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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-21
ST. Empire Gowns, 'front.'
of embroidered insertions,

Gowns and skirts, elaborately trlm-
med. SIS to sl5O ones, are In 1his
50 G at 19c. ~.
Gowns and skirts al CSC. made OF the
finest materials. cost upwards OF y
Fine Cambria Corset Covers, low nech'
az dozen Gowns and Skirts. that cost
up 10 c5c--any for Sgc-
a dozen Cambria Drawers, frill trimmed
IN French NalenCiennes lace, &c, par
Ladies Short skirts. cambria fril and
tucks &c. .
Ladies Extra Size Muslin Drawers
20. pair - -.
best materials. o9c.
300 Corset Covers. low necKs ana an
sizes lie. each.
Skirt Chemlse, ideal summer gar
ments Sl2j.
Corset Covers at 25c in various pretty
STYLES. full or tight hitting.
Beautiful French Corset Covers al VIC,
usual cost 81 30.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-21
WANTED,

Darkroom. Stock. Fixtures. Pool Table.
etc Situated in good locality Doing
good-paying business. Good reasons Tor
selling. Address EUREKA. care OF Rich
mOnd Dispatch. je 2i-1t~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-21
COFFEE PLANT AND HOMINY
~ AND GRlTS MILL
AT AUCTION.

BY direction OF the owners. will eel
by auction at the Gallego corn-mu. cor
ner of Twelfth anu Canal streets. AZ q
o'clock NJ
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W. rIEn.
" ANTEII-

\ SEAMSTRESS BY DAY OR WEEK
Address. with terms, SEAMS1HESS 100,
373 re rl-atF
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-21
BY George w. Mayo, Auctioneer.

BY the Valentine Auction Company,
500 east Broad street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

day. when the prejudices growing out
Of the peculiar management of the
war department during the early por-
ton of the war with Spain shall have
subsidized IL will form an interesting
subject of inquiry to ascertain, If pos
sible, the causes OF the sudden develop
ment of Secretary Alger's unpopular
ity. We have already a theory on this
subject which may or may not be vim
dicated by time. Our explanation for
most Of the general public's dislike Of
Alger is the small and petulant spirit
OF retaliation indicated in the secre-
tary's reply to the now famous Roose-
welt round robin. The public, we think,
took at that time the view that a man
who would in a fit of pique violate
the confidential nature of a private
correspondent in order to strike at a
subordinate doing heroic work for his
country in a remote and dangerous
place could not successfully handle the
intricate problems and pressing respon-
sibilities of the war secretaryship in
time of war. This judgment may have
been harsh and time and full
er information may soften 1t.
But that is our theory to ex-
plain why, from military operations
in the main unprecedently successful
and covering in their swift progress
and extended scope a page of glory
in the national annals. the secretary
Of war. almost alone among the central
figures in that exciting period, has en-
gagged with loss Of prestige amount
ing almost to personal sacrifice.
1t will be interesting to see how the
people of Michigan will look upon Sec
retary Algers candidacy for the United
states senate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23
THE LOST WORD.


The word of the wind to the aspens
! listened all day to hear;
But over the hill or down In the swale
lie vanished as l drew near.
j asked of the quaking shadows,
l questioned the shy green bird;
But the falling river bore away
The secret l would have heard.
Then l turned to my forest cabin
In a Glove of the Kaaterskill
And at dead of night when the fire was
low,
The whisper came to my sill
Now | know there will haunt me ever
That word Of the ancient tongue,
Whose golden meaning, half OWNED,
Was lost when the world was young.
l know l must seek and seek It,
Through the wide green earth and
round,
Though | come in ignorance al last.
To the place of the grassy mound.
Yet It may be l shall find IT,
If | keep the patience mild
The noXibig faith, the open heart
And the Calm of a little child
Bliss Carman in the Congregationalist
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23
The Sunday Problem.

