- vMt THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, MAUCJI 21, 11)00. Z$t crattf on rt6une Publlnlifd Dnlly. Except Sunday, bv The Trlbtino Publlsltlng Company, at Fifty Cents a Month. LIVY 8. niCHAHD, Editor. O, F. BYXUCK, lluli'cf3 MiinnR.tr. New Tork Office: 150 Nnjsntt Bt. S. 8. VUKKLAND. Bole Agent for Foreign Advertising. Untercd at th" Pntofflro nt Scranton, Pu as Second-CIa-! Mull Mutter. When spam will permit. The Ttlliuna t alwnyi Rind to print uliott letters from IIh friend beiirlim on current topic, but ItH rule 1b Unit thrso must ho alsneil. for piibllc-Htlon, by tho writer real niiinc: mid the rendition precedent In nccoptiineo N thut all contributions bhttll bo uubjout to 'editorial revision. TEN PAGES. . FCIlANTON MAUCtt 21, 1900. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Legislature. i'ii st Dimict-T. jurrunsoN m:v. NOI.DH. , Second DIMrlrt-JOHK scm:ui:n, jn. 'Die decision of Judge Purely per liitinrntly lv.st ruining Hie Kilo Kiilliond t'lriup.iny limn Inlerfe'iitiK mIUi the l'l'djiuute anil HuiNnn ciin.il N unoil ro'nininn wnse hh well ns cnod law. The- Kile Uiillin.id tiinip.iny nilRlit in will Ins nlloucel to ontrr nt Its ple.is iiio upon liu propi'ity of .hiliii Sinllli. :i inhale clllen, and lie-in to dump n In.-''' their, iih to do this tlilnir upon l Up pinppi'ly of tin; men vlw are roIiir In liulld Scranton's tii'w ro.il outlet to tidewater. The law of l'cnnxylvnnla docs nut elothe the iihiiiafjcincnt of the, 1'iio imI1io.u1 with tin' llsht to .iy wlu-ii .i new i.iilto.id .shall or .shall not he htillt. In the Right Direction. r lll'Ili: IS a good deal of be lief without absolute pi oof th.it a whole lot of coi mo tion e.s(s In our elty eoun-i-IK This belief ih not limited to Hie i I. is, of people, to be tound in every i oinintitilty, who hip anxious to think ill of men In nilli e and who take ile Hslit In general accusations.- well Knowing tli.it they cannot he held to speeltle account; It exists anions le-spoin-lblp men who have occasion to do business with the I'ltl' anil Is a leasnnable deduction fiom the way liuieh of the city's business Is done. The action of thu grand Juiy In look ing Into tills matter is to he cotn uii'iiHed. We do tmt know how foi lu nate that body will be In getting hold of till fot evidence of milit; but even 1 hough It shall fall to locale the ex act spots where coiruptlyn flout Islies in our local government. It will, by IIh example, start the sluggish eur lenls of Justice Into a bilsker eh dila tion. For some ein It has been plainly loie.seen that n "l.exow Ing" of Set anion would he inevitable. The picf-cnt imiulry may reach to the bot tom or it may be only the beginning that lus et to bo seen. Hut nothing Ih mote cettaln than that bel'oic the citizens of Si'ianton cm get their monej's woith In government thcio will have to be a number of additions to the population of tho penltentiaiy. One might easily Infer fiom the talk of Heir Wessels, Montagu White, et. al that the Hoeis began the war on (iieat tiritain mainly for the pur pose of heing protected fiom the ton sequenccs by the goveinment of the Viilted State's. A Useless Office. T": IE OI..L contention l dative to the usefulness of the. ofllce of cotoner has been ic- I veil by the handing: down li Judge Verkes of Berks county of a lgoiniis opinion in which he alllrms without qualltkation that the oHUe has no longer any substantial value to the i 'immunity and that the entire question of the investigation of suspicious deaths might better be turned over to the distiiet attorney, who would have to conduct the leal luquliy anyhow should their ailse it-asonahle piesump lion or foul play. It Is our belief that Judge Yeikes heie voices the opinion of well nigh eieiy Intelligent pel sou who has had opportunity to beiome familiar with the actual winkings of the coroners olllie. Not In one case in live on an .uoingo does the cot oner's Inquest i-on-ti Unite to Hie piocesscs of Justices any leal light which might otherwise have been lost, in this exceptional lustam e the light usually comes thtough the 'oioner's ;nofes.slonal knowledge