'"i?-V" THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, MAY 21, 1900. Cl3e &itbton ri6tmc ruhllnhfd illnhed Dally, Except Sunday, by The Trib. 'ubllshlnff Company, it Fifty Cents a Month. une I MVY S. IIICIlAltt), KJItor. U. I'. DY.XUtX, lluslncxi Manager. New York Office! ISO Nassau St. 8. S. VllP.KLAND, Sole Agent for Korcicn Advcrtlslwr. Entered at the I'mtAfflc at Scranton, r., as Second-Clam Mall Matter. When space ulll permit. The Tribune Is a as Rlail to print short letter from Its friends bearing on rurrcnt topics, but Its rule Is that these must be sinned, for publication, by the writer's real nimes and the condition precedent to acceptance Is that all contilbutlonj shall be subject to editorial rcUslon. SCIIANTOX, MAY 21, 1000. FOR VlCH-PRESIDliNT, CHARLES EMORY SMITH, OF PENNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Stntc. ConRressmen-at-I.ar;e - 1AI 1'SIIA A. tirtOW, nnnnin n i-oi:nni.i.rn. Auditor Gcrerj!-1.. II llAUW.MllinGIi. Legislative. First l)lstrl(t-TIIOMA .1 HinXOI.DS Second IlWilct IOIIN r-Clin'I'll. .IK Third ni'tiirt-KDWAim JAWS, Jit. I'ouitli nistrlet-P. A. 1'lllI.ni.V. Tho 'vi Iters oC political Rnsilp who represent that M. S. Quay Is loslntr nleop In a frantic endeavor to discover n nieann of putting a stiletto Into Charles Kmory Smith either don't know tho man or don't care how much they wander from the truth. Unreasonable Criticism. -jta -J OW THAT the subject of Cu sV I ban admlnlsttatlon Is up, 1 fy pattlsan erltlcH arc deter mined to do their worst. One of the assertions they make Is that too much money Is allowed for collecting; the customs of Cuba. The fact Is that the iiercertace of cost to total sums collected is Miiitller In Cuba than In the United Stales. During the calendar year of J 'ID tho customs re ceipts were $14,S7r,9W.t 0 and the .ex penditures $.118,307.32. The per rent. o the expense of cnllretlntr the ttistoins revenue Is 3.13 and for the (list sK months of lVj!t was 3.30. The expense of tho port ot Havana was 2.37, lower than tho percentage, of co3t of collec tion ul any port of entry in tho United States dmlni; the fiscal year of lS'JS. The expense In Cuba for the whole year Is lower than that of the United States, which Is 3.57 for the same per iod. Another complaint heard now is that Director of Posts Kuthbcne was al lowed too much power, lie was nu thorh"d under a code piomuIjMtfl at Havana July 21 lust to cieale such Oillces. biro such subordinates and pay them such wajjes as he mlsht deem essential in the success of the Cuban postal t'eivlce; also to ni!si. suc.li rules, contracts and agreements as should bs requited. YH that !.- the only way to orginli'6' such a service. It is ridic ulous to suppose that It could be or ganized and operated successfully upon the basis of a reference ot every detail to Washington. Had the orders to llathbono called for such reference those who now say ho had too much authority would Instead be contend ing that he was allowed too little. The simple tiuth Is that it Is easy to be wise after the fact; to point out, after mistakes have been levealed, how they could have been avoided; to Ilnd pretexts for dissatisfaction when n selfish motive for dissatisfac tion exists1. The Republican party Is not proud of the rascality which has developed among the government em ployes in Cuba; on the contrary, it is showing how thoroughly It can disci pline crookedness within its ranks; but It Is proud of tho general system of colonial administration which It has thus far worked out and Is willing to fatand or fall on the ultimate results. Having made their bed. tho Hoers must lie on it. That being clearly foieseen, what Is the use of making taees at the Inevitable? Thepart -t wisdom would he for the Hoers to throw themselves upon Hritlsh gen ei'03lty. Thev would llnd it preferable to Ihuh-h bayonets. The Jury System. "jr""VlH KXTHAORDIXAHV pro B feedings in the Jury mom JL dining the deliberations fol lowing tho Lutz murder trial have attracted widespread atten tion and occasioned comment almost as wIiKinieaii. All kinds of opinions have been expressed, both ns to the reported facts in that particular case and In reference to tho Jury system in geneial; but two interviews pub lished by the Pittsburg Dispatch lm piess us as piesenting thoughts most wcu'thy of public heed. V.'