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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-20

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Feb. 19.- William
A. White is one of the literary products
of the year. He came into fame during
the last campaign in Kansas, not so
much in a political sense as in a liter
ary sense. His stories Of Kansas life
are as clear cut and incsive as are
kiplngs stories of Anglo-Indian life.
The speech which he recently delivered
at the Ohio Republican league in this
city portrays his style perfectly. 1t
was as follows:
There is a song which some of you
may have heard, which begins:
D potatoes they grow small, out in Kan
sas,
And they eat them tops and all, out in
Kansas.
There are forty-three stanzas to this
ballad, and the burden of the song is
that Kansas is about the thirty-third
degree in the lodge of the Royal Arch
Demon. and that a man, after going
through the whole sizzling inferno, is
sent to Kansas to get homesick for
hades. That song contains several i'm
pOrtant errors. In the first place we do
not eat them tops and ALL out in Kansas.
We eat them mashed with chicken gra-
you do here in Ohio. In the second
place we do not have to fill our wells
with rock to keep them from blowing
away; nor do we trim the claws of the
Kansas catfish to prevent them from
scratching the bark off the trees in dry
weather. Neither do we send our alb
stract to Missouri so that the grass
hoppers will not destroy the title to the
land. These are popular delusions
which hurt Kansas. And of late new
delusion has spread through the coun-
try to the effect that the Populists are
off the reservation killing plutocrats
out of season and contrary to law.
These things being prevalent belief
make the street car horses laugh till
their sides hurt when they see a man
from Kansas.
IS UNFAIR.
This is unfair. Kansas is a little
queer at time, but so are Indiana and
Illinois for that matter But just be-
cause four or five Kansas congressman
have the lumpy jaw you should not in
fer that we grow tails and run wild
with the buffalo. When Mr.. Alger OF
Illinois began to see things and talk
to himself you gentlemen didn't believe
that the citizens of Chicago all walked
backwards to keep their trousers from
bagging at the knees. Because Igna-
thus Donnelly scrambled his brains with
the wheels in his head no one eVei
thought of putting Minnesota in the
violent ward. Because Jones of Arkan.
sas-hold on! 1t hasn't got so far YET
that Kansas man has to defend Ar.
Kansas in order to stand up for Kansas
We vii! have to draw the line some,
where, and Arkansas Is a good place
to begin.
| have been invited here to tell you
what is the matter with Kansas, and
have come nearly 1000 miles in the
middle of winter to say that there i,
absolutely nothing the matter Will
Kansas. There has been something tn,
matter with Kansas good deal the
matter with Kansas. The devil ha:
heen to pay out in Kansas, but he has
been paid in 10O-cent dollars. And tha
account seems to be closed. The bes
way to explain to you what has beer
the matter with Kansas is to recall
story of Uncle Chester Thomas, VIII,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-20
LOADING THE RAW ROCK.


LOADING THE RAW ROCK.
When the rock has been blasted, a
travelling crane 200 feet long and worked
by electricity on the trolley system,
rolls down over the loose rock. There
are big claws attached to it, and by
means of these the chunks of rock, no
matter how large, are hoisted on fiat
iron buckets. called 'skips," which hold
four tons each
The rollers of the first mill are of
chilled iron six feet in diameter, and
the surface runs at the rate of mile
a minute. They weigh 1904 pounds
each. The mills are run at such high
velocity and have such power stored up
behind them that the biggest chunks Of
rock check them only 8 per cent, They
are driven by friction, and strike
terrific blow.
There are five mills in all. The first
one grinds the rock into particles IS
inches in diameter: the second, to 8
inches the third, to 31a inches; the
fourth to inches, and the fifth, to la
inch smaller. 1t runs from one mill
into the other, and when a rock is first
dropped in, those who are not familiar
with the process imagine that the whole
PROCESS OF DRYING.
From the last mill it passes to a big
square tower, where it strikes one hot
plate after another in descending, and
is dried at the rate Of five tons minute.
From the drier it passes into a stock
house. where it is kept until used. This
stock house holds $1,000 tons.
There is a series of openings in the
bottom of the stock house, which open
into a conveyor. The conveyor is sim
ply series of pans about the size of an
ordinary sink, drawn by an endless
chain running on little tracks. The con-
Veyor takes the ground material to an
other mill, where it is groupd to pin
| head size Leaving that mil! it runs
through chutcs and through screens at
the top of the high building in which
! the magnetic separators are located.
There are three sets of the mag
| nets-74 in the first set 800 in the sec
! ond, and 800 more in the third set. The
! magnets are about four feet long, and
| the ore, on it's journeyings, has to pass
! a mile Of faces of magnets. Right here
| is presented what to the layman is a
most remarkable feature of the pro-
/ cess. The magnets are arranged in
| tiers, five in a tier. The top one is
weak, but they increase in strength as
they go down, until the bottom one is
very powerful.
HOW THE MAGNETS WORK.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-20
ANOTHER ANALYSIS
OF RESTLESS KANSAS
William A. White Tells What is the
Matter With His State.
THE MANY POPULAR DELUSIONS

