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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-30

DR.. Williams made professional
visit 10 Edmond yesterday.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-30

Attorney C. c. Holland was in okla.
homR City yesterday on land office
business
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-30

sheriff Cannon, OF Canadian county,
came over from FL Reno this after.
noon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-30
General Jamison is rapidly improv-

General Jamison is rapidly improv-
ing.
John Fields, Of saltwater, is at the
Royal.
Miss Ella olds is having a run Of old
time malaria fever
DR.. Williams made professional
visit 10 Edmond yesterday.
Attorney c. c. Holland was in Okla.
homs City yesterday on land office
business.
sheriff Cannon, OF Canadian county,
came over from FL Reno this after.
noon
Col Glszier and Prof Fields of the
Agricultural college came In from
Saltwater last night.
Land Inspector George d. Orner was
in Guthrie yesterday on business con-
nected with bis office
Col J. w Johnson. the cicer OF
Oklahoma City. is here On business be-
fore the supreme court.
Sheriff Rinehsrt will leave for
Texas tonight after mrn named Tay-
lor, who is wanted for enbezzlement.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18
NOTHING To REGRET.

FROM the New York Sun.
The Republicans in the city of New
York who clung with stcadfast loyalty to
their political principles and their party
rendered a service to the entire Republic
can party, which entities them to its un-
bounded honor and gratitude. In spite Of
troachery in their camp, which was all
the more odious because 1t sought to dis
guise itself with hypocritcal pretence,
10000 Republicans in the Greater New
York remained faithful to the last, fight
ing against great odds a battle for the
preservation of the Republican party
with a courage which never faltered. 1t
was a contest in which they were de-
feated by that treachery, so far as con-
Germs the election of their candidates, but
they won a victory for the integrity of
the Republican party, for which hereaf-
ter they will receive the need of praise
that is their due, though it be denied
them now by political shortsightedness
or phariseeism. Their party throughout
the Union can rely upon these 10000 New
York Republicans always They are n
solid phalanX, invihciblc in their loyalty
to their party. The unprincipled deser-
tion of men and newspapers, before trust
ed by them, only made this host of stall
wart Republicans the more determined in
their loyalty to their party flag. They
were assailed by the fire of enemies in the
front and in the rear, in cowardly am
bush and in the open field, but they did
not surrender; they fought to the last
and went down with their colors flying
proudly. If Republicans everywhere DO
not regard with pride this exhibition of
indomitable courage and Steadfast devo-
tion by their New York brethren the
manliness of the party has departed from
it and the day of its decadence has come
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18
The Evolution Of
Cuban War News

Sergeant. saluting lieutenant: "Sir, I
come to report that my detail surprised
an old man and two little boys digging
roots at the Mustaza plantation and shot
them. We found on the premises this old
muSket barrel and this handful of bird
shot Private Tiieras fell into n thorn
bush and scratched his legs very badly;
he asks for a little brandy to rub them
with"
Lieutenant to captain: "While recon-
noitering at the MustaZa plantation, |
surprised a large band of insurgents and
drove them off after a sharp fight. They
left three killed and all their arms and
ammunition. Private Tijeras was badly
cut by machetcS and would have been
killed had / not risked my life to rescue
him"
The captain reports to his colonel:
'Whilc advancing through the Mustaza
plantation, with my company, | came
upon heavy force of insurgents. They
made u desperate fight, but owing to my
Quickncss in securing the best position,
| have the pleasure to report them de-
featcd. My loss is only one man killed,
| while the enemy left upon the field eight
| dead, and abandoned six cases of rifles
| and ammunition"
An aide from the colonel salutes the
general in command of the division:
| Colonel ROnquidO reports to you, sir,
| that he encountered at the Mustaza
plantation a force of two thousand well
armed insurgents. Fearing that they
would escape before he could obtain re-
| Inducements, he Immediately attacked
| them, although greatly outnumbered,
| and after a stubborn fight routed them
| with the loss of only twenty men killed
| and wounded while the enemy left on the
| field seventy dead bodies and thirty
wounded, who have since died. He has
| the pleasure of reporting the capture of
| three hundred stands of arms and forty
| boxes of ammunition"
| The secretary of the captain general
reads this dispatch from the front: II
| have the honor to report to your excel
| lcnCy that learning of the presence of
| insurgents I'm force near the MustaZa
| plantation, | sent Colonel Ronquido with
| two regiments of my command to at
| tack them. BY strictly following out my
| detailed instructions he was enabled to
| inhict upon them n most demoralizing
| defeat. They were completely routed,
| leaving upon the field one hundred and
| seventy dead, and abandoning one rapid
| firing field gun, four hundred Reming-
| ton and Mauscr rifles and one hundred
| and fifty cases of ammunition. Colonel
| Ronquido's loss is twenty-five killed and
| wounded"
The captain general: This victory
completely pacihes that section. The
only fault of my brave officers is their
| modcsty and extreme fear of enlarginS
upon the exact truth in their reports; 70
counteract this, when you prepare my
| official report for the press you will en-
large all the details of this engagement,
except our losses, fifty per cent"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