. V. Hodgors, esq., one of the foremost civil lawyers nt the Allegheny county bar thus met the nrguments of those who view in the Lutz case inci dental cause for changing tho piesent Jury system: "The Jury (system, ns It exists today, may have Its imperfec tions, undoubtedly has, but what can bo suggested that Is better? It can hardly bo improved on. It would bo unwiso to leave cases entirely to a Judge. Ono man, no matter how much ho may be cultivated, no matter how great his intellect may be. la more likely to make mistakes than 12 men of commoner mold, I do not think that the Jury could bo Improved by tho Impaneling of experts, even in cases where it might seem that their special knowledge might be useful. "What would you have them there for? Prom the nature of their education (a though they might not agree among themselves) they would argue along certain lines, lines entirely foreign to the unexpert Juryman. What would be tho effect? Your r.omrricn man Is usually a modest ninn, with a great opinion of education, at I ho would piobably defer to thy supposedly great er knowledge of tho expert. If ono or two exports sway the Jury, why not let the Judgo do the business at once and Have time? I am a great believ er In common sense as distinguished from special knowledge, and it Is by ttw exercise of common sense that cases should be lost and won. There will bo fewer mlscntllages of Justice thla way than with tho other. On tho other hand I think thnt there niv. cases In which we could do very well without a Jury, cases which depend entirely upon law, contracts, eject ments, etc. These could moro prop erly be attended to by the Judge alone, even as It Is in Hnglaud nt tho pres ent time." In similar vein Epoe John D. Wiit f.on, tho noted ciimliil hr.vy-r. !lu thought the trial Judgo In tho Lutz cue should have (HsT.iHr.u.1 the Jury nfter a reasonable time In view of Its disagreement. Ho didn't care what tho law said; this, ho contended, wns a case demanding plain common sense, nnd If lio had been In Judgo Hnlscy's place ho would have followed the dic tate of common sense, regurdlcss of consequences. Hut speaking of tho Jury system in a general way ho add ed: "There Is no better system pos sible than tho Jury system. It Is all very well to have brains, but the com mon sense of the common man out weighs It every time. Call it what ou like I call It gumption; but you'll llnd It Just ns much In the man with dirt under his linger nails us you'll llnd It lti the exquisite. I think Juries nre hampered occasionally by tho Judges, Judges who review the evidence and give their opinions on It, saying this may bo believed and this may not. I think an act of assembly should bo parsed requiring that Judges simply ln-s-ttuct tho Jury In the law of the cass ur.cl lot them judye ol the fucUJ for tiien selves, as ihey heard them ns the trial progressed." The Jury system needs good Jurors to bo successful. Give It that and Its results will upon the whole tepresent substantial Justice practically administered. Director Kngllsh wns called a black mailer by the YVanamakcr syndicate of newspapeis because, in self-defeno against gross abuse, he Intimated that John's own record was vulnerable'. Hut how are we to characteilze the conduct of the Insurgent tricksters who assure Mayor Ashbrldge that If he will agree to throw his Influence against Quay hi the legislative districts a peace can be arranged between him and Wana maker? The Extradition of Neely. AMONG HONEST men there cettalnly cannot bo two opinions on the proposition that every person guilty of fraud in the employ of the United States government, whether in Cuba or elsewhere, should bo punished to the fuithest limit of Justice. For the moment this Is especially true of the former postal agent Neely, who Is wanted in Cuba, but whose attorney resists extradition, on the technically correct ground that under the exist ing conditions there Is no warrant In law for such extradition as between tho United States and a territory like Cuba, whose people have been declared Independent by congiess but which Is under American control temporarily. There Is, however, some ground for the opinion that to pass n. law per mitting tho extradition of an Ameil can citizen to a country where the common law does not prevail would be to do an act lequhing to be very cautiously safeguaided. The attorney general has submitted to congress a bill specially drafted to fit tho Neelv case. It provides that tho statutes relative to extradition between the United States and eountiles with which the United Stat s has treaties of extra dition shall apply to the c-tiacllllnn ot fugitives from justice from Cuba while the government of that Island is exercised under the authority of the United States. It also provides that extradition powers in force be tween the various states shall bo ox tended to the Philippines, Guam, Ha waii and Porto Klco. To this bill tho objection has arisen that It opens pos sibilities of pteat annoyance of citi zens pursued, let it be supposed, with .spiteful purpose by representatives ot the Latin or other foreign