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THE SCRAXTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1901'.
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I.1VY P RICIIAnn, Editor.
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SPRANTON". JT'I.Y 3n. 1001,
Onvpriifir Stone mlserl a cte.U
rhfinre to 5llfr.ee Insurgent clamor
when he failed 10 name on the new
capltnl rommlfslon John Wana
maker, Tom Wannmnkcr. K. K Van
Valkenberp, K. A Ouray., Jr., nnri the
editor of tho Wllkei-Eatrft Kecoid.
The Water Question.
IN HIS letter tn the tecorder,
merint, however, for council",
wltll hawing the unaccepted
charKf- to the city of $1,000 a
month for water supplied, and Inviting
a new conference to agiee upon other
term?, Fi evident Scranton, of the Gas
and Water company, has again clven
evidence of his murage. Many men In
a slmllir position would fear to aroue
antagonism In the municipal law-making
branch at a time when a new
measuie of public utility taxation Is
pending and when, furthermore, there
li talk of the city Joining In a suit to
test whether It has the power to mod
ify existing water late?.
But Mr. Scranton does not know
what for means and eeems to enjoy
"stirring up the animals " The state
ment tn his letter that the proposer!
charge of JU.onci a year was at the
time It was made "more In accord
ance with existing facts," than
one It superseded, Is correct.
Since the date of the old contract, the
city's use of water had Increased
enormously and the ratio of Increase
was steady. Individuals whose con
sumption of water Increases have to
pay an Increasing price and it Is no
more than fair that the city should
do likewise. As tn the matter of the
license tax, Its Imposition is clearly
within tho discretion of councils and
It is equally within the Gas and
Water company's dlsctetlon to chooce
by what means a tax of that nature,
if imposed, should be paid; In both
instances, of course, subject to the
final action of the couits It appealed
to
What interests us most in Mr.
Rcranton's characteristic letter is his
iissri-tlon tint the city's water hill it
for three months unpaid. When an
individual consumer lets his bill 0
over for that length of time It Is, wc
believe, the water company's cutom
to shut off his supply Why should
the delinquent city receive more grace
than the delinquent citizen? Why
Fhould not the city set an example in
prompt payment of its debts?
Thes-e are points even mote Import
ant for councils tn consider than Is
the amount of the rlty's water bill, an
amount not unieasonable in compari
son with other charges.
The steel strike Is prictically ended,
but of coin s.e the committees and
minufactuierr must be given a little
Imw to talk it oer.
Settling the Strike.
---rIorcm there is much con
I Je'ctuie as to the basis upon
JL which efforts have been
made with much promls-e of
sueess to adjust the big steel strike,
nothing is Known authoiltathely. The
Kites which appeals to hue the most
substantial hacking affirms that the
following five propositions are accept
able to the company:
F.rst The milts recognised i nonunion on
.1 dv 1 IM bo crntinu-d as such, n,e, powhh-,
uhere the Amilgamited association has affect, rl
n strong . isinlsition
second Th Xmilgamitcd ifeoclntion uill ro.
cede from It dcirand tint the steel lomrany
Ficn tho 'ile fo- all nulla
Third The seel oompam will pay the fcale in
nil tnl'l", union or non union
Fourth Ml mills fchall be open tn all mn
with or without union onl The awooijtlon
f hall not attrmpt tn forte men into the union
or tn oblicr the Heel cimpiny to employ onl
union men
FifthiiTre teel mmpanv will permit the or
tinintUii cf men whei thev minift .1 d"iro
to tnin.fhe ArruUamitocl or other .i-soelation.
Thlspresents a fair basis of settle
ment and one that should be durable.
It rerfjgnlzes the right of employes to
organize when they desire and puts In
writing what has already becomi the
practice of the Steel trust, namely,
payment of the same wages allkp to
union and non union employes. But
It doeq not transfer control of the
mills from the hands of the owners to
the hands of President Shaffer and the
executive board of the Amalgamated
association and It does not debar the
worklneman who does not choose to
belong"to" a labor union from his con
Btltutlrmal right to seek work where
nnd wcn he will, in freedom from
molestation by that union,
These terms are substantially the
terms agreed to by the employe! s dur
ing the, conference which preceded the
strlke.jHad they been accepted then,
the mSfnbers of the Amalgamated as
sociation would have been $000,000 bet
ter off In wages lost by tlw strike,
and the business Interests of the coun
try would have been several million
dollars better off, It seems to us that
If It Is a vicious condition of affairs
that puts It In the power of a few capi
talists to corner the production and
rale of an article of general use it Is
an equally vicious condition that en
ables men like President Shaffer, by
nod of-thelr-heads, to bring about such
I lapr lReading
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rtlsaatroui losses for- flimsy and un
substantial reasons.
