3 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1899. &0e ;cranfon CriBune Published mils'. Hxtpt Biinduy. by The Trlbuno PubllshlnB Company, at Vitly Ctntu a Month. Now York Ofllcc: 1E0 NaKsnu St.. s. s. vnnni.AND. Golo Apont for Torelgn Advrrt.clntf. Entered nt the PostofJlco nt Scrantoa, l'a.. as Scccnd-Class Mall Matter. Whw rpnee will permit, The Trlbuno l nluaya plnd to print (hoit letter fiom lis rrlerds hearing on curiint topic but lt rule Is Hint them must bo etj.-ncl, for publication, by the writer's real name SCIUNTON, AUGUST 11, 1S93. TMctntor Ajjulnaldo seems to forpet thnt his alleged victories over Spain did nut amount to much until the arrival of Dewey. m ' The Canadian Boundary Dispute. lienlylng to an Inquiry vie offer the follow Ins as our understnndltiK of the boundary dispute between the United Stntes and Canada affecting the Aluska coast: In 1825 Russia, the then owner of Alaskn, and England Hlgncd a treaty which, In Article III, gives the lino of demarkatlon between llusslan and Canadian territory In these words: "Commencing fiom the southetnmest point of the Island called Pilnco of Wales Island the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Pottland channel as far as the point of the continent where It strikes the GGth degree of noith latitude; from this last-mertloned point the line of de markatlon shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of Intersec tion of the 141st degiee of west longi tude) (of the same meridian); and, Anally, from the said point of Intersec tion, the said meildlan line of the Hist degree, In its prolongation as far pb the Fiozen Ocean, shall form the limit between the Itusslan nnd Urltlsh pos sessions on the continent of Ameilca to the Northwest" Article IV of the feamo tieaty stipulates (1) that Prince of "Wales Island shall belong wholly to Kussla, and (2) "that wherever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast, from the CCth degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degiee of west longitude, shall pioe to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast, which Is to be long to Hussla, as nboe mentioned, shall be formed by a line parallel to the wlndincs of the coast, and which shall never c,ceed the distance of ten marine leagues therefiom." Aiticlo V provides that "Urltlsh subterts shall not form any establishment cither upon the coast or upon the bolder of the continent comprised within the limits of the Russian possessions." The ic mainrtig articles relate to specific privi leges or concessions based on the undeistandlng that all tenitory within a line paralleling the windings of the coast but ten marine leagues fiom that coast Is Russian territory absolutely. The American position is that under this treaty, which by our purchase of Alaska, became binding as between the United States and Canada, the whole atrip of land ling Inland within a ten-mile limit from the windings of the coast is United States teirltory. Acting on tills belief American set tlement havo been established at var ious points along this fringe of terri tory, the validity of which under American sovereignty was not Ques tioned by Canada until the discovery of gold in the Rritlsh Klondike region, when Canadians suddenly saw the de finability of seeming an open port on the coast, connecting by river or canal with the Canadian gold-beaiing terri tory in the Interior. How did Canada go about seeming this port? Did sh ask Uncle Sam In a spirit of friendliness to gle or lease one to hei" Not a bit of it. Sho suddenly trumped up the preposterous claim that under the tte.ity provisions quoted above the term coast, and the windings thereof, meant a line drawn from promontory to promontory that is, that the farthest outlying points on the coast determined by a connect ing straight line tho line of the coast, and that ten marine leagues toward shore from this outlying lino formed the line of Canadian Jurisdiction. By this claim Canada hoped to secure a largo part of the nctual shoie line, re stricting Ameilcan territory to a few Isolated headlands or capes, obviously valueless in a detached position. Then, having raised this preposterous claim, manifestly without a syllable to stand on in