THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1000, l3e l&craitfon CrfBune PubliaheJ Dally. Except Sunday, by Tho Trlbuno I'linllslilne Company, nt Fifty Cent a Month. LIW 8. niCHAUD, Editor. O. P. mXBEK, UuMrces Mntineer. New Yolk Office! 150 Nnpjnu St. S. S. VKHKLAND. Sol Accnt for Foreign Advertising. Entered nt tli PostcfTlce nt Scranton, i'a., as BC(.onuuiu59 .amu muuci. When pnce will permit. Tho Tribune la nlwnjR Rind to print short '.stters from Its frlendi benrlnp. on current topics, but In rule 1b that these, must bo stoned, for publication, by tho writer's .rent numo: nnd the condition precedent to ncceptnnco Is thnt nil contributions shall bo subject 10 editorial revision. TEN PAGES! SCHANTON, AIMUI. 1, 1W0. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Legislature. First Dlstrlct-TIIOMAS J, iu:y. COLDS. Second DWtrlct-JOIIN SCIint'Kll, JR. Tlicie Is ip.'ison to fear tint Hon. "U'lllliun .1. Smith, repiospntatlve of 1ho Nineteenth wnnl In common coun cil, lun entered upon his olllclal rateer with a mlmindeiKtandJiiK of the rules of the Kiuno. Honorable men do not enter tho cn.uc.it8 of thfli pnity, pit tlrlpatc In Its pioceei!liiK, and then without nnrnlmr vote (onttary to thu caucus decision The public ofHolal who IndulRPH In that kind of politics ns a. rale does not remain Ions In public life. The Reorganization of Councils. -t ni: i:u:ction of wiiiium n I (iildlths ns i halt man of JL common council and of Chat lea "WnRitcr as ihnli- man of select Insures an efllclent 01- Kanlzatlon of the new council1, which Is heightened by the unanimous io- electlon;of Martin Luvelle as city cleik. It Is no exasperation to sa of Mr. Lavellc thnt he Is the best Informed man in the cltv of Set. niton on muni cipal affahs, and consldeilnj; that h Is a Demociat and that both councils are Republican his letentlon In oillco ulthout opposition is u compliment veiy unusual In thesn das of piactical politics. The now councils enter upon their duties at a time when public sentiment is more insistent thnn formerly upon dean methods in city po eminent They will need to cpcct a much 111010 lKlIant semtiny of their pioceedlngs than has pi e ailed dm lug the recent past. The condition of the elt'H finances, the need of large Imple ments consequent upon the city's rapid Eiottth, and especially the demand for economy and simple honehty In jnctliods of legislation combine to gie to their deliberations duiiiiK the com ing jc.u a new measure of importance ic public Is not only dlrgusted with the l.i and indlffeient wavs of the pa-t, but Is also In a mood to give emphasis to its disgust If maiked Im provement in these particulars shall not be exhibited. Lng-i oiling, the playing of section against section and the earning Into the council cham ber of small piejudlccs and spites these may be to some extent Inevitable but It is well to state at once that the public will expect less of this kind of thing than has been the rule hitherto. Those who. shall stand In the way of that expectation must prepaio for tiouble. Those who bhall stand fear lessly for decency and Intelligent methods will not, as In the past, h.ue to fight alone. The citizen who does not understand the ins and outs of the Tuerto Itican tariff attention can find full infoima tlon In the speech of Senator Depew, which is pilntcd cl&cnhcte in this is sue. Working flen's Aid Societies. AltnCKNT lenort made by John C. Coveit, United States consul at Lons, Franco, to the state de pat tinent presents in inteiestlng fash Ion a description of one of the sociolo gical cxpeiiments which at piesent aro common thioughout Europe tho woik Ingmen's nid societies of Fiance Their title describes their puipos. Any class of citizens woilclnirmon tleiks, small or large shopkeepeis, girls or boys can organize a society and have it appioved by the govern ment, which appoints Its pipsldent. Tho membeis must bo proved able to pay the monthly dues, to give aid In sickness, and to deposit In the govern ment bank. AH such deposits aie in vested In government bonds, which never diaw more than 3 per cent Inter est. The government nppioptiates enough to bilng this interest up to 46 per cent., which Is left to acctimu n Ihtp'-for an old age pension fund. . ,-. PPPPMIS tan bq.mado jn any village ,.,jwlif;ie-,th.er Is a, postolllca or taji. col rf.lootoi.,, Onovftanc. 