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The express companlca doing busi
ness In Scrantim continue to violate
the law which rerjuhea delivery of
packages to all ronslRiicos alike. Per
nons discriminated nR.ilnst have the
remedy In their own hands.
A Patient Community.
If a number of men should band to
gether for tho purpose of collecting
the tilth from the sewers nnd after
ward throwing handfuls of It against
tho doors of only one resident of our
city the offence would not be many
times repeated before tho police, with
out special prompting', would arrest
these delllers and bilng them Into
court for punishment It Is Improb
able that in such a contingency there
could be found a single man of sane
mind and respectable habits among
the 120,000 odd Inhabitants of Scranton
who would so far forget himself or
so far shame the civilization about him
ns to applaud the delllers nnd offer
thorn svrriputhy or help.
Yet theie l pilnted In this city and
scattered hroadeatt eveiv Sunday a
publication which not only throws
tilth and the infection of filth Into
eery household that permits It to en
ter but which Is allowed by the city
nuthoiltlos to do tlrN with Impunity
and Is encouraged while doing it by
tho financial support of prominent
business dims and others. This publi
cation dries not stop at lclous slander
of men In olllce or othciuls-o before the
public but It Invades private life and
there ti allies In tattle, tcandal and
blackmail, not simply inlllctlng the
pain of publicity upon those In no
sense befnie the public fur ciltlclsm,
but alo embittering domestic life and
putting before tho young a kind of
llteiatme winch the law distinctly and
emphatically bans.
It Is a patient community which
tolerates such an unblushing piostitu
tlon of the printing press.
I.Ike the mad dog crare, the Drey
fus nffa'r Is showing ltelf to be far
less dangeious In the bite than In the
scare. Kvert in a country like Fiance
honesay is the best policy.
Russia as It Is.
A most Intel estlng book Intended for
private circulation has recently been
Issued bv cK-Govtiiinr Honkwalter, of
Sprlnglleld. O , entitled "Siberia and
Cential Ala." It Is the louuml of a.
journey which Mr IlooUw alter took
last vear ovor the route 01 the partly
completed Trans-Plbeilan l.illroad,
frrm Moscow to Vladivostok, a dis
tance of more than C000 miles, one-halt
of which, fiom Moscow to Tomsk, now
has a tegular tiain sen Ice making the
round trip every twenty days.
Most Ameiican readers are alradv
familiar with the political Importance
of this gieat nitcilnl highway bisecting
th. tuoimous biilK of lluinpenn Russia
nu 1 Sllvtla K will mean ultimately
th conversion to modern civilization
no 1 fin dexeli) merit along piogicssiVij
lim s of a count, y greater In area than
th whole North Ameiican continent
a lountry nlieady Inhabited by 130.000,-
000 vlgoious peopl eighty per cent, of
whom follow pastoial pursuits along
primitive methods, and one whom na
ture has equipped to nurtuie In Hue
stjle pel hap? thiice that number of In
habitants Hut tin' average Yankee
will pci haps lenrn with some surprise
how thoroughly the government of tho
czar Is pioceedlng In its work of rail
wav coiiftruetlon and planning.
When Mr. Uookwalter war In Itussia
he was shown a tialn In course of prep
aration which, when completed, was to
Ik one of many designed to traeiso
tho entlie route. It will, says he. bo
composed wholly of sleeping, parlor
and dining eai.i, an elegant salon oc
cupjlng fully one-half of each car at
the middle, '-living a piano, writing
tables, maps l'bi.ry, etc Wesldes the
tiunl tot room there Is an elegant
bath room whe e nt nominal cost, the
1 isenger can have hot or cold baths
In any fashion The- U also to be a
roi m tlttS up especially for gymnas
tl exorcise, with dumb-bells, f ration
al apparatus for muscular development)
nnd all tho newest appurtenances of
sinh an establishment. The train will
b.- of the vestibule type, with electric
lights and signals, air brakes and all
other Hist class accessories; there will
be a. porter and special guard for each
car In addition to the geneial director
or conductor; owing to the broad
gauge emploed live feet the coaches
are much wider and higher than our
n and tho compartments corre
spondingly moie loomy; and for all
tin sp conveniences tho charge for fare,
in Hiding everything except meals, Is
If-s than one cent and a half per mfle.
