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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

In France three bicycles of American
make are now sold to one of English
manufacture.
A bald eagle whose wing extension
was seven feet, was killed recently near
Milford, Del, while trying to carry away
lamb
High heels, it is said, owe their origin
to Persia. where they were introduced
to raise the feet from the burning sands
of that country,
That popular education Is appreciated
in Japan Is evident from the fact that
its 1900 elementary schools are attended
by $1,000 90 pupils.
Though in the torrid zone, Peru pos
sesses such n diversity of elevations and
climatic peCuliarities as to be able to
produce almost any product known to
man
Hamburg is still the wealthiest city in
Germany. There are as many as l36SI2
payers of income taxes, although all
those whose income is under 900 marks
are exempt.
The governments object in sending the
cruiser Wilmington up the Ornoco and
the Amazon was to show the United
States flag in places where it had been
rarely or never seen.
Canada's great sources of wealth are
farms, forests mines and fisheries. Tho
farms yield $500, 100000 annually, the for
ests 100000 900 the mines $3O,00o,OOO, and
the fisheries $2O0OO,O0O.
Among the many things made nova
days of steel are bushel baskets, which
are stamped out in the ordinary form.
These baskets cost more than splint bag-
kets, but they are more durable.
Tortoiseshell as it comes from the West
Indies, is coarse, dirty and lustreesS,
and only the most skillful and patient
manipulation makes it the rich and beau
tiful material that it eventually becomes
The Superior court of South Carolina
has decided that a citizen of that state
is at liberty to go into n ncighboring
state and purchase and bring back as
much liquor for his own use as he
chooses.
Coal mining is making great strides
in South Africa. Last year the output of
the WiwaterSrard district amounted to
l,536,OD tons. There is considerable coal
development going on in other eastern
districts of Cape Colony and in Natal
According to Professor Ravenstein. a
member of the Royal Geographical So
ciety, our globe consists of 5000 OnO
square miles of fertile lands. 1i,OOO, 900 of
what may he generally described Vs
stcppes, and 100000 square miles of des-
erts.
The most novel branch of the city GOV
ernmcnt of Manchester, England is a
corps of house cleaners, who can be ON
p'oyod by the occupants of stores, fiat
houses. Office rooms and residences 10
overhaul and clean their establishments
as often as desired
The now fashionable game Of golf was
put down by an act of parliament i'm
Scotland in l4l as nuisance. Then
fines were inflicted on people who were
found guilty Of playing the game for 1t
intcrfered with tho practice of archery.
as men preferred welding the club to
pulling the bow.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15
Roose Welt.

Upon the supposition that Vice.
President Hobart, on account OF poor
health and pressure of private bust
ness interests, together with the fact
that he has already had all the honors
of an Office more honorable than I'M
portant, may not care to accept re-
Nomination. supposition, so far az
we know, entirely gratuitous-some
of the well-meaning friends of Cover
nor Roosevelt are using his name in
this connection. Take, for example,
the following from the Utica Press:
ut is very generally conceded
throughout the United States that
Roosevelt's name would materially
strengthen the ticket. His staunch
Amcricanism, his determination and
his characteristic independence, as well
as his war record all combine to
make him something of popular hero.
There are few better advertised men
in the whole country. His name is
thought of every time the Rough Rid
ers are mentioned, and in all the war
there was no more unique organiza-
ton. The reception accorded him
when he went west to attend the re-
union of his regiment testified to the
high esteem entertained for him in
other states. He was greeted with
crowds and cheers and enthusiasm
both going and coming. There are a
lot of people in every state of in1e-
pendent proclivities who would be glad
of the opportunity to vote for the lead
er of the Rough Riders. While pre-
serving his independence and staunch-
iy insisting upon whatever he believed
to be right, he has retained his regu-
larity as Republican in u degree suf-
ticient to secure the support of the or
ganization. Naming him for vice
president would give some one else a
chance in this state, and there are
plenty who have such ambition"
ii We did not know that the Press is
q sincere admrer Of Colonel Roosevelt
we should be inclined to interpret the
foregoing as an attempted stab. There
is nothing in the vice presidency which
can be conceived of as Offering the
slightest attraction to an aggressive
temperament like Rooscvelt's. Activ-
ity and in a sense puSnacity-the
puEnacity which delights to put on the
gloves with false doctrines and have
straight from the shoulder battle with
vicious men and vicious practices-are
the essentials of Roosevelt's existence.
He not only breaches but also practices
the strenuous life--a life compared with
which the vice-presidency would be like
"A trance.
Colonel Roosevelt is too much of a
man to Quit the Albany field until his
work is done there. lie is too muc Il
of man to quit the governorship Of
the foremost state in the Union in or.
der to 90 into eclipse on the wool sack
Of the United States senate When he
Is ordered to Washington again it
will be to do something. And he will
do it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15
A CHICAGO WEDDING.
From the Chicago News.

