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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
HIS HONOR ON WIFE BEATING.
An Arkansas Police Justices Re-
marks Upon Sentencing Offender.

marks Upon sentencing Ohender.
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
In fning a man 500 for whipping his
wife Judge Fleer, Of Fort Smith, dis
coursed as follows:
II am opposed to wife-beatlng. l have
no respect for any man who will beat a
woman. / am rot like the st. Louis
Judge who saw extenuating Circumstance
es in a wife-beating case. A man has no
right to whip his wife, That is not
what he married her for. No, sir he
married her to love and protect her.
Doesn't she see that buttons are put on
his clothes? OF course she does. Doesn't
she see that his collar button doesn't roll
under the dresser, and II 1t does doesn't t
she get down on her knees and fish 1t out
for him? or course she does Doesn't she
cook his meals for him, and have them
ready for him when he comes home, and
doesn't she sit up sewing for his children
or stay all night watching them when
they are sick? or course she does. And
what has she done to be beaten by him?
Nothing al all. Very often she makes
the living and he gets mad, because she
doesn't make enough to enable him to
wear silk ties and patent leather pumps
and fill himself to the brim every night
and roll home and tumble into bed and
snore of his drunk like a hog
II tell you what It is, l can extend no
mercy to the man who gets and makes
a beast OF himself. l can have some
| sympathy for the man who steals, be-
| cause he Is often compelled to do 1t.
| have a feeling for the man who asks for
| 'hand-me- outs or who has to sleep in
| box cars, but when 1t comes to a Wife
| beater, l am lost to all sense of mercy.
| Say, do you know that never had a man
| before me charged with wife-beating that
| that man did not have an ugly mug On
| him? We'll, that's a fact. 1t takes
some considerable nerve to sandbag a
man or to hold man up, but what
| nerve does 1t take to beat a poor weak
woman? BAIL 1 get hot all over when
l have one of those cases before me. I
| feel Just like taking the man by the
nape of the neck and kicking him clean
out of town. 1 run up against q good
many hard propositions while sitting on
the bench, but the hardest is the wife
beater. l am not going to have any
mercy on that class of people. 1 am 60
Ing to drive the sword of justice into
them deep and break 1t off. 1 am going
| to lambast them with all my might and
main. 1 am going to salt all the fresh
ness out OF them, and II they do not
| fault of the law and not OF me.
| II will fine that fellow 800. am
glad of it. 1 would have been just vice
as glad If had been able to fine him
twice as much. The man who beats his
wife wants to get out of the jurisdiction
of the Fort Smith police court, at least
while l am on the bench, If he doesn't
want to get into the consomme away over
his head l stand squarely on that plat.
form, gentlemen, and there is no back
water which will run me off"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
THE MEN WHO MADE THE GUNS

The men who tread the steel-clad deck,
Afioat on the flowing brine,
And the gallant lads at the coloners beck
Along the firing line
Have won their stars and chevrons,
Our loyal, patriot sons,
But never a word have the people heard
OF the men who made the guns.
In the smoke and dust OF the workshop s
must,
Their lives are known to few;
Yet theirs the cunning and skill we trust
For the deeds the fighters do
The master mind that fashions the bore.
The moulder down in the rounded pit;
The force and science that turn the core,
Logic and study to make them fit
These sturdy, silent and plodding ones,
On the turn of their skill in final test
These grimy toilers who made the guns
The fate Of a nation oft may rest.
We trust their skill and the fit of things
These sturdy, silent. plodding ones.
When a flag at the peak the order brings
Them and the men behind the guns.
Then here's to the salts on the water
blue,
And here's to the gallant soldiers, too
And here's to valorous deeds they've done
With help Of the men who made each
gun.
F. b. NJ. in New York Sun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
THE DIGNITY OF THE LAW.
From the Columbian.

From the Columbian.
A celebrated judge was once trying a
case where the accused could only under
stand Irish, and an interpreter was ac-
corGingly sworn. The prisoner said
something to the Interpreter and the
latter replied.
what does he say?" demanded the
judge.
Nothing, my lord
"How dare you say that, when we all
heard him? Come sir, what was it?'
"My lord" said the interpreter, begin
ming to tremble, ut had nothing to do
with the case"
"If you don't answer I'll commit you,
sir. Now, what did he say?"
"Well, my lord, you'll excuse me, but
he said, Who's that ould woman with
the red bed curtain round her sitting
up there?'"
At this everybody present roared.
"And what did you say?' said the
judge, looking a little uncomfortable.
II said, Whist, we SUPPLEMENTARY s
the ould boy that's going to hang yez.' "
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
He Saw the PLAY.

