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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05
NEW CALENDAR FOR RUSSIA
From the Washington Post.

FTUTH the WdsHIHBIOH FOsI,
The official announcement that the
Russian government has at last decided
to act in unison with the civilized ma
tions of the world in the matter of dis
tributing time into periods adapted TO
the purposes of civil life, as hours, days,
weeks, months, and year, revlves ore
of the most interesting chapters in sid
eral astronomy. For hundreds of years
Russia has refused to abandon the cd
style or Julian-Greek calendar, which is
twelve days behind the now universal
system of the Gregorian cycle, and which
has been a source of constant annoyance
to the nations of the world doing busi-
ness with Russia, as both dates had to
be used.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

1t is again pertinent to inquire,
What do the anti-imperialists propose? :?
Shall Uncle Sam surrender under fire?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

Occasions like yesterday show the
need Of better street car facilities at
Nay Aug park.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

The persons who had the coolest
time yesterday celebrated at home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

Some think that the new insect
should have been named the Hobson
bug.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

To some extent social ostracism,
which, short Of penal law, is the maxi
mum penalty OF public opinion, is ap-
phi d now. There are certain offenses
that a person cannot commit without
forfeitng the esteem of the company
OF the decent members of the society
in which he moves. But there are
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

many others constantly denounced,
that do not bring upon the perpetra-
tor the same appropriate punishment
wealthy citizen may shirk the pay
ment of his taxes, thus throwisg upon
the shoulders of poorer and mere hon
est people the burden that be ought
to bear. Still he does not lose caste.
BY undervaluations and other subter-
fuges, the rich merchant may without
serious social censure defraud the gov
eri ment out of thousands Of dollars.
With the same impunity, large manu-
facturer. or contractor, or mine opera
tor may treat his employees with a
lack Of consideration that makes them
feel that their condition is hardly bet
ter than that of slaves.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

II ought not to be necessary to in
sist that this should not be permitted.
But as long as it is permitted. there
can be no doubt that public opinion
falls far short ~ what may rightly
be expected from It. Among some Of
the negroes in the South, 1t
Is so powerful that the back
slider that does not attend church and
contribute what is expected from one
of his means, is glad after a trying
period of social ostracism to fulfill
these obligations. In England two or
three years ago, public opinion alone
without the Intervention of the Board
of Trade compelled a great railroad
corporation to accede to the reasonable
demands of it's employees. Even stock
holders contributed their dividends to
carry on the strike. With these ex-
amples of the power of this potentate
OF democracy, why should one lose
hope of being able to correct particu-
lar evils or effecting important reforms
without a hasty and impotent appeal
to legislation? Why should not more
confidence be placed in his power and
a more effective use made of it?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

The question under consideration is
not whether the trust is an evil or not.
II is whether a mistake is not fire.
quently made in seeking TO have public
opinion nodded by legislation in re-
preston Of some abuse rather than let
ting legislation, if required at all, be
the product OF matured and consoli-
dated public opinion. When the latter
is the case, there is avoided an incon-
sistency and certain decentralization
to be noted on every hand, While, for
instance, the air is vibrating with de-
nunciation of a certain trust, people OF
means and respectabilty would not
be investing in its securities, or boast
ing of the money made out of their
speculation in them. Again, while i'm
precautions are heaped upon the de-
partment store and legislators are in
dustriously framing measures against
it, it would not be crowded with GUS
toners in search Of a bargain and de-
lighted when they found one. The feel
ing of the community toward them
would not be unlike that once enter
tanned toward slave drivers, and now
entertained toward the baser classes
of criminals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

In the progress of modern civilization,
the czar's government has finally de-
cided to change its calendar to corre-
spond with the other nations of the EARTH
which finally completes the historical as
sertion that the civil calendar of all Eu-
ropean countries has been borrowed from
that OF the Romans. The st. Petersburg
Astronomical society has taken the mat
ter in hand, and with the cooperation Of
the ministers will appoint a commission
to be composed OF sixteen persons, nine
OF whom are to be members of the AS
Economical society, who will arrange
all the details. 1t is expected that the
new style calendar will go into effect in
1901
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

