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RCJIANTON, AVRIL SO, 1900.
FOR VlCB-PRIiSIDENT,
CHARLES EMORY SMITH,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.
(VligiosMncii Hi-Urge - (l.M.t'MIA A. (1UOW.
nounin 11. ror.iini.i.ru.
AmHlor OepcMl-i:. II HAItl)i:lil. 11(111.
Leglslntivo.
I'iKl liMilit-TIHts .1. Iin NOMl't.
Seuiii-I DiMrirt ,1011V MI1IVKII, .lit.
Ililril UMilil-KllW MID ,lMi:s, Jll.
('ninth DMrlil I. A. l'llll.HIN.
The ablest mid best qualified western
man Uuih far mttmxl for the vice
liic.sideney Is ex-Henntor Charles V.
Mandeisoii, of Omaha, president of
the Ameili-an Har associallon and one
of the mot rhnrinliiK men In the t'nl;
ted States, lieneral Manderson Is an
ex-l'eiins.vlvania, havliiK been for
many yeais a resident of Philadelphia,
but It Is not believed that he Is pre
pared to lellnqtilsh his large business
and professional Interests in order to
le-enter publle life, from which ho re
tiled voltiutatlly. He would, we are
Miie. much prefer the nomination of
his peisonal friend, Chatles Emory
Smith.
The Proposed New Trolley Road.
CAItUFL'L examination of tho
plans of the Cnnnell 1'ark and
Speedway Stieet Hallway
company and of the ordin
nnee pending in common council kIv
IiiFT It the light of way to lay certain
tracks In a portion of the city not
now -ully provided with stieet car
facilities discloses nothing upon which
to base opposition. Upon its face the
ordinance seems fair and candid.
It Is a question how prolitable a
business can be built up by a street
railway company along the loutes con
templated in the ordinance. In the
summer time a good pati image might
be expected on every loute; the pros
pect as to winter travel is not so clear.
However, if the men back of this new
enterprise are willing to take the risk
the public can hardly have any rea
son to discourage them. They are all
old enough to be icsponslble for their
actions.
Wo attach no Importance to the ar
gument that competition In the street
railway business in this region would
be Injurious. The public Is inteiested
In having as good a service as possi
ble and frequently competition or the
possibility "f It acts as a wholesome
stimulus. In the matter now under
consideration It Is proper to add that
tho direct competition is slight. It
would seem that the new company
might exist without appreciably affect
ing the receipts of the old one.
Justice Freed man, of the New York
city supremo court, has ruled that a
labor union has no right to assess Its
members to provide funds with which
to pay allowances to men on strike
or to pay pickets or agents engaged
In prolonging a strike. This is the
llrst ruling of the kind on record and
it will be appealed. The final voice of
the comts upon this Issue will have
widespread significance.
The Hail Tube Question.
AX ITEM In tho postolllce ap
propriation bill as originally
leported to the house til
lowed $725,000 a year for the
transportation of mall In cities by
pneumatic tubes or similar devices. In
lioston. Xew York and Philadelphia,
JliiOO a year Is now being spent on
a pneumatic arrangement for the quick
transmission of mall between the main
postotllce and various sub-stations,
and the arrangement has worked so
satisfactorily that it was Intended to
extend It In other large cities when
suddenly charges woie made on the
floor of the house that the pneumatic
tube Item was In tho Interest of u par
ticular company composed In part of
foimer pdbllc olllclals who were plan
ing to enrich themselves at the gov
ei indent's expense. In the excitement
attending this accusation the house
struck out tho entire Item and now
effort Is to be made to have the senate
restore It. ,
It Is true that theie Is a pneumatic
tube company which Is, largely com
posed of foimer officials and which Is
anxious to put its patents to profitable
account thiough a deal with tho gov
ernment. As to'jhe character of Its
methods were are not Informed. A
reasonable Inference would be that the
company Is willing to secure business
In tho customary ways, including n
lobby at Washington It one should be
necessary. There Is nothing oxcep
tlonal In this fact nor need It have
any weight upon tho question at Issue.
That question Is tho value of pneu
matic mall tubes to the postal service
and it Is one concerning which tho
postolllce lcpartment Is tho proper au
thority to bo consulted and to exercise
discretionary power In the making of
any contracts. If the convenience of
the public can be advanced and the
cost is regarded as reasonable, that
should determine the matter. As Gen
eral Ultigham observes:
"Expedition In tho malls Is tho basis
and the secret of Increased revenues.
