V ixrv v Mi THE SCUANTON THIBUNE-SATDKDAST, JANITAIUT 4, 1902. i IS Oevctraton Cttfiune Pulilhneil Dally. Btefft Setn.lay. by Tlit Trlb a l'ublUhlna Oompaiir. tit rifly.Centa a MontS. tona f n-v a titntfttih t.1l)Av 0. l, nVXtlhi:, nmtn'e) Hunger. .tw VotL Offlcof 1J0 N'tuu St. ' B. S. Vnl'.KIiASD, Sole Agent lor rorchtii .tilvertlilnj. Entered t the Potloltlco at Serahlon, Pa a Second CIjm Mill Matter. When space will permit, Tho Tiibuno Is alwnys gltid to print Bhort lelters from Its Mentis hear ing: on current topics, but Its rule unit these must bo signed, ior puu llcfttlon, by the writer's renl name; nnd the condition precedent to ac ceptance is Mint nil contributions shnll be subject to editorial revision. T1ID FLAT nATE 1011 AtTtiTISlNO. The followlne table 1iow the price p'r Inch ech fntertlon, ifraee lo be uel within one year! . r-j,;--, 1s"Ulliiir"on1 Fu'J" D1BPIAY. Paper IlMcllnit I'odtlop I.ntlnn 600 Tiirlies .21 .27,t .30 0() lnelie3 20 .22 .21 1000 " If! .173 .19 8K " 13? ,17 .IS MOO " .15 .16", .13 Tor t-iirrll nf ttiant-t r.ilntlnti. ..f rnmlntcntp nil almllir contributions In the nature of atl crtlilng Tho Trlbuno makes a charge of 0 centa line. Jletcj for Classified Ad.-ertlnlnr furnished on ppllcatlon. TEN PAGES. SCRA'TON, JANUARY I, 130:.'. After a period ot meditation, Senator Piatt has decided that ho will not sue William Allen White or MrClure's Magazine for libel on account of White's recent alleged biography, but will nurse his wrath awaiting- a con venient season. Tt Is well. Shoud Be Specific. -URN President Clark said that the strike on tho Scranton Railway com pany's lines had been prolonged by "certain influences," he said either loo little or loo much. A remark of this kind is unfair unless supplemented by specific information. What influences haw been trying to prolong this strike'.' The public, upon which the bulk of the burden falls, 1ms a right to ask this question and to re ceive whatever. If any, Information the president of the Summon llulhvuy company has upon tho subject. It has been assumed by some that Mr. Clark had reference to the gentle men who are ptoposlng to supply tn Scranton and its vicinity a modern and elllelent trolley service. This, we feel sure, does him an injustice, lie could hardly have had that Idea In mind, for it is, of course, without n particle of justification, as any man of .sense aught to know. There is abundant justice In the de mand for the repeal ot the war tax of ten cents a pound on tea. This tax vas confessedly an emergency meas ure, and as such was home patiently while the necessity for it existed. But that necessity no longer exists. The war Is over and the tax, which takes yearly out ot the pockets of the people nearly $9,000,000, should cease. As to "Ladies' Parlors." THI-. Wilkes-Darre ltecord ap pears lo have some anxiety lest the recent order of the director of nubile safety In structing the police to nut a stop to tho evils growing out of "ladles' par lors" in saloons should operate to the annoyance of quiet and orderly per sons, more especially those of European birth, who are hi the habit of visiting restaurants and partaking of beer or wines moderately, usually at meal time or In conjunction with luncheon. Its remarks upon the subject aie as fol lows: "The order or the superintendent of police in Scranton seems to be so sweeping as to cover every saloon and restnurant In the city, ami it has been intimated that the evil It is proposed to remedy is general. However thilt may be. there Is not any doubt that there are saloons ami restaurants in Scranton against which such an order ennnot be justly directed. This is mote especially true of restaurants con ducted by Hermans, where German men, women and even children assem ble; after the manner they did in the beer gardens ot the old country, and partake ot refreshments to their liking, in a quiet and ordeily way, and with not even the semblance of vice, Wheie such a reform Is undertaken us that above referred to, It seems to us that there should bo just and wise discrim ination. Saloons where dissolute peo ple of both sexes congregalo tn 'back rooms,' or any other part of the prem ises, should ho promptly complained against by this police, and tin attempt made to luwe their licenses i evoked by court. Where the persons licensed are not also tho owners of tho houses, the complaint' should be extended lo the owners'. The ItUtpr can be punished us well as the pur'tles to whom they lease property for unlawful or vicious pur poses.."; There is no surer way of break ing up''cihue of eeitnlu kinds thun by prosecuting the, owners of tho houses that nrfi'belng used for lawless