10 1 cents, Is the least sum lecplved, but, as deposits v ciah be made' in postage stamps, many ''pocqile'" begin by saving a one-cent ''.sfamp'makinfi: the deposit when the ft S " , f " " n , , ..'ire .nmoupts to SO en.tn. Not, over .!& iUancs. , J0i3.CO, can be deposited 'by;aijyjo'iie pqrson In any one yeai. ' If ,a.-huiibanc.l and wife deposit in one account the entile pension passes to ahvtsurvivor. Thu pension up to $G9.4S tUnmit be-'Melzed for debt, nnd if It be 'ihcesitit'of it gift it cannot be seized, We'll .tnouBli It exceed this limit. In 'lSd8 "iljd deposits numbered 2,284,224, "ainoupti'n tbj8,f,9C,P20, and theio wete .; (SH.W .U?w necpunt.tipened. The giand 'itfJtal,of,jecolpts from May, 1831, to De- tqmbep.'.ai, 1S98, was $311,278,424. In '189SJtherc were? 12,0pO of tjiese, sotletles Wlth 2,500,'000 members. They have dls jtl.b.Jl!!d ViV '.lOf.OOO to needy mem Pf, jae 9n.hand oyer $37,800,000, and pay annual pensions to 00,000 aged peo ple. There arc two kinds of capital arlp 'U f'ol0,tlieSP dppqsJts, ."lebervedi" ffjlleb, rfei.Ar(s tfi the belrB It the dopos Tto? aieiifore trfo cTifto'for enjoying thepjWiiy ancl S-atienatecl." which J.KWflnntl'l.TneAl tMHtl af .the death 'W-tlfe, cTcWsftor, Airdeposlfs unclaimed Mteiwjftjxeain nlw go to tlj general niT.cetViioTaJlQwod under tho, litrsileil ciflHtnrnlau are considerably W' higher than those "resulting from re- served capital. Tho pensions vary, of tottrsp, according to the amounts de posited, and It Is not pqsslble to give detailed Instances of the woi kings ot this s stein, but a salng of two cents a day, or JC Wi per jeat. for 16 yeais, Jlelds nt fiO, reset od capital, an ni come of $2C,S3, or of $10.14 under the alienated capital plan. At C." the ie speetlNe incomes aie 130 F3 and $42.37. and at to they ate GJ.SS and J9S.2S. It a father deposits 100 francs, $19.30, for a chlfd lluee eats old, thu pensions at 60 under the two plans, will he $7.51 and $'i.84 iesjeetlvely; at (50 $17.70 and $21.11.!, and at C" $20 82 nnd $10 07. ., Thu plan differs In detail tathei than In piiuclplc fiom many foiins of Indus ttlal life InsuiniKc common in the fulled States Its chief Intel est from an Ameiicau standpoint Is the illus tintion which it gives of one of the means wheteby the French government does so much to encouiage that splilt of thrift among the common peopl" which is the piedumlnnnt chatac teilstlc of modem Fiance Authoiltatle announcement has been made bv ("hall man Payne, of tne as and means committee, that this congiess will do nothing for the lpllet of the men who hap been wiongfully ovetchaiged b the government In Its tax upon alcohol used In the aits. Hut -Mr. Pauip has been known to change his mind. Better Postal Facilities. IX COMMnXTlXO upon the suc cess of the effoit to obtain a bianch post olllce for the West ( Side and upon thu endeiuor which Is to be made by the congi ess man fiom this dlstilct to secure the In clusion of Lackawanna county within the limits or imal flee delivery, th Times txpicsses a hope that some thing may also be done to secure the benefits of ft op deltveiy In Jermn, Aichbald, Olyphant, Dunmo-e and Talor. Out contemporaty Is doubt less awaio that the rules of the post olllce depjitment piovlde fot the ex tension of tree delivery In boroughs autdtnatlcally, based upon the volume of postal business done In them. It Is not piobable that exceptions can be seiutod to such titles, but