ON Jan. 10 train of "a passengers
and freight cars drawn by six snow
traction locomotives is scheduled to
leave Fort WranEel, Alaska, headed for
Dawson city, 500 miles distant. and the
expectation is that it will complete this
initial trip in twelve days. After the
roadway is broken the trip is to h"
made i'm five days. This idea of haul
ing trains over ice and snow has been
worked out in the pineries of Northern
Michigan and the ALASKAN route is said
To present few greater difficulties An
oil motor is to he used, insurng great
power with little weight and bulk of
fuel: and it is the aim of the company
which has this experiment in charge to
open lines Of winter communication
traversing the whole of that allurinS
but ill-defned stretch of country
known as the Klondilte. These prom
ises are big; we await the perform
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18
One Touch OF Brave Nature.

This is an age Of peace societies and
arbitration treaties; an age when the
public is taught that soldering is a
profession not much better than high
way robbery and assassination. Yet
down deep in AnglO-SaXon nature there
is a chord which vibrates and a pulse
which beats with quickened fervor in
response to this short narrative Of
British bravery in far-offIndia, quoted
from a recent cable dispatch:
More details have rca ached London Of
the recapture Of Darai Ridge by the Cor
don Highlanders on oct. 70. They con-
trm the cabled accounts OF the splendid
courage of the Scottish troops, as they
struggled NJ, the steep ascent III the face
of fire from thousands of tribesmen
When the charge was ordered over 100
men had already fallen and The enemy
were shouting their defiance and waving
their battle flags or standards, and beat.
ing their drums, confident Of the impreg-
pability Of their position and certain of
their success. But the Gordon High
landers had yet to be reckoned with.
Rapidly forming his men, and after his
now historic speech, "Mcn of the Gordon
Highlanders; our general says that po-
stion must be taken at all costs. The
Gordon Highlandcrs will take it," Colonel
Matthias, the commander of the Highland
ers, dashed out at the head Of his gallant
regiment, and in a moment they were
across, carrying every one with them in
their onrush storming the ridge with a
resolution that was resistless and beating
Gown all opposition.
When Colonel Matthias gave the order
TO advance, he and his officers leaped in.
10 the open, and the pipcrs of the High.
landers followed, striking up Cock OF
the North" and with a shout the leading
company Of killed men was into the fir,
zone, A stream CT lead swept over
through, and past them, bullets churn,
ing up the dust which half hid the rush,
ing bodies. Piper Findlater blowing hi,
loudest and best, was among the first tC
show the way across that deadly strip OF
ground, and when, after traveTsing bat q
few yards, he was laid low by a shot
through both legs, he managed TO proI
himself up against a boWldGT and con
tinued with unabated energy 10 play
"Cock of the NCrth," animating his com
Tades by the familiar, stirring music o.
mis- beloved pipes. But the fire of IN,
enemy was most deadly, the leading lin,
melted away, ana Il seemed that the Cor
don Highlander would be annihilated
More men, however, sprang into the pas
sage and the leaders struggled across L
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18
Electricity and the Far mer.

