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frtlE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1900.
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Publlitinl Daily, Ktrept SumUy, tiy Th Trlb.
tine l'uWIstilnr Cotnpsny, it Kilty CcnH a Month.
I.1VV B. ItlCUAflD, Editor,
O. K. l)V.IIi:i;, lluilncn Jttnajrf.
New York Office! ISC Namau St.
S. B. VKITXAXD.
Eoli Afcnt for Foreign AdrertUing.
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Kramd CIM Stall Jl.ittcr.
Hhen pace will permit, TIie Tilbiine H a'
waja plail to print ahoit lotttm from IK fricii'H
lifaringr on current topics tmt lla rule that
Ihrwe mint be aleneil. for piihlUadon, liy tli
nrltrr'1 real name: anil the condition precedent
to iiccrptaneo l that all contribution! shall be
imjcct tordltoilal rcilslon.
RCHANTON, MAY 15, 1900.
For Vice-President,
CHARLES EMORY SMITH,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.
Concrowncn nl-Larce OAM'HIA A. CttOW,
nonr.ui 11. iokiipi i.nt.
Amlllor Circial-i: It UARDKMIMIGU.
Legislative.
Hut DMrlit-THOMAS .1 IU'VSOMiS.
Second Distiitl- IOIIN M IIKl'Klt, lit.
Ihliil Iltitritt V l MID JWIIS. JH.
I'cuith Distrlit- 1'. .V l'llll.nlN
Objectors to the army canteen would
pinlubly be less petslstcnt In criticism
If they could bo ninde to understand
that they me unwittingly laboring in
the Interest of the army speak-easy.
0
Inevitable Curiosity.
MH. WANAMAKKK'S suc
cess in throwing bouquets
at himself. In the columns
of the papeis In sym
pathy with his advertising depart
ment does not entiioly satisfy out
pha.p of the public's lnteiest In his
lecent conversation with the director ot
public safety of Philadelphia. If we
lecoUfct the vetslon of that conversa
tion vouched for by Mr. Wanamaker,
the dltector of public safety said he
had been looking up Mr. Wanamakei's
lecoid both in this country and in
Kiiiupc, and had found It vulnerable.
This Is stit prising, when ivo consider
how active John Wnnninaker is in at
tacking the iccords of otheis and how
virulent he Is In (.ermine of those who
do not minister to his political ambi
tions or Inclinations. That there could
bo anything vulnerable in the iccotd of
a man like Mr. AVanamaker Is leputed
to be; that professions such as his
could go with peifotmances of a na
ture to engage tile attention of the dl
tector of public safety of Philadelphia
would not h.ivp been ci edible had not
Mr. Wanamaker inlected tills dUqulct
ing thought Into the public mind hlm-s-clf.
Now that the Idea lias been put
Into cliculation, tlieie Is bound to be a
widopie.ul desiic to know the tiuth.
On week davs, ninld business cares,
Mr. Wanamaker woiks for the put idea
tion of Pennsylvania politics and on
Sundays, wo believe, engages with
ST.tl in tin1 Inculcation of right moials
In the young. Ale we to believe fiom
Mr. Wnnamakei'h version ot his talk
with English that English was coricct
In pronouncing his personal record ul
nciable; or Is It only the opponents of
this distinguished it-former who have
tecoids apptopiiate as law material for
the Thomas U. Wanamaker type of
Journalism?
Published portraits suggest that Mi.
Hryan's popullstlc tunning mate,
('hat lea A. Towne. i a man of scolar
ly appearance. Despite tills, however,
befoio tho campaign Is over, Mr.
Towne will piobably realize that lie
has had much to loam.
Post Check Money.
A PILL TO substitute for the
present papei cunency In
hinall denomination what
aio known as post check
notes is nou bef-oicongiess and those
tivoiable to 'ts adoption are advised
to made tbeli wishes known to their
reptesentatlvos and (.enittois.
it Is woith while to tepeat it pre
vious, explanation of post check notes.
In the bill now pending It Is pioposed
to icpilnt all $1.00, $2.00 nnd VM bills
now In exlstenie and to have the
new Issue made out with blank spaces
in which any prison, upon attaching
to tlio 1)111 n two cent stamp, may
write Hit- name of a paitlcular firm
or poi ton. Thus Indoibcd, the bill be
comes a check, payable only to that
llrm or person upon pioper ldentilita
Hon. Once paid, the chock Is canceled
and a new note- Is IssikmI in Its place.