race. How fair this objection is we do not know. The s-ubject is ono for thorough ex amination befoie final action Is taken. A measure with the same purpose which seems safe Is proposed by Con gressman Itay as follows; Whenever any foreign country or teriitorj, or an) pirt thereof, la under the cnntiol or tem poral' ROMrnmcnt of tho United States, ami tho l'nlted fctatcs by act ot (onsaeis or through lla military power oi othuwUe lias ovUblUhul or Rittlioiliil sotciunicnt cor.tiol our same. In whole or in p.ul. any iltl'in of the United Statu appolntul tn any place, position or olllee in the lontlul or Government of such forelen territory or country, oi any part theieof. by authority of the United State or any of Its odious or department, or any other person, who fchall offend against the tiimln.ll laws, ordeu, rules or l emulations lesularlj established 0 tho United States or its otlkeis or any department tlicieof for the tontiol or iro eminent of tilth foitlKii couiiti' or ti-riltor, ot against tho criminal laws lecocxnlzed by the United S'titcs, its officers and departments as in force in said forelKii country or teirltoiy, and who shall do part or lice therefrom into any one of the United riutcs and lu found therein, shall bo guircuducd to the authorities in coutiol of kiii.!i foiciun country or turitoiy for trial under the laws u cognized and In forte in the place where such trime was committed. If them Is now no law by which Neely can be taken to Cuba for trial the Hay bill would make a good ono and It would be one under which tho liberty of the good citizen would be at nil times under American protection. More than this cannot he asked. Lesi than this will not bo accepted, Lord Roberts told Raden Powell to expect relief on May IS and It cama May 1C, but there Isn't likely to be a court martial. rilddle of the Rond " Pops. COMPARED WITH the loquaci ous deliverance of the Sioux Falls convention which noml , nated Colonel Bryan, a docu ment that throw red-hot rhetoric at every political target in sight, the plat form adopted by tho Middle ot the Road convention at Cincinnati Is it gem of condensation. The principles are the same In both Instances, but in tho lat ter case there Is evidence of the effect ive use of Wharton Barker's blue pencil. The Middle of the Road Pops held their platform down uy muin force to seven concise planks, They declared first of all for the Initiative and refer endum. No Pop has ever managed to explain Just what this phrase moano, but It has an Impressive sound; It In variably arrests attention, hence ltd Invariable use. Plank two demands tho public owneishlp and operation "of those means of communication, trans portation nnd production which the people may elect," a safe proposition so long ns tho people elect with wis dom. Third, Is tho demand that all unused land belonging to aliens, to big corporations or to tho government bo divided up, with the purpose In view of giving every poor man a farm, freo gratis, for nothing. Fourth, a flat paper currency; fifth, a graduated tax on Incomes and Inheritances; and sixth, tho direct election of president, vice president, federal Judges and United States senators are demanded. Lastly the followers of Harker affirm their opposition to trusts and declnro that "tho contention between tlin old parties on tho monopoly question Is a sham battle," and that "no solution of this mighty problem Is possible without the ndoptlon of tho principle of public ownership of public utilities." This Is a plntform which an honest man can respect for It says straight out Just what Its authors believe. Their beliefs may not Impress us as being very creditable to their common sense; it would seem that tho public school system of the United States ought to be a moro efficient safeguard than it is against such vagaries; but at all events It Is satisfactory to have them clearly and concisely stated. There are some peculiar rules In the navy. Commander Todd, whoso record during the Cuban war was admirable, Is chief hydrographer. Recently nn at tempt was made In congress to curtail the appropriation for naval surveys. To prevent this, widen would have ne cessitated the dropping of a lot of valuable work In an uncompleted con dition, Commander Todd addressed a circular letter to officers In charge of branch hydrographlc oillces informing them of the ptoposed reduction and of the injury It would work to the service, and asking them to secure the co-operation of commercial bodies to prevent a reduction. One of these circulars reached Chalrmun Cannon of the house appropriation committee, ho com plained to Secretary Long and the re sult is that Todd has been suspended for "endeavoring to Influence the ac tion of