In order to pu: an end to disorders and
confusion arising from the distinctions
between the astronomical and civil years,
Caesar abolished the use OF the lunar
year and the intercalary month and reg
ulated the civil year entirely by the sun
and fixing the mean length of the year
at 635A days. He decreed that every
fourth year should have 366 days, the
other years having each 365. The regu-
lations of Caesar were not at first suf-
ficiently understood and the pontiffs
made other intercalations-for the pur-
pose of preserving the same interval be-
tween the commencement of the year
and the equinox. However, with the as
Economical knowledge of that day. it
seems that errors and confusion con-
tinued to exist The equinox, in the
course of a few centuries, retrograded
toward the beginning of the year, and in
order to restore the equinox TO its former
place, Pope Gregory XIII directed ten
days to be suppressed in the calendar.
Russia was the only one of the Chris
ian countries that refused to adopt the
Gregoriain method of intercalation; 1t
seems he could not see with a requisite
degree of accuracy that 1t reconciled the
civil with the solar year, regardless Of
the best determinations of modern as
tronomy. lie Verrier's Solar Tables,
Paris, 1883.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05

A good many persons who fired off
giant crackers yesterday probably
could not repeat the first sentence OF
the Declaration of independence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05
REXFORD'S.
SCRANTON, July s, 1899.

All kinds of July jewelry. You
save steps by coming here first
Waist sets, buckles, cuff pins.
A lot of little diamond rings, cute
little sparklerS in LAX gold rings,
some plain, some hand chased. Tc
close the lot, only II, they 60 a
5000.
THE REXFORD CO.,
1872 Wyoming Ave,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-05
More Effective Use
OF Public Opinion
Rochester Post-Express.

hOCneSter 1OSl-EXpreSS.
n S THE most effective use made of
ii public opinion In the United
II States? Is 1t appealed to as it
u should be in the correction of evils?
Is it applied as vigorously as 1t can be
to offenders against honor, justice and
humanity A cursory observation of
current events permits only a mega
tive answer to these questions. At
times it seems as If faith had been lost
in the real ruler of democracy. When
an abuse or a wrong stirs the indigna-
tiOn of some people, they do not begin
an agitation against II with the energy
and prolonged self-sacrice of the old
abolitionist. Nor do they always re-
sort to the last and most potent wea-
pom of public opinion, namely social
Ostracism, to enforce their views upon
the Indifferent or hostile. 1t seems
to them that there is a shorter way
to reform. Not infrequently, therefore,
they rush to the legislature for relief,
and the result is often a law that be-
comes a dead letter as soon as enacted.
AS 1t does not represent unified pub
lie opinion, it is disregarded, and thus
is encouraged contempt for all law.
A striking example of this misdirect-
ed effort Is the warfare on the indus
trial combination known as the trust.
During the past fifteen years a good
deal of indiscriminate denunciation has
been bestowed upon 1t, and much en-
ergy and ingenuity expended by leg
islators to suppress or curb 1t. But,
as everybody knows. it flourishes more
today than ever. In fact, the most
conspicuous feature of industrial ac-
| tivity at the present moment is the
formation of large combinations or
capital. Does any one suppose that
this would be the case did there exist
q powerful public conviction produced
| by long and intelligent agitation that
the trust is an evil throwing thou
| sands of people out of employment and
| reducing thousands OF others to a kind
! of serfdom, that ought to be abolished
| at once? Would the men that form
! these great combinations be regarded,
| as they are very generally, either with
! indifference or with admiration: Would
! they be extolled as captains of indus
! try, or welcomed to the society of de-
! cent people or importuned for con-
tributions to charity education and
religion?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
A PHILANTHROPIST.
de Was Going to Get Rich and Get
Up Something to Cool the
People OF.

