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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-02-11
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Physician Located.

DR.. Alonzo Andrews, coming here
from Weston, this State. has located
on Burke street, formerly residence
of Mrs. Buckles. The DR.. is regu-
lar graduate in medicine and sur
gerry, has had experience in hospitals
as we'll as in personal practice for
many years. In meeting him, we
find him very genial, and we know
he will find many good friends here
in the line OF his profession, as to the
balance Dr., you know it means,
diagnostician qualities and practical
careful work.
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gsns proken.

Mr.. Washington Gather is lying
very iii az bis home on Winchester
avenue. with three ribs broken end
geuersl i'll l.eaith. He works in the
lumber yard OF Mr.. u. ?. Thorn
and while in Jefferson county last
week looking alter some lumber
business for his employer, he got
into a row and was struck in the
breast with a stick of wood, break
ing three of bis ribs, from the ef-
fects of which he is now confined to
his bed in a serious condition.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-02-11
Ruble's Purchase.

Mr.. Matthias Ruble has purchased
OF MIR. W. Fl. Chenowith, his farm
near Darkesville, containing lao
acres, for $4,000. Sorry to state,
that while getting ga Old and good
neiehhor back 10 our county, Air.
Cnenowith will try his fortunes by
migrating to Nelson Co., Va.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-02-11
cortez To Be convoked.

Madrid, Feb. g. The premier,
Senior Sagasta, in an interview is
quoted as saying he will immediate.
lip submit to the Queen Regent o
decree convoking the Cortes, and
that he expects to have a minority
of thirty favorable to the approval
of the treaty of peace with the
United States.
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B. g.. o. Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting OF the stock.
holders of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, which has ad-
journed from month to month since
November 4, and which was to
have been held today, has again been
postponed, this time until February
%,
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Lincoln, Feb. 5.-Wm. j. Bryan
expressed no surprise over the rat
ifcation Of the treaty and comment
ed briefly on the matter. When The
Associated Press correspondent
asked him if the ratification of the
treaty would end the fight against
annexation of the Philippines, he
said:
''Aot By any means. While many
have thought the fight should have
been made against the treaty, have
felt the real fight is to be made for
the resolution of declaration by the
national policy. There never was
any chance of defeating ratification.
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Bargains in Job Lots of Different
Kind and Sizes in Shoes.

Kind and Sizes in Shoes.
1876 pair of Mems and Boys rs
pair of Ladies', 1856 pair of Misses
and children's they are odds and
ends. ] will sell them regardless of
cost to make room fol. Spring Goods.
Come early that you may get what
you want at bargain prices. JOHN
LYONS Practical shoe maker.
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AOaCNti "
Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
Mid Winter Excursions to Washington
Very Low Rates.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

Very Low Rates.
Baltimore s Ohio Railroad.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
has made arrangements for q series
OF popular mid-winter excursions to
Washington, at one fare for the
round trip, allowing len day limit
on tickets including day Of sale
These excursions will be run on
February 81, March 2. and April
Is, 1899. Tickets viii be good GO
ing on regular trains OF the shove
dates and good 70 return on date of
sale.
Do not miss these splendid OPP
portunities to visit the National
Capital during The session of Con-
gress. Call on q. w. Santman,
Agent B. & O. R. g., for full infor.
nation.
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Sold by L. G.. Matthaei, Druggist,
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Tor Rent.

The store room, stable and other
buildings now occupied by A.
Kogleschstz & Son, on East MaTtin
street, for rent.
Apply to
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william. ]. Bryan Tot Surprised at Passage
of Treaty.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

blackened stumps, with here and there
a struggling fresh growth of scrub tim
Der, natures pitlful protest against the
periodical forest fires. Why men should
patiently pay taxes on such unproduc-
tive land without serious study OF ways
and means for its utilization has long
been a mystery to the thoughtful.
Let 1t be conceded that the problem
of re-tmbering these desert areas is
a difficult one, involving not only large
initial expense and costly watchfulness
but also a weary walt for the era of
productiveness: yet, still, the land in
It's present condition is of no value and
surely its reclamation would some day
pay a good margin of profit Among
our coal companies which have sur
plus funds to invest, and which must
look forward to a time when the mines
themselves will cease to be productive,
1t would seem that field of usefulness
exists in the gradual devotion of an
annual allowance toward re-timbering
productive land surfaces so that
by the time the coal gives out, there
will be n new wealth of nature to take
its place.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