The general assembly of the Presby-
terlan church has in unequivocal IAN
euage re-aftirmed its historical and ira
ditional position with respect to sun
dav observance. 1--WE deprecate," 1t
saws, "the secularizing of the Sabbath
day by any form of business or travel
ing in the interest of business, by any
and all pleasure excursions by all So
cial functions, and by whatever way
the use of the day is diverted from its
sacred character for rest and divine
worship 1t is very possible that per-
sons not identified with American Pres
byterianism or, in fact, with any church
deprecate this secularization, but
deprecating it won't stop it and the
practical question is. What is to be
done?'
Looking at facts simply as facts,
without considering the right or wrong,
it will have to be admitted by every
honest student of the Sunday problem
that Sunday observance carried to the
point of a complete cessation Of all
Sunday activities outside of the church
service and the home is no longer ac-
ceptable to a majority of the American
people. The majority may be wrong
in this and the minority right, in which
event ii is the minoritys duty to hold
out firmly in the hope of converting
enough of the iatitudinarians to consti-
tute itself into a majority, with power
to enact it's will into statute law. But
right or wrong, the majority now sane
tions by it's conduct and by its beliefs
the turning of Sunday into a day not
simply of worship and penance, but Of
worship combined with recreation, en-
joyment and innocent pleasure. We
do not believe that majority of the
American people have become bad at
heart and therefore ready to indorse
rowdyism or dissipation on Sunday;
but their average sentiment has obvi-
ously drifted away from Puritanical
moorings and it is doubtful If in the
present generation it can be coaxed
or coerced back again.
What then? obviously the thing to
do for those churchmen who can do so
conscientiously is TO accept the new
conditions and proceed to make the
best of them. If Sunday travel cannot
he stopped, see that it is not abused.
If people will exchange visits or go TO
parks and places of amusement on Sun
day. try to keep vicious and degrading
influences away from the days observ-
anCe and cultivate a public sentiment
accordingly. If Sunday newspapers
have come to stay, put the seal Of ap-
proval on the decent kind and fight the
indecent kind relentlessly. In other
words, adapt moral teachings to the
changing social conditions of the times;
and while taking care not to sacrifice
vital principles, save the churchs intlu-
cnce by keeping in touch with the peo-
pie. This would appear from a lay
mans standpoint to be the common
sense view of the matter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23
Russell A. Alger.

The published correspondence be-
tween Secretary Alger and Senator
Mcmillan, of Michigan, in which the
former asks the latter if he intends to
be a candidate for reelection and re-
"eives a frank reply in the affirmative,
is supplemented by an interview in
which the secretary of war practically
admits that he is a candidate for Mr..
McMillan's seat and incidentally makes
mention Of the fact that three years
ago, when Mcmillan was absent, he
CAlgeD headed the Michigan delegation
10 the st. Louis convention and gave
loyal support to the presidential can
didacy Of William Mckinley. This
indirect appeal to Mckinley men for
their support, coming from a member
he construed as indicative of admin
istration interference, but it is i'm
probable that the president will take
any hand in this contest, which is be.
culiarly local to the people OF Michi.
gan, or permit the exploitation of his
secretary Of waras in any undue sense q
distinctively administration candidate
a man Of finer sense of propriety thar
General Alger possesses would not thus
throw embarrassment around the
president or use the high Office of cab,
met minister as a step ladder to an.
other office of longer tenure.
This inability 10 look at things from
an impersonal standpoint seems to bt
the great defect in General Alger'.
character. He is a genial and gen,
erous man; he is peculiarly steadfas
in his likes and dislikes and amons
those who find favor in his eyes h,
is the personiflcation Of liberality anC
devotion. But Notwithstanding thes,
admirable qualities there is that in hi
disposition which responds readily t,
irritation or annoyance; a peppery
quality which Instantly resolves an,
official difference OF opinion or judg
ment into a personal matter, to b.
treated as IA sign of unfriendly inten
OF as a challenge to battle. Som
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

