fc THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1900. I fe. ruhllhfj Dtltr, Eitccnt Sunday, l.y Th TrtJ. tin I'ulillihlnK Company, at Fl(ty CcnU a MoiUli. livy s. mciiAnn, alitor. O. I-, DY.MlKi:, nuttncM Manager. New York Cfllcel 150 Nanau St. . 8. S. Vnl'ELANn, Bole Ajfcnt for Forelcn Advertising. Cntercd at tlio I'Mtofllce at (kranton, Pa., aa BccomlClasa Malt Matter. When pcc will permit, The Tribune Ij ) waja plad to print short letter from Its frlendj bearing on current topics, tut Iti rule Is that thco muit he alsneil. for publication, by the writer's real name: and the condition precedent to acceptance Is that all contributions ahall be subject to editorial revision. SCHANTON, JUNE 19, 1900. HEPULLICAN NOMINATIONS. State. ConRrfiwmrn-at.T.nnre (1 U.tlP HA A. OnOW, lioiiKHT ii koi:iiii:m:ii. Auditor Gcticral-K, D. HAItnr..Nnr.ItOH. County. Conercss-WIM.IAM COXNI'.t.U Juiluc-(li:OIIOK M. WATS-ON. WurlH-JOIlN II. FELLOWS. Treasurer J. A. SCIt ANION'. District Attorney-WJI.MAM It. LEWIS. rrothonol.iry--.IOUN COI'KJ.XSn. Clerk of Courts THOMAS IV PANIKLS. Itecordrr of Denis I'.MIIi IION'N. ItrirMrr of Wills W. K. IlIX'K. Jurj Cominissloner lUlttAHU It. STUHUnS. Legislative. First District THOMN J. UlIYNOt.DS Second Dl-trlct JOHN SCHIUI.lt, .III. 'llilrd Distrlii-MDWAHD .TAMIM, Jit. Fourth District I'. A. l'HILIII.V. General Grosvcnor's Insinuation that Colonel Itooscvelt Is nieiely pretending that ho doesn't want the vice-presidency la ungenerous and unfair. Air. Smith Out of It. -HE DEFINITE refusal of r I Charles Emory Stnlth to permit the, presentation of his name at Philadelphia as a candidate for the vice presidency brings to an end a movement In pro. inotlng which The Tribune, although unsuccessful, has nothing to regret. The spirit In which hi nomination was advocated by this paper was one that looked in two directions: First, toward the selection of a run ning mate for President McKlnley rep resenting the best Impulses and tra ditions of the Republican party; and thoroughly (luallflad to attract votes on election day, to perform with dis tinguished ability the duties of the, po sition when elected and to measure up to the exacting recpjlremcnts of the presidential olfice should he be called to fill It. Pre-eminently would Mr. Smith have met ind mastered every one of these condlclons. Secondly, toward the composition of factional strife within our common wealth and the bringing to the front of a personality around which the self respecting Republicanism of Pennsyl vania could rally without fear and without regret. Mr. Smith Is a modest man; faometlmes we suspect too mod est. His brilliant accomplishments and splendid intellect fit him to lead when frequently less deserving men with greater self-assertion push in nhead and grasp honors more appro prlately his. It would be a fortunate turn In the muddled party affairs of this Imperial commonwealth could a man like Charles Emory Smith, states man, scholar and gentleman, be called to a commanding place in the party councils and by his clean methods give inspiration to the better aspirations of the Republican masses. For the pres ent, but this is not to be; but we shall hope on. A time Is bound to come, maybe it Is nearer than we think, when there v 111 be an uprising of the reputable manhood of our party in behalf of a leadeiship such as men of his clean type could give; a leadership neither fcordid, selfish nor vindictive, but In spired by tho desire to give full play to the higher Impulses of honest Re publicanism and to lift up the party banner to n level In keeping with Pennsylvania's greatness in the sister hood of states. In the endeavor to forward this desirable contingency we may temporarily have failed, but the cause was worthy of the effort and we have nothing to apologize for and nothing to take back. We surmise that if Mark Hanna Is being spited by this Roosevelt boom it's because he wants to be. Colonel Roosevelt's Future. A VHE SUMMONS of a great T party to accept Its nomina tion for one of the two high est offices In Its gift Is something which no man has ever ro f ised to obey or ever will. Theodore Roosevelt cannot decline If the su preme convention of his party with substantial unanimity presses him to accept. A declination ui.der such cir cumstances would destroy his pros pects and put a period to his public usefulness. It would Ulustiate firm ness degenerated into obstinacy and self-will bordering on Intolerable self conceit. Colonel Roosevelt Is aware ot his own importance but he Is not an 'egotist. In the larger view his motives and his alms are unselfish, He will do