The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-10
NEWS hND COMMENT

men were interviewing Governor RoOse-
welt, one Of the group, drawing certain IN
ferenCes, tried to put words into the gov
crnurs mouth. Theroupon, says the Post
Express, the governor gave caution TEST
some enthusiastic correspondent orerstate
his opinions. You may draw as many
as you like said the COVER
nor, but don't attribute them to me,
and then he told them the following
story: There was once colored preach
or who, upon the occasion Of delivering
a forceful haransue to his congregation,
said: 4 see before me twelve chicken
thieves. including william Sanders Now,
sanders was a handy man with razor,
and, being exceedingly wroth over the
preachers severe indictment, threatened
to carve the parscn on sight. But the
parsons friends, learning that there was
trouble in the wind, urged him, in the in
terest of his own welfare and that of the
to set things right with San
ders at the first opportunity. Taking this
view of the situation, the parson did, on
the next Sunday, make the following an
nounCCmclt: Brethren, at our last meet
ing | made "A statement which after ma
turo deliberation, / desire to correct.
realizing as l do that my remarks upon
that occasion might not have been un-
derstood correctly. What l should have
said was There are in this congrega-
tiun twelve chicken thieves, not including
William Sanders"
The next advance in applied electricity
will probably be in the direction of do
nestle uses. In fact, Europe, although
slow in adopting electricity on a large
scale, has already gone ahead of the
United States in its cottage industries.
The Boston Transcript is authority for
the assertion that a Stuttgart firm has
successfully adapted electric motors TO
q number of household appliances. For
instance, 1t runs maCaroni chopper
which might, of course, be applied equally
we'll for the cutting of noodles or the
minCing of vegetables; a fork and knife
polishing machine, which does away with
all the drudgery of polishing silverwarc
and a coffee or spice mill. The portabil-
ity of the motor has been considered in
the design, the motor being of light
weight and provided with a handle for
readily moving it about from place to
place. Connection is made with the light
ing mains by inserting plug in lamp
socket. The power consumption of these
motors is reported to be very small, rang
ing from One-SiNteenth to one-fourth
horsepower, which is about equal to the
energy required to maintain from one TO
four incandescent lamps. In home and
commercial life there appear to be hun
drcds of purposes to which small electric
ing Of bread in bakeries, bottle and dish
washing machines in hotels and res
tauraEts and the driving of sewing ma
chimes. Electricity should soon be the
housewives benefactO-.
Governor Stones successor in congress,
William II. Graham made a speech the
other day which caused an avalanche OF
fame to descend upon him The river and
harbOr bill was up and in support Of an
item authorizing a survey of the Nough-
iOEhCnY Mr.. Graham let loose this eu-
losy OF PIttsburg:" "Pittsburg can present
annually to every man, woman and
child in this country glass bottle. Pitts
burg leaves them to decide whether it
shall be flied with milk or something
stronger. Pittsburg makes enough of
both beer and whisky to fill all the 20 OO0,-
OJO glass tumbcrS she sends out annually,
her most recent pIC CduCt being $4,000 900
beer syndicate. To provide for other
cravings of the stomach she has firm
that sends out pickles enough to present
every human being on the face of the
Garth with enc. Her railroad tonnage is
three times that Of New York or Chi
CagO, twice that Of London, and four
times that of Paris. Including the Con-
uellsv!LC coke region. over 1000 900 rail-
road cars are loaded annually. The trade
Of 4 single firm in that city in iron ore.
llAltSlNllc Iutlt anu IllllSHeu pEOuUCl
amounts to a greater tonnage than the
combined cotton product Of the entire
Southern states. The Twenty-third Con-
grCssional district yields an annual in
come from internal revenue of $1,000
CO.,"
Colonel O. H. Payne, the Standard Oil
mdgnatC, owns the largest private yacht
in the world. The vessel, which is a float
ins palace, was recently launched at Bath,
Ne, and in speed she was to be able 20
show clean pair of heels to some of the
fastest steamships on the seas. The hull
Of the yacht, which is named the Aphro-
ditc, measures 800 feet over all, 26O feet
between perpendicular, 35 feet inches
beam, and she will draw when loaded lG
feet Of water. The engine of the Aphro-
dite will be the largest ever placed on a
private pleasure craft. There are four
massive single-ended boilers. At natural
draught these boilers will supply steam
Tor 32pp horse power. There is no yacht
atloat today that is fitted with machinery
capable of developing this power at ma
tural drauSht The speed Of the Aphro-
dite under steam alone, without forcing
will be AT least fifteen knots per hour and
this she will he able to maintain on a
long run, owing to her great boiler power
and large coal capacity. Under forced
draught she will make over seventeen
knots per hour. The vessel has a splendid
san plan. She is bark rigged, twi-thirds
run san power and will spread in all
about 1900 square feet Of canvas, These
SAILS VIII give steadness in a seaway and
IN an emergency will enable her to make
ialr speed under canvas alone.
1T is all very well to talk of peace and
disarmament writes the Rome, Italy,
correspondent of the Chicago Record
ln.A no. to- - l..
Got TO the point of disreEardng the old
adage, If you want peace, prepare for
war Germany is adding two more corps
10 IT'S formidable army; England increases
It's powerful fleets; France is more active
than ever in rc-enfOrcirg its army and
navy, and ll00Qo,COO Tubes is being ex-
pended by the pacific c2ar TO improve his
hClu artillery II is under such auspices
that the disarmament conference will
meet In April next. Italy is arming. too,
in spite Of chronic deficits, crippled means
and newborn friendship with France.
The chamber OF deputies has decided to
spend this year 100000 lire t$S 500 900, ,
instead of the usual 100000 TO improve
Old ships and build new ones. The sum
is not large, but next year they will
spend more, they say, this being only
an installment to complete and arm ships
which have been cncunScring the yards
for years and to set on the stocks new
ones, which will be completed and armed
no one knows when"
Edison @. Brace, OF st. Louis, who was
chief clerk OF the Naval Bureau of Equip
ueut and Recruiting while Admiral Dew
ey Uhen n commodore was its chief. has,
iu a communication to the Washington
Post, given some interesting evidence uf
the fact that the Admiral is ana always