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SCRANTON, OCTODER 4, 1900.
"republican NOMINATIONS.
National.
PresMent-WirXIAM McKINt.KY.
Vkc-rrcsIdcnt-lllCODOHK HOOSKVJit.T.
State.
Coiiprenienat-r.arRe nAI.USHA A. OHOW,
IIOIIKUT II. KOERDKRRII.
Auditor Oencral-L'. II. ltAuDKNIlERCIlt.
County.
Cor,Bre-v IM.IAU CONNKI.b.
.Iii(l(tc-Oi:oitOi: M. WATfcOX.
fcherllT JOHN II. FBM.OWS.
Treimirer-J. .. hCKAXTO.V. ,.,,,
District Atorncy-WII.MAM H. LEWIS.
1'rolliotiotiiri JOHN COI'Kf.AXD.
Clerk of Courts-TIIOMAS I'. DANtl'XS,
Hcconlcr of Dr-nh IIMU. IIONN.
ItcsWer of Wllls-W. K. IIKCK.
Jury Commlssloncr-iniWAIlU IJ. STUftCILS.
Legislature.
Tlrst Hllrlct THOMAS .!. HIIYXOMW.
h'ecoml DhtrlctIOIIX SCIIKMIR. .lit.
Third DMrlct-EIWAHD JAMK.S, Jit.
Fourth Uislrlvi-1'. A. I'llll.Bl.V.
"If there Is any one who believes
the gold standard is a good thing,
or that it raUBt be maintained, I
warn him not to cast his vote for
me, because I promise him it will
not be maintained in this country
longer than I am able to get rid of
it." Willam Jennings Bryan in a
Speech at Knoxvllle, Term., Deliv
ered Sept. 16, 1806.
"The party stands where it did in
1896 on the money question." Will
iam Jennings Bryan, Zanesville, O.,
September 4, 1000.
The Republican Nominee for
Sheriff.
FROM THE standpoint of party
harmony, It must be regarded
as an auspicious circum
stance that the Republicans
of Lackawanna county in the present
contest entered the lists of battle with
columns unbroken. The ticket named
at the recent primaries, by the free
and fair expression of the party will,
brings together all elements and former-
factions, and the union is a
genuine one founded on party loyalty
ard cemented by self Intmest. The in
terest of one becomes the concern o
all, and unitedly the advance is madi
upon the common imeiny.
Prominent on this tlev.et is found the
name of John II. Fellows, the people's
nominee for the office of sheriff. The
sheriff's office Is a citadel of political
power. Toward its capture tho Demo
cracy is bending: and will bend every
possible energy. Republicans are sum
moned to lesist witn proportionate
power. The outcom;, with respect to
this office, means more to them than
the success or defeat of any individual.
Its retention means party advantage
held and preserved: its loss would
mean the indefensible multiplication
of future political handicaps.
But, aside from any abstract ques
tion of party strategy, the nuninee
this year Is one whom nil Republicans
may well woik for on his own ac
count. Ho Is a man of person
ality, strong and vigorous. Through
out his career In public life,
Sir. Fellows has been the Indomitable
and tireless worker and a man battling
for what he believed to be right; a
friend retaining the confidence of his
friends, and a foeman whose hostility
is to bo 'feared. These characteristics
signify an uncommon man, and they
account for the fact that among those
prominent in the circles of Lackawan
na Republicanism ho has managed to
retuln a following hturcly and loyal,
and has compelled frank recognition.
The office of sheriff Is one at all times
of responsibility. Occasions frequently
arise which make Its responsibilities
great. In view of this fact It becomes
a proper subject of inquiry, whpther
the man who aspires to perform its
functions possesses the courage, the
nerve, and the practical common sense
essential to a successful fulfillment of
Its obligations. Those acquainted
with tho fearless administration of
public affairs given by Mr. Fellows as
mayor of tho city of Scranton do not
need to bo told that John II. Fellows
possesses these qualities, and that
when elected sheriff ho will discharge
his obligations without fear or favor.
Senator Hill's persistence In clinging
to the repudiated Died Scott decision
nHa political argument, Is another
evidence that, tho Sago of "Wolfeit's
Roast "fcCvery much out of date.
