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SCHANTON, AI'KIL 10, 1001.
The icniarks of tho., young woman
fiom Pdtcrs'ljurg who did not know
that It was against the law to atone
roplG who worked during n strike
WEECSt that it would not dp a bad
Jrlea to Include a study of ordinances
In tlie public school curriculum.
Turn On More Current.
THE ARGUMENT of Mr. T. J.
Foster that a trolley line on
Wjoming u venue would by
Us noise disturb occupants
of the lecture and study rooms to be
located in the lino new building soon
to foe constructed by the Colliery En
gineer company Is entitled to respect
ful conaideration by councils, for it Is
not, to the interest of this city to put
obstacles unnecessarily in the pathway
of an institution so befietlclal to Scran
ton as is the immense and growing es
tablishment of which Mr. Foster is tlio
directing head.
It is i0,slblc that a well-conducted
trolley system equipped with modern
cars and trades would be less objec
tionable from Mr. Foster's standpoint
than the detonating flat wheel cars and
a-ickety other apparatus of the Scran
ton Railway company. While all trol
ley cars are more or less noisy, the
volume of sound with which Scrantonl
ans are familiar should by no means
be regarded as a necessary dimension.
It is in the power of the city author
ities at any time to put a soft pedal on
this diurnal din by declaring the flat
wheel bone-shakers a nuisance and
ordering the company to remove them
from service forthwith.
In fact, without the hazard of grant
ing a competitive franchise more likely
In the long tun to aggravate than to
amelloiate the objectionable features of
the existing trolley service, it is within
the power of the city to put such pres
ume to bear on the officldls of the
Seranton Railway company that they
will either meet teasonable public ex
pectation, which they are not doing, or
make way for those who will. It Is u
mistaken notion that this public service
corporation has unrestricted license to
maltreat .HCO.OOO citizens. Let the re
coider turn on more cuncnt.
.1. Plertiont Morgan appears to be
able to spend money as rapidly as he
can make it. Ut. lias already given
tip one comfortable fortune for a paint
ing and another for a. dog.
Exchanjiin?: School Ideas.
THK PUBLIC school system
would become very much
more effective if provision
were made by which each
teacher should be both permitted and
leriulred occasionally to i&it other
school looms and observe the methods
of other tcaelior.s.Siieh visits at reuhon
nblo Intel vnls would be fruitful in
goud suggestions, whether frum seeing
good let-ullh or being warned by poor
one.'-. The observations thus made and
HUggestioiu: leceivcd would bo of great
practical value to the- inexperienced
ifHchi'f, and would save many of
gi enter i-spi-rJeiii e from settling down
into nils. In ail cases the pupils
would receive ultimate, and often de
cided, advantages.
Such a plan rvgulurly carried out
would have u mom vitalizing effect on
M'lwol room work than has ever been
exerted by institutes, although there
would no no call to dispense with these
us an adjunct In stimulus and aid to
llie teacher. There aio places where
this Intel change of ideas by vIMtlng
and obf-ervntlon has been can led out.
In successful private schouls and semi
naries It has been long practised and
known tn bo of immense vulue. There
Is no fousoji but thq forces of indlffer
"i,cu and inertia why the public schools
fhouia trull along in rear of the edu
c" U,15S.U? roces s I o ri .
fiiico' niofo wo rcmatk tluit we are
"4Uu1UUlug thu, teachers. This and
BrTous "oilier 'improvements would
ejFwi to pass if it wero the teachers
vjho legislated
ijllgvritlon of
tor tuo scjioois.
the snontro s.ivi.,1 tii
,5"cf?11J knockout In the senate. It
vtfll loubtlegs tevlvu eio the gong
fcfiiuids.
'lotion ami Fact About Cuba.
N TUB affairs of government it
w ns ttue us in other walks of
'life thut "tha shallows murmur
Willie the deeps uro dumb." The
luatlou In Cuba olfeis Itself us .a
linely exemplllicntlon. On tim mir.
rijci', the frothy, professional patriot
ipment Is making Itself conspicuous
l& effervescent faitlt-llndlnir and emu.
aflonuent swugger, Nothing that la
fytio by the Intervening government
sjilts It. Jt has no use fop the Ameri
jins, anyway. Th,ey uro interlopers:
they do pot understand the Latin on
rfly native houth; they-inay mean well
Vjlit fhey l'Wktatty)e;jBCk-Tlnesse;
hd they-gbne dlfterently at the things
which they huvu done, all would have
beei;vill, etc., etc. "Their man Wood
H&.tfgp.d fcllQwr but ho dues not know
tlurTtnjairfTeorilorhi pernills Ills eura
JVibltlon
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to Iiq niled by false loportR', lie is only
u military martinet and not nt till an
ndnilnlslrntor. Nothing that Is In
Hghtt Nothing will bo right until
"we, the people" the slmon-puto, Cu
ban pad lot, blue-itnlfornitnnil-gold-braid
pcole, gel hold of the nlllccs and
likewise tho einoltimontp.
