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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-14
Richardson's

Richardson's
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Terminates Colds
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Enliyens the Appetite,
CRANBERRY TONE
Is TONIC BIrrERS, pleasant and agree
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glowing sparks, tingling The nerves with the
hot glow Of rejuvenated
BLOOD.
A Tonic for the weak, "a stimuant for the aged
A taste Of its own has Cranberry-rOne
Pit 75 cents, three bottles for Two dollars.
Kindly Yours,
VIII 3 RICHARDSON,
c,it Rate Druggist,
Wholesale. Marietta, Ohio. Re tai
Phone bs.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-14
you need

A physician we will come in
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your prescription.
When you don't need a physi-
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right way at the right price. We
are always useful.
Putnam
Street
aaris,ta, H.Ha% o. - Drugstore.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-14

A Paris working baker named Gale
has taken the Hebrew prize of the
Ecole du Louvre with an essay on the
Book of Daniel.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-14
State OF Ohio. City of Toledo, I 90

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of r.
J. Cheney & Co.. doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said. and that said firm will pay the
sam of One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case Of Catarrh than cannot
be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Gura
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-14

FRANK j. Cheney.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of Decem
ber A. ID, 1856
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

lonely road. He entered the cabin with
his companion, and there they found
lame young man called Amos sitting
by the fire scraping at an old violin
with most disastrous results.
He laid the violin on the bed and
started away to the stable with the
horses. Mr.. Whitcomb at once took
UP the violin, tuned 1t, and when Amos
returned was playing light and beauti-
full airs. Amos was entranced. He
sat down, and, mouth wide open in
wonder, watched the musician. Then
Mr.. Whitcomb struck up Hail, Column
bia," and the youth could bear It no
longer. He sprang to his feet. "If 1
had $50" cried he, "Td give 1t all for
that fiddle! / never heard such music"
Mr.. Whitcomb said nothing, but kept
on playing. BY and by, when he had
finished, he laid the violin on the bed.
This was the young mans opportunity.
He ,sprang up, seized the instrument,
carried II to the fire. where he could
see more plainly, and turned 1t over
and over, examining every part.
Mister" he sang out, in high ex-
citement, II never in my life see two
fiddles so much alike as yours and
mine!"-Exchange.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
Dakota Slang.

One day, says the Bismarck Tribune,
when Caesar was leaning up against
wooden Indian in front of Brutus's
cigar store, half way between the
Forum and the Republican central
committee headquarters. he was ac-
costed by bunko-steerer with a green
grip and the finest set OF lilacs that
ever split the breeze.
Hello" said the bunko-steerer,
haven't seen you before?"
II don't think you have, 10 Jo,"
said Caesar, who was dead on "I
never was In the penitentiary myself,
and IL I ever saw you outside of the
bastile it's a mighty good thing for
you I wasn't a policeman. You look a
good deal like local option sentiment
in a German village. How much will
you take for q slip from that foliage
plant on your face to seed my lawn
with?" Caesar was one OF the great
Joshers in Rome at the time and it
tickled him to guy the rube, although
he sawed his graft all the while.
The bunko man pretended not to no
tice that he was a joshmark and
dropped his grip on the sidewalk.
Amt you Polonius Appleseedus. from
over at Pompey's Crossing?" he asked.
He didn't know Caesar from a fever
blister, but he thought he might make
the graft stick.
Caesar enjoyed the whole thing more
than a Judy show. mot on your little
red shawl" he said, I'm the iceman.
You're on the wrong sdetrack uncle.
You'd better consult an oculist. Here's
an egg that some chicken laid in your
hair" he said, handing the bunko man
an egg that he carried around to use
in sleight of hand tricks that he fire.
quently did for the boys.
The bunko man saw that he had
struck a dead game sport and passed
on. Caesar went inside the cigar store.
See me jolly the rube?" he said, drop
ping nickel in the slot and winning
a handful OF perfectos.
Brutus laughed fit to kill, and put
another handful OF stogies into the
perfecto box.
while you were jollying the easy
mark" he said, "he touched you for
your watch
Caesar looked down and saw that 1t
was so.
History does not record what he said
but it was hot stuff.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17
Wooing q School Teacher.

