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The daily sentinel., 1900-04-18

Jim Hull, an old time colored barber
of this city, now Of Butte, Montana
where he runs five chair barber shop
stopped over in the city this morning
enroute home from trip to relatives
and friends in the sonth. He is q very
tall man and met many old friends this
morning who remembered his face and
figure.
p. 7. Rusker NJ D. and wife Of Bas-
alt, are Brunswick guests.
The daily sentinel., 1900-04-18
THE LOCAL NEWS

May Day Ball.
May Day Ball.
See Walpole, the eye man.
Wheels for sale or rent at Whislers.
See Robuck's bargain line OF shoes.
Robuck pays the best cash price for
second hand goods.
Ladies' drop frame tandem for sale or
rent. p. A. Whistler.
The Parlor candy kitchen is the place
to get first class candies.
For Rent-3 unfurnished rooms for
housekeeping Colo. ave. near 7th.
Cook stoves and bed room suits at Ro-
bucks-the cheapest place in town.
Robuck has the best and cheapest iron
beds on the market All new goods.
Screening kinds cheap
Western Planning Mill.
"Walking's cheap" especially if you
get a bargain in shoes. Try Robuck.
May 1st being Dewey day the May
Day ball will be a good place to celebrate.
Don't forget that Robuck is still buy
ing second hand goods. you have any
furniture or carpets to SELL call on him.
Alfred Peats prize wall paper samples
at Robuck's H. E. Knight, Agt.
Girl Wanted -Housework. $50 per
month. Family of three. Enquire at
this office.
1t is time to make arrangements for
your summer dress if you intend to have
it for the May Day ball
For Rent-Two nicely furnished rooms
first floor on corner. (Parlor and bed
room.) 502 Grand avenue.
Satisfactory results are always obtain
ed by the use OF Peats Prize paper. See
their elegant samples at Robuck's.
Before papering your house see b. e.
knights samples at Robuck's, and get
his prices. Workmanship guaranteed. .
Alfred Peats & Co.'s 1900 wall papers
are newer in style, better in quality and
lower in price than any other wall papers
in the world. Samples at Robuck's.
The new Excelsior Steam Lsundryis is
up to- date. Try it and be convinced.
Frank Buehring,
Proprietor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
Outline Studies
of Human Nafdre

w DIDN'T tell you, did |, Mildred" said Mr.
Cavil to his wife, that saw your sister
Jane downtown this day wcek?"
"No, you didn't, Charles Augustus Cavil,"
replied Mrs. Cavil. "Why didn't your"
well, you see"
eyes, / sec. You meet the only sister | have
in the world, and instead of coming straight
home and telling about it, as any respectable
husband would have donc the same day, you
keep the matter secret whole week, and then
ask, carelessly, if you have mentioned the fact
that you saw her.''
but, my dear"
Don't but me, Charles Augustus Cavil. I
have doubt that she sent me a message by
you, and you not only failed to deliver it, but
by this time you have forgotten what It was
about. Tell me II this isn't the case"
"My dear, il was this way
Don't tell me it was that way, Charles Au-
gustus Cavil. l know exactly how it was You
simply didn't care a straw whether knew that
you had seen sister Jane or not, or you would
not have waited whole week to tell me you
had seen her."
but | didn't say saw her." Mr.. Cavil said
at length
"'Then I'd like to know what you did say,
Charles Augustus Cavil."
81 asked you if told you that I saw her."
explained Mr. Cavil.
"Wcll, why didn't you tell me?''
1.-THE reason | didn't tell you because l
didn't sec her. That's ALL"
Mrs Cavil gasped and was speechless. Boston
Bazar
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30

