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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-20

the village and the scene will be most
picturesque.
In front Of the village will be a mill
tary guard of United States soldiers
to give a military glamor to the scene.
There will be theatre with a capacity
for seating 1000 people. Performances
will be given daily by the natives. Ev-
cry visitor will want to see this Filipino
Village and thus witness scenes true to
life in the islands which have now be-
come an important part of the possess
sions OF the United States.
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III.

Meanwhile the general, accompanied
by several members of his staff, made
his way toward the enemy's dismantled
position. The place was perfect
wreck. and was burning in many places
while around and beneath the dis
mantled guns the bodies We're piled up
In heaps, literally breast high.
Slowly the little band wended their
way in and out among the heaps OF
dead and dying, pausing every now
and then to administer water or a plug
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-20
II.

'Neel, those devils will have to be
driven out" said the general, impa-
tiently.
quite so-but how?
The two men had reined in their
horses on a piece of rising ground,
from which an excellent view of the
surrounding country could be obtain
ed. The general slapped his riding
breeches with the gauntlets he car
ried in his hHnd.
"If we could only get battery into
Zerbugge's Hollow" he said. slowly. Il
think 1t could be done"
Colonel Neel faced round abruptly.
In his eyes there cleaned startled
look of inquiry.
"Zerbugges Hollow?" he echoed.
why it would be simply murder.
They wouldn't live tc unlimber, much
more silence the gun"
He looked away northward, to
where a group of farm buildings rose
sheer out of the brown expanse of
veldt. Even as he did So. a puff of
white smoke rose from it's vicinity,
followed, after few seconds inter-
val. by heavy boom.
"The beesars have got the range
to a t." fumed the general "Some-
thing will have to be done. VIII you
lead battery to Zerbugge's Hollow,
Colonel Neel?"
That officers face flushed a duh red
at the implied taunt.
What question to ask a soldier!"
he said. "Of course would, or any,
where else, II necessary By the way,
though" he added, this ought to be
a good opportunity for your brave
Captain Crawford"
The General frowned and piled his
gloves with even more rapidity and
force than hitherto,
We'll settle that question once and
for ALL" he burst out, angrily. "Barnes.
come here"
The orderly rode up and stood at at
tention.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-20

those Boer women, didn't he? A regu-
lar Sumner for locks, l was told,
and quite an heress in small way"
Your information is correct" re-
Piled Neel between his teeth. Cap
tain Crawfords main interests are
now on the side of the enemy. Things
being so, | should imagine it would
be as we'll to keep an eye on him."
1t was like putting a match to pow
der The men were on their feet NUT
tering.
Hang it all Neel." burst out the
general. this is too much! I've a
good mind"
What he would have said or what
would have transpired in consequence
1t was impossible to say, for at that
moment an interruption came. There
was an ear-splitting roar followed by
terrific rush of displaced air, which
nearly wrecked the tent. Lieutenant
Gally clasped his hand to his ear with
rueful grimace. A fragment of steel
had grazed that organ, and the blood
was pouring down. Next moment the
generals voice beloved an order, and
the men rushed from the ten pell-
nell.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-20
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-20
ARIZoNA's INDIAN SCHOOL.
Some Achievements in Making Red
men Good Citizens.

