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SCRANTON, JUNE 15, 1900,
FOR VICE-PRESIDKNT,
CHARLES EMORY SMITH,
N OF PENNSYLVANIA.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State
ContrrcssnvnatLargo flALUSHA A. GROW,
llODtUT II FOKRDEREtl.
Auditor Ocncral-U. U. llAltUEN'IlEUaiL
County.
Coigrcss-WILLIASI COXKEMa,
Jjdgc OnOUOK M. WATSON.
SlicriH-JOHN II, FELLOWS.
Treasurer-J. A. SCHANTON.
District Attorncx-WILLIAM R. LEWI9.
l'rotlionotarj JOHN OOPELAND.
Clerk cf Courts-TIIOMAS 1". DANIELS.
Recorder of Deeds E11IL DONN.
Iteslsfcr of WIlIs-W. K. HECK.
Jury Commissioner EDWARD U. STURGES.
Legislative.
First Dlslrict-TIIOJIAS J. REYNOLDS.
Second Dlstrict-JOIIN SCIIEUER, JR.
ilrcl Distrlct-EDWARD JAMES, JR.
'urth District P. A. PIIILBIN.
Ao Democrats desire to Impress
upoA tljo country at largo that they
nro Wy much alive In convention
work,jven If their votes do not count
In a presidential election.
Ihe Amended Rules.
TpM3 CHANGE made yester
I jay In the last sentence In
JL Vile 19 of the party rules,
"iilch before provided that
"thcandldiyps may procure from the
couiry chairman, ten days before the
time fixed f holding the primary
election as trWy oITlolal ballots as
they miy deslr nt cost of printing,"
but whhh wasVrncndcd by the sub
stitution of "spebmen" for "official"
ballots, will not cWect the practice
aimed at. From a Specimen" ballot
to an "o.llclal" balled s simpiy the
matter of Getting a pWcr to repro
duce the specimen balot on white
paper, with the county chairman's
printed attest added on Hie back. Any
engraver can reproduce hfc latter.
The right of the voter to accept be
fore entering the polllns place a
marked ballot to be substituted, for the
blank ballot handed to him by the
vigilance committee Is not chal'enged;
and If It were, there Is no rule against
the voter asking for a helper tn mark
his ballot either as the helper may
choose or to correspond with a speci
men ballot marked In advance. Where
thereJs a desire on the part of any
"""Person to supervise tne voter's ballot,
the way li as open now as It was be
fore: and It Is a wide open way pre
senting unlimited opportunity to tho
adroit manipulator.
The new rule permitting the conven
tion by a majority vote to delegate the
computing of the returns to the per
manent officers of the convention In
the presence of representatives of the
various candidates and of such return
Judges as may wish to remain Is sen
sible and its adoption was plainly nec
essary unless future conventions
should wlhh to employ a corps of light
ning calculators to count the vote while
they are waiting.
The Crawford system, like any other
system, Is all right If the conditions of
its operation are satisfactory; other
wise, It Is all wrong. In Lackawanna
county we still hold to tin belief that
those conditions are capable of vast
improvement.
Unless he can bo Induced to cart
his hair in a different manner, Hon.
Timothy Woodruff's vlee-presldentlal
possibilities will continue to be re
mote (probably).
On the Defensive.
THERE IS one paragraph In
the outgiving of Colonel
Bryan, at Chicago, on Wed
nesday, which Is worthy of
notice. "The Republican party," said
the prospective Democratic presidential
nominee, "is on the defensive. It will
talk prosperity, but we'll be willing to
take the votes of all the people who
have not had their share of ptosperlty
nnd leave them the votes of the people
who have had their shale."
Tho Republican party "on the de
fensive?" If It Is on the defensive It
must bo because when Mr. Hryan told
people four years ago that If they
elected JlcKlnley and nailed down the
gold standard there would be the worst
moitey panic In modern times; farms
would be eaten up by Insatiable
mortgages; labor would see Its wuges
sink to the level of starvation and
would cry aloud for bread; nnd
thtoughout the land tho money devil
would fatten on the proceeds wrung
from' helpless toil, the Republican par
ty went right ahead giving" the most
prosperous administration of affairs
that the nation' has ever seen, with
factories busy night and day, railways
unablo to haul tho products of plenty
and farmers unable to get hands suffi
cient to harvest the bounteous crops.
