THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1900. Published Dally, Txccpt Bundny, by Tho Tribune Publishing Company, i,t rifly Cents a Month. L1VY S. ItlCHAItD, ndltor. O. F. BTXBEE, BubIiichs Manager. Maw York OtPct: 150 Naiuau fit. b. 8. vnnnrAND. 8ole Agent for Foreign AdvertlHlng. Entered at th route fUro nt Scranton, Pa., as Second-CInni Mull Matter. When ppirp will permit. Tho Tribune Is rIvtiivm rIhiI to pilnt nhort letters from lis friends brut-ins on rurrent topics, but Itft rulo li that those must bo slcncd, for publication, by the writer's real name: and tho i mid I lion precedent to ncceptanca Is th it all contribution:) shall bo subject to editorial .revision. TEN PAGES. RCItANTON, MARCH 20. lino. In Ioh than four .veins the money In ;li dilation In the United States hus Inerriiscd .1! per cent. This explains why tho Democrats want to change the subject. The Statesmanlike View. IN' THK IIIIILMAXT mill sUles-liuin-llkf speech vvltlili Senator Ti.ve delivered on S lturday qven lnpr before the Union leuuc nf Philadelphia, In whlih he ruvo the leal liNlnry of the negotiation of the I'.irls timtv nf pe.ni', showed how ietriitloii of tho Philippines by the I'nltid Statu uiino to bo an unu old able in n"it.v, and ni.ido clear vvliy I ho findliiK nf outlets for our Mil plus production Is Iho lit -st piohlem In Im portune o now beloip the Ameilian pco ple. oi cum d niie lcfoiorwc to the Vtii'tin Rkun tariff eonttovciy wlilcli neril lonvtdeiatlon upait. After c pl. lining hi telly why cohrics", In deal Inc with this matter, thought It best to levy for a short time a small duty on Pilot In tJIcan Impoits, for pur poses of Insular lcvenup and for con (titutlonal reasons, he went on: ' 'The question Is not seilou t-n l.ir is I'lieito Itlco Is concerned. She can not send goods enough Into the United iritis to affci t the woikmen iot the t'lilted Slates. She rantiot send enoufih n to alfect out Industries, V,ut when miu come to the Philippine niclilpelnpo ..on lmvo an eiithely dlffcicnt affair on .vottr hands. Vou let peaie come in the archipelago, and American capital go In thoie, and with the cheap labor nt (he islands they can ralp sugar without limit: It it the most pioduc tlp land In tho wide wot Id. They can l.ilse tobacco without limit; they can l.ilse igais without limit. They can beat clown our beet sugar Industry; they can s-oiiously Injure jour cigar inunufactuilng' ttulustiy, whlcli Is an tuninious one In this count! y. They tan take that cheap labor there and Interfere with the wages of jour labor ing man not by bringing tho Filipinos ner here: neei such n thought as that enters the head of the Filipino but in tho pioducts of the Islands they i an biing the cheap Filipino la boi heio. Now, If the constitution, by Its own forte, goes Into Pueito Itieo, it goes Into the Philippines too, and theie ou aie, confronted with a most seilous piopositlon." This serious proposition uns foie seen by the Republican leadeis In con-gic-s, much to the Democracy's ills. appointment. Hut Is it adequately n,i II zed bv those who are now j-o prone to censure the Republican ma jority in eongiess? Have the Repub licans outside of eongiess who so sbaiply condemn the Republicans In iongiess gien ample heed to this proposition'.' Do they want to go to tho electorate next fall on tho basis of admitting fiee Into the United States In competition with home labor the products of the Malnv cheap labor Inhabiting the Philippines? Aie they blind to the fact that unless powei ;il leady e.sUts under the constitution for the government of our new depen dencies In sepaiate aecoi dance with theli respective conditions and with iluc piotettton for home Interests, a constitutional nmendment conferilng such power is the only means of e c.ipe fiom the utter mill of the expan sion piogramme, with the inestimable loss of piestlge and opportunity which that would unrv with it'.' The men who aie directing nffalis nt the national capital aie not fools oi knaves. Look over what thoy have done since StcKinlev tool; otllic, nnd nee if jou don't think they still de fecrvp confidence. All but eight pel cent, of nui foioign trade Is carried in foieign ships. 