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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-11-17
q. T., s. Election.

The Eastern Star elected the follow.
ing officers last Tuesday evening":
Mrs. G. W. Hargens, w. M.
A. G. Cleveland, w. P.
Mrs. G. G. Wooster, A. w. NJ.
Mrs. J. H. Gillespie, Con.
Mrs. E. s. Ames, A. Con.
Mrs. D. G. Grippen, Secy.
Mrs. j. w. Joyce, Treas.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08
PERSONALITIES.

Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho, has
never worn a necktie.
The Empress Eugene is cruising among
the Norwegian fjords I'm her steam yacht
Thistle.
Henry w Corbett, United States SEN
ator from Oregon, went to New York in
1874 and worked in a store for $3.50
week.
The Duke of Edinburgh has a fleet OF
so silver ships, presented to him at diff
ferent times by admiring cities and
towns.
Leo XIII has now been more than 60
years priest more than half century
bishop and almost half century
cardinal
One OF the few surviving veterans of
Poland's struggle for freedom in 1890 is
Andrew Dekarz, who celebrated his l03d
birthday not long ago in Chicago.
General Won Rock und Polack will
succeed General Count Won Schiffen as
chief Of the general STAFF of the German
army after the autumn maneuvers.
Sir Thomas Lipton owner Of the Sham
rock, which will contest for the Ameri-
can cup, was once in business I'm Omaha,
where he failed to make a success.
Nikola Tesla, who is working on his
new death-dealing machine in Colorado
Springs, leaves his hotel at II In the
morning and does not return until after
midnight.
Montague White, consul-general for the
Transvaal in London, is not at all a
typical Boer. lie is popular in society,
a good story-teller and first rate art
and musical critic.
Carel Hendrick Kruger, n nephew of
President Kruger, of the Tranvaal re-
public, is a recent graduate of the Edin-
burgh university, where he won the Syme
surgical scholarship.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08
The Praise of the Present.

Poets there he who tune their Tyres to
Days of Long Ago
And sing a song of sentiment in meas
ures sad and low.
To them the golden age is past, the gold
en- fleece is cliI ped
The rose of pleasure hath been plucked,
the cup Of joyanCe sipped
They live in longing for the lost, the
dead Of Might Have Been
But Ia bard most practical-cOunt all
such singing sin
TO me These Days, these present
days,
Have fertile fields and flowcry
ways,
Wherein my fancy fondly strays;
And If ! had a song to sing, I'd sing
about These Days.
And there he bards who rave a stave
concerning Days TO Be,
When all things shall be lovely and lux
uriant and free,
When JOY shall reach her chalice down
to thirsty mortal lip
And certain rare elected ones to drunk
enness shall sip:
The bud has yet to blossom and the
honey to be stored
Ere hungry souls may sit them down and
sweep the festa board.
But as for me | say These Days
Hold pastures where my soul may
graze
And drink delights and gather
bays;
And If l knew a stave to rave, I'd rave
about These Days.
To me These Days are golden-tipped with
Coodly thoughts and things,
And Opportunity but waits to spread her
splendid wings
At my command to bear me up and
make my vision wide,
That | may sweep the height, the deep
and know them deifed!
The golden Days of Long Ago the golden
Days To Be
Are not so wonderful by half as These
Days are to me:
And to These Days, these golden
days,
To me are rich with wine and
maize
And Minstrel-sweet with harvest
lays;
And were l piping Pan himself I'd pipe
about These Days.
-Robertus Love, in the Sun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08
Governor Stone on Trusts.

y LETTER has been published
~ purporting to give the opin-
Il "A ion of Governor Stone unon
trusts. 1t is full Of common
sense and, if genuine, does credit TO it's
reputed author.
/ 90 not the governor is credited
with saying, "see any cause for alarm
In the increase of trust organizations.
The foundation of trusts are trade or
commercial experiments. They are
formed more upon theory than prac-
tical results. The theory is that IL five
or more men can by organization into
n corporation accomplish more than
they could as individuals, five or more
corporations can by organizing into one
body obtain corresponding benefits.
This expectation may or may not be
realized. Success does not depend unon
capital always, nor does it always fol-
low opportunity. My observation IS
that success follows merit ana capacity
in those who strive for II. A corpora-
tion may have ample capital and great
opportunity and still fail II the indi-
Viduals who direct 1t are deficient in
capacity A trust corporation must,
after all, depend upon the individual
or individuals who direct it. The
stockholder is often all but a silent
partner in corporation, and is only
fortunate when he happens to select
a good manager"
In the nature of things, unless these
LARGE organizations of capital are well
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