So lttno tho tenor of llic gnbblo
unci gossip nf tho citfcf, which Is eager
ly snatched up by newspaper corres
pondents nt Havana and cabled to the
United Slates for the delectation of
yellow Journalism. 'Kvcry few iluys
there Is a-blg-headllneii prediction ot
Tiouble, bnBCd on mysterious hints ot
deeply-laid plots unearthed by the en
terprising reporter In tho toiu.io of his
lynx-eyed researches! and when the
grist of halt-ralslug prophecies runs
low at Havana, the button Is pressed
for reinforcements by the way of
Washington. In this way those citi
zens who nro accustomed to derive
their hallucinations concerning publlo
affairs from tho metropolitan jour
nals arc kept In a. steady ferment of
misinformation and unsettled belief,
and tho broad fact escapes them that
never since Columbus first brought
civilization Into touch with the -gem
or the Antilles has Cuba been so well
governed or so fairly started on the
roud to genuine and abiding prosperity
us she Is todny.
And as for General Wood, there can
bo no better verdict than that pasted
by Charles R. Miller, editor of the New
York Times, who has Just completed
a personal tour of Cuba, which Includ
ed an intelligent Investigation of its
conditions. Says he: "Ninety per
cent, of all the men in Cuba who are
worth more than $11)0 would view any
such step as Wood's recall with grave
apprehension, unless they wore assured
that an equally cfliclcnt military gover
nor was to be sent to lake his place."
In view of the noise made by botli
the prosperity and adversity parties of
Porto Rico, it is rather dlllicult to de
termine tho real conditions on tho island.
The Wiser Way.
IN NOTING Colonel Reilfs clear
business suggestion not a novel
one, by the way that the work
ingmen should, as a class and as
individuals, secure u share in the
directorate of each of the corporations
for which they work, the Philadelphia
Ledger closes by saying "few of them
as yet seem ready to view the propo
sition approvingly." That Is apparently
as true as is the other statement, with
which it begins its comment, that "the
world will take a long step furward in
the march of civilization when the
worktngmen of this country, or any
other, generally accept the advice to
become stockholders in the corpora
tions for which they work."
Why they have not come to consider
and adopt this thoroughly practical,
conservative plan, thereby promoting
their own prosperity and that of tho
entire communities in which they live,
is indicated by contraries, as may be
said, in Colonel Reiff's preliminary
question addressed to the Ledger's New
York correspondent: "Do you know
what I would do if I was a labor leader
with the real Interests of my fellow
workmen at heart?" The public has
come to know by repeated experiences
of needless loss and business stagna
tion that what the majority of the
labor leaders "hae at lieait" is their
personal ambition for "recognition" as
the bosses and autocrats of labor or
ganizations. That is why the business
of this coutnry is forever In dread;
why prosperity, when it dots put in an
appearance, is at once broken in upon
by the threat of strikes or their actual
outbreak. The day has come to be wn
abnormal one when the wires do not
report some fresh event of the kind.
When, as in -very recent time In this
part of the country, public disapproval
of a threatened Mi ike Is shown by the
general statement of business men that
they will not ruin themselves by an
unlimited extension of the credit sys
tem until they are themselves bank
rupted by it and, so, the leaders who
have needlessly threatened stiike and
creajed panic, give up their plans tem
porarilythere Is a class of papers
that begin to sing most extravagant
praises of their "conservatism." Con
servatism! In Mopping back, perforce,
after stepping forwaul without leason;
and their followers go after them be- '
cause eacli is atruid of the other.
"It" the labor leaders had, as Colonel
Relff puts it, "tho real iuteiests of
their fellow-wot kmen at heart," this
terrible spectacle of the continual up
heaval of business of eery kind would
speedily come to end.
Colonel Reiff's words as a practical.
clear-headed business man, go to tho
very root of tho mutter. Answering his
own question he suld, in effect:
"Why, instead of collecting luigis
sums of money for use In, stilkcs, I
would apply tho money to 'obtain an
Intel est In tho corporations tor which
wo were working. It seems strange
that the wage-earner, tho trades union
man, does not icallzo how much ho
could accomplish by becoming a pait
ner of the business of his employer.
