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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
Vice Admiral.

II ERE IN THE FORM of an
extract from a letter by
N n Colonel Mcclure printed in
the Philadelphia Times is
an example of how the Schley claque
delights to mix things up;
The administration exhausted it's pow
er, even to the extent Of repeated defam-
atory cbulitions from the secretary to
have Sampson accepted as the hero of
Santiago; but the senate daily grew
stronger i'm its support of Schley, and
later, when the president was compelled
TO reverse the position of Schley and
Sampson by nominating Schley as the
senior, they were unanimously con-
firmcd.
Colonel Mcclure would be unfit to
draw another penny's salary in the
newspaper business if he did not know.
when he penned the foregoing, that
the president never reversed" the po-
sitions Of Schley and Sampson after he
nominated Sampson to be Schley's
senior; the naval personnel law sim
ply made it appear so. That law abol-
ished the grade of commodore and Gre
ated two grades of rear admirals, SEMI
or and junior. Schley having been a
commodore when Sampson was only a
captain, SIMPSONS rise to the rank of
commodore, which occurred in the
regular sequence shortly before the
naval personnel bill was enacted, put
him junior to Schley as commodore,
and with the abolition of the rank of
commodore Sampson became a Junior
and Schley a senior rear admiral. Had
the presidents nomination been con-
frmed, both Schley and Sampson
would be senior rear admirals, with
sampson ranking Schley as beftted
the circumstance that Sampson
throughout the war, in more senses
than one, was Schley's superior off,
GER
The presidents nominations were
sent, to the senate prior to the pass.
age of the personnel act, at a time
when it was not sure that this very
just measure, so long urged upon con.
gress unsuecessfuly, would succeed
The presidents nominations were dis
tinctly offered as special rewards fol
extraordinary service in war. The ad
vancements effected by the personne
act were entirely routine and had NJ
connection with the war. If these spp
cial rewards, which failed at the las
session of congress owing to a hold ~
in the senate by the ostensble friend
of Schley, are to be renewed at tn
forthcoming session, there will need t.
be a revision in the nominations
Sampson, having progressed from
captains rank to that of rear admira
by act of routine, in order to receiv
special distinction, would have to b
advanced at least one grade I'm recog
milton OF his war service. In othe
words, he deserves 10 be made vice
admiral.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

brewed beer is pure and wholesome
Very few Of the brands put upon the
market contain, says he, deleterious
substances, and those who drink beer
at all can drink the domestic product
in freedom from the apprehension that
It is salted with stomach-rotting drugs.
Considering the quantity of beer con-
sumed in this country this information
is reassuring; but it supplies no reason
why the temperate individual who Is
happy without the beer-drinking habit
should undertake to convert himself
into a tank.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16


fus case by the Rev. d. j.
MacGoldrck in tie lecture
presented by him on Tues
day evening before the Newman Maya
zine club and reported verbatim in last
evenings Truth is a most interesting
one, both in its averments of fact and
in the opinions offered.
The lecturer spoke of the "mutilated
reports of subsidized and partisan
press" asserted that among the dOcu-
ments seized by the French secret SER
vice officers at the German embassy
in Paris and photographed by them for
the French war office were letters in
the autograph of the German emperor,
of such a nature that the emperor
threatened to recall the. German am
bassador if they were made public; ami
offered this threat as the reason why,
owing to Frances unpreparedness for
a war with Germany, the secret evil
dence against Dreyfus was not di-
vulged beyond the inner circle Of the
French government and the judges Of
trial. The lecturer followed this with
scathing criticisms of the anti-Catho-
lie influences in French politics, to
whom he credits the degradation of
France: and expressed pity that the
public opinion of both England and the
United States should have been, as he
implied, fooled and betrayed upon the
general issues of justice involved in the
Dreyfus affair
1t might be wondered how the Rev.
Father MacGoldrick should happen to
possess such superior sources of infor-
nation. He says his knowledge of tha
Dreyfus testimony was derived from
stenographic reports published in
Figaro of Paris. He is not the only
man capable of reading the Figaro re-
ports and translating them into good
English. Yet the American Associated
Press, which had accomplished French
scholars serving as it's reporters a;
Rennes all the leading English papers.
who were represented with similar eflio-
iency, and dozens of independen,
agencies of information were, it seems
either fooled or guilty of dstorting the
news reports which they supplied t
Notwithstanding readers.
The gravity of such an arraignmen
of the press doubtless was present il
the lecturers mind; and it is reason.
able to assume that he is prepared tc
subtsantiate his remarks with credibl,
proof
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
CURRENT VERSE.
Life.