' ousual precautions are taken for
Ifrafoty Every verst (less than a mile)
there is a track guard, whose duty Is
Ito go over the line before nnd after
everj train, to make sure that nothing:
lis wring. He. Is provided with a cot-
hago alongside the track and must nev-
fr be absent from his heat without
leave The track has stone ballast;
Its bridge constructions are of tho
finest steel put together under tho su
pervision of efficient engineers und tho
stations are neat, commodious and
well arranged. In America the aver
age railway restaurant la a public
crime but according to Mr. Uookwalter
this thing Is different in Itussia. "It
Is a pei feet delight," says he, "to take
a meal In a Russian railway restau
rant. They have a most agreeable cus
tom of furnishing meals. On entering
the dining room, you will find at one
end an immense sideboard literally
groaning under a load of newly pre
pared Russian dishes, always piping hot
nnd of such a bewildering variety as to
range through tho wholo gamut of hu
man fancy and tastes. You are given a
plate, with a knife and fork. Making
your own selection you rettro to any
of the newly-spread tables to enjoy
your meal at your leisure. Tho price,
ton, Is u, burprlso to one, uccustomed to
metropolitan charges. You can get
soup, as fine a bcefstako as you ever
ate, a splendid roast chicken whole,
potatoes nnd other vegetables, and a
bottle of Ameiican boor for one luble
about fifty cents."
W could quote at Indefinite length
from this most readable volume pas
sages whose purport would radically
conflict with the prevalent American
conception of Russia an a great person
ification of tyranny and seml-barbar-lsm,
but lack of space demands n hnlt.
Mr. Uookwalter has performed n nota
ble service In placing before his coun
ty inen by pen and camera a panorama
ot Russia as it Is.
Cyclist Murphy's mlle-a-mlnuto feat,
though Interesting, belongs within tho
list of follies which mankind would
never miss.
Alger Disavows Plngreo.
Secrctaiy Alger has Issued a dis
claimer of I'ingree. It Is In the form
of a statement to tho pi ess denying
thnt a political alliance has been form
ed between them. I'ingree, Alger says,
voluntarily offered to support him for
benator, and ho adds: "Of course I
could not refuo his offer, and natural
ly I thanked him for It. That was ex
actly what I had done with hundreds
of other Republicans of my state who
have ottered me their biipport. As u
matter of fact, I became a candidate
for the senate solely at the suggestion
of my friends. 1 have no more ot an
alliance with Governor Plngreo than I
havo with my hundreds of other friends
In my native stnte. Of course, It's
nonsense to hold me responsible for
what Governor I'ingree may say. I
am powerless to control his utterances,
even If I had a right to try."
Commenting upon this statement, tho
Washington correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Press, who usually speaks ad
vlsedly, sajs. "Even those who have
been most persistent In asserting that
Secretary Algtr must get out of the
cabinet, and In this class are Included
many of the president's close friends
and advisors, admit that the repudia
tion of a Plngree alliance, made by
General Alger, puts a now aspect upon
the mtter. a the demand for tho
secretary's resignation arose from the
fact that It was feared his alleged
Michigan political connections might
embarrass tho president, that demand
would seem to cease when those reput
ed alliances were disavowed General
Alger has by his repudiation of the
1 Ingiee nlllance elected to remain with
the national administration. It is pos
sible the secretary will make no mora
formal announcement of his position
than Is conveyed in his brief state
ments to newspaper correspondents. In
the face of G"iieral Alger's specific re
pudiation It Is not to be expected that
either the president, in person, or any
of his Immediate advisors will be dis
posed to convey to General Alger an In
timation that his presence in the cab
inet no longer Is desired. The compli
cations were wholly of a political na
ture and Important only in a political
sense. Theie was no personal feeling
Involved "
Theie are complications quite apart
from the I'ingree episode which requlro
the selection of a new secretory of
war. Chief of these Is tho practically
unanimous belief of the American peo
ple that General Alger is unlit for the
place.