When the blank spates nre not filled
In, the nott cliculates just as our
piesent paper cutrency does. The bill
also piovides for fractional post check
notes in sums of 5, 10, 15, 2." and HO
.-snts, for convenience when sums nre
tri bo transmitted bv mail.
Un!der the-new system, when one
wi'shrs to send money in small amount,
fi.00 for Instance, by mulbto subscribe
for t magazine or newspaper, pay a
bill, oi transact any of the multi
tudinous pleceH of business ncctssaiy
oy letfer, he will take a $2.00 hill from
his poiltelbooU, write on Its face tho
name of the perhon or thm to be sent
to, the city nnd state, and affixing a
two centtiostnge stamp In tho square
Indicated (one cent stamp for the frac
tional bills,), sign his -Initials in ink,
with clnto; the Initials and date to
cross and cancel the stamp. Thus tho
piece of currency which, up to this
time, has passed from hand to hand
is negotiable money, has been instant
ly transformed Into a personal check
on the United States government for
$2.00, as .safe for transmission as any
piece of exchaug?. This Is enclosed in
a letter to the person or Arm desired,
and when received Is deposited, with
other checks, In the bank, or can bo
collected by tho receiver upon identi
fication at bank'or postofllce. The te
dious and inconvenient trip to the
postofllce Co secure a money-order la
done away with, nnd u convenient,
safe, and Instantly Available form of
trnnemlEBlblo money U supplied, with
which tho American public can tram
act business by mall, 'which now ag
gregates, In the email sums represent
ed by enclosed postage stamps, silver
jjtoiej, morv orders, xjreBs orders
and other Inconvenient nnd sometimes
unsafe mediums, upwards of a billion
dollais per year. ,
At present tho average fee for do
mestic money orders, according to the
last annual rcporX of tho postolllco de
partment, Is 0.0592 nnd the cost to
the government In handling tho or
ient Is 3 cents In third nnd fourth
clans postolllces, plus tho cost of print
ing. The money order oyRtem wduld
still be used for sending sums In ex
cess, of $5, but on sums less than S3
tho postolUco department would bo
protected against loss by the revenue
It would derive from tho sale of the
stamps which are to go on the pro
posed post checks Now many per
sons send money through the malls In
f i actional ctintncy or In oncdollar
and two-dollar bills, on which the gov
ernment derives no revenue. Under
tho post check plan, thc3o sums would
require stamps and thus a new source
of postat levenuo would bo revealed.
Tho post cheek bill has the indorse
ment of tlio postolllco department nnd
Its enactment would undoubtedly in
stitute a very welcome public convenience.
Nearly double tho value of last
year's exports of American made loco
motives has been exported tills year,
and the end Is not yet. Expansion
can't bo stopped.
Probe Deep nnd Often.
Till: RESOLUTION of Senator
llacon calling upon tho
senate committee on rela
tions with Cuba to
make a thorough investigation
of all receipts and expenditures
of money' In that island since
its occupancy by the United
States, is, of course, a campaign dodge,
Intended to lead to the belief that the
postal f lauds arc not tjio only fiauds
which have characterized Ameiican
regulation of Cuban affalis. It is so
timed as to dove-tall nicely with the
Dcmociatlc campaign yarn that the
administration is trying to hush up the
postal fiauds. The only foundation for
tills latter stoiy Is tlio fact that now
that thotough investigation is being
made by trustwotthy expeits along
fumigh different lines to bring out the
truth tho authorities at Washington
and in Havana have declined to pio
claim the details of the plans ot detec
tion In advance. They are going to
reseive their talking until they can
talk with all the facts in their pos
session. Still, if Senator llacon and tho senate
committee on relations w Ith Cuba want
to do any Investigating on their own
account, eveiy facility should bo ac
corded to them. The Republican paity
Is not afraid of Investigations. Once in
a while it puts trust In a rogue and
he betiays It, which is u inisfortuno
common to all mankind. Hut as par
ties go the Republican patty is grati
fied to have Its administrative work
compaied with that ot any other party
In the business of govei nment. Let
the probers proceed. The more tho
menier; for every defect which this
kind of campaign detective woik can
fen et out theie will be disclosed a
dozen vlitues.
Lieutenant Drum, one of the young
est oillceis in the United States army,
has already been ptomoted twice for
gallantry in battle. In some lespects
Lieutenant Dium Is hard to beat.
