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THE BOEAKTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 189 J.
SCRANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Manager.
rOlll.t&IICD IJAILV AND WWtKbl IN BCRAB
1. PA.. BY TUII TUIHUNK l'l BU..UI.-.0
OoUPAK.
New Vonx Offiok: Trirukb Buu.di.no,
FltAKK 8. Giuv, Manaoeil
Outered at the Fottofllcc nt Scran'on, Pa., at
EecmxdClast Mail Matter.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
FCHANT9N, JANUARY 3, 1SSI4.
RIGHT IN THE LEAD.
The best slate convention re
ports; the best society news;
the best correspondence from
neighborhood towns; the bright
est illustrations; the snappiest
presentation ot najWI and com
ment and tlie happiest family of
reader: in this section.
THAT'S WHY WE LAUGH.
0:;e ftEDKEUIIta fo.itiira about tllia
Dlild winter is ttUtt when snow Ml on
i ie walks solar rays do uot let it linger
there,
Mk. Platt's enemU may oontrol tha
mugwump preM bat Sir. Piatt's
fri nd ar evidently in the lo.iJ at Al
Imny, which i where tlw leadership
connti.
HI POPOLI8TI0 Kansas ofiicial who
wants ths boon of daily toil generally
reduced to two will Iihvj i lnrga fol
lowing ainoD- tha workan on morning
new papers.
Republicans of Scrsnton who are
not allied with any other organization
could execute no hetter new year tvho
lulioii than to juiu tho Central RtPttb
Jienn club.
THERE has never b.vn ft bettrr
liold tor the rxjiert Republican plat
form maker tittU will b preiente I at
Barritbnrg today. The resolution
should rim; With wholesome doctrine
and righttOUl wrath.
The LOOIC of events id against the
democratic party. It eraaagalnet it in
J81, and it will be acaiuat it in the
future junt so Ion? as the Democracy
ball typify notional autocracy and
un American politioal economy.
LEADIMOf a reconstructed Prohibi
tion party who have just been La shs
bion nt Pilteburif tiijiire ont .1 popular
vote for their causa of seven hundred
thousand the very tirst pop. Let it
ttot again be said there is no elasticity
in fibres.
OfflcOf the most cnrefolly compiled
ol local n'.inauxcs is that issued each
year by the Wilkea-Barre Record. Ed
itors Johnson and Powell know how to
put accurate f.tts into compact space
as well as any other publishers in the
business.
The LATEST thing in memorials is a
fund for tho erection in the national
capital of a monument to Ueneral
Washington's mother. It would seem
to most persons that the sou himself
is the best tribute her maternal fame
could ask for.
It id rather distressing to observe
Chicago is again boasting lustily about
its population, when such a lnrge por
tion of it Is destitute. The great city
should l iy aside its tin horu until the
viiids of spring warm up its poverty
flits. '
'1'hk NOUINEJ of today's convention
for coogressiuau-Udarge. whatever his
name, will have the sntbusisetla sap
port of his party and the triumphant
indors3meut of the greAt majority of
Pennsylvania wage earners. Too much
is st stake in the otection that will fol
low to permit of any captious weigh
lag ot mere personalities,
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O:.:; of th new year's judicial
Bbanges i;i wbioh there is reminiseen
tial Interest occurred in Csrhon county
Monday, when Allen Craig ascended to
the bench In place of John li. Storm.
Mr, Craig oond noted himself with pro
priety dining his spirited canvass; ami
begins his new relation enjoying gen
eral confidence.
BEMtlflSCENCM of the (JarfleM-Conk-ling
feud, revived by 9-nator Diwes'
article in the January Century, threaten
to become almost as numerous soon as
were war annals s,ttu time ago. But
it is well. History will be the gainer.
Tho present should prepare to grin and
hoar the ordeal as martyrs who bene
fit posterity.
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QovKiuioR Mitchell, of Fioiida. ap-
puars to have 111 ide up iiis miud to in
terfere with the arrangements to have
"Jimmie" Corbett nsosrtaln the density
of "Charlie" Mitchell's skull and tbe
power ofjhis biceps and triceps. Tbe
governor does not upprova or tho ten
dency of sporting men to turn thuetat."
into a prize ringand a Monte C.irlo.
If the Carbondule board of trade
truly desires to establish a new county,
with Carbondale as the county seat, it
should hasten to correct tbe error of
deliberating in secret. New counties
are formed because the people have
good, public ressoue to want them : not
because any coterie of persons thinks
the secession would be individually
profitable.
