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Second DI-trlot-JOHN SPIH'l'I'l., .tit. "S''tlle( nut of renin" is tho verdict In Hie Frlrk-C'iirnrKle inw, :mil It Is ii srn!-llilp our. ' Nllip-tonllis of tho II tlf.'ii t Ion tlinl i'loi;s our IjukIpirmI court Inrkrts rnnlrl bp avoided and llltltllt v.vitlmi mi veil If thp Frli'k-t'iiitii'Rle pv.Miiplc Flioulil bp mini gPliPl.llly fol lowed, The Host Concerned of All. TV TIIK T.AST Is-s-uc if the Oial Tnnln .Iniirnnl appeals a utali' iiipiiI mnoptnliiR' the new Prlii imiip Vnlbw and Klrmptnn tall rad, Ii.immI nit thf evldrnip atldu'ced nl tln Kri-iit lir.ulnps before tin- Now Vol k Mate r.illro.iil rnuillllsiiliiliPls. vvhlili piespiits a iihiubpt" of salient fit-is li( a BlrlkiiiK niaiinr. For e ninplp: Tito new unci imii be c unstiiii'ted and fi'lly e.iilp)ipd at less tost per mile than iinp-iuaitfr of the amount of r.ipitriUz.'illoii pi-r mile of any of Its fompotllorsi. lis rhhIcv ato wi lijilit thai all piicIiip eyilld rii-ily li:iu' mmo than double the riunilic-i of tons that ll eould tulv over any c'liinpftitlw line In tlu'a-.uuo time. 1" oni these aoV'tntasi fi ll follow, naltirally that a Urge eastern ion! ULHiUet i an be leaeiieil by.sueh an nui l"t iiioie advantageously than ls in. sllile by Its I'ompetitois, vvhopn Krade. nie four or five tlniix as heavy and nnuli more, niiiiieioiis. In rulOtl Iun tu 1'ip.il. the nplanare V.ill'-y and Kingston would tiausport niiuh ecment, fur In the HosemUIe itslori, nlnnc; the line of the ran. il, then- nrp now mills whose annual ea p.lrlly Is more than l.ono.iim) hariels, for all of which the new load would furnish lhf best pohslble outlet. It would also develop, by offeiliu better facilities than exist at pic-ent. business In lumber, tord-wooil, blue Moiie. bulldlnc; slone, and in muuufae. liiilnn and fanulnK. and would provide the most convenient means of tiavel hetureii I'cilnln rmlnts In l'ennsyl anla and Hie northeastern part of New Yoik and New Kr.Rlauil. It has been made clear that the resi dents of Sullivan and Flstcr counties lecard the eonitiiiction of the mad as ri'sential to the picscrvatlon of their bu.slnrss interests, which, with the abandonment of th,. canal, are left without an outlet. It has alf-o been clearly established thai the men who are iisUIiik for per inlyvloii to build the n ad an nienv of rxppilenee In such Illation-, ready to lisk their own money and not asking thp public In 1 1 1 1 a. pennyV worth of Mot h. If the toad should no' prove fclf-MipportliiK Ihey alone would have In make up the deficit. What, then, is the seciet of the Hi opposition lo this huslres.s-like piojeel .' "The principal leason," anoidinK to the article in the Cnal Tiade .lounial, "seems to be lh.it If built it would be able to make so much lower Kites than those now in fmce as to dlveit a l.ujy smounl of buslnesti from piosent eli.in nels and i educe the pi Ice of mil throiiKliout the Kant." The public, theiefoie. will await with Interest the commission's decision on the charter application, for It is tho most vitally cniiceined of all. The people of Keiiliiiky clei ted Tay lor Rovernor ami they should put an oral to the cnnspirai y which Is n per tlnnclourly endcavojlns; to nullify their Vill. Necessary But ARgrnvatinj;. THK IIKCKNT contiibulion of Soeietaiy iiluey lo tin Atlantic Monthly in which he took the position that tin United States should never have load ed Itself down with the Philippines, that the ratification or the I'ailh ticaly tin far at IchsUhh that pail of il was cuncprned ,Vii aii.icl o,t; foll.s, but trim, ImvIiik now rlone the deed, the best must be made of ll, has, pcihaps, ngl lecelvcd the attention it dcseivcs. Vf.f irlFnnioinr ctjieclally one paiu KMpbr0.r ?" ;'It kovs without sa.vluu that the H)ltPd States cannot phvy the part in the world's nffnltvil has just assumed vjthout. .ejiuippiiiK HsvU