congiess In a matter affecting tho naval service."' If all who were guilty of that endeavor were to be treated similarly It would bo Interest ing to have a naval roll call of the effective ofllcets left In good standing. In honor of tho pope's 90th birth day tho emperor of China recently wrote a letter of congratulation which ended with this sentiment: "Finally, wo sincerely desire that Christians and non-Christians In China und In every other country may live In mutual har mony, and that all may enjoy tho blessings of peace and prosperity." It Is an appropriate wish. Why McKinley Will Beat Bryan Again Ux-Senator Ingalls In the North American. T IS CUSTOMARY to allude to each presiden tial election as a grac and momentous crisis in national affairs, and, in a ense, this is tiue; but the pendins campaign may be un doubtedly so characterized with Justice, and pre dictions as to the result arc more than ordinarily bazaulous, paitly because many of the issues are new and there has been no formal expression of public opinion upon them, ind partly because the auiase oter is emancipated from party servi tude and is doing Ids thinking for himself. Kpi tints hue lot their power. .Men are no longer tenor-stricken at being tailed Iscariots, turncoats or deseitcra because they abandon their former political associates at the fork of the roads and march to another rendezvous. It is the age of independent thought in ait, morals, politics and leliRion. Possibly a million Democrats voted for MtKinlcy in ISM, and as many Republicans for Ilryan. What these detached, formidable cohorts, with their smokeless powder and modem projec tiles, will do in l'JOO must give us pause. The uxorious episode of Dewey lenders certain what befoie was not doubtful that as McKinley will be nominated at Philadelphia, so llnan will have no serious opposition at Kansas City. In the highest degree it is cicditable to the in telligence of the people and the quality of their institutions that buth panics ahould be repre sented by candidates o such exemplary life and so competent bj mime, temperament, education and experience for the functions that either may be called to discharge, 'the traditional frontier theoiy that the successful politician must be a voluble, greasy, swaggering.noisy rovvd), the boon compinlon of toughs, thugs anil rulhans a hypo crite and a demagogue, whoso elajs ate fpent In the saloon, and whose nights aie passed in the gambling den ami the brothel, has disappeared. The havsccd ipmli has closed. The most de graded constituency is no longer deluded by pio faulty, slang, filthy anceelotes, bad grammar and dirty apparel, l'icsident McKinley and Colonel Hryan, by birth, education, comluct and career, aie typra of tbe highest order of American citi zenship. Moth aie devout, tempeiate and con tinent, without asceticism oi bigotry. Their menial equipment, while widely dissimilar, does not differ greatly in weight of metal. Neither would be catalogued as a genius, a hero, a po litical philosopher or a (onstructlve statosmin. McKinley is cautious without being a dissembler; llrjan bold and Intrepid without temerity. Ills advocacy of free silver looks like rash foolhardl nesj, but there is method in his madness, for lie knows there aie states he must have which can not be saved without It. The president is the embodiment of Republican ideas and policies. Ho has learned what Bryan appeals to be Incapable of coinpiehendlng that politics Is the art of compromises and adjust ments. He who would lead must follow. If the picsldent seems times to yield or vacillate it is not that lie has changed his opinion, but had inoilincil his tactics and his methods. In nothing have his wisdom and skill been more evident than In avoiding collision and rupture and hold ing the party together, though differing with many of its members upon the Important issues tint have suddenly come forward during the two past rough and stormy years. With a presi dent less facile and equable, less adroit, affable and diplomatic we should have seen the wreck of the matter and the crash of worlds. He has never exhibited intolerance, arrogance or pride of opinion, and, while alvvajs avowing his con victions, has never hesitated to accept the con clusions of the paity of which he is chief agent and minister. He was not in favor of the Span ish war, ami did cvervthlng in his power to avert it, but his conduct of the operations on land and sea form one of the most glorious chap ters in our annals. He took the senso of the people cm the acqulsltlpn of the Philippines, and in every emergent has shown himself a contam inate master in the management of practical affairs. Tho recognition of these admirable traits and qualities lias