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The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19

Artist: Mrs. Fourhundred wants a scripture text emblazoned on her din- ing-room wall. What would you sug gest?
 His Friend: Prove all things, hold good that which is fast.-Judge.
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Every time an argument gains you new friend it loses you two old ones Chicago News.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consump- tion saved my life three years ago. Mrs. THOS. ROBBINS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y, Feb. F. 1900.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19

Mothers will find Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
Hoods JdrSaparilld

Acts with the most direct. beneficial effect on the kidneys. It contains the best and safest substances for correcting and toning these organs.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
Stops the Cough

and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day No cure. No pay. Price g cents.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
The Best Prescription or Malaria.
fence: Is your preacher sensa.

Chills and fever is a bottle of Groves taste- less Chill Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine in tasteless form. No cure-no pay, Price 6Oc.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
DrdggedzDOwn
 Feeling
In the loins.

Nervousness, unrefreshing sleep, despon- dency.
 It is time you were doing something
 The kidneys were anciently called the reins-in your case they are holding the reins and driving you into serious trouble.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-24
THE PROPER END.


In pile OF growing crimson in the distant end.
less west
Sinks a red and fiery globulc from its daily toll
10 rest:
Gently droop the evening shadows gently trils
the night birds note,
Gently DER the placid waters signing lovers care.
less float
She with fingers idly trailing in the ripples as
they glide,
lie intent upon the beauty Of the maiden at his
side.
Softly falls nights darkoninG sable as the sun
drops out Of sight,
And the twain are rocking gently in the soft
embrace Of night.
Oh, the lustor that is flashing from her eyes
upon him there,
Renders cen that glorious twilight and its beau
ties doubly fair.
Der the calm and moonlit waters on they host
in golden sheen,
He with all his being singing songs OF praise
unto his queen.
Through the sofcned shades of evening comes
but why continue on,
Since the end comes so abruptly that the 70.
nance is all gone?
lie, to hear her frightened plcadngs rocked the
hoat-it overturned,
When they f,hcd them from the water she his
adulations spurned
So the ending Of this tale can now quite easily
hc found;
he rocked, they both were saved, tits true, but
love, alas! was drowned.
Chicago News
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-24

phrased appeal to discomfort, the in
variable sly dig at those who have
prospered, the adroit working upon
the prejudice and envy Of the multi
tudcS who, In a crude way. feel re-
scntful at sight or mention Of persons
better Circumstanccd in life. one
drop OF this poison, carefully placed,
spreads throughout the veins of Il ccr-
tain proportion of the poorer people a
toxic influence that robs their minds
of fairness. and causes them to see
things distortedly.
Yellow journalism's main stock in
trade is this very poison 1t prctends
at times to be intensely phlanthropic
and makes a great ado over its "Chari-
ties and reforms But this is sim
ply a means of catching the public
eye and of getting close enough To the
hoodwinked victim 50 that the knock
out drops will work. Actually it cares
for nothing but the sale Of papers or,
rs i'm the Wanamakcr case, the squar-
ing of political accounts. Its philan-
tlrupcs are but bluff; it's loudly
'Id'h'u I'lolHlS bul Hl'lil'u VI
roomEg circulation. II cares not u
rap i'm bow many homes it leaves to
lingCr and Torment. perhaps To erupt
i'm robbery or murder. tho virus of
class bitterness, hatred and all un-
Charitablencss. 1t does nut advocate
crime. Its ustcnsiblc morals are Sc
vercly correct; So correct that the
Pharscc of old would weep at the
points he missed. But the whole aim
and trend of it's literature is toward
crime melting: toward starting the
ball of anarChism rolling; toward light
ing the bonlircS of new reign of ter
ror aud setting up a new guillotnc.
Is this vicious form of newspaper
enterprise scOtChcd because a prcsi-
dent was shot? Not bit of it. 1t
puts on mourning with the best,
crowds foremost among the oulogists
and prays and breaches like an in
spircd prophet. But all the while it is
planning how to resume business in
the old way; what novelties to throw
out To take the edge off the publc's
indignation; what ingenious appeals to
offer to human vanity and prejudice
to regain the lost ground and rcplenish
the shrivcled profits of its pandoring.
No eel can match it for twisting and
spuilming: no imp of perdition excel
it in clcvcrness of schemes of alluring
dcviltry.
The great good-naturcd public is an
easy mark for such constituencies
fakirs as arc at the front of yellow
journalism. 1t gets mad sometimes,
and ugly; but anger soon passes and
then the picking goes ON.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-24