we feel sute that Congtessman Connell, who Is giv ing to the aileron of impiovlng our postal facilities a gtcat deal of careful attention, will leave nothing undone which can conti Unite to the conveni ence of the Inhabitants of those tin ly ing boioughs. In the meanwhile, the question of iui.il ftee -deliveiy Is one which Intei ests Inhabitants of boioughs scarcely less than the lesldents of the townships themselves, inasmuch as the success ful development of imal mall facili ties tends to Inciease the exchange of business between the boioughs and townships bv bilnging tho people of t.he latter Into closet touch with the maikets of the founer and stimulating wants which aie now doimant because of tho infiequency of mall communi cations. Whet ever mini fiee dellveiy has been tiled long enough to cause Its advantages to be thoroughly estab lished, the icsttlt has uniformly been additional prospeilty in both country and town, and we see no leabon to doubt that this would also be the effect in Lackawanna count. Mr Webster Davis like Mr Mactuin, appeals to be suffeting fiom the weight of an untold secret. The Shipping Bill as Amended. T Un SHIP SUBSIDY bill us finally nmended in commit tee and leported to the house provides that vessels lnunced befoie J.inuaiy last can for ten eais, nnd vessels launched after that date can for twenty yeais, under cut tain conditions, receive subsidies fiom mil government not to exceed $f'. 000,000 In amount in any one jear. The subsidy can be earned by those vessels only which aie engaged in the foreign tinde of the United States or In tiado between the United Stales and poits belonging to the United Stutes which aie under the navigation laws of the X'nited States. Sail and steam vessels aie to lecelve on each enti,not exceeding sixteen en tiie,s in one year, one and one-half cents per gioss ton fin each 100 nau tical miles not exceeding 1.500 outvvnrd bound, und the same distance home ward bound, and one cent for each ad ditional 100 miles, ptov tiled thut full compensation shall not bt allowed, un less the ship shall have cleaied fiom a United States pent with caigo to tho amount of fifty per cent of her gioss tonnage, tonnage space sold bj the j eat ot for any peilod of time, and space devoted to passengeis and malls to be deducted In addition to tho above compensation steam vessels aie to i delve giaded allowances, based on theli size and speed, the lowest being fou i -tenths of a tent per gioss ton for eacli one hunched nautical miles sailed outwaid bound liy vessels of moio than two tousand gioss tons, and with a speed of eleven knots und less than twelve, and the highest being two and three-tenths cents per gross ton for each one hunched nautical miles sailed outwaid bound b vtsbels of moie than ten thousand gioss tons and with a speed of tventy-one knots or over. An amendment makes the giaded late foi homewnul bound voyages SO per cent ot tho outward bound lates The effect Is to U'duce the compensation that would have been allowed by the oiiglnal bill. In the oilglual bill no vessel slower than 'foui teen knots was to lecelve graded compensation. The limit In th amended bill Is eleven knots. The pxpendltuips In any one year are limited to $9,00,000, as In the original bill, but an amendment Is, Inserted pio vidlng' that no more than seventy per cent shall be expended In any one year In respect ot vessels engaged In the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf tinde, except In case the v easels in the Pacific tiade shall not require the whole amount of thirty per cent of the $9,000,000. A new section Is Inserted limiting tho com pensation under the act to vessels of class Al, and another new section pro. vldes that vessels launched after Jan uary 1, 1900, shall receive full compen sation for Urn first ten yeais, and that for the next ten years theio shall bo a successive decrease' of