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County.
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Itecorrlcr ol OeeiU-KMU, BONN. ' '
HcgLter of Wills W. K. IllXK.
Jury Commissioner KDWAKD B STUIIOES.
Xcgislature.
First nintrlct-THOMAS .1. IJKYSOI.DS.
Second Dlilrli t .IOII.V SC'IIKlTIMt. .lit.
Third DMrirt -niWARI) .JAMES Jit.
Pourtli District P. A. PIIILIIIN.
"If there la any one who believes
the gold standnrd is a good thing,
or that it must bo maintained, I
warn him not to cast his vote for
me, because I promise him it will
not' be maintained in this country
longer than I am able to get rid of
it." Wiliara Jennings Bryan in a
Speech at Knoxville, Tenn., Deliv
ered Sept. 16, 1896.
"The party standsfwhere it did in
1806 on the money question. "Will
iam Jennings Bryan, Znnesville, O.,
September 4, 1000.
For Prothonotary.
THREE considerations Invoke
un overwhelming vote In
favor of the re-election of
John Copeland for piothono
tary. He personally deserves it; he
comes from a portion o the county
which deserves it and he is an active
and a loyal worker In a party which
deserves tt.
Every person whose business In
court has required visitation at the
prothonotary's ofllce stands ready to
testify to the personal deserving of
John Copeland. Quiet, modest, unas
suming, he yet keeps a vigilant eye
upon every detail of the office he ad
ministers" and Is prompt to assist and
to oblige. To every Inquiry he is
ready with a courteous reply and noth
ing which ho can properly do to facil
itate research anions records or tu
expedite Investigation of papers is loft
undone by him. He is kindness per
sonified. AToi cover, the Republicanism of Car
bondalc, which he represents upon this
year's paity ticket, is fairly entitled
to a continuation of lerognltion in the
distribution of the county otllces. This
yeur It Is united and enthusiastic and
unless till Mans fail will return a splen
did vote fur the entire tlekot. It be
comes Republicans elsovvheio to recip
locato this kindly feeling and It cin
not be more appropriately done than
by means of a lousing vote for Corje
land. The unanimity of his renomlnation
attested the cordiality which the people
feel for him. Let this bo again shown
In the November vote.
Certain self-constituted "friend-of-the-laborlng-man"
oigans in this state
are in danger of overacting the part.
Another Yankee Triumph.
nr"
. HE LATEST develonments
In the Chinese situation nra
-IL of a nature to Increase the
esteem in which the Ameri
can state department In held by those
acquainted with the facts. The moral
leadership of the United States has
ugain been established in a manner
not open to the slightest mistake and
the rating accorded to American diplo
macy by the Judicious public opinion
of the civilized world has gone up to
the highest point recorded in history.
The recent note of Germany demand
ing ns n preliminary to the opening
of negotiations with the Chinese gov
ernment the suriender for foreign
punishment of certain high Chinese
olllclals of notorious complicity In the
anti-foreign outiages, viewing it In
tho best possible light m, representing
simply an urgent desire for Justice,
was faulty in method and the United
States was the one power In Christen
dom jwhlch had the courage to toll
Gorniany o plainly, with tho result
that Germany has receded fron. the
obJccflbniWle 'attitude and substituted
a policy around which all the powers
can rijlly,
To comprehend why Geimnny'a first
method was faulty, tho reader must
bear jji mind, first, that the nrea of
disturbance in China Is limited to the
northern provinces and chiefly to the
province of Chl-11. The southern
viceroys have remained peaceful, but
suspicious. Bo long as tho powers re
infect jthe Integiity of the emplro they
will, It; Is believed, remain peaceful;
but let thorn suspect u programme of
ruthless foreign aggression and tho
Boxerilarno, now localised, will spread
to thof furthermost limits. The Ger
man Suggestion of summary ven
geance?) llKo the spirit of mob law, In
volved provocation of reprisals In
districts now peaceful; it would, in
the Judgment of those best informed,
have lighted a race war which cen
turies anight not. have quenched. Ex
pert opinion is emphatlo In the advice
that China must bo governed through
natlvo Influences, dennany proposed
as the first step to snub native ,nnd
conspicuously advertise foreign Influ
ences. To this maladroit and hazardous
method the United States objected, not
to screen any guilty Chinaman, as
some German editors erroneously sup-
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posed, nor In any mawklshness of sen
timentality, but In the scnnlblo In
tention to prevent a blunder which
might, . If committed, constitute a
long-standing plngue. Tho United
States In substnnco said! ''Wo want
every guilty man punished and will
not rest satisfied with less, llut ni
a matter of expediency no loss than
In respect of International comity, the
existing government In China must bo
allowed tho chance to punish Its own
guilty. Tho plan of prudenre Is to
deal with the Chinese through tho
medium of their own recognized and
nccopted dynasty." Tho American ob
ject and tho German object, nssum
Ing that Germany me.int no more than
nho said, coincided; there wits no dif
ference In Intentlon.i, but tho Ger
man way of golnjf toward her ob
ject was pregnant with portents of
mischief, while the American way was
prudent and safe. Hence it Is that
nil tho powers, Including Germany nt
last, have accepted the American way.
