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SP It ANTON', DKCRMUnit 2'i. 1W1-
Tlio lict lntfic'lM ol' Sctnntun t''
entlir n iie UtPii uiUwny s8l"iu
1uoii'ily ofiil)K'l in j-lvi luli'iiitutc
mi le'e. TliN N ii luiuhuiH'iiliil fact
.liieli all must ,'i'osnls'f, iffciiielle'-' of
ilifl't'ioni e'-t ol opinlnti on ntliinr points'.
Reflections on Reform.
-Mllillv Hill ililiiOillllllflll .UP nfldl Unnid'-l-
cil I i iii-i' 1 1" null, nt uunii.ii.tiii.' 1 lie Miiild.
iIimiii.Ii II nli-I - in Mini nf i il..uJ nun nml
Mllllll llllll lllltlll ll-l llllllllll l'Hllllll, pKKK.N
m -l,mh. tine ( Im I iimoii il mlilli i i tlnl In
in mi In! uu i 4 iui-oiih nt uii.inli' iiiloIliuitiK,
ilii amt nli'llnite litiiper mil Iinpmlent niiiinrn
flu in'iiiutliil In i iptiui' tin" lr.ulii"lilp 't u'li
Murk. -New ( k liiliiiiii.
THIO KAXATIC lurl.llnlv luis
a tt-jctiil place In th" si hi mi'
of lift. oHipiwMm lie would
not lii. His yoal -supplies
inotlM- powpi In llu pushing toiw.tnl
of Komi i'iiiip. Hut no pilnclplu of
lni'iluiiiii'S Is i-tt"i" f,talillili( tl tli'in
tli.it ciieiKV. to lie oltecthi', nuis-t lie
lontiollpd. Tliu rolled iii.tlnmiiliiK in
tin- watch, If not piopeilv ihcckod,
would urn oil in an instant anil tlio
watdi. lot puiiioMf of mmkliiK llini.
would tlicn bo u"le"-s. AVhen the stp.nn
in thu boiler slips lt In iillp them ii n
tinlly nn pploiloit anil Midoty oonfsiat
ulatPh ilelf II no'oodv wets Killed.
The lefoiniPi .vho i an talk :i Inniiilt
ol wolds Is niton intensely slnioio hut
Koneially (tulle inelt'eotive tuul nuK
anio when thiny- mu to he done. The
dolus ot things call-! for ii lomblnutlon
of qualities often iINconnectPil tioin the
srlft of Kith. At :i i nil, the men who do
things hi-,t an lvc-n who .sn the least.
Thoie an oi options, lint not nialiv.
Quay, lor pxiiinplo, hat boon niuio talk
ed at than poihaps any other man in
Ameilian public lite w-Jio Is now nllo.
He lias lgnoiod '.he t.tlklupr, roup light
mi wot king and 1or n geiipiallou his
masteiy In state polities lias withstood
till attacks. 'o iniilil name otheis in
aiious walks of lilt: whose inieeis In
this lospeit aie similar.
Iteloiiu, like any other fonn of en
teipilse, niiisl leauh a horse spun basis
befoip it i an amount to much. (5al
steis hao then pl.K o and uses but
they make poor gonuals. They inn to
tangents and to theoiies. They latk
thp sagacity whith suboidln.uos non
essentiaks to essentials and w hioli
workb tow aid ends by tne law ol a Pl
aces. If it lingo movement lequhim;
the teiiipoiiu. oo-optiatioii tor a iiini
mon put pose ol ilements not olhuiwlsc
in aguemont Is to sueeeed in any loni
munlly wo udwse those li.ning it in
ohaige to stick ilose to that main put -ioso
and put a haUer on all who would
switch it aside. Thoie is a thuo and a
place for eveiything anil lonfuslug the
iwo is the cause of most of the Ills of
life.
Mlsfoi times never loine unaiioni
p.iuled. A Now Yoik louit has lust
tendered a juilKment against Kilgar
Stanton Mat lay for thlity-si doll.us'
woith of beor put chased In 1MJ7.
Counsel from the Judiciary.
AP Till: I'hll.idelphla celebuillon
of f oi prattlers' day an addiess
wns delUoiid liy D.uld J.
Hiowei, nssoointo justiio of
the United States Supieine point,
which Is lull of the louusel of wisdom
inspiiod by a whole-heat ted patriot
ism. .Itistlio Hiower oxptessed his
faith In the ability of the foiefatheis'
sons lo miry foiwaul .suooessfully tho
foiofutheis' woil; as wlilonoil and com
plicated by piogiesslng model n condi
tions, but lie thus commented upon
some of the signs and mods of the
times:
'riist, Into all the asonues ol mu of
llclal life must enter, Is outeilng, ilvll
soilo lefnim. Appointment to office
unij piomiitlou by tneiit hae ceased to
bo itlin JoUo of the politic Ian, have
passed beyond the duys ot ildioulo, unci
in ('going to bo the contiolllng lules
not; ineioly In the tiiniy and navy (and
wo hao had of lute some voiy posi
tive assurances In icspect lo tlieni),
but lu all tho dupaitmeuts of olllclnl
life, lintloiial, state tuul municipal
Whatever may be the pioseiit defects
)u Jho machlnoiy employed to seiuio
(ho deslicd lesult, nnd vciy possibly
thoy mo intiiiy, thoy fan and will he
cured if wo nuiko up our minds to euro
them, Wo must com to uiidet stand,
iiuc( net upon the undeistuuding, that
the' nation Is a gii'iit business estub
llsliniout ; tlmt olllco Is not a political
rpwitrd, not a piivllege, hut a business
figejicy, iiiid that In tho long inn the
most HiiccesHful business Is that con
ilucjecl by agents selected for coiupu
tencjy, continued lor fidelity unci pin
nioU'd for efllcleuo', ,
"Again, co-oidliiate wllli'the essen
tlnl to nnd evidence of high national
dint actor is Integilty in ofllclal life. It
exists among us, 1ml Is not unlvoisnl.