1t became nccess ary to go into that Ter
ritory, overthrow its form of self-govern-
ment and institute n new government
which would do something to secure that
safety and happiness of the people for
which. according to the Declaration OF
Independence, governments are institute
ed among men. The carpetbag govern
ments In the south were a form of self
government; but they robbed the people,
TOOK much and gave little; and, accord
Ing TO the Declaration of independence.
II became the right of the people to
alter or abolish" that government, "and
to institute a new government, laying its
foundation In such principles and organ
izing its powers I'm such form as to them
seemed most likely to effect their safety
and happiness" II Is because the people
OF henurth realize the lamentable failure
or the frSt eNpcricmnt that they endure
with patience some erievous wrongs in
the initiation of the second; but they Will
not be patient II In the Issue It shall be
clear that the new government Is, ike
the old slaVcOcracy, organized for the
benefit of the few and the injury of tho
many. In Santiago the deathrate un-
der Spanish mi,rulc was 200 a week; un-
der General Woods bcnciicont despotism
1t is reduced TO forty or nfty week.
That under Cuban clf-government II
would have taken half a century to ac-
General Wood has accomplished In half
year is certain; that they would ever
have been accomplished Is doubtful.
Which right takes the precedence: the
right to life OF the Gi0 killed every week
before their time, or the right of the Gu
bans so to administer municipal gov
ernment as to kill them? There Is but
one answer to that question.
-:o:-
1t Is the duty of the American people,
If they wish to be true to the principles
of the Declaration OF Independence, to
establish. wherever they have the au-
thority, government for the benefit of the
governed; so to administer that govern
ment as to secure to the people under II
the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness; wherever government has
become destructive of these ends, to alter
or abolish it; and. wherever they either
frame a new government or administer II
where it is already framed. to do so on
| such principles and in such form as tc
| them shall seem most likely to effect the
| safety and happiness of the people
Self-government is one means to this
end to be used when it will accomplish
| this end: not to be used when 1t is de.
| structive thereof
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

The Saturday evening fake story re-
garding the death of cX-Emprcss Eu-
genie was of course denied in des-
patches the following day. While the
metropolitan papers gave the yarn as
rumor for what ii was worth. 1t is
noticed that the Scranton Sunday
papers published it for a fact. The
system of taking news was adopted
during the Spanish American war by.
certain Scranton Sunday sheets and
they appear to have been unable to
cure the habit which has caused almost
everything in the line of news in their
columns to be regarded with suspicion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

Thomas A. Dunn's proposition to
keep all the asphalt streets of Scranton
in good repair for ten years at the
rate Of $1,000 a year was not ad-
vanced until the city had executed
contract with another company at
higher price. Mr.. Dunn should have
put in his 81, 600 bid at the time when
bids were called for. 1t is very easy
TO be brave after the battle is over.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

six months, and was so completely ne
elected by the last congress. no prob
lem can be presented which will have
a more important bearing on the future
development of the service than that
of designing rational and sensible
scheme of promotion, whereby meri-
torious service must tie rewarded. and
all other influences eliminated"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

Official Paris Just now is exploiting
ex-Spealler Reed and marveling at his
physical awkwardness and his size.
Tho good people of Paree had better
not fall into any errors concerning
Mr.. Reed on account OF these purely
external peculiarities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

John Sherman, in an interval of
garrulity, has been saying unpleasant
things about his former chief the
other things he calls Mckinley a
trimmer. accuses him of being defic-
lent in public ideas and public policies,
and attempts to hold up to ridicule
the administrations treatment of the
Philippine question. In fairness to the
John Sherman whom history will know
it should be noted that the John Sher-
man who talks drivel like this is a
different person
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

William Waldorf Astor admits that
the yellow newspapers who have for
years held his family up to ridicule on
account of their wealth. This is de-
plorable, but Mr.. Astor should have
displayed more pluck. We are 10th to
believe that the yawp of the sensa-
tional paper represents the sentiment
of the rank and file in America. Our
finish is not far distant if such is the
case. The retreat of a man of Mr..
Astors position and resources before
the bark of jackal journalism is indeed
a sorry spectacle.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23
Case of Compulsion.

