r fit ' f TPIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, l.wr. PuMlshfd Dilty, Fffpt fiundy, hy Tbf Trib. ont PubllhinK Company, tt Fllty Cents Month. tra.-r mvv p. mnunn. Editor. O. F. IIYXnCE, Bntlutu Manager. rr New York Offlcei IM Nuau St. S 8 VREFI.Sn. Mt Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entered tt the l'otofflc at Poranton, l' . " free end Clat Mail Matter. When spare will permit, The Tribune Is alwayi lad to rrlrt hr,rt tetter (torn Its friends bear, ing en rurrent topics, hut lla rule la that tnrs nt le signed, (or publication, hy the writer a real nam, and the condition precedent l " ceptanre I, that all contributions ahall be aubject o editorial revision. THE FLAT RVTB FOR AnVF.RTIMSO. The lollowlnir table ahown the prle per Inch each Inwrtlen, rparo to he uod within one year! nun of Siding en I Full DIrL.Y. Papr Reading r-osltlen f e thaVMrt Inrheaf .25 T " .275 . Ort Inchea .20 .22 .! 12 " K, .i;i 11 ."mv ." I n, .,; l'l fM j ,s ,A, 1? For rjfl of think", reanlutlnnt of condolence and rlrnlhr contrlbmlorn In the nitiire of ad 'rtlIr.(r The Tribune maKea a charge "I f'n, a line. Ratea for Cl.ifl.l Advertising furnUhtil on arpllcallcn S-rRANTO.V, AffM'ST I". I'M. "An nrcnnlziton that would parjalyrp the hiilr.pi of the country, anrl throw thotinnd of uneklllort lthorlnK men out of cmrljmrnt bfraupr- it Is not permitted to rlonilnntc one of the Kreat eft Industrie In the country it too .el llfth to deserve th pupport of general labor" Thli ls the substance of n let ter from a Vnndeprlft steel worker printer! In a l'lttshurt: paper, anil It undoubtedly rflect the opinion of a lnrse proportion of the workliiKmen of the i"nltd State Talk of formidable Mrlkes because of smpathy with the Amalgamated association strike Is basel-ss conJecture.Tliere Is little rea son to fear them Tomorrow's Stnte Convention. WHILE THH Insurgents are busy vv Ith projects of fusion and dreams of cnnilnR aRKratirllzement In Klft from a complaisant Demociacy, the repulir nepubllranl'm of this stal wart Republican commonwealth Is on the ev of a convention that, while not likely to prove eNcltlnp, will by con trast certainly jioc picturesque. One week apo the Democracy con vened In the ame pine and the best that It could do in way of fot mutating n platform was to Ignore utteily thoe prp.it questions upon whkh, In other years, it has tried despejately to di vide and confuse the public JudKm'n', and resort to the time-worn practice of calling at tlio oppoltlon harsh ramps. Though it had to admit tint it could kIvp no bond for the good be havior of Its own oicupants of public trust, and was so ashamed of Its last national programme that It refinined from even hinting at Jt, It had th characteristic effrontery to offer ltelf as a substitute for the party that In all the ears of Its administration of state affairs has never stolen a dollar, betraed a trust nor failed In th char acter of Its government to keep pace with the enlightenment of Its con stituents and the advance of the com monwealth In wealth, enteiptlse and virtue Tomorrow's convention of Republi can hosts, whatever else It may do, will do no dodging. It rejespnts nn atlnmatlve patty, a patty that does not have to apologize by either con fession or .xvo.danie. It Is willing to nrcpt full responsibility for Its own acts and all that tt wants of the people Is an unbiased hearing. It may not deal much in falsetto rhetoric, but It cin point to an administration of state nffalis that makes favorable compari son with tint of any other American commonwealth and to n mtlnnnl plat form, recoid and lender which It is ,heartlly willing to exhibit and extol. An anxious writer In the Open Court has icvived the question, "What shall we do with our tx-piesidcnt3?" Thus far the ex-preslrVnts of the 1'nlted Ftates appear to have been well able to take care of themselves. The Situation in New York. IT IS RKronTEO that tienator Piatt, Governor Odell and State Chairman Dunn, the leaders of York state Republicanism, after numerous conferences, have concluded that If Tammany Is not to elect a sue-ces-sor to Mayor Van Wyck, of Greater Xew York, the opposition to Tarn nwny rule must unite In support of a Democratic anti-Tammany condldate. "Wo must temember," says Senator Piatt, "that New York la a Demo cratic city, and an Independent Demo crat stands a much better chance of drawing a majority vote than a Re publican does." Another thing to remember In this connection. Is that a majority of the s.otlnc ct,!zens of Xevv York are good naturkd and easy-going, little Inclined to talifie an exalted view of moral ques tions ;and not easily led to place much faith in the strenuous type of munici pal reformer. A candidate, to win their support, must he, first of all, a "good fellow." This does not mean that fie must be n. profligate, ltbertinn or boodler, hut that he must be a man of the world, broad, and charitable In his views anil willing: to compromise on half a lotf or less when the whole loaf of munici pal Improvement Is beyond his reach. It K extremely doubtful If New York want.ijtn be reformed In the sense that the word Is generally