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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-16
LITERARY NOTES.


President Hadley, of Yale college, one
of the best authorities on the subject in
the country, and a man whose opinions
have the value of deliberate observation
OF actual conditions has written an ar
ticle on "The Formation and Control Of
Trusts" for the November Scribner's.
Swinburne's new tragedy, which he has
finally entitled "Rosamund, Queen of the
Lombards," will be published late in the
autumn by Dodd, Mead & Co. 1t is also
announced that the same house Will
publish a new edition of Swinburne's
complete poems, revised and rearranged
by the author.
DR.. Weir Mitchel's new story, which
The Century Magazine will print in Sc
rial form beginning with November Is
called 1.-THE Autobiography of Quack.
DR.. Mitchell has used his knowledge of
the under side Of his profession i'm way
which is said to make an unusually at
tractive psychological study.
1t was current newspaper report few
months ago that Mark Twain was writ
ing an autobiography, and that II would
not be published for hundred years,
This idea, If IL ever existed i'm the mind
of the author, has been given up; but he
did some work on an autobiography, and
one chart - a.. entitled "Mv Debut
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A Boomerang,

Y T is A CHEERFUL sign of ad-
vancing intelligence in the pub
Il lies conception of political pro-
prieties that the ridiculous effort
of J. Sterling Morton and certain other
Nebraska enviers of William Jennings
Bryan's popularity among Democrats
TO sandbag the latter by means of the
ostentatious resurrection and publlca-
tion Of a certain letter written by
Bryan ten years ago has utterly failed
of it's purpose. The letter was ad-
dressed by Bryan to Morton at a time
when Morton was, we believe, mem
Der of congress and Bryan, then a
haTd-up young attorney just starting
in at Lincoln, wanted Morton's help to
secure for himself the position Of sec
retary TO the state board Of transpor-
tation. In his letter Bryan said: II
am grateful to you for your indorse-
ment, Had hesitated to write you be-
cause / dislike soliciting aid. l assure
you that it is the money that is in the
office. not the honor, that attracts me,
II successful In getting it, it will tide
over my beginning here"
With a great hue apd cry this mar
Morton, with the aid of a few silly Re
publican papers in the West, has
paraded this letter as an evidence thai
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HUMAN NATURE STUDIES
Knew the Family Secrets.

Robert O. r. Reid the "Czar of New.
foundland," has just arrived home from
Algiers, where he has been sotourning
Tor his health. Mr.. Reid controls the
entire finances Of the colony, and Is to
Newfoundland what Cecil Rhodes is to
South Africa, says the Philadelphia Sat
urday Evening Post. Mr.. Reid was born
In Scotland, and started life as poor
boy. lie always had ready wit. how
over. When he became famous and rich
one of his poor relatives arrived In ST.
Johns, and started the story that he
never reCc gnized the poor members OF his
family. Reid heard of this, and while
walking through a hotel one morning he
spied the distant cousin, He walked
straight up to him and patting him upon
the shoulder, cried out: why. my good
fellow, are you here? Did you use your
brothers bail money to skip the couii-
try?'
The relative, II Is said. never again re-
marked that Reid forgot his family.
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TO STIMULATE INDUSTRY.
From the Archibald Citizen.

