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the Democratic managers
"A for the absence from the
Kansas City platform of any
reference to civi, service reform was
that in the furry attendants upon the
row over the silver plank they "clean
forgot all about it," This will be sad
news to the Chicago Record. The day
before the platform committee met,
that able exponent Of Western mug
wumpery went out Of its way to guide
the Democracy to the great opportu-
nifty" represented in "thc betrayal of
the merit system by the present ad-
ministration;" a betrayal" explained
by it in these words:
"By his executive order of May 20,
1892 Mr.. Mckinley withdrew more
than ten thousand places from the
classified service, declared regular
about one thousand appointments
made temporarily, without eXamina-
tion in many cases, in direct violation
of law, authorized permanent appoint
ments in the war department from
the list of many thousands OF persons
whe We're temporarily employed during
the course of the war against Spain,
altered the rules so as to authorize
transfers from the unclassified to the
classified service and from one grade
to another without competitive exami-
nation, and provided Zoe the reinstate-
ment IN the discretion or department
officers of persons at any time separ-
atcd from the service. Congress, by an
act of July, 1898, exempted from civil
service rules all clerks and others to
be employed for war emergency pur-
poses. Under this act many hundreds
of civil appointments were made by
the war department without eXamina-
tion, to the exclusion of candidates
regularly qualified ana registered on
the eligible lists of the commission. In
the following session of congress the
census bill was passed with a provis-
ion that the great fovc- of clerks and
statisticians required should be chosen
by the director without competitive
examination If he so chose and without
| the participation of the civil service
commission. This action was taken,
although it appeared in part from the
testimony of previous directors thar
the census of 1890 was eXtravagant,
costly and imperfect because the bu-
reau was then organized on the spoils
basis. The president, although exer-
cising absolute power in our new ac-
QUESTIONS of territory, has nowhere in
troduced the merit system of app
pointment to office"
1t will thus hC seen that the Demo-
cracy had full warning as to the
presidents frightful dereliction in put
ting i'm office such mere spoilsmen as
Leonard Wood and Judge Taft, in
stead of sending to govern Cuba and
the Philippines "lneritorious' book
worms standing at the top of an eX-
animation list, who maybe could excel
both Wood and Taft in extracting thl
cube root or in untanE!ing a difficult
proposition I'm calculus, yet might know
as little about handling men as the
sphinx of Egypt or the man in The
moon. That the Democrats at Kansas
City should have forgotten such az
admirable opportunity To cater to tho
Mugwump hobby shows how little they
must value Mugwump support. II We
were in the Records place we should
never speak to the mean things again
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II IT shall be found that Sundays
lrlEhttW trolley crasn at Rendham
was due to mischievous manipulation
of the signal light, as seems probable,
"hort should be made TO innict upon
the culrrit or culprits the fullest pos
Sible measure of exemplary punish
menL The fact should be sharply em-
pha"ized that to give false signals is
n penitentiary Offense. The welfare
OF the travelling public, no less than
that of the trolley company, depends
upon this fact being thoroughly un-
dCrStO OOd
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1t is apparent that it will be an
unusually adroit Democratic orator
who does not become tangled on the
paramount issue" during the coming
campaign
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Particular interest centers around
our $40 Three-Piece Bedroom Suites.
And It is not difficult TO decide why
There is something about each piece
which catches the eye and invites a
better acquaintance. Then construc-
ton and finish are observed and com
parisons made. The decision generally
is-that these are better in ev4ry way
than anything ever offered at the P!ice,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-10

According to the latest accounts,
Delaware is TO have peach crop this
year. 1t is 70 be hoped that 1t will be
large enough to bring prosperity for
the grower and cheap fruit for north
ern buyers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-10

mistress, bears suspicious marks OF the
yellow correspondent; but in all events
canary birds. or even parrots are safer
pets for women than cats and dogs.
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II is a pleasure to note that the ap-
parent efforts of the saffron organs OF
Democracy to incite rebellion in Porto
Rico continue to be fruitess in re-
suits.
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BOOK NEWS.

