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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
OUT UPON THEM!


From the Philadelphia Times.
If American journalism would not in
Nite the general contempt of an inteili-
gent public 1t must heroically come to
the front and purge itself Of the defama-
tory and obscene freaks which claim to-
day to represent the progressive journal
ism of the age. Such journalism must be
oVerthrown whenever public attention Is
quckened to recognize the incalcula ble
Generalization that must follow the wide
circulation of sensational newspapers
with the flavor of the brothel on every
page.
journalism is the great educator of the
are sovereign. 1t has commanded the re-
speCt of the people because until recently
it has been steadily growing in dignity,
in ability and in fidelity to truth. TO
morals ana to the safety of society.
The newspaper goes into every home of
the land and it is the first teacher of the
child when 1t leaves the mothers lap.
If 1t pOurs out a steady stream of moral
miaSma it must become the greatest
source of moral pollution that is possible
in a free country; and while the public
generally are vitally Interested in the cor
rection of this evil legitimate newspapers
are even more Vitally Interested in rescu-
ing themselves from the Shiny embrace
of journalism that filings shame upon
one OF, the most honored and responsible
culings of the country.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
The Foreign Amendments.

In the selection of General Horace
Porter to be ambassador to France
President Mckinley is most fortunate.
So far as its personal aspects are con-
cerned he is equally fortunate in his
appointment of Colonel John Hay to
the English embassy; but an author
lied statement Of the circumstances
surrounding the mention of Chauncey
NJ. Depew for the latter honor which
appears in the New York corresponds
ence of the Philadelphia Press, casts
some doubt upon the point whether it
was in all respects SO wise a choice,
politically speaking, as would have
been the appointment of Mr. DeDeW
The inference to be derived from
This statement is that while Mr. De-
pew did not seek and was not instru-
meEtal in starting his candidacy, if
SO it may be called, for that honor, yet
when, without his slightest solicitation,
it received the voluntary Endorsement
OF the members of the New York legis-
lature, Democrats and Republicans
alike; of the New York delegation in
congress; of the press of the Emaire
state, without regard to party; and of
many of the leading journals and pub
lie men throughout the country, he
was led to believe that it merited Ma
jor McKinley's attention, and that it
should not have been put in the light
of having been outweighed by certain
false rumors since traced back to per-
sonal enemies. Colonel Hay is an eX-
cellent gentleman in every respect and
will undoubtedly do full honor to the
country whose credentials he will bear:
but it is not to be said without false
hood, that he possesses the extended
acquaintance, the oTatOrical ability
and versatility, or the gratitude of the
Republican party for prolonged and
active service rendered which would
have characterized Mr., Depew in the
ambassadorshi9 to St. James.
However, the preference thus accord
ed 10 Colonel Hay win be this coun-
try's gain in that it will necessita.e
the retention of our foremost orator
and leading executive genius in the
sphere of usefulness which he now
adorns. Mr.. Depew does not need the
Background of official position to en-
phasize his numerous gifts They are
incompatible no matter where ex-
hibi:ed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
ONE VAIN HOPE.
From the Harrisburg Correspondence OF
the Philadelphia Record.

From the Harrisburg Correspondence of
the Philadelphia Record.
For his failure to execute the commits
sion given him by the house, under Ny.
COray's resolution, to HE TO the assist
ance Of the great powers against the
unspeallable Greek Commodore William
NJ Kidd, of the Fourteenth ward, has
been promised by Speaker Boyer purg-
ing from contempt on one condition. This
is that the commodore, as chairman Of
the committee on centennial affairs, shall
give due attention to a letter received
by Mr.. Boyer from Congressman Hicks,
ana referred to that committee, urging
that the legislature provide for the best
representation possible at this late dag
to be made by the state at the Tennessee
centennial. The commodore, i'm view of
Governor Hastings presentation of the
states tinancial condition, gloomily
shakes his head at fellowmemhers VINO
suggest pleasure trip Of the statesmen
10 Chattanooga ana Lookout Mountain.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
LITTLE BREECHES.
The Poem by Which Ambassador to
England John Hay Is Best Known
in the World of Letters,

