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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, JULY 9, 1000.
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to acceptance if that all contributions shall be
subject to editorial revision.
SCItANTON, JULY 9, 1900.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
Prcslilcnt-WII.IMAM ilcKlSIXY.
Vlce-Prrsldent-TIIKODOHK BOOSEVELT.
State.
ConRreMmen-at-Ijrge OALUSIIA A OROW,
1IOD11RT It FOKItDlIItnn.
Auditor Ucncral K. U. 1IARUKNUEK01I.
County.
Congrcss-Wim M rONNET.Ii.
fudge ni:onnt: M. watson.
Slierlff-JOHN 11. FEU.OWS. t
Treasutcr-,1. A. SntANTON.
Ulstrlrf Attorney WILLIAM n. LEWIS.
1'rothonntary JOHN COI'ELASD. ,
f lerk of Courts THOMAS 1'. DANIELS.
Itivonler of Deeds EMU. IIONN.
IIi-gMer of Wills W. K. nr.CK.
Jury Commlsslonei EDWAHD 11. STUnQES.
Legislative.
First I)istrlct-TIIOMA .1. ItEYXOLDS.
fecoml District JOHN SCIIITER, .lit.
Third District EDWAIID .1 AMI'S. .III.
Fourth listrlt-P. A. l'lllLUIN.
The lloer plank adopted nt Kansas
City is expected to 00 a sort of ora
torical Pane Dall bat In the lianda o:
Webster Davis for swatting the party
that iravc him public oillce.
The News from China.
T
"HlSltK IS encouragement In
tno report that on July 3 the
foreigners In Pekln were still
alive and that their success
in defending themselves had operated
to discourage their assailants. Prestige
counts far more than force with men
addicted to superstition; and If the
Chinese shall gain the Impression that
the foreigners ate Invulnerable they
may spare when they might easily
eiush.
But the discouraging feature Is that
certainly weeks and possibly month?
must elapse before the powers can ef
fect an entianco Into Pekln. After un
necessary delay permission has at last
been accorded to Japan to go aheal
with the sending of an army corps Into
China. It is understood that the prep
arations for the dispatch of this force
have been so far advanced In antici
pation of the allies' consent that within
two weeks the troops will have been
embarked. Hut even should this pre
diction of swift movement be fulfilled,
the Journey to Taku Is but a small
part of tho Invasion. First comes the
landing of 20,000 troops, which Is no
Email matter: then arises the prob
lem:. ,f disposition on land, of estab
lishing nnd keeping open lines of com
munication, of securing Information as
to the enemy's situation and lastly tho
uctunl march of such a force through
11 territory devoid of all modern con
veniences. Can the besieged force In Pekln hold
out six -weeks? On this point we have
no Information. All Is conjecture. One
hopeful sign Is that the ministers resi
dent at Pekln foresaw the coming of
the storm and probably propared for
it. It Is regarded as likely that their
reserve store of provisions Is sufficient
to withstand a long siege. Tho greater
danger Is that they may nt any
moment bo overpowered by superior
numbers. On thu score the public can
only wait nnd hope.
An awful example of what genius
can ho persuaded to do for money ha
been given the past few days by Ju
lian Hawthorne, tho novelist of na
tional repute, who spent nearly a week
writing descriptions of Mr. Bryan's
back porch and chicken coops for a
Philadelphia paper.
i
Fncts lor Spell-binders.
WITH A VIEW to helping
the Democratic spell
binders to prepare the
ammunition for their fall
"ampalgn, wo propose to present on
this page, from time to time, statis
tical facts collected from authorlttve
soutees and Illustrating how great has
been the suffering of tho country un
der the gold standard. Here goes for
exhibit number one:
Tho annunl report of the statisti
cian of the Interstate Commerce com
mission on tho railways of the United
States for the fiscal year ended June
30,lSi!, shows that nt the close of the
ycty; 71 rallwnys were In the hands
of jreeelvers, a decrease of 23 com
paiAd with the previous year. Sixteen
ronBs were placed In charge of ro
celWrs during the year and 29 wore
rerribved. The total number of rail
way corporations included in tho re
port was 2,019. Their total trackago
w.u 2521361 miles, of which 189,293 were
single track. Tho Incrense In single
track was 2.S9S miles, which was great
er than for any year since 1S93.
