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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES
Paris in 1900.

An exposition guide Is showing the
nervous American over the grounds.
The Guide-Zees ees building of ez
administrations. Eet des two-hooner
am
The what's that?
The Guide-What distur-r-rbs monsieur?
The American-That sound of hammer
ing?
The Guide-Zat ees nossinG. Eet ees
only ze mob building a bar-r-ricade in re
Boulevard Haussman.
The American-But listen to that deep
booming sound!
The Guide--Eet ees nossing, monsieur
I assure you. Ze Reds are blowing up re
pavement wiz dynamite.
The American-But see that dull red
glare over there!
The Guide-Monseur ees unduly agitat-
cd. Ze red glare ees nossing but re pc
troleuses tr-r-rying TO bur-r-n up ze
QUARTER Latin.
The Americana am sure l hear the
crash of glass.
The Guide-Eet ees quite possible. ze
2hentemen of ze commune amuse zem-
selves br-r-raking ze vindoys of re 'Otcl
De Vile.
The American-Hark! hear the crash
of musketry!
The Gulde-Ze Rationale Guard is firing
on re r-rrioteTs Monsieur must not feel
alar-rmod he fighting is fully two
squares away.
The American-Th-there they go again!
Listen to the yelling! See, the fires are
Increasing! Wh-what was that went
zip by my ear?
The Guide-Par-r-dong, monsieur, but
2at was q str-r-ray bullet If monsieur
will lie fiat on ze gr-r-round wiz me zere
will be no danger. | tell you Get ees
nossiLE, Wee haf zis sort of thing every
day. Ven you get used to eet you will
not mind
The American-My friend.
The Guide-Monsieur?
The American-Tell me when the first
train lcavs Paris TO connect with the first
boat for New York
The Guide-Eempossible, monsieur. Eet
ees understood Eat ze Sons of Libertee
viii blow up all re bridges an aquedoolSs,
Ian' r-railway stationes 2ees morning
The American-Good> heavens !-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

~ NE OF THE hobbies Of the
agricultural department at
~ Washington Is the cultiva-
ton of tea in the United
States Experiments made under it's
auspices in South Carolina have demon
strated the feasibility Of raising good
tea in this country in places whore con-
ditions Of soil. temperature and rain
fall are suitable, and now the depart
ment is trying to discover how many
of such places there are.
Very lately its attention was turned
to Wyoming and Professor Mead Of
Cheyenne was authorized to make ex-
periments in soil watered by irrigation.
1t is the belief of Mr.. Charles Y. Shep-
ard, the agent Of the department who
conducted the experiments in South
Carolina. that if the proper amount oc
moisture can be secured by artificial
means, the problem will be solved. At
Pinehurst, S. c.. where he experiment.
ed. the annual rainfall was less than 81
inches, although in the famous tea
centers Of the Orient it is frequently as
nlSHNdS w lucltS ana III some places IL
goes as high as l3O inches, The bulk
of this rainfall in the oriental centers
is between May and September: where
as in this country it, is more evenly
distributed. 70 reproduce oriental con-
ditlons it will, in his opinion, he neces-
eary to provide supplementary moisture
during the summer months by resort
ing to artificial means, hence the deci-
sion to experiment in the irrigated
fields of Wyoming.
Mr. Shepherds experiments in South
Carolina date back to 1892, when he
planted about 9OO tea plants IN an acre
of ground. The output of green tea
| from this garden has been as follows:
In 1852, 56 pounds; 1898, 81 pounds; 1894
15l pounds 1925. 1923 pounds; 1896, COZ
| pounds 1897, GAS pounds; 1898, ! 200
| pounds. Twelve hundred pounds OF
green tea will afford 800 pounds Of stan,
| dard tea for commercial use. Con.
| Quoted on the SCALE Of Mr.. Shepard's
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

frankly and fully. Anglo-Saxon prin-
ciples and methods of fair and open
adjudicature. He did not take the slow
ard tortuous pathway to this vitally
necessary reform which seems to have
been preferred by the routine-loving
governor general at Havana, who. II Is
to be feared. let's II dare not" wait
upon Il would; he took the shortcut
straight to the heart of the situation
and carried out Immediately the logic
Of American intervention by removing
without delay the paramount cause of
II. His course found favor with the
intelligent Cubans, because it was both
manly and wise; and it possessed the
additional advantage Of saving a great
deal of valuable time.
When will the authorities at Wash
ington discover that the way to recon-
struct Cuba is to reconstruct il?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22
Was Well Rewarded.

