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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-21

This year will have among its note
worthy annivera a-.fies the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of the death
of Isaac Watts. twill be chiefly as o
writer of hymns that he will he hon.
ored by atfectionate remembrance. OF
his hymns, says the Youths Com
panion, the Christian world has chosen
few as pre-eminent. If he had
written only the hymn beginning:
go, God, our help in ages past" his
name would have a sure place in the
roll of makers OF verse worthy and
destined to live. A great hymn levels
denominational barriers. While men
are talking of Christian unity, or
dreaming of it, the hymn, in its sphere
of influence, if only for the moment
when heard or sung, makes believers
one. He who has strengthened
and inspired generations, refreshing
the saints and moving those who make
no pretensions to saintliness, may well
be remembered.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-21
Cloudier Than London.

Esquimalt, in British North Ameri.
ca, is the only place in the British
Empire, according to a recent climate.
logical report, that exceeds London III
cloudiness. Esquimalt is also the
dampest place in the empire, while
Adelaide, in Australia, is the dryest.
Ceylon is the hottest, and Northwest
Canada the coldest possession that
the flag Of Engl and floats over.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-21

An invention which English people
will not take up is the automatic
writing telegraph. You write at one
end of the system and at the other end
apen writes out what you have writ
ten in your handwriting. Sketches
can be transmitted in this way even
at a distance of 200 miles. There is
fifty times as much invention in the
apparatus as there is in the telephone,
but apparently no one wants it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-21
Poe's Gold Watch.

The gold watch of Edgar Allen Poe
is now in the possession of R. w. AL.
bright, of Fort Madison, Iowa, and its
history is characteristic of the check.
cred career Of the poet. He had been
in debt to Mr.. Albright's brother, a
merchant tailor, and gave several
notes in settlement, together with the
watch in trust. 'Edgar A. Poe" is
engraved on the gold cap inside.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-21
Largest Power Plant in the World.

The largest power plantin the world
will be erected by the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company of New York
for the purpose of furnishing power
for the 219 miles of its street railroads.
The plant will comprise eleven cross.
compound condensing engines of 5000
horsepower each and eighty-seven wa
ter-tube boilers of 800 horsepower
each,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-21

"What I'd like to see," remarked
the little boy, sis cart for winter
like we have to sprinkle the streets in
summer. 1 think cart that would
sprinkle q street with snow about
coastihg-time would be great inven-
ton. "--Harper's Bazar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-21

The amount spent annually on the
roads of the country equal three per
cent. on twenty-six million dollars.
Were twenty six millions actually in
vested in good roads, we would have
the finest highways in the world for
the same annual cost, and be making
money out of them besides.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-21

Governor John R. Roberts, of Wash
lngton, in a recent address in Tacoma,
summed up what he termed his faith
thus: Life is struggle; a school; a
test of fitness. No struggle, no school;
no school, no fitness; no fitness, no
future"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-21

Austria, Hungary, Belgium, France,
Gelmany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy,
Portugal, Sweden, Norway and Swift
zerland own all the telegraph lines in
their respective territory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06
Southern Factorr Lnhor.

Some interested persons in New Eng
land have been trying TO make themselves
and others believe that the factory labor
of the South is of an inferior class to that
of the North; that the Southern labor. is
poorly paid, lacking in intelligence and
skill, and is ground down by long hours OF
work; in short that the condition of South
ern factory labor IS in all respects much
below that of similar labor at the North.
Labor Commissioner Hannich of North
Carolina has recently completed a canvass
of the manufacturing establishments of
his state with a View 10 ascertaining the
exact conditions. His report upon the sub
ject shows that in so far as North Caro-
lima is concerned, che facts are Just
the opposite from what they are repre-
scented TO be by the interested critics at
the North: and in this matter there is
every reason 10 believe that North Caro-
lima may be taken as representing the
whole South
There is an abundance of factory labor
IN North Carolina, and experience has
demonstrated that it is as good and as
intelligent "a any that Is to be found any
where The employees in the mills are
probably better satisfied than any other
class of labor; meantime it is, a fact that
there is no labor disturbance of any sort
anywhere in the South. There is no an
tagonism between the mill owners and the
operatives. The question of hours of
labor has been settled by mutual agree
ment. In poll of operatives only s per
cent. of the number voting-and the num-
her was a considerable one-expressed
themselves as favoring legislation upon
the matter of hours of labor. Ninety five
per cent. were satisfied with present con-
dHions.
Al "a per cent. of the factories. there are
churches and schools, which are attended
by the operatives and their children. AT
many of the mills the schools are under
the supervision and pay of the corpora
tons. At practically all of the mills, ac-
cording to the commissioner, the opera
tives are living in comfort, while the
moral tone of the mill settlements Is high
Financially" says the report, THE op-
| eratives in our mills are very well off for
their employment is regular and their
wages sure. Not only is this class of our
citizens living well and comfortably, but
many Of them are saving money. and a
number of cases have recently come under
the notice Of this department where opera
tives have saved sufficient money to buy
$1,000 worth of stock of the factory in
which they are employed" Little drunkent
ness occurs, for as general thing no bar
rooms are in operation near the factories
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

