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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-17

NA1f ILL.,
delicate machinery o.
the brain will SLOW
down and come to a
dead stop.
When a man finds
that his ideas do not
come as freely as
they once did, he
needn't worry :.
about his men, "A
tai machinery, LII
but he h ad q
better look to &H
his body. His
stomach and in
testines are clogged
clinkers of indigestit
blood is impure, al
not receive the pro
ments to put vim an
into the machinery
hrnin II he neOle
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.


Germany has about $1,000 physicians
and surgeons.
Game cocks in Ponce Porto Rico,
brings as hiCh as 800 each.
Smoking, long common among Bur-
NOSE children, is on the increase.
Benares, India, was an ancient capital,
before Babylon or Ninevah were founded
There is an Icelandic superstition that
ambideXtrous people are born to good
luck.
1t cost the state 1891, ,OS1.71 to operate
the governmental machinery of Michigan
last year
Milkweed, commonly believed to be-
poisonous, is used as food in some parts
of the Tyrol
An apparatus has been devised for au-
tomatically photographing people as they
enter shops and other places.
Lord Kelvin in lecture stated that
as a result of recent investigation it was
estimated that the earth had been abode
OF life for about 100000 years.
After Aug 20 anyone in Missouri found
guilty of placing arsenic, calomel, bis
muth, ammonia or alum in any kind of
food may be fined not less than $780,
A Port Angeles CWash) man took 800
chickens in to Dawson last summer Dur
ing the trip they averaged three dozen
eggs day, and the eggs were sold at
81 a dozen.
The government is paying from 5000
to 5000 a day for each vessel carrying
horses, supplies and army baggage to
the Philippines, and $1,000 a day for each
vessel that carries troops.
The military household OF the Car Is
composed Of 9S officers of various ranks,
SO of whom belong to the army and 10 to
the navy. Nineteen members of the Roy
al family are included in this list.
Fifty thousand empty bottles were
picked up at Old Trafford Park on the
morning followed the first day of the
great match between the Australian and
English cricket teams. All but 5000 had
held ginger beer.
During the International Exposition
soon to be held at Buffalo, the Niagara
Falls will be illuminated by huge electric
search-liGhts, equipped with multi-col-
ored glasses and arc lights will be ope-
rated in the Cave of the Winds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21
PERSONALITIES,


General Lawton is constant smoker
and even while under fire generally has
cigar in his mouth.
Governor Roosevelt while at his coun-
try home, takes recreation after the man.
ner of Gladstone, and has become an ex-
pert at Telling trees.
Miss Margaret Long, daughter of the
secretary of navy, and Miss Mabel Aus
tin, daughter of Ex-Governor Austin, OF
Minnesota, are studying medicine tcSeth-
er.
General Lucas. OF the Dreyfus court
martial, married some years since an
aunt of NJ. Picquart. the defender Of
Dreyfus, and the fact is being used
against him by the anti-Semites.
Miss Frances Power Cobbs is one OF
the oldest living lady journalists. 1t has
been claimed for her that she was actual
ly the first lady to do regular Office
work on the editorial staff of a London
daily.
Alison S. Sherman, mayor OF Chicago
In 1874, Is still alive and in perfect
health. He is the last surviving chief OF
the old Volunteer Fire department, ana
was a member OF the first "bucltct" conf
pany formed in Chicago.
The Prince of Rohan, who comes of,
very eccentric family, made a bet of 500
francs that he would drive four horses
u2 and down the flight of steps leading
10 the city. set on a hill, which we call
Monaco, and he won his wager.
Ex-Secretary John G. Carlisle when pre-.
pairing case or a speech mechanically
plays solitaire. He will begin sometimes
early in the evening and be at the game
until long after midnight Although his
mind Is on the more serious matter, he
rarely makes a misplay.
ant time of IT these summer days. The
papers Of Spain take delight in mlsquot-
ing him on important subjects, and the
minister of war, General Polavieja en-
ploys detectives to watch him constant
ly. If he gives any evidence of dictu-
tor1al inclinations, he is pounced upon
Immediately.
Frank J. Gould the youngest son of the
late JAY Gould. has been instrumental in
organizing new trust company in which
his brothers George, Edwin and Howard
and his sister Helen, will also be inter-
| ested. The company. which will be called
the Federal Trust company, will be cap
| italized at N,O00,O00, and will have sur
plus of $5OO0O0. 1t will have headquarters
| In the Wall street district, and will begin
business in about two months.
The ceremonies OF the inauguration OF
Arthur T. Hadley as president of Yale
university VIII De held on wednesday,
| october 49, The guests to whom special
| invitations are to be sent include the
Yale men in the Supreme court. justices
Brown. Brewer and Harlan; President
Mckinley, to whom Yale gave the degree
or LII. D.; Attorney General Griggs, also
n Yale LII. D.. Governor Lounsbury and
his staff, Mayor Driscoll, of New Haven.
and other representatives OF the city
government and the presidents of most
n ~ AN,AN rfg
and preparatory schools The procession
Will form on the campus at . o'clock and
Will march to Battel chapel, where the
exercises will take place at o'clock
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21
The Gospel of Common Honesty.

