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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-22
WHAT MIR. WOOD SAYS.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHAMBER.

Mr.. Wood speaks highly of chief jus
tice Chambers. Thu latter was sent
there as q land commissioner by Presi-
dent Harrison. He served In that ca
panlty for two ysArs when he W. Ap-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04

and pleasant way that he proposes to
be secretary of war and to run the
War department at the same time
utilizing to the full the military ex-
perienCe and wisdom of both General
Miles and General Corbin, as we'll as
the other army officers on duty at the
war department. who will, of course,
have to look after the technical milf
tary affairs, while Secretary Root is
devoting himself especially to the great
questions Of administration. particu-
larly respecting the islands taken from
Spain. Secretary Root seems to have
the strength, as well as the diplomacy
that Secretary Alger lacked, and there
fore to be able to manage the con-
flicting elements in the War depart
ment and make them work together
for good. This is more important than
any mere change in the language of
regulations or in the character of red
tape"
The country is heartily weary of the
jealousies and chickering's and depart
mental intrigue which were so evident
during the regime of Secretary Algcr
and it wishes Godspeed to Secretary
Root in his new task of putting things
in order.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
The Seasonable Question.

Sun like furnace hung up overhead.
Burnin' and blazin and blstcrin' red;
Sky like an ocean, so blue and so deep,
one little cloud ship becalmed and asleep;
Breezes all gone and the leaves hangin'
still,
Simmer of heat on the medder and hill.
Labor and laziness calliu to me,
Hoe or the fishin' pole, which'll it be?
There's the old cornfeld out there in the
sun,
shoin' so plain that there's work to be
done:
There's the mean weeds with their tops
all a-sprout,
Seemin' TO stump me to come clean 'em
out;
But, there's the river, so clear and so
There's the white lilies anoat on the
scentin' the shade meath the old maple
tree
Hoe or the fishin pole. which'll it be7
Dusty and dry droops the corn in the
heat,
Down by the river a robin sings sweet
Gray squirrels chatter as If they might
say,
who's the chump talkin' of workln'
today?"
Robins song tells how the pickerel walt
Under the lily-pads, hungry for bait
| oughter make for that cornheid, l
know,
But-where's the fishin pole? Hang
the old hoel
Joe Lincoln in Saturday Evening Post,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
Under the Eaves.

Hidden by dusk and dust they lie
Under the spacious caves:
Rusty and broken and all awry
The Castaways of years gone by
The gloomy depth receives.
Leather bound books of quaint design
With yellow and well-irayed leaves,
(Chiefly telling of things divine0
A cracked dcCanter enlabeled Wine"
Under the gloomy caves.
A tiny Cricket-a broken chair
A brindle cowhide trunk;
A strange old stove, so rough and square
Filled with rusty cooking-ware
And other kitchen junk,
A little cradle, rude and plain,
How fGLcy round it weaves
The tale of mother JOY and pain,
That all these fleeting years had lain
Under the gloomy caves.
And so to each poor castaway
Some tender fancy cleaves;
The gentle voice that Oft lid say
ooh save it yet another day."
Under the spacious caves.
boston Coulter.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
OUTCROPS OF HUMANITY
Hadley Closed the Debate.

Arthur r. JIadiey who has been presi-
dent of Yale for three weeks, has a rep
utatiOn for repartee among the under
graduates which has for years, says
New York Sun correspondent, formed a
feature of university tradition. A typi-
cal Hadley answer two years ago closed
the Yale-New York Voice incident so
abruptly that the Voice has never seen
fit to reopen it. After the Voice had at
tackled Yale for its laXity in enforcing
total abstinence Professor Hadley took
up the cause. In concluding he quoted
Arnold, of Rugby, relative to a college
of Christian gentlemen"
IL. A. Hull, of New London, wrote an
open letter to Professor Hadley, asking
him:
81. Where should a Christian gentleman
drink rum?
"2. When should a Christian gentleman
drink rum"
"3. How should a Christian gentleman
drink rum?
-. Why should a Christian gentleman
drink rum?
II use the name rum generally. In
His name what answers do you think
ought to be given?"
Professor Hadley sent him the follow
ing answer:
"If a young man asked me those ques-
tions for his own guidance, l should say
that the Gospel obviously piescribes no
fixed rule, but that he had better not
drink in doubtful cases. If he asked me
the questions, not as guide for his own
action, but as a basis for judging others,
l should tell him frankly that the Gospel
was far more explicit in urging absti-
nence from sweeping statements than alb
stinence from alcoholic drink"
This was two years ago, but Mr.. Hull
has not been heard from since.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
Secretary Roots BEGINNING.

