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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06
Ajacchus' Advice.
SHELLEY'S PROPHECY,

Was Shelley prophet as well as poet?
asks Z CORES pondont of an American pa
per. In THE Revolt of lslam," written
in 1877, he finds these verses:
'Thore is a people mighty In Its youth.
A land beyond the oceans of the west.
v here tho with rudest rites freedom
and truth
Are worshipped; from a glorious moth
er's breast.
Who, since high Athens fell among the
rest
Safe like the queen of nations, but in woe
Turns to her chainless child for succur
now,
And draws ,he milk of power In wisdoms
fullest flow.
"This land is like an eagle whose young
gaze
Feeds on the noontide beams, whose gol-
den plume
Floats moveless on the storm, and in the
blaze
OF sunrise CLEANS when earth is wrapt
in gloom;
Great people! As the sands shalt they
become.
Thy growth is swift as morn, when night
must fade,
The multitudinous earth shall sleep be-
meath thy shade.
NAY! start not at the name-Amerlea"
Canto XII, 22-S.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

ness of the gallant commander-in-chief
of the Spanish forces, Admiral Cervera'
- There were one or two Kisses in the
far corner of the gallery, and then cheer
ing began and spread all over the house.
1t rolled up and down, and the flags and
handkerchiefs came out, and the man who
had been calling for cheers tor Jacky
asked for three cheers for Admiral Ger
vera. They came with a roaring Ameri-
can good will, Mr.. Hobson joining in
them, as he had in that for the sailors
when" Lieutenant Hobson finally con-
tinued "the party was In prison, and
through the kindness of the admiral the
mems clothing was permitted 10 be
brought to them from the fleet, one of
the men, as spokesmen for the rest. was
allowed to come over to my cell with
package for me- lie said: We would do
1t over again tonight, SIR (Cheers.'
1.-THE next day. when it seemed uncer-
tain whether or not q remnant of the In
quisition was to be revived, when the en-
emy did not know whether 1t was his
fault or ours that a ship had Lecn sunk,
and rather inclined to the belief that he
had sunk an American battleshiD and
that We were the only survivors ont OF
several hundred. the mon were taken be-
fore the Spanish authorities and serious
and imperti1ent questions put to them.
Remember. they did not know what 1t
might cost them to refuse to answer,
Spanish soldiers of the guard standing
before them, making significant gestures
with their hands thus: (Mr. Hobson
passed his hand edgewise across his
throat our seamen laughed in their faces.
CCheersD Then n Spanish major ques-
toned Charette, because he spoke French,
and asked him this question:
What was your object in coming in
here? and so long as l live | shall never
forget the way Charette threw back his
shoulders, proudly lifted his head and
looked him in the eye as he said:
I'm the United States navy, sir, 1t is
not the custom for the seamen to know,
or TO desire to know, the object of an
action Of his superior officer
"Take this simple incident. and after
all. in comparison with the whole war,
n very simple incident, the sinking of the
Merrimac, and make your own deductions
as to the quality OF manhood in the Unit
ed States navy. You will have then a
more or less complete but certainly not
an oVerestimated idea of Jacky."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

General Ludlow, who had command
at Santiago Immediately next to the
Cuban allies, does not hold the con-
temptuous views of Garcia's men now
fashionable in some quarters. He says
in a letter to General Garcia: PER-
NIT me to say to you that your forces
have performed most notable service
and their work has been invaluable to
us, not only in scouting and procuring
Information, but in the vital matter of
the construction of trenches and de-
fenses for the investment of the city.
Your people have accomplished an i'm
mense amount of this work with all
most no appliances whatever, and have
cheerfully surrendered the use of them
to our own troops when the continual
ton of the investment rendered II nee
essary to move our regiments forward
to the right. I make this statement,
general, personally and not officially,
because I am but a subordinate COM
mander, but do so for the reason that
have been more closely in touch with
your forces and have had better occa-
sion to observe their work and the
value of their cooperation than per-
haps any other" Give even the de-
spised Cubans fair play.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06
The Public Not to Be Deceived.

