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The Times Leader from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • Page 8

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1 i nui'i ixc J' 'I a 1 t-rrest In reform -r- et i -r. f-r a 'i 1-- i 'J i rve work. It there is vile cr 1 1 -ls i as a 1 cr ctir rivy 1 it'fa hen one the et t' 'V. roeorta ca or 1 i t. i It i SET.

vlce, and It is largely cue t.i Initiative that so much r-aa i been accomplished. The ottier governments demar.i tjsfl h-est qualifications of their School for prospective consuls ground the ambitious young men In a whole range of subjects peculiar to the calling, and In some of the general educational Institutions special courses are arranged for those anxious to enter the consular department The result Is showiv. In the way In which the In tVptrtmanl Offlo n-ci? i cf 1 saving In t'. mines cf Fenn i Where there is constant liability to an explosion it should be demanded that every possible device be at hand. It Is only recently that the operators took an Interest In establish atrw km mct ing a "first aid to the Injured" corps at '-ror of Parries AlwrtWni.

S. T. Cli: Trttraaa BitSI-. CMaUk each mine. By that means doub-tletss many lives have been saved.

A Lttle expert help at the right moment may terests ot citizens and business men are taken care of abroad. It la ad Suhanlptlnn: 4 in th PoMorflc WttkM-Bam fmtt wsttf. HaOfM BULLZfiM mean everything. But practically noth mitted by German manufacturers that oa (II Mf Standi vltUs 1 ing has been done in behalf of the vie time of the deadly afterdamp. We have taken theJealin ao many things.

a large part of their success In the export trad ta due to the valuable as of flfty iriua, York firj Boullot Hn4, i Sw h4 loritif a4 SStli traL at R'M'l Tboattr Urkal Hotal Ptcj'i Kawa harton itraat. sistance rendered by the consuls of but in this respect we seem to be lack lng. that Country. The United States has been blind to these opportunities. She has permitted the service to run along JdlSt Dillii There Is also splendid opportunity for the exercise of Inventive genius.

The 0 SI, 1907 In a haphazard way. But the awak ening Is coming. 1 person who improves upon the present methods of rescue In this or other countries stands In the way of reaping Just iceived froin 0113 I a- Some of the Southerrfnewspapers are fortune and fame. of the lcdicar shirt waist Whllo lamenting the tenacity with vat fortunes hold together, may rejoice that there are attresses to help the young millionaires scatter their patrimony. Portland Oregonian.

Men really hav less admiration for the average girl's elbow than the wearers of short sleeves seem to believe. Atchison Globe. The straw hat has had a hard time getting any further than the show, window, Baltimore Sun. It remained for President Boosevelt to make Secretary Root's Pennsylvania dinner speech road like a States-rights argument New. York 'World.

The! growing surplus in the 'United States treasury will give the next Congress aa excuse for extravagance, rather than a reason for tariff reduction and lightening the burden of the taxpaya Rochester Bven the present cost of living does not seem to Justify the enormous alimony that some resentful wives are asking. Washington Women VVorkere In Philadelphia Publte Ledger: In France women have Invaded the Industrial sphere formerly regarded as belonging to men much more rapidly than In the United States. Ot the 17,730,000 population, of Prance there is a working population of and a third of the number of wage-earners are women and glrla Near-ly a third of the persons engaged in agricultural pursuits are women. Of the women workers a third are employed in the learned professions and about, per C-ayi i jaanufactrersa' lino charging the newspapers of the North with exhibiting the old time prejudice by belittling the Jamestown Exposition. None of the reputable newspapers of the North have done anything kdies? fib white lawn There 1 little nope that the curfew tew will ever be strictly enforced In Wilkes-Barre.

But it would be an excellent move If the police department saw to It that girls of 14 years and under kept -off the river common park at night They should not be allowed to be there after dark. If the mothers of the kind. They have only, criticised the management for announcing the opening of the exposition before there waists aarge variety of u-tyles, eithr lace or cm- 2 For 1 was anything to exhibit, The rush will, come later and everything win be for YkZJ broidery training, 1 open cannot control them the public authori ties should take them hand. front or backlonir or short cr "1 ALIEN UNDESIRABLES. The NaHonal Uberal Immigration sleeves, It now develops) that bogus "burglar proof vaults were put In the League, organised for the proper regulation and better distribution of immigration, has Just sent out a brief It a change had not come over the face of things-politically, might have made little difference what the vaults were made ot There -might have boon little of value put Into summary of the work accomplished and the questions with which the League is at present occupied.

