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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SAT UKDA1', dVLY 29, 1899.
Piibllxhpil Dully, Kxctpt Sundny. by The
Tribune I'libllnhlng Company, at l'lfty
Cents a Month.
New York Ortlco: ICO Nnsini St.,
S. B. VHKin.AND,
Bolo Agent for Korclun Advertising.
Entered nt tho 1'oMotrirp at Boruntea.
Pa., ns ScccnU-Cluas Mull Matter.
When ppaco will permit, The Tribune
i alwny kIhcI to print iduirt letters from
Its frlPiidH bearing on current topics
.ut Its rule Is that Ihese must bo signed,
for publication, by tho writer's real name.
TWELVE PAGES.
SCRANTON, JULY 23, 1M!.
Not Increased taxes but Incronnod
fconomy. efllclency nrul honesty In city
Kovprnniont Is the dotnnnd In Keranton.
l'ho proposed now license ordinance
thould dip where It Is. . 1 .
For a Hospital Annex.
The proposed Innovation of nn annex
to the Lackawnnna hospital, whore
paid patients will be treated, nnd where
Ihe various reputable physicians of the
rlty can find nil the conveniences of
Jlrst-class operating rooms for use In
their private practice, seems to be n
jilnn which can be given the hearty
co-operation of the public. Tho I.ackn
wnnnn hospital Is constantly in need
of funds nnd has nlways been hamp
ered In Its noble work because of the
lack of nn endowment or support In
proportion to Its requirements. The
annex will not only be self-supportlnr;,
receiving no financial aid from the hos
pital, but will contribute u soodly divi
dend to tho latter. The utter separa
tion of the two In location precludes
any fear of contaplon or sanitary dis
advantages. As time advances people
are realizing that when 111 their chances
of life are Increased twofold under the
rigid rules of hospital practice. Tho
new institution would be sure of being
filled from its opening week, and the
physicians of the city under whose
direction it will be largely placed will
deserve the gratitude of the public if
they shall succeed In establishing this
needed enterprise.
If the city Is to buy more hoE.r for
the fire department, It should see that
a proper record of it Is kept, Including
source, price and length of guarantee.
A Gross Porm of Business Dis
honesty. The arresting of merchants under the
provisions of the pure food law and tho
fining of them for keeping for sale
adulterated food articles often seems
to be unjust, in view of th fact that
most retailers are innocent of decep
tive Intent In handling adulterated
merchandise. Hut wo do not see any
other practicable way In which the
purchasing public can be protected. If
the retailer is convicted nnd lined lie
can Insist that the jobber-who sold hliiy
the impure articles refund the amount
of his fine, under penalty of a loss of
trade. The jobber, In turn, can carry
tho case back to tho manufacturer and
thus eventually the guilty person can
be reached.
Kecent investigations tinder tellable
auspices have demonstrated beyond
peradvonture tho fret that adulteration
of foods, nnd especially staple nrtlcles
of food, such, for Instance, as Hour, Is
practiced very largely and that vigor
ous measures are needed to stop it. A
committee of the last congress which
looked into this subject nt the request
of the large milling interests of tho
Northwest found that in 1S97 between
E.ono.OOO and 6,000,00(1 barrels of adulter
ated flour were put on sale In the
Vnlted States, principally by small mil
lers. In nddltlon to tho use of corn
lif.ur, used as a mixture with wheat
Hour on account of Its cheapness, it
was found that certain deleterious
chemicals were used, notably tlouiine,
minerullnc and barytos. Anywhere
from 10 to 50 per cent, of real flour was
displaced by these ingredients.
Flouiine, In addition to being defic
ient In phosphates, protein and fat,
contains sulphate of soda and free sul
phuric acid, -ccording to tho agricul
tural department experts a laboring
man would have to eat 10 pounds of
flourino In order to obtain sullicient
nutrition to carry him through an or
dinary day's work. Mlnerallne Is sim
ply white clay, dried and pulverized.
It contains about one-quarter i;ica,
one-half alumina, and the rest potash
and water. It is absolutely of no food
value and Is about as desirable In the
stomach ns pulverized glass. Harytcs
Is n white rock, which, when powdered,
closely resembles wheat Hour in ap
pearance It, toj, is not only worth
loss but nlso harmful when Introduced
Into tho stomach.
