fm$ i&f s s THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATLUDAV, APRIL 13, 1901V $ Je kcrattfon fcriBune PublMerl Unity, tteept Siimlr. by Th Trib une Publishing Company, l Fifty Cents Month. LtVT 8. HICHAM), Kdltor. 0. F. BYXBLi;, Business Mfnagci. New York Office! UO Niii-mii Ht. 8. 6. VHUKLANO. Sole Agent (or I orclgn Advertising. Entered at the rostoftwe at Strntitoti, Second-Cuis itatl Matter, I'a., .11 When npee "III permit. The Tribune Ik alwaja glad to print short letters Horn ILi trlend beat Injj nn rurrcnt topic, tivil Its tula is that J""0 mint be signed, tor publkatir.ii, by tlw'lwr ital nam; and the (ondlllon precedent l " erplanto Is that all contributions shall be aull-si In c tlllorial tevislon. 'run plat inn: roit Anvunnstso. The following table tdiowf. the pilco per Inch Tfltli lii erllon, space to be ued witbln one jear: ""'ieuntf j'WdlnBonf riill IIISPLW. Paper ) lleadlwrj Portion l.i m than COO Inches " A' ' A'i I ;'? .VKI inches Vt .-.'2 .J J?HO " Hi .ITi ' .IWI " If.-, .ti .!' nutju to .105 I Tor cards ol thanks, resolutions ot condolence mil khnllar contributions In th nature of no ri Using The Tribune makes a charge ol 5 ccntj i line. Italrs for Classified Advertising fnriiUlied tn uppllcatlon. .SC'UA.VI'ON. AIMtlIl, If!, UHI1. For ii small tain ml Porto lllco seems tn Iihvp piocliici'tl nn iiiiii.stinlly large.; flop of political bunco Hlt'orcr.". The Sunday Problem at Buffalo. IT IS ANXOt'NCKD ill u itcmi-nu-thiirltalivf niamipf that thr- intui iiRCiucut of Hie P.in-Ainerlran oNpositloii Itas ileelilr-el and will Minn publicly announff that the rates nf that exhibition will be closed on Sunday?. The InfonnutUm Is added that "business putdeneo N named as the motive for this decision." From a business standpoint the de i Islon iinnuextiunably is piudent. No doubt Sunday opening would attract larffe crowds, but It would do so in went pa" at the expensi- of vveeU-eiuy attcmlance. Tlie peicentase of persons In evuy community who ate now ex pectins: to attend the Pan-American exposition but who on conscientious mounds would not attend iT the man agement '-hiuild offend asruiust their convictions In the matter of Sunday observance Is ltirj,e. both in numbers and in lespectabllity. To I it-It the dis pleasuu of till class in order to gain the tavor or lhoe who believe that Sunday is a lit dy for soilless amuve ment and bnl.-tf-iou )li-asure-seeklns would be n short-siRhted policy and one i-eitnlii to react disastrously upon Ibe es'lm-ltiou t'ndci the lonti.u-t- alie.nl slfilied, if the exposition should be open nil Sundays the midway sideshows would be in full oper.Ulou also. What this would mean ln the w.iv ot din and indecoium may' b- int'eiifd by those wlio have visited midway attractions mi other days oft tin week. In view of the pi.ictical Impossibility of diawins? a line if the uJtei slmuld be opened at all on the l.utd'.s day. the only safe course i.s in do-., them iincomlition .ll. The dull in otu l.n u.' -i ill-'s away I'lom inn ilanical Sunday obei vance Is unmistakable and w i Hit n to-tain lim its perliais tolerabk-. It is ditlieult for theuver.iKe man tn hold his conscience up to the old-lasliiiitied mails of dis approving stonily llieieenuise lo parks and eillit-i i're-Ii-,ili lecie.itlon grounds of the lliotisaniN of bard-woi Miir Liriiiiins men anil iheii lamilies. In whom a ileeninus siioll amid uondland srene.- nn Sunday afternoons iepieents la many i iimm the neaiesi appioach to n vaeallnn that tlieli exaclliiii lot In lilt r-mdcis possible. lint vvlille Uiis tendency toward a mnie libeial view ol Sunday as a day for lest a j. well as Ini piety ami i,. otloii e.intiDt be vvliolly eiiecked, It Is I in im tsuit that It should as hi-as pos sible be s.iiemiaided. The coin eisinn nf Sundiij into a day of especial inoney-makiiiH .u-tlvllj. by means lintli ni drily and ili-meli-i ly, -lioiild lie ie slsteil not only by the slrletei Sab-li.tliiiUn- but liy till who wish to keep I lie vvcckl.v I est i,iy ;i ,,( - f ,,.,, Ml Klllir Is the only niie who Is now piepaicd to iv Npeil te-tliiinny III l.i ol of (ieueral Lie Wet. "Critm" riethucls. I.TflCirUH tlie Scrantoii J Teaclim-.' institute has closed it impetus that the lULseiit institute Muirou is inn over, ,t .Mayliold one of two se. siotis. aiiornnon .1 nl cvvnlu tesp-c-ill, is niiiiouiut'il l'nr toilj). 'I'he in (derate lii of elshteeii illfieivnl -Mil'ji'df. in bo Heated In "pajioi.-." and oliilloti;!." fi sel fot 111 for the as sembled torn bets' eousldeiailou be-iwo-n i and 1i p. ni, Thi'Fe papers and ormlota will alo lutve ipilto u iniitilior of musical udeftlons t'''lta ' Ions and dlaloRues interposed between tllem. The thoi;nUKli tieatnent of i islitccii dilTeient subjects in the time allowed for their presentation, and tlm i lear and coinpielion.sivc si-asp the iiachcrs will huve of each, do not need dwelling upon, The slmplu qMirniiMit uf this ptostauime points tliut nmritl 101 ItSPlf. Tim pxtemes( beauty or tills ''cram mlns" system Is, Hint it is not limited to tin? teachers fur whom this "pot- j toxed line feedlnj,'" is tet t'oilh as the veek's ('1oIiir Intellectual feast. The .t;fniniiie" mmlmd of tiyitn; to siulf liiildi on's inliids with Inttitmuiion iibout. nmny things, to be diawn upon t h best tliey may out of the liodso. jioiii'.Py a.t pxaminatldn times, Is unite fairly typified by this pi-cstaminu set fui Die tpavlicfsj u proBninunu in It self typical of not a few others, ' v,"t'U."fl Study" oml "ntnractei" aie. 