established confidence In Ills Judgment, sagacity and patriotism, and will ton tribute powerfully to Ids ie-electlon. I)afllcd rivals may dlsparago and dlsippolnted aspirants decry, but the culm, conservative, thoughtful voters, tho farmers, the merchants und artisans, slnco mere change of administra tion Is not good In itself, will Insist that those who demand It lhall show cause for it, The disposition of men generally is to let well enough alone. Tho social eilscontent which reinforced llryun so powerfully in ISM has disappeared. In lil.i appeals to the people now to repudiate Republicanism he addresses constituencies pros perous bejond precedent, It is not, ai sometimes happens, a state In which one Interest thrives and another langulxhes, but every pursuit, In dustry and occupation shares the common wel fare. Mining, farming, manufactures, commerce nre at the flood. Vast enterprises projected at test tho courage ami confidence of capitalists and promise constant and remunerative employment for labor, Kxports have passed the highest record hitherto made. American genius and enterprise have completed the conquest of the markets of the world. Tho circulating medium, gold, silver and paper, has kept on Increasing till the per capita of money Is the largest In our history. The treasury overflows. It Is an embarrassment of riches. It Is not necessary to claim that .this condition is duo to the policies of the Republi cans or to the administration ot McKinley. All that need lie affirmed Js that either because of them or in spite of them It has come to pass, flood times are here ond the people want them to continue. Possibly, also, It may be only n, coincidence that Democratic ascendancy has alvvajs been ac companied by stagnation, panic, depression, wreck and disaster. During the past forty jears the people have had three object lessons of the blessings of Democratic administration. The be quest of Ruchamn was business paralvsls, na tional bankruptcy and civil war. Twenty-three years afterwards Cleveland came In, and prices Immediately fell and the country sank in hope less apathy. In 180,1, upon the cry ot dema gogues that the rich wcro growing rjcher and the poor were growing poorer, Cleveland again became president, with both houses of congress Democratic. It Is within bounds to say that the four years of his administration, from '03 to '07, will never be recalled by Americans In any age without a blush of Indignant shame. The self complacent Ignorance, the vulgar egotism, tho bloated conceit, the hypocritical affectation of moral superiority, the brutal sneers at the pa tiiotlo defenders of their country, the ruffianly Interference with the prerogatives of congress, tho prostitution of patronage under the pretext of civil service reform have their only parallel in that lgnomlnous period ot Kngllsh history de scribed by Macaulay ns on epoch of servility without lojalty, of dwarfish talents and gigantic vices, the paradise of cold hearts and narrow minds, the golden ago of the coward, the bigot and the slave, Kvery day witnessed some new triumph of Democratic policy some factory closed, some furnace extinguished, some bank suspended, some sail furled,, some train cut off, some railroad in the hands of a receiver, sonic laborer reduced to beggary, some mother with her children sent to the almshouse, some vcterarn stigmatized as a pauper, a perjurer and a thief and tho traditions of a century of honor and glory cast in the mire. War, pestilence and famine combined could not have wrought more baleful and fatal destruction than that which overwhelmed rich and poor alike in common ruin. In the one Item ot live stock alone, as an Il lustration for the farmers to consider, the value of cattle, swine, horses and other animals de creased more than eight hundred million dollars In that term, enough to pay off a large share of tho interest-bearing debt of the United States when Cleveland was inaugurated. In the three vcars of McKinlcy's administration moro than five hundred millions of this loss has already been regained. At the ame time it will not be wise to under value the personality ot Dry an, nor the activity of the forces to which he appeals. Ho has an immense personal following. He has grown in the last four years. He has plenty of nerve and sand. He has no bureau nor treasury, no ad vance agent or manager. He is the whole show. He lias retained extraordinary control over the discordant elements of Populism and Democracy. Traveling in all sections and speaking inces santly, he has not yet put his foot in It. He has piopitiated both and offended neither. Ho Is not so obnoxious as in '00 to the Hold Democrats, and will have the secret svmpathy and support