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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29
Suggestive Trade Figures.

Trade figures ordinarily are uninter-
esting but no thoughtful American can
say this OF the figures of our foreign
commerce for the year ended June 30,
which have Just been officially promul-
gated. Already 1t has been noted that
our foreign trade during this year has
been the largest in our history. the ex-
ports being nothing less than phenome-
nal. But details with respect to these
exports are now available.
AS compared with the year preceding,
cotton exports increased from 3,103,754,-
949 pounds to 3,34t, 332, 500 pounds. while
the total value last year was $3.50 800, ,971
and that for the year just ended $780,
sO740. The expectation Of mineral
oils increased from 97S,514 ,e4e gallons to
1,O22 22.2lo.379 gallons, yet the total value
in the year Just ended was but s55,1n,-
600, against se2, 2,635, ,O27 in the preceding
year. a marked increase in quantity
and decrease in export value. In pro-
visions. including beef. pork and dairy
products, the value of the expectations
is greater than last year. being s154,-
45i,O74, against sl37 ,0S4 last year.
The value of the wheat and flour ex-
ported during the year Just ended
amounted to s212. 1891 500, a sum only
surpassed in 1880 and 1882 the total in
1880 being s225,S79, SOP. and that of 1892
being 1896, 761 ,416 In corn the exports
for the year exceed both in quantity
and value those of any preceding year,
the number of bushels (including corn
meaD being Oo,S59, ,102 bushels, valued
at S5.260,06 The largest expectation
of corn in any preceding year was 17S,-
S17,4 All bushels in 1897 valued at s54,-
9S9.213, while in no year prior to 1897
did the quantity of corn exported ever
reach half that of the year Just ended.
In oats. oatmeal and rye the exporta-
tion also greatly increased, the total in
each case for the year just ended be-
ing about double that of the preceding
year.
it is in manufactures that the gain
| was greatest, the value of these al
most doubling in twelve months. Yet
no class in our population has failed
to share in the benefits of this growing
| export trade. The fact that we have
passed the point where our own people
can consume the things which Ameri-
can labor produces makes imperative
the adoption of a policy looking to the
extension of our foreign markets. and
in the working out of this broad policy
not only a larger navy. with adequate
dry docks and coaling stations, but
also the Nicaragua canal, Pacific ocean
9bles and the American flag over pros
porous and growing oversee colonies
are indispensab BILE.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

clare. When II is considered. however,
been made without racing in a fog
which produced the great loss Of life,
1t seems a crime that steps Of the kind
were not taken before the advent OF
this grewsome incentive.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29
IMPERIALISM IN TEXAS.
From tho Dallas News Gnd. Dem),

From tho Dallas News (Ind, Dem).
"Call II imperialism or what you will,
but IL looks to us like the popular senti-
ment in the United States in regard to
territorial extension is TO keep what we
get and rustic for more and them's our
sentiments" say the Dublin Telephone.
II the country weeklies over the Union
are as unanimous as those OF Texas en-
the above sentiment the policy OF tho
government may be said TO be forming
rapidly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

The conflict between the brewers and
the saloonkeepers of New York over
the war tax may result in starting a
new brewery by the retailers con-
tingency utterly unexpected by the
brewers. The beer tax cannot there
fore be longer regarded as distinctly a
temperance movement.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

Children usually select most inoppor-
tune times for the contraction of dis
eases, but the boy king of Spain has
made no mistake in taking the measles
just now when the tenderness of his
people may thus be drawn to him, as
it is most needed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

Heavy editorial writer's about the
country evidently take the Madrid es-
capade of Miss Jessie Schley too seri-
ously. So long as Admiral SIMPSONS
stock Of ammunition holds out and Ad-
miral Dewey is unmolested by the
Washington government, there is no
immediate danger of evil results from
Miss Schley's visit to the land of bull
fights and prunes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

1t is evident that Lieutenant Hobson
owes his life to Admiral Cervera's in
reference more than once. The cell in
Moro Castle would soon have finished
even man of nerve like Hobson had
not the admiral insisted upon his re-
moval to more civilized quarters. Most
Americans had a shrewd suspicion that
the Spanards in general would have
gladly contributed to his speedy de-
mise
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