The Dewy home fund is growing at
a pace which Indicates that sometime
Iti the next centinj it will be largo
enough to purchase a few tougli
boaids
Suggestion of a Comparison.
ReaiKis of MtClure's magazine for
the curient month will find in Miss
Tai bell's paper on Lincoln materials
foi an Intel estlng compailson. The
paper deals with the tiylng period Just
Pi lor to the presidential election of 1S64,
when the carefully matured war pol
icies of the administration were threat
ened with destruction b an epidemic,
of restlessness among the people such
as Is not without parallels today; and
when for weeks and months, the gieat
war president was oppressed with a
fear that popular Impatience, provoked
by the very eagerness of the people for
substantial vletoiles. might by a spasm
of political short-sightedness not mere
ly overthrow him but undo the whole
result of the painstaking work which
had been done In behalf of the North
ern cause during the first two and one
half years of the civil struggle.
So great was this spirit of restless
ness that not only did most of the Re
publican leaders come to regard Lin
coln's renomlnatlon us out of the ques
tion, but one member of his cabinet
secretly Intrigued to become the party
nominee Neverthelass when the time
came, the sober second thought took
possession of tho people and Lincoln's
renomlnatlon was practically unop
posed. Rut after the convention had
ndjouined, the popular discontent
again took form, notably when, on July
18, 1SCI. he issued his call for &00.000
volunteers, and toward the last of
August lit that year, with election day
only a little over two months removed,
tho clamor of tho people grew so loud
that not only Lincoln's friends but also
Lincoln himself concluded that his de
feat was Inevitable, and Lincoln on
August 23 wrote a letter saying that In
view of the seeming Improbability of -
re-election he was determined to co
opeiate fully with the president-elect
for the salvation of tho Union. Yet
when the actual Issue wus presented to
the people of continuing the war to a
victorious conclusion or agreeing to the
McClellan platform that It was a fail
ure and that the North should sue for
peace, Lincoln's re-election was over
whelmingly decisive, he receiving 212
out of 233 electoral votes.
While the dissatisfaction of the antl
Imperlallsts with the war policy of
President McKJnley does not amount
In numbers oi In respectability to that
which thirty-five years ago menaced
Abraham Lincoln, It does by Its meth
ods and especially by its eager seizure
ot military disappointments In some de
gree recall tho chapter In war history
so vividly presented In Miss Tarbell's
narrative. Rut now, as then, tho ad
ministration will be sustained and by
a vote which will Illumine tho situa
tion. The Missouri Supremo court has at
firmed the constitutionality of the anti
trust act recently put on the atatue
books in tlat state, which made It
Impossible for "combination! In re
straint of trade" to enforce collection
ot debts. Missouri trusts will there
fore employ the cash system nnd tho
only sufferers, ns usual, will be their
patrons.
Tho Troy, N. Y,, Times has entered
upon the forty-ninth year of Its exist
ence, old In usefulness nnd ripe In
prosperity, but young In spirit as the
day when It was founded. The man
who made It has been gathered to hla
fathers, but tho son follows In tho
founder's footsteps and the grandson
Is preparing to carry forward the Jour
nal's destiny. American Journalism
has icason to oe proud of this monu
mest to the good Judgment of the lata
John M. Francis.
Woman has Just won the privilege
of admission to tho bar of France but
Judging fiom the French census fig
ures her place of duty will continue
to be In the home.
General King sayB that tho Filipinos
are capable of self-government, but It
Is doubtful If the general would care
to bo one of the subjects of such a government.
It Is believed that Lillian Rlauvelt
makes a mistake In declining to sing
In opera. Lillian has a pretty face, a
fine voice nnd a Dakota divorce.