used. There Is very little New Kngland conscience In her average cltlvnshlp. Her predomi nant yea Is how to put In a dollar and get ovrj two dollars. So long as that remalffs true and It haft been the. rule for ajijood many years and there aie few evidences of a change the surest way to win for an anti-Tammany can didate a majority vote at the. polls Is not to expatiate upon the abstract vlclousness of police blackmail on vice but to show how dishonesty In one phasejof government means probable dishonesty In all its phasiw and to trace home to the individual taxpayer In dolliirs aril cents what it means to him to have a cut-throat regime in ofllce. - It Is no new thing to the New Yorker to be told that the police wax fat through Imposts upon vice. It Is equally futile to try to make him be lieve that if Tammany Is ousted, vice will cease to be. Ho does not object very much to vice so long as his own business Is let alone. He would much prefer lce to exist in a way calcu lated to attract money-spending strangers to the city than to have It scattcrd about by dispersive raids, so ns neither to lure Into town the mil lions tiow disbursed In its pursuit nor to protect from contamination or em barrassment those who want to keep away from It. Hut show him that the ousting of Tammany means reasonable probabil ity of honest government nnd fair play, show him that It will mean an end ti the necessity of gteaslng Itchy palms In ord'T to obtain the adminis trative attentions that nil taxpayers are entitled to without favoritism or disci Imlnatlon; make clear to him that the dollar can be put In under an nntl Tammany administration even more safely than nt present, and two dnl lars or two dollars and ten cents taken out, and the problem Is solved Moralizing will never dethrone Cro ker. You will have to touch the pocket nerve. The rivll Service commission also Intlmatf.s that It would not object to an lm.Tcatvt of salary. A Word of Warning. T vHJL.ADi:MMIIA oculists have I discovert d a tifvv disease JL known as the "brasy ee," which Is ald to affect motor men and conductors on the trolley cars. Ite; smptoms are an cxcesulve Mow of tears nnd a dread of light According to the oculists this Is caused by verdigris tonvejed by the hand to the e.ve, nnd Its m lentlflc name Is rhalklt.lt. The motormen nnd con ductors whose hands aic on brass rods nnd the like a good part of the time while they are on duty tub the verdi gris Into their eyes and then the trouble begins. While It huts, the motorman. It Is paid, Is not wholly ie sponMble for accident or failure to ob serve a waiting passenger, because everjthlng before his e.ves is nunc or less blurted. If treated In time the dlease Is not serious, but permanent damage Is liable to result tinlcFs the "brassy ee' receives some attention from a phslclan In the o.irly stages. This ks given ns a warning to motor men of this city as upon certain lines sjniptoms of the "brassy ee" have been apparent to waiting passengers for some time past. Notwithstanding the reports of the weather bureau no one thought that the Gulf stoim would land at Nichol son. A Timely Example. IN MANY WAYS the International Typographical union, which en rolls in Its niembeishlp most of the Intelligent pi Inters In this count! y nnd Canada, has established a character as one of the best unions of labor In existence. It.s general ofllceis arc men of prudencj. good faith and conservative spirit: us iiiles htilngently forbid htilkes save as a last despeiate resort, and Its relations with the cm plolng publlsheis of the land In the main are friendly and on a basis of mutual esteem. Most of the friction In some places prevalent has been due, not to the union, but to nbu.-e of its rules and principles. New proof of this union's good sfnKe has been given in Its action at Hlr mlngham, Ala., last week upon a pro position, Just now popular In some tabor union circles, to forbid Its mem bers to enl'st In the National Guaid or any volunteer military organization. Although supported with a wealth of misdirected vocal energy by men fond of their own verbosity, the pi Inters pioniptly and emphatically laid It on the tnble. As the Philadelphia Times well says: "The countiy may tietnble for Its fu ture when any body of its citizens shall be so bound by private rule that they are piohlblted fiom engaging In military servce, and no union or asso clation enn be allowed to develop such extensive powers over its members that their fealty to the organization shall put In question their loyalty to state or nation. What this countiy houtly needs Is true men with an appreciation of the force of all their civic obligations In war and in P'ace, and tho typo graphical union has set other unions an example which they would do well to emulate." It Is scarcely probable that the efforts In certain quarters to confine the Roosevelt boom to Kansas City will be successful. Compulsory Arbitration. RUMOR has It that an attempt will be made at Hanlsburg tomoirow to have tho Re publican state convention put on record In at least general terms nn Indorsement of Governor Stone's belief In1 the necessity for legislation In the