If commercial dishonesty does not
scruple to adulterate so fundamental a
food article in wheat Hour, which Is al
most the cheapest human food theie Is,
It neod surprlro nobody to lenrn, as ap
pears from recent investigations In our
own community, that cream of tartar
is often ml.vul with gypsum, catsup
made up of salicylic acid nnd coal tar
dye, vnnllu extract derived from tho
cheap tonka bean nnd choice dairy but
ter compounded from suet, milk and
coloring matter. Whero science imi
tates nature without inipulilng nutri
tive values, ns In the better grades of
oleomargarine, there Is no Just ground
for criticism provided the Imitation ni
Ude Is Fold in Its truo character. Hut
wherfi all kinds of minerals art used in
discrimlnutely to cheat both vlio pur
chaser's purse and Ills nllmentary out
fit, then it Is high time to cry a halt.
-Now that the excitement lias calmed
down, who was the naval hero of San
tiago? A Disadvantage .of Lynch Law,
Admirers, of lynch law, especially
those who claim that as nppllcd to
Southern negroes it Is the only moans
which white husbands and brothers
hnvo to protect tho purity of their wo
men, should bo uBked to consider nnd
express their Judgment upon this epl
updo" narrated In a dispatch from New
Q'rlonnV to the Now York Sun:
"A,.nejrro. waa discovered todny at
Mndsayt In Kast Feliciana; In a corn
field, For some reason he was sus
pected to bo Val Hates, against whom
n charge of assault has been made, ITo
was chased through several fields by
nrtried men anil finally took refuge In
a tree. A rope was sent for to lynch
him, but the negro climbed down out
of the tree. As ho did ho ho wits fired
nn and fell dead. Ills clothing was
ninrkod 'No. M.' An Investigation dis
closed that the dead negro wns not
Hates, but nn Innocent lunatic who had
fscupeil from room No. 43 ot the
Louisiana State Insane asylum at Jack
son." It mny be argued, ns representing tho
prevalent Southern opinion, that one
tiogro more or less doesn't mnke a
great donl of difference, Irrespective of
tho question of Innocence or guilt, Hut
wo should Imagine that those very
earnest "nrmed men" who were so
eager to relieve the otllcers of the law
of the trouble ot administering Justice
In the case of Val Hates would now en
joy innro tranquil slumber nt' night If
their consciences were free, from tho
reflection that they had committed a
most brutal murder upon an Innocent
man.
The new secretary of war In France
does not shirk responsibility. Ho says
frankly that ho Is primarily respon
sible for the bouncing of tho Insubor
dinate generals nnd Intimates that
there will bo more of that kind of thing
if tho army doesn't behave. It looks
as though Franco has at last found a
man.
An Era of Lawlessness
(Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.)
This Is getting to bo n pretty lively
republic. The war over In the Philip
pines docs not begin to utilize the
superfluous energy and love of excite
ment of our people. Hasc ball, cycle
taces, golf, polo, yachting and other
sports use up a little of It; but after
all these outlets are full there Is
still left a vast volume which Just now
Is exercising itself with Mob violence
In some of our Northern cities and in
several of the Southern states.
It Is Impossible to keep up with these
modern developments of the old, primi
tive assertion of force. Tho sedate
spirit of acquiescence in law and love
of order which prevailed among our
fathers and grandfathers seems to have
given place to love of rioting and law
lessness. When workmen or newsboys
or telegraph messengers go on a strike
It Is the signal for a general rallying
of the forces of mischief for destroy
ing property and assailing the persons
of peaceable citizens. We do not
mean to say that the strikers gener
nlly ore responsible for this. In most
cases they are not: but their hold-up
of industries affords an opportunity
for tho wild, ruffianly nnd vicious
classes In our cities to gratify their
love of violence and hatred of
law and order by Joining in tho
general assault upon the interests
and the peace of society.
