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Republicans Will Pas8 Eefonn
Legislation at Harrisburg.
GOVEMOR STONE LEADS.
HI llreonimefiilntlntiii, r'nirclall7
Tlione For Ilnllot Reform and the
PrrMrrrhlltin of tbe Kore.t.. Sleet
With Popular Furor.
(Special Correspondence.)
Harrisburs, Jan. 15. Now that the
legislature has gotten down to business
the party leaders are shaping their
plans for the fulfillment of the pledges
made by the Republican party In the
last campaign.
There is every reason to believe the
people will be entirely satisfied with
their work. The cause of ballot, re
form will be among the first, matters
considered, and the stalwart Republi
cans intend to tiiV.p'advanced ground
on this isu'.ifi,- Ltt:islation will be pass-
Srt-tfhich it is believed will meet every
requirement of the situation and that
the most radical reformers will be en
tirely satisfied with the outcome.
The contentions over the election of
United States senators prompted Gov
ernor Stone to advocate the proposi
tion for the election of t'nited States
senators by popular vote. This plan
was advocated by the last Republican
state convention, and to a certain ex
tent has already been put into oper
ation by friends of Col. Quay, who
have for years advocated the popular
vote system at Republican primary
elections for instructions to candidates
for the legislature on the United States
senatorship.
TO IMPROVE THE FORESTS.
This legislature will undoubtedly
adopt Governor Stone's suggestion for
legislation calculated to extend and
preserve the forests of Pennsylvania,
The governor, in his annual message,
told of the recent purchases by the
state of forests lands and on this sub
ject said:
"If these titles prove satisfactory,
will Increase the acreage owned by the
state to something over 113,000 acres.
The cost to the state of the 97.9C2
acres and 20 perches already acquired
is at an average of about $1.35 per
acre. Some of this land has increased
in value since Its purchase by the state
ant could now be sold at an advance.
The purpose in acquiring these
lands is to preserve and increase our
forests. Forests exert a great influence
on the streams and climate and tend to
preserve the health of the community
Their rehabilitation in Pennsylvania, if
only to part of their former extent, will
be productive of the greatest good. It
Is the purpose of the present adminis
tration to purchase more lands in var
ious sections of the state under the
several acts cf assembly wherever they
can be purchased cheaply. The In
vestment is a good one, and should the
state ui-quire a "large acreage of wild
lands, it cannot under any circum
stances be a mistake.
WILL INCUEASE IN VALUE.
1 he land will Increase In value
through the rapid growth of timber
and, while there will be destruction In
part by fire, yet the average value will
largely increase. These public lands
will Income the peoples parks, open
to mini at all times for hunting, fish
lug and camping, and the people in
turn will become the guardians and
protectors of the forests. Already they
are quite popular in the vicinities
where purchases have been made.
"There should be additional legisla
tion rMitlrg to the firet reservations.
As the purchase of large tracts in any
one county withdraws those lands from
taxation, it is thought that separate
tracts scattered about over the state in
various places would be productive of
better results. Too large bodies of land
should not be purchased in one county
to the exclusion of others. If the pur
chases were distributed nrro evenly
over those counties where forest landa
(till exist, the reduction of local taxa
tion by such purchases would lie
T0R!1E1TO
trivial.
"In a few years the state will receive
a large revenue from the sale of ma
tured timber and timber that has been
destroyed by insects, fire and wind
storm. So far the deeds have been
made to the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, but In case it became desir
able to sell timber that hid been de
stroyed by Are or wind storta the
power, under the present laws, is de
ficient. There are practically three
separate bodies or departments that
have supervision over these forest
lands the agricultural department, the
board of property and the forestry
commission. All these bodies give oc
casion for conflict, although fortunate
ly none has yet occurred."
The governor recommended that nn
act be passed which would place the
purchase and the supervision of these
lands under one management.
SENATOR WASIIUURX.
