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The Lamar register., 1901-11-06
When tho Women Rule,

The witness was just getting to the
thrilling part Of the story when the
Judge interrupted. There are extrane-
GUS matters she said. that are dis
tracing the attention of the court and
preventing her from giving evidence
proper consideration. We will take a
recess of fifteen minutes in order that
the court may retire and find out
whether her back hair is really coming
down."-Chicago Post.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-06

parlor.
Miss Brooks offered no help. The
stylish figure and the waving auburn
hair loomed as dreadful danger before
the nervous little lady, while the
charming manner was conclusive proof
that she stood between Ted and de-
struction. She found herself dashing
madly from subject to subject in her
effort to come to the point, when a
sound reached Miss Brooks ears that
brought her professional duty before
The Lamar register., 1901-11-06

To commend anarchist crime in a
public square is a punishable cffenso
according to French law.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-06

Chicago bank clerk has invented
an apparatus which photographs bank
checks at the rate of 10000 an hour.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-06

md a total of 92 200, 900 in the states
and territories II we do not figure upon
the latter separately. Furthermore.
even II we were to make this distinc-
ton. the result would not be seriously
affected,
The Lamar register., 1901-11-06

ture. The site chosen is across the
Skinker road south of the Washington
University buildings.
Religious exhibit by all denomina-
tions, in a special building erected Tor
the purpose. are to be among the at
tractiye features OF the worlds 1alr.
The controlling bodies OF the several
denominations have been invited 10
send their suggestions as to the plan
of the building and also nominations
of directors to have charge OF their
exhibits to the worlds fair oihclais.
The railroad and other transporta-
ton companies are keeping tab on the
progress of worlds fair matters. A
belt line will be built connecting all
tracks with the chief entrance to tho
exposition grounds, near which VIII
be erected huge station. with abund-
ant trackage. Union station will be
relieved of congestion during the
worlds fair by other stations for 10
cal trains. One of these relieving sta
tions will be at the west end OF Eads
Bridge. provided with elevators to
transfer passengers between cars on
the surface tracks on the bridge tracks
and on the elevated road on the levee.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

Brazil and the Netherlands follow
just under the $500. OO0, coo mark china
with it's teeming millions has a debt
Of only y per cent. per head, with an
annual interest charge Of Cnly 3 cents
per capita. Our neighhor, Canada,
owes S5o59 per capita and Mexico has
a debt of sl3.36 per capita.
Why Mr.. Austin includes Austria
and Hungary separately in addition to
Austria Hungary in his table and en-
Cludes the individual German states
with their total indebtedness of $2.Ol5,
95S,00o is matter he does not explain.
True, it has been largely incurred for
the purchase of construction of rail-
ways, but the same Is true of Russia 5
debt.
Mr.. Austin also fails to give any de-
tails of the comparative wealth Of the
nations owing these enormous debts.
which is much more to the point than
their per capita liability. According to
the latest estimates of Mulhall GS9O
the wealth of the nations included in
Mr.. Austr's table and the approXi-
mate ratio of their debts to it were as
follows:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
KNOWLEDGE IN BRIEF.

