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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

of personal preferences orAprejudices.
Pennsylvania must have It's due repre-
sentation In the United States senate;
the incoming general assembly must
not adjourn without electing a sena.
tor. And more than that, his election
must be in response to the orderly
processes of majority selection put
forth by the membership of the MAJOR
ity party. These issues are more vital
than any personal or factional aspects
of the situation. The greatest Repub-
lican commonwealth in the union, with
interests approaching in magnitude
and diversity those of an empire, must
not in the senate at Washington have
only half the voting power that Is
welded by Rhode Island or Nevada.
the latter less populous than the city
of Wilkes Barre. Nor must the deter
mination of the person to f1ll the va
cant office be exercised by a handful
of political tangents from the orbit Of
Republican regularity, whose whole
programme is a direct denial Of the
fundamental principle of our governs
ment, WHICH is that the majority shall
rule.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

The most extensive sewage farming in the
world, perhaps, Is carried on by the city Of
Paris. IL has a total Of 1o,i22 acres under cul-
tivation, Of which $500 acres are owned and OPP
Grated by the municipality. The greater part
Of the area is under the control Of private par.
ties.
The sewage is conveyed to the farms by means
Of extensive pipe lines, several hundred miles in
extent, all Of which Is under the management
OF the civic authorities, so that the exact amount
OF sewage that Ia dealt out to each truck gar
dener can be easily asccrtaincd at any time. Tile
entire system Is conducted upon the most sani-
tary basis to prevent any evil results in the
cultivation Of vegetables for the market. Fur
rows are made in the ground, so that the sew
age water soaks into the ground without touch
ing either stems or leaves. The sewage farm
Ia drained at a depth OF four meters with con-
crete pipes which receive the purified etilucnt
and take II into the Seine.
The purity OF the efHuent which is discharged
into the river ia constantly verified by analysis,
and FISH live In II perfectly well, az. for exam-
pie, in little river at Ashieres. which carries
1t into the Seine. This system OF irrigation
started In 1872 with 1876 acres, since which time
It has increased nearly ten fold. This increase
IL sufficient proof Of the success Of the opera
tion. The city would find no customers for Its
sewage II its Use was unsuccessful or badly pay
ing.
According to the law OF 1880. the amount OF
sewage used must not exceed $40 cubic yards
per 21s acres per annum. This must be distrib-
uted in n Systematically intermittent manner
On any given day no more than one-quarter OF
the total surface is being irrigated, and each
part Of the farm is irrigated at intervals, which
depend upon the nature of the crop. The sew
age farms at present available are capable OF
taking 262,0OO,0OO cubic yards Of sewage water
annually. The municipal lands are farm lands.
As regards the otliers-tl,ose in private hands
the chief Use made Of them liz for the raising
of all kinds Of vegetables for the market, includ-
ing large quantities Of potatoes and beets,. The
total cost Of all the farms foots up to js,00O,0O0
francs.
The maintenance Of the sewers and outfalls,
cleansing, pumping stations. sewage farms. house
sanitation, etc.. in short, the total expenses, en-
coed S1000,0O0 per year. This is far from be-
ing covered by the tax-it falls short by about
$4,000 a year. The income, however, will in
time be doubled by the extension Of the tax
to all the houses in Paris. It is said that
when the profits on the sewage farms are lit
cuded 1t makes the receipts foot up to about
81, 100000.
The system Is far from being perfected, but the
city has stuck to its original plan. marked out
nearly forty years ago. While there has been
much criticism OF the system, large share Of
it has arisen from ignorance and not because
there has been real foundation for it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

