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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-06

Mr.. Bryan announces that he is no
longer desirous of being the Moses OF
the Democratic party. 1t has evident
~ just dawned upon the silver prophet
that Moses was not allowed to enter
the promised land.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-06

Il CAREFUL examination of the
representative newspapers
4 n rejecting the public opinion
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-06

For cards of thanks. resolutions OF confidence,
and similar contributions in the nature o, ,,s nu
,crtising The Tribune makes a charge OF cents
a line ~
Rates Of CLASSIFIED Advertising furnished o."
npnlpat ion
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-06

The imposition of ii fine of five dol
lars upon the consumer ought to prove
an effective blow at "scab" cigars:
but rather difficult task appears to
await some one in the detecting of
non-union smoke.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-06

This is also a growing season II
E,lkin delegates
The National tribune., 1902-02-06

been long in progress there was n success
sion of six explosions, which threw the
! building down, domolishng nine others at
the same time and creating n mass of hlaz-
| ing ruins which occupied the attention OF
| the firemen for many hours. The shock
of the explosions was felt in Brooklyn and
on Staten Island, while portions of the
debris were carried in the air a mile or
more. At distant points no person could
guess what Occasioned the shock until a
huge body of smoke rose and nhScured
the cloudlcss sky, drifting porthward and
dropping splinters and bits of charred
wood along the way as far uptown as
Madison Square. In the near vicinity
people were thrown to the ground in
streets some blocks away, and many cases
were reported of persons cut or otherwise
hurt by flying glass and other material.
A conilagration by the waterside is one
that people will travel far to see, and it
possesses features that can never mark
hre elsewhere. 1t seems to defy the
element which aids in its extinction, and
its volumes of red flame, lc1ping high.
throw out over the water a lurid refcc
ton that gives to it the aspect of liquid
fire. Amid the flame and the smoke the
tall maSts and slender spars of the ship
ping loom up like huge skeletons denuded
of their flesh, and seem to tremhle in the
agony of an inferno. The tire-bOatS NOV
ing in and out among the piers. their
multiple streams ever arching over upon
the fire-swept land. add to the wierdness
of the scene; and the picture grows in
interest as a blazing craft is towed out
into the current in an effort to save it.
or to remove it as a source of danger
from some point where its withdrawal
adds to the fighting chances of the com
batting forces.
Thousands Of people witnessed the
great blaze Of Saturday, June 30. 1900.
on the HOboken waterfront, at some stage
in its progress. 1t was another of those
fiery disasters which will have place in
history, and its horrors. of which the null
titude of spectators knew nothing until
afterward. startled the whole world.
Three fine ocean steamships-the Saale.
Main and Bremen-were destroyed. and
with them more than 300 lives went out.
Other ships were more or less damaged.
md the piers of the North German Lloyd
Transatlantic Line were ruined. But the
crowds on the shores of the North River
and those on the high lands from which
the river could be seen. saw only, knew
only, a spectacle such as may be seen but
once in lifebme-a point in the land
scape which imagination might picture aS
one OF the gates of the Internal regions
with n river of molten metal flowing be-
tween.
The National tribune., 1902-02-06

mitted TO march away. The army sur
rendered at NickSburg numbered 29,49l
There We're one Northumberland -four
Major-Generals, 10 Brigadier- Generals, 40
Colonels, 81 Lieutenant Colonels, 81 Ma
jors, 5SS Captains, COG First Lieutenants
513 Second Lieutenants, 244 Third Lieu
tenants, three Chaplains, Is Volunteer
Aids and one Cadet. There were 231 non
commissioned staff officers, 232 First Ser
geants. 1,S5S Sergeants, 1,621 CorporalS,
IA Artificcrs, 16 Musicians. five Suffers,
115 citizen employees and 225.22;3333 225 23333 privates.
making grand total of 29,491 prisoners
surrendered at Nicksburg.
The captures at NatCheZ, by Gen. Ran
som; at Jackson, by Gen. Sherman; and
at Yazoo City, by Gen. Heron, numbered
l ,14T. Add to this the prisoners captured
mt Fort Gibson, Raymond. Jackson. Cham
piOn's Hill and Big Black River, number
ing 6,115, and we have a grand aggrc-
gate Of 36.TJ3 prisoners captured during
this wonderful cOmpaign, numbering near
ly 1000 more than Grants entire army
under McClcrnand. Sherman and Me
IhcrSOu. with which he marched and
fought up to the very battlements of
Vicksburg.
The succession Of defeats of the Con
federate army in this campaign and the
capture of more than 10000 Of their num-
Der, had a most depressing effect upon
both officers and men. They had been
terribly defeated upon their own territory
and upon their chosen held-Onc of the
The National tribune., 1902-02-06

