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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1900.
A
PuWIkIimI Dully. Kxrrrt fSumlar, ly The Trlli.
line ruMUhlng LumpJii), at I'ltly Conls a Month.
MVV S. ItlCIIAItl). Knltor.
U, 1'. IIWPKi:, lliili.c-n Manager.
New Voik Ofllcc! 150 Ntssmi St.
s. s. vnixiiAxn,
Solo Agent lor Foreign Advertising.
Kntered at the IVwInfflci t Scratiton, l'a., i
ScioikM'Ijw Mall Matter.
When Ki,ue lll penult. The Tilbune Is M
js glad lo print lnrt tclti'N ficim Hi nleiiils
hemlnit on iiiriint lnpii, lint Its uilc Is tliM
Dime mint he -1nncil. for piiMimtloii, hy (dp
xnltei's real willies nml the t-omllttoti pirc relent
tn mjetJii(e Is dial nil tciiitilljiilloiu Mull he
rulijeil tn nlllorl.il incision.
TEN PAGES.
SCUANTON. MAY 1. 1300.
I:OR VlCH-PRGSIDHNT,
CHARLES EMORY SMITH,
OI; PENNSYLVANIA.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.
Concrrs.iNHi ,il I nitre- -.(l.'.ll'MIA (IIUiW,
Kiiii:in it. I'Ai.iih'i.tmu.
Auditor (idiulq'JI. IIAHHKM'.i:tt(!Jl.
"Legislative,
v-iiimi iiftiitt- miiin -(iirn:n, .111.
I' i I)itiiii-i:il MID JMIA, .III.
I .urf llistikt -l . l'llll.l!lv.
The Supreme court's opinion In tin
Si hool board c-rise w.is dotilitli ss Inllll
eni eil mure by expediency than hy?
!"w The upholding of the piesenl
P'l.ini of twi-nt.-oue i-.ivcs a lot of
bothi'i . jujil jin far as Scinntoti Is cuu-
leiiicii, l be gcneially satisfactory.
Secretary Root's Warning.
r-lJUKi: WAS tin allusion in
the speech or s-ecielaiy Koul
,it the Oiant anniversary hi
N'ew Yoik which has Men ted
consiileiablo gossip. "No man who
CHiefullv watches the signs of the
times can fall to see." tho secretary
said, "that the Ametlcan people will
within a few years have either to
abandon the Montoe doctilne or Unlit
for it. and ac are not going to aban
don It. If necessary we will light for
It but unless there Is a greater dill
pence In legislation in the future than
In the past, when the time conies it
may find us unprepared."
The point In this allusion is generally
heliiC'l to have been aimed at fler
mnny, which is vigorously pushing for
ward ambitious schemes of coloniza
tion In Centinl and South Ameilca.
The Washington conespondeiice of the
New Yoik Herald explains that an im
portant (iciman colony Is llniti Klilnrr
In (iiiiitemal.i. Olernian subjects are
distributed through Central Ameilca,
but they aie living together and none
of them has lelinqulshed Ills Herman
citizenship. As soon as they have
firmly established themselves dliect
steamship connections are made with
Hamburg, and German goods are sent
to what are practically colonies. This
method has been adopted in Southern
Brazil and in Aigcutiua. It Is in
Southern lirazll, however, that tht
trouble will come, the authorities ex
pect, If It should come at all. Infor
mation lecelvcd at the State depart
ment shows that laige numbers of
German subjects have gathered there
and are to all Intents and purposes
German colonies. While such action is
not Immediately expected, theie is up
piehension that when Geimany feels
suflkiently strong on the sea she will
carry out the policy of stirring up feel
ing between tho natives and her sub
jects. Then It will be necessary to land
men to iuotect her subjects, and the
guards w'lll not bo removed except by
foice. That would necessitate on the
part of the 1'ulted States the enfoice
ment or tho abandonment of the Mon
loe doctrine.
Some papers criticize Secretniy Hoot
for making the above allusion; but if
there is ground for it the hint was
certainly timely. Prevention is better
than wfir; and the best way to pi event
tiouhle is to be icady for It. The .Mon
roe doctrine is worthless unless them
Is both the latent and tho power tn
enforce it whenever it is challenged.
When we consider what a quantity
of American history has been made
since Geoige Dewey's achievement In
Manila bay two ycais ago this morn
ing, the appiopiiitteuess of making a
special observance of the anniversary
Is apparent. Who would undo what
Dewey did?
One Cent Letter Postage.
