" wai. i.?fiip5 '"" I''''l','ll'lllyiiyl"-r'ryiy" ""J' ""- ' rmik l Up W" y I THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY. JUNE 23, 1900. '4 line N $e .Scranfo.. rt8ime r uMlilied Dullr. Except fiundiy, by The Trlh. I'ubllihlne Ofcniiiany. t Fifty Cents i Montn. UVY 8. niCIIAlin, Mltor. O. I'. DVMlLi:, IlculncM Manager. Kew York Offlcc: 1W Kituii St. 8. a VKKGI.AND. Sole Agent for foreign Aclxcrtliln?. fcnturcel t the l'osttxmeo at Scranton, fa., u Second CUm Mall Matter. When pare nllt rrmlt. The Trllnine Is clad to print short letters from Its Irlrnrlj bearing on current topics, but Its nils Is that these must be slencd. for publication, by the writer's real name: and the condition precedent to acceptance li that all contilbutlons shall be subject to editorial renlslon. TEN jfoGgS. BCHANTON, JUNK 23, 1000. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Nntionnl. Preside nt-x II.I.I.VM McKIM.r.Y. Vice-I'resldetit-'IIII.ODOHI: ItOO-lH IXT. ' Stnto. Consressme n nt.i.irge f i U.USII A CHOW, wmiinr li roi:i!i)i:itr.u. Auditor liHier.iW-K. II. IIAHDI'-NDUROIl. County. ( nngn- Wll.l.l Wl ( (INMXr Judge (.r.uiiiii: i w tm)X. Hii lilt--JOHN II. M.I.I.DHS. liPiiMiiu J. A l II W HIS District Altvr11c.1--1WM.tAM II M:W8. rinlhniiut.ii. .K1IIS ( nlT.l.WI) tlnli ut U i11li! I' IIAMlIbi. ll.ionlir ol IV11I, I. Mil. IIOSS. ibuiMu of win w. k. ni:i'K. Jur.v loiiiiuliui.1i i:il.lll) II. MLlltllla. Legislative. l'.rst IIMilel illi)l. .1. III'A X01,I)S. N- mi I Di.tilil-.UIIIV "( MCI I. II. .III. 'Jim, I l)i-tl l-I I.I .ltl .lMi:, .111. Fouitli l)illlit-r. A. I'llll.lllS'. Tho Till.une fuels that It c-.in justly congratulate Its leadeis on the excel leiiLe of tho reports which It published of the rhlKidelphla convention. No phiio of that memorable occasion was neglected; and Use icports as a whole cuinpaio fax oi ably xxlth any. A Public Danger. -HK CASKS of attempted criminal assault upon two xnung women In Wesit paik, ic polled in ustculay's Tilb une, aie not the only i'hs-cs which haxo como to the knowledge of tho police. There haxe hi en a number of such crimes xx itliin the past two months In sarlous parts of the city, nnd the peril has leached pioportions xxhere silence is no longer justified. Parents rilmlually shlik their re sponsibilities when they pcimlt tb'-lr daughters, especially those just enter ing upon xvomanhood, to f sequent se questered places at night. Kxcry park in tho nelghboihood, together with its apptoaches, is a tendeaxous In sum mer evonlngH for much silly lllitatlon or mooonshlnc saunteting xvhich, in most instances, is with Innocent Intent but which presents unnecessary op portunities for the vlclous-mlnded and for this reason should not be tolerated. The police of our city in the main aif vigilant and active In ancstlng sus picious characters but they arc entltely too fexv In number to cope as they should xvlth the problem here consid ered. In Nay Aug paik. for Instance, hundreds of merry-makets are to bo found nightly and It would take a dozen ofllceis of the law to make th.- entire environs of tho paik safe for young xvomon xxlthout trustworthy es corts. Tho numbeis of thoughtless girls who permit themselves to be en ticed xxithln the circle of danger In the manner above Indicated have giown to be a very serious matte which forcc3 itself upon the public notice and calls peremptorily for reform. It Is to be hoped that tho mayor will instruct the policemen to tedouble their vigilance In this dliectlon; but moie than that, tho city should awaken to tho fact that It needs at least a scoie of additional patrolmen and that tc employ them would In tho end be good economy. And the heiolo Hough Ulder Is lia ble to demonstrate nlm that the xlee pichldentlal nomination Is not neces sarily a political hearse. New York's Next Governor, BY UKASON of tho fact that Governor Hooscvclt xvns dtafted on the national ticket In detlanco of his be lief that Ills best usefulness lay in tho executive chair at Albany, tho filling of that chair xxhen ho shall vacate It will in a peculiar sense possess nation al interest and in tho process public opinion outside of New York ought to have n voice. IUgMIy or wrongly, tho belief pre vails that the underlying reason xvhy Senator Piatt wanted Roosevelt to be placed on the national ticket wns in order that n man might bo Installed as governor at Albany xvho