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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST I, iyoi.'
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SCHANTON, AUGUST 1, 1000.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
President WILLIAM McKINI BV.
Vice-ITesldent-TIIhOUOlIK HOOSKV KLT.
State.
Consrmmin at I.nrcc llW.t'SHA A. CHOW,
iioni:ur ii ioKiti)Hti:ii.
County.
Cnnijrcss-UII.I.I t POSM LL.
JndKo riniiKii: m. .r-o.
BhrrifT .I01IN II I I MOWS
liraurer I. II roN.
I)ltrltt ttotne-HM.IM It LEWIS.
I'rnthnnnlart JOHN C'OI'I.I.VM)
Ueik of Courts- ribMb P DVMI.LS.
fiernrder of Herds- I.MIL BONN.
IttRlstrr nl Wills- W K III ( k
Jur L'oiimiUitoner-l.IIUAIIl) U. STt'llOLS.
Legislative.
First DMrlct TIIOMS ,1 ltn N'OI 1)S.
Seinnd Dlstrli t -IllllN S( 1111 I. It, .lit.
Third Ihstri.t-l.llW MID .IAMI S, Jit.
lumtli District I. A PHILIIIN.
Next Kntuiri.iy's Tilbttnu will con
tnln the flint of a setlcs of letters by
I.ov. It. F. Y. Pierce Ue-jcilblns his
vMt to the oi Id's Christian Kn
deiivor com entlon nnil subsequent
plensutc tour of the continent. The
series will be Illustrated tttul will un
doubtedly ioe a most lntet ostitis
ami lnstiuctlve featutc.
The Danger Behind Bryan.
The Tribune, as well as eiery person in the
I'luteil Mate, Mios that it will be utterl lin
insiblp to pi a fiee siller coini(:o lull within
the next four jcirs, if a Democratic president
and fortress were elected this fall. buanton
'iinici.
IV THIS Wi:ni3 TriUE, the coun
try Mould not owe It to William
Jennings Rryan or the Demo
cratic patty. They have dono
their best to fix things so a free coin
figo bill would pass. That they would
pass one if they could K evident from
their latest national platfotm, which
conspicuously says:
We reaffirm and indorse the prin
ciples of the National Democratic
plotform adopted at Chicago in 1800,
nnd wo teiterate the demand of that
platform for an Americnn financial
system made by the American people
for themselves, which shall restore
and maintain a bimetallic price
level and, as part of such system, the
immediate restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver nnd gold
at the piesent legal ratio of 10-to-l,
without waiting for the aid or con
sent of any other nation.
In the light of this positive declara
tion let us examine the Mntement of
the Times based upon the assumption
(a very dlflicult one, we confess) of
Hi. van's election. Wo will assume,
further, that in spsaklng of the elec
tion of a Democratic congtess the
Times means a Democratic house. Of
cout.se, If the Democrats elected presi
dent, house nnd senate It needs no ar
gument to pioe that they could nnd
would pass a ftee coinage bill at 1G to
1. If they kicked, llryan would whip
them into lino ns he did at KaiiMis
City.
Last March tho currency bill passed
the senate by 17 majority. A change
of nlno ote.s Mould have defeated It.
The fteii silver people have already
captuicd two of those nine henator
ships by electing lilnckburn in place
of Lindsay of Kentucky and Foster In
place of C'affeiy of Louisiana. They
need now to capture but seven senators
to have contiolof the senate. Within
the next thioe vents Kansas, Mon
tana. Kentucky, North Carolina, Idaho,
Nebraska, Womlng, Maryland and
Colorado must chose stmators for seats
now held by sound money men. In
four of these nine states. Kentucky,
North Carolina, Nebraska and Mary
land, tho chances appear to favor the
ftee silver people while In three others,
Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, the
nddh of battle ate apparently even,
Capturo of these states by the free
silver foices Mould put them In com
mand of the senate, as Mould Demo
cratic success In three of them as
well as In Indlann, Illinois, Michigan
nnd Wisconsin. Should they fall by
'tie or two votes to secure a senate
majority nt the elections there uie al
ways In the membership of the senate
enough men subject to manipulation
to piece out a eloso vote whenever the
administration Imperatively needs a
majoi Ity.
lit Jan's election would nlmost cer
tulntT ine&n a Democratic house nnd
Denwcratlc guins In th senate. This
nouW hotjf over the business Interests
of t)x cjijjntiy the monace of free sil
ver legislation as a result of patronage
maneuvering from tho white house
evem-though the blow Itself might not
actually descend. And uncertainty Is
frequently as damaging as a danger
fully4 revealed,
Speakin?; of the conitltutlon, where
abouts In that document do the Demo
crats: find their warrant for proposing
to maintain a protectorate over nn In
dependent Filipino government?
