THE SOI? ANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MOKNINGr, At 1,. 1 sjjV. :is PREPARING FOR THE GREAT JUBILEE London Is All Ajjotf Oyer lln Forthcom ing Grand Ceremonial. THE PLAN OF THE DECORATIONS It Will Aim in Cciiurnl Efleel In Sjin bollu ihu Immensity, tliu Dlxcr Hit), ami tliu I' rut cut mill Storied .HiiL'iiKicciicL' ol'thu Hrltish Empire. Bpoflal Correspondence of The Tribune. London. A ni II 12. The Jubilee din is wnxlng louder in tlu tlmo draws near and preparations are as sumlng definite shane, and, I tan do nothing' bottei in order to show )ou what Is transpiring In the way of dec orations mut Jubilations than to up jiend this following cutting from a le cer.t Daily Telegraph: "Last nlfrht .i Gazette contain? the ofllclal piocl.unatlon for the celebration of June 22 as a Haul; Holiday through out the United Kingdom, and nlo .1 decioe of the Lords of tlie Privy Coun cil directing tbe Iau.I Archbishop of Ciinteibui) t p. pare . special form l prayer and thanksgiving for the pio tectlon afforded to the Queen's Mu Jc:t during lty yents of her aus picious tolcn, and that such foiiu of jiraei and thanksgiving be used In all chinches and chapels In England and VaU-i. and In the town ot lterwlck-upon-Tueed. on Sunday, the 20th day of June next. DECORATIONS. "On "Wednesday next the Court of Common Council will consider a scheme of decoration for the street tin ouch which the Qtice.i will pats on June 22 The West-end entiles and other public authorities who have seen the HKetcl.es and di signs have, It Is uti dei stood, exploded general approval of thrni. The plan h.ih been d -vised by Mr. Tredeilck Vlgeis, and the mole piactlcal detail" ill awn out bv his brother, Mi. Geolgo Vlgeis. the foimcr being nn ailWt, the l.Uttr an aiehltect. Mr Alma Tadiina. It. A., Ml. U. 11. Artnstuid, Mr. Cildciou, U A., and otluis who h.ne seen the scheme speak hlghlv of Its merits. Decorations, too, have been consulted, and It Is believed that the expendltute would be loss In the i nd than for n series of isolated effoit". The hading Idea of the plan Is to II lustiate the features that have made the Emplie what It Is under Queen Vlctoila. In this, of course, a leading place would be assigned to the sei ln's of the ai my, mid nt Ais h) House, wheie the decuwt tlons would begin, they would par tnke of n military elunacter. All nlong ricc.idllly would inn mabts ami pennants, as well m electric light", and at he top of St. .liuues's stieet fhe In dlnn Elliptic would be g) mhulti'od un der a huge Dm bar canopy em Idled with 01 lentil hangings and devices. In rail-mail the Union Hug and all polls of small aims would be the lead ing points about a 'I'lilted Sen lee" nich, mid onwaid to Tiaf.ilgar-s(uatv there would bi a Hue ot decoi.Utd pil lars with shields, on .vhloh the iiamn ot tht)5-i of the lc-lgn uhos' heiole deeds aie'wiitlen in hlstoi) would be inscribed. Similar standatd.s In the vl clnlt) of the Law C'ouits would cele brate legal names; in Floetstreet they Wuld be literal-); and famous- preaeh eis mid dllnes would Dud place lound St Paul's. Canada would be lcpie pented by an Immense uuh filling the whole Sti.ind befoie St. Maiy-le-Strand ehuich. Tall Hi- masts would be tipped with glass for lee and s-now, too would be poitrayed. Hanging be twetn them would be golden net", em bodjing the hanests of he seas, which w mid be billlliintly Illuminated nt night, and below com, maple, and fiult would foim great tiophle.s. OTHER ARRANGEMENTS'. 'At tl-e eiitianeo of the city, where the Outn will halt to iecele the 'Peail Sword' of Queen Elizabeth at the hands of the Lord Jlanr, a stato 1 canopy of crimson and gold damask would be sptc-nl. Already the de.'Ign for lids fabile, Into which Is woiked the nation.;! emblems of the Hose, Hhamtoek and ThlMle. the Impel Ial Ciown, and tin Queen s c)phcr. is upon the looms, of SiiltallUlds, and the sill; wiaveis aie In limns ol oideis th.u will keep Hum go tig l:- n'ght and day. as a si.nlltr eaiu j would al-o bo elected high alow the steps of St. rniNn:s8 algx wnniA, Wife of the l'rinco u Wales. T raid's The driiwiiifrs for this have been submitted to the Demi and Chap ter and nppiovml by them. Exactly oir the Queen's cauluge the awning would be of purest cloth of gold. At night the suggestion Is to tluow the strongest eleitrle lights b means of projectors, on to the Cathedrul. thus changing lights. "Onward to the south side, the atch would be specially Interostlnjr, as it Is designed to associate the two siient Queens. On the one side. Lllzal eth's portrait, supported by Wisdom an 1 Courage, would have, for le!ground a hemlspheie, lth just a gllnie of America comlnif Into lew. Queen Vic toria stands Against the world, with I,ve nnd Truth as her attributes. The two rfiialnlug nrchca would be Aua trnllu in Cheapslde. and Africa (South. "Nest nnd Lquatorlal). witli ostilch feathers, gold nnd ivory to signify the wealth of 'Our last and