Madame Antoinette Sterling, the con-
tralto singer and evangelist, had an ex-
perience In the Bombay presidency, In
dia, which is as quaint as any of Kip.
ling's tales of the hills. She was cam
paigning with Pundita Ramabai, and
through her magnificent voice was draw
ing thousands of natives to her meetings.
They had never seen that kind of "a mis-
sionary before, and had never heard a
voice like hers. They were so pleased
with her work that they said to them
selves:
This is a foreign woman guru, and for
fear of giving offense to us she has
omitted to put her begging bowl outside
of her door for us to put in the custom
ary contributions"
In India every guru or holy person car
ries a brass, wood or clay begging bowl,
into which the devout put some small
sum of money. Madame Sterling walked
out upon the veranda of her bungalow
cne morning and there, to her amaze
mcnt, found two begginEs bowls. One, a
little one, with two annas in 1t intended
FOR the Pundita, and one, an enormous
AFFAIR, containing a handsome sum Of
aunas and rupees for herself.
The cnly explanation should could ever
extract from the servant was this: Lit
tie bowl-little money for the little Pun
dita with little voice, Big bowl-big
money for big Missahib with big voice
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22
A Thoroughbred.

lie was delighted to meet the bunco
man.
lie set his gTip-sack down in the middle
Of the street to talk over old friends in
the town where both had spent their
happy boyhood days. He took off his sil =.
ver-rimmed spectacles and wiped them
with his red cotton handkerchief so as
to get "A better look at the nephew of his
dear old friend.
Did l understand you to be nquirin
whether l lad any spoTtin' blood in my
veins?' he asked, after the other said
something in low tone. "Well, | should
surmise that I've got a few drops. But
don't play only one game, Faro? No,
'tain't faro. You sit an even chance fur
yer money at some Nstages of the game
in faro, so I've heard tell, 'Taint risky
enough fur me. No; tain't roulette, nor
yit poker, where ye jes' put a few dol
lars down on the table an where it's all
over IN a minute or two. 'Tain't hoss
races, neither You kin hOller fur quick
action, but gimme su'thin lingerin'
su'thin' where the suspense hangs right
| over yer an you'hold yer breath tell we
gotter swing yer arms to resuscitate yer
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22
What the People Want.

" + SCRANTON is to have any
more public improvements or is
n to pay for those already con-
tracted for, the people must con-
tribute the money by consenting to ad-
ditional taxation. This is the con-
densed substance Of the recent cores
pondence between the city controller
asd the city solicitor. The city is now
up to its limit in debt; the methods
by which it transacts business are such
that its prevailing income just about
meets fixed and current charges, not
including new improvements; and in
asmuch as no change for the better
is to be expected, the only thing for
the dear people to do is TO put their
hands little deeper in their pockets
and put up more cash to be squan-
dered.
1t is true that in the opinion of many
competent business men the city's pre-
sent income would be ample to meet
all necessary expenses and leave a gem
erOus margin besides if it were ad-
ministered with approximate fidelity
and intelligence. 1t is true that
thousands of dollars of city money are
expended each year in ways that busi-
ness principles condemn as wasteful if
not dishonest, and that these wasteful
expenditures are continued deliberate
ly no matter how clearly their waste
fulness is pointed out. 1t is true
that charges of jobbery, some of them
very serious, have been made in the
press and on the floor of councils from
time to time until the belief OF the
people is that there must be some
truth is them; but no action is taken
to ascertain the facts. Vicious con-
ditions are allowed by the people to
run along, year after year, and the
natural consequence is that waste
mounts into debt, debt into insolvency
and then the taxpayers are at last
forced to come to the rescue with a
new bond issue.
There is nothing to prevent this sort
of thing from continuing indefinitely.
The people will murmur when their
taxes are raised, but inasmuch as the
raising is direct consequence of their
own Indifference their murmuring /!
illogical and ineffective. They evident
ly want this kind Of devil-may-care
municipal government, else they would
change it; and if they want it they
are entitled to have it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22
Slow Work i'm Cuba.

