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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
An Interesting Test.

"\HE REPORT seems. to be well
= pqh authenticated that James j.
- st'Iiili, the railway king of the
"' Northwest. when in Wash
iAgtop recently, announced to friends
his purpose Of doing all within his
Rpwerato secure the defeat of Presl-
dent Roosevelt for second term. 9th
81 men interested In large business
combinations which are infringing
uponuthe Sherman antitrust law and
therefore 'in' peril of legal attack as
TIE ,pEesident has attacked Mr.. HIPS
rfilwaytlmerger scheme and the So
cplled"meat trust are talking similarly
u public or private. They are con-
Wnced that Colonel Roosevelt is ezra
ttc and unsafe; that under his admins
walton vested interests are not prop
tfly Protected, ana that between his
candid and. STRAIGHTFORWARD policy of
4oiag what he says and the empty
9sniagogismn of MANI like William
Jennings Bryan they would be willing
y sehspef the latteF.s ,.Aa
The active ana determined Opposition
Of such interests IL not to be lightly
disresarded. 1t would exert consider
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
Figuring.

Excluding Philadelphia aud Allegheny. there
are VET 10 elect l"6 delegates. Should Mr. Elkin
get the same proportion Of these as of The dele.
gates elected since he put on the siding lie
would get as many "a 49, which. added to his 81
would make Il total OF 20 for him, or 20 less than
the Number necessary To secure the nominal ion
The Who'll" number of the Allegheny delegates
could be added to his string without giving him
enough to make the required number. Mr.. Elkin
must lave LIS delegates to make bare majority
OF the convention. Philadelphia Press.
F. HE HAD only one delegate it
would he his duty to go in the
Il convention AS "a protest against
the manner of his defeat and the
manhood OF PENNSYLVANIA would ap-
plaud him for doing it.
But let us look at the foregoing fig
ures. Since IIlkin was put on the sid
ing" the only delegates committed
against him We're those from Lacka-
wanna who go to Colonel Watrcs from
home pride and in gift. At this rate he
ought 10 get all of the remaining 1856
country delegates unless the opposition
to him soon trots out Il man and wins
a popular endorsement.
Figuring in advance of the fact Is al
ways hazardous. but since the Press
seems willing to predict that Elkin will
get only SS more delegates outside of
Allegheny and Philadelphia we do not
hesitate, from data which we think are
a$ trustworthy as those Of the Press,
to predict that he will get nearer 100.
lG.he does, he will be nominated.
At is 4 snug fight. of course, having
yN tpt be .detsrmined; bur don't think
tHatslilkin is out Of it, or you may be
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
THos. S. BIaELoW's ESTIMATE
OF JOHN p. ELKIN.


"ff Mr. Elkin had money he could not bc dc.
fcatcd." Mr.. Bgclow said yesterday ''lIc IS
head and shoulders over all Of them as politician
and he never faltcs in fight" Mr.. Bigeow
went on. 81 stood with him in three hard con.
tests and saw him manage the fight for the or.
ganizaton OF the last Legislature the election of
W. I. Marshall for speaker of the house and the
election OF Mr. Quay to the United States sen.
ate. Those fights took co,lrage. sagacity and cx-
,rlordinary ability. Elkin made those fights and
he was through them all the most resourccu
man I ever learned to know lie never tagged
nor faltered."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
They Will Have to Guess Again.