What was your idea in naming the
baby Ellen?"
1--WE named her Ellen for the reason
principally that we couldn't name her
Allen. ."-Chicago Tribune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

The worst of the Buffalo strike is
probably now over. The men have
gained a point or two in the game
which may be beneficial in the future,
but as usual the annoyance and prn-
cipal losses from the strike have been
experienced by the innocent public.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

4 pneumatic street cleaning appar-
atus is being tested in Binghamton.
This is not the kind that distributes
the dust in the eyes of passing pedes-
trians, otherwise it might become
popular in Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

Aguinaldo's versatility in arranging
schemes to gain time is certainly enti-
tied TO admiration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23
REXFORD'S.
SCRANTON, May 23.

SCRANTON, May 23.
1t hardly pays to buy little novel;
ties and fads in solid gold. Styles
change almost like the weather.
Sterling silver and gold plate that
is lacquered wears far beyond the
fashions run; that's why we carry
a full line. That's why we sell so
much.
Violet stick pins, sc.
Violet hat pins, Ioc.
Violet waist sets, soc.
$o3 buys a three-stone diamond
ring that should bring 500. That
iS-thiS week.
THE REXFORD CO.,
1872 Wyoming Ave,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

young lady of my acquaintance in St. Louis
for a long time chronic sufferer from dyspepsia She
used to make of mixture prepared by the druggist
where the family traded but time when the supply
exhausted and she absent from home and had
copy of the prescription with her she loss
to know what to do and | recommended her to make
trial of Rpans Tabues She purchased and was SO
greatly benefited by their that she has been regular
and walking advertisement for them ever since
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23

--:O:-
This is perfectly explicit. 1t declares
that men have certain inalenable rights,
and it does not include the right Of self
government among them; that the end of
government, and, by implication, the sole
end of government, is to protect these
rights; that when government becomes
destructive of these rights 1t ought to be
overthrown; that the people, when they
have overthrown it, have a right to es-
tablish a new government in whatever
form will insure public safety and happi-
ness-being free; and. by implication,
that they may choose for that purpose
military or n civil government, an auto
cracy, aristocracy, oligarchy, representa-
tive democracy, or pure democracy. In
fact, our fathers chose as their first
fom of government not a pure demo-
cracy, but a republic in which aristocra-
Cy and representative democracy were
intermingled. Negroes. Indians, and
foreigners could not vote; nor native
born Americans unless they possessed
some property qualification, in some of
the states. or some religious qualitica-
ton in others. The people were not
allowed to choose their own president
he was chosen for them by q representa-
tive body; nor to make their own laws
they were made for them by another rep
resentative body. 1t is doubtful whether
even considerable minority would have
approved the referendum or the initia-
tive, and It is certain that practically
none would have submitted judicial ques-
tionS to the people at a general election
or even to a mass-meeting of representa-
tive citizens, as they are submitted to the
general assembly by the constitution OF
the Presbyterian church.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-23
The ARGUMENT as
TO Self.goVernnent
From the outlook.