They were giving she Stoops to Con-
quer" in a small provincial town. A
penniless individual, enAious to see the
play, stalked past the ticket office in a
careless, independent sort of way. When
stopped and asked by what right he
went in without paying he replied:
by what right! I am oliver Gold
smith, the author of the piece they are
going to perform!"
"Ah, beg pardon, sir," said the check
taker. making a bow.
And Goldsmith walked in to see his
play.-London Answers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

name. When the noble red man OF the
agency begins to show a disposition to
indulge in terpslchorean evolutions of
any kind experience has demonstrated
that the white settler will do we'll to
pack his baggage and move out unless
there are plenty Of United States regu-
lars within easy call.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
The Day We Celebrate,

Rot since the close of the four years
struggle in 1865, which resulted in the
breaking of the shackles of three mil
lion slaves and forever banished hu-
man bondage from freedoms shores
has there been an occasion when the
American freeman had more cause for
rejoicing than upon this glorious
Fourth which makes a new era in
the unCeasing march of progress fos-
tered by the genius of liberty. We
celebrate the birth of independence
today with new glories and new re-
sponsibilities that have made us recog-
nized among the great powers of the
world. Through the victories won by
the gallant American soldier and sail
or under the tropical sun year ago
the Stars and Stripes have gained a
new prestige and our warriors have
been regarded with admiration and re-
spect in localities where they have
hitherto been looked upon with con-
tempt. The deeds at Manila and San
tiago have demonstrated the prowess
of the American soldier and shown to
the world 1t large that the scheme of
government begun in '76 will live and
flourish like the green bay tree until
the end of time.
In celebrating the anniversary Of
deeds os Valor Of a century ago and a
year ago, let us forget the dark side
of the picture that is presented by the
traitors who seek to hamper the gov
ernment by manifested sympathy for
horde of blood thirsty savages who
desire to rule or ruin their own coun-
try contrary to the wishes Of a large
proportion of the peaceful inhabitants
of the far off islands of the Orient.
Let us pass leniently upon the rest
less agitators who would paralyzo
business at any time when prosperity s
smile is beginning to overspread the
Industries of the land and az we gaze
upon the brilliant hues Of Old Glory
floating in the first breeze of the morn
let us rejoice that a kind Providence
has willed that we should wrestle with
the problems of life in the greatest
and most glorious country on earth!
General Miles is receiving a frost
from the press controlled by beef in
terests on his present tour but there
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

In ordinary conversation It is said
the average man uses a vocabulary OF
about 500 words. Put when the New
York Sun opens up the Hodgson-S -Schley
controversy, the entire reserve lingo is
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

A child born on this day will be apt to
have sky rockets and pin wheels in his
head.
Some people who boast Of Revolution
airy ancestry afford glarlng examples Of
how it is possible for good stock to run
down.
The walking delegate is in danger of
killing the goose that lays the golden
egg.
Serving ones friends is generally pleas
ant but not profitable employment.
There will he lots of noise today that
will not mean anything.
1t is often easier for an actress to
paint than to draw.
A smart man can often be a bore.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
REXFORD'S.
SCRANTON, July q, 1899.

All kinds of July jewelry. You
save steps by coming here first.
Waist sets, buckles, cuff pins.
A lot of little diamond rings, cute
little sparklers in LAX gold rings,
some plain, some hand chased. To
close the lot, only II, they 60 at
5000.
THE REXFORD CO.,
1872 Wyoming Ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

There is no question that Congress
man-elect Brigham Roberts envied the
sultan of Sulu after reading the report
Of Prof. Schurman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
WILL LEARN SOMETHING.
From the Times-Herald.

From the Times-Herald.
Rudyard Kipling, through his publish
ers, has sued some more people for ig-
noring his copyright. Now that he has
got to fooling with the law Mr.. Kipling
is likely to find out some things concern
ing one of the white mans burdens that
he never dreamed of before.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

The fact that bicyclist Murphy has
decided not to attempt to repeat his
ride of a mile minute is a hopeful in
dication that there are some expert
ences which will make an impression
even upon the most foolish of the fool
hardy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

anything more serious than the death
Of Aguinaldo's cousins, they should not
be depended upon to settle the diff
Guilty.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
Then He Ran,

Mrs. Peck-"Henry, do you believe
in this foolish predestination theory?"
Mr.. Peck-"Yes; I can't help it. Moth
Ing but that could ever have made me
fall in love with you."-Chicago News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
The Proper Place.

