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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
Our I.op.Sided Navy.


The salient note in Secretary Longs
first annual report upon the condition
of the navy, a synopsis of which ap-
pears elsewhere on this page, is en-
bodied in his advice to congress to
pause in its ardor for new battleshps
until there are trained seamen sufficient
10 nan them and enough docks to hold
them.-in other words, until naval de-
velopmcnt is evenly balanced. We
have, it seems, been rushing forward
the construction of ships without
proper heed to the dozen or more re-
Quisite accessories and now we dis
cover that ships alone do not make a
navy.
The matter of docks is a most i'm
portant one. yet heretofore it has been
almost entirely neglected. a modern
Warship has to be docked on an aver
age every six months. The dock
must be specially constructed, and
must be so situated as to be accessible
to a center of population, where work
men and supplies may be obtained
readily, and yet protected from attack
by sea. OF the three American docks
heretofore built for the accommodation
Of battleships one is too small the
second is torn up for repairs and the
third, in addition to being at the re-
motcst northwestern corner Of the
country much beyond the reach of the
Atlantic squadron, is at the mercy Of
the Canadians. Therefore we have to
send our warships to English docks,
which would involve a pretty state of
ahairs If by any mishap England and
the United States should have a tiff.
Secretary Long recommends the inn
mediate building of adequate new
docks or the Improvement OF existing
ones at Boston, New York. Norfolk,
Port Royal, New Orleans and Mare
Island, the cost of which, in total,
would not greatly exceed the cost of
one new battlcship. This, with the one
effective dock which we at present
have on Puget Sound. would give a
total of seven docks sufficient TO ac-
Commodate battleships. not to men
tion four others of smaller dimensions.
Contrasted with this, Great Britain
has Gil docks, 2S of which could ac-
Commodate flrst-class battleships.
Fourteen flrst-class battlcships can he
docked at one time in the two yards of
Chatham and Portsmouth alone,
France has 76 docks. 30 of which be-
longing to the government and to
private companies can accommodate
hattleships. Germany has 90 docks, .
OF which belong to private companies
and are capable of docking the largest
battleships.
In addition to new docks Secretary
Long thinks, that we need a material
Improvement of our naval repair shops.
In his judgment $4,000, 900 could be ex-
pended in this direction profitabIy. His
recommendations do not appeal to the
spread eagle instinct but they are emf
nently practical and timely.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
A Spanish Fake.

Great ado is made in certain quarters
because of the alleged discovery of A
gigantic scheme 10 bribe congress into
granting belligerency rights to the Gu
ban insurgents. The scheme really
consists of offers by the Cuban junta
TO sell to friends of Cuba at Washing
ton and elsewhere 6.per cent. gold
bonds of the Cuban republic at so
cents on the dollar, on the reasonable
representation that if Cuba gains her
independence these bonds will 20 to
par.
As matter Of fact, this offer has
been openly advertised in ali the mag-
aZlnes and in some of the leading daily
newspapers for months. There has
never been any attempt at secrecy in
The matter The conditions Of the pur-
chase of the bonds are plain. The bond
does not obligatc the republican gov
ernment of Cuba unit, six months af-
Ter the Sraniards evacuate the island.
The purchaser who buys with a specu-
lative intent does so with his eyes omen
to all the chances involved. The money
derived from such a sale Of bonds goes
into the Cuban treasury and is devoted
10 the purposes OF the war for liberia
tion. If that war succeeds, the bond
will have value; if it fails, the bond
Will constitute a pathetic souvenir.
1t is further charged by Spanish emis-
salics at Washington that a large free
distribution of these bonds has been
made by Cuban agents among mem-
hers Of congress in the hope that such
congressman, with an eye to increas-
ing the value of their bonds, will vote
for a belligerency resolution out Of
motives of cupidity. 1t is a case of ac-
cusation without proof, and the accu-
sation loses credibility the moment we
consider that the influences that make
II arc the same that, under Blanco and
Pando, row openly seek to conquer the
Cuban leaders by bribery. The cry
stop, thief pIOverbially suggests
that those who first raise II are them
selves not above suspicion; and the
news from Havana turns suspicion in
this case into certainty of Spain's own
suit.
Rut the absurdity of this bond story
so far as it affects congress lies in the
manifest fact that Cubas cause does
not need to buy championship in the
b United States. Public opinion is sym-
pathetic unsclfishly and spontaneous
IN
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
JUST ONCE.
Towanda Rcporter-Journal.