Concerning Doctored Butter.
A:
NNOUNCKMnNT is made
that the state daliy and
tood commissioner will
prosecute the opei.itor of i
crCameiy at Eagle Point, in Perks
county, for using what are known as
coal tat colois In coloilng butter. The
oung child of Wilson Smith, n farmer
living near this cicamery, diank some
of this coloilng matter from a bottle
which was kept In the cieameiy and
died sixty houis afterwanl with symp
toms of poisoning. This Is the third
death loported In Pennsylvania in
three years duo to swallowing coal tar
colois used in coloilng butter and
while tho amount of coloring matter
In the quantity of colored butter which
an individual is llkclv to eat nt one
time Is not sirfllclent to cause death, It
is declared by icputablo chemists to be
Injurious to health and If this Is tt lie
its use should coitainly bo Interdicted.
Theie Is one kind of coloilng matter
for butter which Is pronounced harm
less by expei ts. This Ih annatn, tie
lived fiom tho pulp of tho seeds of a
ceitain shrub which glows In South
Ameilca and the West Indies. Annato,
however, is more expensive than coal
tar and its dye is not so lasting, henco
many butter-makois vyho wish in win
ter tltno to imitate tho natuial yellow
of the summer-time product use the
coal tar dyes, tcgaidless of conse
quences, and It Is high time that tho
rough hand of the law should descend
upon this vicious practice. Thete Is
really no sense In coloilng butter at
all. llutter In Its natuial state Is b?-4
Hut If the maiket Is foolish enough in
demand a coloicd product, the dye useu
should be haimless nnd tlio use of any
other Kind should be made a special
misdemeanor, ceverely punishable.
Moie concessions have been granted
Ameicans at Constantinople by tho
Sultan. In fact Abdul is willing to
grant the Americans almost anything
but cold cash.
r-ops on the Warpath.
I
N TIIBIR "desiie to avert tho
subveislon ot free institutions
by corpotAte and iuipeilallstlo
power," the Uryan wing of the
Popullstt. have adopted a platform
which Is eel tainiy n study In vagaries.
All tho old ones and a number of tho
now ones nie thete. The platform de
mands a graduated InconiP nnd inher
itance tax, postal savings banks, five
homesteadi for every settler on gov
ernment land, government ownership
and operation of railroads and trustB,
the initiative and referendum, Ameri
can sui render to Agulnnldo, municipal
ownership of public utilities and dlieot
election of United States senators; ton
tends tint tho tariff should be taken
off all articles conttollcd by trusts,
that the Philippine war is n wur of
contmest, and that a btandlng army
is n standing menace; and denounces
government by Injunction, the use of
federal Hoops to uuppiess riot and
"the wholesale system of disfranchise
ment by coercion mid Intimidation"
adopted in certain southern dates; and
reaches Its grand, climax in tho fol
lowing portion, which drilcs abridg
ment: leoled, That wt, denounce the nit of Manli
1J, 1D0O (known .11 the currency roldnn act), as
the culmination of a long wtiea of con.pltliclcj
In deprhc the pioplc of their constitutional
rlplili otrr the money of the nation and relo
cate to the gigantic- momy tiu-t tho control
of the puro, and hence of the people. Wo de
nounce tlili ait i
1 irst, Kor maMne all money olillcitloitt, do-rtw-s.Ho
nnd forchrn, pa? aide In Bold coin ur Its
n;ultalent, thus enormously lncroalng tl.c bur
iluu of the- debtors and enrlihln? the i million.
Second, Kor ufiindlnjr "ftblil bondV not to mature-
for jears Into lonR-tlme gold lond, o us
to make their payment Improbable nnd our dcht
pirpUml.
Third, Tor tnUnR from the treasuiy over Blty
million of dollars In a time of war and pre
sent ha it nt a premium to liotiilliolihr to ac
cnmplMi the refunding of liendi not due.
Fourth, Tor doubling tho capital of hinVcrj by
Hturnlin: to thtm the face value of lliclr lionda
in current money notes, so that liny may thaw
cue Interest fiom the- goterninait anJ another
ficin the l'cople.
Ilttli, Kor allowing banks to rtrtand ind con
tract their cliculation at pleasure, thus control
ling prices of all products.
