V L J. :.? THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, HAY 3, 1901. 4 IJe Scranton r(8une ruli1llicil Billy, Kxcf-pl Sunday, liy The Trlti. sne t'uMltlilng Company, nt fitly Cent .1 Jlnnlli. MVV a tllCIIAttl), IMIIor. 0. V. IIVAttlX, limine Manitser. New York Ollkel 1J0 Nassau M. . ... . s vnnr.tiASD, foil' Aguit for l'oielnii Ailcrlllnu. IlMeretl (it the l'olnfllio ut ScMitton, I'a.. -i S-iMiJ-Ula Mill Mitlir. When M'icc will permit, The 'Irlbum- l olvva.VA ptid to print sdturt letters Irmii Its ftlttuls wr I rnt on current lupin, but Us nilo l that hPo Hind ln rlitnril, tor publication, hy the unlet i It'll tljllll'l .Hill till! (I)llllltl(in plUCllflll '' l,c' upturn? Is tlwt nil uiiitrlliutlons dull bo sulijrct' to nlltorl.ll revision. 1 iik n..T it.vri: roit aivi:h risixo. The fnllnuiiiK table fliovv the prl'M per Imli iocIi Insertion, rpuc to bf Usui within one ear; full nisnav. 1.".s lli.iti .Vlil Inches tm imhct lan J'lmi or) ' Position ",P0 :n .I'l ,is- .is for muls of tli inlet, re nlut loin of rntuliitriii-f! mil nlinlltr nenlilliulions In tlic mint'' nl "' nlMiiir Tin. 'Illbimi' iii.iK a ilnw of r riiiln i 1 1 iip. Kites Tor Cliivlltcil .VIurlMtu timiUlieil on tfppllcntinn. SCICANTOX, .MAY S, 1H01. 1. - ' Ituinone n: tn tlio Slipteiiie enttrt'ts attitude tuwatd the tipper bill lmvc no Iriku timet1 anil are tin ilutllit cir culated tn t-re.tt" unrest. Tlu com t Mill tulco 'Its iih'ii wny uml time In sttiltw foitli Its position nnil when It hiuiU.s tliu deotuu Mill be Html. Contempt of Court. f-yr-l.V. i-i tic'llvc and oai-ncU 8 H i.i ulatlon iih to tlio nttl- M ttnlr. nl' the Supreme court hi the Mj-calleel ripper hill. Tlil'i lr iniltiial In view of tin- i fleet which the emirl decision will have not only iiiniit tl'c j,'t)ci,niiie.,iit of tluee of the pi'lmlial clUc In tlio i-onitiion-wealth hut iiImi tipon the Immediate fittuie of what mav he called the fac timial politics of Pennsylvania. I-Vw iHiio more Mtniiflcam in their politi cal IimiIiiks Iiiivi'uvli' coni hefoie that tiliuinal foi tevimv, and Interest In the Mitiri's lutti'pi'i.tatlon nC the law is rot i cspondlUKly illtcm-e. Hut (hat tact Hupp'.lo'- no wurrant for neufpapiM- relleetltin upon the riu pioiiio emu i with u possible purpose of dlicivdltltiK- its- decMou In advanee. The publication in .M'Stenluy's I'lilla delphl.i l'iv.s assi'rlliu; ponitively that "lip of the jif-tlies of tlio court, whom It nunii-s, had can led tiiliiiRS to the Sovei'imr of the court's statiu, Is pio iiottnvcd liy the Kovernur an unciuall llcd t'.iNi'linod. In Unit ca.-se It Is con tcaipt of court, hpuuihp its elfcet is to weaKi'ii puhllc ponlldeneo In the dis iii'tlou of tlio (oiirt and to create the suspicion that the couit is Impropeily IntluciiL'crl, The IjusIm of the article In the Press lotu.Uiis to lie disclosed. Tlio Press must cither piove its statement or aiiolosrizp. Ah a ipputahle newsiiaper, 1'ali' hi most things and bhiEed chlelly in its rolatlou.sliip toward statu poli tics, it will undoubtedly he prompt to .set itself aiitUit. The TIanisburg correspondent of the Times must have di earned sonic of the things credited by him to Major De laney. Wealth and Wages. T WOULD not hutt the Scranton Times to be fair even to a rich man like John D. Rockefeller nor do we think that it would M'i lously oifend any of its readers. Nobody bus said anything about the giving of employment to labor being a. "charity," as the Times sneers, al though as between affoidlng tlio poor man a tii.imu to e.tin a living by honest toll and meuiy tossing him a contlibutloii of money fioni time to time, most persons piefer the former. Hut It speaks poorly for the common sense or common fairness of many of our newvpapeis that they appear to take iklight in deilding men whoso means are used honorably for the up building of Industry whoioby labor Is aflorde 1 a .steady maiket for Its toil. Such deiislon K xecniingly popular with the Miluntniily idle, the envious mid the discontented. It Is the kind nt literatim- that- takes well hefoie githeiiug.s of auaichlsts, jull-blids and hobi'is: but ue lefuso to believe that it wins the sympathy of self-respecting worklngniPii. They must see through Its sloppinesH and vicious ten dencies, We know of employeis, some In this iiiv, who. time after time, liavo kept mills, tactoiles or shops going at a loss, t imply because they did not want to thtow faithful employes out of a means of livelihood. Tills wan not vitality." piMiiaps, nor "mixing up charity with the paying of wages," but it wits a kind of enlightened seltlsii ncs.j.awh'rch Ik deserving of esteem ratljur tluui Hi'ioach, And In tlio I'tihO of 'John D, Itoekefeller, wo s-eo no 'lcasou why his uso of wealth to umnkoy Wbor steadily at good wages luwrij'ter his pernmul needs had been limply irolded for and tho accumu lation ' of ' wealth purely for selllsh purposes had ceased to Interest him, should leconinicnd him for public con sine, Wo "have a picture of tho editor of tho Times tefuHlng to hocomo wealthy when the chance offoicd. If thetA Is liny Solid South today, It seems to-bo solid for Air, AleKlnley, Term-Avernpres and Why, ""-" VIK JNFM'nNCiJof the term I uvcruG sjHtem of promo- JL tloti Instead of tho written f. examination that may bo Veraiiiined" for, as Oio time draws near.by the pupil with "quick" mem ory for facts, frequently as quickly fot-T gotten la (availably for permanence of acquirement. It poes to the form ing of desirable habits of mind, of tegular study, developing Intetest In Hie tletlnlte dally stps of study, the os"lts of each one o-f which Is to toll towards advancement In the: school grades. Theie Is the every day ptea ent remembrunco of a goal to be reached, towards which that particular day's lessons thoroughly ucqulred will ttiin nl Sulinjfon Tapir lloailltiK .'J. ' .273 ,20 .'XI .Id 17) .lw .17 .13 .105 menu itti appreciable slop forward. Not onlv will toBillar attcmlittict' at reel tutlnit tneaii sotnethlns In Itself. The clilld's own standard of dully restllln Will tlso: the mlntt wilt ilovi'iop nM tiatttrally iih the leaves nnil hloflPoniM on tree and shrub develop under the Influence of the Mliudilno and vnrni air and nurttultnj sltoweta of Bprltift. Very soon, nil the more eleiuly than under "orainttilnB" Ryslrins with a wtlttcn examination In view In -which tlio most omnlvototiH tnoniory wins, fotnes Into comprehension tlio knowl edge that fads and oIokIcs need to he dropped out of the over-loaded school curriculum!). Tlio three Its and tlio thoioliRh tcnclilnu of them will "conio to the foto" itRaln. It will not b'o set forth continually, as It now Is, that "It Is necessary to Interest the clill dteti." meaning by "Intetest" In faet to "aniusp" them. They will get a much more healthy "Imprest" In study for Its own sake, with the knowledge that oaeli day's step forward In the branches that must servo them as u foundation for success In life, serves also' for fcchool success. They will take In the sense of the school success at once. As they advance the knowl edge of Its bearing on success In life will come to them. Those who must leave school early will go forth better equipped than now actually knowing what they have been taught, and with the men tal habits fanned that will enable them to go on with their own educa tion, whatever their pursuits, their means of making a living, may be. As for the others, thee who can have the higher education. Harvard's and other unlveisity and college presidents will ho nble then to cense their com plaints of freshmen entetlng who have to be taught almost the mdlnients of our own noble language: and Colum bia, will be released from the neces sity of doing the grammar, and even tliu primary, school's neglected work In teaihlng spelling. She has under taken what' the other unlveisitles .so far have only pioclalnied the need of. Let us have term-average promo tions with their regular, unfailing stimulus, instead of the feveiish ex citement for some and hopeless do Ptesslon of otheis. Let us have the foundation studies lestored to their lightiul place, and the smatleilng of ologli s alt. Let the school classes number as many as the teacher can have Individual knowledge of in such ii as to he able to give Individual help as needed. Our fi lends of the Democracy evince a disposition to kidnap the city gov Not n Clue. KRSONS who like to Imagine things ure making much Just now of the fact that the United States Supiemo court has admitted to practice before it a citron of Porto Rico, its rule having been to admit American citizens only. The inferfnee ihsy draw is that tho couit Intends to decide that "Hie con stitution follows the Hag." Hut tho Washington Star disposes of this conjecture by showing that the ticaty with Spain specifically stipu lated that cases in the courts of I'oilo Rico should be can led to the Supreme court of tho Pulled States on appeal, and it would be ildlculous to have so provided were tho lawyers who tried the cases In Porto Rico not given tlio light to aig,ue tho case in tho higher tribunal after having conducted it in Porto Rico. Furthermoic, the tieaty alto provided tlift the citizens of Porto Rico should become citizens of the United States after a specllled time, which has elapsed, should they not in the meantime indicate their wish to remain citizens of Spain. "Citizen ship In different Places in the United States has," the Star points out, "never meant equal political pitvileges, which has been determined by the condi tions attending the local residence. A citizen of the District of Columbia Is no less than a citizen of the nation, though he may not nave power to vote, and a woman in Louisiana