-v., V. I ;, THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900. l)c Scranm riBime PiiUMied Dally, Ilxrcpt Sunday, liy TIib Trll. Otic rubllnhlna C'ompatij, nt fifty Cents a Month. !.I S nifllAni). IMItor. O. V. UYMIKU, Uiwlnes lUnaijcr. New York Olftce: ISO Nmu St. 9. S. VRRniiAND, Sale Aircnt (or Foreign Advertising. KhIctlmI at the PotofRr t Stranton, Pa., as Si-iunil-Cliss Mall Matter. When "pace ulll pr-rmlt, The Trlliune li always find to print Miort Idlers from its friend tear nc on current topics, liut Its rule li that these mint Ik- plnrd, (or publication, by tl vriter'i real nainui and the condition pri cedent to ac (iptancc l that nil contributions shall be aubjcit to editorial revision. SCHANTON, JULY 20, 1900. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Nntlonnl. rretMrnt-Wtl.l.t M McKlNIT.V. Vlec-Prtfldcnt TIIKODOIIK ilOOSCVIXT. Stflte. Consrrrmen-it-t,nrirc (i.I,lIIV A. CHOW, liuni.HT ii. hji:k!i:kck. County. ("onitrcM WIM.1AM ( O.VXIXU Jud.'c-(il'dlKii: M. WA'iMIV. SlirrirT IOH.N II. KKLLOWM. Tifkuki -I. A. M'li.Wrov. lIMilct Attnrnm WILLI M It. I.KW13. Pi.ilionotar).li)IIN' (Ol'KIAM). Clrrk o( CmirH-'-TIMM S P. I)NIKI.S. (In order of Ucnh-IJMIL LOW. llipi.trr of Wills W. K. Ill.t K. Jury Commissioner I.DWAIil) It. STURGES. Legislative. first nitrlct-THOUS .T. IIKYVOLDS. Se.oml DNlrlrt-JOHN SUIKITU, .1IL nurd nisiiif t j.r).iir .iami:s jr. fourth l)utrlct-P. A. PII1I.III.N. At the beginning of his campaign Mr. llousevelt lias demonstrated beyond qupstlon that it Is possible to promul gate cold facts on a warm day. An American. OXF! OF THE leaders In the Hryan campaign four years ngo was Hon. Jacob Stern, fotmcrly surrogate of Erie county, New York, and at one time the Domoeiatlc nominee for mayor of Buf falo. His prominence as a representa tive citizen of western New Yoik, u hose counsels have weight, especially among the Americans of German ex traction who are said to be inclined toward Urynn, gives importance to his political attitude at the present time. In the Uuffalo Express we find a state ment by Mr. Stern which certainly makes interesting reading. For ex anijilo: "I suppose," said Judge Stern, "I am what is called an expansionist. No one, who lias a spark of patriotism In him, is, or wants to he, an lniDei'MIst in Its true sense. The outcry against oxpanslon comes too late. We expand ed long ago. Mr. Bryan and the Dem ocratic senators aided and assisted in our expansion. They could have pre vented the taking of the Philippines and the payment of $20,000,000 for them. They did neither. Had they fought then as they talk now, the chances are that wo would not have expanded across the sea. I imagine they were then afraid of the cars. There was too much patriotism In the air to play politics. SInco then these same gentlemen, not all of them, but most of them, have done all they could to keep the Filipino rebellion alive by their constant fire on the administra tion, and I believe with many others that their conduct has caused the death of many of our soldiers and sailors. Now they talk of the terrible sacrifice of lives in the Philippines. It is enough to disgust the hardest kind of a Democrat. Better, far better, an other four years of McKInley than putting such men into the saddle. "The general course of the present Administration in the Spanish-American war and since its close meets with favor in my heart nnd conscience. Until these difficult matters are settled the- remarks of the great Lincoln about 'swapping horses in the stream' arc very applicable. "With the end of the rebellion to our lawful authotlty in the Philippines comes the question of what Is best for all concerned, and then we ought to do the light thing In a manly liberty-loving, American fa&hion. The making of this subject a football in the political arena is, in my humble opin ion, contemptible and outrageous. The difference between Mr. McKInley and Mr. Bryan is that the former is con servative and the latter radical. The former gave no Indication of dominat ing the Republican convention, but Mr. Bryan, with a boldness unheard of, ab solutely controlled the Democrats. When a man ascends so high and bo comes so powerful and