The membership, by the way, is made up of some ot the most eminent men of the country. The nature faker discussion has re cent are engaged In, Men ceived scant attention in' the Pennsyl Drcca Good were formerly employed In silk weaving While the Record cannot agree with vania newspapers. They have -been to a much greater extent than at present every feature of the program advo Every step In the progress of the use of 45-in. Black Sicilian Mohair -a lustrous Wshed cated by the League, It does heartily called upon, to lve too mucn to another kind of. faker; with headquarters at Barrjsburg.

agree with that portion of It which fabric for durability and all year round steam In industry hss opened a new employment for women and children. The appearance of women at the carriage stands ot Paris Is the latest development alms at the enforcement of a drastlo policy against those who abuse the iv nnn-ntr(l fnr trflTf itit "Mr. Bryan will receive his reward hospitality of thta country. In this displacement On the other hand. C3c Quality for In this connection the circular says: In the long run." Commercial Appeal, Memphis, domestic pursuits are by no means monopolized by French women.

A third Welt a man who has been running of those employed In such pursuits are men. "We are making efforts to secure the deportation of members of the Black Hand and of criminals of lt races. As the bible says, Te ahall put the evil for eight years1 deserves some reward. Extra for It certainly wae a long. run.

Extra 1 from amongst We believe that Instead of being held In our prisons Ttia p.nMilajri envernment Is confident 1 i Govsroor'a; Vaestion. Harrlsburg Telegraph: Governor Stuart must feel this week like a boy out ot school. He has handled the most vexa ttiat will ha a.h1a in eumress any disorder that may follow the dissolu as a burden to the community, all new arrivals who become criminals should be deported, as Is now done with those who become a publto charge." tious of legislation that ever eon- A WORD TO THE GRADUATES. And now farewell to'the schooldays -1 the books, but greeting to the real 'vMea of life to the prospect in wLich each of graaDatea rrre out Ws own, war to that summit cf -access to which all Tou young mn who-faca theirorld ni your own individual future, to you te prospect should be encouraging, i Tour minds have been trained to take i en Intelligent part In the problems that, le before Too are among the few who, have been favored with the excel. advantage Ot the higher form of jeatlon.

The world expects! more from you than from those whose minds 'have not been sufficiently trained to 'r i'ze all there la In life and all thaf -rect living fy- The world calls to-day not only for 't'e skilled artisan, the learned physl- t. the expert legal practitioner. In 1 a I sense It calls for the Meal cltt- -i. waa there greater need Tor the kind of We have much of late of the wrong kind. have been- made alck at heart by the revelations of fraud and selfishness ji moral obliquity- generally.

The 1 tokening has shown that rascality is I if no means confined, to the ignorant It r.a been found in the high aa well In the low. In the rich as wH as 1 3a the comparatively poor. But above i it all there rise the men who have come I from the fiery ordeal unscathed. The world Jooka upon them In profound ad-! ml ration, Their coffers may not be i f.Ued with ill-gotten gain, but they irave been able to stand before' their fellowmen in the sublimity of clear consciences. Behind the present movement toward regeneration stand these men whom the prospect of gain by hidden ways cannot swerve fromthelr honest course.

They stand like the cedars of Lebanon ebove the common herd. Whether in Ugh station or In low station, in public or In private life, tbey are the men in whom we must place our hope. Toung men, each of you haa been trained ta know what rood cltlsenshlp means. Each can be a power for good in the community. Ton will be looked upon aa leader Tour example la bound to have a potent Influ-.

ern upon y6ur fellowmen. By virtue of "your school training you should be aUe to rise above, the common level, in the forefront where you will be seenJ r.d your course will be observed. The community calls upon you to take the lead In civic righteousness, to demand that the precloua ballot be freed from the grasp of Its despollers, to dignify public office. If you take such interest, your school training will not have been In vain, so far as the-community is concerned. i i Good cltlienshlp Is the most urgent need of to-day, as It will be so long as honor Is the basis of good government The Record has for several years tion of the Douma.