is not less a citizen than a woman In Colorado, though one can vote and the other cannot." The word citizen does not mean a voter, citizenship is tho lesult of hhth or natuiallzation. It applies to all in habitants of a country who have not debaned themselves fiom it by o patilation or. In case of alieiif, by lall i,ie to take out the necissary papeis. Hut the franchise is n dllt'iteiit matter. It Is not a light but a piivllege, to bo confcired or withheld nt tho option of the sovereign. Thus a Porto Rlean may be a citizen of the United Stales and yet not stand on the same level with a cltleii of Pennsj lvani.i or of tho District of Columbia Consequent ly no clue to the SupiPtuo court's mind on tho insular cases Is afforded in tlio admission of a native of Poito Rico to m-iieUce. before it. Air. Albert L. Johnson, who Is about to build an electric lallw.iy from New York to Philadelphia, wilting in the New York Independent, says that of the l,T30,S!9 people who, iKcotdlllg to the census of 11)00, iesld in those two cities, not over u.000 tiavej back and lorth each day between i ho two, Hn believes that '' per tout, of that more than four million people "hae ne'er seen tho other city"; and beloes also that a thoroughly well built trolley load with low Kites will bo an Invita tion to travel that will be o.igeily uc cojited by n very largo proportion of these. He proposes to build " a road bed that shall co nt turn to tho high est standard in uso by tho loiemost steam lallroads, and which will bo en tirely freo from grade crossings," Would that Scranton might at least hitvo such freedom as that. Udward VI J, King and emperor, has been making an outspoken declaration against gambling, "which," says Lon don advices, " Is likely tn do more to r.emedy this national disease than vol umes of sermons or prohibitive legis lation." If &o, this is one of the cates when royal Influence Is a good thing, a very good thing. Tlio ocean steum er gamblers, however, aie said to he defiant. One' of them )s quoted In London dispatches as saying that "as long as tho steamship olllcers get their commissions theie will be heavy los ing on ocean .liners." If ther U such collusion on lionttl ship the gamblers nt r ttnwU'p In glvn It nwny. May be the warning will pervr. Tho boys' and gl'tls' Hlrd rlttbs mult iply to the Audubon societies are sntd In lie rapidly multiplying. The Juven iles ate admitted to Junior member ship In the Audubon societies, arc pro vided with bird buttons and pledges of membership for signature. The pledge Is: "1 promise not to harm our birds or their eggs, mid to protect them both whenever I am able." J'rlres nte of fered for dtawings from live birds, The .Massachusetts society, with head quarters In Itostoii, supplies nt a very low price Illuminated charts on which a"ro the life size pictures of twenty-six kinds of our inimical! birds, printed accurately in colots. Professor Isaac T. Headland, of Po l.in university, has translated and pub lished the "Chinese Mother (loose Rhymes." Six hundred of them are In the little book, with sixteen out of eighteen Chinese provinces yet to hear from. They ate deeply Interest ing to the student of comparative folk lore, and will certainly be quite as much so, at least many of them will bo, to the average American little one who makes their acquaintance. The Russian police have tho advan tage of those of most countries. When ever dull times suggest a reduction of the force there Is always an anarchist plot on hand to bo unearthed. In other words, the Venezuelan war cloud has been dissolved by an apolosy and a lebate. Inforrnaiion and Enlerlainmenf, Too UXTlf. m.CTXrnY tbp nrr-oMjn Iirlrlsc nai Hit' vorM's miripl in linil.'o rnslntcrlnj but tin- now ?IS,(KV1,000 Kast lllur biMite will nuke it loo!, like SO cent. Hpio nro onu. of tbo coiiip.mons takrn from an article by I.cl Minn, prcsirlint of the liit liner btiiljp ooinmisioii: ltouchly, the new brliljo will be foul times as 'tromr as the IlrooUIjn brnl).e; cub of It-, four c.iblis will be about twin: as slout .n Ukm which Mipport the Finn of the oMir "tincture, anil in other icpeil Us Mipeiloiily will be in.iiutiincd. l'acli of the fmu utiles will ronM of thirty-seven straw!, ami each strand will Imo 2S2 slncle wires, a total of 10,1.11 wlua In i.irli cable. The nonnal pull on each cable will be about 5,000 ton", and a each will be capable of supporting 20,000 pound-, to the Mpi.ire im.li, and will lue 222 square im'.'es net, the enslneeis calculate that the Mis pulsion pow.r of the btidpe Hill lie four times Kicaler than the m minimi demand upon it. the width of (lie in w structure will be lis feet, as loii'parc.l with the eliditj-frte fiet of the Itinok. Ijn bnihrc, and the cbaiaeter and amount of its tialllc will In- piopoition.itdy greater. It will hae si- lallioad Hacks, two caniajro wajs, eaih twenty feet wide, two footwalks, and two bie.iclo pith. In aititil i hintiel f-p.iu the two tinders will not pic-e'it a Rie.it dltfcienee, nicidy a mat. tei of four and a hilf feet, but. in the total IuiRtli of the pin the nnv budge will hold the morel by l,20ri feet '!ho Hiookjln brldcc has a clnnnil 'pin of 1,59.5'i feet, and a total lengtb of 'J.li'jO foot. 