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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

The first rays of the dawn of peace
have a bewildering effect on the orbs
of the anti-imperialist owls.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

The infamous course of Spain toward
Cuba may be gathered from the fact
that for the seventeen years of peace
preceding the outbreak in 1895, the
Cuban revenue averaged S33, 400 900 an
nually. Less than One-half of l per
cent of that sum was set aside for
public instruction. Precisely three
times as much was paid out of the
island treasury to maintain the Roman
Catholic church as was paid for the
purpose of public instruction. Nearly
seventy times as much was paid out
of the treasury for military and naval
purposes, and expenses incident there
to, as was paid out for public instruc-
ton. Eut all that has been reversed.
Cuba does not pay cent today for
military and naval purposes, and it
does not pay cent to maintain an
established church. 1t has more pub
lie schools than ever before in its his
tory, and as soon as General Brooke
takes up the subject and sufficient
revenues are provided, the numbers of
these schools will be enormously in
creased. Moreover the teachers will
be competent 10 instruct, and the in
struction will not be largely confined to
sectarian religion, as that will be elm
mated, but to reading, writing and the
other necessary branches of a primary
education, with advanced schools for
those who wish to attend them. And
the schools will be free and no fees
will be charged. Cuba today in such
matters is far ahead of anything ever
known under Spanish rule, and the
good work has only begun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03
REXFORD'S,

May 3, 1899.
The attraction at this store is the
downright rightnesS Of everything
we sell:
Right Goods,
Right Prices.
Right Styles.
If any other jewelers. in town are
as busy as we are, we're glad of it,
and the store not month old.
Dainty small ladies' watches 1.-The
prices-S5.oo to $500, one as
reasonable as the other.
THE REXFORD CO.,
1872 Wyoming Ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

schools in operation I'm this province
than ever before in the history of the
island. What has been done elsewhere
on the island is not easy to tell, as
Governor General Brooke told me in
Havana that he had not yet had time
to take up the matter, and had no gem
eral report bearing on the subject 1t
is a significant fact that "a person can
stand in one place in the suburbs OF
this city and see twenty or thirty we'll
built block houses or forts many
of them constructed of stone, and other
fortifcations costing millions of dollars
and yet look i'm vain for n single school
house. The same thing is true, in q
more or less degree, of every city ana
town in the island. The Spanish pro-
gramme was that of expending enor-
nous millions of dollars fsrcHd from
the people to keep them in virtual slsv-
cry. but not a single dollar for sch )ol
house.
Tomas Estrada Palma, in writing in
1895 about the terrible wrongs inflicted
on Cuba by the Spanish government
said: Does the government favor us
more in the matter of education? 1t
will suffice to state that only $lS2,O0O
are assigned to public instruction in
our splendid budget. 1t may be noted
that the University of Havana is
source of pecuniary profit to the state.
On the other hand, this institution is
without laboratories, instruments. and
even without water to carry on eXpcli-
ments. All the countries of America,
excepting Bolivia, all of them. includ-
ing Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and
Iuadaloupe, where the colored race
predominates, spend a great deal more
than the Cuban government for the
education of the people. on the other
hand, only Chile spends as much as
Cuba for the support of an army. In
view of this, 1t is easily explained why
76 per cent. of such an intelligent nd
wideawake people as that of Cuba can
not read and write. The most neces-
sary instruction among us, the mo st
technical and industrial, does not eX-
list. The careers and professions most
needed by modern civilization are OF
cultivated in Cuba. In order II Le-
come a topographer, a scientific agr'-
culturist, an electrician, an industrial
or mechanical engineer a railroad or
mining engineer, the Cuban has to so
to foreign country. The state in
Cuba does not support single public
library"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

FINLEY Us
FOulard Silks,
Wash Silks,
Summer Silks
The perfection of printing
and designing in Foulard
Silks for 1899, shows a mark
ed improvement over the past
two seasons aud we take
special pride in calling your
attention to our "unsurpass-
ed" assortment of the
Finest Goods and
Best Styles 0btainablc.
The leading things are
black and blue grounds, with
neat designs in white, hello.
trope, blue, etc. Black and
blue grounds with Persian
effects, also in white grounds,
with delicate printing OF
heliotrope, new blue,et Our
prices are
75c, $1.OO and S1.25.
Wash silks, that wash and
retain their lustre, and colors
are shown in a large variety
of choice patterns. Prices
range from
45c to 75c.
Elegant line of Japanese
Wash Silks and Summer
Silks, in plaids, corded checks
and stripes. Fast colors and
a large selection. Best goods
made
Only 45c.
Fast Black Wash Silks,
Habutai, and Waterproof
Silks in the new "unspottable
finish, at less than present
market prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