fTum inc ChIcago NeWs,
For many years he had been a police
magistrate, but finally having been
brought to see the error of his ways, he
resigned and became a minister OF the
Gospel. The first time he was called upon
to ofiiciate at a wedding, he went through
the ceremony without a break until he
reached the all-mportant part and
asked the bride: do you take this man
to be your lawfully welded husband?"
II do" responded the fair one. What
are the mitigating circumstances, IL
any?' he abscntly inquired.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15
AN oPTIMIST,

From a Speech by w. j. Bryan.
81 am an optlmist. j believe in the in.
telligence and patriotism OF the American
people; I believe them capable of solv-
Ing Alright every question that confronts
them. If they make mistakes, l know
that to err Is human but that mistakes
are really the means by which we learn
and that our people have sufficient intel
lgence 20 make a good use Of the mis-
takes which they do make and that our
stumbling blocks may really be oui
stepping stones to higher grounds"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15
GEOLOGICAL.
indianapolis Journal.

From the Indianapolis Journal
"Ycs," said the excited man, "he tried
to act the hog and treat me like a dog
but | soon showed him he was playing
horse with the wrong man when he mon
keyed with mel"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15
Ii HUNG CHANGES REVENGE.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
On one occasion when this famous
Chinaman was having a bitter fight with
some of the more conservative members
OF the Tsung Ii Yamen he received as a
present u magnificent cake which he had
reason TO suspect contained poison. lie
nut tina cake aside and set all his DOW
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

So far has Russla's great Trans
Siberian railway progressed that the
Russian minister OF ways OF communi-
cation intends during the Paris expo
sitlon to make q Journey around the
world. going by this route, in forty
iays-Juies Verne clipped in half. A
great people are those Russians.
Americans ought TO know them better.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

The Philadelphia papers are discuss
ing the question whether a woman
SHOULD propose or first show love"
This might be a difficult matter to de-
eide if applied to the world at large,
but in case of the Philadelphia woman
it would perhaps be better TO let no op-
portunities slip by.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

General Otis has asked for brigade
of cavalry and he will get the best
there is. If there is anything else the
general wants in order TO do a thor
ough job next winter now is his time
to speak up. The American people,
after giving Otis carte blanche, In
tend to hold him responsible Cor swift
r,g,tltu
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

sues affecting property but also over
personal liberty and even life itself;
and when, most Of ALL you comprehend
the necessity OF placing that judge in
financial and other circumstances
tending to minimize the ordinary
temptations to which fallible mankind,
at best, is all too prone to succumb
under high pressure, the absurdity OF
continuing a SYSTEM which makes it
possible for an ignorant constable or
an INSCRIPTIONS petty magistrate to
secure from the public treasury an in
come in excess of the salary paid to
the presiding genius of the common
pleas tribunal becomes wcll-nigh in
tolerable. Such gross and preposter-
Gus inequalities go far TO weaken
popular respect for the courts, the
preservation of which should be the
1rst concern Of our lawmakers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

Sun does not mention the names OF
either the individuals or the newspa-
pcrs engaged in this conspiracy; but IL
the facts are as Il states them Il would
seem that there ought TO be complete
exposure.
Men capable Of such mcanness should
be put in front Of jury.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15
SCRANTON, JULY 10, 1899.

The men who signed the petition
which brought on Migrate Langstaff's
fake election contest, with it's costs
running into the hundreds Of thousands
of dollars which Langstaff and his
hackers proposed to saddle on the
county, should not whistle too soon.
They are by no means yet out of the
NypOde
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

Angus Cannon, the accused Mormon
polygamist 1T is stated, still refuses to
talk about the matter. Come TO think
about it, this is not surprising. Angus
certainly has more wives than law on
his side of the case. and silence is dis
Cretion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15
AN ERA OF COMMERCE.

