rX'tT rrmlZ 'iWJi.m iyiyyyy j" p TJtMj fJ.1 I.U!V! 1 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE MONDAY, AUGUST 12. 1001. - r&rir-'iir-yi Published Dally, Kstepl Fn1ir.hr The ' Trlb una Publishing Company, it Flit' Cents a Month, mvy f richard, Editor. O. F. tli'MlEC, IJuliierj Manager. New York OBImi 1 Nassau St. s. h vrixund, Sole Agent for Foreign Advertising. turned it the Postofnoe il Srtanton, Pi.. Seirnd Class Mill Matter. When spare ill permit. The Tribune l V'A lad to prlr.t short lett'ra from its Mends Mir ing en etirrent topics, hut It rule I that ! mutt he signed, fer publication, by the '""" "il name; nl the condition precedent in ' ceptance Is that all contribution shall be sufjeci n editorial revision THE FLAT RATE FOB ADVERTISING. The following table shows the price per Iwh earh Insertlen, space to be used within one jean ! Run ef I Siding en I I Papr Reading I Full DISPLAY, resltlon so' .21 11 1S 1 I-ess thin V) Inches! inn Irenes . 12CO Sinn , two 20 .22 .Ift ITS 1 17 n im For ends f.f thank". resolutions of eord"1enre end Mmlltr oentrlhutlnns In th nature of in vertlslng The lrtbune makes a flute "' ft cfn" line Hum (or flalnd Advertising furnished on rpJiratlon. PPRANTON, AI'OtVT 12. 1S01. White people In the South obl'd to the comp-iiilonshlp of the necio tit the pel!? nn elrrtlon day. but thev sem to record It as an honor to have him take part In a IvnthtiiR. Kitchener's Proclamation. The rnorhAMATin.v of Lord Kitchener, calllnp upon the Boers in arms to lay down their weapons before feptomber j;,, on pain of permanent hanlshment and a charpe upon their r'malnlnp propetty nf the cost of maintaining their families, probably mark. In a histoiic way the final stae of the war. That It will In any way hiMen final peace may be doubted. Proclamations are not often effective In such rases where Rttnpowder falls, and It Is fair to assume that the burghers who have ipmamed In the Held up to this time will not be frightened by threats on paper of penalties which are as nothing compared to the rlks that they carry In their hands every day. The proclamation seizes, however to mark very clearly the line between combatants and non-combatants., and. m hlle Lord Kitchener may not be able to enforce if terms, except so far as confiscation of property Is concerned, no one can d"ny that the present state of the eolonle juctllles the act. The main elfect Is likely to be seen In Cape Coloney and Natal, where It can hardly tall to repress te.stive spirltr among the sympathizers of the belligerents. Whit effect it wilt have. If any. on the final settlement is mat ter only for speculation. The fact that the people and pre-s at home heartily approve of the step taken by thr commander of the British forces In South Atrlca is taken as a hopeful sign that may have Influcnie In per suading the sturdy Boers to relinquish the struggle which can only bring pew disaster upon them. Historian "Bob" Kvans seems to have had no better luck than Historian Maclay. Where Real Misery Exists. ACORRKSPONPKXT of the Pittshuig Dlpatch calls at . tentlon to the peculiar course of the New Yoi k papers in devoting columns to descriptions of the sufferings of the Pittsburg steel workers, while they hap Hale or nothing to sav regarding the vi!c that eiM at home. The sti lite. promoting "yellow" Journals, the correspondent fays, feem to have completely forgot ten the emplovcs of the sweatshops In th- great metropolis. There are still in N'nv Yoik city at laM innoo gar ment workers idle, poor tellows. who, by worklne evcn das a week and fifteen and slteen houis h day In the most miserable quarters, are able to nake about the same wages ns the ch'npest laborer about the stel mills commands. In addition to those unfnr-tur.ate.- another lot has Just been thrown Idle. Fix thousand tdilrt waist, skirt and (leak n-.akeir. have left the lofts whete they woikrd and a general strike has hern Inaugutatcd. the de. mand being tor higher wage. About half of the number are gills, while the remainder are men. some of whom have families to support The girls claim that, during the dull season, which is now on. they ate not able to make mote than 32 and $3 pr week. During the bujy fearon. wlin thiv Is pler.n of ttork. thv aie able to fain Jl and jr. by the hardest kind of work The men say that now they ate making less thin 1 per diy and that they never make over JS per week, upon which many of thm ar forced to keep their fan1lli. No wonder the Kast Side tenements ire full of gaunt, half Maryed women and children. While all of the Bryan talk is going on.'