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THE SCKANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MOHNPTG. JANUARY 87. 1894.
SCRANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Manager.
PtTBLlSaXri DAILY AND WEKtLT IS SCRAH
TON. PA.. SY lUS lUUUKS PUUUSHIflO
COHTAHY.
New Tobr Omos: Tbibuiib BOlLD!
it an K 8. Gray. Manaoeil
Vutered at the PoitofUce at Permian, Pa, at
Secontt-Cltut A'oi.' i'a'ter.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
SCRANTON, JANUARY 27, 18W.
KEPUBLICANSTATE TICKET
(OK COJiURKSSMAX-AT LARGE.
OALUSHA A. GROW,
OF SUSQUEHANNA,
ELECTION FEBRUARY 20.
THE TRUTH OF IT.
That was a slimjinj arraiynment o f
Democratic incompetency which Sena
tor (lallinaer oj Ktw Hampshire made
the other day. The soKd granite of
his ptni rock-ribbed state is not more
firm i.'An are the MOMmtT) jirinciiles
that he enum iatcd. Here is one crisp
citation: "All oner the land the rue
hoes of taHff reform simj the same
somj while the fat-lories are idle and
want and sorrow are in thousands and
and tens of thousands o f households.
The laboring man wants work, not
words; bread, not glittering promises
and idle theories.'' liy tht election of
(lalutha A. Qrow the Pen$ylvanUt la-
holing man can register his protest
against continued uncertainty and de
liberately prolonged depression.
experience, or better Intrenched in the
retipect of the people. Mature thought
and skilled sxeculioa uiakd hiin well
uigu invaluable in the legislative
chamber.
UTOPIA DOSSN't lie within the border
land of free trade.
Mr. William U. HORKBLOWIR to Mr.
Charles Mitchell: "Shake."
Money spent in improving Serauton
is money invested for tne direct benefit
of all Scrantoniuus.
li s CURIOUS, now, how many men
predicted that Mitchell would be
knocked out wltbiu five rounds.
Iv that Nova Scotian coal eyndicate
doesn't so in muzzle its Canadian allies
they will give ltfl whole case away.
The felejial spy system of levying
black mail on thrift will never lit
eatily on the American consciense.
With Chief Choker to direct the
New York crowd at Washington, it ii
doubtful whether the income tax will
last three round,
PlRBAPd IT was that twenty-five
thousand dollar list of J. Corbett that
strut k the iate and likewise the la
mented William Patterson.
The cot'NLiLMEN of Serauton are be
fore the voters of Scranton. There is
nothing that they do whicii the voter
cannot pass upon at the polls.
There is a good round sum for the
enterprising manager who shall secure
tueen Lil and Pugilist Mitchell for a
triumphant tour as sovereigns out of a
jjb.
GOVERNOR MltCHiLL exhibit a wiser
disposition in the matter of explana
tions than does his namesake from
Britain. He Bays no word; he just
thinks and thinks.
Even with it income tax pad, the
Wilson bill leaves a gupiug deficiency
in the treasury revenues and will con
tinue to do so while Democrats have
charge of the tinancea.
mm mm
The representative to congress who
favors protection for bia district and
denies it elsewhere needn't scuttle the
dictionary in sanrch of a soft syno
nyme. The word demagogue covers
all the salient facts in the case.
It is a 1'ITY that Scrantonians have
to go to either Elnihimt or Lake Ariel
to enjoy good ice Bkating. A small
aistd fortune and a lurge halo await
the philanthropist who will provide a
good skating rink for the people of this
city.
Isn't THIS a good season for property
owners on Sprucp street to agitate for a
new pave tn tako the place of tha rot
ton blocks of wood that now disgrace
one of the city's main thoroughfares';
The change will have to come some
day. Why not now?
CoMCtli say the poles of the Elec
tro Light, Telephone, Telegraph and
Traction companion must not be taxed,
at least, not this week. In this con
nection a system of under ground wires
is a good thing and Scranton has a
hankering after good things.
