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TWELVE PAGES.
SCItANTON, DKCKMliRK S, 1000.
C'onBi-cssmnn Sibley's bill to ntltl (Uty
per cent, to tlio presidential term,
nuildnc,' the executive Ineligible to re
election but retiring lilm Into the en
nte ns n senntor-at-lnrse, with voice
but not with vote, hns the merit ot'
rlothlnFr nn old proposition In new
trimmings. There Is no doubt what
ever as to the ndvlsablllty of Increas
ing the presidential term.
The Next Duty.
TIIM KKStONATIONS or the
ten guilty councllmen sub
mitted and accepted Thurs
day night make ten vacan
cies to bo illled by the voters of nine
city wards. An even half dozen of
these are located In Hyde Park nnil
throe are in Providence. The return
from these seven wards of substantial
and Incorruptible citizens, men In
every icspect qualified to represent
fairly the law-respecting nnil upright
majority of the taxpaying voters of
those wards, would go a great way
toward redeeming our councils from
disrepute and would cause the citizens
of all other portions of the city to take
courage In it similar uplifting of mu
nicipal standards.
A number of leading citizens of the
West Side have tinder advisement, we
are told, the holding of an old
fashloncd town meeting to bring out
the sentiment of the community and
to help In the pushing forward of thor
oughly representative men. The time
for meditation Is unfortunately brief
hut It seems to us that a meeting of
tills character should be hold. Never
was the occasion more timely or the
need more pressing for an awakening
of genuine civic Interest and patriot
Ism. Not alone have the recent con
fessions of corrupt methods sounded
an Imperative summons to reform, but
the proximity to a possible sweeping
change in the forms of our city gov
ernment, with wide-open doors to ex
travagance and mischief if the fa
miliar morale of councils he not im
proved, lays an additional obligation
upon the conscience and public spirit
of those who would guide our city into
ways of honest progress.
This is a time when the office should
seek the man. A humiliated and be
spotted city stands In pitiful need of
redemption and the call to its best
citizenship Is one which dare not be
disregarded.
The report that unless congress did
thus and so Secretary Hay would re
sign evidently conies from a hostile
source. Nothing in Mr. Hay's Illustri
ous career gives any color to It.
Education in the United States.
HIDDHN within the volumin
ous annual report of the
secretary of the Interior are
a number of suh-ieports
embodying facts of live popular Inter
est. To extract these and put them
Into a readable dressing will be our
endeavor from time to time.
We noticed yesterday a year's pro
gross toward the education of the In
dians. Today we invite attention to
some figures from the report of (ho
commissioner of education respecting
the progress which is being made to
ward the education of the white race.
During the year ended July 1, 1N!I!,
there were enrolled In the public ele
mentary nnd high schools of the United
States 15.13S.V15 pupils or 20i per
cent, of the entire population. The
number of students in colleges and
universities Is given as 103,251; schools
of medicine, law, and theology, 5:.,131;
normal schools, 6S,3$0; the value of
public school property Is estimated at
?:.24,6R9,L55; amount of current receipts
raised from state taxes, $3G,107,33S;
from local taxes, $143,371,150; Income
from permanent funds, $9,019,375; 'other
hources, $15,429,740; total receipts being
$201,017,612. The nmount expended for
sites, buildings, furniture, etc, is re
ported to be $33,249,019; teachers' sal
aries, $123,002,880; other expenditures,
$35,368,774; total, excluding payment of
bonds, $M7,2S1,C03. Upon the basis of a
total school attendance of nil kinds
of 10,738,803 and a totul annual expen
diture for educational purposes of $197,
21,G03. the cost per pupil falls a few
ce,n,ts short of $12 a year. 'When It Is
considered that each Indian pupil put
Into school lust year cost Undo Sam
on nn average $UG the exenditure on
education for the wliltu man can hardly
be called extravagant.
In Alaska thero are 25 public schools,
Tylth !!9. teachers and 1723 pupils.
Hawaii reports 169 schools, of which 45
are private; number of mala teachers,
92; female, 352; male pupils, 8,651; ft
nialo, C.839, Of the 15,490 pupils, 5,043
were Hawaiian, 2,721 part Hawaiian,
C01 American, 213 British, 337 German,
f882 Portuguese, 84 Scandinavian, 1,141
Japanese, 1,314 Chinese, 30 South Sea
Islanders, nnd 124 other foreigners.
Each nationality had its own teacher.
Tho schools of Hawaii cost about $300,
pOO a year, Puullo Instruction in the
Phllipplnes'is In its infancy with re
sults ns yet too meagre to recount:
jtjut In Cuba, where in 1899 there had
een only 200 schools with an attend
ance of 4,000, thero were, in March last,
3099 schools, with 3500 teachers and 130,
&)0 enrolled pupils. A board of educa
tion Is established In each municipality
to take charge of tlio schools, and the
mayor, ns president, vested with uu
Jthorlty to nppolnt the other members,
.pno public school for boys nnd ono for
ilrU-ltf allowed la every, town of 500
inhabitants, nnd more schools for
larger populations; In smaller towns
"Incomplete" schools, those with less
than 35 pupils, nro provided for. At
tendance Is compulsory under penalty
of a fine of from $5 to $25, nnd pro
vision Is mndc for superintendence nnd
Inspection of the schools, free text
books, nnd other details.
As to whnt hns been done for public
education In Porto Itlco a good denl
hns recently been written nnd It seems
unnecessary to go over the ground
again further than to say that a trans
formation In method Is being wroticht
which cannot fnll to affect favorably
the rising generation. '
.
The TJoer cause hns gone beyond the
resolution period, What It now needs
Is grace to face the Inevitable philosophically.
The Army Canteen.
