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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20
PERSON NALITIES.

c. p Huntington's hobby is chemistry
and, like Lord Salisbury, he spends much
time in his private laboratory.
jerome *. Jerome has written and pub
lished sixteen novels in eleven years.
Senator Hanna has bought several
handsome paintings in London. He is a
great admirer of James Men. Whistlcr's
work.
Napoleon the Thirds last dwelling
place, and the scene of his death-Camdcn
House, ChislehUrst, and its beautiful
grounds-is in future to serve as golf
course.
Henry j. Ellicott the Washington
| sculptor, has been declared winner of
the competitions at Raleigh N. c., for a
lfe-sized statue of the late Senator Zebu-
| Ion b. Vance.
Senator Carter of Montana, is said to
be one of the best experts on metals in
! all the West. He can tell at a glance
whether a specimen is genuine and
whether it is worth Cooking into"
Marcus DAILY. the copper magnate, IS
a good shot with a rifle and spends his
vacations in the hunt for big game. The
results of these expeditions have filled
his house with trophies of the chase.
Sarah Berrhardt, after her season in
| England, will make a long tour of Eur
| ope, visiting Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
| France, Switzerland, Austria Hungary,
| Bulgaria and Turkey, returning to Paris
| in November.
| President II. G. Burt, of the Union Pa
| cific system, whose recent incognto ride
| in a baggage car was noted in the papers,
| frequently uses this method of travel He
believes in getting down among the
men," and not long ago appointed himself
| a member of wrecking crew, doing good
| work in several minor smashups.
| A niece of Attorney General GriSgs
Miss Elizabeth A. Curtis, is one of the
latest translators of Omar Khayyam. Al
a recent reception given in her honor hS
her uncle she overheard one prominent
society woman inquire of another as &c
who Omar was. "Oh!" replied the woman
addressed. "He is a new colored poet
like Paul Dunbar"
Amos l.. Allen, of Alfred, Me, seems
likely to be the congressional successor
Of Thomas b. Reed from the First dis
triCt of Maine. Mr.. Reed and Mr. Aller
were college classmates, graduating from
| Bowdoin in 1860. Mr.. Allen has been {
member of the Maize legislature, and fol
many years was clerk of courts of Horl
county. Since Mr. Reed was first elected
speaker Mr.. Allen has been his private
| secretary. Governor Powers has no
yet received Mr.. Reeds resignation, anc
therefore a date for the special congres
sional election has not been fixed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

lish, and all now foresee that in the near
future English is destined to be the prev
alent language. The increased study OF
English in Oriental countries of late years
has been a subject of remark. In recent
reports of meetings of the Royal Aslatic
society and of interviews at the Chinese
legation in London we have heard of ORR
entails who speak our language as well
as though It were their native tongue,
and In other ways have shown again the
capacity for improvement of the great
Asiatic races of Japan, India, China and
the islands of the sea, under the training
of the English spec king peoples.
-:o:-
Much has been said of late of the des-
tiny of the Anglo-Saxon to be the chief
agent in spreading enlightenment and
progress throughout the earth. No sign
points more directly and Enthusiastically in
that direction than the wonderfully rapid
diffusion of the English language, the ex-
preston of the energy, the science and
the philosophy that have made western
civilization the dominant force of the
world.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20
Truths Which are Obvious.

1t is perfectly true, as Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin says, that in time of war
the status of newspaper correspondents
is precisely that of camp followers.
They are subject to military law and
can be shot by the commanding officer
at his pleasure. General Otis, if he
were so minded, could order a squad Of
soldiers to execute every correspondent
in the Philippines and there would be
no redress. This is conceded,
on the other hand, every intelligent
inhabitant of the United States is pro-
foundly interested in the operations of
our army, navy and civil officials in
those far Off islands. A good many
Americans have relatives in Luzon,
among the soldiers. Others have friends
there. All wish to know how affairs
are being conducted there and as citi-
zens and sovereigns all, have the right
to know. The administration which
should undertake to deny this right OF
to put unnecessary obstacles in the
way of the transmission of information
to the people at home would assuredly
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