The manncr in which Secretary Root
began his career in the war depart
ment inspires confidence. His first Off
cial act we are told was TO take Ad-
jutant General Corbin in tow and call
pn Major General Miles. The three
were in conference for half an hour
and when they emerged all were smil-
ing. The action is said to be without
precedent but it looks like a very SEN
sible and timely one, II, as VIC suspect,
a was conceived with a view to bring
ing these two subordinates into a bet
ter mutual understanding.
In-writing of the incident. the Wash
ington correspondent Of the Democratic
Philadelphia Record, vino has been q
partisan of Maes against Alger, has
the grace to say; Secretary Root,
who has been known as a diplomatist
as we'll as fighter, began the most
important task he has ever undertaken
at the. beginning today and in the best
possible way, and as a result has al
ready established a modus vivendi be-
tween Geperal Miles and Adjutant Gen
eraI Corbin which win end, he hopes,
iA lasting peace, 10 his advantage and
thatsof the government and the coun-
,ry. He has made II thoroughly we'll
understood in a psrfeetlv courteous
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
NY Song.

My song shall be a joyous one:
or SHADY hooks and meadows fair,
OF birds and brooks and summer air,
OF peeping violets that wear
brightness lent them by the sun.
Ny song shall be a simple one:
OF rustic homes and voice of praise,
OF plenty blessing frugal ways,
OF peace requiting well-spent days
And rest that comes when toll is done.
My song shall be thankful one:
For whisp rings by the breezes brought
For teachings with sweet meaning
fraught,
For nobler aims and purer thought
And hope of heaven when life is dOne
Frank B. Thomas, in Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
Electrolysis.

A newspaper clipping now on it's
rounds quotes one Mr.. Houston, of
Boston, an electrician, as follows:
"The days of the underground cast
and wrought iron gas, water and steam
pipes are about numbered. Electro
lysis is playing high jinks with the
iron pipes in all the big cities, and in
a few years from now the water pipes
will become so weak that they will
burst every time any pressure is put
on them on account of being corroded
by the action of the powerful cur
rents" He says glass pipes will be
used. "In many cities in Europe and
this country glass pipes are used in
the streets for conveying water, gas,
oil and steam, and they give perfect
satisfaction. There will be no electro
lyss where there is glass, as glass is
an almost absolute nOn-conductor of
electricity. Inside of the next five
years investigation will show that
electrolysis has practically destroyed
every high pressure water and gas
line in every city in the country. The
iron pipe will be replaced with glass
pipes, and all danger from electrolysis
will have disappeared. 1t will be a
hard blow on the iron industries of
the country, but will boost the glass
factories. I will venture the predc-
ton" Mr.. Houston adds, that seven
years from now nothing will be used
for underground piping of all kinds
where high pressures are carried ex-
cept glass"
Electrolysis, we are told by those
who have made a study of electrical
phenomena, is caused very largely by
the trolley system of travel. If you
will observe where two rails are joined
on a trolley car line you will see that
wires connect one rail with the other,
forming, with the rails, a continuous
circuit. When this circuit Is broken;
when the electrical current which it
is supposed to take care of is per-
mitted to go into the ground 1t is said
to exert a dlsintegrating effect on both
iron and lead pipes within a consider
able radius. Under certain conditions
pipes a mile away from a poorly in
sulated trolley system have been
known to soften and become almost
putty-like.
If these assertions of the experts are
not exaggerated it is evident that a
! trouble is being laid by careless users
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
A Eabla.

