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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1900.
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SCHANTOM JULY 27, 1000.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
I'rrsldrnt-ittM.IWt McKIStXY.
VIcc-Prcsldcnt-TlflMIKMlK 1100SK IXT.
State.
CoiiBremi n-nt I.nrsc (1 M.t'SII A A. GllOW,
lioiiKitr ii iji:itii.itr.it.
County.
(Vnirrcss-WIt.MAM COSSKJ.!
Jiiiisc-(inniin: i. waison.
MurllT JOHN" II. FIll.I.OWS.
TiiU'iim .1. A. SCHANTOX.
District AttoiiiM-II.MM It. I.KWI3.
I'rniliminurj- JOHN COl'in.AN'I).
(hrk of Courts TIIOMVS V. lUSlF.t.S.
nunrdir ot Pi-isls-ilMH. HONN.
ltiirWcr of AMlls-W. K. 1IKCK.
Jury Commissioner- I.IIWAItl) It. STUHC.I.S.
Legislative.
ITr.t DUtrirt TIIOM .t. tiCVNOUiS.
Sioml Hl-triclHHIV M llUlKlt, .til.
Third liHrlit-l:i)Allli .IAMI, JK.
Fomtli Dmrlct-1'. A. I'HII.IIIN.
Tho Times in the first place- havlns tnlrn up
the calico nf the people nciinst tho Thread
tin die and Wall strict pamblcrs, the gold hank
it.K illque and the monopolies that opptess tne
vtiklr.c claws and control the administration
machinery In their own protit, there Lis been no
citation for this paper to chance lis tlccvs nn
the fiintul.il or olhir nation il Issue which arc
the cause of the co called "common people."
Scranton Times,
Yet It did change Its views In tho
twinkling of nn eye. four years ago,
after tho Pennsylvania Democratic
convention declared for tho gold stand
ard, the Times was as ardent a gold
bug as tho "Throadneedle and Wall
street gamblers" could wish, flopping
over to silver under compulsion, of the
Democratic national platform adopted
a few days later at Chicago. We don't
know what our contemporary refers to
In the phrase "the gold banking
clique," but as Its editor Is a bank
director maybe he will explain.
No Alliance With England.
IT IS ANNOUNCED by one of tho
olllcers of the society recently
organized In Philadelphia for
the purpose of developing closer
relations between the two branches of
the English-speaking race that the so
ciety's aim Is not political; that It does
not look to any formal treaty; that
its purpose Is simply to contribute to
a better understanding.
A programme directed toward this
end would naturally commend Itself to
the better judgment of most Ameri
cans, who can certnlnly have no par
tiality for discoid with Great Ilrltaln
or piefereuco for a perpetuation of
prejudices. It should, bo tho endeavor
of the American people to cultivate
the good will of nil tho nations and
to desere the enmity or HI will of
none. Nor could anything be more na
tural than thnt mutual feelings of
cordiality nnd personal esteem should
arise between two p?oples having so
many Interests nnd memoiles and am
bitions In common as have the peo
ple of England and tha people of the
United States.
Tho American who Is alone In a
foreign city and who meets there a
Frenchman, German or Husstan, does
not conceive a dislike for him and
certainly has no reason to imagine
that the stranger would not make a
desirable acquaintance If a common
basis of communication nnd compre
hension could be readily and easily
established. Hut wh3n he meets an
Englishman he feels that there Is at
once something In common the Ian
gauage and It Is perfectly natural
that a conversation should ensue and
very likely a pleasant friendship bo
dated from that moment. This Is
something beyond the power of poll
tics to make or mar; It exists without
reference to International -frictions of
public policy or opinion, It docs not In
volve any tellectlon upon the French
man, German or Russian; It is simply
a matter of course.
The cultivation of this race friendli
ness con harm nobody nnd Is an ob
ject wholly In keeping with the best
traditions. Hut nn alliance In the po
litical sense is not to be thought of.
The time never wns when the United
States needed more than It needs today
to be absolutely freo handed In all
Its foreign relations.
There seems no Question ns to tho
Quantity of testimony produced by the
prosecution In the Goebel murder trial.
Its Quality Is another matter.
A.Clinnce for Reformers.
IN '
N THIS DAY of superabundant
societies for tho promotion of
irjlscellaneous reforms It Is sur
prising thnt no discerning mind
hns noi appreciated tho necessity for
inculcating a finer spirit of modesty
on the"liart of the American women
who freejuent our summer resorts. Our
reference Is not to the open shame
lessnes. which is so much in evidence
at this season among sojourners nlong
our coasts. Although conspicuous, this
represents only a small proportion of
the tourist population and Is a feature
of social life which, if we may give
credit tj history, has always existed
and presumably always will exist.