direction' of compulsory nrbltta tlon of industrial conflicts, In his message to the last legislature the gov ernor, It will be recalled, after a rcf erence to tho anthracite mine strike, said: "Experience with this strike hat lud mo to consider the question of nibi tratlon of labor disputes. The dllllcul ty with our ptesent atbltratlon laws and those hetetofoio contemplated Is that they ate not compulsory. They are purely voluntary. While a com pulsory atbltrutlotit law would be in effective, bh wo tould not dltcctly com pel employeis nnd employes to submit their disputes to arbitration, et I am hopeful that a law could bo framed that would practically compel both parties to voluntaiily submit their dis putes to arbitrators and nbldo by the result. Potlco interference by the Ftate troops to protect life and prop erty and preserve order Is Justified by law and by necessity wherever vio lence exists and local authorities have failed. Experience Irv the past Justifies the parage of such legislation as will preserve public order In the too frequent troubles' that grow out of la bor disputes. Thero Is no way by which trouble nnd disorder can be averted so well and so speedily ns by arbitration ami settlement of tho dif ferences In dispute. A Inw that would authorize the use of stnte troops In tho protection of those who wish to vvoik nnd in the preservation of pub lic order where a Mi Ike exists If with in a given time arbitrators were not selected by the employes, nnd close tho mill, mine, fnctoiy or shop if within tho same length of lime nn eqint number of atbltrntors were not selected by the cmplnjer, ought to be unstained by tho courts n n police legislation Tor the benefit of society. While such act Is nrbltrary It Is not more so than public Interference with private lights in many other cases for the good of the public, and experience hns taught us that each of these steps mav become necrpsary where labor deputes lead to violence. The court or piesident Judge of the county would then, nt the icqucst of either party, appoint one or three careful, able men to sit with the arbitrators select ed, when, upon hearing both sides, a decision could be rendered that would be at once binding upon both parties nnd work would at once be resumed." The gov ft not 's Idea, nt that time, as outlined Informally, was that through the factory or mine Inspector the police power of tho commonwealth could be iie-eil to throw a quarantine, so to speak, about tho mill or shop where trolibln arises until such time ns the principals in combat Fhould he willing to resort to orderly adjudica tion of their differences. If the strik ers refused to arbitrate, he would use the polite force to furnish undisputed piotectlon to every man willing to go to work In their place-. If the em ployers refused to arbitrate he would use It to stop the Industry until calm er counsel prevailed. The underlying thought in his mind wn.s that the pub lic Intel est In quasi-public Industilcs demanded a larger legal snfeguaidlng In times of stilkew, lockouts nnd the like than hn jet been provided for In our legal machinery, which In Its rie velopment hns not kept pace with the extraordinary development of modern lndti'trj. Whatevt r may be the tllillcultles In the way of framing a law to lit the factf), this postulate of the governor Is everlastingly sound and Intervening circumstances have added weight to his words. One would think that leports of tho recent shocking fatalities at Carbon dale and Sioudburg would prove n wholesome warning to people who walk upon railroad bridges, but they prob ably will not. There Is nothing that moie emphatically Illustrates the reck lessness of a ceitaln class of people than tho Indifference with which they will take desperate chances by walking the ties of a railroad bridge. As a rule, '(imp excuse can be found for the most heedless victim of a grade cross ing nccldt nt, but the persons who de llberatelv walk Into a death tiap fiom which theip q no escape nnd the use of which lor pedestrian pur poses is expressly forbidden, can scarcely be Yntltled to much sym pathy. Reports Indicate that In certnln quaiteis tho summer cabbage Is be coming a fotrnfftablo rival to the toad stool In tho work of swelling the mor tuary list. The public needs to know more botany. As usual tho "authorities" making the most emphatic predictions regard ing tho crops of 1901 leslde quite a distance from the corn belt. Some Nof?s of-a Uacafion Joiimey Special Corre-pnndcnco p' The Tribune. I'rnvulrnre, I! I, Si'g 11 To nnn.v tollers with brain-, ind niu-clei the uppermost thought at tills p,rim is hnv thev mav the mot profit nbb- pcml their vacation. Often some diva before viutlon time come round the pen Is V.rpt hiw uritlnc for guide book", descriptions of summer tf.ura and tmrling rites, and one's pi-r-oml mill i o,ulte incrcjed In lepllcs to the nnnv Inquiries lining an innate love lor trivel. In re new tountry ind strange people, when v nation time cime to the write a trip was phnnul from Poranton to lloston Trivel, I Iiivp fourd, broidens nn' mind, lnpires him, nukis him m re pitrlolh, ind often more ap prichtlve rf his own