Reports from the government agri-
cultural experiment station at AM
herst Mass, indicate that electricity
is soon to do for the farmer in way
as much as it has in late years done
for the pampered urbanite.
The idea that electric currents intro
duced beneath growing crops would
materially hasten growth and improve
quality and quantity has been for some
time a scientific belief; but only recent
ly has there been devised in this coun-
try practical means Of putting this
knowledge into use. An invention
called the geomagnetifere, successfully
tested at Amherst. has done the busi-
ness. 1t consists Of a pole, 80 feet high,
surmountcd by a crown of copper
spikes. These spikes collect the elec-
tricity roaming around at random in
the atmosphere, and it is conducted by
the pole into the ground, where wires
buried to a depth of or 6 feet distrib-
ute it throughout the area of the
farm. one pole suflices for several
acres and once installed, the plant en-
tails no operating expense.
a letter from Amherst says that a
plot of ground at the experiment sta
tiOn there has been experimental with
for several seasons now, and by the
use of the geomagnetifere the prOduc-
tion has been just doubled The elec-
trio light is also utilized for stimulat-
i,r 40 Of MA nd
eral effect has been to hasten the ma
turity of lettuce, spinach and similar
products. Radishes have been pro-
duced IS inches long by means of
electricity, and and 6 inches in dia-
meter, Entire crops in the forcing
plots of ground have been increased SO
and 60 per cent. Experiments upon
flowers have been equally satisfactory
Pansies were made to blossom i'm a
week and roses in ten days. The Colors
and fragrance of the various flowers
were greatly intensified. In short, ma
ture has by artince Of man been keyed
up to double duty without apparent
hurt to her vitality.
But the most important single result
was achieved with sugar beets The
sacCharine yield of these vegetables
was increased from IS to 80 per cent
and if the beet sugar industry shall
! ever become established in the United
| States this achievement alone will be
worth millions. Altogether, unless
| somebody is prevaricating, a new ere
| is dawning for the American farmer;
| one worth far more than government
| warehouses, fiat money, the initiative
and referendum, government owner.
| ship of railroads and all the other isms
and visions of modern political agrar.
| ianiSm.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

the cover. There then was a lull, and, as
one paper remarks, zone had time to SEQ
how cruel had been the slaughter" Then
with a second cheer, the mixed troops,
Highlaudcrs. DorsCtshires, Ghurkas, Der
byshircs and SikGhs, strcamcd across, and
the enemy seeing the barrier had been
swept away. left their loop holes and
rodk barricadcs and fled prccipitately
down the reverse slopes, without watt
iug for the line Of cold steel which was
then ncarlv on the crest of thc ridge
Piper Findlatcr has been recommended
for the Victoria Cross.
1t Is when comprehending the mag
nificent significance Of such practical,
unheraldcd heroism as this that the
American people temporarily drop their
conventional pique against their cous-
ins across the water and rejoice in
that kinship which makes them in a
certain sense blood CO. partners in the
Britons' glory.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18
LABOR AND THE MACHINE.
From the Hartford Courant.

From the Hartford COurant.
The sight of an operative standing or
sitting by the side of a machine, repeat
ing hour after hour and day after lay
some simple monotonous movement in
supplying its voracty for raw material
is one that eXcites the sympathy of n
philanthrOpist. Sometimes, as in the case
of John Ruskin, fierce anger is reused
that finds vent in eloquent invective
against the unoffending structure Of
brass and iron. 1t is apostrophised as
monster destroying the character and
paralyzing the capacity of human being
for emotion, narrowing his life to a dull
and deadening monotony reducing him to
slavery without the slaves privilege of
irresponsibility," in a word as a dis
christianizing and dehumanizing device
eating the manhood out of a man and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, NOVEMBER Is, 1891

