The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-16

Peace Is Of true value only II We use It
| In part to make ready to face with fear
| less front and untroubled heart what
| ever the future may have In store for
! U.S. The peace which breeds timidity and
| sIoth is "A curse and not n blessing. The
| law of worthy national life like the law
| Ot worthy individual life, is after all
| Fundamentally the law of strife. 1t may
| hc strife military; IL may be strife civic;
| but certainly II Is only through strife,
| through labor and manual effort, by grim
energy end by resolute courage that we
| move on to better things"
"As on instance Of the variety of dis
| comfort resultant upon such wide
| spread atmospheric bedeviment as pes
tered the country Monday, 1t may be
mentioned" SAYS the Sun, THAT, while
New Orleans, full of shivering strangers
in light clothes specially constructed for
| the occasion, was celebrating Mardi
| Gras with it's toes and noses and nm
| gers nipped In temperature of degrees
| above zero, the coldest snap by several
| degrees ever known In that sunny city,
! New York with tears In its eyes was
| paying double price for oysters or, more
probably going without them entirely,
while 300 captains of oyster sloOps with
tears in treir eyes and black profanity on
| their tongues, rampaged the snowy decks
| calling on all the flames of Gehenna to
!
chained their craft TO the shores of Long
and Manhattan islands"
| The London county council proposes to
| exhibit at the Paris exposition next year
large contour map of the county Of
London. The map will be between thirty
| and forty feet square. All the principal
! buildings, such as the houses of parla-
ment Westminster Abbey, st. Paul's, etc,
| are represented by correct models, while
| railway stations, bridges and public
squares are all similarly given. One nf
| the most noticeable features of the map
are the parks and open spaces which are
lavishly stocked with imitation trees and
shrubs, and in the case of those parks
J where ornamental waters form one OF the
| chief attractions these features are cor
| rectly represented, as are also the large
reservoirs of the water companies. The
| map VIII afterward be of great use to the
council for the purpose of making street
| improvements and other changes.
Robert p. Porter, the presidents s
special commissioner to Cuba. foresees
some good opportunities in Santiago
| province, in banana culture. Says he:
| ''The banana takes only fourteen months
| to grow, and, therefore, unlike coffee and
| oranges, the cultivator does not have to
wait several years for the crop. All the
| capital in this business could be turned
| quickly, and the banana planted near the
huts of the small planter and easily at
! tended. Banes, Sigua and Baracoa are
! good ports TO export them from. This
business is soon to be revived on much
| larger scale. The extension of good roads
| would largely increase the possibilities of
| this industry in many parts of Santiago
| province. With quick transportation. the
market for bananas is rapidly extending
to Europe. while the United States mar
ket is only partially supplied with this
| fruit and with oranges"