A Wild Rose grew by the pasture wall,
A beautiful shrub with branches tall,
With wonderful color and rich perfume,
A daisy looked up at her rosy bloom,
"Of which are you proudest, Rose so fair
OF your stems or leaves or your flowers
rare?"
"Of neither" said Rose with a graceful
bend,
81 am proudest of my roots. sweet
friend"
"Of your roots? Those ugly things down.
in the earth?"
Here all the daisies hent with mirth,
And a bobolink swinging on a twig
Sang and danced his loveliest jig
"Of my roots" said the Rose "for they
work away,
Down there in the darkness, day after
day,
Contented If only the flowers blow
Up here in the sun, while they toll be-
low"
-Universalist Leader.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
TOUCHES OF SENTIMENT.
The Mothers Prayer.

Before high heavens golden gateway
stood
A host OF souls that were not wholly good
Nor wholly bad, awaiting the decree
To fix their fates for all eternity.
Within the vicar angel scanned the pleas
hat had been offered in behalf of these
by souls on earth; the solemn masses
said;
Lip-lltanies: each service for the dead,
The sweet petitions from upliftcd eyes
Mutely beseeching mercy from the skies.
Looking on these, n light of radiant grace
lllumined that fair angels beauteous
He let his glances softly linger where
There shone a dying mothers fervent
prayer
For her lost son, sent with her latest
breath
FOrgetful of herself cen when in death!
The angel blotted out his page of sin
And first of all that host he entered in!
-Cluskey Cromwell. in Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
An Intolerable Anomaly.

The great lesson to the American
people of the recent war with Spain,
according to Bishop Hogan, of Kan
sas City, is the crying necessity for
a broader knowledge of maritime af-
fairs among the young men of the
country. America should take her
rightful place among nations in in
terocean traffic. whenever 1 travel
abroad" the bishop adds, 81 always
strain my eyes looking. too often in
vain, for the American flag among the
great shipping wharves of the world.
That is the sort of expansion l would
like to see occupy some of the atten-
tion of the American people. Destiny
has marked out Americas future and
we could not change it If we would.
The acquisition of the Philippines,
which seems to be one of the immediate
possibilities, as well as American DOM
ination over many other islands of the
Orient, will force us to become an i'm
portant factor in the commerce of
Asiatic waters. We are already max
ing wonderful inroads commercially
in many other markets of the world,
but to our disadvantage our COM
merce is being carried in foreign ves-
sells. Everywhere in the world we see
ships laden with American merchan-
disc flying the flags of other nations,
and every year thousands of Ameri-
cans go abroad in English, French,
Dutch and German steamers. 1 be-
lieve we should attach more import
ance to this subject in our schools, so
that our young men may be induced
to study navigation and allied sciences
pertaining to ocean traffic" For a
country with the enormous wealth,
magnificent coast line and incompar-
able industry of the United States to
be dependent for ocean carriage on
other nations is an anomaly too SER
ious to last.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
The Poet.

His home is in the heights; to him
Men wage a battle weird and dim,
Life is mission stern as fate,
And song a dread apostolate,
And tolls of prophecy are his,
70 ease the steps and lift the load
OF souls that falter on the road.
The perilous music that he hears
Falls from the vortice of the spheres.
He presses on before the race,
And sings out of a silent place,
Like faint notes of a forest bird
On heights afar that voice is heard;
And the Gin path he breaks today
Will some time be a trodden way,
But when the race comes toiling on
That voice of wonder will be gone
Be heard on higher peaks afar,
Moved upward with the morning star.
o men of earth, that wondering voice
Still goes the upward way; rejoice!
Edwin Markham.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
Secret of the Rush.