Wo refer more especially to a tem
porary and comparatively recent phe
nomenon, which may be described as
an Indelicate willingness to have one's
picture exploited. Men and women In
public life or of public interest become
callous to this form of notoriety and
do not tnlnd it. When tho picturing
is done respectfully and respectably
or when, in tho form of admitted cari
catures, it has tho saving merit of
humor, it can bo accepted ns an Irre
pressible manifestation of the spirit of
the nge, with adequate sanction. Hut
a different rase la presented when
Mary Ann Jones or Samarlntha Drown
goes to Atlantic City from the privacy
of honest obscurity and straightway
Ih reproduced In garish hnlf tone In
tho next Issue ot tlio metropolitan
press.
This Is not so bad when the por
trait Is Inoffensive In pose or sugges
tlon; but when Mary Is exhibited In
tho economical toss of the surf with n
masculine arm encircling her dripping
waist or Samarlntha is disclosed In
abbreviated nttlru semi-burled In sand
while sprawling admirers nre busy in
the conventional Hhore tricks, tho gen
ral effect, If not Indelicate, at least
falls to enhance mankind's chlvalrlc
respect for the modesty of tho better
sex. In some Instances It may be that
these pictures are faked or stolen;
but there Is reason to fear that a
(.'raving for notoriety Is on tho Increase
among many women who have no
consciousness of Immodesty. This
must certainly be true of those sum
mer belles who Invite tho advertise
ment of their charms In the public
press and measure the success of their
vacation by the number of times they
have got their names and pictures Into
print.
Gold Democracy shows a disposition
also to keep In tho middle of the road.
The Consent of the Governed.
u'
NDElt THE LEAD of Demo
cratic politicians who on the
stump wax eloquent In de
nunciation of "government
without tho consent of the governed,'
tho Democracy of North Carolina Is
supporting an amendment to the con
stitution of that state of which tho
following Is the essence:
Dvcry person presenting himself for registra
tion shall bo able to read nnd write any sec
tion of tie constitution In the r.ncllsh language;
nd, before he shall be entitled to tote, he shall
hae paid on or before the flrt-t day of Maj, of
the year In which he proposes to tote, his poll
tax for the prctlous sear us prescribed by ar
ticle 5, section 1, of the constitution. Hut no
male person, who was, on .Imuary 1, 107, or
at any time prior thereto, entitled to ote mielcr
tho laws of any state in the rnltcd Mates,
wherein he then resided, and no lineal eV
srendant of any such person shall be denied the
right to register and oto at any election In this
state by rcison of his failure to possess the edu
cational fiinllfle.it Ion herein elcsulbed: Pro
tided, he shall lute registered in accordance
with the terms of this section prior to Decem
ber 1, ITO.
In other words, no male negro re
siding In North Carolina, If this
amendment carries, can vote unless he
shall bo able to read and write any
section of tho constitution in the Eng
lish language, for the reason that prior
to January 1, 1S67, negroes were not
.citizens; but any male white of the
requisite ago can, upon payment of his
will tax, vote whether he be able to
read and write or not. The Intent of
tho amendment, openly declared, Is to
disfranchise tho great bulk of the
negro vote, which unhappily Is Illiter
ate, so ns to Insure the supremacy of
the whites for nil time. Three other
states, Mississippi, South t'.uollna and
Louisiana, already have similar dis
criminating amendments or "grand
father clauses," as they are called, and
Virginia Is about to follow suit. In
none of these states Is It proposed
voluntarily to relinquish the represen
tation In congress which Is based upon
the negro part of the population. The
black man Is good enough to figure In
the census returns, when representa
tion In congress Is being determine!!;
but that Is as far as tho Democratic
leaders In the solid South aio willing
to let him participate In the govern
ment, "Imperialism," at which these poli
ticians rail, is building school houses In
every new possession so that our
Spanish-speaking win els may be taught
the essentials of good citizenship. It
Is Inviting these people to take part in
the formation of municipal govern
ments so that they may be trained
how to govern themselves. It is In
troducing just as fast as conditions
will permit tho broad ideas of trial by
jury, of liberty of conscience, speech
and worship, nnd of eriuallty before
tho law. It Is withholding from them
no opportunity for se-lf-advancemcnt
which our resources and limited ex
perience can supply. Yet the political
party which Is disfranchising the col
ored citizen nnd making practically no
effort to qualify him for citizenship
has the effrontery to condemn "gov
ernment without tho consent of the
governed."