The "dear" gold dollar is the stand
ard of our currency: sliver is not
coinei. freely without limit at the ratio
of 1G 'to 1; government by injunction
alternates with government by strike
committees, and the Income tax Is
still a far-off Popullstlo dream. Never
theless the per capita circulation of
money' is tho largest it has ever been
since our government was founded;
the daddy dollar is worth face value
minus simply the ordinary cost of ex
change wherever civilization exists,
swappjng for two of the cart wheel
silver dollars of the Bllver standard
countries; industrious labor has ban
ished the awful recollection of tho free
trade soup house and public old cloth
ing exchange of the drover Cleveland
era, which Bryan helped to create, in
tho Joyous melody of tho nawly pur
chased piano or In the satisfaction of
caring for tho refurnished home, g
Tho Republican party on the defen
sive? True, In tho Philippine!, whero
it Is .defending the uplifted flag that
lirynn and tho antl-imperlallstH want
to haul down In disgust. True, also,
In Cuba, where, nlthough there wore
a few scoundrels, the great mnjorlty
of Uncle Sam's tepresentatlves are
conscientious nnd honest, nnd by no
means deserving of tho wholesale
abuse which the Democratic mischief
making press Is spewing out upon
them, the good among tho bad, all
Jumbled together in one Indiscriminate
mass that the Democracy is trying to
asperse and discredit for shallow po
litical effect. Tiue, likewise, In Porto
Rico, which the Democrats wanted to
start off os an Amorlcnn dependency
without an Income, so that In Its
financial break-down an argument
could bo manufactured to apply
against the whole programme of ex
pansion. On tho defensive? Tes, Indeed.
Wherever there Is an American Inter
est that needs defending, there you
will find the Republican party, willing
and ready to defend it; nnd skulking
somewhere behind it, there you will
also find the Popocratlo Democracy,
keeping its wild eye open for a chance
to stick a polnard in that interest if
it thinks that by so doing It can turn
a point against the administration.
Tho Philadelphia national Republi
can convention will bo about tho first
on record that has gathered expressly
to nominate a vice-president.
'Fit to Be President."
DNATOR. HANNA says: "It
must always bo remembered
that there Is but one life be!
tween the vice president and
tho chief magistrate of the nation, and
for that reason tho strongest man
available in every sense of tho word
should bo given tho nomination.
What wo want," he ndds, "is a man
big enough to be president in tho
event of the death or the chief magis
trate;" a contingency which It Is to bo
hoped Is far removed, but which has
to be taken into account.
This has been from the beginning
the rule by which The Tribune has
considered the vice presidential ques
tion. Some men have been named who
are fit to bo president, and whose fit
ness does not have to bo taken on
hearsay evidence. Others have been
named who would under no circum
stances bo regarded by public opinion
as of presidential caliber.
The men of presidential size who are
In a position to accept are few. Sec
retary Long Is one. He would make
an admirable president. Rut his can
didacy has evoked no enthusiasm In
the great belt of growing country
drained by the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers, the seat of Bryan's
stiength and tho coming center of
political empire. Able nnd accom
plished as he Is, his support Is con
fined wholly to New England, nnd a
merely sectional candidacy would not
do.
There are men fit to be president who
do not want to bo vice president and
who are so situated that they could
not without great Inconvenience ac
cept the latter oillco. One of
these Is Senator Alli&on. No bet
ter man has been named. Rut ho
Is the leader of the senate and could
not be spared. Senator Hnnna fiankly
says as much and adds that Mr. Alli
son positively declines. Another Is
Senator Fairbanks. He, too, Is lit to
be president and some day may be.
But today he is not a candidate for
vice president and, it is understood,
would not accept. The case of Roose
velt Is well understood. Oxen could
not drag him into tho vice presidency
under the conditions which sui round
him at Albany.
There are other names before the
public, strong, weak and middling;
but not one of them would be consid
ered It a president were being chosen,
and no man unfit or deemed by the
general opinion of his countrymen to
be unfitted for the presidency should
be named for vice president. Where,
then, does thfcs rule leave us? It nar
rows the vice presidential canvass
down to three mpn: Long from the
far east, a sectional candidate; Dolli
ver from the middle west, a sectional
candidate; and Charles Emory Smith,
representing no section and put for
ward by no clique or organisation, but
tho favorite among thinking men In
every part of our countiy nnd a man
pre-eminently "available in every
sense of the word."
Taking Senator Hanna's proper view
and applying it to the Held ns it
stands, what other choice can the
national convention make?