busi ness qr"vU'o;" In tho main our contemporary Is cor rect. Discrimination to prevent injust tlce Is a necessary part: of tho enforce ment of all police legulatlons, and especially-' bo In those' which comu close to the'llno dividing personal liberty from license. Those who know Direc tor Wormscr do not need to bo iibsured that It'would be far from his purpose to inline or annoy orderly citizens, whether male or female, Hut there Is a Pretty- safe rule to govern tho en forcement of his order logardlng ''ladles'- parlors." IT dot's not take an Intelllgen't policeman longr to locate places Habitually niid notoriously fre quented by dlssoluto women and by men and women of shudy or suspicious reputation,1 Restaurants conducted by Germans, whero German men, women and children assemble after the man ner they did In the beer gardens of the old country,' are usually most particu lar In excluding persons of doubtful character. Even If their proprietors were Indifferent to tho character of their putrojjsln, .orier tp ,rcjnln, jjm putrouqse .Olleym.f prderjy fr.er ions, whoJljMj jfa j&'Uill""' ft"' r"Utfr w birth, they would have to bc.cniotul In thin rcDpeot, and mh n rule they arc. The director')! order was aimed it places of known Indlffetenco td inor nls, ntiil theic nro enough of them to Justify lis iii'OiiiulKutlon and enforce ment. Wo do hot nntlclmile tliul any element uniomr our r.ood and suhatnn tlal citizens wilt take exception to It or have any other wish than Hint It may lie imtdo a iternuinent feature of t Ijo nollolm; of goruntnn. Tn any oM-'ut, President Castro real izes the Usefulness ot nn ncciiHlounl encoiii'iiRlni? telPRrnin. The Business of 1901. WK FIND In the ltoohcstcr Post-K.vproRS a compact and Instructive review of some of the more Im portant phenomena of the business of 1901, from which the appended facts and figures are taken: Tho record of bank clearings shows In each month a gala over the best previous month and for the year the gains outside of New York city were HS per cent, over 1000 and 2C per cent, over 1890. At Now York the gain over 1900 was W per cent". The chief Indus tries of the country were taxed to the utmost, their production was ot enor mous volume, and the wages paid were far greater than ever before. The movement of merchandise throughout the country was phenomenally large, and the enrnlngs of tho railroads wcte largest in their history. On the New York Stock .Exchange total sales were 2n7,5S2,i:i." shares, as against 137,900,5S2 shares in 1900, 175, 142,077 shares In ISO'J, 112.SC3.375 shares In 1S98, 77,007,540 shares in 1897, and 5'J,C94,820 shares lit 1890. In sixteen stocks there were sales In excess of five million shares. In 1900 there were only six- stocks in which sales exceed ed five million shares. American Su gar, In which sales aggregated 13,902, -130 shares, was the most active. The following shows the principal gains and losses for the year, the Important stocks only being considered: NT.T (1A1X-. Like Slio-e, IW); fJencr.il Kloctilr, .SVi ; I.ulci, wunii.i, (il; Ilinllnstoit, .U; Mkliig.iti Ccnli.il, 31; .Tersy f.'ontial, 4S1;.; DcIuumic anil Ilud-cxi. II, Xoithi'in PjcIIIc, toni , u'71..: MUiouil I'.icili'-, SlUi llulf.ilo, Itoche-ter and PltUbma;, com., :.l; Coloi.ulo l'ucl, .'-'!"8; Hock Hand, ill; Ati-lil-uii, :ik; Ucjdlnjf, Si; Xoilliweslern, 2')',S; C'onlliun tal Tolucio coin., 29; Cnnsilt .Southern, 2i: Amer ican Tobacco roiii., 'Jfi; Continental Tobacco ifd., -iiU: IljlllmuiP and Ohio, 2i',i Xew Yolk Central, 22?i; L'nlon PjcMp, 22!t; J.oiiUsltlo ard NjJn Hie, lt"4; St. l'uul, l-i'.i; Hiiir.ilo, Knth.'i ter anil l'ltttbms l'fd.. 1: AinciifJii Car .ind roundry, l.5; Nnithcin 1'uclllc- pl't!., 1-n. M:r i.oi:i. KiilibiT pM., l'!,,; Kuy.ir, 2')7i; Aiii.iIkjiiuUJ Coip-r, 214 i Brooklyn Tian-il, 21 It; XJtlond Sail (grn., 12T; .Nalionil Salt pfd., ll'i. The following table shows the open ing, highest, lowest and closing aver age values of ten leading slocks eaeli year from 1S8G to 3SU8 the ten stocks being Northwestern, St. Paul, New York Central, Lake Shore, Lackawanna, Delawaiu and Hudson, Western Union, Union Pacific, Pacific Mail and Louis ville and Nashville: Yell. Open. llitth. 1.IIW. I 'l'l-P. 5.77 ill ir'ni V7 7') 71 .-a 1 1 7s SJ in) 2ti S7 S.I ill S2 Nl 711 Si ii .-1 .,u in, St iij hi a a to fn s-j in SI .'il SI !M ,S1 I'll v", -Jll 7."i v n-, n S!(d 'Kl 27 im 111 ioj ;i lisSi: sm: hi U-7 !1) HI V M !iS isu ') iii Hj'.ih dl 77 1M)1 s, SH li'H ii.", SI 1S9I Ill S.", 1S1II SI I'l IWi SI .11! IS'W S"i 111 it'7 a;.:.'. Ihi'S w 0 VII .V2 ! -a; :u m 7 IK 10J P7 IKi il 11)1 27 '17 U) .'! d .'ij 21 M :u 111.! 