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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03
THE CENTER OF POPULATION
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
BY the first national census taken in
1890, when the population of the country
was not much greater than OF New York
city today the centre of population was
twenty-threc miles east of Baltimore. 1t
was still I'm the neighborhood of Balt-
more, though to the west of that city, in
1900 In 1910 1t was near Washington. In
1920 It was at Woodstock, Va, and in
1880 1sl0 and 1850 in the present state of
West Virginia. In 1860 1t was little to
the south of Chilicothe, O, this being
the first official appearance of Ohio as
the centre of population, though II has
remained the political centre of popula-
tion steadily ever since. In 1870 the Cen-
tire of population was on n line in Ohio
between Chilicothe and Cincinnati: in
1850 it was in the neighborhood of Cincln-
natl; and in 1890, the year of the last ma
tional census, 1t was in Decatur county
Ind, near the OHIO boundary, and on n
line between Cincinnati and Indianapolis
The government estimate of the present
population of tho United States, exclu-
sive Of countries over which its sover-
eighty has been extended, was 5000 ,00O
on June /, and all sections Of the coun-
try have participated, though not equal
~. in the growth of population since 1890
when 1t was G26OO,OO0.
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By the coming census the Ohio and
Mississippi Valley states will probably
be shown to have gained less from direct
foreign immigration than in any previous
decade, while the citizens of the Middle
and New England states have, relatively,
gained more. There has been n substan-
tial increase in population, larger proba-
bly,, than in any period since the close
of the civil war, in the Southern and
South border states, and a much larger
| increase in those of the Southwest most
notably In Texas, the total vote of which
| increased from 100000 in 1880 to 100000 in
1880 and $4,000 in 1896. The population of
Texas (2,2O0,0O0 in 1900 is probably near
| 3.6OOOOO. A state census taken of Kansas
in 1896. on the other hand showed the
| population of that state to be less than
in 1890, while in the same period the
population of New Jersey had increased
16 per cent. Between 1890 and 1895 the
| population OF Florida increased from
$4,000 to 465OOO, while the population of
South Dakota (32s,OO0 in 1S9O was re-
turned as 10000 five years later.
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The growth of population in American
| states between 1890 and 1900 will be in ac-
| cordance with the increase of the urban
\ population In each rather than with the
gain in agricultural districts. AS a ma
| jority of the cities are in the North, II
/ appears likely that the centre Of popu.
| lation" in 1900 will be on or near the
| banks of the Wabash in the state of In.
| diana, at some point northwesterly from
| the present centre and nearer the Illinois
| than the Ohio state line.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03
VALUE OF soLoMoN's TEMPLE.
". Il. Curtis in Chicago Record.

w. e. Curtis in Chicago Record.
A Biblical student in Washington de-
clares that If the descriptions Of Solo
mons temple are accurately given in the
Bible and by secular authorities the total
value of that edifce and it's contents
must have exceeded $4,000, 600 900. In the
first place, the value of the materials
in the rough is estimated at $l2 500 900, 900,
and the labor at $4,000 600. According
to Villalpandis 10000 men were engaged
in dressing cedar lumber $4,000 were en-
gagged in cutting stone and co. 900 in bear
ing burdens. for a period of seven years,
who, in addition to their wages, re-
ceived 80 cents day for food. Accord
ing to the same authority, which is corro-
borated by Josephus, the vessels Of gold
were valued at 10000 talents, which, re-
duced to American money, is equal to
81 326. .4Sl, O15 The vessels Of silver are
calculated at 1921 715,OOO, the vestments
of the priests and the robes of the sing
ers s10,0jO,OO0 and the value OF the trum-
pets of gold was 100000.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03
THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT
OF THE YEAR 1898.