X clared against John p. Elkir
| IL for governor, number OF
newspapers Of insurgent OF
Democratic proclivities have tried to
make it appear that the senator's
action was in pursuance of sugges-
tion from the white house. They have
repeatedly printed dispatches alleging
that President Roosevelt has been
putting his fingers into our guberna-
torial campaign, to the detriment Of
iIlkin's candidacy. The following
dispatch from Washington to the
Philadelphia Ledger of yesterday sign
ed - NJ. c." the initials Of one of the
the capital. is of interest in this con-
nection. After reviewing the various
rumors connecting the president with
Pennsylvania politics Major Carson
continues:
There is the very highest authority
truth nor foundation for such reports.
The president has at no time discussed
the question of candidates for the
governorship of Pennsylvania with
congressman or others from that state,
nor has he expressed to any one Il pref
erence for General Brooke or any other
person in connection with the Repub-
lican nomination. Moreover, it can be
stated, in the most full and positive
manner, that Senator Quay has not
talked with the president about cam
didates, and that the president has no
information whatever in regard to any
plans that Senator Quay may have in
connection with political affairs in
Pennsylvania. The president fully
recognizes the improperly of interfer-
ence on his part with the local politics
of Pennsylvania. and is determined not
to be drawn into the contention that is
now in progress over the selection OF
Republican candidate for governor.
$50 far as the president is concerned,
the Republican convention to nominate
IL candidate for governor Of Pennsyl-
vana will be free to exercise its best
Judgment 1t it not true that he feels
Il special interest in the candidacy of
has even intimated the nomination of
Brooke is necessary to prevent the re-
tiremcnt OF Attorney General Knox
from the cabinet to accept the call of
the Republican conventions; it is not |
true, no matter who asserts to the |
contrary, that he feels special interest |
in any candidate, or that he Is likely !
to be drawn into the factional con-
tention over the work to be performed |
by the Republican convention. 1t Is
true, however, that the president does
not want Attorney General Knox
dominated. he does not want to lose
mis- attorney general and he frankly
says so. 1t may be properly stated in
his connection that the correspond
mt OF the Public Ledger directed the
attention Of the president this morning
% recent publications which represent
I'd him as expressing opinions about
he pending struggle among the Re-
publican leaders of Pennsylvania over
he coming state convention. and with
having declared to congressman from
hat state desire for the nomination
II General Brooke, TO every one of
he several statements made in the
publications alluded to the president
'ave emphatic and unequivocal denial"
This explicit statement of truth in
ontradiction OF characteristic in
urgent fiction SHOULD put an end to
Indecent trading on the presidents
lame.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

matter In the pigeon-hoe. The preai-
dent has nipped their scheme In the
bud by causing them to learn that
should 1t naterialize he would promptly
reconvere congress in extraordinary
session.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
For a Weak Back,

The muscles of the back may be
very much strengthened and all pain
and soreness removed by applying
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and having
the parts rubbed vigorously for five
minutes at each application. Twenty
five and tifty-cent bottles of this lini-
ment are for sale by all druggists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

1t is now promised that in two weeks
Senator Quay will unblanket his CUB
ernatorial dark horse and permit the
people to examine the fetlocks. This
boon will undoubtedly be appreciated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

From now on the delegate elections
will follow each other thick and fast
and the mathematicans will be kept
busy tabulating the returns. Lu-
zerne's Fifth district holds prma ries
today, with the convention Monday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

The fact that Presdent-elect Palma
has already been handshaked sick
suggests that Cuba ought to profit by
Americas example.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

Some OF the senatorial opponents of
Cuban reciprocity. working under cover
have been trying to fix things so that
congress Will adjourn leaving this
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

1t appears that Denmark also has a
bucking congress on it's hands.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

The Willingness of Bird 5. Coler to
accept the New York goyernorship
contracts sharply with the reluctance
OF the people.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

1t will be real disappointing to the
Scranton Times if that coal conference
doesn't end up in strike.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
THE WEsTMiNJsr

ksnlucky ave-. near Beach, Atlantic CITY Op,,
an the year, sun rarlor, Elevator and ali moderr
improvements, Special Spring Rates.
chAS. BuHRE, Prop.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

Aguinaldo's voluntary admission that
the Filipinos are not yet tit for inde-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
EDUCATIONAL.
Announcement