in taking a lease of a house
l. in Harrisburg, to be used
by him as the headquarters
of the stalwart forces during the fight
over the organization of the legisla-
ture and over the election of a United
States senator, serves as a reminder
that factionai activities. covering many
months of anxious planning, are about
to draw to a focus.
Under the constitution, the general
assembly is to meet at noon son the
first Tuesday in January. which this
time will be Jan. 1. The first test Of
strength will be upon the election of a
speaker Of the house and of a presi-
dent pro tempore for the senate. The
stalwarts, under Colonel Quay's lead,
have announced their candidates for
these acknowledgements Will
liam It. Marshall, of Allegheny, for
many years chairman of the import
ant committee on appropriations. for
the former; and Senator William p.
Snyder, of Chester county. for the lat
ter. The programme of the anti
Whether fusion of the 'insurgent"
Republicans with the Democrats will
be attempted or. if so. upon what
terms, are matters for the future to
disclose. There are 13 Democrats out
of a total of so senators, and 40 Demo-
Gratis out of a total of 2O4 representa-
tives. q Republican majority, on joint
Iol 0f int IN,
far as fusion Is concerned Is whether
the insurgents or the Democrats are
to have the naming of the anti-Quay
nominees. Two years ago the Demo-
Gratis gave the insurgents their votes
and received nothing in return. They
may this time suggest that the insur-
gents do the yielding. There are more
Democrats than insurgents in both
houses, but as 1t Is insurgent doctrine
that the minority should rule this, in
itself, affords no clue to the fusionists'
intent.
The same air of mystery surrounds
the anti-Quay programme as to the
joint ballot for United States senator.
The insurgents are agreed only on one
thing; that they will not enter eau
Gus of the Republican party, or be in
fiuenced by it's decision. The stalwart
Republicans, at the last state con-
vention, formally named NJ. S. Quay
as their choice for the vacant senator
ship, and in the recent campaign
Colone l Quay challenged his oppo-
nents to unite on a man and carry his
name together with Quay's own be-
fore the voters for a direct popular
expression. The challenge passed un-
needed. No one knows whom the in-
surgents want for senator or by what
process of selection they would under
take to designate their choice should
the ability become theirs to effect an
hlection. Having declared unalterable
opposition to the principle of majority
rule as illustrated In the orderly
operation of the party caucus, they
are left with no means of uniting upon
san affirmative course asd must either
throw their votes to the choice of the
Democratic caucus, which would be
inconsistent as we'll as un-Republican,
or else repeat the futile tactics of last
session whereby a scattering list Of
names was balloted for with daily al
formations. in themselves suggestive OF
bossism.
Certain truths stand out prominently
IN connection with this approaching
contest and must be faced, regardless
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

>" HE BASIS of settlement re-
ported to be considered in
l. connection with the pending
bribery cases against GER
tain councilmen, namely, that the ac-
cused, in lieu of taking chances of
conviction, forthwith resign under
pledge never again to seek Office, has
the merit of contemplating a whole-
some object lesson free from any ap-
pearance of personal animus or Sc
verify. So far as its influence upon
the community would be concerned It
ought to be good. Corrupt practices
in councils are largely the reflex of a
degenerate public sentiment which
this demonstration might lift up.
There remains, however, the need of
supplying an equal object lesson for
deterrent influence upon the men of
means and social standing who, when
in search of municipal privileges, are
not unwilling to go into councils and
buy votes as they would buy stock Of
johber. No programme of reforma-
tion is complete which overlooks the
tempter. Our city has doubtless had
its share of experiences with men high
in influence and reputation who have
speculated in public franchises and
added to their wealth by means COM
pared with which the tactics of the
highway robber are preferable, at
least on the score of frankness.
TO drive from Office men who have
betrayed public trust is work Of
Justice; but not less so would it be
to call to an account the chief archi-
tects of their corruption, who pocketad
the bulk of the profit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01
SCRANTON. DECEMBER 1, 1900.

The cabinet makers of the press are
applying the buzz saw to a large
amount of political timber these days,
but the president does not seem at all
agitated over the possibility that re-
pairs will be necessary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

The Sultan of Turkey acts like a
man who wishes to convey the i'm
preston tina. he has the greater por-
ton of a pack of cards up his sleeve.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

tween Pekin and the sea to be guarded by for.
eign troops.
II. Free worship in all parts Of China.
~. Modification Of existing treaties for the ex.
tension Of trade.
10. All forts on coast OF China to be dis
mantled and importation Of war material pro-
hibitcd
These demands. to be effective, need
the assent of the various home gov
ernments. and the United States. In
opposing them in the manner and form
as advised BY the ministers at Pekin.
is actuated by certain well defined con-
siderations. The ministers want their
thirteen separate propositions put into
one specific ultimatum, indorsed by all
the powers. That would mean that II
China refused the demand the powers
would have to declare war upon her.
Now war with China would mean not
merely friction and trouble among the
allies, together with the expense ana
horrors usually incident to war. but
Furthermore an absolutely hopeless un-
dertaking. THE Chinese army could
not be reached; the immensitv Of
China's area and population is such
that there are not soldiers enough In
Christendom to police the empire eff
fectively in the presence of a hostile
native feeling; and with no foe within
reach and all food supplies for the
maintenance of an invading force hav-
ing to be imported, the experiment Of
declaring wholesale war on China
would be like declaring war on a
great fog or storm-an exhibition Of
stupendous folly.
Hence it is that the American ad-
ministration opposes the making Of
demands on China which, If persisted
in, would involve war. Such a demand
is the requirement that the eleven
guilty princes be beheaded finland.
Two of these princes control with
their soldiers the persons of both the
emperor and the empress dowager: 1t
would be easier to get these princes to
behead their sovereigns than to get the
sovereigns to behead them under ex-
listing circumstances.
Another point of difference is the
question of indemnity. Most of the
ministers at Pekin want to exact $780,
100000. They might as we'll ask for
$500, 900 100000, so far as China's abil-
ity to pay is concerned. The revenues
of the empire are already mortgaged to
their limit. Any increase in taxation
is bound to be at the expense Of future
foreign commerce. cutting off of the
foreign nose to spite the foreign face.
The powers realize this, but those
among them which are believed to
covet more Chinese territory-in which
category the name of Germany Is
placed by common consent-proceed
upon the theory that a big cash de-
mand, followed by China's inability to
pay, would make possible seizures of
territory as Naturalization.
The United States has been success
full thus far in preserving a concert
of the powers in China along lines Of
reason and common sense; and it looks
now as If this concert would continue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

