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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1899.
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SCUAXTON, PKUnUAnY 113, 1M9.
The defeat of Bronkn lias every ap
pearance of trnelioiy. Who nro thp
traitors"
Which WayP
The Industries now In Scrnnton aro
perhaps Mllllclont tn u iierlod of bet
tor than average prosperity to sustain
the cllv'H present population with
incasurablo comfoit. They arc Insuf
ficient to attract desirable linmlcrn
tlon on a laipj scale and the cltv
w lilch docs not ko forward will soonur
"I latei Hurt itself In the rear.
The present par Is expected to bo
a KOihl one for the conl trade. This
mentis the mining within the territory
ti Unitary tu the city of Scrnnton and
the "ale at a profit of several million
ton. Hetti'i time In the mines, of
eouise, means better times outside.
Hut conl not a renewable commod
ity. Every ton taken out and burned
now Is n ton subti acted from Scran
ton's business future. The deficiency
must In some way be leplaced else the
local commeico dependent on the coal
Indlistiy muut begin to decline ns the
i'O.iI plodlletlon will tit no lemoto day
decline and rollnpo vvlnn the coal is
gone. This piripntlun is self-exident.
Our other staple Industry, the man
ufacture of steel i alls, Is likely to be
more active in the Immediate future
than It has been In the recent past:
but as n innttfi of self-lnteiest let us
scan closely Its remoter prospects. The
center of the steel rail Industry un
doubtedly Is Plttsbuig. Thoie Carne
gie has modern mills of large capacity
embodying every important new Inven
tion or idea, has thousands of acres
of coke .shipped from his own ovens
over his own railroads to his own fur
nace (loots, hns rich ore mines reach
ed by his o ns boats and freight cars;
has the benefit of unsurpassed facil
ities for theap and quick distribution
and has active capital and trade co
opeiatlon enough to hold his own and
get sooner ot later the lion's share of
new business, livery order for steel
mils captuied by a small mill In com
petition against Cntnegio In the east
ern maiket is tilled at a loss or,
what is almost equivalent, at a margin
of profit Insufficient to pay a fair ie
turn on Invested capital. Therefore
in counting upon Scrnntnn's present
steel i all Industiy as a factor In Scran
ton's commercial futute allowance
must be made for fluctuations which
may possibly trend townrd the unwel
come. New measures may alter this
prospect for the better: some are un
derstood to be now under considera
tion; but to bo safo- we must look at
tho conditions from a practical and
conservative standpoint. We must
build on bed lock.
This leaves us with the. two ninln fac
tors In Scranton'.s evolution no longer
able to cany foiward the development
which they have inspired. Other fac
tois must bo substituted. It Is pos
sible that with the proper encourage
ment some huge new industries might
liu attracted to this city Industries
we mean, employing thousands of men
each. It is certain that a number of
diveisllled small industiles are avail
able and these aio far pieferable. In
dustilal eggs put Into a few large has
kets go to pieces If the baskets fall;
but dlvet sifted nmong many smaller
baskets, the liability to breakage Is
i'ouespondlngl i educed Hut large or
small, new Industiles are the salvation
of Scranton's future. Our moneyed
men may piefer to invest in banks or
bonds or leal estate, but a day will
(onie when to pioteet what they al
iniidy have at stake In Ecianton they
will have to go down into their pockets
unit piomoto once moie Sctanton's In
dustiial gtow th
This elt Is nt a new tinning point
Whii.li way shall i tuin"
Was Kellows' suppoit of ltobinsoti
:hu icsult of any deal''
Good Advice for Canadians.