for the purl with all "tin Insli iiuicnialltlcM neies na,iy tf' ninki lis w'i'll felt either throtiBh paellle inten vuiso ami iicko tUtlon or llnonnh foire. lis diplo njutle akeneli's must, therefore, lip sreatly enlurKed, HttiiiiKthPiied and Im proved, whlln a powerful navy, up to ri&to In all points of toustructlon, ar nrnJuejilepencial U'lllclenty-and rendl new for Instant service, becomes of rq'mn jtecesslty." ' Thin Is tho practical view ns dlstin Ci(l)ir) ."from t tho academician Idea that' if" tho developments of the past thrco'yeara are criticized, and be moaned enoush, they will disappear. Thi; Inability of a considerable element in our population tp recgsrnlre ho dif f trcjico , bet wc.en theory a,nd condition hui rarely been o. painfully lllustruted , na n 'this vet'y mutter of which Mr. ojnfjr treats, The ostrich which juries lt head In the mind and thinks It thus does away w1rth"'itaipuruer8 Is not more deluded than -aw i those American who think that yiprij-a'yi,itOipcrforn the bard tasks In the new dependencies Is to sit hack und..enll names ul the Bovutnment'B chosen neents or to proclaim loudly DtiitcmcntM which mo tint true. Obsttuellirs are necessary to n pio per coillitorlxtlance, but they some times put n sevcti' tax upon tho pa tience of common seme. Tho defeat of the Loud hill duubtlcwi means that a lobby Is stronger than an ttrgument. Charles Emory Smith. IX Sl'KAKINtJ of tin; noinlnntlon for the li;prc8ldency, Mr. Mau ley, of the national cxecutlvo rominlttoe. Is quoted as Kiiylnt? in l'hlladelphlii yesterday, that, "I ant Bieally surprised that l'ennsylvanlu has mil put forward a etindldate" adding that "tho state eould furnish the very best material." .Mr. Manley Is a lle ptibllemi leader pf long established pi-e-eiullienee. He has been prominent In the iniiiKigcmeiit of eveiy national ltcpubllcati campalpn for the last twen ty ycnis. He sees In'lhls year's cani p.ilKti I'eiinsylvanlaV opportunity. There Is hardly u Republican tu the state w;ho Is not blinded by sonic stu pid prejudice: w ho does not see It. Tho presidential election thl.t year will ul timately turn on Republican prospetl ly. The Indiistilnl and commercial Kinwth of the country, our agricul tural piospciity and the weal of the l.ilmiini; man all depend upon the continuance of Republican rule. Uf all the meat Industrial states, I'enn sjlvanla heads tin list. Moie than any other and more than many other states put together It stand for Ameri can Industry, American home-made wealth. .Mr. Mauley Is right. Peniis'ylvanla lias "the eiy best material" for a Ice-presidential candidate on the Re publican ticket this year. hong ago The Tilbune named the man. Nothing has happened In Re publican politics, or In uurient politi cal hlston to qualify The Ttlbune's iKiinlnatioii of ( buries Kinury Smith. If he Is not nominated in Philadel phia next June It will be due simply to shameful deielletlon on ihu pait. of l'e'iinsylvani,i Republicans. Little wonder at Mr. Manlnv's sur Piise. Doubtless the Republican Uail eis generally aie surprised that Penn sylvania lias not piosented the name of Charles Kinory Smith for the vlee picsidcutla! nomination. It Is a timely lebuke. . thank Mr. .iinnlcy. Suine of the most i cecal repoits In dicate that Oom Paul Is disposed lo atiange peace terms on the sly. Another Pan-American Congress IN ACCOflDANCi: with the lecom mendatlou or Picsldent MeKln ley in his last message, piepara tlons aie being made to hold t. cfiufcrence of Ainelicui lepubllcs In the City of Mexico at a time dutln? next ear yet to be tixed. The last confeiente of this kind, held at Wash ington in isMi-yo. under tho active urg ing of Secretary ltlalne. was in some lespects unfortun.ite. At considerable pains It foimulatcd n number of recom mendations and was largely the means of causing it number uf wluabla reel piocily ticalics to be drafted, but no sooner was Its back till lied than Picsl dent Cleveland, who In tho meantime had got Into olllc again, calmly Ignored the one and wlthdiew the other. Our South Aineilcan fi lends did not take kindly to this unfamiliar foim of couites., ami the conference which is now in piospect will, it. is lo be Imiied, afford a means of taking some of the stlug out of their souls, it any still liuzeis. Among the ignoied lecomniemlatlons of ten ears ago the most Important was n plan of arbitration for the settle ment of differences between the Ainr.il. 