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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03
May Go to Princeton.

Rev. DIR. Henry Van Dyke, pastor
of the Brick Presbyterian church Of
New York, seems to be about as much
in demand these days as even the
most popular of preachers could de-
sire. 1t is not that he is receiving so
many calls to other churches, although
many a congregation would gladly well
come him as its pastor, but that his
scholarship and prestige are coveted by
some of the greatest universities of the
land. 1t was supposed from his refusal
to accept the chair of English litera-
ture at Johns Hopkins university on
the plea that his duty at present was
to his church. that he could scarcely
be induced to make a similar change.
However, much activity is noticed
among the alumni and friends of
Princeton in behalf OF a new chair Of
English Literature in that university
and it is understood that all this is
being done with a view to asking DR..
Van Dyke to accept it, which there
seem to be very good reasons to believe
that he will consent To do. So large
have been the subscriptions tnat the
chair will be richly endowed and will
provide a fine salary to its professor.
While some inCongruity may appear
to exist between this prospect and
of the urgent offer to go TO Johns Hop
kins, the explanation in part may be
read between the lines. The learned
divine is a Presbyterian and in Prince
ton he would find the most congcnial
surroundings and the leisure for
the most mature and valuable
literary work The prevailing tone
Of agnosticism at Johns Hop
kins university may also to some
degree have Influenced his decision.
Whether or not this has had an effect
will probably never be confided to the
public but it is certain that the most
hattering inducements were held out by
the Baltimore institution.
Dr. Van Dyke has always maintained
that a man may serve God and His fell
| lows as well by writing as by preach
ing and there Is no doubt that his
| arduous labors as a city pastor render
MIN physically as well as mentally in
capable of doing his best work in liter
atuTe now at & period in his life when
his powers should be at their best. His
| wide reputation as a critic of English
! literature, his undoubted talents as a
| connOisseur Of art and his own fame as
writer would make him indeed val
| liable acquisition to his Alma Mater,
Of which he is also a trustee.
DR.. Van Dykes religion is so broad
and divine i'm its outlook that il must
| appeal TO all who long for the better
ment of mankind. 1t is concisely en-
bodied in the following extract from
| his sermon of last Sunday: II
| have no sympathy with that kind
! of Christianity which win not Join
hands with an honest Jew TO relieve
human suffering l have no sympathy
with the Protestant who win not take
up one end Of the litter because a Ro-
man Catholic has hold of the other
end: I have no sympathy with the
! Presbyterianism which believes that all
outside its creed are wrong; / have
no sympathy with the kind of a church
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03
TWO POEMS BY KIPLING.
The Coastwise Lights.

Our brows are bound with spindrift and
the weed is on our knees;
our lons are battered meath us By tho
swinging, smoking seas.
From reef and rock and skerry-over
headland, ness, and VOC
The Coastwise Lights of England watch
the ships of England so!
Through the endless summer evenings, on
the lineless. level floors;
Through the yelling channel tempest when
the siren hoCts and roars-
by day the dipping house-fiag and by
night the rockets trai1-
As the sheep that Craze behind us so we
know them where they hail.
We bridge across the dark and bid the
helmsman have care
The flash that wheeling inland wakes his
sleeping wife to prayer;
From our veXed eyries, head to gale, We
bind in burning chains
The lover from the sea-rim drawn--ns
love i'm English lanes.
We greet the clippers wing-and- wing that
race the Southern wool;
We warn the crawling cargo-tanks of
Bremen, Lcith, and Huh;
To each and AID our equal lamp at peril
of the sea-
The white wall-sded war-ships or the
whalers of Dundee.
Come up, come in from Eastward. from
the guard-ports Of the Morn!
Beat up, beat in from Southerly, gIp-
sizes of the Horn!
Swift shuttles of an Empires loom that
weave us main to main,
The COastwise Lights of England give you
welcome back again!
Go, get YOU gone up-channel with the
sea-crust ON your plates;
Co. get you into London with the burden
of your freights'
Haste for they talk Of Empire there, and
say, If any seek.
Tho Lights Of England sent you and by
silence shall yc speak!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

Yhinking Americans have had little
doubt of the friendship Of the home
government of Germany in spite of the
strained relations between command
ers at Manila at the opening OF the
Spanish American war. Germany, no
doubt. has her Jacob CoXeys, Editor
Hearsts and Billy Masons, but recent
events have demonstrated that the ac-
tions of the powers are guided 10y good
sense and spirit of peace.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