Bperjpgr's Stump Candidacy.
ap-IJE ANNOUNCEMENT Is
if continued that Fjank M.
) J - Spencer, lately defeated at
. t' "tho party primaries, has
filed papers for an Independent candi
dacy for congress, Thero is no reason
to Relieve that this action i effects the
advice of Mr. Spencer's genuino friends,
orjthat'lt typifies an expectation of
election. On tho contrary, Mr, Spencer
has-'icpeatedly, In private conversation,
white this move was under content
plafjone defined his purpose to be one of
peisbnalj spite toward "William Conndl.
"I flo not want to bo elected," ho said
recehtlyV'but I do want to lick 'Bill'
Connell."
Tho animus of this desire traces
back to Mr, Spencer's defeat for the
nomination for sheriff, three years ago,
andjJfvt$atj defeat needed Justlllcatlon
filename Is amply supplied In Mr,
Spencer's subsequent exhibitions. But
hu js mistaken If ho thinks that an
Independent candidacy on his part for
cotiBlvss will In Iho slightest degree
tendi to spite or annoy Wlllum Con
nellV Mr. Qonnell's position In this
matter is that the Republican party
needs his og In congress fully- as
I'Miih us ho desires the personal satis-
faction resulting from a re-clcctlon. It
Is tho party, not the individual, at
whom Mr, Spencer Is striking. It Is
the putty which, If. Injury Is done, wltl
he the victim of It,
Whether tho Republican notnlnso
shall bo elected or defeated Is pcrf-on-nlly
a matter of minor Importance! but
It Is a matter of tho most vital Im
portance that this great Industrial dis
trict should bo represented In the na
tional congress by a man In full sym
pathy wllh the admirable policies of
the McKlnley administration; on terms
of fellowship with tho leadnts of legis
lation; and sutllclently familiar with
Iho ways nnd means of congressional
activity to accomplish for his consti
tuents those things which fall within
tho congressman's sphere of duty.
Let Mr. Spencer go ahead with his
stump candidacy If he so desires. It
will afford him entertainment nnd oc
cupation. Rut let no Republican with
an Interest In tho welfare of his party,
and with an appreciation of tho needs
of his country, be deceived Into aiding
this artifice of personal ill wilt.
College attendance reflects the busi
ness prosperity or misfortune of the
people; because when tho people are
poor their sons and daughters forego
higher education, It Is therefore In
teresting to note that this fall's enroll
ments at our leading universities are
almost without exception the largest In
their history. College men are satis
fied with McKlnley times. They do not
hanker after Bryanlsm's uncertainties.
The Individual Operators.
-W Y HAT," asks an es
( teemed contompor-
ary, "are the indi
vidual operators go
ing to do? The big companies hae
offered an advance In wages, with ar
bitration of other points at issue. Will
the smaller companies and firms do
likewise?"
The Individual operators, It Is fair
to assume, will pay. tho wages that
will prevail In tho anthracite region
after this strike Is over and they will
as a class of men treat their employes
as well as any employes are treated In
tho coal mining business. Here and
there you may find a mean man among
the Individual operators, the same as
among other groups of men; but on
the whole they are men of honest pur
pose and good Intentions, many of
whom have worked up from humble
beginnings, know from experience what
the miner's lot Is and what he has to
contend with, and are quick to remedy
an honest grievance or to extend favor
to an honest workman. If the 1udg
ment of these men had from tho first
been consulted by the powers that be
In the coal business there would have
been no disastrous strike, with its
frightful drain upon all forms of busi
ness, but instead real grievances would
have been adjusted and agitation
would have been deprived of the food
upon which It has fed.
The Individual operators, having no
big railroads behind them to make up
on freight charges for losses in mining,
are not in position yet to compete with
the big companies in the matter of
enigmatic piomiscs. Yet they live near
their mines, spend their money in the
communities where their workmen live,
court tho respect of public opinion
right where public opinion has the
chance to size them up as they are,
and from all this it is reasonable to
Infer that they will not fall to deal
justly with their men when tho time
comes for the clearing up of this un
happy muddle. The Individual oper
ators are not likely to submit in
patience to belns clubbed to death.