'in lepubllcs. This had leached the tieaty stage when Mr. Cleveland tluoltled It. The lecouiinendatiou of an inlernation.il bank was killed In congress; the one In favor of the mettle s.xstcni lln.illy lecelvcd legal sanction but Is still ,i dead letter so far as Its piactle.il use Is concerned: nnd the one In behalf of uiilfoim consular fees seems to have fallen by the wayside. The last conference led to the creation of the bureau of American republics, to the Intercontinental railway survey, to unlfutm sanitary regulations, to tho adoption of laws to pioteet patent and trade-marks, to extradition treat ies, tu fieedom of navigation of rivers and lo a number of other more or les important agreements and r.:id-:-:;tand- lllgs. At the furthcoming confeipncp an elfoit will be made to a'gice upon a plan for iiiiiroim customs regulation?. Invoices, manifests and methods- of ap pialscmcnt and valuation. Other top les likely tu be considered ate the Miiesllon of uuifoiin iiuaiantlne regu lations: unlfoim standards legardlng the tieatnieiit of commercial travelers passing fiom pl.uo to place and from state lo state; and In general, a clearer definition of the lights of foielgner with closer agreement as to details of tieatnieiit. One lesult which Is antlil pated Is Hip ipiuoviiI of whatever Jeal ousy of tho t'nltcd States now- exists among the Latln-Atucilcan nations he cause of the, outcome of our war with Spain. That will be the part of tho game which will be most woith the candle. Any political reform 'movement that does not Intioduee the. names of a lot of nobodies In pilnt can scaicely be considered up to dale. McKlnley and the South. ONE OF TIIK speaker at the Dewey celebration In Savan nah this week, Judge Kmory Spcer, icspondlng to the toast, Tho President," cited home very substantial reasons why Mr. Mc Klnley la popular In tho South. The three ureat staples upon which the prosperity of Savannah and of Georgia depends are cotton, lumber and spirits of turpentine. On March 1, 189$, cot ton was quoted at B?i cents a pound; on Match 1, 1900, its price was 9 1-16 cents n pound. Lumber, average grade, In March, two years ago, was win Hi only $11 a thousand; today It plls for JIT.. Spirits of turpentine, on March 1. 1897. brought i7',i cents a gal Ion; today It brings M'i cents a gallon, Here. vu have an inctease in values of almost 100 per cent, and It Is" only a page out of tho big story of the South's Industrial progress, a progress brought about by causes which William Mc Klnley, as protectionist, leader of the sound money forces and standard bear er of expansion, has done much to fos ter. No wonder that the mention of his name In the conservative city ofi Savannah, tho site of his recent speech suggesting that Northern veterans Join with Houthcrn In the care of the graves of Confederate soldiers, called forth a demonstration of good will such ns no Republican executive had ever before received. The only tcason Mr. Rryan'a plat form didn't contain more panaceas Is becausti In his eagerness to please all tastes ho foigct 'em, The Broader Outlook. OUR, EXPORTS to China and Japan have Increased 2.".6 per cent In the last ten years. The largest part of that In cicase has come within the last throe years. The movement thus Inaugu rated can. with care nnd wise direc tion, be multiplied ten