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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
The Fusion Programme.

a NNOrNC EMEST is made
~ that on September Is n con-
3 vention will be held IN Har-
risburg to place in the neld
lnderendcnt candidates for Supreme
court Judge and stat" treasure" Tho
programme as set forth in the ncws-
papers in sympathy with this pur-
pose is TO have the convention endorse
Judge Yerkes. the Democratic nominee
for the former Office and TO name Tor
the latter place Representative r.. n.
Coray, jr.. OF Luzerne. Afterward the
Democratic state committee will he i'm
portuned te withdraw the Democratic
candidate for state treasurer, Hon. A..
J. Palm, and, in fulfilment Of a fusion
deal to put Mr.. Coray in Mr.. Palms
place.
This movement, il appears, originated
in Philadelphia among the former in
surgent Republicans. Its inception
traces back TO the manipuations or
what has been known as the Wana-
maker staff of political experts mar
shaled by r. 4. Van Nalkenberg for
mer Judge Gordon, and others of like
relationship toward the factional dis
sensions Of the past few years, Having
failed to gain control of the Republican
rarty ia Pannnv.vnnia by Confsts in
its primaries, CauCuscs and cunven-
tions, and not succeeding in the fusion
movement that aimed to give them con-
trcI of the legislature, they now pur-
Il. : ion g..
polls by means of a third party move
mcnt temporary IN its STRUCTURE, and
with Democratic cooperation II IL can
he secured.
1t is not disclosed how this conven-
tion is to he constituted. There is talk
that a petition bearing 100000 sigma
lures is in readiness as basis of ac-
ton Whether the names on this pc
tition are to be made public for scrut-
inv as to genuineness Is not said.
Whether names secured by hasty can
vass would he likely to represent in
all instances the matured thought and
wish of bona fde voters is not debated.
| Bearing in mind how easily signatures
are obtained by triCkery or in ignorance
of the real purpose in view, petition
of this kind would naturally require
examination before serving to convince
careful citizens that it was all that II
purported to be-
This aside. the movement is really
| strategic for next year. We do not
| think that its promoters have serious
hope of eleCting their first candidates.
| But they argue that If fusion on a
| general scale can be riGGcd up this
year and put before the notice Of the
| voters, 1t may next year suffice, In
| virtue of the expenditure of large re-
| sources and effort, To reduce to ruins
the Republican majority in the guber-
| Material and congressional elections
| and to force in later years re-orSan-
ization of the Republican machinery
with the present wreCkers elevated tC
| posts of control. Such has not beer
| the lesson of history, but hope springs
eternal in the nsurgcnt breast, and
so long as there are wealthy citizens
in this state ready to put up for politi.
cal insurrection there will be profess
| sional manipulatOrs equally ready tC
| participate in the spending of the
funds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
THE FARMER is ALL RIGHT.

Fron the 81. Louis Minor
The Gissatistac;ion ot 1876 has been transferred
from the county to the cities. The tanner in
100 was the conservative. He remains 30, to-.
day, and he vii stand hy the ,ouserNa ative party
The indications are, that the farmer will stay
Republican for somc tim.. while the cities are
most likely to GO Democratic. THO tanners can
aui.votc tho city iolks and they will. rhcre
ism { much cheer tor the democracy in this but
1t is a tlct and the politicians had better tcsin
TO wtcstlc with its bearings on events in l0Oi
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
One Naturally Wonders.

"Ncll," she said, in some astonishment As
she looked up from the paper woman certainly
Is invading all lines of business. girl burglar
has Just been caught
IL wonder" hc commenced. thouehtmly "i
the time is coming when timid man will bc wor.
ried at nieht for tear there's woman under
the bed."-Chicago Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
How II Will Soon Be.