INASMUCH as 3.". pel cent, of the
total expenditures of Hie post
olllee department go to the lall
roiuls for carrying the mails;
and Inasmuch as there has been for
years a widespread belief that the
government Is paying for this trans
poiiatioii.ji siipi, out otV.all.fali: propor
tion to the sen Ice rendered, a com-
mlttee oVtheV-'iMllnnnl-lio.ifd of trade
was I'lr'ntlyuiipimiiucd to Investigate
this subject. Its icport has Just been
Issued.
The repoil includes a mass of sta
tistical detail which i!isci'?cs examina
tion by all who care, tnrk" into this
subject thoroughly; but the general
findings may be summarized thus;
The law determining the rates for
hauling 'mall ltmt'tcu' has not been
changed for twenty yeais. Dining
this pel lad freight rates have declined
about 33 per cent., and passenger rates
about IT'.i per cent. After the dally
averago weight of fi.OOO pounds Is
reached, the same into la allowed for
hauling 300,000 pounds dally as Is
chttiped for hauling onljr 2,000 addition
al pounds dally. Since lSSli tho mile
age of star routes has Increased 14'i
per cenH-Uho. .nv-ur.ige- weight of mnll
matter In start ionics has slightly decreased-
Tnul the total cost of hauling
mall mutter Jp star mutes has slightly
decreased," star lotile rates being
governed" by competition;, but, since
Wfj railway mllengo has in
creased 41.4 per cent., yet the
ainoimr paid for railway haul
ing" 'of 'malls has Increased o'ver 100
per cent. Post ofllqe statistics show
that the average ;uto pJd tp tho mil
loads for hauling 100 pounds of mall
matter the length of tliO"aVorugo haul
tt- l! S- - 1 '"' -
Ii J6.3S. The census Teporl of 18M
hHs Hint the average rntc pnltl to
the ritllrcmds by the express compa
nies for their nvcraRC hntil wnR only
?3.M. The National Hoard of Trade
minis up as follows:
"The government pays annually for
lallwny mull transportation (which Is
a distinctive 'commutation' service)
over 134,000,000, or at the rate of 1214
cents per ton per mile. The railroads
carry single 'commutation' passengers
at as low n rate ns 3 cents per ton per
mile. The cost of securing and carry
ing 'commutation' passengers Is be
lieved to be greater than the average
cost of carrying a concspondlng
weight of 'mail, hut If the' malls were
carried at the above 'commutation'
passenger lates, the government would
pay less than $3,000,000 Instead of over
$.! 1,000,000, and would thereby effect an
annual saying of $2."i,000,000. One-cent
letter postage means a yearly postal
saving of fif) per cent, to every letter
writer: und one-cent letter postage
could be promptly secured If railway
mall pay were modified ho as to bo
eiiultablf to the people, the govern
ment arid the railroads."
If the correction of abuses In the pos
tal service will make one-cent le'tler
postage self-sustaining, public opinion
has u stums Incentive to demand such
correction no matter what special In
terests may oppose.
Oeneial Giosvenor, the statistician
extraordinary of the Mark Hannn or
ganization, has Issued n piospectus of
the next electoral vote. He concedes
Kentucky, Maryland and Nebraska to
Kryuti, classes Delawate and Knnsas
ns doubtful, claims South Dakota,
Washington and Wyoming for McKln
ley and thus figures that McKlnley will
have 260 electoral votes to 174 for
llryan, with 13 doubtful. With 221
necessary to elect. McKlnley's margin
Is a safe one; still, It will not do for
the Republicans to take too many
things for granted.
The Latest Cure for Bosslsm.
Wi: HAVn HKCKIVKD
from the IJrandur com
pany of New Yotlc a
pamphlet entitled "A
Way to Abolish Uosses and Uosslsm:
to llreak Up Political Machines, and
to Kstabllsh Klllclent and Honest Gov
ernment In Our Cities." being extracts
from Oilnndo J. Smith's book, "The
Coming Democracy." A publication
with such a title naturally arouses
curiosity; let us examine It.
In order to prescribe a cure it is
necessary to have a direase; nnd the
author of this pamphlet draws his
diagnosis in hit Id colors. Our repub
lic Is "irresponsive nnd v.nprogressive;"
Its natural ciops are "patronage, priv
ilege and corruption ;" our democracy,
being "ineit and Imperfect," is overrun
with "weeds and thistles," "snakes and
vampiies" and "things lint mf til, hid
eous and venomous." Our "ways of
handling the public business are more
than a hunched years old while the
methods of handling private business
are up to date. Tho old ways have
failed; the new ways are successful.