live per cent of the""orlglnnl rate, each year, provid ed that this l eduction, and n. reduction caused by pro-tatlng the $9,000,000, shall not be united, but that the one. shull be applied that will make the lurgest l eduction. The section enumer ating the vessels not entitled to com pensation undpr the net Is amended so ns to Include vessels carrying passen gpts or caigo which, under the laws of the t'nlted States, could not lawfully be carried by n foielgn vessel; vessels cnnylng any p.issengets or cargo fiom. the Atlantic or Gulf coast of the Unit ed States to the Pacific, coast of the t'nlted States or to tho Isthmus of Darlen, C'ential America or Mexico, or fiom the Pacific roast of tho United States to the Atlantic or CSulC coast or to the Isthmus of 'Darlen, Central Aineilca or Mexico; nnd essels con si lifted for and used for carrying niln eial nils or other liquid cargo. An amendment entitles vessels fiom the Oieat Lakes to potts outside of Can ada and Newfoundland to compensa tion. The gteat question undei lying the foiegolug details is whether It Is worth while for the United States, in the en deavor to lestoie her banished ocean commeice, to tiy the plan of direct mibsldle." so successfully tried by the other maritime poweis. It Is every whete conceded thnt we want to find a means of escape from paying to for eigner, ear after year, $180,000,000 or thereabouts In annual freight on our goods which their vessels carry from poits or lading to poits of sale. The only means of escape Is to Induce our people to build vessels of their own and do the cartlng under the Ametl can Hag. This inducement does not now exist for the reason that foreign vessels, enjojing benefit of cheaper la bor cheaper matcilals and government subsidy, can underbid our ship-owners so thnt the latter cannot do business. Tho subsidy plan alms to protect them against this foielgn competition so that they can once get falily started in the ocean cairlng business; after that It is believed that they can take caie of themselves It is good Republican doctrine, which means that it is good common sense. One of the saddest eommontailes on the degeneracy of the community' Is found in the fact that for u week past an exhibition that would shame the be nighted denizens of Terra del Fuego has been In progress on one of the pilnclpal avenues of the city, and has tiansacted a nourishing business. Per sons who will pa money to witness such an exhibition as that given on Lacka wanna avenue aie but a grade above the exhibited freak that eats live snakes. It ought not, In any civilized country, to be necessary for the police to put a stop to such disgusting per formanc es, the common sense of the people ought to stop them by let using to pationbe them. The fact that the pilnclpal agitation against the proposed tariff for Puerto Itlco comes from the speculators lather than from the people should be a suffi cient guaiantee that the measuie will be beneficial to the country In the end. Outline Sttidies of fUinian Nattire Memory. SUPLTUXTEXDEXT of Delivery Charles F. Swan, of the Detroit post office, is famous among his fi lends as a story teller. This is one of his latest Dennis Houlihan, a public contiactor and an ex-alderinnn died. He had come over fiom Ireland when a bov, and from the bottom rung of the lad der had climbed through a series of fallutes and successes until at last he was lowaided with llches In leason fibie amount and political prefeiment bejond the dieam ot his ancestors. The funeral was made notable by the many beautiful floral offerings sent by tho business and political friends of the deceased. When the widow came In for a fate well look at her honest spouse she had enough of femenlne cuiiositj left to glance up, between the spasms of her lamentations, at the llower designs that suiiounded the bier. "Anah, Dlnny, dear, ef ez cud only on'y see th' putties