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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
NUBS OF KNOW LEDGE.

Cannibalism is still INDUCED in by
aboriginal Australians.
Y to the present year the Philadelphia
city hail has cost s23, 10000, and 1t is not
finished.
1t is estimated that there are in tho
United States nearly 4,000,0D0 women who
earn their own living.
Stag left after the making OF steel by
the Bessemer process is now being con-
verted into phosphate.
During the last six years the value
of the property of nineteen leading col
leges has increased 81 per cent.
The Church of San Francisco, which
was founded by Pizarro, at Lima, in 1885,
was almost destroyed by fire recently.
1t Is believed that the most ancient
dictionary in the world is the Chinese
lexicon, compiled by Pacutshe a thousand
years before Christ
The home of the shad when 1t leaves
the river for the sea after spawning is
unknown. and nothing whatever is known
of its habits or food.
Russia, which has heretofore, supplied
the greater part of Europe with cereals,
has herself become n purchaser of grain
from the United States.
About "a women in 100 are stronger
in the left arm than they are In the
right; women, too, are more frequently
equally strong in both arms than are
men.
An idea of the development of South
Africa is given by the fact that the
Chemical and Metallurgical society of
South Africa has 534 members, of whom
449 are residents in that part of the
globe.
At depth of twenty-seven feet a
curious discovery was made recently on
the island of Gothland--the skeletons of
several knights in full armor seated on
| their horses. Archeologists think they
| date back to the ninth century.
Hveen, the little Danish island in the
sound half way between Seeland ard
| the Swedish coast. and only fifteen miles
| from Copenhagen, is being bargained foT
| by German syndicate which wishes tc
| turn the island into gambling resort
| like Monte Carlo.
One of the departments of Cornell unit
| Versity kept a record of the destruction
caused by lightning in New York state
| during August. 1t killed six men, eigh
| teen horses, twenty COWS and one sheep
and struck fifty-nine barns, twelve resi-
| dences, two churches and one mill. lr
| proportion the churches seemed to far'
| worse than any other kind of property.
In the canary. breeding establishments o.
/ Germany only the male birds are valued
| for the females never sing. The methot
| of training the birds to sing is to pu
| them in a room where there is an au
| tomato whistle, which they all strive L
| initiate The breeder listens to the ef
| forts of the birds and picks out the mos
| apt pupils which are then placed in an
other room for further instruction
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
ENGLAND's TRADE WITH US.


From the Philadelphia Press.
Whatever may be said of the govern
mental or purely political questions which
affect our relations with England, there
are solid arguments why, for CONNER
cial reasons, we should continue TO main
tain with that country the magnificent
trade connection which has SO long eX-
listed. Great Britain has long been the
best customer for our export commod-
tiles, and there is every reason to believe
that she will continue to be, and for sell
fish reasons alone this country ought to
do what is proper to be done to keep
alive the great fact that the mainten-
ance of the commercial status is Of vital
Importance.
1t is probable that in the calendar year
1899 the value of British imports from
the United States will aggregate more
than $63l 0O0, 900, or about half the total
exports of this country in what Will
probably prove to be the year of the
heaviest merchandise export trade. The
imports of products Of the United States
into Great Britain last year were more
than 1861, 600 900 and more than $500. 900
in 1897 and 1896 The merchandise
exports this year from Great Brit
ain to this country will probably
be the largest since 1897, and they
may be estimated at $50 900, 900
Since 1895, when the value of British mer-
chandise exports to this country was
$220,000 900 there has been a falling of,
except in 1897, when there were extraor-
dinary shipments of some leading ar
ticles pending the passage of the Ding
ley tariff bill. For five years the busi-
ness has been growing more largely in
our favor and the excess of imports from
the United States has arisen enormously.
In 1895 the balance of trade with Eng
land in favor of this country on mer-
chandise account was S220,OO0,0O0. The
next year it rose to $3.50, 100000, and in
1898 to SiS7 0C0. This year will be
somewhat less, but will probably be $i7S
100000. During the five years, including
1899, the excess of merchandise exports
from the United States to Great Britain
has approXimated two billions of dollars
a trade worth keeping and, if necessary,
the making of some sacrifice to keep
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

