R 3 THE SCRANTON TRIBUiSli-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Id, 1899. A C?e ctawfon CrtBune fubllshed Dully. nxctpt Sunday, by Tho Trlbuno Publishing Company, at Fifty Cents a Month. New York Omce: 150 Nnepnu Bt.. S. 8. VltBRI.AND. Bolo Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entered at the Poitofllce nt Scrantoo, Pa., as Seccnd-Class Mall Matter. When ppner) will permit, Tho Tribune Is nlwnys Rind to print short letters from Us frlcr.ds bearlnff on current topics but Its rule Is that Ihcso must bo olgned, tor publication, by the writer's real name. SCHANTON, SKPTEMDHR 14, 1893. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. State. Justice of the Supremo Court-J. HAY 1IUOW.V, of Lancaster. Judge of tho Superior Court JOSIAII R. ADAMS, of Philadelphia. Btulu Treasurer LIEUTENANT COL ONEL JAMES K. 13AHNETT, of WuslilnRtun. Election daj', Nov. 7. Hope Is expressed among Dreyfus' friends that before Ms enpe Is disposed of. G?rmany will find a way to unmask the real traitor. The position of Ger many In this matter Is none too credlt nble, icpresoiitlnfr, ns she does, a "fence" for high crime: but there Is il. ceppy enouKh In Germany to cause nn exposure of the real criminals if justice cannot be vindicated otherwise. Teachers' Wages. T -1I13 Philadelphia Record un- dertnkes to make a partisan argument out of the fact that In Pennsylvania mnny school teachers, especially In tha t,p.irsely settled country districts, are 111 p.ild. The basis of Its argument Is n paragraph in tho last report of the supeilntendenl of public Instruction, Dr. Scliarffer. which nsserts that by comparison of teachers wtges with the llgiu-s of tho state board of charity H Is found that In more than n dozen counties, in th school year 1S96-T. there eie tenchcrs who received less per yenr than the average cost of main taining n pauper, which Is estimated! by the charities board at $158 32 per annum. -In order to throw light upon this painful subject we should," says the ltecord, " see how we stand In com parison with other states In tho mat ter of average salaries paid to teach ers of the public schools. Thf report of the Superintendent of Public In struction of Pennsylvania 'for the year ended June C. 1S9S, shows that thera were during the year 2S.0S0 teachers in all (male nnd female), and that the total salaries amounted to $10,332,750.97. The average salary, therefore, was about equal to $1 per diem for the whole year. The report of the Com missioner of Education In 'Washington shows that In Massachusetts In 1S95 there were 12,'j75 public school teachers, and the total salaries amounted to $6, 090,019, or an average of $r9.".50 per annum, or $1.56 a day for the who'e year. In New Jersey there were 6.C20 teachers, who received $3 O.V.'.SCO an average of $."C1.90 per nnnum, or $1.51 each day In the year. For Connecticut approximate figures are given as fol lows: 3,962 teachers; salaries, $1,748, 47") making an average of $441.30 sal ary for each Instructor, or $1.20 per diem for the entire year." There cannot be denial of the fact that Pennsylvania does not show to advantage In this comparison, nor will ar.y intelligent man try to defend a rate of payment to school teachers so manifestly below the real value of their work to the community. It needs no proof to secure acceptance among sensible persons of the proposition that the good teacher Is deserving of generous recompense and that money expended In paying the capable In structor liberal compensation for his services Is money prudently Invested, upon which the returns are sure. Rut this presents no warrant for the Phil adelphia Record's paitlsan attack upon the governor of Pennsylvania for hU recent veto cut in the state school ap proptlatlon. That cut was a tempor ary peeesslt;', of which the legislature nnd public hnd fair warning; and It oners no obstacle for levying In tli3 various communities of a local tax for school purposes sufficiently Increased to mjko up the difference. The Phila delphia Record shows that low salaries pievall In Pennsylvania for school teachers but it does not show that the Hate's gift to public schools In Penn sylvania, even after the governor's cut lint, been allowed for, Is larger nlmost twice oer than the school appropria tion in uny other state in the Union. If salaries are low it must bo because the various communities are not, In their local contributions for school purposes, Imitating tho splendid gen erosity of the commonwealth at large. In addition, to other cares Jt looks B'i UiouBh.,riew trlols were In store for Geneial OtH in 'the work of keeping "righting "joe" "Wheeler in the rear. ' A