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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1900.
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TWELVE PAGES.
SCUANTON, APRIL. 28. 1900.
For Vice-President,
CHARLES EMORY SMITH,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.
CoiiRrcinin-at-i.rijc IJAM'Mt V .. (WOW,
isonr.iiT it. koi:iiih:i.i:k.
Audilor Cereral-i;. II. IIAltDKNIlKllCI..
Legislative.
Tlrst Illtrict-TIIOS ,T. hT.YNOUW.
Second I)l-trict .IOIIV SrilKUIlli, .111.
Third DMrict KIIWAHI) JAllf.S, .lit.
1'ourtli Jillict-P. A. rilll.IIIN. .'
If Mark llanna never promised to
pilot ort Quay and never authorized the
repeated Interviews In which he af
firmed his Intention to vote to scat, he
has been a long time In setting his
position right before the country.
The Prison Labor Problem.
AN EXHAUSTIVE Investiga
tion of the prison labor
problem has been made by
the Industrial commission
and the icsults nro set forth In a recently-Issued
preliminary repot t. Wo
pass by the mass of statistical Infor
mation Intended to show how many
states now provide work for their con
victs. In what manner and with what
economic consequences, and proceed to
summarize the conclusions of the com
mission.
That provision should bo made In the
lawn of each state for the employment
of nil prisoners in productive labor Is
nfllrmed, as well ns that" the state
should have absolute control of the
care, punishment, reformation and em
ployment of the prisoners, likewise the
disposition of the product of their In
dustry. The fact Is recognized that no
labor can be done within a prison whlrti
will not in some way compete with the
free labor outside: therefore the letting
of prison labor by contract to Indi
viduals or corporations for the pur
pose of cheaply producing goods to be
sold In the open market in destructive
competition with goods made by free
labor is condemned, but recognition W
given to the fact that there are many
articles used in state Institutions
which can be made by prison labor, to
the advantage of both prisoners and
state; and It is in this direction that
the commission believes a practical so
lution of the problem can be found.
To embody Its conclusions In con
crete form the commission has drafted
a bill of which the main features ate:
Piovlding for an appointive board of
four prison commissioners, to visit. In
spect, and supervise nil prisons and to
aid In securing a just, humane and
economic administration of them;
clothing this commission with ample
power to conduct investigations and
root out abuses; requiring that all pi IB
oners capable of work shall be made to
labor under the rules of the prison
commissioners In the production of
state and county supplies, repair of
roads and other public works; and reg
ulating the disposition of uny surplus
products of their labor so as not to ef
fect a reduction In the wages of com
petitive free labor yet to Insure to the
state some return from Its Investment
In feeding, clothing and educating Its
criminal waids. So far us possible an
administration of prisons based on civil
service principles that is to say, the
employment of prison olllclals on the
ground of supposed fitness rather than
because of political "pull," and their
tetentlon during efllclency and good
behavior Is demanded.
While these conclusions hao In
large measure bean anticipated by
those who have given thought to the
subject, their present value, coming
with official weight, Is considerable.
The day has gone by 'when public
opinion was willing to entrust the cus
tody of Its convicts wholly to Ignorant
and brutal Jalleis, under conditions
which made the jail a ladlatlng center
of vice and cilme. Modern intelli
gence Is yearly placing increased em
phasis upon the reformative side of
penal administration, one of the most
helpful means to which end Is the ra
tional employment of convicts In Pto
ductive inbor.
fioscrnor Candler of Georgia seems
to bo somethlntr of a fanatic hliwelf.
Today's offering In the l.vceum IMa
tcr, "The Parish Priest," has excep
tional interest for the people of North
eastern Pennsylvania, because it Id the
product of a local playwright, Mr.
rDanlel L. Hart of AVilkes-Uarre, who
In this play has nppaiently realized
the success as a drainatUst of which his
earlier work gave promise. The win
ning of a victory by merit and hard
work Is an Interesting event in nny
vocation. But Mr. Hart's new play
has, we aro told, an additional element
of 'curiosity In that It succeeds In the
very difficult task of picturing a cler
gymnn, In an absolutely natural pose,
without Irreverence or theological bias,
but simply ns a good-natured, kind
hearted man loyally devoted to the In
terests of his flock. "The Parish
Priest" Is a typo of tho kind of play
which' sends people away from tho
theater with a feeling- of increased res
pect fpr human naturo and on this ac
count we deem It worthy of especial
commendation.
The announcement that the automa
tic will soon succeed the canal mule
as a means of propulsion on. tho tow
path will doubtless be Jarring to the
fine feelings of many, who have adopt-
cil the horsctcss carriage ns a fashion
able fad. It really would eeem moro
nptiroprlate It a pertain class or bicy
clists could be pressed Into the service
ahead of. the canal boats.