TItrc ADVANTACIK of having
u "wicked partner" upon
whom to throw blame when
It becomes necessary Is
well Illustrated In tlio house's treat
ment of the army canteen problem.
The testimony of nn overwhelming
majority of experienced army officers
Is Hint the sale of malt and vinous
liquors at the nrmy post canteen un
der regulations calculated to prevent
excesses and enforce temperance Is nn
Incalculable Improvement upon the al
ternative proposition, which Is that
the trnlllc In Intoxicants should pass
from the control of the army nuthorl
tles into the control of the vulture
like civilians who bait their man traps
with the vilest Inducements just be
yond the line where the commander's
authority ceapes.
On the ono hand, clamoring against
Intelligent restriction, we have n mass
of persons in civil life whoso honesty
of Intentions and devotion to an Ideal
theory are beyond reproach but who
have no standing whatever as wit
nesses to the ptactlcal conditions of
army life, many of them never hav
ing seen n canteen. On the other
hand, the preponderance ot evidence"
and recommendation from the sub
stantial oflicers of the army service,
men whose entire careers since the
age of manhood have been passed In
camp nnd saddle, in personal contact
with the conditions at stake, Is unmis
takably against doing away with gov
ernment control of liquor selling In
the army nn opinion foimcd not In
sympathy with the lce of Intemper
ance but on the practical bas-Is of com
parative results upon the morale of
the service.
The house heeds the civilian clamor
and ignores the military experts. But
the house expects the senate to restore
the canteen feature nnd prevent the
demoralization of the service. Then
the boue will hide behind the senate's
action.
Oom Paul should not build too many
hopes upon Europe's verbal sympathy.
Eve". Lord Hoborts professes to ad
mire the Hcers.
Japan.
IN THIS COUrtSE of his refer
ences to the campaign in Clhlna
Secretary Koot In his annual re
port mentions an act of cour
tesy on the part of Jnpan which Is
worthy of notice. The climate of the
province of Chill, In which our sol
diers operated, was Intensely hot when
the relief forces arrived but in winter
It becomes extremely cold. This nec
essitated the sending of 6 months'
heavy supplies.
But the 'Washington authorities here
encountered an obstacle. "It was Im
possible," says tlio secretary, "to dis
continue the regular supply service for
the army In the Philippines, In which
our fleet of transports were engaged;
it was impossible to withdraw from
that service a sufficient number of
vessels for a separate service to China,
and there was not time to secure new
transports. The problem was solved,
however, through the courtesy of the
Japanese government, which, upon our
application through the State depart
ment, in the most friendly spirit, per
mitted us to use the port of Nagasaki,
where the lines from the United States
to Manila on the south nnd to Taku on
tlio north diverged, for the transship
ment of supplies and material without
passing through their custom-house
and for the transfer of men not carry
ing arms. This enabled us to establish
a subsidiary service, whlcji, in connec
tion with the main service to nnd from
this country, distributed both men nnd
materials between Nugasakl and Ma
nila and- between Nagasaki and Taku,
practically using both our Pacific ports
nnil Manila as main bases nnd Na
gasaki as a secondary bse of supply.
This arrangement was nlso very con
venient nnd, an it ultimately proved,
very valuable, In enabling us to direct
each organization as It left this coun
try to look for orders at Nagasaki,
so that if at any time It should be
come npparent, as of course we always
regarded It possible, that their ser
vices were not needed In China they
could be Inverted from Nagasaki to
the Philippines, to take the place of
an eciunl number of volunteers."
As bearing upon thu military quality
of the Japanese soldiers In the Pokln
relief expedition, It Is worthy of note
that General Chaffee In his most In
teresting report of the American ex
periences In China, while striving to bo
neutral In his comments upon the al
lied forces, exhibits poorly concealed
enthusiasm for the Japanese and Brit
ish, and equally poorly masked con
tempt for the Russian nnd French sol
dlerd. To tho Jupaneso he gives credit
for most of tho quick marching, ef
fective scouting, cjuvor strategy nnd
tireless fighting dono on tho way from
Tlcn-tsln to Pekln, nnd In this testi
mony he is corroborated by most of
tho Amerlcnn and British nowspaper
correspondents.
The United Spates are especially for
tunate to bo upon such good terms
with their leading and promising neigh
bors in the Pacific.
A.' life-time of creditable service lay
behind tho explosive offence which
caused General Eagan's suspension as
commissary general. Tho offence was
bad, but It has been expiated. The
worst thing about It was not Eagan's
guilt but the Inexcusable apathy of
congress in tho years when tho present
ineiUclent staff system was building- up
Ha mountains of red tapo and official
arrogance, In rotation to which Eagan's
llttlo Indiscretion was only n circum
stance. Tho president In pardoning
nnd retiring Eagnn closes an Incident
lamentable In nil Its features nnd turns
whnt It Is to bo hoped will bo a new
leaf In nrmy management.
Tho nmendment which It Is proposed
in the sennte to ndd to tho Hny-Pnunce-fotc
cnnnl trenty nnd which, It nc
copled by the administration,, will, it la
snld, Insure the treaty's prompt ratifi
cation, provides Hint nothing in tho
treaty "shall apply to mensures which
the United Stntes may find It ncces
sary to take for scouring, by its own
forces, the defense of tho United States
and tho maintenance of publlo order."
This Impresses tm ns being ns harmless
ns a dose of homeopathic medicine. Wo
can conceive of no trenty stlpulntlon
which could under any fair Interpreta
tion debar the United States from
obeying the supremo and Inexorable
law of self-preservutlon.
Bishop Potter's vigorous arraignment
of the greed of gain, which hu charac
terizes ns the high crime ot our civil
ization, Is none too severe. Tho pas
sion to be rich, to take part In the
pleasures which worldly wealth af
fords, to command the homage very
generally paid to Influence and power,
Is unquestlonnbly a very menacing one.
