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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-24

From present indications, 1t will require
all the men and money John Bull can con.
Veniently muster TO suppress that little
insurreotion in her majesty's Indian COL
onies. The tribesmen appear to be both
armed and determined. and a few more
successful engagements may possibly fan
the hight into n general outbreak
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-24

Mayor Harrison and the famous Cook
County Democratic Marching club. to the
number Of $50, will leave Chicago In q
special train OF Pullman palace cars next
Wednesday for New York and will make
the welkin ring with their oratory IN
favor. of the election Of Van wyck. Ali
Gotham. with Tammany as master Of
cereponies. Will give them more or less
Of a warm reception.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-24

Pennsylvania may be slow in some re-
spects, but nevertheless she trips to the
front with the first baseball fatality Of the
season
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-24

Fifteen young women ~ !
to the Klondike next sprls Z
view in a dime museum y !
street. Dawson City'a ~ Z
New Y0rk'e loss. l,s
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
Unnecessary Alarm.

In due time the public will no doubt
be favored with a reason for the sim
gular action of the government of
her gracious majesty, the queen of
Great Britain and Ireland and empress
of India, in first agreeing to particl-
pate in a conference called by the
United States for the purpose of devils
ing effective safeguards Tor the seal
fishing industry, and then suddenly
canceling this promise. To be sure, a
so-called reason is already current;
but in fact it is no reason at all; name-
ly, the explanation that Englands
withdrawal is because England objects
to the representation in the conference
of Russia and Japan. For If this were
Englands real reason for her threat
ened neglect of humanitarian and a
neighborly duty she could not, as she
has already done, consistently object
10 meet the United States in q separ-
ate conference.
For the enlightenment of any who
may be i-nCrant Of the main facts in
this matter we say In review that the
reckless slaughter of female seals,
principally by fishermen flying the
English flag has all but eXtermlnated
the seal herds In Berlng sea, where
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
BARNEY BARNATO'S MONEY.
From the Philadelphia Record.

There Is a line at which a mans estate
gets so large as not to be computable.
Its value is in constant fluctuation with
the rise and fall of rents and of securi-
ties. When very large it comprises many
investments the worth of which can only
be told by putting them on the market for
sale. This fact gives rise to endless eXag-
geration; for the human imagination loves
to dream of opulence on splendid scale
1t revels in Aladdns with magic lamps
that produce gems and palaces as re-
quired. If any one be bold enough to con-
lecture the size of a Gould, a Westminster
or a Barnato estate there is no one able
to contradict him. The owner himself
does not know what he is worth
When London was selling American Sc
curities. a few years ago, in order to in
vest the proceeds in the "Kaffirs,' as Bar
ney's enterprises We're called, he was said
TO be the richest man in the world and to
possess half-billion of money. This
probably never was true: and his sup
| posed wealth has shrunk immensely, now
| that ii has been probated at less than
| S5000,000. At that time he was floating
| scheme after scheme of South African
| ventures in gold and diamond mines, and
running a private bank, which afterward
went to pieces. His Kafflr shares bound
ed and rebounded as rapidly and violently
| as balloon, ard money-despising Eng
| lishmen-princes, dukes and merchants
| were wild to be in the scramble, in a way
| that recalled the days of John Law in
| Paris or the contemporaneous South Sea
| Bubble in London. Barnato was regard
| ed as the dispenser of fabulous fortunes,
| and the aristocratic Carlton club went out
| of its way to admit him to membership.
In South Africa, where he was better
known, the clubs would not reSeive him.
| o
Had Barnato sold out when the Kafrs
were sky-rocketing he could have made
| one of those incompatible fortunes. But
| the trouble is that such men cannot sell
| out. II they try to unload their holdings
| they prick the bubble. and their enter
prises collapse, Those involved with
| them, watching every move, rush to sell
also before the crash comes, and so pre-
cipitate the ruin. The $4,000 900 now to the
credit of his estate was probably all he
sould save from the stupendous wreck,
There are those who believe that Bar
nato's suicide was due to drink; but no
man could have carried on transactions
as vast as bis who was addicted to aico-
hol to such an extent as TO bring on de-
lirlum. More probable Is the theory of the
Daily Chronicle that, like Bret Harte's
hero, he handed In his checks because he
felt the game was up" This the probate
goes to prove.
There has beer no American Speculation
50 audacious and fiimsy as poor Barnato
The nearest approach TO him was the no.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
Concerning Our Streets.