The lender solicitude of the Demo
cratic party for the bro.vnfaco wards
In our new possessions Is In pulnful
contrast with Its treatment or. me
Southern blarks.
Will Cotton Be Enthroned Again?
B
KFOItK TUB New England
Cotton Manufacturers' As
sociation in session at Hos
ton, Dr. William P. Wilson,
of the Commercial Museum of Phila
delphia, recently delivered an address
In explanation of the opportunities
opening for growth In American ex
ports of manufactures of cotton which
was Instructive and encouraging.
He first showed that while the
United States Is the greatest producer
cf raw cotton In the world, Its export
of manufactured cotton goods Is much
smaller than that of little Switzerland,
but little larger than that of Japan,
and In excess of that of only four
European countries, Italy, Helglum,
Austria and Kussla. This table show's
the present position of the export trade
In cotton manufactures:
Countries. I8')7. IS'i-f. 1SOT
l niled Mates .J1,I7.078 ?17,tt!l,(i $iJ,;(W,BU
Kill-land :itO,!UO,727 ni5,413,;o 3.'S,325,1."
fSirmany .... 7,29,!30 47,9(11,144 fil,f.37,77fi
Trance m,r.o5,50l 23,(21,091 72,01,095
Austria lluu-
liary 4,2fiS,r,ll 3,83l,1-,l 4,112.110
Italy 6,7f.7,07.'. 0,700,091 10,717,834
ItussU 2,0S9,MkI 1,S22,K!S l.!iXM0
Switzerland .. 2.),t)39,00l 2 1,30 !,, I 23,000,000
llekiuni l,S.1,3')i 3,192,.94 3,440,710
Japan 7.9S1.2S3 11,337,21 10,215,000
Totals -.1.M2,0I1 '4G1,&'3G,028 $300,035,112
The total number of spindles at work
In the world's cotton mills Is estimated
at 100,000,000, of which Great Britain
had nearly half, continental Europe
nearly one-third and the United States
only a trifle more than one-fifth. The
exact figures for the season of 1S9S-99
were: Great Britain, 45,400,000 spindles,
continental Europe, 32,D00,0O0; United
States, 18,100,000; India, 4,728,000 and
Japan, 1,358,123. For the last ten years
the per centages of increase In the
number of spindles are as follows:
Great Britain, 4 3-3; continental
Europe, 30 3-fi; United States, 2S 3-4;
India, 71; Japan, 6S0. These flguies
are significant, for while they Indicate
possibilities of considerable future
competition from Japan and India they
also point to Franco and Germany, and
Germany more especially, as our prin
cipal prospective competitors.
It Is to be remembered with respect
to the percentage of growth in tho
number of American spindles during
the past decade that at least half of
the ten years wete years of a general
depression which weighed most heavily
upon our textile industry; that our
manufacture! s of cotton goods weie
undergoing an unsettling migration
from New England to the South, and
that they ha'd not yet turned their at
tention seriously to the development of
an export business. In the last year
our exports of cotton fabtlcs to China
alone have doubled, and the peicentage
of growth in our export trade in cotton
fabrics with that great undeveloped
empire exceeded that of Great Britain,
continental Europe and also Japan.
The completion of a transisthmlar.
waterway giving to our southern states
the benefit of cheap and-speedy trans
portation of their cotton manufactures
to Oriental markets, combined with tho
development of an American ocean
marine and a broad development of
our political opportunities in the
Philippines should make the next ten
years a peilod of enormous advances
In the cotton export trade as well as a
peilod of extraordinary development In
the new South,
According to latest advices fiom Mr.
Bryan, ho lias not dropped sliver,
trusts or imperialism. They are all on
his repel lolre to lie Introduced us the
tast of the audience decree.
Jifference in Wages.
OMK SfNTRnESTING figures
snowing the difference in
wages paid on board Ameil-
V
can and foreign ships, a eltf
feience constituting one of the princi
pal reasons why subsidies uie needed
to encourage Ameiican capital In In
vesting In American ships, have re
cently been collectid by General '"iros
venor, chairman of the hous.; com
mittee on merchant marine and fish
eries. "I find," says he, "tint We? have
only one lino of ships undr our flag
in the Kuiopean trade the American
Urn tunning to Southampton. The
I'nlted States consul at th.it port, Sir.