assumes the dic tatorship of a great party, then it bt hooves the people to go slow and think several times before placing In his hani the greatest of all powers the presi dency of the United States. Then I be-lleve, too, that this country Is big enouch to maintain an army of 100.000 soldiers and a correspondingly lurgo n.vy. It is ridiculous to say that tlrMo Is danger to our liberty. There isjno sense In the cry ot militarism. Aj?ll the talk of citizen and subject do's not appeal to mo as It does to S'lijio Democrats. Neither does it af ft'Wt mi- faith in the continuance of trip Republic." Naturally a man holding such opin ions could not bo expected to support the Kansas City platfoim. Judge StcJ-n is nn American. He Is for his country and his country's flag. He Is not afraid to uphold that (lag wherever it Hoars. He does not believe the slan ders which are in circulation with :ef eroVica to It, especially the slander that It 3 HI -mean Injustlco .and oppression to he law-abiding Filipinos. He Is a however In his country, an optimist ns to her institutions and her future, and his proper place Is In the Hepublicar. party. TJjere seems to bo a question Just no nfta who Is the Doyen or the Democratic Viceroys of Scran ton. . Vu on Yellow Journalism. Ii-T IS NOT surprising that Minis v tfjr-Wu's head aches and that he , ca'rfnot sleep at night. He con fesses that ho has been reading the, yellow papers and the wonder Is that he has escaped suicide. "It Is," says he, "Impossible now to know what reports to believe and what to discredit. The newspapers seem to be a strange mixture of the true and tho false. Until we receive some offic ial uonllt intitlon of thcau unofficial ie ports, shall hope for tho best." And he continues: Take for Irwlanco that teirlblo story aliout the death of the ltulan minlMer, Ids lielnif put allc into a eildron of liolllnc "II, Id' repeated profroion of fulli in Christianity while under the torture, the iiistalnliie pujern of Ms ttlfe, his death In rrcit agony, nnd the final dejrv dation of hailta Ids lilj tliiouii In (he do.:. Could an tiling be more calculated to stir up the pinions of the people? Is It any wonder that there Is it) fur U'tisreame, when audi atorlrn go the rounds of the in It maj pmlbly lie true, of course, but I ctrtalnly Lelleve it is pure luwiitloii. Why? Ilecause the report ;rni on to mi the crar of Himli was to utTcUcd by tho ne'vs of Hi mlnlstir's death that liars loursid down his cheeks while he was ri.lilinf t'ic dis patch. And now tntnn a tileitr.im timi i ci.r ripomlmt In St. lvtirilnirir, km in,; that the foreicii ollice (here has rcxitcil no Infortnitinn of suih an outrage against their minister, and that, lorwrpuiittt, nn ilispitilitH of tint na ture had Ixcn laid before the cnr. Tint dis credits the whole istory, to inv n Iml. Isn't it horrible. Isn't it wlikod, tint siKh tirti phould be circulated unless they are true lieyot d the shadow of n doubt? There was once an iliu llh consul who wrote a bo-ik about China, in which he said tli.it all Chlneie were llirs He nflirwards modified his rt.it mrnt sniiKwli.it. but I suppose lie mint lme consider I himself and all Luropeans superior lo th chin's' in ser city. 1 bale (omul out (hit it Is a serious tlilrtf In Aiiicilca to tall a min a liar, unhss one wants to be knocked In the head, to all I hue to siy Is that muspapcr piople are not ery partlcuhr abot.t seilfjlnit the (aits they publish. The elt uatlon Is bad enough, without any additional touches of journalistic high eolnrin-. The remarks of tho Chinese minister are pertinent to more topics than thu Chinese war. Li Hung Chine's powers ns a dip lomat will bo tnwl to tho limit In tho work ot giving good advice to his gov ernment In a way that will not cause his own head to bo placed on a pole. Like a Dime Novel. A REMARKABLE murder trial is that which Is in progress nt New London, Mo. The narrative of I reads llko a dime- novel. The story of tho case, as reviewed at length in tho Rochester Post Express, may for convenience be dl Ided Into four chapters. The first chapter opens In Middle Grove, Mo., thirty years ago. Gilbert Gates, 19 years old, was traveling In a prairie