In the South contempt for order,
law, right and justice has taken on a
'fanatical phase which Is threatening
to plunge some states of that section
into a condition of civil strife, If not
of anarchy. Lynching mobs are now
reported from Georgia, Texas and oth
er states almost daily. An old-fashioned
lynching by simply hanging the
victim no longer satisfies the tastes
of those Southern mobs. It has be
come common to mutilate and torture
the man before he Is finally disposed
of. This Is the old Indian spirit re
vived In communities heretofore re
garded as civilized. It is a reaction
to the savagery of the race before the
spirit of Christianity had introduced
tho elements of mercy nnd humanity.
It is a curious phenomenon that these
surprising outbursts of violence, of
cruelty and lawlessness are occurring
side by side with the most extraordin
ary demonstrations of philanthropy,
benevolence and enlightened Interest
In the welfare of men the world has
ever seen. Churches, schools, colleges,
hospitals, asylums and every other
form of enterprise designed to alleviate
suffering, strengthen the weak, edu
cate and Inspire the masses, are flour
ishing. Men and women of wealth
are giving away millions for the good
of their fellows, while thousands upon
thousands, not wealthy, are making
sacrhlcos in behalf of charity and hu
manity. Our civil and governmental institu
tions are still on trial. There Is a lat
ent sentiment against the evils we
have noticed suftkient to suppress them
in a month if that sentiment could
only be organized and put in operation.
The orderly and law abiding are
strong enough easily to bring the forces
of violence and vice into subjection and
compel respect for and obedience to
law, if they would only combine and
stand firmly for that purpose. It
makes no difference in what name vio
lence and lawlessness manifest them
selves, whether in the name of labor,
of female virtue and security, of hos
tillty to a ie.ee, of a religion, a sect
or a creed, they should immediately
bo stamped out by the application of
law and Its penalties. Politicians and
newspapers which appeal to tho pas
sions of tho populace and encourage
outbreaks at tho expense of the peace
of a community, however specious and
plausible their talk, should be treated
as tho foes of society and traitors to
the cause of law and order. A citizen
who will vote for a demagogue or sup
port a newspaper of that character Is
I as guilty as the demagogue or the
newspaper Is. North as well as South,
the time has come for good citizens
to take a stand In behalf of respect for
tho law and the courts. Not other
wise can tho wild, reckless and do
structlvo forces of violence and ulti
mate anarchy be brought Into subjec
tion to law and decency and right.
If tho inhabitants of Santo Domingo
want to relievo Uncle Sam of an em
barrassment and at tho sumu time do
themselves a good turn, they will elect
Maximo Gomes president and behave
themselves.
Hither the commanding general
should command or ho should be com
manded lo make way for one who can.
The Superior court's opinion that the
Salvation army must not bo a nui
sance is a superior one.
Gonernl Alger evidently , finds the
role of a martyr a congenUl oiu.
LITERARY NOTES.
The Werner company of Akron, O., an.
nounccs "Tho United Stales Army und
Navy," ,i history of these parts of our
sovernment from the eta of tho revolu
tion to the close of tho Spanish-American
wur. Tho work, which Is sumptuously
Illustrated hi. J Issued In a large, magnifi
cent, oblong qunrto volume, lias been
written for the publlsers toy two dlstlli
guUhca. ouiccrs of tho United States er.
vice, each not only a highly compotent
and experienced writer, but intimately
a:'(iinlntrd with tho branch of tho war
administration with which he practically
nnd instructively deals. The narrative
which records the annals, together with
all details of tho organization and admin
Istrntlonof thenrmy Is furnished byLteti-tcniint-t'olot'el
Arthur J Wngner, assist
ant adjutant-general, United Slates
Army, lulo It structor In tho nrt of war
und gold medalist of tho Military Scivlo
Institution of tho United States. That
which recites tho lilctory of tho navy
supplies a description of its organization,
administration nnd duties, Is written b
t!ommundcr J. L. Jerrold Kclley, United
States Navy, prize ersnylst of tho United
States Nuval Institute, und uuthur of
"Modem Ships of War." etc. in both
of these narratives, while they cover, In
brief, tho wholo historical ground from
tho era of tho revolution, and deal Inter,
estlngly with tho manner In which tho
nrmy and navy aro commanded, clothed,
fed, paid, and gutitrully cared for, con.
