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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-13
THE TALE OF A KITTEN.

The Strange Thing That Happened
Before Brother Tom Arrived.
There was once a little girl who
painted kitten on a board, and it was
SO real that she had hardly painted
the tip Of its tail, which was the last
of all, as it ought to be, when
the kitten began to pur. '"Take
your little penknife that your papa
gave you at Christmas time and
cut me out of this board,'' whimpered
the kitten.
So the little girl took her Christmas
penknife and Whitfield and whitfield
until her hands were blistered, and
still she did not seem to get ahead any.
The kitten was just as much pris-
oner as it had been before she began
to white. 1t cried pitifully.
Now, the pile of whittlings grew
bigger and bigger, and the tears of the
wooden kitten, flowing steadily, made
them all swell. They swelled up so
that, before the little girl knew it,
the WRITINGS had blocked Up the
doorway.
The little girl was crowded into a
corner by the swelling pile of whit
Ting. Then, hardly knowing what
was best to do, she crawled into the
pantry and shut the door. Pretty
soon she heard the kitten crying for
milk. There was milk enough in the
pantry, and the little girl could not
bear to think that the kitten she had
made was hungry. She opened the
pantry door a little.
In ran the kitten and the penknife
came cantering after. But the little
girl was too quick for the naughty
knife. She shut the door, but not until
the knife had cut the poor kittens tail
off
The kitten drank the milk and ate
some meat, but still could not get out
Of the board. Its tears swelled the
pantry door so that it could not be
opened. Was the little girl to be a
prisoner in the pantry? No. Hear
that humping noise? Her papa is
breaking down the door with an ak to
let her outl
No; it is not that. Her brother Tom
is pounding on her bedroom door,
telling her that It is morning and time
for her to stop dreaming.-Charlie
Belts In San Francisco CAN.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-13
! The Little Girl Whose
. Doll Dogs Were Over.


"Do you know, Clorinda Jane, L am
in my teens? Think of it, ClOrinda;
13 today! How would you feel to be
10? Mother always calls me Baby
girl;' this morning she called me
LadygirP and said-just listen, Clorin-
da, because it's about you and lilly
and the paper dolls-she said, when
she gave me my present: Not a doll
this birthday. Your doll days are
over, my little girl and, oh, the brace
let is lovely, but it means giving you
up. 1 don't believe you feel half as
badly as do. But you ought to, and
you do, don't you, Clorinda?'
Clorinda didn't stir. Whether the
shock of the announcement had stun
ned her, whether she was too grieved
to speak or too Indifferent to bother,
she never blinked one painted eye
lash, never wept one little tear.
'There, I won't be so foolish. It's
lovely growing up, even if your doll
days are over. I'm going to have my
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-13

drawn taut and allowing the beast no
time for using its teeth.
The hauling in was slow work, but l
knew I had him. AS he began to tire
from his frantic exertfons he would
throw his full weight against the rope
and there hang until breathing became
too difficult because of the pressure of
the rope, when he would make another
spring, only to lose another slice of
territory.
1 kept working in this manner until
the lion was on the very edge of the
gully and one more leap would swing
him into the air.
L managed to get a half hitch in
the taut drawn rope with the long
club, and, placing one end against the
rock, formed lever of considerable
power. Then, throwing my weight
against it, 1 could feel the rope slowly
giving.
Seeing that he could hold his position
no longer. the lion gave an awful cry
and sprang for the rock on which
stood. missing the mark by less than
a foot, to fall heavily to the ropes end
and destruction.
Iwafted on the rock until the beasts
struggles subsidized, or partially SO,
when l came down and with my knife
made sure of my capture.
The beast proved to be our old
enemy, and L found myself a kind of
hero in the camp for several days
thereafter.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-13
Expres.ed In Hi. Own Way.