Tor a wonder, the Toionto organ of
the haulier government controls Its
temper quite well In dlbcusslng the
lint! ultf ul Issue of the Anglo. Cnnncllan
meiicun Joint high commission. "We
inked," sajs the alone, "not for the
mi render of Aineikan sovereignty over
iny portion of Ameikan territory, but
Tor the setting aside of a neutial strip
on the Lynn canal, fir the tieutlon
3f a free port at the head of the canal,
ind for the abrogation of I'nltod States
.oastlng laws therein Those terms
ivero rejected, no compiomise boun
dary could be agieed upen, cvtn a
reference to aibltiatlon In thy terms
Jf the agreement aciepted by Gieat
Uiituln in settlement of the Venezuela
sontroveisy was itfuaed. Hence tho
ieadlock, the nborllvo end of months
)f earnest and liboiiuiiB negotiation to
'mprove business and polltlcnl rela
tions. "Wo shall not rush off into any vul
tar, blatant asset Hon of Canadian
ishls, nor Into any passion of Invective
igalnst tho United States. We will
iot believe that the United States has
my deliberate designs to hurnss and
lumlllatft this countiy. Our commis
sioners at Washington seem to have
jone all honornblo lengths !n beeklng
lor a fair basis for the adjustment of
tin? bo indary dispute, on which the
commission has come to a halt, and
we cannot hut thlnV: that in the end u
like spirit will detennlne tho action of
the Washington administration. Wo
seek no favor, wo make no whine una
we shall avoid the race of the feeblo
nnd foolish. In any event we Bhall bo
good British neighbors to tho United
States, and possibly in proportion as
wo respect ourselves we shall be re
ar egted by the American people. One
would despair of civilization If ovor a
few acres of territory In tho far and
sterile north tho common blood of the
Kngllsh-speaklng nations could grow
hot wltli anger, nnd the suspicion and
bitterness which marked the relations
between Britain and American in the
dawn of the ccntuiy return to vex its
Closing hours."
This Is the best form of diplomacy
that ih- f'nnadlans could adopt. It is
a mlstako to assume that nny consider
able hodv of Americans wish to gouge
Canada or treat her oinciali unfairly.
In tho mutter ot the boundary dispute
th' Canadian claim was not admissible,
oven to arbitration because it rssted
on no shadow of law or light. s well
might Canada claim Pennsylvania and
nsl: that the claim be settled by nibl
tr.itlrm. Vet though wo could not meet
them on that absurd footing ther Is
every disposition to bo fair nnd even
generous and if our nclghboru to the
north shall adopt the Globe's example
and advice nnd desist from their tradi
tional spoiled child role all may yet
end happily.
Those Americana who fear that a
larger standing army would endangor
American liberty and throttle free in
stitutions should rend the testimony
before the court of Inquiry showing tho
patient teslgnatlon and uncomplaining
heroism of the regulars at Santiago
and Montnuk. Men like these are not
destroyers of their country.
"Tho Regulars Never Complain."
One affecting incident of the army
beef Inquiry Is tho re-iterated asser
tion of army officers that while much
of the beef wus intolerable "tho reg
ulats never complain." This Is bald
not boastlngly but ns a simple mat
ter of fact. Unlike the volunteers,
who retain their grasp on civic life
with Ruflltient tennclty to assert their
inalienable right to kick, the regular
patiently takes what comes, does his
work as well as he can as long as ho
can, and when neglect or the blunders
of his supcrlois dooms him to a need
less sacrifice he goes down with colore
flying.
The civilian kicks when things do not
suit him and his kicking usually pto
valls. Hut the regular army man has
seen too much of tho bcaurocratlc op
erations of the war department under
Its present antiquated organization to
hazard by kicking the malicious re
sentments of the enthroned favorites
at headquarters. Tho regulars at San
tiago suffeted in silence under fool or
ders from Washington until almost SO
per cent, of them were rendered inef
fective by disease duo largely to un
necessary exposure und then it wa3 the
kick of a volunteer, as reglsteied
through the Iloosevelt round robin,
that saved them. Tho regulars suffer
ed in silence under the dispensation
of rotten beef, going cheerfully to bat
tle, to picket service or into the tren
ches with empty stomachs and no pros
pect of ndequate rations until the kick
of another volunteer, In the person of
Surgeon Daly, of Pittsburg, reached
the notice of tho major general com
manding and he took up the cudgels In
their behalf.
Wo have seen how Miles has been
pursued for looking after the welfare
of his men. No wonder the regulars
never complain.
The avowed purpose of the Filipinos
to exterminate the Americans shows
that the yellow boys ato not lacking
In the enterprise which prompts one
to assume large contracts.
Tho New South.
