THE SCRANTON Til IBUNE S a TUB DAY MORNING. MARCH 31. 1891. SCRANTON TRIBUNE F. E. WOOD, General Manager. rCHI.InEt) DAILY AMI u Et.lv I V IX ScnAn TON. PA., UY TUL 'illlULNK ftULlDHlND Company. New Yoiik Omci: Timuuns BOILDIXOi FlIANK B. OltAY. MANAUKIL HitertJ of the IWuFcr til Area (Oil, Pa., o t'miiJ-rliiu Hail Matter. THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. SCRANTON. MAltCll HI, I8M, TWO DEATHS mm! Mi'ver.il lofllotiODI uf painful injury within two year form n uflicieritly soriouo local rcoord ntfaingt tliH sharp pointid ploket few to fully justify it, abolition by council uimiic enacti !..nt. Keep an Eye on Councils. In the iuterestintf letter with which President Chittenden of select couucil recently fnvored u morning contempo rary It was virtually churned to the dis credit of the local press that throiigli iti lukewnrmness or indifference, some months ago, the city of Scruutou was robbed of $100,000 In valuable public franchises. Without RMUtnlug eithar to assent to or to contradiot this ebarga, which belouxs to an episode uow be youd recall an episode, too, in which, if the press was derelict, the city COUU cils, whose immediate duty and busi nM was, then, as it is now, to protect ths public welfare, whetusr aided or iirnored by the uswspjpers- TitE Titm I'NE, ia view of MXt week s coaucil mauic reorganization, desires lo volua teer a lUCgNtiOD, It desires to - gent tliat thoie oltl -zrns who feel dissatisfied witii the re ceut work of couueils, and who, like Mr. Chitteuden, appear to place the burden of their blame rntliir upon tb newspapers thau upou the councilman individually responsible, hereafter take tbe pains to keep more closely in touch with the progress of local legislation. From the vsry nature of things, it is vain to exp.'Ct the local press to do everything iu this direction. While it may not heretofore have dona as much as it could or should have done, it bus been, if, aud will be powerleas to do anything unless loyally supported ly an intelligent public sent'.msut that is not only williDg to make searching individual inquiry into the details of municipal legislation, but also willing to reward faithful aud puuiiu uufaith tui servants at the polls. Nor cau we, in this connection, wholiy acquit tiiosi members of eouncils who, wheu aware of legislative abuses and conversant with iuaer detail of alleged jobbery and corruption, do not take the trouble to share their kuowledsre with the pub lic until too late to bs of pract'.cil avail. But, let tin? this phasj of the matter pass, what of the future': Beginning next Mondiy evening a new tody of legislators will have charge of oar municipal destiny We cannot now undo tbe mistakes that belong to his tory. We cin, though, have a share in the making of future history; and this is a good time for all classes and con iitions of citizjus to decide upon a more careful f crntiny of the doings of their official servants. There should at all aesaioni of common aud select couucil be a liberal representation of taxpayets It is not enough to elect men to do a certain work and then neglect them which they are doing it. Such a policy leads iuevitabty to slipshod and faulty workmanship, if not to greater evils. It will be The Tkibi'ne's endeavor hereafter to give redoubled attention to the proceedings of our mnnicipal government; tut it can oiler no claims to omniscience and it can be of service to the public only in so far that it can be accurate and impartial in its reports and comments. It cannot play tbe detective. It cannot assume tbe functions of a spy. Will Mr. Chittenden and other honor able and fair mind'jd members of coun cils agree to help it to correct informa tion? Will they extend to the public through the press, in time to be of use to the public.sueh exclusive knowledge of jobberv and wrong as may come to tbeui by virtue of their official trust? AN 40BMASLI tribute was deserved ly conferred by Scranton Elks the other evening wne:i they chose as their exalted ruler for the ensuing year versatile, eloquent and companionable Colonel F J. PltMlmmons. In view of the fact that this tenure of office will be the first under the occupancy if the Elks' new home, the selection