v V !.' y$w ' -;' w ?." ?r I- i . i V f THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNK-FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1900. $$e Scratifon $rt6une Published Dally, Kxcept Sunday, by The Trlbuno 1'ubltslilns Company, nt Fifty Cent a Month. LtVY 8. RICHARD, Editor. O. F. BYXBEI3, Business Manager.' Now York Office: ISO Nassau St. B. 8. VRKKLAND. Sola Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entered at the Postofflce ,nt Srranton, Pa., as Second-Class Moll Matter. When spaco will permit, The Trlhuna Is always glad to print short letters from Its friends bearing on current topics, but Its rule li thnt these must be stirncd, for publication, by tho writer's renl name; and the condition precedent to acceptance Is that all contributions shall bo subject to editorial revision. SCRANTON, MARCH 16, 1D0O. President KruRor's announcement that tlio UocrH will fight until the lust drop of blood has been spilled will doubtless be received with plesnurc by the British. The talk about spllllim the last drop of blood la usually the flint step In the way of complete sur render. The Reasons Why. FROM A SOt'RCH thoroughly Informed us to all the facts, The Tribune has received a rftntcinent of the considera tions which led the administration nnd the Republican leadcis In congress to Mltotllute In place of the oilglnal fiec trade iccotntncndutlon the measure vblch lecently lmsxort the house In reference to Puerto Rico. Wc give be low Its purport: In the original considciatlon of the Puerto Rlcan bill not sulllclcnt atten tion was paid to the necessity of icvo mio and the method of raising it. Tho leport of (icneral Davis, governor gen eral of the Island, shows an estimated oxpendltuie for the current fiscal yenr of $1,943,678.71, nnd estimated receipts of $2,P.60,S4J.97. Rut of these resources J1.357.S41 comes from customs duties and H'O.OOO tut a balance from last year. The actual Income from internal sources Is less than J&00.000. It thus becomes clear that until the Island gov ernment Is so established that It e:n provide a larger Income there must be icvcnuc from tariff or else a deficit to be met directly from the United States treasury. Rccouise to the latter plan of paying the Islund's political expenses meant a pauper relationship as offen sive to thu Island's self-respect as It would be vicious In principle and dan gerous as an established precedent. Of course tho Republican contention on the constitutional Issue would be sustained by distinct legislation spe cifically extending the constitution .to Puerto Rico, as proposed In the Davis amendment, but when It came to deal ing practically with tho question In congress it was found, first, that large elements were opposed to free trade, including tobacco growers and espe cially the cigarmakers and all nfllll ated labor organization, and, also not the sugar trust, which was Interested In free trade- but the beet sugar grow ers of the country, a rapidly Increas ing and worthy elns;s of farmers; and it was felt to be unsafe as well as un fair wholly to disregard these elements If by proper means their Just claims could bo respected. In the second place, as already Indicated, the reve nue feature came Into play as more important than was Ilrut believed to be tho case. Thus it became necessary to compromise and lmrmonlz? conlllct ing interests, and the way adopted seemed at the time, and still seems, to be tho best way in tho light of all the facts. The details may yet be changed in the senate, but the hope Is enter tained by the administration that an agreement will be reached which will preserve the substantial points of tho controversy. So far from being an Injustice to tho Puerto Ricans, the measure which passed the house Is In fact treatment more genet our than was ever befora accorded to tho Inhabitants of newly acquired territory. The Immediate granting of complete free trade would, for tho reasons stated above, be les Kind in practical effect, since It would compel the levying of onerous direct taxation or attach the Island as a direct charge upon the bounty of tho United States tieasury. Many contend that the Hague con ference has been a failure. Come to think of It, peaceful results have not mateilallzed quite as rapidly as was expected. An Exquisite Diplomatist. CHINA'S MINISTER to this country, Mr. Wu Ting Fang, Is certainly u star. Our read ers will remember the pro foundly philosophic address ho deliv ered before the University of Pcnnsyl vnnla on Washington's birthday. Now