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sensational scandal, in which
~ young woman at fashion
able summer resort wa.
drowned in company with young mar
ried man who had separated from hi:
wife, the drowning following u serie:
Of escapades not to be reconciled witt
principles of right living, the New Yorl
Tribune says:
There is evidently need of a reviva
of the questionable art of bringing ur
children Boys and girls are growing
up to be lawlcss. Lacking respect foi
authority and conventions, they easily
lose respect for the virtues which au.
thority and conventions seek to guard
LaXity in homes and schools, contact
under unfavorable conditions of young
men and women in business life the
rush, selfishness and bad manners OF
our crowded streets, shops and public
Conveyances, all tend to the destruction
of that good breeding which commands
respect and nurtures modesty."
The unfortunate thing about this
quotation is that it is true. Every COM
munity furnishes abundant proof. HUI
man nature as whole is probably not
worse today than at prior times; indeed,
there is reason to believe that its gen.
erol average is higher. But there cer-
tainly is large room for improvement
in social manners and morals. Young
men and young women, educated in
public schools which teach a lot of
things inperfectly and few things we'll,
know too much that they shouldn't
know and are deficient in knowledge
which is fundamental.
In a well-ordered society nothing
would be deemed more essential to hap
piness in life than genuine respect
among men for women, and no phase of
education among women would be more
emphasized than fitting them for Wife
hood and motherhood-for the part in
life assigned by nature and Providence.
Yet large part of the mental energies
of young men seems now to be enlisted
in the pursuit of dishonorable pleasure,
while their sisters and sweethearts in
too many instances are taught to rebel
against the limitation of their sex and
to aspire to careers in which home
making and home keeping play only a
minor part.
All of this tends to bread artificial
social conditions. 1t bears fruit in null
tplying divorces, in a declining birth
rate, and in laXity of restraints that
every little while eliminates in shock
ing scandal and tragedy. The veil of
reserve seeks to hide these phenomena
from public notice or comment; and So
ciety, by blindfolding itself, tries to
make itself believe that all is as it
should be. But the fact remains as the
New York Tribune has stated it. Boys
and girls--not all, but some, Il percen-
tage far larger than should be when
we remember that this is the twen-
tieth century of Christian civiliza ton,
are growing up to be lawless. In our
own community lessons in anarchy are
being put before them. Not only is re-
straint relaxed over their social life but
the foundations of obedience to law and
authority are unsettled beneath their
feet and they are led to follow impulse
and passion in lieu of conscience.
Ultimately it will be Strengthened out.
But at what unnecessary cost, were
there due perception of the superiority
of prevention over cure!
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routes FOR the long hoped fol'
and equally long delayed isthman
canal. So many times has the final
vote seemed within reach, only to be
postponed by one or another artitice of
the opposing transcontinental railway
interests, that many now fear another
disappointment and profess to see the
foundations of one in the conflict which
has arisen between the Nicaragua and
Panama routes.
Until recently all, or nearly all, canal
the Nicaragua route, This was because
the Nicaragua route had been well ad-
vertsed, while it WAS the general belief
that the Panama route was in hands
which would not let so save on forbid
ding terms. The various commissions
alton reported in favor of the Mic
aragua route, although the latest one
said that If the Panama property could
be acquired at reasonable figure it
would be preferable. Proceedings on
the part of the United States looking
:" Ga S"''s "Ssi'''"S VI '"i'Sp os'ioii
work on the Nicaragua right of way
brought the Panama people to terms
much more liberal than had been ex-
pected; and, accordingly the Walker
commission withdrew its conditional in
dorsement of the Nicaragua route and
declared with emphasis in favor of
taking the Panama route.
Many of our readers no doubt have
posted themselves fully as to the claims
of the respective routes; but those who
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CHANCES ON THE DANISH PUR-
CHASE.
From the Washington Post.