largest llui-I-lrej tin map that In half uniolled.' The sky-Hue. of all the houses in Cheapslde, together with llow church, would iMivo a tiacery of gas-jets for illumination after dark. Tho Banl: has prejurcd a scheme of decoration of its own, but ouo which fulls In jwr fectly well with all the forogolnff, and hero tho arms and banners of the City Companies, would have kpeclal pi-wnin-rn?e ICiaeh Btreet w-lll havo Its own cqlor brought gently Into tono with that ot tho next, anil householder? upon tliu roulo w-lll be o-sked to tiso na tural (lowers lit pots an lavishly ns thoy can. atlAND STANDS. "Mr. .1 . N . Miu-kclyne. ot tho Hgyp tlnn llrill, oxidnlns that he lino de- I nml n scheme for Increasing the seat ing ncconunodatlon In St. 1'aul's chuich-jard on the Queen's Day. He has ananged with Mcssts. Jnmes Spence nnd Co. to take down their piemls? and erect n grand-stand upon the site, cap-able of seatlns lit least LfiOO persons. The Htiucturn will have u frontage of sixty-four feet, and eery seat will command a Fplendld view of the piocesslon nnd grand ceic mony. This he has offeied to tho nov el nment upon icasonablo terms, lint in tho event of their not ncceptlng, tin seats will be opened to tho public. 1U adds, 'Mcssts. Spence will get n hand some stone-fronted building free of cost, and a lnrge sum to boot, and I hope to make a good profit by the tran saction." When one reflects that Spcnc's is a large and thriving dry-goods busl- ii r ZmfGr s " ' t SI? 1KS jr-- -- y "' ' e r'J FOUR GENERATIONS OF ENGLISH ROYALITY. tjiaeii VUtoilii, the I'rliue of ak-, the DuUeof ork,and 1'rlnce Kdwurd of oik. ness and that to take down thilr intlie building and elect a gland stand fac ing the C.ithcdinl will be no i-liild i play, the euoimltj of the mulct taking for one d.i 'f sight-seeing- puipote merely, can be undiistood. Yet this, and things een moie sttange mid dlf flcull, aie to be done. In older to secure room for the mlllloiii of s.lght-seer.s who will be heie, ready to pny fabu lous hums for a look at the gieat -no-cession of the i-entim. It is in - inn Ml.lt t ll !rni,timniitl 111 .tnr..,. N . .. .... ,."".' ..... 1...V. i Maskelyne's ofler. If it does not, thej will be the lusris, and Spenee's .t Mas kelm the gnlncis, by thousands of pounds, foi places on such a giand Maud as this will make will, it tluow p open to public sile, be fought for and b night at enormous pi Ices. I-'list nights nt the theatio will not be a clicuiustance to this. Tin: Qunn.N-s plach. (Some pcoi".i app.ucntly -entertain the idea tht- Queen Vlitorii will lead the stand proeesflon. with her ie!a tles, couitler.s. and Hoops following, but I am told on the best of nuthoilty that this Is li.decd u mistake The best unusually comes last In a pageant of this s-oit; that Is. In going to a ceie nioiiy. It only leads n ictuiii pio ccsslon, and for the simple teasoii that it must not be kept waiting till other peisonage;. nnd cairlagos have moed off. Whoever comch oif tecond best In the ,how on June '2.'. It will not br ibe cleigy, for they will have an op poi utility of dlsplajlng theli most gorgeous raiment. The Dean nnd Chapter of St. l'aul's aie to wear fine white coped, a spieles of ecclesiastical mllllneiy that can be made eiy tine Indeed. The HUhops ate to don their s-carlet convocation lobes, and so will all Doctors ot Divinity. Ilcslde the live pi elates actually engaged in lead ing tills memorable service, nil the Uls hops, included In the Lunbeth confer ence ate to be invited, so there v, 111 be between one and two bundled pa!r3 of lawn sleeves In evidence. It Is contemplated to conclude tho retvico with a hymn, for which "Old Hundted" has been t.poken of. "Why not." says a. society Journal heie. "have the Doxology sung en masse.' A signal could be given from St Paul's nnd all the military bands which nro to be stationed along the route might stiike up the familiar tune for the crowds to Join In with the words to universally known; and thus the whole city, ns It weie. would unite In that good old Doxology of praise at tha same moment. No doubt the familiar strain would be caught up by all, and the effect would be stuiH-ndous a na tional song of piaise. Indeed!" So you see. tlie i:ngllsh ate not so stilted ami uiidcmioiistrntlve ns you think, and I can assure you that when they got hold of the Doxology they ran sing It as lustllv ns anybody else. Talk of making; th welkin ring! Won't they, Just'.' Sadlo E, Kaiser. SCAXDIN.VMA'.S IIKi SHOW. An Attraction on tliu Other Side of tlio IVntcr lor Visitors to , tho l.tuid ot tho .Norseman. Tho Scandinavian exhibition, in which Sweden, Norway, Denmatk and UuKsIa have Joined, is to bo opened at Stockholm on May 13, and to continue until Oct. 1. The exhibition will be known otllclnlly as the Scandinavian Art and Industrial exhibition, and it will be held in celebration of King Os car II. ' 25 ears' reign, snjs the Phila delphia Telegraph. Every branch of