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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
Playing Chess in Texas.

MAN who won a reputation for cool daring
and almost eccentric fearlessness along a
thousand miles Of the southwestern border died
in Texas a short time ago-died. too, in bed,
like a Christian. This man was A. l.. Parrott,
formerly a sergeant in McNely's company OF
Texas Rangers. In 1875, when McNely and
thirty of his men pursued a great band OF raid.
ing cattle thieves to the Rio Grande only TO find
that the raiders had crossed into Mexico, it was
Parrott who swan the river while the thieves
were swarming on the other side, stole a boat
from under their very noses and rowed back,
the MeXicans keeping up a merry fusillade at
him.
One night about six months after Parrott left
the state service he was sitting in house in
little town in southwest Texas, playing chess
with friend 1t was warm night and the
chessboard was on a table close TO an open win
dow. PsTott had the white men. His queen
was in a direct line with the black king, but
black knight was between the two pieces II
was Pauotts move. suddenly there was a sharp
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
AN ADVENTURE.

Three smart young men and three nice girls
All lovers true as steel
Decided in friendly way,
To spend the day a.whcel.
They started in the early morn,
And nothing seemed amiss
And when they reached the lcafy lanes
They in like
rode twOS this.
They wandered by the verdant dale
Beside the ripping rll;
The sun shone brightly all the while;
They heard the song birds trll.
They sped through many a woodland glade
The world was full OF bliss
And when they rested in the shade,
Theysat intwos lkethis!
The sun went down and evening came,
A lot too soon, they said;
Too long they tarred on the way,
The clouds grew black o'erhcad,
Down dashed the rain; They homcwarl few,
Till one unlucky miss
Slipped sideways Crash Great Scott
WercallmiXeduplketh
california CuTio.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

~ RGANIZED labor in the city
of Chicago has taken a wise
step in consentng to an in
vestigation of it's claims by
an impartial committee of seven per-
sons, three to be chosen from among
labor unions not involved in the pres
ent strike in the Chicago building
trades, three from among independent
business men and the seventh to be
Professor Graham Taylor of the Chi
cago Theological seminary, who iS the
author of the suggestion and to whose
efforts it's adoption is chiefly due.
Representatives of 100 union labor
organizations in convention on Mon
day assented to the proposition of an
investigation and incidentally heard
from Professor Taylor truths which
have a widespread application. He
pointed out to the labor delegates that
not only We're they and their employ
ers deeply involved in the civil war
which has prostrated for whole year
the building operations of 1000 900 peo-
pie but that the chief party in interest,
the general public, upon whom all the
loss falls ultimately, had an incontest-
able right to inquire into the facts and
to enforce such conclusions as the facts,
duly ascerta!ne1 and collated, should
warrant. For himself he was a SYM
pathizer with the legitimate aspira
tions and methods of organized labor
but was not blind to the fact than on
labOr's side there are abuses not less
than those which are charged against
the so-called capitalists. Continuing
he said:
Public opinion on the one hand holds
the Contractors association responsible
for its part in the critical situation.
1t is, however widely conceded to
have had just cause of complaint and
even evaporation, which mitigates the
criticism of it's Inconsistencies. A
fair-minded man cannot see it's con-
sistency in insisting upon disbanding
the union trades council while resolute-
ly maintaining its own association; in
demanding the cessation of the sympa-
thetic strike while busily organizing a
sympathetic lockout; in protesting with
not a little justice against the inter-
ference of organized labor with the
liberty of contractors to purchase
union-made material from whom they
pleased while aiding and abetting, il
not compelling, a boycott by building
material producers against the EN-
ployers Of union labor allied with the
Building Trades council; in charging
!! the unions with refusing to keep theil
| agreement while in some instances al
least locking the men out for taking
the Saturday half-holiday granted in
the agreement between them; in com.
planning against what may have beer
! too great a limitation Of the amount
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
THE GUILTY WILL NOT ESCAPE,
W. Z. Curtis in Chicago Record.