the specifications of tho treaty, she demanded that we submit the matter to Huiopean arbitration, evi dently counting on Iuropoan prejudice against the United States to Influence a decision in her faor. Tho United States agieed to arbitrate before a neu tral American power, as, for e.ample, Mexico, Brazil. Argentine or any of the South American republics, but de clined absolutely to submit u Just anA on Its merits, an Impregnable tltlo to the Jurisdiction of a tribunal likely to bo biased from the beginning against It and thus inherently unable to ad minister Impartially. Of the negotiations now In progress between Ambassador Choato and tho Urltlsh foreign office we cannot speak Hlnce their terms have not been made public. Tho general understanding Is that they loo'; to nomo tempoiary ar rangement whereby we should leave a port to Canada In retuin for some equivalent piivilege elsewhere. An arrangement of this kind would offer a senslblo solution; but inasmuch as it would dispose of Canada's absurd interpretation of tlig. northwestern (oast Una tho Canndlan authorities stubbornly resist, and tho Canadian premier solemnly tells his e-uintrnnon that there must be "arbitration or war." Thcro will, we may f.-cl sure, ho no war; nnd if thcro is nrb nation it is reasonable to uymind that it shall ho fair arbltialion and not a thlmble-rlnslng set-up for the pur pose of "doing" Unslo Hur.iuU by ho cus ltoeus of a jil.iln jiaht v.lilch no nation would ('are to seize by force. Municipal owncrsMp win be one of the questions argued nt the conven tion of the League of American Mu nicipalities to bo held nt Syracuse In September. There Is no much to be said upon this subject that It could occupy the entire" session with many things undemonstrated. In declaring horses which the Uni ted States desires for uo In the Philip pine contraband of war, China has ptactlcnllv recognized the belligerency of the Filipinos. It would seem that China has troubles enough of her own without acquiring the 111 will of Ameri cans However, this may be one of the tesults of untensured war news that has been furnished by tho yard for geneial circulation In Hung Kong. The World's Congress of Women. "What wnu the woman's International parliament and what did It accom plish? These questions doubtless have occurred to innny ensual readers of the news which bj cable recently told that n const ess of the women of the woild was sitting In London, that it had elected as Its new president a charm in? American woman, Mrs May Wright Sewall, and that prior to Its adjournment its 2,500 members were accorded .the exceptional honor of a personal reception ut Windsor castle by the rood queen of England In tho North Amerlenn Review for August tho Countess of Aberdeen, prominent In the cause of advancing womanhood, undertakes to answer the questions asked nt the beginning. Sho Informs us thnt the chief aim of the International council which con vened this congress is to promote greater unltj of thought, sympathy nnd put pose amongst women workers of different nations; that the congress was constituted from delegates duly chrsen by local or fedetated organiza tions of progressive women In each of the more prominent nnd Intelligent nations, and that the deliberations of the congress vveio planned, not In the Interest of nny particular doctrine, Idea or fad but with a view to evok ing the fullest Interchange of opinion upon all subjects bearing upon wo man's progress, In the hope that from a multitude of counselors truth will Issue a hope which she seems to think the congress abundantly fulfilled. As an example of tho specific good vvhleh the congress accomplished she cites the movement since pracllcallzetl by men. bv the way, to provide In the city of London respectable and s.vnltnry cheap lodgings for women wage earners who, until lately, were handicapped greatly by the scarcity of such accommodations within the range of their limited means On this humanitarian or philanthro pic side it Is easy to believe that the congress, ho far as It went or Inspired actions In others, was a succers; for heie, Indeed, is woman's natural sphere, in which she pi ogresses along the lines of least lesistance. But what of the congress