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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-11-01

The bonded indebtedness of
Meigs county is s$73,0O0. 1t would
require 10000 bushels of wheat
to pay it. What have we to show
for this debtH-Pomeroy Democrat.
Over here in Mason county the
debt of the county is variously ee-
timated at $4,000 to $125,OOo. the
latter figures being the nearest cor
rect. We doubt if there is enough
of wheat in the farmers graneries
in the county, to pay this debt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-11-01
Married.

Mr.. w. w. Brown, a popular
passenger conductor on the K. &
M. R'y, was married to Miss Grace
MoKinstry, Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 O'Clock, October 25th, 1899,
at the BRIDES homo in Athens,
Ohio. The wedding was quiet
affair, only relatives and the most
intimate friends present. The
happy couple passed through here
last night on their way to Wash.
ington, ID. O., and other Eastern
cities, Both the bride and groom
have hosts of friends in Point
Pleasant, who Join with the Reg
ister in wishing them happy and
pleasant journey through life.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-11-01

Hi Brown has sold large tract
of timber on his land in Clendenin
district, to foreign parties, who
will go to work at once getting it
off. James Brown has the con-
tract for doing the hauling.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
Town and Country.

God made the undiscernIng earth,
The earth it brought forth trees;
God also made discerning man,
And man made factories:
And so the factory and the tree
Are parts Of Natures plan;
Both man-made mill and earth-made tree
Should please the God-made man.
The bobolinks song and the motorman's
gong
Are parts of one refrain;
And so is the crash of the cataract,
And the rattle of the train.
The cattled hills and the lowered town,
The wood-path and the alley.
The world-throngcd streets whose
sreams are men,
And the TiVulet-threatcd valley
These all are the equal home of the man
Who loves the human brood;
The home of the man who loves the world
And calls the whole world good;
The robins strain in the baclIwOOd lane
To this mans ear is sweet;
And so is the rhythmical pulse Of the
pave
With its tread of a thousand feet.
He loves to see the pine-tree grow
And see the warehouse loom,
And see the seamboats throng the
wharves
And see the buckwheat bloom,
For towns grow up beside the streams
As oaks grow on the hills,
And mills spring up like growing corn
And homes like dalfodils.
The breath of the fields its worship yields,
Like prayer it rises high;
And the smoke from a thousand chimney
tops
Is incense to the sky.
Sam Walter Foss in Lesle's Weekly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
DEWEY STORIES.
Dewey as a Sport,

When the admiral has leisure for it nc
enjoys athletic sports, and while his fleet
was at Hong Kong short time before
war with Spain was declared, he became
much interested in a boat race. The
event had been arranged between Il crew
from the Raleigh that had won several
victories and Il crew from the Olympia
that had never raced before. The crews
of both cruisers were much excited over
the prospective contest, but the boys from
the Raleigh We're the favOritcs in the
betting. \ few days before the race was
to come off a certain Mr. Harper, a pOpu-
lar hOtelkceper at Hong Kong, boarded
the Olympia loaded with money which he
wanted to bet on the Ralelgh's crew. The
sailors OF the Olympia were tlmid and
asked odds that Harper would not give.
1t so happened that Dewey wandered
along the deck at this time. The men
stood at attention" and the admiral in
quired what was the trouble.
well, you see, sir said one of the
men, this man is betting ON the Ra-
leighs boat and We want bigger odds, as
our boat never raced before"
Harper here interposed' with some re-
mark to the effect that the Olympia's
boat might be as gooG as the Raleigh's,
even if she had never raced before.
might be-" repeated the admiral in
dignantly, might be. Why, hang IT,
man, | never bet nor do | encourage bet
ting, but I'll lay you fifty dollars that she
is not only as good but better"
This was the signal for such cheering
as made Dewey fash to the roots of his
hair, and his enthusiasm found so swift
an echo among the men that before ten
minutes had passed Mir. Harper was COM
PEELED to call a halt. When the race
came off the Oympia's boat won, to the
delight of Dewey and his crew Mr. Har-
per promptly paid his pets and departed
sorrowfully.
That evening the admiral called the
racing crew into his cabin, and after
congra tuatnG them on their victory,
presented them with the 800 of his be-,
the fifty he had won and the fifty he
had bet, for" he said, "if it had not
been for you ! would have lost it any
way" And cutting short their thanks
with a pleasant laugh. he shook hands
| with them all and bowed them out,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
THE HISS IN POLITICS.


