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29, 1900.
BEPUDLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
rrcvlclent-WIMlW McRINIT.V.
itc-i'ritiiiciii-THLOixinK noor.vrxT.
State.
Conarcsrmen at Large OM.tlMIA
a. (mow,
HUIU 111 11 M'MUIMII II
Auditor (Jeneral-r-. U. IlARDK.XnEROII.
County.
"ongreM-WILU sit roSSr't.L.
.ihic-r.roni: m watsox.-
M.crlfl rt'lIN It tH.1.')9.
Tr.rnircr-J A. SCniVTOS.
litrlft Attorney WIM.IAM n. I.EWI3.
I'rotbe nntarv .'OIIS' COPKI.AM)
Clerk of rcnrt.-1IKl.MAS P lUNirXS.
Hoc-order ot Deeds I'.MIIj IIOSV.
Register ot Willi V K. HIXK.
Jury Commissioner- EDWARD II. STUROES.
Legislature
First District TIIOM S 3. Reynolds.
'rtoml 1in.lrirt--.mtIN SCllKfKlt. .1"
Third District-EDWARD JAMES, JU.
fourth UitliUt-l'. A. l'lllLMN.
Kx-Senator Edmunds states the es
sential fact of the cnmpalgn vhen he
u-marks that the people of this country
cannot afford to take chances on a man
like William Jennings Bryan.
Take no Chances.
O":
DECEMBER 11, 1893, Presi
dent Gompers of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor es
timated that more than
8,000,000 American toilers were without
employment. In a signed article which
was published on January 1, 1S9S, Mr.
Gompers said: "That terrible period
for tho wage earners of this country,
which begrcn In 1803 and which has
left behind It such a record of horror,
hunger and misery, practically ended,
with the dawn of the year 1897."Less
than a year later, when the Republi
can administration had been In charge
of the people's affairs twenty-one
months, Mr. Gompers said In his an
nual report: "The revival of Industry
which we have witnessed within the
jiast year Is one for general congratu
lation, and it should be our purpose to
endeavor to prolong this era of more
general employment and industrial ac
tivity." The best way to prolong It is
to continue In power the administra
tion which made It possible. Labor
fchould take no chances. t
The refusal of Governor Plnereo to
train with the Altgeld crowd shows
that common senre is on the mend.
In the Light of History,
IN 1S03 Jefferson paid Napoleon the
Great $13,000,000 for Louisiana
and the sale conveyed sovereign
lights over all the population
both savage and civ, lllzed in that great
territory and they wero not asked to
consent to the transfer. Had they re
belled, they would have been forced
to leoognlzo the sovereignty of the
United States. "Tho consent of the
governed" was not taken Into tho ac
count, and yet our title to that vast
territory Is considered valid.
Sixteen yeais later, the United States
purchased Florida from Spain. "With
tho sale went thi right to control or
govern tho people who lived therein.
Five million dollnr.s were paid, and
General Jackson was sent to govern
the territory. Had tho people rebelled
It Is not dllllrult to Imagine what Old
Hickory would have done, and had At
kinson or Rryan gone about encourag
ing leslstanee it Is not difficult to
guess how Jackson would have met
the emergency. Them would havo
been a hanging.
Twenty-nine years later Uncle Sam
made another Investment In western
land and paid Mexico $13,230,000 and ac
quired title to both land and people of
New Mexico nnd California. The people
of thoso then distant regions, Mexi
cans, ZunK, Indians and all the rest,
waie not consulted, but were gov
erned and well governed, nnd the le
gion has become the pride of the nation
and the garden spot of tho world.
Five yents later Southern Arizona and
its people were acqulied In the same
manner w Ithout saying anything about
the consent of the governed.
Fourteen years after. $7,200,000 was
Invested In Alaska, securing title to
mountain, glacier, seals, fish, Indians,
Russians and all else the land con
tained without their consent being
asked or icqulted. Five times have
the United States ncqulred title to land
and .sovereignty over people by pur-f-1?n-slvf.
When the go eminent paid
famin $20,000,000 for tho Philippines it
1OT Wthtwas done In 1S03, In 1819, In
itts,? in 1633 nnd in 1S87. Vet niyan
Pft' It ts impossible to secure, title to
a&peeVpUi by force or purchase.