We have recently heard some criti-
cism concerning the manner in which
the street cleaning department of
Scranton is conducted. While the de-
partment may not be up to the ideal,
it is evident that a large amount Of
the fault-tinding from certain quar-
ers is prompted by spite. Probably
no one will question the assertion that
the practice of sweeping the streets
on a windy day. without the use of a
sprinkler as a preliminary proceeding,
is q nuisance. But as to the matter
of keeping the streets clean it is prob
able that Mr.. Dunning makes the best
use of the money at his command.
In Buffalo there is one district which
takes in the business portion of the
city that contains fourteen miles of
paved streets. This represents the total
number of miles in Scranton outside
of Mulberry street. There they en-
ploy siXty-one men on full time, or
an average of 1-2 men to one mile.
Here the best the city street cleaning
department can do with the money at
hand is to employ twelve men full
time for the same number of miles,
or / 1-6 miles for each man to clean.
Here the work is heavier from the fact
that so many Of thelntersecting streets
are not paved and in wet weather the
mud is carried on the pave by the
wagons and also washed there by the
rain.
1t will thus be seen that Commits
siOner Dunning's force of white
wings" has much to contend with
that does not appear on the surface.
Provide Mr.. Dunning with the proper
appropriation and there is no doubt
that he will keep the streets clean
even of the mud that is thrown at him
by persons who failed in an effort to
control the patronage of his Office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
HAS MERELY BEGUN.

From the Times-Herald.
We can be thankful for this much
namely, that the Spanish government
seems to be turned in the right direction.
In compelling the ministry. indirectly at
least, to acknowledge the right of the
United States to be heard in this matter,
and in drawing from them the expression
of a desire to end the insurrection in some
other way than by utterly destroying
Cuba, the presidents policy has been ex-
tremely successful thus far But Mr.. Nc
Kinley has only ente&ad upon the first
part of his task. The most difficult part
remains to be mastered.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
PAINLESS DENTISTRY.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
"Hang that dentist" shrieked the man
with the swollen jaw, as he rushed into
the street and the arms of an acquaint-
ance.
What for?" inquired the friend.
"What has he done?"
Done? The big idiot advertises to
pull teeth without painH
"And doesn't he?'
Doesn't he? oh, yes, yes! i don't
suppose it hurts him a bit"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
BY THE BARS,

(The following verses may be read either
forward or backward without altering
the sense).
The stars were all alght,
The moon was overhead;
named her queen of night,
AS she my footsteps led.
So wondrous fair was she,
] asked her to be mine,
As she glanced up at me
l thrilled with love divine
II.
Beside the meadow bars,
AS we STOOD lingering there,
Her eyes were like the stars,
In radiance wondrous fair
You're all the world to me"
She murmured, sweet and shy,
A thrill OF ecstacy
felt at her reply.
Love led us all the way,
AS we turned home again;
Our hearts were light and gay.
The world was blissful then.
Though shadows crossed the sky,
No gloom our hearts could know,
True bliss Is ever nigh
When hearts are blended so.
Arthur Lewis Tubbs, In Philadelphia
Bulletin-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

Tradesman. ~ new industrial enter
prises have been established. There is
reason to believe that the South, de-
spite its own conservatism and preju-
dices. is being forced by destiny to-
ward new era.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.


state.
State Treasurar-J. 5. BEACON, Of
WestmoreIard.
Auditor General-LEVI G. MCAULEY,
of Chester.
County.
Sheriff-CLARENCE Il. PRYOR, OF
Scranton.
District Attorney-JOHN r. JONES, of
Blakely.
Prothonotary JOHN COPELAND, OF
Carbondale.
Treasurer-W. s. LANGSTAFF, OF Scran-
ton
Clerk of the Courts-THOMAS p. DAN
1ELS, of Scranton.
Recorder - CHARLES HUESTER, OF
Scranton.
Eegister-WILLIAM K. BECK, of Mos
COW.
Jury Commissioner - CHARLES WIG
GINS, of Scranton.
Election day, November ..
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astroioger.
Astrolabe Cast: 1.43 a. m, Tor Monday
October H. 1877.

