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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02
Che Rule of the Road.

Within week after the ruling by
Judge Wilson of Philadelphia that
bicycle rider should yield the right of
way to a heavy vehicle another Phila-
delphia iurst, Judge McMichael, in an
exhaustive opinion, takes seemingly the
opposite view. Wheelmen, holds this
latter interpreter of the law, have no
greater right upon the streets but they
have an equal right with the pedestri-
an, the equestrian and the driver of
vehicles.
''As to the rules of the road" Judge
McMichael continues. ''the primary rule
is 10 keep to the right, and the phrase
Keep to the right, as the law directs
has long since passed into a proverb.
When you meet a vehicle coming in an
opposite direction, you go to the right
Of it. In passing a vehicle from behind
the rule is to pass to the left. These
are simple rules, which, if observed,
save people from accident. l am of
opinion that these rules are equally en-
fOrcible as to pedestrians, horsemen,
drivers or bicycle riders, and that,
though the circumstances must deter
mine each case, the rights of the bicy-
Gle rider are the same as those of the
driver of a wagon, whether 1t be light
or heavy; that there is no law for
a driver of a wagon which is not equal
ly applicable to the rider of a bicycle.
And the law, or the rule, varied, of
course, by the eXigenoies of the partlcu
lar case, is that the man to the right
has the right of way. I regard this as
a general rule of common sense, and
the custom of the common law"
The curious thing about these two de-
cisions is that they are contradictory
only in appearance. In the opinion of
Judge Wilson it was held that under
certain circumstances wheelman
ought to turn aside for a vehicle less
manageable. This is common courtesy
as well as common sense. He held also
that when a wheelman persists in rid
Ing straight ahead, regardless of wag-
ons coming toward him, and gets hurt
in consequence. he has no claim for
damages. This again was an obviously
proper conclusion. Judge McMichael,
on the other hand, comes to the rescue
OF wheelmen by protecting them
against drivers who might otherwise
run into them from sheer obstinacy.
This, too, is fair. Each user of the
highways has rights which every other
userof them should be forced to respect; (;
but in general way there is more dan
ger today from unfairness by cyclists
than there is from unfairness praeticed
by drivers or pedestrians at the cy-
clists' expense
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02
HER OBJECT.
Washington Letter in the Sun.

washington Letter IN the sun.
There was one visitor at the white house
yesterday who succeeded in seeing the
president without any one to introduce
her. She was very pretty girl, stylish
ly dressed, and as she came tripping up
the stairs everybody in the corridor out
side the presidents door made way for
her. She handed dainty card to the
doorkeeper, and before he had time to tell
her whether he could take it to the pres
ident's office or not. the door opened and
the order came out to let in everybody
in waiting. The pretty girl was in the
first group that gained admittance to the
room. The president, seeing her, ex-
cused himself from the officeholder VINO
had him by the buttonhole, and going
over to her bowed, held out his hand, and
asked what he could do for her. With an
arch smile the dark-eyed beauty looking
up said:
Wont you please buy few Of my
concert tickets?"
With a sudden resumption of official dig
nifty the president referred his pretty
caller to Secretary Porter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02
LOOK TO ECONOMY.
the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Beyond the attitude assumed by Cover
onr Hastings there has been but little in
dication in any department of the gov
ernment at Harrisburg during the present
session of the legislature, of the purpose
to enforce the severe economy that is
clearly dictated by the straitened condi-
ton of the finances of the state. Exhaus-
tive efforts are given to invent new
sources of revenue, but little effort is
made to bring the administration of the
government within the legitimate row.
enues. This absence of effort in the line
of economy has not been gratifying to
the taxpayers of the state.
Even with the severest economy in MAX
ing the needed appropriations, there must
be additional revenue provided to meet
the public expenditures, but the effort to
economize in every department where
economy is at all practicable, should go
hand in hand with the effort to increase
the revenues of the commonwealth. The
people are in no condition to excuse ex-
tTavagance or to submit to increased
taxation, and the legislature would only
be just to itself If ii most distinctly re-
fiected the undoubted sentiment of the
entire people of the state in favor of the
severst economy, and the avoidance of
a single dollar of unneeded taxation upon
our llluuSlLleS,
Industry, commerce and trade are all
greatly depressed, and this depression has
continued now for nearly four years.
Stringency in business circles has not
only continued for that period, but it has
steadily increased until today, and the
economy that Is enforced In private busi-
ness affairs and In every channel of pri-
vate life should be equally enforced in
the administration of the government.
The people will gladly approve the study
of resolute economy to the utmost extent
consistent with the duty of the state 20
the charities which are largely dependent
upon its bounties, and the legislature
could not in any way more surely COM
mand public respect than by first study
ing the utmost measure of economy that
can be enforced, and then providing the
revenues to meet the absolutely necessary
expenditures.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02
ELS WINNING SUI T.
rom Inc Cleveland Leader.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Kirtland-And why do you think
Mr. Dunley that the world is better now
and more beautiful than it was thirty
five years ago?
Mr.. Dunley (who is after her sweet
r)-Because-because you were
not in 1t then.
Papa Kirtland's objections to the young
man have been overriden.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02
is perfected beyond what is publicly
known