FSInfe-'lSOO, when Mr. Bryan predict
ed a money famine and frightful panic
It the gold standaid was upheld, there
has been an actual net Increase In the
American money supply of $52S,337,CSS,
o which $H1.3S.G27 Is pure gold and
the rest quite as good for money pur
poses, because convertible Into gold
on demand. A public leader so liable
to eiror Is not a safe man for presi
dent. '" ,
' Americans Abroad.
(
Is v-uiNtjj!.yui;.-ii;j'j ot the as
sassination of King Humbert by
, p. letldent of the United States
the foreign auThorltles nro ex
nthlnlnc more closely than foimerly
te passports of Americans traveling
abroad' nnd the volume of complaints
flowing Into our state department from
Americans who resent any Infringe
ment upon their accustomed freedom
of action is said to be Increasing.
Perhaps the commonest type of case
Is that of' thy naturalized American
who, having emigrated from his native
country to avoid military service or
other obligation, returns after an in
terval of years under the Impression
that his naturalization absolves him
from all accountability to the authori
ties of his fatherland; assumes tho at
titude of a candidate for trouble and
Is Immediately accommodated. Tho
records of our diplomatic service nro
fat with correspondence concerning
cases of this kind but tho whole mat
ter may bo summed up by saying that
there is scarcely an Instance of effect
ive Intervention to avert tho conse
quences thus Invited.
It Is proper to say In this connection
that as a rule the American abroad,
whether native or naturalized, who
gets Into conflict with tho local au
thorities of the land ho Is visiting is
himself to blame. Tho tourist who de
ports himself as a gentleman, does not
expect tho whole continent of Europe
to reverse the customs of centtttles for
his benefit, Is civil, courteous, prompt
to obey the foreign laws as soon as he
learns what they are and patient In
the face of mistakes and misunder
standings very rarely has any serious
trouble and will make frlendo where-
ever he goes who will aid him In get
ting nround. It Is the bumptious
American who causes bother and It Is
a pity that he cannot be kept at home
under lock and key.
It Is not proven thnt General Wood
did lack tact In his recent address at
Santiago, but if he did, It is much mom
certain that the Philadelphia North
American lacks tact In calling atten
tion to the matter when It distinctly
states that the Cubans apparently did
not notice the omission. It will bo in
bad tnsto enouh for American papera
to criticise General Wood alter thn
Cubans observe any shortcomings that
most nble official may have. His
work In Cuba has been such a? to
effectually preclude harsh Judgment
upon anything he may s-ay In his after
dinner speeches.
m
Sound Counsel from the Pulpit.
T
-HE TELEGRAPHIC dls
patches on Monday notu
briefly tho fact that in hl
sermon, preached the day
before, Rev. Father Phillips, pastor of
St. Gabriel's congregation, of Hazlo
ton, a clergyman known to many per
sons throughout Northeastern Penn
sylvania for his activity In good wprks
and devotion to the welfare ot his par
Ishtonets, counseled strongly against
a strike of the mine-workers of jhe
anthracite field. Tho text of this ser
mon has since been printed In the
Wllkes-Barre Record and It merits
more than casual consideration. Pre
facing with the remark that the
threatened precipitation of stilfe be
tween the mine-workers nnd their em
ployers warranted a reference from
the pulpit, Father Phillips continued:
In certain quartern tho statement is positively
made that there will be a tie up, while such
serious pro?peUit a the moeimnt embiuto are
uued with complacent); with no apputnl re
Bird tor conditions that may mean ditrets, ml
cry and destitution, tho (damnation of biulntsa
and general dprtlon. ror my parr, I can
rot look upon surh pro ecu with InditTfionce; 1
cannot pavsliely regard a question that o deeply
aQVcU tho tommunit), and particularly jou, the
men and women compolnu tho congregation ot
St. Gabriel's, whoso spiritual adtiMr It N in
honor to be and for whose material advancement
I most earnestly hope and would reilomly ignird.
It ii, therefore, not only propir but imperative
that I sould interpose at tuch a time and asl;
those directly concerned: Arc jou prepared fur
a striuiclo uih as reports tay U now imminent
I do not believe ou are. In fait, I iioa that
jou are not. " 1 fully rvaliu that th"rc
are weight) questions to be adjusled No one
can remain lont; in tho mining commuult) with
out noting the raue s,ivtna rue to complaint,
and feellnit in s.vmpjthv w,th the io.il worker.