Mxth, for authoritlna the secretary of tl.e
tieusury to Iwue new gold bond to an unlim
ited amount ulcnctcr lie, deems it necessary to
rtplonlili the gold board, thus enabling u.urcrj
to, secure more bonds and more bink currency
by driwlnjr gold from the treasury, thereby
ci eating an "eni'lcs chain" foi ycipclually
adding to a perpetual debt.
Seventh, Tor fluking down the greeubuk In
order to force the people to borrow three hun
dred and fctty-six millions of doll.irs more from
tho Innks, nt an annual tost of over twenty
million of dollars.
While birring out the money of the constitu
tion this law opens the Vrlntln minis of the
triasury to the free coinage of bank paper
money, to enridi the few and Impoverish the
man. We pledge anew the People's party nov
rr to cwse the agitation until this eighth finan
cial eompiiacy is blotted from the ata'ute
books, tho Lincoln greenback restored, the
bonds all paid and all corporation money tor
over retired.
Upon this crazy platform William
Jennings Bryan beckons to Intelligent
Democrats of the old school and asks
tbem to vote for him for president!
How are tho mighty fallen!
It Is asserted upon good authority
that the profits of Mrs. Flske during
the theatrical season Just closing have
exceeded $90,000 while those of Rich
ard Manslleld have been larger. In
asmuch as both of these players repre
sent artistic conscience and Intelli
gence, their success financially Is a
public advantage. Iioth chetlsh the
idea of a play-house in New York city
to bo permanently devoted to the de
velopment of; the higher tortus of tho
dinma; and it is to be hoped thit
tile ideals of each will speedily bo teal
lzed. Something of this kind is ur
gently needed as an antidote to tho
superabundant tiash which defiles a
large pait of Ameiican theatricals.
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.
l'rom the Cincliuiiti Commercial Tiibuue.
'llino have bein two notable lights over the
election of temporary chairmen in recent ears.
Powell C'laton, of Arkansas, now ambassador
to Metito, lUaliie's candidate for temporary
thiirmvu of the Chlccgo convention of 1SSI, was
defeated by a coalition ot anti Illalnc men and
llUluc men who did lint like Cla.Uon, who com
bined, at the suggestion of Senator Hoar, on
John II. I.) mh, of Missl-mlppi, the well-known
colored leader. benitor Hill was defeated by
Senator Daniel as the repusentatlve of the tri
umphant frcc-iolmgo Democracy at the Chicago
contention of 1S')0. Imh Is the onl colored
iiKiu who has nerved as piexldlng olliter ot a con
vention, and there Ins been but one clerginan,
tin- famous Dr. Itobcit J. Dreckllirldge, who was
cluiiman ot the Itepublltan contention at Hal
timore In ItCl which renominated Lincoln. Will
iam McKlnle, Jr., of Ohio, who was the- pernn
nent chairman of the Allimcapolis convention, of
180.', is the only one who became president of
the I'nltcd Statts. following is the list of pre
siding officers of the National conventions to
date:
ItElTBUCAX.
Philadelphia, June 17-19, lSJrt Temporary
chairman, ltobert Kmmett, ?ew V,ork; perma
nent ehalrmin, Henry S. I, me, Indiana.
Chicago, May pi 18, MiO Temporary chairman,
Datld Wllmnt, lVnn- hania; peunancnt chaii
man, fieoigo Ashniun, Massachusetts
llaltimore, June 7 S, ISfii Tciiipmary cluir
nun, ltev. Dr. llobert J. Ilrecklnndge, Kcntuek j
peiuumnt chaliman, Ceorgc A. Mian-, Maisa
chusctts. Chicago, May 20 21, IMS Tcmporaiy ch-ilrnun,
Carl Schuiz, Missouri; permanent ehalrmau,
(frneral Joseph II. Hawlcy, Connecticut.
Philadelphia, June 5 0, 1F72 Temporary cluir
man, Morion Mi Michael, l'eiinslvanla; peinu
nent chairman, Thoum .Settle, North Carolina.
titniimitl, June 11-10, 1P7B Temporary chair
man, Theodore 51. Pomeroy, New- York; peiuu
nent thilrmau, IMnard Mcpherson, l'ennltanla.
Chic igo, Juno 2 ?, 1SS0 Temporary chairman,
Senator (Jeoigc Y Hoar,' Massachusetts; (tern-
poiary organization made permanent).
