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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23

ment. Commander Crowninshield Is chief
of the bureau OF navigation and MEM
Der of>the strategy board. His declara-
tions In reference to the canal are expert
testimony. All the public discussion over
the canal has hitherto been devoted to
its commercial aspects. Now that we are
in war the usefulness of the canal to
our national defense looks larger than
even its enormous Importance to COM
merCc.
Two years ago no one dreamed of war
with Spain. AT that time the adminiStrd-
tion with the unanimous support of con-
gress had officially challenged war with
the mghtiest nation i'm Europe, although
Great Britain possessed fleet one-half
of which could have annihilated our navy
and bombarded every city on our coasts
without hindranCe. Now war with any
European power which has equal or supe-
ror naval strength to ours Is not more
Unforeseen today than the Spanish war
was two years ago. In case OF such war
we have two sea coasts a weeks journey
apart by land and two months apart by
sea. Without ships enough TO protect
one of our coasts against the fleet of
France, of Germany. or of Russia we
have two long coast lines and no possi-
bilitv of shifting the fleet from one to the
other to meet an enemy's attack. If the
fleet were divided in peace either half
might be overwhelmed In war before they
could be united by the long voyage
around the Horn. with the fleet conCen-
trated on either coast the other coast
could be ravaged 10y weak enemy with
impunity.
A great nation without direct commun-
ication between its coasts Is at an ugly
disadvantage. In time Of peace its COM
merCc is at a disadvantage. In time of
war its defense is at a terrible disad-
vantage. Our position is what it would
be if with an army of invasion about to
land on the Pacific coast, there were no
Pacific railroads and it would take two
months to march an army to meet them.
What has happened this year may hap
| pen again. We may thank fortune that it
| is Il weak nation into war with which we
were hurried before we knew 1t. 1t is as
| likely to happen with a strong power II
| it does let us hope that this war will have
| taught us the necessity of connecting our
| sea coasts
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23
SCRANTON, MAY 90, 1898.

The proposition to establish graharles
IN Great Britain as a precautionag against
starvation i'm the event of hostile
blockade is again receiving serious con-
sideration across the water. Accord
ing to -onc English authority the pres
ont condition Of Great Britain in re-
spect of it's dependence upon imports
of hroadstufis lis without Il parallel in
either its own history or the history OF
any other great nation 1t does not
pay a nation to discourage agriculture.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23
LEST WE FORGET.

From the Toronto Globe.
There is perhaps a little too much laud-
alton of the talents and virtues that are
supposed to accompany the use of the
English language; and Rudyard Kipling $
Lest we forget" might with profit be
taken TO heart by the whole English
speaking world and made to include a
prayer against self-righteOusncss against
moral and intellectual as well as martial
ConCeit. But on the whole the faOric
of these communities is sound, and their
alliance would mark long stage in the
forward march of mankind.
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machinery Of self-protection 20 get so
old and squeaky and rusty that now,
in the midst OF war. we cannot for the
moment equal the ragged cuban insur-
gents in getting at the half-starved
troops Of Spain.
put the blame where it belongs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23

Mr.. Gladstone made his own career
and had no title, yet at his death every
sovereign in Europe wired messages of
coincidence. The supremacy of quality
over rank has seldom been 50 conspicu-
ously illustrated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23

Notwithstanding modern progress in
the occult, it is doubtful if Blanco's
Imagination will be sufficient long to
reconcile the victims of the Havana
blockade to the lack of meat and po-
tatOps.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23

Before deciding whether we are to
keep the Philippines or not, it was OBJ
viously wise to make sure that we had
got and could hold them. This the ad-
ministration is doing with admirable
foresight and energy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23

New ideas and larger ambitions are
the predicted results on the American
side of the war with Spain. New ideas
and less conceit will be Spain's portion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23

war will so shake up public sentiment
that lot OF the hangers on now bar
nacled on American politics will be cut
adrift and the general tone of politics
made better There is certainly big
room and welcome for such a predlc-
tiOn's fulflmcnt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23
A NEED OF WAR.

