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The herald., 1898-05-06
LET THE PACK BE ADJUSTED

The supreme court has affirmed the
constitutionality of the inheritance tax
law adopted by the Illinois legislature,
and the state expects to obtain million
dollars annually from that source.
There is a growing sentiment in favor
OF the incorporation Of an inheritance tax
provision in the war revenue bill pend
ing, and this decision should serve to
strengthen the contention. From that
source, and a graded income tax, suffi-
cient revenues might be obtained to
meet the extraordinary expenses of the
government at this time without resort
to another bond issue.
What classes of people are better able
to carry their share of the burden than
those who make $4,000 annually in excess
Of their expenses, and those who inherit
fortunes earned by others?
The great masses Of the people, who
have no net incomes, and whose names
never appear in last wills and testaments,
are willing to contribute their proportion
Of expenses, in the way Of increased in
ternal revenue taxes upon articles that
may properly be classed as indulgencies
and that are not absolutely essential to
existence. 1t is from this class that a
quarter Of a million of men will be
drawn as targets for Spanish marksmen,
at SIG per month, and neither they nor
the families left behind, should be bur-
dened with the heavy end of the war debt.
taxation Of every nature, while in the
service of their country, would be SIM
pie justice. The heavily protected inter-
ests should assume the bulk of the load.
The herald., 1898-05-06

If the president has given minute direc-
tions to Admiral Sampson, as to how he
shall deploy his fleet in the forthcoming
bombardment Of Havana, 1t is only fair
that the public should know it, that the
honors may be equitably distributed.
The herald., 1898-05-06
Confident missouri Democrats

Governor Stephens predicts a plurality
of 5000 for the Democratic ticket in Mis-
souri, next November. This is big figure,
but 1t takes big figures to represent the
rational expectations of the Missouri DEM
ocracy, based upon past achievements and
present conditions.-St. Louis Republic.
The herald., 1898-05-06

Blanco declares that had the United
States been sincere, our guns would today
be saluting the autonomist congress, in
stead Of threatening it's members. Blanco
should continue that we broached in
Jest"
The herald., 1898-05-06

Cash wheat yesterday closed at 81 on
the Chicago board, an advance of twenty
cents over the close Of the day before
and Of fifteen cents over the opening in
the morning. The success of the bulls was
due to the expected demand for SO, ZOO, 900
bushels for France, to cover the present
estimated shortage, and to admit which
the import duties have been suspended.
The herald., 1898-05-06

Yesterdays rise in cash wheat was not,
as some may suppose, due to the Dingley
tariff law, but rather to the suspension
of the French tariff law. 1t was owing
to the breaking down Of trade restric-
tions.
The herald., 1898-05-06

Simply as an evidence of good faith in
their professions Of nonpartisanship, at
this critical juncture in the nations af-
fairs, the majority in the house have
unseated two members from Virginia.
primarily because they are Democrats.
The herald., 1898-05-06

The vehemence Of the opposition to an
income tax provision indicates the prev
alent belief of congressman that the rich
would promptly take advantage of any
doubt as to it's constitutionality.
The herald., 1898-05-06

Gold already commands premium of
ten per cent on the Madrid bourse. But
her mints are grinding out the dollars
upon which all great wars have been
conducted I'M the past.
The herald., 1898-05-06

America will be judged by the fidelity
with which she carries through to sue
cessful conclusion her avowed purpose of
giving freedom to an oppressed people.
The herald., 1898-05-06

repay such money. The register therefore
has to keep a complicated set of books, SO
as to pay into the treasury each week the
fees for business executed and to know
what balance is due each firm that depos.
tied in advance.-Ev'ry Month.
The herald., 1898-05-06

Only nations with powerfulnavies can
indulge the luxury Of colonies. To all
others insular possessions are weakness
rather than a strength.
The herald., 1898-05-06

The action Of the senate in calling
upon the secretary Of the treasury for
definite information as to the amount Of
silver in the vaults subject to coinage
as seigniorage. indicates the disposition
of majority in the upper house to insist
that this asset, variously estimated at
from forty-two to fifty millions, be made
at once available in the liquidation Of
current war expenses. The silver need
not be actually coined to make it thus
available. Treasury notes to the full
value Of the accumulated seigniorage
may be issued within a week, and re-
deemed in the silver dollars to be coined
at the convenience Of the mints, at the
pleasure of the holders. There was no
division upon the resolution of Senator
Cockrell, demanding the information.
The herald., 1898-05-06

