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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27

We could not stand still Of course,
when the enemy had got our range,
and he would have to move before we
got his range. Under such conditions
the personal equation will be a strong
factor in determining the result. The
quickest and most active workmen will
win. ! think we would win i'm a con-
test with any foreign battery, because
l believe that Americans are naturally
the fastest and straightest shots in the
world. These guns, however, are in
tended to be used primarily on massed
troops, not upon each other Given n
column Of the enemy moving at a dis
tance Of 1000 yards and you could i'm
agine what the effect of this kind of
artillery fire would be. The column
would be almost instantly crumpled up.
That would be the end of It. The guns,
too, would be found remarkably effect
i've against closely formed cavalry and
against men massed behind earth
works. 1t would be as easy TO drop
shells among them as to bury them in
the works. The shell, as you have seen,
radiates closely and covers a wide
area"
1t is stated by military authorities
that in the next war artillery service
will be the most dangerous in which a
man can be engaged. 1t is certainly
the cleanest, showiest and one OF the
| most effective. The field guns of an
army are it's darlings, and many a
| general will stand the loss of thou
sand men with more equanimity than
the capture of three Of these pets. The
| practice of losing or saving guns has
however, undergone a complete change
in the past twenty-five years. Former
ly a battery commander who lost his
| field pieces did lot of explaining, and
the loss rested on him as a shadow
Now il is considered to be rather a
credit to lose them, providing that they
are fought effectively up to the moment
| of loss.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
HE KICKED FOR CASH.
And the Spy Learned That There was
a Kick in Almost EYeTY LetIer.

Several years ago a young athlete
named D was conspicuous as a foot
ball player. He was a swift runner, a
reliable drop kicker, and an excellent
all-round player. He had proved such
a power of strength on his college
eleven that rival teams feared him, and
when rumors TO the effect that he had
received money for his services were
circulated, steps were eagerly taken by
the foot ball authorities of an opposing
college to investigate his amateur sta
tus If he had received money, as al
legged, he was no longer an amateur,
and could be debarred from place on
the team.
Accordingly an emissary was dis
patched. with the usual oppressive col
lege secrecy, to the village of S..
The father of D. was a Well-to-do
farmer, and the spy, passing as a book
agent, experienced little difficulty in
getting him TO talk about his son.
Famous" he esaid, with no great
show of enthusiasm. "Waal, / s'pose
the boy is famous; but there isn't much
in this foot ball"
but a fellow as famous as he is
must get a good salary" the spy sug-
gested, with a craftily assumed air of
innocence.
Nope" said the farmer. Foot ball
players don't get salary"
That's odd" continued the spy; 81
heard he was kicking for cash"
WAL, that's right. He is" the
father slowly admitted.
The spy was secretly overjoyed. He
chuckled inwardly and fairly Rugged
himself with delight. In fancy the riva
team was already deprived OF hel
strongest player,
80 he's kicking for cash at college
is he?" he echoed.
Yes" the farmer said, warily-"yes
he's kickin' for more cash 'mose every
letter / get"
And then the disgusted spy kicked
himself, metaphorically speaking, al
the way back TO college,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
OvERHEATED HOUSES.
Injurious Effects of Breathing Fur
nace-Dried Air.

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
One of the subjects discussed at the
recent meeting of the American Public
Health association in Philadelphia is
of particular interest TO the users of
hot air furnaces, who have just started
their furnaces for the winter period Of
continual service. DIR. Henry j. Barnes,
of Boston, declared that the air
breathed in houses heated by furnaces
is kept too dry in cold weather. The
hot air system takes all of the moist
ure out of the air, and ii passes into
the house, making the air unfit to
breathe, and causing catarrh and other
disorders. This assailant of the hot air
furnace magnifies its defects TO some
extent, as all furnaces are provided
with eVaporating pans, which hold at
least a pail full of water. and, further
more, the moisture which is taken from
the air as it passes through the house
has no other means of exit except
through the furnace pipes and the reg
listers in the various rooms. But it is
nevertheless a fact that the average
user of the hot air furnace keeps the
atmosphere Of his house too dry,
through neglect of the evaporating
pan; and it is probably true, also, that
the evaporating pans are not as eff
cacious as they ought to be.
The physician mentioned submitted
a plan for a humidizer, to be placed
over a register on the lower floor of a
house. This contrivance is simply a
wooden box containing a galvanized
iron tank into which strips of cotton
felt are suspended from rods, The air
from the furnace is made to pass
through the suspended strips of felt,
from which IL takes the moisture nee
essary to make the air Of the house fit
10 breathe. With one Of these humid
ihers DR.. Barnes says he was able to
obtain a mean of SO per cent, relative
humidity I'm a mean temperature of 65.3
| degrees, through the evaporation Of
| from two quarts to two gallons of
water per day. During the period of
/ this test the outside temperature was
| 80 degrees, with relative humidity of
! 1879 per cent, He says that this tenn
! perature in the house was comfortable,
! whereas, without the addition of the
| moisture afforded by the humidiher, a
! temperature of from 20 10 II degrees
was necessary. In support of this
statement ne cites the fact that "out
doors in June, in medium clothing, with
temperature of 65 degrees, and normal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
ABOUT SLEEP WALKERS.
Some Narrow Escapes and Some
Cures That Proved Effective.

