Ttw-viw r.anti3-j3sA'?KsJfcagra".v '? 3 vMSSTiTS i "DSC r,v5-pfjpfVTiri , i ,vi" " jVf' -V .. rt THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1900. sflS)HwvtSsSWWBf5S fi.e kranfon $ri8tme Published tlallj'. Rxcept Sundayi by The Triti um? .Publishing Company, nl Fifty Cents Month. I.IVY 3. RICHARD. Editor. I).' 1", BVMIEE, Business Manager. Mew Vork Office! ISO Na!itl bt. ,., 8. S. VEEEIAND. Pole Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entered nt Ihe Poslofflcp nl Boranton, la. J Sciemd'Class Mall .Matter. When spice ttlll permit, The Tribune I" always clad to print short letters frnin its friends bear ing on current topics, lint lit rule Is that J lie's mmt ho signed, for puhllcatlon, by the writer rcil njinei ami the rondilnn precedent to ac ceptance It tliat all cemtrlbutloiu shall ho subject to editorial ii't lIon. SIXTEEN PAGES. SCRANTON, DKUKMBKIt 14. 1D0O. Tti view of tlir- probability that Scran ton will hitvi- to enter the second class of cltlca whether she wants to or not, Is It not time that more definite steps were being; taken to consider Just what new legislation in eonnectinn with the opcontl class transition Is desirable nntl how It may be promoted'.' Those Vacancies in Councils. f IIK WAY to pel pood Rovern I ment Is to put the light ltlnd .JL of activity Into politics, bc- KlnntiiK' tit the bottom, -which is the party pilnmry. Alure street cor wtv talhltifr will not avail, neither -will f.tllll-llntlinpr which leads to nothlnp; practlrai In the way of correcting1 the abusoa complained of. AVhen the citl Ki'tw who want hn'piovcd covernment go to the primaries of their respective Writes and buy so, they will get it If they constitute a inajoilty: and If they don't constitute a majority there Is no other way than for them to keep Dog ging away until they do. Uy saying that they want good go--rrninent we mean that they must say so practically. If ten men are running at a primary for one office and one of the ten suits the substantial, tax-paying population of the ward a little bet ter than the other nine, steps should be taken befoio the primary opens to cen tralize on that one. Otherwise, the substantial vote will split among a variety of candidates and the Inferior candidate, with a minority following compactly organized, -will win out. All the reform talk from now until doomsday will not Improve municipal conditions unless it makes itself felt In a practical way at the party primaries under recognition and acceptance of the conditions which exist. This Is the thought which voters should take with them when proposing today to fill the existing vacancies in councils. The insurgent literal y bureau, after January 1 next, will have for sale cheap a lot of left-over, bargain-counter offer ings In anti-Quay fictions and predic tions. Pinned Down to Facts. A CURAT deal is being made in the antl-admlnistratlon pi ess of the recent assertion of .Tamos .1. Hill, the Na poleon of the northwest, that ships for ocean cairylng can be built at less cost In the United States than in Oieat Jliitnin. This Is constiued into an ar gument against the pending ship sub sidv bill, the line of reasoning being that If ships can lie built more cheap ly in thl country than In Kurope no encouragement to the upbuilding of an Aineiican merchant marine is neens sary. The argument is fallacious from the fact that cost of ship is only one of the factors entering Into cost of ship ping. Another factor, equally impoit ant, is cost of wages paid the crew, a cost which is at least 1!." per cent, higher on Amoilcan than on competi tive ships. If this weie not so nnd if ships could be built in the United States more cheaply than In Europe, the only explanation which would re main for the spectacle of Ameiiean ex porters paying out In excess or $200. 000,000 a year In ocean freights to for eign carriers Instead of building cheap er ships nnd paying this immense sum, piollt and all. Into their own pockets would bo that they weie suffeiing from an inexplicable epidemic of paresis. Hut as a matter of evidence, Mr. Hill's alleged statement Is Incorrect. The commissioner of navigation In his last annual report traverses this ground thoroughly and shows that while the cost of steolshlp plates has temporarily fallen lower in the United States by U2 to $11 a ton than in Great Britain, tills difference does not enter largely into consideration, because labor Is the greatest element in the expense of building ships. Last yeur, for ex ample, two steel freight steamships, the llyades nnd Pleiades, designed for coal or- grain cargoes, wore built, one in Jrigland and one In tho United States, vyhen plates were soiling heie at $.'8 a ton nnd In Great Britain for $0.S8, The American hid was $275,000 and the Brit ish bid $211,000 for exactly tint same vessel and machinery. The cost of the material In the A mm lean vessel' was $63,000 and In the British vessel $S0,O0O, leavlne $212,000 for labor, pioflt and so forth la the, American and $131,000 in .tfie British. '"'Excluding thocost of matetlals," the commissioner of navigation says, "the 'difference In co3t of the American and British steamships in this Instance about $60,000 represents tho higher wages paid in American yards and tho higher salaries of American superin tendents," and lio gives a table of wages paid in British, Scotch, nnd Irish shipyards, as" compared with