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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22

hope in a short time to present for
record a complete and well-digested
plan of all that suburban section
north of Florida avenue and included
between North Capitol street extend
ed and Rock creek, that murky stream
always darkened by the alluvial
seeping of the hills. which divided
Washington from the ancient city of
Georgetown.
This section to the north Of Bound
airy. which has long been locally
known as Mount Pleasant. which the
commissioners now propose 10 in
clude in the city proper, with streets
arranged in accordance with the orig
inal L'Enfant plan, covers an area OF
about nine square miles--two squares
in park, one square mile divided in
accordance with the city system, four
square miles unsubdivided, and two
square miles covered by irregular sub
divisions. These last comprise sew
eral thousand small lots owned by as
many individuals, many OF them be-
ing owned by government clerks. who
have built small homes upon them.
1t is these small holdings which have
proved such an obstacle IN the way
of street extension. as many of the
lots viii De wholly included within
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22
LABOR NOTES.

Only one-tenth of the wage earners
of the United States are organized.
One hundred and sixty thousand
Austrians and 100000 Italians are al
ways at work in silk factories. Eng
land has but $4,000 silk operatives,
against 117,000 in 1857.
The railway telegraphers claim a
membership Of $4,000, and the officers
Of the union say that additions to
its ranks are being made rapidly in
all sections of the country.
Prominent labor leaders claim that
the eight-hour day has effected re-
form among the intemperate class,
and that change in the desire for
strong drink has been wrought about
Moscow will soon have an associa-
ton of working men and women who
will pay from half a rubIe to ruble
a month TO form a fund for the bene-
fit of members who are i'll or out of
job.
Up in Winnepeg the JourneymeD
Bakers union is booming its label by
Offering prizes for handing in the
largest number of labels, each of
which must be cut from union-made
bread.
George Cadbury, the English choc-
olate manufacturer, has presented
to the city of Birmingham an estate
of 416 acres, valued at 100000, upon
which to build houses for working
people.
British trade unions pay a1,100,-
600 to operatives who are III, and
$4,000, 900 to those who are out OF
work. Three hundred thousand
pounds is the average payment to
those on strike.
The new scale for the garment
workers of Atlanta, Ga, which calls
for so hours per week, together with
price and half for overtime on day
work, and double price for night
work, has been signed by all the
clothing manufacturers of that city.
British Columbia fishermen are
active on lines of organization, and
have formed five unions on the differ
ent rivers, including in their mem
bership Indians as well as white fish
ermen. An effort is being made to
keep the japanese, who are alleged
to have broken up last years strike,
off the river.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22
RUSsIA's ECONOMIC PLIGHT.
A Glance at the Labor Fteta Ahro.s
Peculiar Industrial Condition
In the CsRr's Domain.

In recent review article Dr. Dillon
paints black picture of Russia s. con.
dition, according To the kansas CITY
Times.
Her main trouble does not, accord.
ing to his statement. consist in the no
htical unrest that has lately been
manitcsting itself in scenes OF turbu.
lence. Bnssia is suffering Ia great
extent from industrial stagnaiion that
has followed a long series OF disasters.
Many factories have been closed, ON
some not yet completed all construc.
ton work has been stopped. while
many other enterprises have gone into
bankruptcy.
The foreign capital that has bccn in
vested in Russian undertakings
yields but slight return, and the work
men liud il difficult To obtain sufficient
employment To support their families.
Bank shares have dropped within i2
months from $40 to ia rouhles. indus
trial shares from 573 to el7 roubleH.
mining and metal shares at least one
half, and even petroleum shares, in
the face of the growing trade with
northern Asia. show a material de.
cline.
There is financial puzzle about
Russia which people living outside
that country do not seem to under.
stand. While almost everyone has
known for long time that Russia was
commercially and financially I'm bad
way, no one has been able To fathom
why she manages to keep up her vast
undertakings without borrowing
heavily from western Europe.
The cause of the prevailing business
depression, however, can be very eas-
lily comprehendcd. Until n recent
period in her history Russia was al
most entirely an agricultural country.
OF late years TIE policy of the govern
meht has been to encourage the peo-
pie to turn their attention more to-
ward manufacturing. IL invited out
side capital to invest In Russian OPP
portunities and enterprises and began
the task To provide for her population
many of those things which had previ-
ously been bought from outsiders. As
n result manufactures were stimulat-
ed to a much greater degree than wns
warranted by industrial conditions.
Russia had no export trade to rely on,
and the overproduction has caused
shutdown In all industries. More.
over, the peasants having been largely
drawn from the farms to the towns
have intensified the prevailing hard
ships and privations. Russia IL expert
encing n crisis similar TO, although far
more severe than, the one through
which Germany has been passing for
some time.
This economic condition is largely
due TO the sudden change of people
from agriculture to manufacture IN
der the artificial stimulus Of govern
ment aid expressed in bonnties and
other forms.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22
FACTORIES IL SOUTH
Remarkable Activity and Progress
During Past Decade.
nanutRctarinE Plant. Recent he
selepmcnt ina Southern Industrial
Life-statisties Relating 10
Cotton htlls.

