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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-06

The Royal Battery at Gibraltar was DESTROYED
by fire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-06

THE WILKES BARRE RECORD CAN III Hal
in Scranton at the news stands oi ReisnIl
Bros,, AUG Spruce and 503 Linden; W. Norton
s2a Iackawanna avenue; l. 5, Schutzcr, I'll
Spruce street
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-06
Situations Wanted.

SITUATION WANTED - BY EXPERIENCED
lady stcnographer, work by the hour or piece.
Address Stenograrher. Tribune office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-06

WANTED-WORK by THE DAY FOR MONDAY
and Tuesday as laundress on every kind o
work; can give best city references. Addres
NJ. NJ, 702 Elm street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
CALLED HER SON.
by Mistake She Communicated With
the Wrong Institution.

\ PittSburg woman tells this story
on herself: She had son attending a
preparatory school near Sing Sing. She
went to New York not long ago to pay
him a visit. She stopped at the Fifth
Avenue hotel on her arrival, and she
desired to call up the school by tele-
phone to inform him that she would be
up the following day. She asked the
young man in charge of the hotel ex-
change to call up Sing Sing for her
and get telephone No. II. He did So,
and she sat down TO talk.
"Hello" she said. rs that Sing
Sing?"
"It is
"Well, 1 want II. I'm Mrs. High
What number did you say, MADAME"
mo. H.
Your son, you saidE'
"Yes, my son-Harry Highland"
Hold the telephone a moment"
She waited a minute or two, and then
Sing Sing said:
Sorry, madam. but we can't allow
you to talk to him over the telephone"
Whats that? Can't allow me to
talk to my son? What sort of an in
stitution is that, I'd like to know?"
You must come here in person on a
visiting day with the proper pass be-
fore you can see him.
Indeed, Well, I'll just come up
there on the next train and take him
right away with me-"
NO use to come, madam. He's got
312 years to serve yet"
''To whom am 1 talking?"
''This is the office of the warden of
Sing Sing prison.
"Oh. Ring off, pleasev'-Pittsburg
News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
An Eskimo Legend.

The following fable of how the raven
became black is common TO every Es-
kimo household: Once upon a time
TALL their stories begin in this way the
owl and raven We're fast friends. In
deed. they We're so intimate that they
spent most of their time together. and
had things in common, like brother and
sister
One day the raven made n dress of
dapply white and black for the owl,
and the latter. not to he outdOne in
generosity, made a pair of nice whale
bone boots and presented them to the
raven. and, not content with this, went
to work upon a white dress. When
the raven was asked to try it on she
merrily ran and skipped about and
refused TO sit still.
BE quiet a little WHILE cried the
owl, angrily: IF you don't l will spill
the lamp over yOu.' .
But the raven paid no attention to
the threat, and continued to tease.
At last. in his veXation. the owl
dashed the sooty oil in the lamp over
the white suit Of the raven and cried
out: Qua, Qua
From that day the unfortunate raven
has worn a black coat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
The Giraffe,n Timidifx.

4 giraffe is very timid ON hearing
slight sounds, but is Indifferent to loud
ones. A writer in The Leisure Hour
says:
Noisy sounds, like a man walking by
with hobnail boots, it does not notice,
but a lady coming in with hardly more
sound than the rustling of her dress
makes it start, with pricked ears and
eyes distended.
We remember well. after a terrible
explosion of gunpowder on a barge on
the canal, asking the keeper of the gil
RATES. of that day how they had taken
it, and he said he was surprised how
very little notice they took. They
jumped to their feet, but almost at
once lay down again when they found
nothing happened.
But" he added, IF were at night
time to creep along that gallery in my
socks they would be so scared that
believe they would dash themselves to
bits
They fear the lurking foe, and bling
bang scares them less than a faint,
rustling sound. They are in that re-
spect very deerlike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
WORKED THE AGENT.
THE GRAND PROMOTER TOO MUCH
FOR THE BOOK CANVASSER.

