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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
SATURDAY, DEC. -.

Extras East--l Il. m, Carney; a. m,
Rogers; a. m, Randolph; 4.3O a, M,
Rowe; a. m, Hallet 3 Il. M, Mccarthy f:
1870 a. m, j. Gerrity; II noon. Burkhart
| y. m, Larkin; . p. m, NJ j. Hennigan;
1 p. m, Devlne; p m, Mosler
Summits-6 "A. m, F'rounfelker (WesD :
6 a. m. Carrlgg (easO; $50 a. m. Nich-
OILS (wesD; II a. M, Golden (wesn; 1.30
p. m, Thompson (easD; l,3O p. m, j. Hen
nigan (easO.
Pushers-29O a. m, c. Bartholomew
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Dee. 6.-Cattle-PeCeiptS 600
slow; good Ia prime steers, Sl.5Oa6.J0; poor
to medium, S}a5; stockers and feeders sd
4,5O; cows, $l.25ai6O; heifers $9u5.3j; can
ners, sl.26a2.iO; bulls, S2ai,40; calves, $Sa
Z; Texas fed steers. $3.l5a:i.
Hogs-Receipts today. l00o0: left over,
5000; 5alOc. higher; mixed and butchers,
SiaG.ij; good to choice heavy, SG,+jaG.Gi:
rough heavy, sGlOadd5; light, $5.S5aG,s0;
bulk of sales, ST. Loaf ~.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
Buffalo Stock Market.

East Buffalo. Dec @G.--Cattle--Rercipts
200: quiet Veals--Steady: tops, SSjOa9;
common to good. $55OaS.o5.
Ilogs-Recepts, l.,000; iu10c. higher; ac-
tive on light and slow on heavy; heavy;
SG.5OaG,55; mixed, 81. .i0a6.5O: Workers. and
pigs $6.3Oa6,lo; rouGhs, s5joa5.so; stays,
$4.50u5.
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts, $500; sheep,
lambs. S5.SOa5,95; cuis To good, S.,5a5.75;
yearlings, si.25ai.5O; ewes, export, si..5a
$50; sheep, top mixed, SS.5Oa3,75; culls TO
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
Special Reasons.

First-The railroads having Lacliawanna
equipment located same and placed ears
Tor loading home, thus minimizing their
expense for car hire.
Second-rhe manufacturing industries
located on our line We're forced, by rea-
son of the coal strike, to reduce very ma
tertally their output, requiring corre-
spondinely less material coming to us In
foreign cars for their use
Third-In previous years there was an
immense demand for foreign cars at our
Buffalo terminal in which to transfer coal
for movement via western lines, for which
there has been no demand up TO Decem-
ber l, this year.
per car of foreign cars on our rails Is 1.6
days, or q per cent, as per following
statement:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27

(westl: a. M, Widner (weSO; a. m,
Fnnerty (wesu; n. M, Houser (easp;
1li5 a. M, Moran (easD; p M, McDon-
nell (wesD: I.30 p. m, Murphy( easD; $50
p. m. w. IL. Bartholomew (easp.
Helpers--i a. m. Magovcrn; z a. M,
Gaffney; 10 Il. m, Secor; 5.l5 p. m, Stan
ton.
Extras West-Second 81, Lord; i3O II.
M. View with Lindsay's crew; a. m.
AIahon with Warfefs crew OIallstesdl;
II a. m, Peel; Il noon, John Gahasan
(dHalsteaD; p. m. katcham; p M,
Lane
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
Scranton Wholesale Market.

Corrected by II. q. Dale, 81 Laclla. Ave-
Flour-$ii0.
Buttel-Creamery e5isa2Gc,; dairy, 95a
e5iac.
CheeSe-l3lPal4c.
Eggs-Nearby, 30c.; storage 22c.
Marrow Beuns-Per bushel $50.
Onions-Per bushci, 75a9Oc.
potatocs-Gjc. pCr bushe
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
PAPER ON PER
DIEM SYSTEM
WAS READ BY M. B. CASEY, OF
THIS CITY.

