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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY. AUGUST 30, 1893.
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SCRANTON, AUGUST 30, 1S98.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.
Govcrnor-WIIXIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor-J. 1'. B. QOBIN.
Secretary o Internal Affairs JAM L.H W.
LATTA.
Judge of Superior Court-W. W. Ton-
TER.
Congressmen - at I.nrgo SAMUnt, A.
DAVENPGHT, GALUSIIA A. UHOW.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senntc.
Twentieth Dist.-JAMCS C. VAUGHAN.
House.
First Dlstrlct-JOHN It. TARU.
Sfcond Dlstrlct-JOUN J SCHnUHR, JR.
Third DIotrlct-N C MACKEY.
l'ourth Dlstrlct-JOHN r. REYNOLDS.
COLONEL STONE'S PLATFORM.
It will be my purpose when elected 'o
bo conduct mytclf as to win the respect
and good will of those who have opposed
mo as well an those who hae Riven mo
their support I shall be tho governor
of the whole neonlo of the state. Abuses
hao undoubtedl) grown up In the lrgls
Mure which arc neither tho fault of 0110
party nor tho other, but rather the
growth of cuitcm Unnecessary Investi
gations have brcn nulhorlzed by commit
ties, resulting In unneccFary expense to
the state. It will he my taro and pur
pose to correct these and other evils In o
far ns I hae the power It will bo my
purpose while governor of Pennsylvania,
ns It has been my purpose In tho pub'le
positions that I have held, with God's
help, to dlscliargo my whole duty. Tho
people are greater than the parties 'o
which thoy belong. I am only Jcaloii3 of
their favor. I shall only ntlempt to win
their approval and my epprlinrp has
taught mo that thnt enn best be done by
an honest, modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
It Is a pleasure to note that our peo
ple me brglnnlng to realize that the
British oppressors who made trouble
for this country prior tn the Revolution
have all been dead nenrly a century.
The Peace of tho World.
The note handed by Count Muravelff
by order of the cxnr to tho foiclgn rep
resentatives at St. Petersburg1 Is cm-
phatlcallv one of the most Important
nnd unique In the diplomatic history
of the woild. If the Emperor Nicholas
had Issued a ukase granting consti
tutional government to his subjects he
could not have taken tho world more
by surprise. When n war between
England and Russia was bellvcd In ev
ery chancellery of Europe to bo not
alone Imminent but Inevitable, the czar
proclaims that the maintenance of
peace and the reduction of the exces
sive armnments now crushing the life
out of European nations should be the
Ideal of government. If the czar does
nothing greater during his reign than
to give his Imperial sanction nnd prac
tical adherence to this humane nnd pol
itic policy ho will have done more for
his country and more for the advance
and progress of civilization than all tho
kings and queens that have held
thrones in Europe since tho dawn of
Christianity. Many rulers have felt
the conviction that war was the cul
mination of desolation, but this is the
first Instance in history In which a po
tentate has had the courage to sub
scribe to the conviction and, what Is
more important by far, the power prac
tically to dictate the conditions upon
which It can be enforced.
Count Muravelff calls the Ideals of the
czar lofty and magnanimous. They are
very much more. They are the human
itarian Ideals for which the world has
yearned in travail and sorrow and nev
er yet found. To question the motives
of tho czar at the present moment
would be ungracious, ungenerous and
very probably unjust. It Is true the re
lations between Great Britain nnd Rus
sia had become s,o critical that only a
step such as the czar has Just taken
could avert one of the most calami
tous wars that the world has yet seen.
Lord Salisbury had sufficient confidence
in the czar's pacific intentions to hold
his countrymen in check. But the
time had come when neither the queen
nor her prime minister could have
averted war by the mere assertion that
the czar loathed war as heartily as the
queen herself and that he was carried
by the chauvinism of his army and
navy altogether beyond the bounds
he had circumscribed for himself as a
monarch. The timing of the czar's
proposal, therefore, vas most adroit
and its beneficial effect is likely to be
immeasurable.