Suppose enough money could be raised
by assessment to buy, say, 100 6hares (
of tho stock of tho railroad company I
for which the men of a certain union
wero working. Tho 100 could be divided
among lOu different men, one share to
a man. When tho annual stockholders' '
meeting wws held 100 employes, en- I
glneors, conductors, flu-men and tho !
like, would 'bo entitled to attend by
light of ownership of stock, Do tho i
men tall touppieelate what power thulr
more nresence at the meeting would
have 7 Let them lucieasu their holdings
of stock, year by year, and soon tljo
continuing Interests would Invito them
to naiuo one of their number to servo
In the board of directors, and then tho
men would uctually have a voice, and
u powerful one, in the management of
the company, of which they ate tho
employes. Would not this ho better
policy than going on a strike? Why
waste tho money in making war, when
you can apply it to buying such an in
terest In the property as will make you
u factor In its management?"
Tills, isuys tho c-oriespoudeiit, is tho
essence of the statement made and pie
sentlng a practical solution for the dif
ferences between 'capital and lubor.
Alsu; "Thu Illinois Central, It may be
added, tome time ago, invited Its em
ployrs to become ultarcholdcrsj nml rc
rnntly tho National Risctilt company
did the snmo, offering as an Inducement
a, nyalom by which the men could pay
for the stock by easy lndultuent pay
ments." Some of the plans und icsuIIr nf tho
National Biscuit company's wlso action
wore but lately publicly related to a
Seranton audience.
U Is noteworthy to lead ot tho pres
ent publlu exhibition In Philadelphia
"of Interesting inuniisoilptB by Amt'ii
citiis antedating tho discovery by
Columbus." Such "manuscripts." or
coui-M-, ore understood to bo hiero
glyphic, und picture writing by the
various races now known to have in
habited this hemisphere In dim and
distant ages: races, some ot whom had
left nought but hieroglyphs, monu
ments or temples in ruin, at periods
antedating the univul of the Indians
whom wo call aborigines. Tho vast
ileld ot research Into the history of the
human race "in this new world which
is tlie old" seems to bo us yet scarcely
more than touched.
m
A brilliant' Illinois legislator hus In
troduced a bill providing that "voters
who are too drunk to mark their bal
lotH may be usslsted by two election
officers." Wo agree witlt tho Chicago
Record-Herald that tho state and the
country can spare the ballots of such
voters. Even the "women, minors,
idiots and criminals" whom tho law of
most states excludes from voting could
do bettor than such voters as those
whom tho Illinois lawmaker is so unx
ious to have help decide elcctlonn.
The Chicago Evening Post, which at
tempted to follow the Harmsworth
idea of publishing newspapers In
magazine form, has given it up. It is
useless to attempt to do anything in a
small way in tho publishing business
in Chicago.
If assertions from some sources are to
be believed, the gieat Chinese diplomat
could be more approptlatrjly named
Prince Ll-ar.
Colonel Abaci, of Muinduque, has sur
rendered. He has no further deslie to
bo a bad man save in name.
SOLD BY THE STABS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astiolabc (.VI:
..:t a, in., for Fildjy, April
10, 1W1.
SrS1
A ihihl born on this ihy will nolo th.it pros
penty is dcalruilhc to llio r.tolght of some
people.
The bicjule hump is about to giio way to the
automobile tunc.
The lctt-oicr Uastcr egg will now go into cold
ttoragc.
Indigestion sometimes has mote influence upon
a uitcr than the efforts of actoia in shading a
di.imatic criticism.
Many people who (hiow luiiKs at random al
w.ijs appur surprised when an one is lilt.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Do nut feel too imn.li elated whin a leading
citueu aks jour opinion upon the political situ
ation. IIn nuy intend to urn for office-.
