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ITAKAWANNA.
(By C. M. 82tawM- .
I tiiroitxh green -varieyawliero
o siniplP, cradle' air;
nne the Suehanna; where Tunic
Alonsnnnocli's water flow;
n.erhDlue mVs wooded hilltops,
0 down tp the Delaware
ihn raiW of Lackawanna, thoso
RUD shlnlnK bands of steel
Tha bind the towns together, from
Lake Erie to the sea;
Ad tonight, as I sit dream ng, In m
I A lonesome heart I feel,
n-,r rails of Lackawanna, where
you arc, I yearn to be.
Pr the rails of Lackawanna pass the
?not where I was born; ,
Thcy cross "South Branch" oelow
the Place where as a b6y 1
They glisten In the sunshine of the
Pennsylvania morn
That lights the hemlock studded
vales where my dear dead are
The whistle of her engines wakes the
echoes I once heard
In years agpnc, when for the sport,
I called them up to me;
When hillside' tossed to hillside each
merry, mirthful -word;
When rocks and rills were laugh
ing in happiness and glee.
Down "Martin's Crock" to Alford,
'twas "Montroso Depot" then;
i past Ira Hell's old saw mill, with its
maple bordered pond
Us Eiinllsh and its pickerel next to
"Hopbottom" then
The rails of Lackawanna swing
their easy curves around.
Across the bridge at Nicholson far,
I far below the stream
I Up "Robert's Hill," by Uncle Ben's,
I then through tunnel go;
I Down by "Jack Gardner's" timber
I tract and round the hill they
I gleam,
I To homo and friends in that dear
I place there In the vale below.
I Southward to Tlllinghast's cool
I grovc3; through Dal ton's quaint
I old town
It once was "Bailey Hollow" say
forty years ago
Around the hills of birch and beech to
pretty Lake Glenburn,
Which dances, shimmers in the sun
1 as past they onward go.
Whizz! through "Tho Notch" where
rearing brook Its waters dash
in lago
Against tho flinty boulders, those
rails continue on
Until before tho eye appears, like pic
ture on a page,
Dear, dusty, coal-stained, dirty, but
ever-loved Scranton.
'1 lien up the laurel-covered slopes to
l'ocono's cool glens;
Thiough gorges where- the Nay Aug
its ripples churns to foam,
To pine tipped plains where fall so
hoft the gentle summer rains;
Where tho bob-o'-link and robin
sing their sweetest songs of
homo.
Adow n the mountain sido to whore
tho river through tho rim
A channel cut while yet tho earth
swung a now planet born
Where its rushing tide a lovo song
lums; an echo of tho hymn
The angels sang together, on that
glad Creation morn.
Oh, vails of Lackawanna! your iron
ribbons bind
Tho little towns along tho lino to
gether as one place;
All itstance Is abolished where'er
they sinuous wind;
The people all aro neighbors
through tho virtue of thy grace.
And far across a continent they run,
o'en to tho heart
Of a fellow who Is homesick for an
other sight of theo;
Who's longing for tho time to come,
the day he'll make a start
For tho country where thy engines
snort and whislo in their gleo.
Oh, rails of Lackawanna! should the
summons from above;
The great subpoena from on high,
be nearer than it seem,
If, unexpected, I am called to tho great
land of love, ,
May I rido to my resting place
where undisturbed by dream
O'er thy smooth surface, and when 1
in tho long sleep am laid,
May tho green turf that marks my
couch be very close to you,
For, Ralls of Lackawanna, I am sure
it's truly said:
"From God's county, ono of Heav
en's shore can get tho nearest
view."
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STORY OF MAE WOOD.
The story of Mao Wood, the young
woman who has brought a. damage
suit against Senator Piatt, of New
York, and who charges ltobert J.
Wynne, formerly postmaster genet al;
William Loeb, secretary to tho piesl
dent and Martin Miller, consul to
Aix-la-Chappelle with conspiracy in
forcibly and cunningly obtaining trom
her tho love lettois of Piatt, bids fair
to make a chapter In tho history of
"The easy boss," of the empire state.
Mae is a good looking damsel, who
began her public career in Omaha as
a stonogtapher in a law oillce. She
was admitted to tho bar In Douglas
county. From the motiopolis of Ne
braska she went to Washington where
site became, through tho influence or
some ono, a clerk in ono of tho de
partments; tho postofllce department.
