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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, HAY 3, 1901.
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IJe Scranton r(8une
ruli1llicil Billy, Kxcf-pl Sunday, liy The Trlti.
sne t'uMltlilng Company, nt fitly Cent .1 Jlnnlli.
MVV a tllCIIAttl), IMIIor.
0. V. IIVAttlX, limine Manitser.
New York Ollkel 1J0 Nassau M. . ...
. s vnnr.tiASD,
foil' Aguit for l'oielnii Ailcrlllnu.
IlMeretl (it the l'olnfllio ut ScMitton, I'a.. -i
S-iMiJ-Ula Mill Mitlir.
When M'icc will permit, The 'Irlbum- l olvva.VA
ptid to print sdturt letters Irmii Its ftlttuls wr
I rnt on current lupin, but Us nilo l that hPo
Hind ln rlitnril, tor publication, hy the unlet i
It'll tljllll'l .Hill till! (I)llllltl(in plUCllflll '' l,c'
upturn? Is tlwt nil uiiitrlliutlons dull bo sulijrct'
to nlltorl.ll revision.
1 iik n..T it.vri: roit aivi:h risixo.
The fnllnuiiiK table fliovv the prl'M per Imli
iocIi Insertion, rpuc to bf Usui within one ear;
full
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1.".s lli.iti .Vlil Inches
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Position
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for muls of tli inlet, re nlut loin of rntuliitriii-f!
mil nlinlltr nenlilliulions In tlic mint'' nl "'
nlMiiir Tin. 'Illbimi' iii.iK a ilnw of r riiiln
i 1 1 iip.
Kites Tor Cliivlltcil .VIurlMtu timiUlieil on
tfppllcntinn.
SCICANTOX, .MAY S, 1H01.
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Ituinone n: tn tlio Slipteiiie enttrt'ts
attitude tuwatd the tipper bill lmvc
no Iriku timet1 anil are tin ilutllit cir
culated tn t-re.tt" unrest. Tlu com t
Mill tulco 'Its iih'ii wny uml time In
sttiltw foitli Its position nnil when It
hiuiU.s tliu deotuu Mill be Html.
Contempt of Court.
f-yr-l.V. i-i tic'llvc and oai-ncU
8 H i.i ulatlon iih to tlio nttl-
M ttnlr. nl' the Supreme court
hi the Mj-calleel ripper hill.
Tlil'i lr iniltiial In view of tin- i fleet
which the emirl decision will have not
only iiiniit tl'c j,'t)ci,niiie.,iit of tluee of
the pi'lmlial clUc In tlio i-onitiion-wealth
hut iiImi tipon the Immediate
fittuie of what mav he called the fac
timial politics of Pennsylvania. I-Vw
iHiio more Mtniiflcam in their politi
cal IimiIiiks Iiiivi'uvli' coni hefoie that
tiliuinal foi tevimv, and Interest In the
Mitiri's lutti'pi'i.tatlon nC the law is
rot i cspondlUKly illtcm-e.
Hut (hat tact Hupp'.lo'- no wurrant
for neufpapiM- relleetltin upon the riu
pioiiio emu i with u possible purpose
of dlicivdltltiK- its- decMou In advanee.
The publication in .M'Stenluy's I'lilla
delphl.i l'iv.s assi'rlliu; ponitively that
"lip of the jif-tlies of tlio court, whom
It nunii-s, had can led tiiliiiRS to the
Sovei'imr of the court's statiu, Is pio
iiottnvcd liy the Kovernur an unciuall
llcd t'.iNi'linod. In Unit ca.-se It Is con
tcaipt of court, hpuuihp its elfcet is to
weaKi'ii puhllc ponlldeneo In the dis
iii'tlou of tlio (oiirt and to create the
suspicion that the couit is Impropeily
IntluciiL'crl,
The IjusIm of the article In the Press
lotu.Uiis to lie disclosed. Tlio Press
must cither piove its statement or
aiiolosrizp. Ah a ipputahle newsiiaper,
1'ali' hi most things and bhiEed chlelly
in its rolatlou.sliip toward statu poli
tics, it will undoubtedly he prompt to
.set itself aiitUit.
The TIanisburg correspondent of the
Times must have di earned sonic of the
things credited by him to Major De
laney. Wealth and Wages.
T WOULD not hutt the Scranton
Times to be fair even to a rich
man like John D. Rockefeller
nor do we think that it would
M'i lously oifend any of its readers.
Nobody bus said anything about the
giving of employment to labor being a.
"charity," as the Times sneers, al
though as between affoidlng tlio poor
man a tii.imu to e.tin a living by
honest toll and meuiy tossing him a
contlibutloii of money fioni time to
time, most persons piefer the former.
Hut It speaks poorly for the common
sense or common fairness of many of
our newvpapeis that they appear to
take iklight in deilding men whoso
means are used honorably for the up
building of Industry whoioby labor Is
aflorde 1 a .steady maiket for Its toil.
Such deiislon K xecniingly popular
with the Miluntniily idle, the envious
mid the discontented. It Is the kind
nt literatim- that- takes well hefoie
githeiiug.s of auaichlsts, jull-blids and
hobi'is: but ue lefuso to believe that
it wins the sympathy of self-respecting
worklngniPii. They must see
through Its sloppinesH and vicious ten
dencies, We know of employeis, some In this
iiiv, who. time after time, liavo kept
mills, tactoiles or shops going at a
loss, t imply because they did not want
to thtow faithful employes out of a
means of livelihood. Tills wan not
vitality." piMiiaps, nor "mixing up
charity with the paying of wages," but
it wits a kind of enlightened seltlsii
ncs.j.awh'rch Ik deserving of esteem
ratljur tluui Hi'ioach, And In tlio
I'tihO of 'John D, Itoekefeller, wo s-eo
no 'lcasou why his uso of wealth to
umnkoy Wbor steadily at good wages
luwrij'ter his pernmul needs had been
limply irolded for and tho accumu
lation ' of ' wealth purely for selllsh
purposes had ceased to Interest him,
should leconinicnd him for public con
sine, Wo "have a picture of tho editor of
tho Times tefuHlng to hocomo wealthy
when the chance offoicd.