schooner from Fort Scott, Kan., to his old homo at Decatur, III. Some whore along the trail ho happened upon Alexander Jester, a veteran of the civil war "half preacher nnd half mountebank" who -vasi making his way by wagon to Indiana. Jester owned a buffalo calf which ho had taught to perforin tricks, nnd ho ex hibited tho nnlmal In the towns through which they pasrod. At Mid dle Gtova ho gavo a highly successful exhibition, nnd from thin place young Gates wrote homo a long account of Ills traveling companion, described hU personal appearance, and detailed minutely his strange personality, dwelling particularly upon Jester's trained animal and the exhibitions they gave in tho country towns. This trick buffalo plays an Important part in tho case of the prosecution. Tho second chapter opens at Decatur, III. After the letter dated at Middle Grove, Mo., no word was ever heard from young Gates. His father sent de tectives to the Missouri town, but they could find no traco of the missing boy. The father himself then took tin case In hand, nnd was more success ful. At Middle Grove ho found sev eral persons who remembered young Gates and Jester, who had seen them traveling together toward tho oast. Tho spot where the two wagons had left tho main road was found, and tho camp in the hills whm-i the two wero seen together was located. A farmer was found who said that ho saw Gates and Jester enter a largo belt of woods; and another farmer testified that when the two wagons canio out ot the woods Jester was alone. This cor roborative testimony convinced the elder Gates that his son had been mur dered, nnd that Alexander Jester was the man who committed the crime. After a long search, Jester was finally located at 'Wichita, Kan., nnd nnested. In his possession were a watch, cap, ring, bowio knife and vest that wero Identified ns tho pioperty of the miss ing boy. It was also discovered that ho hud sold young Gates' team and wagon In Indiana. Before ho could bo brought to trial, Jester escaped ffrom the Jail at Mexico, Mo., and though the country was searched from one end to the other, not the slightest trace of tho fugitive was found. Twenty-nine years clnpse between chapter two and three. The sheiiff of Sedgwick county. Mo., lecelved a let ter from a Mrs. Cornelia Street, who wtoto that Jester was her half brother, that he was guilty of tho Gates mur der, and that he was living In Shaw nee, under the name of V. A. Hill. Tho sheriff communicated with the Gates family, and Ji- n V. Gates, of Chicago, a brother i! tho murdered man, took chaigo of -'ac case. Hill, a minister of the gospel at Shawnee, and respected highly by the towns people, was arrested. He admitted that ho was formerly known as Alex ander Jester, that Cornelia Street was his half sister, but emphatically de nied any knowledge of Gilbert Gates and protested his innocence of tho clime chnrged. The fouith chapter In this tragedy opened last week In New London, whoie Jester, old and deeicplt, verg ing almost on senility, was brought to trial, hl9 defence being that ho Is not tho Jester who committed the mur der. Over 400 witnotses have been summoned by the protccutlon who. In dpttc of the lapse of lime, are willing to swear to their recollections of Jes ters eaily companionship with Gates. One of these, William W. Shrewsbury, successively u laborer, farmer, show man, book ngent, auctioneer nnd pat ent medicine hawker, on Tuesdny gavo sensational testimony. Ho wns selling books In tho vicinity of tho murder at the time of its commission. He dis tinctly remembered Jester and tho bulfnlo calf. He talked with young Gates, who told Shrewsbury he was en route to his Illinois home. He saw Jester at that time and Identified him. Ho described both the prisoner and tho deceased as he saw them that day. The next day ho met Jester Jn the lane. The prisoner was on tho ground near tho wagons. Shrewsbury went up to the wagons and thinking the last wagon, which had been upset, would turn over nttempted to lift It In proper place. Looking into the wagon, the sheet being up a few Inches, ho saw tho body of the young man ho had seen tho night before. On the boy'a face was blood and there was blood