what ho considers to be his duly, And that Is whal in this emergency? Simply to adhere, as lie Is doing, to his original assertion that he does not want the vice-presidency, that he vlshts to be permitted to complete the work begun by him at Albany, that he believes his largest usefulness to party nnd public Is In the executive chalt of tho Emplro state. It is his right to ask the national convention to consider the circumstances ot hl3 'candidacy as he views them and to gl"e attention to his wishes. Tho con vention owes it to him und to tho Dtlier" eminent Republicans who have Ic-cn regarded as vice presidential can didates to honor such a request. Then, if the decision still Is that ho must make tho race, tho responsibility will bi off Ills shoulders; he will have been overruled by the majority. Colonel Roosevelt possesses many elements of strength as a candidate and in his nomination the country would recognize an assurance that should the president not survive his term of office the succession would fall Into worthy hands. Wo scout the con lecture that the vice-presidency would Vnd his jUHna! career. Although yet a young man, ho has already been politically dead many times, according to' superficial opinion, and every tlmo has resuscitated himself by virtue of his superabundant energy and high purpose. Ho would not enre for tho quiet llfo of the vice-presidency and if ho were vlco-prcsldent his llfo would not be quiet. On the platform und through tho press his active mind would find liberal exorcise; and we doubt not that ho would restore tho olden precedent which made the vlcc presldcncy tho stepping stone to the presidency. There Is no need to worry as to Roosevelt's future. What wo don't llko about tho movement to put hltn on tho ticket Is tho effect Hm suc cess would have upon tho experiment of taxing corporation franchises In New York. If that makes him vlco prcsldent because the corporations don't favor tho Idea, It mny make him president In 1901 becauso tho American people do. i In this Chinese business the presi dent's motto evidently Is; "Ho sure you are right, then go ahead." It is an incomparable recipe for good states manship. Our Advertising Rates. ON APRIL 1 last Tho Tribune adopted what Is known ns the Hat advertising rate, that Is, a fixed price for each Inch of display space used, tho same to ev ery advertiser absolutely without va riation, except extra charge for pre ferred positions nnd differentials to users of a graded number of Inches. For tho benefit of those Interested, The Tribune rate table Is reproduced here with: FLAT KATF.S l'KH INCH. 26 Insertions per month; 312 per ear. Hun of Siding on Full DISPLAY. l'jpir. Heading. Position. Less than 500 inches.. .23 .275 .;0 TOO inche 20 .22 .21 12(10 " 10 .173 .11 C0O0 " 153 .17 .lhi MW0 " 15 .IUj .18 The above table shows rates for space to bo used in one icar. Adrrtllnir In full position must bo at least three Inches In depth. CLASSIFIED ADVEUTISINO. Advertisements of Amusements, Excursions, etc., CO cents per Imh. Financial Stattments, 75 cents per inch. Lcjral Advertising 10 cents per line first in sertion, 5 ctnts per lino each subsequent insir tlon. 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Third You can change your nd. ns often as you llko without additional cost. Fourth You can make special an nouncements, using a half-page, or page, If you choose, without Its costing you an Impossible price. Fifth You can bo as erratic In ad vertising as you choose advertise largely one month, nnd not at all the next month; and you pay at tho same rate as though you advertised regu larly. Sixth You are on an equality with all other advertisers. You pay no more; you pny no less. Everybody treated alike. Seventh It puts your advertising on a purely business basis, and you can see for yourself whether or not It pays. Eighth It avoids confusion and mis understanding with the publisher. The Paris exposition Is not attract ing much nttentlon this year. Circum stances have been decidedly against the enterprise from the beginning. With a war or two in progress and many other complications threatened, the world's fair and Its accompany ing side shows cannot arouse as much Interest as would bo takendn an ama. teur base ball game on circus dsy. American Isolation Ended. T -fAnn CHINESE crisis nnd thn part which our government is forced to take in It In pro tection of Imperilled Ameri can interests serve as a timely re minder that the days of American Iso lation are gone forever. Without seek ing It, without wishing It, the United States has become a world power, with Inescapable obligations