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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14
GEORGE VON LEININGEN MEYER.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAN WHO MAY BE
THE NEXT AMBASSADOR TO ITALY


George Won Leiningen Meyer whose name has
been mentioned in connection with the Italian
Embassy. is not a German. While he served in
the Massachusetts House of Representatives
more than two-thirds Of the men who served
with him called him Mr. Won Meyer" Com
positors and proofreaders make the same mis-
take, and the error has been source of an
nOyance to the man
Mr.. Meyers paternal grandfather came to the
United States from Germany toward the close Of
the last century. Mr. Meyer was born on Bea-
con Hill Boston, on June "a 1853. His father
was a native Of New-York and his mother was
Miss Grace Helen Parker. a native Of Boston
and granddaughter OF the late Bishop Parker
He received his early education in the Boston
schools, and was graduated from Harvard in the
class Of 10 He took an active part in ath-
letics and was a member Of the 70 rowing
crew. On leaving college he entered a rnercan-
tie house and has been engaged in active bust
ness ever since. being now a member of the firm
of Under & Meyer, which was organized by his
father n 1871
Secretary Hay said last week that the ap-
ointment 10 Rome had not been formally Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14
NEW Use FOR LIQrID AIR.

Consular report from Frankfort, Germany
Carl Linde. who is giving special attention to
machines for producing liquid air. describes in
the journal Of the Association of German En-
Ein-ers d furnace designed by Mr. Hempel for
ingenious application Of this substance. The
furnace is intended 10 burn low class fuels such
al Ignite and peat The combustion is intensi-
I'D by turning the gaseous mixture obtained
10y evap0raling liquid air the fire. Nitrogen
is first set free, after which there remains
gas containing al least % per cent Of oxygen
The price OF this gaseous mixture is said not to
exceed II cents for 1000 cubic feet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14
THE SAME KIND HERE.
From The PhiIadeIphia Record.

From The Philadelphia Record.
Have you ever noticed that nearly all police
men get fat?" asked a who keeps his eyes
open. This would seem to disprove the theory
that walking in the open air is a means of re
ducing superfiuous weight. / have known new
policemen to start their beats weighing no
more than I'D pounds. In six months they
would tip the scales at 100 and in year reach
the 200 mark. II must be the slow sauntering
in the open air that does it. for ! have noticed
that while policemen grow fat, the house ser
geants, who confined to the stations are in
variably thin. Those who patrol the streets
gain the maximum weight in about three years.
The muscles then harden, and, despite their ap-
parent burden of flesh. the men usually develop
great activity. one of the best runners and
jumpers l know is a policeman who weighs
nearly three hundred pounds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14
An OLD TINE ENGLISH ELECTION.

From The Westminster Gazette.
The only contest which occurred at Cation
within historic memory curious enough.
Sir Mark Wood who had been one of its MEM
bers for several years had as his colleague in
the Parliament of 1912 Sir William Congreve
the inventor Of the famous "COngreve rocket"
The latter resigned in 1916 and the baronet
wished his own son to fill the vacancy. There
were only three voters in the cOnsutuency-Sir
Mark, his son, and his butler named Jennings;
but as the son was away and the butler had
Quarreed with his master, an opportunity was
afforded for a singular revenge. Jennings re-
fused TO second Sir Marks nomination of his son.
and proposed himself and a deadlock
averted only by Sir Mark coming to terms with
the refractory butler, whose nomination he sec
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14

in most instances the candy was in long strips
about twelve inches wide. and from these strips
a yard or half a yard would be cut off. At one
mountain resort the candy man did what he
called d large export business, and sent yards OF
his candy product in especially made boxes to
all parts of the country. and it largely
through his enterprise that candy by the yard
became known.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14
.BEEF E4TERs" UNIFORM ABOLISHED.
From The London Mail

From The London Mail
Visitors 10 the Tower Of London viii grieve
70 find that the historic and picturesque cos
tune Of the YeOnen Of the Guard VIII hence
sjOIs-
Instead Of the quaint Tudor uniform Of scar
let and gold, with ruff and buckles complete 10
which the public have been accustomed for so
long a utiitarian age now dresses the custo-
dams in blue serge, the coat being oTnamented
zinc and red A ROYAL crown with the letters
" r." and heur de lis emblazoned on the
breast =,
The new hat is also a sorry substitute for the
soft wide head covering that added such a dis
tfnrtiye feature to the old costume, the dlsap-
Dearance Of which in favor Of q cheaper rival
viii cause regret to many.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14
4 VEGETARIAN.