The fairness of the proposed change
in the basis Of representation in Re-
publican national conventions appeals
to every element in the party save
the shyster element in the Southern
states. The Endorsement by the ma
tional committee next month of Mr..
Payne's motion to allow each state
four delegates at large and one dele
gate for each 10000 votes or majority
fraction thereof cast at the last pre-
ceding presidential election would re-
ceive the heartlest approval of
the Republican party membership
throughout the country and be step
in the direction of obvious JUS
tice. Let those have the power to
nominate who will be required to do
the electing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
The Postal Deficit.

~ NJ! OF THE things which
must in fairness be said of
~ Hon. John Wanamaker is
that he made an efficient
postmaster general. The business acu-
men which he brought into play upon
the problems of that office impaired
an impetus which has not yet died
down. The testimony Cf Mr.. Wana-
maker upon a problem OF postal ad-
ministration therefore merits atten-
tive consideration, and in his North
American we find the following sig
nifcant statement:
THE eXorbitant tribute drawn by
partment Is one of the greatest scan
dals Of our government. We pay $685.
100000 a year for the transportation
of the mails by rail- Half OF tnat
amount would be an extraVagant
figure. A reduction to that extent
the postal service with an annual profit
of over 100000 Mr. Finley Acker,
on behalf of the National Board OF
Trade, told the Postal commission that
the average rate paid to the railroads
for hauling the malls was $40 per ton
per hundred miles. Dl. George O.
Tunell a transportation expert en-
ployed by railroad companies to make
the best possible showing In their be,
half, challenged this statement in an
article in the Journal Of Political
Economy but after making all possi'
BILE and some impossible deductions
he did not succeed in reducing tho
figures below $34 per ton per hundred
miles That is 81 cents per ton mile
which is more than it would cost tC
haul the mails by wagon. II the gov
ernment had two tons of mail 10 senC
from New York to Chicago, and tim'
was no object, it could actually buy
team of horses and a wagon, hire {
man to drive them and pay the ex
penses of team and man on the roaC
for less than the railroads charge 1
for carrying the sacks IN its own 'har
tered car"
! This testimony derives especial i'm
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
CURRENT VERSE.
Thanksgiving.

A tear or two, a prayer or two,
For the dead that have gone before us I;
Pure thoughts that stray from the world
away
To the sweet heaven bending Ger us.
Strong hopes that thrill with noble WILL
For the work that may choose and call
us;
Deep soul-content, that but good IL
meant,
In whatever may befall US.
song. n smile and pulse the while
That throbs with the JOY of living;
A kiss or so from dear lips, and 10!
This is the hearts Thanksgiving.
Madeline s. Bridges In Noman's Home
Companion,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
The Sunset of the Year.

In richer hues than Tyrian dyes could
lend
Yon wooded hill by Autumn's touch is
dressed;
Where golden birch and silver poplar
blend
With naples crimson as the robins
breast;
And fragrant pines and stately hemlock
vie
With cedars vested in perennial green,
While russet robes DER oak and beeches
lie,
And sumachs, raising flaming torches
In sunny spots and sylvan hooks are
seen.
With dog and gun the sportsman eager
HES
Through browning fields once fair with
waving grain,
Where timid quail from out the stubble
rise,
And poor Bob White" must chant his
plea in vain.
From yonder marsh there comes the
plovers call,
A rabbit Hits from friendly thicket
nigh;
A lonely woodocck in the bushes tall
Whistles his note ere brown wings down
ward fall
As rings his death-knell to the Au-
tumn sky.
In forest depths the evenings quiet
broods
Save where some lingering songster
pipes his tune.
And in the amber glory of the woods
Perchance rejoices In the suns of June,
But through the aisles, with. rustling car
pets spread,
There falls no more upon the listening
ear,
Through spacious nave and archway
| overhead,
The melody of song-the choir has fled;
The calm that tells the seasons close is
here,
Ger forest, field and marsh and wooded
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
Work That Counts.
1N THE ADDRESS presented re-
Gently to the president by the
Il delegation representing the Gu