thot they hev biung yes' ' she moaned. "O niel O m ! Help be a pillow of daisies, Dln ny boy. fpt ez t' shlape on In paia dlse. An' heie be th' gates o'Jar thot "111 let ez In tor glory (Sniflle. snlflle, snlllle). An', O me! O my' Here be th' golden haittip made o' posies, Dlnny deal, but they didn't know as jez ui th' musician on th' accordeen, at nil, nt all (More sniflle). Yes Mil hev t' leant th' hniiup, Dlnny boy." The widow's curious eyes continued to take in the adornments of the moutnlng-room with a tearful appie clatlon ot the honois done her "Dlnny" in the hour of death. Suddeny she espied near the foot of the casket a huge anchor of lllllts. Not having nautical knowledge enough to under stand the poetic significance of the emblem, and being paiticularly sen sitive to the subject ofiher husband's humble origin, she lost her temper and foignt hergtlef In this Impassioned In quit : "Who th' dlvll slnt thot pick?" De ttolt Free Piess. Bound to Have a Dlffeience. IT IS TOLD of a retired fanner that 1 after tttumlng from a continental tour on which he had long set his heait, he was nartatlng one evening to hit i i lend, the doctor, how he had vlsltPd 'the majestic Lake of Geneva nnd tiodden "the banks of lllue Le man," i elates the New York Tribune. "Excuse me," Interrupted the doc toi, "Lake Geneva and Lake Lcinan aie synonymous." "Thut, my dear sli." replied the faimer, "I know ?! well; but ute you aware that Iike Leman Is the mote sjnonymous of the two'.'" A Logical Seduction. AGHAXDFATHnrt well known In tho Kngllsli house of commons, was chatting amicably with his little giauddaughter, who was snugly en sconced on IiIh knee. "What makes your hair so white, grandpa?" the lit tle miss queried. "I ntn very old, my dear; 1 was In tho ark," teplled his lordship, with a painful dlsregaid of the truth, "Oh! are you Noah?" "No." "Are jou Shem, then?" "No." "Then," said the little one, who was fnst near Ing the limit of her biblical knowledge, "you must bo Japhet." A negative reply was given to this query ulso, for the old gentleman Inwardly won dred what ths outcome would be. "Hut, grandpa, If you are not Noah, or fShem, or Hntn, or Japhet jou must be ft beast." Household Winds. When Not to Keep Books. SII11 DHCIDHD thnt tho only way to run a house economically was to keep a set of book3! she made all ncessniy purchat.es, Including a bot tle ot led Ink, nnd started In. It wns a month later when her hus band asked her how she was getting along, "Splendidly." she replied. "The system Is a success, then?" "Yes, Indeed. Why! I'm $60 ahend nit en dy." 'Sixty dollnrs!" he exclaimed "Heav ens! You'll be rich befoie long. Have you started a bank nccountV" "Xo-o; not yet." "What have you done with the money?" "Oh, I haven't got the money, ou know. That's only what the books show. Hut Just think ot being $60 ahend'" "Um, yps. Hut I don't exactly see " "And all In one month, too " "Ot couise; but the money? What has become of that?" "I don't exactly know," she said, doubtfully. "I've been thinking of thnt, and I think we must hnve been robbed. What do you think we had better do about If" He puffed his pipe In solemn silence for a moment, and then suggested: "We might stop keeping books. That's easier than complaining to tho police." T. L MtGrath In Woman's Home Companion. The Value of a Stimulus. BEFOUK Loid Roberts left Cape Town be called Into bis office a eel tain colonel, nnd charged him with a certain mission, lelatea the Xcw York Post. "X'ow," tald the thief, "how soon can ou put this thiough I know you'll do the best you can." "Well," teplled the colonel, "I'll try to do It In a foitnlght " "Well." Lotd Kobeits repeated, "I know jou will do the very best you can." and with a pleasant smile he dis missed tho officer. Outside the door he met Loid Kltchenei. "Well?" said Kitchener, with business-like abruptness. "Ob," said the colonel, "I