THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1900. 'N &(je hctato rt6tme riililUlicil Djlly, r.ictpt Sunday, ly Tlio Trlli une I'libllslilng ( otniuiiy, t Tilly Cents a Month. I.1VY R llirilAIll), Ildltor. 0. I. llVMilX, lluslnws Manager. New York Ofl.rc! 150 Nassm Ft. H. S. IttlfXANl), Polo Aftcnt lor l'orclgn Aelmtlsltig. l.nlcrccl at the Poslofflcc nt Srrinton, l., oj Second Hiss Mail Mittir. When space will permit, The Tribune is als.s plail to print itliort litters from in frieiult War Ins on current topics, hut Its rule Is that ihesc mint lie slijruil, for puMliatlon, lij the nrltir'n nil namei nml the ronillllnn pn cedent to ac ceptance Is that nil eontrlliutlcns shall Le milijcct to celitoiial roilslon. TEN PAGES. SCHANTON, JULY 2S, 1000. KEPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Nationnl. ITesltlent iVH.l.T M McKISI.KV. " lie-rretielcnt-l UI.ODOHi: HOOSEVW.T. State. Comrressmcn-at-T.irire n IM'SIIA A. CHOW, aom.itT ii. ror.iini.uut. County. Congress WIM 1AM COW HI ',. ".else-Ill OHOI. M ATON. HierltT-IOII.N II I r.I.t.OW- TirMirer J. S( UMO. IHstriet Attoinre NII.I.IWI H IBWIS. I'iothonotnr Kills' t Ol'l t.M). Clerk of l.uirts-rilOMsj P II VN11.I.S. lumpier of Deeds I. Mil, MOW .Kit. r of Wllls-W. K HICK our ( ommiioner I DHAUD 11. Sn'UGl'.S. Legislative. I erst DlHrlrf THOMAS .T ltl'YVOI IK he. nml l)trlit IDIIN M lll'l I'lt, lit lliml l)i.tilct-.l Mill ,IMI Jit. 'ourtli I)istrlil-r. A. 1MIII.1II.V Senator Hoar epitomizes the truth by viMnir tint tlio clectliiii of Mr. Hijan Voulil mean "dishonor and disaster." 'flic American people want neither. A Request for Details. r-lli: roiW'DATinx of tlm lice hiuer mmenient anions tlmse who honislh 1 llevo In It ii ts upon the supposi tion that the Kinks of the lountry. or some of them, "the Kohl lanl.lii clique," to use the mi Indi.iniatle phiasu of our afteinoon ceintcinpeiiury, the Times, lme in sume d.nk and una terlous way conspired to do fell things nt Washington. Thlss Idea penneattM the llteiatuie of I'opullsni and has been the means of causing nioic waste of noivous eneiK.v than any other bugaboo la our Kctictation. In older to elicit definite Infoi illa tion upon this subject The Tillmnu jesteulay hulled the accomplished editor of the Times, who Is a pioper ous dhectoi In the Dime bank of this city, an excellent banking Institution whose methods aie, we bellexe, similar to those of other leputable hanks, to ixplain fiom personal know ledge jnst what "the gnlcl banking ellipie" is and In what lespect It Is detiimental to the public uolf.iie. We quote his iiply: "The hanking and gold clique, of which The Tiibune pioftsses ignoiance-. Is the association of speculatois and bankers In llnglanel and Anieiica who demone tized silver, fastened the gold standard upon the nation, sought the govern ment functions to Issue the nation's money, weio In undemanding and communication with the gnieinment olllclals at Washington to buy or .sell bonds at ceitaln times, and thetehy In position to bull' or 'bear' the money market." As an explanation this leaves many things to he deslted. Tor Instance, It speaks of a ceitaln alleged "associa tion of spcculatois and bankers" What association? Whcie is or was It located? Who aie or wcie itsi offi cers? if fhoie has been any such combination among the bankers of this country the Dime bank ought to be In a position to know tho facts and the Times editor, as one of Its most entot pilsing diiectoi.s, should look upon the work of cposuie ah a .solemn duty, to be perfoimed with conscientious at tention to detail. We have heard much In a vague way about the alleged con spiracy among the banket s, and wo bhould be glad to huo this Iloatlng lumor reduced to the dimensions of actual, proed fact. Will the Times undertake to do this? It Is not mllltailMn hut common sense which demands an auny piopor tlonate to our needs Prices and Ethics. TAKING ADVANTAGE of a recent decision In a I'nited States comt that the manu facturer of a commodity lias tho right to stipulate what prices his soods are to bo Gold for and also the right to refuse to supply any dls. trlbutor who disregards his stipula tions, the leading b ml; publishers of the United States have formed a com bination with the purpose In view of disciplining tho price-cutting retailer, and particulaily tho profit-cutting de partment f-tore. What steps tho com bination will take Is not disclosed but presumably it wll Hry to compel the retnileis to observe a fixed sched ule of prices. It will he Interesting to,watch W ileeIopments In this fight. The do partment Mores In many cases hae