of sin gei y or medicine and could fully as well be contilbuted by uny skilled phy siiian employed by the loinmonwealt'i lor the particular occasion. What is needed to Ktieiigtlicii the in in of the law in this connection is the giving of power to the dlstlict attorney to employ sulllelent detective talent of the til si quality to make his otllee a VW.sr .tievjv, doeis;, ami coincident "vvllirthW fii Hip ned o'f eleithiK to thh Important ollice men who will do their whole luty honestly, conscientiously and ably. of all the names mentioned In con nection with the vice presidency none' yeniarf equaled In quality or availabil ity Pervnsylvanlu'H brilliant editor, diplomatist and cabinet minister, Chailes Mmory Smith. i n, . . To Prohibit Polygamy. 'TNf'M TftR iv.flis.ll nf . niu'r.i to penult Polygainlst Hobeits of Utah to take his seat, the country has had Its thoughts dlveitecL.tn, other -matters but It Is in danger of forgetting that n resolution is pending In congress piopnslng an 'amendment to 'the United States con Xltutlbn prohibiting" polygamy. The resolution proposes to Insert In hV second, paragraph of section 2 ard also In tho third paragraph ot section S of Article I of the constitution, unions tho disqualifications of representatives nnd senators, the words "or who Is n RlyTCnilsJVwUalso contemplates the Addition df a new-article, to be known CiijtlelXVl. 'defining the marriage 1 relation as a contract between one per son of one sex and one person of the -other-sex, -and declaring polygamous co'".Wtat.on if association unlawful. The United States and ench state are piohlblted from inakliiK lawn which wilt allow polygamy, and Jurisdiction In tin tttul of persons ncrused' of tiulywamuUH orfonics li ulven to tho rnlteil rttntt'H court?. It tho Mormon chinch U slnceiu In liu lopreM-ntntloiiH that polygamy as a tenet In It creed nnd ns a rule Id Its social piat'tlce has been abandoned ab solutely and In wood fnlth, It ran offer no objection to the constitutional amendment hrio proposed but. on tho cuntr.it y, ns a sign of Hh submission, will pioceed to Hue tin Us forces In suppoit of the amendment, thus cut tlnp tho stound fiom under Its critics' fO'U. No mutter what Tom, lJlck or Hairy may hne Insinuated during the fa milial ltlcn ot cinbstoiio lnturcour.se. It will talte clear proof and lots of It to make, the nubile believe that Mayor Molr has been pet sunnily u patty to tho loRUery which Is generally believed to have, run riot lately In city hall. The mayor's mistakes ate not pioinpted by ctlmlnal Intent. Congress Should Be Fair. u NDKU THK Wilson revenue law of 1S94. which lneieased I lie tax on alcohol from 0 tents to $1.10 a gallon, the secieliuv of Hie tieasurv was aumor lcd to pi ecrlbc regulations under which nianuf.ictiner.s nnd others, should receive a icb.ile on taxes paid on aliohol used In their manufactuies and In the nits. This piovlslon was Insetted because it was not intended by longiess, then or at any subsequent time, to Increase the tax on alcohol otherwise than as a constituent of bevei ages. Societal y t'ai lisle letused to make the legulattons which congiess had plainly said he should make, and tho United States Supreme court, on a suit of the manufactuieis for tho enfotcc ment of tho tobato, held that Inasmuch as the law of congiess had not been compiled with, no rebate could bo paid. As tho ease stands, theiefoie. moio. than 10'Kl tuanufactiiK'is have just claims against the United States ag giegatlng $i;,O(K,000 for ovei -taxes paid by them and held by the government central y to tho plain intent ot the act of 1891, and the Supremo court opinion leaves, them with no legal redress. In this emergency Coiigtessman Itus sell of Massachusetts has Introduced a bill piovidlng that these claimants shall bilng1 suit and piove their claims, and that the disobedience of tho secre taiy of tho treasury In falling to make the piopor i emulations in this matter shall not operate as a defence, thin putting every claim on Its own inn Its; but for unknown icasons even tills manifestly fair proposition Is encoun teilng opposition at Washington. One