From the Archibald Citizen.
The new managers Of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad are
not content to wait for business until it
comes to them. They propose to look for
it and if it does not already exist, then
they will create it. This, in substance,
will be the result of the latest innova-
ton of the progressive people who are
now directing the destinies of the Lack
awanna line.
Elsewhere in this issue of the Citizen
there is a more extended reference to the
creation of a new officer to be known as
Industrial commissioner whose duty 1t
will be to build up the business of the
towns contributing to its support 1t is
proposed to advertise the advantages OF
the territory tributary to the Lacka-
wanna line and in others ways to interest
capitalists in the abundant resources 1t
affords.
The arguments advanced in favor of
the plan are so reasonable that 1t Is
rather surprising that none of the other
roads doing business here did not take
it up. The plan has been followed with
much success in the west and in certain
places in the east that are not near so
favorable to it's operation as is the re-
gion whose business outlet is the Lacka-
wanna.
That part of the line in the vicinity Of
Scranton seems to be a particularly fa-
vorable field for the work of an Industrial
commissioner. With coal at the most
reasonable prices, with abundant water,
plenty of labor and other facilities that
enable manufacturers to meet close COM
petition, it is difficult to see how 1t is
possible for any other section of the
| Union to surpass the northern anthra-
cite field of this state. Yet the facts are
| against us and so they will remain un-
| less there are other efforts made In the
direction indicated by the management
| of the LaCkawanna line.
They are to be commended for having
set a pace which, we hope, will stimulate
| industry on the part of some of the other
lines doing business in this region.
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as a Literary Person." has been secured
by the publishers of The Century and
will appear In the November number.
A curious and entertaining book has
teen brought out by Laird & Lee, OF
Chicago, under the title of Dreams and
Omens." 1t contains list of interpretl.
tions of dreams arranged in alphabetical
form, which have been compiled from am
cient and modern documents, and'is cal
Culated to interest those who cherish
belief In the meaning OF nocturnal vi
sions. But whether one has faith in its
contents or not 1t is volume that can
not fail to furnish endless amusement
in the household at all times. 1t Is em-
bellished with dainty Illustrations artis-
tic covers and is in every way an at
tractive book (Cloth, Is cents. Laird
& Lee, Chicago)
OF all the thousands of visitors who
pass through the city Of New York dur
ing the year IL Is doubtful if n score of
them see anything of the quaint and curl
Gus spots that are hidden In out-of-the-
way corners. 1t is doubtful whether they
stop to consider, in the rush and whirl Of
the city, that the metropolis has not quite
swallowed up the picturesqueness OF a
hundred years ago. Writers have been
prone to deal with that which is modern,
and in the observation of progress and
improvement neglect the daintiness and
section of the town there are tiny viii
lagos hidden in the midst of crowded tene-
ment sections, lost thoroughfares, for
gotten graveyards, reminders in land
marks of Peter Stuyvesant the valiant
Dutch governor houses that were stand
ing when the English took the town with
out a struggle from the Dutch who were
always going to prepare for war and
never did. There are days of delight for
those who will wander through old Green
wch and Chelsea villages, and through
all the picturesque scenes connected with
the city where Washington lived, where
Irving wrote where Thomas Paine was
| an exile and where Nathan Hale died. All
such scenes are brought together in the
| pages of a dainty volume soon to be is
| sued by Charles Scribner's Sons, called
| ''Nooks and Corners of Old New York, "
| by well known New York journalist,
| Charles Hemstreet, who has placed the
| research of many years in unique form,
while the facile pencil of f.. c. Peixotto
has pictured the quaintest bits of the
| ancient city.
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Bryan is in politics solely for the money
there is in 1t. The letter. in the light
of its birth, proves nothing of the Kind.
although even IL it did, the pursuit OF
politics in the hope Of earning a live
lihood Is not necessarily a crime. But
the point in this episode is not the
nlmsy nature of the accusation itself;
1t is the quick and non-partisan veto
which public opinion has everywhere
put upon j. Sterling Morton's small
potato tactics. Republicans heartily
opposed to Mr.. Bryan in party belief and
anxious to take good fall out of him
i'm legitimate discussion join with his
Democratic friends in repudiating with
scorn the peanut-politcs that inspired
Sterling Morton's boomerang.
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1t was recently reported in some of
the papers that Attorney General
Griggs, in one of his speeches made
while accompanying the president on
his western tour, had delivered blow
at international arbitration. What he
said was this: People sometimes de-
plore war and speak OF peace confer
ences as If they could blot out of the
soul of man all love of gallantry, all
admiration for heroic deeds. You
may declare and resolve to the end Of
the world, my friends, but longest and
last in the admiration of the human
soul will live deeds of heroism and
gallantry done in noble causes for the
benefit of the world" This is an i'm
pregnable assertion of fact.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-16