21 W 71 Lake Shore becoming Inactive Man hattan was substituted In 1S09, and the following table shows the opening, highest, lowest, and closing average value In each month of 1901 ot North western, St. Paul, New York Central, Manhattan, Lackawanna, Delaware and Hudson, Western Union, Union P.iolllc, Pacific .Mull, and Louisville and Nashville: Optli. Ili),li. Low. Clurf. .lanuaij f 120 Ii7 J12U li"i $-117 .',1 Mil 77 rebuiaij.... 121 r, 127 .;) 121 li 12i 1J Mauli 12171 1UU1 12171 VJ-1 lil Apill I.-I2 11 112 7'! P.! Ihl 112 71) .May I Id III lid ill 121 1)7 l.T) 20 June Ill 1,2 114 2.1 121)77 112 71 .July 1112.", ill 21 mi os i::i 21 AiiRit-l Villi !.: 4i 1J1 St i::s .') Scplc-inbci... U :i7 137 7', I'll 27 13.J Ml October IX", :u no no mi jj iti)' Nuwmbei... Ill .17 11(110 111 GO lll.ia IVceniber... Ill IW 113 bl lid llj 113 SO l''or the three years the range has been as follows: Dpi 11. Iliijh. 1,'ivv, t'lo-e. IS'i-i M112 :n -rlV) )l -". 17 ifUH P.) l'K .110 12 120 21 M 71 1-21121 1'Wl 7 12DU7 J U .il 117 51 ll.-ietl liBtlmated yield of leading crops, based on the lust government figures, which aro subject to change in the final repoit, aie as follows; 1001. 1000. W'lieil, bn 700,000,001 ,132,2211,000 Com 1,3,V),3.1l,00i) 2,inj,iOJ,ooo UHl tlV),Pte,i)0 tO-i.lifl.OOi) llyc 2.1,31)8,00(1 2.!,0f 11,000 llailey W,'rl,VM MfiiWn lluckwheat 12,8.1,00o 0,3ll",u.o I'otatoei Ij2,f01,00'l 210,!i27,Ul Hay, ton-, 30,ai2,0oli 50,1U,0(W The high und low- prices in the Chi cago market for gialn, seeds, and pro visions for 1901 compared with those of 1900 ae shown in tho following table: - iwi iWU --- IIIbIi. Low. IIIkIi. Low. Cali wln-.it il .70U f) .ra'.i .SPi fj. .Ul'i May wheat M?i .f23i ,M .m?8 No. -2 torn 7!j- ..Ml .piij ..-.iiij May corn bo . I.P.J, ,t o, 2 uats Isii ,2.1', .iiUi ,-.i May oats I76 ,27!-.- .ill .21 No. 2 rye 113-Ji ,l(l-)i ,(,2 ,h'j llailey uultlns,'. . ,n ,1,0 ,.-, ,i Timothy od .... U..1.1 ,il.j.1 t,61 .ii4 I'lavmed, X'o J... l.lk) l.Jls ,m ,; Closer eecd 11.50 V25 ju.,1i) 7,00 Mevi pork .lU.Bo 12.no 111,(1.1 io.;r, Laid .'.10.25 il.no 7. i ,i.u1 blioit libs, 0.10 H.II) SU3 5.40 neglnnluer with 18S0, tho highest and lowest prices of wheat in Chicago each year have been as follows: Low cut. lllulifit, JSM ,,..,, ,,o.wH H,ii'A issi,...,, , ,o.v,i i,ni5 1-' ,,, ,., .WU l,j ISM ,, VJ'j J.lli ISSI,.,,.,,,...,,,,,,,...,,, ,(7)if ,1,; 1SS5.., ,,.,.,,.,..,... ,7:1 .Ul'i bxl.... ,.,.,.,.. .Wt ,sl T ! M if'oji ,l?i 1SS3 7Ut 2,0) Imu ,,,, 75!u l.o?i 1S0O , ,77 l.WU IW , .,., t ,tv l.KJ 1SW ,W, .Ul"i 1S5J ,,. .51 ,isj isoi ,10 .; ISJ3 ,U7i ,S3?i 18'W o-i .01), 1W7 4U 1.0) 1S0S 02 1.6-1 1S1 l ,70!i m "I'd iS7!C- )W-e Ui' "S ln the "New York marktt No. 2 red Wheat advanced from 71 9-1C cents on July 9 to Si) C-a 1-ontn on December U, closing at 8 7-3 rents, as against S3 cents at the end of ltJOO and "" cents at the end of 1899. No. a mixed corn ad vanced from iC oentn In January to 74 cents In Drceihber and closed at TO 9-1C cents, as ngalnst 4," 3-4 cents at the end of 1900 and 89 1-4 cents at the end of 1899. These figures nre convenient for pre servation for reference. I Tho entertainment for the Tcnchcra' Mutual llencflt association Is an ob ject Which should appeal to a large portion of this community. Scranton teachers nre paid less than tho average In" cities of this size. Few of them can be found who do not have others depending on them for support rind thus they are unable to provide for the proverbial rainy day. They are often overworked and under-appreciated. They arcitho subjects of whims of olll clals and parents who fienuently nre misinformed, If Informed at all, re garding tho matter under criticism, They are the keenest sufferers from street car strikes for they aro afraid to demand protection from insult and, abuse mid, doubtful about receiving it If they should. It Is due to these pa tient and long suffering ones that they be given tho heartiest and most friend ly support In this initial effort to se cure a fund for Incapacitated and worn out te.'ieheis. Alnyor Low. UDGING from reports, the ad ministration of Mayor Low of New York is starting oft well. It Is a big affair, larger than most persons realize. It concerns more people than inhabited tho United States at the time of the first adminis tration of President Washington. It Involves expenditures larger than those of many of the kingdoms of Europe, and under Tammany it sup plied employment to nearly twice as ninny oflice holders as the nation had soldiers In Its regular army four years ago. This list of 'office holders la be lieved to be unnecessarily large and Mr. Low expects to prune it vigorous ly. It is said in some of the papers that he expects