Plea for Patience. -"S ONSIDERATION of a general I boycott of the Paris exposl- SX tlon might reasonably be de terred until opportunity has been given to the decent elements In rrancctj show whether they intend tnmely to acquiesce In the unjust Drey fus verdict.' -If the verdict of the Ren nes i-oitrt martial represented France's Intt word on the Mibject: that Is to fay, If the ultimate finding of tho French 'Republic was pronounced In fuvojr oft hlshonor and tyranny, then there v&uld be open to self-respecting rnen'and nations no alternative but to lever relations with such a monstrous conspiracy of Iniquity and let France tew In her own Juice. This would not involve a boycott In tho familiar sense butjie simply a spontaneous movement of civilization for Its own self-protc- (lull. Bilt It Is premature to say that france, hjij succumbed utterly to tho Machinations of deviltry. Wo must aol forget that a brl'llant and devoted dement Is at work In France for Jus tice and rlsrhle'ousncss nnd so long ns they continue to do battle there Is tho possibility that UMh will win. OurdnflroOorfpow out to tlio fi lends sf, fair pluy who are upholding this magnificent strucglo against gront odds, and It would bo an discriminat ing uct of cruelty to Include them among the sufferers from a general boycott of France. 'We In thta coun try are taught to believe that Justice Is bound to triumph In the end: and In the light of this faith It Is our duty to nwalt In patience the Inevitable. Discussion of Admiral Dewey's future has entered naval circles, and there Is general Indorsement of the proposition that tho admiral would make n first class special adviser to tho secretary of tho nnvy, with largo authority over profeclonal matters. One thing Is sure: he can have what Ho wants. Our Railways. I N A RECENT speech tho general passenger ngent of tho New York Central railroad, Mr. George H. Daniels, presented some thoughts with reference to his vocation which, while not exactly new, nre neverthe less Interesting enough to warrant re production. Said ho: "Before tho railroads were built It took a week to go from New York to Buffalo, nearly three weeks from New York to Chicago; and an that time, no man would have thought of taking a trip from New York to the Pacllla coast, except a few of the hardiest pio neers, and when on such an occasion the good-byes were said, it was ex pected on both sides that It would be forever. Tonight, if you place a letter In the Pacific and Oriental mall train, which leaves tho Grand Central sta tion at New York at 9.15, you may bo sure that your correspondent In San Francisco will bo reading it within four days at the latest. The framers of our constitution would have consid ered a man entirely beside himself who would have suggested such a possibil ity." Another culling from Mr. Daniels' address may be warranted In view of Its International Interest: "It Is a fact not generally known that tho two men who are nearest to the Czar of Russia, and who, perhaps, have a greater In fluence than any others in shaping the international policy of the present government of that great empire nr-j M. Wltte, the Imperial minister of finance, who, sixteen years ago, was a station agent at a small town on one of the railways of Russian Poland; the other Is Prince' Michel Illlkoff, who, when little more than a boy, left St. Petersburg to seek his fortune, learned the trade of a mechanical engineer on an American railroad, and Is today the Imperial minister of railways of the Russian empire, and a member of the cabinet of the czar." Tho fact that one-fifteenth of the adult male population of the United States Is directly employed In the rail way business, while the remaining fourteen-fifteenths, together with their wives, sweethearts and relatives, are more or less directly dependent upon It, renders it very essential that the railroads should receive fair treatment from our law-makers and give fair treatment In return. According to Governor General Da vis, food enough to feed 230,000 persons for one-third of a year will need to be contributed from outside sources to Potto Rico If wholesale starvation In that Island shall be averted. He esti mates the cost of this Imperative re lief at $1,500,000. The contributions of the American people to date have been less than $75,000. Protect Our Ocean Shipping. (From tho Philadelphia Press.) I F A SERIOUS proposition were submitted to congress whereby the United States would pay an annual tribute of $182,000,000 to foreign nations tho whole country would stand aghast. Every citizen able to hear arms would unquestion ably rush to tho nearest recruiting sta tion to