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THE SUHAJNTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY , Al'lllL 9, l'JUU.
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SCIIANTOX, A PHIL. 9, 1900.
STATE CONVENTION CALL.
To the republican Electors of I'cnnsyl.
Ulllll'
r utn eliiectcel by the Republican ntnto
Lommlttpo to iinncutico thut the Repub
lican? of rennnyhaiilu, by their duly
clicpen leprosentiitUe. will meet In ton
xi'nllou nl tho opera house, In the- city of
llurrlsburg, on Wednef-day, Apill 2o. 13W.
lit lO.M o'clock ;. m., for the purpoco of
lnnliiiUIng cmullelntes for tho tollowlr.g
ulllreo, Ic wit:
One person for the cfllc'e of nudltor gen.
crul.
Two persons for the olllco of coiiGress-iriiin-iit-lHige.
Thirty-two perfons (fonr-iit-hii,re) for
pibMldcntl.il electors, line! to choo.?o right
oelcRatc and eight iiltcrnateR-nt-latsn
to tho Hcpiihllenn national reinvention to
be held In riilliidelphlu on Tuesday, the
iiiiip'.oentli dav of Juno next, anil for tin
tinusnctlf n of such other business as
limy be piesentcd.
In accordance with tho rule adopted at
the Ftate convention held In Harrlsburg
ii'i August Still, lost, the representation
In tho state convention will bo based on
the volo polled at the last presidential
elecllon. Under this Mile crch leglslntlvn
district Is entitled' to one delegato for
every two thousand vote cast for tho
nrexldentlal electors, In 1S, and an addi
tional delegate for every fraction of
two thousand votes pollfd In excess of
one thousand. Each district Is entitled
to tho same number of delegates as rep
resented It In tho convention of 1893.
Tly order of tho Republican stato com
mittee. Frank Recder, Chairman.
W. It. Andrews, C. E. Voorlioes, Sec
retaries. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Legislature.
First DIstrlct-TIIOMAS
REY-
MOLDS.
Second DIstrlct-JOHN SCHEUER, JR.
The American public does not like
to be discourteous to a woman. Mifl.
Dewey had, therefore, better keep out
of politics.
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The Lesson of the Primaries.
" yRIMARIES were held on Sat-
' I urday In twelve counties; the
JL regular Republicans won In
ten, tho Insurgents In one
nnd the twelfth county Is claimed by
both sides. In most of the counties
where the lines were clearly drawn as
they were against Dr. Mackey In the
Third Lackawanna district, the insur
gent candidates were beaten decisive
ly. In every county except "Warren
the Insurgent strength was smaller
than two years ago; and the situa
tion In Warren Is accounted for by
the fact that Warren Is the home of
Charles W. Stone, who blames the
Quay people for his recent defeat for
con gross.
Tho fact Is becoming plain to the
most casual observer It had long
been evident to the expert that the
bottom has dropped out of the Wana
jnaker movement to "purify" Pennsyl
vania Republican politics. Vilifica
tion, calumny, false representation by
means of a subsidized prees, persecu
tion in the forms of law: In fact, the
whole notorious tactics of tho dis
gruntled factlonlsts who, since 1S95,
hfivo been gunning for the political
Fcalp of M. S. Quay and plotting to
capture his citadels of power have
am their expected course nnd wound
up in public disgust. This does not
mean that there is not a vigorous
honest sentiment among the people for
political reform; It simply means
that the people are not to be tricked.
They have taken the measure of the
rank imposture which has been In
course of exhibition In the much
abused name of reform under the aus
pices of the Wanamaker cabal; and
until the genuine article appears they
will prefer the known to the unknown.
There has been, too, since the legis
lative object-lesson of one yenr ago a
noticeable reaction towaid party regu
larity. Caucus bolting for the delib
erate purpose of deadlocking a legis
lature and defeating majority tule is
riot encountering indications of wide
spread populailty. Many who person
ally do not admire Colonel Quay rec
ognize that the weauon aimed at him
could, If given sanction, be turned at
any future time against any other
majority choice; that Its lndoisement
would strike a fatal blow at all suc
cessful party organization. Quay and
his enemies will both soon pass out
of the rango of active struggle, but
"the lesson of the futility of arrant
"humbug m polities will outlive all of
them.