John 13. Hopley, makes it '-.ulte clear
that th- 'going wages of tlie i r.rt' are
ellifptent In Ameilca than they arc In
ships of other nationalities. For in
stance, he tepoits that at Southamp
ton Hist iiUkcrs of American hhlp' get
$120 a month: the British ships pay
between 108.25 and JS7.50. Second ofll
cers In American ships are paid $70
and in Hrltlsh $13.75 to $58.50. First
engineets of Ameiican ships get $150
and in Hrltlsh from $97.23 to $121.75.
Second engineers In American ships
get $100, and In Htltish $03.23 to $87.50.
In American ships fireman aro paid
$40, and In British $23: nnd seamen
in American ships receive $23, und In
British $10.50.
"At Yokohama, Japan, Mr. John F.
Gowey, our consul-general, reports
that mates in American ships receivo
from $50 to $90 a month, on British
$58.40, on Japanese $25 to $35, and on
German from $40 to $75. Chief engi
neers on American ships are paid $150,
from $50 to $C0 on Japanese, nnd from
$C2.E0 to $100 on German ships, Able
seamen are paid from $14 to $30 on
American, $14.60 on Hrltlsh, $3.50 on
Japanese, and $14,25 to $15 on German
ship. On American ships firemen are
paid from $14 to $20, on Hrltlsh from
$17 to $20, on Japanese $5.50, and on
German from $15.50 to $20.
"At Trieste, In Austria, United
States Consul Frederick "V. Hossfleld
reports that mates receivo on Austtlan
steamers, $38.92; on Italian, $13.75; on
German, $28.66 to $35,70; and on Brit
ish, $58.38. Second mates on Austrian
steamers are paid $24.32; on Italian,
130.6; on Gorman, $23.S0,'and on Brit
ish, $4S,i9. Seamen on Austrian ves-
scls nro paid $12.16; on Italian, $9.63;
on Gorman, $11.90 to $16.06, and on Brit
ish, $23,33. Firemen on Austrian
steamers receive $15.82; on Italian,
$12.23; on Germun, $12.2S to $19.01, and
on British, $26.
"At Marseilles, on French ships first
mates arc paid between $38.60 and
$17.90: on British, $38.93 to $53.53; on
Norwegian and Swedish, $18.91, and on
German, $35.70. On French ships sec
ond mates were paid between $28.95
and $38.60; on British ships, $29.19 to
$38.93, and on German, $23.80. First
engineers on French ships were paid
from $57.90 to $77.20; on British from
$63.26 to $68.13, and on German, $89.25.
Second engineers on French ships re
ceived from $28.9.1 to $48.25; on British,
$48.60, and on German, $52.36. Firemen
on French ships were paid from $18.33
to $23.16; on British, from $17.02 to
$18.24; on Norwegian, $13.89, and on
German, $16.66. Seamen on French
ships were paid $12.54 to $14.4(J on
British, $15.80 to $17.02; on Norwegian
$11.96, and on German, $14.28 to $16.66.
"At Liverpool, Vice Consul W. J.
Sulis reports that first mates on Brit
ish sailing ships weie paid $34.10; on
Norwegian, $21.89 to $24.33; on French,
$28.95 to $31.74, and on German, $24.23
to $38.93. On British ships seamen re
ceived $13.80;' on Swedish and Norwe
gian, $14.59 to $17.02; on French, $11.58,
and on German, $12.16. The average
pay to mates on British steamers was
$53.61; on Swedish and Norwegian,
$19.46 to $34.06; on French, $18.25. First
engineers on British steamers receive
nn average of $87.11: on Swedish nnd
Norwegian, $3S.39 to $97.33; on French,
$77.20; on German, $48.60 to $72.99, and
on Spanish, $77.86. Second engineers
receive an average on British ships
of $62.10; en Swedish and Norwegian,
$38.93 to $58.20; on French, $48.25; on
German, $36.18 to $18.66, and on Span
ish, $38.39, Firemen on British ships
averaged $20.31; on Swedish and Nor
wegian, $14.59 to $15.80; on German,
$12.16 to $14.59, and on Spanish, $17.51."
It Is apparent that these marked dif
ferences In wages must be equalized
If our ships arc to get a grasp on
tho carrying trade. The subsidy bill
now pending In congress will enable
our shippers to pay tho American rate
of wages and yet compete with ships
flying other flags.
Lord Roberts does not seem to be
having much success as a setter of
traps. AVlth his great preponderance
of force It Is a wonder that he does not
emulate the tactics of Grant's advance
upon IJIchmond and simply crush the
tnemy by superior numbers.
Senator Mason desires tho United
States to turn Cuba over to the Cubans
on July 4. The fact that the proposal
comes from Senator Mason alone
would make the scheme seem hazard
ous. Since the extinguishment of the
Pittsburg politicians at Harrisburg, the
Clarke divorce case has been moder
ately successful in keeping the Smoky
City located on the maps.