They are not likely to acquiesce with
out a struggle In any programme
which alms to precipitate them Into
business ruin. They have a right to
live, to breathe and to make some re
turn on capital Invested. They will, we
doubt not, yet find a means of secur
ing this right.
But In tho meantime those of their
honest and efficient employes now on
strike reluctantly who are experienc
ing anxiety as to the future can rest
assured that so far as it is in the
power of the individual operators to
untangle this situation on a basis of
equity it will be untangled. They did
not make tho strike. They did not
make the conditions back of the strike.
But they arc going to look out for
their own future, iest assured of that;
and as a consequence of this they will
do what they can for the men whom
they expect, after tho clouds roll by,
again to employ.
"For tho last four years we have
been confronted by some of tho great
est problems that can over bo present
ed to a people, and Mr. McKlnley has
done nothing whatever that has not
clearly been first demanded by the
people. Mr. McKlnley Is precisely the
last man In the world who ha the
imperial quality. Mr. Bryan Js far
andnvay more tho Bort of stuff out
of which dictators ore made. Mr. Mc
Klnley Is a listener; Mr. Bryan Is a
talker, Mr. McKlnley Is Interested In
the opinions of atheis; Mr, Rryan In
his nlone. For Mr. Bryan the dictates
of history and tho decrees of suleneo
are as nothing compared with his own
judgment and the dictates of his own
will. Ho has all tho qualities of belf
rcllant fanaticism; and he Is absolute
ly without experience in tho treatment
of International affairs," "WJIllum M.
Ivlns, In the Sun.
Candidate Wooley Insists that his
theories upon tho nrmy canteen aro of
moio consequenco than the experioncn
of ojllcers and physicians In tho service
who have thoroughly Investigated tha
subject. It is to bo regretted that tho
repicHentativo of the Prohibition party
should have also udoptcd the Demo
cratic policy of conducting a campaign
of wild assertion against sober fact.
Hawaii seems to experience no dif
ficulty In becoming rapidly American
ized, With thieo political parties al
ready In the field thero Js no reason
why tho coming election should not be
an up-to-dato affair In the land where
ppople as u rule are supposed to take
life too easy to woiry about politics.
The factory Inspector's report Indi
cates that 448,000 more persons havii
been employed during the year ending
July 31, jono. than In 1898. Bryin
M&J&)to.
orators will deserve the sympathy of
tho publlo In their effortB to make
this report appear In the light of a
calamity.
It Is tiot probable that President
Kriigcr wltl visit America at this
stage of the game. The present lack
of Interest In South African affairs
would make It difficult for Oom Paul to
Becure a hearing- oven If preceded by
an nctlvo manager and a distribution
of lithographs,
Augustus Van Wyck, brother of Bob,
tho mayor of New'York, still holds $75,
000 of tho stock of the New York Ice
trust, and yet It Is said that his own
applause was the most vociferous when
tho anti-Ice trust resolution was read
In the recent Saratoga convention.
Mr. Corbott announces that he Is
,"not going to say a thing." But for
the suspicion raused by Mr. Bryan's
dismal failure to knep a like good res
olution made some time ago, this
statement would be received with
pleasure.
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Mr. Bryan's desire to give the Fili
pinos an Independent government and
then protect them from outside inter
ference without expense and without
an army looks a good deal like faith
cure applied to diplomacy.
Do not forget the pertinent question
of Senator Carter, of Montana, who
asks "If tho tariff Is the mother of
trusts, what Is the duty on lce7"
The United States needs armor plato
and It should proceed to supply Its
needs. Economy Is desirable, but price
Is secondary.
fln Analysis of
Bryan's Oratory
William M. Kccdy, in the St. Louis Mirror.
Tim I'i:01LK have a curiosity to ccc Mr.
Mr an. lliey luc a curiosity to hear
liini, .became lie has tho reputation of an
oiator. They do not tare for what he
Mi, bo much us for how he says it. They
like the man. There Is no denying that they
Imc an affection for the Rryan personality, for
the physical chaim of Iilm, for some pleasant
memory or instinct or subtle prepossession ho
aroues in them. And they care for him, un
les I am wronp, as they care for a popular
actor or a picacher who ha.H a line delivery.