-many of our Democratic friends are beginning to wonder what the sage of "Wolferts1 Roost" la thinking about. Distances In Africa. F """VEW people who dally peruse the news from South Africa ' promptly stocked with the fry calcu liave an idea of the Immense i lated to become the chief food of th distances of the countty that' future. Cnrp talsluc was a ucn'ss in jas been the scene of so much turmoil ona sense of the word and it did not and misery durlniT the paBt two or three j take long for the ugly looking mon years. An English Journal devoted to'sters to dtnelop to the weight of the engineering gives Interesting figures i most glowing fish story catch. With legalrd.ViE the railroad systems of the first experiment in the frying pan, South Aft lea that enables one to teal- however, It became evident that the Ize 'the area of the territcuy which i cm p would never be popular us food has been rendered a land of unrest by except In cases of htaivutlon, and the the prolonged struggle between the British and the liners, Jnjjhe Cape Colony, it Is stated the. open'mllease of the Cape government railways Is about 2,000 miles, with 380 miles under construction, and 350 miles of privately owned lines. In Natal there are upward of fioo miles open, and short extensions, totalling n miles, on the north and south coasts, and be-tM-een Dundee and Vryheid, under con rtruitlon. In the Transvaal Colony there are e00 miles open to trafflr aid 200 miles under construction, exclusive of tb . Veereenlsfne-Rand line. The OrAnpc silver Colony pojueoRps nhout 4W mile of open mileage, nnd nbntit 100 miles wirier ronati iictton. Mho fleslH, nlthoiiRh only a tlernrle old, al ready poko5sr nhout l.fiftO miles of open railway, unit Its three main sec tion! mirier constrifHon-thelltilu-vnyo-5C.imH,,!l, lluliiu.i.vo-S illslmry nml Huluw.'iyo-Tiill .iRBiORHle nhout fieO miles. Altocether the open mileage In South Africa amounts to upward have been set nt liberty to make the of S,!00 miles, with at least il.OM miles business of the breeders 'no lonKev under construction. The tlRUt-es nre prolnble It Is believed that the Hel eeluplvp of the projected extensions jK'an hare will prove n nuisance In- for which funds have not yet been pro- vldcd. The Philadelphia newspapers seem to have considerable dlflleulty In agree ing upon the position of ex-Governor Paulson. ! - IL. World's National Indebtedness. THR North Ametlcan Ueilew for August contains n very Interesting article by O P. Austin, chief of the 1'nlted States bureau of statistics, upon the world's national Indebtedness. He estimates the aggregate of this Indebtedness, including JI.SM.ncn.fKfi for countries not enumerated, at $.11,201, 719,274. which he says Is ptohably ten times as great as the world's national debts amounted to at the beginning of the Napoleonic wars. The following table gives the na tional Indebtedness of the countries having it debt of $500,000,000 or over: Debt Interft per pir fountrlre Debt. capita, capita. France $Vno.ftl,ll fl.Vir.l $ 0 Jl Tluwli :i,lr,s?n.ono 21 .v l 10 TnltH KJnsdom .. a.Ofln.OJti.sm 711 3 S Italy 2,V..M.1i.TNl .t II Spiln l.TJT.lt.fi.'n nl VI 4 pi utralli l.lsl.tv.-i.nnn 2ftii mil iwlrladliineiry .... I.IM.T'iI.cVpO 2". k'l 111 l'nitfd Mitr l,10;,:il.27 II :,! .11 India l.iVU.iW.TiVi 4 t.T .r. Iliincary iOI,'p,Oi1 47.73 2 22 Turkri 7.,,:.1I.10-. 21.21 111 Portugal 70,I2I,17 III -2 42 lii'tiii il!,ri,ti 21 'i 1 JO f.rrman Kmplre .... .V47,tiM,(12 n ''i .1 AiRftitin ,VK),tVI,4l4 12 i 6H llrlclum nil,l'iSM0 Tifi.1 ;il KlfiTt 400.412.721 Mhl 2 15 Bra.il and the Nethei lands follow Just under the $riOp.,000,000 mark. China with Its teeming millions has n debt of only 7J per cent, per head, with nn annual Interest charge nf enly 3 rents per capita. Our neighbor, Canada, owes $50 50 per capita and Mexico has a debt of $13.3(5 per capita. Why Mr, Austin Includes Austila and Hungary separately In addition to Austt la-Hungary In his tabl anil ex cludes the individual Oer.nan states with their total indebtedness of $2,015, p.lS.finO is a matter he does not explain. Tine, It has been largely Iniurrcd for the punliase of c oust! uctlon of tall w.iys. but the same is title of Russia's debt. Mr. Austin also falls to give any de tails of the compatatlvo wealth of the natlona owing these enormous debts, which Is mm h more to the point than their per capita liability. According to the latest estimate, of Mulhall (ISM) the wealth of the nations Included In Mr. Austin's table and the nppioxl mate ratio of their debts to It wete as follows:' Wealth hitln of Delit r'r.inic l-.,r,n,1,rrfi 12 prrcnit. I nltfd hitiRilnm ... .Vl,n,o, , mi I(uli .".2.12.1.11 l,rl i. prr i cut 111 prr c ml. 1 per irnt. '.i per 1 1 nt. 21 prr cent. 12 prr ma. 1 I pei i rut. 3 1 per c rut. fi pri cent. M t cent. Italj 15,iI,0iViO1 Spain .iW.0i"i,(Vl utralia ,".n.iinno iiMila lluncaiy .. 