The newspaper talk about President
Mckinley being so indignant with the
generals at Santiago who signed that
joint protest that he proposes to court
martial every one Of them is manifest
ly the veriest bosh, as is also the asser-
tion that Shafter is to be punished for
permitting this protest to reach the
public eye. II is conceivable that the
Santiago campaign may necessitate
court martial or its equivalent in the
form OF a searching investigation of
the causes of it's now notorious and
Iinexcusable mismanagement; but the
fault does not consist in the act of
taking effective steps to save the army
5 from utter humiliation by disease. If
the initiative taken by Colonel Roose-
welt in causing knowledge of the
army's peril TO reach the people who
{ will see that the army is promptly res
cued was in contempt of ordinary
usage it was none the less an exhibi-
stion of splendid bravery for which he
, will be held high in popular respect
and admiration long after his petty
+. detractors in the war department shall
have become an unpleasant recollection
merely.
Nor will his disparagng alusion to
the volunteers, made in a private let
ter which the secretary of war pub
licly utilized with obvious vindictive-
ness, break the force of his other COM
munication respecting the debilitated
condition of Skaters army Of occu-
patton. 1t is no reply to Colonel Roose-
velt's reference to the archaic equip
ment of the volunteers TO inform him
that he ought to be glad his own COM
mand was better equipped. The Uni
ted States is not so poor that it has
needlessly to imperil the lives Of it's
brave defenders by sending any part
of its army or navy into action with
inferior equipment, and the secretary
of war advertises his own delinquency
when he confesses in an Official dis
patch that the Rough Riders at San
tiago were better supplied with more
modern arms than the raw state troops
who formed part of the firing line. We
do not believe that Colonel Roosevelt
had in mind disparagement of the vol
unteers as individuals; the whole
tenor of his letter shows that he wrote
with eye directed solely to the inferior
condition OF their equipment; and,
surely, it ought not to be deemed a
crime for an officer in the field to point
out remediable weaknesses in the
equipping of men intrusted with the
perilous work of invading a we'll
equipped enemy's territory.
If/there has been wrong doing in
this matter II is not in the convey
ance TO the public of necessary infor-
nation. We are not living in a STAR
chamber age nor under form of gov
ernment where the people who fur
nish the soldiers and sinews of war
have no hope to know how their con-
tributions are being used. Remarkable
patience and self-restraint character
ICED public opinion while Skaters
men at Santiago stood before an un-
conquered enemy; but now that the
flag of Spain is down and the Ameri-
can flag is up the American people
propose to resume their constitutional
right Of scrutiny and comment. II the
secretary OF war has done his best he
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06
The Moral Aspect.

The Washington STAR after careful
study OF the Philippine situation in the
following very sensible conclusion:
whether the United States withdraws
from the Philippines and turns them
over to the natives or to European
powers, or whether it retains and occu-
pies them in their entirety for colonial
purposes or fractionally for strategic.
naval and commercial purposes. the
decision should be based solely upon
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

The reported abandonment or the
proposed military junket to Porto Rico
indicates that saner counsel is at last
prevailing at the war department. Just
why fifteen volunteer regiments who
are not needed by General Miles should
be sent as re-inforcements to an island
which is surrendering to the troops we
already have there as fast as these
can perform their triumphal onward
march is a mystery not yet explained.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

One of the speakers at the Hobson
meeting in New York on Thursday
night was Minister Woodford, who
concluded his remarks thus: IT may
has gone 1t must stay; but l may say.
and I believe 1t my duty to say, that
where the flag has gone, in the name
of the nation, in the name of liberty,
Of justice and humanity, the flag of
Spain must come down throughout this
broad world Of ours" There is no
American dissent,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

Mrs. George Nathaniel Curzon, an
American girl and wife of the new
viceroy OF India, when her reign at
Calcutta begins. 1t Is said, will be sec>
ond only to Queen Victoria as a per-
son of importance. This is one of the
results of the proposed Anglo-Ameri-
can alliance, and Mr. Curzon owes his
appointment to the fact that he mar-
ried a Chicago girl. Sixty-eight page
editions of the Chicago dailies bearing
upon the subject may be expected.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

need not fear that ultimate injustice
will be his reward: but any more ef-
forts to play the role Of injured dig
nifty in the face of crisis demanding
instant action instead will inevitably
give substance to suspicious far from
complimentary to his usefulness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