home siirrotindlnjs nn! privilege One d'es rut reili-e what well-i-nnwn place s.ora"ton is until lie gets bejond It boun brief Nowhere hive ve gone that ever-one hid nm heinl of S, ranton. Its greit ovl and ttcl industriis, and the verv announce ment Hut we were from the old Kevstone Hate and the I'lectrtc city teems to gain for ua a heirtj welcome. -o I presume few- mnlonlms maKe the jour nev from orinton to New York over the On tirlo and Western nllroad This la due prhapi to the lmgth of time It tikes to make the trip. Hut If one u not in i special hurry to reach the American metropolis he will find he will reielve cvfllmt compensation for monev in vested In going to SVv York over tho Ontario and Western road We believe this affords tn trmler the most picturesque of the routes tn New ork leidlng out of Scranton. rrlvlng at f'.idoj, vihere von rhinge from the Vrinlon division to the main line, you strike 'he east branch -f the Peliwirc river, and the foot of the Patskill mountains. The scenerv all along thla portion ef the route Is mignlflrtnt. Vlong the mountain sides, en hilltops and by the side of woodlinds are mmv summei resorts, apparently Jut now quite well palronlred Liv ingstone mamr ami l.ihertv are nn thla line of iailwa, well known summer resorta In New York, and we do not wonder as we see their beaulv and breathe thrlr fresh and Invigorating air At I.ibeily la also located a lvrge sani tarium Middleman U the tirgist plire on thia roid, numbering over ll.nnn Inhabitant. t Cornwall jnu come on the West Slnre roid, and run for i considerible dlstmcc along the Hudson rivor, where von cin get . delightful view of tills most picturesque rli,r, the llhlni of Vmcrlra New York N rraelied bv ferry from Wnli.iuki ii, I Ore nn spend weeks In New York ind Its suburbi sight welng and jet lene It without seeing all tun might be seen Put till plice had been vllted many times be fore, ami as our dcMlnv and heart were t elsewhere we tarried only one night and a day In Greater New ork, tlut that brief time was not pent In idleness. Wo vUlted the gieat newipipcr buildings on l'ark Itowj ( ity Hall and Ita pirki one ef the greatest wonders of thu world, the Brookljn bridge, then we taw some of the great stores, thv lirge and beautl fill park whero so mary of fiotham' Inhabi tant i m breathe the pure air of heaven, ve green grass and tree growing, hear ths chirp, ing of hirdt in overhanging branches, and know there, is t mething clw In the world btsMes lofty building, hot -tenement home, granite, brick ind mortar One of the most Interesting places for the lover of angling to visit in New York la the Aquarium, down at the Battery, Here miny kinds of flih of imall varletlea from tho waters In this region and from tropical wa ters cm he are n Whit beautifully colored fish, ceme from the Bermuda, K one sera, the hand some pickerel, tho speckled trout, the horny bullheids and the bass, ,ow he wishes ns might be pcnnltted to cjrep in a book and line to test If they be hungry. The seal and large turtles from southern uateia atttact n gtcat deai of attention, p But we are going ti Providence, and It la lime to go aboard our brut: so c mutt lcsve .New York and all I's sight and scnes and Journey where other may he found, A we fit upon the boat Ithode Island of the Kail Itlver line, looking out upon the Hudson and aero over to .terse) Pity, watching the tug Boat pulling their burdens tip and down the river, the ferry boat cm) Ing to and fro the great thiong of humanity to trains, to homes and to business, nnd as we see merry evnirslon'rs homrwird bound, we are startled by the blowing rf our boat's whistle, we feel the vessel quiver, we tike rntt our wttch and see It Is 5 p. m , the time of our silling to Providence, and our heart bound 1th Jov to know we are leaving promptly. What a trip tills H from New York t, 1'rovldence! Out Into the Hudson we sill and down past it pier and ocean etonners lying at them, around the Ilvtliry into the Kaat river. Boon we J ass tinder the llrookl.tn bridge and then under the overhanging structure of the par tiilly completed new bridge. On we go past the Nivv s,ard, then rilackwell's Island with lla various Institutions, thtoiigh Hell fialo. where only n fe v rocks appear now, those so ntimrrou and once the peril of mariners hiving been destroyed by the genius of mm. We raw Olen Island on our left, that timoii excursion resort on the sound, and up the wiler of the Sound we rapidly steam, with the coast of Con necticut on our left and the coast of Long Island on our right. We sit on deck looking out upon the witer of the Sound, ami Inhale the salt breerc until well on Into the evening before retiring In our slate room While lvlng In our berths we arc awakened with the blow ing of the steimrr's whistle, the Jirring of tho vessel, and looking out the window vc tec we are at the pier In Providence, -o Providence I a plire of much Interest There Is the Horn in Cithotic- church, one of the finest In the countrv ; Round Top ilinrrh, a historical rlsecj the Pirst ItaptUt church, founded by noger Williams In R7), and mother, 1 believe, of nil the Biptlt clinches In America