22,..W.('i.(ii') I nitod -tatM st,7),noo.iwi Perineal 2,iiViVVi "(irniMti I.mpire .. 4ii,2n,il,ncia Mnitma a,fMl.iKi,ii HHcium I.'iiiii,iifla M per nut. Mm biding ilrbts of uMrn and llunKarv "IniluduiK debt, of 1'iuvn, IUiarii cte. This table shows the comparative fis cal condition of the nations to their debts In its true light. It places the I'nlted States where It should be, nt the head, as having the smallest latlo of Indebtedness to wealth, with the 1'nitcd Kingdom second and Cierm.iny third. Turkey with Its comparatively mod el ate debt per capita is not mentioned in Mulhall's latest table of the wealth of nations, while Canada with Its large debt per capita has a ratio of less than fi per cent, to Its wealth. The so. called Latin nations have de- eloped the debt-Incurring habit to an extent that bewilders sober-minded financiers. The I'nlted States and the rnited Kingdom ate the only two na tions In the above list which have ever nhown a disposition to reduce their In debtedness. It Is now admitted that Prof. Santos Dumont's machine will not .seriously interfere with the automobile business this year. The Belgian Mare. KRY little while fome one attracts the attention of the country by convincing aigu- ments in the papers setting foith the merits of some new food priduct calculated to furnish subsis tence for the starving thousands at moderate cost. Only a few years ago the leading dallies and weeklies, ns well as various scientific periodicals, teemed with carefully ptepared nrll clen descriptive nf the Herman carp, a food fish that had recently been Im potted In the Interest of hungry hu manity. The carp Is a fish that Mill exist In any mud hole and farmers about the country made haste to scoop out carp ponds which weio ( carp Industry flagged lapldly. At tlila .period a carp pond is almost unknown In this section. At the ptcsent time promoters of food for the millions nre heralding the virtues of nnother number for the poor man's menu known ns thp Bel gian hare. Hundieri about the coun try have gone Into the business of raising Belgian hares and fortunes have been made by those who sell the animals for breeding purposes at live dollars a pair. Except In few Instances the merits of haie flesh as a food have not been tested save In certain brands of canned chicken, which arc anythlnB hut n delight to the epicure. It Is to he hoped that the nnlninl may accomplish nil that Is pieilleted In the way of xupplyltiK hnlcnnme food at moderate cost for those who are un aide to d.illy enjoy the choice cuts ftom the Hlnlletl ov, hut many have mliBlvliiKs upon the subject. When a sufficient supply of the ltttle animals stead of a bleslnR. Complaint nlrearty Is heard In California of the rioliiKs of the specimens at larfre In that Hate which tht eaten to get beyond the eon- ttol of the fruit and vegetable raisers, and Wore many seasons It Is feared that the Helplan hare, like the Oetmnn carp, will go on iccord as an expensive humbug. Another chetlshed Institution hns been dashed to earth by a "soulless corporation." The Lehigh Valley Rail road company has Issued an order which prohibits conversation in Penn sylvania Dutch among Its employes while on duty. The explanation offeted Is that a conductor recently gave a lommar.d In that language which nearly resulted In a serious accident, because the brakeman addresesd did not understand. The new order will doubtless cause bitterness at Kaston, Allentown and Bethlehem and other stations in that neighborhood, where the ability to speak good English Is often sufliclent cause for social ostra cism. The announcement that ice Is two cents a pound In Alaska may have been made for the purpose of persuad ing Immigrants that the Klondike re gion is not such a cool country after all. It has been hinted that the voice of the aflidavlt circulation editor of Mr. Bryan's Commoner docs not hae the ring of contldencc that It did at the start. Lynching? and burnings at the stake are not tolerated In Chicago, but the occasional chase alter a Dowle elder affords amusement for