Dr. Urooks has Just discovered his
twenty-second comet. Dr. Brooks be
lieves that all things come to him who
waits and does not make much fuss
about It.
Hill and Croker.
AN K
ard
D.v
KXPLANATION of Wch-
rd Croker's, treatment of
David 11. Hill ut Kansas
City Is supplied In n letter
to the Washington Post by Alfred
Henry Lewis, one of Croker's author
ized biographers. According to Lewis,
who Is presumed to present tho Croker
version, Hill had ft plot to be the presi
dential nominee himself. This ambition
entered David's mind twelve years ugo,
Lewis charges, upon tho alleged author
ity of a man who was once Hill's con
fidential lieutenant, that In 1SS3 Hill
deliberately threw Grovcr Cleveland In
New York btate and caused tils own
election as governor in the hope that
four years later Clcveluiyl would bo a
dead figure and Hill would be nomi
nated In his stead. Lewis continues;
"Hill was elected governor, nnd
Cleveland lost the state to Harrison by
5,000 votes. Hill went up and Cleve
land went down; Hill went to Albany,
Cleveland left Washington and public
life. It was perfidy on Hill's part; but
from Ills standpoint it was also suc
cess. White House-mad, his better
sense was dulled. Hill grinned broad
ly, took his oath as governor, and be
gan fencing for the nomination of 1892,
It la needless to tell that story. Cleve
land's hold at that time on tho popu
lar fancy was perfect. Despite Hill's
capture of the hou&e speakership with
Crisp; despite his snapper convention;
despite New York, and In the teeth of
Its delegation at Chicago, Clevelaml
was selected on tho first ballot, and
Hill, fighting to tho Inst, went down.
Then came 1S96. Cleveland was no
longer the Idol of Democracy. Rather
was ho its oxecration. Hill ugaln took
heart of grace, and again repaired to
Chicago In search of a presidency. ltl!l
had a speech In his pocket. It was to
'electrify' and 'stampede' and do other
needed hall-storm matters which, In
their finish, were to put tho name of
Hill at tho head of the ticket.
"Again Hill failed. Hryan was named
In 1S9G; nnd Hill, his hopes broken by
two successive disappointments, his
spirits all nt bay, came back to Wol
fert's Hoost to sulk. McKlnley was
elected. Time marches, nnd four years
more have fled into tho past. It is 1890.
Hill's ambitions to bo president preen
their feathers anew. Tho query Is.
Can Hill sot aside llrynn, tho natural
party choice, nnd take his place ns
leader ut the head of the columns of
Democracy? Hilt argued nnd schemed
for tho Knnsns City nomination In this
sort. Urynn had onco and again said,
both In letter and interview, that he
would not accept a nomination upon a
platform which did not specifically set
forth 'silver 16 to 1.' In this silver at
titude of Hrynn, Hill saw, as ho
thought, his opportunity. Uryan wits
n mnn of high pilnclplo; his word was
given and was good. With '16 to 1' left
out, ho would not accept n, nomination.
To Hill's eager hope the very situa
tion suggested tho plan. Hill would
aim his effort against '1C to 1.'
"Hill worked the papers and wrote
letters and visited folk In person. 'Six
teen to one must go,' said Hill. 'With
out It, wo could win; with It, we were
lost.' As far ns ho might, Hill prepared
convention sentiment to sldetrnck '10
to 1.' Then he rushed to the party
center in New York and nsked to be
named ns a delegate at laigo. There
was no quarrel on that score; the
Tammany folk, his clan foes, would
yield that much for peace. The pivotal
Point of his plot, however, was tho
convention committee on resolutions.
Hill must represent New York as a
member of that body. There was to
be the theater of war. Onco on that
committee, Hill made no doubt of his
nblllty to strangle '16 to 1.' Had Hill
gone into that committee room, In
stead of Van Wyck, It Is better than
nn oven chance that tho financial
plank would hnve been reported with
out tho ratio. Hill counted on doing
this. Ho would go on tho platform
committee; ho would fight '16 to 1 ;'
would beat '16 to 1;' he would report
tho platform to tho convention with
tho ratio left out. There would be up
roar. Hill counted on it. There would
bo turmoil and stampede. Hill planned
to produce them. The convention
would accept the report. Hill made no
doubt of that. Bryan would refuse to
permit his name to go before the con
vention. And with a convention all
aboil with hot uncertainty, with a
ratloless platform, with Uryan's name
withdrawn. Hill's name was to be Hung
Into tho center. It "was a florid form
of plot. And It might have been suc
cessful. It broke down when Hill wns
t ejected and beaten for the New York
place on the committer on resolutions.
