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been indicated above. print reviews with undue
haste: and. lastly It's columns are TO be divorced
utterly from any connection with the business de-
partment Of the paper ITO put II tersely, says a
note IN hook advertised In five pages Of Ltera-
ture' will receive precisely much or as little
consideration If ii not advertised at all
On the whole. "Literature. in its first NUMBER al
least does not invalidate the "Athen9um' nor
will il detach readers from any OF the other recog-
nized mediums Of competent and impartial 1T
erary criticism. 1t may be that as number after
number out the discernmcnt OF the editor
and his reviewers may demonstrate Itself 10 be
something superior to that of their contemporaries
In Journalism. The most that can be said, pend
Ing these further developments. Is that "1-itera-
ture" IL sober. thoughtful and readable. but
not at all remarkable. publication. word should
be added as to its appearance. 1t Is printed on
good opaque paper. the type Is open ana peas
ing TO the eye and the typographical arrange
ment II not particularly attractive. Is appropriate
and dignjfed The American edition. we under
stand is 10 be published with a special cover
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pt'IIpISG PLANS FILED.

fIsn, .r new building. ard alterations hav. been filed
a. ths Department, of buildings as foilo~s
New buildings. main ofcs
Elm -. BOND 81 and Great J,ness,. tor an
eight -'ory brick store and lots 3plxS'orn X
.d. John % Cosrr. = No p william 81 -. -.
owner william stone architect ....-.-..... S'o""
New buildings branch once
nryAni St, l7s n ., s i,:a,'t ISs tSs c.oTS s%S
stevens = 40 i5I West 9sth 81. owner. ..o
icnler- = ~ iio Nassau ST. architect. -. AoO
s,h ave- i' z W - White Plains ave: FOR
story tram. shop 2"N35. Luke buter' OF aoo
F,rilAin ssc i2O II - Main q, ior a two
store and dwelling 2'N*o. .'ch~
We've Brosn. 2 'ly Island. owner. James oo,
Schwartz mr. hiiec' ~"
story frame dwelling 81 iS5t Georg" dc s''- .oo
ser owner. Uew e'' Nak"r architects ''S'
MDrr.- ave . c.-n~r 10th -. for a four s'ory
brick tenement, - G1J53. William X kirk o'
80 40 East i4fh ~. owner, & ll'k'rA'h' .. o<.o
Va.n,ir. sv. . "a :, o !sph 81 for three
fN1. story frame dwellings ~ sxtI John Metz
L.. = No io-3 Trrmon, ave- owner. .oo
lHck.r-0 n. architect o'"
Alterations. branch offc-
J.ror,i. ave ., a62 II ~ woo,lann Road. to
ne and two story frame ho.el. Eliza Suz-r.
2 premises. owner. Arctander of No DOL East ,oo
i3rh st. architect i"'"
lGrh II, ~ East, to three STORY frnm'
,,,,y.r hi,.,t days work
Tfoos ave. 32- q ~ i6is' -. To- one stor'
frame shop. Blum. owner. Miller 90,
architect -"
Blw~ry. No 3Ho. - three story brick hotel
! " phy'e. ~ No 90 East Houston -. owner, 49,,
Max Muller architect .+...-.--- .'o
3i.t ~ 40 80 N~>i. 10 three ami 'onr storf
hern~r. Of 40 - Ess, ssth Il. Thain
Fletcher. ~ y" ~ East 23d 1t. architects i"S
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RECORDED MORTGAGES.