"Robort Tournay'; by William Sage. The
French revolution was so immensely dramatic,
that il is perpetual temptation to dramatists.
But mono have told the story more beautifully
han Mr.. Sage In his Robert Tourney" IL is
full OF movement swift action and thrilling ad.
venture. The author gives careful picture OF
the Paris OF that era, with glmpses OF the
earlier chapters Of the titled and fashionable
society Of the capital, Just as the revolution was
beginning to shake France. It is unusually well
written and well worth reading.
''The Son Of the Wolf; by Mr. Jack London.
A tale of the far North that is crisp with the
atmosphere Of Alaska. The work contains nine
stories all from new realm in the world OF
fiction; and they possess such grasp OF untamil
lar facts and novel situations, such apprecia
tions OF diverse characters, and such positive
literary skill as to make the book most note.
worthy Mr. London's present work is dramatic
terse, direct. His people are human. His
style is fascinating.
"The Queens Garden; by Mrs. NJ. E. NJ
Davis. simple little story, redolent OF mag
noa blossoms and suggestive OF the chivary
and romance OF a past generation. The scene
is mostly laid in an old walled garden in the
French quarter of New Orleans. The heroine Is
a fascinating little maid of Creole descent The
ened by love story that is the very poetry
OF romance
'Knghts in Fustian"; by Miss Caroline Brown.
story of the Civil war with scenes laid in
and around Indiana. Considered merely as a
romance, it is a book quite out of the common,
and a distinct addition to the fiction of the day.
1t is clcvcry and Interestingly told, and lends
new lustre to a rather dim spot in American
history.
"Thc Burden Of Christopher' by Miss Flor
cncc Converse. A most interesting story, pain
fully true to life and its conditions. The story
OF a man who wished to reform the world, be-
ginning in his own workshops, Of a wife who
was in perfect sympathy with her husbands
projects. Terse, strong and forceful, prettily
told and destined to have big sale.
"A Danvis Pioneer" by Rowland f. Robin
son. A story that is thoroughly saturated with
Vermont lore and history. An admirable his
torical romance, interesting to the boy for its
fighting and hunting, to the youth for the series
Of sentimental experiences which fall to its
hero's share, and to the graybeard for the posi-
tive illumination it throws upon the settling OF
Vermont and the battles there during the war
of the Revolution. One is sure to like this
work, because it emphasizes the faithfulness OF
Mr. Robinson's dclineatons of New England
character. w. ii. Z.
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If Japan is willing TO take the lead
in fighting in China, the other powers
can we'll afford to pay the freight.
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1t will be we'll now for the candi-
dates all to be explicit regarding their
sentiments on the war at Skwabebub.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-10

Whatever may be said of Senator
Clark of Montana, he cannot be ac-
cused of defaulting on political assess
ments.
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Mr.. Towne announces that he will
in a few days reveal his political loca-
ton
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One Young Man Believes 1t Pays to
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Others Making Efforts to Induce
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Time to Begin.
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An Oregon farmer living in Tdewate has for long time
endured exaspeatng of things For three four
years. says al have been much troubled with headache
and have tried almost every kind of pill and medicine including
knowing their ingredients thought would try them. must
say they acted Immediately and relieved my head at
forty age and when the attacks every few days
in the had to stop work. but the Tabues would
stop the pain about twenty minutes have advised others
to take them"
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The American exhibition at the
Paris fair, it is said, is not in keeping
with that of other nations. The Amer
lean exhibition in China, however,
thus far has been up to the standard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-10

And Adlai Stevenson refuses to profit
into the ring once too often.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-10

The story Of the pet cat at strouds-
burg that went mad and chewed its
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-10
Legislative.

First District--TnOMAS J. REYNOLDS.
Second District--JOIIN SCIfECER, JR.
Third District-EDWARD JAMES, JR.
Fourth DistriCt-P A. PIIILBIN.
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o the
Public

The recent fire having de.
stroyed our store, we have
opened temporary quarters
at No. 137 Penn avenue,
where prompt attention will
be given to watch, clock and
jewelry repairing.
%All repair work left
with us before the fire is safe,
and will be taken care Of at
our present store.
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SCRANTON, JULY 10, 1900.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.


President-WITIIAM MCKINLEY.
Vice. e.President-TIlEoDORE ROOSEVELT.
State.
Congressman at Large -- GALUslIA A GROW
ROBERT II FOERDERER.
Auditor Gcneral-E. d. HARDENBERGH.
County.
Congress-WILLTAM CONNELL.
Judge-GEORGE NJ WATSON.
Sheriif-JOHN II. FELLOWS.
Treasurer. A. SCRANTON.
District Attorncy-WlLLIAM r. LEWIS.
Prothonotary-JOHN COPELAND.
CLERK Of Courts-TTIOMAS Z. DANIELS.
Recorder Of Dccds-EMIL BONN.
Register OF Wills-W X. BECK.
Jury ommissoner-EDWARD b. sTURGES.
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The "Merit" System.

HE EXPLANATION given by
the Democratic managers
Il for the absence from the
Knnsns Citv nln1fnrrn of nnX
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The Most Valuable Reward.