of all Republicans with a grudge, and those who are exasperated by the extortions of the monopo lies or alarmed by tho spectre of imperialism. Hut, should be he elected, It would precipitate a financial and industrial crisis that would make the dismal disasters of Cleveland's second term appear by contrast like dazzling prosperity. Cleveland was conservative. Ho stood by the ancient landmarks. Ilryan Is aggressive, the apostle of Innovations, the champion of reform that might mean revolution. Possibly the panic would be irrational and without Justification. anics generally arc, but the consequences would be the same. The brigands and marauders would make it their occasion. Tho weary would find excuse to lie down and the over-burdened to un load. Everything would stop short and wait for future developments. It would be like the limit ed express leaving the rails under full headway. THE OLD 1 ' GTJEKREOTYPE. Up in the attic I found them, locked m tlm cedar chest. Where the flowered gown3 He folded, which once vvcie brave as the best; And, like the queer old jackets and the waist coats gay with stripes. They tell of a worn-out fashion these old daguer reotypes. Quaint little foldln? eases, fastened with tiny hook, Seemingly made to tempt cne to lift up tho latch and look; Linings of purple and velvet, odd little frames of gold. Circling the faded faces brci-ght from the days of old. firandpn and grandma, taken ever so long ago, Crandma's bonnet a marvel, grandpa's collar a show; Mother a tiny toddler, with tings on her baby hands, Painted lest none should notice in glittering gilded bands. Aunts and uncles and cousins, a starchy and allff array. Lovers and brides, then blooming, but now to wrinkled and gray. Out through the misty glasses they gaze at mc, sitting here. Opening the quaint old cases with a smile that is half a tear. I will smile no more, little pictures, for heart less it was, in tiuth, To drag to tho cruel da) light these ghosts ot a vanished youth, Go back to your cedar chamber, jour gowns and your lavender. And dream, 'mid their bygone graces,, of the wonderful daj-s that were. Saturday Evening Post. & 4s 4s ' & 4 4 4 91 CALENDAR An opportunity to secure exclusive patterns and first choice. 0000X00000000 1 4 4 4 0 Ttimii-o Rcirlrc 0 nangers Colortype Backs White Backs Gold Embossed Mounted Photographs 185 Half-Tones Lithographs 00000000000 Prices From $12 to THE TRIBUNE has exclusive control of the finest line oi Calendars ever exhibited in Scranton. It is early yet to think of 1901, but it is necessary to place orders early (or the class of work here outlined. The full line of samples is now ready at THE TRIBUNE office and is now complete, but the best will go quickly, and no design will be duplicated for a second customer. THE TRIBUNE, Washington Avenue. NOTICE Orders taken now (or December delivery. .f,...,.. .$..$, ... TRADE WITH THE ORIENT. Exports to Asia and Oceania In the fiscal yetr which ends with the month of .lune will for the first time In our history exceed (100,0O0,O00. In no part of the world has our exports grown with such amazing rapidity, with the single exception of Africa. In 1803 our total exports to all Asia and Oceania amounted to only fM7,421,Ml, so that In tho fiscal year now about to end they will be about four times as great as those of eight years earlier. Imports from that part of the world arc also growing rapidly, because ot tho large In crease in the share of our sugar supply which now comes from tho Islands ot the Pacific. Moro than one-halt tho sugar imported into the United States now comes from the Kast Indies and Ha waiian Islands. Of the 2,891,800,B5S pounds Im ported Into the United States In the nine months ending with March, 1000, l,o53,4I5,307 pounds came from the East Indies and the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands; the amount from the East Indies alone being 1,143,023,41(1 pounds; from the Hawaiian Islands, 300,809,400 pounds, and from the Philippines, 40,490,642. The quantity Import ed from tho Philippines in the nine months end ing with March, 1000, is three times as much as In the corresponding months of 1803, and from tho East Indies It is two and one-half times as much as in the corresponding period of 1S08. The growth In exports to Asia and Oceania is chiefly In cotton, breadstulfs, provisions anil man ufactures. Exports of agricultural machinery to Rritish Australasia In the nine months ending with March, 1000, were $600,323, against $310,550 in tho corresponding months of 1898. Exports of flour to China In the nine months ending with March, 1000, was 46,001 barrels, against 14,010 barrels in the same months of 1808, to Japan, 417,430 barrels, against 107,401 barrels