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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01
REXFORD'S.
April 20.

These are the mornings you
ought to get up and take a walk
around the block before breakfast
hear the robins, see the bursting
buds.
Our alarm clocks watch all night
and call you on time. We keep
the five good kinds of slumber dis
turbers. One kind rings five
minutes; another starts and stops
alternately for fifteen minutes.
Proper prices.
75c to $I.75.
THE REXFORD CO.,
1872 Wyoming Ave.
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puny expedients. The whole matter
can be adjusted in three minutes by
the production Of the missing contract
and the mayor giving orders to go on
with the work.
Public opinion has decided that the
streets must be repaired. 1t is not
likely to recede from its position. If
there Is any receding 1t must be done
by those who stand in public opinions
way
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

No individual who takes up arms
against Uncle Sam need never expect
to dictate the terms of surrender. That
Is exclusively an American prerogl-
tive
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01
A WARNING.
From the Times-Herald.

From the Times-Herald.
The action of Great Britain in deciding
to contribute an annual subsidy for thu,
construction of Pacific cable from Can
ada to Australia should adndnish thiJ
government that it cannot afford to dc
fer favorable action upon a Pacific cable
project beyond the next congress At
| the last regular session of the Fifty-iiftn
congress President Mckinley presented
special message emphasizing the mill
tary urgency of cable communication
with Honolulu and Manila and recting
the difficulties and embarra ssments al
ready encountered by the government
| through the absence Of telegraphic IA
cilities. Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, present.
ed a bill providing for government
subsidy of 100000 year for twenty
years for the construction of a cable
from San Francisco to Manila and Japan,
while in the senate AN amendment was
added to the sundry civil bill providing
for the construction by the United States
of cable from "a Pacific port in the
state of California" to the city of Homo
lulu. The failure of these projects 10
receive the approval of congress was
attributed to the unsettled condition OF
affairs in our Pacific dependencies and
to the unwillingness of congress TO COM
nit the government to any fixed cable
| policy at that time.
When the Fitty-siXth congress con-
venes, however, it is probable that the
| question of a Pacific cable will have
early and favorable consideration and
| if the congress is disposed TO accede to
| public sentiment the cable will be built
| and controlled by the United States gov
| ernment, Even with quick action on the
| part of the next congress our govern
| ment cannot hope now to overtake Great
| Britain in transpaclfc cable communica-
| tion, for Great Britain has a habit of
| pushing such projects vigorously and
| quickly when once she grants the desired
| subsidy. With the exception of the Brit
ish cables from Australia TO New Zea-
| land, from Australia TO New Caledonia
and from Hong Kong TO the Philippines
| the vast eXpanse of the Pacific Is uncut
| with cable lines In the direct pathway
| of the projected British cable from Can
| ada to Australia lie the Hawaiian ISL
| ands, Samoa and groups of British ISL
/ ands. 1t Is highly probable that this
| cable will touch at Samoa and that per-
mission will be granted the British com
pany to land at Honolulu. In view Of
| this great project, which Is backed by the
| full British subsidy recommended in the
report of the Pacific cable committee OF
| 1896, It bchooves the United States to lose
no time in establishing cable connection
with its important possessions in the Pa
| cinc,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

Thus far most Of the dollar dinner
Jcffersonians have been content to rest
room, deaf to the appeal of the en-
thusiasts who hinted at a further con-
tribution of nine dollars in the interest
OF Bryanism.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

prophetic and suggestive words Ut
tered at a time when the old resent
ment had not been obiterated and
when the old traditional feeling still
prevailed, they presaged the remark
able change which was coming and
breathed in advance the fraternal spir-
it which now animates the two nations
With the vision of the seer, General
Grant forecast and sounded the new
note of the English-speaking race. We
do not enter into any hard-and-f
alliance: we do not shut ourselves OUT
from other friendships, but it is true
as the sympathetic cords of the last
year have taught US, that we are nat
ural allies and have come to be the best
of friends. 1t was singular that, in
referring to the kindred attitude Of
the two nations, General Grant shouli
have made Englands colonial policy
and greatness the one theme of his ad-
miring recognition, and that, too. at n
time when we had no colonial posaAs-
sions. 1t was as it, standing thead
of all others in the shadow % :oni 6
events, his clear insight foresaw the
majestic destiny of his country and
pointed to the pathway of its suCc ss .
full development.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01
The Difference.