to have the city pay roll cut at least $0,000,000 a year. That seems hardly possible, but undoubted ly it can be much reduced. The New York correspondent or the Philadelphia Ledger, describing the first day's workings, writes: "No crowd of office seekeis In the mayor's office, strict attention to business in all the departments, a conference between Mayor Low, Comptroller Grout and ISorough President Cantor In regard to the best way ot reducing municipal expenses, tills was the strange scene presented In this city today, Actually, Mayor Low was enabled to give his entire attention to public business, be ing undisturbed by tho crowd ot oflice seekers who usually throng the city hall on the first days of a new admin istration. Evidently the politicians have taken the mayor at his word. Having named his heads of depart ments, he leaves to them the task of appointing the subordinate otllciais. In every branch of the city govern ment there seemed to exist a feeling that the now heads ot ofllces mean business, that is to say, business for the city, and not private gain for themselves. Even the humble street cleaner used ills broom with augment ed vigor." In a similar vela, "Holland" writes from New York to the Philadelphia Presi. He especially commends the new mayor's determination that there stiould under his administration bo no unnecessary secrecy In the conduct of city affairs. "The day before he was inaugurated," writes "Holland," "Mr. Low ann6unced tliat it was his wish that the representatives of the news paper press who are assigned to the duty of reporting the matters of public Interest arising In every department of tho city government should have the fullest opportunity for obtaining all in formation which the public had a right to know, and Mr. Low added that so far ns he know there was no act of an administrative or executive character and none that was legislative In Its nature which should be kept from the public. He courted publicity dally and complete for every department of his administration, Including' his own." In fact, "Holland" says that Mr. Low has counseled all his heads ot depart ments, some ot whom, from profes sional habit, formed In private life, are inclined to get as far away from news paper publicity as possible, to seek the co-operation of the press. And along this lino "Holland" cites an interesting circumstance: "The retiring district attorney, .Mr. Philblu, went to the dis trict attorney's olllco unfamiliar with public life, for the sluglo olllco he had held was as comparallvelyobsctire as It was an unsalaried one. Ho bad never been brought in contact with the news paper world, and ho shared at tho be ginning that timidity or shyness re specting newspaper publicity which Is ehuructerlstlo of so many men who aro absorbed In pursuits thut are peculiar ly private. Hut he said on Tuesday that, after he had been In tho district attorney's oflice a while, he realized how vast an Influence for good was tho work done by tho newspapors and by their representatives, He discov ered after a llttlu while that these men not only assisted him li many ways but enlightened tho community In the moat important-manner, Ho paid a tribute to their sense of honor saying that not in a sluglo Instanco had he found u conlldenco betrayed, and that, although tbero had been several times important pieces of news In possession of these men whoso premature publica tion would hnvo Interfered with tho plans of the district attorney's oflice, yet In not, one Instanco had there been any Indication of the uso of this Infor mation until the time wan ripe for It. Ho added, too, that tho publicity given to the work of his department had been of Incalculable servlto In strengthening- his hands and enabling him to carry out his plans." If success Is possible on a temporary Fublon basis In a city like New York we mean success covering mora than one electionMayor Low faeems to have chosen the best way to securo It. The wish that he may be sustained in carrying along the govornnunt of our greatest city on the high piano ho has occupied nt tho outset is verV neneral, An Immensely powerful lobby Is re ported to bo In Washington for tho purpose ot knocking out tho postal rul ings of Postmaster General Smith In reference to second-class matter. It Is credited .with having it large sum ot money on hand for "educational pur poses." No doubt this part )t the story Is exaggerated, but It Is not to bo doubted that a strenuous effort will bo made to restore the postal statu quo, whereby, certain publishers were mak ing vast profits nt the government's expense. There Is little reason to be lieve, however, that the