Twenty locomotives nnd 731 cars wore
used for ench 100 miles of line, over
which 52,878 passengers were carried
and,, 1.474.7C5 passenger miles accom
plished by each passenger locomotive;
46.3Q3 tons of freight wcro carried and
J,009O93, -tons miles accomplished by
eaclf. freight locomotive. All thphe
itemV show an Increase compared with
the corresponding item for the previous
fiscal year. Of the total equipment ot
the iTyoads, nggreeatlner 1,112,619 loco
motives -and cars, 808,074 were fitted
with., train brakes, an Increase ot 1CG,
813, nd 1.187,719 with automatio coup
lers.vnn Increase of 228,145. Tho roads
employed 928,924 persons, and during;
the year they were paid In wages and
salaries 1022,907,890. an increase of $77,
459, fi35 over the fiscal year 1893, The
amount of railway capital outstanding
on June 30, 1899, was $11,033,950,898, or
a capitalisation of 00,(56 per mile of
. lino, 40.0l per cent, ot which paid dlvl-
iiuiiun. uu iiuitiucr ii iunpt:iiera cur
ried during tho year was 623.170,508, an
'liWina of 2,109,827, nnd 059,703,583
Lsfona of freight were transported, art
increase of 80,77,37i tons. The srosst
etitnlr.KS for tho ysar were $1,313,310,
f,18, un lncreare of J.KJSU'i over th
previous year, nn-l tho npi'i-nlltiK ux
ponies were $S5l5,CS,J'iO an Increase of
3S,99:.,723.
From this horrible record of prpKrcw
we see how necessary Is the election
of TJrynn and tho installation of six
teen to one.
Tho constitution does not seem to
follow the lifts on roino of tho railroad
trains down South.
As Others Sec Us.
I
N A ItECKNT address delivered
by our accomplished ambassador
to Germany, ex-President "White,
before nn audience of American
students who were receiving instruc
tion In German universities, tho point
wns made that Americans while in for
eign lands ought to be careful not
to speak 111 of tho ptesldent of the
United States or other prominent
American officials, for tho reason that
their random criticisms, seldom meant
to be taken literally, nrc (snapped up
by foreigners and used to tho disad
vantage of American Interests general
ly. The foreigner Is not ns a rule nc
customed to tho breezy freedom of
comment characteristic of American
political discussion nnd is prone to nc
cept as, serious tho remark of the Itin
erant Yankee thnt McKlnley, for In
stance, is a "saphead" or that this,
that or tho other public olllclal is a
"faker" or "boodler" or "knave."
Mr. White's judicious nnd timely pro
test Is called to mind by the- receipt
from Mr. William H. Itlcbmond of
copies of the Paris edition ot tho New
York Herald, containing a number of
comments on Ametlcan affairs which
would be entirely amusing It tho
foreigners who read them could do so
understanding-. For example, on tho
day that President McKlnley was re
nominated, Mr. Pfnnett's Paris play
thing led off with a solemn leader
captioned: "Mr. McKlnley Is Nomi
nated It Now Lies Iletween Him and
Dryanlsm God Help the Country!"
nnd to thnt silly heading it appended
11 lot of Hub dub, of which the follow
ing is a sample:
Mr. McKlnliy Is nominated. Tills is tho rc
wanl he receives from the 1'i-pulilli.in party
shepherds fur the limli-likc elmllity with which
he has olieyeil their outers in cur) particular
limine; the put fiur iir. It i .i's .1 uti.ir.ititce
lor the I'nltcil Stales tint. If Mr. McKinlij's
nomination lie followed hy his iln-tlnn, there
Is going to he another period of liae Mm; ami
filling, of sophomore statesmanship, nnd of bow
ing to the will of party leaders. Tho Hi pub
lican party ilict.ttms lute decided ;tn piolutu
the life of MiKinlcjiMii. Will tin- Di inner itlc
leaders Ignore this objcct-lessi n, and, inMi.id
of nominuting a ttntcunan in ho hinds lhc
destinies of the I'nltid Mater will he iMfe time
Ilriani-m upon the people? If so, God help tho
country i
Another specimen of Idiocy ftom tho
same source Is embodied In a column
'article In which President McKlnley Is
grotesquely lmploted to wlthdtaw In
favor of Governor Hoosevelt, while
Colonel Ilrynn Is with equal earnest
ness petitioned to cause the Demo
cratic national convention to nominate
ex-President Cleveland. Witness:
The people of the l'ldtcd Mates au now con
fronted with a iliU'innu, on the t-atUfactory solu
tion of which depends the wilf.ire, peace and
prosperity of the nation. On the one hand, theio
is McKinleyi'm; thnt Is to sav. weakness, so
dilation, senility tei party polities and Ink of
deelsiejii In national erlids. Of all this the peo
ple arc heartily i-iek nnd tired. On the otlur
hand, there is llrjanl-ni, or, in other words,
Populism, and the repudiation of nit Inn il honor
which follows in tho wale of Ids silver policy.