have Just seen the chief, he wants ine to do so and i.o." "When nie you going to get It through " "Well," said the colonel, "I prom ised to try and do it in a foitnlght." ' Xo, colonel," was Kltchenei'i re plv, "if this is done within a. week we shall have to see about sending you home " And done It was Questioned His Sobiiety. MAJOR Haford Thoiold, who Is now In South Afilca, second In com mand, First battalion, Duke of Wellington's regiment, tells a story of his expei lences in Matabeleland In 189G, when sent to restoie order in a little township called Gwelo, says Colllei's AVeekly. On aiilv.il theio lie found the acting commandant (an ex-stoiekoep-er) in a state boiderlng on dellilum tremens; so he had him locked up. The commandant, howeVet, managed to bieak out and make his way to the telegiaph office, whence he dispatched the following wire. "Ohrrrnberluin, London "Man here named Thoiold questions mv sobrlpty. Who Is Thorold? Wire at once to avert bloodshed." PERSONALITIES. Adellna Pnttl has taken up the zither banjo, and plas her own accompaniment frequently vvhfii singing before her Inti mate friends. The wife ot President l.oubet, of France, celebrated her X'ow Year's by giving 130 widows enocgh monej to pay their Jnnuary rpnt. John D. Rockefeller ias thut his pri vate secretary, Miss Hauls, Is one of the most valuable emplojes In bis service for sagaelo nnd good judgment Archbishop L'orrlgan has made the studv of the Italian language obligatory on all theological students In bis diocese In or der that Italian '"athollcs may bo ie.it.lied more effectually. Xelther of tho thieo BrllMi soldleis who have wen peerages on the battlefield lias a son Lord Rubeits has Just lost his heir. Lord Kitchener Is unman led and Lord WoJselo's onl child Is a dnughtcr. Queen Victoria has conferred a Now Year honor on Haron Ciomer, the ISiltish diplomatic agent in Kg) pt, who has been nppolnted a member of the privy council, which gives him the light to pieflx his name with "Right Honorable ' Mis. S. S. Piatt preside nt of the tien eial Ftdeiatlon of Woman's dubs, tus tbegener.il federation biennial meeting, to bo held In Mllw unlet e next June, will bo the biggest thing of tho kind on record, with over $o.000 women In attendance Streno K. Fa)ne, (hull man of the house wa)s and mean committee, has u voice which Is tho envy and despali ot mot congressmen in cair.ving power it has! no equal, and though eveiy s) liable Is plain all over tho house the tono are never haish or wear) lug Aim Ruth Seneca, an Indian princess, Is stud)ing medicine at the Medlco-Chli-Uiglcal hospital 111 Philadelphia She took tx classic coulee in tho Carlisle Indian school, wheio she developed her love for nursing tho -fck Two of her In others weie on the Carlisle foot ball team Chicago women buvo stinted u move ment to present Geneials Joseph Wheel, er nnd Fltzhugb Leo each with a sword costing $'i,000, and to petition congiess to make tho two tenowned southern llghteis major generals Miss Annie Mnlie De Heck Is the originator of the project Uy tho will of Caiollne Hi ewer Croft, who died in Kngluud some time ago, ul. most $100,000 goes to llnivaid unlverslt), to be devoted to the Investigation ot the disease of cancer. Mis Cioft was much Impressed with tho honors of Incut able diseases, nnd dining bei life had given much money for the treatment of cancel Colonel W. S Metcalf of the Twen tieth Kansas voluteeis. who lias just been cwmmlsHloued a brigadier general b) brevet for meritorious sei vices In action at Oulgeuto liver, near Luzon, Is said to bo the. best pistol shot In tho volun teer nrmy. He has practiced with a io volver for over twenty ears. Sllss Kstelle Reel, superintendent of all Indian schools In the Utile d States, Is at work on a bill to be lull educed In con gress having for lis object the compul sory education of nil Indian cliildiPii. bhe Is firmly of