fold. China wants our wheat and flour; she wants our cotton goods; she wants our pll; she wants our fabrics of Iron and steel: slio wants our rails and locomotives nnd equipment for the thousands of miles of railroads she will construct within tho coming period. The south ern stales have a special Interest In the acquisition of this market. It of fers the most liupottant outlet for their growing cotton Industries. In nlno montli3 of last year China Imported from the United States 182,S7.i,000 yards of plain, American cotton goods against 11",4M,000 yards for the same period of 1S0S. The imports from Eng land for the same time showed an ac tual decline. In 1S98 the cotton Im ports Into China from the X'nlted States were "7 per cent of those from England. In IS9! they were 61 per cent. At that late of Inciease how long, If we rightly use our opportuni ty, will It take the 1'nRed States to become foremost In the Chinese mar ket? The possibilities of that market are Incalculable. In 1SS6 Japan pur chased foieign goods to the value of only $.12,000,000. Last year ho pur chased goods to the value of $274,000. 000. AVhat boundless fields lie before us lit China and all the Orient, If we arc not so weak and blind as to throw them awny! The open door In China, is thn open sesame of this vasl possible trade, and the American accomplishment of the open door, with the consent nnd pledge of all the great nations, and without the necessity of enteiing Into any ter ritorial division, Is the greatest of all recent achievement of diplomacy. It secure for the United Stater a com mercial opportunity which is Immeas urable. It provides one of the great outlets which our Industrial supiemaey and our enormous producing capacity ierulre. And that achievement is the great and magnlllcenl fruit of our triumph nt Manila and our possession of the Philippines. It comes because wo have established our footing In the Orient: becaiihe we have planted our selves for a thousand mllc along the front of China, and because wo have taken a new position as a world power. Such a demand on our part two years ago would have been Impotent and fruitless. Three ycais ago England proposed the policy of the open door In China and failed, nnd wa compelled In projection of her Interests to de claiv that she would join In the scheme of division and claim her spheie of In fluence. Rut when thp United States unfuiled her flag In the Philippines, and made the world resound with ths echoes of her swift milccss and her brilliant triumphs on the sea, and then put forvvaid the same demand of an epen door. It met with a prompt and full acceptance. Nay, more, It Is not too much lo say that our possession of Hie Philippines lias stayed the thieat ened dismemberment of China, and has, perhapj-. altogether averted that danger. Hut, whether China Is to be divided and parceled among the struggling and competing nations, or whether she Is to remain Intact, with the possibilities f a great development, the guarantee nt tho open door, which has been given to us, secuuM our lights and our Inter ests In the coming time. No fancy can overestimate the value of that achieve ment In Its relations to our future ciiinmfri-l.il advancement. The noten cy of that commercial opportunity Is woith Imineasurcably more than all the ciwt of the Spanish war and all th" cost of the subsequent conflict In .he Philippines. Charley Emory Smith at St. Louts. l)r Mclllfferl seems destined to b. ionic mi "Issue" In spite of his efforts tu keep in the backgiound. It begiiia to look as though the re turn dates of spring would not be can celled after all. - ' TOLD BY THE STARS. Dally Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchui, The Tribune Astrologer. Aftrolabe cist: 1.24 . m., for S.iluiil.i, March 21, lf('. stf A child boin on thi day will notice that the gtnuil Jury Investigation this vviek has at