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THE SGRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1900.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
rm.Mrnt-WIM.1AX! McKINIXY. ,,
X cc-I'rtsJleiit-T(li:OI)liRK KOOSHY.-I.T.
State.
fongres'men at-I.srtre OAMIMIA
A. allow,
Roni in ii. i t'Enui;m . ,,
Auditor ticneul-U. I). llARUr.NuT.IeClll.
County.
Congrcss-WIU.I XXt CONNM.U
.'iKifco-r.ronui: m xvatson.
Sheriff JOHN II I KIXOvvS.
Tntfiirei J. A fcClt XNTOV.
ni'trlct AttornevVv 11.1,1 AM P.. I.EVi 19.
I'rothcnotnrvtOllV COIT.I.AM). .
Clerk of Courli 1HOX1A8 P mSiniA
Iteconlcr of fieods KMIt, HOW.
Hester of Wllli-W K. IIPCK. ,
Jury CominlsslODer-MivVAIil) II. STUItr.ES.
Legislature.
rirt Distrlrt-TIIOMAS J. nr.VNOi.ns.
Second Diatrlit JOHN SCIIU'F.lt, JU.
Third Dlttrlct-EDWARf) JAMI'.S, J.
Pni.rtli IHslrlct P. A. 1'IItLIIlN.
It Is n singular coincidence that
Agulnaldo, Oom Paul and the Empress
dowager of China, all on the run, con
tinue to announce that they will fight
to tho last.
To First Voters.
IT HAS BCEN estimated that 3,
000,000 young men xlll bo eli
gible this year to cast their first
vote for pipsldcnt of the Unltfel
States. Thev will cast It for McKln
ley or Bryan. Vety few will care to
throw It away on a third party nomi
nee. Pour years ago President McKln
ley had a plurality of C01.S3I, which
was next to the largest ever polled;
yet It was not one-flfth of the first
voters' vote. This vote, If largely
massed for either McKlnlcy or Bryan,
will decide tho election. 'Why should
It bo given to McKInley and withheld
from Bryan?
We need not In answering this ques
tion tinvcisc the general Held of argu
ment for that will be done on many
occasions ere the polls clobe, having In
view voters of all ages. The young
man and tho old man are equally In
tel csted in a sound currency nnd a pro
tective tariff, those twin plllais of
buslnesH prospeilty which make pos
sible the- encouragement of tho one
and make secure the savings of the
other. They are equally Interested In
the enlaigement of commerce, In the
multiplication of Industries, In short
In the maintenance of the fortunate
economic and social conditions now
piev.ilent, thanks very largely to tho
beneficent and conservative principles
of Republican administration.
But It Is the young man who Is more
especially Inteiestcd In the standing of
bis countty among the nations of tho
earth; who Is eager to see her prest'g
rated highly on foreign soil, who
wishes to be able to point with pride,
when a sojourner In foielgn lands, to
the Hag of tho land of his nativity and
to feel that his children may have a
civic birthright of which they ncd
never feel ashamed. To the old man.
tottering to the grave, this Is not noe
essailly n matter of Indifference, but
he thinks less of such things; his
thoughts are fixed elsewhere. The old
man, with vitality ebbing, Is Inclined
to be cautious, timid, often pessimistic.
He looks back to tho days of his youth,
when tho pulses were active and tho
heart was hopeful, and those tlme
.seem better to him than tho times
and conditions mound him now. He
Idealizes the pabt and undervalues the
piCFent. He does not think It possible
for the young men who were recently
only children lldden upon his knee to
take hold of the complex problems of
today as he In his young manhood
tackled the dlillcultles of an earlier
generation; and so his tone becomes
appiehenslve, over critical and fearful.
On physical grounds we can under
stand why perhaps a majority of our
elders are conscientiously doubtful of
or opposed to the new steps toward
larger and broader national life taken
under the expansive policy of PresI
dent McKInley. It Is In the nature of
things that some of them should ob
Ject to Innovations; that their prefer
ence should be icglstered for peace,
quiet and Isolation, even though at a
sacrifice of prestige, dignity or duty.