'tro of the, themes usually set down, tind supposed (o he set foith, in these conglomerate piiwanimesi lo the "eon. jj.lderaton" of which tlit- (oaclters, ae 'summoned at stated Intervals before ijeiiiK, fcent back to ei-ovvdcd school room. There the loo preat number of chll.ilr'vn asslpiied to each teacher, i nd, .tjiPt to.o laiKe,n.umler of Mibjeetf that the child 1 9 expected tn stasji, m.ke "child study" on the icuuheib' utl, lo any valuable extent, Impossi ble, unit leleiriitP the development of "cumar'ter" In the child lo the rear. r'tlmat;.- and gi-ntnniut' Riade sehooh till- not unlvei'Kl(le!. t'lilldieli ho tvvpiin Hie ukpm of six and sixteen are not, as a fttlp, titppin-cil by nalitrfll ulilllty "lo takp all luiowtedRp for their provlntu." .lust how lonflr Hie itvoiag-e school lion id propose? to keep on nctlner att If tltPfe IhlnRs vver so, IttMlend of not so, It behoove parenti to look IntoInstead of taking for inantrd elllier that euch successive educational fad Is "better than the old way, when mo went to school," ofsltn ply Kinmbllii): at home over ehlldien overtnsketl and yet not mentally and tr orally advaneln?, The reappointment by Governor Stunt) of Dr. X, t Schaeffer as state superin tendent of public instruction meets with deserved approval In all quarters. Dr. Sehaeffer has shown himself dur ing tlie olfrht yeais two terms he hits served to be a competent and progress ive official, That Filipino Junta Again. TDK fN'I'BRKHTJNaijY Idiotic Filipino Junta tn I-ondon bus received from Its twin lit Singapore a fearful descrip tion. In detail, of "the engine of tor- lute" that the American authorities at Manila "have been erecting' at the Malacatiau pHlace for the purpose of torturing Aguinnldo Into wignlni; the peacp proclamation and taking1 the oath of allegiance." These Lontlonese Flll tiluoR have "deferred their protest, to the liuropean governments" against this dreadful slate of affairs "until they hear from Singapore that the tor lute had actually been Inflicted upon Agulnaldo." We submit that. If they had taken the slightest slock in this dispatch which they pretend to believe, their procrastination In making "a protest" shows a cruel indifference on their part lo the fate of the leader whom they themselves being safe In Kmope. as Asouclllo was in Washington they have professed such reverence for! Oh. humbug. ctir!out aie the perform ances of thy wot shippers. Do these creatures imagine that either the Euro pean governments or the people of Kmope aie fools'.' The hysteikal citizen.', of Bradford, who object to pest houses, appear to be inpldly appioarhlng the stage that make an occasional lynching neces saiy to keep public spltlt alive. American Courage. I ""llKRE HAS been general dis cussion of the experiments conducted by the Onited Slates- at my surgeons at liuemados. I'ub.i. lo ascertain the means by which yellow fever Infection is tiausmitled. the conclusion being that mosquitoes alone are responsible. I'.ut some of (lie prsonnl details of the experiment ate worthy of present at tention. One of the hospital nurses who vol uiueeted in tlie Interest of science to subject himself lo the test was John 15. Kissinger, of Liberty .Mills, Ind., who entered the service from the ranks of the One llundied and Foi ty-seventh Indiana. Twelve Infected mosqnl.toes weie plated In a room with Kissinger, but without result. Five were then plated on tile body nf Kissinger, bit him savagely and in thiee and a half days he was smteilng from a well-de-rined case of yellow fever, lie was given the vi ty best mjdical attention, hut the auaik wa a mallg: anl one, and for many days his llf,? hung In rlie balance. IDs splendid constitution finally won the battle, and lie regained perfect health. Thus .snatched from tin siave. it would seem that Kissinger would have shrunk from again putting ids life In jeopardy, but he bravely asked whether anything ftuther tvas ii-qiiiied ot him. The doctots weie anx ious tn leatn whether a yellow fever patient who conll acted the disease un der such cin timstances would be Im u une. and at the end of a month Kiss-ii.fi'.-r ngieed to allow litem to trans fuse the blood Irom a yellow fever vic tim ii le his- own veln. The opetutlou piovtd siiciessfni and It was shown that he was proof against the scourge. Fpoti the conclusion of this expeii- i.vnt nj'v.'if pi-CfietHeit ny the surgeons with an pleeaul gold watch Inscribed: .uiliN rt, Kjssivmctt, I Oil Ulflt.VOK. Kissing! was aho piomoted fiom a private to the hospital corps to the ,'nnls of MfW.i'J ."Mr Kissinger says that while lie was at Quemados other Mildlets tficied themselves to pxpcil u eni iioiii, being put In h-tds which had been occupied by yellow fever pa tients, and that they hud not contract ed the diseas3, going to show that It was spiead only by inoculation and is not cairled in the clothing. Tills Incident shows that not all the courage, of the aimy is confined to the firing line, - "As smart as a