xvould be a more docllo servant of tho special in terests which tho senator Is popularly supposed to represent. It is asserted very generally and not denied that the largo corporations In Ncxv York city nnd. Htate whoso franchises Governor ItoQsex'elt had insisted upon taxing were determined that Roosevelt should not servo another teim in tho execu tive, chnir. If this is true, and if it one of tho explanations of Senator Piatt's eagerness to get RooRovelt out of Albany, it is icauonable to suppose that the coiporatlon Influence) together with the Piatt Influence xxlll be tlitnxvn for the nomination of somo candidate who, if elected governm, will sign a bill repealing tho franchise tax and acce.pt more, regularly than did Roose- ,velt tho ndvice, suggestions and com- jmands of the Piatt organization. Col onel' Roosevelt, contrary to Mugwump recommendation, did not ignore Piatt; ho recognized Piatt's position as tho chief manager of tho party machinery end was loyal to tho party organiza tion in every instance where it did not necessitate a surrender of public duty, But he held the organization up to n high standard and never for a minute yielded Ms prerogatives as governor; and it iff easy to comprehend how a man of less personal independence nnd more pliability might bo more accept able to the professional element among tho portdclnns. Wljl'.tho public spirit of New York's .epubllcuDlmn-tho genius of'llie rank nnd file which his upheld find up proved Govcinor HoosovcH'b course and felt honornUlo prldo In his high principle nnd fearless manhood consent to tnc substitution In his place of a man of info lor grade? Will the voters of the party feel no aenre of obliga tion to Colonel Hooscelt such as would lend them to exercise a potent lnlluer.ee in selecting his successor nnd In piotectlnrj nnd defending tho lofty pollcltM he has Inaugurated? There nr! melt in New York well qualified to stop Into Hooscvclt's shoes. General Greene is such a man. Scth Low Is another. Will a man of their typo ho drafted by tho better sentiment of tho party or will this sentiment lay down and let n Woodruff or an Odell walk Into the vacated olllee without serious opposition? rnterrlfled edltotlal writers arc al ready coming to tho front with "grave doubts" as to the qualities of Gover nor Iloosevrlt us a running candidate for vice president. Their anxiety is superfluous, as the campaign will show. A National Debt of Honor. RKADINKSS of the American people to fly, on X pa; ipor at least, to the relief of distress In oveiy part of tho wot Id except that pait xvhich is most Immediately under their notice has become a theme of good-naturcu satlie, not wholly unaeseivcd. A to eent example xxas shown In tho osten tatious oiganlzation In New York of a many olllceied committee to raise a million dollars for the xvldows and oi plums of the Moors. This committee dlsti United faithfully a vast volume of peifeivld literature nnd succeeded In getting on Its list of lndoisers about everv politician of note In the Demo ciatle party, but xxe haxe seen no ac knowledgment of Its usefulness to the Boers nor has the treaMirer called for assistance In lountlng the cash. An entei prise veiy different in char acter has been undertaken by the Na tional Society for tho Relief of tho De pendent Widows and Oiphans of the Officers nnd Enlisted Men of tho Regu lar Anny of the United States. This organization, In spite of Its long name, means business. It H not an adjunct of any political party. General Fran cis V. Greene Is Its president; one of Its vlco-piesldents is Theodore Roose velt; Levi P. Morton, Daniel S. I.a- mont nnd Cornelius Bliss are its trus tees, and the one xvho can tell all about how local branch societies may be started to help on this good xvork is Mis. James Parker, of Fort Slocum. New York, whose husband Is an olllcer of the regular nimy of the United States and as good a one as there is in It. The purpose of the Amoilcnrt Anny Relief society Is evident fiom its title. As those xvell know xxho are at all ac quainted xvlth the legular army Ameri can lighting nrin that very rarely does bis Income sufllco to enable him to make provision for the Inevitable lainy day. Kven the genuine generals like La xv ton and Guy Henry are not pa'il enough to enable them to meet bellt tlnglv tho natural expenses of their position and also lay something