A wonderful record of development
Is Indicated in some llgures minted
in the Manufactures' Record. In 1SS0
the south had $7,000,000,000 of real and
personal property. From 1880 to 1800
there was an inciense in the value of
its pioperty of $3,SOO,000,000, only $100,
000,000 less than the Increase noted In
the New England and Middle states
combined. The value of the farm pro
ducts ot the south In 1S90 was $773,000,
000, and it had $3,182,000,000 invested in
agricultural Interests, the gross rev
enue on the capital being 24 per cent.
All other sections combined had $12,
7117,000.000 invested In farm operations
and the product was valued at $1,CS7,
000,000, or 13 per cent. The average
value to tho acie of all fatm products
In the Louth was $7.1S; the aveiage
value to the acto for all the states ex
cept the south was $6.87. The grain
production of the south in 1S93 was val
ued at $261,972,823. The present nn
hujI value of the south's agricultutal
pioducts is estimated at $930,0000,000.
Notwithstanding the decrease. In the
pilce of cotton the value of these pro
ducts Is $150,000,000 a ear greater than
in 1890.
It Is certain that the ilgutes of the
twelfth census will show that the
south has taken the place In rapid
development which belonged to tho
western and northwestern states a de
cade or two ago. Henry W. Orady'8
dream of a new eouUi has been xeal
Ized, sooner, peihaps, than ho could
have anticipated had his life been
spaied to witness Its culmination. With
the extinguishment of the former sec
tional piejudlces and animosities
brought about by the lecont war
noithem capital and northern immi
gration will seek tho new boutli with
an Interest and u heartiness not pos
sible hitherto, and thus another great
empire, long doimaut and neglected,
will be added by Internal expansion
to the wealth and Industty of the great
republic.
Tho retentions paid In Cuba to Maxi
mo Gomez aro well bestowed. Tho
"old fox" may be a trifle crotchety at
times but he is a man of clean-cut
honor, a natural leader and one. who
can always bo won by tact and icnson.
He does not profess to be anything
moto than a plain old soldier, but his
tongue has spoken tho wisest advice
which the Cuban people have received
and history, overlooking small defects,
will undoubtedly write his name on its
roll of honor. His advice to Cubans and
to the Spaniards in Cuba to forget
past feuds and go to work for tho is
land's common welfare is the essence
of good policy at this Juncture and his
expression of faith in the genuineness
of American pledges is worth an army
corps in contributing to Cuban paciflca
tion. It is altogether possible that the
American public has not yet taken the
true measure of Gomez.
The blizzard of a few days ago ul
ready seems Hko a dream.
As tho beef investigating committee
approaches the testimony of the men
who ate tho meat tho difficulty in keep
ing the evidence down to normal tem
perature Increases.
The ability of tho city of Havana lu
float a $25,000,000 municipal debt Is
olllclatly nrsorted and wo daro nv
there aro American officials who would
bo perfectly willing to help float It,
There Is singular suggC3tiveness in
tho means of suicide employed by a
solicitor nt Philadelphia who died with
the gas turned on.
U tho new president ot Frnnc can
act as circumspectly ns he can wlrto
tho French republic may survive the
winter.
Filipino insurgents have evidently
decided to furnish no more scare-head
material for the Ametlcan newspapers.
NEWS AND COMMENT
A vciy significant incident occurred at
the big bumii'L't in llodton tho other day,
uccordlng to Wlllli.m i;. Curtis. A tow
moments after tho pushlent had finished
his speech Ilockwood Hoar, son ot tho
jenator from Masiaihusetts, Judge-advo-cato
general on tho staff of Governor
Wolcott nnd prosecuting attorney In tlio
city of Worcester, left his seat nt tho
table, offered his hand to tho president,
congratulated him upon his speech and
told him that ho sympathized with and
Indorsed every word of It. The president
did not recognize him, but chatted pleas
antly for a moment, and then, after tho
mmg gentleman in uniform had depart
ed, was informed that he was the only
son of tho leading opponent of his policy
In tho United States senate. It has been
known for somo time nmong Massa
chusetts peoplo that joung Mr. Hoar wdb
following tho president lather than his
own father on tho chief Istuo of tho hour,
but ho has not allowed his views to bo
published.