He Insists That There is Absolutely
He Delivers Speech Which is Re-
markable for Its Sty!e--His Refer
ences to the Kansas Populist Made
the Hit of Ohio League Convention.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-20

father died when George was eleven
years old, and George, after picking
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-20

Washlngton's death, he continues to
be liked and respected, and the pre-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-20

retired to his farm, where he lived hap
PLY for three years, writing many let
ters and correcting the spelling of
those he had written earlier in life. He
died serenely in his bed of loss of blood
carefully spilled by his attending ply
sician.
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HOW THE MAGNETS WORK.

The ground rock passes through the
screen and starts downward in front
of the magnets. The magnets jerk the
particles of iron oxide from the mass
as they descend; but the iron does not
adhere to the magnets. And right
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-20

George Washington was an upright
and able patriot, sound in wind, limb,
mind and morals. and deserved all the
success he won, and all the considera-
tion his memory has received. The
more intimately we know him the bet
ter we shall like him, and the more
encouragement in well-doing we are
likely to receive from his example,
which grows more illustrious with adj
ded year.-Life.
Copyright, 1897 by Mitchell & Miller.
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CAKES OF IRON
FROM THE ROCK
EdisOn's Project OF Extracting Ore by
Magnetism a Great Success.
1T NOW PAYS HIM Is PER CENT
Great Boulders Chewed Up Like Pea
nuts by His Plant, Which Costs
About S2,OOO,OOO to Bulld--A Base
of Supplies 33 Miles Long, Rich in
Metal, at His Command.

Orange, n. j., Letter, Pittsburg Dispatch.
At Edison, n. j., in the heart of
wild mountain region, are situated a
number of buildings, great and small
A frightful roar comes from some of
them. From wooden chute which
juts out from a big wooden structure
that resembles a grain elevator more
>than anything else there dropped to-
day thousands of little black objects.
They We're of the size and shape of but
ter cakes. They We're little cakes of
Bessemer, baked hard as flint, and roIl-
ing into cars ready for transportation
to blast furnaces in Pennsylvania.
Those little black cakes mark the
greatest achievement in the career of
Thomas A. Edison.
After years of incessant labor in
studying out the problem, he has now
plant which covers eleven acres, and
is the biggest mill in the world. 1t has
cost him in round figures 50, 100000. He
has stretch of mountains thirty
three miles long as a base of supplies,
and in that has more ore than all the
rest of the United States put together.
CHEWED UP LIKE PEANUTS.
EulSOn mas IN operation at thlS plant
the biggest travelling cranes ever heard
of, His mills are so large and power
full that they take a solid boulder,
weighing five tons, and chew it up
faster than a healthy small boy could
eat a peanut. He employs over 700
immense magnets to separate the ore
from the rock. The whole process of
getting out the ore is done automatic
ally, at the rate of 5000 tons a day
| and the finished product is put into
the cars, ready to be shipped, at a
cost of rs cents a ton. 1t costs almost
SO a ton to get the richer ore in Penn
! sylvana.
Mr. EQison's system pays a net profit
of Is per cent. on the capital invested.
| No bonds have been issued; there is
no mortgage on the property, and ev-
| erything has been paid for.
| Mr., Edison first conceived the idea
| of a magnetic ore separator about 10
| years ago. AT odd moments, he con-
| structed a small model, which salts
| fled him that the plan was feasible,
and was laughed at by everybody
! whose opinion was considered of val
| ue in such matters. SO confident was
| Mr. Edison that the idea could ulti-
! mately be worked out that he began
| to look about for the ore. He started
out, armed with magnetic needles, to
| find a rock that contained the iron
| crystals.
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of supplies is 33 miles long. Right on
the mountain on which the mill is To-
Gated there is available 200, 900, 900 tons
of oxide of iron. AS the market for
iron is practically unlimited, it doesn't
take long to get an idea of the value
of the ore producing mills. The gneiss
is got out of an open quarry 5000 tons
at a clip.
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chlldren only. Each
leader to receive $500.
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That is why came so far to tell you
that Kansas is all right Don't worry
about the Kansas man. If he happens
to be Populist he is no worse than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03