If ho expects to figure etcnslvoly In
the settlement of trouble with the
"Boxers," It is about time .'or LI Hung
Chang to take a turn at the punchlns
bag.
The Crisis In China.
THERE DOES NOT eem yet
to be nny clear explanation
of tho motive of tho Chineso
government In encouraging
the nntt-forelgner uprising of tho Box.
crs, unless upon the hypothesis of in
excusable ignorance. This hypothesis
Is accepted, we notice, by the Now
York Sun's usually well-informed
writer on foreign affairs. By a pro
cess of reasoning which on Its face Is
logical ho arrives at the assumption
that the empress dowager of China,
the present dominant authority of ths
Middle Kingdom, instead of earnestly
trying to suppress the Boxer revolt
in its lnclplency, has connived at It,
in the hope of making It serve some
purposo of her own.
But what purpose? Tho Sun writer
considers two conjectures; one that by
playing In with the reactionary Influ
ence she might establish more firmly
her precarious tenuro of power; and
the other, that she hoped to use the
uprising as an excuse for concluding
u secret alliance with a strong Euro
pean power, which, at the suitable mo
ment, she would Invite to help her re
store order, and wi ich, having accept
ed that invltutlon nnd dispersed the in
surgents, would establish hen firmly
upon tho throno In exchange for val
uable privileges and concessions. He
s
accepts tho latter theory and pro
ceeds: "If the empress dowager has, prac
tically, encouraged tho insurrection of
tho so-called 'Boxers,' whose solo war
cry Is 'Death to the Christian and the
foreigner!' she must be relying, either
rightly or mistakenly, on tho support
of some neighboring power which pos
sesses, not only a considerable naval
force, but a land urmy competent to
defend her against nil tho other treaty
powers. There nro but two powers
which might bo supposed to satisfy
these conditions, to wit: Russia nnd
Japan. Japan Is out of the question,
her primary object being known to ba
the acquisition of Coren, which, onco
In her hands, could bo held against
all assailants Wo arrive then at
the conclusion that it is Russia
upon whom tho empress dowager Is
counting to sustain her at once ngalnst
her Chineso enemies and ngalnst other
foreign powers. It Is unnecessary to
assumo that she has received any as
surances to that effect from the St,
Petersburg government. She may, by
reflection upon the whole Eastern sit
uation, have reached tho belief that
Russia, which Is liable to be attacked
by Japan before the completion of the
Siberian railway, could not afford to
reject the tremendous accession of re
sources which would accrue to her
through the protectorate which the
empress might offer the czar. Her
peisonal Interest, we must remember,
Is entirely distinct from the collective
Interest of China, but, for that very
reason, It might be plausibly argued
that her personal Interest arid the na
tional Interest of Russia might be al
lied with mutual advantage."
It Is evident, If this was the em
press' Idea, that she was grossly self
deceived. Whether Russia would bo
willing under milder circumstances to
enter into a deal of this kind Is a fair
themoof speculation; but with the
treaty rights of all tho powers In pro
cess of violation nnd the subjects of
many being Imperilled and in some
Instances murdered, Russia would
neither teek nor be permitted to as
sume alone the task of restoring or
der. It Is a contract International In
Its magnitude and requirements, nnd
all tho powers are none too many nor
too Influential to assume it.
It Is greatly to be hoped that the
optimistic opinions as to the final out
come of this deplorable situation ex
pressed by Rev. J. II. Lnughlin In
his remarks In tho Green Ridge Pres
byterian phurch on Wednesday even
ing will be confirmed. In the mean
time. It Is satisfactory to observe that
the powers are addressing themselves
to the Chinese crisis vigorously,
promptly and with every nppearance
of harmony.
There are certain Americanisms that
will not be tolerated even in progress
ive Mexico. The editorial staff of one
of tho leading clerical organs of the
City of Mexico has been sent to prison
for pitching into the army.
It Is pleasing to note that there Is
evidently to be no delaying In the form
of Constantinople "ultimatum" busi
ness on the part of the powers In deal
ing with the situation In China.
Mr. Hanna's refusal to express pref
erence of candidates at Philadelphia Is
extremely nnnoylng to the Democratic
organs that are looking for a mud
target.
It seems to have been pretty clearly
demonstiated this season that Scran
ton's admiration for base ball Is of the
long-range variety.
The dowager empress of China has
wisely decided that the "Boxers" re
form movement Is not to be a-wlnnlng
Issue this year.
fin Office Held by
Eminent Americans
From the New York Sun.
