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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
OUR FIGHTING BRIGADIER.

o it was the breast of the mighty West
That mothered him, every part!
She gave him luck, and she gave him
pluck,
And she gave him a hero's heart!
From the tropic cline to the Arctic rime
He never held tryst with fear;
Then out for him with a shout for him.
Our fighting Brigadier.
What he lacks in strength, what he
wants in length,
Why, he makes 1t up in grit;
Once he riddled the rules of the scolds
and schools,
Like the foes at Calumpit,
1t was go as you please" or take your
ease"
Through the whole of the grinding
year,
With a merry scoff at the frowning
prof
Our fighting Brigadier.
He was never fain upon trail or train
To shrink from the face of strife;
And he quaffed the breath of the "Vale
of Death"
AS though 'twere the balm of life.
Ger the grim backbone Of the Yellow
stone
He was one of the first to peer,
him.
Our fighting Brgadler,
| There was no fright in the northern night
or his rare and rowing soul
| With the same unhaste that he ranged
the waste
| He'd have parlicd with the pole.
In canoe or camp, in dry or damp,
His courage shonc clean and clear;
| Then here's bipl-tlrpe cheers tC
Our fighting Brigadier.
Not long could he bide tho roaring tide
Where the city's canyons pour
| So he Joined the few Of the Dauntless
| crew,
And was off for the Cuban shore.
lie raised rare fun with his dynamite
| gun,
And he scattered the Spaniards sheer,
| So a song for him ring strong for him.
Our iighting l3rigadier
Though wounded, when there was call fol
men
To sever a tyrants bars,
| Who but he to the fore should be
To strike for the stripes and Stars?"
From Floridas sand to Oregon's strand
| Was no Valianter volunteer
| Than this hero-arm from the Deer-Creel
| farm
our lighting Brigadier.
| Every one knows how at Malolos
He charged with his reckless ire
How he swan the stream in the wicked
| CLEAN
OF the Filipinos' fire.
| We've but to name him for all TO CLAIM
him,
Our "Madcap Anthonys" peer;
Then hail to the man Of Caloocan,-
our fighting Brigadier.
| Clinton Scollard. in the sun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

The United states has an undoubted
right to Manila. Cavitc and bay, and tho
1ag should be there maintained.-Scran-
ton Times.
Here is certainly a queer straddle.
The Times wants part of the hellish
programme of "expansion by conquest
to remain unchanged, but the
sovereignty acquired, as Judge
Day explains, by purchase from the
only recognized owner at the time of
the transaction, 1t repudiates with
scorn, wants the symbol of it hauled
down and proposes, we infer, kind OF
-you-please lot of tribal trouble
in the next-door neighborhOod of Ma
nila, Cavite and bay" with the United
States continually in hot water, but
powerless to interfere. We fear our
fag-lowering, rebel-loving contompor-
ary is becoming slightly confused.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
The Roberts Case.

v " the corresponding secre-
tary OF the Salt Lake
Ministerial association, Rev. William
r. Campbell, explaining the basis OF
the demand for the expulsion of Brig
him II. Roberts from the next con-
gress, and urging general mass meet
ings of citizens in behalf of a cOnstitu-
tional amendment prohibiting polyg
amy and polygamous Cohabitation in
every state and territory in the Union.
And we desire to say upon this subject;
The outcry against Roberts is not, as
he tries to make believe, a persecution
of a particular religious sect because
of any doctrines or dOgmas that it may
hold, but a simple demand for the vim
dicaton of an outraged law. Roberts
is a law-breaker who glories in his dis
obedience of law and whose retention
in congress would give the effect of
federal notification to the law forbid
ding polygamous cohabtation in Utah.
4 TAN Sdlltu SldltlObu upon llit repre-
sentation, and would never have gained
it but for the representation, that
polygamy within its borders had beer
outlawed and abandoned, and that
those having lived in polygamous re-
laton would SO live no more. But here
is Roberts holding the credentials of
an elected member of congress who not
only has not given up the polygamous
cohabitation as agreed, but who makes
open boast Of his intention to continue
to defy both the spirit of Utah's pledge
to the people of the United States and
the plain letter of the Utah state con.
stitution, which forever forbids and IN.
hibits the very practices which Roberts
parades as his chief claim to distinc.
tion.
The highest law-making power in the
nation cannot lend it's Endorsement OF
give its acquiescent sanction to con
duct OF this kind. Roberts credential.
Will have to be accepted and Robert.
given a seat at the organization O.
congress, but Immediately afterWart
he should be expelled by a unanimous
vote.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

The Wilkes Barre papers are now
worrying over the conduct of the af-
fairs of the Lackawanna railroad and
fear that new manager will have to
be selected next year. With the stoch
near the 200 mark and business boom
ing all along the line; with new feat
ures for the accommodation OF the
public, equitable rates on freight ani
passenger mileage and other signs OF
progress almost too numerous to men
tion, it looks as though the dissatis-
faction i'm regard to the road would
have to be limited to Wilkes-Barre tor
some time to come.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
THE POLITICS IN IT.
Editor OF Tho Tribune.