The queen's visit to Ireland Is now a
thing of the past, and no Incident
marked the event that will justify un
eaf y observers on this side of the water
In remarking "I told you so.';
A lecturer upon prison reform has
Just been arrested on a charge of em
bezzlement. He Is liable to be better
equipped than ever to talk on the sub
ject before his case is settled.
Judging fiom the rapid promotion of
enterprises in this part of the state,
we will soon be able to secute but lit
tle in the food line that has not been
cunned or condensed.
In the act of disappearing at the
proper moment the Boer warrior dls
plajs agility second only to that of the
Filipino.
TOLD BY THE STAES.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 13.1 a. in., for Saturday, Apul
JS, l').
A ehild born on this ilay will notice Hut (he
fruits of accident ale often nioie profitable than
those of eipciienie.
'Ihc next few ilais will elee hie which Is of
the most Interest to the public, the African
war oi games at Athletic p.uk.
If many poisons who sigh for fame could be
satisfied with notoriety all might be happy.
Man's Intention to male a three-base hit has
no weight on the "bleachers" when ho strikes
out.
n aitW's life hath fase-inatlons, but the man
who Is able to eliaw a ljigo bank elieilc and
paint the town is not wholly without sources
from which to deriie pleasuie.
Ajacchus' Advice.
It Is better to alnais wiite poetiy to order.
ou will nut then be in danger of ouiwoik,
QUAY ON THE RESULT.
I'loi'u an interilew in tlie New- oik Herald.
"Ihli is no time for 'reienge,' an some call
it. Wn haie a national campaign before us,
and there is too much at stake to pursue a
ldlci of that kind. Of course, if anybody gets
In our way we shall not step aside to aoid lin
ing conclusions. The 'rewnge' is on the other
tide.
"I anticipate no effect upon tlie adinlmstia
lion. 1'emnylianla has been true to ltepubllcan
principles by encm helming majorities on na
tional candidates for foity jears, and will con
tinue on that line. There is no reason why the)
action of the senate should lie resented by lte
publlcan loteia upon the nominees of their
party.
"Tlie administration has been excellent; It
lias fulfilled nil pledges of the phttorm of 1SW3.
In fact, It has done more. It carried to a suc
cessful issue a war with one of the military
powers of Kurope; has extended the jurisdiction
of tlie government, not only to Islands in tbe
I'acitie, but bejond, with an empire almost
within sight of the shores of Asia, besides the
West Indies and the elimination entirely of a
troublesome neighbor.
"The ltepubllcan organisation of I'ennsjhanla
will do its duty. It will also settle with those
who liaic been trying to ovei throw" tho honest
work, of jears. '
WHO WAS THE HEKOINEP
One woman braiely went afar
To lands mado desolate by war;
Hie cared for wounded, tick and dead,
The naked clothed, the hungry fed.
Another spent the whole of life
Fulfilling duties of a wife
t And mother making home a blight,
Chaste spot of loie and sweet delight.
The first one died whole columns fold
Her llrtuei and her deeds of cold.
The other, one day, gently slept
Her children and her husband wrpt,
Kathleen Kuianagli, In Indlananolli l'lcss.
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Richard Olney, the cx-cabinet member, Is now considering the acceptance of the head
of the Democrat presidential ticket, to be put up by the gold Democrats, opposed to Dryaii
and free silver.
Commerce Between
Canada and Britain
TUP. ANXOlWCKMrAT of .i further increase
In tlia Canadian preferential tarift In faor
of tho United Kingdom as .i(raimt the
t'lited States and other parts of the orld
Riles especial- interest to some ofllclal figures of
the impoits of Canada from the flitted Kingdom
and the I'nlted Stales, repecllely, during a
term of yars, which hale juit bedi Issued Jy
the Canadian KOernmcnt and iccelud hv tho
tieasury bureau of statistics. The Cinadlm
turlflf, it will be reniemheied, was In Is'i7 h .id
justed that the duty of articles entering Can
ada fiom tho United Kingdom was made, he
Rlnning with April, 1S97, 12',i per edit. le-.s
than the intcs from other parts of the woild On
July 1, 1S')S, this reduction in duty in f.nor of
the l'i Ited Kingdom was inereised to 25 per
cent, nnd now- it Is announced that on July 1,
WOO, the reduction will he increased to 311-3
per rent., eir in other wVrds, that articles im
IKirlcd from the United Kingdom and entaln of
tier colonics will only lie rcqiilinl to piy two
thlids of the rates on oitlclcs Imported fiom the
United Mates and from other parts of the world.