IiriiopERafiOD and
Eni?rfainrnenf, Too
X AN AXALVsJs of the mental quality which
haj laUed J. l'ierpont Moigau to hit pres
ent commanding place In the world of
finance and industry, "Holland" .cites this
I instance: Wlien in 101 secretary Chase came to
New York to plead with the banKeia for their
, aid ill cariiug the gomnmcnl thiough an
emergency that was for the time more danger
ous than the iinnlcs of the boutli, he met at a
bmkei'o hoiue up town a gioup containing
about a biore of the leidlng bmkers ot New
York, 'lhe frcrctary told them that tho gocrn
nifut niiit Ime aid, and he iddcd that hr
was not a financier, only an administrator ot
tlie law as. it related tu the tieaturj- depart
ment, lhcy who financiers and to be a limn
cltr meant to ciiatr- the wjjb and means, fur
imctlrg an enibai raiment of that kin I. The
banket hemmed and hawed; they weighed ocry
detail and the iu.t morning when the sccic
taty met them In the dnector' loom in tho
old Amu Ran Uchingc Hank building, he found
that tun then, although they Wi.rc disponed
to (urnl'li lilm yO.OOO.MO in gold they had
no dear ilia of tho beat way by which that
lould be done, and it was pel Imps a week before
an undu -landing was iraihcd by them. fcl
j para ago when the sccietaiy of lhe tteasuij,
who hid waUlieil lhe iluln of gold from the
tteasiiiy dcp.utinent until ho saw that within
a clay or two his supply would be all gone,
i-e'nt in Urp.dr for l'ierpont Slorgon, Mr. Mor
gan was closcled wil. the (.ccrctary not mora
than an houi, but lu that hour he mealed to
the tcciet.ii' a better itnilcistandlng of the con
dillons of the Ireastity tnau the scciotary him
elf jios-i-sed, and he laid before .Mr. f'arllslo
a pi in luoliug the turning ocr to the gocm
limit nf J good iiun.v millions nioic than Sccie
laiy I base asked for in 1661. It was a plan
than imolcd nu-teiy ot loicign exchange, a
giip upon thu international markets lasting fur
el months and a promise that if the secretary
made instant agiccmcnt Mr. Morgan would
guarantee not only that the drain upon the
tttasuiy dipailmciii would at once be toppui,
but that tho supply of goM would be rcplen
Hud utlim a uuk by some i.xty-sl. millions,
'that intcnlew of an hour imohtd not only
abjolulu compiclieii-ion of tho whole tkld of
moduli finance and tho specific application of
tin m. I,i 1 conditions in uih a manner as In
Muutl t- ulitu' the rmbaiiassmciits of the
lieasury dcptitment, but a promise to continue
this piotectlon for av icaU six months and jet
Mi Moigan had had less than twentj-four
houia in consider this subject. Probably had
Mr, f'ailUlc called upon hlni at 10 o'clock In
lhe luoiiilng .mi laid his cinbiirassment before
him, ho would Ime gon away fiom Mr. loi.
gan's uffleo at U with tho dlltlcully ended.
the agency of i school fating bank, in whic'i
tliry could inil.o weekly deposits without re
gard to the tin illness of the amount. A friendly
MNiliga bank lulpcd Ills plan by agreeing to re
echo tain-s account fiom lhe francs up, 'lhe
sj stein was in operation for thirty jcars when it
attiactcd the attention ot the Trench gomn
incut and oilkl.il sanction was gitcn to It,
Miice then it ha tpicid all otcr Kuupc and
nioic than luo.Cu-) schools ere cnjojlng u m,c,
tiU rifU-tn jciii ago the school savnt;a bank
was inliodi'cd Into the Unilcd"stalca by i ie
tlml Long l-'tnd capitalist, who lus ,im0
giuu up his whole time lo its Interest, l-.ut
December J. II. Iliady, a l.o, Angeles bunk pre.),
ilnit, i-atahlUlic.il the sjsteni In each of tha
llftj-tmir si hools lu tli tt illy. These silmeils
contain an aggicgale ci 3W ioom, caili of
which Is a Min's bank In IUelf. The l.os An
geles lluald s.is tin. the lii-t week's depudls
amounted to $l,0.i0.:, in whlih lyuo depusltois
paitie.lp.itcd. :utv the saWn.'s of lhe eihoo)
children amount In i.eailj $j,o0u. The- iceouli
of the tehcol taiiig In suantuu aie well known. I
ll Har cur rnlloual Ihpioi- bill iiinuiintrd
lo l,Uj'J,5iji,i67, an auiae per ruplu of ?U.J1,
or U.o.'j gallons. The people ol the
United Mutes aie luusumiu,; larger quintl
lies vt akohohu ll-iuois than foiuicily. Last
jear the average consumption of spliiu reached
.i per i-jplta of I.-.7 gallon, more than tiiiie
IV.U, when it waj 1.31 gallons; ,J0 gallon per
capita of wine, more than since 1507, when
the average was ,W gallon; and 10.01 gallons
of beir niuie than tlute l$W, kIicii If was
lu.su gallom. The Increase in the diliikln,- of
beer lias been i.ioc pionounecd than In iliher
spiills or wine. The accrjgc eil all alcohujiu '
rtflnks prr riplta 17.09 Rllon-h only been
escceded dntc tine 1891, when, in l$0t, the
average reached H.20 gallon.. More gallons ol
coffee are consumed thin any other drink or
stimulant, imountltif In 1900 tfl l,O57,rM,20tl
gillon, coniparcil Willi 1,221,500,100 gallona r
beer, the next most popular beverage. In 1000
wo alsn conMimcil $37,312,nail vvnrlli of lea and
$0,OOU,tKrt ot cocoa, bringing the total tor alco
holic and noiMlcohoi.c drinlti to l,22,7l,fli.-,
au Increase over 1503 of $31,777,103.