Some Achievements in Making Red
men Good Citizens.
The Indian school at Phoenix. Ari.,
has grown to be one Of the most i'm
portant in the country. 1t now has an
enrolment of 700 pupils. The school
was established in 1891, and has earned
an enviable reputation for it's good re-
suits. The literary. commercial, and
Misunderstanding departments are filled
with students. The following trades
are taught: Agriculture, baking,
blacksmthing, cabinetmaking, carpen-
try, dairying, engineering, gardening,
harness and shoe making, masonry,
onyx manufacture and stonecutting.
painting, printing. sewing. tailoring,
wagon making, and cooking. An i'm
portant industry in which full instruc-
tion is given is that of domestic
science, which teaches the theory and
practice of cooking and housekeeping.
Regular courses are established in this
work, and it is obligatory upon every
girl to graduate from the course, and
also from that of sewing, before diplo-
mas are given to them from the liter
ary department.
American has been established, and Is
source of much profit to the students
in various ways, besides being an edu-
cational factor of great Importance in
bringing , the whites to realizing
sense of the real Indian, his abilities
and ambitions. The student body rep
resents some so different tribes, from
all the western states and territories.
and there have been applications from
Indians of Alaska to enter the school.
There exists very little difference In
the natural mental ability Of the war;
ious tribes. but a very considerable
difference in energy, industry, and am
bition. The river Indians Chose living
along the river bottom lands) are bet
ter natured, more docile, and less am
bilious to excel than the mountain In
dams. The Apaches compare very
favorably with other tribes. and will,
when educated, make good citizens.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05
PROGRESS OF WOMEN.

There is no more elaborate argument
OF determined opposition to woman
suffrage than there has been to each
step of the progress of the rights Of
women, writes Carrie Chapman Gait,
president National Suffrage Associa-
ton. Scientists measured the heads
and weighed the brains to prove that
girls could not master a college edu~
cation. Clergymen read the Scriptures
to prove that they should not, ana
public opinion echoed the sentiments
Of both. But girls did master the
college curriculum. When the world
recovered from it's establishment scien-
fists investigated anew and discovered
that measurement and weight could de-
termine little of the quality of the nu-
man brain; clergymen reinterpreted
the Scriptures, and public opinion al
justed itself to the new conclusion.
Each step of the way has been bitterly
contested, and that there has been
advancement in the rights of women al
all is due to the fact that the few, net
the many, possessed the authority to
insure the change. Had it been
necessary to submit the question Of
coeducatiOn to popular vote before the
experiment had been tried there would
not be 10000 young women studying
in our colleges and universities today.
In 1910, before women had studied o.
practiced medicine, had it not beer
necessary to do SO by a vote of men
and women, 5000 graduated women
physicians would not now be engag ID
in the healing art in our country. The
progress has come because women OF a
larger mold, loftier ambitions and
nObler seIf-respect than the averaEe
have been willing to face the OppOsi-
ton Of the world for the sake Of lib
erty. More than one such as these de-
serve the rank of martys. The sacri-
flee of suffering, of doubt, Of oblOquy,
which has been endured by the
pioneers in the woman movement will
never be fully known or understood
For 60 years and more a vigorous
agitation has been waged in the United
States to establish equal right for
women with men. Under it's influence
and guided by the brave leadership Of
brave men and women, the evolution Of
the rights of women has moved or
without a break
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05