(Governor Theodore RooseveltJ
L like the hired man who takes an
interest in his Job. The man who takes
an interest i'm getting a months wages
is not worth the same wages as the
man who does his work well for the
satisfaction Of having done it we'll The
same applies from the ground mp.
Nou'il get better public servant If
you get one who does decently because
he is ashamed not to do decently, than
If YOU get one who only behaves well
if he thinks you will find him out. The
one doctrine I like to preach is to be-
ware of the dedication of mere smart
ness. Often have you heard it said:
That man is an Internal scoundTel.
Yes, but devilish smart You've all
met that class of man, who has risen
by swindlng his neighbor by every
form of gross deceit. Yet you'll find
men who say he is smart, not because
he is honest, but because he is smart
and they say he might help us out.
II public man is crooked on your
side, it is for his self-interest and he
will be crooked against you IL his self
interest tells him to go the other way.
Il do not want to see the good man
Of a county, nice, homeless person,
not inclined TO do any one any good
| want TO see man OF decency, a man
of courage You could not restore the
union by saying the union had to be
restored. You had to fight and fight
pretty hard. You've got to do the same
in civic life. To sit back, to lake no
part, to be inactive, not to go to eau.
cuses or places where you may exercise
your power--that is not the way to dc
IT, You are going to get honesty in
civic life by acting the part of a man
brave and honest. A little of the sword
OF the Lord Of Gideon is mighty good
at times. To be honest and fearless
that is not enough. If you are honest
and fearless and a natural born fool
very little can be done with you. Be.
sides honesty and courage you've go,
TO have horse sense. Make up youl
mind YOU Will understand things. Make
up your mind not to leave the knowl.
edge or affairs with rascsls. Be able
to hold your own with them"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21
FRENCH JURISPRUDENCE.
Editor of The Tribune.

Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your editorial OF last Saturday
"The Dreyfus case an object lesson IN
legal methods" i find this EVEN in an
Anglo-Sa court-martial, the jury is
absolutely impartial, ETC." Allow me to
observe that there is no jury I'm court
martial, In America, as well as in
France, they are composed of appointed
judges only.
As TO the criminal procedure of French
courts In general II is not so much
against the accused as you think. Two
points specially give him more tightlng
chances than I'm an American court.
First-fhe Judge is not allowed to
charge the jury.
Now, any lawyer will tell you that too
often the judge Is not entirely impartial
that being accustomed to deal with
criminals. he sees too often n guilty man
In an accused one and that his influence
being very great to jury, he Injuries the
best efforts OF the attorney for the de-
Tense
Second--The lawyer for the defense has
the right to speak last.
This is for the accused an immense ad-
vantage for as the French proverb says:
"C'est celin qui parle lie dernier qui a
touiours raisno" Prof. r. Lamaze.
Scranton, August i9.
(Our use OF the word jury In Ameri-
can courts martial had reference to the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21
Judge Archbald's Candidacy.