The czar must not be supposed to
have proclaimed his adhesion to n
peaceful policy of international arbi
tration lightly. The conviction must
have grown upon him, and as the read
iest means of averting a European war,
he gave public expression to the faith
by which he is animated. Nicholas II
has not outraged the proprieties of
monarchlal Europe by his idiosyncra
cles, vagaries, and oratory as the Em
peror William has. It Is true that up
on more than one occasion ho has an
nounced his determination to main
tain the peace of Europe, with very
unequivocal intimations that It restel
with him to do It; but since he ascend
ed the throne of the Romanoffs he has
not up to the present departed from
their traditional pollcy.elther In home
or foreign affairs. Neither Is he the
first of his own house in whom abhor
ence of war seems constitutional. The
late czar was ait implacable enemy of
war. Probably hla son has become con
scious of the fact that ho possesses as
much of China as he will readily as
similate Into his unwieldy and hereto-
ceneous empire. Ills Imperial rule can
scarcely cover successfully moro terrl
rltory than it now comprises. Great
as la the bureaucratic concentration of
government In Russia, it must some
time reach a limit.
It Is not necessary now to enter In
to particulars of the lmmedlnto conse
quences to the world of the czar's pro
posals. There is no government in Eu
rope which will not welcome them with
enthusiasm, with perhaps the exception
of France. Will the French republic
as part of the alliance accede to the
czar6 proposals as readily and en
thusiastically ns she Undoubtedly
would nny advances ho might hove
made for war? Time nlono can tell.
If France does not accept the dlsnrmn
ment proposals, neither will Germany,
nor Austria nor Italy. But Great Brit
ain nnd Russia and the United States
will readily come to an understanding
on the eastern question on the basis
of tho cznr's proposals. Tho economic
conditions which he deplores ns duo
to the Incubus of militarism In Europe
will bo relieved to a certain extent,
and nt least the nlr will be clarified
of those war rumors which hold Eu
rope In terror night nnd day. If tho
great conception of tho pacific solution
of International disagreements, comes
approximately near a' realization,
It will be tho crowning achieve
ment of the nineteenth century,
achievement of the nineteenth century,
and the name of Nicholas II will go
down to posterity ns that of a great
man nnd great ruler who loved and
knew how to show his love for man
kind. Tho efforts of the Cznr of Russia tn
form the Powers of Europe Into n peace
society have been coldly received In
some quarters. So long ns the Czar
falls to throw nway his own shooting
Irons his pence talk will probably be
regarded with suspicion.
Tho Educational Problem In Cuba.
The fact has already been noted that
General Wood has made arrangements
to open public schools In Santiago next
month on the American plan. This
Idea Involves the key to tho successful
pacification of Cuba.
According to a leport Issued by the
Spanish government in 1S00 nnd cover
ing tho ear 1SSS-U this being the lnt
cst official Information available less
than 2V4 per cent, of the Inhabitants of
Cuba attended public schools during
any portion of the year, nnd, Including
pupils In private schools the percentage
was only 3 per cent , or less than one
third the attendance In the public
schools of Spain Itself, which Is little
enough, goodness knows. Commission
er of Education Harris has compiled
for the New York Tribune a table
which makes clear the need of more
and better free bchools In Cuba:
School Annual
Popu- Attend- Expen-
Provlnce. tlon. ancc. dlture.
Havana 4"2.n:S H7.it $ Sb.oW
I'lnar del Rio 22-l,7fil 3f.fi.-, 15 MM
Matnnzis 1:517)1
Puerto Principe CS.SS1
Santa Clara SoUVS
Santiago 271.010
M12 L! 000
1 :I2 r, MM
fi.fll" 25 000
6,031 10,000
Tofnls 1,032,000 3S.105 Jin.Wi)
In addition to the school attendance
thus Indicated there were reported In
that j ear 28,142 pupils In private
schools, of whom 13,457 belonged to Ha
vana province, 732 to Plnar del Rio,
3,69.") to Matanzns, 773 to Pueito Prin
cipe, 3,328 to Santa Clara and 1,837 to
Santiago. In the province of Havana
53 out of every 100 whites and 85 out of
every 100 colored we're officially report
ed by tho Spanish government as Il
literate: In Puerto Principe, if, and 72
respectively, and In Plnnr del Rio, S3
and 07 respectively, figures for the other
provinces not given.
When vvc temember that on n popula
tion about one-sixteenth thnt of Cuba
in its best days the city of Scrantnn
expends for free public Instruction
nearly three times as much ns Spain
spent for tho whole of an Island nearly
as large as the state of Pennsylvania
It does not appear so surprising that
Cuba, robbed, starved and fettered In
Ignorance, has been a hot bed of revo
lutions nnd disease. Tho problem of
overcoming the Illiteracy Is a difficult
one. Its solution will take time. In
New Mexico a quarter of n century had
to pass before the prejudices of the na
tives ngninfet unbectailan public schools
could be overcome and the free school
system established permanently. Equal
If not greater resistance may be ex
pected in Cuba, unless the church there
lends its co-operation to the secular
ization of popular education.