From The Chicago News.
That man. remarked the great detective Is
undoubtedly a vegetarian of the most pro-
nOunced type"
How do you make that QUE" quered his
friend
oh. that's dead easy" replied the great de-
tective. He has carroty hair. reddish cheeks,
turnup nose. and sage Look
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14
THE ART OF FEELING TREES.

From The Seattle POst-Intelligencer.
The Telling of trees is in itself the work of an
artist and among the best paid men in a logging
camp those who perform this work. The tree
is first notched the side il is intended to fall
This is done with an axe. Then. on the reverse
side sawyers set to work to cut in. until with
cracking noise the giant timber waivers and tot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14

Onded in order to induce him to act as seconder
to his SON Matters being thus put formally in
train, Sir Mark arranged with Jennings that the
formers vote should be alone given and the
final state of the poll at Cations only known
contest stood thus: Wood CTory), /; Jennings
(Whig). o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14

fered to Mr.. Meyer, but there is a widespread
opinion in Washington that he will be named
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31
MR.. WHYTE TO MR.. SCRANTON
Editor of The Tribune

Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The water question serious of last
week has now DEVELOPED into IA humorous
one History Is full of such humor The
old French N0besee had a prerogative
of yoking their tenants with one of their
beasts and cultivat!ng their lands in that
manner. 1t must have looked funny to
the Nobesees as they gozed out of their
chctcauX windows, whether ON the
rugged hills Of Normandy or the plains of
Fontainebleau, 10 see n fellow creature
and an ass or an OK yoked together, be-
SIDES cy,orting from :heir people every
manner of tax their devllish ingenuity
could suggest. Such humorous conditions
made &. Marat, Danton and Robespierre
possible Uhen the Terror. The humor
had grown grimmer. Can history repeat
itself? Or has cause and effect been
divorced? Nero dddled while Rome
burned He was IA genuine humorist of
that stripe. The poor devil who is COM
PEELED to step into the captains Office and
pay water tax equal to 10 or 10 per cent
OF his gross receipts fails TO see the joke
In the same light that the Gas and
Water company does, and thereby misses
the cream of tits strange how duh
those plebians are; too bad they are SO
short of that peculiar quality of humor
the Gas and Water company is SO long
of.
Mr.. Scranton declares over his sigma
| ture that the Gas and Water company Is
| not a philanthropic institution. win any
body dare contradict him? He sells his
God-givem product to the Providence
Gas and Water company at cents per
| thousand gallons. He charges other
smaller dealers connected on the same
main 400 per cent. more for the same
article The despised publican whose
| single sale does not exceed one dime with
which he throws in free lunch would
| stand aghast at such a profit. and the
classic Mr.. Reilly. that Mr.. Scranton es-
l teens 50 hiShl
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31
NuBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

America has 1,Oi3,SOO Hebrews; New
York, 100000.
Hundreds OF Americans are at work In
Russian factories.
Bees raised in Texas are shipped to all
parts of the world.
EGGS without shells are shipped from
Russia to England. A.,
Meal made of corn cobs. ground, Is
used to adultcrate many food products.
There Is a cafe in Venice which has
never been closed night or day for 15)
years.
Women employed on Japanese tea
farms work twelve hours and are paid
10 cents II day.
Sebastian, n big black cat owned by a
Cumberland (Md) woman. wears a dia-
mond earring In each ear.
No married man In Vienna is allowed
to go up in II balloon without the formal
consent of his wife and children.
The tunnels Of the steamer Oceanic
are of such gigantic proportions that two
London tram cars could pass through
them side by side.
There are no textile mills of any i'm
portance in the Transvaal, and. as "a con-
sequence, large quantities of cottons and
woolens have to be imported.
1t is now possible to telegraph from
San Francisco to the <londike, a Cana
dian government line having been strung
from Bennett to Dawson City.
The British Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science has granted a
thousand pounds sterling toward the ex-
penses Of an Antarctic expedition.
Mice have long been in demand as pets
They can be trained to perform many
tricks, are very fond of music. and have
been taught to dance gracefully to waltz
time.
Germany Is the third greatest iron
country In the world, and vet twenti.
eth of its entire output of iron ore comes
from the Krupp mines and Is manufac-
tured In the Krupp works.
Krupp buys from an eighth to a tenth
| Of all the iron ore and pig iron imported
into Germany from foreign lands, and
this gigantic enterprise Is the largest
producer in tho German Empire.
Canada lacks only 1000 square miles
to be as large as the whole continent OF
Europe; it is nearly thirty times as large
as Great Britain and Ireland and is 800, 0U(
square miles larger than the United
States.
In 1916 the decadeDce of Ireland began
In earnest, and it has kept UP ever since
In that year the population was $685., ,O61
the high water mark. On the SOth OF
last June 1t was 4,53l,051, the lowest
ever known.
Tho Society of Total Abstainers just
formed In Vienna, is the first ever estab
lished in Austria Everybody drinks IN
Austria. An Austrian baby begins &c
sip beer at the age Of three months and
AS 1t grows up, learns to consume the
liquid in ever-ncreasirg quantities until
when full-grown man, he can drink Il
by tho gallon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31
In Moman's Realm