Philadelphia lawyer," Used to be u phtae nf compliment one iiilln piovetblal. Hut theie hnH been some decided dfdm location In the brll-llaiu-e nf the Quaker city's legal intel lect when the Philadelphia Iaw acad emy refuses admission to Us member ship (o Mis, M, I. KllligeUmlih, solely on account of sex, and follows up that notion by appointing a committee to draw up nn amendment to lit constitu tion, inet ting the wotd "male" in the iiuutlfltatlnris for membership, Mis. KlltiffPlsmlth Is a gincluate of the law department of the University of Penn sylvania, and Is also librarian of the Diddle Law library of the university. She Is not the first woman lawyer-who bus made her mark thtough ability In Philadelphia, It Is a ply that the "male" membois of the bar of that city !hfuld be sn badly seated. Syiaiitse dispatches of Thutsday chronicle ihn an est of a fouiteon-year old hoy and his sister, aged twenty two, she being mpllcated by the broth el's confession, for starting a number of flies in that city. He says they did so "because they liked lo see the en gines." lie has been sent to the I'tk-a Uefotm school, and "the bM Ii held for the grand Jury on the charge of arson." To this the dispatch! add: "She Is not bright," We submit that a Jail or peni tentiary Is not the ptoper place for a person of any age "not blight" on the level nppaieiitly of the feeble-minded for whom states are supposed to pro vide suitable Institutions for their cave ntttl training. i ' i i- f'hlcago citizens will have no Use. for nn Anglo-Amet lean alliance that does not Include beef In evoiy stage from hoof to can, I, Plcrpont Morgan evidently believes that he has arrived at the sluge when It Is safe to turn down the tthlulllfous reporter. 'I'he limited supply of rummage sale weapons will make the surrender of Filipinos less ptolltnble In the future. TOLD BY TEE STARS. Daily Horoicop Drawn by Ajacchua, The Tribune Astrologer. AMioldhi aM! 2.31 a, m. for S.lliiiiby, Apt 11 1,1, PKI1. n M A ilillil boui on lliii day villi be liable lo 'fe how the Imide of sjfooni look on Sunday, in Scrnnkin. The nun who Infornn a Tvoirun that she looLi old and the mm wlio 1ook doun u. gun barrel powe the ame lecklcs-i ihjr.irtcilities. The rural 'mjll bor notv atrangeth a schedule ot prlec- to be eliargeil xlsitlnjr trout flihermen who desire to verity large stories. The Paster bonnel will make unother effoit to appear on the snifaee tomorrow. AJacchus' Advice. It in often better to give than lo receive tvlten it tomes tn the matter of campaign cigars. Weekly Letter on Municipal Affairs XLIV. IMMENSE FORTUNES IN PAVED STREETS. AMEUIfHV CITIKS have a larger amount of asphalt pavemrnt than all the rest of the Rorld' cities combined. Th first success ful aiphjtl pavement mi laid twenty-ftvn jeirs sro by the lite Cenerjl V. W. Avrrclt on Pennsjlvania avrnue, in Washington, 1). C, hinte which time nunc than JVi.OOO.OOO square yards bare been laid in vailoin cities it an expenv- of about $100,000,000. And II liai ot $200,IWO,000 lo keep thejn in repair dining that peiiod. Then have lieen ev(r.ll foitunes made in tbi brancii of the paving Industry alone. Other fortunes have been nude in the tonstruction of pave ments out of ined-.n.i stone, flelgian blork and brick. Ihn modem method of treating the wooden block lias made it pos-nble to lay a lirst-r js piveincnt out of this matciial and one; that is de-.tir.eil, with tin- brick pavement, to be. tone a vv.irni compel itor tor the public favor with ithall, which, thus far lias been In the leid. Theie ire several good reasons why the streets of American cities are not as well paved as those in Creat Britain, Gc-rmonv and France, the principal ones being that the cities arrets tlie wafer have i much greater age and a con sequent longer time in which to make these needed inipi-oemenls, and, in proportion to their population, a iniicb less area in squire ,vard.s of ftieels to pave bemuse the rities coier a much smaller atea. Tor example. Liverpool was in cotpoialed as a cily seieral hundred years ago and has a total area of l,.Co2 acres, and a popu lation of 700,000. while Seattle, Wash., one of the most, prosrevive cities in the west, was in coipoiatvd in 1S60, Ins a population of a tilde over sn.000 and nn area of U0.720 m-ies. Boston is another example: ft Ins a population of MO, S'ei, was iniorporated as a cily tn 1S22 and has an arej ot fiO.dol acre?. With a smaller populi tion. one-qiailer of the age, and four times the amount of uiej. it is not ieaonable to suppoe that Donlon tonld have as irnod pavements as the Kuglisli city. When all things aie con-od-eied it is a consetvative slateinent lo make that American city pavements luce imptoved as much in (lie l.n.1 thiity-tbier- yeais as tho--e ot the old woild have improved in the last ctnlui'.r. Some interesting i tuitrasts aie levealed in a study of the pavinsr condition in the leading lilies ot the Vnitrd States-. Tor instance, the cities which have by far Ihe largest nuinhei nf squat e yards of asphalt pavements are as follows: eiv Voik 4,821,600 nuffuln 4,007,45t Philadelphia :!,S0-),os"i Washington ".037.7.SS Ohicago I. .".72.0(H) Kansas Cifv, Mn I,40!,(i74 1'ilt.sbuig l,Om).0iM Of tlie twentv-lvvo largest