In view of the public interest which
has been excited by the political de-
velopments of the past few days, 1t
seems timely to review the reasons
why Lackawanna county solcits from
the delegates of other counties to the
Republican state convention, which is
TO meet in Harrisburg on Thursday,
support for the candidacy of Hon. r. w.
Archibald for the nomination for justice
of the Supreme court.
%. Judge Archibald is worthy Of
the place. His record as jurist COW
ering years of difficult service; his
wide acquaintance among the men,
bers of the legal profession in Pennsyl-
vanian and his familiarity with judicial
conditions throughout the common
wealth: his judicial temperament le-
gal scholarship and superior reputa-
tion all recommend him strongly and
explain why of all the gentlemen who
have asplred to this high position he is
the one whose candidacy represents
the most genuine manifestations of
popularity extending over a wide area.
Although his candidacy is especially
urged on account of his familiarity
with the technical terms and condi-
tions of litigation peculiar to the an
thracite coal industry-an industry
which contributes to the Supreme
court IA larger percentage of cases for
review than any other two industries
In, hn iS in nj
or sectional enterprise, but is warmly
approved by representative citizens in
every part of the state. We call espe-
cial attention to this statement and
challenge denial of its truthfulness.
(2). From such a premise it follows
that Judge Archbald's candidacy nat
urally typifies in present circumstan-
ces the widespread demand for politi-
cal fair play. Those active in its pro-
motion resent the suggestion that a
nomination for the position of justice
of the Supreme court should be deter
mined upon in any other place than in
open party convention, by the free
will of a majority of the elected dele
gates. AS Republicans they favor
honorable loyalty to honorable party
organization and are actuated by no
motives of personal greed or vindictive-
ness; they simply submit to public at
tention the necessity for an open field
and a fair and manly contest They
believe that in such conditions their
candidate represents the elements of
success; and they assert without quail
fication their belief that such condi-
tions are a necessary feature of wise
party management
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

Preparations for the welcome of the
visiting postmen next week are pro-
gresssing with commendable rapidity
that speaks well for the committees
in charge of the arrangements. This
r. work in which all should take in
terest, and no appeal for aid on the
part Of the letter carriers should be
allowed to pass unheeded. The gath
ering of letter carriers from various
parts of the country in Scranton Will
afford the residents an opportunity of
giving the city one of the most effective
of advertisements. Let us all unite
and assist the postmen in giving to
their guests a welcome that will leave
vivid impressions Of Scranton's thrift
enterprise and hospitality.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21
SELECTED POETRY.
Old Fashioned Hollyhocks.

Good old-fashioned flower that seems
Linking ns TO bygone dreams,
Calling back the days long gone
When our lives were In their dawn.
Other floral gems may bear
Softer tints of beauty rare,
But there's none that seems to talk
To us like the holyhock.
Seems to lead us once again
To a farmhouse, old and plain,
Hid away among the trees,
And we hear the honey bees
Singing at their work, as they
Sip the hidden sweets away
From the flowers that line the walk
Shadowed by the holyhock.
Once again we see u face
Touched with sweet maternal grace
Bcnding DER the flowers she
Watched and cared for lovingly.
See n mother old and gray
Moving round In quiet way,
White her venerable locks =
AS the whitcst hollyhocks. -
And We see another there
At q ncighbor farmhouse, fair
As the sweetest flower that grew
Meath hcr watcLful eye of blue.
See her fitting TO and fro \
In her gown of calico,
Rosy checks that seem to mock -
Fen the crimson hollyhock.
In the harvest time when we
Gathered for the annual spree
Grading down the ripcned grain
Eolling like billowy main. NJ
I could see the winsome Kate
watching us across the gate,
AS we piled the golden shocks
Just outside the hollyhocks.
=
There amid the flowers we
Sat one summer evening, she
Flushing as the rose to hear
What ] whispered IN her ear.
There crowned her as my queen
Meath the moonlight's silvery sheen,
Placed upon her sunny locks
Just a wreath of hollyhocks.
Denver Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21
A CATASTROPHE,