afforded very deshahlo outlets for tho disposal of sutplus book stocks which the publishers could not sell through the regular channels at the regular prices, thus enabling th publisher to convert embarrassing stocks into cash nnd at tho eamo tlmo affording to the reading public a welcome dis count from list quotations. Many a publisher has met a pay toll or lifted n pressing business obligation by vir tue of his dealings with tho depait ment stoics In a time of trade lethar gy, and while a few of tho lai go firms, after reorganization, may bo financial ly strong enough to carry slow-selling stocks until they can he got rid of, nt a fixed price, wo should, not llko to wager that tho book trado will bo revolutionized In conscq'uenco of tho nowly formed combine. Nor aro wo mito that tho court opinion mentioned above will stand as tho final law upon this eubject, Tho rlcht of a manufacturer to. fix his own selling price on tho article which he produces Is unquestionable, pro. vlded ho docs not llvo In ono of the 3'opullst states or attract the atten. jtlon pi Uio iu-pfcMlonul purauera of octopuses. Hut to say that he can re quire tho purchaser In his turn to ob serve a stipulated up 1 1 tig price "un less he chooses to do so of his own volition; or to say that In tho en deavor thus to regulate tho price of his product alter It Is disposed of by him ho may employ threats or reprisals Is a proposition which may be tho law now, but which can hardly remain so when public opinion gets through with it. livery sensible man recognizes that an article can be too cheap us well ns too dear. If the latter Is robbery of the consumer the former Is rob bery of the producer and neither kind of tobbery Is morally Justifiable or economically wise. Tho man who wiltes a good book ought to get good pay for It and both the labor nnd cnpltal necessary In the book's publi cation nio equally deserving of fair jemuneratlon. When a price Is cut be low a lensonnble profit an Injustice Is wi ought which Is bound to fall heavily upon some one; nnd a civilization which emphasizes the Golden Hule as Its ethical Ideal should not regard Itself as fully developed while this species of Injustice Is a common oc currence, proceeding without criti cism or remark. Therefoie the en deavor to enforce a standard scale of prices In tho book market has argu ments In Its favor. Hut they are of a nature to appeal to reason; they can hntdly be reinforced arbitrarily by co-ciclon. Tho estimated number of foreign lcsldents In China prior to tho out breaking of the present troubles was slightly in excess of 17,000, of whom 2,335 wcie Americans. Common Sense on Imperialism," ON13 OP Till: leaders in the last congiess was Nelson Dingley's successor, Con gressman Ijlttlefleld. He de clined to go w 1th his party In a num ber of Instances and was notably Inde pc ndent In his attitude toward the 1'orto Illcan tariff. From this fact he has rccehed much patting on the back at the hands of tho Democi.Us, who evidently hoped that he would aid them in this year's presidential light. That their hope has been vain Is shown In the following statement of beliefs recently contributed by Mr l.lttlcfleld to tho Washington Star. "I do not see how the question of emphe or Impel lall.sm can be an Issue In this campaign. While the Dem on at lo platfoim loudly proclaims against einpliu and Impcil.illsm anct pioposes to make it 'paramount,' I find nothing In the Republican platform that commits It to the Idea of emplio or Imperialism, or thnt justifies tho ln feience that It has any such purpose. The Republican patty proposes that the lepuhllc shall featlessly, falthully and properly dlschaige the duties and lesponslbllltlcs devolved upon It by the ticaty of Pails. Moie than this Is not lequlied or proposed by the paity tn its platfoim. The ticaty of I'aiis is nut only an accomplished fac, but the fact that It could not have been rati fied without the aid of seventeen Dem ociatlc otcs and the personal Influ ence of Mr. ISryan leaves the Dem oualle party and Us candidates equal ly lesponslble with the Republican party for Its existence. It Is now the supieme law of the land, and as such must be obeyed and sustained by both executive and people." Mr. Littlefleld continues: "Tho establishment of law and or der, tho protection of persons, life and pioperty in the Philippine nichipelago against Insuirectlon or violence from all quarters Is the constitutional duty of tho piesldent, and In Its discharge he must be sustained by all ilght thlnklng people. Tho authority to which tho people of the archipelago had the