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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25
Aiacchus' Advice,
AMERICAN COAL.

From the Chicago Record.
since 1870 the coal product of the United
states has increased nine times and the
exports of coal have increased sixteen
times. Then we supplied II per cent. of
the worlds fuel; now we supply % per
cent. Great Britain still stands at the
head of the coal producers, with an aver
age of lS5,OOOOOO tons. The United States
is second, with an average of 1872 900 600 :
Germany, 97OOO,OO0 and France, 27,OOO, 900
tons.
Both the area and the quantity of coal
production has increased in the United
States. In 1870 coal was mined in only
twenty states, while in 1897 it was mined
In thirty-two; in 1870 Pennsylvania was
the only state producing anthracite Now
we get IT from Rhode Island, Virginia
Colorado and New Mexico also The most
rapid increase has been i'm the south In
1870 Alabama mined but 1lO0O tons of
coal; in 1897 5262O OOO tons. Kentucky
jumped from 10000 tons to 3,2l6, GOO tons 4;
Tennessee from $4,000 tons to $500. 900
tons, and Virginia from G2,O0O to 1856, 900
tons.
The total product of coal I'm the United
States i'm 1870 was 81, S63 $50 tons. of which
15,6Gi,27j was anthracite. The total in 1897
was III, $50, $50, of which A., ,G35, ,S64 was an
thracitc. The exports of coal from the
United States in 1870 amounted to 227,9lS
tons, of which l2l09S was anthracite In
1898 the total reached i,00S,996. of which
1926, $50 was anthracite.
As the volume of the product increased
the price went down. In 1870 the average
price per ton for anthracite at Phladel-
phia was Sl.39; in 1898 it was $3.50. In 1870
the average price of bituminous coal at
Baltimore was SAP a ton; in 1895 it was
$lG0.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

Lackawanna and Western railroad comes
from i. w. Watson, Of Mclean, n. y:
The resignation OF Samuel Sloan as
president of the Delaware. Lackawanua
and Western railroad system reminds me
of a little drama enacted on a Delaware
Lackawanna and Western train one
morning early in the seventies in which
the dramatis personac consisted of a son
of Sam Sloan and David Hannum, a
speculator, of Homer. n. y.
MIR. Hannum had boarded the train at
Homer en- route for Syracuse and Sc
lected a desirable and unoccupied scat
and with his grip had taken possession.
Shortly afterwards young Sloan came in
from the smoker and walking up TO MIR.
Hannum ordered him to vacate the seat.
Mr. Hannum refused. Sloan insisted with
much assumption Of authority. Hannum
with much iirmness, declared he had paid
his fare, taken seat and should not va
cate it,
sloan then said, you may not know
who ! am, My father is superintendent
of this railroad
Mr.. Hannum rctortcd: Maybe you
don'tknow who am. I'm the father of the
Cardiff giant'-whose stony form was on
exhibition at that time. This was too
much for Sloan and he retreated, leaving
Hannum in peaceful possession"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25
Experiments with Liquid Air.