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Red Viii
low County is in the southern tier. 20
miles east of Colorado. The Republican
Valley runs through this County. 1t is a
lovely valley, two to three miles wide.
and the soil is very rich This is alfalfa
land. Alfalfa makes three to four crops
every year, no matter how dry. NOtwith
staEding the terrible drouth of the past
season, it all made three crops; nine
tenths was cut four times and some fields
five times. The entire yield was four to
five tons per acre; some little more.
This was without irrigation. A field of
80 acres made 1S4 loads, a little over six
tons per acre. had three big loads per
acre at one cutting. | have seen it make
four crops in season, and then pastured
two months in the Fall. Fifteen acres
were cut twice and then kept 80 head Of
cattle the rest Of the season. Twenty
acres were cut twice, and then % head of
three-year-old steers the rest of the sea-
son. | have run cows on it in October
and November. and they gave about as
much milk as in June on red clover. Some
times cattle bloat on it. | never had but
one case, and that was not fatal. Moth
ing equals our alfalfa patch for hogs
-Four acres kept 2OI head big and little
The last Of July 80 fat ones were taken
to market.
I have farned over 80 years, and fed
many kinds of hay, but like alfalfa best
1t is So per ton now. The crop of the
mast season brings $50 to $40 per acre.
Some patches were sOwn eight years ago
have never been resown; have made three
TO four crops every year, and there has not
been n year but the crop would pay 10
per cent. interest on $50 per acre for the
land, and some years on $500 to Si00 per
acre. 1t is doing that this year, and still
a few farms can be had yet at 500 to S25
per acre, if bought of the owner, and one
near me at S15 per acre. Good alfalfa
land like this is really worth 500 per
acre, no matter where located. and this
will bring it before many years. | have
farmed here 20 years and have not fed
stock three months any Winter, and none
some Winters. Butchers get good beef
light off the prairie here now that have
not eaten an ear of corn this Winter
Weather is nice. Soil is in good order
now for sowing wheat. Roads are dry
and smOOth.-WM. COLEMAN.
The National tribune., 1902-02-06
In the Year 1850, Say.

Cape Town-The report that the wal
is over proved to be premature Lord
Kitchener regrets TO announce that a one
armed Boer mounted on a three-Iegged
OK attacked a British column near BlOem-
fontein, yesterday, and after inficting Sc
we're loss, fell back to the mountains.
More troops are to be asked for from
England. and every preparation made for
an aggressive campaign.
London-The official report that there
is still Boer alive has cast gloom over
the Capital. The gravest fears are en-
tertained for the Empire
The National tribune., 1902-02-06
THE REHELs MARcn AWAY.

At the appointed time the movement
of the Confederate army began. 1t was
witnessed by. thousands of the officers and
soldiers of the Union army, who stood
with respectfHi-silence and saw this army
of brave but defeated men march by-it
was an interesting, pathetic sight. This
was a military episode in the great civil
war, which when witnessed could never be
forgotten. Gen. Pemberton and his staff
The National tribune., 1902-02-06
Proceedings of the 18TH Pa. Reunion.

The Survivors Association of the 18th
Pa. has issued in pamphlet form n re-
port of the third annual meeting of the
association at Gettysburg, Pa, June 4,
1901. The pamphlet also contains a ros-
ter of the living members of the 18th
Pa, 36 years from the date of discharge.
Comrade A. NJ. Lands. Harrisburg, Pa,
is Secretary of the society.
The National tribune., 1902-02-06
A Very Young Commander.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: In a re.
cent issue, Bailey Post, 164. Portsmouth,
D., claims to have the youngest Com
mander i'll the G. A. Il. Lorain Post, AS,
Lorain, o., can give them two years. and
then beat them. Past Commander James
Tabor, Co. A, I'd N. Y. IL. A., was born
in February, 1S49, and served 20 months.
&C. u. BHEER Lofain, U.
The National tribune., 1902-02-06
Indiana Monument at Shiloh.