attempt will succeed. Ileforms which ure founded on substantial merit do not go back ward! their direction Is forward. --T Tiie record of lynchlugs kept by the Chicago Tribune shows for 1901 a total ot 135 for the United States, which Is 20 more than last year and 28 beyond the record of 1SS9, This total Is nearly 100 below that of 1892, which was tho worst In our history, but It Is bad enough, and the worst thing about It l. that the lynching habit Is Bteadlly growing. What It will be fifty years from now If unchecked, henven alone can conjecture. Because Mexico would not take the Pan-American congress by tho throat and compel it to give up talking about compulsory arbitration, Chile threat ens to suspend diplomatic relations with her. The signs aro multiplying that in the eventual Interest of pence Chile will ono of these days have to be walloped. A few drops of grease on some of the streams have started hopeful pros pectors out with drills in search of petroleum in the wilds ot Luzerne county. The hope of the oil hunter Is never entirely extinguished. When u concern like the Everett Moore combination "goes broke" on a capital of $125,000,000, it seems useless for the ordinary man to worry about debts. The Empress Dowager's trip to Pe kln Is being conducted with delibera tion scarcely surpassed by tlio average messenger boy in answering a hurry call. Historian Maclay's original book will no doubt in time become as val uable as the unexpurgated editions of the Arabian Nights. The Venezuelan row seems In a fair way of settlement without any of the tiresome talk of a "concert of the pow ers." TOLD BY THE STABS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajncchui, Tho Tribune Astrologer. A-.tml ibe- Cr.'t: 1.21 ii.ui., for Ajtiuday, Jan. iiaiy 4, l')02. A child bom on tlib day will nutu that I0I3 of people who 1 ever have lifted .1 flnsei- in their Ihci to piomote S'crjnluii indmtiics, aw will-hi),- lo lift llieh- oiic-i whenem- they fancy that 111 oppoMunliy fur taiill-lliidiiisc l.a, ocrurictl. ' Pmplp who take inteict In the weather will now- lofei- tn the- b.v.lc nollces jnd neo if the piuphiU ' liil it nslit." It is to be legiettcd that -.o many men lind little irmlort in pertaining the duties nt good, iltlrcn-liip unle slid obligation are labelled "refoim." Public- nun make no 11101c mistakes than other-.', but people Ime belter oppoi limbics for throwing briiks at them. Some people sped. I he tuitli from force of habit; o-tlifi , bcciue it h .1 case of nece-silj. Lamentable failuie in Mglie often lelute the old jdagu tli.it i:perienic ! .1 Rood teiieiicr. Ajacchus' Advice. If jou wlli In be ahj)8 lemeinbiicd b your friends billion- money fnuit them. Americans L?ad in Coffe? Drinking Special Cuiie-purdemc of The Tribune. W.idilnslon, Jan. '). UK CWI'Ti: impoil.itleiH of tho Lulled Mntis will in the eulindir jear i'JOl be the l.UKCst in the hliloiy of our Import trade, laeieii monlliV flgiuw of the treas ury buie.111 of ttalMU-. thow- that the importa tions of lollee .imoui.lcd to 0U7,0fi!),flS3 pounJa in tiie clcwu montlns ending with Xovcmbci, .iCTlint 77.loil.132 in tlu ccncipondiiig inonllu In l'HK); 817,221,577 In the concpondinj months of ls'.l); 711,010,171) in the c-ciic-pondmg montlu ot 1WH; 720,110,'itJii in the tame month of 1S97, and .1(I7,020,!.17 ill the elcMii mouth-, of ISO"). u Tlicc- figures Indicate i.ot only that the eolfea Impoit.itiuiw of K-Ut will be laiger than those of any preceding jear, but that they will for the lliit time exceed one billion pound). Tno value of the collce impoilts of the year will leach about bcu-uty million Oollais. While the quantity im ported will e.sci-eil by more than two liuiidud million pounds Hut of any preceding year, the pott will bo les than the uuiagc dining the jeais fiom 1600 lo l9f, wlirn the cost per Kund was materially higher llun at picent. - 0 lli-jill furnishes, of tonne, by far the laigcat piupuitlou M the coftee Impoitatfons of tho t'nltcil Mates', In the clcu-n months ending with November, the collce impoits fiont Urazll amount ed, iKcordlng to the ti canny bmeaii ot ht.UMIes, to 7(I2,1IS,S11 pound.', while the nc.t imautity came fiom other .South .1m1ioj11 couiitllo, 01, 207,711 pound.; LVntuI Ameiiia, 0l,.11l,100; ilex Ico, 21,501,432, Thus ot this laiget oiiiule im paitallon In the cntlie list of our iiiipeits, sugar cucpu'd, nearly nil comes fieui American couu-tilc-s mutli of the United htatcs, and this is twiually tine of tmgur, euqillnu that Miaio which la diawu fiom the Hawaiian I. kind. n The I lilted Mates Is by far the l.ngr.t coftee consuming wuntry of the woild, as will bn ben by tho following table which