But on no such grounds could we ex
pect the stalwart youth of our land
to espouse a coutsc of crawllshlng out
of responsibilities. They live with the
world befoie them. They have careers
to"make; opportunities to pursue, the
prfile and strength of vigorous man
hood t- exercise and vindicate. Are
thy tq follow Bryan In a policy of
flag-hauling and bcuttle? Do they want
toclose the door of American oppor
tunity In the Orient and hand the key
over toa.,cInnamon-facod adventuier
like Agulnaldo?
The young men of the country
should feel a peculiar Interest In the
lesults of this campaign. If the seeds
of folly are to be sown, It is they who
must reap the fruits. If this nation Is
to listen to evil counsels, and depart
from the path of duty and progiess
that It has kept for over a hundred
yews, If it Is to adopt a policy of re
action, if It is to stoop to dishonor, if
It. Is to pass Into the throes of class
warfare, the baneful results will fall
with greatest weight, not upon the
present, but upon the generations that
ar to come. The vast army of young
inejj who ore to cast their first presi
dential votes this fall should thereforo
tak$ an nctl-e part In the struggle
now In progress. To secure this result
the First Voters' Ttepubllean National
League has been formed, and lb en
gaged In organizing the first voteis In
all the states. The plan of the work
is as follows; Each local league, xvhen
organized, shall arrange for regular
meetings, appoint a committee on
membeishlp whose duty It shall be tu
'lake a nysteinatlc canvass of the first
voters, that tho lenguo mny Imvo upon
Its rolls the name of evety Ilepubllcim
first voter In tho community; elect a
captain, who shall lead the members
ns they march In parade?, and attend
meetlnpfl, and on election day sec to It
that every man casts his vote. In ad
dition to Its own work the leacut?
should be teady to give active assist
ance to the regular party organiza
tion. It Is of the greatest Importance
that the Hist voters throughout tho
land should take up this work. Such
action on their part will not only help
to win a victory In tho present cam
paign, but it will do much to prevent
a renewal In tho future of the attack
that Is now being made upon tho very
foundations of republican government
on this continent.
The plntform of the New National
party organized at Carnegie Hall the
other night Is a. peculiar mixture of
good and bad lesolutlons.
B. B. Odell.
IlKPt'HUCAN nominee
I for
for governor of New York.
JL Benjamin H. Odell, began
his political career as ar
opponent of "the machine" but being
a man of uncommon common sense he
speedily saw tho necessity of organiza
tion In politics, turned his tnlents to
the devblng of n better system of or
ganizing the voters of his party and
was so successful that the Republican
plurality In Newburgh, his native)
city, Increased nine times; Orango
county, his native county, was con
verted from a doubtful county Into n.
Republican stronghold, and the Seven
teenth congressional district, of which
it formed a part, wn3 swung from the
Democratic Into the Republican col
umnall of this mainly owing to the
Impetus of Odell's executive nblllty
and energy.
Mr. Odell was a candidate for gov
ernor In 1S06 but Frank Blaek beat
him out. Odell then took the chair
manship of the state committee, of
which ho hnd been a member since
1804, and so honoraoie, elllclent nnd
sagacious has ho shown himself In that
position that not a voice was lifted
or a vote cast against his nomination
to succeed Covcrnor Roosevelt. Slnco
boyhood he has been what tho profes
sional reformers call a "machine" poli
tician; next to Senator Piatt he has
for several years past been 'the lead
ing director of the Empire state Re
publican organization. Yet tho fac
tional opponents of Piatt are made
happy by Odell's nomination. Not one
of them has objected to It. Not one of
them will Eulk now that It has been
made. The Republican party In New
York state, however It may be div
ided in municipal and legislative dis
tricts, Is for governor, president and
congressman practically a unit.
To what do we nscrlbe this remark
able unanimity on sovcrnor, especially
following tho widespread belief that
Colonel Roosevelt xvas put on the na
tional ticket for the purpose of get
ting him away from Albany nnd of
.ubstltutlng a more plastic man? We
can see no other explanation than that
Mr. Od"ll must be a man of very ex
ceptional merit, so sttong, straight
forward and trustworthy in character
that not even the enemies of Plattlsm,
83-calloJ, find It In their heaits to as
perse him or to call Into question his
pergonal honor. Now that the search
light Is to be turned ujion his past,
we shall doubtless soon know more
than has yet nppeated to casual ob
servers. But no man can talk long
with those who have had personal
dealings with Mr. Odell without dis
covering that their admiration of tha
man is very earnest nnd tenacious;
and when this Is true the conclusion
is obvious. Ho must be a big man.