hbeini,n AbTnin ana VIE ana kai" i.osrnoaum
To- i,ncus L"~enfeid and william Prager = .oooo
=, ll'h -; ~ ~ o, fhfk ave denhnd *-.""
Biown Abraham and wife to Edward i Schel, o
No ~ 'onmbh 81. years ........-........ 3UO
htrE9wz nsrmsn ana ~s to william schna
It of Marmion ave. year. .:................ $500
trustee No $50. Amsterdam ave. years 1900
Of New-York. Amsterdam ave. u ft n u
1igth st. years - On0
Same TO Frank Is Hawkins. trustee, W Amser
dam ave. - II n "i li'th 81 year 6.oO0
Loan Banking company li No 90 map of vii
age OF Jerome ins'nmeh's '';...,.... 25GO
BLOCK. fosa ~ I" Jonas "'I anu berhinrd
Block. Rosa and Israel. to Cornelius u Wood.
same property. years. :......:.,..... 10000
Costigan. Martha 10 Augustus Iabei ana another.
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K1tatr ltas " kohra% and wife to Eiaatsh clifford
i5sihsi 2s7S II Of cOur'la"d' no" $500
Ly9sa Grand T9sr' Sastvay S K ssi rH Of
Lsdd~ Philip j. to Ida iienauer lot ''2 map Of $500
section A. yyse esta,e y;irsn years lot sis map
l~phfna; "f Snre 'ef az WsSasia 4 30 Lane $500
Msashr ss ave. JOB" @ + to E%'1 ce 800
McS,artan Eleanor to John II Wilson No 23' 5000
Menr jane ena wife to sarah Il Mitchell ~ mn
nSSs S a'7 rESns wi' e san aad s as the
corner washinston ossr ave S s2S. Se and WasS
ington new lines note % l. de1Iana pIrssan' ;er
Roherine Ahert to I'm I,ss y :, year ] $4,000
sh p ,s Payd 7so op'iass'fm's cas
-S, Of AT.sra'n 1rs. ard sys s. TO William slom
schrsysr ss sma ST. and cea to Nathan No
Scott &enes NJ i'e to samuel Burhaus George
" Thorne executors ETC. . 2sth- st. 40 n ..oo
Troscl William D. and wife to Anna 2 "oos'Yi
n Suburban st. 22l.s II = OF Anthony-ave' M
rye year ysx yc,t CIV Church Extension and Mis-.
Sna'y cory' SS'f Terrace 100 of AGO
md wls Raa 2 .y. .e q A"sF'
rmken Mary and Herman ,ns L. 70 s,.s .se hl 10
v,,Sdrmnn Of osa and husband to orrn Per
.on. 7h-aye 81 Of li5,h st. y: ysar;:. 200"
ws'sr ctn sGr' st ae %"a %''f IF % 's 1900
wsssel Anna 6 and otto to Johanna Flesch-
mann and another executives e', OF ,,mm saHmm
ian Flcischmann 10Th ST. 80 II o' 'o'"n- "a ooo
Nlkad Rubin to Thomas Roys and another M
sr 5c,h " 3cj Il Of 9th ave. 8 years -'""
Fg";. s7,n n'sey ., 90. d AND II: a
Patterson Robert y. and wie to Elizapetn q
slas !. lot Ga. map village OF ""k""e"' o,o
p,,h Emma 4 and Charle. to Sarah Meyer. ~
i7ist At l56 II " % 81 ave, . years ''"
Besn M"TsaTs & oss If s'@G az Wt sn'Sisst chester to
Pelham Briisc adjoining lot o.; Thomas con -oo
pr,ySr.sr Swgus.a to Edward G sheehy and Mich
ac Reesn n '"'S' 81. '' ~ ."'..... 1900
p,,ss cara + 70 Joseph Hamershas corner ooo
Amsterdam ave and itath ST. i"mahd, s,, ''
"a trustees e'c I4o'h ~ " corner Ams'er- % ooo
dam ave years. "''
Same same " Amst'r'a" '''' - IL - % oOo
n,,na Rsr,bs A M and husband TO the BANK FOR
sa,ings iith st. 100 IT of is'-aV 10 600
IN Henry and Rudolph and Henry Weber to
Jacob " Newman Goth 81. $40 n " o' 20 eo M
luubu~ ave year: ;,,,,., ~
Mche.on sAIsh .s r. ., a, s,h 81, y.ars. 5000
Nathan Marcus Matilda Freyer. Ams'er- ooo
dam ave 90 II 4 Of ldist st. ytafs %, ""
pf.irer Emil {, Mary Iiucke. highway 10 PEI
ham bridge 10 Il q Bakers Corner. ana plot ,oo
adjoining 2,,h ward. years ....,:....,...- H."
soane. Mary + and William ", - fI.de1cS & ,noo
s,os. carrie and Is,,ie 10 william J bradley. ~
~ 7l3 and 7l5 Eas, i2th 81. years: '""
Titus susan !. - clara Mare l mon ave ooo
IN. Central Park Hartls church to the Dry DOCK
savings Institution. II s3l 81. l2o 10 II of ooo
w. william 20 Tltls Guarantee and Trust -
Company 40 1873 West 18Th - yesrr .,...'. i''""
wci--cnsorr. Heinrich. and wife 10 Christine .
Hayward 18Th ~. iie u 81 i'' ave mn
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DvERTIsEMENTs ana subscriptions for The Tribune
"A received At their Uptown Office. No. l242 broadway
"a door rorth of 3ist-s until o'clock ADVERTISE
nacr rat until O'Clock o. ri viz: 25i sth- ave
23d ct. 1872 8h.ave cor. 12th-st Macys 6h-ave
West 42d-.t. near Ghave: o2 East Itth-st 237 West
l2d-s between 7n and Sth I59 East 47th-st 33S
sd-ave between 10th and 77th s O2s sdave sst.
1os 1st-aye near sothst go 3D. ave. near 4st-st
ave 20 East 10Th st; 1874 sd-svs.; 20e2 Sd-avs
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CLOSING PRICES OF BOSTON STOCKS.