Two Mormon elders are laboring in
Susquehanna. AS that locality fur
nished the first material for Mormon
ism years ago, it ought to be able to
produce another larger contingent Of
Saints By this time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

If La Bourgogne's fearful end results
in an International agreement to estab-
lish track which all ocean liners
must take, the woeful catastrophe will
have not been in vain, as the added
safety OF sea-voyaging will in time de-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

President Mckinley seems in no hur-
nv TO commit this government on
peace proposals. He realizes nc DOUBT
that in war the United States are
fighting Spain but in diplomatic nego-
tiations We will be obliged to face all
Europp
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

Switzerland car muster 5h2, 254 men
for the field in the course OF few
weeks in case of war. yet strange to
say Switzerland does not seen, to take
much interest in the disposition OF the
Philippines.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.

Governor WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor--J. =. S. GOBLIN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs--JAMES w.
LAITA.
Judge of Superior Court-W. ". PoR-
TER.
Congressman at Large 60 SAMUEL A.
DAVENPCRT, GALUSHA A. GROW.
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yellow" journals are beginning to
show a lack of enterprise. None of
them have published zinc or chalk
plate portraits of Hobson's prospective
bride.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29
LEGISL ATIv E.

senate.
Twentieth Dist.-JAMES c. VAUGHAN.
House.
First District-JOHN r. FARR.
Fourth District-JOHN +. REYNOLDS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

There is no doubt that Spain wants
peace But she evidently wants it al
bargain counter rates.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

The government is beginning to real
ize that good cooks are as useful in
warfare as first class arms and ammu-
milton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

No one doubts Miss Jessie Schley's
good intentions. 1t is the lack of faith
in her good sense that has become
prevalent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

A Western exchange intimates that
Garcias troops are In more danger of
gout than the American soldiers are
of succumbipg to yellow fever.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

Lackawanna Democrats are in coubt
as TO what incident of the war to fea-
ture as a campaign issue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

Hobson's scrapbook is probably I'LL
ing more rapidly than SIMPSONS these
days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

The Spanish troops are gaining in
telligence by experience. The soldiers
at Guanica ran at the approach of
American gunners.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29

1t seems too bad to close the war
without giving Colonel Bryan chance
to do something,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29
FIN LEY'S
Mem s
Fur sllliSh-
fingS . . . .

The last ten days i'm
July will be devoted
to clearing up stocks
i'm general throughout
this department, when
everything i'm the line
of summer goods or
broken lots of any de-
scription will be closed
out regardless of cost.
Boys Shirt Waists
and Blouses, Mems
Negligee Shirts, Mems
Balbriggan u de r.
wear, Neckwear, Hos
iery, etc., etc.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
THIS SHAFT IS NEARLY A MILE OfEl
1t Is in Six Compartments and It Has Been Built at +. o.
Millions of Money.

Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
one day last week. so quietly that II
was not known. except to employees. fol
several days. the greatest mining shat,
IN the entire world went into commits
SION After nine years of incessant la
Dor and the expenditure Of over two
and a half millions OF dollars In cash,
the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet
q Hecla Is now an integral part of the
great copper mine which pays quarter
ly dividends of one million dollars. and
Is steadily reducing conglomerate rucS
carrying approximately . per cent. of
native copper.
The Rec Jacket 7haft il vertical. all
other shafts of the Calumet A. Hecla
following the dip of the lode. 37H de-
greees to the west OF northwest. IL was
started In 1889. Immediately litter the
last or the three great Tres occurring
underground In the older workings OF
the mine. which did damage of more
than a million dollars. Work has been
continued upo II day n night since
that time n the shaft stands without
an equal In any mining field on the
globe. 1t Is 1900 feet in ~depth-but $50
rect less h a a full statute mile-and
compared with 1t the deep silver mines
or the Comstock lode in Nevada or the
wonderful mines Of Austria, worked for
many t'HtuTlcs past, are out shallow
pits. 1t contains six compartments.
each equal in size to an ordinary min
ing shaft. four OF which are used for
hosting rock and lowering timber. One
smart is utilized for the ladderways and
the sixth and last compartment carries
iight, power. water and compressed air.
The underground workings of the
smart are laid out with mathematical
accuracy. the undertaking course of the
bearing lode allowing the work to be
planned thousands of feet ahead of the
miners picks. The great pumps which
free the mine OF water are operated in
terchangably by compressed air and
electricity. The power drills which cut
the holes for the dynamite cartridges
are run by compressed air alone, and
there are more than 800 Of these drills.
each doing the work of a dozen men,
working both day and night In the Cal
umet AZ Hecla mine. The use of COM
pressed air Is a great boon to miners,
as the heat would be unbearable but for
its cooling effects. Air parts with much
OF It's heat under compression and when
liberated robs surrounding objects of
their heat. With a rock temperature of
- $40 degrees Fahrenheit at the 1900
foot level the cooling effect OF the air
from the drills Is most grateful.
Besides the heat, miners In the deep
shaft have another serious obstacle 10
contend with. The water teaching |
through the copper strata gradually ac- |
quires an acid tone, which Is very
marked at considerable depths, and
miners working three-quarters OF a mile
or more below the sunlight must protect
head and hands from water. which
gives rise to serious blisters and event. |
ually to ULCERS that eat to the bone. IL
allowed to come in free contact with
skin. But for the danger from the
water the miners woul strip to the
waist at their work, as is done in many
coal mines.
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There II a complete teIephooe 49,
underground. also a fire alarm Or
and crosscut with hose at convunaG
stations. There are also fire dYoro \
which y portion Of the mine may ~
quickly isolated and G Ore smotn0ro
before IL has spread far. O~ing - ~
~treacherous nature Of the conglomGgn1(
rock, In which the copper II found. ~
most Incredible quantities OF h0nVl
tim5ers are required to shore ~
ground safely. In the newer openlnU|
this timber in damp q burns w
difhcuity. but as the mine row oooDoI
the upper workings are drained dry a.
the old timbering becomes liz tin0oE1
The dangers of a mine fire were lluD3
trated In September. 1896. at the Oocooon
mine, only a mile from the Red Joe1u0
shaft. when 30 miners were ~suRocato1
by the gases from a fire more than q
quarter OF a mile below them.
Many as are the marvels Of thlR 0oo0
shaft itself. they are duplicated b t.
wonders upon surface. Rising oveT ~
mouth OF the shaft y q gigantic OooGo
structure 100 feet square and - 80
high. In this shaft-house are the roos-|
breakers and 'grixzlies." Masses 81
fiinty rock Of a ton or more in Size ere
started through h crushers and coUo|
out In a few moments a. pebbles al
chunks OF a size suited to the Oeo00
stamps at the mills. i've miles distaoG.
where the daily product Of The minot
some 5000 tons of congiomerate roek,
is crushed to and under the titanto
blows Of more han q score Of stsam
stamps.
Near the shaft house are The
boiler and engine houses, beautifu1
buildings Of selected Lake 0uperSoP
r~edstone. a material 80 rich and costly
that IL vies with the finest granite n
price. Within the first named build
ings are ten great boilers. zach Of l.ooo
horsepower. while the lofty engtno
house. within a room more than -
feet square, houses the finest station
airy engine ever built-a monster
steel and polished brass. almost oen-
tient In Its response to the sllghteoe
touch of the master directing ito WORK.
who. at the touch of a lever and the
turn OF a wheel. exerts It's 5000 horse
power as he wills.
Persons who are disagreeably At
fected by the speed of an express ele-
vator in a modern sky-scraper would
sink appalled, at the mere sight OF
the four plying noiselessly up
and down the mile of shaft. A speed
OF eight or ten miles an hour Is the
with the swiftest elevators in
buildings and proves trying to the
strongest who ride in them. An aver.
age speed of 25 miles Is used in the
operation of the cages at the Red
shaft n tests have shown .
speed exceeding 30 miles an hours
speed equaling that OF the
