(, THE SCRANTON TRIBUiNJS-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1899. (je &crmfon Crifiune Published Dnlly, Except Bnndny. hy The Tribune PubllnhliiB Company, nt 1 Ifty Ccuts a Month. New York omco: K.0 Nnnu St.. s. s viiueland, Bole Agent for I'orelen AdvcrtUlng. Entered nt the PnMofflco nt Scrnntoa. I'a.i as Ecccnd-Clnss Mull Matter. When fpneo will permit. Tho Tribune Is nlvvnyn Kind to print ehoit letters fiom Its friends bearing on current topic but ltn rule la thnt Iheto must be nlKned, for publication, b tho writer's real name. TWELVE PAGES. SCHANTON, SLU'TEMIVKU 2, 1893. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. State. Justice of the Supreme Court J. HAY DROWN, of Lnncaster. JudRC of tho Superior Court JOSIAH II. ADAMS, of Philadelphia. Stnle Trcasurer-Mi:UTKNANT COL ONEL JAMES i:. HARNETT, of WnxhlriKtnn. Election day. Nov. 7. If the Rovernment cannot prevent lynching In the south it seenm deter mined to make hnrlng unpopular at West Point. Voi- Secretary Root's ac tion In this matter let due credit be Riven. The Steel Famine. IX commenting upon tho signifi cance of tho steel famine which has nffected tho various Indus tries of tho country to such a marked degree, the "Washington Star says: The steel famine reveals a signifi cant condition among tho people o this cnuntty. It Is primarily caused by an unprecedented demand for all kinds of structural steel, for bridges, buildings, railroads and ships. This demnnd in turn indicates that a vast amount of capital is being expended in all tlreso enterprise Investors are erecting great buildings because they peek a moans of ptofltably laying nut their idle money. They are putting ships on the ways because tho cariy Ing trade Is booming and there Is a great need of essels. The railroads are penetrating into new territory nnd therefore need bridges to permit them to reach freight centers hltheito unat tractive. This means that tho farmois nre finding n market for their products and that manufacturers nro locating In new places In tho cities street jailroads are being built because theie is a greater demand than ever for rapid transit People are going out intp the subuiban nreas to build nnd buy homes and must hae means of ready access. This means prosperity among the people, who nre enjoying the fiults of tho ticmendous commer cial and industrial notlv ity nnd have ventured to spend their savings In propei ty bec.uiM" thev are getting good wages and expect that condition to continue. And f-o w hlle tho steel mak ris are stialnlng every none to find sufficient skilled labor to pel ml t them to nvet their ordcis and thus directly benefiting certain classes of workmen, theli profitable picdlcament rellects a generally piev.ilent condition. Vir tually all the trades are nffected, AVages paid abundantly In ono partleu lai line find their way Into other lines in propoitlon as tho wago-carneis feel the lnlluenc e of tho prosperity and grow confident nnd begin to spend. TIip ciictilatlon of capital, which is al vajs chokpd by apprehension, Is stim ulated nnd every aitery and vein In the whole s-oe!al and Industrial system feels the beneficent effvet. The seciet of the spectacle is that tho people have confidence This Is no w lid plunge. Investigators ate spending their mil lions at random, with th3 chance of a sudden reveisal of conditions and con sequent loss They feel thai theli rail roads, their tiolley lines, their ships nnd their offico buildings an 1 hotels will continue profitable as lontr as the Industries are activo and the people nre well paid and have faith. Some times Ameiicin prosperity depends In a mea-sure upon foreign calamities, such as failures of ciops, which send a rush of orders fiom abroad for our wheat and other food products In tho present case, however, the gi eater part of the commeicial activity is due to the Increasing foreign demand for American manufactures, paitlculariy In the very fine line of steel and lion which now discloses the domestic con ditions so accurately. Thlh is no cal amitous en use. likely to disappear, but It Is the result of substantial condi tions. The government's ciedlt is good and is at present unmenaoed by de structive changes Tho people are