Of this the people an- terrified before they luie
iM'ii tiled it. Wlut Is the w.i. out ot the? dif
ficulty? Patriotism suu-R.-sts one, and the onlv
one. I'nfoilunately, it has not been followed.
If Mr. McKlnley were really animated by ,1 de
termination to do what is lust for the country
he would have retired In fivor of Mr. Itocwvclt.
If tho Republican party leaders were c-enuinely
patriotic, they would have put Mr. Ito.-oult
at the head of their ticket. On the other hind,
tho Demoereuic niarapers; would manifest tho
same pood spirit by throwinc Mr. Ilrvan and
Ms reckless theories overboard, nnd ccmlng out
stronitly in fivor of Mr. Cleveland. This would
have narrowed down the lsue in ruch a way
as to sruarantes the welfare of the country, no
matter how It were finally decided.
There Is more of the samo hopeless
Imbecility but we forbear. Now this
kind of literature Is harmless so far as
Americans are concerned; they aro
habituated to It and It does not feazo
them. The mischief In it comes through
the fact that the average European is
not equipped with the American point
of view; he sees In Gordon Uennett's
curiosity shop nn oracle of American
wisdom, culture and representative
public opinion; he therefore Immedi
ately adopts Its estimates of American
public men and Institutions as his own.
We wonder nt Europenn Ignorance of
American nffalrs, but are we not In
part responsible?
It Is a pity that the shore line does
not Txwnd tho indecencies of American
politics.
Tho books of the third nsslstnnt
postmaster general for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1990, show nn increase
In the sale of postage stamps for 19"0
over the year ending June 30. 1899. of
407,417.804 btnmps, tho totnl mlmnPr
cnlil lo.lnc 3 0R1 571 "Jin Lin, ...... ....I.....1
w,., ...... ,n W)VVU,U, .,mu r..,,,ii,n, smut-ci
at J7C.276.S04. The incroiiHo In revenun
was $9,474,413.50. ThlH is a point Colo
nel Bryan Is advised not to dwell on.
The Visit of the Boers.
-TpHI3 TUKASUnnU of tho
I committee of arrangements
JL for the reception of tho
lloer envoys on tho occasion
of their recent visit to Washington,
who wns also custodian of tho fund for
the widows nnd orphans of Uoors who
died In defense of their liberty, col
lected at the uqtlnnal capital by mean?
of a monster muss nicotine nt which
an admission feo wns ehaigpd, has
ntude his report. It Is certainly nn in
toreHtlng document,
Altogether the collections amounted
to $1,134.33. Of this sum $1,120 went for
the entertainment of the three envoys.
They were In Washington cloven clays.
Their hotel bill for that period, Includ
ing tclegiams, extra meals, elj?ni,
newspapers nnd other minor details,
was $5C5.t0. Their wine nlono cost $110
and It was paid for nut of tho public;
fund, AmonK other Items of expend
iture wo note one of $127 for hack hire;
one of $31 for fireworks; an Item of
$48 which Includes the oxpense5f of the
reception committee, aside from car
fare, In golntr to New Yotk to greet the
envoys and in brianing them back to
the capital; band hire-, $87; decorations,
$85; flags, $5; badges, $16.80; advertis
ing and printing, $80, and dinners for
the envoys on their way to Now York,
$18. There Is temalnlnc for fho bcnollt
of the lloer widows -ind oiphuns t't.t
sum of &H.3S. which the lie.uulsr
thinks will (.Mutually glow to $18.
it Is fortunate for the lloers thit
thlr envoys returned when they did.
In a few more minutes the widows and
otphans would have been In debt to the
relief committee.
Governor Allen, of Porto Klco, who
has Just returned to this country on
a vlclt, Is enthusiastic over the proo
pects of tho Island nnd states that
the business clement Itt entirely satis
fied with the tariff arrangement now
that it if thoroughly understood nnd
that tho laboring population Is happy
In being iv loved from burdensomo tax
ation. According to Governor Allen,
Porto Itlco Is n happy, hopeful state
with no knowledge of the nwful con
ditions that exist In Democratic cam
paign documents. This la but another
proof that on the Porto Illcnn ques
tion, ns well as many others, tho Ir
responsible talkers sometimes make the
most noise.
From liquor licenses under the Italnes
law, numbering 27,739 at the end of last
year, New York state In 1899 collected
$12,5S2,218.71, of which it kept $4,231,231.