'o P-Cy to forelgneib in ocean fi eights tUo.OOO a J car. This i.s vvoith saving. Naval Progress. THU DAWN of ictuinlng leason Is to bo seen In the action of the house commit " tee on mnul affairs In dei ld- Inar to irjioit In favor of uuthmlzins " thV seei'etaiy ' of tile navy to buy ' Kriipp mmoi plate to any extent nced ' lrilcut to u limit of $1,000,000 a ear, at .,,,'sui'atp not to exceed $340 a ton. , yTlie obstinacy of the last eongiess In n holding out for an impossibly low pilco A. far. armor plate has retarded the de- -vclopment of our navy without uc- i-ompllshlng' any 'corresponding benelit. 11 'Jthas riot been due to any foieslght In ebngress that no occasion has arisen n'lhejntervnl hiaklng uigent the com- 'pleVtion'pf tho unfinished battleships. ,,,Hdd we' needed them we should have ,. needed then to earnestly that no ques- .rtion.of pi Ice would have interrupted iiuthclr-construction at the very earliest possible moment. '!' ' A the naval Hppioprlation bill '"stands, It calls for two new battleships, thtee new armored crulseis nnd three now protected crulseis, all to bo tho bet of their kind up to the date of con struction.' We suppose this programme should be 'accepted gratefully as Indi cative of moro than ordinary liberality; ,, jbutt UjWould be real economy If con i Kitiss, ..mindful at our prospective en ' largements and responsibilities, should take time by the forelock and multiply ihq'renpectlvt numbeis by ten. JpxporLaiioiis of nianufuctuiers will, t the present rato, amount to $100,000,- , ooo in th flcl year which ends with June nest. When tho Republican pai ty name toto powor Jn 1S61 jmd Uiau.'umt' od Uio protective nystem as a perman ent policy they wero barely $40,000,000 piT nnnuiii. Then manufactures amounted to 12 per cent of tho total exports; now thoy form 30 per tent of tho enoimously Increased total. A table printed by Hradstrcct' shows that 3.r53 New Yotk buslncis houses, which had on their pay-rolls 299,97 employe In 1S96, have Increased the number to r.56,2"R, while the In c lease In waRes In 1801 an compared with 1S9G whb over $20,000,000. This N unother icason why the advance agent of ptospeilty will be re-elected. Postage Reform. AM HA thei u ml iVHUIin concerning which there has been much mis- ndcrstundtng' and as to which iany persons of hon est Intent have been deceived, is on the calendar for consideration today by the house of repiesentntlves nt Wash ington. We refer to the Loud bill to amend the postal laws relating' to second-class mall matter. In his recent annual report Postmas ter General Smith, himself personally famlllnr with all the real necessities nt the publishing business, estimated that abuses In second-class mall privilege aie costing- the government fully $20. 000,000 it j ear. Their eoirectlon would convert a Tt,O0O,O0rt annual deficit Into nn $11,000,000 fcuiplus oi, If piefcrrod, make possible, without loss to the gov ernment, one cent letter postage. The I.oud bill alms to correct some of the inoio notoilous of these abuses, and It has been sadly mls.epiesented by thnv..lA(s ft membep of tIlc bras, band the who wish the abuses to continue, Let us see Just what the bill pio poses. it admits to the second mall class, whlcli Is subject to postage, out side of county of publication, at the late of one tent a pound, all tegular pcilndlcnl publications Issued as fro qucntlv as four times a ear, but de li, us publications "pin porting to bo issued periodically and to subscrlbeis, but which are merely books or reprints of books, whether they be issued com plete or in pints, whether they be bound or unbound, whether they lie sold by subscription oi otherwise, or whether they purpoit to be premiums or supplements or pnits of regular newspapeis or peilodlenN " These de baneil Issues must