industry and learning will bo repre sented In the exhibition, the products of tlie workshop nnd of the ground will be placed on view, and collections will be Bhovvn by which the visitor limy bee what progTCFS has been made hlnco the piesenl sovereign took the icIiib of government. Although the exhibition will be Scandinavian the co- operntlon df Ilussla has been obtained, nnd that country will be represented in all department's of the exhibition. Preparations for tlie exhibition have been under way elnco Juno 7, 1$9.", when King Oscar 11. of Sweden nnd Norway publicly announced the time and tin? place. Crown l'rinco Oustaf was chosen chairman of tho Cential committee, nnd l'rinco Lugene, the King's youngest son, himself an artist of leputatlon, was made chalimnn of the Committee on Mechanical and Fine Atts. Lvery ndvantagc has been tak en of the natural beauty of Stockholm in locating the exposition grounds on n point ot land projecting into tho Ualtlc, nt the beginning of the DJuv gaiden, or Deer park, one of the most beautiful pleasure grounds of Kurope nnd facing tho haibor ot Stockholm. The site Is divided into two sections by the biond thorotighfnre leading from the center ot the city to tho paik, Communication between the two fields Is established by mean of a temporary laduet crossing the road overhead. ' is . r -- Tor the pin lose of tjie exposition, laige flame buildings believed to be supeilor In Milnt of nichltectuie to wooden buildings been elsewhete, have been erected, and bid fair to uphold Sweden's famous w.ooduii lndusti, 'I he ltnlustil.il building situated In the eastern section, is said to bo the larg est wooden building In the woild, hav ing a floor area of 10,000 square metres. It hat. a cupola 100 metres high, and four minarets containing elevators. The initial cts and cupola are connected the top b.v bildges, forming a large "it cxl platfoim, upon which Is a big cii 'Hits elevation commands In un obsti. id view of the fair and Its envlioniuent, ot nunieious bavs and creeks, with ciowded boats continually pl.viilg In eveiy dliectlon, and of foicst, lake and sea coming up to the city all lound. Sweden will use nbout C.COO luetics of the floor space of this build ing. Deumaik nnd Noiwav :(,000 each, anil Itussla and Finland 1,100 suuare mctics. A little beyond tlie Fishery building, paitly upon made land and partly upon a nnuow stiip that tuns out Into the sea, stands "Old Stockholm," te tlectlng Its ancient walls in tlie still water. Tlie ptlnclpal fe.ituies In this minlatuip metiopolis are n leproduc tlon of the city's ancient castle, "Tie Kroner." "Stoikikan," the capital's oldest chinch, wherein Olaus Lam en tins Petit preached leformation, and the old city hall, with tho square wheie Chilstlnn II. of Deumaik, or Christian fie Tjrant, as he was nick-named In 1520 maliciously beheaded S2 ot Stock holm's mi .st prominent men. Stoics aie ai ranged In "Old Stockholm" af ter the fashion of the sixteenth cen tury, and the dwelling houses nte like wise In keeping with the customs In those old days. UlacUtmltlis, gold smiths, tin founders, etc., will use the street Hoors and basements of their dwelling houes for woikshops An out-of-date prlntinpr establishment will be operated there. As a place for pleasure and recrea tion Stockholm Is prou 1 of its reputo tlon. llullt, as It Is, on a few- of the 1,200 Isles In Lalso Mnlaien, and imme diately suiiounded by tho beautiful scenery of n changeable count! y. It Is an Ideal metiopolis a happy selection for the coming exhibition and for the International pros conference, which will be held there simultaneously, Stockholm also feels a Just pilde In its 200 castles and uians'i us over which more than a hundred tull ehuich stee ples cast their shadows. Ancient oaks that ginced the shores when Lelf Etlcsson set out In his Viking ship for tho unknown west still stretch their vereiable arms over the rocks and rills In Deer park, the shores of which are ' washed by sweet Mnlayen's watet, and where stores, icstaurant-s and theatres may be enjoyed In the pure northern air. Nowhere Is there a more attractive spot for tourists who seek tho beauty of natuie than Norway, the land of the Midnight Sun. Scandinavia has be come a favorite touilng ground, and each Tune additional facilities are be ing piovlded for those pleasuie jeek er.s who ficfer tho bold scenery jnd bracing nil of the northern countries to the subtler beauties of southern Euior.e, wftli its more enervatlur climate. Agriculture, which is the olilef industry of Sweden, has ad vance 1 wonderfully slnco 1SC6; while 1,090,000 kilograms of butter then nud to be impoited annually, the country now exports 26,000.000 kilograms each year. The nverage consumption o.' iyi and wheat per capita In a year lias Increased from 12G to ISO kilograms sugar from -1 to 14 kilograms. And whlla in 1868, tho aggregate amount of (11011? in tlie savings banks was only J!',r.00.000, it Is now more than $87,503,000. Its lumber market is one cf the ilchcsl In tho world and gives em ployment tt- 25,000 laborers; and with ltd iron ore, cast Iran and steel, Sweden supplies the markets of tlie world oyer. 