A dispatch from Pottsville to the New
York Sun contains the statement rela-
tive to the Van Nalkenbcrg settlement
that Congressman Connell, of Scran-
ton, it has been repeatedly said and
never denied, was willing to liquidate
all Indebtedness on consideration of his
being made the next gubernatorial
candidate" This is the first time we
have heard such a thing said; it is
therefore a good time to characterize
the author Of the falsehood as a man
who doesn't even know how to tell a
plausible lie. What surprises us even
more than the appearance of this libelin
the Sun is it's reproduction in the
Scranton Times, without credit un-
dcrncath glaring headlines, and with
out attempt at verihCation. For shame,
Brother Lynett,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

ttS nv
1t will be apparent to a child born on
this day, especially male child, that the
girl who can make good biscuit and prop
erly iron a shirt bosom is of more real
value to the community than the one who
writes essays on iconophilism or itchy
opterygia.
The injudicious and untruthtul scribe
who attempted to add to Universal Srief
by melting a religious war between
Scranton and Wilkcs-Barre ought to be
condemned to read his own writings.
1t is stated that the relations between
prop" McNulty and Dick Gallagher are
rather cloudcd at present.
Tho political or ether friend who con-
stantly has visions of the bogie man Is
about as bad as an enemy.
Some Of the campaign liars have evi-
IDENTIFY lost sight of the fact that the
campaign is over.
Court House square benches have been
tagged
Scranton's crop of foot ball hair is un-
usually large this year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

II Germany's trade with the United
states Is shrinking because of our
growing home activity in manufacture
it Of course is very sad, for Germany.
But we don't see what the Kaiser can
do about IL
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

Tho CalbOndalc Leader accurately
bounds n conspicuous truth when 1t
SAYS: 1T is becoming more and more
evident that the day Of political meet
ings and campaign orators is passing
away. Hrass bands ana liberty poles
and banners are 70 longer the ncCes-
sarH ConComtants of n political cam
raign. Popular intelligence has reached
APPOINT whore something more substan-
tial is needed. The press more than
any other one thing eXcrts Il powerful
influence in moulding and directing
pul lie opinion, and in the quiet Of the
reading circle the minds of more men
are led to conviction on public meas
urcs than i'm all other ways combined
The recent campaign may be cited as
affoTding proof of these assertions. The
different meetings held i'm this county
were attended altogether 10y a smaller
number Of voters than is reached by
enc issue Of The Tribune. With no
disparagem 20 the brilliant speakers
who participated on the Democratic
side of the late local struggle we feel
sure that the Scranton Times, under
the effective direction of our esteemed
Co-workor, Mr.. Lynett, did more in one
days fusilladc of pert and singing cdi-
tOral squihs to make trouble for the
Republicans than all these orators did
i'm all their speeches from Carbondale
10 old Forge. We know this, because
while we DO not remember to have
heard one voter quote from a Demo-
cratic stump speech many voters dur
ing The campaign to our personal know
ledge cited arguments and speCilica-
lions made in the Times; and in every
hamlet in the county there was daily
interchange among neiEhbors of copies
of the Times and The Tribune, for the
purpose of following what each had to
say. In croditing effective work to the
Times we believe we may also say
without cgotism that The Tribune held
its own.
And yet it is a curious fact that while
campaign committees are usually eager
to spend money on stump speakers
whose effectiveness at best is tcmpOr-
AIRY and limited, they have never in this
county, Democrats or Republicans,
Eraspcd the fact that for practical re-
suits a dollar spent in extending the
circulation of the well-conducted party
newspaper is better than ten dollars
put into commonplace oratOry. The
newspaper carried into a new home
does not make but one appeal and then
disappear. 1t is a daily apostle Of good
government 1t conducts an inCessant
campaign Of education. Its persist
CnCc nine times in ten Compels ConVcr-
sion To its beliefs, ana the vote which
is made by it is not a vote that has to
be hauled To the polls; ii is a vote from
conviction that could hardly he kept
away from the polls by gatling gun,
Cur politicians should wake up; it is
70 bo feared that some Of them are be-
bind the times.
4. l..NH. t..g
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18
GOLDSMI1rHI'S o. BAZAAR.
OrigimatOrs and Promoters of
Friday Afternoon Bargain Sales.
The First One TO Take Place Friday