center Of interest around which the
peace conference revolved. Not even
the Russian delegates, representing the
monarch who called the conference,
were regarded by the others with the
interest shown in the Americans. The
first question asked by a European
delegate who had something to propose
was not what will Russia think of 1t?
or what will Germany think of it? or
what will France think of II? but what
will the United States think of it?'
AS to the work of the conference, II
was done mainly in committee. Apro-
pos, Mr. Marshall tells of a circum-
stance which we do not remember to
have seen mentioned in the cable dis
patches. Says he: 1T was in one of
the first committee meetings that the
delegates for those European countries
which had endeavored to conspire
against us at the time of the Spanish
American war showed their hostile
hands for the first and last time. At
this meeting it became evident that
certain governments intended to take
| advantage of the peace conference to
clip the wings of the American eagle.
Within the year they had been taught
that these wings were mighty and were
| capable of carrying the interesting
| bird not only from ocean to ocean in
| his own dominion, but wherever else
| he pleased to soar. This effort on the
| rt nft . he 10 f,Yft
American flights came in the shape of
a blow at Americas Nicaraguan canal
| plan. There is no American enterprise
at which Europe looks with more sus-
| picion and dread than she does at the
probability of complete American con-
troll of this proposed water highway
between the two great oceans. 1t fell
to the lot of Frederick w. Hollis, the
secretary of the American delegation,
to discover a little Joker in one of the
propositions submitted which might
have resulted seriously. This joker was
q passage adroitly and automatically
worded which provided for nothing less
than control by a committee of the
powers of all interoceanic canals in
time of war. Mr.. Hollis so vigorously
and completely shattered this bright
European dream that Europe could nc
longer doubt the ability of our dele
gates to look after the affairs or doubt
the positive certainty of a firm stand
on the part of the United States
against anything which might in the
slightest degree prove contrary to the
interests of America"
The Americans, this correspondent
tells us, went to The Hague instructed
to try to bring about a permanent
board of arbitration made up of mem
bers of the state departments of al
nations; to bring about the abolition
of privateering on the high seas dur
ing war; the naturalization of all float
ing property owned by private owners
and not by belligerent governments
and the measurement of indemnity
not by the nations at warfare, but b,
a jury of the other nations. They hav,
not succeeded as yet in all these under
takings, but it is satisfactory to know
that they have made their mark.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20
Russell A. Alger.

The man does not live who could
war during the past fifteen months
without exciting or receiving sharp
criticism. A generation of neglect had
weighted down the war department
with barnacles and incompetents and
the work of renovation would have
been a Herculean task even in a time
of profound peace. Add to this the
extraordinary duties and demands Of
a suddenly organized war involving
large operations in two hemispheres
and you have a combination of difficult
ties to overtax a saint.
Yet General Alger could have wealth.
cred this storm had his temperament
been different. He was sensitive,
fretful, irritable; he stroked the pub
lie fur the wrong way; he had 1t
would seem, no conception of the finer
qualities of tact, patience and good
humor which differentiate big men
from little men. There was vindictive-
ness in his makeup; his response to
criticism was retaliation. No meanor
thing was ever done by a public off,
cial than Alger's use of Theodore
Roosevelts private letter sent to the
war secretary as one friend and former
official associate would address an
other; sent under the seal of conf
dence by a man who had given of his
means and of his time to organize and
direct unique regiment dedicated 20
his country's service and who had per-
sonally led it with great bravery
through a trying campaign in the en-
emy's country;-a petulant resurrec-
tion of this letter and it's publication
coupled with ostentatious rebuke, CIV
ing the appearance of a contemplate
intent to knife a brave soldier be.
cause he had dared to tell the truth.
The moment that revelation of AL
ger became public it was evident tC
all fair-minded men that he was MOI
the man for the place. 1t may be true
that he has been blamed for many
things unjustly; it probably is true
that within the limits of his ability
and understanding he did the best h
could. Still, as s.mc went on it became
more and more evident that he wal
not the man for the place. His un
fitness became more than a souce of re
gret: it grew into a national sore. I
filled the army with dissensions; it leC
increasingly to popular exasperatio,
and it was fast sapping the politica
strength of McKinleys Administrative,
when the long hoped for resignation
came.
1t certainly came none too soon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20
CAMP MEETING SONG.