The mention of a sleep walker stand
ing upon the street railway track the
other night and barely escaping being
run down has brought to the minds of
many people incidents in this line that
have come urder their observation, and
it is simply astonishing how general
is this habit.
One person mentions the case of a
member of the household who was
found wandering about on the house
tops, all unmindful of his danger, while
the observer was at his wits end to
know how to get BIN in before he
should make a misstep and fall to the
ground. Usually the eyes of the SOM
nambulist are wide open, and now and
then a story indicates that the vision
must be fairly good at times.
For instance, a gentleman remembers
that when he was a young man an ac-
quaintanCe was badly given to the
habit, and he would often so out into
the yard and wander about. One night
a number of them lay in ambush for
him just to watch his operations. BY
and by the door opened in a business
like way and out came the young man.
He went straightway across the street
into lot where there was a nut tree
and proceeded to pick up nuts and put
them in a pile. A few moments at this
task, then he started toward the house.
In spanning the fence he made a mis-
step and fell This awakened him, and
while he was in the first act of col
fcctinE his thoughts he saw in the
darkness the young men who were
watching him. Just at that moment
their appearance so startled him that
he fled like a deer. The circumstance
| was so impressed upon his mind that
he never afterward indulged in the
| habit
A gentleman told an amusing Incl
dent that happened in his early life.
| He was sure that he could not have
| been more than five or six years old at
| the time. He often found himself at
the far end of the long, unfinished
| chamber where he slept and usually
could not awake sufficiently to find his
| way to bed again, so one or the other
| of his parents would hear him crying
and come to his rescue. Naturally they
| got a little tired of the bother and no
| one should be blamed for what fol-
| lowed. AS stated, the chamber was an
unfinished one, and in place of the
guard rail at the danger end of the
| stairway a number of barrels had been
| placed. When the nights somnambu-
| listic tour eliminated that left a last
| ing impression on his mind, as we'll as
| his body, he was near those barrels and
| 1t seemed had been struggling to get
| through between them when he must
! surely have been killed by falling down
| the stairs The noise aroused the pa
| rents, and on this memorable occasion
| the father visited the chamber and Just
in time to save the lad from getting
| through. He was on his hands and
knees pushing through and the oppor-
| tunity for administering the usual
| punishment of those days could not
have been better arranged to order
Talk about spankings," said the re-
lator; why. that must have been forty
years and more ago, but l can feel the
sting as if it was last night! But il
cured me, you may be sure"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
THE FLYING SQUADRON.
Measurements and Dimensions OF
Commodore SchIcy's Vessels.