W. E' CuItlS IN CnlCaBo NeCOTu
The president is determined to make an exam
pie of Neely and his confederates il it can be
shown that they have been guilty of corruption.
He has instructed the postmaster general, the
secretary OF war and the attorney general to
make the most thorough investigation and the
most vigorous prosecution possible, for moral
effect upon the Cubans. lie wants to show them
that malfeasancc in Office, which has been the
besetting sin of the Spaniards, will not be toler.
ated, and he prefers that Neely shall be tried
in Cuba before a Cuban court and Cuban jury,
in order that the people may have the full
effect Of the lesson.
The removal or suspension of Major Rathbone,
director Of posts in Cuba, is left entirely to
Governor General Wood, and the postmaster gen
eral will be governed by his advice. 1t is un'
derstood that General Wood has recommended
that Major Rathbonc be allowed to remain in
charge for the present and until the unvestiga.
ton has been completed, but whenever he gives
the word Rathhone's head will come off, not
wthstanding the fact that he has been Senator
Hanna closest and most confidential political
lieutenant for several years, and managed the
recent senatorial campaign for him, Although he
has evidently been placing too much confidence
in his subordinates, Major Rathbone has made
an excellent record in the reorganization Of the
postal service in Cuba, and has shown great
ability and energy in his official labors, with a
full appreciation Of their importance.
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Mr.. Sturges' Candidacy.

has done in his leadership of
a the movement to secure a
better enforcement of law III
this community more clearly proves his
carnestness than his registration as a
candidate for jury commissioner. 1t IS
an office to which few men in Mr..
Sturgcs' position in life would aspire.
The great majority of such men criti-
Cize freely the men who hold spubic
office but lay down when asked to
undergo personal sacrifice in the effort
to secure a better representation of
citizenship in ofiice-filling. If there
were more men of the L. r StuTges
kind among those who are dissatisfied
with existing civic conditions there
would be less platitudinous preaching
of the gospel of reform and more prac-
tical reforming.
The office of jury commissioner is not
one of emolument; the pay is hardly
worth mentioning. But it should be
one of high honor and the men elected
to fill it should be clean. conscientious
and courageous. There is no more i'm
pOrtant subject before the public for
consideration than the problem of Sc
curing honest and intelligent juries
and under existing conditions no better
solution of the problem has been pro-
posed than the election of first class
men to have charge of the placing OF
names in the jury wheel and the draw
ing of panels from the wheel. If our
juries are in the main fairly represen
tative of the average conscience and
common sense of the people the ad-
ministration of Justice in our courts
will proceed satisfactorily and the
question of law and order will he
greatly advanced toward an acceptable
adjustment If they fall below this
standard, justice is degraded and the
community suffers.
Mr.. Sturges' candidacy for this i'm
portant though frequently negl ected
office will afford a direct test Of voting
strength between the class Of ct.izans
who want men of his caliber to repre-.
sent them in public office and the class
of citizens who are satisfied 10 let ,he
nomination for jury commission n an
similar offices go to the first "gooG
fellow" who asks for it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
How He Got the Revolver.


g EvERAL YEARS ago Colonel Jack ohinn Wis.
tied Texas, relates the Chicago News. lie
took with him negro valet, sam. This negro
had been a slave in the Chinn family before the
war and idolized his young master. One night,
while in Houston, the darky went to Chinn and
said:
''Massa Jack, Use goin' out in cullud society
heah tonight, an I'd like to borrow dat ivory.
handled six-shooter Of yours to take along"
"Why, you black rascal returned the colonel,
some OF these Houston ooons will take that gun
away from you and break it over your head"
The darky Strengthened up. Like his master,
he was man of unquestoned nerve, and there
was n peculiar glitter in his eyes as he said:
''Massa Jack, you let me hab dat gun, an
IL l don't show up hesh wild it in de mawnin'
you go down to de morgue an throw down dc
sheet an say: "Boys, don't he look nacheral!'
ColorePs Chinn's body servant was that night
armed in manner that entitled him to move
in the best Afro.American society in Houston.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

