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New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
sILAs wRIGHT's COURSE IN 1874

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Distance lends enchantment," etc. If any
will take the trouble to read The Tribune of
1874 he will inevitably arrive the conclusion
the Silas Wright of then was not the Silas Wright
of now. portrayed in The Tribune to-day.
Wright, while affecting great simplicity In mind
and mood, was filled with conceit, and Of the men
of his time Benton a greater egotist
He disgruutled at the result of the Baltimore
Democratic Convention in 1874, and found II i'm
possible conceal his disappointment from his
family He Van Buren's warm supporter
and. no doubt. thought the success of Van Buren,
would make hin tWrighD the power behind the
throne, which quite likely. Now when Van
Buren's chances began tC wane Wright evidently
ina gined that the mantle of Van Buren, would fall
upon him. that OF Jackson had FALLEN on Van
Buren. Therein lay his mistake. Polk, an incon-
sequential politician. scarce known in out of
Tennessee. that he had once been Speaker of
Wright was made hs running mate. Indignantly
he spurned the honor. What! The distinguished
Wright to play second fiddle TO the nom ifstin-
guished Polk? Never! II placing The cart
before the horse, the favoritc expression of
his friends. Dallas was named for Vice President
and for a time Wright sulked in his tent but a
through and through politician. especially of the
Wright always was. must Of necessity keen an
with his party. So he pacated bv the nomi-
nation for Governor. and In CONSEQUENCE thereof
no more Jealous supporter of the Polk and Dallas
ticket in 1874 to be found
New-York. April a. 1900 II. EDWARDS
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SAYS HE HAS BEEN PROTESTING BY TELE-
PHONE TO HEALTH BOARD
FOR TWO YEARS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir somewhat surprised TO notice in sew
sral Of this mornings papers tnat an inspector
from the Board OF Health felt that II would have
been a proper thing for to have notified the
Department of Health of cases of contagious dis
ease among the pupils attending my school, rather
than TO have written an open letter to the city
papers l distinctly told the inspector who called
at my office that I had been protesting over the
telephone for period Of two years. and that only
the disregard paid to my protest brought me
TO the position where | willing 70 put the
matter before the public. l may say that not all
Of the cases referred to were reported by 10
the Department of Health, but sufficient num-
Der were reported convince me Of the ineffciency
Of that Department of our public service. 1t was
this disregard of repeated protests for two years
that brought forth my letter the papers of yes
terday. ! very sorry. indeed, that the Depart
ment OF Health will be seriously inconvenenced
IN tracing some of the cases reported on account
of their occurrence in the month of January. At
least eight cases of measles have occurred during
the present month. and six during the month Of
In addition to the information given in my letter
of yesterday. l may say that ! have never re-
cough or chicken pox During the last winter the
throughout the city. DR.. Dillingham; informs the
public that l in error when say that it is the
duty of the Board of Health notify the principal
of a school of all cases where there contagious
diseases in the families Represented ted in the at, at,
which compels the Department to make such a
noufcation GLOWING this statement = nc quotes
tendent Of any school Gt does not say public
school and parent, master custodian of any
child minor (having the power and authority
TO prevent) shall permit any child minor ha:ing
scarlet fever. diphtheria. smallpox, or any dan
gerous infectious contagious disease, or any
child in any family in which any such disease
exists or has recently existed attend any public
or private school until the Board OF Health shall
have given its permission therefor" The law
above quoted certainly places the Board of
Health the responsibility for reporting to me the
numerous cases of measles. scarlet fever, chicken
pox or whooplng cough occurring among pupils in
attendance my school
In the future the Board of Health will be prompt
ly notified by of every of contagious dis
occurring In this school. I wish to express
my appreciation of the prompt measures taken to
Investigate what gross neglect of duty.
Yours very truly. VIRGIL PRETTYMAN,
Principal Of Horace Mann High School
New York April &c. 1900.
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numbers has apparently In no wise shaken their
nerve They have attacked always gamely. though
with little Judgment. 1t must be said of him. too,
that McClellans battle tactics on the peninsula
superior to anything yet seen on the British
side In Africa, excepting General Roberts s cam
paign against Cronje Meanwhile. theirs have all
been offensive actions while his We're nearly all de-
fensive and very Jimid ones, at that
Washington Nav l. 1900 LESLIE J. PERRY.
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SUMNER HOMES
ON LONG ISLAND.
BY the Ocean, Sound and Bay.

