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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1900.
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TWELVE PAGES.
8COANTON, MAItCH 31, 'lOOO.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Legislature.
' First Dlstrlct-THOMAS J.' KEY
NOI.DS. Second Dlstrlct-JOHN 8CHKUEU, Jit.
The Tribune acknowledges with ap
preciation the compliment p.ild it by
the Times In giving It due credit for Its
part In seeming the enactment of the
nsphnlt repair contract, whereby the
city of Hcrauton Is assured for ten
eats of streets that cnn.bi used by
diivets without danger to life or limb.
If the '1'lnicn will consult the men who
tifi the streets of Her.mlnn It will dl
iocr that The Tribune's advocacy of
that ordinance has their almost unani
mous approval.
The United States Army.
DUIUN'U i THIS debate on the
army .appropriation bill,
Representative McCIellan
prescntnd without comment
some figures comparing the cost of the
American military establishment with
the cost of the military establishments
In other countries. He had found In
the several appropriations bills for the
current year Items for tho military ac
count amounting to $135,207,6:..:. This,
he went on, was sin average of, $1,502
per man of the 40,000 men now in the
army. If to this total was added the
expenditure on account of the war of
the rebellion nnd other wars, the total
for the current year would be $23t,
FiS9,:jl2. Austria-Hungary, with an
army of 351,000 on a peace footing, .
pended $56,000,000; Englnnd, with an
army of 150,000, expended $SO,000,000;
Trance, with art; army of KW.OOO, ex
pended $125,000,000; Germany, with an
nrmy of 59S.000, expended $1X6,000,000,
which Included tho expenditures on ac
count of other wars; Italy, with an
army of 101,000, expended $2.1,000,000.
Although the gentleman from New
York expressed no opinion as to
whether the United States Is paying
for Its military service more than It Is
worth, the inference which he evident
ly wished the public to draw Is that It
!r. But without explanation his cita
tion of figures Is unfair. He takM for
comparison the extraordinary expenses
of our army when nearly nil of It Is
engaged In a most difficult campaign
In an unfamiliar country many thou
sand miles removed; a country Into
which most of the nrmy's supplies
have to be transported at large ex
pense; and on this basis, without
pointing out that many of the Items in
the sum cited represent the accrued
costs of the volunteer service now dis
continued, he compares them with the
ordinary peace expenses of iSuiopean
armies which are Inactive, If he had
wished to be fair, he would have used
for comparison tho expenses of our
tegular army In an ordinary season;
as. for example. 1S92, when 26,900 men
ost $.51,357,785, of which only $23,104, -KS
was for the actual support of the
nrmy, a cost In round numbers of
$1,000 a man. Tho question of pen
sions Is a subject apart.
Now, without reference to what may
he the cost of the military service In
foreign countries, where wages, too,
an? low and where the piivate soldiers
are tieated as little better than hcrtf,
who In America will seriously contend
that $1,000 a year Is an extravagant
cost for a regular soldier, counting In
his pay, Keep, travel expenses, equip
ment, salaries of officers and executive
costs every thing, in fact, properly be
longing in the mllltury equation.'
There ate very few civilians of any
Important e who would care to put
themselves up as a target at that price,
with all the discomforts, of a soldier's
life thrown In.
With the bringing In of u vetdlct for
the defendants In the surcharge case
against the former county commis
sioners, an end Is put to a chapter of
litigation believed by many to have
originated wholly In the phlt of f.u-.
tl'ii.all-m. 1'se of the courts In po
lltlcal Intrigue rarely hucceeds.
4 A Question in Equity.
N l.NTUKISST NO nolnt In
equity has been raised by
tho courts -at Frankfort.
, Germany, in a decision. Just
hapdrd down, that an employer Is en
iltedJtcl,al th) Inventions of his em
plpyejand to any other fiulta of tho
thought and labor which ho pays for.