aside for wife and children. The lower the rank, the less as a lulo Is the chance that when a bullet ends the caioer of the head of the family the other mem beis of that family ate left pioperly piovlded for. Of couise, 1'ncle Sam In his oxvn lelsuiely fashion bestows pensions upon the xldows and orphans of sol diers kll'ed in the lino of dut The xvldows of a colonel, for example, gels ?S0 a month; the orphan under li! ears of age get,s t- a month; the xxkiows or onicers loxver In tanlt re-cch-e proportionally less, until a line Is reached xxhlclt baiely separates them from starvation. Rut even these pen sions do not come xvhen most needed, that Is to say, xvhen tho stricken fam ily has itc first Introduction to the shock of losing Its financial mainstay. At the btst there Is an Interval of month In xxhlili the xxldoxv and chil dren of tho lighter killed In battle or skirmish do not know xxhere to look lor the necessaries of life. When tho dead soldier Is a biuvc general, popu lar subscriptions appear and congress takes early opportunity to vote a spe cial pension, but there are hundreds of lnstan"es scattered throughout our country xvheie the dependents of mere ly ordinary soldiers, good, faithful ser vnnts of the government xvho gave their lives to the service xxlthout hav ing been blessed xvlth opportunity for or tho accident of xxldespread distinc tion, have suffered most grievously be cause of the long delay in getting tho regular pension pittance unwound from Its encircling red tnpe; and right here Is where tho Greene nnd Roose velt society proposes to step in. There is no politics In it; no thrill of sympathy for the under dog; no chance to twist tho Rngll.m lion's tall or reproduce in America tin prejudices Inherited from continental Huiopn, It Is tho .'ommonplace duty of standing by the dependents of the men xxho have lost their lives in stand ing by their country's flag; yet It is a national debt of honor which this great prosperous people ought to pay to tho fullest limit. Hon. Timothy Woodruff announces that hereafter It xvlll bo necessary for tho ofrtce to sock him. Of course, Timothy xvlll keep xxithln easy calling distance, Tho yelloxx' journalists of Japan bIioxv n disposition to vlo for honois with tho employes of Mr. Hearst. TOLD BY THE STARS. Solly Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe Caats 1.10 a. m., for Saturelaj-, June 2 J, 1'JIW. "E SJxP A child born on this day nil) notice that rn-tliu-Uille.' people aio not always eucrgctle. That some men haxe good xvixoa Is another proof of the fact that fools are vsually lucky. Maud Xlulhr pexems and parodies may now be numbered among the draxxbaiki ol summer. Tl.u elot- in tho kennel biles at Ids ticai; tho dog that Is huntinc; den-d not feci them. An unucccuful intrrxftxx' with a dose rf pol ton' generally com lne.es the inot despondent that life ii worth living. The wise nun In liii own estimation nexcr eraiiuitci, Weekly Letter on Municipal Affairs III. STREET RAILWAY AQEMENT. MAN- (CopjrlKht, 1PO0, by Wlllhm 8. Cran.lall.) TUP. street railway company of Col.urnlmi, Ohio, la the most liberal In tho treatnimt of II employes of any In the country. Ho J the lnanasemcnt of the St. luls ralbvjy been as (rderous It xxould not lnx-c sudcrcd so prc.it a lovi by the disastrous strike. Indeed, the probabilities arc there xvould haxe been no strike. Hie Columbus comptny clWributes lurlcjs to Its cmplojcs on liolldajs, uniforms once or txxlce a joir-iutordlns to length of scrxlcc and makes them nil ii-pattncrs by slxlrs tlicm the same pro rata share of profits as reiclxcd by the storkholdcrs. It Is needless to say this conipiny does not Duf fer nnx- loss from stilkcs. Tluro Is too good feeling lnlx;ecn cmploxcr and employed to af ford any opportunity for the dexclopmcnt of any tlilrg so serious ns a strike. This is not to say the men luxe no isrlcxancos, but rather none tint culminate seriously. The men arc cm our awd to come to the management and state their xxants In on open, manly fashion. And they are met In the same spirit. II the request bo one xxhlcli comes xxithln the realm of posslblllH- It Is granted; If not, it Is denied, and a good rea son clxen xxliy It Is impossible. As an exldence of the continuous pood fellowship prex-alllnp, there lias been no serious inliundtntandlni; dur ing the lite of the lompan. llxcry ThaiiksKlxIns and