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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26
THE CALF PATH.

one day through the primeval wood
A calf walked home, as good calves
should;
But made trail all bent askew,
A crooked trail, as all calves do.
Since then two hundred years have fed,
And, infer, the calf is dead.
But still he left behind his trail,
And thereby hangs mortal tale.
The trail was taken up next day
BY lone dog that passed that way.
And then wise bell-wether sheep
Pursued the trail DER vale and steep,
And drew the flock behind him, too,
As good bell-wethers always do.
And from that day, DER hill and glade,
Through those old woods path was made,
And many men wound In and out,
And dogged and turned and bent about,
And uttered words of righteous wrath,
Because twas such a crooked path;
But still they followed-do not laugh
The first migration of that calf,
And through this winding woodway
stalked
Because he wabbled when he walked.
This forest path became lane,
That bent and turned and turned again
This crooked lane became a road,
Where many a poor horse, with his load,
INoiled on beneath the burning sun,
And Travelled some three miles In one.
And thus century and half
They trod the footsteps of that calf.
The years passed on In swiftness fleet,
The road became a village street,
And this, before the men were aware,
A city's crowded thoroughfare.
And soon the central street was this
OF renowned METROPOLIS.
And men two centuries and a half
Trod In the footsteps OF that calf;
Each day a hundred thousand rout
Followed the zigzag calf about;
A -. n -.
The traffic OF a continent,
A hundred thousand men were LED
BY one calf near three centuries dead.
Fact and Fiction.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26
The Completed Tariff Bill.

Tho fact that within five months of
The Inauguration of its president the
Republican party has formulated.
discussed, amended and pushed to enc
actment through a senate controlled
by political opponents revenue meas
ure embracing as its cardinal principle
the duty Of the government TO protect
American industry establishes a record
for promptitude in the redemption of
political promises without parallel in
cur history. But for the Republican
rartys lack of control in the senate
this already Incompatible record would
have been made still more noteworthy.
Nothing like the celerity with which
the national house of representatives
rose to the peculiar necessities OF the
occasion has elsewhere been known
in the annals of public legislation; and
it is at present the house which stands
as the unqucstioned exponent of Re
publicanism.
AS to the bill itself its operation must
be studied before final opinion can
be offered. 1t is sound in theory and
probably in detail it represents as close
an approximation to wise rates of duty
as can be secured under the conditions
of pulling and hauling from sections
and interests that invariably surround
tho formulation of new tariff legisla-
tion. The men who shaped it are men
of experience in such matters; they
are men who have made the subject of
protection a life study both in theory
and in detail; and it is therefore fair
to infer that this embodiment of their
handiwork constitutes the best protec-
tive tariff measure yet placed upon the
statute books. Republicans have risk
ed much on the strength of their faith
in the bills potency to facilitate the
return of good times, and now the only
thing to do is to let the bill have a fair
test.
While we hope and believe that the
measure in operation will prove an
Affirmative factor in promoting pros
perity it is absolutely certain that in
any event gain will come to business
from the mere fact that the long sus-
pense is ended. The resources of this
country and the enterprise of its people
are such that q permanent halt is out
of the question. With the industries
OF the country now assured of the res
tOration Of the protection under which
they were established and to whose
economic conditions they had been ad-
justed; with uncertainty so far as leg
islation affects it eliminated from the
problem; with the nations income ad-
justed to meet its necessary eXpendi-
lures, and with nature on every hand
preparing to cooperate with man in
setting a new pace for commercial pro-
gress, it will be the American peoples
own fault if from today forward bust
ness shall not steadily move in the
direction of improvement.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

We believe, with Mr.. Dlngley, that
when the protective principle is ap-
piled of imposing duties equivalent to
the difference of the cost of production
and distribution arising from our higher
wages of labor, as proposed in the new
tariff bill, and thus increased oppor-
tunities are offered to American labor,
giving the masses q purchasing power
which they have lost under the con-
ditions of the past four years, q pur-
chasing power which enables them to
buy more of the farmer, more of the
merchant, more of the manufacturer
and more of every producer in the
land-thcn confidence will begin to re-
turn, prices will begin to rise to pay
ing point, and prosperity begin to set
in upon the land" If they do not, then
all past experience is at fault.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