FROM the washington POst
We have not yet entirely abandoned
hope as regards the purchase of the Dan
ish West Indies. OF course, to the ignor-
ant outsider the situation seem compli-
Gated, but then again things are not al
ways as bad as they look. When they
tell us that matter has to so before the
Rigsdag and to receive the approval of
both the Landsthing and the Folkething,
we at first experience sense of gloomy
apprehension. On the other hand, how
do we know that the Landsthing and the
Folkething will disagree and so throw us
out of the Rigsdag altogether? We do
not know it. as matter of fact Then.
why repine? Why, indeed! TO tell the
truth, after thinking it all over, we
should never have thought of repining at
any stage of the game if there were only
the Rissdag to consider. Rigsdag is a
tough little word, but, after all. it ls
only the name of the Landsthng and
Follkething when they come together.
Something like out congress. with its
senate and it's house, and perhaps not a
bit more obstinate. TO tell the truth, it
is the Rigsret that gives us u chill The
Rigsret is composed of persons appointed
by the Landsthing and the regular men,
bers of the Holesteret, thus giving the
Landsthing another slap at you in case
you square the Rigsdag. Here you begin
to feel a sense of confusion. You have
worked say, on the Landsthing and tho
Folkething until the Rigsdag seems safe,
when suddenly the Rigsret comes along
and throws YOU down. What is worse in
such case is that you will never know
whether the blow came from the Lands
thing or the Holesteret. Which, natural
ly. muddles You again. Nevertheless, al
though this is not all. and notwithstand-
ing the fact that the Statsraadet has to
he settled with before the incident is
closed. We still hope that the sale of the
islands will be negotiated Something
tells us that the Statsraadet and the
Rigsdag are well disposed, and that the
Holesteret can be fixed if only the other
members Of the Rigsret will listen to
reason. Anyhow, this is the way it looks
to us. If any one can make more of it,
we shall be glad to hear from him.
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QUAY WINS A WAGER.
From the Harrisburg Telegraph.

From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
Senator Quay won a wager from his
daughter, Sue, on the outcome of the
recent state convention. The daughter
was an ardent Elkin advocate. and be-
came 80 positive in her predictions that
her father had met more than his match
that bet was arranged in which hand
some silk shawl for the daughter figured
against a pair of silk socks for the con-
fdent papa. The first message the sem
ator received after the convention ad-
journed Wednesday afternoon was tele-
gram from Sue. at Washington, announc-
ing that the socks were en- route.
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Legislative.

In considering gubernatorial possibil-
ities. Mr. Pattison does not seem as
enthusiastic as some of his supporters.
His experience as reorganizer in
Philadelphia some time ago, which
demonstrated that a man of destiny"
can sometimes receive hard knocks in
the region of the small ribs, appears
to have made him timid
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n,iral. The honor has been worthilv
won and will be modestly and bccom-
ingly worn. The only sad recollection
inseparable from 1t is that the COM
mander- -in-chief, whose immeasurably
more difficult responsibility was dis
charged throughout the Atlantic sea
campaign with signal fidelity and suc-
cess, should have been bounded by
fanatical abuse into an untimely grave,
without other reward than the approval
of his own conscience. This will be
throughout coming years an indelible
stain upon American history.
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We notice in some of the Republican
papers of the state a disposition to CEN
sure John p. Elkin for not having
moved in convention to make Judge
Pennypacker's nomination unanimous
We think that in view of the crcum-
stances Mr.. Elkin did all that could
reasonably be expected of him when
he personally assured the judge of his
cordial support and made a gallant
tender OF his best services. 1t is not
the disposition Of Mr.. Elkins support
ers to bury their faces in the past; and
VIC advise the gentlemen who were on
the winning side to look forward. also.
The Republican party in Pennsylvania
should be big enough for all Republic
cans, and it will not be narrowed by
any of Elkin's friends.
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have not will nnd the following com