We nre shocked by occasional expos
nies of great coi'iuptlou. It does not
avail to attempt concealment. The
surgeon's knife unci not the whitewash
biush Is needed. All Indignant public
sentiment must ho amused. The olll
tlal scoundrel deserves Cain's condem
nation, 'A fugitive unci u vagabond
shalt thou be In the eaith.' At least,
.-...f,
ho deserves this after a good long term
In the peiiltriillnry. To sum the mut
ter up In a wold, lite olllclnl life of the
ftepublle must bo Pintle clenli us well us
sttolig, If up nt i to he II Wtu hi power
by light or I'vainplo.
"Alinlhi'r niitllpr Is education. So
far us the eloiiii'tiltiiy biaiiclips It
should dp iittlvpisnl. It Is nut the pilv
llpgo of a few; It Is the duty of till,
We glory, nnd rightly, In our common
school systofii. Hut It does not rent-It
utl or pv'otywlipip. Wlintpv or stnvs Its
uulvptsiit touch must ho eliminated.
Heynml this the higher, yea tile lilgh
psl, edttintliui looins up with Imperious
demand. Wo lecognls'e no boiiiulailos
lo sclentlllP Investlgntlon and le
scitiih, Tho miknowii In Hip mateilnl
win Id must he madn the known, A
weed Is said to ho n plant whose uses
nto yet unknown, Science must piovo
that thcie nre no woods: tlmt thoie mo
blessings and beneficial uses In even
a Canndti thistle. And so In all other
dliectlons. In eveiy ilep.it tniPiit of
knnwlHilge the piirpi', asililng student
must ilnd tho place and menus for pm
sttlng his studies. For this wealth
must place Itself in the hands of
science. It Is beginning to do so, It
must do so iiioio ubundautl, or else
hv succession and Inhoiilanee lues It
will he taken for all kinds or public
lisps. Hy doing so, this youngest of
nations will become the gloat eiltiui
llonal cenlio, an example to ull.
"Still anothor liupoitant innttor Is
loiilid In the offoil in iidwtnie the well
being of the humbler classes. Wo note
the lontlk't between capital and labor.
Wo nre won led by the fieitient stilkes,
with their ten Idle losses and pt ha
lloas. Wo see how olton they ait
stinted without cause, and can led on
in the woist of splilt. We iiiotnn all
the sail expel lelic.es that attend them,
and yet is thoie not in all these 1011
lllcts unci effotts tho thought and hope
tuul put pose to lift lo a higher living
those compelled to toil of hand.' And
do wo not see the light hi caking in the
many etfotts or Intelligent and public
spliited i Hiens In tho tanks oi labor
nnd of capital to btlng about a har
monious w oi king of these seemingly
antagonistic, but loallv fiiendlv foicesV
I could mention other ni.ittois, but
those mo enough to show that thoie
Is an open door befote eveiy cat no1 1
Aiuoilcan eagei fot tho honoi and well
being ol the Republic'."
lu oaih of these dliectlons who can
be blind to the fact that eheeilng piog
lpss Is being niaili'V
The lesuirei tlon of "Sheiloik
llolmcb' and a tepoit that Jesse James
still lives iindoi an assumed name In
Coloiado give i oinforting assiiianco
that Ihe enibeis ot lm Id flition aie not
to be allowed to die out with the old
!p.ir.
Trade with South Americn.
AIniOt'GIl for a geiieialion
Amitkan statosinaiishlp has
boon ti.vlng, somewhtit (It
Itillj, to IniiP.isp our tindi
with South A met ha, the fisuies show
that little sucioss has been achieved.
Tho Wt.OOO.OOO people on this hemlsphciP
south or us impott annually about !00,
0UO.000 woith of nioiihandise and of this
the T'nited States contributes onlv n
tenth, while or tlieli neailv $su Ortti.OOt)
woith of annual epoits we take neatly
40 per cent. In niuiiil nuinbeis we buy
ot them i woith for oveiv cloll.it 's
woith tho luiv of us.
What is wiong.' This Is the question
consideied at length In a leoent issue
of the Piotoctlonist by Walter J. lial
laid, of Sihenectacly. N. Y.. with whoso
wiitlngs on economic subjects our
t eadeis aie alieadv acquainted. Ills
answer Is woith ciiioting:
"Fust, lor th- want ot Ameiliun
navigated Height and passeugoi ves
sels we ate lompc-lled to pay out l.ugo
sums neiess.uy lot Heights each way
to toieign vessels, mainly those of
l!i eat Uiituiu. Second, wo do not cul
tivate tlio tiade piopetly or sufllclontly.