The Mauch Chunk Coal Gazette init
mates that there is a disposition among
some Republicans in Carbon county to
precipitate a row over the guberna-
torial candidacy of Hon. John Leisen-
ring. If true this is unfortunate. Mr..
Leisenring's proximity to Carbon coun-
ty should be Sufficient, if he is a candi-
date, to give to him Carbon's cordial
support. At the same time, the dele
gates chosen should be men who would
possess minds of their own If required
by later circumstances to make q Sec
ond choice.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26
THE OBsEQUY
From the Weekly Telegraph.

From the Weekly Telegraph.
A poor man lay dying. and his good
wife was tending him with homely but
affectionate care. Don't you think you
could eat a bit of something, John? Now
what can ! get for your
With a wan smile he answered feebly:
"Well, I seem to smell a ham cooking
somewheres; I, think l could do with a
little bit of that"
"Oh, no, John, dear" she answered,
promptly, you can't have that. That's
for the funeral"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

beneficiaries and relatives of Asa
Packer. The state cannot compel them
to keep the university doors open nor
can 1t take from them the power to
Judge Of their own ability longer to
carry the institutions expense account.
The point for Governor Hastings to
decide Is not what the Wilburs, Skeers,
Lindermans and Blakeslces ought or
ought not 10 do; that is none Of his nor
the Wilkes Barre Records business. His
duty is to decide what the state ought
to do; whether 1t can afford, by denial
of the proffered request for temporary
aid, to run the risk Of losing the bene-
flcent influences which Lehigh Univer-
sity wields among the people to whom
IL minister's
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
.Astrolabe cast: AIS a. m, for Monday,
July 20, 1897,

~ 6 N
1t will be apparent to a child born on
this day that many men lack balance
rather than brains.
The announcement that whiskey sells
for 50 cents glass in the Klondike region
may serve to dampen the enthusiasm of
the Scranton gold hunters.
The man who can give the best talk
on finance and economics generally has
fringe on the bottoms of his trousers.
We have suspicion that Mr.. Gunther,
of Fleetville, has been giving New York
Herald reporters what would vulgarly
be termed ''song and dance.''
Ajacchus' Advice.
If you have $500 do not go to Klon-
dixie. Use it for campaign expenses and
get elected to the school board.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

Thanks to that call for itemzed ac-
counts, some of last sessions biggest
"jobs' won't yield enough after ap-
proval by the governor to pay their
authors political funeral expenses.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

ly TO be merely temporary. The Sun
article appraises the Packer estate at
s3,5OO,O00, a depreciation OF $3,OOO,OOO in
sixteen years. but more than double
the sum for which the estate is liable
to the university. The latter's need is
simply for money with which to pay
current expenses until its endowment
fund shall again become productive
Under present prospects the latter con-
tingency should occur in rather less
than two years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

The senate, before adjourning, didn't
take steps to protect our interests in
Hawaii; but Admiral Blakeslee. aboard
the warship Oregon at anchor in Homo
lulu harbor, il necessary, will.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

1t is intimated that Judge Gordon is
preparing to explode O bomb in the
camp of the apologists for the present
management Of the Eastern peniten-
tary. 1t Is his turn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

Are we," asks the Springfield Re-
publican, "the sport of travelling
mesmerist that we should sweat while
sitting on a cake of ice?" Judging
from some of the Republicans Mug
wump editorials we should say yea,
verify.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

DR.. Dana calls it tariff by general
consent. But there are a few kickers-
in Cuckoo clubs and Europe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

expense to the Popocratic senate's de-
lay.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

Will the president get congress off
his hands only to get Cuba on them?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

An article is printed in the Sun con-
cerning Lehigh university and the
Packer estate which shows by care
fully taken figures that the embarrass-
ment Of the former because of the
diminished income Of the latter is like
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