y Lea y INiA Dy tW-
ing on christian Science"
Il reported elsewhere, will
merit perusal as an author
lied version of which the believers in
that tenet affirm. With its sectarian
aspects we have nothing to do. They
do not come within the province of Il
secular paper and those interested in
controverting them have an abundance
of literature from which to derive in
spiration and argument.
A common sense view of Christian
Science would not pause to take much
account of doctrinal topics but would
make an inventory of practical re-
suits. Are the believers in this tenet
as a rule better citizens than those
who believe in the doctrines of evan
gelical Christianity? Does the prac-
tice of Christian Science contribute a
degree Of betterment to society which
would be absent if the tenet itself
should disappear? This is the line of
inquiry which ordinary intelligence
would mark out as having educational
value.
We are bound to say in the inter-
est OF truth that we have discerned
little difference between the every day
conduct of Christian Scientists and
that of evangelical Christians save in
one particular, to which we shall al
lude presently. Both have their nat
ural proportion of good people and
knaves, the good, we are happy to
say. largely predominating. 1t thus
does not appear that Christian Sci
ence is a public necessity. The one
point where it differs from other faiths
is in it's treatment of the sick; and
here there is cumulative evidence OF
unsatisfactory results.
The right of any person to use such
method Of treatment of his own all
ments short of suicide as his pleasure
or preference dictates is qualified
by one proviso; in its exercise he
must not infict danger upon others
There have been instances of recov-
cry from illness under the ministra-
tions OF Christian Science healers and
instances Of failure to recover. In this
there is a close parallel with other
methods of treatment. But we know
of no other method OF treatment which
contributes as largely as it does to tbs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
Parental Relations.

one Of the teachers in the Sunday school OF
~ the First Methodist Episcopal church Of
Germantown was endeavorng to instil into the
little girls of her class recently a due appre-
citation of parental affection. She spoke of the
mothers love for her children and OF the re.
spect which the children should show to the
mother. For some reason she rather omitted to
lay much stress upon the father. Finally
one OF the little remarked that she thought chill
drcn shcu ud love their mothers much more than
their fathers, "Why, do you think thatf'
asked the teachers "Ch, we'll" said the little
tot, "your fathers are only related to you by
marriage, but your mothers are related to you
by hornation !"-Phladelphia Record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
Percentage Percentage
each ingre. each ingre.
dent bears dicnt bears


Butter oil' is cotton seed oil Sc
same oil is vegetable oil. Both are
wholesome and nutritious in reason
able quantity. In fact, there is no
foundation for the assertion that oleO-
margarine, when properly manufac-
tured, as most of it is, is injurious to
health. 1t compares quite favorably
in this respect with the average dairy
butter and the fact that when eaten
Interchangeable with butter tastes
quite like it and shows equal nutritive
value disposes of the prejudice that
it is unfit to enter the human stomach.
But the dairy interests have a just
cause of complaint when oleo is sold
not for oleo but for butter. This is
swndling. pure and simple, and the
law should come down heavily upon
all who engage in it. If oleO cannot
sell on its own merits it deserves to
fail by the waysde. For our part, we
had fully as lief eat oleo knowing
that it was oleo and buying it for
such as to eat any other article of
prepared food proved by tests and ex-
perience to be nutritious and safe. 1t
is the false representation that damns
the oleo trade.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

illegal and preventible spread OF conta-
gion. to the inflction Of menace upon
society at large; and is not this suf-
ficient ground for its condemnation?
In the interest of the public health
there should in such cases be vigor-
Gus enforcement of sanitary laws and
no granting of special privileges or ex-
omntinns.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

Vinelands curfew law experiment
has been abandoned on the ground
that it was an unnecessary return to
medieval custom. What is really
needed in most cities Is a stat. of
affairs that would be a happy medium
between the Vineland curfew and
wide open" Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

report outside and a bullet whistled in through
the window, hit the black knight and buried it..
self into the wall. Parrott had been bending
over the board and the bullet was evidently
intended for his head. But for few seconds he
did not stir. lie saw the black knight suddenly
vanish Then in his peculiar drawing, hesitat.
mig way he said: "Check!-Philadelphia Ev.
ening Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
Worse and Worse.

ADY (engaging new ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ?
That is too romantic a name, with young
men in the house. l suppose you would not
object to be called by your surnanc2
Applicant-oh, no, ma'an; in fact I'm quite
used to it,
Lady-Ahat is your surnameH
pplicant-Daring g-Answers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
The Neostyle
DuplicatOr. 10000.