Seldom have we read anything that
has interested us more than the Wash
ingtOn Posts report Of the lecture on
and experiments with liquified air given
on Tuesday evening of this week by
Professor Tripler, of New York, be-
fore the National Geographic society
Those who read the article in the
March number Of McClure's magazine
on Professor Tripler's discoveries or
who have read equivalent descriptions
will be prepared to follow us through
some notable quotations from this re-
port. The audience was a brilliant one,
including many Of the most prominent
men and women in the public life of
our time and this, according to the
Post, is what it heard and saw:
by the lecturers side stood a huge
tin can from which, every now and
then Prof. Tripler or his assistant would
dip out pint or so of flowing air.
The liquid air, reduced to a tempera-
ture of 344 degrees below Zero sizzled
and boiled, for it was just at the point
where the heat of the gaseous air read
lily transformed it back into gas. 1t
splash, it boiled in the kettle. and
while boiling changed the moisture on
the outer surface of the kettle into
ice. When released from an air-tight
tube, it shot up to the ceiling like
an Icelander geyser, concealing the ex-
ne itpna ant fF.. hah ,1A -
A piece of beefsteak was thrown into
the boiling liquid, and taken out
second later as hard as steel Heated
metals thrust into a tumblerful burned
in brilliant colored lights, while three
of four stray cigarettes went up in
smoke much quicker than ever in the
mouth of the worst cigarette fiend.
Prof. Tripler began by dipping a
class cup into a mysterious looking
can back of him. This is air. he
said, and, turning the can around, a
white sizzling liquid like seething water
fell to the ground. When it struck
the floor it made considerable noise.
much more than water, and this Prof.
Tripler explained was due to the fact
that air, when reduced to liquid state,
is much heavier than water The eX-
perimenter next took two cups and
poured the air from one into the other.
Some water was added, and this in
creased the sizzling, as it heated the
liquid air more quickly. AS air con-
tains oxygen and nitrogen, Prof, Trip
ler eyplained that nitropan first &C
capped, and continued to do so through
the day, while the can was being
brought from New York. Consequent
ly, the material with which he was ex-
perimenting contained a larger pro-
portion Of oxygen, the active force in
air, than ordinary gaseous air
Having introduced his audience to
the wonderful liquid, the professor
took a rubber ball, which he bounced
up and down, He threw it into the
liquid and a moment later he took
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

House association was understood to
be tending.
The result OF this announcement is
that these independent banks are re-
ceiving more business than they know
what to do with and the impression Is
gaining ground among New York busi-
ness men that the Clearing House as
ISOLATION will eventually have to haul
in its horns. We do not understand the
precise reasons for it's action and un-
til we do it may be unfair to pronounce
final judgment but in view of the lib
eral war tax which the user of bank
checks is now paying and particularly
in view of the increasing ease with
which collections on these checks are
made and transferred from place to
place the time selected by the asso-
citation for its experiment of an addi-
tional tax appears anything but op-
perfume.
No wonder the public kicks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

It out and threw it to the ground.
The rubber had become as hard as
metal, and it broke into splinters, like
brittle glass. In order to show the
amount of pressure exerted by the Ii
quid as 1t turns back to It's gaseous
state. a tube with a whistle was then
adjusted to long and very large glass
containing some Of the LIQUID, which,
as it escaped, blew the whistle with
great force. Addition of water in.
creased the pressure. Several cupfuls
Of air were poured into a bottle Of
water and sank in beautifully rounded
globules. They quickly dissolved,
however, and as they turned into gas,
came back to the surface. Expert
ments with water showed that ice,
while it expands in direct ratio to the
reduction of temperature, contracts
when the cold becomes very great.
"A series of brilliant experiments
with heated metals was then made.
The metals, such as steel and copper,
were simply moderately warmed and
dipped into the liquid, which, being sur
charged with oxygen, made combustion
possible, and the union of the elc-
ments emitted many brilliant colored
lights. Mercury, which is always
thought of as a liquid, was frozen into
a hammer shape by means of which
nails were driven into the table, and
even alcohol, which is used by scien-
lists in cold climates in place Of mer-
curry, because it remains liquid at q
lower temperature, was exhibited to
the astonished audience first in a con-
dition similar to that of molasses and
then in a lump of icicles. Prof Trip
Ter closed his lecture by briefly eX-
planning the process by which liquid
air is made. which he described as
similar to modern methods of manu-
featuring ice. Liquid air. he said, was
undoubtedly the power of the future,
and the means for which it could be
used were but beginning to be under
stood"
We wonder if the Engineers club
could not induce Professor Tripler 20
lecture in Scranton?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25
That New Tax on Bank Checks.