shows the impor tations of (oflie Into tlio principal coimtiies of Kmopo and Into tho United States In liOO; NI.T IMl'OIITss or com.!., I'cr Total con- l.'miiiliics into sumption which Imported, pounds. Itmsla leVJOO.OOO I'ullcd Kingdom ,, 2D,120,ii Italy 31,222,000 Austria-Hungary 02,lb0,000 Plume 1711,120,000 (irmuiu Kuipiie :ii.i,.V)1,(vh) I'nlted States fe0l,737,000 capita con sumption pounds, .W 2.01 4.02 (1.12 10.70 'i'lin following table thaws flic total impoits ot colti'o Into tbe 1'nitcd feuds bv llci.il ear fiom 1801 to 1001, ulso estimate fur the calendar jeais 10O1; l'lscal Pounds year. Impelled. ISM M.i.lOD.OOS lb.01 , ,., C30,UII,SI7 130.1 ,,, , U12,20S,97a 1WII ., ,,, 3bO,S07,0lT 1807 .,,.,.,... 727,013,170 li'JS ,,...,,... b7O.01l.45-1 1SW Wt,fa37,txri 1000 , 767,001,011 1001 8131,671,1110 1001 (Calendar year, estimated) Consumption I'llio. per capita. 1 l.o Ml 10.1 b.liO 11.7 P.SJ 11.0 s.t ll.o 10.13 7. 1 11.03 U..1 10.70 0.3 D.S1 7.3 10.CO 1,000,000,000 BW& YyTrtrXftKb remedy tlut vtircu volil In one tioy. -fr 4 4 4 4 4 SCIENTIFIC SALAD "Inaccurale knowledge U a dangeroiu tliluc, So In all thlngt Id m be accurate."- Ilea Jen ot the Salad would greatly aid nic In my tpk by aklng ,piclloni (not neces sarily for publication), which If poaalblp will be answered In full in an rail- luue ot the Weekly Salad and Ihelr icdelpt acknowledged Immediately by mall. All such communica tions inmt, limveur, ai a matter nt course, bear the writer's correct namo and addie-u, m otherwise they cannot be taken into con sideration. "Death from Old Ago." Ir IS ALWAYS 11 tonfcadon of Ignorance on tlio pait of (he medical, attendant when he Khei nieli a i'.iuc of c'calh. It Is theoietlc-ally itiuglnubli that death from such 11 raine might neeur; but as a mat tor of fact, 110 tueli case has ler been known. So notoriously uiucien I Ilia I sueli nn vxprclon that none of the bet ter class of life liminncc companies will admit tlip term In the family history which the appli cant h required to glvcj If no other tamp of im iincrstor's deatli bo obtainable, t hay prefer that "unknown" he wilttcn. There Is jilnny-i a niuio for death; If we do not know, we may feel tl.al Hut Is the t.elest way to coihoIc the friends of the departed one whose ease was inner diagnosed. The Rood sene of some c-oio neis. and the enactment of tome municipalities, foibld tiie use of the phi-ate. "death from old ngp." i-oine je-'is i-im-e It became a habit with Philadelphia physicians, when making out death ri-tllflciatei In cases ot Hidden death or un diagnosed in daily, to gho "henit dlfeasc" ua the Immcdluto cause of death, So HagMiit be came the eupcrllclal examinations, and some times even only obsirvnllnns of the body, that the council toibade the lire of the teiiu. All kinds of fun was poked at the "learned lay men" by the prJic!on, but the lajmcn wcie light and the piofcsalui was wrong. r certain famous profcMor u'cd to lemail: to his Mil dents that a man could not die of heart disease in Philadelphia. It is disgraceful to think that politicians successfully taught the piofrsslou medical technicalities; and we hope il will not again 01 cur. The laity only cull a man old ufter ho has past the nlloted "three scoio yeais ami ten;" but educated physicians know that many men die cf senile change in kldue.is, heait, or arteries, even before they arc forty yeais old. It is our duly to ascertain wheic Mich nnlle change has occuued, and to pay fo explicitly. The physician has no light to as sume anything at anytime, and least of all times when tiusting his reputation tn a certifi cate. Many cases .lie Mich that only an an-top-y n.ay icienl the iitlual c-.iibe of death, uud it is belter to ray that you cannot tell without an autopsy; and if the uutopxy be refused, to say that you do not know, than it is to pub,, Kline in .1' c-eiljlleate to your own negligence and ignorance, which may rise to haunt you later. Xcur asaln n.y that any of jour pa tients have died fiom "old age." If 3011 re member this caution, it will make .1 better dl-ignoitlciau of you, and will add to your credit and fame as 11 physician. Medical World l.'d. Heredity and Cancer. The dei man National Committee for the study of cancer has announced lis conclusion that cancer is lxuely, if cu-r, licrcilitaiy, but it has not foimulated any opinion as to the patho genesis of the disease. It lias been announced that the (iennan cmpeior has lequcstcd l'rofes sor rdiilich to dcote his whole time uud ener gies to the titudy of cancer. At the same time, the piofc-sor will h.ne the advantage of c maaniltccntly appointed chemical and bacteria logical Institute, while a competent