opinion that these waids of the nation should be taught useful Hades, to the end that they may be able to eain their own living. Charles Algernon Parlous, the Inventor of the Paisons steam turbine, was boin in London In Put, and Is the fourth sur viving sou of the lato Karl ot Itobse, of Hirr castle, Parsonstown, heland, well known as thu builder of the Rot-to tele scope. Mr. Paisons was graduated rrom Cambridge In HTC, nnd the )ear utter en tered the works of Lord Armstrong as an apprentice. James L. Wliltnciy, who has been elect ed librailau of the lioston Public Hilary to succeed Htrbcit Putnum, the present librarian of congiess, Is a member of the noted family ot the Into Joslah D Whitney, of Noithamptou, Mass., all of whoso sons became pi eminent In ths learned professions. Tho two best known of the brothers wciu Je-Knh DvvUht Whitney, tho geoloplst, Hi.d William Dwlght Whitney, the philologist ooooooooooooooooo I In Woman's Realm t ooooooooooooooooo THU NKWS that Paul Leicester Ford 1 Is to matry a Miss Kidder, of Hrook l)ii, N. Y., is a sin prise to many who hnvo believed the famous novelist, would never many, owing to the fact thnt cur vature of tho spine has produced serious deformity. Ills bilde-tcebe, who Is a very pretty girl, evidently valued the soul und tnlent of Mr. Ford bevond mete physical grace nnd strength. The famous author has u handsome head mid deep brilliant e)es. His idenls of womanhood nre high trt judge by mot of the femlnlii" erea. tlons of his pen, but thev nre not, on the whole, ns satlsfuctoiy us the men who live In his books In the "Stoty of nit Untold Love." which the average woman reader usually accepts as to somo degree containing his own personality, tho hem Ine Is a vague, nngellc being whoso "eyes were too diessy for the daytime." Tho women In Ids loifg novel, the "Honorable Peter Stirling" nre Indefinite nnd elusive, while Jniilce Meredith Is distinctly objec tionable as the t)pe of nny generatl in of Amerlcnn women. It will bo Interesting to rend a new book from Mr. Fold's pen since love opens up n illnViont future from the public bud planned for him Tun discussions over pure wnlcr nnd milk, good sewerage, etc, have shown tip a number of vagal les which exist In the, popular nillid. Architect Holden, In bis lecent addiecs, told of some of these oddities. One was the mil veisal notion regarding station iry wnsh bislns. The old sjsteni wns unmlslnl.e ably menacing to health, where the sewer gas could rln Into th" room, but the modern plumbing when the ventllnted s.vstem Is used leally obviates nil danger. People often scrupulousl) put tho stop per In the! Jraln pipe nt night when sleeping In n room where they intcitnln suspicions nbout the plumbing and nllow water to half till the wflsh bowl, entirely overlooking the fact that tho ovciflovv vents remain open, still allowing nn es enpe of gnses if nny exist Persons of an extremely cnutlous tuin of mind, who travel much, have been known to enrry a supply of little corks, with which thev painstakingly eloe up these snnll ori fices. As these number about fourteen, the traveling man who Is so careful of his health as tills will probably find little time for ruining his soul with poker jila) Ing. which n Phlladolphln salesman evangelist savs Is tho be?ettlng tempta. tlon of the commercial traveler with Ms evenings on his hands. The caring wllo may therefore assist In the moral protec tion of her travelling husband bv insist ing that bis peregrinations shall lip ac companied b) little lound pegs whlfh he must rellglouslv place In the holes of the stationary wash basin every night TIIK annual g)mnaslle pxhlbltlon of the Young Women's Christian association will bo held at the hlt,h school au ditorium Tuesday evening, April 21 Miss Mlckle, the ph)slcal director, has pte pnied a most Interesting programme for the occasion, nnd no doubt the huge ball will be filled