In Sunday journalism, especially in
the inland cities, the newspaper scape-
goat seems to be one of the necessary
features of the printing establishment
The newspaper scapegoat is generally
an inoffensive Individual who. whether
guilty or not, has to take the drub-
bings that are administered, or the
looks of annihilation that are given by
those who have been assailed in print.
Scranton has furnished some amusing
instances of the trials of the scapegoat
who suffers for the sins of others, but
he is continually getting in front of the
enemys guns and probably will do so
to the end of the chapter AS in the
case of the publisher of a hot-stuff
paper who fell before the onslaught of
an indignant councilman the other day,
the individual who seeks to punish an
offender invariably selects the wrong
man. The writer who brews the venom
and dips his pen in gall, as smiles of
ghoulish glee illumine his countenance
with Satanic lustre, keeps in the back
ground, while the scapegoat, lingering
about the firing line, takes the conse-
quences of the satire of his associates.
The troubles of the scapegoat should
be a warning to the ambitious who de-
sire to be editors and make things
smoke where the proper fuel is scarce.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

The experience resident Brooklyn bookkeepe Old similar
who testified Rp Tabulcs
this gentleman
would meal with splendid appetite
mouthful would begin notice une ~
ocnd dyspepsia did
noticed the old trouble returning About months Rpn
friend of in
he informed that the
him, and insisted giving
much better than the other remedies stopped
weeks believe thoroughly
Tabule
m n should find
haIea
tfo
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

A country demanding to be allowed
to govern itself when it is without a
single public school house, or n single
bank, savings or otherwise, i'm which
money can be placed at interest, with
out one public library. with no public
charitable institutions worthy of men
tion; devoid of public roads worthy OF
the name; with only about 10 per cent.
of the land at present under CultiVa-
tiOn; with interest rates varying from
10 to Is per cent. with many of its
cities devoid of pavements, and all OF
them, excepting Havana without sew
ers, and few there; with a city of 40,-
900 nhabtants-Puerto PTincipe-with-
out a hotel; To say nothing Of the
fact that over IS per cent. Of the pOpu-
lation can neither read nor write, seems
to be folly almost beyond conception.
l5ut that demand comes only from the
men who want the offices to continue
for their own benefit the iniquitous
government which Spain for centuries
inflicted on the island, Tho eagerness
with which the people are studying the
English language, even the boot blacks
on the streets learning it from such Of
their number as can read, and the rap
id adoption of American business meth
DDS, ana the anxiety shown to become
Americans speak well for the future.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

responsibility. You may be sure that
lt will do everything 1t can to carry
the blessings of our own civilization to
these islands of the sea- and that its
highest ambition will be fulfilled If,
through its efforts, from oppression
ana darkness they shall come out into
the light Of the new world and be set
upon the way to the enjoyment of the
same liberties, the same education, the
same government, the same large, gem
erous happy life which is now the heri-
tage of every American citizen in
whatever part of the great American
union he lives.'
If talk like this does not make the
arti-lmperialists ashamed Of them
selves, then their case is hopeless.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

General Wood has made 1t his duty
to establish public schools as rapidly
as possible, and there are today, not
withstanding the lack Of revenues and
the disordered state of things, more
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

Fast Black Wash Silks,
Habutai, and Waterproof
Silks in the new "unspottable
finish, at less than present
market prices.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23