00 and returned $S,351,017.G3 to the local
communities. In the three years since
this law wns passed It has raised $15,
310,131.49, notwithstanding that more
than one-third of New York state's
towns have local option. The outcry
against the law which greeted Its In
auguration has almost wholly sub
sided; like many another Republican
net of practical legislation which failed
to suit the theorists it has been vindi
cated by results.
Civil government was organized in
Potto UIco on May 1. The month be
fore, the olllclal expenditures on the?
island exceeded the receipts by $80,000.
For the month ending Apt II 30, the ex
penditures on the Islnnd exceeded the
receipts by $SO,000. For the month end
ing May 31, the receipts exceeded the
expcndltuics by $2U,000. Tho receipts
for the Island for the first week In
May were $1,300. The receipts for the
last week were $32,000. The Democratic
platfonn makers were unduly alarmed
concerning Porto Hlco.
One of tho visitor? on board tho
steamship Kaiser Wllhelm at tho time
iof tho Hoboken harbor fire has writ
ten n letter denying emphatically tho
charges of Inhumanity made in the
New York press against certain tug
boat captain. "I saw," he says, "a
number of cases where boats wont out
of their course to save life, and In no
case were men left to drown when
they could have been saved." It will
restore faith in human nntUre if these
stories shall turn out to have been
yellow journal fakes.
Mr. Ilrjan was provoked today to read a ficti
tious interview 6ent out from Kan as C ty to
eastern ncwpapers purporting to quote his IS-jcar-old
elaushter, ltuth, who was In Kanas
t'lty and attended the convention. Tho inter
view, which was a lenuthy one, covers persons
mill public quchtlons. Today Mr. Hr.in tald that
he had btcn iid-rcprcrfiited and misquoted him
,cll, as .lie otlur public mm. but he thought
the children should lie spired. The Interview,
he slid, was entirely without foundation. Krom
.1 Lincoln Kit-patch in the Sun.
It Is high time the American people
began calling a halt on yellow Journal
ism. They have tho remedy In their
own hands.
The United States
Feeds th? World
EXPORTS OP provisions from the United
Males durliiK the tb.cn! jear about to end
will exceed these of any previous year.
The total will bo fully $180,000,000, thus
averaging a half million dollars a day, and sur
passing the phenomenal record achieved by that
record-breaking yc ir, lSW. For tho eleven'
months endliiK with May, 1MX), the total export
of provisions, indullng meat and dairy froducte,
is tlui.Tir.MI, against $159,373,00.1 for the cor.
responding period of the fiscal year lpjfi. Of this
largo sum, the principal items aro lard, with a
total export during tho eleven months of $33,
091,000; bacon, with a total of $.15,470,000; horns,
sUS.lM.OOO; pork, 59,159,(m0; oleomargarine, $0,
409,000, and beef, $7,535,000.
American beef Is finding an enlarged market
ahroid, especially in the United Kingdom,
Trance, Africa and the Orient. Comparing the
exports ot the eleven months ending with May,
J!KX), with those of the same months of 1819, it
Id fi.uic that the United Kingdom increased her
piiicluscs of canned beef from $1VM,000 to $,.
ti'T.nno; Trance increased hers from $.11,037 to
ell7,2"il, while Herman)' showed a slight decrease,
th3 value falling from $21.912 In J;9 to if.Nl,.
WS, representing a shrinkage of a half million
pounds In the volume of exports. To Asia and
Oceanic .1 tho Increase was from flSS.OoO to $160,
001. nnd to Africa, from $437,722 to $1,033,700,
rcp'oMuitlng an Increase In quantity of oiiort
of more than $i!,000,nno over 1S09. In the e.
port of fresh beef, the principal Increases are
to tho United Kingdom, with a total of S20,.
1H.S7i. as against $:0,W0.9!0 In 1S99, and to the
West Indies, which took in 1000 a total of
f.,S, 0..I, as against less than one-tenth of that
amount In 1699, when the total was but $31,027.
0
In bog products, Including pork, hams, bacon
and lard, no marked Increases occur, the figures
'r VW scarcely enuallnc those of the previous
"''
It Is gratit.vlng to ob'ene, however, that
our export trade in cheese Is showing evidences
of revival, the total for the eleven months
(howlng an Increase of 0,000,000 pounels, repre
senting a value of over $1,100,000 over that of
lat vear. Tor 1W the total wns Irss than tint
of 1VN, being f!0,fiOS,fifi2 pounds, vulued at $J,.