:o:
Up to this time the iireferenti.il uto made in
faor of imports from the United Kingdom luiio
lot apparel lly had the e fleet of materially In
creasing inports from ili.it countiy or of at nil
reducing thcr-e from the other eountiies adeeise
Iv affecte'd !,y this lee'iictlou. I'he Ciinuhau
olticl.il figures show that the impoits from tho
United Kingdom in the flcal jeai 1so, tho l.nt
jear under (he rate which was unlfoim for nil
turts of the world, were 31.1 er lent, of tho
total in-pcrtations, while thco lrom the i mtcel
iteis 'ormed fiO S per cent, of tho total Impor
tations, fn Wl, iiiiilri the full effo t of the
i'." per cent, reduction in f.nor nf tho I nlteel
Kingdom, impoit' from that lountrj formed i,ly
24.8 per cent, of (he total imports, of Canada,
while these In in the United States foimeil 31.2
per lent., the proportion of (he total whieh wa
taken from the United Kingdom haling thus ma
tciiallj fallen unilei the i civ pirteientlul taiitf,
while (he piopertlon t.iten linui the I nltcd
States had materially IiicicimcI Hip London
Ueonomlst of Man li 31, 1'SW, lo'i.nientlmr upon
this huhjeet sajf: "In the impiits (into Can
ada) from this countn (I uitid Kin.doin) thoie
was la.t jear an Increase, as louipiied wllli 1 '',,
of Mrt,ono, or 1215 per cent., whereas In the
nupoits fiom the United States the lntieje
amounted to ,' S",,(iro, or e lew upon iVj per
(cut. Tlnn, iiomithstariding (ho )re fereiiti.il
tariff, the ilnic,ip in Impoits fiom this eountry
(United Kingdom) lias been icr.i much le-,s tlnu
in tlie Imports from the t lilted states. ( Is
lieeear, lioneur, in ennsi lerliirf th'e tnuiew
fo leminiher that the Imports (into C.inida)
fiom tlie I'nlted States consist largely of law
niateiials for mamifaeluie, wlilih enter free of
duty. 1ho-e .no, oi lemrr, unitTeited hv the
prifcientlal taiilT, and thej iiatiiialli tend to
irrow with te- liuhietiial progress of tlie Domin
ion. And eicn as rcgai I. m inufaetuie I aitleloe,
the geogiaphical pmviiuit of the Male's and tlie
fiet tint the American mn.ufattuii'is aro In
tinitli uitli the rniuireineiils and predilections
of Hie Caiiadi ins opuate as an olf.et to the
piefeientlil taiitf and haw hitherto pieiiiitod
it fieiln eipei.iilng so much t the .idi.mtigo of
Hie lountij .n was expend. Whether die still
more fanned iiratnn'iil It ((.undo Ins d ( lilcd
to aecoid in (United hinnlntii) will alter thel
stale of things matrilally lemalus to he si-en,
hut pist epeilenee Hams rs not to Ijc too san
guine n our antlelpitlons."
The follow nix t.lblL-,
Coinnieice, is'rj" an
Canadian Koieimuiut,
into Canada, .mil tho
Kingdom and the
taken fiom Trade and
'fhciil publication of the
slums the tot il iinpmts
amount fiom (lie I nltcd
I'niicel Mates, lespe-c
lliel.i, In e.ieli .oar
and the percentage
flolll IS.,1) to lsJ'l,
which the import
fiom (hose luuntrirs foruuil of the total impoit.e
tlons of tlie jeai. Il will be olwieed that the
Imports fiom the I'nlted Kingdom, which in lssei
funned 48.4 pel e em., weie in lsts.l but 21. S per
eent. of the total, while thine tiom tlie I'liilcel
States, whieh In fss(i formed 40,:i pel cent.. Muc
in lfd, 5U.2 per cent, of the total.
IMl'OUTS INK) CANAI.
Imports Imp. iit-i
Total fiom Per fiom I'er
Year. Imports. 1. is. Cent. I. ,s. (en
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NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
Ac c oiiliup to tlie report u( tlie Meiniklt.v w
ciely tlicro aro 70,Ol.H) picfcsilci.il lieirnaM in
London.
I'BJI't and tlie Soudan li.iie now 2,011 mile,
of lalhvajs; tlie line from llcubci to Uassala ami
buaVlm is under jy of construction.
In .'ounce tlcut the iiriccntairr of rrimlnal pop
illation to the thousand inhaliltantu lui fallen
ttradlly from 2,43 in UM to 2.3.1 in the present
eflr.