You Hud It running through all the
economic questions of today, moio
especially In the matter of railroad
transportation, appertaining not only
to your mall, but In the carriage of
freight and In tho carriage of passen
gers. If we can movo a letter from
one particular seotlon to another and
have It nnswerc In the same day, it
,. Ursest contribution that can
be made to tho postal service and tho
revenue, for tho reason that the de
livery of a letter from one section of
a city to the other Is the cheapest and
most economical, so far ns expense Is
concerned, In tho delivery of mall mat
ter. In other words, If you give the
great cities tho opportunity by expedi
tion, whether by mechanical devices
or by tho Increase of subordinate force,
as all communications go through the
mall at tho same into of postage that
It costs to transmit a letter from Maine
to the state of Washington, you can
readily see how local or city letter
matter can be handled at minimum
cost, for there Is no railroad transpor
tation to pay."
Tho point at Issue In this matter
does not Immediately concern Scran
ton, for the reason that If the pneu
matic tube system of mull delivery
should be adopted It would be many
years before the department would np
ply It to a city of Scranton's size. Hut
the pilnclple Is Important every where
and we believe that If discretion as to
details shall be vested In the present
accomplished postmaster geneial there
will be no need to fear that the gov
ernment will bo swindled.
It Is conceded that tho next legisla
ture must elect a I'nlted States' sena
tor and that tho man of Its choice
will be a party stalwuit.
It Pays to He Honest.
TTMIf: HPECTACLn of a lead
fj inn Clitlstlan nation like the
JL fulled States aibitrarlly
nullifying a solemn treaty
obligation because the compact ha3
ceased to be pleasant Is not a happy
one to contemplate, but If the num
bers of congress In both houses who
are tnglng tho passaRe of the Hepburn
N'lcaragua canel bill shall have their
o n way, as now seems probable, this
will be the spectacle which our highly
civilized country Mill soon place before
the world's critical observation.
The (iayton-liulwer tieaty -which
our state depaitment holds Is yet In
full force binds us to a partnership
with Of-at Britain In any canal which
we may sec lit to build on the isthmus
ef Datiui. It was a foolish treaty to
make, but our government made It,
and our present president and secre
tary of state, recognizing the urgent
nrcil ot an American canal, decided
that the honorable way to undo tho
niistikc of the past was to have a
frank talk with Great Hrltaln and to
see on what terms are would be will
ing to cancel the old fetteis. They
had thin talk -John Hay for tho Unit
ed States and aLoul Pauncefote for
England and the lcsult of it was a
m w treaty which both signed, agiee
Ing thnt the United States nluy build
and police the Nicaragua canal, but
also agTlnff that It should be held
at all times neutral and open on cqu.il
leims to the ships .of peace and ships
of ar of every nation. This pioposl
tion coriespondei with our ti.idltlonal
position with respect to international
watervays; our statesmen hae always
stood foi their neutralization, so Presi
dent McKlnlcy assented to the Huy
Pauncofote, agi cement, and it was sent
to the i-entitc for ratification
In tho senate, because England just
now is unpopular and bcciuise an
American presidential election Is near,
a number of senators got together and
knocked out the noutrallzatlt.n clause,
the veiy essence of tho whole treaty
and tho condition of Gteat Britain's
consent to th abrogation of tho origi
nal treaty; and now the house la about
to put through a bill of its own, calm
ly Ignoilng our tieaty with England
and Instructing the president to buy
enough land In Central Amei lea to
fence the canal in and to run It as a
Yankee property from start to finish,
"In diplomatic circles," writes Walter
Wcllmnn, "theie Is u great deal of
feeling on tills subject, and the fires
of Indignation aio only smoldering.
Anions our fordgn friends tHtloii"il
hero tncro Is amazement that the.
UnlUd States, champion ot liberty,
open drois and Christian .statesman
ship, -iiould seilou-.lv propose such a
repudiation of an intcrrational tieaty.
Among Amei leans who have sufficient
knowledge ot the situation to appre
ciate tho seriousness of tho tilsls and
the danger tho nation may mi ur of
losing the confidence and friendship
of other poW'-is there, is a slnci-re hopo
that some better way out of the dilem
ma may b found.''