We must Investigate the new meth
ods." We filiall discover, Mr. Smith pro
ceeds to say, that the now methods
aie all practically included In one sim
ple machine the coipoiatlon. Our
forms of government are built In fear
and distrust of tho people. An intri
cate system of barriers and checks and
balances guards the government from
that prompt and direct control by tho
people which should exist under a Just,
scientific and efficient democracy. Ilul
the corpoiation is Immediately respon
sive to the will of the stockholders
through the single board of directors
periodically elected by them; henco
Mr. Smith proposes to reorganize the
government of our cities on a basis
similar to that of the ordinary cor
poration. Taking New York city for purposes
of Illustration, he would have the leg
islature grant a charter providing that
the city should be ruled by u small
board of trustees, say llfteen In num
ber, elected once a year, at large, un
der a sclcntllle system of proportional
rcpiescntatlon. This board he would
have authorized to enact all laws,
rules and icgulatlons needful for the
government of the city, to elect its
chief executive nnd other otlleers, to
define their duties, and to remove
them nt Its will. On the basis of the
last vote cast, the hoard thus consti
tuted would comprise G Tammany
niembeis. 1 Independent Democrat, 4
Kepubl leans. 2 Good Government men,
1 police lefoimer nnd 1 auti-ISamnpo
man certainly a happy family.
The novel feature of this plan Is the
method of election proposed. A sim
ple billot with tile name of the party
and the name of the candidate in
blank Is used. Tho voter takes this
Into the booth and writes or has a
helper write In the blank spaces the
name el the party he wishes to sup
p irt anil the name of one candidate
for ttust'c. The ballots aie llrst
(minted to ascertain the relative
standing of the various parties nnd
their leprcsenlution on tho board.
That nscei tallied, the 6 Tammany or
4 Hepubllcan teprcsentatlves, for ex
ample, leeching the most votes in
their respective parties are declared
elected, The election otlielala arc to
certifv the vote cast for all of the
cand'datrs. chosen and unchoscn; and
It any candidate chosen should fall
to qualify, leslgn. dlo or become dis
qualified, then lu would bo succeeded
by the candidate on tho same ticket
who iceelvcd the highest vote given
on that ticket to ;i candidate who was
unchoscn. This wculd obviate special
elections.
We come now to tho merits elulmcd
for Mr. Smith's scheme. Tho voter
under It, wo tiro told. Is as free as
the law can make him from every
foim of dictation, coercion and Intimi
dation; he selects his own party und
names his own candidate; caucus, con
vention and election are rolled Into
one. ' Heelers, bosses and the manip
ulators of the party machines cnu
plead, advlso and uige, but they can
no longer dictate. Party organiza
tions and conventions we shnll still
have, hut since the power of naming
candidates has ceased to exist, tho
Conventions must confine themselves
to tho legitimate work of formulating
prin'.iplea and measures, and the or
ganizations must work chiefly for the
advancement of these Ideas and poli
cies. We can conceive that the organ
ization of a party will, under the new
order, respectfully recommend to Its
voters a long list of the strongest and
most popular men In Its rnnks ns be
ing worthy of consideration for the
Important ofllce of trustee of the city.
Instead of attornf-tlng to dictate nom
inations, the new party leaders will
probably senreh the city for nblo and
sincere n,in whoso names will give
piestlge to their cause, and wo may
bo sure that no mnii with a following
of much consequence will bo over
looked, since the voter Is free tn go
outside of the list for his candidate.
"A man to be chosen trustee must
have a very considerable following at
the lowest, perhaps, ten to twenty
thousand votes. It will seldom Imp
pen that nn Insignificant or Incompe
tent innn can secure such a vote In
competition with the best men In the
city. The most popular man In a cause
will' receive the largest vote on his
party ticket, the rccond In popularity
will receive the second vole, and so on.
livery election will determine definite
ly the leadership of the different politi
cal bodies in the city. The people will
name their lenders, reafllrm them, or
change them, In freedom. The leader
of the party In the majority will prob
ably be chosen as mayor of the city
by the board of trustees. The leaders
of the parties In the minority will also
occupy places of honor and responsi
bility. Koch leader will strlvo to re
tain and to increase the esteem and
the good will of his followers, and It
is unlikely that he will prevail, if he
bo not sincere, honest, strong and nblo
The people will find out wiiosc actions
are equal to nls promises, who is alert
In emergencies, who can be trusted.
In freedom, they will not tolerate false
or Incompetent leadership. 'We shall
have a new and better order of men
In public life."
We present this beautiful picture for
what it Is worth as a literary contribu
tion of human interest. Every merit
claimed for It Is possible under exist
ing conditions and not realized be
cause the people neglect their public
duty.
The occasional announcement of n
$23,000 divorce suit In the papers serves
to refute the Idea that habit of relat
ing lovje's old, old story Is no longer in
vogue.