'm -Zr The Story of Amerkami Coal What Science and 5n Illumination of Talllo Evans, In Plttston Gazette. There ate upwards of 20,000 persons employed In tho coal mines of the PittRton district, yet how few ot these men nnd boys are familiar with the story of tho great product In whose mining and preparation they iss the greater portion ot 'their lives of 1!b wonderful formation and discovery and development. Ot the methods of mining they nil know .something, and perhaps they are familiar with some of the local geological peculiarities, but how small the number of Uiose who delve further into the under giound imstcrles and how- few are able to convcise Intelligently on what history and science lmpait concerning this greatest of all products which mini lias discovered and turned to his use. Well does an eminent vvtlter (Jevb'is) say that "coal in truth stands not be side but ciillrely above all other com modities. It Is tho material cileigy of tho country tho universal uld the factor in every thing that .wo do. With coal almost any feat -Is posvslble or easy; without It, wo are thrown back' into the laborious povetty of early times," This valley, with its vnst beds of an thinclte, Is in oiy truth" one of the chief factois In turning the fiiultitudin- ous wheels of commerce and industry, and Is the backbone of a business at such impoitunce ns to reach the enor mous total In value of nearly two hun dred millions of dollars annually These are the wonderful facts which lead to the thought that the story of how It was all brought nbout ought to be on the tongue of every man w ho turns a coal drill nnd every boy who dilves a mine mule. It certainly Is a fascinating subject, and our uttentlon has been dlleetcd to it nnew by the le etlpt from the J. H. Llpplncutt com pany, Philadelphia of a copy of Wil liam Jasper Nlcolls's mo.u tillable work, 'The Story of Ameilcan Coal-1." The title In Itself Is most happy and Is suggestive of the attractive style of the author. The cotl business Is eminent) a practical one, and ye! the operations of Natuie which have mule such a mighty Industry powlble are so wnndrous and invsleilous ns to en cnele Its recold with many of the de lights ot a ftncinatii.: stor). Tit teen e.us of imp!o)mer.t in tho cml regions of this .state gave the au thor the piactlc-il experience so help ful in a woik of this natuie, nnd fui nlshed oppot Utilities for the gitberlng of mateilal Horn every available f-ouice. To these tacts, coupled with Mr. NIcoll's veiy evident lltetnty gifts, we are Indebted for the very Intel est ing and instiuctlve woik now pub lished. Mr. Nleolls divides his woik Into four sections "Oilgin," "Development," "Transpoi tiition," "Consumption" and treats each comprehensively.. Of the Mist division of the work, It is sulllclent ti ay that tho author simply piesents In brief the diifeient views held by au thorities tin geology1, holding that "whether llH great Inland sens of the geologists dver bin Ft their barriers through the Allcghenles destrojlng In the wild lushing waters every living thing lu their destiuctlve paths, whether the noble searrs of coal tiav erslng our giand continent, tiom northeast to southwest, wcte deposit ed In iuarhland or valley, oceans or seas, llveis or ponds, need not con cei n us In our enorts to develop tlie Immense tieasuie the Almighty has so generously supplied to us and for our use.' In the historical chaptets, we are told of the dlscoveiy of anthracite coal In the- W)otnlng valley In 1760, the au thor following' Pierce and other au thorities In giving- tlie ctedlt for llrtt using the product to the (lore brothers, members of the Connecticut colony, and the familiar steps by which Its Introduction as a luel was accom plished and Its value demonstrated are followed up In a brief but Intel esting manner. The co?t of transporting coal to inatkct by the ptlmltlve ilver aik method, It appears, wa3 about $3 a ton, but as it sold at $10, It left a proilt of $5 a ton. Incidentally, It is woith noting that the pioducers of an thracite coal aie not now making a profit of $3 a ton. In lb04, William Bo)d shipped the llrst urk-load of the Clearfield seml-bltunili.ous cinls down the Susquehanna to Columbia. Prom this small beginning, shipments have Increased from that legion to an out put, )caily, of several millions ot tons. Mr. Nleolls very pioperly deems it suitable to begin his general descrip tion of the Ameilcan coal llelds with tho anthracite region of Pennsylvania, as being of tho Hi st Importance, and on this subject says: "Nearly nil of the- anthracite coal in the United Statas comes from Pennsylvania, but from a comparatively small part of It. Geo graphically, the anthracite coal llelds nre situated