The New York Clearing House asso-
citation is not having things its own
way in its attempt to enforce an arbi-
trary charge for the collection Of out
of-town bank checks. Frederic p. Oh
colt, John A. Stewart and several 9TH
er prominent and trusted financlers
who are at the head of banking insti-
tutions not identified with the Clear
ing House association have promptly
announced that not only will they make
no charge to patrons for collecting out
of-town checks, but they will gladly
allow interest on small deposits toward
the abolition Of which the Clearing
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25
Our line of
Infants LONG ClOaks

Infants LONG Cl0aks
Is not surpassed by any es-
tablishment and comprises
garments in Silk, Cashmere
and Bedford Cord, ard the
prices range from $2,oo to
$500.
In Infants Long and Short
Nainsook and Fine Lawn
Dresses we carry a very ex-
tensive assortment.
New line of Babies Fine
Flannel and Knit Sacques
and Jackets, Knit Bootees,
Etc, Etc.-in fact, every
perquisite that a "Baby De-
partment" is expected to
supply-and all at popular
prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25
SCRANTON, MARCH %, 1899.

Perhaps it is Just as well that none
of our distinguished visitors of the
past few days was asked to express
an opinion of Scranton's rot-hole pave
ments
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JOS a sorto' lazin' there
S'lazy, at you peck and peer
Through the wavin' leaves above,
Like a fcll,r ats in love
And don't know it, ncr don't keer!
EVERYTHING you hear and see
Got some sort O. interest
Maybe find a bluebird's nest
Tucked up there conveniently
Fer the boy ats ap' to be
Up some other apple-tree!
Watch the swallers skootin' past
Bout as pCert as you could asst;
lGr the Boh-white raise and whiz
Where some others whistle is.
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"

I<etch a shaddor down below,
And look up to find the crow
Er a hawk, away up there,
'Pearantly froze in the air!-
Hear the old hen squawk and squat
over ever chick she's got.
Suddcnt-likc'-and she knows where
That-air hawk is, well as you!-
You jcs' bet yer life she do
Eyes glitterin' like glass.
Waitin' till he makes a pass!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.

Astrolabe Cast: las a. m., for Satur-
day, March 25, 1899.
k-W g 0E
A child born on this day will rejoice to
see old winter move out on April 1, if not
earlier.
To gentle spring the poet keyed
His pipes at break of day;
And sang of scenes that quickly pass
OF the waving grain and green-hued grass
That withers
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

Patriotic Georgians have entertained
President Mckinley with nearly all of
their popular amusements save lynch
ing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

It is not believed that the people Of
Pennsylvania are anxious that the state
should be placed in the single senator
ROW.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

The Cubans should not be expected
to get down to business until that So
100000 has been divided and placed in
circulation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

Ambassador Hay is house hunting in
London. Maybe some day this great
government will be decent enough to
buy residences for its representatives
abroad.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

Pee-wccs' sinCin', TO express
My opinion, s second class.
Yit you'n hear EN- more or less:
SapsuCks Cittin' down to biz,
Wccdin' out the lOncsomeness;
Mr.. Rluciay, fun o sass,
In them baseball clothes o. his,
Snortin' round the orchard jes'
Like he owned the premises.
Sun out in the fields kin sizz,
But fiat on your back, I guess.
In the shades where glory is!
That's ios' what ia like to do
Sllddy fer year er two,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25
SLOAN GAVE UP.

From the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Tl.a following anecdote regarding Sam
uel Sloan, late president OF the Delaware,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

Orchards where Ia ruther be
Needn't fence it in fer me-
Jcs, the whole sky overhead,
And the whole airth underneath
Sorto' SOS man kin breathe
Like he ort, and kindo' has
Elbow room to kcerlcssly
Sprawl out len'thwayS on the grass,
Where the shaddCrS thick and soft
As the kivvcrS on the bed
Mother fixes i'm the loft
Allus, when thCy's company!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25
KNEE-DEEP IN JUNE,

Tell YOU what l like the best
Long about knee-deep in June,
Bout the time strawberries melts
On the Vinc,--sOmc afternoon
Like to jes' git out and rest
And not work at nCthin' else!
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No wonder the public kicks.

Now is the budding time for now
industries and hence it is a time for
Scranton business men to hustle.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25
Proof OF Pudding
Is in the Ealing.
John G. Freund I'm Music Trades.