Christinas day each crnplojc Is clxcn a tuilej, an effort always be ing made to graduate the sic of the turkey to that of tile family. If the single men prefer It, a silfjr is L'ixen to them Instead. On the Inltlatlxc of the cempany a sltk and death benefit nnchtlon xx-as orginid amongr tho men. This has been miteiially assisted b) the loinpany, but is more largely n.portrd by the men us a matter of cour-,c. More than $12,000 lino been disbursed during the toxtn jcars of its existence. The company paxo Its members a pleasant mrprisc on 1hankplxini day, 1697, xxhlcli meant more in xalue thin many turkejs, and as a frec-vvill offering muth moic than could be reckoned In doll irs and cents. Hie folloxxing greeting xxas sent to each man xxlio bad been llxe jcars or more in the sirxice if the com pany. It read as follows: "At this season of the jiar, xxhen others are rejoicing in the plcaMiies of tho home feslixal, xxe xih to express our pleasure and apreclatlon ol jour labors duiing the jear noxx- draxxing to a close. During many xxceks of heaxy traxel and croxx-ded streets jo" luxe opeiatcd jour cars skillfull, xxlth the risult that seiiotis aid dints half been fexv nnd persoial complaints rare. While all uigigcd in this sen lie are en titled to their full share f iredlt and xx-e fully appreciate their skill and ability, xve leire es pecially to remember in a subtantlal xxay thee xvho may be fairly termed 'xcterans' in the ser xiie. To tills end xxe xxill cath jrar present to motormm and conductors, inspectors nnd fore mi n xxho haxe been fixe jcars in the serxice tf this company, one complete uniform suit, and to tlioe xxho haxe been In suih t-erxicc ten or more jcars, txx-o unlfoiin suits, all of xxhlcli xxlll bo made to order. "As a badge of merit, Indicating faithful and satisfactory serxice, the coat sleex'e of each the- car man xxill be decorated with one gold stripe, cadi ten-jear man xxlth txxo gold stripes, and so on, adding a stripe for each fixe jcars' employment. "It is earnestly hoped that this testimonial of our good xxill may be rccelxed in the same spirit in xxhlcli it is given, and that all may take a post piidc in maintaining a high stand ard of cthcieiuy and the good name and good chiracter of all our emplojes." Since the adoption of this regulation about t(M unifoims luxe been distributed at an ex peine of 7,0n. The dix blind bearing xxage xxas next inaugur ated by the compinj. 'I ho director xotcd to make exery dulhr paid in fabrics to the men lirir the sime diiidind as might be paid to the stotkhold',r. This, in a sense, made cxerj' em plojo a member of the ecini'iiny. At anx rate it gaxe an lidded fcellii' of pr prietorshlp, xxliicli could not fail to produie moie efficient serxice aim promote an "cpiit lie icirps" seldom to be founel among the cmplejes of a laigc corporation. The only condition all icheil is that the profit sharer shall haxe lee-n in the employ of the com-pain- fur six months preceding the. ipiirlir bir xxhlcli the exlia compensation inaj be axxurded. The i.xiigc- xx ige of the "regulirs" amounts to 'i.s.VJl, and of the "extras" to sji.lB p"r ji.ir. xinl I lie dixlelciids for the jear xxill aggre gate MIMM). The apex of corporate generesitj- for America xxould seem to luxe been reached bj this com-pi-ny, but judging from the past, additional benefits xxill bo sure to follow at occasional In terxals. It Is- an undl-puleil fact that the paid-up xalues ol meet lailxxay corporations in the I'niteil Mates, when tompjied with the market able xalue of the stock, Mauds In the sliding utlo of three to ten. If the corporations xx-eri-not 1.0 licuxily buulcneil xxitli fictitious xalue there xxould be a po.s,hlj ef dialing in soms of tho 1'tophn conditions which prex ill in l.u rope. r example, the folloxxing terms aie tin posed upon the company xxliicli Is to construct ami opeialc a sjtcm of underground rallxcaxs lines in 1'aiis: The elfx leieive. umglil.x speaking, one-tliiiil of the gro,e income from the sale of tick Is, as rent for the pait of the road xxliicli it constructs and for the right r.f way. The eoinpiny takes-tvo-llilrds for its poilh.n. The conditions xxhlili tlie eitj imposed upon the compinj in reganl to the trealment of its labour and emplojes are txtiimch iule-iestlig, nnd indicate the nigl x..tcr irirk aftained In modirn eilies in this re. sped. The mou linporlanl of thee conditions are eontilned in the folloxxing pioxislons of the a,-icinient between the city nnd the traction company: "Slieet llillway Xianigrmcnt and statistics." I. The fabrics c.r xxavris of the workmin and emplojes sli.tll be palel fentnighllj, and shall in no ease be less fhan r.0 fianes per luoiilli. !. One lull cl.