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Artrtrchy's Oreatcst Nursery.
THK ASSASSINATION of
Garfield is generally at
tributed to the fierceness r,f
factional quarrels which
bredftn atmosphere favorable to In
sanity. The death of President Car-
not of France, the stabbing of the
empress of Austria and now the shoot
ing 6t King Humbert of Italy are
tracsjlble to similar causes. The de
tails Jri!fter. but the fundamental In
citement Is the same, overwrought
nerves working on distorted and un
balanced mlnd3 t'dv prompt the com
mlsslpn of- diabolical crime, Whether
the theme of demagogtsm be partisan
rancor or sqclal envy the result In
either case Is exaggerated statement,
roajlcious falsification, heatApasslon
and finally violence. Americana upon
the whole nre better safeguarded
asrnlnst excesses, have a more whole
some Honso of humor and take less
seriously the staccato notes of dema
goslsm than do the majority of the In
habitants of lluropc; but everywhere
the danger Is gtowltiR and It behooves
the people of this country to hnvu
care.
Take, for lnstancp, the license of
criticism, defamation and caricature
of public men exercised by the yellow
ptess of our land, especially the papers
which are always howling against the
corporations, tiusts, octopuses, banks,
etc., and professing to bleed nt evety
poro for the downtrodden and op
pressedthe harpy press that fattens
upon the misplaced confidence of the
public what Is It doing, day after day,
but laying the foundations for an
archism and Insanity .In the United
States? It harms no well balanced
mind, but think of the iolson It In
jects Into minds that nie only half
Hedged, think of the groat sub-strata
of class prejudices and envy and hnte
and malice that It Is Implanting, think
of how this vicious work crops out In
tlmts of labor disturbance as at St.
Louis, when women and children nrs
not spated by the maniacal mobs that
upheave Into temporary power.
Yet many people of iespectablllty
and Intelligence look upon this kind of
flashy and frothy sensational Journal
Ism which succeeds In circulating It
self simply by virtue of its audacity
and utter lack of lestialnlng scruple
os the quintessence of newspaper
smartness, and confer their pationage
upon it without a thought of the consequences.
The Tribune, which proclaimed with much
o(lfiroumss that the currency question was
settled last March by the passage of i cold
standard measure in ronnrcM, Is now as low!
ill its claims that the currency issue is the one
important and paramount Issue before the coun
try. The Times.
Who could have foreseen last March
that the Democratlo patty, in spite
of the overwhelming evidence of tho
nation's unexampled prosperity
achieved In Hat contradiction of all Its
dlieful prophecies four yeais ago,
would this year re-assert Its deter
mination to force 10 to 1 on the coun
try? nilltarlsm.
flVIE OltATOU of tho day on
this years' programme of
-A. graduation exercises at
West Point was that ac
complished and sterling American,
General Mandetson, of Omaha, who
briefly ridiculed the hallucination now
formally endorsed by the Democratic
partj, that the American people are
In danger from "militarism." In the
pieparatlon of his speech the general
compiled with gteat caie from official
sources a number of statistical tables
which ho has since made public
through the Now Yoik Sun and which
illustrate most forcibly what little sub
stance thtte lg In the Democratic con
tention upon this subject. His first
table, which is devoted to the ptopor
tlon of soldiers to population in the
different counttles of the wot id, Is as
follows:
I Army in "o. soldiers
l'uce to each 1,000
Population. In 1MW. Population
France fr,M7,n0S tlO.iai II 00
C.irminy S2,27O,'i01 57,0i3 1130
Aitrla-ll ... 41,27.5UO 352,421 k 10
Uus.ia li,002,17.t SM.0OO HI)
Tin ley 8J,0'A7s7 213,010 0 .M
llulj 2'),Vi',7S) SJl.C-O 10SO
(.rent rtrltaln .. S7.SiSlin 2M 313 " ')
United Mutes .. 7'i.ll,llil Wi.OLR) .o0
Population. Ami Tn I'res't War.