those paid in the United States, This table shows that patternmakers, re ceiving from $9.60 to $9.88 per week In Oreat Britain, receive from $16.50 to $21 In the United States; riveters from $8.75 to $10.71 in Great Brltuin and from $I3.C0 to $21 In yie United States; Join era from $8.76 to $9.52 in 'England,' arid from $14 to $18 In tho United States; furnueemen from $3.59 to $10.91 in Great Britain and from $11.50 ,;to $2tirt the United-States; iron woikeru frpth $9.36 to $9.72 In Great Britain and from $15 to, $21 n the United States; brass work ers from $9.18 to $10.80 In Greut Brltuin nnd from $15 to $21 In thoUnlted States; machinist a Irani $7.29 to 9.73 in Great Britain and from $16 to $31 In the Unit ed States; ship carpenters from $9.18 to $9.48 In Great Britain nnd from $12 to $24 In tho United Slates! riggers from $8.02 to $8,76 In Great Britain nnd from $11 to $18 In the United States; nalnt ers from $7.29 to $8,75 In Grcnt Britain nnd from $12 to $18 In the United States, All these wages are per wecH. The two steamers used for Illustration by Mr. Chamberlain cost $72 per ton In the United States and $57 per ton In Oreat Brltnln. 'A similar Instructive Incident Is cited by William E. Curtis in his correspondence for theChlcngoRocord. It occurred In 1S98, when vessels of tho snme size, design nnd materials were built for $335,000 In tho United States nnd $217,000 In Great Britain, or at the rates respectively of $80 nnd $53 per ton. Plates were then worth more In this country than In Great Britain. The truth of tho matter Is that American shipbuilding Is an Infant In dustry which needs government en couragement. To give that encourage ment Is to apply tho doctrine of Protec tion, so well vindicated on land, to the high seas. In reply to tho Inquiry of a corres pondent, If the president should die before March 4, the secretary of state would qualify ns president for tho un expired part of the present term, there being now no vice president. On March 4, however, the vice president-elect would undoubtedly bo Inaugurated as president, it being taken for gi anted that the electoral college would bo ic convened and that It would name him as Its second choice. After the Inaug uration of the vice nresldent-elect as piesldent there would bo no vice piesldent but tho senate would elect its presiding ofllcer and in tho event of tho new prcslrUpl'H death, the suc cession would go successively to the secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, secretary of war, secretary of the navy, postmaster general and at torney general in the order named. I-ct us hope, however, that none of these contingencies will arise. Patents. THAT THE inventive genius of the American people shows no signs of exhaustion is fully established by the rec ords of the patent office, some of which aie embodied in the recent report of the secretary of the Interior. Last year the applications for me chanical patents, designs, reissues trade-marks, labels, prints and caveats numbered 15,270 in all, or 1.S53 more than the average annual total for the past ten years. It was more than double the number of patents expiring by limitation. To run the patent office cost uncle Sam $1,217,827.58, but Inas much as his receipts were $110,100.77 In excess of this sum the financial show ing of the enterprise must be reckoned as satisfactory. One weak spot in our patent laws is pointed out In the commissioner's re port, tinder the present statutes an ap plication for a patent can be kept alive in the patent ofllce for an Indefinite number of years, although there is no good reason why nt least 90 per cent, of all patents should not be Issued within one year after filing applications there for. The practice of keeping applica tions pending In the patent office Is, in his opinion, reprehensible, as it cer tainly does not promote the progress of invention, but rather tends to stifle It. If an application does not become in volved in an Interference, It should not be permitted to remain in the patent olllce more than three years without nbildglng Its life of seventeen years.. To meet any c.ise of unusual hardship, discretion might be lodged with the commissioner to extend the proposed limit of three years. The pushing aside of the ship subsidy bill for this session, which is threat ened, would only postpone, not defeat, the enactment of this practical and necessary measure. Until those who criticize It offer a more effective alter native It will deserve the earnest sup port of all who believe in a restored American merchant marine. Home Production of Tea. ONE OP the ambitions of the present accomplished secre tary of agriculture Is to es tablish on a permanent and general scale an American tea Indus try. He is convinced that a goodly share of the tea used In this country can be grown hero and In his recent annual report he presents evidence In support of lils belief. For a number of years Dr. Charles U, Shepard of Sunimerville, S, C has been experimenting with domestic tea culture. He hus.solved the labor prob lem Involved by gathering together a number of negro children, whom ho leaches part of tho day and utilizes In his tea garden tho remaining part, paying for nil work done a liberal rate per hour. Secretary Wilson has co-operated with Dr. Sliepard In tho work nnd the expeilments so far con ducted liavo shown that tea may be produced In the