The brief grafton of Frank Springer at
Las Vegas, N. M, accompanying the pre-
sentation to Colonel Roosevelt of a medal
of honor, contained this striking passage:
THE mighty fact which the year 1898
brought forth was not the glory of the
war; which added to the annals Of our
victorious arms the names of Manila and
Santiago 1t was not that our armies
were valiant or our navy invincible-for
these facts are not new to our history.
But IL is that now, after a century Of
internal dissension-the fruit of antagon-
istic interests and disccrdant elements
the nation has been born again, and that
there is realized in fact that grand ideal
set before US in the admonitions of Wash
ington, the exhortations of Webster and
the yearnings OF the padent and farsee-
ing LinColn-a complete and perfect
Union.
"Of this transcendent fact the most
splendid witness was that band of heroes
whose survivors have assembled to meet
you here today. As If to furnish the
world a living proof of this new birth
among the nations, they came together,
under the magic Of your name-the most
remarkable body Of men that ever fol-
lowed tho American flag. Not for their
courage in battle. or their fortitude in
camp-for these are qualities that be-
long to every American soldicr-but re-
markable for what they represented.
Men from every section, of every race,
calling and condition, Protestant, Cath
olic and Jew, American and Indian, the
millionaire and the breadwinner, the
cowpuncher and the dude-frOm East 30
West, and from North to South, they
gathered-sons Of rebel and yankee alike
to march in ranks of war against a for
eign foe--the very incarnation of the
American people And when they plant
ed our glorious emblem upon the bloody
heights of San Juan they wrote in Grim
son letters upon Fame's eternal tablet,
and where all the world might see, the
symbol OF a reunited people"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03
BILL NYE'S CYCLONE.

Ii. /. Cleveland, in the Times Herald.
Fifteen years ago cyclone came out
OF the depths of st. Croix Lake, swept
over New Richmond and Clear Lake,
Wis., in the blistering heat of an af-
ternoon, and after it had passed the
searchers found Bill Nye in the windtall
OF pine forest suffering from a broken
leg lie was conveyed to his home In
Hudson, where his humor served to light
on the weary days of waiting for the leg
to heal. When the storm came Nye was
driving through the forest with his
brother, a resident OF Clear Lake, and
had very narrow escape from DEATH
In path OF some eighty miles in
length, and ending with a cloudburst
that Hooded the towns of Eau Claire and
Chippewa Falls, the cyclone sacrificed
nearly 100 lives and removed one village
temporarily from the face of the map
l found at Turtle Lake, eleven miles
from Clear Lake, portion of the church
OF the latter town. Between New Rich
mond and Clear Lake at a farmhouse In
pine clearing | saw the body OF "A little
girl through which had been driven by
electrical force a pine splinter as long
as blade of grass and as attenuated.
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The first work that 1 did upon the
stern was to secure an interview from
Nye, and the extracts given herewith
are what he had to say of his expert
ence. He subsequently TedTessed the
interview and incorporated It In his per-
manent work. At the time of the cy-
clone II was copied far and wide, and was
regarded as one of the choice bits OF
humor Of the genial wit. IL never did
anything" he said. "to a cyclone. There
is no reason why a cyclone should at
! tack me- never said anything mean
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

soup, as fine a beefstake as you ever
ate. a splendid roast chicken whole.
potatoes and other vegetables, and a
bottle Of American beer for one ruble-
about fifty cents"
We could quote at indefinite length
from this most readable volume pas
sages whose purport would radically
conflict with the prevalent American
conception Of Russia as a great person
ihcation OF tyranny and semi-barbar-
ism, but lack OF space demands halt.
Mr.. Bookwalter has performed a nota-
bic service in placing before his coun-
trynen by pen and camera a panorama
of Russia as 1t Is.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