average passenger train which runs
a horizontal plane. This great
speed is never used when hosting or
lowering miners. for which work spe.
cial signals are always given. F1esh
and blood could scarcely stand the
strain of such rapid transit perpen-
dicularly. III. ia
Houghton. Mich, March 10, 1888.
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monkshood; atropin, found in atropa:
~belladonna. or deadly nightshade, and
! several others. Prussic acid may be
classed among he organic poisons, but
II is not related to the alkaloids. Sew
era compounds of prussic acid are also
violent poisons.
The detection of poisons in the
stomach or other organs of the body In
a matter OF little difficulty in some
cases, while in others IL may require
the highest skill and most careful at
tention to minute details. Even then
the chemist is often unable to prove
the presence of something which. IL
may be known, was given ana pro-
duced death. This may be becauSe OF
the elimination of the poison from the
organs examined, from its spontane-
Gus decomposition in the body or be-
cause for the poison in question We
may have no tests of sufficient deli
cacy to insure its detection.
When a chemist In called upon to
make a Genealogical analysis he nrst
learns all he a OF the symphonic, etc.
The observation of a physician or other
witness Of the behavior Of the d.
ceased Immediately before death very
often gives gives a clew as to what
should be looked for. The symptoms a.
poisoning by strychnine. morphine.
aconitin and some other organic poa-
sons are fairly Characteristic and when
reported to the chemist suggest to him
what to do first The same may -
said as to the symptoms in ~poisonin9
by arsenical and some other metauio
Compounds.
Supposing. now. that the chemist
has a ciew as to what to look for. He
usually conducts his examination "a
as to detect and prove the inspected
substance with the greatest certainty.
but in such a manner that other sub
stances may still be sought for In the
suspected material. IL necessary. In
very few cases is 1t possible to make
quick and direct tests for poisons in
the tomach or other organs. IL n
generally necessary to begin by en-
ploying some process which will sepe-
rate the poison In a condition OF
greater or less purity from the large
excess OF organic matter. foodstuR or
tissues accompanying II. For IN
stance. suppose we have reason to sus-
pect the presence of some mineral pol
son. such as arsenic. While in thfs
case we may n often do make Q aim
pie preliminary test. II II customary -
begin by disintegrating the organic
n dissolving as Thoroughly -
possible the contained poison by haat-
with dilute hydrochloric ac1d or
acid and potassium chlo-
rate. The liquid resulting u then
n filtered and metallic pot
sons. II present. are found In the A.
trate. or portion which passes through
nlter."-Chicago Chronicles.
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outward evidences Of respect for ON
dead. OF course, from a more artistic,
yet not higher. standpoint. the pro-
posed monument will serve an entirely
different purpose-it will help to
awaken interest in matters that relate
TO one field. at least. Of art. 1t can be
said, strictly within the limits of truth.
that there are 10 communities where
the appreciation Of the things tina ap-
peal to humanity's esthetic side is
stronger than in the region where we
live. but civilization is new here; the
Montana pioneers are men whom in
the routine OF daily life. one meets at
every turn. OF necessity, the advance
from blazed trails to art galleries can
not be made in a day. We have the
creature comforts and the things that
are known as the modern conveniences
OF domestic life in much larger propor-
ton han is the average in older east
ern communities. We have, too. in
Montana, a conspicuousry high percent
age OF intelligent men and women VIII
genuinely appreciate excellence in con-
structive or decorativ, Or memorial art.
In music. in color. in oratory, in we'll.
written English. in The drama; the
hindrance is that we lack the object
iessons-the constant presence and in
SEPARATION of the living examples.
Very marked has been the advance
or this state along the lines of INTEL
iectual progress in recent years. Butte
mas a public library whose reports. as
to patrons and patronage, have evoked
hig compliment in the press OF cities
Boston and Philadelphia. Ana
conda is soon to dedicate a public II.
brary building which, in respect to
architectural beauty and appoint
ments and equipment. few cities of
Anaconda's size in the United States
can match; and this magnificent gift of
Mrs. Hearst is to receive, as a founda-
ton, books and magazines and 1les
which already compose a library in this
city that has a surprisingly large
patronage. Again, the recent past has
witnessed the construction of theaters
In Montana that are eminently credit
able. The increase In the number of
whose members faithfully devote
themselves to literary pursuit is notice.
aoie-in this respect the women of Mon
lana are engaging in a work that
merits cordial praise. In respect to pul-
ability, and, consequently, the in
creased efficiency of the church. Mon
ana mas witnessed distinct gains dur
ng the decade. Indeed, let it be added,
here has been a perceptible betterment
n the moral tone, which old-time resi-
tents OF Montana will not have failed
o notice. This change has one of its
gratifying manifestations in the fact
hat, on the part of substantial business
men IN the state. the habit of liquor
irinking publicly and to intemperate
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
Current Humor.

