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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-14
GENERAL CRoNJE.
An English View Of Him Different
form the Popular One.

Arnold White, in Philadelphia Ledger,
The capture Of Cronje is gratifying,
but his personality is not an agree
able one. He is brave and he is cum
ming. In his surrender to Lord Roberts
it will be observed that, while he plead
ed for kindness on behalf of himself
and his large suite. he had not a word
to say on behalf of his army. He re-
fused before surrender, Lord Roberts's
offer OF a safe conduct for the women
and children. He declined medicaf as
sistance for the wounded, upon whom
neglect has produced the most lament
able and irreparable effects. More than
this, Cronje's history is unsavory.
Is difficult to convey to readers at
distance the intensity of feeling among
loyalists in South Africa and at home
on the subject of General Cronje.
Englishmen regard Cronje's record
precisely as Americans would regard it
had they been its victims. The Cronje
who has been so anxious to save his
own skin is the same man who during
the siege OF Potchefstroom caused Brit
ish prisoners of war TO be placed in the
forefront of the besieging operations
and compelled them to work in the
trenches, with the result that some of
them We're killed by their own COM
rades. He refused to allow two ladie,
who were in the garrison and were i'll
to leave the fort i'm order to obtain food
and medical attendance. One Of them
died. In 1881. defying treaty obliga-
tions, he withheld from Colonel Wins
low and the besieged garrison the news
that an armistice had been arranged
between the British and Boer forces.
and continued the siege until the gar
rison We're forced to surrender to save
the lives of the women and children.
1t Is the same Cronje who had the In
dumas of Queen Toeremetsjani flogged
without any form of trial. For this act
of injustice he was condemned by a
Transvaal court to pay $l25 each to the
thirteen lndunas. They never received
the money. He Is the same man who
gave a safe conduct to Captain Elliott.
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Lieutenant Fiscus on down. was jubi-
liant now. for this was the first gen.
erai ever captured on this island by
the Americans, and Is considered a
great honor.
The general speaks Spanish very fiu.
entity and seemed to want to talk. He
said they had six American prisoners.
but that two Of them had escaped
some time ago. One of them belonged
to the Sixth and the other the Twenty
third infantry. They had four Krag-
Jorgensons and four Mausers. while
the rest Of their rifles were all Reming-
tons.
WHERE THEY GOT THEM.
Two of the Krags were taken from
two men from the Twenty-third in
fantry doing outpost duty, one mile
from Cebu, In June, and the other two
were taken from two men of the Sixth
shortly after We arrived here at Ell
Pardo, four miles north of Cebu.
He also said the Filipino soldiers
were paid 21s pesos a month and that
the homtries (men) who worked for
them got eight duccos day; that Is
equal to s cents Of our money. When
we told him what we got a month and
what we paid the natives for working
for us he was much surprised.
We returned to our camp last night
pretty well tired out, but after one OF
the most successful trips ever taken
by small body of soldiers, and every
one is highly elated over our success.
This morning detachment from our
company took the general, captain and
lieutenant into Cebu.
1t is thought now that the insurrec-
ton on this island will soon come to
a close, as the backbone of the en-
emy's army is broken. Let us hope
so anyway.
William ]. Boyce.
CnmnanY *, Nineteenth infantry.
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will be world beater. because 1t has
all the advantages that go to make up
a great gold field. These advantages
are easy of access, large extent Of
ground rich in gold, shallow claims,
plenty of water. and the gold in such
condition that "a large amount of it
can be saved at little expense. Nome
possesses all these and more.
Nome is on the coast. and can be
reached by boats from Puget Sound
ports in twelve days, but not earlier
than the latter part of May. Many
who are anxious to get on the ground
at "a very early date next spring have
gone in to Dawson, and will attempt
the 1000 mile ice trip down the Yukon
river during the winter. This is a very
hazardous journey, and it Is doubtful
whether Nome can be reached before
the middle of June. at which date the
ice around st. Michael breaks up.
There is striking similarity of the
Nome placers with the early California
placers. They are shallow, rarely eX-
ceeding Ave feet to bedrock. and the
ground can be easily and rapidly pros
pected and worked. 1t is estimated
that fully $2,000.000 was cleaned up on
the beach this last summer, and this
in spite OF the fact that these diggings
We're not discovered until the middle
of July, and work ceased early in Oc-
tober because of the cold. This beach
runs rs to 100 feet wide for at lea
sixty miles. Hundreds Of men rocked
out an ounce Of gold, per day, and
some old miners made $50 and slOO a
day, and occasionally a cleanup of
$1,000 and $1,000 was reported. The
nay streak runs. down to the waters
edge and perhaps further. No claim
on the beach between high and low
water can be staked. and the mining
laws of the camp last season allowed
every man nine feet Of ground. II q
man left his working ground for any
length Of time another man could set
up a rocker on the place and work.
Notwithstanding that there were
fully 5000 people in the camp last sea.
son, the resources Of the beach are so
extensive that neither the tundra,
creek nor quartz claims were given
any attention. except in rare cases.
and these few cases proved bonanzas.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-14