When de trumpet em a tootin' an de
stahs dey am shootin' an de owls
dey am a hoOtn' in de trees,
When de earf it am a quakin' an de dead
dey am awakin' an dc people am a
shakin' in de knees,
When yn' hca' de Iollin' thundey an dc
rocks pm rent asundeh an de hosts
am in deir wopdeh standin' awed,
An yo' fin yo'self a tremblin while de
nations am assemblin, o! sinnah,
what yo gwine to tell de Lawd?
When dc planets git a knockin' at each
udder an rockin' an de tempests
seem a mockin' at yo' woe,
When dc da'kness am a fallin' an de
buzza'ds am n sGUalin' an de angel
am a callin' 70 to go,
When de sun hab Quit its shinin' an dc
brack wolves am a whinin' an de
mou'nehs lay repinin' on de sod,
An yo' asked to tell de story what yo'
doin' up in glory, o! slnnah, what
yo' gwine to tell de Lawd?
When yo see de righteous swingin' up dc
road an all a singin' twell de earf II
be a ringin' wifi de psalm,
When dey fol- deir wings an rally in dc
golden riveh valley singin hallelu-
jah-hally to de Lam,
When do hills dey am a Crashin' an dc
sulphur flames a flashin' an yo' fee
de cuttn' lashin oh dc rod,
When de sheep am bein chosen from dc
goats, what yo' suppOsin', wicked
sinnah, you'se a gwine to tell dc
Lawd?
Oh! befo de Walls broken an de wrath
ful fiery token with its awful flame:
is chokin up de sky,
'To' de dragons git a barkin' an de ear
begins to darken, ask de Mahsteh 70
TO hearken to yo' cry
Stop yo' sinnin' an transgressin', hss2l
to de wahnin lesson, git yO' wickeC
knees to pressin' on de sod;
When you'se at de bar an Satan am {
eyein' yo' an wGitin', trcmblin' sin
nah, what 70 gwine to tell de Lawd
Denver Evening Foct.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20
MILES FOR MANILA.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
The officer who should be sent to Ma
nila and placed in supreme charge of our
military operations in the Philippines IS
Major General Nelson A. Miles. 1t seems
to us that he is entitled to this distinc-
tion by virtue of his rank and his
achievements. Whatever may be said or
thought of General Miles in other re-
spects, there is and can be but one esti-
mate of him as q soldier in action. He
Is experienced in command. He is known
as a fighter of resource and prowess, and
it is a fact that when most of the pres
ent general officers of our army were
either in civil life or in very subordinate
military positions, he was leading diVi-
sions in the most tremendous conflict or
modern times and making for himself a
brilliant record in the annals of warfare.
At present General Miles occupies an
anomalous and, we should think, dis
tasteful position. He is the general
commanding" yet he has no command.
He is the ranking officer of the United
States army. yet he has neither author
ity nor occupation. Perhaps in times of
peace the arrangement would be inevit-
able; but these are not times Of peace
the country is engaged in a struggle a
| thousandfold more difficult and moment
Gus than that paltry skirnish before San
| tiago last summer-and there Is a dis
| tinct and pressing need for the services
| of the commanding general. The place
was his by right at the outset. 1t Is his
| now, by reason of the failure that has
! been made by others.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Woman is the slave of fashion; man is
the slave of woman.
The reason Cupid wears wings is so he
can fly out the window when poverty
comes in the door.
The woman who really thanks a man
for doing something never says a word
she just looks it.
The only way man can keep his wife
from worl yins about his morals is for
him to worry about her health.
New York Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