is perfected beyond what is publicly
known.
As to our ships, the navy Is far stronger
today than II ever has been. To say notn-
ing of a dozen old single-turrot monitors,
which might be OF use IN defending small
er ports, we have the big battleshlps Iowa,
Indiana, Massachusetts, and oregon; the
secondclass hut powerful battleships
Maine and Texas: six dcuble-turret moni-
tors, the Puritan. the Monterey, the Mian-
tonomoh the Monadncck, the Amphtrite,
and the Terror; end finally the fine ar
mored cruisers Brooklyn and New York.
These and the ram Katahdin represent
our armored fleet alone. In unarmored
cruisers and gunboats several OF them
very fast and some of them heavily
armed, we are also strong, while the tor
pedo boats are beginning to come forward
In numbers that make them genuine
source of reliance for harbor defence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02
Repugnant.

With reference to the suggestion
that stamp duties be reimposed in this
country as a means of providing rev.
enue, the Chicago Times-Herald esti-
mates that a tax of cents on bank
or commercial paper-the tax which is
contemplated by the present advocates
of this method of collecting federal in
come-would yield in the neighborhood
of $1S,0000 900. This isupon the assump-
tion that American bank clearings are
$45,O00,0 100000 a year with checks aver
aging $50 apiece. The guess may not
be strictly accurate but it will serve to
bring out our contemporary point.
There is" says the Chicago paper,
"a grave doubt whether the proposed
tax would be wise. The United States
prefers to levy the bulk of it's taxa
ton indirectly and this is one of the
causes of the popularity of the tariff
as a means of revenue. 1t must also
be remembered that at present checks
form a large proportion of the circu-
lating medium of the country, and a
tax upon them, however small would
have the effect of lessening their en-
ployment in small transactions. This
would in effect limit the circulating
medium, and few economists would
urge anything that would tend to have
such a result"
There are not lacking economists, or
rather alleged economists, in great
number who are willing to propose any
plan for raising revenue which aims
blow at protection to American in
dustries or offers a pretext for open
Ing American markets gratuitously to
foreign producers. We can imagine no
other origin for this stamp tax propo-
sition in time OF peace. The sugges-
tion is absolutely repugnant TO the
underlying idea of American taxation.
Until the indirect processes break
down utterly, they must form the chief
bulwarks of our revenue system, leav-
ing direct taxation to be employed only
In cases of grave emergency or in linn
tied degree as supplemental to the 9TH
er revenues. The stamp tax is odious
for the slap which 1t gives to the es-
tablished ability Of the United States
to pay its way without resort to un-
usual expedients in direct taxation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02
OUR READINESS FOR DEFENCE.
From the New York Sun,

From the New York Sun.
We see no reason for supposing that
war with Spain win result from anything
now proposed In congress. Certainly the
recognition of Cuban belligerency would
not be a casus belli, under international
law; and nobody thought of so constru-
ing the various recognitions of Confed-
crate belligerency by European powers,
although the Confederate cause did not
finally succeed. so, again, the proposal TO
treat with Spain for the recognition of the
independence of Cuba is not now cause
Of war. We made a similar proposal to
her more than quarter of a century ago,
naming a very large sum as the consid-
Grafton for Spain's withdrawal from the
island. Such a bargain was supposed TO
be beneficial on all sides.
But, so far as preparation for war is
concerned, we are certainly better pre-
pared now than We have been for many
years. At half a dozen leading ports
there is at least the nucleus of defence,
and, thanks to the liberal appropriations
of the last congress- emplacements are
going up at various points all along the
coast, while scores OF heavy guns have
been built. While much remains to be
done, the difference between our coast
protection now and ten years, five years,
and even two years ago, is enormous; and.
so far as Spain is concerned. this matter
need not give us the least concern. We
have floating defenses es well as fixed
forts ON which our leading harbors can
count, ana the system OF submarine mines
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

nsyiaS practically demonstrated
that artificial air flight is possible, Pro-
fessor Simon p. Langley now modestly
retires from the field and leaves to
Others the problem of putting this pos
sibilty to profitable utilization Pro-
fessor Langley doesn't even seek to
patent his knowledge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