FroDawy is. ii It finds-that It has this power. It will no doubt see to It that the Douma also IS permanently suppressed. 1 fronted a governor In the first year Of. his administration and the splendid Judgment which he has exercised commends him to men of all parties as a wise and safe been urging this very point It would be an excellent solution of the Immigration problem if our Inspectors could pick out the desirables from the nnde-sirablee.

But that cannot be done, AA 1 ml Oovernors of other States than Pennsylvania are wielding the veto ax freely. Evidently legislatures generally have miAAnnW fallen far below the re No Bouquets ai Present, Altoona Tribune: If the beef trust magnates could read every item that has been printed about the, advance In meat prices, they would surely furnish' the news' educational test mitht in a measure shut out the moBt ignorant but some of the most ignorant re likely to be quired leglBlative standard, or else the I 1 VArWVVyMWww' A governors are the delinquent mcni the most lawabldlnf and 'Industrious. papers with something new and more pleasant to say about them. A heavy head tax might keep out the -J Th weather nronhets who have been most poverty retrlcken 1 ivt poverty ths Wrong Person. A bey was whipped by a principal, and predicting, a cold summer have discarded their winter flannels for gause underwear.

The lime bride and the sweet drl does not always mean wvY.e, 'furthermore. It Is Impossible to say from an Inspection of the Immigrant whether he Is criminally Inclined That -is a tendency that must be' observed from than the boy's mother tried to whip. the principal, exercising, doubtless, on energy she should have used earlier on the boy. Philadelphia Ledger. fVAAsMsnsti experience with the Immigrant and tt Is the only t- graduate Are dividing the honors between hem, and nothing is left tor the groom or the boy graduate.

We know that a large number of Always Plentiful. Pottsville Republican: There may be Extra those who accept our hospitality are more or less of the degenerate type, scarcity of crops of many kinds, but there 5 HEDGING. rirst Week. Extra 2 Fori IS no scarcity In the crop of June brides Their flrjrt thought after landing Is to arm themselves with revolvers and stilettos, They use these weapons as the columns of the Republican this month attest 'i' For 1 Girl wanted; German, Dutch or Swede; Must be good looking and polite; Good eook. and one wa will not need Ta to have her do thlnss right it, Sj aax-0xfc Must ears for baby, wash and bake, upon the least provocation.

They have little regard for the value of human life or for the laws of the country. Our courts are burdened with this class ot criminals, "and the communities In 3-in, VOOL PANAIIA EITOLISH In all the wanted dnd most A eoi "a-A asked for shades a fash- A' sPecm11 desiable ionable and stylish mater- weight a o.w ii 1 colors, including Uck, 59c QuaHty for Cc." 53c Quality for 4l Mohair DreW Skirts Mohair Dres.i Skirts, In all colors, faxrleated, fi, 1 ished with straps of same m-aterial. -A t3.C3 Value or -r DEEC3 fllHETa I CHILDIIEK'S DREC3Ed '-Cream Mohair Dress White dresses, trimmedl 'Skirts, with full pleated with lace with or without Bertha, $3.3, IX mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmummmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmammmmmmmmmm Ladies' and Misses'; Dresses White Dresses, with panel of eyelet waist, tucked back, short sleeves, skirt with panel of, embroidery and flounces, 1 1 T' mjjiiocso C0U0nC0VEE3 The well known Mexi- Roman stripe Couch can; Hammocks, just what Covers; fringe all around, you want to take along on full sizes, sold all over for your vacation trip, 98c, ivtivic; Sala Price 72c. -Laidies Ribbed Vests Ladies' fine Ribbed Vests, low neck and short Just what you want for warm Weather. Vcrth 15c, Special 10c.

CIIALLIE3 TOVEJJKCr Challies in beautiful Huckaback patterns, suitable for 18 in. wide, bleached or Eacques and klmonas, unbleached, 1 7c Quality or 6c. 7c Quality for And keep tnings itnnmg ciean ano nrmi, Must sweep and have the beds to make. Address, J. wmpiy sireeu which they congregate are put' to heavy expense in the matter of taxation.