the boys OF the neighborhood were indulr
ing IN Few preliminary experiments in
oehance OF the patriotic proprieties and the
police regulations. Micky came into the
yard In a very Iusiness-like manner and
carefully deposited a small packet on the
ground. a lew feet away from his father.
dieky.' exclaimed Air. Dolan.
The boy was too much absorbed in what
he was doing to heed the call
Micky. II them do be foireworoks, OF
give yez warnin-"
Just then there was splutter and a
blaze. and the scene became glorious in a
brilliant green light. When the glare had
supsl9el Mlcky stood in silence, digging
his Toe into the gravel
M Ky. said Mr.. Dolan, lis there any
thin y.z want?'
There was no answer.
III We don't tell yer father what Il is ye
want ON give ycz a lickin'"
An ii 4 do tell yez. Oin git IL anyhow"
was the reply.
The h'y's III only person Oi'ye met since
lasht election who seems rale sure about
whats soin " happen commented Raf-
ferty. SO long as It's all the same, Micky,
why don't yez tell i'm an git IL OF yer
moinip"
Lave i'm alone" rejoned Mr.. Dolan.
Micky, Oh how a recollection Nv tellin' ye
ord sayson a bit i've timber an yer back II
ye dshked me lar money ~ get foireworks
wid. Here's nifty clntS, Take IL an buy
yersilf some pin candles an Roman wheels
an other necessities. An II fifty cints amt
enough bear n moind that whole Oh cx-
pressly forbid yer asAln', Oh said nothin'
agin yer shtrollin' past wild a wstful look
In yer eye whin ye how no more. An
Micky. b'y-kape a Look an the man, an
see that he gives We the fun worth iv yer
money whin he comes ty measure out the
faire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03

York navy yard is in Brooklyn, the Ports
mouth navy yard is at Kittery, Me-, and
the Norfolk nary yard is located In Ports
mouth, Va AS explained at the Navy De-
paftment, the official designation of these
yards by the names they now bear Is due
to the condition of the postal system at
the time of their establishment. The postal
service was not so good then as it is at
present, and the yards were named after
the nearest large cities for the sole purpose
Of expediting the delivery of the mails in
tended for them. Even now it is said that
mail addressed to the New York navy
yard is delivered to the persons for whom
it is intended earlier than would have been
the case If it had been addressed to them
at the navy yard, Brooklyn. This state
ment is corroborated by officers who have
been stationed at that yard, and the same
state Of affairs is said to prevail at the
Norfolk and Portsmouth yards. So far as
known this is the only reason why the Off
cial MISSIONER in the matter Of the loca-
ton Of the three yards named remains I'M
corrected. 1nasmuch, however. as Brook
lyn has been absorbed by New, York the
navy yard In the former city may more
properly be called the New York navy
yard than was formerly the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
on THE STRENGTH OF A FIVE.
Young Man who Found 1t Cheaper
to Travel Without Change.

A Young Man who Found 1t Cheaper
To Travel Without Change.
washington from what I have seen of
it, Is peculiar place." said the visiting
young man TO a Star reporter.
TIL tell You why ] think so,' he con-
tinued. The other day 1 was going over
to Baltimore, and on consulting my watch
discovered 1 had but a few minutes in
which to catch my train. I struck the
avenue at 14th street, and boarded a car.
When the conductor came round for
my fare l put my hand in my pocket and
found I had nothing less than a five
dollar bill. The conductor glanced at 1t,
then at me, and shook his head disapprov-
ingIy.
II can't change that" he said
Il told him it was the smallest I had,
but he said then he could not change any,
thing larger than a two-dollar bill, that
they were not required by law to do so.
began to think l would have to get off
and walk, when ne came to my relief by
saying that / could get the bin changed.
and pay him at the end of the line, near
the deI.ot
u thought this was very considerable.
When We reached the terminus / told the
conductor that I could have the five
changed and pay him, starting for place
On the corner.
- That's all right; go on: go on he told
me, waving his hand as if he owned the
railroad.
However, 1 tried to have the bill broken
u0successfully. Just then I remembered I
wished TO communicate something to a
friend uptown. and asked If I could use a
pay telephone in corner of the room.
You could use it all right if you had
ten cents change the proprietor told me,
but you haven't it. Come back here in
my Office and use my private phone
That's all right, when I was profuse In
my thanks.
Say. DO you know what I think" con-
tinued the young man. Il believe I could
get OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bill and live In
the capital for weeks for nothing. sinpIy
by getting things and showing it under the
noses Of the people ] purchased from. They
would rather give them to me than take
the trouble TO break it,"
And then he remarked that the only dlffi
Guilty would be in securing the bill in the
first place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03