From the Scranton Truth.
The philosophic mind, that one would
naturally look for under such mild and
uneXciting method of making nominations
as that introduced by the Crawford Coun-
ty system, was not manifest in Tues
days meeting of Republican return
Judges, otherwise the disgrace of kissing
such Il prominent, venerable and encr-
getc member OF the party as the Hon.
Il. n. willard would not have been IN
dulged in.
Judge WIZARDS service of forty years
In the party harness, which he pleaded
pathetically or his announcement that he
was about to retire from active political
life. did not suffice to shield him from
the sbiliant insults of his unfrendly au-
ditors. lie told them that he was anxious
only for the good of the Republican par
ty; that he had stood shoulder to shoul-
der with their fathers in fighting the bat
ties of Republcanism; but because he
could not give his Endorsement to the
| new system he was cried down.
This was simply shameful. Had Judge
| Willard been addressing convention of
| the opposition party he could not have
| been treated worse than he was treated
| yesterday ''in the house of his friends.
| OF the merits of the Crawford county
| system, properly applied, there can be no
| doubt: still it's advocates and supporters
| must snow tnat lneN are IN laNOf OF ldiI
| play themselves if they expect to receive
| fair play from those who take exception
| to their views. Indeed It is the apparent
| element of fair play I'm the system that
| has commended it to impartial minds. #
| distinguished men like Judge Willard see
! fit to take issue with It they should, at
| least be listened to with respect.
| The hiss is not a convincing argument
in politics, or out Of it; and ii Is but a
| short distance from the species of COer-
CiOn, that would deny free speech, to that
| which would deny the exercise of a free
| vote at the ballot box. 1t is right and
proper that those who contend for the
Crawford county system should do SO
strenuously; but they should also do 50
| dc Gently and i'm order, and not by re-
course to the tactics of thoughtlcss hood
| lums.
| The Crawford county system has not
| shown itself 50 strong in Lackawanna
| that ii can play the tyrant by Offering
| insult to Judge Willard or any other
prominent Republican. There is another
| tribunal to which it's work must be sub.
mitted before it is completed, namely
that Of the ballot box, and 1t is necessary
that it should show itself worthy Of pub.
lie confidence and respect. if 1t hopes tc
win the popular approval Of the voters
whose verdict is far more important thar
the action Of return Judges or Conven.
tiOnS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
Emulated Hannibal.

When Admiral George Dewey and his
younger sister, now Mrs. Mary Il. Greedy,
were small children together I'm Montpe-
Her. VT, they read an account of Ham
nibal crossing the Alps. According to
Max Bennett Thrashcr, who relates the
incident in Self Culture, the boy was
strongly impressed with the story as, in
fact, he seems to have been with almost
anything pertaining to war. Just back or
the state house is a high and very steep
HILL at that time probably bare of houses,
since even now only u very few have
been able to perch upon It's slopes.
Fitting himself and his sister out with
such impedimcnts as he thought suitable
one winter day, and naming the high hill
the Alps, young Dewey started TO cross
them, he being Hannibal and his sister
the army. 1t was cold, and the ground
was covered with deep snow, but the
endurance of the army did not give out
until she had become so chilled that she
was sick In bed for a week afterward
as a result.
Between Admiral Dewey and his sister
existed a sympathy of the most intimate
nature. In one of his letters to her after
the battle OF Manila he said: Just q
line to thank you for your king letter,
and also for your prayers for my safety.
Perhaps they did help. Who knows?'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