Wo do not solid down theie enoiiah or
our smait Yankee salesmen, and ex
cept in late iiislamos the men wo do
send cannot ue.ilc their language,
Tliild, in the packing and labolhur of
oui goods wo do not make tlioin suit
able in weight and si.e, or sufucionily
atti active. Fouith, wo do not make it
a tiili that all our minted and adver
tising matter shall bo In the Spanish
language, nor name the pi ices, deliv
eieii. In their cuiiency. Fifth, we have
no bank facilities, urn on our sstem
and owned and managed by Ameiiran
bom unci Ameilian tiulnod hank
iigonts. Sixth, so many of our mer
chants in these piosperous time's, and
with such u heavy home demand, do
not te.tlize that the day must come
when the competition ousondoied by
the.e good times will scilouslv divide
that home demand, make tho tilling of
It mote dllllcull unit ivtulei the lontlnu
ous getting of fotelgn business a neces
sity, Seventh, the Ihuopcan steamship
Hues, which now control tho tianspor
lalioti, dlbcilminato against goods Horn
tho Fulled States and In favor of those
f i out I3tiiope.ui cimiitiles. r.lghth, our
capitalists ate ullowing fotelgn capital
ists, particulaib Uoiman, to ubsoib the
Imal industilos and Holds or oppor
tunity. For Instance, in live or theso
couutiies (ioimaii capital Is piolltahly
invested to the e.Mont nf l.ajl.OOO.OOO
marks (about $J(i,',n0O.OOO) lu lallioads,
breweries, liat and shoo raetoili's, paper
mills, coach facilities, sonp and c audio
fnctoiles, lotiueliies, macliino simps,
etc., witll well oig.inUed Ooiman banks
to take cute of tho llnaiielal ends of tlio
business. Ninth, wo have only u spi Ink
ling of lesldent sales ugenls of Aliieil
c.iu birth and tiuinlng, while wo should
have ono In each pilnclpal clt, well
supplied with sumples, who would keep
the pot boiling between tin peilodlcnl
visits of tho smait Yankee special sales
ngeut betoro lefoiieil to, Tenth itliel
Inst, no should lealUo that all good
things, like loiolgn tiaele, by which tvu
get gold for our nnu velous and appai
ently inexhaustlblo Odd-given natiiin!
resiimcos, and also lor the labor spent
In maiiufacluilug those lesoiuces, as
well as tor the luti'iest on the Invest
ment ami the pioflt pi opei ly due tho
capitalists and thu muiiufiictuier, can
not be peununentli seemed for con
tinuous benellt unless we ate tin and
doing, using all that fertility of expedi
ent and dominating cneigy which litis
made us vvliut wo ate, the most ac
tively pi ogi etil e ronnneicliil nation
the wot Id has over known."
Of these unisons the most loimldable
..eiltiTMItl i iW a&gOAtoi .'T,.. J.
tintitestli)imbly Is the limunielonpy ot
our Antei Icnit tnei chant mm lite. Three
fouillts of the steamships enteillig
South Amoilcait ports me Itiltlsh hitlll,
Ittltlsh nulled nnd Ittltlsh luniguted.
Of the remainder the linger piopoittun
tne (lernuiu tntlll, flornnitt owned and
rteimaii itavlgalod. t'ntll unr exporteis
can scciiip speedy ocean ttaiisptiftiitlnn
at fas oi able rates on vessels lu sym
pathy with their wishes. It would do
comparatively little good to attempt to
establish In South Ameilui Yankee
bunking Institutions or a well equipped
coflw of Yankee salesmen. American
ships are the lltst i ousldorattnu, When
Utoy me put Into set Vice tho other te
ittlieuiputs i'iiii lonelily ho adjusted, Hut
the tlmt' to eticouriigp Ameilcan ship
ping Is now, while times ate piospeious
ami money for profitable Investment Is
abundant Subsidies lor this puipew
ate toinpoiury: thoy help to furnish tho
impetus nnd tide en or the eaily stages,
We nit at ii loss to uiuloi'stauil why so
desirable a fm nt ot jirotectlott lo a
small Industry which It Is to the Ameri
can people's obvious and urgent Intel -est
to onlaigo should bo so slow In
(inning Into effect. Keptihllinus who
oppose II ate ceitulnl.v misguided.
I'llglll-el .lames .ietfiles elosllos to
leave the dramatic ptofesslon and
mukc a big hunch ol money all at once
lu nil encounter with some noted e
poncnl u f tho manly ait, having, as his
inunagor states, had enough ot the
load. 1'xpetlome, has tlemonstuui'd
that It Is less wealing on one's e ousll
lution to take the elmuies of u solar
plexus t mm some of the heavyweights
than to outline the haul knocks or
piovlm hit ono-nlght stands.
Tho employes of the Fnlon Ttactlon
imnpauy of Philadelphia, who voted In
overw lielmnliigniiinbersugulnslti stt ike
leceiitlv, have had their wages In
ctoaseel ltom IS to 111 cents an hour.
The judgment ot the malmltv in tins
c.isp, at least, appeals to have been
nn. eh bettor than that of the stt Ike
blooding minoiity.
The sloiy tli.it Heading citizens saw
a iMoss an oss tho moon the other night
will find few bcllovois If thp puteipils
hig eoiiespondont had made it a snake
It Is possible that the phenomenon
might have boon accounted for as ono
of the lesults or oei -indulgent o In
Clnlstnias good cheer.
m
Postmaster Cieueial Smith has ntter
feiod with tho mail matter ol thliteen
gei-ikh-qiuik linns In Kentucky. It
si't'ins Impossible to convince the postal
authoiities that si concent that adver
tises to sell $i feu l cm delivet the
goods lor any length ot time even lit
lei tile Kentuek.
Chile and Atgonliiia ate less likely
to light than to make a lot of laces
at each other aiel lei it go at that. One
ol theso days srme nt those South
Ameilian states v .11 got Into a io.il low
and then thoie will Iip ttoublc.