least hud the effect of caus ing loiislderablo olllclal ague. The jo.vs of anticipation aie always best exemplified by the base ball cnlliu clnMii that Is life during the mouilib of March and Apt 11. The Scranton fliuvv leformers ranio very near not getting on the boards until the coe of tho laHt uet. Tho absence of a. sublect for fault lliulliig often causes somo people moru misery Hum an attack of the gout. In thn days of Ananias "jollying" was nut as popular as at picscnt. No man on earth really has -o much fun as the fellow who dangles a hall told' secret befoie one. Too many leturn engagements often make tlm funny man sciiiu'thlng of a bore. The, liquid ulr In Scranton turned out to be laughing gnu. The ground hog ha already stayed be yond his llrrjlt. Ajacchus' Advice. Ileur In mlud that one's memory is often tmpaiicd by being loaded up with things that should bo forgotten. Outline Studies of Human Nature Senator Frye Keeps His Word. T1IERK 1H NO moie stinlnhtforvvnrd' 1 and reliable mini In politics than tho president pio tempore of the senate, Will iam P. l-'rjc, whose morals are ns nustcro us those of his l'urltiiu forebears, and whoso word Is an good us a Quakers, which cannot bo said of alt his col leagues, Somo tlmo ago a noted New Englaiider ramo to the capital for tho put nose of transacting some business, It matters little what, beforo ono of tho depart ments. It was necessary to obtain the co-operation of various members of con gress and senators. Together with his attorney, he math: n call on a certain distinguished solon who was most cor dial, giecttng the vlsllliitr Yankee ns though he vvcro his long-lust brother; ho graped him conllally b the baud, pat ted him on tlm shoulder, nnd altogether put him In a pleasant mood. Everything ho abked the senator to do was most willingly acceded to, and tho amiable politician ptopostd to do even more than was tequested of him. "There was nothing tho matter with tho project," lie said; "of course ho wiuld Indorse It that very day; would Instinct his secretiuy to do so and so, and he would himself do so and so." "Pine, llup," he rental krd lo his com panion, on leaving the senator. "Nonsense," responded that worthy. "Divide that by a hunch id anil you will find out just what that man will do, If he does an thing. He Is a Jollier, nnd, while he partially means what he sa., never gets the tlmo to i-.nry out bis promised. lln has a passion, however, for making pcrplc feel good." Their next Mt was on Senator Erye, who was pleasant but busliic'--llke, mid wasted mi time in compliments. When the matter was pieseiitcd lo blm lie nski d some terse questions, "Your project Is a good one." he said, llnally. "I will see Dm secretary." "I congratulate ou. old man," le marked the lnw.ver to his tjllciit, when they leached llin pavement. "I on giatulatc you; our case Is pr.iclltally won." "What do you mean?" asked bis filcud. "I am utterly discouraged. Mr. l-'ryc did not seem to take near as much Interest as Senator Hlank. anil lie Is the one I most depended upon." "Nonsense, nonsense," icsponded his companion, "If Mr. l-'re s,i he will do a thing It Is dene. Ills wold Is as good as another man's oath." And that. Indeed, Is thn koicimI reputation of the senior senmor from Maine. Leslie's Weekly. Henderson and the Dying Soldier. APROPOS of Mr. Henderson's war ex perlence. the following story was told by one of his colleagues "at dinner Hie other night, which Illustrates as well as any of tho stoiles ccnecrnliig him, his teady sympathy and ttict "In tho days when Dave Henderson was a raw young lieutenant, and before he had lost a leg lit tho servlco of his country, lie was called to a man who had been mm tally wounded by tho exphsinii of a gun. He found the poor fellow l.vlng on the glass, swearltiK a blue streak at the unfortunate, actldcnt that would cost him Ills life, while a callow young i haplaln, kneeling hclrto the wounded soldier vainly expos tulated with him for such blasphemy and besought him to prav. since he was in bo called Into the presence of bis Maker. The chaplain's exhoitntlnns had no effect upon the suftciing seldler. however, who continued to swear moro loudly than over. "'Make way,' ordered Hendetsou, and kneeling by tho side of the soldier, ho said in a voice as tender as n woman's: 'Can we do nothing for you, my brave fellow ?' "The soldier looked up wistfully nt the sound of the sympathetic voice. 