THE SCRANTON woman who wants
to live long and be happy is adopting
u ribbcr tips on ner shoe heels. Now
rubber tips arc warranted to do all
sorts CT things for the nervestrurs. sem
sitive feminine wcarer they break tre
jar which affects the spine at every
uttermost parts OF the system. They
Keep her from slipping on the ice anu
they perform such miracles as erashs
Wrinkles from tne brow causeu ny ner'-
business. restoring Impaired signt anu
producing nhc grown OF mar. TOW III
tne Worid woman anu HORSES nave i,Neu
an thcse years WITHOUT ruooer "ce's Is
mystery
,,,,,.,>,,, ,,, -. ,.. .,,,aou 10
e PEAklNG Of heeis Is reminder Oh
~ toes--in other WORDS snoe tips' r.
erypou! KNOWS .hat uui' ,e,'ncr ,lpS
are srieNous 10 ne worn, n"oy snup
~ uont wear at all tneg scuii anu Peel
up 10 snameiu' degree ai.eT lew
weeks service ana ikc iiu'nPty Du"'P'N'
can'ot DC pu, pack III II urs.'aoio con- %
ct,oh ever, WIN ,io "iu W 'le w So So
poisn tnat "os ever in'nu'ac'urcu 'a,,
ent icather tps hio NOT 90 mus. ~
neeued pers,Stcht oinnint OIL zoe s'up'
plns 10 uis.uro thfir ori.Iia,iet. i'ut oi'c
uay thei went 'ut oi '"Sl'o', JUS cc-
cause cause tneS were 20 ece,'oni'c"l ana sen se,i.
sIpie' anu trs hs t'e uoiisr may they
.anhot inouue women 10 wear ti.m III
inns town aitnouRh 'ne iau ,or MA UPS
mas largely uisapp"arci IN most o'her
pha,es. hei,ce ~ ~ 'hdt we 20 hoout
WIZ 'ocs Whicn look as IL we h''u oeeh
.'eepi,s up anu "'"n 'he "'iiS i"c ."
many oa"ieS'
-
"A fRoioS ol tue mix asi'at'oii VIC
n view OF the case from the inilN-
a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31
PERSONALITIES.

Alan Arthur. son of the late president.
finding that his income goes further in
Europe than In this country, has practi-
cally expatriated himself.
Queen Victoria always breakfasts pri-
vately as u relief from the formality OF
other meals. In summer, wherever she
is, she has the breakfast served in the
open air.
Paul Deroulede has chosen Spain as
his abode while in exile from France, and
declares from Barcelona, where he now is
that he will refrain from talking politics
during his stay.
William Morgan. of Gerardstown. w.
Va, has been selected by United States
Fish Commissioner George NJ. Bowers to
take charge of the exhibit by the COM
mission at the Paris Exposition.
Congressman J. q. Needham, of Cali
fornia, began to collect postage stamps
when he was small boy, and has never
given up his collection, which is now one
Of the best in the United States.
Miss Helen Gould has presented to the
New York Public Library the Berrlan col
lection of works relating to Mormonism.
This includes - volumes, 800 pamphlets
and several volumes of newspapers.
Mrs. Mary Bryan Cobb, great grand
mother of William Jennings Bryan, is
living near kokomo Ind, at the age of
9s. Her first husband. Louis II. Bryan.
was "A soldier in the War of 1912 and IN
the Mexican War.
Arthur Griscom, whose verse is at
tracing considerable attention just now.
is but 81 years old but has been in the
newspaper business for Is years. At %
he was managing editor of the Kansas
| city Evening World.
f. Carlton Black. the new head CT
Boston University's English department.
! was a ward of DIR. John Brown, the
1 famous author of "Rab and His Friends; -
a classmate of Barrie, at Edinburgh; a
friend Of Stevenson and Crockett. and
| afterward a regular lecturer at Harvard.
Representative Roberts. Of Massachu-
setts, known In the House nowadays as
"the other Roberts," has the credit of
having introduced more bills and amend
ments to the Constitution than any other
| member of the House He Is the aI-
thor of two amendments and of 81 bills
| covering large variety of subjects
| Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper. the first
! negro to graduate from West Point, op-
poses the proposed Federal legislation In
| prohibition of lynchiGgs, and declares
that II will not aid his race He de-
clares that ''in all affairs of life conser.
| vatism and conciliation are productive OF
best results; coercion aggravates and
| never ameliorates."
June w. Gayle. the new congressman
from the Ashland district In Kentucky
| the one so long represented by Breckin
| ridge-is one OF the hadsomest men In
Kentucky. Six feet tall, with regular
almost boyish features, blue eyes. brown
hair, a splendid figure and easy bear
iEg. he Is expected to make stir II
| Washington society
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31