cities, tloston is the niosl loinplelely pjt-d, llur i, it has th few est number of squaie yields of unpaved streets in luoporliou lo the total, and New Voik conies setond and Washington third. Chicago and Den ver have the poorest iccoid o any cities in tlie oui!it,v. when cunsidVicd on a pio rata besis. The foniic-r his 2."i,!i').t14UO squate .v.irds nf paved stie?ls and ."iij.O'lJ.bOil equate .lards of unpaved hlrceK while Denver lias only 514, Si, square yatds lo ,"0,7.14,471 sqtuie raids of unpaved ntlt-eK When lii'- qiidlnv ot the piveniPtit is taken into consiileutlon Ihe cily of Ualtitnnie may be put down as being tlie poorest paved city in die t'nited State, it has over 7,000,000 square v-udi. of cobble stone pjvements, and of tlie worst possible l.vpe, Some of tlie pavements hive been down nvir fitly yens, and mot of them hue been down at lea-l Ihlitv yeais. A Imge per cent, of the Mow, lined in their con stliiilioti wete biought by ship ns ballast, and consl.it of all sorts and sizes, from the great liaidheailed boulder measuiing two feet In dia meter with a fPiul-tlat top, f the ordinaiy sired stone used in that class uf pavements. .New York has about 4,J00,OiXl square yards of this sort ol pivement, must of which Is to be, found in Ihe boiougli ot Rionklyu; Philadelphia, 2,"00, 000 squaie ,v aids; I'lttshiug. l,2c,0,0"X) hqtuie v.irds; Oimiuiutl, l,-ji:!,000 square yards. All the lemaining nunibei- of the U'l laige cities, which linliid; lho,e of 3U.00H populitlon and over, have less than r.09,000 In most Instantes none at all veiy iniiili le.ss square yaids of iobblo stone lavement, eii-epting Xew Oilejna, which has i.iiii.OOO nipiare yards. 'Iheie were but lour citle.- In H01 which had out a million sqiuie ) ads of i'lunile bloeV pavemenU; .New Voik with P,27J,Sil squaie ardsi I'hlladelplila, ,),77J,3!Oi St, I.ouls, l,ii.l,. SVi; Iloston, l,il-M7ti. Strange to wy Nov. Votk lus but riaJ.tisij s.juire yards of lukk paveiueiii, while Chicago ins a trirte more. There aie only four cities which have moie. llun a million btjuaie jaids of liiicW pavemenl I'liilaclelphla, Tlcveland, Co. hniiUuj, O., and Pes Moines, la. There are more than a More of cities In tlie West which u half million Bqiuie jards or mote of briclc pavement. It liaa been more largely adopted by cities of Ihe West than by those of the Kast, largely because of II comparative low cost, 'ihe popularity of this kind of pjvenuiil, however, it lapi'lly Inn easing, and It will nol be long before the total amount will equal or exceed tint of asphalt, the experience of ouie cities in IhU (lass of Improvements has been rMiediugly disastrous. Tor esampte, the little city of Wilampoit, I'j , as induced to .il-e MOO.UOO by bonds for the pin pew ef laving a wouden piveinent, made (..in of the old dtyle iluuln- cedar block. It toon wnit lo picm, made the ttiecl woiso thin its oiiutnal condition, ami tlie city is still piy ing luterc-sl at 7 pei cent on Its bonds, lime is ijtrely a city In the countij that lus done any laigu Jinount of paving which lias not, at .sum- petted in the. pioceM, paid deaily for a 'tin whistle." The following table given (lie amount ot paved and unpivrd 5treit '" "lc 'i'tccn lnae,t riths: So. Yd). 8,1. Yds. lvv Vork .,. Lhieag.) ..... I'hlladelpliia. St, l.ouls ..,. llo'lcii lljlliinoie ... Cleveland ... Huftalo San I'raucisco C'incinnill ... I'ltliburg .... New Orleans Ilnrolt Mllvvaukrc .. Wishliiglon . 'U,3(io,4bS S,71i,00i) -.'j.S'vi.iOi) jci.ocrj.oxi lil.OJ!).; S.UOO.OOO 10.27S,-.' a,liiu.'2'l ,73r,'Jdl .!.ii7,JH ,.301,778 !i,il0,Si,l li.aiO.ofti .i.no.cmi) :t.iii7.flin WtM'M K0T..S-X 5.01S.-277 ll,OSf),74J .'(22,iU 1.000,000 7.O7S.-20O e.joo 0,0!Ti1,S52 .vu.srr 3,W.0ll t?,.oj),nna 4,OsM,U 0.1W.40! i ll,tj':: TALKS BY THE PUBLISHER -m A Further Application of the Flat Rate. B' KOIN'aNMNVJ Montlny morning The Tribune will tnke another for ward step itnd apply the lint rate lo lift want ads. This means 'i eoti hlderablo sncilflce, us it has ulvvuys fit'Btiteil a higher tate for this htisl Jirss than twenty-live cents an Inch, which Is the highest charge under the flat rate for all smnll advertising. Hut Jn order that nil Its nations may share In the benefits of this eciultnblo rata It has been decided to apply the same rnte to all advertising that Is usually classed under "Wants." This Includes not only "Help Wanted" and alt other real "Wauls," bttl also advertising, un der "For Sale." "For llent." "Board and Hooms." and any other of the same general class. ".Slltmtlons Want ed" will be inserted free, as lierolofote. An "Exchange Department." In connection -with this advertising will be run nn "lOxchange Depart ment," In which persons having any article that they would like lo ex change for somu other article can In sert an announcement at but small cost, ft will not be necessary to use the real name or the advertiser, but some distinctive word or Initials, and nnswera may be called for at The Tribune office. In the larger cities these "Rxchange" udvertlfers have succeeded In having their wants sup plied, and the number of advertise ments has grown to remarkable pro portions. Little Ads. at the Flat Rate. In applying: the flat vale to these little avis it has been decided to