CLOSING PRICES OF CHICAGO STOCKS
Chicago, November 3. 1897.
y.s..-,av To dan, Yesterday. To-day
w.. ,-htcasN i"ii. io0I, Am strawboard. Sit 3ih
- :, - lpN. ia. city Railway .22bN -
Diamond Match. l3Has i' Sc'itn sue b'''' az. W
y Y Biscuit. 11s cS's Niey i-''''''''' VIZ
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Furnished 6onses 10 Cet-Countrn.

TONTCLAIR Furnished house: rent taken in bon rd
vi South Orange-Plot for sale. MONTCLAIR Tribune
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STOCK VALUES LOWER.
BEARS HAMMER PRICES
AND SELLING BY WEAK
HOLDERS CAUSE DECLINES
BONDS AND MONEY.

SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE NOVEMBER O.
DEALINGS IN BONDS AND BANK STOCKS.
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Bnsincss Opportunities.

eO OOO CASH.-3 houses 100 feet in depth; 9 pool
%, OUV tables: two alleys JAMES SWEET. $50
DE Kalb-ave.. Brooklyn.
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TNR w a. NOVEL;, Private Tu,or.-Two pupils re-
- ceived 1 family. Pupils also taught at homes Ad
d:ess IL T. S2d.st
TDRIVATE LESSONS at pupils residence: unusual
with backward BOYS md girls.
THOS. l. SUPI.I.E Ph. D.. parh ilill. Yonkers. ~ Y.
A ADVERTISEMENTS and suhscripiions for The Tribune
n received their Uptown once 80. l.242 Broadway
door north Of 3Istst. until o'clock o. m: advertise
rnents received following branch Offices regular
orice rates untl; )'ciook D. m viz. 254 sth-aye
cor ST: Gth-ave.. 18Th St. Macy's. 9th
West 42dst. 9th ave: % East 18th st 237 West
42t- b.twes m TN ana ayes: 15p East 47h-st 33s
"a and 77th 1925 3d-aye Glst
fOs h9tl-st: GO Sd ave near 4lst st
55t "a ave: 325 BeecSer 2f0S Sd
ave: $40 East Tath- ST. .92l "a 2.G62 81 ave.
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Guburban Real estate.

N>>o<~NNN~N~NNNNNN~NNN
OENCY-Montclar real estate all kirds sale aid rent
N CLARENCE r. TUBBs 3 Beekman-st. New-York
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ave 24o Eas, 7ah-st.: 1921 "a ave: 2G62 81 ave
Gtbool Agencies
~~>>>->~N~~~v~oo~o~ooo ~ooo~oo>o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o
A MERICAN AND FOREIGN TEACHERS AGENCY
supplies professor Isdrhe1n Iu'.s ,
Mrs. VI. J. yoUNG-FrLToN. % Union Square
Danrine 6fbools.
.>rNNNooNoonNoNo.o~Nc<NN
A LEXANDER MACGRDGOR
"A Mendelssonn Rooms lOs West b5th-
~ FORGE wALI.ACE's SCHOOLS.
" S3d-st. and Boulevard. and HARLEM. 6Os2 West
I2Gh st See circular
vN GEORGE DoDwoRTH.
l. l2 8 EAST @oTm TId.s ST. :,,.. ,onn.,,
Dec. 9Th Dodworths new Minuet
uMfnrnisbeo apartments 60 Get.
IL WEST 18TH ST.
ATH FLOOR APARTMENT TO LET uNFuRSIsHED;
Il absolutely frepoof Butt for owners use. Rooms
A's' "' OGDEN & CLARKsON. Agents.
Pine 81 and 127 5h Ave.
UO ARLINGTON APARTMENT.-4o East 25th Street
quarters reasonable rent; decorated TO suit
rJ,HE LUXEMBOURG APARTMENTS. 200 wes, sis
streeL-conyenen to ~ station Two vacancies;
hot water hall boy service Firstcass in every feature
" ERY HANDSOME APARTMENT in the Chelsea 222
West 2?d St. let. furnished unfurnished. In
quire the Office for apartment "a.
Gnbnrban Real estate.
~o>>~>>>~o~~ooooo~~o~~ o~~~Nn~Noo~oo~~>ooo~~oco
GENCY Montclar real estate all kirds. sale aid
N CLARENCE r. TUBBs Beekman-st.. New York
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rJ,HE OSSINING school. FOR GIRLS.
| Sing-Sng-0n- the Hudson Miss Z. C. FULLER. PrD-
cipal goth year begins September ?2d.
New-York tribune., 1897-11-04