The average duration of life is 80 years.
walking sticks a year.
The basic principle of printing originat-
ed ages ago i'm Chaldea.
The proportion of married persons to
single ones is as IS to 1000.
Tall persons have the advantage Of
greater longevity than short ones.
The number of summer hotels in the
United States is estimated at $1,000
Birth and deaths occur all the world
over more frequently at night than in
the daytime.
Persons born in spring have more
robust constitution than those born at
other seasons.
The first automobile club of Germany
has just been organized and the Duke of
Raubor is the president.
There are cotton mills in q 70 the ~
counties in North Carolina the total
number in the state being EOS
In st. Petersburg is the largest
bronze statue in existcnce-that of Peter
the Great. which weighs 1000 tons.
Germany, which is about the size of
New England, the Middle States and
Ohio, in 1895 had 1856 miles of waterways.
The population of the South African
Republic consists of $1,000 Beers $1,000
other whites, called Uitlanders, and $780,
900 Katiirs and Zulus.
The skeleton Of a mastodon was dis
closed in digging ditch on the farm Of
f. w. Schaefer, one mile west of New
burgh, n. Y, recently.
The erratic actions of church clock
at Harborne, England. We're traced to
swarm of bees that had deposited honey
In the machinery and dial.
Whales teeth form the coinage OF the
Fiji Islands They are painted white
and red, the red teeth being worth about
20 times as much as the white.
The German army regulations require
that commissarat officials and paymas-
ters shall be specially trained for the
work Of examining food supplies.
There are at present 5000 languages
spoken by the inhabitants of our globe.
whose religious convictions are divided
among 1000 different confessions of faith.
In Switzerland, as elsewhere, there has
been for years a great influx from the
country to the towrs From 1894 to 1897
the increase Of population in Zurich was
10000 to 1l,OOO.
Toronto claims TO be the Leipslc of
Canada. Nearly $20,CCO,0 900 is said to be
invested in that city and neghborhood in
the paper-making printing and book
binding trades.
Russia has abolished the distinction
that has heretofore existed between Rus
STA and Finnish postage stamps. Finnish
postoffices are now provided with Rus
sian stamps only.
MaoarOni ana vermicelli are simply
mixture of wheaton flour and water,
pressed through mOlds and dried. They
are produced largely in Italy, where they
are favorite articles of food.
A Brazilian doctor claims to have dis
covered an infalliblo cure for snake
bites of all kinds. He administers soup,
containing two grammes of calomel and
80 grammes of strong lemon juice
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08
The Crisis at Hand.
XX TITH THE failure of
NN Maitre Labori's dramatic
and pathetic appeal to