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' Admiral tevey says he once want
edo ote for Grover Cleveland. How
Jus lmist now rejoice that he was not
petttlUlOrt to make such a mistake.
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vicissitudes of a Reformer.
4: "BPKESENTATIVE CORAY
"'"was one of tho members of
. JLJV. 7 the last legislature who used
" ' "J .JD ft eood ,,eaI of tlmo ln
ter0np people how ' much worse tho
Qu,ay men were than the Dave Martln
BI1 I'llnn men, of whom he constl
tuteijioh'o."We don't believe that Mr.
Coyrstarted- with tho Idea that a
fmop.opoly of political virtue was con
cealed somewhere on his own person,
(nor do we think that at the outset ho
Wiujanx the.,uul)lJQ to take, literally all
hlrf"fervI3 figures of speech used in
"vlowinrf" "with alarm" the Iniquitous
opposition, nut the task of being a
JirofeHslonnlly hotter man than other
.men, no matter how modestly entered
.upon, gains steadily In self-Inspiration;
and JlLwaif -not long until the Hon.
'Ellsa'xrcfira'y.ftcted as If he felt that
tho "witlj of a special mission was
Vea!n;iftori him.
Thlsniaturally made him a formld
nble.harncUr, in tho opinion of thoso
Jvho looked' at his mission in the light
In whiclfhe himself viewed It; and ex-
Htf
plained why, In behalf of his Uarkls
llkp wIlllngiK'KH to he drafted Into a
rcnomtnntlon, the Blnews nt reform
were poured Into tho Second Luzerne,
district on Saturday with a profusion
not hitherto paralleled. These stnewH,
It Is said, camo In wnllot-fuls from
Philadelphia and were doubtless meunt
to ho used Innocently In the protection
of the virtuous from tho vicious. At
nil events, they were used. And be
hold the result. This hcrnlded great
Insurgent stronghold Is nctiiiilty In
doubt. It litis not leaped Into Corny's
nrms with u virtuous ami cniiflillrK
shriek; It seems disposed to hesitate
nnd waver. Against tho Honomble Mr.
Corny run only an ordinary Repub
lican, pledged to ro with the majority
of his party; yet It Is possible that the
next legislature may have to llounder
along with a man In It us representa
tive of tho Second Luzerne who will
not combine with minority Intriguers to
knife the party which elected him.
Tho American people will not be fo
ungrateful to George Dewey ns to elect
him to a position for which he has had
no training.
General Otis.
-yin: ANNOUNCEMENT that
General Otis has asked to be
lolleved of his command In
the Philippines nnd thnt ho
will soon come homo supplies nn op
portunity for npprnlslng the value of
his public services.
Genernl Otis has been severely criti
cized and nt one time public opinion
was sharply antagonistic to him. Con
ditions In the Philippines were disap
pointing and he was blamed. The lapsci
of time nnd the Informing testimony of
trustworthy Americans who have re
turned from Manila have very largely
corrected whatever unfairness there
was in this hasty Judgment. We nre
beginning to see not perhaps any ex
traordinary revelations of genius In
General Otis, for we find it to be the
consensus of expert opinion thnt he Is
not, save possibly In nn exceptional
capacity for details, u, genius as that
word is commonly understood; but
more especially the magnitude, Intric
acy and novelty of his task, which, as
they are coming to bo better under
stood, create wonder that under tho
circumstances Elwcll S. Otis succeeded
so well as ho did.
