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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
WIT AND WISDOM.

Most people just believe things: they
don't know them.--Atchison Globe.
"were you at the wedding?" Yes
"who gave the bride away2n mo one.
She married for money. Town Top
les.
An Ohio minister by the name of
Turn was recently united in marriags
with young lady of the same name.
Verify one good turn deserves another.
Chicago Daily News.
Disharrod.-"Yes.h he was expelled
from the bar association, too "khi
What bar assoeiation?' "Thc ono that
meets in finnerty's saloon. ."--Clese-
land Plain Dealer.
First Rabbit-"That town boy has
been around here nearly week and
never once tried TO Kill us.' Second
Rabbit--"Yes; he seems to be devoid
of all human attributes.
oils Press.
Art and Realism.-Actress Tin
dgnantly) - "I'll tell you one
ihingl II you can't drive the mice
out of this apartment I'll novel
IauuiaAN Al, cbAhhR w - - ~
theater you make believe TO be the
maid OF Orleans and at home you're
afraid of a neutrality-suspicious.
Blaetter.
Look herei Yesterday, when !
bought this cane from you, you guar.
anteed that the head was genuine
iyory Now find that il is imitation"
us that posslhle7 Well, | get all my
goods direct from Ceylon, but, oi
course, 1t is quite possible tfat the ele-
plants there have taken to using false
eth."--Floh.
Hungry ms Usual. - "Ahi' ex-
claimed the housekeeper, before
the tramp had a chance TO make
the usual plea for food. ~ suppose
you are going TO offer TO saw that wood
for me-" "Well, no. lady," replied the
Harvard Hasbeen. II haven't done a
job like that for some time" "This
will give you a chance to get your hand
in" "Renlly, madam it's getting my
handout that interests me most
| Philadelphia Press.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
VARIOUS Articles of Furniture Tint
Are In order for the summer
seasoa.

All sorts Of pretty things are 10 be
found now for summer homes. The
wicker and bamboo furniture has
never been rs attractive as il Is this
year. 1t comes in all colors and the
strands of the material can be seen
at the shops in a sufficient quantity
10 give an idea of the shade, and the
furniture can then he ordered as dc
sired. Green, as always, is popular.
the prettiest pieces being not in she
solid green. but woven in geometrical
designs. The broad swinging seats
which are SO delightful for the piazza
come in both wicker and bamboo.
Comfortable cushions for them are
made thin and rather hard. of straw,
and covered with some of the mex
pensise Chinese or eastern eottons,
they arc most attractive, says the
New York Times.
Everything shows the growing
tendency of the American people to
spend much of their time in the open
air. Round tables of wood come with
large umbrellas raised from the cen
ter to keep off stray rays of sun in
taking tea on the lawn or to prevent
the invasion of insect intruders. These
tables are painted in pretty shades,
and the umbrellas are made TO match,
or of white with bands of the color,
and are finished around the edge with
deep fringe.
Screens of wicker have shelves and
pockets for work or books, and big
chairs of the same material have
shelves on the outside, where the
ings, to be reached without moving.
A pretty two-sided wicker settle,
similar In shape to those which are
so attractive around the fireplace in
winter, has n round table of wicker
rising from the corner where the two
sides join. These arc all of green.
Broad wooden seats arc divided in
half by long, broad arm or table.
These wooden seats are painted in
any cool-looking color 90 suit the
taste, and when upholstered with
cushions for the back and seat are
as pretty as they are comfortable.
The hammock which is the most
popular this year, and which people
are already beginning TO buy, Is the
pulley hammock, though that may
not be the actual name for IT.. This
hammock has many advantages
Across the center are several strips
of wood, which make II possible, by
dropping one end and raising the
other, TO have comfortable loung
ing chair. The hammock is very sim
ply constructed, and is regulated viii
pulleys by the person occupying II
One convenience which many womcI
viii appreciate is the ease of getting
in and out. To get in and out Of NJ
ordinary hammock with anything lil,
grace is almost an impossibility Th'
hammock is strong, and is guaranteed
to carry 600 pounds.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
NOVELTY IN SHIRT WAISTS.
The Old Monofony Has Entirely MIS-.
appeared and New Ideas
Are In order.