As Rev. Mr. Dixon, of Stroudsburg,
Is now a full-fledged candidate for
congress, political opponents In that
vicinity will do well to have lightning
lods placed upon their houses ut once.
A Model Nominating Speech.
T
silicnr, ARE few men In the
unueu amies ueiier guiea
than ex-Governor Frank S.
Black, of Now York In the
knack of effective speech-writing. He
crowds columns Into sentences. His
speech at Saratoga nominating B. B.
Odell for governor was composed be
tween dawn and daylight on a i all
road train, yet it is a gem. We quote
from it;
Ihu ghost of antl-ltiipcilallsm which stalks to
and fro betwein Lincoln, Neb., and llloomiugton,
III., with occasional manifestations in Binton,
la not and cannot be made an Kue. lids coun
try Is and aluujs has lucn committed to the poll
cy of growth, and it cannot In ueied from that
policy by mcie siare-crons scattered aionn the
way. In that policy are imolted the' came of
ciUlizatton ami American piogrcss, and the He
publican part) stands for both.
Tho issues now are as thej were In ISOfl. They
were then met and understood, and, ns coinpUtcly
as the fepiuish lire t ut Sjiitlato, lhe. were sunk
or run ahore. The Democratic pji t n that
time has been engaged In piia; son u. turn
oil the rocks and trying to make V. i C it.
That will never be done. Those Usii i i 1 n ur
be seaworthy again, and if the; are the incriian
people will not embark on them while they have
fluttering at their mastheid flags with the Dtmo
(ratio in-c riptiona of dlsoidcr, disappointment
and despair.
That party seems never to understand the tem
per or intelligence of tin people. It has en
deavored in every campaign for forty jcars to
make the discarded heresies of the preceding cam
paign presentable by Joining a live heresy to the
old dead ones. It seems to believe that the
voter would be glad to embrace the rankest kind
of heresies, if he can only get them in quantities
large enough. The people arc themselves, In
some measure, responsible for this belief, for in
16Ui, without provocation, the) permitted thim
selves to stumble and fall over us glaring a hereby
as ever befogged a child. They committed one
of the most Inexcusable blunders in the politics
of this country, and, as In near!) ever) cote, the
mistake was largely paid for by those who did
their best to prevent tt At the first chance that
blunder was coirccteil ana 1 prophesy that the
day of Its repetition is remote
There are but few things new under the sun
and the discover) of a safe piinclple b) the Dem
ocratic part) la not among them. Hut it is net
by principles alone that the success of the Itr
publican party has been achieved. T lie? best of
causes may fail If they have not also the best ot
representatives. The successful advocate of a
cause is o faithful that he would din for it, but
to strong that he docs not have to, and the rate
and almost unbroken fortune of the lie publican
party has been that whenever the emergenej hat
arisen, no matter how tempestuous the course,
there wat ahrajt a pilot who cotdd tteer It and
bring the ship to port without throwing the cargo
overboard. We have already selected the pilot
tor the national craft. He has been over the
course once. He hat steered with tuch precision
ami skill that even in the turb. lence that hat
surrounded him he hat gained the confidence of
lili. fellow citizen, and increased his own renown
to a degree almost without ctample,
Tho dutj - tills teembly It to telect a pilot
for a ahortcr course, but our waters which are
never smooth, and often dangerous, and I regard
It at a, lien full of encouragement and hope that
the man to whom, with general aciord, the Ho
puhlloa'n party It about to turn Is one who coin'
hlnci In hla diameter the element of nubility
and courage which make the successful leider.
I believe that politic should bo as honett as
the church. I believe that the let el of political
action Khould be to high that corrupt Influences
rin neither break It down nor defile. Hut I be
llee, too, that honeMy does not consist In pro
fession alone. Profeklon v.llhout fulfilment l
as dead as faith without works. That mm make,
a grievous blunder who believes that prrt Hiding
tu lialn(f done a thing Is the nine J. having
ilono It. What the Republican party atwavt de
minds Is one who believes that performance Is Iht
substance and profession the shadows that to dc.
and to be arc the great essentia' of human life,
and that to say is but a speck upon the moving
tide, and that Is why I hare conitel to present
tu you the name which It already In )uur mind.