In the same months of 1803, and to Hong Kong, 1,000,2)3 barrels, against 617,633 barrels tn the simc months of 1808, Carriages and cars to Australia amounted to $112,251, against $231,802 In the cor responding months of 1803; cotton cloth to China In the nino months ending with March, 1000, was 150,830,255 yards, against 77.TO0.670 yards in the corresponding months of 1803. Itaw cotton exported to Japan amounted in the nine months ending with March, 1900, to ?11,517,068, as against 5,843.71 in the same months of 1893. Builders' hardware exported to Asia and Oceania in the nine months cnung with March, 1000, amounted to $1,254,000, an Increase of 50 per cent, over the same months of 1898, while boots and shoes to Asia and Oceania in the nine months ending with March, 1000, reached nearly one million dollars against a quarter of a mil lion In the same months of 1893. The following table shows tho value of our exports to Asia and Oceania and to the principal divisions of that part of the world in the nine months cnuirg with March 1S93 and 1900 respec tively. Exports from ..c United States to Asia and Oceania In tho nine months ending with March, 1803 and 1900: Nine months Nine months ending with ending with March, 1S03. March, 1900. ,..$19,000,673 $S2,C07,393 Japan, All Asia and Oceania All Asia All Oceania ,.. 32,225,720 50,036,433 32,580,010 23,330,730 10,091,170 32,493,5S3 10,214,136 0,101,412 1,075,733 1,801,807 15,873,053 Japan 15,139,175 Drltlsh Australasia 11,220,040 0,889,081 4,209,000 4,151,067 China Hawaiian Islands . Hong Kong Philippine Islands 75.73S Asiatic Russia 130,177 teyb-i asg iy- -ffSsCFSvT Lf-Si7J iKSsaaaai rt?!r3 1 1-fi.l-T. tt-, A'ijSTa tffr- Particular interest centers around our $20 Three-Plece Bedroom Suites. And It is not difficult to decide why. There Is something about each piece which catches the 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 offered at the p'.'ieo. Hill & Connell 121 N. "Washington Ave, EVERETT'S Horses and carriages are su perior to those of any other livery in the city. If you should desire to go for a drive during this delight ful period of weather, call tele phone 794, and Everett will send you a first-class outfit. EVERETT'S LIVERY, 236 Dix Court. (Near City Hall.) & 4 4s & & FOR THE NEW YEAR. S: a Y fBiSrW - -r- d jJPi , iT it "" ! II ALWAYS BUST. Yom Keow We Grow Enlargememit Sale of 50c chool SItkm s For Boys amid G3ri Lewis & Really Established 1888. 114- 3116 Wyoming Ave. For Weddneg Presents? 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 IERCEEEAU &NEIA 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. Tie Hunt & Cooeell Co0 Heating, Plumbing, Ga? Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 Lackawanna Avenc HENRY BEL1N, JR., Ueueiul Agent for tha Wyoming District . PUT Wining, UlnstlnRSportlns, SuioltBlMi 011a tUa Ilepituno Uuoiulci. Co.npany'i MM EXPLOSIVES. tulcty 1'iise, Cup? and bltplojori. Kooiu 101 Cunuell UalUtu;. tjcrautix AQKNOtl&J THOS. FORD, ... -pittston. JOHN B. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth. W. B. MULLIGAN. - Wllkes-Barre. fllilL -vs W, roiiEB. r, 7 nra ' j .sr, A newspapf r reporter in St, Lewis cnnsul'ed his friend, a young physician, about a sionudi difficulty th.t bad cauied 1.1m a frocxl deal ol trouble, when the doctor saldi " V011 eat too much, and too fast, nnd at irregular hours. You will never be well until ynu refor.u your habi's. There Is no use ef yourblowiug la your money fordMteis' bills, what you rcqjire it Ripans Tabules I have been Investlcatlnj the formula, and know It to be an excellent remedy. The Tabules will do (or you all that I can. ' So on this advice the reporter relates: "l tried the Tabulei.aoisoonbecameemhuiiasticover thereiults. The work of these little Tabules was nurvciout. Although the doctor said I would never be well, Ihey IIAVK cured me completely. It is ns week since I have bad any trouble atNill, aid 1 am feeling like a fishtms-cock. Kipias Tabules arc a wonderful remedy, woudcrf ul." FINLEY'S We open today in our Wash Goods De partment new line of Freud that are the nearest approach to silk of anything yet made. They come in the very best Foulard de signs in grounds of Black, Navy, Yale Blue, Army Blue, Cerise, Plum and Heliotrope, with white dots, figures, stripes, etc, and are altogether a very de sirable line of Light Weight Fabrics for Summer wear, Price, 3Co LACKAWANNA AVENUE Look for OMr Display Booths at the Elks9 Carnival This Week Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Scranton, Pa. We csrry the largest line ot cilice supplies Iiti Northeastern Pennsylvania. w4. F01 art rnrrrfTffiiTiTTMTlV I I - I j. -. V4z&. !- x
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