with an enthusiastic nuill enre m ONLY IN JEST. Leveling. "Pugilism," said the solemn man. "brings man to the level of the brute." "Worse than that." said the man with the red nose. "It often brings him to the level of the floor." Indianapolis News. Joint, "fieen having an encounter with iheu. matism, old man? ' "Yes, a Joint debate." Dctiolt Journal. Not a Failing. She Is drink one ot bis fallings? Tho Wife It's not a falling. Its his gieat success Rail Imoie News. His Thinker. He I alwa)s sav what I think. She Oh! Then that must be the reason that you often sit aicund for an hour at a time without sa)lng a word. Chicago Times-Herald. Behind the Engine. Quliin Which is the swiftest animal? DeFontc Well, I've heard of an ele phant making a mile a minute. Qui nn Preposterous,? Wheio was this wonderful elephant? DoFonte On a circus train Chicago News. Ait and Utility. "Her fan adonis jour studio wall, Does this gift wear loves aureole?" I asked. He smiled. ' t li, not at all; It eovcis up a stoveplpo hole" Chicago Rccoid How These Girls, Etc. Mildred What a beautiful blown hair Hattio has! Marina Yes, its a perfect chestnut New Yoilc li ess. TJnpiofttable. New Golfer Did )ou learn to swear in dialect? . Old Golfei No, It isn't woith while. Ry tho time vou have lenined )ou wld play so well that jou hnvo no occasion to swear. Deti oil Join nil. The Unfashionable Ciecd. "Uncle Chilstopbei, what was the prim ltlvn church?' "Well, It was a church which valued its poor members ns much as It did Its rich ones. 'Indianapolis Journal. Thoughtful, Did our giandmothi i remember )uu in her will'" "Yes; shc- had a clause in there in structing the executors to collect nil the loans she had made me "Baltimore News Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hill & Cooeell 121 N. 'Wiishliigloii Ave., office " MaBBKL FUR! JIBE' y5rw WfifiSHf ALWAYS UUSY. - -4 HfOr-""')! "KQRRiECT SHAPE" More friends every day. Tho cause easy to buy, cusy to wear. $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. Lewis. ReJlly & DavJes, 1H-116 Wyoming Avenue. MlroaQl 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 an old reliable house. ' Not some agent who will open shoo for two or three months and then skip out. We are here to stay. 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He found that a Tabule til.fi now tad then lept hun (rem getting ck in that polluted atmewphere TI en there va a man uho mrirlH lit .1 mil m na In llkin nl,a. ik. -. . ! t .V. 1.if. - . I. t v... ... .. . ...... v,,, h,,. , t,tM uimiikc unncr ine urns mauc u impoiMMe tr ctl tore air. the air being Unxd to the men by great fans whtch would omttIo- ceas t er motion on uttount of break the machinery and iheu the air would become ven tad Indeed, causinc pains .m ....-.., -...., ... .4i....iK. ..... uiuu luuuua uiuant jauuiciaiccnai lucna ume would pre aervenini irom the pain he had previously experienced. Another mlaer,ell known In Scranton. I'a . wflercdlrom the loalatniocpherehe Irc-Jthcdforco raany)eari in thcmln.i,resulili!jMhcrefri.m!h caMt and damp. "Mj itoraacii niflered mow," .aid he. Finally he -i Induced to iniU fill of Rlpant Tabulei, and wii o muth benefited that lie now make, a practice of carrying a fewef ll o PJ I'abulei Id hit pocket o m to be able in .wallow one at the Urn .urn of approachlnr trouble. The fourth caieli lint of a Hhlladelphia tailor who had charge of the manuficturire department, and waiobbgtd to spend houre al a time in the pic.slhit, tponeine, and Ironing depart merit in an overheated Ji where th.) atmoephere 1 very heavy and disagreeable This resulted in giving hint frequent headaches, from which he sometimes suffered great torture '1 tic medicines prencn'xd by (! ijuytiti-n on'ogiii no rcuri, n'i ne wav ne saia, an ine crge oi uespair wuen a irlend ona diy advised him to try Ulpin. 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