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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1900.
$$e deration CriBune
Published Dally, Except Sunday, by
The Trlbuno Publishing Company, nt
Fifty Cent a Month.
MVY 0. IUCHARD, Editor.
O. F. B'XBEK. Buslneca Manager.
Vw Tork Office: ISO Nassau Bt.
B. B. VHEKLAND.
loU Atent for Foreign Advertlilng.
Entered at the Fostofflco nt Scranton,
Pa., ai Becond'Clais Mall Matter.
. When space will permit,-The Tribune
Is always glad to print iihort letters from
It friends bearing on current topics, hut
Its rule Is thnt these must bo signed, for
publication, by the writer's real name:
and the condition precedent to acceptance
Is (hat all contributions shall be subject
to editorial revision.
SCRANTON, MARCH 19, 1900.
STATE CONVENTION CALL.
To the Republican Electors of Pcnnsyl-
atilu;
1 am directed by the Rrpubllcan state
cnmmltteo to announce thnt the Repub
licans of PcnnitylvHtita, by their duty
chosen representatives, will meet In con
vention at the opera houu, In the city ot
Harrlsburp, on Wednesday. April S5, 1JKW,
nt 10.30 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of
nominating candidates for tlio following
offices, to wit:
One person for the cfllce of auditor ccn.
eral. .
Two parsons for the ofllce of congress-man-at-lnrgo,
Thirty-two persons (four-at-Uirsc) for
presidential electors, and to choozo eight
delegates and eight nltcrnntes-ut-lniso
to tho Republican national convention to
be held In Philadelphia on Tuesday, tho
nineteenth day of Juno next, nnd for ths
transucticn of such other business us
may be piqsentcd.
In accordance with the rulo adopted at
tho stnto convention held In Harrlsburg
on August 24th. Inst, the representation
In the stato convention will be based on
the voto polled nt the last presidential
election. Tinder this rule erch legislative
district Is entitled to one delegate, for
every two thousand votes cast for the
lcldcntlnl electots. In 1SDG, and an addi
tional delegate for every fraction of
two thousand votes polled In excess of
one thousand. Each district Is entitled
to the same number of delegates ns rep
resented It In the convention of ISM.
Hy order of the Republican state com
mittee. Frank Reeder, Chairman.
W. R. Andrews, C. E. Voorhees, Sec
retaries. The proposition, now before congress,
to confer upon the general in com
mand of tho United States army a
rank lifting him above the division or
corps commanders is sound as a mat
ter of military propriety and not more
than Just to General Miles and to tho
pcnerala commanding who shall come
after him.
The Primaries.
THE FEATURE of the legisla
tive primaries on Saturday
wns the unexpected strength
developed by Candidate
Reynolds. His successful run retires
the most effective representative that
the First district has ever had at Har
rlsburg, deprives the county of the
prestige of the speakership nnd con
stitutes the chief crumb of comfort
which the Insurgents have found In
the primary contests thus far held
throughout the state. If report be
true, they spared no expense to gain
possefcsion of this crumb.
Tho more than two-thirds plurality
secured by Hon. John Scheucr In the
face of the energetic opposition or
ganized by the anti-Quay people in
the Second district constitutes a grati
fying sign thaf his good services aie
appreciated and that continued effec
tive Republican representation of the
district at Harrlsburg Is desired. The
choice of delegates committed u the
doctrine of party regularity Is'equally
wise.
It should be said that the inclement
weather interfered somewhat with the
success of this first test of the Craw
ford county system as uppllcd to legis
lative nominations.
In the March number of tho North
American Review, in an article con
tending that the American people nro
tuo much governed, ex-Senator David
R. 11111 occupies eighteen pages to say
what might just us forcefully have
been compressed within two. It is said
tho ex-senutor is about to return to
the newspaper business. If that bo
true, ho will need to learn again the
i1nu art ot boiling down.
An Impracticable Enterprise.
1T "T"K ARE NOT surprised to
learn that the Sheldon
experiment In the ofllce
of the Topeka Capital
has been the means of kicking up a
row In the regular management ot tho
paper.The trouble seems to have origi
nated In the desire of some of the 11
rectors of tho stock company which
owns the Capital to continue the pa
per as a "Christian dally" of distinctly
tellglous and unworldly character.