British life boats save. on an average, $50
lives year.
Express trains in Russia do not run over %
miles an hour.
\ gallon OF water weighs 10 pounds, a gallon
Of mercury 1857 pounds.
The population of the United Kingdom passed
that Of France for the frSt time in ls92.
Nearly 1000 farmers within 20 miles of Chi.
cago, have had their homes supplied with tele'
phones
Over 7,opo men deserted from the French
army last year Great Britain's record for dc.
sertion is under 300 in one year
In size. not counting colonies, the European
powers stand in this order; Russia, Austria, Ger.
manv France, United Kingdom, Italy.
The Ave largest cities nj England, exclusive
Of London. as follows Liverpool, 6si,9i7;
Manchester, 543.96o; Birmingham, j12,lsl; Leeds,
i2s o5S; Sheffield, 3sO,7l7.
II is claimed that the two nakotls and Min
nesota alone will harvest this year between
ls5, 10000 and 2OO, ,0OOO OOO bushels OF wheat, as
against 10000 90 last year.
The average distance Travelled by British loco
motive engine drivers is from 10000 Ia 5000
miles every y,ar. There are about twenty thou
sand drivers in the United Kingdom,
Gum drops are made by letting fall from a
mechanical device large DROPS Of an already pre-
pared synIp; the drops are permitted to fall
upon starch, where they dry without losing their
Potatoes have ceased to be the principal root
crop ~ Ireland, II they are to he compared
with turnps by weight or yield--last year, for
example, only about l,5i2,O 900 tons, against H.
i26 900 tons of turnips.
More icehergs are met with in summer than
IN winter. An iceberg is the sea end OF a
glacier or frozen river. Tie glacier is being
continually pushed into the sea from the weight
above and finally great masses are detached
The Partisan drinks in a year l,S0 gallons Of
alcohol, 80 gallons Of beer, Las gallons Of
cider and 40 gallons Of wine This gives a
pint Of daily average Of 0,03s7 pint Of alcohol
o. O67 pint OF beer O.o234 pint OF cider and O9o
pint Of wine.
The sugar cane Of China is said by hotanists
10 he an entirely distinct species from that
Of India, and this fact is supposed TO indicate
that the development NJ sugar cane was carried
on independently by two different nations at the
same time
j, Pierpont Morgan has one ~ the most clsh'
crate collection Of beer stems in America. Dur
ing his trip abroad he purchased two more
that formerly belonged TO collection owned by
Prince Bismarck The price paid for them would
buy beer enough TO MI all the stems in America
couple of times
Another sign of the American conquest
has been noted by the London papers. 4 fruit
erer in the west end Of the English metropolis
is marking his goods in United States coinage
strawberries, for instance. al l6 cents basket.
melancholy London publication suggests that
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
DOG DAYS.

Written for The Tribune
These is the days Z the hull atmosphere's
Drawcd down and bound up tight,
An even the blithe musketeer's
Too dog .eoncd lazy { bite
Davs when 4 fellers o. straw hat
Hangs down. 50 ter speak. in disgrace;
An the fellcr hisselfs dissusted
An sick o. the hull blamed race.
Dsvs when the water.wller's shade
Is checrfuller n cabbage leaves,
An I'd enjoy a heap more natures bathing
costume
Than full dress. with a fan fer breeze.
I r'mcmher one time long while ago,
When I WIZ bit ~ kid
Thet somethin' had gone all upscttin' and wrong,
Al somebody d went an did.
An nv dad he wuz workn' down there by the
mill.
Nv! How he did whack them logs,
Ar he eaid few words ct didn't quite ketch,
Bout "everthin gone ter the dogs
An I've heard the same sayin' sence ben
growed ur,
Bout things topsv.turvv an wrong.
An I've bout concluded wherever they be
This here weatherd ought er he 'long.
Fer sure as yer livin' M civilized pup
Would clam 'em fer six pence or song,
An these messly days must belong ter them
dogs
Where evcrythin' crooked hez gone
Sis Buffers
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

ntllNlnE il'IlS ~ NltSIilt anu hungary
-'Including debts of Prussia, Bavaria, etc.
This table shows the comparative fis-
cal condition Of the nations 10 their
debts in its true light. 1t places the
United States where it should be- at
the head, as having the smallest ratio
of Indebtedness to wealth, with the
United Kingdom second and Germany
third.
Turkey with its comparatively mod
crate debt per capita is not mentioned
in Mulhall's latest table of the wealth
Of nations, while Canada with it's large
debt per capita has a ratio of less than
6 per cent. 10 it's wealth.
The so-Called Latin nations have de-
veloped the debt-inCurrinG habit to an
extent that bewilders sober minded
finanCiers, The United States and the
United Kivgdom are the only two ma
tions in the above list which have ever
shown a disposition to reduce their in
debtednesS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

Orange River Colony possesses about
400 miles Of open mileage. and about
100 miles under construction. Rho
desia. although only a decade old, al
ready possesses about 1900 miles %
open railway. and it's three main Soc
tions under construction -theBulu-
wayo- -zamlinsi, Buluwayo-S1lishury
and Buuwayo- yo-Tuii-aEgrcgatc about
500 miles. Altogether the open mileage
in South Africa amounts to upward
Of 5000 miles, with at least 1000 miles
under construction. The figures are
exclusive of the projected extensions
for which funds have not yet been pro-
vided.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
kitchener's Proclamation.