Vrhjs question," writes W. IS. Cur
tis', "h,as been before congress for sev
rr&l VaVs In 'connection with certain"
Inventions- in ordnance by olllccis of
th'e army and navy, and thero are nu
nifroiiB bills now pending to detlnu
property rights In inventions made by
suTh officers. Senator Chandler, for
example, claims tliat, having educated
Ibfsn officers, having paid them salar
ied and having provided pensions for
-thlnv tho government is entitled to the
fu)l benefit' of their entlrn tlmo nnd tnl
enjj but ,tho .secretary of the navy, un
r a ruling of the attorney general,
holds that an ofneeris Individually en
titled to'thq results of his study and
Ingenuity unless his Invention Is pro
rtujced. In the regular lino of duty to
wfjlch he may 'be assigned by his su
j)(rlors. For t-rnple if an officer li
datullM,to-roakreXj(rment8 and siig
eeet ifnotoverhenW In u,, or ar,y
otjier'fi&rtipf the-armament ok ona,.a.
tun of a man-of-war, tho goveiUnn-,,
H7,i,ia ntnv thn entire results o'f his
Irfrwrsrmtf.on'the o'ther'hand. If an
Sfflcec should make a valuable dlscov-
A
'civ or Invt-ntlon In hla leisure hour?,
outside of his regular lino of duty, al
thousli ho muy be-on shipboard or at ft
navy yard and working nlth tho tools
anil materials of the Government, he
should enjoy whatever prcunlury bene
lltn may be derived from It."
tt would seem that no hard ami fast
rule should bo laid down but. that 'each
casc'tthould ho decided In the light of
ItH peculiar rlrcuinslnnces. One rule,
however. Ih pertinent In1 n general way:
Hinl that Is that the employe .who wish
es to udvanco himself can do bo more
surely bv making his services of In
creasing worth to his employer than
by devising ways nnd means secrptly
to cheat that employer or to sell him ft
divided service. On tho other hand,
the generous emptoyer Is not unwilling
to encourage original thinking and In
ventive Ingenuity on the part of lili
employes nnd can usually find wnys to
do this without unfairness to either
side.
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Governor Stone's estimate Is that In
the primaries thus far held the Quay
people have lost one member ml won
fourteen. No wonder tho insurgents
am tulklng of a fusion with the Demo
crats. Intelligent Benevolence.
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HIS sreOISSS of the Mills
hotel for worklngmen In
New York, both as a finan
cial Investment which !s
now earning a reasonable profit, nnd
as a contribution of genuine value to
the philanthropy of the time, Is having
the natural result of encouraging men
of means lit other titles to Imitate the
enterprise. The latest instance of such
Imitation to come to our notice Is re
ported In the; Pittsburg Times.
In that city, according to the Times,
three projects aie being matured
simultaneously which have for their
end the establishment of more com
fortable living places for families or'
unmarried men of limited Incomes.
One is to bo a model tenement or
apartment hotel. The other two arc
for hotels for men alone. "A
clean, home-like, moderate priced ho
tel for worklngmen In a down town
section of tho city will," says the
Times, "be an assured fact wltnin a
short time If present plans are carried
out. The building planned Is eight
stories high, having an attractive front
with largo windows, high ceilings, ele
vators, electrlo power and lighting fa
cilities, and accommodations for 300
guests. The house will bo conducted
li, the lines of any first class hotel,
but there will be no bar attached.
There Is to be, In its place, a large,
well lighted reading room and library,
supplied with as large a collection of
good books and tho current literature
of the times as means will permit of.
There will also be a restaurant in con
nection with the establishment, where
the guests can securo meals according
to their means. In the new hotel, the
Influences that will surround the men
will be home-like, wholesome and an
Inducement to self-culture. It Is in
tended to have the hotel a distinctive
ly self-supporting one, and there Is to
be nothing In the line of chatlty or
mission house. The desire Is to make
the place attractive to men of Inde
pendent natutes, who would not for
an Instant tolerate the Idea that they
were being made dependent."
Such enterprises as these, the num
ber and scope of which are continually
Increasing at a rate we believe faster
than the Increase In population, rep
resent a part of the better side of so
ciety's nccount "with the sociological
problems represented In the modern
city. Intelligent benevolence along
these lines Is doing much to overcome
the evils Incident to the crowding of
great masses of people together with
in narrow limits. The necessity which
has called Into being the Mills hotel In
New York eltv and which Is prompting
the establishing of similar Institutions
In 1'lttsburg has fortunately not yet
become acute In Scran ton; but a long
step toward preventing Its develop
ment will be taken when the new
Young Men's Christian Association
building shall offer home-like lodgings
to young men at rates which will con
stitute u genuine benevolence.