1t will print 1000 copies
from one original writing,
drawing or music, and I, 800
copies from any original writ
ten on any typewriter. We
are agents for the above and
have one in use for the in
spection of any one interested
in duplicating machines.
The Planetary Pencil Sharp
ener, improved, The Star
Paper Fastener, improved.
We will put either in your
office on trial for a few days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

The rapidity with which various
strikes about the country are being
amcably settled is liable to put the
calamity bowler out of business
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
Legislative

The election of John II. Phillips to
the place on the board of control vacat-
ed by the death Of his brother, the late
d. |. Phillips, will be accepted by the
public as appropriate and fortunate. He
will make an excellent controller
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
AIRS. ZIMMERMAN. .RANpOLpns elasses he

M RS. ZIMMERMAN -RANDOLPITS classes held
lVl a meeting Monday at the Conservatory
OF Music when it was decided to have
grand concert in June for the benefit of the
scholarship fund for pupils financially unable
to secure vocal instruction Officers were elected
as follows: Mr.. Ralph Williams, president; Miss
Grace Spencer, secretary; Mrs. Ii. II. Brady jr.,
treasurer; advisory board, Mrs Randolph, Miss
Isabel Clark, Messrs Krieg and Doersam.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

If it were not for the fact that green
goods men and bunco-steerers can
always make a living in this country,
the manner in which the Hong Kong
Filipino junta manages to exist would
be a cause for wonder.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

Dairy and Food Commissioner Wells
has vindcated himself so far as Special
Agent SINNERS is concerned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

My little boy of eight years troubled for three
with getting Of bed every night and talking
what happened during the day. AT last he got bad
opened the windows and of the door. greatly
alarmed about it, tried several remedies and my physician also
prescribed for him, but everything failed AT last tried Rpans
abues and have found them the best remedy for boy Since
he has taken the bu he gets of bed sleeps night
and can't thank anything for but Rpans Tabue will
always keep them on hand
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
{ In Monlan's Realm
>ooSoSoSo0So0SSS
TIE CRAWFORD county system is not an .

IT HE CRAWFORD county system Is not an un'
L mixed evil IL has its advantages The
photograph man has his innings with the
candidate, and when he Is through the litho-
grapher and printer secure their opportunity.
Then the bill poster and general distributor gets
his chance. But the good work docs not stop
here. The candidate is really a boon to the
rural communities this season. In the first place
the cards and posters present him as being
very good looking man and there are several
instances where mis- picture goes to swell the
art collection in the farmers parlor. Sometimes
he is stuck up alongside Mckinley, Dewey and
singularly attractive young woman portrayed as
advertising Robinson's' beer. The farmers wife
values these cards, big and little As one re.
marked the other day: They're sitter than
most OF the pasteboard we get and like 10
have 'em for lots Of things" Consequently you
are likely to see her tacking John r. Jones
with his face to a box of eggs she is sending
to market with the name Of the box owner on
the reverse side. You may see NJ. W. Lowry
adorning nicely planted row Of something in
the garden and on looking at the other side find
early White Onions thereon placarded Or
you may find A. J. Colborn's visage placed on
a split stick and labeled on the reverse side,
Little Giant" and probably referring to
new breed Of peas. Perhaps Harry IIatton's por.
trait will be utilized as to its heavy cardboard
in helping Jenny Wren with her nest, or Jacob
Eerber or DR.. J. w. Houser will be
discovered fastening up broken pane
Of glass in the granary. Oh, the candi-
dates pictures are boon to the rural resident
As one man remarked, They're first rate for
marking what is planted in the garden, for
they're so tough the rain don't affect EN-"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
THE VISITING clergy and delegates at

T HE VISITING clergy and delegates at TIN
l Diocesan convention are exceptionally fn'
looking men, which fact probably accounts
in some degree for the prompt cessation of be
lated house cleaning in many Episcopalian fami
lies and the attendance of the feminine portion
of the household upon the sessions, although, t.
be sure, we had conventions before in Scranton
Has it happened to occur to anybody that Their
is to be dearth of those enlyeniug events thi
summer
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
EVERETT'S

Horses and carriages are su-
perior to those of any other
livery in the city.
If you should desire to 60
for drive during this delight
full period of weather, call tele-
phone 1914, and Everett will
send you first-class outfit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

r HE RECENT fair for the benefit Of the IIIh'
/ nemann hospital will net for that institu.
ton considerably more than $1,000, which
is certainly a most satisfactory result OF two
days active work. These two days do not, how-
ever, represent to any degree the great amount
Of time and energy which we're expended on this
enterprise previous TO the sale.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
To Turn on the Light.

{ &. %::; e.; &: T.: { 4: #: +;
NeStigatiOn of its claims by
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16
Christian Science.