Three gay little kittens, named Black.
White and Gray,
From their own cozy corner once wan
dered away.
And old Mother Catkins. asleep on her
chair,
Ne'er dreamed that her babies were on
'on tear"
The kitty-cats froicked, and gambolled,
and ran
And cut up such capers as only cats can .
And when they encountered very high
wall,
Up scrambled and clambered the little
cats all.
Were out for high time" the kitty
cats said:
And they danced few quicksteps; turned
heels over head:
Then Whitley and Graycoat struck up a
sweet tune,
While Black sat sedately and mewed at
the moon.
But brief was their pleasure. They soon
heard a yell.
of Scat there. you cats there" while
shoes and things fell.
Down scrambled and tumbled the poor
little kits.
And scampered off homeward, scared out
of their wits.
With JOY their warm corner the runa-
ways spied:
And when they were nestled by old Cat
kins' side,
The kittens purred softly. mo more will
we roam,
For all the world over, there's no place
like home"
-E. Louise Lidel, in Our Animal Friends
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

The street commissioner should noti-
fy the men who clean out sewer holes
not to dump the sewer Juice on smok-
Ing hot pavoments, to pollutc the air
for yards about. On Saturday after
noon for more than an hour the much
Travelled intersection of Washington
avenue with Sltuce street was by this
careless process made to smell like
glue factory and to distribute disease
germs enough to overcrowd Moses
Taylor hospital There is no excuse
for such criminal stupidity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21
In Haying.


Ephrum Wade sat down in the shade
And took off his haymaker hat, which he
laid
On tussock of grass; and he pulled out
the plug
That jealously gagged the old iron-stone
jug.
And cooking his jug on his elbow. he
rigged
A sort of a "horse-up," you know, and
he swigged
A pint of hard cider or so at a crack,
And set down the jug with a satisfied
smack.
aha" said he, "that grows the hair on
ye bub.
My rule durin' hayin's more cider, less
grub.
take it. sab, wholly to stiddy my nerves
curves
On a drink of straight cider in harm
somer shape
Than a feller could do on the juice of the
grape.
Some new folderinos come long every
day.
All sorts of new jiggers to help git yer
hay
improvements on cutter bars, hoss forks
and rakes,
And tedders and spreaders and all Of
them fakes.
But all of their patents amt fixed it so
yit
That hayin' is done without git-up-and-
git.
If ye want the right stuff, sab, to take
up the slack,
The stuff to put buckram right inter yer
back
The stuff that will timber and lie up yer
jints.
Jest trot out some cider and drink it by
pints.
1t amt got no patents-it helps you make
hay
AS it helped out our dads in their old
fashioned way.
Molasses and ginger and water won't do,
Twill irrigate some, but 1t won't see We
through.
And ice water'll chill ye, and skim milk is
durn
Mean stuff any place, sab, except in a
Churn.
I'm a temperate man as a general rule
The man who gifts bit by the adder's a
fool
But when it comes haydn and folks have
to strain,
tell you, old elders a standby in
Maine"
Then Ephrum Wade reclined In the shade
And patiently gazed on the hay while it
made"
Lewiston (Me) Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

to the situation at the north pole. Dur
ing the present state Of the weather
accounts of polar expeditions make en-
tertainlng reading, but otherwise the
efforts Of intrepid mariners Of the north
do not seem to be Of any particular
value,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

Railroads reports of unprecedented
passenger travel are a natural conso-
quence of high-water prosperity. The
Yankee with money in his pocket is
the best traveller in the world.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

The Paris paper which resents out
side interest in the Dreyfus case
forgets that all civilization is interested
in the maintenance of justice. Moral
sentiment should not be a creature of
geography.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

The worry lest Thomas b. Reed
should go back TO congress and fight
his party is unadulterated nonsense
Whatever may be said about him, Tom
Reed Is man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

From recent remarks on the boundary
question by Sir Charles Tupper. ex-
Canadian high commissioner, we are
led to believe that he must be the
Billy Mason OF the Dominion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

Three years leading physician prescribed Rpan
for professional living Brooklyn and the latter recently said
in inquiry Since that time health has
about perfect weighed felt better than
There have been times during the three whcn after eating
mnce pie highly seasoned food there would about
on in the stomach that altogether pleasant but by promptly
swallowing Tabue that unpleasant condition removed
have taken other medicine with the occasional exception
qunne and whisky when attacked by cold and present
healthy condition be ascrbed things onProvdence
Rpans Tabuemost lkeyo both believe that Rpans Tabules
will afford relief suffering from curab arrangement
stomach liver bowels"
ta S aye sn r5
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