here he comes with a bouquet of witti cisms subtle and keen as tho best effu sions of our own Chauncey Depew, At the banquet aflven the other even ing by tho Tea Trade association of New York to the United States Boaul of Tea Kftperts, Mr. Wu was the prin cipal speaker, and these, according to the papers, are some of the things he sajd: i'ChJna e .the first country and the oldesKJouiitry to.'produce tea. I think the statistics don't show that tho Im ports of tea Into this country are as large as they ought to be, considering the size of your nation. One reason, I believe, Is because of the Inferior quality ofc the, i;a. Imported. Hence the board whlcJJ, yu: entertain tonight. If all your Importations of teas were of equally jdgh quality there would need toibe no" tea experts and you wouldn't nop d to be at the expense of banquet thing these gentlemen (laughter), and I wouldn't have the pleasure of meet ing them. On your board there are no" tea growers, I suppose. Why wouldn't It bo fair to put a Chinese tea producer on the board? He would kifow how real ten Is prepared; he would be the re4l expert from tho be tlfinlng. 4 knpw tho gentlemen on this tordarwhfn8rabfe gentlemen, but they are but human (Yells of laughter), ill dtfnVliranf to Insinuate anything sinister?? continued Mr. Wu, looking mHdl.siirp.rlspd and almoBt prctcr naturally innocent. "It Isn't that. But in the Interests of the trade I think you should have a fea producer. I have had complaint from ten growers that the examiners nt Snn Francisco were too strict; that their strictness wnB the result of lack of experience. They didn't understand tho difficulties of the tea-grower. Now I regard tea as a boon to mankind. It cheers, but docs not Inebriate. Rut It stirred you Americans up to tho struggle that re sulted in your Independence when tho British took It to Boston; so you owo a gteat debt 'to China. "In this country you have what you call tea parties. There Is little tea nt them. Coffee nnd other drinks there are (laughter), but no good tea. Your board of experts should see to It that tea Is served at tea patties (laughter). You don't know how to mako tea here. You put lemon In It; you put sugar and cream In It nnd spoil the taste. You don't take It neat and clean. And then you complain that the tea Isn't tho right quality. If you took your tea as wo do In China, you'd get high er quality In It. Is It reasonable to Impose a tax on tea? A couple of years ago there was a necessity for it; hut now that Is over and tho sooner that tax is taken off tho lietter," The Chinese minister Is certainly earning his pay. The threat by Montagu White that the Boers, If driven to cover, will blow up Johannesburg and destroy the hun dreds of million dollars' worth of prop erty located in or near that city is probably made as a 'bluff. Its execu tion would Invite such reprisals on tho part of tho Invading force ns would cause even stubborn old "Oom Paul" to waver In his suicidal resolutions. The Consular Service. IN CONNKCTION with the bill to reorganize tho consular service of the United States, which Is now bcfoio congress, Represen tative Adams, of Philadelphia, has made a report worthy of public atten tion. The bill abolishes the fee sys tem of compensation, does away with all consular nnd commercial agencies, places nil consuls on a saint v footing and requires that the fees which they charge shall be turned Into the United States treasury. As showing the inequalities of the present arrangement, the report pre sents a number .of Interesting com parisons. For example, the consul at Montevideo, Uruguay, is paid J3.000 salary, nnd receives officials fees amounting to $922. The consul at Stettin, Germany, has a salary of $1,000; his fees are $1,192, showing that the amount of business at his consulate Is in ex cess of that at Montevideo. Our con sul at Demerara, British Guiana, gets $3,000, and his fees are only $G27. At Lelpsic the salary Is $2,000, tho fees $3,518. At -furombcrg, Germany, with 160,000 population, the salary Is $3,000. At Munich, capital of Bavaria, with 403,000 population, the salary Is $2,000. The bill and the report demand higher salaries and better service. The con sul at Para, Brazil, risks his Ufa In the danger from fever for $2,000 a year. So, too, at Santos, Brazil, where yel low fever and the bubonic plugue have killed over one-tenth the population. Consuls must be kept at these places, however, as our Imports of rubber and coffee from them exceed $12,000,000 a year. The readjustment of