Tommy-Papa, why don't men wear
their watches outside like women?
His Father-There's nobody to look "a
for better ones. my son, in case of theft.
'-Jeweler Weekly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

The worrying over Quay's admission
does not take place in the Quay camp.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

1t seems a pity to have the Filipino
war close while colonel Funston is
having so much fun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

In the case Of many of those Lancas-
ter cigars the stamps must have been
as bad as the tobacco.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

rapidly accommodating an old fashioned
welcome home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

There appears to be no reasonable
doubt that Funston's Kansas regiment
is earning it's salary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

When Aguinaldo finds what he
imagines to be a soft spot he will drop.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

Judging from Manila reports there
nothing the matter with Kansas.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

The men who were getting ready to
jump on Otis just had time to draw
back
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

A verdict to the effect that the army
beef was good once will not affect the
fact that when it reached the soldiers
on the firing line it was all that Miles
claimed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

Frequent changes in school manage
ment are inadvisable. A good super
intendent is good official to continue
in office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

Captain Coghlan will undoubtedly
survive his reprimand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01
MONDAY, MAY 1, 1899.

Quit fooling, quit haggling, but repair
the streets. This is the public's ulti-
matum,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

THAT splendid visit of the dying chief
tain is in course of realization. 1t IS
nearly fourteen years since his .sts
We're closed in death. but the dGeem
which flashed upon his fading sight
on the hushed heights of Mount Nc
Gregor is today a vivid and luminO' s
picture filling the whole front of the
national view. We see now as we new
er saw before the higher unity and the
broader mission of the English-speaK-
ing race. That race is the pioneer of
civilization and the founder of COM
monwealths. 1t is the great master
force of trade expansion and world en-
lightenment. The grandeur of it's aims
and the triumph of it's energies are
written on every page in the glorious
history of civil, religious and CONNER
cial progress. 1t has subdued contin-
ents and made them blossom as the
rose. 1t stands for the genius of lib
erty, for liberty clad in the sacred pam
oply Of law, which recognizes the
equality, protects the rights and exc
cutes the organized will of all. Rep
resentative government, trial by jury,
freedom of speech and of the press,
the right to worship according to the
dictates of conscience, the establish
ment of the common school--these are
the cardinal elements of its polity, and
these are the beneficent fruits of its
ever-advancing march.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

Looking down the vista of time
from the serene elevation of his con-
scious place on the border line of earth
and eternity, lifted above all passions
of the hour, with his work done and
his fame secure, General Grant saw
and said that our country was entering
on new era. Yes. on a new ira Of
unity and progress and power. For,
under the impulse and influence of the
national uprising and patriotic re-
awakening of the past year, we wit
ness more than ever on this anniver-
sary of his birth such reunion of the
North and South in heart and in hand
as his great and magnanimous spirit
yearned for. And with this uplifting
of the national sentiment at home we
see on the broader field what his tran
quill view prefigured in the advance Of
the English-speaking race and of our
portion Of it to larger part in the
commerce and civilization Of :he
world"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

I'm another realm of thought and
action General Grant foreshadowed the
developments of our day. There is
nothing more heroic in the capture Of
Donelson, nothing grander in the
march on Richmond that grim c7ura ge
and the noble impulse with which
Grant, in the very shadow Of death,
wrote the simple and fascinating stci y
of his life that was to be the support
of those he loved. 1t was in the last
pages, just as the darkening pail was
falling on him, that he penned the nreg'
nant words: England and the United
States are natural allies and should be
the best of friends. They speak one
language and are related by blood Cnd
other ties. We together, or cv IN : p
arately, are better qualified than any
other people to establish commerce le-
tween all the nationalities of the world.
England governs her own colonies, and
particularly those embracing the peo-
pie of different races from her own,
better than any other nation. She is
just to the conquered, but rigid She
makes them self-supporting, but gives
the benefit of labor to the laborer She
, does not seem to look upon the colonies
as outside possessions which she is at
! liberty to work for the support and ag-
grandizement of the home govern
ment.'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01