The weakest chapter in the hlstoiy of
our career in the Philippines concerns
the Inactivity of the army of occupa
tion during the five months prior to the
outbreak of actunl fighting between the
Americans and the Insurgents. Here
was a situation In which, day by day,
the American troo.is had to witness In
silence and to endure In patience the
unfolding growth of Agulnaldo's plot to
exterminate them, although It was ap
parent to all our military olllcers that
the growth could at any moment be
checked by lgorous measures, nut the
administration at Washington was
awaiting first the outcome of the peace
negotiations at Purls nnd secondly the
development of public opinion nt liomr;
and when, finally, it was decided to
take the Philippines because no honor
able alternative presented Itself, prompt
ratification of the peace tieaty was de
ferred by a political Intrigue In the sen
ate and duilng all this uncertainty the
orders to Otis necessarily had to be to
remain strictly on the defensive. Presi
dent McKinley at Pittsburg explicitly
exonerated Otis from nil responsibility
for the Inactivity of the Ameilcan
forces duilng the agonizing interim ter
minated by the Filipino nttnek on our
outposts in the night of Fobruaiy I,
1899; and in a Just estimate of the mili
tary manoeuvcrs after that turning
Point, due account must be taken of
the fact that the volunteer army had
to ho returned homo across TOOO miles
of Intervening sea and a new army
recruited, organized, transported, uccll.
mated nnd distributed before the ag
gressive could he taken ngainst the In
surgents on n scale commensurate with
thu difficulties to be overcome. It is
easy, after tho fact, to see how time
might have been saved and mistakes
averted; but few there are who, having
a path to blaze without chart or com
pass, in tho face of problems alto
gether new and amidst conditions
wholly strange, could have carried for
ward so gigantic an enterprise with
better success than McKinley and Otis
carried forward this Philippine cam
paign. As the ease stnnds, coherent
resistance is at nn end; armed oppo
sition is dispersed nnd localized; there
are guerilla hands but no synthetic
antagonism. Daily these guerilla bands
nre being thinned by desertion,' cap
ture or surrender, und hourly the prob
lem changes from one of military force
to one of administrative tact.
This "reminds us that theie Is another
side to Genetal Otis. He was not only
commander-in-chief of the Eighth
army corps, having personal respon
sibility for every man among the -10.000
to 50,000 soldiers distributed through
out the labyrinthine archipelago; he
was also the governor-in-chief having
responsibility over 8,000,000 human be
ings In all stages of evolution. His
power was absolute. Washington was
distunt. He could have stolen millions
and nobody need have known or, it
suspicious, could have proved It. nut
not a breath of scandal has come from
any source nor did tho millions of for
tet eyes which were scrutinizing his
every move find aught to build upon In
way of personal defamation. Ills wis
dom has been questioned, his Judgment
challenged but his fidelity, his consci
entiousness, his complete surrender to
duty stands established by unanimous
consent. There are some things as
valuable as genius; common honesty Is
one of them, Genernl Otis, we tuke It,
is an honest man.
As to the ability of his administra
tive rule, the opportunity to form ac
curate Judgment Is not yet at hand.
Ho was dealing with nn unfamiliar
situation complicated by the strange
traits of most complex human factors.
Wo are warranted In ussumlng that he
did his best. Who In our army could
have done better Is a speculative tolo
useless to discuss. It will take time
and experience to teach our represen
tatlves In the Philippines how to deal
with the Filipinos; tho lesson Is not to
be mastered In a day. Others In the
years to como may do better and faster
work In tho administrative field's which
Otis first broke to cultivation; it Is to
be hoped bo, considering the advant
ages they will have to begin with, Uut
when Jilstory writes tho Impartial story
of tho events of the past two years, It
will hardly deny high tribute to Elwcll
S. Otis.
After the South African wnr Is over
It will be Interesting to learn who
supplied tho Hoers with their excel
lent generalship.
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Our Disgraceful Streets.
THERE ARE some things
which no modern city can
afford to neglect. One of
these Is Its otreets. Unclean
streets nre not only an annoyance,
they nre also nn extravagance. Dust
nnd filth, loft to blow about, cost vast
ly more thun cleanllnesfl. The best
system of street cleaning Is the cheap
est. The truth of these propositions Is
self-evident; It Is also clearly dem
onstiated ln tho experience of cltie
which have adopted Intelligent meth
ods of street cleaning. Yet Scranton
year after year permits Its streets to
be neglected shamefully. It took al
most a i lot to bring our councils
around to a system of asphalt repairs
which assures for a period of years a
prompt and thorough remedying of
cracks and breaks In the asphalt.
