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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- TUESDAY, TOi,V 2
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L1VY S. Illf HAM). Editor,
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THK FLAT RATK rOIt ADVKHTISISfl.
The following table dhow the price per Inrh
eath lueertlcn. rare to be used within one )ru;
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ond slmllir contributions In the inline ol ail.
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Hates (or Classified Admitting fumUhed on
Jpplleatkn.
aCRANTOX, PA., .il'I-Y 2, 1001.
The Philadelphia reformers now show
a disposition to group unrlpr the elec
tric fans ami nwalt development..
Uncle Sam's Balance Sheet.
SJ
ATPJiTjAY was the last day of
the federal fiscal year, licnce
a review of the flmnces of
the I'nlted States govern
ment for the year then closed Is In
order and should possess Interest for
every American.
The big fart of the year was the
presence of a surplus of $75,601,04:', tep
resenting the excess of Uncle Sam's
current Income over his current ex
penses. This would have been larger
had not Secretary Oage taken free
money out of the vaults and bought
nearly $15,000,000 of government bonds;
In other words, paid off that much na
tional debt. This is the yenr's balance
sheet;
Receipts from customs, $23S,TSfi,7U;
from Internal revenue, $305,214,411; from
miscellaneous sources. $41,M7,1."7; total,
$5S5,54S,309. Expenditures for civil and
miscellaneous purposes, $122.2S6,0S0; for
the military establishment, $144,543,012;
for the navy, JrtO.5S0.706; for Indians,
$10.R01,97;; for pensions. $133,321,030; for
Interest, $32,319,651; total, $50!,947,2(ifi.
The receipts from customs were about
$6,00o,noo lirper this year than last
year, and from Internal revenue about
$13,000,000 larger. The War department
was more expensive this year by about
$10.000,0ii0 than it was In 1900, the navy
about $1,000,000 more, and the civil and
mffeellaneous expenses about $17,000,000
more. On the other hand, tho refund
ing of the national debt has caused a
savins," of Interest already of about
$5,000,000.
The war taxes taken off July 1 are
expected to reduce the revenue $40.
000,000 a year. Yet expenses, especially
In the army and navy, will gradually
decrease and a surplus of $40,000,000 to
$50,000,000 may be expected. Within the
next seven years $379,000,000 in govern
ment bonds will mature equal to about
the amount of the current surplus.
Happy is the government whoso bal
ance sheet balances.
The man In the "conventional crash"
Is with us again.
Raising the Standard.
FOR A NUMBER of years an
agitation has grown within
the membership of tho bar
of Pennsylvania for a strict
er imposition of qualification tests
upon applicants for admission. This
seems likely soon to bear substantial
fruit.
At the recent meeting of the Penn
sylvania Bar association at 'Bedford
Springs, the committee in charge of
this matter, headed by Samuel Dick
son, chancellor of the Law association
of Philadelphia, and including such
men as Attorney General Knox, For
mer Chief Justice Samuel Ciustlne
Thompson, Former Attorney General
Hensel and Prof, George Wharton
Pepper, Lackawanna's representative
being one of the pioneers in the move
ment, John M. Harris, reported that
last May. under authority conferred a
year ago, It had memorialized the
state Supreme court to nppolnt a state
board of law examiners, and gave as
surance that the court was seriously
Impressed by the recommendations
submitted and Inclined to give a favor
able consideration to the suggestions,
provided the details could be satisfac
torily arranged, concerning which the
court would again confer with the
committee.
