--ifit w - innt" rrv THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1900. TuWIthed Dsllr, Except Sunday, by The Trlli tine I'ublUliInB Company, at Kllly CcnU a Montli. UVV R mOIIAni), Keillor. 0. V. HVM1KK, llualiien Manager. ' Kcw York Office! 150 Nassau St. H. S. VltKKIAND, fiole Agent for l'orclgn Advertising. Entered it the l'ostofflce at Rcfanton, Second-Class Malt Matter. l'a,, When space will permit, The Tillnme Is al ways glail to print short letters from Its fricnuj bearing on itirunt topics, liut IM rule Is that these must be signed, tor publication, by the writer's rcil name! and the condition precedent to acceptance Is that all contiibutions shall be subject to editorial revision. SCItANTON, APRILi 19. 1900. FOR VlCE-PRESIDliNT, CHARLES EMORY SMITH, OF PENNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Legislature. fleet District TH.OMAS J. nr.V.NOI.DS. hceoncl Dlslrkt JOHN' r'CHI'.riMt, JR. Third Dis'.rict-KDU.Mll) JAMKS, J II. When tho "parties familiar with the co.st of usphalt and repair work" had u chance to put In a bid lower than that which won tho ten year repair contract, concerning' which they now howl, they failed to do so. For this failure they had nobody but them selves to blame. A Battle for Justice. TflONG opposition exists In both senate and house mili tary committees to tho plan of army reorganization urged oy Secretary IJoot. It seems that the staff, with honorable exceptions, is us ing its tremendous influence, gained through years of ofllclal opportunity to confer favors upon members of congrebs, to checkmate the proposition of a flexible staff, subject to periodi cal service in the line. Tho staff today is an (irlstociatlc institution, feeling tuperior to the rest of tho army and virtually u law unto Itself. Its mem bers in time of peace have little to clo except to wear resplendent uniforms draw their salaries and bask In tho sunlight of the social privileges which the brilliant socioty of the capital has from time immemorial nllotcil to them, leaving tho hard work of the army to be done by ofllcers o tho line, sub ject to whatever conditions tho staff may deign to lay down. Naturally the staff docs not look with favor upon a plan which would subject its gaudy members to Intervals of real soldiering or make it possible for a mere lino officer to rise to a staff position In virtue of soldierly merit. As Secretary Itoot truly says: "There Is running throughout tho lino of the army today a feeling amounting almost to bitterness a feeling of strong dissatisfaction with the creation of what seems to them to bo a sep arate and privileged ctabH constitut ing the staff of tho army here in Wash ington. I have found many cases of ofllcers who have been doing their duty bllently and uncomplainingly, asking no favors and having no friends at court, out on tho frontier, enduring tho hardships of army life, and who have the feeling that men get appoint ments hero at "Washington and that they are at tho center of things and know the president and the secretary of war and the senators and members of congress, and that they can get about what they want! that they have a fine time un'd an easy life, and that tho lino has no chance compared with the staff. Tho feeling is that the staff ofllcers constitute a close corporation here, with all the luxuries and all tho privileges and all tho power. It Is a wry unfoitunate feeling." Warming up on this subject, the sec retary, in addressing tho senate mili tary committee the other day, pointed ly said, und not a senator dared to challenge tho accuracy of tho asser tion: "Gentlemen, It Is of tho highest Impoitance to elliciency that, Instead of tho different branches of tho army sitting and glailng at each other, and finding fault with each other, and opposing each other, and throwing re sponsibility off their shoulders on to somebody else's shouldeis, they should work together, and that as far ns pos sible, the artificial and permanent lines of demaj cation should be broken down, and that the members of the army should have the esprit do corps of thn at my, instead of having the esprit do corps of it piutlcular section of it. Two. thirds of the trouble we have had in the past has eomo from the fact that the men In our different depattments are thinking about tho difference between their departments Juid the rights of their departments, hnd the aggressions of other depart ments. Tfie quartermaster and com Jilssary are 'scrapping' about who -hall get out a bill of lading and who -ehull full a board of survey to deter--mlner whether h kegi of butter Is lost. "The