Orcat Urltaln.. 37S4!'J Cm,ll H 2i)
Plated Mites .. 75,OHO,OnO 100,0(10 1 11
Note -Dim population of tho I'liitid Stales in
1M0 was C2 (jJJ,2i0. For tho purpose ol the
tables it is e-tlinated at 73 000,000 The per
ml'slble rcRular anm until duly 1, 1901, Is 6.1
000. The ptrml'sille lolunleer army Is 35,001;
actmlli now Sl.VMi to bo reduced next eat,
under ejlstlnc law, to 27,111 niju'ais, and the
entire lolui tcer force to be discharged
General Manderson points out from
these figures that In France and Ger
many, which arc always cited In talks
about mllltatlsm, there are from 14 to
14.3 soldiers to every 1,000 of popula
tion. In Italy there ate 10.8 soldleis
to every 1,000 Inhabitants. In the
United States In US9, when the army
consisted of 65.P00 men, thete was only
a ft action .SO of one soldier to ter
rify, overawe and grind under the Iron
heel of "mllitailsm" every 1,000 Ameri
can citizens. When the Insuneetlon
bioke out In the Philippines permis
sion ns glien to Increase the army
of 03,000 togulars by 35,000 volunteers,
maKitur tne total American loice iuo,-
000 men, spread over an urea that,
from extteine limit to extiume limit,
half encltcled tho woild. Taking this
population of the country still at 73,
000,000, that makes one soldier and not
quite a tl I of another to overawe
each l.O'iO e' i i American population.
Hut, unlf ' ' iTress amends the pies
ent law, the i egul.tr army will, on July
1 next, bo reduced to 27,451 men and
tho volunteers dismissed altogether.
Then we will have about a quarter of
one soldier to overawe a thousand
Amei leans, or one full soldier to hold
4,000 Amei leans squirming In his
mailed hand. That Is the kind of a
"mllitailsm" goblin, General Mander
son says, that will "git jo if you don't
watch out." General Manderson's sec
ond table shows "the proportion of sol
dlers In the different countries In the
world to tho area In square miles of
those counttles. It Is as follows:
Soldlen So,
Area to miles
in Army each lo
s. In n. each
miles. peace. mile, soldier.
Franee .... 201,177 810,403 f.o ,,17
Germany. . 2U.105 .W.0.13 2.7 .35
Ausllgy .. CC1.591 352,421 l.s .57
Itussla ....8,f 00,19.1 s 10,000 0.13 9 00
Turkey ....1,062,543 213,010 0 12 7.70
Italy 110,4C4 32t,B! 2.0 ,S
fit. Ilritain 120, )71 2W,33 2.1 .48
U'd States. 3,C02,8S1 65,000 .013 55.10
Area in Army In
square present
miles. war.
U'd States. 3,002,1 100,000 ,028 38 00
fit. Urltaln 120,073 503,101 4 1 l
From this table It appears that with
an army of 63,000 men, ns It was in
1899, a soldier had to spread himself
over more than fifty-five square miles
to do his share toward devastating
the country with "militarism," while
even with the army at 100,000 men,
each soldier has thirty-six square
miles of land to cover. If tho army
Is .reduced to 27,451 men, each tsoldler
will have the task of making the Iron
chains of "mllltatlsm" clank over an
area of something like 100 square
miles and will have to keep about 4,000
American citizens under the galling
"militarism" yoke. General Mander
son's third table Is devoted to the war
budget) of the different countries, with
refnenco to their population and the
amount per cnpltn It costs the people.
The table Is as follows:
War Amt
of per
Population War b'c't tin's;, cap'a
France .T,517,P03 t12.1,Mi,ftSl lb'8 .1.20
(lirmany . . r.2.27'l,(ll 111 UI.S'iO 1HH 2 TO
Austria !! . II.SJT.WIO frt.O'J.OH 18'I7 2 OS
Itusala i2,W.1M HM0.1')1 ISM 115
Turkey 33,VJ,787 IP.Wl.'M 1807 s9
Italy Z'l.MW.Tt.j 41 CIW.OOI IS'H 111
tit. Urltaln .. 37.MU19 NI.1S2.7V1 1W7 2 ,.
Unitid Males. TWW.OOO 61 0M.W7 Id'ii i.s
It will be observed from this table'
that while each French citizen pays
J3.20, each German J2.T0. each Austrian
$2.0.1 nnd ench subject In Great Urltaln
12.32, AmerlcntiR get "militarism" at
a net cost of C8 cents per head What
a menace to the pepetulty of our free
Institutions!
