The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-03

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,hov r,p nirl az, ,Io sr.st clans and ovstrrs
Then a walk NJ nm o,,Iinarv ci,y block will likely
nrnish ,bon, ,vi,, y,nison fro,p a p,ssing deer
Tho climate ;s adorable and one can rathe IN
thc waters -, ,hn h,, ,t ,u seasons and even
in summer ,be be.t "a nm, great II ono. remains
MI, ,f tho diroct roys of Tho sun
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no ,hoicoN hr, ,ho,a ~ d;f,ororcc that il six.
niscan, n, hrio, 1, - this, Mfr. Platt has
dosconded AR Cro.or h,s riscp 10 the common
1ovo, wberc thov ,neot n, ooua,s The Republi.
can hosa ;s 4. gc,t,om,n bv birth. breeding and
oducation. thc T,mm,nv tiper was n tougl,--onc
nj tho old Fourth Ayenuo Tunnel Gang When
.D;ck, croto, ,,,, ,nor,inu tho maobipist's trade
Tou pla,t was studying tho classics at Yale
While Croker after dark was punchins his way
TO the leadership Of his crew Of hoodlmms, his
rivs, was reading The uvcs os the great leaders
of ,bc world Young Croker was tried for a
murder done ot the polls by som one of his
crowd of hrcIers at about the stage when Plat
was leaving ,olcuc Mr. platt is the class of
man the critics say ought to go into politics
Mr. Croker is the kind that these same au,hor.
ties tell lis should be driven ont Mr. Patt
has "A b,siness-he il president of an express
company-poitics is his sport, and it is said he
ness but politics, and horse racing is his sport.
Yet DIR. Parkhurst smoke for thousands when lie
said platt was worse than Croker WhyY Mr.
platt knows bettcr-he is n cynic; Mr. Croker
doesn't know any bcttcr--he is sincere. In
business they saw that the men who have been
ministers are the worst rascals to deal with.
Criminals will tell you that the hardest in
their profession are those who come ct good
While the ewes Of American polar explorers are
turned longinsy toward the north pole British
cxpcdition is fitting out to 70 as near to the
,ar,h's southern extremity as man can 20 and
return alive. This expedition will sail in the
Discovery. n shin cspccially built for the trip
The Discovery was launched at the Dundee ship.
wards u few days ago and will cost complete,
over $25OOOO 1t has occupied over a year in
building, and is considered the strongest and most
shores The Discovery is commanded by Cap.
with spars of sufficient dimensions to get a good
spread of canvas. but her principal propelling
mower Is in the engines Her coal capacity
amounts ia 30 tons. Some idea of the strength
O: the vessel may be gathered from the fact that
the thickness of solid timber in the way OF the
main deck downward to the keel is two and
half feet. Al the bows the externa,s of the
,,1a
Laboratories have been constructed amidships on
either side of the upper deck In the center is
magnetic observatory and within radius OF
or gun metal so as to insure immunity from
magnetic influence Protection from wind and
snow in the winter months will to some extent
be afforded by a ;voolen felt covering extending
fore and aft over the ship
Ccenral Palmer OF Wilkes Barre in a recent
spccch on Grants birthday, delivered at 10.
wanda. nut compactly some facts worthy of pre-
scrvation for reference Said he: Grant com.
Hannibal, Caesar, Bonaparte, Wellington ald
Marlborough put together and his victories were
under conditions far more difficult. His field
OF action was 1000 miles long and 1000 miles
wide and more than 1000, 900 men under his
command at one time More men were killed ard
wounded in the Battles of the Wilderness than
were engaged on both sides at Waterloo
II is estimated that ii The increase noted in the
in this fiscal year will he in the neiehborhood Of
sl0S, 10000. This would be something like So.
100000 more than last year, which was considered
the greatest in the history of the department.
The toal number OF pieces of stamped paper IS
sued in the year 1900 was 1924 0s1,0l4, repre-.
scnting face value OF So76s7,i1l. This enor-