Jirdjnanco und the artlilery are Tlndipg lault with each other the ord Jancp'vlth the artillery, who do not stoko care of of the guns, and tho nr--tlllery with oidnanie berauso they do not" keep all the parts of the guns there". The line and staff ate grum bling at each other around dinner fables, Instead of laboring, each man 3vlth all tho others for the good and fllelcncy of the whole service." Wo have seen how this corroding splrft'of Jealousy and petty bickering Interfered with the early proceedings In our late war, costing the lives of hundreds of bravo soldiers who died muYtyra to staff Incompetency und causing--immense suffering and annoy ance In every camp where our soldiers were, concentrated. Wo havo seen how it produced an Kgan; we havo seen how It has fed tho sensitiveness, van Jty and gurrulousness of a naturally bravo and brilliant soldier like General Mies. pfllcer after ofllcer of the line, fighting men like Lawton, Henry, Mc Arthur, has suffered from It, powerless to apply tho remedy; and now, when a measure of reorganization Is prepureJ, which meets the, approval of an over whelming proportion of the real sol diers, In our army, are 'the ataff fny- s orltcs wltH "pulls" to bo permitted to thrust It Into a pigeonhole? "What," risks the esteemed Wllkes Unrre Hccord, "do tho Republlcnns of Northeastern Pennsylvania think of this scheme?" the "scheme" to which It refers bcltiB the alleged effort to sell for $10,000 to somo wealthy Philadel phia the nomination for congressman-ut-Iargo now held by Galusha A. Qrow, They think that tho Philadelphia In surgent papers which havo reported such a scheme simply I'lcd, A Sentiment to Be Respected. TUB CONVENTION which Is to assemble In llanlsburg next Wednesday to choose delegates at large to tha Hcpubllcan national convention can by simple resolution naming Charles Kmory Smith as the choice of Pennsylvania for the vice-presidency halt the Indecision which is manifest throughout the country lespeetlng the second place on tho McKInlcy ticket and cause tho sentiment of tho nation to crystallize around tho Idea of ex tending this appropriate honor to tho banner state In the ltcpubllcun column. Are there any reasons why this should not be done? None have been made public. It has been said that Mr. Smith has not been In sympathy with tho dominant Influence In the Pennsyl vania organization. This did not pre vent his nomination by the president to a place of great responsibility and usefulness In the executive councils of the administration and should have no weight now. Charles Kmory Smith Is a Republican whose fealty has been unquestioned in all tho years that ho hus been a national factor In the formulation and in the defense of Re publican policies: he Is the one man In our state who by experience, tempera ment, breadth of Intellect and width of popularity is best lit ted to add strength to thenatlonal tlcketand.success to tho ensuing adminlstmtlon. The New Yoik state convention, Tuesday, was silent on tho subject of the vice presidential nomination, and Its example Is suggested as an excusa for similar Inaction on tho part of the Pennsylvania convention. We don't know whether it matters what New York does or what It does not do In its stute convention touching the vice presidential nomination. Neither af firmative nor negative action in the matter would bo conclusive or binding In any way on the remainder of the country. Pennsylvania is under no ob ligations to follow Now Yoik. The Hanlsbutg convention will not imitate the New York convention without blindly disregarding a growing pub lic sentiment in the state in favor of Mr. Smith's nomination for the vice presidency. , Kxlstlng political conditions impose the duty of respecting this sentiment and there is no defensible escape In silence. With a candidate whose avail ability defies cilticlsm and challenges compailson, silence vould be tanta mount to recreancy. The opportunity to honor (Pennsylvania in the vice presidential nomination hls year must be obvious to the Republican leadeis in this state. Failure to use it seems inconceivable. Ivord Roberts' soldierly comments upon tho earlier generalship in the British South African campaign have tho merit of coming from an ofllcer who has proved himself competent to criticize. They also Illustrate that the generalship which was displayed on tho Amcilcan side in our lucent war with Spain, If not perfect, was at least highly creditable In compailson. Our Mahometan Wards. A1" PTKR VISITING the princi pal cities and towns in the Sulu nrchlpelago and c,u- fcrrlng with our army ofll cers