This Is a model speech of Its kln.l
and true In every vord.
Bryan's sliver nromlsos of 1S9G con
tinue to be as vexatious to the pres
ent champion of nntl-lmporlallsm as
the "damned spot" on the hand of
Lady Macbeth.
Mr. Bryan will have eome consola
tion In defeat. He can consistently
claim to have broken all records as a
continuous campaign talker.
Offline Sttidies
of.fldman Naftir?
Anxious to Meet Him.
A IT.W MINUTES before the afternoon train
from Ji'cw- York got Into the Pennsylvania
station the other day, a beauteous joung creature
in a new cpring suit wafted herself ever to the
man stationed at the elt gate, and proceeded
to h)pnotlze him,
"Will jou please let me throuKhf' tho said
appculingly.
"Can't do it, miss; It's against the rules," bald
the man at the gate.
"But I do so want to meet him when hn gets
off," said the beauteous young thing, looking
Into the man's lace neirchiruly with her Im
ploring vloUt c.ves. 'x'And he will be 60 dis
appointed If I am not right at the car to meet
him when the train gets In. '
The man at the gate looked iround and hesi
tated. "Please," said the lovely young creature, rus
tling ber silk skirts nervously, and seeming to
hang on the gateman'j nod.
"Well, ma) he I cm tike a chance," said the
gateman, and he pulled It open and admitted her.
"S'poe she's only been matrlecl a little
while," reflected the gateman, "and ber hus
band's coming back after being away the first
time since they were spile il, and she wants to
hand him out the big hug befor he's moro'n
landed from the car steps. Well, I gues we all
have it thst bad, once in our Uvea, anyhow,"
and he looked tlioushtfully down the siding
where the radiant young creature ttood, impa
tiently tapping her foot
The train pulled In a couple of minutes later.
Tim toung woman van alongside the bsggago
car, and the haggagemaster handed ber out a
miseroblt little specimen et a stuck ur, hideous
murrled put; dog, which she took In her arms
and loaded down with caresses.
As she paisad out the exit fate with the mutt
In her anna, sh bestowed a bewitching; smile
upon tho gatemin.
"And I ws come on e-tgh to pass ber
through, and to weave pipe trances about the
reason wh she wanted to get through," raid the
gateman disgustedly to the station cop. "Say,
I don't belong here. 1 ought to be doin' spring
plow In' tsoinewhersl" Washing-ton Post.
The Meanest Hotel Man.
T Hi: XIHANKST specimen of a white man I
1 evtr met," said Leo Dooli at the Hotel
Alms last evening, "was an old fellow who ran a
hotel In an Interior town In Vermont. Ills
sun, who acted as clerk In the hotel, had Inheilt
ed Ids father's miserly eharscter nnd had been
discharged by the local hase ball club, for whom
he lnd officiated as official umpire, because he
was too stingy to give a man his base on balls.
"I arrived at the hotel one evenlnu and was
assigned to a room. I cpected to meet two
friends st the place in the morning, and wo
were all to travel toethr to this city. Aftr
breakfast I found that the mornini; newspaper
was kept behind the hotel counter and doled out
to the guests on request; the washroom was
locked tightly, the kev in pcaseviion of the clerk,
and the hotel penv and Ink were kept locked up
until asked for, lor fear ef wast. My friends
arrived about 10 o'clock that morning, and we
were to leavs on the 11 o'clock train. We tat
In the office to while the hour away, and a dis
cussion about the time oroe between my two
friends whose watch's varied a few- moments.
Pulling forth their timrrleces they eompsrrd
Hum with the hotel ofllce clock. J noticed
that the father and son, proprietor and clerk of
the hotel, were holding an animated whispered
conversation, and in a moment the father ap
proached my friends and saldi
" 'Excuse me, but are you geni'men stopping
at this house!'
" 'No,' said my friend, 'Just waiting for a
train.'