Sir: Referring to your Admiral schley
editorial of this morning and to Colonel
Hitchcocks letter in tho same issue relat-
ing to the anomalous action of tho ex-
ecutive department resulting I'm Schley's
promotion, politics were no doubt IN the
case, though scarcely in the sense Colonel
Hitchcock indicates. You will recall the
hue and cry that arose from Democratic
sources that Schley was to be robbed and
crucihed because he was a Democrat.
one can readily conjecture the possible
anxiety Of the president to eliminate par
tisan politics from the case by promot-
ing Schley. Let congress order a commits
sion and give the Santiago captains per-
mission to unite their tongues
Yours truly
Theodore II. Dibble.
Scranton, Oct. II,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

A plot has been discovered at Santo
Domingo that might have resulted in
the assassination of General Jiminez.
The men with the razors were all en-
ployes Of the former government who
had been thrown out of office by the
new administration. Unless Jiminez
can institute a civil service system
which will make ohiceholders secure
in Hayti politics down that way will
probably be accompanied by bloodshed
to the end of the chapter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

retaliation should he dispose of Sch'ey
in naval orders not to their liking All
this brings forward the necessity Of
an inquiry by an independent and an
unbiased tribunal, having authority
to summon as witnesses every party
to the controversy and power to order
the production of every document and
fact.
We hope that congress will do this
and we think that it is necessary to the
best interests Of the naval service.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

The Iowa Bohemans recently held
a meeting denouncing as false the
charge that their fraternal societies
had encouraged suicides. They do not
believe in urging any man to kill him
self unless he feels like it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

The Dewey celebration in New York,
it is said, was not a success financially.
The majority of visitors brought gin
ger-bread in their pockets, viewed the
street parade, avoided the side shows,
and made no contributions save to the
railroads.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
County.

Commissioners-JOHN COURIER NOR
RIS, Of Scranton; JOHN PENMAN,
OF Olyphant.
Auditors-WILLIAM T.. JOHNS and ASA
+. K1EFER, both of Scranton.
Election day, Nov. T.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

Some Of our contemporaries have
been printing extracts from DR.. Living
stones books upon missionary travels
in South Africa which place the Beers
In new light before many who once
regarded them as much-abused victims
Of English greed. DR.. Livingstone
was not in search of gold, diamonds
or political ACKNOWLEDGMENT in his Af-
rican travels, but by his uniform kind
ness to natives gained their good will
everywhere and was justly entitled
to his reputation of being one of the
most humane Of natures noblemen.
The stories Of cruelties heaped upon
the peaceful and defenceless inhabi-
tants Of the country claimed by the
sturdy righteous Beers" would seem
almost incredible from any other
source. If but a fraction of the calm
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

A number Of neighboring villages
and cities are now threatened with n
water famine. The press and people
increasing scarcity of water each year,
but few seem to realize that the only
solution Of the trouble is tree-planting
and forest preservation. Unless laws
are made in the near future to re-
enterprising farmer who are hewing,
hacking and burning the few tracts of
timber that are left in this vicinity,
the water question will unquestionably
become even more serious than at pres
pnt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

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 sometime
of special interest to ii 9
Little Folks" also, bring
them with you.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

Unless these wrist-wrenchng lie.
monstrations of welcome soon cease.
Admiral Dewey announces that he will
probably be obliged to extend the cork
hand to the balance of the nation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

Newspaper artists these day usually
take a few turns on the merry-go-
round when desirous of getting into
condition to make illustrations for the
South African battle grounds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

and unbiased statements Of DR.. Liv-
ingstone are true, It must indeed have
been the hands Of God which shaped
events in the way which will in time
deliver the unhappy land from the
domination Of the race which Just now
is appealing for the sympathy of the
world as an oppressed people.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

rs the Anglo-BOer war continues
very long people with a few millions
can make money by buying up dia-
monds and holding them for high
prices,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

The Beers of South Africa have
shown strange discOurtesy in begin
ming the war before Richard Harding
Davis had had time to arrive on the
scene Of operations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

If the Transvaal possessed a base
for naval operations Dom Paul's fam
Gus remarks regarding his intention Of
sinking with the ship" might not
have been uttered.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

People who go to court these days
need not expect to have much char
acter left after the scratch-awl artists
have had q chance to produce their
SO-called PORTRAITS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

Admiral Schley IS as much the hero of
Santiago Ilarbor as Dewey is of Manila
Bay.--Scranton Truth.
George Dewey does not deserve this
detraCtion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

Sir Thomas Upton may not be able
10 win the cup, but he has already
succeeded in winning the friendship of
the American people.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State