In the main thoroughly satisfied with ex isting chcumstances. There Is no threat in tho air, and hence the won d'Tful and yet natuial prosperity con tinues unchecked. The faith of tho people Is Indeed a vital factor in their nvv n welfare. This state of nffaits is also true of the Lackawanna valley, nnd the silk Industry has already become ono of tho most important of Scrnnton and vicln lty and almost daily in these duvs of returned prosperity one may hear of new enterprises In this lino that aro In contemplation or fully under way. The most difficult task before tho Democratic orators this fnll will bo that of convincing their hearers that the country Is still In the grip of hard limes. Colonial lawmaking. o UK first experiment in .colonial lawmaking, says tho Com mercial Advct User, will bo t. watched with Interest. Tho report of tho Insular commission ap pointed by the president to dinft a code of laws for Porto Itlco has been completed, and enough of It Is known to Indicate Its general featutes. It dries not, of course, contomplatu a con stitution for Porto Itlco, but Is simply n rraftlng of fundamental American le-jnl ideas upon local customs and such of tho old Spanish laws as may bo allowed to temaln Itioadly speak ing, It attempts to be an lute testing fusion of tho Anglo-Saxon common lnw, supplemented y statutes, nnd the Spanish system founded chiefly upon a tnlxtuip of t)ie civil and tho canon or ucck-clatticaj avv'. That part of the report which ays that the pro posed code will supplant or embody nil foimer laws nnd orders Indicates the teal difficulty of tho tnsk. How much will be supplanted and how much embodied ' The old com mon law principle for protecting life and property, together with the statu tory remedies evolved from them, will doubtless bo applied; but tho tost will be to prevent too strong nn Impnct on the racial habits and such legal customs ns may now' obtain among a population bred to a very different or der of things. It re-ally seems ns If they might receive something too good for them, because It will tnkn a long time to accommodate their battered nnd crammed notions of Justice to a ciiJt? In which lespect for the Individual will find larsc place. For centuries the Potto Hlcans have been Jailed, whipped, hanged and shot under Span ish rule and now they nro to be under n government which bases It control chiefly on the hope thnt a self-icspect-lng and self-governing ieoplo can be made out of Its political wards. It would seem, however, that even with this end In view the code will bo slow nnd tentative according to tho necessi ties of tho care. This is Indicated by the omission to consider Immediate prepaiatlons for territorial or state government. Tho upward price of meat does not cause any great concern on part of the American worklngman who now has tho wherewithal In his pocket. Nit many months ago numerous arti sans found it difficult to earn enough to purchase meat at any price. A Trust lor Farmers. proposed farmers' trust f the Mississippi valley ap JL pe; pears to be more sunstan- tlal than a mere newspaper creation. There has really been or ganized In Kansas, we nro told, a Far mers' Federations lth $20,000,000 capital stock divided Into 2,000,000 shares of $10 each, the purpose of which, as set forth in tho articles of Incorpoiatlon, Is to "legulato and control the sa'j nnd shipment of farm products of all the states and territories of the Mis sissippi valley, and to establish and maintain offices, yards, grain elevnto'-s and to appoint and maintain agents and agencies for handling, gathering, keeping, selling and distributing pro ducts, and to loan and borrow money and to do a banking business." The places where its business is to be trans acted are Topeka, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago and New Or lcons v A letter fiom Topeka, Kan., to tho New York Sun says that In nddltlon to the bank department provided for in the charter, tho by-laws create a bureau of statistics and separate sale dppat Intents for giain, live stock, cot ton and tobacco. The by-laws also provide that there shall be no rebates to shippers or dividends paid to stock holder, but the sut plus earnings of the company shall be held as a