"Our country has not gone forth with
ambitious or conquering hand. In the
little more than the hundred years Of
ITS national existence it has found it's
youthful vigor absorbed in developing
the mighty continent where God, in the
westward course of civilization, has
placed the seat of its unrivalled en-
pire. But it now arches and fills the
broad space between the Atlantic and
the Pacific. Has its growth ended?
Is its work finished? Or, when in the
course Of events not of its own seeking
the door of duty and of enlarged 0ppor-
tunity is opened before it, does it re-
main for the great republic to take up
the white mans burden and play some
part in carrying forward the flag Of
civilization? For a hundred years,
which are but fragment in the life
time of nation, we have lived within
ourselves, and, shutting our eyes to the
growth and needs of the coming CEN
turtles, shall we hold that the metes
and bounds of the past are to be the
ineXorable limits Of the future?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-01
General Grant as
Prophet and Seer

From an Oraticn at Galena, Ill. on
Grant Day. Nv Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith.
II GM RANT not only wrought out
u the great work Of his time,
RI but he has left impressive
WI and significant lessons for
our time. His sagacity
and prescience seemed to antlci-
pate the tendencies of our national
development. He advocated the ac-
QUESTION of San Domingo, and whether
that particular measure was best or
not, 1t was premonltlon of the COM
ing national movement for bulwarks
of American power in the Caribbean
sea and for gateways of American APP
prOaCh to the inter-contnental con-
nection and the inter-oceanic water
way. The opening may have come
in better way under a palmer neces-
sity and a clearer providence, but the
project of San Domingo was the har-
binger of Cuba and Porto Rico, and
the vision which looked to the extern
sion of our arm to the isle of the sea
has been vindicated in the resistless
logic of events which, under an over
mastering destiny carried our flag to
the heights of San Juan and to the
ramparts of Santiago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25
THE cHEAp.MAN,

q wish that we had summer all the time,
For, that's the season living costs the
w. least; ~ = g. -
"A man don't have. to spend a mint for
5 cl0thes;
]. The less they wear is best for man and
& beast;
And then q chappie gets his two weeks Off,
And goes TO see his wcll-loyed country
$50 aunts,
And all he needs to wear while he Is stay.
e. ing there
Is soft shirt and pair Of linen pants.
He has good time with the country girls,
And doesn't have to spend copper cent,
because &. there's nothing in the town to buy
I. Yet hes regarded rs d perfect gent
He uses Ills aunt's horses for his drives;
Il For saving then he has his only chance,
ana so he cuts dash, ana exc he makes
Il = ngmaHh,>z ,s...see ,r..s,..-.
IN n. soft shirt and a pair Of linen pants.
SO prefer the summer every timer !?
l. In summer garb chappie can keep cool,
And staying at Il backWoods country ranch
His living Isn't strictly by the rule;
NO shows, and balls, and dances keep him
.,-. broke; AZ. : s
Why, any one can see 1t ut q glance ,.
That Charles Augustus Sweet resides on
." Easy street, ,&t%@.*
In soft shirt and a pair of linen pants.
Philadelphia North American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25
SIX SQUARE MILES OF OIL.
Great Sheet was Discovered in Mid
die OF the Ocean.