If thetA Is liny Solid South today, It
seems to-bo solid for Air, AleKlnley,
Term-Avernpres and Why,
""-" VIK JNFM'nNCiJof the term
I uvcruG sjHtem of promo-
JL tloti Instead of tho written
f. examination that may bo
Veraiiiined" for, as Oio time draws
near.by the pupil with "quick" mem
ory for facts, frequently as quickly fot-T
gotten la (availably for permanence
of acquirement. It poes to the form
ing of desirable habits of mind, of
tegular study, developing Intetest In
Hie tletlnlte dally stps of study, the
os"lts of each one o-f which Is to toll
towards advancement In the: school
grades. Theie Is the every day ptea
ent remembrunco of a goal to be
reached, towards which that particular
day's lessons thoroughly ucqulred will
ttiin nl Sulinjfon
Tapir lloailltiK
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menu itti appreciable slop forward. Not
onlv will toBillar attcmlittict' at reel
tutlnit tneaii sotnethlns In Itself. The
clilld's own standard of dully restllln
Will tlso: the mlntt wilt ilovi'iop nM
tiatttrally iih the leaves nnil hloflPoniM
on tree and shrub develop under the
Influence of the Mliudilno and vnrni
air and nurttultnj sltoweta of Bprltift.
Very soon, nil the more eleiuly than
under "orainttilnB" Ryslrins with a
wtlttcn examination In view In -which
tlio most omnlvototiH tnoniory wins,
fotnes Into comprehension tlio knowl
edge that fads and oIokIcs need to he
dropped out of the over-loaded school
curriculum!). Tlio three Its and tlio
thoioliRh tcnclilnu of them will "conio
to the foto" itRaln. It will not b'o set
forth continually, as It now Is, that
"It Is necessary to Interest the clill
dteti." meaning by "Intetest" In faet
to "aniusp" them. They will get a
much more healthy "Imprest" In study
for Its own sake, with the knowledge
that oaeli day's step forward In the
branches that must servo them as u
foundation for success In life, serves
also' for fcchool success. They will
take In the sense of the school success
at once. As they advance the knowl
edge of Its bearing on success In life
will come to them.
Those who must leave school early
will go forth better equipped than
now actually knowing what they
have been taught, and with the men
tal habits fanned that will enable
them to go on with their own educa
tion, whatever their pursuits, their
means of making a living, may be. As
for the others, thee who can have
the higher education. Harvard's and
other unlveisity and college presidents
will ho nble then to cense their com
plaints of freshmen entetlng who have
to be taught almost the mdlnients of
our own noble language: and Colum
bia, will be released from the neces
sity of doing the grammar, and even
tliu primary, school's neglected work
In teaihlng spelling. She has under
taken what' the other unlveisitles .so
far have only pioclalnied the need of.
Let us have term-average promo
tions with their regular, unfailing
stimulus, instead of the feveiish ex
citement for some and hopeless do
Ptesslon of otheis. Let us have the
foundation studies lestored to their
lightiul place, and the smatleilng of
ologli s alt. Let the school classes
number as many as the teacher can
have Individual knowledge of in such
ii as to he able to give Individual
help as needed.
Our fi lends of the Democracy evince
a disposition to kidnap the city gov
Not n Clue.
KRSONS who like to Imagine
things ure making much Just
now of the fact that the
United States Supiemo court
has admitted to practice before it a
citron of Porto Rico, its rule having
been to admit American citizens only.
The inferfnee ihsy draw is that tho
couit Intends to decide that "Hie con
stitution follows the Hag."
Hut tho Washington Star disposes
of this conjecture by showing that the
ticaty with Spain specifically stipu
lated that cases in the courts of I'oilo
Rico should be can led to the Supreme
court of tho Pulled States on appeal,
and it would be ildlculous to have so
provided were tho lawyers who tried
the cases In Porto Rico not given tlio
light to aig,ue tho case in tho higher
tribunal after having conducted it in
Porto Rico. Furthermoic, the tieaty
alto provided tlift the citizens of Porto
Rico should become citizens of the
United States after a specllled time,
which has elapsed, should they not
in the meantime indicate their wish
to remain citizens of Spain. "Citizen
ship In different Places in the United
States has," the Star points out, "never
meant equal political pitvileges, which
has been determined by the condi
tions attending the local residence. A
citizen of the District of Columbia Is
no less than a citizen of the nation,
though he may not nave power to
vote, and a woman in Louisiana is
not less a citizen than a woman In
Colorado, though one can vote and the
other cannot."
The word citizen does not mean a
voter, citizenship is tho lesult of hhth
or natuiallzation. It applies to all in
habitants of a country who have not
debaned themselves fiom it by o
patilation or. In case of alieiif, by lall
i,ie to take out the necissary papeis.
Hut the franchise is n dllt'iteiit matter.
It Is not a light but a piivllege, to bo
confcired or withheld nt tho option
of the sovereign. Thus a Porto Rlean
may be a citizen of the United Stales
and yet not stand on the same level
with a cltleii of Pennsj lvani.i or of
tho District of Columbia Consequent
ly no clue to the SupiPtuo court's mind
on tho insular cases Is afforded in tlio
admission of a native of Poito Rico
to m-iieUce. before it.