Sad is our youth, for it is ever going,
Crumbling away beneath our very feet;
Sad is our life, for onward it is flowing
In current unperceived, because 50 fleet;
Sad are our hopes, for they were sweet
in sowing
But tares, self-sown, have overtopped
the wheat;
Sad are our joys, for they were sweet in
blowing
And still, oh, still, their dying breath is
sweet,
And sweet is youth, although it hath te-
Teft us
OF that which made our childhood
swecter still;
And sweet is middle life for 1t hath left
us
A nearer good to cure an older i'll;
And sweet are all things, when we learn
to prize them
Not for their sake, but His who grants
them or denies them.
Aubrey De We're.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
Dewey to Be Dined Again.

Admiral Dewey will, after all the many
public testimonials to his bravery are
completed, be given a grand dinner by
his old friends at the Metropolitan club.
The occasion will be one rising to histOri-
cal importance, says the Washington cor
respondence Of the Philadelphia Ledger,
as the sequel and twin affair to a dinner
given him at the same club the night be-
fore he left Washington two years ago
to take command of the Asiatic squadron.
No naval officer who ever left
Washington got such a send off as
left Washington got such a send off as
George Dewey received, and 1t eliminated
in a dinner at the Metropolitan club on
the night Of Nov. II, 1897. Every guest
was a host except Dewey himself and
during the evening the toastmaster, Ma
| jor Archibald Hopkins, clerk Of the court
! Of claims, read some original verses
which contained a prophecy that has sur
passed many others in the way of com
ing true. 1t is well worth reproducing;
| FIJI your glasses full tonight,
The wind Is off the shore;
| And be It feast or be II fight
| We pledge the Commodore.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
Luggage Arrived First.

As train was moving out of a Scotch
station u man in one of the compartments
noticed that the porter, in whose charge
he had given his luggage. had not put
1t into the van, and so shouted at him
and said:
''IIi you old fool, what do you mean
by not putting my luggage in the van?'
To which the porter replied
"Eh, man! yer luggage is ne'er such
fool as yerser! Yer T. the wrang tralnW
London Answers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
He Found It.

Ibid you ever know your husband to
find anything where you told him to look
for it?" said Mrs Dinpleton to Mrs.
Witherby.
Never but once" said Mrs. Witherby.
"l3ut don't consider it was fair trial"
"Oh, do tel, mo"
II told him to look in one of my pock-
cts in my wardrobe for a smelling bottle
that was wrapped up in hundred-dollar
bill papa had given me for my birthday,
and he found 1t in three minutes"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

Monroe, the Chicago bigamist, sue
ceeded in persuading twenty-siX wo-
men to marry him at different times
and place in his keeping what prop
erty they possessed. Upon securing the
money, Monroe invariably departed,
leaving no address. and looked up an
other victim by matrimonial advertise
ments This is but another proof that
the matrimonial aladvertisement is some
thing which should be regarded with
suspicion at all times and should never
be investigated by persons possessing
money.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
A E..lous Complication.

In the mountains of East Tennessee the
natives, or rather the lower circle of
natives, take many liberties with the
Queens English a physician who pruc.
tices in that region tells Of an incident IL
Illustrative of this. lie had patient who
was beng nursed by a friend. One day
the doctor called and said to the nurse:
"Well, Jim, how is Bili?"
"Bill air mighty bad today, Doc" jim
responded. "His whole nervous system
seems to be in perfect strategy. Mem
phis Scimitar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

In consequence of a mania of stamp
collectors for the special stamps pro-
vided by the United States govern
ment for the use of the inhabitants of
Guam, Captain Leary, governor of
Guam, after supplying native wants,
has sold enough souvenir stamps to
net for the government profit of &c.,
600, and the rush still continues. This
expansion business is turning out bet
ter than a gold mine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

The area of Tutuila, Uncle Sans
new island in the Samoan group, Is
not three times as large as the area
of the city of Scranton; and its popu-
lation does not much exceed one-thiri
that of Dunmore: but the harbor of
Pago Pago, which it contains, is the
best in the Pacific; is large, land
locked and easily defended from both
land and sea- and when the Nicaragua
canal is cut through will make a popu-
lar as well as valuable port of call.
Tutuila is all there is to the Samoan
group, considered from a naval point
of view,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
Heartily Approved the Color.