Gs.L
or the shllS III C"Ii'illouole 'cnlS
Flying squadron 'ilt mos pow u i,,Is -
the haSso' iuSo'ts' MS "O"t -
OF battle snip enc Is Pre- piopeitru pet' oy "
twin screw ier Specl'!ct''iUio ,,ii as
th@se' Leistn "" tie ""'cl - 80. %,
l'et' pc'lI' W leeI 'iaut'C', ann vi 49,, a.
le"'; Gl"Pl"c.ileh' rV'-'o 'oliS, ,1-,tI 49,
l''Z Eho'S per houl' ne NiaSS.,o
II l""cIlul'S ANN ~ itr' i','ii 20
CONSISTS Oh lour l'-lllGh' elsn' o-IilCt ,,l,,ll
ana Iour o-l"Cl bu,''' III i'1i 9eS0.',''',' 4,,
patl'rN are I"ur l-pou'l''er anu
" o7pouhuTT qui'A-lllils su'is n a',,. - -
N'.liis'' 'lGl %ii.'ot - 49, my e.,
i',nes anu ; iiicnV9 my o,N wi 'i'C O,, :
pel''' anu li',il'H' '12 i'i~''S' s'llO
ilrIleS over tme '"lle' S"e 'sI a. ooo le9 oon
on GERS anu 7"o ii'cii anu 'o'' P''o0'''0'
70 n"iIu'
me brookISh iS hol as neaNE as t,'e
Nl"SSa "uI Sne - poM lui'S
armed ana slr"ntlN arli'oreu' lier ula,
Placement Is ''-,l TONS ner speed -i''l
khoIS per hour' her leIS'n fuV leet' ne'
peaih of l'et ana hcr uraLI - Iee'' lier
pd' te'leS CONSIST ol elsnt o-iich preeci-
l"auihG iliies' t"elNo o-ihch raplu-hilllS
guns t"eNe "-pouhueIs, lour l-pouuu-
eIs ana lour HatIlhgS' Hhe mas j" ol'i-
GERS ana 90 men, l1er COST was JuSe
lrlIle less 'han th"' ol the MasSeI-
c'luse''s'
me pro'eCteu cruiser |oIui'lpla' WIN
th1 exception Oh tre Mlnneapolis' IS the
lleetest snip III the Hylhg squadron.
she can easily steam at the rate OF
~ klots an houf pr"peleu by power
iu' tllple screw Her lehsth Is az rect
hor neam % Iee'' het aIalt zz'o IeeC
ana her dlspiacemeht "o.1 tons she
mas Tor batteries one H-lnch breech-
loaaihg rlHe' wv" o-lhch ana eight 4
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27

humidity Of 65 TO 20 per cent, we are
comfortable; in doors in winter, with
heavy clothing, we require five degrees
more Of heat for comfort"
IL will be seen that DR.. Barnes
humidifier promotes economy as well
as comfort If a house can be made
comfortable by properly humidfying
the atmosphere with degrees less heat
than If the air were permitted to be-
come dry, the demands upon the fur
mace and consequently upon the coal
pile will be appreciably less. That is
worth something; but the cOnsidera-
tion of health is more important. There
can be no doubt as to the injurious ef-
fects of dry and overheated air upon
the human system. The average house
is fully 5 degrees too hot for health
fulness, and It is not surprising that
there is so much trouble with the res
piratOry organs during the winter sea-
son. The shock to the system on
emerging from house heated to so de-
grees into an atmosphere below zero
is great, even with the best Of care as
to breathing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
One Danger THAT
Spain r1ust Face.
Graphic Description of the Destructive Pos
slbllities of the Holland Submarine Tor
pedo Boat.

the fastest torpedo boat for a distance
of from 500 to 900 yards. Automatic
steering mechanism keeps the flying
vessel at the proper depth and on
wonderfully true course.
AERIAL TORPEDO BOAT.
In addition to te Whitehead torpe-
does the Holland carries two other dis
charge tubes for firing gun cotton pro-
jeCtiles. Unlike the one just described,
which lies in the longitudinal axis or
the boat, these are upwardly inclined,
one pointing forward and the other
aft. The mouths of the tubes termin-
ate at the ends of n kind of super
structure deck which is built up above
the cylindrical portion of the boat, and
carries at the center Of its length an
armor- plated coming tower. The mouth
Of each of these tubes is closed by
sliding cover which is operated by
means of a worm and pinion controlled
by shafts leading into the interior Of
the vessel The forward tube is called
an aerial torpedo gun. 1t is capable Of
throwing 1O0-pound gun cotton shell a
distance of three-quarters OF mile.
The other tube, astern, is called an un-
derwatcr torpedo gun, and is capable or
driving it's shell with accuracy for
distance of 200 yards under water.
is EASILY STEERED.
When the boat is at the surface OF
the water, she can be steered by Obser-
walton through the port holes of the
coming tower. When she sinks below
the surface, a small tube, carrying at
-
the manner Of the camera, lucida, VIII
throw picture of the surrounding
waters upon board in the coming
tower. The vessel also carries a COM
pass and an automatic guage showing
the depth below the surface.
In making an attack upon ship the
Holland would advance. with her small
and scarcely disCcrnible coming tower
above water, until she was within
range for the use of her aerial torpedo
gun. a shell containing 100 pounds of
gun cotton would be discharged and she
would at once sink below the surface,
to avoid retaliation. At the moment OF
discharge an ingenious system of COM
pcnsating weights will automatically
admit to the tanks a sufficient amount
Of water to preserve the trim of the
vessel This is an entirely new device
and the Holland is the first submarine
boat which has succeeded in Overcome
ing the difficulty. When the boat had
run up a little nearer to the hostile
ship she would discharge one, and II
the first missed, two of her torpedoeS
| In the unlikely event Of missing with
| the bow torpedoes, she would fire hei
| rear torpedo gun at the enemy as II
| swept overhead.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27