Owing lo the tumble In South Allien,
South Anioilca and in tho vicinity of
tin navy .ud, .V. . Spalding and other
hasp ball magna us have boon unable
to get tho publli eo locitsspi upon
their little low.
The lepott thai Senatoi Quay is wiit
llng .i book on hi-- espeilencos in poll
llis is not continued, but in the intotost
ol liteiatuie ns well as hlsloiy, wo
tiust it is tine.
Mr. Hi an has reused to be on the
lookout foi wiioloss signals rioin those
who aie anxious to piomote another
pi evidential boom.
The picsidcnt Is lospeelfully leininded
that Ohio's stock or official limber has
not et been exhausted.
clnlstnias conies but onto a o.ii, Stit
ihe spirit of I'luistinasS tun bo made
perpetual.
Picsldont Castio, of Veno.uela, will
know mote after a low days.
Genoial Miles has learned wisdom at
Inst. Ho ionises to talk.
Outline Studies ol
fltiman Natiire.
A Man of Lotteis.
"Down It oie of the Uni iej,oits in 11 Iho
hi," Mid the mui with the hunpeelid noo,
1 inn 11 nt'itioooi in llini," oil mo mui 1 iej
nun 1. ue w.is in iiiiitiHiuoii Willi u 1 l,li 1 1 ,
iIlKtiiflcd I iiil.lnif 1 1111, ttlioso f.ue wis (Viiiie
liuw fiinllLir to me, iIUhmiLjIi t.in'iilli,
" '.shake lunils wllh Vh. s,i mil -,,, 1 w isle
iiiktmi nnu of Iitt.is,' Mid nit fih'iil In lie,
lioddlin; Inwaiil his louipiulni, ,iud I shml. wil'i
the nnu whose intuitu jine was miukIiow (
mill 11 to me,
"'.Man of ktlirs, ill" I thouji, as I limit.
him mu, 'Will, Iito'ri win 1 1 t'te jot tn ltd,
on 111 nit I lie, 1 suppose, nnd I ilk iihoul (,i.
thiRliiiiu lilstor mil I 01 ran itumlis, and the
pisslugof tin n inhl p. llini, mid limits lll.e tint,
just tu ".how lids nun ot litteu whit a did 1 us
of ,1 1 1 r i 1 1 r tu I am m -! f whui 1 Lit 11 y
hkeves lullul iqi. Ii'ti til.out tin tn ntn tint
he'll lollai mi' mil inil.e me looK ll'.o 1 I'.ui.
until in pla-lii If I uiiKe tin littlci-i Kind 01 .1
hieil.,'
"so I lie.'iu In put 'nil mil' fin the In-udlt
uf llils man of lelloi"! lie sniu iudiilinllv .it
me ,is I wint aloni.', hut he didn't hue lu 111 my
U'liiuKs hlnisilf tu t-pi,il. of, (itpt 'I i;it 11
that's ho,' or 'Ves, nti'ie iliihl tlure, 1 thin!.,
11 'It'-, a uuttei tint I luu n't iutculiiated is
uii Hilly as I should.' II looKul puttt unt lln 11
and I wint riiiht rk ns ind lit hlui liatu all 1
Km it, without 111 fm till- feat of a idl-dn.tu,
Mi liilghlior Mem il tu he !ii III illicit lliml
on 1 the weihh uf Ii foiiintlou I was uiitoldiita;,
uii'l I was incilitatliy upon what ,1 sin ind a
chime it wit that 1 hiiln'i Imn pUKed out oa
head uf a colleui spi.-i i n iln j,
"I was lull. In Vi.iMilu'toii ntn il.iis liltr
I didn't lu In lie ofllto 011 Ihe lilililln' ifu,"
1 ihOt liul,, lull ,it iliwdlinj; at 111 lutil.iiit,
As 1 sat lit the I ihk in mil' Ii1mi.ii 111 iliiiln,'
loom Ihtii was .1 Una; ill oui latuiiiut lul, .ml
1 Mint In lie dooi, 'I In ic Ho ml nit nun of
Ittltis In ,t Ki.11 .iiii'oim, lie woie 1 Inoid nun
as lie luinliil me 111 luorulti; null, and tleui I
11 1111 iiiIh nil how it was Hut this nun of l.lliii'
fjie tt it so f imlllji tn nn'
"t'uitie nn, the Luiiili of ton," lonilud-i) lic
man wllh Iho uii.iiclul ini.i, 'I'm lining luo
hu.tiiiK." Ualllll5' HI I'.ld
Outside Deals Ended a Pattueishlp.
Mluli Ihe late limine 1' (illuiiii, the tei 1111
ifiinl, win.,, milling iiio fu ilUpulo In Ivcy
ioik, lire line ultl inoiijli tu lo into Ini-lni'v. liU
falhei inunjjid a iiaiiu ishli foi him with a ,(r,
Miles, a siucfjisliil li.itlu nun hunt Mi Jill ,
a much oldu nun, was iiielliud in devote limit
of Ids lime tu oultiJe nili'n.W, iilatu iie Chi
caiin .Siwa. Ono ill Mi, Milu lauie- iIowiiidwii
to the cilice nnd sail:
"Mi. (Illnuii, 1 did a uood (hul.e ollthli'C4-
foda). I liciikht leu ii'iiKlu) lot and then sotl
nine if llitui for what the tin cos; me, 'Hut
1 1' jus me one lot foi dial piollt "
nilniaii dliln'l 6ii Hut liil-i iiicunt aiij piof't
-v , 'tP.-g-i,. V l
fop the Mm nnd im tin' fnllnttllii. lunrnlng wlrn
lie reiiliril the ofl1c he fild In Mr. .MIImi
"1 did ii good flmlxp nt limine-. nitielf llil
liionilnir. I atnppnl nt n IIiiuiIhji niiilpit tK"r
nml hoiight leu inlliiu, I void lilli" ef thrill lor
veil It 1 ptlil foi Ihe tin, leu Itift; me eotllii loi
ele.ir pinlll. I hive uned thl uil'l'i Pir ton.
