
dally bargain counter to Its readers. It
Is an epltomo of cotempoianeous history,
tho concentrated newH of the. universe,
tho handiwork of a thousand men pur
chased for two cents or a penny. The
purchaser of a copy Is buying that for
which men havo tolled and women have
prayed. Embalmed In Its pages are the
song of the telegraph, tho flash of cable
spark, tho wonders of the sunlight traced
on photogiaphlo films, the multiplied
echo of the world's voice, and all for tho
aluo of a widow's mite.
THE SHELDON EXPLOIT.
From the Indianapolis Press.
The experiment will doubtless multiply
the receipts and Increase the profits ot
tho publisher for one week, but It Is not
likely to Increase the fame of the Breach
er or permanently Improve the moral
tone and character of newspapers. As
an advertising scheme, It ranks with tha
best efforts nf Phlncas T. Barnnum In
exploiting his great moral exhibition,
except that It Is more irrevtrent.
Outline. Studies
of Hdman Nature
Congressman Smith and His. Pie.
D EPRB8ENTAT1VB H. C SMITH, of
Adrian, Is making more friends on
the floor of tho house than 00 per cent,
of tho now congressmen. Ho Is a tiro
less worker.
"Whero Is Smith? asked a Michigan
man ot ono of the doer keepers tho other
day. '
"At his desk working," was the reply.
"Smith Is always working."
The latter Is scarcely literally true, but
tho congressman from the Second Michi
gan district does not watte much time
listening to perfunctory debate. Ho Is
too busy.
Mr. Bmlth has made nn Impression on
the waiters of the house cafe by his wit,
and they "spot" him whenever ho enters
tho popular eating place. His easy rela
tions with the dusky waiters came about
thus:
The congressman was at luncheon dur
ing tho busy hour and sat watting for his
dessert, the tardiness of 'which was duo
more to the arduous duties of the waiter
than to Inactivity nr larlnoas. Smith rel
ished his pie In anticipation until ttlbegan
to get stale, and then colled another
waiter and In all seriousness said:
"My man, will you go and see If the
waiter who took my order works hero
yet?"
The waiter looked at him seriously for
a moment and retreated to tho kitchen
with a broad grin. Smith's original
waiter appeared at once, not much
changed by age, nnd7 with him appeared
at thd door a group of his fellow-men,
all grinning and eyeing the man from
Michigan who could stir up a waiter
without swearing at htm. Adrian Times.
A Son ot Kentucky.
A TALL BON of Kentucky, who had
Imbibed well, but not wisely, of the
peculiar vintage of his native state,
drifted into the Columbia last week and
secured a retired and peaceful seat In
the roar of the balcony, where ho tran
quilly dropped to sleep, says the Cincin
nati Enquirer. He disturbed no ono, and
nobody paid any attention to him until
ho forced himself Into prominence In n
peculiar way. Foy and Clark woro doing
their turn, In ono part of which Foy
buries his nose deep In a bunch of fra
grant paper loses. As ho does so tho
flowers explode with a crack like a ?
caliber bulldog revolver. Foy was danc
ing around with a' rose affixed to his
nose when the gentleman from Ken
tucky, uroused by the report of the ex.
plosion, leaped to his feet. It must have
aroused memories ot recent exciting
times In Frankfort, for he looked around
excitedly and In a voice like a Stentor
of old, shouted:
"Hurrah for Goebel!"
Then he reached for his hip pocket, nnd
there was a general dive for bullet
proof trenches. But all breathed a sigh
of relief when tho patriotic son of the
dark and bloody ground flashed only a
harmless pint bottle, took a gulp and
subsided peacefully Into slumber.
A Left-Handed Compliment.
DISHOP LAWRENCE, of Massaohu
setts, the successor of tho lamented
Phillips Brcoks, tells this little joke
upon himself with keen reltah:
It was ot the tlmo when there "was a
vacancy In tho bishopric, and Dr. Brooks
was the most prominent candidate. Mr.
Lawrence, then dean of the theological
school In Cambridge, was walking with
President Eliot, of Harvard university
and tho two were discussing tho situa
tion. "Don't you hope Brooks will be elect
ed?" asked the dean.
"No," said Eliot, " a second or third
rate man would do jut as well, and wo
need Brooks In .Boston and Cambridge."
Phillips Brooks was elected, and a little
later Dr. Eliot and Mr. Lawrence again
discussed the matter.
"Aren't you glad Brooks was elect
ed?" queried the dean.
"Yes, I suppose so," said Dr. Eliot, "If
he wanted It, but to tell the trouth. Law.
rence, you woro my man." Saturday
Evening Post.
Was Talking In Canada.
CREDERICK D. KILBURN, state su
perlntendent of banking, made a cam
paign speech last fall that was for Gov
ernor Roosevelt a record breaker, says
tho Now York World.