| sivinty-six. Let 'em how'd a p'rade an
wave the feg an sing the Shtar Spangie
Banner an If anybody knows it, lie: i'm
get up an recoite the Declaration of Indi-
pindince. Micky, il you wor grown up an
OF wor anybody but yer father, Ord bet
yez weeks pay We can't say any more
nor the first loine Nv the Declaration ~ In
dipindince. Loike Everybody else, ye'd
shtart off as bowld as a terrier wild 'Whin,
| In the coorse Nv human evints 1t becomes
nicissary- An there yed shtick an
struggle an thry ty make behave II had
| all shipped yer mimory at that very min
ute. There's a good Foorth o. July Job
fur yez Go an learn the whole thing be
| heart, an then shtart in ty celebrate wild
a clear conscience!'
"Ye're very severe wild the boy" COM
mented Mr.. Rafferty,, as Micky went away
in deep detection"
"Orm not goin' ty Encourage i'm in nom
sinse"
"a bit iv a foirecracker now an thin
does no HARM"
"An' it does no good nayther. Orve
| heard 1t said that thin foirecrackers wor
there any more rayson why we should
lofSht joss sticks an Explode haythin'
bombs than there is fur our shawn our
heads all but the middle. an from thot
point lawn the golden hair be hangin'
down our boicks. 1t wor the Chinase thot
| invinted the drink known as tay, an OF nov
1t from Maggie, me daughter, who's in
school. thot wan O. the first things the thir-
teen colonies done wor ty take the tay an
trow 1t inty Boston harbor. vowin' they'd
how no more Nv 1t, aven IL they had ty go
thirsty. An afther t'rowin' away the Chi
nase tay it doesn't shtand ty rayson thot
they'd turn around an ciiIbrste the
Declaration iv Indipindince wild Chinase
fireworks. Thomas Jefferson didn't do it.;
George Washint'n didn't do it; Benjamin
Franklin didn't do it. an nayther shall
Mick Dolan."
TITS terrible anxious fur pace an quote
ye're gfttin' in yer ovid age" commented
Mr.. Rafferty,. ironically.
Il niyver did behave In q lot o. ballyblus-
therin' about nothin'. II 1t wor In earnest.
an only rale damage ty be done. ord
shtrap on a knapsack an shoulder me
whistlin' bombs an divil clfassrs wild the
bravest But where's the good Nv IT or the
glory Nv 1t whin all the courage We kin
show is ty run the risk Nv bein' hit from
behind be skyrocket shtick?"
IT had grown quite dark by this time. and
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time was Of boating, base ball and bicycle
riding. A man who is bald and who there
fore fears draft took a sea, not far away
from them. With commendable prudence
as soon as he had removed his hat he put
on a close-fitting head covering
"Sayf exclaimed one of the young men;
that fellow looks queer. doesn't her"
Don't you know who he is?"
No"
We'll. he's one of the brainiest men that
ever grew. He knows Greek and Latin and
Hebrew and Sanskrit and every other old
language"
That doesn't keep him from looking odd
in that cap"
He's wrote books, too; books that are so
Dig and profound that 1t gives you head
acne to read chapter"
But that hasn't anything to do with the
can"
He knows his business"
don't suppose it helps him to work"
Yes. 1t does. You don't know him or
you'd understand 1t all right off. That
man Is so smart and thinks so hard that
there isn't anything for him to do but to
wear sweater on his mind"
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A Summer Girl,

The Woman came forth into the Night
and stood with Face upturned toward the
Sky.
There were Stars there. but they were
misty. for the Moon flooded tho Heavens
with its silver Light, and the Stars were
abashed before ii and shrank back into the
shadows of the vast Dome
As the woman stood gazing at the gilt
teriDg Bauble Of the Night she was Joined
by the Man who had been erstwhile whts-
pering the soft sweet notes of Love to
her as they sat beneath the fragrant Rose
vines clustering Ger the little Wooden
Porch.
Tfere was Pleading In his voice as he
spake to her again. and there was the
ness.
Yet he was brave and would not yield
to the inevitable without a Struggle.
willie" said the Woman as he ap-
preached her. referring to the subject you
were discussing on the Porch moment
ago and in which you were endeavo
to interest me, do you know why you are
so unlike the Man In the Moon?'
Because / love you, dear, more than
words can tell responded the Man with
the foolish fatuousness of those who speak
from the fullness of Hearts that Throb in
Vain.
Guess again." said the Woman with a
low. hooking laugh.
Because dear" he whispered with trem-
ulcUs Hope. because, dear. 1 love you
mere than words can tell"
He thought perhaps she did not know It.
Perhaps he had never told her.
The Woman touched the man on the
shoulder lightly and he looked up at her
submssively and half in fear. Lamb
might look at some wild animal 1t did not
comprehend.
He put out his hands to her, but she
only laughed in his wan Face.
No. Willie, boy" she murmured, 1T Is
because you are Not in it,
Then the Man went back to the little
Wooden Porch of the Summer hotel and
sat down, and the Woman, gazing ct the
Moon waited for tho Next One.