Mr.. suhbuhs Crleadngly)--'an' YOU help me
out or a few days until | make other arrange.
mrnts3
Miss o'Rourkc 1.-THE oookD-Not on yer io,ie.
Me tonne il booked solid fer eighteen months
ahead, all one.wIke shtdnds. Puck.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

From tnr st. Louis Mirror
We must uuzzlc the naval man, Dewey,
Schlcy Sampson, Coughlln, Evans, IlohsnE-all
have gotten into hot water through excessive u,e
Of their mouths The naval man Should be re-
strained by main strcrgih whenever he comes
within reaching distance Of pen, ink and paper
and be- should he thrown down and gagged when.
ever an interviewer haaycS in sight,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
Combative.

Uncle Iahcz halted before a booth IN a nam.
moth department store and thoughtuliy read
the sign over the window Parcel Room m.
hrellas Taken Here" Gripping his faded para.
chute swpiciously, Uncle Jabcz edged toward
the exit, muttcrinr spdhy: "Wsal. they won't
cit minc without 4 'uG an tumble fight,
h'gosh! Ohio state Journal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

school by 1902. In Manila IL has al
;cady been found possible to discon.
tinue the use of the Spanish language
In the schools, English and Tagalog
English alone is To- ne used. If this
can bc done in one place It can even
tualy bc done in most OF the larger
Philippine towns. 1t will greatly sim
plfy our future task in the arch-
pelagO.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
Well Done in LuZerne.

ltlfl upon tllS SOOl sense
which has led them to avert
a threatened partisan squa bible over the
judiciary. This, to be sure. is due
chiefly to the circumstance that it was
possible to engineer a reciprocity deal
assuring Republican neutrality against
Judge Lynch in consideration of Demo.
cratic abstention from opposing Judge
Whea ton.
But whatever the cause, the effect is
admirable. It takes out of the rough
and tumble of partisan strife an Office
that should always, If possible. be so
removed. The judicial Office as con-
stituted in Pennsylvania has political
functions which make it of necessity
matter of partisan concern. but it is
from every standpoint desirable that
in the election of our judges there
should he held always in remembrance
the fact that after the tumult has sub
sided the people of all parties will ex-
pect their judges to be fair. clean and
free from embarrassing obligation.
Such arrangements as that consum-
mated at Wilkes Barre yesterday bring
nearer the time in this section when
-rartisanship respecting judges will
be the rule. That time is not here yet
The Gunster endorsement showed.
among other things, that many voters
in Lackawanna prefer the old order Of
things, But year by year the senti-
ment for making the judicial campaign
as little partisan as possible will gain
in volume and in strength. Some day
We snail spare our judges the neces.
sity OF having to fight like demons for
an office of small pay when won, and
requiring Of its occupants qualities Just
the reverse of those which usually i'm
press the floating vote.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

The threatened contest Of G. i. hunt
ington's will has been averted by the
heirs reaching q friendly settlement
out Of court. For once the laugh Is on
ih, laNyprs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

Three mental scientists at DaytOna,
Florida, have been jailed for attempt
ing to cure people by mail, This is
probably one of the results of the talk
about wireless telegraphy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

Ex-Governor Tattison will no
doubt find that things have changed
during bis season Of retirement from
IolitiCS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

The popularity, Of the automobile is
threatened. Newport is becoming
tired of the machines.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

courage and skill the nation depends in
dime of peril, is to treat them like
small boys not safe TO be let out of
leading strings. All this may be su-
premely necessary for the good of the
service. But as we said before, IL is
difficult for the average landsmen,
reared in the atmosphere of personal
liberty, to sympathizc strongly with
this view Of the case.
To the unbiased spectator it looks as
If tho good of the service would be ma
torially promoted by less supersensi-
tiveness over trivialties, less rushing
into print on the part Of both officers
and department chiefs, and less her
aiding from the housctors Of every
move or opinion of the distinguished
gentlemen who hold the rcins over The
wild horses Of the naval peieonnel.
Another man who expressed desire
to work at McKcosport has been fired
S2j by the celebrated Mayor Black.
The chief magistrate Of McKccsport
evidently docs not propose to allow
this "disordoriy Workman" to gain a
fuothold in that city.
Victims or the ankle bug are on
the increase according to reports, but
| no one appears to have heen able TO
give description of the bug.
The French people act rs though
| they desire to loan the C2ar money.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
State.