John G.. Freund I'm Music Trades
GP HOSE who can recall the presi-
Dental campaign Of '92 will re-
member that one of the main
" arguments used by the Demo-
Gratis was: you have had your Nc
Kiney bill, but show us a single case
where it has raised wages" 1t was in
vain that the Republican speakers as
serted that the full effect of the bill had
not been felt, that in many senses
wages had been raised through "over-
time" through steadiness Of employ
ment, that the manufacturers must
first make money before they could
raise wages. It was all no use. The
people voted for Cleveland, and the
hard times of '93 to '97 followed Wages
were cut, right and left, as we all know.
Many mills and factories were closed
down altogether. The Democrats in
sisted that it was all the natural re-
suit of Republican excess. folly and
mismanagement. ! said then that the
only way to test the question would be
to see if we had return to prosperity,
and a rise in wages after the Republl-
cans returned to power and the tariff
was raised. Then we should have this
kind of a demonstrations
Republicans and a high tariff-good
times.
Democrats and lower tariff-hard
times.
Republicans and a high tariff-good
times.
AS my readers know, | have always
claimed that the tariff was not politi-
cal but a business issue, to be judged
solely by results. Now comes the ques-
tion what effect has the last change of
administration and higher tariff had
on wages? Let me give a few facts of
recent occurrence:
Wheeling w. Va, March 4.--River-
side Iron works, wages raised 10 per
cent.
Newcastle, Pa, March 4.-Wages
raised in the great carbon limestone
quarries 10 per cent. Wages now as
they were in '92.
Boston, March 3.-Cotton mill wages
raised all through New England.
| Ninety thousand employees benefited.
The raise is from 10 to 20 per cent.
Pittsburg, March 4-Over $1,000 men
employed in the iron and steel indus
tries have had their wages raised 10
per cent. Some 1000 men i'm the tin
plate industry have had a raise of from
to 10 per cent. over 1000 men in the
blast furnaces have had raise of 10
per cent. About so per cent. more men
are being employed. In June a raise
Of 10 per cent. Of the amalgamated
| scale will take place. This will affect
| 600 men.
| Harrisburg Pa March 4-WageS of
| 5000 men in the Pennsylvania Steel
! works raised 10 per cent
Lebanon, Pa, March 4.-Wages in
| the iron and rolling mills raised 10 per
cent.
Providence. r. l., March 4.-Wages
of 10000 operatives raised from to
10 per cent
Baltimore, March 4.--Maryland Steel
company raises wages 10 per cent,
and increases number Of operatives
from LOO to 300.
birmingham. Ala, March An
crease of per cent. in wages of 10000
coal miners. Increase in number of
| operatives from 100 to $500.
l could fill three columns of this pa
per with similar announcements. The
figures are reliable, as l have taken
them from such Democratic papers as
the New York World and New York
| Evening Post.
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I will say right now that / am for
that party whose policy raises wages.
If the Democrats can administer the
government so that wages are raised,
then I am a Democrat. If the Re-
publicans administer the government
so that wages are raised, then I
am a Republican. There is no more
absolute, more practical dcmOnstra-
tion of prosperity than the raising
Of wages. 1t means increasing the
purchasing power of the masses, and
that is everything. You can argue
yourself deaf, dumb, blind and silly
over the tariff or the financial prob
lens of the day, but, after all is said
and done. the proof OF the pudding is
in the eating, and not in bold appeals
to prejudice nor in elaborate argu-
ment. whether made in newspapers. on
the platform or in the halls of con-
grcss. ! have been in this country
nearly thirty years, and | know, by
experience, that when the Republicans
are in power my life is easier and
happier, and when the Democrats are
i'm power things don't go as we'll All
the sOphistry in the world cannot Ov-
ercOme this one, simple, crushing fact
1t means to me that, in spite of all
that can be fairly urged against the
Republican party, it possesses the
greater breadth and the higher wis
dom, and. therefore, Is more capable
of conducting the affairs Of the nation.
All the talk about trusts, combina-
tiOnS, milliOnaiTes, beef scandals and
other scandals cannot offset a national
wage advance That is the one oreat
test, and the Democrats themselves
declared it to be the one great test
in the campaign of '92
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