Chicago, June nil, 1SS1 -Temporaiy chairman,
John It. bvneh, Mississippi; permanent chairman,
John n. Henderson, Missouri.
Chicago, lime ID 25, 1SSS Temporary chairman,
John M. Thurston, Nebraska; peimanent chair
man, Monls M. Kstee, California
Minneapolis, June 7-10, Ibaj Temporary chair
man, J. bloat 1'assett, New York: permanent
tlialinun, William McKlnley, Jr., Ohio,
St. Louis, June M 18, ISM -Temporary clnir-
man, Clurlcs W. Fairbanks, Indiana; peimanent
chairman, John M. Thuistou, Nebraska.
DKMOClt.VllC.
llaltimore. May 22-2(1, 18S Temporary rlulr
man. Colonel James (1 llryce, Louisiana: perma
nent thaliman, Andrew Stuveuson, Virginia.
Ilalliuioie, Julie 1-3, 1832- Tempoiary chairman,
J. D bright, Indiana; permanent chairman, John
W. Davis, Indiana.
Cincinnati, June 2-0, 15 JO Temporary chair
man, Simuel Mrdiry, Ohio; permanent chairman,
Jolm i: Waid, flcorgla.
( lurleston, April 23-May 3, 1SC0 Temporary
iliabman, I'raneis 1". Klnurnoy, Aikausas; perma-
n 1 1 cluiiman, Caleb Cushing, Massac hiisctu.
' hie ago, August 2a 31, ISot IcmporSiy chair-
William lllgler, l'mmjUaiila; pcinun?nt
mi), liovcinor Horatio Se)mour, New York,
ork, July t-H, lMS-Tcmpniary chairman,
1. i L. Palmer, Wisconsin; permanent chair
man, Horatio Scinour, New York.
Ililliniore, Jul) 0 10, 1S72--Temporaiy chair
man, JelTiison Itandolph, Virginia; permanent
chairman, James 11. Doollttle. Wisconsin.
St. Louis, June 27 2!', 1&78 Temporary chair
man, Henry Watttrson, Kentucky; permanent
chaliman, (lencral John A. McClelland, Illinois,
Cincinnati, Juno 22-21, IH-so Tcni)orary chair
man, Crorge Hoadly, Ohio, permanent chairman,
ficurrnor Slctenson, Kcntuek.
Chicago, Juno tj-ll, 1881 Temporary chairman,
Itlclianl II. Hubbard, Texas; permanent chair
man, Wlllium I Vilas, Wisconsin.
St 1-ouls, June 8-7, 1868 Temporary chairman,
Stephen M. White, California; permanent chair
man, Patrick A. foiling, Massachusetts.
Chicago, June 2t-'J3, H02 Temporary chaliman,
William C. Owens, Kcnturky, permanent chair
man, William L. Wilson, West Vbglnla
ChieagcT, June 7-9, 1S90 Temporary chalrnian,
Senator John W Daniel, Virginia; permanent
clialrman, Senator Stephen M. White, California.
IT STANDS ALL TESTS.
I'rom Chainbcrabuiir Public Opinion
The Scranlon Tribune Ins nut in the bast
abated ifa Intircit In the advocacy ol Charlca
rjniory Rmttli'a name In connection with the
vicc-prttlijt-ntlal nomination. The biiiluion nt
the late tfate convention to cnJorbC Mr. bmitli,
It Ht with force, ha not been aui'ntri by the
balance of the countr). The 1'iibune argue,
what ii concedtd, that tho national conven
tion will want an available man who will
be ubboluttly acceptable lo the president, who
will In etery way be hi peer, and "Mr, Smith
meetf the emereency," It W)n, "There may be
otlien." There are othtn. Uut with the iln
tile exception ot flovernor Itooacvclt, no name
In thli connection liaa utood the teat ot public
irltitUm so utceIully aj Charlca Emory buiith.
Offline Studies
of fltirnan NaUire
Accounted for Uls Absence.