General Coxey has the laugh on tho
country nt last. He states that his
army fared better than Uncle Sam's
soldiers during the war, and no one
dare contradict him.
Getting at the Facts.
William E. Curtis, the well known
Journalist, has been making Inquiries
on his own account Into the conditions
at Montauk Point nnd chief ntnong tho
causes of trouble he places the intense
Jealousy which prevails among the dif
ferent branches of the service. "The
medical men," says he, "hate the com
missaries, and both hate the quaiter
masters, who reciprocate with fervor,
and they are all trying to put each
other 'In the hole.' The cistern is worse
than the men. The red tape that Is te
qulred In every transaction, no matter
how insignificant, entangles the whole
camp. For example, when a surgeon
calls for food the commissary should
supply It and the quartermaster pro
vide for its transportation. Between
the three there are Innumerable requisi
tions, Indorsements, permits, authori
zations and nil that sort of thing,
which take time and patience. For ex
ample, when a lot of soldiers left a
transport the other day they were so
weak they could not walk, and brandy
was called for. The supply happened
to be very low and the surgeon made a
requisition for more. The requisition
had to go through the usual circum
locution, and It took three days to get
the brandy out of the storehouse. In the
meantlmo the soldiers might have died
had it not been for the Red Cross peo
ple, who furnished all that was neces
sary In five minutes."
He gives another example- "Miss
Helen Gould gave Mrs. Ellen Hardin
Walworth $25,000 the other day to be
used at her discretion, and Mrs. Wal
worth decided that nothing was needed
more than a diet kitchen. She started
the wheels In motion, sent to New
York for trained cooks and materials,
and they were on tho grounds three
days before she could got a permit to
erect her building. General Alger
found men lying on the floor In the
hospitals although there were carloads
of cots at the railway statlon.a mlleand
a half way. It was explained that the
hospital authorities could not get them
out because they had no means of
transportation, and yet within plain
sight were thirty or forty empty wag
ons standing In line waiting to bo load
ed with wood for the regiment kitch
ens, 'More than 200 men were without
blankets, although there were bales of
them in the quartermaster's store
house." Dr. Winters, a political Burgeon who
got Into the service through pull, wns
discharged tho other day by order of
General Wheeler. Tho physician In
charge of tho camp hospital, Dr. For
wood, In reporting the fnct to the sur
geon general made no explanations, but
Mr. CurtlB supplies tho omission. Says
he: "Dr. Winters has been drunk, for
moro than a week on whisky which wns
furnished by the Red Cross society for
the soldiers, and had behaved himself
In a most disgraceful manner, both to
his patients and to their nurses. No at
tention wns paid to him by Dr. For
wood until a surgeon of one of tho
Massachusetts regiments 'violated tho
discipline of tho hospital' by reporting
the matter to General Wheeler, who re
lieved Winters from duty Instantly.
Professional pride nnd tho esprit do
corps of the medical officers had thus
far protected him."
Tho foregoing Incidents do not reflect
upon the secretary of war, for of course
ho cannot bo expected to maintain im
mediate personal supervision over every
subordinate. But hero Is ono which
docs. A veteran of two wars said to
Mr. Curtis at Montauk:
"When jou mix war and politics you
enn t do Justlco to both. It Is n bud
practice to put men of no experience In
charge of great icsponsllillltles tor politi
cal reasons, particularly vvhero they In
volve human lives. The surgeons, quar
termasters nnd commissaries who have
been appointed for polltlcnl reasons In
tills war aro doubtless very cstlmaolu
young gentlemen nt home, but they don t
Know how to run nn nrmy, and It Is a
pity that they were allowed to trj It.