october II, 1877.
- @ S6
A child born on this day will notice that
the yelp of the small critic generally
sounds the loudest in a Sunday newspa-
per.
The unsuccessful man is usually willing
to attribute everything to luck and
chance, while those who succeed of course
owe prosperity to their own efforts.
The self-made man often mars his own
work when near the finish.
Cabman Jim Ruddy ought to be fined as
much as three dollars.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Shun the individual who is always ex-
pectng evil or you may unconsciously
become dyspeptic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

Russia Japan, England and the United
States, but chiefly the United States.
have vested interests. The chief part
of the mischief has been traced to
John Bulls door, and he has been no.
tifed of 1t and has repeatedly promised
to do b tier; but the promised amend
ment of his ways has not appeared
and now the United States proposes to
stand no further nonsense. The con-
ference of interested powers was call
ed for the honest purpose of devising
new means to protect the seals from
Illicit determination and thus to save
valuable interests from ruin. If Eng
land will not join, the thing to do OBJ"
viously Is to so ahead without her.
If Russia, Japar and the United States
can agree on a programme England
will be quite likely to observe it also.
If she should not, case of interna-
tioral larceny will be established, for
punishment as circumstances may die
tate.
We note as recent outgrowth of this
long continued but once more acute
controversy marked ulSDoSllloit VII
the part of the newspapers of Great
Britain to sputter and look ferocious;
also a converse inclination of proper
tiorate dimensions among certain
American journals to exhibit uneasi-
moss over the matter. Once more aris-
es the cry for an arbitration treaty,
not so much on its broad merits as be-
cause of this special fancied menace.
Sane opinon in this country will not
fall into either of these extreme views
1t will rest serene in the confidence
that American enterprise and valor
are adequate for any emergency ana
that England, with all her pride of ar
mament and dominion, is the last pow
er on earth likely ever to solicit new
taste of Yankee belligerency.
-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

With s6,OOO,OOO of gold now on its way
to this country from Europe anu
twenty millions more expected to
clnIe ere snow flies, some of Mr..
Bryan's last years prophecies stand in
need Of radical revision. What a
school experience is!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

We wonder if the Scranton Times
really thinks it deceives anybody by
the semi-annual howl II makes about
alleged Republican corruption con-
trasted with a local Democracy ar
rayed in spotless white. Fitzsim-
mons & Co. evidently need only a few
more certificates of good character
from the Bryan organ to warrant them
in donning halos and wings.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
A MORAL VICTORY.

From the Philadelphia Press.
1t is satisfactory to note that President
McKinley's policy has forced General
Wtylers IecaN under circumstances
which make his removal a moral victory
for the United States.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

The best answer to the assertion that
Pryor is not the peoples choice is con-
tanned in the election returns of three
years ago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

Can It be that the candidacy of Gen.
eral Tracy in New York was under
taken too late?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

The climax of righteousness would
certainly be reached IL Washington,
the capital city of a supposedly free
hdtion, should adopt a curfew ordi-
nance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
Fer Clerk of the Courts

The candidacy offered on the Re-
publican ticket for the clerkship of the
courts is an especially attractive one
to all voters who believe that merit
should be rewarded
For a number of years Thomas p.
Daniels. better known to his host Cf
friends as Tommy Daniels has served
as Il clerk and deputy in the office which
h. row asuircs to manage, and by his
constant fidelity to duty and his
never failing courtesy he has greatly
rCpu arized himself among the tax
PAYERS who frequent that portion of
the court house. There is not a man IN
the county who can say aught against
Mir. Daniels fitness nor is there one
who can recall an occasion when Mr..
Bariels did not respond promptly ami
cheer fully to the proper demands OF
ratlons of the office. Modest. ara
quiet in his methods. Mr.. Daniels as
deputy clerk of the courts has been
true &c steel, and has fairly earnei
a rromotion.
In his nomination the Repur ilCan
party not only recognizes high person
al merit but ii pays compliment to
tho large and active body of young
Republicans on the West Side ana
elsewhere who are bringing into Re
lublcGnism's ranks enthusiasm, en-
crey and the spirit of progress. AS
one of these Mr.. Daniels has deserved
well at the hands of every citizen
OwninE allegiance 10 Republican prin-
ciilcs and his assured election ought
to be made practically unanimous.
The sensible citizen will not be al
lured from duty next month by fake
reformers whose chief purpose is to
capture notoriety if not office. He will
decide to do his reforming inside party
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