The Indiana Shiloh Park Commission
ers have awarded the contract for p
monuments to be erected on Shiloh battle
field to mark the positions of the 10 reg
ments of infantry and two batteries of
artillery from Indiana which took part
in the engagement. The designer of the
monuments is John ID. Lowe. of Indianap-
oils. The contract provides that the mon
uments shall be completed by Sept. /,
1910
The National tribune., 1902-02-06
Cravings,

"Goldslathers is going to put up a cot
tage for his wife in Southern California. .
what for?"
will get tired of living in.'
The National tribune., 1902-02-06
k AI1Izh the WLaLg1ITI1RlV
SA @.1UMI~
sSsIxsssgsas Parolng Prisoners.
Paroling Prisoners.
By GEN. GREEN B. RAUM.
.,., ~ rnr N .r1nN,1 Tp1n1-,-r,

hcrs OF The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
I tailed to see that all the arrangements and
terms are carried out in proper manner.
'Maj.-Gen. Grant informs me that yOu
will detail officers to be present and act
in conjunction with my PrOvost-Mar-
| cbaIc -
The National tribune., 1902-02-06
TO CURE A coin IN ONE DAY
An Enthnsiastic Nehraakan

Take Laxative Bromo QuInlne TahIets. All druggists
refund the money If il fails to cure. + w. Groves
signature Is on each boy. &c.
The National tribune., 1902-02-06

General: have the honor TO ac-
hhoWitd%e the receipt Of your c0mmunica-
iion, and to say that everything viii Le
arranged 50 that your command can
march out at the times you may designate.
= II IS immateiial whether yon leave town
by the main Jackson road or the Bald
WINS Ferry road, only ] wish you TO ad-
lise me which road you propose to take.
rue hours OF starting of each division, in
Fhe ground t0 check of the nl,Septeas.
Ftlso The roads Icy which each division oI.
fuVlsionss will rass through the intrencb
meats. Brighten. John D. Stevenson. of
my command, is the general officer de
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
A Marriage I'm Persia.

Before dinner is served the bride
goes to the bath, accompanied by fe-
male relatives and friends. At night,
as the procession of the bridegroom
approaches, aims are distributed,
and women and children look on
from neighboring roofs. Loud cries
from the women welcome the BRIDE
groom on his arrival, while the bride,
carefully yelled, mounts the horse
awaiting her at the door. All the
men who have been feasted and en-
tertained join in the procession, in
which lanterns are borne. The
brides departure is signal for the
discharge of fireworks and a great
beating of the big drum. The final
ceremony is similar to one observed
by the Arabs and the Copts; namely.
the sacrifice of sheep. These are
killed as the bride steps over the
threshold Of her new home. One
wonders what the idea is underlying
the sacrifices. Are they intended as
acts of Precipitation inherited from
an earlier age, when people thus en-
deavored ITO appease the anger Of
the GODS" or Of the spirits of their
ancestorsP Or is il merely a way of
sealing in blood an important act
and covenant?-Woman's Home Com
panion.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
The Southern Railways Palatial Rich
mond and Florida Limited.

The Washington, Richmond and Florida
Limited is the name of the Southern s
new train, inaugurated Nov. "a, 1901
ana is being operated daily between
Washington, Richmond and Jackson
vile, Fla 1t is in every detail a COM
piete train, composed of day coaches of
She very latest improved patterns.
Pullman drawing-room cars and dining
cars. The day coaches go through
from Washington and Richmond TO
Sharlotte, Columbia, Savannah and
jacksonville, and at Richmond draw
lng-roorn sleeper is added going through
TO Atlanta and Birmingham. At Cha
lotte this sleeper is attached to the Tn
tied States Fast Mail, forming through
service for New Orleans, Memphis and
all the South and Southwest. The i'm
portant connections and quick time
made by this train makes it one of
great Importance TO Richmond and the
territory through which it runs
Ii leaves Washington daily 1880 a.
n, Richmond $3.50 p. m, arriving
ia ksonvllle 9:15 a. m. following morn
IN and correspondingly quick time is
made to all other Southern points. This
service is in addition to the numerous
Cralns operated daily over the main
me, thus making five limited trains
any with dining car service between
ne North and South over the Southern.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
Vinegar from Prime.