uYour medicine almost raised me
from the dead" writes Mrs. Edwin H.
Gardner, of Egypt, Plymouth County,
Mass, Boz IA. III had pain all over me
and such a dragged feeling it seemed I
could not do my house work. had to
sit down to wash the dishes, even, and
also to do some of my other work, too.
IN the year 1897 I was so sick I did not
care to Hve and prayed many times Gsat
God UoNld take me. Then thought
of my little boy and my husband, and
thought it would be dreadful to 70 and
leave them behind; so one day was
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little book in which I used to keep INV
husbands accounts, I read 1t and
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very weak afterward. was in pain all
over. My feet would sfip from under
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The evidence that DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton makes weak women
strong and sick women
we'll is OueraUhelmi,aq.
More than that: it makes
old women new. Women
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The eye brightens, the
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The woman not only feels
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Birthplace Of the Potato.
From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
Peru is the birthplace of the potato,
which was useu as an article of food
by the Incas and exported to Europe
by the Spaniards when they took over
quinine bark and named in honor OF
the Countess OF Chincon, whose hus-
band at that time was viceroy. The
Indians had used the bark for medi-
cinal purposes as long as any one
could remember. but this noble lady
was the first European to test its eff
cacy, and 1t proved so excellent a cure
for the malaria which saturates the
atmosphere of Lima that she induced
the Jesuit fathers to recommend it to
the medcos of the old world. These
wise old chaps sent it to Spain and
Italy, and 1t is said that one of the
first doses of ouinine that was ever
administered in Europe was swallowed
by the pope. The unregenerate pota-
to, which Is still found in wild state
among the mountains of Peru. Is a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-14

It is not the easy cases
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Pierce's Favorite Prescrip.
ton. Speaking in general,
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organically, but in a Ger.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-14
row 4 WELL woman
FEELS,

IT feel like q new woman" writes
Miss Annie Stephens, of Belleville,
Wood Co., West Va. NJ took several
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-14
WHAT DOCTORS sam,

"1 had internal trouble very badly
until 1t resulted Ia ulcers of the ute.
rus" writes Mrs. Mary Adams, of
Grassycreek, Ashe County, N. c.
III was troubled with It 50 that I
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The doctors said Z could not be cured,
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Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pei.
let's After taking two bottles I could
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WHAT SHALL ! DO7

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II had Inflammation Of the internal
organs and hemorrhage for three months
% that I could not turn over In bed
without help; and soreness Of the abdo-
men, and also bladder trouble" writes
Mrs. Jennie Lee, Of Lethridge, Alberta
Dist, N. w. T., Canada. WIn fact, ]
was complete wreck, and the local
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oet ou ae snS vo5n Xa 1i SaI @ 1I1 Soso 30 IP'
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Bills PAYABLE in Russia.