And yet, could those who envy see tho
truth about those whom they envy the
Infatuation would vanish and our social
life would right Itself to a more rational
nnd humane level. What Is needed re
specting nil these evils Ii a greater
prevalence of plain common sense.
There appears to be a prevalent be
lief that everybody can lun an army
except those who have made running
one a. life study. This hallucination Is
often expensive.
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Perhaps the best thing for Franco
would be to let General Msrcler try on
his new scheme for invading England.
It would nt all events rid Franco of
Mercler.
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TOLD BY THE STABS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
Tha Tribune Astrologer.
Astiolabe cast: LIS a. m. for Satuiday, Dee. 8,
11)00.
WJ&
sap
There will he anxiety on part of n child horn
on I his ihy let the city of the second class de
velops some lunatics nf the first class.
The man who succeeds in winning the admira
tion of tho person who pajs his salary may
snap his finders at the opinion of the oilil at
laicc.
When man Is ref aided in the same light by
his Sunday school pupil nnd his $S-a-wct!k em
ploye, the hiRhest smile of approaching peifcc
tion will hae heen attained.
In the eyes of some persons friends arc like
ihtldien's tojs to he thrown aside and soon
foruotten when new features of amusement ap
pear. The woman who bestows her affections upon
the dead-brol.o nun demonstrates true loie, but
does not display good judgment.
Stimulants: are never injurious when on the
outside of man.
Ajacchus' Advice.
It is well to be reKular in all habits unless
they arc bad habils.
Weekly Letter on
Municipal Affairs
XXVII. SANITARY BARBER
SHOPS.
New York, Pec. 8.
BOSTON' IMPOSES stiff reBiilntions upon its
lonsorial artists, but Michigan baa a bar
bels' commission which is cen more ripid
in the application of its restrictive rules.
The application of sanitary rules to the barber
shop has been so successful in boston that thu
question Is now bring acilateil in other New
Dmland cities, nut the Kast Is not n leader in
this innovation, for Missouri, Minnesota nnd
Micblcan lme had state laws KoierniiiK barber
shops for several jears, the operation of which,
has bedi most salUfactoiy.
The idea meets with the hcaity appioval of
the fraternity as u ilnss, for it has a tendency
In sticnjtlhcii priies and diie out the cheap
barber. The executive bo.iid of Hie Natinnal liar
bets' association Is back of a. slronir movement
tn secure! the pis-Mifjo of laws similar to thos;
in operation el-euhcie, in all the slates of tlio
Union. A bill will be Inliodueed in the l'eiinsl
.ini.i ICKislatiue this winter and another in New
Yoik which will provide for the liirlil regulation
of all but her shops.
When speaking of the work In hLs state. See
ntaiy 1 St. Van Horn, of nenlon Harbor, of the
Michigan luibei-.' commission, said: "Some of
the questions asked applicants for a license be
loro (lie board of eainljicrn may sound cry sim
ple, but they mo iinpoilanl, nevertheless, nnd
must be answered inlelllgently befoie the (oveteil
license is granted. Kor instance, I lie luibcr Is
apt tn smile at the apparent simplicity of the
question, 'What kind of a lather brush do jon
use? How are hrUtles fastened on the handle?'
" 'That's easy,' he sajs tn 'himself ; but the
answers are not always satisfactory. There nre
icrtalu kinds nf handles that gather crdlgris
and other uiilieallhfiil ncciumilatinns, and the
up-to-date barber will use only those that have
pioved theTiCSTaml moat cleanly,
"Another simple question Is, 'What do you uso
for washing lather from a customer's facet' The
barber (and we occasionally find one) that writes,
' ii sponge' In the answer blank is advised to
cut it out right away, ns a most repiehensiblc
pisicllcc, and to provide a clean towel for each
customer,
"The question, 'What do you use for appljlng
powder to a customer's face?' sometimes elicits
tho answer, 'powder puffs.' This practice is also
i oiiilcmneil by the commission. There is no suier
method of communicating ikln diseases than by
the application of the same powder putt tn each
customers face. The last examination form con
sisted of sixteen questions, upon which the ap
plli ant must secuio a percentage of seventy, Ho
must bo a citizen of the United States, tell how
long he has worked at the business, whether ho
served us nu apprentice tinder a regular barber
or just picked up Ids trade, whether he ever
winked in u barber's college, wMch institutions
urn not lecognized by the profession! on what
kind of a hone he prepares Ids rotors for use,
what kind of a solution ho uses for disinfecting
his razors, clippers and shears; what he uses
for i leaning hair bnishes, comb and sli.ivlm;
blushes; how to stop the How of blood In case a
customer is tut, and givo Ills Ideus nn the best
remedies for trcatuunt of skin and scalp diseases,
for fates with eruptions caused pilnelpally by
clii.-e slaving, for dindrulf and fur loss of hair,
"The law," continued Mr. Van Horn, "doesn't
expect a baiber to he a ploslciin, but it does
expect him to be familiar with the best methods
nf preventing skin diseases hy sterilizing his
fools, tlio use of proper antl-septlcs, etc, Thu
most iiiipoilant section of the law rents as fol
lows;
" 'Kncli applicant shall lu eiuinlncd concern
ing bis ability to prepare and fit for use the
ordinary tools and utensils used by baibeis, In.
eluding the proper nntUcptio treatment of razors,
shears, rll(ipers, bnishrs, combs, slaving cups
and towels, the nature and effect nf eruptive and
ether diseases of tho skin and scalp, and whether
the same are infectious or communicable, No
piison so examined shall receive the certificate
ot the beard unless he shall appear to be skilled
in the use ot barbers' tools and iosesscd Die
knowledge sutflilent lo pievcnf the spread by
means of barhin' tools uud appliances of erup
tive and other dUcases of th) skin and scalp.