The time Is coming, In our Judg
ment, whn civilized society will loto
the patience with which It now chargeH
these frequent Intel ruptlons of peace
ful Industry to Inevitable vicissitude,
while calmly pocketing Its losses, and
will Insist thnt they be refeircd to
courts of arbitration. Individuals
who fall out are not permitted to bet
ter each other to pieces In the en
deavor to ndjust their dirfeiences,
much less Inflict damace upon third
persons. Why should groups of Indi
viduals organized as corporat'ons or
labor unions have unrestricted privi
lege to Injure each other and tho pub
lic as well?
No one can faltly complain of the
peisonnel of the Schley court of In
quiry nor of the pcope of Its Intended
Investigation. The findings of such a
tribunal must command woild-wlric ie
speet. Partisans mnv not cease fiom
damming, but history will approve.
LyncliiiiR5 and Panics.
THAT resort to mob law Irri
tates Instead of tranquilizer
society Is well established
and conspicuous proof of
the fact is supplied In New Orleans
correspondence of the New York Sun.
Recently In northern Louisiana .lohn
Gray Foster, a prominent white citi
zen, was mutdered by a negto, known
as "Prince" Kdwards. Inquiry de
veloped that Kdwards belonged to a
fanatical sect of negroes who made
a practice of praying for the death of
their enemies, although with the ex
ception of IM wards' act no violence
had been traced to any of Its members.
Thereupon one Prophet Smith, the
leader of this sect, together with Its
treasurer, were lynched by white citi
zens who felt the need of, stern meas
ures applied promptly. Kdwaids es
caped. These things happened near Shreevc
port. Shortly afterward a negro
was lynched at Glrard nnd when later
a negro preacher appealed) on the
scene the whites suspected he was or
ganizing a grand conspiracy of blacks
for the purpose of attacking the whites
and there was another lynching. The
consequence was that such negioes as
could get away moved away, there was
a scarcity of manual labor on the
plantations and thousands of dollars
of loss have been sustained, affecting
two large parishes, or counties, to use
the northern word.
This race panic, though limited In
area, is described as Intense and cooler
headed citizens have all they can do to
keep It within bounds. If Instead of
tesortlng upon nearly every provoca
tion to mob law courts were respected
and sustained such panics would be
tare If not unknown. The sowing of
violence means Inevitably a ctop In
glnd Before tho South can fulfill Its
obvious high destiny It must stamp
nut this disorderly spirit.
Porto Rico's prosperity Is demon
strated by the large catgos of cigars
sent to the New Yoik market. Where
there Is so much smoke theie must be
some lite.
China and Reform.
ONE WOULD like to believe
that the Chinese govern
ment. In naming Prince
Thing, I.i Hung Chang and
Kung Kang a board of refotm to select
new measures and Ideas for the bet
terment of their unhappy country, Is
sincere. To a degree it may be. At
all events,- the reform board has re
ceived orders that. If faithfully exe
cuted, will keep It busy.
It Is to select subordinates for their
"ability, integrity and sjpotlesiinrs,
without legaid to tank or precedent":
"rectify abuses with firmness nnd
moderation": "examjne carefully all
suggestions and mcmoilals ilr re
form": "follow the good things of the
old country and adopt the good of
other countries"; "remove useless ex
penditures"; "begin promptly the te
fnrm of abuses"; and, finally, ns the
culminating injunction, "forget Eelf
for the public " The board Is at least
nominally entrusted with plenary
power, the emperor pledging that
whatever It shall approve the thtone
"w ill command as a code of laws."
As with many persons supposed to
be far higher In the scale, the precepts
of the Chinese have always been bet
ter than their practice. Douhtless his
tory will repeat in this Instance. Yet
the fact that eminent Chinamen like
Minister Wu have lately formulated
and forwarded to their home govern
ment suggestions and plans for putting
Chinese administrative affalis upon
an Improved basis serves to Indicate
that the leaven of progress Is at work.
May It work japldly and to good pur
pose. Whenever the foreign representatives
appoint a new date for leaving Pekln,
the average yellow native may ber ex
cused for Indulclng In an equine smile.
The Servant Gir! Problem.