7 q QUALITY which n business
y man can possess is more
Il valuable to him than the
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Says the Washington Post: "The time, and
tho only time, for intelligent and hopeful oppo.
stion 10 expansion was when the expanding
treaty was before the senate. That was the
time when German, IIoar, Hale and their fellow
unticXpansonists Of both parties might have
been successful had the leader Of the Dcmocra.
tie party given them his support or even that
out ~ the fight. But that was the time when
he went into the fight, aud aided, with all his
cloquonce, in accomplishing the unalterabe fact
Of expansion" And now he is bowling about it,
Nearly fourteen million votes were cast in the
campaign Of 1896, and these were divided as
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-03

a month or so after his surrender
Gen. Lee went one day to the store
near his home in Powhatan county,
Virginia, which served also as the
postoffice. Everybody in the town was
instantly eager to see him, and in a
few moments the store was crowded.
The general was talking with the pro-
prietor about crops and other matters
and appeared Utterly unconscious of
the fact that the gathering of the res
idents was due solely to his presence.
Suddenly he realized that everybody
was watching him and modestly said:
But | see | am keeping you from your
many customers. Pardon mel" and at
once withdrew. Soon after Gen. Lee
went to Lexington, Va, he was offered
the presidency of an insurance COM
pany at a salary of $40, 900. He at that
time was receiving only 5000 as pres
ident of the Washington and Lee uni
Versity. I'VE do not want you to dis
charge any duties. general" said the
agent; I'VE simply wish the use of
your name; that will abundantly COM
pensate us" Excuse me, sir" was
the prompt and decided rejoinder; Il
cannot consent to receive pay for serv-
ices | do not render" Nearly every
mail brought him similar propositions,
II just a short while before his death
a large and wealthy corporation in
New York city offered him $50, 900 per
annum to become it's president. But
he refused all such offers and quietly
pursued his chosen path CT duty. 1t
was Gen. Lees custom to leave his tent
door open in the morning for a
sprightly hen that had gone into the
egg business promptly and thus had
saved her head. When she stepped in
Gen. Lee would put aside his work and
walk post ~deferentially Upon the out
side until her cackle announced the
mysteries of egg-laying at an end. She
roasted and rode in his wagon, was an
eyewitness of the battles of Chancel-
louisville and Gettysburg, and was final
ly sacrificed upon the altar of hospi-
tally at Orange court house in 1854
Ladies' Home Journal.
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Here is the story of a Transvaal spy
that well illustrates the shrewdness
and pertinacity which have made the
Boer such a tactful and able enemy in
the present war. 1t was just before
the erection of the Johannesburg forts.
The spy was ordered to report on the
defences Of Chatham. While employed
in collecting materials he came upon a
certain secret s|ubterranean passage
connecting Fort Pitt with-somewhere.
He tried hard to find out where that
somewhere might be, but without
avail. RumOr said it was Fort Clar-
ence. But Fort Clarence was then
and is now, for that matter-used as
a provost prison, and access to its in
terror was strictly prohibited. One way
Of getting within the walls there was,
and the spy took it. He committed a
somewhat serious offence against mil
itary discipline, for which he was re-
duced to the ranks and imprisoned. AS
had been fOreseen, he was consigned
to Fort Clarence. The provost SER
Seant in charge kept rabbits, which
were shut up at night in a sort of
underground passage that opened into
the moat-at least, so the other pris-
oners affirmed. The spy ingratiated
himself with the warders, and after a
week or two he was taken off shot
drill, and promoted to the post of rab-
bit keeper in ordinary to the provost
sergeant aforesaid. He looked care
fully and conscientiously after his
fOur-footed charges. In fact, he spent
the greater part of his time cleaning
out and whitewashing their under
ground apartments, with the result
Inat, on his release, ne was able to
forward full plans and details to
Pretoria.
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mutilate our dead in a most hideous
manner, but also tortured the living
who fell into their hands. Yet, strange
as 1t may appear, they had some very
noble traits. / remember they cap
tured a sergeant from our command
early in the campaign and it Mortified
us all to think of the poor fellows
probable fate. Later on we learned
through spies that he had been or
dered to embrace Mohammedanism and
of course, had obeyed, but we regarded
1t as merely a cats play with a mouse
Then came the news that he was be-
ing passed along from tribe to tribe.
That settles it, said our colonel. The
last sheik that gets him will argue
that he's a true believer and killing
him will only send him to heaven.
Well never see him again." Greatly
to our surprise, however, they returned
him to us unframed. He was brought
into our lines by a delegation of about
thirty, and as a matter of military for
mality a guard was called out to re-
ceive him. When the tribesmen saw
him marching away between a couple
of soldiers they jumped at the conclu-
sion that he was going to be shot for
being absent. and | will never forget
their indignation. They Immediately
demanded him back. This is a viola
ton of the agreement they cried in
the vernacular. He is a brave man
and we did not bring him here to be
killed like a dog Their eyes flashed
and they reached for their weapons,
and it was with great difficulty they
were made to understand hat the man
was safe and welcome. Otherwise, |
really believe they would have died in
attempting a rescue"
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met with disappointment. A month or
so ago she returned from no one
knows where. She was sad, silent,
evidently ready for another desperate
plunge into the whirl of wicked pleas
ures. The wild associates that Sand
ford's presence had dispersed flocked
to her, and new revels began. Two
weeks ago Paris was startled by the
announcement that the famous Ameri-
can octoroon would be on the stage of
the. Olympia, the music hall of the
BOulevards des Capucines. Clad in
black satin tights, with a scarlet cloak
fastened at n shoulder by a jeweled
buckle, she was a vision of arrogant
beauty, somber and defiant. For some
days the hall was packed, the papers
full of her name. Then she played
no more. The Virginian had come and
appealed to the Countess. Such con-
duct was unworthy of her he said.
Am l not unworthy of all that is
good?"
NONSENSE! You are a good girl,
and, despite all you have done, a wom-
an of noble instincts"
But you will not marry me-"
No, he would not, could not. He was
a Virginian and Yette d'Elva had dark
blood. She did not rebel. She cried
long on his shoulder, gently; that was
all.
That night /. II, around a magnifi-
Gently decorated table, she gathered
twenty-five of her preferred guests. 1t
was a joyous company and a joyous
occasion. When the merriment was
at it's height the Countess d'Elva rose
with a champagne glass in her hand.
From the conservatory came the
strains of a musical caress, sometimes
warmly, amorous, sometimes a moan
ing appeal to mercy. More beautiful
than before, more rebellious than ever,
the o%ctoroon spoke:
Il drink to the God who gives hap
piness to some of his creatures and
fortunes the others; to Him who made
some of lis white and others negroes
despised by the rest. | drink to God
to show that I am quitting the game
with no hard feelings" And with the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-03
English Octogenarians,