and many leading natives, IJdltor Nojes of the Washington Stif has in tured in a. recent letter to offer a few suggestions as to how the United' States can best get alons with the Mahometan tribes whom fate has lately thrown within Ameilcan jurisdiction. First of nil, he upproes strongly of the compact with tho sultau made by General Bates and says It wa. the oivj available means of escaoo from a lot of Immediate trouble. But the sultan is not tho only pebble on the Sulu beach, henco he advises that the vail ous verbal ngt cements which our tact ful commanders nre making with the big natives in their respective dbtrlcts be respected so far as possible by the central authority In the Philippines und that these ofllcers be allowed con siderable latitude. They are, he be lieves, worthy of trust. "It appears," ho says, "that a dis crimination must be made In laws and form of government between Morolaud and the rest of the Philippines. Tha conditions are entirely different in the two section's. Legislation which would be wholesome in one would threaten Immediate wur In the other. To with draw fiom the southern Philippines and to wash our hands of responsibility for the control of them is apparently an Impossible alternative. If we hold the Islands, we must, however, exer cise our authority In such a way as to save life and promote happiness on both sides of the Pacific and to spread the blessings of civilization in such fashion that they do not become curses to our beneficiaries. "Slavery is hateful to the American idea. Unmistakable slavery, though of the mild feudal type, exists in the southern Philippines. Shall we abolish it off-hand, shedding Ameilcan blood to reconcile the Moros to what they will look upon as confiscation of tlwlr property? Or shall we proceed cau- tlousy and peaceably to eradicate th evil, perhaps through some moderate measure of compensated emancipation, such us that which with mmy safe guards of economy was put in opera tion by tho Dutch In Java? "Polygamy Is antagonistic to Ameri can sentiment. It is a part of the re ligion of Mahomet and prevails among the comparatively wealthy few In our Mahometan islands. Shalt we bring on 'a holy war' In the Philippines by de manding the Immediate eradication of polygamy and tho exodus from tho harems of all but wife No. 17 Or shall we follow the example of exceeding forbearance set by other OhrUtlun na tions with Asiatic and Mahometan de pendencies und our own precedent .n winking for a time at tho social cus toms of tho American Indians? Polyg amy is a luxury of tho rich. Kducu tlon and contact with civilization will render it more and more expensive every year, will steadily Increase the discontent nmong tho plural wives, and will doubtless gradually abolish the evil of many simultaneous wives by driving men to our own superior sys tem of many wives in succession through the operation of our lax mar riage and divorce laws. "If wo decide that the Immediate ex. tlrpatlon of neither slavery nor polyg amy from tho Philippines is worth the shedding of a drop of American blood, we may also conclude with advantage to go slowly at llrst In regard to tho Imposition of unaccustomed taxes upon tho Moros. An export tax In practical effect reduces the price of what they sell; an Import tax is made to increase the price of what' they buy. Tho Chi nese middleman with the duties as a pretext swindles the Moro bv making the reduction of the selling price and the Increase of tho buying price re spectively much more than tho amount of tho duty In each case. Tho military authorities will doubtless find a way of preventing this Imposition. In re gard to tho eQuities of taxation, It Is, of course, to bo remembered that American occupation brings and will continue to bring to the Moros trade, prosperity, circulation of money and enlargement of tax-paying capacity and that the islands must as soon as possible produce tho revenues neces sary to meet the expense of their eco nomical government. But It Is far more Important for the immediate present that the Moro should not con ceive the Idea that he Is being taxed and oppressed In novel ways to which even the Spaniards did not resoit, than that funds should be secured for public improvements In the Sulu archipelago, which can well wait that mote con venient season when all will be quiet in the Philippines." If our people here at home, who don't understand the local circumstances, will lot the management of this prob lem rest In the hands of the authorities who nro on the spot and who have the knowledge that we lack, It will work out rightly In good