How far this desire wns Influenced by
the extraordinary llnanclal succebs of
the Sheldon experiment, the net profits
of which, for the week, are computed
to bo between W0.O0O and $45,000, and
how far It Is the psychological result
oflnere novelty, are matters not to bo
determined definitely; but one fact Is
especially noticeable. Tho stockhold
ers who tatir the Sheldon stylo of
newspaper as a pcimanent policy are
not men who have been brought up
In. the atrnosphere of newspaper pro
ductlOTK. TJin ..editor, associate editor
and Uf&tnteH tnanager of the Capital
nlsahat apipcr- run on the Shel
don lines would 'soon starve to death.
They were willing to give it- a week's
trial for tho novelty of the thing, but
tiny want none of It as a continuous
experhjnt;e , .
As ft, ufalUr; Of puMlo education we
trdst that 'tho Sheldon experiment will
be'maclcrmarient. It would in duo
tlnie afford a ' convincing test of all
points at Issue. The Topeka Capi
tal, would begin Its new career
with every advantage of wide
spread advertisement and with tho dls
po8ltl'(fJi',8f 111 "strong among many ac
tive Christian people to support such
a publication as a matter of principle.
If. 1 the religious dally 1 a business
possibility under'ahj circumstances It
oughts 4pb inoBt likely to succeed
under Tifiey$sjl(r, circumstances ex
isting itf this take. Therefoie, tho test
wo'uld-'SaiSJe'.aad for this generation
nfMeast'Tfought to be conclusive. Ry
airmeays Je,t,bfj made. ,
Why, It may bS asked, do practical
newspaper men consider the Idea of a
religious 'dally, paper Impracticable?
For much tin1 same leasorl thnt old-fasli-loned,
orthodox preaching, without the
aid of fine music, costly church decor
ations, nnd other worldly helps In at
tracting audiences, Is apparently no
longer practicable. For the reason
that the number of men who nro nufll
clently strict In moral principles to
take no Interest In a woll-wrlttcn re
port of a prize-light, political conven
tion, battle or other worldly topic re
flecting the fundamental Impulses ot
humanity, nnd the number of women
nblo to tcslst the nllurjng vanity of a
graphlt! description ot a swell society
function, nn Easter bonnet or spring
gown, Is not largo enough to consti
tute a paying constituency for a dnlly
paper . which eliminates all these
things, even It such would tax their
purses to support It, a possibility some
what remote.
We do not say this ns a matter of
theory entirely. It frequently comes
within the range of practical experi
ence that among tho class of citi
zens who call most loudly for a
strictly religious dally are many who
do not show substantial appre
ciation of advances which the secular
press makes toward supplying their
special needs. How often docs the ac
tive worker In good causes, who is
indebted to the dally papers for fre
quent nnd generous favors in tho way
of publicity not at all essential to the
papers' business success, forget to 're
ciprocate when opportunity offers. It
Is not so with the more worldly
men who patronize newspapers largely
for the reason that they are not strict
ly religious publications. These, men
as a rule expect to pay liberally for
everything they got nnd it Is not an
exaggeration to say that their patron
age Is essential to the existence of
every newspaper enterprise which Is
conducted on business principles.
France has wisely concluded that
with the world's exposition and Count
Castellanc on her hands, it Is useless
to go abroad to look for trouble.
Reciprocity.
w
HILE SOME of the Eng
lish papers liavo affected
to sniff a little be
cause President McKln-
ley transmitted to Lord Salisbury the
Boer request for Intervention and
coupled with it a friendly expression
ot his willingness to Impart, It desired,
any aid which he might consistently
do toward restoring peace In South
Africa, there is In our judgment nn
ground for believing that their hauteur
Is the work of ofllctal Inspiration. On
the contrary, the fact seems to be that
Washington and London had a com
plete understanding before this step
was taken, Just as they had before- the
British ambassador, in company with
the other diplomatic representatives ot
the principal European countrles.waited
upon President McKInley in the early
part of -our trouble with Spain and
presented their haimless Joint note
hoping that peace would not bo broken.
It is well known that on that occa
sion Lord Pauncefoto declined to be a
party to that imposing procession of
would-be Intermeddler.s until he had
first received assurances from Presi
dent McKInley that the tenor of the
communication about to be presented
was In no degtee unacceptable to the
United Stotes. So far from being un
welcome, the concerted deliverance of
tho foreign representatives was, In
fuct, n positive convenience to the ad
ministration inasmuch as it gave to
the president an opportunity to dis
tinctly declare In formal maimer to all
the world tho purpose of the United
States to end In Cuba a situation
which, as he then said, had become
"Insufferable;" and to ufllrm by Infer
ence the ability of the United States
to take care ot Itself while engaged In
this duty of humanity nnd good nelgh
botshlp. In the present Instauce the conditions
nro not unlike, the chief difference
being that tho actors are reversed.
