The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-28
Outline Studies
Of Human Nafdre

Of Human Nafure
Reminded Him Of Early Times.
Asst FALLS election in New York
l. made an ex-sheriff Of Thomas Dunn,
a millionaire contractor and one OF the
most popular office-holders In Gotham,
relates the Saturday Evening Post. Mr..
Dunn Is q self.made man. He came 10
New York from ireland when he was
young, and knew. from infancy. all there
Is to know about the practical side or
poverty. He amassed his fortune In
business before he went into politics.
Among other things, the ex.sherin Is en-
Enthusiastically patriotic, and this trait al.
most led him into perpetrating Dull
that probably would have become MIS-
toric. When New York was preparing
to welcome Dewey, Mr. Dunn arranged
for a mammoth decoration many feet
wide and many more yards long flaming
In color and bearing the inscription:
"Welcome Home to Dewey"
This flaring sign he proposed displaying
on the sheriff's official residence, which
happens to be the Ludlow Street jail.
But wise counsel prevented, and the sign
was shown elsewhere.
During the campaign when Mr.. Dunn
was elected he was invited by some
friends to dine with Judge p. Henry Du-
gro, the millionaire owner Of the Savoy
hotel. where the Infanta Eulalie was en-
tertained during her visit to New York.
The Judge, who Is something of a wag.
and having in mind the early poverty OF
Mr.. Dunn, thought with his friends to
dazzle him with the splendor of this din
ing room, which Is really very gorgeous
affair and Is used only on state occasions.
So the apartment was specially decorat-
ed and made more than ordinarily brill
liant. After the party had assembled,
| the host led Mr.. Dunn around the room,
pointing out the rare pictures and the
onyx mantels He did this rather pat
ronizingly, as had been agreed between
himself and the other guests, and there
| fore he was not surprised when Mr.
Dunn sighed deeply.
whats the matter, Tom?" he asked !;
| "anythlng wrong?"
NO" replied the politician sadly: "only
this sort of thing makes me lonesome"
"Lonesome?" echoed the cOnspirators.
"Yes. 1t reminds me so much of my
mothers place In ould Ireland.,'
He Brought the Wood.
NOW THAT Major General Chaffee has
=" won renown on fields of war in Cuba
and in the Philippines, it is time to re-
tell a tale of his early experiences. While
an officer of the Sixth cavalry in Arizona,
somewhere about rs. he had as a private
in his troop u chunky Irishman. whose
name had been. lest in the years,
but who then and yet is only
known os "Muldoon." Muldoon was
a handy sort of fellow and there
fore had been selected by the cap
tain to fill the honorable post Of "dog
robber" as the soldiers playfully term a
personal attendant. During a scout on
the upper Verde. the command was in
camp one miserable wet day. Captain
Chaffee. whose disposition was never an
gelic, was as cranky as were his troop
srs. MuldoOn had made Il heroic at
tempt to maintain q fire under the fly CT
the tent, but he couldn't make it burn.
"Go out and get some dry wood" CON-
manded Chaffee.
Captain" demonstrated the soldier.
"There don't be amy
"Confound you, 1 know better! Don't
you dare return without an armful oil
dry wood''
Muldoon saluted, backed out-and dis
appeared for the space Of three years.
| Chaffee had been given command OF
Fort Mcdowell. thirty-five miles north
east Of Phoenix. One balmy summer ev-
ening he was seated upon the porch OF
his adobe mansion when around the cor
ner of the building came the form of a
man, almost hidden behind great arm
full of wood that had been taken from a
convenient pile. The form was that OF
his whilom dog robber.
Captain" said Muldoon. as he stead.
led the wood in his left arm and stifiiy
brought his right to a salute, II have
brought you the dry wood
The fellow ought to have gone to Alca-
traz with 7-year sentence, but In view
of "extenuating circumstances" the
court-martial gave him only month
in the guard house and a "bob-tailed
Neutrality-suspicious. Graphic.