The aftermath of the war will be not
only these new records of valorous deeds,
of life given to the cause of humanity,
Of sublime sclf-sa crinCe in camp and field,
OF our young men inspired to noblcr
heights of thought and deed by their new
teacher, war, but ii will be also perceived
in the increased power. dignity an1
greatness of the nation. The powers OF
Europe that have so long patronZed toll
Grated or sneered at the just pretensions
of the United States have learned from
our war with Spain that this country is
one to be hereafter reckoncd with in all
international Questions which concern its
welfare or dignity. Europe, that would
have bullied our government, that jeered
at our army and navy has learned to he
respectful. if not deferential, and II re-
CARDS with as much consideration as sur
prise the exploits of our arms by land
and at sea. 1t is recognized that new
power has proclaimed its strength in this
New World, of which the Old World will
be wise to beware. There are no rumors OF
foreign intervention now, as there were
when the war began, of alien nations set
tling for US our quarrel with Spain. or
debating the terms of peace to us IS
France did in the Italian-Austrian con-
test, as England and Germany did In he
Russian-Turkish struggle and as the con-
cert of the powers did in the ptiable
conflict of Greece with Turkey. All Eu-
rope Is conciliating; stands on the other
side with hat in hand as the United
States passes from triumph to triumph.
The powers. either in concert or singly,
will not interfere between this country
and Spain; they will not make the mis-
take of attempting to dictate the terms
of peace. A giant has wakened i'm the
Western World with whom Europe feels
1t will be as well to be upon good terms;
the Old World has learned among other
things that the knowledge how to man
oeuvre great navies and how to aim great
guns is of rathr more Importance i'm time
of war than the largest navles or the
largest of guns in the hands of those who
lack that knowledge.
Costly as the war may prove to he,
there is still reason to believe that it will
not cost more than its aftermath of gains
will eventually amount to.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.

Governor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor-J. =. S. GOBLIN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs-JAMES w.
LATTA.
Judge of Superior Court-W. w. POR-
TER
C0ngre ssmen at Large 49, SAMUEL A.
DAVENPCRT, GALUS1A A. GROW.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

Porto Ricans, when told that island
revenues collected byus in excess OF the
cost of honest local government, would
be devoted to internal improvements,
nearly dropped dead. They are slated
for many more of such shocks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

Weyler is said to be the only Span
lard Of note who objects to peace. If
Weyler would trust himself within
speaking distance of General Skaters
troops it is believed his objections could
be overcome.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

A joint protectorate with Spain over
the Philippines, If it is contemplated,
will be of the kind which will make
Spain merely a nominal partner. If
Spain can stand that sort of a deal
We don't see why Uncle Sam should
skittishly recoil.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

The scheme of extracting gold from
sea water which has caused so much
excitement recently, is not new. Just
think of the beach hotels!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

The failure of the Peace Union
to purchase a return ticket for Miss
Jessie Schley may be an indication
that the Union enjoys more peace dur
ing Jessie's absence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

The strike inaugurated by Colonel
Roosevelt down at Santiago appears to
be the most successful on record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

Gustave Book, the cigar magnate,
has finally gained re-entrance into Ha-
vana; but he goes in wiser man,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06
AN ALLEGHENY OPINION.
10 Pittsburg Daily News.

From the Pittsburg Daily News.
As a matter OF fact there is no Demo-
crat in Lackawsnna who could hope TO
come within 5000 votes of beating Con-
gresham Connell.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06
TOLD BY THE STARS.

Peace intelligence continues'to come
over a long-distance wire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

Those to whom the envied chance was
given have shown the greatness of their
courage, the stalwartness of their man
hood, the strength of their love of coun-
try. The list of our dead heroes in the
war with Spain adds new and greater
lustre to the history of the nation; they
have proved again that they come II
the old heroic breeds, that the fires of
patriotism burned as fercely, in their
breasts as it did In the hearts of the
men of Lexington and Gettysburg.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.

otlldle.
Twentieth DIst.--JAMES c. VAUGHAN.
House.
First District-JOHN r. FARR
Fourth District-JOHN T.. REYNOLDS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

Aguinaldo wants TO know our inten-
tions. There are others who share his
curiosity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 1.47 a, m, for Saturday
Aug. G, 1898.