Mi. Mile, thliiMhg Ihil .veil iiiIrIiI me II lu
join iinuteiy lot,"
Mi Mllt iilnicil ill the .voiiiu' mm it Melo
mill Iiler miiiiiiincpil tlnl tin niincilili i
ill'inliiil
An Early Adventtue of Robett Lin
coln. Willn Mil II V, llildilii, wh.i vj ,i clou
Pi lilhlioi nf the l.liiintii fmnilv win 'i thrj lo
'Mill lu sprliullcld, III.,
"Uhlle in; linlliii In liw, Mr. Il.wilnii, M
In the hJidw.iie Ini'li,,, n prliinriilil, l.liii'oluV
"on Itulirrt, then ,1 liny nf ten m livehe, rutcKd
Hie ftoie Mie eliy with nnntlier hoy of hU own
luo 'Ihe luU Iiiid n ipinillt nf leiul pipe, vthteli
tin ttlaheil Id tell. luijriln wui mule ,ilnl the
luntio plld ill Ol In Ihe lion, vcllli lm qui'l loti
ii'kiil. I iittr In the tin, Imui'Ui, .Mr, l.lmol i
wii V l-llt il .it hit Imine In- the ownei lit I linu-u
which mii iiiiilitKoliiir lepilf, ,iud liiforiunl th.il
lilt son, Unlit it, hid .tolen. ipiintlli' nf lejd
plie hum the pllee, vihlili the on lie I ihilled Id
e'llliit hue 1 1 Ii 1 for or icliirneil.
"Mr. Iltiiolu vv.it -hoc t oil. lie t.lllrd Itnlieit,
nml, without a'l.hif run ijiu llnin. tool, the
In the nun .mil miiihnl him ilnwu to the ftnu
When tin inteuil Mi. I.lnriitii w.i InoKlmt vil'
item,
"'Mi, lloviiton,' he Mid, Mid nil mui Koliert
ell oii .nine It id pipe todijl
"Ml In ullir i -in-U vm id Lilly nnli in j-.hmI.
I'lei.vliodi lu Sprinsilelil Knew Almihini Un
told, lilt liniiett mid Integill wne luvei" ipm
tloueil, mid the hh t tint hit Mill would Hlp.il
wilt IiIkIiI' iinpinliilde. Ml. Ilo.viilnu luil. lin'V
iici, linn inilllliil lu motile liuiiuei' tint the pli3
wis iliilin ptopiil. N(irll,ile-t he did not
h.i nl In Impllcite the mui ot .Minium Lincoln,
ki he mid:
" ' Mum! el -will. Mi, Lincoln, let me see.
No; I ilmi'l thlnl. w i oui' liov who luoimht
tint pipe! in heie. lie don't tonK ill," the lio.'
"Hide w.it ii t III simp at lie inn if the Mill',
nml jn-l it tin hiothoi-iuOm whs ci'iiui.itnl uIiilt
IiIuimU tint votiiuc l.tiiiotn would et nut of the
.(iipe, the ,jip Mini' of (he tlmmllli pt
ililinnl: "'Ve, 'lis, too. Tlnit's the ilnp tlmt Lin
coln hoc, nnd .itiolhir one .iliout his -ii . I u
uiiinliir 'em '
"Mi, Lincoln drew mil ids pociu MiouK and
lild ,i lull upon the coiuitrr
"M'lei-e lit mi" hlM" lint pipe, M,", llo.intoii,'
111" Mill
"Ihe pipe vi it m onlilvh tmiii;ht nut. Mr.
Lltiiolu pljcod it hi.iss Itohut's hiftitdeis. Ihe
two of them lift the t.toie.
"It w.is .in evliiiu 1 hot tin, mid Koheit Lin
mill v .is litiefnot "d, 'J lie stoit" ".todtl in u Miit
of 'qitne, vchieli wis plied villi huiK. Ihcse
luiil.s had txiouie liditcil In the Mill, nml pin
dined mi iiiKoniinit ililo feilinj: lo ltolirit's ht,
.is his fitliei, with 1cm? r-tndes, 1(d hftii actcsi
the sqiuip. 'I hi hoi dtnnd ilonur, flist on on
foot Jinl thin on ilie ot lu i . SiiiMuih In i v
el ilined.
' "sj, in, I i ni'l stin' tht-e hot luhKt in
ln line fut. 1 e's jtii mei in tho slinle,"
"Lluiolli scnif l tooled doe Ii It the lioi Willi
i tpiiyic il smile, then dtih lepliid: -
" 'Well, nit mui, ji ii'il heltri net nspil to the
Iieil. If joii evir Mi il ni uioie lenl pipe tou'll
ro In ,i plice tint's liotlu linn lln'e hriiKs ue."
-Ifslle'. Montlilt.
Bulls of a Grand Duke.