Major Crofoot Organizes the Dietary
Sausage Trust on n Capital of S5,-
100000 and Accepts n Small In
staIIment of Cash ON Account.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
HE SAVED THE GIRL.
An Adventure with the Cannibals OF
the Solomon Islands.

the Solomon Islands,
One day, on u Solomon beach, little
girl ran to me and. before l was aware
of it, placed my foot on her neck. One
knows what mis- means well enough.
In hot war il means that if 4 chief al
lows his foot to rest on the defeated
ones neck the mans life is safe, but he
is a slave forever, rescue or no rescue.
L was puzzled at the child's action. 1t
was soon explained. shortly afterward
down came a lot of villagers and in
sisted on taking the youngster. l told
them what she had done. They said
they did not care. Her mother was
being cooked in the town, and the
child should go to the ovens with her.
Never" said. What! We who have
eaten betel nut together many times, to
quarrel for 4 mere child, to whom l
have granted life in your own wayr' 1
swore they should kill me first. They
replied:
''Oh, that is an easy thing to do"
\ bold front was the only thing now.
Luckily. l had my 16 shooter. Spring
ing back and putting 4 mark on the
sand with my foot, l Swore L would
shoot the first man who crossed it. As
1 said before, the natives do not care to
face an armed white in the open. They
knew l could answer for dozen of
them or so, and. although clubs were
up and bows bent, they hesitated, as
well they might, and 1 knew L had
mastered them. Then one proposed L
should buy the child fairly: they cared
not to fight friend. To this / at once
agreed, and a muss was thus avoided,
and n mission AK, worth tenpence,
made me n slave owner. Tell ii not in
Gath.-From Among the Man Eat
ers," by John Caggin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14

/ SALARY TO BE PAID WEEKLY OF MONTHLY"
n mere song. The d. s. has jumped
| into popularity in a day; has all the
| juiciness of fresh pork, the nutritive
qualities OF beef, and the taste reminds
! you of venison; can be made of seven
| kinds of meat if you happen to have
! them on hand. or you can get along
/ with only one. It's the way they are
| fried that makes 'em dietary and has
set the Commands crazy; sure to
| drive every other sausage out of the
! market in four weeks more-Sure to
! do it; can be furnished as rations to
every army and navy in the world;
can be sold in every hotel, boarding
| house and family wherever humanity
| exists: good for breakfast, dinner or
supper; can't run no camp meeting,
picnic or Sunday school excursion with
out 'em. My de; fellow man, your
| fortune is NADER
IF you would select the style Of
binding began the man.
But we've got to go n little slow for
a few weeks interrupted the major.
There is disposition on the part of
the worlds aristocracy to class sau-
sage way down on the list of meats;
presidents will order n second plate Of
them until they realize that it won't
affect their social positions; got to
look out for social prestige. you know.
Once get the whirlwind of popularity
started, and the public won't stop to
ask whether our dietaries are made
of fish, flesh or coco mating. First
thing is to warrant them to cure indi-
{ i 4 ~
are n spring and fall tonic. All sing
ers. actresses and athletes use them;
testimonials from professors. actors.
clergymen and thousands of others,
and all family doctors recommend
them above everything else. And there
you are. my boy; there you are. and
let me shake hands with you again."
But the book, major. The price In
calf is
And you are to be our purchasing
agent and buy our raw material. Diet
airy sausages will be made IN several
different lengths and sizes, and we
shall use beef, pork, mutton, fish and
what not; everything to be bought
alive and killed in our own slaughter
houses and hashed up with our own
knives You attend to the buying and
1 attend to the frying. Millions Of
dollars will pass through your hands
every year. but we shall trust to your
honesty; salary $500 per year at
least, and you come in on the ground
floor for stock. just lack SO to meet
the expenses of organization. and III
borrow il of you for n day or two.
We shall capitalize at S5.OO0,OOO, but
probably increase to $4,000, 600 inside
of a year And what is the name,
pleaseT'
My name IS Taylor" slowly replied
the canvasser, but have no SO to
put into your scheme. I'm selling the
Life of Napoleon II is printed from
new, large type. illustrated BY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
Let It Go Mt That.

One day, in advocating a more liberal
loosening of the purse strings at q
Methodist conference in Washington,
Bishop w. A. Gambler said that several
years ago he sent an article to a paper
in which he wrote that Eve pray too
loud and work too little"
The intelligent compositor got in his
fine Italian hand. and when the article
appeared it read, I'VE bray too loud
and work too little"
81 let it go at that" said the bishop.
1.-THE fact is, believe the printer was
right. and 1 never attempted to correct
it"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
Parrots Natural Gymnast..