There is now some question whether
1t was over-indulgence in the national
bird, or the efforts of the Thanksgiv-
ing poets that caused the greatest
amount of headache yesterday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

The Bocrs are showing n very un-
gentlemanly disregard for the state
ment that the war in South Africa is
over.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

The little red Frankfurter sausage
received a severe blow in the Balti-
more courts the other day, when three
vendors of the popular midnight lunch
wagon delicacy were fined $40 each
on a charge of selling adulterated food.
A chemist declared that the sausage
receives it's brilliant color from appli-
cation of aniline dye which is intur-
Gus to health. and the Judge imposed
sentence as above. In it's unadulter-
ated state the juicy Frankfurter con-
tains elements in the way of seasoning
that are sufficient to make the individ-
ual whose digestive organs have not
been recuperated by long fast hesi-
tate on the brink of investigation, and
now that it has been demonstrated that
in Baltimore at least, the rare blush
upon the link is produced by chemistry,
this much sought number upon the
midnight menu will probably cease to
be in demand. Look not upon the
Frankfurter when it is red!
And Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease is suing
for release.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01
Weekly Letter on
Municipal affairs
xxvI.-sEWAaE FARMING AT A
PROFIT.

New York, Dec. !.
q EWAGE FARMING is comparatively unknown
y in this country. The system has been in
~ vogue in most large European cities for
many years. Berlin and Paris have tul.
tiyated thousands of acres, giving them an earn
ing value which, in the aggregate, has mounted
into the tens Of thousands OF dollars annually.
European cities lack many Of the modern con-
venicnccs which are an old story to American
cities yet, all things considered, they are the
better housekeepers. The affairs of city are
more economically conducted. particularly in the
utilization of the city's wastes. What is con-
sdered worthless on this side is made to yield
Il revenue on the other. Tie disposition of the
sewage il one of these sources OF revenue.
Pasadena, CAL, is the one American city
which has undertaken to conduct sewage farm.
That the innovation should first take root on tile
Pacific coast is not strange, because irrigation
is necessity in that region, and it is only nat
uial that the waste water of the city should be
turned to some useful purpose
The sewage farm with its 300 acres of land,
together with its buildings, pipe line and other
other equipments. has cost the municipality S16,-
coo, but it is worth much more, and could not
be purchased for twice that amount today.
For the year ending Feb. 20, 1900, the cash re-
ceved from the products of this farm and paid
into the city treasury was as follows:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

The operating expenses amounted to S2Ol5.0a
which left profit of S2,0sI,i 10 for the year, in
cash receipts. In addition to this there should
he placed 10 the credit of the farm, for hay fur
nished to the fire and street cleaning depart
ments, the sum of $9+04l, which runs the total
profit Of the institution up to S3,027.9O.
Superintendent Dolbns, who has had charge
OF the farm from its inception, said: "The
care of the sewage farm during the year has
been entirely satisfactory. The crop from the
sixty acres OF walnut trees, containing l6jO trees,
amounted to 81 ,SS2 pounds of No. Is, 4,2s0 pounds
No. 2s, and 10 pounds of mixed walnuts, which
weres old at the rate SIS cents for No. Is, 6ss
cents for No. 2s, and cents for mixed. This
was one cent above the association price. Thirty
acres additional are now being set to wa'nuts.
1--WE now have twenty-seyen acres in alfalfa,
and 1870 acres in barley; the balance Of the
land is sown to corn and beets.
"The net profit is sufficient to pay per cent.
on the sewer bonds, now outstanding. and It
Is confidently expected thai the additional water
that will he available for use on the farm when
the contemplated addition to the sewer system Is
completed, will, in short time, increase the re-
ceipts sufficiently to pay the interest on the
bonds to be issueu for the purpose Of properly
sewering the CITY,"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01
Wanted-To Buy.

WANTED-SECOND.lfAN SLOT MACHINES; ;
must be in good order; state particulars as
to make and price. Address l.. NJ, general de-
livery, Scranton, Ia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01
Wanted.