Air. Albert L. Johnson, who Is about
to build an electric lallw.iy from New
York to Philadelphia, wilting in the
New York Independent, says that of
the l,T30,S!9 people who, iKcotdlllg to
the census of 11)00, iesld in those two
cities, not over u.000 tiavej back and
lorth each day between i ho two, Hn
believes that '' per tout, of that more
than four million people "hae ne'er
seen tho other city"; and beloes also
that a thoroughly well built trolley
load with low Kites will bo an Invita
tion to travel that will be o.igeily uc
cojited by n very largo proportion of
these. He proposes to build " a road
bed that shall co nt turn to tho high
est standard in uso by tho loiemost
steam lallroads, and which will bo en
tirely freo from grade crossings,"
Would that Scranton might at least
hitvo such freedom as that.
Udward VI J, King and emperor, has
been making an outspoken declaration
against gambling, "which," says Lon
don advices, " Is likely tn do more to
r.emedy this national disease than vol
umes of sermons or prohibitive legis
lation." If &o, this is one of the cates
when royal Influence Is a good thing,
a very good thing. Tlio ocean steum
er gamblers, however, aie said to he
defiant. One' of them )s quoted In
London dispatches as saying that "as
long as tho steamship olllcers get their
commissions theie will be heavy los
ing on ocean .liners." If ther U such
collusion on lionttl ship the gamblers
nt r ttnwU'p In glvn It nwny. May be
the warning will pervr.
Tho boys' and gl'tls' Hlrd rlttbs mult
iply to the Audubon societies are sntd
In lie rapidly multiplying. The Juven
iles ate admitted to Junior member
ship In the Audubon societies, arc pro
vided with bird buttons and pledges of
membership for signature. The pledge
Is: "1 promise not to harm our birds
or their eggs, mid to protect them both
whenever I am able." J'rlres nte of
fered for dtawings from live birds,
The .Massachusetts society, with head
quarters In Itostoii, supplies nt a very
low price Illuminated charts on which
a"ro the life size pictures of twenty-six
kinds of our inimical! birds, printed
accurately in colots.
Professor Isaac T. Headland, of Po
l.in university, has translated and pub
lished the "Chinese Mother (loose
Rhymes." Six hundred of them are
In the little book, with sixteen out
of eighteen Chinese provinces yet to
hear from. They ate deeply Interest
ing to the student of comparative folk
lore, and will certainly be quite as
much so, at least many of them will
bo, to the average American little one
who makes their acquaintance.
The Russian police have tho advan
tage of those of most countries. When
ever dull times suggest a reduction of
the force there Is always an anarchist
plot on hand to bo unearthed.
In other words, the Venezuelan war
cloud has been dissolved by an apolosy
and a lebate.
Inforrnaiion and
Enlerlainmenf, Too
UXTlf. m.CTXrnY tbp nrr-oMjn Iirlrlsc nai
Hit' vorM's miripl in linil.'o rnslntcrlnj
but tin- now ?IS,(KV1,000 Kast lllur biMite
will nuke it loo!, like SO cent. Hpio nro
onu. of tbo coiiip.mons takrn from an article
by I.cl Minn, prcsirlint of the liit liner
btiiljp ooinmisioii: ltouchly, the new brliljo
will be foul times as 'tromr as the IlrooUIjn
brnl).e; cub of It-, four c.iblis will be about
twin: as slout .n Ukm which Mipport the Finn
of the oMir "tincture, anil in other icpeil Us
Mipeiloiily will be in.iiutiincd. l'acli of the
fmu utiles will ronM of thirty-seven straw!,
ami each strand will Imo 2S2 slncle wires, a total
of 10,1.11 wlua In i.irli cable. The nonnal pull
on each cable will be about 5,000 ton", and a
each will be capable of supporting 20,000 pound-,
to the Mpi.ire im.li, and will lue 222 square
im'.'es net, the enslneeis calculate that the Mis
pulsion pow.r of the btidpe Hill lie four times
Kicaler than the m minimi demand upon it. the
width of (lie in w structure will be lis feet, as
loii'parc.l with the eliditj-frte fiet of the Itinok.
Ijn bnihrc, and the cbaiaeter and amount of its
tialllc will In- piopoition.itdy greater. It will
hae si- lallioad Hacks, two caniajro wajs, eaih
twenty feet wide, two footwalks, and two bie.iclo
pith. In aititil i hintiel f-p.iu the two tinders
will not pic-e'it a Rie.it dltfcienee, nicidy a mat.
tei of four and a hilf feet, but. in the total
IuiRtli of the pin the nnv budge will hold the
morel by l,20ri feet '!ho Hiookjln brldcc has
a clnnnil 'pin of 1,59.5'i feet, and a total lengtb
of 'J.li'jO foot. 'Hie l.caucs of the new bridge
aie respectively l.fiOu tpet and 7,'JIXI feel. The
steel lowcis ot the new budge are about fifty-nine
fiet taller than the masonry .spues of the Brook
Ijn biiU.;r. 'Hie cap of the ttcel work from hiii
water is .".n feet; Fimllir measurements on the
llmoM.wi biidite (tlio n lie iu'lit of 27il feel. The
minimum height on cniicr ide ot the
center above mean his!, water of cprintt tielcs
is li." feet; Hie llinukljn 1m the siine height,
lull only at the ccntial point.
'I lie huse i.lnoMur, on the icstoration of whUi
Ihe entile gcohvrical clepailmcnt of ale Ins been
al woik lor a jejr, is now in po-ition in I'eabudy
mu-euui. A Xew linen letter tn the Sun gives
nn-.e intcrr-.tiint fnt about this preiii-tone lorn
bin it ion of boast and reptile. fair's dinosiiir
it of the .niitA' named clios.iiirii-. It wa.s dis
loveiid by .1. It. Ilileher, now nf the lJaine:;!e
Mimiiiii of Pitt-lmig, and a party of fnrnd- m
the 'iiinnier of 1 1 while cvploilng for the lite
t'lofeor (I i: Mil -It, of Vale, in Convcu."