.
Patti is making one of her famous
farewell tonra throughout the south
and west. Large crowds greet the
diva where ever she appears, notwith
standing the announcement of a
Chicago critic that she doesn't know
how to sing "Home, Sweet Home."
Corbett's second thumped the
champion in order to conquer his rage
againat Mitchell ; and Editor Singerly,
rather than have this McAleer row
end in a fonl, is perfectly willing to
give Boas Harritty a slap in the face.
Politics and pugilism are sometimes
nearly akin.
The Republican policy of protection
is not a system based on favoritism,
accident or pall. It I a policy of uni
'ormly consistent encouragement to
very industry that needs it. Such is
the Republican principle and such, as
nearly as possible, has been the Re
publican practioe.
Howard Mut hler's newspaper i
dissatisfied with the Wilson bill be
came it doesn't cut down the tariff
enough, and the Easton Express" prop
rietor it dissatisfied with it because it
cuts too much. You can pay your
money aud take your oboieeof opinions.
There appears to h sora miscou
truoiiou of The Tii:du.'B'6 rule r
quirlngall commauioitioas of a con
t-ntiom natar to he tigaed by the
writer's num., not only as an evidence
of good faith, but also for publication.
To t is rnle we cannot m ike ex option.
If a writer dos not de n his commu
nication worthv of his public usk nv
1 'dg ment, !i" m'Ht uot a'k Tu : Tittn
CXI to fiithr it for hiin. Nor do
hi pr per agree to print everything
nt to it, evn w i-a si.niei. L-t
every tub stand iqnarely an 1 fairly on
lis own bottom and only stand thus
when it is worthy of standing.
AN URGENT DUTY.
While Chairman Harrity and Gener
alissimo Paramount Singerly, by spe
cial commission from Urover the
(ireat, are fighting out the question of
how to restore harmony in the dis
rupted minority ranks, Pennsylvania
Republicans should not overlook the
fact that they, too, have a duty. Sim
ply enjoying the perplexities of a faction-rent
enemy will not suffice in way
of that duty's performance. Neither
is the emergency met by good-natured
guesses as to the sizi of Mr. Orow's
majority. What is needed now is work ;
good, solid, earnest work; work in
every district nud ut every doorstop;
work that wilt materialize in the most
emphatic protest ever recorded by an
indiguant commonwealth whose inter
ests are gratuitously threatuu-'d and
whose workingmeu ure confronted
by a conspiracy potential for their
ruin.
Mr. Grow will be elected. This
proposition none will dispute. The sig
nificance of next month's election lies
not in the fact that a Republican will
wiu, but in the necessity that he shall
win by a majority that will be por
tentous The lino of cleavage be
tween Republicans and the adtnins
tration Democracy is now becoming
vividly distinct. The issue is assum
ing crystalline shape. It is a battle to
the death between conflicting aud irre
pressible methols; a battle to decide
whether our industries shall be pros
perous or uncertain ; whether our
wage earners shall he paid or denied a
living wage; whether government
spies, acting as minions of some suc
cessful hots, shall or shall not have the
fight to pry into each citizen's affairs
and levy an odions tax on the thrift of
the American people.
If the voters of Pennsylvania object
to patch work free trade, sprinkled
here and there accordingly as hostile
feeliug dictates that some sectiou or
interests shall receive a malicious blow ;
if they object to the unsettling of busi
ness by the threat of a needless econ
omic reversal; if they object to paying
the debts of Democratic extravagance
by the creation of new debts, in the
form of a gold bond issue, aud if,
finally, they objeet to a control of this
government, which has reduced incom
petence to the proportions of a fine
art, they will elect G.ilusha A. Grow
by the largest majority cast since war
time. And they will do this, whether
the state Democracy gets together or
not.
FIRST PRINCIPLES.
