THE SCR ANTON TR1RTJNE -MON DA V MORNING, JANUARY 22. 1891.
SCRANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Manager.
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FU R TON U K E SS M A N- AT -1 . A KU E.
QAliUSHA. a. grow,
OV SUSQUEHANNA.
ELECTION FEBRUARY 20.
KNOWLEDGE PAYS.
IgHorotnet routs, iiet knowledgt tn
ttandard books that are thtap al
most u.i the water that runs or the
air UN breathe. Full particulars are
outlined oit another paye.
SCRANTON, TODAY, in paying; -peiiaen,
:i thing that not all corpora -tions
can say. The coat of the bridiro
Improvements will weigh as a rnera
feather iu the scale. Lt us not per
mit temporary depression to cripple
our permanent growth,
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To-morrow tbbbi hours are to be
let aside In tile home for th dUOttialon
of thacoal schedule of the Wilson bill,
and the same time for the iron ore
chedult The intent i9 to rush these
thinuu through as rapidly as possible
and both parties will agroi that under
the circumstances this is probably the
wisest courso to pursue.
Tuk LATEST report that Minister
"Willis unsuccessfully sought to caioie
aud later to intimidate President Dole
into suppressing tho latter's famous re
ply ij not maturial. Bullies usually
net In that order. It is interesting
limply In its proof of President Cleve
land's desperation, and in its renewed
demonstration of the Hawaiian presi
dent's pluck.
Ii V7K CATCH the point to a long edi
torial in the Lebanon Report, aimed at
Th Thihu.ne, it is that Ualusha A
Grow is a bad man because he doesn't
think that any existing "third" party
will soon supercede one of the two old
ines. Ho far from this indicating
moral depravity, as our Lebanon con
temporary implies, we interpret it as
disclosing that Mr. Grow as a prophot
possesses good, solid sense
The EFFORT TO remove the olfensivd
features of the income tax will come to
naught. Legislators cannot reuiova
the inquisitorial character of the tas
without removing it altogether. As
Ueuernl Sherman remarked concerning
war, "It is barbarous aud you cannot
refine it; " just so, it miy be asserted
of a proposition to invade men's homes
and mike them pay the penalty of
thrift and economy. No trimming
can refine sucu a law
The i'oxl-jtiuS' OF the unemployed in
Indianapolis is most deplorable. The
fpokeiuian of such a deputation
declared Saturday to the mayor of
that city, "We don't want to do
anything desperate, but some of us
bave stood things .as loug as we can. "
Before the Democrats in congress con
lummate their measure to increase this
state of affairs aud intensify these feel
ing;, they had better take to heart the
isssrtiou of this spokesman, which will
be applicable to millions if the Wilson
bill shall pass.
i
THI S a ft h l a y OWIOM of the house
was most entirely occupied with the
reading of the Hawaiian correipond
luce iu full, It was brought about by
luggestion of Representative llitt, who
Intends to test the sense of the house
upou the policy of restoring Hawaii's
deposed and dirciedited queen. This is
right. It cannot be known too soon
whether the Democratic congress sus
tains Mr. Cleveland and the adminis
tration in their unpatriotic stand. If
he is supported by the Democracy then
Ut this be proclaimed aud also made
in issue in the next presidential cam
paign. The statement aomes from authentic
lources that a strong movement is mak
ing to reinstate Mr. l'owdorly at the
bead oi the Knights. It is evident, since
Secretary Hayes' call upon the new
wasterworkman for an injunction
against Secretary Carlisle's issuance of
bonds, that there is a pressing need for
ome others than those now at the head
of the Knights of Labor, if tboie who
have the good of the order at heart do
not desire its ipeedy disintegration. We
know of no person whose calm and
conservative advice and control would
prevent that threatened dissolution
more than the astute and lovel-headed
Jeader whom these hot headed Knights
displaced.