iriimv, Wjomliu It pioved a moi fortunate
limb fur not only w-a-, the specimen in cei-lknt
iipilitmn Willi all lis palU nit let, but it v..P
al-n an entliely new aiuty. 'Ihere i but one
other suih rientiire in the museums oi the vvolid,
and tint is in I!iuel-, belitiiun. The entile
litiBtl. of the Vjle iiiiiin.il n twentv-nine feet
tluee inelis, "tlio hciajit of tliu held jbove the
b.oif is ihirlitn leet two Indies. 'Ihe heieht of
(he shoulders above the li.u-e is tin fell, the
Kuril of the tail is thirteen feet seven iin-hes
end t tic length of the hind limbs nine feet live
indies. It is mounted in a po-itlon of mo
tion with ore hint tnei llilrd a lilt fiom
the Kiunnd v.'lule the tronl limbs, vvlilib .-up
iiii'lilembl.v snuller (Inn the bind limbs, are in
the nb', i-liovviu.' tint the eicaluie n. In the
lubit of iiiiipelltn? itself by means of the hind
limbs. 'Ihe i l.iut.i inns' fore limbs are adapted
In. walkliv and nippoit lalber III ill for Ihe
pi.iio.-o of intlien-Mii. As is iitliu the case
with the mii ill loiellnib of ilinosaurs, tluee linger-,
of the hind of this spciimcu wne u-ed. 'I 'ie
Hist was a Midline ut ny one, Ihe mi uml anil thiol
of npiil luirtlli, vvlille tlie fmu tit was shuitcr ami
ihe tlf tit entiielv wauling. 'Jbe hind limb bt,s
tluee ibuils, all well developed and niisiivc.
These limb bone-, iiisle.nl of bcinst hollow ate
Milnl, wldcli tends tn cnllrm Hie idea lint the
cl.iositnus was fond of the water, 'Ihe wholo
biikbiiiie of tliis iiiatuie, ioiisitiiiR of ninety
vcikbiac, is eomtilele.
"Ihe. t'onunonvveiltli of l'iitn,vlianla," was tl.o
theme of an impioinplu speieh b Atmiui'v Itiu
et d IMI.ill dellveieil on tiiaiit'-j butliday at To.
w.inda, and anions othci things ho tnl: "A
Lien commonwealth itiwllii;t 3ti0 miles fiom
t .1st to wist .Hid 17J from uoith to south ami it
semis in in,, lint the mat Citator whin be was
bi'stnwing bli'sslngj upon mankind plikcd uul .1
favoioil rot mIicio tb people mil.t live and be
hippv anil Hut ipot is Piutis.vlvaiili. On lii'.i
ipiestion I am .n rniliiialnot. Almo.t 7,i)i10,ii,
people, Intclligiiit an J inspeiotis, li.tipv, with
i him hi ami icliool.s dotting tills fall lind if
ouin, with factories liinglng the vvascj ot pios
puilv 'limn ate Ihovei who lnvo fcone about
nut' slati tiadmliig il, iluiuuiulng those, who are
iildiiig nt tlietiiiiiiiiii!ti.itiiu ot Its govirniui til
and with such I into no i-.vmpitli.i. 'Iliii is ,i
Sie.it slate, p105p.r1.1is, Kioiiiuiul, lllleil Willi
meat liidii-lii.il ei mpiiscs, and ,et II his a
stale inilihtidniss of only t7,GiHJ,nui with a slnl.
ins fitiHl of sh,(on,iiOii which uiikis .1 ikrielt of
only a little i.ver S7.0,itii(l and 1 doubt if thrio
is auothu siteli Mate ft ..in tha Atlantic lo Hie
laillle which tan SJ 4 liuiili. In the nutter o
tili.'oL we have nppiupiijtul .1..",il.i,nni cadi ear
uml in uddiioi, supputiiil ot lui in raid snMUis.'
ilililun, siipputul ueiimal i-elioulj, i iii f., h,.
Millies l u.illlly Mliel illll lull lllk, piuvlilcil for
a iepiiime.t of i dm at ion and ,i ik. some of the
lu.iftultliiut iii-tilulioiis of !i mini1,' in our miu.
li onwe-alth. 1'inii .vlva'uii jiar liv ,vrar pa.vs out
luoie ll.au .s;e,iH',(JI (ei uhieatlouil purpo.-is and
I siy vvitltoiit feir of suieciiil lonliailiitioi.
tli.it In our nslj iliu.nl of slate n no olliefMale ap.
ploptiates ai. Iituili a in s our b.ieniil roiiuuoii.
wcillh. The llmplie stjle with almost twite
our ton line's appiopilatis- nub onelulf ..s lutieli.
'Ibis i iiiiuniiwi ilth is le.it hing lite world Indus
uial idi.i-. I'ioiii this stile ute given the lactols
in tlie loimalioii o( li.o gn.it ,ietl imputation
vvhidi .iml,r.s to Inil.'.- tn Annuel tlie mulled
if Hie u ol Id's iiuikcl.''
Iwcntj men u mi bile l;fr all t-cliolnly. tiav
fled jti'l of vvidj iMHiieiue, Itive (uumlnl il
l.indoii bav, ITa , a linhelor Colonv. All arc
imin.iirii'il and live alomj so fjr a, the fair eu
li coiueined Tltey luvc buill their own licint,
of lough jcllow pine. 'I heir ilearliigs oicup.v
fiom one half t.i two acicr, tuiiotindcd by ol
mctto trees, l.acli 111411 oum a boat. There
aie plenty of eWr and wild fovvU and fisli of
cviry variety In the uiUlihoihooil. The lolonijig
HH'iiil their d-i.vs in fishing ami litintiiii; and lb" ir
rights in rominnuloii with their pipes anil a Jug
or twp ol acuaielieiitc, a drink distilled honi
eugf cane and mhusjIciI to the tol 'roni Cntn
or Ihe Wwl Indlrs. Ihe members n( thin unique
'otnptny Inrlmle niiiong otbcr, n hweellcli ipuiiI,
mil tFltrcd nrntr 'iplnin, J grndiwte l WrM
Point, for j per monlh they ran live well, mid
an Inpoino rf 20 n tiiontb pnrchs-es Hie tieccs.
miu mid luvntlri. fhry ltr.te but tn drop .1
balled hook into the uniff and pull up Hi"
fholcest llsli, nr.il bj wntklnc nloiift Hie i-htim
they (tin pick up the finest tlatm. Bnil o.vsttrs.
