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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
He Owned It Himself.

To a young man who stood smoking a
cigar on n downtown corner the other
day there approached the elderly and i'm
pertinent reformer of immemorial legen1,
says the Chicago Chronicle.
How many cigars day do yoi
smoker" asked the licensed meddler In
other peoples affairs.
Three" replied the youth, as patiently
as he could.
Then the inquisition continued. How
much do you pay for them?'
Ten cents each" confessed the young
man.
Don't you know, sir" continued the
sage, that If you saved that money, by
the time you are as old as | am you
would own that big building on the cor
ner?"
"Do you own it?" inquired the smoker.
mo" replied the old man.
well, | do" said the young man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Honesty in Example.

Long ago he had taken the resolution
always to be perfectly honest with his
children.
my son." he accordingly observed. 81
am beating you with this trunk strap.
not for your own good but because 1 am
hot under the collar. No, it does not
by any means hurt me more than II
hurts you!'
In the face of such a luminous exam
pie. it would be strange il boy did not
grow up to be an honest man.
1t was perhaps possible to overdo this
thing, and render a boy so honest that
he would be unable to earn his living In
any OF the learned professions; but that
difficulty, il it existed at all, was thero-
rettcal rather than practical.-Detroit
Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
It Made q Difference.

"1f slip down on a defective grating
I'm the street pavement and sustain Sc
we're damages can | get redress?" he
asked of a lawyer.
you CEN"
Whom shall sue?"
THE owrer or occupicr of the premis-
es. You can hold him responsible"
81 was laid up seven weeks and |
think / ought to have G2O'
II think we can get double that. Do
you know the owner of the property?'
81 can find out very easily. It's No 50
Blank street"
What? Why, that's my residence!
Better drop the case at once, sir. l for
got to say that the law is so defective
that you can't get verdict once In
twenty times" .".-.Tit-Bits
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Totals ........s2, 42S, 100, ,1i6 S2.7li. 90, $50
In commenting upon this significant

In commenting upon this significant
comparison our Rochester contempor-
AIRY says: "Those who have been in
clined to grumble about the large pen.
sion payments should study these fig
ures. No government ever dealt so
generously with its soldiers. but it is
also true that no government ever dealt
so generously and so honestly with the
capitalists. The soldiers risked their
lives; thousands upon thousands We're
slain in battle: thousands died Of
wounds, and there are thousands liv-
ing with shattered constitutions. To the
surviving soldiers and to the widows
and children of those who laid down
their lives that the nation might live,
the government has paid $2,42S. 799, ,l4G.
Many Of the capitalists took what they
supposed to be great risks. and from
patriotic and business motives loaned
the government large amounts of
money, but they got it all back again
and have drawn $2,7i45O7 $40 as pay for
The use of it,"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Defined With Exactness,

c. S. Batterman, enc of the best-known
miniRg men in the Rocky Mountain
states, was on the stand as an expert
in an important mining case in Nevada
and was under croSs-eXamination by q
rather young and "smart" attorney. The
question relating to the form that the
ore was found in, generally described as
kidney Jumps" "Nuw, Mr.. Batterman."
said the attorney. chow large are these
lumps-you say they are oblong-are they
as long as my head?" Yes" replied
Mr.. Batterman, but not as thick" The
attorney subsided, aid even the judge
could not help smiling.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

The county commissioners of Lam
caster county must be very mean men.
The Lancaster Intelligencer published
the sheriffs proclamation in 1896 and
the commissioners refused to pay the
bill on the grounds that the proclama-
ton was printed in a supplement which
Heretofore was not a part of the
paper The case was carried to court
and the jury has rendered a verdict
for the publishers of the full amount
claimed with interest
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
The Men with the Saw.

They sawed off his arms and his legs,
They took out his jugular VEIN
They put fancy frills on his lungs,
And they deftly extracted his brain.
Twas triumph of surgical skill
Such as never was heard of till then;
Twas the subject of lectures before
Conventions of medical men.
The news OF this wonderful thing
Was horalded far and wide:
But as for the patient, there's nothing tc
soy,
Excepting, of course, that he died.
Public Health journal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
end of fiscal years:

Since the beginning of the Civil war
the government has paid to pensioners
a total sum of $2,42S, 799, ,146 the most
generous allowance of any nation in
Express second table shows, even
larger sum has been paid to the bond
holders. In this table the first column
gives the pensions appropriated and
the second column, the interest paid
on the national debt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Pensions and Interest.