"Yes," said young man, as he threw
himself at the feet of the pretty school
mistress, II love you, and would go to
the worlds end for you"
You could not go to the end Of the
world for me, James. The world, or the
earth, as it is called, is round like a ball
slghtened flattened at the poles. One
OF the first lessons in elementary
geography is devoted to the shape Of
the globe. You must have studied T.
when you were boy"
30 course 1 did. but
And 1t is no longer theory. Cir
cumnavigators have established the
fact"
II know, but what meant was that
would do anything to please you. All,
Minerva, If you knew the aching
Void"-
There is no such thing as a void,
James. Nature abhors a vacuum. But,
admitting that there could be such a
thing. how could the void you speak Of
be a void II there were an ache in it?"
IT meant to say that my life will be
lonely without you; that you are my
daily thought and my nightly dream.
would go anywhere to be with you. II
you were in Australia, or at the north
pole, would fly to you. r.
Fly! 1t will be another century be-
fore men can fly. Even when the laws
of gravltation are successfully over
come, there will still remain, says a
late scientific authority, the difficulty
of maintaining a balance
"Well, at all events" exclaimed the
youth "I'ye got q pretty fair balance
in the bank, and want you to be my
wife. There!"
"Well. James. since you put 1t in that
light, r.
Curtain.-Wlchita Eagle.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17
StartlinglY Sententious.

A delegation of Indians from a
western state visited the land office in
Washington, says the San Francisco
Wave, and were duly introduced to
bumptious little official who had charge
of this territory. This little man, who.
by the way, has a big head, patronized
the red men for all he was worth, and
talked elaborately about the land Of
flee. When he had finished the In
dians began to grunt and talk among
themselves. What are they saying?"
asked the egotistical clerk, with de-
lightful anxiety. Tell me what they
are saying" "I cannot tell you" re-
piled the interpreter. ut was not for
you to hear" But the little man in
sisted, and with great reluctance the
interpreter finally yielded. They
said" he translated, Little man, big
head, heap talk, say nothing, much
fool"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17
For a Parcels Post.
Y n THE ANIMAL report of the
third assistant postmaster gen.
Il eral just submitted, occurs n

Y n THE ANIMAL report of the
third assistant postmaster gen.
Il eral, just submitted occurs n
very timely reference to the
feasibility of doing away with the
fourth class postage rate OF cent an
ounce on small parcels of merchandise,
increasing the limit of weight to, say,
six pounds, and carrying this parcel
tlade at the present third-cla rate Of
s cents a pound-in other words, the
parcels post
At it is now. only 9,17l tons of fourth
class mail matter Is carried a year,
bringing in about sS,OnO,OOO. To reduce
1he rate would, of course, reduce the
income provided the volume OF bust
ness carried did not increase. On this
point the report says:
1T will be noted that about one
ninth Of the postage is collected on
third class matter and only about one
thirueth or fourth-class matter. II
the latter were mailed at the third
class rate the loss Of revenue would be
as per cent. of the total collected.
( Referring to the weight of fourth.
glass matter handled during the year.
we see that it only amounts 10 s.i71
tons. Were this weight doubled, as
may easily be assumed would be the
ease If the rate be reduced, II would
Be the case IL the rate be reduced, 1t
would scarcely make an apprecia BILE
difference in the cost OF transportation
and handling, while the increase in
amount mailed would make good the
deficit in postage.
That the reduction in rate Of post
age would increase the amount of such
matter mailed that the apparent de-
hcit-in revenue would be more than
extinguished; that the measure would
meet with public approval, and that
existing difficulties in classification
would be obviated, to the great salts
faction OF the patrons of the mails, as
well as the relief OF postal officials, can
scarcely be questioned"
The third assistant postmaster gen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