of a cyclone, never criticised any Of its
relatives, never made fun Of its mother
in-law; in fact, | always minded my own
business in regard to cyclones. and was
the victim of a base assault. Why
should "a cyclone single me out2 Why
should n cyclone make me a target for
| It's low wit? II | had ever given a cy-
| clone reason for its attack there would
be some explanation for my present con-
| dition, but l am an Innocent man. This
shows that the cyclone possesses many
of the characteristics OF an Indian. 1t
IL not to be trusted. ! wouldn't take
the word Of II cyclone after my recent
| experience under any circumstances"
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| He said further: 81 have lost faith in
| cyclones No man can continue to be-
| lieve in cyclone after he has been be-
| trayed, Had the cyclone given me
proper warning, had it said that at such
end such time II intended to make
visit to where l was inspecting the lux
uriant timber growth of beautiful Wis
| consn | would have known what to do.
l would have gone somewhere else and
engaged in other pursuits while the cy-
clone was attending to its business en-
gagemcnt. i am no rival Of the cyclone
! to be treated in this manner. l didn't
| even bear 1t n grudge Nothing that
| have done in my past life could be con-
| HNl hCu dS hdNlitb "dlihllNtu a NSNloHN ~
| taking umbrage at my presence when 1t
| came along. Had / been consulted In the
| matter | might have been willing to even
| have gone into business with the cyclone
and given 1t pointers which would have
| been of advantage to both of us. But"
| he said. mo fairness was shown me. l
| was struck from behind, maliciously APP
! preached, defenselessly hurled to the
| ground, trod and spat upon, and left to
consider the futility Of any effort on my
! part to be upright and square In my
| dealings with cyclones"
| -:o:-
One of the last things Nye said of the
| storm was: "If l had wished to might
| have struck back at the cyclone. might
have made myself disagreeable and
| caused a change in its plans, But l re-
| Trained. l am not of a revengeful spirit
and then / know when have had enough
| of a good thing. l wouldn't ride free
horse to death under any circumstances.
l just accepted things as they were and
| made up my mind that hereafter the
| cyclone could not travel in the same So
cial set that l did. If 1t attempted to
| intended to cut IT dead" Bill Nye
| speedily recovered from his injury and
| in a few years all traces OF the great
Clear Lake storm were effaced, but there
| are probably some old residents Of the
| region still living who will remember the
humor of the man who refused to take
| even his own narrow escape from death
| seriously.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03
Export Trade OF
One Million a Day
From the Times-Herald.

From the Times-Herald.
n MILLION dollars a day repre-
jM sents the size of the demand
Iu\ which the European nations are
II u making upon the American work.
shop at the present time. This is the
contribution of American mechanical
skill and industrial enterprise to the
comforts and necessities of life in the
old world. Although the monthly re-
ports of the treasury bureau of statis-
tics have given some idea of the
phenomenal increase in the volume OF
exports of manufactures, 1t is only re-
Gently that the bureau has attempted
a detailed classification of this trade
showing the particular classes of goods
that find most favor in particular coun-
tries. BY these tables, which the treas
ury bureau has recently prepared, it
is possible for American manufacturers
to learn not only who are their best
customers, but it furnishes valuable
suggestions as to what fields offer the
greatest possibilities of profitable de-
velopment in the future.
That the subject is worthy Of special
study by the Treasury department and
the manufacturers is shown by the fact
that our exports of manufactures have
more than doubled during the last six
years. and have more than quadrupled
since 1870. In 1898 and 1899 the exports
of manufactures, for the first time ON
record, exceeded the imports, and dur
ing the fiscal year which ends the last
day Of this month they have averaged
more than a million dollars for each
business day of the year While the
exports of American manufactures
show an increase of 40 per cent. in the
last decade, those Of Great Britain
show no increase since 1890. During
this period France made a gain of 10
per cent. in the expectation Of manu-
factures, Germany made a gain OF 13
per cent. while Russia and Austria
Hungary show a loss.
O.
More interesting than these compart-
sons. however, are the figures which
reveal the classes of manufactures in
which America has made the greatest
gain and in which she now holds the
undisputed ascendency. The history
of our export development shows that
we easily surpass all other nations in
the manufactures Of metals. Although
in 1889 the manufactures of metals
formed less than 20 per cent. OF our
total exports OF manufactures, the in
crease Of this class of exports in the
last decade was 339 per cent. Our man
ufactures of copper increased from
81 ,954 in 1889 to $32,1S0,S72 in 1898,
while the manufactures of iron and
steel jumped from $2l ,156, OF in 1889 to
$40, 406,SS5 in 1898. In the fiscal year Of
1899 1t Is believed that our exports Of
iron and steel manufactures will reach
the enormous sum Of 100000, OOO
The most remarkable feature Of this
showing is the fact that the greatest
demand for our manufactures is in
countries where the manufacturing in
dustry has been fully developed 1t is
| the American workshop and American
| business enterprise against the Eu-
! ropean manufacturer and in such a
! contest the former is distancing, not to
say dumfounding, competitors.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03
UNFoRGIVEN.