Says ono of the Chicago papers: Charlla
I..ylo Beebe, n 6-ycar-old traveler from
Manchester, r.ngland, spent Sunday nt
tho union station. Ho arrived ut 10
o'clock Saturday night, crying and be
wildered nfter long Journeying nnd hav
ing only 30 certs, somo stalo luncheon
and a big label se ed on his sleeve. Sun
day night when ho continued westvvaid
on tho C.15 Milwaukeo tialn for Mason
City. lown, ho looked a Jaunty little Eng
lishmen, petted nnd supplied with money
by sympathizing passengers, and eating
a hearty meal In tho dining car. The boy
left England Fib. 8. sailing on tho Teu
tonic. From New York ho was ticketed
on by tho Nickel-Plate. Tho big leather
label on tho lad's arm attracted the no
tice of John Oliver, agent of the Milwau
kee road at tho union station. On It was
written: "Charles I,le Hcebe, an orphan,
going to relatives at Mason City, Iowa."
Mr. Oliver took charge of the boy and
bavv him started west.
Tho Post-Intelligencer of Seattle pub
lishes tho facsimile of a Spanish docu
ment which shows that tho Spanish vvero
in actual mllltnry possession of Vancouv
er island between 1790 and 1792. It Is
stated that tho document, if It had been
in possession of Emperor William of Ger
many when ho arbitrated the Canadian
boundary between England and the
t'nlted States, would havo Incontestably
pioved tho right of tho United States
to Vancouver Island. Tho document In
question is a report of Pedro Albcrnl
upon tho condition of his forces on his
return from Nootka sound to Mexico. It
Is dated Jan. 1, 1791. Tho original docu
ment, which Is now In Seattle, was sold
to a British citizen over forty years ago
and It has been withheld for personal
reasons.
Professor It. W. Wood, instructor
physics In tho University of Wisconsin,
has originated the idea of thawing out
froen water pipes with iloctrlclty, and
made successful experiments. He takes
tho electrlo current used for street-lighting
purposes, attaches one wiro to tho
frozen pipe Inside the cellar of one house
and tho other wiro to a slmilur pipo
in the adjoining or nny other house, tnus
completing tho circuit. A current of
about fifty volts is then turned on, heat
ing tho pipes nnd melting the ice within.
At the leslileneo of former Senator Y.
F. Vilas. 150 feet of frozen lead pipo
wero thawed out in eighteen minutes.
Professor Wood uses a "transformer" to
icdueo tho voltage, so that tho current
will not melt tho pipes.
Many Inquiries are made regarding Ad
miral Dewey's views as to the best way
to govern the Philippines. Tho people of
tho United States havo confidence in tho
admiral's judgment In this respect. Ills
appointment by President McKlnley ns
a member of the commission which Is
to Investigate and leport on this subject
gives his opinions additional importance.
But what aro his views on the proper
government of tho Philippines? The Chi
cagn Itecord says it is in a position to
unnonnco with entlto confidence that Ad
mlral Dewey favors a central government
of the Philippines by tho United Stntes,
but all local government of tlio islands
to bo absolutely In the hands of the Fil
lpluos. Among those who will welcome vvnimtr
weather aro the poultry dealers for it will
remove from their business pathway the
evils of roup, if you don't know what
roup Is it may bo fair to explain that It
Is n disease to which chickens are pe-u-llarly
subject lu extremely cold and
stoimy weather. Its simptoms are at
first ldentle.il with those of a severe ca.
tnrrh. Tho cjes of tho fowl swell, and
tho disease develops into a kind of dlpli
therlu, which is contagious nnd soon af
fects other hens units tho sick ones are
quickly isolated. The only known remedy
In extreme caes is to kill the fowls nf-
vcivu mm uiei me remainuer or the
flock. Tho disease Is not only easily con.
tmitml nmniii' thn trivia !... i ,.. .1
. a .u..,r., 1.1,1 ,v n u'UI-
gerous for prisons to handle them when
Senator Fairbanks nnd Senator-elect
Beverldge, both of whom reside In In
dianapolis, have traveled tho same path
through tho i.ieiter part of their lives
Both belong to tho Meridian Sttect Meth
odist church and are members of tho
church bo rd. Doth nra natives of Ohio.
In early life thev vveie pedagogues, but
each was anxious to become a lawyer,
and studied with thnt end In view. After
obtaining the necessary legal education
they bung out their shingles in Indianap
olis nnd both rapidly enmo to tho front.