enlist rather than be a party to such a humiliating measure, A po litical organization that might In any way make Itself responsible for the proposal would be swept out of exist ence and hardly a trace left behind. And yet the United States Is paying that amount, If not more, every year to foreign ship owners for doing our ocean carrying trade, and every propo sition looking toward a reduction of the amount meets with bitter opposi tion and misrepresentation from free traders. Instead of diminishing this yearly tribute to foreign ship owners it is rap idly Increasing. In 1S9I tho steam en tries and clearances In tho ocean car lylng trade aggregated 25,311,520 ton3, whllo in 1S9S they aggregated 3C.143.3S1. an Increase In the steam tonnage of over 12 per cent., to say nothing of sail ing vessels. But despite this increase of nearly one-half In the steam ton nage alone the percentage of exports and Imports carried In United States vessels decreased from 13 per cent. In 1894 to 9 per cent. In IS9S. At one time American vessels did over 90 per cent, of the nation's ocean carrying trade. AVlthout any change in the law in reward to admitting ships to American registry our foreign com petitors have gradually taken the trade away from American vessels, until the foreigners now do over 90 per cent, of It. Tho situation has been re versed. But when our vessels did 90 per cent, of tho trade it was only about 20 per cent, of Its present value. Al though tho trade has more than quad rupled In value American vessels ac tually carried last year $250,000,000 less In value of goods in tho foreign trade than they did half a century ago. A more humiliating trade situation could hardly be pictured. Tho result is duo to the falluro of the nation to extend the protective system to Us shipping In the foreign trade. Every other Industry of anv Import ance has thrived under the aid of a protective tariff. Tho coastwise ship ping, with absoluto protection, aggre gated 2,247,663 tons In 185C, which the foreign shipping exceeded, reaching 2,302,190. But last year tho coastwise shipping aggregated 3,959.702 tons, whllo tho shipping In the foreign trade had fallen to 726,213 tons, Under absa lute protection our coastwise shipping Increased 76 per cent. In forty-two years. Without any protection tho for clgn shipping decreased 68 per cent, In tho. same time. While there, wau this vast Increase In tho coaBlwIse shipping under protection, the Iron and steel, tho cotton manufacturing, tin leather and vnrlous other Industries protected by tho tariff grow in a like manner. Tho only great Industry that failed to grow, but which declined rap Idly, was that of our ocean shipping. And. It was the only one that was left without any protection. Cause and effect could not be more plain. To make up the difference In wagsa In tho United States us compared with Europe, and the consequent Increasal cost of carrying on an Industry under tho American flag, was the purpose of tho protective tariff. That It has effec tively accomplished that object every Intelligent American knows. Tempor arily It may sometimes lncrcaso prices, but in tho long run it not only lowers them, but ratbllshes the Industry In this country, distributing hundreds of millions of dollars hero annually that would otherwise have been expended In Europe. The application of thut principle Is all that Is needed to In crease our shipping In tho foreign trade mid keep nt home a fair sharo of the $J.S2,000,000 now paid annually to foielgn ship owners for doing our ocean carrying trade. There Is the same average difference between the wages paid on American ships nnd on foreign ships that there Is between tho wages paid In the Iron or any other Industry in this country and abroad. Tho same difference ex tends to the construction of tho ships and to their mnlntalnancc. In other Industries the tariff protects the Ameri can against the foreigner. But tho owner of a ship In the foreign trade has no protection. Ho Is expected to carry on his Industry on a free trade basis. Tho result has been almost this extinction of our shipping in tho for eign trade. That Is what It Is rapidly coming to. And In the meantime noth ing is done to arrest the decay. Those enjoying protection In other Industries seem to care little about the shipping Industry. Hence, from paying foreign ers $10,000,000 a year for doing our ocean carrying trade, we have come 10 the point whero we are paying them $182,000,000, and It will soon exceed $200,000,000. Other nations not only have tho bene fit of lower wages, but they subsidize their ocean shipping. Not many yea: a ago Germany had no ocean merchant marine