In the past three months In the
Southern states, according to good
southern authority. the Chattanooga
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

1t is clear from the American stand
point that the proposed substitution in
Cuba of coaxing for numbering is sug-
gested somewhat late-too late, one
would think, save to reflect new shame
on Spain's policy heretofore.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
SPECIAL SALE
Dinner : Sets
TO CLOSE OUT ODD PATTERNS.

One ll2-piece Royal Blue English
Porcelain, worth $1,000; sale price '.SlS w
One l12-picce Brown Printed UNDER
glaze, worth $l2.0O; sale price ..'''' W
One S5-piece American China Brown,
Border Pattern, full gold lined ana
gold illumination, worth 5000; sale
price .......................... 10 W
Seven 115-piece Brown and Blue eng
lish Prints, clean, nice White Gran
ite, worth $500; sale price ......'... y "
One 1l5-pece Gold Band set, worth
$1,000; sale price ...........,..,......' II W
Six 100 and ll2-piece Pretty Hand
painted filed in Patterns (Pink)
English Porcelain, worth $ll'OO ana
$500; sale price ...,.........s9,OO and 10 90
DO NOT MISS the opportunity II you
need dinner set.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

torious "Jim" Fisk; and his end was still
more wretched. We have had bold specu-
lators who came and went like meteois;
but they operated in corners. We have
had rogucs; but they got into the courts
Barnato invented 'i,licit diamond buy
ing" and escaped breaking stone at Cape
town. He issued worthless stocks, ana
persuaded cofoneted men and women to
buy them. Those who knew him best
while praising his invention, boldness and
unassuming liberality, say that all per-
sons, even to his own kin, interested him
only for what he could make out of them,
and that he was not known to have affec-
tion. Yet he enriched his brothers-al-
though, II Is said, 1t was because he found
them serviceable.
What Is the moral of this drama? Has
1t moral at all, or an immoral? Did ne
succeed? From ghetto to a kindred
raised to aflluence and an estate of $1,000
600, even with suicide thrown in, is as al
Turing to some natures as death from
bullet on a field of battle. There are thou
sands ready to risk either.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11
FIN lie V s
FOR FINE
Dress
Goods

Has always been pro-
verbal, and our constant
ly growing trade ON lower
and medium priced goods
only tends to show that
we are also to the front
ON this line of goods, as
we'll
To demonstrate this
fact more fully than ever,
we have placed ON sale for
the next TEN DAYS,
Three Great Specialties,
that are we'll worth the
attention and scrutiny of
the closest buyers--as we
guarantee them the best
values i'm NEW GOODS
offered this season
/, is a line of Mixed Chew
lots, strictly wool and
am All cloth for general
wear. This week, Sl.0S
a Dress Pattern
,, choice lime of jacquard
and Camel's I'll a / r
effects. Am imported
cloth and shown only i'm
the newest color-com-
binations. This week,
So. a Dress Pattern
3, a lime of high class
"Crepon" effect. "Nov-
city" Suitings, also i'm
the latest Color-Combi-
nations. Looks equal to
goods at more than
double the price. This
week, $4.S5 a Dress
Pattern
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-11

1t is noticed that Attorney Duggan
and his Dunmore friends are not yet
perspiring in behalf of Schadt and
Horn.
The record-union., 1897-05-16
Grants Opinion of Butler.