The Philadelphia Inquirer. in COM
memoratlon of its tenth anniversary
under the present management, yester-
day distributed handsome sixteen
page illustrated supplement giving
views in half-tone of all the depart
ments Of the paper and portraits of
the principal workers. Coupled with it
was a luminous description of the
making of q modern newspaper. The
Inquirer under James Elverson has
risen from a merely nominal place in
Philadelphia journalism to rank along
side the ablest and most profitable
papers in the country and We gladly
note this latest commemoration of its
success.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

General Gomez may be testy old
gentleman in his personal mannerisms
but he is showing a great deal of
timely common sense in his exposition
of the gospel of reconciliation and
unity in Cuba, To develope in that
ravaged island a civilization capable
Of sustaining the burdens of success
ful independent republic will need the
cooperation of all the present inhabi-
tants and many more too.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Joseph l.. Suckncy the eX-nayul officer
who. by Dewey's side, reported the sea
battle of Manila for the New York Her
aid, is not much of an eNpansionist him
self but as a matter of common sense.
now that we are in for the Philippines, he
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

The bill which has been introduced
At Harrisburg authorizing larger en-
ployment Of convict labor within pris-
ons, but providing against unfair COM
petition with free labor, should be
adopted promptly. An idle prisoner
capable Of work is a public shame.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

The resignation Of Sagasta illustrates
anew that there is a limit to human
endurance. Sagasta did not finch at
the baptism of fire during the war, but
the present baptism of wind from the
Spanish heroes who were so quiet a
few months ago, is more than he can
stand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

After congress adjourns President Nc
kinley will probably take n vacation. For
over a year he has devoted from twelve
to sixteen hours a day to work, after two
years incessant work just before enter
ing upon the presidency, and until lately
has not been able to rest on Sundays. Ar
rangements are now being made for a
possible sea voyage along the coast of the
Southern states on the dispatch boat Dol
phin The party will consist of only the
president and Mrs. Mckinley and a few
of their intimate friends if he deter
mines 10 go, in order tC get complete
separation for time from official busi-
ness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

A bill to appropriate $4,OOOO0O to
cover the cost of completing the pres
ent barn-lilie new capitol has been in
troduced at Harrisburg which would
make the cost Of the whole structure,
with furnishings, about $4,000, 900. 1t is
more than enough. In these days of
cheap material and construction $4,000 =
OOO ought to build as fine capitol as
any state has need for.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

Representative skinner Of Fulton
county who broke down and wept
while replying on the floor of the house
to the asperslons upon his character
and record cast by the painting pack of
Wanamaker organs in pursuit of him
because he refuses to affiliate with the
Combine Democrats, takes these mat
ters much too seriously. He knows
perfectly well, as does the public. that
the same men who now are calling him
vituperative names would swallow
every one Of their accusations and
cover him fathoms deep with daily dis
pensations Of gush and palaver If they
could only use him as they would like
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

The Nicaragua revolution has just
closed. 1t was one of the livelest
revolutions the country has had in sew
erul months
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

The newspapers are beginning to
print the portrait of Mrs. Kipling She
is not as i'll, however, as the pictures
would indicate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

HobsOn's ten-number advancement
for extraordinary heroism might have
been even greater but for his equally
extraordinary subsequent asininity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

Agoncillo, who has just been ship
wrecked at sea, should profit by the
omen and hereafter he good.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

Secretary Alger is wise in postpon-
ing his visit to Cuba until General
Gomez is through responding to en-
cores.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

The long-range editorials ON the
deadlock at Harrisburg, which appear
IN some of the papers about the coun-
try, indicate that the writer's know less
about the politics Of Pennsylvania than
If the Internal affairs Of Guam.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

There are those who imagine that
Cuba will occupy a position radically
different from that of Porto Rico and
the Philippines after the Publications
of the peace treaty shall have been eX-
changed. 1t Is true, as they say that
the sovereignty over Cuba is not trans
ferred by the treaty from Spain to the
United States, indeed. our commission
ers refused to accept any such trans
fer. Ut does not follow that the treaty
deliberately consigned Cuba, even tenn
pOrarily, to anarchy, by which we
mean the non-existence of q govern
ment regularly organized and generally
obeyed. On The contrary, we pledged
ourselves by the treaty to protect the
lives and property of the Spanards
resident in the island, so long as it
should be occupied by our forces, and
to use our influence to obtain the same
protection for them from the Cubans
after the latter should have put in
working order constitutional system
of administration. The treaty, once
ratified, becomes the supreme law of
the land, and the pledge given thereby
it is the presidents solemn duty to
carry out Neither this congress nor
the next can absolve him from the
duty. He must keep in Cuba "a suf-
fcient number of troops TO fulfill his
treaty obligations until the Cubans
shall have organized an Independent
government which shall take upon its
| own shoulders the task OF discharging
| international responsibilities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

that is merely social club and that
cares for nothing besides its own MEM
bers and communicates"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