pay the legular tlilid-class r.ite, whlcli is four cents a pound, t'nsold peilodlcnls, when re turned by dealer to publisher, must also pay the thlid-clas into. Of pub lications admitted to the second class, sample copies not to exceed in numbei one-half of the reguhn subscilptlon list, and not to exceed 300 copies of any one issue, may be mailed at the cent-a-pouml late; bejond these limits, tl' thlid-olass iale Is to pievall. Tin- detailed conditions upon which a publication shall be admitted to the Hi'cond class aie caiefully defined, as iollows; "Fiist. It must legulaily be Issued at stated inteivals as frequently as four times a eur, bear a date of Issue, and be numbei ed consecutively. Second It must be Issued fiom a known oilice of publication, which shall lie shown b the publication Itself. Thltd. It must be fonued of pitnted paper sheets, without boaid, cloth, leather or other substantial blndln? sucli as distinguish pi luted books for pieservatlon fiom periodical publica tions. Font th. It must be originated and published for the dissemination of Infoimivtlon of a public character, or devoted to llteratuie, the sciences, arts, or some special industry, and must have ii legitimate list of subset ibers v"ho voluntailly older and pay, or agree to pay, for the same." Then follow ceitaln piovlsos, name 1: "Nothing heieln contained shall be so consti ued as to admit to the second-class rale tegular publications, or any paiticular lssu of any regular publication, designed pilmarily for ad vertising jiui poses, or for fiee cltcula tion, or for ciiculation at nominal lutes. All t'Xtia numbeis of second class publication sent by the publish eis thereof, noting as the agent of an advertiser or put chaser, to addi esses furnished by the latter, shall be sub ject to pay postage at the late of one cent for every four ounces or fraction thereof. It sluill not be peimlsstble to mall any given at tide or at tides, or any pait of any particulai number of a newspaper or poilodleul, segregated fiom the lest of the publication, ex iept at the thlid-class rate of post age." The' lenialulng set lions of the bill are unimportant. One stipulates that "all peilodical publications regulaily issued fiom a known place of publication at stated Inteivals as fiequentlj us four times a enr, bj t under the auspices of benevolent oi fraternal societies, ti.ide unions, or oidets organized under the lodge s stent, and having a bona fide meinbeishlp of not less than one thousand poisons, shall be entitled to the pi iv liege of second-class mall mat te r, ptovlded that such matter shall be iniglnated and published to futther the objects and purposes of such society or order." Another lequlies that pub lishers and others whoso publications shall be admitted as mall matter of the second class undei the provisions of tills act shall be requited, before depositing such mail mattei in the postofllio, to separate tho same Into United Stales mall sacks or bundles, by states, cities, towns and counties, as the postmaster genetal may direct. This Is simply for the convenience of tho postofllcc depattment In handling this bulky constituent of the mail set vlco, wrtolch last yeai weighed 352,701, 22S pounds and yielded only a cent-a-pound revenue while Its handling and transportation cost tlm government nearly 1$ cents a )ound. It has been objected that this bill will hurt the nevvspapets. It will do nothing of the kind. It will save them from unfair competition. It has been argued that it will hurt the book trade. It will hurt simply tho trashy book trade and give good books a better chance. A' book worth reading Is worth paying for. It has been complained that the koud measure Is u scheme to save the railroad companies from hav ing to accept a reduction of pay from tho government for hauling the malls. If tho railroads are overpaid tho uigu ment for i educing their pay will re main. Tho righting of one wrong does not stop the lighting of unothet. Finally It is said that the