From Pretoila had come a request to
all the principal nations to Intervene
so as to stay England's uplifted hand.
There was a possibility that in some
capitals dominated by Jealousy of Eng
land this request might be used at
least as a pretext for embarrassing tho
British government. At this juncture,
nnd before any other power had hud
time to net, the American charge
d'affaires at London was Instructed by
Secretary Hay to convey to Lord
Salisbury the request embodied in the
Pretoria communication, with a friend
ly proffer of Intermediary services; and
the prompt execution of this commis
sion not onlyantlclpated a less friendly
action by any continental power but
also guvo to tho British premier the
wished for chance to say, without of
fence, that England would not accept
intervention from any quarter.
Thus with sctupulous exactness nnd
literal completeness have we repaid nn
obligation Incurred dining- our own
war; and it is not dlfllcult to believe,
In spite of the peevishness of t-omo of
the London papeis, that the whole In
cident was the natural outgrowth of
one of tho.fi friendly understandings
between governments which comprise
the splilt and substance of the higher
diplomacy.
m
Lack of news from Kentucky Indi
cates that the supplies of ammunition
and oiatory hae been exhausted.
Chicago's Big Labor Trouble.
F
ORTY THOUSAND men ara
In Idleness In Chicago and
building operations to the
value of millions of dollnrs
are suspended becauso of u difference,
or a series of dliTcienec, which has
arisen between the' Building Contrac
tors' council, representing the em
ployers, and tho Building Trades coun
cil, representing the wuikmcn, Tho
tlo-up Is the culmination of a long suc
cession of smaller frictions nnd it has
been declared on each tide that the
fight is to a finish.
There Is no disagreement as to wages
or hours of work. Trip employers of
fer to pay union wages, to accept the
eight-hour day, to allow tlino and a
hulf for all over time, with doubl?
time for Sunday; and hollduyts; but
they Insist that no limitation shall bo
put upon the amount of woik a niun
shall perforin In a day, that there shall
I be no restriction us to union r.utdo or
non-union made material or as to tfct
use of machinery, that tho foreman
shall bo the ngent ot tho contractor,
that they shall have the right to In
denture apprentices nnd that they shalt
tescrvo the right to employ und to
discharge) whom they please. Until
these conditions can bo compiled with
they have stopped taking contracts,
Inasmuch ns their attltudo threatens
tho life of trades-unionism, tho unions
in the building trades have the eym
pathy and In some Instances the sup
poit of other unions not directly af
fected. Every dny, sees some new
sympathy strike. At one lime a tlo
tip ot nil tho Industries In the city
seemed Imminent. To support tho men
who are Idle Is costing union labor
UOO.OOO to jr-D.OOO a week. '
In explanation of why they havo
tnken the foregoing stand, tho con
tractors Bay they have ibeon driven
to It because of repeated experiences
showing tho unreasonableness of the
demands made and conditions exacted
by the Building Trades council or by
walking delegates whom tho counclt
has sUHtulnell. They rlto instances
such ns the refusal of the, stone cut
tets' union to work on a building, the
exterior marble for which had been
cut outside the county, but by union
stone cutters working union hours at
union wages; or the action of the
plasterers' union In forcing by threat
of a sympathy strike the putting on
of three coats of plaster where two
were specified; or the declaring of a
general strike because a brick gauger
in tho middle of the day demanded
pay contrary to the contract und was
told to wait until the regular time.
This stilke was adjusted by paying
the man not only what was due him
but also for the time spent In mak
ing the strike.
It Is asserted, by the contractors that
the central organization ot the build
ing trades unions has "degenerated
into a corrupt political machine In
which the Interest of the men form
ing the union and the welfare of tho
building Industry has been subordi
nated to office-getting and personal
revenue for those In power." They
charge It with violating contracts,
laws, and orders of courts with Im
punity, alle'ge that It runs the city ad
ministration and declare that In war
ring on non-union labor it does not
hesitate to assault, malm and even
kill. These, of course, are ex parte
statements and we mav safely as
sume that they are vigorously denied.