eral goes further in his advocacy OF
this much needed Improvement I'VE
now transport" says he, "a pound of
merchandise from San Francisco to
Germany for 12 cents, but the same
package mailed FOR delivery in the
United states will require l6 cents
postage. Again, samples Ot merchan-
disc may be sent In Postal Union
malls at the rate OF two ounces for l
cent, but when sent in the domestic
mails l cent per ounce double the for
eign rate) Is required. / recommend
the consolidation OF the third and
fourth classes of mail matter as serv-
ing the public interest and conVen-
ience greatly In the direction of fa'-
cilitating the work Of the department.
1t has been suggested that the limit of
weight of mail matter -four pounds)
might be increased to, say, six pounds.
The argument is found also In the par
cells post arrangements. In many cases
packages weighing as high as eleven
pounds may be sent by parcels post.
A reduction of the rate on fourth class
matter by a consolidation of the third
and fourth classes, accompanied by an
increased limit of weight, would be n
great benefit to the putlic, but the pro-
position is open to the criticism that
the department would be going too ex-
tensivcly into the freight carrying
business"
This criticism would not come from
the bulk of the people, but from the
interested few.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17
It Beat His Time.

A country boy. who was brought up
in a remote region of Scotland, had
occasion to accompany his father to a
village near which a branch line OF
railway passes. The morning after his
arrival, when sauntering in the garden
behind the house in which they were
staying, he beheld with wondering eyes
a train go by. For a moment he re-
mained staring at it with astonishment
and then running into the house he
said: "Fayther fayther, come OFT!
There's a smiddy ran off WI a row O.
houses, and it's ava doom by the back
o. the town"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17
Chinese in the Philippines.

"~h hE QUESTION of the perma-
nent attitude of the United
Il States government toward
Chinese immigration into the
Philippines is one which is entitled to
receive the most careful consideration.
Rumor asserts that upon the PROPOSE
tion of excluding the Chinese the Phil
ippine commission is divided, three ia
voring that course and two, including
Admiral Dewey, opposing it as both
unjust and inexpedient. If there be
this division of opinion among the eX-
perts it might be we'll to pursue lib
eral course until experience shall have
cleared the pathway of all doubt. At
all events, the light in which the Chi
nese minister at Washington presents
the arguments against exclusion is
worthy of attention. Says he:
The Chinese entered the Philippine
Islands by invitation. There are now
upward Of 10000 Cinnamon engaged in
industrious production among the Fill
pinos. Many of these Cinnamon have
intermarried with the native women,
and there are a large number Of their
children, known as 'mestizos,' who are
living witnesses that there is no abso-
Lutte racial prejudices between the Chi
nese and the native Filipinos. l am
reliably informed that Aguinaldo, him
self, has Chinese blood in him. These
Chinese have lived peaceably with the
people, and under the Spanish rule
they frequently attained to offices of
considerable Importance in the govern
ment. l am prepared to admit some
what of rightful expediency If not JUS
tice in the American exclusion laws.
In this country the wages paid were
extraordinarily higher than Cinnamon
had ever before earned. Therefore the
measure of protection against the Chi
nese was natural. In the Philippines
this is not the case. because as a gem
eral thing it is the Chinaman and not
the native laborer or artisan who COM
mands the highest compensation. The
Chinese have done much to raise the
general level of civilization in that
archipelago"
1t may well be asked how we could
hope to share largely in the coming
trade of China if we should go for it in
the face of having excluded the Chi
nese from the ports of the Philippines.
Let it be sincerely hoped that our gov
ernment will not make a mistake in a
matter Of such obvious delicacy and
Importance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17
He Resented the Imputation.

If one may judge from the number
of stories appearing in English papers,
the faculty for making Irish bulls"
is growing in that country. At a re-
cent temperance gathering the chair
man thought it desirable to reply t. an
attack made upon him in the local
press. MY opponent" said he. calls
me an ascetic. l hurl the accusation
back in his teenth. have been to-
tai abstainer from my birth" A still
more humorous lapsus linguae WAS
that of the London vestryman who, in
referring to the financial condition of
the baths in his district, described
them as "a milestone hanging around
the necks of the rate-payers like a
white elephant"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, NOVEMBER II, 1899.