Kilburn, the colonel and other spell
binders were touring the extremo north,
ern part of tho state.
Early one morning the engine stopped
for water near a lumber camp. Kilburn
got out on the end of the car and deliv
ered a rip-roaring speech on the evils of
Tammany Hall and kindred campaign
topics. The lumbermen listened with no
show of enthusiasm.
A trifled nettled, Kilburn returned to
the car. A brakeman noticing his gloom,
said cheerfully:
"Don't mind thoso French-Canadians.
They're a wooden-headed lot."
"French-Canadians!" sale Kilburn,
with surprise. "Where are we?"
"We're just over the line In Canada.
I thought you knew that," said tho
brakeman.
An Ideal Budely Dispelled.
WHILE Wm. M. Evarts was a member
" of the senate,says Harper's Weekly,
an employe, hastening late one afternoon
through one of the upper corldors, was
accosted by a stranger, evidently a farm
er, with the query: "Can you tell mo
where I can see Senator EVarts? I have
admired him all my life, and I have
never seen him. To tell you the truth,
I havo come to Washington to see htm
more than anything else. I don't want
to speak to him; just to look at him."
Tho employe took him Into tho senate
gallery and sat down with htm. Evarts
was not on the floor, but In a few min
utes he strolled In and stepped up the
steps leading to the vice president's desk,
so that all his dlmlnuttvenees and slen.
derness was In evidence.
"There he Is." said the employe.
"What!" said the old farmer. "That
little fellow?" Then he looked long and
earnestly at htm, and turning to his com
panion said, "Gosh! I bet he boards."
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A Statement That Meant Much.
. STORY Is told Illustrative of the
A subtle wit of the Chinese minister
at Washington, Mr. Wu, says the New
York Post. At a recent dinner the min
ister found himself In company with
William J. Bryan. When he began to
talk, he said he felt entirely safe about
the utterances being treated as confiden
tial. Nevertheless he thought that ho
had better be discreet because there
was a gentleman present who, he under
stood, might occupy the white house
some time, and might be In a position to
hand him his passports It he said some
thing dlstsstefi.),
"However," continued the minister,
with that guileless air which disting
uishes his race, "It is altogether probable
that I shall hae tu ltiuo Vashtngton
before he Is president."
The Lad Wat Astonished.
THE TENDENCY of most doctrines is
to be very narrow, and tho loyalty
for a particular church is "bred In the
bono," says the Memphis Bclmltar, as a
certain llttlo Memphis boy bears wit
ness. His mother was telling him of the
childhood ofChrlut, and In the course
of her story said that Christ was a Jew.
The little fellow looked up at her In
wide-eyed astonishment, and said In an
awed voice:
"Why, mother. I always thought that
the Lord was a Presbyterian."
A ule That Worked Both Ways.
A COMMERCIAL traveler who was de-
talned the other night at a little
wayside Welsh Junction had gone Into
the waiting room, and was enjoying a
cigar, when a porter entered, relates the
Cardut Western Mall. The traveler,
pointing to a printed notice overhead,
"Smoking Is Strictly Prohibited," re
marked Insinuatingly:
"I s'poso this rule Is not strictly en
forced?" "Oh, no, sir," was the confidential re
sponse; "'nor tho one underneath 1'
The commercial looked where the por.
ter pointed, and read: "Hallway Serv
ants Are Not Allowed to Receive Gratui
ties." A Long Time for a Light Lunch.
f NE OF THE correspondents was try
v Ing to got the office of Assistant
ta.m.a nmapa1 Paftv Heath on tha
tolophono, says the Chicago Journal. Af
ter some wrestling no got a repiy. nu.
lol" ho demanded, "Is this Mr. Heath?"
"Nawl I wish it was," came tho an
swer, In tones of disgust. "This hap
pens to bo a poor Hooslor who wants
to know why tho government pays a man
$4,000 a year to keep a man waiting two
hours while ho cats a light lunch. If
you can answer that question I will tell
central not to ring off."
The next day the corespondent found
that tho speaker was Representative
Charles B. Land Is.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
As many as 4,000 dates have been found
In a single palm.
To be perfectly proportioned a man
should weigh twenty-eight pounds for ev
ery foot of his height.
In IBM there were 71.000 tons of steel
made In the whole world. In 1898 the
United States alone made 9,073,000 tons.
Tha largest cargo of breadstuffs ever
put afloat for the Orient was cleared at
Portland. Ore., In the Arab, which held
the equivalent of 231,771 bushels of wheat,
valued at $140,000.
Baldwin City, Kan., Is the seat f a
Methodist college. Cards cannot be
bought In the town; there Is no place
In which billiards may bo played, and
two attempts to hold a dance havo failed.
Each battalion chief ot the New York
Are department Is shortly to bo supplied
with a pocket telephone, which may be
affixed to any fire box, ana win men
enable tho operator to talk directly with
headquarters.