It is tiue that when congress passed
the Chlncuo exclusion act 11 rode rough
shod over the most sacred treaty cove
nants with China, but China was weak
and Oieat Itiltuln Is not. The English
might, owing to tnulr South African
tioubles, refrain from answetlng im
mediately such an act of bad faith as
Its character would descivo, but Ger
many, Franco and nth'i: nations, with
all of whom we aie hal:-.? daily more
and more to do. w.iulrt not fall to
make a note should wo put bofoie
them an example of unrelieved penldy;
and our "open dooi" pledges as to
China would not be woith tho paper
they nro wtltten on. It puyu to be
honest.
Governor General Wood Is cleansing
tho Cuban courts by decapitating tho
judges who take bribes. His power Is
absolute and ho Is using it unsparing
ly. Hut what would Cuba do without
a Wood?
Land Titles In Luzon.
UNDER Article 8 of the treaty
of Paris, Spain cedes all
public pioperty In the Phil
ippines to tho United States,
but It is declured that thocesslon stipu
lated "shall In no way affect tho pi op.
erty rights accorded by custom or law
to the peaceful holders of goods of uny
sort In the provinces, cities, public or
private establishments, civil or ecclesi
astical corporations or any other col
lectivity which has any legal right to
ncqulro goods or rights In tho ceded
or abandoned territory." Tho word
"custom" as hero used opens a wide
door to contioversy, especially In view
of the fact that largo holdings of prop
erty by tho monastic orders rest upon
no discoverable title but huve simply
represented the liberality or com
placency of tho Spanish civil olllclals.
How will tho new Philippine commis
sion untie this knbt?
In the Chicago! Record Mr. W. E,
Curtis gives what purports to be a
resume of tho ollUial Instructions to
the commission. These have not been
made public, hence the accuracy ot Mr.
Curtis' resume Is n matter of faith!
but wc reproduce It for what It Is
worth. The Instructions arc, he says,
to determine what portion of tho lands
nnd property In question actually be
long to the icllglous orders by pur
chase or preemption at an eatly date,
and to that they will be given a clear
title and undisputed possession; but all
property that has been merely occu
pied by them without the passing of a
title will bo declared public property
nnd tho revenues will be collected for
the benefit of tho government Instead
of for the church. Hofore the occups
tlon of tho Philippines by tho United
States army a considerable nmount of
this property was conveyed by the
civil governor to the archbishop or to
the prlois of the seyeral religious or
deis. Those transfers will not be rec
ognized because It Is evident that thiy
were made in order to deprive the
United Stales of Its rightful posses
sions. Accoidlng to Mr. Curtis, the Instruc
tions of tho secretary of war to the
commission are to treat tho church ex
actly as it Is treated in this country,
and Mr. Hoot Is said to have quoted
for their benefit that article of the con
stitution which declares that congress
shall make no laws respecting religion
or Interfering with tho freedom of
worship, Tho commission Is to govern
Itself accordingly nnd leave tho chuich
to attend to the spiritual affairs of the
community without Interference or en
couragement, protection or resistance
from the civil authorities. All church
pioperty not actually used for pur
poses of worship or education Is to be
tnxed like any other real estate, as It
is In Hie United States. Churches and
school houses, hospitals, asylums and
other benevolent Institutions arc to be
exempted, but no exemption Is to be
made In favor ot the residences of thi
religious orders nor the plantations or
other pioperty whoso revenues havo
been applied to the support of churches
and schools. If the friars refuse to pay
taxes the same remedies will be ap
plied as in the United States. After
a stated period public notice of delin
quent taxes will be made and the
property will be sold. Theto is to be
no Interference In any manner with
tho parish schools, but no contribu
tions arc to be made from the publle
treasury for their support. The com
missioners are to use their discretion
as to what assistance shall be fur
nished by the government to charitable
Institutions under the earo of the
chuich. Thnt question cannot be arbi
trarily settled in Washington. No re
ligion is to bo taught In the public
schools and no school In which re
ligion Is taught Is to receive aid from
the publle treasury.
In view of tho political misunder
standings nnd frictions possible in con
nection with so delicate a subject, the
policy here outlined, If It Is the one
which the war department has adopted,
lpllles a good deal of backbone and
courage, but It is generally believed
that Ellhu Hoot is a man who pos
sesses both.