They care foi hN personality, tor his sensuous,
emotional elfcet upon them more than they arj
concerned with" his character. They do not re
K.ud him as Krc.it, ns they did in 1600. They
like him. In a general way they agree with
him; they loc to hear him a&ail the things
which are. They would like to liolioe that
things could be different, but they becin to feel
and know, somehow, that what he promises is a
pietty dream like the new Jerusalem of the
preacher on the I'lueacia of the poets of old
time.
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The interest in Mr. Hryan is a manifestation
of a popular phase of aesthetics. He is a sort
of troubadour Hinging men tongs that make them
sorry for themselves, picturing them the pos
sibilities of transforming the world into a place
where their ideals will be realized. But they
know that the ideal is not realizable, at least
not here, in this world. They delight to hear
him assail those; who arc mighty and in high
places, to see him lighting dragons or octopi,
but, Eomehow, in a dim sort of way they
realize tliat the mighty and the strong in high
plcaes aro only made ogres and gruesome giants
by his fancy, while the dragons or tho octopi
arc in reality harmless against a spell of the
popular will that will protect the people. The
P'nple k.iy he fights a gallant battle, hut it is
.1 bat lie likt that of heroes in novels and poems
and phijs. The stac is fixed for the hcio to
win. The ill.iins arc not xlll.ilns after all.
They ale painted as such to throw forward the
hero.
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I should rank Mr. Hryan with John Drew,
llacket, K.iersh.ini, Henry Miller, Mr. Hryan
U the manifestation of the lomantic school in
politic. in another way Colonel Iiooscelt is
.t manifestation of tho 6.1 me thing, hut Colonel
ltooeielt has a strong' fluor of the practical,
lie poses, hut he has dono things. He is an
egoist, hut he is not so much a theorist. He
laihs Mr. Hr.N ail's hlandnrss of idealism, because
be lias nibbed up harder against the realities
and has had a somewhat disillusionizing, though
not cynicirlng familiarity with history. The
world is all new to Mr. Bryan. To Colonel
l!ooseelt it is an old, old world, but still fair
and growing fairer in its old, old way and hy
virtue of the very processes! which seem to Mr.
Bryan all oil. Mr. Br.an is a sort of moral
cangelKt telling us of the millennium as he
would have it, but without a practical plan for
bringing it to pass. Mr, Bryan Is more like
William Morris than like Lfncoln. Mr. Bryan
is a populir hero, but ho, somehow, seems to
the people to be fighting with ghosts and ogns
and djinns of his own conjuring, Mr. Bryan
appeals to the emotions of men and uplifts them
temporarily, when he abandons his manuscript.
But when the evening is oer he leaves no much
more permanent effect in the minds of those who
heard him than they might have carried away
from the presentation of a mclo-drami.
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My Saturday evening at the Coliseum leaves
me in grave douht whether there is more than
one chance for Mr, Bryan's election, that chance
being Republican our-confldence. When Mr.
Ill an speaks on the one themo that one would
think the people would feel deepest
about namely, trusts to an audlenc? of
Missouri Democrats of the most untcv
rilled persuasion, and that audience drib
bles away from him, solely hecauso it cannot
catch his ejo or his lighted flee or feel the
timbre of his clic In little creeps along its
ine, the prospcit for hi success is poor, The
6.mi(! thing must happen ilsenhcie, It means
Hut Mr. Br an is btrong oi.ly when lie has
tho peopla subject to his art. It means
that the people regard him solely as an orator.
It means tl.it whrn they aic nut of rango of
tho udlatiou nf his personality, the spell Is
gone, The spell docs not hold them In their
hniiu. It does not grasp them In tho voting
Ixutli, Ills ideas do not hold them, only his
pretemc, Devoid of hU presence his ideas arc
divested of their effectiveness. The do not
stand well the unwrapping of their draperies o
rhetoric, the dissipation of their glamour of
nivanraiua glow, Saturday evcnlng'u cxpcrlcncg
ai counted to nio for the saying that in tho
Inst presidential campaign Mr. llryau got the,
smaller vote where he drew the larger crowds,
Ills suciess is a success of. curiosity and of per.
sonal agreeahlencss,
CHOKER AND YOUNG HEN.