Till', TALK we hear now about tho practical
irsiuiiflcance of the lce president ot ihe
United States tr.d the unfitness of the post
for hUtcsnijnllkc abilities has no JustiUca
tlon In the hUtory of that exalted office. From
the cry foundation of the republic the plate
lias been occupUil by on unbroken succession of
nun of n distinction In out political annals not
euicded y that of1 tho presidents the-nsclies.
Of tho twenty-four men who hae held thu of
fice of lce president, four John Tjler, Sflllaid
Fillmore, Andrew Johnbon and Chester Alan Ar
thur, hic muieded to the presidency thruugh
tho death of the elected occupmts, nnd three
John Adims Thomas Jefferon and Martin Van
Iluicn Imo been ilected subsequent! to the
preside in). Here It the whole list and it "111
lc seen t contain tlis names of men illustrious
in our history:
John Adams.
Thomas JelTcrson.
Aaron Ilurr.
George Clinton.
Elhildge Gerry.
Daniel D. Tompkins.
John C. Calhoun.
Martin an Huron.
Richard M. Johnson.
John Tjler.
George M. Dallas.
William R. King.
Jfhn C. Breckinridge.
Hannibal Hamlin.
Andrew Johnson,
Rrhujlrr Colfa'c, ..
William A. Wheeler,
'tester A. Arthur.
Thomas A. Ilcndrkk.
Lesi I Morton.
Adlat E. Stccnson.
Garret A. Ilobart.
Millard Fillmore.
o
The carrers of Adams, Jeffeison nnd Ilurr are
familiar to cmjbody. Georiro Clinton ought
to bo as well Known, more especially to New
Workers, but probably his Is & mere name to
ir.cwt of thlinererctlon, though in his time he
was one of 'tho great political personages of
this state, of which he was the flist governor,
In 1777, nnd held the office by succejsUe cle-c-tirns
until 1795, and afterward, In 1801, vas
attain elected tn tho place. Ills political influ
ence In this state was olwajs commanding. It
he had lb eel in our time he would have been
tailed a boss; for he represtnteel one of th
three great families, which up to the beginning
of this century stiugglcd for the political
mastery the Lhlngstons, the Schuylers and the
Clintons.
Elhridgc Cerry was famous In the revolution
ary history ot Massachusetts; was a drlegato to
the continental congress associated with Han
cock and the Adamses, was one ot the signers
of the declaration of independence, and as
coventor of Massachusetts gave his name to the
partisan ellctrltting-of a state, known as gcrry
ntanderlig. A notable figure in our history
was Klbridgo Gcrry.
Daniel D, Tompkins was a personage In New
York; a graduate ot Columbia college, a dis
tinguished lawyer of this town, a Judge of the
Supreme court, a governor of the state in suc
cessive terms from 1307 to 1S17, and a great po
llllcal leader. He burdened himself with a
load of debt by most honorably pledging his
personal crcdidt to sustain the government dur
ing the war of 1612. the New Vprk banks hav
ing refused to lend money on United States
treasury notes without his endorsement. In
1S17, before resigning the governorship to take
I do lce presidency, he sent a messago to tho
li-glslature ntemmending that a day be fixed
for the abolition of slavery In the state, and
accordingly the nssrtntly decreed that all
slaves should be free after July 4, 1827, Tomp.
kiii'l was ' nn abler man than James Monroe,
who was elected president, but the northern
Democrats were not strong enough to get the
first place on the ticket.
We need tay nothing ol John O. Calhoun of
South Carolina, and Martin Van Iluren of New
York, for their history is well known even
to this so easily forgetful generation; both are
among the most distinguished names In Ameri
can history. Richard Mentor Johnson, vice
piesidcnt when Martin Van Durcn became pres
ident, in 1(37, sencd long In congress, dis
tinguished himself greatly In tho war of 1812,
was for temal terms In tin- senate and alto
gether was a man of great note, high courage
and much ability. John Tyler everybody
knowi about George M. Dallas was one of
the mo.t dstlngulshil men In the history of
I'ennsjhanla politics, having been for many
years the rival of James Duchanan as leader
of tho Democratic party In that state a man
nf first rate abilities. The career ot Mlllird
Fillmore we do not reed to describe, lave to
say that he had long been notable In the his
tory of the Whig patty in New York. William
Hufus King, of Alabama, -.Ice president when
Franklin Fierce was president, had served in
the senate and as minister to Franco assisted
In bringing about the annexation of Texas with
out European opposition. John Cabell llretk-inrldge-
of Kentucky, vice president when James
Ruchanan was preslelcnt, had sencd In the
Mexican war, been In congress and was a dis
tinguished representative of ao-jthern sentiment,
so thst afterward, In 1S0O, he was nominated
for president by the wing of the Den.oer.itlc
psrty in favor of the extension of slavery. Han
nibal Hamlin, vice president during Abraham
Lincoln's first term, was one of the most notable
figures In the history of the Republican party
and continued so to be thrcugliout his long
life. Andrew Johnson was a public man of the
first Importance. 6chuyler Colfax was one of
the mcyit conspicuous of Rjjnibllcans,t and
Henry Wilson was of the highest distinction in
that party.