A certain Sunday school teacher who
has a class Of boys of assorted sizes"
established the custom in her class Of
repeating each Sunday a Scripture pas
sage in unison until it was firmly i'm
planted In the "vagrant minds" The
selection for the Sunday in question
was "'Tis I, be not afraid" and after
the usual mental gymnastics had been
gone through. after an expectant hush,
one promising youth volunteered the
Information that he knew. "WeI,
what is it?" asked the teacher. IT'S
me; don't get skeered," was his rendi-
ton of the verse.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-13
Fancy Land.

tves there man who never goes to Fancy Land
L happier country no one knows than Fancy Land.
IT'S peopled by all kinds of elves,
And creatures strange abide there.
All visitors may please themselves
When once they get inside there.
The road is fair, the entrance FREE Fancy Land.
The deaf can hear, the blind see, in Fancy
Land.
The workers play, the sad are gay,
The ounces all clever;
The lame can walk, the dumb talk,
And folks young forever.
Oh, towards all are very brave in Fancy Land,
And spendthrifts all their money save in Fancy
Landl
} The sick WELL the homeless dwell
In pleasant habitations,
And beegars there rich raiment wear
And all the highest stations
Bot children know the shortest way to Fancy
Land.
1hey revel all the night and day in Fancy Land.
And nothing is too wonderful,
And nothing too surprising.
There's naught they cannot do or be
OF fancy's quaint devising.
The way theref It Is not far to Fancy Land
1ust '1et's pretend" and there you in Fancy
Land.
-Casssn's Little FolkA
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-13

THE SOLID ROCKS SEEMED TO vIBRATE.
bined with enormous strength as that
which followed. The solid rocks seem
I'd to vibrate when the horrible cries
rent the air. 1t leaped and tumbled
and beloved and fought and frothed
at the mouth, rolled up near the edge
Of the gully and ere 1 could pull in
the slack bounded off to the end of the
rope, to be thrown double somersault
by the recoil, rising to repeat the mad
efforts to free itself.
l began hauling in the slack of the
rope as each inward movement gave
me opportunity, sometimes a yard,
then a foot, always keeping the rope
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-13
BeD01e's Lament,

nSB31e'B LB"ent.
HINT no londer mas tunmness Bess-
new baby's tuun, buver, dess-
] amt mite dad hates i'm, sayi
! waD We dood bod would tate i'm away.
He'll bower all day, he'll 'sturb up my dweems;
He's yed as a lobter, loots twoss eyed an stweems
We amt dot for babies, say,
! wis dood bod would tate i'm away.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-13

] dess my papa won't lite i'm mite!
He'll tiss me an Tub me an hud me up tite.
Nurse says We chil's put my nose out Of joint,
But I fink it's ytte from We top to We point.
.
rs bin up to my dear mamma tonight;
Be tissed me dubbed hud me up lite.
Ildess-we'n teep We baby, 1 say;
! hope We dood bod won't tate i'm avayi
Christian Work.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-13
TOMMY TINKIERNTE: -
~ 4
CARO- INE METHEREH

Little Tonon3y TipkIePAte
Was at SCHOOL quite often late,
Chasing bon7eless cats a0d dogs,
STOPPING birds aDd catching frogs.
Little Tommy TipklePate
One day lost bis book a1d slate
While be chased a big black cat
Der the meadows wet Apd flat.
FrieDds Of Tommy TiDklePate
Sept for Dr.. Nedicate.
Tommy bad a fever bad;
ToDnoy's folks were very sad.
Little Tommy TipklePate
Lay in bed to eoeitate;
Dreamed about the big black cat;
THOUGHT be went to scDooi % that.
Little Tommy TiDklePate-
NY, but it WAS fortunate
Had t-De With terror frau2bt
In the school by pussy taught.
Little Tommy TiDklePate
Suffered such a dreadful fate
That it taught him, as it SHOULD,
To all creatures to be GOD.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17
The Occasion and the rlan.