Then a walk ol 1111 culinary tlly block wilt likely
furnish them with unison liotn .1 pining tk.r.
Tlie tllmitc Is adorable and one "in fl.tthe in
the watcn of the bav al nil hifch uml cvrn
tn (iimtner the heat Is not Rtcat If ono' remains
out ot the cyrccl raj of the tun.
hi Alti-lee'R this iiientli there I' n annnjmotn
rntnpirlsoti of Datt and Trokcr from which tltla
Interesting cvecrpt Is taken: "It Is ah "'
well for Xew Yotkcm to eay there Is 110 differ
cnte betwein I'lMt anil Croker. There may be
110 choice,, but there Is a difference that Is slK'
iilflcant, In brief It Is tltlsi Mr. I'lalt has
descended, Mr. Croker has risen, lo Hit! common
level whcie they meet ns equals. Tlie ftcpubll.
can boss Is a gcnlkmin by birth, breeding and
education; the Tammany tiger was a tough one
nf the nM Fourth Avenue Tunnel (lanff. When
'Dick' Ciokcr wai learning the niiehlnlt' trade,
Tom I'latt was stiidilng the classics at Yale.
While Croker after dark was punching his wny
to tlie leidcrshlp of his crew of hoodlums, I1I3
rival was leading Ihe lives of the great leaders
of Ihe world. Young Croker was tried tor 'i
murder ilnne at the polls by com one ot his
(luwil of heelers at about the stage when linlt
was leaving lollcge. Mr. Walt Is the ilass of
Iran the 1 lilies say ought lo go Into polities.
Mr. Croker is the kind that these same authori
ties tell its thould bo driven out. Mr. Vlalt
has .1 business he is piesldent of an express
eoniptnv polities Is his spoil, and it Is siid hi
nt ikes not a cent bj It; Mr. Croker has no busi
ness but polities, and itoisp racing is his spoit.
Yet Dr. I'arkhurst spoke for thousands when he
said I'latt was worse than Croker. IMiYt Ml.
lint! knows hettrr-he is a c.vnlc; Mr. Croker
ilncn't know any belter he is sincere. In
business they say that the men who hive been
ministers! are the worst rascals tn deal with.
Criminals will tell joti that the hardest men In
their wofession are those who come of good
families."
Wldle tlie e.vcs of American polar explorers are
tinned lon-aim-ly toward the north pole a British
expedition is tUting out lo go as near to the
rnith's southern rtreinl!y as man can go Mid
return alive. Ibis c.pidltion will tall in the
DPcovcry, n ship o-pcelally built for the trip.
'J lie Discovciy was launched at the Dundee s'llp.
jarels a few- riajs ago nnd will cost, compute,
over t-2.iO,(X)0. It has occupied over a year in
building, and Is considered tho sticngest and most
efficient exploring ship that has ever left Dritlsh
shores. The Discovery is commanded by Cap
tain It. F. Scott. She is a liarque-rigged ship,
with spiis of sufficient dimensions to get a good
spread of canvrj, but her principal propclllnt
power Is- In the engines. Her ccal capacity
amounts to 210 toas. .some id'a of tlio sticin-tlt
0.' the vessil may be gatlured from Ihe fact lint
the thickness of solid timber in Hie way of the
main deck downward to the keel is two and a
half feet. At the bows the externals- of the
ship are further protected by heavy steel plalia.
Laboratories hive been constructed amidships on
cither side of the upper deck. In the center U a
magnetic observatoi.v, and within a radius of
thirty feet all the Itttings arc of brass, toppor
or gun metal, so as to Insure immunity from
magnetic inflii-ncc. 1'iotcctlon .from wind and
snow in the winter months will to some extent
lie afforded by a woolen felt cosering extending
foie and aft ov:r the ship.
Oeenral rainier, of Wllkes-liarre, in a recent
rperch on flrant's bhthd.iy, delivered at lo
wand i, put compactly some facts worthy of pre
servation for reference. Slid he: "Orant com
minded more men and won more xictorics than
Hannibal, t'ae-ar, rtonapirte, Wellington aad
Mailboroitgh put togelhei and his xictoiios w-re
under conditions far more difficult. His fiid
of action was 2,000 miles long and 1,000 miles
wide and moie titan l,00ii,0t)0 men were under his
ccmnnnd at one time. More men were killed and
wounded In the li3ttle.s of the Wilderness than
wne engaged on both sides at Waterloo."
It is eslinnted tint if the increase noted in the
last quarter continues, the amount of postal issues
in this fiscal jear will lie in the neighborhood of
St 05,000,000. Tins would be something like $10..
t'Oe.OflO more thin last jear, which was consielercd
tlie greatest in the history nf the derailment.
The toal mumVr of pieies of stamped paper is
sued in Hi: jeir 1000 was ,1,321.057,011, rcpic.
Mining a face value of j07,(-S7,'i7l. This enir
ii'ntis business will undoubtedly be increased 10
per cent, tins jeav if the present rate of ad
vance is eoutiuid.
pli.vsienn who his leeently relumed from
Persia snvs lint the mtives still believe tint
huniiii teats are a uineily for certain chrome dis
eases. At cvciy fun.fi.it the bottling of mourn
CIS' teais is one of the chief features of the ceic
inciny. Kadi of 1 tic mourners is presented with
.1 sponge Willi which tn mop his face and eves,
and after the buriil tli-v-c sponges aie presniled
to the puest, who squeezes the tears into bottles,
which be k.'ps.