The curious gymnastic feats which
parrots sometimes perform in their
cages have been ascribed to the desire
of the birds to vary the monotony of
their life in captivity. That was the
opinion of Mrs. Mandsley, the wife Of
the Central American explorer. until
she lived in the forest region near
Copan. where she saw the parrots in a
state Of perfect freedom INDUCING in
all the feats practiced by their Gagged
cousins
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
Copyright. 300. by c. z. Lewis.I

VI Sdsh oA 1CCooANs
copyright, 1907. by c. 2. Lewis.I
1t was a canyasser for The Life OF
Napoleon" price $3.50 in calf, and he
had scarcely exhibited his sample copy
when Major CrofOot arose and tool
him by the hand and exclaimed:
Just the man l wanted to see OF al
others in the world! By George, but
this is luck,'
Il shall be happy to book your or
der" smilingly replied the canvasser
''Win you take calf or morocco:"
My dear man." continued the ma.
Jor. my name is on n sign At the door
but it doesn't state my business. - Let
me say to you that 1 am q grand pro
moter Of enterprises, an organizer, 4
consolidater. an originator of some of
the most stupendous and gigantic
schemes of the country. You have
come to the right man in the right
time"
"Will you take calf or morocco"
six stupendous enterprises in the
last six weekS-one per week-and
every one of them bound to pay quar-
terIy dividend of 80 per cent-bound to
do it. That's S1.2O per year. and I'd
like to see the diamond mines doing
better. Six stupendous enterprises
originated. capitalized and hoated, and
now comes the seventh. Fortune must
have directed your footsteps. l am
going to take you in. Yes, sir, I'll give
you a show compared to which the
Life of Napoleon can't be mentioned.
Let me congratulate you, sir-let me
shake hands with another newborn
millionaire
Yes, but how about the book,
major" was asked.
You have heard of the dietary
sausage, of course" said the major as
he walked TO and fro: Invented by
accident by one of the greatest chefs
in America. and. as he had no idea of
what good thing he had struck, l
bought his right, title and interest for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
ALiyinR EXAMPLE.

I'VE are what we feed on" quoted
Mr.. Hixson, laying down his book,
land am willing TO say the author is
right. For example,
II am already believer" Mrs. Hix-
son interrupted You will insist on
having lobster for supper always
And Mr.. Hixson. mortified, grew
very red.-BrookIyn Life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
TRAINS

St. l. Springfield. Peoria
Bur. Quin. via Monmouth" 655 am 7:16 pm
Chicago. Sterling, Clinton
Dubuque. .......-.........- 7:45 am $40 pm
Peoria, Beardstown, Bur
IngtOn, Denver and west : 2:40 PM til:58 am
St. Paul s MlnneapollS..... ESQ pmls s:15 am
Sterling, Clinton s. Dubuque ESQ pmlt $40 am
St. L., Ksns c., Denver &
Pac. coast via Galesburg /" 7:l5 pml' 6:55 am
.DaIIv. 4Dally except SUNDAY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
How They Lost Her.

why did your cook leave SO sudden
lyT'
'She baked two cakes last Saturday,
one for US and one TO take to her mar
ried sister. When she wasn't looking, I
exchanged them and took for our own
use the one she had intended to give
avay."-Chicago Times Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14
Contradictions

"Wen, Digby, I'm surprised! You're
getting gray
Yes. yes; I've got lots of gray hairs
and precious few of. them."-Detroit
Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-14

Law is like a sieve. A man may see
through II. but IL he gets through it he
will find himself much reduced--Chi-
cago News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
STREET RAILWAYS
INDICATE PROSPERITY.
Their Business Has Increased Thirty.
four Per Cent Since 1894.