u lHE talIur' OF
NN Maitre Labori's dramatic
and pathetic appeal to
the sovereigns Of Ger
many and Italy the last visible hons
for verdict of acquittal for Dreyfus
disappears. This is not on account of
the production by the prosecution Of
conclusive evidence of the defendants
guilt nor even because the defence has
failed to establish reasonable pre-
sumption Of innocence. To American
eyes, the testimony as daily reportc1
contains not a single substantial par
tlcle of incrimination beyond the fact
that Drcyfus knew things which he
might have betrayed and was appar-
entity somewhat eager to get hold of
information lying outside the range of
his official dutics-a condition of things
which might fairly include him within
the circle of investigation. but which
without respectable proof of actual
quit, ought not to be allowed TO con-
denim a dog.
But 1t has been made clear as this
astonishing trial progressed that the
purpose of ii is not, as honest men had
every right to suppose. to discover and
to administer justice without fear or
favor but to appeasc the popular de-
mand for an open hearing by causing
public re-trial to take place before
a court prejudiced and, we fear fixed
in advance. The president of Franc,
rpppDtlN a 1t.
absolute impartiality of the Ronnes
court martial and declared that its re-
turn would be accepted as final nv all
honest-mindcd people, but if he is now
or the same opinion he is well-nigb
alone in his hallucination. We rac,lI
IN our remembrance of famous adjudi-
cations no similar instance of n-con-
cealed determination on the part of the
presiding judges to put an arbitrary
advantage on the side of the prosecu-
ton and to make difficult the estab-
Hshment of a case by the defence IF
this disposition on the mart of tho
JNoEes AT Rennes is due to their mem
tai and moral limitations it is a mock
cry of justice to set such men i'm tba
place Of Judgment; and if it is tbe
outcropping of a deliberate conspiracv
civilization owes it to God and man TO
wipe out every vestige Of the foul bIot
though to do so should necessitate ter
thousand revolutions.
In this day and age the government
which from any cause is continuously
poWerless to secure for its subjects n
reasonable approximation to perfect
Justice and which, when a special call
Is made upon its righteousness. ans.
Wers by weakly succumbing to the
FORCES of mischief. is so grossly out Of
touch with the spirit of the times ana
50 clearly detrimental to the common
interests of humanity that It ought
elher to be reformed or DESTROYED. We
90 not pretend to know whether i'm the
instance of France the present order
OF Things is so vitiated that the only
way TO effect cure is to put the pa
tient to the sword; but it is patent to
all Deholders that the crisis is at hand
winch is to determine before the eyes
OF men whether France is to live or die.
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A Child.

Oh added being fair and new,
And how, by you,
To man, to nature, will be paid
The difference made?
II.
A need. a little theft, of sun
The debt begun!
A little shadow on the grass
But swift to pass.
III.
A little silence from the day
You take away;
And, for the night, a little sleep
Receive and keep,
".
To human care, that can but grant,
You whisper want.
And all the hard, Indifferent days
Must find you praise
V.
But-in the heart your need hefriends
The plunder ends.
But-in the heart you pay with peace
Your robberies cease.
Winifred Lenox, in Littell's Living Age.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

"~HE STURDY good sense of
the National Letter Car
"A riers' association in adher-
ing undeviatingly to it's rule
to avoid political discussion, as exam
plifed in it's refusal to consider the
Philippine question, commands, we are
glad to observe. the widespread ap-
proval of the press, and sets a whole
some example to other labor organiza-
tions, some Of which are too prone to
lend themselves to partisan or dema-
gogical purposes.
The letter carriers Of the nation are,
we may confidently assert in full
sympathy with the patriotic spirit
which believes that when ones coun-
try is at war with an armed foe there
Is no room for copperheadism or trea-
son. From our talks with and obser-
vations of their delegates in this city
assembled, we have no hesitancy in
assuming that an overwhelming pro-
portion of their number are in enthus-
iastic sympathy with the policy of the
president i'm the Philippines and for
the flag wherever its folds float in
symbol of American duty and oppor-
tunity.
But they were not gathered here for
the purpose of discussing the Philip
pine problem, the Transvaal problem
the Dreyfus case or the tariff. Their
work was cut out on strictly non-par-
tisan and non-poltical lines they
stuck to the text. and. we repeat, it
constitutes an instructive example.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

Common sense triumphed over mis-
information yesterday when the Grand
Army encampment adopted unani-
mously a series of resolutions respect
fully calling on the president and con-
Eress to make certain desired changes
governing the pension department, but
emitting to make the threatened per-
sonal attack on Pension Commissioner
Evans, whose only offense was fear
less performance of the duties of his
office that caused disgruntlement
among pension attorneys and inspired
a conspiracy against him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

managed they must go to pieces but
If well managed, they involve the same
gains to the general community that
were involved in the organization of
corporations when public enterprises
had been limited to individual initia-
tive. The corporations, by reason of the
larger funds and energies at their
command, did things for the public
convenience which individuals, by rea-
son of their smaller resources, were
unable to do; and the combination or
trust of the present day is simply an
enlarged type of the more familiar cor
poration, carrying to a larger scale the
principles and purposes which first led
to cooperative investments in the cor
poration form.
That corporations, whether great or
small, should be subject to state regu-
lation TO prevent abuse of their privi-
leges and powers, is self-evident and
in this direction must intelligent effort
proceed if it would find the real solu-
ton of the trust problem.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08
PASSING SMILES.
An Extravagant Wife.