Tine advantages of Savannah for a great
military encampmont and her facilities for
transporting large body of troops either
by sea or land are so great that It is a
matter Of surprise that they have not
commanded the attention OF the war de
partment. There is certainly no place alone
the Southern coast SO wen adapted for
modifying the army for operations against
either Cuba or Porto Rico. The fact thar
an order has just been issued TO embark
at Fcrnandiua, Fla, part Of the troops
Intended for either Cuba or Porto Rico
calls attention especially to Savannah. To
carry ont this order troops will have to be
brought back In all probability. from low.
or Florida, or from Chickamauga and 9th
er inferior oncamDmenis to a pace wher.
there are few advantages for caring for
troops in the interval between arrival and
embarkation, and where the wharf faclli-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

The Secretary of War is not finding his
Office a comfortable one these days He
| IS being severely, and evenly harshly criti-
! cised, because OF the delay in providing the
volunteers with guns. uniforms, under
clothing and palatable food.
It is fact that the volunteers have suf-
fered considerably because the things they
need and are entitled to have not been
provided as promptly as it was expected
they would. The Second Georgia Regi-
ment, for instance, did not receive its uni
forms and other necessary articles until
late last week.
But 1t must not be forgotten that Il
takes time to provide 125,OoO re
crults with all that the army reg
ulatiOns allow them. If all the neces-
sary uniforms, Undertaking, shoes and
guns had been on hand when the call for
volunteers was issued, the volunteer army
would have had their needs supplied very
quickly, but Congress acted hastily In the
Cuban matter. Therefore nearly every
thing needed for the equipment of the vol
unteers had 10 be manufactured. All
things considered the war department has
not been so very backward in discharging
the extraordinary duties which the war
thrust upon it,
Il is complained by some of the critics
Of the Secretary of War that the volun-
teers would have been equipped much
sooner and their food would have been
more satisfactory if so many sons of mil
iionaires, senators and influential ponti-
pi hah
tons in the army. 1t may be that these
green officers made mistakes. and il is
not improbable that some Of them are
lacking in executive ability, but it was
not to be expected that there wouldn't be
many incompetent men among the officers
of volunteer army. But most of the Of
ficers VIII eventually give satisfaction
They will learn how to discharge their
duties properly and in time the
most of them will measure up to the
standard required Of them. The Secretary
Of War has had to depend upon his assist
ants and has had to bear the blame for
their short comings
Congress rather than the Secretary of
War is to blame for the slowness with
which the volunteers have had their wants
supplied. That body should have seen to
1t that knapsacks canteens and other
things of a soldiers outfit were on hand
to meet the demands of any emergency.
Congress- however, wouldn't spend a
cent to prepare for war until war was
actually declared. Then the demand for
war supplies greatly exceeded the capacity
of the factories fair o,inio,
would be that the war depart
ment hasn't made such a bad record. Il
might have done worse 1t takes time to
thoroughly equip $4,000 men-a good deal
of time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06
The Bravest sailor of All.

From the New York Sun.
1 know naval officer, the bravest fight
ing man;
He wears jaunty sailor suit, his can
says Puritan
And all day long he sails a ship between
our land and Spain,
And he avenges, every hour, the martyrs
Of the Maine.
His warship is six inches square, a wash
tub serves for ocean;
But never yet, on any coast, was seen such
dire commotion.
With one skin move his boat is sent from
Cuba TO mid-sea,
And just 5 quickly back 1t comes to set
Havana tree.
He fights with Dewey; plants his flag
upon each islands shore,
Then off with SIMPSONS fleet he goes to
shed the Spanish gore.
He comes 70 guard New England's coast,
but ere his anchor falls
He hurries off in frightful speed to shell
Manilas walls.
The Philippines so frequently have Yield
ed 70 his power,
There's very little left of them, I'm GER
tain al this hour:
And when al last he falls asleep, it is to
wake again
And hasten into troubled seas and go and
conquer Spain.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06
The Cemetery Scheme.