In the air by the fourth animal after
the other three had been killed, though
she recovered her strength after reach
ing terra firma, and killed the animal
after five thrusts of the sword.
President Diaz is said to have been
disgusted with the reports which came
from the arena, and afterward declared
himself again the un-American and
even un-Mexican sport" This shows,
as many another thing in the career of
President Diaz has shown, that the
Spanish blood which flows in his veins
is cooled and modified very materially
by the Indian admiXture herewith. In
some parts Of Mexico a great many
sneers are heard at the expense of the
Mexican blood--sneers and bravado are
a large part OF the stock in trade of the
blue blood" Spaniard-but, i'm spite Of
this, it is certain that the admixture
Of Indian blood is a good thing for
Mexico. 1t makes the Mexicans better
neighbors than they would be If there
were no pollution in the blood flowing
in the veins OF the descendants of the
Christian pirates" who fought with
Cortez and his colors. Many of the
most docile and decent Mexicans are
one-fourth Indian, and some indeed are
one-half. But these Indians of Mexico,
1t should be remembered, are not the
sullen and savage sort which have
stained historic annals north of the
Rio Grande in the Arapahoes, Sioux,
Shawness and others, not forgetting the
various subdivisions of the Iroquois. A
cross of these Indians with the Span
iards would have produced a race even
more savage and brutal than the Span
iards themselves. But that is another
story.
1t is interesting to study the possi-
bilities of what might be called a sub
sidiary civilization starting on Mexican
soil and advancing in it's way side by
side with the American civilization
north of the Rio Grande, which is ac-
knowledged by all unprejudiced history
to be the most perfect in it's way OF
any yet known. The Mexican is prac-
tiCally new race, and if this race
shall drive from it's share of the con
tinent the brutal Spanish sports" il
certainly should receive the right hanC
of fellowship of it's northern neighbor
OF course there are Indian races II
Mexico which are ruthless and cruel az
the American Indians above named
but. to the credit of the coming MeXi
can race be it said, they are keeping
their tribal boundaries and are not th'
ones intermarrying with and modify
ing the race feroCity of the Spaniard!
who furnish the white blood of tn,
Mexican republic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
Let Not Man Put Asunder.

A temporary Injunction to restrain a
farm tenant "from moving or attempting
TO move his wife to Al farmhouse was
granted in a late Georgia case. But thS
Supreme court reyerses the decision, and
holds that the ancient feudal system ana
the right of a landlord to control the
domestic relations of his tenant are not
a part of the law of that State. II seems
that the lease contained no restriction as
to wives nor any provision that the land
lord should have the right to appoint or
nominate a wife for the tenant I'm case OF
vacancy. Therefore, when his wife died,
during the lease, the tenants right to
choose another was upheld uOtwithstand-
ing the landlords dissatisfaction with
her based on her earlier indiscretions, al
though both parties lived i'm the same
yard. The court remarked that "sensi-
tive person who would shield themselves
from contact with disagreeable neighbors
should either move out or protect them
selves by covenant" The landlords next
lease will probably contain covenant
against the tenants change of wives
without the landlords written consent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
NO STATIONARY DUELs.