Some of them havo shown remarkable
ability. There Is a joung felluw hero
named McMillan, for cxnmple, who Is Just
out of Yale college nnd Isn't old enough
to grow u beard, llo has been Intrusted
with tho rponslbllltv of unloading the
transports, looking nfter tho troops ns
they nrrlvo nnd getting them Into their
enmps. it is one of the most trying of
positions nnd requires tho pncicIso of the
inrcst kind of Judgment, executive ability
and foresight. Vet this lad, who was
never intrusted with nny responsibility
beforo and never saw n mlbtniy camp In
his llfo until the preent war. is giving or
ders to old veterans like mvsclf, who htU'e
been educated for such duty nt the ex
pense of tho government, havo spent our
lives In tho service, and havo sons In tho
nrmy older than he. t don't say this to
disparage McMillan: ho is n splendid fel
low and is doing remarkably Well. Ho
has never shown a Msn of n big head and
wo are all proud of him. But I say thU
tho fcocretnry of war, or whoever placed
him in thnt position, took gravo risks.
There nro other greenhorns on tho ground
who havo not succeeded so well as Mc
Millan, nnd to their Incompetency and
lneperlenco much of tho troublo has
been due."
For the largo extent to which poli
tics and personal pull In the organiza
tion of our war forces havo displaced
professional fitness the public must
hold Russell A. Alger primarily respon
sible. There Is where he laid himself
open to just and severe censure.
Mrs. Rorer has recently Given a de
scription of the various species of
mushrooms and toadstools with a view
of enlightening the public ns to what
may bo eaten and what should bo
avoided in the mysterious fungi of
which there are said to be about thirty
thousand known varieties. While tho
labois of the celebrated gastronomlcal
lecturer are doubtless prompted by the
best of Intentions It Is believed that
moro harm than good Is accomplished
by these periodical efforts to instruct
inexperienced people on tho subject of
mushrooms. In nine cases out of ten
tho Inquisitive t-plcurean who endeav
ors to select the slimy sa-called deli
cacy according to printed Instructions
furnishes business for the undertaker.
The only way that a novice can eat
mushrooms with any degree of safety
Is to buy them from a regular grower,
and It Is Just as well not to eat them
at all.
About the unklndest cut of all is that
In one of the Washington papers which
Intimates that Secretary Alger, having
miscalculated the political effect of his
rebuke to Roosevelt, now wants to
make up with Teddy and secure for
giveness. Wo do not admire General
Alger but we refuse to believe him cap
able of such littleness.
One of the problems which the Que
bec conforonto will try to solve Is how
to enable Canadian and American
money to circulate on equal terms In
the two countries. Why not try an
nexation? Experience has shown our soldiers
that Mauser bullets were Insignificant,
as elements of danger compared with
tho incompetent subordinates in the
war department.
If the proposed oyster trust Is a suc
ceEB tho traditional "lone bivalve" in
the church stew Is liable to become of
importance financially.
The manufacture of relics from tho
Spanish warships will probably prove
one of our most Important industries
for tome time hence.
Prof. Norton, of Harvard, is still dis
satisfied with the countty, but he
shows no disposition to emigrate.
DEWEY'S DIPLOMATIC REPLY.
Prom tho Crlteilon.
Dewey Is a man of Chesteifleldlan man
ners. Some years ago, when In commanJ
of tho "Narragunsett," In San Francisco
bav, he was pacing the deck ono day
when a gentleman camo alongside In a
shore boat and requested permission to
visit the ship. This was politely tefused
by the corporal uf mailnes on duty, the
crew being engaged In painting tho ship,
which was not, therefore, In condition for
visitors. Tho self-invited guest, however.
Insisted, and asserting In a wrathful man.
ner that ho was an American citizen,
claimed tho right, as part owner, to board
tho bhlp nt any time. Whereupon Dewoj,
taking his penknife fiom his pocket, op
ened it, cut a small piece of wood from
tho deck and handed it to the corporal,
saying coolly, "Corporal, give this to the
gentleman; tell him that It Is his share of
the ship and let him go." Ho went.
THE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW.
Prom tho Record.
The peoplo should know how It came
about that expert staff officers were
pitchforked by scores und hundreds Into
line positions of higher rank In the vol
unteer at my, whllo tho momentous and
vital work In which they had been fo
carefully trained was handed over largely
to green civilians, pet proteges of men of
Influence In the department and the pure
ly ornamntal human appendages which
hang like a frowsy fringe upon every
army In tho field. Why was tho regu
lar army nucleus of an efficient staff de
partment broken up nnd rendered nlmost
useless, Just at the time when Its services
,ero most urgently required?
W? flau? a Guide in
Oiir 0u)n Experience
From tho Now York Sun.