right to look for this protec tion pi lor to the treaty was Spain. We hae driven Spain out, and in so doing have assumed her duties and lesponsl bllltles, and we must manfully accept and dlschaige tho responsibility. This Is not imperialism or empire; It Is simply nn exemplification of tho fun damental proposition upon which our institutions rest, that ours Is a 'gov ernment of laws and not of men.' The turning over of the people of . this nrchlpelago to the tender meicles of Agulnaldo and his codlctators nnd as sassins would lesult In atrocities and honors paralleled only by the infamies now being peipetiated In China upon C'lulstlans by Intuilated Chinese har bailans. The bitter, unrelenting ha tied of tho Agulnaldeans for the fri ars of the Catholic church 1h well known. Agulnaldo's ultimatum always has been that the frlais must be either turned over to him or driven out of the country, and substantially that the piopeity which they hold be confiscat ed. We could not with honor admit such a pioposltlon." It Is dllllcult to believe that the Dem on atlo lenders leally faor sunender Ing to Agulnaldo and thus throwing wide open the door to general pillage and massacie. The moie leasonable supposition is that they constructed their Philippine plank simply as a "good enough Morgan until after elec tion." Yet It Is n delicate matter to fool with. Trilling means bloodshed and the shedding of good American blood at that. - m The customs receipts at the Havana customs house for the first six months of 1900 were $G,121,5G3.9!, as against t5,142,87C 89, an Increase over the same period of 1S99 of J9S1.C90.10. A 20 per cent. Increase speaks well for the pros perity creating efficacy of Republican rule, Tho theories as to the real feelings of General Gobln In reference to th appointment of General Miller seems to be as varied, Judging from tho newspapers, ns scraps of war news fiom tho Orient. Webster Davis, after a season on the Pernod atlc oratorical bench, has final ly been released. This Is positively the most flagrant Instance of Ingrati tude recorded against tho Pryan syndi cate. The burden of Democratic oratory Is ever upon tho things that might hap pon, Kentucky political ai&umcnU still continue to consist principally In tho statement that tho other fellows are thieves, perjurers and assassins. Tho "deep laid plot" to rescue Anar chist Horkman fiom tho prison at Pittsburg was tunnelled too near tho surface, after all. It Is announced that Mr. Clark, of Montana, expects to make his Influ ence felt at Washington again next winter. Hoodlum lcsldents of Now Orleans act as though they weio Jealous of the notoriety achieved by Pekln. The Doer war, It seems, has not ad vanced beyond tho state of see-saw news. TOLD BY THE STARS, Daily Horoscope Drawn by AJncchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe fait: 4 0s a. In, for Saturday, July 2, I'M). C& A child horn on thh iliy will noon learn lo uliMIe the dead mirth when orators .mil wrilert Mtrmpt tonrrlntr the fiber Iwie In politics. When a woman Is wllllns to extend her age ln'joml appearam.es It Is evident that un linpor tint ileal ii on, A Rood minj men imagine that thtv are Inval uable to their political party until they aK for clflc-e. The srhimcs of many men are but indication! of the first etajes of tuberculosis of the intel lect. Good health Is only appreciated by IIiohc who arc without It, A bright future Is always before some people. AJacchus' Advice. I'nlcM vou are paid for it, never adv)c a min In any direction cuccpt that In which be Inlendj to lo. Weekly Letter on Municipal Affairs VIII " GLASGOW'S STItELT CLEANING DEPARTMENT AND ITS VARIOUS ECONOMIES." (Copvright, l'.iOO, by William S. Crandall.) MUNICH' U, hoiwKccpliiff Ins reached a preiler ileenc of peifpcllon in Kurope than in inciim. Anions the various II problims requiring the atttnlion of tho nic aulhontlrp, noim riuccs moie trouble than the kvtiKing of tho ftrteU and the ilkpooil of the rifuv. ilul nml irirbue In or iler to be heillh) i cltv mut be clean, and how to ptrfoim this woik economically I a question whlih reniures iniirh Ivef, nrlidnillt mid executive ibllily in tho head of am h a de pigment Methods hue to chinge to ki ep pice Willi sinltary proprrw, and, in mun c ise, sjftcim In no Involve wale and coat nuiance-. The ill of (ilisRow lu an economical ostein of cli'.iii-inj her streets and of iililllni; city ulue I'nr about thlrtv jears (ilaww ha min nirid its own work in this line. The dcpirtimnt his du-t ilcMiuitnrs and utilizer machines which bum and machines which sift tho v ist in is of nshes, dut, cr.rbaRe, refuse and street svverpliiKS rnlleitnl evrrv elij. f,1isir.nvv, with its liu.v slrccts. Its itroit Industml establish ments, its be ivy riins, is not nn easj city to cleanse, but the nuthoiities cedltot fvteunticilly and eften. They nnKo a vigorous ue of the broom, and bdieve in the sweetening and pun f.vliU inthicmes of water, a con-Unt supply of which Is alcv is on tip. 