The nineteenth century closes with the
year 1900. Immediately after midnight,
therefore, of Dec. 81 1900. is when the
twentieth century begins. In other words,
1t begins with the first second of the first
hour of the first day Of January, 1901,
The twentieth century will open on
Tuesday and close on a Sunday. 1t will
have the greatest number of leap years
possible for a century-twenty four, The
year 1904 will be the first one, then every
fourth year after that to and including
the year 2O00. February will three times
have five Sundays: in 1920, 1913 and 1876
The twentieth century will contain 30, G,52j
days, which lacks but one day Of being
exactly 52lS weeks. The middle day Of
the century will be Jan, /, 1881.
Several announcements are made Of
changes to be inaugurated with the op-
ening of the new century. The first OF
Importance is that Russia will adopt the
Gregorian calendar, This will be done
by omitting thirteen days, the amount OF
error that will have accumulated after
the close OF February, 1900. The Rus
slams will then write Jan. I, 1901, instead
of Dec, 49, 1900, or rather, instead OF both,
according to the dual system now in
vogue in that country and in Greece The
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
Dewey's Quiet Nerve.

a member Of the Army and Navy club,
while recalling "reminiscences of the ad-
miral said:
II was with him when he was eXecu-
tive officer Of the Colorado, and remem-
Der one incident which shows the manner
of man he is. We had fine crew, some
Of them as powerful men as l ever saw.
-Four or five Of them went ashore one day
and came back fighting drunk. The or
der was given to put them in irons, and
it was found di1hcUlt to carry out the
order, for the men were dangerous.
Dewey was notified of the situation. lie
was writing a letter i'm his room at the
time. lie went to the place where these
giants were, and he told them to come
out and submit to the irons. They did
not stir, Then Dewey said quietly to an
orderly: Bring me my revolvcrs.' When
in possession Of the TeVolVcTS Dewey
called again upon the men to come out
and they did not move. Then he said
in the same quiet tone: Il am going To
count three; if you are not out here with
your hands held uD on the third count
lie counted one, then he cooked the re-
volVers and counted two, We all eX-
peCtcd to hear the report for we knew
that Dewey meant what he said, The
men knew 1t, too They stepped out
Just in time to save their lives, and held
up their hands, and they had been par
TALLY sobcred by their fright and the
moral effect of Dewey's glance. Dewey
went back to his room and finished the
letter he was writing"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
Respectfully Declined.

While Captain Dewey was I'm command
of the flagship Pensacola of the Euro
pean squadron, in 1855, number of sail
ors went on shore at Malta and engaged
in a street brawl. The next morning
the captain of the port came out to the
Pensacola to complain to Captain Dewey
of the actions Of his sailors.
"What can | dOY' asked Dewey.
"Why, your men raised riot on shore
and YOU can assist me I'm arresting and
Furnishing them" was the reply.
Captain Dewey expressed regret for the
occurrence, but said that he did not see
how he could aid the captain of the port,
who, with a show of anger, retorted
You certainly can parade your crew
before me in order that the rioters may
be identified"
Looking aloft and pointing to the stars
and Stripes waving at the masthead,
Dewey made reply:
'"Thc deck Of this vessel Is United
States territory, and I'll parade my men
for no foreigner that ever drew breath"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

flE klEMAltl\S, COPIED from
the Scranton Truth, upon
n the disreputable exhibition
made by the followers Of
the Scranton Fellows MOir Spite
league at Tuesdays county conven-
tion in Kissing Judge and County
Chairman L. n. Willard for the eN-
ercise of the right Of free speech ull-
der a courtesy of the floor voted uil-
animously by the convention, repre-
sent an unbiased verdict Of condenrna-
1ion, to which exception cannot b"
taken. When men Of Judge Willard $
years and work and worth are insu'ted
on the floor of the convention If
political party they have helped t.
found, or snecred at by beardlesS up
starts as representatives of the silk
stocking class for no other offensc than
having dared to differ in a matter Of
opinion from the hoodlum element
there may we'll be pause for reflection.
1t is true the tactics of the hisscrs
are simply natural development or
the methods and literature of the Eel.
lows-S Scranton Moir Triumvirate, cX-
employing the spite, venom and petty
meanness of their teachers, When
men like Joseph \. Scranton can wan
tonly and maliciously vilify citizens
of prominence in his paper and be
thought smart for doing so. although
the language that he uses would in
many instances put to blush even his
brazen- faced and foul-penncd pupils,
the libelers of the Scrant0nian, it 5
not to be expected that his ignorant
political dupes could enter the con"
pany of gentlemen without initiating
the indccpncies of their instructors,
When blatherskitcs like John II. Eel
lows, notorious for political impudence
hypocrisy and gall, can go about
among the people misrepresenting the
political characters of men who have
done more good for the party and for
the people than ever entered his mar
row mind to dream of, much less ap-
preciate; and when lightweights like
James Mor can pompously strul
about uttering high sounding pledges
OF political publication while under
dark-lautern cover prostituting the
police force of the city to vent per,
sonal spites or accommodate persona
whims, it need not be considered
strange that their actions should max,
Irresistible appeal to the anarchist,
spirit which showed up in its tru,
light in Tuesdays rowdyism.
Is this the kind of leadership 70.
the Republican party of Lackawanni
county? II so, may heaven help tn
party!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
CURRENT VERSE.
World, Wise Old World.