salaiies Is not the only step which needs to be taken to insuie a first class consular service. There should. In tho first place, be a rigid standard of qualification for en trance Into this service and, once n, the young man who by special train ing prepares himself for the consular career should have the assurance of permanency of tenure during the "peri od of "Tils usefulness, with tho chance to earn promotion by merit and tha prospect of ultlmatoretlrement on re duced pay after a certain age, as In the army and navy. The advisability of a special government school for the training of consular servants, similar In principle to the military academy at West Point or thu naval academy at Annapolis, may not bo so clear as Is the advisability of the other Improve ments suggested, especially In view of tho effort which ome of our leading universities are making to provide special courses of instruction designed to supply this educational need; but If a federal preparatory school he deemed unnecessary there should at least be provision made for special op portunities of study and training for young men who have won udmlssion to tho consular seivlce in the lower grades. The time haR gone by when the Unit ed States could afford to select Its foreign representatives by the uncer tain rule of "pull" alone. 'it has been announced with a flout -Ish of trumpets that the gold Dem ocrats are dissatisfied with the Mc- Klnley administration. As the news Is accompanied by the usual denuncia tion of the 16 to 1 policy, It Is doubt ful If tho followeis of Mr. Bryan will bo ablo to secure crumbs of comfort ftom the statement. Opportune Optimism. THK EPISODES of violence, the consummated plots of political robbery and out rageous abuse of justice; in short, tho exhibitions by some of the people of Kentucky of eager sur render to the lowest passions that can degrade popular government so far sicken tho sensitive onlooker that there Is need of tho vigorous nntldoto supplied by Congressman Dolllver, of Iowa, in his recent speech in congress. Said this master of wit, humor and eloquence: My friend from Missouri Mr. ClbrKJ bus said on this floor that tho United titatea Is not lit to go anywlicio or to undertake, uuy duty. Ho stood hero for a long time. oNplulning tho weak points about tho I'nltiM stales, lie attacked Pennsylvania, ho attacked Illinois, and many of the Southern states; but ho saved the vials of IiIh polite wrath for the state In whUh hu was born, the old commonwealth of Kentucky, I In point, eel out the miseries of their present con dition, the strife of parties and tuc tlons, and used that statu to demon strate that tho American proplo aro unlit for uny tush mission In tho world in the century that is about to open. I was soiry to hear him tuko such a view of tho I'cuntry In which ho lives. btllevo that, without Intending It, ho has misjudged even tho state of cKu- tucky. I think that I huve as decided convictions Hbout tho rottenness In Den mark of Kentucky politics as my friend from Missouri can possibly have; but In all my rellectlon nlur.it tha condition of society thcro I havo never thought to measure Its moral valuo by Its crimes and Its failures and Its misfortunes. I prefer to reckon up tho countless homes all over that state whrro humble men and women, sound ut heart, aro dally do ing their duty In tho world. When I think of Kentucky I do not have. In mind tho ruffian nnd tho outlaw or the election machinery that brings to the front tho thieves of one party and us-, sasslns of the. ohter. 1 think of tho homestead where Henry Clay lived and of tho log hut In which Abraham Lincoln was born. (I.oud applause. And so, when I think of our great coun try, I do not measura Its moral possi bilities at tho level of Its vices and Its crimes; these do not mako up tho char acter of our country. 1 think of 70.000,000 people living In penro and contentment, doing tho sober work of life, exemplify ing tho homely domestic virtues, nnd bringing up a nice of God-fearing mVn and women who ale to make tho world better for their lllng In It. It Is theso that mako tip the moral estate of tho na tion and that fit tho American Republic, for tho nobler work thnt has been given It to do. This reassuilng optimism Is very timely. It Is needed to prevent tho foul spectuclo today presented In Ken tucky from swelling tho ranks of tho pessimists" nnd Influencing a class of timid citizens to withdraw still fur ther from active and wholesome par ticipation In the hurly burly of Amort can