worth mentioning. Sho began the payment of subsidies, and the re sult Is striking. In the year ending June 30 German ships carried $200, 000,000 in value of our Imports and ex ports, whllo American vessels carrieJ. only $132,000,000. Germany carried $116,020,930 of our exports, as compared with $75,500,050 carried by American vessels. And yet Germany Is a nation with a small scacoast as compared with our thousands of miles, and sho had no shipping to speak of when the United States was In the front rank of nations in that respect. Germany has protected her foreign shipping and It has grown rapidly. Tho United States has not protected her foreign shipping and it has declined as rapidly as that of Germany has Increased. The Hanna-Payne shipping bill. In troduced In the last congress, Is a measure that will protect our foreign shipping. That, or some measure equally good, should pass at tho next session of congress. Tho time has come to do justice to tho nation by extending the protective system to our ocean carrying trade. Harry S. Jacqulth, a member of the Massachusetts Democratic committee, declares he will "never do the Mock step' with tho traitorous crowd led by Edward Atkinson and Ervlng Wins low." He is for the Hag, wherever It files, nnd there are thousands of patrio tic Democrats who stand on tho same broad platform, regardless of their cop perhead party leaders. Members of the ,ew Nicaragua Canal commission say It will bo ayear at least before that body will have pre pared its report, hence tho prediction that the next congress will pass tho whole subject by. It is possible that public opinion will have something to say on that point. Artist Thaulow Is known as the man who sees things In America that have heretofore been overlooked. He has actually found things to admire about Plttsbuig. m The Clay county, Ky., war cloud looms up just In time 'to divert a cer tain amount of attention from tho Transvaal situation. ENGLAND AND THE BOERS. Editor of The Tribune. Sir: There Is a point that Is carefully concealed' from Americans In England's claim agnlnst tho Boers. England de mands that tho South African republic grant to Ultlanders (foreigners) natural isation and tho right to voto without their forswearing allegiance to their foreign governments. Of course, soon after be ing naturalized they will oto to become, part of tho British empire, and as they already outnumber tho Boers thrco to one, tho wholo thing Is a fnree. Amui leans cannot give England even moral support In this wrong doing. Such u courso for tho United States would bo national suicide. And our fellow coun trymen, without regard to party, will soon awaken to this truth. Besides this, England has no right to Interfero with tho autonomy of the South Afilcan re public. The "suzerainty" claimed by Ens land relates at tho utmost only to deal ings between that republic and forelsn powers. Tho only words relating to suzerainty In the treaty of 1SS1 between England anl tho Boers aro "Article i. Tho South African republic will conclude no treaty or engagement with any stato or nation othertlmn tho Orango Free etnte nor with any natlvo trlbo to the eastward or west ward of tho republic until tho saino has been approved by her majesty, tho queen." Tho word suzerainty does not oc cur In It, but was abrogated with tho treaty of 18S1. No posslblo "Anglo-American alliance" should requlro our great country either to aid England in doing any wrong, or to stultify ourselves. "Blood Is thicker than water," and theso South African Republicans aro of the same blood with the New York and New Jersey Ameri cans of Holland and of Dutch. Ilucuenot descent, who fought England in th American revolution, and again In 1812 when England still claimed a suzerainty light to search American vessels. Moun tains of gold nnd oceans of diamonds can not save our countrv from the ultimate consequence of upholding English lapuc Hy, for present gain. Yours respectfully, Qeorgo W. Van SIclen, New York. Sept. 12. HUMAN NATURE STUDIES Scored on Hogg, of Texas. "I was very much Interested In the sketch of ex-Governor Hogg, of, Texas, published a Sunday or two ago," said Colonel W. J. Hamilton, a well-known resident of Covington, Ky., "and it brought to my mind an nnccdoto told In my town bf his encounter with ono of our eminent citizens. "Tho Kenttcmun I refer to is Theodore F. llnllnm, who has been for years ono of the ornaments of the Kentucky bar, becauso of his attainments, nn4 Is noted for his wit. Many people on first meet ing llnllnm think It Incumbent on them to nsk If he's tho Hallam of tho 'middle ages,' or 'constitutional law, and Hal lum has borne this sort o.f wit so long that It has becomo exasperating. "A few years ago llnllnm was In Wash ington Ojn business wlfcn ho was intro duced to Governor Hogg. Mlnllam? Hal lam?" Inqulted tho governor. 