At the National Mothers' congress,
which Is to meet In Des Moines May
17, Mrs. Hannah K. Schoff, of Phila
delphia, will unfold a plan for the
state control of charities based upon
a cat ef ul study of existing! defects in
the management of charitable insti
tutions. Tho paper will be awaited
with Interest by students of the hu
manities. COAL PRODUCTION.
This Country Now the Greatest Pro
ducer of Coal In the World.
From the Journal of Commerce.
The I'nlted State lias taken the first place
among the vvoild's coal producers as li hid
already taken the first place ainonr; the piic iron
piodmeiK. The t.l;tilncan(o ot both (acts is
laigcly enhanced bj the vrMly prcatei supplies
ol both coal and oie that wc poc thin any
ol tho other civilized and manufacturing na
tion. It is piobablc that China has vcr large
supplim of both, but (oi wane years they wilt
not materially affect the world's mnikit. the
coal pioductlon, in short tors, foi the juit llucc.
jcars has been as follows.:
l'ennsjhania
Ilitumlnous. Anthiaelle. Total.
1S'7 IIU.ill.'W) 51.122.lln l,B,25t,T$S
1'S lwl,5!)2,02l 52,32,1lt 210,!)M,bi)7
isw 1'j,21ii,2j3 ),:i'Jo,:ni us,5.it,iu0
The pioductlon last year was not only far be.
J i nd preudent, but it was toiitiderably Urg' r
than any estimates that had lit ill made during
the j car, The oil output ot tho three largest
producers in lS'JS w as follows:
Tonj.
fire.it lliitalu 2JO,:!nl,0SS
fnlteil states 21),t7l,i07
German) 114,28.1,196
The next country in the list is Prance, but she
follows at a ery gieat intmal and is depend
ent upon impoitul (oal.
Of the lnneaed pioductlon o( bituminous toal
last jpar, amounting to nearly .12,000,000 tons,
oer lo.uon.ntpo was supplied by lnns)laula.
Uliuui.'s iiu lease was neatly o.OliOtOOo, and that
o( Ohio was more than 2,000,000 ton. The In
neae in Wet Virginia was 2,000,000 and in
Colorado neail) 1,500,000.
1'ho estimated alue ot the entire coal pio
dm lion in each ot the pat three )ears has been.
1si7 U.OrH,707
Is'iS 203,000,SW
lS'W 230,133,412
The average alue per ton in 1S97 was a tlrailo
under $1; in ls'is It was M icnls; last year It
was a Utile more than ft.
In a review o' the woild'b coal tude pub
lished in Kugland (our ears ago it was stated
that between IbS-l e5 and leOl-liU the cost of pro
dm lion In the I'nlted States had been reduced
dem bs. 3d. tp 4. lO'jd., and was then lower
than the value ot coal at the pit's mouth in
elihir Kngland or fiennan). The place the Till
tl States Is to occupy in the manufacturing
world Is Indicated by the (act that the cost o(
pioductlon in lliijland must Imrcasc with the
deepening of the shafts, while the coal area of
the t'ldlrd Slates is so great that little in
ileal? from this cjue need lie anlieipated heic
for nuiiy jeirs, while we are alicady tho largest
and theapest ptoduens of coal among manu
(acturtug nations.
SMITH A POSSIBILITY.
Washington Special In Pittsburg Dispatch.
In administration i dries there is rcr.ewml talk
of Postmaster General t'harlcj Kmoiy fcmilli as a
vice presidential candidate. He Is a peiboual as
well as political fiicitd of Mi. McKlnlcy, anJ
would bo acceptable to tie picbldcnt.
HIS GREATNESS.
How big'a a "politician," Pa,
That people tall him great?
Is lie, like old Goliath, tall.
His ipear a hundred weight?
Oh, no, my son, 'tis not his welnhc
Nor that he It so tall;
The only thing that makes him great
Is the hugeness ol lilt gill,
Indlantpolii Preu.
EDMUND
WBBtaM f j4y5 f I jN
In the histrionic circles and out of them the talk just now Is the threatened Insanity of
Edmund Rostand, the talented author of "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "L" Alglon." The fact
that Sarah Bernhardt has made a most phenomenal success of the play of the latter title
emphasizes the distress felt In Europe over Rostand's condition.