New York Commercial-Adve
III we had the Nicaragua canal" IL
the point of Commander Crowninshield's
-L'- ~--I-'- I..-- s-~r@A a a public doou-
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Spanish war craft. leaving the Ameri-
can navy department free to concen-
tratc its ships and its energies upon the
problem, thus far unsolved, of coping
with Cervera's flying squadron in the
North Atlantic.
The tardincss with which reinforce
ments have been despatched to him
opens up another field of comment and
criticism with which Dewey himself
has nothing to do This tardincss IS
humiliating If not unpardonable; but
it is probable that the government has
done the best it could under the cm-
barrassinE circumstances which have
confronted it since congress forced
war before voting money or authorizing
the preparations necessary to wage it
effectively at the drop of the hat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23

Hawaii in point of area is not equal
to one-seVenth of Cuba nor to one
twentieth of the Philippines. But STRAIT
egicarv it is worth thlu both.
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ENTERED AT THE PosToFFIcE At scRANroS'
PA, AS sECoND-CLAss MAIL MATTER
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GROUND PLAN OF BARN.

passage marked X, from either end of
the barn, through doors at G. The
shutters to the cow stalls (A) open back
in this passage, as shown at II. One
can go from the driveway to the long
passage (X), through the doors Il, y,
and the cross passage. The manure
sheds are full length of the barn, as in
Dictated by the dotted lines, Fig. 2. The
roofs to these sheds are made in Sec
tons, and are hinged to the wall OF the
barn so they can be raised up, as in
Dictated by the broken circular lines,
Fig. 1.
An opening OF about is inches is left
Just under the roof of the manure shed,
the full length of the barn, marked j,
J, Fig. /, to throw the manure through
when cleaning stalls. The stairs are
hinged to the loft and can be raised
up out of the way with pulley and
rope attached, when it is necessary to
drive through. If you contemplate
the erection of cow barn it will pay
You to study this plan, for assure you
it is a good one for Georgia.. and can
be adopted to suit any section.-k. w..
7. Stewart. in Ohio Farmer.
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HINTS FOR DAiRYMEN.

Some COWS do Tot like some mixers,
and it is unwisc to have them MIXED by
such persons.
Unless it is an extraordinary good
COW. an habitual kicker is too much
CT n nuisance to fool with.
1t took long time to stop the fraudu-
lent sale of oleomargarine, but the law
has triumphed a: last.
The laws of hcredity will sometimes
transmit the habits of the parent and q
cow with bad habits is not entirely safe
to breed from.
Never trust the milking of heifer to
any one who has not good stock OF
patience and judgment. Lack of either
may ruin the COW.
The farmer is foolish ever to buy cod
liver oil. Cream and butter answer the
purposes. medicinal and for nourish'
ment--much better.
Sore teats can often be cured by vase
line. which is one of the simplest and
best remedies we have for ordinary
sores. So is the extract of witch hazel
Western Plowman.
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SoVjI ROsaa9S the Cheapest.

Good roads as "a creation of man and
a type of civilized society is a theme
much dwelt upon, and has not even yet
received all the consideration it de.
serves. But it is well to remember that
time is required to build permanent
highways, and that such conditions as
are found in some foreign countries can
only be realized here after generations
have worked along some clear line OF
improvement for many years. Solid,
substantial roads are the cheapest in
the end, but they cost great deal OF
money. 1t is injudicious and wasteful
to attempt the best and then do it in a
shoddy manner. Better, far, do less and
do it thoroughly.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
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Period. of Road Building.