The street railways Of America now
represent the enormous Investment in
bonds and stocks of 81, 800, 000, 900. upon
which investors are receiving annually
over $70,0O0,O00 in dividends and inter-
est. Salaries and wages amounting to
$3.50, 100000 a year are distributed
among 100000 employees necessary to
equip, operate and manage this great in
dustry, repair its 10000 miles of track,
handle its 10000 cars, and meet the ever
pressing demands for improvement.
Directly and indirectly over 1,200,00
persons depend upon the traction inter
ests Of America for their livelihood. An
industry Of such proportions penetrates
and more or less affects all other enter
prises in the country which sustains it.
Nine-tenths of the business men and
women OF the United States look to the
management Of street railway companies
to furnish them with swift, comfortable
and safe transportation to and from BUSH
ness. The business of these companies
has increased 80 per cent since 1894,
when the people could not afford to ride
as much as they do now.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
Sleeping Cars More Used.

Prosperity smiled on the Pullman
Company and its employees during the
past year. The product Of the company's
works was valued at $17.026, 27o, as
against $13,62S,257 a year ago. an in
crease Of $3,39S,O13. At Pullman, 6.25S
employees were on the rolls. and they re-
ceived an aggregate of $3,S32, POI in
wages. an average Of S621.3S to each per-
son employed.
In the operating department on the diff
ferent roads there were 1906 employees.
who were paid $S,4s3, 1872 in wages. The
number OF employees the previous year
was 1867, and the wages paid amount
ed to $6.996,2S3.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
90 you WANT TT

member the panic, the depres-
si the idleness and want OF
Il -96. That was the result of
r cange of policy in only one great
"a pr OF our national welfare.
ie election Of Bryan would
n n a return to all the causes
" ch led to that panic. 1t would
4 add to them two other equally
d INT causes for panic-a change
q currency and u change in our
q ign policy.
, you want a panic In 1904
91!worse than that Of 1S93-96?
We you want idleness and star
on and millions subsisting on
Fity just as they did in 1893?
so, vote for Bryan and you
vi get 1t.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
Farm Value of Cotton.
Prosperity in the South.

On the whole, the South is rapidly de-
veloping into what God intended it to be,
the garden spot Of North America.
With our diversified industries, increas-
ing manufactures, farming on a more
careful and scientific scale, and cur sis
ter States marketing pig iron and coal
in Europe and making steel rails for all
the world, our prospects are indeed
bright, and we are ready to crown cotton
king, with pig iron standing as heir APP
parent to the throne.
ROBERT F. MADDOX,
Vice-President Maddox-Rucker Banking
Company.
Augusta, Ga.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
DO YOU WANT IT?

In 1892 this country was more
prosperous than ever before. Em-
ployment was more general and
wages higher than they had ever
been.
The people, misled by the asser-
tons of the Democratic ofiice-seek-
ers, tried the experiment of chang
ing the policy OF the government
on the tariff question.
What was the result?
On the very day following the
election business began to decline,
dealers cancelled their contracts
for home manufactures, factories
reduced their working forces and
curtailed their orders for the pro-
duct Of the mine, the forest and
he field, and uncertainty took the
place Of confidence in the business
world.
What followed?
Every workingman, every en-
ploye and every farmer whose
market was thus curtailed remem-
bers. There was a panic, depres-
sion, gloom, enforced idleness and
want.
All this was the result OF
change in our tariff policy which
affected the great manufacturing
interests and which threatened la
Dor.
Bryan now threatens to lower
the tariff and take away protection
from labor.
Do you want It? II so, vote for
Bryan and you will get it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
DO YOU WANT TT

The change of tariff policy which
upset and demoralized every bust
ness and industry in '93 was bad
enough.
But now II Is proposed to couple
with it another change which
would multiply its disturbing and
destructive power upon business
and every industry.
Bryan proposes to change Sound
Money for Cheap Money! Hun
dred- Cent Dollar for a Fifty-Cent
Dollar.
Do you want 1t? II so, vote for
Bryan and you viii get it?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
PIG IRON PRODUCTION
AS A PROOF OF PROSPERITY.
More than Twice as Much Made Last
Year as In 1894.