y SPECIAL interest attaches To
X the Scranton convention of
IL the state League of Republi-
can clubs from the fact that
| the presidency of that organization is
| likely to be conferred upon a resident
of this city.
In presenting for that honorable place
| the name of Hon Frederic w. Flcitz,
| deputy attorney general of pcnnsylva-
mia, the delegates from Scranton pay
| honor tn one of the most energetic. rc-
sourceful and faithful young Rcpubli-
cans in the country. His career has
been marvellous cxcmpliiication of the
| opportunities to be made and mastered
| by young men who have in them the
right Kind of energy and judgment.
When Mr. Flcitz came to this city
eleven years ago he had hardly dol
lar ana but few friends. He began here
literally at the bottom of the ladder.
lie applied himself earnestly to pub
lie affairs; studied the science of gov
ernment and the details of it's primary
sources; with enthusiasm took hold
of the practical problems of political
activity as they presented themselves
in his district, ward, city and county,
and step by step worked up. unaidcd,
to foremost place among the young
er leaders of Republicanism in Penn
sylvania.
His rise has been rapid but sure.
firm and in logical sequence. 1t rests
on natural ability trained and strength
ened by inCessant work. There is
nothing of luck i'm It or about it. 1t
is the result of merit absolutely; the
kind of merit that is willing to UNDER
go hardship and deprivation to attain
an end: the kind that Keeps pledges,
stands by friends and never knows the
meaning Of the word fail. Men of this
stamp rise as surely as smoke flies
upward. They cannot be kept down.
We congratulate our young fellow
townsman on the honor about to come
upon him; but we congratulate the
League more especially.
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DIR. Swallow.
TE DO NOT read DR..
\N Swallows PENNSYLVANIA
Methodist, hence have no

w vE DO NOT read Dr.
\N swallows Pennsylvania
Methodist, hence have no
knowledge of what it was
that he said i'm it that caused the Nc
kinley Veteran Patriotic league of
Dauphin county, i'm mass meeting at
tended, it is said by 1000 persons, to
pass resolutions declaring that the rev.
erend cditor-reformer deserves to be
pillOricd as an enemy to the United
States and that his name should only
be mentioned with those of Judas and
CAIN Benedict Arnold, Wilkes Booth
Guiteau, czolgOSZ and the other trait
ors, assasSins, liars ana vile traduccrs
of character who have blackened the
pages of the worlds history" What
ever it was, it must have been warm.
Yet how little men like Dr. Swallow.
narrow, bigoted, Vtriolic. often sacri-
legious and scurrilOus though no doubt
SINCERE, really accomplish i'm life!
When they go up at all it is like a
rocket and they invariably fan like the
stick. The man who is always COM
plalnlng, abusing or COndemning does
not last. suppose William Mckinley
had been such a man. Would he ever
have been president? or would mar
tyr's death for him have plunged civil
ization into grief?
We don't know what Dir. swallow
wrote or said about President Mckin-
ley and we don't want to know. II
makes no difference what he said. The
men at Harrisburg who permit it to
excite them are maGnifying its import
ance, thoush their spirit of loyalty to
the memory of the nations honored
dead does them credit Dr. Swal-
low belongs to the past tense of Ameri-
can public life and his only value to-
day, in a political sense, is as a warm
ing example.
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The Devil Will Protect His Own.
TlE New York sun is Of the
opinion that yellow journal
Il ism is scotched. 1t thinks