Lord Kitchener, calling upon
Il the Beers in arms to lay
down their weapons before
September II, on pain of permanent
hanishment and a charge upon their
remaining property of the cost OF
MAINTAINING their families. probably
marks in 4 historic way the final stage
of the war. That il will in any way
hasten final peace may he doubted.
Praclamations are not often effective in
such cases whore eunpowder fails and
il is fair to assume that the burghers
who have remained in the field up to
this time will not he frightened by
threats an paper Of penalties which are
as nothing compared 10 the risks that
they carry in their hands every day.
The proclamation serves, however to
mark very clearly the line between
comhdtants and n-combatants. and.
while Lord Kitchener may not he able
10 enforce its terms, except so far as
confiscation of property is concerned,
no one can deny that the present state
of the colonies justifies the act.
The main effect is likely to be seen
in Cape Coloney and Natal. where it
can hardly fail To repress restive
spirits among the sympathizers of the
heligerents. What effect it will have.
II any. on the final settlement is mat =
ter only for speculation. The fact
that the people and press at home
heartily approve of the step taken by
the commander of the British forces
in South Africa is taken as a hopeful
sign that may have influence in per-
suading the sturdy Beers TO relnquish
the struggle which can only bring new
disaster upon them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
Distances in Africa.

r~EW people who daily peruse
* the news from South Africa
Il have an idea of the immense
distances of the country that
las been the scene of so much turmoil
and misery during the past two or three
years. An English journal devoted to
engineering gives interesting figures
regarding the railroad systems of
South Africa that enables one to real
ize the area of the territory which
has been rendered a land of unrest by
the prolonged struggle between the
British and the Beers.
In .the Cape Colony II is stated the
open mileage OF the Cape government
railways Is about 1000 miles. with 800
miles under construction, and $50 miles
Of privately owned lines. In Natal
there are upward of 600 miles open, and
short extensions, totalling so miles, on
the north and south coasts, and be-
tween Dundee and Vryheid, under con-
struction. In the Transvaal Colony
there are 500 miles open to traffic and
zoe miles under construction, exclusive
OF the veereenisins- Rand line. The
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
Worlds National indebtedness.

|<HE North American Review
for August contains a very
Il interesting article by q. T.
Austin. chief Of the United
states bureau of statistics, upon the
worlds national Indebtedness.
He estimates the aggregate of this
Indebtedness. including S2,So9 900, oS6 for
countries not enumerated, at S3l,2ol,-
1924. which he says is probably ten
times as great as the worlds national
debts amounted TO at the beginning of
the Napoleonic wars.
The following table gives the ma
tional Indebtedness Of the countries
having debt of s5OOOoO,oOo or over:
rI.kA Irtn u
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

Another cherished institution has
been dashed To earth by a "soulless
corporation" The Lehigh Valley Rail-
road company has issued an order
which prohibits conversation in Penn
sylvania Dutch among its employees
while on duty. The explanation offered
is that a conductor recently gave a
command in that language which
nearly resulted in serious accident,
because the brakeman addressed did
not understand. The now order will
doubtless cause bitterness at Easton,
Allentown and Bethlehem and other
stations in that neighborhood. where
the ability to speak good English is
often sufficient cause for social ostra-
CiSm,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