about the middle of the eastern portoln of the state and In clude the counties of Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Luzeine, Caibon, Schuyl kill, Columbia, Northumberland and Dauphin, including an area of about ISO square miles. From the compara tively small section of our country, we havo mined lu the past seventy years or, say, dining a man's lifetime over one billion gross tons of anthra cite coal. These seventy years ma) be tald to contain the entire history of American coal. In that bhort time wo have advanced in the world's coal production from the tnll of the class to the head. In 1719 the stilp of Penn sylvania territory vvliloh Includes all of the anthracite deposits, and much more, n strip about 123 miles long by about thirty miles wide, was purchased by the proprietary government for the sum of 500 pounds, or In our money, say $2,500, about tho cost of an Ameri can worklngman'B two-story brick house. From the investment wo havo realized nearly $.'.0000,000,000, tho value of the coal mined, at tidewater! Sim llajly, from the purchase of the bitum inous coal fields form tho chiefs of the Six Natlonoa. for a nominal sum, wo have reaped a million fold. It Is only fair to add, that the value of the land was equally unknown to the seller and purchaser. It was not until a hundred yeara later that the ar.thra-l-lto trade, with an annual output of only thtee million tons, could be Mild to hav e passed tho linos between a pre carious experiment to a commercial success. At that time the anthracite ooal buslnesss was ecatcely twenty five years old." The relative value of anthracite and bituminous coal is a subject that Is growing in practical interest as tho competition between the tw'o coals be comes sharper, which It is every suc ceeding day. AVo quote from Mr. Nle olls on this point: "Ot the two Kinds Sc History Have to Offer This Subject. of mineral coal anthracite Is the most condensed nnd the ilclwsit In carbon. Its color varies from Jet and glistening black to dark lend giay. It Is clean, Ignites with dllllculty, burns with a short llame, wthout smoke, and has very lttle Illuminating power. It gives an Intense concentrated heat. Some varieties, when undisturbed while burning, partially te-talu their shape till ncaily consumed, and some be come extinct before they have parted with the whole of their carbon. The constituents of nnthnaclle coal are carbon, water, and earthly matter, In acel'.Vntal and varying mixtures. There are also other liigicdlcnts pres ent, besides the oxide of iron, silica, and nlumlna, which compose the earth ly matter or ash; these are sulphur, bitumen, etc. All fuels, including In that designation naptha, petroleum, nsphaltum, are but representations of tho successive stages In the change from vegetable to mineral matters Anthracite Is the condensed coke of bituminous coal, In some varieties tho volatile bitumen Is only paitlally ex pelled. These are known ns. 'free-burning anthracite,' seml-bltumlnous,' and other commercial names. According to color of the ashes, the ccals nre classed ns 'led ash' and 'whl'e nsh.' Tho red ash contains n considerable proportion of oxide of iron, which glvcj them a reddish color. The) are gen erally more easily kindled aiid a more free-burning coal than the white ash. but from the" liability to clinker oi form cinders, which melt nnd adheu to the walls of the grate or fuinace, they are not so much esteemed foi pui poses which require considerable draft ns the vVhlte ash variety, which shed their ashes freely. To bum In open gintes, with a moderate draft, the ted ash coal Is piefencd by man) Fir muklng pig lion In blast furnaces, the peiference seun- gem rally to be for white ash anthracite. This may be owing to the slight dlffeience In the percentage of eatbon, the less piopoi tlon in the red ash being mnde up by the gi eater amount of ashes. The fact that the ph)?lcal structure of the white ash Is harder, better, and moie suited to cany the bin den In a blast furnace ir.iy also have fonu thing to do with the peifeience usually given to It A comparison of twentv-tlnei analysis cf dlfteiem while ai-h Penn sylvania anthracites gives un aver.ig of 4 02 per cent, of ashes. Anotlici com parison of tw cut) -one vniletlcd of led ash I'enns)lvanlii anthracites gives an average of 7.2'J per cent, of ashes. The latter, therefoie, contain 2 07 per cent moie of ashrj than the white ash coals Of thU 2.G7 per cent., about one-tenth, or live pounds to the ton of coal. Is Iron, which goes to increace the pro duct of the furnace. The relative value cf fuels Is determined by tne qunutlt) of water evaiarated by a certain weight of each coal. In tne enillei experiments made In this country and in England the lesults obtained ap peared to establish a law, Iz , that tho richer a coal Is in fixed ctrbon, the greater Is Its heating power; and tlie anthracites were thus clns-sed as of higher value, weight for weight, than