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The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
Grentne.. Thrust Upon Him.

Teacber-Now, then, by No, l, who
wrote "Macbeth?''
Boy No. ttrembling VIOLENTLY
Please, sir. | didn't
Teacher know you didn't. but who
did?
Boy No. with a spasm of virtue)-
Please, sir, don't wanter be telltale
but it wuz Bob Buster, over in de cor
ner seat seen him doin of It'll
Illustrated Record
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
Squaring Tn.

Freddie s Papa What do you iHtrnd
to do with the hole in that doughnut
when you get all the cake eaten from
around itr
Freddie latter serious thought)- i
guess III give it to little sister to pay
fer the bite she gimme out of her ap
pie. Chicago News
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
When Ro.ette Died.

Horace Walpole is great lover of
dogs too Patapan. Tonton and Ro
settle (the last the legacy of Mime, du
Deffand) are certainly the most spoiled
of the species, and run all over Straw
berry after their master, to the detri-
ment. one would have thought. of the
prim gardens and the vertu
When Rosette dies presently, Horace
sends the most touching epitaph on II
dog ever written, perhaps. to my Lord
Nuneham 1T has no merit. he says
for it is an imitation. but it comes
from the heart if ever epitaph did, and
therefore your dogmanity will not dis
like it.
Sweetest roses of the year
Strew around my Roses bier
Calmly may the dust repose
OF my faithful, pretty Rose.
The opening lines at least have the
oldest unlikeness to the popular concep
ton of Horace Walpole, if they have
some affinity with the man who is the
friend and playfellow of little children
and can t find it in his heart to turn
off an old servant or to give up an old
ally. .-Longman' Magazine.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31

The use of coats of arms as badge
for different families did not come into
practice till the twelfth century The
Germans are said to have originated it
while the French developed the science
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
Two OF n Kind,

Teacher What is tautologyH
Boy Repetition
Teacher-Give me an example
Boy We are going to have sleeps
head for dinner, and my sister Elsie 8
young man is coming to dinner also
Teacher-Go up top. London Fun
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
Cause For n Razor Duel.

Miss Johnsing-Dou Mistah Jeffah
son look swell Jes' see de fash oh his
damon stud
Mr. Jackson-Diamon muffin Dat
am discahded papahweight from de
bank wha he am potah Jewellers
Weekly
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
Wlhe Ind

What will happen ,,, yuu if ynu srs
II good little boy assed the gindl, nld
woman
I'm get stick of clnGy tor neiuu
good
And what will happcu /" you II
you are bad 7
I'm get two sticks of candy tor
promising to try to be good - Chicago
Post
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
A Remarkable Story.

In the Science Notes of the last
issue of the Scientific American
appears the following remarkable
statement; "A colored person called
William King, of New Bedford,
Mass, has enjoyed the uninter-
rupted possession of two hearts for
century, as he is one hundred
years old, and is still so hale and
literally hearty as to be able to
bend bars of iron across his arm.
According to the New York
Herald, which records this re-
marka BILE freak of nature, DR.. Mon
roe b. Long, of the Muhlenberg
hospital staff, physician of high
repute, after visiting King, said :
King has one heart on the right
and one on the left side of the
chest, whose separate beats in
unison could plainly be deter
mined. By certain muscular
contraction King let one heart
drop to the left lilac region, where
| clearly heard the beating: then
let the other heart drop to the right
lilac region, where its beating was
also plainly heard, both beating in
the lower part of the abdomen in
unison. Next, King threw over
the interior of the abdomen a wall
of bone from the neck down, Civ
ing every evidence of having two
sternums, or breastbones, one of
which is movable at his will and
seems to lie behind the regular
breastbone when in repose.'"
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
SUPPORT THE TROLLEY LINE