Why does not The Tribune take up the ques
lion ol sliierj, the I oundary line dispute of
1841, or any other plank or planics or Issues of
tho political parties of the past" It would fcenc
its purpose Just nl well as fne allier 'The
Times.
We are dealing now with the Demo
cratic platform of the present jear of
grace, adopted less than a month ago,
by aid of tho vote of Hon. L J
Lynott, delegate from this district to
tho Kansas City convention. It
specifically and defiantly reafllrms the
demand of the Chicago platform for
the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver nt the ratio of 18 to 1
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation. T)ie Democracy's
past Is fully as Interesting as Its pres
ent but It is Its present menace to the
country's prosperity that concerns
those who will ote next November.
When one considers how readily,
flagrantly and often effectively the
supposed civilized correspondents pre
vailcate in the pieparatlon of news
from China, it is little wonder that
the Ignorant masses of the flowery
kingdom have been aroused to deeds
of violence by the Chinese agitators
who are said to be much more exper
ienced In keeping the truth at a
distance.
A big pow wow of the Ohio Democ
racy is announced to take place at
Toledo today. The chief speaker Is to
be John I'. Altgcld, of Illinois, the
friend of anarchism. It will be Inter
esting to lentn what he shall have to
say and 'how the conservative Demo
crats of the country, if any are left,
will relish sitting at the feet of such
a demagogue for counsel and Instruc
tion. Mr. Urynn Is making many promises
these days. Mr. Bryan no doubt
realizes that he Is safe In making al
most any kind of a promise that Is
not to be fulfilled until after his elec
tion. Most of the ladles who have criti
cized the marriage of Lady Kandolph
Churchill and young Mr. West belong
to the class that has neglected to try
the experiment with a husband of any
age.
The man whose stature grows after
each development In the Chinese sit
uation Is the American secretary of
state, Hon. John Hay. Most assured
ly he Is the man for the place.
It now looks as though Lord Rob
erts might be able to arrange affairs
In South Africa In time to tako a hand
In the settlement of business In China
If necessary.
If the currency question Is settled,
why do tho Democrats continue to ad
vocate 16 to 1?
Proposed Changes
Should Bryan Win
from a Washington Letter.
A
COMBINATION of the declara
tions of the Kansas Olty plat
foim and the personal state
ments of Mr. Hryan, concerning ques
tions of national importance, produces
11 horoscope for the count! y that Its
voteis will be slow to Indorse at tho
polls in No ember.
Porto Rico would either be erected
Into a tertltoiy or turned adrift to
shift for itself, with a pronounced
leaning toward the policy of abandon
ment. The Republicans ate chaiged
with enslaving and Impoverishing tho
island notwithstanding the fact that
this year's volume of business there,
both In Itnpoits and exports, Is about
100 per cent, larger than It was last
year.
Cuba would be abandoned at once.
All ofllclals, both civil and military,
would be withdrawn, and the Cubans
would be told to work out their own
future. Furtheiniore, this country
would have to trust to the honor and
ability of a government not yet creat
ed for lepayment of the money loaned
and spent for the benefit of that
Island.
The mutually Jealous tribes of the
Philippine archipelago would be given
a stable native government without
tho employment of force. How this is
to be done Is a detail too simple to be
qxplalned. The foielgn population
would look to the Filipinos for pro
tection. The United States, without
any rights on land, would use the navy
to protect the natives from Kuropean
aggiession and would take their part
In Kuropean quarrels. It Is worth
while to notice also that when the
Democracy Is talking about the
Filipinos, It Insists that they should
bo treated ns the Cubans are, and
when speaking of Cuba It arraigns
the conduct of the administration In
Cuba as being burdensome, wrong and
Imperialistic.
It Is demanded that the United
States take some formal action toward
stopping the war In South Africa.
How this Is to be done Is nnother un
important detail which tho country rs
asked to leave to the wisdom of the
man whom Mr. llryan may select for
secretary of state.
An army of 65,000 or 70,000 men we
are told Is entirely too large for a
little nation of 75,000.000. Less than
one soldier for every 1,000 of Inhabit
ants Is a threat and menace to the
perpetuity of free Institutions, and we
are told that an era of militarism Is
threatened. The Democratic candi
date would protect the country from
Internal disorder and external ag
gression with Hryan Soldiers' clubs.
The country Is told with words of
prophetic solemnity that unless llryan
REV. DR. FREDERICK BROWN.
