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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNK-FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1900.
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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.
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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.
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I In Woman's Realm I
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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.
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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.
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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
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Eminent Handwriting Expert Becauso
ho Invariably makes a dash after every
"J." Baltimore American.
His Experience.
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man. cheerfully. "Tho average bald
headed man will struggle against tho In
evitable." Puck.
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