What is this from the Scranton
Times? Aguinaldos army in flight, the
grand concatenation of Filipino pat
riots melting like snow, the back bone
of the opposition to Americas dis
graceful conquest broken, the Malay
George Washington likely to skip the
country and leave the noble cause OF
Filipino freedom in the lurch, figure
head though he be? And all this "a
turn the American people will be glad
to see?" Do we dream, or has the
Scranton Times so soon deserted its
former ally now that he is down? For
shame, brother Times!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

Secretary Cages offer to purchase
government bonds in order to put
into circulation, for the purpose
of relieving temporary stringency,
money now lying idle in the United
States treasury constitutes an excel
lent object lesson teaching the need of
currency reform. The currency of the
United States ought to be sufficiently
elastic TO adapt itself without artificial
aids to such periods or stringency; in
other words, it should automatically
expand and contract i'll accordance
with the fuctuatinE needs of business
1t is bad sign when the secretary of
the treasury has 20 sit in paternal
guardianship over the monetary circu-
lation Of the country, as a kind of dry
nurse, alternately feeding 1t paregoric
and pap.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17
A Story of Fiddles.

James Whitcomb was prominent
citizen OF Indiana in her early days,
and he was not only politician, but
one OF the best amateur musicians in
the country. He composed several
pieces for the violin, which was his
own chosen instrument, and many are
the stories told of him and his fiddle.
At one time he was travelling from
indianapolis to Eastern Indiana, and
stnnnad for the night at a house on a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

~ form has been formulated
~ bv the PHILADELPHIA Times
IL, ,,,,i,l,, saan,s to
"""Ch 'V' '"'''i'
cover the ground IL coHlpIises '"e'S
features:
- ,,..r,,,,,, ,ou, re-
an an "oi'vS. -, a,1,,ar In nersor
to register and establish his quahrca.
tions as an eIector' ihclu.lls en,uetos 70
pe,Soi,,i pi'S ,,'y,,,nt - taxrs neccs-
sory ~ ouaIiry a citizen a an elector
should be required to he paid in person,
or by some specially authorized repre-
sentative ""o ii"S Dv ,,n,.i,,,r ,ba tovos
oi an Cthrrv,lsr nu,Iiaqd cIcctor with
money furnished by the elector himself.
Th!rd-That ten reputable electors OF
prrCihct upoi pics'.sIiS ,.,i ~ T., rood ,r
,,,dnr.r1o,t y,,trLsrs for said precinct,
1. shall be the duty of the court to APP
point such watchers regardless or APP
polntmehts maue py regular poii'''"' u
eIt.'+'S etrnI,,.,, ,r,,o+ tho ,mci,, balIot shall
contain but a single column with the
names Of each candidate given under the
head OF the particular Once Wslu tneI' en
,r,,s ro,,jri,c thn orcrfor to mark his
choice distinctly for each office.
Fifth-That upon the sworn petition OF
ten reputaDle electors oi uty precisru' Is',
i,n, ~ shniI no tbn dutv of the court,
when sitting to compute the returns, to
open the ballot box and make exhaustive
examination INT" inc charseS oi irauu'
A good bit of the present outcry in
PENNSYLVANIA for ballot reform seems
to be on a par with the pickpockets 8
cry of stop thief" This is peculiarly
the case with the ringsters just now
prominent about the Wanamaker COM
missariat. Their indignation at al
legged discoveries of political crooked
ness in wicked old man Quay's camp
would be more convincing IL 1t did not
so strongly suggest the fable of the
pot calling the kettle black
no question of the need Of substantial
amendments to the PENNSYLVANIA elec-
tion laws and the five suggestions OF
our PHILADELPHIA contemporary impress
re ~ croipc, directIy IN tho beort oP tba
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

Reports are current that Secretary
Long will retire. If he believes what
he has written touching Rear Admiral
Schley's unftness for a flag command
the retirement Of one or the other of
these men would seem to be imper-
alive.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

Should Senator-elect Hayward of Ne
braska, who is said to be i'll beyond
recovery, die, the appointment Of his
successor would devolve upon the gov
ernor of Nebraska, who is Populist.
That would be Colonel Bryan's oppor-
tunitY.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