Hon. Webster Davis Is uncertain nt
present whether ho Is a man of des
tiny or the foot ball of fate.
Progress at Tuskegce,
THERE IS general concurrence
In tho opinion that the
most hopeful solution of the
negro problem as presented
to view In the United States, lies in
tho direction of an Industrial educa
tion Ilttllng the black man to work to
advantage with his hands. As a hand
worker he Is acceptable everywhere.
As a brain-worker he seems fore
doomed to encounter serious handi
caps of prejudice which show no signs
of disappearance, but, if anything, are
increasing.
Very Interesting in this connection
Is the nineteenth annual report Just
made by Professor Booker T. Wash
ington to the trustees of the Tuskegce
Normal and Industrial Institute, the
foremost southern school for the train
ing of colored young men and women.
It Is wholesomely optimistic. "1 am
of the opinion," says Professor Wash
ington, "that there is more thought
ful Interest in the negro at the present
tlmo than has ever existed. Tho mere
spasmodic and sentimental Interest In
him has been, in a large degree, re
placed by the more substantial,
thoughtful kind, based upon a com
prehension of the facts."
A considerable part of the report is
given over to a refutation of tho
statement that industrial education is
wasted upon the negro. "The chief
value ?f Industrial education," It says,
"Is to give to the students habits of
Industry, thrift, economy and an Idea
of the dignity of labor. But in addi
tion to this, In tho present econo
mic condition of tho colored people,
it is most Important that a very largo
proportion of those trained In such
institutions as this, actually spend
their tlmo at Industrial occupations.
Let us value the work of Tuskegee by
this test: On January 10th of this
school year, wo dedicated the Slater
Armstrong Memorial Trades' building.
This building is In the form of a
double Greek cross and, In its main
demenslons, Is 2S3x315 feet, and is two
stories high. The plans of this build
ing were drawn by our instructor in
mechanical dt awing, a colored tnan.
Eight hundred thousand bricks were
required to construct it, and every one
of them was manufactured by our stu
dents, while learning the trade of
brlek-maklng. All the bilcks were
laid Into tho building by students who
were being taught the trade of brick
masonry. Tho plastering, carpentry
work, painting and tln-rooflng were
done by students while learning these
trades. The whole number of stu
dents who received training on this
building alone was about one hundred
and ninety-six. It Is to be lighted by
electricity and all the electric fixtures
are being put In by students who are
learning electrical engineering. Tho
power to operate the machinery in this
building comes from a one hundred
and twenty-five horse power engine
and a seventy-flvo horse-power boiler.
Alt this machinery Is not only operated
by students who are learning the trade
of steam engineering, but was In
stalled by students under the guidance
of their Instructor."