Several days ago tho Philadelphia
Times told the Democrats of Philadel
phia's second congressional district not
to was to enerity in opposing tbe Repub
lican nominee, because Adams wss
sure to win. Mow, with singular in
consistency, It wants the party to put
on its war paint in tbe campaign for
congressman at-largo. Are not tbe
second odds just as hopeless as tbe
first la any more principle at stake in
the latsr esse than in the former?
Whither, indeed, is tbe Keystone
Democracy drifting?
AccoHDiNU to the last census less than
one thousand square miles of virgin
forest remain of the vuet Adirondack
cvildernes.', and even this lingering
remnant is disappearing with relent
less speed. )ne of the first things that
fteW Vork'e Republican legislature
.should do is to make adequate provi-
sion for the preservation of this mag
nificent! survival of primeval days, in
the shape of a state park. A law
for this purpose should be enacted with
such sincerity and skill that tho mill
iug and carrier corporations will not be
able to drive a coach and sfx through
every clumsy section.
PERiurs after sll (irorer, Cirlisle
and Greeham have not sought th soli
tude of the Potomac maraiu-a to hunt
dncks. Indeed, C rover might huve
hired Carlisle into the wilderness, In
order to lesrn from him th wisdom oi
a financial policy tba' c ills for the issue
of 800,000.000 of bonds to wipe oot u
deficit of $33,000,000
William Ewart Gladstone, pre
mier of England, 84 years of age. has
been In parliament for sixty-four years.
The people of the United States wish
the "Grand Old Man' a happy birth
day, and nro hopeful he will be spared
to his country "to a:i,py many more of
them. Mr. Gladstone is one of tbe
foremost figures of all the world. He
is greater than any king, queen or em
peror, end his ways nre the ways of
patriotism, progress and peace. Long
life to the old hero.
TOEAV.S f.TA'iE CONVENTION.
The convention which will assemble
in Hsrrisbnrg at noon today will po
S8(is far more thau local ami statu sig-
uifienneo. Its work will bave an In
terest even beyond tho circlcB of the
party noder whose auspices it ie held.
Its nominee, whatever his name or
location, will b, in the public eyes, a
national figure: the solemn choice of
the majority pafty in thatetate which
has given to the cause of protection
some of its most ill usurious champion
and which owes to that cause an ullegi
luce that ins never wavered,
At this period of prostrate industry
and of labor thrown idle uuder the
gratuitous bane of tariff agitation, an
assemblage of the representatives of
r.ncompromieiug Republicanism, un
daunted in defeat . they have beau
f'e;'.rless in victory, is brought together
for tho purpose of adding a voico and a
vote to the minority in congress which
today represent, in brain and patriotic
iinpu'sp, if not in sheer force of nnm
hers, tho real sentiment of the Ameri
can nution. It is congregated under
the ihndow of tho worst business erinis
that our country has ever known a
crisis certainly intensifisd, if not di
rectly produced by Democratic ascend
ency, linkud to tho Siamese twin of
Democratic incompetency. It is
proper to espect from such a
convention, at each a time, pro
ceedings that will offor choer to idle
thousands throughout tho land; that
will strengthen tho lines of protection
in every center of dispute, and render
easy the pathway to a sweeping victory
in February.
It eecnis happily probable that such
expectations will be reallz.-d. They
certainly will be if the popular senti
ment of the state shall be respected in
its call for the nomination of Galusha
A. Grow. The inclination of those
leaders of the party who havo been
variously accused of slighting the pop
ular wish to permit a free aud frank
selection, unhampered by covert ad
vice, is one to be applauded as indica
tive of hopeful results. But whatever
shall be .the name of the convention's
nominee, provided, of course, he be
worthy and fit--aud no other has yet
even once been proposed- -he wiil re
ceive a hearty support; aud will be
elected by a majority that will estab
lish a new high water mark in the
civic uprising against free trade,
ACCEPTED AND EEUFHOCATED.
The following pleasant comment is
taken from the Lebanon Report ; "In
point of everything that goes to make
newjpi-.per enterprise, the BOBAMTOM
Triboks id easily one of the leading
papers of the state. The Report de
lights to (-xchauge compliments with
it in the spirit of controversial cour
tesy which characterizes it, and begs
to wish it a happy, a prosperous and a
suecr-siful New Year."
The esteemed Report will kindly ac
capt our corjial return of its graceful
compliment. In its function as a pub
lic instructor, The Tribune sometimes
finds itself compellod to differ from the
positions assumed by its aggressive
Lebanon contemporary; but it is the
amiable difference of a friend who rec
ognizes his adversary's ability, sin
cerity and lively zeal while failing to
perceive at nil times the wisdom of hi 4
opponent's cours-.