It is an insular view which supplies
that in a city covering almost a score
of square miles the processes of indus
try and pleasure can be carried on
without trustworthy and accessible
means ot rapid transit, lu our own
commnniiy, cut up as it is by natnral
and sentimental lines of division, noth
ing is of such immeliate and also of
such permanent value to the public as
is that form of buiiniss enterprise
which permits a ready interchange of
visits aud which knits tho ssveral fac
tors into one commercial whole.
The interests most affected by such a
system are not those of wealth, but
those of labor itself. The man of opu
1-nce can buy his "own comforts. But
the poor man caunot, in the nature of
things, always reside within walking
distance of his place of employment,
nor can he afford a coich-tnd-aix to
haul bim there in state. Those who
work in the central city are frequently
debarred from living near thnir work
places by high rents. Those who la
bor in the other sections, even if so
fortunate as to be near their employ
ment, must at frequent intervals comi
to the business center. It ii, then, of
infinite importance to the great mid
die class of Scrantonians that thero
shall exist good, cheap and acommo
dating methods of furthering this nec
essary intercommunication; and the
newspaper or the politician that tries
to excite passion or introduce prejudice
in the consideration of this simple bus
iness problem is evidently iritrut to
the real welfare of the masses.
Substantially the same arguments
which call for batter bridge facilities
point with equal emphasis to the un
wisdom of raisiug factions contentions
against the sy stem which supplies our
citizens with cheap rapid transit. No
system is perfect. No management is
flawless. Yet our present street car ser
vice is ratod by experienced observers ns
one of the cheapest in the country.and is
certainly ns accommodating as any yet
operated. To repeat in Soranton, with
out equal cause, the clamor and fric
tion so monotonous In many larger
cities would be only to inflame ill-feeling
without doing any visible good.
If, in consideration of mnnicipil privi
leges granted, eounoils should decide
to impose a tax on poles, let it bedono
as '.a simple business proposition; and
not with the fuss and sputter that be
long to fire-work politics, The com
mon sense of the thing ought to be ap
parent to any observer. There Is no
lasting profit to any person in the stir
ring up ot strife.
south amounted to only :t,l'j;i,19'J tons,
a tonuage less ;than was produced by
Maryland atone iu 18UJ. Ten year
later, 1880, this tonnage had nearly
doubled. 6.087.003 tons. In 1889 it was
nearly three times greater than in 1S30,
or almost six timss greater than in
1870. The last annual tonnage pro
curable at present, that of 181)3, shows
that this tonuage has iucr ased to
35,484 036 tons, a gain of nearly
800 lor cent. ovr the tonaau
ot 1870. Between 1880 and 1880 the
number nf employes h tH incre as-d over
S00 Dtr Otnti an I tnu amount p it 1 in
WHgee lnd n-n lr ui l 190.103 In
1880 'o $12 97.) 013 ia 1SHU, .vhile the
amount of iuv-st-l c.;i ,. Itad mare
than dontded. The table giving the
'iinual production of coal for nine
enrs. 1884-1892, shows that with the
exception of the year 1880. the tonnsg'
had steadily increased over tb at of
Mob preceding year. Tho greatest in
crease was that of, 1891 over 19, 4,
189,888 tons. The amount paid in
wanes to employes iu and about the
coal mines iu the south in 1893 closely
approximated $17,500,000.
Mr. Halberstadt wonders why lOtltbx
em Democrats should wish to injure
their own constituents by proposing a
sweeping removal of the bituminous
tariff. Possibly thero is lomi explana
tion in the theory that the big Nova
Scotia syndicate, with its millions of
capital, lias mud, it worth their while.
This theory is not a new oue among
men who know how tho average Demo
cratic economist In cougriss is "influ
enced" at times.
TO GET TO WRECKS.
Several recent shipwrsclcs on the At
lantic coast havj demonstrated the
need of some appliance which will
carry alive ashore those who are ship
wrecked, and thus establish comtnunl
cation with life savers With every
thing fuvorable, the line-throwing ap
paratus used by the life savers carry a
line nearly seven hundred yards, but
the extreme range of the line-throwers
under conditions which usually exist
during emergencies is five hundred
yards. Even when wreck are within
range of the line guns the accuracy of
the shot cannot be determined, and
lines are likely to fall over the rigging
of wrecks beyond the reach of im
periled seamen. This was the oas of
the wreck of a ship on the Antipodes
islands, just reported byway ot Bui
Francisco, which resulted in the loss
of all bands except one.