Never before have there been so
many and such attractive styles in
shirt waists MS are evolved this season
TO please and clothe the feminine
world. The old monotony in shirt
waists has entirely disappeared. and
there is simply no limit TO the varia-
tions in design and decoration. There
tion, from a simple cotton shirt to the
most elegant model in real lace. The
list includes taiior-made styles for
golf, yachting, beach or mountain
wear en- suite, with simply made
skirts OF shepherds check, squadron
serge cheviot, Scotch tweed, etc, says
the Washington Star.
Smarter models for afternoon uses
are of dimity, India silk, peau de
sole, tucked India, null with wide
rsvers and sailor collar formed by
finer lingerie tucks and Insertions Of
Swiss embroidery. Demidress waists
TO wear with skirts OF white costume
cloth, yelling, gray and beige mohair,
colienne or drap de chine are made
variously Of plated taffeta, pcau de
sole, liberty satin and foulard silk.
Lastly are the lovely creations for
dress uses which are called shirt
waists, but which are the most charm
ing things that appear among the i'm
ported accessories of summer Some
Of them cost as much as complete
costumes. Lustrous satins and silks
are used in their composition, with
lace boIero fronts, silk embroideries,
lace and ribbon Insertions, crepe de
chine or India silk scarfs and draper
les, to say nothing of expensive buck
les and buttons which complete some
of the smaTtest French models.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
MEN Or LETTERS in CHINA.
Degree Of n. A. IL often Taken at the
Ripe AGE of Eighty or
Ninety.

There is no senior wrangler In China
unless the dowager empress pos
sesses that qualification in another
sensc-but there are tens of thou
sands of Chinese students who try
every year for the bachelor degrees
awarded by the seats of learning In
the celestial empire, says the London
Mail.
There is only certain number OF
degrees awarded. Many men do not
get the coveted letters until they are
so or 90 years OF age, and tLeir final
success is hailed with greater delight
than If they had obtained the honor
In their youth.
Only a short time ago an official re-
port stated that at an autumnal exam
ination In Foo-Choo there were nine
candidates over 30 years OF age. and
two over 90, and the examiners de-
clarcd that these aged students sent
essays the composition of which was
good and the handwriting firm and
distinct. Quite recently the governor
OF IIo-Nan also published report
concerning an examination in which
f3 candidates over 50 years of age and
one over 90 went through the whole
nine days ordeal, writing essays
which were perfectly accurate in die
tion, and showed no signs Of failing
years. The province of Anhui, how
ever, beat both these records by pro-
yiding 80 competitors who were octo-
genarians and IS who were over 90
years of age.
The majority Of the students, how
ever, take the first degree at an early
period, and IL they throw up their
studies at this point they are looked
down upon by their fellows. The Chi
naman who starts life with the an
nouncement that he means TO be a
learned man is expected to devote his
life to study, and at each success TO
strive after higher degree.
As a rule, the majority OF students
who are octogenarians have obtained
their bachelor degrees, and. in defer
ence 10 public opinion. still strive after
the next degree. If they continue
TO fail until they are old men they
usually are awarded honorary degrees
as some sort of consolation for their
life study. IL would indeed, be nov
city at Oxford and Cambridge to see
grandfather, son and grandson sit
ting side by side in the same exam
ination, but in China such sight Is
by no means uncommon.
The learned Chinaman who is made
an official works harder than in the
days when he was striving for his
degree, and, as far as actual labor Is
concerned, he would be better off il
he waited for his intellectual triumph
until he became an octogenarian.
1t should not, however, be imagined
that the learned Chinese bachelors Of
arts and officials are alone to be
ranked as hard workers. The mer-
chants and laborers toll much longer
hours than the same workers in our
own land.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
could not have been driven to attemr,

could not have been driven 10 attempt
under ordinary conditions.
why did $4,000 Spanish soldiers at
Santiago surrender to $4,000 American
soldiers, when the Spaniards were en-.
trenched and the Americans were on
the outside and in the trenches7 1twas
because those American soldiers repre-.
scented the invincihle power of Right
and those Who were in the wrong knew
il. Moreover. preceding circumstances
manifesting the power of right prinei.
nles made destiny 50 apparent that
even the Spanish government at Mad
rid saw the handwriting on the wall
and authorized that surrender. Other.
wise the hundred thousand Spaniards
under command of Gen. Blanco might
until this day have been carrying on
war, living on the country. and battling
superior numbers. The surrender at
Santiago was the sconsummation of
II great plan, far above and beyond
human knowledge. -
The soldier-philosopher went on to
say: I'm the preliminary develop
ment OF this new world, the Spanish
freebooters under DE Soto, Cortes,
Pizarro, and the rest were an essential
element. But when their time came TO
make way for betttrmen and purer de-
signs those Spanish freebooters had to
give way. 1t was the elimination OF
their destiny that they should be de-
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06