politics. Nearly every one has made answer In tho Carnegie case now except the nlan who shol at Mr. Frlck some time ago nt Homstcad. TOLD BY THE STABS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. SSI S? & A child hoi n on IhN day will notice that It makes qulto a difference whether fortune smiles on you or laughs at you. Ill will Is something that always re sponds to tho first Invitation. Time wilt soon decide whether Scran ton Is to have a building boom or a base ball club this season. There Is sometimes profit In being a crank If one Is well advertised. All things conic to him who waits ex cept a good job. Ajacchus' Advice. It Is not worth whllo trying to explain your motives to those who are not your friends. A largo portion of our success In llfo depends upon the Impression we make upon others. Outline Studies of Human Nature Why She Was Naughty. ARI.1NI-: JIARDINE. lho younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. llmdlne. Is a very quiet person, but she has a philosophical and deeply Inquiring mind. Also, she is especially attracted to nil subjects of religion. One day, when she was 4 years old, she Inquired of her father concerning the personality of the devil. Sho had never been tuught nnythlt.g of his satanlc ma jesty by her mother, and certain Infor mation from outside quarters came cs nows to her. Her father, being possessed by a spirit of mischief, wickedness oi orthodoxy, gave Aillno u straight, ortho dox description of Lucifer tall, cloven hoofs, sulphurous smell and all and fin ished with tho remaik: "You'd better take caro and bo gcod, or you may see him." Arliuo listened, mado a note and inwardly digested. For the next week the region where Satan Is supposed to ltc was to pay In the house. Arllnc told "taradiddles" llko nnythlng. She deliberately cribbed things. Thcro was no let up. Finally Saturday night came, and Arllne's moth er sat in tears. Sho had labored with her daughter with voice, prayer and slipper, and Arllno lay umepentant on a bed !n thu next room. To her camo her father. "Aillne," said he, "what's tho meaning of this? What has come over you this week to turn tho house upside, down and drive your mother nearly distracted? What do you mean by It?" Arllno whimpered. "Well, papa." sho sniveled, plaintively, "I've tried this whole week to see tho devil, and I haven't seen him once." Oithodoxy Is now inspected before it Is taught to Arllnc. Denver Newr. Faith and Works Hand in Hand. l TELL YOU." julil a commeielal tiav eler to a Tribune reporter the other day, "I never heard tho old Scilptural doetrino that 'faith without works is dead' Illustrated so convincingly as I did last week, when I was down In New Or leans, and was sitting emong a circle of well-to-do planters who wcro telling bio. rles of negto life. Ono of them said: " 'Not long after s-laviry was abolished an old daikey who hod been my father's body servant since they wore hoys "got lellglon," but his Ideas about it were e::tremely huzy. As Christmas, ap proached 1:1s family clamored for a tur !' So In prayed earnestly for one, say lr; "O Lord, send a turkey to this poor sinner, mil no lurKcy came. Day niter day ho kept up this petition, without lulnglng tho coveted prize any nearer. Then on tho morning before Christmas ho changed tho v online of his prajcr to "O Lonl, tend this poor sinner to n tur l.iy," nnd a brut midnight his prayer was answered.' "New York Tilbune. Tho Court Committed Itself. THE PRISONER was making his ap penranco before tho magistrate for tho hundredth time. "Well," mid tho magistrate, "you hero again?" "Yes, your honor," responded tho pris oner. "What's tho charge?" "Vagrancy samo as before, your honor." "It seems to me you are here about half your time." "Yes. about that, your honor." "Well, what do you do It for? Why don't you work?" "I do, your honor, mere than half of my time." "Ah. now," said tho magistrate, sur mised, "If you can tell mo where you havo ever worked I'll let ycu off." 