reserve fund to finance the bank department, to pav Interest on the bonds of tho compnny, nnd for the pin chase of the business and good-will of commission houses. Later on, when this institu tion shall be brought to a successful Issue, the surplus earnings from a commission and from the loans of money by the bank depaitment shall be equally divided between the stock holders and the farmers, who may be the holdeis of non-transferable bonds of the company. In order that the business of concentration may be facil itated and the woik of emancipation may be speedily accomplished, It Is further provided by the by-laws that there may bo Issued $10,000,000 of 5 per cent, twenty-year debenture bonds of the company, or fco much theieof as may be necessary to purchase the busi ness and good will of the commission houses of Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis and New Oilcans. Tho headquaiters of the federation will be nt Chicago after January next. The prlrne mover In this novel enter prise, a gentleman named Allen, meets the Hi st objection which nnturally suggests Itself by saying: "It Is not necessary that all the farmers should stand togethet in the execution of this plan for mutual protection. If one twentieth of the farmers of the West and South who produce coi.i, wheat and cotton equal to the export demand should unite with the Farmers' Feder ation, with pledges to abide by Its rules and regulations, piotoctlon could then be afforded to every ptoducer of corn, wheat and cotton in the United States. The power that can check or restrain .shipments of faim pioducts, tho power to hold out of the public maikets of the country 5 per cent, of any percent age howevci small, Is the master who can legulato the price of corn, wheat and cotton In the home market, and In all the markets of the world," Mr. Allen admits that the federation is a gigantic tiust, but he sas: "Theie Is nothing In the charter nor in the by laws that conflicts with tho Intel state Commerce law, nor with nnti-tiust laws of any of the states of the Union. Its puiposo is not to restrain pioduc tlon, nor to aibltiarlly fix prices. It assumes only the power to contiol tho shipment of farm products and thus regulate the supply to the demand in the geneial markets. It theie should appear to be an overpioductlon, we would simply sell enough to meet tho legitimate demands for consumption and hold back our surplus In our gran aries and on our farms to meet con tingencies of shoit ciop seasons." We shnll know more about this mat ter after the Farmers' Federation shall have had some months of actual life, but on general principles there appears to bo plausibility in Mr. Al len's aigument. If concentration of cffoit Is a good thing for manufactur ing Industries, leading to economy In distribution and to the smoothing out of hurtful business kinks, there would ffuoin to b(j no teasoii why thu same rule should not apply In part at least to tho agricultural Industry, which Is mainly concerned In distribu tion. As it Is now, the average far mer gives no thought whatever to the qmstlon of holding back his ciop until the best time has comu for fitting II to the market demand; and tho result Is that most of tho pioflts in t'iu handling of agricultural produce aie pocketed by the shrewder middle inou, who lack, possess, what the commercial many farmers Instinct! Mrs. Langtry Is now appearing In a play written upon incidents connected with her own life. There may be diversity of opinion regarding Lilly's talents ns nn actrc'ss, but she Js cer tainly entitled to distinction ns pos sessing tho great nerve of any woman of the nineteenth century. The good news of the settlement of the difficulties between the engineers and officials of tho Lackawanna rail road which nt one time pointed to the possibility of a strike, has been re ceived with pleasure c very whet e ex cept In the offices of certain Wilkes Uurre novvspapcis. A dose of the Chicago medicine for the Cleveland dynamite fiends will probabjy bring them to their senses. The hangmun's knot Is not a pleasant resource, but history Illustrates hat it has been one of the best of cutes for the dynamite habit. The uneasy agitators who are com paring the case of