In an interesting article on "Ancient
and Modern Highways, by c. L. Whit
tie, in the New England Magazine, the
writer divides the history of road-build-
ing. as affected by various uses, into
three periods: First. during the reign
of the Egyptian and Assyrian kings;
second, beginning with the rise of
Carthage. and continuing through the
rise and fall of the Roman empire;
three, beginning in France, with the
roads conceived by Napoleon and exc
cuted by Tresaguet;" then by McAdam
and Telford in England, afterwards on
the continent, and now in the United
States.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.
Only a Question Of Time When II
Will Be Generally Establishcd

Only question Of Time When 1t
Will BE Generally Established.
sor some time the government has
been making trial OF free rural mail
delivery in 20 states on Al different
routes. These routes were located in
widely-scattered districts, differing
from each other in general character
as far as possible. The mountain dis
trlcts of Arkansas, the back country dis
tricts of the middle west, the negro set
Elements of the south, the farming dis
tricts OF other states-all kinds of terri
tory were covered in order to give the
plan thorough test. Perry Heath, who
has had the supervision of the trial,
says in his report that, according to
the varying conditions of the country
traversed, the rural carriers perform
their service on horseback or riding in
buckboards, buggies, two-wheeled carts
or on bicycles. In some states they have
to cross farms and pull down bars and
ride over fields to deliver and collect
their mails. In no instance has any
serious complaint been made of this
invasion of private rights. On the con-
trary, the cooperation of the communi-
ties served has in every instance been
effectively and cheerfully given. The
farmers, at their own cost, have put up
boxes at the crossroads and at all other
convenient places for the reception of
the mails. The general results OBJ
tanned have been so satisfactory as to
suggest the feasibility of making rural
delivery permanent feature of postal
administration in the United States, not
Immediately or in all districts at once,
but in some graduated form.
From this time on, therefore, we may
expect to see a movement for the per-
manent establishment of such system.
The appropriation for the experiment
was only intended to cover it as such,
and for any further development of the
system other provision will have to be
made. This provision will naturally be
gradual, inasmuch as the establishment
Of the system throughout all the rural
districts at once would entail an enor-
nous expense. But it has been proved
that the plan is feasible and that it
meets demand. Therefore it is only a
question of time when it will be gen.
orally Observation-Disclosures Field and
Farm.
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ARE NOT A LUXURY.
well-Mnde Highways Are Really
Among the Necessities.

WclI-Mnde Highways Are Really
Among the Necessities.
The road commissioner of New Jcr-
sew, Mr.. Budd, points out that it costs
three cents bushel to haul wheat on a
level road distance of five miles. and
at least nine cents to haul it the same
distance on sandy road, which goes
to Illustrate the practical economic inn
portance of good roads. This is point
which deserves the serious attention OF
farmers. Sandy and rough roads are
wearing out their horses and vehicles
and increasing the actual cost of their
farm supplies and of the marketing of
their produce. Though little recog-
nized, this is a fact most potent to the
careful observer, and most pointedly
and truly expressed in Mr.. Budd's re-
port. When this fact penetrates the
minds of farmers more generally they
viii! begin to realize that money and
labor expended on road improvement
will save money for them in reducing
the actual cost of hauling and in saving
vehicles and horses.
It is high. time to dispense with the
idea that good roads are l,lNuries, mere
fancy frills, and to regard well-made
highways as among the necessities
Easton (Pa.) Free Press.
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PLANT SUGAR NAPLES.
Every Farmer Can Grow His Own
Supply Of Sugar.