as an Intellectual demonstration? Another witter In the Review, Knssandta Vlvaila, does not on til's point share the Countess of Aberdeen's enthusiasm. She speaks somewhat wearily of the "automatic succession of lifeless speeches' which Impressed her as In the main "you .g and amatemlsh and beside the ma'V and In their genei.il dilft tended to "merge the Individual woik o' cievor w omen into a kind of collective fanati cism, to bring to the fiont toi in.in of the women only capable of medloc i'ty and to isolate the woik of wonrm from the woik of man " The standarl of the speeches, allowing for brilllint exceptions, was, she assures us, not ligh, the tendency vai to "lower the Increased scope of woman s woik, vvh'd. Is an Ideal, Into a s-x question, which Is a fad;" and much that was said "sounded illogical towards nature and was intensely feminine In the calm ignoring of facts that have governed the woi Id and that unless not social prejudices but physical laws can be re versed, must go on governing it." Want of foresight, narrowness of men tal horizon, and an absuid lack of tho sense of duo proportion chaiacteiized the intellectual activities of the con gress, If we are to believe this critic, and the little of lasting good which vras achieved contrasts disappointing ly with the large Impetus given to the emotional and hysterical presentation of the cause of woman as in some oc cult way necessarily a cause In an tagonism to the natural interests of tho other sex. It would not be prudent for us to say which of these views Is tho moic acceptable; that wo leave to each lead er's own judgment. But It Is worthy of note that no particular necessity extats these dais for a men's congiess called especially to consider pioblems limited to the masculine sex, The Van Wyck boom Is doing vrry well at Sarnloga, but It Is doubtful If Its good health can be letulned at a very great distance from the mineral springs. The Isle of Pines. An exchange calls attention to the fact that one of the most valuable of tho many Islands thnt came Into our posFesbion with tho Hlgnlng of the treaty of peace with Spain has appar ently been forgotten. Tho Isle of Pines, which lies off tho southern coast of Cuba in a direct line from Havana, promises in many ways to prove an Important acquisition. Al though comparatively little of the land had been brought under cultivation, its possibilities for raising under prop or tillage tropical and semi-tropical fruits which would find ready mar ket ubioad, seem almost unlimited. Heretofore tho principal export lias been timber, tho central portion fur nishing nn excellent quality of yr-llnw pine. The southern iliitrh'ts have largu forests of hutd woods. Including ina Innany. Thcro are also nimble qunr Kes wilh stone of white, daik gray and pink that nuiv rrove valuable. Thcro aio at present only two towns In tho Island with a tcanty population. Tl.ce are Santa Fe, In tho centre, aid New Gerona on tho north const. Tho latter is tho capital and the port with which tho boat from Cuba con nects, following tho chain of islets or keys which extend southward from the mainland. This landing and that at Tacuro, tho port of Santa Fe, are tho only two on the Island, nnd these are accessible only to boats of very light draught. It Is pofsalble, how ever, that a careful coast -survey would discover here, o on tho southern coast of Porto Rico, superior harbor facili ties. Falling In this, there aro several excellent bays, providing ample an chorage for shipping, which could bo mado available by the Improvement of their entrances. From a strategic point of view the Island also finds favor with the expert In military affairs, as it would afford nn excellent nuvnl base In commanding the southern coast of Cuba. tt commands also the Yucatan pas page Into the Oiilf of Mexico, as Key West does that between Cuba and Florida. Its relation to tho proposed Nicaragua Canal Is even more signifi cant, bringing It territorially some two hundred miles nearer the United Stntep. Under whatever conditions this canal may bo built tho Isle of Pines will prove an Important acquisi tion. It is chiefly as a health resort for many of the people of Havana that it has been known in tho past. The