The recent announcement by the
commissioner of pensions that the tide
in pension expenditure has turned and
is now likely in future to recede stead
lily, lends interest to two tables bearing
on the subject, compiled by the Roches-
ter Post Express. The first shows the
number of pensions on the rolls at the
end of fiscal years:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

A very unreasonable New York man
desires Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., to
Quit inventing improved fire boxes for
locomotives and turn his wits to devils
ing something to restrain the flying
sparks from locomotives. This would
scarcely be as remunerative to the
Vanderbilt system as the fire box, al
though it might be better for the for
ests and the country at large.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

AS the days glide by, human nature
loses none of its queerness. The
United States gives $4,000 to save lOO,-
600 Porto Ricans from starvation and
at the same time arranges to blow in
100000 on fireworks and noise for
Dewey.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

The persistency with which the
Yaqui continue to carry on hostilities
after having been annihlated several
times by General Terros, suggests that
a press censor must be a feature of
the Mexican army of subsection.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

A crank his been discovered in Paris
who claims to have fired the bullet that
is lodged against the backbone of La
bori but there are none so far gone
as to wish to assume the authorship
of the secret dossier.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

Boss Tweed and his gang were driven
to cover years ago mainly through the
cartoons that appeared in Harper's
Weekly. There is still an excellent field
in New York for an expert cartoonist in
the employ of reputable newspaper.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State

Justice Of the Supreme Court--J. HAY
BROWN. of Lancaster.
Judge of the superior Court-JOS1A1 II.
ADAMS, of Philadelphia
State Treasurcr-LIEUTEN Mt COL
ONEL JAMES l.. BARNETT. of
Washington.
Election day. Nov. =
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

ton, has called the attention of Mr.
Bryan to the difference between inn
periaism and anti-expansion. AS a rep
resentative of the Democracy of the
far West Mr.. Lewis is certain that
while the followers of that creed may
do not believe in anti-expansion. Col.
Lewis is certain that to tie the latter
issue to the Democratic party would
subject the organization to new ridi-
cule and result in the loss of many
votes. He believes that it will be better
for the Democracy to accept it's defeat
as quietly as possible next time and
hope for better things in future.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Departing blessings.

"Did you have any luck in the Elon-
dike?"
Yes" answered the perspiring citizen,
sadly. But I didn't know luck when
saw it, l found more iceborGs and snow
capped mountains than | could shake
pick and shovel at"-Washngton Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Setting a Good Example.

you are not going to church this
hot morning, Maria?"
"Hes. am. I've got to set an exam
pie for those new neighbors next door.
THIS is the first Sunday they've been
there. e.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
BOUQUET OF SMILES.
Too Solicitous.

lda-They say Maud didn't succeed as
nurse In the Philippines?
May-No; she aroused the patient ev-
cry few minutes to ask him If he was
resting easy.-Chicago News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Lived Un to the DESIGNATION.

McSwatters-Why do you call your
next door noighbors u spanking team?
McSwitters-Wai till you hear the
Kids howl when they go inside.-Syra-
Cuse Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Finally Getting Even.

, Billets-Are you still looking at houses
I thought you had decided to board.
Wintcrland-So [ have. But I'm get
ting even now with the landlords who
mistook me for n millionaire.-Philadel
phia North American.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Similia similibus Curantur.