Outline Studies
of Htirnan Nattire
The Untold.
T DIDN'T tell )ou. did I, Mildred," said Mr.
Cavil to his wife, "that I saw jour 6lter
Jane downtown this day week!"
"Xo, )ou didn't, Charles Augustus Cavil,"
replied Mrs. Cavil. "Why didn't you!"
"Well, you see-"
"Yes, 1 see. You meet the only sister I have
in the world, and intead o( coming straight
home and telling mc about it, as any respectable
husband would have done, the same day, jou
keep the matter secret a whole week, and then
ak, carelessly, it jou have mentioned the tact
that you saw her,"
"But, my dear "
"Don't but me, Charles Augustus Cavil. I
have no doubt that &hc srnt me a message bv
you, and )ou not only (ailed to deliver it, but
b) this time jou have (orgotten what ft was
about. Ttli mc It tbii Isn't the case."
"My dear, it was this way "
"Don't tell me it was that way, diaries Au
gustus Cavil. I know cxaitly how It was. You
hlmpl.v didn't care a straw whether t knew tint
j oil had seen tister Jane oi not, or j'ou would
not have waited a whole week to tell mc jou
had seen her."
"But I didn't say 1 saw her," Mr. Civil said
at length.
"Then I'd like to know what jou did say,
Charles Augustus Cavil."
"I asked jou i( I told you that I saw her,"
explained Mr. Civil.
"Well, why didn't jou tell nie!"
"The reason I didn't tell jou was because 1
didn't see her. That's all."
Mrs. Cavil gasped and was tpccchlcss. Boston
Barar.
The Whitest "Coon" He Ever Saw.
W HKS" Isaac Van Alphen, the postmaster (ten
ral of the Transvaal and a warm (riend
o( "Oom Paul," was in this country in attend
ance on the Postal congress, he had an amusing
experience which he still likes to relcr to, relates
the Saturda) Kvening Tost. Walking arm in arm
with a friend mar the I'ennsvlvania station In
Baltimore one dsj, the distinguished (oreigner
was approached bj a policeman, who announced
that Van Alphen had been ordered to appear be
(oie the coiomr to act as a Juror.
"By what authority do you ask this!"
"By the authority o( the state ot Mar) land."
"I "acknowledge no such authoilty." said an
Alphen, tho humor of the situation breaking
upon him.
"You acknowledge no such authority!" re
peatcd the policeman with r.nwement. "What
do j'ou mean?"
"Well." announced Mr. Van Alphen nonchil
nntly, "I am a resident o( Pretoria in the South
African renublle, and I don't acknowledge the
nnthenlj of the state of Marjland in this in
tljiice." "Pietoria, South African republic!" echoed
the policeman, puzzled for a moment, but finally
he begged Mr. Van Alphen's paidon and walked
awaj-, ta)lng audibly, "Well, )Ou'rc about the
whitit 'coon' I ever taw,"
Made a Hit with His Audience.
f Ni: Or the really good stories is going
around among the lawjers about Congre-s-man
Llltli field, relates tho Lcwistown Journal.
'Tvvas when the congressman was stumping in
his campaign. It was up in a Franklin county
town. The chairman of the committee wan'ed
to give Charles a good send-off, and so he said:
"I.adics and gentlemen, this is Hon. (Jharl'S
I!. MttlcftVUI, who Is known from Kastport to
ork as the one great oiator of Maine. This,
fellow citizens, is Hen. Charles Mttlclcld. who
will talk to jou from the setting ot th sun
mill the ruing up thereof."
Applause.
Then up rises Charles and darts a (alcon glance
at the chaliman and another as piercing at the
aidlence.
"Gentlemen," said he, "jou and the ihairniin
can .lay htVc In this hall if jou want to unltl
the iiiig of the sun, but as (or mjscK, I'll till
jou riRht now I'm going to be out of this hall
in Just 50 minutca."
And the applause that he got then was In j
earnest.
Wanted to Go on the Stage.