tudes. Narrow valleys and deep gorges
! everywhere break the continuity Of the
| dividing range. Such is especially the
case in the Blue mountains. where the
! scenery IS OF striking and characterised,
5-alGeur. Ile cGolelala every
/ The-e presents one strange popularity.
The level land suddenly terminates.
ana many hundred feet below, as far IS
the eye can reach. wooded valleys ex-
I tend. whose undul2t:ng floors are
/ vailed in by sandstone cliffs, Of height
50 enormous as TO be without parallel
( elsewhere in the world At the bottom
! Of these valleys small rivulets and tiny
streams, fed by waterfalls from the
lableland, trace their way, under an
| ever-verdant dome of graceful tree
/ ferns and giant eucaIypti.
The mountain scenery of this part Of
! New South Wales produces on the
traveller an entirely new impression
Here are no snoW-capped peaks upon
which the rising and setting sun pro-
duces strange and magnificent color
effects, nor does any peculiar shape Of
the SUBMITS strike the Imagination. as
in the Alps and Pyrenees Of the old
world, On the contrary, from the
plains the New South Wales mount
aims look rather insignificant. But
gazing from the edges Of the high table
land into the deep valleys below, the
mind is awed by the realization of the
magnificent scale on which nature has
worked in these soIitudes In many
places the cliffs rise 1000 feet perpen-
dicularly from the valley beneath, and
the hills at their feet. formed by the
accumulation of debris from their sides
and from the plateau above, appear as
slight unduIatiOns. The valleys and
sides of the gorges, wherever there is
soil, are clothed with dense vegetation.
and over all is the mantle Of blue haze
which makes the whole effect most
striking, and which has given to the
1ange visible from Sydney its appro-
pirate name. The main range throws
off many spurs toward the sea on the
eastern slope, which divide the waters
Of the numerous rivers flowing into
the Pacific ocean. In the IIlawarra dis
trict, the Garden Of New South
Wales, the base of the mountains
skirts the very edge Of the coast, pre-
senting toward the ocean a perpendicu-
lar face of cliff, nearly 1000 feet in
height. The beauty Of the scenery here.
with its immense masses of fern. palm.
and other sub-tropical vegetation. is
almost proverbial. 1t is, indeed, a
lovely country, and situated within a
three hours railway ride of Sydney.
On the snowy ranges and the SUBMITS
of the Australian Alps there is snow
during the greater part of the year, and
snOW-shOes are in use during
winter time in the snow country, where
snow-shoe races are periodically held.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05

scribes that if you do such a rare thing
you must merely lay your august
fingers into their trembling palms and
then withdraw them. If they act
after the ceremony as if frost-bitten
you have lived up to the traditions of
tho imperial house
The ear is permitted to give his
hand to rulers only. But he has 4
ETeat comfort. II IS not only his pre-
negative, but MS duty, according ~
court etiquette, to kiss his cousins. and
as most OF his cousins are females
it is duty that is the reverse of in
pleasant. There was terrible trouble
among the old ladies OF the Russian
court when President Faure of France
was on MS way 10 make visit to It.
Petersburg. He is q ruler, said one,
consequently our august master must
shake him by the hand. mol" sad
others, shocked beyond measure.
No. His father was only a person in
trade, and he himself was only
tanner. Our ear cannot shake such
a creature by the hand."
So acute did this question become,
his majesty finally received the presi-
dent in private, and his form Of greet
ing was kept secret.-Tit-Bits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05
A GIRL WITH A BARITONE VOICE

Black diphtheria has given a ST..
Louis girl a wonderful baritone voice.
Two years ago, it is claimed, her voice.
had no quality and she did not pretend
to sing. There was nothing but the
high querulous key of the singer of no
lay. Today she stands on the TIRES
hold of musical career. Judges of
musical technique have told the
possessor Of this strange new voice. she
may have the lovers of harmony at her
feet if she will cultivate her oddly
given genius. For six months she
could not speak above a whisper, and
then only with great pain. She was
even given up at one time, but a strong
constitution and brave will enabled
her to live. One day, seated at the
piano, she dreamily touched the keys,
opened her lips and awoke. 4 voice
she had never heard stirred the still
room. 1t was the birth Of the new
voice. There is nothing of the female
contralto about it.; it is described as
having the genuine baritone quality.
Offers have been made to the young
woman to place herself in the best
musical preparatory schools in Ameri-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05
NO FEATHERS FOR HIM.

A good story is told about Richard
Croker and Pat Donahue, a prospective
power in one of the New York Irish
wards. Donahue was new-come from
the ''ould SOIL" and Mr.. Croker invited
him to dinner at the Waldorf-AstOria.
Fearing that Donahue might make a
break if allowed to order from the
French menu card, Mr.. Croker volun-
tered to order the dinner and advised
Pat to follow suit and say nothing. A
waiter tum bled Ger himself in his en-
deavor to be the first to wait on Mr..
Croker, and the political magnate
said: We'll, Pat | think we will start
off with a cocktail" Pat hemmed and
hawked; bit his lips with vextation
that he should be forced to object to
his hosts first order, but finally, screw
ing his courage to the point of speech,
blurted out: "If ye have no objection,
Mr.. Croker, and as I'm not fond Of
that part Of the chicken as goes over
the fnce last, I'll take part of the
brist. The ArgOnaut.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05
FRANCE OPEN TO SCHOLARS.