Nothing less than organized pressure
ft om our substantial business Interests
sufficed to overcome the demagogic
outcry against the ten-year repair
contract now In force; an out
cry which covered with abuse those
who stood fearlessly by the proposi
tion that It was woith $17,C00 a year
to tho citizens ot Scranton, under tho
horrlblo circumstances existing two
years ago, to have the question of
btreet repairs absolutely removed from
the realm of political uncertainty and
established on a basis of business-like
certnlnty. No man who drives or
rides today questions tho wisdom of
that decision.
There is need now of the same kind
of firm pressuie on councils ln behalf
of n buslness-llko settlement of the
question of street cleaning. The pitiful
makeshift methods of the past, with
their dust-fcatterlng employment of
sweepers too often hired by rule ot
"pull," are not ln keeping with the
times, but represent a frittering away
of public funds and n provoking public
nuisance. The street commissioner
should present to councils a systematic
plan for the thorough cleaning of the
streets In the best possible manner
every day In the year; and there
should be euch a discussion ot the
subject, both ln councils and out, as
to Insure public support for the carry
ing out of the project intelligently
and in a business-like manner.
Day after day brings reports of new
strikes In Chlcngo. The result Is,
thousands of Chicago families are des
titute, many manufacturers are mov
ing out of Chicago or preparing to re
tire from business, nnd the whole com
mercial life of the city Is debilitated
nnd endangered. It Is not easy to get
at the exact cause of this botheisome
situation. The strikers say the fault Is
with the employers. The employers'
blame the walking delegates, who are
not, they assert, honest with the men
they represent. Whatever the caifse,
It would be well for the strike promot
er not to kill the goose that lays the
golden egg. Continual quart elsomeness
Is not the frame of mind In which
lasting success Is achieved.
Ex-Goveinor Frank Mack, of Troy,
helped by ex-Superintendent of Insur
ance Lou Payn, of Chatham, has taken
revenge on Governor Roosevelt by de
feating a resolution offered at the con
gressional convention in the Itennse-laer-Columbla
district to recommend
lloosovelt's renomlnatlon. The action
will not hurt Roosevelt but it i quito
likely to harm IJlack. Sorehead poll
tics Is not held In high favor.
Tile queen's visit to Ireland has dem
onstrated anew that Irish hostility to
England Is largely Pickwickian,
PERSONALITIES.
Jhs. Carl Sliaknsrh, onto fainoiu in the musl
ral world at Clara botiiao Kellogg, i now nuk-.
ing licr permanent liomu in New Hartford, Conn.,
a tillage about thirty iiillca from llaitford.
Joseili It. Slcl're, nocial superintendent of tho
Saltation Army, is about fo establish In Baltl
snoie a poor nan's hotel, nlmilar to thow oper
ated by the Sahatlonlsts in New York, Chicago
und San Kr.in'Usio.
Meis. Charles Mttleflchl and Amo h. Allen,
tlis two new congressmen from Maine, arc re
ferred to as the Damon and l'jlliU of the
house. The two are a'.mott constantly together
anil their seats uru within kpeahlng distance.
Jacob A. ltll-' notion, as expressed in a re
cent aittde in the Atlantic Month!, Is that ev
ery reform motoiupnt ought to have a profession
al humorist attaihol to it, "to kiep it from
making itself ridiculous bv either too much
solemnity or too much conVclt."
Mrs. Hoy Deveicux, of London, who Is visiting
frinuN In Cincinnati, Is the author of "Side
Light in South Afilca." As coi respondent of
the Lei.don I'-et she tpent a )e.ir In the Tiam
aal, and says Kruger is legarded by the best
of lils countrymen as Ignorant anil a fanatic.
l,oiil Vaunccfote has discarded hi trhjcle
slmu lcuhlng his title of Lord, lie his Joined
the nunj of waiters, and scauely a day passed
In which liu Is not wen exercising bttuecn the
Lmlussy and the west gate of the Capitol a
iVrnmhaiilJ ateinie, accompanied by Lady
Vaunccfote.
n old inter lewer of Washington pronounces
General Wheeler one of the luidest men to In
tutlew 111 this country. He lays: "The Om
tial Is euu more shy than he has been repic
sented. 'Iictleciit' doesn't half describe him.