This week the great and loug talked
of fight between Corbett and Mitchell
will dither take place as announced or
will prove to be a fiasco. The numer
ous pronuueiamentoes which have
emanated from the Duval club assume
that this forthcoming event is of as
great importance to the people of the
country as the question of its unity or
dismemberment. It is unfortunately
true that tboie who disapprove of prize
fighting are almost as mush interested
In the remit aa tbase who egg it on. In
fact, those very persons who inveigh
Igalnst the newspapers which publish
accounts of such encounters simply to
appease the public appetite, are al
ways anxious to know the result, es
pecially as in this case when an Eng
lishman is pitted against a native or an
adopted citisen If those who object
to prize fights will take such measure)
is will prevent them, the newspapers
ivill not offend the seneitivenen of
I hose who condemn pugilism
The original Sherlock Holmes,
whose clever doingi iu "A Study
In Scarlet," have fascinated ay
try Tribune reader, livei in Edin
ourgb. Hit name ii Dr. Joseph Bell,
and be wae the preceptor of A. Co nan
Doyle while the latter wai, studying
medicine. Dr. Bell always, as be says
iu a readable interview, imprisseil upon
his pupils "tho vast importance ot
little distinction, the endless signifi
cince of triflta. The groat majority
of people, of incidents, and of casei
resemble each other in the main and
larger features. For instance, most
men have apiece a head, two arms, a
nose, a mouth aud a certain number of
teeth. It is the littlo differences, in
themselves trtflat, snch as the droop of
an eyelid or what not, which differen
tiate men." How well Doyle learned
this lesson is shown in the cleverneas
with which he makes his hero. Holmes,
describe a man's siz., weight, color of
hair and complexion simply from a
finger mark on a wall. O.ie or two
Sherlock Holmeses onScranton'e police
force would not be amiss, these bur
glarious nights.
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STANDARD LITERATURE
The neevssitios of the times growing
out of au unhappy mid unfortunate
disii'e of standard literature and the
tendency to substitute in the household
and in all departments of life, light
aud flippant literature written iu a
careless and sensational style, without
effort at rhetorical finish aud adorn
ment, require thnt a halt be made and
that the old standard workl, which
have adorned not only English but
American literature, be disseminated
widely in order to maintain the lofty
piano from which it is feared its read
ers are rapidly deteriorating.
Probably no man in our country is
more competent tospjak of the present
tendencies and drift of American litera
ture than A. R. Spofford, librarian of
congress Copies of all new works have
to pass through bis hands in order to
be copyrighted, and thus he keep a
record of and is familiar with the
character of all current literature. He
shows from statistics that there has
been in recant years an almost phe
nomenal increase iu the uumb9r of
regular periodicals devoted wholly or
mainly to literature. In 1SS3 there
were published in the I' cited States
four hundred and twenty eight maga
zines and reviews of this ciass. Iu ly.ij
there were publiitiod no less that one
thousand and fifty one. This is aside
from the publications devotod to spociul
or technical subjects, a class which has
increased even more rapidly that those
first mentioned.
Our hurrying age gets the short
story instead of the three-volumn
novel of a former generation, short ar
ticles instead of elaborate treatises.
The modern literary syndicates are
outgrowths of this tendency, which
they foster. The result is there exists a
temptation, which too often is yielded
to, for writers capable of the best kind
of work to produce hasty and inferior
qualities. Thee ireful studut of litera
ture is compelled to admit thnt there
is a dearth of great, new, literary work.
It is certain that from the most popu
lar aud brilliant of the present genera
tion of American writers una can form
no lilt which gives promise of match
ing the works of Bryant. Prascott,
Bancroft, Emerson, Longfellow. Haw
thorne, Irving, Cooper. Wuittier,
Holmes, Poe, Motley, Lowell or Hal
leck. The writers of today in seeking
to meet the demand of to lay are fail
ing to cultivate the power of genuine
creation, and are loiiug such to a de
greeas they may have possessed.
