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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-22
Welsh PRESBYTERIAN.

South Church street, corner Ninth avenue.
Sunday services, 1890 a. m. and p. M. Sun
day school, p. M; mid.week services, Tues
day, 7.3O p. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-22
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab.
lets. All druggists refund the money
IL 1t fails to cure. T.. w. Groves sig
nature Is on each box. 25c.
Washington sentinel., 1900-02-03

A CHINAMAN, except IN the rare
instances where he is entrapped
into a lawsuit or caught as a GRIM
inal, may spend his whole life with
out ever crossing an official. In
the cities he has neither license
tax, nor house tax, nor municipal
rate to bother him. No tax coll
lector calls at his door. He is
Tree 70 trade and travel where he
will: passports are unknown. He
settles his disputes bY his own VOL
UNFAIRLY supported guilds. A NOM
NAL land tax, a customs entry
tax Of S per cent. ad valorem, and
a transit tax, or likin, OF az per
cent, together with the produce of
the Government salt monopoly,
are estimated to burden the China.
man with an annual contribution
amounting to less than half a dol
lar per head
Washington sentinel., 1900-02-03

LAUREL. WREATHs. 1t is an in
teresting fact that the large laurel
wreath which was presented to
Admiral Dewey by the United
States Congress was composed OF
leaves grown in Africa. The
wreath was about three feet IN
diameter. and was made OF silver
laurel leaves mounted on a base oi
natural pampas grass. The leaves
are pure silver gray on both sides,
and are delicately Yeined. The
leaves have a white metallic lustre
and an exquisite sottness OF tone.
The New York Tribune recently
had some interesting facts con
cerning the silver laurel. 1t IS
looked upon by the natives OF
Africa as a sacred plant. and was
used as a decoration for festiVe
occasions. Its beauty and similar
Itv to SILVER have induced collect
ors to send It to Euro can coun
tries, and the inroads on the grow
ing stock have been so great that
its expectation has been prohib
/ ed, and the leaves which now
come to Europe and the United
are said to be smuggled, the price
in New York being about IS cents
a leaf. By the presentation OF the
laurel wreath, the custom estab
lished by the Greeks many hun
dreds oi years ago was followed,
and by the ceremony Admiral
Dewey became one Of the host OF
laurel crowned characters VINO 6g-
ure in the chapters Of history. The
laurel OF the ancients was dark
green, and was the same hardy
plant which Is now found in abund-
ance in the Mediterranean region
and in the Canary Islands. There
were at least four shrubs and small
trees known as laurel, or bay. The
LaHTeHS R0btilS, or "Victor'S
laurel" known also as sweet bay,
was one which was used oy the
ancients for the decoration OF faV-
orites. 1t was a large, leatherY,
shining, reticulated Leaf and with
axillary cluster Of yellowish white
flowers. The fruit is oval, blush
black in color, aud about half an
inch long. 1t is not as common
IN Europe as the species of cherry
laurel or common laurel, which is
also found IN the United States.
Washington sentinel., 1900-02-03

MARRIAGE CEREMONIAL OF A
SOUTH INDIAN SECT.-The Cochi-
kars (literally, Cochin peoplel are
a South Indian Romish Christian
sect. They belong almost exclu-
sively to Cochin, Travancore and
Malabar, and like most Indian
communities are home staying.
The Cochikars marry their girls at
very early age, often before the
years of puberty. Their conjugal
customs are picturesque If singu-
lar, and are Of much interest to the
foreigner, inasmuch as they present
a quaint blending OF Hindu, Euro
pean and Biblical obserVances, the
Hindu tint predominatIng tor OBJ
vious reasons, A good deal has
to be gone through before a Cochi
kara youth ana maid can be we'd
ded. The parents OF the former
having first privately hit Lpon a
--if aLl~ sisl, aud as~SataiuSd tiIS
success Of their object, visit the
latter's parents, in company with
t~o mutual friends and elders;
betel is partaken Of and the mis-
sion revealed. The day Of the
nuptials having been fixed, the
fathers shake hands over the COM
pact, and certain conditions OF the
marriage are settled. II either
party thereafter fail in their prom
ise, they are amerced in a fine,
which goes to the church. The
nature OF the "streedanom." or
dowry, is also arranged. On the
wed ing day the groom and his
friends start first Tor church, with
tom toms playing, canopied under
a large silk professional umbrella.
and accompanied by bearers Of
large fans The bride and her party
follow a while later The cere
m )nial in church IS reall y peculiar,
The priest. having asked the con
tracing parties If they consent To
marry one another and having been
affirmahvely answered, turns to the
witnesses and bids them bear IN
mind what they have heard. The
groom next tics a tall" Ia little
gold pendanr) round his brides
neck, and thus the twain are made
one. The string whereby the tall"
is suspended IS made out Of seven
filaments taken from the veil worn
bV the bride. The tall" can only
be removed after the death OF hus.
band or wife. Should a husband
break his wife's tall" string DUR
ing her lifetime it is tantamount to
a charge OF inidelity.
Washington sentinel., 1900-02-03
California ExcnrsIOns