of Jolonel Fit7.simmons w is in trnth the highest compliment that could be n,tid him by 350 of of the foremost men in Bcranton. It was a fitting recognition of hie industrious labors in behalf of tbe lodge, as well as a high personal tribute to a gentleman whom philo sophy, eloquence, wit and humor rank high among Scranton' intellectual en -dowments . An Important Office, The experience of Luzerne county With the new law creating in certain conoties the office of county controller already shows a inatorial saving to the public. It is estimated, we believe, that tbe new office, including its 18,800 salary, clerk hire, stationery and inci dentals, will cost something lik $5,000 a year. More than that amount has been saved to tho Lnztrne countytreas ury in the first month of Controller Reese's term. For January. 1893, the founty'a exnensB were $11,000, Kor January, lel,they were $5,000, and the falling off was due, not to a decrease in the necessary business of county ad ministration, but to a vigorous and impartial blue-penciling of illegal and exorbitant charges, and to a general overhauling of the county finances. For FehruRrv tbe saving la not nearly so great, partly because of extra litiga tion waged against the county by vic tims of the controller's economical suicksrsnee during tbe preceding month, and partly because many abases which hail existed in January and got properly dressed down, did not dare Show their heads again. But it is clearly evident from tho general howl which has gone up from the old rlngsters In Luzerne that the eontrollersblp experiment Is progress Siig satisfactorily to the people. It was not to be expected that tbe cutting off if illegal revenues and tbs scaling of bills payable down to their normal di mensions of fairness and honesty could proceed without the incitement of a lusty clamor. A county which has been so long and so systematically mis governed in certain dirsctious as has Luzerne can bs restored to health only through surgical excisious.amputatious and laneingl that will draw blood and elicit outcry It is even possible that the knife will sometimes attack a healthy part and thus do a temporary injustice. The merits of the coutrol lersbip, however, deserve to be coin puled in tho aggregate, if they then outweigh the inevitable mistakes , the wisdom of the law will have been fully vindicated. Enough has hoen made manifest with reference to the new law t demonstrate the suprem need of choosing honest, experienced and ooorageoni men to tbe offlje of con troller, A county controller under tli? terms of the present law possesses nearly tho same preponderating Imp (ti met iu the government of a county that is possessed In a city government by the mayor or in a borough govern -meat by the burgess. His duties do not coincide with the duties of u mayor or burgess. Ho does not possess their appointive powers. But he Is never theless by ull odds the most influential executive official in the couuty yovsruuifut. aud if he be the right man in tbe right place, be cau earn his salaiv ten times over The salary, by the way, is relatively too small. It should bs at least as much as tbe salary paid a president .judge, and could well be doubled if thereby the quality of t he occuuatit could be doubled also. The coutrollersbip is an innovation iu county government which has great possibilities. Is Tllbl coincidence prophetic that Boranton's uew councils are to organ ize the day after All Fools' day? Councils HAVB acted uoue too harsh ly in poshing forward, with the utmost possible expedition. Mr. Daviee' ordi nance for the erection of the proposed West Lackawanna viaduct. livery day of delay at this much traveled portion of Bcran ton's main business avenue is a diiv of real dauger. At nny moment human life may be sacrificed or non fatal accident result iu periuaueut in jury. The dauger will b) practically removed by the construction of this viaduct, the money for the viaduct is already in sight and all that is uow necessary ii one final vole in select couucil, executive approval and the be giuniug of real business. Fortunately these preliminaries will soon be at tended to. - A Yankee In Gray. Tbe literature of the great