It U lelaltd ,( Parlililge, a celebrated al
manic maker, that he once received a rude
rebuff, administered litiwlttlniiljr by an nstler
to whom be applied for Infornnllon. While
on a journey the old-lime almanac maker put
up nt an Inn for refreshments. On setting out
again bo was advised by the mstlc to tarry
awhile, Inacmuch as rain wan certain. Par
Irldgo laughed to scorn the unlettered oatlcr.
Yet tlie prediction proved faulllcai, and Par
tridge, Intent on obtaining a vvcathcr wrinklf
lor futuie editions of his almanac, hastened
back lo Inlerrogate tlie apparently weather
wise jolcl. Having received a crown the latter
freely captained bis modus operandi, "Hr, we
hivo a Partridge' almanac, and the fellow Is
such a notorious liar that whenever lie promises
in a fine day vxe know it will be Hie contrarj.
Today is put down it settled, fine weather, and
this is the reason J urged you not to set out!"
This ttory would almost apply lo the Seranton
weal her clerk at limes.
Charles M. vcbvvab, the 30-jcai-old president
ot the biggest corporation on earth, who twenty
cars ago was earning U a day driving stakes
In an engineering' corps, (rives as the secret of
his and other people's success this ma.lm:
"Make jourself indispennble to -our emplojcr
Instead of continually looking at the clock."
Sixty jean ago a Trench school teacher con
ceived the Idea that the children under his caie
might be taught habits of frugality through
COMMERCIAL BOSS OF THE
WORLD.
Editor of The Tribune
Mr. -A vciy Inteuting and able arlielc ap
pears In lhe April i-sue ot the Fortnightly lie
view, entitled "Will Gcrmmy 1'nlU" Tlie con
tenilon of the writer, who. by the way, i
nonjinous, ia this: That fieimany has reached,
or Is about .hortly to reach, the cllmlx of lit r
ndnitrlnl and commercial expansion as it Is;
that It she la one djy to become a great, maun
tactuilug and iijiUiilihl center like Ungland she
mu:t lay Juldc bcr militarism and naval day
dicams.aiid depend upon the agricultural resources
nl the United States to sustain her In her in
dustrial competitive struggle against this coun
tiy, final Britain, Japan and Ilussin; that the
Gcnnan Empire has overreached ltd ambition;
that while she has undoubtedly the greatest army
in tho world at the present moment, the cam
paign in China has il;ninnlrntcd that the Ger
man militaiy machine, perfculy automatic as it
undoubtedly is, Is far fiom being invincible, and
lias certainly lost some ol ils prestige.
This witter points uiit that Germany, as a
nation, has two ambitious projects! befotc hci
to humiliate England and to upset the Monioc
doclnne on the Amc-iiun continent.
How is this to be done?
In the first place England beaten and humili
ated, Germany would, of course, be mistress of
the sei. Nothing easier then than to usuip
Kngkind'n dominion In Canada, to which not
unnatuially the Germans do not thiiir. the Monroe
doctrine applies, predicating as ninety-nine out
of every hundred Ameiicans do at this moment
that the Monroe Joel line ia one which is only
effective in regard to the South American ie
public. Willi a foothold on the American continent,
the Gcnnan "invineiblp" army would pick its
way through Austria, the Balkan provinces and
work her destiny quietly and effcctnely toward
Constantinople, where, noblesse oblige, the em
peror of Germany and the emperor of Russia
would be able to effect some arrangement to suit
their own purposes.
The German press is outrageously insulting to
ward Great Britain; it is hardly less so toward
this count rj-. Why? Because in the future
domination of the earth, that is the immediale
future this and the next century practically
only two factors can or will count the Teutonic
and the Anglo-Saxon. What about the Slav I
have not forgotten that potential ethnological
factoi; but we can leave him out of account tor
the ne.xt decade or two, except lu China, in con
sidering the commercial units of the world.
The Teuton claims ninety millions of the most
piolilic lace that ever trod the surface of Mio
globe; the Anglo-Saxon eighty millions, relatively
decreasing in birth rate, growing more inventive
and resourceful, jet developing a luxuriousness
and tplcurianism which their fatheis knew not.
Against whom aie wc tiaining out licet, build
ing ship against ship? Against England? Xo;
such a war, thank Gcd, is unthinkable. If Kng
land looses her trade, we shall get it, and Eng
lishmen know it and accept the situation. But
Great Britain's commercial and industrial deca
dence would be a black day for iif No nation
can aflord to loose n good customer; a national
customer thrown out of work, so to speak, would
not add to our revenue.