An Interesting character in the can
ing struggle for reform legislation will
be Senator O. R. Washbitrn. of Craw
ford county, who recently announced
that he had Joined the Republican
party. In his speech In '.he Republican
caucus Senator WasbbuO, among
otter things, said:
"I believe that under the leadership
oi men who arc here represented we
are going to have more equitable lahor
laws, laws that will Insure Justice be
tween man and man. 1 believe that we
are going to have state appropriations
for good roads, so that the fat mers may
be benefited. I believe that we are
going to have an h nest enforicnent
of the laws relating to the nsrirtiltiiral
interests; that, with the two city rings
lili!;cd out and driven lei k to private
!ifs, and with renewed lift' In the Re
publican party, we are flnt to have
ral reform. These ::re among the
reasons why I am a Itepubli ja.
"1 nsk no sympathy from rny cne on
uunt of newsptper critic: ms of my
action . Ippcallng to time and to the
people 'o Justify the wisdom of my
course, I tako pride In the ! Mlef that
I have helped to break this deadlock,
and whether this contest suall be Bet
tied by one ballot or many, I shall, for
the sake of the good name of the com
monwealth, for the sake of real reform
and because it will be yielding to the
will of the majority, support tnat man
whom the people have chosen, even
against my own efforts that man who
is to settle these things and settle them
right, Matthew Stanley Quay."
GOT THEIR QUARTERS.
She Was Selling Souvenir. From the
Southern Hut tleUclds.
They were very busy when she entered,
tilt beauty in far better for the eyes than
figures, and they all dropped their pens
and looked up.
"What can I do for you, miss?" said
the confidential clerk, glaring at her
stunning gown and picture hat.
"1 am n f mid I tun intruding oil your
time," she said sweetly.
"Rest assured that you are not."
fc'he opened a dainty little satchel Bud
brought forth several blocks of wood.
"(icnticnieH," she said, "I am selling
these souvenirs of Lookout mountain and
Chickamauga battlefields for ' cents
each, the proceeds, after expenses ore
deducted, to go to a deserving charity.
These little blocks of wood, of course,
possess no intrinsic vnlue but the mem
ories they call up. If you arc southern
gentlemen, and of course I know by your
eppearanee that you are southern gentle
men, you will think of the valor display
ed on those fields by the noble sons of our
dear southland every time you gaze upon
these little blocks, and a feeling of pride
in your ancestry and your native laud
Will swell your hearts with pride,"
How much more she would hare said
can only be guessed at, but of course they
would. Tbo staff of clerks passed up
their quarters like small boys before the
circus wagon.
"Thank you, gentlemen," she said,
bowing herself out. "You have indeed
assisted in a noble work."
Then came Jimmy, the office lmy.
"Hay, where did you fellows get thetn
little blocks?" he inquired.
"I Sought them from a lady." responded
one. "They are souvenirs fp ia the I nt
tlelields of Lookout mountain and Chick
aniauir.'i." "Iid she hire on a pink dress?"
"Yes."
"Carry n little satchel?"
"Yes. Where did yon see her, Jimmy?"
"Down in u furniture factory asking
the foreman for little Minks. She told
him she wanted tln-m fur a child to piny
with. Say, you fellow s don't know Look
out mountain souvenirs when you see
I lii-tii. Tin-in blocks come outeu tuir-log."-
Chattanooga Ni-ws.
Ladies' Black coats, Nicely Trimmed and Lined, Cut to $4.00
Ladies' best goods, all colors, Trimmed and Lined, Cut to $6.50
Ladies' best goods, all colors, Fancy Lined, - Cut to $8.00
Ladies' Finecoats, all above $11.00, - - Cut to $10.00
We also have some Coats and Misses Capes to sell cheap.
Come Early and Get the Best.
PHILADELPHIANS
AREAROUSED.
Wanamaker-Martia Combine En
gaged in Another Local
Campaign.
TUFirEB IB 131 HUIL
I n mi rue n In In Their Desperate Tae
tic Are Defnmlntf the t'Hjr (overu
ment to llelii Alonir Their ram
tmlun, mill l.oinl Cltlseiia Are Ar
rayed AhiiIiimC Them.
iPpeclnl Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, Jan. 13. An attempt is
being made to overthrow the III publi
can organization in this city by men
who have been identified with Jhe la
surent moye-iuturrthe 8,n,e- J01"1
Wanamuker is the head and front of
one of the most desperate attempts to
make political capital out of a cam
paign which Is ostensibly wased for the
suppression of vice.