the crowd. The Isthmus of Panama is not a very large strip of land, but there seems to be a patriot to every .square y.ud. It begins to look as though the Boers Mould stay In South Africa after Lord Kitchener has been banished. Converting Wast? Staff Info Wealth From the S'rw York un PIlOnMII.V the great similiter rnuf fur nlh the mot familiar lllumtion nf the mndern thrift In the utilization nf whit w.i formerly innlerrd uane. It wa enlv a few je.iM asn lhal the abattoir a iiunlly built upon the Innk nf a i-lrcim, and all refuse run u.ihfd Into the stream In course of timj ncchhir ueie IntnnidTate enouch lo protei acalnt the praelice. sanitary bre.i imaded In luimerible bnnnet. and a howl ef pretext uent up agaimt the ahaimlra. Il va neip.ary to di pofe of the rtfue In ome fashion, (,'heinl-ta were tilled In. Method for drjln? the refuse and exlraitlns all tl.e grcao were deirlopcd. The crc.i-,0 went to the inanufutuirr of Map. The rrldue w.i cnniritcd Into fertilizer Mlrr jrllv hid been nude from the ho.ifa the hoefa and bnins were uer for buttons, knife handler, ele The health of the neighborhood jnd the ini oniu of the 5l.iuchter turn went up. o -The dorlopmrn! of the tremendous aniline eolo- iirhMn n altogether dua to chemical ex perlninit ulth wnte pinduot. In the dry dis tillation of coal or wooil for ei, the s:a p,w lliroimh a fuocelon of w.-i.-liei ie, which take out its impurities Thee Impurities, Including animonn, iibolie acil, iicrtk ami and arlous mtrocen compounds, were formrily wite, but ale no'v separated and uert In fact, nearli all of the aielir a. id in the inirkef Is sreured from the drc ibstillalion of woorl l'le per cent, of the eoal ueil in pes manufacture Is rod tar, and bv experiment chemists found tint this roal to. alwciH rrrarded ns w.icte lesldue. contained uhtances uelul In th makin? of cles I'ully in ner cent of the weithl of rod tar is aail- able for tins purpose, and upon the biMs of this disroceri the enoniniw coil tar unlutry has crown Vew plants ue been put into many of Ihe eoke rrcions to colleet the eoal tar librr ated In eoke manufacture, and II will not he lens before the open coke oin will he i thins of the pat Mh"ie coal tir Is burned In an open own no eoil tar ean be eollected and larse prortiis are htrratli ihiewn awaj, but bv bnrninK the coil in rlo-ci retorts all the coil tar un be reeoirrecl and imi. o This rolor industry, which ehemtft call the ereatest of the modern ehemlcal industries, his e.ille.l for other chemical deielopments. It de mands hree n.uintities of sulphurie aeid, of odi, etc , and c hcmit haie sharpened their wits upon the problfm of obtaining these pro ilmti. at a minimum epne. I'ntil rei.wly the cieater put of the sulphuric add ued .n this i mint n was imported from ?ielh Vow, ihroush chemieal proeecs, the sulphur con tained In sold, fiber and zlne is liberated and burned to sulphur dioxide, from which almoit all of cur rulphurle acid Is nude, o In connection with all of eur nilninu deielop. went. cheinUtn his plaved in Important pirt. Ores ean be mined with prntlt today that would hue been practlcillv worthless a few rars na-o In the old milliner da onlv hlch trrarie ore wis profitable, and only l certain peieentace of the cold contained in the o,v was freed The tailmss thrown iside held a eennderable miantitj f gold, but could not l,e wcrked bv the ordinary processes, so weic piled mountain hUli and di. regirded until chemists ellseocered that the cold was soluble in potassium cvanlde, and that by Wrfthlnc In a ery weak solution nf pota'si n ejanide. the tallinir told could be profitably sepaiated from the iefii;e. 'Hie mme process baa led to the worklne if low craele oies, running SI or ," to the ton, wllch cculd not be profit. abb worked b the irdlui ..- Mining processes. The slber contained in leal hat also been fired and utilized It was fiuud by chemists that when the melted lead n nt ed with line the siber lormed an alloy with the nine and United to the surface. When this pus was tiken from the lead and heated In a if tort, the zinc, being tnlalilr, was fiecd and left a deposit o rUh In siber tint it was cj.il; purified. . - -The rppliiatlnns of clieiiilstrv to mining pro. eessea uie legion, but it Is In other branches of Indurtiy that practical rlirinl.try Is now ni.il.lng it stildrs. The Manduct Oil company is a lurdy exponent of tht merit of lndui.tii.il ihciubtry and has expert ihciiiUts ron.tJtitly einplo,iel. for that nutter, so have all the gicit gas plinls, coke