'I'm nfrald it's rill up,' he wild, faintly. " 'Well, If it .. inv man, It must be a happiness and satisfaetlun to .ou to know that you dlid for your country. You are Just as much of a heio ns though you had been killed on the field of battle, and our name will always bo leveled Hod help you, my brave boy!' "Ms that suV Is that so?' mm mm p. 1 the dying soldier. 'It's a comfoit, sir; It's a great comfoit.' and. holding Un hand of his young nflleer. the poor lad died." Leslie's Weekly. The Lost Was Found. THi:V l'r.1,1, Into ii'iivfisatliin on the Avenue stieet i.ir.is men will lu p,is away the time, and when one uf them happened to mention ho was fiom Pitts, lung the other turned to him with: "I'lttsbuig, eh" Hear me, hut how sin gular!" "How do you mean, sh-.'" was uskul. "Why, I was In Pitt-dung twenty-one yi.u.i ago and lost plurals p, s-tuet car. I was thinking of the Incident Just before ou spoke Pi me. J suppose vuii couldn't hjfoim inn whether the money was ever tumid, ould you?" "Why. cs; 1 believe 'l can, I found a dime In a street car about tvveuty-ono ears ago and have bun looking for tho owner ever since. Here It K R must be long to you." "Thankr. You aie an honest man. Hire mo two cents to rewind oti." The Pittsburg man pocketed the ic wiud as the other pocketed the dime, ami then they closed the Incident and opened the Philippine question. - Washlnrtoii Post. After-Dinner Oratory. ' i;V YORKKrtS li.ivu so many public dinners evert ulni..-- .....,..,-.-, i .i N good after dinner uratois are In bilk ile maud, and the nunc popular ones are overwhelmed with Invitations. Conse quenty tie advent of every new speaker on such occasions Is cleselj watched to sie If ho gives sIphh of promise. The con. seliiusuess of this stato of affairs is u severe Handicap upon most men and Mihls a gie.it deal lu the dltllculiliM, always mure than ample, which beset the maker of n suitable speech for such occasions, At a 1 1 cent illnnir j-Iveu by a piumliienl club a man who Is unusually 1111:11; fm the prominence he has won lu his 1 hoseu lield rose to respond for tho first time lu this cltj to n toast. His beardless faie wns tbished and his mamur cir.lmr Hissed. In hesitating tones he began: lieutlenieii- Ileluie J pitrfd tills room I bad an excellent -peich prep.ned. Only U01I and mjself Win w vh.it I was going lu say. Nuw Hod alone I nuvvs." And he sat down.-New York Tvil-une. An Unpleasant Reminder. JAMES UOKS.VT- en to church often, but his mamma took hhn theio last Sunday. Now she wishes she hadn't Ho sat demurely enough until the tenor, who Indulges In it dreadfully Inexcusable tremolo, had Mulshed his solo Then he spoke up. "Mamma." he asked In a shrill whisper, "whajt makes the man's voice shako so?" "Hush, dear, said mamma. "I don't know." "Hut, mamma." the little scamp per slsted In a still louder whisper, "ou know when papa's voice shook tho other night you said it was beer!" And that's why Jamie's church prlv Il exes have been so mdcly cut off.