toward the'preservatlon of International tights and In consequence with unavoidable need of a large navy and of an army In proportion to Its widened circle of responsibilities. The destiny which put us In control of tho Philippines is now plainly call ing us to an active part In tho solution of 'the great problem presented In China's transition from ancient to modern conditions. There may be thosu who would bo Liud to be jelleved of this responsibility. It certnlnly has not been sought. Rut It is hero, upon us; no International fact Is plainer, and tho question Is, What are we going to do about it? With China wo have certain treaty stipulations, among them the right to trado with tho people of China upon equal terms with the most favored na tion. The nations of Europe which have acquired territorial or political footholds In China have been asked to give assurances In writing that In all the portions of the Chinese empire which are now or In future may come within their Jurisdiction or control these treaty rights shall be respected; that In those spheres of European In fluence the American trader shall stand upon a level before the law with the most favored trader of any nation; and they have dono so. On paper our rights are secure. Rut is that enough? Tho Boxer uprising, with its wanton - -n'rtpg;giii xafiitwiiii tmr-'-n-n-ii' 1r,ftr-.-,1 - murder of foreigners, Including, ac cording to unconfirmed report, the Oerman minister nnd perhaps other personages of high official degree, brings within probability tho early dis memberment of China. Lacking co hesive power itself, China jill either have to be propped up by a concert of the powers or partitioned nmong them with a view to the more convenient division of the labor of preserving In ternal order while external Influences work out better native conditions. In either case, It Is futile to expect that the American government can remain a passive spectator. Participation In the task of restoring order Is a neces sary price ot future commercial ad vantages. Providence does not help those who decline to help themselves. Notwithstanding the ability of tho foreign troops to disperse the elements of 'disorder In China, tho probability that many of tho helpless missionaries may bo massacred before help can rench them makes tho Chinese situa tion one for continued serious contem plation. It looks as though tho Scranton cen sus count would be no social blue book affair this season. All willing to an swer questions have been placed on the fist. Mr. Bryan wishes It distinctly under stood that summer vaudeville troupes are not to have complete monopoly of the continuous performance business. Dr. Swallow has changed his mind and announces that ho may be tempted by a presidential nomination that is backed by a stampede. Tho political boom of tho "man who built tho Oregon" seems to have been shipwrecked early In the fight. Representation - In Conventions From the Philadelphia Press. T HE QUESTION of representation In Repub lican national contentions has been brought to the front In a way that will hardly admit it belnc; left undecided by the body roon to meet In tills city. The national committee at in Fitrtlnc last December though best to leave the matter to the convmtion Itself and not take tho responsibility of changing the basis of rep resentation which lias been In use longer than the party has been in existence. This decision was doubtless wise, but it will not be a wise decision of the national convention of next week also leaves the question unsettled. The wrong growing out of it is so plain and It is increas ing at such a rate that trouble is sure to follo.v if it Is not dealt with row. The plan In use up to the present time has been to give eyry stnte double the representa tion In natlcirtfl conventions that it has in cop grrss without regard to the party vote cast in any state. This plan might have continued In use indefinitely had not the suppression of the colored vote i:i southern states made it grossly unjust. Tli( suppression of tho Republican vote in the south, by- force or by law, has destroyed party organization in many of the southern states and left Republicans In most of them with no power to aid in the e'ection of a Republican president and congress. But with the old scheme of representation In national conventions still In force these same Southern Republicans have been nble to exert an inluencc in the nomination of president and vice president and in the direc tion of party poliry out of all proportion to the votes they cast. o How grossly unjust this has grown to he can bo keen from the following