pljtiti, meir icfliierles, rials li f,iit"ik". etc 'Ihe oilglti.il waste of the) oil luisne-s was "iiornious; now it is next to iiothlnc. Of couise, the primary aim is the pinclm ing of kcuxeue, but nude oil contain! on the one side, oils lighter than kerojene, such as gasolene, njpllu, and, on the othrr side, pro ducts iiiii! h heaxirr t lot) krrocene, such as par afflne. At on- time all of these by-product wero wa.te, now crr one of them it utilized. My ftrt di(lllitlon, the liuhter oils are freed atil collected Then Hi keiosene It elUtllled, leailng a b product that ii worked over Into hard paraffin nd soft paiatiin or xasellne hraxy oil left nfler the collecting of the paraffin U used for luhilcatmz and fuel oil, much o( It being made into car and axle grease. After all these processes a solid mil? of carbon Is left in th retorts, and this l used to a considerahl extent In making cirhon sticks for electric light. When one consider that until few jean ago eury one nf thee piodu.ts sue kerosene wa abolute waste, one can realize to tonic extent the plate clumtstry l tsklnc In the industrial w orld, -o The dairy business Is one of the Industries with whltli the chemist Is busting himself, and tho results so far haie been most satisfactory, al though! a much broader Held for Ihe use of casein I prophesied. The lar,e creameries, haw Ing turned out their iieam and butler, weic confronicl by yreat quantities nl skim milk for whb li there was appaientb no use. Skim nilllc wv a drug en the market, and in many eases w.it chained of! Into neighboring streams. The chemist stepped In and changed all that, l"lie milk is ruidled with alkali and a dried product piodureil which Is soluble In water, fills casein has been used for piper siring, luilso. mining, etc., and suicrsslut experiments) haie ben made with It In Ihe minufaitiue of artificial foods. Moistened with watrr to a gelatinous con sistency, put under a hidraulle press and then washed In add. It loinn a bard and Indissoluble suk.tanee, of which buttons and similar articles are made Chemists say thit the casein powder, whbh Is like a tine tasteless fliiir, may be sub stituted for milk In cooking, and hai a great future In this revpert, o Chemistry applied to the suffir Industry l' been Innluabie, and, particularly In connection with the bset sutjar inanulartiire, has recently effected n wonderful r.ititi? The waste In the making of beet mcar vas at first enormom, be cause the iiiola'ses vis. aK'elute waste It eon tains products fr-i.-n the beet roots which Rite It a very bitter t.ist-, and Is nleo rich In an alkali which spoils ti flaier So, although more than one-half of the welglii of the molasses waa eugir. It was unaiatlable sixe for fermrntatlon and alcohol, K.xpsriment prexed that dry llni, mixed with the n.nlasf.s, combined with the sugar, formed a product Insoluble in water, Washing the molasses would then separate this product from all the other elements. The lline. and sugar product being healeel with carhonlr aeid, the lime crmblned with the carbon, form ing an Indissoluble pinduof, and leaving Ihe sugar free to be easily separated, fly this pro rev todix Ml per cent of the sugar is lecoirred from beet rrn', ses and Here Is practically no molasses In th beet sugar factories In the man ufacture of cane sugar the molase is about as laluable as the amount of sugar contained in it xvould be, so theie is no use for tne process adopted In beet siinr making! hut there la less weight of sugar In m - moliss's ila.ii there was formerly. This fict, a.id th fact that the mo lasses Is now mide In xjcuum pans and can not be burned or thiek-ied as it was In the old-fashioned open pans, a co,tns for the fact that there Is no moie hli-k tiolatses and nn more ginger- bread such as u-Hier vied to make. The glucose manufacturers haie cilled in chem ists, and found a new source of profit. The corn griln has, n addition to Its starch product, a tiny germ In which lies Its life principle This germ was formerly crushed with the starch, sep. arated and thrown aside as waste Very lately It his been shown thit this germ Is rich in oil which ean he utilised. The germ Is now seranted from the starch and crushed The oil gathered finds a ready market, and within the last fb xears millions of dollars' worth of this ell hii been exported to r.urope, where all com product are in greit demand Af'-r 'he oil is tiken from the germ the gluten left In th cake Is ued for xarnMi, and the residue Is nied for ra'tle food