Towanda Rcporter-Journal.
The careful reader of daily newspapers
secures some chunks of information that
would surprise the elect themselves, as
witness the following from the Chicago
Times-llcrald: sam Knight. an au-
thority on bees, says: IF a stinging in
sect ever lights on you hold your breath
until you can brush it away. If you
don't breathe the insect can't sting. [
wouldn't mind walking into the biggest
yellow Jacket nest in the world | can
hold my breath for a minute, and in that
time | could kill most OF them and scare
the others away" We should like to
see Sam walk into n tcn-inch nest in
habited by adult Pennsylvania yellow
jackets, just once: and we predict that
he would hold his breath not longer than
one-siXtcenth of a second.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

1t is said that Minister de LONE had
sufficient influence with the officials OF
the Catholic University at Washington
on Thanksgiving Day to prevent ex-
Minister Taylor from delivering a lee
ture before that institution in criti-
cism of SPANS course in Cuba. For
the Universitys sake we trust that
this report is untrue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

Twenty-three prominent railroads
representing every section of the coun-
try in September earned 2421 per cent.
better net profits than in Sept. 1896:
and the figures for the quarter ended
Oct. l are nearly as good. On all the
trunk lines there is a substantial and
steady growth in gross earnings.
Business is improving all the time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
TWENTY PAGES
SCRANTON, NOVEMBER %, 1897.

The Tribune today comprises twenty
pages, eight Of which are given over
to an interesting exhibit of the indus
trial and commercial resources of this
city. See that you receive the complete
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
Comfort tables.

Ful! size Comfortables,
both sides fancy at csc, $3.50,
S2.25, S2.75, S3.25.
French Satine Down Quilts
at $3.9S; special price for this
week only.
Also a choice line of Silk
Comfortables.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

A certified report that General Max
imo Gomez had captured and hanged
a dozen or more of the Spanish bood-
lers now at work among the Cuban
insurgents would be welcome news.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

There can be no excuse for brutality
in army discipline, but the Lowering
case shows that where brutality is
proved the army itself is swift to con-
denim. There is consequently no need
for civilians to grow red in the face.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

Explorer Nansen, it is announced, has
declared a boycott on American recep-
tions. He will doubtless continue,
however, to accept American dollars.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
HEREDlTY.
From the Syracuse Post.

From the Syracuse Post.
Modern science has demonstrated no
proposition more clearly or COnvincingly
than the proposition that like bcgets
like. The principles of heredity have
been so thoroughly established that no
intelligent person can doubt them. Prof.
Peelman, of the University of Bonn, Ger
many, has contributed to the study of
this subject some very interesting OBJ
serVations as the result of practical in
vestigations. Prof. Peclman selected as
the special subject for his investigation
the descendants of a profligate woman
known as Frau Ada Jurke, who was
for sixty years a resident of the city of
Cologne and died there about a century
ago. This woman lived a life of vice
and crime and transmitted her traits to
several children. Her descendants num-
ber S3l persons. representing six genera
tionS of her posterity Prof. Peelman has
secured the biographies of 709 of these
descendants. He finds that 106 were of
illegitimate birth, l62 were professional
beggars. 81 of them died in almshouses,
ISL women lived lives of open shame. 76
were convicted and imprisoned for crime
and have been executed for murder.
That Is quite a record for the descendants
of one prohigate woman.
The economic side of the question is
brought out in Prof. Peelman's con-
Clusions as to the expense caused the
state by this family. He estimates tnat
it cost the public an average of Sl2 900
a year, or "a total of 81. 100000, to support
the paupers and punish the criminals
and protect society against their deprc
dationS during these 100 years. Here is
a fine field of study for the sociologists.
1t shows that from a financial standpoint
alone it is much better for society to re-
form its criminals, ii possible, rather
than let them propagate their vicious
species. If Frau Jurke had been properly
trained as a child and kept from evil as
sOciations she might have been honored
to this day by law abiding, respectable
descendants who had been the friends
and not the foes of society.
o
An effort will be made during the next
legislature TO revise the penal system
oil this state so as to give more attention
to the prevention of crime and the refor-
nation of criminals rather than to the
mere idea of punishment as a punitive
measure. 1t is a good deal better to save
a young man Of criminal tendencies and
send him back to society to be a useful
member of it than to treat him in prison
in a way that will make him return to
society as it's enemy, believing that every
mans hand is against him. Any system
of penology that fails to take into con-
sideration generations yet unborn is in
complete and inadequate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