United States In two ways: (1) By families in their gardens, and, (2) on tho commercial scale, after tho inauner followed by the British East Indian tea establishments and the beet-sugar Industry. "Tho work at Somervllle was start ed," says Secretory Wilson, "wth a view of ascertaining whether under fa vorable conditions tea plantations could ho made to yield as much as the nverago oriental production, and whether tho crop could ho marketed at a fair profit, Tho results obtained have been nfllrmatlve, the crop of 1900 although not so largo ns expected early In tho season, exceeding that of any previous year by at least 12 per eont. and the entire product being (.old bo foro it was all gathered to a promin ent Northern distributing house at a price that gave a fair profit. As fur ther evidence that tea can be profitably grown in the United States, capitalists are already making preparations to begin the work In certain parts of the South on a more or less extensive stale A company with a capital of $5C,O0O is being organized, and will en deaVor to secure a location having soil and cllmutio conditions adapted to tho growth of tea, and where labor, such as Dr. Shepard utilizes, can bo secured. From what has already been uccouiplifcued, it bos been shown that n good grade of ten can ho grown nnd put on the market In bulk at n cost not exceeding 15 cents per pound. Un der average conditions nn acre will yield 400 pounds of marketable tea, nnd this, at 15 cents per pound, would make tho expense or growing It $60 per acre. The tea should sell In bulk for nt least 30 cents per pound, nnd the profit on this basis would bo 100 per cent. Be sides the cost of marketing, however, there aro other expenses to bo consid ered, namely, the salary of n superin tendent and the Interest of the money Invested In the plant, which would, of course, cut down the profits." Tho great difficulty in the way of upbuilding n large home tea Industry Is the expense of curing the tea leaves so as to retain the green color. Tho purest tea and tho best from a hy glenlo standpoint Is tho black tea, which Is the leaf as dried naturally. But the public will not drlnk.black tea; It Insists upon having the green shade. Hence the next problem with which. Secretary Wilson proposes to wrestle is how to produce green ten without cop peras or prohibitive hand labor cost. After asking the powers of Europe to pledge nn open door In China It would look queer In tho United Stntes to re fuse to neutralize tho Nicaragua canal. TOLD BY THE STARS. Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe ca&t: l.lS ti. m,, for Dec, 15, 1900. A child horn nn this ilay will notice that Pie ces? generally smiles upon the man who puts up lln howl rather than on tho one who docs the w urK. The nun who lakes real prldo in his wife's lit erary nlilllly is generally un Individual whose digestive organs do nut shrink before soggy bis cuit'. Some people these days act as though they thought that the Lord had ceased to hie affec tion for the cheerful giver. The lowered arc lights In Scranton seem to bo satisfactory to everybody except those who are obliged to look nt them. The man who picks a quarrel with his best girl today is liable to be pin-cushionless on Christ mat. Ajacchus' Advice. Remember that the powers of fascination do not rest so much upon llngml brillhncy as upon one's ability to look pleasant during tho recital of a dull story. Weekly Leffer on Municipal flffajrs XXVIII.-PAKKS. New York, Dec. 15. BV THE END of the fust quarter of the next century the United States will lead the world in hno park aj stems. The past de cade has witnescsd an advance in park acreage and embellishment thai is lenmkablc. Despite this fact tho present situation is far behind that found in the leading cities of Eng land and Europe. Hut, then, they havo been longer at It. There Is no need of shame, but simply an excuse for gieater activity in this great aesthetic and humanitarian field for jiublic advancement. A glance at the activities in the field of park Improvement is sutltclcnt to show American ability fully equal to the need. Although Louisville has nearly 1,400 acres qf park land, it has just paed an ordinance for the expenditure of :;j"5,000 for an addition to its parks. Memphis, which has long been lagging in the matter of improvements in this line, has just authorized a tax levy for $-1)0,000 for the purchase of a large tract of land for park pur poses. Other cities, largo nnd small, are an nually increasing their pirk acreage. Tree plant ing association are becoming vciy popular ns city oiganizations, and they are already found in many municipilities. These work wholly In dependent of the state laws, which set aside one day in tho year to bo celebrated by public schools as Arbor Ilay. Arbor Das' laws aro found in nearly every statu in the union. Vast sums of money aie invested in pork sys tems far more than the general public wilt lealize. As usual, the city of Greater New Vcrk leads In its amount of puk a'Mls. The actual amount invested in land, buildings, ap paratus, etc., amounts to $!UO,$71,7!H. This is more than the entile amount invented in the thiity-hevcn other cities in the countiy of more than 100,000 population, for Ue h.inic purposes. It costs nearly if 1,500, 000 annually for mainte nance. In tho matter of values, Chicago comes next, with more than $111,000,000 