The memorial to the court briefly
summarized the work of the associa
tion In investigating the subject of
legal education and admission to the
bar Pennsylvania, and pointed out
that tljere cpuld.be no uniformity so
long aV a' different standard existed
in eacK pf the fifty-four Judicial dis
tricts (p the. state. In each of which
board, of exanvlnevs now existed. The
memorial urged upon the consldera
tlon oKtha court that a ct'Urnl sys
tem toTegulate admissions to the bar
had been establshed with most satis
factory results In nearly all the states,
Including "New York, Illinois, Massa
chusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio,
Virginia, the Carollnas, District of
Columbia, California, Colorado, Maine,
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Missis
sippi, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ver
mont, Rhode Island, Louisiana, Geor
gia, Fttirld.r, Nebraska, the Dakotas,
Oregon- Washington, Wisconsin, Ne
vada, Ptah, Montana, Wyoming and
AlabanKt, and that Pennsylvania was
the only 'Important state Jurisdiction
In the ountry where the county sys
tem of admissions was still continued,
The piemorlal reported ndversely
upon the admission of men to the bar
upon law school degrees, and pointed
out that that practice had long since
been abandoned In all Important Juris
dictions, that a Harvard diploma no
longer admitted to the, bar In Massa
chusetts, nor a Yale diploma In Con
necticut, nor a Columbia nor Cornell
diploma In New York, nor any diploma
In England or In Illinois, Ohio, Vlr
clal and other important states, and
that In all the Jurisdictions the can
didate was 'compelled to submit to
the regular examinations conducted hy
the board of examiners appointed by
the court of last re.ort. Continuing,
It was pointed out that there were twrt
methods whereby to secure the ap
pointment of n state hoard o' law ex
aminers, one by the direct action of
the Supreme court, the other by nn net
of legislature. The committee stated
thnt the Bar association had reached
the conclusion that it was more ad
visable for the Supreme court to ap
point a ntnte board than that the
legislature should be applied to, for
the reason that the profession Is safer
If left entirely In the hands of those
who by their character and attain
ments .have reached high Judicial of
lice. The memorial then proceeded to
outline briefly the lystem which would
result were. this sustained by the Su
preme court. It was suggested to tho
court that they should adopt a new
1 Hie, providing for a complete system
of registration and examination, the
examinations to be conducted nt least
twice yearly In at least three places
within the state, with the proviso that
If live or more candidates made appli
cation to have anv reculnr exnmlnn.
tlon held at a county seat, the board
could be empowered to conduct the
same through proctors appointed by
the local Judges; th.it these examina
tions woud be upon the same ques
tions as those submitted nt the three
central points. It was further sub
mitted that the new system would In
no way alter the status of attorneys
applying for admission from other
slates, or who had previously been -id-mltted
to the bar of a lower court In
Pennsylvania,
As to those now studying law In
order to secure uniformity, at once,
all should be permitted to appear be
fore the state board of law examiners
after the completion of their three
years of study. It was shown that the
funds to meet necessary expenses
could be readily secured by the adop
tion of the plan In force In other
states, where the. candidate Is re
quired to pay an examination fee. The
committee suggested that the fee be
fixed at twenty-five dollars, the same
amount as that established by the
legislature for appearance before the
state medical board. It was pointed
out, however, that in England condl
dates were compelled to pay four hun
dred dollars before they were per
mitted to be registered. Tho commit
tee reported against tho erection of
any such pecuniary barrier, but sub
mitted that nn examination fee could
bo reojiircd with tho utmost propriety,
provided It was proportioned to tho
expenditure of time and labor on the
part of the examiners consistent with
tho means of every ambitious young
American, sincerely determined to fol
low the calling of the law.
In connection with the memorial
tho committee submitted letters from
leaders of the profession In Pennsyl
vania heartily endorsing tho scope of
the memorial. Among these were
strong letters from both Judge Wil
lard and Major Everett Warren.
The wisdom and propriety of the
contemplated action are manifest and
need no defense.
There is a suspicion that a good many
of tho immense fortunes possessed by
actors and actresses are in Mage
money.
For the Better Teaching.
THE WIDENING out In many
directions of protest ngalnst
tho outworn and tyranlcal
methods of study for ex
aminations, instead of study for en
richment and strengthening of the
faculties and powers of the mind, Is
a most hopeful token of a better day
coming. That It has come In some
cities of our land tho readers of this
paper know. When tho written exam
ination tests disappears the cramming
system disappears also. There is time,
opportunity and invitation for the
teacher to give Individual attention
to each pupil, to the bringing of the
best and fullest results of Its school
days to each.