Justice Of the Supreme Court. HAY
BROWN, Of Lancaster
Judge of the Superior Court-JOSlAIl r.
ADAMS, of Philadelphia.
State Trcasurcr-LIEUTEN col
ONEL JAMES Il. BARNETT, of
Washington.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

DIRECTOR That has with long
we'll brisk she coO ana
her
failed
the
IA 5
Dg a Is l
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

Wv TE PRINT with pleasure
" the letters submitted by
v " the corresponding secre-
to,.,- pP 4he Salt Lake
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

Editor OF Tic Tribune.
Sir: Would you please kindly insert this
letter in Il prominent place in your valu-
able paper so as to correct certain false
rumors which arc atlOat in regard to the
Roberts case, which will come before the
next session Of congress? Also please pub
lish the accompanying letter from the
Salt Lake Ministerial association.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
Get at the Truth.

r t IS NOT our wish to prolong
the controversy regarding Rear
IA Admiral Schley but we hnartilY
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

4. Again II is persistently claimed by
Mr.. Roberts jealous but ignorant cham
pions that he has obeyed tho laws against
polygamy and 'unlawful cshabltation"
ever since the manifesto Of President
Woodruff. OF the Mormon church bv
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-24
Census Taking In China.

In china census methods are simple.
They don't have much trouble to take
a census there. When the time for max
ing a count OF the families and their
individual members comes around, the
head of each house is compelled by law
to write on a slip of paper the number
Of individuals living with him and the
name of each person. The authorities
lay particular stress upon correct spels-
ing, and there is a severe penalty at
tached to any misrepresentation either
as TO the number of persons or their
names. This obviates in the beginning
the wrestling with unpronounceabae
names, which helps to make life inte1-
esting for the American census taker.
and reduces the enumeration of the
population of a Chinese city to very
simple process
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-24
A Real Bottom1ess Pit.

Few indeed are they who have pene-
trated to the innermost recesses OF Will
lis cave-to the great rotunda where
the icy water of the "big spring" takes
a leap into the midnight blackness Of
the ssbottomless pit. % The entrance to
the cave is at the summit Of hill near
Versailles, Ind.
Rider Haggard, in his imaginary pic.
lures of underground horrors, has told
nothing that would equal the true story
which single misstep would furnish
in Willis cave. A stream of water
pours from the rock, and, pursuing a
devious underground channel for a
quarter of mile, emerges into vast
chamber with a slanting, slippery floor
inclining to a sink hole in the center.
Down this hole the stream pours and is
lost forever. By means of ropes and
weights the sink hole has been sounded
to depth of 400 feet, and still the
bottom has not been reached. The room
is surrounded by a narrow ledge OF
rock, on which daring explorers have
made complete circuit. One step off
the ledge upon the slippery floor would
mean almost instant death in the bot
tomless pit.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-24
Consumption and Fresh Air.

It is matter of common knowledge,
says an English exchange, that the late
Sir Andrew Clarke cured himself OF
consumption by living as much as pos
sible in the open air. The principle In
yolved has since been generally recog-
nized By the medical profession, with
the result that the old bad practice OF
keeping consumptiyes in warm, stuffy
rooms has been almost entirely aban.
doned. It is fresh air " hich is mainly
responsible for the cures worked at such
places as Davos, where the patients
spend ID hours day out Of doors,
breathing cold, bracing mountain air,
while they are exhilarated by bright
sunshine. The result is that each dis
eased spot in the lungs is cut off from
the healthy tissue by ring of stretched
cells, across which disease germs can
not pass, and so the malady is arrested
until the strengthened body can over
come it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-24
The Smart Young Wife.

Young Mr.. and Mrs. Smith We're pre-
pairing to make visit to friends for a
few DAYS. Their baby was only 9 months
Old, but was an important member Of
the family just the same. Mr.. Smith
was up stairs and Mrs. Smith down
stairs, putting on her things and get
ting ready to start. Hubby, =" she called
nt to her better half On the floor above,
',sAease bring me my gloves! They are
Sing on the dresser And bring me my
overshoes and veil and that hatpin lying
On top of the chifonier and few of
those animal crackers for baby, and
don't forget the baby's toothbrush. .
Poor hubby had hard time finding
everything his wife wanted. He was a
long while making his appearance and
finally his wife called to him, "What
is keeping you, dear?''
ssOh, that confounded toothbrush for
baby have everything but that. "
Then Mrs. Smith laughed. ''You silly
duck" said she, "did you not know
that I was only joking? The baby,
bless her dear little heart, hasn't tooth
to her name.
That was why hubby got so mad and
.tsaid things" as he was coming down
stairs. A man never likes to have a joke
played on him by his wife.-Pittsbure
Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-24
Not So Bad.