But Germany is piajmg night and daj- that
John Bull may be thrown out of woik in order
to slcp into his shoes. But that stolid old
gentleman is holding his own with u war on
his hand, or rather two htindied and fitly thousand
men in the field trjlug to make u.u, that is
making his satuiinc tcmpciament moie gloomy
and despondent than it actually need be. Who,
then, aie we building our fleet against not, of
course, with an aggressive or even an unfriendly
intent? Why, against the jacKDoot agrarians
and slave dritcia ot Prussia, who have lesv ri
spect for us and infinitely more bailed than
the poor fc-panlaid who knew us not better than
to call us "pig.stiekerf."
We have ten million of tinman lellou. citizens
hi this Louutry, as Jojal and faithful as cm
breathed. Hut when one of these counlij
men vlstt3 the old country the German gen
diimcs are as happy to nab lilm a.s .1 tiappcr
in the Hudson Bay territory is to tiap a silver
giay fox. This Is not became the Uernmi au
thoriticK aie so zealous lo tiap a shaggier fruiu
the United btatcs lo add to the Jinn, wlieie-,
to say the least of him, he would be discontented
if not dangcious-, out is one ot iU multitudinous
ly indirect ways to hmv its contempt ami fear of
the- United blates. Yit whatever nuy be the
fate of England, Untie bun will remain boss of
the- commercial woild.
No country lias a bleaker commercial outlook
than Germany at the present moment.
I'. Jl. Gicer.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
Inoculation baa lowered tat al cases in cholera
from 10 to 2 per cent.
Of tho 106,300,000 .Volummedan in the woild
only 18,000,000 live in Turkej-,
Notwithstanding Paris and Berlin, London is
tho best tree-shaded city in Europe.
A race horse traveling full speed clears twenty
feet at a stride, un ostrich, thirty feet,
New Yorkers will invest In a million-dollar
winter icsort on the island of Bermuda.
France pays for her paupers by means nf a
tax of 19 per cent, on all theater tickets sold.
lhe value ol the French vintage of 10OO would
i over half tlie annual budget of tho Gernnn em
pire. Apricot pulp to the amount of twcnty-clght
tons was recently ordeied from California by a
s-lnglo London Jam-making fiim.
Tho number of epileptics In Illinois Is estimated
at not less than 5,000, The legislature is expected
to arrange u state colony, wheic they nuy be
l.ept at oiiq place.
An ordinance is pendiu tn f'lucinnitl tor the
establishment ot tlireo lloallu,- public tilth
houiia along tho river, lhe hocucs are to bu
built and iii.iint lined by the city,
Denmark lias a lax for ioiniiicri.lal liaveleis.
Us late is MJ.ss for the liisl fliiii and $21.11 lor
cveiy addition one, wlieie a nun icprcscuts
nioic than one, good for one jcai,
'there aie no inlllioiialies in Iceland, The peo
ple theie aiu all poor, but there aie no de
pendents, ami no pauptis 111 the laud. All ale,
sclf.suppoitIii-. Theie is little or no ciluic in
tint laud.
A Minneapolis nun bought fiom a llib.-lau in
Halifax live jcats ago a curious lough clone
of a leddish litn. .tiling on a iccent hint ho
taut the stone to. ivaies-u City and cutters de
vi loped leu linu Siberian mblts worth ?".', a
Kji.I.
A laigc chestnut factoiy al Ljons, France,
employs 2J'J v onicu and girls. The ehestuuts
arc peeled and bollcfl, and placed lor three
dajs in a vanilla sjiup; theu Ihey are drained,
coated nicely with vanilla and prepared tor ship,
ment,
A bill which has the support of Governor Mo
Lean in Connecticut appoints a ta.x commission,
cr with a salary of ?2,000 a jear, who has power
to go Into any town and examine siffpcctcd tax
dodders uudei oath. 'I no same bill penalizes
ly iflflu hue and 2.1 per cent, addition to a tax
lhe ieual vf a taxpajer tu land in a list.
'HM1&
Connell
Seven
Floors Fyll
of Exdmslve
Desngms
Sim New
Fimrinifltimre0
flO
Plain
FlgweSo
WASHINGTON AVEWE
Furs That
We Store...
Receive protection, insur
ance and actual benefit from
the process employed. Re
pairs skillfully, economically
made. Furs called for and
delivered free. Free storage
when repairing is done.
Attend Our Special
Sale of Ladies' Tailor
Hade Suits.
From 25 to 33 per cent, off
regular prices.