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This photograph shows the Reverand Doctor PreJerick Urown, the world-known Ameri
can missionary to China, as he appears in the pulpits of th nvssion cli irv'ie 1 1 ousjhout
the land of the Dragon Dr. Brown's friends are apprehensive for his safety, as he is known
to be entirely Ignorant of fear.
Is elected In November theie will !.?
no more Fourth of Julys, so It can be
seen that the matter Is getting ser
ious. Then there Is to be a good deal of
wiping out all along the line. Trusts
and business combinations are to be
wiped out; the Dlngley tariff Is to be
wiped out; the gold standard Is to bo
wiped out; national banks are to be
wiped out; injunction by the courts Is
to bo wiped out, and the paity of Lin
coln Is to be wiped out. No encour
agement is to bo given to foreign
trade. Hut the cheap products of
Europe and Asia, made by cheap la
bor, are to come Into our markets
under a tariff for revenue only, not
protection, and they will destroy our
home Industries nnd make American
labor as Idle as It was under the
Democratic administration of Presi
dent Cleveland.
These nre some of the serious
changes promised by the Trl-partlte
candidate for the presidency.
POLITICAL NOTES.
W. O Nicholas, the newspaper correspondent
nho is writing letters for a syndicate of paper!
of all political shades on the political condi
tions which reveal themselves to him In tlie
course of a tour of the debatable stitej has re
cently spent considerable time in Indiini.
AmonK other things he reports: "Tho antl-lm-perlallst
'paramount Issue' is not treated serious,
ly hy Indiana Democrats, it is given no eon
tideration whatever in Kentucky, and 'frets the
laugh' in Indiana. 1 he (Herman American ele
ment is important only in a few spoU in In
diana, notably Kvansville and Indianapolis There
come effort is being made to brin tho iasue
into prominence, but without success. The Oer-man-Americans
who live in this rart of the
countrj do not enthuse over the proposition 1
They are an muth at'jlmt 'empire' as they are
anywhere else In the United States, but aie
too intelligent to be befoRfed on the practical
questions which confront the adnilnUtratlon.
They understand that whatever lniy be the ulti
mate disposition of our colonies, it is primarily
necessary to enforce the national authoiity ovrr
every inch of territory under the merican flasr.
That kittled, the que.tlon of the measure of
liberty to be accorth'd our new population can
be determined on merit. The Geinien-American
understanding of this phase of the question ap
pears to be cjulte as well defined is it is in
thate whote parentage is wholly American and
whose American ancestry extends back to the
grandfathers. I fall to discover the slightest
ahrm on the part of the German Americans of
Indiina over tho sifety of the republic on ac
count of the administration's efforts to establish
the authority of the United States in anv terri
tory acquired in consequence of our war with
Spain. They will insist on beln? heard when
It comes to the final fixing of our relations
With the new celonies, but it Is very evident
that the foreign born citizens are quite as
strongly grounded as the native in the deaiie
to first firmly establish our auth rl'y. I And
only one expres.,lcn on this point, and have luen
nt no little pains to pet at the real feeling of
the element upon which the Democrats are niaU
ins strong play Clearly, the antl-imperlalist
plank of the Kansas City platform U not mak
ing a hit in Indiana. Conservative ltepublicans
who were attracted by it have been driven back
into the ranks of their own organization by
the 16 to 1 IsMie and the foreign born voters do
not warm up to the proposition."
General Paul Van Per Voort, of Omiha ami
Cuba, who (or some time was a leader of the
middle-of-the load Populists, and an enthusias
tic worshipper of Mr Dr.van, has changed his
tunn He now va.vs: "I regard W, J. llryan ai
the mo4t intolerant and tiannieal political bo
In the nation. He is ungrateful, dictatorial and
simply believes in ilijan, and compels, every
one to how before his Josahouie. He Is wedded
to no political principle lie will abandon an
issue as toon as he goes down to d-Ioat under
its banner Ho was Mist for free trade, then for
free silver and now for anti-imperialism. If he
loses it will be something else. Another thin?,
I am an American sir Dr.van seeks to consoli
date under his banner the foreign vote of this
nation, the Catholics on the issue of imperial
ism and the abandonment of all the islands vvt
have captured, and the Protestant foreigners on
the opposition to the Increase ot the regular
army and military rule. He believes If he
can do this that with the solid Bouth he cin
win I will not support a prctenled icfcrm can.