stderabln space Is at tho same tlmo taken
up with a graphic account ot tho mili
tary nnd naval operations of the Spanish
American wnr. The volume contains
forty-throo full-ppgo Illustrations and
ono hurdred und sixty pages of text,
1M4X18 inches; full gilt edge. The Illus
trations are beautiful specimens of the
highest lithographic nrt, exquisitely pro.
duced In fiom ten to twelve tints and
colors, on- very heavy lithographic plato
paper of the best quality. Tho tissue
covering each Illustration Is of lino
French folio, with tltlo imprinted thereon
In red. Tho text Is printed on heavy
velvet. unshed book paper of an exceed
ingly high grade, mado especially for this
publication.
Tho August Century will bo a midsum
mer and travel number, in tho former
character, Its special featuro may be said
to be a group of papers on lornndoes. and
thunder-storms. The first ot tbese Is
n graphic description, at first hand, of
tho tornado that visited Klrksvllle, Mo.,
last spring. This was seen from his
doorstep by John n. Mustek, nn author
living In that city; and ns It conslilrrute
ly changed Its course, which at first was
stralpht toward his house, he h?d an ex
traordinarily good opportunity lo observe
Its ncilons and devastating effects. Some
of Its pranks seem hardly credible, but
are vouched fc.r by trustworthy witness
es, some of vhom, together with a hops?,
were swept up nnd carried hundreds of
yards through the air, without suffering
the slightest Injury. A learned paper
on tornadoes In general Is contributed by
Professor Cleveland Abbe, nf tho weather
bureau; and a kindred theme Is helpfully
discussed by Professor John Trowbridge,
of Harvard, In ' Powerful Klectrlcal DIs.
charges," and by Alexander Jay Wuits,
of tho Westlnghouse company, In "Tho
Protection of Klectrlcal Apparatus
Against Lightning."
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
August Is a midsummer nrt and fiction
number. It Is brilliant and entertaining
In Its literary cor,t nts, and sumptuous
pletorlnlly, as may bo judged from the
fact that among Its writers are Included:
W. D. Howells, Ituth McKnery Stuart,
Joel Chandler Harris, Kgertou Castle,
Van Tassel Sutphen, Kdgnr l-'awcett.
Ktta W. Pierce. C. F. Carter, Theodosla
Pickering Gnrrlson. Peniton Maxwoll,
Larkln G. Mead, Kben K. Hexford and
15. K. Munkittrlck; these illusirntwl by
such well-known artists as Albert H.
Wenzell, Howard Chandler Christy, F.
Luis Mora. V. Grnnvlllo Smith, F. Hop
klnson Smith, Hugh M. ICnton. Clifford
Carleton, Charles Grunwald, II. C. Hd
wards, Frank Adrms nnd George R. Brill.
Tho handsomest and most costly resi
dence In tho Frnch capital has just been
completed by tho wealth and taste of an
American girl, the Countess do Castel
lano. formerly Mlia Anna Gould, of New
York. It reproduces tho famous Grand
Trianon built by Louts XIV.. tho scene of
so much festivity of that brilliant court.
Hdward Page Gaston, the distinguished
traveler, contributes to the September
Woman's Homo Companion a superbly II
lustrntcd account of this American pa
lace In Paris.
In the August McClure's, Miss Tnrbell
will give an account of the death ot Lin
coln, based on tho unpublished recollec
tions of persons who were with Lincoln
In his last hours and were more or less
eye-witnesses of his assassination Tint
article will be Illustrated with the last
life portrait of Lnlcoln, a facsimile of
tho Inst bit of writing dono by him, a
picture of the scene nt his death-bed, and
other pictures.
it will contain fiction, adventure, etc.
That It will not be limited to fiction Is
shown by tho character of tho first Is
sue, which will bo of F. T. Pollen's
"Cnilso of tho Cachalot," which will np.
pear In this library in paper at tho price
of 2.". cents.