BRESCHEL,
Reliable and Up.to-Data
Furrier. 124 Wyoming Ave.
"Lender's" Old Stand.
Piano Tuning. I
H. K. ZERBE,
607 Picscott avenue Best local rcl'cicncc-.
Guernsey
Hall
IS THE BST PLACE IN
SCRANTON TO BUY A
PIANO
OR
ORGAN
Don't tail to come an J .sec as great bargains
.ire waiting for yon.
J.W.GUERNSEY,
PROP.
314-316 WASHINGTON AVE.
SCRANTON. PA.
In New Guernsey Building.
Davis steam ore Co.
33 PENN AVE,
llooda called tor unci cl'lltcrnl. I Icanlns,
DiUlne; anrl rrciiiiig,
'llwopk ouiHA"r"Ea, phone 373s
Golden Gate
Dininq Rooms.
Dc.t :'o rent meal in tho eil).
rite Mc.l IliUtJ, M.00.
Sjnday ilinni'i a tpeeislty.
lUine-nudo rjsliy.
244 ADAMS 'V.
W, J, BARRI3CALE,
MANTELS.
rircpUce tllnimiiiLjs,
ELdCTHIC,
COAL ANO
QAS GffATES
1'llln; loi lloois
TFLvoHON"
3t2W'HlJQTON live,
W. A. HARVEY,
i;ieelrlc Wiiln,- jnj ritiui,
Ulectrlo lle-ll ami TclCilionc oik
3Q9 noMMOIWi 'LTH BlIILOING.
J. B. WOOLSEY c CO
CONTRACTORS
AND
BUILDERS.
nealeis in
Plate Glass and Lumber
0"ALLKINOS.
Kingsbury - scranton,
MJnuiacturcia' Agents'
MINE ANU MILL U 'PLIES,
Diatrlct, Afents for
Jolm ,. Roetillns's Son-t Co.'a Hue Hope, .intl
Electrical Wire. Uutta rcielu Jiiel llubter JUt;
Co.'s Belting, I'jcKIni;, IJpae jwI Jlcelianleal
Itubber Gooelj. Know lion I'jekinc; Carter's
Oil flothlng. Hoom 310 1'juli Blelir
Wi H. GORDON & SON.
Horse Shoclne ami Cvncnl UUcLeinlthln;
Watson and t'til.jc Uulldlus a 11 J llubbei 'Inc-ll'.'-
339 ADAMS AVNUE,
" General Orace. Seranton. Pa.
Scranton Business Houses.
i , ,
There Is Only One
LANSDOWNE
Which You Will Find
Perforated
.
t
Every Five Yards
On the Selvedge.
flsk fop the Gentiine
find Insist N
On Seeing the Perforation
. . . . v. v. .. n h k v. r. K
TRV S
"s Best-
Union Hade
A Good Smoke or Chow.
A Tiinl Solicited.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
MANUFACTURED BY
The Clock Tobacco Co,
644-4G-48 Wyoming Ave
Seranton, Pa.
j. .J. ! 2 3 ! J..:, Ji . 2 Ji
Said the bait to the fish.
Or nexc thing you know
you'll garnish a dish.
I came from the store of
Flotev & Brooks,
And I'm daugerous.
211 Washington Ave.
Clock
in 1 1
W I HI
THESE ENTERPRISING DEALERS CAN SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS
OF EVERY CHARACTER PROMPTLY AND SATISFACTORILY.
E Brotherhood Wine Cos
I'nie OIJ I'eiit, nuiKumlio-, ami
tjutcMnn. 1 .inilly Ti n!o Onlj.
P. H. FRENCH. 40B C-3WT'.t. Gt,aG.
$3reschel's
Great r ire Dale
124 WYOMINO AVCNUC.
nv (lolne: On
line lilt- uii,I .ill Mini- of Neckwear.
BRf-CHEL cS OO.
Scranton Laundry,
322 WASHINGTON AVENUE,
Calls ley tclepliono ri'ee'ei" ptonipl .attention.
L ON & WASBERS.
Spectacles,
MADE AND
REPAIRED.
"Ilufa .ill."
S. H. TWINING.
131 PENN AVE.
DIAMOND
SHOE
SHINING PARLORS
Tor l..iilitv .am! (,'cnts.
i ALL -HAeS.SO
I A33-SPRUCE-433
Han ley'
BAKERY,
420 SPRUCE ST.
bncccnioi lo
HUNTINGTON
W injlio 1 fpeeiall.c nf flno tucjtl at nils.
Iulci3 Jul- SaUJi, Ov.tci , l ifquetu-a, cle ,
rej!Jll lllleel,
A full line uf i.ec LitJi.i ,mel Iu-1.