This being an age of compitition
rather than of creation, books which
may properly be termed classic should
be demanded aud read. The TRIBUNE
is able to satisfy this increasing
necessity of the times. Through
the possession of twenty thousand vol
umes of standard literature it is able
to furnish the works of all grat au
thors not only in America, but also
abroad, such as Walur Scott, Dicktm,
Thackeray, Bulwer and others at mch
small prices as will enable persons in
the mo3t moderate circumstances to
possess a fine library at cotnpratively
small ccst. Attention is called to the
list given in another column of
such standard woiks aud our readers
should improve the opportunity af
forded them without delay, because
how long such privileges may be
within their grasp, it is impossible now
to predict.
MORE REFORM.
Ex Congressman John B, Osborne,
who represented the United States
with signal ability at Ghent during the
Harmon administration, having been
especially educated for the diplomatic
servico and bringing to it qualifications
exceedingly uncommon under the spoils
system, was recently displaced When
he Bought to unravel the eocret ot his
dismissal he wae informed at the state
department that no c-iarges wera
on record against him: that his
work had been conspicuously faithful,
brilliant and satisfactory, but that his
place was wanted by a J lemocrat.
This was under the gory regime of
that young New England L jchinvar,
JoBiih yaincy. It was part of the pol
icy which he instituted of chopping off
heads ruthlessly, indiscriminately, nnd
for the sole'pnrposo of giving experi
enced scions of Democracy fat and lus
cious consular berths. It was another
practical illustration of how the Djin
ocratic party, after pledging itself, in
the most lachrymose manner, to civil
service reform, redeems its work in the
blood of the sacrificial guillotine.
It ii not itrnnge that with such a
system permitting the overturning of
our consular servic3 overy four years
we are unable, in our diplomatic inter
course with other nations, to command
the world's respect. Our callow con
suls, sent abroad with the single pnr
poso of giving them sinecures, are no
more a match for the trained profes
sional diplomatists of Europe than is
the verdant backwoodsman when con
fronted by the wily metropolitan con
fidence man. We throw nway our
chances of improving this eorvico and
extending our trade interests abroad
very time we supercede experienced
and industrious representatives with
place hunters fresh from the rural
wilds.
PADEREWSKI THE RAGE.
When Paderewski was last In New
York, he occasionally hummed and
played In the circle of his friends
a group of new songs which
be had just completed. The
poems are by the Polish poet, Mit
kiewicz, and there is an English version
by Miss Alma Tadenia. An American
version has been prepared by Mrs. H.
D. Tretbar. No admirer of the great
pianist can afford to neglect these six
longs, which afford new evidence of
Paderewiki'g mission as composer.
Perhaps No. I, "My Tear Aro Flow
ing," and No. 4. "Over the Waters,"
are tho most fascinating; but they are
all good. The Slavic spirit is uotlc
xble in them, and there is a suggestion
here and there of Grieg's songs - k col
lectiou of gems almost unknown to our
lizy and incompstunt lingers.
When Paderewsla's songs were first
sung in I... .,!.. the other day. by Mr.
Lloyd, with the composer at the piano,
they creatod such a s msation as at once
to suggest tho plan of a provincial tour
by Mr. Lloyd and Paderewski. In
truth, however, the great pianiit needs
no one to assist him. He is, says the
St. James Gazette, "the ruling spirit of
the winter musical senson. Wherever
ho goes crowds follow him, even as the
stones followed -fffiphion when he was
engaged in tho difficult operation of re
building Thebu," and the London cor
respondent of the Musical Courier
writes:
"His recent tour was the greatest
mt'cess ever known in England. In
nearly every town visitej tli seati for
his performances were all sold out
from two days to a week before his ap
pearance, and the receipts of the tour
amounted to nearly twenty thousand
pounds about ninety-six thousand
dollars. On no occasion before has
every seat at tho Crystul Palace con
certs been sold a week iu advance, and
the patrons at the popular couoerts
eagerly gathered at the doors for the
unreserved places seven hours before
time for tho doors to open, He is the
most popular of buy man or woman in
the profession, and is eageriy sought
after for interviews, his photograph,
and his legion of admirers use every
I retext to gut to see him."
pho-re-nos laert
DRUNKENNESS.
al to tfu.KitUy uut at UnaU. tcJt.
i 'urea tlie Toba.-
Habit euiily
oin fort
WltlloUt Ji
There ii i
DueiHoti fi
II ( no revival until the tariff
tittled. It trill then be (lien-
(ion Ul to uhether the VtVrtCU trill take
place in thii vouHtry far in Kuropt. -Jfr,
ttroic at Laweaifir,
MINOR FACTS AND FANCIES.