high altitude of the northern portion and the many medicinal springs found there hav e given It widei reputation. With these many attractions In its favor it teems strange that tho work of development has been delayed so long. People who censure General Miles for fighting the war department offi cials should remember that ho has-riot been given an opportunity to fight nnvthing else during tho iccent un pleasantness. Waldorf Astor cannot buy a peerage In England, but If he tnkes proper In terest In all the secret societies ho ought to be able to secure decorations and titles enough to satisfy an ordin ary man. The Cleveland boycott has developed into a inndonv nffalr which nfllicts the most severe punishment upon those who are not Interested In the matter one way or another. If all the promises of a year ago arc kept, investors in Klondike stock ought now to be reveling In generous dividends and claim certificates. Long silence Indicates that General Otis must have also applied the blue pencil to Consul Oscar F. Williams. Tho Sultan of Sulu evidently reads the war news. He has advited his subjects not to molest Americans. Piesldent Sam, -of Haytl, lias al ready warned the Dominican Insur gents to keep off the grass. Aguinaldo Is a fair sample of tho man who can w rite as he runs. The Democracy is proving a disap pointment to Aguinaldo. VOICE OF THE PRESS. California Civilization From the S.in Francisco Call. The thirteen colonies, which in tho first iiifetniuo formed the union, largely owed their origin to tellglous persecutions. But no such motive power drove tho Califor nia pioneers to the shoies of tho Pacific. The canio hero slmpls In search tor wealth ns centuries bclore, tho Spanish had gone to Mexico and to rem. ItatUlj had tilt reached our toll, honover whin the genluh for organization, the ifcpcht and the strongest element In our i uinpo Kite laco, especially under tho Ameilcan si stem, controlled the bltuulon with un paralleled vigor and succest. Not only wero churches of every bort planted, but before Jan 1, li'JO, almrst o..r frater nal or charitable porictv ttun Mating in the United States wus llrmb' estab lished In our midst. Trade nnd com merce were Instantly marked In svstem and bv order Society w.is framed Into consistency and strength A complete form of government for the blato and lor counties nnd for municipalities, which in tho debates of ISM received tho encomi ums of tho first statesmen in tho country of such men as Clay and Webster, sprang Into bdiis nlmost at, a stroke, and tho men who composed our first constitutional convention, taken from tho profession il nnd from the ordinary walks of life, con stituted a body scarcely equaled In the records of America. Even lynchlngs weio not the wild outbreaks of tho pres ent day. They wero temporary expedi ents, annloelzed to the u&ual courso of justice In legal tribunals. Secret Divorces. From tho Philadelphia Inquirer. Judge White's decision that divorce hearings In Indiana county must here after bo public is a decision that must ltad to important results. Society has accepted tho theory that there nni Juit Ij bo a legal separation of tho marriage bonds, but It has not jet accepted the notion that such separation may bo ob tained fugitlvely and under cover of dark, ness That fact stands to tho credit of tho public. Tho matib In wnlch divorces onco vveio grunted over night benr tes timony to tlits in tho limitations which their le-slflnturs? nio rutting upon the granting of dlvorco decrees. These lim itations wero nut desired by the courts themsclvts, or not In nil cases nt lo.ibt, but the moral sentiment of tho nation, Jubtly exercised over a vital moral ques tion, compelled one Mate after another to so inudif) Its laws ns to bring them within tho limits of decency Tho evils of secret divorces cannot nil bo mentioned here Tlmo nfter timo they havo fallen upon Innocent offspring. Time after time they have resulted in leg-il nnd moril bigamy. In exerting himself to put a stop to consequences like these Judge Whlto has rendered tho public a substan tial scrvlco and nt the simc time thrown out a hint which cveiy court in Pennsyl vania ought to take. An Acquittal That Convicts. From the Chlcngo