The Idea ot deporting an Immi Qlrt Wanted? White, with reference; in grant who commits serious crimes I 1 Not over twenty-nve years om; Her woke are of no consequence without such provocation as will stand as an adequate defense, Instead of allowing hlra to remain in this country as a menace and supporting him In hi Imprisonment seems to be the best possible solution of the alien criminal If she wUl do Just as she's torn. No washing will she havs to do, Bhe can sit down wtth us to at; Have Sunday afternoons off, too. Address, J. Umpty street Third Week. Girl wanted: White or colored; one Whn'ir lika a homelike nlaoe to stay; problem.

The possibility of deportation should act aa a deterrent against IMPORTANT 1 1 11 a. -DIG the commission' ot crime by those wh There Is no cooking to be done: desire to remain here and follow up the opportunities ot employment and American freedom. -''i" ficranton taxpayers having defeated The esteemed News Is mistaken when ft states that the Record has taken up he railroad end Of the two cent fare discussion. The Record has done nothing of the sort It has explained the situation as It Is present. The courts will be called upon to dedda the question from the point of view of the public at well.

as of the-railroads, There -ere two sides to this question as there re to most others. The side of the railroads cannot be lost In the antl-corporatlon hue and cry. The problem must be solved In reason, and thit is Just how the courts are going to solve it. If the courts find that the act Is not confiscatory and Is constitutional, that Is all there will be.to the cneptlon. The public will get the benefit of the two cent law.

the million dollar bond Issue for pav Extra 2 F6r 2 Fc); 1 ing, we natives win continue telling the rest Of the world that they have Bhe csn lay on ai eacu wxy. Will let her have the parior nights, Where with her "steady' she can meet; And she can exercise her rights, Address; i. 10 Umpty street sit i i Fourth Week. Girl wanted: White, black, green or blue; Her age will cut nO Ice at aU; There's very little work to do; On have the front room of the hall. My wife wtll cook; we both wlll walt Until she's had a chance to eat; Her own conditions she may state, Address, J.

10 Umpty street Fifth Week. Girl Any "lilnd or slxe, No matter if she cannot bake; Her own will she may exercise, 1 Tf mir hom she will not forsake; rr the most, progressive city on the of the earth. And the Scranton newspapers will fall over themselves a polo-tiling for the argument advanced In favor of the loan that Scranton is far behind most of the other cities of the State in the matter of paving. Well 3 after all, blow and bluster are what count. The graduates are happy In the pos CONSULAR The consular service of the United Etates has been a reproach.

We have heard much of Its Inefficiency as compared with the service of other coun tries. It has, been pointed out that In fact he needn't work a bit session of the sheepskin. But th realisation will come to many of them that the sheepskin is no protection against the hard knocks and the disappointments that come In the (WIlkes-barm; 1 But simply stay mere looKing sweet Who knows a girl that this will fltT Address, Umpty street. Ithaca Journal. exports might be greatly Increased If eur consule-were-lnen--loreusiewnlns8empett ness ability and all around fitness i'oma of the stories brought bank by must be pluck and energy.

The, sheepskin Is the foundation. With the ether requisites the superstructure Is built. travelers and investigators are highly to the system under l.wl?immmmmsmmmmmmwmT i i siiiwiiwyasnwtwiwswiiiiiiies' Trsgsdles ef Carelessness. Bvranton Truth Any one who reads the dally newspapers cannot fall to be Impressed with the numerous Iragedles Incident to the ordinary activities of dally life. Fatalities that are the inevitable consequence of some appalling upheaval or cataclysm, which no amount of human L'OAWS Ich consuls tieve been appointed RESCUING MINERS.

The deplorable accident In a Scrari IP. -vT Tl system was founded upon the oM idia. It 1s a relic ot that time congressmen were more engaged Si tending to the clamoring of their ton mine, caused by an explosion of 1 1 i i I it 1 1 fid AND' UPWARD3. Da Independent gaa calls to mind the lack of Interest manifested' In this country In Increasing the facilities for rescue work. Ex rtituents official appointment sm aw.

a. i' v-i in attending to the affairs of i latlon. The civil service, worked a DONT BROOW FROM FRIENCS- plosions are among the most prolific causes ot death In the anthracite and bituminous collieries, and it there were prevision could have averted, naturally appall us; but they are not more terrible than those which result from carelessness. This latter class ot tragedies Is ef painful and growing frequency, and It sug-reats the Importance of greater care and caution on the part of everybody In th rush end hurry of exlstenc Instances of recent occurrence might be cited to show the terrible consequences ot carelessness, but they ere too familiar, to every news-naner reader to require recapitulation. yn r.derful change.