Roger Williams' pirk, reiebed by a lengthy trolley ride through tho beautiful rieldence pirt of the cltv, Is 1 delightful pUce to visit It e n tains 11 acre of lakes, spacious lawns and ex tensive forestry The state capllol building at Provldenre, tn w- ncirlnz completion, and built of while ficoigli mirhlc, occupies a conspicuous plicc on a hill This hulbllng Is supposed to ot three million dollars, but as a newspaper friend said, we hive pollnelins here as well is in Pennsvlvinh, so the ultimate cost wis left for us to Infer No cue who visit Providence will want to miss visiting Brown t'nlversit), founded In 1771 it Prnvldenc", containing twenty buildings and hiving in all its department S72 student last vear Then neir the univer sity Is the Ithode Island Historical society, con tiining mmv Interesting relic of tivgonc divs, pilntlngs of prominent people connected with the carl) hitorv of Rhode Ishnd, and most valu able documents of colonial and Revolutionary times. No one who enters this building should fall to see Hegc William' bodv, as on view in a Inndsnino case, ti in-formed into an apple tree root There it Is, a perfect representation of the splnit column of a man, branching off like leg and then turning up like feet orilv do I be lieve tint th bodv- of Rocer Williams serve! generations after he was burled and now up I ears on exhibition as the root of an apple tree. o From I'rrvidence von can go to many places of beaut), interest and time There is New port, the queen of watering places, where repre sentitlves rf fihuloiis fortunes spend their sum mers "The chirms of her nitural scenrv, superlatively beautiful landcapo, magnificent orein views, her shore of alternating rock mouses nnd ledges ind sandy beiehes, her bistor Ir rrmiin rnd memiriils, ancient Institutions and the opportunities h, nlopls everv visitor for tho enlr.vmcnt of nature under the best con ditions of excellence and bemt), have been magnified bv writers and nirrators, Rung by poet and set forth bv aitl.t of every name unci In overv decade since the beginning of her ex istence." Watch Hill la an ooan hore resort er large attraction, while Nnrragm4ett Pier, situated near tl.e western entrance to Varri Binselt Il.iv , I a famous ail fashionable retort. Drives exist about hero of great variety and attractiveness, while the prlncipil feature of atti lotion Is the superb bathing bcieh Block I-land is a hi illh resort in mid occin, situ ated directly within the entrance to Long Island Snind This ishnd Is about eight miles long and three and i Inlf wide, and Is twelve miles from the nearest land on the Long Island coat. II area .s quite Irregnhr, one of its hills rising tn an illltude of 211 feet vlong the coast line picturesque fringes have been worn bv Old Ocean, and manv fine bithlng places ar distributed along it shore The population of the island, pernianentlv residing there, is com posed princlpillv of fl-hermen, and excellent sea tVhlng I enjoved here In all varieties The ivl and a a resort is becoming mor popular each ear Then there l the short dinner and Ithod Islind climhikes, where the inner man can be umptunuslv fed But we must oontlnue our jciirne) to Boston, for our appetltlea are cry ing for its celebrated baked beans Of that city and its environments we will write later. -H. It. T. PERSONAL DRIFT. legouve, the oldest of the French immortals, is HI and Is still Industrious, probably in defer ence tn his famous M)lng: "It is often said that God condemned mm to work. This is absurd. God condemned man to live and gave him work as a mitigating circumstance." I.leut Gen sr Andrew fluke, agent general for Victoria, has recently completed hit, seventy seventh )eir He won distinction In the first Meori vvar in 1441. wn a member of the first government of Victoria, wa offered the premiership, which lie declined, and subsequent ly was governor of Singapore. Prof. Vincent C Poor, of Kansas, and Miss Marv Adeline Stevens, of lloston, have been elected member of the faculty of Montana We. le)an Unlurslt). Trot. Poor will have charga of the mll.tary instructions of the university and will teach trveial branches of science, and Mis Steven will teach oiatory and elocu tion. The king of Portugal. Carlos Ferdlnvndo Lull Mirla Victor Miguel Raphael Gonriga Xavler Francisco de Asals Jose Mmao, is a great hunter, and spends all the time he can spire In chas ing the hoar He I devoted tn active exercise of all kinds, as the king's one private worry is that hi "too, too solid flesh" cannot be In duced to disappear Fortunatelv be Is a tall man, and so carries off his stoutness, which is excessive for one still on the right tide of forty. When the greit chemist, Chevruel, whose istatue was recently unveiled In France, ittalnel hi hundredth blrthda.v he was entertained at a public dinner it which his son, a high of. ficial In the Department of Jintlce, r!7 years old, was also present. The old man made a speech and In telling an anecdote made a tl'ght slip, which his sen oirrertrd Old Chevreul turned around quickly and said In a sharp tone: "Hush, .voungster, when I am talking," and the "young ster" held his tongue, THE