~ NE WEEK from Wednesday
the Republicans of Pennsyl-
~ vania, in state convention as
sembled, may,,if they shall SO
elect, assure to this commonwealth the
office of president. Only tw'ce has
it been occupied by a Pennsylvania.
Yet Pennsylvania is the backbone of
the Republican national organization
and it might properly claim the nomi-
nation not only on account Of the rec
ognized fitness of the man whose can
ddacy we have nailed to cur mast
head but as a geogra phical anda a politi-
cal right.
II is unfair to William Mckinley to
talk of going about the political back
alleys with microscope in search Of
some diminutive politician as a stop
gap at the tail end of the ticket when
the opportunity exists by the nomina-
tion of his personal confidante and
official adviser to restore the office of
vice-president to its original dignity
and prestige, and to assure to the presi-
dent of the United States a running
mate and an official colleague in every
| way acceptable. The e-presidency is
not bone to be thrown for the ap-
| peasement of some sectional or fac
tional appetite, neither should it be
| commodity of political commerce,
| manipulated with view to fattening
! the campaign fund. 1t should again be
| made a post of honor, occupied by a
man fit to be called the second citizen
of the republic and, if occasion shodld
| arise, to become the first. Such q
man, such candidate, is Charles En-
ory Smith.
| We speak advisedly when we say
that it is within the power of the
| Republicans of Pennsylvania to secure
| for their state in the person of Mr..
Smith the presidency. The honor
is theirs for the asking; but the request
| must be whole hearted and empha tic.
1t must come through the representa-
| tive channels and not as the voice Of
a clan or a faction; and the state con-
vention at Harrisburg one week from
| Wednesday is the place where this
issue must be decided. As showing the
feeling of the people we direct atten-
ton to the interviews elsewhere on this
page. They are significant.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17
BIDS FOR THE Y. M. c. A.
Number Were Received Yesterday
and Will Be Opened at a Meet
ing of Board of Trustees.

Yesterday was the time for receiving
contractors bids for the erecting of the
new building of the Young Mems Chris
tian association, at Washington avenue
and Mulberry street and a large num-
Der of bids were received. They were
turned into the office of Colonel II. M.
Boies, secretary and treasurer of the
board of trustees. They have not been
yet opened, but will be at the meeting
of the board. which will take place
about Thursday or Friday, several of
the members being at present out of
town. The board consists of Hon. AL
fred Hand, Colonel II. NJ. Boies, e. l..
Fuller, Cyrus ID. Jones, E. B. Sturges.
A. w. Dickson. w. A. May and II. c.
Shafer and George G. Mahy, ex-officio
members.
Providing the bids are satisfactory
the contract will be given imme-
diately on the raising of the 100000
which must be secured before work is
started. Including several conditional
offers, which are to the effect that the
entire sum be raised before any action
is taken, $165,00O Is now promised, and
it is expected that by the first of May,
the necessary sum will be raised. An
industrious canvass is being made for
subscriptions, in which State Secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian As
sociation Buckalew is doing especially
energetic work. In case the bids are
not satisfactory new ones will be ad.
vertsed for.
A physical director has now been en-
gagged, who has the reputation of being
nf ha tn ha he
facilities for athletic training in the
new building will be most excellent
Three bowling alleys will be laid, hand
ball courts made. a natatorium built
and numerous other like arrangements
| made.
The exterior of the building will be
made of odd mottled brick with either
terra Gotta or Vermont granite trim
mings. The brick is of a peculiai
shade, and is dotted with dark specks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17
PERSONALITIES.

Arthur Pinero, the playwright, has lately been
in Paris, where he interviewed at great
length in several of the papers. Incidental to
the discussion OF his talent writer of plays
the point has always been made that his great
est treasure is the sword his grand'unole wore
at Trafalgar. lie was an officer on Nelson s
ship, the Victory.
Congressman Julius Kahn, OF California who
has had the good luck in the drawing OF seats
tor the present session of congress TO get the one
occupied by ex-senator Reed in the Forty.sev-
enth session, was formerly an actor and has trod
the boards with Edwin Booth, Joseph jefferson,
Tomasso Salyini, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence,
Clara Morris and others
Adebert Hay, the son of the secretary OF state,
and the new consul at Pretoria, is named after
the son OF his grandfather, the late Amass Stone,
Of Cleveland: Adelbert Stone died in MS youth,
and in memory vi him his father brought to
Cleveland from the little town OF Hudson, o., the
Western Reserve college, endowed it, built fine
home for it, on condition that il be called Adel'
bert college.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17
The convention should and will en-