The Morning News hoped that the move
ment 10 purchase a site for another city
cemetery had about ceased, but it APP
pears that such Is not the case. On the
pretext that the city requires another GEM
etery an effort is being made to sell the
city a certain tract of land The ceme-
terry movement therefore appears TO be
the desire of a land owner to sell the city
a tract of land, rather than the need of
The city at this time for another cemetery.
Other lands, more eligible for cemetery
purposes, may be offered, but unless the
land in question is purchased the pres
sure to run the city deeper into debt for
something not needed, al least al present.
is likely to cease.
The present city cemetery, Laurel Grove.
will answer the purposes of the city for
a good while yet. When a new cemetery,
is needed, let 1t be provided in the wav
that burial places are now provided in
most other cities, namely by a corpora
lion. Because Savannah has followed
the policy of providing a burial place for
her dead, it doesn't follow that it is the
best policy or that she should continue il.
In fact. there'are good reasons for think
ing that it is not the best policy.
The city has now all the debt she can
carry without putting a burden upon her
people so heavy as to seriously jeopardize
her prosperity. She has been doing a
great deal of paving and there is more to
be done. She has only just begun her
house drainage Improvement. There ara
other improvements, such as opening
streets repairing sidewalks, etc. which
ought to be ATTENDED to at~once. 1t is
difficult to see. therefore, how the City
Council can favor this cemetery scheme
under the circumstances The fact that
cash is not demanded for the land in cues
ton is not an argument in favor of the
scheme. The land will have to be paid
for some time, and in the meantime the
interest on the purchase price will have to
be paid.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06
Keeping Their Governments Posted.


The question has been raised as 70
whether the war department is acting
wisely IN permitting officers of various
European armies TO visit Tampa, Chicka-
manga and other army encampments free
~, and send their accounts of what they
see there. together with their criticism and
comments to their respective governments.
If our volunteers were thoroughly sea-
soned, trained and equipped there would
be no reason for Directing to these visit
ors, but in view Of the fact that our volun-
teer army is composed largely of raw re-
cruits these foreign critics may get an err
roneOus impression of our fighting strength
and convey that impression 10 those they
represent.
Just now our volunteers are not as likely
10 make as favorable an impression as
they will a month or two months hence,
though ii wouldn't be advisable for any
European country to act upon the belief
that these unframed and unseasoned vol
unteers would not fight braveIy and stub
bornly If called upon to face an enemy
on the field of battle. Still, in the event
Of a question arising likely to bring us
into conflict with one or more of the coun-
tries whose military representatives, are
on duty in our army, the reports which
those countries would have of our military
machinery would give them an advantage
which would be extremely valuable 70
them. If some one of them had a griev-
ance against us it would be quicker TO
make a peremptory demand upon us for
reparation. if it had reason to think we
were unprepared for war than if it had
no grounds for such an opinion.
1t is noticeable that the navy depart
ment, although our navy is as efficient as
that of any other nation, does not permit
the representatives of foreign navies upon
any of its vessels. 1t does not think 1t
advisable that any of the detects of our
navy if there are any, should be known
outside of our naval authorities. There
are many things respecting the methods
Of operation which if known to an enemy
could be used to our disadvantage.
Is not the same thing true in respect
10 the army? We are not sure that the
reports which these foreign Representa-
dves are sending to their respective gov
ernments do not find their way to the
Spanish government. We do not mean to
say that any one of the governments
whose representatives are with our army
would deliberately furnish the reports Z
receives TO Spain, but it is not imposs-
bic for these reports to get into the hands
Of friends of Spain in one way and an
other. 1t is said that nine governments
are represented in this country by mill
tary officers who are making themselves
acquainted with everything pertaining TO
our army. 1t will be rather remarkable
if none of the information which any one
of them collects and forwards to his gov
eminent reaches Spain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

1t is probably unfortunate that Mr. Bry-
ans friends have secured commission
for him. Had ne gone to the war as a
private in the ranks, he would easily have
been the most popular private in The army,
and he would not have been mark for
the sings and arrows OF criticism As 1t
Is, since he is a colonel, there will be
perpetual quarrel about him. 1t will be
impossible for the authorities at Washing
Ion TO please all of his friends. If he
should be sent 10 Cuba It would be said
that his political enemies were trying to
Nil him off with yellow fever. The rumor
that he has been ordered to the Philip
pines has already started kicks on the
ground that il is the intention a. Washing
ton TO send him where the fighting has
already been done and where there will
be no opportunity for him to distinguish
himself. Should he be kept at home II
would be said that he was not ordered
to the front through jealousy Upon the
whole, Mr.. Bryan's military campaign
seems to have entirely too many mana
gers. He should be left alone He has
pluck and brains enough to take care of
himself without the attention of regi-
ment of self-appointed guardians who are
perpetually on the lookout to see that he
is not shelved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06
Labor in Cotton Mills.
From the New Orleans Picayune Den