y Y me MONTHS of American
control of Cuba will soon
a have elapsed and yet the
island remains, in its legal
conditions-that is to say in the meth
DDS by which justice is administered
between man and man and in the prin-
ciples of its urisprudence-almos if
not exactly, where it was when the
American nation interviewed Improve
ments have been effected to perhaps a
very credtable degree in the islands
sanitary condition. in its public works
and conveniences and in the morals of
its customs administration in details
of public enterprise the natives have
been treated TO admirable object les
sons; but down at the bottom of their
discomfort, in the fundamental matter
of the administration OF justice, which
is the surest index of any peoples civil
izatiOn, not only has no particular
change been effected but none to our
knowledge has yet been seriously at.
tempted save in special localities and
cases If any is in serious contempla-
tiOn the fact has not been made public
Take ore illustration, the matter of
libel, Some time ago General Ludlow
had, by virtue Of his authority as mill
tary governor Of Havana, to suppress
venomous and obscene publication in
that city known as FL RecOncentrado
In this action he was subsequently sus-
tained by the secretary of war, who,
i'm reference TO the case, wrote: at is
TO be regretted that the persons re-
spOnsible for the publication cannot be
2riminally punished" That they can
not be so punished is because the in
tervenng power in Cuba has effected
no amendment of the ridiculous Span
lsh law on libel, which does not hold
the publisher of a libel responsible but
only the writer-a provision easily
evaded by the hiring of professional
scapegoats to assume the responsible
ity Of authorship, generally convicts
already serving time in prison This is
only one illustration of the grotesque-
ness of the Spanish system of jurs-
prudence which remains in force on the
island, to the infinite disgust of all
intelligent inhabitants, both Spanish
and Cuban. A thousand others could
be cited.
We have the word of General Wood
for 1t that until held up by General
Brooke he found not only little diff
Guilty but actual encouragement among
the natives in doing away, as speedily
and as effectually as possible, In the
territory within his jurisdiction, with
the defective and obsolete Spanish
court system and In substituting
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

self. Every year / take all my cash capl-
tai an go over TO the layout put some
of II on oats an some OF II on corn an
some of It on wheat with n few side bets
on sweet corn an various fancy vege-
tables. Then I git out every mornin' an
bet a days work an watch out fur the
weather, week after week, an spend my
nights wonderin about grass-hoppers an
locusses an sech. 1t takes a long time
to find out whether l win or not, but 1t 9
mighty interestin', an | like an eXcitin'
life You might wait fur some O. the
hired hands to come to town an git 'em
to take a hand In the small amuse-
ments you've mentioned But you might
as well bear in mind that when you
tackle a fust-class farmer, you're goin'
up agin' one O. the sportiest people on
earth. ."-Philarder Johnson, in Washing
ton Star
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

"The pardoning of Dreyfus can only
be the natural, legitimate and spontan-
eous action by which the representa-
tives of the civil power refuse to as
sociate themselves with the obstinate
iniquity committed by the military
judges 1t is the government of re-
publican France repudiating with hor-
ror any part in this denial of Justice
AS for us, we shall pursue with in
creased ardor the task of public saliva.
tion to which we have devoted our
selves" In these ringing words Fran
els de Pressense, the ablest and BRAY
est journalist in France, defines the
programme of the "Dreyfusards." May
their backbones keep stiff.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