DREAMER. From the Danish of I.tlk Bogh. It seems to lonelv mid thla din and thronging, It aeem o dull, this tolling multlbtde, My bosom teems to warm, so full ol longing And all the world Is to empty, cold and crude. Where ha this earth for me a friendly harhnrf Tho words I rpeak, to other strangely sound From North to &outh I searched with jouthful ardor, But nowhere for my foul a haven found. How often I that wonderland depleted, Which in my hippy rireuna I ued to see, And longingl) a reign of love predicted, la each time derision greeted me. When dtie by one my friends with smiles de parted M) aident filth, mv vouthful counge fled, Then eagerlv I Joined the merry-hearted. Though all their Jsta for mo no brightness thed. But otttlme when the husv day haa faded And In the gloom of night hss tunk to rest, I dream again and tee with eyes unthsded brighter world with love snd justice blessed, Oh, wake me not! our earth yields not an atwi Of all th splendors that mv dreamt reveal And mock ma not, though )ou may never fathom Tho depths of bliss these fanclea do conceal. A. D, Ronne, in tho bun. Shoeing That Trade Follows the Plag Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Washington, Aug, IP, EXrottTfl of American products to Porto Rico In this fiscal )ear Just ended, ac cording to the figure 6f the Treasury Bureau el Statistic, were more than three times a great as they aversged when Porto Rico was under the Spanish flag, and more than M per rent, in excess of those prior to tho en actment el the Porto Rlean tariff law, which went Into effect May l, lfion. The total do mestic exports from the United States to Porto Rleo In th fiscal sear lW, which entirely pre ceded the beginning ef hostilities with Spiln, were $l,rvi4,f50. In the fiscal jear lf ten months of which preceded the dale at which the Porto Rlcan tariff went. Into effect, our do. mestlc export to Torto ltlcn weie $4,2'Yi,S12. In the fiscal )ear ending June Rf), 1 "11, all of which was under the Potto Itlcan act which levied IS per ctn' of the regular Plngley law rates en goods passing Into that island from this country, the total domestic exports Irom the I'nlted States to Porto Rico were fl.Ml,f17. These figures Include only export of domestic merchandise, and do not Include -foreign mer chandise brought Into the t'nitrd States and re exported to Porto Rleo, which presumably amounted to about a hill million dollars, since the Porto Itlcan statement ef Imports from the t'nlted Mates for the fiscal ear ending June SO, 1011, show- the grand telal Including do mestic and foreign to be $7,4H,f02. o Porto Rico Imported In the fiscal year end ing June SO, tool, goods amounting to $1,37,2111 In value, and of this $7,41.ft02 came from the t'nlted Stales, the total from other rountrle being fl,fU,7!8. Of thl l,fii:,729 Imported from rountrle other than the t'nlted States, the value of WW,441 was from Spain, $.174.W7 from the I'nlted Kingdom, 2(14.0A7 Irom Can ada; $1M,721 from France! 1152,501 from Ger. mmv, ami frtl.Ms from the N'rtherlanda The tntil exports of the Island during the fiscal year looi were $A,M!,t,1f, of which the value of a.V'rtl.IiT ws sent to the United State, and .l,fi02,fiM to other rountrle Of the latter sum, the value cf l,1in,041 was to Cuba; $5011,021 to Spain; l7.1,n:o to France; $.141,610. to Canada; I40,772 to Germany, and $S5,01S to the Nether land. o The grow Hi In export from the t'nl'ed States to Torto Rico ha been In nearly all the arti cles entering Into that commerce, but especially in manufactures Expert of cotton cloth In creased from f'4 million )ard to over 22 mil lion: boots ind hoei from 23 thousand pairs to 4. thousand; book, maps and engravings, from 11 thousand to over 40 thousand dollars; cmdle. from 111 thousand to .7l thousand pounds, chemicals, drugs and medicines, from ti thousand to 0 thotimd dollars, wearing ap parel, from VI thousand to hfi thousand dollars, toip, from 17 thousand to 27 thousand dollar There wa a slight reduction In export of flour, probahlv due to the verv heavy increased ex portation of rice from this country, which ad vanced from less than S million pound to over SO million pouniU Provisions Increased nearly one hundred thousand dollars during the vear, the export during 1000 having been WTO.tiT, and those of 1001 cil,noi, and refined sugar In creased in exportation Irom $0,211 In 1000 to 1I,S in 1101 tr The following 'able shows the principal do mestic exports from the t'niled States lo Porto Rico In the fiscal .vears 1P17, 1000 and 111 s 117. rio. 1W1 irticlrs. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Rice 1,2 1,501.72 Cotton cloths 7.0i7 I-Oill 1,170,1M rrovlalon ,V!7,70(i f70,-17 170,SfS Wheat flour 511,1S M7 510 fWl.nni Iron and steel mfrs ..iw.ll 570.W 411,177 Fish 11.571 57,070 311,115 Timber and lumber... 21S.MI 3in,fil 2M.K2 Wearing irparel 017 21,010 101,701 Wood manufactures..., to.ov, OKX 100,21 Vegetable (13.470 10I.7O0 100,701 Chemicals, drugs, etc 4,4V) .M.cyisj po.jsei Refined mineral oil .. S1.375 '0.0 1 f 0,027 Cars and carriages.... 14,100 31,101 70,510 Paper nnd mfrs 13.RI1 52.114 60. W Com meil l.fi'.a 10 057 M01 Boot and shoes 3,725 25,711 .5S,f01 Malt liquor, bottled.. 