For reasons that are obvious the follow
ing Morning quatrain of doggerel Is espec
ially applicable to Mcrautouiens:
Sing a suug d sixpeuce,
Pocket full of tin:
lletter take it to bank
Footpads scoop it In,
Judge Lynch, or Luzerup, ii quoted in
the Wilkeu-Haire Kocord as teiliUK this
fetching anecdote at the expense ot Dis
trict Attorney Randall, whom many of
the elder lawyers remember. llauUall wos
grult.Ctmt kindly, and mudu up in vigor
ous language what, he lacked in oratorical
anilitv. During tue trial or a ,-. in which
kuudull was opposed by a clever yotiDg
lawyer, the district attorney made some
rather uncomplimentary allusions to his
colleague. The youug attorney got back
at him in pretty good shape when liij turn
came to close the defense. During his
speeeh he referred to Kamlall as "Old
Necessity." Randall jumped to his teet
and thundered out:
"Itv what right. iir, do yuu refer to me
as "Dirt Necessity'"
"Because," replied the young lawyer
calmly, ' necessity kuows no law.'
J5?
An engaging writer iu the llarrisburg
Patriot thinks there is agood deal of truth
and philosophy ic The Thmi'.VK's recent
remark that .crautouiaus can never be
morally sound while the rotten wooden
bloekpHVement remains as a source of evil
thinking. Saye the Patriot: "A bad
pavomeut is worse then a bud street, be
cause where excellence ought to be found
and is uut, reuiarkjis excited and where
none is expected its absence is nut disap
pointing. Scrantou's rotten Davementr,
are annoying to all the people of that city
who are compelled to use them and this
anuoyanee is not conducive to morality.
For the sake of municipal virtue- no, per
haps we had better say individual virtue
for the sake of individual virtue, then,
Beranton ought to lay down better pave
inenlB. A man who is only an ordinary
mau cannot drive over a block pave
ment full of holes and at the same tlms
placidly consider the best way of ad vane
ing his future welfare.''
2
.Mayor llendrick, of t'arbondale. has
blossomed forth as tho champiou statisti
cian ot the anthracite region. Replying to
a Heinocratic congressman's remnrk that
if l'uutius Pilate had drawn and saved a
salnry ot Slun.OdO a yeir from tho time of
the crucifixion to the present, it would not
foot up ns much as the profits of tho
Carnegie Steel company under three de
cades of tariff protection, the mayor
writes: "If Pontius 1'ilatn had Kaved one
single cent of his ilUU.OuU sulary on that
memorable year of the crucifixion and had
caretnlly put that little cent out at luter
st at ii per cent, per annum, interest pay.
able annually in advance, aud had
safely iu vested the accuriug inter
est at the same rate from that
day to this. his fortune would
have enabled him to buy out the
Carnegie company and have suffieiout
money left to nay all our national, state,
county, township, public nnd privato
debts, and thou buy up tho eutlre 1'uited
States and Canada, and all that is in them;
then cross the ocean and sail around the
world in overy dlroctiou wheie Invest
ments are to be found aud pay all the na
tional, state, province, public and prlvatp
debts to be found all over this broad
world, and then buy up all the property
of nature whatever under tho light of the
sun and still havo so much money left
that he wonld not know what to do with
it, in raot ne wouiu ne compelled to Reek
some other world to flud room in which
to store it."
AVOID
THE
GRIP
BY WEARING
Fleece Lined Hygienic
UNDERWEAR
Goldsmith's g Bazaar
Mammoth Red Letter Clearing Sale
Boys' Clothing
Stock Being Closed Out at a Great Discount Because We In
tend to Give Up This Department for Want of Room.