& g 81
a child born on this day will not look
for election contests outside of the Sun
day papers.
The dignity of Snowman Al Reeves is
of the kind that should always be kept in
a thick glass case.
The boarding house Thanksgiving tur-
key joke made it's annual round of the
papers this year.
The chrysanthemum will now go out
with foot ball hair.
That nothing is made in vain is evil
dencod by the fact that some men in this
community are excellent woodChuck and
squirrel hunters.
Aiacchus' Advice.
DO not presume too much on short ac-
quaintanCe. The man who skates on thin
ice is liable to receive a very cold bath.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

urally. But If congress cannot secure
a reasonable modification of that law
the enactment of repeal will be its un-
aNnidahle duty.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

The fly in Sagasta's ointment is not
Gomez but Weyler. 1t is not at all
likely that the Sagasta ministry will
attain a peaceful old age.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

Sometimes these manifestations have
been rebuked, but not always as sharp
ly and as emphatically as the occasion
demanded. Cahenslvism, to be sure,
is pretty well stamped out, the Vati-
can having grown wise in its genera
tion; but there are other forms of the
same race dilemma not less in need of
salutary vigilance. The Americanlza-
tion of all would-be Americans and
the casting forth Of all who, being
with US, refuse stubbornly 10 become
of us. are duties which must be per-
formed If our country would escape
the peril which has overtaken the
unhappy land of the Hapsburgs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
Now for the Bargains

AT S19SChdren Cloth buto
AT 298-Ladies Seal Plush Cape silk lined
At 39S-Msses and Chldrens Refer Jackets $500.
At 49S-A magnificent line of Jackets
AT 6.0S-Ladies and Misses Jackets
At 79SLdies and Misses Jackets
AT 99S-Ladies and Misses Jackets and Capes that
AT l49S-adies and Misses Jackets
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

The Tribune desires to express it's
Indebtedness to Representative Con-
nell for valuable public documents re-
ceiVed through his courtesy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

Three New York life insurance COM
panies have announced an increase in
the premium rates to take effect after
Jan. next. The only effect of this
will be to give other companies more
business. The present rates are ample.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

Announcement is made in a Wash
ington dispatch to the Philadelphia
Press that If congress shall pass
bill repeating the civil service law
President Mckinley viii veto it. Nat
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

All accounts from Washington agree
that Hawaiian annexation is certain,
and few robust Americans will be
sorry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
FIN lie V s
BLANKETS and
COMFORTABIES.
For this week we quote the
following low prices:
Cotton Blankets.

1914 Columbia Blankets ............ soc
ia Silver Queen Blankets ...... 75c
la Gloriana Blankets ............ csc
la Arcadia Blankets .............$1 So
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
UNQUEsTIONABLY TRUE.

From the New York Sun.
The wisest policy for Spain is to seek
peace at once on the basis of Cuban nde-
pendehCe,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
Blame lit
To the Weather

Blame WILL cody
wearabl
i've merchandising short notice
We've made perfectly
for the remedy call pruners services into av
merchandising the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
Well Start with ClOaks

smile nerve see %
profits gmmerng they'll
stock of garments is reduced to its proportions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope dawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune AstroIoCer,

Astrolabe Cast. 4.O6 a. m, for Saturday
November q, 1897.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-03-11
His Friend Tommy the Newsboy.