SUMNER HOMES a book describing hotels ana
boarding houses. free application Offices
12o and 1888 Broadway. - 9th 3fth E r.
foot New Chambers St; Journal Resort Bureau 1910
Broadway; World Vacation Bureau. 1S5. Broadway,
Columbus and IS W I25th s.. New York: S33
Fulton Eagle Resort Bureau. lis Broadway
Brooklyn. and l. R. R. stations Brooklyn.
&c. in stamps 10 H. N. SMITH Traffic Manager 1. l.
r. r., L. l. City. y Y.
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MIR. PRETTYMAN SURPRISED.

HENRY ROME1KE
New-York, Dec. Is. 1897.
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A HABIT AND ITS MORAL.
HOW MR.. RoMEIKE'S INDUSTRY SHOWS THE
TRIBUNE'S SUPERIORITY.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l not etymologist in any of the
word bat think can answer the following letter
written TO Mr.. E. Hubbard, the noted Editor OF
THE Philistine" of East Aurora. by DR.. Henry
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gountrn Boaro uantso.

\NANrED.-ROasd for summer for lady and sHS
o'd daughter mountainous district .rrsu
qaitoeS. within hours New York. tarh ~
boarding preferred. Reply. giving full pArtes
TO O. a. s.. Tribune once.
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Sir: l am not etymologist in any sense of the
word, but think I answer the following letter
written to Mr.. E. Hubbard, the noted Editor OF
THE Phlstine" of East Aurora, by DR.. Henry
Boynton:
Dear Sir: In vouT 1mefean s Statesmen, Little
Journeys" at the top Of the 18TH 1 page you use
Now sann9t ind Tqmee in the centny
dictionaries. Where did you get 1t, pray?
Mr.. Hubbard referred the writer to me for
plana,ion. The romeke habit is really the
Baconian or inductve system of keeping thor
oushly informed through the medium of newspaper
clippings. Nothing is assumed, for any ad-
dicted to the habit collects his data from many
newspapers and no doubt keeps scrapbook Tor
1t is a scientific and instructive habit. and It is
invaluable TO writers on any subject to Statesmen
the poet. wrote a long article; which might be
called The Lesson of Romeike." in which he pays
doubt you might have found that out before from
e of So the Well @ o Of
greater literary authorities fled dsy and ngRt by
The Tribune prints the foregoing correspond
ence with pleasure. and points the obvious moral
in the matter by appending thereto below let
ter received by The Tribune from Mr.. Romelke,
author of the romeike habit" Moral: If you
can get along without Romeike you cannot get
along without The NewYork Tribune.
To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Several of the New-YOrk City papers had
special large editions Sunday. December L.
II seems that it might be interesting for
YOU TO know that. in spite of these extra
editions The New-York Tribune contained again
still more live and important news items than
any other paper. ] inclose a list of the number
of clippings found for over five thousand sub
scribers, prominent in all walks of life
New-Yori1 Tribune. c03 New-York Press 100
York 102
..Ne Yorl, Herald l3G .New-York Journal"
New Herald Sunday News. 80
(BrookIyn editionD.... Sunday telegraph %
World 145 'StaatsZeung'' Al
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

The dinner pail is not overlooking
in the anthracite coal regions of Penn
sylvania, according 20 recent advlces
from that section. In order to reduce
production the trust, it is stated, has
cut Gown the number of workdays, re-
CARELESS of the full dinner paiP'
promises of the trust party. Miners
who are given only three days work
in week are not likely to become too
fat or to be spoiled by prosperity. Up
il Massachusetts,, where here is an
immense Republican majority. the
dinner pals in many homes are not
running over. Some of the cotton fac
tories are closed altogether, and some
are ,Iorking only half time. The silk
mills of New Jersey are also operat-
ing on short time. A party which is
running it's campaign with appeals to
the appetites of voters instead of to
their reason ought to be supported
more Loyalty by the beneiciaries of
it's tariff system. Before any further
promises of full dinner pals" are
given the trusts and the Republican
managers ought to 'get together" and
agree upon Recommendations
Sun.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