Other examples are cited. For In
stance; Students at Tuskegee, while
studying agriculture, actually culti
vate every day 700 acres of land, care
for 75 milch rows dally, disposing of
the various dairy products, and tend
C19 head of hogs. In Macon county,
Ala., 33 graduates of the Tuskegee in
stitute are working steadily at trades
learned in that school; and records
kept by Professor Washington show
that at least three-fourths of all grad
uates arc using wholly or partly tho
Industrial knnwlodgo gained while un
der his Instruction. The subject of in
dustrial training for tho negro on nny
large nnd systematic scale is new;
gieat results cannot be wrought at
once; but Professor Washington Is
confident that tho future will vlndlcato
tho soundness of his theories.
"One thing which every negro In
s'lltutlon should seek to do," tho re
port points out, "Is the giving of suoh
training as will result In creating nn
Influence that will keep tho masses of
tho colored people in tho rural dis
tricts. This should bo done, both in
the Interest of tho white man and in'
tho interest of tho negro himself.
Every land-ownep needs every laborer
he can secure. The negro is not so
much In demand In cities as In the
country. Tho colored man Is at his
best In tho rural districts, where he
Is kept away from the demoralizing in
fluences of city life, and besides, in
most cases, the competition In tho
cities Is too severe for him. The only
way to keep tho colored man In the
rural districts and away from tho
cities, Is to glyo him tlrst-class agri
cultural training, to the extent that ho
will not consider farming a drudgery
and a degredutlon, but will seo In farm
life dignity and beauty,"
Last year's average attendance nt
Tuskeseo was 1033; 221 young women
and 702 young men. Twenty-seven
states and several foreign countries
were represented. In addition to re
ligious and ucndemlo training, instruc
tion was imparted in 2S Industries, as
follows: Agriculture, dairying, horti
culture, stock-raising, blacksmlthlng,
brlckmasonry, carpentry, carriage
trimming, nooklnir, architectural, fret
hand and mechanical drawing, plain
sewlnir, plastering, plumbing, printing,
eawmllllng, founding, housekeeping,
electrical engineering, laundering, ma
chinery, mattresa-maklng, millinery,
nitrite training, painting, shoetnaltlntr,
tailoring, tinning and wheclwrlghtlng
Furthetmorc, progress has been made
In tho matter of trnlnlnir young wo
men In outdoor occupations, such ns
poultry-raining, bee culture, gardening
nnd similar light occupations. Current
expenses during the year were $76,000.
Tho total cash receipts from nil
nouuecs wera $230,000. Thus It is evi
dent that Professor Washington's
valuable work is not devoid of sub
stantial appreciation.
Ten years ago there were 121 cities
each having more than 2E.000 popula
tion. Since then, two have been tost
by consolidation In Greater New York,
yet today there are 158 cities with a
papulation exceeding 25,000. If the
growth of the entire population hid
equaled the increase In these cities, the
nopulatlon of the United States would
now exceed 83,000,000. But of course tho
rural population has not Increased so
fast. The census bureau therefore es
timates the total population at 78,000,-
ooo.
History Repeating; Itself.
THE SOLDIERS of the United
States at present on Philip
pine soil are probably no
better and no worse than the
average citizenship of the country they
represent. We dare say there are
scoundrels among them; men with
hazy ideas about property rights; men
who drink more liquor than Is good for
them, and also men who do not behave
as thoy should where women are con
cerned. This Is true out of the armv
as well as In It and is to be regretted
wherever It applies.
But the occasional presence of such
men in the army does not warrant the
sweeping condemnation of the whole
army by calling its membership
"drunkards, robbers and rnvishers," as
one of Bryan's chief fuglemen, John
Dewltt Warner, called it the other
night, or by contemptuous reference to
the soldiers as "$15-a-month hirelings,"
a sneer perpetrated by Mr. Bryan's
bosom friend, Governor Poynter, of
Nebraska.