One of the three old ash trees iihlch mark".
the Kite of I.incuiudoddle, on the upper Tueeii,
Scotland, inimortullied In Uuriii' "Willie Was
tie," has lieen destroyed hy a etoiin.
Algeria, nineo the jear JNJ2, lui lucrease'd
its railway njitem hy no lets than l,fl,si inilen,
New linea are under ronstiuction. Works on
the Oreat Sahar.i lino have also been started.
Sltatea made of gold ore popular in St. l'eteri.
Uiirpr. One lady had the lilades of iier tlatcs
enrlclicd Mltli diamond'. Skates ct with peails
and precious stones liaie bIko been in faililon.
It H eoniputed tlie death late of the woild
Is G7 and tbe biith tate 70 a minute, and this
Becminir llcht percentage of gain is hutlklout to
Clie a net increase in population each year of
1,200,000 souls.
Milan possesses one of the most curious clocks
in Ihc world. It is made entliely of bread and
is the handiwork of a rathe of India, who spent
three years in continuing It. It is of fair
site and goes well.
In Milwaukee recently nineteen mpiiants for
the position of keeper of a city iiilatoiliiin uri
required to plunge Into the tank in their sliet
clothing and swim. It was part of a cltil
scnlce examination.
All New York city lontraetois wishing per
mits for blasting will haie to make application
to u tiojril of examiners first and then send the
man who must pass the oamlnition, which is
to be a practical one,
I'nder ifiiiermneut control of the sale of in
toxlcatlng liquors in ltussia theie has been n
noticeable cllmini tion In drunkenness nnd in
those crimes and mlademranois which are
caused by Intoxication.
The culthatlon of coffee on the noilhcui
OLNEY.
coast of Queensland Is stateil to be becoming an
Important Industry . Oroweis aie said to be mak
ing prepaiatlcns to cort to llrilaln coffee in
a ground and tinned condition,
British Imports of tin drrli.pt October increased
oi er 1M)3, In quantity, PO per cent., and In
i.ilue 2&"i per cent. (JuaUlly of copper Im
ported incressed 0IV4 per cent.; of iron oie, !'
per cent; of Jute, lit l er cent.
The 1'rntraMIudson llailwa; eompjnj is now
insuring the lives of all the einplojes of tlu
road for $5,000 each. The n.cn will pay an as
sessment of ?1.C0 per month. No other petson
but on eirploye of the lead can join this benlU
association.
Tlie potato nop of this countiy this jear Is
one of the laiite"t cur iaied. The .ilctd is es.
tlnntiil at 212,000.000 bushels, or about 40,000,000
bushels Ureter than In 1v)S and iW.OOil.OOO bush
els larger than in lsi;. Tlie jield per acra
this jear Is about 81 bushels.
From one end of Japan to the oilier a child
is treated as a saeied tlilnK, be It one's own or
a stianKor's. Kadi one cinlrs its name and ud
diess on a ticket lound Its neck; but should it
Indeed sti.i) from home, food and shelter, and
kindness would meet it an; where.
PERSONALITIES.
CriiKtrveuum IJllb-rVlil, of Milne, alnais
dresses in black. Kicti his tics arc of that
somber hue
Former ieo-l'ieshleiit dlai K. Steienson is
about to make n trip to Hawaii and the Philip
pine Islands.
iehbishop Feehan. of thleaan, owns the nee k
l.iee woin bj Louis W I, ol Fiance on his way
to execution.
Hie I'niteel Mates ion.ul at Vladivostok, ltus
sl.i, Is Diehard T. (Iieener, a negro and a gradu
ate of Iljn.ird.
Henry .lames, the noulist, is to leturn to
America next fall, after a long absence, in search
of mateiljl for n new noiel.
Senator Mason, nf Illinois, was a schoolmate of
William . (Talk, of Montana, at the .little
district school at Daicnpott, la.
Misi Mabel MiKlnlej, niece of the president,
is an accomplished musician anil her singing is
regarded ns exceptionally pood.
Mrs. Hetty (Ireen, bcsMes maniglng her for
tune. Is a great reader ami owns a laiuauic
ltbraij in which ale many tare bonks.
.Lures II. Metson, the California millionaire,
ficniict.tly ami's'H hlnisrlf by acting as an in,;i
leer on the Noithern Pacific "oast lailroad.
Washington gossip sijstlnt Coiigiessiiian llin,'
It mi has a (lllfeicnt tie for eeorj day ot u ses
sion. nil the ties me neiei oblnislip, eltlici.
Much Nan Wjek bis In in Imosligatlng pier
hi.ul piopeity along Hie water Iront In Nov
e,i's .nid sais that mol ot it has been stolen
frim the elt.v.