postal ser vice loses money because too many wotthless government publications ate I fecut tbioufih. Iho mails free. .We bus poet there Is something- In this. But It offcri all the more reason why unnec essary losses In the handling of second class matter should not bo prolonged It the abuses In the second cJass shall bo corrected it will give encourage ment for mora housecleanlng. Some of the naval officers at Wash ington ore criticizing1 Secretary Long's order creating a permanent naval war board to bo presided over by Admlrat Dewey. They complain that the navy depaitnient has too many advisory boards. Perhaps it has; but so long as It exhibits results similar to those of the Spanish-American war It can have anything It wants. An economy of $23,000,000 a year In freight charges on our foreign com merce, at a cost of only $9,000,000 In subsidies, Is one of the Immediate benefits which Senator Fiye predicts would follow the adoption of the bill for the encouragement of the merchant mailne of the United Stules. It is a paying venture. In spite of his ability as a military leuder, Iord Roberts seems to have shown lack of Judgment as a pub lisher. When on the evo of peace It Is not discreet to allow Mr. Kipling to print poetry calculated to produce an effect upon the reader similar to that of strong dilnk. Genoial Otis' idea, of enlisting the Filipinos as musicians at Manila will probably be hailed with delight by Ilm n1lnti ratlvnnu nf th, Phlllnnlnrw Filipino will no doubt be able to In flict consldeiable torture and escape punishment. o A net casli balance of $301,287,668, In the United States tieasuryut the close of business last month was In striking conttast with tho gross deficiencies that used to be exhibited under the last Democratic administration. Times have changed since Cleveland retlied. Senator Chisholm, of Huntingdon county, who Hopped to the Insurgents in the last senatorial fight after having pledged himself solemnly to vote for Senator Quay, has Just been laid on the shelf. Perfidy In politics rarely pajs. "Tho Idea of our palng $300,000 evety day that we live. In gold, to Kngland and Get many to cany our expotts and bring our Impoits, is a humiliation thnt this Ameilcan people ought not to submit to longei." Senator Fre. After lending $.23,000,000 to Russia, New Yoik financiers have Just offered to buy $00,000,000 of Biitlsh war bonds. This does not look aB If the United States intended to remain a "debtor nation." 'According to Mi. Utewster, of dollar dinner fame, Mi. Hr.van would soon be able to use the world as a football If he should allow Eugene Debs to write his speeches. The suggestion of Leonaid Wood for vice ptesldentiul honors Is unkind to Cuba. Wood is now placed where he can do the most good. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. Senaloi Frje at Mill idclplila. Humboldt, moie than lltty ytitm a;o, said Hie Paeltie was to bo the gteut ocean for trade In the future. He was it tiuo prophet. We all know it now. The conduct or Russia. England, France und Germany, wltlibi tne last two eara, shows they recognize tho fact that Hum boldt was a prophet and an Insulted one. How can wo reach the Kasttni trade How can we get our slutt of It? Then1 Is thu problem we have to settle. I say :ou want fltst to build an Isthmian canal. What effect will that canal have.' It will bring New Yotk city a da's sail nearer Shanghai than Liverpool will be., and Liverpool Is a great deal neater Shanghai todaj than New York is thousands of miles nearer. Befoie tho Suez canal wus built, we we,re as near the Orient as Kngland, and after It wag built wo were from S.outi to 5,000 mites further off than England was, and Kng land has been leaping the benefit of It. Her commerce Increased from 40 per tent, up to the time that canal was opened to !S per cent, to the Orient, and only 17 per cent, to the rest of the world. That shows what shortening of distance and lov.erlng of freights does for lomtnetce. I sav that canal will