70,210; for 1000 the total Is S8.7n'S,i2, valued
nt J.1.K0O.KVI. Of this increase practically the
entire amount was In our exports to the United
Kingdom, whoe share of the total was M.OOOOiV)
pounds, valued at $.1,121,000, against 17,001,000
pounds valued at ono and one-half million dol
lars last car,
o
The following table shows the total exports
of provisions In each fiscal year from lflfl to 1000
Tlseal year Provision exports.
i-m ?i3fi,fi,;;s
WU lTI,S.Mil
ito m.no.fvu
im no.f.vurci
IS'll ItA.SOO.UO
l.a ( 133,-U0,597
lcOO l.TI,S77,M9
S')7 13S.M1.73.1
ISIS 107,310,001)
JKt 173,M3,ri08
1000 130,000,000
June, 1000, estimated.
ONE MAN 50WEB.
Trom tho Inllanapolls Tress.
Not slnco the dis of Henry Clay and the
Whigs hai ono man held such complete control
of any party as tint acquired over the Demo
cratic parly at a bound lour years ago by
William Jennings llryan, and hMd fast ever
since. Mr. Ilrvan bad been a joung member
of congress, but the average American cllfuii
had not heard ot him at this time, four years
ago. With puitically no political backing,
ho rode in on tho emotional wave worked up
by others, and c-aptured the convention. With
u tapldlty and thoroughness equally aitonlsh
Ing, ho captured the whole party, after his
nomination. lliosiv tried and presumably
powerful leaders that had stood for gold, dropped
out) while those that bad stood (or silver be
rumo wundcrfully submissive to Drstn'i Mill. 1
lMcat.'d in the election, and fuur jeurs out if
odle.al life. In lui still retained his hold on
the masses ot ids part;, until he I- inu li mors
powerful in IU councils thin Is McKlnley in
Ids party, even with all the inotinous palionaga
of the republic at his commtnd, Many ot the
brainiest and strongest mrn In the Demoeratlo
put) have been wotklns and stlismtna; for
months to hrlni a tor.lns down el the Demo
cratic platform to bring It back to more con
servative cruunel, They nr rich aid powerful
In their cvvn stales nnd have nut wl.h much
seemliiit success, Uryin rays a word nt Lin
coln, and their work Is fft nt nauRht. The
Democratic hosts at Kansas City Save found
out what kind of a platform ha wints, arel that
kind ol platform it Is, If they can find
out whom he wants for vicc-preslJent, his
wishes will be followed. If they ran find out
anything else he wants, ho will have It, if It
Is within their power to rIvc. Conslelerlns
that he has never had the opportunity to win
hlRh renown, either in war, in congress or in
high executive position, Mr. Aryan's power Is
the most remarkable Instance of political lead
crshlp our history liaa afforded.
POLITICAL NOTES.
The St. Paul Clobe, the leading nemoeratlo
paper of Minnesota, has bolted the Democratic
national platform and candidates.
Clcorge O. Williams, president of the Chemical
National bank, of New York, used to be a Demo
crat, but will vote for McKlnley and Iloosevelt.
Here Is Ids comment on tho doings at Kansas
City: "Sixteen to cno tolls the knell of the
Democratic party."
President John K. Iloone, of the Colonial Tmst
company, of New York, said on Saturday that
he would vote for McKlnley and iloosevelt. He
used to be a Democrat, but Hryan and free sil
ver drove him out of the rarty. Mr. Doonc said
that there was no question about the result of
th election, "it will be the same na four vears
ago, only more so," was his comment.
"It begins to look," says the Philadelphia
1'ress, "as If the Dryan torchlight raraders will
toon be bearing signs like these: 'Give the
notcrs 0 Chance and Let the Missionaries Take
Care of Themselves,' 'Don't Protect United States
Citizens Abroad; They Ought to Stay at Home,'
Down with Thrift and Our Own Pockets All the
Time,' 'Tell Agn'e, Krugcr, and the TmpresJ Tre
Time," 'Tell Aaggle. Krugcr. the T.mnress Tze
Hsl to Walt for Us. "
Vice-President S. 0. Nelson, of the Seaboard
National bank, of New York city, Is also going
to vote for McKlnley. "I agree with Mr. Hill."
he said, "that the perils of Imperialism are not
so great as those of a dictatorship. I voted for
McKlnley In 1893 and I am going to vote for
him again. Don't make any mistake, every vote
will count. This is the time to give a. correct
and final answer to the question ol an lioa-st
currency. The way for every man to answer It
Is to vote for the Ttcpubllcnn ticket."