From the Mirror,
lllcluid Cioker "js joung men have no
chance in Ameilcan life now. If this be so, who
is responsible? 'J he boss. The boss keeps voung
men down in politics, Advancement goes by
favor, Favor goes to those who truckle to the
boss. Tho boss brings favoiltlsm Into business.
Political Iniluenco of bosses Is used to make
corporations give employment to friends ot
bossed. In the city a man hat to !mo a politi
cal pull to get a place vltli tho street car com
pany. Boss influence makes joung doctors and
law vers. Bosx Iniluenco disposes of tho places tn
the gift of nearly all the public service corpora.
Horn. The boss pull has been known to get men
Into the banks. The boss is the greatest blight
In this country on the oung man, because the
joung man who wins success by becoming the
instrument of the boss, is, n fact, a moral
failure, Where the boss power is strong, ability
t-cunts least, unless It bo ability that Is willing
to prostitute Itself to boisUm's uses. ,1he young
man In New York would be bctttr oil If Croker
and all his clew were put on a garbage scuw
ond towed out to sea and sunk forty fathoms
deep. Bossisni, wherever it nourishes, is a
deadly Influence on the oung man. It It always
a temptation to the young man to look to the
organization for help rather than to look to
himself for success. The success that comet
from boss ii.Uunice U always tainted with trl;k-
- ' ,fffJ''j'iM4 jVi' at- jtfe.fuijj
SECRET OF THE CONTINUANCE
OF THE FILIPINO INSURRECTION
Additional evidence of the aid and comfort given to the Filipinos by
the anti-Imperialists and of the Importance to the rebels of the defeat of
President McKlnley la found In two captured letters Just received at
Washington from Manila. One was written to Lieutenant Colonel Cnn
imirio Tinto by Theo. Sandlco, who, General MacArthur says, is possibly
as close to Agulnaldo as any of the leaders who continue in open hostil
ity. Sandlco writes:
"My Distinguished Friend! The present campaign and some other
circumstances have created in America a political situation that may per
haps produce tho downfall of McKlnley, which will signify the triumph
of our ideals.
"For the same reason the disastrous war in the Transvaal and more
especially the fierce revolution in China have created a political atmos
phere sufficiently critical to cause the birth of a disturbance of the armed
peace of the great powers that may result favorably to our aspirations,
because America may prefer to sacrifice some of her plans with respect to
the Philippine Islands, accepting our independence under her protector
ate, rather than sustain two wars and run the risk of losing the whole
archipelago. I believe, then, that under the conditions so favorably col
ored by the present circumstances it is necessary that we continue the
struggle and only accept peace on the base of independence, although
under an American protectorate.
"If the re-election of Mr. McKlnley be accomplished and the revolu
tion in China be wiped out and the war in the Transvaal take no new
complications, then will I be the first to accept the peace that I believe to
be necessary, though it be at the cost of acknowledging the sovereignty
of the United States, since I consider that our forces are now Impotent
to defend our sacred and legitimate rights.
"I should properly tell you that all these conclusions are but my polit
ical judgment as to the results of McKlnley's re-election. Nevertheless,
if his re-election-occurs, God knows what will become of our individual
liberties. If you agree with me in my way of thinking, which 1b that
of our honorable president as expressed to me by him at our last confer
ence, we should reject every proposal for peace unless they are based
upon independence, and we should continue our brilliant campaign."
Sandlco encloses a copy of a- letter received by him from General
Riego de Dios, of the Central Filipino committee at Hong Kong, who
gives his views of the political situation in the United States. Among
other things Biego says: ,
"Our sympathizers continue in their compaign of redemption. The
anti-imperialists' convention of the east met on February 22 in Philadel
phia. Great enthusiasm reigned at this meeting. Eloquent speeches were
delivered in favor of our cause by many eminent orators, and not a few
men of politics ranged themselves on the side of the orators and various
resolutions were passed. Among these was a very strong one of protest
against classifying as bandits those who honorably struggled for their in
dependence. On the 23d an influential politician in Boston delivered a
speech in a great meeting classifying imperialism as a new form of
piracy.