invested; whilo Iloston follows, witli an investment of moic thin ?.Vt,000,000, and Philadelphia stands fourth in the lint with about 1,000,000 placed to its credit in park values. Tho three principal parks of Chicago are, South, Washington and Lincoln, which are maintained at an expense of nearly half n million a .vo.ir, while Philadelphia spends nearer $0)0,000 and Boston about $240,000. Iloston has two systems, one of the city proper nnd one which includes seven counties. The first is innUr the supervision of the mayor, and the other is ruled by a commission of three appointed by tho governor of the stale. The country sys tem contains borne ,000 acrca of park lands and nri additional reservation of 25,000 acres. The ap propriation for the use of thLs country paik com mission amounts to nearly $000,000 annually, but only about VUO.OOOO Is used for maintenance, while the balance is expended upon improve ments. Among tlio smaller cities none is more prog icssivc in its ideas and methods than Minne apolis. The park commissioner of that city lias charge of all tho three planting done in the city in the lawn sp.uo between the stiect and sidewalk, nnd also the maintenance of this lawn strip. The cost of this work during the last vcar amounted to 1,7 cents for grass cutting per running foot, and $4.18 for each tree planted, and the nece'Siry iinoiint of black soil required, There are, according to the n turns from tho census of 1000, thirty-eight iltica laving a popu lation oi 10,000 or over. In ouler that the rela tive amounts of pirk assets and expenditures for maintenance may be seen the following table is given: TAiua: i.-PAitK arsi:ts-cost or maix- TCXAN'Ci:. Cost of Milntrnance. Aoets: Land, build ings, nppaiatus, etc. New Veil; $l,0S,(v)O $JU0,S71,Iiil Chlcngu 4IJ.1H) d.1,0 11,000 Philadelphia 4V,202 22,7fc,1ll St. Loul 111,122 8,1W,S0; llo.tun 2.11,411 5.1,02.1, 100 lljltlmoie U2,10S Clcvelaiid 71,105 0,02.!,SI lluir.iln , l:i,75l ,U9,&H Sail l'rancisco ..., 203,301 12,000,000 Ciiiclmati i'J.'I'M ,. ',00,01 litUhurg 1,500,000 New Orleans 0,011 S.OjO.ojQ Detroit "I, IKK) 0,2')5.0.iO Milwaukee fcJ.tfB 2,IU,771 Washington 22,050 MOO.ixjO Niwiirk, N. .1 ,. 4.C01 0,000,000 JiTwy fit' 3.5M 1X5,500 l.i, Hi, villi 5H,752 1,015,0i10 Minneapolis ,. fD,4V) 4,501,210 l'lovldiiuc , 47,S. 1,105,172 Indianapolis 121,701 1,010,570 IvJlisas City, 5tn t.7,327 2,U)5,O0O ht, Paul M.OlHl , Uodicitcr tC'.UII 50il,(,00 Denver -Win 2.551), VM Toledo il2.fi.ll 2,000,050 Alhgheny 10,110 2,.I20.ii Columbus, O ,.,,,,,,,,,,,, 11,07.1 U3.1.200 WouoU'i ,.,., 2,201 S.KIVMI Svracuso .,, 32,074 1,602.150 New Haven .,,,,.,,, ,,.,. 21,501 471,000 l'aterion 10,000 2(,000 I'all Itiver 4,215 471,500 St, Joseph, Mo .,, ,,, 0,000 10l,0.l Omaha , , 3l,otu 2,o;f,tu Los Angeles ,,,,, ,,. 5.1,810 500,075 Memphis 2.000 700,000 So union ,.., 2,373 76,000 City paiks only. I'edenl government owns and iiblntaiiis nearly all ol'ilie p.irk ucreage in Washington. "City ordinance has lust authorized bond issue of $250,000 for addltoiul purchase of park land. Not quite lull of the thlrly-clght largest cities have a raik acreage that exceceU 1,000. Of thl. group of cities Philadelphia will stand ill the head of the Hit. An Interesting study In con trasts will be afforded by a comparison of the following table with the one which precedes itl TAIIM! It.-l'AltK ACItHAmi-POPULATION ii:it Acm:. Area III acres. Population per acre of Philadelphia ,,.,..,,,,, '.. 'j.OII 311 New Ymk ..,,, .l.tKl'l 870 Los At'Ketci 3.720 27 Washington .,.,,.,.,.., M,V)7 78 Hoeton ,,,,,, 2,013 211 St. I.omi 2,177 20t Chicago 2,151 MI Minneapolis 1,55.1 I'lil Louisville 1,570 II) Cleveland 1,32(1 27 Indianapolis 1,2.V) 131 San Francisco 1,11)3 2i7 llalttmore , 1,140 III Cedi.nihus, O I.10S 111 New llnvcn l,10(i IU Detroit ,,.,. 1.0.VI 270 IlulTalo , 1,025 311 All hut a small fraction owned by the Keel ernl government. "Only about 200 acres owned by the city proper. " THE WORLD ooojjj ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAYjojjt (Copyright, 1300, by Tt. K. Hughei, Louis illle.l THK UNITED STATER presidential situation continued to gTovv more (drained ns the date for counting the vote npproiiiied. There was no longer any doubt of congress being called on to deride between Jefferson nnd Burr, the republican candidate for president and i Ice-president respectively, who would tie with seventy-three votes eicli in the Electoral col lege, Several lVdorillsti oprcrd their deter mination to prevent n choice by the house of representatives and let the government devolve on a prcxidmt of the senate. As Jefferson, beinj ilcc-piwldent under Adams, was presiding of ficer of the higher legislative body, this I'cderal ist threat carried with It n provision to name a presielent of the senate pro tern, by a stretch of the Constitution. It was an hour to try men's souls. The republic was Jet In its in fancy, and the cradle was being rocked by war ring parents. Some of the I'cdorallsts nsseited that even anarchy was preferable to the success of Jefferson. Ilurr was ready to enter into In trigues that would land him In tho presidenlhl chair. He hoped for an alliance with the Fed eralists. Hamilton attempted to nip this in the bud by Issuing a strong letter declaring that of the two men Jefferson was les dangerous. Few Federalists would listen to lilm, however, nnd another moon waxed and waned