'Hie l.caucs of the new bridge aie respectively l.fiOu tpet and 7,'JIXI feel. The steel lowcis ot the new budge are about fifty-nine fiet taller than the masonry .spues of the Brook Ijn biiU.;r. 'Hie cap of the ttcel work from hiii water is .".n feet; Fimllir measurements on the llmoM.wi biidite (tlio n lie iu'lit of 27il feel. The minimum height on cniicr ide ot the center above mean his!, water of cprintt tielcs is li." feet; Hie llinukljn 1m the siine height, lull only at the ccntial point. 'I lie huse i.lnoMur, on the icstoration of whUi Ihe entile gcohvrical clepailmcnt of ale Ins been al woik lor a jejr, is now in po-ition in I'eabudy mu-euui. A Xew linen letter tn the Sun gives nn-.e intcrr-.tiint fnt about this preiii-tone lorn bin it ion of boast and reptile. fair's dinosiiir it of the .niitA' named clios.iiirii-. It wa.s dis loveiid by .1. It. Ilileher, now nf the lJaine:;!e Mimiiiii of Pitt-lmig, and a party of fnrnd- m the 'iiinnier of 1 1 while cvploilng for the lite t'lofeor (I i: Mil -It, of Vale, in Convcu." iriimv, Wjomliu It pioved a moi fortunate limb fur not only w-a-, the specimen in cei-lknt iipilitmn Willi all lis palU nit let, but it v..P al-n an entliely new aiuty. 'Ihere i but one other suih rientiire in the museums oi the vvolid, and tint is in I!iuel-, belitiiun. The entile litiBtl. of the Vjle iiiiiin.il n twentv-nine feet tluee inelis, "tlio hciajit of tliu held jbove the b.oif is ihirlitn leet two Indies. 'Ihe heieht of (he shoulders above the li.u-e is tin fell, the Kuril of the tail is thirteen feet seven iin-hes end t tic length of the hind limbs nine feet live indies. It is mounted in a po-itlon of mo tion with ore hint tnei llilrd a lilt fiom the Kiunnd v.'lule the tronl limbs, vvlilib .-up iiii'lilembl.v snuller (Inn the bind limbs, are in the nb', i-liovviu.' tint the eicaluie n. In the lubit of iiiiipelltn? itself by means of the hind limbs. 'Ihe i l.iut.i inns' fore limbs are adapted In. walkliv and nippoit lalber III ill for Ihe pi.iio.-o of intlien-Mii. As is iitliu the case with the mii ill loiellnib of ilinosaurs, tluee linger-, of the hind of this spciimcu wne u-ed. 'I 'ie Hist was a Midline ut ny one, Ihe mi uml anil thiol of npiil luirtlli, vvlille tlie fmu tit was shuitcr ami ihe tlf tit entiielv wauling. 'Jbe hind limb bt,s tluee ibuils, all well developed and niisiivc. These limb bone-, iiisle.nl of bcinst hollow ate Milnl, wldcli tends tn cnllrm Hie idea lint the cl.iositnus was fond of the water, 'Ihe wholo biikbiiiie of tliis iiiatuie, ioiisitiiiR of ninety vcikbiac, is eomtilele. "Ihe. t'onunonvveiltli of l'iitn,vlianla," was tl.o theme of an impioinplu speieh b Atmiui'v Itiu et d IMI.ill dellveieil on tiiaiit'-j butliday at To. w.inda, and anions othci things ho tnl: "A Lien commonwealth itiwllii;t 3ti0 miles fiom t .1st to wist .Hid 17J from uoith to south ami it semis in in,, lint the mat Citator whin be was bi'stnwing bli'sslngj upon mankind plikcd uul .1 favoioil rot mIicio tb people mil.t live and be hippv anil Hut ipot is Piutis.vlvaiili. On lii'.i ipiestion I am .n rniliiialnot. Almo.t 7,i)i10,ii, people, Intclligiiit an J inspeiotis, li.tipv, with i him hi ami icliool.s dotting tills fall lind if ouin, with factories liinglng the vvascj ot pios puilv 'limn ate Ihovei who lnvo fcone about nut' slati tiadmliig il, iluiuuiulng those, who are iildiiig nt tlietiiiiiiiiii!ti.itiiu ot Its govirniui til and with such I into no i-.vmpitli.i. 'Iliii is ,i Sie.it slate, p105p.r1.1is, Kioiiiuiul, lllleil Willi meat liidii-lii.il ei mpiiscs, and ,et II his a stale inilihtidniss of only t7,GiHJ,nui with a slnl. ins fitiHl of sh,(on,iiOii which uiikis .1 ikrielt of only a little i.ver S7.0,itii(l and 1 doubt if thrio is auothu siteli Mate ft ..in tha Atlantic lo Hie laillle which tan SJ 4 liuiili. In the nutter o tili.'oL we have nppiupiijtul .1..",il.i,nni cadi ear uml in uddiioi, supputiiil ot lui in raid snMUis.' ilililun, siipputul ueiimal i-elioulj, i iii f., h,. Millies l u.illlly Mliel illll lull lllk, piuvlilcil for a iepiiime.t of i dm at ion and ,i ik. some of the lu.iftultliiut iii-tilulioiis of !i mini1,' in our miu. li onwe-alth. 1'inii .vlva'uii jiar liv ,vrar pa.vs out luoie ll.au .s;e,iH',(JI (ei uhieatlouil purpo.-is and I siy vvitltoiit feir of suieciiil lonliailiitioi. tli.it In our nslj iliu.nl of slate n no olliefMale ap. ploptiates ai. Iituili a in s our b.ieniil roiiuuoii. wcillh. The llmplie stjle with almost twite our ton line's appiopilatis- nub onelulf ..s lutieli. 