THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1900.
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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.
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Roll Top Desks,
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Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Chairs
A Large Stock to Select
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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.
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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."
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tock
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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,
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lite Praig Fiafliaettfis.
Teachers and superintendents de
siring for class use in picture study,
something that is substantial and
inexpensive will find these beautiful
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Wc have ioo dilferent subjects to
select from. The prices arc very
leasonable and the assortment is
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