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At this rate, Scranton will again be
come a base ball center. Snappy play
ing will solve the problem so far as
local patronage is concerned.
It looks ns though time would soon
develop that the subjects of the sultan
have been having considerable fun at
the sublime porte's expense.
The supply of hot air for the Paul
son vice-presidential boom appears to
have been exhausted before there was
time to open the parachute.
General Joe Wheeler thinks that law
abiding citzens may yet be found in
the Philippines outside of the ceme
teries. The average Pennsylvania insurgent
politician these days Is as reckless as
a small boy with a Flobcrt illlc.
The building Inspector aU the Paris
exposition evidently is not clothed
with proper authority.
Mr. Wharton Barker has evidently
set out to produce insomnia in the
Bryan camp.
Governor Plngice has become a
Democrat. He Is well located.
THE QUESTION OF MISSIONS.
Prom the Philadelphia Ledgri.
Missions ami especially loieign mission, arc
sometimes liJicnleil lieeau-.e the resulli in cmi.
eiioni that tan he traied lo any individual
cfiort are so unall, and jet theii great alllo in
adandng ihlllutlun and morality, at well cs
( hritslanity, U e.isily recognized by those who
take the biead lew. 'I lie customs and Icliglous
of unions, oi any lunsiderablo pait oi a nation,
cannot be (hangiil in a jear oi even J decade,
hut geneintinns of men passing under the inrlii
eme of Christian missionaries arc gradually
piipjiid lu anepi the whole tmtli. Then ciis.
loins ate changed, their morals aie improved,
they aie educated, and finally, when these in
fluences h.ne had time to do their wolk, they
aie peipaieil lo accept t'htist as their Master
and enter the fold of the church. Tho Reed
planted r the eaily missionaries is beginning to
biSr fruit. I'm jcars the. sowing has been go
ing nn In etir bioadenlng fields, and we mas
ieaonably cspect an evei increasing lunesl of
converts to lliilsilaulij. The incidental lesiills
of mis.'-ionaiy woik luce been maicelous. ( ii-llz-Ulon
lias been iidiaiieed in etei.e iijlei of
the globe, ,i nsle oi nioials lias been iiilioducril
In nun ( lirislian cminliies whiih M"tb befoie Un
people a higlur atandanl than thai wliiili the
luce iierctofoic letognired, and wheicvft hc
missions hace been fli inly c-tablishod men lead
better Ilces than Ihej did, even though few may
have entered the (lunch. It is quite evident,
liowcvei. that they jic being ricparcd to conic
under the direct Influence of the missionaries in
the promotion of the (ioipcl in Christ.
o -
(hailcs Parvvin, after a visit to the Fuegians
in 1KJ3, said Hut to send inlsslonaiies to such
a set of savages, probably the very lowest of the
human race, wan utterly useless. Hut the mis
si oiui I fs were sent. Forty-seven years after
ward Mr. Daivvin again visited the Fuegians, and
the people had been to Impiovod by the labor
o( the missionaries that the transformation
teemed to him almost incredible, and he testi
fied his appreciation by making a substantial
rnutiibutlnn to the missionary (und. Instances
of tills kind are by no means rare. There has
been a general uplifting of the human race as
a result of missionary enterprise. The work
goes on silently at tens of thousands ol posts,
and we hear rry little of the woik of success
ful mixtions. If one among them fails, however,
in tait, or becomes either too la or too zealous,
his evil influence is reported, and the unthinking
condemn the whole system because ol the excep
tional fault.
Mlssionar.v work, however, should be Judged
lu mass rather than in detail. According to
the Ameiicaii Hoard Almanac (or 1900 the statis
tics ol -10 Protestant mlssionaiy societies of
Kurope and America are as follows:
Stations u 5.217
Out-stations J'1,5S0
Male liilvlonarlcs ,35l
Female inlssiorailes H,1i2
Total misslciiMlci l-'.CUl
Native laborers 1)1,0-07
Total I'V.ngcllziug foice 71,313
Communicants l,0f-3,l'.i
Income In l.sTS 1 of Protestant mission
ary societies In America, (Ileal llri
tain, Kurope and elsewhere 1I3,I('0,6'U
In add. (ion, the floman Catholic church rntrl s
on nilsklonar) vvoilc cm a ciy large scale In ev
ery rjuaiter ol tlm globe. Aeeoidiug tu oilier
statistics lu the Chinch Missionary Atlas th
Held o! woik U a bioad one, The number ol
Christians in the world Is given at r-),0OO,ono
In a total population nl l,t00,0i,000. Hut upon
this vast Kpi.l.iticin of a thousand million win
are not Christians the mUslonaileit are cx-
crting a Rical Influence fur good.