Dreyfus, declares that the real Semitic
nose is perfectly straight The crooked
nose, says DR. Nordau, is pure Armenian,
and Is prevalence among the Jews Of
today bctrays their mixture in the past
with that tenacious people.
Governor Gambler, of Georgia. has ac-
cepted an invitation to attend the nation
al reunion of the Blue and Gray at Ev.
ansvile Ind, on oct. 10 to 13, inclusive.
The chief executives Of all the Southern
states are to be invited.
Lord Rosebery Is admittedly In the fore
most rank of speakers lie did not
achieve this position without sedulously
studying in Parliament and on many n
platform Englaud's two most eloquent
orators of the Victorian era-John Bright
and William Ewart Gladstone.
DR. W. j. Leyds, secretary of state for
the Transvaal ~ described as n mun of
peculiarly strong personal power, gifted
with a persuasive manner and fully aliV G
to the fact that the Boer and English
man can never agree.
James G. MCRae, of Raleigh. has been
chosen professor of law at the University
of North Carolina. Mr.. MacRae has
served on the Superior and Supreme
court benches in his state, and is an ex-
member of congress.
When William +. Schiling, of the
Northneld, Mimi, News, got married,
some friend scattered cards the entire
lenght of the car aisle on which were
printed with large type:
Why don't you get married?
We were married this morning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
His Occupation.

He brushed his coat six times day,
His hat was always nice,
And ever ere the day was done
He changed his collar twice.
He never let his trousers bag,
No wrinkles marred his vest;
In all the town there was no one
More scrupulousy dressed.
He spent three hours every day
Before his mirror, where
He carefully attended to
The parting of his hair.
He always kept himself as neat
AS wax is through and through
But that was all he ever did
Or had the time to do.
--Times-Herald
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
CURRENT VERSE.
Father, Take NV Hand!

A little bed stands close to mine
l reach II with extended arm ....
And there the Clust' ring curls entwine
golden head, secure from harm.
And when my darling goes to rest,
But ere she seeks the dreamer's lana,
Upon my hand are fingers press'd-
Their tiny tips within my hand.
Then, sweetly as the melting strain
OF music from spirit band
Or soft dripping of the rain,
She lisps, "P'ease, papa, take my
hand"
ITS dark, papa, | tannot do
To s'eep alone!" Though angels stand
TO guard her bed 'gainst evry foe,
Still baby lisps, "P'ease take my hand y
And even I. in time to come,
When greets my gaze the portal grand
OF that far off Eternal Home
May ask, "Oh, Father take my hand!'
When round about the billows roll
And beat upon the farther strand,
While dark'ning tempests veil my soul
E'en my l ask, "oh, Father, take my
hand!'
Speed Mosby, in St. Louis Mirror
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

At least partial explanation of the
recent virulent attacks upon Pension
Commissioner Evans is supplied by the
fact that he has dropped from the roll
of claim agents and pension attorneys
more than 10000 men. When ne came
into office the names of more than 5O,-
600 attorneys were on the record of the
Pension Office and today the number
is 1S,491. Many of these names have
been dropped because of fraudulent
practices The amount paid to the
claim agents last year was $76,9OO,
compared with $73O,OOO in the proceed
ing year, a saving of 1858, 100 to the vet
Grams and a loss of that amount to the
claim agents Hence, the dissatisfaction
of the agents and the vigor of the fight
which they have waged against Mr..
Evans The latter is another official
who is to be congratulated upon the
enemies he has made.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

the exclusive purpose Of sending mails
to the coast of China in the shortest
space of time; while the United States
pays $4,000 to American and $4,000
to foreign steamships for the same pur-
pose. No wonder that the United states
gets less than per cent. of the COM
merce of the Orient in spite of the fact
that our western ports are much near
er than those of the great commercial
cnnnfr frins of Enrnne
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
1t Was Paste.

Six months had flown since they were
wed,
And now they strolled along together.
Meath moon and stars and such effects
OF night as hinted cooling weather.
They paused a-near a stile, where she
Did sit as II in mood to listen,
The moonlight on her hand revealed
A ring that did but family glisten.
"Do you recall" he asked the night
l gave you that engagement jewel.
And you dispelled the clouds of doubt
That held me in their bonds so cruel?"
"Ah,yes!" she answered with a sigh
And tone of evident detection,
"How can | well forget it, dear?
It's pasted in my recollection"
Richmond Dispatch.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
Patriotism.