fix the price for each ad. at 10 cents, or the same ad. may be Inserted three times for 'J.', cents. No ad. will bo ac cepted for less than 10 cents, but any number of -words can be Inserted so long as the nd. does not exceed four lines. As there are twelve lines In one inch, four lines three times will occupy just one inch of space, which, at the flat rate, rests 2." cents. From 25 to 30 words will go In four lines which, as above stated, will cost but 10 cents for one time or 23 cents for thiee times. If more than four lines Is used, each additional line will cost ." cents every insertion. There May Be a Few Changes. As was announced about a month ago The Tribune will on Monday next, the IBth. apply th- flat rate to all continuous business. This means that a general adjustment has been made all along the line. A. lew advertisers will be paying a little less, and a few othcrs will be paying a little more for the space they have Heretofore oc cupied. But In absolutely no instance will one advertiser be paying either more or less than any other adver tiser for tlie same service. The Trib une stands ready to prove this asser tion in any way that any doubting ad veitiser may suggest. It Is the only light way lo do business, and The Tribune will undoubtedly continue to win the admiration of its constituency by adhering to it. It is possible that one or I wo of The Tribune's advertisers will be missed from its columns- on Monday, but dur ing the past month others have been .scented whicli will moie than make up any shrinkage that may come fiom this source. Tn declining to inset t ad vertising below its established rate The Tribune does not do so with any sense of arrogance or Independence it sim ply does not believe it tan honorably do so In justness to its other patrons. It lully appreciates past patronage and M'ishes to earnestly thank its adver tisers for long continued business, soliciting such further patronage as the value of the paper as an advertising medium merits. Cuba's Trade With Foreign Codnfries Special Concpciidencc of 'Ihe Tubur.e, Wa'iiington, Apnl IJ. I Jl PORTS IMO Cum fiom Ctiiupe aie in cieasit.g, while Hjos.i fiom 'the I'ni'eil Stutei. air dccie.iMti'a. 'ihe leports uf tlie tie.isiuy tiiiiea-i ot statistics show a falling 08 in expoits of domestic inenliaiidle Irom tile fulled Mates in tlis eight mouths ending with l-Vbiiuiv. VU, vvhih- tlie repoits of the insular biiteiiu of the wsr departanenl in ihaige of the commeice of t.'ubi abo show a decrease in Cuban Imports liom the United Stiles and an inuease in Cuban impotts trom tlie I.'uropcan eountiics. In the tight months ending with I'tbimry, O01, accotding to the theaiu..y bureau of stati,tcs, tho domestic usport.s lo Cuba weie $lil,02.l,4';C, rgainst $IO,41-2..'il7 in tlie coi responding months of lai year; while the war depaitmcnt. blate iiient tor the nine months ending with Septcmb-r, l!), shows imports fron Ihe United htates into Cuba ot s'l,.'i:3,t'..y, agiln-t 4J,(rl,iV.O in the umn months of tho pu-ccdlng juir. The i-anie htaltnienl ot the war ileputtnri.t which ahows a fall of s,i,500,ij) In Cubju Imports liom Ihe United states, fhows ien lncrea.se of over 2, 030,000 in imports fiom lluiopc, the liguies of i;inuM'an imports in the nine months nt IVOI be. irg $213591'2')9 and in the nine months of IS"0, i)1ti, 181,6011, vvlilln the Cuban inipoit,, fiom the United Kingdom alvna tit nine month, of l!k) wne ?S,207,S65 against li,5H.."is2 in the tone spending months of the piciedlii,; ,cai-. Taking tlie entire lid of Kuiopeju tountiies It Ii foumi that in a. Inge majority o eases theie has been an Inc tease in imports inlo t.ubj in the ipoo pe. riod it compared vvtlli tlie couesiondinf peiiod of Ihe piececllng veai. o - A rijlalled eimlnatlon of the InipoiU b. clashes .shows that f.uropciii lil-lmilJi luur,- ate rjpidly and vigorously invading tlie tuban tlelel under the veiy e.vc-s of their Anieiicau livalf, llngland and OViinauy i-pccially nr incicaiit.g their exports lo that isljnd, and a tompaii-oii of llie quantity or value of tho vaiious classes of Manufactured goods supplied to Cuba by tho-e eaiiintlirs and by the United Slates tun prove Interi-Rling and perhaps suggestive lo American iiuuiifactuieij and meiclumu, liupoits of Iiuot and shoes into Cuba, for instance, fiom the United States in Hie nine months of 1P0U were S0.cn pair', and fiom Spain I2i,ss'i pairs. Of flioei and vandils, the liupoits fiom tho United Slates in the nine months of lfum weie 1"7,!(0) pahs and fiom Spain, l,'20'i,7O. pails. Of inatth-i-( the liupoits from the United Stales in tho period under di-cii.