Tlo I He e.imil Dill i of Sive-Wimuii s
I linn-, is he w is .ilVeillouiteh i ill. il. h id
1 queei ti.n of iU0"iii),' liiin-ilf tint In
peipituled hiilH" lln i liiuitiiii; evpei:
lie siw i foit-tn whose fm mi unci f mi Hi
him
.Vii mil not i 1 utl oi of ( lm f lll-p
sihliuilli" .i-Ki il the lJnl.e
"I aiiitliiif liispiitin i lnnidi," -slid tie
n o
sinh
otte'i
htioii
u ti
ici lor
nn I.
, f.r
"Mi," -ml t iiit .linn-, "lh..t iKOiint
the ie-emlil nice "
Vnolhii lime the f.i it d Piiki wjs v citintr
it a
t tllw.ii stitioti in his fun i, lint, mid, id,
Hi!,' two hltli vi I- il'tinis neui III -iinl
.isl.id:
"Who I- toiu rilhei ""
I In- sljlioiimi-tei "
"llnw old no vouV
"I .mi "i ind tin Fi-tir t. 'ut indium- "
"How is tint po-illi Win die line his
lneu opined time ,'i il'!" M. V I'.
he-s-
hov.
olll'
Found His Metier.
line uf the ( lm 111.0 pill, luiiiniruiunen. ind
loiiipillid the piik fii ciinteiidtnt In put 0,1 the
pn-iool j li wild heil, 1. 'Ihe 1 omiuis-iotiei
mil Ihe Mipiiinteiidiiil a wieK nr two litu Jtid
i-l.eil: "Will, how's lint 111 111 I mu ton torn
ilii; .iloiit; Did .Liu Iiiid 1 d no for him 1 heio
he 11111I1I tioiK 11 1 online; to hi uni iblhti "'
"l)h, vis," -ml the Mippiiiiteiident. ihieliilli.
"I found the pi lie fur tint nun. I didn't think
I lould at lltst, li.il, h Ceuir,e, theie is one
think thai in in can do ljilln thin my one ek
iliiploted m this pill. "
'Will, will," slid the (ominkflniiri, liuiilit
1 mug up; "I told .ton he w ii good foi nun"
thlnir. 01 otliu. 1ml ton wouldn't luluvi' it, I
I new if von tiled tin unild llud (lie rncht suit
of plue foi lulu Whil hive von -1 1 llini ,ii"
(hisiiu Binils ol. the twill.-," it pin d the
tiipciiiiteniUut,
The luiinnt-siotui itlned.
OUB PROSPEROUS PROGRESS.
1 diloi ol Ihe 'i illume
Sli: Iowa's corn ctop f hi- tear is J7J,tlui),00')
luulielt, or i-lst -tlvo pei cint. of list .veai'H
Iiiiiiiipi crop, .uni itelili live pu lent, of tip
itiraijc nop fot the l0"t hftun .tiuic. &III1
lowatis .in- not ficttln', hie U'se the pilte this
.tear is foriy nuts pci luisli'l a,iimt twent.t
'mi 11 "nuts foi list j ear. Cutis, queiitly the iasli
lesult is -II.:,Ui0,lM. 'Ihise ire the olliei il fla
unt uf tin Iowa nop Imn in.
The (ire.it N'oithun Hillitaf ftslcm shows an
IliiiiM-jP of Rioss eiiiilugs for N'oveinhei nt $1,i)"m,
tmi 'lids 01 'denies pi'ospirlty lu the gieil
noithwe.-t
The 'J'.OOO riuplaii's of the Aimuin l.icl lug
couipint- hite hceti (,-lteu a ten pu tent, iai e
of wages.
klie tile adapt itlnn fm mm it. tuition and
UkIiIIiil; puipastt is haul ttwnt .Mil, old,
.tit It gives eniplo.tmi'iil tn Jl.iW.iJOOiiJiJO uf rap
ital and MXl.OOO people.
Kuisis shows .1 lot il valuati'iu of stlD.'KVl.OOO
hi fJim piotliuts ami llu html., 'Ihl Is it 11 in
in ii- of M7,K),(X)i) in one iJl mu -j fi.OOiVhXJ
in two Jiiu.
Plums an In ins' shlppul II 111 Soul lu in Call.
fi.mil at the late cf sll iiiloads wnl.lt,
Miny cod minis in Wu.t Miklnli mid Tiuiies
fin ine t,1iut down foi waul 01 fielhlit 1 Us. 'Iho
f inio tioiihle ist- at otlui lioiut-i. Ii is Inrd
lu tlnd a lallioad which Is not -.liowlnu" lusel.t
iiiiiti-,id r.iinini,'s inontli alter monlli. If wo
hid 111011) motive pnwu and iiioio ins the nil
nml trains would lp Mill latKir
('nimictliut wouliti and woi-tid mills' output
loi tho iitiiint ,teai is vtoilli s'l,iHK,lifMl.
.Nuillmi'hUin pjs-(ii-ci trncl In Novetiil.i r it it
Useful Holiday Presents
COMPLETE
ASSORTMENT
Leather
Suit
Cases
House Coats
Storm Coats
Bath
Robes
Handsome Line of
Hen's Gloves of
Ol'lIS' J'.Vr.NINGs'.
' " "
mWLuitA
titcnly pee rrtd. iticaler than In Nutemh'r eif
lit .tear aiul hroKi all ietntd
The online mnv riiirnt Ironi t'lillfoiuli tn the
I'.i'l Ihlt fciifim Ia th" heaviest iter Known,
heit In Ihe extent nf 50,li)i1,W)i liuhcl la
held lip nt lltllTitln foi thu want of helithl "U
mid motile potter, In rplte of nut mlltnadt hit
lint elet 1 u 'lint every etiRltf In (lie luo't ntllvc
ue piwslhle.