No person so examined shall receive such certlu.
cat xvlio is at tho time of such cxamluatlou an
alltnt provided, that no barber shall receive a
certificate who Is In the habit of using Intoxi
cating liquors to cxrcs.'
"It would surprise you,'' said Mr. Van Horn,
with nn expression of mock gravity, "to know
how innny nlwoluln teetotalers there nn In the
tonsorlnl profession. In the license blanks the
question reads ns follows! 'Are Jon addicted lo
Iho dally up of spirituous liquors, nouotlcs or
opium!' Almost Invnilahly a decided 'No,'
traced In the deiiest shade of Ink, Is vnltten rtf.
ter flie question, One man got around It smooth
ly hy writing;, Tor medical purposes only,'
"We have had n few iinllienseil biihers lip
In the police court not many, t bad a very
amuslnt; experience with Kev. Joslah .(. Axtcll,
Hip 'fight Inir parson,' of Hoynl Oak, who, since
his retirement, 1ms been conducting a rhop nt
that place. Numerous complnlnts have come in
that ho vvns running an unlicensed establishment,
I took a trip to Itoyd Oak and casinlly ilroppul
Into his place. In conversation with him he
told mo that he understood Secretary Van Hoiu
of tho barbers' commission vvns potng to get af
ter him for not having obtained a license.
Needing no further testimony 1 had Ihe revir
etul bather yanked before a Justice of the pence
nnd fined ifj, Then he came to Henton Harbor,
took the examination, and iheertully Invested In
a license. Whin he met ir here nnd recognln d
me ns the man tint had conversed with Mm In
his shop nt Ilnyjl Oak he laughingly admitted
that ho had been the victim of n good Joke.
"Tho commission has aci ompllshcd n woild of
good since the parssge of the law in .lime,
ltW'.l," continued .Mr. Van Horn, "tiaibcis ut
Indifferent ability and unreliable hahlts uie
gradually being weeded out through rtrlngent
regulations, and It Is to be hoped that the
Itinerant hum barber will eventually become n
memory."
The first fiscal year of the Michigan state
board for registration of barbers was only re
cently completed. The record of the jear shows
the law to be of a most beneficial character, and
barbers generally all over the state are pleased
with Its workings nnd nre lending their hearty
assistance in Its enforcement. It lint rauved an
Increnso In the wages of jonrnejnicii barbers nnd
has given the proprlelois a better class of woik
men. Ov'er $T.,000 has been turned Into the state
treasury, nnd in tlio neighborhood of 4,(100 bir
bers have been registered, about COO by exam
ination. There are only about a thousand bar
bers In the state who are unregistered, but the
number Is decreasing every clay, and by the end
of the next flseat year It is expected that the
enforcement of the law wilt Improve materially,
with a proportionate Ineie.ise In benefit to the
baiber business in the slate.
ConRparafiue Sfiidy
of World's Commerce
Special Cc.irosrionilcnce.
Washington, Ic. T.
A STATISTICAL nbstiacl of the woild which
will show tlio imports and exports ot evciy
country in the woild having statistical re
ports is the iiiubitiou of the luir-:iil of sta
tistics of the treasury ilepaitment. Tu picscnt
In a single volume a picture of the world's
comnieice not only of today, but extending back
over n long tenn of jean, nnd to bow tint
coinmeicc in detail as to priricfp.il articles, coun
try by country with quantities and values stated
in United States currency and measures of
quantity, is a work of no small magnitude, but
of such great importance to the comiii"rci.il in
teicsts of the country that it is being resolutely
undertaken hy tlu bureau of statistics. The
details of this vvik, which will be earned on
under tho personal supervision of tiie chief of
the bureau, have been entrusted to .Mr. llenja
niiu T. Welch, whose long service in the bureau
esepelally fits him for this duty.
o
The opening tluplcr of Ihe piopnscil volume
has already been completed. It shims the total
Imports and exports of each country of the
world having statistical leeords, from the ear
liest date for which, the figures me attainable
down to the piesent lime. In the case of the
United Kingdom tlio leport begins with the
year 1S0O, and shows the total impoits, total
cxpoits, nnd excess of impoits or exports in
each jcar from tint date to tlio present time.
In the caso nf Austria-Hungary the recoid begins
with' the year 16(10; Ilelgium, 18.11; France, 1831;
Oermany, 1872, Italy, 1801 ; Netherlands, ISliO;
Hussla, 1801; Spain, ISM; Norway, 1600; Sweden,
1F00; Canada, 1851: Mexico, 1S73; Argentina,
1870; Chile, 1SC0; China, 1803; Japan, 1874; In
dia, 1831; Australia, 1S.11; Kgjpt, 1S74; and
Cape of Hood Hope and Natal, 1851, in each
caso the figures covering the entire period from
the earliest date named to the present time. The
subsequent chipteis will give the details of
the commerce of each of these countries, the
principal articles imported and exported during
a term of jears down to the latest attainable
date, and the principal countries from which its
exports arc obtained and to whiih its cxpoits nre
distributed.