What they have done is wrong. They
have outraged all civilization by their
treatment of the diplomatic ministers
of the nations of the work. They have
been wrong in their saAiscriminate
massacres of innocent women and chill
dren. They are as wrong to-day as
King Herod when he ordered and con-
summated the slaughter of the inno-
cents. Because they are wrong, they
will be made to suffer, and the nations
of the world need not be intimidated
with their vast numbers.
"In private life, without the incentive
TO do something for the right, no con-
siderable number of men couldsbe in
duced to go on picnic and climb the
rugged heights of Lockout mountain
on the coolest and most pleasant day
of the year. And yet / saw thousands
of men climb those heights on a hot
afternoon, in the face of terrific and
well-directed fire of capable men who
were defending the mountain. They
were inspired with purp ose. believing
that they were right, and they went on
ward and upward until they were
fighting above the clouds. Every man
knew that death and wounds must be
inevitable, and that all were amenable
TO the stern law of impact and impinge-
ment when the shot and shell and mimic
bullet were singing and ringing above
and about them. But there was no fall
tering of individuals, no wayering Of
the lines.
Moreover, / have seen mule teams
during war times, pulling loads
through mud and mire and accom-
plishing what even the dumb Drutes
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
RIGHT MAKES NIGHT
That Is the Opinion # Many in Re-
gard to China.
Old Army omrer Explains why lie
Is sare ThRt the Armies of the
Civilized World VIII Com
quer China's Millions.


TIE WAS a marelously gifted
writer who declared that ''old
things have passed away; be-
hold, all things are become new" In the
mutations of time the changes in our
environments are wonderful, and SO
also are the changes in ourselves.
One who was blessed with the philo-
sophie instinct and the training Of a
seer, and also gifted with the inspira-
ton of poetry, penned the oft-quoted
lines.
81 have DIPPED into the future far as hu-
man eye can see.
Saw q yisicn of the world, and all the
wonders that shall be,
When the war drum throbs no longer, and
the battle flags are furled.
In the Parliament OF Man, the federation
of the world
But even that seer could not know
that nations should furl their battle
flags and muffle their drums; that there
should be universal conferences look
ing to the conservation of universal in
ternational peace; and that again and
again the war drums should throb and
the battle flags be waved on high, with
hundreds of thousands of men in battle
array, nation against nation, fighting
Like. savage beasts for supremacy over
apparently desirable portions Of the
crust of the perishable earth.
But there shall be wars and rumors
of wars for many years before the ad-
vent of that millennium for which myr-
lads of men and women have prayed.
In the development of the great plan
of which we know so little right and
wrong must clash and oftentimes the
wrong must seem TO triumph, only to
spur on to greater endeavor those who
persist in forcing the right into the van
of the battlefield of human endeavor,
Very few people think of the fact
that, divinely inspired and projected
though il was, Christianity groveled in
the obsculity of the world for 300 years
before it was made respectable by its
acceptance in Rome and its enthrone-
ment on equality with the scepter OF
the Caesars. Ten generations of men
and women lived and suffered and died
without seeing any sign of an answer
to their prayers.
Capt Whittleton, an old army officer
who has served his country long anc
well. and who still renders efficient
service in quiet way in one Of th'
great executive departments, discuss
ing the conditions in China to-day
said
"There is great element in human
affairs which the most effective and eff
fieient soldiers never take into calcu
lation. 1t is probably just as well thai
they do not, but rely apparently upor
their own endeavors. | am not a reli
gionist, but simply a man of affairs
and one who has seen the terrible
power of Right when arrayed against
Wrong in the struggles of mankind II
this world. In the actual combat there
is power with those who are right
which makes them inyulnerable TO SUI
perior numbers, and which enables men
to almost accomplish miracles without
realizing that they are doing work
which is greater than their own con-
ception of the duties of the hour.
at is on this account that the mil.
lions in China have no terrors for me,
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06