Nevertheless, the Lobanon Report is
s most welcome guest; sod toitseu
ergetic publishers end its gifted editor,
are extended tbe felicitations of tht
season.
TIME FOR PRACTICAL WORK.
The exigencies of the times demand
strong, earnest und persistent practical
endeavor on the part of those who are
really interested in the welfare of their
fellows. The testing of tbe fine-spun
tle&rles ami the wrestling with un
solved problems in the solution of
which the interests of humanity are in
volved, are most worthy subjects when
they do not interfere with the present
active duties of life; but on occasions
like the present this reaching for the
unkown while ignoring the imperative
demands that are all about us, tends
to weaken faith in human nature, Tbe
suffering who nro appealing to their
fellow men throughout the country
have B stronger claim thsn any un
solved question of science In any of its
branches. The efforts of the humani
tarian should for the present be de
voted to tbe emergency that appeals to
the sympathy and generosity of every
nature,
In other words, this is a time for the
fortunate among our American citizens
to be doing busines?. There will be
time enough to determine the potsibil
tty of a universal religion after the
men, womsn and children now in
want are saved Irom starvation. It is
even bettor to rescue thorn than to
crowd the work of sending missionaries
and palm leaf fans to the over-heated
heathen of darkest Africa. It is a time
to apply the professions of Christian
ity anil hnioanitarianisin The golden
role was never more binding as s canon
ot morality, it is not meet to f nut"
and perspire for the greater enlighten
ment of unborn generations when
those all about us are crying for bread
and wherewith to keep warm.
Tbe beautiful attributes of charity
are now to bo exemplified. Tbe prayers
for blessings upon all are to be an
swered by those who hare been so long
offering them tb.tt their signifi
cance was lost sight of. Good people
must move and pass around material
aisistauce, instead of good advice and
verbal conpolstion. Thoy are con
fronted by conditions which will enable
their measure to be taken by tbe unbe
lieving, and if tbey are williug to make
00 sacrifices they cannot supply the
d-fault by-sympathetic tears nor any
amount of heroic work upon tbe future
of tbe racs. There is no better nor
more homely ndvica for the hour than
to ' saw wood."
THE ODIOUS INCOME TAX
The advocates of an income tax urg
ing that the exigencies of a period jus
tify it, refer to its imposition daring
the war purioJ, arguing that the do
Gci'ices in revenue recogniza only the
special emergencies of a balance to be
supplied in tho easiest manner, irre
spective of peaceful or warlike eras.
The war ended twonty-nine years ago.
The income tax which was levied to
maintain it, was abolished a quarter ot
a century ago.
Just at this moment, of all moments
in the century, tho men charged with
the execution of the will of the people
in revising a war tax, quietly propose
to restore the mos' odious w-ir tax of
all. The people of all parties nre op
posed to it. It is impossible to explain
this pffpostorous proposal,
The only reason assigned for it Is
that there is a shortage in tbe treasury
and more money is heeded. There are
many ways of securing a revenue. It
ie only sufficient to say now tint the
legislative house, the executive de
partment, the administration, which
should make itself responsible for the
renewal of the unjust, the unique),
fraudulent', inquisitorial income tax,
would go out of offiiw tha first day
popular opinion secured a cbauca to as
sert itself.
The unemployed are treading upon
rather unpopular ground in assuming
tho airs of u corporation. I,.-. 1 monk
sying with Cus'niug's Manual and
mora hustling for assistance or work
wonld be more seemly.
A S THE
1
Coffee Cools.
THIS is truly an nge of enterprise.
Oar old friand Sain Speck, of "Stnitb
Family'' renown, now silk hattol us to
bis headwenr and b.-aitm.:,d-l as to
bis ulossy shirt front, is giving a free
building lot to each purchaser of a re
served seat in his 53tandrd thoater,
Philadelphia, The ticket costs a dol
lar or two and the lot is "worth fifty."
We nil know what competition has
driven the newspapers to offer in way
of premiums and the like albums,
cameras, coupons, dictionaries, ency
clopedias, freo Insurance, free food und
ful; trips to Washington,
trips to Cbhsago, trips around
the world. Up in Carbondale tlui'v
begun to throw in liitnJsouie magazines ;
and by and by it will be proper to ex
pect free house rent and, if Democrats
prevail, perhaps even free trade. It's
certainly a warm hearted world when
business grows so generous. But what
is there to do? When one begins an
other has to follow Tho foremost wins
the race and the public gets the benefit
Nevertheless, I tbitjk frind Speck is
oing it pretty furiously wl.en realism
iutheatrie il becomes free realty.