T
HI3 expectation of the London
Standard that Hawaii win oo mc
easiest to manauo of all our new
possessions may bo realized, but
durlnr tho long debate upon the
annexation of those Islands tho opponents
of tho policy filled the senate chamber
with doleful cries bewnllliiK the evil con
sequences which they predicted as sure to
como from It. Ihcy prophesied day In and
day out thnt tho annexation would sub
ject our polltlcnl svstcm to a strain
which it could not bear without dlsrup
tlon, nnd newspapers opposed tho meas
ure with vlolenco on tho ground that tho
Introduction of Hawaii Into that system
would Imposo upon us a colonial policy
wholly foreign to It and subversive of U.
The annexation of Hawnll has been ac
complished: tho American flag has re
placed'tho banner of the Hawaiian rcpub.
lie, but no sign of disturbance thero or !n
our own political system appears. Nobod
In this country and nobody outside of It
has nny real anxiety ns to our ability o
provide for tho llawallnns n government
which will be altogether satisfactory to
them and will bring to them larger free
dom nnd a moro prosperous development.
As tho London Stnndnrd xnvs, the prob
lem Is easy of solution, nnd It will give
us no serious trouble.
o
Thnt paper suggests no that while wo
might set Engliind an cxumplc of putting
tropical colonies to commoiclal uses, we
should take lesson from Englnnd In tho
matter of their government nnd ndmln
Istrntlon. Without dlspnraglng the un
questionable ability shown bv England
In colonial government, It may be said,
however, that tho chainctcr of Us po
litical system Is so radically different
from our own that we shall be unable
to learn from It vulunblo lessons for our
guidance in the government of colonies.
Nor, happily, do we need to learn nny. In
truth, colonies, distinctively so-called, or
under tho monarchical designation of
them, nro foiclgn to our svstcm nnd In
compatible with It. Distant possessions,
Insular or otherwise, becomo Immediately
upon their acquisition un Integral pirt
of our political system. They begin with
tho territorial government provided for (n
our Constitution; nnd when they become
properly nnd profitably nbslmilahlo an
self-governing states they aro Introduce 1
Into our Union, whose possiblo extension
Is not restricted by any gcogiaphlcal sep
aration. The process goes on without
any fixed limitation of time. Nor is It
new, for It has been applied to two-thirds
of our present territorial nrea, nnd Is still
working In other pints of It thnn our now
Hawaiian possession and tho West Indian
and Asiatic possesrlons, to which It !s
about to bo applied It has worked so
successfully In tho past that thero is no
reason to fear that Its futuro opernMon
will be less s-attsfactory. It has proved to
be far moro effective and productive of
far less friction than any colonial policy
ever undertaken by any monarchical
country, nnd has demonstrated that of
all tho civilized powers of the world, the
American republic Is tho best equipped
In its system nnd by Its constitutional
methods to carry enlightened nnd pros
perous government to nil peoples brought
within Its political sphere.
o
The history of our rapid transformation
of the territory of tho Louisiana purchase
In ISO! affords an example and a precedent
which give assurance that In the matter
of "colonial" government nnd adminis
tration we shall havo no reason to go to
England for a lesson Wo have only to
pursuo an established policy of our own,
whose successful operation on a magnifi
cent scalo has been demonstrated so
strikingly. The method of transforma
tion and nsslmllatlon in tho caso of tho
Louisiana terrlto'y acquired by Jefferson
was simple and natural, nnd It was
pursued without vexatious complications,
though it was applied to a teriitory only
lately a Spanish possession, with Its
Spanish laws, languigo and ti.idltlons. It
was nlso a terrltoty moro dltllcult of ac
cess nt the time of Its acquisition, and
long after, than Is now any point In lh3
Philippines. Weeks were required to com
municate with It from Washington, while
now the communication with Manila Is in
stantaneous. Moreover, this country in
1MU was comparatively feeble, with a
population of not moro than one-twelfth
of what It Is now, and tho development
of our wealth was In Its mere begin
ning, and our political system was as vet
untried by bo severe n test. It was a novel
experiment, but It was completed fo suc
cessfully by tho statesmanship of thoxo
dajs that It furnishes a lesson and an In
centive for all time. It proved that tho
difficulties of absorbing new and distant
possessions and unasslmllntcd peoples, of
w hlch wo hear so much now, have no ex
istence In fact, or aro easily conquerable
by processes and methods distinctively
American nnd inherent in tho genius of
our political sjstcm.
o
Acordlngly, with all due regard to tho
friendly spirit manifested by the London
Standard, we can say to It and to tho
world that, as wo are taking no new
departure In a "colonial system," It is
not necessary for us to study tho experi
ence of any other country In that Held.