pleasantly to Walter and to the pains
he took to come and see her daily.
''You see he is an obedient lover, so
we may take it for granted he will
make a submissive husband"
But for two weeks Kate had not
mentioned his name, and Nora began
to grow homesick.
Just at dusk, one evening, when she
had been absent a month, and was sit
ting alone in her room, the servant
came to her door to say that gentle
man wished to see her in the parlor.
Going hastily down, she found her
self taken and held close in her lovers
arms.
For 1 could no longer wait to see
you, darling; and, besides, I am tired
of entertaining your cousin. Aren't
you almost ready to come homer
Her Aunt Everett was so much bet
ter that she concluded to go, and, in
three days more they were at home.
Her mother met them at the door,
and held Nora in fearful embrace.
eve feared everything, Nora, be-
cause we got no letters, but 1 am quite
| content to have you safe home again.
Kate showed us the letter you wrote
her." continued Mrs. Everett Gin
which you said you had been mis-
taken in thinking you loved Walter,
and should probably be married, be-
| fore your return, to a rich widower,
who visited you daily"
"And she offered me a chance to re-
venge myself for your faithlessness
by making her my wife," said Walter
with a queer smile, "but I preferred
to see first whether you had married
the widower."
81 never wrote such letter" cried
Nora, with a very white face. 81 al
ways thought she meant mischief be-
tween us! Where is she, dear moth
er?
But, when search was made, Kate
was not to be found. She had returned
to her own home, and could not make
it convenient, six months later, to
come to Morals wedding.-Saturday
Night.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
GIRL LIFE IN PAO-TINc-FU.
Description of the Daily Programme 4
Chinese School.

| Chinese School.
| Among the missionaries of the Amer
lean Board at Pao-Ting-Fu, China, for
whose safety great fears are felt is
Miss Mary S. Morrill,, a teacher in the
girls school there. In recent letter
| she gives the following interesting ac-
count Of a day in q Chinese girls
school life. The first bell rings at GIG
| o'clock, and at once the work of the
morning toilet begins. The girls dress
alike, each costume consisting of pair
of loose, baggy trousers. which are
fastened at the ankle by strong rib
bon, and sack that reaches nearly to
the knees. The latter has five but
tons, one at the throat, one on the
right shoulder and three under the
arm.
zone of the girls always sees that
| the water in the bathroom is warmed
for the morning face washing. because
Chinese would SILVER in astonish-
ment were she expected, even in sum-
mer, to make her toilet with cold
water. breakfast frequently consists
of cornmeal cakes, cabbage stew and
the remainder of the previous nights
porridge White -four being a special
treat is used only twice a week. This
is usually accompanied by a little
meat, which is chopped fine with cab
bage and onions. Sweet potatoes and
turnips, fresh and sailed, make a va
riety in the weeks bill of fare. Sup
pers consist of porridges made of corn
meal, millet or rice. Beans are often
mixed with the millet and rice.
1.-THE girls do their own laundering.
Instead of being ironed, the clothes
are folded smoothly while damp, and
laid upon a stone slab and pounded
vigorously with wooden pestles.
studying aloud, which often makes
bedlam of Oriental classrooms, is a
thing OF the past in our school, but the
expression on the pupils faces while
they are silently pursuing their lessons
often reminds me of the looks that the
hack drivers wore after they We're for
hidden to hawk Cab. cab! cab" The
'holler is still there, as a small friend
once remarked as she looked at a row
of the silenced horsemen.
"For recreation there are swings,
jumping ropes and jackstones, and the
girls all enjoy weaving articles out of
cornstalks. The retiring bell rings at
$50 O'Clock. The crusade against foot
binding has been waged with success
in Pao-Ting- Flu. New York Tribune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Protection of Dynamite Magazines.