The convention should and will en-
dorse him."
City Solicitor A. A. Voshurg, chair
man of the Republican county commit
tee-'T think that Charles Emory
Smith Is one of the best and ablest
Republicans in the country. He should
certainly receive the endorsement of
the state convention next week for
the office of vice president"
w. NJ. Finn-"Charles Emory Smith
is the best man obtalnable for vice
president. The convention should en-
dorse him"
George ~. Bugden-"I certainly favor
Charles Emory Smith for vice presi-
dent, but maybe there's a little per-
sonal feeling in that statement, for he
used to be one of my school teachers.
That was way back before the civil
war, when he was tutor at the Boys
Academy in Albany, N. Y. The con-
ventlon should endorse him."
A. j. Eynon, cashier of West Side
bank and member of school board
from the Fourth ward-"Charles EN-
ory Smith Is all right for the vice
presidency. He is Just the man for
McKinley's running mate, ought to be
nominated at the Republican national
convention at Philadelphia, and should
| be endorsed by the state convention
He is a capable and ablA man."
John j. Davis, druggist-"CharleS
| Emory Smith is one of the ablest mer
| in the country. He is a great mar
and the state convention could moi
| do anything better than to endorse
him for the vice presidency. His en-
| dorsement and nomination would nave
a good deal to do with harmonizint
some of the existing differences in thi
state at the present time"
| Major w. S. Millar-"I have Ions
known Charles Emory Smith, and can
not say enough in praise of him. III
is essentially a self-made man, or ex
traordinary ability. and possessed o
very brilliant intellect. He has fin'
executive ability, and I certainly thinl
that it would add strength to tn
Republican ticket to nominate him
and at the coming convention at Har
risburg, action should be taken In re
gard to the matter. He has shown hi
worth as postmaster general, an
would prove one of the strongest can
didNtes that could be put in the field
| This will be especially so if the Demo
| Gratis nominate Ex-Governor Pattisol
for vice president, in which case I
would be very diplomatic to plac
Smith in the field. think his pros
poets for nomination are very bright.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17

The aggregate value OF the tin plate
production of Pennsylvania last year
was over si20OO,O yet in max
ing 1t only ten counties were
represented and Lackawanna was
not among them. In wages near
ly s4,OOOOO0 was paid out and
not penny came to this part OF
the state. BY the time our steel mills
are moved TO Buffalo we ought to
have in profitable operation a growing
local tin plate industry and the op-
portunity is now open to our citizens
II they will only improve 1t.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17
A Reflex rlovement.
MIGRATION of lar

T< HE MIGRATION of large in
dustrics to the vicinity of
e large cities was feature of
the past decade; but it looks
now as if the next decade might wit
ness "A reflex movement from CITY to
country. II is reported from Chicago
that owing to multiplied labor troubles
largely due to professional agitatOrs
who can thrive in large cities but who
do not as a rule have much opportun-
ity for mischief in small villages. a
considerable number of the big indus
trial PLANES located in or near that city
are Pre-. caring to scatter themselves
throughout the little villages of the
Northwest. This will involve consider
able expense and temporary annoy
ance, but the managers calculate that
in a few wears the cost will be repaid
in lower taxes and i'm more orderly and
q harmonious labor relations.
The conditions in Chicago which force
this determination on large employers
are in large degree exceptional Chi
cago, on account of it's complex popu-
latlon, mas long Ieen a restless city:
but lately it seems that there has been
a multiplication Of complications in the
labor market, to such an extent that
% many employers who do not find II
y convenient to move their plants say
they will go out of business if the
chronic Interference of agtators with
their business affairs shall not soon be
stopped. Yet though Chicago is worst
than most Of our large cities in respect
of these problems in economic man.
agement of industries, every city. IN
the nature Of urban conditions, is Likely
to feel the force of a migration Of in,
dustry from city to village If the starr
in such rnigfation rshalL be made il
Chicago, a..
What the effect of such a counter
movement would be upon the social lif,
Of >ur aeople, accustomed as they now
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17
PACIFIC INFLUENCES.


w. f. Curtis, in Chicago Record.
reader asks what would happen to our foreign
commerce il we should have a war with Great
Britain; and what proportion of our agricultural
and manufactured products shipped to tue
united kingdom ard the British colonies, which
markets would be closed to US in the event Of
war.
War between England and the United States
is almost impossible because England would
starve to death if she quarreled with the United
States We furnish more than 20 per cent. Of
the food she and her colonies import from for.
eign countries, valued at an annual average Of
more than $500, 100000. For example, here is
Greta Britain's grocery bill with the United
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17
THE CLAIM A JUST ONE.
From the New Haven Palladium.