also on tho buffalo robes. Jester com mutidod hlni to leave the wagon, tell ing him tho boy was drunk nnd must not be disturbed. Afterward, In the I'm Is, Mo., Jail, Jester failed to recog nize Shrewsbury and told the latter that If he swore, ho was there and 3aw the body he would send him to tho penitentiary for perjury. Tho pill suit of Jester has been one of John W. Gates' life ambitions. The steel magnate has spent n fortune on It and will not rest content until his brother's murder shall bo thoroughly avenged. When the average farmer shall hav harvested the bountiful crops of the present season nnd shall have sat down to tho enjoyments of prosperity h may perhaps find time to learn through reading some some of Mr. Bryan's speeches that ho Is the most miserable and oppressed man upon earth, but Just now ho has no time for the calam ity business. Tho sllenco of Mr. Barker and his friends may bo an Indication that the mlddle-of-the-roadcrs have concluded to boll their drinking water during the present campaign. Results of tho victory at Tien Tsln must not bo undone by Jealousy of tho hair-splitting representatives of tho powers. And now some persons are worrying over tho prospect of a frost eight weeks hence. Outline Studies of fltiman Naltir? A Mountaineer's Eellgion. T AST summer Hlght Ills-. Thoma.' U. Dudley, Episcopal bishop of Kentucky, thought he would make a journey through the mountains ol Kastcrn Kentuck and look up tho scattered members of his flock, and cudeasor to get a foot bold for his ihurch among" (lie mountaineers. But as he journeyed from settlement to settlement without meeting a man who lad ever een lieaid of the Episcopal church lie grew acme what discouraged. At last he came to a vil lage where upon In'iuiry lie was told that there was "an Kplscopal" in the neighborhood, and ao thu good bishop proceeded to look him up. After Introducinir himself ane. discloslna; the object o( his lslt, nishop Dudley akcd the mountain ler if It were a fait that he waa an Episcopalian. "OIi, )is," replied he, "I'm an Episcopal." "Where were jou confirmed?" Inquired the bishop. The poor mm ban never icn heard the word. "Where, tl.cn, were you baptised?" "I know- all about that," replied he, "though precious (cw (oiks is biptired In these parts, but I don't know whither I was cer baptized or not." "Then why do jou call yourselt an Episcopa lian?" continued the bishop. "Well, now, stranger, I'll tell jc," said he. some flvo or six jcars ago I waa summoned down to Louisville ns a witress in one of these 'moonshine' cases, jou know. Well, we was kep' oi cr Sunday, and after breakfast, as I knowed nobody thar anil ncbody kr.owed me, I Ink a, walk down the street from my lodgin's, and directly I Baw eerjbody goin' into a great big tine church, and sez I to nijseW, I'll go, (oo. So I went in and tat down, and in a little while tho bell it tlpppcd ajingglingj thar was some kind of big music lolled around, and then it stopped, loo, and a feller ir a long white gown he got up at the other end of the room from me and said something or other I couldn't hear, and then cury man, woman aud child in that room got down on their knees and set they: 'Oh, Lord, we'sc dun the things we ortn't to ha' dun, and we ain't dun the things we ortcr to ha' dun,' and sez I myself, that'8 me. I'm one of them vcrj kind of fellers, and when we all cum out I asked a feller what kind of a church that thar wuz, and fd he, 'It's an Epis. copal chunh,' and so, stranger, I've called my self an Episiopil eor since that trip to Louis Wile." New York Evening Post. A Deacon -with a Scheme. ft PPOSITK the railrcad depot down In Vlr- u ginia there was a groicry kept by a colored man, anil as we had some time to wait (or the train, three or four of us rnvped ocr to look at Ida stock," said a commercial travel er, ilu-dncss was very biisk with the mer chant, though all his customers were colored. Wo notlied that sugar, tea and codfish seemed to (ill above all cUe, and during a temporary lull the colonel approached the battered scales on which eiirj thing was weighed and picked up fomo of the weights. The hollow In each one had been filled with lead, and when quite sure