"Our minister believes in fighting the
devil with fire"
"A homcOpathetic doctor of divinity, so
to speak. "-Detroit Journal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

1t is possible that Senator Hoar may
not be ashamed of his anti friends,
hut he is certainly allowing them to
do all Of the talking at present
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

He will be entitled to eternal fame
as a metaphyscian who can determine
what the anti-expansionists really
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

that had ever been taken of Mr.. Roose-
welt up to that time In fact, 1t was
the only one that didn't make him look
severe. Saturday Evening Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

Mr.. Bryan will continue to regard
with suspicion any gold Democrat who
makes a move to reach for his hip
pOCket
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

The Jiminez revolution dispatches
are of the uncensored variety.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

An occasional sarcastic remark from
the direction of Harrisburg indicates
that Dr. Swallow is still lowering on
the outskirts of politics.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

The writer's of fool stories concern
ing Admiral Dewey and the Germans
do not seem 20 be very successful in
finding believers
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

Pittsburg, which had only six repro
sentatives in the Tenth regiment, sub
scribed the larger part of the $35 600
fund to pay for the regiments recep-
tion. Credit to Pittsburg for liberality
well bestowed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

Entered at the Postoffce at Scranton
Pa, as Seccnd-Class Mail Matter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-09
Wool.

LONDON, March s-The second days session
OF the present series OF wool auction sales opened
with full attendance OF buyers The offerings
consisted Of 9.737 bales and were a better selec-
secured merinos small and eagerly bid FOR
by the German and Yorkshire buyers at harden
ing rates. Victoria greasy merinos were well rep
resented and sold readily to France and Germany.
Fine good cross-breds We're in good demand and
taken by the home and French buyers.
Medium-low stock ruled irregular. Shabby stocks
showed dropping tendency and sold 10 per cent.
lower. Lambs were well represented and were
detail: New South Wales. 3.00D bales: secured.
l0dMls It'd: greasy, eie01lisd. Queenslsnd-Seo
bales; secured. Is ldHis 6izd: greasy. 9i.q loizd
Nictoria-l.6 coo bales secured. 5Addls I'D: greasy
4&dQls 81. South Australia-2o0 bales; greasy.
4Sa9iRd. West Australia-500 bales: greasy. "a
9ikd. New Zealand-2 500 bales: secured. 6a4Gr7i4d
greasy, 5I.Gsizd. Cape Of Good Hope and Natal
200 bales; secured, Is li2dgls 4l2d: greasy, shdG
Sad.
BOSTON. March s.-The American Wool and
Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow: The wool
market is very quiet But few manufacturers
ingly. The sales Of heavyweight goods have
thus far been disappointing. and, failing TO re-
ceive orders which they anticipated earlier in the
season. they naturally feel disnclined TO buy very
by the announcement or the formation Of the
worsted trust which has been the all-absorbing
topic OF conversation. both In manufacturing cir
Giles and in the wool trade. Prices are generally
unchanged although dealers show more DISPOSE
ton 10 meet the views OF manufacturers. The
sales of the week in Boston amounted TO 26l2. 0oe
pounds domestic and &c, coo pounds foreign, MAX
ing a total Of 3,322,0G0 pounds, against total OF
3.263. 600 pounds for the previous week and total
OF l,2SI,Oo pounds for the corresponding week last
pounds. against $50 pounds last year at this
time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-09
At NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices I'm Produce at the Sea-
boards Commercial Metropolis.

NEW YORK, March S-Flour-Receipts,
q 1888 brls; exports, 1881 brls. Market ex-
tremely dull, weak and quoted lower Corn
meal steady.
Wheat-Receipts, 81, 500 bu exports, 1855
bu. Spot weak; No. red, S2ssc f. o. b.
afioat to arrive. Options opened easier and
continued weak all of the session under
heavy selling for both accounts; cables were
lower, crop news favorable, seaboard clear
ances small and interior movement liberal.
Near the close liquidation became pro-
nounced and final prices were sale net
lower with the tone weak. March, M5s@
S22sc, closed at Slasc; May, 75lsd76c. closed
at 751sc; July, 7S9s@7412c, closed at 1850.
COrn-Receipts, $500 bu exports, 81, 700
bu. Spot easy; No. 2, 423sG4 37sc f. o. b.
afioat new and old Options opened steady
on covering and despite the break in wheat
ii eased off. under realizing. Closed easy
at unchanged prices. March closed at 42A c /;
May. 401. Q40l2c. closed at 405sc.
Oats-Receipts. 56. 400 blu; exports, 2,175 bu.
36l2c. Options quiet
Talow steady; city. 4ssc; country. 412a
49sc.
Cottonseed oil. steady; prime crude, &c;
prime yellow. 26d26l2c.
Coffee-OptionS opened steady at I'M
changed prices, improved partially points
on a scarcity of sellers with some demand
from shorts in face of generally weak
cable; closed steady from unchanged to 5
points higher Sales $50 bags including
April 5i5c; May. 52oc; July. 535d5 4Oc
September. 5.50c; November. 5.60G565; De-
cember. 575d5N so: January, 5.S505.90c. Spot
coffee-Rio dull; No Z. invoice. Csc: No. z
jobbing csc. Mild quiet; Cordova, sd14c.
trifugal. 96 test, 42sc; molasses sugar, SIC;
refined firm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-09
TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, Baltimore,
Cincinnati and Other plnceS