W'
IIL'N Lord Kitchener Joined the Bojal En
gineers, now nearly thirty jears ago, he
was a tall, Bliin. veiy handsome joi.ng man, sajs
the New lork Telegiaiu. Tho foimer Sirdar did
not at first take to the army, but hail seilous
thoughts ol going on the stage, and was "lie
daj, while in London, Introduetd by a lorn
rade to the late George Hcni). Young Kltihener
consulted George on the subject of his histrionic
ambition. Honey looked critically at the officer,
and remarked:
"I could get jou an engagement In five min
utes as a walking gentleman, but, let me tell
jou, jou'd be better off as n sapper in the en
gineers "
Then, very serlouslj-, Honey gave the other an
Insight Into the seamy side of an actor's life,
and finished with advice, "Stick to the arinj-, Mr,
Kitchener; It's a belter shop than the boards."
Had Kitchener cut tho service and Joined the
"profession" hlslcry might have Imcu differently
written.
The Fate That Awaits Him.
A CCOnDlNfi to the Liverpool Post a local
firm, leing delighted at the idea that one
of its emplojcs was callec' up to join the i,i
scrvrs, at once volunteered to pay half his wages
fo Ids wife in bis altence. At the end of the
month the weman aipcarcd, and the moiety
was at once trlven to her.
"What?" she said, "bur poundl"
"Yea," replied the senior partner, "that is
exactly half j sorry you arc not satisfied."
"It isn't that I'm rot aatlsfied; why, tor
years he has told me hi only got 10 shilling al
together, ard and If the Boers don't kill him
I will,"
Informal in His Responses.
C OMFJ anecdotes about the late Duke of Cam
bridge recorded In the Memoirs ot the Duch
ess of Teck, lately published in England, are
among the most entertaining things in a not Im
portant boolr, The Duke was a strong church
man, and, in Ms simple waj-, very religious, but,
as a (riend of Ida Hojal Highness used tp say,
'hl religion sometimes took rather an incon
ventlonal.forro." He would frequently v.nuie
ROSTAND.
audible rrmirks when the scrvlic was In prog
ress. On one occasion, after the usual exhorta
tion, "bet us pray," tho Duke was heard to
replj-, "By all means." During a very dry
rummer the vitar read the prajer for rain; at
the close tho Duke joined (erveutlj- In the
"Amen," adding, in exactly the same tone of
volio, "but wc shan't get it till the wind
ihanges." Again, on hearing tho text, "For we
brought nothing into tho world, neither may
we cairy anjthlng out," he ejaculated, "Tiue,
true too many calls upon us for that."
His Example Was Premature.
A UriU'KIt in Glasgow, having heard that hia
men did not start work at the proper ttyie,
thought Urn' he would drop down about 6.30 some
morning to see, si)s Waverly Magazine. Coins
up the jard he caught sight of a Joiner stand
ing smoking, with his kit unopened. Simply
asking bis name, which he found to bo Malcolm
Campbell, ie called hiin into the oflue and,
handing liiin (our davs' pay, told him to leave
at once. After hiving reen the man clear nut
o( the jard he went up to the (oreman and
told him lie had made an example of Malcolm
Campbell by pajing hlir. ofl for not starting at
the proper time.
"Great Scot!" oulaiirod the (oreman, "that
chap was only looking (or a Job'"
A Filipino Tartar.
I lEUTK.N'AM COLONEL 11. II. Fargeant, If. S.
A., tells many enjojable w-ar stories. Once
when instructing some men, he asked, "When
jou are on the hkumlsh line, and suddenly en
counter the enemy, what would jou do?"
"Fall flat." "And what nit?" "Stay
there."
On another occasion he was questioning a man
respecting his absence for six boms.
"f was chasing a Filipino an hour, sir."
"How about the other five hours?"
"The Filipino and his friends were chasing
me, sir." Philadelphia Fost.
WANAMAKEE, IS BAKRED.
From the Irfbanon lterort.
The esteemed Scranton Tribune flies the vice
presidential banner ot Chsrles Kmory Smith at
ItJ masthead, jet rhimpicns Matthew Stanley
Quay as "the exponent ol paity regularity."
Presumably the Idea is to make sure that the
two fhows shall alwa,s be "under one mam
moth canvas." It any paper in Pcnns)lvania
has the brains and ability back of It to engineer
suili u project. The Tribune is that paper. In
deed, the lteport ventuies to believe th.it, it It
is at all in the range ot posslbllit). The Tribune
might lie able to provide a three-ring perform
ance with the Honorable Jchn Wanamakcr as
one of the stars.