He is simply the despair ot etery newspaper
mm who tiles to get 'copy' nut of Mm."
Dr. William It. Ilroc-ks, director of the Smith
Ohsenatory, Henna, N. Y., has been awarded
by the Krtncli Academy cf Sciences, Varis, the
Lalando pilzc "for his numerous and brilliant
astitmomlcal thscirtcrles," The Lalando priws
Ii a gold medal worth, WW francs (100), or Its
tabic in money, as the recipient may select.
( oVnel William U Vralhcr, of Waco, Tex., has
been dieted president of tlo University of Texas.
He was liorn in Tennessee in 1SI3, and went to
Texas when 0 years old. Ho was educated at
Waeo nnhrrilly and nt Washington and Lee
untie rsity. He. was at tho latter institution
when General llohert K. Lcc was its president,
and w.u graduiled In 1S71.
Orest surprise has been occasioned In Vjnno-.i
by the discotery that llitliop Louis de floes
briand, oi llurlingtou, who died a montn ago,
left no fmlimc. lie was ccierally supposed to
be worth 82,000,000, and it is believed that he
gate large Bums to eharjty. The only money or
its cquitaleut that can bo found among; his ef
fects was f-2.12 in a drawer of his writing desk.
Hooker T. Washington's school at Tnskegee,
Ala. tho TuUece 'ormsl and Industrial Insti
tution has rccelted several handsome donations
since the meeting at the Madison Square Oar.
dm Concert lull in its behalf. Mr. and Mrs.
Ccdlls V. Huntington have git en $50,000 toward
Hie endowment fund, an J, a western woman,
whoso name Is not announced, hat made a con
ditlonal gift of 123,000 more.
SENATOR WILLIAM E. MASON
William E, Mason, Senator trom Illinois, has
Rico. Throughout the discussions of the tariff
exceedingly active and lias spoken at length on
Ottline Studies
of fltiman Naftire
((COMB of the queerest experiences
" ol a doctor are pretty certain to
be connected with the adminis
tration of nnasthetlcs." said a New Or
leans physician, chatting the other day
with a newspaper friend, "and apro
pos of the subject I recall a little story
that I don't mind telling, as tho inci
dent occurred long since and in an
other city. A dozen years ago, when
I was temporarily located In St. Louis,
I was called one day to the old Lln
dell House to give chloroform to a
young woman vho was about to un
dergo a slight surgical operation to re
move a morbid growth ln the ear.
The patient, as it developed on my ar
rival, had been married onlv a few
days before, and was In the city with
her husband on a bridal tour. Although
quite handsome, she was no longer ex
actly ln her first youth, and she was
very much adverse to having her hus
band present at the operation. How
ever, ho Insisted and she finally agreed
that he could stay, but I noticed that
she was very nervous and pre-occu-pled.
Tho operation, as I said before,
was trifling. She took the chloroform
easily, and all went well until rihe was
Just regaining consciousness, when she
opened her mouth and out fell a set
of false teeth. She had said nothing
about that detail, and the truth was
that she had hoped, poor woman! to
pass through the ordeal without the
fact of her wearing such things being
known to her husband, nut the effect
xon that Individual was entirely unex
pected. He gave one horrified glance
and then rushed at the old surgeon
nnd seized him by the throat. 'You in
famous scoundrel!' he yelled, 'you have
broken my poor darling's jaw!' At that
stage of affairs I beat a retreat." New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
One on the General.
Bt'LLEIVS experiences In crossing
the Tugela river by fording It and
pontoonlng It recall a few Incidents
happening during the Civil war. The
northern armies were made up of fnen
belonging to all trades and professions.
nnd when a bridge was destroyed by
tho confederates it was an easv mat
ter to find bridge builders to rebuild
them.
Tho brigade geneial In command of
a brigade of regulars once came to a
stream and was forced to stop because
the bridge had been burned by the re
treating confederates. He sent for the
colonel of a Pennsylvania leglment of
volunteers und said:
"I have ordered my engineers to
draw plans for a new bridge. Have
you any men In your regiment who
can build bridges?"