Leaving Washington every Monday,
"Wednesday and Friday at to4s pm.
via Southern Railway New i ourist
Sleepers, personally conducted, 90
through to San Francisco without change
oicarS, conductors or pOTters. The route
IS through Atlanta, Montgomery, New
Orleans. Houston, San Antonio, New
Mexico, Arizona and Southern CaIiior-
mia. The cars are the very latest pattern
Of Pullman Tourist Sleepers, brentwood
finish, high back seats, sixteen sections,
supplied with linen, etc same as standard
sleepers, lighted with Pintsch gas, vide
vestbule, double sash, roller curtains,
lavatory, smoking room for gentlemen
and two retiring rooms for ladies.
Three and one bali days 70 Mexico and
Arizona, four DAYS TO Los Angeles and
five days to San Francisco. The Tourist
Car fare is less tlian by any other route
For information apply TO any agent Of
The Southern Railway, or A J. Poston,
General gent. SRI Penns, Iysnis ave-
Washington, d. {.
Washington sentinel., 1900-02-03

STONES OF CRIME. Some stones
Of Genoa tell OF tTeachery and
crime, and as stones of iniamy are,
we believe, peculiar to Genoa.
They belong 10 later and more de-
generate times than those of the
Dorias and their victories. Here
is one inscription on a pillar in the
Via del Campo: "In infamous
memory Of julius Caesar Vacchero,
most abandoned OF ~ n, who, for
having conspIred against the Re
public, with his head cut of, with
his goods con6scated, with his sons
OanIshed and with his house des-
troyed, expiated his well earned
punishment IN the year OF grace
I6z8." This Vacchero, a man Of
low birth, but wealthy, sspired TO
high dignity in the town, and plot
ted to betray the place 70 Charles
Emmanuel, oi Savoy, and to mas
sacre the Doge and leading mobiles.
He has his reward, as the above
inscription plainly shows.
Here is another stone Of iniamy:
TO John Paul Balbi, worst OF men,
a vile assassin. clipper OF good
coin and an utterer Of false, a no.
tcrious tibet and an Infamous ex.
tOrti, ner oftTIbute declared a State
traitor Tor conspiring against the
Republic, his property con6scated,
his sons prescribed, he himself
condemned TO the halter, this stone
has been raised TO his eternal
shame in the year 1850" This
Balbi was engaged in a plos TO be.
tray the town to the French in the
time Of Mazarin. Although his
plot was discovered, he contrived
10 effect his escape, and spared the
labors Of the hangman.
The third stone tells OF "Raphaal
della Tore. a despoiler by every
aTtiice OF other mems goods, a vile
murderer, an associate OF thieves,
a pirate in his own waters, a traitor
and an enemy TO the State, who
incurred for plotting the ruin oi the
Republic punishments less great
than his Grimes, was sentenced to
Washington sentinel., 1900-02-03

be twice hanged, to have his prop
erty con6scatsd, his sons banished,
and his houses destroyed. By this
lasting monument Of iniamy NAV
his name be loathsome. Year Of
our Lord I672."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-24
THE ISSUE N TINE CAMPAIGN