Waaamaker's name has not figured In
any of the committee lists, nor does he
arpear In any of the official publica
tions as Identified with the movement.
But behind the scenes Jie Is revealed
as the main spring of the movement,
the directing and controlling force, and
the aim and purpose of it all Is to
defeat nominees of the Republican
party in this city who will owe their
nominations to the support of the stal
wart Republican leaders who have for
years thwarted John Wanamaker's am
bition to go to the United States sen
ate. THAT POTTER MEETING.
There was a mass meeting held in
the Academy of Music last Wednesday
night, to which Ili.ihop Potter, cf New
Y'ork, was Invited. This distinguished
divine has been waging nn anti-vice
crusade ngainst the Tammany rule In
New Y'ork. snd It was thought by the
Insurgent political manipulators In this
city that if he could be gotten to make
an address here people not familiar
with the facts would Imagine that all
manner of wickedness is rampant in
Philadelphia.
Well, the Illshop Potter meeting wag
held. While several of the local pro
fessional reformers ramie speeches de
faming the city and her officials IMshop
Potter was careful not to attempt to
substantiate or endor.se anything they
said. He simply made a speech on
general reform work, ar.d In that re
spect his remarks were a sore disap
pointment to the mm back of this
latest political move.
WANAMAKER'S QUIET WORK.
The excitement occasioned by the
agitation for this meeting h is subsid
ed, but Wanam.-'ker and his associates
are now perfecting thrir plans for the
campaign which is to be waged against
the Republican candidates at the elec
tion next month. They cannot succeed,
however, as the people are becoming
acquainted with the details of the en
tire scheme. They know that Wana
makcr dined Iiishop Potter and after
wards sat in a proscenium box watch
ing the meeting at the academy work
out Its mud slinging, unpatriotic pro
gram. When the man who had the
resolutions calling for the appointment
of a committee to engineer the political
campaign was requested for an ad
vance copy he polifply Informed a
newspaper man that he could not give
him one until he saw Mr. Wanamaker,
1 lie wanamaKiT newspapers are
taking up the crusade, but they are
meeting with indignant protests from
manufacturers and merchants, who de
ny their allegations and say their In
famous work is doing Irreparable harm
to the bnsinea-i interests of t!:" city.
The rnnreni'its of opinion of the of
ficers of th" C!irisian League is that
thp mnr-il mid physical condition of
the city have never brrn better than
at present, and that the city authori
ties; are co-operating in every way
with the earnest men and women who
are working for the city's welfare on
effective if ri'it sensailonal lines.
The Christian League lias not hunt
ed vice with a brass band, but for five
years, week in and week out. Its agents
have made personal tours of suspected
districts The information In llm
A&0
hands ot the leagt:e ts, th" e ove. rcscu
on fact and not on ItnaKisr.tion.
Rev. Kerr Key- Tivr" IV P.. pas
tor of the First n.-pti -t r'- -.-h. Sev
enteenth street, below Ce"s:m, Is to
deliver atl aililre-s at Wii'i-i-ispiirt.
Pa., on the evening of Feb. 5, r-U sub
ject being "The Eievatiu: of Our
C ties." Pr. Til) per Is n : observer
of conditions hi l hili'ileiphia, and H
always studied In his expression t.f
opinion.
"I have been shocked rere-itly," he
said yesterday, "in rending st'.tT.'.er.'H.
especially In news-:. -.vis -n-i -v' the
'limits of our city, respecting :i : i'lpal
conditions nnonr us.
"I am convinced thnt if a!! rd cit
izens would unite hand for the uplift
ing of the city to a purer a!: 1 . j.l.ere
we should have less occas'.ip t : c
plain. Hm'ly a night in the week
ftc.es by thet I an nut ou t'.e -ifeet,
except S.itu'day. fulfi'iliug e-'-:i7eni"ist
of different kinds, and ss I r- a'umt
I am not livnres-ed with the ; rni!-
ty of our city as ctlieis a. e r 1 1 ' n I
it nt present. I am gir.tlti'd i;-. knnw
thnt the t.- tlnioi v :f C.e rv-istlan i
League, which body l a-. p .-y . t. rtu
nlty of knnvinir "''. t cenli'lcns.
