The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-28

The well known magazine, Success, has just
completed one of the most novel, and, in its re.
suits, eNtraoIdinary campaigns ynr subscriptions
ever undertaken by an American publication.
About a year ago, II secured from some Of the
strongest periodicals IN the country unusually
low prices for annual lo,riptiouS and, combin
ing an annual subscription 20 Success with sub
scriptious to oths magazines, 1t extensively adj
Ncrtscd "Succcss Clubbing Offers" at large re.
duction> from regular prices The result has
more than justncd tho confidence Of Success in
the ability Of the great American public 70 ali.
,orh periodical Literature. Not only has It
added over ljo,O00 subscriptions to its own list
hut it has sent Tho Review of Reviews nearly
SO,0n0 new subscriptions, the Cosmopolitan he
tween 5000 and $4,000; McC'lme's over 5000,
and other migalin,s many thousands each. This
campaign has completely rc,olutionizcd prevail.
ing ideas about circulation getting.
The love of growing things is So universal
that in almost every home viii be found flower.
bearing plants. Tho successful care Of them
needs a considerable amount of special knowl.
edge. IN expert IN such matters is Ward Mac.
Lcod, whose writ nGs on the care Of plants and
whose answers to plant questions appear only in
the Dclincdtor The article for September deals
with the shipping Of cut flowers, bulb plants
for the winter window garden, and the care
OF chry San,hcmums.
In his Article in the September Forum on THE
Commercial Position Of tho British Empire"
Benjamin TAYLOR reminds those who discuss this
subject that the trade Of the colonies is essen.
| TALLY British as that Of the United Kingdom,
He gives statistics which show that the external
| trade Of the British Empire is $50 0D0 more
| than the whole external trade oi the United
States, the German Empire and France put to.
| gether.
Small occurrences which might change the
| course of history are always interesting. Les
| lies Monthly for September contains an interest
ing letter written to President Jefferson Davis,
| o the Confederate States Of America, in l>62
| containing advice that only had to be followed
| to alter the most critical campaign of the civil
war. As commonly happens, the advice was not
| followed, and history went as history went.
ChicaCos assessed valuation today is s37 40 O00
less than in l''3 although her population and
wealth are very largely greater. The eXplana.
| tion given in Ainscc's by Robert Linthicum
whose paper on "Chicago, the Most National
| City" has stirred up a hornets nest, is that
many Of the corporations and rich men have
| criminally conspired to dodge their just taxes
| Of all the accounts q Aguinaldo's capture
which have come before the American public
! none is more satisfactory than the simple per.
| sonal narrative which Lieutenant Burton Mitch.
| ell, oi General FunSton'S staff tells in the Sep.
temher number Of Lcslics Magazine No critic
| Of the morality Of that famous exploit should
| pronounce judgment without reading the article.
Another successful author has been discovered
| in the person Of Alrine NJ Tcskey, who comes
| from across the border In Canada. Her first
book now IN press Is entitled, "Wacre the Sugar
Maple Grows" being idylls u a Canadian vii.
laEc. The book Is said TO be as striking and