No one who owc his brine tu a coal imm-r par
ticularly can fall to lcspond in vmpaih.v to the
appals of this class nor n it to raise hn, voice
wlien opportunlt) olfi-rs for pruiuriiu reto
mlion and relief. M) own fathtr was a coal
worker and certainly with the filtnuU of toil my
s.vmpathlcs ret. During mv twenlj-llv.
voirs In the priesthood I have wane-sod many
tontests of this kind. I know- ivhat ate the re
bults to the working mail and the suggestion
of iuih a move now till me with apprehension.
We nie now en) i) ins comparative contentment
I know of no destitution In this vie init), no dls
trtM, fjtecplliijr pissibly here and there an 1
hted ctse where tho brenlw Inner of the) family
his been stricken bv misfortune You are appar
ently eij'nlna nrrmal condition and are well
fed. Ycu ore clothed respectahl), and, in laer,
I know- of no congregation o lance that is bet
ter dnsMd cr nukfh a flmr appeuante col
lectively. To chstuih this condition bv striking;
to elestioy the seienily of the cnmnu.uitv would
be a disaster which excites direct f. re boding
and urges ever) man who has the welfate of the
cominuiiit) .it hea.t to evciclse whatever influ
ence he ma) have in opposition thereto
'Ihe great Amerl'-an principle on which lar-e
oucstions arc ail msicd ia arbitration On tills
both sides to the eonttuvcrsv agiee, but elilfer
as to the method of procedure, The working
men cluim the rUht to send their representatives,
to sp.-ik for them as attorneys in tho case. This
see-ne rs-asoinble, but ia not agreeable to the op.
erator, who, as a counter proposal sa.v : "Wa
will treat with einplojcs onl)." This does not
appear ratisfactory to the eiutl.tr side vnd so
the chaim opens Now, from what I know of
the optiatoiit in this region, and I know &ome
of them lutliiiitely, ami nil favorably, J fuel Jus
tified in ju.ving tint the; will do whitever thev
agree upon. 1 can onl) judge tins, men as I rind
them and compare their fallings or vvoaknes.se
with those nt other men. 'the question then
arises, what would )oii do as an empo)cr if
)our woikmcn bit diss-tikfied nn,i sent a rep
resentative to make Known liii compl ilnK I. a
me make an illustration:
1 ni).elf am jn cmplojer In a small wav. I
lire one icvton and two domestic. Would I
entertain a committee picked fiom their ae
epiairitanccs, but unknown to me, who might
come to protest against ceittiin treatment or el1-,
mind mole u) f Mojt assure dh not Can )cu
or I prescribe another course lor a neighbor, be
he the emplo.ver of one man or one hundred,
without appealing arbitrary or Inconsistent? We
cannot it the workmen orud a committee com
posed from their own runks to the operators,
state their grievances in a gentlemanly and busi
nesslike wa), I feel that no empo-er can decline
to hear them I am inillncel to b'lieve that
Home of their burden will be relieved at least.
Hut if the operators decline to open their door,
what (hen utrlkc f 'o, eniphatlcall.v, no Then
vvlutT I make no pretensions at solution, but I
firmly believe the matter can be eifcly left to
the decree cf that Just and Impartial bar
public opinion. Here credit will be placed
where It helon.-s. If the operators aro at fault
the decision will be given without hesitation, or
if the other side, n like verdict will bo rendered.
From momentary chaos will come enlightenment
and elucidation which mutt result in a greater
degree of prosperlt), let us hope, to both em
plover and emplo)e, for labor and capital, mu
tually dependent, will Inevitably rise or full to
gether. Whether effective or not nt the mo
ment of their utterance, these word
are true and the counsel which they
convey Is the best counsel which the
mine-workers of our community can
receive. A strike In tho mines la an
unequal contest. Whether tho opera
tor bo good, bad or only middling, he
can shut down, await results and feel
sure that neither ho nor his family will
want for food or clothing. Not so with
tho miner, when he strikes his In
come stops, and upon his wife and
children, parties innocent and helpless,
the great burden of tho sacrifice falls.