bllng New Yotk a il.i,v's sail nearer to Shanghai than Liverpool will be. It will bilnif New York 1 JW) miles neuiei the northern poits of China, where our tiade Is to daj, and wheto It must be hugely In the futuie. It will btlng New York 2,000 miles nearer Corta; It will bilnu New York l.MK) miles nearer Yokohoma: It will bring New York 1000 miles nearer Melbourne: It will bilng New York l.MX) miles nearer Sdnev: It will bring New York more than 2.000 miles nearer New Zealand; It will bring New York 3,000 to Loco miles neaicr to tho west coast of South America. Now, Is thcro an Intelligent man who cannot see that In tho enormous decrease of distance the great lowering of freight rates is going to enable us to compete with Kngland in the Orient, or wit a Germany, or with any other nation Ir. Europe? POSSIBILITIES. Senator Frjo at Philadelphia. Tho possibilities of Iho Philippine aicli Ipelago are worth looklpg at. It has al most every kind of mineral; It has mag nificent forests; it has as good tllhiblo land as the world affords; it can mlsc hemp of tho best quality without limit; and tho demand for It is without limit t tt can raise, as I told jou, sugar and tobacco almost without limit; it talscs copra and rlco and all sorts of things. There Is coal In almost every Island In the archipelago. Why, In the Island of Cebu, up on a mountain top, there Is a coal mine cropping out on the surface. It has cropped out for over tho three bundled &ura that Spain has had pos session. It Is better coal than the Jap anese lump. If Spain had possession for a thousand jears longer It would be cropping out theie still. You let the Yankees get In there, and In six months there will be a railroad from Cebu port to thn Cebu mine, there will be a thous and men working that mine, and they will hind that coal at Cebu pott at S shillings a ton, and we huvo been putng for Dewey's coal from $10 to $20 a ton, The possibilities are enormous. The Simon-pure Article. Percy Have jou over loved beforo? Kdlth No, Percy! I have often admired men for their strength, courage, beauty, intelligence or something like that: but with you, Percy, It Is all love nothing else. Puck. A Fair Sivltion. "The legislative and executive film lions of government should bo kept separate," "That'A Just what I've alwav said, Johas; jou lay down tho laws In this house, nnd jou ought to let mo vnend I the money." ltulUnupolli Journal. CURRENT VERSE. Good Luck. I met Good Luck In the lane one day. He-yl Hot But tho sun was blight! His faca was joung and his look was gay. Loud sung the birds In tho golden light! Good Luck laughed as he took my hand. Hey! Ho! Hut the leaves were grcenl I walked with htm In a pleasant land. Oh, for the hills und the vales between! Oood Luck left my side one day. Oh, mot Hut thu skies wero coldi I railed and called, but ho went his way, Oh, me! For his face grown old I Oood Luck stole the worthless lf! And moro faNo whs never seen! My purse and clonk that he gave himself, Ah, me! Hut tho wind blows kee'n! U. Sanbotn, In Chicago Record. Whacht a Lacht About a Yacht, One day n nuildcn and a youth Named Montinorencj liets was Routh Were standing both upon the qiiaj, A-watchlng ships upon the,Miiy. "I'd like to go niton a jach't." The maiden said, "Oh such a lacht," "My darling," said her gallant beau, "Upon a yacht, then, you shall go." So stepping quickly from the spot, They very soon wero on tho jot. hllo thoj weio out upon the ocean A storm came on with gieat commoeean. Tho wind shrieked loud, and straightway through The ship a hurricane It blough. "Now, luds, jour best bo suro and do," The captain cried unto tho cio The maiden fair clung to hei beau, Recalls?, you see, she loved him seau. Tho raptiiltt said, "Now pray be calm, There's no ociaslon for nlarm; Woll do our best to save tho jncht, And If wo don't may I be shacht." Llk negroes all the crew did work; Not one of them his hare did shork; And though the sea was mountains high, Kach man resolved to do or