There was recently put up In the Bald
win Locomotive works a crane which has
a soan of 153 feet. It will lift a WO.WO
pound locomotho forty feet In the air,
carry It 836 feet and set It down again In
3 minutes and 36 secords.
. Tho efficiency of tho scrum treatment of
diphtheria has again been demonstrated
In Austria, whero the mortality, In cases
so treated last year, was only 15.S9 per
cent., while of thoso treated without
scrum 39,30 per cent. died.
In JS90 107,415 cabin and 303,763 steerage
passengers landed at the port of New
York. One line brought 19.7C9 cabin ras
sengers and 53,646 steerage passengers In
twenty-lino trips, while another line
brought 19,043 cabin passengers and 20,853
steerage passengers In sixty-two trips.
An attempt Is to bo made to popularize
Chilean wine In Europe. A committee
of wlno-growers has been formed to work
In co-operation with English and Scotch
firms, with the object of first making a
market for the product In Great Britain.
Tho Tugela, or "Startling" river, Is the
longest river In Natal, being over 200
miles lone, attaining a breadth at Its
mouth of 450 feet. For the last sixty
miles or so of Its course It forms the
boundary line between Natal and Zulu
land, the latter being now a province of
Natal.
Some people make It a point never to
retire without a light burning In the
house. A bit of Information worth
knowing Is that a small even light may
be obtained from a smnll piece of candle
all night If fine powdered salt is piled
around the candle until the black part of
the wick Is reached.
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SEASONABLE.
Signs are swinging, shutters creaking,
From tho dust there's no defense
Women's skirts fly taut as wlnd.salls,
Ankles are In evidence.
Midst the riff-raff of the gutters,
Derby hats are playing hoop
Maddqued men are chasing after
With a yell, and dodge, and swoop.
Now at sixes and at sevens
Is the trusted weather-vane;
North, south, east, It spins demented,
West It veers, then back again.
Something's queer about the weather,
Let's consult the nlmanac
By tho power ot winds and cyclones,
March, that beastly month, Is back
-Life.
FURNITIIR
Roll Top Desks,
Flat Top Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Chairs
A La'rge Stock to Select
from.
Hill & Oooneifl
121 N. Waslilngton Ave,
ALWAYS BUSY.
Moro friends every day. The cause
easy to buy, easy to wear.
$3.50, $4.00 and $5.00.
Lewis. Reilly & Da vies,
214-Ut .WyoalDf Avenue.
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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 some
agent who will open shop for
two or three months and then
skip out. We are here to
stay. Our guarantee is "as
good a3 gold." Prices as
low as any.
IERCEEIEAIU& CORNELL
130 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
The Hunt 6l
Cornell Co.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
Heatlmig
Stoves,
Ranges,
FanrnaceSc
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S2S-327 PENN AVENUE.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for tha Wyoralnj
DUtrlctfj.-
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, HmoUelon
sua the Repauns Cbeuilca:
Co.il puny'
MM OTLQSIVB.
kalety Fuse, Caps and Kxplodan
ttooiu 401 Uonnell Uuliaia.
Horantja.
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THOS. FORD, - - Plttston.
JOHN B. SMITH & BON, Plymouth.
W. E. MULLIGAN. Wilkea-Brre.
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I have a friend, in fact he is my brother-in-law, who is the outside
man for a New York crockery warehouse, a sort of salesman, purchas.
ing agent, collector and what not. He used to suffer from a catarrh ,
of the stomach. When he woke in the morning there would be a
gripping, a contraction, a tightness of the stomach, which, he said,
seemed to be clogged with a slimy, phlegm-like substance. Carlsbad
salts always did him some good, but now heusesaRipans Tabule. He
only takes one when occasion requires, just one now and then. Whe
this man, his name is Spalding, was asked to describe the effect of the
Tabule on him, he said : "Why, it brightens me up. It has an effect
like dry air; makes roe feel something as I used to of a spring mornin
when the air was crisn but temnerl !(, ..et.i-. - j . ,.
how they produce such an effect, but
FINLEY'S
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GOODS
One-half hours personal
inspection of our
Wash
'Good
tock
will not only make you better
acquainted with the immense
line of "New Ideas" we are
showing for Spring, but will
do more to post" you on
values, that have real merit
to back them than a whole
column of "talk and figures."
Our assortment has never
been as large, nor the styles
so attractive as now; two con
ditions which are not likely
to exist as the season ad
vances. We make special
mention of
JYlouseline de Sole,
Fll de Soie, Peaii de Soie,
Dotted Swiss and
Swiss Grenadine,
Anderson's Silk Cord
Scotch Gingba.ms,
Irish Dimities,
Madras, Cheviots,
Linen Ginghams
French Percales, Etc. Etc.
Exclusive styles shown in
most of the above,
510-512
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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.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Scranton, Pa.
that is the way they work with bw.".
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