The recent meeting OF the Manu-
WAS the occasion of several notable
addresses. but the most remarkable
feature of the occasion was the meet
ing itself. Manufacturing in the
south is thing of recent origin, be-
ing practically the growth Of the
past ten years. According To the
indianapolis journal no other sec
tion of the country ever made as
rapid progress in the development of
manufactures, and especially of cot
ton manufactures, as the south has
done during this period Remal kable
progress has been made in some
other lines of manufacturing, but
especially In cotton. South Carolina
has taken the lead in the new order
of things. In 1894 that state had
SO mills with 629,675 spindles. In
1898, 20 additional companies were
chartered with total capital OF
se,7o5,000: in 1896 12 more were in
eorporated, with capital stock of
S1G50,o 900: during the year ending
August 81, 1s9s, there were added
211, $50 spindles; in 1890 IL new mills
were chartered with an aggregate
capital of ss.275,0Oo, and 16 factories
increased their capital stock by S2,-
10000. Statistics for the year 1900
are not at hand, but IL is known they
show continued progress. II is per-
haps literally true, as one of the
speakers at Charlotte said, that the
center of cotton manufacturing In
the United States has been trans
ferred from Fall River, Mass, TO Co
lumbia. S. c. Other states show al
most equal progress. Take North
Carolina for instance. In 1894, OF 4O6
cotton mills in the entire south,
North Carolina had the largest NUM-
ber. though not the largest mills. In
1925 she had 1856 mills. with 953,45s
spindles; in 1897 she had about 200
factories, in 1898 there were 207, and
in 1899 there were 229 mills with
1,6is,oOO spindles. Last year North
Carolina produced,4so, 600 bales Of cot
ton. of which 100000 were used by
mills within the state. Mention is
made here only of cotton manufac-
turing. but there has also been great.
though not equal, progress in other
lines. As result, the south Is now
throbbing with new life, and for
the first time in her history begins
to realize her possibilities in the
way Of material development and
progress. For the first time in her
history she is giving genuine welcome
not only to manufacturing capital
but 10 the commercial spirit which
dominates all progressive countries.
In no other part of the United States
are the people showing as intelligent
recognition of the vast possibilities
of eastern trade and as much anxiety
to secure IL as the people are in the
south.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22
Mistaken Identity.

At certain function, presided over
by a very short-sighted bishop, a
young man arrived very late and ex-
planned that he had been detained in
attendance on his mother.
"Quite right" said the bishop, mo
need to apologize. A mans first duty
is to his parents. hope the dear old
lady is very well? Remember me
very kindly to her, and tell her I
shall drop in to tea next Sunday if
| can manage it,
When the young man had passed
on the bishop turned to bystander
and said: "That WAS young Jack
Seymour, was il not?"
s'No. my lord" was the reply; that
gentleman was the duke OF Con-
'naught. London Tit-Bitx.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22
nj. Amazed Daughter

The wife of Gordon Highlander
received some time ago an invitation
TO visit him at the barracks in Scot
land. She did so, taking with her their
little six-year-old girl. When they
arrived, as it happened, the husband
was engaged on sentry duty, and SO
they could not approach him.
The child eyed her daddy with a
rather sorrowful expression. as he
paced up and down the square, shoul-
dering his rifle and wearing a kilt.
She had never before beheld him thus
arrayed, and for few minutes the
spectacle seemed to be quite beyond
her; but for no longer could she keep
silent
"MamnIa," she said. in voice that
betrayed trace OF childish covetous-
ness, "ff daddy finds the man what
stole 'ees trousers. win he gimme dat
little frock Pitt Bits.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22
WIT AND WISDOM.