THE LECTURE by Judge Ew-
ing on christian Science"
Il reported elsewhere, will
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-16

- Y OTHING which L. b. Sturges
y has done in his leadership of
4 the movement to secure a
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-10-25
PrzecIW LIndOWi.

Jcdne Z najlepszych NOW W
obecnej Rampant wyborczej
wyg}osi} niedawno kapitan
Van SAINT z Winony. repu~
blikahski kandydat ma GU
bernarora Minnesoty, W
GAINESVILLE. Rozebral on
drobnostkowo blahe prze-
chwalki gubernatora Linda i
wykazal. re wszelkie dzie}a,
jake Lind sobie przypisuje,
zawdzieczamy piracy stara-
MON urzednik6w republican.
skich ! Sejnlowi Stanowemu.
Dalej wykazal Lind wybry.
Xxi W gospodarce Linda W
r6znych wydzialach. lnspek-
eva zboza kosztowala wiele
wiecei nil kiedykolwiek pred
tenn. lubo mniej zboza byio
do nadzorowania. Wyrabianie
s1pagatu przez wiezni6w sta
nowego domu karnego kosz-
towalo n~adzwyczaj wlelkie
sunny, 4 inne wydzia}y Wyka.
suja take Fla gospodarke
Sejm Stanowy zas, ktorego
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-10-25
DI,robne 6 Ec l!|lIll

N. Y, -Kolej
uliczna linii Broadway naje-
chala ma Antoniego Piasec-
kiego, PREY czem tenze Cd
niosl smiertelne uszkodzenia.
90
T Pa
Ianowi Wiczko z Gilbertop,
Pa. ,skradziono 5000 z ,.pelu"
kt6rego uzywal zamiast kasy
ogniotrwa}ej. Me wierzyl on
bankom / pieniadze zawsze
nosil pray sobie. Byly to
'kilkoletnie oszczednosci, z
|kt6rych GEESE przeznaczyl ma
sprowadzenie rodziny z Euro
Ply.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-10-25
MAST AGENCl.

Upowaznieni 50 do kolektowa.
mia abonamentu WnRUsA nastepu
,4cY nasi agenoi mielscowi:
ASHTON, Nebr. - Franciszeb
ardYn.
BAY CITY, Mich. - Alexander
Niedzielski, 1914 - l8 Str.
BALTIMORE: Fr. Zisrnowskl
TIE IS. Bond Str.
NANTlCOKE Pa.-Fr. Jab}onsk
OAK HILL. st. Pogorzelski.
PIKE LAKE WIS. = Adam
Bambenek.
WILNO Minn.-F. J. Grochowski
TOWN LAKE, pod Chicago. 49,
Jozef Serainlak, $500 Hermitage
ave-
SOUTHBEND Ind:
as Jan F.sIrszsbiiatowsks
1907 SO Walnut
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-10-25

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -
Miody Stefan Przybysz W
tych dniach ukchczyl nauke
krawiectwa W zak]adzie kra~
wieckim W Notre Dame, i ma
rekomendacye z tego zak}adu
dostai posade ~pomocnika
krawca W wielkim handful
ubrahI Meyer LivingstonSons.
w SYRACUSE, N. Y,
otrzymal swiecenia kap}a6skie
ks. kega. z Pittsburgh po-
chodzacy.
KROZE, MINI. w
naszej novel polskiej osadzie
farmerskie) pobudowaliSmy
k;o$ci6} ma gruncie, kt6ry nam
Kompania Great Northern
kolei podarowala. Pierwsze
nabozehstwo W nowym kos
ciele odprawil Wiel. ks.
Leon Naturski d. "a WrzeS-
MIA.
Osiedlonych tutaj jest 40
familij. ale DUO jest takich,
kt6rzy sic tutaj ma farmach
okupili i wkr6tce zapewne
tutaj przybeda. - Do najbliz-
sci stacyi kolei zelaznej
Humboldt many dziewiet mil
a do naszego glownego mia
sta Hallock, II mil.
w zesz}a
z tego $w;ata S. p. Anna
Kempa, sivstra wielebnego
ksiedza 4. J6zefa Kempy,
zamezna Krzewihska. Pc
~pierwszym pologu, W kwiecie
wieku, BIO zaledwie lat 22
lic7aca.