How They Get Them.-Managing Editor
Mr.. Quill, you will at once send out and
secure for the Office the following list OF
articles: Two lengths of stovepipe, three
buggy wheels, a broken stove, a wash
boiler. two clotheslines. a lot of assorted
gas pipe and a thousand feet of mixed
lumber
City Editor-And may / ask what this
truck Is for?
Managing Editor-Heavens. what stu
pidity! Listen sir. The STAFF photographer
is TO pose 1t. sir, as a taken-on-the-spot
photograph of the submerged Maine
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An Aggrieved Glass; suppose" said
Mr.. F~ranktown, as he handed a dime to a
tramp, that you find people more willing
to give now than they were a year ago.
when times were much harder"
, well, sir" replied the tramp. you
will scarcely believe it, but the return of
prosperity is very hard on u.s."
How can that be?"
They offer US work now. A year ago
they didn't."-Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
graph.
Hard to Understand.-"The language of
you Americans is very difficult for me to
understand" remarked the visiting En-
glishnIan.
I'm what way?' asked his American
friend.
well Mr.. Tenspot said that golf mads
MIN tired. and j replied that I did not
know that he played golf, and he admit
ted that he did not. Now. how could
golf weary a man who does not play the
game?"-Puck
How He Knew.-"Begorra, an it's
har-rd to COLLECT money these days"
rs you bin tryin' to elect some, Mr..
Murphy
"Divil a clint; but there's a plinty tryin.
TO COLLECT from me.'-Truth.
Not Yet Sentenced.-"I thought the YER
dict of the jury in his case was 'guiItyy"
1T was"
Then why hasn't he been ~sentenced,,
"oh. that was because the Judge asked
him II there was anything he wished 10
say before sentence was passed upon
him"
We'll. that's customary. isn't it?'
oh, yes. It's customary: but you see
he is a popu'ist. and consequently he Is
talking yet."-Chicago Evening Post.
Say. mamma asked s-year-old Ma
bel, who was our papa before he married
into our family?''
"why." replied the astonished mother. |
he was the same man he is now, of
course"
nut continued the youthful inter-
rogator. was he related TO you. or was
he just one OF your beaux?'
Mamma. why does big policemen have |
like little Children asked 5-year- |
old Daisy.
They don't. my dear" replied her
mother; what made you think they
did," ~
Because" she answered, II see nurse
maids taking them out for a walk In the
park most every day"
How Is your health now ?" $50 So" .I
heard you were on the m~end.-Puck.
Fanny-I wonder where Mr.. Reggie
gets his lovely English accent. He's
born
Queenie-why. I hearl he bought his
teeth in London.
Fanny-How clever of him.-Philadel-
,hia Call
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

There used to be a simple sons.
A relic Of the days gone by.
That In the years when We were young
We sang together. you and I.
IL told of garden and Of grove. :
OF blossoms bending on the bouGn.
And light. and life. and woman's lovo-
Alas. we never sing II nows
For then. responsive to the strain.
Our hearts took up its minstrclsy.
And echoed back the blithe refrain
In all its mirthful melody.
We sang IL In a careless mood
Beneath the sunny southsrn SKY.
While life sim seemed supremely 49,
No more We sing II. you and H.
The youth that fanged NJ lines WITH -
That youth has found In Time . tel.
While slow the tagging yeaSS expire
Like embers glowing m the gloon.
Ind now that life b neariy spent.
And NE are sitting here a1ono.
Its music seems q dumb lamone
And tears are trembling IN ~ to-.