No mine strike yet has gained for tho
strikers one-half what It has coat
them. Every general strike In the his
tory of anthracite mining has ended
In the recognition by the strikers that
the strike method of seeking a redr-ss
of grievances Is unwise and disas
trous. Our community should be spared
the infliction which those In favor of
a strike nru trying to put upon It.
Tho periodical announcement tint
the stolen Charles Ross Is found has
ngaln been made. This time the
claimant Is from Poughkeepsle, and In
poisonnel Is a tramp, Jailed for va
grancy. While twenty-eight years
havo not dimmed the aged mother's
sorrow for tho lost little boy, the nnx
lely nnd countless disappointments of
that time havo ltf her hopeless ot
ever seeing him In life. Scores of chil
dren have been brought to her for re
cognition, scores of pretenders have
claimed to be the kidnapped son, but
none could bear the scrutiny of the
mother's eyes, and none have been nblo
to convince the fumlly that anything
more than blackmail or Imposition wns
intended. It Is n pity that In her old
age, widowed nnd heartbroken, sho
must still be tortured by claims which
revive the subject she never willingly
mentions. Better, Indeed, It would be
If the little yellow-haired child had
long ago passed out of life than that
ho should be found nt this Into day
with the habits of a vagrant's exist
ence firmly fastened upon him, and
with the advantages of a noble he
redity warped and wrecked by the
wretched fate that has befallen him.
Tho public school teachers of Scran
ton are today calling down blessings
on the heads of the school controllers
for delaying the opening of school for
another week In view of the probable
hot w-enther. It would bo utterly
Impossible for teachers or pupils to
accomplish any work during such ex
treme heat, nnd while the time would
be wasted, the evil would be still
worse In counteracting nil the bene
fit of vacation.
Spirits have revealed to a Philadel
phia woman the secret of perpetual
motion In a machine that has run
for a month. At least this is her
assertion. Why spirits should trouble
themselves to promote cuch an enter
prise as this when they might be bet
ter employed In regulating the vagar
ies of David Martin and his political
outfit, Is not explained by the Phila
delphia papers.
POLITICAL NOTES.
There has not been an hour from the moment
the Pilgrim fathers landed at Pit mouth to the
bright May diy when Dewey humbled the flag
of Spain in Manila bay when Americans have
not been the nilselonaries of llbeity. The Itevo
lutlonary war was for liberty and expansion
on land; the war of 1612 was for liberty and
ev.panr.ion on the tea; the Mexican war was
for liberty and expansion to the west and
south; the Rebellion was for liberty and union
cvcr)where, and the country Is still in the
morning of Ita liUtorj. The iminriallsm ot
the American idea gave the Trench people
power to throw oil the old regime and enter
into the dominion of Individual suvcrolgtit). It
his made more than half a score of Latin
American republics strung along the Andean
mountain chain, every one of them children of
American thought and of merlcan example
and still sheltered tmdet the strong arm ot
American protection. merica never consulted
with cowardice, or lock counsel with tht fearful.
She rejoice-- as a stroi g nun to run a race,
and caics not ho- hard tin task may be provid
ing it is Ju-t. The lie publican policy which to
long has guided the destiny of Uepubllcar.
America has been just and generous, opening
the door of opportunity to all, opening markets
that looms may spin, fmn-icea blase, c limine) c
miole, tialns fly and ships sail, nuking work,
maintaining wages and pa)ing honest toil and
American skill the highest wages in the best
money in the world. The HepiiblUan rrty
stands for the imperialism of opportunity, the
dominion of Achievement, the kingdom of manlr
labor, ro)aI remuneration tor lo)ol service. If
this be imperialism let the enemies of the re
public make the must of it.
Th silver orators from Ilr)an down are never
tiled of reltrrating that the gold stan.'.nrd is
established solely in the interest of the creditoi
class, who icant whatever is due them paid in
tho best and highest kind of money. They as
sume tint the dibtor class is the poor who owe
mono), and that the creditor class is the rich
to whom money is alwa)K due. On this ground
the)- endeavor to foment hatred and bitterness
among the poor acainst the rich, and to array
class against class and emplo)c against em
ployer. To stir up such jealousies and hatreds
opens tho roid to anarchy, and anarchy leads
lo the destruction of government. Hut it is
not true that the poor are the debtor class, and
the rich the creditor class. As a matter ot
fact the great majority of people belong to both
classes, having money coming to them from one
direction and having to pay it out in another.