Captain Carter, of America, to that of Captain Dreyfuu, of France, possess about as much com mon sense as the lachrymose lunatlc.i who would make a George Washington out of little Agulnaldo. Don J"nan Isldro Jlminez can with greater degree of safety than Is mual In such cases accept the presidency of Santo Domingo that has been so fr -ely tendered. The Jlminez crowd appar to have possession of all tho razors. If Hon. D. B. Hill Is determined to continue his policy of silence, It Is prob able that his old running mate, Mr. Jones who paid the freight, might be induced to say something. In case of the worst, It Is probable that tho official heads of the French ntmy could obtain positions in this country as newspaper circulation affi davit editors. The resignation of President Flg ueie was of no particular consequence In the Santo Domingo affair. He did not cut mud of a figure in any respect. As tnc t-'reyfus trial proceeds the average Anglo-Saxon becomes more and more puzzled as to the French de finition of the word "honor." It Is a trifle warm for the jet, but the It Joke needs no pi.pr ,ts air of freshness. oyster Ice to ' IC. are beginning to suggest that (the mnn who was ordeied to "find Gar cia" be instructed to "get Agulnaldo." Hven Coxey Is npw worth a million. And yet some persons would have us believe that times aie hard. The services of a professional scape goat are very much In demand at Itennes. TOLD BY THE STARS. Sally Horoscope Drawn by AJacchuB, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolobo Cast 4 OS a. m. for Saturday, Sept. 2, 1S90. A child born on this day in Scranton will wear an autumnal smile and a post man's badge. The Transvaal war cloud still presents a surface of boft coal darkness, but tho Arthur uvenue street car situation Is more encouraging to those who find joy In the flapping of white wings of peace. The meek shnll Inherit tho earth, but tho greedy will In most c.i&es hold first mortgugo on tho propcrt. If wo nil knew what other peoplo thought of us the general deslro to run for olllce would be less prevalent. Reports from suburbs Indicate that tho family ieunlon season ib liable to en croach upon the new cider period. Controller ldra Howell shows an In clination to Interfere with 'tho police "ghost walk." A good many men would have been he roes if they had only died in time. Ajacchus' Advice. If you do not believe that Scranton Is tho Klectric C'itv take a look at Court house square this evening. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. Prom the New York Press. The only people who know thnt love who dies only with the soul are those can't marry each other. When a mosquito bites a woman down between the shoulder blades feels most as nut out as if a man low she had scratched her there. When n woman falls to make a fool of a man she doesn't feel any more respect for him. sho thinks he's Just a dumb, unappreclattve Idiot. At thlrt a man ought to know better thin to marry u woman he would h.vvo married at twenty, at forty he ought to know better than to marry nt nil. RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. Por The Tribune. It Un't allers genius as Is wlnnin' In ther i ace, An' ir-htandln' in ther front ranks, an' holdlii' ther fust place, Per tho' genius Is er nturter, It ain't good fer half er hour, 'Till It gits reinforcements from Ambi tion's sturdy tower. So tlnr feller thet I'm bankln' on ter rule ther comln" day Is ther feller Mhut Is wurkln' while ther other fellers play. i Ther Kid thet tklms his lessons nn' puts up er steady bluff An' mukeb his teacher think thet ho Is made er sterner stuff Will find thet bluff won't help him when ho enters In ther world. Whur ther banner of truo merit Is ther only ono unfurled; Ho'll line thet he ain't In It fer much moro'n half cr day With ther feller tint Is vvukln' while ther other fillers pluj. Would Dewey bo our nilmtral ef he'd only known their way Ter sink ther Spanish squadron thet was lloatln' In ther bay; No" ho had ter keep things humpln' an er rnlnln' shot an' shell Upon ther haughty Spaniards till they knowed thet war is hell. Der cr reckon thet McKlnley would bo president ter day nf ho didn't keep on wukln' while ther other fellers piny. It Is