For boys and young men-City.
DERKEIEY SCHOOL, IS ~ West 44th-. .t-Head Mas
Is er's orc. hours to r. Attention Is called 10 tne
new Preparatory Class limited TO 5 for boys ~ 70 eA
a11
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(,HAPlN COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
\ English. Classical and Primary Depts. Gymnasium.
HENRY BARTON CHAPLIN. D. D.. Ph. D.. Principal
18th yea opens Sept. % Ioi Madison Ave 'o4'h ~
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IRVING sCHOOl-I. D. RAY-% WEST STH-sT.
] NOW OPEN. $50 A. NJ TO p. NJ
A Thorough school FOR boys from eGh, 70 elghtesn
sanitary building. with modern equipment
The book Of the eighth yea on request
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here is a most surprising sight The
clines toward it. AS it rushes down,
the ore swings in more toward the
magnets until, as it reaches the last
one, it curves inward and under it in
a half circle, without any particle of
ore adhering to the magnet.
In its first passage past the magnets
small quantities of stone stick to the
ore. The ore is carried upward and
started down before the second lot of
magnets after passing through mill,
which grinds off the particles of stone.
The first set of magnets extract G2 per
cent. of oxide of iron. When the mass
has passed the second set of magnets
there is in it 10 per cent. of oxide of
iron. Then it is ground again and
passes the third and most powerful set
of magnets, which takes the phosphates
out and makes Bessemer of it. The
percentage of iron oxide is then from
S5 to 81.
From there it passes to a second
stock house which holds $4,000 tons
The Bessemer is drawn out as wanted
1t has passed through all the processes
automatically. Men are employed, but
only to watch the machinery
The little black cakes are called
brikuettes and are made in a separate
plant. There are number of machines
which make them, and the process is
just as interesting as any other part of
the work.
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CONCERNING ANIMAL INDUSTRY
How 3s,OOO,OOO Cattle, Sheep, and
Hogs A e Inspected in Year.
From the SHn.

FROM the san.
A person unacquainted with the facts
might be puzzled at first to conjecture
with the functions were of a Bureau
of Animal Industry" in our system of
government In reality this bureau is
a subdivision of the department of
agriculture, with the human animal
performing the labor, which is largely
that of the inspection of quadrupeds
slaughtered for food, and 1t can dis
play some remarkable figures to show
its industry.
The prodigious rumber of 35.917.479
meat-producing animals underwent Of
fetal inspection during the last fiscal
year. as is shown by a report just print
ed. OF these 23275, ,739 We're inspected
at or for slaughter houses, and II, GIL
7i0 in stock yards whence they went
to be established abbattoirs of other
places, or else in the possession of buy
ers. The number was made up of 1879
523 cattle 314,S46 calves, 63lS,2S4 sheep,
and 2l,754S2G hogs. The figures thus
given are of living animals, ready for
slaughter, but last year there We're also
inspections, officially known as post
mCrtem," numbering 1S,SS3.275.
1t takes almost a regiment of men,
counting in inspectors, taggers, clerks,
microscOpists, and labOrers, to do all
the work. There are examinations of
imported as well as exported animals,
and there are experiments on animals
relating to their diseases. The expense
of ante-mOrtem inspection is put at
$34l ,456, or little less than one cent
eaOh while the total disbursement of
the Bureau Of Animal Industry were
nearly $500, ,00C.
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CONDITIONS.