rebellion will never come to an end. The annals of the most momentous war iu the his tory of civilization, whether couveyed in prosy chronicle or cleverly iuterwo VOfl into fascinating fiction, will never lack interest. The spirit of that mem orable conflict, its heroic struggles, trials, piins and sacrifices, will live in human recollection so long as patriot ism is a vital seutimtut aud gratitude a human faculty. Iu "A Yaokse In Gray," the open ing chapters of which are printed in this issue of Tut: TRIBUNE, one of the. survivors of this crucial struggle for American freedom has constructed a narrative that has all the accuracy of fact blended with all the pleasing im agery and sentiment of romance. It is in a large sense a prose epic. penned by the masterly hand of Charies B. Lnvis. whose writings in. - der the pieudonytn of "M yaad" are familiar in evsry household. This remancs has baen selected for serial judication in this paper because it is clean in tone, wholesome in at- i mosphere and instinct with a genuine love for American institutions. It is a story wbich the young should read for instruction, and which the old will relish for the stirring reminiscences that it will call to mind. Do not miss tho opening chapters; for once snapped the thread of interest will with diffi culty be regained. Tiiosi; who recently witnessed Btr dou's enjoyable comedy on "Americans Abroad" were treated to a theatrical surprise particularly worthy of grate ful acknowledgment. '1 hoy were shown a dramatic composition bv a foreigner wbich, in treating its Americans char acters, actually neglected to carle turn our Yankee customs aud manners, which was content to rest its public appeal simply one refined presentation of actual facts. The Americans who went abroad in this play were neither cads, snobs, sycopanlsnor hoydens. To be sure, tbey were a trifle richer than the average American gets to be, in real life, and somewhat more conven tional than are are those of our pluto cratic families that make a pruotice of educating their daughters in "Pares." But we were willing to accept this slight exaggeration in gratefulness for the other remurkabl concessions. On behalf of Scranton Americans we beg to extend to Victorien Kurdou an as surance of our distinguished consider ation. ' e ' Remember Martin Lavelle. While there is no thought of doing otherwise, it may not be amiss to tell Boranton's new councllmeu that they will be expected to rn elect City Clerk Martin Lavelle by acclamation. This expectation Is foun led on years of faithful, diligent and conscientious service wbicri have made Mr. Lavelle as much a pert of tbe clly of Scranton as the city hull is a part of it. It is founded on a familiarity with munici pal affiira winch, if one man nan evsr be truly said to be indispensable, points to Mr. Lavelle as that man. It is founded upon a modesty which has never obtruded itself; upon a conscien tious IpplloatiOn to duty which has never shirked any labors calculated to promote the city's interests, and upon a quiet strength of personal manliness which has made Mr. Lavelle every body's friend. We just simply couldn't spare him from the city clerkship, and that's all there Is about It. But tue dnly of the incoming coun cil will not end with the mere re-election of an official that they would have to re-eNct anyhow The measure of tbe city's obligatious to Mr. Livelle ia broader and deeper than this Time without number, almost, when he has been solicitsd to accept a larger com pensation for his increasing valuable services he has refused point blank, upon tho plea, that the city caunot afford to expend more 'than it is now expand ing upon the city clerkship This kind of refusal from some m-n would be construed as a bid for cheap applatias and as a hint for more ooazlng; but in the ease of Mr. Livelle it is absolutely without any sinister significance. It is nothing more nor less than that natu ral outcropping of the rugged honesty of a man who puts heart and conscience into hi work, who is above cheap trick or artifice and who feels sincere'y, ill -though, us we think, mistakenly, that bo ia receiving ull th it his services are worth. Therefore, while it is improbable that