It Is strange that experience do?s
not teach tho Democratic politicians
how futile a campaign device the
championship of anarchy really Is In
this oider-lovIng country of ours.
Compulsory Arbitration.
I
N VIEW of tho largo number of
labor troubles which are occur
ilng throughout the country In
consequence of more prosperous
times, It Is Interesting to examine a
measure for compulsory arbitration
which is on tho statute books of New
Zealand, and whih forms the subject
of n timely special article In a recent
Issue of tho New York Hciald. We
have gone to Australia for a model In
ballot legislation: who knows that wo
may not In tho same country find a
remedy for the strike nuisance?
In New Zealand there Is a division
of the country into industrial districts
nnd for each dlsttlct there Is a board
of conciliation, composed of nn equal
leprcsentatlon of employes and em
ployee with a presiding ufllcer ap
pointed by tlie governor general. Tha
board of conciliation Is a primary trib
unal and when trouble arises It, any
Industry between tho employers nd
the employed, upon application 'of
either party the board Is empowered
to use Its good offices to effect a friend
ly settlement. Tt Is clothed with suf
ficient powers to render Its services ef
fective In the majoilty of differences,
which have their oilgln chiefly In mis
understanding. But when this pilmnry tribunal falls,
there Is a higher court with greatly en
larged powers, known as the court of
atbltratlon. The court of arbitration
consists of three persons, who hold
for three years, appointed by the gov
ernor general, and of the three ap
pointees one must be chosen by him
from men nominated by the working
men and one from among men nomi
nated by tho capitalists. The third Is
a Judge of the Supreme court. The
moment either sldo with a grievance,
or any apprehension of a strike or
lock-out. summons the other before the
I '''rt. It becomes a punishable offense
for t"..vorkmen to stop work or the
I employer tu ,nge Uown Botn mugt
keep on until the court, has. come to a
finnl decision. The court can summon
any party to a dispute which Is before
It to appear, anil If ho refuses enn pro
ceed without hjm. It enn enter nnd
Investigate any premises and question
any persons there without warrant. It
can permit any party who might ap
pear to have a common Interest In the
matter to be Joined In the proceedings.
It can receive such evidence as It
thinks fit, "whether strictly legal evi
dence or not." It has the power ot
other magistrates to take evidence at
a distance. None of Its awards can be
set aside for any Informality; It Is re
quired that they bo not framed In a
technical manner. They cannot be
"challenged, repealed against, re
viewed, quashed, or called In question
by any court of Judicature on uny ac
count whatsoever." An award of tho
court settles wages of other conditions
for two yearn, If -it does not specify a
shorter time. Any workman mny stop
work or employer may shut down dur
ing arbitration or after an award if
he can show the court a good reason,
but If ho wants to resume during tho
life of the nward he enn do so only
by obeying Its terms. Violation of tho
nward Is not necessarily an offense.
It Is left to the court to decide whether
It shall be punished or not, but, of
course, tho court docs make such dis
obedience a, punishable offense, and
trifling with Its decisions Is likely to
prove expensive amusement. A. penal
ty of $2,500 may bo Imposed for viola
tion of nn award.
The writer of the Herald article Is
Henry D. Lloyd, nn Australian, who
thus tells ot the results of the law's
operation since Its enactment five years
ago: There has not been a strike by
organized labor, with one Insignificant
exception, since Its passage. It has
harmonized all the labor troubles
brought under Its cognizance. The
courts have been constantly strength
ening themselves and the act by their
administration of It. Capital has not
fled, but, on tho contrary, Industries
of all kinds have been flourishing as
never 'before. There have been a few
attempts to evade or disregard the de
cisions of the courts; these the Judges
have proved themselves fully able to
control and punish. Although the de
cisions have almost all been In favor of
the men, because It Is a time of pros
perity and their demands have been
made on a rising market, the employ
ers have found no serious embarrass
ment in complying with them, and
some of tho employers are tho strong
est supporters of tho measure."