GENERAL
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General Nelson A, Alles, vho is a great believer In rooJ roads, makes the prediction
that in a few years there will be a great transcontinental highway extending from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific. General Allcs views this with the eye of a soldier, for he kpows the value
of good roads when the moving of troops Is to be considered. General AUIes Is a conserva
tive man and when he makes a prophecy it Is generally taken for granted that he knows
whereof he speaks.
(Mine Studies
of Hainan Nafiire
Two Catastrophes.
IX A I.ITTI.K New oik station not long aj.o
Maurice Ilarrjmorc was bicakfastlni after a
night of travel, when, m.ivs the Tunes-Herald, he
observed In glailng headlines before him that
Oeneral I.aw1on, the noted American commander,
had met death In the Philippines. Mr. Uany
more had known the gallant otl'cer slightly, and
ho felt so exceedingly sony ot the end that lie
longed for some one with whom to talk ovei the
alT.ilr. He saw that the waller, an intelligent
looking Irishman, was busy with another news
paper, and, bending over, he remarked feeling
ly: "Terrible business, wasn't itr"
"Redid!' came the reply. "Mi it was."
"Dead," mused Mr. llartymoic, pushing back
his plate.
"As .c pickled nanny-goat," assented the Celt.
Mr. Parr,) more was loo deep in thought to
notice the oddity of the expiession. "A gri'at
man," he rommintcd.
".Six foot besoides th' thickness av his socks,"'
quoth the other
"Plenty ol nerve."
"Shure, he had Hi' nerve av l holler tooth!"
"Hose almost from the lanks."
"Or th' back va-ard they don't know- which."
"Had broken thiut.gh the lines."
"An' a svindv Inter th' bargin."
Mr. Ilarrjmore shook his head sadly; all but
bitterly. "It was too hot for him. They found
him dead."
"Fruz stifl."
"With his old smile "
"Ah' not nnuther stilch of rloutliln', bairin'
the buckle av his hilt an' noine vi-pindoi- but
tons." Mi. llairviuore raught the sentence. "Jle.v !"
he exclaimed. "Wli.it the elevil are sou talking
about?"
"Th' terrible biness," riuolh Pat. "Ihev du
say thet th' paces av him Lad Ur be phked up
wid a piii av plnehen nn' cirried l th'
mai-rgue in an ole, pile her."
"What terrible business?" poislHed the aetof.
"Whol," came the lepiy, "what jez wuic
tal-lkin' about. Th' poor clfill as thioid tcr
stale sum clothes fr'm a cleanin' facility nn' fill
Into n amuionta vat an' was eaten up aloive.
Isn't that IIS"
And all Mr. Ilarrjniore's soirovv did not pie
vent Ids laughing.
Which shows tli.it iIIITeient p"rsons niay hive
difTeient ideas esmctrnin what lonstitutcs a
matter of iinportance.
Spooney nt the Show.
yTACAI'I.KY'S theater was so now civil the last
night ol the Julia rlhiir engagiment that
there was no room lot the- Fool Killer who eatno
late. Down in the parquet was a couple- in need
of his scrviios. The-v had been engage-d piohahl)
twenty hours and within seven minutes even
body In Hie vleinllv knew- It. Two .soung men
who think Mis Arthur the gieatest as well as
the most beautiful F.ngllsh-spe iking actress were
lu front ol the loving pali.
Trouble started vvitli the aeeond act, when
Miss Arthur swept on the stage gowned in her
Cleopatra costume, a vision of perfeit invelincss.
The audience g.npeel Its admiration ami tho only
male creature that had been engaged since Helen
whispered lo lite colton-loeked dame1 beside
him: "That's just as jou looked last night,
Kvangeline."
Then followed the wene when Joiephlne, with
all the sceluetlve ihiwci of her voice, her boautv,
her love and iiei vvoii'ianline-s, eoaxes the sulky
Napoleon from ids loom. The house was seatcelv
bieathing. The two eunj woi-liippers weie liv
ing on Miss Arthui's ploaellng. The xolee ol
Hie- girl, who had bitten nil mole love than .die
ee-uld digest secretl.v, raspeel them to eaith
again.
"Henrj," slie grated, "tint's jiM as I begged
jou after we quatieled toulglil."
Again came comparative peace until Vapoleon
began to luge the dive.iee-. .loseplilne sinks on
.1 sola overcome. Her liuhand oflcis her water.
Mio uln inks fiom him. 'That water Is poisoned,
Juuot. Drink!" Ilitimleis tiie empeiui, ami
Junot chains the glass.