either the old or the Incoming couueils could lUrOMd in any direct attempt to load extra couiy insatiou on Mr. Lavelle's shoulders iu the face of his past proposals, w do not se how it could be prevented from giving him soul" kind of public testimonial iu re cognition of services that lnvo made himoueof tbe municipality's conspi cuous creditors. The ingenious gen tlemen of couueils present and to come ought to find it easy to adopt some plan whereby the services of this faithful official may be suitably reog nised. No better occasion suggests It self ttuu the period of the annual re organisation next Monday night; uud this brou 1 bint is therefore thrown out in duo season, for whatever it may be worth. AS SHE ( )bserves It. 1 heard a man remnrk the other day whatu special pet of Providence Arthur Fratblugbam must be, if we ure to bt lieve the statemeut that the Lord lov eth whom He cliasteueth. It did sound a trifle sacriligeous, yet somehow we couldn't object much to the statement, for tht speaker wasn't in the leasl fl p pant uuout the matter, but teemed to feel uu intense anxiety to have it un derstood that Arthur hadn't been giveu ii fair show la this theater business How was the proprietor of the new theater to know that the bllz zird and general freezing up of the land which was prophesied by the prophets to strike us from the seventh to the twelfth of March, woull fool along until the dute fixed for the opening or the uew house and then cotno down cold enough to freeze the hair on a dog'.' (.though why that OOmptriSOO is usually made to suggest cohl weatin r I am not prepared to explaiu. H would seem far more applicable lo freeze ths hair olf the dog than on him.) People will begin to reason that when tho residents of Scranton return from the sunny south that a blizzud may be immediately looked for iu th s vicinity. They siv Mr. Fellows Ins expected a cold spell ever since be sw Mr. Council laud iu town the other night. But speaking of the theater, I am glad that it was opened on the date named. People should have been will iug to make martyrs of :h-malves in so good h cause, even if the night w is cold. Martyrs ot days gone by didn't stiifer from the cold. Heat is a deal more uncomfortable. It was a goo 1 thing to open tbe hous) on time. Tnere were about 'JO.TT'.I people In Bcranton who would haVrf lifted their eyebrows and said, "I told you so," if.it hadn't have opened according to promise, There weren't more than ten who be lieved it would be reudy enough to have even a dog tight on the stage. Now the 00,000 odd are prepared to assert that tbey believed iu Arthur all along and want passes for their trust and faithfulness Such is the perversity of this stiff-necked generation. see 1 am alo glad that such a fine look ing man as Mr. Blackwood lias been se lected as manager. Although the choice is iu line with the good taste manifested in all tho details of the new house, I don't suppose there is another theater in the state that has as young and handsome a manager and one that is so thoroughly at home in giol clothes and good society, and is withal so alert and capable a busiuess man with so thorough a comprehension of what Scranton wants iu ths theatrical line. You know there are some people who have an idea that because we all tag indiscriminately after everything new, and tumble over each other an 1 receive sundry bad bumps in our eager ness to catch up with it, whether it be a new paper, n new musician, a new corn doctor, or an alleged Frenchman who teaches French with more or less American accent, and allow certain newspaper liars to throw mud at our most respectable citizens and still re main in our midst, that we will be de lighted with whatever Is pitched at us in tho way of stage performances ; but Mr. Blackwood knows in too well to make this mistake. see It is n great lAtisfaction to see a Scrantonian, who has lived as boy and man in our midst for years, ut the bead of something thai will add much in the elevation und improvement of Scrsutonianr. It is a satisfaction to have a theater that in oleganos, good' taste aud refinement of detail is a pride not only to the city, but to the country at large. For. allow me to state, that