Mr. Hagot's discussion of the question
"Will Kuglnnd Heeome Catholic?" which
The Living Age of July 29 translates from
the Italian review, the Nuova Antologla,
Is noteworthy for tho tmphnsls with
which It answers in tho negative tho
question which It puts, nnd the facts
which it presents in support of that view.
D. Appleton and company have becomo
publishers of Gilbert Parker's novel,
"Tho Pomp of tho Lnvllettes."
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
British India now has 110 colleges and
17,1100 students.
Tho Prooklyn nlrectory for 1539 con
tains ST1.S97 names, or 7,833 moro than
last year. ,
For a whlto man to marry a colored
woman Is contrary to the law of every
southern state.
Tho first ascent of Mount Plane this
year was mado on Juno 0 considerably
earlier than usual.
Christian Science Is In Its Infancy In
Ireland, but a church has recently been
established at Belfast.
Within tho last ntncty-flvo years tho
population of Belgium has doubled it
sulf, rising from 3,000,000 to 6,OOu,000.
It has been computed that J3M.000.000 per
nuinim Is paid to British shipowners for
ocean carriage between ocean ports.
California reports an unusually Una
prune crop, tho size and abundance of
tho fruit exceeding thoso of lost year.
Owing to tho difference In the uvcr
ago death rato It may be said that three
Englishmen live ns long ns live Russians.
Kansas has two head of cattle, ono
hog, one-third of a horse, und ono-tifth
of a theep for every man, womun and
child In tho state.
Rutus Benner, of Wnldoroboro, Me.,
has an earthen Jug that Is bald to have
como over In tho .Mayflower. It has an
oval bottom and no handle.
Mormonlsm Is gaining ground in Kng.
land to such an extent that tho ndvis.
ability of Introducing a prohibitive mens,
urn in parliament Is being seriously con
sidered. The Untcd States turns out annually
lbB.000,000 pounds of plug tobacco, 12.000,.
000 pouifds of flno cut, 11,000.000 pounds of
snuff. 4,000.000,000 clgurs und 6,000,000,000
cigarettes,
Tho Imports to Argentina from tho
lUnltnd States during tho first threo
months of 1890 wero worth J3.SOO.000. being
nearly double what they wero for the
first three months of 1K8.
Although one.half of the rubber prod.
uct of tho forests along tho Amnion goes
to tho United States, most of tho steam
ers, wharves nnd banking houses la tho
region belong to tho Kngllsh.
In tho new directory of tho boroughs
o f.Mnnhattnn and tho Bronx thero aro
SSS.fioi! names, an Increase over last year
of 2S.I26. In the compilation of the present
directory t!2'.4 square miles huvo been can.
Missed.
After a convict has served out his tlmo
In tho stnto prison of Mnlno and has
donned the suit of clothes given to him
by tho stnto he Is required to sit for his
photograph, nnd It Is kept for future
use, should his subsequent career cull
for It.
A writer In tho Gorman scientific perl,
ordlcal Prometheus declares that over
indulgence In tobacco will prove tho ruin
of South American people. Not only do
children of 2 or 3 years smoke ull day
long, but mothers have been trying to
quiet their babes by putting cigars In
their mouths.
In Fraco's navy there are forty-fivo Ad.
mlrals to 1,700 officers und 11,5315 men. In
tho nrmy thero are 330 Generals to 21.4S3
officers nnd CIO.OOO men, while tho marines
have seventeen generals to 2,10r olllcers
and 62,305 men, Tho marines complain of
tho Inequality In the proportion of gen
ernls, they having but ono to about 121
olllcers, whlio tho army has ono to sixty
five. Tho Seine below Paris Is freo of sew
age. A law of July 10, 1S9I, allowed five
years for this opcrntlon, but It was punc.
tually accomplished with two days to
spare. Tho grout collector nt Cllchy
was closed on July J, and henceforth
half a million cubic metres of sewage
dnlly will. Instead of being discharged
Into the Seine, find an outlet nt Achres,
Mery nnd OcniKivllllcrs, to bo spread
over 3,500 acres of lnnd.
EASY INFERENCE.
From the Syracuse Herald.
. McSwatters I wonder where a "cool
million" originated.
McSwitters irmust have started In tho
Klondyke.