the bituminous coals. It was the opin ion of English engineers 'that the strongest fuel contained the least gas and vice veisa, 'that bituminous coal has no greater heating power than tin coke, after Its gases were dispelled It Is bhown by laboratory experiments that ono pound of Penns)lvanlt. an thracite cnnl evaporated 15.58 pounds of water, while a pound of Scotch bi tuminous evaporated only 7.74 pound of water, and ot tho best English bi tuminous only 9 07 pounds of water. These lesults. It Is well known, are not .sustained In actual practice. The con clusion of the whole matter Is that each varlet) of mineral coal Is found to be adapted for some particular use In pieference to the others." Attractive though tho chapters on "Development" appear to bo from a hasty Inspection, wo must forbear to go Into a. detailed review of the meth ods used In testing nnd mining the d? poslt.s of coal In a general way, the) are familiar to our constituency, and It lemalns but to reniatk that the au thor seems to have grasped the salient points In this featuie at the story and set them down In a most compiehen slve and attractive style for the pleas ure and pro'lt of mine worker and stranger alike, for ev en those w ho are most familiar with the work of "dlg Ing dusky diamonds" will here find much to absorb attention anu add to their store of Infoimatlon. Nor Is It wlthlnt he province of this aitlclo to review minutely the success ive tteps In the development of coal transportation which Mr. Nleolls de scribes as well. There Is a touch ot the romantic In Ihe story of the da) s when coal was towed to market by means of the water vva)s, and "the boatman's hoin waked the echoes from tho dis tant hills." The river business,- it Is shown, "had a special class who sought It for Its protlts. The river pi rates met In the ilat-boatmen of that eaily day a class ready, eager and will ing for the fray, a class which, like the ranchers of the plains accounted a trip tame and spiritless if unattend ed with danger. They were rough and ready, soulless and care frec Dream lly floating down the Ohio, they whlled away with song and dance the lazy hours." "Down tlie ilver, down tho river, Down the O-hl-o-o!,, Hut tho chapters of "Transporta tion" are not nil romance. Far from it. They are replete with valuable infor mation relating to the primitive flat boats of the eaily da)s, the canal boats which succeeded them, and es pecially with regard to tho steep highways which climb the mountains and scour the valleys between the coal region and tho sea board. Mr. Nleolls concludes his admirablo work as follows: "When we review the preceding pages, the most aston ishing fact pteseuted to our notice Is the wonderful growth of our coal ton nage in so shott a period of time. In fifty years the United States has ad vanced in tho production of coal from 3,000,000 tons In 1315 to 182,000,000, in 18&3, thus fulfilling the many predic tions made at a time when our Insig nificant tonnage would scarcely have eemed to warrant them, Tho ma terial Increase has been made In even less time. In 18CG our total production of coal was 'less than 13.000,000 tons,' while in the same jear Great Urltaln produced 100,000,000 tons; but at that time the prediction was made by L. Simonln, 'America, with her Immonse coal fields, is destined to become even tually the great coal producer ot the woi Id.' Instead of fifty, wo therefore have thirty years as near the actual time in which this remarkable coal de velopment In our .country hns taken place. This coal has practically all been consumed at homo nnd without Invndlng "tho markets of tho world.' I liavo prepared the following table from various gouices, Bhovvlng tho world's progress in tho development of coal during the same period: Hi'. ISO". ' Orenl llrltaln 51,731,730 184,OI1,"10 t'nltcd States 3,763,013 18..333,7iS (leimany G.DOO.ono lO.l.s.'ll.O'xi Frtmeo 4,141,1.17 2S,8M,0I7 Aurtrla 700,000 2S,037.'fc llelglum 4;17,:W 21,r.D0,IH ltURJla fiiiO.OOO 7,iUl,8G9 Cniudtt 100,000 3,7l!i,170 Japan loo.ooo 3,4nn,oOi) Pimln 50,0,10 l.GSS.S.'O New Zealund l.flmi fi7Uiri Swedtn GP.00O 4.'l,ltu Italy 10,(XN 3:,I,J10 Net tons 755,227,020 5C0,5n9,C(W "In Europe, Oeimnny Is developing Its coal production more rapidly than the other countries, nnd Oreat Ilrltaln less. In lSyO, Oeimnny's production of coal was 7!),000,000 tons, and In 1893 101,811,090, nn Inctense ot over 23,000,000. As this development proceeds, tho Ger mans requite less of English coal for their own consumption, nnd havo also become factors in markets hitherto ex clusively English. This Is notably tho ense In Holland and near-by countries, wheie Gel man coal can be shipped on specially low fi eight rates, granted by tho German State railways. English expoits of coal to liu.ssla aie also no ticeably curtnllcd, and likewise to South America. In the East, the In dian and Japanese coals are supersed ing the English, nnd in the