NliE New YORK sun is of the
opinion that yellow journal
Il ism is scotched. 1t thinks
that the feeling among the
people of deteStatiOn for the coarse
brutalities formerly printed about the
president and other distinguished men
in public life, which has been engcn-
dered or intensified by Mr.. McKin-
lcy's death at the hands of an anar-
chist assassin, is strong and deep
seated enough to discourage a return
TO them. 1t seems inclined to believe
that the battle for decent journalism
is won.
We should be delighted could we
honestly share this confidence. We,
however, do not share it. The seeds
of a debased taste have, We fear, been
planted too deeply and too numerously
in soil well fitted for rapid growth to
yield to wholesale uprooting in the
twinklng of an eye. Maybe the sun
and we do not agree in what is to be
meant by yellow journalism. 1t is
well to have an early understanding
on that point. If yellow journalism
means simply that no more gross and
villainous cartoons are to be printed
depicting the most responsible official
in the world as fit TO be put in
padded cell, it is possible that its reign
is over though we expect ere snow
flies to see cartoons in the Hearst and
Wanamaker papers as abominable i'm
teaching and suggestion as any that
may have helped to mould Czolgoszs s
| bullet. The public forgets.
But while this horrible caricaturng
is a recent development in yellow jour
nalsm that has been carried to insult
| ferable excess, it is only an offshoot
| from the parent stem. The insidious
| part, the part that terminates the
seeds of anarchy and revolution, is not
the earish picture, frightful i'm hid
eousness, that only the idiot will take
| literally, 1t is the subtle and deftly
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-24

An examination Of tho above tahl" SHOWS that
the exports have, during the fvc.ycar period
from Aug. 81, 1896 to Aug. 81, 1901, increased
more than 80 per cent, while the imports have
increased less than Ii per cent. The growth in
exports during the period since 1906, in which
the increase in exports has been more than %
per cent, compared with an increase OF less
than - per cent. in imports, has, as is we'll
known, included all great classes OF products
and manufactures Agricultural products now
form 63.1 per cent. Of the total exports and in
1896 they formed $50 per cent Manufactures
now form 90 per cent. Of the total exports AMI
in 1896 they formed 2S.3 per cent.
The phenomenal growth in exports is illus.
tratcd in another form by the fact that the
monthly statements have not for more than two
years. fallen below the million dollar line, WHILE
as already indicated, they have for the frst time
passed the billion and a half mark for a twelve
months period The table which follows com.
parcS the monthly exports in each o. the twelve
months ending with August. lS9d, and August,
1901, and illustrates the growth which has oc.
CURED during the intervening periods:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-24
The Peoples Enterprise,

YF 1T WERE merely matter of
getting together as rapidly as
II possible money enough TO place
in our city fitting memorial Of
William Mckinley the task would not
he difficult. There are men of wealth
who would gladly assume the entire
enterprise and complete the financing
of it with a few strokes of the pen.
Not in great subscriptions by those
of large means but in the modest con-
tributions of the common people. espe-
cially those identified with manual toll,
should the funds be raised for the erec-
tion of this memorial. lie was not the
president of the Well-to-do; his con-
Germ, devotion and final martyrdom
were for all the people, and for those
in humble station especially. From
the poor he sprung; among them he
lived; by them he was elevated to po-
sitions of public usefulness and the
one aim of his career was to be instru-
mental in enlarging their comforts
and opportunities through the nurture
OF "A substantial prosperity.
Let this, then, be the peoples token
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On redirect examination, Commander lril.
ner said that the squadron had made no effort
TO DESTROY the spanish fortihcations on shore
at Cienfucgos. lie said that hut for the delay
VI the Texas in the Santiago battle. caused by
the Brooklyn, the Texas would have been able
10 get farther IN and nearer tho Colon and
that ships that were on her how would have
been broadsidc on Tho witness said that rc.
glrdlcss ot tho chart, he ,til adhered IN his
opinion that tho Brooklyn was only 100 or 80
feet distant from the Texas when the loop
was made. lie said that as a member nj tho
board which prepared the chart he had con
,cntcd TO the distances as shown by It in order
TO reconcile differences ON tho part Of mem.
bcrs of the board.
Commander llarbcr was recalled and Captain
Phillips reports OF the Santiago campaign were
offered as evidence. Counsel for Admiral Schlcy
consented TO their introduction with the under.
standing that their acceptance should not he
considered A. 4 precedent for the acceptance Of
other official reports as evidence.
Mr. Raynor rcau from the report Of Captain
Phillip to srow that the Texas had been only
four miles out when Commander Iarbcr had
said that tho distance was seven or eight miles.
captain llarbcr sad however, that he did not
desire to modify his testimony.
commander AlcN. H. Bates, who was chief
engineer on tho Texas during tho Santiago en-.
gaGcmcnt ON July 3. then was called. Ito tcs-
titled concerning tho work of the engines on
that day. lie said they were operated on sig
nails aud that tho starboard engine was reversed.
The port engine had also. he thought. been rc.
vcrScd. He thought at the time probably a
torpedo boat had gotten into the track OF the
Texas.
While Commander Bates wa, examining tho
steam log Of the TCNaS, Lieutenant Henry IT,
ward. OF the bureau OF navigation, approached
him and leaned over his shoulder Captain
Parker demanded in somewhat excited tone that
he be directed to go away, saying that he had
no business there and his presence was not
wanted. Admiral Dewey replied that Mr. Ward
was there under the direction of the navy
department Lieutenant Ward did not change
his position.
The court adjourned at I o'clock
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-24