The use of kites by shipwrecked per
sons has been suggested, and experi
ments are being made with kitee cov
ered with glazed cloth. The strauding
of vessels always occurs on lee Hhores,
and in such cases a kite might be ser
viceable, but the use of a kite presup
poses a chance to send it on its life
saving errand, which opportunity doos
not occur in a majority of shipwrecks,
owing to the submergence of the
wrecks by the waves. Kites can be
thrown from the tops of ships, but
sailors cannot be expected to be always
thus prepared, any more than they can
be expected to work with life presrvers
strapped around their waists. A float
provided with sails to cause it to drift
rapidly would be more likely to be
ready for service in emergencies than a
kite.
In the advances which have been
made on land providinc against explo
sions and other great disasters, it
would s?em as if corresponding pro
gress had uot been made in the devices
to secure safety of passengers and
sailors in times of emergency at sea.
All devices, therofore, which are cal
culated to bring shipwrecked persons
to land beyond thoso already in vogoe,
are worthy of trial and are demunded
by the valuation placed upou human
liven.
DRUNKENNESS.
fad U tWXuJUnj (mm fX email tMfc
Ij MUiaMi, 'J Vt ant 4nA (eaJtwuc it.
(LwdU'vfl 4UL.&.
Curos tlis Tobacco Habit easily without dis-
comfort
Jerome B. Nileb, tbe veteran tax
reformer of Tioga, will be a candidate
for re election to the legislature. There
is no man in tbe state today better
equipped for legislative service by long
MINOR FACTS AND FANCIES.
Mellifluous penned Frank Stautou the
homeliest, happiest, kindest chap iu all
Qtorgy vertflos thus:
Tblnkof violets bjoombl1 here
In Ih - trust t ins uf the year:
Think o" lilies liftin' up
To y eir 11 s u sduM'V ev.p'
Aiu" t thin kiuil o' merry-very,
In UieUjart o January?
If it, hadn't been for Old Roreas' little
caress of yesterday, we in the sun-kissed
uortli might this winter have replied:
What are vlo'etsto in
wben each sun beam nienn' a one
For the ooal that isn't m)n a
And the le y in (B'ju it Hull -it's
the d k ns tn n1 merry
In this k u 1 e At unary.
S3
The Representative ilinec who is quot
ed iu the Washington dispatches a hav
ing recently delivered an Impassioned
phillipic against the immense corruption
I niids extorted from protected manufact
urers by Republican botsei', for naa in the
pollution of the Pennsylvania franchise
cannot be the Mr. Hines who. ns lawyer,
state senator OUdsgent, OSed to formulate
ami-corporation bills which he bia-itml
the corporations could "drive a coach-anj.
pair through?" Don't shock our confidence
m human nature by telling us that.
SOUTH AND FREE COAL.
Writing to the Manufacturers' Rs
ord, Baird Halberstadt, of Pottsville,
one of the beat informed students of
tbe coal trade in thejeountry, presents
several tables showing the remarkable
recent, growth of the bituminous coal
industry in the south, an industry
needlessly threatened by the Wilson
tariff hill. The tables are compiled di -reotly
from census reports and they
make a showing quite astonishing to
those who have never made special in
quiry in this direction. 1
For instance -we quote from Mr.
Halberstadt's summary in 1870 tbe
aggregate production of ooal iu the
A patient public has endured the brag
gadocio, strut and swagger of one over
bearing Charles Mitchell for upward of a
decade. It has tolerated this fellow's
impudence and marveled at his pompoBity.
It has permitted its ears to be offended by
the equal loudness of his trousers aud his
talk. It has b'rne with nit n protest
all his bluster about "roe aud tho prince."