Dotty Thimble rushed up the stairs
eoLucy Cleary's room and burst through
the door.
s'He isn't such a fool, after ALL she
exclaimed.
"Who isn't?" asked Lucy wonder
sngly.
"That Gerald Thompson.
Lucy's lip curled. "What makes you
think so?' she asked.
"'Cause he kept US all guessing for
three hours at Maria Eveson's library
party last night. -
"Did he? How?''
.s'He came in with bicycle lock tied
on his shoe.
AeWhat did that mean?''
AsThat's what none of Us could make
out until it was time to go, and then
he told us and it was so simple he made
us ali feel like fools.
"What book was it that bel represent
ed?''
"Le,cke .On the Human Understand
ing. He's coming over to call tomorrow
night. detroit Free Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-24
The achange OF Nis' Cure.

There is 10 sense" said New
York physician. who has passed the
days when he must practice even if be
does not wish to. ''in the haphazard
way IN which. a patient as sent away
from home toeexhaust hig:strength and
spend his money in the saope that a
change,of air viii do him good. There
is no use in sending a perssn away to
die.
''Many physicians are nos at all con-
siderate about this SORT Of thing. There
are some cases in which the influence
of climate is a potent factor in the
treatment oe certain diseases, but not
half so many of them as is generally
supposed. Qeiet and rest at hoaae, plen-
ty of SUNSHINE, good food and pure air
are worth far anore than change Of
climate, that is.so often recommended
as .eure all. New York Herals.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-24
Great Lovers of Water.

The Siamese are more devoted to the
water than any other nation in the
world. They are nearly always bath
ing, generally with their clothes on,
and they never go anywhere by land if
they can possibly go by water. The
streets of Bangkok are like those Of
Venice, and the inhabitants say that
their idea CT paradise would be "a town
with canals where there were currents
in both directions SO that they might
be spared the effort OF rowing
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-24
.Dailz. tDailY except Sunday

"Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
No. So runs through to Columbia via Cen.
tral r. r. of S. @.
Trains Nos. IS and 80 run via Wileou and
eyet,eville-Short Line-aDd make close
connection for all points North.
Trains on c. 4 D. R. R. leave Florence
daily except Sunday 9 80 u arrive Darling
ton 10 Is m, Har,svills ,5a m, Cberaw
II 80 N, Wadesboro Is p n. Leave
Florence daily except Sunday 755 70, ar
rive Darlington 8 20 p n, Benrettsralle II
Pm, Gibson AS %. Leave Florence
Sunday only 9 80 N. arrive Darlington
10 05 N
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 90
a 10, Bennettsville 90 10, arrive Darling.
too 90 70, leave Darlington so a N, ar.
rise Florence 9 Is q n. Leave Wadesboro
daily except Sunday co 10, Cberaw i IS
N, Hastsyi'le I CO N, Darlington 6 ce
p U, arrive Florence 7 90 %. Leave Dar-
lingtoa Sunday only 8 SO n, arrive Flor.
ence Is m.
J. r. KENLEY, JNO.F. DIVINE.
Gee, Manager. Genq Sup't
TN. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
R. N. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-24
A BIG GUN.
The Largest Cannon in the
World Now Building.

The largest gon in the world is no"
being constructed by the United States
government at the Watervlies arsenal
AID it will be ready for the firing test
10 September The gun has a oalibre
Of 16 inches. is so feet long aud wsigts
1875 tors It's charge Of powder aOd
shot will weigh 2.40o pounds, and it is
estimated tha. the muzzle velocity of
the projectile will be equal to 1000
tons, or the equivalent of the rammiDg
energy of the battlesbip Oregon NOV
Jog at speed of IA knots an hour.
It is safe to say, however, that the
govern nmept will not build any more
gaos of this size, for the reasoo tha.
they do cot give satisfactory results.
and Great Britain has already ceased
building them. The recent war with
Spain demonstrated the fact that the
most destructive weapons are guns Of
smaller calibre. such. for Instance. as
the 4. 5, 6. 3 and 10 inch rifles. The
Pittsburg Post has this to say OF the
tig gun at Watervliet arsenal:
The steel ignot from which the
main tube is constructed was cast at
South Bethlehem and weighed 222,-
230 pounds 10 order to assemble the
various parts Of the new gun, it was
necessary to build pew plant at
Waservlies. The guo will be larger
than any German. French or English
gun in leOgtb. weight. bore, velocity
and penetration. 1t will be mounted
as psrt of the defensive system of New
York harbor, perhaps iu turres on q
foundation to arti6cialIy built up ON the
the Rouer shoals These shoals, as is
we'll known. are little inside Of Sandy
Hook, aud fort built up 90 them vii!
be 10 direct line with the Sandy Hook
defenses and those on the opposite side
at Plum island The Is inch gun was
favorite with the late chief of ord
nance. General Flagler. who urged it
for years, using every argument in its
favor"