A temporary agreement has been
reached with Canada in the Alaskan
boundary dispute which, until a per-
manent one is concluded, will leave
the United States in possession Of
every water inlet and outlet to the
Klondike country; retain within Amer
lean territory the. ports of Dyea and
Skagway one Of which Great Britain
wanted and at one time actually
claimed, and give to the United States
the bulk, if. not all, of the Klondike
trade. We can afford TO let it so at
that.
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One year ago the Scranton Times
was hoping. with Admiral Dewey, that
the American flag, raised at Manila,
would never come down. Today 1t is
bowling with all it's might for the flag
to be pulled down and hurling all
kinds of epithets at those who believe
that it's presence in the Philippines is
absolutely necessary in the interests
of ultimate peace, order, liberty and
civilization. If its present attitude
isn't copperhead attitude what is It?
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fogy, OF course, but do nice girls kiss
men?"
Answering AN old Lady's" question,
we venture to say that nice girls show
considerable discrimination in their
kissing of men. They do not make
practice of II in public places they do
not hold the kiss to be less sacred than
a symbol Of esteem or affection; and,
above all, they are not foolish enough,
save perhaps in very early life, before
their ideas have been matured to be-
lieve that this symbol can be cheap
ened by them without cheapening the
whole relation of their sex to the sex
which values the kisses of nice girls
most of all.
From this premise II follows logic
ally that nice girls do not. by aimless
frequenting of the public thoroughfares
at night and by little feats of coquetry
and filtration, perhaps begun wholly
without evil intent, put themselves in
the light, to disrespectful men, of in
viting the temptations which too often
end in the loss of character and honor.
Those whose business requires them to
be upon the streets of Scranton after
nightfall have probably noticed enough
of this foolish lettering to cause Won
derment at the apparent indifference
with which it is regarded by PARENTS
and sometimes the thought has come
to them that if parents are Indifferent
the city authorities should not be- for
when this evil ripens into actual degra-
dation, it generally means new expense
to the charity and correction depart
ments of our city government, with
heightened peril to the public morals.
OF course nice girls do not need these
words; yet there are girls and parents
who do; and it is high time they were
spoken.
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A Suggestion.

Y r is POSSIBLE that the citizens
of Scranton may be willing to
IL take a lesson from the citizens
of Pittston, who, on account of
the loose if not dishonest methods pre-
valent in the conduct of their city's
municipal affairs, have just organized
a Taxpayers association, made up OF
representative business and profess
sional men of all parties, and designed
to force a better accounting from the
city's officials. We are not familiar
with the immediate causes of this eX-
traordinary movement in our neigh
boring city; but the general inference
is that some of the leading taxpayers
of Pittston are of the opinion that they
are not getting their moneys worth
in city government; and if that be-
lief obtains in Pittston there is GER
tanly good reason for the same be-
lief in Scranton.
Last week the president of the
Scranton common council, speaking
with reference to a telephone franchise
newly proposed in ordinance form, in
d
methods might become necessary. 1t
is notorious that for several years
past franchise propositions of various
kinds have been considered in our
councils in a manner to excite public
suspicion. Rumor, in some cases per-
sistent. has alleged in connection with
many of these propositions transac-
tions which, if established in a court
of justice, would have increased the
population of the penitentiary. There
has been nobody to assume the burden
of looking into these rumors; and the
consequence is that if there are any
members of councils open to undue in
fluence there is before their eyes no
particular deterrent influence. Men in
public office anxious to sell themselves
can usually find purchasers, especially
if the constituents whose rights form
the commodity in trade exhibit no
signs of objection.
1t is not an exaggeration of the
truth to say that for the taxes they
pay the taxpayers of Scranton are Sc
curing a poor return. 1t is pretty
hard to find a place in our city gov
ernment which might not be percept-
IDLY improved without additional tax
cost if an aggressive movement were
made in that direction by intelligent
men possessing the confidence OF the
people. The average man has little
time to give to detective work in be-
half of better government; but if con
WINGED that he is being cheated anC
made to understand clearly In wha
manner and by whom, he will do tn,
rest. If a representative organiza
tion of taxpayers working strictly oil
business lines without partisan tain
or motive, and willing to go to SOM
pains and expense TO ascertain tn
exact truth about suspicious feature
of city government would take hol,
in Scranton and keep hold until it ha,
accomplished its purpose, we believ
that the gain to the city would con
stitute an ample compensation for tn
investment of time, money and energ
necessary.
Does this opinion meet with publ
approval?
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On Kissing.