And it has put up with the lucessaiit ex
cess of his caddisbnnss, cockneylni aud
bluff. But now, with no desire to open fresh
wounds, it meeklv arises to nuijgest that
the i-ubjeot bo beuceforth dropped. A
stage has been reached when it must in
sist upon "crying quits.''
Have a FUt-full of 'Era.
h'eatlino Herald i)m. i
There is still a littlo Una for the Demo
crats to get out another candidate for con
gressman at large, and we hope that the
opportunity will uot be neglected. There
is now the Pennsylvania Democracy, the
Democrats of Pennsylvania; there is the
free trade Democracy, there is the protec
tion Democracy, the honest Democracy,
the after-tho-postotBces Democracy, the
don't cart-a continental Democracy-, and
neveral others; but thus far only two of
them have candidates.
AVOID
THE
GRIP
BY WEARING
Fleece Lined Hygienic
UNDERWEAR
This is
convinced,
Ml
take. Try it ami be
CONRAD .HATTER
BBLLIHQ AGENT.
N. A. HULBERT'3
City Music Store,
WVOM1NU AVK. BCBANTOS,
Goldsmith's 3 Bazaar
SPECIAL SALE
OF
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Workmanship the Best and Material only the Standard Well
known Brands of Cotton.
Ready-made
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DKCKKK BKOTHBRS
KJtANICH & BACK
HTUL'iZ UAUKK
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PIANOS
4!m a larga stock at first olim
ORGANS
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Lixom Bleached Pillow Oases, 45x36, 9 cents.
Lock wood Pillow Cases, 45x36, 15 cents.
Lockwood Pillow Cases, 50x40ji, 20 cents.
Lock wood Pillow Cases, 54x40, 22 cents.
Fruit of the Loom Pillow Cases, 45x36, 18 cent3.
Fruit of the Loom Pillow Cases, 50x36, 20 cents.
Fruit of the Loom Pillow Cases, 54x38;, 23 cents.
Lockwood Unbleached Sheets, 81x90, 49 cents.
Lockwood Half Bleached Sheets, 81x90, 55 cents.
Lockwood Bleached Sheets, 90x90, 60 cents.
Lockwood Bleached Sheets, 81x90, 54 cents.
Lockwood Bleached Sheets, 90x90, 60 cents.
Fruit of the Loom Bleached Sheets, 81x90, 65 cents.
Fruit of the Loom Bleached Shaets, 90x90, 73 cents.
Hemstitched Sheets and Pillow Cases at a slight advance.
This is about the cost of material, without any charge for the
labor in making.
Goldsmith Brothers & Company.
Mercereau 4 Connell
307 LACKAWANNA AVtXUli
F. L. Crane's New Prices
FURSl FURS!
CAPES 18 INCHES DEEP.
Fronch Coney Capes, IS ineli.s Je-p....i 3 00
DIAMONDS,
and Fine Jewelry, Leather Goods,
Clocks, Bronzes, Onyx Tables,
Shell Goods, Table and Ban
quet Lamps, Choicest Bric-a-
Brac, Sterling Silver Novelties.
Astrakhan (.'apes.
asukkimii I aptis,
Atantkhnn Capes,
Dyi'il Upossnui CapuJ
Monvuy .'apes,
Muiikey ( 'alius,
Nat Otter Capes,
Nat. Utter Cap,
Krluimer Capes,
Heaver apes,
Nutria Capes.
Seal or Persian Capes
Ala."ka Seal Capea,
Alaska Seal Capea,
Mink Capex.
Bruwu Marten Capes
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NEVERSLIP HORSE SHOE
Removable and Self-sharpening Calks,
THE
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WHITE
FLOUR
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SCRANTON, PA.
CAPES 22 INCHES DEEP.