Every Instance of awakened Interest
for the reform that must come Is a
distinct pleasure. Tho words of another
contemporary, tho Troy, N. Y., Times,
in addition some of those wo have
quoted, or referred to, are exceedingly
welcome. It writes: "The season of
graduation makes timely the revival of
the protest against tho arbitrary ex
amination paper nt the term's end as
tho ahsoluto test of a pupil's progress.
It Is noticeable that the protest Is
stronger and moie widespread this year
than ever before. Tho examination
paper an a Procrustean bed must go.
In our own city a commendable ad
vance has been made within tho last
year by enlarging the elective oppor
tunity of the student In the assignment
of topics of study. This modifies the
absolutism of theme. But so long as
the terrors of written examination
papers remain, and are not superseded
by promotions based on day's work,
there will continue the absolutism of
method, with its premium upon power
to stuff the memory rather than to
exercise the Judgment. The prime
purpose of education is to strengthen
rather than to load the mind, so that
It may do Its own loading, and, what Is
fully as Important, its own unload
ing. Educational instrumentalities are
manifesting great progress, and will
decide ere long that cramming for ex
aminations Is not a wholesome process,
and Is too often suggestive of the
stuffing of victims that pioceded the
festivals of tribes that were devoted to
cannibalism."
Tho pupil who Is aware each morn
ing that tho day's work If earnest and
well done will "count" In promotion, as
well as In the happiness of a present,
actual gain and every child, from the
naturally brightest to the ono dullest
from whatever cause, Is capable of that
happiness that pupil will try to do
that day's work well. Those swift and
strong of mind will not he held back
walling for others to the term's or the
year's end, In how many schools
would tho opportunity bo accorded to
one like the Russian girl who this June
graduated from a Boston grammar
school, and will enter one of tho high
schools, "having taken the four years'
course In one, although when she came
from Russia a year ago she could nof
speak tho English tongue at all?"
.On the other hand, those slow to
acquire are not driven to utter dis
couragement, often Into Illness of
body or sullenness of temper,
by the cramming methods to
which the teacher Is compelled
In order to show "a good class
average." There are schools and
academies, outside of the public school
system, which never have tolerated the
nrhltrnry written examination, and
their educational results have been of
the best for mental equipment and
discipline.
The man who discovered Agulnaldo
now claims the privilege of a brief ses
sion In the center of the stngf. il is
Lieutenant J. D. Taylor, of the Twenty
fourth Infantry, and Is only a regular.
A Suggestion Well Made.
I IT SEEMS a little singular that
one of the particularly slg
nlflcant paragraphs of Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson's
address at the graduation exer
cises of the National Farm
at Doylestown last week found
no place in the majority of the
reports. Apparently the majority of
the reporter present were so absorbed
In the unique character of this Hebrew
departure for teaching the science and
practice of agriculture In unison, that
they fnllod to notlco the secretary's
strong setting forth of the Im
portance of the farmer's vocation, as
forming the very foundation, tho under
pinning, of civilized life and national
piosperlty, and of tho deplorable lack
of vision regarding this fact in quarters
whete it should, In especial manner,
be recognized.
Possibly the great middle West, and
the grain producing territory beyond,
pent at least one representative to
hear and report Mr. Wilson's speech.
For It Is to tho Chicago Record-Herald
that we are Indebted for the point
ho made as to lack of appreciation of
the basic value of the farmer's work
and the ever growing neeeslty for his
scientific training. Mr. Wilson said in
relation to this: "This beneficence la
ono of the very few In our land, or in
any land, where philanthropists give
money to educate the young farmer.
Wealthy men are giving for education
in all other Imaginable lines, for which
wo must not withhold our admiration.
But tho neeeslty for education In the
field of production has not been im
pressed upon those who give toward
tho elevation of the masses, although
manufacturers and commerce both
depend upon agriculture. Tho educat
ed men of our country " not compre
hend the value of scientific knowledge
to tho farmer, and with few exceptions
are hostile or entirely Indifferent re
garding Its acquirements."
Later, after specific mention of some
of this country's most valuable pro
ducts of the soil, Mr. Wilson remarked
that we must teach the people of our
island possessions to grow what we
cannot ralso nt home; and for this
must send them teachers, Just Mich as
are those whom the Doylestown In
stitution is training. The millionaire
and other givers may ponder these
woi ds.