It Is easy to see how a tribunal of
this character might be perverted
through politics, but the gain through
the doing away with strikes would
probably compensate for occasional in
stances of biased rulings; nnd In trm
event of notorious Injustice by the
court the people could seek redress
through the ballot If not otherwise.
This Australian plan seems to possess
more than ordinary merit. It Is worth
a trial In this country.
It we deduct tho cost of the armies
of occupation, which Is paid directly
by Uncle Sam, every one of the new
possessions Is already more than self
sustaining. By this we mean that In
the Philippines, In Cuba and In Puerto
Itlco, the receipts exceed tho expenses
other than military. Of course these
non-military expenses will Increase as
the functions of the civil governments
to be established In the Islands shall
broaden and as necessary public im
provements, such as roads, harbors,
modern sanitary appliances, school
equipment, etc., shall be developed.
But as these shall Increase so will the
ability to pay of the people who are
benefited increase and it may, wo
think, very Justly be said that thero Is
no serious danger that these new pos
sessions will financially be a load on
our hands.
To Samuel Dickie, the Prohibitionist,
Is credited the assertion that at a din
ner In St. Louis he saw President Mc
Klnley actually taste four different
kinds of wine. On the strength of
this assertion 47 members of a Metho
dlst conference which met In Wilming
ton. Del., the other day, voted to con
demn the president as a tippler. It
Is proper to say, as a matter of evi
dence, that Mr. Dickie's assertion Is
flatly denied by the ISp worth Hcratd,
a temperance newspaper; but tho
raising of such an Issue helps to illus
trate how pleasant a Job the presi
dent of the United States has.
In view of the rumor that in return
for their services In South Africa .Lord
ltoberts Is to be made a duke and
Lotd Kitchener an earl, some Ameri
cans are again wondering what re
vat d Is to be conferred by tho Ameri
can congress upon the commander who
more than any one elso engaged In the
war with Spain facilitated victory for
the Stars and Stripes. Is William T.
Sampson to bo entirely Ignored?
Some of our nervous contemporaries,
In announcing tho recovery of Hon. G.
A, Grow from his recent Illness, stale
that the machine leaders are endeavor
ing to perfect plans for his defeat.
Mr. Grow, however, does not seem to
be losing any .sleep over the subject
which Is causing autl-Quayitcs and
Democrats so much trouble.
Under Its new ownership and man
agement, the -Stroudsburg Jeffersonlan
has been thoroughly modernized and
Improved until It Is now one of the
most creditable and promising weekly
papers In the country. W proffer
most cordial congratulations.
According to one authority the Sugur
trust Is actually losing at present
something like $20,000 a day. Its pa
triotism In continuing In business for
the benefit of mankind will doubtless
be duly appreciated.
And still the streets of Scranton are
scraped, or swept on windy days with
out first being sprinkled so as to
check the distribution of microbes.
The.'ilberty-lovlng" Boer Is liable to
logo his halo unless the press censor
takes charge of Julian Ralph's corre
spondence. The mayor and the controller might
I try arbitration.
MAN WHO GRASPED
THE SITUATION
KEEN FORESIGHT OF CHARLES
EMORY SMITH.
He Saw the Bangers of n Free Trade
Policy with Puerto Rico The Good
Effects of Statesmanship Again
Demonstrated A Mistake Prompt
ly Corrected The Week of Con
gress. Special to Tho Scranton Tribune.
Washington, D. C, March 30. Tho
Puerto ltlcnn tariff agitation Is a fair
sample of the political hysterics that
always precedes a presidential cam
paign. It Is a sort of Introductory
chapter to tho campaign text book. It
always happens In a presidential elec
tion year. The under dog in the fight
starts It. It Is newspaper agitation,
nnd, of course, almost always harmless.
Newspaper people don't lie Just for tho
fun of the thing. Hardly a line has
been written on the Puerto Itlcan
question from a partisan or Interested
standpoint that bears the remotest ie
semblance to the truth. ISvery Issue ot
tl.eso papers Is a gratuitous contribu
tion to the slander and misrepresenta
tion of a vicious pnrtlzan press.
In whoso interest? Certainly not In
the Interest of American labor. In the
Interest of humanity? What nonsense.