eyes, sir" exclaimed the man with a
linen buster and a high-crowned straw hat,
I'm going to do it,
What are you going to do?' asked the
policeman to whom the stranger had ad-
dressed himself.
You know" he went on, without heed
ing the question, that the summer months
are invariably marked by increased out
breaks of ali kinds. Mems angry passions
seem to rise with the thermometer
What were you threatening Just now!
asked the policeman, sternly.
"Threatening:"
YES. You said you were going to do
something. What are you going TO do"
I'm going to get rich. I'm going to get
some steady employment and save up my
money and invest it judiciously and get
rich. There's no end of good you can do
with riches. Rich men are doing a great
deal of good now. They establish schools
and colleges and libraries and let the people
get acquainted with the soothing thoughts
of philosophy and the sublimities of science.
But in the months of July and August you,
as a practical criminologist, have doubtless
observed philosophy and science don't work.
By the time | have got rich there will be
all the colleges and libraries that there will
be need of, and | will cap the summit of
our civilization with a bequest for a man.
moth marble refrigerator in each town, so
that when anybody feels his indignation
rising he can go there and wander up and
down the stately corridors and cool off,
Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
TOO
WhippletOn Wa Getting Too Atten-
tive to business to Please
the Boss.

81 WISH" said the senior partner to the
manager of the executive department, that
you would discharge Whippleton, that new
man we put on a couple of months ago."
The manager was surprised. He showed
it in his countenance. He was about to say
something, when the head of the firm
went on:
Il have made it a rule, as you have doubt
!ess noticed, never to permit any of the men
who work in this establishment to beat
me here in the morning. For 20 years l nave
sat here at m desk, and watched the en-
ployes report for duty"
Yes the manager said, ut has become
4 tradition around the place that you are
always the first one here in the morning
and the last one to leave at night"
Exactly. That's why l want you to dis.
charge Whippleton."
The manager was about to carry out his
order, but turned after he had taken two
or three steps and asked:
"Have you caught Whippleton Sinking?
Does he get down to work late in the morn
ings?"
No. the old man responded, "he's max.
ing me get up before daylight in order to
keep on beating him here. l won't have it.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
BE SOON GOT WELL.
landing with the Bootjack on the
Leaders Nose Had a Bene-
fetal Eject.

1t was a sad scene. The old man lay on
his bed, and by him sat the faithful wife,
holding his worn hand in hers and forcing
back the tears to greet his wandering look
with a smile. She spoke words of comfort
and of hope. But he felt the cold hand
falling on him, and he turned his weary
eyes up to her pale, wan face.
Jennie, dear wife, l am going"
ooh, no, John-not yet-not yet"
Eyes, dear wife," and he closed his eyes;
"the end is near. The world grows dark
about me. There is a mist around me gath
ering thicker and thicker, and there, as
through a cloud, l hear the music of angels
sweet and sad"
"No, no, John, dear; that isn't angels;
that's the brass band at the corner"
What" said the dying man. "Have
those seoundrels dared to come here when
they know I'm dying? Give me my boot.
jack. I'll let 'em see"
And in a towering rage the old man
jumped from his bed, and before his wife
could think he had opened the window and
SHE'D the bootjack at the band.
I've hit that fat leader in the nose!"
And he went back to bed and got well.-Tit.
Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Modern Fable.

A general who was conducting a war in a
distant island wrote to the agricultural de.
partment of his government to ship him a
ton OF acorns. When asked what he in.
tended to do with them he replied:
There is no shade in our trenches, and
the troops suffer from heat. A growth of
large oaks will add much to the comfort
of the men in the firing line"
He would have said more, but his atten.
ton was arrested by a burst of song from
. %neighboring jungle.
"Ah," he sighed, that is a round robin."
And he walked sadly away.-San Fran.
cisco Examiner.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
She knew 1t All.