A man OF few words and many
deeds IS like garden of many sees-
tables aud few weeds. Chicago Daily
News.
Suspicious aud willy Conductor
"po You mean TO say that child Il
not over fve9" "He's just fnnr.-
$50 | Thought. All owes three have
to pay full farc."-rhiladelphia
Times.
"Nen fell into the creek with your
new brooches on" Eyes. pop You
see. fell in so quick hadn't time
to take thcm OF" "a smart answer.
my son. So suppose You take them
OF now. Philadelphia Times.
Mr.. stockman.-''rake this teie-
gram. my boy. and run with H..
Messenger Not on your life. I've
got strict orders 10 walk wild your
kilograms. De writin' Is bad enough
widout shakin' it up" indianapolis
News
Mr.. Newcomez you're glad Your
sisters got me for her steady conn
pany. ef2" Johnny -"Yep. Tommy
Browns sisters got steady company,
an Tommy works him for candy an
things to beat the band. "-Philadel-
.phia Record.
Miss Karpe--"IIow do you like Mr..
6nshleyq" Miss Sharpe -"Fairly we'll,
but he must think I'm awfuily stupid
and nnobservant." Miss Kafpe---
"why2" Miss Sharpe "Because he
remarked last night, OH Miss
Sharpe. you have no idea how pretty
you arel' - Philadelphia Press.
Lacked Reciprocity. - haven't
much use for Blithcrsley." said the
proud papa. WHY" asked the proud
mamma 81 listened 70 him for nm
hour to-day while he told me about
what his baby Ind said. or tried TO
say. and just aa ] was about 20 tell
him about ours he left me, saying he
had TO catch train."-Baltimore
American
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22

the lines Of proposed streets, and
must be purchased. Others will have
but a small area taken rom one end
of the lot. and additional benefits
may balance the value of the part
taken and no damages allowed.
In the agricultural or ansuhdisided
parts very little condemnation will hc
necessary as it is expected to gel the
streets when subdivisions are made.
The plans of this first section cover
about 80 good sized maps. showing all
details necessary for a complete rec
ord. The localities of all proposed
avenues are given upon every lot line
that is crossed as well as the area
taken. Most Of the streets have been
retained and widened. the rectifieatiou
being mainly by the extension of par
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22
GIueoae Sugar.

American manufacturers OF glucose
sugar, says the St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat, are not much concerned about
.he new British duty on the article. In
fact, they say IL VIII prove beneficial
in the end, for, while it viii add to the
market price Of the article, The imposi-
tion Of the duty gives 1t an official
standing II has not had before. This
country exports about 10000 tons Of
glucose products.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22

The Barbers' union of Philadelphia
has SuDday-closing crusade, and
since It started the committee has Sc
cured the arrest OF total Of 23s bar
berg; 220 Of them were fined by the
magistrates, 10 we're discharged. Out
Of 220 fined by the magistrates, l53
paid their fine Immediately. one went
10 iail for six days, 20 appealed their
cases to the court 6f quarter sessions.
and Sc took out wTits of certiorari
from the common pleas court. The
legal expenses in connection with the
several cases were $1,000.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22

The Ohio convict labor commission
is making an investigation Of the EN-.
ployment Of convict labor in the south
ern states. The report Of its investi-
cation will form basis upon which
the legislature of Ohio win enact favs
for the purpose of eliminating compe
tition against free labor
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22

Ambition is a good thing. but man
should never f1y higher than be car
roost.-CbieaQc Daily News
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-22
WILL COST FORTUNE.
Washington's Unique Plan for Ex-
tension Of Streets.
Millions 80 ne spent In widening
IEssonghfares and Extending
Them in Accordance with
Most Modern Ideas.

I.@T7777'I y = III = NNTI9 = tEEFsI
T>nERE have been created Great
Il er Chicago and Greater New
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-12
STRIKES THE SOURCE,
A Pile Care That Goes to the Root
of the Disease.