senator, a member o the llnance com mittee bcfoie which the Kussell bill is to come, is quoted as saying: 1 catirot i-po any real met It In tins il.iiin. Tile lux paid bv those mamifni tur ii.i uiiiloubltdly went into thu priie ef their v.atcs. Tlieio vsus no iiduetioii in tbclr tiriies on account of this piomi-ccl tebale In tho Wilson law. bnL Hie piles ot the goods weie kept up to what tiny had been befoie the law passed. If thixe claimants should be giiti, a stundiug so they could lec.ivcr the amount of t.ie-( paid by them it wou'il l)e In the nntuie of it gratuity to them. On that account the ib Is much opposition to the passage of a bill whn-o ultimito objiu is titkmj tC.ftX'.WiO out of the fulled Stales tiras ui y and giving it to the l-at maiuirni tur ers and othirs vvlio use aliohol In their wet It, when the amount ot the taxes paid by them wa.i made up In the pilei-s thy received for their good-. Whether the taxes went Into the pi Ice or whether the pi Ice vvas reduced or not has no place in tho equity of tho cave so far as congress is concerned. It does nut give giound for a breach of faith on the pait of the government. Congress six yeais ago plainly bald that tho -0 cents additional tax on al cohol levied under the Wilson bill should be lebated so far as It affected alcohol honestly used In manufactures and the arts; and on tho strength of tli.it momlse the manufacturers con cerned in tills matter paid their money to fiule Sam to the extent of $6,000,000 expictlng on the stiength of his word soon to get It back. It Is fair to as sume that in their listing of ptlies they charged up to cost only the inteicst on the over-tat dining Its retention by the government. Hut whether thev did this or not tlieie Is 1'nele Sam's pledge to them, solemnly enacted into law, and good faith lequhes that It be kept. Aecoidliii; to the Hilly Sulzer Idea of Intel national law, as Indorsed by the Domoci.its in congiess, it has evi dently become a crime for Gicat Brit ain to 'build foititlcatlous on Hiltlsh It'll ltoi. Uncle Sam's Sugar Problem. AI.UttAPY in the case of l'ueito lllco the country has had a toie'tasto ef the economic dlfllcullies' which inav be expected fiom expansion. And now comes William 1-'. C'uitls with a long ai tide in the Chicago Itecotd Intended to piove that the Pueito Ulcun muss Is meiely the zephyr pie liminary to the gale. We will con dense his lepicsentatlons of fact be foie lousldeilng the diitt of his aigu- UlC'llt. In i omul numbeis, the I'nited Slates uses L',000,uuO tons of sugar a ear, of which it Inipoits 1.630,000 tons, the duty on which, at 1,7 cents a pound, Is about JCO,O00,0uO a year. Our domes tic ciop ot cane sugar Is about 50,000 tons u jear and our beet sugar crop about 100,000 tons u year. Thete aie now 2S beet sugar mills In the United States, repiesentlng an Investment of $3,000,000; four years ago them weie only four. The piesent secietary of agilculture has devoted a great deal of time and eneigy to the development of the beet sugar Industry and was Just beginning to score a substantial success when the Spanish war came along and put on our hands the great est cane sugar producing Islands In the world. The normal sugar ciop of Cuba Is 1,000,000 tons; mo one doubts that this crop can be doubled the minute a satisfactory niaiket Is open ed, Hawaii's crop Is now SOO.000 tons a year; experts say It will soon he 000,000. Tuetto Rico's sugar possibili ties do not exceed 100,000 tons but tho capacity, of the Philippines, already 200,000 tons under the most sllpshop and unsystematic methods, Is believed to be capable of-very large development: perhaps to 1,000,000 tons a year, per haps to 2,000,000. Krom thoscj premises Mr. Curtis con cludes that we shall have a lot of tiohblc In steering our fuluie tat iff policy so as not to offend, on the onj hand, tho sugnr piodueers In tho do pendencies, nnd on the other, the cane and beet sugar growers and allied In terests now engaged In domestic pro duction. The former will want free trade, tho latter protection nnd In tho middle there will be the need of rais ing revenue, for