"Whon the Democracy went out Of power in
our state it lett TO the Republican party leg
a'v Of almost so OOO of debt This debt, by
wise administration under Republican rule has
been almost entirely paid. We have increased
thc appropriations TO the common schools until
VIC stand at the head OF the American states in
support ~ popular education. Under Republican
administration there has been paid each year for
educational purposes more than was appropriated
10y the Democratic party in their quarter of a
century Of miSrulc. We have increased our ap.
preparations TO charitable and olccmos mary iust.
tutions until We can make the boast that no state
between tho two oceans supports these institu-
tons as we'll as docs our own. Our 1000. 900 Of
people arc industrious. honest, law.dbiding aud
happy. Vet, surrounded as We are on every side
with prosperous business conditions. with people
happy, employed and Contcntcd, and with every
avonnc Of business and trade fully occupied and
with tho prospect ot the future Frightening and
growing more hopeful the old historic party of
obstruction and ncgation sets up a hvstcrical cry
Of false prctcnsc, hypocrisy and insinccrity for
the purpose of misleading tho people and regain.
irG lost powcr."-From the Republican state
Platform
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Nearly Rammed.

Captain Lemly-Ilow near was the BROOKLYN
to the Texas at the time YOU say you saw lcr
loom up out Of the smoker
IL did not make any estimate at tho time, hut
came to the conclusion later that she was he.
tween 100 and $50 yards from us. which was a
much longer distance than Captain Philip thought
it was.
Captain Lcmly-Pcrhaps should have asked
you in the first place the position of the Brooklyn
relative to the Texas Just before going into bat
tie.
"Sho was almost astcrn of us. That is because
We were headed almost east. She should have
borne west by northwest. She was heading for
the land , and thought she was standing pretty
nearly on her north course. did not see at
first any indications Of turning, and | thought
she was going right in
Did the Brooklyn give any steam whistle sig.
| nal TO indicate her change Of coursc?'
THAT do not know
Did YOU hear any,
"I did not hear any"
"Do you think you would have heard it il there
had been steam whiste?"
"No, sir: We could never have heard It,"
"At what time during tho battle of Santiago
do you consider that the Texas was in the great.
| est danger?' asked Captain Lemly.
Mr.. Rayner objected, contcnding that su"l,
opinions were shut out by a previous ruling OF
the court Mr.. Hanna said there were many
minor points on which the court must from time
10 time ask the opinion Of witnesses The point
was also argued on the one side by Captain Lcmly
and on the other by Judge Wilson.
The court over.rulcd the objection and the Ques.
tion was repeated.
Looking back responded the witness II
know that the time of the greatest danger of the
Texas when the Brooklyn loOmcd UP out ~
the smoke right ahead Of us"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-24