Our soldiers In the Philippines have
been sent out there to uphold the sov
eielgnty established by the Paris treaty
which Bryan helped to make the
sunrcnic law of the land. In the dis
charge of their duty they are imperil
ing their health, their limbs and their
very lives. Many who went will never
come back. Many others, who went in
the vigor of robust manhood, will re
turn crippled or broken in health. Very
few will profit financially by the ex
cursion unless after peace is established
they shall settle in the archipelago and
grow up with the country. For their
hard work, involving all kinds of ex
posure and danger, they are by no
means overpaid; and it therefore is a
mighty mean and contemptible typo of
citizenship which, back here in the
comfort and safety of home, out of
range of bullets and bacteria, proceeds
to reward these absent servants of tho
republic by means of slander and
abuse.
John Dewltt Warner would not make
this charge face to faec before one of
the accused. Neither would Bryan's
friend Poynter, the blatherskite Fusion
lst. If either dared to utter his filthy
slander in front of a returned soldier
he would get a well-merited kick. But
In Democratic livery, on the Demo
cratic stump, these back-biting de
tainers of the soldiers are emboldened
and simply carry into its ultimate
meaning the logic of Bryan's flag-furling
programme.
General Coxey, who had no trouble
In raising an army of tramps to In
vade "Washington In 1894, under Demo
cratic administration, is now having
some difficulty In securing skilled labor
to operate his new steel mill in Ohio,
which will give employment to about
SOO men.
The miracle of the instantaneous
creation of a first-class republic out of
the crude raw materials present in
Cul may be attempted by the Inter
vaalng power because an asinine sen
ate pled' ed it to make the attempt.
But It needs no special gift of prophecy
to foresee that the attempt will fall.
Train robbing In the west is becom
ing so hazardous that the remaining
road agents will probably soon be
obllcod to turn their attention to pro
moting schemes.
As "Emperor" Mr. Croker Is con
stantly confronted by tho quotation;
"Uneasy lies the head that wears the
crown."
The leading sound money Democrats
evidently believe that Mr, Bryan means
what ho says on the currency question.
Somo of the Boers continue to ex
hibit disrespect for Lord Roberts' new
title.
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"PICTURESQUE GAXVESTON."
Editor of The Tribune
bin At the tlmo of tho btonn, Bept. 8, wa
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titled "Picturesque Galuaton." It ia a book
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one of the moat beautiful cities In tho world.
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tUciueiit of tho city. We find that poMllily one
halt of tho edition can be mved and are now
binding those copies and will bate them ready
for delivery very shortly,
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tion to thu (Jaheiton relief committee and un
der their auapluu the book will he sold to the
Keneral public nt f-.OO u volume. Tho book
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come from the printing presi, ami ia .1 bouvcnlr
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a record of what tho city was and as a proph
ecy of what the city will bo when restored, tills
volume h well woilh the money, us it Is the
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Oahcaton, Tex., Oct. 1
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Hopes Yo Figtire Otii
ft? Age of fh? Earth
From the Chicago Tlmca-Herald.
OLIVER tt FAItlllNOTON, curator ot Field
Columbian Museum and professor ot miner,
alogy at the University of Chicago, ha
just returned from an exploration of the
famous caves ot Indiana, where he obtained speci
mens of carboniferous formntlon, by means of
which he hopes to establish a fairly accurate
estimate of the earth's age.
Scientists hare used many methods in th
attempt to solve this problem, with result
rarrying from 10,000,000 to 90,000,000 yean. The
chance of large Inaccuracies has been admitted
by alt who hate wrestled with the question, tint
l'rofesor Fuirlngton, while not making any
claims r Ms findings In advance, believes that
his method Is the most plausible of all yet tried
and the most likely to give satisfactory results.
It I a generally accepted belief that the car
boniferous stratum, which Is about midway In
the twenty miles ot sedimentary deposits, was
10,000,000 years In forming. Professor Farrlng
ton's principal purpose in making the preeont
experiment Is to determine whether or not this
Is right. He will at least establish a figure
upon this point, and later, taking it as a basis,
compute by meons of comparison tho time re
quired for the entire deposit, or, In short, the
ago of the earth.