" 'Put her up, Jahc,' commanded the old mm,
"And the son solemnly mounted a chair and
burg the following sign, which he had hastily
prepared with a marking brudi, on the wall un
derneath the clock:
THIS CLOCK
IS 1 on
thi: usi: ok hufsts
OF THK
HO frX ONLY.
Watt Saw "Wrinkles.
TWO PS were arrested tome time ago on
tho charge of stealing a watch from a wo
man living in Nowbur? Detective Watt was
closeted with the two culprits In the detectives'
room at the erntral rollce station and tried to
extract dome information from them The boys
were brothers. One was i little fellow about
10 )eaia old, while the other was several jeari
his senior. Watt turned to the little fellow and
said:
"Now tell the truth. Where did ou get the
wateht"
"I stole it and gave It to my brother," said
the lad as he commenced cr)lmr.
Witt turned to the other boy nnd asked htm
what he had to say. The older boy commenced
protesting that his brothe,- was l)lng and that
lie had nothing to rlo with Hie watch.
Detective Watt turned to the little fellow and
sild: "Stick out )our ton,'iie."
The boy did so.
"Do jou see any wrinkles on your brother's
tongueY" Watt questioned of the larger boy. The
boy shook his head.
"Stick out )our tongue," said Watt to the
older one. He did so.
"M.v, look ut all the wrinkles!" said Watt.
That wat the iletectlve's modest method of tell
ing the bov that he was given to wild flights
of the imagination. Cleveland Leader.
Too Frank a Statement.
A CIOTHIN'O merchant in lower Proadwsy, New
'jork, had a big lot of suits of clothes that
he had bought at a bargain, and b) putting a
price of $13 on each he thou.-ht they would a 11
rapidly, for they were of exceptionally good
value for that money. He put ere of the suits
on a form and set It In front of his store with
a sign about Its neck which one of his smart
clerks had painted on a' piece of cardboard This
announced the price. Then he and Ids clerks
prepared to do a rudilna; business.
The hours passed and no one came In to buy
the suits. This cau.ed the merchant to wonder
and at length he determined to go out and take
a look at the sample suit and the sign This
It what he found on the tlgn: "These suits, f 13.
They won't last lrng." Pedeetrlini passing by
aw the sign and tinned at Its frankness.
The merchant tore the sign from the suit, and
the clerk who designed it started out to look
for another job.
Wrong Word but Right Sense.
A YOUNfl French woman here In town is teach.
Ing the rudiments ot her native language to
a ctM of women far past the school age. They
havo advanced so fir that now they are reading
the New Testament In t'rtnch. They haven t
read much of it, and tt the lost lesson It wat
Mrs. ttlank't turn to lead that Iutiiltn1 vr.o
which In (he 1'ngllsli version begins: "In my
father's house are many mansions." Mrs. Blank
read It over In her best accent. It ends, In tl
r'rench, I believe, with the word "demcures."
"Will )ou kindly translate It, please!" said
the teacher.
"Oh, certainly," answered Mrs. Blank. "1-1
don't quite remember how It goet In the English
Testament, but I'll Just put it Into tin best
English I can,"
And then the avtonlshed class gasped, while
Mrs. Blank read oft, eilbly as )ou plcaset
"In my father's mansion are many flats."
Omaha World-Herald.
"
The Publisher's D?sk.
"He that tooteth not his own horn
His own horn shall not be tooted."
T11EKF. IS NO nt'SINESS, no matter what Its
nature, that cannot bo benefited by Ju-
. dlclous advertising. To consult tin adver.
tlslng evnert costs money. The methods
he will recommend may be beyond your re-
sources. You are thus In the position ot tnc
man who knows he Is neglecting a means to sue.
cess, but Is pcwerlrss without capital,
Wc believe that ever) business man, no nnltcr
how small his place, ran test the value of ad
vertising. It need notbe In ony largo space, but
It should be rpcclflo wherever it Is put and what
ever the size. Experts lure cost )Ou nothing.
They are In the employ of )our home dally and
eime at jour request. ,
Publicity is what )ou want, whether )our are
a druggist, a grocer, a hatter, a lanndr)man,
a plumber, a confectioner, a milliner, a dress
maker, a shoemaker, a tailor, a painter, a
decorator, a real estate man, a commission mcr
chant, a banker, a fruit dealer, a tobacconist, a
milkman, a biker, a brewer, or whatever clso It
raiy be.