dlgh. And then around the wilden's waist The gentle outh his arm he plalt. The maiden llkt d his arm to touch. I!ecaue she knew he loved lur moitch. And bv and b' the ocean great Calmed down, and looked quite nice and stieat. And when thev reached the landing pier The maiden aid she felt so qulcr: So stepping from uboiid the jncht. On to the land once more the v giulit. And wlillo thei stood upon tho quay, She whlspeted, "No moio t.uht for mtiuj." Pittsburg Dispatch. After Many Bays. I really am obliged to you for bringing back my book, It moves me much lo look wheienn 1 thought l.o more to look, It minds mo of the carlj time wherein 'twas lent to jou, When life was oung. and hope was fair), and tills old book was new. How well does memory recall tho gilt tills volume wore 'the dav It first attracted me, tit Pitch &. Hilling's stole. And utso I lemember how I could not buv, unless I practiced some economy in articles of drevs. Nor have I vet forgotten how my foolish heart beat hlglut, At owning what mv cultured filends must certainly admire, And vividly 1 recollect ou called around that dav. Admired It and borrowed It and carried It awaj. And now It comes to me again ucross the lapse of timu, Wearing the somewhat battered look of those bejoitd their prime; O, man, O, book' the jears go by and leave j'ou both, alack! With fuded color, worn lnldes a weak ness of the back. I Excuse theae foolish tears, thev come un bidden nn I find The finger maiks a silent proof of ser vice to mankind. Old book. ou need u lest but ere jou're laid noon the shelf. Just try to hang together till I read you through myself. Mrs George Aiehlbald. Hauled in Rhyme. Palmer H. Tajlor, the poetic justice of Ionia Cltj, Mkh, married Noiimtn P, Morse, of Lowell, and Mrs. jijj, Wild balm at the count J' cletk's office the other day, s.tvs the Grand Rapids Demo crat, using the following language: Our spoken words are sometimes lost, Like thistle down when blown awaj. Tho whlspcud one is often kept. Like some rate, precious gem, for age. You came to have mo say tlieso woids; I now pronounce jou husband, wife. Each bo unto the other true 1 speak for ou a happy life. Forbid that In jour cottage home One thought of jealousy arise. That home so filled with love and Joy You both shall call it paradise. The Lighthouse of Mlnot's Ledge. Three leagues from the shore in Uostoo bsj. On a. rockv, lagged ledge, There rises, grim and gaunt and gray, Thu Lighthouse of Mlnot's Ledge; And the great Atlantic's tolling tide Hre-aks over It, foaming high. As it sends a warning far and wide O er sand and sea and skj'. Kie that toner was raised, In the oldcu daj s, Another lighthouse stood, Propped on the rock upon Iron stajs; And the keepers deemed It good. Roth wanderers they from u dUtaut strand, Far over the alien seas; A fall -haired son of the ratherland And a dark-ejed Poituguese. But there came a day when a storm bo fell That battled human guile, And all day long the powers of hell Heat on that doomed pile, And all daj long tho folk on the beach Gazed on the awful right. And moaned that no mortal help could reach. And shuddered to think of night. Night fell; and the storm raged on apace, Hut the lamp was Itemed true; And tho winds and the waters ran their rate, As the tide rolled thundering through, Ah! tho shocks were hard and the strain was long. And the swaying stanchions broke; Rut the lamu shone on, now dim, now strong. For the foam rose up like smoke. Then the great weird fog bell, struck by tho sea. Rang out its) own death knell, And tolled for the fouls that escaped and weio free. When their faithless dwelling fell, Then tho lamp went out In that awful rout. And the bell tcllcd on through the night; Ono corpse was washed on the shore ut moi n. Their alien names aro forgotten quite Ily an Knglish-speaking race, But tho fame of their gallant watch that night Still clings to their ancient place; And they talk In the great strong tower on the strand, When the storm. wind rldps on