The simple truth Is tho non-partisan
and Republican free-trader, so far as
Puerto Itlco Is concerned. Is a trader.
It seemed to be a very Innocent matter
when It was fltst suggested In the
president's message to congress last
December. And when the truth comes
out It will appear that the picsldcnt
was unwittingly misled by Republican
lenders who wore Influenced by local
interests.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, was
conspicuous among his advisers In the
preparation of his message recommend
ing free trade between the United
States and Puerto Illco. Senator Davis
is chairman of the committee on For
eign Relations. It was entirely proper
to advise with him and his Judgment
naturally carried very great weight.
It is not pleading the "baby act" to
say that the president was Influenced
by it. At the time the Washington
papers noted the senator's dally visits
to the White House. And It can be re
called how unctuously the Minnesota
senator was heralded as "tho presi
dent's closest adviser." These same
papers, about that time, suggested
Senator Davis' name for the vlce-prcsl-deney
on the Republican ticket this
year. So much prominence was given
to the suggestion It was at once said
that It came directly from the president
himself,
THE MAN OF PERCEPTION.
Though questioned on the subject by
the newspapers Senator Davis failed to
deny the soft impeachment. Denial now
is not necessary. Time has settled
that. People will not wonder, how
ever, when the story Is told hereafter
that the free-trade suggestion In the
president's message was due largely to
Senator Davis, as chairman of tho
Committee on Foreign Relations. They
will show still less surprise when It Is
also known that the one man In the
cabinet who resolutely and vigorously
opposed the Davis departure from tho
Inherent Republican policy ot protec
tion to home Interests was Charles
Emory Smith. He saw the danger at the
very Inception of the proposition. He
grasped the situation with the mar
velous perception that has more than
once saved the administration from
trouble.
With unerring, dispassionate Judg
ment ho saw Intuitively what the Re
publican policy should bo and must bo
in dealing with Puerto Rico. Ho was
right. He was more than right. He
was wise.
Tho Republican majority In congress
sustains him. It Is another vindication
of rare statesmanship, of practical com
mon business sense, ot splendid Judg
ment, of conspicuous readiness. It Is
characteristic of the man. What nn
Ideal candidate for the vice-presidency.
The place would be honored by his
nomination as It has never boon hon
ored in the history of Its existence, A
clean, able, strong man. A loyal, broad,
undisguised Republican. The represen
tative of the greatest and strongest of
all tho states.
Pennsylvania may be indifferent to
Its opportunity, hut tho Republican
party will see It when the convention
meets In Philadelphia next June. It !s
tho exception that the Juno conven
tion will bo the most notable political
gathering In the history ot the country.
Tho history, tho courage, tho achieve
ments, the wisdom, the patriotism of
the Republican party will bo there In
the eminent men nnd distinguished
leaders of the party. Charles Emory
Smith will need no Introduction to such
a body of stalwart, honest, uncom
promising, progressive Republicans. It
Is this fact, growing more obvious dally
as the time approaches, that Induces
the confident belief in tho nomination
of tho postmaster general. The first
whisperings Indicating the drift In this
direction comes from prominent mem
bers of congress. They ate now talk
ing quietly, but significantly, nbout tho
wisdom of Mr. Smith's nomination. As
postmaster general he has been in a
position to do some very effective elec
tioneering, but ho hasn't done It, If at
all Inclined to do It, it Is questionable
It he would know how. His official ac
tion is absolutely free from even a sug
gestion ot political aggrandisement.
If the Philadelphia convention comes
up to tho public expectation It will he
looking for Just such a Republican
candidate for the vlco presidency as
Charles Emory Smith.
MISTAKE PROMPTLY CORRECTED.
But to go back to the land of mo
lasses nnd rum. There has never been
'a doubt nbout the final action of the
tariff agitation In congress. When It
was discovered that absolute free
trade with Puerto Rico at this time
was Inexpedient, the mistake was
promptly corrected. Since the passage
of the Wnys and Means bill In the
house nobody who knows anything
about tho situation hero has doubted
what tho final action would be. No
body has supposed that 170 Republicans
would surrender to twelve In tho housa
or that forty-four Republican senators
would yield to a half dozen In the
senate. Bo from tho beginning It has
been clear to all who wanted to un
derstand the matter or wanted to toll
tho truth about It, that Senator Davis
free-trade policy. had not and has nut
the ghost of a chance.