NOW THAT the servant girls
of Chicago have adopted
union rules, demanding $20
to $28 a month for work end
ing with dishwashing after supper, w Ith
two hours off each afternoon, two
whole evenings a week, privileges of
club life, entertainment of guests and
attendance at Monday bargain sales,
with all complaints to he directed to
the business agents of tho union and
not mentioned In tho presence of tho
girls themselves, It Is to be hoped that
the home managers of Chicago will not
have to repeat the experlenco narrated
by a Connecticut woman In a recent
Issue of the Sun:
"I needed a rook at our homo In the country
not low; in," he Mid. "and thinking I might
rk batter In New York than in my own neighbor.
iij.nl, I ent to iit the intelligence citflcea.
Selecting one applicant who teemed tn be rath
er more Intellluent than her companions I took
her to one aide tn talk with her.
"'What wagea rlo ou tupect,' 1 Mid, 'to jo
into the country?'
" 'I couldn't co for less than $13 a month,
mi'm,' he rrjBnded, with an air of one who
was puttln wr senlcea down to the loweit
point of wlue,
"It was considerably more than I had e
pected to pay, but I wa willing to gle that
much II I could get what 1 wanted.
" 'You ran do all klndi of cooklngt' I said,
with aome doubt tn my mind as to my rights to
aak her,
" 'Oh jei, m'm.'
" 'po you know how tn make Rood sonpa?'
" 'Oh, no, mi'm,' she answered promptly.
'New Yotli Itdles always buy their soupj in cans
at the stores.'
" 'But f don't like rannM roups,' I protected
1 want them made at home.'
"'Well, rr.a'm, I'm sorry, but the New York
lidles buv theirs, srd 1 hMe had no causa to
nuiki' them, mi t dnVt know ho v.'
"Thit was dlaipirtMlint-nt number two, but,
knowing that ffttip waa not all there waa to bo
ooked, I tnntight I might la the soup If h
could do other eooklni, so I wint to the net
riuettlon.
" 'Can ou mike hreid'' I Injured,
" 'Indeed, ro, mi'm,' she replied, almost
shocked, I thought. 'New Voik ladles nlwaja
buv their bread. The biker tomes with It etety
morning '
" 'Hut I prefer heme made bread,' I protested
again
" 'Yes, mi'm,' she admitted; "hut New York
ladles buy theirs, and 1 hae learned to coik In
New York.'
" 'You can make putry and fake!' 1 inqultfd
lielplely.
" 'No, ma'm,' she Hid, not at all (.lushed
"Vew York lidies buy their plci nnd eake Von
fee, mi'm, they em R'et frfm tli bake shops
Jut what they wmt and wh-n they wont It,
nnd they tieier aked me to tnak them '
"The matter was becoming desperate, and I
thought I would try something that t did not
think 'e Yoik ladles hniglit
" '('in oti mike salads' I nsked
" 'It isn't my plare, mi'm, nld the lady.
'The dining room girl nhaa does the salads'
"Hy this time I wa thoroughly protoked, ind
thinking of the y l was expected to piy eiery
month for sr-jices rendered I cams lery neir
losing my temper.
" 'Well,' I said, t suppose you could boll
water, couldn't ou, if somebody fixed the Arc
and rut the kettle on?'
"Then her face flushed, and she told me she
hadn't rome the-e. to be Insulted."
Wo d,oubt that there nre any ser
vants like this In Scranton; In fact,
we are certain there nre none.
American enterpilse for evil, ns well
as good, seems to be slowly pushing
that of Europe to the wall. It Is said
that "financiers" will soon establish a
powerful rival to the Monte Carlo
gambling hell on the island of Magar-then.
About the only thing lacking for a
flrst-clnts revolution In the vicinity of
Panama appears to be a press bureau.
The effort to make ex-Governor Pat
tlson the Mad Mullah of Pennsylvania
politics seems likely to end In failure.
There is good teaton to believe that
George Kennan sot what he deserved
In Russia.
Scenes in the Land
of Riissia's Czar
THE FOU.OWTNC. interetinc letter from Dr.
II B Clearwater, who is tMieling In Rus
sia, to his pirents, Mr .ind Mis O. V.