"I think so," replied the Pennsylva
nlan. "I'll see."
Two hours later the Pennsylvanian
returned and said:
"I found a lot of bridge builders in
my regiment, sir."
"Well, send them over with orders to
report to me. I will put them under
the orders of my engineers and they
can rebuild the bridge."
"Very well, sir." replied the Penn
sylvanian. "I'll have to send across
tho river for them. They rebuilt tho
bridge last night and are now in camp
with my regiment on tho other side."
Omaha World Herald.
An Active Imagination.
A COMMERCIAL truvelei, whose
wife Is one of those women who
borrow troubles indiscriminately, had
occasion to make a trip east recently,
relates the Memphis Scimitar.
His wife was very anxious about
him, and felt eettaln that he would
fall a victim to smallpox, which was
reported to be prevalent In the city to
which ho was going. She begged him
to carry u little lump of asafetlda In
his pocket to wnid oft contagion.
Naturally he objected, and positively
refused to be mndo the peimanent
abode of such a persistent odor.
When he came home fiom his trip
he said to his wife:
"It Is wonderful, tho power of Imag
ination. Why, don't you know, I
Imagined that T smelled asafetlda the
whole time I was gone!"
"It wasn't Imagination at all," quiet
ly replied the wily little woman. "I
sewed a hit of asafetlda in the corner
of your coat before you went away!"
Not Abnormal.
LORD RUSSELL, of Klllowen, (when
Sir Charles Russell), was once ex
amining a witness. Tho question
was about tho size of certain hoof
prlnts left by a horse ln sandy soil,
"How large were the prints?" asked
the learned counsel, "Wore they as
largo as my hand?" holding up his
hand for tho witness to see.
"Oh, no," said tho witness honestly:
"it was Just an ordinary hoof."
Then Sir Charles had to suspend tho
examination while everybody laughed.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
There are between 700 and 600 hreeJeii of
Guernsey ctttla In thll country, and the cattle
numbei about 12,000 head,
The inkatand which ornaments the desk in tho
room ot tin Vice President i masshe, artistic
and elegant, and it i-oit l.OOO,
The factory inspectors in Pennsylvania report
figured extensively In the debates on Puerto
questl ns relating to that island he has been
the subject several times.
2,228 accidents for lha last tear. Thicc-fourths
of them arc ascribed to carelessness.
The average salaiy pild to Methodist preach
ers In the United States last year was $73.:t5.
In 1TS8 only 405 persoiw went to Carlsbad for
the waters, while the number of tlsltors this
year was 50,000, of whom 2,153 were Americans.
It is asserted that the wine, cellars of Frame
contain alleged champagne enough to supply the
world's demand for three years nearly 150,000,000
bottles.
WITH THE POETS.
Seeds and Dreams.
Young John Jones sat down and dreamed
Of the things he meant to do;
And the way his fancy schemed
Gate his thoughts a rosy hue.
"I am going to be great,"
Said )oung John Jonjs;
"Master great affairs of state,"
Said young John Jones;
"Kings and queens on me shall wait,"
Said jourg John Jones.
Young Bill Brown got down to work
In a corner grocery store;
And he hustled like a Turk
Till his master paid him more.
"I don't know whit I may do,"
Said youhg Bill Brown;
"But what I can I'm going to,"
Said young nill Brown;
"Ami I guess I'll get my due,"
Said young Bill Brown.
Young John Jones still thought and thought
Of his future's flowery wats,
And ids fruitful fancy caught
.Notes of many nations' praise.
So he dicamed and elreamed and drcame.l
Did young John Jones;
And a brilliant boy he seemed,
Did joung John Jones;
And a bright oung man was deemed,
Was j nung John Jones.
Young BUI Brown Jirt pegged along,
Learning something every diy,
Cheering comrades with a song.
Drawing large nnd larger pay.
Ilo was rather commonplace.
Was .tornig Bill Brown;
But he had an earnest fate.
Had )oung Bill Blown;
And he hit n steady pace.
Did joun BUI Brown.
Old J .k Jones somehow has failed
Tc .ehleve tho shimuc height
WI1..I1 his youthful dreams assailed
With such fanciful delight.
