The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-18

undertaking such task. An that night
kilograms poured In on him. Every
young man in his congressional district
OF an adventurous spirit, VINO was tired
OF the prosalc conditions at home, wired
him, asking to be given Il job on the COM
mission lie had enough Applications to
I'LL transport ship before bedtime. Every
one Of his friends in the United states
who had Il thousand dollars In bank wired
him to let him in upon some concession,
bcoplC whom he didn't Know expressed
great admiraton for his course In coil
gress and suggested that they would
Ike to Invest It few thousands upon MS
recommendation, nosscssing great conf
dcncc that his shrewd business sense
would bring them In excellent returns.
Tho WaldOrf-AstoIia people put special
wire into his room TO save the wear ana
tear upon thcir force In delivering mos
sager. Mr.. Curtis gave IL M about mid
night and went 20 bed, leaving word TO
store the messages in the basement. The
next day he was very much relieved 10
find that the white house people had nude
mistake and that II was one Henry chr
Ills who was appoin cd, and not George NJ.
Curtis lie g. still receiving kilograms
from time to time as the news OF his al
| Legged appointment penCtrates the country
districts.
In an investigation of the effect Of colo
NAL requirements upon the commerce
/ and industries of nations the bureau OF
statistics finds that Great Britain mas
enlarged her exports an average of more
than 500 0OO, coo n year, and by taking
| $50, 900 900 of PEOPLE under her protection
has promoted their material development
so as to increase their wealth ana Conse-
aucntly their purchasing power an ehoI-
nous degree. The British colonies BUY II
| per cent and the rest of the world buys
IL pcr cent of their foreign merchandise
| from the united kingdom. or her i'm
| ports about 2j per cent come from her
| colonies. In almost every case the eN-
! ports from Great Britain to her colonies
| are greater than her imports from them.
il. ". nonner a Missouri man who is
, now in the "teaminG" business In Daw-
| son City, says in a letter to his relatives:
business of all kinds is very dull here
| now. III the summer and fall chatged
| 80 an hour for n team and man, and was
| kept very busy. But expenses are very
| high J paid drivers $40 n day and gave
| them their dinner. Board. without room,
| Is S2I per week this is the cheapest.
| Bread Is % cents "a loaf PIES 20 cents each.
| I pay $50 month for a cabin Hay and
| oats are $500 ton. Twenty dollars TO get
| Il team shod. Flour is 81 a sack, and
| sugar is 70 cents a pound. There is Il
! scarcity of sugar now; the standard price
| IS % cents"
| Mayor Price. of Macon, Ga, proposes
| 20 place daily newspaper in every home
| i'll his city. He belieN es the people will be
! better, wiser and happier il they are all
| supplied with the news OF the day and are
taught to keep themselves informed on
| current events. 1t is not his idea to pay
| for these free papers out of public funds,
| but to do so by private subscription, and
the mayor heads the list himself by sub
| scrbing for ten copies. Next.
| A bill has been introduced in the Kan
| saS legislature which would, if passed
make that state rival of Oklahoma and
other places of similar facilities in the di-
| Torce business. The measure provides
| that a residence OF three months in the
state shall give a person legal standing
| to bring a divorce suit.