"Ainrrtruti faiiueit hue not onl enoinnuv
phnli,il iitli.uiliigcs, hut Ihe I'M eminent helps
them liloie than doct our KiiVernnieiil lietp nut
fnuterK," injt Mr. Ilihtntt, prculih'lil of Ihe
llrlll'h h-inid ol URiliulture.
'Hie fulled Millet steel loiportllun Is helping
In assure the pennmonce nf our priupprll Ii
lefiiiiiiiir In "iilumc e the print of prmluets, In
rplle of Ihe huivy 1I1111.1111I. Alreule It Inn livid
tlio hate pilce foi tiest. pijsoii of (lid limn" oiet
nt fl.'J-i per Inn, Hie Mine rm thtt ueison,
The American Shipbuilding loinpine of ( teie
tuul hit now under iondilution lhlrl-sK tit
reh of Ihe lirgei t.ipp. This Ii mi imptciciliiil'
edit- luge Hue of ttnik for hup slilphulhllug toiu
p 11 nv.
Kati'.it It doing well. 1 It r 10111 imp ttat woe
fully hhoil, et the loll! tatite of her farm
produce is s-.Jtxi.OtX) mote this eat thm lit,
and $l"i,tK"0,000 mine thin twn .VeaM ugo,
lilllt uf sin.tmo.onei (or higher edm itlou In one
ilnt (Moudiy list vtuK) ue ulginlli, pun In
llils glgnntli' inunlrt.
The following luiteases lu net lallttat-t 1 lin
ings me liotrit: Kuiisat Cltv and Southern, I'i'ii,-
000 for vear ended .lime 10 j New Voile Centtal
from .lulv I tn tlctnher .11, -;il,onO: St, Louis
mid sin 1't itnliti, fm the "time tiim, M'iT.ihio.
'Ihe iuireases on otliu roul-. nn ton iiiiiiiiiiiiei
tu dt till.
L.il.o Superior li.tfllc Is !,0iti),(nn tout iheul of
the nion of 10(11)
Amerlcmi plgliou Is hi lug piodmcd and sntd
I ip foil pioduetioti nt Ihe late uf 1ll,-.,(,IIOO Inns
n iii', agaln.il 1 1.TVi.OOO tons, the pietlous best
reiotd.
Tlio Lnndoii 'lliiies of .Votnnhir ".'', ia': "Cer
tain netv uiaihlne-e ate being inlrmluiid li.lo
Ainerlcan shlpt ud-i it the rale of 1 ,"J0( a month.
The li-e ot Ihe'i' uiiihliies illuts .t siting of
thlily to "-Ixty pir cent. In the poet of labor."
'Ihe s.mtliein l'ailflp rallw-iy his ouleiid seten
t.v live locomotives in addition to the 1(1.1 ineiitl.v
onliied mid lion- being ileHteted.
Wh is It that, 110 matter how laige nre the
tit' 1 -ill, l dUhurementn dall, atalldde .1 1 1 lul--line
piisisls In fctilng around sTi),l)UO,i)iX)? Can
II lie the iiintlmious u-iilt nf 'iiciesfilul Itipnb
lit .in I1.11I0 jiolit ics.'
lott,i hhowt up in the cmsits lepoitt with ll.M'l
iiniiulu luring (stablisliiiicnl.s, .111 Incrtase of 7, ITU
in ten jmui eapital invested 10J,0OO,hk). iiii In
ntane of tJ",,)Oct,cxxl; veatlv prodiiet, lfil,(Hxl,
iKjei, an ini'tiaie of ? l-vmo uo
K in-n follows Mill with 7,"(l maiinf icluihig
e-t ililtsliiiienls, nn increise of !,3T; eipllul In-vi-tid,
i,l20,noo,eniii, an iecieise or srii.imnouo;
ji'illv product. s7.,iKX',00i, nil Imn isp of (,.',.
oon.ooo
Ihe ehoitiw, Oklihomi and Culf reilinul Ins
III iiignl tii ipend 2,000,()Oi) fnt addltlnml equip
luenl, 'the .soitlhein l'aulii" is 1,000 1.11s i tljt shoit,
Dtcrt hitslni-s inilii itlou points In .1 hmg
1 nut Inui net ol our ptirPtit pinspciil, If we Ktip
oui liPitN, Vei tiult- totiis,
U'nllPi .1. II ill ml
sihnipitidi, N. V , llu ""I
THE DRONES.
I.dioi, lu ill's nobliM hciitigo oil ruth,
'I hat unl.is I1I111 shaier lu ueutlon's end
Ihe sod that milks II c tieiluie as Cod's iiiunl -"I
lion hat a put 111 manhood's nlu.-t. I10111-,
Vnd men, b.t di eiN, in lneasined limn llu ir
hiith,
As lues sue t iluul It thin fitlit 01 lltiwttf,
Wt ue bill fiitoit 111 a gteit nuiluut
llnt liuuil.i tteivt's tl,e woof of histci ,
So living i.ve the lane-lit 111 it -u.
Vnd lout tail Know the vtorl. lint hi- hem dui.
'till 'lime utifiul ihe unlit euloird -leue
And till po-lullv whit 1 11I1 lias spm
Vud not tin- we 1 llli tint nit 11 hau aiiln.l 1.1II
-how
When snip- the etet mot mr llneid ol lln.
.Noi vet tluK tune of wai and human t-llili
Hut in the deeds, pcifoimril bv lirilu 01 In itiu,
With good intent t) sh ,11 the piitern gm t
I nt i I the inmiiig of iteiiul dawn
I'llf the mm ulio moii the 11 on eiown
Of hone-t liboi canud lit Ins sires.