Acting on the idea that a presidential
campaign turns on one issue the Re
publicans," says National Committeeman
Payne Of Wisconsin. will make prosper
ity the overwhelming issue in the ap-
preaching campaign"
X is not entirely clear how they can
make prosperity an issue. There seems 60
be but one opinion on The question
a. TO whether or not the country is pros
porous. The Democrats are not denying
that it is, and it is not at
all likely that they will insist
that there is no prosperity They
could not deny that there is pros
perity if they desired to do So and it
is certain hat they nave no such desire.
Democratic orators and newspapers are
calling attention all the time to the
great increase in the country's exports
to the fact that factories are running to
their full limit and 10 the great rise in
prices Of many articles There is no doubt
that the country is prosperous and there
fore there Will be no prosperity issue.
Mr. Payne means probably that the Re
publicans will claim that the existing
prosperity is due TO the Republican party
and Mr. Mckinley. 1t is difficult to see
how they can sustain a claim of that
kind. The Republican party has enacted
no legislation that has helped to make
the country prosperous. 1t did not put
wheat up to a dollar a bushel and cotton
to nine and a half cents a pound. The
shortage of the wheat crop in other coun-
tries caused the price of that article to
advance in this country, and a short cot
ton crop forced up the price Of cotton.
The mills and foundres are running on
full time with more orders than they can
fill because. during the period of depres-
sion, stocks of all kinds ran down, and
when business began to revive the mar
kets were bare of what the world wanted.
1t may be that the war had something
to do with bringing about better times.
but Mr.. Mckinley and the Republican
party were not anxious for the war with
Spain. Indeed, Mr.. Mckinley stood out
against war as long as he dared. The
Democrats forced him 10 turn his face in
the direction of war If the present
prosperity is due to the Spanish-AmaFi-
lean war the Democratic party is entitled
to the credit for it.
If the Republican party cannot find
something else to put forward as an issue
it will have TO accept the issues presented
by the Democratic party. 1t will have
to defend iself against various charges
for instance, against favoring trusts aim
ing at imperialism and encouraging mill
tarism. 1t will have something else to do
than 10 claim credit for the country S
prosperity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-24
A Clever witness.

They were telling stories OF funny ex-
periences they rad had in the cour1 room.
and Of the weary hours that had been
spent in coaching witnesses who. after
all, would follow their own sweet will
when upon the stand. says the ST. Louis
Globe-Democrat
i don't believe 1 ever enjoyed a case
more than one that I had in Ohio many
years ago" said a prominent lawyer.
Steve Welsh, snarling little Irishman,
had sold COW to Jerry Corners He had
gone TO the Corners house the night the
COW arrived and asked for the money.
which Jerry asserted he had paid but
had taken no receipt. AT first the case
looked pretty hopeless for Jerry. but one
day / went down to the shops 10 inter
view Jerry. when one Of his mates asked
me question about the case. and made
a suggestion.
Why don't you see the Ten Wheeler?
he said.
. The Ten Wheeler? I replied in aston
ishment. What is that?' l knew they
called one Of the engines by that name,
but / could not see the connection.
The Ten Wheeler the man explained
Is Corners sister-in-law, and what she
can't do isn't worth the doing. and ne
laughed uproariously. Those were my sal
ad days, and 1 was always expecting that
1 was being taken in until it was proved
that / was not, and consequently was in
clined to doubt the mans good intentions
in recommending me 10 the sister-in-law
OF my client. I asked Jerry about her
but he did not respond very readily to my
suggestion that she might be of use TO US
but looked her up anyway. There is no
use in going into details, but in less time
than 1t takes TO tell II she had compre-
hended that all that was necessary was
for jerry to find witness to the transac-
ton, and we had the matter settled. l
didn't wonder that they called her the
Ten Wheeler for she was one of the
biggest women l ever saw. Well, the case
came on and we startled the opposition
by producing a witness to the monetary
transaction
Did you see him pay the money?
asked the other lawyer, who was as green
as l was myself
/ did, SCR she replied. Here was the
table where jerry sat, and there was
Steve. and | was within the door and
she graphically represented the scene.
And you saw him pay the money, re
peated the young lawyer. Did he pay
him in bills or in silver?
This was a question no one had antici-
pated, and. Strengthening herself, she cast
a whitening glance upon the lawyer and
answered:
- L was too perlite to look, sor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-24

The Hon. Joe" Blackburn, of Ken
lucky, though he win not again be a
member of the Senate until March f. 1901.
nevertheless has been very much in evil
dence around the Senate wing of the Cap
itol ever since the Goebel Legislature at
Frankfort elected him to succeed the
clear headed Judge Lindsay, says the
Washington correspondence of the New
York Tribune, The marked improvement
in Col Blackburn's appearance in the last
year is the first subject mentioned to
him when an acquaintance greets him.
What have you been doing, Senator,
that you have been able to reverse the
order of nature and become younger, in
stead of older, since you left Washing
TOM" asked a friend who proceeded TO
inquire Have you found the fountain of
YOUTH"
II think have sir. Yes. 1 think have
found the fountain of youth, sir"
Its in Kentucky?" was the natural
question.
Yes. sir, in Kentucky. sir but it is
right here in Washington. sir and I can
conduct you TO it, sir; but daresay you
will decline to take advantage of it, sir"
Never! exclaimed his questioner
Tell me what you have done to grow
young again. and l will do it."
Then, sir replied Mr. Blackburn
looking earnestly into the eyes of his
friend, take my advice and quit putting
sugar in your whisky, sir"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-24