only wukln", wukln', an' cr lot er hoss senco Thct'll show cr greener pasters, an' ther weak spot In thei fence, Thet 1 tryln' ter Induce jer ter remain ' whar yer are nt, An' not bo vvanderin' huntln fer ther hills erbovo ther flat I I'f r wnnt ter reach ther summit rr hud better try ther way Kr wukln' wukln'. wukln', while ther other fellers play Ullot Kujs Stone, Scranton, Aug. 2?, &&&&l&&&kft&'h4'&&&&&&&&&&&ft&&&&&&&&&&'k'k&k'b'k'k 5 4 WW flw WGrA Handsome Souvenir Qlven to Each Purchaser on Opening Concert by Lawrence's Orchestra, 3 to 5.30 p. in.; 7 to 10.30 p. in. Decorations by Marvin & Muir. , ? , .f, ft ftftv ft PERSONALITIES. Mln Yone Whou, the new Minister to Washington from Korea, speaks English fluently. Senstor Ueverldgc Is expected to reach his home In Indl tnapolls from his Phil Ipplno trip next Thursday. I.ord Drnssey, owner of tho varht Sun beam, has figured oilt that he has spent eleven jenrs ot his life on the water. Dr. Max Drcncr, ot Hiiffnlo, has been decorated with the cros of the Legion ot Honor for saving the life of a Preiich seaman General Leonard Wood Is partial to cigarettes, rarely smoking clgais, a fact which commends him to the Cubans In his province Tho Queen of Roiimanla, whose nom de plume Is Carmen Slvn, has Just com pleted her tlrst plav, which Is called, "A Pair of Shoes." John K. Cow en, tho new piesldent of tho Hnltlmoro nnd Ohio Kallroad com panv, was graduated fiom Princeton at the head ot his clasi In IMS Albert C Hopkins, who during the Mes. slab, crazo In IS1), appealed among the excited Sioux nnd pmclalmcd himself their Messiah, has Just been pronounced Insane Joseph Chemberlaln, the well-known English statesman, wiis a Sundnj hchool teacher s-omo thirty e.irs aco In con nection with tho Chuich of Messiah, In lilrmlnghnm Tho Rev. Dr Kllas KUgs, of Contnn tlnople, .ho has labored In the cause of missions for slxt -seven oars. Is the oldest alumnus of Amherst college Ho was graduated In 1S2S Queen Margaret has promised to climb Rocco Melone, ono of the highest peaks 'of tho Italian Alps to tHko. p irt Jn the dedication of a kt.itue ot the Virgin, of which sho was u sculptoi John Ruskin h is not had his photo sraph taken for thirty c.irs, and John lime has allowed himself to be caught b the camera or.eo onl This was at tho express desire of Queen Victoria M. Jenn de Reske pi Ides himself (pilto ns much on his Polish stuel farm as on his triumphs at the opera, although his lncomo derived from the operatic stage amounts to about J1M,0"0 a car clear profit J. C Rlunt. C H , Great Britain s new consul rencral for New England has u splendid recorel of service 111 the Crimean War and was twice thanked Piesldent Lincoln fot servicer to Amer icans In '1 urkev Robert' Huckell, who has been mavor of Oxford, llnI.ind, lor foui t.rms and for j ears, has be'cn u leader of the Lib eral party. Is now making u, visit to Terro Haute, Indlupu, where he lived for seven cnrs. David Rankin, of Tnlkio, Mo, who Is said to be the richest tanner In the world, made his beginning with no other capital than a horte He owns now, nt the age of 71, 2J.0f) acres of land, worth from jO to fb) an ncn. Collls P Huntington sas th.it when he began llfo peddling h.udwaro in Cali fornia In 1S4U ho laid down as a maxim bv which ho has since eontlnueil to live "Do what on think Is right and stand by our own Judgment " Fred W. 1'pham, president of the Chi cago Board of Re view, is tho leader in the campaign against tav dodgers in Chi sago. He Is a nephew of Gov ei nor X'p ham, of Wisconsin, and has been In the Windy Clt only live je.us Dr. W A Kllistnn of Stoke Hall, Ips wich, who has been chosen Piesldent of tho British Medical Association tor Wio. Is a well-known East Anglian phslclan Por the last M eirs he has been on the htaft of the East Suffolk Hospital Tho Sultan of 'I urke has a rcnt af fection for Switzerland "1 love it, sajs tho Sultan, 'bevond all the other Stales 111 Europe, and for a good reiiMin be causo It sends no nmbassadoi to Con stantinople to won j mo with Its giiev- unces." Tho Geruiiiu Emperor litis consented to stnnd godfather to the twin t-ons of a coachman nt Glcsorf. lie bus also Hindu their parents u handsome picsent of money, and has given peimlslMin for tho b ibles to bo christened William 1, and William II Tho British government keeps eleven vessels at woik sounding and charting tho ocean beds to tlnd out where dangers lurk Last jear ln.OnO siiuaio miles were carefully charted in different parts of the world Asia, Afilcii anil the South Pacific. Ears of corn can bo lapldly husked by a Kansas inun s p.