Trials have been made in France
relative to the best method of building
dynamite magazines, One was con-
structed to hold 100 pounds of dyna-
mite. A gallery of communication
fifty-fve inches in height and width
was bent twice like hand brace and
at the outlet ended in the safety auto
matte plugging device. This con-
sisted says The Engineering and Min
ing Journal, of a prolongation of the
gallery through a mass of cement
poured into an excavation made
around it, In front of this channel
the plug, which is of cylindrical shape,
forty eight inches in height and width,
is placed Two-thirds of it's length is
made of cardboard, or, rather, leather
board, and the remainder of wood.
The contents were fired by electricity;
dull report was heard, and after a
few minutes smoke was observed to
be issuing from the oritice, and the ex-
pertinent was declared to be success.
full.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
The Emperor HAY Appear.

imperialism" says the New York
Times, implies an Emperor" This
leads US to ask: What sort of figure
would Major Mckinley make as an
Emperor"
We are bound to admit that the
amiable President with the flexible
spinal column does not approach any
body's ideal of an exalted and arbi-
trary potentate. Compared with Mr..
Mckinley even the Third Napoleon
would take on unsupported imperial
attributes Our ideas of the PERSONAL
ity of an Emperor have been drawn
from Nero, Julius Caesar, Napoleon
Bonaparte, William II. of Germany
and kindred characters. 1t does not
follow, however, that because we have
imperialism we must have an Emper,
or. When republic goes into the en-
pire business it upSetS Il great many
established doctrines. including that
on which the Declaration of indie
pendence rests. We have state of
imperialism whenever a people, apart
from those who are under the imme-
uldle RUE Ol Il SONeIGlSu, are SON
erned by arbitrary power 1t does not
matter whether that power be exer-
cised by a King of Prussia or by a
President or Congress or both. The
essence of the imperialistic condition
is in the rule of an outlying territory
without the consent of it's people and
without the authority of a Constitu-
ton.
The republic would be in less dam
ger from the usurpations of those in
authority in the nation if Mr.. McKin-
ley should display the characteristics
of an over-ambitious tyrant. 1t is the
stealthy growth of Imperialism and the
serene confidence of the people in
those who overstep the boundaries of
the Constitution that pave the way
for serious consequences. Some day.
when we shall have become familiar
with the exercise of arbitrary power
by mild-mannered McKinleys, a Ma
poleon or Caesar may make throne
of the Presidential chair.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
THE FULL DINNER PAIL.
The FalIacy of This Argument When Ex.
nmined in Practical Way.

One of our Republican contempora-
ries prints a picture of a workman's
dinner pail on every page Of every is
sue. There is an inscription which
says that the pail is full, and as we
are not allowed to look inside we have
to take the editors word for it.
"The Full Dinner Pail" is the chief
Republican argument this year. 1t is
on the ground that workman is able
, to fill a tin bucket with edible matter
that the American people are asked to
consent to the transformation of this
republic into an empire.
Well. let us assume for the moment
that the Full Dinner Paif' is a real
ity, and not a myth. Let US assume
that the workingman who puts in
eight or ten hours of exhausting labor
a day is really able under Republican
prosperity" to put two or three sand
witches, a wedge of pie and pint of
coffee into a tin bucket.
Under those conditions, the con-
tents Of the Full Dinner Pal' may
be worth fifteen cents. Mr.. John D.
Rockefeller has an income Of about
$40,00G,0G0 year. That is over $780,
900 per working day. Mr.. Rockefel-
lers daily income would fill the din
ner pals of 100000 workmen. In
other words. Republican prosperity
puts the dinners of 100000 workers
into one mans modest little pail.
That is the Republican idea of good
times. Nine hundred thousand men
happy and grateful because they can
put fifteen cents worth of dinner
apiece into their tin buckets, and one
man who absorbs as much from their
earnings as the cost of the whole nine
hundred thousand dinners put to-
gether.
There are scores of monopolists like
Mr.. Rockefeller, differing only in de-
gree, and the unearned income of 100
of them could probably pay for the
dinners 81 all the workingmen in the
United States. If the policy of favor
ing such concentrations of wealth
were altered, the workers might have
not only full dinner pals, but possibly
some of the little luxuries that Repub-
lican policy considers entirely out OF
their Sphere-Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

Mr.. bryan disposed of the flag ap-
peal very neatly in 4 recent speech.
1.-The American flag" he truly said,
represents the purpose of the Ameri-
can people" And he added:
II want the American flag to come
down from the Philippine Islands in
order that the flag of a republic
might rise in its place. l would rath-
err that re have two flags representing
two republics than one flag represent
ing an empire. III any Republicans
say that we cannot take it down in
the Philippines l want to remind that
Republican that our ia5 floats in
Cuba. and the Republican President
promised to haul down the flag in
Cuba as soon as the Cuban flag is
ready to Use in its place.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
WITH YOU AND THE DREAMS.
"a Song).