q n ITEM in the postofice ap-
~ preparation bill as originally
Il n reported to the house al
lowed $725, 900 a year for the
transportation of mail in cities by
pneumatic tubes or similar devices. In
Boston, New York and Philadelphia,
$223,00O year is now being spent on
pneumatic arrangement for the quick
transmission of mail between the main
pOstotfiCe and various sub-statiOns
and the arrangement has worked so
satisfactorily that it was intended to
extend it to other large cities when
suddenly charges were made on the
floor of the house that the pneumatic
tube item was in the interest of a par
ticular company composed in part of
former phblic officials who were plan
ing to enrich themselves at the gov
ernments expense. In the excitement
attending this accusation the house
struck out the entire item and now
effort is to be made to have the senate
restore it.
1t is true that there Is a pneumatic
tube company which is largely COM
posed of former officials and which is
anxious to put its patents to profitable
account through a deal with the gov
ernment. AS to the character of it's
methods were are not informed. A
reasonable inference would be that the
company is willing to secure business
in the customary ways, including a
lobby at Washington II one should be
necessary. There is nothing excep-
tional in this fact nor need 1t have
any weight upon the question at issue.
That question is the value of pneu-
matte mail tubes to the postal service
and it is one concerning which the
postoffice department is the proper au-
thority to be consulted and to exercise
discretionary power in the making of
any contracts. If the convenience of
the public can be advanced and the
cost is regarded as reasonable, that
should determine the matter. As Gem
eral Bingham observes;
Expedition in the mails is the basis
and the secret of increased revenues.
You find It running through all the
economic questions of today, more
especially in the matter of railroad
transportation, appertaining not only
TO your mail, but i'm the carriage of
freight and in the carriage of passen-
gers. If we can move a letter from
one particular section TO another and
have il answeres In the same day, 1t
is ;hs LARGEST contribution that can
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30

be made to the postal service and the
revenue, for the reason that the de-
livery of letter from one section of
city to the other is the cheapest and
most economical, so far as expense is
concerned, in the delivery of mail mat
ter. In other words. If you give the
great cities the opportunity by expedi-
tion, whether by mechanical devices
or by the increase of subordinate force
as all communication go through the
mail at the same rate of postage that
il costs to transmit a letter from Maine
to the state of Washington. you can
readily see how local or city letter
matter can be handled at minimum
cost, for there is no railroad transpor-
tation to pay"
The point at issue in this matter
does not Immediately concern Scran-
ton, for the reason that If the pneu-
matte tube system of mail delivery
should be adopted it would be many
years before the department would ap-
ply it to a city of SCranton's size. But
the principle is important everywhere
and we believe that if discretion as to
details shall be vested i'm the present
| accomplished postmaster general there
will be no need to fear that the gov
ernment will be swindled.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
Wanted to Go on the Stage.
WHEN Lord Kitchener Joined the Royal

WHEN Lord Kitchener joined the Royal En-
gineers, now nearly thirty years ago, he
was tall, slim, very handsome young man, says
the New York Telegram The former Sirdar did
not at first take to the army, but had serious
thoughts OF going on the stage, and was "ne
day, while in London, introduced by com.
rade to the late George Hcncy Young Kitchener
consulted George on the subject OF his hstrionc
ambition Honey looked critically at the officer,
and remarked:
II could get you engagement in Ave min
utes as a walking gentleman, hut, let me tell
you, you'd BE- better OFF a sapper in the en-.
gineers"
Then, very seriously, Honey gave the other an
insight into the seamy side Of an actors life,
and finished with advice, "Stick tc the army, Mr..
Kitchener; it's better shop than the boards "
Had Kitchener cut the service and joined the
profession" history might have been differently
written.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
The Whitest "Coon" He Ever Saw.

w HEN Isaac Van Alphen, the postmaster gen,
eral of the Transvaal and a warm friend
OF "Oom Paul" was in this country in attend
snce on the Postal congress, he had an amusing
experience which he still likes to refer to, relates
the Saturday Evening Post. Walking arm in arm
with a friend near the Pennsylvania station in
Baltimore day, the distinguished foreigner
was approached by a policeman, who announced
that Van Alphen had been ordered to appear be-
fore the coroner to act as a juror.
''By what authority do you ask thisT'
by the authority OF the state of Maryland. y
81 acknowledge no such authority" said Van
Alphen. the humor of the situation breaking
upon him.
"Ycu acknowledge no such authorty?' re-
pcatod the policeman with amazement. What
do YOU mcanr'
We'll" announced Mr.. Van Alphen nonchal'
anty 81 am resident of Pretoria in the South
African republic, and | don't acknowledge the
authority Of the state of Maryland in this in
stance"
Pretoria, South African republic." echoed
the policeman, puzzled for a moment, but finally
he begged Mr. Van Alphen's pardon and walked
away, saying audibly, "Well, you're about the
whitcst coon ] ever saw"
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Land Titles In LuZon.