with the coun try's mind still in a tin moll. Seven marriages In high life took place during tho year. Perhaps tho most importiint of these was that of Murat, the king of Naples and French cavalry leader, and Marie Annonciade Caroline Bonaparte, the youngest sister of Napoleon. Oth ers were Anton Friederich Justus Thlbaut, one of the greatest of German jurists, and the daugh ter of Professor Ehlers, at Kiel; Caroline OII- phant, the authoress of many fine Scotch songs, and Lord William Murray Nalrne, in Scotland! Itobert Owen, philanthropist and founder of English socialism, and Miss Dale, daughter of the owner of the New Lanark mills; William Godwin, English politieat writer, historian, nov elist and dramatist, and Mrs. Clairmont; Jacques Henri Bcrnardin do Siint-Plerre, French man of letters, and Deslrcc de I'ellcport; (leorge Canning, one of the greatest of English statesmen and ora tors, and Miss Jean Scott, who had a large for tune and was connected with some of the high est of aristocracy. The old city of Hala, In the Hyderabad dis trict, Sind, India, was threatened with encroach ment by tlie Indus river. The inhabitants moved two miles distant and laid the foundation of modern Hala, whidi became famous for its glazed pottery and tiles maile from a fine clay obtained from the Indus mixed with Hints. By a degree, Napoleon reduced the number of Parisian periodicals to thirteen; all tho oth ers, with the exception of those dealing with science, art, commerce and advertisements, being suppressed. The fieetlom of the press had been stifled. The seventh tariff net,. paed by the congress of the United States, was enictcd during the year. It imposed additional rates to those then in effect. The average tariff duties was 10 53 per cent. . Owing to the' ferocity and cannibalism of the aborigines of New Zealand, theac islands were still a terror to sailors. . Among the births of the jeir of persons who won fame in life weie the following: Dixie Crosby, American surgeon. Margiret C'oxe, American nutlioiess. Abraham Siddon Cox, Americn surgeon. jiis. Catherine Cravve, nee Stevens, English authoress. Ebenczcr Eilson Cummlns, P. )., Ameiiean Baptist clergjman. Wonderflil Groutfh in M?fal Exports Washington, Dee, 14 AN ILLUSTRATION of tho rapid growth of our manufacturing interests is found in the fact tint the exportation of manufac tures of metals during the jear about to end will i each $200,000,000. The figures of the Trcnsury Bureau of Statistics for tlio ten months ending Nov, 1 show that more than JIOO.OOO.OOO worth of iron nnd steel nnd more than $50,000,. 000 worth of copper had been exported during the ten months and thec flguics, coupled with those relating to the less important manufactur ing metals and the articles manufactured from metals, but not Included undeT these general terms, will bring the total (or the year up to fully $200,000,000. In Etcel rails the onorts of the year will aggregate $12,1X10,001), or an overage of a mil lion dollars per month, while it was not until 1S07 that the figures for any entire year readied as much as $1,000,000. In tho fUcal year 1S00 tho total value of steel rails exported was $315, 000; In 16'Jil it was only $540,000; in 1W, $2, 500,000; in 1S0S, $1,500,000; in tho fKcal jear 1SOT, $5,250,000, and ill the calendar jeir U'OO will bo fully $12,000,000. Nearly ore million dollars' worth of these exports of steel Litis in 1900 go to Euiope; another million dollars' woith to Mexico; nearly two millions to South America; four millions to lliitUli North America, and two million dedlus' worth to Asia nnd Oceania, American locomotives also go along with the Amerlcun steel rail, and the total (or the jear i-eeiris likely to reach about live mil lion dollars in valui The Ameiiean rails and locomotives are In turn accompinied by Ameii ean cars, of which the exportation for steam railways will amount to tliii'n million dollars during tho jear, and for other railways more than a million dollars. Add to (bis a proper shaio of tho $0,Oix),oiX) woith of electrical ma chlnery anil $0,000,000 worth of telegraph, tele phone and other electrical Instruments and se. entlllo apparatus cxpoited, and it will bo seen that for tho constiueliou and operation of rati. wii)s outside of tho United States the tnanufac. lurcrs of this couutiv will supply eiuring the jear about to end fully $23,000,000 woith of material, o The rapid growth in the exportation of metals and those of which metals form a laige pio portlon In initio is lllu.troteil by some flgines regarding our export traelu of tho deeadcN Mann, factures of bias, for instance, f which the exports in 1600 amounted to $107,313, were In the lUcal j par 1000, $1,800,727, Agricultural Jin. ph incuts. Including plows, cultivators, mowers, reapers nnd other machinery ol this character, amounted In 1SW to S3.S50.1SI, ami in the lw.il jear 10OD to $l0,O0l,te-0. I'ig Iron exports in IS'HJ amounted xo only 18,453 tons, i allied at $.100,832, while in the ftcal year 1000 they amounted to lOO.tOO tons, valued tt $3,12I,&jI. The bar Iron expectations In l&OO amounted tu 2,037,370 pounds and In the fiscal year 1000 to 18,457,4.15 pounds. Wire exportation in 1SD0 amounted to 21,629, 0(12 pounds and in 1000 amounted to 2.10,672,800 pounds, the average exportation for each month In 1000 being thus nearly equal to the annual importations in 1890. In uatU the exportation In 1500 amounted in round terms to 15,000,000 pounds, and III 1900 to 113,802,401 pound. 