T. G. &
A child born on this day will be anx-
ious lest something besides clay pipes is
used at Lake Ariel today.
Mr.. Langstaf's attitude indicates that
the poor board matrimonial bureau also
has troubles of its own.
People who read war news now speak
of grape juice as Puerto wine.
Lieutenant Hobson Is in danger Of be-
coming a boy orator.
The rumble of the crash suit is srow-
ing more indistnct,
Ajacchus' Advice.
Always remember that demand creates
the supply. Tales of the busyDody and
slanderer would ever be harmless but fer
appreciative listeners.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06
War Has Been Well
Worth iii If Cost.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
II n n 0HATENER the cost of war,
lUhUI whether paid In life or money,
WVW or in both, 1t cannot be always
uu truthfully said that the coss,
however great, has been excess
sive; that for the losses incurred there
mas not been compensation or, at least,
reclamation. If on the one side there
Is the payment in blood and treasure,
on the other there Is the noble inspira-
tion and tho triumph of armed antago-
h'sm to organized wrong, cruelty and
oppression; there Is the sublime spec
tacle OF men defiantly challenging death
that patriotic idea, principle or cause
may live, and there are the multitudin-
Gus records of the heroic exploits of men
VINO in peace never felt their own
strength, never knew to what heights of
duty or nobility of purpose they could
rise. IL Is not so difficult to live without
reproach, with hcror even; more diff
hcult thing to do is TO die in the very mo-
ment of achieving ,some great ard valor-
Gus purpose. fought for in jealous devo-
tion to country or humanity. War is
sudden maker of not only splendid names,
but maker of noble men.
1t can scarcely be doubted that the war
or the United States with Spain will
have its compcrsations.. 1t unduestion-
ably will be a costly one. The countrys
unpreparedness after thirty years OF
peace and chaffcrng has helped to
make 1t so: 1t has ncCessitated the ex-
penditures of vast sims, the loss of
many precious lives. 1t may be fairly
questioned If in any war of recent times
IN which the numbers were so small so
many of those engaged were of such per-
sonal worth. The best. ablest, most bril-
liantly endowed, of our young men
rushed with magnificent daring and pa
triotic impulse into the army and navy
impatiently demanding that they should
be sent at once to the scenes of active
conflict. 1t was so with all sorts and
conditions of our young men. Corps regi-
ments and companies have had as rep
resentative comrades in arms men of all
degrees of fortune. the richest and the
poorest in purse, fighting and dying side
by side in the trenches or the ambuscaGe.
There was no compulsion put upon them
they volunteered to go from the unversi-
ties and colleges, from the loom, the saw,
the anvil, from the pic ugh, the desk, the
counter. In the ranks today there are
men from all the learned professions. of
trades and pursuits. They are all ,olun-
teers in the army or navy of the war Tor
humanity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-06

Costly as the war may prove to he,
there is still reason to believe that 1t will
not cost more than its aftermath of gains
will eventually amount to.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-08
SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING
LOTS.

Under and by virtue of decree of the Supe-
rior Court of Wake county, rendered at July
term, 1898, and decree of said court rendered
on the I'd day of November, 1893, in special pro-
deedings entitled K. Nice. Snow ct al, ex parte,
1 win on Tuesday, the 9Th day of December,
1898, at IL O'Clock, on the premises below men
toned, resell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, the following described real estate, viz:
Situate in Raleigh township, Wake county, N.
c., west of the city of Raleigh, adjoining the
lands of Mrs. Snow, Miss Adelaide Boylan and
others, and bounded as follows, viz: Beginning
at a point in the northwest corner of the lot
belonging to Mrs. Snow on Morgan street, ex-
tended, running thence westwardly along the
southern boundary lines of said Morgan street
Gao feet to point in the right-of-way of the
North Carolina Railroad Company, thence with
said right ofway south Ga deg. east 1873 feet to
stake in said right of-way, thence north deg.
east $50 feet to the beginning, containing about
five acres. Said land will be sold in lots of or
binary building size, a map of which can be
seen at the office of the undersigned Commits
siOner.
Terms of sales One-third cash, balance in
one and two years. time.
This 9th day of November 1893.
VIM. b. SNOW,
noy7-tds. Commissioner.
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HOT OR COLD
WET OR DRY .....
Our Business Goes on
Just the Same.