Is io f'-ef tt--t il hn nev.vf.TVf.de
an apical tn the ro'iri rr c'l-er city
inthorttk' which fc-j - -i-i'te 1?,,"
itiiainvso i:ea ars a i:ii" It ''""b-lrtg
thnt such declarations were not only
untrue, but hurtful to the best Interests
of the community. The sentiment
everywhere was that If the vaporous
continued the business interests of the
city would be Injured.
Adam Porshel, piesidnt of the
Northwest Business Men's association,
raid: "1 can hardly express my indig
nation at such nn atrocious Insult,
hurled nt the Residents nnd officials of
Philadelphia by Illshop Potter and his
followers. What right had they to
denounce the city In such virulent
terms? At present Philadelphia Is In
its zenith of business triumph. Never
has business been so universally good.
Every member of our association,
which comprises all the well known
business men in this section of the
city, are prospering wonderfully. They
nearly all speak against Hlshop Potter
and his crusade. They claim, and I
agree with them, that It Is the pro
fessional class, the doctors and law
yers, who are creating such an ado
about vice In this city."
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION
The Republican primary elections
will be held on Thursday next, and the
city and ward conventions will be held
on the following day. The stalwart
Republicans Waders have for the nom
ination of receiver of taxes agreed
upon John W. Davidson, a retired man
ufacturer and a veteran of the civil
war, who served his country vnllantly
In both the army and the navy from
ISill to lt3.
The Wanamaker-Pavid Martin In
surgents, with their so-called reform
allies, are working up a game In which
they hope to make a deal with the
Democrats on the local ticket, as they
did on their fusion candidates for the
legislature. They were not very suc
cessful before the people last Novem
ber, but they seem determined to try
it again.
By attacking the Ashhrldge adminis
tration, the Wanamakerltes hope to
discredit the Republican organization.
They are resorting to misrepresenta
tion and abuse similar to their tactics
in the state campaigns of the lait few
years, but they do not seem to realize
that the plain people havo awr.!:-ied
to their game and ate not being fooled.
Anelent flunk Soten.
Among the many pri-ducts of civiliza
tion which were familiar to the Chinese
many centuries before they enme into
use in Europe may be reckoned bunk
notes. There is in the p wsession of "The
Old Lady In Tlin a iiiii die Street" a
it villi: 11 supposed to ha one of the oldest
extant, dating from the fourtii-nth cen
tury of our era.
It is now proved, however, that paper
money was issui d in China its early as
fc'iT A. It. These securities closely re-si-inlilid
the famous I-'rench nssignats in
being bused upon the estates of the king
dom. The Bank of Stockholm claims to
have bei n tin- tiivt western institution to
adopt a paier eiiireiiej-, but the Hank of
Em-land must have followed very close
with ils inn notes, which were issued in
I'iiMi. Bankers' Monthly.
t.rltlMU I'eilHloHM.
An officer who loses a limb or eye at
once receives a sum equivalent to a
year's pay and the price of mi artificial
limb. A year later he may lie granted a
permanent annual pension, gnidiinied ac
cording to his rmik. A lieutenant gen
eral receives 41X1, a major general X"U,
a colonel X:KS), n major a captain
film ninl n subaltern 7(1. Scottish
A FAIKTER S VISION.
The ftory of 0 of HnnVncsr'a Fa
rroa ralntliiits.
Many tin Incldeut in the career o
Michael Si hmedor created Bnron Mull
kacxy in the Hungarian nobility wai
a pitiless illustration of the truth o
Pi-Tden's line that iri-eat wits arc sure ti
madness near allied and thin partition!
nuik the hounds of separation.
Ilin marvelous and fantastical caivel
both as man and lis artist was market
by a hundred episedes that might bavi
been construed ns evidence of un unbal
aiin-d mind, but it was not until his ren
son became 1iom-!cksIj- cl. aided that tin
world realized in Inov tremulniM a bal
ancc had hung the Intel!. -it which hat
given it three pictures which won foi
tie ir painter fame, riches, decorations
titles and a devoted regard such a-i ii
bestowed upon very few nu n in any wall
of life.