YIN THE ADDRESS presented re-
Gently to the president by the
4 delegation representing the Gu
ban Planters and Farmers as
sociation were grouped some figures
which strikingly exhibit the waste
through which Cuban agriculture and
industry passed as a result of the in
cendiary insurrection against Spain.
They bear intimately upon the prob
lem of Cuban reconstruction.
THAT the sources of wealth in the
island of Cuba had been drained out
to almost exhaustion when the period
of American occupation began is a
fact" says the address, (which ad-
mits of no dispute. The sugar crop,
which had been 1.0542l4 tons i'll 1894,
and / 1,0O4, ,264 tons in 1895. suddenly fell
down. thanks to the insurgents torch,
to 34S,126 tons in 1896, 262, ,43t tons in
1897, and 226,SSS tons up to August,
1898. In 1894 there were on the soil
of Cuba LOO sugar Plantations, 10l
coffee estates. S,&75 tobacco farms, Civ
ing occupation to about 50, 900 peasants,
where minor agricultural products
were raised. What was left of all that
under the proclamations of General
Maxine Gomez and the bandos of
General Weyler is not unknown in this
country. If there are now III Cuba
more than 145 sugar plantations, in
anything which may approach running
order, it will be a surprise to the
| Cubans."
That the quickest way to secure q
contented population in Cuba. easily
| inclined toward education and ad-
| vancement, is to forward the agrlcul-
| tural and commercial reconstruction
| of the island is proposition to which
| there is no reverse side. 1t is Is q
| cheerful sign to see the substantial
| classes among the islands population
now taking hold in good faith and
spirit in cooperation with the Ameri-
can authorities toward this indispen-
| sable end.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
A Portrait.

She seemed the very self of grace
Made manifest in womanhOod;
The type of some intended race
Withdrawn because the world was rude |;
A soul which stopped to pose in clay
For some ideal swept away.
Her voice? Perhaps Prometheus freed,
Had filched 1t from the heaven of sound,
Or Pan bequeathed his mellow reed
To speak a language more profound;
1t was a mortal note to chords
Which immortality affords.
A Parian chalice was her cheek,
Through which the warm blood blushed
like wine;
And could some lordly lips bespeak
One draught so rich from Autumn's s
vine
The heart it cheered would gladly pour
Red drop for drop to purchase more.
The depths of her expressive eyes
Seemed meant to shame the pride OF
speech;
Her smile made wisdom seem less wise
For all 1t could not hope to teach;
The heart, In its own strength secure,
Though earthly warm was heavenly pure,
The night beheld her darker hair,
The brighter gems which there she
wore,
Then snuffed its stars with angry air
And crimsoned into day once more.
She was the All of love distilled
The hearts forefancied dream fulfilled,
Charles ]. Bayne in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
Harper and Brothers.

TN THE embarrassments which
have Overtaken it the great pub
Il fishing house of Harper &
Brothers will have the substan-
tial sympathy of all friends of Ameri-
can literature together with fervent
hopes for a speedy rehabilitation. The
difficulty into which ii has drifted
seems to have been tho not uncommon
one of putting off until tomorrow econ
omies which should have been insti-
tuted today. Income is an uncertain
factor but interest gnaws on contin-
uously and the time came when even
the great house of Harper found it's
accumulated Indebtedness too heavy q
load to bear.
1t is fortunate in having lenient cred .
itors who share with j. Pierpont Nor
gan the opinion that it's downfall
would be "a national calamity" 1t il
also fortunate in having at its head,
in Colonel Harvey, business man
courageous enough to face facts and
act in accordance with their prompt
ing. The result will be cutting away
Va NN''N "NiSi'' =" iSo' SoilHdllOn on
the basis of economic modern methods
and eventually a new career of in
creased prosperity and usefulness. In
these later days, when publishers are
as thick as hops, we may not appre-
ciate as we should the Indebtedness
sof an earlier generation to the Har-
'pers, who were our fathers rcpresen-
,tative and almost indispensable pur-
Iveyors of polite literature; but every
American who has the gift of retro
spection must entertain sense of per-
tsonal concern IN the welfare of this
historic establishment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