have not Will find the fO1lOUinR rOf11-
,,,,,,o, ,,,,.,.,,
'i.''.o' '''', "t'Ne.
!. Excavation to he done: Nicaragua,
zz.il,ooJ cupic yards; Panama, 94S63,Ioa
cuoic saros.
=. Quantity OF steer reduired Nicara-
qua 4VoVV tons; Panana, 32,624 tons.
- o, Deepcst cuts: NICARAGUA, &' rect at
lamporcito; Panama, lob feet at Culebra.
- comparative cost OF maintenance:
Nicaraeua. SSOo.o'o annually; Panama.
ss,on'oo Inc annual difference OF $1,000
wv capitanzeu at TWO per cent. ana add.
eo 10 the sooooWo OF saving on original
CONSTRUCTION makes the Panama route
tne cheaper ny nearly siOoOO.ooO.
- Number or locks Nicaragua, s;
ra'aina. doupio ana ! single.
% Length OF canal navigation. after de-
quoting deep water navigation In Lake
N,car"sua or Lake bohio: nicaragua
l4s hiies: ianama' ~ niies.
:. NaNlsatioi' AROUND curves. N,car-
aqua. 4ag' niles; Panama, $50 miies.
- Iotai uegIces OF curVature IN cahal ~ !:
N'caragua, zdoo oes. oV mln'' fahaHa' "l
des. ~ MN. . .....
v. hauius OF snarpest curves N'cara-
Sua' foi' icet' Pahama. sZo" icet.
w. Actuai trme Oh sainnE tnroush cai,e
al: Nicaragua, 33 hours; Pahama, IL
hours
H. Average no"rs or transit. !i'ci''"'ps
Panama ., hours
II. Rainfall. Annual average at Grey
town, 2e5 inches: at Colon 12a inches.
10, ~. o,a..on y. sunni. lew. :" e % .',a
normal depth Of water. defective regula-
tion paralyzing the canal and blocking
INC commerce OF the world: AZ Lake
,,,n,.,hio va. ~, 80 s,,at ,,,,,o, IA 20 s,ch
extent as the rainfall on the lake basin
may require. The experience and judg-
mnen. u, tie opera.or ee.,. ,., are .sse,''a,
lake" at Lake Rorio "thc regulation Is
automatic" Both quotations are from
the isthmlan canal commissions report.
,,a >.n',, p, oian u ,,,or,.,,r for ,i,,,a c,,,.
sumcd in passage of canal: Nicaragua
route equal TO Panama for slow steam
crS, longer ior medluln-speeo s'ea'"eis'
4, Trsf,,c time from New Orleans to
the North Pacific. allowing for time con-
sumed i'm passage of canal: Nicaragua
rou.c SHUT. ,.na" ea ..,i,,.,, aa aS % S.o
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in delicate green on every page, make the
book a delight TO the eye as It's contents
are to the spirit.
The Feast of Roses.
Through the kindness of Rev. Sydney
* Evans, formerly of Scranton. now
rector of st. Paul's r. r.. church Of
Mannheim. Lancaster county. we are In
receipt of the Mannheim Weekly Sentinel
OF June IL. giving full and most interest
Ing report of the annual celebration Of
''The Feast of Roses on Sunday, June
8. This festival now famed far and WIDE
draws many thousands of visitors to
Mannheim on the second Sunday of each
June to witness the payment OF the one
red rose annual rental stipulated for in
Baron William Henry Stiegels deed Of
gift Of the land for Zion Lutheran church
nearly a century and a half ago.
Baron StieEe was the founder of the
town, the establisher of the very first
glass factory in what were then the
'"rhirtecn Colonies" and the establsher
and proprietor of large iron furnaces. He
was also the teacher of his people. and
their preacher at times until pastor
could be regularly settled. He was one Of
General Washington's personal friends.
and his furnaces were employed in the
casting Of cannon and making of ammu-
milton for the Continental army. Like
many other patriots of the Revolution
his services had been forgotten. But a
dozen years ago DR.. j.. II. Sielng. now
of York. but then An active member of
the Zion Church of Mannheim searched
out all the old records. including the deed
Of gift with its zone red rose" clause.
This June was the eleventh memorial
service. with the payment Of the rose
to Baron Stiegel's oldest living heir. The
church is made bower of roses and Of
living grcenery for the occasion. The
whole community with all the surround
ing country. participates in the keeping
of this historic commemoratior which
has made famous the name Of Mannheim
named by it's founder. Baron Stiegel.
for his native town of Mannheim, Ger
many.
This year the rose was presented for
the church officials by DR.. Selling. and
received for Miss NJ. NJ. Horning. Of New
port. r. L., the oldest surviving lineal
descendant of Baron Stiegel. by DR.. j.
w. Houston, of Lancaster. The memor-
ial oration was made by Talcott Will
liams. LII. d.. of the Philadelphia Press.
President Baer. of the Reading railroad.
also made a brief address. The morning
memorial sermon was delivered by for
mer pastor. Rev. L. l.. Lohr now OF Will
Transport. The children's service was
held at o'clock in the evening. Then
call the multitude of lovely roses were
carefully packed and sent to the Lancas-
ter General Hospital" a beautiful ending
of the day. IS. T.. -.
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The Panama canal controversy seems
near an end, but the Lajoie injunction
proceedings bid fair to continue indefi-
nitelY.
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The denomination of Congressman
Wright, Of Susquehanna, is happy
solution of the Wayne e-Susquehanna-
Bradford Wyoming conference. Mr..
Wright has made an efficient represen-
tative and his efficiency will increase
instead of diminish.
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Canal Prospects.