2,201 101,217 .55.H1 Coil 61.077 J1.S21 .52,501 Book, maps, etc 5,;v0 13071 40,004 Candida 1.271 10.OH .V.511 Bread 21,77 35.101 21.1'1 Scientific Instrum-nts. 2J.S01 32,112 2M77 Soap 502 17.S05 27,343 HAPPY HUMPHREY HUBBARD. From the Philadelphia Pres. Humphrey Hubbard haa heard llepzihah Hug gins humming hjmns hilariously, he having helped Hepzibah homeward Humphrey han kered hugcl), harboring handsome Hepzibah heartwlse He had high hawthorn hedges hiding his handsome house, harneved horse hault.v harrows, he hoeing hills, helping herdsmen, hew ing hemlocks, hackling hemp, harvesting hn)s, hunting hawks, hurting hatching hens Hep zibih, helpful housekeeper, hemmed handker chief, hoarded honey hitherto hived, heeled hose hiving boles, handled harpsichord hirmoniotisiv; happv Ileptibali' Her honest, homely happiness hit Humphrey heiviiy He hovered, handsome Iv habited, hinting humbly how Hepzibah hid hirrieil his heart. Hepzibah honored his hasty homage. Hating, however, haphazard histe, Hepribah hung her head, halting, hemming, hawing, hoping Humphrey had harmless habits, hypocritical, hesitating Hepzibah' He held her hand hopefully, hungrily humoring her. Hap plly Hepzibah heeded her hirsute hero. H)inen hitched Humphrey Hubbard Hepzibah TTuggtns, he hugging her, hippily livsterical" Henceforth husband helped housewife hop hornpipes, hold ing honevmoon holiday, hardlv hearing harle quins howling halleluiahs, hailing housewarm In;. Ha! Ha! Hot Ho! INFORMATION. Duluth flour mills are preparing to make 10,000 barrels of flour every 24 hours. Plana are under way for au unbroveen electric railway across the state of New ltirk. Amerlian travel to Kurope Is stated in Lon don to have been greater in volume this jesr than even during the Paris (IW) exposition The Seine holds the record for traffic carry irg in France .50,04s vessels carried latt jear 27,nro,firo pastengers and W.OOO.OX) tons of mer. chandlse The oldest inhabited houss in F.ngland is on the river Ver, close to t Alban'e abbey. It is octagonal in thape and supposed to be 11 cen turies old In the Japanese parliament there are 110 far. mers, 23 barristers, 20 mechanic, fi editors, 3 doctors, 12 officials and 78 members without fixed professions A late suggestion to progressive railroad man agers is tn build freight roads ten feet gmga with 200 ton engines and caia holding 200 tons which will make expre speed. The F.ngllsh bought 3fin,ioii worth ef meri can fhoes in lS-. and Increased their purehasea last )ear to $1, lVl.fmo l.ngllsh shoe firms are trying to save themselves by putting in Ameri can maehiner.v 5mencsns do not monopolize the practice cf keeping the court busv. It ts published that In 1W) there were more thin l,125,i00 actions started In Fngland, making llgitlgants of over 4 per cent of the population. Fngllsh magailne writers are raising a try more like a howl against British railway man agers for clinging to little engines, little tars and tmill loud as against American immense engine, cars and loads. In consequence of .vhicli freights are four time higher thin heie One Western egg factory 'candles" .50,000 eggs a day, and three wagonloids of irales whl-li re dally rejected are dumped In the suburbs From these discarded eggs n interpt lvlng dealer has during the recent hot tpell gathered enough live ihlikcns to stoik his chicken farm. One gratifvlng evidence ef Increasing com fort throughout the world la the increasing ton sumption cf wheat and their preparations milk ing for increased acreage. The pirsent recoid breaking productions arc being marketed at 20 cents a buvhel morj thsn the smaller )lelds of a few jesrs ago, A statute making it unlawful to add water or any other substance to milk that is It. tended for tale la held by an Iowa court to lie a conttltutlonal exercise of the pollre power, even If the tubstances added are not injurious or used with Intent to defraud, but are mertly for the purpose of preserving the milk. Dr. Willlsm Calvert, of Washington, claims to have eclipsed all other heat producers by his "pan-hellomotor" furnaces, which are said to develop 24,000 degree ef heat In eempariton with the fi.ooo developed by the electric arc This heat is said to be absorbed by an amal gam of metals, which, curiously enough, is not fused by this enormous amount ol heat. New Zealand fita punishment to crime more nearly than moat countries. Thus, at W'anganul, when certain sawyers troubled their neighbors bv their drunken freak, the delinquent were made to pay the flues Imposed In tuch labor a they were arcuMomcd to, and weie set to saw wood with which to build a prison. The result was that, rather than transgress again, they vanished from tho locality as aun as the edifice wsa completed. The trees tTow growing en the farm (neir Franklin, N II.) where Dmlel Webster was born are to he cut up Into friction matches, a manufacturing company having pvld $2,oo for the standing timber upon It The legislature of Nev Hampshire refused at Its lale session to pvy I1,01 for tho entire firm, though many patriotic citizens of th slate petitioned to have It preserved as a