They aro the onlj two senators In con
giess who live in tho tamo ward.
An Ingenious Englishman has figured
out the cost of an hour of government
stneo tho beginning of tho century, in
Franco the figures show an alarming ten
dency to Increase. Under Napoleon an
hour of government cost 113,000 francs;
under I.onln Phlllnnn imfl.v .... ,.
Second Bepubllc, 103 OilO; under Napoleon
III, 2I9.0OO; from 1S70 to 1SS.1, 307,000, on nc
count of tho raising of tho average by
tho com of tho war with Germany; but
from H60 to bsa tho coat was 401.000 francs
nn hour. In the United States in normal
times It Is about $3,720 nn hour.
In tho will of tho lute Justice. Henry W
Williams, of tho State Supremo court
which has been filed for pinnate. Is be
ciueathed to tho Picsbytcrlmi church of
Wellsboro the turn of JiO.ono, n trust, to
bo kept Invested, and the Income thercot
to bo used to pay the wj of somo suit,
able person to act oh church visitor and
missionary to visit all families connected
with tho conprcgntlon and otheia not
connected with tho congregation each
spring and each fall to Inquire Into their
religious and bodily needs.
Tho Americanizing of Havana proceeds
npace. Two thousand eight hundred aro
the recorded arrivals from the United
States during tho month of January
Twenty-flvo thousand during tho year is
believed to bo a Vow estimate for 1899.
With the revolutionizing1 sure to follow
tho Incoming of such u number of enter
prising nnd reconstructing citizens of the
best country on earth Havana may,
writes n correspondent, certainly expeit
u great and glorious future.
Theio nro, notes Julian Itnlph lu the
March Harper's, no general Introductions
at an English dinner, or oven ut a house
party In tho country. If nil tho guests
aro acquainted thero Is no need to In
troduce them, but If they nro strangers
llley must remnln so. or tiust to chnnco
oi personal magnetism for making uc
qunlntnnceshlps. Every man Is Introduced
nt a dinner party to the lajlv ho ia to
escort to tho tulile. Theio ft stops
An Into.'ci'tltig example of a man be
ing hoist with his own petard Is Indi
cated In this rlspateh from Wnukegan,
III.: "Mayor William W. Pearco hns just
enpfurod tho $M gold medal, whtclt,
vears ago, ns president of tho Wnukegut
Ilaehelors' club, ho offered to tho first
member ot tho club to become the father
of twins,"
The foreign trade of the United States
for Jnnuaiy preserves tho rcinnrkablo
character of the trade for tho last year.
Tho exports of merchnndlRO nio nearly
twleo the Impel ts, and the excess of ex
ports Is ",on,C39. Tho excess of exports
In 1897 was $12 C97.SC.
CARE OF THE INSANE.
Fiom tho New York Sun.
Among tho diseases which tillllot tho
human body none occupy so singular a
relation to society, and particularly to
tho law, as cettaln maladies of the brain.
Most diseases nro treated by tho physic
ian at homo ot In special or general hos
pitals., but disorders ot tho brain, when
they glvo rise to tho group of sjmptoms
known as Insanity, are apt to como soon
er or later Into contact with tho law.
Tho Insane person goes to tho asylum,
not ns to u hospital for too relief of his
inllimlty. but ns to some house of deten
tion, prison or reformatory, under legal
lorm, committed by a Justlco of a court
of record. Ho is not only III, but he Is
deprived of his legal lights as a citi
zen. While there nro valid icasons, vvhlh
we need not dwell upon heic, why such
formal process Is frequently necessary,
It Is still n fact which has tended to
cast a stigma upon tho unfortunate pa
tient and his family. The change of tho
term "asylum" to "hospital" for the In
sane In many states, though a step to
ward relieving patients to a. slight de
gree of this oppiobilum, has made lit
tlo difference In popular opinion. Some
thing of tho prison stigma lingers about
tho sick man who has been discharged
as recovered from tho hospital for tho In
sane. All tho Insane must suffer because
of tho few whoso conduct becomes such
that the law must throw around tho pa
tlent and around society Its protecting
devices.
o
In certain states these legal measures
aro so lntrlcnto and dlfflcult that they
lnvolvo sufferlt.g and harm to tho sick
man and his family by tho delay and
publicity Incident thereto. It Is not con
sidered that tho patient's Illness often
does not differ essentially from ordinary
diseases accompanied by delirium, lilio
pneumonia, typhoid fever and tho like.