1HIlS eNl)DSlllOll-- llINll, llpN'
IL that Dreyus has been par
donad is sure to spring for
ward into renewed and accelerated
public interest--are to be treated to one
exhibit which, if they study it intelli-
gently ought to do something to correct
erroneous foreign opinions of the Unit
ed States. we refer TO the roads eX-
hibit planned by Governor Mount OF
Indiana, which is thus described by q
writer for the Chicago Record
"It is not Governor Mounts intention
to give the European countries new
wrinkles i'm road construction, but
rather show them what a community
can do with swampy, boggy, wild ter
ritory in a short space of less than a
century. One of the most interesting
features of his collection of pictures
will be an old toll gate, stretch OF old
plank road and a sight Of the bottom
less bogs over which turnpikes now
spread. He will show the old wooden
bridges, the old miller going to market
on his horse, which sank belly-deep
many times. He will show how-less
than a half-century ago-doctors had
to carry saddlebags and the mail was
transported on horseback for the rea-
son that that was the only way Of
reaching points located in bogs. with
these pictures as an introduction he
can show some stretches of Indana's
$4,000 miles of graded and gravel high
way and $685. miles of pike, which VIII
compare favorably with the roads Of
southern France and Italy and excel
those of some European countries"
The writer for the Record adds: "The
whole central section Of Indiana Is now
covered by a net work of free pixies
| and graded gravel roads. The farmers
can reach their markets any season of
the year. Northern Indiana has made
wonderful strides in the last few years
in building graded and gravel roads.
| The eastern section is practically fre
| of poor roads. In Wayne county alone
there are over $50 miles of as good
| roads as can be found in the Missis.
| sippi section. The most notable pike
! in the nation-the great National road
| " tt'7Aii'iS = bSll " 81, lsOulS
passes the entire width of the state
| and divides the Hoosier community in
| to two equal parts. The state recently
passed laws which enabled the counties
to purchase toll systems and today
there are less than 200 of q total of 30 =
| 900, of 1ndiana's graded and gravel
roads that are under levy Of toll gtes.
A fraction over 107 of these 200 miles
is in one cOunty-FOuntain. The toll
! gate in Indiana, except in this one
county and a few communities, is a
faint outline of the past
To appreciate progress of this kind
is one of the fundamentals of good gov
ernment We must bear i'm mind that a
large part of Indiana Is composed OF
swampy soil. where good roads are
| hard TO build and hard to keep in re.
pair and also give due consideration
to tue fact that Indiana is not statC
rich in mineral wealth, like Pennsyl
vania, but one inhabited. until very
recent years. largely by farmers of lin
tied means, upon whom taxes beaI
heavily. Imagine the rich and elderly
Keystone state sending a roads exhibi
to Paris!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

experiments the tea gardens net a
profit of 10 cepts per pound, or about
$40 per acre 1t is believed that with
the aid Of supplemental irrigation and
by conducting the gardens on a larger
scale. profit of 25 cents a pound or
500 an acre may be realized. Inas-
much as the United states is now pay
ing to foreigners for tea in the neigh
borhood of $15,O0O,0Oo a year it will
be seen that if we can grow our own
tea or considerable part of it, the
saving in money will be considerable,
not 10 mention the satisfaction insbe-
ing Independent of foreigners for sup
plies.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

A lady animal trainer at Philadel-
phia was severely wounded the other
day by leopard under her care. The
blood-letting features of entertain
ments of this kind are not always
Pleasant for the trainer, but the con
sidcration shown by the leopard in
chewing the woman's arm at the be-.
ginning of the season so that she might
nave full benefit of the free advertis-
ing thus obtained is worthy of a no.
bier animal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

The recent grand jury took a COM
mendabc position in the location of
costs on ignored bills, putting them,
in nearly every instance. upon the
prosecutor. Firm adherence to this
policy would soon check the rising tide
Of trivial criminal business in our
courts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

Now that Dreyfus has obtained his
pardon and a cabegram of congratu-
lation from the Philadelphia Times,
there is no reason why he should not,
like the hero of the fairy tale, "ive
In peace forever after"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

Danish butter makers, it is said, i'm
prove the quality of their product by
feeding their COWS sunfower cake.
This hint seems we'll worth trial by
farmers in this country who endeavor
to enrich the milk by keeping cows on
a diet of sour ensilage asd brewery
0Nyilt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22
THE STARS.