bacteiiolo- gNt and pathologist has been appointed as his assistant. Camphor Eating-. It is sui pi L-ii-g, says the Indian Medical Itee ord, what 11 number of camphor eatci-s tl-eie aie among the well to do clavics. Tlio idea seems to prevail tli.it this gum, taken in small and 1egul.11- doses, ciic.s ,1 peculiar clear iic.iml- ncss of complexion, and tcoieS of young women buy it for this piirpo.se. The habit is, meicoer. very dllllcult to caot olf, for camphor produces a mild form of exhilai.ilion and stupefaction; and in many instances, where eiy laige doses hac been swallowed, the habit has become .1 Poit of slaxery. These camphor eaters all lute j. dieamy, daed, and xeiy listless :dr, and in most of them there is an ever-present longing to sleep, or, at low. to lest. Ij.xtreme weakness gener ally fdloas the taking of legtilar doi.es; and cases haie been seen wheie it lias been almost dlt.lcult to tell the eftects from those of alcohol. As to the complexion, if a ghastly pallor be on luipioieinrnt, r.imphor certainly produces it. A Ring-making Machine. n ingenious labor salng machine, which will completely iciolutioniw) the finger riiu inanii factuiing indiislry of Kugland, has been dexiVed by C. I. Penkin, a llinningham jeweler. This machine effects In one almost instantaneous opciation the work of sovci.il men. A, signet ling fresli fiom the mold is placed in one tool of the Penkin imontlun. and within the space of a few seconds the inside is fixed, polished and lipped. The treatment of the face of the signet is equally simple and ispld. Ily means of an Ingenious dexiee It is clamped, and tialned to a leiohlng suiface of special design. In a shoil space of time the face is finished to per fection, wheie-as nt pic-ent the ling has to pass thioiigli'tlio bauds of four skilled workmen. The ptoccss Is so simple that It can be worked by a boy or gill, which means a consldeiablc econ omy in tho cot of pioduction. New Process for Making Steel, 'i'liils have recently been coinpleled ut the Itoyal Technical High School, Peilln, of a new mode of sleel manufactme, declared by experts as likely to hate a icioluttoiury effect on the world's metal Industiy nnd progress. It Is the Imcntion of a Mccklcnbuig liuuufacturci named fllcbeler, and consists- hi impaillng lo all giades of iron u stiength and hardness siiipasslnj; near ly double that of tlio best known Hartey, Krupp or lloehler steel, while cheapening production CO per cent. 1'iojectiles bulled at uunor plale, licated by Hie tllcller process and 1"i iiillll meters tldck, made nn Iinpretsion of only 1 millimeter, while Kuipplred aimor, 4 milliniet eis thicker, was completely puiictmcd. Iteslst mice CNpeiinients sliowcd even more ustonishln-f tcsults. Attempts made by poweiful iiuchlnci Iiioicd tho steel to pctsess a stivnglh of 103 klloKianuues per sou lie millimeter, when the testing apparatus collapicd. Among tlio peculiar fcatuies of the process Is the iiieicaslug stiengtli aeciulng as Hie sleel glows cold. It Is claimed that the process pel mils the metal to be woiked cold or hot. Wades of tho new hies) cut other steel 01 lion into splinters as oidinaiy steol cuts into wood. 'Ihn lepieoeulatiics of Hen- illebeler will go to America xvith the Intention of submllling ihu piocc-ss to tlio gie.it mills tbeie. Glass Boad in Paris. Hie ltuo Tiouchct, which lias bem pacd with a new glass process unruled by M. (juichcy, Inn Jest been opened to Hie public. Contrary to the exile elation of many. It foiius tin imi-J. lent fcolhold, and proml-ses to be without ilibt und not absoib waster Hy the pioeess tho luu-litor has been enabled to ullll.e all kinds of class debils. IJxthungc. A Novel Preventive of Cruelty to Animals. It is ilulict.lng tn see trams wllh hratily laden truiU iiltinitlng lo ascend the strep inclines of feiry bridges dmlnc low tide. At tho I'eniw hauls, llallroad company's l)osbiossca ntreet feny a 20 lioiiepower electric gypsey nas been installed. When -a team is unable In Us enet the bildgn a rope it attacned In (lie ton;iic of tlio 1 1 ucl., A eouplo of ituriis 1110 taken around the BtetT i1,u" "1C P"wr I' JppHed I'l means cf a cuntmrlcT. A second onu is now being undo for Ihu lame feny. Two ilectrlc gyieys hao al.o been Installed at the Oak Point pier of tho N. Y., X. II. cud llaitfoid lead. The water them Is my deep und the oiirmit otiong, and th-y will aid in pulling the boats up lo the wharf. The Date of Christmas. .Sm;u,ltiie drrmed the fectlial of ClilUluus Uo being cf later origin and lexer authoilty tliJ.ii Hiosc of lUter, the Areriulon "l Whit suiiltde. When ill'orls wne Hist pude lo 111, he c-ct date of the Adunt tbele were, us