dldatc who is supported by Tammany hall, the
Mormons, the ballot-bcx stuffers, anarchists and
all the wild-eyed elements who believe In no
government at all He supports Goebellsm and
favors laws that disfranchise the people of the
couth, and 11 he was elected his administration
would be in the hinds of the worst element in
the country. In regard to the Doers, I am a le.
acendant of the oldest Dutch family that set
tled Manhattan island A man of my name was
the fifth married on the island, and I am in
full aympathy with the Dots. Had I been pres
ident I would have intervened Hut the Drjan
shouters scream about any entangling alliance a
or interference with any foreign nation, and
when they take bieath they demand that our
government shall do so In the case of the Doers.
They are rot slnvre; it la simply campaign
thunder I believe the British empire will find
IU grave in South Africa and India and neatly
all Its colonial possessions will be independent
in less than twenty five jean, and that the Unit,
ed States should take every advantage to in
crease her trade and made this tho dominant
nation of the woild. Therefore, on the single
Issue of expansion and the development of our
trade, I declare in favor ot Mclvlnley and Roose
velt, and I am glad Itooiovelt Ij my kind of
Dutch."
"It Is well for Carl Schurz," says the Chicago
Times-Herald, "that he has a just reputation
throughout the United States for impeccable In
tegrity or the special pleas he lias been making
in behalf of Agulnaldo would create a most
painful suspicion of a contingent retainer. As
it is Mr. bchun is regarded ss a man who
would rather be singular than be right, who
would rather believe Filipino Ilea than ths truth
tpld by Dewey, Andersen, Merrltt, Otis, Worces
ter, Taft and every other American officer or
civilian who has visited the Philippine and Is
familiar with the facts." Th's ihir rebuke is
elicited by Mr, Schurz's challenge for the cita
tion In the history of the world of a "single
act ot perfidy committed by any republic, more
Infamous than that which Ins been committed
bj President Mclv'lnlej's administration against
our Filipino allies."
Imports of domestic products have been as
follows:
Fiscal Year. Amount
ISM MiiMIO 2M
1101 tll.Mll, 711
ISO! ,. 77y.Til.IGO
1S01 517.51MM
ISO! f,9,21.j,M9
isoj cu.ooj.oji
mi Mt.'jnj, i4
117 GID.til.ilJ
1303 S0l,Slh,Vl
1M7) , "l'),S0O,07C
1900 7tu,.131,7U3
The articles whose values are Included in the
above tible are ciltlc, hogs, provisions, bread
stuffs, cotton, and mineral oils Nearly all nre
farm products, and firmcn will notice tint the
exports were less duiin the list Democratic ael
ministration than during the preceding and fol
lowing Republican administrations. Why go
back to Democracy?
"A Mechanic" who is vouched for by the New
York Sim writes to that paper: "I am a Demo
crat nnd cast my frjt vote fcr Grovcr C'evc
land and tariff reform in 1S02. At that time I
was receiving 2 00 a diy and working tluec
dajs a week, but in lfo.) my wages were re
duced and I was thrown out of emplojmtnt for
nearly a year and a half. In the face of this
fact I voted for Dr.van in l6(i, and continued
voting the Democratic tickets In hopes of a
change for the better In ls93 my wages were
increased to 1 75 per day and I have been ki pi
busy constantly, often working oveitime to help
out a rush in the factory. Sow, Mr. Klttoi,
with a wife and family to support, I have coin
to the conclusion that to vote for Dijan is but
to go back to the condition cvlnting in 1'C,
theriforc I bhall vote tho entire Republican
ticket. I know fifteen Democratic neighbors who
think as I do and will plate the cross on next
clectiun day In the cncle under the Republican
emblem. A dangcious ireilady requires a drastic
.remedy."
The imports and exports of I'orto Ulco for the
month of May, 1'JOO, were each about ICO per
cent, greater than for the corresponding month
of the jear lSf'J. This is the poverty and dis.
tieM to which the Democratic platform said the
RepulHcans had doomed the island.
The beauties of political nomenclature may be
seen from the fact that Maik Hanna is a "boss,"'
Cleveland for insisting on having his way was
"stubborn," but when Dr.van dictated the Kansas
City platform he was "firm." ,
A Derlin dispatch slates that the Germans are
hoping for the election of Itrjan and a Demo
cratic congress, in order to pnvent the passige
of the American ship subsidy bill at the nixt
action ot longrc&j.