He Is Superintendent Of the Car
Service Of the Lackawanna Rail-
road and Represented That Com
pany at the Recent Meeting of the
New York Railroad Club-Im-
provement in the Return of Cars
That Has Been Wrought by the
New Method Of Charges.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27

This shows a daily average number Of
Lackawanna cars on its own line for the
period mentioned in 1902 over and above
that of the corresponding period of the
year 1901 of 2.1T5 cars, equal to a daily
average increase of fourteen and One-fifth
per cent, thereby giving our company the
use of this increased equipment for the
handling of local business.
Another feature that Is strongly in evil
dencc is the fact that as the busy season
approaches the number of Lackawanna
cars on it's own lines decreases, clearly
Indicating that as the demand for equip
ment OH the lines having Lackawanna
cars increases this equipment Is delayed
more seriously, and. I might add, in a
legitimate way, for the reason that there
Is certain amount Of delay incident to
the placing and loading of cars which
would not be encountered by the same
cars If they were to be returned empty to
their owners.
Notwithstanding the fact that for the
period mentioned under per diem there
was a daily average of 2,775 less Lacka-
wanna cars on foreign lines as compared
with the same period in 1901, 7 find that
business from lines having Lackawanna
equipment has increased practically 20
per cent, demonstrating, to my mind,
that the per diem system has generally
impressed all concerned with the value
of equipment, and that by reason Of this
better appreciation of value the fewest
possible number OF foreign cars have been
ordered by the lines borrowing equipment
consistent with taking care of the traf-
fic offered properly and in the minimum
amount OF time.
Case of One Railroad.
Corroborative of this I now have in
mind one railroad that in previous years,
under the mileage settlement detained
Lackawanna equipment in lots of one
hundred or more cars an average OF up
wards of forty days per car This same
railroad this year orders equipment in
groups of five cars each, none of our cars
having us yet earned one days penalty
on that line. II the practice in vogue on
that line prior to the inauguration of per
diem Were still in effect. we would have
averaged penalty of ten days per car
OH all LackaWanna cars delivered them.
In reply to our urgent appeals and the
very strongest pressure we were able to
bring to bear on them for the return of
our cars. we We're continually advised
that business for these particular cars
would develop in Il few days, at which
time they would be Immediately placed
in service and returned to us. I know of
no reason for the change in method of
handling foreign equipment by that road
other than the operation of per diem.
With reference to the handling of for
eign cars on the Delaware Lackawanna
and Western railroad, your attention is
called to the statement below, showing
the daily average number OF foreign cars
on the I.ackawanna railroad during the
months of July, August, September. Octo-
Der and November, 1901. as compared with
this year:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
NThe Fatal Kiss. y

The Chester DE Vonde Stock company
will present 1.-The Fatal kiss ut the
Academy of Music this afternoon and
will clos, their engagement tonight with
"rhG Great Wide West"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27

From this YOU will see that the average
daily number OF foreign cars on the Lack
awanna railroad for the. same period In
1902 as against 1901 has decreased eO0l
cars. or about A per cent. This is due
to three special reasons. as follows:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
D., L. & w, BOARD FOR TODAY.
The following is the makeup OF the
D., l.. & W. board for today:

TKIUNll DEJt %,
Extras East-I30 u, m, j. Ginley; S3t
p. m, Fitzgerald; $50 p m, Bisbins 1913,
p. m, Mullen; l2 midnight, Loughney.
Extras West-ll u. m, II. Duffy Will
Walls crew,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
Oil Market.

oil City, Dee. 2d.--Credit balances, III
certificates, no sales; shipments, 1896!
barrels: average, 9O,0s2 barrels; runs, 49,,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
"San Toy" Today.

There are twenty-siX musical numbers
in San Toy which will be presented at
the Lyceum this afternoon and evening
by the Augustin Daily Musical Comedy
company and each of these numbers is
said to be a gem" the expression
goes The music Of San Toy was writ
len primarily by Sydney Jones with some
assistance from Lionel Monckton, while
the lyrics are by Harry Greenbank and
Adrian Ross, and the book by Edward
Morton. a plethora OF cooks it would
seem; "enough to spoil the broth would
naturally be said, but such has not been
the case as "Sun Toy has proven to be
one of the most successful OF all the Eng
lish musical comedies and enjoyed Won
derfully long ''runs' in London ana
New York
San Toy" is being given OH the road
in the same complete manner that char
acterized Its appearances at Daly'S both
as to costuming. scenic equipment and
excellence of cast. In fact the company
is practically the same as that seen in
the metropolis and in order that the per-
1ormancc may be absolutely perfect an
orchestra is carried by and is IL part of
the organization.
Matinee begins this afternoon at 9
O'Clock sharp and the evening perform
Hnce at O'Clock.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
Andrew Mack in His New Play.