The flying fox is very curious in
babitant of the forest near Moreton bay,
in east Australia. 1t lives in flooks and
moves generally toward the dusk OF the
evening, aud the noise produced by the
heavy Tapping CT the SO called wings is
very singular. The focks like quiet
places, where there are large arauoarian
pine trees, with an underwood Of scrub
ana creepers. The foxes hang il vast
numbers from horizontal branches of
the pine trees.
When there is clear space among
the trees, an enormous number OF the
animals may be seen, and their noise
can be heard, for directly they see any
thing unusual they utter a short bark,
something like the sound made by young
rocks. Often every branch is crowded,
and the young foxes are seen either flap
ping their wings and holding on with
their hind feet and with their heads
downward or snarling and fighting for
places.
Suddenly the whole take to fight
and Zap their furry, winglike sides and
wheel around like heavy birds. Many
fly with their young holding on to them.
The creature is not true fox, and
there is fold Of skin which reaches
from the fore to the hind legs. This is
called the wing, and it enables the
pteropus, as the animal is called, to
float and turn in the air.-Philadelphia
Press.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
LifebOats of the World.

The lifeboat service is one of the very
noblest of philanthropic Institutions,
and many civilized nations pay special
attention to these means for the rescue
Of perishing mariners. EngIand's life.
boat service is q voluntary one. The
Royal National Lifeboat institution,
which controls the bulk Of British life
boats, was founded in 1924. 1t now has
over 800 lifeboats on the shores of the
kingdom, and has been instrumental in
saving nearly 80, 900 lives. The French
lifeboat service was established ir 1866,
and has IS stations, while it has been
the means Of saving over 900 vessels
and Z, 800 lives.
The French service has one great ad.
vantage over ours. 1t is that the public
board Of works always builds the first
liteboat house at each station as it is
established, consequently relieving the
service of great outlay. The German
service was established in 1865, and
has l04 lifeboat stations. The United
States has 233 lifeboat stations. The
cost Of the United States service is
about $500, 900 year.-London Tit
Bits.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
KfrRhIz MuRiC.

One Of the Kirghiz came into my
tent, and, squatting down, began to play
the kaumuss, q three stringed ipstru-
ment played with the fingers. The
music WAS monotonous ard of a melan-
cboly cadence. but it harmonized we'll
with the surroundings and the moods
they inspired. In wozd, it was typic-
ally Asiatic. l sat and listened to it
with pleasure, giving my imagination
captive to the music, the soft moaning
of the night wind, the gentle crackle Of
the fire. How many and many a night
did not spend thus during the long
years that followed listening to the
dreamy sounds Of that primitive Kir.
ghiz instrument!
How many a dark, solitary winter
afternoon did not while away in this
foolish fashion! In course of time ]
grew accustomed to the kaumuss and
derived as much pleasure from it es the
kirghiz did themselves. IN fact, 1 grew
fond of it. Its soothing music carried
my mind away into the fairy realms Of
day dreams. My thoughts few far away
to my home amid the dark pine woods
of Sweden. Sven Hedin in Through
Asia"
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
High Lights.

1t generally turns out that a broken
ideal was always cracked.
If you ask woman for a reason, give
her time to make one up.
Dismal people would never smile
were it not for other peoples bad luck.
A cynic sneers whenever he sees a
frosted wedding cake in a bakeshop
window.
Extravagant people are sometimes
cured by having to earn the money they
spend.
After marriage a girl becomes too
economical to cry on her husbands coat
collar.
Man gets ready for winter by saving
money; woman gets ready by making
money fly.
1t is the people without background
who generally scramble to be seen in
the foreground
A strong minded woman is one who
goes shopping without counting up her
change on the way me.-Chicago
Record
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
Conan DOYLE ON Golf.

"My dear SIR" writes Conan Doyle
to an English friend, "pray present my
compliments to the Ormeau Golf club
and wish them from me very happy
evening. am myself an intermittent
golfer, getting very violent attacks at
regular intervals. 1t usually takes me
about two months to convince myself
that shall never be any good, and then
l give it up until fresh burst Of en-
ergy sets me trying once more. l played
in Egypt until they told me that exca-
vators had to pay special tax. l in
augurated private course in Vermont
also, and the Yankee farmers asked US
what we were boring for. If ever the
Ormeau club should wish any part of
their links returned, I could undertake
in few games to clear away any sod
now existing"
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
AN EASY VICTORY.
As He Said, He Simply Walked In a
Winner.