Let us take a calling that you hardly ever, If
ever, see In the advertising columns of a dally,
tho milkman, and let us teach him how to ad
vertise In a small way. Here Is the ad:
I keep ten Alderney Cows of the
finest breed
I tell the milk pure and sweet as
it comes from the udder.
I fruarantee the quality for the
sick and the well.
Persons who wish to bo eerved
write JOHN I1KACII,
Happy Valley Co.
Send for my references.
He pijs ten dollars o have this small ad
run
Ave weeks, once a week.
As a result of this he has two new custo
mers. We will say that he get only two, be
cause he hain't the nerve to run tho ad. six
inonth, which would he a proper trial. But he
wlls only enough to these two customers to net
him three cents profit a day en each. Perhaps
with cream It will iveragc a little more. Figure
this up for a )car and his profit on that ad. is
about $12. Tigure it up at the end of five years,
and the little ad. has netted him nearly JIM.
But the milkman tried the. ad. five weeks and
said It didn't pay. Yet these two custo
mers recommended him to two others, and they
sent him to four others, and In the end the
?10 Investment had brought him nearly $1,000.
Yet ho never credited the ad. with much ot ony
tlilmr. When )ou begin to advertise, do so In a small
way if jour means arc limited, but keep it up.
As one advertising agent puis it "keep ever
lastingly ot it" and )oti are liound to achieve
results. A little ad. can be changed as often
as a big one, and something new and taking
can bo advertised In a small spot of the paper,
where pretty soon people will begin to look
for It.
Wo will advise you as to how best to use a
small spoee, or will write jour ads. Come in
ana raiic it ever.
STRONG TALK BY HIBSCH.
A letter from Dr. Emll G. Hlrsch, of Clucago,
to I. Hlumenthad on the pending political situa.
tion has been made public. In it Dr. Hirsch
consldeis the present political situation at length.
He writes:
"I cannot make tp my mind, because some
details of my paitv's policy fait of my approval,
to confide the direction of the nation's affairs
t a paily v.hose fundamental principles on al
most every question ire diametrically opposed to
what I deem essential for the continued prosper
Ity of our countr). The cry of militarism cannot
frighten me; the day will never dawn when con
scription will be thought of or proposed or en
forced by any president of law in this republic.
"I do not like the position In which we find
ourselves with reference to the Philippine islands.
Hut calm ttudy of the matter has confirmed my
first impression that there was no helnlnr of the
difficulties unless we had resolved from the very
outset to lesvc the Philippines to their own fat?.
To do this would have been dishonorable. It
would have amounted to shirking a responsibility
for a situation which we helped to create. It
would have exposed every white resident of the
Island to tuch treatment as is now sccorded the
foreigners in China by the paity of Chinese Inde
pendence the Iloxera. Nor would our aban
donment of the Islands have led to their inde
penderce or to the greater hspplness of the peo
ple Sonic foreign power or other would speed
ily have sailed up the bay if under no other pre
text than that civilization demanded the cessa
tion of bloodshed which undoubtedly would have
ensued immediately upon the departure of our
trfoops.
"Thu Democratic platform does not declare
that wo have no duties In the islands. It as
sumes that we are responsible to the world for
the establishment there and alto for the con
tlnuanca of tho Independence of that government
from foreign aggression and Interference. I
could understand that we might declare our
selves for Immediate abandonment of the Islands
without further care for their government or fu
ture fate. Hut the scheme of our opponents
amounts to saddling upon us a responslbllty with,
out corresponding authority and without the pes
siblllty of protecting ourselves sgalnst the fol
lies or wickedness of the Phllpplne people. With
out the consent of the powers we csnnot establish
a protectorate If we do establish one without
the consent of the other powers we must be pre
pared to have our claim disputed and our desires
ignored. This will lead to Interminable difficul
ties. It will force us to be prepared to go to
war at any moment with any power, This will
open the door to the very militarism which uur
opponents so lustll) now deer)'. We should hava
to be ready to draw the aword in behalf ot tho
Philippine people without tho slightest right to
direct their attain in a J which will avoid
trouble with other nations.