'Hie total iron and steel exports In 1600 amounted to 25,543,208 and in tho fiscal year 1900 to $121,- 853,314, and In the cftlcnetar jear loot) will reach. $140,000,000 In value. n In copper the growth In exporlatlons has hern equally striking, the Intnl exportation of copper In the fiscal j-enr 19T0 being $,3lt),30 In value nr.it In the fiscal year 1000, $57,851,707, while In the calendar j-ear llioo It scemi likely to con siderably exceed $00,000,000. TALKS JJY THE PUBLISHER. UNDEIt THK heading, "To Have and to Hold," n recent Issue of the Newspaper Maker, New York, has the following, which contains much truth) "Tlio Ideal which the average publisher elects 1st "Tu have good advertising customers, and "To hold them. "Hut the wild scramble for advertising pilron agethat characterlres the present, while, with the Keen competition existing, It may perhaps be easy for the publisher to obtain custom, It Is usually nt n nicrlllco. Whether once secured, be can retain It, Is another nutter, "In the endeavor to have, the publisher makes concessions. Ills rival Is running the advertise ment, nnd to secure It he cuts rates. If the first cut Is not enough, the knife goes deeper, and the advertiser calmly suggests that the publisher get ilown to rock bottom. Another fall In prices follows, nnd the advertising bear Inn made his point. "To hold the advertising, once secured, It Is questionable whether contracts are ever renewed on the same basis. Favors nre granted either as to price, position, free notices, nnd nil the other quirks nnd linns the experienced, advertiser quiiklj' works to his ndvantnge. "There nre but comparatively few pipers of this country thnl elo not brenk rates to secure business, nnd especlallj when clcillng with the advertiser direct. Such methods arc unfair to the advertising agent, to the advertisers he rcpie scnls, nnd a souice of worry and loss to the pub lisher. "Hates' should be like the laws of the Mcdes nnd Persians line InngiMlile and the true motto for the publisher Is: "To Invc one rate, and 'To hold It." The Tribune's advertising piges show tint it has good adveitlslng cnstomeis, and the fact that the mijorltj" of thorn are In Its eolumns regularly proves thnt It holds them. How It does thli Is no seeiet. Simply by giving wide circulation to their announcements, by charging consistent prices for the advertising, nnd by having one price for cverjbody nnd no favoritism. a NUBS OF KNOWLEBOB. A gunmaker In Met, is said to have Invented a rcmirkablo new cartridge for smalt arms of all kliieis. The case is composed of a transpar ent eelluloid material and the contents can therefore e.isllj- bo examined from the outside. It Is also gas-tight and causes no recoil. Some astonishing results were obtained at some recent trials, and the military authorities arc giving the matter their attention. Fruit has been found in Zanzibar, East Africa, whose juice yield a substance eiosclj- resembling Srutta pereha. The fruit looks like a'ieach, but is as large as n cantaloupe. It Is unfit tor food and it was learned by accident that the milky juice would coagulate in boiling water and would harden on cooling into any shape desired. Tests are being made with this substance in London to sec if it can be used as a substitute for gutta pereha. There Is a new distilling piocess which was shown recently at the Paris exhibition.- This process depends upon the employment of a mi crobe which will convert starch first Into sugar and next Into alcohol. Tho whole operation ii carried on in closed vats, cverj' material being sterilised, so that there can be no microbes pres entecept those specially bred in the laboratorj for the purpose. These microbes were first found in Chinese yeast and have been taken to Europe. HOME-FOLKS. "Home-Folks" forms the Introductory poem In Jamis Whitcomb Hllry's latest volume of poems, published and copyrighted by the Bovven. Merrill companj-, of Indianapolis. It is re produced below bj" the publishers' permission. Home-rolks! Well that-air name, to me. Sounds jis the same as poetry That is, cf poetry is lis As sweet as I've he.un tell It 1st Home-Folks they're jis the same as kin- All brung up, same ns we have bin, Without no ovcrpovverin' sense Of their ememmon consequence t ' They've bin to school, but not to git The habit fastened on 'em jit So as to ever interfere Willi other work 'at's waitin' here: Home-rolks has crops to plant nnd plow, Er lives in towns and keeps a cow; Rut whether eountrj'-j ikes er town Thej- know when eggs Is up cr down! Li! can't jou spot 'em when you meet 'Em .injwheri'S in field er street? And can't j'ou see their faces, bright As circus-daj-, heave into sight? And can't j'ou hear their "Howdy!" clear As a brook's chuckle to the- ear. And alius find their laughln' eyes As fresh and clear as morning skies? And can't j'ou when they've gone nwajr Jis feel em shaking hands, nil day? And feel, too, j-oti've been higher raised By sich a mcctin' God bo praised! Oh, Home-Folks! you're the best of all At ranges this tcrcstchul ball, But nor er south, cr east cr west, It's homo Is where you're at j-our best It's home It's home j'our faces shtne, In-nunder j-our own fig and vine Your fambly and jour neighbors 'bout Ye, and the latchstring hangin' out. Home-Folks