l.. .
BY advices received from Canon
it would seem that that town is
very much alive to it's interests by
heartily supporting the electric
railroad proposition. The TRIBUNE
is of the opinion, however, that
should meeting be called here
such as was held in Canon on Sat
urday, the same deep interest in
the scheme would be manifested
by the people of Florence.
When men stop to consider what
ex-Mayor Robinson has done in
the past, when they realize how
much he has the interests of Flor
ence at heart, and when they know
he is of the firm belief that his
proposition will be source of
good to our city, then there will be
no further doubt of his earnest
ness of purpose.
Let the plan meet with the sup
port it deserves, and it will GER
tainly materialize.
IAN Indiana state senator has
introduced bill doing away with
the holding of public schools" says
the Delta Laborer. He desires
that the children should remain at
home and be taught by the means
of telephones. He argues that the
system of phones necessary could
be established cheaper than the
school houses are built and one
corps of teachers could supply a
county or more. This would be a
hello school system, indeed"
AN exchange says at is indeed
strange how tickle memory is. We
know men who can tell every hoof
of stock owned by their neighbors
can tell the age of every child born
in that vicinity for the last twenty
years can tell exactly in mo-
ment how much is coming from
other people, but to save them
from hades they can't recollect
when their subscription expires"
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31

The Romans used little stones-cal-
culi-in counting. and hence the world
calculate
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31

Senator Ammons' bill abolish
ing the emblems and party names
at the head of our present ballot
passed the senate yesterday after
noon.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31

For fine job printing be sure to
call 1T the TRIBUNE office.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
THE MISSION OF SANITATION.

Yellow fever is almost unknown in Havana
this year That is one Of the great. salient facts
concerning the American occupation of Cuba
There have been a few cases and may he others
But thus far the dreaded pestlence has
amounted TO no more than any one Of half
dozen contagious diseases do every year in New
York. 1t exists there typhus fever and small
pox exist here. But it has come no nearer to
being an epidemic than they. That one fact
alone would Justify intervention. For it is en-
tirely within bounds of reason and justice to
claim that this practical absence of the pesti-
lence Is TO be credited to American control Of
the city and to the mission Of sanitation that
has consequently been performed. We cannot,
Of course, prove that the same immunity would
not have been enjoyed under continued Spanish
rule Neither can we prove that without our in
tervention the Cubans would not have expelled
the Spaniards, that If we had not interfered
General Blanco would not have proved himself
a second Las Casas. But there Is such thing
AS common sense transcending mathematical
demonstration.
What has been done thus far in Havana and
Santiago is an earnest of what American sani-
tation may do for all Cuba. What that means
may be reckoned from what has been done else
where Let US take British India as an ex-
ample. Every time there is bit OF n famine or
an outbreak Of the plague a great storm OF
twaddle Is raised over Englands inhuman OPP
preston of India. The fact is. of course, that
all the Ills that empire suffers nsignifi-
cant trfes compared with what It suffered be-
fore the British conquest, and that British rule
Is the greatest blessing the land has had in a
thousand years. Note the capital city Of Cal
cutta. When the British took possession its site
was n pestilential marsh. occupied by few
struggling villages. called the Land of Spectres,
the Seat OF Disease the Mansion OF Death So
deadly was it that offenders Of high rank on
being condemned to DEATH were sent thlther to
reside instead OF being at once beheaded, their
death being as sure In the delta Of the Ganges
as on the scaffold, and nearly az prompt. Well.
to-day Calcutta has population Of more than
seven hundred thousand and its death rate Is no
higher than Newly York's was few years ago
Perhaps precisely such a result would have
been attained II the British had not assumed
control just az yellow fever might have van
ished from Havana under Spanish rule But I'm
the book OF chances there are no figures big
enough TO express the odds against it,
We do not say England's work in India is 10
be duplicated by us In Cuba. That is not neces-
sary. Cuba Is already far more civilized than
India was But the work must he on the same
lines. The bulk Of EDgland's work In India has
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
A GOVERNMENT THAT GOVERNS.