1t is good news to American stu
dents that the hospitality which
France has already given to the
foreigners in matters Of art, science,
literature and education is to be sys~
tematized and greatly extended in cor
nection with the exposition of 1900.
The program of The Paris Inter
national Assembly" issued by the IN
ternatiOnal Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, Art and Edu-
cation, and to be had of the United
States Commissioner Of Education at
Washington, shows a comprehensive
range of congresses, to be increase I
to over two hundred in all, dealing
with a variety of subjects in science,
pure and applied, medicine and
hygiene, industries, social science,
economics, etc, to an extent never be
fore attempted in conjunction with 4
Worlds Fair. What is more to the
point, the University Of Paris, which
is, so to speak, the host Of all visiting
scholars, is making, through the a.
sembly, arrangements whereby any
student may be directed IN the channels
of personal acquaintance best adapted
to the continuation of his work. The
object is to remove every obstacle to
the access to what Paris and the FIX
position have to offer of knowledge Or
British and American universities and
colleges, which is also being invited by
the University of Paris (having &C
credited for this purpose Professor Pat
rick Geddes, the secretary of the Inter
national Association, is likely to in
dUce many English-speaking scholars
to avail themselves Uf this rare OPP
portunity to pursue their specialities IL
the bright light afforded by the Gx-
position and the enlightened city III
which it is being held.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05

IAN was honest.

If every man was honest,
And noble. kind. and true,
And wouldn't fight. or lie, 70 steal,
WAT would The 'cOppers" do?
II every man was good and just
The many and tie few,
and told the truth both day and night
What would tie lawyers do?
II every man would perfect be,
Would not contest or sue,
And gave 10 every one his rights
What would the judges do?
II every man would have good health
And not get sick and blue,
And eat and drink with reason,
What would the doctors do?
If every man would cease to read,
And need no thought or view,
And live like Adam did Of Old,
What would the writer's do?
If every man would stay on land,
And ships would have no crew,
And all the lakes and seas dried I'D
What would t1e sailor do?
If every man would keep the peace,
AS Gentle, Jap, or Jew,
And wouldn't fight or go to war,
What would the soldier do?
If every man would single stay,
And be as gIum as glue,
And only lived just for himself,
What would the ladies do?
If every man would make his god,
We'd need no church or pew,
But, then just think, my Christian
friend
What would the preachers do?
If every man would keep his word
Be pure as morning dew,
And would not lie for wealth or power
What would the statesman do?
Answer.
The copper" lawyer, doctor, ju
Would soon be out of breath.
The writer, statesman, preacher too,
Would groan and starVe to death!
John A. Joyce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05
PIANO PRACTICE AND SINGING

Nothing else is Of such assistance 10
a woman who wants to become a singer
as thorough mastery Of some musical
instrument. l could play the piano
w,:c1 was five years old. a. was
moderately adept on the violin when
was eight. Of course, my first in
teDtions were to become virtuoso Of
ne piano, and therefore I devoted my
,eIt 10 most thorough and exhaustive
study of the instrument. which it is
scarcely to be expected that any woman
merely intending to become a singer
would do. But nothing in my entire
career has proved Of such value to ne
as the sound musicianship that l ac-
quired then; so I would put at the
piano as soon as she was old enough
any girl in whose future I was interest
ed. She should learn that thor
oughly. Her early years should
be passed in acquiring knowl-
edge of these instruments. II she
should fail to do that, and fail to take
any interest in them, I should be very
doubtful for her future as a singer
Madame Sembrich in Womans Home
Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05
ROYAL HOW-D'Y-DOS.