Couldn't roach the top somehow.
Could old Jack Jones;
I'ame lias neter fanned his brow.
Not old Jack Jones;
And he's poor and friendless now,
Is old Jack Jor.es.
Mr. William lleiny Brivwi
Huns a wholesale store or two,
Owns a quarter ot the town,
And bellett'S he's got his due.
In the prints we often read
Of W. If. Biown;
He's a noted man indeed.
Is W. II. Brown.
Doing thingH has been the cieed
Of W. II. Brown.
Bchertus bote, in the Sun.
Lucky Jim.
I.
Jim was my friend, till one day,
'J he usual cause, 11 pretty girl came our way
And from that time wc bccmcd to drift apart.
Ken each aspired to win her maiden heart.
And though I tried each art and winning wile,
'Twas not to mo she gate-ier sweetest smile.
Kach day I saw my chine es grow more dim,
Until, to my elcspalr, one elay she married Jim.
How I envied him.
Ah, lucky Jim.
II.
Three years had pusi-ed, long jears they seemed
to me.
And then Jim died, once more she was fiee.
Before me lose too fond hopes of the pait,
I wooed, I hl-iI, I married her at last;
l'te got my way, and now she is my wife.
I know just what I think of Jim, though irdcr-
giound,
i:Jolng peace and quiet most profound.
Ah, !uc,ky Jim,
How I envy him!
Town Topics.
BFFiO
FUB11TUK
Roll Top Desks,
Flat Top Desks,
Standing Desks,
Typewriter Desks,
And Office Chairs
A Large Stock to Select
from.
Hill & Connell
121 N. Waaulngton Ave,
ALWAYS DUST.
4
"KORfcKT SHAPE"
More friends every day. Tho cause
easy to buy, easy to wear.
$3.50, $4.00 and $5.00.
Lewis. Rellfy & Davies,
114-116 Wyoming Aver.ue.
Railroad lea
Get Ready
for Inspection
Wc 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 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.
MERCEREAHJ&CONRELL
130 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
The Huot &
Coeiniell Co,
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
04 Lackawanna Avcnus
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
tenrul Acont for ths Wyotulaj
UUtrlci.'j.'
DUPONT
Mining, Blantlnrr.Hporllnj, Smo;;sl9ii
anel Ilia Itepminri CUemlci!
C'ejiiipany 1
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Uoom 40I Uonualt HuUdluf.
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THOS. FORD.
JOHN B. SMITH & SON,
W. E. MULLIGAN. -
.-pittston.
Plymoutn.
Wllkes-Brre.
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A gentleman residing in T street, N. W Washington,
D. C, asserts that he suffered for many years with dyspepsia,
indigestion and biliousness. He tried every known remedy,
consulted many physicians with the hope of getting cured or
even relief, but nothing seemed to relieve him. After meals
he would feel as if a ball of lead was lodged in his stomach,
tired and listless, as though life was scarcely worth living.
Finally he was attracted to the ad of
RIPANS TABULE5
and concluded to try them. After taking the first two or three
he was surprised to find the relief thev crave and soon he felt
like a new man. He has never been without Ripans tabules
since, nor nas ne suitered since.
TTs
INLEY!
Easter
Week
'pedals,
A great feast in
Silks
Some in lengths suitable
for Waists; others enough w
for a Dress Pattern, Al
together about r
at $100 $1.25,
zM $1,50
per yard worth fully
one-third more. (Every
pattern this season's.)
The best line we have ever
shown, either in Silk or Wash
Materials. Special line this week
of Imported Silk Waists in white
embroidery and wash ribbon and
lace all-over, at tempting prices.
FreecHi
lingerie
We have just added to our Un
derwear Department an elegant
line of French hand-made and
hand-embroidered underwear that
only has to be seen to be appre
ciatedand to which we desire to
call your special attention.
Fashions for April.
Easter number ready
for distribution.
510-512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
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 100 different subjects to
select from. The prices are very
reasonable and the assortment is
complete.
With this book the simple act of
writing produces a copy. Any
letter head can be used and a copy
produced from pencil or any kind
of pen and ink. When the book is
filled, extra fillers 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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