T IIU'TKNANT COL. II. 11. BAINIKNT, V, S. A.,
before the late conflict with Hpaln won lit
erary laurels by two scholarly volumes, on tho
campilgns of Napoleon llonaparle, relates tlid
Saturday Keening Post. During that war lie had
but little opportunity to lake part In battle,
bis duties being to orgsnlze and dtlll tho volun
teers at the inoblllMtloh camp and, after Au
gust, to look litter engineering and unitary mat
ter it Santiago de Cuba. lUrly last year ho
was tent to the l'hllllpplnes, where ho lias had
his full share ot the liardest compalgnlng. tig
was under the immediate command ot Law ton
at the battle of Ran Mateo and was being
praised by (lencral Lawton for his gallantry
when that ofllccr fell, pierced by a kostllo bul
let. Colonel Sargeant tells many enjoyable war
stories. Once, when Instructing tome men, lis
asked: "When ou arc on the skirmish line,
nnd suddenly encounter the enemy, what woulel
)ou do.?"
"Kail flat." "And what next?" "Stay there."
On another occasion he was questioning a man
respect ing his absence for six hours.
"I was chasing a 1'hlllpplno an hour, lr."
- "How about the other flee hours?"
"The l'hlllpplno and hit friends were chasing
me, sir."
The Weight of Precedent.
T llt'Iti; IS a story reported as having been told
by Colonel Prcd N. Dow, of Portland, Me.,
which shows well how customary usage "broad
ens down from precedent to precedent." And
no lei plainly does It show tho weight of tho
exceptional precedent, says the Youth'! Com
panion. Colonel Dow ones visited friends at Qiiebc-,
and while seeing the tights of the city and its
sirroundlngs he took a public carriage to visit
the Kalis of Montmoierey At a half-way bouse
on the road the driver pulled up his horse and
remarked, "The carriage alwa.va stops here,"
"For what purpose!" asked tho colonel.
'Tor the passengers to treat," was the reply.
"But none of ua drink, and we do not intend
fa treat."
The driver had dismounted, and was waiting
by the- roadildc. Drawing himself up to bis full
height, he said, imprcssiv ely. "I have driven
this carriage noev more than thirty years, and
this has happened 4iut once before. Some time
ago I had for a fare a crank from Portland, Me.,
by the name of Neal Dow, who said ho wouldn't
dilnk; and what was more .to the point, he said
he wouldn't pay for an.vbody ele to drink,"
Tlie son found himself oecuplng the same
ground as that on which bis father had stood.
She Discharged a Duty.
jyiANY dimple people who obtain marriage li
censes of city clerks Imagine that they are
In duty buund to report to lilm afterward and
let him Keep track of their affairs.
A Silt Lake City paper reports that a ta",
gnunt woman, with ginger hair and a tomewhat
tierce expression of countenance, lately came to
the county clerk of Boxelder county in that
state.
"You'io the man that keeps the marriage
btKjks, ain't ou?" she- asked.
"Yes, ma'am," he answcied. "What book do
you wish to see?"
"Kin ou find out if Jack Peters was married?"
Seaicb developed the name of John Peters, for
whose marriage a license had been issued two
jears before.
"I thought to," said tho woman. "Married
Lire Waters, didn't be?"
"The license it issued for a marriage with
Miss Eliza Waters."
"Yep. Well, I'm 'Lire. I thought I'd ought
to come in nnd tell you that Jack Peter's has
escaped." Youth's Companion.
Lunchroom Wit.
THEHL was a dlterslon at the Uncleansed
Spoon binclnoom the other altcrnoou. A
man who had been noliflcd ot his appointment
to a war department position in the PI illppines,
on account of his knowledge of Spanish, had been
relehratlng his forthcoming exile for several
hours. Then he dropped Into the Uncleansed
Snoon lunchroom for a bile. Calling a Teu
tonic waiter, he talel:
"Dish me up a plate o' pork and beans."
The Tcutcnie- waiter knew the Jist-appolnted-to-thc-Plilllpplncs
customer, and he saw his
chance,
"Yoost ou vait avlille," taid he, "und you
Fed our l'lll-o' -beans."
Then the Teutonic waiter ssnk to the floor in
a fit of urrontrollable laughter. So gieat wot
the excitement that ensued that three- men at
the lunchiooni tables were observed to remove
their hats while they ate. Washington Post.
In Apt Retort.
Q 1.011(11 V CAWAN, who was not lacking In
appreciation of herself, was once neatly re
buffed by a oung girl graduate of one of the
diamatlc schools, who was about to make her
debut in a small part In a play In vvhl:h Miss
Cavan was the leading lady. Meeting in tl.e
green room before the curtain rose. Miss Caan
said to her, patronizingly: "Well, my dear, I
suppose ou expect to become a great actress
some day, don't out" Looking up naively,
with nn aieh expussion, the oung lady replied:
"Why, yes; don't ou?"