'Why do you hate him SOP"
"Wher We were young men we loved
the same girl"
ooh! Did he win her from you by any
unfair mcans?"
mo. He went away and left hcr no
choice but e."-Cbicago Times Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

The Troy, N. Y, Times has entered
upon the forty-nlnth year of its exist
ence old in usefulness and ripe in
prosperity. but young in spirit as the
day when it was founded. The man
who made 1t has been gathered to his
fathers, but the son follows in the
founders footsteps and the grandson
Is preparing to carry forward the jour
nails destiny American journalism
has reason TO pe proud of this monu-
NEST to the good judgment Of the late
John M Francis
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03
SCRANTON, JULY 8. 1899.

The express companies doing busi-
ness in Scranton continue to violate
the law which requires delivery or
packages to all consisnees alike. Per-
sons Disseminated against have the
remedy in their own hands.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03
REXFORD'S.

SCRANTON, July 3, 1899.
We bought too many sterling
silver link buttons. New shapes,
beau ends and dumb bells. Wen
sell them at about weight value,
IS cents pair.
THE .REXFORD CO.,
I32 Wyoming Ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

The Devils Island is about as diff
cult to locate on the maps as Aguin-
aldo's capital.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

1t is believed that Lillian Blauvelt
makes a mistake in declining to sing
in opera. Lillian has a pretty face, a
fine voice and a Dakota divorce.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

General King says that the Filipinos
are capable of self-governmentb but it
is doubtful IL the general would care
to be one Of the subjects of such a gov
ernment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

1t is safe to predict that President
Kruger, not long hence, will be man
of less conceit and more knowledge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

Cyclist Murphy's mile-a-minute feat,
though interesting. belongs within the
list Of follles which mankind would
never miss.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

Woman has just won the privilege
Of admission to the bar of France but
judging from the French census fig
ures her place of duty will continue
to be in the home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

Even the New York Sun admits that
the psychological moment has come
for General Alger to retire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

Secretary Alger and Mr.. Pingree evil
IDENTIFY have not given sufficient study
to their code of signals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

The Missouri Supreme court has af-
hrmed the constitutionality Of the anti
trust act recently put on the statue
books in that state, which made It
impossible for Combinations In re-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

straint OF trade" to enforce collection
Of debts. Missouri trusts will there
fore employ the cash system and the
only sufferers, as usual, will be their
patrons
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

Like the mad dog craze, the Drey-
fus affair is showing itself to be far
less dangerous in the bite than in the
scare. Even IN country like France
honesty is the best policy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

My little girl eleven years DID, has had all her life serious
and stubborn constipation had given everything could think 0
weeks she would wake at night
crying puy with pan and for three hours would suffer
intensely until finally relieved by frequent All this was very
brother insisted should Rpans Iabules and
finally he them for tried them giving her two every night
awhile every other night then she took them herself
like about three months since she has had
trouble, her bowels in healthy condition Her
color good gaining eh As have given her other
medicine ascb her improved condition wholly to Rpans Iabues
drug sy contain hs E p4ssi
Ss saGeS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03

The Dewy home fund is growing at
a pace which indicates that sometime
in the next century it will be large
enough to purchase a few rough
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-03
Star
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Paper
Fastener

Fastens papers in a jiffy,
feeds itself aud improved in
every respect. Prices lower
than ever. We are still SELL
ing the PLANETARY Pencil
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plies, together with a large
line of Blank Books and
Typewriter's Supplies.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-25