supror1a Comt--WlLIIAM + POTTER.
Treasurcr--FRiNK &. HARRIS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

The French people act rs though
they desire to loan the C2ar money.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

1t is believed that the editors Of Evervho1y's
arc olcCtonocriug for an unexpected dcluge Of
trouble by their announcement of a willingness
to pay literally Tor contributions Of 1909 words
or less which shall, upon examination, reveal
the presence Of genuine humor visible without
diagram or the usc Of microscope. They have
been trying for months without success to locate
some Of this desirable kind of literary product
among the writings Of those who have earned
literary regulations; and now as desperate last
resort, they appeal from the experts to The
masses There Is humor enough in the Amcri'
can people 70 SUPPLY amply all tho needs ot the
magazine publishers, II IT could be properly ex.
pressed ON paper But the ability TO exhibit II
in type seems uufortuat 10 he numbered
among the lost arts. We do not envy the Cdi
tors Of Every hody's on account of the task that
they will have IN wadins through the oceans
OF Saddcning manuscripts which their rash ap.
peal will invite.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
Education in the Philippines

" VERY ENCOURAGING news is
that which comes from Ma
Mia in the report OF Professor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
LITERARY NOTES.

Tic second rumhcr - the Current Encyclo.
pedia, which covers tho d.,clopmant' ri July
but q dated August. ,js;anS and decp'ns the
favorable impression created by the initial nurn'
her In addition 10 numerous alphabetically ar
ranged short articles covering IN copicnscd torn
th' various phases q, human achievement de,ei.
optd during N" month, H. presents numner oi
noteworthy special articles highly cducation' IN
character There Is, 'or instance. an extended
description 81 the scopc and workings at The
United states Agricultural department with per
tinont statistics, prepared by \ G. True, d,rec.
tor q experiment stations, paper by Henry
Gaune't. gcogaphcr o.; tan geological survey, On
Ahskl, which Is especially rcplcte with inior'
nation shout the gold disyc,tsi.,: similarly su
thor!tatyc papers ON Argentine. Germany, f't'
homa and RuSS1 compact rcytc" Ut tn"
work ~ the last congress. 4 synopsis ~ c,r
foreign commerce and many other special COM
trihutons touching different themes that ccmhiHe
to give the number exceptional value. In addi.
tion the illustrations numerous, well chosen
in their relation to the text. and well printed.
From the standpoint % mechanical appearance
the Current Encyclopedia is, indeed, delight
20 the eye. For September these tinlely features
are promisod: \ study Of the work Of the
United States consular service 10 be contributed
hy -. T. Austin, chief Of the bureau Of statistics
at Washington; review OF the drama for the
wear 1901 n date, short reviews of the urlnrl-
pal new books Of the year, a description Of the
latest achievements in cot'r rhr tograpny; plp's
on Italy, New Jersey and Ncnczucla, with stats.
tics AMI otlcr data carried up TO tims ot wiit'
ing, a compendium Of national bank laws AMI
OF r"orut corporate decisions oi grnc,ll interest
to business men, number of articles relating
to agriculture and showing the newer develop.
ments in this fcld and contributions of sho|ar.
~ moment ON sociological and archaeological
themes
Three magazines ot recent issue contain news
paper stories. In ScrIbncrs for August Richard
Harding Davis, in "rhc Dereict,' narrate'
spirited romance Of the Cuban war illustrative Of
the difficulties 81 tho war correspondent, In Les
lies, for September Henry l.. McnCkcn, in The
Fight OF tnc Nietor." shows how a touch Of
Yankee yellow stirred up the slow processes of
Jana lea journalism, and in EycryhodNs ior sep.
t'mhcr oscar King DAVIS, who did those wonder
ful Manila letters Ia tie sun, the best CORE.
| spondcnca from literary and human interest
| standpoint, printed about the Philippines, IN
"Sn,rrcaf's Exclusive" develops 10 a dramatic
| and uncNcp,nLcd climax a tai" concerning
| young New York reporters solution "f a mysteri'
| ous disappearance in high life OF the three the
| last il dccldadly the best The other Davis
| story is spirited in incident and dialogue, but
! those who ought to know charge Richard Hard
| ing With paying oil old scores behind the thinly
| ycilei porondGcs # his story, process hardly
| In keeping with the dignity OF an artist.
1
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
MUZZLE THE NAVAL MAN.