ST. LOUIS March S.-F1our inactive and easy;
patents. S5.50d3.65, straights. s5l5q325 clear.
-. 75Gf3 TO- Wheat-Options weak and lower:
spots steady: No. red. cash and May, 742sc bid
July. &c bid; No. > hard. 67q67i3c. Corn-Op-
tons steady: spot unchanged: No. cash. 33lsc.
track; March. S3lzc: May. 33asc bid: July, 34ikc.
Oats easy; No. cash, 29c, track 2slac: March,
&c: May, 2Slsc asked; July, 24izc; No. 2 white.
S1s4c. Rye lower SOC. Flaxseed nominal at
6I75. Bran firm; sacked east track. SIC. Hay
scarce and higher; timothy $.50d 10; prairie Sc 30
17I2c. Eggs lower at lie. Whisky steady al 81 rs.
Cotton ties and bagging unchanged Pork firm
standard mess. tobbing, new. ss3Iis; old. $. so.
Lard higher: prime steam, $50; choice s. w.
shorts. A75; ribs. A.s7iz: shorts. s. Bacon
Boxed shoulders. So extra shorts. s525: ribs
$37l4; shorts. $50 Reeeipts-Flour 5000 brls;
wheat. IL 600 bu: corn. 5000 bu; oats. 23.OOO bu
Shipments-F1our. 5000 brls; wheat. 1000 blu;
corn, 23.o00 bu; oats. 1900 bu.
BALTIMORE. March s.-F1our dull and I'M
changed: receipts 1886 brls: exports. & go brls
Wheat dull and lower spot and month. 75is
75i4c: April 75ssd7534c: steamer No. p 12l.d72.c:
receipts. S51S bu; Southern wheat. by sample.
7Od76c: Southern wheat, on grade. 12ikd75isc
G377Sc; April. 3si.G3Sssc; steamer mixed. sea
SGisc; receipts. 262.6 71 bu; exports 1853 Us bu;
Southern white corn. 3siaM39iac; Southern yellow
corn. S7d39c. oats dull and easy; No ? white.
3eG36iac No. mixed 33izH3ic; receipts Is. 900
bu Butter steady and unchanged Eggs firm at
pc. Cheese steady and unchanged.
CINCINNATI. March S.-F1our quiet Wheat
weak: No. red, 74asi'2e. Corn dull; No. 2
mixed. 35i5G3sc. oats firm; No. mixed Sic. Rye
easy; No. ? 6Oc. Lard steady at Sis. Bulk
meats firm at 81 so Bacon steady at s. 60 whis-
ky steady at sI2s. Butter dull. Sugar steady.
Eggs easier and lower at l6c. Cheese firm.
MINNEAPOLIS. March S.-Wheat-March. CSC:
May sshc; July. eS'se: on track No. hard.
6s≻ No. Northern, 61ssc; No. Northern, 65Asc
Flour and bran unchanged.
TOLEDO. March s.--wheat dull and lower: No.
:, cash, I2hzc; May, 7sisc. Corn dull and lower
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-09
WHEAT ACCUMULATING
INCREASE IN WORLDS VISIBLE RE-
SUITS IN SLUMP OF 1 3-sC.
More Wheat in sight than n Month
Ago by 5.50O.OOO BusheIs-COrn
Unchanged and Pork Higher.