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The figures nn the totul commerce, country by
ccuntry, which have already been completed, af
ford material for snine interesting compaiisons
with our own giowtli meantime. The impoits
for homo consumption of the United Kingdom,
for instance, which In the ear llK) nmounled to
$81,310,000, amounted ill lt!ri to i.OU.ti'ki.V),
an lucre aso of 2.PXI per cent,; while in ihe case
of the United Stales tlio imports for home ism
sumption in 1SIKI wcie srJ-.l-l.htil. and in ISO'',
lf(iS.),4ll,KiL', an increase of 1,215 per cent. Tak
ing the expiut slile the contrast is niiiili more
clearly 111 favor nf the Unllid Stud's. The ex
ports of articles of home production fiom the
United Kingdom In imk) were $111,107,000, and
in 1809 .l,2S7,IJl,iII.", an incie.ise of 1,0)9 pir
cent; in the case nf the United States the ex
ports nf home punliicts in 1800 were II.SIO.OO.;,
and In 180'J, Sl,2o:i,!l,2Ji, an increase ol Il.iiOl
per cent.
In the case of Trance the comparison Is equil
ly interesting. The iniiHiils for consumption
into Franco in ls.'!l were ".MN-'.flOO, and in IhW,
s72,0.!2,000, nn ineiease of 1,108 per cent.;
while the exports of articles of home piodm'tlnn
wcie ill 1S.U, SSs,0sS,oOO, and in 1WW, i;sMll,l.'2,.
000, nu ineiease of S10 per cent. In the case
of the United Stales the Imports fur homo con
sumption in 18.11 vveie !S2,00s,110, and in 18'in,
$085,441,880, an ineiease of 7;tt per cent., and
tliv exports of articles of Inline pioduction wero
in 1811, ?5'.121S,585, nnd in 1800, $1,21X1,031,22.',
an increase of l.B.sit per cent.
Tlio olllciil data covering the commerce) of the
Ocrnun Kmpiro in its present form begin with
the vear 1872, In which the Imports for home
consumption wero $j03,72f,000, and in 1801,
$1,301,077,000, an Increase during tli.it period of
$(ll per cent, The exports of home products
were, in 1872, $501,105,000, and in 1800, $801,452,
000, nn increase of 42 per cent. A compari
son of the figures of tho commerce of the United
States covering tho same period shows tlio im
ports for homo consumption in 1872 to be
$850,110,031, and in 189!), $1185,411,802, an In
eiease of 2t r" cent, and tho exports of home
products In 1872, $128,487,131, and lo 1690,
$1,203,0.11,222, an increnso u( 181 per cent,
o
Ono especially interesting fact developed by
a study of theso figiues is that In the case
of the United States they show with much
greater frequency than in any other countries
a favorable "balance of trade," or excess of cx
poits over Imports, In tho United Kingdom,
(icrmany, France, llelgiuni, Italy, Netherlands,
Sweden and Norway, nnd practically all Kuio
pean countries except Hussla, Austria-Hungary
and Spain, the imports exceed the cxpoits, in
some cases by large sums, mid this is true nlso
of China and Japan. In the newer and gieat
producing countries, Canada, Mexico, Argentina,
Australia and India, the exports exceed the
Imports in nearly every case, though In sums
which are Insignificant when compared with
tho enormous balance of trade in favor of the
United tSates In it cent jears.
o
Tlio commerce of forty-seven countries other
than ho United States is pictiucd in the open
ing tables of tlio proposed volume. Of this
number, eighteen countries show un excess of
exports over Imports, and twenty-nine show an
excess of imports over exports. The principal
countries which show an excess of exports over
imports arc Canada, Mexico, Argcntlua, Chile,
Australasia, India, KgH'ti Spain, Austria-Hungary,
and Itusila, A study ot tho detailed
figures in this group of favored countries whose
exports exceed their imports, and u comparison
of their exports with that of the United States
alone furnishes a striking evldenco ot tlio phe
nomenal prosperity of our own country. No
one of the eighteen countries vvlioso export) ex
ceed imports shows a favorable balance of trade
approaching that enjoyed by the United States,
and a compilation ot the excess of exports in tho
entire group of eighteen countries having such
excess glvs a grind total ol only 111,815,000,
In the) latest itUlnnhle year, as against an excess
of .14,512,1.11 tn favor of the United State!
atone In the fiical year 1000.
"THE WORLD oM..2M.2
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
AGO TODAY'tsjtjtjt
(Copyright, 1000, by It. n. Hughes, Louis
ville.) TUP, .SECOND United Slates census, begun In
June, was announced, The total popula
tion was found to be 5,303,18.1, an Incrcaie
over 17D0 (the first census) of .Vi.10 per
cent. There were I,3CH1,I40 white nnd 1,002,0.'!"
colored; 81,12 per cent, white, 18.88 per cent,
colored. The white Increase was :!5.7() In ten
years, Ihe colored, 52.33, The gross area (land
and water surface) was 827,814 squaie miles.
The average number nf Inhabitants or the densi
ty to the square mile was 0.11. Only .105,708
squire miles, or much less than half the nre.i
of the United States, was settled territory; that
Is, containing more than two Inhabitants tu the
squire mile. There were 81,010 square miles with
from two lo six tu the square mile; 123,207 with
from six to eighteen; 82,504 with from eighteen
to forty-five; 17,734 with from forty-five to tihic
ty, and 1,103 square miles with ninety or more
In the square mile. The former group Indicated
a population mainly occupied with the gr.irlng
Industry or widely settled farming population.
The second group Indicated a farming popula
tion, with systematic cultivation of the soil,
ell her In an early stage of settlement or upon
more or less nigged soil. The third group almost
universally Indicated a highly successful agrlcul
(lire, while In some localities the beginnings of
manufactures had raised into this group a diffi
cult fanning region. The last two groups ap
peared only as commerce arose, and personal
nnd profession il services were In demand. The
settled aie.i had increased 27.11 per cent.
The center of population had moved forty-one
miles almost due west from about twenty-three
miles east of Baltimore In 1700 to a point about
eighteen miles west of the same city. The urban
population of 1800 constituted 3.07 per cent, of
the total population, the population of the cities
being only 210,873 out of a total ol 5,308,483.