Euhek PlatinXs Works,
tllui, Colli. MiKi'l, loppci ami lliaia.
t liainlcllcrj lictiiiliheel.
SSI CIXCaURT, PEtRBO. TR1DE
REIrMAN BROTHERS,
Uo 1.111) 1 iiiilin ioil ot in i.aHi,
pillutliul ttia mini ui,.i Imui,,
105 SP iUCE STET.
IMPORTED CIGARS
Fiesh nnivulb daily,
Finest Key Ve&t Goods.
DEAN, 40Q CONNELl. BLDQ
1'no Phones.
GOODMAN'S SHOE STORE.
Iw .i' (li 1 ukjujniid 4e
SOUVENIRS OIV N OUR CW,TOM"RS.
thescranion vitripiso c3rick
ano Tile Manufacturing Company
MakfH ol Putin; llilek, lie' M II 1 at--.
Cei'Cial ale A'.-'iil. Illlleu ::."J j.-hliie;toii i '.
uik al Tnjj Au.', I'j , 1.. L . V, 1!. It.
FINLEY ' S
The Pan
American
Exposition
Is the attraction of the,
country at the preseut lime.
But no less alluring are our
Exposition Su. tings, shown
in light, medium and heavy
weights, just the right ma
terial for traveling suits or
rainy-day skirts,
39c
36 inch all wool Suitings, in Groyt.
Browns, Bluer-, otn
150 inch all wool heavy Suitings, ia
new Spring mixtures, Oxford Groy,
Silver Groy, Browns, Blues and other
liopulnr colors.
75c
54 inch all wool Scotch Homespun,
Tnn, Grey and Brown mixtures.
54 inch extra heavy double faced
Suitings, in Grey mixtures, nnriow
stripes and Chocks.
$1.50
Extra heavy double faced Melton
Suitings, Oxford Greys, Tans and
Blues.
Also a fine line of Imported Suit
ings for tailor-made dresess.
' 510512
Lackawanna Ave
P. J. HONAN,
Merchant Tailor.
319 Lackawanna Avenue.
The Dickson Mumiructiirlii? Uo.
t-cranton nil WltlcoBarro, i'ji,
JlaiuifaoiuroM of
LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARV ENGINES
Boilers, tloistlnzand Pemplnc .Machinery.
i 4 !; $
THINK!
Aio 3011 fijlly illiuicel?
It not, call upon
F. L. Hitchcock
c? SOW,
FIRE INSURANCE
AGENTS,
60e! ami 507 Commonwealth Building.
SCIUNTO.V, PA.
Only first-etasa companies represented. Cliima
promptly paid,
O. S. BLOSS "ao'e
THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER.
rtTIOS TH".M ILL,
L. isOMMAR. llullding Coiituelm.
Ijuplo.ii union men lollmitcii lIicciIuIIj
sUen. Iteiuude liner and rcpililn; a apceialty
32e WASHINGTON VE.
LACKAWANNA
UNDERWEAR STORE
Will sell all theii samples of line Unpolled
Median Hiiils foi men at liOe-.: eirlli 51 to $J,oi1
Cold Jledal
rhotographer
sr
-jt.
FOR
SALE
llbGOlKS snd WAG
OSS of all Linds
uIko llou.-'.'i ami
llullding Lots t
barcr.iin-. I10IISF
C lil I' PC U and
(.ROOMlUi at
'
( lnldion'3
Aiti.r.
ALL
DISEASES
OF WOMEN.
A apeciilty. Pr
lKcrlo;i, lluoiu 1,
oerr lilolic toie
I loins; I 10 .'...HI p
111 f uiwilialioii
fiec. 'I'lionc t520.
M. T. Keller's,
l.aekawannaCairlJa1
e.l.s.
HAVE YOUR
WATCH FIXED RIGHT
WE ARE SATISFIED WITH A SMALL,
PROFIT,
BERNHARD, jeweler.
,lli I.UMW XN UI..MI..
HDWIN S. WILLIAMS,
CONTRACTOR, BUILDER
ROOM 2G COAL EXCHANQE,
SO V ANTON. PA.
THE SCRANTON UMBRELLA
MANUFACTURING COMPANY,,,,,
nt eairy the
liic-
toelc of Cmbrellas, 1'ai
J0l and Handle,, m
jiVo RECOVER mnbtella.
and pirawb and inik
tliem up eijuilly as pod
i now and guaranlco urn
pricej to be lower than
any houic in tho fl1'
Uo repair U our good
for 0110 je-ar KREK Ol
( UARilB.
313 SPRUO-: STREET.