The corn stalk also Is ground ami inel for cattle food, but tht the pith of the stalk Is extracted and useel for the lining of xr.els, tie theorj being that If a flme miiirs In the frame work of the lessel the pith lining, becoming wet, with swell and lo some extent close the Assure. o The cottonseed oil industry has eliminated its waste almost entliely, although twenty .xears ago exery rait of the cottonseed sae the oil waa waste product. In the cottonseed oil factory now the sred is collected alter coming through the cotton gin, and Is Hist stripped of its lint, which is used in the manufacture of certain kinds of paper, felts, ete Next the shell of the seed l removed and either ground for cattle food or used for fuel In the latter case the ashes a're collected for potash. The kernel of the sred is ground and proved to extract th oil. and the residue is vsed for cattle food. The oil In process of refininc give off a waste which onte's into snap-making and the making of oleomar garine. o nlvcerine, used In such great quantities at present, was for jcars a waste product. MI waste from fattj oils contains compounds of an acid xclth glicerlne. The aeid will oomhine with an alkali, leasing the gljcerine In a watery solution, from which It Is collected by evapora tion and distillation, Immense quantities of thil reclaimed waste product are used in the making of explosives. o M'hcn steel Is melted in a Bessemer converter the phosphorus, xvhlrh used to he a nuisance. Is separated finm the steel by th introduction of lime, with which the phosphorus combines readil.v. This phosphorus is then used as a fer tilizer. Tl.e slag (rem Iron furnaces is converted into cement. 'Ihe tin is taken from old tin cans bv chemle'al process and Is used over and over again. Vven the acids ued for chemical purposes are not allowed to outllvo their usefulness with the accomplishment of theii- puipose The Standard (111 oompanv formerly wastrel grejt quantities of sulphuric acid iftcr It had been used 1o ie move the Impurities from the oil. The acid was dnlned off Into the river Now It is med in a feiilllrer pirtinilarlv adipted to soil where pbos pbate rock mul be dissolved. Then again In certain grcil gilnnizlne woiks the iron wis cleaned xvith sulphuric aeid. which xxas then run into the neiiest river. This method of dis posing of the waste was forbidden. Chemist wer consulted The solution wis made stronger so that it conld be clarified and used repeatedly. Finally, when it could no longer he used for uaOiing. It was evaporated, and the sulphate of iron rxtraeted from It. This byproduct proved so x iluablc that It is now the chief product of the works From the waste product of the wine industiv rliemisM now ohtiin a crude cream of tartar, which, refined to a high degree, constitutes the acid principle of the be.t forms of baking powder. KNOWLEDGE IN BRIEF. Pntlsb lite boats Fayo, en an axerage, syi lixe-i .i j ear. i:xprri.s trains in Du-su do not run oxer JJ milcis an Iioit gallon of water weighs 10 pounda, a gallon of inert tirv t,:ti7 pounds. 'Ihe population of the I'nlted Kingdom passed that of Kimce for the flrM time in 1" Nearly 3,ono farmers xiilhln .10 miles of Chi cago, luxe had their homes aupplicd xrith tele phone. Oier 7,OjVI men deserted fiom the French aim lat .xear. flreat Orililn'f record lor de tcrtlon Is under .fOi) in one xear. In hize. not countlnc colour, the European poweis tand In Mils order Kimii, Austria, Or miny, France, Tnited Kingdom, Italy. rh file largest titles of llngland, exclusne of l.ondon, uo as follows: l.lxerpool, f.M.047. Manchester, All.'Xei; niiniingliam. 5J.U5', Leeds O'.iM: Sheffield, KVI.TIT It Is claimed that the two Palotn and Min nesota alone xilll hanest llils .xear between liynoo.ttin and iin.nno.mv) bushels of w-heat, as asalnst lnn.ono.oio 1at car. The axciane dlstame traieled by British loco motive engine drl.rm la from .10,000 to .Vl.cw) miles eier.i .x.ar. There are about twenty thou sand drlxers In the I'nltid Kingdom. Hum drops are made by letlln? fall fiom a inrchaniial deuce large drops of an already pre pared s.xrup; the drops aie primttlrd to fall upon tarih, where they dry without loalng their peculiar foim. I'ntalocs luxe ceased to be the principal root crop ef Ireland, if they are to be compared whb turnips by weight or jirl.l - last ear. for example, only about I,5IJ,ono Ions, against !, (.MM tons of turnips. More Ucbcrgs are met with in Mimmrr than in winter. An Ittbeiir is the c.i end of i ql.uler or froien riser. The plat ter Is bclnc lontinuilb nilicd Into the sea from the welsht abme, and finilly great miter are dctacjied. The PaiUlan dilnki in .1 ear ISO gallon! of ultolml, a.O gallons of brer, l.1 gallons of ildrr mid 119 gallons of wine. This giww a pint nf ilall.i nxerjge of 0 0.1S7 pint of nliohol, 0 0ri7 pint oi bcci. ooiit pint of ndcr and 0.91 pint of x.lne. 