table, which gives tho Republican vote cast for president In eleven southern states in IS'iO and the number of dele gates to which those sames states are entitled in a Republican national convention on the pres ent plan of apportioning delegates: States. Vote in ISOeJ. Delegates. Alabama 51,737 22 Arkansas 37,512 1G Florida 11,233 8 Georgia 00,001 20 Louisiana 22,0.17 10 Maryland 13G,05 10 Mississippi 5,130 18 North nrollna 155,222 22 South Carolina d,2Sl IS Te-as 107,520 30 Virginia 133,503 24 Total 7l)3,H3 211 Hero arc eleven states which In a "national election cast only 71)3,115 votes, or only about one-ninth of the total Republican vote cast in the whole country, but which under the present appoitlonment have nearly onc.fcurth ot the delegates in the rational convention. Penn sylvania alone cast nearly as many Republican votes as all these eleven states together, tut It has less than one-third as many delegates. New York cast more Republican votes than one third tho representation in a national conven tion. Other comparisons would bring out still more pliinly the Injustice of the present plan. The Hon. Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, pro posed a schema which would, in a great meas ure, remedy the evil. It gives four delegates-at-large to every state and an additional delegate for every 10,000 votes cast, or a majority traction thereof. Under these scheme the eleven south ern states which have now 211 delegates would, em the basis of their vote In 1S90, hare only 125 delegates. A substitute for Mr. I'ajnc's plan has been proposed by the Rhode Island delegation now In Philadelphia to attend the national convention, It eloes not outline any definite scheme of rep resentation, but pledges tho Republican party to the enforcement of tint section of the Com teenth amendment to the constitution of the United States relating to representation in con. grcM, and urges that a Just ami equitable repre sentation of the Republican voting strength and sentiment of the country be given in the Repub lican national convention of 1031. Whether it is Intended to continue to base the apportion, ment of delegates on corgresjlonal representa tion alter the number of congressmen from tho southern states has been reduced accrrdtng to the fourteenth amendment, Is not exactly clear. It Is clcir, however, that gross Injustice under which the strong Republican states now labor thould be corrected, and that there is no better tlmo to correct It than the present, AN OBJECTION. IMItor of The Tribune Hr: I do not think It wise to air the troubles of the Republican party in the pjpeis. Tho pla. e to settle these family differences is the conven tion. It would seem, however, that some of tho party leaders are so Infatuated with the Crawford eounty s.vstem they have parted com pany with prudenco and perhaps reason. When Mr. Chittenden talks in the following vein he thould understand he represents, if any one other than himself, an exceedingly smalll mi nority of the Republican party: "Of the eUVct of this venality, at picsent the venal voter sells bis vote for one or two offices and votes honestly on tho remainder, rcalltlng perhaps 1 to flu. Under the delegate s.vstem his vote went lor a glass or two of beer and the elcle;ate sold the whole official list to a slate' for J200 to $1,000. Surely jou will approve of the great est good to the greatest number." (Tribune of today). Ilujlng and Belling votes "greatest good to the greatest number?" Pollution ol the ballot "greatest good!" Degradation of American rlti. icnshlp "goodt" Surely we have strange bed fellows In tho Republican party! I seo no "good" In It at all either with delegate or voter. I would reforni Ilrother Chittenden's ssn tence to read: Surely jou will not approve of the greatest evil' to the greatest number. The Crawford system has Its merits but one of them is not the buying am) selling Vf votes, and those who claim to bo Us friends fhould understand this. Cturlea It. Smith. F-lmhurst, June 13. ltjj WORLD'S COAIi OUTPUT. The remarkable Increase, In coal exportation! from the United Stales, coupled with the fact that wo became In 1S90 the world' largest pro. ducer of coal, gives special Interest to an elab orate discussion of the world's coal product, published by the bureau of statistics of the treasury department In the April number of the Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance, Importations of coal from the United Stiles In the ten months ended with April were nearly 50 per cent, larger than those of the fame months of the piecedlng fiscal year and tn per cent, larger than