AfDENED veterans i'm poll
ties have sometimes smiled
Il Il at the Republican club idea,
but it is a sad smile. smile
of longing. Happy would they he
could they but recall the enthusiasms
Of their own youth, the earnest zeal
with which, in their young days. they
gave their energies freely to the causes
of their choice. 1t is given to some
men to carry this greenness of spirit
throughout the ripcness of years and
they are the old men we love. Pity
the other type whose juices are cvap-
Grated.
Scranton today gives cordial well
come Ia the State League of Republi-
can clubs. 1t believes in the club idea,
has tested it and found it not wanting.
1t believes in volunteers, in their Cour-
age, fervor and loyalty. 1t believes
that inasmuch as government calls for
parties the Introduction into party or
ganization of youthful enthusiasm and
the wholesome volunteer spirit is a
work of real patriotism, as much to be
commended and as useful to the state
as is the drilling of volunteer militia
in preparation for always possible war.
The militia may never have to fight.
but the trained partisan fights fiercely
and oftcn-if he is whole -souled, lib
eral-minded man, the oftener the bet =
ter.
There is room in our politics for both
volunteers and regulars. There should
he harmony between them. one of the
helpful influences of conventions such
as the one Scranton is about to enter
tain is that they clear away misunder-
standings guide enthusiasm into chan
ncls Of discretion and promote harm
ony. There are no axes to grind in the
Pennsylvania Republican league.
There are no enemies to punish. 1t is
an honest auxiliary, loyal to the party
cause and subject to the command of
the duly accredited party generals. 1t
takes no part in making or unmaking
candidates. 1t leaves to others the
distribution of loaves and fishes. 1t is
i'm politics for its own health, for the
health of its party, for the health of
its country
Scranton is glad to entertain guests
of this character. 1t wishes them sue
cess in their deliberations and pleasure
in their diversions. If it is remiss in
any detail of hospitality it hopes they
will charge it to ignorance and not TO
intent,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-24
Dog-Catching Diplomacy.

ParSon Twinc, the Chcstcrdcdan sanitary II.
fccr and a dog catcher Of Atchison, recently
called at house and asked the woman who an.
pcared If she kept dog. "No. [ don't" re-
spondcd the woman; "look for yourself" "Md.
DAM" said Parson Twlue, "what sort Of an ad.
ministration would this he il tho dog tax col.
lector doubted the word OF a lady!' The woman
looked at him hclplcsslv for moment and then
softly said: "I-l-I have ono little dog which
will pay on If you say so. o."--Kansas city Jour.
nal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-24

Of respect and gratitude. Let every
man, woman aud child contribute each
one dollar the head of the family Civ
ing in the child's name and instructing
the child why the gift is made and
what it signifies. In this way II me-
mortal can be erected which will con-
stitute an invaluable legacy to future
generations.
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Medical Testimony.

nr. Harvey Il. Gaylord, OF Buffalo, who was
then called, testified that he performed the au-
tup,v upon the body Of President Mckinley.
tie described tho location ot the wounds in the
stomach and their direction from the bullet
Back ct the stomach, he said, was track into
which | could insert the tip ot my fingers. II
was allied with dark fluid mater. The search
Tor th" bullet was not continued after the cause
of death had been a,ccrtdincd. The ptncrcaS
wa, seriously involved. The cause Of death was
a guu,hur wound. The organs Of the body other
than those affected 10y the wounds were in a
nonual condition
ON cro,,.cNamination by Judge Lewis witness
said the autopsy was performed nine days after
the wound hdd been caused. The process Of
healing or the wounds m the stomach had be.
gun. The tissues beyond the stomach had been
affected hv Gaugrcnc, The kidneys showed
changes which could only have been caused by
wound during life. While Dr Gaylord Wis
tc,tining Judge llaight, OF the court Of appeals,
Justice Frederick W. krusc, OF tine district, jus
tive Frank G. Laughlin, OF tho New York appel.
late division. and Justice Edward W. Hatch,
of the Brooklyn appellate division Of the Supreme
court, entered the court room. They were given
seats directly III front Of the bench.