Cleaiwjter, of tins tin, will doubtless be
enjoyed by the doctors inuij i union friends,
as well as In revlrrs of The Tribune genei.il! :
Mlhnelk), Russia, July in, 1""1
My Peiret Mother
I suppose in trjinc to tell Jim about this
suniniei s trive' I bid liette follow the eime
plan as last lear, tint Is, taking it ilav b, da,
as long at lcift .is there lie Miffklent new eents
to permit ill couise, .n wc will prolublj
sta for the tnct part In two or three places,
the summer wont be so ciov drd as last, but as
It is compinthely out ol the niiil tracks of
summer tourists nnv be more Interesting Well,
to begin, we left Kiev lat Sitiirrliy at 11 40 p
m The next di.'s rld wis through n,ulte the
piettiest country that I hue jet Men in Rui
sii. The country was rolling and for the most
pirt rultiitcd. with here and there small tracts
rt woodland an I a few illliges nestling in tht
little illes It is Just the time of the grain
htnest. and the jellnw fields of ripened grain,
Irter-pcrS'd with the greon of rther crops, nre
hid out in long ribbons reichlng manj times
iw fir as the cje mild learh lrng In the af
ternoon the lountrj h-came more and more flit
We were entering into the stepprs of Southern
Russia, and is the sun bon setting there began
a series ol mnit beautiful piituie, not of form,
but of coloring Th fkv was mignlficent with
gieat miss of clouds, white, grey and purple,
and ns the evening advumed thej were tingel
with all the larlous cuicrs of sunset, rose, jel
low, etc.
I et me describe one rcene The sun just
ahoe the hori'fln, 1 (.den ti a lirge (nolsi
purple cloud, diz'lhc iie. jillrw around Its
com', upon 1 luck-toim- l 1 pl.t S'eeilsh til n",
while ahne bink upon bmk of clouds reflecting
here and theie the brighter colors beneath. Th
fields at the edge, a brllllint jellow, a streak
lntenifled In the riirl: gienili blue, further
toward the foreground The foieground its, If of
xnio'U badr of lellow (rom cadium to a light
brilliant Mldon 1'ather his probabli- fen the
fame -i i'e western prairies, bat it a . j
flirt sight of the kind
During th morning It was the time; in fact,
the whole tn t iln, Rieit field of ilpened grain
et(nding on bolli sld.s of the trick to the,
horlon, mingled here an I there with greenish
brown tracts of iincultbjleil lands. We reached
Rosto on the Don about 11 a. m and (lure ran
Into ,1 (iirlous sight. Th depot phtfi rm wis
uowileil en much tn it wis almost impossible
to j.t tbro'uh-wlth griu;s of miiv,clmen
Mnliimmedins, some with the whlt head dnvs
01 the VMiammerian IHlevers, others with little
mund hkull cips, and Mill others with p;vat
coiilc.il hats of sheepskin; all "cre dreeed in
the flowing role' cf the Hast of various kin Id.
Hire ine with .1 heaij rb l ski-i and tlnre of
white linen, all, howeer, showln,- signs of hird
11-ige We .,ie n lit.le pi.l,d ni to who and
what th- weie, but .ifter .1 little lnqmn dls
r,ofid tint thev were M'himmcriin pilgrims
on the mill I., me from Urcx and that thej had
been alreadj sl months on the iournev Thy
wcie of all sorts and ages, frTi th" old white
he ided man tn bojs of 15 or Id loirs For the
mot part, however, they were of middle .ine. I
onb ms two women, and the were very dia
reputible as regirda clothes, their feature! belitjf,
of coume, le'led.
When the word was i.i,n them tn board tha
train it wis ery amulim. Knh had one or two
rreit bundles, besides tei ard witer utensils,
and as three or four atteinnted to boird at tho
same time there was considerable difflcultj-, llk
a flock of sheep, oil trvlng to get through a gip
in .1 fence at the same tune After a llttla
while, howeicr, with the help of the train iren
and a go id many ejieulat'ons which seemed to
me like swearing hut being pilgrims, of course,
wasn't thev all got settled, cionded together
more like cittle than human beings. A llttla
later we discovered we were going on tne same
train, which waa a matter of considerable satlv
faction to me, as I honed it would be intetct
ing, as Irdred It vas.