From the indianapolis Journal
The twentieth century promises to be
an era of commerce rather than of poli-
tics, and the only alliances the United
States should seek with other countries
should be those of trade.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

Mr.. Bryan claims to have faith in
the intelligence of the American peo-
pie If this faith is based on the result
of his former candidacy, Mr.. Bryan is
right.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

The commanding general Of the
United States army should command
something more than his patience and
his nay.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

There are still suspicious that the
dreaded kissing bugs" are simply
New Jersey mosquitoes that have
strayed from the field.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

The usual results of Fourth Of July
toy pistol practice are not apparent on
any Of the Massachusetts antis.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

The next governor of Kentucky
ought to be a Republican.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

In the case Of Government EmDloye
Wheeler, who refuses to draw his pay,
I Uncle Sam wants a more apprecia-
tive servant, there are others.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

If Mr.. Alger defers his retirement
until the firing on him has ceased he
VIII probably have to spend the re-
Inainder of his life at war headquar-
feya
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17

must learn early In his career that His
products are at all times tender and
quickly perishable. He must, SO Tar
as he is able, prevent the contact sof
any agent that destroys or reduces the
value Of the fruit. This is not some
thing that IS beyond his power. BY a
zYfgilant warfare against insects he can
greatly Increase the quantity and Inn
prove the quality Of the crop which
he Is to receive Cold storage affords
one OF the most practical means of
preventing waste In the fruit crop that
we have. Apples that fall from the
tree when almost ripe, and are lost,
are frequently ripe enough to be pick
ssed and placed in cold storage. The
TACT that apples for cold I, storage
should So " be picked while solid is vaula-
bic information to those who realize
that their fruit is dropping badly while
In that state. An ice and cold storage
house on the fruit farm Is Of immense
value in preventing the waste in SUM
mer fruits that come naturally through
rapid decay. Berries, cherries, plums,
and peaches can be kept number OF
days, even weeks, and, there Is thus
adorded ample opportunity for using
OF disposing Of them. Let the farmer
and fruit grower be as painstaking to
prevent waste in their products as the
packers and the manufacturers are to
prevent waste in their large com.
mercial establishments.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
Healthy Potatoes.

Potato growers who want to have
potatoes with bright clean skins. free
from scab, should not neglect to use
the necessary precautions to have
them so. First, plant on new soil,
or that not already infested with the
scab fungus, for it is proved that the
fungus lives in the soil for a year or
two, says Vicks Magazine. Planting
should be done where some other crop
than the potato has been grown for
two years previous. Second, having
washed the seed potatoes, immense
them in a solution of corrosive sub
Innate in order to kill any scab fungus
on the tubers. Use two and a quarter
ounces of corrosive sublimate in fif-
teen gallons Of water. Dissolve the
corrosive sublimate in two gallons of
hot water, and then add thirteen. GAL
Ions more of water. Use q large tub
or a barrel; metallic vessels will be
corroded by the liquid. Place the no.
tatoes to be treated in large, coarse
sack and sink it into the liquid, allow
Ing it to remain an hour and a half:
at the end of that time lift them out
and turn them out on floor to dry.
when they can be cut up and planted.
The sack of potatoes can be conven-
iently handled, in lifting it in. and out
OF the barrel, by means of lever on a
post near the barrel, sufficiently high
to work easily, something like an old
fashioned we'll sweep, and which any
one can easily and quickly rig up.
This will be necessary only when; a
considerable quantity Of potatoes are,
to be treated. AS the corrosive mix-
ture is poisonous, care should be taken
not to touch it to the hands, especially
Z the skin is broken; also to keep the
treated tubers away from poultry or
cattle. 5z.> ts*. z sz =, -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
sMrLING slAmoAKs
Hut When They Are Riled They Can
Fight Like Fiends. 5ss

5
The men are noble specimens, ply.
sically tall, muscular, with the erect
carriage and elastic step OF an Ameri-.
can Indian. They, too, are smiling
and kindly in time Of peaceand are.
clad in mantles Of gay prints which
they have bought at the store; they
greet you with a wave of the hand.
and a curious "Alofa." They tattoo
the legs from the waist to the knee,
and as they stride along those mem
zbers appear between the folds of their
drapery as if they were decently cloth
ed. in skin-tight trousers. They are
INDECENT and, when not reused to
hostility, as amiable and fun-loying as.
children. They work as little as pos
=sible, and why should they? The
forest abounds in wild bananas, bread
fruit and yams, which may be had for
the taking; the sea is full Of fish,
which they are expert in catching, and
If Providence deigns to send them a
fattened pig once or twice q year
they are blessed. Clothing they do not
require, nor fuel; their taxes are. only
nominal, and they are consequently
exempt from the chief demands Of life,
and which, but for the expense and
difficulty of getting buried, make it
far easier for the average American
to die than to live. RI II,
But these gentle creatures can fight,
and fight cruelty, although their me-
thod Of warfare is peculiar; they eat
and drink between rounds, when a
sort Of truce is declared, then go at it
again, shoot at short range, and shoot
to kill. Formerly, until the practice
was abolished by Chief Justice Ide,
the killing was followed by beheading
and this ceremony was not always de-
ferred, where the victim had been only
wounded, until life was extinct. The
heads were then collected and, pres
ented to the king as an especial proof
CT prowess. This barbarous practice
the chief justice had the utmost diff
Guilty in dealing with, and it was not
discontinued until the other represent
atives Of the triple protectorate con-
scented to enact q law to punish Of
tenders by fning them heavily, and
adding to this penalty lengthy term
Of Imprisonment Weekly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17

A man may be worth a lot Of money
and still be very poor sort of man.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
Stop tho Waste.