l don't go much on religion,
l never amt had no show;
But I've got a middln' tight grip, sir,
on the handful o. things / know.
l don't pan out on the prophets
And free-will, and that sort of thing
But | b'lieve in God and the angels,
Ever sence one night last spring.
I come into town with some turnips,
And my little Gabe come along
No 4-year-old in the county
Could beat him for pretty and strong,
Peart and clipper and sassy,
Always ready to swear and fight
And ia larnt him to chaw terbacker
Jest to keep his milk-teeth white.
The snow come down like a blanket
AS | passed by Taggarts store;
went in for jug of molasses
And left the team at the door.
They scared at something and started
l heard one little squall,
And hell-to-split over the prairie
Were team, Little Breeches and all
Hell-to-split over the prairie;
| was almost froze with skeer:
But We rOusted up some torches,
And searched for 'em far ana near.
At last we struck hosses and wagon,
tpsot-dead Deat--but of little Gabe
No hide nor hair was found.
And here all hope soured on me,
OF my fellow-critters' aid,
jest Hoped down on my marrowbonos
Crotch deep in the snow, ana prayed.
BY this, the torches was played out,
And me and Isrul Paw
Went of for some wood to a sheepfod
That he said was somewhar thar.
We found II at last, and a little shed
Whore they shut up the lambs at night
We looked in and seen them huddled thar
So warm and sleepy and white;
And thar sOt Little Breeches and chirped
As peart as ever you see,
Il want chaw of terbacker,
An that's what the matter of me-"
How did he git that? Angels
He could never have walked in that
storm;
They Jest scooped down and toted him
To whar 1t was safe ana warm.
And | think that saving a little child,
An fotching him to his own,
Is derned sight better business
Than loating around the Throne.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
Common Sense as to Franchises.

A bill of very great Importance to all
Pennsylvania cities has passed first
reading in Harrisburg and ought by
all means to pass finally, 1t relates
to the granting by municipalities of
public franchises to private or semi
public corporations and It provides that
hereafter all such grants shall he sub
ject to the following conditions:
First-That the grant shall be for a
definite period not longer than thirty
years, and If no period is expressly
stated the period Of thirty years shall
be implied
Second-That a reasonable annual
compensation in the form of a per-
centage of the gross receipts of the
business in which the franchise Is used
be paid To the city for the use of the
franchise, and II no percentage is ex-
pressly stated it shall be five per cent
Third-That all structures built on
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
THAT JUNKET.
rom the Wilkes-Barre Record.

From the Wilkes-B Barre Record.
The Record has nothing to allege as TO
the motives or purposes of the active
promoters of this proposed investigd-
tion, but we do allege unequvOcally that
such an inquiry will ascertain nothing
that is not already known to every in
tellisent man; such a committee cannot
accomplish any earthly thing that will
bring relief to distressed labor; how
ever searching its inquiry it cannot give
a days work to the unemployed, nor add
a penny to the compensation of those
who have employment. 1t cannot in
crease the production of coal by a sin
gle ton, nor add a cent to the price OF
coal in the markets. If the resolution
alluded to becomes effective the only
purpose it will serve is to put two legis-
lative junketing committees on their
travels, one through the bituminous and
the other through the anthracite re-
gons, and then make a descent upon
the already depleted treasury with an
enormous bin for expenses. The reports
they will make will be forgotten the mo-
ment they are made, for they will con-
tain nothing of practical value to any
body. The distress that prevails in the
mining regions cannot be relieved by leg
islative committee investigation, but by
return of more prosperous conditions
in the genral business affairs of the
country. The intelligent miners know
this, If the members of the legislature
do not
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18

claring the fact Of the existence of war,
ana that there are two sides Of tnat war,
waglng with Internal ardur I'm the work
OF human destruction, II exists there.
say the time has come when the Amer
lean people should openly and plainly de-
clare their detestation of such horrors,
their detestatiou of such tyranny and,
II necessary ! should be willing to 20
further and say that 1t shall end.
1t is my firm conviction that it Is the
duty of congress. specifically and in Ian
guage about which there can be no diff
ference of construction, to declare that
there Is "A war prevailing in cuba. ter
liblc, desoatng war, and that we Will
recognize the belligerents and deal with
them impartially
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
THE RIGHT DOCTRINE.