time. Elaborate articles in the yellow jour nals pui porting to show how- cruelly Tom Piatt Was preparing to "throw" Governor Rooosevelt were rudely con tradicted by tho New York Republi can convention, which not only gave tho governor tho most cordial of pos sible Indorsements but also took occa sion, in several of the principal speeches, to intimate that the execu tive at Albany might one day occupy a similar position at Washington. It is always safe to doubt anything which uppeurs In tho yellow papers. With tho appropriation of $61,000,000 for the building of new warships the question of securing men to take charge of them naturally comes to the front also. Every ship in the navy at present is said to be undermanned. The question of supplying crews for the new vessels will bo an Interesting problem confronting future sessions of congress. Pittsburg has been enjoying a season of grand opera this week. Aside from her politicians Pittsburg seldom has an opportunity for contemplation of bril liancy, and the operatic season there fore has been one of unusual enjoy ment. Insurgent papers now admit that tho opposition to tho candidacy of Mr. Grow Is dying out. Why not admit that it never existed? According to accounts the United States sf-ems to be furnishing about everj thing at tho Pails exposition but the hotels. The sultan of Turkey again shows (i disposition to furnish material for the history makers. PERSONALITIES. William lan llowrlls lias luntiiliuUd 100 to a fund for the relief of widows of American eol dUn killed in the riilllrildnos. Mlis Hiwrd, president of Wcllclcj rollcRe, Is 9niiclhlnir of an athlete. She won refutation at tennis sonic jcurs ago "ll ' a K0"! fc'0" U)er. S.uetaiy llaj's collection of flrt editions of modem authors has liccn enriched !y n copy of lludjaul Klpllns'i firkt book of tales, the gift of a Ilombiy friend. t.nieral Nclwui A. Miles nccr ncektts Ms cc jiertneis at ltol practise, for wlilsh lc is well known. lie gives half an hour ecry( day to bhootlnx at a nuik. 1'ritldiiit I'duntr, ot llrown uultcrslty. an nounces that the class of '89 has raised a con tribution of fl.OOil to the general endowment fund of tin- unhcrslty. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, is O'ic if these who fear the first car In a train. He Uliees the last ear the wfist In case ! aeclJent and marly ulwajs sits there. The cane of which Senator llanna is fondest, and which he most frciuently (arrles, Is a hand. feme iroldOicaded one ttlven him by a number of his Ohio cmilcoea ten jcars ko. I.jinau K. Pclton, of indicate, Vt., Is over tfl jears old and is Hill an active practicing law. jer. Last jcar he argued a case bifore the Supreme court ot the state, 100 miles tway from hit home. senator Piatt, ot Connecticut, it a nun ot much influence, and Is an Important factor in affairs at Washington, lie is not, however, gifted as an orator. "I always hesitate to get on my feet in public," he sajs. The oldest recipient of tho English Itojal Ilu mane society'! medal is Itev. William Crlpps Ledger, of LUmakea, Ireland, who has just !en awarded that honor at tho age ot li for res cuing a drowning woman last month. William Waldorf Aslor was always tolerably skilled with the rapier, and tlnce taking up his resjdence in Ki eland has continued practice un der the best swordsmen until lie is a match for some of the moat noted duelists In rtuiope. One hundred ladles ot Washington city have subscribed ?U each to pun haw u souvenir to be pitsentcd to Lady IMuncefote, vvlfo of the I'rltlsh ambassador. They have selected a diamond sun. burst costing (2,500, which they wilt hand her beferc she leaves in the spring, to remind her of their regard and vflectien. Colonel llesseltlne told the Loyal I.oglon at a meeting tn Host on the other evening tliat In his opinion "Lc Chant dea Marsellalse" was the grandest and most powerful war song rvrr will ten. The majestic rendering of the war songs of King David In the common version ot the Old Testlmcnt approaihea and even exceed In some instance the ttrenght ol tbe Marsellalse, REV. DR. ARTHUR C. McGIFFERT. -. . - iMJJJUK't ".'? L'lflsssssssssssssssssssMMtour ' '''A wnijifeLj' . rtzassssssssssssKsWHcnNsT " ' " ""3WB PWTi 'SlbSlsSSSSSSSSSSSMfilMKm PjaBfci A Hfs'''" ,f, t'iafcllmSKkA -" 'S51S,JfS sLViT H fci "T mM a. X ..-.. . f i BaW SMlKl ,n . W" HsBami '" .