'Aro you the original?" " 'No, Governor Hogg,' said Hallam. 'Aro you?' " . An, Object Lesson in Mexico. An American farmer near Guadalajara tells Modern Mexico how ho convinced his Mexican neighbors that oxen could do more work under American yokes than under the old-fashioned head yokes, so generally used In tho republic. Tho American brought several modern yokes from tho states and used them with suc cess. Tho curiosity of his Mexican friends was aroused and they proceeded to nsk questions. "Well," said tho American, "when you lasso a steer and tho lasso gets around his neck, what do you do?" "Turn him loose," was the reply. "Why?" "Becauso he's too strong for us that way." "Thnt's It." answered tho American. "Ills strength Is In his neck, not In his horns." Tho Mexicans saw tho point, nnd now yokes of United States manufacture, are generally UBed In that neighborhood. One of His Teeth Ached. Kx-Scnator White, of California, tells the following on Lawyer Chapman, of Los Angeles: Chapman Is good at land nnd tltlo questions, nnd ho was associat ed with White In a certain case. Chap man, said White, Is also u great feeder, and loves a good dinner. Ono day, Just before tho big case was to come up In court. Chapman ran against a good dinner, and ato more than ho ought. Tho next day hq was sick, and Whlto took a doctor around to see him. Chapman was groaning with pain, and tho doctor was puzzled. At last tho doc tor noticed a red soot on Chapman's cheek bone, nnd came to tho conclusion that Chapman needed a dentist, and told him so. "You havo an ulcerated tooth. That's what alls you." Chapman quit groaning long enough to turn to his wlfo and say: "Just hand mo my plates off tho dresser, so I can sco which one of those d n. teeth Is ach ing." Thought It Was Mock Turtle. An American resident In London com plains of the stupidity of tho waiters in the London restaurants and tells this In cident In evidence: "Not long ago I saw a guest arriving late and taking a scat at tho dinner table. Threo waiters dashed ut to him. Then camo oft the following colloquy: " 'Soup, sir?" asked the first waiter. " 'No, thank you,' replied tho guest. " 'Soup, sir," asked tho second waiter, as ho advanced. " 'No,' curtly replied the gue3t. " 'Soup, sir?' ventured tho third waiter undismayed by failure of his colleagues to get a satisfactory nnswer. " 'No!' roared tho guest, now thorough ly aroused. 'Is soup compulsory?" " 'I don't know, sir," politely rejoined tho third waiter, bowing low. 'I think it's nock turtle!' " Polite. A little girl, before going out to a tea party, was coached In conduct by a fond mamma. "You may tako cake twlco If It Is of fered you, but If you aro asked a third tlmo you must say, with all posslblo po liteness: "No, thank you.' " On her return home sho gave assurance that sho had remembered and followed tho maternal Instructions. "Hut," sho added, "the servant brought tho cake to me a fourth time." "And what did you say then?" inquired mamma. "Oh," was tho rejoinder, "then I thought of what papa does sometimes. and I said: 'Tako it away and don't bother,' "Detroit Freo Press, How to Label Goods. Pat Maloney was nailing a box con taining articles which ho intended send ing by rail. From tho naturo of tho contents a friend knew It was essential that tho box should not be Inverted dur ing the passage. He ventured to sug gest to Pat to write conspicuously on the case: "This side up, with care." A few days afterward, seeing Pat again, ho asked: "Heard any moro nbout your goods? Did they get thero safely?" "Every ono of them broke," said Pat. "Tho wholo lot? Did you label It 'this side up, as I told you?'" "Yes, I did. And for fear they shouldn't see It on the cover, I put It on the bot tom, too." Surprised the Congregation. Two little folks went to church alone, says the Columbian. It was only around the corner from their home, and their mamma knew they would bo safe. During tho long scrmom they got tired, and the older one, supposing that tho school rules held good in church, led his sister up In front of tho pulpit and said, "Please may wo go homo?" Much surprised, tho clergyman gazed at them over his spectacles; then he under stood nnd said: "Certainly, my children." And tho two toddled out while the congregation smiled. IT IS TO LAUDH. An Affliction. "Poor Blinks Is In a serious condition." "What's tho troublo?" "A big knot hole hns developed on his wooden leg." North American. Man's Brutality. Mrs. Becnwed