Of the Ihllish i,-rncr.ils In south Alrlea Lord
Kobe-its, Loid Kilebciei, land Drnelonald, Ficmli
and Maielenald neiei passed final exunuii'itioiK
at the Statr lol'.ese.
The l'rlneess lleatiicc of Lngland has bee-orie
nulte' en c.pert hoe key plajer, and is so deinte I
tn the game that she plijs neailj eieiy diy
when ,u Wlnd.oi Castle.
(Jin en Wlll.ilmlin of llo'ihnd reientlj nr
bloideicil seM'lil liand-eiui e elitelpiri es tor Ihc
tuble. Tbi'j weie. nl her direction, sold at a
fill foi the bone fit of Ihc pool.
Licit Minx bis si-nt m i iticsint In land lloli-
lts a batten nf six guns, whieli cost her about
LO.iiOO, .nil slie his spi ut Lugo sums oi moiipt
in smiling out iloihiug, tobjicct and oilier com
forts to soldleis .it th fiont.
oi.n astonish neui has been moused in the
Itlitcs (ir.i-s stale at the eli'cnwrj that nenaim
Joe lllaekbuin. a Kinliieklan of Keiitiiikians. has
nut fot cigliteen months past ta-t'el Inpior, more
out. he ilrtlaies that be will i.eter take another
diliik.
Hi. John (ii'ileias, a gi.nliMte o! and foiuirr
piofessor In the Itiiieii-ltj of l'i nnstltanla, has
lieen appointed to tlie elan of intcilropi'.il pa
Iholivri, ttlileh has pist bin, eietleil in tnc I nl
teisitt of llat.iii.1. He is at piocnl studjiu;
in i:uiepe.
French ceiinuiis!,ioii(rs ot the Pans Kxpoeition
hate been infonm-d b Menelik's minister of
state, M. Ilg, who is now In Zinich, that he has
loeeiied woul fiom his mat' r, the Negus of
Abtssliiia, that lie (Mcnelik) has abandoned his
Intention to wsit the exposition, as be Is much
oecupiesl with the c c. list rue I ion of the raitwaj
linui .1 it .out i I to 1 Ian jv
Paitleulnr interest cenleis around
our $20 Three-Piece Bedroom Suites.
Anil It Is nut dlllletill to decide why.
There is Homethlnc about each piece
which catches the eye und Invites ,1
better aceiuulntanee. Then construc
tion and finish are observed and com
parisons made. The decision generally
Is that these aro better In every way
than anything ever offered at the price.
Hill & Connell
121 N. Washington A.ve.,
EVERETT'S
Horses and earring's are su
perior to those of any other
livery in the city.
If you should desire to ro
for a drive during this delight
ful period of weather, oil tele
phone 704, and Hverett will
send you a first-class outfit.
EVERETT'S LIVERY,
230 Six Court. (Near City Hall.;
Vr ' ' rV &i;? ,- 'Iv J
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1 fUt: a ' iktftgT- ..'wBr.grra
l-K.?'--13 U, Cii-ittJ ra 1 1
ALWAYS BUST.
shoes Fort srniNO,
flASi: 11AM, SHOKS.
outino suons,
TKNNI3 SIIOI'.S,
nSHl.Nd COOT3
Lewis &Reilly
114-113 Wyoming Avenue.
For
Weddleg
Presents?
Yes, we have them, in
Sterling Silver, Rich Cut
Glass, Clocks, Etc.
An interesting variety
of the richest goods in
America. Prices the low
est, guarantee perfect at
MERCEREAU&CONKELL
330 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
The Hoot &
Coninsll Co.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
04 iadOTMn.1 AraiK
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Otneiu. Aceut fir I'll iVyouiia
Dis,iiu;
'iiilii, Hiastlni.SpcirMiii;. Sena sa.su
unci Ilia ltcpaimci Una iujj.
to ip.i'iy i
HIGH EXl?LOSiyi
uieiy 1'iine, Cups iiiut i;xplaii;i.
liooiu toi Uimiirtil tialliia;.
acranl i.
TI1CR. FORD.
JOHN B. SMITH & SON,
W. E. MULLIGAN,
Tlttston.
Plymoutn.
Wilkes-13rre.
oyroiips
POIIEB.
fegagMtfe--a- (JJft2
A RATHER BAD CASE
I I am thirty year of npn nnd work In tho wood-working shop of Uio Darlioeton Venelltn
flllnel Co.'s works, whern I hnve been Mr yean. Mywnr iiat a bench, and it Is very tiro
mmetothewholoboeiy tnstnncl Innearlyonorxisltlonall day anelrefeteUie Jarof rnachlntrr
constantly. It Is very close work for the ojes, and for the post fix months 1 would have a
hendaclie ooo or two days every wek nnd wusao very nervous I could hardly work at all.