'ihe sugar une of China la eald by botanlsls to be uu cnilrely ill.tlnct .pcilei from that of Indh, and 1hl fait l supposed lo Indicate that the tlexelnpinrnt of sugar cine was carried on Independently by two different nations at the same time. .1 1'lcrpont Moigan has one ef the most elab orate collection of brer teltu In Amerlia. Dur ing his trip abroad he punhasrd two more that formed belonged to a collet tlon owned by Prince nbmartV.. The price paid for them would bm beer enough to fill all the steins in America a couple ol times. Another sin nf the "American conmiest" has been noted by (he London papers. A fruit, rrer in the xvest end of the Lngllih metropolis is marking his goods in I'nlted States coinage straw berries, for instance, at V cents a basket, A melancholy London publication suggest! that the fruiterer la only perhaps foreshadowing the Inevitable. " are haxing a new coinage," it aajs. "We might as well accept the situa. lion-call our r-overelgns live-dollar pieces, our shillings 'quarters,' our slxpeniet 'uimes and our h.lf.pennlej 'cents.' " DOO DAYS. Written for The Tribune These Is the day t the hull atmosphere' Ilrawed down and bound up tight. An' even the blithe musketeer' loo clog-ooned lazy l bite. Pass when fetter' el' straw hat Hangs down, so ter speak, in disgrace; An' the feller hlsselfa disgusted An' elck o' the hull blamed race. Pays when the water-wlllsr' shads Is cheertuller 'n cabbage leases, An' y'd 'enjoy a heap more mture' bathing costume Than full dress, with a fin fer a breeze. i I r'memher one time, a long while go, When t win a bit of a kid, Tliet somethln' bad gone 11 tipsettln' nd wrong, At somebody 'd xxent an' did. An' mv dad he wuz workln' dovn there by th mill, My! How he did whack them lofs! An' he raid a few went 'et I didn't quite ketch, 'Ilout "ever'thln' gone ter the riogi. An' Tie heard th same sijin' ence I ben grotved ur. 'Rout thing topsv-turx-y n' wrong. An' I'xe 'bout concluded wherever thev ba Thi here weather'd eught er be 'leng. Fer sure as jer livin' no civilized pup Would claim 'em fer a six pence er song, An' these measly daja mint belong ter them dog Where ever thin' crooked he gone. Sia Butter "Always Busy." UlwaysBnsyEienls First Our Fall styles of Celebrated Korrect Shoes at $4.00. They are displayed In our men's window. They are for the smart dresser who wants to be Just a little ahead of the other fellow. Pecond The placing on sale of every man's Rus set Shoe In our store, low and high cut, 3 and $4 grades. They are dis played In our men's win dow. You can get a pair of them; perhaps the best shoe you ever wore, for J!. Lewis & Reilly, Wholesale and Retail. 11-11S Wyoming Ave OF SCRANTON. Capital $200,000. Surplus $525,033. 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. W.m. H. Peck, Cashier. Refrigerators, Oil Stoves, Screen Doors, Gas Stoves, Window Screens, Hammocks. 325-327 Penn Avenue, A Second-Class City with a First-Class Stock of Gut Glass, Sterling Silverware Clocks, Etc. Suitable for Wedding Gifts. Mercereaii & Connell, 132 Wyoming Avenue. Binghamton Private Training School tor nervous, Cackeard and Deaf Mute Chil dren. Manual Training, Fhjsical Culture, Needle ork, Music, Kindergarten, Articula tion, Open )eir round. Circular. Prices modeitte. E. A. DOOLITTLE, i2 Fairview Aienue. w ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST 15. After August 15 no more new contestants will be received in r The Trihiine's I v. . EDUCATIONAL CONTEST ) The Tribune's Educational Contest has been open thirteen weeks and still has three weeks to run. There is plenty of time even yet for new contestants as is demonstrated by the fact that last year two of the winners were only in three and lour weeks respectively. The eight special rewards are offered to the young 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 four year scholarships, valued at $1,000 each, for the work of a few weeks. Why shouldn't one of therri be you ? The Special Rewards8. Scholarship in Lafayette College $1,000 Scholarship in Swarthmore College 1,000 Scholarship in Stroudsburg Normal School 675 Three Scholarships in