"Would jou elo Hint. Kvansi-llne.'" giuntcd
Ileni.v, luiniiu call's e-ve-s on her.
"I'd do it if 1 lov.-el him. Pel di Ink poison
for jou, llenis." she whimpeicd. -entinientallv.
1h.it .! past all patieiue. One of tin- men
whlrleel In his seal.
"For heaven's Mke, voting woman, sit ink if,
and drink it quick." lie said.
1 lie voice fimn Hie stage was lieatd alone
after that. Louisville; ( ourioi -Journal,
General Dodge in Kentucky.
Till: (il'FSTs In the ITankfoit hotel were
quietly reading their letters and papria
when the voice ol the clerk lang out:
"Dodge!"
Instantlj every head bobbed down and rveiy
man slid from his chair to the floor.
"It's all right now, gentlemen," announced
the clerk a moment later, "jou can get up.
lie's gone."
As they resumed their seals the clcik ex
plained. "It was Cunnel llorem," lie said, "looking for
a man. J wouldn't have given the general waul
ing note if It hadn't been for the fact that tho
cunnel is so blamed ciossejcd that jou never
ran tell which was he's going to shoot!" Cleve
land Plain Dealer,
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THE TURKISH CHARACTER.
To Illustrate how susceptible the Turkish peo
ple are to exhibitions of force, the llev. Di.
Jcssup tells the following storj-, which gives a
cine to how the I'nlled Mates might collect
what the sultan nvvrs:
A caliph of one ol the interior piorinees had
a sou who Ml In love with the daughter ot a
f aimer, and the caliph sent his gland vizier to
arrange for a marriage. He- ratried handsome
presents to the fathet and the girl jnd present
ed the desire of his tnasfet with great humility
and ptofuse compliments, The farmer oidered
him out ol his house and treated him In a most
insulting manner. The raliph, thinking tint the
giand vUlrr might have shown a lack of tjet
or have given offense In sonic way, sent tho
general commanding his army, with apologies and
moic presents and a lenivval of the nianiaje
ofter, but the farmer received him with even
greater indignity, and not only heaped upon him
offensive epllhefs, In which the Turkish lan
guage is richer than any olliet, but aek-jllj of
fered lilm personal xiolrnce. The caliph and Ids
son wcio mollified over the failure ol theii
mitrimonlal negotiations, when an old and vrty
wlso friend offereil to try his luck as an ends
saty. He ranted no prewntx and orTeied no m
pliineuls, but, when lie came upon Hie faiiifi,
began lo curse him and lo call him all the , lie
names he could think of. lie picked up tlls
ol earth and stones and threw them at him, b-it
MILES,
hitn over Hie bead with Ids tiding whip, pulled
his hair, shook him by Ihc collar and spat in
Ids face,
"What aie von eloing all this for?" evilaimid
the astonished faimer. "Why should u stranger
abuse mc thus What have I ever done to
thee?"
"ou will nut give jour daughter In i.iir
rtagc lo the sou of my fiieiid, the caliph."
"I have never rrlused to do so," said the
faimer, humbly, "licit nobody ever nppionli"d
mo abv.it It In a reasonable tninnct."
Dr. .Tesstip sajs that if the United States gov.
eminent would approach the sultan in a "res
aerruhlc" in inner, with a fleet of battleships, and
act as II it intended to piotcct liic Aincrie-in
missionaries In Tmkej-, neither Hiey mr the
native Christians would have fuithcr trouble.
THE STATE SCHOOL FUND.
The following table shows the state school ap
propriation, number ol school children; laxi
hies and teachers lu every county of the state:
xnnrcnrUtlon ( hihhrn.Taxr.blos.'fcach.
Adams
Allegheny ..
Armstrong ..
Ileavc-r
Hedford
Ilerks
Illalr
Ihadford ....
Iluiks
Ilutler
(miblU ...
Camel on ...
Culion
Center
Chester
Ctaiiou ....
( leai field ...
Clinton ....
Columbia ...
Craw fold ...
Cumheiland
Dauphin ..,
Delaware ...
F.Ik
Frio
Faje-tte
Fenest
Franklin ...
Fulton
(Irecne
Huntingdon
IniHann .,.,
Jefferson ...
Juniata
Lackawanna ....141,721. 1
Lancaster .,
laiwrene-e
Lebanon
Lehigh
Llirrme
Lv coming
McKean
Mruer
Mltllin
Monroe
Montgomciy ...
Montour
Xotthamtitoti ..
Noithiunnciland
l'e-i ry
Pike
Philadelphia ...