Trlhunc. It Is now affirmed that Colonel Paty du Clam, who was under arrebt for mana facturlug evidence agalnbt Dreyfus by forgerj, has been ideated because Jt was proved thnt ho acted under tho dlreot orders of bib Miperlois, Geneials Gunso and Do Bolsdelfrc. In other words, ho In exonerated becauto he was only the tool of tho general stuff. Tills Is an ex. tr.turillnaiy outcome fiom nn ethical point of view, or ut least would bo In nny other countiy than France, for French ethics are always oxtiaiudlnury. Tho idea that a nnn who his pioved himself n semir.drM should bo acquitted because ho was ordered to bo one Is novel. But row that Goii'c and Do Bilsdeffre aro shown to hive given tho orJers, what will Genral Gulllffrt do with them? Evi dently bis disciplinary measures ought not to stop with Kegrlcr and Pellieux, Corn No Fopullst. Ftom the Philadelphia Inquirer. Out in Kansas tho corn crop for the year Is estimated nt 300,000,000 bushels, all danger of further blight being at an end. To thn averago person this news will como with a grateful sound, meaning, as II does, the ndilitlonnl pruspcilty of tho KansuH farmers. During the year 1695 tho latter paid oft bo muny million Uol lars worth of mortgages that tho local statisticians grew tired computing them, nnd the Brent jleld of tho current year will cnnblo them to about get rid of such obligations ns still remain. This might bo called the social sldo of tho question. Its political significance' lies In tho effec tlvo manner In which It spikes tho gunsv of tho Kansas Democrats nnd their tire, somo allies, tho Kansas Populists. Tho doctrines of this western combination never hnd nny effect except among thoughtless men, nnd now that all classes aro sharing In tho still bettering times they have scarcely any believers at all. Gross Negligence. From the Philadelphia Bulletin. Gross negligence was tho cnuso of both the tcrrlblo dlbasters which brought mourning Into so many Now EnglnnJ households yestcrdny. The trolley car which Jumped from the trestlo ut Bridge port, with its human freight, Is said to havo been running nt a dangerous speed when tho accident occurred Tho fer'y slip nt Bar Harbor, upon which hundreds nf people were permitted to rrowd, was, evidently, not designed to benr such a fctrnln, nnd the steamboat officials who permitted tho pushing and Jamming that broke down tho structure were guilty of unpardonnblo carelct sners. Nearly sixty lives wero lost ns the rcsul' ot th blun ders committed nt thco two points, and It Is to bo hoped that the fearful warning will bo heeded elsewhere, ns well ns In the New England states Tho summer excursion and holiday season is now in full blast, and only the exorcise ot con stant vlullanco can mako tho dilly transportation of tho great armies of ex cursionists thoroughly safe. Not 'Sectional. From tho Loulsvillo Courier-Journal. But, nfter all, It Is not mainly a ques tion between North nnd South. Tho law lessness exists in both sections, nnd that In the South Is not entirely confined to enses whero thero aro outrages upon women. Apart from these special cases, tho complaint that courts. Juries nnd law .vers In both sections aro lurgely to blame for mob violcrce Is not to bo so easily disposed of as Judge Candler nppears to Imagine. So many men escnpo the ordi nary processes of the courts nnd continuo careers of crlmo that mob law Is con stantly pointing to a failure nf tho courts ns the exctiso for Its existence. The ar gument, perhaps. Is not altogether sound, but it Is a very hurt ono to ntiswcr, as many of us know from experience. Talks Like Astor. From, tho Troj Times. Croker talks Just llko Astor. He com plains that tho New York newspapers nro constantly prying Into his private busi ness. But tho only business Croker has that nny ono knows an thing about Is "running things" for Tammany In New York. He hlmelf has said in practically so many words that he is the ruler or tho boss, whichever word ou llko be3t And It seems he sets up tho rule which all autocrats want enforced thnt the king can do no wrong and Is not sub ject to criticism. But there was another man who onco said, "Whnt nro jou going to do about it?" He found out later. Spot Is Too Distant. From the Troy