Wv y HAT IS without doubt a
AN pertinent inquiry on a
subject Of more or less
sentimental interest 10
persons of all ages and sexes is raised
in letter to the sun from a corre-
spondent who signs herself "An Old
Lady" She writes:
In Harper's Monthly for October Is
story by Mary lIartwcu Catherwooi,
called "rhe Indian on the Tran" The
heroine Is represented as beautiful, gem
tie and charmire, with "a spirit so pass
ionately Teticent that ii denied to itself
its own emotions" And yet she SAYS to
the man she Is to marry; "You think !
am prize. Why-l-firt--and I've kissed
men!" lie laughed "You would be- (he
says) "a queer girl AT your age, II YOU
hadn't kissed men little" ! ann ar old
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Won bv a Letter.

Cutliffe Hyne is one of the successful
story writer's of England, his Captain
Kettle yarns having gone there with
a boom second only to "Trilby" here so
long ago, writes Kenneth Herford in the
Detroit Free Press.
One day this summer he told little
party how it was his first story hap
pened to be accepted. 81 was unknown
and sent it to the Windsor" he said.
when I wrote the note accompanying
the manuscript / was thinking about
something else. I learned this after
ward. l wrote, If you don't send this
back will you please use itE Afterward
the editor told me the story was fright
fully bad, but the letter so clever t.ey
bought the tale Just to encourage me-
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Dewev,s Sarcasm.

Though as a general rule quiet ana
moderate of tongue. Admiral Dewey can
on occasion show intimate acquaintance
with the sultry language often heard on
board ship, relates tre Chicago Chron-
lcle. Then, again, he has been known
to restrain himself under great provoca-
tlon. While cruising in the Mediterra-
mean some fourteen years ago on the
Pensacola, of which he was then captain,
a white sduall struck the vessel. Some
sailors bungled their work In such way
as nearly to cause the loss of spar
They expected to hear something sui
phurous when they reached the deck, but
Captain Dewey only said to his next in
command: "Will you kindly tell me what
was the matter Just now with the agrl-
cultural population on the maintopscl u
yard?" Needless to say the sailors would
have much preferred the most vigorous
cussing to being thus delicately classed
as farmers.
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He Had Not Changed.

Graham Macfarlane relates that the
other day he was ir a barber shop pre-
sided over by tonsorial artist who is
man of colof The operation of shaving
Mr.. Macfarlane was about half finished
when there came in another negro, hack
driver, who demanded So that the barber
owed him for a hack at a funeral.
Come in next week an I'll have 1t,
said the barber as he continued to
Scrnne.
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DEMoCRACY's ALLY.

From the New York Sun.
If the Democrats in any state are dis
couraged they should be heartened and
uplifted by the thought that, far away
across the Pacific, the Hon. Emilio
Aguinaldo is praying to God that the
great Democratic party may win the
next presidential election and Imperialism
fail in it's mad attempt to subjugate us
bV arms"
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But the creditor got on his ear.