The buying public have long since
found that We keep the best OF every
thing and sell at reasonable prices.
Our ROLLER CHAMPION"
FLOUR made from winter wheat is
whitest. sweetest and strongest.
Our BUTTER FROM THE "HOLr
LOWAY" DAIRY cannot be surpassed
for richness and delicacy of flavor.
We have State reputation for fine
Coffee. Our best roast is composed of
Private Growth, Fancy Padang, Java
and Finest Mocha.
The immense sale of "HE-NO-TEA"
attests it's merit; as hot drink 1t Ia un-
surpassed, as an iced drink 1t haa no
rival.
The most celebrated cures of Hams,
including Smithfeld, Southampton, Fer
ris, Westphalia and other brands. We
have few cases large and small Hams
we are retailing for 10c a pound.
All kinds of foreign and domestic fruits
and vegetables in their season.
Special packing Of Bahama grated
Pineapple and Burnett's Extracts for
flavoring ice cream.
Van Houten's, Bakers and Huyler's
Cocoa and Chocolate. These are the best
goods manufactured.
Our four-year-old pure Apple Vinegar
will keep pickles in any climate.
Best imported Olive Oil in half-gallon
tins, cost only half the price of that In
glass.
Salad Dressing, Sauces. Catsups and
Pure Spices.
Whole Ok Tongues, Lunch Tongues,
Salmon Steaks, Lobster Scouse, Deviled
Crabs, Barats2ia Shrimp, French Sar-
dimes and all kinds Of canned and potted
meats; will compare favorably with
butcher prices for raw meats.
"Franco-American" Soups, Consomme,
Chicken Gumbo, Ok Tail, Mock Turtle
JuIienne, and half dozen others. So pre-
pared as to be most appetizing to an IN
valid, and thoroughly harmless to q
dyspeptic.
We have only mentioned a few things
we have for sale. We have hundreds OF
other articles. Fish, Flesh and Fowl.
All goods promptly delivered, and war
ranted to give satisfaction.
w. G.. STRONACH h SONS.
Wholesale and Retail Grocers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-08
Kid Glove Economy.

For it is economy when you buy your
gloves here. The very best kind of
economy, for the following reasons: We
sell good gloves here, we charge no more
for them than you'll often pay for the
poorer sorts. Our gloves fit, they wear,
they give you satisfaction. This glove
stock has built its reputation by watch
in the interests of its patrons. If
through any accident or oversight you
should happen to get defective pair of
gloves at this store, bring them back
and have the matter made right. We
want your all-the-y ear-round patronage;
we bid for your confidence. It's fair,
STRAIGHTFORWARD statement and we mean
it every word. Test us here along with
other things.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-08
PERSONAL.

Mr.. James III. Pou left yesterday fol-
Smithfield He goes there to vote.
Ex-Governor and Mrs. Jarvis left yes
terday for their homes in Greenville.
Mrs. J. ID. Boushall, who is in Balti-
more, under treatment, was reported bet
ter yesterday.
Miss Mary G. Davis left yesterday
to visit relatives and attend the fair al
Fayetteville.
Mr.. Ceburn Harris, who was in charge
of the North Carolina exhibit at the
Omaha Exposition, has returned to thf
city.
Editor ]. l.. Ramsey, of the Progress
sive Farmer, has been called to West
ern North Carolina to the bedside of her
mother, who is very ILL.,
Miss Laura Weston Green, of Column
bia, s. c., after having spent several
weeks pleasantly in the city, as the
guee4 of Miss Alice Mullins, at 32S
South Mcdowell street, left yesterday
afternoon for her home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-08
Millinery...
New Gray Alpines.

Ladies' French Felt Alpines-latest
shapes-color grey with silk band, very
s.ylish-usual $2.50-special. :. $3.50
Saturdays express brings new catchy
trimmed Felts. The "Sombrero'' or
Mexican Haiti is the swell thing just
now.
Other new arrivals last week. Child
ren's soft Hats. new shapes, new orna-
ments, Fancy Quilts, Long Plumes, Peli-
can Quills-something new comes every
day.