TOUCHES OF SENTIMENT.
Love's Dearest Moment.
Love's dearest moment Is not when tho
hands
Aro clasped In marriage, and tho world
looks on;
Nor yet when all tho Importunato world
has gone,
And flaming passion like tho archangel
stands
Between two souls and welds with lira
tho bands
Of Impotent human law; nor when
alono
Upon tho morrow they and lovo aro
one,
Trluno and chrlsmcd, pure, as God com
mands; It Is not In tho many morrows' track
While love by loving grows more rich
and wlso
Till ngo counts up love's wondrous,
wondrous sum,
Love's dearest moment Is far back, far
first they looked within each
other's eyes,
And In tho silence knew that love was
come. Harper's Magazine.
The Fashlon-Plate Girl.
There's a dear little maid in the fashlon
plato book
(I'm glad It's not Bessie nor me!)
Sho nlways has such a dressed. up-lftcd
look,
With her dainty hands bent In a tlresomo
crook.
How she stands It we never can see;
The quaint little fashion-plate girl!
I know she'd be frightened to slide down
tho liny,
Or to frolic and romp as wo do.
Supposing wo wait till some sunshiny
day,
And then ask her out on the hlllsldo to
Play,
I think sho'd bo willing, don't you?
The poor little fashion-plate girl!
Ina M. Boles, In St. Nicholas.
When the Ship Comes in.
Somewhere, out on tho blue seas sallng,
Beyond tho reach of my eager haling,
Whero tho winds dance and spin;
Over tho breakers' din;
Out where tho dark storm clouds aro lift
ing, Out where tho blinding fog Is drifting.
Out whero tho treacherous sand is shift
ing. My bhlp is coming in.
O, I have watched till my eyes are ach
ing. Day after weary day;
O, I have hoped till my heart was
breaking,
While the long nights ebbed away;
Could I but know where tho waves havo
tossed her,
Could I but know where tho winds had
lost her,
Out in tho twilight gray.
But though tho storms her course havo
altered,
Surely tho port she'll win;
Never my faith In tho ship has faltered,
I know she is coming in.
For through tho restless ways of her
roaming,
Through the mad rush of the wild waves
foaming,
Through the white crest of the billows
combing,
My ship is coming In.
Breasting tho tides whero tho gulls aro
flying,
Swiftly she's coming In;
Shallows and deeps and rocks defying,
Bravely sho's coming in;
Precious tho lovo sho will bring to bless
me,
Snowy tho urms she will bring to caresa
me,
In the proud purplo of kings sho will
dress mo.
When my ship comes In,
Whlio In tho Bunshlno her sails will bo
gleaming,
See where my ship comes In;
At masthead und peuk her colors stream,
lug.
Proudly she's sailing In;
Love, hope and Joy on her decks aro
cheering,
Music will welcome her glad nppearlng,
And my heart will sing at her stately
nearlng.
My ship Is coming In.
Robert J. Burdotte.
A Sumer Afternoon.
My boat drifts idle down the stream
Where through tho hills It winds It
way.
Singing In every rippling gleam
The glory of tho summer day.
Rugged and steep the mountains rise,
Veiled In their mist of chestnut hloom;
And soft tho sleeping sunshlno lies
Athwart tho tufted pine trees' gloom,
Tho willows nt tho water's edge
Aro quivering in golden light;
From hidden haunts of matted sedge
A startlod heron takes his flight,
Then pause where tho rushes grow.
In this calm spot ho fears no snare,
For o'en the woodland creatures know
And trust tho Kternal Spirit's care.
It whispers in the passing breeze
And hovers o'er the tangled wood,
Dwelling In rocks nnd fern. nnd trees,
Quickening tho leafy solitude.
And ns the Bun moves toward tho west,
Sinking beyond the farthest hills,
How dlstnnt seems the world's unrest
While Nature's peaco my spirit stlllsl
And so I lny aside all en re,
Unmindful of life's storm nnd stress ;
For sunset glow and balmy nlr
Fold me In living tcndernerH.
Kllzabeth M, Vurmocken, In Christian
lU'Elater.
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Frederick Bryton Is playing "Captain
Swift" In Chicago.