Time. Yellow Journalism Is ns fraudulent In Its Illustrations as in its faked news. Tho pictures It publishes of Drevfus is he appears at his second trial and of tho scenes at tho recent calamities in Con necticut and Maine nio as different ns It Is possible for the varying imagini tlons of tho artists to mako them. But these are duo to tho til-advantage of hav ing illustrations by our "artists on the "spot" when the urtlst Is a great dis tance fiom the spot. Goebel In Hard Luck. From tho Troy Recoid. Candidate Goebel, of Kentucky, is hav ing n run of lurd luck. Ills capturo nt tho Democratic nomination for governor hasspllthls party, and now Brynn threat ens to stump the state for him. If he can see dav light through the clouds he is entitled to the chnirptonshlp In optimism. Whipsawlng the Market. From the Chicago Record. With Democratic conventions lit some states Indorsing Br an and silver, nnd others ignoring both, the general public will awult tho result of this full's elo" tlons with much Interest, to see wnlch course Is productive of tho better results at the noils. THE BOY ON THE FARM. Under a spreading apple tree Tho boj with bare feet stands; Ho hos ten apples in him and Some more are in his hands Beneath his waist of calico His tummy-turn expands. His hair was shingled by his ma, Who cut It straight behind; He has a lurid color that Is duo to sun and wind Ho's lost tho teeth ho had In front, But doesn't seem to mind. Week In, week nut, from morn till night He tears around the place, With briar scratches on his legs And freckles on his face The neighbors candidly admit That he's a hopeless case. He wears his trousers at half-mast, He rises with the bun; Tho chores his buby father leaves For him nro beldom done. And ho is alnuvs gono when thero Are errands to be run. Ho goes on Sunday to the church And stays to Sabbath school, And, by propundlng questions, makes His teacher seem a fool; Ho i!i'Ches smaller bovs thnn he, And learns tho golden rule. Ills mother sits up every night To patch thti clothes ho wears, And every night he tnkes them off With moro emphatic tcurf Ho falls from trees and Into wells And smokes and chews and swenrs The frightened chickens duek their heads And cackle whero ho goes. With ugly sties upon his ejes And bruises on his toes Ho eats things with his knife, nor cares For any wind that blows. You gorge with undeveloped fruit, Which U a foolish plan; No pot try Is in you, but Know this, my little man: It takes much moro than genius To btand the things you can. Chicago Times. Herald, ON THE TROLLEY. Tho red Is melting In the river, Tho red Is dvins In tho sky, The evening btars begins to quiver. Belated birds go duitlig by, Come, let us follow, follow, follow, And find how lino It Is to fly. By pine weeds where, when noon was sunny. Tho air with spicy balsams flowed, By gardens full of sweets nnd honey Where summer-long the roso has glowed, By wenry wlfo and loitering lover, Come, flash along the river road. The forest wall acrors tho river Darkens within tho curling tide, Tho fragrant winds about us shiver, Wo-rock, wc race, wt- rush, we ride. Thrilled with the swetp tf airy notion And glad because the wcild is wide. The night soars up the purple spaces, The whirling winds divide tho deep, Strange gleams ere on familiar places, Swift lightnings underneath us leap, As forward, filing, flying, flying, Upon tho thunderbolt we sweepl Harriet Precott Bpofford In Youth's Companion. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. There nro hi tho United Stntes over fltty distinct Bccrct orders with moro thnn 70,000 lodges nnd C.000,000 members. In 38,7) our production of cheese wns 105,500,000. In Ifno It wns 2J,750,O00. At present it Is cstlmatod to bo about 2S0, 000,000 pounds. The disproportion of the sexes is still very great In Australia. In West Aus trnlln thero wero only 61,00 women In a population of 168,000 A grape-growing association In a cen tral county In Alabama Is shipping grapes to tho north from a vineyard of 400 ncros. The nines are three jcars old and bear. Ing hnndsoinely. Secretary Barnes, of tho Kansas Hor ticultural society, says thnt tho Kansas orchards now contain 7,fvU,3o7 npplo trees, lil.cno pear trees, 