When the Queens statue in the New
Zealand capital was unveiled by Lord
Ranfurly none present were more pleased
than the Maoris. Their first exclamation
was "Aue" and then when they looked,
critically, upon the ample bronzed pro-
portions of Her Gracious Majesty, and
noted her copper colored features, they
said: "All right, all the same as our
selves. She is one of us"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

With the knowledge that the millin-
cry song birds are in nearly every in
stance made of hens feathers, wood,
paint and glue, the humane societies
that have objected to birds upon ladies'
bonnets will be obliged to organize a
crusade against fried chicken If they
expect to accomplish noticeable results.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

Philadelphia papers claim that Cen
eral Piet Joubert, commander-in-ch
Of the Beers. was born in the city Of
brotherly love. That explains, posi-
bly,, why he is slow but sure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
SCRANTON. NOVEMBER 1e, 1899.

Both the Cuban and South African
wars have demonstrated that 1t Woula
be easy to map out a campaign at any
time If one knew in advance just how
the enemy expected to move.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
The Measles.

When I had the measles-year ago
Ma she said, "Now, Willie, dear, you
know
You've got the measles, 50 you must be
good,
And stay indoors as all sick children
should"
Gee, was good; the felers used to call
An yell fer me, but l wouldn't go at all,
Because ] had the measles JeS' broke out
AS speckled as turkey egg, about.
An ma she fed me on raspberry jam,
AT we only have fer company, an Sam
Sam, he's my brother-didn't git none
Cake
An chicken pie an all good things she'd
bake.
But bread an butter'n' bacon, like Sam
had,
I didn't cause my appetite was bad.
Oh nothin' was tco good fer me, you
know,
When had the measles-year ago.
An sometimes, when ma said I could,
took
The great big family bible down TO look
At pictures-Moses in the rushes, jes'
A little baby in n basket-yes,
An David chopin up the gi-unt. Then
There was old Daniel in the lions den,
With growlin' lions, crouchin' in the dark,
Ten times as many as at Lincoln park.
When had the measles-year ago
Gee I lived high; an one day Sam, dye
know,
He blubbered some because he'd had 'em
once;
An felt sorry. Pa says he's n Ounce.
But guess not; fer thinkin' Of the Jam
All locked up tight, l quite agree with
Sam
Worst thing bout havin' measles is that
when
You've had 'em once you never can again,
Edward NJ Wilson, in Chicago Record.
Don't Blame the World.
Don't blame the world because the thorns
are found among the roses;
| The day that breaks In storm may be all
sunshine when it closes
| We cannot hope TO always meet with for
tunes fond caressing,
And that which seems most hard to bear
may bring with it a blessing.
That buried seed must rot In earth ere Il
produce the flower,
| And the weak plant to fructify must have
both sun and shower;
So man, TO gain development must strug
gle with life's crosses,
And view with calm philosophy his trial!
and his losses.
A deadly poisnous weed may yield {
salve of surest healing;
| The sweetest blossom may pois nous be
although its bane concealing.
Things are not always what they seem
but still,' twas heaven designed them
And we should class them all as good an,
take them as we ind them.
Little we know of this brief life, AM
nothing of It's sequel;
Then let us take i'm humble trust all tina
| may seem unequal.
Gods ways are not our ways, and III
should certainly be trusted;
All that Is wrong I'm His good time vii
surely be adjusted.
Hawkes. Bay New Zealand) News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

The chief chemist Of the agricultural
department at Washington. DR.. Wiley,
testifies that upon the whole American
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

There's no question that large num-
ber of the stars failed to shoot on
schedule time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