Who placed her there is not generally
known, although in Omaha, thoso wlm
know Mae Eay It was Piatt. At any
rate Mae will not have any trouble In
proving that the old boy showed her
marked attention; helped her in va
rious ways and was very often seen
with her in public.
When tho engagement of Piatt and
Lillian T. Janeway was made known
Mao had a series of spasms and when
she came out of the last ono she
packed her hand satchel and went to
Now York, where she created a scene,
tho details of which have thus far
been kept from tho Illustrated papers.
But tho ceremony was performed just
the same, although Mae mado a
"touch" on some one when she was
in Gotham, for upon her return to
Washington she legistcred at a swell
hotel with n costly suite of rooms at
her command; ate all sorts of good
things In tho cafe; took a flyer to
nnrnitidn. and other tronlcal climes and
apparently had a good time generally.
It is about a month ago now that
Mao returned to Omaha and started a
suit. It will bo remembered that ser
vice was obtained upon Secretary
Loeb while ho and Teddy were bear
shooting In Colorado and that Loeb
said ho didn't know a darned thing
about it. Sho alleges that she was
damaged by Loeb, Wynne and Miller
in tho sum of $35,000.
Mao was Interviewed in Iter old
home by an enterprising reporter for
a newspaper. In her statement sho
declared sho had never brought suit
against Piatt for breach of promise,
becauso sho was afraid if she did tho
old man would want to marry her,
and that would have been "nauseat
ing." Mae is h jwn attorney In tho caso
and although it has been said that a
lawyer who pleads his own cause has
a fool for a client, thoro Is probably
good reason for bollevlng that tho
girl has something up her sleeve that
means tho action will never como to
J?Poulton,Mad
trial, but that a compiomlso will be
effected.
Hut who would have thought of Old
Man Piatt, nt his tlinu of life, get
ting mixed up in an notion HKo this?
Mae says some of his letters to bur
weie of the most tocty-tooty kind nud
that had thcy not been taken from
her by collusion and ft and sho could
have made old T. C. fait ly 1 owl when
they weto brought Into coutt.
Incidentally It may be mentioned
that Mae has lost her job In the post
ofllce dcpaitmcnt.
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EXPENDED FOR IRRIGATION.
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Thhty million dollars has already
been deiived from tho sale of public
lands In the nrld states, tho most ot
which Immense sum is being devoted
to h ligation enterprise. Within the
course of a few yeais twenty millions
more will bo available. Upon looking
over the table of amounts expended
in the vnrious states wo aro by no
means satisfied with the showing
mado by Utah. Tho list discloses tho
following:
Arizona ? Kifi.lOU 80
California 1.971,008.2!
Colorado l,G91,ir7.r.
Idaho i,cri,ri2i).r!i
Kansas 07.SIU.C8
Montana 1,719,002.00
Nebiaska 177,973 12
Nevada 18,153.11
Now Mexico 120,202.20
North Dakota 3,100,100.11
Oklahoma 2,552,137 33
Oregon 1,230,059.75
South Dakota 712,780.00
Utah 302,351.03
Washington 2.755.3G2.9S
Wyoming 875,253.88
Total ?23,012,83C40
Utah, as shown by tho foregoing
compilation, Is twelfth on tho list,
Arizona, Nevada and Kansas following.
Just why this is so wo aro not ablo
at tills time to explain. Wo noto too
thnt Immense projects nio being ap
proved by the government for other
states and territories, Arizona and Cal
ifornia $3,000,000 each, Colorado ?2,
500,000 and Montana ?1 ,500,000. Fi om
what wo can gather we Infer that
there has been too much of tho theo
retical and too llttlo of tho practical
In the placing of Utah's mattors be
fore thoso in authority and wo really
think it is high time that such a policy
should bo abandoned. Utah, as a mat
ter of right, ought to have $10,000,000
expended in her borders In tho noxt
ten years, because conditions warrant
it. The chances for reclaiming lnnd
aro wortli it. Tho area of land fiat
would bo fertilo wan ants it, and whoa
everything is summed up there is
plenty of water with which to do It.
Utah has lots of water when every
thing is considered, but her people
aio as prodigal in tho use of it as
If wo had a goncral shower every
morning before breakfast.
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