That there has been an excess of of
flclousness, however, on the part of
the walking delegate element In Chi
cago is amply established by indepen
dent testimony; and the honest and
honorable workingmen suffer by reason
thereof as well as the employers and
tho public In general.
Effort are now being made to se
cure an Impartial and disinterested ar
bitration of the grievances at issue so
that further loss ns well as menaco
to tho public safely may be avoided.
It Is to be hoped that they will succeed.
It must always be borne in mind
that many of the people who now
have so much to say In reference to
the "Puerto Rican outrage," would
have been agitated to a much greater
extent hud they been called upon to
pay extra tax In order to support the
island as a pauper possession.
It cost a burlesque actor $10 fine in
a southern town the other day for tho
privilege of putting "ginger" In his
lines In the way of obscene jokes. An
occasional tax on "ginger" In this city
would not be a bad move in the in
terest of decency in theutrlcal per
formances. Until one has read the testimony
presented by the objectors to the
Delaware Valley and Kingston line
before tho New York state railroad
commission, one can scarcely realize
what a calamity a new railroad Is
liable to prove.
President Steyn Is better off than
Agulnaldo. lie still has a secretary of
war.
TOLD BY THE STABS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 3 2.1 a. m., for Monday,
March 19, 1000.
A child born on this day will notice that
snow seldom remains on the feldewalk ot
nn energetic man moro than twenty-four
hours after a storm.
Everybody likes flattery that Is uppllcd
with discrimination.
A delegate election will often entirely
deploy ono'H faith In the friends who
are "only too glud for an opportunity to
voto for you."
It Is nil right to moan about hard lurk,
provided one docs not sit down to do it.
Thcro will bo no base ball In Scranton
this season. Snow ball, however, may
bo enjoyed for a few hours ct.
A good many soilal lions are only mas.
qiieradlng In tho ikln.
Matrimonial stulUtlcs always east a
shadow upon tho reputed wisdom of
Solomon.
Outline Sttdies
of Htiman Nattre
Was a Competent Witness.
II NlTED STATES District Judge Will
v turns, now holdlr.g court In TopeUa,
tells a funny stoiy. Ycais ago ho was
a (llsti let Judgr in Arkansas. At u cer
tain term of court a muulcr trlul camu
before him. and the moht important
witness fur thu prozccutlon wub a col
ored boy only 10 years old. Tho lawyers
for the defciibo set out to show that the
boy was too young to undei stand iho
nature of nn oath, und therefore was not
competent ns a witness.
"Hoy," said one of them severely, "do
ou know what would happen If you
swore to ii liu?"
"Yes, sah. Mammy would lick me."
"Would unythlng clso happen?"
"Died dey would, caso de dovll would
git mc."
At this point Judge Williams leaned
over bis desk nnd said with pretended
xternncH: "Don't you know, boy, that
I would get ou, too?"
"Yes, sab, dnt's what I Jus' ,ald."
Kansas City Journal.
Doing Fenanct.
A SCOTCH MINISTER, says tho Scot
tlsh American, who wns greatly up
ret by thu frequency and freedom of the
languugn used on tho links by a much
respected elder nt his church, pointed
out that such Indulgence was something
worso than unseemly In u dignitary of
I th church: and, being reluctant to Insist
on the cider's resignation, suggested thnt
every time ho guvo way to a strong word
ho should put a stone In his pocket as a
reminder. At tho closo of play tho elder
walked up to his pastor nnd slowly
emptied hi pockets of a llttlo heap of
pebbles, saying disconsolately: "Thcsu
are tho monosyllables. The others are
coming on In a cart."
Their Wish Was Gratified.
THE LAW OF coincidence works won
ders, sayH tho Saturday Evening
Post. During the blockade of Santiago,
Admlrdl Sampson mid his olllrcrn were
sitting, one moro than sultry day, upon
the. deck of the flagship New York. It
was too hot for conversation, and al
most for thought. The lighters simply
blinked and glaled. Tho sllenco wi.s
broken by one who said: "Next to hav
ing a brush with the Spaniards, I'd like
to have a Georgia watermelon."
Tho suggestion brought a smile to ev.
try face, which widened when tho ad
miral echoed, "A watermelon? 1 want
two for myself."