What is it, this force that impels u.s.
Which masters our sense and our will,
That startles our uttermost being
With the sting of a subtle thrill
When the Flag is unfurled?
The throb which strains at our heart
chords,
This might that Is greater than love,
Till the tendcrest woman Caresses
The eagle instead Of the dove,
When the Flag is assailed?
For which men yield their blood in the
TRENCHES,
Accept fever and famine and pain?
Whose ineffable peace to the dying
Is a smile on the lips Of the slain
When the Flag has been served?
That We call it patriot ardor"
Is a Jingle Of idle sound;
But the thing itself-what is It,
Holding flesh and spirit bound,
Which the Flag inspires?
As holy as fire from the altar,
As high as prophetic thought,
As deep as eternitys spaces,
From Gods mind into ours is it
wrought,
This power of the Flag.
Amelia w. Truesdell, in Washington
Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
While the Angry "Auntie" Wept.

He wept for Agunaldo
And the wrongs he had to bear;
He cursed "the proud oppressor,"
And he swore and tore his hair;
He hoped "the brutal soldiers
Who were sent across the sea
Might be stricken down with fevers,
That the Tagal could be free"
He clenched his fists and shouted:
Let us stop this awful crime;
Here at home are weighty problems
That demand our care and time!
Wherefore should we be the keepers
OF our brothers DER the sea?
Let plague destroy our army,
That the Tagal may be free!"
Thus he talked and thus he shouted,
While, at home, his children tore
Things to pieces as no children
Ever ripped things up before,
And their half-districted mother
Had to slave for them while he
Spent his time i'm sending comfort
To the Tagal DER the sea.
S. Il. Kiser in Times-Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
PERSONALITIES.

The Rt, Rev. Frederick ELS, recently
consecrated bishop OF the diocese Of
Sault Ste Marie and Marquette, was born
in little German village near Coblentz
"a years ago.
]. G, Blunt, c. T., Great Brtain's new
consul general for New England, has a
splendid record for service in the Grim
can war and was twice thanked by Pres
ident Lincoln for services to Americans
In Turkey,
John Collier, whose picture has made
such hit In the Royal Academy this
year is son of Sir Robert Collier, who
became Lord Monkswell. lie is married
10 daughter Of the late Professor HuX-
ley. ...
Max Nordau, In writing about the per-
sonal characteristics and features OF
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
Americans Abroad.

We can 60 to sleep in London, in the
rain,
And awake in Giddy Paris-sur-la- Seine,
We can dine with Madame Sara
On the famous Riviera
And spend the night at Frankfort rt-on-the-
Main.
We can hurry on to Norway, IL we like,
Or across the great Sahara on IL bike,
Then, without word of warning,
We can spend tomorrow morning
At Harlem with Dutch girl on dixie.
We can circumnavigate the waters blue,
And the Car of all the Russias interview
And then, desire unjaded,
Seek a country unlnvaded,
Or thread the may streets of Timbuctoo.
We can picnic underneath st. Peters
dome,
Or play checkers in chilly catacomb,
Till at last the only places
Where we haven't shown our faces
VIII be the great north pole-oh yes, and
home!
Robert Gilbert Welsh, in Life.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

Y WAY of apology to Elbert
K Hubbard. the sage of Fast
Il Aurora. for misinformation
recently circulated by us on
the basis of an inaccurate dispatch to
the New York. sun, we now quote a let
ter which he has addressed that pen
itent luminary:
I'm a recent issue OF your paper 1
find the startling headlines, 'Kipling
Wins His Suit Against Hubbard!' This
information is slightly misleading, for
from 1t one would suppose that there
had been trial of the issue and a de-
cision had been rendered against me.
The fact is, I never made answer TO the
complaint, hut simply arranged with
Mr.. l[iplng's lawyer to allow him to
secure an injunction against me in
consideration of Mr.. Kipling's with
drawing his suit and waving al cues
tions of damages. then paid the
learned counsel a modest stipend to
cover expenses and that was all there
was about it. In a trial of the issue
I am sure | could have beaten kipling.
The entire local bar Of East Aurora
offered to stand by me for S1.75 a day
each and board for the five. but when it
comes to paying out good money, really
what difference is it whether the
ducats go to the other fellows lawyer
or yours?"
Mr.. Hubbards philosophy, as well
as his sense of equity, herein shows to
creditable pronortions The differences
are few, indeed, which intelligent men
cannot, with economy and spiritual
profit, settle out of court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
Reclaiming Waste Land.