Ca Song).
T.
The darkness is with me-my love, nv
own;
The stars have lost their beams:
But | feel touch and | hear tone;-
I'm with you and the dreams
And fairer and dearer this sad life seems
With you ard the beautiful dreams!
II.
Here, in this desolate, ghostiy room,
There are memories, tokens and CLEANS
OF days that are dead and of sweet
words said:-
I'm with you and the ireams
How sing the birds and the sea swept
streams,
With you and the beautiful dreamsl
III.
Is life all dreaming? l know not, dear!
But whatever it is or seems,
Thankful the bitterest cross I bear
If I'm only with you and the dreamst
If I'm only with you, in the dark or the
CLEANS
With you and the beautiful dreams!
Frank L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Con-
Stituticn.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

The opposition to militarism in this
country is n. because the country has
a standing army of 10000 soldiers,
but because of the tendency of the
Republican party to increase this
number by leaps and bounds until the
spirit of militarism is too firmly sad
died upon the country to be shaken
off except by sweeping out of exist
ence any and every party which may
be tainted with the spirit Of militar-
ism.-Mobile Register.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

There is a widespread German
American revolt against Mckinley
and his trust administration. The car
petbag scandals in Porto Rico the i'm
perialistic system inauguratcd in our
new possessions and the kaiserphobic
utterances of Republican leaders have
all combined to ALLEVIATE the Teutonic
element from the party owned by the
monopolies and operated by Hanna
for their Observation-Disclosures Times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Hawks an Australian Pest.

Eagle hawks are very destructive IN
Australia, particularly in the west, and
a reward of so cents is offered by the
government for every one destroyed,
the claimant having to produce to q
Justice of the peace the head and tai
ons, which are then to be entirely de.
stroyed In hts presence.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Appeaiinx 20 Anarchy.

Now when the Democrats have
given the silver question subordi-
nate place among the issues of the
day, and have turned their attention
to more pertinent and more important
questions, we find the Republican agi-
tators appealing to the forces of an
archy" and doing their best to alarm
and disturb our business interests
Atlanta Constitution.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

The garments of the Oriental women
are not subject to change of fashion
the shape always the same from gen.
Grafton to generation. and for this rea-
son their wardrobes are very extern
sive.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

1t has been discovered that sea gulls
are the salvation of New York City.
There are estimated to be at least one
million OF them that resort to that har-
Dor for feeding, and twice day they
relieve the sea from the garbage that
il cast upon it.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Morals Trust.
BY Ann Devan.
BY Ann Devan.

TELL you, Kate, 1
via never believe
such a thing Of
Walter, unless 1 see
it with my own
eyes"
n ora Everett's
blue eyes had an
u n u S ual sparkle
that morning, for it
did try her temper
to hear her cousin,
Kate Marshall, call
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

Glands upl" commanded the high
wayman.
"But I'm a plumber" protested the
victim.
"Ah. pardon me fcr a seeming dis
courtesy to the profession" apologized
the highwayman, as he backed off,
Denver Times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

First Horse-"Well, thank good
ness!
Second Horse-"Thank goodness for
what?"
First Horse-"When we get sick we
call in a doctor; we don't have to be
tinkered with a monkey wrench. -
Detroit Free Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Establishing a Reputation.

81 suppose you told her that she
was the only girl you ever loved"
"Well, should say not. What kind
of fool do you take me for, anyway?
Do you suppose l wanted to ruin my
reputation for truth and veracity at
the very outsetT-Chicago Evening
Post
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Anotber Chinese outbreak.

eyes" the witness declared, Il could
give further evidence against the pris-
oner; but, as Kipling says, That's an
other"
"Never mind what Kipling says" in
terrupted the Magistrate, 1.-The Chinee
can testify fur himself when his turn
comes New Jersey Law Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

First Girl-''I thought that young
man was going to be here two weeks"
Second Girl-"Oh, he's coming back.
He's only gone to town over Sunday
to get little rest. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
No Change.

"Glad to see you. Mr.-Mr.-let me
see," said the affable host, extending
his hand. "Your name isl have such
a wretched memory for names-Smith-
ers, is it not?"
Now this had happened three or four
times. and the guest had grown tired
OF 1t.
Eyes, sir" he replied. "Stin Smith>
ers."-Chicago Tribune.