At the Lyceum last night Andrew Mack
appeared in his new play, 1.-THE Bold
Soger Boy" Lieutenant Adair is the title
by which Mr.. Mack is known in the play,
although this is an alias. He had trouble
with his father in the 'old country and
came to America. and went west. He
feels that he killed IL gambler out there
and changes his name, enlists in the
United States army, and at the begin
ming of the play, he is on furlough at
Fort Wadsworth in New Norli harbor.
where he is the delight of all the ladies
and the strong support of the brother Of
ficers, while with the children he is a
vcritable find. He falls in love: the young
lady being an adopted daughter of dis
tant relative of his She differently. does
not seem to care for him, but he does
not give up his suit. One of his brother
officers in league with an cmissary of the
German government is trying to buy a
dynamite gun. and Alair fights all their
attempts. becomes involved in lot of
trouble through their Vaccinations, but
eventually illustrates all their attempts
and marries the girl of his heart!
1t is a story that docs not stick close
TO the probabilities and its development,
while novel at times, leaves a good deal
to be desired. Mr. Mack has been seen
to much better advantage in some of his
other plays. He was in good voice last
night and his "Lullaby," Little Tommy
Murphy and "Well Hurry to Church
and Be Married We're received with
great favor.
Miss Frances Ring was the graceful
young woman that Lieutenant Adair
made love to and Myron Calice and Hugh
Cameron were the villains that Adair had
TO foil. They all acquitted themselves most
creditably. Maggie Fielding did an Irish
character role eNccllenty. The three acts
of the drama are located at Fort Wads-
worth, Staten Island, and are well staged.
An audience that crowded the Lyceum to
he doors saw Mr.. Mack and his COM
pany.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
New York Grain and Produce Market

New York. Dec. 26.-Fiour--Flrm with
moderate trade. Wheat--Spot steady; No.
l2 red, Sic. elevator; No. > red. 797Sc {. o.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-27
STAGE NOTES.

\ new musical farce. entitled. "Sunny
Dim, is soon 10 go on tour under the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-30
Winter Killed Trees.

There is much complaint from ali Sec
tions that many trees have been winter
killed and correspondents ask why such
is the case. Inquiry discloses the fact
that there was q desrth of rain in the
sections from which the complaints
come and that the ground froze for q
considerable depth. Lack of moisture
in the soil may therefore be given as the
reason for the freezing of the tree roots
and the subsequent death of the tree.
This is one more argument In favor Of
the cover crop to follow the summer
cultivation. There is no question but
that the summer cultivation and the
cover crop during the winter assist
greatly In conserving the moisture In
the soil and for this reason alone, If one
has little faith in the humus idea, the
practice should be followed In small
orchards it frequently pays to apply q
heavy mulch around the trees In the
fall to conserve the moisture in the soil.
This plan is especially desirable for
young trees or for shrubs and vines,
particularly in cold sections Sioux
City Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-30
Food for Drv Gown.

1t has been advised in this depart
ment that pregnant cows be we'll fed,
but there is difference between we'll
fed and an over-fed COW. TIE mistake
is frequently made Of over.feeding COWS
that are pregnant and especially during
the weeks when they go dry. The result
is indigestion, often In most violent
form. In such cases the ration should
be reduced, avoiding any food that is at
all looeening, unless the animal is consti-
pated, in which case mix q small guam
tlty of raw linseed oil In mash made
of corn meal and bran for the morning
food; II the indigestion is bad give the
mash, without the linseed oil, at noon
and at night with plenty of good hay
for roughage. See that the animal has
plenty of exercise, out of doors If the
weather is pleasant, and plenty of clean,
pure water to drink, given before meals.
1t is not always easy to feed pregnant
animals advantageously, hence each
one should be watched closely and food
given that best agrees with each. This
is considerable trouble where much
stock is kept, but 1t pays to do it.-Sioux
City Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-30
PIcklNes FROM FICTION.