Cape country the South African coal Is rapidly reducing the ex portation of Great ISritaln's coal. This leaves England with the contin ent ns the only dumping-ground for the 40,000,000 tons, of export coil produced each year. l!ut even here Fiance and Spain nre dlsnutlntr the teiritory and increrslng their coal productions. A brief study of the foregoing figures will emphasize the conclusion: "The most polished nations cannot for the ftituie dispense with coal, and the degree of a countrv's civilization may almost be estimated b) the quantity of this com bustible which It consumes. At the bend of nil the coal-producing nations Is Gieat Britain, with the t'nlted States next, but with our present de velopment coiitlnuliii; lor a few yeats longer, we- must soon stand nt the head of all othei countries as a producer of coal and what It slgnillcs Power." LETTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE I'licj Average Eiclit Hundred a Ony nud Cover All Subjects. "As many ns 800 letteis in one day are received at the white house." writes ex-Picsldent Haulson In the Ladles' Home Jornal, "but compara tively few of these, only tho most 1m poitant ones, leach the pu-sldent, for If he dealt peisonally with all his cor icspondents he could do nothing else. Veiy ni.iiiv of the lcttets nddicssed to the piesldent are trivial, not n few of them Impertinent and some of them angry and threatening. These, If the pilvcate secretary Is a Judicious man, the president never hears of, and the mnllelous Intent of tho writer Is thwarted. The lcquests for auto graphs are scarce!) numerable. Patches for bedroom quilts and lunch cloths add to the burden. "Hegglng letters, for number, take second place In the president's mall. They come fiom every part of the land and relate to eveiy possible subject. Some are appeals to aid the writer to get an education or to pa) off a mort gage or to buy a piano or a pony, and no foi in of public appeal Is absent to aid tho building of churches, to en dow schools, to build monuments and to aid every other good purpose for which men or women or children nsso date themselves. On one day the re quests for specific sums aggregated $!),000 These appeals aro unavailing In the natuie of things, and self-ie-spect ought to restrain that practice." NATl'ItE'S AX riSEI'TIC. hyDisrnse Genus Entering Through the Mouth Do Xo Harm. It was already known, says ropu !ar Science News, that secretlonos of the mucous membranes, especially saliva, possess antiseptic properties under certain ciicumst.inces, which ex plains the leason why the germs which enter dally and hourly through th mouth do not leach a haimful devel- pnent; but Edlnger bus now found the aetlve material In potassium rhod anate, which Is present in saliva. Potassium ihodanate Is a compound of sulphcr, cyanogen, and potassium, and Is, In large quantities, n-aicotlcally poisonous to warm-blooded animals, It Is, like other rhodanates, fatal to bacilli. It Is said that qultiollu rhod anate, In a solution of thtee iiarts to the thousand, will kill the cholera bacillus In a minute, and, In a solu tion of three times this strength, will kill the diphtheria bacillus in the same time. It was found by further re searches that this rhodanate has tho effect of carbolic acid and of corrosive sublimate, and nt the same time Is harmless to man. Hhodonato Is the same thing as sul-pho-oanate a much better word be cause It explains Itself, nnd U not liable to be confounded with the derivatives ot rhodium. JOHX HULL'S POKTHAIT. As Drawn b) Liiboiichcre in the Tmtli It Is Xot Fluttering. from tho London Truth. England of today Is what Carthage was in times of old. We aie mled by a hungry, greedy aristocracy, which, In Its turn, Is ruled by loan mongers and by company mongers. Honor and honesty under this regime aro derided as old-fashioned superstitions. Tho Minister who can steal any terrltoiy whose inhabitants aie too weak to re sist us Is acclaimed as n hero. The company promoter who can build a palace by appropriating tho savings of his fellow countrymen Is worshipped as a divinity. When we mow down Africans with Maxims we glory In this proof of our bravery. When, at the bidding of kings and emperois, we shell Europeans struggling to free themselves from the suzerainty ot sorre wretch who claims their alle giance, we glory in our thame. And while wo swagger and boast of our might, we nie In such object fear ot being attacked that we hcop up ar maments on armaments, because, no matter what we spend., we still would Fpend more to make us secure. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children, i Its hi- jrt Icn e?irr sujjir. PfiOFESSmAj MffO.S. Physician tiiid Hiirueoris. " on. c. l. rnny has removed his ofllccs ta the Jcw'ell Hulldlntr, JUG'Spruca Btreot. -! DK. MAIITIIA 8, EVllItlTT. SOS WASlt lngton ave, Olllces hours until 10 a. in.. MAItY A. Simi'llEItD, II, D HOME opathlst. No. 228 Adnmn avenue. Dlt. A. TltAI'OLD, SPECIALIST IN Diseases of Women, corner Wyoming nvenuo and Spruce street, Scranton. Of llco hours, Thursday and Saturdays, 9 a, m, to 0 p. m. DK. W. E. ALLEN, 612 NOItTH WA8H Ington avenue. DIl. ANNA LAW, DOS WYOMING A.V13. Ollleo hours, 9-11 a, m., 1-3 p ni 7-S p. m. Dlt. L. M. GATES, HOOMB 207 AND 203 Hoard of Trade building. Ollleo hours, '8 to 9 a. m., 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Itcsl denco 309 Madison avenue. Dlt. C L FltEAH, SPECIALIST IN Ituptiire, Truss Pitting and Fat Reduc tion. Ollleo telephone 13C3. Hours: lv to 12, 2 to 4, 7 to 9. Dlt. S. W. L'AMOItEAtTX, Ol'FICR 231 Adams Itcsldcnee, 1118 Mulbrrj-y, Chron ic diseases, lungs, heart, kidneys, and genlto-urlnary organs a specialty, Ilouru 1 to 4 p. :n. DIl. JOHN C. PRICK, 339 WASHINGTON avenue Ollleo hours 8 to 10 u. in.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m W. O. HOOK, VETERINARY 6CH geon. Horseo, Cattlo and Doric treated. Hospital, 121 Linden street, Bcranton. iciepiiono .i.-. Architects PERC1VAL J. 'MORItrS, ARCHITECT. Hoard of Trade IJutMtng. ' ' EDWARD 1L DAVIS,' , ARCJUTIJCT. Rooms 21, 23 nnd 20, Commonwealth building. Sc-ranton. , E. L. WALTER, ARCHITECT, OFKICU re.u of I'M Washington avenue. LEWIS HANCOCK. JR.. ARCHITECT, 433 Spruce St., cor. WnHh. ao.. Scranton, FREDERICK. L. DROWN. ARCHITECT. Pi lee blinding, 123 Wnehlngton liVchuc, Sernnton. - - T I. LACEY & SON, ARCHITECTS, Tinders' National Hank. Lavvcr3. TRANK E. ISOYLL'. ATTORNEY AND ' couiiselloi-flt-ltw nurr hiilltllng, rooms n nnd 14, Washington avenue, EDWARD W. THAYDR. ATTORNEY, Rooms 312-1J-H Commonwealth Illdg. JEFFREYS .L Itl'DDV, ATTORNEYS-at-lavv, Commonwealth Uulldlng. WARREN & KNAPP, ATTORNEYS ami Coiuisr'Ioi-s-nt-lMV, Republican, building, Washington avenue, Scranton, Pa. JESSCP & JESSUP. ATTORNEYS AND Connellors nt law, Commonwealth building, Washington avenue. W. H. JESSUP. W. H. JESSUP. JR. PATTERSON & WILCOX, TRADERS' National Hank Uulldlng. ALI I.ED HAND, WILLIAM J. HAND, Attornos and Counsellors, Common wealth building. Rooms 19, 20 and 21. FRANK T. OKELL. ATTORNEY-AT-I.iw, Room 5, Coal Exchange, Scranton, Pa. JAMES W. OAKKORD, ATTOIINEY-at-Law Rooms 311, 513 and 51G, Uotrd of Trade Uulldlng, SAM PEL W. EDGAR. ATTORNEY-AT-Law. Office,, Wyoming ave., Scranton. L A. WATRES. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 423 Etckawnnna ave., Scranton, Pn. C R. PITCHER. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Commonwealth building, Scranton, Pa. C. COMEGYS. 321 SPRUCE STREET. D R. REl'LOGLE, ATTORNEY-LOANS negotiated on real estato soeurlty. Mears building, comer Washington ave nue and Spruce street. 13 F KILLIAM. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 120 Wjomlng avenue, Scranton, I'a. JAS. J. II. HAMILTON. ATTORNEY-nt-Liw, 43 Commonwealth bldg,, Scran ton. WATSON, DIEHL. HALL & KEMMER ER Attornevs ami Counsellors-at-Law; Traders' Nutlonal Hank Hulldlng; rooms fi. 7, S. 9 and 10. third rtoor Detective-,. BARRING M'SWEENEY. COMMON wealth building. Interstate Secret Ser v ieo AKency. Dentists. DR. F. L M'GRAW, "303 SPRUCE btreet. DR. H. T. REYNpLDS. OPP. P. O. DR. E. Y. HARRISON, 113 S.'MAIN AVE. DR. C. C. LAUHACH, 115 Wyoming ave. R. M STRATTON, OFFICE COAL Ex change. ' WELCOME C. SNOVER. 421 LACKA. nve Hours, 9 to 1 nnd 2 to 3. Dressmaker. MRS. M. E DAVIS. 430 Adams avenue. Schools. SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA. Scranton Pa., prepares boys and girls for college or business, thoroughly trains )oung children. Catalogue, at re quest, REV THOMAS M. CANN, WALTER II UUELL. MISS WORCESTER'S KINDERGARTEN and School, 412 Adams avenue. Sprlnar t erm April 13 Kindergarten o per term. Seed;, . . . , ( G R. -CLARK A. CO, SEEDMEN AND Nurtei.vmvu; store IK Washington ,a.v e nue: ureen house. 133 North Main ave- nue: stoic tt'lc-pnonr. Wire Screens. JOS. Kl'ETTEL. RKAR BlT'LACKA vvanna avenue. Scranton, Pa..,manufac JH rof Wl re Screen? . t ,,n Hotels and Kcstattrants. T THE ELK CAFE, 123 and 127 FHANK lln avenue. Rates reisonable. P. SiEIGLER. 1'roprletQr. SCRANTON HOUSE. NEAR D.. L. X "W. nassenger depot. Conducted on the Eu ropean plan. VICTOR KOCH, Prop, .Miscellaneous. BAUER'S ORCHESTRA-MI'SIO .-FOR lulls, picnics, parties, receptions, wed dings and concert work fuinUheJ. For terms address R. J. Bauer, conductor. 117 Wvomlng uvenue, over Hutbrrt's music store. MKGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS' supplies, envelopes, paper tags, tw-Ino. Warehouse. IN Washington avenue, Seranton. Pa FRANK P BROWN fi CO. WHOLE sale dealers In Woodivar. Cordage And Oil Ooth. 720 West LacWuvv anna vi. THOMAS AV15REY. EXPERT AC-c-ountant and uv lltor. Rooms li tut 20, Wllllums Building, opposltn poslrllc. Agent for the Rex Fire Kxtlngulshw. Printing. THE TRIBF.V, PUHLISUINO co.. North Wuprj liton Avenu UUtWlJUUl composition till k ilit iluh Kl) UOUlX Facilities uip.i.-a in tiW vlon.
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