'Ibis i iiiiuniiwi ilth is le.it hing lite world Indus uial idi.i-. I'ioiii this stile ute given the lactols in tlie loimalioii o( li.o gn.it ,ietl imputation vvhidi .iml,r.s to Inil.'.- tn Annuel tlie mulled if Hie u ol Id's iiuikcl.'' Iwcntj men u mi bile l;fr all t-cliolnly. tiav fled jti'l of vvidj iMHiieiue, Itive (uumlnl il l.indoii bav, ITa , a linhelor Colonv. All arc imin.iirii'il and live alomj so fjr a, the fair eu li coiueined Tltey luvc buill their own licint, of lough jcllow pine. 'I heir ilearliigs oicup.v fiom one half t.i two acicr, tuiiotindcd by ol mctto trees, l.acli 111411 oum a boat. There aie plenty of eWr and wild fovvU and fisli of cviry variety In the uiUlihoihooil. The lolonijig HH'iiil their d-i.vs in fishing ami litintiiii; and lb" ir rights in rominnuloii with their pipes anil a Jug or twp ol acuaielieiitc, a drink distilled honi eugf cane and mhusjIciI to the tol 'roni Cntn or Ihe Wwl Indlrs. Ihe members n( thin unique 'otnptny Inrlmle niiiong otbcr, n hweellcli ipuiiI, mil tFltrcd nrntr 'iplnin, J grndiwte l WrM Point, for j per monlh they ran live well, mid an Inpoino rf 20 n tiiontb pnrchs-es Hie tieccs. miu mid luvntlri. fhry ltr.te but tn drop .1 balled hook into the uniff and pull up Hi" fholcest llsli, nr.il bj wntklnc nloiift Hie i-htim they (tin pick up the finest tlatm. Bnil o.vsttrs. Then a walk ol 1111 culinary tlly block wilt likely furnish them with unison liotn .1 pining tk.r. Tlie tllmitc Is adorable and one "in fl.tthe in the watcn of the bav al nil hifch uml cvrn tn (iimtner the heat Is not Rtcat If ono' remains out ot the cyrccl raj of the tun. hi Alti-lee'R this iiientli there I' n annnjmotn rntnpirlsoti of Datt and Trokcr from which tltla Interesting cvecrpt Is taken: "It Is ah "' well for Xew Yotkcm to eay there Is 110 differ cnte betwein I'lMt anil Croker. There may be 110 choice,, but there Is a difference that Is slK' iilflcant, In brief It Is tltlsi Mr. I'lalt has descended, Mr. Croker has risen, lo Hit! common level whcie they meet ns equals. Tlie ftcpubll. can boss Is a gcnlkmin by birth, breeding and education; the Tammany tiger was a tough one nf the nM Fourth Avenue Tunnel (lanff. When 'Dick' Ciokcr wai learning the niiehlnlt' trade, Tom I'latt was stiidilng the classics at Yale. While Croker after dark was punching his wny to tlie leidcrshlp of his crew of hoodlums, I1I3 rival was leading Ihe lives of the great leaders of Ihe world. Young Croker was tried tor 'i murder ilnne at the polls by com one ot his (luwil of heelers at about the stage when linlt was leaving lollcge. Mr. Walt Is the ilass of Iran the 1 lilies say ought lo go Into polities. Mr. Croker is the kind that these same authori ties tell its thould bo driven out. Mr. Vlalt has .1 business he is piesldent of an express eoniptnv polities Is his spoil, and it Is siid hi nt ikes not a cent bj It; Mr. Croker has no busi ness but polities, and itoisp racing is his spoit. Yet Dr. I'arkhurst spoke for thousands when he said I'latt was worse than Croker. IMiYt Ml. lint! knows hettrr-he is a c.vnlc; Mr. Croker ilncn't know any belter he is sincere. In business they say that the men who hive been ministers! are the worst rascals tn deal with. Criminals will tell joti that the hardest men In their wofession are those who come of good families." Wldle tlie e.vcs of American polar explorers are tinned lon-aim-ly toward the north pole a British expedition is tUting out lo go as near to the rnith's southern rtreinl!y as man can go Mid return alive. Ibis c.pidltion will tall in the DPcovcry, n ship o-pcelally built for the trip. 'J lie Discovciy was launched at the Dundee s'llp. jarels a few- riajs ago nnd will cost, compute, over t-2.iO,(X)0. It has occupied over a year in building, and Is considered tho sticngest and most efficient exploring ship that has ever left Dritlsh shores. The Discovery is commanded by Cap tain It. F. Scott. She is a liarque-rigged ship, with spiis of sufficient dimensions to get a good spread of canvrj, but her principal propclllnt power Is- In the engines. Her ccal capacity amounts to 210 toas. .some id'a of tlio sticin-tlt 0.' the vessil may be gatlured from Ihe fact lint the thickness of solid timber in Hie way of the main deck downward to the keel is two and a half feet. At the bows the externals- of the ship are further protected by heavy steel plalia. Laboratories hive been constructed amidships on cither side of the upper deck. In the center U a magnetic observatoi.v, and within a radius of thirty feet all the Itttings arc of brass, toppor or gun metal, so as to Insure immunity from magnetic inflii-ncc. 1'iotcctlon .from wind and snow in the winter months will to some extent lie afforded by a woolen felt cosering extending foie and aft ov:r the ship. Oeenral rainier, of