Croker did that. As he told Hill in
the conference of the New York dele
gation, when Hill pleaded and begged
and even wept to be permitted to rep
resent New York on resolutions, 'We
don't want you because we don't trust
you.' "
What truth there Is In this melo
dramatic narrative wo do not profess
to determine. It Is repented for what
It may be worth. Hut suppose It Is all
true. Does It differ In any essential
from Tammany politics? Is Croker
the man to cast the first stone of criti
cism? A striking Illustration of the fact
that every man has a weakness Is
given In tho case of Admiral Kempff,
who displayed better Judgment than
nny of the foreign commanders at
Taku, and then Immediately made a
fuss because some of the vessels were
two guns short In firing a salute in his
honor.
Public sentiment abolished the the
atrical high hat several yeais ago.
Public sentiment, if properly applied,
can also send the stuffed bird hat to
oblivion.
Campaign orators will need to exor
cise caution In tho vicinity of Phila
delphia, or they may be arrested for
fortune-telling.
In spite of tho assurance of experts,
a good many persons are discovering
that the naphtha launch Is "loaded"
these days.
OUR COMMERCIAL FUTURE.
I'rom tho Chicago Times Herald.
According to figures presented by Hon. Carroll
1). Wright In the July Ontury our commercial
ascendancy is I ejr at hand. The stcy of our
conquekt of the markets of the earth Is graphical
ly told In the following statNtics of exports and
imports of the three great nations for the jcar
ended Die. 31, 1WJ:
I'nitcd States. Crcat Hrltaln. Germany.
Imports .$ V'.H,hn,571 $2,3(),C19,0Sa fl,.M),&$,0
Kxports.. 1,2S2,00J,U&7 l,2S;ti71,O.TJ tHa,ljT.yJ
Total ,,0S,;t'),S3 $3,(V,0,501,02S 2,lSt),S0,310
It will be teen from this that for the year
lxM) the exports of (Jreat Ilrltaln were slightly
In I'Xccss of those cf the I'nitcd States. If we
take the domestic exports from the United
States fur the. tear eneleel March 31, however,
we find they were l,"!01,112,2t7, which Indicates
be-jonil till doubt that our export record for lOeXJ
will exceed that of Great Ilrltaln for tho first
time In our history.
It inubt be also lemembe-rcd that while our
exports hate rapidly lnrreai.ed nur inqiurts have
elecre-jsed. It is Intending also to note the
extent ot our trade with the principal coun
tries In IS'JO and 1&U9, which Mr. Carroll gives
as follows:
1S0O.
Great Ilrltaln fll,459,riO
UOO.
$.-n5,fit!9,f5
153,2eW,513
H,n-.t:
J 1,137.422
17,168,070
2),M2,O.I7
32,507,577
flennany M, 315,215
I'rancc A'JI MM
China 2,91.1,700
Japan 5,27,1 SO
Italy U.07I.2O
llrllUH North America. . 3S, 511,451
It will bo fccii from these figures that (ircat
Ilrltaln is by far our best customer, while Ger
many comes second. It is also Interesting to
note the (Jet, dleilosrd by another tabic, thai
tthllo we sold frVO.oWJJ worth of icoodi to
(,'reat Ilrltaln we bought (roods from that couu
tiy amounting; to only $HS,t72,01j.
The sales of our products to the Oiient sre
aUo incrustnR with wonderful rapidity. Al
most $0,000,000 worth of flour tvns sent to Japan
and China last jear. Thtt conclusion from these
finures. In the opinion of Mr. Wright, Is tha
tho United Mates Is now entering upon a pe
riod not only of Industrlsl but commcrclsl as
cendancy, and that there can be no permanent
clierV to tho crowth of our Joreljn trade.
A Honeymoon.
Mrs. Crlmsor.besk I read In the paper the
other day that during: the first day of her mar
riad life, a Korean bride must not speak, not
rten to her husband, It Is conildcrcd a tery
reprehenslblo bresch of etiquette.
Mr. Crlmscnbeak Kovr, that's something like
a honey moon. Yonkers Statesman.