--S.iu Krunclbco Examiner. PERSONALITIES. President t.oubet. of Kianee, lias bought an automobile and takes a ildo in It every day, frequently operating It hlni sell'. Reports of Munknesy's falling health are denied by his wife, who says he Is Improving, that he always iccognl.es her, but that he cannot be lou-ied nut uf Ills apathy. Asslstuut Secretary Vumlerllp of the tieasury ban been offered a place at the head of one of the big llnaiiclal Institu tions of New York, Mr. Vmulerllp, dis cussing the matter, suld: '1 liuvo no In tention of leslgnlug for somo tlmo or of leaving my place, but t shall go to New York after I leave Washington." living, besides higher rent. llenc-rul Miles keeps up his good hori-p. nianshlp by constant practice. Whet ever ho may be, or whatever the weather, :i morning never passes but ho takes u brisk tide. Miss Ioulso Evelyn Lease, daughter of the well known Kansas woman suffragist, Mrs, Mary Ellen Leare, Intends to follow the example of her mother ami go on the lecture platfoim. The Rev, Dr. Charles It. P.ukhurst says that If ho wcro a Protestant pnpo ho would have, his cardinals construct 11 catechism on modern lines and require every child to learn It. former Senator ll. galls' mother Is still living at tho ilpo ago rf Ji'.i eat.. She lives lu Hoston nliil lecently sent tho senator's family three slumber robes which sho knitted hern-lf. Weak has proved bctiellcl.il lor Senator llaiina, and his ihetimatlsm does not troublo him as much ns formerly, lie still uses a. cane, but gets over the ground lu a pretty lively manner. Colonel Uaden-iPowell runted from the Matabelu pcoplo the sohtlqllct of "Im pi est," m ailing "he that creeps at night," from his habit of scouting along their strongholds after dark. I'limls aie being collected In Denmark for tho purposo of bibiglng to their 11a. live land tho temniiis of two famous Danes who were burled nbrond, Tycho Ilriihe In Prague and the poet Jens Rag geseti In Kiel. Speaker lleiidersnn says In a. Washing ton Intel view Hint his new duties 1110 pleasant except that they Intel Icio with his rending, ono of hU keenest ploasutes, "Hut I always Hud time lor a newspapei or two," ho adds. It Is teported that Thcodoto Thomas has tefued nn invitation lo take part with hl.s oicbestra In a grand series of conceits at tho Pails Exposition, basing his 1cft1s.1l, .,s nn American lover of Jus tice, 011 the Dieyfus trl.il. Paul Putter, the Anu-ilcnn dtnniallst, has eonio ftom his Swltzeilaud homu to spend three mouths In VurK Alteady Iip has secured lights to xevctnl l'tcnch pieces which ho Intends to market In London and New York next season. THE MAN WITH THE HOE. Kor The Tiibuii". l'orlh to the Held ho goes with ngllc pace At hunk of mot 11, his puiposc lor the day Pressing upon his bury mind doth brace Jlls coinage up ami helps him on hi way Pur all his lofty plans aie made ami lo Ulad to his woik goes the man with the hoe. Seed time and harvest both ate promised all llul neither plahtcd fields nor growing gi.tlu. Nor rich abundant harvests In the fall Shall s pi end their bounties o'er the fer tile plain Kxcept for labor done, so foith must go Planting, towing seed the man with the ' hoe. Who rules the wot Id, who Is n king like he Like this groat nuili. this tiller nl the. soil? Kings, empciois, primes bow at Ids de cree. The ilch, the noble to this son of toll Do homage, for en him they all depend. I'loin the gaunt wolf ho only can depend. Knowing full well that for their dally bread llo must be up, lo labor, with the l.uk That only thus his piodnce be may spread t'pon the groaning matt; tho sailing bark Laden with commerce thus to nil l lie wot Id May spread tho sails that never must be fin led. For should he fall In his supply to till The markets with the products of his baud ' People and beasts and fowls must starve until Domestic life no loeger nils the laud. His toll then keeps the wheels of trade in trim Commercial life must ueids depend un him. Creates! of men In worth Is he today, This vigorous man, this wieldcr of the hoc. Sealed thioiich the land, seaieh through It 1 very way, lis Ii ugtli. Its bieadtb, wheie ever man mii; go, Pioin pole lu pule, fiom sea to sea, the same No nobler man is