No prize awarded without suficler
merit.
Numbers l, ., 8, A, 5, C, 7. s, 9, II and 12
must be sung with piano accompaniment.
The Committee reserves the right to
hold preliminary competitions for Num-
bers g. l. s, 8, TO-, II, u, 49, IA, IS and q,
The successful compositions for Num-
bers 10, l6, 20, %, % and "a to be the pro-
perty of the Committee.
The compositions Numbers 10, 90 and %
must be in the hands of the Adjudcators
on or before the, list day OF, May, 1897 =.
must be in the hands of the Adjudctaors
on or before the 18th day of April 1897.
The compositions Numbers 10, 10, 20, %.
and sent to the Adjudicator, the real
name of the Author with nom de plume
in sealed envelope to be sent to the Sec
retary,
hands of Secretary by May lst, 1897.
Adjudicator on Numbers 10 and %, T.
G.. Osborne, Moosic, Pa.
Adjudicator on Numbers 16 and 20, Rev.
De Pugh Griffiths, No. "a Broome street.
Binghamton, y. Y.
Adjudicators on Number %. Alfred
Twining and John Courier Morris, care
of The Times. Scranton, Pa.
Adjudicator on No, "a, Livy S. Richard,
care The Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
Adjudicators on other competitions an
nounced later.
Copies of above music can be obtained
at Powell's Music Store, Scranton, Pa.
WILLIAM r. LEWIS, Chairman.
+. f. ROBATHAN,
Il. d. JONES.
HOWELL HARRIS,
JOHN H. PHILLIPS,
p. PHILIP WILLIAMS.
ROGER EVANS,
JOHN j. DAVIES, Treasurer,
DAVID j, DAVIS, Secretary.
Address all communications to the Sec
retary, DAVID ]. DAVIS,
Municipal Building. Scranton. Pa
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the Ohio Populist. When you wake up
in the silent watches of the night and
begin to fret over the moral decay of
the 10000 Kansas men who lined up
with Mr.. Bryan, turn over and go to
sleep, resting in the sweet assurance
that there We're 474OOO men in Ohio
who did the same awful thing. When
your children tremble at the tales of
the terrible atrocities of jerry Simpson
Of Kansas, soothe their childish fears
with the honeyed words of wisdom
that drip from the inspired lips of j.
S. CoXey, of Ohio. Remember that a
Pop in any state is just as sweet.
Populism is not a Kansas complaint.
1t is in the blood of men. Some times
it becomes epidemic. Then, too, often,
it brings out all the envy in a man, all
the coVetousness, all the malice. Then
it is not a conviction-it is a tempera-
ment 1t affects it's victims nearly all
alike. The Kansas Populst is not one
whit worse than the men of all ages
who have let their envy get the better
of their honor, and who have desired to
make men equal by dividing some other
mans property. Cain was the first
Populist. When he saw that his broth
that his own gift was not acceptable,
Cain did what every Kansas Populist
would do, what every Ohio Populist
would do. and what the Nebraska
Populist would justify in glowing
rhetoric Instead of getting out and
hustling for a better offering, Cain got
club and went after his more dilgent
and successful brother-just what the
1 to- tnI i, lIir lar on
from the tree that grew the club Of
Cain has come every plank in the Chi
| cago platform.
In this great fight before the Ameri
can people for the preservation Of
American institutions, gentlemen, you
may depend on Kansas. She is flesh
| of your flesh, bone of your bone. The
Republican party in our state has been
chastened and strengthened for the
| great work. The last year has taught
the Kansas Republicans the greatest
lesson of life-the lesson of courage
We have the iron in our blood--iron
that makes men strong, who shall
make Kansas great, for
States are not great
Except as men make them;
Men are not great except they do and
dare.
And in that great battle whose line
is forming, between patriotism and an
archy. Kansas may dedicate to her
country's service men worthy to fight
beside the patriots of Ohio--Americans
as fearless as John sherman, as daunt-
less as Foraker, as powerful as Mark
Hanna. And one day Kansas may give
the world a knight, without fear and
without reDroach--worthy to stand in
the nations history, beside William
| Mckinley, of Ohio.
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WWITH ILLUSTRATIONS PRESENTED THROUGH THE COURTESY
OF LIFE