I could never under stand how Mrs. Spadefaco managed to marry such a handsome man. Mr. Beenwed-I should think you would bo nblo to figure It out from your own experience Columbus (O.) Journal. Adding Insult to Injury. Smith I noticed you didn't speak to Brown when you passed htm this morn ing. What's tho trouble? Jones Ho Insulted me yesterday called mo an old fool. Smith Well, you must remember that you're not as young as you used to be. Chicago News. Longevity's Disadvantage. "By George, I'm glad I wasn't Methuse lah I" "Why?" "Think what a strain It would bo to pay tho premiums for as many years as thai on the life Insurance I carry." Chicago Times-Herald. A Ground for Preference. "Which do you prefer," said the caller, "golf or whist?" "Golf answered Mrs. Blyklns prompt ly. "It fatigues my husband so much when ho plays it that ho doesn't talk about It In hU sleep." Washington Star. Metallurgical Distinction. "Mr. and Mrs. Dlnkelsplcl havo Invited us to their silver wedding,' said Mrs. Larkln to her husband, "Isn't It a German silver wedding?" asked Mr. Larkla. Detroit Free Press. PERSONALITIES. Two of James J. Hill's sons nro vlco presidents of railroads. Paul Krugor's salary ns president of the Transvaal Republic Is J35.000 a year, Tho Sultan of Morocco will not allow a lightning rod agent to enter his domin ions. Sir Thomas J. Ltpton says he owes his business success to his commercial training In America. Henry Savago Landor has nearly re covered from tho torture Inflicted upon him when he was captured nt Thibet. Miss Ann Klumko, who Inherits all of tho property of tho late Rosa Bonheur, Is a California woman, and Is a painter of note. General Schlldcr, of St. Petersburg, Is writing a biography of Czar Alexunder In twenty volumes, of which four havo been publlilied. Herbert Spencer hns refused honorary degrees from a dozen great universities and decorations offTCd by tho leading governments of Europe. Sir Edmund Antrobus, owner of tho cstato upon which Stonchengo stands, has offered tho land to tho British gov ernment for 125.000 pounds. Thero aro nt least threo candldatos to succeed tho bishop of Havana. They ato Dr. Mnnuel Dobnl, Dr. Lids Musteller y Galan and Dr. Rlcnrdo Arteaga y Moll tejo. Stephen Van Rensselaer, a Now Yoilc. broker and well-known society man, has Joined a Wild West show ns a broncho breaker. Ho Bays that It Is his method of enjoying a vacation. Colonel Lugnrd, tho now governor gen eral and commander-in-chief of Northern Nigeria, will leave England for Went Africa In October Ho will make his cap ital and government house at Jcbba, Tho present Lord Byron Is a man of far mora slmplu manners than his fam ous ancestor. Ho Is extremely demo cratic In Ills tastes and thero Is a tradi tion that ho smokes his after-dinner cigar In his shirt sleeves. James Oliver, the plowman of South Bend, who recently celebrated his heven-ty-slxth birthday, worked In a Mishawaka foundry for CO cents a day when ho camo to Indiana a young man. Ho now owns tho largest plow factory In tho world. Queen Victoria has announced to Vis count Peel, Chairman of tho Board of Trustees of tho National Portrait Gal lery, her decision to present to tho gal lery as a national possession a portrait of herself, In the robes worn nt her coro nation. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. Tho Inventor of tho roller skato made $1,000,000. Contrary to popular belief excitement causes much less intanlty than monotony. Every boy In Germany, from tho Crown Prlnco to tho meanest subject, Is obliged to learn some useful trade. Thero aro In Europe 71 reigning Prin cesses of marlagcablo ago nnd only 47 corresponding Princes. Milan intends to havo a world's fair In 1901 by way of colcbratlncr the com pletion of the Slmplon tunnel Paris haa a burial vault flttod with electrical appllcanccs for tho detection of recovery of cataleptic subjects. In tho courso of tho last decade tho manufacture of cotton Roods has becomo a firmly established Industry In Brazil. Tho natives of Central Africa kill twins as soon as they are born, and forco tho mother either to kill herself or becomo nn outcast. Queen Victoria has, at Windsor castle, tho most costly dinner scrvlco In tho world. It Is of solid gold and Is valued at $4,000,000. Tho Kansas Bureau of Immigration has shipped east samples of corn 17 feet hlch; also tomato stalks six feet high, with fruit at the very top. Tho sword blades forged at Toledo by tho Saracens could bo colled up like a clock spring and would resume perfect stralghtness as soon sir released. Tho Italian statistician, Lugl Bodio, reports in tho Glornalc degll Economlstl that tho Italian