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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The true value of torpedo boats in
naval warfare 1t is believed has been
demonstrated by England and the
torpedo boat will no longer be consid-
cred an element of great danger. Prior
to the Spanish American war the tor
pedo craft was regarded with appre-
hension by the average citizen in every
land. All readers will remember the
thrill of anxiety that passed over the
land some time ago when 1t was an.
nounced that the Spanish torpedo flo
tilla was headed for American shores.
1t was then predicted that our brave
sailors would be sacrificed like sheep
when in reach of these dreaded engines
of destruction. 1t was soon demon
strated, however, that the torpedo boat
was useless when within range
of Americans gunners and could
never expect to accomplish any
thing save perhaps at nightfall.
Recent naval manoeuvres and ex-
periments under direction of the
commanders of the British war ves-
sells have also proved that the crew that
mans the torpedo boat is in most
cases in greater danger than the
enemy before 1t.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12
A Mystery Still Unsolved.

The mystery of the Dreyfus case
seems to be as much a mystery to
those usually ION the inside" as it Is
to the run of mankind. Il have not"
writes a Rennes correspondent, been
able to find a single person among
all the flower of Paris journalism or
among all the leaders of beth sides
here gathered, who has a coherent,
logical theory to offer which answers
che questicn--Why should a great con-
spiracy. including generals. statesmen
and officers of all ranks, focus itself
on a simple captain of artillery. who,
as far as has appeared. had done no
one any harm or excited any enmity?
Also, why should these conspiratOrs,
after condemning Dreyfus to unheard-
of torture, then commit perjury, for
gerry, suicide and probably murder in
order to keep Dreyfus a prisoner on
Devils Island. when few-in fact. prac-
tically none-of them had any personal
acquaintance with him whatever"
Inexplicable conditions appear along
every hypothesis. If Dreyfus was
guilty, why all the early secrecy in
the matter of the alleged evidences of
his guilt? If innocent, what can ac-
count for the intricacy and high official
character of the network of conspiracy
woven around him for his destruc-
ton? We are accustomed to such
deep laid plots in plays and novels of
the romantic character, but it is unus-
ual to meet with them in the real life
of our prosaic nineteenth century.
Although the sharpest thought Of the
world has lately been given to this
case it has made public as yet no en-
planation which allays the incompre-
hensibiity of it. Facts have been ad-
duced which materially illumine incid-
entail features, but what was the secret
terror that held in It's grasp for 50
Ions a time the whole executive depart
ment Of the government of France?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12
A Menace to Forestry.

Sheep raising has been pointed out as
Il menace to forestry by Mr.. T.. S. Net
Teton, who for the past thirty years
has been an irrigation engineer in
Colorado. Mr.. Nettleton explains that
disastrous results will follow in the
whole western country if the forestry
reserves are allowed to be used as
sheep feeding grounds. He insists that
the order of the interior department
should be annulled at once, as ire
parable damage will be done in a very
short time. Grazing allows the roots
Of the grass and small shrubs to be
torn up and the soil is then carried
away and the large trees washed out.
The main value of trees. shrubbery
and grass on the mountain soil is to
hold the water and allow it to gradu.
ally run into the streams. keeping them
there all the year.
1t will simply be a repetition Of the
history of Palestine Spain and Persia,
he says The forests were cut and
burned away, and the heavy rains in
'''' NNii"''b 'iii''iNNo NdSl'u away all
the soil, carrying it down when it filled
the beds of the streams. 1t is now use
less to plant trees, for there is nothing
on the hills to sustain them. All that
is left is the big bare rocks. The coun-
try is devastated.
If the government does not make the
most rigorous rules for the protection
Of the forests of the west all the irri-
gated districts will he threatened with
the same fate that has befallen desc
late Palestine and the Spanish Pyre-
neCS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

ed her elghty-first birthday recently, is
the oldest queen in Europe. She lives In
pretty village within short drive OF
the gorgeous palace built by the Duke OF
Cumberland, on the Traun See. She has
none of the infirmities of old age, and Il
fond of walking and driving. Like sew.
eral other queens in exile, she possesses
a title only, and has no position as rul.
ing sovereign. Although the queen oi
Hanover has now been expatriated fol
thirty-three years, she never permits her.
self to speak in an unkind manner Of the
Prussian government.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

with almost unlimited powers major
general of the regular establishment
without the suggestion Of experience or
fitness in civil administration, and
without, so far as is known, the re-
motest comprehension of Cuban con-
ditlons, temperament or character, In
place of men who had already devel-
oped and displayed fitness of high
order the United states might today
be in a distinctly more fortunate and
complimentary relationship toward
Cuba and the Cuban people than 1t Is.
But next to undoing a past mistake of
judgment is planning to profit by its
lessons. The new secretary of war
shows in his first moves that he pro-
poses to Justify his appointment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Alexander Mcdonald, the Klondike
king. who was considered worth $685.
900, ,0Ot a few months ago, has again
shouldered his pick a poor man. Nc
Donald was one of the first and most
successful of the Klondike miners, and
could have retired with a princely In
come n year ago. The ambition TO
control big syndicates and organize
gigantic mining schemes was the cause
of his downfall, and he is now S6,oOO,-
600 behind the game.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12
Dangerous Beverage.


From the Blnghamton Herald.
Four sudden deaths are reported from
Elkland, Pa, believed to have been caused
by drinking wood alcohol Wood alcohol
is doubtless good in its place, but we
think it is not usually recommended as a
health beverage, and those who rely upon
alcohol in any form should learn from
experience that grain alcohol and wood
alcohol are not the same.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

From the Wilkes-Barrc Record,
Up to the present time ex-senator Quay
and his machine licutenants have studied
ly ignored the candidacy OF Hon. Henry
w. Palmer for the Supreme court Judge
snip. The only candidates the machine
leaders would recognize werc ]. Hay
Brown of Lancaster and Judge Arch
bald, of Lackawanna. Lately, however,
some of them have become aware of the
fact that Mr.. Palmer aGd several others
ate In tho field and that their friends and
supporters may be sufficiently numerous
10 command a little respect and consider
alton, both before the convention meets
and whom II is in session.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12
Victim of the Kissing Bug.

From the Ithaca Journal.
How ophemeral is fame of n certain
variety is evidenced anew by the plunge
into obscurity of Lieutenant Hobson.
This osculatory young man has not been
heard from in many months. Perhaps
he has made a permanent retirement
from the public view in Difference TO his
Vanquishment by the kissing bug,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The Towanda Review yesterday cele-
brated it's twentieth anniversary by
appearing in enlarged form in an il
Illuminated cover of artistic design
The number is also embellished with
portraits of publishers and employees;
a view of the borough of Towanda
from Table Rock; and contains much
interesting reading matter. 1t is an
attractive issue and one in which Tow
anda may well take pride.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12
View of an WAuntie.V

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
While the press censorship at Manila
has been unfortunate In many respects,
1t Is not more so in any than that in
which it offers the opportunity to unscru-
pulous persons TO magnify the dangers
of the situation The best safeguard
against such dlscouraging reports as that
attributed to a British Lieutenant com
mander just landed at Victoria, is to
give the respectable newspaper corre-
spondents the privilege to portray the
truth as they see It.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Persons who for some time past have
been trying to convince the public
that the cotton industry in New Eng
land has been killed by the southern
mills will doubtless regret that the
cottJn element can no longer be made
a subject for calamity caclle. Eleven
Rev England mills have declared a
dividend this month and the industry
was never in more promising condl,
ton than at present.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Wilkes Barre contemporaries con-
tinue to publish items about the
%, l.. & w. railroad" We would re-
respectfully remind our brothers of the
Luzerne press that the road referred
to is now known as the Lackawanna.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

an American jail unless he relinqulshes
the idea of recruiting an army of in
surrection in cuba. The developments
OF the last few months have rot had
the tendency to make government Of
ficials lenient with the modern George
Washingtons of the Jimenez stripe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The Democratic state candidates
are a trihe mild in making promises
when one considers that there is not
a ghost of a chance that they will
ever be called upon to fulfill them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

1t is probable that sooner or later
China will be made to realize the incon-
sistency of selling guns to the Filipinos
while refusing to sell horses to Amer
leans
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The case of the fellow Fitzpatrick,
who concocted an interview with Sir
Wilfred Laurer supplies another aw-
full warning against the dilletante re-
pOrter
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

1t looks as though John T. McCut-
cheon, the Philippines correspondent
for the Chicago Record, intends to de-
vote considerable time in future in
the effort to convince the public that
there are grass germs in the hirsute
appendagcs Of General Otis,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The astronomers who predicted for
this week another celestial jubilee Of
shooting stars will have to readtust
their spectacles and guess again.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The demand for labor in the harvest
fields in the country is driving nearly
all of the tramps back into the large
cities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

A band of gypsies has been discov-
cred near Syracuse whose members
make liberal use of soap and water.
Thus is another ideal shattered.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The best thing about the artificial
boycott is the rapidity and certainty
with which L provides it's own cure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

1t is believed that Mr.. Altgeld's offer
to form an offensive and defensive al
lance with the Kentucky Goebelites
will be declined.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The friends of Hon. George Huff are
monopolizing the interest in the Ho-
bart health bulletins these days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12
SCRANTON. AUGUST 70, 1899.

The new secretary of war presents
the air of a man who means business
from his toes up.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12
Feels Sighted.

the United States Is about to be crushed
by soldiers are easily frightened.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

General MacArthurs utter disregard
Tor rainy season precedents in war In
the Philippines proves that he must
have taken an umbrella along.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12
RefIekshdns.

2 play kards IL humen; 2 win-just fine
Self-depresheashun 1 the meenest kind
ov flattery.
A bird in the coop IL worth a hole litter
in the garden.
II luv be blind, az sum say it IL. mar
ridge sumtimes removes the caterackt.
The ritch man who gives littel charity
IL smaller, in the eyes ov Gawd, than
the littel he givs.
Sum men are like sum vedgtables-libel
be in hot water eny time.
If you don't want 2 fawl in 2 the Vol
kano ov Sin, keep away from the Crater
ov Temptashun.
Big words il good thing in there
place, q there place IL in Bostin & the
dckshunery-not in ordinery konversa-
shun.
A Gambler that pays hiz honist dets duz
less harm in this world than a dishonst
Preecher.
If sum married wimmin was Il az Xpert
at cooking az thay are on gossipin abowt
there nabers there wood be fewer di-
vorsez.
The diffrents between q commen theft
g. a kleptomaniack IL the same az the
diffrents between tweedlc dee & tweedle
dum-simply a diffrents in spelling.
If surgens Good remove the humen kon-
shents az eaZy az thay can the appendi-
setus, l imagin there wood be less fear
ov an opperashun
It's a STATISTICAL fackt that the same
man who swares heel die a woman, be
4 he IL married, will refuZe 2 chop wood,
or start the fire the same woman l yr.
after ther marriage. Strange but trew.
Why IL it that a handsum yunE preech-
er, with q poor delivery, vii draw more
wimmin 2 hiz church than the elokwent
old timer whoze cheif attrazshun liz not
hiz fashul bewty?
Its pekulier thing, yet a trew fackt,
that the same man who spends $780,
checrfully n tip on hoss race, & lOozez
a lot more on the sed race, will growl
when a millner charges him stem tip
on hiz wifes hat.
Gny fool kin hav mummy left 2 them
but its a wi2e man that kin grow ritch
honistly. yet how meny wood luv be
fools?" l ask, & Ekko thunders down
the arkives ov Time "Multitoods!'
The rode Hadeez IL paved with good
intenshuns & the promisez ov politishuns.
Keep OUT ov politix!
LiteninE never strikes twice in the same
place but there aint mutch konsolashun
in that faclIt. The 1st time duz the dam
midge. Get rod.
The pcepn who save there mummy,
with the scanning Xpeclitashun ov taking
it with them when thay die, wood be dis
appointed if thay Good there IL no re-
dempshun bewro wher thay go, & there
filthy luker wood be turned 2 ashes, or
molten mettel. az soon az thay arrived.
This proovs that when the late lamented
w. Shakespeer sed "Shrouds hav no pock-
ets' he knowd whereov he spake.
Gwen a worm will turn when slept
on" (Shakespeer) This IL ekwally trew
ov a barril whoop. KiddeD.
No man realizez hiz menny week points
until he runs offs.
When a man stops you on the street &
asks abowt the helth ov yure wife *
nwl the children G. neerly shakes yure
hand off, don't feel flatterd, Its just pos
sable that heel be kandidate 4 offs in
a short time.
If sum ov the potts who rite poims
| abowt the bewtifu sno livd on a corner
lot & had shuvel or ate tuns ov "the
| bewtiful" eVry day n few weeks thay
mite not wax kwite SO darnd poetlck.
Essay on the Owl.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Many a good outfielder i'm politics
has been brought to grief through the
ambition to occupy the pitchers box.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Havana dispatches indicate that the
Dominican patriot, Jimenez, who re-
Gently caused the removal OF PreEi-
dent Heureaux. is liable 70 land In
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

LiteninE never strikes twice in the same
place, but there aint mutch konsolashun
In that fackt. The 1st time duz the dam.
midge. Get rod.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Even should Agnnaldo manage to
get recognition in Europe that would
not eliminate the American army from
LuZOn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The Beers naturally don't jump to
the eating of their prescribed dish
of crow, but they will eat it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The rode Hadeez IL paved with good
intenshuns & the promisez ov politishuns.
Keep OUT ov politixl
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Eny fool kin hav mummy left 2 them.
but its wi2e man that kin grow ritch
honistly. "Yet how meny wood luv 2 be
fools?" | ask, & Fkko thunders down
the arkives ov Time "Multitoods"'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

If sum ov the potts who rite poims
abowt the bewtiful sno livd on a corner
lot & had 2 shuvel or ate tuns ov Tho
bewtiful' eVry day a few weeks thay
mite not wax kwite SO darnd poetick.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Dear Aguinaldo-Don't write.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

When a man stops YOU on the street &
asks abowt the helth ov yure wife *
nwl the children & neerly shakes yure
hand off, don't feel fatterd. Its just pos
sable that heel be kandidate offs in
a short time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Its a pekulier thing, yet a trew fackt,
that the same man who spends $780,
cheerfully a tip on hoss race, & loozez
a lot more on the sed race, will growl
when a milliner charges him stem tip
on hiz wifes hat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Gwen a worm will turn when slept
on" (Shakespeer) This IL ekwally trew
ov a barril whoop. CKidder).
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

No man realizez hiz menny week points
until he runs offs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

The pcepil who save there mummy,
with the scanning Xpeclitashun ov taking
II with them when thay die, wood be dis
appointed if thay Good there IL no re-
dempshun bewro wher thay go, & there
filthy luker wood be turned ashes, or
molten mettel. az soon az thay arrived.
This proovs that when the late lamented
w. Shakespeer sed "Shrouds hav no pock-
cts" he knowd whereov he spake.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-12

Why IL it that handsum yung preech-
er. with q poor delivery, vii draw more
wimmn 2 hiz church than the elokwent
old timer whoze cheif attrazshun liz not
hiz fashul bewty?
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-11-21
De PONCE =! PElvElAs.
MAS NOT!C|AS.
Lo que dice eI "San Juan News"

HI Domingo hubo un meeting federal en-
Ponce que conolay6 con un tumulto.
La poliofa que estaba para sostener 81 Or
den, oomenx6 & disparar tiros, resultando muer.
to, instantAneamente, ell pardo Tomas Nal
90.
Don Antonio Foster que estaba en- ell bal
con de gu casa, result6 herido en- I'm brazo Y pu.
dieron serlo tambien por la misms bala varias
personals que estaban aln.
Dos policfas fueron arrestados y uno de
ellos llamado Lopez protesto, indignado, de su
inocenoia.
E.En Pehuelss ha habido I'm gran escandalo,
resultando heridas 20 personas.
FL senior Matienzo y ell se1or Neumsn, re-
publicanos de Ponce que fueron 4 ce,ebrar un
meeting 4 aquel pueblo, fueron interrumpidos
por los se6ores SEX, Gautier = Larroca. de
Ponce, que o~onoluy6 con I'M escandalo. L. pc
liofa %insular trat6 de dispersar los grupos y re-
sult6 con 8 dedos menos ell guardia Mentu.
Los empleados del Ayuntamiento &c dice,
que disparaban los rev6lvers sin ton nj son hi
riendo gravemente 4 Jos9 Barbosa y 20 perso
mas mas de menos gravedad.
No Sc hizo ningun arresto y los republics
nos dicen que Ia policfa estaba de acuerdo COZ
los revoltosos.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-11-21
P0R AMOS ~AOELANTAOOS

Paganlo Aor anaalidsdes adelantadas, Sc
desea tomar en- arrendamisnto una casa, en- 81
ito centrico de esta Capital, que rente da 70 a
100 pesog mensualee.
Informaran Luna so. altos.
n-s--15-6,
- La Corte Provisional noti6oo esta
mshana q don Tomas Carfi6p 81 exoaroelaci5n
defoitiva, 6 embellishments su4 pueaio ca Ii
bertad.
FL Jues DIS Utuado, ha rechazado
una quejs presentada contra 81, por Ell r~ecaais'
dor de oontribuoiones, de la looalidsd, por ha
b2rse.e negado el apoyo moral del Jusgsdo,
para ell cobro de las oontribuoiones
-. Deha Ana Rogue Sc ha quejsdo dal
municlpio de Hamaoao que NO lie sstisface osn
tidades cue 10 adeuda, como professors que fus
de dicha Villa.
-. Don Manuel Trayieso, IA renunciado
la Presldencia del conite del partido repub,ics'
NJ de Rio Piedras.
y Nos dicen de Arecibo que dara1te
las e'ecciones en- aquells villa reino ell oIden
mas complete, no re gistfAndose Ell Ia Jefaturs
de policfa en- TODD ell dia y la noehe ningur
pate por escandalo, desorden 8 l%esiones.