WANTED-TO LOAN, se5O00 FIRST MORT
gage; village property. twice the amount.
Address, with terms, Box 60, Carks Green.
WANTED-A FURNISHED HOUSE IN CEN
tral part Of city, containing ten rooms. or
more. Apply to ". H. Jessup, Jr., Common
wealth building.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01
FINLEY'S
Table
Linens for.
Thanks
giving.......

After you have carefully gone
over our unusually large and fine
assortment of Table Linens, of
which we are making Special
Exhibit for Thanksgiving Week,
you will appreciate the fact that
the same has not been bought
hap. hazard, but that down to the
minutest detail our utmost care
and best judgment has been used
in making selections. With this
end in view, of giving our Gus
toners not only the largest and
finest stock to pick from, but also
the BEST GOODS at moderate
cost; our motto being
Reliable Goods at
Reliable prices.
We invite you to examine our
New Damasks, by the yard, with
napkins to match.
Matched Sets
Fine Satin Da11laSk
in every desirable size and quality
Hand Embroidered and Damask
Table Cloths, Lunch Cloths,
Centres, Tray Cloths, Doylies, etc,
in the most exquisite designs and
patterns, of Irish, Scotch; German
and Belgium manufacture.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

FOR SALE-CAR LOAD HORSES AND MULES
at Riker's Boarding Stable, 22l Oasford court.
FOR sALE-CONTENTs OF HOUSE FuRNf.
ture, carpets, bedding, etc. 6S2 Washington
avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01
WHY Croker Is rlad.

~ ROM A SOURCE near the
X Tammany throne. the Chica-
l. go Record learns that Rich
ard CrOkers recent exhibi.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01
For Rent.
For Sale.

>co.>No'Ne->~.NNNr>->, >>c>e->-NcN>>e-No~co>cs
ONE OF TIE BEST AND CLEANEST BuSI-
ness in Scranton, worth 5000. will sell
quick at -, 800, and guarantee l,5OO on invest
ment In less than year. G, Tribune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

And Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease is suing
for release.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01
The Vacant Senatorship.

HE ACTION Of Colonel Quay
in taking Il lease of a house
Il in Harrisburg, to be used
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01
1.-THE WORLD .&&&%&&
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
AGO TODAY".sS$%&& =

Copyright, 1900, by r. f. Hughes Louis
villc.l
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

Tieng- -tson-tai-oan king Of Corca, suffered
an abscess to put end to his life rather than
submit to the contact of the lancet. This was
the result of the law Of the land that to touch
the king with weapon of iron was treason.
The rule was rigidly enforced.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01
Purifying Councils.

. HE BASIS of settlement re-
ported to be considered in
l. connection with the pending
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

William Murdock made such progress in the
discovery of practical methods for making, stor-
ing and purifying coal gas that he was able
to light the whole exterior of his factory at
Birmingham, England. Gas distilled from wool
was introduced at this time by NJ. Icbon into
his home in Paris, the success of the experiment
attracting much notice and comment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

Statesmen Wanted.
>>o~~~N->~, ,,>~>s>r>~~>~<>~>r>I>N~~
ENERGETIC SALESMAN--SCIIOOL SUPPLIES
country work; 800 salary and commission
r. o. Evans e. Co., Chicago.
Statesmen WANTED TO SELL oIR GOODS
by sample to wholesale and retail trade. We
are the largest and only manufacturers in our
line in the world. Liberal salary paid. Address.
CAN-DEX Mfg. Co., Savannah, Ga.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

The reputation as a composer of Ludwig Won
Beethoven, who is in music what Shakespeare is
in poetry. became established beyond the limits
of his own country 1t was at this time that
his deafness, noticed first in 1907, hecane more
pronounced. His celebrated Septuor, Opus 70,
and the First symphony, Opus q. were pub
lished this year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-01

NEoARGEE BROS, PRINTERS SUPPLIES, EN-,
velopes, paper bags, twine Warehouse, l3o
Warrington avenue. Scranton. Pa
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-19
RUN OVER By A CAR.
Serious Accident to Mr.. Frank NJ.
Fremont in New York City-Both
Legs Crushed = The Right Limb
Amputated

The many friends of Mr.. Frank NJ.
Fremont, formerly of this city, but
now residing in New York, will be pain
ed to learn of a very serious accident
which befell him in that city on the
evening of October 18th. In attempt
ing to board a moving car, at h close
of the days business, at the corner Of
Church and Cortlandt streets, he lost
his hold and slipped beneath h car,
the wheels passing over both legs. It
was found necessary at the Hudson
Street hospital, to which he was i'm
mediately taken, to amputate the right
leg just below the knee. The surgeons,
however, hope to save the other.
Mr.. Fremont's condition was critical
when asst heard from, but it was
thought his health and vigor would
enable him to pull through The pathos
of the accident is increased by the
fact that only a few days prior to its
occurrence, the stork had visited the
home Of Mr.. Fremont.