During the summer of 1902, in
struction il, all the subjects required
for admission to the best colleges
and scientific schools will be given
at Cotuit Cottages. a Summer
School of Secondary Instruction.
Cotuit, Massachusetts, under the
direction of Principal Charles Z.
Fish The courses of instruction
are Tor the benefit OF five classes of
students:
/. Candidates who have received
conditions at the entrance oxamina-
tions.
9. Candidates who have postponed
examinations until September.
8. Students in Secondary Schools,
who. by reason Of illness or other
causes, have deficiencies to make up.
a. Students in Secondary Schools
who wish to anticipate studies and
save time in the preparation for
college.
8. Students in college who have
admission conditions which must be
removed before the beginning Of the
next Scholastic Year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
HOTEL RICHMOND,

Kentucky Avenue. First Hotel from Beach. Al
lanlic tity, y. j.; 90 Ocean view rooms ca
paci'y 400; write tor special rates J. d. Icnk
ms Prop.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

THE Times. $ hould send its strike
esitQr TO Manila to straighten things
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

pendence will be sad news for the Bos-
ton antis.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

Come. come, Brother Lynett. Don
be a hog.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

East Stroudsburg, Pa
The examinations for admission to the Middle
Year and Senior Year classes will be held June H.
High school graduates will be permitted to take
both examinations and enter the senior class
where their work has covered the junior and mid
die years course Of the normal. This year will
be the last opportunity given to do SO, as the
three years course is in full force and all will
come under the state regulations OF examinations
For full particulars address at once
G. p. BIBLE, A. NJ, Principal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03
TWELVE ". PAGES.
-.
SCRANTON. MAY 8. 1909. -,
For governor '6f Pennsylvania. on the
issus.of an Open field and fair play,
JOHN r, ELK1N, Of Indiana,
subject to the will of the Republican
masses. '.' 4.M
Testimony That Counts.

Y UNANIMOUS vote" the
chamber Of commerce of
A-~ Manila has passed resolu-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-03

OTHER" JONES is
- MI credited with the plan
A y - of having every union
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
Process Butter.

Our statement of the oleomargarine
bill which passed the senate was defec-
tive 30 far as relates to the amend dment
introduced governing process butter.
The provisions of the bill as passed by
the senate prohibit the adulteration of
butter in any way and impose tax of
ten cents per pound on butter that is
renovated by chemicals and tax of
$3.50 on wholesalers and $48 On retailers
who handle adulterated butter or but
ter In which chemicals have been used.
On process butter made without
chemicals or the addition of any SUBJ
stance foreign to butter, the tax is but
q quarter of cent, barely enough ne
cessary for paying for the expense of
supervision or seeing that it is properly
branded and sold for what it is. There
is no tax placed on the wholesale or re-
tail dealers in this unadulterated or
non chemically treated butter, and the
tax on the manufacturer is but $50 per
year, that is the butter mixers who are
not butter adulterstors must pay $50
per year and one-quarter of cent per
pound in order that Uncle Sam may
keep them straight.
F There is mighty howl coming up in
some sections against this feature of
the law, but without any good reason.
A man who is simply buying old butter,
melting it and taking the impurities
out Of 1t, and then coloring 1t and put
ting it in Its proper shape to sell, can
well afford to pay $50 per year and a
quarter of q cent per pound that he may
secure the endorsement of Uncle Sam
that 1t is all right as butter to sell for
what it is, while the man who is adul-
tersting butter and using chemicals de-
serves to be put in the same class as the
manufacturers of oleomargarine, that
is being manufactured to pass as but
ter, and pay the penalty. This law
drives the rascals out and lets the hon
est men go ahead with their business,
and all good people will say "amen.'-
Wsllace's Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

One often hears the complaint made
by those who are still raising scrub
cattle that they cannot afford to buy
pure bred sires to use on their common
cows. This certainly is an error. There
has been series of Short-horn, Here
fords and Angus sales recently in Chi
cago, where good cattle sold compare
lively low, considering the quality Of
the cattle. A farmer could have
bought, and many of them did buy,
good males for one hundred dollars that
were good enough to use on their COM
mon COWS and produce good grade
stock. OF course man could not ex-
pect to get the best for such price,
and it would pay him to pay twice that
and get bull that possessed merit
enough to be worth that amount. 1t
would pay few farmers to club to-
gether and get 9 good bull that all
could use, better than for each to get
an inferior animal, and in many places
they are doing that way. Make the re-
eolve now that you will use nothing
but good sires and that the scrub must
go.-Farmer's Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
COOKING HINTS.