He must be subjected to visitation from
court officers, or, In somo states, bo haled
to court, before ho can enter a hospital
for treatment. Generally It Is even worso
than this, for there are comparatively
few places among the vast number of
villages, towns and cities in tho Union
whero he Is not first taken to Jail pend
ing tho legal disposition of his person.
It is no wonder, then, that popular opin
ion associates Insanity with penal oftenco
rather than with physical disease. Tho
remedy proposed for this Is the estab
lishment In all of our large cities of
psychopathic hospitals; hospitals to which
tho Insane lu the early curable stages of
their malady mny bo sent without legal
process, precisely as patients sick with
other disorders nro taken into general
hospitals, thero to remain for a few weeks
until cured, or until chronlcity of tho
dlseaso becomes nppatent and entails
transfer to an asylum. In this way many
patients will bo spared tho Inflictions of
the law.
o
There Is nothing of tho kind In tho
United States, not even in our largest
cities, whero they are most needed. Here
Is a new avenuo for tho wealthy and
charitably disposed, an opportunity to
erect the flrst psychopathic hospital on
this continent, as well as tho best In the
world! How could one better immortal
ize himself than by giving a new boon
to nflllcted mankind, by affording med
ical men better opportunities to famil
iarize themselves with tho treatment of
disorders of tho brain, by creating lab
oratories for the discovery of tho causes
of mental disorder, by helping to lift the
curtain which conceals from us the un
known world of mind nnd spirit?
LITERARY NOTES.
Collier's Weekly for Feb. 18 has a front
pago picture from a photograph, show
ing Agonclllo, tho envoy of Agulnaldo,
In his apartments in the Arlington hotel,
Washington, preparing his chief's mes
sage for presentation to tho president of
tho United States. With Agonclllo,
grouped u round a table lu vaiious atti
tudes, are Lopez, Marti, and Luna.
That neither patilotlsm nor good sense
Is yet extinct among Spanish wi Iters on
public alfalis is clearly proved by tho
article on "True National Greatness,"
which Tho Living Age publishes lu Its
number for March 4. It Is written Dy E.
Gomez do Baquero, and is translated from
La Espana. Mcderna. It Is a very sano
and candid article, and shows a clear
perception of tho needs of Spain.
In Harpor's magazine for March Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge discusses th-
destruction of tho Matno and the battle
of Manila Another Interesting featuie i-
an article entitled "Tito Massacre of
Fort Deal born nt Chicago," by a full
blooded Indian of tho Pottawatomlo tribe,
whoso father was a leading chief at the
massacre. Ilussnll Sturgls contributes
"Tho Building of tho Modern Cltj
House." and Julian Italph discusses
"English Characteristics" In his usual
interesting way.
Major General Francis V. Greene has
written for tho Century magazine the
only authoritative nccount of tho mili
tary operations ut Manila yet offered to
tho public, in tho March number ho
will describe tho vovngo ot the second
expedition, which ho commanded; tho
landing and Intrenching of tlio troops on
the mainland, and tho Interesting fea
tures of tho situation vvhllo Admiral
Dewey and tho military ofliceis wero
waiting tor General Morrltt and the mon
itors. This chapter Includes a statement
of tho plans of Admiral Dewey and Gen
eral Andoison to meet the crisis which
would have been precipitated If Admiral
Cninnra's fleet had reached tho Philip
pines. Ono of tho most valuable publications
over Issued by tho United States govern
ment Is tho compilation of messages and
state papers ot tho presidents which Is
now almost complete. It Includes docu
ments of absorbing Interest covering tho
entlro period of our fedeinl history. Tne
work Is to bo brought within ten vol
umes, nine being now printed, nnd the
oilglnal edition of 0,000 for free distribu
tion by members of congress having been
oshaustod quickly, with a great clamor
for more, congress hns given its permis
sion for the Issue of nn edition to bo
placed on sale by subi crlptlon. Alnsworth
H. Soofford, formerly llbiarlan In con
gress, has the matter In charge and P.