Winner.
GOOD thing for some of these office
seeking politicians that / don't take a
hand in the game" remarked a man
who was chosen as delegate to one OF
the city conventions.
Make it warm for them, would yor:''
"Well. I'm no good at footing ny
own horn, but look at my record. I'm
willing to risk my case on that. You
can't beat it. had never run for any
thing i'll Detroit before, and | had never
mixed with politicians. Some one put
my name on that ticket without con-
sulting me. Don't that show confidence?
Mighty seldom such thing happens in
these days. Used my name and then
asked the privilege. Shows who is hon
est. l guess Bound to have me, don t
you see? They urged me to hustle, hire
workers and send carriages around to
carry the voters to the polls.
d" Not nae, told them. I won't
raise hand. Let the people work their
untrammeled will. believe in individ-
ual sovereignty, and I'll resort neither
to trickery, bribery, undue inhuenro
nor EulIdozing. III win on my merits
or go down to defeat.
GOOD sound sentiment. Pity it isn't
more prevalent. And you got there:'
lyon bet did. Knocked my oppo-
nent cold. Hardly knew be was running
Showed him clear under.
Let me see. How did the vota
stand?"
"Well, there weri Eve votes cast and
got three Of them. But I'm out Of
politics again. Too much trouble and
worry. "-DetrCit Free Press.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23

In jovial company each one asked a
Question If it was answered, he paid a
for It, or If he could not answer it
hir elf be paid a forfeit An Irish
man qcSstI' 4 was, "How does the lit
tie 81 80 squirrel dig his hole without
showing any earth about the entranceP"
When they had all given it up, Pat
said, Sure, do you see, he begins at
the other end OF the hole"
One C the company exclaimed, but
how GaaS Ae get thera?"
"Ah said Pat, that's your ques-
ton Can you answer it yourselt?"-
Nuggets
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
Hence Its Value.

He-The mummy of an Egyptian
queen who lived over 5000 years ago
was lately sold in London for $50
She-Plenty Of living women today
are sold for less than that.
Eyes, but you forget that this 500
woman could keep her mouth shut. -
TSnkers Statesman.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
Looked Suspicious.

I'D like to know why it is. "growled
old Bullyun, that I'm bothered almost
to death by commercial agency reporters
investigating my financial standing.
invariably pay cash and have never
asked for credit"
That's all very true, (" replied his
friend, 'bUt you seem to have overlook
ed the fact that your only daughter re-
Gently celebrated the eighteenth ami
versary of her debut into the world. -
Chicago News.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23

Miss de Pink-Did you hear about
Miss Billions engagement to a foreign
nobleman?
MIR. Goodfello - Yes, everybody is
talking of it.
isn't it remarkable?''
"Yes, indeed. They say she is marry
ing him for love. New York Weekly
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
Neighborly .ommenr.

Uncle Ruht-I hear that city farmer
that bought 81 Browns farm to play
with bragg,n that his Eaters cost him a
quarter apiece to raise.
Uncle Josb-Ain't it funny how a
man kin be proud Of bein derp foolI-
Indianapolis journal.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
An UnanswcrabIe Argument.

"WEat rot, all this talk about modern
teachers being underpaidP' cried the
self made man pompously. when /
was boy, didn't 60 to school at ALL "
"Ah, but that's just the difference, :"
responded teacher who happened to
be present. Its because men like you
60 to school now that we think our sal
aries ought to be raised. "-Brooklyn
Life.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
4 Mnn,s In,nressiona.

Dorothy, | saw beautiful gown in
shop window today"
"What was it, Julius?'
Well, it was that zigzaggy kind of
cloth, and it had those braided things
across the front and down the back aud
some awful stylish pointed things on
the skirt wish you would get one
Just like it. "-Brooklyn Life.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
Helping Him Out.

Too bad about Henderson,"
Whats wrong with him:"
He has suddenly gone blind"
That is tough-but stay! owe him
500. I'll give him sight draft for it. 1"
Chicago News.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
mmOnplRce.

II hear that Olga Nethersole has de-
cided to dispense with her kissing
scene"
well, | don't blame her Kissing's
become SO commonplace since the war. ;"
cleveland Leader.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
Power of Imagination.

HOW could you master the courage
60 knock that burglar senseless with the
potato masher?" they asked her.
Just shut my eyes and imagined
IL was Jonn, she answered. Indian
apolis Journal
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
.ure OF Himself.