At every station, n.d t.iere was ona evirv
twenty minutes or i half hour, fifteen or twenty
and many times more got off to perform their
oblutloni or to praj. At every Matlon the cen
ter of a mob trjlng to get water in every sort
of utrns'l fiom an ordinary tea. pot to raatern
Jars of varlrus si apes
Their manner of performing their oblutloni I
can describe to nn a little more fully than
the borks give it First they undid their nether
garment, which was a very easy mailer, being
loose and only held at the waist by a long firing
wound around the bodj-. Then thej squatted on
the fTMjrcl, ilriwing tluir lung upper garment
iround them Pouring a little water Into their
hind they first washed their bodies, then their
hinds and onus tn the elbows, then their face,
and last of all their mouth and nose. At every
stop could bo seen a dven or two going through
this piocess, alwajs In the nine routine, Then
their pinv!r Of iour jou have mien lead of
their tnarner of provcr, a 1 have. Mill it is
interctlng to see for the first time. FIrM
spreading their over garment on the ground an!
lemovlng their outer sllppei or shoes, they
stind with bowed heads nnd clasped hands for &
moment or t"n, then kneeling they bow tlielr
head two or three times tn the ground RUing
again, the sime evolution it lh last, there Is a
curious movement thit I can't understand the
significance of Standing upright, they plaes
the thumbs under the lobes of eich car, with
the hand extended out and pre up once or
twice.
There was one point in their washing that I
forgot, and that is the last after the mouth.
They remove the overshoes, or slippers, what
ever it may be, and wet the sdcU ol tl u at
each foot. At ens station along tho toad Art
poor devil got left, and the station men prevent
ed him from Jnmrlng on the moving train. As
soon as he was loose he started on mn after
th tnln, and the Isat glint before we passei
around a curve out of sight, ho waa still run
nlng ftr us Think ef the position of that
pier devil. Lift In a foreign country, not be
ing able to speak, probibly no monej-. ticket,
clothes cverj thing left em the tnln. 1 wonder
how he will get along and whether he will
reach his natlie land 1 supase he will, but
think of hla hardships unless, perhips, the rail.
roKl rompiny takis pity on hla condition.
One more night's travel and we reached the
rtsllon of ".Mlmralkv Leodl," or, translated,
mineral water. Here we changed cats for a
little branch road, which runs through Peterof.
sky and terminates it Klvlbodskv. We leached
here about 11 a. m, Tuesdiy mernlng, nuking It
about two davs and three' (light--11.(0 p. m.
Sittirdiy tn 11 .1 m 'f.ieMliv, We have rooma
at 1 hotel now, hut expect to lu settled by the
end of the week and Vno- whit we are going
to do, Will wtlte again about the middle of
revt week. fl:tt.
Big GroiMb of Oar
Trade jUifb Japan
Special Ccriespondcneo of The Tribune.
Washington, July 2.
TI1K RKMARK VI1I.K gro-sth In the expirts of
the I'nltcd States to Jarm and the rank
which she now holds In supplying th im
ports of that prosperous and rnp'illy de
v eloping reiintrj" are shown bj" some figures Just
compiled by the treasury biireiu of statistics.
The Japanese statistical tcport, entitled "Antnul
Return of the Foreign Trtde of the Kmplrc ol
.lapan" hat, Just been received by the treasuty
bureau of statistics, and presents the details of
the imports and exports of .tapin In fhe calen
dir jear I'mKI It shows that the Imports from
the fnlted Stales hive grown from fi.tjOu.OOO ven
In li.1 to over iiO.friO.nno jen in l'fn, and that
the Tnited States, whiih Mood sixth in rank in
the list of countries from which .lapan drew her
Imports In I'll, Is now second In the list, be
ing only extended by Great Britain.
ci
ln 11S the Imports into Japan from Oreat
Pritaln were valued at ST.fWflJS jen; those
from China, 17,iyiJ,D71 jen; from British India,
S,6Tl,e:i ven; from Hong Kong, S,M,071 jen;
from firrmanv-, 7,319,133 jen; and from the
Tnited Mates, fl.fW.CW jen In I'VIO the list
stood From the T'nlted Kingdom. Tl.rVW.SlO
jen, from the I'nltcd States, H2.Tf!l,lffl jen;
Chlm. 2Vn,7in un: Ortnanj-. 21,101,(M-, ven;
Drltlsh Indli. 21.S1S.-IV0 jen; Hong Kong, 10,.