feated by small army in Cuba, and
driven from this hemisphere because
right makes might.
Now as TO China: she is like the
man that hid his talent under bush.
ell. The centuries have come and gone
and she has not increased her talent
She has lived behind her wall Of selfish.
ness and declined TO see the cross
Finally, in desperation of supreme self
ishness. she has resorted to the sword
in a most eowardly and brutal manner;
and she shall perish by the sword.
"In one of your recent letters YOU
said that China can send 6O,000,0 900 sol.
diers into the field That is very true;
but 1t is not the whole truth. China
can raise such an army, and can equip
the men with modern guns and ammu-
milton. but China cannot give those
men the inspiration of being right. The
Philistines produced the Goliath, but
David, having right on his side, needed
only his sling and five smooth stones
from the brook"
All of this, uttered with great en-
phass and considerable vehemence
was interesting and philosophieally
correct. But IL overlooks the element
of right on the side of China; the in
yasion of her seclusion by methods
and teachings, unwelcome and ex-
asperating. II is an assumption TO as
sert that China has buried her talent
under bnshel, because we have no
means of knowing what progress China
has made during all of the centuries OF
her existence. We have only very su.
perficial knowledge of her true his
tory.
One of the officials of the department
of state to whom these observations
were narrated said: "The government
at Washington has been considering
the question of right and wrong from
the beginning. There is no better
aphorism in diplomacy than 10 be
sure you are right, and then go ahead
Days and weeks went slowly by, the
whole world being in anxiety concern
ing our representatives on Chinese soil,
and almost two months elapsed before
the government at Washington said TO
China that her conduct was 'unfricnd-
w. Even that mild declaration of ma
tional and international purpose was
ignored by China. What proyocations
the government at PekiDg may assume
TO have had cannot now be considered.
IL provocations there were, China
could have ordered that all negotia-
tions with the remainder of the world
should be broken off, and the diplo-
matte ministers and foreign residents
could have been requested to depart.
Whatever Of right China had has been
obscured by the great wrong which she
has done. China seer1s to have ac.
celebrated the date for her dismem.
berment, or for her humiliation. The
nations of the world cannot endure
what has been done without resent
ment and punishment"
These men, who reason from the
standpoint of great experience in af.
fairs, seem 10 believe that in the pass.
ing away of old ti1irYe zrcient China is
to become a memory with history.
and that the nations of the world will
have power 10 open that vast coun<y
to the free access of the pioneers of the
civilization of the orient.
II it Is so written, we shall witness
this marvel of the beginning Of the cen.
tury, and with our own eyes see that
"old thirgs have passed away, anf al
things are become new"
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06

The Lively sport n .Knaw-It-tsfs'
Nonug Wan Had THAT nidnt
do Him Any Gopd.

"Jes' IIartshorn come down to the
bcseh awhile ago" said ths ancient
mariner OF Georgetown rs We sat to-
gether on the stringcr of the wharf
and allowed ear feet to hang down,
relates the Lewiston journal.
.Ies' han't never been around salt
weter much; but you can't get Jes'
10 ever let On that he don't know
all there Is Ia know about everything.
Hes one of them half-eoek. bctcher.
life fellcrs, ye knowl When he goes
10 Heaven. II St Peter tells him
which corner 10 turn 10 get to tho
room where they keeps harrs. Jes'
will interrupt him fore Peter say
two words. Hell say: oh. | know
| know just as If he'd been there
dozen times. That's Jes'.
"Naal, as I was sayin', he come
down TO the shore the other day To
make me little visit and do some
tishin'. The first day he was there
| told him that the rote didn't sound
well for hand lining outside, and l
advised him to try lobsterin'.
1--WE been doin' pretty well down
in the cove there. round that point,
says /. You'd better take four or
"'Oh. knowIknowll<now,' says Jes',
rattlin' IL of like n machine gun. So
seein' that he knew so much, gol darn
him, | let him swat.
II was baitin' travis for my next
days nshin'. and had the tubs ont
where | could get n view of the bay.
1t struck me that Jes' was the busiest
lobster fisher | ever see. An | Won
dered, too, how that could be, for
when he went off with the dory | no.
ticed that he took only one lobster
pot. He rowed around the bay five
hours by the watch. Every little
while he would hold up and do some
thing with the lobster pct. ] couldn't
make out what IL was, but, thinks |,
IL he's lucky accordn' ms he is busy
| he'll come home with the dory loaded
10 the gunnels.
"Jes' stopped Mt the store fore he
come to the house. lie was so tuck
cred that he had TO set down there
aud rest.
| "Said he to the storekeeper: j
amt had so darn busy a day sence
broke ten acres OF pasture with n
steer team. This lobster nshin' Is
what ] call hard work. When ! start
ed out this mornin' Abse wanted me
to take four or five pots. Wal, II
had I'd a-been sick abed. Dragging
that one pot around the bny was
about all ! wanted to tackle"
The ancient mariner spat volumi
nonsly into the deep, green sea
That's what that Gust fool ha'
been doin'-trolling for Holsters will
a pot. He thought you caught ZEN
same's you do salmon in pond. He''
row as fast as he could and then he,
stop and pull up the pot to see If h
had caught one. Then he'd swear an,
throw it back and row hard SOM
more.
'The only man ever heerd Of wh'
had ms much sportln' blood as tha
WAS Ben Smith. who used TO run
hotel up in Caribou. Ben went troll
ing for eagles in n balloon.
But Ben stood some show of catch
ing eagles"
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
sardlne. and cncumher..