that the pound wilght would balance twenty ounces at least, he said to the old man: " 'I sec you hae tilled your weights with lead.' " 'Vei, m!i; es,sah, he replied as he rubbed his hands together. " 'What was the Idea?" " To keep tie dirt out o' de holes, Bah. Can't no dirt git In dar now?' " 'Was it jour own Idea? " 'N'o, sah; I never should er got dat Idea It it hadn't bin fur Deacon Williams. De deacon said it was de way dey did down 'n Orocmllle, an' lie died 'em up fur me widout ot." " 'The deacon buys all his groceries here, doisn't bet' " 'He dins, sah; jet, sail, he bujs 'cm all j ere, an' he was tellin' me only dls manning dat he neither did see de beat o' how dem gio cirlca hi Id out.' "Ho was aihised to take his weights our to the cotton warehouse and have them welghtd, and he picked them up and In a slow walk and very muih purzled he procieded to the ware house. hen he returned It was on the run and his ij-cs hanging out, and as he reaihcd the store he exclaimed: "No wonder I was gone Into bankruptcy fo'tein times an' had to sell my mewls and hogs an' mako de ole woman go bar'fut! Dat air pound weight weighs tvventj-.tow ounce, an' every time Deaion Williams has bought two pounds o' sugar an' codfish, he has took away three pounds an' a half! f-hoo, hut Pre gwme to close de doah an' put up a sign o' "Dusted Ag'inl Washington Post. She Hugged Senator Clay. e EXATOIt ALEXANDER STEPHENS CLAY, of J (ieorgia, was walking across Capitol Park, Washington, tho other afternoon on his way to the congressional library, Tho smitor was nn Imposing spectacle. He is very tall and very grave. He wore a long frock coat and a high hat, a finjll black tie and a lot of ruffled shirt. As he walkid he talked lontlnuslly to himself aud gestured and motioned as if in dilate. A big, strapping woman, well drewd and somewhat excited, stepped in front of him tnd raid: "Wiij-, Serator Clay. I'm very glad to tee jou. Now jou can go and get mo that place jou promised me. I'm Mrs. Williams, (rem Maiiilta, your own town, jou know." "I can't get jou a place now," the senator re plied. He tried to walk along, but the woman stood In front of him. "Oh, yet you can," the aald. You can go right along now- and git me that plje, and I'll go with you." "Hut I can't get jou a place offhand," the rcnator persisted The woman reaihed into her pocket and took out a roll of bills. "Oh, that's all right," she said. "1 know what you want. Here it a hundred dollars I'll give j-ou H jou will get me a place." "What do you mean, madam!" Inquired the senator sternly. "Oh, you isn all be bought. Take the money now and get me the place." Senator Clay was furious. "Woman," he shouted, "this Is an insult. Get out ot my path." Instead ot C'ttln? out of the senator's path tat wotntn threw her arms around his neck and CIPRIANO CASTRO, PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA. hugged him vigorously Senator Clay had to u;e all Lis strength to unfasten her arms, and then he turned and ran baik toward the capitol having his hat on the grass. The crowd that had gathered saw the woman tuck her ?100 baik in her pocket and stroll awaj-. Philadelphia Inquirer. Told to the Elevator Man. "A KUXNV thl"B nbout thl3 1'i'slness," said a man who runs the elevator in a big office building, "is the way people will toini times call cut whatever happens to be on their minds instead of the number of the floor at which tiny want to stop, Just a few moments ao a very good looking la ly got in the car, and, when we were about halfnaj- up, she called out sud denly 'Two back teeth!" 'What!' kald I, a lutlc startled. 'I mean five,' she answered, turning red. Then she saw that made it wors" than ever and she turned rid some more. i mean please stop at the fltth floor,' the managed to saj-, very low.whcn we were nearly to the top. You sec, she was on her way to the dentlst'fl, may be to have two back teeth snatched out, and I suppose she couldn't think o( anj thing else. The other day a fat, (uKsy old man rushed in with a bundle of papers in his hand. When we got near the fourth floor he blurted out: 'He's a lascall' 'Very likely, Mid I, and kept on going up. ill, therel' he yelled, 'whj- didn't jou stop where I told jou?' ilow did I know which floor jou meant?" said I. 