Wllkes-liarre, in a recent rperch on flrant's bhthd.iy, delivered at lo wand i, put compactly some facts worthy of pre servation for reference. Slid he: "Orant com minded more men and won more xictorics than Hannibal, t'ae-ar, rtonapirte, Wellington aad Mailboroitgh put togelhei and his xictoiios w-re under conditions far more difficult. His fiid of action was 2,000 miles long and 1,000 miles wide and moie titan l,00ii,0t)0 men were under his ccmnnnd at one time. More men were killed and wounded In the li3ttle.s of the Wilderness than wne engaged on both sides at Waterloo." It is eslinnted tint if the increase noted in the last quarter continues, the amount of postal issues in this fiscal jear will lie in the neighborhood of St 05,000,000. Tins would be something like $10.. t'Oe.OflO more thin last jear, which was consielercd tlie greatest in the history nf the derailment. The toal mumVr of pieies of stamped paper is sued in Hi: jeir 1000 was ,1,321.057,011, rcpic. Mining a face value of j07,(-S7,'i7l. This enir ii'ntis business will undoubtedly be increased 10 per cent, tins jeav if the present rate of ad vance is eoutiuid. pli.vsienn who his leeently relumed from Persia snvs lint the mtives still believe tint huniiii teats are a uineily for certain chrome dis eases. At cvciy fun.fi.it the bottling of mourn CIS' teais is one of the chief features of the ceic inciny. Kadi of 1 tic mourners is presented with .1 sponge Willi which tn mop his face and eves, and after the buriil tli-v-c sponges aie presniled to the puest, who squeezes the tears into bottles, which be k.'ps. Masai!in-Plls is .-mailer tli in Vermont. Vei moiit his li.foa squire miles, wheiens Missaehu nits Ins but S,82i. And there are five other states of tlie union smaller than Veimont Xew Hamp-hitc, Connecticut, Ithode Islind, Dclawaic and Xew .leisej, Texas is twenty-eight, times as big as Vtmiuiit, linil mikes ju-t about one. ii.iiituntli cf tlie whole United i-tates. It it v.eie as thickly settleel as A'tinipiil il would luvu a popuhtion of about l,ui,ltTO. In Minittn, if a womii. is left .1 widow, imme diately after her lm-bind's death she plains a l!..gsta(T at her doni, upon which a tlig is raisi'il. So long as Hip flag lemiin. untoiii lw the wind Hie elirpictte of Nnnalu foihlds her to many, but at the tlrst rent, however tiny, she cm lay a-iile her weeds and jpiepl the flist oiler she has. THE ETERNAL PUZZLE. In silence and Invention man has made some wondrous Mri'le-, And II S'vills his head ami makes him think he's 'ill" tut It's quite 1 solemn fast that one nut lie's iie-vci tracked, With all his width of knowledge inri of wit. Now, why is lovcb vvomn alv.ays doing Ibis or tint, .hot like site his been doing nnrc the fall? If jiiii listen now to mo 1 urn sine -.on will agree, It's bruits she is a vvotu 111 that is all, Xew, iv hj does lovely vvntnan rut her dtcsses fir too lrnrr, Then piam.c alongtho rlreels vvllli ihrm loo Why dors, her ".vis" mem "no," and vxhy dees I i.r "no" mean "is." It's liecai.su she's .1 woman, that is wh). Il her hair giews ekwvn her (oicluad in a liaulrd bunch ut cm If, She will limit, it straight and nuke it back vvaul fill; If as straight as Hilng it grows, for the rtiiliug Inngs flic gee.s, dust beiaiise the i-t a wonun that is atl. Jvow, why elocs lovely vvonian, it she happens to bo stout, Crack Itei rilj tn fianllc ffforts In glow lesJC Ami when nrill, pads out Iter frimo in a icg'lar luiuio eante? Il's lieiaiise she u a woman- that's my guess. Why eloe.-t the ciowcl her feetlcts till Iter loos aie. doubled up Into itJiiow shoes, at least two tltees smill, Then look upward with .1 Millie, sat lug; "Too lilg liy a mile!" Jut bceausc till' i a wonimthat Is all. Xew, vvh doej lovely woman. If fl'C happens to be pale, Paint upon her lovely (heeks a rmlely glow? And Unit, if her diuks arc reel, haste lo paint t In 111 while instead? Well, fileuds-, I must lonfcrs I do not know. Wbv elocs the nit Itei loisigc like the pointed litlir "V," Willi tbo naiiow eml about her wishbone small, And then stuO the rpcu spate full of creainv, Huffy laic? It's beiausc she is a woiruii hlt is all. O, woman, lovely woman! How we love sou, how wo love- jou! Xot a Ihinu on earth cr heaven Is above jou, is above jou I Though InconstJi.t, fickle, ihiftin;, After jou vvc'rci alujji driftltts, 1'vr, despite jour contradictions, Jiovv we love jet Omaha. World Herald. SANITATION LENGTHENS LI17E. Trnm Utile's Metklj. The itlnul efteelii of lmrovrit tanilallon In moil, ein tlJjs nml the pemr.1l InciMso n knovvledsc In tigaril to Ihe laws of liriltli aie sliown no whfri! so ronc)illfly as In the extension of the .iveijgc duration of human life. Mxlj jears tirfo Hie txpeclsncv of life ol 1 male 1I1IM iveraieil less tliiti fortj jeais and tti.it of a fettnle child (orl)-lwo je.ns. At the pusent Unto the aver, ngc for miles In neatly loily-slj jiars and for feimitis forlj-dglil. Thltt menu tint nearly Hue.' j-eirs hate bem nddeil In tht working lltctlmc of men and tun veats and a lutf lo lint of women There Is er.inurae-eincnt in this for all who are engaged In teaching and preaching the gospd of Rcod health. Ignorance, prejudlre, and hi illfletrncc arc slowly giving wny lo nillghten"d and coumon sense lurthods ol caring for the bodj. 11 Is not unii..ionilile to expect tint by Ihe end nf the present century the average dura tion of human life tiny be raised lu at least nity jeats. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. tight teclh suffice the elephant tor munching purposes. The plant animal has two below and two above on each side. Although there are many rold winter dijs in Xorthetn Italy, thltd-cla-s railway cars are never heated, nnd sccond-cliss cars only on express trains. Of the world's rubber supply of i',:M toit, '.'.1,000 ccinc from the Atmroti bisln, .1,MX) tons fiem other parts of 5outh America and 21,000 from tryplcal Africa. The uso of the telephone in Cairn and Alex, andrla has grown In such proportions that it Itas been found necessary to t entice t (he two cities by a telephone tiunk line. Xo man lias ever reigned over an empire so v.it as King IMward's. His Majesty rules over one continent, 100 peninsulas, 000 piomontorles, 1,000 lakes, 2,000 ilvirs and 10,000 islam!-. The distinction anion-; animals of requiring leaa-t sleep belongs to the eliphant. In spile of Its capacity for haid work tlie eleplnnl fcl. dem, if ever, slcrps moie than four, or occasion ally five houra. II may be tint a mouse show will he Ihe next thing In th exhibition of live stock, it is f lid tint lu I'ngland the breeding of mice lias reached a high state ol development and that a Man chester man recently paid fl23 for .1 blielv and t in moue of distinguished aneestij-. arMsnsrCTEr-v That Extra Bedroom 1 -Nuw that you arc in a larger , ho lsc with an extra sleepinj, room you need a Bedroom Suit. A three-piece suit would look nicely h that guest chamber and give the house a general ' tone of refinement. 1 Wc have a very fine line ol Tniu-E-PiiiCE Bedroom Suits in some of the very latest styles. (It would be a pleasure to look them over.) We have them in & Golden Oil, Mnlseye Maple In our large stpek we have just I what you want and the prices ue in piain figures. HilUConnefl 121 N. Washington Avenue. Scranton Business tj f t t tiff HOTEL TFRRACE. PARLOR llOTF.fj Ac cotnnioiI.it Ions. rnni pieel moderate eluigis. I'otinancnt Jitil table ho.inle-i. W. II. HIlYTi:. Kellar & Harris, M.iniififttiicrs of llarncj. .inel elealeti. In lloise Futnlshlni; (lOueU, TiunKs anil 'liave-litter ll.i-'". Iicimiiing pioinptly .itti'iieifil to. 'leliplionc l-US. 117 Penn avenue, benintoit, I'.i L. SOMMAR, lluileling Cuiilractoi. Ctnplovs union men. Intimitis eliecrlully given. Itemoelellitff Jtnl repaliin; a iu.ijlty, 32C WASHINQTON AVE. LACKAWANNA UNDERWEAR STORE Will eoII all tlieir sampler of fine impoiteel Madias Wtirts for men at ii'ie i worth ft to ..jo Davis steam dye Co. 310 PENN AVE. Goods tailed for ami ekllvcrcil, Cleanltifj, Pieiiis ami 1'resning. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. PHONE 3736 Golden Gate Dining Rooms. Best 25 cent meal in the city. Five Meal Titkils, $1.00. sunihy dinner a tperislty. Heme made Pastry, 244 ADAMS AVE. W. A. HARVEY. l.lertile Wiring ami Fhtures Kleclrio Dell and lekplune oik 309 Commonwealth duiloinq. J, B. WOOLSEY & CO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Dealers in Plate Glass and Lumber O" ALL KINDS. Kingsbury & scranton, Manufictiiicis' ALCllta MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES, llibtrkl AtfenW for John lloebliiiK't fjonti lo.'n Nile Itejpe and nieetrleal Wir.-. litltt.i I'eKlia ami null, i llfj. to, 'ei lliltms, I'ii I,ui7, Hose .mil Meilianii.il ItubLer Ciooeli, linnvvlloii I'-iiMn,, l.lllcr'i Oil tlotliiinr. Ileioin Jlfl l'.inll Hid.' FRECKLES, Moth, 'I'm, I Ivei S)ol .iii.l all ini. iu.n v illMolin.itii.iu conipli'leli umov.il bv ut.v p.-. il.il li'ine- tli itincnt, ainl tin iieiiiplelon iriidcrcel ileal- jnd tinootli HELEN BUCHANAN, Ileunitologi.l. .Ill Haihlrston Ave. SHOFF'S HAT FAC rOfiY, till !-peuie r-tieel, Veal Hotel Jeiinvn. All the new bloihs foi t-prlns st.vle nc now in. New lilts Made to Order. W, H, GORDON & SON. Horse Ehoeinc; ami General Ulacksniilt.iii Wagon and Cmlage Building and Itubber Tire Ids. 339 Adams AV'NUE. ALWAYS BUSY. Our Oxfords. Low in cut. uow In price. High in tlcmcii'si from $1,25 up. Lewis & Reilly, Wholesale and Retail. It tf. K V. n H K. K ! K !l.lt . v. n I TRY l iOlook'siesf I ts Union Hade $ a I Tobacco? s .V a V A Good Smolto or Chew. A Trial Solicited. ,v .. Satisfaction Guaranteed. X .1 -' X ' MANUFACTURED BY . , l The Clock Tobacco Co,, 3 C1-1-4G-48 Wyoming Ave. X X X Scranton, Pa. ,tj 1 X i r. tt : r. . K K it A Second-Class City with a First-Class Stock of 1 terlin i ware Clocks, tc. Suitable foi Wedding Gifts. Mercereati & Connell, 132 Wyoming Avenue. ot mm I Sifys THESE ENTERPRISING DEALERS CAN SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS OP EVERY CHARACTER PROMPTLY AND SATISFACTORILY. Brotherhood Wine Co.