A moment afterward the quartqrmas
tcr announced tho nrrlvnl of a boat from
a supply ship which had just como In
from Now York city, and ndded: "The
boat Is full of Georgia watermelons on
tho Ice."
Red tape wns disregarded, and soon all
on board, from the ndmlral down, were
having ono of tho moit cnjoyublo feasts
of the cnttro war. When It was over
tho officers tried to find how It was that
their wishes were so promptly niihwercd,
but although they came near tho truth
they never learned the true story of the
coincidence.
Only a Confession.
QLEN M'DONOUOH. tho travesty wrl-
ter, Is a son of Laura Don and Is,
perhaps, as erratic as his brilliant mothtr
and as humorous as Any wit of the hour,
not excepting Oliver Hereford, writes
Amy Leslie In the Chicago News, In
ono of tho May It win farces McDonough
bad written two or three lines of neces
sity to be spoken by a chorus girl. The
line were given to a green, heavy ama
teur, who looked well and would do. At
tho rehearsal tho girl made her way to
McDonough, who held tho book, and
Bald:
"Mr. McDonough. I have a lino In the
first act and ono In tho third. Couldn't
you write me one for the second, too?"
McDonough thought a minute, looked
nt tho girl, and said: "Yes. In the ban
quet sceno you enter and say, 'Here Is
the ham.' "
"Oh, do I bring the ham on with me?"
"No, my dear; it Is not a speech, it is
a confession."
Lunar Food.
.MAMMA," exclaimed a little boule-
1 vard maiden, "they's a new moon."
"Yes, so there is, my darling."
"They's a new moon mos' ev'ry month,
Isn't they, mamma?"
"Yes, love."
"Well, mamma, w'ere does Dod dit all
Ills new moons from?"
"Oh, It's tho same moon all the time,
Florence dear. They Just call it a new
moon because It grows dark once a
month and then begins to shine again."
"It bcdlns Jes' a little bit o' thin moon,
doesn't It, mamma?"
"Yes, dear."
"An' 'en It dlts roun' an' fat like a
orange, doesn't It?"
"Yes."
"Well, mamma, Dod mus' feed His
moon sumfln' more 'an sunshine dinners
to get 'em so fat." Detroit Free Press.
No Wonder They Fled.
AN AUTHORITY upon chemistry was
lecturing before a well known wo
man's club and Illustrating his remarks
with experiments. All went well until ho
paused a mom.mt ond then said "I'm
very sorry, but 1 must ask any of the
ladles who use face r-ow'uer containing
bismuth to leavo the room dining this
experiment, as the gases I am about to
stft free have peculiar affinity for bis
muth and turn It purple."
Whereupon tho entire audience save
throe courageous Msters rose and fled
from tho room. St. Taut Globe.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDQE.
Tho latest hiding place for microbes Is
in mustaches.
Germany's iron Imports increased
$8,000,000 In 1&W.
President Krugcr's ultimatum Is tho
first that has ever been received by Great
Britain.
Tho total number of paid employes of
municipal departments In New York city
Is SS.00O.
Efforts have been started In Brooklyn
to ghe tho Gospel in sorno direct form to
every adult during 10m).
The longest span of telegraph wire in
tho world Is that over tho river Klstha,
in India. It Is over 6,000 feet long.
In tho number of locomotives the- Unit
ed States comes first with a total of M,"!.
Great Britain comes next with 19,602.
There uro about 12.500 persons on the
pay roll of tho city of Boston, and esti
mated population of tho municipality is
KO.000.
For a finger nail to reach Its full length,
an average ot seven-twelfths of an Inch,
from 121 to 138 days of growth are nec
essary. London Is twelve miles broad one way
and seventeen the other, and every year
sees about twenty miles of new streets
added to it.
Publishing firms state that tho rise In
the prlco ,of Bibles Is caused by the ad
vance in paper, and not by a desire to
form a Bible trust.
An agent of Collls P. Huntington Is In
London with a view to buying some of
tho most prized pictures in tho exhibit
at the now gallery.
Khartoum may now bo reached from
Cairo by boat and rail, and a hotel with
room for sixty guests has Just been com
pleted at Khartoum.
An editor In a Tennesseo town, who
stated In his paper that tho new century
would begin Jan. 1, 1901, was ridden out
ot tho town on a rull..
Tho number of waves required to pro
duce tho sensation of red as they break
upon tho eye bo SO.OOO In an Inch and III,
000,000,000,000 In a second.