IAN assumes that the Declaration Of
!ul Independence Is n declaration IN
I'M favor of self government, ana that
consistency requires that ii repub-
nc initiated by such statement of prin-
ciples should recognize the right of self
government in all peoples. This sup
posed truism is applied to the solution of
various political problems. and Is sup
posed TO necessitate woman suffrage, ne
gro suffrage Cuban suffrage, Filipino
suffrage. Why 1t does ,pt require child
mood suffrage IN the family is not clearly
stated.
The Declaration of Indepence is not an
lnfallible epitome of political truth, and
III experience proved 1t erroneous In any
particulars there would be no reason
why the nation should not in these par
ticulars discard It, But 1t so happens,
as matter of fact, that this document
| says nothing whatever about self-govern-
ment Only one clause, and that a par
enthetlCal one-the phrase deriving their
| Just powers from the consent of the
governed'-can be interpreted to imply,
even remotely any doctrine of self-gov
ernment, and this Implication from this
phrase is by no means "a necessary one.
For II Is quite conceivable that a people
might very gladly consent to be gov
erned by others and relieved of all re-
sponsibilities of governing. In fact, in
all well ordered schools the boys consent
| to the government; they are not kept In
subjugation through mere fear; nine
| tenths of the women in the country ap-
parently consent to be governed and have
| no desire to govern; and there is q not
| inconslderabe minority of citizens who
| appear very willing to relinquish into
other hands all the responsibilities Of
| government, even at the risk of incom-
| petence or worse in the governing body.
| -:O:-
| What the Declaration of independence
| af1rms is that governments exist for the
| beneft of the governed and this is very
| different from affirming that they must
| always be administered by the governed.
| "A decent respect to the opinions of
| mankind" says the Declaration, "re-
| quires that they 1.-THE peopel should de-
| clare the causes which impel them to the
| separation; and the following is the
| statement of the causes: I'VE hold these
| truths to be self-evldent: That all men
| are created equal; that they are en-
| dowed by their Creator with certain in
| alienable rights: that among these are
| life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi-
| ness. That to secure these rights gov
| ernments are instituted among men, de-
| riving their just powers from the consent
| of the governed; that whenever any form
| OF government becomes destructive of
| these ends, 1t is the right of the people
| to alter or to abolish 1t, and to institute
a new government, laying its foundation
| on such principles and organizing its
powers in such form as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their safety
and happiness"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-09-08
FROM HARMoNs OREEr

Regular cOrespondenee.l
Uncle Willis Williams, Of Eys.
visited invthls community Sunday.
Aunt Mourning Melton, who has
been quite sick the past week, is
thought TO be some bette
w. Fl. Melton and j. M. Wilson
left this morning for Jackson to at
tend the farmers convention
Arch Farmer, who has been Sc
riously. i'll with congestion, Of the
brain, was thought to De some bet
ter late yesterday, but his case is
yetdoubtful
AsageneraI rule a boy resembles
his father in appearance and action,
Lf this holdstrpe, the oew14 pound
youngster at the nome, Of Henry
Browning smiles and leaps for JOY
-that't the way the father does
We are sQrry to learn that Mics
Lura Cuff, who mss oeen teaching
at Cherry Grove, has been compel
led to give up the school on account
of bad health. We are notinform-
ed as to vino viii fill the vacancy
HABMoNs GREEK, Septembep 5
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-09-08

Special correspondence.
Mrs NJ. A. Wisemsp is in very
feeble health
Everybody is busy these loflg4
sunny days saving hay 2pd fodder
Miss Mona Lewis, Of Union City
is making her home in old Benton.
Rev. N. r. Waters preached an
excellent sermon here Sunday on
the subject Of Missionary"
We are glad to learn that Frank
Galbreath's child is some better
1t has been very low with brain
fever.
Uncle Tom Lewis nus moved his
saw-mill plant up near the Sand
Gut, where he will DO business for
awhile
Mrs. Bell Hudson was called to
the bedside of her fathers J. w. d
Smith, Sunday. who is at the point
of death
We enjoyed the good cot
The Camden band Friday evening.
: Though Two miles away we could
t hear the music very distinctly.
POsToAK GROVE, September5
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-09-08
FROM SMITHS COLLEGE.

Special correspondence
ELY Byrn made a flying trip to
Paris Sunday.
John Bane and son, OF Illinois,
are here on visit
Tobacco cutting has commenced
in this community,
W. w. Deaton is confined to his
bed the most Of the time.
There is considerable sickness in
this community at present
A, N. Presson opened his singing
school here Saturday with a good
attendance.
The protracted meeting at the
hill will embrace the third Sunday
in this month.
The bridges have all been put in
on the pike near WHY. When the
levies have been completed it will
be in very good condition.
NJ. Smith, of the south end of the
county, has built a bridge across
the Big Sandy River opposite this
place, and will move his stsve fac
tory here in a few weeks.
1t is always the unexpected that
1 happens. It.is not expected that