-.j of lest or two full lialf-dijs shall lie gi.iuled each weik to the pei-onnel. .'1. An niiuuil xacitlon of ten dajs, with full silary, shall he gianled to all emplojes. f. The full ilarj l.jl be paid' ilurint; the prrioeN of mllitarj Iphliuctloii. S. Dajs 01 Me 1. 111 as pin,erly iritifieel bv Ihe phxslcim ,idiilnl Ipj the 111.111.u1r of the fund, Mull be palel for in full, without am didintb n dining the peril d of at least one jear. II. In ease of ueililint h .ppcnlng during work ami nsultiiig in .1 tcmpoiarv Iniaiiaelix. the workmen Mull rccelxe th. Ir entire cages until a complete- reioxerj, without prepidlie irt the in iliiiinin which sli.ill Ik- due to them in case: ot final ilisabllitj-, cither tital or paitial. 7. The xxoikincn implojed in the crleipihe Miall be In.uied against auhiciil at the sole io,t of the leasing coinpain, which Miall not nm!.r this bead nuke any deductions fio-n the wages ?;r- f gt Particular Interest centers around our $20 Three-PIeco Bedroom Suites. And It Is not dlfllcult to decide why. Thero Is somethlnr; about each piece which catches the eye and Invites a better acquaintance. Then construc tion and finish are observed and com parisons made. The decision generally Is that these are better In every way than anything ever offeied at the p'Icc. lils ,- BJ rl I W-'ZZ2Z-iniunEmb li's! '- - r51 i , 7. J r ' !L ' esi Hill & Coooell 121 N. Washington Ave., due. Moreover, xvlntiirr may lie determined In regard to the responsibility for an accident, the leasing compiny shall alxxajs be directly re sponsible to the xlctlrti for the pajment of the Indcmnltj. 8. The administration of (he city shall atxrajs haxe the right to pirscrlba mill measures of safety and health as may be conslilered neces a irj-. 0. A written commission shall be dellxertd, tinder Ihe form of a wage contract, to cx-cry adult crnplojc or workmen, of either sex, xxho liny haxe completed twcnly-frur months of ser xice. The leasing company Is required to obscrx-e strictly the conditions aboxc enumerated, In re gard to the labor of lis emplojes, under pen nltj' of fcrfellurc of the lease. The leasing com pany binds Itself further to furnish to the work ing perscr.t.cl In Us employ deposit books of the national pension fund to establish a fiec medical and drug serxice to Insure Its labors and em plojes against accidents. It Is an Intertttln-j fact that the Introduction of these prnxlslons into Ihe lease did not glxe rle to any prolonged ne gotiations between the parlies concemed, nor did It excite any considerable disevsslon either In the illy council or the parliament. In tact, th leasing company agreeel readily to all the condi tions, and Imleed propsed Itself seme of the clauses faxornble to the lalcrris and looking to their comfort and safetj". When the street rallxx-ay fare In Kurnpean rltles Is compared with that charged in American cltl-s the contrast Is about the Same as that shown In the treatment of the employes. This fact xvlll bo readily appreciated by a glance at the fedlow Ing tabic: No. 1 cOMP.xnisov ok sTtirnT PARKS IN' CUNTS. ItAlbiVAY CITY a 22 tV 3 Nexx- York ... Chicago buffalo t'lcxeland ... Cincinnati ... Detroit Columbus. O. Xcx- Iledford London 3,fioo,onni . . i,'7"),nii .. 4no.nonl.. 4m.msV, , 4fsl.lVXi,. MO.000 .. I Vl.tsKX .. , 7.1,0(10 ll.nnn.onn .. a ;!! J Ilerlln rj.lleiei.otieii. lliulapest I onn.rmnl. Ilelfist .".im.t'un Clasgnxv I SI0,l) bong or short distance xxitli unliersal trans fers. "Klght tickets for 'J cents without transfer, six for J", cents with one tranter. "Kiglit tickets for 'Jj cents. Hut when a comparison ol the number of miles of clectlic railwajs in l.urepe.in countries and the t'niled states Is mule, America leads the xxoild. An examination of the table below xcill show- that the United States of America has more than four times ns many mlbs of track as the whole of Kurope, and more than sexen times as many cars. Among the Kurnpean countries, Germany leads, fircit Britain follows and Trance comes In third. No. S COMl'AniSOX or MILLS of truk. - NAME OF COlWritY. 