She laid her head against his breast
and looked fondly mp into his eyes
ALFRED, - she sighed, ARE yoa sure
that you will always love NE as you GO
now?"
eyes" be replied. Il am SUR i.r'
father has promised to endow 10 y.
leges. and he hasn an expensive hopby
OF any kind. ''-Chicago News
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
M. They Hon't Sneak.

Mrs. Hunpimune-Charles used to
tell me be was fond of music, but 1
think be was only decciving me |
know he never asks me TO play now we
are married.
Mrs. Sharpe-RealIy, l don ST. ~
that proves anything, my dear Boston
'--Ircorin+
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
An Illustration,

II believe that a man becomes what
be eats, said Miss Frocks to Miss Kit.
tial
"That sheepish Mr.. Pinnick who
comes to see you must live on mutton. ="
Detroit Free Press
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
Mr.. Asbury PeDpera.

ut has come t. my notice, F" said AS.
bury Peppers, thereby distracting atten-
ton from his second taking of sausage,
THAT the man with no home ties is ant
toget the collar from the police. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
Not Many Degrees Wrong.

HAS any degree ever been conferred
on Admiral DeweyP'
Yes. He's an NJ. M. D."
what does that mean?"
Molder Of Manifest Destiny. Chi
cago Tribune
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
Just what He Meant.

It was pitch battle, 4" be said.
Pitched. you mean. she correct
ed.
II don'tmean anything Of the kind"
he replied. 81 mean pitch It was
-ght between tars. Chicago Post.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
BeautifyfnR ViaIou.

How did You get such pleasant ex.
preston on that ugly Miss Passee's por.
Il got her to telling me about men
she might have married. '-BrookIvn
Life.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
Wanted n Glenn sueen.

docs all dis peace talk take in
ever thing?" asked the old colored citi-
zen.
Reckon it does Why?"
"Kaze des wanted ter know, sub, :"
he explained, IF it would take in de
old woman, de bailiffs en- de bill col
lectors I"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
DANGEROUS INVENTION.
Was Convenient For Some Things
but Had to &c Discarded,

wa" GohEenie"t For some Things
Somehow or o,hsr, " said the young
1nan OF sad ana thonShtfui mlen, /
sos hoId u one VI those stamps YOU
know "nat '1ey tfe' OF course Ihey
nave CLOCK arrangement ID them, ana
Wnen you stamp a document the time,
as Wen as any lettering mere may be
on the diHi' Is Eat on the paper con
XII" wat lnupcea me 10 take thls one
A2lhc' bnt got 70 Woen fhey bough5 q
lie" ana iEHiC ed c2e az tbe ONCE
ann u w." Il "e't "lto ne
lv' an Beer tEO Oh the COOK
ara q CO.." toia M "iie' bat OF
- =. - expect pr 70 90 any
Ia g. SOW S''Il explained the
II VOL" ! h',s ana atter dinner
90 - h.i - a-1ih lof the Denent OF
the .'li"r"A Inc cAlIdren wanted me
10 Eve 10 10 th'hI' but l Wouldh 90 u
-H"t theh. Alter"ard IL was dlnerent.
ny Wile wanted me 10 sell IT, DUE
"ouiun uo 'h"l ei'heE-hot theD' Alt-
efMaIu tpnt was also uluerent'
'Ni- u was Iour VI ne ~ Guys AT
+ = / a.'5 1'',.l L ~, me-. . 1e-tnat
ISSA516i1 Ind was
49, ~ ~ : osE,tlat is' OF
- .'aa a man is a. rhe detained at
uE9 o'u9. he starts Tor 1t In the best
anu A'os' Virt0ous nulnor posSloie' ne
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-23
The Seoul Independent says that a

The Seoul Independent says that q
recent census OF Korea shows a popuIa.
ton of 6,198, 248, of whom 2, 869, 1877
are males and 2.S28, 481 females.
Misleading Grammar.
de nonsense dey is teachin in desc
schools makes me weary" exclaimed
Meandering Mike.
"Ye're jealous, cause We amt edu.
Gated" replied Flooding Pete.
"No, l amt. After what / heard
dem school children sayin I'm glad
amt mixed up in any scheme where
dey tries to make ye believe dat mon.
ey' is a common noun. - Washington