It Is safe to predict that President
Kruger, not long hence, will be a man
ot less conceit and moro knowledge.
Even the New York Sun admits that
the psychological moment has come
for General Alger to retire.
Secretary Alger and Mr. Plngreo evi
dently have not given sufficient study
to their code of signals.
The Devil's Island Is about as diffi
cult to locate on the maps as Aguln
aldo's capital.
Export Trade o!
One Million a Day
Prom the Times-Herald.
o MILLION dollars a day repre
M sontB the size of the demand
l" which the European nations are
UU making upon the Ameiican work
shop at the present time. This is the
contribution of American mechanical
skill and Industrial enterprise to the
comforts and necessities of life in the
old world. Although the monthly re
ports of tho tieasury bureau of statis
tics have given some idea of the
phenomenal Increase In the volume ot
exports of manufactures, it Is only re
cently that the bureau has attempted
a detailed classification of this trade
showing tho particular classes of goods
that find most favor in particular coun
tries. IJy these tables, which the treas
ury bureau has lecently prepared, It
Is possible for American manufacturers
to learn not only who are their best
customers, but It furnishes valuable
suggestions as to what fields offer the
greatest possibilities of profitable de
velopment In the future.
o
That the subject is worthy of special
study by the Treasury department and
the manufacturers is shown by the fact
that our exports of manufactures have
more than doubled during the last six
years, and have mote than quadrupled
slnco 1870. In 3S9S and 1S99 the exports
of manufactures, for the first time on
record, exceeded the Imports, and dur
ing the fiscal year which ends tho last
day of this month they have aveiaged
more than a million dollars for each
business day of the year. While tho
exports of American manufactures
show an increase of no per cent in tho
last decade, those of Great Riltain
show no increase since 1S90. During
this peilod France made a gain of 10
per cent. In the epoitatlon of manu
factures, Germany made a gain of 13
per cent, while Russia and Austria
Hungary show a loss.
o
Moie Interesting than these compari
sons, however, are the figures which
icveal the classes ot manufactures in
which America has made the greatest
gain and in which she now holds the
undisputed ascendency. The history
of our export development shows that
wo easily surpass all other nations in
the manufactures of metals. Although
In 18S9 tho manufactures of metals
foimed less than 20 per cent, of our
total exports of manufactures, the In
crease of this class of exports In the
last decado was 339 per cent. Our man
ufactures of copper Increased from
J2 31S,934 in 1SS9 to J32.1S0.S72 In 1S0S,
while the manufactures of Iron and
steel Jumped from $21.1GG,077 in 1S89 to
J7O.10C.8S5 in 1S9S. In the fiscal year of
1899 It Is believed that our exports of
lion and steel manufactures will reach
the enormous sum of $90,000,000.
o
Tho most remarkable fcatuie of this
showing is tho fact that the greatest
demand for our manufactures Is In
counti Ics where tho manufacturing In
dustry has been fully developed. It Is
the American workshop and American
buslnees enterprise against tho Eu
ropean manufacturer, add In such a
contest tho former is distancing, not to
say durnfoundtng, competitors.
BILL NYE'S CYCLONE.
II. I. Cleveland, In tho Tlmos-Herald.
riftcen ears ago a cyclone came out
ot tho deptlu of St. Croix Lake, swept
over New Richmond and Clear Lake,
Wis., In tho blistering heat of an af
ternoon, and after it had passed tha
searchers found Bill Nve In the wlndJall
of a plna forest suffering fiom u broken
lg. lit was conveyed to his homo In
Huelson, where his humor served to light
on the weary dujs of waiting for the Us
to heal. When the storm came Nye was
driving through the forest with his
brother, a resident of Clear Lake, and
had a verv narrow escapo from death.
In a path of some elehty miles In
length, and ending with a cloudburst
that Hooded tho towns of Eau Claire und
Chippewa Falls, the cvclono sacrlfloed
nearly 100 llvos nnd removed one village)
temporarily from tho faoo of tho map.