those of the corresponding months of ISM, while our total production for IMS was not only the largest In our history, but larger than those of any other country In tho world. For the first time the United Rtatea figures sliow a larger production than the Ilrltlsh fig ures for the same period. The significance ot this fact cannot be over-estimated. Coal la now moro than ever "tho inatcrlat energy of a country, tho universal aid, the factor In every thing wo do." The relative abundance or scarcity of coal, therefore. Is tho truest Index of a country's position among Its Industilal rivals. According to recent information steamers have been chartered to carry coal from America to St. Petersburg and Stockholm, as well as to Italian, French and Herman port. While these exports may be due mainly to the present ab normal condition of the Urltlsh coal market, there Is no doubt that In time this country will be called upon to supply an even lirgcr part of the coal needed by foreign Industrial coun tries, which, until recently, have been drawing upon the Ilrltlsh output. This Is the more probable since cost of production and prices of coal show a falling tendency for this country, whereas the opposite holds true of European coal producing countries. o The rapidity with which the production of coal has increased may be appreciated when we consider the present volume of that pro duction and reflect In how recent n time the production formed but a very small fraction of that quantity. In 1PP0 the total coal. product of the world was CGt million short tons or 00 million metric tons. Until as late a period as 187S the world's product had never been hilf so great, being then only 202 million metric tons, and not until 180S had the world's pro duction been as much as a third as large as it Is at present. In 15(51 the world's product was only 171 million metric tons, or less than TO per cent, of that of 180G. The statistics of the world's production for still earlier periods cannot be- determined with any pretense of ac curacy; but on the basis of the Ilrltlsh statistics from 1851, and of estimates for earlier periods and from such statistics as are obtainable from France, Germany, Belgium and Austria-Hungary, an approximation may be made to the actual production. In 1860 the world's pro duction of coal was about 111 million metric tons, or less thin one-fourth that of 1S90 and much less than that of either the United States or the United Kingdom at present. Ten years earlier the world's production amounted to only about S3 million metric tons, or about two-fifteenths of the present vroild's production and considerably less than the present output of Pennsylvania alone. In 1810 the production was much smaller still, but about -15 million metric tons, or about one-thirteenth of the present output, while during the three-quarters of a cen tury since 1820 when the output was obout 17 million metric tons, the production has increased 3,000 per cent. The production is chiefly In the hands of three nations, the Americans, the British and the Germans. During the last thirty years and even earlier, the combined output of these three countries has averaged year for year about five sixths of the world's total output. Possessing but about 10 per cent, of the world's population, they have produced about S3 per cent, of the mineral fuel, while the remaining 00 per cent, of the world's Inhabitants have produced only about 17 per cent, of the coal, and even If the savage and semi-barbarous nations be disre garded, the Immense preponderance of coal pro ductlon In these countries must be conceded. To this group might be odded Belgium, which produces and consumes more coal per capita than any other country except the United King doin, but for the fact of its small population, placing It in the second rank of coal-producing countries. While the continued output of these three countries has kept pace with the production of the rest of the world, their relative position has been materially altered. In 1S03 the United Kingdom produced over three times as much as either the United States or Germany, the output of those countries being approximately 32, nij and lfl',4 per cent, of the world's production, re. spectively. By 1S73 the output of tho United Kingdom was still considerably greater than the combined output of the United States and Ger many, their proportion of the total being 45 per cent, 20 per cent, and 13 per cent respectively. The next half-decennial period witnessed a re markable Inciease in the American product and a corresponding relative decrease in that of Great Britain, the respective