Bright Sayings
of Little Folks
An Evasion of Orders.
TITTLR MAltY put her fingers In tome. Jelly
her mother had left uncovered on the table,
nd teat Informed if she repeated the act the
would hate to be punished. Tho next day her
mother went down-town, leaving the Jelly still
uncovered. Taking her big doll, "t.Ittlo
Johnny," she stuck his fingers In the? Jelly and
then licked them off. When her mother re
turned, Mary said:
".Mamma, Mttlc Johnny was tcry bad while
jou were gone, llo stuck his fingers In the
Jelly." . . ..
"I will have to punish him then, won't I?"
asked hrr mother.
"No," aald Mary. "I did. I slid I was hli
mamma, so I must punish him, and I look him
In the comer and spanked Mm."
The New Infant's Name.
T SAllKLLi; wai much Interested In the new
baby next door, and went In stale to make
a rail upon the family. hen she returned, her
mother ak-seds "What is the baby's name,
dear!"
"Oliver Perspiration Trescott," the little maid
replied.
"What a funny namel" slid her mother.
"Well, Mrs. Trescott said Oliver Sweat was
Ids name, but then, jou know, she alvvajs would
say 'sweat' for 'perspiration.' "
Mrs. Trcscott'i maiden name was Sweat.
Harmony in Dress.
I SAUDI, always wore short-slected povns to
1 kindergarten. When the summer came, she
appeared in socks. Threc-j ear-old Dennlson,
out of his kind little heart, said:
"Your stocklrgs Is comin' down, l.lnbel "
"No, Dennlson, they are not," replied tho little
maid with dignity.
"Hut they Is comln' down."
"No, Dennlson, they are not."
"Well, if they isn't comln' down, what Is they
doln't"
"Don't you know, Dennlon, that socks are
stylish for little girls in summer? My mamma
has put me In socks,"
"0, I know," exclaimed this logical boy, "yom
mamma wants jour arms and legs to mattlil"
Moisture for the Parrot.
JOHNNY DUNCAN, Is a very trmblesomo
youth of three and a half summers. The
other diy his mother Kave him a watering put
and told him to go out anil water the Howe re
thinking to keep him quiet a little while. After
a long absence, he retuined with a radiant fare.
"Mother, I watered all the flowers, and that big
turkey in its nest net door." looking out of
the window, Mrs. Duncan saw their nett-door
neighbor's parrot sitting in its cage on the
porch, drenched and forlorn, and scolding with
all its might.
In Two Slices.
WAi.TEIt, a bright little 3. tear-old, had Just
made Ms tery first tllt to the turner'.
He looked tery dissatisfied upon his return, and
his mamma asked him the reason.
"I don't like mj hair combed this way, all
In llttlo curls," he replied.
"How do jou wish it?" inquired mamma.
"I want it like Uncle John' In two slices."
Definitive.
f) NK DAY little Trances was observed to be
busily figuring. Her mother Inquired:
"What are jou doing, dear? What elo t-ou
know about figures?"
"O, I know what figures Is," was the l-jear-old's
reply.
"And what are they?"
"Figures is business."
"And what is business?"
"Business is trouble," piri says.
Juvenile Kepartee.
A I.rrrr.i: Oint,, under 4 jears old, was akeel
at the breakfast table by her nianinn, who
always speaks German to her chlldr.-n, If she
would hate tome sp'ck, which means lueon. The
ehllil, who is as pretty as bright, looked up
archly and slid, "I speck so." It is sife to pre
dict that this joungster will bo quick at repar
teo later on.
As Measured by Hair.
COl'n-YKAIt-OI.D i:STIII'.n had a great deal
. of hair, while her plajmate, little Marjorle,
had only a flaxen down em her imuul little bejel.
After serious dllBculty In the nursery one diy,
IMher said:
"Mamma, I elon't believe God likes Marjorle
tery much."
"Why, Ksther, why do you sty tint?"
"Ilecause lie didn't give her any hair."
Maidenly Modesty.
A NNIH Is a chubby little kindergarten girl.
One day, when the children took their places
around their little table, the only vacant place
was beside a boy. Annie remalneil standing dis
consolate In the middle of the floor.
"What is the matter, de-ar?" asked her teacher.
"My mamma elon't 'low me to sit by no boy,"
responded the child.
A Mothers' Meeting.