Y NNDER Article of the treaty
of Paris, Spain cedes all
~ public property i'm the Phil
ippines to the United States,
but it is declared that the cession stipu
lated "shall in no way affect the prop
erty rights accorded by custom or law
to the peaceful holders of goods of any
sort in the provinces, cities, public or
private establishments, civil or eccIesl-
astical corporations or any other col
lectivity which has any legal right to
acquire goods or rights in the ceded
or abandoned territory" The word
custom" as here used opens wide
door to controversy, especially in view
of the fact that large holdings of prop
erty by the monastic orders rest upon
no discoverable title but have simply
represented the liberality or COM
placency of the Spanish civil officials.
How will the new Philippine commits
sion unite this knot?
In the Chicago Record Mr.. W. e.
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Curtis gives what purports to be a
resume of the official instructions to
the commission. These have not been
made public, hence the accuracy of Mr.
Curtis resume is matter of faith
but we reproduce II for what II is
worth. The instructions are, he says,
to determine what portion of the lands
and property in question actually be-
| long to the religious orders by pur-
chase or preemption at an early date.
and to that they will be given clear
title and undisputed possession: but all
| property that has been merely occu-
pied by them without the passing Of a
| title will be declared public property
and the revenues will be collected for
| the benefit of the government instead
| of for the church. Before the occupa
| ton of the Philippines by the United
| states army considerable amount of
| this property was conveyed by the
! civil governor to the archbishop or to
the priors of the several religious or
| ders. Those transfers will not be rec
| ognized because it is evident that they
| United States of it's rightful possess
| sions.
According to Mr.. Curtis, the nstruc-
tions of the secretary of war to the
| commission are to treat the church ex-
| actly as it is treated in this country,
and Mr.. Root is said to have quoted
for their benefit that article of the con-
| t1h
shall make no laws respecting religion
| or interfering with the freedom of
worship. The commission is to govern
itself accordingly and leave the church
to attend to the spiritual affairs of the
! community without interference or en-
couragement, protection or resistance
from the civil authorities. All church
property not actually used for pur-
poses of worship or education is to be
taxed like any other real estate, as It
is in the United States. Churches and
school houses. hospitals, asyIums and
| other benevolent institutions are to be
exempted, but no exemption is to he
made in favor Of the residences of tn.
religious orders nor the plantations or
other property whose revenues have
been applied to the support of churches
and schools. If the friars refuse to pay
taxes the same remedies will be ap-
piled as in the United States. After
a stated period public notice of delin-
quent taxes will be made and the
| property will be sold There is to be
no interference in any manner with
| the parish schools, but no contribu-
| tions are to be made from the public
treasury for their support. The COM
mlssloners are to use their discretion
as to what assistance shall be fur
nished by the government to charitable
institutions under the care of the
| church. That question cannot be arbi-
trarily settled in Washington. No re-
liSion is to be taught in the public
| schools and no school in which re-
lgion is taught is to receive aid from
the public treasury.
In view of the political misunder-
standings and frictions possible in con-
nection with so delicate a subject the
policy here outlined if it is the one
which the war department has adopted,
| typifies a good deal of backbone and
courage, but it is generally believed
that Elhu Root is a man who pos
sesses both.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30