which purpose u tut Iff on sugar offers one of the falresU and most convenient methods known. Mr. Curtis asserts that It woa a beet sugar manufacturer none other, In fact, than tho Justly celebrated Henty Ox nard, of sugar trust fame who wrote the Teller resolution that was passed by the senate two ycats ago pledging Independence and a republic to the Cubans' his object being to get Cuban sugar out of the way as a competitor of the domestic beet product. The problem can become .complicated only by the refusal of subsequent con gi esses to hold In view tho greatest good of the greatest number. Iet u fair revenue tariff he Imposed on sugar as at present, with "leclcrocal con cessions to sugar producing countrbs like Cuba that will buy our manufac tures If wo buy their sugar; nnd then let the Imported and tho domestic sugar fight It out. It would not piy us to glow beet sugar If vvc can get the Cuban cane product, with federil revenue beside, for less money; and no true economist will have tho nerve to Insist that It wotill. Attorney Campbell claims that It will take an at my of throethousand men to nrrest the assassin of alleged Governor-elect Oochel ot Kentucky. If this bo true the sooner the army Is icctult ed the better It will be for the peace ot the blue grass state. An outlaw whose fighting capacity will tax the strength of X.OOO men should not be at large In any civilized community. A t2"00 choir that sings nothing but classic music has neatly caused the disruption of a Washington chuich. This is unotlier evidence that It some times requires a large amount of re ligion to overcome th effects of classic music. One of the anti-Quay oigaiis prints a long stoij' showing- how Colonel Quay Is going to make ex-Senator Cameron governor two' years hence. We thought that Quay, long ejre that, was to be dead and burled. Mr. Biyan's revised platfoim for the Democracy, announced nt Kansas City the other night, seems to be the same old "16 to 1" declaration with a few Puei to Ilican tariff frills added. Hlsliop Potter Is tho latest antl impetiallst to visit the Philippines and come home converted. What a pity the icst of the bunch won't follow his example. Cecil Ttliodes Is now criticizing the English hi my for not whipping tho Boers sooner. Cecil appears to possers the qualities of a first-class anti-expansionist. latest advices fiom the Kansas City Populist camp Indicate that thij "Mlddle-of-the-roaders" do not Intend to be caught on the cycle path. Some of the yellow journals are again trying to vvilte Theodore Roosevelt's political obituary. It ovei taxes even their elastic Imaginations. Mr. Biyan's platfoim chiefly of Jawbone. Is lonstiucted I.eonaid Wood Is piestdential class. not of the vice Outline Studies of fliiman Nature Llttlefield Is a Philosopher. RHPRKSflNTATIVj: LiTTLUFllSLD enjoys anecdotes of public men and ot events. Tho personal side of life up. peals to him strongly, und 1m has a re tentive memory legarcllng affairs In whiih he has participated. He doesn't hesitate to apply his stories to people who critlUso him. The other day, when one of the Itepub. lie ,111 nitmbeis of the house was attack ing Mr. Llttlelttld'n advocacy of free trudo by Insinuating that the lumber batons of Maine weie opposed to a tariff of 21 per cent,, us It would hamper them lu that market. Mr. Llttiefleld, says the Washington Post, was askisl why he did not lepl.v, us not a stick of Maine lum ber, comprising a tut of $"i,UIO,O0O feel a eur. has gono into Pueito Itlco dining the last len yeais, "you should lead Lincoln's story about the 210-poiiinl Virginian whose, wife was only about half as tall," responded the Maine num. "You 'lemember that this giant nnd lis wife occaslouallv qiuu relied, and that, as Lincoln told the story, sho used to btlck pins In his leg when she was mad, Somebody asked him why ho didn't letallate. 