T HIS SAMK little girl was given the pictures
1 fo two hens to paste on a card. On her
teacher asking what It represented, she replied:
"A mothers' meeting." Hating oftrn heard of
this familiar feature In kindergarten life, she
thought the biddies wcro holding one, too.
A Discovery.
ADAM was the name of the new waiter, and
Helen's father remarked, "That was the
name of the first man we know about."
"Well," exclaimed Helen, lu-r face radiant
with the delight ot a great dUcotery, "perhaps
he is the man!"
What Makes Children Good.
T lTTIX IIUTII had been tery naughty , much
shocking her elder sister, Kllzabcth. llir
mother excused her conduct with tho remark
that she was so little. it Isn't tin- giown
upcdr.ess that makes children good. It is the
bilutcdncs.s," responeicu i luaucin.
Undecided.
VtHEN I.1TTI.K E'llli:i. was asked if she were
" going to Kdith's partj, ehe siid:
i don't know. I asked mamma once, and
she said 'Not' Hut then, I haten't asked her
a good many times jet."
All fioni the Indianapolis Pass.
THE COMMERCIAL SPIRIT.
From the Washlnejton Post.
"Tho Philippine aie oins, and American au
thority must 1'C supremo throughout the archi
pelago. There tvlll be amnesty broaj and lib
eral, but no abatement of our rlKhts, no abate
ment of our duty. There must be no tcutllo
policy. We will fulfill in the Philippine the
obligations impced by the triumphs of our
arms and by the treatv of peaic; by interna
tional law-; by the nation's sense ot honor, and,
more than all, by the liRhts, Interests, and con
ditions cf the Philippine people themselves."
President McKlnley.
Theso words seem to us to breathe the spirit
of genuine Americanism, of lofty patriotism,
and true statesmanship. And jet, so intelligent
a newipaper as the Chicago News declares that
"while Americans generally admit that it is the
duty of 4hls country to re-establish law- and
order in the Philippines and Kite to them a sta
ble government, It will occur to many that
the statement 'the Philippines arc ours" elocs not
breathe the broad American sentiment and views
as to political Httrty. It savors rather of the
conqueror." And further along In the same ar
ticle the News says: "It seems only too evi
dent that commerclaliini and not humanity and
liberty is the basis of our present polity toward
the Flllrlnod."
"Commerelallrm" has much to do with the
policy of all governments, and it is a fait thai
the nations which are most progressive In "com
mercialism" In the industrial arts and In ex
changing products are also those which are most
devoted to "humanity and liberty." Christian
civilization and the money-nuking industries aie
the reverse of antagonistic, are mutually helpful.
Find a peeple who arc laggards In manufactures
and commerce and j-ou find a people vvtiose clvi
lltation has either become decadent or has never
been develored.
As to cur relations with Ihe Filipinos, It will
be Impossible lor us to get any profit out of
them unless our "commercialism" contributes to
their prosperity and happiness. A course of
Justice In our destines with them, a scrupulous
regard for their "rights and interests," a slu-
cere and continuous rffort on our part to elevate
them In the social scale ami to fit them tor aelf
got trnment that Is the? only policy which will
promote commercial Interests. There Is no enies
tlon of the desire and intent of the administra
tion to glto the flllplnos good government, lo
have them take as large a share In tint gotrin.
ment as they are fitted for, ami to help them
along In ctcry practicable way. Hut "Inde
pendence tinder a protectorate" Is too absurd a
proposition to win the support of well lnfoiircd
Americans. We must rllhcr put down tnsutre
Hon and got cm the lslinds or pull down our
flag and get out. The latter bring epiltc out
of the question, wo must elo tho former.
MULTUM IN PAIWO.
One gaslight gives out as much carbonic acid
as two sleeping pcrscrs.
Paris has a population of 2,0O0,xJO persons and
only 40,001) are Protestants.
Iho highest point at which flowering plants
hate been found was In Tibet, at 10,200 f.et or
higher.
The suggestion that the mine of I'rctorli
should be changeel to Victoria Is silil to be re
celt ing wide support.
Chlmmen to tho number of about 1"0 are Im
prisoned In Montreal for falling lo pay the spe
cial laundry tax of fj'0.
People who lite long arc usuilly small eaters.
Gourminds so tax the liter by rxcneslto eating
that that organ soon wears out.
Steamers bate been charlcicd to cairy Ameri
can coal to St. Petersburg anil Stockholm, as
well as to Italian, French ami German ports.
The Hichmcnd I.oeinotlte works has shipped
a second consignment of nine locomothes with
0-whced tenders by tho WiUou line to Hcl-lng-tors,
I'lnlanel.