Smith and his wife were discussing
The drama. art and kindred subjects.
says the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
grph. Mrs. Smnth declared she knew
every Bit us much about the theater as
she did about cooking and other house
hold affairs. Her husband agreed with
her, 10 avoid argument. Recently he
rcmarkcd:
Rosa Bonhcur WAS = masculine
locking woman, wasn't shc?.'
What play diI we sec her in?"
asie! his wife. innOcertly.
You never saw her in any play
savagely replied Smith; you are
thinking Of David Garrick. who played
the title role in Little Lord Fauntle-
roy. last winter
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
a Coincidence.

Coincidence noted by the New York
Commercial Advertiser: Two bright
faced messenger boys sitting side by
side mt the edge of the pavement n
Contra! park, west, with their feet in
tie gutter, absorbed i'll One copy of j
thrilling illustrated penny dreadful.
in front of them, in the roadway, the
message they were Gelivering--a
push cart containing Il large and beau
t,ful pillow Of lilies ami hyacinthA.
bearing the device in red carnations:
~. Rest" Funeral or no funeral, the
combination provoked smiles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
GRANT IS HOURLY EXPECTED.
The Transport In Bringing the wyO-
ming. Idaho and North Da-
kOta Troops Back Home.

San Francisco, Aug. 2o.-The trans.
port Grant, conveying the Wyoming,
Idaho and North Dakota volunteers
from the Philippines, Is hardly ex-
pectsd. She will be met by large
delegations from those states, who
will go outside the Golden Gate on
the tug Governor Markham and the
United States steamer General Mo
Dowell.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
LnbOri md Demange Honorcd.

Lima. Peru. Aug. p, via Galveston,
Tex, Aug. 29.-The Lima College de
Advocates, at Il session held Saturday
night, made MATHIS Labor and De-
manCe-Dreyfus' advocates at Rennes
honorary members of the college.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Had Any Number Of Reasons.

Anxious Mothc:-Why don't YOU
dr.ve that bad boy away from your
playground?
Good Little Boy-That wouldn't be
right.
Wouldn't ito"
No, ma. You see hat playground
is public property"
"Oh. so it is"
Yes, ma; and it would be selfish
an dishonest to deprive any other boy
Of the right to go there"
5 it would. my angel. l didn't
think of that"
Yes. ma; and, besides, he can lick
me."-Pearson's Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Rapid Growth in Norway.

Few cities in the old world and no
other towns in the Scandinavian penin-
sula can show such rapid growth and
development in all directions as Chris
tiania. Thirty or t~hirty-five years ago
it was credited with Il population of
60.CGG. which has now grown 10 23O,-
600. The old city is rapidly vanishing,
the ancient two and three story build
ings that date from the time of Chris
tian ". giving place to modern struc-
tues of more than double ~tEeirheight.
QCays are to be built along the whole
sea front, 4 new railway station, in
which will meet the eastern and west
ern railways entering the city, is pro-
Jccted. and new municipal and govern
ment buildings are planned. 1t is es-
t:nlated that the harbor and docking
Improvements alone will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000. 900. Another
projected improvement that will make
returning Observation-Disclosures stare
is a belt line railway around Chris
tlania. 1t is not yet settled when this
work will be undertaken, but the de-
mHnd for the railway exists, and its
construction is but a matter of time
Christiania Letter in the Chicago Rec
ord.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
The Exercises.
swords md Medals.

Congressman John Dalzell followed
in an eloquent address, and on behalf
of the citizens of western Pennsyl-
vania. presented each of the commits
stoned officers Il sword. the chaplain
{ loving cup, and every man in the
regiment a beautiful medal. The pres
ents We're received by Col. Barnett on
behalf of the officers and men. Gen.
Wesley Merritt was then introduced,
and made an address on behalf nf the
army.
After benediction by Rev. DR.. ~ II.
Lucas, the regiment was marched to
the Park race track. where a sumpt-
uous repast WAS served and then they
were finally dismissed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Thrift.