the sc is, Of that falr-halred son nf tho Fatherland And tho dark-ejed Portuguese, S, C. I. Ilrlggs, In Chamber's Maguilne, PERSONALITIES. An ulr of rxtremo seriousness alvvajs tests on the features of Secretary Root, who litis never been known to ever at tempt a Joke. Alfred Lagarhelm, Sweden and Nor way's now minister nf foreign affairs, has been in the diplomatic service ever since he was 17 years old. Tho Mnhalajah of Hi nates, while re cently entertaining Lord Curron, pre sented him for Lady Curroti with a su perb coronet of pearls vvoith a fabulous sum. Former Sccretury of War Alger iihs written to the Muvor of Detroit offering alt tho help In his power for the bringing home of the bodies of Michigan soldleis who died In Cuba and Porto Hlco. Governor Longlno, the chief executive of Mississippi, who opposes Ijnihlng, Is hot 41 J ears old. He Is u silf.maile man, nnd wolked by nights to pav his way at Mississippi colli ge, Clinton, Miss, J. D. Rockefeller, jr., Inheilts his fathers Industry and ftugnlltv. That he Is a born rlnanclct was early shown bv Ills managemitit of the financial nf fahs of Hinvvii unlvirsltj's athletic teams. Tho Rev. W. .1. Gillespie, pastor of th Vnloit Picshvtcrl.in thimh at Asplnwnll, Pa ha" resigned Ids i hinge beciiusn he objects to receiving pav for his servleis. He will seek n chin ell tumble to pay a lalary. Col. William L. Ptather, the new presi dent of tho lrn!verltv of Texas, Is greatly oppesed to lv lulling, und In u leceitt address to the students of that university he said It was the greatest cut so of the south Tho Rev. Dr. Mnltbte D. llabroek, suc cessor to Hinrv m Dke, In New Yoik Hilck church, dies not wear the conven tional black In the pulpit, his link scatf tisuillv being of figured matetlul, mid sometimes ileto led, Tho Rev. Dr. John T. Purves, the suc cessor of Dr. John Hall ul tho Fifth Am hup Preshvterl in church, New Yotk, will tecelve the latgest emolument of any clergjman In that denomination, his silary being $IJO00 a jear and the use of n fine residence. Nestor Ponce de Leon, a lineal de scendant of the man who dlscovend Flo rid i while synching for the fabled foun tain of joulh, has just died at Havana, aged bl jcuts. H(, was u n itlvc of Cuba, but had been a lawyer in New York fot twentj-flve jeats. Miss Clara Hett Martin's recent suc cess In winning two Impottant eases op posed by tho ntilist law j eis In Canada. Is a rebuke for the Hvvjers who held nut ngnlnst hir admission to the bar, un til tho weAni'ti, headed by Lady Atierdt ell. forced them to vie Id. Frank Gould, the jounget son of lav Gould, has bought u splendid giant St. Beiiinid, dog for tlO.ViO of a Parisian dealir. Ho has not vet -een his pur chase howevit, having niide It em the it commendation of the Countess Custel law, formerly Miss Anna Gould. Oliver W. Stewart, tho new chairman f the it itlonal committee of the Prohibi tion pirtj. was bom in Illinois on May 2-'. 1.7, mil was graduated from Kure ka colli ge In iss7. rir vtais he his hi en active In (iood Templ.ii wink, and din ing Ills college coiiisp he identified him setr with the I'lohihitlou pultv. Dr. John McCracken Pe.ucc, D. D. Ins had plans drawn for a c luu ill esllllic which is to lie shottlv elected In Munlli, P. I., and which will be the fltst Piotrst Hiit church In that ittj. Thu cost, whlcli will b- percnallv defrajid bv Dr. t'oaiie. Is estimated at $l"iii,ni The chinch will lie undenominational and unsocial luu C. T. Hills, the wnlthlevt and one of Hie oldest and most prominent Musons In Must ki gun, Mich , Is to build a handsome Masonic Tt mplo of brick, with stone trimmings, tu thnt town for tho U'-e of tho oidir. It Is to teMtnble a c itlc , and be 13.J feel long. It! fiet wide unit Ihieo stories In height. The building Is to be dedicated net spring While niJiieh Walsh wis plavlng in Montreal recently she was pit sen ted bj' tho Mavor of that eltv with a wuath of sllvei haves. Thev wete from thusllvei tice, which Is said tu glow In but one