'i-j -2 S ts s. Cermanv -j,.!isi ,-,,ino Croat Rritaln poo j.ftio franco sim l,iH) Sxvitrerlanel ,n :i.I0 llclglum lji) -ji) sl'aln 11,7 lit It.iH- :.,; -ii, s Rouinani.1 ;i; Russia 40 je) Norxxax- and Sweden 7', Nnixxax- . ;;o Holland .1 ti Portugal .1 1', All of Kurope B.OOO n,.Msi United btates of America Jl.OelO 6im PROGRESS IN CHINA. Telegraphs and rallwajs appear to lie among the causes of the antl foreign lie.ts noxv in prog ress in Chlm. The ilexelopmint of this feituic of moilern enlcririsc in Chlm is desiribed in considerable detail in a recent publication of the treasurj- bureau of statistics, entitled "Commer cial China in 18'in." It shows that Ihe tele graph sjntini of China inelud'd. In l'W, about U.nOO miles of line In opei.ition, ami that the lallroad sjstrin Included Mi) miles of roul In actixc operation anil oxer 3.0JX1 miles piojecteel. The tele-graph i.xsiom connected all of the capi tals of the proxinces with the nation il capital, Pckin, and in tutu connected xvith the Russian trans-Siberian telegraiih line and the 0..0.111 cables', but it appeals fiom tlio recent rcpests that these lines liaxc In maiij cases bein do strojed bj- the anfi-foicign mobs ami armies. o The railwajs tlius fir ciuistiuiteil lielonr to the Chilli sc Roxcinment and wcie lonMiuetcl under its control and direction ami at its n.-pen-e. 'lliey 1 ounce t I'ekln, the capital, xxitli Tien 'I sin, xxhleh lies at the he.ul of the Cult of I'ichlll, anil is the se-aport of I'ekln, xxliile other lines run norfhwardly fiom Tim Tsln to Mian halkwan and still otheis exleml scciuthwarellj from I'ekln as far as 1'ao 'ling, the capital of the proximo of thill, in which I'ekln is lociteel. 110111 th.it point southwanl .1 lailwaj- xxas being constructed In ls'fl bx Itelgiin capital, though it xxas suspected that Riis-iati influence auel perliaps Russian capital, was as-oclatcd in this wink. Tills line xxas cxpectnl to extern! to llinkoxx-, which may be ehtriheel as the I lileage, of ( hlna, being Its best ami largest and most pio-eious Inlanel 101n1nercl.1l citx, located "() miles up the lMmtscKiing from Shiugliai, which lies at the moulh of tli.it lixer. Hankow is a city of nearly l,(KHl,(KM Inhahil.ints, and it was ixpeiteel that the Belgian line xxouhl connect I'ekln, which lies xxell at the noith, xxlth Hanknw, located near the center, ami that an Ame-riean line would extend still further south from Hankoxx to Canton and Hong Kong. - e, line xxas eurxejeel ly The Ameiican a corps ifr 4 & 4 & 4 4" & 1901 CALENDAR 'A I I An opportunity to secure exclusive patterns and first choice ooooooooooooooooo r4 $ Tinted Backs im. Hangers Colortype Backs White Backs Gold Embossed 4 4 4 !85 Mounted Half-Tones Lithographs ooooooooooooooooo c4 THE TRIBUNE has exclusive control of the finest line ot r9inriars ever exhihited in Scranton. It is earlv vet to think 4 of iqoi, but it is necessary to A work here outlined. The full r f ..r Tnmrti.r rr. J l II1C I rtlOUlxm UllttC UIIU IS IIUXV quickly, and no design will customer. TEE TRIBUNE, Washington Avenue. NOTICE Orders taken' now fpr Decerattr delivery. 4 fy . s, fy r fy fy fy fy .ft fyfy fc ? .. ft ft ft of engineers under Mr. W. D. Parsons, of Nexv York In Ij'is anil 18!t, under a concession grant ee! by the Chinese goxernment to Cabin llrlce, Hugh ,1, (Irant, Thurloxv Weed llarnes nnd oth ers, anil this line, like all others for which concessions haxe been granted, was after a term of j ears to become the property of the Chinese goxernment. It was expected that this Ameri can line running from Hong Kong anil Canton northward to Hankow and connecting at that point xxlth the llclglau line, xxhlcli would ex tend In I'ekln, xxnubl form an cxliemely Impor tant artery of Internal commerce from China's most miortant soul horn ell-. Canton, ami lis most Important central eitj', Hankow, ami thence to Its capital at the north, I'ekln, from which point It xvould connect with the Itusslan railway sjstem whlen enters China in Manchuria at the extreme north. o Numerous other rallxvajs hare been surxejed nnd some of them were tinder construction. The (Icrman goxernment has been (iieouraglng the construction of rallwajs In the 1'ioxincc f Shantung, In which Its port of Klao-Chau Is located, while concessions to llrlllsh companies authorize the construction of lines along a large