-ion weie i", In value, and from the United Kingdom, Hl'ii, Of pjpel lh! impolls fiom the i'nlled tales fell hem i.'2l,072 in niiio months of 1SW, lo tH,Kt, In tho Kim- rnontlu ol l')00, while cluiing the fame peilod the Imports of papei from Utnraiiy intreased from W.tS'i lo 7J.H,2. Impcirts of ttcich from Ihe United Slates in tl e nli.e months o( ISW weie $11,807 and in Hie tone-ponding montln of IOiVI were IJ1.S1.V while- fiom llu United Kingdom lii" liapoils Intiejscd liorn ?8,.w in nine months of ISO1) (u srlT.iitl tn the eaiue months of I'lOO. Of wines and inielljls the imports from the United Slates In the llit halt of IS'.ia amounted to Ws.POi, and in the tame months of Wl ve-ie but fu.yii, while m the same period of 1000 the impoits of wlncj lio-n Fiance amounted to $12.1-01, and houi Spain ?l, 11, net. or lion hi Ihe fotui of Injoit, hits and (liters, the liupoits fiom the I tilted stales in the first siv months of 1000 weie tl0l.i.l, air.ilr.it ?jJ0,-.'jr in the tame moiilhs nf III- pie ceding jrar; while fiom the United Klngd-mi the in ports of the same class iiiiieasi-d ttoi.i "-,,I'J during the six mouths nf IS'W to 2l,77i In lbs same month) of I'M. Of ba;t. lor iv a . In imports Item the United States In nine mciit!n of 1800 amounlDcl to fct,f,.-,o und In the same tnonth of tnoo lo sm,s7 while fiom Ocmuny they were In nine months ef IS'io VmW mnl In hlne months of IM s:.l,!itl and kotu the t'nlled Kingdom, In the iiln" monlln of IS'W jilV.'W mnl In the sihio months of 1100, iBO.tiid. Under ili head 6f "All other mjiuifactuic-i ot HbeM," the Imports It OH! the fulled Slates ritopped hum S8,:w7 In the nine months tit ISM to M'-Vftl In the coi responding mouths til ITOO! while dtif Ing the mme petlod, those liom Ihe United Klmrdom In, teased from sVM7,:1.! In t,B.':d,:,ST tlcte troin Spain, fiom 1.-hM7.-i to (ItJ.Mss), and there ifiom I'ranir, front i;s,o,lf, to HffVUl, Of the .'H.Mfit vrmtli r,f tilled fish Imported Into Cuba inning the three months milltie with September, IflftO, Ihe value of U,7.:fl was fiom Hi! (.'tilled States' V,,i!'r from Norwav and s.ve ilm, and I:M,-,0I from Ihe Pulled' Kingdom, Of the 105fi,llrt vvuilb of colton doths ilostlv woven Imnoiteil In these tlirri! months ot ttK, fy.i.fjj. woith was from the United Stales, $.V).ilJ from Spain, and ilifl,59l bom the United Kin;. ilom. Of the. $t'i'.ii4fl worth of cotton cloths loosely woven Ittqioited during lh same period, the wine of y:,(i14 vv.is ftom the United States, $i,W fiom Spiln. and MI'J.C'l? fiom Ihe t nlted Kingdom. Of the ltt;,1i woith of lollnn .vMin mnl thread Impel trd in nine months of jfldi, t.!,2'i1 Worth was trom the t'nl'ed States, s.lflo fimn Spain, v-i,0I7 liom l'umv, und $llii,H fiom th !nltei! Kingdom, mlor tlie c Usslllc u. tlon of "all other nianiifjcltnes of cotton," the tidal for the nine months ending with Septem ber, IfHiO, is s)3,:.07,rot, and of this fi'7,s7J worth vv.is from the United States, c.t20,S.S0 from Kratiie. is'iiX.OII liom Spain, and l,iijt,.-i)0 dotn the I nlted Klngdvm. --o Tin- following table shoe. the total value of the Imports into Cuba in the nine mouths end ing with September, tSfl and V-Oii. re ipec lively, the (.bate of each of the ptlnclpil countries, and the Increase ot decrease in cadi ras! N'lne months ending SVptemlier. In polls inlo Cuba fum 1M9. PW. United Stales $JS,W,0.!0 V4,3-23.('V) United Kingdom H..V)9,5S.! S,i97,(itS Spain ,l04,-:06 7,.",71,9lf. France '.',t64,OI 2,jOI,782 Germany l,:'.27,iia-t 'J.tOI.Sltt Mexico Hi),7.m 1,'J77,.'!I4 Colombia l,:.0",77o 1,U73,S' Uruguay C17.5S.1 l,-0t,fi&1 I'orto Rico i'lO.IcVI Oot'.OsJ Vcnerucla Si,0" :W7,007 Pent U.I 17 310,188 Nclhcil.inds .'1.11,026 liSM".') N'orw ay and Sweden ...... In i, 171 ''),l21& Dclgiuut ly-'JO", l'32,570 tlnnduras :U Mill) -Mtf.SPI Aigcntlru i)l,tl70 1.12,070 Kcuador "O.Jii.i t-2,l77 Italy K.ic'a 103.4JO Aestria-Hungary 42,78.: ,084 Japan 17.800 U.1.W0 Btitisli Kast Inlies fd.S.t ",307 Other counlricj. int.Ctn 'JirJ.OV, Total VH,bS9,U7 b3,UV.702 WHY SOME MEN FAIL. My .one is iliis: hv sonic men mUs, In life their i ho-stn gr.ll They seek to fill, Willi half the will, A plan that needs the whole. Ihcy sow the H-ed on mount and me id, And wait tn se it fpicad: While, half coiiceiued, (ley leave, unturned, 'I he clod upon its head They waste in play the light of day, Knowing that there will come, At even-fall, the welcome tali To eat the unearned crumb. 'thus down the tide to life they glide, In poveily and pain, l.rjiing urdone. from sun to t-un, The tilings that lead to glin. But when the last lone hope is pasf, 'o more to light their way; And ni' is lost they leirn the cost Of doing things lislfway. Dlwln T. Jones, ;n success 0XX0n0 d 0 0 0 O 0 0 The People's 9 I Exchange. 0 0 S V A rOPOLAK CLHARINO nOUSK for the 0 V ''Benefit or All Who Have Houses to A Rtrr.t, Real Estate or Other Property to Soil J or Exchange, or Wlio Want Situations or Q Help These Small Advertisements Coat A One Cent a Word, Six Insertions for Five Y Cents a Word Uxcept Situations Wanted, 0 Which Are Inserted Free. 0 o ooooooooooooooooo Agents Wanted. AGKNTS WANTKD TO SELL T1IK LATKST IN ventlon for Tiroducing a btiUiani and cheap light. Price within reaih of all. Thousinds being sold. The Best Light Co.. Canton, O. WANTED-GKNURAL AND LOCAL AGENTS KY-ciyiv-here for most h-pnlar Accident Policy Issued; new plan; t,cils to every one; large com missions; cxcluslvo tenitory. tieorgo V. Car roll, 160 Broadway, New York. Help Wanted Male. IIAIIVK&SMAKCrt - AX ness maker wanted, rnoutli, I'a. l'APKRIKNCF.D IIAR O. ,1. I.oderick, Ply- WANTED-CAPABLU JIAN TO OARU. UOR horics lend look after details of a barn. Ap ply at office, Jonas Long's Sons. WANTED-rillST CIASS STENOGRAPHER AND Remington opcrjlor; good salaiy to ilio right man. Addrc-s Manufacluier, earo Tiibute. Help Wanted Female. a