The specimen which furnishes a key to the
computation was taken from the Wvandotte
cave. A stalactite which was broken off In
1850 has in the fifty years since then enlarged
three-fifths ot an inch in length and the stag
of a goose quill. Tills corresponds well with
an Australian stalactite that enlarged three
quarters of an Inch In thirty-five years. Dy
having this ratio of deposit Professor Farrington
will apply it In determining how long it has
taken the "Pillar ot the Constitution" to form.
The pillar is an accumulation of St. Louis lime
stone, twenty-five feet high and seventy feet In
circumference, found in the Wyandotte cave.
With this accomplished the Chicago scientist be
lieves that he will have a fairly accurate idea
ot how many years it took the whole carbonif
erous or limestone stratum to accumulate. A
stalactite six feet in height and one foot In
diameter, tojtthcr with other interesting speci
mens, was brought back to Chicago by Professor
Farrington and will be placed on exhibition at
the museum. Lectures on the exploring trip
will bo delivered at the university this fall.
The work was attended with constant difficul
ties and much dager. The Wandotte being the
oldest and most interesting of the Indiana caves,
more time was spent there and more thorough
invstigations made. The Marengo, another of
the largo cav;s, the Sliiloh and the Colin caves
were also visited.
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it was necessary for the profesor to penetrate
the Wyandotte cave for two miles and then crawl
sixty feet through a passage only sixteen inches
wide. As the explorer is a man of good pro
portions, ho found it a tight squeeze. To turn
was out of the question. Through this little
pasasge he removed his specimens.
The Wyandotte cute proved ot great intereat
because of the many Indications that tt was
onec inhabltatcd by Indians, Poles had been
twisted off, there were parts of partly burned
torches, portions of Instruments partly completed,
and to Professor Forrlngton it seemed that the
Indians had worked the "Pillar of the Constl
tution." There were the prints of moccasins
in the sand and hollowed out places in the
walls which evidently served as seats. The
cave has been known to whites since 1S12 and
must have been familiar to the Indians long be
fore that. The entrance first used is yet a
mjstery, an opening having been made by drill
ing. The Chlcigoan believes that thcro are
many underground passages jet unexplored.
An experience in the Conn cava was accom
panled by no little peril. Tho explorer was
lowered forty feet by means of a rope into a cav
ity about the sire of a well. In order to get
the desired specimens tome blasting was neces
sary, and, as no one could be found who would
undertake the job, Professor Farrington did it
himself.
After being lowered he lit the fuse and re
treated as rapidly as poor facilities would per
mit. He crossed a pool nine feet in depth by
means df a plank that he had taken down with
him, then crawled through a hole that scarcely
admitted his body and climbed a 60-foot wall be
fore he felt reasonably secure. In this cave there
is a beautiful pool, the sides of which are lined
with crystals of calcite that gleam like dia
monds. The Marengo, regarded as the finest cave in
the country, was discovered only a few years
ago. A crevice leading to it was found by a
bov and girl at play. It has since been ex
plored to a considerable extent anil is found
to be covered with stalactites ana stalagmites.
The professor says that he found evidences in
the Shiloh caves which disprove the old theory
that caves are formed by earth-quakes. He says
it 1b brought about by water running over and
dissolving tho llut'stone.
In summing up n interesting account of his
trip yesterday tho scientist remarked that, while
he had been beset by difficulties on all aides,
hi always felt repaid for all his trouble In get.
ting to any place In the underground regions.
o
Estimates of the time required for the forma
tlon ot the earth have been compiled from va
rious data, among which arc the following: (1)
Time which has elapsed since the separation of
the earth and moon, 60.000,000 years; minimum
estimate by Profissor G. H. Darwin. (2) Since
the consistentler stratus, 20,000,000 to 40,000,000
years, by Lord Keliln. (3) Since the conden
sation of the oceans, 60,000,000 to 00,000,000
years; maximum estimate by Professor J. Joly.