at home, I Know o' one Old feller now 'at halnt got none, Invito him lie may hold back some But j on invite him, and he'll come. XX00000000 s The People's Exchange. A POPULAIt CLEAltlNO HOUSE for the rt Ilpnollt nt All Who Have Houses to Bent, Ileal Estate or Other Property to Sell , or Exchange, or Who Want Situations or Hell) These Small Advertisements Co.it ' One Cent a Word, Six Insertions for Five , cents a Word Except Situations vvantcu, Which Aro Inserted Free. ooooooooooooooooo Help WnntedMrtle. HOOKKEhl'llIt NANTIUI-WIIO HAS HAD Ex perience ircfcncd; state refcrenca and a;'1'. Addiess ' Tribune, wati:d-i:m'i:iiii:.nce assistant hook. Keeper; elate refcicncu and nere, Address J., Tribune. Help Wanted Female. WANTED - AN EXPEltlENCEl) COOK AND laundtchs; one that is well rccommcndcil. ills. C. Sejbolt, 17 Jeffeison avenue. Agents Wanted. iisl'VTi: U-4VTTI1 T(1 M.'I.I, Till! T.ATKST IV. Miitlon for pioduclng LIGHT; beats electri city; cheaper than keiooene; agents coining iiienej; largest factory; prompt shipments. The Best Light company, Canton, Ohio. Salesmen Wanted. ENEKnETIO SALESMAN-SCHOOL bOl'l'LIKS; country work; $100 salary and commission. It. O. Evans & Co., Chicago. BALESMEN WANTED TO SELL OUIt GOODS by sample to wholesale and retail trade. We are the Urgett and only manufacturers in our line In the world. Liberal salary paid. Addietu, CAN-DEX Utg. Co., Ejv.noii, 0. ALWAYS BUSY. 71 N ' itl I ffltu& OjiriJspJ The j'oiintr man lins no use tor "HuMier Necks." but he could Inrdly live through ihe winter without Rubber Boots. We have nit tho kinds lie needs. Our Storm King he likes best. STORES OPEN EVENMNO1? UNTIL AlTKIt THK HOLIDAYS. Lew5s&ReMly 1M-11G WYOMING AVENUE. Thone 2152. Free delivery. REYNOLDS MOS' MOLIIDAY MSRAY The handsomest line of calendars ever shown in our store,together with our line of Fancy Ink Stands, Japanese Novelties, Brass Frames, Leather Goods In Pocket Books, Card Cases, Portfolios, Dressing Cases, Bibles Make our place worth while visiting. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building. Situations Wanted. A I'ASiHIONAllI.E DRESSMAKER WISHES EN Bagement bv the day; rates icasonable. Address Modes, Tiihunc ofticc. SITUATION WANTUD-UY A BOY 10 YEARS of age, to work at anything; store preferred; experience in stoic. Address 1615 Penn avenue, Oreen Itidsc. SirUATIOV WANTED BY A MIDDLE-AGED woman, as housekeeper in ividovver':. family; can icive icfcience. Address Housekeeper, 4Z0 Third street, Scranton, l'a. YOUNG MAN WOULD LIKE TO GET A Posi tion tu vmk around house; can take care of u horse. Addiess E. A., Tribune. SITUATION WANTED UY YOUNG LADY 01' good executive ability, pernnnent position as correspondent; possesses knowledge of stenogra phy and tjpewiiting. Wishes position in lavv jcr's, insurance or real estate ofticc; first clas icfcrences as to character and ability. Addresi Experienced, care of Tribune office. SITUATION WANT1H) TO GO OUT WASHING, or any kind of work, and take washing home. Mrs. Burke, SIS Gordon street. . SITUATION WANTED I1Y MIDDLE-AGED Will ow as house Uieper in widower's family. Ad dress M. .1., General Deliveiy, city. GENTLEMEN AND LADIES STOPPING AT lintels can have their laundry done by hind by an epert.lai!iidics. I'liees reMMinible ; lust ot city leiciences. 520 Plca-ant stieet, West Side, SITUATION WANTED BY A GOOD MAN, TO diive groicry igcm or any kind of business; sober ami indti-tiinus; "JO years old. Addiess Louis Oitcihuut, 'lilliuue. WANTED-WASIIING BY THE DAY, OH TO take home washing, or will ilo eifllco cleaning or bweipiiig em Eiiday, Call or address E. M. II., SIS Goidou .sheet. POSITION WANTED BY A YOUNG MAN, TO learn the electrical business: nt present studjing eirctiicul engineering. W., TOO Scian- lon street, city. HONEST MAN, GOOD HABITS, WANTS ANY position of trust. Write Trust, Tribune of fice. SITUATION WANTED-GOOD OIRL WANTED for general housework, at once, o-O West Lackavvunna avenue. WASHING AND IltONINO NEATLY DONE; Call at J.01 New street, Pine Ilroo'.t. SITUATION WANTED BY EXPERIENCED Inly stenographer, work by the hour or piece. Address Stenographer, Tribune ofllce. WANTED-WOHK UY THE DAY TOR .MONDAY and Tuesday ns laundicss on every kinel ot woik; can give best city references. Address M. M., 712 Elm street. For Sale. tVJVsWW'N'VsJ'sW.'N FOB SALE RESTAURANT AND OYSTER bouse, cheap; clo.se by all the.iteis; low- tent; leasou for selling, sickness". Apply by letter, ltostaur.ini, Tiibune ofllce. rOH SAI.E-A DELIVERY COVEItl'.l) WAGON, has been In use nbout two months. Suitable for a gioceiy stoic, dry goods htore or other mercantile purpose's. Apply to William Cialg, I'OR SU.E-HHICK BUILDING, NO. til LACK- nuann.i avenue, eorner Washington avenue, being the prone rtv recently occupied and now being vacated by the Hunt li Council Pninpiny, A. E. HUNT. FOR SUE-CONTENT? Or HOUSE PURNl ture, carpets, bedding, etc, CJJ Washington V rnue, Wanted To Buy. WANTED-SECOND-HAN'D SLOT MACHINES; must be in c;ood older, state pat Oculars m to make ami prlie Address 1,. M ,'cneial de. ilvery, Scranton, pa, Money to Loan, MONEY '10 LOAN ON BOND AND MOHKIUIE, mi amount, M. II. Ilul.'atc, Coiumo'ivvcaltli building. ANT AMOUNT 01' .MONIli 10 !.OA-(,UIUv. btialgbt loans or Building anil Loi.i. At from 1 to 0 per cent. Call on N. V. IValkcr, ail-JlJ Council bulMin;. BuBinesa Opportunity, LNCItESsE YOl'K INCOME-JI0O INVI STEIUN (lulu ot Stocks by in) "Mle linotlu-'iil Plan" has paid larger piolits linn In any ether li'.iuncr of dealing, Wilte iiimicdlatcl.v lor par tie ill irs. Bank, liuaiklal uml customer's refer inns. Stephen A. demons, Bioker, Old Colony Dillldinff, Chleago. l'ARTNER WANTED-WITIl HO.OOO, '0 TAKE an active iuteic.t in an established wholesale trioeery, Address, Joseph O'Brien, attorney. Boarders Wanted. ELEGANTLY FURNISHED ROOMS; STEAM heated; board optional. 