"The announced possibility that McKlnley would send a message to
congress asking for more troops; the impression produced by the arrival
of sick and demented soldiers from the field; American losses deduced from
official reports, losses calculated mathematically as a regiment a month,
as published by an important newspaper published in New York; the
latest feats of arms of our soldiers; the question of Porto Rico that has
started a great agitation against McKlnley in the states of Indiana and
Minnesota, which will draw many supporters the anti-imperialist at
mosphere, taken altogether, spreads and defends itself against the im
perialist influence, and as an eloquent symptom of this I call attention,
to the recent occurrence in New York wherein the Methodist bishop,
seeing McKlnley in his church, delivered a feeling sermon and said that
it was impossible to deny right to men of othev races because we are the
sons of the same great Father and worthy of love and fraternal affection.
They say that McKlnley heard the sermon with a confused, hypocritical
look that characterizes him. From all this we may deduce:
"First That we must not consider the armistice except upon condi
tion of an immediate independence.
"Second That now in America proper the supporters of our cause
are being increased in number. .
"Third That the victories obtained by our seasoned army in this
unequal struggle exercise great influence on the very impressionable
minds of American people.
"Fourth The impression is and will be one of the determining
causes of our triumph, which triumph will come soon if we but resist a
little more, now that little is lacking to change the announced elec
tions, as with the downfall of McKlnley it will be the ascension of the
star banner over our souls."
cry and fraud and makes for business immoiaT
ity. Of all the men in this country who have
put obstacl'S in tho way of tho joung man,
Richard Crokcr is first and foremost.
THE MATTER. OF SALARIES.
W. E. Curtis in tho Chicago Record.
The report of W. B. Wilson, financial secre
tary ot the American Mine Workers' association,
for the month of July, 1000, shows that John
Mitcholl, president, received a monthly salary
of $125, and was allowed $189.60 for his ex
penses, making a total of $314.00. Mr. Wilson,
the secretary, received a salary ot $108.3.1 and
$107.61 for expenses; Fred I)llchcr, who has
charge ot tho strike at Scranton, received a
salary of $78 and $")7 expenses; Benjamin James,
the organizer' at llazleton, a salary of $78 and
$12,211 for expenses; W. C. Scott and T. I.. Lewis
each received $100 a month, and Lewis drew
$220.55 for expenses. The names of forty officers
and organizers appear on the pay-roll of July,
with salaries of $78 and upward and expenses
ranging from $20 to $274.
A NATURAL CONCLUSION.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Senator Manna is so persistent in his assertion
that, if Br an is elected, Richard Crokcr is to
have a, substantial reward for his campaign ser
vices, that he must havo some source of knowl
edge in which lie has much confidence. It Is
a statement, however, that might be safely
nudo from general principles, rokcr work
for himself all the lime; he Is ambitious to
control tho whole stato of New York, and ho
would not tako so much Interest as he docs in
promoting the election ot Bryan if ho had not
a strong assurance that It would redound to his
personal benefit. What better reward could
Bryan promise him than the selection of a cab
inet officer and tho control of tho New York
patronage.
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REPUBLICAN
OBJECT LESSONS.
Rhode Island.
Depositors.
Banks.
National ,,
Loan and Trust
Savings ,
1WI.
18M.
0,218
33S
6S.20Q
1S.2S0
413
03,221
t
Total 07,703
75,017
8,152
Increase In No, of depositors
Banks,
Amount of Deposits,
ISO).
1S09.
National ,.,,,,
Loan and Trust
Kivliigs 1
Total
10,313,383
121,011!
20,213,71
$ 1I.IU7.U36
122,740
23,711,172
$ 43,271.508
,S 0,5M,797
f
-f
I 3d,0S3,T71
Increase In deposits
Massachusetts.
Banki. Depositors.
IStfi.
1800.