'Mn prison, your honor," answered the prisoner brazenly, and the Judge kept his word. Collier's Weekl . His Self-Sacrifice. TWO LITTLE boys wcro at their even ing uevottons. witn great fervor, the devout elder brother prayed that lie might be made a good boy, WltH equal earnestness, wco Robert prayed that Charles might be made a better boy. On his horrllled mother's Iroulry why ho did not pray for himself, ho responded: "Well, I can take caro of myself, but Charles Is bigger 'n me." Indianapolis Press. What Worried Him. -AN OLD IRISH laborer walked Into tho n luxuilous studio of uu artist a few duys ago and asked for money to obtain a meal. He explained that ho had just been discharged from tho county hos pital and was too weak to work. Ho was given a trltlo and departed. One of four young ladles, art stu dents, who wero present, i-alds "Mr. Blunk, can't wo engapo that old man and sketch him?" Blank run out and ..caught him, and said: "If you can't work and want to mako a few shillings, come back to my rooms. The young ladles want to paint you." The Irishman hcEltnlcd, so Blank re marked: "It won't tako long, and It's an easy way to make a snug sum." "OI know thnt." was the reply, "but Ol was a wunderln' how Ol'd git th' paint off afterward." Tlt-Blts. Earnings Venui Salary. llTHERF IS IN tho employ of our house," says a Philadelphia sales man, "b. young man who Is assistant bookkeeper. Ho's a. steady chap, minds his own business, and Is as shrewd as they make them. The other day tho senior partner of the firm, who seldom comes nround, made n tour of Inspection, nnd as ho approached the assistant book keeper he noticed tho solemn expression In his face. Desiring to be congenlnl ho said: " 'How are you, young man? I seo you aro ut your work. That Is good. Close attention to business will always bring Us own reward. Tell me, what are you earning now a week? "Tho young man, with a moment's hesitation, answered: 'Twenty dollars, sir, but I only get half of that. "New York Tribune. At a Disadvantage. A NORTH COLUMBUS woman has a charming little daughter who Is very Indiscreet. Tho other day In tho midst of a reception the little girl cried on nc count of tho toothache. Her mother tiled to console her. "How will It go away?" replied little Kdlth, her volco broken with sobs. "I can't take my teeth out like you can, mamma." Ohio Stnto Journal. A PROTEST. Editor of Tho Tribune Sir: It seems to mo that your editorial, "Concerning editor Sheldon," In the Wednesday lssuo of Tho Tribune, calls for a protest from every follower of Christ to whose notice it comes. Those who have become acquainted with Mr. Sheldon through his books know that the article In question grossly misrepresents him, nnd In addition it characterizes as "Irreverent" that which Is nt tho foun dation of nil practical Christian living. Certainly no Christian should consider "Irreverent" In Mr. Sheldon, nn attempt to apply to tho problems of his llfo tho teachings of Christ, or to llvo to tho best of his prayer-guided judgment as Christ would In his place. As tho Bible clearly teaches, this Is not only the priv ilege but the duty of eery true Chris tian. Mr. Sheldon assumes to do no moro than this. He does not arrogantly claim for himself special revelations from the div inity, nor does he place himself abovo or. dlnary beings as a "special and unique medium of communication between tho finite and tho Infinite." Ho Is simply a humble follower of Christ conscientiously endeavoring to llvo as he believes Christ would have him. In this ho Is, of course, directed by his human Judgment for which he has, like every other truo Chris tlan, asked divine guidance. It is my belief that a careful reading of Mr. Sheldon's book "In His Steps," will show you clearly hfs truo position and enable you to avoid In the future an artlclo so misleading as the one which has led to the writing of this letter. Youis truly. -H. W. Beach. Montrose, March II. . NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. In Paris there Is a wineshop for every three houses. New York state has 120,000 more bachc lors than sulnsters. Tho height of tho atmosphere Is sup posed to bo about ilftv miles. Queen Victoria has not worn her crown twenty1 times during her cntlro reign. The Paris Opera House, tho largest the ater In tho world, covers threo acres. The London and Northwestern Railroad company Issues yearly fifty tons of rail, way" tickets. Of the di.OOo.OOO people In South America It is estimated thut 30,000,000 have never seen a Bible. A Chicago professor figures It out that In 1.CO0 years honco tho city will be in undated by Lake Michigan. At Harlem, Holland, thero are 123 acreo devoted to the growth of hyacinths, which bring In a revenue of $150,000. It Is estimated that greater quantities of gold and silver hnvo been nunk in tho sea than are now In circulation on earth. Dispensing tea during dlvlno servlco on Sunday afternoons Is being seriously dls cussed In dissenting circles at Sydney, N. S. W. In the first nine months of 1899 Ger many sent to Kngland 11,762 bicycles; to