There were only two cities with a population of
from 40,000 to 75,000; three from 20,000 to 40,000,
and one from 8,000 to 12,000.
The following table shows the population, etc.,
hy states:
B 2 Sb
t,.S -a .? cE
STATUS. -pS j a
Il it Hi fi
i, a
Viiginla S80.2O0 132,500 41.57 13. ".0
lYnus'.lvania 002,il5 12,500 13.30
New Yoilc 589,011248.0.11 12.37
North Carolina 478,103 S4,3i2 29.3i 0.S1
Massachusetts 422,845 44,056 52.20
South Caiolina 345,5'U I'O.jlS 41.21 11.11
Marvlnnd 341,'jIS 21,820 SG.lrtJ 31.01
Connecticut 2)1,002 13.050 51.81
Kentucky 220,0'j 147,278 18.59 5.52
New Jersey 211,110 27,010 28.32
New Hampshire 183,858 41,073 20.42
(ieorgia 102,080 80,1.)S .17.11 2.70
Vermont 154, 105 09,040 10 01
.Maine 151.719 55,179 5.08
Tennessee 10'i,0H2 69,011 13.10 2 53
lthode Island (.9,122 207 03.71
Delaware) 111,273 5,177 22.11 32.70
Ohio 45, Ma 43,801 1.11
Distiict of Columbia. 14.ITI3 14,001 28.57 15(i..'.0
Mississippi 8,850 8,8,10 41.1s .21
Indiana 5,011 5,011 ItS
That part of Viiginla which formed West Vir
ginia had n papulation ot 75,502; those pcrtious
of Indiant which wont to make Illinois. Michi
gan and Wisconsin had .'.JSS, 55t and 115 popu
lation lcspectivcly. Alabama was now ii part
of Mississippi with a population of 1,250.
Soda liini.ulactmc ia4 fust csiried on. Trior
to this, apart front the from and soda lakes, the
only source was the ashes of certain plains
which grew on the se.i coast and in .ilt im
picgnatcc! soils, l'utasli was of the two alkalis
the more abundant and generally Used substance.
India rubber brcaine known as a product of
Asia wheic a plant was discovered to yield It
by Mr. J. Howiscn, an English suigeon. Thi3
was followed by the real commcnccnrnt of the
Industry.
Schilling, the distinguished German philoso
pher, was now extraordinary professor of phil
osophy nt Jena,
TALKS BY TEE PUBLISHER.
WHEN The Tribune, on April 1 last, adopt
cd the flat rate for advertisers, putting
nil on an equality, it took a long step
forward toward dignifying the business
side of local journalism. The local custom used
to bo and to some extent still Is to solicit
advertising by quoting a high price and then
falling to whatever price the advertiser would
pay. This gave tho latter the generally errone
ous impression that he was getting n rare bar
gain, but It led to all kinds of di-cTlniin.ition,
some adveitisers paying twice ns much as oth
ers for the sime service; It was unbusinesslike,
unfair and, from the standpoint of newspaper self
respect, suicidal; moreover, it was u business
method that the advertiser would not for n mo
Hunt tolerate in the sale of his own goods tu
the nubile.
The absence of a definite fixed jirlce for adver
tising mid the taking of business on the an.v-thing-
iiii-i aii-get principle led to another result
unfair In the local advertiser. It enabled the
foieign udicitlser the patent medicine ami pro
prietary in tide him through experienced adver
tising agents to baggie witli the flexible publish
er for the best positions In the paper nt the low
est i.ites and tn carry his point nine times out
of ten. We know of instances in which the best
spices in some papers have been farmed out to
foieign ndveitlsers nt from one-half to one
tliinl the price demanded nf the local merchant
for inferior positions. This is grossly unjust and
uttcily ilemoiallziug to newspaper values.
'I ho (lite i.ite applied by The Trlhune to nil
hut old-eontiaet business puts every advertiser
on an I'quality with every other, The merchant
who takes space in this paper under Its terms
cm rest assuied that his competitor In the next
block is not receiving a rebate or discount. Nor
can any outsider get into tno paper on better
terms than a local patii.n. We could print
double, peihaps tieble tlio quantity nf foreign
advertising which we are now carrying If we
would shide the price. Wo could double our
local volume but not value of business If will
ing to join in a scramble for advertising quan
tity regardless of price. We charge a fair price
for a service than which there is none better in
our field; and we stick tn that price. Tills, we
contend, is the only business-like and equitable
vvsv.
MULTUM IN PARVO.
Numbers of mules ure reported to hive been
killed in some parts of the South recently by the
Intense heat of tho sun's rays.
The fortuno teller Is Indispensable at a Chinese
wedding. If the foituues are not satisfactory
cither party may break tho engagement.
'J he question of having female factory inspec
tor is being discussed in Switzerland, and the
measure Is advocated by tho owners of factories.
A well-known economist lias flguicd out that
out of 08 chief national industries in a given
car only 29 gave men woik 300 das in the year.
Tube! miosis has been plated among the dis
eases which aic subject to quarantine, The com
missioner of immigration has so derided In the
case of a Japanese who ni rived ut San Francisco
bom Japan ill with this lung trouble. It was
decided that the patient could not bind, but
must return to the port from which bo sailed,
An ostiich farm is to be I'stablisbul in the
suburbs of Little Hock, Atk, Thomas A. Cock
burn, of San Antonio, Tex., has purchased a
tiaet of laud and will take his entire supply of
birds thcio at once. Ills farm is a brunch of
one of the celebrated California farms. Mr,
Cockhum will go to Hot Springs because the
climate, he sjnj, is better suited for his busi
ness. Tho eastern portion nf Australia is rich in rave
systems, mostly In limestone formations, several,
such as tho Jcnolan, YairnugoblUy and Wombey
un, being of considerable oxtent, although only
paitially cxjilorcd. Most ot the caves, which
uie generally of a highly picturesque cliaiacter,
are in charge of caretakers appointed by the
Colonial government.