This seems an age of remarkable
octogenarians. Louisa, duchess of
A~bercorn, who is in her eighty-seventh
year, went recently to visit Lord and
Lady Tankerville, her host being in
his ninetieth year, says the London
Telegraph. The duke of Richmond and
Gordon, who is also the Due d'Aubigny
in France, is 81, and yet his favorite
sport is fishing, and quite recently his
grace hooked, played and landed a fine,
strong salmon twenty pounds in
weight. There is the Earl Fitz Will
liam, who recently entered his eighty
fifth year, and is still enjoying excel
len health, and a keen rider to
hounds, even if he no longer goes quite
straight across the country. The
duchess of Cleveland, who has entered
her eighty-frst year, is always to be
seen at the great afternoon events of
each London season. Lord and Lady
Braybrooke, although both on the
right side of 80, recently celebrated
their silver wedding, and Mrs. Glad
stone is another of the notable octo-
genarians of this Century end.
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enjoying all the pleasures of Paris at
snce. Meanwhile tragic things were
brewing elsewhere. During four years
the Marquise de la Piedra had lived
her new life serenely. She was quite
at home in high spheres, an amiable
matron Of twenty, who coached with
enthusiasm, entertained sumptuously;
whose victoria at the Bots was the
model of elegance, just as her gowns
were the despair of imitators. The
sudden separation of the young wife
from the marquis came as a bolt from
a clear sky. And almost Immediately
shocking things began to be Whispered
from ear to ear. The husband had
not only been grossly unfaithful, bnt
he had been brutal; in fact, a constant.
relentless torturer. The marquis this
time had chosen to go on an excursion
with a lady whose love was easily &C.
cessible yet expensive. TO clinch nor
wavering devotion the Spaniard had
imagined nothing sweeter than to
adorn her with most of his wife's
jewels. The wife drew the line at this
insult.
Peremptorily she signifed to her
husband (through powerful a%ttorneys)
that all connection between herself
II his noble person was at an end.
But the Marquis did not yield grace
fully. There was an awful scandal and
nasty revelations. Finally he lost his
wife and had to resign from the Diplo-
matte Corps. Now the Marquis de la
Piedra is living on the Avenue Mel.
Not far away his wife, content
with the lesser title of Countess
dElva, occupies a luxurious house in
the Rue Theodule Ribot. Occasional
ly, when the pension she serves does
not satisfy him, the old man sends a
very polite note to his former wife,
who forthwith writes an extra check.
They visit, never Sec each
other.
Now to go back a little. To the
friends Yette d'Elva had made in the
high set she remained just as dear as
ever; for nothing was advanced
against her. But everybody who ap-
preached her soon noticed a curious
change in her She became