Mrs. Lcsllo Carter will bo seen In "Mac.
belli" during tho winter.
"Secret Service" and "Tho Christian"
go to Australia this fall,
Ward and A'okes havo a new piece
called "Tho Floor Walkers."
Ida Conquest Is to piny tho leading rolo
In "Sherlock Holmes" with William Gil.
lette.
Tho outspoken Kngllsh folks declare
they can boo nothing funny nbout DoWolf
Hopper.
"Tho Sorrows of Satan" goes on tho
road In September. It had a disastrous
New York season.
Tho latest stugo bankrupts nre Dorothy
Morton, Ullta Proctor Otis and Tall
mndgo U. Brown.
George Richards nnd Kngeno Canflcld
return to their old love, "A Tomperanco
Town." They will take It on the road
for tho season.
Little Mary Marble, who has been seen
hero with "The Milk White Flag," Is to
be Do Wolf Hopper's soubrctto when he
returns from Kngland.
Lowis Monlson hns been lying 111 for
somo weeks In a San Francisco hospital.
Mrs. Morrison filled out his California
dates by playing 'Canillle."
The plays In Modjcskn's rcpertolro for
99-V) will bo "Macbeth," "Mary Stuart,"
"Mario Antoinette," "Much Ado About
Nothing," nnd "Anthony and Cleopntrn."
Charles Frohmnn brings Snrah Bern,
hardt over to open the season at tho Gar.
den theater. New Yorkers will havo a
chanco to seo her much-dlscusscd "Ham
let." Kyrle Dellew Is plnnnlng to put on In
London n mugnllleent production of "Lo
Collier do la Heine," In which ho nnd
Mrs. Brown Potter played at Daly's four
seasons ago.
Nothing can phazo an "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" show. In these days of summer
Idleness the Undo Tom actors arc hard
nt work, for there are four companies on
the road. Ono of them exists In a tent.
Henry Irving and Hllen Terry como to
America during tho coming winter. In
their repertoire they will havo "Robe
spierre," "The Merchant of Venice,"
"Tho Bells," "Tho Story of Waterloo,"
"Nanco Oldfleld" and "Thu Amber
Heart."
Mrs. Brown Potter Is booked for the
leading rolo In "The Ghetto." a drnmati
7atIon of Zangwill's story, when It Is put
on in London, The, Lleblers have tho
American rights to the piece and Blanche
Bates will play tho Jewish maid, when
it Is staged in New York.
Tho Dreyfus case, of course, Is to bo
well utilized for American drama during
tho coming season. Wo aro promised
half a dozen productions In which Cap.
tain Dreyfus figures. What can bo dono
with tho story by Fitz nnd Webster, two
fnrco comedy folks. Is a puzzle, yet they
nre among the people who arc preparing
to give Dreyfus an American showing.
HOW THE PAPER'S MADE.
A youth from the hurly-burly street
Jams himself In a passenger lift;
And they shoot htm stories high to moot
Another, who bendeth o'er a drift
Of copy. Who smokes and softly swears
As nomo one's poem he Idly tears.
Or chuckles with mirth sardonic;
Ho calls to Barrett and Jones nnd Flynn,
Brown and tho ono who has Just come in,
And in the language, terse and laconic,
Assigns them all
To city hall,
State house, central, gamo or bout.
Sermon, horso nice, boat race, club,
Lecture, banquet, ball or rout.
"Write tho news nnd not flub.dub,"
Ho adds at parting, so on his "run"
Goes each reporter undismayed.
The chase for copy has now begun.
And that's tho way the paper's mado.
Over a desk In another nook.
Pallid pessimist pushes a pen,
Solemn as Pot's lugubrious rook,
J to write a leader on "Public Men,"
Tho telegraph chopper pastes and snips,
Reading ono lino lo ten ho skips,
With plpo In red eruption
And steadily up tho copy goes
To the typo machines In stately rowo
A hot screed on "Corruption,"
A song of cheer,
A puff of beer.
Bit of scandal In high life.
Interview with Gottherocks,
Story of devoted wife.