o
William A. Wheeler bad distinguished himself
in the legislature of New York and In congress.
Chester Alan Arthur was a foremost Repjb
Hcan leader of this state, and the distinction
of Thomas A. Hendrlrks in the Democratic party
was high. Levi V. Morton still sustains the
best traditions of the dignity and abllltr of
American public life. Adlal K. Stevenson was
selected as a well known figure in the Demo
cratic party of Illinois. Garret A. Ilobart of
,Z cy' carrI"' Mh ibaractcr and great
ability Into the vice presidency.
It will thus be seen that from the first men
i,l i , v"y ,orc'roilt ol or public life have
held the office of lce president and have cs
teemed it worthy of the greatest abilities, the
highest ambitions, and the most distinguished
record of public tciviccs.
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
Bismarck's Cigar.
"P HE LATE Prince Bismarck was not glen to
tho telling of stories, but encp, at a ban
quct In Berlin, says tho Columbia, lie told one
of General Moltke, who was dining at the sams
table. "Do you temembcr, general," ho ald,
turning to the great strategist, "the last time
you accepted a cigar from me!" Moltke could
not recall the occas.cn "Well," rejoined lllsl
marck, "I myself shall never forget the circum
stance. It was on the day of Konlggratr, dur
ing the anxious time when tho battle stood still
and wc could neither go backward nor forward
when one aid-de-camp after another galloped
off without ever returning, and we could get
no news of the crown prince's coming. I was
frightfully uneasy, nnd my eyes wandered
round in search of you I saw jou standing
not far off. You were gasing on the course of
the battle with a look of the n-ost serene In
difference, and the stump of a cigar In your
mouth. 'Well,' said I to mjsclf, 'if Moltke can
go on smoking so calmly a-, that It can't be so
very bad with us after all.' So, riding up, I
offered you my case, which contained two cigars,
a good and a bad one. With the unerring glance
of a true commander, ou selected tho good one.
I smoked the other mjsclf after the battle, nnd
I neier enjoyed a smoke better in my life."
A Careful Buyer.
TiIERE were only fcur neighbors In Tueker'a
general store, at the crossing of the plank
ridge and the state read, when Silas Slosson en
tered. "How be yc, boys?" he said eollcctiic'y.
"How be yc. Si!" was the reply. How's th'
of ladyf
"Ilaout th' same; don't see much change."
Silas crossed the store to the counter, behind
which stood Tucker, his face wreathed In mer
cantile smiles, his fat hands pressed against the
rarnii-hless table.
"Whattel It be, Mistur Slosson?" he asked.
"Ilaow much ye gittin' fer 0 sugar!" replied
the propectle customer,
"Six cents."
"I'hew w ," whistled Wlas, "gone up, ain't
it? Didn't hcv t' pay no sich flgger fer th' las'
I bo't."
"Thct so?" inquired Tucker with surprise.
"Ilaow much 1 ye hev t' gho?"
"Five cents an' a half."
"Thct so? Ilaow much yc want?"
"I'aound." Detroit Free Press.
Why Monoy Was Needed.
VOl'NO WILLIE JEFFERSON, son of the fa
mous "Joe," is a typical Jefferson, In
habits, manners, looks and wit, relates the Ar
gonaut. Some weeks ago Willie was given a
nice fat sum out Of the savings of his distin
guished father, and allowed to go to Europe
for the summer. Willie went. One day Joseph
Jefferson received a cablegram from Willie, then
In Paris:
"Send $500. Willie.'
The elder Jefferson answered:
"What for?"
The reply seemed to arrlic almost before Mr.
Jefferson's message was sent. It read:
"For Willie."