Query Editor-Ths writer wants to
know where the person with the wedding
should be.
Managing Editor "a confirmed bache-
lor)-Just say in the penitentiary.-Jew-
elers' Weekly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

The settlers near Price, Utah. are
harmed over the actions OF the Indians
n that vicinity who are indulginS in
he sun dance, This unusual exercise
said to be nothing more nor less than
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

member OF the New York Seventh Regiment
KILL NJ goof
a A
had five minutes the
served with bread and coffee
served consisting oatmeal milk
his vng affected friend
his companion The effect the Tbuea
cosvenes and in Frightening
regularly thereafter
teaph New York
four Tahu day and habit
bed
headaches of ne aad especially valuable
party where dancing
positively surprising.
advocates in the Now
owtoal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

There is considerable doubt as to
whether Secretary Alger is entirely sat
isfied with the Pingree protectorate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
THE CRIME OF 1899.
From the Globe-Democrat.

From the Globe-Democrat.
A dispatch from Johnstown, Pa, tells
that the Cambria Steel company has
posted notices of "a general advance Of
wages Of 10 per cent" 1t adds that
'about $500 men are affected by the ad-
vance" A few days ago an announce
ment was made that IAN advance,
amounting on the average to about 81 a
day. had been declared in the wages OF
5000 iron and steel workers" Nearly
every day for months past there have
| been notices like these in the daily papers
of the country. The Democratic and
Popuist papers are afraid TO omit these
notices of wage advances. They know
however, that they are death to their
parties. They make no comment upon
them.
To-
A famine in the iron market" is also
announced. This means that though the
| iron and steel workers OF the country are
buster than they ever were before they
| cannot meet the demand. The output Of
| pig iron and of the various iron and steel
| fabrics has touched the highest figures
| ever reached in this or any other coun-
| try. The report that there is famine"
| in the market, that the demand far out
| runs the supply shows that a further
| large increase in production will have TO
be made If the orders which are rushing
| in are to be filed In general way this
is the case with all the important indus.
| tries. Nobody ever saw before in the
! United States such an activity In the
principal branches of trade. Nobody
| ever before saw so many wage advances
in the same time as take place every
week these days.
-:o:-
Not only are the ordinary wage work
| ers benefited by the change which has
come through the advent OF the Repub-
| lican party TO power, but farmers are
also aided The prices OF all farm prod
ucts are much above the line at which
| they stood a year ago. They were
higher then than they were in 1896. Every
| person who works with his hands or his
head throughout the United States is
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

Roosevelt and his Rough Riders seem
TO be able to get an audience at will
without the aid of advance agents or
posters.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

II these reported quarrels between
the Filipino leaders cannot result in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
Good AdViCe TO The
Man With the Hoe
From the Philadelphia Press.


Professor Edwin Markham, a Cali
fornian and a poet, has expressed a
widespread discomfort and voiced a
widespread error by writing of THE
Man With the Hoe" 1t is Millets picture
of the peasant of which the poem
speaks:-
Bowed by the weight of centuries he
leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,
The emptiness of ages in his face
And on his back the burden of the world.
pair,
A thing that grieves not and that never
hopes,
Stolid and stunned, a brother to the OK?
Who loosened and let down this brutal
jaw?
Whose was the hand that slanted back
this brow?
Whose breath blew out the light within
Is this the Thing the Lord God made
and gave
10 have dominion over sea and land;
To trace the stars and search the
heavens for power;
To feel the passion of eternity?
Is this the Dream He dreamed who
shaped the suns?
Professor Markham, to answer all
these questions, asks another:-
. masters, lords and rulers in all lands,
Is this the handiwOrk you give to God,
This monstrous thing distorted and soul
quenched?
There is an easier and more scientific
| answer to these conundrums, and one
truer The masters. lords and rulers in
| all lands" have nothing to do with 1t.
| Nobody "slanted back that brow" It
| began that way, only worse, as the mon
| keys, and 1t has been getting straighter
ever since. This particular man has not
quite kept up with the procession, but he
still has his chance, if he chooses to use
| 1t, and II he will use his hoe, instead OF
| leaning on 1t, look Up instead of gazing
on the ground" and work instead OF
| idling, he will get there all the same.
The climb has been hard one. There
has been no light blown out within this
brain. 1t has not been lit there yet; but,
behind the hill that Millet painted as a
| background, is the sChool-hou France
has built there to kndle "the light with
in this brain" and the son of the MAN
with the Hoe" is today NJ. Loubet, presi-
dent Of France.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

If tho "NIan with a Hoe" wants to
share this fun he must brace up like his
ascidian ancestor, and if the MAN with
a Poem wants to help this ascent and
advance he will not worry about the
lords and rulers in all lands" but tell
his one particular MAN with a Hoe" to
get a move on him and take his place in
the old procession.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
Star
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ing the PLANETARY Pencil
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plies, together with a large
line of Blank Books and
Typewriter's Supplies,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
This is the path
the Lord God made and gave