Japan seems anxious to repeat by
means of an interview with the Rus
sian bear the surprise given to the
world in her encounter with China. 1t
is a dangerous hazard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

The Russian ambassador at Wash
ington, Count Cassini, says he cannot
understand the ado which Is being
made over an open door" into China.
80 far as Russia is concerned" says
he, "her door already stands open.
The great commercial port of Talio-
wan has been made free to the COM
merce of the world, by formal procla-
nation. No Determinations are made
against the commerce of foreign coun-
tries and Russia enjoys no special
privileges. Russia is anxious to have
the world trade there" If that be
true, Count Cassini viii kindly urge
the Russian foreign office to put it's
anxiety into writing, not necessarily
for publication, but as guarantee Of
good faith.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

To my mind, for the relief and, have no
doubt, for the permanent relief of any disorder
of the stomach, liver or bowels, all of which D
have had (and l therefore speak with suf-
fcient knowedge), there is nothing like
Ripans Tabules in their prompt but not
violent action, and in their certain relief fol-
lowed by no i'll effects.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

DIR. Leyds' telephone seems to be out
of order.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

The Paris exposition and the Dreyfus
case passed out of mind simultane-
OuSly,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

tlon OF a contingent character has been
forced on the statute books; but the
humillating fact stands out wildly
throughout the commonwealth that the
roads themselves are very little better,
save in a few favored localities, thnn
they were when first the good roads
movement took definite form. our poll
ticlans turn our legislature from ses-
sion to session into orgies Of factional
strife and eat UP millions of the peo-
pies money In their chickering's and
jobbcry, and the great body of the
farming population, the backbone and
mainstay of the state, are no better off,
in the matter of highway facilities,
than were their fathers and grand
fathers before them.
A time must come when the intelli-
gence of the public will refuse to be
content with this costly procrastina-
tion. May the work of the present COM
mission speed it's coming.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
Light OH the Dreyfus Case.

"<HB VIEW taken of the Drey"
fus case by the Rev. d. j..
"A MacGoldrick in tie lecture
~, I,i,,, on T.pg- =
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16
A Sensible RECOMMENDATION.

T~HE RECOMMENDATION of
Admiral Dewey that the
Il government build at least a
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-27
A Man of Straw.

From time immemorial straw, prob
ably because of its inseparable connec-
tion with bread, the staff of life, has
had more or less sacred significance.
Our Aryan forefathers strewed their al
tars with it and swore on it as we
swear on the Bible. 1t is easy to under
stand how this practice would lead to
the stalk of corn being used as the SYM
Dol of binding contract. For instance.
the Latin for a stalk is stipulatio,
whence naturally comes stipulation !"
In medieval times the presentation
of stalk of corn was a sign Of service
and faith. So. too, at hiring fairs in
later times servants wishing to be hired
carried a straw in their mouths! And in
the days when interruptions persons de-
hberately hired themselves out to liti-
giants to give any evidence that was
wanted. they wore straws in their shoes,
from which custom we have the saying
''man of straw"-a person of no mate
rial or moral worth. The horse with
straw plated in his name and tail is
perhaps the last surviving instance Of
the significance of straw as implying or
binding a contract.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-27
Here and There.