railways carried in 1S37 nearly 12,W0,000 foreign passengers. An enterprising western firm Is making arrangements to set up a modern Ameri can sawmill In China, whero lumber Is still sawed by tho primitive methods of a century ago. wireless telegraphy ought to have a future In Spain. Both the telegraphic and telephonic systems suffer greatly from thieves, who cut and carry off tho wire, often In broad daylight. Tho authorities in Algeria gavo $10,000 toward fighting the grasshoppers. In ono section 2,2V) camels were employed to carry tho material for burning over the places whero eggs had been deposited. in Nelson (New Zealand) If you use hto telephono you must not glvo tho number; you must name tho party yon want, and tho exchango girl will cheer fully tell you whether he Is In or out; If tho latter, whero ho Is and when ho will bo back. A German officer has Invented an nce tyleno searchlight which can bo carried by ono man and which will lllumlnato everything within a dlstanco of 100 yards. It Is exported to be of great uso In searching for tho wounded after a battle and In bridge building at night. It Is customary among Kafir tribes, when troublo is brewing amongst them selves or with whlto races, to skin oxen nllvo In order to ascertain which side will win. A whlto ox represents the Dutch, red tho English and bleck tho natives. Whichever lives tho longest Is assumed to portend tho victor In battle. Tho French war oi'leo Is rejoicing over a new civilizing Influence which may out do even tho English dumdum bullet. It Is a rlflo Invented by a Captain Daudo teau. and experiments havo proven how deadly a weapon It Is. At 2,000 yards tho bullet went clean through a horso placed obliquely to tho lino of fire, tho bones In tho track of tho bullet being shockingly smashed. 4 6? ,. ' if . ' - . . &: ;" --- - i...jy "- 1 ON THE WEST COAST. I am greatly pleased with Ripans Tabulcs and will introduce them on the West Coast. On board our ship alone there are four hundred and sixty men, and I think next pay day you will receive some more orders from different members of the crew. U.S. Battleship Oregon, San Francisco, Nov. 15, 1897. A new ftyle packet conUlnlnjr tkk KlFiMt TlBCrtu In a paper cortsn (without ulna) ll now (or Raid at fMrn dru ilorva -ron nrn cent. Tbla low-irlr1 sort la IntenilMl for tho poor and tbo economical. Onu doten ot the llve-cont cartons (130 tabuUn can be ha4 by mall bj aenilinic foily-eluht ronta to tho luraiia C'uniiCJf. couraKT. o. lu boruie Street. Isaw York -or u aliule carton (TftXTamiKa) will uMnt for n.o teuta. ItiraMS laicuu maj aUo Im Jw4 ot groooci, general iteraketel bo' ( and at liquor tWrvt ao4 Urbvr tiicj Star Automatic Paper Fasteeer Fastens 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 clays 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. The Hunt & Cornell Co. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware; 04 Lackawanna Avenue Temperature Tamers. Plenty of things right here to make the hot weather not only endurable but enjoyable. And the price at which we offer them Is not going to make anyone hot, ex cept tho man who charges a higher pi ice for equal quality, and he Is nu merous. Just think of these and get cool. Refrigerators at reduced prices. GUNSTER k FQE5YTI, 323-327 PENN AVENUE. Luflther Keller LinE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Yard and Onion West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. jralPpl f$v) FINLEY New Fall Ore Goods Fresh arrivals daily of th newest things in Fine Black Crepons, Black and Colored Armure Crystallines, New Camel's Hair Plaidsi Plaid Black 'Rever- slble Suitings," In the newest color effects, for Separate Skirts. Complete Line of English OreacKkvIots for Tailor-Made Suits, in black only. BomesMc andl Scotch Ckviots and Homespuns In the new Oxford and Brown Mixture. A Very Desirable Line. SHO and 512 LACKAWANNA AVEMUB FOR A Twenty-Year Gold-Filled Gase a 15-Jeveled Walthaii Movement, Both Gmiaraeteed The Best Watch in the Whole World for the Moneyc MEECEEEAU & OMEii 130 Wyoming Avenue. The SIoderx Hardware Storu Maydnnaise Dressing Can be easily prepared it you use the Christy May onnaise Mixer, price $1.50 BOTE k SiEAH CO, 1 19 N. Washington Ave. HENRY BEL3N, JR., Uencriu Agent for tus Wyomlni District .'j: Mining, Illastlnr, Sportlnc SmokolMi and the Itopunno Uueiulcal Company i HIGH EXPLOSIVES. ttifety Fue, Pnpi and UxploJatL iloom 401 Conn ell liulldlaf. tiorualou. AUBNOlbi THOS. FOrtD. ... Flttston. JOHN B. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth. W, H. MIIM.IIIAN. WHKM.Hnrrtu $10 ! HMPfcWL
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