Lord Kelvin's estimate, which he would make
nearer twenty than forty millions, is founded on
the assumption that since the period of the con
slstentlcr stratus tho earth has cooled simply as
a solid body, the transference of the heat from
within outward being accomplished solely by
conduction,
Professor Joly argues that the ocean consisted
flrpt of fresh water, and that its saltness is due
to the dissolved matter that is being carried
Into it constantly by the rims. By detcrmln
ing how much salt the rivers bring down each
year Into the sea a calculation was then made
by this experimenter as to the number of years
it required to supply the tea with all the salt
that it now contain!
Another estimate was on tho assumption thlt
tho total maximum thickness of stratified rock Is
M5,6fl0 feet. If accumulated at the rate of one
foot in a century more than 20,000,000 jcar
mint have clapied during tho formation.
Professor 1'arilngton, who has attempted a
solution ot the problem upon a new basis, wan
a tutor in biology and mineralogy at aie lor
two j cars, later served for a jear In a similar
capacity in the Smithsonian institution, and six
years ago, when the Tleld museum was opened,
ho htritna Its cuiator. filnce coming nere ue
has assumed a professorship at tho Chicago
university.
OUR GROWING FOREIGN TRADE,
The activity of American manufacturers Is il
lustrated by the staliatlca of the Imports of
manufacturers' mitcrlals and exports of manu
factured goods vvhti h havo just been made public
by the Treasury Burcuu of Statistics. In the
eight months willing with Auguit, IfpO, Imports
ot raw untcilalj for use in nianufac'urlng
amounted In round numbers to fJOO.OGO.OOO,
saalnst a little over 8100,000,000 In the corres
ponding month ot 1896, and the cipcits of
manufactured good were $304,000,000, against
$163,000,000 In the corresponding moi.tln ot
W0. Thus In both importation of raw mater
ials for use In manufacturing and in exportation
of tin rlnih l product, the figurs ol the pros
tat year are nearly double those ol 1800.
The total import! ot the eight months Just
ended exceed by $UJ,000,0fl0 the Import ot the
corresponding montlis of HU6, while tbe single
Item of manufacturers' materials Itself mow an
Table Showing: the Membership of the Lower House of Con
gress Since the Beginning of the Government.
From the Kcw York Evening Post.
1T87, 1700. 1800. IStO. 1820. 18.10. 1840. 1880. 1800. 1870. 1880. IflOO
Maine .,,,,,, 7 8 7 0 5 5 4 4
Haiikchusetta . 8 14 17 BO 13 IB 10 11 10 11 IS 13
N. H 3 4 5 6 0 5 4 3 3 3 B B
Rhode Island ..1BBBBB8BBB8B
Connecticut ...8777 004444-44
Vermont B 4 O 6 5 4 3 3 3 8 B
New York .... O 10 17 B7 34 40 34 33 31 33 34 34
New Jertey ..4660006557 78
Penntylvania .. 8 13 18 83 86 88 84 SS 84 87 88 30
Delaware .... 1 1 1 a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Maryland ....0 8 O O B 8 B 8 6 8 8 8
Virginia 10 ID 88 83 88 81 16 13 11 0 10 10
N. 0 6 10 via 13 13 13 8 8 7 8 9 O
S. O 0 0 8 O 8 O 7 6 4 6 7 7
Georgia 3 B 4 8 7 O 8 8 7 0 l10 11
Kentucky ...... S 6 10 IB 13 10 10 O 10 11 11
Tennessee 3 8 O 13 11 10 8 10 10 10
Ohio 6 14 10 81 81 IB 80 81 81
Louisiana t .... 3 3 4 4 5 G 8 6
Indiana -. 3 7 10 11 11 13 13 18
Mississippi 1 8 4 5 6 8 7 7
Illinois l 3 7 B 14 19 80 88
Alabama 3 6 7 7 6 8 8. B
Missouri ,1 a 6 7 B 13 14 IB
Arkansas ,. .. 1 a 3 4 5 6
Michigan 3 4 O B 11 IB
Florida 1 1 a a B
Iowa .. ,. ,, ., ...... 8 6 8 11 11
Texa a 4 6 11 13
Wisconsin 3 6 8 8 10
California B 34 6 7
Minnesota a 3 6 7
Oregon ......... . . .. . , . , . . . . , 1 1 1 2
Kansas ...... .. .. .. t . c, a l 3 7 8
W. Virginia 3 3 4 4
Nevaaa .. .. . ,. 1 1 1 1
Nebraska .. .. 1 1 3 6
Colorado .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 2
South Dakota .. .. . . .. .. B
North Dakota , l
Montana .. 1
Washington 2
Idaho 1
Wyoming l
Utah l
Total 63 105 141 181 213 240 223 234 241 883 385 357
Inercase ot $87,000,000. Haw materials for use
in mHtiufactuiing formed In the eight months ot
1800 but tVt per cent, of the total imports,
while In tho corresponding eight months ol 1X0
they formed 25.2 per cent. Manufactures tormed
in the eight montlis ot 1800, S8.7 per cent, ot
the total exports, and In eight months of 1000
formed 33.8 per cent., and In August, 1000, 3S.2
per cent, of the total exports of domestic pro
ducts. In 18DC the average Importation of manu
facturers' materials was $13,600,000 per month,
and in 1W0 it is $!S,000,00) per month.