I found at Turtle Lake, eleven milts
fiom Clear Lake, a portion of the church
of the latter town. Between New Rich
mond and Clear Lako at a farmhouoe In
a plno clearing I aw the body of a lltllA
girl through which had been dilven by
elcetileal force a plno splinter as long
as a blade of grass and ns attenuated,
:o:
The first work that I did upon the
stcrm was to secure an Interview from
Nye, and the extracts given herewith
are what he had to say of his experi
ence. ITe subsequently redressed the
Interview and Incorporated It In his per
manent work. At tho time of tho cy
clone It was copied far and wide, and was
regarded as ono of the cholco bits ot
humor of tho genial wit. "I never did
anything," ho ald, "to a cj clone. There
Is no reason why a cyclone should at
tack mo. I never eald anything mean
of a ci clone, never criticised any ot Its
relatives, never mado fun of Its mother-in-law;
In fact, I always minded my own
business In regard to cj clones, nnd was
tho victim of n base assault. Why
cihould u. cjclono single mo out? Why
should a cyclone make ma a target for
Its low wlt7 It 1 had -ver given a cy
clone reason for Its attack there would
be somo explanation for my present cent
dltlon, but 1 am an Innocent man. This
shows that tho cvclono poneases many
of the characteristics of an Indian, It
Is not to bo trusted. I wouldn't tako
the word of a ciclono utter mi recent
experience under any clrcumstunccs."
:o:
He said further: "I have lost faith In
cyclones No man can continue to bc
Ueve In a cjclono after he hns been bc
tiaved Had tho cyclone given mo
piopcr warning, had It said Unit nt such
and such a time It Intended to mnkii a
visit to whero I was Inspecting the lux
urlant timber growth of beautiful Win
cousin I would have known what to do.
I wuuld huve gono somowhero else nnd
engaged in other pursuits while tho cj
clono wns attending to its business en
gagement I nm no tival of the cyclono
to bo treated In this manner 1 didn't
oven benr It a grudge. Nothing that I
hnve done In my past life could bo con
strued as having warranted a cyclone in
taking umbrage at my prcsenco when it
camo along. Had 1 been consulted In tlu
matter I might havo been willing to oven
have gono Into business with the cyclono
and given It pointers which would have
bosu of advatitngo to both ot us. Hut,"
ho said, "no fairness was shown me. I
wns struck from behind, maliciously ap
proached, defensclesnly hurled to the
ground, trod nnd spat upon, nnd left to
consider tho futility of any effort on my
part to bo upright and square In my
dealings with cj clones."
Ono of the last things Njo said of the
storm was. "If I had wished to I might
havo struck back at tho cyclone I might
havo mado myself dlsagiceablo nnd
caused a change In its plans, But I re
frained. 1 am not of a levengeful spirit,
and then 1 know when I have had enough
of a good thing. I wouldn't ride a free
horsa to death under any clicuiiistanccs.
1 Just accepted things as they were and
mado up my mind that hereafter tho
cjclono could not travel in tho tamo so
cial net that I did. If It attempted to I
intended to cut It dead." Bill Nj-o
speedily recovered from his Injury, and
In a few years all traces of tho great
Clear Lake storm were effaced, but there
are probably some old residents of tho
region still living who will remember the
humor of the man who refused to tako
even his own narrow escape from death
seriously.
THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT
OF THE YEAR 1808.
The brief oration of Frank Springer at
Lns Vegas, N. M , accompanj Ing the pre
sentation to Colonel Roosovolt of a medal
of honor, contained this striking passage:
"Tho mighty fact which tha year lMti
brought forth was not the glory of tho
war, which added to tho annals ot our
victorious arms the names of Manila and
Santiago It was not that our armies
were valiant or our navy invincible for
theso facta are not new to our hNtory
But It is that now, after a century of
Internal dissension the fruit of antagon
istic Interests and discordant elements
the nation hns been born again, nnd thnt
thero is realized in fuct that grand ideal
set before us in tho admonitions of Wash
ington, tho exhortations of Webster and
the jearnlngs of the patient and farsee
lng Lincoln a complete and perfect
Union
"Of this transcendent fact tho most
splendid witness was that band of heroes
whoso survivors havo assembled to meet
ou hero todaj. As If to furnish tho
world a living proof of this new birth
among the nations, thej' camo together,
under tho magic of your name the most
remarkable bodj1 of men that ever fol
lowed tho American (lag Not for their
courage In battle, or their fortitude in
camp for these are dualities that be
long to everj American soldier but re
maikablo for what they represented.