O. Moody, of this city, Is his local rcprc
Hcntutlve. Governor Booicvelt, In describing the
Ouaslmns fight In tho March Scribner's,
pays a high tribute to General 8. B. M.
Young, calling him "as fine a typo of tho
Amerlcnn fighting soldier ns man can
hopo to boo," and he nlso shows how
Colonel Wood and he planned tho win
ter preceding the war, at n luncheon In
a Washington club, to get Into aencrnl
Young's brlgndo in tlio event of war. the
I general saying that ho "would guarantco
to show us fighting." Colonel Boose
volt also tells of Itucky" O Nell's re
turn k nfter the nunrlmiis light, vvhllo
lmkliifi: al the mangled dead "Colonel,
l-.ii i tt Whitman who says of the vill
ains ihut they pluck the eles of princes,
am) tear tho flesh uf klnfcs?' " The colonel
adds- "Just ii week afterward, wo wero
shielding his own body from tho birds
of pre)."
SCRAPS.
Tolmcco s.-eds are so mlnuto thnt It snld
a thlmbltful will furnish mougli plants
for un aero of giound.
In soveiity years fhe averdgc man grows
n beard twenty five feet long, hair almost
fifty feet long and nails twenty-tin ec feet
long,
Tho henrt of n vegetal Ian boats, on nn
average, fifty-eight to th" minute, that
of tho meat cater Bevcntv-two. This rep
resents a difference of 20,0u0 beats in
twenty-four hours.
There aro forty-elphl dlffetcnt matrrMIs
used lu rcnstriirlli g a piano, from no
fewer than siMeen dlffetcnt countries,
employing forty-live difieicnl hands.
DJihan Hcgum Is believed to bo tho
smallest monarch In tho world. This tiny
queen, who Is over fifty years old, but Is
no larger thiin n child of ten, reigns over
moie than 1,000 poo subjects In the Hindoo
vassal slate of Bliopal. Hut In this
dwarf's realm peace nnd prosperity nio
supreme, for, despite her size, she has a
firm grip on tho iclns of government,
and her rulo Is as strong as if she wero
ton times as large.
Very few peoplo realize at what tremen
dous heights birds Bomellnies travel so tho
ulr. Herons and wild ducks, gceso and
swans, when traveling long distances, lly
nt greater hclghtn often as much us 2,000
feet. But it Is tho hawk, and more par
ticularly tho vulture tribe, that con
stantly wing the ulr at far greater limits
than these. The common buzzard spies
for catrlon, suspended a mile nbovo tho
earth, and tho great condor of the Andes
lias been watched through a powerful
telescope floating nt tho amazing lcitht
of 27.000 feet, over five miles above sea
level.
Wire-rolled glcss Is ono of the most re
rent Inventions. Tho glass, which is ex
actly onc-quurter of an Inch thick, con
tains in the center a wiro netting, tho
meshes of which are a trlflo less than ono
Inch in diameter. Consequently tho wire
does not obscuro the light, and wire
rolled glass, It Is said, will resist fire r.s
long a tlmo as nn equal thickness of iron.
It Is not generally known that the re
mains of tho czais of Bussla slnco Peter
tho Great llo In a memorial chapel built
on one of tho l-limds of the Neva. All
tho cenotaphs are exactly alike, each be
ing a block of white matblc-, without any
decoration whatever. Tho only distinc
tion by which ono Is marked Is tho name
of tho deceased emperor.
MAGNANIMOUS!
From tho Bcpubllcnn.
At 11.30 o'clock Captain Molr shook
hands with his friends nt headquurters
and went homo happy. Ho said to tho
chairman: "I shall havo no hard feel
ings toward Mr. Bochc or Mr. Connell.
I shnll shako hands with them when I
see them and shall treat them courte
ously." A SONG.
Sing me n sweet, low song of night
Before the moon is ilsen.
A song that tells of the star's delight
Escaped from day's bright prison.
A song that croons with tho cricket's
voice,
That slecnc with the shadowed trees,
A song that shall bid my heart rejoice
At Its tender mstcrlcs!