@AREFUL examination of the
L plans of the Connell Park and
~ Speedway Street Railway
company and of the ordin-
ance pending in common council Civ
ing it the right of way to lay certain
tracks in a portion of the city not
now -ully provided with street car
facilities discloses nothing upon which
to base opposition. Upon its face the
ordinance seems fair and candid.
1t is a question how profitable
business can be built up by a street
railway company along the routes con-
templated in the ordinance. In the
summer time a good patronage might
be expected on every route: the pros
pcct as to winter travel is not so clear.
However if the men back of this new
enterprise are willing to take the risk
the public can hardly have any rea-
son to discourage them. They are all
old enough to be responsible for their
actions.
We attach no Importance to the ar
gument that competition in the street
railway business in this region would
be injurious. The public is interested
in having as good a service as possi-
Bile and frequently competition or the
possibility of it acts as a wholesome
stimulus. In the matter now under
consideration it is proper to add that
the direct competition is slight. 1t
would seem that the new company
might exist without appreciably affect
ing the receipts of the old one.
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Made a Hit with His Audience.

ONE OF the really good stories is going
~ around among the lawyers about Congress
man Littlcfcld relates the Lewistown Journal.
Twas when the congressman was stumping in
his campaign. 1t was up in Franklin county
town. The chairman of the committee wanted
to give Charles good send dofi, and so he said;
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Hon. Charles
+. Littefeld, who is known from PASSPORT TO
York as the great orator of Maine. This,
fellow citizens is Hen. Charles Littlefeld. who
will talk to you from the setting OF the sun
Until the rising up thereof"
Applause
Then up rises Charles and darts a falcon glance
at the chairman and anothes as piercing at the
al dienec.
"Gentemen," said he, "you and the chairman
can stay here in this hall ii you want to until
the rising Of the sun, but as for myself, I'll tell
you right now I'm going to be out Of this hall
in lust so minutes"
And the applause that he got then was in
earnest
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
The Fate That Awaits Him.

A CCoRDlNG to the Liverpool Post a local
firm, teing delighted at the idea that one
oi its employees was called up to join the To-
serves, at once volunteered to pay hall his wages
to his wife in his al sence. At the end of the
month the woman appeared, and the moiety
was at once given to her.
"WhstY she said, "iour poundi"
YES" replied the senior partner. That is
exactly half; sorry you are not satisfied"
at isn't that Fm rot satisfied; why, for
years he has told me he only got l6 shilling al.
together, ard--and-f the Beers don't kill him
| will"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30

At the National Mothers congress,
which is to meet in Des Moines May
Il, Mrs. Hannah X. Schoff, of Phia-
delphia, will unfold a plan for the
state control of charities based upon
a careful study of existing defects in
the management of charitable insti-
tutions. The paper will be awaited
with interest by students of the hu-
manitieS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
WANAMAKER rs BARRED.


The esteemed Scranton Tribune flies the vice
presidential banner of Charles Emory Smith al
its masthead yet champions Matthew Stanley
Quay as "the exponent of party regularity
Presumably the idea is to make sure that the
two shows shall always be under one nam
moth canvas" II any paper in Pennsylvania
has the brains and ability back of it to enginceI
such project, The Tribune is that paper. In
deed, the Report ventures to believe that, il il
is at all in the range of possibility, The Tribune
might be able to provide a three.ring perform
ance with the Honorable Jchn Wsnamaker a:
one of the stars
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30

The ablcst and best qualified western
man thus far named for the vice.
presidency is ex-senator Charles f.
Manderson, of omaha. president of
the American Bar association and one
of the most charming men in the Uni
ted States. General Henderson is an
eX-Pcnnsylvania, having been for
many years a resident of Philadelphia,
but it is not believed that he is pre-
pared to rclinquish his large business
and professional interests in order to
re-enter public life. from which he re-
tired voluntarily. He would, we are
sure, much prefer the nomination Of
his personal friend, Charles Emory
Smith.
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Informal in His Responses.

e ONE anecdotes about the late Duke of Cam.
bridge recorded in the Memoirs Of the Ouch
ess Of Teck, lately published in England are
among the most entertaining things In not i'm
portant book, The Duke was a strong church.
man, and, in his simple way, very religious, but,
as friend of his Royal Ilighness used to say,
''his religion sometimes took rather an pncon-
yentiona form" lie would frequently )make
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
A FILMING Tartar.