THE BYE AND BYE.
A wee bird singe th to the soul
A sad, jet hop-ful lav.
That sweetens sonow's bitter dole
And drives despair avvaj;
Or when tho faint heart fainter grows,
And clouds obscure the sky,
Ho clnnts the sweetest notes be knows
Of sunshine, b.ie and be.
His blithest call in hut or hall,
His tniJcrest, twittered cr.v,
Hath this refiain for mortils all:
"The better bjo and b;e."
O gentlest bird, jour song I've heard
Through many stormy jearsj
It oft to hope my pulse has stirred
And stilled my coward fears;
Though farther far than 6un or star
The goal jou sing may seem
No sene of distance comes to mar
The magic of the dream
It weaves for me, till full and fiee
I trust Its Orphic crj-,
And dimly see the joy to be
My kingdom bje and bye.
Put wherefore ply the bje and bje
For ave? or, tell me this:
Why for the future 6lng or sigh
And count no present bllssf
Whin thus I queried, softly eamo
The answer, warbled low-!
"Hope is a present ioj-, a flame
That blcs-scs with its glovvj
And so I sing, heal under wilirf.
The dawn that drawelh nigh.
The fadeless morn that love shall brlnir,
The radiant bve and tj-c"
Den S. Parker, in Indianapolis Press.
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Particular Interest centers around
our $20 Thrte-Plcce Iledioom Suites.
And It is not dlfflcult to decide why
Thero Is something about each piece
which catches the eye and invites a
better acquaintance. Then construc
tion and finish are observed and com
parisons made. The decision generally
Is that these are better In evjrij way
than anytr'".iE ever offered at the jvlcs.
Hill & Connell
121 N. "Washington Ave.
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ALWAYS BUSY.
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Augii't sale summer shoes ore colnr. f5.00
nnsvta, 3M $4.CO ltusets, $2.50. Wholesale
and Retail.
Lewis &ReIHy
Established i833.
134-116 Wyoming Ave.
To the
Public
The recent fire having de
stroyed our store, we have
opened temporary quarters
at No. 137 Penn avenut,
where prompt attention will
be given to watch, clock and
jewelry repairing.
JjGSAll repair work left
with us before the fire is safe,
and will be taken care of at
our present store.
1ERCEEEAU MOMEii
The Hoot &
Cooeell Coo
Heating, Plumbing,
Ga? Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 Lackawanna Avenue
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
Uenerai Agent for tna Wyomlnj
Ulsirlat i-
DUPOHr
Wlnlnc, Mastlnir,Spo,rtln, H no.te.jii
nnd ILu rcepaum Ouemlin.
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lEXJPLOSiyES.
tulety 1'iis caps una .xploissi.
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JOHN 11. SMITH ti EON. - Plymouth.
W. E. MULLIGAN. - WIlKcs-Barre.
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rowra.
E. J. Sultan, the New York drug
gist, whose place of business is at the
northeast corner of 23rd Street and
Third Avenue, recently said of
Ripans Tabules: "If the sale in
creases as steadily as it has here, I
shall have to order in larger quantities.
They give universal satisfaction and
I predict a great future for them."
A new tty. pocket oonUloliur ikji xitiv tabitlei In nipr erta(wtU3ut rtus) lc now fr m!M mH
drutr rtoru-roft nm rrwTS Tliti loir onced koriliinintitvl forth nr an4 Moiomletl Owt douj
I of tne Are-rent ctutom (110 utUj) e&n be Md b fflfU tj eendhur ferlT-eiktceuU to Uu lUrut Ouuticuj,
OoxrAJTTi M. tt Brraoe buet, IWv 1 cV- a 1 Jul carton (wtimm) vtU for Ave cnu.
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INLET'S
Two Specials in
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iIFIIIIImS
To close the sea
son on two lines, we
will offer:
One Lot of 10
pieces Fine Figured
and Stripe, French
Pique at 23c a yard.
Former price, 35c.
One lot of 7 pieces
extra quality, Dres
den Figured and
Stripe French Pique,
at 25c a yard. For
mer price, 45c.
Full line of White
Piques from 15c up.
510-512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
55
wear
If you haven't the proper oflUe sup.
piles. Come In and give us a trial.
W, have the lareeat and most com
plete line of office supplies in North
eastern Pennsylvania.
If It's a cood thing, we have It. Wo
make a specialty of visiting cards antf
monogram stationery.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
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