In addition to the generous terms
offered Aguinaldo by the government
to come out of the woods and surren-
der, the rebel chief can probably SECURE
a position on one of the New York yell
low leaders of public thought.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

The picking of the Molineaux Jury
has proved a tedious affair. The un-
expected exhibition of intelligence
given by men selected as talesmen has
with the case
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

1t is feared that General Butler may
have difficulty in slaughtering Beers
rapidly enough to preserve the reputa-
ton that has been given him by the
newspaper correspondents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

The third assistant postmaster gen.
eral is correct in his assertion that one
cent postage is quite enough for drop
letters.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

cations for illegal voting and our cleo
ton laws fairly bristle with provisions
for finlng and imprisoning this class OF
law-breakers. But who has suffered
from these penal enactments7 Only the
citizens who paid the legislature for
the time spent in passing them, and
the lawyers who are compelled to pay
for bulkier volume than would be
needed IL these statutes had not been
adopted. SO far as the Illegal voter
and the dishonest election officer is
concerned these provisions are as
harmless as the quaker cannons of the
late unpleasAntness. Was IL Andrew
johnson who said some years ago that
treason was to be made odious? That
would be a good thing to do, but would
1t not be equally as good to make dis
honest voting "odious"? Let some
robust citizen initiate n movement of
this kind.
Up to this time we have been trying
to repress this class of crimes by
methods that were in harmony with
the entire safety of the criminal. That
Is not the way we restrain other
crimes. Why is there such difference
In the treatment of the two classes Of
criminals? Is 1t because we have not
public integrity enough to secure the
conviction OF these criminals by our
juries? Or is the matter at all affected
by the fact that these men, in common
with their morally cleaner fellow-citi-
zens, have vote when district attor-
neys and magistrates are being elected?
l do not undertake to answer these
questions; I merely submit them for
public consideration.
o
But whatever the difficulty may be.
let us look the whole situation honestly
in the face. 1t is useless to hug the
delusion that we can pass election laws
which will produce honest results when
administered by dishonest officers, and
strained by dishonest voters. No such
thing can be done. Instead of swelling
our statute books with new laws that
VIII not be enforced, suppose we try
the experiment, as yet practically un-
tried. of enforcing the laws we have
already. Laws and upright magis-
trates were once a terror to evil-doers,
but so far our numerous election laws
have not been a terror to the political
eVil-doer. l have no panacea for all
these Ills In this respect the times do
seem to be a little out of joint; but 1t
is not my special mission to set them
right. H. M. Hannah.
Scranton, Nov 16.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

The Philadelphia Inquirer processes
curiosity IA to whether the announced
purpose of the new independent rail-
way from Scranton TO New York to
reduce coal tolls will be carried out in
good faith. II the individual coal OPP
orators are satisfied on this point We
fail to see the motive behind the IN
quirer's anxiety.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

The expectation seems to prevail at
Washington that the coming session Of
congress will close without having
witnessed any progress toward a
trans-isthmian canal. People and con-
gress both regard such a canal as n
great and growing necessity, but still
the belief is that the subject will drag
along inconclusively as Of yore. Some
body needs a shaking UP.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

Hobson threatens to break the seal
of oblivion by saving the Charleston.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-17

But the feature I intended to call
your attention to is directly connected
with election contests to which you re-
ferred in your editorial. Lackawanna
county is famous for it's election con-
tests, and has been so from it's infancy.
What we have spent on election con-
tests, taken together with the expense
OF the one we now have on the stocks.
would pay off our county debt. And in
every one of these contests there have
been large number of votes thrown
out on both sides. Some OF these, II is
true, were rejected on purely technical
grounds. In such cases both the voter
and the election officer may have been
innocent of fraud. The voter may have
believed that he had a legal right to
vote and the officer may have honestly
believed that the vote should be re-
ceived. But election contests could not
thrive alone on such materials. In all
these contests there have been many
votes thrown out by the court when
both the voter and the election officer
knew, or ought 10 have known, that
the vote was a fraud. And yet these
men have gone on voting from year to
year as fluently as the most upright
elector in the county.