Commissioner Calhoun denies that he
talked while at Havana for purposes of
American publication. SO be IT; Spain
is bound to be troublesome just the
same and denials are wasted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

Governor Hastings to do its thinking
for it in the matter of revenue leglsla-
tion affords one consolation. He is not
like a man who can't.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

The /, o., husband who slapped
his wife because she chewed her fin
gers must have been a stingy man,
considering the cheapness of chewing
gum
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

1t is stated by the Railroad Gazette
that since the disruption of the steel
rail pool orders have been placed for
S2s.S55 tons of rails, 1t is difficult to
reconcile this assertion with the pas
sive condition of many of the mills,
but We trust that 1t is true.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

sending a sick son TO the poor house 20
die. Russell's loan was thus repaid.
Russell ought 20 feel able now to buy
at laast one new paper collar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

The gambling hell at Monte Carlo
last year cleared $4,O0O,OOO This is
probably as much as the annual cash
collection in the average church.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02
GOLDSMITH'S o. BAZAAR.
A Genuine Surprise

We've deliberately
making this memorable week i'm merchandising
item of asonab reliable and have
price that normal value
Each lot will at the advertised price, exactly
represented of profit will advertising Tbs
buying opportunity All ready
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

All the indications point to a veto of
the Andrews "Lexow" bill of expenses.
Such a consummation could be en-
dured with equanimity by the great
majority of Pennsylvanians.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

Fror, sNnish sources the slaughter
of In ssHNts In Cuba is something
f,'ightui, snaN yet we are told in the
next 'rea'h 'ha\ Cuba is pacifed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

man who arralgns them is easily their
peer. A Judge on one of the most Inn
portant benches Of the commonwealth
has brought these charges and they
must be sifted to the uttermost limit.
The committee before which testi-
mony has lately been taken relative to
the management OF the Eastern peni-
tentiary Is general committee with
rowing commission TO inquire into the
broad subject of the states care of the
insane. 1t seems to us that such a
tribunal is hardly the place before
which to try officials accused of per-
jury and murder. Judge Gordon will
doubtless at the proper time be pre-
pared to take steps to secure a trial of
his sensational accusations in a place
where there will be ample facility for
the thorough and unsparing applica-
ton of the judicial probe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

The Philadelphia Record rounds out
the twentieth year of its publication
in the enjoyment of larger circula-
tlon and a more generous business pa
tronage than ever before. The Record
is a most carefully conducted journal
in every department, and the success
which has come to it's distinguished
proprietor and directing head, Mr..
Singerly, through it's publication, has
been richly deserved
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

III s "etthew OF Russell Sage.
the Nsw s YORK % llionaire. saved his
farm, from being Aold on mortgage
fore|ofui.. 1y/starTing himself ana
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-06-11

Don't neglect a cough because the
weather is pleasant before the next
storm rolls around it may develop into
serious difficulty beyond repair. One
Minute Cough Cure is easy to take and
will do what its name implies.
ID. II. BENNETT, Bridport.
q. +. Haskell, West Cornwall.
ISAAC STERNS, Middlebury.
CLAYTON y. NORTH, Shoreham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-06-11
FIELD DAY.
TIE COLLEGE AND iNTERsoHoLAsrIo
CONTESTS.
entertainment,


The roth annual field meeting of the
Middlebury College Athletic associa-
ton and the first annual meeting Of
the Middlebury College Interscholastic
Athletic association took place on the
college grounds on the afternoon Of
Friday, June !. The track was new,
and though rather slow, was in very
fair shape. The events were called at
80 promptly and were finished by
5 80. The officials were alert, and
everything went off on schedule time.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-06-11
THE TOMATO IN ITALY.
1t Is Popular with All Classes In King
Humbert's Realm.


Humbert's Realm.
In every home and cottage in Italy the
preserving of tomatoes is carried on. Ter
races. balconies and even the fat roofs of
the houses are half covered with plates
containing the deep red substance. After
gathering, the tomatoes intended for pre-
serving are spread out for some hours in
the sun till the skin has somewhat shrunk.
They are then passed through "a sieve so
that they NAV be- freed from both seeds and
skins As they contain a large r,roportion
of water, the substance which las been
passed through the sieve must be hung in
bags, from which the water cxudes. and
soon a pool of dirty looking water is form
ed beneath each bag. Strange Go say, it il
in no way Hinged with rcd
The mixture which remains in the bugs
has the consistency OF a very thick paste.
1t is then sailed. the proportion being u
little less than one ource Of salt toa pound
of preserve. The process now requires that
it shall be spread on hat plates. exposed to
the sun and stirred from time to time
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-06-11
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-06-11
sleep.