stated by Clement of Alexandria, some who ad tawed tin. 20lh of May, and otheu who con- This iljaature la on overy bos ol tho geuuluo Laxative Bromo0uinine Tablets fended for the 20th or 'JIsl of ,prll, The OrU enlill Christians were ery ireiierally ot opinion that both tile blith nud bjpllm of Jcvus took place on the i,lh of .taiuwry, Julian f., lllslioi hf Home from flic year al? to :IM, iikllneil in the liellcf that Hip Havlom's blith took plaip on tlip 23th of December, and held out Until the Kaslelii chinches adoplrd -tlio ramo Wew. It haxlng been the custom of varlom n.uleiis to oWrva a fnix)h of rejoicing when the shortest day had t.iscs1, Ihey xiry readily ndoplcd Iho Christinas fi-ttK.it ru fixed lor December !!.. lie 111.111 rnmeitA soon Inlloduccd lulu the keeping of Chtl-lmas tiie customs nt the Saturnalia, which, in moilincd form, tun be cten to this il iy. Captive Balloons for tho Navy. The ltusslaii and Trench tnvtrs, tatlsfled wllh Iho iillllly of (he balloon for Military purpo-cs, haie established 11 uliullar ueron.mtlral soctlon for senlce wllh the nmy. The balloons up held e.ipllip In the ordinary manner, and nre connected by telephone with Hip battleship be low. A balloon section has been attached to the Mediterranean squadron of the I'rcuch n.uy for some time pat, and has been employ cd for M-oulIng purposes wllh conspicuous surcess. The lliitslau expcrlmenls arc to bo caulcd nut hi the Caspian sea, und It the, balloon rstuhllidic lis utility for uaxiil enutlng, 11 balloon Is to be provided wlHi rach ship. A Submarine Telescope. An 1 Lilian engineer, M. Trluhl, luis devised a special instrument, the cleptoscope, wheieby It is possible for the new of n submarine Iwat to asecitaln what is proijiesslng on the surface while itiihtiicijril. it comprises n lube llttcd with ciytlal pilsins in n special manner. Siwero experlniriils were carried out with the apparatus 011 lio.ii it tbe siilim.triii'- 11 llolplilno In tin- pies ence of the llallm minister of marine. Photo giaphs of objects 011 tin- surface weie success fully obtained. Definitions. The- wiltir whose eye Is on possible readers is no belter than .1 playr, but be who looks Into Ids mind and heart lo tiller wh;tt is deepest there, may dl.eoeer new- worlds nnd become a pioneer therein; may be as one who brings foith from tho mine, pirelotis stones upon which the light of hoarn hns net or fallen, but which licucefoith shall gladden many. Carl Seller, M. 1). ways Busy & Our 1902 Money-Saving Sale begins to day. With eVery pair of our feet nnd health-suvlng shoes you get a slioe shiner free. y 114-116 Wyoming Ave. . . 1 I Mi A Second-Class City with a First-Class Stock of Suitable for Wedding Gifts. Mercereati & Connell, 132 Wyoming Aveune. 2ES23 for Incandescnr Gas Mantles, Portable Lamps. THE NEW DISCOVERY 3 Kern Incandescnf Gas Lamp. 1 WW Poim Atcuiic. 33SBXEBSEZZ1 A p "mstt--id&jf .h i m iiass. Sterling Silverware Clocks, Etc, unsferaForsyth ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo TfflRD NATIONAL BANK OF SCRANTON, Organized 18 7 2. Depositary of tho United States, Capital, $200,000 Surplus, . $550,000 Tlio illbo Hint rule to ilap:)ilors U ,-, percent, per a-iuiiiii. SliecluliiUoiillim yluii to all ui-usunU wheithui- lurjoor iiii'ill. ttpenbuturd-iyovonluif, HloU cloac. 'ilireeperuout, IntoreU pilil ou kiivliis" ilepoiiU. liitcu'btcoiupouuelea.lumriry m ami July in. WILLIAM CONNELL, Presidont. HENRY BELIN, JR., Vice Presidout. WILLIAM H. PEOK, Cashier. OIRECTORS. William Connell, Henry Boliu, Jr., uou. tt., uatun, Thomas U, Watltius, W. D. COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I ITT UTTln IiJjJjI u kM MHItfAL OF Spring Fabrics, Fine i Si Cheviots' In great assortment on ex hibition this week at 512 111 Hill & Conneli's iffflito There can be no more appropriate gift than one of the following lins, all of which are marked in plain figures: Writlns l)e.kl. Droving Tables, I'.iney Tables, (lie,il nia-.e.-., Parlor rnliinets, jlii'le.- Cabiueti!. llirio rabinets, H00V. Ca-c-, I.II1IIWC. Work Tal.le.i. j:.i,v Chain, (illt C'lialis. lulai'l ChairJ, Rockers, Sli.nhiB Stands, PeiletaN. berecni, Jarillnleren, Mui 1 i Cluiri. Low prices and large assortment to select from, of well made and desir able patterns. Hill & Connell 121 N. Washington Ave. Allis-Ciialmers Co Successors to Machine Business of Dickson Manufacturing Co., Scranton and Wilkes-Barro, Pa. Stationary Engines, Boilers, Mining Muchlnery, Pumps, James Archhald, Luther Keller, J. Boni. Dimmiek. Jamey L Connell. Zehnder. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ' Holiday ! u
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