4 HINT of value to land own
~ ers throughout the anthra-
4 " cite region Is supplied in the
decision of the Girard es-
tate 20 attempt to grow timber upon
the thousands Of acres of waste land
owned by it in Schuylkill county. For
each acre Of coal land, which produces
revenue, the estate owns on an average
three acres of mountain land which, in
It's present condition, is for practical
purposes worthless. With a view to
determining whether this mountain
land cannot be made productive, the
estate has planted and will plant thous-
ands of Seeding trees of a character
to yield, when grown, valuable returns
In marketable lumber.
The most striking picture presented
TO the eye of the casual traveller
throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania
especially in close proximity to the
railroads, is the abundance of hilly
country without agricultural value and
bearing on its uninviting surface no
other crop than tangled weeds and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

AS the hunting season opens stories
of sportsmen who mistake their neigh
etc, are becoming more numerous.
From the many published accounts of
fatalities resulting from bad eyesight
one would think that the hunters
would exercise more care, but if the
yarns are all true it is evident that the
squirrel hunters are like the men who
purchase gold bricks and green goods
and do not read the papers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Stnte.

Justice Of the Supreme Court. HAY
BROWN, of Lancaster.
Judge of the Superior Court-JOS1AH r.
ADAMS, of Philadelphia.
State urer-LIECTENANT coll
oNEL JAMES i. BARNETT, Of
Washington.
Election day, Nov. I.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
A Difficulty.

The ship of state goes sailing
Ger times tempestuous sea,
With millions booked for travel,
Including you and me.
And all. from steerage tenants
To cabin folks so nice,
Are hollering at the captain
And giving him advice.
Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

Defenders of General Shafter are
again in print, pointing out the rapid
success of the Santiago campaign as an
example of his good generalship. No
one will question that the capture of
twenty-four thousand Spaniards by
twenty thousand American troops
in so short a time was
marvellous achievement, but the OBJ
jectors cannot forget that General
Shafter was the chief one of those who
advocated retreat during that cam
paign.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

In the Dreyfus affair the people in
France, who really have provocation
to raise rumpus, are preserving com
mendable silence. Let us hope theirs
is the silence of intelligent thinking.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

Professor Cunningham, of Columbia
University, is credited with having dis
covered a process for restoring SEEM
ingly dead persons to life. He should
quickly experiment on Grover Cleve-
land,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

Those successful commercial coun-
tries of Europe-Great Britain, Ger
many, France, Italy and Austria Hun
gary-pay, according. to Commissioner
of Navigation Chamberlain, 4,5OO, 900
annually to various steamship lines for
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

keeper had suffering with indigestion and dyspepsia
he n inside
ali the food fementg and causing violent vomiting His
contaminated his blood making
eventually upon with difficulty that he
able walk climax all this he heard of Rpans Iabues The first Tab
relief package had been taken he found that
marked lie that the Illness has
believes Rpa Tbu have made him.
n al
drugs stores FNEc low t n
OF he v @ R
10 q
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

Rabbi IIirsch, of Chicago, thinks that
the great majority of the American
people in short time will have forgot
ten the Dreyfus case. The rabbi is a
close student Of human nature.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

Government receipts are gaining
steadily on government expenditures,
the excess for September being almost
a million dollars. Talk of a war loan
Is empty folly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12

The attention of people who say that
this is an age of automobiles is re-
spectfully called to the fact that $4,000
was paid for Joe Patchen the other
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-12
Settled Out of Court.

IVY WAY of apology to Elbert
K Hubbard. the sage of Fast
- Aurora, for misinformation
recentlv circulated bv us on
The Arizona daily orb., 1899-08-01

AhrzeSA is free from tornadoes. In fact, the whole Rocky mountain region ia stranger to the cyclone. The Mis- .sissi ppi valley is tie home of the storm king. During the past eight years ,twenty-four destructive tornadoes have visited the central states and the Atlan- tic seaboard. From 1889 to 1896 prop erty to the value of $3l ,000, ,000 was wrecked by tornadoes, as much as $23,- OOe ,0O0 of this damage being effected by three tornadoes which passed through rsgions- off dense population. These Werethe Louisville tornado of March 27, 1890, which destroyed property to the value of SIS, ,0OO, ,O0O, and the tornado hurricane of September 20, 1896, which travelled from Cedar Keys to Washing fnyton, D. C., doing damage to the amount of 100000. The rotary veloc- fly of the St. Louis tornado was l75 miles per hour. To produce the effects observed in the case of the Eads bridge andd,eavy; 5uthiings which it destroyed, it must have exerted pressure of 60 to 90 pounds to the square foot.