Potter
Seliujlkill
Snvder
Somerset
.Sullivan
Tioga
Cnion
i-nansu
W.uien
Waslimgton ...
av lie-
Ucstniorci.il d .
York
LOVE.
Long ,120 lie thought that she
Was tail and svveit and good;
Her voice was niu-.li- mid he loved
The giound wlicieon siie stood.
And still lie fee-Is (lie sweet old thiill
Whene'er she passes bj-
hhe wedded with auothei man,
And that's ihe icaseui why.
Chicago Times-! Icrald.
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Particular Interest eenteis aroimJ
our i'-0 Tlirec-PIccc UceJioom Suites.
And It Is not cliilicult lo clcclelo why.
There Is somcthins about each piece
which catcheH tho eyo unci Invites a
better acquaintance. Then construc
tion and finish tuo observed and com
parisons) made. Tho decision generally
Is that these are better In every way
than any thine: ever offeied at the price.
Hill & Connell
121 N. "Washington Ave.,
EVERETT'S
Horses and carringes are su
perior to those ol' 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 704, and Hverett will
send you a lirst-class outfit.
EVERETT'S LIVERY,
230 Dlx Court. (Near City Hall.)
!' 7.V 7-1 ,.: II HI.OIl ll'l
.r.:,4io.in i:ii2s is-7,228 2,r,tj
. 5l),44-i.:il 10,470 15,777 S-'l
. 50.CS.7.I7 10,!7'J V i". SIR
. 4J,S.1.V 0.02S 10,S2l MJJ
.U7,4t7.17 :a.l70 41,7.1') Tfrt
. 71,'IMUU 17.MII -21.711 417
. rcuruo ii.ns is,407 4ns
. GU.OMi.irfi l-.'.bll 2.KZ "l-l
. 3l,0'i.7i 12,510 10,-7ll i"6
. 7'i,.112.il'i '20,M2 22.MI 43S
. 7,21 7. V2 L.M0 1,'WS M
. .Tl,.,,s7.M U.'Hii 12,S"Hi '211
. I2,ra-u.4"i P.WJ 32,'iKl 2S7
. 81.l70.s-. 17,014 :!S,ti.ri lifi
. ::u,.vr2.il .s.nin t),77t 2"
. 7),073.MI IS.ftsl S2.1 I
. S'l.OfiL.Vi .'i.fttl in.inl 17c
. .10,11 t.Ci'l S.MCI 11,8.'I7 2,"ii
. 7t.lr."..,Vl 11 'HI i'Llr-h, SI 2
. 411,221.11 10.011 I'nWI -'7.'i
. !i,(iS7ito 22,0:11 20,.is,"i fill
. I.O.IM.2S r,!i7fi 2l,2h7 :17
. i.il70.W. 0.420 O.U.8 1SI
. s",Ki12 17,0j SOksi fieVi
. 7".5IO 'iS 10.20! 2.1,2" ll
. 1l,5.J2ll 2,:07 2,7 IS 1
. 52,:I7".7,' ll.Sl'l J1.S1S 3C
. ll,(.l.7fc 2.:iSl S, 430 H2
:iO,.-,M.riO 3,ti94 '.M7 22C1
. tiltMS 7,K1 11,S0" 2.V)
. 41. I31.SK U.lfi'l JJ.1M Ml
, M.OK'ftS 11,418 14,81.1 .121
. 10,117.2) .l,.V. 4,270 112
.141,721.11 .14,811 4S.40t! 71(1
. .IXC, ll.-i.S7 ai.lUO 46,010 7).1
, n,G.V..2l 0.831 13,lli 27S
, 40,.')3.i.03 10,010 1S.KII 2sil
. 7310.7I 17,031 2b,2l7 121
,201,0'iti.Ot 32,111 e7,9e l.rr't
. "S.l.ffi r,7.11 21,111 420
. 4",2fil,3li lO.StS .OIS 2(lh
. 30,l.s0,22 10,10-; 10,(180. 370
. 21.780.70 4,7.11 7,14) 113
. 21,149,71 4,473 f.,23.1 1 .31
.107,bSO.; 24,371 nrt,e'a17 C03
. 13,781.70 2,'slO 3,037 77
, 83,40-2..lll 10,2.1.1 20,00.1 432
74,Oelt.:, 10.87-2 20.12 421
. 2.7:il.;n 0.022 8.501 107
. o.3.4l 1.810 a.ftll 71
.78s,)71.50 ISs.747 C07.012 3,5ai
. 20,2','..5.i S.SI3 0,077 213
.r.7,7IO.eiJ 37,200 5d,307 803
. 10,321. (Li 4,012 0,200 127
. 4S.483.C13 10,531 11,050 .'7
. 12,288.07 2,381 3,127 .111
. 52,300.3.1 10,(KKI 15,fi34 .178
. 18,721.10 3,715 3,310 IM
. 40,010.07 0.S08 14,5(i2 311
. 89,31(1, TU 7,:l5 11.83S 2o8
. 81,740 01 17,707 21,413 542
. 33,840.07 (1.413 10,091 217
.124,340.50 .10,057 31,011 W
.100,110.10 2I.C1S 37.3S1 1,13
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ALWAYS DUSY.
snoi:s ron spiiino,
BASH IIxT.Tj SIIOIIS.