Mrs. TaIkmuch-That Mrs Rev. Back
woods is a shamefully extravagdnt wo-
man. She spends every cent of her hus-
bands salary.
Mr.. Sarkasm-You don't say so-the
dreadful spendthrift; ana to think Rev.
BackwOods gets $500 a year. tOo.--Colum-
bus (O) Journal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

4 v most heroic naval battles in
American history-the bat
tie of PlattsburE-and it is interesting
to recall the circumstances of it for
purposes of comparison.
In August, 1914, the English army,
about II 900 strong, commanded by Sir
George Provost advanced along the
western shore of the lake to Platts-
burg, which was held by General Ma
comb, with about 1,5OO men, The
American naval force, under Captain
McDonough, was anchored in Platts-
burg Bay. 1t consisted of fourteen
vessels of all classes, carrying eighty
six guns and about $50 men. The larg-
est vessel was the Saratoga, twenty
six guns and 212 men. She was built
of green timber at Vergennes, and was
launched only forty days after the
first tree used in her frame was taken
from the forest. The British squadron
under Captain Downie consisted of
sixteen vessels, carrying ninety-five
guns and about 1000 men. The larg-
est vessel was the Confiance, thirty
seven guns and 300 men.
At sunrise on Sept. II the British
squadron came in sight, and by
O'clock approached the American fleet.
Fire was opened by the Americans,
which was not returned by the enemy
until the Confiance had anchored at
about 300 yards from the American
line. The first broadside from the Con-
hance killed or wounded forty men on
hoard the Saratoga. In an hour the
whole starboard battery Of the Sara
toga was disabled. She was then
turned about by means of Hedges
which had been laid from her bows,
and by this means her fresh broadside
was brought TO bear on the Confiance.
The British ship being unable to per-
form the same evolution, after an en-
gagement lasting two and onc-half
hours, struck her flag. Other British
vessels in succession struck their col
ors and surrendered. Finally tho
twelve British gunboats hauled down
their flags, but the entire force of
American sailors being required to
keep the prizes afloat, the British gum
boats presently made off and escaped.
The American loss in killed and
wounded was l12; that Of the British
was estimated at about 200, exclusive
Of prisoners. OF the ninety-fve guns
which they brought into action, they
lost all but twenty.
The battle of Plattsburg was won
against superior odds by the superior
generalship Of the American COM
mander, In that respect 1t is typical
Of American seamanship, the equal If
which has appeared among the sailors
Of no other nation, But the Plattsburg
fight ought to teach the unwsdom of
relying, in time Of war upon suddenly
improvised naval armament. It is un-
pleasant to think that eighty four
years after this memorable sea-fght,
when the struggling republic of 1914
had grown into the richest and poten-
TALLY most powerful nation in the
world, another war was entered upon
without adequate preparation, and
agents had to be sent scurrying
throughout the ship yards OF the earth
in the frantic endeavor to buy ships of
war a any price, although ample time
had interviewed TO build an abundance
Of these in American ship yards at the
nations leisure. We may always have
in our navy commanders like McDon-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

Before Mr.. Goebel succeeds in prac-
tically demonstrating to Kentucky that
the insinuation that he does not drink
liquor is a foul slander, he will no
doubt be obliged to purchase head
ache powders in job lots.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

Exports of American canned beef
during the first seven months of the
present year We're over a million
pounds in excess Of the exports during
the corresponding period last year. All
is well that ends well.
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She Couldn't Refuse.

Helm thinking of proposing to you.
She-l hope you will postpone 1t awhile.
He-Why?
She-l don't know you well enough yet
to refuse you.-Town Topics.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

ough, but It is flying in the face OF
Providence, as well as showing poor
appreciation of naval skill, to force
these brave sailors to do their fighting
in inferior shins.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08
Too Fragile to Attack.

Aren't you going to denounce that
iniquitous COmbine?" asked the friend
mot yet" answered Senator Sorghum:
I'm do ii before the campaign gets an
der way, but I'm afraid the deal isn't
secure enough ON It's feet to warrant ne
in making any grandstand plays At pros
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.