Scranton Business College, $60 Each 180 Two Scholarships in Scranton Conserva tory of riusic, $75 Each 150 $3,005 Each contestant failing to secure one of these special rewards will be given ten (io) percent, of all the money he or she turns in. X. B The first two scholarships do net include meals, but the contestants securing these will be gix-en ten (10) per cent, of all the money be or she turns in to Tu Tribune, to assist in paying this expense. There are three weeks yet ot the contest and it is not too late for any energetic young man or woman to enter. Some of last year's winners were only in three or four weeks. Send a postal to The Tribune for full particulars, including handsomely illustrated booklet. Address, Edtor Educational Contest, Tribune. Scranton, Pa P. J. HONAN, Merchant Tailor. 319 Lackawanna Avenue. SCRANTON'S BUSINESS HOUSES THESE ENTERPRISING DEALERS CAN SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS OF EVERY CHARACTER PROMPTLY AND SATISFACTORILY. L. SOMMAR. Bulldlnc Contractor Employs union men. estimates cheerfully Eien. Remodeling and repairing a specialty. 32Q WASHINGTON Ave. HAVE YOUR WATCH FIXED RIGHT We ARE SATISFIED WITH A SMALL PROFIT. BERNHARD, jeweler. 215 LACKAWANV AVKNUK EDWIN S. WILLIAMS. CONTRACTOR, BUILDER ROOM SB COAL EXCHANGE, SCRANTON. PA. Gold Medal Photographer i- FOR SALE niT.GlKS and WAG ONS ef all kinds, also Houses and Iluildlng Lot at barcaiiui HOHSKS. CLIPPED and GROOSIF.n at v., Chlldren'a Artist. farrell's Transfer JIoe freight. Furni ture and BJCCace, filet, Fianos and Ma chinery 217 Lackawanna Ave M. T. Keller's Lackawanna Carrligi Works. J. B. WOOLSEY & CO CONTRA OrOPS AND BUILDERS. Dealers In Plate Glass and lumber OF ALL KINDS. LACKAWANNA UNDERWEAR STORE Will sell all their samples of fine Imported Msdras Shirts for men at fiOc. ; worth $1 to li M WALTER E. DAVIS. 214, SIB. 2IB PAULI BLOQ, Attorney-at-Law, Scranton, Pa. MRS. SARA ALLYN. MANICURE. CHIROPODIST AND SCALP TREATMENT IA1 Ml Mears tluildlni. Parlors open Monday, Thursday and Saturday eenlngi. E. JOSEPH KUETTEL. rear 11 Lackawanna aienue, manufacturer of Wire Screens of all kinds, fully prepared for the spring season, We make all kinds ot porch screens, etc PETER STIPP. General Contiactor. Builder and Dealer in Hulldirg Stone, Cementing of cellars a spe cialty, Telephone 2502. Office, 27 Washington (venue. 1 Allis-Chalmers Co Successors to Mnchlnn nuslnrsa ofl Dickson Manufacturing Co., Scranton and Wllkcs-Barre, Pa. Stationary Knjrlnes, Boilers, Mining Machinery, Pumps. HOTEL TERRACE. Parlor Hotel, Accommodations unsurpassed. Special SUM.MF.lt P.ATF.S to permanent guests. Oet them Table Doard. W II. WHYTK Hanlevs Bakery, 420 SPRUCE ST. Successor to HUNTINGTON Wo make a specialty of flno bread stuffs. Orders for Salads, 0)sttrs, Croquettes, etc., promptly filled. A full line of Lee Cream and Ices. W. A. HARVEY, Electric Wirlnsr and Flstures. Electric PII snd Telephone Work. 309 Commonwealth Buildinq CHRONIC DIsKASCb A SPF.CIALTV. DR. S, GERTRUDE EVAANS OSTEOPATH. 121 and 121 Washington aienue, Scranton Pa Ofl-.ie hours f 30 to 12 m . 1 30 to S 30 p. m Only praeiuinj lady osteopath in Northeast ern Prnnsjhanii FRED H. WINTER. BZA CAROUSE AVENUE, Staple Crocerlea and Provisions, A full line of Vegetables, etc , received dally THE SCRANTON VlTRlPinn Ftniiu AND TILE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Jtaners ol Paving liiUk, etc M II Dale, Gereral Sates Agent, Olflce 320 Washington i-.e Worka at Nay Aug, Pa . I. i IV V a It Kinqsbury & Scranton. Manufacturers" Airnta MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES. District Agents for John A I'oebllng's Sons Co ' Wire Rope and Electrical Wire. Gutta Ptrcha and Rubber Mfr, Co.'a llelting, Paiklng, lloie and Mechanical Rubber Goods, Know Hon Puking Carter's Oil Clothing Room 310 Tauli Tilde. seouRirr duiloino jt savings union, Home offlce, 208-200 Mears Rulldlng, transacta a general building and loan business tluoughout the state of Pennsilianla. JAMES J. MURRAY, Successor to the Hunt A- Cornell Co , In tin snd sheet metal woik and tentiUtion Carton turnaces, if pairs anl general tin work a specialty Nn 432 l.ukaaanna avenue WILSON d COMPANY, Fashionable Tailors (Hotel Jermn Building) 322 Spruco street, Scranton, Pa Suits pressed, 35 cents, ranta pressed, 10 rents. Clothing re paired, called for snd delivered New Phone. 211 ASK YOUR QROCER FOR KIRKPATRICK'S PURE SPICES AND FRESH ROASTED COFFEES.
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