Australia, 2,800; and to British Fast In dies, 1,432. Over 2,000,0i)0 bottles, of the value of 7,000, aro recovered each year from tho dust-yards In London and returned to their owners. A dredgeboat of American design built for Russia has surprised Europe by re moving 1,800 yurds an hour, instead of tho l.tnio contracted for. Work of boring a tunnel through tho tunnel of tho Chllkoot Pass has begun. It will be tho passage way of a thirty seven mile electric road. The total paid for collego education In this country Is about $100,000,000 annually, a sum nearly equal to the entire civil expenditure of the government. In tho past ten years tho production of wheat has Increased M per cent. In tho south, and the number of hogs raised there has, during that period, nearly dou bled. Theio aro 6,730,000 volumes In tho li braries of American colleges and univer sities. Harvard has sno.OOO volumes, Chi cago University ?50,000, Columbia 273,000, and Cornell 223,000. It Is proposed to hold a congress of all street railway and tramway companies In tho world tinder tho auspices of the Universal Exposition authorities in Paris In September of tho present year. Bigamists In Hungary are compelled to submit to a queer punishment. The man who has been foolish enough to marry two wives Is obliged by law to llvo with both of them In tho samo house. Young Cornelius Vnnderbllt's invention of a locomotive lire box Is u great suc cess, and the Now York Central has adooted it. Mr. Vauderbllt Is now at work on an Improvement on freight cars. Californlans aro beginning to cultlvato the tomato tree, which bears clusters of a delicious fruit, thousands of boxes of which aro sent yearly from Ceylon to London, and for which It Is believed n good market could be found In our east ern states. Tho birth rate In tho United States Is gradually decreasing, this diminution be ing due to both the white and black races. For the last 100 years this deci mal loss Is recorded as having gone on. Official llgures Bhow that Increase tor our total population was 30.03 per cent, from 1670 to 1SS0. 2-1 per eent. from ISS0 to 1890. whllo It Is believed that this decade will only show an Increase of 18.91 per cent. A PKAYER. Lord giant us eyes to sec and ears to hear And souls to love and minds to under stand, And Meudfast faces toward the Holy Land. And contldcnco of hope, and filial fear, And citizenship whore Thy saints appear Before Thee, heart In heart and hand in hand, And allclulahs where their chanting band As waters nnd as thundeis fill, the sphere. Lord, grant us what Thou wilt, and what Thou wilt Deny, and fold us In Thy peaceful fold; Not as tho world elves, give us Thine own; Unbuild us where Jerusalem Is built. With walls of jasper and with streets of gold. And Thou Thsclf, Lord Christ, for cor nerstone. -Christian Roscttl. ooooooooooooooooo I In Woman's Realm I ooooooooooooooooo AMONG THE newer books, "A Double Thread" (Applcton), by Ellen Thor neycroft Fowler, who wroto "Con cerning Isabel Carnaby," Is attracting considerable attention. For some rea son it is continually mentioned In con nection with "Red Pottage," probably b cause both were Issued about the same time, but thero Is no comparison In the two novels with the exception of tho epigrammatic fad which is so strong a feature of their composition. The latter contains throughout the bad flavor of hu Intrigue between a young man and a married woman. "A Double Thread" Is clean and wholesome In every detail, but the epigrams with which It abounds niako one's bend swim. Epigram making Is easy nowadays. Simply tuin a prov. orb backward or write a stnlcment the reverse of that generally accepted and therefore rather daring nnd you havo an epigram. It Is tho fashion now, particu larly for women, lo say things that sound llko epigrams. Ilcro are a few samples of Ellen Thorncycroft Fowler's stylo for tho edification of tho aspiring: "To bo successful woman, always show your feelings and hldo your opin ions." "A woman who won't flatter Is like a piano that won't play. It may be an Im posing piece, of furniture but It Isn't a piano." "Wo like best tho pcoplo who appre ciate our Jokes, but wo love best tho peo ple who believe our fibs." "A girl should always tell a man nil nhout herself even If there Isn't a word of truth In It." "Friendship Is nn Immense capacity for not being bored. Love Is an Infinite ca pacity for not being bored." "Men lovo a woman because sho hap pens to possess tho qualities that they happen to admire. Women admire cer tain qualities