Don't add lard molasses or sugar to
bread II you wish to keep well and be
wholesome.
Potatoes baked thoroughly, but not
allowed to turn dark, are the best to be
used for creamed potatoes.
If salad dressing curdles when being
mixed, add little cold water, stir
quickly, and it will become quite
smooth.
II tea be ground like coffee or crush
ed Immediately before boiling water is
poured upon it, it will yield nearly dou-
Bile the amount of its eXhilarating quail
ities.
Ii sliced onion and carrot are cook
ed with veal, it will be found that the
flavor of the rather tasteless meat Is
much improved. Veal outlets rely for
their flavor on the tomato sauce that
is usually served with them.
A delightful flavor is sometimes CIV
Ell to steak by placing it overnight in
q bath of oil and vinegar. In the morn
ing it is wiped before the broiling but
enough of the mixture has been alb
sorbed to give 1t decided flavor.
If in making split pea soup teacup-
full of whipped cream is put in the
tureen Just as the soup is poured over.
the Improvement in flavor of the soup
| will be noticeable. This puree has
sometimes IL fiat, even watery taste
that is not at all agreeable, which the
whipped cream entirely removes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
WHAT HE THOUGHT OF HIM
A Postal Card Serial Story and q
I.ost Suit For Slnnder.

A Postal Card Serial Story and q
Lost Suit For SANDER.
a certain Kansas man, so the story
goes, wanted to tell neighbor what
he. thought of him without laying him
self open to suit for damages. So he
hit on the plan Of sending him each
day a postal card with only one word
written on it in large hand, in addi-
tion to the date obscurely tucked away
in q corner.
The person receiving the cards rec
Ognized the handwriting and suspect
ing something, kept them until they
stopped coming, when he read them
consecutively in the order of their re-
ception. What he read was, "Ridicu-
lous old Bill Jones is the meanest cuss
in town." and he at once instituted q
suit for SANDER against the sender.
The latter's lawyer, however, called
attention to the fact that the postal
card containing ridiculous" though
mailed first, was dated the day after
the date Of the card having the word
town." Moreover, careful inspection
would show that after the word ri
diculous" was an exclamation point,
and after the word town" was an in
teTogation mark, SO that the series of
postal cards might be made to read:
"Old Bill is the meanest cuss in town?
Ridfculousw He claimed, therefore,
that instead of slnndering the plaintiff
his client had defended him from SIAN
der and this plea was sustained by the
court.
But, all the same. everybody in town
insisted that the FIRST reading of the
cards was the correct one SO that the
writer attained his object.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
THE PLANET MARS.
Science Cannot sny whethcr Their
he Men There OF Not.

Science Cannot sny Whether There
he Men There OF Not.
To the popular mind all astronomical
research ought Of necessity to be con-
cerned with the important questions
whether there are men In the moon
and inhabitants in Mars. To the first
of these astronomy returns decided
negative. There is no life on the moon.
and probably no life, either vegetable
or animal, existed at any period Of hu-
man history. To the second the an
swer is: We cannot tell. There may be
men in Mars and there may not. The
conditions of life there do not preclude
the existence of human beings. We
have III Mars rain and snow, sunshine
and gloom, summer and winter, as on
our earth.
Perhaps the closing years of the
twentieth century will see astronomers
armed with telescope powerful
enough to reveal towns and cities in
Mars. Should ever such discovery be
made could conceive of none greater
In the whole range Of time, none more
upsetting or disconcerting. To the or
binary astronomer untroubled by such
hopes the future lines of astronomical
progress is simply and clearly defined,
and that progress is simply to answer
| the old lines:
Twinkle. twinkle. little star.
How wonder what you are.
This was the problem before oul
friend who wrote on astronomy hun
drcd years ago; this will be the. prob
lem before astronomers hundred
years hence.-Chambers Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
Dairy Notes.