Governor Leedy of Kansas has framed
letter which he received from a news
boy whom he befriended during the leg
islature of 1895, when he was a mem
Der of the state senate. One day he saw
number of boys running from the
depot to the capitol with papers. Tommy
Martin, years old, was unable to keep
up and as result he sold no papers.
Leedy called Tommy to one side and
gave him pass into the senate cham
Der. From that time ON Tommy did q
land Office business. A few days after
Leedy's nomination he received the fol
lowing communication from Tommy:
TOPEKA, Aug. q, 1s9G-Senator Leedy-I Just
jumped up and down when / herd you was
Nominated fer guvencr and hope you will git
lected. Wood hev wrote to you next day but
wus actin cash boy in stoar while tina Put
in mummy carriers. | am bizzy remember
the Pas you Civ me to The senat. Your News
Boy. Yours trule TOMMY MARTIN.
Governor Leedy took dinner at Tom
my's humble home the other day and APP
pointed him to be his page. Tommy is
very proud of his job and already has
whipped two boys for calling the gov
ernor Pop
Thousands of boys start ON the
downward road to ruin every year for
lack of attention., the governor said
Boys don receive enough encourage
ment. People don't put enough conf
dence in them. l treat boys as l treat
men, and l notice that they appreciate
it and profit by it. :"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-03-11
4UMUH OF THE HOUR.

"t.S most amusing and yet the most
tantalizing experience l ever hal, re-
marked one of a group Of wheellnen at
the clubhouse, happened one day last
summer when / was riding along the
Canadian shore. While going at pretty
lively clip came upon a man who was
laying the dust on the road with lawn
hose. He was looking the other way and
did not see me approaching. yelled ut
him once or twice, but he did not seem
to pay any attention. Nevertheless.
thought that he might turn suddenly
around and, seeing me coming, would
divert the stream Of water in the other
direction. Feeling cite sure ON this
point, rode on, but he neither heard
nor saw me coming, and in passing him
was unfortunate enough to get right
in the way of the stream of water, the
full force Of which L received in the side
of the head. This was enough to set me
mad, but when | thought of his stub
bornness in not paying any attention to
me l flew into a rage, dismounted and
went back to give him a piece of my
mind. After almost exhausting my vo-
cabulary of epithets III expressing my in
dignation, you can imagine my feelings
when one of crowd of small boys who
had been listening with quiet amuse-
ment shouted:
There's no use chewin de rag to
him; he deaf as a doornail. DE-
troit Free Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-03-11
The Game Of Alphabet.

The game Of alphabet is not bad
one to begin an evenings amusement
with, and seven or eight players can
draw round the fire and warm their toes,
while the first player calls out some let
ter of the alphabet, the next player adds
to this another letter, which, added to
that one, will form part of some word
he thinks of. The third player then adds
a letter under the same conditions, and
so on. In course of time some one has to
add the letter that completes a word,
and this last man is out of the game,
only, of course, as far as this turn goes,
the winner being the last left in, and
he starts the next word. For instance,
the first player may start off with G,
the second venture on III, the third /,
the fourth Nj, the fifth N, the sixth E,
the seventh is obliged to finish up with
a Y, unless he can think of any other
letter making a longer word. This being
the first letter that forms the whole in
to wcrd, he is out of the game If the
fourth player had said n instead of M,
he would have spelt Chin. He would
have been out, and the fifth player have
started another word. This game re-
quires just little thought, especially
after the first two or three letters G H
/, for instance, might have become chill
blain or Chimborazo or children.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-03-11
yellow Disowns Black.