Mid .vields tu foolish, fnniiful deliis
Of life illumined by toilsome, wean wniK.
Who K.intl.s aput, iblied. Ids lieu! 1,1-1 dottii,
Wliile others bur the hinikus he would -.link.
Tii listen to the tlnuh nf N'ltiue's bout,
'i'n bieithc the interne tif In t migiitt lim,
Mnl surilieial Mores oi yoldett gum,
(irneted to teed the uti's fivoied Huong -lu
jos liKe thosp lit I is no pi ice, no lull,
Nor en to hear the hum of Utile's song.
Ills fatbits 011I1 felted Hie Cod on I l),li;
liny did then woik, 1101 I.ntw lint Hut wer
luave
To struggle Willi tin on Hi foi whit It llo,
In giiidging liiitei, 'giln-t theii hlmvtv witltli.
'J In 3 did their vioik, contuit to till ind pit,
And eiiued then stoies of liippiut r.nd heillh
a
Hut in the dieai,i dukues- of his miii!
A wmldlliig'n Hash of pjliuiiiini;' nub
seems lirlgliter tlian llu spaichlng mui uf triiln;
Vnd so he "peaks un pliee m Hi even's pi in.
Ills wits ton weak tn win Ids 1 In rlsheil go.!,
His liii.ds to pioud to liboi like a man.
O, vtuilit ww fools! p -ottul the noxiniis seed
lint in hit luiiid took inut ind made hlui weak;
Pit his lot; whcreiei he inn nek
Dishonor and despoil thill gnet hit epiest,
And mi-en- will be the only seed
To crown .1 life unworthy and nnblist.
I0I111 A. l'oole, in Ceoigetowii Collige .lournit.
A Second-Class
City with a
First-Class Stock of
Out Glass,
Sterling Silverware
Clocks, Etc,
Suitable for
Wedding Gifts.
Mercereali & Connell,
132 Wyoming Aveune.
Neekwear
Underwear
Hoisery
Mufflers
Holiday Suspenders
Spruce Street. J
Every Description.
J
Always Busy
Perhaps you were late with
your Christmas gifts. Come
to its, we cau help you save
on your
New Year Gifts
Commou-seuse Feet Gifts,
from Slippers to Boots, 50c
to $5.00.
Lewis&Reilly
Alwnys Busy Shoe Store.
114-116 Wyoming Ave.
Headquarters
for
Incandescent
Gas Mantles,
Portable Lamps.
THE NEW DISCOVERY
Kern Incandescent
Gas Lamp.
Gunsfer&Forsyfh
32.1-327 Pen ii Avcnutt.
Allis-Chalmers Co
Successors to Machine Business ot
Dickson Manufacturing Co , Scranton
and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Stationary Engines, Boilers. Mining
Machinery. Pumps.
ATLANTIC CITY HOTELS.
Grand Atlantic Hotel pno Annex
Virginia Ale. anil Ueacb, Atlantic City, N, J.
EixtU year; 3J0 lirautilul looms tnjulu, citigb
and uitli liatli; hot anil Loltl sca-watci ljatlii
in hotel and annex. Loeation select and centrji,
Mtliin few ard- of the Stiel l'ier. Oaliestra
OrTirs special Fpiitie lates, $12 to $13 by vccl;
ii SO up by iIjj. bpecijl latei to fimilies. Co.ichu
utcet all trains. Write for booklet.
C1IAM.LS C. COPE.
ttAtniniAtA
This store is Scranton's Greatest Toy S1.
jS and Doll Store all the year around, as well j
S as the best place to buy sj
1 Candies Ice Cream I
s &
S lees Bake Stuffs
iS
Etc., at Wholesale or Retail. S'.
3
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Host Appetizing Luncheons in Our
Dining Itooui.
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m J. D. Williams & Bro. ii
312-314 Lackawanna Ave. 5;
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OR SCRAN-TON.
Organized 1872.
Depositary of the United States.
Capital, $200,000 Surplus, . $550,000
'I liciltsi'oiuit lute toiloinslton is ,1 per cent, pei inilllliil.
.Sioclitliilteiitioneleii to nil mvJiiuls wlietlioi liiitfi'oi iiua'.l.
ilicu iMitiiriltty ovt'iilnu-i htotiti t'louc.
'Iliree ifi cunt, Interu.t palil em h.ulugB eleposlts.
liili'ifMl coiiiiinutiik' I .Iiiiniiuy jst anil .Inly lit.
WILLIAM CONNELL, Prosidont.
HENRY BELIN, JR.. Vice President.
WILLIAM H. PEOK. Ca3bler.
DIRECTORS.
William Connoll, James Aroltbnltl,
Henry Bolin, Jr., Lutltor Kellor,
Goo. H, Catlin, J. Bonj. Dimmiok,
Thomas H, Watkins, James L. Connell.
W. D. Zehnder.
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I'lill o linn
H
AVe thank our mentis for their lmmy
rourtfsli'.i anil favors of tho past year,
tuul trust Its eleise may II ml tlieni us
well s-atlsiletl with Its lesuItH as we ate.
What we have- been able to tlo for you
lit the past we will tiy to elo better lit
the coining year.
We rotillally i.sh to all our filciiels
a Clnlstnias lull of eheer and health
anil piosjipiity for 10l'.
Out Trices on all Holi
day Novelties Silver and
Ebony Goods at half price.
Silks and Dress Goods at
greatly reduced prices
all fall winter Waists
marked down low.
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