Thn new steel bridge across the St. I.iwrcnre
Titer at Quebec will bo 4,000 feet lemg and l.'iO
feet above the rltcr, thus enabling the large-t
ship to pass under.
The wild honey crop In Texas this jear,
says an Austin correspondent, will execed all
prctlous jlelds In the memory of those who
ar, InUrcatcel In that Industiy.
Pillion, South Africa, has become a winter
resort, and contains some of the finest resi
dences III the world. 'llie-y are surrounded by
tropical trees, flowers and fruits.
The Inhabitant! of Palmyia ect oil their Bill
by dipping buckets Into tlu neighUTin.: salt
lake, and allowing the wat'r 'n evaponre. The
Turkish government has a monopoly cf the salt
business.
There was once killed in England a rat whlrli
holds the record for si70. He w.v gray as I
badger, weighed two ami three-quarters pounds
and measured twenty inches fioni the tip of Ids
lio-o to the tip of his tall.
Park seats can be ucd immcdntcly alter a
rain when provided with a new Knglish coerlng
device, which pas-es across the seat and around
a pair of rollers underneath, lu'ing revolved until
the dry portion enters the seat.
Almost as soon as they arc out id the shell
quail seem to hate the power of making them
selves imlsiMc at the- wave of a wand. The
ground may be as hire as a floor, but somehow
they mintgo to vanish utterly from the eye.
Keepers at the Central Park 700 In New Yolk
are vainly looking for nme means of pre-Mrting
the elephints from rats. 'ihe latter gnaw the
feet of the big brutes until the" are lacoritoil,
and no way has jet been fout.el to protect them
Two western men have de-lgneil an automatic
Irrigating machine, bating a float to support
an endless clnln ot carriers, wide 11 raise the
water over the edge of the bink, power being
oltalncd from a water wheel supported under
neath the float.
I'rult Is prltulpllly valuable for Its salts and
free acids, k quired by the system at all tini s,
but more rspechlly when the weather Is warm.
1'ruits, owin to thp, cool anil purify the
blood and keep the entilo alimentary canal In
healthy condition.
The number of sheep In the principal countries
o the world is 410,1100.000; Great llriUin has
."(VMel.eXK); Prance, 2.MMS; Germany, ll.fmn,
000: Hiwdi. 41,500,000; Spiin, n,!V,llei0: Argen
tina, 71,230,0(10; I'nlted States, 3').Ck)ii,000; Uru
guay, 10,2.i0,(nil; Auslr.ilh, 110,We),0il.
Cigar elcilern at Philadelphia reaped a hirvc-t
of at lca.t yion.OOO iluring the ltcpuhliran na
tional convention. Stuet car companion gath
ered In nickels to the amount of S'JSO.ouO. In
feeding the multitude the butchers shiied about
.VW.ouO. Ihe bakers leeched 2V)nn).
The telegraph pedis abmg the feivanah and
Stati-sboio railway, In Georgij, aie giowtug.
They are nnde- of cypress, and mut have been
planted with the roots. They aie sprouting at
the top, ;uil sirve a double purpose. 'Ihey
are shade trees ns well as support for the wires.
I!jk1p hawks are tery dcttuctlvo in Australia,
particularly in the west, and a reward of two
shillings Is offered by the government for every
one destroyed, the claimant having to produce to
a Justice of the poaie the head nnd t.ilons, whl.h
are then to bo entirely destroyed in Ids presence.
The magnitude of the Kscurial, the great Span
ish palace, may lie inferred fioni the fact that
It would take four riiys to go tluough nil the
rooms nnd apartments, the length of the way
being leckoned at twenty-thrre Spanish b-agui's,
which Is about cue hundred and twenty Kngluh
miles.
Huge savings banks are going up all over
Italy, nnd tiie peeple have takin to them tciy
kindly. In some cities. Instead of giving books
as prl7es In public schools, they give sivlns
bank books with a small sum eiitcicd to the
eicdit of the prlre winner. This is done at
Vc nice.
In the window of an old curiosity shop not
far fioni the ISrltish Museum In l.iniiluii may
be! seen an elaborately oaivcil ivory toothpick,
tvitn tho following Intimation attached: "Tooth
pick formerly the pioperty of Oliver Cromwell,
supposed In hato been the ono he piclccel bis
teeth with befoie ho signed the death vvanant
of Charles I."