A mathematician nnmed Schooling
has Just completed nn estimate which
is to the effect that 350 years hence al
the present rate of Increase the popu
lation of the earth will ho crnmped for
room. This statement would probably
cause soino nervous people to worry
hut for the hope that by that time
Yankee Invention will have provided
methods by which the surplus citizens
may fly to some other planet for relief.
There Is good sense In universal
peace talk that Is accompanied by
large purchases of smokeless powder.
The World's (3s? of
Coif?? and T?a
Washinston, July 1.
NEARLY A half billion pounds of tea were
consumed in the jear 1W0 in muntru-i
other thin the sources of produitlon. The
United Kingdom the world's (treated Im
porter of this artUle of drink, halnR imported
for consumption durins the jear ItiO in round
number 2S0,iiO,0iiO pounds of tea, aa jKJint
1 li!,5lK),(V) inipoited for consumption by RumIi,
f;i,:iO0,P0 by the United State, ".Dim.nou by
Netherlands, about r.,Jfi,OiiO by (icinuny, ami
nculy 2..VO.00H by Trance. A comparison of the
tea consumption of the past ear with that of
earlier periodi discloses the fact that tea is be.
ccmlnc mure popular as a beierace in the Unit
ed States, wheie loflec is the faorile beware.
The five European countiies, United Kingdom,
Ituvla, Netherlands, (,'rrmany and France, took
for consumption, in 1K0, 17t.ono,(V4 pounds ot
tea, and in 1900, 333,010,000 pounds, an increase
ol 40 per cent. The United States, on the other
band, has not materially increased her consump
tion of tea during that pfnod. S.i,ooo,noo pounds
heme the consumption for both the initial and
final dates of the period under consideration.
o
The lelathe popularity of lea and coffee in
lh United States and the United Kingdom may
bo seen fiom the per capita consumption of those
aitielci- In the two countries Kor the .sear ltioo
the lelalhe pet capita consumption In the United
Si.Ves wjs O.fc pounds of coffee and 1.1 poui.di
of tea; in the United Kingdom, fi pounds of tea
and .71 of a pound ol coflee. The net imports, ot
tea into the United States have remained almost
stationary since 1'10, having been 6.1,1DI,05
prunds in that year, and S.1,S0.1,1"7 pounds In
looo. and for the fiscal jear inoi will he appro.
malely W.OOO.iVkI pounds, t-fuce the general im.
ports for the ten months now available aggregatu
Sl.000,000 pounds and are now averaging mire
than 2,(Kl0.non pounds per month. Into the Unit
ed Kingdom the import of tea for consumption
have mtieaeil fiom lOI.OOl.OAl pounds In 1500 to
-'11.702.000 pounds in TsV). The net Imports of
rorTce into 'he United Stales have Increased front
4 M, h. 000 pounds in 1S00 to 7le.Rno.7;i pounds in
10OO, wlillo Into the United Kingdom 25,000,000
pounds were imported for consumption In ISOO
and 20.ooo.ooo pounds In lOOO, the giowth being
almost imperceptible.
o
The following table shuns the exports of tea
from the four principal countries of pioductlon
in UOe, nOO and lOOO:
lU3. ISOO. 1000.
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds.
China 201,200,0(10 212(17,000 151,500,000
India 137,200.000 17.1,000,000,1 SO.SOO.OOO
Ceylon uo.ooo.ono w.ooo.ooo 119,000,000
Japan 41,102,000 40,80,000 l2.0Sfl.Olij
Figures for fiscal jears ending Maicli Jl, ISM,
1900 and 1001, respectively.
The following is an exhibit of the relative con
sumption of tea and eolfee during l!i0 in the
countries nameds
Aisnunt Consumed
Tea. Coffee.