proportions being SO, 28 and 17 per cent. This increase was main talned In the present decade, and In 1690 tho output of the United Kingdom was only 3Cper cent., that of the United States 30 per cent., and that of Germany 19.2 per cent, of the world's total output. These statistics clearly show- that the United Kingdom is rapidly losing Its former pre-eminence as a coal producing power, and that while its production is incrcas ing rapidly Its absolute increase is less than that of the United Stales, and Its relative Increase considerably less than that of either the United States or Germany. In ISrtS the production of these three countries, the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany, In the order named was 115.5 million, 31.0 million, and 30.2 million net tons: in 1807 their output was 220.1 million 00.2 million and 132.7 million net tons respec tively. The absolute increase in the British production was 110.9 million, as compared with 08 5 million for Germany and lttS.G million ret tons for the United States. The proportional Increase during these three decades (1S0S-1S87) was 00.1 per cent, for the United Kingdom, es compared with 200.1 per cent for Germany and 532.3 per cent, for the Unltod States. Matrimonial Joys. Young Mother-I can't imagine what makes the baby cry so. Young Father I'll bet he hcird me say I managed to get a little sleep last night. Chi cago News. ii $ 4? & fr & $" 4? is i 1 CO 1 CALENDARS tyeear. T An opportunity to secure exclusive patterns and first choice. ooooooooooooooooo Tinted Backs Mangers Colortype Backs White Backs Gold Embossed Mounted Photocrraralns s frlatf-Tones Lithographs oocxxxocooooooo Prices From ,$12 to THE TRIBUNE has exclusive control of the finest line ot 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 auicklv. and no design will be duplicated for a second customer. TIE TRIBUNE, Washington Avenue. NOTICE Orders taken now for December delivery. 4 NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. France receives $170,000 a year from taxes on, bicycles, .lupin will orcm lv,cr.ty-onc new potts to for. elgn commerce. As many as 4,000 dales hive been gathered from a single palm. Tho tjpholil bacillus, frnien In Ice, has been found ailvc after 102 days. The dally medical Inspection of school clille'rcn has been adopted In Philadelphia. There are over 2,500 traveling libraries III the United States. Wisconsin his 213. The Income from the Monte Carlo gsmlng tables for the past .vear reaches over 10,000,(yOO. The pay of English officers, as well as men, Is stopped when they are made prisoners by the enemy. Norwcgiin statesmen are planning a system of national Insurance to protect people Incapacl. talcel to earn a livelihood. For 300 years Mexico lias produced one-third of all the silver that was mined. The production at present Is more than $OO,O00.P0O annually. Residents ot Valparaiso, Chile, complain that the city is becoming a haven for American crooks, becauo of the absence of extradition laws. An EnglU!i authority has discovered that the average ogc at which Englishmen marry is 23 years and 5 months, ond that of women 28 years and 2 months. A good English authority estimates that $1, 000,000,000 foreign capital Is now operating in Russia In manufacturing, Industrial, steamship and other enterprises. The United States turns out annually 185,000,. 000,000 pounds of plug lobicco, 12,000,000 pounds of fine cut, 11,000,000 pounds of snuff, 1,000,000 cigars and 6,000,000 cigarettes. Over five tons of documents produced by England In the Venezuelan arbitration case have been removed from Paris. They required two large railway vans to take them away. The healthiest spot In the world seems to be a little hamlet In France r.amed Aiimone. Theic are only forty Inhabitants, twenty-five of whom are 80 wears of ngc, and one Is over 100. At Johannesburg the telephone system Is op erated by tho Dutch, ond one has to pay a year's subscription in advance about $75 a month and no service is furnished after G p. in. The turkey w-.is first discovered In imcrlci and brfiught to England In the early part of the sixteenth centiirv. Slnco then It has lieci ac climatized In nearly all parts of the world. Out of the Vatican's 11,000 rooms. Pope Leo has reserved for his personal use only three a small sitting room, a little dining room and a bedroom. The tomato Is now definitely assigned a place as a tonic ameng fcods. A noted physician his made extensive experiments with tho juice as a medloinr, ard sajs as a health-preservative it Is unequalcel. Canada lacks only 237,000 square miles to be as largo as the