"Men from every section, of every race,
calling and condition, Protestant, Cath
olic and Jew American and Indian, the
millionaire nnd the breadwinner, the
cow puncher nnd the dude from Rast to
West, and from North to South, they
gnthereil sons of rebel and j-unkeo alike
to march in ranks of war against a for
eign foe the very incarnation of the
American people And when they plant
ed our glorious emblem upon tiro bloodj
heights of San Juan they wroto In crim
son letters upon Fame's eternal tablet,
und whero all the world might see, the
symbol of a reunited people."
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.
Reprinted by Request.
Bowed by tho weight of centuries, ho
leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,
Tho emptiness of ages In his face,
And on his back the burden of the world.
Who mado htm dead to raptutc and de
spair, A thing that grioves not and that never
hopes,
Stolid and stunned, a brother to tho ox?
Who loosened and let down this brutal
jaw?
Whose was tho hand that slanted back
this brow?
Whoso breath blew out the light within
this brain'
Is this tho Thing the Lord God made and
gavo
To have dominion over sea nnd land,
To tiaco the stars and search the heav
ens for power;
To feel the passion of Eternity?
Is this the Dream Ho dreamed who
shaped the suns
And pillared the blue firmament with
light?
Down all tho stretch of holl to its last
gulf
There la no shone moro terrlblo than
this
Moro tongued with censure of the world's
blind greed
Moro filled with signs and portents for
tho soul
Moro fraught with menace to the uni
verse. What gulfs between him and the sera
phim Slave of the wheel of labor, what to him
Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?
What the long reaches of tho peaks ot
song,
Tho rift of dawn, the reddening of the
rose?
Through this dread shapp the suffering
ages look;
Time's tragedy Is In that aching stoop;
Through this dread shape humanity be
trayed, Plundered, profound and disinherited,
Cries protest to tho Judges of the World,
A protest that Is also prophecy.
O, masters, lords and rulers In all lands,
Is this tho handiwork jou give to God,
This monstrous thing distorted and soul
quenched? How will you over straighten up this
shape;
Give back tho upward looking and tho
light;
Rebuild in It the musto and the dream;
Touch It again with Immortality;
Make right the Immemorial Infamies,
Perfldous wrongs, Immedicable woes?
O, masters, lords and rulers In all lands,
now will tho Future reckon with this
Man?
How answer his brute question In that
hour
When whirlwinds of rebellion shake the
world?
How will It bo with kingdoms and with
kings
With those who shaped him to thu thing
he Is
When this dumb terror shnll reply to God
After tho silence of tho centuries?
-Kdward ,W. Markhum.
THE CENTER OF POPULATION.
From tho New York Sun.
By tho first national census tnken in
1790, when the population of tho country
was not much gi cuter than of New York
city todnj'. the centro of population was
twenty-threo miles enst of Baltimore. It
was still In the neighborhood of Baltt-
Linote, though to tho west of that city. In
iwv. in ism It wns near Washington. In
1820 It was nl Woodstock, Va., and In
IS JO, 1840 and ISjO In the present stnto of
West Virginia. In IStM It wns n llttlo to
tho south nt Chlllcothe, O, this being
tho first otllclal appearance of Ohio ns
the centro of population, though It hns
remained tho political centre of popula
tion stendlly over since. In 1X70 tho cen
tra of population wus on n lino In Ohio
between Chlllcotho nnd Cincinnati; In
Uso It was In the nilghhoihood of Cincin
nati; and In 1S90, the year of tho last na
tional census, it was In Decatur county,
Ind near tho Ohio boundary, and on n
line between Cincinnati nnd Indianapolis.