During the financial depression
which has visited the country for scv-
eraI years back. the metropolitan city
of st. Louis WIS not only Il bUi"ark IT
strength 10 financial Institutions with
in this state. but I'll example and en-
enlargement to ti:c entir. country and
while times may have borne hardly
within this state As elsewhere. one has
nut to travel to see that nowhere else
have tn" people been able better to
withstand the effects of the Shrinkare
of values than ia Misonri. The man in
Missouri vino Uwns Il fair-sized farm
of its better grade of soil, who has it
well stocked and is out Of debt. is a
prince in his own right. rs indepen-
dent as any being upon earth. and with
as many of the elements of comfort
and happiness about him rs are ordi-
narily vouchsafed to men even of
greater wealth. Our farms and mines
supplement and build up our great
cities. and in tUrn these become hives
of enterprise and industry which 60
far to add to the wealth, importance
and stability of the entire
wealth. Commerce and manufacture
are the landmarks of our agriculture
and mining. The only ~aristocracy
which is tolerated is one of worth as
between man and man, the industry
of the hands being regarded of as
great merit as the labor of the mind.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

nearly five hours, and did not reach
New Brighton, Pa, until after noon.
A committee of Pennsylyanians met
the regiment at that point and wei,
coined the members home.
A Noon Breakfast.
The trains stopped at New Brighton
for breakfast and at one O'Clock start
ed for Pittsburgh, where it arrived at
2 o'clock.
President Mckinley vas notified Of
the detention and did not leave the
residence of Mr.. Pitcairn until nearly
l O'Clock, when he entered a car
rage and was driven to Allegheny,
where he took his place in the parade.
The day opened threatening, but
later the sun came III brightly.
An immense crowd thronged the
streets from early morning and much
disappointment was felt at the long
delay.
A Noisy Welcome.
With cannon booming, bells changing.
whistles shrieking, flags waving. and
mighty cheers from hundreds of thou
sands of threats, the brave Tenth
were welcomed home, as their trains
rolled in, after more than Il years gal
liant service in the Philippines. The
reception will always be remembered
in this city as one of the greatest
demonstrations of patriotism that has
ever taken place in this country. \
fund of $4,000, donated by The gencr.
Gus citizens of Pittsburgh, and the sur.
rounding towns permitted the commit.
tee who had the affair in charge, to
make lavish preparations for the
homecoming, and nothing was left
undone that would show the Fighting
Tenth" how well their services for
their country in Il foreign land were
appreciated by the residents of their
native state.
The One Element K
The only thing lacking to make the
day one OF supreme happiness was the
absence of the brave and well be-
loved Col. Hawkins, who led the bows
in all of their battles and shared in all
of their sufIerings, but who was de-
MED the privilege of marching at their
head, when they returned home to re-
ceive the plaudits of n grateful peo-
pie.
The train came to Allegheny in
three sections, and Immediately the
soldiers had disembarEed. the line of
march to Schenley park, where the ex-
ercises were to be held. was taken up.
Marched to SchenIcy Park.
Upon reaching Schenley park. the
column was reviewed by President
Mckinley. after which he proceeded 20
the music pavilion, where the exer-
cises were held. Seats had been pro-
vided for $4,000 friends and relatives
of the members of the Tenth" in
front of the music pavilion, but these |
were filled long before the exercises
began, and thousands were unable to
secure even standing room within
hearing distance.
The Exercises.
After music by the Economy band.
Maj. Lees Smith called the meeting
to order, and Rev. r. n. Boyle, d. D.,
delivered the invocation.
Gov. VIM. Stone was then intro
duced as chairman of the meeting. |
and delivered an address of welcome
in behalf of the state.
At the conclusion of Gov. Stones
address. President Mckinley was in
troduced, and after the applause had
subsidized, he gave the gallant Tenth
the welcome of the nation, and
thanked them for the service they had
f O uobly rendered their country and
humanity.
Swords and Medals.