The cOmpOsure of mind which it is de-
sirable to secure as il harhingcr of sleep is
promoted by allowing time. before rctir-
ing to rest, for the subsistence Of all on
forced mental activity There should be at
least an hours interval between work, no
matter what it may be- and sleep, for if
work be pushed up to the last moment,
sleep will be driven away, or will be, in its
first and most precious stages, broken and
unrefreShing. To turn rosolutcly from
work at "a fixed hour and plunge for lit
tie time into IA novel or newspaper, IA
game or music, will often make all the
difference between bad and a good
nights rest. Position when in bed is
very important factor in the production of
sleep. Englishmen travelling on the CONT
nent are sOmetinos puzzled ana distressed
by insomnia, until they discover that their
bodies, propped by enormous, square pill
lows, are ut much greater angle to tho
plane of the bed than that in which they
are accustomed to repOse at home.
The substitution Of o small pillow for
the large one soon disposes of their wake
fulness. And so with children The posi-
ton in which they are placed when put to
bed should be carefully attended to, as
nightly variations in this may at least
postpone the advent of sleep, which is so
essential to the welfare of the growing
brains. Very little things serve sometimes
to induce sleep. Thus, the mere turning
of pillow and the application of its cold
surface to the head and face will on occa-
sion, prove the turning point in a struggle
with slceplessness.-Ne York Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-06-11

dress and the beautiful good night"
drill by the children must be listened to
and witnessed in order to be one-haf
appreciated. When the final adjourn
ment came all felt that this had b, en-
day well spent and most heartily en-
ioyed. Much credit is due Cold Spring
lodge for its most generous and splendid
entertainment.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-06-11

1 80 promptly and were finished by
S so. The officials were alert, and
everything went off on schedule tir,e
-
In the college events the f1rst place
counted flVe points, the second place
tnree' and the third place one. The
class winning the greatest number
of points was awarded handsome
silver cup, to be suitably engraved and
placed in the library and contested for
annually. \ silver medal was awarded
to the first man in each event and =
bronze medal to each second man.
'Tbe results were &c folio,rs, ''''' i
Ioo Al\I'N DASH.
, won by Haipin' '9S; second Prentiss, 90;
'n"o' Da'chelder' 1000 llme' II seconds
IiALf-Mll.t WALK.
Won by Munroe, 1000; second, sessions,
%; thrd' C. q. smith, 20. Iime + min,
0 sec, .....
~ lND 9lN rh->-I'ON AiIo
Won by Skeels, '9S; second, Hubbard, go;
'''i''' Men 1000 Distance 81 H. m
vI,n ~, slao,s ,ae. .a.,.l r.n:a. 1900.
Tim. =, To-, ''''''' '900
ms - SCI.
~ h.NNDN DASH.
Won by llalprn' IS; second Irentiss, 90;
'''''''' n"'CIe'uer' 1000 me- 25 s. sec
w. -. ,n.a tt.,,
zoo. third SLeels oS Gi.fen C.' f. I'E ir '
UAtF-l111F rim
Won bv Batcbelder 1000. second Riro.
ham, 90; third, Human. 'oS. Time, min
% IS sec.
RUNNING BROAD JUMP.
Won by Skeels, 9S; second, Halpin, 'gS;
third Allen, 1900 Distance, Y #. s.. in.
QUARTEK-MlLE run.
Won by Lobban, IS; second, Prentiss
9o' 'hlrd' 9Neel'' 90 lme' nm ? sec
THROWING NINiEEN-PoUND HAM
-. - W I'm
,h;.J vi Ir,y -a.iT'', '90T, seConu 'EeeiN 90
STANDING BROAD lump.
Won by Halpin. 'oS: second. Allen. 1000,
third IIinman. 'oS. Distance. o #. S in
POLE VAULT.
Won by prentiss. 90: second. AIunroe
1000; third. Allen, 1000 Height. S #. o in.
RUNNING HIGH Hump.
Won by Hubbard. '9o; second. Allen. 1000;
third, Collins, 1900 Height it.
HALF.NlILE RELAY RACE
BETWEEN FOUR CLASSES. SIX MES ro rxrt.
FROM EACH CLASS.
Won bv Class Of 'oS. second 90. tbi,d
81. Iime,I min. ~ s. sec
The winning relay team, representing the
Lass 81 g. consisted OF iiinman' Iunton
wis., '''''''''''' '''0oi' "'''' - "'t'''''
summary, q r,,;rts sb,,,.d +b,t .os ,.o,
& points; 1000 won IS points: zoo Won rl
points. 'o7 won one point. and prentiss 'o6
POSTGRADUATE, won II points. The class o.
49, having won the greatest number, wa
awarded the class cup he Freshmen made
,ho, ,be,, '''' alI L 5 ~ '' h
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