Great Sheet was Di severed in Mid
die of the Ocean.
Six square miles of raw petroleum in
the middle Of the Atlantic ocean, saws a
dispatch from Philadelphia.
This is the mute tale of the sea that
agitated Philadelphia shipping men re-
Gently. Capt. Brown of the British tank
steamer Batoum arrived at Dunkirk and
reported that on July 5, in latitude Al
north, and longitude 81 west, his ship
steamed through large quantity of pc
troleum, which covered the sea for six
square miles.
He said he at first could not account
for the presence of so great quantity
of oil, but as mile after mile was left
behind he became convinced that it was
the cargo Of an oil vessel, which, no
doubt, had foundered, carrying down
with her all hands.
Capt. Brown kept his ship in the vi
entity of this oil sea for several hours, in
the hope of finding some pieces of wreck
age by which to identify the unfortunate
craft Thinking that perhaps some of
her crew might have escaped in small
boats, lookouts We're sent aloft to scan
the horizon. Not trace of human life
or wreckage could they find. =:
The Batoum proceeded slowly on her
voyage for two days, with all hands keep
ing constant watch for raft or boat
from the wrecked vessel, but their efforts
were not rewarded.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25
ARSENIC ON TOMATOES,
Spraying Of Vines Almost Causec
Loss OF Life,

Spraying or Vines Almost Causec
Loss OF Life. -
The danger Of using poison in too
strong solution to spray fruits and
vegetables, with the object of destroying
parasites, is eXcmplified in the case of
Mrs. Carrie krause of Tocaloma, Cal,
who almost lost her life few DAYS ago
by eating tomatoes sprayed with arsenic
The prompt use of a stomach pump, fol-
lowed by the administering of an anti
dote, saved the wOman's life but the
effect OF the toxic drug was such that
she was subsequently obliged to 70 to the
German hospital in San Francisco for
treatment.
Mrs. Krause is the daughter of Mai"
Joseph Bertrand, who is proprietor of
the Tocaloma hotel. Last week Bertrand
received large quantity of fruits and
vegetables from S an Francisco, includ-
ing box of tomatoes. The cook sliced
these tomatoes and served them raw,
without taking the precaution of wash
ing them. Mrs. Krause ate heartily of
the tomatoes, but the other members of
the family partook Of them sparngly. In
few minutes the lady was taken with
a violent nausea and pains in the re-
gion of the stomach. DR.. Cavanaugh
OF Olema was summoned and saved her
life. but she was so ill afterward that
her father sent her to the German hos
pltal. She had all the symptoms of ar
senical poisoning, and an examination of
the tomatoes showed that they had been
sprayed with solution of arsenic
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25
FINGERING HELPED STATUES.
Discovery Made in Berlin Museum
Abolishes the "Hands OFF" Signs.

Discovery Made in Berlin Museum
Abolishes the Islands OFF" Signs.
Until a short time ago, says the New
York Times, the bronze statuary in some
of the Berlin museums was most care
fully labeled: Hands off," just as it is
in many American museums. What hap
pened in Berlin, however, may cause the
curators of some of our museums to take
down their signs. 1t was observed in
Berlin that those parts of the bronze
statues which were surreptitiously han
died by the public retained a good sur
face. This led to the conclusion that fat
had something to do with it. An expert
ment was therefore tried for some years
with four brenzes. One was coated ev-
cry day with oil and wiped with cloth:
another was washed every day with wa
ter; the third was similarly washed, but
was oiled twice a year; and the fourth
was left untouched, just as our bronzes
remain isolated behind the notices,
"Hands Off" The first looked beautiful;
the. third, which had been oiled twice Il
year, was ,passable; the second looked
dead, and the fourth was dull and black.
1t is probably a fact not generally known
that the ancient Greeks polished their
statues by constant handwriting. Per-
haps the curators above. mentioned, who
have charge OF statues and other adorll-
mcnts. will profit by the experiment here
described % : fr = :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25
PrisOn-Madc Rufter Tubs