'Well,' ho aiisweied, it umtlses Lucy, but It doe-sn't hint me." " As Mr. Littlelleld is a good portion of a jard-stlck taller than the man who was assailing him, the application ot the stoiy was nil the more peitlnent, Governor Roosevelt's Story. Wn.SIIINt; to give Catholic lepresentd " tlon on the bind of management of the Stuto Industrial siiiool at It 01 lies. ter, llovei nor Koosevelt lecently up. pointed Mrs. Joseph O'Connor, wife of the well-known Journalist of Hochestcr. Mis. O'Connor Ij onei of the most gifted and popular women in that city but it happens that sho.ls not u Cuthullc. 'J he discovery of this fact led Governor Boose veil 10 tell a story. It was about a man arraigned before a New York city mag. Istnite. "What is your name?" tuld the Judge to the prisoner. "Solomon Isaacs," he leplled. "Whero do ou live'.'" "Bow n on Hester street," "What Is Oiir business?" "Selling old clothes." "What Is your religion'.' ' "Now, see here. Judge, I told you my name was Solomon Isaacs, that I lived down 011 Hester street and that I sold old clothes. What do you think my re ligion Is? Well. I'll tell oti. I'm a Quaker." Sadly Afflicted. TlllIltK IS a case of malignant typhoid fever In a house on Diamond street, near Twenty-third, and a messenger from the health oftlco was vent up, there the other day to pusto the necessary labels on tho doors. When ho reached the house he discovered thut he had only one Uphold fever label left, but he didn't let a little thing like that bother him. He afllxcd the tvphold label to the front door, and, going around to tho back gate, posted a diphtheria label there. This cir cumstance had nearly cntied it pnntc among the huckstcts who work both the fronts nnd tears of the houses, "flee!" commented a big huckster, "tint's iln slfikest fmn'ly I ever seen. It's lucky tley ain't got a side door. Dey'd have mull po'c on dnt, sure." Philadelphia Keeord, A Test of Amiability. rjHUlNAttIt.Y," raid Colonel Still- well, "I object to the conundrum. I regard It ns a ptlmltlvc form of humor. I also resent theo constant gibes nt the stato ot Kentucky. They reprrent both deficiency of taste nnd poverty of re sotitce. Hut Just to show," ho continued detlberntcly, "that 1 nm a bioail-mlnded man who tan nccun a ioko mnlnbty t will ask you a quostlon: What Is the dif ference between the state of Massachu setts and Kentucky?" "Massachusetts produces boots and shots nnd 'Kentucky produces shoots and booze. And I want to say I'm glad I thought of It first, for If anibody else liml sprung a rernatk like that on me un nxpectedly 1 wouldn't e'aro to answer for the consequences." Washington Star. A WHty Retort. MMH. DB BTAKh was very angry with II the Count do Cholseitl for witty stings and sarcasms of which lie had made her tho subject. Once the two ene mies met In a drawing room. Mme. de Stnel and tho count greeted each other on account of the law of politeness. "We have not seen each other for n long time," said she. "Oh, minium," replied he, "I have been 111." "Ifnvo j on?" "I thought I was poisoned." "Alas! Perhaps you have bitten your tongue." This terrible cut fell like a thunderbolt on the count, so famous for his slanders and scandals. Ho bowed low and wlth dtew, unable to reply a word. TORTY YEARS OF BRYAN. From tho New York Sun. Vorty yeats ago today the lion. Will htm Jennings llrjnn was born in Sa lem, 111., at slxleenjnlnutes to one, a. m. It Is the bOHst of his fi lends that he has made more speeches to more people and shaken moio hands than any other man that now Is or ever was in tho world; nnd still his voice Is tinwoin. and his in gestion Is untmpniicd, In spltn of dollar dinners. He beleves in the Chicago plat form and In anv additions to it Hint may ceme handy. Ho Is for congenial annexa tion but finds the Philippine uncongenial, llo holds tliht the l'illplnos aro callable of self-government but not capable enough to belong to tho United States. Mtlitatlsm makes him snd, although be has been u warrior bold, llo tremblps at truts mid will keep on shaking as long hs thev mo able to produce goose llesh in nil body else, and not one mo ment longer. He has Uts at the word perlallsm.' but what and wheie "im prrlalsm" Is, so far as the flitted States are concerned nobcslv has been ubl lo nnd. It Is a good enough Moigmi for the colonel, and that is all. o Colonel Hrjan has called on Moses