Ted says the stars are fire-flies, lost,
As far far up they few;
Roy calls them little silver nails
To hold the floor OF blue;
May calls them gimlet- holes in heaven,
To let the glory through.
Mira c, Parsons.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.

Justice Of the Supreme Court-J. HAY
BROWN, of Lancaster
Judge of the Superior Court-JOSIAII r.
ADAMS, Of Philadelphia.
State Treasurer LIEUTENANT COL
oNEB JAMES f. BARNETT, Of
Washington.
Election day, Nov. Z.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

The gloomy predictions of Middle
town palmist caused a young girl Of
that city to attempt suicide. This is
a strong argument that palmistry
which is not of the glad hand variety
should be discountenanced.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

Gruesome war pictures are seldom
seen in our Philadelphia exchanges
at present, but half-tone snap shots
and buzz-saw etchings of the National
exposition to a certain extent supply
the demand
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

A" soon as the stock of fireworks
has been exhausted in New York we
may expect information that the
Dewey celebration was a ''vindica-
tion" for the yellow journals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

The cut of Dom Paul's maxilliary
lambrequins ought to be convincing
refutation of the. assertion that the
president of the Transvaal republic
was not a native Of Mauch Chunk.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

The public will doubtless be inter-
ested to ascertain if the Esterhazy
challenges are declared off with the
pardon of Dreyfus.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

If the navy department is to be run
by the politicians of Maryland, we
frankly advise the Hon. John ID. Long,
OF ssachusetts, to get out of it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

the English sparrow will do we'll to
roost high.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

Dreyfus should come to America if
only to get acquainted with a repub-
lican form of government in which
civil authority resting on willing popu-
lar consent is supreme and unques-
tioned
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

France is indeed a singular nation.
She refused to get excited at a period
in the Dreyfus affair when everybody
expected to see the brickbats fly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22
Indiana's Roads Exhibit.

UROPEAN visitors at the
- Paris xposition-which, now
IL that Dreyus has been par
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22

No matter how hard you try of a
better place to buy your office sup
plies and stationery than at our eS-
tabliShment. We carry our lines as
near complete as possible. We cater
for the up-to.date trade and if its a
good thing in office wants WE HAVE
IT. We still put the PLANETARY pencil
Sharpener on trial in any office for
ten days free of charge, Our line Of
Stationery and Engraved work is as
dainty as ever and wish you to in
Spect our lines.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-22
American Tea.

~ NE OF THE hobbies Of the
agricultural department at
y Washington is the cultiva-
ton of tea in the United
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-03-08

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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-03-08

The postponiDg of the Quay trial
by the'prosecutien, against the earnest
protest of the defendants, has caused
the public much thinking, and no
matter how the anti.Quay newspapers
try to patch up excuses the people
are bound to put their own construc-
tion on this remarkable turn of events.
We have heard much unlavorable
comment heretofore on the attitude
of the defendants, charging them with
repeatedly delaying trial, but what
of the prosecution which has had
months to prepare their case, if they
had one? Has the fact that the
Quay side has unearthed glaring
frauds and forgeres on the part of the
cODspirators who seek to ruin his
character at any hazard anything to
do with this postpOnement? 1t looks
that way, don't it1 Quay is ready
and anxious for the trial to come off.
Why do his accussrs hesitate? The
people are beginning to see the ami.
nous back of all this persecution
and will demand that the character
assassins be brought to the front and
made to show their hands. Let ui
have the truth, and all OF it.