Inc First Ule 10 lake Place FRIDAY MeTnO0n November lqh.
We the pioneers of the Monday Bargain Day in this
valley and claim leadership of the Friday Afternoon
Bargain Sales We handle trash specially made for special
occasions but always take reliable merchandise and place
upon at bargain prices Cheap goods cheap
prices dear This being the first of these
saes have taken pains to count the quantities
stock of each article ADVERTISED that the public what
chances they taking coming early late because
single article will be held back from any willing purchaser
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

And so, Greater New York, with its
impending era of Tammanyism, sufiices
even in London to serve as an awful
example. The Seth Low vagary is
costing dear.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

The Wilkes-Barre Times springs a
Henry w. Palmer gubernatorial boom.
The eX-attorney general as q candi-
date for governor would enliven the
a nj
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

mctallism. But IL the real source of
the objection were located it probably
would not be distant many blocks from
Lombard street in London.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

Mr.. Croker doesn't want a Brooklyn
Tammany, in which opinion Brooklyn
doubtless concurs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

Announcement is made, evidently by
authority, that Senator Hanna has
seventy-flve votes absolutely pledged
for his reelection against a total of
seventy, putting all the remainder in
the ranks of the opposition. 1t is a
safe guess that this estimate will
understood the truth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18
All-Wool Blankets.
(Also Crib and Cradle sizes)-Borders-

Cur line of California and Elder
Down Blankets is always complete.
Robe and Wrapper Blankets (Rever-
sibIe), brocaded patterns for Ladies'
Wrappers, ,Gentlemen's Bath-Robes and
Smoking Jackets.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

BE@You that disappn anybody that
advertised but cannot guarantee them to last the full hour
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

1t is asserted under oath that the
twelve breweries comprehended within
the new Pennsylvania Central Brewing
company have earned during the last
three years on an average $59O,95O per
annum or almost $4,000 apiece, and
those years were not good business
years, either. There is evidently one
industry that pays.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

IL will hardly be contended that idle
ness and uselessness are not worse for
the character than employment, however
monotonous, or that increased produce
tion, with all its risks of unstable equi-
librium between feverish activity and
chilling inaction. is not blessing, though
its enforced adjustments lead to periods
of industrial distress. What men most
desire is a chance to work. and 1t is
better to look on the pale faced slave Of
the machine" as one to whom has been
given a chance he would not have had
were it not that the machine does most
of the work for him. 1t is more philan-
thropic to try to amelorate his lot than
to allow commiseraton to take the form
of vituperating the inevitable conditions
of modern industry. The most exalted
philanthropy cannot stop the course Of
mechanical invention, and should not
deny the profound benefits society re-
ceives from the use of labor-saving
tools
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-18

the womanhood out OF n woman, more
deadly to the soul than the prison or the
poor house.
without combating this view further
than to say that IL is an emotional one
mot necessarily unworthy of considera-
tion on that accounD, and based on no
careful comparisons of the same grade
or laborers as working on machines or in
employment calling for more varied eX-
crtion, we wish to call attention to one
feature of machine labor which Is usual
ly overlooked by those who condemn its
enocts on the laborer. If there were no
machines the great body Of those who
work them 1--WE refer. of course. to the
type of machines that require little in
teligence and no great cXertion of bodi-
~ strength In their manipulation) would
be idle. They lack the bodily vigor for
severe manual labor whore no intelli-
gence is exercised, like shovelng dirt or
breaking stone, or making trenches in
the streets for gas pipes. They lack the
adroitness and adaptability for varied
and light employments. The great ad-
vantage of the self-acting tool Is that 1t
renders available on production class
otherwise unemployed. Perfected tools
bring into play stratum of society
/ which without them is dead weight.
SO far is this true that since their in
PRODUCTION legislation against the en-
ployment of young children and legisla-
tion regulating the hours of labor has
been imperative. 1t is this utilizing un-
der proper restrictions the productive
capacity of n fraction of the population
which otherwise would remain unpro-
ductive, that gives the tool-uslnE nations
their great advantage in the commercial
struggle. All labor is rendered more ef-
fective and the volume of labor is in
creased.