'What jou remarked fits tenants on several floors.' It turned out that he wanted to ace Ids lawjer. I don't know whether he was thinking about him or some body he was In litigation with." New Orleans Times-Democrat. One- of Evarts' Cleverest. p ItOnAlILY the mot of Mr. Evarts most widely flown concerns the apochrj-phal feat told of (Jeorgc Washington in "jerking" a silur dol lar across the Itappahannock. The story gots that a partj- of tourists, vis iting the haunts of Washington In Virginia, came to the spot, where the anecdote was re lated by some local antiquary, to illustrate the prodigious strength of the man whom providence made childless that he might become the father of his countrj-. Aside from the unlikelihood that the thilfty Oeorge would throw a silver dollar over the river when a pebble would have done as well, the distance was so great the skeptics were in credulous, and another legend seemed on the edge of being destroyed, when Mr. Evarts came to tho reiue with the suggestion that "a dollar went muih farther in those dajs than now!" The cplanit!on is so simple and so satisfac tory that the wonder is it occurred to no rne before. Saturday Evening' Post. m . "MILITAKISM." Trom the Chicago Times-Herald. One of the cheapest, most demagogical planks of the Kansas City platform Is that which erects "militarism" into a bogey with which to tiriify those binlghtcd citlrcns who have not intelli gence enough to see through its contemptible insincerity and mendacity. It rcadi: "We op. pose militarism. It means conqunt abroad and intimidation and oppression at home. It means the strong arm which has ever been (ital to free lntitutioni. It Is what millions of our iltizena have fled from in Europe. It will im poe upon poaie-lnving perple a large standing arm- and unnnssary burden of taxation and a constant menace to their libertiis A mull standing army and a well disciplined Mate militia are amply sufficient in time nf poaie. This republic has no place (or a vat military service and conscription." What Is this "mllitan.m" that bodes "intiml dation," "oppression" and "conscription?" What is this "vast military service" that moms "con quest abroad," that threatens to be "fatal to free Institutions" and thit will be "a constant menace to our liberties"? Heboid it in all .U hideous proportions bestriding the liberties and security of the republic with the awc-lnipiring Immensity ol a blue-bottle fly on the Washington monument. Iiy act ot congress (he army of Un united Stales Is limited to lOO.WO men, Ini lull ing all branches of the service, loinposed as follows: tegular anny fij.ooo Volunteers 32,000 Total lon.lioo Of this total tho adjutant general reports that there were in the Philippines on June 20, 1000, 03,420 ofllccn and men, of whom almost exactly half, or 31,003, were volunlcers. Moreover, the act providing for tho Increase of the army limits the service of the increased regular and olun teer force during the necessity therefor and not later than July 1, 1901. It may be well to rlddlo this bogey of mili tarism once for all bj- presenting a comparative tabic of the population of the United Mates and cost of the army from 1T00 to date, including the highest cost of the army during emergen cies: Cost of the Population. War Dept. 1700 3,020.211 $ f.)2 Ni) 100 5,303,4sM 2,.',ul,sr,S 1110 7,i')9.RSt 2,:'JI.3i.) Ifcll War ot 1S12 Co,:!.',o,vjy; 120 9,C13,S2-J 2.WU.WJ 1S30 12,S0fl,020 4,707.123 18.17 Seminole war ll,fo2,T30 1810 17.013,45.1 7,OOV7 1317 Mexican war S5,Sl0.u:o 1FM 2-i.101.S7tl O.ft-,7 021 lbfiO 31,441,321 10,472,202 1805 War for tho Union I,030,6'i0,4ii0 1S70 33,558,371 S7.C35.fi75 IBM) 60,15.5,78.1 38.110.010 1800 02,770,130 44.5S2.k38 18'ia Spanish war 220.841,231 1900 78,000,000 13I,CJJ,1S0 If there Is a man of the "millions of our citi zens" who, according to the Kansas Citv plat, form, "havo fled from Europe" that cherishes a dread of "militarism," "conscription" or any of the stuffed llrvanlsm of that document, let him cut out (he foregoing table and paste it in his hat as a sure charm against popocratlc megrims and shudders. Let