left school, but he was always an in
different speller and an uncertain
grammarian. though he wrote good
hand and was reliable in his use of
figures. The disadvantage of being put
to work early George overcame in large
measure by Working hard and to good
purpose, so that, when while still
young he inherited from his half
brother good estate, he did not sue
cumb to the traditional evil Of having
property in early life. but made good
use of his chances, bettered his farm,
and helped support and direct lot of
rather thriftless relatives.
Not being carefully brought up, as
great men are in our day, George
learned while still young to drink rum.
play cards for money go to cock fights,
buy lottery tickets, dance. hunt foxes,
and like good clothes. He was not as
exact in his observance of the Sabbath
as people We're in Connecticut at that
time, and sometimes he went hunting
on Sunday, though usually he went to
church when it was not too inconve-
nient. AS soon as he got big enough
he began falling in love with girls, but
this habit, though for a while it con-
sumed much of his time, and led to
much fruitless expenditure of time and
money, presently served him in good
stead, for when he fell in love with the
rich Widow Custs she married him and
made him an excellent wife. He had a
high temper and sometimes used bad
language: he was also very modest
and somewhat diffident. Nevertheless,
because of some experience he had had
in Indian fighting, and because he was
suspected of possessing the moral quail
ity familiarly known as sand" and be-
cause no one better offered, and for
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, deal was made of him, and he became

deal was made of him, and he became
president
He had a great deal of trouble as
president His false teeth for a long
time were a bad fit and did him inius-
tice He had enemies who did the same
at every opportunity The newspapers,
which in our time relieve the president
of so much of the care and responsible
ity of administering the government,
were of scarcely any use to him, and
some of them reviled him ana lied
about him to his extreme concern and
disgust, so that he complained with eX
ceeding warmth of their conduct, though
it does not appear that at any time
he neglected to read them. Neverthe
less, he finally got out of the office with
a good deal of his reputation left, and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-20
CHARACTER.

He shapes the spheres to suit his ends
Who hath a muse for every mood
Who in himself hath many friends,
And finds in crowds his solitude.
He asks no change of scene or cline,
Nor heeds the lure of alien lands;
His hours for him are all of Time
His universe is where he stands.
HIS force doth like the forest grow,
His tenderness as sunshine thrills,
His calm desires like rivers flow,
His hopes are as the mighty hills.
Serene through tempest and through tide
His heart Is as the ocean deeps;
And where eternal laws abide
His soul a starry vigil keeps.
John Hall Ingham, in the Jewish EX'
ponent.
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My character today is, for the most
part, simply the resultant of all the
thoughts | have ever had, of all the feel
ings l have ever cherished, ana all the
deeds | have ever performed. 1t is the
entirety of my previous years packed
and crystalli2ed into the present moment.
So that character is the quintescence of
biography; so that anybody who knows
my character-and there is no keeping
character under coVer-knows what for
forty or more years | have been doing
and been thinking. Character is, for the
most part, simply habit become fixed
Rev Charles II. Parkhurst.
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NECESSARY MATERIAL.

He visited all the mines in the New
Jersey mountains, and after being out
six weeks noticed rock which looked
like the gneiss, common in the state
of New York. They followed up that
rock, and got quite a reflection of the
magnetic needle.
Continuing, they found lots of rock
of the same character and that landed
them in the neighborhood which is
now known as Edison. He found there
stretches of the gneiss l-2 miles long
and 1000 feet wide. 1t stood up ver;i-
cally and extended down into the earth
two miles or more. Right at the mill
there is now one piece mile long and
400 feet wide, and another that is two
miles long and 200 feet wide. Each of
these bodies of gneiss contains 2S per-
cent of oxide of iron.
Mr. Edison has leased and bought all
those stretches of rock, SO that his base
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other reasons, when the Revolution
broke out he was appointed command
er-in-chief of the American army.
He was far from being an accom-
plished soldier and so much distrusted
his military capacity that he was prone
to take advice, which usually turned
out to be bad. Nevertheless, when he
did whip the British he got great ad-
vantage from it, and when they
whipped him he also contrived, usual
ly, to get advantage from it: and as
he never would consent to stay
thrashed, and as he had extraordinary
patience and determination, and as
most of the British generals were
providentially incompetent, and as the
French eventually came to his help, in
the end he won his fight, and a great