There are lots OF lotions. oils and salves
that Will through their soothing infu-
ence, relieve temporarily the pain Incl
dent to piles. But is that all the sufferer
requires? Isn't 1t a horrible thought to
realize that the ease Is only temporary
and the disease goes on under the sur
face without moments interruption?
Wouldn't II be wiser to select a remedy
that seeks the source and regulates those
deep-seated disorders which induce the
disease2 Pyramid Pile Cure not only re-
lieves the pain at once, but effects a per-
manent cure OF the worst form OF piles.
You don't have TO go through a tedious
course OF dieting while using It either. II
strikes through those delicate membranes
and tissues and sets the blood in health
full circulation, reducing at once the pain
full inhamme ton and congested tumors
This remedy is not haphazard combi-
nation Of drugs but is a remedy invented
by specialists who have treated piles and
blood disorders successfully for years.
Manufactured by the Pyramid Drug Co.,
at Marshall. Mich. Almost any first-class
druggist has II on sale.
Don't treat this disease with every To-
ton and salve that comes along. Remem-
Der the parts affected are among the
most delicate in the human body. This
remedy is absolutely safe and no one
need fear TO apply II freely on the in
famed parts. The speed with which II al
lays the pain is an agreeable surprise to
the sufferer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-12

OF her basement sitting room. With this
landlady she had made an arrangement
to take home some sewing for her In re-
turn for the few hours use Of her ROOM
another she paid percentage of her earn
ings in her house and some refused re-
Enumeration, being glad to accommodale
their boarders.
Those four piles of garments took ne'
four hours and a half TO mend and she
earned $3.15. This was about her average
rate of income, at the beginning, out hel
custom increased she told me, until sue
sometimes made as much as IS day. van
ing some of the work home-stochihss'
etc.-so that she could work in the even
ing. Out of this, however, her carlal
and materials had to be paid for' al.1
sometimes she would have only a Re" VI
ders in a day, amounting to $50 or =;
After a while she rented a box dl -.
postoffice, and had her cards returheu ~
mail, thereby saving much time "a
course, 1t was hard work-very Ha,1
work. and taxing, too, but 1t mao
bright spots and humorous streaks' -
on the whole IT was not so wearylIs %
many other kinds of work. This glib
see, could not even cut and Mt sauslae
torily; didn't know how to do any 90
one thing well enough to earn her H,Is
by It. Yet she actually supported ne 80
and comfortably for a year ana '''
in this way"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-12

their silver caparisoned horses; and
swords and arms glittered and sparkled IN
the sun!
Whenever 1 see a Jew, feel at home.
OF course, there he was, with long, flow
ing clothes and black beard, sitting con-
tentedly among his many-colored goods
under his temporary shade. There were
Kurdish men and women, who had
brought sheep, cows, wool carpets, and,
shall I say girls, too? Yes, there were
girls brought to be sold, or exchanged
for almost anything, from hat to a
horse or a camel. The Kurdish and Ar
menian women were unveiled, and looked
graceful and happy, and camped with the
/ Mohammedan women. Kurds only sell
their girls to Mohammedans. few
years ago, during one of the desperate
famine times, a Kurd sold a little girl to
an Armenian merchant, to be a servant
to his wife. AS soon as the Mohamme-
dams heard about 1t, they sent word to
the government that IF the gin was not
sent back Immediately, they would at
tack and exterminate the Armenians,"
and asked, Shall a seed of Mohammed
be brought up and taught in the religion
of Armany?" (Christian). The mob dis
persed when they were told that the girl
was already with her parents.
Christians in Kurdistan sometimes bar
ter their girls in marriage, but, unlike the
Moslems, they never sell or exchange
them. The girl Is sold to man for a
wife, and he has no right to divorce, sell
or exchange her, as is the Kurdish Gus
tom In Persia, boys are more favored
than girls, but it is just the opposite in
Kurdistan. Once Kudish chief said to
me, II will pay you we'll If you cure my
I daughters eye; you see, after few
years, l will get one thousand tomans for
her" Any male relative may sell or ex-
change a girl, or give her as gift to any
Mohammedan, and one who buys or re-
ceives her as a gift may, II he pleases,
marry her or exchange her for a horse,
cow, an ass, sheep, or a carpet, sword,
gun, or a dagger; or he may even Kill
her. and no one has a right to say word.
Later on l will tell you OF some Of my
conversations with the girls themselves.
The price is according to the girls sta
ton in life and her personal appearance.
Among the rich a man may exact as
much as two or three thousand tomans
for his daughter, sister, or any female
relative.
During my stay in the Kurda Bazaar
begged my friends not to tell any one that
| was a physician. Unfortunately some
recognized me and told others, and in
five minutes almost everybody knew me.
Soon there were a few hundreds of ex-
tended arms, and many of those near me
opened their mouths to have me look at
their tongues. Each was trying to push
nearer. I was on horseback. l told them
l had no instruments or medicines with
me, and they looked greatly disappointed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-12
A WHITE SLAVE MART.
Trafnc in Girls at the Famous
Kurda bazaar, In Persia.