World, wise old world.
What may man do for thee?
Thou that art greater than all OF us,
What wilt thou do to me?
This glossy curve of the tai! grass spear
Can | make its lustrOus green more clear?
This tapering shaft of oat, that knows
To grow erect, as the great pine grows,
And to sway in the wind as well as he
Can / teach ii to nod more graCiouslyE
The lark on the messy rail 50 HIGH
Wary, but pleased if | keep my place,
who could give a single grace
TO his flute note sweet and high.
Or help him find his nest hard by?
Can | add to the pOppy's gold one bit?
Can doeren the sky. or soften it?
Edward Rowland Sill,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

prestige, opportunity and duty the
largest chapter ever written as a con-
sequence of one great event. He APP
peals to the Imagination as the sue
cessful pioneer in the inevitable push
ing out Of American power and au-
thorty into the great theater of future
world politics and giant developments
the Orient He has opened a new
world to American enterprise and civil
ization.
The work which he so auspiciously
begun will never be undone. The flag
that he has lifted up high shall remain
high and sovereign for all time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

According to an estimate printed in
the sun, the railroads entering New
York city are incapable of carrying
more than $4,000 persons in a single
day and the steamboats, $4,000, That
journal estimates that not more than
100000 persons from out Of town win
see the Dewey celebration and it al
leges that the total hotel accommo-
datlon of Manhattan and Brooklyn is
for 2,250,OO0 persons. If we deduct
from this total the number Of resident
guests 1t will be seen that even 1,500,-
600 strangers would exhaust the hotel
room. Those who have not engaged
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
THE SCRANTON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SEPTEMBER 1899.

other important announcement is that 1t
Is not ut all unlikely that the astronom-
cal day, which now begins at noon of the
civil day, will begin with the civil day
at midnight The present method OF
having the astronomical day to begin
twelve hours after the beginning Of tho
civil day Is apt to be confusing. ON the
other hand, to have the former begin
at midnight, just when astronomers are
often busiest, will be to them somewhat
inconvenient.-S American.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
The Secret of Ii.

"a n EN BEFORE Admiral
Dewey's time have been
L v "A brave, capable and dis
Greet and yet have ;lt
become heroes. What is the secret
OF the tremendous, the Unprecedented
outpouring of popular tribute to this
naval officer?
There are many contributing causes
the glory Of a successful fight; the
uniform dignity yet unaffected klndli-
ness of his nature; his simplicity can
dor and self-poise-but back of all
and above all is the fact that he and
the forces under his command put the
American flag higher in the estma-
tion of all mankind than 1t had ever
been before and added to American
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

could have escaped easily, as he was
bold powerful swimmer, but he was too
unsclfsh to thing of himself as long as
any of his comrades were in danger. Not
far from him he spicd a seaman who was
trying his best to keep above water after
his right arm had been paralyzed by
bullet Dewey struck out for him and
gave him lift til they reached float
ing spar. Then the wounded man was
towcd ashore I'm safety.
All from the New York Sun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

Three years ago there were, in the
month of August, 269 deaths in Havana
due to yellow fever; two years ago, 121.
Last August, under American sanitary
conditions. the deaths from this dis
ease numbered 10. Results like this
are bound in time to commend Ameri-
can rule to intelligent Cubans.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
A Scandal.