4,OM,7C2 peach trees and C3S.24 plum trees all bearing Moro over, Kansas has 6,351 acres ot vineyard Several months ago a Watervllle (Me.) girl wrote her name and address on a pleco of cotton. The other dny she io eelved n litter from a woman In Arizona, who said that tho rubric hud Ik on bought by Uncle Snm and was being cut up for garmncts In a school for the Apache In. dlnns there. Fifteen yenrs ago the annual catch of lobsters along the New England coast exceeded lOO.oooooo, nnd over lS.OnO men wore cmplojed In tho Intlustrj. Of this business Maine furnished moro than ono hnlf; but today over W per cent, of the canned lobsters are brought from tho British provinces. ' It will cost $91,520 0S2 03 to run the gov crnment of Greater New York for the forthcoming fiscal year, according to tho report of tho finance committee. This includes a deficiency found of J7.175.SJ0 bS Tho amount to bo raised by genernl tax ation Is $G7.MS.7;i 03, It cost J7T.177.0Si 77 to run tho city last year. "Widows are tho chnmplon mam Ing women," says Vlrtor Smith In the New York press. "In eviry hundred mar riages eleven of tho women will be wid ows Ono widow In every four tries wed lock a second time, mnrrjlng at the aver, age ago of 39. For every 1,000 bachejois that marry spinsters 1,023 marry wid ows." The alphabet may be varied so many millions of times, that If a man could ac complish the impossible task of reading ono hundretl thousand words in an hour It would require four thousand six bun dred and fifty millions of men to read those words, nccoidlng to tho above hourly proportions, In twenty thousand years. Th Hollanders arc perhaps of nil the northern people those who smoke the most. Tho humidity of their climate makes It nlmot n necessity, and the moderate cost of tobacco show how deep ly rooted Is tho hnblt, it Is enough to say that tho boatmen of tho trekschult, tho aquatic diligence of Holland, measure distances by smoking Brookvlllc, Pa., hns a crow hatchery, said to bo the only ono In the world. This bird's Jet black bend makes a hand some trimming for ladles' hats nnd mil liners nro tredlted with palni 23 cents for each head. The eggs ot crows hatch In nn ordinary chicken Incubator In four teen tlajs nnd in eight weeks tho birds aro big enough to be guillotined. The city of Wnbhlngton hns found that It Is much cheaper to clean the htreets I labor employed by the street depaitment than by contract. The cost is 19 1-1 cents per thousand square ards b direct la bor, while tho contractors' charge was 32 cents for tho mrao nrea. At tho same time the laborers employed by the cltv received 23 cents more- ptr day from the cltj than from the contractors Scientific knowledge has been pervert ed to tho uses of blackmail by a medical student of Gratz Austria, who endeav ored to obtain 10,00) florins fiom a rich old lady by threatening to open a bot tlo of assorted deadly bacilli In her room It sho should tcfue to "pay up" When arrested bottles stolen from n bac teriological laboiatory and containing ml. crobes of several diseases wero found In his possession. The famous clock In tho Palais do Justice In Paris dates from 1170 and Is the work of the celebrated Do Vlck. whoso turret clocks ure the cat Host on reliable record Tho carved figures of Piety untl Jvstlee nnd the angels sup porting the royal coat of arms were ex ecuted by Geimulne Pilun. It Is Lilleved thut it was the bell of this clock that rang the signal for the massacre of St. Bartholomew In I372. After eleven jears of litigation the nppellnto court of Now York his nulerrd a new flal in tho case of William It. Townsend. who Is suing the proprletois of a dselng works because thej pollutul a stream running through his property in such a vvav that his ducks, which went Into tho stream white, enmo out red, blue, green or otherwise colored, ac cording to tho Job tho defendants uno pened to have on hand. Tho house In Washington In which President Lincoln dletl Is being renovut td to preserve It from decay, congress nt Its lato session having appropriated $1,000 for that purpose. The building will not bo nltcrcd. but only bueh repairs made ns may bo nocci.siry to protect It against the elements The room In which Lincoln tiled will not bo touched This modest lit. tlo house Is early vlsltid by thousands of tourists from all over tho country. Tho schooner Polly, now lilng In the port of Bangor, Mo ," sound and ben. worthy In ever wnj, is said to bo the oldest Ameilcan vessel In exlstenco which is btlll sailing. She wns built at Ames bury, Mass., In ISO', and has had an ad venturous career. During tho war of 1S12 sho was a privateer nnd captured eleven prizes from the British. She was also raptured onco herself, but wns letnkon, Sho Is a vessel oi )" tons and Is now en gaged In tho co.utlng trade '.t, .. ...Tr .v a M W av14 I . ,- tf?