fi.V,VV jen; France, ,015,1') jen, and Belgium,
l.ftJ'MM jen In 1W, the United States sup
plied 7 per cent, fiermany 0 per cent, and the
1'nited Kingdom 32 per cent of the total im
ports into Japan; in I'iOi, the United States sup
plied 21 per cent, Germany 10 per cent and the
United Kingdom 2V per cent. Ooing still further
back, it mav be slid thit in lifl the United
States supplied el per cmt, and the United
kingdom S2 per cent, of Japin'a imports; while
as above Indicited, the United States now sup
plies 21 per cent, and the United Kingdom 23
rer cent
0
The enormous increie in our exports to ,lt
pan since I'll is distributed among a luge
number of articles The Japanese figures show
thit impirts of sole leather from the United
States hive lnci'e! from lll.W jen In I'M
tn 712,6o2 jen in lino; leather, otlur than sole,
from 11,011 yen In 113 to 1V,8"3 jen; Iron
pipes from 2fi.HI Jen to 1 ,210,(120 Jen, puafflno
wax from 07,f31 jen to 4I0.W j-en; timber from
10.717 jen to Sfi.iU') sen; electric light tniehln
ery from fin,2VI jen to 479,21V jen. In a hrge
number of cases the import list of 1A1 males
no mention of certain articles Imported from the
Unled Stites v hich in 1 100 show large impor
tations The fact, however, that the list of
tnumeriteel aitlcles has been extended since the
adiption of Jipan's new tinff suggests tint a
geneial comparison of lapan's purchases from
the United States in !'. compared with 1M,
can better b made from the export figures of
the United Mates. Th-se show the value of the
principal exports from the United States to Ja
pan in the ft.scil j ears 1D3 and UiOO, as follows:
Aitlcles 1811 lioo
Cotton, manufactured $ 6S.421 $12,712,010
Refined mineral oil 1,724,072 0,410,033
Iron and steel manufactures,
except machinery f'.VU 4,3is,1M
Machinery 104.1V4 l,nm,224
Wheat flour 111,015 1..VV4.739
Sole leather 117,071 412,109
Fariffine and pariffine wix, 77,24 224 401
Clocks and watches 111,094 201.M0
Prov Isions meat and dairy
products ,. O'.OiO 1M
V ood, and manufactures of fH,2iiS 132,270
Chemicals, drugs, etc 20.V14 111.71
T-diKcoi manufactures 2J2,i"62 107,2'i2
Cotton cloth 0,n4 3I.V2S
Sugar, refined 7,171 2,900
Total domestic men hart
dise $3,150,711 $20,012,516
The follow ine table shows the totil imports
of Japan, and the imports from the United
States and the United Kingdom, respect ivelj-, at
quin-qucnnlal periods, r-ince l'sl:
Imports Imports
from from
Total United United
Imports. Mates Kingdom
Yeirs Ven Yen Ven
ISsi .11, 121,12V 1.7M.108 lfi,Sfl4,740
1J5-, 20.3.V0.,'17 2.751,320 12,!Vt,rtl0
1R10 W1.M4.S71 fi.Onn.l'iO 2,619,lf2
115 127.2iVI.C4i 0,27fl,SfV) 45.172.110
WiO 2s7,261,flV 62,761,158 71,633,219
THE LITTLE ENCYCLOPEDIA.
Rritifh public expenses are running nearly
j2.OfYi.oni1 per week bevo,id last jear.
There are 2S,S1I Juvenile societies in the Brit
ish Isles, with a membership of 2,Vjfi,ono
Only 70,000 British reside on the continent,
while 2on,rV) continentals live in Ingland
The Bible used at Queen Victoria's corona
tion was sold by aurtlen recently for 40 guineas
In walking a mile a nun ues l7' foot tons cl
encrgj-. An ordinary dij's work consumes 300
tons.
In England builders strike more often thin
anj other workmen Vest come colliers, and
then cotton and wool ep!nner.
There arc 2' pounds rf blood In the bodv of
sn average grown-up persn, and at each pulsa
tlon the heart moves 10 pounds.
The British ailmli ilty hive ju-t ordered fllty
four sets of wireless telegiaphj gear, to be
nude according to their own specifications and
sj-stem.
Die theitre of Tolls Castle, where Handel and
Mozart both began their careers, Is to be con
verted Into a chipel on the orders of Pilree
Nicolas Ksterhaiij-.
On the Mississippi, between St Louis and
Minneapolis, 00 sawmills are in operation, and
171 steam craft of various kinds navigate this
stretch of the river.
The herbarium of the N'atiinl History Museum
In Vienna now has over 1 million dried plants
mounted on sheets of piper It took a cent-try
to make this collection, which takes up five
rooms.
Women In the Philippines, at least In the
Ishnd of Luzon, are shovln3 wonderful skill is
lipldiries aid gem setters. Their tarte and
woikmanshlp are far in advance of the powm
cf men.
An old dining table at which Prince ( hirlie
dined when he marched into F.ngland was ex
posed at a sale of household furniture at Mu.fat,
Dumfriesshire, recently, and was knocked dowr
at 50 shillings.