"I see only one of two alternatives If we
hive no buMnesa In the Philippines then it is
not our affair to see to it that a stable gov
ernment lc established there and it li not ou
business to protect them or to hare any of their
responsibilities. If we have any business there,
then for our own sake It is essential mat our nu
thoilty thall not be les than our responsibility
For these reasons I agree with Senator Hoar I
prefer to trust MeKinlcy and Influence the policy
of my party later In a way to give the distant
Islands the best snd freest government possinie
I cannot trust a party that has been lndrumental
in forcing the adoption of the treat) In the
senate and now holda the president responsible
for doing his duty. That treaty made the
islands the property of the United States. The
president had under that treaty no choice but
to enforce obedience to the laws of the United
States. I cannot trust a party which Is so
anxious for the rights of tho Phllpplnes snd
tramples these sacred rights under foot In our
own land In the South. The consent of the gov.
erncd Is apparently not reouircd when the gov
erned aro nsgroes, I cannot confide in the prom
Ks of a party that would dishonor the faith of
our land and build upon a foundation of financial
insanity."
NUBS Or KNOWLEDGE.
A pet robin's ttartled try awoke Walter Sigler,
a farmer at Silver Mountain, X. Y., in time to
prevent burglart from tecurlng hit wallet snd
money. They had ransacked the house and
taken all the valuables they could find, but
alarmed the bird when they entered Slgler'a bed
room. An enterprising pisciculturist has Invented a
limidi with which he proposes to succinate
joung lobsters to protect them ogalnst a gTowtli
WHICH is isiai 10 uiiio triweaccuns. m vac
cinated lobster will hav a peculiar scar at the
base of Its tsil to distinguish him from his un
vaccinated brethren.
Not even the snow can claim immunity from
the tax collector. The Prince of Palermo, the
capital of Sicily, owes his wealth chiefly to tin
tnovr, of which he hat a monopoly. The snow
it brought In at night lit. baskets from the moun
tains .of Italy and It shipped to the towns and
sold fW refrigerating purines.
I'.vcry bone in the English srmy Is numbered
t !.. little history kept for it all to himself.
The number Is branded upon tho animal' hind
feet the thousands on the near hind foot, and
the unit, tens and hundreds on the ofl hind foot,
Thus the horse whose number It, say, R,3st, will
have an 8 on his left hind foot and 3.11 on the
other one.
At the present time the United States has
more warships tonnage under construction than
ever before In the history of the country In time
of peace. The new vcssclt building or authorlted
include seventy of all classes, 12 of which are
battleships, 0 armored cruisers, 9 protected tor
pedo boat destroyers, IS torpedo boats, 7 sub
marine gunboats and one lake gunboat.
A farmer In Clay county, la., has a bin con
tslnlng about 800 bushels ot wheat. About a
month ago he proposed to market the grain, but
on going to the bin ho discovered that a ben
had established her nttt on the wheat, wat set
ting there and that to remove the grain would
"break her up." He decided not to disturb her,
but wait until she came off with the chicks. In
the meantime the price of wheat advanced until
the farmer discovered lie bad gained over $1M
by allowing the hen to sit it out.
ALWAYS BUST.
You are Invited to our eleventh annual talc of
school shoes.
Lewis &Rellly
Established 1BRS. Wholesale and Retail.
1114-J 16 Wyoming Ave.
Hercereaiui
& Cooeell
Temporarily at
139 PENN AVE
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Hot Bamaged
Our full force of
workmen at work
again, as usual.
Watch Repairing
and all kinds Jewel
ry Repairing and
Engraving done
promptly.
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HOES
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When Troop A went
to the war every man,
so it is said, had in his
haversack a Rip an s
Tabule or a package
of them.
A d'sw style packet containing tm lerrms Tt
ng itor-rou m cshti. This low priced
Jma
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Trfibmiee's
Educattoaial
Corniest
The Tribune is going to give scholarships and other special re' '
wards to the ten persons who will be most successful and attain
the highest number of points in its Educational Contest. By schol
arships is meant a full course of study, paying the tuition charges
in each, and In the cases of the two leading scholarships, The
Tiibune will not only pay all tuition charges but will also pay the
board of the fortunate winners during the life of the scholarship,
covering four and three years respectively.