It is, therefore, dlfhcult to draw an) hard and
fast line to separate the debtors from the
creditors. Itut if there is a creditor class In
this country, a set of people to whom that
designation is peculiarly applicable, it ia not
composed ot the men who handle large sums ot
money and who aie engaged In earning on great
enterprpises. They, for the most part, arc debtors.
The real creditor class is composed of work
Ingmen and women, of implo) in every walk
of business, of sahried people, and ot depositors
in banks, especially deiositors In savings banks.
These' are the men and women to whom money
is alwajs due and who arc entitled, if an)body
In all the world is, to the best and most stable
money that can be devised. A fluctuating
nivne), ar)lng in value irom lime to ume, is
to them a condemnation of poverty and loss.
A letter from Chicago sa)s: Tho political
slttutien, so tar as the Itepubllcan outlook is
concerned, may be aiied uu in one word over
e'onlldeiice The great trouble at the present
moment is that everybody nearly, and especially
the Itepe-blicans, are too busy making money,
getting their oops In, earning good wages at
their situations in the mills all over the eountr),
and, In short, icellng so very contented that one
who comes along to talk politics finds little en
couragement. The correspondence, the clip
pings fiom the newspapers, the prirate commu
nications received from leaders In various slstes,
ufl Indicate that this danger of orrrconftdenoe
is liable to Le the great one. It ought to be
said, however, that the ofllccrs nt the Republi
can national committee are fully alive to this
danger. They like to recelrc the reports of
prosperity and the report also that as many
millions of voters as possible, especially Itepub.
llcan voters, are having a very good time of it
tinauciall). Put they do i.ot allow themselves
to be lulled Into any feeling of false security
b) this They have been working from the
drop of the hat, and that, according to all re
ports, is the exact condition In the east. The
Itepubllcan leaders believe that they will win,
but they are going to work harder and harder
to bring about that consummation; and they
propose to take no chances. One ot the beat
advertisement! ever written simply said.
"No time to write advertisements too busy sell
ing hats." Tint about expiessta the present
situation.
W. K. Curtis writes to the Chicago Records
I saw a safe manufacturer at Vsuhattan Beach
last night, who told me that his com pan) had
sold mnie safes ill Kansas during the last two
jears than in any other state and that his com
petitors had enjojed a full share of the busi
ness. He did not pretend to explain the rea
sons for this extraordinary demand, but offered
the facts aa a prosperity straw.
.TEFFERSON NOT AFRAID.
From tha Second Inaugural Address, 1803.
I know that the acquisition of Imlilant has
been disapproved by tome, from a tsndid
apprehension that the enlargement ot territory
would endanger Its t'nlon. Hut who can limit
the extent to which the federative) principle
may operate effectively! The larger our asso
ciation the less will it be shaken by local
passions.
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TRADE "WITH HAWAII.
The people ot the United States are likely to
be deprived ot some much de-dred Information
regarding the commerce ot the United Stales
with the Hawaiian Islands. The recent act of
congress which extended to these Islands prac
tically all of the laws of the United States, Is
comtnicd at rendering the commerce between
the United States and the Islands "coastwise"
In its character. The laws, with reference to
the gathering of statistics of our commerce, re
quire Importers and exporters to file with the
collectors of customs at the porta at which
their goods enter, or at which they leave the
country, a specific statement ot the quantity
and value of each article Imported or exported.
The law does not require, however, this de
tailed information with reference to goods
passing from one port of the United btatcs to
another port of the United States. Taking ad
vantage of tills condition, merchants ot San
I'ranclsco, who arc engaged in the trade with
tlm Hawaii Islands, arc refusing to furnish to
the collector at that point, regarding goods
(cent to or from the Hawaiian Islands, the gen
eral clan of information which they have for
jears been furnishing but from which the)y
claim they are now exempt under the new con
ditions. Tho effect of this will be to deprive the
Ilureau of Statistics and tho eoplc ot the
United States, at present at lrast, ot all in
formation regarding the commerce with tho
Hawaiian Islands. No feature ot our Import and
export trade has attracted so much attention
during the past year as that with tho Hawaiian
Islands. It was one spot where the effect ot an
nexation upon commerce with the territory an
nexed could be studied, since, in the other ter
ritories brought into close relations with the
United States, conditions were not In our favor
by reason of the war which had existed previous
to, or immediately following the new relation
ship. While the growth of our commerce with
l'orto Rico, Cuba and the Philippine Islands
had been very great, it has been difficult to de
termine what proportion of tho growth was
due to war conditions or what proportion to the
new relations thus established. In the case ot
the Hawaiian Islands, however, no war condi
tions existed, either previous or subsequent to
annexation and the growth ot tho commcice
with the United States may lie attributed,
ihlelly, it not vvholl), to the close relations
biought about by annexation and the general
business revival which followed that event.