Through many years its course it ran
To smirCh the honor of man;
And in the night of deaths dark gloom
1t came a knocking at his tomb,
But when the sun of truth shone out,
1t faded with the mist Of doubt;
OF this mans honor all then read
And he was pEaised-but he was dead.
William sydney IIillSCr in the New
York Home Journal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

The Sultan Of Sulu evidently was not
born yesterday. When visited by a
party Of American newspaper corre-
spondents, who were the first Ameri-
cans to hold personal audience with
him, the sultan wrote, in Arabic:
"This is to certify that l am like Il
brother to the Americans and want to
know IL they will treat me the same"
lie is obviously a believer In reel
prOCity
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

1t has remained for the Bismarck
n. D., Tribune to suggest the crowning
feature of the Dewey celebration. That
journal proposes that Russell Sage be
made to distribute five cents worth of
caramels among the crowd.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
The Sun Clock on the Floor.

A cosy little school house
Stood under a big tree,
And the little school within 1t,
Was droll as droll could be.
No time-piece was upon the wall,
No watch the teacher wore,
Each child could tell the hour
BY the sun-clock on the floor.
The teacher was an ancient mite,
Her hair was touched with gray,
She held that folks too often
BY pride were led astray;
And simple thrift and virtue
She taurht the choicest lore
Her favoritc object lesson,
The sun-CloCk on the floor.
And when, as oft it happened,
The day was ClOudcd Ger
When dusty, dun and useless lay
The sun-Clock on the floor,
She knew the wooden clock at homo
Would soon he on the stroke,
When the nearest farmhouse chimne
For noon began to smoke.
IT. G. Osborne, in Western Teacher.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

The enthusiastic writer's who insist
that Admiral Dewey is once more
upon his native heath" must have an
idea that the Olympia has been
coast
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
The Family Man.

When eager nips the frosty air
And bleak is autumn's breeze,
The poet sings of russet woods
And harvest views that please;
But, oh; then CarcwOrn family man,
No song is i'm his soul
He turns but from the iCeman's bill
To run up one for coal!
And when the surely shortening days
Mark summers certain flight
The poet sings of evening snug,
And homes serene delight;
Yet still the luckless family man
No comfort sees-alaS!
For all this means that he must pay
a bigger bill for gas
st. Louis Republic.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

Princess Cantacuzene-Spera is
doubtless cOngratulating herself that
she did not marry man with an un-
euphonious name like Prince Ranjit-
sinhji.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
His Devotion to His Men.

Although n thorough disciplinarian
Dewey loves his men, and his devotion to
them was made apparent when disaster
came 20 the old Mississippi in 1863
Dewey was then a lieutenant He was
the last man TO leave the vessel and was
hardly out Of swimming reach of the
ship when the magazine exploded. Dewey
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

Some of the newspaper portraits Of
Mrs. Potter Palmer, called out by the
marriage of her niece to Prince Canta-
cuzene, are Lydia Pinkhamish in ap-
DearanCc,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
The Psychology of a Dream.

Percy-I dreamt last night that you
and ! were married! What is that a
sign of?
Ethel-Why, that is a sign you were
dreaming!-Puck.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28
County.

Commissioncrs-JOHN COURIER NOR
R1S, of Scranton; JOHN PENMAN,
Of Olyphant
Auditors--WILL1AM f. JOHNS ana ASA
V. kIEFER. both Of Scranton.
Election day Nov. T.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

In his Pittsburg speech the other day
Dr Swallow, it is said, was very much
subdued in manner. This may be an
indication that the doctor proposes to
put his anti-expansion theories in
practice.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

1t will be necessary for Captain
Dreyfus to pin on a Dewey badge Il
he expects to receive passing mention
in the papers this week.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

sleeping accommodations in advance
had therefore, better not plan to re-
main over night in New York on Fri
day or Saturday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

When Dewey is greeted by Richard
Croker. then, indeed, will greatness
focus.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

Dewey's opinion Of Otis seems to b.
corroborated by all the collateral eN!-
denre,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-28

Diplomats who are endeavoring to re-
store peace in South Africa are now
confronted by the announcement that
Rudyard Kipling has decided to go
nOetrN.