This is
convinced
no
ike. Trv it and be
CONRAD ..HATTER
BELLING AGENT,
Mayor HendriOk estimates that after
Pontius had made all the uboro in
vestments the balance ou land would be
ho great that if it were in geld coin all tho
railroid cms in the world aud all tbenhiys
upou the waters of the wotld could not
contain it. In a train of railroad rarn
reaching rlear around the world there
would bo about IL 760, 000 carl, nnd each
cur would carry !5,out),000 wo((th 0t KO)j
coin which would altogethel aecTerate
18, 7.71,000,000.1101). Cut several Injch trains
would be required to carry the gpij J
mayor makes the value of 1 ceift at li per
cent, compound interest at tht and ot
1,891 yenrs to bo .M '7. 1 ' .'0. U74.W rU.(i
078, iii.v.".i;.w8,tii;,2oI,03vj, Blta, 88),( ' It
ought to bo obvioui from these HfntCi
that 'economy is wealth.
N. A. HULBERT'S
City Music Store,
- WYOMlilU AVB. 6CBANT0
STKINWAY SON
DKCKER BKOTHUKS
KKANMJH tt BACH
s'i : it r. v i i u
ARB
Boys' Cassimere Suits, worth $2.25; now $1.49.
Boys' Heavy Cheviot Suits, worth $3.50; now $1.98.
Boys' All-wool Jersey Suits, worth $3.75; now $2.25.
Boys' Fine Cloth and Jersey Suits, worth $5; now $3.49.
Boys' Double-brea3ted Cloth Suits, worth $7.50; now $4,98,
Boys' Knee Pants, worth 60c; now 35c.
Boys' Knee Pants, best All wool, worth $1.50; now 98c.
The above stock was all made for the best retail trade and
can now be obtained cheaper than shoddy ready-made clothing.
PIANOS
t'.ft a large ctock ot Br.it o!
GROANS
WI SH H, MEKCHAN1M9U
Ml SIC, ETU, EXU
Goldsmith Brothers & Company.
F.L. Crane's New Prices
FURS! FURS!
CAPES 18 INCHiS DEEP.
Mercereau & Connell , THE
C.07 LACKAWANNA AYtSXUi:
DIAMONDS, WHITE
and Fine Jewelry, Leather Goods,
Clocks, Bronzes, Onyx Tables,
Shell Goods, Table and Ban
quet Lamps, Choicest Bric-a-Brac,
Sterling Silver Novelties.
French Coney i.'apei,
Astrakhan Capos.
AHtrukhan I '),.,
Atnrakhttn CapiN,
Uyed Opossum CitpH
Monger i'apoH,
Monkoy Capej,
Nat Otter Capon,
Nat. Uttor OapM,
Krimmer OlpH,
Beaver Capes,
Nutria Capes.
Seal or Persiuu I apes
Ahika Sea Capes,
Aluaku Seal Capus,
Muik rapes.
Brown Marten 1 'api s
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"... oil 00
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iiUKJJlllJUIl liUIlUD UilUU
CAPES !! INCHES DEEP.
Astrakhan Capes. 81 InehM deep J10 00
Baltic Sea Cajws. " 13 0U
Kk'Ptrk r-oal Capes. " IS 00
nanon GonayOapsa, " 6 00
Mink I 'apes, " Si) M)
111 own Marten I 'apos, " 60 00
Monkey i 'apes, " '.'i Wl
Removable and Self-sharpening Calks,
We are sole agents for Bradford, Columbia, Lacka
wanna, Lii7erne, Montour, Tike, Sullivan, Susquehanna,
Wayne and Wyoming counties, Stale of Pennsylvania.
Catalogue on application.
FLOUR
IS THE BEST.
WESTON MILL CO,
ECF.AHTON, PA.
THE
upholstery Department
Or
Hlghest Cash Prices Paid for Raw Furs.
Repairing Furs a Specialty.
Bt
LANK
AN K
HOOKS
HOOKS
MEMOKANDl'MS
Journalistic Amenities In Lehigh
AH ntuttn I'htoniclf.