Carlyle's remark about the happiness Of those
whose annals are blank pages in history books
is brought TO mind by the present conduct Of
the French Government We do not mean that
its annals are blank pages. ON the contrary,
they are crowded with records of supreme i'm
portance. But the writing is done so easily
the work Is performed so quietly. there Is so
little fuss, excitement confusion. that the
spectator rubs his eyes and wonders If this
indeed be mercural France that is passing
through one of the greatest crises Of her life.
According TO former precedent. there should ere
this have been baTicades in the streets Of
Paris, a state Of siege proclaimed and Min
isterial crisis or two There is nothing Of the
sort An attempt at revolution is snufed out as
a guttering candle. and country and city alike
remain tranquil, and the great machine of gov
eminent moves with smoothness and
steadiness and precision worthy of the admra-
ton of the world. 1t is true that the trial at
Rennes so far monopolizes attention as to leave
unnotced many things at Paris which other
wise would be themes Of news and comment.
But since the Government is directly respon-
sible for what occurs at Rennes that fact is
only another tribute to the same effect Order
in Paris. order at Rennes. order wherever the
Government of France.
The secret of II is that this Is a Government
that governs. Its members know what they
are in office for, and act upon that knowledge
We are not rejecting invidiously upon former
governments, some Of which have been wor-
thy Of unqualified praise But this present
Government is dealing with problem from
which others shrank-a problem more difficult
and dangerous. we may say. than any with
which they had 10 deal-and ii is mastering
that greater task as successfully as its prede-
cessors did their lesser ones To each the
credit OF achievement is TO be given, and TO the
highest achievement the highest credit This
we have said is a Government that governs
1t does not issue proclamatlons but does deeds
Its Minister Of War-upon whom falls the
brunt of this campaign-has not parleyed nor
wrangled with his subOrdinates. nor spent his
time reading forged letters or listening TO tales
of deaths head and crossbOnes He has sim
ply commanded the army administration ac-
cordng TO the Constitution and the laws. and
when a general has demurred TO his authority
II is not the Minister who has resigned his port
folio. but 1t is the contumacious general who
has felt the force of military discipline. There
can be no stickler for the honor of the army
who does not feel that honor safe in the hands
of the beau sabreur' whose gallantry was the
one illumination Of the dark picture of Sedan
But 1t was not for the army alone, but for the
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
FOR WHOSE SAKEf

There was, we are told, a thrill Of curiosity
when General De Boisdeffre went upon the wit
ness stand al Rennes yesterday. That was nat
uraL General De Bosdeffre is n man Of dis
tinction. He was once French military at
tach6 at st. Petersburg he took a leading part
in bringing about the alliance between France
and Russia he has been Chief Of the General
staff of the French Army, and he is man Of
great personal ability and Of eminent family re-
lationships He has, moreover, been from the
outset The most Outspoken denunciator Of Cap
tain Dreyfus. "rhe guilt OF Captain Dreyfus,"
he said at the Zola trial. has always been to
me a thing absolutely certain, and my convic-
"tiOn is absolute regarding it." Ii will be OBJ
served that he repeated substantially the same
thing yesterday. With the exception of single
utterance, however his testimony does not ap-
pear to have justified or to have gratifed the
curiosity which the promise of 1t excited. The
bulk of 1t was commonplace enough. 1t was, as
was that of General Mercier a mere revampng
of old arguments and personal denunciations
The one suggestive remark was not the revea
ton Of a fact so much as 1t was an expression
Of personal opinion. But 1t strikes an inqulring
chord in many mind
Il regarded II as an abominable crime" said
General De Boisdeffre, ito have endeavored to
substitute for him man Of straw" He re-
ferred to the attempt to show that Esterhazy
committed the crime for which Captain Drey
fus was condemned. We need not discuss the
probable innocence of the latter or. the self-con
fessed guilt Of the former The Generals words
suggest something beyond that They suggest
what has long been In the mind Of the world
that there has been another and more monstrous
substitution; that Captain Dreyfus was five
years ago substituted for the real culprt. and
that all the efforts since made to prevent a re-
opening of the case and to keep Captain Drey-
fus in his living death have been made not to
punish Captain Dreyfus nor to protect nor to
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
WELCOME, SHAMROCK!