II you were a mere monarch you
would have to salute each person az
cording to rules laid down painfully by
men who have studied these things out
for you and your brother monarchs.
Were you the emperor OF Austria the
only sign of your friendship that you
could give to an ordinary mortal would
be TO bend your head slightly and smile
family. You might give your hand to
other sovereigns or to ministers or to
particular friends, but ceremony pre-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05
MURMURS OF THE MODES.

Black gloves are to be very fashion
able with light costumes.
A favOrite fancy OF the spring is the
Queen Anne berthe 1t is narrow
cape reaching only to the shoulders,
and has high collar, really a Medci,
stiffiy wired on the edge to keep the
flare from dropping. In front are long
scarf ends.
Spiders silk" is one of the new ma
terials shown at the Paris exposition
Made from the webs of the Madagascar
spider, it is very thin and suitable only
for neckties, ruchings and hat trim
mings.
A plain white parasol which is a
little soiled may be readily renovated
with black lace for use this summer.
The lace can be put on in a variety Of
ways,
If you want particularly swell shirt
waist have one of ecru linen and trim
it with bands of the same material
covered with either black or white
stitching
The last word as to wells is that they
will entirely cover the hat, being not
only voluminous enough to do this,
but of a thin, illusionary quality that
will beautify the hat rather than cover
Wedgewe0d blue in a soft but de-
cided tint is one of the popular cOIOrs.
Mohairs are very much in demand.
They have qualities especially ap-
preciable in summer; they are cool,
light and make charming tailor-made
costumes for hot months. There are
plain and mixed mohairs and piqEe
mohair, showing a white ground with
tiny points in black, red, mauve OF
blue, or white points on blue of black.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05

About 5000 Feet is the Altitude Limi

ABOUT 0,OOO Feet is the AIuLuQ6 Limit.
John PIummer's Australian Core
spOndence:-Those who have described
Australian scenery as dull, mOnOton-
Gus, and deficient in the pictureque,
can have beheId very little of it. Sew
eral Of the panoramic landscapes are
among the most extensive and impress
sive in the world, possessing all the
essentials of scenic beauty, their vast
ness being increased, as in south Afri-
ca, by the prevailing silence and sense
OF solitude occasioned by the thinness
Of population. The mountain country
everywhere possesses innumerable at
fractions for the tourist DESTROYS of
quitting the beaten paths of travel, as
we'll as for tho geOlOgist, naturalist,
artist, and even those possessing high
poetic tastes In New South Wales, a
line of mountain ranges divides the
coastal districts from the interior level
country, the immense pastoral regions
from which are obtained the vast
wealth of wool and mutton, the prin-
cipal range running into Victoria, on
the south, and into Queensland, on the
north. In the southeastern portion of
the colony, which has the appearance
Of having been convulsed by some
great physical disturbance, the width
and altitude of the lakeland are
greatest. The mountains are rugged
and their slopes abrupt, as is also the
case in other portions Of the dividing
range, particularly in the Blue mount
| aims and the eastern part Of New Eng
land.
The average height of the Snowy ant
| Muniong ranges. which belong to the
| southeastern district, reaches 5000
feet: and the width of the plateau, il
the direction of east and west, may BIZ
! set down at 100 miles. The altitude Of
the Alonaro district averages 1000 feet
above the sea level; but as the table
| land runs northvard it decreases great
| " in height and in width, until it mar
| rows 10 a few miles only, with an ele
| walton Of scarcely 1900 feet, rising
| again at the Blue mountains, where th'
! principal SUBMITS attain considerable
| elevation, Mt. Beemarang reaching
4,100 feet. There are other alternat'
decreases and increases Of elevation
the mass widening out in the Liverpool
ranges, where Mt. Oxley stands con
spicuous at a height Of $500 feet, Will,
still farther north Ben Lomond reache
| 5000 feet, and the lakeland maintain!
| an average altitude of 5000 feet, givin!
/! TO this district, although situated at N
great distance from the tropics, tn
climate and aspect Of much higher lati