Had Cause to Be Remembered.
O IIK WAS a Washington woman well acquaint-
ed In dijlnmatic circles, saa a roirespond-
ent of the New York Times. Talking about
Washington people one day, some one asked her:
"Do you know Senator Wank?"
"Do I know Senator Illank?" the repeated.
"Yes, I do know him, and be knows me; he
will never forget me. I'vo trumped Ills ace when
we were partncri at whist "
Reminiscence of Lester Wallack.
TUB LVTi: Lester Wallack, though born in this
country, was u gieat Anglo m inlae, as well
as a great stickler for etiquette upon the stage
of bis theater. Some twenty jears ago, he im
poitcd an English actor by the name of Osmond
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Tearle, to play leading parts at his new theater,
corner of Broadway and Thirtieth ttreot, New
York, On the first ulght ot a new piece In
which Tearle appeared he wore a long double
breasted English frock ceVat. WallacK was an
xiously watching the play from tho wings, and
as Tearle. sat down, he carefully parted the tall
of hlf coat, Wallack Rai furious, and could
scarcely contain himself until the clow of the
scene, As toon as the curtain was rung down,
Wallack strode up to Tearle, and 'said! "fly
(1 , tlr, the managemnl of this theater raj
ou enough money to enable you to sit on jour
coat-tails like a gentleman, and by O, sir,
)ou must tit on them I" Nfcdless to ny, Tearle
"sat on them" after that.
COMPLIMENTARY.
Washington Lcltej In Philadelphia Press.
One ot tho men most talked of for the next
gubernatorial nomination in Pennsylvania, Is
Representative Connell, ol Scrantcm. II he wcro
to make a, campaign independent of tho ma
chine the opinion here is that he would be ono
of the strongest men In the field. He has
always been friendly to Quay, but Is believed
not to be In full sympathy with tho machine
bearing cjuay't name. Mr. Connell haf been
endeavoring to secure harmony in the party and
has preiehed the evangel of compromise to thor
oughly that his friends claim his nomination for
governor vould mean a political millennium in
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Connell, aside from politics, has many ele
ments of strength at a candidate. A heavy
coal operator and a large emplocr of labor, be
never had any trouble with bis thousands of
workmen. He began life as a driver boy in a
coal mine at a salary of 75 cents a day, and al
though ho has to use seven figures In expressing
his wealth today, no one eTcr thought of charging
him with obtaining a single dollar of it lllegltt
mMcl, or at the expense of any onc'a suffering.
He is high in the councils of the Methodist Epis
copal church and is a liberal contributor to all
religious and charitable objects.
These are a few of his qualities now being
enumerated by his friends, who ore coaching hira
as a likely candidate. The only thing urged
against him Is his age. lie will be 73 on the
10th of next September, but any ono who ob
serves his movements and his work would throw
oil twenty ycara in guessing his age.
THE MOTHER.
A little ring of gold a battered shoe
A faded, curling wisp of cltow- hair
Some penciled pictures pla things one or two
A corner and a chest to hold them theie.
Many a woman's fondest hoard U this,
Among her dearest treasures none so dear,
Though bearded lips are often hers to Lisa
That once made only prattle to her car.
The sturdy arm, the seasoned form, the brow
That arches over eyes of manly blue
Mean all joy to her living memoiy now.
And ct and et-the hugs the other, .tool
With that rare love, msterlous and deep,
Down in a mother heart thro all the years.
That phcld age can never lull to sleep
And Is not grief, yet oft brings foolish tears.
She often goes those hoarded things to view
And finger the wee treasures bidden there
To touch the Utile ring and battered thoe
And kiss the curling wisp of yellow hairl
New Yoik Press.
Particular Interest centers around
our $20 Three-Pleco Bedroom Suites.
And it Is not dlfllcult to decide why.
There Is something about each piece
which catches the eye and Invites a
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is that these arc better in every way
than anything ever offered at the price.
Hill & Connell
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EVERETT'S
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If you should desire to go
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Mother bought some Ripans Tabules when
she went to Rochester, and she says
we don't need any medicine now.
The old lady is pretty smart. I suppose
she notices by the taste that it is the
Same thing, in a different form, that I've
been dealing out, spring and fall, ever
since you were married in forty-nine.
Well, that is just about what she said for
a fact, doctor.
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