Two thousand of th 30,000 bo ks on the
French Revolution, which hive been prejentet"
to the llihllotheo,ue Yulenale by the Brltltn
Museum, will be kept there. The remsininr
23,000 will be aent to the nibllotheo,ue Sevignc
Parts of Auilrilla are hemming lively rival
to Canada and the United States in the Kuio
pean apple trade Tasmania, esueclallj, ha,
been found a first class apple rals'ng countrv
There are ',171 aires in apple orchards there
and the product In 1K"0 was .",03,01 V bushels
In Illinois the foieign white persons and the
native white pciwina of foreign paientage repre
sent a little over one-hilf of Ilia entire popula
tlon; 40 per cent In Idaho; 1? to 20 per tent. In
Delaware, Distrlit of Columbia and Hawaii
over 8 In Flottdis md less than 2 In f.eorgU
German singe n have discovered that th'
delicate membiance which ccvers the content
of an egg will answer as well as bits of (km
from, a human leing to start the healing of
ope; wound which would not otherwise heal
The discovery nil ulieady been aucccsifully
tested
There are over fifty persons in Chicago who
pottetj more than the usual allotmtnt of firgerr
o, their hands or toe, n their feet, according
tiVie.'iiror Frederick ttarr. of the Unlvereltv
of Ch'iago, and these individuals are to be the
special subject of investigation by the we.l
known professor of anthropology,
A new method for producing anesthesia was
diwu4 at a recent meeting of the Medical
Society of Berlin. Br. Wohlgemuth his eon
strutted an apparatus by which patients Inhale
chloroform mixed with oxvaen. 11 has been
tried by many prominent surgeons, with results
that are reported as satisfactory, the. Hsgreo
abls senaatlona being obviated.
The roar ef a Hon can be heard farther thin
the. sound of any ether living creature. Next
cornea the ery of a hjena, and then the hovt e"f
the owl, after thess the panther and the Jackal.
The donkey can be heard fitly times farther than
the horse and the cat tn tlmea farther than the
dog, Strange as It may seem, the cry of a
hare can be heard farther than that of either
the cit or the dog.
An annual nightingale competitive eoncett Is
held in various cities of Japan. This curious
exhibition takes place eveiy year In April. Th
main feature of the quaint 'rcreatlon la to
bring together some tame nightingales of melo
illoiis voice, aecordlnj to the accepted standiM
of the connolsseu's, and to let each of them
(Ing in turn. By this tinging th-grads cf the
songster Is determined
At the United States mints eVv.MS.70rt hronxe
cents were coined list jear -a lirgr number
than was produced during any previous twelve
menth. The mintage of these coins, however,
his been very large, lnded, In other jears, rang
ing from 35,000,000 in I'M to 41.000,000 in !
Few are presented for redemption, and an answer
to the question, What becomes of the cents?
would be as difficult as that to the Inquiry aa
to the ultimate tite of pins
An Instrument called the gradometer has ben
designed to enable the occupants ol any vehicle
to determine at a glance every Inequality of the
ground over which they are traveling, The new
instrument may be attaohd to the side of the
seit of any vehicle or to 'he top tube of a bl
crple, and the grade the sehlcle Is ascending er
descending can be een In an irttant, The In
strument consists of 1 nickel plated rasing con
taining a curved gliss lube ntk-ii with spirits,
leaving a small buuble, which acts the same as
a spirit level.
Noah's aik Is generally supposed to he the
earliest ship of which we have record, but the'e
exists paintings of Fgvptlan vessels Immensely
older than the date, 2510 n. C , usually assigned
to the ark, being, indeed, probably between sv
enty and eighty centuries old. Moreover, there
arc now In existence, In Egvpt, boats which
were built about the period the ark was ocn
Mmcted These are, however, small rralt, about
.12 feet long, 7 feet or S wide, and 2s feet tn .1
feet deep. They were discovered six jears ago
by the eminent French Fgv ptologlst, M. J. de
Morgan, in brick vaults near Cairo.
WISDOM OF THE OWL.
He alwajs Ihlnks the parrot talks too much.
The nightingale Is overprone to song.
He doesn't like canary birds and such,
And the mavis' morning melody Is wrong.
Of praise this grouchy bird
Will never (peak a word.
Nor any meed of kindness will he ever institute;
He's a (ombre, sulky fowl.
Is our silent friend, the owl,
And his mi'sion In this universe is Just to hoot
his hoot.