:"
copyright lSol, the christian Herald
New YORK.
For a long time have intended to
write about a visit T rnodo 10 Nh. o,t,, .,
>tt.rdob abo,,+ +u,o,,.,, g. IL 60,
-
MAI asha' III november last On the Gay
OF starting, engaged two horses for six
teen kirans. The chawadar (muleteer)
promised to be at nv house with the
borsas before s,,rr,so 1,,,o.,,..,n. -,
packed ana mace ready ana got up TWO
hours before sunrise, but there was no
chawadar. Some one else had offered him
a few, coins moro than did and ba had
-.
iei' mt 0o we were oolleeu TO engage
three donkeys at twelve kirans to carry
us and our baggage In one day to Man.
DAB. Next day, two hours before sun
rise, Calba NaJaf walked us up Mostly. A
friend offered me his horse to ride, as he
said 1T would never do for you to ride
on donkey, especially in the city," Qn
some places TO ride a donkey Is not con-
sldered nice at all)
1t was fearfully cold. had dressed
as warmly as possible, still in an hour
we were so chilled that we got down
and ran afoot to keep warm. l envied
her eyes, nose and ears against the sharp
wind, until she looked more like a bum
die of clothes than woman.
At noon we reached our midway point
-Kalajokh. Calba Najaf, at the top of
his voice, vowed in the name of Hasan
and Hoosan, and by the mutilated arms
of Hasraty Abas (martyrs of Cabella),
Il will not go a step further, as l and
my beasts are cold and hungry. 1 will
not kill ourselves for the sake of a few
kirans Tomorrow will do There is
time enough to reach Miandab"
So he bent double to enter the inn. 1t
was so cold in our quarters there that we
bought some mucilage of the village shop
and with some paper. closed the little
windows that admitted the frosty air. and
we bought wood TO burn in the frenIace
was quite glad after a sIeenless night
when the shrill voice OF CaIha Neiaf
called the next morning 10 nrenare for our
tourney.
few miles from KaIaiokh are the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-12
AN ENTERPRIsING WOMAN.
How She Earned a Comfortable In
come in n Novel Way.

come in n Novel Way.
From the New York Tribune.
Talk about Yankee thrift" said wo-
man yesterday; according to my expe-
rience there is no more enterprising gen.
ius than the Southern woman thrown on
her own resources. We Northerners will
work hard enough along the beaten track,
or even branch out in an original way
once in a while, but for ways that are
novel and schemes unique the Southern
woman in a corner certainly takes the
lead. This is the fifth good paying bust
ness scheme I've heard of Southern wo-
man hewing for herself out of adverse
circumstances. This came under my
personal notice, too, and / can vouch for
every detail, strange as 1t may sound.
"A young Marylander with an extreme
ly modest income came to New York to
study art Hardly year passed when
some financial complication wrecked her
investments and she woke up one morn
ing to find herself penniless. Her very
ignorance of the situation, however, was
what saved her II she had realized what
It might mean to be stranded-a stranger
lin this "seething caldron of civiliza-
tons brew" as some one puts II, fear
even her courage would have ebbed. But
IL was a sort of tempered wind and
shorn lamb affair for she seems to have
regarded the situation as something Of
lark.
"She was one OF the great army OF
hall-bedroomers,' and II CHANGED she had
heard a fellow roomer on the floor above
telling his laundress she could have
some shirts and socks Of his because the
buttons were Off and toes out. and the
laundress protesting that they were too
good TO give to her, but she, nevertheless