An old incident in the history of a
notable newspaper is abont to bu con
summated in the discontinuance of thu
daily edition of the West Chester
Village Record, which has recently
p.itsed from the mauaueiutnt of
ex-Senator Evan's estate. The Record's
new proprietor, recognizing the fierco
competition now prevalent among daily
newspapers, has decided, it is said, to
concentrate his energies up.m the
weekly edition, which years ago was
rated as one of tho two best weekly
newspaper properties in the state. Thia
was wuen Biyard Taylor, as a bare
heuded boy, addnssed wrappers in its
office; and when eX-Obief Justice Pax
ton sat on a throe legged stool in its
composing room plyiug his art as a
printer's apprentice, Tho experiment
of reviving the old time weekly iu it
community whero erery household
takes at least 0110 dally local and un?
large city paper will be viewed with
interest, if uot with complete 0OO
Ik'euce. e e
There WAS a time and is yet, for
that matter -whou the forrlstown
Herald was as widely quoted as the
Danbury News, in whic.i Bailey's
unique wit scintillated and amused: or
us tlie Burlington Hawk Eye, in which
Frank Hatton anJBob Burdntte, an in
imitable to:m of journalistic gems, po
lished off the oddities of human nature
in rib tickling paragraphs. 'Gone Field
wns at that time irradiating the solemn
xpanse of great American tableland
in and around Denver; Bill Nye was
reaping f ane ami baldness on the
Laramie Boomerang; Josh Bid
lings was pouring tbe qnintessjnce
of his dialectic philosophy into
Robert Bonuer's Ledger; Courles B
Lewis, under the pseudonym of "M.
(j.iad," was making the Detroit Free
Press a household word; and David
Ross Locke, as P.itroleum V. Nssby,
was cutting the vituls out of Djmo
eratic pretense from the mythical
vantage poiutof "Coufiderit X. Roads,
wich is in the state uv Kentucky."
Bailey bscame tioh anl famous;
Tlstton is ll ishing his satirical snick
ersnee in opulent independence as ed
itor aud part proprietor of the highly
profitable Washington Post; Bnrdettc,
grown serious, preaches at in
tervals and lives on the fruits
of his nmph past earnings; Field,
with international renown, i9 wooing
hack wnsti d adipose on tbe sunny
ulone of California; Nye, with his
humor vein long ago worked out, mun
ugts nevertheless, to eke out u sybari
tic existence on tbe strength of past re
nown. Josh Billings rest bis soul
i 1 in the domain of tho gr -at beyond ;
Lewis, lured to Gotham by the false
light of Pulitzer's capricious favor, is
relying now upon syndicates for bis
t rend and tea ; and Locke, before bis
death, had made tbe Toledo Blade a
property worth hundreds of thousands.
Bet the Norristown Herald man.
what ot him? Who knows his nam .V
Who recalls his brillhnt work? O
yes, here's a lino of news jost flashed
over the telegraph wire. Read It, ye
hopeful onus, and then answer in:
"What is fame?''
Johu It. Williams, the man who gave
tbe Herald a national reputation, will very
likely be tho next burgess of Norristown.
If You have made up your mind to buy
Hood's Sarsnparilla, do net be persuaded
to take any other. Be sure to get Hood's
bareupurilln, which possesses peculiar
curative power.
Hood's Pills euro all liver Ills, bilious
ness, jauudice, iudigestiou, sick headache.
PH0-RE'-N0S s.AKSEArt
DRUNKENNESS
tata to tho "Kaeloy Cure" at mH cost.
Try a buttle and It it dose you yood continue
It. UvugKiatsteUit.
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If Umbrellas you would own.
That will give the proper tone.
And shed water like a stone,
CODRAD sells but does not loan.
305 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
N. A. HULBERT'S
City Musio Store,
- V auuiXU AV1L, SCKANTO
8TKINWAY SOM
Deckloi; BROTH EBI
KRAMCH & BACK
BTti1. ,V HAL lit
AS
a iarze stock ot Orst-ctut
Goldsmith's
th
Taking inventory
is week. Some great
urprises in store for you.
atch our
next announcement.
ercereau & Connell
ML'KICAL, MiatCJIANDIStl
I UtilC, 1iU, KX'U
MATTHEWS BROS.
Druggists
AND DEALERS IN
BURNING and
LUBRICATING
d07 LACKAWANNA AViiNUli.
DIAMONDS,
and Fine Jewelry, Leather Goods,
Clocks, Bronzes, Onyx Tables,
Shell Goods, Table and Ban
quet Lamps, Choicest Bric-a-Brac,
Sterling Silver Novelties.
Atlantic Lied and I'rrntli Zlns,
I'm Uiiscad Oil,
Tui'Pi-utlue aud Varnlsliui.
Kuady-mUed Talr.ts In all colors,
Gliders' Halting,
Furls Win!,, and Ralsomlna,
Oil- VUrol, lUnrbl
lnii,t and Window Glass
-THR--
1001
POWDER
CO,
Rooms 1 ted 2 Coinmonwaaltii M'i
SCRANTON, PA
MINING andB LASTING
POWDER
lludeatthe MOOSIC hiiJ HUSH
DAI, IS WORKS.
Lnfflin A Rand Powdor Co.'s
ORANGE GUN POWDER
Klectrlc Batteries, Fuses for osplol
in blasts, Haf Jty Fuse aud
RcpaunsChcmical Co.'s High Explosives
AHTOHEHARTMAH
906 Sciith Washington Avenue,
Contractor und builder of (.'orcrate Flavin?,
Ooncreto Ill-ielts, Potato, butter und C'oul
Bins, Wi-t Collars dried up. Ordor may be
left at Thompson ft Pratt, Will mm ft Co.,
Main uiid Lyu ,11 Strooti, or at Kcranton
Btovo Work). Alto Foundation, Cisterns.
Fish Wire Tunnels and CottTuJ. Flug-g-luK for
Uardcn Waist
MT. PLEASANT
at RBTAtti,
Coal of Urn bent quality for domestic usa,au4
of nil sizes, dfliversU in nut Part of tbe city
St lowest price.
Orders left at my olBco,
NO. 118, WYOMING AVENUE,
Rear room, first floor. Third National Bank,
or sent by mail or telephone to tbs mine, will
recoive prompt attention.
Kliouiul conn acta ill be made for the ssls
aud delivery ol Buckwbcnt Coal
WE T. SMITH.
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Removable and Self-sharpeuiog Calks,
We are sole agents for Bradford, Columbia, Lacka
wanna, Luzerne, Montour, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna,
Wayne and Wyoming counties, State of Pennsylvania.
Catalogue on application.
Bittenbender&Co.,Scranton,
Wholesale aud retail dealers' in VYagonmakers' and Blacksmiths'
Supplies, Iron and Steel.
ce
Skates.
All Prices and all Sizes.
Foote & Sliear Co.
513 LACKAWANNA AVE.
LUTHER KELLER
LIME CEMENT.
KING'S WINDSOR CEMENT FOR
PLASTERING.
SEWER PIPES, FLUE LININGS
Office, 813 West Lacka
wanna Ave.
Quarries and Works,
Portland. Pa.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO
ECRANTON AND W1LKES BABBK. PA.. MANUFACTURERS 0
Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY,
General Office. SCRANTON. PA
THE
SNOW
WHITE
FLOUR
IS THE BEST.
THE WESTON MILL CO..
SCRANTON, PA.
THE
Upholstery Department
-or-
William : Sissenberger
Opposite Baptitt Church,
Penn Avenue,
Is replete with fine and
medium Parlor Suits, Fancy
Rockers, Couches and
Lounges for the Holiday
Trade. Prices to Suit all.
at mj T r.i. t2
1 AisoJDea noom dqds,ajiii
: ing Room and Kitchen Fur-
il T I !1 J
nixure. ranor amis ana
Odd Pieces Re-upholstered
in a Substantial manner.
Will be as good as new.
DO YOU SELL?
OR ARK yOU
MAKING PRESENTS?
of Mixed Caiuly, Clear Toys,
or any style of Caudy or Nuts,
Express Wiigous, Velocipedes,
Trieyeles, Doll Cabs, Drums
or Toys of every kind.
DOLLS
Chiua Dolls, Wax Dolls,
Fateut Dolls, Jointed Dolls,
auy kiud of doll from 25c to $15
SLED3 OR SLEIGHS
For Boys, Girls or Dolls, iu
Maple, Oak or Irou, from 25c.
to $15.00.
BICYCLES
We have tie goods aud our
prices are rijrlit. Wholesale
aud retail.
ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH
1
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STOW
DELICIOUS, MILD mXJGtJn. OURBZ) ABSOLUTELY PCRU
HAMS. LARD.
EVERY HAM AND PAIL OF LARD BRANDED.
rHE tradk supplied T;j STOWERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, PA
J. D. WILLIAMS & BRO,
314 Lacka. Ave.
u l. . . QUsTrM A I TV ..f iiMluinn tnm
mlUtjs fur fisuuJuy School, Fair, Fwtivul
Frank P. Brown & Co.
Wholesnlo Dealers la
Woodware,Cordageaad Oil Clod'.
720 West Lackawanna Ave.
MsnulRCturers- AgeuW tor CUOCKSAT,
LAill'S nd Q LASS WAKE.