Advantages occurring from a recent heavy
rainfall in Western Texas luve been largily ott.
set by the fact (hat the unusual supply of niols.
turo has greatly Increased the growth of the
loco weed. Many horses and cattle have died
from eating this insidiously poisonous weed.
Exactly what tho clement of poison la this weed
is las never been fully elttcrmlaccL
ALWAYS BUSY,
The young man lias no me for "llnbhrr
Necks," but he could hardly live through the
winter without lluhher Hoots. We luve nil Iho
kinds he needs. Our Storm King he likes best,
Lewis &Reilly
114-110 WYOMING AVENUE.
Phone 2452, Kice Delivery.
Qtmr
Holiday Ltae
Consisting of
mi Novelties Galoie
Will be ready on 5atinrday
next for your inspection.
Ry molds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
ooooooooooooooooo
The
People's
Exchaege0
A POrUi.Alc CtXAltING IIOUSi: for the
" licncflt of All Who Have Houses to
llcnt. Real Estate or Other Property to Sell ,
or r.xchangc, or Who Want Situations or
i Ileln These Kmall Advertisements Cost '
One Cent a Word, Six Insertions lor Vivo i
Cents a Word Kxcept Situations ivanteu.
vvincn Arc inserted rrcc.
0X00JOOO0000
Wanted.
WASTKD-Mi;X ANI MOMIIX FOlt I'M'.ASANT
permanent work. Those willinir to qualify cm
earn salar.v from f 12 to 'pi xvcckly. itooin .107,
Meats Iluildinx, Sci.inlon, l'.i.
Help Wanted Male.
WAVri:D-llKsPO.SIHI.i: HUM WANTS Of
fice in..naj;cr .il bcraulon; l,5nil salary and
commission; .7C0 cash anil lefcreiice i quired;
position permanent Ad.hcfS, Manufacturers, 1132
Cherry, Philadelphia, i'a.
Salesmen Wanted.
ENI'.RCiKTIC SAMISM AX SCHOOL MJPI'LIES;
count ty woik; iflOO salaiy and commission.
D, O, Emus k Co., Chicago.
SALESMEN WANTED TO SELL OUlt (JOOI)S
by sample to wholesale and letail Hade. We
are the largest and only manufacturers in our
line in the world. Liberal salary paid. Address,
CAN-DEX Mffr. Co,, Savannah, Ca.
Eecrults Wanted.
ss
MARINE COIUS, U. S. NAVV, ItECHUlTS
wanted Able-bodied men, service on our
war ships in all parts of the world and on land
In the Philippines when required. Recruiting of
ficer, 103 Wyoming; avenue, Scranton.
Situations Wanted.
HOXKhT MAX. I.OOI) HABITS, WANTS ANY
position of tuisi. Write Trust, Tribino of
fice. S1THATIOX WANTEl)-(iOOI) (llllb WANTED
for Kcncial Imiiscwoik, at once. CIU West
Lackawanna avenue,
WASHING AND 1IIONIXG NEATLY DONE;
Call at 401 New street, Pine Hrook.
SITUATION WANTED !!Y EM'EUIKNCEI)
lid stenoKiaphor, wink by the hour or piece,
Addle) btenudaphcr, Tilbune of'lce.
WANTED WDIllx HY THE DAY KOIl MONDAY
unci Tuesday as lauiiclicss nn cveiy kind of
woik; can kIvo best ity icfcrciiccs. Address
M. M., TO! Elm stint.
MAIIIUED MAN, C'OltHECT HAI1ITS, COSH'E
tent, honest, trustworthy, no ibilihen, desires
sltralloii as bain man in piivato family or flic
inuu or any pudtlou of tnM; c-ood iifiiences.
Reliable, Tribune oftlce.
SITlUTmNWANTEI)-IIY A YOI'nTi WOMAN
us tool; In pillule family oi hotel, Can
trlve best of lefeixwcs. Addie.ss Thomas Me
Kenna, Old I'oinc, I'a,
A YOUNG MAN WAN'lh A 1'OMITOV Ol' ANY
kind; has had six vears' experlenie In gro
cery store unci can speak English and (iirmaiii
city lefeicnces. Address A, J., 015 bee eourl,
eity.
SITUATION WANTED-AS IIOlIsEKEEl'l'.U roll
widower, with smill clilldicu only, by widow
S8 cars nldj tlioinuitlily competent! I''st le
ucines. 120s ic.ir Diamond iiviiuie,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN S'lOl'I'lMI AT IIO
tels inn have their laiiudiy done at .1 reason
able pilce at 6J0 Pleasant slicct, llest ol lef
iicnce. ax Exi'ifitT i,Ai'Nimis won.n like to
KO out by the day washlui; and iiuniiisr, best
of city references. Sil Pleasant sticct, West Side,
WII1TING Oil COPYING 'ID DO AT HOME
evenings, by a ymnu lady; eoml peiuuaii
and thoroughly reliable; best references. Ad
dress "Wiitinir," Tribune.
Wantoci To Buy.
WANTKD-SECONDHANO SLOT MACHINES;
must bo in tjuod ouler, state particulars as
to make and price. Addrcs9 L. M., fciicial de
livery, Scranton, pa,
Board Wanted.
BOARD WANTED-rOH TIlltEB ADULTS AND
one small child, in respectable Jenish fam
ily, living 1c tlrst-cUsj nelxliboihood. Statu
price. W, A., Tribune sffice.