From the London Financial News.
The year 1900 not being a leap year
in the Gregorian calendar while 1t Is so
in the Julian mode of reckoning. the
old stiyle in Russia, will as from
March / next be thirteen days behind
the new style. This is point OF the
utmost importance in regard to bills
payable in Russia. Indeed. it happens
very often that bills drawn upon Rus
sia bear both dates, and the slightest
errir is sufficient to render void q pro-
test Of such bills. as the courts are
very strict about these matters. 1t Is.
therefore. inadvisable to mention the
old style in any, such documents. The
latter date is quite unnecessary, as
Russian commercial law provides that
bills from abroad shall be payable aG-
cording to the new style. which IL
followed by nearly all the countries OF
Europe.
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to a woman
J. means life, liberty

IL EAETH to q woman
Ill means life, liberty
and the pursuit Of
happiness" A woman in
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prisoned for days in a
darkened chamber. At
her best she just manages
to keep about; her back
aching, her nerves trem.
bling, her head dizzy and
reeling. And there are
days when so intense is
her suffering that the cry
Of Mariana leaps to her
lips: "Oh God! I am
aweary, and I would that
I were dead"
Just how true to the life
is this glimpse of suffering
may be gathered from the
case of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-14
the treatment and cure Of
diseases Of women.

the treatment and cure Of
diseases Of women.
In a little over thirty
years DR.. r. v. Pierce,
chief consulting physician
to the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, Buffalo,
N. Y, assisted by his staff
Of nearly a score Of physi.
clans, has treated and
cured more than half a
million women.
This offer of free CONSUL
tation by letter, therefore,
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those who are not physi.
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stitution Of
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All correspondence is
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who was shot down in cold blood with
Cronje's safe conduct on his person.
The murderers were never punished.
While recognizing, therefore, Cronje's
dauntless courage, fertility of resource.
magnetic power over his men and
marked abilities, the English do not re-
gard him as worthy or respectable
foe
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-14

delicate vine which bears fruit about
the size of plum and as yellow as an
orange. Cultivation has increased Ito
size and improved its flavor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-19

the comedy of music and a wealth of
vaudeville speciaities
Mr.. Paul E. Quinn. as Tim McFadden,
is a favorfte farceur, with an enviable
hrogue and well cultivated turn for
exploiting the absurd. And the effect of
the absurdity would not be lessened by
terming Mrs. Lizzie Conway, as Mrs
Murphy, queen OF the flats, his Head
Ing lady"
One OF the most enthusiastically re-
oetved turns was the combination dance
and cake walk by Mr. Charles A. Morgan
and Miss Kfttie Nelson A vaudeville
specially we'll done is a well spring of
pressure and a Joy forever. Medioerity
becomes haunting nightmare. The act
OF these two Is highly .ereditable Bobby
Ralston, the funny little man. who Is a
WEole show in himself and Mr.. Harry
Watson. the bicycle tramp, are still with
TIE company. and as popular as ever.
Toward. Russell Edwards and Whiting,
| the emperors of musie,' take no second
place In their particular speciality The
descriptive melody in the second act, in
Producing the entire company in an ex-
cellent imitation of the march king,
"Sousa," was led by Harry Watson. This
turn Is screameE
McFadden's Row of Flats" with it's
yellow kids, Bowery toughs, coon songs,
! knockabout work, grotesque effects,
shapely limbs and comical situations, will
remain at the Grand all the week. with
regular matinees and a special perform
ance on the afternoon of Washingten'S
birthday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-19
DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.

p,ttshurg. Pa.-The Pittsburg Plate
CLASS company has announced a general
advance Of per cent on glass prices ei-
Rio de- Janeir6N seaor Rodriguez Alya
has been elected goF vernon OF San Paio
without opposition. & :; no,,na
~. ,nan1,fa ct,1r!ers OF coaches, carriages
and wagons, Aadet an assignment to-
day.
San Francisco According to news
brnmaht bv the Coptic, pirates are caus-
Ing trouble In Chinese waters The gov
eminent seems5 powerless to stop their
depredations Ok
Pa,,s-The sultan oenvoy. Munier Bey,
presented President 0L1oubet today with
the insignia and grand Gordon of the Or
der Of Nichamimtiaz .9the highest decora-
ton in the Turkish empire
Denver. Col.2The four-story building
occupied by the MIllar-osborn Spice GO.
Quilted by fire today The total damage
Is estimated at $4,000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-19
THE FUTURE GREAT TR1o.