611 Adams avenue. Lost. LOST-BETWEEN 1111 WYOMING AVEM'E AND High tchool, gold June bug, pcail setliu.'. Reward if returned to cither place. FINLEY'S Umbrellas FOR Holiday Qlfts We are just in receipt of OneThous and Umbrellas which have been specially manufactured for our holiday trade, in 26 inch and 28 inch, comprising a variety of designs and artis tic ideas in handles eclipsing anything ever shown here be fore. We make special mention of two num bers, in both sizes, handles to suit either lady or gentleman, at $1.58, $2.38 ' of which there will be no duplicates at the price. Finer goods up to $15.00. - Initials engraved when desired free of charge. 510-512 LACIAWANNA AVENUE LEGAL. BANKRUPT SLE-1N COMPLIANCE WITH AS older nt the United States District Court, fo the Western district of l'cnnsjlvunia, the under signed receiver will expose to public sale the entire stock nt in-rehamlise of S. L. Gallon, at S2A-2J7 Lackawanna avenue, in the city of Scran ton, Pa., on Wednesday, Dec. II), at 10 o'clock .1. in. The stoek consists of clothing, shoes, hits and caps, and gent.' furnishings. Teinuj of sale will be .ili. AAtlON V. BOWER, Receiver. Scranton. Pa., Dec. 7, 1000. ELECTION PlttlCLAMATIOV. NOTICE-IN PL'ltSUA.NCE OK RESOLUTIONS adopted by the .select and Common Councils, there will be special elections held in the fol lowing wauls mi Tuesdaj, Dee. 18, 1000. First waid One jieison to serve as Common Cumcilman to till the uneMiiri'd tenn of David. II. Reese, resigned. Second waid One peison to seive as Common Coiinciliuin to fill the unexpired term of M. V. .Mollis, icdgncd. Third waid On" person to serve ni Common Councilman to till tho unexniied term of .Inmej J. Grier, resigned. Fourth wnnl One person to serve as Select Coiincilinin to fill the unexpired term ot b'unon Thomas, resigned, nnd one person to serve ns Common Councilman to (111 tho unexpired term ol W. V. Grlfttlhs, leslgned. Fifth wird One person to serve as Common Coiinoilmin to till the unexpired term of C. E. Godsball, resigned. Fourteenth ward One person to serve as Com mon Councilman to till the unexpired term of C. E. Wen7el, resigned. Fifteenth ward 0m1 person to serve as Com mon Councilman to till the unexpired term ol T. M. walking, rcsigneil. Eighteenth vv aril One person to serve as Com mon Councilman to till the unexpired term ot Thomas V. Morris, leslgned. Twentieth ward One person to servo as Select Councilman to fill the unexpired tenn of T, J. Coj ne, resigned. JAMES MOIR, .Mayor. ELECnON NOTICE THE ANNUAL MEETING! of the stocklmhlcis of The Scranton Stov Wolks will be held at the oftlee of tho company in Seinuton, Pa., Satuuliy, Jan. 11, 1W1, at '2.30 p. in. II. E. WATSON, Secretary, THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD cis of the Ciinsiimi'ib lee-Co,, will bo held at their office, comer of Adams uvenue ami Asli licet. In the Cllj nl Seranton, on Tuesday, tha 1Mb il iv of Dee ember, 1UU0, nt J p. in. Tha puipusc of the meeting is fur the elee tlou of of. Ilccui fui the ensuing .viar and the UMiwutlon nt mhIi other business as may piopuly come befor the meeting, JOHN . RCHADP, S.-crctary. OFFICE OF THE sC RANTON BOLT AND NUT Co.. Sci.lliton, P.!., Nov. Mill. 1000. A meeting of the to kholders of this company, will lie lielel at its geiieinl olllce, on the twenty (mu tli ilay of .laiiuaiv, A. II., 1001, to takes netiou on a piopmeil Increase of the capital stock of Ihe company tram isFiO.oeiO to $UQ,000. li. M. IIOIiroN, Secretsrv. EsT.Vi'lToF SILAS FLOWER, LATE OF TUB Township id Clifton, County of Lackawanna and state of l'ci.nvlvaula, deceased. bitten of ndmlnlstutloii upon the alnve-nanicel estate having lieen ginnled to (he undersigned, all persons having cliiuis or il.'iiiisids against the slid e-tate will pi cm nt them for piumint, nnd tho-e Indebted theieto will pl-Mse i ako lm. Iinlinto pavment tu W. E. FI.OWEII, Adinlnlitntor. THOS. F. WELL-, EM?., Goul.U'nro, I'g. Attorney foi Elale. EsT.vHToF ROIIERT (. LEE, LATE OF THU ihuoiigh of Diuimoic, County of Lack-awaitus and statu nf l'eiiinvv.inla, deceased Letters of administration upon the above-named estate! having been gianlfd to tho undersUned, all peiMius having cIjIiih or elemiiuU against Ihe said estate will piecnt litem for payment, mid lhoe Indiblid theieto will pleise make im mediate pa vine nt tu CIIAItl.Ori'E LEE. Administratrix, Dunmore, I'a.j WILLIAM R. SIMI'r-ON, Aduilnntrator. THUS. F. WELLS, EStf., 1'lttston, Pa. .Minrney tor iwiai. 3 Recruits Wanted, 'MIEHTCOt7s?u7 S. NAVY, HF.CRU1W wanted Able-bodied men, service on out war (hips in all parts of the world and on lint In the Philippines when required. Recruiting; of deer, 1W Wyoming avenue, Scranton. Board Wanted. BOARD WANTED-FOK TllltKE ADULT AND one small child, tu rcspectible Jewish fam ily, living it first-class neighborhood, Bute price. W. A., Tribune ofllce. , 1
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