-s l'tnc- Old l'otts, IlurKitnellcJ, anil interne's, r.imlly 'liiele Only. P, H. FRENCH, 403 CONNELL BLDG. Breschel's Great Fire Sale IS4 WYOMING AVENUE. Now Ueiin? On I'ttie Turn and .ill Mud nf Veilvvear. BRESCHEL S. CO. Scranton Laundry, 323 WASHINGTON AVENUE. Calls by telephone reee'vo piontpt ittteiition WILSON f: VSASBERS. SPECTACLES, MADE AND REPAIRED. "1 hat's .ill" S. H. TWINING. 131 PENN AVE, REGULAR $5 PHOTOS ROR $3,00 AT CRAMER'S 31ILACKA, AVE Hanlevs 1AKERY. 420 SPRUCE ST, f'urcefsor lo HUNTINGTON mttie a fpeiiillv of fine bread ttnifj. Oidus for ba'ads, Ojstcis, f'iiiuctlcs, etc, pioinptly hlliel. A full lii.e of f.cc lie-am .in I lies. wyia. WMWJni en inniiBiiwiiumwiiwn GOODMAN'S SHOE STORE, Now ll 114 I..1' l-.IH lllll.l J VI' SOUVENIRS GIV N OUR CUSTOMERS, WALTER E. DAVIS, SM, 216, 23 PAULI 3i.DO, Attoiuey-at-Law, Scianton, Ta. wiiiiiMiinrn-iiiiii wiiii wmiinrim'wiimwi w THE MOST PALATABLE .uul lleallliltll lleet Illll is Inevveil, 'lite lit jl rtai' vt the Nation 1 nuvilul m it 1'iiiil). i I'uio in hills, the He-i iml iniele MiIjii'c" Ijiuoh. t-fil 1 lv A. W, S 1HRADER, 7- VIjiiii v 'tin Mrjiil'ii i'l ll'Jtll UlCpllOlKN rHE SCRANTON VITRIFIED BRICK lvo Tile Manufacturing Company Makers of I'.ivin; lliiik, lie.-. M II IHIe, fiireial Salts Asenl, liriiec ?29 Waltiiuten iv. Works at Nay AUi, I'a., 11. & W. V, It. K. FINLEY'S Remarkable Sale of An excontlonnl purclmar of nvrr tv-f thotisnnd ynrelH of Tnffcta rjllkti In nil the new cnlorliiR!), Iticttidlng whllp and black, which, wo orfor for tino week nt titiustialiy ultrnetlvc prices. Taffeta sllkft nm ttt present In prent dotnniid for SttltH, Juckul?, Wilstfi, rettlroittit. and Llnlnsp, nnd arc rnroly sold itn dor the rcKitlnr prices. Vov this reason thla tuilo ortots mi uiieiiuallptl opportu nity to .secure Tuff pin Silks nt prlcrn that will be lmpoHsllitp to duplicate. At 39c a Yard A ln-inch wide, pure Silk Taffeta, In lat-Re range, of colors, Inclttdlnpr vhlto and Mack, iPRttlnr value 60 cents. Price for this week, SJc. At 59c a Yard A in-liuMi wide, title tlnlMi and weight Taffeta Milk, complete Hup of colors, t'OKUlnr value Trie. Price lor this week, 5!c. At 88c a Yard A 7-Inch wiils extra quality Taffel.i Silk, In lurso lin of ci-lois, lcgulitr v.'iltie ll.'Jj, At 88c a Yard Impoiteel anil domestic plain lilacK T.itl'pta Silks, litlRlit litsttp and ftno finish; Ki-and wearlntr qiialUles; resn l.tr value $1.-5. PiIcp lor this week, Sc. At $1.15 a Yard A ::r-liich ido "Amerlcnn" Tllnclt Talfpta Silk, wear miatimtecel, heavy to lite liatiel anil nice llnlsh, regular value M.!w. Pi Ice for litis wok, $1.15. At $1.25 a Yard Kxtui wide Illack Taffeta Silk, extra Heavy uelght, weir guaranteed; also "Bonnet" line imported Sill;, hrlght luslie and lieautifiil llnish. legul.u' Viilup $1.50. Pi ice for tills -week, $1.23. Foulard Silks and Satins Ours arc acknowledged the liand-f-onifht'dc.'-lBns and largest assortment it the city. Prices, 19c, 75c, $1.00 and 510512 Lackawanna Ave P. J. HONANr Merchant Tailor. 319 Lackawanna Avenue. The Dickson Manufacturing Go. t crouton unit Wltltes-flarro, l, Muuiifactururi of LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARY ENGINE? Boilers, tlolstlricand Pumping Machinery. General Office. 8cranton. Pa. Houses. J it ! Guernsey Hall IS THE OEST PLACE IN SCRANTON TO BUY A RIANO OR ORGAN Don't fail to come anJ bec as great bargains arc waiting for you. J.W.GUERNSEY. PROP, ai4'3l6 WASHINGTON AVE. SCRANTON, PA, In New uuernsey Building. (.'old Medal (jv i'hatosraphcr (lnldr. n's ft Aitist FOR SALE lU't-.f.irs. and WAIi ON of nil lands also Hoiuej and llmMiiis Lots at barfr.Ua, IiOIt?Kh t iill'I'LIl and (I!0OMI.O at M. T. Keller's liiikavv innil.ami:e link. ALL DISEASES OF WOMEN. fpcrnll.v l)r 'lincito.i, Itopiu I, nii'i (ilobe store llnlllh I lo 1.J0 p. in L'lliMiltilion liee 'I'liQtie, DjJi), HAVE YOUR WATCH FIXED RIGHT WE ARE SATISFIEO WITH A SMALL PROFIT. BERNHARD, jeweler, !, I (iv N.NA AVIJM'i: fcOWfV S, WILLIAMS, CONTRACTOR, BUILDER ROOM 20 COAL EXCHANGE, SCHANTON. PA, rtlE SCRANTON UMSRELLA Manufacturing company ve uu.v the largest fiutk of Ctnbielljs. Par j.-oU and Handles ue aUei ftLlOVKlt umbiellai nil piraoU and mike llietn up equally as good as new anl genuine our ptices to be lower than any hoto in tliu city Wc repair all our goods for one jear I'ltCE 01" LllAitflK. 313 SPRUCE STREET. Taffeta Mh v-4, vt? s,,i .
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