NtEY'S
h
TT
Will
000,00
Rather premature
perhaps, to mention
"Spring Goods" but
we just want to call
your attention, to our
new line of
Foulard 55 Iks
and Sat ninis
That have been spe
cially gotten up and
furnished for our
Holiday Trade
Needless to say they
are deserving of
more than a passing
notice. What more
appropriate gift for
Christmas than a
IDras Mtern of one
of them ?
510-512
LACIAWAMA AVIENUB
For Sale.
vrvn kat.f. niKAP s.nt.in oak. COLOX1AU
book case, 4 ft. S in.x4 ft. 10 in.; adlustablu
oak xholvcs; will hold 150 books. A recent edi
tion "Century Dictionary," 0 vol., red inoroecct
hindliifr. Address, K. 1. M., Tribune.
i
VOll SALE-A DELIVERY COVERED WAGON,
has been In use about two months. Suitable!
for a crrocory store, dry goods store or other
mercantile purposes. Apply to William Craig.
FOR SALE BRICK. DUILDINO, NO. 434 LACK-
awanna avenue, corner Washington avenuec,
belnK the property recently occupied and nor
being vacated by the Hunt & Conncll Company,
A. E. HUNT.
FOR SALE-CONTENTS OP HOUSE FUKNI.
turc, carpets, bedding, etc. 632 Washington
av cnue.
Money to Loan.
MONEY 10 LOAN ON HOND AND MOUTflAOB,
any amount. M. II. llolgate, Commonwealth.
biiildinir.
ANY AMOUNT Ol' MONEY TO LOAX-JUICK.
straik'ht loans or llullding and Loon. At
from 4 to 8 per cent. Call on N. V. Walker,
:i!4-:il5 Council liulldln?.
LEGAL.
Scranton. I'a.. Dec. 7, 1000.
ELECTION PllOCLAMATlOV.
XOTK'E-IX I'UHSUANCE OK RESOLUTIONS
adopted by the Select and Common Councils,,
tliciu will be special elections held in tho fol
liivvlni; wards cm Tuesday, Dee. IS, 1000.
l'lrst ward Ono person to seivc as Common
Councilman to till the unc.xpiied term ol Davli
II. Heese, ruddied.
Second ward One person tu serve as Common
Couiiillu.au to till the unexpired term of M. V
Moiris. icslinied.
Thliel vvaiel-Oii) peison to serve as Common)
Councilman to till tlio unexpired tenn ot .Iame
J. (irler, resigned.
I'l.iirlh ward Ono person lo serve as Select
riiiiiuilm.ui to till the unexplied term of Simon
Thomas, irslgneel, and ono person to serve aa
Common Councilman to till tho unexpired term
of W. V. (iilltlths, i ('signed.
fifth waul One person ti serve as Common
Councilman to till the unexpired term of C, E,
aodshall, resigned.
Fourteenth ward One person to serve as Com
mon Councilman tu till the unexpired term ol
C. E. Wcn.cl, resinned.
I'lftivntb ward-One person to serve us Com
mon Councilman to fill the unexpired tenn ol
T. M. Watklns, rislgned.
Eighteenth waid-Ono person to serve as Com,
limn Councilman lo till tho unexpired term ol
'lliiiiuas t Mollis, resigned.
Twentieth ward Ono peison to serve ns Select
Councilman to till tlio unexpired term ol T. Jj
Coi lie, icsigncd,
' JAMES MOIR. Major.
the" ANNUAL MEETING OP THE STOCKIIOLD
crs of the Consumers lie Co., will be held a
their ofltce, coiner of Adams avenue und AaH
stieet, in Iho City of Scranton, on Tuesday, th
1Mb day nf December, 1W, at 2 p. m. Th
pm pose of tho meeting is for the election of o(.
fliers for the ensuing car and the transaction ot
m'i-Ii other business as may properly come belara
the- iiicetinu'.
JOHN A. SCHADT, Secretary.
OiriCE OF THE SCHANTOX ROLT AND NUU
Co.,
Suaiilon, I'a., Nov, 20th, 1000.
A meeting of the stockholders ot this company,
will be held at Its genual utile c, on the twenty,
fourth day of January, A. P., I'M, to tiki
uillon on n piopnscil Inirease of thu conltai
stock of the conipaiiy fiom 150,00il to J50,0o0.
I.. M. HOItl'ON, Secietary,
ESTATE OF Mb AS I'l.OWEII, LATE Ol' TUB
Township cf Clifton, County of Lackawanna
and state ot l'i'iinilvania, dcicaseil.
Litters of administration upon the above-namejl
estate having been gianlcd to ihe muli'isife'iied.
all persons hiving claims or ileiniikU afolnsl
the slid estate will pii'sent lliem (or pio incut,
unci those linlihlnl thcietu will pl:o-sO nalio In
in. Hale iiajiuciit to
W. E. I'l.OWEU, Administrator.
THUS. F. WELLS, r.si,., (ioulls'jjro, '.
Attorney for Estate, ,
ESTATE OFitOIIEltT U. LEE, LATE OF T8
jlou.ugli of Dunuiore, County of Lackawanna,
and Slate of IViuuiUjiiIj, di ceased,
J.cttus of ailinlnlstiatiou upon the above-name4
estate having birii giantcd to the undersigned,
all persons having claims or demands against
tlio said estate will picsint them for pi.imcnt,
uud those indebted thereto will please make iny
mediate pavmeut to
CHARLOTTE LEE, Administratrix
Dunraor, Pa.)
WILLIAM S. SIMl'SOX, Administrator.
TI103. F. WELLS. JlSl., fttUton, J'fc
Attorney for . Estate,
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