While Chauncey NJ. Depew, says the
ArgOraut was at the Omaha Exposition
he and President Galloway, of the New
York Central. CHANGED to go into a booth
on the Midway Plaisarce 1t was tame
entertainment, and their stay there would
have been very brief except for the fact
that they had scarcely taken their seats
before there began steady inpouripE
of people, which continued until the small
auditorium was crowded. Half an
hours waiting failed to reward their
patient expectancy, however, and Mr..
Galloway suggested that they move on.
Just then ex-Secretary of Agriculture ].
Sterling Morton pushed his way through
the crowd, and, extending his hand to
Mr.. Depew exclaimed:
well, DIR. Depew, so YOU are really
here! thought that barker was lying"
"What do you mean?" inquired Mr.. De-
pew.
why the barker for this show is
standing outside and inviting the crowd
to step up lively and pay 10 cents for
the privilege of seeing the great and
)nly Chauncey NJ. Depew.'"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
A Work for the School Teacher.

The spirit which Americans would
like to see exhibited by all the inhab-
itants of our new dependencies is in
dicated happily in a letter recently
written by the mayor of Ponce, the
leading city in Porto Rico. Last June
the pupils in the Bryant and Lincoln
public schools of Plainfield, N. D.,
prompted by DR. II. X. Carroll, United
States commissioner to Porto Rico,
presented to Mr.. Carroll one large and
300 small flags for the American free
school at Ponce. The gift was duly
forwarded and in acknowledgement
the mayor or alcade of Ponce, Luis
Porrata Doria, has written:
"The patriotic act of the Bryant and
Lincoln public schools of Plainfield in
sending to the American free school
Of Ponce a beautiful national flag and
a number of smaller ones so that our
children might appropriately celebrate
Decoration Day and July deserves
the praise Of all persons who truly en-
Joy the greatness of the American re-
public. Fortunately today my small
island of Porto Rico is an integral
part Of that great country, and I as
Porto Rican am proud to be called an
American. l have unlimited faith in
the future of Porto Rico under the
for a country formed under the infiu-
ence of the good advices of Washing
ton, Franklin and Lincoln cannot but
carry, wherever Providence beckons
it to go, freedom and progress. l am
not at all impatient and am TRANQUILITY
ing sure that sooner or later we will
gain my always cherished ideal--the
fulness of American citizenship"
1t is, after ALL through the schools
rather than through any especial poll
cy of political administration that the
problems of reconstruction must be
solved in these new dependencies, If
the Porto Rican, the Cuban and the
Filipino young can be taught what
American principles mean and what
the American intention with respect
to their political future is, the next
generation in those islands will put
aside the suspicious and the supersti-
tions of the present and cooperate
cordially in the forward movement
Mr.. Bryan's plea for more American
school teachers in the dependent is
lands is sound in principle, although
made by him at an unreasonable time
for partisan purposes entirely. When
1.1
teacher must complete the task which
the soldier-policeman has been COM
PEELED to begin.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04

of electricity. The law in its treat
ment OF problems in equity growing
out Of applied electrical energy has not
yet been formulated as carefully as
IT must be in future; but on broad
lines 1t Is safe to conclude that the
person who as result of negligence
or carelessness inficts upon another
damage which could by care have been
avoided can be held responsible. To
think otherwise would be to doubt the
efficiency of hur courts of law.
The singular thing about this whole
matter is that while electricians warn
people against the use of iron and lead
underground pipes in the vicinity of
applied electrical currents, and show
by evidence that such use Is extrava-
giant because likely to necessitate fire.
quent renewals. civil engineers, build
ers and plumbers go right on using
them. Evidently there is a difference
of opinion as to the reality of these
alleged dangers; but is it not mat
ter of sufficient Importance to warrant
a thorough investigation?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
President Dwight's Stock Story.

1t Is not the habit in large colleges for
the undergraduates TO come closely in
contact with the president but those
few who did call on DIR. Dwight found
him to be the soul of courtesy sympathy
and kindness. Every year it was the
custom of the doctor to deliver n course
Of talks" before the freshman class As
the class changed each year the doctor
repeated the same advice In practically
the same language each season. There
was one story which he invariably told
II was concerning William NJ. Evarts,
and illustrated the pleasure that we'll
trained mind derives from itself. "Mr
Evarts once said" the doctor used to
lay. that he always liked TO talk to him
self for TWO reasons. First, because he
liked to hear a clever man talk. and Sec
ond, because he enjoyed having bright
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04