General Miles still adheres to his be-
lief that the regular army of the Unit
ed States on a normal basis should
be not less than $1,000 strong, or about
one trained soldier for each thousand
of population. That would" says he,
"be a very small number as compared
with other armies of the world, but
yet sufficiently large to keep abreast
of the improvements in warfare which
are being made" The question OF
army reorganization may not be en-
tirely solved by the next congress, but
progress toward it's solution Is demand
ed by every consideration of national
common sense.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
Thanksgiving Day.

OR PERSONAL blessings ev-
X cry day should be thanks
4 giving day; on this especial
occasion we properly take
pause to mediate upon the benefits,
advantages and opportunities confront
ing us collectively.
In material sense the prospect may
well awaken the livelest sentiments of
satisfaction and gratitude. From a
trying period of depression the Ameri-
can people have emerged into a fulness
of prosperity far in excess of their
widest dreams. Farm, factory, rail-
road and mine, north, south, east and
west, bear tokens of a richness such
as Is not to be found in any other
land; such, histories tell us, as never
existed in any other age. The Uni
ted States, not content with being the
granary Of the world, is becoming rap
idly the work shop of the world and
is preparing to assert it's primacy
in the carrying trade Of the
world. No need to cite the figures
No need to tell of the millions that
measure the phenomenal increase Of
American wealth between the daily
rising and the setting of the sun. The
fact is written high and large where
every man can see that on this soil Of
ours Providence has wrought the new
miracle Of the centuries in a magic
bounteousness of social endowment ex-
ceeding the UtOpias of the seers of old.
But it is not for this chiefly that we
should be grateful at this particular
moment. 1t is rather for the opportu-
nifty to bestow this great trust becom-
inSly and well; an opportunity which
is challenge to the highest manhood,
To the people of this nation have been
recently committed by Providence
manifested through events guardian
ships over inferior peoples as well as
tremendously strengthened moral pres
tige and influence in the great coun-
ellis of the world. We are to have a
test of our ability to subordinate to
Christian duty the pomp and intoxica-
tions of imperial power; we are to
show whether in the woof of our ma
tional character there is a fibre suffic-
iently strong to hold us true to our
high ideals while yet performing some
of the great labors which beflt the
possession of great power. On this day
sanctfied to reverence and thanksgiy-
ing let no American regret the test or
will to meet it by whining or evasion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

The golden lights in wondrous splendor
lie,
Ere Winter comes, Of stern and rugged
will,
And Autumn whispers to the world
good-by;
But ore the song Of mountain stream be
stilled,
And russell robes give place to ermine
drear,
filled,
And Natures heart with joyous whisper
ings thrilled
In this, the radiant sunset of the year.
Beatrice Harlowe in the Woman s
Home Companion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

According to accounts of the voyage
of the Mananeusc. the disabled trans
port Is liable to prove a greater men
ace to American soldiers than Filipino
bullets. Some one should be called to
account for sailing a vessel in such a
condition that the greater portion Of
the crew deserted at the first port.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
Dress
Trimmings
land.
Garmitures

Which are attracting more
attention then any similar
line of goods ever shown in
this vicinity.
The goods are so elaborate
and the line so extensive that
a personal inspection of the
same is the only way you can
get acquainted with what we
are showing and we suggest
that you make an appoint
ment to look them over, when
we will be pleased to give you
all the time and attention at
our command in helping you
to make your selections.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
Ornamental
ParQuet Floors
and Borders.