Every Farmer Can Grow His Own
Supply Of Sugar.
Should we plant maple groves? There
can hardly be two opinions on this SUBJ
ject. The beet sugar industry is prob
lem, but the maple sugar industry never
was a problem. 1t pays better than
three-fourths of our farm work. At
eight cents pound maple sugar finds
ready market, while much of the better
product sells at ten and twelve cents.
The sirup is sold by producers directly
to consumers at one dollar gallon
very rarely at less than so cents.
Throughout New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and other states this di-
rect sale to consumers takes up q large
part of the product, excepting only two
or three counties of northern New
York. But it is not just now as mar
ket product that the subject should be
mainly considered. Every family is a
sugar consumer and sugar buyer.
Most farmers can make the larger part
of this sugar supply as easily as they
can raise their own potatoes. A family
of six or seven will consume from one
to two barrels of sugar in year. Gran
ulated sugar will cost such family
from SIS to $50 year. A grove OF 50
trees will produce from 200 to ESQ
pounds of maple sugar. That is, where
the trees stand in the open. The prod
uct is less where the sugar is made
from trees in the forest. This is equiv
alent to at least half the family's re-
ouirements for sugar. But the sales
of sirup will make an aggregate value
per tree even higher. grove OF 80
trees standing in the open will occupy
not more than a quarter of an acre.
Besides the sugar product, the grove
is advantageous for shade, also for an
enormous product of humus each fall,
and for windbreaks and shelter, and as
an equalizer of temperature and mo's-
ture. Maple trees should grow in a
grove. They do not thrive we'll as
street trees, where they are subject to
much abuse of the saw and exposure OF
the trunk to hot sunshine. grove
might well be given place on every farm
of 20 acres. Why shall there not be a
general planting of maple groves dur
ing the spring of 1s9s?-N. Y. Tribune
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Iudinpton. Mich. Nov. 1882

Ludington. Mich, Nov 1897
M V. McInnes, Esq, Colonization Agent,
Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sir: We have just returned from
the West, and were exceedingly we'll pleased
with the country We are going back to
take up our homesteads in early spring.
We received $500 per month and board,
working for farmers, and the board was
the best we ever had-the beef and mutton
especially were. excellent. The fine flavor is
owing to the fine grasses which the cattle
and sheep feed upon. The people are very
hospitable. and treat their hired help with
much kindness.
The grain is much heavier than here.
wheat being 81 lbs. to the bushel oats 49
lbs. and barley often IS lbs.
Any man with good team and money
enough to buy provisions and seed for six
months can become rich there in five years.
Many people who arrived there five years
ago with little or nothing are we'll off now.
One man met held his wheat from last
year and was offered $4,000 for this years
crop and what he had held over from last
year, and is holding it at 81 90 per bushel.
We are going back in the spring to work for
this same farmer until seeding, after which
we will homestead between seeding and
harvest. We think we will settle on the
Manitoba & Northwestern R. r.
You can refer anyone to us for this part
of the country while we are here and we
will cheerfully answer any questions which
anyone may wish to ask. Yours truly,
(Signed) CHAS. HAWLEY,
JOSEPH DOLA.
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All Things as Advertised.

By competing lines show a progressive
spirit, but some Of the things that are al
legged to be new have been in constant daily
use for years past on the Steam-heated,
Electric-lighted with berth reading -lamp),
Vestibuled trains of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul Railway between St. Paul
and Minneapolis and Chicago, as thousands
upon thousands of its patrons will cheer.
fully testify. The Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway always maintains its STU
premacy with the travelling public by al
ways being the first to utilize every me-
cilanical device and improvement which
can be of any value to those who ride on its
magnitcently equipped trains.
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WOMEN AND THE WHEEL.
49,, +he Gazette. Delaware, Ohio.