found, no gi eater name. All honor to this woithj knight is due; Honor his coinage and bis m.mly toll: This bold knight of tlm Ium , the farmer true, Who gathers food for all fiom out tho soil. This benefactor of the human tnci lu equity should till the highest place. This Is the Image of the l.old Hod's hand And he fullills the mission of his Lout To have dominion ovei sen ami land; If only he obedient to Hod's word Keeps in bly on, thus Hod's entire will Label lug in ut.y sphere Is aiibWcied still. Kor upon him mote than on any man That'llves and woik" with hand or inlii 1 Depends the happlnits, the wealth, the plan, The very life i f all Hie human kind. Ills wisdom must sueie-eiMng ages know' This worthy toller the man with tho hoe. Pur Is not this (Jod'H gieat deciee to man Uy the sweat of thy face slmlt thou eat lu cad And folovvlug up lids good and Hghteous plan lly this man's labor then the world Is fid, i'iowii him Hid chlefest, crown him, crown him so (iredtest of nil men He man with the hoe. -John 11. Mulk,v. Plltstou, Pa., Match 20. FBIRMITW Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing De5ks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. H5I11 & Conmiell 121 N. Wushlngtou Ave., IFF ho c!B!jftst nlBES2!9n icWHsiHE'BMi ALWAYS UtfSY. Ft ;,K0MECT SMIFE," i More f 1 lends every day. The cause asy lo buy, easy to wear. $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. LewJs. Rellly & Davtes, Ut-116 Wyoming Avenue. Railroad ifa Get Ready for lespectioe We have now a full Hue of all makes of Watches that we guarantee to pass. Buy your Watches of an old reliable house. Not some ageut who will open shop for two or three months and then skip out. We are here to stay. Our guarantee is "as good as gold." Prices as low as any. WERCEREAU&COHNiELL 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. The Hunt & Conned Co, Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 Lackawanna Avenue HENRY BEUN, JR., Ucuiial Acentrartlu Wyjmlqj lilntilu:. !. iiliiliis. Blallnz,Spcirtln-i, Smata.jii tiud Ino Itupditnu (Jueaiua. Co iiia ly HIGH EXIPLOSIVB. t!cty t-ictp, ('a n ana I'vptu I'.-l Kooiu nil Coaiiiill lUiUlit;. sorjutjo. AUKMJIU-i TUCS. FORD. - - - Vlttslan. JOHN B. SMITH A- SON. - PI) mouth. W. E. MULLIGAN, - Wilkts-H-irre. '4 wreiT's roiia w " .n-.-r.. ,r i - i . .--' .r ui"i An old gentleman, who had employment as a .school janitor, found his work terribly interfered with by continuous headaches, which would follow headaches, and of so severe a nature that he could scarcely stand, sit or walk. lie was subjected to a great deal of dust and dirt and changes of temperature, and suffered with a torpid liver and, of course, was a victim to all the ailments that a foul stomach can produce. lie had taken but a few Ripans Tab. ules, when he became convinced that he had found in them a per manent cure. Ilis headaches arc less violent and further apart, his digestive organs perform their functions, and his liver throw? out foul matter like a trip-hammer so he says. A new ljl I, krt ronulnlot- itn klr.ii TiirLU In mrawr carton (without elunow fur uli it (im 4ructlofi-lbRKirx CfcT. Tbif .w nriu-d tort t Intuital tor llir iHrainl tlin-runtmlri. cinnnr-n Af lhHroiitcwrtAn.(llluul.utMtcMn t-rlijiil by mall by annUmc fart, riirlil (-..in. to lln Un-a i"iii.wicai. ctii raMT, Xo. 11 Svrui trrt. hw York tr a nnk'l tarlon itv TiDi'i B frill Im, m-ui lor l!rvl. Hll-,114 ?4I9L ia tlao bo bad at grown, fc-cutaj Holt Juki, ui areola aoiil at li-iuw alurat and Uaxtwr ilmya, IMY'S N One-half hours personal inspection of our Wash Goods tock will not only make you better acquainted with the immense line of "New Ideas" we are showing for vSpriug, but will do more to "post" you on values, that have real merit to back them thau 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. 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