the Frotbiughum is going to hav not only local reputation, but it will be known far beyond tho state of Peon-' sylvaula, aud whu we start on our travels, instead of being annoyed with blundering reminiscences of stupid people who proverbially say: "Scan ton. let me see, that's the little place where everything is iu danger of tumbling into the mims and where the accident Insurance agenie get such big premiums, aid where most of the eltissns carry bowio knives and revolvers." tbey will respectfully remark: ''Oh, yes, from Scranton, are yon'.' Have been told you've a nice theater thsrs " Then It is no small satisfaction to have a pretty nam for a new bouse, a name that belongs to It by birtbiiglit and that did not hav to be evolved from a novel or filched from some high-born Boglisbmsil's patrony mic How silly one should feel if, like Wilkes Barrsans with their swell club, we had to resort to such'au appellation as' 'The Westmorl and." see There is hope for Wilkes Darre yet, however It it is unable to dis play originality It nt least seems to have developed u sudden and and acute attack of religion through tbe Record. It Is a pity that it had not occurred to our mayor to change the sentence of the Uico combination to banishment to Wilkes Barre, where that particular brand of evangelists seems to bs n pre dated and needed. When I think of tho mayor we have, of tbe nobility of his character, of his life, as spotless and leautlful as the purest in tbe land, of his utter fieedom from bigotry, his bighstaudiug of priu ciple aud tbe belief advocated by his daily living that Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge, It really mskes me tiiel to aee the readiness with which tho small fry from which a good many generations of cul tivation would be incapable of produc ing such mi official, pick (laws with a mau who has a bona tide und not a pr -teuded conscience. Maybe, you will wonder how 1 came to know so much about all these matters, being only ngirl. Well, yon eee.it is n fleeted brilliano. I am a typewriter, not type machiue, you understand, hut a manipulator of the keys, and when- men are more or less in the vicinity, I naturally bear a good deal and learn a little, Oh, no, men are not all stupid. Hoes a type writing girl flirt with her employes? Well, now that is n leading question. I know you ar.i liv ing to hear my answer. As i rule she doesn't, ui least I don't know any office girl who flirts. The fact is when you seo u innii day out and day in during office hours, with his company manners hung up agiinstthe wall iu his "other1' coat, he isn't likely to be endearing enough to fasten the affections ot a sensible girl, even if he should so desire which he generally doesn't. To be a man's typewriter is almost as fatal to romantic attachment as lo be his wife. You learn a good many of his little faults aud find out enough disagreeable points in his dis position to destroy all your illusions if you are BO idiotic as to possess any. After a man thugs rather strong lan guage at you because your code of spelling differs slightly from his or because you have a fond theory about the agree ment of nouns and verbs, he may have real pretty dark, curling hair, waving back from a forehead like the Apollo's iu white majesty, and you' II not have the slightest lunging to stroke the lams unless with the intention of snatching out the locks by handfuls. Next week I'll tell you something about my offics aud a few ot the things 1 hear therein HaXEN WAYNC PBSVUtTIOM Is better than i ure. and you may prevent that tired feeling by taking lloud's tiarsaparllla, which will keep your blood pure und fi to tioiu acid taint aud gel uis of disease. Moon's Pili.s do not purge, pslu or gripe, but act promptly, easily aud efficiently. J5c. iiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii f THAT ! ! NEW 1 ! DRESS f iliiiioiientiiiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiisgiiitiiiin ANOTHER NEW LINE OF NECKWEAR Some . . Exclusive Patterns . . .uere was a gruff fellow once who said that he never had to consult either tbe almanac or the weather to know that Hyn'm was approaohing. The clamor of the females of his family for uew raiment was sin enough. Iu