Hail to the Shamrock! She comes to give
us in all probablity the hardest yacht racing
we ever experienced and the best sport pos
sibe. This alone would make her presence
agreeable to American yachtsmen. But. more
than this, she comes a proof that old feuds
have not survived the effects Of kindly time
and the new development OF friendly feeling
among the sportsmen of Great Britain and the
United States Her coming Is sign that
yachtsmen as well as nations are rapidly ar
irving at a clearer comprehension of the prin-
ciple OF give and take. In the world Of sport,
as well as in the world of politics. there are
times when the only maxim that can be wisely
followed is Forgive and forget" and this un-
dertaking Of Sir Thomas Upton cannot be re-
garded otherwise than as an expression of the
desire Of the best part Of the English nation
to mingle In a friendly way and in gentle
mans game with the best part OF the American
Nation. This Is the true Interpretation OF the
situation. There are some persons In England
who think that the Americas Cup is always
held through trickery There are some In
America who think a cup race is sort or duel,
in which national animosities may properly
come to the front But, happily, these mis-
guided and somewhat amusing people are few
in number and they do not bring on or control
the contests which, though marred at times by
controversies and resentments, have neverthe-
less done much good in making distant peoples
understand each other better.
No challenger ever came TO America with
better title to a hearty welcome. Sir Thomas
Lipton's demeanor has been frank and friend
" in all respects from the beginning of his in
teresting enterprise. He has shown that he has
no suspicion lurking in the back OF his head
that somehow and in some unforeseen way he
may be jockeyed off the course He is not
looking for treachery before he starts, or fear
full that unsportsmanlike inclinations may be
attributed to him. On an occasion like this It
is customary to say. with a fine impartiality
"May the best boat wn." We now proclaim
that honorable sentiment anew, in all sincerity
and without much apprehension.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
CROKER AND BRYAN STRIKE A SFAG.

1t is not so certain. after all, that the unhar-
monious elements of the Democratic party will
meet upon an antitrust and anti-eypanson plat
form with a vague and meaningless indorse-
ment of the Chicago platform in place of any
clear expression on the silver question. Croker
and Bryan appear to have counted without their
host In patching up an alliance on a basis of ex-
pedency They reckoned upon a union Of the
silver and spoils (Tammany) elements, and
adopted party cries which they fancied might be
vote winners; but they left out of consideration
the fact that there are patriotic and honest
Democrats who would not support platform
that was devised for election purposes only.
Silver shouters might consent TO adapt their
song Of chronic dissatisfaction to the new tunes,
and any old issue would do for Tammany but
Croker and Bryan are possibly finding out now
that there is sounder sentiment on public
questions on the part OF those members Of their
party who are not deceived by any mere polit-
ical legerdemaln.
Ex-Governor PattisOn Of Pennsylvania, who
enjoys the prestige of having twice carried that
strong Republican State, now comes forward as
a representative of the element In the Demo-
cratic party which will either prevent the adop-
ton of Mr. Crollers platform or else help at the
Dolls TO de1edt tne CdnuudteS WHO sihuu upon
1t. As an avowed Democratic candidate for the
Presidency he speaks in an interview In The
Tribune to-day, brushing aside AS an obsolete
question the silver issue and setting his face
resolutely against the anti-expansiOn pro
gramme. The Ex-Governor speaks after con-
ferences with other Democratic leaders, and it
is undeniable that he reflects the positive views
Of a large element of his party in relegating
these issues to the political lumber room and
declaring that the battle Of 1900 must be fought
upon new and living questions. taking condi-
tons as they are to-day and tackling problems
that people are thinking about now.
This stand taken by a Democrat who pos
sessed undoubted strength, and appealing as 1t
does to thoughtful members Of his party, must
be rather disconcerting to the Bryan
combination. They have struck snag that will
bother them considerably.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20

been in sanitation. drainage, irrigation, road
building, railroad building and the like. That Is
precisely the work that needs to be done In
Cuba. The cities and towns must be made and
kept clean so that people can live anywhere In
Cuba as safely as In the United States. That is
the first and fundamental requisite Then roads,
railroads and other public works must be con-
sructed. 1t is in such things that civilization
consists, and not in turning out one set of poll
tIcians and putting in another We had ana
have, no doubt. political mission In the island.
But the mission of sanitation Is one that must
be fulfilled in order second to no other.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
PERSONAL.