First in the list Of duties of the new
Cuban congress will be to arrange for
the hauling down Of the Spanish flag.
The herald., 1898-05-06

We share the apprehensions Of the Mad.
rid authorities that Porto Rico will dror
into our net before many days.
The herald., 1898-05-06

Failing to secure congressional en-
dorsement for his bond scheme, Mr. Gage
will doubtless withdraw from the cabinet.
The herald., 1898-05-06

A Madrid dispatch says the Alfonso
XIII. has arrived at Porto Rico. Which
is pretty conclusive that she hasn't.
The herald., 1898-05-06

In the struggle for control Of the Re-
publican machine in Pennsylvania, Mr..
Harrison is for Quay and Wanamaker.
The herald., 1898-05-06

The range-finders in use in our navy
have been found to be ineffective. They
are unable to locate any of the enemy's
vessels.
The herald., 1898-05-06

The only news which this paper is in
the habit Of suppressing is that which
obviously isn't so.
The herald., 1898-05-06

Nothing short of military despotism
is suited to the conditions that have OBJ
tained in Spain.
The herald., 1898-05-06

Spanish treasury bills at Is per cent
60 begging on the London exchange.
The herald., 1898-05-06

ing public will be very much inclined to
agree with him.
In the meantime Secretary Long has
promised In the most positive manner
that he will make the people acquainted
The herald., 1898-05-06
NEWSPAPERDOM

The Redlands Facts is IA years old and
one of the best newspapers published in
Southern California.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27

at any point this week. The general
course of business remains the same.
Everything is still affected by war con-
ditions to some extent, but business
appears to be going on with grad
ual Improvement. In the eastern dis
trict the pig iron market shows Moth
ing new, although foundrymen are in
creasing their purchases Of first class
iron. More iron generally is being sold.
Steel billets show more strength but
merchant iron is dull. There iS still
a very good demand for plate and tank
material In the Chicago market con-
ditions are practically unchanged Pig
iron is moving freely in small lots
and prices are being firmly held. There
is a fair call for sheet iron, and large
contracts for structural material are
i'm the near future. At Cincinnati there
is a moderately good trade in pig iron
in small lots. The demand for bar
iron has fallen off materially and the
balance of the market remains un-
changed. Cleveland reports a slow
pig iron market and bar iron accumu-
lating at the mills. Structural mater
ial, outside Of plates, remains rather
quiet. At Wheeling no material change
is noticeable, and the trade still shows
n rather weak demand and no change
in prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
EPWORTh LEAGUE.
VIII Hold a Meeting In WiIkes-Barrs
Today.

Friday the Epworth league of the
Wyoming district will hold meeting
in the first Methodist Episcopal church,
Wilkes Barre. The officers of the
league are: Byron G. Hahn, president
Wilkes Barre; Miss Anna Sturdevant,
corresponding secretary, Wilkes Barre;
j. T. Phillips, recording secretary. Dali
las; Mrs. A. l.. Towner treasurer
PittstOn; Miss Flora Brown, superin-
tendent Junior Epworth league. Dallas;
V. II. Lyman, first vice president,
Tunkhannock; c. s. Puckey second
vice. president, Nanticoke; Mrs. w. G..
Simpson, third Vice-p president, West
PittstOn; Frank Littell, fourth vice.
president, Scranton.
The executive committee is composed
of the following: Rev. w. H. Hitler.
Wilkes Barre; Rev. l.. c. Murdoch,
Kingston; Rev. DR.. j. G. Eckman,
Scranton; Rev. Stephen Jay, Ashley;
Rev. Dr.. O. l.. Severson, Plymouth.
The programme Of the meeting is as
follows:
10 a. m.--Registration.
IL a. m.-ReCOrding seCretary's re-
port; corresponding secretary's report;
business.
ll.SO a. m.-"The Evangelization Of
the World in This Generation" G. A.
Baldwin, Drew Theological seminary.
D. m.-DevOtional exercises; Jun
ior EDWOrth League Work" Miss
Katharine Terry, Huntsville; "Our
Church, its History and Doctrines" -"
Miss Kyte. Pittston; Sociology. +"
Charles Smith, Wilkes Barre: reading,
What Would Jesus Do?" Mrs. George
j. Llewellyn, Wilkes Barre; Christian
Fraternity" High Ideals for Ep-
worthians," Mrs. c. II. Chamberlain,
Kingston; Responsibility Of the Ep-
worth League to the Church." Rev.
c. b. Henry, Anderson; The Reading
Course"
Evening session, o'clock-Song SER
vice; treasurer's report and other busi-
ness; 730. convention sermon, THE
Christ Life" f. NJ. Davenport, New
York; conservation meeting, Rev. L. c.
Murdock, Kingston.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
ANCIENT REMEDIES.
Alchemy and Superstition Proposed
some RidicnIous Compounds.
From the London Spectator.

