The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-12

to q room, 500 persons live four TO
room, 500 persons live over four and un-
der fve TO 81 room, 2,0Ij persons live hvo
to room, 1i3 persons live over five and
under six to Il room, SIG persons live six
TO room, 2iS persons live from seven to
eleven to a rom. Is Is, says the Chicago
Record, only a short distonce from Lam
beth parish to the green fields and hedges
Of England by boat upon the Thames or
by railway and tram cars, but these
thousands or poor creatures are huddled
together In this unhealthful and degrad-
ed manner in tenements, where poverty
ignorance and vice run rampant.
The catalogue OF Yale university for
the year 1S9S-99, just issued. gives the to-
tai number of students registered as 2.Jll,
an increase of IL over last year. These
are distributed as follows: Graduate
school, 2S3; academic department yale
college,, 1,22I; Sheffield Scientific school,
56I; art school, 81: department of music,
i6; law school, 19i: medical school. 10;
divinity school, o.. Tho latter institution
Is the only department of Yale that shows
decrease. This is in line with the his
tory OF the theological department for the
past few years, which appears to be con-
stantly losing numerical strength both
In the number of the students and the
teaching force. The most notable In
crease Is in the graduate department.
The number of professors, instructors
and lecturers in the university for tho
| current year Is 2G0--an increase Of five
over those of last year
The department of agriculture has dem
onstrated that the date tiee will stand the
climate Of southwest Arizona and SOUTH
east California and will produce large
| nf II &c
questionably true, as exp rrimcnts with
the date palm in this section of the
country have shown, that the establish
ment or prosperous date industry in
| the hottest part of the deserts of the
southwest, where irrigation water can bc
| be found, is In sight. About eight years
ago the agricultural department import
| ed number of date palm trees from AL
| ger1a, Arabia, and Egypt. These trees
were distributed in southern Arizona
New Mexico and California, with dircc-
| tions as to the treatment the plants
| should he given. In these instructions
particular reference was made to the
pollinatiOn of tho female flower. These
| trees have now come into bearing anc
| ripe fruit has been received by the agrl.
| custural department. some varieties oi
| which are very superior to our common
| imported dates. Tho department pro.
| poSeS 10 aSSlSl inc enterprise IN every
way In its power by bringing into this
country the very best variety of dates &
be found about the Mediterranean.
| This sad story is told by a Havana Coz
respondent of the Washington Post: "A,
| the Third Nebraska regiment 0ormerly
commanded by Colonel William ]. Bryan
| came up the slimy, narrow street from
the transport Monday morning, a passc
| shouted to the mon, 'Hurrah for BILLY
Bryan" The answer came, as IL from
ono man, all along the line. we don
know him! There was certain bitter
ness OF tone, too, as the men rCpeate,
the exclamation. This is not stated b,
| way OF comment but as a fact whicl
seemed significant, at least of an opinion
on the part of his men, that the forme
candidate for the presidency should hav
done some duty in Cuba before goin.
back to the oratoIical art of peace"
A correspondent of the London Times
VINO has been travelling in European Rus
sula Tor two months, telegraphs from Sc
Dastopol that feN erish haste is beln
SHOWN in the naval dockyards. The mum
Der or mon enrolled in the army an,
navy is larger than during any previou
year. Reinforcements are being sent 4
the far East as fast as they can be trans
ported. The alrisCns along the Russo
| lurlush frontier In the Caucasus hav
been largely increased The corresnond
ent ADDS that neither the Russian min
listers of war nor marine, during thci
recent long ofhcial tours, expressed wis
that the cars peace proposal should b
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