deference to their demand, we have brousrht on t he tiist i i I : I ! f I ii ii f ii! ill.. labrles, and Invite the ladies lose-- them. We say nothing about the man. They euu have the floor for a lemurs wmu me mil is presented. Jus! now, silence with them is like the opportunity we pre-sent-- golden, ' The Newest Creations French Wool Challies Just arrived by Transatlantic Steamship Burgogne, in new and exclusive designs made especially for us. You will find many of them now on exhibition in our large show window. These goods are more popular this season than ever before on ac count of their great wearing qualities and fast colors, and we hava got them out in short lengths, never more than two dresses of any one design and colorings. Three Great Trade Coaxers in our Cloak Dept. Ladies' Broadcloth Capes in all colors, with ruffle collars, full sweep, 24 inches long, $1.73. Ladies' Broadcloth Three-piece Capes, ruflile collar, beautifully made, 29 in. long, $1.98. Ladies' and Misses' Clay Diagonal Skirt Jackets, balloon sleeves, tbht-fitting at just half their value, $4.98. GOLDSMITH'S 8 BAZAAR Victors With the New Valves Out of Sight Our new bicycles are now to be seen at our ,14 Lacka wanna avenue store. EASTER NOVELTIES In Gold and Silver. EasteruEgg Spoon.' Prayer Book Mark ers, Easter Book Marks, AT CONRAD'S Hand. painted Easter Kggs, Silver-mounted Leather Goods, suitable for Easter Gifts. VICTORS, SPALDING. credenda, IVIercereau & Course!! GENDR0NS. 307 LACKAWANNA AVi:ui. 305 Lacka. Avenue. A1 fill f 11 I 1 I rt.no. a inn line 01 noys ana j Girls' Wheels. We are mak I ing extremely low prices on ( L 1 1 V L 1 I - FASHIONABLE MILLINERY ENKINS tv- MORRIS, formtrly with Le.-ih Jones, ilisplnv i lnrge and whII-wImUJ stock of Fashionable .SprniK Siylrn in Millinery. Especial attention i;iven to Artistic Trim mini;. 406 SPRUCE STREET NEXT TO DIVE DANK N. A. HULBERT'3 City Music Store, WYOMING AS. SCKAIUU J.D.WILLIAMS&BRO 11 ui 1 314 Lacka. Ave. HOUSEHOLD HARDWARE, Timothy, Clover and Lawn Seeds. FINE ENGRAVING te Sc Shear Co, 513 LACKAWANNA AVE. BTEIITWAY so IKCKIjK IIHOTIIKKM KKANICII & BACK HTUJ.l. & UAUUIt urn OS PIANOS i lurtn it. i'Ii ut Brut, oil ORGANS MUSK 'A 1 1 M I i: I ! A M I s l UIJH1U, KTU. KTU Wedding Invitations, Announcements, Reception and Visiting Cards, Monograms, Menus and Dinner Cards, Reynolds Bros. Stationers end i ; .1 ..vera. 017 LACKAWANNA AVti N.13. We are offering u oew edition of tho Book i Common Prayer, well bound In cloth. Two Copies for 25c. Single Copies, 13c. NOKWAY IRON BLACK DIAMOND RXTR SPECIAL 8 INDtiltSON'H ENGLISH JESSOPS KNOL1SH CAST STKEL HOUSE SHOES Tor. CALX TIKE MACHINERY si-kini; soi t STEEL N ILS DM. LOW S HOK8E NAILS Y IOON WHEELS AXLES SPRINGS HI DS SPOKES RIMS STI KL SKEINS R. Ii. SPIKES WILEY A RL'SSELL AND WELLS BROS. SCREW CD KTINQ MACHINERY. Bittenbender&Co.,Scran!on, Wholesale and retail dealers' In WigonUMkeri' and BUokmittu' SUPPLIES. THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO ICR ANTON AND W ILS (S-BARRE. PA. MANUFACTURERS!? Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers, HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY. Qtnttftl Office, SCRANTON. PV GUERNSEY BROS. Will remove about April ist lo 224 Wyoming Ave nne (Y. M. C. A. Building), with a full line of Pianos and Organs At Wholesale and Retail, on easy monthly payments. It will pay lo wait for them. uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiixiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii m m i DO YOU REQUIRE g 1 ACCURATE I TIME? WE HA E IT. ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH STOWEES DKlvICIOUS, MILD SUOAH OUIIZ3D ABSOLUTELY HAMS. LARD. EVERY HAM AND PAIL. OF LARD BRANDED. tadk hupplikd mE ST0WERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON, PA 3 i 483 Lack S Ave. iiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiimiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiuin FOR THE LENTEN SEASON All klmlo Frlh 1 received dully Fancy Mn. i. .i iiuiibut, Honvlosi ('"'. Uruiuulli lllnuti'i nit 'i.i. : i . i. .......... i .. !.. Mmmnnft MaurlM Uiver Cova 1'U l M till b time i uioi Ofl lliall lam-. Sbllui)l, ScnllopH. &o. W. H. PIERCE. PKNN AVE. -