When the war department is put in
charge of a man who commands their
confidence and respect, as seems now
probable, heaven be praised, the people
will not be so skittish, Mr.. President.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

hear from public opinion in no uncer-
tain way.
1t may be convenient for the moment
for the government at Washington to
announce that it will ignore the state
ment of eleven reputable war cores
pondents to the effect, not that rea-
sonable censorship has been imposed
upon their communications is not
the point-but that the commanding
officer in his official reports has 'mis-
represented the situation. The govern
ment may give out that such charge,
deliberately made by men in whose
Judgment the country has not yet lost
confidence, will be ignored but it will
not be ignored, and our form of govern
ment will not permit it to be ignored.
1t must be Investigated. If true it must
be remedied. If false the men who
made it must be punished.
The American people are not cutters
They have started in to enforce Ameri-
can sovereignty over the Philippine ISL
ands and establish order and civil law
with liberty; and they will complete
the job, whether it takes one soldier or
million soldiers, one year or a GEN.
tury. The administration has mo rea-
son to fear a falling off in popular sup
port as long as it treats the public fair
ly. But it will simply manufacture
difficulties for itself and make harder
the work which it is in duty bound
to supervise if it shall in any manner
convey to the people an impression
that the people are being fooled.
Truths so obvious will not be lost
sight of by the president or his ad-
visers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

Roosevelt is the man for secretary of
war, if he will take it. Otherwise, Cen
eral Wilson or Green would come next
in order of popularity and public favor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

endured
perfe myrdom headache and dyspepsia wte letter from LOUISVILLE
school Insbug Laurel leni
suffered much from dyspepsia and headache a ne hd
n lbues and
headache left then sent to New Yo to the manu- mangue @ rG
indigestion ound yeI much
months and after ndqgiog mPdy IN eng Sn S
Louisville ana GOT DOM
ma
but nothing aueS ns
bilious
heyyan Rpans lahues Inc
them
beneficial sick headache Like myself he thinks they
nialibe in dyspepsia"
,s zoe I'VE 'L
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

A German author, +. L. Bilz, of
Leipsig offers to bet $4,000 marks that
general disarmament and universal
peace will be accomplished within so
years. We hope that he Will win.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

Ex-Governor Hastings is now head
ing a lively anti-Quay fight in Centre
county, which will be decided on Sat-
urday. If he should win, it would
probably put him again into the fore
front of state politics, but if he should
lOSe--Who knows?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

"Oom Paul' say the Transvaal, by
yielding, will gain the applause of the
world. We don't know about that, but
we do know what it would have gained
had it refused to yield.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

A few words from Hon. Oscar Will
liams on the Manila situation would be
in order
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

The minute strikers use violence and
deny to others rights they claim for
themselves, that minute they touch
the fuse to their own undoing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

General Wood isn't saying much
down at Santiago but the vital statis-
ties show that he is doing a heap.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1899-11-10
BlANDVILlE BRIEFS.
SLY,

Health is good around Blandyillo
so far as we know.
Crops are all about gathered IN
this part of the country. .
We have church every fourth
Sunday at Blandville conducted by
Rev. Hulett.
G. W. Blan is back from trip
south. lie reports crops bad where
he has BEEN
D. G, Reed has just returned
from Mississippi, and reports crops
failure there. " '.'.
We understand that John Goff's
house was burned last Sunday night,
together With all there was in it..
Prof. J. l.. Nichols from Nilsson
will open school at Blandvllle on
December 4. We believe he Is q
good instructor and that we have
made wise selection. We hope
the people will help him out as he /,
a stranger and we should encourage
hun.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1899-11-10
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SIDNEY SAYINGS.

Health better than ever before.
Weather moderating some now.
Dr. 3atson Is having his house re-
painted.
Messrs Frank aud Gee WQes WIS.,
tied Barren Fork Sunday and had a
moe time.
Sunday school tlourished Sunday.
That looks more like having q sue.
cessrul school, doesn't itY
Frank Ray, Of Jackson county,
entered school here Monday, max.
ing Tie enrolment nearly a hundred,
Bro. CaStleberry delivered hi,
farewell sermon Sunday night. l
did lots OF us good, and wa hop,
the Lord VIII prosper Bro. Q in his
noble calling.
The reporter leaves next Sunda,
for Oak Grove, wbero he will begll
his school work, We are loa,h /,
leave Sidney, but duty calls an,
wg'ma, TO-"
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1899-11-10
ASH FLA r ATOMS.