Tho total expenditures by tho United
States government during the war with
Spain and as a result of It up to tho
pesent tlmo aio $.M.000,iOO.
Returns of Prussian Incomes by tho
Income tax buicau show a total of
$1,819,500,000 In 1S00, against $1,6S3,50,000 in
1S9S and $1.6!'3.500,O00 In 1S97.
Russia's Asiatic possessions aro ,thrce
times the size of Great Britain's, but
hold only 2J.000.000 Inhabitants, us com
pared with England's 297.000,000 subjects.
Tho strength of the various sections
of tho Methodist church by recent returns
shows thut throughout tho world thero
aro 7,957 churches, with 41,598 ordained
ministers.
Blackpool, England, a city of 40,000
population, owns and operates her street
lallways. It transports pussengcrs tor
3 1-3 cunts iter fare, lays by a sinking
fund, pays interest and taxes, and inaked
a profit.
Moro than 13,000 Michigan farmers
raised sugar beets for tho first tlmo last
summer, tho result being a crop largo
enough to keep ten factories busy, and
it Is expected that the ttato will soon be
ublo to produce all tho sugar It needs.
It Is estimated that at any given time,
In Germany ulune, 1,300,000 persons" are
afflicted with consumption and 1.200,000 In
America havo it ut all times. Professor
Illrsch pronounces It emphatically a dls.
rase ot all times, all countries unci all
races.
According to a London Journal tho
number of postage stamps now current
In the 'world U 13.811. England has 131,
her colonies 3.SU The United States
has only 268 different kinds, while tho llt
tlo renublla of Salvador finds a use for
as many ua 372.
"If Adam had worked 300 days each
ycur from the day 'he was created to tho
present tlmo at a salary of $M a day, ho
would not havo earned by this tlmo as
much property as Is owned today by
Rockefeller or Vanderbllt," said Dr.
Wright, of Dct' "
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THE FINANCES of tho Homo for -the
FrlendWss, ns everybody knows, nro
at a low ebb. There are now eighty
or moro Inmates nnd many applicants for
admission. If the debt of $.10,000 could be
lowered tho Interest now kept up could
go to tho support of tho Institution nnd
the rrcat strain upon the board would
bo relieved. For om time the uunual
outgo of Jt.SOO merely for Interest alone
with no Incomo whatever from tho Atlutns
avenuo property has been a sourco of
continuous worrlment.
It would bo economy In the long tun
for tho public to come to tho front now
and help raise this debt, as then the con
tinual demands made upon tho geneioiib
pcoplo of tho city would bo arrested. It
Is that horrlblo Incubus of Interest that
Is making the days and nights ot the
Home manager a burden to herself and
everybody who knows her, for she Isn't
likely to talk about anything else, Just
as sho hasn't talked about anything else
for the paBt three years.
"Dear me!" raid a woman On Saturday
to a prominent citizen whom she was
asking for a Home subscription, "I just
know what every man thinks when he
sees mo coming. Ho says to himself:
'There's that awful Home for tho Friend
less woman! She'H got tickets or some
thing and they'll cose mo moro money.
I'm going In this saloon, or my private
office where I won't bo seen by anybody,'
and ho will proceed to do tho samo with
amazing alacrity. I don't hlamo him
but If only you good people would help
us out now you wouldn't bo so tormented
In tho future, for just ns long a that
debt Is on tho Homo you'll simply be
chased from ono lair to another."
THE PROPOSED fair means a most
tremendous amount of work. It
makes one's head swim to anticipate
the enormous undertaking. It means that
every merchant, every wholesale dealer,
all buyers and sellers who aro In con
flict with Scranton must be besieged for
donations. It means that every portion
of the city and Its suburbs must bo in
terested. It means tho publication ot a
dally paper during the fair, tho selection
of popular contestants for articles of
value. It menus unlntermlttcnt labor,
patience and long suffering, and thcro
aro people who are willing to take up tho
task for the sake of tho llttlo children
who aro thus kept from becoming crim
inals and for tho poor old women whose
last days must be spent In a charltublo
Institution.
MRS. L. K. TORBET. whoso husband
Is at tho head of tho plan for locat
ing a tin plate plant In Scranton. Is
soon to leave tho city for her home In
Chicago, having spent several months
here. Sirs. Torbet Is a niece of Hon.