National ,,,.,,,,,
State and I'llvato
Loan and Trust ,,
Savings (State) ,,
Savings (Iloitcn),
61,710
2,000
0,350
035,320
231,005)
60,737
1,005
12,082
781,439
3lt),73
t
Total 070.027
1,102,053
210.U20
IncrcJso in No. of depositors.
Banks.
Amount ot Deposits.
18UI.
1800.
f
National $67,020,000 $ 71,bJ0.477
State and 1'rhate 080,167 007,821
Loan and Trust .. 2,074,213 8,177,121
Savings (State),. 237,7&J,73J 203,100,073
Savings (Boston). 07,727,870 177,W3,8I)2
fetal. , $300,109,202
Increase in deposits ........
$331,250,000
,$187,0C0,728
41, tuV.AtafcfcjKtaii -a'cjfctij i)l,i).i j-a, .
THE MINERS' HOUSEHOLD.
From the WllkeaBarre News.
Right well docs it become the miners of this
state to frown upon the yellow newspapers which
hare been picturing them as- poor anel debased
and degraded and as never having the heart
nor the courage to afford their children any ot
the advantage of life. One lias only to look
at the lawers of the Luzemo county bar to t.ee
that out of a miner's home has come a good
deal of the brains and the energy and tho patri
otic Americanism which exerts its force In the
community. One may glance over, tho lists of
newspaper workers to sec the same thing. No.
tlco the clever young singers wh render the
aid of music to the churches on Sundays and
one will be surprised to find how many of them
have come from a humble miner's home. Tn
many a miner's house one will find some of the
best and most valuable books In our language.
Miss James, of the Ostcrhout library, flays that
tho Welsh miners are the best patrons of scien
tific and mathematical books.
Thriftlncss, ncatnc3, cosy home life havo al
ways been noted in many of the homes ot the
mino workers hereabout. Many a tasteful gown
and pretty bonnet, and many a graceful wearer
thereof will be found inside these humble walls.
As lias been well said, the miner of the anthra
cite fields wants grievances redressed, but he
docs not want the world to look upon him as
leading a brute life or the life of a man Jibt
sir '.!!'v. -..-xL 'v
Paul Luellam of Millville, N. J Manager of a large pharmacy tn that pros
perous town, says that one of the medicines most frequently called for is RIl'ANS
TAHU1.KS. lie has customers who believe in them as the greatest remedy for all
Ills of the stomach and he knows others who have been cured by them and constantly
speak their praise. One notable case is that of a piosperous farmer, who lias an in),
mense place about eight miles away anil who drlvei into town every now and then to
renew his supply of JUPANS TAIIULES. He told Paul that he had been a sulTerer
from indigestion and biliousness for several years and old house-wifu remedies failed
to cure him, "I am not so situated that 1 can call on a Doctor every time I am
affected," said lie, "and were ft not for Rll'ANS TADUI.KS 1 would not be able to
get along with comfort. I began to take them over a ) ear ago and they have invariably
aided me. They have practically itcconipllshed s cure of what has been a most severe
case of chronic dyspepsia." Not alone in the great cities, but in thousands of towns
and hamlets as well, are the virtues, of RIPANS TAHULKS known, recognized and
appreciated as a friend to man, The story of this farmer who would drive eight miles
on a country road lo reach the neaiest drug store twice every month to renew his
supply of RIPANS TABUl.liS is only one instance out of thousands of (heir wide
pprcciation.
A now rtjl rvlrtt ecmUinlaff Tsei TtcCLta la a ppr carton (without srlu.) Is now for role at son dm
-w t rva tan. Ttln low urlcol rart is luiiwdrJ for tho poor and the eronoinlcul. Ur.o ilotca of lh
Mors'
Tralcrtnu(INUKilMralolilbTniall bjrsudlui: furry-night rooUtotbolliriiia Uiuucal Co
till HnUHnnwalllrMI ViMVn-n...liii.Uurfnnr..tfTi.nMlHlll K ... ..-nu.. -"" "V
. , . ,p w. ", - v. v. m ..qiv vw. nw
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Many people ask, What's In
rose would smell as sweet bv
4
STAM
$ name means very muchs We claim and there are thousands who
A will say the same thing, that our name stamped on a shoe means 8
' that the shoe is the best of Its kind. The best at the price.
r Why ? Because our name represents a life work in the shoe busi- J ;
$t ness. Our constant study, Our constant labor. And to it we?)