think he had a Gas and Water cinch II
he could squeeze that per cent. out OF
his customers. And drug stores, why,
they are not In II.
No man can arrogate any credit to hint
self that he paid the Gas and Water
ccmpany's bill. whatever II might be.
They have a method OF collecting as pot
cnt as tho head mans axe or the rack
of the induisition. For further particu-
lars see their rules and regulations. On
ye ovcr-worked, ovcr-iaxed and prema-
turely old business men trading In the
manufactured necessities of life on pro-
tit Of from 8 to 10 per cent, with your
burden of bad debts, etc, etc, think
of the difference between your position
and n franchiscd and favored corporation
with powers not second TO the czar or
Russia and used with much less mercy.
This is O serious matter, and if the priv
ilege of the Gas and Water company be
hedred In ever so securely by legal pro-
cedure and private legislation. the ques-
ton is whether or no the people. yes. the
people. have not higher and more di-
vine right to be dealt fairly with In the
great essential. water.
There are places that are not using
sufficient water for sanitary purposes on
account of the expense. and water should
only be eoonomized when II Is scarce.
For eight months In the year 1t gees over
the dam and rolls aimiessly to the sea.
benefiting no one. But the meter clicks
increasingly at prohibitory rates and not
sufficient water Is used for cleanliness
| and health where millions of gallons are
| wasted. The luxury of hose the sprink-
| ling Of lawns. the watering of flowers
to beautify the surroundings that all
might enjoy are not to be thought of by
those who are compelled to buy wat er
| at schedule rates. and baths must not be
| too frequent. The cellars In the South
| Side are flooded complaints were made
| of broken sewers. etc, the ground was
| permeated with water: the water was
analysed; it was found not sewage but
the high priced luxury furnished by the
| Gas and Water company. Bad piping,
| charge It to the public account. One
twist of the screw will collect Il.
My plumbing is tight. How long 1t will
remain 40 I do not know: but this / do
know. If other expenses were In proper
| ton to water taxes. myself and hun
dreds of others would go naked and
| hungry, too. Yours very truly.
| w. II. Whyte.
| 70,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31
LIFE.

Chisel In hand stood sculptor-bOy
With his marble block before him,
And his face lit up with a smile of joy
AS an anSel-dream passed DER him;
He carved the dream on that shapeless
stone
With many a sharp incision
With heavens own light the sculpture
shone;
He had caught that angel vision.
Sculptors of life are We, as we stand
With our souls uncarved before us.
Waiting The hour when, at Gods COM
mand,
Our life dream shall pass DER us.
If we carve it then on the yielding stone
With many a sharp incsion.
It's heavenly beauty shall Uc our own:
Our lives that angel vision.
Bishop Doane.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31