] said to Major Burbank; You will
admit, 1 suppose, that the European
guns of this caliber are just as good
and the presumption is that they will
be as well handled?" He said that was
So Then" / continued, "in case Of
an artillery duel between equal bat
teries Of these guns at a 2,00O-yard
range, what is going to happen?"
We'll" he answered slowly, "if the
batteries were stationary and remained
stationary everybody would be killed,
The horses would be blown to pieces
and the guns dismounted in a little
while. There will be, however, no sta
tionary artillery duels, The batteries
will be kept moving from point 10 point.
just as ships in action sail in a circle,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-27
BULL FIGHTING IN MEXICO.
President DiaZ Wants the Brutal
"SpOrt" stopped.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Some news which has been waited up
from Mexico within the past few days
is provocative TO thought. This is, that
president Diaz win endeavor to stop
bull fighting in the republic across our
southern border. The immediate cause
OF his taking the stand against the
brutal sport" was the killing of a
famous male bull fighter and the seri-
Gus goring Of female devotee of the
bovine arena, This night took place in
Monterey and was attended by a num-
Der Of American women travelling in
the country, many Of whom tainted at
the ensanguined spectacle. Four bulls
were klled-two by the man and two
by the woman, the latter person hav-
ing considerable national note in Spain.
She was reported to have been tossed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-15

would follow the articles prlnteu IN tnelr
papers. ,
SUBJECT OF THE EDITORIAL
The editorial which apeared IN the Re
cord, Manly said Yves called lorth by d
speecb made by Mrs FELTON,, before the
Agricultural Society of Tybee Island,
ca. early in August. During her speech
Mrs. Felton said that money winch was
collected for foreign missions could be
spent TO a better advantage at home IN
educating young white girls. she sald
that owing TO the carelessness or poor
white men Of the South their girls tre
left very much to themselves anu pc
come easy victims OF coloIed men, lho4
she smoke according 90 Maniy's state
ment of the low moral standing OF the
colored race He says she advocated
lynching as the on!y means Oh eIdu'0"'-
ing these evils.
Manly's editorial in the Record was
reply TO Mrs. FeItons speech. This edi-
torlal nhamef a large portion OF North
Carolina. Manly says he did not intend
to attack any class or race, but simply
wrote as he did TO defend the detained
colored man. In this editorial Manly
said:
poor white men are careless in the
matter Of protecting their women, es-
pecially on the farms They are careless
of their conduct toward them, and our
experience among poor white people IN
the country teaches us that women OF
that race are not more particular in the
matter of clandestine meetings with col
ored men than are the white men with
colored women. Meetings of this KIND
90 on for some time until the moment in
fatuation or the mans boldness brings
attention to them and the man is lynch
cd"
3 The very long editorial from which the
above is taken was published on August
18Th. Manly says that for nearly a week
after # was printed nothing was said 10
him about il by the residents of Whining
ton or vicinity. and his relations with
them were of the usual friendly nature
until the white press took up the matter
nearly a week later. From that time
until now they have attacked him and
his paper in every conceivable way. until
AT last he was compelled TO flee for his
life.
When asked as to the present situation
AT wilmington Manly said that as he
had been absent for several days he
would rather not be quoted as expressing
an opinion on that subject.
NOT READY TO RETURN.
When / asked him If he intended 20
return TO North Carolina he replied that
that was another question which he could
not answer at present. There We're facts
connected with that part Of the story
which might affect others. and he thought
II would be best not TO say anything as 10
his future prospects.
Manly would not tell how much MS
losses were at the hands OF the mob. All
he would say was that he had lost every
thing he owned in the world lie had
carried an insurance on his property. but
he said that there was no clause IN the
policy which insured against the fury OF
a mob.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-15
LARGE OHIO FAILURES.
Two Of the Biggest Coal Companies In
the state i'm Receivers Hands

CINCINNATI, Nov. 1.-THE Turney
and Jones Coal Company OF Columbus,
Ohio. and the Pennsylvania and Ohio Fuel
Company, OF ST. Paul. with office also in
Chicago, were to-day by the Federal
Court put into the hands OF the Security
and Title Company. Of Chicago, as re-
csiyers.
The concerns were among the largest
that ever operated in Ohio. Their trou-
bles commenced in 1897 with the great
coal strike.
Liabilities amount to S1.2oo.0oO. The
officials OF the company claim they VIII
pay the liabilities In full If the assets are
carefully handled.
The two companies were owned by the
same parties; mostly by H. ID. Tlrney,
Of Columbus, and John s. Jones, OF chi
cago. and had to stand or fall together.
The mines OF these companies furnished
about one-half of the coal tonnage Tor
the Columbus, Sandusky and Hooking
railroad and the future OF that property
depends very largely on what is done by
the newly appointed receivers OF these
coal companies.