Ornamental Floors. such as we
offer have been in use in Europe
for generations. They are no ex-
pertinent,
II is safe to consider that no out
lay will so furnish and enrich a
dwelling as these ornamental floors.
They are cheaper than carpets.
Floors laid and finished in best
manner.
Fine line Of patterns to select
from.
Estimates furnished and all work
guaranteed.
Hill 4 COmnell
121 N. Washington Ave,
Scranton, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

Secretary Hay is credited with the
ambition to bring about, at least In
formally. a better understanding
among the great nations with respect
not only to the political and CONNER
cial future of China, but also in ref
erence to diplomatic interests in gen.
eral. The czar's peace congress was a
beautiful dream which American
craftsmanship may yet, by practical
convert into a substantial reality The
recent course of events indicates that
the present secretary of state at Wash
ington is an example OF the right man
in the right place
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

The walking delegates of discomfort
who are endeavoring TO stir up war
in Cuba may find the trouble they are
looking for sooner than they antici-
pated but in a different form than they
desired.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
How Foolish of Him,

Dear" said Mrs. Youngwife, "those
table castoTs squeak terribly. 1 wish
when you cbme home tonight you would
bring me some oil for them" what
kind?" why, castor oil, of course" -
New York Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
To a Diamond.

Thou bauble of inconsequential size,
That CLEANS alike on joy and on dis
tress!
Circle of fate! No cobbest1ne that lies
To make a pave, but caps thy useful
ness.
II should crush thee with my heel,
should spurn
Thee from my sight what matters it, 1
say?
Unto thy parent earth thou wouldst but
turn
And Love and Death would still keep
on their way.
And yet? Go little ring. I know thy
power.
Mighty, but useless. Yet, for my de-
sign
Who knows but thou may rule the tickle
hour
Make some one who is not this day be
mine.
Go, brilliant messenger, and play thy
part!
I'll be content II thou, beneath her
look.
VIII make the same impression on her
As thou hast made upon my pocket
book.
Tom Mason, in Life.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

The Chicago "Silver Republicans"
would display better taste if another
name was placed on their misleading
door plate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
The Currency Caucus Bill.

T<HE CONSERVATISM of the
' ~Republiean caucus currency
y Il bill will doubtless expedite
its passage at the coming
session by not provoking the antag-
+onisms which would beset more rad
@icai proposition.
The cardinal feature of the bill is the
provision establishing by mandate the
.'single gold STANDARD and requiring all
interest bearing obligations to be pay
able in gold. Silver certificates and
silver dollars remain legal tender anu
redeemable in gold at the option
,of The secretary of the treasury but
'the-ymRintenapce OF the parity Of all
our money is made obligatory upon
him and no loophole Is left for admin
istrative acts calculated TO impair the
stability df the sold standard, This
tputs into law the win of the people
'aS exDfessed both in 1895 and in 1898
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

With cessation of hostilities against
Dewey, the question naturally comes
to mind: Who will be the next target
for the yawping yellows?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

- Agufnaldo IS probably thankful that
his legs. have not given out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

As result Of the activities Of a
Taxpayers association which took
steps to plug the leaks in the county
treasury, the costs collected in Schuyl-
kill county on cases tried before the
criminal court have risen from about
S25OO last year TO nearly $4,000 this year
while in many directions substantial
economies have been enforced. This
example shows that where there is a
will to effect reforms in court admin
istration ways and means will present
themselves
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30

fory-fou years of native of New York City, but living
occupation, but live with my who
The diet being different every what have
always accustomed brought attacks OF indigestion
everything prescribed advertised with permanent relief At
determined send scent Rpans Iaues
After taking the first box began feel bettere eating
tnued taking them each day for certain do feel
that they will me-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-13
ANDREEs BALLOON.

The best opinion now seems TO De
that Andree's balloon alighted some
where in Northeastern Siberia, and
that his fate viii soon be determined.
There seems TO be no doubt that
about two months after he set out on
his aerial voyage a balloon was seen
by the inhabitants Of a village in 81
IBERIA. Il was, Of course, impossible
that the original balloon could have
kept afoat for such Il length of time.
and the explanation given is that An
Gree had constructed q fire balloon As
a signal, which seems 70 be borne on.
by the fact that the object seen by the
villagers was visible only for about fif-
teen minutes. Ii is thought that the
condensed provisions carried by the
party, with what game they may have
taken. would be sufficient TO keep
them alive until the present, If no ac-
cidents befell them.