whole continent of Europe. It is nearly thirty times as large as Greit Britain ond Ireland, and is 300,000 square miles larger than the United States. There are iver 100 gold mines In the imme diate neighborhood of Johannesburg, stretching out on all sides of the city. The monthly out ut of the mines is fitteen tons of gold, jet It Is asserted that the grcurds Is only beginning to be worked. In Te:as a wealthy 6tockman will use an au tomobile for making inspection trips around the wire fences of ids lanch. The country being level and fiee from brush nnd other obstructions, it is thought that the automobile will prove practical. The nevv military motor cycle Is a terrlb'o engine of war. The machine is driven by an automatic petroleum motor and mounts a 27 pound automatic Maxim gun, capable of dis charging 000 rounds per minute while traveling along at the rate of fifteen miles an hour. There will be no parliament of religion at the Paris exposition, but Instead a congress for the scientific steely of religion. It will treat religion purely from a social and historic standpoint of view. They will not talk religion, but will talk about it. There are nearly 500 water-power electric plants In tho United States, representing an Ii vestment of over $00,000,000; horse-power repre sented by water wheel, 200,000. There are COO miles of Etrcct railway operated with water power electrically tiansmltted. The I.lck observatory astronomers tell us the North Star is 25i,000,000,000 miles away. The Lick telescope and photospectroscope have dis covered fourteen multiple stars. The star Mlsar, the middle stnr of the handle of the Great Dip per, has a brilliancy 100 times that of our sun. W?3 I U 5- j ss:.-ir ' fc WisTta frj -yjitffwwjra 0&m ft..- "4- '? ' Bys?o Particular interest centers around our $20 Three-Piece Bedroom Suites. And It is not difficult to decide xvhy. There is something about each piece which patches 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 pVlco. Hill & Gomel! 121 N. Washington Ave, & 4 4s & 2r & 4" 4s Sizes from SxT ii) to X 14X22 V $95 fe 4 JiiSI pBffigtf rJyi) k-y.-vsyt-.i' B yr-j8--" -( rrrA-vK- - ft . - !.k 3ja .-rj i n ALWAYS BUSY. Yom Keow We Grow Einilargemeet Sale of 50c School Shoes For Boys amid QirlSo Lewis t&Reilly Established 1888. 1 14-316 Wyoming Ave. For 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 MRCEREAU&COMELL 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. The Huaot & Cooeell Co., Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. HENRY BEL1N, JR., Ueueral Agent for ths Wyomlaj District j. IUFB1T Wlnlns, Blnstlns.Sportlnc Sniolco.m una Hie llepuunn OuemlM. Co uputiy'i fflGH EXPLOSIVES. ulety i'lise, Cnps nutl Kxploioci Uooru 101 Ccmnell Uulldla;. Serautox AUK.NCIK-J THOS. FOKD, JOHN B. SMITH & BON. W. E. MULLIGAN. yittstoa - Plymouth. WIlke.I3rro pome. if 1 ! lpTHfi,aTi rr" The private secretary to a syndicate of Cleveland, Ohio, capitalists, found himself in an alarming state of health, over-work having brought on nervous prostra tion, dyspepsia, insomnia and kindred ailments. " I con cluded," he says, " that either 1 must get relief by medical treatment, or relief from my work. I purchased a 50 cent box of Ripans Tabules and beneficial results were felt almost instantaneously. Now, I feel quite my old self again, having by nearly using the second box been entirely freed of the sleepless nights, pain in the back, sluggish liver and circulation and the dyspepsia.' A new ut; It paekrt ronUlnlnfr T Mrixs Til cua in a pur ntrton (wttkouttelMiV , now (or mle at no, druir .tore-aroli nrB evirri ThU low prtfAtl w.rt is Intended fur too poor um! the eoutioniicai. one 4om ot tli. flv-orut n&rtoa. il&O tabntr.) ran I n&4 bj mail br wiikiliur forty-elfftit Mat. to tn. lur.Na Cbfiuotb COKr.N T. .No. It Sprue Blrixt, Now Xork-er tuigW caxlen itu lucua) wilt b. auit ler Or wU. ...Hull 1 111 iultliliU!j FINLEY'S We desire to call your attention to ou fine stock of Gloves, Belts amid Fancy Also to the finest assortment of in hand embroidered, Real Valenciennes, Dtichesse, Point Lace Etc., Etc. All of which arti cles are especially suitable and appro priate as presents for the Yotiig Girl Graduate. 510-512 IACIAWAMA AVENUE ooooooooooooooooo INVITATIONS, CALLING CAMS. Are you Interested in the above ? If so we invite you to call and see what we have in the latest and newest styles of Engrav ings. We have several new sizes to select from. Y General Stationers and En' 3 and En- Y X gravers, a Scranton Pa. X Hotel Jermyn BIdg. O oooooooooooocxxxo S.JL.-f .V 1 i 'vy 'A
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