His weird methods ef conceiving line
working out Ids pictures never had t
more startling illustration than lu tin
cae of his most famous canvas, "Christ
Before I'ilate." This picture, which Is IX
fiict long and i; f'.-l lil-;'.'., contains tuori
than -Jil figures. All the figures save out
wen sketch.il in with n rapidity almost
inaniiicnl U-tween dawn and twilight ol
one day. 1 he one space remaining emptj
Was that reserved for the figure of Jesus
nnd it remained so many days whih
Munkaeiy worked on the other figures.
As he approached the oasis of white can
vas left untouched by his binning colors
the artistic and devotional fervor grew
npon him, and he shut himself nwaj
from the sight of man that he might iu
I'ifect solitude am) silence realise hi"
conception of the Man of Sorrows.
When the picture was finished and had
brought liiui worldwide fame, he always
Insisted that while he was sitting al uu
nnd lost in a profound reverie a white
vision flouted before his eyes and passed
into the unpaintcd space on the canvas.
The painter, shaking with excitement,
sprang forward and with trembling handi
painted In the figure which had iimie i.
him like the phantasmagoria of a drenm.
However the inspiration for that dead
white figure, set amid resplendent crim
sons nnd purples, came to him, we nil
know what Its effect upon the' world was.
It Is estimated thnt 2.1 M k.i h Mi p,siple saw
It In the course of its triumphant toiu
among nations. Courts, emlia-isies, cler
gy, pagans, Jews, Mohammedan. Chris
tians the very humble and the very
great, crowded to see It. Some were
moved to tears; others sank upon their
knees and prayed. Chicago J initial.
Ineoniilnlile )ttr In flie.
Some one with a head for figures has
recently attempted to calculate the num
ber of moves on the chesiioard. II.'
starts with the fact I lint inch player has
2D possible moves from whh Ii he must
select his first move. He then tells us
that the number of possible ways of
playing the first four moves only, on
each side would be yiS,!i7:),,-,r,l.iiiKI.
If then, any one were to play with
out cessation at the rate of one set a
minute, it would take him more than
(XKI.IXK) years to go through them all.
The nuinlier of ways of playing the first
ten moves on each side is lti!i,.HH,S2!t,
1X.o4 1.IHM).IH Ml.l HNi,tHH, 'm. These fig
ures are probably in defect, rather than
In excess, of the actual number. On their
basis, however, and considering the popu
lation of the whole world to be I.-IS'I.ikki,.
000, more thnn 'J17,lsiii,iimi,iHi0 would be
needed to go through them all, even If
every man, woman nnd child on the face
of the glolie played without cessation
for that enormous period nt the rnte of
one set per minute and no ret was re
peated. Flies In Winter.
That flies are present in the summer
and absent in the winter is a matter of
common knowledge. Just where the flies
go to in winter, however, is a question
which few enn answer.
This mystery us to the whcrcnliouts of
flies in the colder mouths is deepened by
the fai-t that flics, like Adam and Eve,
are bom fully grown and of natural tm:
There are no small flies of the same spe
cies, the little ones which yon occasional
ly observe and feel being of a different
kind from the larger ones.
In winter, if a search of the house le
made, these sun -r tormentors will be
found in great iniiiils rs seen ted in warm
places in the roof or between the pntti-
tions of II, miis. Around the hp y
myriads of them tuny lie seen hiliorn.it
lug comfortably.
Ilnnk Srinhne.
Clara I hear, Carrie, that you have re
fused Frank Swetser.
Carrie-1 had to do it. He is so selfish,
you know, lie told me he could not live
Without mo. Just thinking of himself,
you mi: 1 iost on Tru iikci i pt .
hi
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can fit you mil in anything- Irani the smallest heater to l.'io Uig'l
ami huiiilsoine-l ran'e, ai-il the margin of profit is cut to the loet
possible figure. l!y all menus see our stock am) get price before
purchasing
Guns and Sportsmen's Supplies.
We carry a nice line of Iircech Iiailinjf Shot (inns, extra gmnl
shooters, but not expensive. Also best loaded shells, and van sup
ply you with anything in line nf sp. Isuien's goods at lowest price
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