The growth of our commerce with the Ha
waiian Islands in the list few years, especially
In the jears 18'if) and lux), his been phenomenal.
This growth is especially interesting In view of
the new relationship which has been established
with the islands and the marked Increase which
accompanied the final determination of that
event. In 1SP0 tho exports of the United
States to the Hawaiian Island were $4,711,417,
and in 1S07 were $1,000,075, showing no growth
from 15'jO to lSoj. In 1S00 the imports into the
United states from the Hawaiian Islands were
$12,812,003, and in 1597 were $13,G57,7W, show
ing but a s.ight growth.
The treaty of annexation was signed at Wash
ington dune 1(1, lsi7,so that all tho commerce
of the fiscal year 1S0S felt the effect ot that
step in the process ot annexation. In that jrar
the exports of the United States to the Ha
waiian Islands were $J,P07,15i, an increase of
27 per cent, over 1897, when they amounted to
4,C'jO,075. The trust formally transferred to the
United States on Mignst 12, 1SS3, thus bring
ing practically all the fiscal )ear 18'Kl within
the period following the complete annexation.
The exports to the Hawaiian Islands, In the
fiscal )ear WM, amounted to $3,503,470, an in
crease of three and one half millions over 1S97,
and the jear WOO showed another increase of
three millions over 1508 and 1SOT.
The following table shows the commerce be
tween the United States nnd the Hawaiian Is
lands in each jear from 100 to 1900:
Imports into Exports from
United States United States
Year ending
Juno SO.
lt'jo
from
Hawaiian Isls.
...$12,312,209
to
Hawaiian Isls.
$ 4,711,417
5,107,21'
3,871,823
2,827,Ac
3,308,187
.1,72.!,057
3,083.707
4,690,075
0,007,155,
0,303,470
13,500,14?
terminate tho
lSOl 13,ivs.3,97
ls02 8,073,1)0!
IWt 0,341,827
1OT4 10,05,317
ISIS 7,S.T,osi
11(1 11,7(17,704
1M7 11,8G7,70S
l;i3 17,1S7,V0
1IW) 17,111, IS1
UNO 20,707,90.1
The above statement will
records of our commerce with the Hawaiian Is
linds unless those engaged In that commerce re
consider their determination to refuse under
the existing law to give to the Ilureau of Stat
istics the necessary information regarding their
shipments to and from the Islands.
HARVARD HONORED AT PARIS.
An attiactive and interesting exhibit In the
American Kducatlon and Social Kconomy class,
at the Paris Kxposition, is the display ot the
Cercle I'rancais lie 1'Universite Harvard, which
lias leen awarded a gold medal and grand prltc
in the Class of Higher Education. This award
is similar to tint given to the Congressional
Library at Washington, and to Harvard, Yale
and Princeton universities, and is therefore a
very great credit to the Circle.
Among the exhibits of the Cercle appear pho
tograpls of the French lecturers, brought over
to America b) tho Cercle: Rene Doumic, IM
ouard Rod, Henri de Itcgnlcr; also diplomas,
medals, certificates, etc-. There were also pos
ters of the various French performances of the
Cercle, and a curious and quite original collec
tion of phstoirraphs representing the cast ot
each play. This ) ear's play "Ix- Pedant Joue,"
of Cjrano de llcrgerac, attracted fiuch atten
tion, and the dramatic critics were very eulo
gistic in their praise.
The exhibit drew a great deal of attention
from the French literary public, and the Paris
press referred to it In the most flattering terms
expressing not only admiration for the work,
but also wondering at the perseverance and
ability of those who possessed such perfect
knowledge of the French classics and French
literature.
MTJLTUM IN PARVO.