Ben Uur is to 10 translated into Arabic,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28
"FOr the Good of the Service"

v T Is DIFFICULT for the average
landsman 10 appreciate properly
l. the requirements OF naval dis
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

Biri,boro, whcu o,r hyirg express made
hric stop ntcr leaving Raldug, has grown,
since ! last saw it some yo'rs ago. from a thriy,
Ing village into q prosperous, handsome, almost
imposing toV1r. g. We sped on through de-
lichtsome Land, Pottstown, Pho,niXvillc, Norris.
town, marking distance along the way. Pre-.
csely on tim,, lust five hours and Gve minutes
from the time that We heard the cry NJ "Ni
ahcord" al WikcslilUc. our train swept into
the Prun.ylvanil railroads great terminal a's.
tion at broad and Market streets, Philadelphia,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-03-21
JAPs WILLING TO STUDY.
Reason Why They Learn the English
Language Faster Than the
Chinese DO.

81 asked q very intelligent and
highly educated japanese the other
day why his countrymen seemed TO
learn English so much more easily
than the Chinese do" said a New Or
leans Times-Democrat reporter. His
reply was interesting. The language
is just as difficult for one race as it is
for the other he said, but the Jap
anese are willing to study and the
Chinese are not. Nearly all the
Chinese who speak English have
picked it up by ear, so their pronun-
citation is, of course, very imperfect
and their vocabulary small. They are
not a studious race and will not take
the pains TO learn a language thor
oughly. Hardly any of their upper
class officers except few of their
foreign ministers speak English, and
St is next to impossible to find a
Chinaman who can read it. With us
he added, it is entirely different.
We study English Systematically at
all our schools, and nearly every edu-
Gated japanese is able 10 read it, even
If he can't converse in the tongue
That surprised me and | asked him
for some further explanation.
"'Well, il is this way he said. We
have many japanese scholars who
make a business of teaching English
hundreds of them all over the ma
tion-but the trouble is that they
have learned the language out of
books themselves and do not know
now to speak it correctly. So, in
Japan you will find any number Of
people who can read and write Eng
lish with great readiness, but com
paratively few can converse easily in
il. | spent four years studying the
language from books, and then had
to spend a great deal of additional
time in learning the pronunciation.
/ asked him whether japanese was
harder to acquire than English and
he smiled. 4 never experienced any
trouble myself in learning japanese
he replied. with a twinkle in his eye.
but. seriously, / would say yes, it is
81 good deal harder. | never met
European who could speak it with
any fiuency.' In answer to another
question he said that English was
undoubtedly the better language OF
the two for the expression of ideas,
and the reason he gave struck me as
being very practical. In japanese,
he said. every written character
stands for some one certain thing and
must be memorized independently.
Our great poets do some wonderful
things with it, but there is no deny
ing the fact that it is greatly lacking
in what might be called fiexibility
1t is my mother tongue. yet / find it
easier to express many OF my
thoughts in English
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-03-21
women as bird Doctors.

One of the latest schemes of clever
woman forced to earn her own living
is establishing herself as a bird doc
tor. Canaries are her specially, and
she has established hospital where
she attends to the ills of these pets
Broken limbs, disordered digestive ap-
paratus. catarrhs and fevers are treated
nv the woman with benefit to the
birds and profit to herself. Other song
birds and house pets, and even the re
pulsiye parrot, are treated for their all
ments by this bird doctor, who is said
TO be the only woman in the world max
ing a specially Of this business. So well
established is her fame in this direction
that she makes visits to Philadelphia,
Boston and other cities. when called
and has established a regular client
ele there. as well as here, among deal
ers who make the handling Of birds an
incident to their other business, as i
the case at some of the department
stores.-N. Y. Times
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-03-21
FASHIONS FANCIES.
Materials That Are Popular fO1
Warm weather Costumes
Black Lace Revived.