. have given our best thought and our best efforts, and you have
iikic'i.u ua, new i mi kjijrics iui
iflur
u
Shoes
4 For Ladies.
In twenty-five
J different styles
& to suit every
f body and fit all
4 feet.
1 LEWIS &
U ALWAYS BUSY.
Jlercereaim
& Coooell
Temporarily at
139 PENN AVE
CONTINUED
Fire Sal
Not DaiMgedl
Our full forcp of workmen at work
again, as usual.
Watch Repairing and all kinds of
Jewelry Repairing and Engraving done
promptly.
ready to knock at the doors of the poor house.
In fact, tho vciy f pit It of the men in the pres
ent struggle Is proof against all of this. Mat
ters of good taste in dress, music, literature, arc
not confined to the homes of the more preten
tious. These can be found in the humblest
homes of the Wyoming Valley, and the slander
ers who All columns of spate in metropolitan pa
pers, telling ot the degeneracy ot the miner, are
dealing for a large part in fabrications and
statements that the miner and his whole family
ought to repel with contempt and loathing.
A miner's toil is honest and dlgnltlcd. lie
furnishes the motive power for vast enterprises.
He is a man of skill working in dangerous con
ditions. He ought to he represented as he Is
modest and humble, but a man for all that.
McKINIiEYISMS.
"Keep on, Is the word I would leave with you
today. Keep on In the efforts upward, but re
member that in acquiring knowledge there is one
thing equally important, and that is character.
Nothing In the whole wide world is worth so
much, will last so long and serve its possessor
so well as good character. It is something that
no one can tako from you, that no one can give
to you. You must acquire it for yourself."
"The genius ot the nation, its freedom, its
wisdom, its humanity, its courage, its 1'istlce,
favored by divine Providence, will malto It equal
to every task and the mister of every emergen
cy." "What you want, what we all want, Is busi
ness prosperity. When ou have that you have
something to do. When Ou have It not you
aro idle."
"Wo are here today because we love the old
flag. It never went down In defeat; It was
never raised In dishonor."
"The moro you use the freight car the ottener
you tee the pay car."
.w ,iM.v,nnr tim ... flVM. V4 HIV V
Dccnu.
pair ggQgifigjjgJB
Am Earpiis to
Jewelry, Silverwear, Etc
$
4.
ON A SHOE
'It's 0. K,
a name ? Shakespeare says that a 4?
nnv other name. But in trade a
men uuu vvuiiicii
LCW1S &
For Gentle-legal
men. Twenty jy
five different v'
styles. 8 kinds J
of Leather. &
3,50 perm1 i
114-116 Wyoiifag Aycj
ESTABLISHED 18S8. M
CTP
JUL JL
Your special attention is
directed to our elegant and
exclusive line of Petticoats
which have just been opened.
The cut and fit of this sea
son's goods conform to the
modern ideas of dress; and
are different in many ways
from other seasons styles.
We make particular mention
of tlaree numbers in an en
tirely new French Pattern
Skirt, 'm Black only, at
$12, $14 aM $20.
the entire body of which is
made of a Pure Jersey Silk,
pliable as a Silk Glove, with
oue plain and one accordeon
plaited, graduated flounce of
fine Taffeta. "They are ex
ceedingly handsome and ex
clusive." Other styles and numbers,
in both black and colors, from
Two specials in black mer
cerized, of an elegant quality,
and handsomely made at
$1.98 aid $2.50.
on which we challenge com
petition. We make a specialty of
Moreen and Mercerized Short
Length Petticoats to be worn
with 'Rainy Day Skirts.
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LACKAWANNA AYIEME
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If you haven't tho proper office sup
plies, Come In and t'lvo us u trial.!
We have the largest and most com
plete line of olnco supplies In North
eastern Pennsylvania.
If It's a good thine, wo have it. W
make a specialty oC visiting cards and
monosram stationery.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building,
P -M im
Hot R Pm
ilacl ami Colora
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Petticoats
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