-tent glove, the palm being covered with a serks of Interlaced rings of wire, which form a surface of sufficient flexibility anil roughness to en gugo the husks and strip them from tho ear. Nikola Tcsl.t, who Is working on his new death-dealing machine In Colorado Springs, leaves his hotel nt 11 In tho morning and docs not letuin until after midnight All this lime is spent In Ills workshop, wheio ho has ills lunch and supper set v ed. Sir Moses Eziklel, of Home, Italy, tho well-known sculptot, who U visiting In Clnclnrntl, was, during tho civil war in this corn-try, a member of tho cadet corps of the Virginia Military institute, iiml took part with tho corps In thn battlo of Newmarket. Queen Victoria gnvo Mine. Suzanne Adams a bangle with the Imperial cipher In diamonds as a soivcnir of her singing at Windsor. To Mr Collins the nuccn gnvo blue-enamel sleeve Hides, to Slgnorl Ancnnu and Plancon silver cigar nnu cigarette boxes, nnd to all tho others con cerned suitable gifts. Itocco Bruno, who died recently In New York, was ono of the most cxpeit hnrp makers In this country. The great est disappointment of his life was his failure to have u Lirp exhibited at the Phil idelphln ,ci nteimlal In ISTil So in tent was ho on the making of this li.iip that, unconsciously, he nllowcel the io scribed time limit to cxplio and seiu In his Instrument too late, OUVENID This Atfteraooo ooooooooo FALL EXHIBIT OF, Manhattan Slhnrts9 floiniarch Eo amid W0 Collars, Fowoes9 Gloves, Beet's Gloves, etc The Handsomest Line of 50-cent Neckwear Ever Exhibited in Scranton. , ooooooooo Successor to BfOElSOIll & TallflMaini, 4a2 5Pruce Street ooooooooo v ! J ?- ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Star AnntomatSc Paper Fasteeer Fasteus papers iu a jiffy, feeds itself and improved in every respect. Prices lower tliau ever. We are 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. Rey molds Bros STATIONERS and ENGRAVEKS. Hotel Jermyn Building. Temperature Tamers. Plenty of things right here to make the hot weather not only endurable but enjoyable. And tho pi Ice at which we offer them Is not going to make anyone hot. ex cept the man who charges a higher pi ice for equal quality, and he is nu merous. Just think of these and get cool. Refrigerators nt reduced prices. GraSTM 81 FORSYTH, 325-327 PENN AVENUE. ?77J Because Ripans Tabules arc not to be founfc in every drug store, a man who needs them some times has to send for them to the manufacturers, although the druggist will generally get them if the customer insists. " I would not be without Ripans Tabules for any money," neer of the Houston & Texas "for every disturbance of best remedy I ever heard OPfc audi Evening. fyft ?? '? ty ftftftftft ft The Modern IlARnWAKR Stobs IO 3 FQOTE & SMEAl CO, 119 N. Washington Ave. HENRY BEL1N, JR., Oeneioi Agent for tha Wyomlnx DUtrlcUj.- Ulnlng, Ulustlns, Sporting. Smoke.eii mid the rtepuuno Uuenilca. Co npun tutety Kusr, Cupi nnd Htploisci ltoom 401 Ooiiiult Uulldlii;. burautaa. AUKNCltM THOS. PORD. JOHN B SMITH & SON, V. V. MULLIGAN, Plttston. Plymouth. Vllkes-Barie. Lmither Keller LinE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. 1 nrd and Omos West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. writes an cngi Ccntral R. R.; the stomach they are the of in this world." Hag liiers lureirs PIIOEGL htt: 1900 'Wo : : Day. ftftftftftftftftftftftft . FINIEY New Fall Dress Goods We open toda our first importation this season of choice novelties in Crepoes, erges9 Cheviots, Tweeds etc., Also a magnificent line of Plaids for Skirts, All Exclusive De signs. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE FOR A Tweaty-Year a 15Jeweld WaWMm Movement, Both Guaranteed The Best Watch in the Whole World for the Money. IMCIEREAU & C0NNELL 1 jo Wyoming Avenue. $10
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