The only true way to replentish
herd of COWS and improve them so that
each generation shall be better than the
preceding one, is to raise the heifer
calves from the best COWS. But to
make good COWS they must be fed we'll
when calves. And as milk is the most
important food for calves they cannot
be properly fed without good milk.
A British journal announces the
death of one of the most remarkable
cows that ever figured in public milk
ing tests. This was Shorthorn- Guern-
sey crossbred animal. Some idea of
her great ability as mixer may be
gathered from the fact that during the
ten and one-half months prior to her
death, she had produced at the rate Of
over 1900 gallons of milk per annum.
On the day before her death she gave
sixty six pounds of milk.
No man can work around stock for
even short time without having his
hands become more or less dirty, and
yet how many ever think of having a
wash basin and towel before sitting
down to milk? Milking with wet hands
usually transfers the dirt from the
hands and teats into the milk pail, and
where a cows side and udder are not
carefully brushed or wiped with damp
cloth, q great deal of hair and loose
dirt is worked off and falls into the
pail.
Under present conditions it is inn
possible to get milk out of most stables
comparatively free from bad odors OF
odor-producing germs, but by paying
some attention to ventilation, keeping
the COWS better cleaned, exercising
more care in milking and getting the
milk out of the stable, strained, areated
and cooled as quickly as possible, great
improvement could be made in very
short time. If farmers who send theil
milk to the factory or creamery had
some sort of a simple aerater and coole,
over which to run their milk, the i'm
proved flavor and keeping qualit.
would surprise them.
Mr. Simon, of Rice county, Mime
sofa, says that he lets cattle go onto hi
clover or rape with impunity and n
longer has any bloating among them
! His remedy, or preventive rather, !
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

The large ana increasing circulation
of The Iowa Homestead in this county
is matter for congratulation to the
publishers and to good farming, for, of
all the papers OF its class in the coun-
try. 1t is easily the best and most help
full. Its Special Farmers Institute
editions, issued with the regular edition
the first week in each month, have been
for years the admiration of all practi-
eel farmers. Written wholly by farm
ers, they are full of actual experience,
and smell of the SOIL We have been
fortunate enough this season to secure
terms for The Homestead and its Spec
ial Farmers Institute Editions, together
with The Poultry Farmer and The
Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal,
four of the most valuable farm publ
cations in the country, that enable us to
offer the four in connection with our
, own paper for S1.9O for the entire five,
one year. This is emphatically good
thing, and no farmer in this county
should fail to take advantage of this
offer. For large line of thoroughly
practical farm reading nothing has ever
been offered before that equals it. A
county paper,a a farm paper, q poultry
paper, farm insurance paper and the
Special Farmers Isntitute, all for $1.99
(. Come In and order them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
z1nun} Y,


sat where the cattle can get at it at
will. He used to notice that cattle
would leave clover field and go to the
barnyard, where they knew salt could
be found, and when they did so they
did not hloat. lie has since placed
rock salt near or in clover or rape pas
tures, letting the cattle know where it
is, and since that he has had no case of
bloating, though cattle have been turn
ed into such pastures when they were
wet. He says his neighbors have adopt
ed the same plan and with The same re-
suits. This is good thing to remem-
Der and try, when the time comes
Dairy and Creamery
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25


No wonder that the republicans do
not wish the record OF Governor Wood,
while In Cuba investigated. Besides
the exsfsvsgant wine and champagne
bills, 1t has developed that he has been
using vast amount Of money for po-
littcal purposes. Between eight and
nine thousand dollars was spent in en-.
deavoring to promote reciprocity be
tween Cuba and the United States
From what the writer learned in bis
stay in Cuba, q thorough investigation
of the acts of General Wood might
produce revelations which would as
tound the whole nation. 1t was re.
ported that nearly all work which the
government had done cost double what
1T did for private parties, and that
there was big ,"rake off" for some
person on nearly every government
contract. A thorough investigation of
the Cuban government under Wood
might not be 9 bad Clinton Ad.
vertiser.