iii:ii:ahi.i: roMriox uoit youno wo. man at Cmnsen's, AddiesR or call at cltv.c tor patliculji3. I'.. CJ. Couii-rti, WANTED-GOOD fillll.. i'-'O fiKOM'. STRKUr, near I.iuiel Hill PaiU. wantkiv-i:.xi'i:ru;nci:d bindery giui, n anted, Tnbune Blnder.v. Situations Wanted, SITUATION WASTi:i-M' A YOl'.SiS MAN. AS cnllectcu; has bad loui ytats' rxpuime witli a Icadliij; Prm of this i Ity .i;il can t'utr.t.li A So. 1 teteiencrs. Address A, i t, Tribune. sTtUATIOV WANri!I-MUH)LK-AG;D MA.S and wife, no (hlldieu; tatelul; no dunk or tobice-u habits; wish cine ot gentleman's lOsi ilcnio duiing ounuuei; bet left rente., Address Oair, 1'iibune, SliTlATioV WAN i'UD-HY A YOUNlT Ulltl" I'jotestant, to do general bousewoik, : Putnam street. Sc-iantou, I',,, SITUATION W.Mi;D TO till OIT BY Till! day wahlng, iionlns or tleaniig. Call of addie,s Mis. Rusell (.'1') Ceiljr tisrnue, city, MAN Of "llil,lTY, '27, MAIUIIEO, Wiil.I, UI1U caltd, witli knowledge ol Ihe ait nt ndivr tisirg, mrclianio with tome evperlence, desires lo (range with either a inanufvcluiing or whole sjlo e.,tjhliiliment ei large clepailment more, No leasoiablo oiler In aav line utleriug i.luil e for piomotlon retu-ci. Correspondence aoliif ed ddri-j, !o- UO, lieivvick, i'a, SH'UATION WANTi:il-TO 1,0 OUf WSUNI) and iionins Ihe hr.t pjit of the wi-ek; u.' tic cleaning also ('ill or addiess. 1.. B , $ M'innci' avenue. BOOKKEUPl'.R-'iOl'NG MsN t!, EXI'ERI eticcd; wants position us booklccpei or clerk; would also ucccpt poution with tivil engineer; bet lefeitliccs. ddics but 10, Tlibune oillie, SITUATION WANTEtl-HY MJUNO M V.N ti .tears nt age. strong and jctivr; lias lead n.n joi'i, cvpcilenic as khlppiug ilcrU, Rcie ivuct turuislKd. ddierss "Shipilng tVeit. cue of Tribune oillce. MARRIED MAN, NO f llll.IIIIKN. WOt l.f) LIKE position as stew aid, j ml tor. I caicukcr oi work o! any kind. (I , Tribune o'licc. . For Beat. FOR RENT FROM MAY 1. Store In The Tiibuiie building, now occupied by the Times. In cluding Desks, Steam Heat and Electric Light. Also 1200 feet of floor space on 4tli lloor or the Tribune building, suitable for light maufacturing. In cluding heat, light arid power. Enquire at office of The Tribune. SUilMIIlt IIOMU-O.V I'AKAUtlN hAKIl-MISI of tlie Adlrond.it ks .I'l. tnilcH north of s'throon Luke. Cottage of seven looms, com-plettlj- ItiitiMied, except table and bed linen slid silver; has four large, ally bedrooms beds hive wire springs nnd mattiessiN. Jioutit-ain pring water in kitchen: garden tpme, it ilesited; iK-atitlful stctier.v. charming drives, bunting, fs,. ing. Two mails daily. l.lvery lonvenlcni. Ptlce IJ'jisJ for tli- season. t-'mther pjiiieiilni i apply Samuel It, Deiidsley, :ni Washington strert, New York city. roit ni:NT-nousi: no. 1142 .voiitii wasiunh! ton avenue: 11 rooms and bath loom! all newly pipcrcd and painted, Apply at o.l, bin tWn t.t reel. rOR RKXT-li-ltOOM HOUSK: 3(0 llU'lLKit street, Dunmorei bath, heat and cold watei j laundry (nearly new. II, .V. Patrick, R.11 Wash, ington avenue. STOrtlLS, OKKICKS, IIARN'3. HOl'SCS, MATS. roome and ficlory spire. See W. T. llackett, "Real I-Utatn Uxchange." ron nnNT n-nooM iiousu. modurk provoments, 122 .Madison iivenue. 1M- IOIt Rr.NT-7-ROOJf IIOUSi:. WITH MOIH'.RV improvements, on Orecn Ridge street. Ap r'y Hi'-'-! Ssinderson avenue. 0-29 GRKK.V Rinrsi: srRHKT. TVS ROOM", modern Improvement?! steam heal turniahdl': deirablc; ?25.00. For Sale. DCUiIN HARKS (IMPORTKDl. KNX - xwv HA3tjM'.4, CIS V.H11 street. dusiness, rksidkxi:!: axd TAR.M puopm: ty. W. T. Haekctt, "Red t-Mutc Kxchangi." FOR SAI.E-OXKN PAIR MACK MARUS, l'llU feet match, sound and kind. One Tun Seated Phaeton. One Top Buggy witli s,nfle ,.,nil Pole. One Two-Seated Slelcti. I One Cutter with Shaits and Pole. Due Rouble Harness. One Single Harness. Rohcs, Blankets, etc., etc.. all in hist clJS9 order, for further particulars ejll or address 71', Linden street, Scranton. Telephone 'nil. Oil.:. WAS. I). SANPI'.RsOX. "Wanted To Bent. HOUSG IK THi: tOUNTIlV. WITHIN' TCK OR twelvo miles of Scmnton; furnished or un furnished; must have lnrge grounds, thade and fnnt trees, and moderate rent. ddrr.s W. T. Haekctt, "Real Ustatc Kscl-ange." Wanted To Buy. WAVTl'JlTO IIUV-Sf.OT MACIIIN'KS (SO KLY.V-trie-. State piico and condition. Box 2,, Tribune. Kal Estate. BUSI.N'KSS, HKSIDUNU: AND I'ARM rROPUIt ties. See W. T. Haekctt. "Real Estate U change." LOW PRICED, MKDI17M AXI) IHUIl RKAUU. propcitics and huilding nites in nil parts of city. W. T. Hacked, "Rc-il Instate Kxehange." W. T. HACKC'fT BUYS, SKI.LS. REVrS. 1N niircs, cchungcs, appraises and cues tor property. Business Opportunity. IF YOU WISH TO BUY OR SUM, A nUSTXKS-s. sec W. T. llackett. "Real Ustatc Uxchange." &EVKRAI. LINKS OP BUSINKSS I'OB PALI!; established and paving. W. T. llackett, "Real Ustate K.vth'ingc.'l "II' YOU WANT TO JUKI! .MONKY" IV stocks, Grain er Cottnu mi small invest ment", write to us immediately. Now is the time to make hig profits. Flower & Co., Chicago Stock i:clunge Building, Chicago. Itooms and Board. LAROB FRONT ROOM WITH BOARD TOR TWO gentlemen. 