-;,. " MS-'xkW t ' n ,F'W " Ta&yaBaW"- ft ar r v i IBk .Ml ,..."";;ri Interest Is dally manifested in the plans of the Rev. Dr. McGlffcrt.who has Just resigned from the Presbyterian Church. It Is stated on good authority that he will enter the Congre gational Church, and many are wondering whether or not he will accept a charge In that de nomination, and whether he Intends withdrawing from the Union Theological Seminary, where he holds a professorship. , Europe's Lesson in Big Mine Strikes From the New England Statist. THE PEOPLE of the United States arc fairly familiar with the operation ot "strikes" in connection with the Industrlei" of this country, and Icng since learned to dread the Inauguration of such proceedings under any circumstances, anl to doubt the outcome, even at Its best, as being of lasting benefit to any of the parties Initiated In nidi movements. Not often, however, have these performances as sumed proportions here which have rendered them important features in the historic records ot the country's affairs, although this has some times been the cav. Put this puase of the struggle between lalor and capital has often enough taken place In the "old countries," and English and European ocikcrs have ot times united forces in those movements to an extent and with a significance which have never been known on this side ot the great water. o Such an enterprise has tiken place within the present jcar on the European continent, begin ning alwut the middle of January and continu ing since that time with an obstinacy, persist ence and hccdlesMicb ot conscquenccit such as lave rarely chatnctcrizcd operations of this kind In any put of the world heretofore. This strike Is of the miners In the coal districts of Bohe mia, Moravia and Silesia; and through its influ ences 70,000 people huve been reduced to, ai.d kept upon the verge of, limine, while for u greut number of the piaetlcul . vvorkeis absolute ruin has been the chief result. Indeed, the locs Incurred through this gieat coal strike arc enormous are almost bejond computation In fact. Under the Influence of these strikes, tinnsportation systems. Industries and trade have Biiirered immeasurable , In many eases to an ex tent that it will be Impossible to retrieve under any circumstances. Two months after the strike was Inaugurated, It was calculated that 8,000,000 double hundred-weights loss eif coal had been produced within the striking sections than under ordinary conditions at that season; and it was fcund riceosary, in older to, meet the demands for immediate consumption in these districts, to import that entire quantity from Ilungarj, Prussli and England. I'or the lack of the nec essary coal for their operation, two local tall waj companies estimate their losses at 1,500,000 crowns In that ixrlod. o- In Northwestern Bohemia, the features of the strike, after it had been In force for about two months, had narrowed clown to the demand for 8 hours as a day's work, provided the miners here numherlmr about 'J5.000 were promise d .1 full pardon for the strike, and were ull per mitted to return to work. The emplojers agreed to the re-emplovmcnt demand, but absolutelv de clined to grant the 8 hours. In fact, the min ers were very thoroughly banded together and fully determined not to begin operations again with the full number of the old forces, but in stead, to reduce production; whether as punish ment, or as a matter of poliej, is not quite apparent. Meanwhile the miners have been limning into debt In all directions, their re serves of savings have been laigcly exhausted and all the workmen have become indebted to their pension funds to the amount of the con tributions of man wicks, which contributions must be paid In order to retain their member ship on the pension list, ond these payments must be made before any of their future earn ings can lie ti"-od for their own and their faint lies' maintenance. When it is considered that at the best, the wages of these workmen arc exceedingly small, that they live under governments differing In es smtlals from anv that affect the people of the I'nlted Wales, and that the only remedj for their entire shutting olf from work is to be found in emigration, the gravity of the situation under a strike of such magnitude will be more ade quately appreciated. Although there Is nbsoluto necessity for the production of full quantities ot coal wherever it can be obtained In Europe, this condition has not in the least influenced compli ance with the demands of the strikers, or to render the outlook for their future more hopeful. Bather, it would seem, It has caused the em ployers of those regions to resist, even to the damage of their interests, the demands of work ers who have seired upen this situation and taken this time to foiv-ard a movement which cculd not sueeeed under oidinary circumstance). The grand result can only be educational when viiwcd from alltytandpoluts. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. Uncollected taxes in New Orleans aggregate over SI.OOO.OOO. The Canadian Patriotic Fund has now passed the J,200,000 mark. It Is expected that Sydney, B. O., will heroine the Pittsbur" of Cant la. The Caindlau Pacific railway Is surveying a new route from Olt.'wa to Arnpnor. Tvpewrltlng cxirts imlead of nandwritlng experts were introduced in a recent tr.al in New Vork. Montreal has decided to erect the finest monu ment in Canada In honor of the Montr lies al.o have fallen in South Africa. Apothecary shops with women cler'cs arc not cnly becoming common in Bussla, but they ure sale, to be specially favored by phvsicians and (he public. Donald Eraser & Sons will cut at the'r Fredtf leton and Tcmlscouata mills In Ntw llrtinswlk this year 80,OfO,0iyi feet pf long lumber and 60, 000,000 shinnies. Tcnnlcs are legal tender to the amount of 23 cents. Pavmcnt tendered In pennies in larger quantities tan lc refused without impairng the legal stardlug of the creditor. In order to iatilitate trafllc along Hie shores ot the Dead Sea it lias been decided to estab lish regular Intercourse by means of small cttaim ers, and the first steamer has been purchased. The most characfeilttlc feature of Siberian farm life Is that the farmers live not mattered all over the country, remots) from neljhbois, but in villages as near as possible to the land they aej cultivating. Port bald is usually referred to as the dump. Ing ground for all Eoropron nationalities found there. It is the coaling station for the num erous ships that pass through the Suet canal, An engineer of the Wisconsin; Valley Advance ment association estimates that in Marathon county,W'lsconsln, thete are twcnty-tluee water powers of a capacity of 71,r00 horse-power, ancl that most ot them aie s vet undeveloped. ' Mississippi has a (100,000 sultry farm. It Is located fifteen miles from Bay St. I,ouli. There are 5,000 laying hens, 1,300 industrious ducks, and hundreds of turkeys. Eggs are gathe ed in wheelbarrows, and thirty largo incubators arc in constant use. Several Important changes will be mad in the Harvard university summer school courses this year. A course In reading and tpraking will be offered for the first time. It Is intended for teacher who make such training an accessory to their regular classes. There will also bo a new laboratory course In mineralogy and lllbol ogy. Tho peculiar conditions of navigation on the English channel make it seem probable that wireless telegraphy will first be actually rllacccl In practical operation in connection with the passenger boats sailing between Dover on I Otitis, tho Boulogne and Folkestone. It Is stated that asbestos is to bo used in lining the Busslan battleships now bulldln,r at the Cramp shipyards, and that the officers ot the United States navy arc considering the ad visability of using tho same precautions on the vessels that arc being built for the American service. A person can ride on a street car in Adrian, Mich., for 3 cents, provided 100 tickets be bought at one time. Single fares aie u cents. This arrangement has proved very profitable to the company, for people ride many times where they would ride enly once if they had to pay 6 cents fare. Tbe rapidity with which the population of this country is being increased by immigration is shown by the fact that If the new arrivals con tluue to make their appearance at the in mo rate as they have been doing during the first two or three months the total for the vcar will reach nearly half .1 million, A S3 mile railway for the Philippines was re cently packed In the hold of a steamship ot San Francisco. Evervthlng needed for the railroad was sent except the ties, which will be ob tained in the islands. It is said that the nil way will be used to extend the thirty miles of railroad now controlled by the American troops, A neat feature in telephone work was ac complished a short time ago at Detroit, when a switchboard solving ti.OOei subscribers was cut In two and moved fifteen feet without hindering the service for an Instant. For ten weeks forty-two electricians and scores of other men were preparing for the move, which wa' made in ten hours. The " Mmamch dc (iotha" Is the most ex clusive book of its k.lnd, und perhaps of any kind in the world, and to get one's name in its pages implies that one is either an exalted per sonage or something very muili like it. And of these whose names appear, very few are able to hoist of having a portrait between