'the cleansing department owns !KX) railway wagons, nnd nils its useful products in farincis in half the counties of Seothnd It has sevei il farms with a total area of ncarlj cOo uircs, it hrs transformed useless bog land into an agri cultural paradise; it has Its own railways on its tsl,itesj it owns quirrles mil workshops t'ndrr the direction of the superintendent of the de partment 1,2V) men are emidoved in connec tion with the cleansing opratiom and subsidiary industries. Kor cleansing purposes the city is distributed Into thirteen districts, and the start is almost cquilly divided into iliy and night sections The paved streets are swept during the night, ehlcllv by rotar.v hor-ebmshis, of which thcie aie thlrly three in use The work begins at 10 P m, nnd finishes at osrt a. in. Sweepers fd low the machines, and gither the sweepings Into hn, who in turn arc- followed bj carls, begin ning their operations at 11 p. in. The principal Hrects ire swept nightly, second late streets every alternite night, and others of less im portince as required The superintendent of the department told the writer that he w is dec Idedlj in fivor of sweeping wellpavid street with the rotar.v horse brushes, f'ross-sweeplng the granite paved streets by bird brmhes was In exivlem-e at one time, but this practice was discontinued many jrars ago During the diy the principal streets are "picked." and the "pickings" deposited In bins punk into the pavements. There arc 1,10 of theso bins, and they are emptied at night by the collectirc nrts Tho sweepers ire pld at the rate af about l per day; their working houis being ten houis for live da.vs, and upon Satur daj eight, In all flfl.v eight hours for the week. The waste paper Is also collected. Tor this pirt of the service bags are worked upon the ex change Fjstem, and apart from the sum re. cilved for tie piper a considerable improvement his Ik en effected In tic condition of the streets, and aUo In the reduction of the material sent to the detructor works for cremation. The swep lugs from the micidamlzeil loads being valulese, are deposited in "tips," or trucked Into the ccuntiv for flllirg up hollow ground. The re sources ef the ilepaitment ire never senomli lived I ) snowfalls Feme winters tlere is prac. tieillj no siow. During the pist winter, how ever, there were three heavy falls, the extra cost 'or removing the snew amounting to over 7,uuO. (ilasgow Ins a populailcn of "M'.OOOj an area of almui 20 squiii) milts, and a total mileage of struts including mieadjuiled roadi-of 313 Hie streets have an average width of about do feet The gnater part of residential Glis.-ow con fl.W ol flits, witli courts or entries. The cleans ing of these courts is cairled on b.v 2W men un chr sov intern overseirs Kvciy e-ourt, except those under private contiol, Is visited nnd swept once, and in manv cases tv ce and t'iree times d.llj. With vny few exceptions, all ihe bielc vaids of the e it which nre eominon to more llun one occupant are thus eleansed, The eliilier courts in the piorcr parts of the citv nre regularly washed with hose, for which pur pose the depailmcnt has fitted water mains with 1,172 taiw. During Ihe sumnur and autumn the eourta are (Unhid daily. There is a i,ood eleil of sheet spiliikllna: elore, in connection with which fort eight watir bands, slv iron tanls nnd nine revulvlng disc sprinkling machines are emplojeel. The disc machine covers a roul foil) ftet wide, but cannot bo vised In the most crowded thnriiiehfares, ns It would seriously in-tirf-re with Ihe Initio. Sprinkling Is alwajs catrled en during the night to allay the dust which would otherwise be ralsei! bj operating the sweeping midlines' There is, of ,-ouisv, no lack if vvitir, as a plentiful supply is alwajs at hind, Three nre four kinds of refuse tn be collected II) clrmestk a ehoid refuse; (yi refu-e from business pn raises, such as shops, wan houses and olticesj (I) exeiementil matlir from public vorks nnd dwelling houses; and (I) stable ma nure and refuse from abattoirs. In Glasgow eio inesllc icfusc is collected in ashpits situated in the rear of tenement dwellings, and Iheso are emptied weeklj all over the citv. with the ex ception of the central district, where