Masai!in-Plls is .-mailer tli in Vermont. Vei
moiit his li.foa squire miles, wheiens Missaehu
nits Ins but S,82i. And there are five other
states of tlie union smaller than Veimont Xew
Hamp-hitc, Connecticut, Ithode Islind, Dclawaic
and Xew .leisej, Texas is twenty-eight, times
as big as Vtmiuiit, linil mikes ju-t about one.
ii.iiituntli cf tlie whole United i-tates. It it
v.eie as thickly settleel as A'tinipiil il would luvu
a popuhtion of about l,ui,ltTO.
In Minittn, if a womii. is left .1 widow, imme
diately after her lm-bind's death she plains a
l!..gsta(T at her doni, upon which a tlig is raisi'il.
So long as Hip flag lemiin. untoiii lw the wind
Hie elirpictte of Nnnalu foihlds her to many,
but at the tlrst rent, however tiny, she cm lay
a-iile her weeds and jpiepl the flist oiler she has.
THE ETERNAL PUZZLE.
In silence and Invention man has made some
wondrous Mri'le-,
And II S'vills his head ami makes him think
he's 'ill"
tut It's quite 1 solemn fast that one nut lie's
iie-vci tracked,
With all his width of knowledge inri of wit.
Now, why is lovcb vvomn alv.ays doing Ibis or
tint,
.hot like site his been doing nnrc the fall?
If jiiii listen now to mo 1 urn sine -.on will agree,
It's bruits she is a vvotu 111 that is all,
Xew, iv hj does lovely vvntnan rut her dtcsses fir
too lrnrr,
Then piam.c alongtho rlreels vvllli ihrm loo
Why dors, her ".vis" mem "no," and vxhy dees
I i.r "no" mean "is."
It's liecai.su she's .1 woman, that is wh).
Il her hair giews ekwvn her (oicluad in a liaulrd
bunch ut cm If,
She will limit, it straight and nuke it back
vvaul fill;
If as straight as Hilng it grows, for the rtiiliug
Inngs flic gee.s,
dust beiaiise the i-t a wonun that is atl.
Jvow, why elocs lovely vvonian, it she happens to
bo stout,
Crack Itei rilj tn fianllc ffforts In glow lesJC
Ami when nrill, pads out Iter frimo in a
icg'lar luiuio eante?
Il's lieiaiise she u a woman- that's my guess.
Why eloe.-t the ciowcl her feetlcts till Iter loos
aie. doubled up
Into itJiiow shoes, at least two tltees smill,
Then look upward with .1 Millie, sat lug; "Too
lilg liy a mile!"
Jut bceausc till' i a wonimthat Is all.
Xew, vvh doej lovely woman. If fl'C happens to
be pale,
Paint upon her lovely (heeks a rmlely glow?
And Unit, if her diuks arc reel, haste lo paint
t In 111 while instead?
Well, fileuds-, I must lonfcrs I do not know.
Wbv elocs the nit Itei loisigc like the pointed
litlir "V,"
Willi tbo naiiow eml about her wishbone
small,
And then stuO the rpcu spate full of creainv,
Huffy laic?
It's beiausc she is a woiruii hlt is all.
O, woman, lovely woman! How we love sou,
how wo love- jou!
Xot a Ihinu on earth cr heaven Is above jou,
is above jou I
Though InconstJi.t, fickle, ihiftin;,
After jou vvc'rci alujji driftltts,
1'vr, despite jour contradictions, Jiovv we love
jet Omaha. World Herald.
SANITATION LENGTHENS LI17E.
Trnm Utile's Metklj.
The itlnul efteelii of lmrovrit tanilallon In moil,
ein tlJjs nml the pemr.1l InciMso n knovvledsc
In tigaril to Ihe laws of liriltli aie sliown no
whfri! so ronc)illfly as In the extension of the
.iveijgc duration of human life. Mxlj jears tirfo
Hie txpeclsncv of life ol 1 male 1I1IM iveraieil
less tliiti fortj jeais and tti.it of a fettnle child
(orl)-lwo je.ns. At the pusent Unto the aver,
ngc for miles In neatly loily-slj jiars and for
feimitis forlj-dglil. Thltt menu tint nearly Hue.'
j-eirs hate bem nddeil In tht working lltctlmc of
men and tun veats and a lutf lo lint of women
There Is er.inurae-eincnt in this for all who are
engaged In teaching and preaching the gospd
of Rcod health. Ignorance, prejudlre, and hi
illfletrncc arc slowly giving wny lo nillghten"d
and coumon sense lurthods ol caring for the
bodj. 11 Is not unii..ionilile to expect tint by
Ihe end nf the present century the average dura
tion of human life tiny be raised lu at least nity
jeats.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
tight teclh suffice the elephant tor munching
purposes. The plant animal has two below and
two above on each side.
Although there are many rold winter dijs in
Xorthetn Italy, thltd-cla-s railway cars are never
heated, nnd sccond-cliss cars only on express
trains.
Of the world's rubber supply of i',:M toit,
'.'.1,000 ccinc from the Atmroti bisln, .1,MX) tons
fiem other parts of 5outh America and 21,000
from tryplcal Africa.
The uso of the telephone in Cairn and Alex,
andrla has grown In such proportions that it
Itas been found necessary to t entice t (he two
cities by a telephone tiunk line.
Xo man lias ever reigned over an empire so
v.it as King IMward's. His Majesty rules over
one continent, 100 peninsulas, 000 piomontorles,
1,000 lakes, 2,000 ilvirs and 10,000 islam!-.
The distinction anion-; animals of requiring
leaa-t sleep belongs to the eliphant. In spile
of Its capacity for haid work tlie eleplnnl fcl.
dem, if ever, slcrps moie than four, or occasion
ally five houra.