Our present policy of territorial expan
sion Is only a fresh application of a policy
which runs beck to tho earliest dajs of
this rerubllc. We shall pursue no meth
ods of government in our new possessions
which aro not old and tried, which havo
not been uniformly successful in all our
abundant experience and are not of our
origination. Difficulties which beset tho
path to colonial errplro for England can
not obstruct the progress of our Ameri
can system of poular government. The
elements of the problem aro totally dis
similar. We do not need to go abroad to
find tho formula for Its bolutlon; It Is
furnished for us In our own history.
LITERARY NOTES.
'Tor Freedom's Sake" by Arthur Pat
erson (published by tho Ltpplncotts) Is a
vivid studv In Action of tho genesis of
John Brown'B raid, throwing valuable
light on this thrilling as well as epochal
episode in American hlstoiy,
"The Game In Wall Street and How to
Play It Successfully" is tho title of a smail
book Istued by the J. S. Ogilvlo Co., 07
Iloso street, New York, which professes
to glvo a completo expose of pool methods
and to nako It easy for blight men to
get rich quick.
Just a short tlmo beforo tho great
Egyptologist's death D. Appleton A: Co.
Issued tho last of Gcorg Kbers" histori
cal romances, "Arachne," tho transla
tion being by Mary J. Safford, This
work is not wholly successful from tho
standpoint of mcro fiction, being labored
nnd not always lnterstlng, but it Illus
trates Its author's peculiar Industry and
research,
"The Motorman's Guide," by J. W.
Gayetty Is a practical treatise on street
railway motors, by a man of largo expe.
rlcnce, who writes In a plain, under
standable way of car wiring, cutting out
motors, operation and care of K control,
lors, short circuits and how to locato
them, Incandescent light circuits, West
Inghouso motors, General Llectrlc S00
railway motor and series, parallel con
troller, etc. (Laird & Lee, Chicago,)
Pour interesting works of fiction have
recently appeared In Appleton's Town and
Country Library. "John of Struthbourno"
by It. O, Chetwodo Is a good historical
novel with plenty of blood-letting; "The
Millionaires" by F. Frankfort Mooro Is
a satirical study of modern society with
Incidental hard raps at America; "Tho
Looms of Tlmo" by Mrs. Hugh Fraser Is
a Spanlsh-Ameilcan romance of treach
ery and lov In which love finally tri
umphs; and "Dicky Montclth" by T. Gal
lon Is an affectionate and preposterous
study of a no-account fellow whoso good
heart excuses a multltudo of sins.
In "Lucky Bargco" (Now Yoik: D. Ap
pleton & Co.) Harry Lander draws the
picture of a London waif who, by virtue
of good blood, gees through a vast deal
of temptation and vlco very little the
worse for It, und, falling at length Into a
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FSrt Arrivals for Fall, 18980
Now in and ready for your inspection. These goods
comprise Crepons, Poplins, Whip Cords, Bengalines, C -verts,
Moscoviettas, Broad Cloths,, Drap de Paris, etc.
Ilk Department
A beautiful line
new shades.
Always Busy
SUMMER, 2898.
Our annual July and August salo of
Summer Footwear Is now on. All our
Russets must go. You need the Shoes.
Wo need room.
lewis, Rcliiy k iavles,
111 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
fortune, usC3 his Intimate knowledge of
tho slums to set up on new Hues as a phil
anthropist, winning a wife into the bar
gain. Tho story is a tax on the imagina
tion, but its picturing of slum conditions
Is Interesting and somo of Its philosophy
with refcrenco to the uselcssness of mere
preaching nnd psalm singing among out
casts starving for bread and soap Is
sound and timely.
BEEFSTEAK WILL STAY.
From tho Philadelphia Bulletin.
Professor LUIcnfeld, a European scien
tist, declares that ho has discovered a
process by which albumen, which Is tho
essential elements In nitrogenous foods,
can bo cheaply and readily produced by
artificial means, and his assertion has
aroused keen Interest nmong chemists
and physlcans abroad, Tho wildest the
ories as to the revolution In feeding the
world which may bo expected to follow
are being broached by enthusiasts. Some
unbalanced persons are confidently pre
dicting that the day Is close at hand when
tho cook and kitchen lange will be ban
ished and humanity will go about with
Its dinner in tho form of a tablot in Its
pocket.
o
Tho London Lancet, whoso right to
bpeak with authority on such matters is
undisputed, pithily remarks that, even if
all that Ltllenfeld says Is true, no phys
iologist or senslblo man is prepired to be
lieve that practical food conditions will
bo radically altered. It declares that "it
Is absurd to think that the tlmo will como
when wo shall carry about a complete
meal or a dietetic outfit for a day in th3
shape of a thimbleful of powder. Ani
mal economy lequlrcs other things und
attributes besides tho mere elements con
cerned in making good the waste tissues
in the body."