A pretty, graceful and comfortable
modification Of the mutton-leg sleeve
rivals the long directoire and the
Marie Antoinette styles with pulled
or gathered undersleeyes. On autumn
gowns for general wear this sleeve
will take precedence of the Other
models just mentioned, says the New
York Post.
Black and white striped satin foul
ard, taffeta, liberty silk, and the heav'
Ter weaves of Rumchunda are used
very effectively as garnitures fol-
gowns of plain white fouiard, pale blue
mauve. sea green and primrose vel.
low; Henrietta cloths or veilings
black silk and satin costumes and
gowns of delicately coiored mohair
drap d'ete, and eolienne.
Draped berthas, with fall of deer
lace or accordion-plaited chiffon OF
net on the lower edge, Recamier folds
narrow Venise or Cluny lace yoke
pieces, on the tops of demi-decollett
bodices, accordion-plaited waists Of
diaphanous material, Greek draperies
brought from the right shoulder to
the waist and terminating in long
scarf ends, are all still in marked favor
for elegant evening toilets. Then
vogue will continue next season, not
alone for full-dress wear, but for aft
ernoon receptions, teas, dinner
gowns. etc. These notably graceful
accessories are still the rage in Paris
as also are fluffy and frilly decora'
tons at the top and bottom of all full
dress gowns. just below the waist
the fashion is to be as willowy and
petticoatless as possible
Black nets, grenadines and eta
mines have for several summers past
usurped the place of black lace in
fashionable favor for making of semi
transparent black gowns. Where we
have seen a black lace model of re.
cent seasons, it has been one that was
exceptionally elegant and costly.
When black lace came TO be as
common on the dusty streets ashuckle-
\ berries in a woodland meadow. the
rage for this beautiful style of dress
was over. 1t was everywhere in evil
dence. and often looked gray and
wrinkled, being made of tawdry laces
that quickly lost their silky finish.
This, of course, killed its popularity.
But at its best, and properly worn, il
is one of the most elegant and re-
cherche black dresses that can be Sc
'ected for the summer and the variety
of designs set forth for the season be
fore us has never been excelled.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-03-21
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The life Of William Black, the novel.
ist, is to be written by one Of his old.
est friends, Sir Wemyss-Reid.
Seventeen years after its first appear
snce Austin Dodson has revised his
"Henry Fielding Memoir and add.
ed some fragments of information dis.
covered since the book was written.
Eugene f. Smith. a full-blooded
Oneida Indian, has entered a medical
college in Milwaukee and Will when
graduated be one Of the very few red.
men who have fitted themselves &c
practice medicine.
Joseph Chamberlain, the English
statesman, feels and often expresses
profound contempt for lazy persons
Il would rather work with an idiot
than with an idler," quoth 'Brumma.
gem Joe" recently.
Prof. Charles Villiers Stanford, who
succeeds the late Sir Arthur Sullivan
as conductor of the Leeds musical fes.
teal, is a native of Dublin, and since
1887 has held the chair of music at the
University OF Cambridge.
Michael Dayitt, who lost his right arm
in a mandatory when he was only ten
years old, writes a singularly clear
hand, only distinguishable by its SUI
periority from the ordinary writing
of people who have both hands, but
only use the right for writing.
One night al the Garrick club mum.
Der Of the members were discussing he
merits of a new Hamlet who had ap.
peared that evening. W. S. Gilbert had
taken no part in the arguments, for OF
against. At last one of the others ven.
tured: well, Gilbert, what do you
think of his Hamlet?" "oh," respond.
ed the witty hbrettist, Il think it was
funny without being vulgar"
Literary Boston has been paying con.
siderable attention TO 1.-THE two Win
stons," who have been together lately
in that city. Winston Spencer Church.
III, who won fame recently through
his war correspondence in South Africa
and is relating his experiences on 3
lecture tour, and Winston Churchill OF
Richard Carvel" fame, it seems. struck
up a friendship, and on several coca.
sions went about arm in arm.