II may be tint a mouse show will he Ihe next
thing In th exhibition of live stock, it is f lid
tint lu I'ngland the breeding of mice lias reached
a high state ol development and that a Man
chester man recently paid fl23 for .1 blielv and
t in moue of distinguished aneestij-.
arMsnsrCTEr-v
That
Extra
Bedroom
1 -Nuw that you arc in a larger
, ho lsc with an extra sleepinj,
room you need a Bedroom Suit.
A three-piece suit would look
nicely h that guest chamber
and give the house a general
' tone of refinement.
1 Wc have a very fine line ol
Tniu-E-PiiiCE Bedroom Suits in
some of the very latest styles.
(It would be a pleasure to look
them over.) We have them in
&
Golden Oil,
Mnlseye Maple
In our large stpek we have just
I what you want and the prices
ue in piain figures.
HilUConnefl
121 N. Washington Avenue.
Scranton Business
tj f t t tiff
HOTEL TFRRACE.
PARLOR llOTF.fj Ac cotnnioiI.it Ions. rnni
pieel moderate eluigis. I'otinancnt Jitil
table ho.inle-i. W. II. HIlYTi:.
Kellar & Harris,
M.iniififttiicrs of llarncj. .inel elealeti. In lloise
Futnlshlni; (lOueU, TiunKs anil 'liave-litter ll.i-'".
Iicimiiing pioinptly .itti'iieifil to. 'leliplionc l-US.
117 Penn avenue, benintoit, I'.i
L. SOMMAR, lluileling Cuiilractoi.
Ctnplovs union men. Intimitis eliecrlully
given. Itemoelellitff Jtnl repaliin; a iu.ijlty,
32C WASHINQTON AVE.
LACKAWANNA
UNDERWEAR STORE
Will eoII all tlieir sampler of fine impoiteel
Madias Wtirts for men at ii'ie i worth ft to ..jo
Davis steam dye Co.
310 PENN AVE.
Goods tailed for ami ekllvcrcil, Cleanltifj,
Pieiiis ami 1'resning.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED. PHONE 3736
Golden Gate
Dining Rooms.
Best 25 cent meal in the city.
Five Meal Titkils, $1.00.
sunihy dinner a tperislty.
Heme made Pastry,
244 ADAMS AVE.
W. A. HARVEY.
l.lertile Wiring ami Fhtures
Kleclrio Dell and lekplune oik
309 Commonwealth duiloinq.
J, B. WOOLSEY & CO
CONTRACTORS
AND
BUILDERS.
Dealers in
Plate Glass and Lumber
O" ALL KINDS.
Kingsbury & scranton,
Manufictiiicis' ALCllta
MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES,
llibtrkl AtfenW for
John lloebliiiK't fjonti lo.'n Nile Itejpe and
nieetrleal Wir.-. litltt.i I'eKlia ami null, i llfj.
to, 'ei lliltms, I'ii I,ui7, Hose .mil Meilianii.il
ItubLer Ciooeli, linnvvlloii I'-iiMn,, l.lllcr'i
Oil tlotliiinr. Ileioin Jlfl l'.inll Hid.'
FRECKLES,
Moth, 'I'm, I Ivei S)ol .iii.l all ini. iu.n v
illMolin.itii.iu conipli'leli umov.il bv ut.v p.-.
il.il li'ine- tli itincnt, ainl tin iieiiiplelon
iriidcrcel ileal- jnd tinootli
HELEN BUCHANAN,
Ileunitologi.l. .Ill Haihlrston Ave.
SHOFF'S HAT FAC rOfiY,
till !-peuie r-tieel, Veal Hotel Jeiinvn.
All the new bloihs foi t-prlns st.vle nc
now in. New lilts Made to Order.
W, H, GORDON & SON.
Horse Ehoeinc; ami General Ulacksniilt.iii
Wagon and Cmlage Building and Itubber Tire
Ids. 339 Adams AV'NUE.
ALWAYS BUSY.
Our Oxfords.
Low in cut. uow In price. High in
tlcmcii'si from $1,25 up.
Lewis & Reilly,
Wholesale and Retail.
It tf. K V. n H K. K ! K !l.lt . v. n
I TRY l
iOlook'siesf I
ts Union Hade $
a
I Tobacco?
s
.V
a
V A Good Smolto or Chew.
A Trial Solicited. ,v
.. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
X
.1
-' X
' MANUFACTURED BY . ,
l The Clock Tobacco Co,, 3
C1-1-4G-48 Wyoming Ave. X
X
X Scranton, Pa. ,tj
1 X
i r. tt : r. . K K it
A Second-Class
City with a
First-Class Stock of
1
terlin
i ware
Clocks,
tc.
Suitable foi
Wedding Gifts.
Mercereati & Connell,
132 Wyoming Avenue.
ot mm
I Sifys
THESE ENTERPRISING DEALERS CAN SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS
OP EVERY CHARACTER PROMPTLY AND SATISFACTORILY.
Brotherhood Wine Co.-s
l'tnc- Old l'otts, IlurKitnellcJ, anil
interne's, r.imlly 'liiele Only.
P, H. FRENCH, 403 CONNELL BLDG.
Breschel's
Great Fire Sale
IS4 WYOMING AVENUE.
Now Ueiin? On
I'ttie Turn and .ill Mud nf Veilvvear.
BRESCHEL S. CO.
Scranton Laundry,
323 WASHINGTON AVENUE.
Calls by telephone reee'vo piontpt ittteiition
WILSON f: VSASBERS.
SPECTACLES,
MADE AND
REPAIRED.
"1 hat's .ill"
S. H. TWINING.
131 PENN AVE,
REGULAR $5
PHOTOS ROR
$3,00
AT
CRAMER'S
31ILACKA, AVE
Hanlevs
1AKERY.
420 SPRUCE ST,
f'urcefsor lo
HUNTINGTON
mttie a fpeiiillv of fine bread ttnifj.