Look a'hyar!" said he, Use gittin'
mighty tired o. comm eroun' here after
dis yeIe morey. Hits always de same
thing. Come eroun' mex week. I'm
tired o comm eroun mex week. j wants
ma money! l come in las week and yo
tole me ter come agin mex week. an l
comes mex week and yo' tells me ter
come de week after. wants ma money!!
With that the barber took the middle
of the floor and declared himself.
Look a-hyar, black man. said he,
"whut yo' posterin me about yo'
money? Isn't l done tole yo' to come
mex week? What yo' expec'? I've done
tole yer de same thing all de time. Mex
week. mex week! l tole yer dat las week
and tells yer dat now. l hasn't
changed. Use prepared to do jes' whut
l says."-Memphis Scimetar
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County.

ommissioners-JOHN COURIER NOR.
RIS, of Scranton; JOHN PENMAN,
of Oyphant
Auditors-WILLIAM r. JOHNS and ASA
L. KIEFER, both of Scranton.
Election day, Nov. T.
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REP PUBLIcAN NOMINATIONS.
State.

Justice OF the Supreme Court-J. HAY
BROWN, of Lancaster
Judge of the Superior Court-JOS1AH f.
ADAMS, OF Philadelphia.
State Treasurer-LIEUTEN COL
ONEL JAMES Il. BARNETT, OF
Washington.
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If the Beers have put a $4,000 price
on Cecil Rhodes head they have given
him an advertisement easily worth
that sum and thus earned his thanks.
But it is not a lofty style of fighting.
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1t is unnecessary to elabo-
rate on what we have to show
you in this line. Will only
say that never before have
we had as choice a collection
of inviting and exclusive
things for the Baby as NOW,
and you do yourselves an in
justice if you fail to see our
SPECIAL EXHIBITION
of them this week. We cor
daily invite you to this OPEN
ing and as it is something
of special interest to the
Little Folks" also, bring
them with you.
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Rudyard's Kipling's letter. read last
week at a mass meeting of English
men held in support of the British
side of the Transvaal controversy,
shows that the celebrated Anglo-In-
dian writer of poetry and fiction can
also write pithy political prose. Il
am entirely in sympathy" he wrote,
with the object of the meeting and
realize our country's obligation at this
crisis to support her majesty's govern
ment unreservedly. Their demand l
take it to be, is for equal rights
for all white men from the Cape to
the Zambesi; their aim the establish
ment of a republic instead Of an
oligarchy, and their vindication a new
and regeneratc Transvaal, governed
under the equal laws formed in open
council by free men, neither corrupt
ed nor coerced, representing every in
terest in the land" England's case
has not been better put.
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THE YACHT RACE,

Our eyes, and those beyond the sea
Are bent on yachts and sailors,
And gentlemen, where'er they be,
Are looking up the tailors.
No matter how the winds may fail,
Our friends the winds are raising;
They come to US from hill and vale
For fits that all are praising.
And when we make a sale, you see,
To any saint or sinner,
No Yacht is better decked than he
To cross the line a winner.
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We do not believe that patriotism or
philanthropy enters into the conquest of
the Philippines. There may be here and
there sanctimonious old hypocrite who
pretends to see the hand of God in the
steal-ScTanton Times.
Does our contemporary aim this
shot at men like Archbishop Ireland?
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81 am butcher and market man, and live in Dal-
las, N. c. had been entirely past work for three
four years because of indigestion and dyspepsia took
about every kind of medicine there is on the market,
but none of them did me any good until | tried
RiPans Tabues. They benefited me from the start,
and know they the best thing have ever taken
for dyspepsia"
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News unsensational travels slowly,
and that may be why Sept 25 last is not
yet regarded by the American people
as a date Of particular Importance;
but it was of importance nevertheless,
for on that day the first completely
equipped English-teaching free school
was opened in Porto Rico. 1t is To-
Gated at San Juan and includes all
grades from kindergarten to profess
sional courses. The intention is to
make it model school for the whole
island. Already its facilities are over
taxed and additional room is to be
secured. In smaller communities
smaller schools are being opened; and
in one town-Farjardo 900 has
been given for a normal school, to
train native teachers This is what
expansion is doing for Porto Rico.
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