A RECOGNIZED DUTY.
From Chamberaburg Public Oplnlcn.
It will be the duty of the next legislature to
elect a I'nlted .States senator. The people o(
the various counties in this grand old common
wealth should not permit their representatives
to return to their respective homes until they
shall hive elected a senatoi.
HIS WONDERFUL HOLD.
Fioni the Indianapolis Press.
Never since the palmy days ol John Kelly,
the great Tammany boss, has any party leader
held his follow ors 'with such cords ot icil ar"ee
tlon as has Matthew S. Quay held 'he Hcpubll
cans of the Kejstouc state.
Particular Interest centers around
our $20 Three-Piece Bedroom Suites.
And It Is not dlfllcult to decide why.
There Is something about each piece
which catches tho eye and Invites a
better acquaintance. Then construc
tion and finish are observed and com
parisons made. The decision generally
Is that these are better In every way
than anything ever ottered at the price.
Hill & Coernielil
121 N. Washington Ave.,
TV t dS75gzZ , -tWijB i
EVJERETTS
Horses nnd 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,
236 Dlx Court. (Near City" Hall.)
ALWAYS BUSY.
urn
shoes for srniNO.
BASK BALL SH0K8,
OUTING SHOES,
TENNIS 8HOK3,
FiSUfNCI B00T8
Lewis &ReiHy
1H-11S Wyoming Avenue.
For
Weddnog
Presenilis?
Yes, we have them, in
Sterling Silver, Rich Cut
Glass, Clocks, Etc.
An interesting variety
of the richest goods in
America. Prices the low
est, guarantee perfect at
fllERCEREAU&CONNELL
130 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
The HMot &
Coraeell Coa
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 Lackawanna Araue
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
Ueoeial Affenlforttis Wyoralnj
District a
iilDlng, Ulastlng.Sportlus, moU.si
aud the Ilepauno Une-nlca.
Co.npuay'i
fflGH EXPLOSIVES.
tulety h'use, Caps and Krplodsri.
itoom 401 Connoll Bulletin;.
borautox
AUENClEii
THCS. FORD, ... TMttston.
JOHN B. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth.
W. B. MULLIGAN. Wllke-Brra
iiroiT's
POWDEH
aS "i3"r
-gad IX. .-'
Come and hear the children sing
Rjpans Tabules just the thing.
They core the sick; ;
They banish pain ; w'
One gives relief. .'
And you can buy ten for five centsT
VTANTKDi-AeaM of bvl health that R-IPA.-N-A will not UsneOt. Heni dr. cents to Klpam rVnlnl ftv-
No. I" bpruoo Etrt. Naw York, font mple. ani 1,0m testimonial. ICI 11 N 8, 10 for ousts, or 11 p-ckeu tit
U ouita, y t had of all drurgl.U who are willing to aell a low prlcad m.tlcln. t a. uodtrmaa preAt. Tfc.7
Uaiati plu and prolong- life. On fires relief, Mow the wort It-l l-AN s on Fae mcket. Aooeoe no eobetttst.
TTTT
MLEY'S
k
tafamits
Department
All the little details for our
annual opening of "Baby
Furnishings" are now com
plete, and on Monday vre
will place on sale our spring
line of Infants and Children's
Hats, Caps, Cloaks, etc., etc,
and invite your inspection of
the same.
Children's Silk and
Mull Bonnets.
Silk, Mull, Leghorn
and Milanaise
Braid Hats
Children's French Cord
Wash Bonnets"
a specialty.
French Hand
Embroidered Shoes,
Bibs and Baby
Carriage Pillows.
Complete line of Infants
Long Cloaks in
'Cashmere,"
"Bedford Cord,"
"China Faille" and
"Benjaline Silk" eta
Ask to see our Golf and Sea
Shore sun bonnets in tho
new mushroom shapes:
Sale lasts the entire week.
LACIAWANNA AYENUE
The Neostyle
Duplicator
oooae
It will print 2,000 copies
from one original writing,
drawing or music, and 1,500
copies from any original writ
ten on any typewriter. We
are agents for the above and
have one in use for the in
spection of any one interested
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
Stationers and Engravers,
Scranton, Pa.
Wo rarty the largest line o( office supplies In
Northeastern Ttnnsylvanla.
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