Thu government estlmnto of tho present
population of tho United States, exclu
ulvo of countries over which its sover
eignty has been extended, was 73,000,000
on Juno 1, and all sections of tho coun
try havo participated, though not cqitnl
lj In tho growth of population since 1S0O,
when It was ,e00,00O.
:o:
By tho coming census tho Ohio and
Mississippi Valley states will probably
be shown to have gained less from direct
foreign Immigration than In any previous
decade, while the citizens of tho Mlddlo
nnd New England states have, relatively,
gained more Thero has been a substan
tial increase in population, larger, proba
blj than In any period slnco tho clco
of tho civil war. In the Southern and
South border states, nnd a much larger
Increase In thoso of tho Southwest, most
notably in Texas, the total vote of which
increased from 230,000 in 1SS0 to StO.000 In
1S90 nnd OSO.ono In 1SD6 The population of
Texas (2,200,000 in 1S90) Is probably near
3,(00,000. A stato cnnsuB taken of Kansas
In 1S93, on tho other hand, showed tho
population of that stato to be less than
In 1S90, whllo in the samo period tho
population of Now Jersey had Increased
16 per cent. Between 1S90 nnd 1S93 tho
population of Tlorlda Increased from
300,000 to 4G3,000, whllo tho population of
South Dakota (3.3,000 in 1S90) was re
turned as 330,000 live years later.
:o:
The growth of population In American
states between 1SM and 1900 will be in ne
cordanco with tho Increase of tho urban
population in each rather than with tho
gain In agricultural districts As a ma
jority of the cities are in the Ncrth, it
appears likely that tho "centre of popu
latlon" In 1900 will bo on or near the
banks of the Wnbnsh In the state of In
diana, nt some point northwesterly from
tho present centre and nearer tho Illinois
than the Ohio stato lino.
VALUE OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.
W. E. Curtis In Chicago Record.
A Biblical student In Washington de
clares that If tho descriptions of Solo
mon's templo aro nccurntcly given In the
Bible and by secular authorities the total
valuo of that ediflco nnd Its contents
must havo exceeded $30,000,000,000. In tho
first place, tho value ot the mateilals
In tho rough Is estimated nt $12,500,000 OX),
nnd the labor at $1000,000 000 According
to Vlllalrandls lO.OvO men vvero engagenl
in dressing cedar lumber, S0O0O were en
gaged in cutting stono and bOOOO In bear
ing burdens, for a period of seven jears,
who, In addition to their wuges, re
ceived CO cents a day for food. Accoid
lng to tho samo authorltj, which Is corro
borated by Josephus, the vessels of gold
were valued nt 110,000 talents, which, re
duced to American money, Is equal to
$2126.481,013 The vessels of silver are
calculated at JH.2J1 713 000, the vestments
of the priests and tho robes of the sing
ers $10 030,0ii0 and tho value of the trum
pets of gold was SI 000,0iO.
UNFOROIVEN.
"Why do you hite him so?"
"Wher wo wcie joung men wa loved
the same girl "
"Oh' Did ho win her from you by any
unfair means''"
"No. Ho went nwaj- nnd left hfr no
choice but me "Chicago Times-Herald.
REXFOKD'S.
Scranton, July 3, 1899.
We bought too many sterling
silver link buttons. New shapes,
beau ends and dumb bells. We'll
sell them at about weight value,
25 cents a pair.
THE .R13XFORD CO.,
132 Wyoming Ave.
5mmmmaM.