OF course Mr.. Rryan's dollar dinner
is a silver dollar dinner.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25
Baled

HAY.
People who imagine that they are living
by their wits generally have an over
worked appearance
Even the groceries that have been paid
for are trust goods these days.
Trouble is about the cnly thing that
can be borrowed without good security.
A seasonable color-Easter egg dye.
Ajacchus' Advice.
II you wish to be convinced that life Is
n lottery, consult a man who has drawn
a blank.
1t is trifle early to negotiate a three
sphere loan on the heavy overcoat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

retired sea captain sixty years of age, we'll known
to the reputable citizens of New Haven, suffered from
an overworked and worn-out digestive apparatus He
had faith in patent medicines a for dyspepsia
but was induced by friend to try Ripans Tabues.
This he did with but little hope of benefit After try
ing them for time he said the friend who had
directed his attention to them Those Ripans Tabules
were so effective from the start that | amazed at
the result. They wizards All the dyspeptc misery
endured by me since becoming a landubber has dis
appeared take every night now and feel so much
reuvenated by their that sometimes think could
climb ships rigging we'll as did thirty years ago."
eatsoms
ntfoh
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

Should not common sense teach us
by this time that all these questions
are purely matters of business, and
that a tariff or financial policy can
only be decided by actual experience,
by the light Of which the special plead
ing Of even the ablest doctrinaires and
college professors must give way? In
80 the Democrats ridiculed the idea
that we could make tin-plate. In '9S
we made so much that We began 70
export it. In '92 the Democrats in
sisted that high tariff would close
the markets of the world to us. In 9S
the balance of trade i'm our favor was
over one thousand millions of dollars.
In 80 the Democrats claimed that We
were on the verge of a gold famine,
that only the free coinage Of silver
could restore the price of wheat ana
save us from national bankruptcy. IN
'97 and '9S, under gold standard, the
price of wheat broke the record and
there was more gold in the treasury
than ever before in its history.
The great question is not, are the
Republicans or the Democrats right.
but what is the best policy for this
country, whether it is to be advocated
by Republicans or by Democrats. That
is the issue before the average citizen
who has to earn his daily bread, Seven
years ago the Republicans told him
one story, while the Democrats told
him another What has been his pX-
perence during these seven years?
Who was right and who was wrong?
And, when it gets right down to hard
pan, is not the proof Of the puddi1g
In the eating after all?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

Plague! ef they amt somopn' in
Work at kindo' goes ag'in'
Ny Convictions.-'lOng about
Here in June especially
Under some old apple tree,
Jes' a-restin through and through,
! could git along without
Nothin' else at All to dc
Only ies a-wishin you
Wuz a-gittin' there like me,
And June was eternity!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

March amt nothin' newt
Apriles altogether too
Brash fer me! and May-I jcs'
Dominate its promises
Little hints o. sunshine ana
Green around the timber-land-
4 few blossoms, and a few
Chip-birds, and a sprout cr two
Dr8p asleep, and II turns In
Fore daylight and SHOWS agin!-
But when June comes-Clear my th'oat
With wild honey!-Rench my hair
In the dew! and hold my coat.
Whoop out loud! and th'ow my hat,--
June wants me, and I'm 10 spare!
Spread them shadders anywhere,
I'll git down and waller there,
And obleeged TO you at that!
james Whitcomb alley.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

Lay out there and try to see
Jes' how lazy you kin be-
Tumble round and sousc yer head
in the clover-bloom, er pun
Yer straw hat aCrost yer eyes
And peek through it at the skies.
Thinkin' Of old chums ats dead,
Maybe, smilin' back at you
IN betwiXt the beautiful
Clouds o. gold and white and blue,
Month a man can rally love
June, you know, I'm talkin' Of!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

China's absolute refusal to consider
Italys demands at San Nun bay has
aroused a guessing contest to deter
mine what nation is nudging China.