Willie received the money. i
Kitchener and the Donkey.
N HIS ROOK on the Soudan campaign Win
ston Churchill tell this story about General
Lord Kitchener. He ordered a field telegraph
to accompany the flying column to Abu Hamed.
"Rut," said the officer in charge, "wc hac no
spools to unreel tho wire from, no saddles to
carry It: no"
Without a word Kitchener walked to where
the colls of wire lay, Some donkeys stood nevr
by. Select the smallest, he took the animal's
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hind legs In his left hand, and put them Into
tho coll. He lifted the wire up until It passed
around the donkey's back, hanging between the
fore and -hind legs. He caught the lose end
of the wire, and smacked the donkey with tho
other hand. The beast moved forward, tripping
and stumbling ocr the wire, which began to
unwind. Then, still without a word, but wltn
a wae of tho hand that said l
"There's your field equipment." Kitchener
walked away.
Bill's Brains.
DILI, FLF.TCIIER, a lineman for the Michigan
Telephone company, eloesn't like to wear a
hnt on hot days. A klnd-h,earted old lady saw
Rill one hot day near Saline digging away bare
headed -at a nosthole. So she went Into (ho
house and got one ot her husband's old hats.
"It's too bad you lutcn't got a hat; take this
one," said she, and, not wishing tn offend her,
lllll accepted the proffer. When the Job was
completed he went to the door, and, thanking
her, said that he could not keep tho hat. "Hut
)ou must keep It," she sild. "You will bake
your brains out If you don't wear something over
your head this hot weather." "Oh, no, 1 won't,"
said lllll. "I haven't got any brains. If I had
I wouldn't bo digging postholes." Criterion.
THE CRAWFORD SYSTEM.
From the Olyphant Record.
The Crawford county system had a fair trial
on Monday and the results must be ellsheatten
Ing to its friends. It has been weighed and
found wanting. Instead of curing the Ills ot
party politics it only aggraatcs them. In spite
of unusual watchfulness there were- evils present
far worse than delegate conentlons ever at
tained to in tlUs county. In a county where
there is sucli a mixed population as In this, the
primary election scheme Is a total failure. In a
rural county with a homogeneous population no
doubt the Crawford county sjstcm has great ad
vantages; but wc hope we have seen the last of
it In Lackawanna county.
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NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
Immense coal fields hae been discovered In
Zululand,
New York has twebc times as many churches
as Berlin.
Women arc not permitted to be photographed
In China.
Chicago has the smallest bonded indebtedness
of any large city in this country.
The first Hebrew congregation In the Hawaiian
Islands has just been formed at Honolulu.
Among professional women hospital nurses,
it Is said, head the list of marrying women.
The assessed valuation eif property In South
Carolina has increased W.GOO.OOO oer last year.
The boring of a tunnel through the Chllkoot
Pass has been begun for a 37-mllo electric road,
to cost $750,1100.
The German postofflco at Klao Chau, China,
forwarded 2.10,268 letters, papers and packages
during the first year of its existence.
The Anglo-Indian Einplic contains only 1CJ.4S9
square miles in Europe, but It has 2.21S.170 in
Asia, 2,023,010 In Africa, 3,005,821 in Amrlca,
and ,1,2U9,7S1 in Oceania.
Despite the fact that the French goernmcnt
gives silkworm breeders a bounty of B cents a
point on their product this business is steadily
declining in that country.
Indiana loses MO.OOO.OOO In Its asscsicd valua
tion through a law made by the list session of
the legislature, which permits the deduction of
mortgages, tip to $700, from the tax duplicates.
The redwood trees of Callloinia are being
planted In many parts of Europe. There is a
particularly fine one in Geneva, Switzerland,
back of tho monument of the Duko ot Bruns
wick. Water becomes specially contaminated after
standing oer night in the pipe, and several
cases of poisoning bae resulted from peisons
habitually drawing off and drinking some of the
water in the mornings without previously allow
ing it to run.
Ask the average person where the central point
of area Is in the United States and he will fl
It somewhere In Illinois. Tell him it is nearer
San Francisco nnd he will bo incredulous until
he remembers that Alaska is within the boun
daries of Uncle Sam.
A new rival to Niagara Talsl Is projected at
Newfane, N. Y., where a 50 foot high dam is to
be erected, and a large number of factories are
to be erected preliminary to making it, as its
promoters say, the greatest manufacturing town
in America operated by electricity.
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