An eminent theoogian and brilliant scholar Is
lost to the Free Church Of Scotland by the death OF
the Rev. DR.. Alexander Balmain Bruce professor
OF theology in the Free Church College, Glasgow.
sxty-elght years ago In 1885 he held the post Of
Ely lecturer in the Union Theological Seminary, OF
this city.
DR. David Johnston professor of Biblical criti-
csm in the University Of Aberdeen, who died re-
Gently was the somewhat eccentric teacher whose
students revolted against his lack Of method. The
university court called upon him to retire but
to pay his retiring allowance he retained his office
as n sinecure the work being done by another
member OF the faculty.
David Mills. the Canadian Minister OF Justice
who has just Issued most elaborate statement on
the Alaskan boundary question. has always been
regarded as a friend Of the United States. His
father native Of New-York. and although
born in Canada the son was student at the Uni uni
life since 1856 and for thirty-two years has been
member of the Dominion Parliament. When the
Of the Interior and upon the formation Of tho
Laurier Ministry he became Minister Of Justice
Lieutenant General Sir Frederick william Ed
ward Forester Walker. who will command the
English forces in any military movement that may
be made against the Beers. Is a large man and
typical soldier. He is Scotchman and his fore
fathers were conspicuous members Of the Clan
Grant. A younger brother Is the commander OF
Corps, and with his command on board the
steamship Warren Hastings when that ship was
wrecked off the coast of Madagascar three years
ago. The remarkable feature of the incident was
that the whole command consisting OF 300 men,
saved
Captain Anglum, who with one company of the
18th Regiment. forced two hundred Philippine In
surgents to abandon their position, is a native OF
Worcester, Mass He enlisted In the Army twenty
four years ago, and assigned to Company c,
18th Infantry. He followed the fortunes Of the reg
ment in various campaigns against the Indians
rising successively In rank through the grades OF
corporal and sergeant until, In February. 1882 he
commissioned second lieutenant for meri-
torious conduct at the engagement OF Horse Prairie
during the Nez Perces campaign In Arizona He
then first sergeant Of his company. He re-
ceved his commission as captain about year ago
Paul Walott the German who has come 10 this
country TO act a juryman in competition for
The designs for buildings to suit the needs Of the
University Of California, is perhaps the most prom
nent architect In Germany. When he was chosen
to design the building in Berlin where the Par
lament met his plans fearfully mangled by
the Emperor. Wallott wished that the assembly
room OF the Reichstag should be indicated by
dome. But the Emperor regarded this as refec-
ton himself. and. dec laring that the people OF
Germany were not sovereign. he forbade the dome.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
I avenge France, but to screen the real criminal

avenge France but TO screen the real criminal
| from exposure and punishment.
Why. else. did General Mercier commit the act
| Of duplicity which he now confesses! why does
| General Gonse imperil his reputatonf why ala
| Du Patty de Clan--who with all his fantastic
vagaries, is a man of parts and or excellent
famlly-put himself in the pillory? Why have
NJ Cayaicnac and General Billot and General
Roget and all the rest Of them committed them
selves with such animus to the anti-Dreyfus
cause? Why are they now so desperately intent
upon self-exculpation? Everybody knows II Is
not for the sake of France. She is in no danger,
and has been In none II Is not for wrath at
the alleged treason Of Captain Dreyfus, for, ac-
cording to their own admission, other similar
treason has continued TO be practised while he
has been on Devils Isle, and they are not In
fury over IT, The one motive conceivable which
might be sufficient to lead them into such
courses is the desire to screen from prosecution
the actual culprit, the latter being. of course a
man OF sufficient rank and influence to COM
mand such sacrificing services.
Sucb man would have to be one Of intellect
ual force and acumen He would have to be Of
GOOD family and social standing He must have
been prominent officer OF the army and OF the
General Staff. He must also have had some dip
lomatic experience and have been Identified with
some foreign enterprise Of great moment to
France His treason moreover, must have been
exercised for the benefit Of some Power with
which France Is anxious to remain upon good
terms Given such n man as the actual traitor,
and the commission OF such treason, and we
can conceive number Of his army colleagues,
through the force Of military discipline. through
friendship and comradeshp and through reluc-
tance to having the French alliance with an
other Power imperilled. lending themselves to
lust such an attempt to screen him behind a
man of straw"-though in the present case the
man Of straw was very much alive and most
sensitive to the suffering which his unjust con-
demnation inflicted upon him.
1t may be that the thrill Of curiosity was
partly because of some expectation that General
De Boisdeffre might throw light upon the iden-
tity of the man for whose sake the anti-Dreyfus
campaign has been waged and for whom Cap
tain Dreyfus was substituted as man OF
straw" He threw not ray Of such light And
that adds to the pognaDcy Of the regret that NJ.
Labor was not able to be there and to ask him
a few questions.