its scl-tt and scarlet covers. Christening gifts are of ancient origin. For merly sponsors generally presented gilt spoons to the child, which viere called "apostle siioom," because the figures of the apostles were carved on the handles. A rich god patent gave the complete set of IS, while a less opulent one con tented himself with four, and a poorer sponsor considered a single spoon a suitable offering. Next fill a new commercial course will be in stituted at Michigan unlversitv. Instruction will be given which will train students for diploma tie and consular duties, for newspaper work, for higher commercial puisuits, for pastoral and philanthropic work, such as social settlement, and for public' administration. There will be courses ill commercial geography and statistics. A great curiosity Is a houso 1,100 years of age and .vet fit for habitation. This old dwelling, the oldest inhabited house In England, was built in the time of King Offa of MercU. It is octa gonal in shape, the walls of its lower story be ing of great thickness. The upper part is of oak. At one time the house was fortified and known by the name of St. German's gate. It st mils close to tho river Ver, and only s few jards from M. Alban's Abbej. IN THE VALLEY. I'pcn the distant mountain peak We hx our ardent gare, On that far eminence we seek The futuie of tur wajs. Oh willingly we climb, nor stop Ere wc have reached that mountain top. While faiier, easier at our feet A garden landscape lies Where we may walk in dalliance sweet To win life's highest priic. Heroic deeds we mav command Nor ever leave the valley land. M. L. Bajne. FIM1TIH Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hill & Coonell 121 K. Washington Ave., EVERETT'S Horses and carriages are su perior to those of any other livery in the city. If you should desire to go for a drive during this delight ful period of weather, call tele phone 794, and Everett will send you a first-class outfit EVERETT'S LIVERY, 836 Dix Court. (Near City Hall.) OFFIiSE 25 istwfBss!iHtas?rJ3xtM'lEflHrLflc! Sc's-aaBHBEB OSMBtI . JBBWrerQss9sr9 ALWAYS BUST, 6H0ES FOB SPBISO, BA&E BALL SHOES, OUTING SHOES, TENNIS SHOES, FISHING BOOTS Lewis &Refil!y 114-116 Wyoming Avenue. For WeddSmig Presents? Yes, we have them, In Sterling Sliver, Rich Cut Glass, Clocks, Etc. An Interesting variety of the richest goods In America. Prices the low est, guarantee perfect at iKIERCEREAU &C0NNELL 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. The Hirat & CoeeeH Co0 Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. iU Lackawanna Avenue HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Ajent for tU Wyointni Dlslrlol- .' Mining, UlastlncSporttnc Mmolcejlm ancl lbs Itepauus Uiio.ulca. Co.iipaay's ISGI EXPLOSIVES. tuitly I'nse, Caps nnd Ktnloisti. llooru 401 Connell liutUla;. tiarautaa. AaK.NCI.ka THCS. FORD. .Plttston. JOHN B. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN. Wllkes-Dorre. iireiT's POWER. It was the storekeeper at a little Iowa town who related that the first he ever heard of Ripans Tabules was from a runner for a Burlington house, who gave him a few. " I had been telling him that I had been a pro nounced victim of dyspepsia for several years, when he took from his pocket a small vial, saying : ' Here is what you want.' Well, from that it came about that I began to use Ripans Tabules. It may be that I would have got well anyway, but of this I am certain : I have not been troubled at all with dyspepsia during the last year." FINLEY'S The season for Is again upon us, aud our preparations for its recep-, tion are greater tliaa ever as you will be ready to admit when you have looked over our line of 11 No finer or more complete line has ever been at your SHU fasts 900 disposal, Designs, patters ' and materials have never been prettier, and we invito your inspection during this week. Our sale of Shirt Waist illks aed Fomilards still continues. 510-512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE The Neostyle DypHcator...... It will print 2,000 copies from one original writing, drawing or music, and 1,500 copies from any original writ ten on anv typewriter, We are agents for the above and have one in use for the in spection of any one interestet? in duplicating machines. The Planetary Pencil Sharp ener, improved, The Star Paper Fastener, improved. We will put either in your office on trial for a few days. Reynolds Bros t, oi.nuoiicrs ana engravers, Scranton, Pa. We earry the Urpest line of office supplies la Northeastern Pennsylvania. A .'. . -. ...
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