If there We're disposition in any
quarter to criticize the president for
his cultivation of amicable relations
with the senators, it would now be dis
PEELED by the realization Of what 1t has
accomplished in acceleration of the
tariff bill. That a distinctively Repub-
lican measure should by majority of
ten be got through a senate controlled
by the political opposition in less time
than it took Mr.. Cleveland to disaffect
the members of his own party In the
senate of the preceding two congresses
speaks volumes for the effectiveness of
Major McKinley's conciliatory policy.
A few minor appointments of possibly
questionable character yielded to sena-
torial importantly wiz not long be
charged up against programme which
can thereby conserve the most vital
legislative results. Though il be
"spoils" politics, it is of the stuff that
administrative successes are made.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

Curiosity continues to be expressed
as to the presidents object in recon-
mendng to congress currency legisla-
tion which he knew, congress knew and
the Mugwumps knew would not pass
the senate during either the extra or
the regular session, The Philadelphia
Press calls it firing blank cartridge"
Being blank, it of course did neither
good nor harm; but why was it fired +?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-26

We have spoken of this decline Of home
influence as n danger attending the rapid
growth of educational advantages; but
II is, we trust, only a temporary one,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-11
BURNED HIS WIFE TO DEATH.
A CLEVELAND MAN CHARGED WITH
THE BRUTAL CRIME.

Saturated Her Clothing with Oil and
Applied n AHatch-Screams Bring
Aid, hut Too Late-Circumstancr
Point SquareIy to the Husband.
His Second Attempt-HeId by the
Police.
Cincinnati, o., Oct. 1O.-A special to the
CONGRATULATIONS, from Canton, O.,
says: Residents of the tenderloin dis
trict at daylight this morning. who lnves-
tigated screams, saw column of flames
in the rear yard of the home of William
Depeyster. In the flames was found Mrs
Depeyster, and before aid could be render
ed she was burned to death. The kitchen
of the house was covered with oil spots
and fragments of a broken lamp were
found in the house and yard.
''Depeyster, when found would give no
explanation of what had occurred, and
was placed under arrest on suspicion of
murder
"Neighbors say he and his wife had been
quarrelling all night. Maggie c. Great
house, who was in the second floor of the
building all night, was taken In custody
by the officers as a witness. She gives
no light on the case beyond the starting
of the quarrel shortly after midnight She
talks of former attempt Depeyster made
to kill his wife several months ago. At
that time, when he was arrested for dis
orderly conduct. she says after pro-
tracted quarrel between Depeyster and his
wife, she went to their room in answer to
call for help and found Mrs. Depeyster's
night robe on fire and saturated with oil
which Depeyster had poured over her af-
ter breaking the lamp. He had ignited the
garment. The two women fought him off
and extinguished the flame.
THE Depeysters have borne unenviable
regulations for some time, and have con,
Quoted several questionable places De-
peyster comes from a well-to-do family,
and was a railroad man up to three years
ago, when he married this woman, since
which he has been in bad pursuits.
Opinion differs as to how Mrs. Depey-
ster's clothing was ignited this morning.
1t was at first supposed that a lighted
lamp had been thrown at her. but as the
burner to the lamp cannot be found and
nothing in the room where the oil was
spilled was burned, leaving no evidences
of an explosion, some of the officers be-
lieves that the plan described by the
Greathouse woman on a former occasion
was the one that oceasioned the death
this morning
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-11
DAMAGE by BURSTING MAIN.
Water Wrought Havoc In GOtham's
Fashionable Quarter.