If silence is golden, discreet silence
Is away above rubies.-"Life on the
Stage"
Most men are inventive enough in
the matter of personal Qualifications =
Papa Bouchard."
The man In man can only be recog-
nized by the woman In u woman.-"By
the Higher Law"
1t is human nature to shrink from
confessing oneself wrong in ones an
ticipations.-"Lassie."
A girl is never too young to form
op'nions of her own sex-or to express
them.-.The Destiny of Doris.''
The world may doom you to plain
living, but only you can deny yourself
plain thinking.-"Deafne and Cheer
fulness."
Women love good men, but are inter
ested in men whose goodness Is more
or less impaired.--The Man From
Glengarry."
The power that prepared the high
ways of life seems to have arranged
that the fingerposts along the primrose
paths shall rarely point to the prom
ised land.-"Captain Bluitt."
Think not, as many say, there is but
one springtide of life, that it is but u
green and sappy youth which rushes to
q brief summer and all else Of life is
but winter, long and drear and gray
and lonely. Through all our life our
springtide Is renewed. Mistress
Brent"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-30

coghlan and schley.

The presidents nomination OF Cap.
tain Coghlan of the navy to be rear sd-
miral is not only an evidence of favor
itism; it is also convincing proof that
his action in the case of Admiral Schley
was inconsistent as well as unjuEt.
Captain Coghlan was reduced in rela-
tive rank many years ago for writing q
grossly offensive letter to the navy de-
partment. The action in his case was
approved by the then president and sec
retary of the navy.
To reverse this judgment now 1t is
necessary for Messrs. Roosevelt and
Long to discredit the action of their
predecessors exactly as they weakly
claimed they would have to do in the
Schley case If they meted out the sim
plest justice to that officer. In the
Coghlan case they are wholly reckless
of the record. In the Schley case they
take refuge behind the name of William
Mckinley and aver that reversal of
his opinion would be little less than
sacrilege.
The truth is, of course, that the big
five who run the navy department and
therefore the navy itself had reasons of
their own for Furnishing Schley and for
rewarding Coghlan. The president and
his secretary of the navy weakly yielded
to their influence in the one case Just as
they did in the other.-Chicago Chroni-
Gle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-30
Why He Hcsitnted.

The Brooklyn Citizen prints an expe-
rtence of man who Travelled all over
Europe and declares that he did not
meet but one person who hesitated
over the acceptance Of a fee:
l was wandering through an OLD
graveyard in an English town and had
stopped before stone which had not
been long in place. A man who must
have been following me stepped up and
said:
''Ah, sir, but she who lies here will
be missed for years to come! She was
for half lifetime the president Of the
charity board"
In an absentminded way 1 handed
him sixpence, said the traveller. He
received it, turned it over in his hand
in u hesitating way and finally STAN
mered:
"As she was my own wife. sir. and
rs 1 was here to plant flowers on her
grave, perhaps it would not be exactly
proper to accept fee."
replied thnt but for him might
never have known about her being
president Of the board, and he swal-
lowed his scruples and pocketed the
sixpence with one motion and with evil
dent satisfaction.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-30
supplied frequently, will free the chicks
from all danger of the diseases that lurk
in the water supply.-Mrs. Ella Hen
son, in New York Farmer.
BEN FRANKLIN's PURCHASE

An Old Electrical Machine Dating
Back to the Revolution.
Nearly every schoolboy Of genera
ton ago was familiar with the friction
al electricity machine, never of very
much practical value, but Of great in
terest to youthful minds on account of
the spark that could be made to pass
from condenser to youthful finger.
Nowadays the size of the spark has In
creased as the size Of the machine has
diminished, but an example Of the ear
lier type Is still preserved ut the Jeffer-
son physical laboratory at Harvard,
where an interesting collection Of an
tiquated pieces Of apparatus gives the
visitor to Cambridge an opportunity to
compare the earliest with the latest
methods of studying physics and as
tronomy.
This special piece, moreover, is par
ttcularly interesting in that 1t was orig
inally purchased for the college by
Benjamin Franklin when acting as
American commissioner to France dur
Ing the Revolutionary war. 1t is cum
bersome affair that would require a
horse and small wagon or whole
automobile to move, but the principle
on which 1t is based is the same as in
its modern successors. Aside from size
the most noticeable difference is in the
use Of glass globe about a foot in d.
ameter to produce the electricity by
friction instead Of the big circular glass
plate seen In later machines.
Despite its size and the big globe,
however which is supported on posts
resembling those of colonial four
poster bed-the old machine never ex-
ceeded spark two inches long and
was even proud of that modest per-
formance. How modest 1t really was
may be seen by comparison with a
modern machine in the next case, SO
much smaller than Franklin's that It
can be held in one hand, that produces
a spark of electricity of nearly seven
inches.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-30
Reciprocity.