And then when tho song Is en-led, love,
Bend down vour head unto mt.
Whisper tlio word that was Porn i.bovc
Ero the moon had swaj cd the sea.
Ero tho oldest star began to shine.
Or tho farthest sun to bum,
The oldest ot words, o heart of mine,
Yet newest, nnd sweet to leain!
Hlldeguido Hawthorne, in Harper's
Magazine.
and
k
nraacc:
LKGi:ST ASSORTMENT OF RANGE'S
IN THE CITY.
PtamMmig'
and Ttaraiinig:
GTOSIER & FORSYTH,
325 and 327
PENN AVENUE.
JiMMgCS
jwriW 2f&?ff)b 0il0i$h i-HJ-tr- ii?-g4i?lS?T " "-St -
R-i-P-A-iVS TABLES
are packed for physicians in large bottles, each containing one hundred
and fifty Tabules by count, 'llicse packages Iciujj intended for pli)
slcians' use, are not advcrtUcd 01 accompanied by nny circulars or otticr
advertising matter, but any druggist will i-upply one wlicncier requested
to do so. A Western doctor relat-'s nn experience with one of these
special packages as follows: "A few days ago I ordered tome more
from Chicago, nndwlien a patient, fc rvvh ni I intended one of the bottles,
opened it, he found watlun a sione wrapn-d in p.ipe-i, much teseinbling a
diamond, and which he will have set and wear in hia shirt bovoni. Now,
I want to know," asks the doctor, " if it is the custom to occasionally put
in a little gent like that? If it Un't a diamond it is; fair substitute, and if
one Is put in occasionally, I think I am as much entitled to receive one
o.s any of jour numerous patrons, for I am constantly employing and
commending tac Tabules in my practice."
VK IIAVB A NUMHEH OK FtNIl
ODD
aire
thnt wc will close out
AT COST
This is a chance to get .
good lamp for little money.
TIE OJ10NS, FER3M,
AL!UEY CO.
J'J'J Lnckawauai Avotnu
ALWAYS BUSY.
Our Shoes in quality always on top, al
ways easy on your feet and very ensy on
your purso keep us "Always Busy." At
tend our 25 days' sale.
Lewis, fiMlly k Mvies,
mi m i psp
You cannot think, no matter how
hard you try, of a more convenient
and bettor i quipped stationery store
than ours, lu addition to the largest
line of ofllco supplies In Northeastern
Pennsylvania. We havo Blank Books
of every description, Typewriters' Sup
plies, Drnughtlng Materials, Letter
Presses, Postal Scales, etc. We are
agents for Edison's Mimeographs itnd
supplies, and the famous Wcrnlckl Sec
tional Book Cases.
A complete line of TCauftman's Cor
poration Books In stock.
Reynolds Bro
STATIONERS nnd ENGRAVERS.
150 Wyoming Avenue.
Book
BSedies
NEAT, UUBABLU BOOK BINDING
IS WHAT OV RECEIVE IF YOIJ
LEAVE YOUIt ORUEU WITH Till,
TRIBUNE BINDERY.
INLEY
Will open on Wednes
day of this week and we
invite every thrifty house
keeper to rnnko our Linen
Department her head
quarters during the next
ten days.
We cannot enumerate
here the many good val
ues that are in store fop
you in
FIes TaMe Linens,
JL.W1
Towels,
Etc, Ec,
But can assure you that
you will find our low
prices on Fine Goods fuliy
as tempting as on any of
our previous Linen Sales.
Sale ms oi Weoliiies
toy, Feb. 22,
510and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
'I tu. Modern llAitnw'AiiE Stoke.
Good Paint, properly applied
adds much to the appearance
oi articles. We have
House Mmils
Carriage Palais
iatii Enamels
Bicycle Eaamels
Varaisks aM
Yarais! Stains
A complete stock of Paint
Brushes always on hand.
FOOT E & SiEAIR CO,
119 WASHINGTON A VII
-
The Himt &
Coeeell Go.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
and Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 Laetoaflia Araie
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
Ucuerai Agent for tlta VVyoiulaj
Umtrlctfjr
POWDER
Mining, mailing, Hportlng, Smolcdeji
uud Itis Uepauuo OUemloil
Cuuiiuuy t
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