The mn may coix an anthem from the lark.
The giddy thrush may bubble forth in Joj-,
But the owl prefers his broodings in the dark,
And such untimely rhapsodies annoy.
His head he hides away
In the wholesome light of day;
But his solitary musings bear a bitter sort of
fruit.
For he blinks his jellow ejes
And he looks amaring wise.
Then eepiratcs his features Just to hoot a bilious
hoot.
The fire fly does business with his lamp.
The moon thrusts sliver fingers through the
trees.
But bis Owlship only knows the grass Is damp
And that the tout ensemble doesn't please.
As he tiffins off a rat
He warns hla pal, the bat,
"This ice cream (oda weather isn't quite the
th'ng to suit.
There's too much fun about
I must stamp the nonsense out."
And he limbers up bis larjnx for a pessimistic
hoot.
The whiproor-will may grieve o'er Willie
whipped.
The cricket shrill his troubles to the moon,
The katvdid may tell where Katie slipped,
The frog play hla lugubrious bassoon.
The Thomas cat maj- jowl,
But he cannot heat the owl.
Who feels that human happiness Is a question
mre!v moot;
For he ruffles up his chest
.nd with ironv oppressed
He welcomes all our jojance with a caticlj-smal
hoot. Detroit Journal.
Our Outing
Sale of Shoes
With price we are as
thankful to give as you
are to receive.
soo pair Youths' Leather
Bicycle Shoes, tan
and black 75C
500 pairs Men's Tan, high
and low cut, usually
$3.50. This sale.... JJ.5U
200 pairs Ladies' Black Vici
Kid Button Shoes warranted
to be worth $1.50.
This sale 75C
Lewis & Reilly
1I4-1IO WYOMING) AVBNUS.
Give the
Children
a Treat
That they will
enjoy all summer.
A Lawn Swing
At $5.00.
Llko the ono shown nbovo will
bIvo them no end of amusement.
They nre strong and durable,
and aro made to last more than
one season.
Hill & Connell
iai N. Washington Ave.
r
fcMKlCS UAttfc AUliUM 15-
After August 15 no
will be
The Tribune's
educational contest
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The Tribune's Educational Contest has been open eleven
weeks and still has five weeks to run. There is plenty of time
even yet for new contestants as is demonstrated by the fact that
'ast year two of the winners were only in three and lour weeks
respectively.
The eight special rewards are offered to the younij men or
women who secure the largest number of points in the contest.
They are required to canvass for subscribers to The Tribune and
are credited with one point for every month's subscription se
cured, a year's subscription counting twelve points.
Two of the winners will secure lour year scholarships, valued
at $1,000 each, for the work of a few weeks. Why shouldn't
one of them be you ?
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Scholarship in Lafayette College $1,000
Scholarship in Swarthmore Colleges, 1,000
Scholarship in Stroudsburg Normal School 675
ft 1 WW svVWIIUIUI a31tli7 111
College, $60 Each
Two Scholarships in Scranton Conserva
tory of riusic, $75 Each 150
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will be given ten (10) percent, of all the money he or she turns in.
X. n The first two scholarships rlo net lntlirl meals, but the contestants sccurlnj
these will be given tin (10J per cent. o ail the money lie or she turns in to The
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OF SCRANTON.
Capital $200,000. Surplus $525,03).
United States Depositary.
Special attention given
to
BUSINESS, PERSONAL and SAV
INGS accounts, whether large
or small.
Open Saturday evenings
from 8 to 9 o'clock.
Wm. Connell, President
Henry Belin, Jr., Vice Pres.
Wm. H. Pha;, Cashier.
Refrigerators,
Oil Stoves,
Screen Doors,
Gas Stoves,
Window Screens,
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325-321 Penn Avenue,
is
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City with a
First-Class Stock of
Gut Glass,
Sterling Silverware
Clocks, Etc.
Suitable for
Wedding Gifts.
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.
more new contestants
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There is no finer line shown
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Lace and Embroidery trim
med Skirts, Night Gowns,
Drawers and Corset Covers
all at very tempting prices;
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319 Lackawanna Avenue.
Allls-Chalmers Co
Successors to Mnchlno Business ot
Dickson Manufacturing Co., Scranton
and WllkcB-narre, Pa.
Stationary nnptnes, Hollers, fining
Machinery, Pumps.
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lor nervous, nick ard and DmI Mute Chil
drrn. Martini Training, Phyilcal Cultures,
Nfcdlework, Music, Kindncarten, Artlcul.
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