110 Adams avenue. Money to Loan. MONEY '10 LOAN ON IMPROVED CITY REAL elate. HENRY BEt.l.V, JR. I HAS. II. WELLES. THOMAS SPRACiUE. MOSEY TO LOAN ON BOND AND MORI GAGE, iny amount. U. 11. Holgate, Commonwealth building. ANT AMOUNT Of MONEY TO Ln.,N-IJICK ' i-traight leans or Bulletin: and Lean. U ! fiom 4 to 0 pet- i-ont. Call on N. V. Walker, 314-31.1 Connell building. Lost. LOST-DIAMOND TIHRHXIOr. PIN. l.ini'.lt.M, icwaid if u-tuined 4- H20 Marion stu-et. LEGAL. TO 'JIIE tlWNERs OR REI'UTI.D OWVl'll" OU piopuly boiindina: or abutting on bolli nd-s of Eiumrt htreet, from the l.ickaw.iuna nvri lo llailroad avenue, on tlie wcsterlj hh- nf I'ouiih avenue, Irom Bioadwij to l.rnniet stie-ct. on Hi wcslcily bide of Moi.iii coiul. fiom Emniei Mrcel tn nroadway. In the l.'ijhteenth waul nt lie- t i of Scianton, I'a. Takn notice, tint under the dilution nt uuii ells, will nuke the asscwineiil ei e-i-ustrui t ing a sjtem of .eweis tor the drainage nt the above mentionisl lnilnry, on i-aluidiv, the -Nth d.n of April, A, IJ., Jfsll, at 10 o'do.k in lb" tnunnon, at nv otrlce in lb t-Hj Hall, t in ol Sriar.tcii, Pa., ji wlilch time .nut place ou hm appear and ho hcaid il .ecu hi disiie IllsEl'll P. I'llll.l.ll's. 1 Ilk! Engiiifi'i TO 'HIE OWNERS nil ItEPllED OWNI.!! Ol propel ty bounding ot abutting nit iho ouih cilv side ot llroadevav, tl out the 1 .lekiwat-ru liver to Ueiurlli avenue jnd on buth side.- ol Broadway, trom l-uuilii tivtnue in Rjilicad a.r line, on botli fcld.-t. ot I'hst uveiiue, Horn llrojil v.iy to Lackawanna rivei, on. loth sides of O'Connor tnutl, Hciu llroadwai to the Lick wanru river, on lijlb sid-s or nihil uvrnuc liom llioadwav to l.iKcili" slii-ct, en buth tides u I'ouith avenue, fiuiu llioawdav in l.ii.iine slice , on the west side of Dowdell enllll, flnlll ll.OJJ- ujy Id .1 point tbnnt 1.7) feet uili of uid Itioadwav, on tlie we-t iid- of Vluian eejiiH, fiom lliuaduav to a point ihuut 17', tret south el said Broadway, in the si'.lh and Lighti-mli vvaids of tin I'll of scranlon, I'a. Take notice, tlul undet the dnrvlloii it 1'inin ills, I will inal. tlie .liseiMueiit foi eoiisiiuctio'ig a evvtem of scen for I In dinhuge of the- nlmt nuntionid teiilliiry, on I'rldiy, the Wi ilu.v ot Vpill D., Irtll. at 10 n'l-loiU Ire- tu foic li'Wii. at m.v olrlie in Hie ( ity HjII, t Ity u Scianton, I'a , it which lime and place ecu nin appear and be heaul if ou o dein. JOsEPil P. PHILLIP-. Chief I'nginter. At DIIOR's NOIIli, IN lll'.t IVI'ATI! OU I'll liiund U. lt..s !, eKcc'rd. In tin- Oiplaiis' c null of LackawMiiiia t'ounl.v, I'eim-v Ivan, a. Vn ;-)2. sciies "B." TI.e tmderslgned. an audilnr appointed It llie. Orphans' Court nf eaid Coiuit.v. lo make clivtii bulioii ol tint (und in the hind, ot the eveculoi, T. J. Kell, a, liiivsn M the n ied paitial aeeoutit ef the ceuito. hereb.e gives noti" llmt le will ittend to llie duUce of ids ai polntiuent on Wedneada), the- ml d-v ol Ma, A. D.. l'lOl, it i) o'clock a. in., at bis ottlce, ,o. 101 teju building, I ity of N i-.mloii. In slid tounl.v, al width theie ai.d place all pcrtnm hav itu ciiltiu agalist Mid estate ate itmiued to i". pear and pieseut the ,auie, m- otherwise be toi ever debarresl from coming in uu said luud. I tlARI.ES 1!. DAMEI.S, Auditor. FINLEY'S Laces aod Embroflderiies Laces The trimming "par excel lence" for artistic dress adorn ment, Garniture of rich and rare loveliness. No other ma terial will produce the same tone and finish in dress trim ming as handsome laces. We have now on exhibition a large variety of vestings, flouncings, wide and narrow edgings, in all the popular and various kinds of laces, includ ing Arabian, Russian, Point d Alencon, Valenciennes! Point Venice, Rennais sance, Torchon and others, Embroideries We display the most exten sive assortment. Complete line of Cambric, and Nainsook, from the dainty narrow edge to the most elaborate designs in wide flouncings and all overs. Irish Point Embroid eries in all the new patterns. Very choice and handsome. 510-512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Exclusive Designs! It is some satisfaction in buying furniture to buy goods that are not peddled all over the city. Our posi tion in the trade, being that of the Largest Buyers of Furniture In Scranton, enables us to control the product of the very best factories in the United States for this city. A Metropolitan Stock at less t h a n metropolitan prices. . i HSU& Connell Washington Avenue. Seen what vre have iu Odd Boxes StatflOEiery At prices thai will surely in terest you. The above majf e seeu in our display win dow, ReyniofldsBros . Stationers and Engravers. ,,,.' Miscellaneous, fo'itiii .ni ii bvW.v rnoTrViun wobms i ml ants and nuke .sour lawn gro und glt l thr 1Kb gie'en eoloi, lie) ilnljnn l..i llicviiig He put it on for you, 118 Cllil slicel. run uK-i.MTOTixn ami ii'itn-'ics.o i'i ll.i-.Iims e srholat'il Line, I'd- ml in nv i)ujiiiits. Ilaslam't, IIS flirt -itrc.'t, TO MAbK I.I1TI.K I lilt K HRO'i I'iS II ?e Iain's niie giound .shell and C.il : also Illi-il Bono jinl Heat vbal. Ilidaui',, toot ot I lift alrcct. SltCIIAMCli KSillXKKBS. "e!kcVb"CUX? I'lrenicie. etc, new tu-p..tr pemphlet contjln, ii ;.' iiuenllon. .l-V'.-d b.v examining bojrft of eni:. ueris, fceril (rvi- (it: A. Zellrr, Pubi,Vr, Si I.ouis, Mo. HAVE W ( ,vif 4 '.'tfifa atf.litrjSl levlM&uj3)&ai 44i&-r trfatoytogtfftt.. i jwtfmJ&ajwilait , t, fi2 fm. , (&&,