General Horace Porter, in his Cam
paigning With Grant" in the Cen
fury" says: AS a commander General
Butler had not been General Grant s
choice. The General in Chief. when he
assumed command of the armies. found
Butler in charge of the Department of
Virginia and North Carolina, and util-
lied him to the best advantage posi-
BILE. He had always found him sub
ordinate, prompt to obey orders, pos
SeSSed of great mental activity, and
clear in his conception of the instruc-
tons given him. He was a good adj
ministrative officer, though often given
TO severe and unusual methods in en-
forcing discipline, and in dealing with
the dissatisfied element of the popula-
ton living within his department.; yet
he did not possess the elements neceS-
sary to make an efficient officer in the
field AS he was inexperienced in fight
ing battles, Grant felt reluctant TO give
him charge of any important military
movement. One embarrassment was
that he was the senior officer in rank
in Virginia, and if General Grant
should be called away temporarily
Butler would be in supreme command
Of the operations against Pittsburg.
The General struggled along under this
embarrassment by keeping matters un-
der his own direction when Butler s
forces We're employed in actual bat
tie, and by sending an experienced
corps commander to handle the troops
in the immediate presence of the en-
ernV
The record-union., 1897-05-16
An EaSV Job.

A soldier who had lost a leg was Civ
en- a position by Governor Rusk. He
had been used to doing hard work
There was not a great deal to be done
in the place he was assigned to, and
he thumped his way into the presence
of Governor Rusk and entered COM
plant that he didn't have enough tC
keep him busy. Without smiling. the
Governor said to his visitor:
80 you want more to do, do your"
Yes, sir, I would like enough to keeI
me out of mischief"
Maybe you would like to go back tC
the farm and resume your old duties.
No, Governor, I can't earn enough
there to pay all expenses; l like the
salary here but l would like more tC
do"
well, see you are dissatisfied"
By this time the soldier concluded
where it was likely to be cut off, be
came alarmed and stammered an apol
ogy.
DO you know Baker and where the
committee room is that he has charge
off"
Yes, SIR
We'll, do you know what Baker ha:
to do?"
Yes, sir; was up there yesterday
and he told me he didn't have nothing
to do"
We'll sir, you go upstairs and hell
Baker do his work. "-Exchange.
The record-union., 1897-05-16

high-priced men and engineers and
modern road builders have anything to
do with it, That they, the citizens
along the road. know how to build a
road and can turn out and do it as
well and cheaper than these fancy
road builders
Fortunately, there are only very few
who have taken so selfish and narrow
a view of the matter. Only few VINO
fancy that a model road can be built
without availing of the experience OF
all the States in such work; without
knowledge of essentials in model
road; without practical application OF
engineering skill in the establishing OF
grades and making provision for dram
age and for right methods Of bullolns
permanent road that may be conom-
| ically maintained. We say fortunately
only a few, since no model road VIII De
built and the State will accept no ro2d
constructed as these few imagine is TIE
proper way to do the work. Economy
eschews the very best procurable abllty
and highest skill. 1t is precisely such a
| spirit as that referred to, that the
Clarke road law cultivates, encourages
and invites to take management OF the
California road work.
The law has other Objectionable feat
ures. The town meeting" idea in II
may have been we'll intended. Properly
applied the town meeting system Is
wise. The Record Union" has fire.
quently advocated its application te
municipal systems and town govern
ment But it is wholly inapplicable te
road work and road systems. Both o.
| these call for facts, not theories; fol
the use of the human experience o.
ages, for the results of study, research
and physical examination. We VII
never have a road system nor economic
county road construction and mainten
ance by the 1uctuating orders and idea:
of town meetings and the hap ant
chance of unstable majorities at sucl
meetings.
The right thing for the Boards of Su
pervisors to do in this matter is to d'
nothing; refuse to fill vacancies; let tn
whole absurd thing lapse; decline Il
foist upon the counties a new lot of pc
litical road machinery with some fou
| thousand new officials, some of then
salaried and for not one of them
single qualification of evidence OF mt
ness provided by the Clarke law.
In this county the people do not wan
the thing to be put into operation
Their burdens are quite heavy enough
they have an excess of officials already
they are getting road management mt
fairly good shape, and so far as we cal
ascertain the better and prevalhns
opinion among farmers, country resi-
dents and business men is opposed t.
| the so-called system that the Clark
law proposes; a thing by the way, tina
no one dreamed would have Legislative
sanction. a bill that was rushed through
at a late hour, when it was though
that the impractical scheme had beef
abandoned. or at least nullified by othe
acts that had passed the same houses
and which it was hoped would receiV
! Executive sanction.