But if there has been anv honest
doubt about it hitherto the senator's
recent Bpeech ought to remove It. It
was a sorry failure nnd In the 'estima
tion of many people and some sena
tor's It discredited the Integrity of his
position, It is known, of couise, that
J Senator Davis tepresents great floui'ng
mills In Minnesota, hut ns chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations It
wns not expected that his vote would
be Influenced by local trade conditions.
Well, the end of all clamor nnd sense
less speculation of disastrous political
results Is at hand. When the senate
votes next week the agitation wilt
cease, because the speculators will have
no further interest In keeping It alive,
Delay has done no hnrm. In the meitt
tlme the annual appropriation bills arc
being railroaded to completion nnd by
tho first week In June, In all probabil
ity, congress will be ready to adjourn.
The national conventions will meet
soon thereafter, and by midsummer thu
old light between Republican prosper
ity nnd Rryanlsm will bo humming
along to the complete satisfaction of
the Republican party and with every
assurance to the country of nn indefi
nite continuance of Republican pros
perity. The mirty that Is "hell for war In
time of peace and hell for peace In time
of wnr" will ignomlnlously end a short
lived existence with the close of tho
approaching campaign. Pennsy.
TOLD BV THE STABS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by AJacchui,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Abtrolubo cast: 4.32 a. m for Saturday,
March 31, 19m.
S3 S' Kg
A child born on this day will reni
that ho Is not old enough to be s.im
inoned i. witness beforo tho Scranton
Lcxow.
The faculty of hclri able to forsot Tt
the proper time Is often nore v'tlunblo
thin a wood memory.
Man's vanity Is never an Indication of
his mental weight.
When a poor mill makes a luck strike
he Is always surprised to find how many
men were "with him" nil tho time.
Some men are born lurky; others get
elected to tho councils when quite young.
Some promising young men remain In
that condition nil their lives.
Whether or not Ignoranco Is bliss often
depends on the subject.
AJncchus' Advice.
Do not be blinded by prejudice. Get
out on the streets of Scranton and give
the dust a chance at your eyes.
Do not bo too ready to question the
motives of a reformer. He may be on
salary and Inspired by a desire to earn
wages.
Do not attempt to ur-gue away the hal
lucinations of a crank. Take a club.
PERSONALITIES.
Paul Potter, former Journalist and now
dramatic author, has formed a syndlc-ite
to control the English nnd Oct man plays.
Leo XI II. has now been more than f
years a priest, mole than halt n century
ii bishop and almost half a century a
cardinal.
James P. Stcrrett, who retires In Janu
ary from the chief justiceship of the
Pennsylvania supreme court, was onco
the law preceptor of Senator Quay.
Lord Kredegat. ot London, who Is one
of the survivors of the nnlaklava chnrgc,
has had his entire stable of IS horses
requisitioned by the government for the
Transvaal.
Miss Birdie Raum. Columbia, Mo., Is
freight agent for tho Wabash railroad.
She robots every train through tho day
and superintends nil tho freight and
transfer business.
Professor Archibald Cooledge, of tho de
partment of history of Harvard uni
versity, and his father have given the
university library their valuable collec
tion ot 10,000 volumes beating on the
Crusades. ,
Miss Eva Grace Bnell, granddaughter
of Amos J. Snell, the Chicago million
aire, who was murdered ten years ago.
Is going on tho stace. She Is 20 years
old, beautiful, and has a fortune in her
own rlqht.
Judge John A. Barnhnm, who Is men
tioned as the successor In tho senate of
Senator Stephen M. White. Is one of
the best known Jurists In California, and
Is said to have been the richest lawyer
In the slate.
THE CROAKER.
Once on the alge of n pleasant pool,
Under the bank whero 'twas dark and
cool,
Where tho bushes over the water hung,
And lushes nodded and grasses swung.
Jest whero the crick flowed outer tho bog,
There lived n grumpy nnd mean old frog,
Who'd set all day In the mud and soalc,
And Just do nothing but creak and croak.