Oidus for ba'ads, Ojstcis, f'iiiuctlcs, etc,
pioinptly hlliel.
A full lii.e of f.cc lie-am .in I lies.
wyia. WMWJni en inniiBiiwiiumwiiwn
GOODMAN'S SHOE STORE,
Now ll 114 I..1' l-.IH lllll.l J VI'
SOUVENIRS GIV N OUR CUSTOMERS,
WALTER E. DAVIS,
SM, 216, 23 PAULI 3i.DO,
Attoiuey-at-Law, Scianton, Ta.
wiiiiiMiinrn-iiiiii wiiii wmiinrim'wiimwi w
THE MOST PALATABLE
.uul lleallliltll lleet Illll is Inevveil, 'lite lit jl
rtai' vt the Nation 1 nuvilul m it 1'iiiil).
i I'uio in hills, the He-i iml iniele MiIjii'c"
Ijiuoh. t-fil 1 lv
A. W, S 1HRADER,
7- VIjiiii v 'tin Mrjiil'ii i'l
ll'Jtll UlCpllOlKN
rHE SCRANTON VITRIFIED BRICK
lvo Tile Manufacturing Company
Makers of I'.ivin; lliiik, lie.-. M II IHIe,
fiireial Salts Asenl, liriiec ?29 Waltiiuten iv.
Works at Nay AUi, I'a., 11. & W. V, It. K.
FINLEY'S
Remarkable Sale of
An excontlonnl purclmar of nvrr tv-f
thotisnnd ynrelH of Tnffcta rjllkti In nil
the new cnlorliiR!), Iticttidlng whllp and
black, which, wo orfor for tino week
nt titiustialiy ultrnetlvc prices. Taffeta
sllkft nm ttt present In prent dotnniid
for SttltH, Juckul?, Wilstfi, rettlroittit.
and Llnlnsp, nnd arc rnroly sold itn
dor the rcKitlnr prices. Vov this reason
thla tuilo ortots mi uiieiiuallptl opportu
nity to .secure Tuff pin Silks nt prlcrn
that will be lmpoHsllitp to duplicate.
At 39c a Yard
A ln-inch wide, pure Silk Taffeta, In
lat-Re range, of colors, Inclttdlnpr vhlto
and Mack, iPRttlnr value 60 cents.
Price for this week, SJc.
At 59c a Yard
A in-liuMi wide, title tlnlMi and weight
Taffeta Milk, complete Hup of colors,
t'OKUlnr value Trie. Price lor this week,
5!c.
At 88c a Yard
A 7-Inch wiils extra quality Taffel.i
Silk, In lurso lin of ci-lois, lcgulitr
v.'iltie ll.'Jj,
At 88c a Yard
Impoiteel anil domestic plain lilacK
T.itl'pta Silks, litlRlit litsttp and ftno
finish; Ki-and wearlntr qiialUles; resn
l.tr value $1.-5. PiIcp lor this week,
Sc.
At $1.15 a Yard
A ::r-liich ido "Amerlcnn" Tllnclt
Talfpta Silk, wear miatimtecel, heavy
to lite liatiel anil nice llnlsh, regular
value M.!w. Pi Ice for litis wok, $1.15.
At $1.25 a Yard
Kxtui wide Illack Taffeta Silk, extra
Heavy uelght, weir guaranteed; also
"Bonnet" line imported Sill;, hrlght
luslie and lieautifiil llnish. legul.u'
Viilup $1.50. Pi ice for tills -week, $1.23.
Foulard Silks and Satins
Ours arc acknowledged the liand-f-onifht'dc.'-lBns
and largest assortment
it the city. Prices, 19c, 75c, $1.00 and
510512
Lackawanna Ave
P. J. HONANr
Merchant Tailor.
319 Lackawanna Avenue.
The Dickson Manufacturing Go.
t crouton unit Wltltes-flarro, l,
Muuiifactururi of
LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARY ENGINE?
Boilers, tlolstlricand Pumping Machinery.
General Office. 8cranton. Pa.
Houses.
J it !
Guernsey
Hall
IS THE OEST PLACE IN
SCRANTON TO BUY A
RIANO
OR
ORGAN
Don't fail to come anJ bec as great bargains
arc waiting for you.
J.W.GUERNSEY.
PROP,
ai4'3l6 WASHINGTON AVE.
SCRANTON, PA,
In New uuernsey Building.
(.'old Medal
(jv i'hatosraphcr
(lnldr. n's ft
Aitist
FOR
SALE
lU't-.f.irs. and WAIi
ON of nil lands
also Hoiuej and
llmMiiis Lots at
barfr.Ua, IiOIt?Kh
t iill'I'LIl and
(I!0OMI.O at
M. T. Keller's
liiikavv innil.ami:e
link.
ALL
DISEASES
OF WOMEN.
fpcrnll.v l)r
'lincito.i, Itopiu I,
nii'i (ilobe store
llnlllh I lo 1.J0 p.
in L'lliMiltilion
liee 'I'liQtie, DjJi),
HAVE YOUR
WATCH FIXED RIGHT
WE ARE SATISFIEO WITH A SMALL
PROFIT.
BERNHARD, jeweler,
!, I (iv N.NA AVIJM'i:
fcOWfV S, WILLIAMS,
CONTRACTOR, BUILDER
ROOM 20 COAL EXCHANGE,
SCHANTON. PA,
rtlE SCRANTON UMSRELLA
Manufacturing company
ve uu.v the largest
fiutk of Ctnbielljs. Par
j.-oU and Handles ue
aUei ftLlOVKlt umbiellai
nil piraoU and mike
llietn up equally as good
as new anl genuine our
ptices to be lower than
any hoto in tliu city
Wc repair all our goods
for one jear I'ltCE 01"
LllAitflK.
313 SPRUCE STREET.
Taffeta
Mh
v-4, vt? s,,i .