Step by step the 1 lence ot congressmen in placing 8EE U3. ence ct TEPiuIiJL, ycii means of entering a mine and going Into the midst of the afterdamp, Immediately after such an accident, many end rnment employees was taken away 1 appointments were made as the sit of competitive examination. The i sular service remained among the G10 yill dvayo dino xlizi Loan lives could be saved. 4- til i fi I i I I 'J. How often one reads that rescue ressman's perquisites.

Now this The fact is we all need to take to heart is to be taken from him Saturday The Carl hagenbeck; And Great WALLACE SHOWS COMBINED Two monster distinct circus enterprises In conjunction with the far-famed Trained Wild Beasts. Positively no other show has them, were the feature of All the World's Falra 1,000 people, 86 cars, SO big tents, 40 elephants and camels. Merrick and His Band of 6evcntyfive. Lea Rowlands, from the Hippodrome, New York. Fifty funny, foojlsh.

frisky Clownr, presenting new stunt. Floppie, the sea lion that rides horseback. Ths Ldv end the Tiger -unlimited novelties. A thousand and one feature Circus Event of the yearl The gorgeous Parade, drawn by 400 dapple grays. All open cages.

the ptanderd railroad warning: "Stop, look end listen?" Not only at crossings, A consular reform bill was passed ws have only ONE RATE yr The Lowest Obtainable, 1 TV-It a "ntinna In have Olir man but la many other directions. the last Congress, and while it Is i a comprehensive as It should (ho trusted of (1:3 ccrVco of a restaurant, doc3 it hi its (rado end OiirV-i- 1 been, it is a large step in ad Church ef the Future. call on you and explain our plan. Altoona Tribune: The coming Church a. Unfler its provisions the first inatlon of applicants for consular will take a leaf from the note book of the costs you noininn.

Open Eaturday venlngs Till 9 O'cloclt Salvation Army It Will recollect that men are bodies as well as souls and that tsi none iquo. noes has doubled 'nn was held a few months ago, form of examination has Just i ma de public. Hereafter the bodies seed care and culture quite as much as souls. The coming church will nt will appoint no applicant Imitate Its Master and get down dose by 18 not undergone the examlna- 4ki4 uIa aWji4aas rjuI there will be the assurance aj'plicant has something more work was delayed tor hours until the ventilating apparatus could -be set In order or until the deadly after effects ot the. explosion had vanished.

When rescuers are finally enabled to enter the mines they find In very many Instances that death waa not caused by the explosion but by suffocation from the afterdamp. While the brave fellow workmen stood helplessly about the shaft, on the surface, the lives Of the imprisoned men were slowly ebbing aw ay. After a long period of inactivity the government recently decided to make a series of experiments, and preparations are now being made to conduct them In the Pittsburg region. The effect ot various kinds, of explosives In setting off gas are to be ascertained, and de-vices for equipping rescuersare to be tried. There Is no doubt that the knowledge gained will be Invaluable In this hazardous occupation.

In Germany end Belgium sre periodically conducted and -i v- s'-'t have fccA the beating heart of the suffering or the sinning man and bsother, no matter how poor he may be or how apparently hope, leis the task of rescuing him. It will drop emend him than that he' Is the congressman of his dis- Its stiffness end formality and will enter M- I. 1 'T of hi a State, 8C3-CC3 EUILDINO, Washington 'Ave. and Spruce Street, Ecranton, into the execution of its divine mission vl'in Is both oral and with renewed enthusiasm. I 1 diviJpd Into eight sub -j Li jI si-iiii- rTn Tri Modern languages.

or fpanlsh; natural, resources 1 rur.3 ate i i The fct cf so iihvsictnfls fv, ft I en Mti ot United Ftntes DAILY THOUGHT. One of the very good things In life tc to know that you have really and truly mnde someone else happy. The reciprocity of human kindnces is one of the most thinps to the rooil wan -J'sn -'t 1 "nli'm. H- Advance reserved sents et W. D.

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