Benjamin Buttcrworth. and Is a native
of Cincinnati, where her husband's family
Is one of the oldest and most prominent
in Ohio. Sho Is a lady of great beauty
and Intellectuality and It Is hoped wilt
become a permanent resident of this city.
Mrs. Torbet Is a member of tho fa
mous Woman's club of Chicago whose
excluslveness and record In advanced
thought and public Improvement outrank
any other woman's club in the country if
not In tho world.
MISS KATE L. SMITH, of the School
ot Domestic Science, will 'give a lec
ture on Lenten dishes tomorrow
afternoon at tho Young Women's Christ
ian association which will be of great In
terest. THE LESSER DEEDS.
The men cry of a kindly word
For long gone by.
Tho fragrance of a fading flower
Sent lovingly, ,
The gleaming of a sudden smile
Or sudden tear.
The watnier pressure of the hand.
The tone of cheer,
Tho hUih that means, "I cannot speak
But I have heard!"
The note that only bears a verse
From God's own Word;
Such tiny things we hardly count
As ministry;
Such givers deeming they shave bhown
Scant sympathy;
But when tho heart Is ovcrwrough,
Oh, who can tell
Tho power of such tiny things
To muko It well?
St. Louis Ropubllc.
FIMiT
Roll Top Desks,
Flat Top Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Cihairs
A Large Stock to Select
from.
Hill & Connell
121 N. Wasbinuton Ave.,
ALWAYS BUSY.
More friends every day. The cause
easy to buy, easy to wear.,
$3.50, $4.00 and $5.00.
Lewis. Reilly & Davies,
IH-lie Wyoming Avenue.
IFF
re
"KORRECT SHAPE.'1
Railroad Men
Get -Ready
for taspectioe
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 opeu 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.
Tlhe Hunt &
Coimnielll Co.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 Lackawanna Avenue
Heatieg
Stoves,
Ranges,
Fimrmiaces,
g'
GMSTiER & FCMSYTIi
126-327 PENN AVENUE.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
liencral Agent for tb. Wyoialn j
District. 'J?
Ultilng, BUillng. Sportluc. tt:nol:e;i
and th. Keputtno Cuemtca.
Co.upauy'4
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
talety 1'uac, Capi nnd HJplo4e:t
Doom 401 Connoll Bull4lo;.
acraotaa.
AUfcJNUIta
THOS. FORD, - PUlslon.
JOHN B. SMITH & BON, Plymouth.
W. E. MULLIGAN. Wllkes-Rarre.
IIPBIT8
POWDER.
A liard-woikinp, industrious woman, active, and to all outward appearances healthy,
n uonun used to doing all the worl; about her home and sometimes going out to service,
relates that when the lived at OyMer Ray, Long Island, and especially on ironing day
when confined to n hot laundry, she would often become (aint, a condition usually pre
ceded by a shortness of breath. At limes she could barely Leen up to come out into
the fresh air to refresh herself, A(tc: site moved to New York, the shortness of breath
affected her when working in r. c!o-.e iobr. or after climbing stairs. At one time, while
so suffering, she was recommended to try some Ripans Tabules. The improvement
In her breathing was such that she felt preatly relieved and she now keeps the Tabules
always at hand, and since she has donr this she says that the faintnes has not been
noticed and she can now readily clirc'.i stairs or work in a close room without any of
the symptoms of distress which formerly oppressed her. When this experience was
related to a ph)sician who is familiar with Ripans Tabules, he said: "The Tabules
are not advertised to cure faintness n shortness of breath, and my impression is that
the symptoms referred (o were caused y the stomach being distended with gas, as is
sometimes to be noted with persons ii use vegetable food mainly. Potatoes or cab.
bage," he said, "were quite likely to pioduce such a condition."
A mw ttjlt MtVtl i-onulnbi n bjt.m rticits In t ppr flartnn (wllhmil slut) It now for ) Ma.
tfnl MorB-KlE KTfc cmnm TbU lav nrlrari mArt la Intn.lAd jar th nnnp uul Ih MfmoMlMl. fTm Anmim
I P ! - "J"--i'"'-va rj-r lii bill Vr rill Itt tmllmf nrrT -jtn i - r,-"'-lBnTHt
I (ranli..MlrimlkNuWt1irt-wa4ttaiw)B(rM
NLEY'S
WASH
MODS
One-half hours personal
inspection of our
Wash
Goods
lock
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 Sole,
Fil 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 i.
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 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.
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