So far as Cuba is concerned, the cen
vocation of the new congress i'm extra
session would be utterly suDeriluous.
The congress which is to expire by
Limitation on March made an eXhaus-
tive announcement of the national pol
icy with regard to that particular isl
and when, less than q year ago, it pass
ed the Joint resolution declaring IL 10
be our infexible intention to give Cuba
independence. Unless the new con-
gress wishes to retract that declara-
ton, there is no preteXt for calling it
together in extra session, so far as
Cuba is concerned. AS for the Philip
pines and Porto Rico, the duties OF the
president of the United States will b.
confined during the coming nine
months, as they were at a correspond
ing juncture in the history of Califor-
MIA, to the enforcement of order and
to the collection of such extensive and
trustworthy information regarding
the political. social and economical
conditions of the islands named as will
epable the next congress to frams
forms of government adapted to the
state which they shall be found to
have reached in the scale of CiVliaa-
ton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

At the end Of the great Civil War there many poor
soldier who out OF the smoke OF batc without bruises but
with broken health the Eard ~ he had gone
through Many of those who had escaped the bullets just
badly wounded through stomach and digestive troubles
brought by camp life Justice Of the Peace for Luzcrne
County Pennsylvania in relating h experience OF years before
recently said; g" served four in the Civil War and spent
OF that time Southern military prison which,
well known the bin OF fare high but rough and
which deranged my stomach and bowels such that
have been continuous sufferer from indigestion and
stipaton since. recently procured box of Rpans
Tabue and gave them trial and both pleased and
psed find could the hearty food without ncon-
venience which have not been able do for thirty years
would be without Rpans Ibues for many times thercost
CoNI No Be ent
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

First, as regards Porto Rico and the
Philippines. These islands will have
become American territory at a time
when no congress is in existence. For
the sake of the inhabitants themselves,
no longer owing allegiance to the Span
ish government or possessing any regu-
larly organized government of their
own, and also for the sake Of resident
foreigners. whose lives and property
would be otherwise jeoparded, it will
be Mr.. McKinley's duty to take ade-
quate precautions for the assurance
Of peace and order and for that pur-
pose to establish provisional systems
of military or civil administration. AS
for the so-called insurgents under Ag
uinaldo, they are. at present simply
rioters and marauders who are defy
ing the authority of Spain, by which
power the occupation of Manila was
ceded by the protocol pending the con-
clusion of a treaty Of peace, and by
which power. also, we were substitut-
ed guardians of order in the Visayan
islands after the evacuation thereof
by General Rios, the Spanish governor
general. The moment the ratitications
of the treaty shall have been eychang-
ed, Aguinaldo's adherents will be
transformed into rioters and marauders
defying the lawful authority of the
United States. Mr. Mckinley will
then have precisely the same right to
suppress disCrderly persons in the
Philippines as he would have to dis
charge a similar function in any Amer
lean territory for which no definite
form of government had, as yet, been
provided by congress.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03