Five battalions of troops are to be
withdrawn from Cuba, leaving only
10000 in all as an army Of occupation,
Most Of these could be spared.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

us Kipling over-praised?" asks an
exchange. Not necessarily over
praised. Over-advertised would be a
better way to express 1t.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

The Walter Wellman expedition
achieved glorious results in the way
Of thrilling experiences that will read
well in magazine literature, but science
win probably be obliged to continue
guessing for some time yet in regard
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

body of appointed judges sitting as n
jury Their function Is not essentially
different from that Of an ordinary jury
sitting as judges of evidence. Editor
Tribune)
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

Automobile street cars are to be in
troduced in Cuba. Needing no fran
chises, they will undoubtedly be boy
cotted by all speculative councilmen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

Should -Dreyfus be again convicted
without evidence of guilt. what then?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-21

(Our use OF the word jury In Ameri-
can courts martial had reference to the
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-12-29

PROVIDED the chronology doctors
made no bauble about counting the
first year of the Christian era, the
last day of this month should GER
tzinly be the end OF the nineteenth
century, and New Years day the
dawn of the twentieth. When a
child is born, It's first year is not
nRmbered until it has completed
twelve months, and on the Tristan
niversary of It's birth We say it is
one year old. It is also then in It's
second year, but will not be two
years old until another twelve
months has elapsed On the same
principle, the first century Of the
Christian era should have been
completed and counted as Zone, +"
upon the end OF the first hundred
years, and the second century be
gun when the year s'l00, A. d."
opened. Scientific or learned peo-
pie, however, are divided as 70
whether the world will really have
comr4etrd nineteen centaries since
the birth Of Christ with the close
Of the present year, or not until
the end Of the year 1900, and the
laity are still waiting to be told
which IS correct.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-12-29
Ono rhins Thc- n,an,t nave.

Ell Sotherp tells good story OF his
father. the famous Da1dreary. When
ever thu el1er SotheIn arrived az g
town. ons OF his 6rst means Of diver
eICa wEs 10 ssron about the streets and
have fun with the natives He was in
Chicago during iss earliest days. and
one day he saw a sign over an under
takers establishment which read:
Everything Furnished For First
Class Funerals. ="
Going inside, be inquired. ''Do you
furnish everything for funeralsT'
Eyes. sir. " replied the CLERK.
Then l want a coffin.
.Do you want carriages toof"
Yes: have five carriages ready"
Certainly. sir. Anything slsss"
"Three dozen chairs.
Anything elsef"
lyon might have a hearze ready.
And now l would like to look at .
corpse
The clerk was amazed.
Now. said Sothern, ''you advertise
TO furnish everything for funerals Il
yoa can't do the thing thoroughly,
shall have to patronize another store.
And. wishing the clerk good day, the
comedian departed
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-12-29
sis DRIFT.

A Methodist minister visited the
Queen lane pumping station the other
day When heIeached the engine room,
the engineer eaid. ssWhat I'm proud
est OF here is my draft Here she IS
Look at her.
He raised trapdoor IN the floor. dis
covering 9 black hole about foot
square, and the minister looked in ca
gerly. Nothing whatever was 10 be seen.
bat tremendous draft sucked in his
silk het-
''Ha. ha. haf' shouted the engineer
Then he continued ezeitedlys Now
yoa are performing ga interesting ex-
perilneDtr Nothing could demonstrate
better the excellence of this draft Just
watch that skyscraper Of stack
;heEe-'
Ee pointed TO the lofty stack. and
even as be spoke the silk hat shot
straight up OF Of it fer so feet or 50,
and then. Ike large black bird. sailed
slowly away down the wind.
"Gsodhy. my friend. said the mir
istsR ''1'his has been. indeed. grand
experiment, ard I thank you for it
Ny property. let Us hope. viii prove
undau aged he then scaled a high
barbed wire fence and ran lightly over
the feds in the direction which his nat
bad taken. Philadelphia Record
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-12-29

TIE pension attorneys are deter
mined to make Uncle Sam pay the
full penalty Of INDUCING IN war
fare. They are plliDg mp claims
for'spensionS on account of the
Spanish and Philippine wars, until
it is said that the claims represent
oae in every twelve soldiers that
were engaged in the two wars.