In addition to the ten special rewards, and fn order to com
pensate those who may enter upon this work and not be success
ful in obtaining one of these, The Tribune will give to
every one who succeeds in obtaining subscribers under the terms
of this contest ten (10) per cent, of all the money from subscrip
tions they may succeed in winning for It
All letters of inquiry should be addressed to "Editor of the
Educational Contest, Scranton Tribune, Scranton, Pa." The
Tribune will be pleased to answer any inquiries for additional in
formation and urges those Interested to write If in doubt on any
point
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SPECIAL REWARDS.
L Scholarship In W) online Semi
nary (I years) Including tui
tion and board $1,000
2. Scholarship In Kc) stone Acad
emy (3 ) ears) Including tui
tion and board Wt
S. Sohmer B-B Piano, Including
stool and scarf (on exhibition
at J W. Guernsey's, 311
Washington avenue) S5
i. Course In Piano Itstruction at
Scranton Conservatory of Mu
sic 73
S- Columbia Bicycle, Chalnless,
1000 mctdcl (on exhibition at
Conrad llrothcrs', Hi Wyo
ming avenue) ." 73
C. Scholarship In Scranton Business
College, commercial course... CO
7. Scholarship In Scranton Business
College, shorthand courts .. CO
8. Solid Gold Watch, lady's or gen-
tlemsn's (or, exhibition at Ku
gene Schlmpfl's, !U7 Lacka
wanna avenue) CO
0. Tele-Photo Cjcle Toco D. Cam
era, 4x3 (on exhibition at
the GrlRln Art company, 209
Wyoming avenue) 40
10. Ladv's Solid Gold Watch, or
Gentleman's Solid Silver
Watch (on exhibition at Lu
gtne Schlmpd's, 317 Lacka
wanna avenue) 1 30
$2,439
Each contestant falling to secure one
of these special rewards will lie given
ten (10) per cent, of all the money he or
she turns in.
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We have the largest and most com
plete line of ofllce supplies In North
eastern Pennsylvania.
If it's a good thing, wo havo It. Wo
make a speclulty of visiting cards and
monogram stationery.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers nnd Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
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The special rewards will bo glvtn to
the perrons securing the largest number
of points.
Polnta will be credited to conteatants
securing new subscribers to ths Scranton
iriuune ss follows;
rolnta.
One Months' Subscription..
Three Months' Subscription.
Six Months' Subscription...
One Year's Subscription ...
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, 1.23 3
. 2.50 0
. 6.00 12
The contestant with the highest num.
ber of points will be given a choice from
the list of special rewards; tht contetttnt
with the tecond highest number ot
points will be given a choice of the re
maining rewards, and to on through ths
litt.
Each contestant falling to secure a
special reward will be given 10 per cent.
of all money he or the turns in. A
All subscriptions roust be paid In ad- V
vance. Q
Only new subscribers will be counted.
Renewals by persons slrcady on our
subscription list will not be credited.
No transfers rsn be made sfttr credit
has once been given.
All subscriptions, and tho cash to pay
for tame, must he handed In at The
Tribune otrke within the week in which
they are secured, bo that papers may be
sent to the subscribers st once.
Subscriptions must be written on hlanlca,
which can he secured at The Tribune
office ,or will be sent by mall.
The contest will close promptly at 8
o'clock Saturday evening, September 20,
1000.
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INLEY
Good
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Will find our new line of
Fall Cheviots, Camel's Hair,
Pebble Cheviots, Vicunas;
Whipcords, Armures, etc.,
etc., worth looking over
styles and price being cor
rect. These in black only.
Broadcloths, Venetians, Plaid
and Stripe Back Cheviots, in
a full range of colors and
black.
Raieette
A new cloth which we now
introduce, and which being
thorpughly shrunk and spot
less, will prove an excellent
cloth for hard wear; in a good
range of colors, including
Silver and Oxford Greys
Brown, Blue, Etc.
All the new numbers in our
'Guaranteed Black Taffeta"
from 19-inch to 27-inch wide
at lower prices than ever, to
open the season.
540-512
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