When you wish the Ell Paso Dairy
company ring up No. 1856.
O'Brien Coal Co. sell pitch paper,
lime, cement, plaster. etc.
Four pounds California prunes for %
cents. Ell Paso Grocery Co.
You can't cure dyspepsia by dieting.
Eat good, wholesome food, and plenty
of it.-Kodol Dyspepsia Cure dfgests
and Is made to cure. Fred Schaefer
druggist.
"What might have been"-if that
little cough hadn't been neglected-is
the sad reflection of thousands of con-
sumptives. One Minute Cough Cure
cures coughs and colds. Fred Schaefer
druggist.
De Wits Little Early Riscrs benefit
permanently. They lend gentle assis-
lance to nature, causing no pains or
weakness, permanently curing consti-
patton and liver ailments. Fred Schaef.
er, druggist.
De Wits Little Early Risers expel
Hrom the system alllpoisonous accumu-
ations, regulate the stomach. bowels
and liver, and purify the blood. They
drive away disease, dissipste melsn-
choly, and give health and vigor for
the daily routine. Do not grippe or
sicken. Fred Schaefer druggist.
Thomas Rhoads, Centerfield, O.,
writes: 81 suffered from piles seven
or eight years. No remedy gave me
relief until De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve, less than box of which
permanently cured me-" Soothing,
healing. perfectly harmless. Beware
of oounterfeits. Fred Schaefer druggist.
Gun-shot wounds and powder-burns
cuts, bruises. sprains. wounds from
rusty nails, insect stings and ivy poi
soning,-quickly healed by De Wits
Witch Hazel Sslve. Positively pre-
vents blood poisoning. Beware of
counterfeits. ''De Wits is safe and
sure" Fred Schaefer druggist.
A diseased stomach surely under
mines health. 1t dulls the brain, kills
energy, destroys the nervous system,
and predisposes to insanity and fatal
diseases. ALI dyspeptic troubles are
quickly cured by -Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. 1t has cured thousands of cases
and is curing them every day. Its in
gradients are such that it can't help
curing. Fred Schaefer druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-27
Oil For the Skin.

The men and women of ancient
Greece and the famous beauties of every
cline always understood the use of oil
In the toilet, says an authority, which
gives the following hint: When animal
oil is used, it clogs up the pores and
renders the skin coarse, but vegetable
oils such as the Greeks used, feed the
skin. There are many skins that do not
need fabrication after bath, but there
are. many others which are benefited by
the use of fine vegetable oil, such as al
mond cream, which furnishes food to
the skin and is powerful aid in the
fight against wrinkles. -Exchange
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-27
TIE .o!,e SIGN OF TIE BOSE;

~ -.- .Is1 '5H1E
She trained little rose to grow
And grace the gate above,
And hence love the pathway 80
That leads me to her love.
And oft my heart before me goes
To read the love sign Of the rose.
Though fairer bloom for lovers tryst,
To me it seems as fatr
As II an angels lips had kissed
And blessed 1t, blooming there.
For heaven its sweetest smile beatoWs
On the dear love sign Of the rose.
The patterfhg Of little feet.
When shadows blur the light,
And rosy twining arms that meet
And necklace me at night-
These my glad heart enraptQfed knows
At the dear love sign Of the rose.
Not far away loves steps shall stray
In thorny paths to roam,
While Ger the meadows of Nfe's May
Shine signals sweet of home.
When night falls drear, one heart still
knows
Rest at the love sign Of the rose.
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-27
FROM ONE WHO HAS BEEN "A RUDE

FORT WINGATE. y. NJ, July %, 1899
s. L. Hughes Ell Paso. Texas.
Dear Sir:-PICaSe ship one OF your $500
hand-nade single buggy harness, black trim
med; also one of those $1,000 saddles you used
to make us, with 10 1-2 inch high fork-San
Juan or Friseek1 tree.
I have used factory work for two years and
am satisfied that I have been ''Rube.
Your worst has outlasted their hest.
Hurry order and draw on First National
Bank, Albuquerque. BOX RANCH
Your old fffend Charley Nc, still foreman.
z. S.-The Flying W Bar will send you an
order soon. Harry had "a factory harness to
c. Nc.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-27
Mexican Mineral Belt.

The only direct route to the rich
mining regions of Eastern Sonora
and Western chihuahua is via the
Sierra Madre line, and Cssas Gran
des. Trains leave Ciudad Juarez at
1928 daily except Sundays.
J. T. LOGAN,
Genl. Traffic Agent
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-27
Low Rates To Mexico.

The Mexican Central Railway will
sell round trip excursion tickets to
Mexico City for $25 90 U. S. Cy., July
22nd, 23rd, 10Th, 30th, August 5th, 9th,
18th and 18th, Good for returning go,
thirty days from date of sale. See B
J. Kuhn, commercial agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-27
Ho For ClOudcrOft,

When going to Cloudcroft to spend
your vacation go to Twins and get q
good hammock, the latest magazines
and story books, and take life easy.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-27

Pillsbury's Best Flour is the best
in the world. Ell Paso Grocery Co.