From the London Spectator.
1t is strange 10 notice the great be-
lief which the ancents appeared to
have in the restorative properties Of
human blood. So, for epilepsy, diseases
of the brain, and even for spleen, hu-
man blood was much recommended.
I'm the month of May take a consid-
cradle quantity of healthy young mems
blood" The blood was distilled twice
and dried in the sun. One wonders
what the healthy young men" had to
say on this subject of bloOd-lettng,
especially as "a considerable quantity"
was taken. In olden times no one
need remain wrinkled. All that was
necessary was to smear the face with
mixture of water and the pounded
root Of wild cucumber" If any one
was afflicted with freckles it was his
own fault; the remedy was simple if
scarcely pleasant; he must rub a
bulls gall on the face" To us who are
apt to be irritated by dust or smoke in
the eye while on the railway the fol-
lowing prescription should be valuable:
Chant the psalm 'Qui habitat thrice
over water, with which then douche the
eye" a certain remedy for curing an
inebriatc was to give him as many eggs
of the screech owl boiled hard as he
| could possibly eat when he would ever
| after be a total abstainer This is
surely worthy the attention of the tenn
perance societies. The search for the
philosophers stone" seems to have been
no mere craze Of the unlettered. Men
Of unimpeachabe ability and great
learning wasted the greater part Of
| their lives on this quest Some suppos-
ed mercury to be the chief transmitting
| force! others thought that by sulphur
! the bodies Of metals could be turned
| into "the most fine pure gold and sill
| Ver." Though Bacon was a firm be-
| lever in the elixir vitae, Paracelsus
was the most diligent inquirer after
| this wOndrous liquid. He prepared a
remedy called "Primum Ems Melissae,"
which was made of pure carbonate of
| potash and the fresh leaves of the
| melissa plant, on which was poured
pure alcohol Generally, however, the
! idea seems to have been that the elixir
| of life was composed of the four ele-
ments blended together,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
IRON AND STEEL TRADE.
Pig Iron Is Moving Freely-- -StesI Bill
lets show More Strength.

Pttsburg, May 26--The American
Manufacturer will say tomorrow:
Nothing like an important change in
the iron and steel trade is noticeable
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
RAINY SEASON IN CUBA.
Said to BE Most Charming of Year,
EpidemloS Due to Negligence.

Trom the St. Louis-Globe-D Democrat.
William r. Hornaday, chief natural
ist of the Smithsonian institution, has
spent nearly ten years in East India,
Borneo, and Sumatra jungles collect
ing rare animals. birds, insects, and
serpents for the Smithsonian. He is
the only white man who ever lived
among the head hunters of Borneo.
"All this talk of the danger in Cuba
of the rainy season, yellow fever, etc,
is greatly exaggerated" Mr.. Hornaday
said today. Because the Spanish army
has lost so heavily, many uniformed
persons fear that the country would be
as fatal to newly arrived Americans as
it was to green Spaniards. The Span
sh troops | saw were wretchedly fed
and clothed, and absolutely no heed is
taken to enforce the most obvious sani-
tary regulations. Then the food, cloth
ing, medicines, everything the men
should have to live upon, is furnished
by contractors, who stand in with the
officers and simply starve the poor SOL
diers into disease and death. The
Spanish women have a saying, When
our sons go to Cuba or the Philippines
they never return Many a Spanish
mother whose son is coming near the
time when he must do service in the
army is praving that Cuba and Porto
Rico may be lost to Spain before her
son goes away.
After five years Of living in the
most malarial jungles on earth, in the
midst of miasmatic swamps, drinking
swampy water, and often having to
| eat unaCcustomed and badly cooked
| food, l never had but one touch of
| jungle fever, and that only laid me up
six or seven days. l owe my excellent
health to two or three precautions.
| never slept on the bare ground nor in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27