Countries. Pounla. founds,
United Klnjdom 29,;f,O00 Jo.lM.ooo
Riiseia 110,511,000 JS.iOj.OOO
United States ...,j W.S03.000 715,f01,OiY)
Netherlands 7,."-T3,000 So.fJYI.OY)
fleimany 6,700,00) 31.,5',1,0O0
France 2,393.001) 1T9,9,000
The relative consumption ef tea In the Uni'ed
Kingdom and tlCnittd states is shiV-n by lie
following table, which ccmparci the Imports for
fonsumptlen of tht United Kingdom wllh then
of the United States sitae ISOOi
Average
price per
pound ot
tea
-Imputed Into
United Kingdom. U. 8
Imports
(or consumption.
Year. Pounds.
Net Imported Into
Imports the t S.
Pounds. Cents.
M.lfll.ftttl 15 0
M,.inj,02l 17.0
CO.SlO.TIt 1.0
CM.1t.0M 1A.0
ni,50t,5A5 1S.1
M.437,000 1.1..1
n.1,.1in,3l 1.1,1
112,007,54 Ul
n7,('.97,29J 11.1
?2.M4,I M.l
M,30,1,K7 12.1
100
1M1
ISM
103
l0t
!HA
1M
1M7
J?9-t
1W
IOiiO
... I.H.000,000
... 202,451,000
... 207.121,000
... '.0J,O0,OOi1
... 211,311,000
... 52 1, 00,000
... 227.7M.OOO
... 531,400,000
... 2.iS,tl4,OiKl
... 2l2,Ml,n00
... 210,702,1100
An Interesting feature of the development ef
the te trade Is the inereailng porportlon which
Indli and Ceylon supply of the Imports Into the
United States. The exports ef tea from India to
the United Slates Increased from 5W.P00 pounds In
IMS to 1,414,000 pounds in 199; and those from
Ceylon Increased from 181,000 pounds in 1$05 to
2,0fl),A00 pounds in 190. From advices recently
received by the treasury bureau of statistics, It
is probable that the total exports of tea from
India and Ceylon for the full year 1601 and sub.
sequent ears will decreist, ss planters in thoe
countries manifest a disposition to limit produc
tion in order to stimulate prlcei.
Joseph Albright's
Great Gift to Art
THERE IS an Indication that the
question of more than a century
ago, "Who reads nn American
book?" Is repeated today with the
variation that It applies to pictures
Instead of hooks. This Is n. sort of fad
taken up by those who worship every
thing foreign, from dressmakers to
kings. Their portraits painted by for
eign artists have to them a cachet of
distinction such ns they feel is be
stowed when they wear a Paris hat
or a London-made top coat, and a gal
lery where American artists alone are
represented Is a gallery of little Inter
est. With no thought of decrying for
eign art It would not be amiss If peo
ple whose knowledge of the subject Is
rather limited, would endeavor to ad
just their point of view so as not to
exclude nearby objects In order to
catch a glimpse of the distant. The
day Is here when to be an American
artist Is to have a claim to recognition
In nil lands, and to be looked upon
with Interest because of the mark of
originality. Many of our artists seem
more tho product of European culture
than of native merit and yet In tho
case of every one who has achieved a
great place In the world which knows
no geographical confines, there Is this
something which the early touch with
the spirit of America and heredity has
given him, which Is apart and singular.
fl
Our artists must have the foreign
culture, the atmosphere, the breadth,
yet they are none the less ours, and
it Is a pride and pleasure to every
true American to realize that for once
we have gathered under one roof the
great representative work of our land
that painters, sculptors and illustra
tors have contributed to making a true
Pan-American gallery of art for tho
education and enlightenment, he In
spiration and hope of our people. Nev
er ngaln will such an exhibition be
seen. Probably never again will It
enter Into the thought of man, for our
world on this side of the great waters
Is stepping out serenely upon tho seas
and the miracle is to be wrought once
more for the blessing of tho universe,
to the end that no more will the races
be divided, and our ways bo set apart
from the ways of all the nations. Tho
days of our Insulation are almost over,
and It will hereafter bo impossible to
bring together a distinctly American
exhibit of art such as Is now shown at
Buffalo. Thus It Is an education
which no one anxious to keep abreast
with the refined current of thought of
tho ago which Is now widening and
deepening, to such a degree, can afford
to mls3,
o
Mr. Joseph Albright, formerly of
Scranton, Is the most talked about man
In Buffalo. Said a resident of that city
the other day: "Mr. Albright Is a
source of constant uonder to our peo
ple here. He's kind of a stunner, you
know. You see, It's this way: Buffalo
Isn't a progressive city. You may be
surprised to hear that, but It's so.