rio healthfulness of bicycle riding for
,,,d me Is still disputed question between
snd 9e safe ePeate. for
Oseu means of outdoor exercise, the
%omGt Of which all physicians concede.
4 Htmddt 10 excess, like any other pastime, its
e Jsea is likely to be dangerous
eH Tbe :. experience Of Miss Bertha Reed, the
dapSs saxar Of 6 MI r.
h rant moral for parents who, like Mr.. and
kfrs Reed, have experienced some concern
i or In IN the fail Of 100 Miss Bertha, who had
r;dden a great deal, began to fail in an alarm:
mo manner. She grew. steadily paler and
4 XXX a and it appeared she was going into
Inflammation. Rest and quiet did her abso.
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Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh
Tint Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys.
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians. as the damage they will do is
often ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken inter:
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen
uine. It is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testi'
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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To see nicely dressed man in a black
coat the shoulders of which are powdered
with dandruif is most unpleasant sight.
Dandruff exists to greater or less extent in
all heads not properly cared for. There is
q way to kill dandruf effectually and per.
manently. There can be no dandruff where
"Cocoaine" is used. The little book pub.
'lished by Joseph Burnett Co., 81 India St.,
Boston, Mass, entitled 'The Hair, Its Care
and Management" will be sent free to any.
one interested who will send their address
to that firm
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travels. My business as advertising agent
of our immense consolidated show keeps me
mate and diet. / find Pe-ru-na an admirable
remedy to correct these evils Mr., ,Eph.
Sells also writes the Doctor as, follows:
"Your Pe-ru-na is certainly one of the very
best tonics that was ever brought to my at.
tenton. As the financial manager of the
great combined Forepaugh and Sells Broth
crs' shows, am necessarily subjected to
constant strains Of the nervous system and
brain. This kind of wear and tear makes
me feel frequently in need of a good tonic
To ..s;st d;1est;on and TO keen my nerves
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ground plan, and the calf stalls B.
The places of the milking stools are
marked with a small circle. The milk
er occupies the same stall with the
calf, there being door shutter in the
center Of each calf stall, separating
the two. How these shutters swing is
shown at C, there being small door
without shutter through which the
milking is done, in front of each milk
ing stool, at D. The feed troughs are
marked Z.
The feeding is done from the drive
way, through windows, with drop
shutters, shown at F, Fig. 1. The
COWS are driven in the long, narrow
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by delegates to report or Western
Canada to their friends in Michigan,
and as a result of which hundreds of
people expect to Leave this spring for
the Free Grant Lands of Western Can
ada.
Winnings, Man, Sept; 10, 1897.
Agent, Detroit, Mich
Dear Sir: We are pleased to state to you
that we have found the country in the vi.
cinity of Alameda fully up to what you
and MIR. Keller had represented it to be;
It is in fact an ideal location for mixed
farming. The soil is the best we ever saw,
and as the farmers were all busy at thresh-
ing. we had an excellent chance to see its
productive quality, which cannot be sur
passed anywhere: The cattle could not be
steers equal to three-year-olds raised in
most places, and these, as all others are
about Alameda, were fed on native hay in
winter and herded in summer. As we had
previous to this visited the Northwestern
States in behalf Of large number of farm
ing, We are; now in position to say that
the Alameda district of Western Canada
surpasses them all. The country is equal to
that about Thuringen in Germany. We
were rather skeptic before starting, and our
suited, but we. have now decided to move
possibly can. II We left Mr. Riede lei at s Ala
media, and take back his report, and we
will take his family and effects with us when
we 60. Yours sincerely.
(Signed) ALBERT MAI,
FRED GOT!TOWsK1.
Alameda, N. W. T., Aug 81, 1897.
Dear Friends of Saginaw:
Those desiring to secure good and sure
home will do we'll to take our advice and
examine the land in the neighborhood of
Alameda, as we know that everyone who
sees this land will be agreeably surprised.
Before seeing this land we were partly in
doubt as to moving here, but after looking
it over We at once. decided to make our
home here; and we beg those of our friends
who are DESTROYS of securing farms not to
let this chance slip by, as the sol! is. of the
best and the water cannot be excelled:: The
finest wheat we ever saw is also raised here.
We shall return home in haste, straighten
out our affairs and move here at once.
Yours truly,
(Signedj WILLIAM GOTTOWsK1,
ALBERT MAI,
WILLIAM RIEDEL,
(of Sagnaw.)
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suEEestinR n Remedy.

to de G rs sp fnew a Mss
continually from headaches.
Mrs, Naggs-Why don't you try to per.
suade him to resign?
resign from what?'
'Why, from the club of course."-Chi
cago Evening News.