they are emptied twice eacli week. To facilitate and ensure usternatlc emptjint, each district is subdivided Into six divisions, one of which Is traversed raeli night. The men, failed "wheelers," who empty tho ash-pits start work at 10 p. m , and arc followed an hour later by the cart. They work, at a rule, in sets of two or three, each set being furnished with a carrjlng creel and a barrow (fitted with rubber llics). The barrow is, of course, used for level places, and tho ercel whero the refuse has to be carilid up or clown stairs 'Iheo iren arc paid by the ton, at rales van lug fiom 10 to 21 cents While) tho ash pit svslein obtains ginerally, a dally morning dust earl nrvlco is In operation In a portion ol the west end ol the city, where the houses am ol the tetter class, Itefuse from oltices, shops, warehouses, and oilier business places In the central or buslnesi portion ofUhe clt Is removed dally b.v the morn ing dust cart mvicn. In connection Willi this Bertlce, and for the convenience of occupants of such premises, tho depigment supplies covered galvanised buckets of regulation pattern at cost price. These buckets not only prevent the light material from being bhwn about, but are mo c easllj emptied, ami look K-lter than some of the nondeseilpt nerptaclea oeeasionillj used. Tho superintendent Is authorized lo Insist on Milnlable buckets 1slng uid. The refuse col lecled by this nrvlcc Is removed In covered earls with crank axles, so as to fieilllate Ihe cmplj ing of the buckets Into them The arc larger than the ordinary cart, the material being turn paratlul light. This portion of the city re fuse Is, gs i rule, cremated, nothing of fetlllirlnic value being In It. llecentlv a svstem of removal of fish refuse In pills with air-tight covers such as are used tor exeremenllllnus matter was In troduced. This v limbic malerl.il Is thus re moved without snno.vsnee to any one and In slead of being burned is mixed and sold with the c!t manure Hie exerementltlous niattir whlih does not find Its war into the severs Is col lecled in galvanlred pails or ngiiljtlon pattern, thrse being removed nnd rephced lis. cb m ours as often as necessirj Owing to tiie extendi n of the water closet svstem at the Instance of the S"nltnry department, Ihe pnlls are being grad ually abolished The vehicles used for tin re. movals of the palls are four-whioled vans, civ ercd by a spring cover, fitted with i lining of rubber tubing. On reaching the dl'patch sti tlcn the palls nre emptied Into a speilallv con structed ink. nnd niter being wai'i.el In hot water and disinfected are replaced In the van, which also undergoes the sime precise of treat ment. The removal nnd dl'posal of the stable manure, nnd the refuse from tho abattoirs of the cltv, form no little Item In the work of the depart mint. In addition to the manure produced at the stables o the deptrtment, all the maniiic from the corporation tramwajs department, ns well as lint from surdrj other stibles, Is dealt with. The refuse from the abattoirs is nisi mixed with the stable manure, and goes lo Im piove Us nualllj. IVr this material, which amounts to about Al.OuO tons per annum, a ready sale is frund, which blinds the depig ment a considerable It come. In addition lo what may be termed the ordi nary refuse-, the department undertakes tho dis posal of the sludge purification department, the annual output of which runs to about fi.f,u tons. Tho whole amount was sent dlnct to "lips," or, as we siy on this fide of tho Ulantlo, to the dumping ground. The refuse iI the adjoining burghs of Pirtlck and Kinnlng pk is slso, by arrangement, sent tn thee dispatch works for tiealment anl ills Inns). The quantity from Ihtse sources last ear amounted to lr.fitl tons Next week's letter will destrlbe the tiealment snd manipulation of the refuse, together with the operation of the municipal firms, .ill under the management ol the street cleansing dcpirtmmt. POLITICAL NOTES. The Canton correspondent of Ihe Philiilelphla ledger, whose elillv leltrrs on political topics briny keen insight as well as cxceptlonil lttt r.irv merit, writing of the reeenl visit of Snitr Ihnni lo the president, pivs this tnhile to the Cleveland Warwick "If llniini comes out of this contest smcrssfiil, he will hive a high rlsce in vmericvn history. He will drsirve II, for in taking up ihe work uiln he h nuking a great personal sacrifice The Ifannx of today Is not the llanna of lsoei v., he himself mid nt Ihe 1'hihdelphla convention: Tour je-Jrs ago I went into the campaign full of encrgv and enlhuslapm. This jrur go Into it with f ' i r