Justice of the Supreme Court. HAY
BROWN, OF Lancaster.
Judge of the Superior Court-JOSlAH r.
ADAMS Of Philadelphia.
State urer--LIECTENANT COL
ONEL JAMES e. BARNETT, of
Washington.
Election day, Nov. z.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

81 stand up for the people," declared
the political orator.
"FHlse!' cried a gamin In the rear;
he wouldn't even stand UP for n poor
old lady I'm de car this morning. New
York World.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

The scheme of arming the Macabebes
with KraE-Jorgensen rifles will be all
right if the dusky marksmen can be
relied upon to point the weapons in
the proper direction. Past experience
with friendly Filiplnos, however, has
proved that it will be safer to allow
the ambitious natives to carry water
for q time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

The hailing of Juan IsdrO Jiminez
as the deliverer Of his country sounds
like joke. According to all accounts
Jiminez kept at a safe distance until
some one else had delivered the goods.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08
Just Before the Battle.

Jones-I actually believe, my dear, that
you think more of my dog than you do
of me.
think SO.
Jones-Well, you never allow him to cat
anything you Cook.-Chicago News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

Says General Miles: ut is not an
officers place to request any assign
ment, but to obey whatever orders
come to him" Now Miles is talking
like a man
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08
Two of a Kind.

81 was in a little friendly poker game
yesterday afternoon" began Shortleigh,
land the result is -
sorry l can't oblige you, old man"
interrupted Knowell, but | attended a
charity social last night. Chicago News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

Inadvertently we yesterday credited
the new battleship Kearsarge TO the
Cramps when as a matter of fact she
was built at Newport News. 1t only
serves, however. to emphasize the ex-
cellence of our native builders.
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CURRENT VERSE.
Which Way, o Francep

Which way, O France! which way?
The Nations wait;
The universal ear is strained, attent,
TO catch the fateful words which thou
must say.
The eyes of all the world are on thee
bent;
For more-far more-than one poor prls-
oner's fate
Is hanging on thine utterance, this day.
Which way, O France! which way?
Which way. o France! why way?
Shall craven Fear.
Blind Prejudice and fierce, fanatic Hate,
With baleful Murder lurking in the rear.
Bear down the scale of Justice, and out
weigh
Gods Truth. which, crushed to earth for
many a year.
Now stands revealed in the clear light
of day?
Which way, o France! which way?
Which way, o France! which way?
In times of yore,
Thy camps and courts were swayed by
men of might;
Fair Honor ruled thy realms. from shore
to shore.
That time is past thy brilliant, glorious
Seems darkening to a long and starless
night
1t must be so-else wherefore should men
say:
(Which way, o France! which way?"
Which way, o France! which way?
Thy hands have built
monstrous Idol all Of FURNISHED brass,
And in it's senscless grasp have placed
a lance
Which, should IL fall as fall full well it
may
For many a stranger thing has come to
pass
Would pierce thy stormy heart, o reck-
less France!
And. therefore. ere thy fiery blood be
split,
We cry to thee to snatch that lance
away,
This day, France! this day.
Which way, o France! which way?
Not yet too late!
The monumental crime of all our age,
Designed to wholly ruin rend and slay,
foul, black Lie, begot OF bitter hate,
Blind. cruel prejudice and sensecss rage,
Awaits its sentence from thy lips, this
day,
Which way o France! which way?
We. also. walt
The whole wide world awaits, with bated
breath,
Those orief, decisive words which thou
shalt saw,
Had ever words before such solemn
For him Cand thee now life, or moral
death,
Honor, or shame! What wonder that
men say:
(Which way, o France! which way?"
Charles Pere Murphy, IN the san.
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A Sign of Progress.

IIe-I have been wondering whether
animals can reason?
Sho-Well that is a step toward reason
ing, at least Indianapolis News.
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The Still Small Voice.

Gentlemen of the jury" said an elo-
quent Q. c., remember that my client Is
hard of hearing, and that, therefore, the
voice of conscience appeals to him In
n."-London Tit-Bits.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-08

Denial is made at Washington that
even temporarily the United States
has surrendered any territory in Alas
ka to Canada, and it is timely. If we
are right in that dispute, we should
hold to our claim until the last dog is
hanged. and yield only when Canada
acknowledges our equity and ap-
proaches us in the fashion of a decent
neighbor rather than that of a churl.