Astrakhan Cape. inches deep $10 00
IJaltif Sea Capes. " 1:1 UU
Klectrie r eal Capos. " 13 Oil
rnocb Coney Capua, " 8 00
Miuk Capes, " 50 to
UroWB Marten Capei, " 50 00 I
Muukey Capeti, " ii 00 ,
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wanna, Luzerne, Montour,
Wayne and Wyoming
Catalogue on application
Bradford, Columbia, Lacka
Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, ,
counties, State of Pennsylvania. J
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or
Highest Cash Prices Paid for Raw Furs, j
Repairing Furs a Specialty,
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,ANK BOOKS
LAN K HOOKS
MEMORAXDT
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Office Supplies of all kinds
Inks and Mucilages
LEADING MAKES.
Fine Stationery
WIRTW A.TERJM A X and FRANK
LIN FOUNTAIN PENS.
AJl Guaranteed.
Agents lot- Cruwlord's Pons and
Buck's Flexible Rubber Stamps.
Bittenbender &Go.,Scranton,
Wholesale and retail dealers' ia Wagontuakers' aud Black-jmitlis'
Snppliee, Iron and Steel.
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All Prices and all Sizes,
Foote & Stiear
513 LACKAWANNA AVE.
Sk&tcs,
William : Sissenberger
Opposite Baptist Church,
Penn Avenue,
Is replete with fine and
medium Parlor Suits, Fancy
Rockers, Couches and
Lounges for the Holiday
Trade. Prices to Suit all.
AlsoBed Room Sets, Din
ing Room and Kitchen Fur
niture. Parlor Suits and
Odd Fieces Re-upholstered
in a Substantial manner.
m j Will be as good as new.
VnuU Sam th Eanner Publisher.
Rochester AssMBmmm
From 1!?83 to 188" th.' number of niagn
ziues published iu tho United Statea in
creased from to 1,001 ) aud the kIzo as
well n number increased. We balieve
that this conutiy has more magazine uud
daily papers tlinu my other country lu the
world.
Democracy's Unenviable Rtcord.
A'tfHstOSPN Untxld.
"Ueatiug the Kucord" ia now a fitd ia
America. The Cleveland admlnlitrallou
has caught tbe fever, aud has already
"beaten the record" lu running Uncle
Sam into debt.
m
MImIkbIpdI Silk.
Chicago Tribune.
"U'by, Willie, do you mean, to say you
paid 'JJ rents apiece for those hahdUt-r-cbiofey
They're uot uiuj but cotton.''
"Ob, no, mamma ! They're Mississippi
silk. The auctioneer said so."
Reynolds Bros.
in
Stationers and Engravers.
LACKAWANNA AYR
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PLASTERING
SEWER PIPES, FLUE LININGS
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wanna Ave.
Quarries and Works,
Portland. Pa.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO.
ECRANTON AND WILKKS BARRK. PA., MANUFACTURERS O?
Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND
PUMPING MACHINERY.
General Oflice. SCKANTON.
PA.
ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH
STOWERS'
YOU SELL?
Oil ARB YOU
MAKING PRESENTS?
01 Mixed Candy, Clear Toys,
or any style al Candy of Nuts,
F.vpress Wagons, Velocipedes,
Tiieyeles, Dull Cabs, Drums
or T-.'vs of every kind.
DOLLS
China Dolls, Was Dolls,
Patent Dolls, Jointed Dolls,
tmy kind of doll from 25oto$15
SLEDS OR SLEIGHS
For Boys, Cirls or Dolls, in
Muple. Oak oi' Iron, from Sfo
to fl6.Q0.
BICYCLES
We have tbe goods nud our
prices are right. Wbolesalo
and retail.
D. WILLIAMS &l BRO.,
314 Lacka. Ave.
W-nnlifla IMClALTf of
mittem tor SuuJuy Bohossti raM
ring eon-
DELICIOUS, MILD SUOAR OUHBD ABSOLUTELY 3ETJM1
HAMS. LARD.
EVERY HAM AND PAIL OF LARD BRANDED.
CHE trade supplied TH STOWERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, PA
ABSORPTION
The
i way it rurcs
Cotifbi
Potfe, i oom
, Mta svt.
Costn RM,
Matthews
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