The following table shows the imports ot prin
clpsl classes of manufacturers' materials in the
eight months of 1S96 and 1600, respectively:
Eight months ending Aug. 31.
1800. 1000.
Hides and skins .. $11,176,281 $30,001,011
Chemicals and drugs 31,212,509 !d,S83,fU0
Silk, raw 8,732,863 24,615,716
India rubber, crude 9,340,858 19,938,630
Fibers 8,932,800 10.771.03S
Wool 15,655,557 1S.809.SO9
Tin, in bars 3,624,883 13,126,739
Tobacco, leaf 5,458,061 9,780,411
Cotton, raw 4,652,252 S,307,97C
Furs 1,089,116 4,767,077
Wood 10,042,087 0,449,102
The following table shows the principal ex
ports of manufactures in the eight months of
1896 and 1900, respectively:
Eight months ending Aug. 81.
1806. 1900.
Iron and steel $29,957,090 $57J74,3S0
Oils, mineial, refined.... 37,328,246 45,635,660
Copper and mfrs. of 17,872,807 41,830,33(1
Leather and mfrs. of.... 12,635,353 17,697,762
Cotton manufactures .... 10,782,956 13,263,167
Agricultural implements.. 4,007,772 13,854,774
Chemicals 1889,767 9.183,129
Wood manufactures ..... 5,037,265 7,890,857
Scientific instruments ... 1,702,855 4,171,561
Paper and mfrs. of 1,861,863 4,503,766
Tobacco manufactures.... 3,037,251 4,033,145
Cycles 2,440,260 2,517,717
McKINLEYIBMS.
"We cannot exalt patriotism too high; we
cannot too much encourage love of country; for,
my fellow-citizens, as long as patriotism exist
in the hearts of the American people, so long
will our matchless instutiona be secure and per
manent." "God bless the school children ot America,
and guide them to intelligence and virtuo and
morality and patriotism; and with these ele
ments dominating our cltltenship, our institu
tions are safe and our republic will be glorious
forever.'
"Tho heart as well as the mind contributes
directly to the progress of mankind, and wher
ever we secure just and fair commercial rela
tions with other nations we are sure to hava
with them friendly political relations."
"After home, our first concern i country, and
our country, with its splendid institutions and
its great possibilities, Is safe so long as virtue
resides in the home and patriotism abides in the
hearts ot the people."
Extracts from William McKinlcy's Speeches.
"God bless every undertaking which revive
patriotism and rebukes the indifferent and law
less." "There is no use in making a product It you
cannot find somebody to take it. Tho maker
must find a taker."
"Commerce is a teacher and pacificator.
gives mankind knowledge ot ona another,"
It
"Nothing wins in this world like industry
supplemented by character."
"Reciprocity ot trado promotes reciprocity
of friendship."
"Good trade insures good will.'
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BEPUBLIOAN
OBJECT LESSONS.
f Georgia, -f
Depositors.