Till a blackbird hollered, "I say, yet
know
What Is the matter tl.er below?
Are you In trouble, er pain, rr what?"
The fiog scz: "Mine Is a i-rful lot;
Nothln' but mud nnd dirt and slime
lVr mo to look at jest all the time;
It's a dirty world," so the olo fool spoke,
Croaklty-croakity croakity-croak.
i
"But yer lookln' down," tho blackbird
said;
"Look at the bUssoms overhead.
Look at the lovely summer skies,
Look at tho bees and butterflies;
Look up, olo feller. Why, bless your
soul,
Yer lookln' down In a mus' rat hole."
But; still, with a gurglln' sob and choke,
Tho blamed ole critter would only croak.
And a vlc old turtle who brooded near,
Sez to tho blackbird: "Friend, see here;
Don't shed no tears over him, for he
Is Jest low down' cause bo likes tcr be;
He's one cr them kind er chumps that's
glad
To be so mls'rahlo-llke nnd Fad:
I'll tell yer somethln' that nln't no Joltc,
Don't wnsto yer souow on folks that
croak." Selected.
FIR! 1TM
Roll Top Desks,
Flat Top -Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Chairs
A Large Stock to Select
from. .
m & Coooeli
121 N. Woshlujfton Ave.,
IFF
ALWAYS BUSY.
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Afro U""J vtfrim9
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"K0RRECT SEkmr
More friends every day. Tho cause
easy to buy, easy to wear.
$3.50, $4.00 and $5.00.
Lewis. ReJUy & Davies,
114-118 Wyoming Avenue.
Mlroad Men
Get Ready
for Inspection!)
We have now a full line of
all makes of Watches that
we guarantee to pass.
Buy your Watches of au
old reliable house. Not sotu?
agent who will opeu shop for
two or three months and then
skip out. We are here to
stay. Our guarautee is "as
good 'as gold." Prices as
low as any. "
JHUERCiEREAU &C0NNELL
130 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
The Hunt &
Conoell Co,
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light WSrlng, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.-
04 Lackawaima Aran
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
tneiul Agent tortus Wyoialux
District .'--
Uiulne, Ulastlnc.SporUuT, SmoKaioii
and the Kopauuo CuomU-a!
Cuaipiny-J
tafcty 1'inc, Cupi nnd Kxploiock
iiooua 401 Couuetl UiiUdlaj.
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AUHNUll&i
THOS. FOTtD.
JOHN B. SMITH & BON,
W. E. MULLIGAN.
Plttston.
Plymouth.
Wllkes-Bsirre.
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POiDEB.
A hotel kpsr had been suffering for four years with Indigestion and dyspepsia.
Night after night he would lie awaVe in bed tossing and rolling, the inside of hit
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Momach, being thus disordered, contaminated his blood, making it impure, so that
rheumatism eventually took hold upon him and it was with difficulty that lie was eea
able to walk. At the climax of nit thN, lie heard of Kipans Tabules. The first Tab.
ulc give him relief. A soon as the cntlie package had been taken, he found that
there was a marked improvement in liis case. lie states that the illnes has now en
tire! left him and that he believes that Uipatr Tabules have made a new roan of hlr.u
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FINLEY'S
FOR
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We have the exclusive agency
for the celebrated
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makes of Kid Gloves, and our
lines are now complete for th
Easter
Trad.
Among the newest things
shown we mention the char
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and Gum shades with pearl
clasp Napoleon ''Suedes" iu
Modes, Tans, Greys and
Blacks. New Pastel Shades
in Suede and Glace, kid with
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510-512
&
Teachers and superintendents de
siring for class use in picture study,
something that is substantial and
inexpensive will find these beautiful
new reproductions of great value.
We have ioo dilTerent subjects to
select from. The prices are very
reasonable and the assortment is
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With tills book the simple act of
writing produces a copy. Any
letter head can be used and a copy
produced from pencil or any kind
of pen and Ink. When the book is
filled, extra tillers can be purchased
from us at very little cost. Two
sizes and bindings in stock.
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Stationers and Engravers,
Scranton, Pa.
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