and dread not fear of defeat, but feir tint I will bteak myself down There is somrtlilng pathetic in this remark of Damn's He his proved himself self Mcrlfloin.fi Ins asked litlH for himself, much for others Alter all, whit Ins llanna got out of politics? This question came to tnv mind ns I saw him limp up the walk of the McKliilei home, lmuo and bent afbr bur years of hard work, four years of abuse ,y the partisan pre., maligned, cartooned, as no other man Ins bom In Vmciie m politics. His reward has been 1 seit in the t"nltcil Mites Km nte, and tint was wiling from his parlv in .a terrible contest, which nude him ten vcirs ohler In two months. Hinna e in hop for noth Ing further in politics. His si tutorial reward allows him the piivllege of living in Washing, ton, away from his beautiful Cleveland home on tho shores of f.ake Trie. He is blcved with the appeals of job hunters, Ihe tollinc, o troubles by politicians, white and black, and how nun It happiness can llanna extract from all this m lus obi age? However, he Iwis one greit rewaid He does not speak of it, but he Is lnppv in the cot scion ness tint he Ins clone great sirvice for his countrv. When llanna is dead It will lis- written of bun that he made possible the dec tion of Mclvlnlev and tho ictum of prosperity unparalleled in the nation's liistorj," An idea cf the elosencss of the coning fight for congrcs enn be ol tained, savs the Wash'ng ten Stir, liv scrutinizing the figures of the last election, whiih returned Ihe present congrcs Thcie arc twentv congressionil ditii"ts In which the pluralitv if the wirier in lsN wao less than Win votes, this In a total vote of 50,000 to 4,000 Thcie are seven distilcis in which the pluralitv of the successful candidate was less thin 31 voles In some eases Ihe victor was a Ilepuhll c-.n, in others a Demerit vs a general piopo. sltlon the ltepubllcms had more close districts than the Democrats In ad Illicit to the forego. Pig there are six otliei districts in which the pluralities wire between W1 and LiAl Purlin i more, there are seven other districts vhere Ihe pluralities were less than 2,000, out ef a total vote ef R5.00C lo lO.OOO, will Ii is consideiid silling pietty close to the wind. It appcirs fiom fur ther ixamiiatlon cf tie official I c turns lhat the gnatcst number cf the closest districts lie in slates where the lltleiest fights are expected to lage this fall. This shows that there is lie cessity for handling thiso districts Willi ure, as l)ing In the debatable ground they are fair prey to the parte which makes the strongest effort to captuie them. The first state election letwecn now and N'o. vcmber will be held in N'orlh Carolina August 2. Ilesides voting on a constitutional amendment restricting sultrage, a governor and othir state officers will be chosen. The members of con gress will not be voted for in North f irollna till next November The legislature to be ehosm at the August election will hive the selection cf a I'nited Stales senator to succeed Mirlon Duller, Populist, whoso term expires March 3 next. Tour da.vs after the North Carolina elec tion, August 0, a tatc election will be held in Alabama; then Arkansas votes September ,t, and Vermont September 4, and Malno September 10. Georgia holds a state election October '1. Subscriptions received fic.ni the popular loan issued In comcctlon with our wir with Spain amounted to $1,ii,0,i00 within thlrtv-one dajs This was seven times a.s much as the amount of bonds oilered. It was n vcrj different result from that jccoinplishcl under the last D-mocutic ad ministration, when our bonds were hawked about t lie world at high ratts of interest, fioven-or Hoosev ell's mother was a flcorglan and his uncles served In the Confederate nav.v He (eight side by side with southerners In Cuba, and Is an emblem of the tvpe that Joins lertli and touih, Mainlo Daniel, manager fur the Wilbur Opera company, has placed with Uiehardson ,v. Hill, brokers, of Washington street, llostcn, IO,OH) to be wagered on McKlnlev's ileetlon, at odls o' 3 tn 1. Kltiei Mr. Dr.van began to tell the people four jears ago that what they wanted was moie money, the.v have added at Ihe late of 11 2o7, Un per month, or about tin.lfio for every woik lug day, t'nder tliis Republican administration, coaling stations for the use of the Aineilcan nivy are in process of erection at Hawaii, Samoa, (luai.t, Miuila and lV.rlo llko. Don M. Dickinson predicts "that Ilrjan will not get within two million as man votes as he did in 1600." MANKIND'S BEST SONG. In stirring volume high and strong The song ol war arose; It was a proud