him observe how the Tutted States hat alwajt risen to emergencies as they occurred and then has reduced ltd military estab lishment to a peace footing always below the line of menace to its Institutions, its finances or Its liberties. Let the shivering pessimist who tees militarism written big across the antl Im perialist sky consider the lact that at the out break o the civil war the regular army of the United States consisted of 16,000 ofilctn and men, while the militia of the various ttatcs numbered 3,070,057. Then let 1dm study the following report of the men In the Union ser vice at certain periods of the great war; Itegulars. Volunteers. Total, Jan. 1, 1801 ,...10,307 10,807 July 1, 1601 16,422 170,323 160,751 Jan. 1, 1502 22,425 553,102 575,017 March 31, 1802 23,303 613,818 637,129 Jan. 1, 1S53 .,,25,4113 602,723 018,101 Jan 1, 1I 21,030 S."0,10l 800,737 Jan. 1, ISrta 22,019 W7.411 DVi.lOO May 1, 1S0J 1,031,004 It was estimated that first and last thrie were 2,775,000 federal troops engaged in the war. t'on. federate statistics arc not attainable, but it has been estimated that the South put nearly a mil lion men in the field. Lee surrendered at Ap pomattox April 0, 1S03. May 10 President John son proclaimed that armed Insurrection in the southern states was at an end. Iow, Jc fear ful millions, who have fed from Europe to have jcur livers blanched by Hrjan's bogejs of "mili tarism" and "conscription," mark this fact: At the conclusion of a war in which nearly 4,000,000 men, constituting the armies of the North and South, had been cngagrd the United States armj was peacefully and casilv reduced from 1,031,004 In Maj-, UC3, to less than 30,000 by October of the same vcar. That was the time, If ever, for militarism to sweep the Ameri can people Into the domestic perils and foreign complications that attend the maintenance of a large standing army. At least one-half the total male population of militia age had borne arms in the conflict Just ended. Today the man who talks ot militarism as an Impending danger to the Republic, as "a menace to our liberties," as threatening us with "a vast military service and concrlptlon," Is a demagogue or a fool, whose knowledge of and faith In the American people could be mobilized on the point ot a, cambric needle. CHINESE GLOSSAHY. From the London Dally News. Chlfu, a prefect. Chllital, a governor general, usually intrusted with the aflairs of two provinces. Chun Chi, the grand council of state. Chung T'ang, a grand secretary ot state, six in all. Comprador, the chief Cldnere emploje In a foreign firm. He acts as Intermediary between the foreigner nnd the native. Fan-Kwifl- the Chinese name lor foreigner, lit erally "foreign devil." 1'u, a prefecture. Fiit.il, Koveri'or ot a province. Ho, a river. Hslang, a village. lislen, a district. Hit, a lake. Kiang, a river. hiao, a sett. Kotow, an act ol prostration demanded In former times of foreign envoj-s. Li, n Chinese mile, equal to a third of an English mile. Shan, a mountain. Sheng, a province. Tael, one arid a third ounce of silver In weight. The general standard ot value throughout the em pire. Tao, a group of departmcrts. Tactal, an intendant ot such a group ot de partments. Tsiing-ll-Yamin, the Chinese foreign office, tounded in 1MU nfter the treaty of Tientsin. Yamen, nn clficial residence. Ye Ho Chuan, the beiret society generally known as the lloxcrs, literally Itightcousness, Harmony and Fists. i HIS HANDICAP He wooed her when they both were poor, 'twas tin n he won her, too; She cheered him when the dijs were dear and toiled to help him through; She taught him things from books that ho had failed to learn in youth, She got him to avoid the use of words that were uncouth; She took her Jewel in the rough, she polished ihy by day, And with a woman's patience ground the worth less parts away. She turned him from a stupid clown to one who.e mini was proud. She planted in his heart tho wish to rise above the crowd; She planned the things he undertook, she urged him on to try. She gave him confidence to look (or splendid things nnd high; She bore the chlldrtn that he loved, and tolled lor (hem nnd him. And oitrn knelt beside her bed