the rain, and always under shelter: /
always wore light tlannes next to the
skin, and never slept in damp clothes.
Whatever else l might have to do with
out, two changes of flannel underwear
besides that / had on, were always at
hand. Take from six to five grains of
quinine every morning in cup of hot
coffee if you have it; if not, then in
hot water Have your shoes to fit you,
even if you must buy them yourself,
though the United States is furnishing
it's troops with an excellent marching
shoe. With these precautions and a
dose of some light laxative twice a
week. there need be no more fear Of
fever in Cuba than there is in Mis-
souri,"
Mr.. Morrillas, a Cuban born. and
for some years an assistant surgeon IN
the United States navy, now in the
Marine hospital service in the tropics,
said today: The rainy season, as It is
called cut of Cuba, is to Cubans the
most charming season of the year. IL
begins generally about the middle of
May and lasts to the middle of Sep
tember. 1t usually rains in the after
noon and sometimes the fall is very
heavy and accompanied by such thun-
der ami lightning as one never knows
outside the tropics, 1t generally stops
at sunset, which is simply unspcakably
grand in its cloud effects. ] rarely ever
have known it to rain at night. 1t is
this so-Called rainy season that gives
life and VigOr to the growing Yegeta-
ton and makes our sugar and tobacco
crops what they are, Fly eating we'll
cooked food and escheWing Over-indul-
genCe in the fruits of the country,
usually so tempting to strangers, al
ways sleeping under some sort of shell
ter and not on the bare ground, tae
green Yankee from New Hampshire
hills may laugh at the bogy Of the
rainy season and the yellow fever. 1t
is well for the unacclimated man the
first three months of his stay to take
from three to six grains of quinine
every morning ana a mild pursative
say twice a week. You may be as wet
as possible if you are on the move,
but when you stop change your wet
clothes for dry ones, socks and all.
You will never have this fever if you
follow these easily remembered rules" !"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27

number of things that should be added
to those lists, and which are just as
useful as half the articles now on them.
In the first place, take along your
full-dress suit, Gold hunting is ad-
venture pure and simple, and almost
every adventurer / have seen wears a
full-dress suit. In fact, often he pos
sesses no other. Cigarettes should be
added to go with the dress suit; also
patent feathers and monocle. The lat
ter is also useful while actually look
ing for the gold.
None of the lists mention whiskey.
Take lots of it. 1t is weary work wait
ing for the gold to turn up, and you
want to pass away the time as hap
PLY as possible. There is no danger
attending its use, for as soon as you
find gold you can take the gold cure.
Take along at least twenty pounds
of axle grease to rub on the runners
of your sled. 1t will make the sled slip
over the snow easily. Moreover, you
can eat it if your grub runs short.
Every list I have seen contains a
cooking stove. Remember that you
cannot cook oyer a camp fire. For the
same reason you should take along a
large base burner heating stove. A
camp fire wouldn't keep you warm.
In the days of 40 every miner camp
was supplied with steam or furnace
heat. However, you can't expect to
live as luXuriously as they did.
Take along plenty of canned goods,
A rich and varied menu is essential.
Don't forget a good cook book. There
is not a cowboys camp or miners
cabin in all the west that is not sup
piled with one of these aids to civil
ization.
Take along plenty of linen, as there
are few laundries en- route, and don't
forget your mighty. You have got to
sleep there just as you would any
where else. A bath robe is also an aid
to modesty if you intend to battle dur
ing your Sojourn in Alaska. You will
soon discover that there are some that
bathe, but there are others. Take along
plenty Of cards and games. Progress
sive euchre parties are all the rage in
Dawson City. Likewise take q good
library, an encyclopaedia and an un-
abridged dictionary.
Don't forget your silk hat.
Take along plenty Of starch for your
linen. In the days OF the Argonauts
men suffered keenly because of lack
Of cleansing material. one Of the sad
dest songs of the old days, at which
every forty-niner used TO weep, began
as follows:
Goodbye. old standing collar,
With all your pride and starch.
I've Worn YOU from September
Till the seventeenth of March.
Also, don't forget to take along a
small sack of flour and a few pounds
of bacon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
HOUSE SESSIONS.
Speeches Are Heard from Mr.. Grow
aud Mr.. ShRfroth.

Washington. May 26.-Tn long ses-
sion today the house passed few bills
but the discussion involved a wide
range of subjects. After a brush over
civil service, brought on by a para
graph in the deficiency pension bill,
providing for some temporary clerks
in the war department, the house con-
sdering a bill to amend the internal
revenue laws, listened to lengthy
speeches from Mr.. Shafroth of Colo
RADIO, and Mr.. Grow, of Pennsylvania,
upon the free coinage of silver and
greenbacks as legal tender respect
lively.
Pending a yea and nay vote upon the
internal revenue bill, the house ad-
journed. The vote will be taken i'm
mediately after the house meets tomor-
row.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
PREPARATIONS FOR THE REVIEW
Distribution of clothes and Supplies
viii Begin at Once.