Paragraph on Jerry's socks
'l'ho mills go grinding. The "makeup"
comes,
Growling becauso he learned the trade;
But ho sorts tho slugs with nimble
thumbs,
And that's tho way tho paper's mado.
A rush and a roar Is heard below,
Whero tho hurried presses clung and
clash,
Throwing oft thirty thousand or so
Each hour they run, whlio the newsies
dnsh
A town's advertised best by a newslo's
sir? Latest edition"
And pat, pat, iat, fall the folded sheets
Ready for sale on the crowded streets,
And each with a special mission,
Away they go,
, Like flakes of snow.
To meet in tho throbbing crowd;
Kager each to scan the news.
Toller grim or magnate proud.
On a level nil peruse
Politics, crime, society "stuff,"
Fact and folly nnd pasquinade,
Whlio the presses struggle to print
enough,
And that's tho wav the paper's made.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Mes. Icocoefort i I was speaking of Rlpans Tabulcs tho other day when om
maid, who was in tho room, ait : ' I know what Ukmq
nre and 1 lmTO been after tikin tbm laymlt bikI they
have dono mo lota of good," Then she vatsi on to tell us
that sho uec(1 to liavc " a horrid barxdnB fcanc" rn hor
stomach after eating and Bome pam, and alUpcfhrr felt
bo uncomfortable mot of the tlmo tlrat it mado it hard for
her to do her work. Sho had heard its cprakhn; of
' liipans Tabulee somo time Iwforo md myint; iiovr gwxl
they wero for indigestion and things illto that, io Hho
thongiit Bho would try thu. Sho hud Ixwa taking
them for a month with fo much benefit that uov ha
tells other ix-opte about them overy chancr ebo , for
she thinks they aro "jjnst splerKfid," ottd aho nrrw haa
any moro of thoso homd feelings nuy tscro and feala so
glad sho has found Bomethiug to help her.
. A new Hj paclfft umUlnltur ira Kru TiUlra In a rmtvr Mrton (wlibuulelju) la nun tnrala ht km
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Star
Automatic
Paper
Fasteeer
Fastens papers iu a jiffy,
feeds itself aud improved iu
every respect. Prices lower
tb.au ever. Wc are still sell
ing the Plauitary Pencil
Sharpeners. The only sharp
ening device which never
breaks the lead. On trial in
your office for 10 days free of
charge. We have numerous
other novelties iu office sup
plies, together with a large
line of Blank Books and
Typewriter's Supplies.
Reynolds Bros
STATIONERS and HXGRAVEKS,
Hotel Jcrmyn Building.
1C.
OR$I0
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Witt a IS.
Waltliaii Movement,
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MERCEMAU & CORNELL
130 Wyoming Avenue.
Temperature Tamers.
Plenty of things right here to make
the hot weather not only endurable
but enjoynjilo.
And the price at which we offer them
is not going to make nnyone hot, ex
cept the man who charges a higher
price for equal finality, and ho is nu
merous. .lust think of these and get cool.
Refrigerators at reduced prices.
GTOSIER & FORSYTE,
225-327 mNN AVENUE.
Luather Keller
L1HE, CEMENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
Yard and Oram
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
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FINLEY
Colored
Shirt
Waists
The final reduction of
the season takes effect
this morning, and Shirt
Waist prices TODAY are
in most instances only
half what they were less
than a month ago. Our
object being to make a
complete and speedy
clearance.
The sizes are still well
assorted, and you can un
doubtedly find among this
line just what you want.
The entire
runs from
price list
to
Or about half their
value, and at these prices
the sale may only last a
few days. Therefore,
Come Early0
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LACKAWANNA AVENUE
o
Tun JloDEitK JiAnntvAriE Stobb
BUme
Flame
Oil
Ranges
Are wickless, valveless,
odorless.
We have marked our
few remaining ranges
very low.
FE k SIIEAt CO.
119N. Washington Ave.
The Hunt &
Connie!! Co,
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 Lackawanna Aveaue
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Osuerol Acent for th Wyoming
l)lUlotfJ.'
Duron
lllulnc, lilastliijcHportlns, Hmokolau
und tlis Hepiitina UhaaileM
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