Alexander H. Orr, evrircsldcnt of the New
York chamber of commerce, Is the latest of tho
Cold Democrats to come out In open support of
McKlnley and Koosevelt He said Siturdiv: "I
am a Democrat and have always voted the Demo
cratic ticket when Its pilnciples and its can
didates permitted me to do so. I cannot vote for
Mr. Pryan, though, and the only course left to
me is to give my support to tho Republican
national ticket. The currency isue is the para
mount Issue, no matter what certain Democrats
who have not the courage of Mr. Ilrvan say to
the contrary. It Is on the currency question that
the battle will again be waged. Any attempt
to force this issue to the rear will meet with
fsllure. And on that Issue the so-called Demo
cratic party cannot hope for anj thing but defeat.
I want to say one word on Imperialism. I am
one of those Who believed that when Dcwev
smashed the Spaniards we should have been con
tent to grab and bold one coaling station In
those Islands. Cut I am not so blind tint I
cannot see that it Is Impossible for us to recede
from the position that we have taken thee
without such a repudiation of words and deeiis,
without such loss of prestige, without such In
justice to our own people, as would render it
a wrong step for the nation to take."
J. P. Caldwell, editor of the Charlotte Ob
server, has bolted the Kansas City ticket and
platform. The Observer Is the most Iniluential
dally newspaper In North Carolina and has n
large circulation among the cotton mill and bank
men and business men in general. The course of
Mr. Caldwell has aroused a storm. He has re
ceived several hundred telegrams and letters
congratulating him upon his aland. This Is his
declaration of independence: "The Observer can
not support the cantlidate nominated sir the
platfonn promulgated at Kansas City. Wo aro
opposed to the free coinage of silver and gold
nt the ratio of 1(1 to 1, and while there Is littlo
danger of this for four or sir jears to come, the
perpetuation of the agitation for It Is to be dep
recated. The re-affirmation ot the Chicago plat
form In general terms would have been bad
enough, but its two most obnoxious features were
singled out and emphasized when free sliver
and "government by Injunction" were fpecifliallv
Indorsed. The latter is a bid, as, It was in l'oct,
tor the support of the lawless, and it Is by
far the most offensive plonk In the platform
to one who believes in the supremacy of the law
ami In upholding the hands of the courts. The
saying that the anti-Imperialistic plank presents
the paramount Issue does not make It so and
moreover the Issue docs not appeal to us. This
country had no business In a war with Spain,
but It got Into one, and as a consequence cer
tain territory fell under Its control. It could not
shirk Its obligations In Cuba, Torto Wco and the
Philippine Islands If It wanted to. nut it Is not
so much the platform that Is to be feared as the
man upon It. Mr. Pryan Is essentially a dan
gerous citizen. He Is an honest fanatic. Neither
his ability or his Integrity fs open to doubt.
Hut ho Is radical, self-willed, head-strong, Im
perious, dctcimlncd to have his way and deter
mined. If he cannot do so, that the procession
shall not move at nil. His wav Is not the wise
way. Ho Is not n fit man for president. In
charge of the craft, ho would rush It upon tho
rocks. He may be elected, but we shall have
no complicity In the act."
TIMEIaT FACTS.
Penmark claims that there Is not a single per
son In her domain who cannot read and write.
In Manitoba and Northwest territories during
the year ISM there arrivcel from European coun
tries 20,304 settlers, and from the United States,
0.S30.
A Chicago professor predicts that In 1,500 years
Chicago will be Inundated by Lake Michigan.
The city is sinking at the rate of nine inches
every 100 icars.
Canadians aro manifestly not beer drinkers.
They consumed last year but 3.09 gallons per
head, ns compared with the consumption ot 12.0
in the United States.
The fire loss In the United States and Canada
during the six months lust closed reached tho
enormous total of fl03,2iW.P00, against ?C3,C09,750
In the same period last jear.
It has been estimated that the food supply of
London would not la- out a week If Its com
munications with the country were broken, and
the inflow of provisions stopped by any cause.
On American railroads last jear one passenger
was killed for every 2,180,023 can led and one In
jured for every 151, (WS carried. Tor each passen
ger killed 01,051,50 passenger miles were accom
plished and 4,230,200 passenger miles were ac
complished for every passenger Injured.
This Is the way in which a Chines editor told
a contributor that his manuscript was unavail
able! "Illustrious brother of the sun and moon!
We have read the manuscript with delight. Py
the bones of our ancestors we swear thai nfver
have we encountered such a masterpiece. Should
we print It, his majesty the emperor would or
der us to tako it as a criterion and never again
print anything which was not equal to It. As
that would not be possible before ten thousand
years, all tremblingly we return thy manuscript
and beg thee ten thousand pardons."