and stately sons o patriot might oppose. Vet ever rose another strain Whose meaning would not rcaso) Rebuke ol savajc war's retrain The song ol home and peace! And when In silence died away Tho battle chant of men, That gentler harmony held sway With purer meaning then. Dreamed out was (ilory's fiercer dream, And sweet the dawn's release Whose choral throats know but one theme The song ol homes ari3 peace! ltiplcj V, fcaunders, lu t-t. Louis ItlsjAUc ISLAND IMPORTS. The Imporfs Inlo the United Slates from Cut a, Porto lllco, Hawaii, and the rhlllpplne and sa. moan Islands tor the fiscal J ear Just ended amount to over fi,000,ou0. Over IO,'iO,0Oi) of this Is sugir anil molasses, f-10,oim,i).V) tnbaeio, ff.i,lV)0,(Ki vegetable liters, Hl.lssi.noo Iron, esip. per and manganese, and the leniaiuder such mis cellaneous tropical pioducls as code, cocoa, spongrs. tropical fruits, vegetables, lildej ami skins, and cabinet woods. o The sugir In portnlli ns fiom the Is'ands firm practical!.! one third of tie tolal suear brought Into the fulfill ctntes during Ihe je.ar, amount ing In nlsiut 1,00.1,400,(01 pounds out ol a grand total of over 4,nnl,nooooo pounds liiqiorteil Of the total sugar Import itlons from the four Islands, Cuba supplied slightly mnr thin on. hilf, though In value the Importations from Hawaii exceeded those from Cuba, ll.lw.itl in su gir being of a higher grade nnd conequintlj representing a largir value although the number of pounds wis milirlally less than lint shown by Ihe Import figures for Cuba The totil Im portations of sii'.'nr jlurlng the jenr from Culn were 7n",,IVl,Ti2 pounds, vnlued t !ls.2n,r.Vl; those from Hawaii, 'iOI 7I',10" pounds, va'u d at $.'0 102,1V) 1'orlo lllco neruplc Ihe third place lu qinnlltj and value of sugar imported from the Islands, (lie total lor Ihe )iai exceeel Ing RO.oeXl.noo pounds, while from the Philippines the total for Ihe jear Is In lonnd terms 50,(100,000 pounds, ei The second Item of Impo fs from MawI, con sidering them In the ouler of magnitude, is to bieco, amounting In round terms to SlO.rirwni In value, which rc resents about two tldide if the total Importations, of tcbirco Inlo the fnlt ed States The totll value of msnufarttiicd an I unmanufactured tobicco Imported during the flseil jeir Is about $1H,000,000, and that from the four islmds, slightly above ROO'I.OOO Of this the very large proportion conies from Cuba, the total vadue ef tobicco Imported from Porto lllco during the jear being about a quarter of a million dollars, from the Philippines but about M.Orni and from Hawaii less than IflOO The third item of Imports from the Islam's .consider ing them In the order of magnitude. Is Manila hemp, which comes, as the nime indicates, from the Philippine islands, the total value of the importation ol this article being for the jear $7,17!.?cW. of which V'.WI,770 e.ame direct from the Philippines. The following tabic shows the Importations: Into the-, fnlteel Males from the four islands for the eleven months ended with May. the details of the v.ulous classes for Ihe month ol June having not jet been completed: H w 3 P. : ' : g KSJ c t s X 5 ' &i IS! r e.: s : e. i : : . i : : : i i : : is: : ? : i : : !: : i : : : : i i 3 j j : : i : f: : : : i : : i : i : i: : , ,, -., ,, c, S 5 S " U " h is : ? n z a re t ts "r '- t "s V 1? t Vts -i - M ms) V j O HIS? . ss . l? : g : gt3" I SbI Sif M r m S sr . H ? Cfe i: t'Ssf.': SS: 51 K? z.? 5 SI 'J 8i m MULTUM IN PARVO. The food, about which all trivelers In China hive written much, is not of Ihe kind tint coulel ever become popular in America, (larlic ami nut nil are used in such great quantities that the dishes are unpalatatle to people aieustomed to the American table. All kinds cl meat aie used, but pork Is the mrst populir. The Magdalen Wands in the Cult of St. Law- rence, form a little group that viry few peo pie have any knowledge of The inhabitants. mainly fishermen, arc civilized and comparatively well to eio, but know very liltlo as to what is going on lu the outside world though they are In easy salline distance of the New England coast. V Noilh Carolina court holds that a woman is not required to exercise any greater degree of care In alighting from a stteet car (Inn a man would She is merely bound by the rule of the "prudent man" that is, to saj, she is only bound lo exorcise such i ire as an oidmary pru dent man placed in like or similar circum- st inees would do. some time ago the Princeton (New Jersey) university presented to the Piritlsh museum 2V) specimens if North American birds' eggs many of them of rare species Now the