share of the eastern coast and extending up the xalley of the West rlxer to the borders of llur tuah, where It xxas expected thej- xxould finally connect with the railway sjslcm of India. The railwaja projected In China and tor xxhleh con cessions had been granteel, contemplated a leigth of more than 3,000 miles nnd II xxas con fidently expected that their constriiitlon would bring the Trans Siberian sjtcm of Asiatic Hus sla into touch xxlth the Tians-lndlan sjtem of llrlllsh India, xxhlcli In turn would finally con nect xxlth the railway sjstems of southern llurope and thus glxe to the xxorhl an inter continental belt line stretching northwardly from northern Kurope through nusl.i anil Siberia, theme oiilhxvardly through China, thence west xvarelly again through nurmah, India, Persia and Turkex- In Kurope lex a connection xvlth the rail way systems of southern Kurope. What the effet ot the hostilities In China with reference to works of this iharacter xxill be tannnt now be foiclold. llusia controls a bmg stretLh of territory along the north, ami Kne land the territory of Itrltish India and llurmah at the southxxcht. Railway lines existing cr projected extend from the tenltory of both of these countries into the xcry heart of China and Intermingled with, and an important link amrng tluse, is the ere it American enterprise already alluded to, upon xxliicli a company had, accord ing to the statements ol accepted authorities In railway matters, arranged for the expenditure of frJn.ouej.OOO of American funds. The Tulanc unlxerslty of Louisiana, xvhich has been without a president since the death of Col onel William Picston Johnson last July, has chosen Dr. Kdwln Anderson Alderman to be Its head. Dr. Alderman, who has been president of the L'nlxcisllj of North Caiolina since lfe'sl, is known as one of the most progrcsslxe teachers of the bouth. NUBS OP KNOWLEDGE. The Austrian armj-, aetlxe and res in- eludes oxer 2,000 Hebrew- officers. A petillieil forest In a sanelstonc formation has been dlsenxered In Routt countj-, California. According to an eminent scientist, the alkali In asparagus dcx-elops form In the human brain. Ihe republic of X'cnczuela contains 50.1,100 squire miles. It Is larger than any country In Kurope except Russia. The Chinese honor their guests by placing be fore them the oldest eggs obtainable, which are considered their greitrst delicacy. The Siult de Sainte Marie canal passes two and a half times as much tonnage in eight months as the Suez (anal passes In a full jear. White hats are worn for three jcars as a sign of mourning bj- excry grown male In Koica after the elealh of a number of the rojal familj-. The bubonic- plague spreads xxitli astonishing raplehli-. In two jcars alter it first appeared at Hong Kong It hail traxclcd 3,000 miles to the xxestxxaid. The last great war of the world, that between Russia and Turkey, eost altogether 100,(X)l),imi iiml 10,00 lixes, of which Russia paid 111,- OOn.OOO and 110,000 lixes. The tnnnige of the whole mercantile steam marine of Russia, Japan or Holland does not equal the tonnage of the merchant xessels taken oxir bj the Knglish goxcrmnent as transports. Some Inhumation Is furnished bv a well known scientist in regard to the ages of trees. He a-igns to the pine tree fton to 701) jrars as a maximum, Ho jcars to the silicr fir anil 170 to the ash. 1 he common house mouse, when It has omc been caught in a trap and eseaped, cannot he eaugh tagain bv any trap exer Inxentcd by man. Hats are less careful anil sometimes fall a second time The l'rnnco-1'rus.sian war ccst the belligerents illl.ono.OOO and :ill,rX) killed and xx minded out of the 1,7U,000 men engiged. Altogether 817,711 men were put out of action, although this total Includes 115,000 Kicnch prisoners. There are in Michigan, 5, concerns engaged In Ihe manufacture of xehleles, light anil heaxj-, including cutters and sleds. The aggiegate number of xeliieles in inufai lured In la03 was ,)71,7t.'; the total xalue, su 203,4 1. A JUNE BEVEKIE. Written for The Tribune. I haxe x iiulered hack this afternoon To another day in another June, Where a lwat lies, roiled by .1 meet June breeze. And the sun just peeps thro' the xxbUpcrins leaxi-s. I am looMwr nnre more on a pliture fair, Kramed iu a irlory of red sold hair. With the lose on her check ami the lisht in her ejes. Tor 111 dear-heart and I arc in paraelUc. Ami xxho can he dull xxhen the .lime sun shines? 