For the first time in the history of the
Iowa state penitentiary at Anamosa,
contract labor will be put in force about
January 1, 1900, for the purpose Of max
ing butter-tubs. The bulk of the machin-
cry, representing an outlay of $4,000, has
already been purchased. The contract
of the corporation with the state pro-
vides that 125 men be employed contin-
ually, for which service the state is to re-
ceive 80 cents day for each man. The
company further has an option on as
many more men as the demands of the
business require. Ten hours constitute
the working-day. The contract holds good
for twelve years with the ,rightsof renew
al at the expiration Of that period. The
company contemplates putting out about
will give the convicts an opportunity ia
make money, inasmuch as certain
amount will be required of each man. and
all IN excess of that amount which he
can accomplish will be placed to his
credit ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25

the bank clerk met one night ut a ball.
Next morning he requested permission to
marry the lady, but her father would not
hear of it,
But if were a partner in Baring's?"
queried the suitor.
"Ah, that would alter the case consid-
erably." was the reply.
Forthwith Labouchere went to London
and. as cool sas cucumber, asked to be
made a partner. The firm treated the de-
mand with contempt.
''Whats would you say if Mr.. Hope
were my father-in-law?" pursued the un-
;daunted youngster. %. s.:ss.
THAT would put the matter on an en-
tircly different footing responded the
Earrings.
BY dint of much diplomacy and play
ing the millionaire against the bankers
and vice versa the clerk achieved both
his objects.-London Mail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25
The Art of Saying Things from, a
Painters Point of View [~'@1


When the artist uses words he finds
that they are tools whose use he does not
know-living tools that refuse to work.
that stumble over each other, that lead
him astray, that turn on him sometimes,
or actually direct his path, instead of be-
ing led by him; until at length he recog-
Mes that they are old acquaintance in
new forms. They are the signs of
thought, of IDEAS and perceptions. They
are not these last themselves Aud he
becomes both delighted and timid !:
pleased, because words express different,
ly and yet like his tools; timid, because
how long and difficult and endless per
haps are their full use and mastery. He
sees also that each one is an abstrac-
ton: that each phrase, and often each
word, has involved the consumption. the
absorption, the waste Of hundreds of SEN
sations concerning still more objects. To
put into record merely the impressions
of nature. he has only few notes, and
he knows that these external appenr-
ances that delight him are written in an
infinite gamut Before the accurate and
full description of anything that he sees
could be worked out in words, it would
have decayed and been born again many
times. He sees that the essence of these
tools is to generalize, and thereby to
leave over i'll each thing something that
is inexpressible. All this reminds him
Of the failures and inadequacies of his
own art, wherein lin those moments of
despair which are the consequence of
passionate attachment) he feels that he
has felt all, and that his miserable means
only allow him to express part.-.John
La Fargo in Scribners.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25
Limb Traps q SQUIRREL.

Woodmen in the Black forest in North
Cololna, Berrien county, Mich, were
mystified at hearing sounds of distress
issuing from the hollow interior of the
limbs of tree they had felled some
hours before. An investigation revealed
the fact that in falling to the ground the
limb had been cracked, the wound sud
denly closing and catching in it's relent-
less grasp two inches of the tail Of =
large gray squirrel, whose nest was in
the limb. He was chopped loose and per-
mitted to depart,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25
Birds Slain. for P1umase,

Mr.. Haggard, British consul in Venc-
zuela. describes the, destruction of birds
for the supply of aigrettes for ladies'
hats as REALLY appalling" He estimates
that the number of birds killed in 1895
for this purpose was 1888, 1873. No fewer
than $40 birds have to be killed to pro-
duce less than "a pounds of the smaller
feathers. 1T is to be feared adds the
consul, that. this waste will, within an
appreciate time. exhaust the supply"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25
DIDN'T LIKE FLIGHT BLUE"

The discussion of the question of house
servants receives rather an interesting
contribution in the following true story:
An upper servant, at first apparently suit
ed with her place, was later found to
have been in communication with anoth-
er employer who was offering her not
only 80 cents more week than the
maids present mistress, but who also pro-
posed to provide her with working
clothes, the entire outfit to. be light blue
in color. The servant seriously consid-
cred the proposition, but finally rejected
it, not, if. you please, because the scheme