This is the path
the Lord God made and gave
To have dominion ever sea and land.
Neither doubt nor discomfort, neither
dismay nor despair, but hard work, plcn-
ty of it and the full daily use of all the
talent man has. OF course, If a man
chooses to be
dead to rapture and despair
A thing that grieves not and that never
hopes
Stolid and stunned
he can stay so and will, but that is his
fault. The asCidian wriggled his nervous
system into the beginnings of a back
bone, and the next stage padded until it
got legs, and the lemur took to reaching
with it's fore-paws for fruit and, standing
on its hind ones-instead of being dead
to rapture and dCspair"--and the mon
key got bit straighter and Homo Pithe-
Gus got thigh bone that he could stand
on and primitive man began swinging
his club for all 1t was worth, instead OF
letting the weight of the centuries"
keep him leaning on it, and so we have
all gone on, filing out our foreheads,
keeping a stiff upper lip, instead of one
'loosened and let down." stepping brisk
ly and altogether to the music OF the
ages, triunlphal quickstep which has
carried the race to victory over one Hill
Of Difficulty after another.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04

from the press controlled by beef in
terests on his present tour, but there
is warmth in the ovations rendered
him by the people.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-04
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.

Astrolabe Cast: 1.4S 81. M, for Tuesday,
July 4, 1899.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-31
GOES TO A RECEIVER.
Another Chapter in the Webb
Branner Litigation Over
Property.

NJ. w. VanValkenburg has been APP
pointed, confirmed and given bond as
receiver for several properties on KAN
sas avenue which are involved in nti-
cation brought by Mrs. w. w. Webb
to recover from J. S. Branner.
The cases have been tried in the dis
trict court at Holton over which Judge
G. F. Johnson now presides- Judge
johnson in chambers at Oskaloosa,
Wednesday, upon application of Mrs.
Webb, named Mr.. Manufacturing as
receiver, fixing his bond at $4,000.
The order of the court will be made OF
record at Holton today and Mr.. Van
Valkenburg will probably take charge
of the property as receiver tomorrow or
soon thereafter.
The receiver is to have full and COM
plete control of the buildings occupied
by Swift & Holiday and the Pacific
Express office; will control a half in
terest in the building occupied by
Troup's Enterprise and also a half in
terest in the buildings occupied by
Watts shoe store and Morrison's jewelry
store. These are among the best bust
ness properties on Kansas avenue. The
tenants have since the litigation was
commenced declined to pay the rent. 1t
was demanded by both the plaintiff and
defendant in the litigation. The order
naming a receiver also recites that the
tenants shall at once pay to the re-
ceiver all unpaid and future rents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-31
BURIED TREASURE DUG UP
Rich Find of a Mexican Near Abbott,
Texas

Austin. Tex. March S1.-A few days ago
Mexico. arrived at Abbott, Tex. with a
chart of Abbott and the surrounding
neighborhood.
In the middle of this chart was black
spot, supposed to designate the location of
a cave, in which ii was claimed was
buried a ma hogany box containing con-
siderable money Consent secured
from d c Carr. who owned the land
where the treasure was buried. and dig
Eing commenced Late yesterday the box
was located and eXtricated from its hid
ing place. where, no doubt, it has rested
for thirty-eiEht years In ii was S14 coo
Confederate money. 81. 900 in gold nuggets.
Sl-0oo or S2-o00 in different denominations of
gold. and about gallon of small foreign
silver pieces The box was undoubtedly
buried during the civil war 1t was Sc
CuTely bound with large strips of sheet
iron The locators refused to tel exactly
what the box contained, and it is believed
Il Is very rich find.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-31
BRYAN IS AGING.
Appearance Much Changed Since His
Last Visit to Topeka

Little more than a year has elapsed
since William J. Bryan visited Topeka
to speak before the Democrats of Kan
sas In this short period the marks of
time and hard labor have made their
impression upon his features. His face
particularly does not display the vigor
which characterized it on former visits
TO this city. These conditions have also
affected his manner of delivery. He
now speaks more slowly, and at times
seems to be proceeding with difficulty.
His gestures are, as of old, frequent and
expressive but Mr.. Bryan of two years
ago is not the Bryan of today who
spoke to the Democrats last night. HIS
hair has grown thinner and his appear
ance in general plainly indicates that
the arduous work of constant speaking,
travelling and nervous excitement is
telling upon his constitution and physi-
cal powers.