It has been arranged that the ho'pltal ship
Maine shall return to Soith Africa. She will
carry no women nurses this time, the work be
ing clone by run trained in the American ambu
lance school,
Iho Itu-sian mode of brewing tea is to make
a stiong essence by infusing a large pnntlty of
tea in a small supply of water and :t little is
put into a glass, which is then lilted with hot
or cold water, as de-fired. The true Ruirn
never puts sugar Irto l.ij cup. He bites a piece
as he sips his tci.
The Vienna Stock Exchange, after tr)lng the
use of quotations In percentage figures, such as
are used in Sew York and London, has now ie
turned to the old system of quoting values in
Austrian currency Complaints of the prent
ago plan from constituents of the Pourse caused
the reversal ot the rule.
At a recent bull fight In flarrelona the audi
were not fierce enough and the fighters were
wer enot fierce enough and the fighters were
cowards, whereupon a number Jumped Into the
ring and drove the animals into their pens,
while the fighters fled and boarded a train
which happened to leave conveniently
Arrow poison of the Wagogo Is derived from
the Juice ot the bark ot two euphorbiaceous
trees by continued boiling Rrleger has isolated
theiefrom a crystalline body which corresponds
chemically and ph) Biologically with the Wak
amba arrow poison. The euphorbia Jules ap
peirs to act as a progressive poison.
An aurochs' horn was recently found In a pit
dus. In lower Pomtranla. It it believed thnt
our domestic rattle are the descendants ot
aurochs. This animal survived on the continent
until 1C27. Kxamples of its enormous horns
may be seen frequently In churches an! un
ties in Southern Germany and in the iv.utli
Rhine country.
Rubber culture was first scientlfiesUy under
taken at the botanical gardens at I'erademta
in 1876 by Pr Trimen, and In 1897 Ccvlon
boasted of 260,000 treet of the Rrazllrtn va
riety which )leldcd an amount of ont pound
and a halt per tree, 50 trees being planted
to the acre. It is fortunate for Uracil that
little of the east possesses the toll, rlimtto
and conditions necessary for such competition
There has been the usual summer strop of two
and one-half feet In the level of tht JlrueMvn
Bridge (pan, due to the heat, which his, as
usual every tummer, expanded the cablet. The
level of the center of the span in the coldest
day In winter Is taken as the standard frati
which the measurement Is made. Last tum
mer tome of the bridge trusses buckled bs
cause ot the txcansloa of the cables.
CAPITULATION.
(A sweet confession from the inspired pen ot
Miss Popsle MctWt).
We sat beneath the silvery moon together,
The crickets chirped their vespers In tlie
rocks,
My lieirt, though light as downy Jaybird
feather,
Yet beat is 'loud as William's striped socks.
A night owl screeched In rage at our Intrusion,
A bat whirred close enough to fan my hair,
And there, In blushing maidenly confusion,
I heard his sweet, extemporaneous pra)cri
His language seemed to flow as molten metal,
He said I was an angel thorn of wings,
A mountain rose ot grace in every petal,
And several other quite suprnor things,
And ere from that sweet spot we had arisen
I knew that he was mine and I was hUn't
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young men and women, and to gain their help have put into exe
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We are going to give scholarships and other special re
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in each, and in the cases of the two leading scholarships, The
Tiibune will not only pay all tuition charges but will also pay the
board of the fortunate winners during the life of the scholarship,
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pensate those who may enter upon this work and not be success
ful In obtaining one of these, The Tribune will give to
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of this contest ten (10) per cent, of all the money from subscrip
tions they may succeed in winning for it
AH letters of inquiry should be addressed to "Editor of the
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formation and urges those interested to write if in doubt on any
point.
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The special rewards will be given to
the persons securing the largest number
of points.
Points will lie credited to contestants
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One Year's Subscription .... 5.00 12
The contestant with the highest num
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the list of special rewards; the contestant
with the second highest number ot
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maining rewards, and so on through the
list.
Each contestant failing to secure a1
special revvaid will be given 10 per cent,
of all money he or she turns in.
All subscriptions must be paid In ad
vance. Only new subscribers will be counted.
Renewals by persons already on our
subscription list will not he credited.
No transfers can be made after credit
has once been (riven.
All subscriptions, and the cash to pay
for same, must be handed in at The
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the) are secured, so that papen may be
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Subscriptions mutt be written on blinks,
which can bo secured at The Tribune
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