CHICAGO. March s.-Heavy Iiqudatiors
by longs to-day. owing to the worlds WISH
bic increasing instead of decreasing. caused
a decided slump in wheat, and May closed
lSsc lower. Corn left OFF unchanged and
oats lost sc. Pork and ribs advanced 2I2c
each ana lard 2I2q5c.
The weight of accommodating stocks at Il
season of the year when they ought TO be
diminishing made wheat weak from the
start. The Daily Trade Bulletin, which
makes a monthly report OF the worlds
stocks of wheat and -four showed in its re-
port for the beginning of the present month
the worlds visible stocks to be 100000
bushels larger than year ago and $4,000
bushels more than at the beginning of Feb
ruary. May opened sc lower, at 1hG112sc,
and made further decline of IsQI4c inside
the next minute. Chicago receipts were fif-
ty-four cars, of which only one graded con-
tract. Minneapolis and Duluth got 3S9 cars.
compared with S34 the same day a year ago.
The aggregate at the principal Western
markets was 5SG,69 bushels, against $4,000
bushels last year. Atlantic port clearances
were equal in wheat and flour 10 $4,000
bushels. Liverpool and foreign markets
ruled weak at a sharp decline. A dispatch
from Buenos Ayres denied that serious dam
age had been done To wheat in Argentina
by the heavy rains claiming that wheat was
for the most part under shelter. When IL
was seen that nothing in the early news
of q character to sustain at least
improve the chances for a rally liquidation
became general and the price of May slipped
of 10 7C9sc. Some covering OF short wheat
around that point, however, caused a slight
temporary recovery. The price, however,
soon mad another slump, which took ii as
low Gee. AdviceS from California said
that the crop III the southern valleys had
been completely burned up. The market
firmed up little on that, May recovering
10 iVtsc. Just at the END OF the session IA
message was received thDm San Francisco
saying il looked like ram. That caused
more selling ana a further decline to 1VAc,
the closing figures being 1O14Q101sc.
Light offerings and moderate receipts
strengthened corn. There was very little
pressure on the market and fluctuations
were within a narrow range. Receipts were
3ls cars. May began a shade lower at 35a2aI
359sc, rose 10 35%4 359sc and closed at 35esc
buyers.
Covering by shorts and a good cash in
quiry from the Last held oats steady within
a narrow range. Receipts were lab cars.
May opened unchanged at H5sc, improved
TO 2712c, then weakened to and closed at
z,l4c.
Diminishing receipts of hogs and a good
cash meat demand strengthened provisions.
Trading was chiefly in the way of chang
81 z5dS.2112 advanced to S9.3o and declined
to $9.2712 at the close. The range in lard
and ribs was small
Estimated receipts for Thursday-Wheat
20 cars; corn, 3G5 cars; oats, $50 cars; hogs
5000 head.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-09
Butter. Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK, March s-Butter-Receipts, 5ela
packages; market firm; Western creamery, 15lzG
20c; Elgins. 3c: factory, 126liizc. Cheese-Re-
ceipts, 1Sl2 packages; market firm: large white.
ni2c: large colored. 11Izc; small colored. 1914 a
l2lzc; light SKINS s%q3%4c; part skins; 7i2aSizc;
full skins, 4d5c. Eggs-Receipts. 5.6os packages.
market steady: State and Pennsylvania. &c;
Western, DC; Southern, 21lx122c.
PHILADELPHIA, March s.-Butter steady:
fancy Western creamery, zoe; fancy Western
prints, &c Eggs weak 3G4c lower:
fresh nearby, 2lG22c; fresh WEBSTER 2lG22c;
fresh Southwestern, 21G22c; fresh Southern. 21c.
Cheese firm
KANSAS CITY, March SHUTTER steady
creamery, 14d19c; dairy 15c. Eggs lower: fresh
Missouri and Kansas stock, l4c. cases returned
Hlzc in new whitewood cases cases included
CHICAGO. March Son the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market steady; creameries.
1id1sl2c; dairies, 11l2q17c. Eggs steady; fresh,
T12q1Sc. Cheese steady and unchanged.