An appetizing luncheon or supper
dish is made of sardines and cucum-
bers. Peel the cucumber. leaving a
strip of the rind about quarter inch
in width down one side; slice very
thin on plate. cover and put on the
ice; an hour before serving pour a
French dressing over and replace on
ice. When required for the table ar
range on Fat dish with sardines, from
which the backbone has been removed.
laid in lines converging 10 q center
LadieS World
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06

On the large RATS which are really
floating islands, that sail down the
Yangtse river in China, large numbers
of people manage to exist in huts built
upon the lashed timbers- Temporary
Joss houses even are provided, crack
ers" are fired at night to please the de-
ities, tom-toms are struck. and cock
Is killed every .evening-the sprinkling
of the blood Of the fowl being supposed
TO secure the raft against evil spirits.
All this goes to show that the China
man when on business trip takes ais
religion with him.--N. Y. Observer
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
THE SUMNER WIND.

Ihe breezfs come, tho hreezes pass.
And up the glen they run. revealed
Against an overfowing field
OF cleaning undulatl1g grass.
Like Asncdictions on the earth,
Like blessings on the summer day.
They make a soul more glad than gay,
And wake JOY more deep than mirth.
The troubles OF the town Increase;
But here there is no stir nor strife.
And here Ills good TO bring life
To be persuaded back to peace.
4 Wis the year contained day
When none shall suffer. die or weep;
One rest for all upon the steep,
One well for all beside the way.
TIE town Is very tired Alasl
It's thin smile cannot mask its pain.
And they arc rich enough who gain
Cool breezes and a couch of grass.
j. ]. Bell. in Chambers Journal.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
SMITH d. FRY.


NO. said the lady prisoner. 81
cannot show You the bottle in which
( carried the vitriol. as il was broken
in the affray. but before | used 1T
I had it photographed. i will give
you one Of she pictures at oncel.
Such thoughtful appreciation Of tAe
demands of journalism was sure to
raise il behalf Of the accused a power.
full influence not to be ignorsd.--In,
dianapuiis Press.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
Heware Of the Too Liberal Use of ssIt

Salt draws the juices from beef IN
corning. toughens the fiber, makes il
very indigestible and less nutritiou&
On cucumbers it draws out the waz
ter, toughens the fiber and renders
them very indigestible. Salt acts in
exactly the same way on fish as on
meat. There are two ways OF con-
sidering these changes. would
hardly say that salt destroys the
food value, although II robs the fhsh
Of part of it's food value by making
IL less digestibIe.-Mrs S. II. Rorer
in Ladies' Home journal.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06

Stout Lady (at theater box office)-
Two seats for tonight, please.
Simkins formerly shoe salssr1anl
What siz~. madam p Chicago Even
ing News
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06

frayed Fagin (reading,-It says
here dat liquor Is a food.
Weary Willie - Food. eh? Der
mixed drinks must be ''hash."--JuJgs
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-10-06
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