The number of adherents of the Orthodox Itus
slan Chinch has greatly Increased during the
past quaitcr of .1 centiry. In 170 there were
4s!,0O0,Oj0 Orthodox Greeks throughout the whole
empire: today, according to the utticial statistics
of the Holy Synod, this number his lie r-.i. il to
70,000,000, or about two-thirds of tho country's
total population.
WHICH ROAD WOULD YOU TAKE
If jou could go hick to the forks of the road,
Hick the long inllc-s you have tarricsl jour load,
lhck to tho place win- e jeui nd to ehciile,
lly this way ur that, throuuh you life to abide,
Hack to the f-nrtow, back to the care,
Hack to tho place where the future wis fe-r
If you vvrie1 there now, a dee Isiun tu 111 ilv.
OIi, pilgrim of sDirovv, which road would toy
take?
Then, aftrr you'd trawleel the other long track,
Suppose that again to the folks jnu tvetit bick;
After jou found that its promises lair
Wero but n delusion that led to a snare,
'I hat tho mad you first traveled with sighs and
unrest,
Tho' dreary and rough, was most graelnmlj
blest
With btlm for cadi brul.c and a chirm fur each
iichc,
Or, pilgrim of sorrow, tvhieli road would you
take? - (Icor-'o McDonald.
tS5Jito!
Particular Interest centem n round
our $20 Thrce-ricco Bedioom Suites.
And It Is not difficult to decldo why
Thero Is something about each piece
which catches the eyo and Invites n
better acquaintance. Then construe
tlon and finish aro observed and com
parisons made. Tho decision gonorally
Is that these are better In ovjry vav
than anything ever offered at the jvlco.
Hill & Conneil
121 N. Washington Ave.,
fcf -4tB. I . iB?-5i
tS.rirfl
ALWAYS DUST.
O (ifsjuriCM
Cool Shoes for warm feet, from
cents up.
CO
Lewis &ReMly
Established 1888.
11 14-1 1 6 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.
TjCSrAll repair work left
with us before the fire is safe,
and will be taken care of at
our present store.
MHCEREAU &CILt
The Hyot &
ConeeH Co,
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 LacftayaTroa Aran
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
(jcuciiu Agent mr Ittsj Wyoinla;
Uistrlct !
ilFilT
AlliiJiig, lllnstln;, Sportln;, Smoe.ji
UL.U U.u Jtcpaimj (Juo 11,0a.
Lo ,ip.iuy 1
fflGM EXPLOSmS.
(nitty 1 use, Cups ami KxploJjrt.
Itooin 101 Conneil LimUiu;.
cicrjiit ij.
AUblMJltti
THCS. FORD. - . -pulsion.
JOHN 13. SMITH & SON, . Plymouth
W. 12. MULLIUAN, Wilkes-ll!.rftt
?yS-' - '
raiDER.
PMMWmFsmW
In Lovebnd, Colorado, there is a man named Park, who is en
gaged in merchandising, and he calls his place the "Golden Rule
Store." When opportunity offers, this gentleman never fails to recom
mend Ripans Tabules and to give his own experience with them, which
he relates as follows : " For fully twcnty-five years I have been an
asthmatic. As a general thing throughout the winter, I have to re
main indoors at least three or four days in each month. I have suf
fered a great deal yet all the precautions I might take did not keep
me free from these terrible attacks. About eighteen months ago I
commenced taking RIPANS TAHULES to regulate my stomach. I
am of a bilious temperament, and as soon as I become bilious I am
sure to have attacks of asthma. The Tabules keeps my stomach all
right, and for Jhc past year I have not been confined to the house at
all. My asthma is not cured but the attacks are very slight. I use
on an average two Tabules every Sunday, one on Wednesday and one
on Friday."
FINLEY'
Vacation
Specials
In lien's
Fmrelshflegs.
For the balance of
July we will offer
our entire stock of
Fine Madras and
Silk Negligee Shirts,
of which we have
an unusually nne
assortment, at re
duced prices.
Also, Extra value
in Summer Hosiery,
Fine Neckwear and
Suspenders.
Boys' Blouses and
Shirt Waists, in
Gingham, Madras
and Percale. All at
closing out prices.
510-512
IACIAWAMA AYENUE
66Doe9t
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wear
If you haven't tho proper office sup.
piles. Come in anil give us a trial.
We have the largest anil most com
plete lino of office supplies In North
eastern Pennsylvania.
If It's a gooel thing, we have It. Wo
make a specialty of visiting cards and
monogram stationery.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
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