Washington, May appropriations
are making at Camp Alger for re-
view Of the Second army corps by
President Mckinley, Secretary Alger
and other officials here next Saturday.
There will be "A general review tomor-
row in preparation for this event. It
is understood that the distribution of
clothing and supplies will begin at
once.
This distribution probably will re-
quire several days. The Sixth Penn
sylvania, One Hundred and Forty
ninth Indiana and Twelfth PennsylVa-
mia require almost everything in the
way of equipment. The Seventh Ohio
requires a complete outfit except fifty
guns.
Orders We're issued today fixing hours
for camp duties and forbidding sol
diers to go beyond one mile from camp.
There has been no increase in the sick
list. The hospital corps is in good
working order.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
KLOND!KE PARTY DROWNED.
Accident to "A Number OF Gold Seek
ersfrOm New Hampshire.

Nashau, n. H., May 26.-Informatlon
received at the Armenian colony here
shows that an entire klOndike party Of
seven men from this city and Haver-
hill, Mass, were drowned by the break
ing of the ice in Frazier Lake on May
2. Five of the men were from Nashua
and two from HaVerhill.
They left here March 4 and were
last heard from April 9, when they
were just leaving for the lake.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
PROMPTED BY SELF INTEREST
From the Philadelphia Press.

England takes our cereals and provis-
ions freely. France loads them with bur-
densome restrictions. I'VE make no oh.
ection to this. In this country We do a
little protecting ourselves and expect to
keep II up; but abroad our growing prod
ucts and manufactures need markets.
China is one fresh market, French pol
icy guided by Russia tends to close this
market. English policy seeks to keep It
open. This country ranges itself where
self-interest prompts.
In the prompt and enthusiastic response
in this country to the proposal of an An
glO- American alliance France and the
other contin Entail nations are reapinE the
fruit Of fifteen years OF tax and exclu-
sion of our products. our wheat ard
corn, our lard and pork have been penal
iZcd by All Europe for fifteen years Is
it strange that the United States turns
"a a country which offers 1t the "open
door" at home and abroad? Where in
terosts arise there alliances come.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
KLONDIKE NECESSITIES,
A Few Polite AccouteTments to Tax.
Along with You.

Firm the Yellow Book.
am amazed at the popular ignor-
ance concerning a proper outfit for the
Klondike. / have before me several
newspaper lists of articles necessary
for the outfit The longest contains
only three hundred and forty-seven
items. How ridiculously inadequate!
= Now, | flatter myself that / know
something about the matter. | have
been hunting for gold all my life, al
though i have seldom obtained any
thing better than silver and dirty bank
bills, Moreover, l was a miner for a
number Of years. i can mention a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
IRON PIPE TRUST FORMED.
Southern Companies Meet With a
Big capitalization.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 25.--At a
secret meeting here of representatives
of all the iron pipe manufacturing
companies in the south a union was ef-
feCted, under the name of the Ameri-
can Pipe and Foundry company.
The new company has a capital stock
of $2,000,000 and a bonded indebted
ness of $l,jO0,GOO 1t includes the fol-
lowing companies: Howard Harrison
Iron company, of Bessemer, Ala
Southern Pipe company, Admission,
Ala; South Pttsburg Pipe works,
South Pittsburg; Chattanooga Foun-
dry and Pipe works, Chattanooga, and
Bridgeport Pipe company, Bridgeport,
Ala
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
SCRAT TCHED
CONSTANTLY
Baby Badly Afflicted with Eczema.
Medical Treatment Useless
Cured by Cuticura.

My nlece's little baby boy had Eczema all
over his face, so that he needed continuous
watching, and he scratched tho sores con-
stantly. Mornings, his face, hands and clothes
would be stained with blood. She never
could take him out, his face was SO full of
sores. She had medical treatment, and tried
everything she heard Of. She commenced
using the CUTIcURA REMEDIES. Tho sores
lethis face and het0as entirely cured, and now
his face is smooth and rosy.
Mrs. L. j. ROOT, New Scotland, N. Y.
sPEEDI CuRI TREATMENT FOR EyEET BABT HUaoR,
EiTH Loss oI HAIR. Warm baths with CUTlouRL
boAP, followed by gentle Anohtlngs with CUrIoURA,
pufeat Of ernollient, and greatest Of skin cures.
Sold throughout the world PoTrER ID A O. CoRP, Sole
Propa., boston. How 70 Cure Every Baby HumoT, fIee