Extremes of heat and cold can be
produced artihcially to such intense ex-
tents nowadays that it is physical i'm
possibility to measure them with abso-
lutte accuracy. "We cannot measure the
infnitesimal, says Charles Whiting
Baker, editor of Engineering News.
1.-THE best we can do is to make care
full estimates The greatest heat pro-
duced artificially is that Of an cleo
trio arc furnace the kind that is used
in the production of artificial diamonds,
calcium carbide, etc. 1t is so intense
that nothing exists with which to re-
cord it, 1t is estimated. however, to be
of about A, 900 degrees F.
1.-THE coolest known temperature is
that of liquid air, which freezes alcohol
and mercury and distances all means of
measuring. 1t is claimed for it that
with it temperature of 400 degrees
below zero Fahrenheit is reached. The
present limits of heat and cold are
therefore represented by the arc fur
mace and the liquid air. -
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-25
HEARSE DRIVING.

Men Steadily Employed mt 1T In the
Larger Cities.
In smaller cities and in the country
the hearse driver may between times
drive other vehicles or engage in some
other work, but in city of great popu-
lation like New York. where, in the
natural course of things, many deaths
occur daily and where many hearses
are used and kept constantly employed,
hearse driving is regular occupation.
There are many hearse drivers i'll the
city who have been thus steadily en-
ployed for many years. Only careful
and skillful drivers are employed in
this capacity.
The letting of hearses is a long estab-
lished custom in this city. Many livery
men own from one to dozen hearses
and let them to sections and undertake
ers Perhaps half of the undertakes Of
the city do not keep hearses, but hire
of the livery owners. So it commonly
happens that in answering calls from
one source and another the hearses
owned by the liverymen are constantly
employed. 1t might be that all the
hearses owned in stable. whatever
their number, would be called for day
after day and week after week. as regu-
larly as so many carriages or other
vehicles might be, and so it comes
about that hearse driving is here a
steady occupation, just like any other.
While hearses are commonly driven
to and from the various cemeteries in
and about the city, they are sometimes
driven out of the city to various nearby
cities and towns. Hearses have been
driven to greater distances, but they
are not often driven more than IL or 10
miles away. New York Sun.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-25
WARMING.

The legal voters of the city of Barre are
ereby warned and notified to meet In city
Getting in Armory Hall on North Main st.,
nrre. Vermont. on the 2G day of April, 1899,
: o'clock p. IN. to transact the following
BUSINESS: go
4 list. TO see if the City will vote to erect
Md locate Il school house.
4 2nd. TO see If the City will vote to pur-
Chase land, or otherwise procure land upon
srhich to erect school house.
II 3rd TO see if the City will vote to give the
fchool commissioners authority to select Il site
ar said school building, and to purchase land
therefor, and to erect II building thereon.
4th. TO see if the City will vote to raise u
Special tax for the purpose of purchasing land
Tor new school building. and erecting the
lame, and if so how much.
4 9Th. TO see If the City will vote to borrow
money. ard issue its bonds. notes or orders
Tor the purchase of land for new school
building and the erection of said building,
bnd if 30 how much.
9th. TO see if the City will veto to pay the
mayor salary for the ensuing year, and to
fx the compensation Of city assessors, citv
treasurer and clerk, and the members OF the
board of aldermen. and if so how much.
eth. TO see if the City will vote to author
lie the city council to borrow money in anti
cipation of taxes for the present year to meet
the expenses and Indebtedness of the City,
and if so how much.
Sth. TO do any other proper business.
Dated at the City of Barre this 9th day OF
JOHN W. GORDON, MAYOR.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-25
His New Coat.

They had been chums for so long that
when the one gave chatting dish party
to some of his more intimate feminine
acquaintance the other made point
of returning early from the theater in
order to be present. Chum No. 2 had
hardly made his appearance before chum
No. 1, in his anxiety to chatter non
sense with the prettiest girl in the
room, managed to upset basin of
beaten egg yolks down the front of his
new Tuxedo. Chum No. 1 was much
distressed apparently, and chum No. ,
FASTENED to his assistance
500 into my room and take mine, "
he adjured his friend generously. "I've
brand new one; just came home to-
day
Chum No. smiled queerly. II know
it. old boy was what he said. grin
ming in a rather forced fashion. "Fact
is-well-my own looked little shabby
this evening and I've got yours ON. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.