to awake, rung the l.lbeity bell, i allied around thu Constitution, discovered tho Declaration of Independence, wept over tho wrongs of the "producing classes," to whloh ho does not belong, lambasted the Crime of Gold, thrown bricks at Mam mon. Moloch and Juggernaut, said Boo! to the Octopus, been diy uurse to tho in come tax, bit his thumb at the pluto eiats, Invaded the em ray's country and there provisioned himself, prospeited for issues, eicommutilc ated eommercnalism, ltddeu a bronco nnd blown a cowhoin In tho streets of Austin, trained for the ptesldency and an osulih i.ice, wilttt-n leading in tides with a pen of lite for the Omaha World-Herald, lecluied. made a book.' nnd Is believed by his friends and probably by hlmselt to be tho Jcfiw"on-.Tackson.Webster-Clay-l.lncoln of Lin coln, Neb. His voice U so sweet that It swamped thu Hon. tiamallel Biatlfotd in ills own tears. His touen is so nuiglcai that, according to some euthuslasliu Biv anlsts U heals the slik; and according to tlie Hem. Champ ClaiK lie is touctieU hopefully' by the Missouri Democrats, piobahly for contributions to tho cam paign fund. o In short, the Hon. William J. Bryan Is ns busy ns a bee, ns lively as a cricket, ns Industrious as an ant, as talkative ns n spanow, tts chceiful, about his own piospeils, as a bluebird, nnd as despair ing about tho luuntiy as the crow seems to bo about tho scheme ot things In gen. eral. Such Is Colonel ISiy.iu now bo Is come to forty years; and ho Is a piettv good fellow In tho bargain, lor nil his play-acting manner on the platfoim. FEBRUARY EXPORTS. Fiom the Washington SI jr. The month of Febiu.uy niailt the most remarkable record of any February In the history of our foteign commerce. The exports during that month uverage-d JJ, UOU.OOO for eveiy business day In the month, and the total expoitu weie $11!, ,ii,",7t)2. or more than Ij per cent, greater than those of any preceding February, not only 111 e tho expoits l.tiger than those of any piecedlng February, but the excess of exports over Impoits Is uNo much larger than In any preceding Feb ruary, surpassing those of KiS by nearly 2", per cent, and being more than 00 per cent. In excess ot that of any euiller year. February Is a month of heavy Im portations, and It fiequently happens that tho impoUH exceed th expoits, so that nn excess of jQ,!91,;iJ In exports over Impoits in Febiuaiy makes the iec Old of thu month a leniaikable one, de spite the fuc t tint the Impoitutlotis, which amounted to WTTTA wem slightly larger than those of uny pieced lng ear ext ept ls:. The iclutlvo impoitunce of the Febiu ai, 1'i'W, record will b tnoie clearly seen when it i.s stated that, the average Febiu. uiy expoils during the last ten yenis were $7ij,0W,WK n month, while tho total exports of February. 1M0. as alteady stated, wcte W,ii","i'2. on the other hand, tho uveiago Febiuaiy Imports of the piecedlng decade were JGI.OOO.oOO.mak. lug the nvei.iga Fcbri.ary excess ot ex poits over Imports during thut time $T,,- OOD.UOO, while that of Febrmtty, 1900, is J.VWI.G12. This makes the total exporta tion for thu eight months ending with February about $73 lUKl.uau gieater than that of the eonespondlng months of thu fiscal year of 1S.!, und makt s It apparent that our total exi orts in the tlscul yeir ending Juno :;0 will exceed those of any preceding ear by probably 1 1 00,000,000 and carry tho total commerce of thu year cemsldeiably beyond tho U.ooO.OOO.nOi) line. THE QUESTION IN BRIEF. l'lotn the Philadelphia Tress. The HUtrar trust and the tobacco tuist will both make heavy piollts If the auu.ir and tho tobacco both have hiu,'ht and hold stored lu Puerto ltlco come to this count! y fiee. This piollt will continue on future BhlpmontH, especially lu the ciigo of tobacco, wheie the trade unci crop uie under tho e.onttol of the Hrltlsh ion sul, Mr. l'lnley. Puerto Itlco need additional levenue. The land la already as heavily taxed as it will bear. Internal lev rune tnxutlon Ih linposslblo In a poor countiy with lit tle) Internal tiatle and a poor population, Tho 0110 resource are iinpon and export taxes. The low duty