This Is not tho first time that faddists
and cranks have prophesied that man s
old-fashioned diet of fish, flesh, fowl,
vegetables and fruits wus about to pass
away. Attempts to find substitutes for
tho ordinary foods of civilization havo
been persistent In the past; but thoy hava
all failed. Various European govern
ments, In the hope of gottlng rid of tho
cumbrous supply trains which necessarily
accompany nn nrmy on its march, havo
experimented with compressed foods
which learned gentlemen havo described
as containing all the elements required
to sustain life. It has been found pos
sible for men to retain their health and
strength for a fow days on theso com
pounds; but prolonged trials have in
variably resulted In illness and collapse
on tho part of the consumers.
o
Naturo will not be cheated out of all
her secrets. No matter how diligently
scientists may seek to pry into the al
chemy by which she evolves food for
humanity, the Eupreme knowledge eludes
them, The stomach requires bulk, us
well as nutriment, for tho processes rf
digestion. Tho palato must be pleased
with food, or the system, under normal
conditions, rejects it. Mankind will btlll
continue to cravo and devour the Juicy
beefsteak, tho succulent cyster, the aps.
tlzlng roast fowl and all the varieties of
food which the experience of generations
commends. There la no danger that good
cooks will lose their Jobs.
Enough For One.
Ilapturous Youth Darling, my salary
Is $20 a week. Do you think you could
live on that?
His Affianced Why. ts, George, I can
get along on that. But what'll you live
on? Chicago Dally, Tribune,
I ""Iff'' JO
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of Silk and Wool Poplins in all of the
MILL & CORNELL
221 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In burins a brans Bedstead, be ura that
ton get tba boat. Our brass Badsteads ara
all made with seamless bras tubing and
framework Is all of steel.
Tboy cost no mora than many bedsteads
made of tho open seamless tublni. Every
bedstead Is highly finished and laoquorel
under a peculiar method, tiothlnz ever bar
ing been produced to equal It. Our cevr
Bprlng Patterns are now on exhibition.
Hill &
CoflMiell
At 121
North WaJhlnjtoa
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
S,
s,
sses,
5,-
Law Blanks
aad the largest line of
office supplies ami
ttomeiy ii E E Pesaa
UeynoldsBros
Stationers and
Engravers,
HOTEL, JEP.MYN BUILDINO
130 Wyoming Avenue.
Great
MidsMmmer
Lamp Sale .
Until Sept ist we will offer
our entire line of Banquet,
Princess and Table Lamps at
from 25 to Jo per cent, dis
count, We wish to reduce
stock. If you are in need of
a lamp this is a chance to
get a bargain.
TIE CtEIQNS, FEMEE,
wMkiim ca
", .itvprT
422 Lackawanna Avenu
BAZAAR
FIftlEf
New Fall
Our First Delivery of
"Choke
Dress
,99
in Black and Colors for
early Fall wear is just
brought forward and we
iuvite you to an inspect
ion of the same, feeling
sure that after looking
them over, you will con
sider it time well spent.
We duplicate nothing
that is shown in Exclu
sive Patterns, so you will
make no mistake in mak
ing a selection now as
our present line contains
many choice things that
could not be had later on.
Black and Colored
es,
s, etc.,
s,
in Bayedere and other effects
promise to be among the
leading materials for the sea
son and all of them are here
largely represented.
Also some very desirable
numbers in New Fall Silks
all in exclusive Waist Pat
terns just opened.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUB
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for tbs Wyomlai
DIstrlotMr
Mining, Ulattlnt, Bportlnt, amolcalou
uud tba Repauno Chemical
Company'!
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
tafety Fuse, Caps and ICxplodart
Jtoom 401 Connell BuUdlns.
ticrantoo,
MESS
GftftlS.
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AGENCIES:
THOa, FOHD,
JOHN B.BMITH SOX
W. K. MULLIQAN.
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Plymouth
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