For fifty years wheat, cotton and provi-
sions have been the three great exports
of the United States, and in that time
they have amounted to the vast sum Of
over $4,000, 600, OOO or one-fourth as much
as the total wealth of the country as it
is today, and ten times as great as the
total value of our foreign trade for 1899.
While we have thus gone on from year
to year sending food to the English oper-
atives, and borrowing vast sums from
Europe for railway construction, Eng
land has earned enough money each year
to keep US in borrowed funds by the
very simple legerdemain Of selling cotton,
steel and wooden goods and coal to US
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-19
cLARK,s pREDIcAMENr,

1t is related in the Associated Press re-
port that when Senator Clark was asked
on his examination before the investigat-
ing committee II he had expended any
money in bribing members of the legisla-
ture, he drew himself erect and, looking
his interrogation fairly in the eye, answer
ed: mo, sir; never"
This accords with the action and Ian
guage of an honest man under such cir
cumstances; and it may be after all that
the senator did not expend any money
for that specific purpose. Still the I'M
disputed fact remains, unexplained, that
there was a trifie Of Sis 900 expended to
promote Senator Clark's election. Con-
ceding even that this money was not ex-
pended for purposes of bribery, 1t is
quite plain that Senator Clark did con-
sent to loosen up, as ex-Gov. Hauser
SO naively stated it.
One hundred and fifteen thousand dol
lars may be trifie in the estimation of
Senator Clark, but 1t is considerable
sum In the view Of the ordinary mortal.
And IL It Is to be regarded as necessary
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-19
SMART SHORT STORIES.

Bulwer-Lytton committed many crimes
against taste in the decoration of his
mansion at Knebworth. 1t Is beautiful
house, but the novelist did his best to
spoil it by false stucco ornaments exter-
nally, in the way of gargeyies and quasi
gothic pinnacles.Js Time and the weather
did not treat these ornaments with much
respect, each frost bringing down in the
life of his son (tOwen Incredibly some
pinnacle which his father had deemed
permanent The peettWas walking on the
lawn one morning after sharp night 8
frost when the gardener came to tell him
of the fall of another gargoyle, with these
words. eff you please, my lord, there is
another of them --- monkeys fallen
down in the night. go
Illustrative of the dirtiness Of the At
CHAN, it is said that on one occasion Gen.
Roberts captured native who was SO
exceptionally dirty that it was thought
necessary, for the safety of the whole
camp. that he should be washed. Two
..Tommy Atkinses were told off for that
purpose. They stripped the prisoner, and
scrubbed for two hours with formidable
brushes and large quantity OF sort soap.
Then they. threw down their brushes in
disgust and went to the captain. What
is II. menu" We'll, sir, they replied,
somewhat excitedIy, we We WasLSu that
ere Afghan chap for two hours. but 1t
warn't any good. After scrubbing him,
sir. till our arms We're like to break.
blessed if we didn't come upon another
suit Of clothes!'
A story is going the rounds at Harvard
concerning last year S graduate; duti-
ful son and an industrious student, yet,
withal. a somewhat literal youth At the
beginning of his concluding year, his ia
ther. who was just setting out for Europe,
said TO him: Now, Harry, you get your
degree. and.In send for You to come over
ana travel all summer Harry was de-
lighted. "Father," said he, Il will" He
studied faithfully all the college year, and
In lime went through, with flying colors.
Then he cabled to his father: Yes But
tho father had forgotten his impulsive
offer. He unused over the message, won
dered and then cabled back: Yes,
what?u The son was In turn perplexed.
hut being a, well trained lad, he did not
remain long in the dark, and, fired by
d1,teous zeal, cabled back: Yes, sir.
letters of explanation followed. and he
10 now making the grand tour