of 15 tier cent, ot the Dlngley tariff, un uveraue of 7 per cent, nd valoiem nn Imports from Pueito Rico, jvhen paid Into the Puerto lllc.in treasury, U the exact equlrulent and equal of an export duty levied lu Puerto Rico on exports trfthls countiy. Which Is best, free ttade fur the hi ue. fit of two truiitu, or a modeiutu tariff for two yeais on exports and Imports from the Wand solely for tho heneilt of the Island? ooooooooooooooooo I In Woman's Realm ooooooooooooooooo SHE WAS a pretty glil. iiiiug. giucc ful und with the exijulslto ininplcx Ion w'hlch goes with led hair, for she had a grent abundance of that In it beau tiful shade, but she looked dowdy unci common nnd for nothing in the win Id but because she. wore it tutiiuol'o hiled waist and hnil light blue In her li.il. She simply Irritated every e.vo which looked upon her In the halt. Now time may bo angels who enn wiar turquoise In vast quanti ties unci still look well mid happy. Very few' mortal women can stand tho severity of lis retlections nnd the harshness of its lights against their faces. It may be be coming In small gHinmeilugH perhaps in a velvet bow or a bit of Jeweled tilm mlng. but lo wear It In u silk waist or any great mass next the. face one must have lovely bluo eyes, u brilliant com plexion nd never In this wot Id light hair. Whv on euith Unlit halted women will persist in tho delusion that pale bluo Is their color Is past comprehension. It makes them look white and wont and wnsIiPtl out. A golden liu I red. blonde In yellow Is a dream of beauty, but she Is nfiald of ollow nnd gets heiself lip like n failed old ela:;uerrolpe because oi the tiadltlon.il notion that blue is "her color." t AN ACBfHN lIAIIir.H gill should avoid all blues of Hi" lighter shades ns she would ti pestilence. Indeed If she would oneo give herself up to the golden browns in cloth, with slllc wnisis nnd ribbons, having a eoppeiv glint, and nothing but white hi cotton or linen waists, unless It might bo mingled with a tlnead or stripe ot yellow ; It she would wear golden blown velvet hats ngalnst lier beautiful huir, with pet imps a ii.ueii or fur In wilder or wings and plumes or tho same shade, with Hie rich velvety golden blown foliage In the summer, le. lleveil by a dash of daffodil yellow, she would bo so distinguished In apponiauce that other girls would look Insipid and ordinary In her vicinity. That tlie auburn hailed ghl Is limited In her choice of shades is line. Wo who nro less fortunate In naluie's coloring must spend much thno In selecting the particular tints we lack, but the niibuin balled girl needs none or the pinks, reds, greens and Vivid blues, to bring out or subdue the complexion. She really needs to give little mote consideration to Jthe. color of gown she liould wear than the lobln or Hie levvelled throated humming bird, for anything toning In with the tint of her hair lu biowns or ellows gives her ftvlc and elegance, and Is sure to cause people's eyes to revert to her ngfltn nnd again as a model of good taste and ictfiil hat ninny. But nlwajs and ever, whenever it Is possible, she should wear white or cream. tot MISS KA'l'K SMITH gave n demonstra tion lectute yesterday at the Young Women's Christian nssoclutlon whlth Involved "Lenten Dishes." i'ne ai tides made weie delicious und were eaten by the audience with the greatest satisfaction. The following was the menu: . Planked Shad-Clean iMi and place skin down on an oak plank; sprinkle with suit and pepper, brush over with butler and lemon Julco and bake "', minutes In hot oven. Grape Frultl and Celery Salad. Cut grnpq fruit lu thirds lengtliwlso; remove pulp and add nn equal amount of finely cut celery; scive lu tho sections from which pulp was temoved; mask with may. onnato nnd garnish with celt ry. Mavoimalsfl Dressing Add '. te.ispoon ful salt and a lew grains cnveiiuc to yolk of egg; add slowly "t cuptul ollvo oil; dilute us needed with one tablespoon each of lemon iulce and vinegar. Kasier Salad Cut hard boiled eggs In fancy shnpes and serve In nests of let tuce leaves with French elresslng or ni.ij onnalse. Cliapo Ice Boll 2 cupfuls