From Speech by John sherman, Deliv-
cred in the Senate on March ~ 1896.
l do not understand how any one with
the blood Of the patriots of the Ameli-
can revolution running in his veins can
not sympatn!Ze with these people Ohe
people of Cuba) and declare his sym
path!es for them, whatever the cost may
be. II ever there was a case for de-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18

public highways shall revert to the
the grant
Fourth-Every franchise 50 granted
shall be subjected to such reasonable
regulations as to the manner in which
it shall be exercised and as to the SER
vice to the public and the charges to
the public thereof as councils may
thereafter from time to time impose
for the safety, health or welfare of the
citizens.
Every grant allowing an extension
of an existing franchise shall as to
such extension or new operation or new
construction be subject to the same
conditions as are imposed upon the
grant of a franchise by the first sec
ton of this act.
No ordinance shall be passed by
either select or common council grant
ing "A franchise until it shall have first
been referred to the city solicitor,
whose duty it shall be within ten days
thereafter to return it with an opinion
whether the ordinance is so drawn as
to guard against misconstruction and
to protect the interests of the city and
who shall also suggest any changes or
additions which in his judgment should
be made.
The mere statement of the bill's pur-
pose indorses its wisdom and timeli-
ness. 1t should have been placed on
the statute books years ago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18

The Scranton Times merits congratu-
lations upon its thorough report of the
prize fight, which was placed ON the
street for sale just fifteen minutes after
the result came by wire 1t takes
hustling to do good newspaper work at
that pace but with our neighbOr
hustling appears to be strong point
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18

To insure publication in this paper,
volunteered communications of con-
troversial character MUST BE
SIGNED FOR PUBLICATION by the
writer's true name. To this just rule
we cannot hereafter make exception.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
THE REAL NEED.

From the Pittsburg Times.
There is, as usual, to be legislation at
Harrisburg this session with reference TO
fish. What the state most needs is 4
good reliable fish that will bite when
good bait is placed before 1t.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18

Senator Goblin appears to believe that
now is the time for the Republican par
ty in Pennsylvania to have the cour-
age of its pious resolutions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18

only Mugwump would be so ridi-
culous as to expect William Mckinley
to stultify his whole public record by
consenting to the abandonment Of pro
lection
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18

The output of these shops is sold by con-
tract to the government for use ON the
agencies. ana the net profits. after pay
ing for tho raw materials used. is credited
to the appropriation for the school.
The Carlisle school naturally seeks to
begin its training Of the savage mind
in the direction of the least resistance,
hence its large attention to athletics
and manual exercises. But it imparts
intellectual knowledge and discipline
as well, and not few of the young
Indians who leave its walls after gradu-
alton enter the learned professions or
take their place in the ordinary VoCa-
tions on terms of equality with the
whites, Notwithstanding the fact that
perhaps not later than one generation
back their ancestors roved the plains
accoutred with war paint, SCALP lock
and tomahawk. 1t is a wonderful eX-
hibition of the power of environment
and refining influences over hereditary
depravity which may be seen at Car
Isle. All persons of intelligence should
investigate the subject.
The defeat of Corbett teaches at least
one salutary lesson. 1t indicates that
the athlete who hopes to hold his own
must keen constantly i'm condition. Not
only must he be temperate, If not alb
stinent. in the use of stmulants but
he must also restrain those animal i'm
pulses that tend tu drag manhood in
the dust If the eX-champion will read
the Biblical story of Samson and De-
lilah, he will learn why he lost yester-
day, and why an older and lighter and
in many ways an inferior man won.
Some of the newspaper correspond
ents at Washington are already dis
cussng the subject of a second term for
Mckinley. They had better let him
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18

Renewed assurance comes from Lon
don that the people Of Great Britain
are kindly disposed toward Americans.
Well, who said they weren't?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18

Some of the newspaper correspond
ents at Washington are already dis
cussing the subject of a second term for
Mckinley. They had better let him
get good start in his first term.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
Spring Poetry.