7 LIEUTENANT COLONEL IT, II. sargcant, U. s
A.. tells many enjoyable war stories. Ono,
when instructing some men, he asked, "Wher
you are on the skrmish line, end suddenly en-
counter the enemy, what would you dog'
Fall fiat" "And what next?' ''Stay
there"
On another occasion he was questioning mar
respecting his absence for six hours.
IL was chasing Filipino hour, sir"
GLOW about the other ive hoursP
'The Filipino and his friends were chasing
me, r."-Philadelphia Post.
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audible remarks when the service was IN prog
ress. On one occasion, after the usual exhorta-
tion, 'Let us pray" the Duke heard to
reply, "By all means" During very dry
summer the vicar read the prayer for rain; at
the close the Duke Joined fervently in the
Amen" adding in exactly the same tone Of
voice, "but we shan't get it till the wind
changes" Again, on hearing the text, "For we
brought nothing into the world, neither may
We carry anything out" he calculated, True,
truc-too many calls upon us for that
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His Example Was Premature.

A BUILrER in Glasgow, having heard that his
- men did not start work at the proper tir,e
thought thai he would drop down about $50 some
morning to see, says Waverly Magazine. Gong
up the yard he caught sight of joiner stand
ing smoking, with his kit unopened. Simply
asking his name, which he found to be Malcolm
Campbell, he called him into the Office and
handing him four DAYS pay, told him TO leave
at once. After having scen the man clear out
Of the yard he went up to tho foreman aud
told him he had made an example Of Malcolm
Campbell by paying him off for not starting al
the proper time.
"Great Scot" exclaim cd the foreman, "that
chap was only looking for a ioh.'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
HIS GREATNESS.

How bigs a politician" Pa,
That people call him great2
Is he, like old Goliath, tall,
His spear a hundred weight2
oh, no, my son, tits not his weight
Nor that he is so tall
Is the hugeness OF bis gall.
Indianapolis Pre-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
A RECOGNIZED DUTY.
Chambersburg Public OpiniCn.

From Chambersburg Public Opinion
II will be the duty of the next Legislature to
elect a United States senator The people Of
the various counties in this grand old common
wealth should not permit their representatives
to return to their respective homes until they
shall have elected senator.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
SMITH A POSSIBILITY.

Washington Special in Pittsburg Dispatch,
In administration circles there is renewed talk
of Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith as a
vice presidential candidate. He is a personal as
well as political friend OF Mr.. Mckinley, and
would be acceptable TO tie president
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
HIS WONDERFUL HOLD.

From the Indianapolis Press.
Never since the pslmy days Of John Kelly,
the great Tammany boss, has any party leader
held his followers with such cords Of real afcc.
tion as has Matthew s. Quay held the Repubi-
cans of the Keystone state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30

Governor General Wood is cleansing
the Cuban courts by decapitating the
judges who take bribes. His power is
absolute and he is using it unsparing-
ly' But what would Cuba do without
a Wood?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30

Justice Freedman, OF the New York
city supreme court, has ruled that a
labor union has no right to assess it's
members to provide funds with which
or to pay pickets or agents engaged
in prolonging a strike. This is the
first ruling of the kind on record and
1t Will be appealed. The final voice of
the courts upon this issue will have
Widespread significance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30

1t is conceded that the next legisla-
ture must elect a United States sena-
tor and that the man of it's choice
will be a party stalwart
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-30
FOR VlCE-PRESIDENT,
CHARLES EMORY SMITH,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
State.

State.
CongrCssmcn-at Large -- GhIlSllA A. GROW
ROBERT H. FOERnEkER
Auditor Gcrcral-E. n. HARDENBERGII
Legislative.
First Distrct-TlIONAS J. REYNOLDS.
Second District-IOltN SCIIEUER, JR
Thrd District EDWARD JAMES, JR.
Fourth District-P. \. PlllLBIN.
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