sugar and 4 oupfuls water 3) minutes, cool and ndd '4 cupful lemon Juice, "'t cup! til orange Juloe and 1 pint grape Iulce; strain and freeze. Mock Ciab Sandwiches Cream 2 table Hpoonfuls butter, add '( cupful giated young Atactica cheese; season with ' teaspoonful vinegar and spiead between thin slices of luead. Yes, Indeed! Little Hlmer Papa, vhnt Is n genius? Profes-or Uioadhead A genius, my son, Is a man who knows when he has said enough. Puck, OFFISE a li mm n J U Vis Lill Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And4 Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hill & Coooell m N. Washington Are., ALWAYS BUSY. "KORRECT SHAPE." More fiJends every day. Tho causc easy to buy, easy to wear, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. Lewis. Rellly & Davles, 111-110 Wyoming Avenua. ivh on Get Ready for Inspection 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 sonic agent who will open shop for two or three mouths and then skip out. We are here to stay. ' Our guarantee is "as good a3 gold." Prices as low as any. MERCEREAU&CONRELL 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. The Hunt & Coraradl Go. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 LaekawaaM Ayeauc Heatflog Stoves, Raeges, Fmrmiaces, Plyimibfloir Tie lego GUNST3EE & FORSYTH, 32S-327 PENN AVENUE. HENRY BELJN, JR., tieueiul Agent for tliu Wyomla; Dlsti !c;r).- Wlulne, lHastlns,portlni, Smol.jH and tlis Hepamio Ulienikal Company'! HIGH EXPLOSIVES. lately !'uf. Cap? and llxplojjrv Iteoiu tot Oonnolt lialldlaj. borantj 1. AG15XUIIM Titos, ronn. JOHN B. SMITH & SON', W. E. MULLIGAN, - yittHtoa - Plymouth. Wilkes-BArre. DUP0NT8 POWDER. ID Q OBZIBif lillDDBBDO z- m n vrar l n gjBBBgg ra ih ii ..-..iifw . r tti i"i -.rw" m. n Wilis I w j-mml jk-lb-fmlh. The purchasing agent for6ne"bf the large brass roll ing mills in Connecticut had a "mighty hard time" with his stomach. ' I used to get up in the morning feeling 150 years old," ho said, " and at meal time I felt faint, but still I' had an insatiable appetite. 1 was cross and irritable. I didn't take any interest in business oranythingelsc, and finally I got so bad I had the jaundice 'and was as yellow as sulphur. 1 was getting to be a perfect wreck and I didn't care so very much whether I lived or died. It was at this point that 1 began using Ripans Tabules, but before I had used three dozen my natural color began to return. All my stomach trouble has disappeared and now I con sider myself well." w ttyl tivlit rADUIaliic Trv niMKi tawtu nr itorw ruii htk ijkts li low uruai nort i mieo M torthr txw,ranl iliflifononilmi, Ont1aE2 ff lb flttMTi iitrlonilxltiu!)i.MH Iw ttutl l.y mail bT'tniiu furM t"W fU'ti to tb Itiroti uemicil losrixri hv. to Struct Mrtt, New urk-r jiiri irta(TfcNTAM.LtVt 4i br -enl furflTocfn4. liorv rmi pi iwm wi itniijnnu pun 1 EY'S One-half hours personal inspection of our Wasli Goods Stock will not only make you better acquainted with the immense line of "New Ideas" we aro showing for Spring, but will do more to "post" you on values, that have real merit to back them than a whole column of "talk and figures." Our assortment has never been as large, nor the styles so attractive as now; two con ditions which are not likely to exist as the season ad vances. We make special mention of Mouseline de Soie, F31 de Soie, Peau de Soie, Dotted Swiss and Swiss Grenadine, Anderson's Silk Cord Scotch Ginghaims, Irish Dimities, Madras, Cheviots, Linen Ginghams, French Percales, Etc. Etc Exclusive styles shwa in most of the above. 512 Tie Prang Platlncttcs. Teachers and superintendents de siring for class use in picture study, something that is substantial and inexpensive will find these beautllul new reproductions of great value. We have 100 dillerent 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 tilled, extra fillers can be purchased from us at very little cost. Two sizes and bindings in stock. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Kngraveis, Scranton, Pa. H ft r wrrailrtof Without a lumw tor ( ... hucmi Fill ti JLV AM,. 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