At uoon I Mould feel n weiak I rouM hardly ro to dinner. After eatlnc I would feel as If I
worn full of pas, and If I walked fast I would hae very wwro pains In one side of tho
stomscn. hunuayv wnen i was noi. ni wnrie,! svi,ei'i ifi rw uiuicvm eeiecr iiuiuir i-ueue
hardly inoTe at an unci nionnay i wouiei ii'ct u n ii, inreu uu i resuc. scircraii unuo
up and nervous wlthhe.ndachc, althouch I noverdrlnk at all. Hlpans Tnbnlce first carco to
mvnotlrln this wny; Tho engineer nf our sliop sent forme one day and asked If I had eTr
...A.l IIIt, aKielAa I tntil hem 1 linrl not. nnd ocke it him WUV. HoFalil nohad elvsnftpfila
wrA ),, I hn ff.iV-lnfi mfdletni rleht Alnncr.
some Itipans Tabulw nt thn dme Horn, which I ilM no dor.on of them. A couple of days
lifter lasVodhlm hmv Uiey WTktel. He said they stopped tbe Rour riMnft In his mouth, and
were tho best thins be ever used. Heusktd me to send tor one dozen cartons, which I did,
and I keptone-balf ef them, I began to ore tho Tabules, and found them so kcmc! that t
wanted others to try thorn, so I Rave away half of wliat I bad, and bad tn order more. I find
tliom a crejit hoViitotno. I have h.nl headache but once ilnce I began to take ihem, two
weeks tdnrc, KverylhlnR I cat aits well now, and even a crivt of broad tastes good to me.
A new tr! ptekot rnnulniner tiv rurivs Tisrun la a riper carton fwlttacmt (tUn) Il now for ad son
elriie; torrrna nr rsKTii Tbtn low prt.'ret rt IllnCeiMed for lb p.v mil tn fronomlcu. Oaddlni
.1.. n.unt ..rtAs, iiMtmlMiiwin L, had hi ncnJI br endinL fortT-flcrtit renli to K IIivaii. Cmntvir, rlni
r.KT.Nn. i(ihprahtnsrt.NewVori-orinJiiiliieiirtnotTmtiiici.ii)vi bKnirorflvorentic Humtuxisi
p cj titu l had cv( groe.ll., gsucral trektfr, newi vati and at llciuor stvixi aud UixUir tw.
HNLEO
Ameual
ale "of
pnitl!
Hosiery
uur sliowint- or Vino Hosiery l
the most attractive In years, nnd lt
luldltlon to staple linen, ineludei
many original nnd exclusive style,
not shown cNewhcre.
In line "Lace Stripes," "Drop
Stitch." "Polka Dots" nnd "Era.
hroldcrod," either in solid colors or
fancies, otir line Is unsurpassed.
Note tho following specials:
Good for this week.
FOR WOMEN.
At 25c Per Pair.
Polka Dots, muck, Ulue and Red
Kiounds, with white dot.
Fast 131uck, full regular made,
with high spliced heel and doublo
sole, also with white sole or whits
feet.
At 35c a Pair, or
3 Pairs for-$1.00.
Hxtra fine Fast ninck. white solo
or white feet, and our tegular GOe.
line. Drop stitch Usle In Black,
new Reds and Purples, also In Laca
I. Isle.
At 50c a Pair.
Medium and light weight In Cot-
ton and Usle Thread,
in Lace effects.
Jsew colors
At 50c, 75c,
$1.00, $1.25 up to $2. 50
A specially handsome line of
fancies both in Lisle Thread and
Silk.
FOE MEN.
100 dozen Fast Black with white
sole, full regulnr made, our regular
2oe. quality; during this sale, only;
19c.
At 25c, 35c and 50c.
Special line of fancies, newest de
signs in Stripes, Dots and Lacd
effects.
510-512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
The Neostyle
Dimplicator.
It will print 2,000 copies
from one original writing,
drawing or inusic, and 1,500
copies from any original writ
ten on auy typewriter. Wc
are agents for the above and
have one in use for the in
spection of any one interested
in duplicating machines.
The Planetary Pencil Sharp
ener, improved, The Star
Paper Fastener, improved.
We will put either in your
office on trial for a few days.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Scranton, Pa.
Wc e-arry the laieest line of ofllce supplies In
Noill eastern i'cnnljma.
Ivsm
which did hiln UOizood. He. nikeel ma ta buv him
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