The competition in cotton manufacturing
is between white operatives. The probable
use in the future of negro labor in the
Southern mills is question by itself The
ability of the negroes to underworld the
whites is based wholly on the low and de
graded way in which they are willing to
live The employment of negroes at low
wages in New England mills will alone
enable those establishments to maintain
themselves against the inevitable gravita-
ton of the great bulk of the cotton manu-
featuring TO the neighborhood of the cot
ton fields. The transfer of negroes to the
Northern mills, and the consequent move
ment of the white operatives from New
England TO Southern cotton mills, would
be, indeed, the working out of the irony
of fate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

On and after jan l next American blcy-
Giles imported into Germany must pay a
tariff of S4.75 each. The present rate is
81 on each bicycle. Germany is awaken
ing to the fact that the American manu-
facturers are making superior wheels and
selling them in her own territory in COM
petition with the made in Germany
sort, to the disadvantage of her manu-
facturers. However, if the wheel riders
of the Fatherland are wise, they will pay
the extra tax and continue to ride Ameri-
can wheels. They are much more than
$4.75 better than any wheels made in Ger
many.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

1t is evident that yellow Journalism"
is not peculiar to the American soil. The
Madrid newspapers can give the two
leading yellow newspaper of New York
long lead at the post, and then come in
under the wire away ahead of them, when
it comes to out-of-hand prevarication. The
American ''yellows'' as a general thing try
to provide some basis of truth upon which
TO build their fake stories, but in the case
of the Madrid fakirs they start upon moth
ing and erect a fine fabric of falsehood.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

1t is understood that the cruiser Column
bia will come out of the Brooklyn navy
yard after being repaired, in about ten
days or two weeks. If she had been
where there was need for her, instead of
cruising up and down a Northern coast
where there was no greater danger than
sea serpents, she would never have collid-
ed with the FoscOlia. When she goes into
commission again she should be sent
South. The far Northern ports are in no
more danger from a Spanish fleet than
the earth is from the tail of a comet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

AT one of the great camps the other day
stranger was unwittingly the cause of
some uneasiness. Some persons were quite
sure that he had suspicious look about
him. Indeed the idea that he was a
Spanish spy grew rapidly, and there was
a possibility that trouble would occur. As
good luck would have it, however some
one who knew the strange man spoke to
him. Hello, Mike" said he. Instantly
all thought of spies and treachery to the
American cause vanished. No Mike
would be a Spanish spy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

ties for transport are far inferior to those
of this city
Here the soldiers would have ample and
attractive camping grounds and here they
would ind a superb market for all sorts
of food supplies. Here, too. they could go
aboard the transports as fast as they could
be marched from their camps to the
wharvcs. 1t Is rather surprising that with
all of these advanteg yes. the war depart
ment has made no changes in its
plans for mobilizing the army on the
coast and transporting 1t to the seat of
war. A careful survey of the situation
from an unbiased standpoint would show
that, aside from any desire of the people
to have the soldiers here, this is the best
place, as a starting point OF the army for
Cuba or Porto Rico, there is along the
whole coast
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

The formally of swearing in" troops
and officers in now referred to frequently
in the dispatches. OF what practical use
Is this oath which recruits must take?
Does it make them any better soldiers or
any more loyal 10 the flag? Does it keep
traitors out of the ranks? Would not
would-be traitor take the oath as readily
as an honest volunteer? This oath-taking
seems to be a survival of medievalism;
from the time when superstition governed
pretty nearly all of the actions of indl-
viduals. A volunteers obligation to the
government begins when he volunteers;
his responsibility is not increased by an
oath, nor would it be lessened by the ap-
sence of an oath.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

Our old friend, the pelagic sealing ques-
ton, bobs up serenely, Notwithstanding
there is a war on. 1t would be well nigh
impossible for a year to roll around with
out the sealing question working it's way
to the front. Nobody cares anything
about it, still it is forever unsettled and
forever plagueing the diplomats. 1t is an
nounced now that the Canadian govern
ment may order the cessation of pelagic
sealing, since there are so few vessels en-
gagged in it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

The Railway Age estimates that the
construction of railroads in the United
States during 1898 will exceed that of 1897
by 1000 miles. The amount spent in con-
struction this year, it says, will not be less
than $4,000 900, and it may reach $50, coo 0O0.
AT the present time work is in progress on
about ninety roads, aggregating 2,725
miles. Many projects, however, have
been abandoned on account of the war.