Several stock men were in our
town last week looking after cattle.
Mrs. Meadows of Kings Mill was
here the first of the week visiting
friends, IA | ''IS .'. "
Ammon Cope and wife of Hardy
spent a few hours with relatives IN
town Sunday. 70"
Melville Dark of Highland was
over this week arranging for him-
self and sister TO enter school.
e. W. Boothe, our blacksmith
made flying trip down the railroad
the last OF the week to buy material
for his shop.
w, D. Cochran, the leading mer>
chant Of Evening Shade, was on cur
streets last week looking after bust,
ness interests.
Hon, Sam IL, Davidson passed
through Sunday on his way to Little
Rock to meet the balance of the
state board of charities.
George Hill Of Fulton county
wis in town the first Of the week,
George is tine farmer; he makes
farming study and success.
Ash Flat can boast Of one of the
best schools IN North Arkansas,
There will be several new students
enter Monday. Our new house will
soor be completed, and j. p. Hardin
and his son, Luther, have gone To
Hoxle for our new desks,
Rev. A. Il. Horton preached in
terestlng sermons at the Methodist
church last Sunday at / a IN and a
7pm, We ask that Bro. Horton
be returned to Ash Flat circuit fo
1900, as the people want him bacl
again. We need him Oh this worl
badly. ' " ~.
Prof. J, w. Bryant, that notec
banJoist, and his famous troupe vii
give an entertainment here IN tn
interest Of the school. THIS enter
talnment will contain several ne,
features, among which will be th
renowned Corbett and Fitssimmon
fight by the klnetoscope. The pro
ceeds will 60 to the new schot
house. y ' "
G, G. Hill, of Springfield, No
spent two nights in our village Ia'
week. Mr. Hills the general man
ager for the Mccormack Ilarvestc
Co. and was of course looking ATTIC
ne ,nteres'3 ~ his ot5r'o g.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1899-11-10
MADE 1T EASY FOR Hill
An Obliping Chicago Man WhI
Things Fixed So the Hired o.,
Need Not Worry.

Rosenthal keeps a drug storeCa M
tage Grove avenue way. Like tht B
Of mankind he has his troubles, d
few weeks ago they took the tOrntI \
servant girl dilemma. The ligh.at{
kitchen left in the dark Of the mou Il,
the druggist was fain to fill hgl
with another. He has had expen
Of the employment ,.gency andhFA \.
He sought the newspaper and cIN
out a situation wanted" ad, Wild \
thought would fill the bill, andhHc
over to Sedgwick street to see theVn1
pective successor to the light d
kitchen. She was a descendant u
hardy Norsemen and looked as
as any Of them. She had largeN'
on the backs Of her hands where@
people wear knuckles, and when Il
moved her arms things that looHA1
hams stood out in her sleeves juslax
the elbows. But she knew her n
mess. She didn't let Mr., RoSent@
the start of her with any qusH1
As soon as she learned he had calSN
answer to the ad, she began thec,
examination,
How many children haveyos' |
asked in a painful way, Her h91
was badly broken in spots, as thOE!
had fallen from a great heish'
Rosenthul was forced to conieS1
he was the happy father OF M
This rather put a damper On w
at the start. Hilda's Morse brow%1
ed and she lost the air OF lnSous','
which Mr.. Rosenthal was pleaS'
note as soon as he entered thereon,
"llave you a second girly' she '"'
shortly, .,a
Mr., Rosenthal gladly adm'v''
the family had such an adjunct i,
"Do you send out the w0'N''
asked llilda, imperiously' ~,
The druggist told about that ls''
of his domestic arrangements DIV ~.
could see that IIilda did noI aPr
of him and he grew reckless g..
81 suppose you have a Dig '''
dinner?" said llllda. An
eyes, that's one Of the be ~, ". :"
we do said Mr.. Rosenthal' ~.
we order an eight-course dinner !" y,
caterer every Sunday, ana NJ NV,
up in a wagon with the walters ~, W.
II, and then we always wanl 'DI
who is living with us to SIT az '"' !,
Of the table on Sunday, so oon v. '.
the Sunday dinner would pO'''
much" 10. F,
llilda looked at him in SURPRISE -,
ment, Then u great Light Se'"'
break IN on her.
"0h, you think you're sm''"
your" she said, "A
And then the Incident was cON''''
closed, Chicago Chronicle "