(V a 1 I MllLZtbiU vLwiW'ifrlFV w iTtUrfHSlf - n r- -r I ill mi
My little girl, eleven years old, has had all her life a very serious
and stubborn constipation. I had given everything I could think of,
and still once in about two or three wceko she would wake at night
crying pitifully with pain, and for two or three hours would suffer
intensely until finally relieved by frequent enemas. All this was very
wearing. My brother insisted I should try Ripans Tabules and
finally he got them for me. I tried them, giving her two every night
for awhile, then two every other night, then she took them herself
when she felt like it. It is now about three months since she has had
any trouble, and her bowels are in a very healthy condition. Her
color is good and she is gaining flesh. As I have given her no other
medicine I ascribe her improved condition wholly to Ilipans Tabules.
1 n ftiU pkt conUlntnr nifAN, tuum In a PMr corton (without elwfl l no I nr uJ t ion
t U IMOUI rarl.M ( W f L"t-J ! a tM hid J "D T KXVllac UrtJ-flM ( Ul tk. JUTUU CUUUClk
P41MrHiKnHIIHWUll(IHWlV47 0.nwm T ..
Star
Automatic
Paper
Fasteeer
Fastens papers 111 a jiffy,
feeds itself aud improved in
every respect. Prices lower
tliau ever. We arc still sell
ing the Planitary Pencil
Sharpeners. The only sharp
ening device which never
breaks the lead. On trial in
your office for 10 days free of
charge. We have numerous
other novelties in office sup
plies, together with a large
line of Blank Books and
Typewriter's Supplies,
Reynolds Bros
STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
FOR
A Twenty-Year
-Filled fee
a ISJeweM
Waltlam Movement,
Both
Qimaraeteedl
The Best Watch in the
Whole World for the Money.
MERCMEAU & CORNELL
130 Wyoming Avenue.
rT
t2$t.
THE LONG GREEN
lira around the house, or tho little pitch
of srass In Ihe doorjaid. require constant
attenrlon to look nnuttfii!
Don't borrow jour nelphbor s lawn
mower which you rind i?n t sharp, and
then say sharp things about it which
makes your wife Md. but eomo In hero
and buy a lawn mower thnt will rut lfko
a razor and runs as easy ns a bicycle
Tho labor saved will amply n pay jou
for the bmall outlay.
And such thlnps ns Pruning Shears nnd
Grars Clippers that will give satisfaction
aro here too.
CMSTEK k FORSYTH,
S25-327 PKNN AVENUE.
Lunther Keller
LIHE, CEMENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
Yard nnd Onica
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
:ggFS hgl -3S:
sue
til' ZSil .,:,
&L mmiA
'vrliyrrim ii"'Uiviiu
FINLEY'S
One Week Devoted to
At Reduced Prices.1
In order to get our stock
of Colored Shirt Waists
down to normal propor
tions, we have made a
general reduction of from
H 5 to 25 percent, all along
the line and our entire
stock is now at your dis
posal at tempting prices.
The new prices apply
on all
Cambric,
gfoams,
Slams
Iquc Waists,
And we venture to say
that no more attractive
line is shown this season.
The following numbers
you will find exceptional
value:
Percalo Waists Reduced to
43c, 65c, 75c. and $11.00
Valuo for
65c, 85c, 90c. and $1.25
Glrcham Waists
$1.25, $1.50 and 51.75
Valuo for
$1.50, $1.85 and $2.00
510and oil
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Hill MODEUN II vrtUWAUU -JTOltJ.
No Worry
About the result when
you use a
reezer
Try one this
Summer.
0012 & SIMM CO.,
119 Washington Ave. 119
The Hiiflot &
Coomiell Co,
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 Lackawairaa Araus
I HHNRY BEL1N, JR.,
oeueriu Atom lor tbi WyouUnj
lintriot.j
JUuInu, ItluUIn;, Hportlni, tiniokU4l
nd trie Hepuuu9 Uhsuilctii
Co np.iay a
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
tuttty I'lici". lnp and Hvploliri.
Kooiu 101 Cornell ilulldUii.
boraulDO.
AUKNCll)
THO? roftD. . - Plttston,
JOHN H. SMITH & BON, - Plymouth.
V, 1. MULLIGAN, WIUi03-Uaxic
Silt
Wist
Sellin?
Llg
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F
luroirs
POWER.
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