OUTINd SIIOIIS,
TUN.NIS SIIOLS,
fibiiLsa hoots
Lewis & Really
1U-116 Wyomlne Avenue.
For
Wedding
Preseets?
Yes, we have them, hi
Sterling SUycr, Rich Cut
Glass, Clocks, Etc.
An interesting variety
o'f the richest goods in
America. Prices the low
est, guarantee perfect at
MERCEREAU&COMELL
130 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
TJhe Hunt &
CorainieU Co.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
04 iaekawaiM Aratie
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
OeneiiU A cent for tin Wyomlaj
Dlstilct..).-
illulns, UlaBtlnsiKparlln;, S no'xs'.Jti
uud Hie Ilepamis C.io ing-i.
Co nuuy s
HIGH EXiPLOSlYEi
tuicly Kikp, Cups 11ml l-Ix-pU li
Uooiu nil Connell liiillilu;.
dcruutiu.
AOKNCtm
TIICS. FORD. - - - rittaton.
JOHN B. SMITH & BON, Plymouth.
W. V. MULLIGAN. - Wllkes-U!tr.
iiraiTns
P010EB.
rRor.RKSSiVK cuke.
Mrs. Williams; "How is it, Doctor, that you who always object so strongly to patent
medicines, make an exception of Kipans Tabules? Aren't you xalher inconsistent?"
Doctor Brown : " Not in the least, Mrs. Williams, 12 ery disease manifests itself in
several different stages, one after another. When any one is suffering from digestive
disorder he usually imagines it is a very simple nutter instead of a very complicated
one, and makes the mistake of relying upon some single drug which only affects one
stage of the complaint, leaving the others to take care of themselves or develop into
something wor.e than the original trouble.
"An intelligent physician aims at a progresssivc course of treatment to meet tho
different phases of a case, step by step, each v ith its appropriate remedy, and beats tho
disease at each successive point of attack, so that when the final symptoms are oe
come, the disease is thoroughly routed. Physicians recommend Kipms Tabules be.
cause they are compounded upon this very principle of overcoming disease progressively.
"In nervous indigestion or costiveness the Tabules att suecessnely upor tho
different organs involved and overcome each symptom in turn. Headache, sour stein
ch and nervous depression are relieved almost immediately. The bowels arc affected
more gradually but surely and thoroughly; and what is of more account, the relief ar.d
benefit to the entire system U permanent. That is what physicians call scientific cure.
That is why I recommend Ripans Tabules."
AntwtjlerrVetoonUlnlni:TiMiiiri.Tiii.Elnirrcrlon(ilhoiitiilM)liiowforilcatr m
drairrtorfirorminucTii. TUI low irlil nulls Inieiiilnl lor thn luor and Uimi-onnnlrAl. in doica
of lfi ri-wnt mrions i Ubulrai run b lit by mall LywiKllne forty s-lithi rnli lo ih ICimwi c-umici
UonriHi, l-o. 10 frruce blrtml, .Now rork-criiiiglciuuci" IiiVL)UlU tent lor OToci'uti,
HNLEf:
tafaote
Departmeet
X
All the little details for our
auuual opening of "Baby
Furnishings" are now com
plete, and on Monday we
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.
' 551k, Mull, Leghorn
and Milanaise
Braid Hats
Children's French Cord
Wash Bonnets"
a specialty.
French Hand
Embroidered Shoes,
B3bs and Baby
Carriage Pillows.
Complete line of Infants
Long Cloaks in
"Cashmere,"
"Bedford Cord,"
"China" "Faille" and
"Bengaline Silk" eto
Ask to see our Golf and Sea
Shore sun bonnets in the
new mushroom shapes:
Sale lasts the entire week.
510-512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
The Neostyle
Dtuiplicator......
It will print 2,000 copies
from one original writing,
drawing or music, and 1,500
copies'froni 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 Pcucil 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.
tt carry the hisfit line of olfice supplies in
Ntntltra-cui Prnh'jlvanU.
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