The Kansas City convention of July 4, 1000.
was the twentieth national Demorratlo conven
tion. The first six were held consecutively In
the city of lUUtmore. from 1S32 to 1S52 After
1R52 the following cities were chosen: ISM, Cin
cinnati! 1200, Charleston; ISOt Chicago, and 1SW,
New York. The convention of 1SW was the only
national convention of either political party hold
In New York city. In 1S72 the convention was
held In naltlmore! In 1970 and USS In Ft. Louis;
In 18S0, In Cincinnati, anrt In 1834, ISM, ISM
and UOj, In Chicago.
Th urn of China Is 4.4M.76Q snuare miles.
Vr rather more than one-twelfth of the whnla
laud surface of the gloue- er population Is
given In round figures at 300,000,000. "If, savs
the Philadelphia Times, "we adl the popula
tion of the North and South American contin
ents, white, red, black and brown, to that of
Great Prltaln, Trance, Germany, Austria, Tur
key, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Gieeee and
Penmark, we still have place for the five million
people of Australia and New Zealand before a
sum la reached equaling this vast nation. With
three times the area of Ilrltl-h India, China hai
less than twice as man) people with a popu'a-
tion per square mile eiiua mg that ot bulla,
China would contain over leio.mij.wj souls, act
In India there are vast Jungles and unoccupied
lands. It It were possible to conceive of China
being populated on tho same scale of density as
T.ngland 32,000,000 to 6Ui square nines 1 no
population of that country would number 5,310,.
000,001), or nearly double the present estimated
population of the whole world."
ltr Is tho halanro sheet of the St. Louis street
car strike, as vouched for by one ol tho St. Louts
papers:
Strike lasted M ibji
No. ol strikers ""
No, of persons dependent on strikers .. ln,5(X)
No, of patrons of lines Inconvenienced.. CoO.OOi)
Persons killed W
Sulcldtf duo to strike
Persons made insane by strike ........ 2
Persons shot "'
Persons otherwise Injured 131
boss to company In fares $1,30,000
Ixisi to company by damage to piopcrty 20,000
I,ovs to strikers In wages 393,000
Loss to others thrown out of employ
ment 210,000
Loss to city In trade 23,000,000
Cost of posso comilatus , 100,000
Cost of cxtr.a police 60,000
Transit company's extra expenses 60,000
NUBS OP KNOWLEDGE.
Drown eyes are said by oculists to bo tho
strongest.
Trench Canadians almost entirely use home
grown tobacco.
Since 1S91 Colorado lias produced over $75,
000,000 In gold.
flreat Drltaln cats Lcr cntiro wheat crop in
about thirteen weeks.
Uirths In France last year fell off 15,174
from the figures of 197.
In I80O Texas raided 6S.072 bales of cotton.
Now- she raises 12,000,000 bales annually.
The bread-eating world requires more than
2,300,000,000 bushels of wheat every twelve
months to supply Its table with bread.
Paris' woman's paper, La Tronde, which
boasts that all its work was done by women,
has run foul of the law, which does not permit
women to set t)pc at night.
South Carolina Is now manufacturing all tha
cotton fhe produces. North Carolina, Georgia
and other states are also turning out a large
part of their cotton In finished goods.
The Germjn peasant of a century ago the pe
riod of the Napoleonic wars ate little except
black bread and potatoes, and In many cases lie
had barely sufficient of them to sustain life.
Senor Eilvcl.i, president of the council and
Spanish minister of marine, Intends to nsk the
peoplo of Spain to make a great financial sacri
fice with a view of constructing a new navy.
Verified figures tliowf that a city of 100,000
Inhabitants could be built from the annual out
put of stone, clay, lime and gravel, found within
a dozen miles of tho City Hall in Philadelphia.
Tho German war department has something
like 200,000 pigeons trained for war purposes,
and Trance has 250,000. ltussla ami It.ajl also
have homing pigeon outfita In their war depart
ments.
Snony has a new law, making the minimum
salary (if a school teicher frMM a j ear, rising
gradually through six Maces to .i-5 and a free
residence a 3 car. The maximum salary is
$900 a year.
There are plenty of snakes in Samoa, lint they
are all haimliM. In certain distiicts it is a
custom of the native girls to wind live rep.ilc
mound their necks and arms as ornaments for
their dances.
In the United States there Is ono church for
every 337 people. Iloston has one for evciy
3,00O, Minneapolis one for every 1,031. Twenty
four million people attend church in the United
States every Sunday.