From the New Haven Palladium.
The Scranton Tribune offers Charles Emory
Smith as a sacrifice on the vice.presidential al
tar. ii Smith is willing there should not be an
obstacle in his way. Pennsylvania, though the
staunchest Republican state in the Union, is
always passed by when presidential honors are
being handed around
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17
A Western View.

4 ITHOTGH usually first TO
" press the political claims of
N the West, the Chicago
Times Herald does not be-
lieve that the geographical precedent
Of eastern representation will be brok-
en- i'm the nomination of a Republican
candidate for the vice-presdency, and
has the fairness to say:
"'There is abundant available timber
in the East for the second place on
the national ticket, but the two names
that will command greatest popular
favor on account of the acknowledged
strength of the men and their sin
cular fitness for the office are Secre-
tary of the Navy Long, ex-governor
of Massachusetts. and Postmaster Gem
cral Charles Emory Smith, of Phila-
delphia The temperamental qualities
of these men and the peculiar pature
of their political training and equip
mont are such as to admirably qualify
them to fill the vice presidential office
and to preside over the senate with the
dignity suavity and poise which prop
Long is worthy type of the scholar
III politics. He combines the graces
of culture and scholarship with rare
political aCumen and tactfulness. His
public career as governor of Massa-
Chusetts. in congress and as secretary
Of the navy in President McKinley's
cabinet has been such as to command
popular admiration.
"But why go outside of Philadelphia,
the convention city? Having chosen
the Quaker metropolis for the national
Republican gathering, it would be a
fitting and graceful act to name a dis
tinguished Philadelphia for the Sec
ohd place on the ticket, No man has
given greater strength or dignity 10
the present administration than Post
master G. aneral Smith, and no man
has so ably defended its policies touch
ing the new problems Of national mo-
ment. He is a type Of the clean-cut,
diplomatic, affable man of affairs in
American politics. He has exceptional
knowledge of men, is wise in counsel
and is a harmonizer of hostile factions.
He stands for the rugged candor of
honest politics and is ar enemy of
sham. In these men is the stuff of
which vice presidents are made"
The recognition of Charles Emory
Smiths exceptional fitness for this high
honor is general among the Repubi-
cans Of the nation. Is it to be ignored
by the convention of Pennsylvania Re.
publicans one week from Wednesday?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17
The Neostyle
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from one original writing,
drawing or music, and 800
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have one i'll use for the in
spection of any one interested
in duplicating machines.
The Planetary Pencil Sharp
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We will put either in your
office on trial for a few days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17

Colonel Bacon, Of the Seventy-frst
New York regiment, critlcises Colonel
Roosevelt's war record, alleging in one
place that Roosevelt shot a Spaniard
and in another place that Roosevelt
wanted to surrender. The circum-
stances of the shooting were that the
Spaniard jumped out of hiding place
and shot a pistol at Roosevelt at ten
yards distance, whereupon Teddy laid
him low. The circumstances of the
other accusation. as told by Bacon, are
that when the Rough Riders had been
so thoroughly exhausted that twenty
five per cent. of them could not carry
their pals Of water from the creek
To the trenches, Roosevelt said in an
ofhand way that they could not hold
out longer against the enemy. These
tremendous charges will be duly con-
sidered by the American people.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17

The first number of the Susauehanna
Transcript, published since the recent
fire. which completely destroyed the
printing plant Of the concern, was re-
ceived at The Tribune office yesterday.
The Transcript appears in a new dress
of type and in an enlarged form and
is better than ever. 1t is one of the
brightest and most attractive Of the
inland dailies
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17

Walter Wellman asserts that the
cause of Dewey's sudden decision to
be candidate for president was his
belief that Mckinley robbed him of
extra pay for serving on the Philip
pine commission. The civilian mem
bers of the commission got $4,000
apiece for their services and the presi-
dent wanted to pay the same to Dewey
and Otis, the military members, but
found that the law prevented. He was
about TO ask congress for special per-
mission to make this payment when
Dewey, according to Wellman's story,
suddenly got mad and declared his
candidacy for president. We print this
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-17

for what It is worth as a current
report II true. 1t is unfortunate for
Dewey; II false, justice to the admiral
demands an authoritative denial. In
either event 1t would be a gracious
action on congress- part to give Dewey
and Otis extra pay.