Why, the Lackawanna Iron and Steel
company had the very deuce of a tlmo
making their arrangements to move
their plant here. One of the officials
told me that the utmost secrecy as to
every little detail had to be observed
or the plans would have fallen through
at the last minute. The Buffalo parties
wote so suspicious and so conservative
that It was almost Impossible to per
fect the scheme. Mr. Albright Is a new
typo of man In Buffalo. They don't
give things away here, they're trying
to get from others all the time, and
Mr. Albright's magnificent gifts to the
city are such a surprise that we can't
get over It. He Is a modest man, and
doesn't care to have the trumpets
sounded iivpp his deeds'. Buffalo Is
proud of him, however."
o
Every visitor to the Pan-American Is
certain to ask. as soon as he reaches
tho Elmwood Oate: What Is the great
marble building just Inside the grounds?
And If there Is any Scranton persons
In the vicinity their hearts are equally
certain to swell with pride as the an
swer is made: "That Is the Albright
Art Gallery " And the mental picture
of the Albright library at home Is re
called, with Its flawless and Its rare
beauty of location and design. Buffalo
Is exceedingly proud of the splendid
art gallery which Mr. Albright has pre
sented to the city. It Is built of white
marble and will be Immense in extent
when completed. That will not be, Mr.
Albright told me tho other night, for
a year at least. He does not care to
receive compliments on his generosity,
and In his quiet, diffident way seems
rather to deprecate the admiring com
ments of friends and acquaintances re
garding tho public spirit which Is so
vital a part of his nature. He Is In
tensely Interested In tho exhibition of
art In the temporary gallery at the
other side of the exposition grounds,
and Is extremely desirous that the pub
lic shall see and realize what it means
to have such a collection of American
sculpture and painting as this.
The Art Gallery Is a long, low, brick
building, beautifully located above the
lake In tho lovely park which has long
been a permanent feature of Buffalo.
In rome respects, however, the location
Is not us fortunate as might be de
sired, since It Is remote from the main
buildings, although not far from the
state and province reservation. In this
extreme weather It Is Impossible to
spend a long period continuously In an
art gallery, as the vast fckyllght sur
face renders the heat Intolerable, and
unless one can go In for a short time
only and then pass on to the lofty, cool
buildings, even the 4nost entrancing
pictures lote their charm. As It Is, I
should advlie all who die coming to
the Pan-Americn durlnr this hot
weather to plan their days so as to
visit the Art Gallery In the early morn
ing hours, before the sun becomes so
Intense, As the grounds arc open at S
a. m., this makes It possible to stay
until 10 o'clock with comfort. Once far
across on the Plaza or the Esplanade,
no one ulll want to come back In the
blazing sun to look nt pictures!, be they
ever so cool and entrancing to the
view. H. C. P.
LITERARY NOTES.
A recent augmentation of the thinking; and
wotklng force of Elbert Hubbard's Itojcrollirs
Is Michael Monshan, late of county Cork, wlio
uses tongue or pen with equal facility and both
with wit, wisdom and eloquence. Ills best knon
literary work was accomplished while he was
editor of the old Press-Knickerbocker of Albany.
It was entitled "The Fantay of the Fuyck," and
was a pungent satire in btllllant verse upon the
Inclination of the latter-day Albanians to bow
down In affected worship of scoundrelly old Dutch
patroon ancestors. It was 10 keen and fierce that
It bestirred a hornet's nest around Its author's
head, and since then he lias left satire alone and
specialised si a lecturer on Irish pottl. He will
be heard from at East Aurora.