To illustrate that the three score and
thirteen years of life were marely mat
ter of time Judge Clayton, of Delaware
county, Pa, Jumped from trolley car
before II stopped. He did not land ac-
cording to calculation and made several
acrobatic evolutions before he rested
quietly. The conductor rushed up to the
fallen jurist and insisted upon having the
supposed injured mans name, as the
company's rules require. Thereupon
Judge Clayton arose and exclaimed We.
hcmently I'm not hurt. blast you!
That's the way always get off car!'
--Pittsburg Dispatch
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04

Good doctrine was that put forth by
Iowa Republicans on Wednesday when
they affirmed: There shall be no
division among us until all in arms
against the flag shall confess the su-
preme rights and honors and shall
know that, even in the farthest
East, ii is the sign and promise Of equal
law, of Justice, and liberty through
out the land and to all the inhabitants
thereof" This is the doctrine which
William j. Bryan ought to study.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
President Hadley Confused.

It is told at Yale that Professor Hadley
was riding to college one day in a horse
car when old Professor Seymour, Greek
department, got on sand warmly greeted
him. AT the same moment tho conduc-
tor came up for his fare. Mr.. lIadlcy
for an instant was in dilemma; he rose
and cordially shaking hands with the
conductor gave Professor Seymour his
car fare.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04

The sewer sheets estimate Of dam
ages to it's character is too modest by
far. 1t should have sued for mil
lion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
COlOred
Shirt
Waists

The final reduction of
the season takes effect
this morning, and Shirt
Waist prices TODAY are
i'm most instances only
half what they were less
than a month ago. Our
object being to make a
complete and speedy
clearance.
The sizes are still we'll
assorted, and you cam UNI
doubtedly find among this
line just what you want.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04

The opinions of private soldiers con-
cerning General Otis are interesting
but not necessarily important.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04
His Customary Way.

man for a listener. Saturday Evenin
Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-04

Chief Insurgent Finn, just back
from Europe. says Quay will never
again sit in the United States senate.
Time will show whether sea air makes
good prophecy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-04-28
TAMPER WITH NEW LAW.
Michigan Municipal Ownership Bill II
Changed A fter Passage.

Lansing, Mich, April PA sensation
was created in legislative circles by the
discovery that the Mcleod law provid-
ing for the municipal ownership Of
street railways in Detroit was tempered
with after it passed both houses and
before it was signed by the governor.
The changes consist of the elimination
of the provision that the act shall not
in any manner affect the power of the
common council under other laws to
grant or extend franchises. Neither the
committee In charge Of the bill nor
either house made the amendment, and
officials are endeavoring to find out
who made the erasure.
Governor Pingree says the omission
Of the clause is of no consequence. The
attorneys of the Citizens company as
sert that the alleged discrepancy is a
strong point in tn proceedings they are
about to bring to test the act.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-04-28
SENTENCE COMMITTED.
President Saves the Life of Porto Ricau
Who Killed q soldier.


Washington, April 26.-President Nc
Kinley mas committed the death sem
tence of Rafael Ortiz of Caguas, Porto
Rico, who murdered Private Burke of
the Forty-seventh New York infantry,
to life Imprisonment. Secretary Alger
was instrumental in securing this act OF
clemency, as the case was brought to
his attention when he was in Porto
Rico. Ortiz was in love with a Porto
Rican girl before the arrival of the
American soldiery in that island, and
was loved in return. Burke won the
heart of the dusky maiden, and vixen he
protested the American slapped Oritz's
face in the presence of his former
sweetheart
The Porto Rican swore vengeance, and
one night, finding Burke drinking with
several companions, rushed up behind
him and cut his throat. Ortiz YVES tried,
convicted, and sentenced to be shot. ne
was to have been executed at San Juan
the day Secretary Alger reached Caguas
on his tour Of inspection. The mother
and sister of the condemned man and
several other natives lined up on each
side Of the road and stopped the prog
ress Of the secretary. The mother and
daughter knelt and pleaded for his life.
Secretary Alger suspended execution
until the case could be looked into by
the president, who has committed the
sentence to l'fe imrrisonment