Itecently the Russian Agricultural department
has discovered In Kirghiz steppe on the east
ern t.horo of tho Caspian 6ca immense naphtha
springs of a quality which is said to be equal
to the best American naphtha.
Tollowlng the lead of Liverpool, Sheffield,
Bradford, Glasgow, Manchester and other cities
of Great Britain, it is promised that an electric
street railway service will soon supersede the
present horo tramways in Nottingham.
The output of native coal In ltussla has enor
mously increased of late .vcars; at the same time
the import of the foreign article has steadily
risen, and this in spite of duties, till at the
present moment the import of foreign coal has
become of such urgent necessity that the duties
have had to bo temporarily reduced or remitted
altogether.
TYPOGRAPHICAL
CENCE.
REMINIS-
1 have paued to hear the music of the big per
fecting press
As it hammers and It clamors to rebuke my
Idleness;
I have set ii the pages leaping from the mighty
whirling scroll
And tho roar and bang and rattlo has made
music to my 6oul.
And yet (perhaps I'm growing ht they call a
bit passe),
I don't feel quite contented with the method3
of today,
As I watch the step of rrogTcss, I can scarce
restrain a scowl;
I am longing for a foot press and a printing of
fice tovVl.
It seems just like a miracle, an Iridescent dream,
When first we got a littlo press that ran with
real steam.
And now, vvhllo steam is useful In its honest
way, no doubt,
Wo have electric motors, modern built, to help
it out.
We eaid Inventive genius, though it grew each
year more ripe,
Would never bo on hand with a machine for set.
ting tjpe.
I'll admit the new way's better though I'm
half Inclined to giovvl.
While I'm longing for a foot press and a printing
office tow'l.
Oh, Where's the Jovial nomad who would work
about a week
And then lay down his stick and wander off,
new fields to seek?
Where U the printer's devil? In his place we
find a crowd
Of bright-faced chubby cherubs, fit to perch upon
a cloud.
And from the forms I miss the news that once
appeared so big,
About the new- church organ and the Widow
Spicer's pig.
It rests my dazzled brain to let my memory
take a prowl
To when we lud a foot press and a printing
olhte tow'l.
Washington Star.
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Particular interest centers around
our $20 Thrco-riece Bedroom Suites.
And it is not dlincult to decide why.
There Is something about each piece
which catches the eye and Invites n
better acquaintance. Then construc
tion nnd finish aro observed und com
parisons made. Tho decision generally
Is that these aro better In ovjry vay
than anything ever offered at the yVlce.
Hill & Connell
121 N. Waslilugtou Ave.,
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ALWAYS HUSY.
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Cool Shoes for warm feet, from BO
cents up.
Lewis &Re5!!y
Established 1888.
114-116 Wyoming Ave.
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Public
The recent fire having de
stroyed our store, we have
opened temporary quarters
at No. 137 Penn avenue,
where prompt attention will
be given to watch, clock and
jewelry repairing.
$A11 repair work left
with us before the fire is safe,
and will be taken care of at
our present store.
MERCEREAU &C0MELI
The HMot &
Coooell Co.
Heating, Piimb3ng,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Ught Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
434 lackaraia Avenue
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
Ueneitu Agontforttn Wyomlnj
District i.-
iilulng, Blasting, Sportin;, HiuolcoUU
nnd tha itepauno CUomica.
Coinpauy's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
kulety ruse, Caps nml K-cplodetfi.
Itooiu .101 Connoll lliulilui.
bcruntia.
AUlSNClli
TIIOS. FORD, ... Fittston.
JOHN B. SMITH Ss SON, - Plyraoutn.
W. E. MULLIQAN. - Wllkes.Ei.rro.
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A well-known clergyman," of Boston," says of
RSPANS Tab
" I have used them with so much satisfaction
Jiat I now keep them always at hand, and
they are the only remedy I do use except by
a physician's prescription. They are all they
claim to be."
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NLEY' S
Jmly Sale
of Ladles9
Fiee Muslin
Uedlerwear
Opees Today
And for one week we will
give you special inducements
for laying in a supply at
much less than the seasons
prices.
Our lines being bought
with the greatest care, and
always with the interests of
our customers as a first con
sideration, you can therefore
depend on picking from what
is left of our early selections,
at greatly reduced prices, the
only difference being that all
sizes are not now included in
the assortment.
Exceptional values in Fine
Lace Trimmed Skirts and
Night Gowns. The last call
on colored Shirt Waists at
prices to close them out quick.
510-512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
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INVITATIONS,
CALLING CAEBS.
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.
j- I .
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General Statlonero and En
gravers, y
Scranton Pa.
Hotel Jermyn Bldfj.
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