Pig iron production is one of the most
accurate indices Of the general business
conditions of the country. When business
is good, when wage earners are en-
ployed steadily, when farmers receive
ample remuneration for their crops, then
the production of iron advances. A period
of depression is always accompanied by
sag in the production Of iron. The
following table shows the production in
1899 and 1894, as illustrating the BUSH
ness conditions under two administra-
tons:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
DO YOU WANT TIT

r. Bryan proposes to give up
y valuable stepping stone to
commerce of the Orient-the
ppine Islands.
countries commercially nd
I to Manila now buy 81, 200,-
Zoo year Of goods chiefly of
kind we make. Yet they only
; 9 per cent Of them from the
lifted States.
that we have the Philip
We have a trading center
|m which we can command a
ID share of that business, just
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
J You WANT Ir7

a ~want to continue the
prefsll good business conditions,
WHIP give employment to all and
BETH wages than ever before
paiG
uso, vote for Mckinley, for I'M
de9nis administration, the protec-
tf4tariff and sound money princi-
pl4 for which the Republican
pqy legislated, the depression,
tn Wilderness and want of 1896
h vanished.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
GROWTH or The SOUTH'S
COTTON MILL INDUSTRY.
New Factories Going Into Operation and
Others Projected.

The following table, prepared by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. illustrates the growth Of the cotton
mill industry in the South during the
past three years. The figures include only
such mills as were actually in operation
and not mills that were idle:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
D0THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT TO Be PROSPEROUS?

as England is commanding It from
her Asiatic stations at Hongkong
and Singapore.
Do you want to lose II? II so,
vote for Bryan and you will get 1t.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
August price
of0hio Xxx

The imports are thus seen to be only
one-third of what they were in the free
trade year, 1895, while exports have near
ly doubled since then and the price Of
wool is Co per cent higher.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
RE M Z M BE r!

The Party Democratic stands
where it did I'm 1890 on the Money
Question.-W. j. Bryan, GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, Sept. 4.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
BANK CLEARINGS TELL
THE STORY OF PROSPERITY.
The Record During the Last Three Ad.
ministrations.

Bank clearings tell the total volume Of
business transacted in the country at any
time. Here is the record in round mill
ions during three administrations, those
OF Harrison, Cleveland and Mckinley:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON.

As a steel producer this country is
without a rival. We make nearly 40
per cent of the worlds output, Great
Britain makes IS per cent and Germany
81 per cent. Only one-sixth of the coun-
try's production is marketed in the form
of steel rails, showing that steel manu-
featuring in all its branches is widely
followed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
Farm Value of Oats.
Money in Circulation.

Sept. 1, 1900. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 26.SJ
July !, 1896. ................... 21.l0
Republican increase ........... S5.75
Mr.. Bryan said that the reverse would
be true were Mr.. Mckinley elected in
1896. This is only another disproof Of
Bryan the prophet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
DO you WANT IT?

kttyou a Workingman7
N you q Miner?
you a Farmer?
you a Mechanic?
you a Printer?
q you a Railway Employee
a Clerk?
GU a Travelling Salesman?
,u q Wage-earner Of any
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
RECORD OF THE
AMERICAN RAILWAYS.
Greater Volume Of Business Shows the
country's Prosperity.

II may be taken as automatic that
when the railroads are doing large
volume of business, the country as
whole Is doing the same.
The record OF railroad building and
railroad business in 1895 and in 1899
compares as fellows:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
Mr.. Bryan's Prosperity.

Taxable property listed by Mr.. Bryan
during two administrations was:
Assessed
value.
l3OO f.................. S4,ooU
1894 200
Mr.. Bryan's prosperity. $4,000
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
W0OLEN IMPORTS ARE
REDUCED TO 0NE.TlHRD.
Home Manufacturers Are Now Supply.
ing the Home Trade.

The following table shows the imports
and exports Of wooden manufactures In
eight months ending Aug. 81, and the
New York price of Ohio Xxx fleece wool
during the month of August. from 1895 to
1900:
August price
of 0hin Xxx
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

The record shows the ebb and flow OF
business and large business transactions
mean prosperous people.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
What Say Wool Producers Z

'Tt is immaterial, in my judgment,
whether the sheep growers receive any
benefit from the tariff or not.
am for free wool."-W. ]. Bryan in
Congress.
ans argument by quoting these figures:
Boston Quo Wilson Tar. Dingley Tar.
tations. (Eree wool.) Protecuon.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
Typical Western Savings.

The deposits in the savings banks of
Moline. ILL.,, Rock Island, ILL.,, and Dav-
export, Iowa, have gained 81 per cent
since the election of 1896. The deposits
in the savings institutions of these three
cities compare as follows: