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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson
says he told General Miles that the
latter should not have made the army
beef scandal public. Secretary Will
son forgets, 1t was the war investiga-
tion commission which did that.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

The attempt of Grover Cleveland to
be sarcastic on the question of eX-
pansiOn is not a success. Grover
should stick to his heavy generalities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06
NEWYEAR'S GREETING

Lewis, Reilly x Davies wish the peace
full, honest people of the world "a happy
New Year. We are happy because we live
in one of the most prosperous cities, in
one of the best countries, in one of the
largest states and the greatest country
that man is privileged to live in. Among
the cities, towns, etc. that we wish TO re-
member in "A particular way are the fol-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-06

Porto Rico pacifed herself.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
Question or Law.

The young man who was once clerk
in law office was airing his knowledge
OF the law and giving opinions of every
thing that came up.
81 s'pose" said the old man with chin
whiskers. 'that you know all there is TO
know about law?'
"Nen. / won't say that" answered the
youth. "but ! viii admit that know quite
a bit"
Jest the man I want 10 see. then"
asserted the man with the whiskers.
you see. I had quite legal pint come
up out IN Kansas, an mebbe you Kin
straighten IL out"
shouldn't wonder II could" return
ed the youth. "NVhat was it?''
"Why. a man living bout half mile
from me had a house with cellar under
IT, and I had house without cellar.
Along come a cyclone. picked both Of EN-
up. spun 'em round an put mine down
where his used TO be an his where mine
used 10 be- We let 'em stay right whore
they landed, an now what ] want TO
know Is. DO / owe him for diggin' the
cellar?"-Chicago Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
KENTUCKY's DILEMMA.

We submitted some remarks the other
day about the Kentucky election law. We
said that If the Republicans should get
into power they would not change the
law except to their advantage and that
they would work it fin their own inter
est. We said also that the Democrats
who had framed this law were now
alarmed lest the state should be captured
by the Republicans and their own insiru-
ment turned against them.
Just how near we came to the truth may
be gathered from the following quotations
from leading Kentucky Democrats:
bad as this law is" Colonel Watterson
is reported as saying. the Republicans
in power would not repeal It. 1t is too
good a weapon to be surrendered by prac-
teal politicians"
Ex-senator Blackburn says that "the
law secures an impartial election. but in
the hands OF the Republicans would be
such an instrument Of oppression that the
Republicans would never surrender it,"
Judge Goodnight says that "the law is
a perfect law of its kind and for its pur
poses. but is capable OF such perversion
and unfairness. such usurption and Cd
preston. that we must not trust It in the
hands Of Republicans"
These are most humiliatng confessions.
A fair election may be held under the
law. but not necessarily so. The law was
conceived in fraud and was so framed as
to premit fraud and to say that elections
under such law are honest Is an absurd
ity on its face. The Democrats Of Ken
lucky know what a dangerous law II is
and well may they be afraid to put such
an Instrument into the hands Of the Re
paollcans.
Honesty is the best policy. Fraudulent
election laws and fraudulent elections are
sure to react upon that party which is
responsible for such abuses. The Dem
ocrats OF Kentucky have set the example
and II the Republicans in power should
initiate II. the Democrats could not com
plain.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26

Editor OF The Times:
sir.-I have been much disturbed mr. the
verdict OF the jury in the case of Noah
Finley She colored man sentenced to tae
gall0w5 Tor r01b.ng and attempting tp
Kill Major Darst. no Dublin. Va. To harg
q man for robbery and attempted murder
seems 10 me an anachr0uism. "a proceed
ing not only unjust and inhuman In ITSELF
the punishment being wholly disDropor-
Tomato 90 the crime actually committed,
but wholly opposed 90 the spirit of tho
ago and the whole tendency OF modran
civilization TT carries us back 20 tho
bloody English code OF the eighteenth
century. Such cases are calculated 90 10
tho State an amount of harm-morai and
material-which cannot be- estimated. to
discredit here IN the eyes % tho civilized
world and 20 check the inflow OF pOpuia-
ton and capital indefinitely. 7 trust that
you viii throw the strong influence OF
your paper in favor 81 n communication ~
the sentence which might stin n o. ho
thought necessary or advisable. Doe a7
severe as the law permits short OF being
capital IN you can assist in doing This
I am sure that you viii render the state
as well as the cause OF justice and hu-
manlty an essential service. II seems %
have been abundantly shown by expert
ence that a bloody criminal code and fire.
quent executions DO not tend 20 diminish.
but on the contrary by bru'alizng the
pe0n'e % Increase crime. History teens
with examples Of this. To inculca'e
nroner res-ect for the sanctity % human
life those charged with the responsibility
should show. II would seem. a marked
tenderness for II themselves. W. u.
Essex county. Va. August q. 1899.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26

We call attention 20 the resolutions
adonted hy the Democrats OF LunanDurg
and publiOhed I'm our last issue. inviting
the Democrats of this county and MOTTO
way 10 meet the delegates from Lunen-
burg IN a mass-mecting az Iawrenc vile
on the 18th instant. court day. 90 consider
the question Of bringing out clnd date
for the senate IN opposition 10 Mr. w. q.
VIM. the nominee of the Blackstone con
yention
This movement should and We believe
will receive the support Of every Demo
crat who believes that the wishes Of tho
people should be obeyed by the politician
and who not intend that the overwh I'M
ing sentiment I'm favor Of Governor Tyler
shall be stihed by the arbitrary action Of
the blackstone convention Brunswick
Gazette
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
SOUTHERN NOTES.

A negro named John Thomas attempted
10 assault Mrs. G. NJ. stallworth near
Tuscaloosa. Ala, but was frightened off.
The indignant husband followed him 70
Tuscaloosa and shot him down. He then
sent the following telegram 10 his uncle:
Tuscaloosa. August q. Dear Uncle:
Arrived at 4l0; killed John at 6:2. BE
home on fast train this evening.
(Signed) &C. NJ. >
lie offered to give himself up, but the
authorities did not want him.
The property Of the Cherokee Iron Com
pany and the Augusta Iron Company in
POLK county. Ga, has been purchased by
a wealthy syndicate. The sale includes
vast mineral properties in Georgia, Ala
bama and Virginia.
Hon. VI. Bates, Of Chattahoochee, eX-
member Of the Florida Legislature had
thrilling experience the other day with
a wafer moccasin while fishing with some
friends I'm Flint river While he was play
ING a five pound bass the boat was pulled
from it's moOrings and landed in tree
ton. A moccasn fell from the tree upon
MI Bates shoulder With a frantic yell
he fen backward out of the boat into the
water. and as he arose 20 the surface the
snake was still hanging TO him. lie was
rescued by his friends and a dose Of
snake-bite remedy. which discreet fisher
men always carry with them, soon re-
stored him TO his normal condition. The
snake did not bite him. however.
Instead Of having a tobacco fair this
year winston, \. G., viii have horse
show
The first rail has been laid on the Ten
nessee Central, railroad to be built be
tween Crossyille and lockwood in the
vicinity of Chattanooga.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26

his gratitude that one preacher in the
state has championed his cause while so
many others OF the gentlemen OF the
cloth have been denouncng him. This
does not speak well for Mr.. GOeScl. IL
an the preachers in Kentucky, save one,
are against him. Il Is a pretty good sign
that Mr.. Goetel IS not the man 20 be
governor. II the preachers OF Kentucky
do not represent the morality and the
moral sentiment OF that State, they are
very different from the preachers that we
know. We should hate 10 see any man
governor OF the state OF Virginia whom
all the preachers Of Virginia condemned.
According 20 reports sent out from New
York yesterday the earnings Of seventy
railroads In the United States for the
third week in August show a gain over
the earnings for the same period last year
Of nearly Is per cent. What better evil
dence than this could we have OF the
steady Increase of business and growing
prosperity?
IN n recent interview with the Brooklyn
Eagle William T. Harrlty said: Il have
thought for some time that the coming
convention would deal with national
questions in way that would enable
Democrats Of varying views to work to-
gether for the success OF the party The
conditions which prevail throughout the
country to-day. 70 seems 70 me, ought ma
terially 10 influence the policy Of the next
convention and result in the forcing 70
the front Of new issues. Present condi-
tons are quite unlike those which pre-
vailed I'm 1876. The conditions are bet
ter. so far as business is concerned; labor
has Jess 20 complain Of than it had In the
last Presidential campaign; the farmers
are more prosperous than they were then
and the virtual adoption Of the gold
standard in India has shattered some or
the arguments made in behalf Of free
silver. These are some Of the reasons
which have inclinef me 10 believe that
prevailing conditions Will largely influence
the coming convention and that free sill
yer will not be put forward as the domin-
ant issue. During the last three years
have not participated actively In politics
but II 10 shall appear that my conclusions
concerning the next National Convention
are likely 10 be justified by events, ! may
attend the convention as delegate
This. 10 will be observed. IS TN line with
the argument which we have employed ln
am editorial article to be found 10 to-day's
paper. We had not seen Mr.. Harrity's
Interview when we wrote.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26

dering principle 10 expediency, but It Is
quite clear 90 us that the Democratic
party may sidetrack the free silver issue
in 1900 without abandoning principle, or
without In any way stultifying itself.
Upon this question the party might well
take the stand that II believed I'm the prin-
ciples OF bimetallism. but that as the
country seemed to be prpspcring under
the gold standard the party. Il put 81 con-
troll OF the affairs OF the government,
would be willing 20 let the gold standard
stand and give It a fair trial. preserving
TO Itself the right, however. 20 make
change whenever It should appear that
such a change was necessary to the pros
pority Of the country.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
A Plea for Conservatism.

We had hoped that the United States
Senatorial contest would be conducted on
a high plane free from any acrimonious
spirit, vituperation, elimination and re-
elimination. The office IS an honorable
one and should De beyond the pale OF
mad.singlng or political vine puI .ns ana
chicanery. We are totally opposed 70 any
fu,some dilly-dallying and shilly-shallying.
let US meet the issue on that high plano
which alone can reflect credit upon Vir-
sinia ana her noble sons We trust the
leaders win mix q little philosophy with
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
AEIERNIAIII.

Coal dealers Of Chicago predict that the
first Of September Will see an advance in
the price Of an grades Of anthracite coal
to selling prices between So ana $3.50.
it is reported from Louisville that IF
Brown shows any great amount Of
strength Goebel Will agree with him TO
withdraw and resuDmt the nomination for
governor to another State convention.
A special TO the New York Times from
London says that the city is crowded with
Americans who are anxious 10 return
home but are unable to do so because the
rush is so great that the steamships are
not able TO furnish the necessary accom-
modations.
The town Of Tyngsboro, Mass. has been
suffering for a month past in the eyes Of
the godlv folks because of the report Of
a fire made to the State Fire Marshal 10y
one of the Seleotmen. a house was
struck by lightning and the Select man
wrote il down as due "tO the careiessness
of Providence and a thunderstorm
The VIII % the Earl OF STAFFORD, who
married Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate, of New
York. and who was killed May 10th last
at Potter's Bar, 10y train, directs that he
be buried In the grave Of his first wife.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26

And then n wise bcli-we,her sheep
Pursued the trail DER vale and steep,
And drew the flock behind him. too,
As good bell-wethers always do.
And from that day DER hill and glade,
Through those old wood q path was made,
And many men wound In and out.
And lodged and turned and went about,
And uttered words of righteous wrath
Because twas suoh a crooked pathi
But still they fon0wcd-dO not laugh
The first migration OF that calf.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
ThpCaff Path.

One day through the prlmeval wood
A calf walked home, as good calves
should
But made trial all bent askew-
A crooked trail. as all calves do.
since then two hundred years have fed,
And. infer. the calf ia dead.
But still he left behind his tran,
And thereby hangs moral tale.
The trail was taken up next day
BY q lone dog that passed that way;
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
THE TIMES: RICHMOND. VA SATURDAY. AUGUST 90. 1899

their political lemonade, calm down and
cool their angry passions. The wise words
of Hamlets mother: 80, gentle son.
upon the heat and fame Of thy distemper
sprinkle cool patience" as an admirable
aud judiclous motto for Virginia Demo-
orats ct the present time.-West Point
Plain Dealer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
Tho pennlc's CHOICE.

There IS no doubt that with the people
Governor Tyler Is popular, and II they
were allowed 70 express themselves the
Governor would be elected Senator by
big majority. But the machine has decid-
ed for Martin. and the people will have
no say So in the matter-Page Courier
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
A TERRIBLE REVENGE.
4 Discharged Servant in West Virginia
COmUits Murder.

Commits Murder.
PARKERSBURG. w. VA, August a.
Belle Collins. n mlddle-ased woman. who
for several years ..ad been IN the employ
Of a family named Daniels. at Thacker
was dismissed last week and she left for
Kentucky. ON Tuesday night she APP
peared az the back door Of the Daniels
home. and. finding Mrs Daniels alone,
walked into the room and plunged a dirk
into her former mistress body.
Death was almost instantaneous After
committing the murder the Collins woman
crossed the Tug river into Kentucky and
has not yet been captured. The only Wit
nesses of the crime were Mrs. Daniels
two children. aged nine and eleven years
The eighteen-year old son of Mrs. Daniels
has been missing for several days, and
It IS feared that the Collins woman wy
laid and killed him before numbering his
mother.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
Confusing.

"Irs a hard question said Broncho
Bob. 81 guess wen keep the things out
o. Crimson Gulch. altogether"
what things?"
"OrtermObiies. II q man steals n boss
we know what 10 DO with him. But II
II was a hoss-less carriage. we'd be all
mixed up an mebbe I'm a little while
justice would stand 30 show at all!'-
Washington Star
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
Inst Wnit.

Watts-T see that Richard Croker feels
much hurt because he is accused Of be-
ing un-American.
Potts-That oughn't to worry him n
New York. Just walt till they begin ac-
cusfig him OF being un-Irlsh.-lndianapolis
Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
Familiar symptoms.

Briggs-Whats the matter. old man?
Griggs-Nothing but dyspepsia. prickly
heat. mosquito bite. malaria and sense
Of utter loss.
Briggs-Why. I didn't know YOU had
been away on your yacauon.-IoWn To-
pics.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26

Ted-Was it hard to tell Miss Prim you
loved her?
Ned-Not very. The hard part came IN a
month later when ] had 70 tell her l had
made a mistake.-Tit-Blts.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
Should Survive.

do you think this poem OF mine will
live?" asked the high-browed youth
II dunno" answered the brutal ac-
quaintance. 1T ought TO. II seems pretty
tough. Washington STAR
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
The Tclltale Voice.

But when the ass I'm Hons skin
Does bray. the truth we wot;
His ears may have deceived ts,
But ours, at least, do not
Detroit Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
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CURRENT COMMENT,

Hon. william Goebel, Democratic can.
didate for governor Of Kentucky. is deep
ly touched and has publicly expressed
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An. Pierrot.
Where is thy C0iumb.ne?
What vandal could untwine
That gay rose-rope OF thine.
And spill thy joy like wine
Poor P.crr0t?
All. pierr0t.
Tho moon IS rising red
Above thy grief-bowed head;
Thy roses are all shed,
And Columbine is dead.
Poor Pierrot!
All. Pierrot.
Kneel down beside her tomb.
The gray wind OF the gloom.
in the worlds empty room,
Has shut the door Of doom.
Poor Pierr0t!
All. Pierr1t,
Is there not one sweet word
OF brook or breeze or bird
A mortal ever heard,
Could cheer thee-not one word,
Poor Pierrot?
All. lNiANNf
4 thousand times the spring
VIII come 20 dance and sing
Up the green earth. and bring
Joy to each living thing,
Poor Pierroti
But. Pierr0t.
When an that pomp shall pass
Her lowly house I'm the grass,
VIII any say. alas,
Poor Columblne; alas,
Poor Pierrot?
Alb Pierrot,
THY loving tears I'm vain
Shall fall like quiet rain
For her; tin the stars va
She Will not come again.
Poor Pierr0t!
Yet Pierrot.
The mighty mother now
Hath her in care somehow,
Listen. and clear that brow;
go, earthling, gr.evo not, thou,
Poor Pierr0t!
"Ah. Pierrot.
Here on my cool green floor
do transmute restore.
All things once fair before
To beauty more and more.
Poor Pierr0t"
Bliss Carman in Golfers Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
So Much Money the Bankers Can't
: Get Rid of 1t.
HARPER TALKS OF HIS MAGAZINE
Terrible Experience Of Young Man
in Sewer-Death Of a Well-hnoWn
Brooklyn Bridge sta
tistics-Big Dry Goods IrusS

NEW YORK. August 25.-special.----N'.c.--
cording to Alfred r. White who was o,.y
works commissioner Of Brooklyn uioel
MAYOR schieren. the city could ae4u ~
the Ramapo water system for S-S"o'y.''
while the Ramnpo Company asks the cay
10 nav it 500 900 In forty years Tor 'he
water with nothing 20 show at inc emo
OF the forty years. The CITIZENS ohlo"
has begun TO fight the Ramapo scnelDe,
on the ground that the present supply i9
sufficient, but that the water Is PENS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26

The people are said % Doe SD prosperous
that the banks are suffering because 50
few merchants want 90 borrow money.
Here is ex-C0mp;roner Hepburn Who said
to-day.
New York is lending practically no
money 90 the West or 90 the South this
year. The banks of these sections do not
need f.. They have an The money they
want for their purposes. The West dbl
not borrow nearly SD much from MS as
usual last year but this year she SIS not
asking for any. Last years good crops
gave them "A surplus and some OF the
Western cities actually have money 20
lend in this market The country is fast
getting rich. and it is prosperous not only
I'm the East and West but in the South
and Southwest. This SIS not merely an
opinion. this is q fact that IS shown py
the reports of business every day..
Tho Brooklyn bridge. although n"" slA-
teen years old. stil remains one of 10.
mechanical wonders OF the world. anl DIS
ono OF the chief show places ot tne Ne
trop0ls since 30 was opened DID i',''
over IOO0OC0 persons have crossed ine
bridge. and this total does not in. lloe
fbe pedestrians and those who cross h
wagons. but represents the tfaiiic ol l"7
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-26
- 4 eEWEN.

v,.u,t,,, corr eleIfceu years 0f age.
hal frightful experience last nl-.l or
eari, this morning he had siafteA nome
at D. NJ ON his bicycle and was fldlns
alone Terrace. As Dee reached me ioot
~ lafayette avenue the carth heheaih
him cave way and wheel and rider sank
INTO "a black abyss Cars bicycle went
from under him and Doe cIutched ValnIF
for some means 10 stay DIS falL Ihen d.
found himself I'm q sure'ne stream OF
muddy water All about nun was ii.NF
blackness The heavy rain htd causel
break IA the storm-Water ever am" ''o
escaning water had undermined the SIDE
walk. .s. s...
and made desperate efforts 20 Keep his
head above the current Tie s'IediNeu'
but there was no one 20 hear MN.
shortly before O'Clock "a Nese'aoie
vender on his way 20 New YORK ho.iceu
"a hole az the roadside twenty leet pa
diameter. As he nearcd the excavation
n gsint crv reached HIS ears. lie reered
60 ,ho boio hut could sec nothing. He
COT q lantern and lowered it with halter.
Tho water had subsded. and upon the
bottom was Carr. kneeling and semi-un-
conscious. He was taken nome anu At
tended by a physician.
Later workmen found his bicycle buried
twenty feet deep -
THE DRY GOODS TRUST
In speaking Of the proposed dry goods
trust. The Times says;
"A prospectus has been issued by the
Mercantile REORGANIZATION Company re-
Gently incorporated In Newark under the
New Jersey laws. with q capital OF Sloo'-
900. The new company IS admittedly
only the forerunner OF a gigantic corpo-
ration having a capital stock Of 100000,
which proposes to take over by purchase
with cash and stock stores situated IN
various cities and towns throughout the
country that furnish dry goods and kin
dred lines that go TO make up the aver
age department store of the day. IL Is
proposed TO operate these concerns as
Joint corporation. each individual con-
oern acting as a branch OF the whole. the