This would be at once his right and
his duty. This was settled in the case
of California, wherein the United States
Supreme court upheld the acts per-
formed by the president after that ter
ritory had been ceded to this country
by Mexico. but before any definite plan
of government for it had been devised
by the national legislature. What is
true of the Philippines is true of Porto
Rico. The only difference is that, in
the latter island, there has been, as
yet, scarcely any rioting or marauding,
so that, there, only a relatively small
force is needed by the president in
order to enforce obedience to the pro-
viSional government.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-03
Presidents Power
BefWeen Sessions.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York sun
IN ONE PEOPLE i'm Washington
" are giving themselves needless
UO) anxiety about the presidents s
- right to maintain order in cuba.
Porto Rico and the Philippines after
the expiration Of the present congress.
They assert that his war powers lapse
when peace shall have been definitely
concluded, ana they want to know by
what warrant he can, thereafter, keep
troops i'm those islands and subject
their inhabitants to a military govern
ment. They insist that, to do these
things he needs the specific authorize
ton of the national Legislature, for
which an extra session of the next
congress is Indispensable. Let us see
what the legal status Of the islands
now is, and what it will be during the
interval between the ratiflcations of
the peace treaty and the enactment pf
legislation on the subject by the Fifty
sixth congress in it's regular session.
o
The first question can be quickly an
swered. No one denies that the war
powers now exercised by the chief
magistrate will continue until the rati-
iications of the peace treaty by the
United States and Spain shall have
been formally exchanged d transaction
which, to judge by rrecedents, may
not be completed until q good many
weeks, and, perhaps, some months,
shall have elapsed. Until the exchange
shall have taken place there will have
been no definite transfer of sovereignty
over Porto Rico and the Philippines,
while the renunciation of Spain's SOW
ereignty over Cuba will have been car
ricd out de facto, but not de jure. Let
us assume, however, that the ratifca-
tions have been exchanged, and con-
slider what, thereupon, becomes the
legal relation of the president towards
the islands in question.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19

Future generations will see Il no long.
CT upon earth.
As Dr. Alexander Hill. Master OF
Downing College and Weed Chancellor Of
Cambridge University, England, said. con-
sumption IS now TO be classed as "one of
those mysterious diseases which are ABB
solutely preyentahle."
Or. Sioeum has made II so.
With a liberallty, born OF true greatness
and broad-mindedness the discoyerer OF
this new system of curing consumption aud
building up weak lungs offers TO send TO
every Que Of our readers who will write
for IL, q complete FREQ course of his treat
ment consisting OF three large bottles OF
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The system consists Of four remedies
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Every first class druggist dspenses the
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Write then, without delay, DO not wait
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19
COLD WEATHER
SICKNESS.
DIR. Slocum OF New York City, Says that
Consumption Germs Do Their DeadIi-
est Work at Time When the
Germs OF Other Diseases are
Dying OF the Cold.
A FAMOUS SCIENTISTS MOST WONDERFUL DISCO cry
Consumption Lung Troubles Other Cold Weather Sickneses
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Cold weather means hard work for your
lungs.
Hard work is good for strons people.
but death to weak
That's why cold weather is death TO
thousands who suffer from weak lungs.
There is danger point for all people
with weak lungs beyond which 1t is not
wise TO allow their lungs TO so.
Weak lungs may last you for years, but
II you once get past the danger point, and
stay there, there can be but one ending,
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The proofs that you have passed the
danger point come quickly enough; cough.
cold, sore throat, pain in the lungs fever
night sweats, loss of sleep and OF appetite,
loss Of flesh or wasting away--ali tell the
tale TOO truly.
When your lungs arc weak, there Is room
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started.
Time was when every consumptivo was
doomed. But that time, thank God, is
past
BY the untiripg efforts and brilliant
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Consumption can now By the new sys-
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19

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k ,ar r,hich annearea nm Thursday
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III deatures OF The pazsier were eoou
S&x gothers we're not so good. The busl-
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y1:e 'o"e ""s ,,-a
week ftos'
8Hsk the Black Patti company and Mac
WI; Arbuckle In Broadhurst's why
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induce Holmes beautiful young wife to
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19

George B. secord. the well known con-
tractor of Towsnds, n T., says; II have
used chamherlain's ccAgh Remedy 10 my
family for long time and have found II
superior 70 any other For sale by all
druggists.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19
~ Foolish ns Ever.
Terrell Transcript.

ItFTeII ITdutcTlpI,
The pcpulist party Of Texas has resolved
TO stay in the middle OF the road. 1t is
just like them 10 take to that part Of the
avenue where they are morally certain 10
be run over by the democratic band wagon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19
AMUSEMENT NOTES.

monograph is being used seriously
in an English melodrama, THE Dangers
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19
WHO HAS CATARRH :?
A COnlInOn-SenSc Cure

TO those who
1 know what Ca
tarrh really is,
the old fashioned
way of treating il,
still used by thou-
sands of sufferers
who cling to old
methods, seems a
voc full w ste of
good energy.
The more you
irritate Catarrh, The
worse it gets.
Catarrh is inham-
nation of the nue.
Gus membranes of
the nostrils. throat
and air passages.
II needs soothing,
not irritating.
T h e constant
hawking, the chok-
ing, plugged-up, dis
agreeable sensation
of tightness--troub-