From Farmers Review: In the fruit
industry the waste often consumes
the profits. An inopportune rain or
wind at the time when the fruit il
lust ripening often ruins the hopes
and anticipations Of whole year. The
failure to use the right kind Of a mack
age and to make the fruit look its hest
In it often degrades the quality Il
the estimation Of the buyer from first
70 second-class with the corresponding
reduction Of price. The crowded mar
ket Of Saturday often leaves On hand
p the grower a few crates Of berries
which are worthless when the market
ripens on the following week. The.
insects somehow find their way to the.
fruit and just at the time when 81
should ripen We find that it is r,,inad
Nine cases out Of ten Of failure il the.
fruit business comes through loss . an,
TO waste. The successful fruit srows 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
ia M AN GA RDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST nc
AGRIcULTURISTS.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tiyation Of the Soil n and Yields
Thereof-- + ticultur., vitloulture and.
$50 Florlculture. Isl
Crossing Corn.

Experience has t.ught me that this
Is more subtle process than I have
formerly thought, and that il varieties
once cross. the type Of either parent
remains In the blood of the race for
many corn generations, writes J. J. H.
Gregory In Our Grange Homes. To IL
lustrate: For a long series Of years I
had raised the Longfellow variety Of
| field corn, and had always done my
own seed raising, exercising exceeding
care to have every ear the purest type
OF the variety, yet every season there
mas shown itself two or three ears on
each acre Of the old EARLY Dutton corn
and OF very large kerneled sort,
somewhat later than the Longfellow.
Many years ago planted in one OF
my lots located in the midst of great
pasture and far removed from other
tillage land, a small plot of Mexican
sweet corn. AS most people know,
this Is a purple variety which is exce2-
necessary to isolate it in order to keep
it pure. The seed I planted had every
Indication in the way of color of being
pure, but on some of the ears from
which it was taken were kernels Of
the color of the common sweet corn.
The crop was Of all colors, wholly I'M
fit for seed. I occasionally find yell
low kernels among my sweet corn,
proving a cross between it and our
common yellow field corn; such ker-
nels when cooked show their cross in
their taste, which combines the flavor
of both parents. To bring such cross
out by isolated growth into distinct
variety is the work of years, though
within my remembrance it has been
accomplished in. three instances. All
crossing is done by the fine dust from
the tassel, which holds the place OF
the stamina in flowers, falling on the
silk of the ears. If there is no pollen
there can be no corn, as can be
proved by cutting off the tassell just
before the pollen natures. For this
reason varieties can be raised side by
side, and the one desired kept pure by
removing the tassels from all the
other sorts, or by planting varieties
that do not tassel at the same time,
though in such case one will be apt to
find that the latest ears OF the early
sort will show cross made by the
earliest maturing 1assels of the later
sorts.
An old farmer once told me the
story Of selfish neighbor who refused
him seed OF an, improved. .variety Of
corn. Never you mind,,I will get
have it, said he, land honestly,=too. ="
He watched his opportunity when that
neighbor located his corn patch on an
island in the river which divided the
two farms, and planted a piece Of
corn on the river bank opposite; ne
carefully removed the spindles as they
appeared, with the result that the silk
was fertilized from the pollen from the
corn growing on the island, and thus
that variety was transferred to the
farmers cobs as certainly as though
it had been taken kernel by kernel and
grated there
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
A Department Store in Berne.

Berne is peculiar in some things,
and in matters Of progress and enter
prise is far behind the other Swiss
cities. A tradesman who had done
quite a business in small wares bough,
several small stores on the main ar
cadet street Of the city, and prepared
to erect a modern department store,
as far as the continental ideas goes.
He wanted to make his Enlistment
as attractive as possible, and accord
ingly sought to. have the dark and
gloomy arcades in front of his pro-
posed building removed. Such a
storm Of protests was made against
this wilful destruction of the ancient
and typical stonework that he was
obliged to abandon his scheme and get
even by making his store the finest in
the city. He even has had an elevator
installed There must be four; in
Berne. When the little dealers saw
this and knew that it was good they
held largely attended meeting to
protest. It is their desire to have a
store with several departments so
heavily taxed that it will be impos-
sible for the owner to realize anything
out Of his venture. r..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17

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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the we'll known. remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA Ere SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
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