perpetual memorial of New Hampshire' greatest son Recently the Grand vrmy cf the nepuhlle organization In Atlanta requested tn he allowed to futnlsh 1 room at the Confederate Soldier' Home Funds for the furniture of the room had been quietly contributed by the members ef the post. The request vvi met In the tame spirit In which It ws tendered, anl there will be an Inscription, over the door ef the room Indicating that It comforts wcro turnishel by reterans ef the Northern army. JUST IN JEST. "Huh"' cxclalmrd Mr. Rev, after reading hi morning mall, "our boy' college education la making him too blamed tmart." "What' the matter?" tald Mr. Rex. "I wrote to him the other day thu I thought it would he klndei for me not to remit tho check he asked for. Now he writes: " "Dear Father: t shall never forget )our un remitting klndne.'." Phlladelphli Press. "Jones has been arrested for hurling hiniM.ll from an eighth story window to the tldewilk below ""Whit wis the charge!" "Desecrating the flag." Yale Record. Benham "Why di 1 that woman keep von standing at the door tor Inlf an hour?" Mrs. Benham "."ho said the hadn't time to come in." Brook!) n Life. A Narrow Foanv.t'rt Chum ' A ..! Am fived my life onee " Vcond Chum "Rubbish! How?" First Chum "Didn't bite me." Tit- nit-. Schoolmaster "Vow, Rogers, whvf are vou do. Ing? Learning something!" Roaer ".No, sir, I'm listening to jati, sir." Tit Bils. "Kmlnrnt foreign scientist have found ont that a gnsjhopper'i ears are In Us leg " "How did they ascertain that!" "They put the -hopper' on a hoard and tap ped the board gently." "Well?" "The rrciture hopped away. Then they ,ut off ita leg, put it on a board again, and tapped the board as before, and it didn't hop away. H couldn't heir the tap, )ou tee." "What a wonderful thing science Is." Chi cago Tribune. No 1 "How did Dick get run over?" No. 2 "He ww picking up a horseshoe for link." "Hello, central! Give me one trip nought, south " "What?" "Don't )ou catch It? One zero, zero, z:ro, south " "Wh-a t?" "South one double nought, nought." "Can't .vou tpeik plilner!" "One thousand, south ten hundred, south. Get It now?" "Oh, vou mean south one ought double ought. All right." Exchange. Wife (with a determined air) "I want to sec tint letter" IIuband-"Wliat letter'" Wife "That one )ou Just opened. I know bv the handwriting tint 'it Is from 1 woman, and jeti turned pile when )ou read it I will e it. Give it to me, sir " Husbind "Here it Is; it's your milliner' bill." Fun. The court room was hotter thm the tnudan In a sandstorm Th" Judge was a wreck, the Jurv had wilted. "Your honor and gentlemen," tml the attir rev for the defense, "I will indulge In no heated argument, but proceed at onee to mirshil the cold fiets " And he won his case Cleveland Tlaln Dealer Quite a Number "Willie, whom did George Wihington nnrrv '" "The Widow Custis, ma'am " "Had he any children?" "Yes'm, the 1,0ns and daughter of the Revolution "Life, "Always Busy." 2 Always Busy Events First Our Fall stylos' of Celebrated Korrect Shoes at $1.00. They are displayed In our men's window. They are for the smart dresser who wants to he just a little ahead of the other fellow. Second The placing on sale of every man's Rus set Shoe In our store, low nnd high cut, $3 and $4 grades. They are dis played In our men's win dow. You can net a pair of them; perhaps the lie3t shoo you ever wore, for $2. Lewis & Reilly, Wholesale and Retail. Il-ms Wyoming Ave Inexpensive Porch Furniture There is nothing neater in inexpensive porch fur nishings than the Grass Cloth Upholstered Fur niture. It is finished in natural wood, and in col ors, and is particularly adapted for Porches, but is equally suitable for Summer cottages. We have several styles of Chairs, large roomy Rockers, Settees, Stands and other suitable articles. Hill & Cornell iai N. Washington Ave. Meldrum ScottJ Co. WE HAYE JUST OPENED AN ELEGANT NEW LINE OF Which .ire marked at quick selling prices. For Mid-Summer or Early Fall Wear." See This Line From SI up to $4.50 We guarantee them to be at least Twenty-five Per Cent. Lower than regular prices. 126 Wyoming Ave THIRD NATIONAL BANK OF SCRANTON. Capital $200,000. Surplus 325,000 United States Depositary. Special attention given to BUSINESS, PERSONAL and SAV INGS account whether largo or small. Open Saturday evening. from 8 to 9 o'clock. Wm. Connf.ll, President Henry Belik, Jr., Vice pres. Wm. H. Peck, Cashier. Refrigerators, Oil Stoves, Screen Doors, Gas Stoves, Window Screens, Hammocks. if 325-327 Peon Ayeaue. A Second-Class City with a First-Class Stock of Gut Glass, Sterling Silverware Clocks, Etc. Suitable for Wedding Gifts. Mercereali & Connell, 132 Wyoming Avenue. Aliis-Chalmers Co Successors to Machine nualnees ol Dickson Manufacturing Co., Scranton nnd Wllkes-narre, Pa. Stationary Engines, Dollers, Mlnlna Machinery, Tumps. Binghamton Private Training School nr ntnous, tuck v aid and Dnl Mute Chi), drtn Mnml Twining, Phviiol Culture, Ncfdlfvvork, Mimic, Klndoreartrn, Artlcul. tlon. Open r round. Tircultr. Pricei modrte. 8. A. IKMMTTLK, 2 Falrvlew Avenuj. Black Mercerized Skirts i
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