111l xxho can tie sail xxhen the loses bloom? With the light bieere locUlnsr our filrx- craft, There is nothing "so rare as a day In June." Hut, oh, lare dunes are not all the x-ear. And, oh, June sum do not shine alxva.x, When the heirt of the xxater Is 10I1I and drear, N'u light brecie bcareth our baiquc axxay. And chill xxinds are fatal to fair rose bloom, And llonerei must fade xxhen the soft noxx- flies; And I'm drcaminc my sxxeet June dream alone, Tor my dear-heart alone Is In paradise. Hose an B, Spcece. Snanton, June ... 4 - 4- iV S,4 fr'iV iV fr 4 4 5 FOR THE .. NEW YEAR. Photographs place orders early for the class of line of samples is now ready at ... .nn.nl.l tsi, lis. Vs.ct Sllill rrn C.eJlllJJie.cv, uui Ills, ue.se nm iju, be duplicated for a second f t ALWAYS BUST. j f&X2 .fyrcHHi "ttrz Cool Shoes for warm feet, from cents up. 50 Lewis &Reilly Established 1888. 1 34- II 16 Wyoming Ave. For Wedding" Preseets ? Yes, we have thein, m Sterling Sil-yer, Rich Cut Glass, Clocks, Etc. An interesting variety of the richest goods in America. Prices the low est, guarantee perfect at IEECMAU &ODMElLt 130 Wyoming Ave. Coal Exchange. The Huflot & Coeeell Go, Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 Lackawaana Aveine HENRY BEL1N, JR., Ueiicuu AjeutfirtUj Wyouilai District ). iiluins, lliastlns.Sportlii". Sio'.c4',bii uud ilia nopaiiu Ciio.uico. t-o up.my i HM EXPLOSIVES. tulcty 1-use, Cups nnd i;tplolj:fc Kejoiu .101 Cmi9ll limlilu,'. acrautjo. AUKNUllii TIICS, FORD, - . -pittstoa JOHN B. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN. - Wllkes-Ilarre. I i)ls-x POIOEB. I xfe1 ?v X3EU1K; i' Ir r i ' J i ITlBf VTi ' inftfT r" ''"" 4. " jp-' "Do you sell many of these?" asked the student of human nature as the villagu druggist handed him a 5-ccnt packet of Kipans Tabules. " bell many ? " ansxveied the drupgUt. " I hardly sell anything else. Those peopla have only taken an old prescription and put a name to It. I wish I could hit on a snap like that." "They don't claim anything more, do they ?" "Why, no I and that's this lunny part of it. Even the name U made of the initiiN of the drugs of xxliicli the stuff is compounded, and I have been nuking about the same mixture for all the doctors about here exer since I xvas a boy." "Yes, but you used to sell it as a powder or a liquid. This tablet form is more convenient and better, isn't it ? " " Doubtless, and it's the people who buy it now instead of the doctors, though th doctors buy the IU.P.A.N.S too." "And exerybody else?" "Yes, I think half the business men in town carry one of these 5-crnt cartons in their vest pockets, and the women use them as much as the men do, I guess about everybody uses them noxv more or less," ADewttylcrswkrtmt1ninir TEtf mfayb TAsnEi In a rnpr rartexn (without (tIamX It now for wlmt nom draff ttorra-ron five pcnti. Tlililow prills! orl i InteMdfsl for tie r"Mr anil thi Mvmoralral. eino rtoin of thollvo-cencr&noDl ei.D uheilfi) cam bo timl l.y mull ley iwn.lliiv lorly rlerbtiriiuti, the HiriNKtiiMiircb COHTAiir.No 10 Sciruco Kn-et. Sew York -or ilticlo rartnu ites Tnrt.KSl will ho ant fur flreornti KlrAkt jtVLm oaj lio be.ba4 et i;rws.r, Kwial stonkorpon, ucn gtiiUimllUiuurliiw ind Utrtor ilwiv. FIMJY' Wash Waist Some li ions on Wash Waists. It being an invariable ruler1 with us to sell all waists the same season they are bought, we make these reductions and give our customers the benefit while the season is at its best For (Die Weel Commen cing Saturday, Wc At 79c Onr full line of best cambric and percale waists, that have retailed so far this season at 98c, $1.00 and $1.15. At 98c Fine assortment of Percale and Gingham Waists, reduced from $i,2J. At $I.Ei Good assortment of fino Dimity Waists, marked dow from i.Sj. At $iogo Best Scotch Madras Waisti that are still good value at $1.98 to $2.25. We show a full line of Fine White Waists at the right prices. 510-512 ' LACKAWANNA AVENUE OOOOOOOOOOsOOOOOO; S WiEMNG 0 I SNYITAT10NS, I CALLING CAMDS. t 17 Are you interested in the above ? If so we invite you to call and see what we have in the latest and newest styles of Engrav ings. We have several new sizes to select from. General SWIoncrs ravers. and En- A 1 Scrton Pa. A Hotel Jcrmyn Bids. ooooooooooooooooo
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