, 'We" piatan to renaw to HrotLer W-
Cormiok the renewed MSVMncsj of tur
most distinguksbud consideration, it whs
more id soi row thau in luger that "w
learned "wo'' were Vbusli jalcey." That
Cat US to tbl heart. Tho tootle soul ot
Brotnar MeCornJcklinlao roiio.1 hocuuse
"we ' uso the editoriul "we." Wall "wef
shall continue to ut it. ' ur,.,lt
sditorido. but "wo" kick nt being calloJ
'bucolic ' It is true we were not born
iu llarrisburg; that we never livod in
Bethlehem and wo also admit we
bars a fondness for peanuts, but the man
who has can led the banner In I'hiladel
ntUa; dined at the "Jim Kisk" in New
York; Htoryed in Urooklyii boarding
houses; lived for several vearn ou clams
aud fish iu ProvlWMI and baMasa ns bil
ious us Brother HoOormlek hfauall ou a
too steady diet of luked beans iu Btiston
who hai befD takau iu by a hacRiuaa nt
Niagara Kails aud got it in the jugular in
(. hicaiio, is no longer "bush jakev," and
the man who calls us oue it no Christian
but a prevaricator and the truth is not iii
him.
'
t AbiMu'ely Beyond Radtmptloo.
H'ittin Bttn A'fii-v,il,-,
Tin fcMUttroa Tata UK I roluotantlv
moved to confess that Scruutouians will
never become morally perfect whilo the
rotten wooden block pavement remaiua as
a steady provocation of immoral thoughts.
The rotten wooden pavement must go. it
Is no good anywhere.
Office Supplies of all kinds
Inks and Mucilages
J.KA1UXU KAKKfl,
Fine Stationery
Wm'JW A.TERM AX and FRANK
UN FOUNTAIN PENS.
All nniraptesit
AgenH lor Crawford's Pem and
liiick's Flexible Robber Stamps.
Reynolds Bros.
Stationers and Engraven.
817 LACKAWANNA AYR
Bittenbender&Co.,Scra:iton,
Wholesale and retail dealers' iu Wagonmakers
Supplies, Iron and Steel.
and Black, tnith3'
ce
kates,
All Prices and all Sizes.
Foote Sc. Shear 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 WILKES BARRE. PA. MANUFACTURERS O?
Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
General Office. SCRANTON,
PA.
ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH
stowe:rs
DELICIOUS, MILD SUaAR OUHHD ABSOLUTELY IXJH.JD
HAMS. LARD.
EVERY HAM AND PAIL OF LARD BRANDED.
PjffMitf THE ST0WERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, FA
William : Sissenberger
Opposite Raptist Chnrcn,
Perm Avenue,
Is replete with fine and
medium Parlor Suits, Fancy
Rockers, Couches and
Lounges for the Holiday
Trade. Prices to Suit all.
Also Bed Room Sets, Din
ing Room and Kitchen Fur
niture. Parlor Suits and
Odd Pieces Re-upholstered
in a Substantial manner.
Will be as good as new.
DO YOU SELL?
OR ARE YOU
MAKING PRESENTS?
ni Mixed Candy, clear Toys,
or : gtj iij of 'andy n' N uts,
Exttrtta Wagons, Velocipedes,
Tricycles, Doll Gate, Vrwaa
or Toys of every kind.
DOLLS
China Dells, TTax Dolls,
Patent lolls. Jointed Dolls,
auy laud ofdoll from 29c to 1 1 5
SLEDS OR SLEIGHS
For Boyt, QMS or Dolls, iu
Maple, Oak or Jrou. from 200,
to $15.00.
BICYCLES
We have the goodi
in lies are right.
:iiiil our
Wholesale
and retail.
J. D. WILLIAM:
314 Lacka,
I Si DRO,
Ave.
We mako a BPSi'IALTV ! snmi! j Ingram -nilttea
tor Sunclny Srbooli, Kafri, Festival
Frank P. Brown & Co.
Wholesale Dealers In
Woodware, Cordage and Oil Cloth
720 West Lackawanna Ave.
ItiMlaotwara' Agent for CHOOSER ".
LAMfst dU ULASSWAIU:.