The case Of George Farmer versus
George Farmer was tried the other aft
ernoon in the criminal superior court
before Judge Henry.
Both prosecutor and prisoner were
negroes. The prosecutor was a mulatto,
and the prisoner, "a young boy, was very
black
That man yonder what's prosecutin
me is my father, said the prisoner.
THAT boy is not my son, )" replied the
mulatto. Hes a burglar. He stole my
money; he did, sar. 30
He is my father "cried the prisoner
"He won't own me cause I'm black and
he's yellow. "
It's case of father against son, Z"
said Solicitor Hill as he addressed the
court. Your HONOR" he continued,
this is the first time have ever seen
this happen, l believe
THAT niger boy there is that yellow
mans boy" swore several of the wit
nesses. The mulatto would shake his
head, while the boy would nod approx
ingly. Thus the case proceeded until the
end came. Atlanta Constitution.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-03-11
Trapping the Rhinoceros.

In those parts Of South Africa where
the black rhinoceros makes its home the
animal is usually caught by means Of
game pits. That these pits are construct
ed with great skill will be evident from
the following experience that befell an
English traveller and sportsman. He was
passing over path covered with dry,
smooth grass, seemingly well trodden by
game, when the ground gave way sud-
denly, and he found himself supported
by his arms, but his feet dangling in
space. Fortunately he was accompanied
by gun bearers, who rescued him from
his uncomfortable position. This pit
was free from spikes and stakes, but the
skillful way in which it had been hid
den by the smooth, well trodden grass
showed that the natives were true art
lists at this class of work
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-03-11
The Ingenue In Fashion.

A contributor to the New York Trib-
une says: Fashions vary, not only in
garments and decorations, ebut even in
habits, tastes and ways of living, all of
which can be changed at will. Books,
figures of speech and common expires.
sions seem to follow the style of the
hour more or less. Blond hair is in
fashion, and, presto, one cannot help
noting how many more fair people than
dark ones are seen everywhere When
brunettes rage, the vast majority are
dark. just now the ingenue style has
its innings-candid infantine eyes and
curls and all that sort Of thing. The
matter of fact, hearty, unaffected man
ner of several years ago is being trans
formed into little ways" that seem af-
fected A walk in Fifth avenue on a
sunny afternoon will prove to any close
observer that there is distinctly fash
ionable expression, raised eyebrows,
tip tilted nose effect, rather pretty than
otherwise, prevailing. This expression
is borrowed from the pretty maidens of
Gibson's drawings-maidens who are
also, like the daughters of the gods,
"divinely tall and most divinely fair +"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-03-11
,Japauese Tea.

The Japanese in brewing their native
tea adopt different method from Chi
nese and East Indians. They do not in
fuse it with boiling water, but with
that which is only hot. Even then they
usually discard the first infusion as too
bitter to drink The finer the quality
Of japanese tea the less quantity of hot
water is used That ordinarily drunk i'll
Japan costs about 20 cents a pound.
The most expensive kind, called Vii,
costs about So a pound. The lower
classes use quality for which they pay
only few cents. This is composed of
what are called trimmings-the discard
ed leaves and stalks Of the tea plant
The japanese also use other decoctions
which pass under the general name of
tea. One is made by pouring hot water
ON orange peel and the seeds of the KAN
thoxylum; another an infusion of sailed
cherry blossoms or parched barley, or
roasted beans They have also what they
call "luck tea, which is partaken of in
every Japanese household on the last
day of their year. This is "a brew from
sailed plums, seaweed and the seeds of
the xanthoxyIum.-New York Sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-03-11
DAINTY PETTICOATs.

is of cambria. The fullness is held well
toward the back, but the petticoat itself
is ON band not ON yoke. The trim
ming consists of three ruffles of cambria,
each decorated with narrow torchon
edging Another, an alpaca petticoat,
is light mode i'll color and has as its
finish double quill of satin ribbon four
inches wide This is decorative and, in
addition, tends to hold the dress skirt
out. The fancy for trimming alpaca
petticoats with ribbon frills comes from
France and is 10 be commended. An
other alpaca skirt is white and has three
frills Of white ribbon, grosgrain being
selected for this purpose.
The wearer of white petticoats should
teach her laundress that only sugges-
ton of starch is required above the
knees, but that below them the skirt
must be well starched, and when good
housekeeper says well starched" she
means smoothly starched.