OMORROW the senate at
Washington is expected to
vote finally on the choice of
routes for the long hoped for
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TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON. JUNE Is. 1902.
REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
State.

State.
Gorcrnor-S. w. PENNYPAckER
Lieutenant GoNernor--W. NJ BROWN
Secretary of Internal Affairs--ISAAC e
BROWN.
Legislative.
First District-JOSEPH OLIVER
Second District-fOIIN SCfIlil' FER, JR.
Third District--EDWARD JAMES
Fourth District-P. A. PTIILE1N.
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Aguinaldo is having more difficulty
than Hon. d. b. Hill in removing his
name from the forgotten list.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-18

No carping voice will criticize the
presidents promotion of Captain Clark,
che famous commander OF the still
more famous Oregon, to be a rear ad-
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But little encouragement for the
Original Hanna men" is offered by the
senator from Ohio.
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may over sundry of her wilful, loveable,
flower-worshipping niece's proceedings.
The book is exquisitely gotten up by
the publishers, the Lathrop company,
Boston. Typography, binding. paper. H.
lustrations. and the dainty leaf border
in delicate green on every page, make the
book a delight to the eye as It's contents
are to the spirit.
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HOTEL RICHMOND.

Kentucky Avenue. First Hotel from Beach, At.
lan,ic City, y. j.; 80 Ocean view rooms; "a.
pacity 400; write for special rates j. B. Jenk.
ins, Prop.
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SUMMER RESORTS
Atlantic City.
HOTEL SOTHERN

On Virginia avenue, the widest and most
fashionable in Atlantic City. Within "a
Boardwalk and in front of the most de-
sirabe bathing grounds. All convent
ences, elevator to street level. hot and
cold baths. Table excellent: Accommo-
dations for three hundred. Terms modev-
ate. Write for booklet. -
n. r. BOTHWELLs.
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Rules of the Contest.


- >"o "N"o'-'
oe1 of points , . Eac to
PTS. 'N 80 az
credited
found
once ~
through the list ~ 49, 49, which they seAred.
endar months the will
be
NOTICE that according to the above rules EVERY CONTEST
ANT WILL BE PAID Special Reward or not
Special Honor Prizes for June.
Two Special Honor Prizes be presented contestants
securing the largest number Of points during the month Only
points scored during June will be counted.
First Pize-Ten Dollars in Cold !
Second Prize--FWe Dollars Gold. =
Special Honor Prizes July August September and October
will be announced LATER
Those wishing the should their names at
All questions concerning the plan will be cheerfuy
Address all communications to
CONTEST EDITOR Scranton Tribune, Scranton Pa
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Hotel Rittenhouse
New Jersey Avenue and the Beach
Atlantic City, n. j.

Select high class family hotel; cuisine the
best; write for booklet. II. S. STEVENS, Prop.
John j Shanfelter, Manager formerly of the
Hotel Lorrain, Philadelphia and tha Park
Hotel, Williamsport
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What Roosevelt Is Fighting.