The Tennsjlvanla German, an illustrated quar
terly magailne devoted to the history, biography,
gcrealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests
of the Pcnnsylvanla-Cicrmans, is published by
llev. P. C. Croll, at Lebanon, Pa. Subscription
rates are $1.00 a jear, In advance; single copies,
2.1 cents. The July number contains an authen
tic biographical sketch of Molly Pitcher, the
heroine of Monmouth, a famous Pennsylvania-Herman,
together with a plctuie of her gtave, etc.
Many interesting facta are brought out by this
magazine, as the first naming of Washington, "the
father of his country," by a rennsvlvanla-Ger-man;
a rennsylvsnla-Cerman capturing .led Pa
via; a monument to be erected to the discoverer
of coal a Pennsylvania fierman; etc., etc.
A unique, and interesting article on "The Per
sonality of the Mikado" is contributed to the
.Inly magailne number ot the Outlook by Dr.
William E. (irlffls. Dr firltlis i professor of
chemistry In the Imperial university, conducted
experiments in the preence of the emperor of
Japan, and met him on several occasions, so that
the account contains some personal remlnleccme
as well as Information with regard to Eastern
matters, on which Dr. (..rilri avvds writes with
authority. Photographs of the mikado, tho em
press and the croun prince and princess, together
with some hitherto unpublished llluttratlons, ac
company tin article.
Twenty-five jears ago, when "Elbow Reom"
and "Out of the Hurly-Burly" were the successes
of the day. Max Adder suddenly ceased writing.
For a quarter of a century be was pieof against
the blandishments of editors, but within a few
weeks he has completed a new series of humor,
em stories which show him at his best. These,
entitled "Tales of Old lurley," will appear in
early numbers of the Saturday Evening Post, and
are said to be wonderfully droll stories of the
quaint characters in an old-fashioned country town
before the war.
With the New York IVorld on Sun-lay was dis.
tributed a magazine section edited by C. Arthur
Pearson, th highly successful publisher of the
London Dally Expios, Pearson's Magazine, Pear,
son's Weekly and many other periodical. It
represented In a crude way Mr. Pearson's ideas
of what should nb-jvc the mob. It was freakish
and bizarre, but not nearly so freakish as the
Yankee jellow at its best.
"Mind" for July contains an interesting dis.
cussion from the pen of B. O. Flower, of Judge
Clarkson's new book, "The A n C of Scientific
Christianity." The judge's reasons for his seces
sion from the ranks of Mrs. Eddy's cult are set
forth In copious extracts.
PROSPERITY FULLY DESERVED.
From the Honecsdale Cltlien.
The Svianton Tribune celebrated Its tenth
anniversary, June 20, by issuing a handsome,
beautifully illustrated and exceedingly well
printed booklet, in honor of the ocvasion. It
contains a eiy comprehensive history of The
Tribune from its inception, as well as many
views of the best buildings and pictures of the
piomjnent residents of the city. The Tribune
fully deserves all the success it has achieved, as
it is a modern and up-to-date Journal in every
respect.
THE HIDDEN GOLD.
The unexpected charm of little things,
Like wind, from bills of honey clover, brings
A breath of melody so pure and sweet
The heart takes up the music on its strings.
When I behold a happy man a while,
Whoso random laughter stops the guesj ol guile,
I see some chubby babe of long ago
Rubbing its dimples into this his smile.
Too light a kiss to leave so sweet a breath?
Look at the rose How will it leave its wreath
Of purple pride, its perfume and its soulf
Wrapped in a wed that tiny urn of death.
Forgotten in the valley, soon or late.
That urn la spilled into the land of Fate:
'Tis the old blood on fire, as led or white
And white or red, that has meant Love, or Hate.
Would you foretell the color of the rose,
Urmindful of the changing bud that grows.
Lift up to the mother stalk, and In her fsc
There read a mother's answer lor she knows.
O, heart that will not listen to the song
Of little birds! O, eye that will not long
Pity the sweet-pea, winged, but snared in flight,
What biothers have you in the passing throng?
Another ucc for other worlds that gleam.
The silver planets and the slats that seem
Forbidden gold, if gathered to the reach
Of our desire, would melt Into a dream!
Aloysiiii Cell, in Alnslee's.
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