New York, Oct. lO.-A large Croton wa
ter main burst early this morning at the
corner of Madison avenue and Forty
eighth street, the heart of the fashionable
district, and wrought such havoc with
property, both near and remote, that not
even a partial calculation can be made of
the financial damage at present.
For blocks around scarcely a building
escaped injury by reason of the volumes
of water which poured into the streets,
cellars and Easements. The loss will
reach far into the thousands.
The damage by the water extends as far
west as Sixth avenue and as far east as
First avenue. The sewers were choked
by the great rush of water, and then the
flood rose in the streets. The big water
main was probably cracked by a blast
which was fired in sewer excavation late
Saturday afternoon. Then in the night
time, when the strain on the pipe was
greatest, 1t gave way and the flood fol-
lowed.
The breaking of the four-foot pipe was
announced by a rumbling noise, which
awakened the people In the immediate vi
cinity. Looking out of their windows they
saw a great geyser in the middle of the
cNSAAut SlAOOtiHE q. vast NOiuiu6 OL water
into the air a column so high that 1t
reached almost to the top of the electric
light pole on the corner. Those who had no
view of the fountain heard a mighty rush
of water.
For five hours this column shot into the
air before it was shut off at its source, and
in that time 100000 gallons of water had
run down the avenue and side streets on
either hand. All the streets east of Mad-
son avenue slope gradually and down them
the water surged in a torrent, flooding the
cellars and Easements. The most serious
damage was done to the building of the
railroad branch Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, and to the Knickerbock-
er Athletic Club house. In the basement of
the latter place were located the dynamos.
machinery, bowling alleys, bath rooms and
big swimming tank. They have probably
been ruined by the food. The club officials
place the loss a $4,000. The club house will
be closed until the damage has been re-
paired.
Almost without exception, the houses
in the vicinity of the break were so flood
ed that they have been damaged from $500
to $1,000. The residence of J. Hooker Ham
ersley William Eustace, J. Talbot and
the club house of the Delta Phi, were
among those most damaged.
The main which broke was laid in 1874.
1t has capacity of 100000 gallons an
hour, with a pressure of twenty-seven
pounds to the square inch.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-11
NOT YELLOW JACK.
Mail Carriers Death Resulted From
PtOmaine POISONING.

Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 1O.-Yesterday
mail carrier by the name of Stebbins died
in this city. During the afternoon there
We're rumors afoot that he died of yell
low fever. State Health officer, DR.. San
ders, was wired for, and the county board
of health met with him last night to con-
slider the matter. No deliverance was
reached, however, because the microscop-
ic investigation could not be conducted
at night.
To-day the board was in session, and
this afternoon it issued statement, sign
ed by every member of that body to the
effect that the cause of Stebbin's death,
was not yellow fever. This is supplement-
ed by another statement to the same ef-
feet signed by three skilled microscopists,
including State Health officer Sanders.
This allays completely a considerable
excitement that has existed all day. Steb-
bins had not been out of the city in over
a year, and had not come in contact with
any case of fever. He had been suffering
with liver trouble for a long time, and had
an extremely yellow appearance for
months. About ten days ago he and his
family were taken suddenly sick from eat
ing supper of canned salmon. The fam
lily all got well in a few days, but Stebbins
developed case of ptomaine poisoning re-
sultng In his death.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-11
SPELLING or ALASKAN NAMES.
board on Geographic Names Decide
Upon Uniform Usage.

Washington oct 10--The United States
board of geographic names, which meets
here at stated intervals, has just rend-
cred decisions determining the spelling of
149 geographic names. These include a
number in Alaska, significant at this time
in view of the Klondike excitement Many
variations of nomenclature for the same
place are encountered and the boards ac-
ton settles the uniform usage. Follow
ing IS summary of action taken relat-
ing to places conspicuously mentioned in
the gold stories:
As to Klondlke the decision is to spell
1t as here given, and not Clondyke,
Klondyke Chandlke, Chandlk, or Deer,
Reindeer, Trondke, nor Thron Dluck. One
of the lakes of the Upper Yukon was
named Lebarge by the Western Union
Telegraph expedition in 1868, after Mike
Lebarge, a member Of the exploring party,
who is now living somewhere near Ottawa,
Canada. Late publications have fallen in
to the error OF spelling this Labarge, but
the board adheres 20 the original form
Lebarge. There Is a Lebarge river In
Alaska
When schwatka descended the Yukon
in 1888 he named one of the lakes on its
headwaters Lindeman, after DIR. Morita
Lindeman, now wee president or the Bre-
men Geographical Society. This some-
times appears enormously as Llndemann
and L.inderman. The board adopts Linde-
man.
One of the principal tributaries of the
Upper Yukon Is the Lewes river, named
by Robert Campbell of the Hudson Bay
Company, about 184S. This is often mis-
called Lewis
The inlet river and village at the head
of Lynn canal, which now appears in the
newspapers almost daily under the form
Dyea, the starting point for the overland
route, is an Indian word, which has APP
peared in many forms. Admiral Meade, in
1862 wrote it Tyya; Krause, In 1882, wrote
IT Dejah; Schwatka. in 1883 Dayay; Dall,
in 1888. Taiya. The board adopts the
form Taiya.
For the lake and river variously called
Hootalinqua, or IIotalinga, or Teslin-Hna.
or Teslin-Too, or Teslin. the board adopts
Teslin. The examinations 'hina" and
too" are said 10 mean river in differ
ent Indian dialects.
An Indian village on the Middle Yukon
Is called Nuklukayet. This has been
written in several forms, including the
erroneous one, Tuklukyet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-11
FEVER RAMPAGE UNCHECKED.
,,.t-rcTED DISTRICTS REPORT
DEATHS AND MANY NEW CASES.