In their national platform of 1896 the
republicans exhibited considerable tenn
per in re-afiirming the doctrine of reci-
procity, declaring 1--WE believe the repeal
of the reciprocity arrangements negoti
sted by the last republican sdministra-
tion was national calamity, and we
demand their renewal and extension,
etc" adding that protection and reci-
procity are twin measures of republican
policy and go hand in hand"
Tomorrow the senate committee on
foreign relations will report unanimous.
ly in favor of the indefinite postpone.
ment of all the reciprocity treaties nego-
tiated by commissioner Kasson. 1t is
said at Washington that "reciprocity is
dead beyond resurrection" The burial
is ordered for tomorrow. There are ten
pending treaties and every one Of them
must from this time on sleep the sleep
that knows no awakening. So soon is
the memory of the lamented Mckinley
forgotten. Only the day before that
fatal shot President Mckinley in q pub
lie speech advocated the establishment
of reciprocal trade relations with all the
world. 1t is known that Mr.. Mckinley
was an atdent supporter of the ten
treaties drafted by Kasson. Now Nc.
Kinley is ignored. The republican plat
form is ignored. At the dictstion of
the great manufacturing industries reci-
procity is laid in its little bed, there to
sleep forever and ever. Even on the
resurrection morn 1t will not come forth
because its creators declare it ais dead
beyond resurrection" They ought to
know. Adieu reciprocity. Clinton Age.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-30
Invites a Contrast.

j. Sterling Morton, in his Conserva-
tive, gives this picture of w. j. Bryan,
editor and owner of the Commoner:
We see q picture affecting in its Sim
plicity and pathos. A frugal farmer sits
in his cheap $50 chair, in his rude $1,000
barn, beside his poor $500 heifer, and
allows his gaze to wander through the
plain $40 window, across the crude $l7
per rod fence to the humble $4,000 cot
tage which will soon be ready to receive
his family and his small $500 store of
furniture. While Illuminating over the
failure of his recent 81, 100000 campaign
he hears the voice of his truly beloved
son drOning lesson from the dog cared
pages of his common 1915 grammar,
and, turning, sees him write the lesson
with his poor 25.cent sospstone pencil
across his regulation $1.75 slate, and
peering over his shoulder reads:
"Run, Ran, Ruin.
Z Barn, Barned, Barnacle."
This is the picture, and from the look
In the fathers eye there is every proba-
bility that 9 worn Sc. so slipper will soon
impinge upon pair of everyday trou-
sers (Which were purchased upon bar
gain day for exactly $787 in cold, beau
tiful, tangible, American silver(, with
out waiting for the aid or consent Of
any nation on earth.
AS piece of sarcasm this is good,
very good, but 1t fails OF the aim for
which it was intended and invites q
contrast that is not flattering to Mr..
Morton.
Mr.. Morton is an ex-cabinet official.
Before Bryan, as young and poor man
had astonished the state and nation by
his election to congress, Mr.. Morton
was wealthy and he became prominent
In politics. He represents one idea of
politics-the Cleveland idea-Brysn
represents another, the popular idea.
Morton has been fighting in the hope Of
maintaining himself in the position he
occupied. Bryan has been fighting 70,
the privilege of occupying higher posi-.
tions.
Morton will be forgotten. Bryan never
will be. Who knows where Morton
lives and where he publishes his paper
A few have the knowledge, but the
great majority would be unable to say
There are dozens of Conservatives il
the country, there is but one Commoner
Sterling's Conservative might be pub
lished In Omaha, Grand Island, Blair
Lincoln, or any other city of the state
for all the general public knows to thu
contrary. 1t is generally known thai
Bryan lives in Lincoln and publisher
his paper from that city. Bryan hal
gained wealth, and Morton has spen
money trying to keep him down ant
preserve his own former supremac!
among the democrats of the state
Bryan is as a branch of living tree
Morton is splinter on dead stump
Bryan bears leaves. Morton may in th
periods of his greatest verdure bea
fungus. Very few people in Nebrask
care what he says or thinks. They hsv
no pride in him. They would as lie
some other state would claim him as 1t
own. He is existing long after bis enc
Bryan is living long before his death
They are two, and they are very diffel
| ent-Cedar Rapids Gazette.