attracts the attention of the
IL country by convincing argu-
ments in the papers setting
forth the merits of some new food
product calculated to furnish subsis-
tenCe for the starving thousands at
moderate cost, Only a few years ago
the leading dailies and weeklies, as
well as various scientific periodicals,
teemed with carefully prepared arti-
cles descriptive of the German carp, a
food fish that had recently been i'm
ported in the interest of hungry hui
manity. The carp is a fish that will
exist in any mud hole and farmers
about the country made haste to
scoop out carp ponds which We're
promptly stocked with the fry calcu-
lated TO become the chief food of the
future. Carp raising Was a success IN
one sense of the word and it did not
take long for the ugly looking mon
sters to develop TO the weight OF the
most glowing fish story catch. With
the first experiment in the frying pan,
however, it became evident that the
! carp would never be popular az food
except in cases of starvation, and the
I carp industry tagged rapidly. At this
period a carp pond Is almost unknown
, in this section.
! At the present time promoters OF
food for the millions are heralding the
virtues of another number for the
moor mans menu known as the Rel
gian hare, Hundreds about the coun-
try have gone into the business OF
raising Belgian hsres and fortunes
have been made by those who sell the
animals for breeding purposes at five
dollars a pair. Except in few instances
the merits of hare flesh as a food have
| not been tested save in certain brands
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

the fruittrer ia only perhaps forsshsdovine the
inevitable. I'VE are having q new coinage"
II says. I'VE might as well accept the situa.
tion-csll our sovereipns hve.dollsr pieces, our
shillines quarters our sixpences dimes and
our half.pennes cents"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

q CORRESPONDENT of the
~ Pittshurg Dispatch calls at
Il N tention to the peculiar course
Of the New York papers in
devotinC columns 10 descriptions Of
the suff@rings Of the Pittsburg steel
workers, while they have li,tle or
nothing 10 say regarding the evils that
exist AT home, The strike promoting
''yellow" journals. tho correspondent
says, seem 70 have completely forgot
ten the employees of the sweatshops in
the great metropolis. There are still
In New York city at least 10 600 gar
merit workers idle, poor fellows. who,
by working seven days week and
fifteen and sixteen hours a day in The
most miserable quarters, are able to
r1aEe about the same wages as the
cheapest lahorer about the steel mills
commands. In addition to these unfor-
tuhates another lot has Just been
thrown idle, Six thousand shirt waist.
skirt and cloak makers have left the
lofts where they worked and a general
strike has heen inauGurated. the de-
''Ni'' WINS l'I lllEl'i wakes, SnOlt
half 0f the number are girls, while the
remainder are men, some Of whom have
families to support. The girls claim
thAt. during the dull season, which is
now on, they are not able to make more
than 80 and 50 per week During the
busy season, when thsre is rlenty Of
work, they are able To earn 81 and s.
by the hardest kind of work The men
say that now they are making less
than II per day and that thcy never
make over IS per week, upon which
many of them are forced 10 keep their
families, No wonder the East Side
tenements are fun Of saunt, half
starved women and children.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

of canned chicken, which are anything
but delight to the epicurc.
It is to he hoped that the animal may
accomplish all that is predicted in the
way of supplying wholesome food at
moderate cost for those who are un-
able to daily enjoy the choice cuts
from the stalled OK, but many have
misgivings upon the subject. When a
sufficient supply of the little animals
have been set at liberty TO make the
business of the breeders no longer
profitable il Is believed that the Bel
gian hare will prove n nuisance in
stead of a blessing. Complaint already
is heard in California of the doings of
the specimens al large in that state
which threaten to get beyond the COM
trol of the fruit and vegetable raisers,
and before many seasons 1t is feared
that the Belgian hare. like the German
carp, will go on record as an expensive
humbug.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

White people in the South object to
the companionship Of tho negro At the
polls on election day. hut they seem TO
regard Il as an honor n have him take
part in a lynChing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
EDUCATIONAL CONTEST

The Trbune'S Educational Contest been open thirteen
still has three weeks plenty
yet for contestants demonstrated by
last of the winners only weeks
respectively
The eight special rewards offered young
women who the largest number of points
They required subscribers Tribune and
are credited with point for months subscription
cured, years subscription counting twelve points.
Two OF the winners will four scholarships
at $1,000 each for the work Of few weeks Why shouldn't
Of them be you?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

1t is now admitted that Prof. Santos
Dumont's machine will not seriously
interfere with the automobile business
this year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