Ye bird of spring,
on blithesome wing,
Came forth at morn to greet US:
But ere his throat
Had Deeped a note
He croaked with tonsilitis.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus,
The Tribune AsirOiOger.

Astrolabe cast: 1S7 a. m, for Thursday
March 49, 1891
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18

Meanwhile, local organizations seem to
be the only direct means at hand, and
they are to be heartily recommended.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-12
WHY IT DIDN'T WORK.
Dad Might Be an Authority on Old-Tin

Dad Might Be Authority on Old-Time
Fights, But Failed In New Methods.
$50 you've had a fight, have your"
said the old man.
The boy was so badly out of breath
that it was a minute or two before he
could get wind enough to say yep
and somehow the old man didn't seem
| to regard the breathlessness as par
ticularly suspicious omen.
did you lick him?" he asked.
"Nit," replied the boy, with that bril-
| liancy of repartee that is peculiar to
boys.
II guess you didn't follow your poor
old fathers advice" said the old man.
81 suppose you thought you knew more
about it than he ever had chance to
learn and went at the other fellow with
| some new-fangled uppercuts or swings,
or something of that sort, and let him
get in under your guard while you were
figuring out the scientific points of some
new blow. Science is all right, sup
pose, in fight by rounds where there
have been all the usual preliminaries,
but I've seen the time when scientific
fighter would get the tar licked out of
him while he was getting his science
ready for use. Now, when 1 was boy
and 1 saw there was fight coming on
] aimed to get in the first blow"
That's my way" said the boy.
"It is, eh?" returned the old man
"Well, I don't see how boy can get
licked if he goes in on that system,
unless he's too easy with the first blow.
tell you, when was boy" and the
old man began to get excited, my aim
was to swipe him first ard swipe him
hard. I'd just land him one over the
eye or under the chin and it would be
all over. You see, when you paste a
fellow in the ear you want to paste
him hot one, and then"
''And then suppose he lands on
brick pile" interrupted the boy.
"W-What?" asked the old man, rather
startled
Suppose he lands on brick pile
when you hit him and gets up with
half brick in each hand, what's the
next move in the system that never
failed when you were boy?"
my boy" said the old mans severely,
after minute of thoughtful, calm
consideration of the subject, lighting
is a bad business at best, and l am
surprised that you should expect your
father to give you advice that would be
sure to lead you into trouble and very
likely would tend toward the cultiva-
ton of a -boisterous, quarrelsome dis
position. Now, run out and play and
don't bother me any more."-Chicago
Post
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-12
Kidney Trouble and Its Effects.
The Word of an Old Gentleman OF
Mattoon.m.
From the Commercial, Mattoon, N.


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and many other remedies were tried, as well
as change OF climate, but nothing did me
any good. was so horribly nervous that
could not lift drinking vessel to my
mouth If there was not handle attached to
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about three years ago read an adver-
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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-12
Rye Yeast Bread.

Five even cups of rye meal, four even
cups of white -four, round teaspoonful
of salt, four teaspoonfuls of caraway
seed, one cake of yeast. In mixing put
-four and meal in a bowl with salt and
caraway seed. Make hole in the -four
and put five cups of water, or as much
milk as you can spare, and the rest wa
ter. Dissolve the yeast in the milk. In
mixing make the liquid lukewarm. Mix
the bread in the bowl with large
knife. When thoroughly mixed, put on
a pie board and knead with as much or
more white -four as required. Knead
thoroughly, taking care to knead in the
last -four thoroughly. Let rise over
night. In the morning knead thorough
ly, but do not add any more -four. only
knead on the bare pie board. Put in
pan to rise. Do not let rise too much or
it will crumble Also do not make too
thick loaves.-Boston Budget.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-12
instantaneous Soup.

Into a saucepan place three pints of
water, and while it is heating CRATE one
tablespoonful each of carrot, turnip
and celery. Add this, with two table
spoonfuls of canned tomatoes and one
teaspoonful of grated onion and salt
and pepper to taste, to the water when
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kind that makes the need Of something
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Blade.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-12
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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-12

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