"o oNLooKERs at a distance
from Washington, the vital
Il ity Of the fight within Re-
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THE FLAT RATE FOR ADVERTISING.
The following table shows tho price per
Inch each insertion, space to be used with-
In one year:
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The Drift Toward Lawlessness.

COMMENTING upon the latest
sensational scandal in which
~ young woman at fashion,
able summer resort was
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A young writer of books recently
called on an acquaintance and had a
dull interview. by the way he re-
marked as he was leaving, IL lave
changed my address, so ! will leave
you my card "lIello, Smith," said
friend of the young writer the next
day. Brown tells me you were in to
see him yesterday, and he has been
wondering what the dickens /. ID. r.
Y. means after your name on your
card. He says he can't for the life
of him think what those letters
stand for" II am glad to hear he
has been thinking was the reply.
"He was so 'dopey' yesterday that
wrote those letters on the card just
to give his brain some exercise. They
don't mean anything"
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This is the age of the index and the

This is the age of the index and the
catalogue. Such is the mass of books.
cu,s.. ,orR Read. newspapers, maga-
zines and OF her
publications. issu-
ing from the printing press that the
task of keeping track of what has been
written on various subjects presents
many difficulties. Its mastery has be-
come a matter of serious study. Col
lege courses are now given in the art
of finding ones way among books, or
Of knowing how to get at what has been
printed. Formerly books were cata-
logued in libraries by their titles in
alphabetical order, and n number as
signed arbitrarily to each one. Now
the label attached to the back of
book and containing the "shelf-mark"
reveals at glance to the initiated
the nature of ;he contents of the vol
ume. lndeXing the topics within books
and magazines has also, like catalog-
uinC, been reduced to scicptitic
basis. y photography of any subject
is a list of the books and articles that
treat of it. Large volumes are now de-
voted to photography on current ques-
tions, such as political economy or the
educa ticn of women. These tell little
more than where t. - - set the in
Co l., Il ,r
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|@ ~
Yves SPEAK

.s at times, of woman's happi-
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u n.,snly ~ ill-health, and its attendant
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hseases which undermine the health
% mar the beauty of women. 1t estab-
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son was troubled with female weakness,
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n picrce's Pleasant Pellets cieanse
rlogged sf;sten from accumulated
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II would be hard to invent a more

II would be hard to invent a more
: srewsome case of making the punish
c...m., e,, ment fit the crime
than the accident
which resulted in
the death of . well-known German
usurer recently. He had amassed great
wealth as a money lender, and in the
process had achieved reputation for
being man of hard dealings. One day
he mysteriously disappeared. No trace
could be found of him. and after wait
ing some time it was decided that he
probably was dead, and his property
was taken possession of by his next of
kin. With great difficulty large safe
in the usurer's bedroom was broken
open, and, to the horror of the on
lockers, the body of the money lender
was discovered sitting in corner of
the interior, clutching in his dead hand
a bag of money. How he came to he
thus entombed in his own safe il not
known, says the New York Press, but
it is supposed that he entered it to re-
place bag of gold which he had been
counting. and that the door accident
ally swung to ana thus closed his ca
reer forever. But still there is some
thing mysterious and uncanny about;
ii, for the door Of the safe did not close
generally Of its own yolition. and the
safe stood in place where no gust Of
wind would have been able to get at it
and blow it to.
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The railroads also are planting
trees, although it cannot be said
that they do so with any special ref.
erence to Arbor day. A New Eng
land company is setting out 10000
catalpas and some chestnut and black
walnut saplings upon its vacant
lands. A western company is about
to plant more than 100000 catalpas.
Years hence those trees will supply
timber for ties, posts and other pur-
poses, and the railroads are taking
the long look ahead.
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British cavalry officers and men,
bers of the veterinary stats express
the opinion, based upon their expert
ences during the South African war,
that docked horses cannot stand ia
tigue as well as those which have not
been docked. Advocates of the prac-
tice have usually fallen back upon
the negative claim that it docs no
harm'-senseless and cruel mutila-
ton though it is; but the South
African report deprives them of even
that poor defense.