The Philadelphia newspapers seem
to have considerable difficulty in agree
ing upon the position of Ex-Governor
Pattison,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

The announcement that ice is two
cents a pound in Alaska may have
been made for the purpose of persuad-
gion is not such a cool country after
q III
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

LynChings and burnings at the stake
are not tolerated in Chicago, but the
occasional chase after a Dowie elder
affords amusement for the crowd.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

It has been hinted that the voice of
Bryan's Commoner does not have the
ring of confidence that it did at the
start.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

1t begins to look al though the Beers
would stay in South Africa after Lord
Kitchener has been banished
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
THE FLAT RATE FOR ADVERTISING.
Tho following table shows the price per incn
each insertion, space to he used within one year

For cards NJ thanks. resolutions ~ cordolonce
and similar contributions in the nature " m.
ver'isine The Tribune makes a charge of cen's
line
Rates for CLASSIFIED Advertising furnished on
srphcafion
.-.--fs
SCRANTON, AUGUST 70, 1901.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

The Isthmus OF Panama is not a
very large strip Of land, but there
seems to be a patriot to every square
yard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

Historian Bob" Evans seems to
have had no better luck than Historian
Mdclay.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
Always Busy"
2 Always Busy Events

First-Our Fall styles
Of Celebrated Korrect
Shoes at $500. They are
displayed in our mems
window. They are for
the smart dresser who
wants to be just a little
ahead of the other fellow.
Second-The pla cling on
sale of every mans Rus
set Shoe in our store, low
and high cut, SO and 81
grades. They are dis
played In our mems win
dow. You can get A pair
of them; perhaps the best
shoe you ever wore. for 81.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

While all Of the Bryan talk is going
on many ~ our Democratic friends
are beginning to wonder what the sage
Of "yYolferts Roost" is thinking about
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
Binghamlon Private Training School

for nervous, Back ward and Deaf Mute Chill
dren. Manual Training, Physical Culture.
Needlework. Music, kindergarten, Artieula.
tion. Open year round. Circular. Prices
moderate. S. A. DooLITTLE,
81 Fairview Avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
HOTEL TERRACE.

Parlor Hotel. Accommodations unsurpassed.
Special SUMNER RATES to permanent guests,
Get them. Table Board. W. II. WHYTE.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12

Glvccrine used in such great quantities at
present. was for years waste product. MI
waste from fatty oils contains compounds NJ an
acid with glvcerne. The acid will combine with
an alkali. leaving the Clycerne in a watery
solution. from which il is collected by evarora.
ton and distillstion. Immense quantities Of this
reclaimed waste product are used in the making
Of explosives.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
The Belgian Hare.

VERY little while some one
attracts the attention of the
IL country by convincing argu-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-12
Where Real Misery Exists.

q CORRESPONDENT of the
~ PittshurG Dispatch calls at
Il n tention to the peculiar course
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-21
ATLANTA's BOLD FOOTBALLS.
Three Women Brutality Assaulted
and Robbed Yesterday.

ana hOOhtu
Atlanta. Ga, FEB. pa daring raid
by a brutal burglar, highway robbery
aud a mutderous assault by a footpad.
were abe thrilling episodes in which three
ladies figured this afternoon.
Mrs. G. W. McGaughy met a burglar
coming out of her house and he knocked
her down with brutal force, and made
his escape.
Miss Fannie Bailey was met by high
way robber and her pocketbook and ban
gle were torn off her arms.
A young lady stenographer was way
laid by another footpad in the very heart
of the city early in the evening and was
felled TO the ground with a heavy stick.
In all three cases the assaiiant was a
negro. and in each case the outlaw made
good his escape.
Cases of pocketbook' snatching have of
late been reported almost every night,
and recently the highwayme have grown
more bold and more brutal. and have
taken TO using force in order to secure
the booty they are after. Only a few
evenings ago, young lady. Miss Logan.
was struck down with a club by a negro
foctpad as she was in act of entering
her home at No. 49 East Ellis street, which
is in the very center of the thicky popu-
lated portion of the city.