SUNDAYS Record at New Orleans
shows Five Deaths and Thirty
s.vco New Cases-Nitta Yuma Free
os New Cases-One Death and Nine
xe,v cases at Edwards-Dr. Gutter
as, statement as to Galveston.
>-sw orleans, Oct. 1O.-The fever situa-
.io1 here grew no better to-day. Early in
the ey ming there was. promise that
Yesterdays record would be equalled, if it
was not exceeded.
New cases appeared In various portions
., the city, many of them. however, being
repored in houses where there was al
ready Infection.
There were several deaths. and in one
case the fatality occurred not long after
the report of the case was brought to the
attention Of the board.
Three persons were reported six in the
Call rlmily on ROsseau street, between
Saraparu and First streets, this morning.
During the day one of them died.
The second death among the cases in
Aglers was reported to-day, Miss Casse-
lar, who was reported down with the few
AIgiers case the patient was removed to
the ISOLATION hospital and died there.
Two of the deaths to-day We're in Car
rollton, which, relative to population, has
furnished more fatal cases than any 10
calty in the city.
Among the new cases Is that of Mrs
sampselL Her husband DR.. sampsell, and
II
ago and the infection has spread in the
premises. Another physician is on the list
of cases reported to-day, DR.. LEIGH, but he
is reported not to have a serious attack
Dr Barnett and DIR. Howard Ollphant are
both reported to be progressing favorably
toward recovery. Another new case is that
of A. w. Read, second engineer of the
steamship Valleda. He was taken sick on
the vessel and Immediately removed to
the Touro infirmary. The steamer had
been disinfected and extra precautions
taken to prevent a spread Of the fever
among others of the crew.
Miss Carrie w. Hecker. who died to-day,
was only reported i'll yesterday Tonight
her mother was announced to have yellow
fever
The record of the day:
Deaths-Armaud Gauditz, Carrie w.
Hecker, Miss Annie McAlear, - Call.
New Cases-Marie Gaschenne, DR.. Otto
LEIGH Mr. Perry's child, Miss Leonine
Billings, A. w. Read Miss Corinne Apps,
Mrs. Richard Call, Miss Bertha Call, Cic-
ero Rosilie, Mrs. ]. S. Sampsell, Olive
Bohne, d. w. Allen, Edward Cohen, Henry
M. Schwarm, Julius Schneidau, Claude
Barris, Annito Victor, Mrs. Leroy, Miss
Mary Call, Miss Belle Brown, Miss juan
ita Casey, Walter Bailey Casey, Joe Multi,
e. p. Coates, John Morem, Edward c.
Ray, Davis NJ. Haspel, John F. Foster.
John w. Emmett, Frank Lott, Mrs. Adele
Benjamin, Master Fred c. Berrmann,
Frank Killealeala, Mrs. ]. P. Hecker.
Official Report Board of Health-Cases
of yellow fever to-day, 81; deaths to-day,
5. Total cases of yellow fever to date 577;
deaths, 81. Total cases absolutely recov-
cred, 240; total cases under treatment, 276.