Little Miss Rebecca Bakrow, the 12-year-
old daughter of Richard Bakrow, is as
thoroughly up to date as any Miss Young
America to be found in a days journey
says the Louisville Courier-Journal. Mu-
sic, however, is not her hobby. A rafting
game of baseball interests her far m ere
than a rafting piano recital, while the
only 'counterpoints" she knows of are the
pitchers and catchers on the big lea que
teams. Some time ago an aunt from Chi
cage visited the Bakrow home. One day
she and Miss Rebecca were left in the par
lor to amuse one another Just 10 make
conversation the aunt turned 10 a bronze
bust sitting on top of the piano.
That's a bust of Wagner, is it not, Re
becca?" she asked.
Up TO date Miss Young America looked
a the bronze critically.
"Well, really, | don't know whether it's
Wagner or Dexter she said at last. 81
ought to, but it don't show enough of them
to tell, you know"
Her aunt now things Chicago is not the
"only town"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-24

The merchants and manufacturers of
Philadelphia are extremely anxious to
have closer business relations with the
South, especially the South Atlantic
states The Philadelphia newspapers, par
ticularly the Record, have been urging
the establishment of steamship line be
tween that city and Savannah and
Charleston. The sentiment among her
business mes appears TO be very favora-
Bile to the enterprise
Philadelphia is making great efforts to
increase her trade, and from all accounts
is meeting with commeudahle success. 1t
is true she has no hill work in Compel
ing with New York, but the kind Of pluck
she is showing deserves success. Savan-
nah would like TO have direct steamship
communication with PHILADELPHIA. She
has il to a limited extent now by means
OF the Merchants and Miners line. that
is. as far as Baltimore, and from there
by rail. The part water and part rail route
is not of course as satisfactory as an all
water route would be. Merchandise can
net be delivered as quickly and as a gen
cral thing purchasers want their goods
delivered as promptly as possible after
they have been ordered.
Philadelphia is an excellent market for
buyers OF merchandise. The merchants OF
this city make large purchases there. and
II Is safe to say that the merchants OF
pretty nearly all OF the Southern cities
are Philadelphias customers. But has
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-24
rHE MOVEMENT on PRETORIA.

The British DO not seem 70 BE- il a alr-
~ 10 move on Pretoria. Il is the under
standing that negotiations Of some sort
are In progress. It may turn out that
there viii he very little more dghting
The Free State Beers. T. seems are tired
Of the war ana are returning 70 their
farms. and there are reports that the
Transyaal Beers are by no means anx-
ious 70 continue the war
There is no good reason why they should
he since IT seems 70 be admitted 2hat they
have little OF no chance Of winning their
Independence. President Kruger is quoted
in one dispatch as saying that the Beers
VII win their independence. ana another
that they car mold out for six months. II
they can DO nothing more than hold out
six months they ought 70 have no hesita-'
ton IN calling a halt IN the var al once.
There is 10 use continuing It for the mere
sake Of holding out few months. TO sac
rifce many lives and a vast amount Of
property 10 gain absolutely nothing would
be- folly Of the worst sort. Indeed, If the
war should continue six months longer
ana result in the surrender Of the Beers.
the terms that would be accorded them
would not be- as good as those they could
get at this time.
There is no doubt that the Beers could
make the road 10 Pretoria a very bloody
one for the British. and they would be
justified in doing 80 If anything were 20
b. gained by it. II the Beers are ready to
admit that the British can get there-that
they can. in fact, DO pretty much as they
please ia the Transvaal-it Is time for
them to accept the best POSSIBLE terms
they can get. however willing they may
BE- TO fight. or however ready their wo-
men may be to shoulder rifles and go 10
the field Of battle. Nothing justifes the
Boer leaders in continuing the war except
the belief that Independence can be OBJ
tanned
Il may be that President Kruger stiI
hopes that there will be intervention in
behalf Of his people. The statement was
made in the dispatches day or two ago
that two Powers, namely. Russia and
France, had not yet replied to his appeal
for help, and that their delay had Inspired
the Beers with hope that assistance
might be expected from them II is doubt
full, however. if there will be any inter
vention. It looks as if the South African
republics were to be wiped off the map
Of the world.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-24
THE GoEnEL MURDER CASE.