-f Banks. 1801. 1800. -f
-f National 7,113 11,050 -f
f Etato anil I'rlvate 7,507 l'.'.SOQ -f
f Total HUM 23,010
-f Increase in N. of depositors,, 9,J20
-f Banks, Amount of Deposits.
-f 1804. 1S90.
4- National 2,203,141 5,l,:i,Ort
4- State and Private 8,018,77.1 s.811,710 -f
-f Total S 4,013,019 $ 0,011,342
-f Increase in deposits ,,,.,f 5,027,43:1
-
-f 1801. 1600.
f Hlsslsolppl. -f
-f llanl.s. Depositors. -f
-f National , - 2,064 4,700 -f '
-f State and I'rlvate 3,331 7,400
savings 307 1,460 -f
Total 0,20.1 11,715 -f
-f Increase lit No. of depositors,, 7,42.1 -f
-f Banks, Amount of Deposits. -4-
s ' 1804. 18'.
-f National 062,'t.S 8 ,12J,018 -
-f State and 1'rhato 001,020 2,137,015 -f
Savings ,.,..., 03,378 sst.ssa -f
Total ,., 8 1,005,303 $ 4,013,007
4.
Increase In departs ,,,,,,,,,,1 2,0IV,47J -f
4 1 -f - 4"
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SYMPATHY FOR TBE BOXERS.
From an Address by Bcr. Dr. V'rancls K. Clark.
Tito dragon's teeth ot war and massacre in
China weio sown by the foreigners who had
come in the spirit of commercial greed to push
their conquests. Turn the tables for a moment
and Imagine Culpa forcing her good upon us
at the point ot the sword, tending her opium
here to debauch our youth and compelling us
to buy it, seizing tho whole state of Massa
chusetts because of two Chinamen murdered by
a mob, and wo can imagine some of the feeling!
which animated the boxers or the more Intelli
gent powers behind (ho boxers.
ALWAYS BUSY.
Ladies know, all admit they know, how much
they save when they can buy Edwin C. Hurt's
Shoes at 3 60 per pair, in turns and welts,
atent leather and kid tins, button and lace,
tylcs they all admire.
LewaS&Reilly
Established 1B88.
Shoes for all the walks ol life.
nercereani
& Cornell
Temporarily at
139 PENN AVE,
CONTINUED
Fire Sale
Jewelry, Sllverwear, Etc
Our full force of workmen at work
again, as usual.
Watch Repairing and all kinds of
Jewelry Repairing and Engraving done
promptly.
:WWiim';s7rtri-nTT
A Brooklyn policeman, living on Lafayette Avenue, majes soma
well-considered remarks on the habits of the force; "Their sleep is
irregular, their meals irregular, and their business is an irregularity
from beginning to end." He says : Is it any wonder that you find
many of them of irregular character and habits, brought on by a dis
ordered stomach? I wish samples of Ripans Tabules could be placed
in the hands of every policeman in the country, if for no other reason
than the purifying effect upon their character and habits. Ripans
Tabules can never be known except by trial. I shall continue to take
one whenever necessary. I have found them to be unsurpassed by
anything. Policemen are subject to indigestion and dyspepsia perhaps
more than others. For them I consider Ripans Tabules a great blessing."
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Umderwear
Women audi GMldrcn
Our lines are com
plete in all the stand
ard and celebrated'
makes usually car
ried by us, and which
have stood the test
of years, as to fit,
quality and general
excellence.
Recent advances
in this class of goods
put the prices up
but our purchases
were made in antici
pation of this so that
our prices-will com
pare favorably .with
prices when goods
were at their lowesc.
Early buying will
j mean a saving of 25
per cent, and it will
pay you to anticipate
your wants in any
thing you are likely
to need in the line of
Underwear.
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If you haven't the proper office sup.
piles. Come in and give us a trial.
We have the largest and most com
plete line of office supplies in North-,
eastern Pennsylvania.
If it's a good thing, wo have It. Wo
make a specialty of visiting cards and
monogram stationery.
ReymoldsBros
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
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