because tho men they lovo happen to possess them." "Marrlago Increases a woman's social successes but Impairs a man's." "If tho unselfish peoplo took as much trouble to bo pleasant as tho scltlsh ones do they would bo by far tho moro popular of tho two." "Never marry a selfish man whatever you do; a conscientious one would bo bet ter." "Conscientious peoplo always think what pleases them Is not right and what pleases other pcoplo Is absolutely wrong." THE MOST Interesting series of lee. tures of a purely literary character which have been given In Scrantnn will bo held in Guernsey hall beginning April 26 and tho Thursday evenings fol lowing until May 21. Theso lectures are anticipated with special Interest as they nro to be delivered by Professor Edward Howard Griggs, the famous authority on literature and art, formerly of Leland Stanford university. Those who heard Profesor Griggs In his Florentine lecture at the Green Ridge Pretbyterlan church will recall one of the most delightful evenings possible to remember. Tho subjects for the series arc as fol lows: April 26, Literature and Liberal Culture; May 3. St. Francis of Asslsl; May 10. Self Culture Through the Voca tion: May 13, tlm Frst Part of Goetho's Fnust; Moy 24, the Spirit of Venice. Miss Gerccke, of Green Ridge, has been aetlvo In securing Professor Griggs for theso lectures, the only motive being tho opportunity thus afforded for intellectual stimulus of tho reading portion of the community. Tho low price of tickets, only $2 for tho entire- course, renders It within tho reach of many who might oth erwise bo excluded. a THE GIRLS MISSION BAND will havo a cake and candy sale this afternoon In tho Second Presbyterian church parlors to which tho public Is Invited. . Plain Enough. Eminent Handwriting Kxpert (on wit ness stand) Tho writer of this note Is a bunko steerer by Instinct. Eminent Attorney Explain to tho Jury how you nrrlvo ut that conclusion. Eminent Handwriting Expert Becauso ho Invariably makes a dash after every "J." Baltimore American. His Experience. "I suppose ou sell large quantities of your preparation?" said his friend. "Oh, yes!" leplled tho hair-restorer man. cheerfully. "Tho average bald headed man will struggle against tho In evitable." Puck. FURIITUR Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to SeJect from. Hill & Connell 121 N. Washington Ave., ALWAYS BUSY. More fi lends every day. Tho cause easy to buy, easy to wear, $3,50, $4.00 and $5.00. IFF IE lSj3 PHii' fliililililH 'K0RRECT SHAPE." Lewis. Reilly & Davles, 11M16 Wyoming Avenue. Railroad Men Get Ready for lospectioe 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 as gold." Prices as low as any. 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. The Hunt & Comeell Co Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, ' Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. Heating Stoves, Ranges, Ftm maces. Tflnimigo GMSIR & FORSYTH 325-327 PENN AVENUE. HENRY BELIN, JR., Ueneral Agent for the Wyomla District r j.- W)u)d. Blasting, Hportln::, 8iuatcalui and the Kepauno Uhemlcal Co.npany' HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tritely Kino, C'npt nnd KtploJari Koom 101 Connell UulWlo. ticraataa. AOUNUIE.-) THOS. FORD, - - - rittston JOHN B. SMITH & SON, Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN, Wilkes-Barre. oiuPDiirs PffllDESL ONE GIVES RELIEF. Don't Spend a Dollar for ) Medicine until you have tried You can buy them in the paper 5-cent cartons Ten Tabules for Five Cents. If you don't find that sort of Ripans Tabules At the Druggist's Send rive Cents to The RirANs Ciikmical CoMrANV, No. to Spmce St., New York, and they will be sent to you by mail j or, 13 cartons will be mailed for 48 cents. The chances are tea to one that Ripans Tabules are the very medicine you need. i NLEY'S WMH One-half hours personal inspection of onr Wash Goods ' Stock 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 Mouseline de Soie, FH de Soie, Peau de Sole, Dotted Swiss and Swiss Grenadine, Anderson's Silk Cord Scotch Ginghams, Irish Dimities, Madras, Cheviots, Linen Ginghams,. French Percales, Etc Etc. Exclusive styles shown in most of the above. 510-512 e Teachers and superintendents de" siring for class use in picture study, something that is substantial and inexpensive will find these beautiful new reproductions of great value. We have ioo 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. i Tiera CHldtorBi)Ql f "ir- ...frj , A. . ?
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