loculltv in the woild on Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. The slender, pointed leaves of this treo are covered thickly with a sllvcrj- down. Probibly the most b Utle-searred hrto of the Transvaal war up to dato Is Lieu, tentnt Mclklejohu, uf the Gordon Hlgh landets. At KlnndlJ.igtn ho iccelved three bullets through Ills upper right arm, one through the right forearm, ono tluoiigh the left thigh, two through his helmet, a snick In the neck, one of his flngeis was blown awaj- ana his swoid and scabbard shot to pieces. F1J11TK Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hill & Coomiell 121 N. Wnshinston Ave., ALWAVri UUSY. "KORRECT SHAPE." JIoio ft lends ovoiy day. Tho cause easy to liuy, easy lo vveai. $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. Lewis. Reilly & Davles, UM16 Wyoming Avenue. IFF tt Mlroaol Men Get Ready for Inspection Wc have now i 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 mouths and then skip out. Wc are here to stay. Our" guarantee is "as good a3 gold." Prices as low as any. MERCEMAU&COMiELL 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Kxclunge. The Hunt & Connell Go. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Ga3 an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 LactoaiM Araie Heating Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces and Tinta QJNSTEIR k FORSYTE 325-327 PENN AVENUE. HENRY BEL1N, JR., Oouuul Agent lor tin Wyouilaj HUtrlct.'j. Willing, l)latlnfr, '-i porting Sniolcj.au nud tho Kcpatiao UhemUa. tO lipttl) i tulcly Knie, Caps and IJxplo U:u ftooui ml cjunnell liulUiuj. ftcruutjo. AOKNIJIL.1 THOS. rortD, - Vlttston JOHN B SMITH & SON, - Plymouth W. E. MULLIGAN, - Wilkeb-Barro. luroiTPs roiiM, A man, at present a resident of Knox County, Maine, worked several years ago for a considerable time in the mines of Colorado. His meals were irregular and in consequence he became a terrible sufferer from indigestion and has been ever since, lie had tried many patent medicines without realizing any benefit until his brother Charles advised him to try Ripans Tabule. " I thought it useless," said he, ' to waste any more money in medic ine, but as he urged me I bought a supply and deriving such benefit therefrom 1 pun hasctl more." He recently said of himself and his condition : " I can now eat all kinds of vegetables, mince pie, clieete and bal.cd beans, w Inch 1 have not dared to eat for many years." A nw ujli p u VM cnntiinlnaTkv nrx Trn r In a it. rrnrtnu (without ili0 1 n f "r u at ra, mr auirr run mJ rata rtla low J r,-ll Jl t Hit, p,ll fir'h" i.Hrail Ithcrrirnmli 4! iniit"jf FtL-flV.ne nnnninni,iilli in I" lm I If mi LTKrn'linsfcrtT fl.ht mm l I to I Wi H(MKl iWriT, Ho. lprm.i Dimi tu iurL-uru iu.lfftrtuuttulBlu) vlUU.ulKri!uctcU HNLEY WASH owes One-half hours personal inspection of our Wash Goods tock will not only make you better acquainted with the immense line of "New Ideas" wc 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 Mousellne de Sole, Fil de 5o3e, Peau de Soie, Dotted Swiss and Swiss Grenadine, Anderson's Silk Cord Scotch GinghaiTis, Irish Dimities, Madras, Cheviots, Linen Ginghams, French Percales, Etc. Etc.' Exclusive styles shown in, most of the above, 5I0-5S2 LACKAWANNA AVHUB lite Praig Fiafliaettfis. Teachers and superintendents de siring for class use in picture study, something that is substantial and inexpensive will find these beautiful new reproductions of gre.it value. Wc have ioo dilferent subjects to select from. The prices arc very leasonable and the assortment is complete. TtoePaCarMLeMcrBook With this book the simple act of writing produces a copy. Anv letter head can be used and a copy produced from pencil or any kind ofpenandink. When the book is filled, extra fillers cm be purchased from us at very little cost. Two sizes and bindings in stock. Reynolds Bros Stationeis and Knguvers, Scranton, Pa. rif.j , : i1;! S11 lA.ii j-v itusfeJA. jfc v ,h 1 v
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