What the people want in the Goebel
murder case is a fair and thorough inves-
tigatlon. Nobody outside of Kentucky
desires that the murderer shall escape
Every one connected with the crime should
be punished. The preliminary hearing
should be conducted with absolute fair
ness. Partisan politics-in fact politics of
any kind-should be kept out Of it, At
the first sign that an effort IS being made
10 blacken the characters of men for DO
hical reasons there will be protests from
all parts Of the country. On the other
hand fear Of a charge of being Influenced
by political hatred should not deter the
prosecuting officers from doing their duty
Already some Of the Republican papers
are trying to create the impression that
the 10000 reward was offered with the
view of securing evidence that would tend
TO show that leading Republicans of Ken
lucky were instrumental in having GoebeI
assassinated. The offer Of such large
reward will no doubt have the effect of
tempting some questionable characters to
come forward with alleged evidence bear
ing upon the crime. II will not be a diff
cult matter, however to show that they
are frauds If they are such. 1t will not be
possible TO make out case against inno-
cent parties. The false testimony which
the reward is likely to bring TO the sur
face win easily be shown to be false.
No doubt the prosecution has a theory
as to who the guilty parties are. 1t should
not, however, attempt to find testimony
to sustain this theory. In trying to sus-
tain a theory the truth may be missed.
One story is that the anti-Goebel Demo-
Gratis are responsible for the assassination
Another is that the Republican leaders
around the state capital conspred to have
the Democratic leader removed. It will be
known within a very few days how much
truth there is in these stories. The truth
is probably that the leaders Of neither the
anti-Goebel Democrats nor of the Republic
cans Were connected with, or inspired, the
crime. If the truth is ever reached it will
appear doubtless that some of the ire
state capital committed the deed, believing
that by killing Goebel He would open the
way for Taylor to retain the governorship
1t may be that there were several persons
concerned in the crime-persons Of strong
political feeling who thought to do Taylor
and the Republican party of the state
service. But there is nothing yet, how
ever, to show that men of prominence hal
anything TO do with the crime 1t is 10
be hoped that no such evidence will be
found.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-24
MOTT A CAsE ron rHN COURTS.

1t is evident that Mr.. Carnegie and Mr..
Frick were both satisfied to take their
case out of the courts. and the public is
not surprised that it was taken out 1t
is probable that Mr.. Frlck did not expect
II TO come to trial when he began it, and
it can be safely assumed that Mr. Car
negie never intended TO permit it to come
to trial. Neither Of them cared 10 have
the public made acquainted with the Sc
crets of a steel making plant that has
payed $20,00Oo00 year, and promises 40
pay $4,000 900 this year-secrets would I'M
doubtodly make interesting newspaper ar
ticles.
II the suit of Mr.. Frick had been per-
ted TO be tried the public might have
discovered how great the profit is which
the Carnegie Company has been making
out of the government for armor plates
for warships. The belief is that the profit
is something enormous. Even members
of Congress seem TO think that the govern
ment has been charged an excessive price
Tor armor plate, and efforts have been
made to get a reduction in the price, but
without success.
The government has not been able to
find out the cost of making the plate, ana,
hence. it has paid the price demanded.
IT, however the Prick suit has gone 20
jury it is PROBABLE that evidence would
have been introduced showing exactly the
profit The Carnegie Company made on
armor plate.
There is a sentiment I'm Congress in
favor Of an appropriation for an armor
pate plant, but 1t is not very strong for
the reason. doubtless. that q plant would
cost an immense sum, and. under govern
ment supervision, would be conducted in
an extravagant manner. The government
has thought it better to rely on private
companies for material for its warships
rather than to go into the steel manufac-
turing business. If it could get reliable
Information. however, as to the actual
cost Of making armor plate. IL is probable
that it would be able to bring about
very considerable reduction in the price
OF that article.
Mr.. Frlck gets in the settlement pretty
nearly all he claimed. It is not more
probably than he is entitled to- 1t would
be hard 20 find another instances where
an investment of $4,000 produced, in ten
years such splendid results.