The Oregon agricultural expert
ment station is performing a very
useful service in some experiments
which is it making in producing vim
egar from prunes. The most seri-
Gus problem which confronts our
prune growers is the profitable dis
posal of the very small prunes and of
that portion of the larger sizes
which partly ferments in drying.
Prunes, being very sweet, will pro-
duce large quantity either of alco-
hol or of vinegar. The vinegar pro-
duced from prune juice in Oregon is
said to be SO strong as to require
its dilution by one-half to bring it
down to the commercial standard.
II the prune vinegar proves salts
factory to consumers it's manufac-
ture will prove of great value to our
prune growers as an outlet for the
inferior stock which, to some extent,
they cannot avoid producing.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15

the place on Kenmore avenue it did
strike Henry that the place sayored
rather more Of cheap sales barn than
ii did of gentleman's private stable,
but he dismissed the thought as un-
worthy. The coachman was an oily in
dividual. He led forth the mare, which
was a well-groomed looking animal,
plump, and with . shiny coat and a
fairly good name.
Amt she a beauty, sir?" said the
eOachman. Henry Sparks put Gu a wise
look and stroked the animals neck at
arms length. He would have looked
at the tail IL he had not a wholesome
respect for the rear part of a horse.
In the meantime Mrs. Sparks, who had
been at the animals head, said: 30,
Henry; do buy her. She has perfectly
beautiful blue eyes"
just at this juncture a stranger en-
tered the stable. He was a large man
with big, yellow watch chain. al
want to buy that mare you adver-
tised," he said to the coachman.
SIN sorry, sir" was the reply, "but
this ere gentleman" pointing his
thumb at Mr.. Sparks, "has the first
call" 40
"Ain't she beauty?'' said the stran-
ger. 81 want her bad; know her pedi-
gree. Ial give you $175 for her if you'll
let me have her"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
Henry Sparks
Buys a Horse

1T WAS evening, an hour after din
ner, when Henry Sparks, surround
ed by his family, sat at the cleared
dining-room table reviewing books.
Henry is the literary editor of the
Daily Breeze. Henry wasn't feeling
well that evening, fact that BODIED i'll
for the young woman who had writ
ten the new novel, 1.-The Cory Path
to Fame" which Mr.. Sparks just then
had under consideration. The young
est Sparks kid tipped over the ink bot
tie. Henry swore. The imprecation,
rather a mild one, was intended to be
under his breYth, but it was heard
and the eldest daughter left the room
looking grieved, while Mrs. Sparks
looked rather more than shocked.
Henry" she said, "you need exer-
else. You are irritable and not alto
gether proper. Since you've been lit
erary editor you've stuck so close to
che Office and house that your temper
has suffered and we have suffered with
it When you were night police re-
porter you were ever so much nicer,
because you had plenty OF outdoor ex-
ercise, even IL you did keep late hours
houses, smoke and occasionally whis-
KY. Here we are living in a sub
arb, and IL you'd only buy a
horse the children and L could drive
and you could ride for an hour or two
every day, and 1 know we'd all be
happier for it,"
Eliza" said Mr.. Sparks, "I know I'm
Crouch, and I need exercise, but if
you think because I wrote such a
learned review OF "The Horse Breed
ers' Companion" the other day that I
know anything about horses. you are
woefully mistaken. l don't. However,
suppose I can learn to ride, and ~ you
can find good, gentle horse fairly
cheap I'll buy it,"
Two days later Eliza Sparks -four.
behed in her husbands face a circular
which she had picked up In street
car. This is the way it read:
For sale-Fine family horse, good
driver and saddler, out of Flora Tenn.
ple nineteenth, by Pride of the West;
las no public record, but can trot a
mile in 2:2o without pushing; war
ranted sound; has only one fault; is
afraid OF elevated trains, and gentle
man owner wishes to sell her into SUBJ
srbS where she will have kind treat
nent; worth $1,000; may be had by
proper party for $3.50 Inquire of
coachman, private stable rear of resi-.
aence, 100000 Kenmore avenue"
There, Henry" said Mrs. Sparks,
its just what we want. Here's a kind
hearted gentleman who wishes TO
place his family horse at a great sacri-
flee where it will be we'll treated.
There are no elevated trains about
here, and so we needn't worry about
that. $1,000 horse for S15O-why, we
aetuallymake more than $1,000 by buy
ing the animal. Let's go around quick.
am afraid somebody else will be there
ahead OF u.s."
Henry Sparks put on his hat and
coat with alacrity. When they re cached
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
An Unfortunate Bewinninu.