with aching rjes and dim. She cheered him whtn the daj-s were dark, and whin tho skies were bright, Sho saw- him rlso above the crowd and reach a noble htlght: Her blow is marred by many a line, she's bent and wan and old. He has a bearing that Is fine, a form of noble mold. And people siy: "Poor man, alasl He's grown bejond his wife; How tad that null a load should be attached to lilm for life!" Chicago Times-Herald. aiim V "- lgggf? Tartlcular Interest centers around our $20 Threo-Plcce Bedroom Suites. And It Is not difficult to decide why. There Is eomcthlnir about each piece which catches the eye and invites a better acquaintance. Then construc tion nnd finish nro observed and com parisons made. The decision generally Is that these are better In evary vay than anything: ever ottered at the pVloe. Hill & Connell VI N. "Wasblnsrtoa Ave., 'IJ) ' -;r4 TTTOrp-y U t I r.--iy ifl - II v " J .;.i .... -i. jV J I I .-.--i --.. : -A- yf-- " f "5iT1 V M? rZJS (.. -iU, -"-. -all ALWAYS BUSY. i - i i i $ Cool Shoos for warm feet, from 50 centH up. Lewis & Really Established 1888. 11 34- H6 Wyoming Ave. To the Public The recent fire having de stroyed our store, we have opened temporary quarters at No. 137 Penn avenue, where prompt attention will be given to watch, clock and jewelry repairing. UAU repair work left with, us before the fire is safe, and will be taken care of at our present store. M3ERCEEEAU & C)NN1ELL The HMot & Coneell Coo Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 Lackawana Araie HENRY BELIN, JR., Uenerui Aceut for tha Wyoiutnj District j.- bluing. JIliiMliijr, Sporting, Suio.si.jtl uuii liu llepuimo Uueuuoa. Co np.vny J EXPLOSIVES. Ifty Hue. Cnp mid Ktpto tj.-i. ilooiu lui Comma uaiUiu. dcra.it jo. AUH.S'ClUi THCS. FORD. . Plttston. JOHN H. SMITH & SON, . Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN. . Wllke.13urr& IBP01TPS POIOER. A troth-loving and conscientious f,cntlcman, well known to theatrical man. I gers and others in New York City, relate Ins experience with Hipans Tabules as fol. ' lows : " Having been troubled with rheun.atim lor the past ten years I was advised by One 01 my associates IU lljr jvijruua ..."UIKS. 4-iufc ill mil iwi; ujJitvv.tiMb i(ifc. fth in the article I paid no attention to what was said, but after a couple of months I decided to try this medicine, just to see if an)thinu would come of it. 'Iho first month I had no marked relief, but after that the rheumatic pains gradually left me until now I am relieved of every one of those disagreeable sensations that come from rheumatism, and I earnestly assert my belief that any one who is troubled with that fearful and dis tressing scourge, which may have cost them thousands of dollars in doctors' fees and pre scriptions, rjny have relief and cure at an expense so moderate as not to be worth counting. 1 o those who were troubled as I was I say try Ripans for a month and you will be benefited ; try them for three months and you will be cured," This man bad suffered from rheumatism for ten years. Ills age is twenty -eight. , WANTED. leu. of lut health that n IT'A'NBwIll not benefit Rnd Are rtnti trt ftlpanf rhrrair Co, rta.!QHiruc Street, New York, for lOwunpleg anil !,! tetlinoiilU. KI ltaAN H, V) rorleeiiu. or It pMkelfor . I .... K hul ..r all dnlirffiata who ara wllllnr to M.I1 a atabilaril nallrlna at a mmlarau, n.nt. Th I buUiltpaiit and utou- life. Ouo gl M rcllcl. VuUt FIN LEY ' Vacation Specials ta Hem's FmnraisMng's. For the balance of July we will offer our entire stock of Fine Madras and Silk Negligee Shirts, of which we have an unusually fine assortment, at re duced prices. Also, Extra value in Summer Hosiery, Fine Neckwear and Suspenders. Boys' Blouses and Shirt Waists, in Gingham, Mad ras and Percale. All at closing out prices. 510-512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE 00000000000000000 INVITATIONS, CALLING CA1RBS. 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. REYNOLDS BROS , General Stationers and En gravers, 0 ijcranxon ia. X Hotel Jermyn Bldff. 0 0 00000000000000000 U. word U I I'X'K ti on the jacket. Acoapt aa auUUim. 0 I WEBBING ?"
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