&;M3 "sei k v.. jsmsmms ra8ffl ma m A neirspaprr reporter 'i ill I)ul cons-l i lit 'iil, imanj (Ji rts viut 11 ttoswcti ditlicu ty tht had rtisei lui'i s irl d'l of trnub, rtva fc dw.tor ui.lt Voii cit inn inocb, and tooM., wt giirrccuUr b-n. Yivttlrrr LcurltrtnlU u refrrm ynur Halu 1. To" II 0 jvuf 610 winy U your nietey (er tlotlsi' b lis, W Ut yumcq!rv U Ripaog Tabules I 1it been Investhatln? Iho formula, and l-t I: toN an ft rllrrt reawdy, 'iht laliulc will tin for ywi nil that I cjti. ' Si 11 lni mltue tho itpurlcr trUtei! "I trie. I the l.il)uie.,andiooitfcainoeitliul'ticner lliereu t. I lie norkof llue little 1 ibulei xth mirveiou.. A,th ih th iloitnr cil.l 1 -inuM never be well, they HAVh cuieJ me romp'etel). It i it vtee. tlnce I lute bad any trouble at all, anJ I am feeling like a I'gbtinjovli, Ivipau rabulci ate a vauduful remedy, ngsdcrful." ter Automatic Paper Pasteeer Fastens papers in a jiffy, feeds itself and improved iu every respect. Prices lower than ever. Wc are still sell ing the Planitary Pencil Sharpeners. The only sharp ening device which never breaks the lead. On trial in your office for io 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 ENGRAVER, Hotel Jermyn Building. FOR A Twenty-Year GoSd-Hilefl Gase Will a l5.Jewdesi Waltbam Movement, GMaraeteed The Best Watch in the Whole World for the Money. MlERCiEMAU k OM1EIX 130 Wyoming Avenue. Temperature Tamers. Plenty of things right here to make tho hot weather not only endurable but enjoyable And tho price nt which we offer them is not going to make anyone hot, ex cept the man who charges a higher ptlce for equal quality, and he Is nu merous. .Tust think of these and get cool. Itefrlgeiators at reduced prices. GUIfSia & IFOESYTI, 325-327 PENN AVENUE. Lnnther Keller LiriE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. VnrdnndOmos West Lackawanna Ave.,. SCRANTON, PA. fS X $10 f FINLEY'S Mee's ForoisMifiig The predictions are swel tering weather from now ot and if you study your ow2k comfort investigate our stocV of Men's Soft Front Shirts as more solid comfort can bi' had iu our Perfect Fitting MONARCH9- 66 Negligee Shirts, than iu any other we knon of. You will fiud here a very interesting line to pick from and at prices altogether ta your advantage. For au en tire week we will offer tha choice of our entire line at $L00 Former Price, $1.50. And no better goods shown at any price. These coma with one pair of laundered separate cuffs and with ot without collars to match shirb 2 OTHER SPECIALS In same line of goods OniQ at 3 9c, marked -from 50c. The Other at 50c, marked from 75c. Comfort also foif the boys iu our !T JCP-. BLOUSES AN! WAISTS One Line at 39c:, for merly coc One Line at S8c, formerly $i,io. Sizo 6 to J4 years. 530and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE 4 Tjid Modkux II a now Aim Bronn Sterling Raeges Have the "Sterling" Transpa rent Ventilating Oven Door, "Sterling" Patent Lift Hearth, "Sterling" Oval Drawout Grate, "Sterling Oval Fire Box and many other good features. Be sure and see the Sterling Range, You'll want no other. FOQTJE k SHEAR CO. 1 19 N. Washington Ave. &- Th Hurt & Coirraell Co. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware.- 04 Lackawanna Avenue HENRY BEL1N, JR., Veumu Agent for Ilia WyaiMat lJUtrlcsor DUPONT iuuluj, UiastliiAHpartlng, bmolto.ail utid llio Ilopiuuq Uliomtca. Co upnuy t HIGH EXPLOSIVES. luKl) I uie. Clip uml i:cuW;4. Itoow 101 I'liinsll ilititiiu;. AUUNCltM TIJOS rOHD. - Tlttaton. JOHN H. SMITH & BON, Plymouth. 1 W. U. MUULIQAN. WMJCl-Bawc PIIIEB.
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