In the high school one day last
week teacher desired to refresh a
boys memory and help him to an
swer a question. Acting on the sup
position that a mental review would
lead him to correct conclusion, she
said:
"Now, go away back"
Unconsciously from the entire class
there came responsive murmur:
"And sit down.
The teacher was compelled to join
In the audible smile, and hardly
knows yet whether the boys answer
was right.-Syracuse Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
The Man and the Bab,.

Once upon time father was sleep
ing soundly, while the mother was
awake, sitting in bed with a crying
baby in her arms, trying her utmost to
quiet 1T. Finally her great stock of
patience became exhausted.
John" she said to her husband, as
she pushed him with her foot, "please
get up and carry the baby around the
room for few laps. The little darling
is holding out his arms to you and
crying for you to take him"
The aroused husband got out of his
comfortable bed, took the baby from
his wife and started on four-miie
tra&lp.
Moral.-A call TO arms gets the brave
men out.-N. Y. Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
Mirror. nj the Cnrn.r.

A district council of Suffolk, Eng
land, has resorted to novel means of
preventing accidents at dangerous
street corners. Three roads in the au-
thority's district meet at awkward
angles, and collisions between vehicles
have been rather common. Widening
by demolition of house property being
impossible the surveyor recommended
the erection of mirrors. BY this means
drivers can see through brick walls, so
TO speak, and the experiment has
proved SUCCESSFULLY. Y. Sun.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15

A Bug That sleep. In a Lace Gown.

Do you want to see beautiful bug.
tucked away for the winter? Go to
the nearest sycamore tree and lift up
small piece of its bark from the trunk
at about the height of your head from
the ground. There lives the lace bug,
active in summer, asleep in winter.
This tiny creature is only about an
eighth OF an inch long, and to the naked
eye seems simply white. But any or
binary magnifying glass will disclose
its beauty. Two long sheets of lace
down the back form its wings. Its neck
issurrounded by an Elizabethan ruff of
lace. 1t wears lace cap on its head.
If you admire lace gowns here is a real
one, fresh from the hand of the Great
Weaver.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
Climate Of Mexica-

Americans who have lived in Mexico
and now are residing in the French
Riviera, and in the south of Spain,
admit that there is nothing like the
Mexican climate" Italy, famed
among Britons for its climate, is fire.
quently treated TO heavy snowfalls,
and, as the houses are not built for
winter comfort, only the hardest tour
lists endure It. Here, at least, one can
drop down by railway to places like
Cuernavaca, Iguala, Orizaba, Jalapa
and Cuautla and be warm. This is a
highly privileged country, despite all
contemporary grumbling-Mexican
Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
Matrimony Exposed.

Mr.. Observation-Disclosures to heart
talks have come to be understood to
mean. the exchanging of opinions, not
necessarily complimentary, between
two people.
Mrs. Doubleduff (sweetly)-Yes; in
other words, sort of husband to wife
talks.-Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15

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life. % u A
The doctor wants all sufferering men
TO share with him the knowledge he has
personally obtaiued. He sends the re-
ceipt free, and all the reader need do is
to send his name and address to L. w.
Knapp, M. D., 1922 Hull Building, De-
troit, Mich, requesting the free receipt
as reported in this paper. 1t is gener-
Gus offer and all men ought sto be glad
to have such an opportunity.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15

Anxious Young Man-Camilla, il
your love for me absolutely dead?
Beautiful Maiden-It is, Philip. I
have applied the cyanide of potassium
test, and it does not Chicago
Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
The WAY of II.

Briton-You Americans have no pic
turesque old armor hanging in your
ancestral halls?
American-Oh, mol Our pioneer
forefathers, you remember, fought
and conquered the British and the
Indians without armor.-Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15
How 1t Fitted.

Mr.. Doubleduff (effusively)-I think
Miss Simpkins is every bit as good a
dressmaker as that expensive Madam
Soakyoul Why, that waist she made
fits you like the paper on the walll
Mrs. Doubleduff (grimly) y esi
Like the paper on this dining-room
wall, that you put on yourselfl-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-15

Sand yet" said the professor,
struggling with burnt and black
ened steak of unusual toughness
which the cooklady had just brought
in, they say woman's work is never
donel"-Chicago Tribune.