British mus eum reciprocates by presenting to the Princeton university 2,000 mounted birds, Including brill iant spiclniens Irom India Australia and the .Malaj- Ishnds -V whooping-cough pirty was given by little Dorothy Smith, of Huntington, I I , a few dijs ago The invitations sent to her little friends contained a clause providing that the Invitation was not to be accepted unless the recipient bad the whooping cough at the time or cl-e bad ie. cenllj- recovered fiom it. Tvvcntj-five vvhoopers or cx-vv hoopers responded There are no pillows in Chinese beds. Thev have Instead hollow square frames of rattan or bamboo, or blocks of wood fashioned n that they fit the napo of the neck and support the lieail when Ijlng on the side. People who have used these substitutes for pillows say they are much more comfortable thin soft, hot feather or hair rillovvs, especially in warm weather. To determine the height of clouds an observer at eacli of two stations a mile or more apart measures the angle and a latitude ol some point of a cloud, the Identity of which Is ascertained from conversation by telephone, while sjnehron sin in the observation is secured by the beating of electric pendulums. Tills Is the method used at the celebrated obscrvatoij at fpsala, in Sweelen. Tornadoes wiecked tVil.OOO.OOO worth of prop erty in tills country during Hie jears from lSwO to S')0 Twrntj -three million dollars of this amount was destrojed bv three whirls alone. The Louisville tornado, March 27, 1!X), destrojed property worth HOOO.OOO. The St Louis tor nado, May 27, ISOe), caused a loss of -13,O00,OiTO. v. tornado swept from edar Kejs In hashing ton D C , .September 2'J. l-'V, which caused a loss ol 47,000,0110 4M ' tLSiiSssg Particular Interest centers around our $20 Thrce-riece Dedroom Suites. And It Is not dlfllcult to decide why There Is somcthlne about each piece which catches the eye and Invites a better acquaintance. Then construc tion and finish are observed and com parisons made. The decision generally is" that theso aro better In every v ay than anything ever offered at the pVlce, Hill & Connell 121 N. Wasliingtoa Ave, I --r ' i -u iriyJA0s-rn, .y-" I ALWAYS BUST. Cool Shoes for warm fcot, from CO cents up. Lewis &IReilly Established 1888. 1 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. ISAII repair work left with us before the fire is safe, and will be taken care of at our preseut store. HEItlCIEMAU MNMEll THie Huflot & Cooed! Co0 Mealing, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. j134 Lackawana Araiie HENRY BEL1N, JR., tieueiiu Agent for thej Wyomlaj District . llulns, Dialling, Sportln;, MinoKaliMt ouil tho ltep.umo Cnemica. Co up.uy i IM EXPLOSIVE! Cslilety Kuse. C.ips nmt Kxploiart. itoom aul Ceinnoll llalUtu;. ocrautja- AlUINCIlvi Titos, ronn. . . mnonn JOHN B SMITH Ss EON. - Plymouth. v. a. MULUUaN, - Wllkes-Barre. lurairs POliEffi. A fanner in the State of Washington has solved the prob lem of counteracting the evils of a farmer'slife by using Ripans Tabules. As it is often the case, the farmer's wife was the wiser, and having read about Ripans Tabules, insisted upon her husband trying them. He afterwards said : " Well, I am glad I had sense enough to try them, for after a few days' use I could eat to satisfy my hunger without suffering." For years previous to this he had been suffering from a dis ordered stomach and often its symptoms made life positively hateful. Now he enjoys a good, hearty meal as well as any one, but to guard against the effects of over-indulgence, Ripans Tabules are always to be found in his vest pocket. WANTED. A CRAKof bad health that K I V A-N S will net benefit They hnnlah pnlnand prolong life. Oneilves relief. Nol-lheite.t II I P-A'N-a on lha p&eksK and cu-eept ro tulutliiite. K I P A-N a, 10 tor cent or tvelve packets for is et nlSj may lie nact at any itruer morn. Ten .ainplet and one trHq. and testimonials will )o mailed lo any addrosa fur I cents, forwarded U tba illpana Cbciulcal Co., No, to Bproa Bl., Haw Volt, , FINLEY' Vacatioe Specials Ie Hee's Fiuirelslhfleg'So 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 AVMJE ,CCD BUSS ir -Sfeii HOME I 1 oun fa jtm$S& t Nki, 66 Don't Swear 99 If you haven't tho proper office sup piles. Conic; In anil glvo us a trial. Wo hao the- IaiKest anil most coin ploto lino or ofllco supplies In North eastern Pennsylvania. If It'si ei linnet thliiir. ivp h.ivn If. Wo mako n specialty of visiting cards and monogram Mationeiy. ReyeoldsBrog Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building.
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