Washington has his heart
L.. set upon the removal Of the
, law which excludes his
Gountrymen from the United States,
and, he neglects no opportunity to con-
traSt the inhosDitality shown to
Chinamen in this country with the
inXiety Of American merchants to Sc
cure hospitality in the markets OF
China, and with the great ado which,
In made in the United States when
some American visitor to China, hap
pening to get out of the more intelligent
communities and among the native
fanatics. is set upon and maltreated
contractors who first induced this
Chinese to come to America; his coun
trymen did not come of their owr
prompting; and he especially empha,
Sizes the fact that while there are
Cinnamon whose exclusion would b,
justifiable the door is shut equally upor
the good, the Indifferent and the bad
Against the citizens of no other nation
is SO sweeping a barrier erected.
In theory, Minister WI Ting Fang,
arguments are difficult to refute. /
does not appear possible to harmonic
the policy Of our domestic treatment o
the Chinese with the policy OF ou
foreign demands concerning China
While we call for on open door int,
China we offer at home a closed doc
against the Chinese and 1t is a wonde
that no foreign power Jealous O
Americas expanding influence In tn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31

international problems OF the Orient
has not pointed out this very striking
inconsistency.
Nevertheless such Incidents as that
of the young woman in Philadelphia
recently found dead in an opium Joint
and Of the disclosures OF immortality re-
sulting therefrom illustrate why the
logical arguments for the repeal Of the
Chinese exclusion act do not make
much headway. The Occidental and
the oriental have behind them too long
and too different past to mix we'll.
They are better apart.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31
The Vice.Presidency.


~ une that the office of the
e n vice presidency ought ito
be estimated at its correct
value and asserting that the Re-
publicans do not propose to name for
the second place any man who Is not
capable of performing the duties of
the first" the Philadelphia Press men.
tions n number of distinguished Re-
publicans in connection with that
nomination. The list includes the
names of Secretary of the Navy Long
and senator Lodge. OF Massachusetts:
Attorney General Griggs, of New Jer-
soy; Governor Roosevelt. ex-Secretarv
of the Interior Bliss. Secretary of War
Root and Lieutenant Governor Wood
ruff, of New York: Governor Mount.
of Indiana: Governor Schofield and
senator Spconer, of Wisconsin; Sena-
tor Davis, of Minnesota; Governor
shaw and A. Il. Cummins. Of Iowa;
Senate" Elkins. of West Virginia.
Harrison Gray Otis. of California. and
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Webster Davis. of Missouri. Charles
Emory Smith is the peer Of any man
named by the Press and the omission
to place his name at the head of the
list must have been an oversight on
the part Of that paper.
From every standpoint Mr.. Smith
has nothing to fear by comparison
with senators, cX-senators. governors
| and eX-gOvernors so cOrspicuously'
named in the Press. 1t is no reflection
! on the most distinguished of these
eminent Republicans that the name
of Charles Emory Smith, of Pennsyl-
vana. belongs at the head Of the
list. The Trihune's purpose in this
early agitation of the matter Is to at
tract the attention of the country "a
the most available man in public life
for the Republican vice-presidential
nomination. The Tribune naturally
expected the Jealous and invaluable
cooperation of the Philadelphia
Press. and it vet expects to see thai
paper rise to the great opportunity OF
the situation long before the meeting
of the National Republican convention
next June.
The man and the hour have mot ir
Charles Emory Smith. The oprortun
ity and the state have met in the in
comparable state of Pennsylvania. I,
not. why not?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31
She Heari It.

THE SCRPLICED choir had done its
duty for the evening service. But ali
during the church hours there had been
a peculiar sound outside as If child
were crying. In reality 1t was some-
thing the matter with the organ. 1T
could be heard distinctly In the auditori-
um of the church. When the choir sang
the recessional and marched slowly out
of the church into the dressing-rooms one
of the young ladies among the sopranos
asked the woman who takes care OF the
robes:
Ibid you hear that awful sGueaking
out hcre?'
"Yes, indeed mum; I could almost un-
derstand the words
And nothing more was said on the sub
ject.-Detroit Free Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31
Youthful Precocity.

LITTLE GIRL who had just entered
"A school lately jublantly announced TO
her father that she did better than all
the girls above her In the arithmeuc
class and went to the top.
THAT was smart of you said ne. en-
courorinely. "How was it?'
"Well, you see. Miss Maggie asked the
girl at the top how much was and D.,
and she didn't know, and said II; then
the next girl said ., ard the next one
said II, and the mex. H. Such silly an
swcrs. Then Miss Maggie asked me-
and ! said 13, and Miss Maggie told me
to go to up top. Course it was H.
."rhat was nice" said the father. II
didn't know you add SO well. How did
YOU know 1t was 1872
"Why. I guessed 1t. Nobody SAID H.
philadelphia Bulletin.