Tine SCRANTON TBIBTJNE-MONDAY MOitNTNG. Al'IUJ, 2. 1897.
SCRANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Manager.
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iHE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
BCBANTON, APRIL 9, ism.
ToMUirr's IKOOkUHQ rouucilmeii Will
1 expscttd, BUlODg other lliiiitfs, to
niv. taodirn Scranton modem lire
limits.
Our Polish-Americans.
The decision of local Polish AmSrletn
pociotifs to fittingly commemorate thin
week, by civic riirndo and juiulio ora
tory, tho anniversary of tin flrat bftttlt
fought by tho immortal ICoscimko for
th liberation of Poland, tho victorious
enngjatnent at Raclawict, in what is
now Rnilian Poland, is a particularly
happy one, both on nccount of tho
pleasure it will afford them, and also
by reason of the educational opportun
ity it will offer to other Bcrantonlana,
There are muny of us who do not keep
n closely in touch with the procresa of
this growing element in our citizenship
as it should bo our duty to do; nor as,
in years to come, it will perhaps be our
distinct pleasure to do. This is not,
aiuoti;j tho yreat majority of OS, duo to
any narrow reelings of prejudice or
iiliberulity, bnf to u simple atate of
easy indifference directed toward all
those civic functions which do not in
stantly fall into the channel of oar
fnffillitr routine as citizens. Some of
ns are aware, in a general way, that
the Polish straiu which, when
it first, ciime to these, shures, ex
hibited all too clearly the mark of
persecution, poverty, distress nud op
prtasio:), has Kraduiilly, in tli ampler
11 i r of American opportunity, expanded
into a Krovvta Hint daily challenges ad
miration by its industry, its lack ot
ru le self-aaseitiou, its humility and
decility before the law, and its ready
acceptance, in its new environm-nt. of
new principles, new aspirations and
now character. Hut few, even of our
UOSt enterprising citizens, hare pur
sued this inquiry into its Biirpriiu.? de
tail, or re ul in them the story of an
almost phenomenal procress. Few are
conversant with tho directions or the
extent of this upgrowth o'f a Polish
American ocinumtiily that, in littlo be
yond a decade, is already more Ameri
can than Polish, and that is pushing
ait with an arsimilatire and adaptive
energy which must, era the end of the
century, place them foremost among
the thriving naturalized elements of
our cosmopolitan civilization.
The impression commonly prevails,
among; thosj who have nver given
thought to the subject, that as a chs3
our immigrants of Polish nativity are
almost invariably ignorant. This con
ception is largely erroneous. Statistics
show that of those immigrants wiio,
nines the partition of Poland. have
fallen under Prussian rule, eighty per
cent. are. able to rend and write not only
Polish bnt also Qarman, and are rea
sonably well schooled in European his
tory. In Golician Poland, the per
centage of literates ranges from fifty to
sixty per cent . and only in that part of
tho unhappy Polish fatherland which,
by the grued ot the cz iriua Catharine,
fell nt partition to Russian control, is
there a prevalence of ignorance among
the Polish people, and this they cannot
help cinoi it i s forced upon them, The
outcry which in receut years has gone
out against this nationality has too
oftou beenan indissriminatiag one. It
has failed to recognizi tint while
Ignorance and credulity may be char
acteristic of the Russian Poles und.-r
the iron mle of tho czir, these are not
the characteristics of any other portion
of Poiand; and it has also fuilid to ad
mit that, although they are the nowest
class of immigrants we hava, dating
back in largo numbers, scarcely more
than tiftoen years ago, they an
a8ttuilating onr American habits
with a rapidity which thrsatens,
within a decado, to put them
on a piano of commanding social
and political Influence. There is today
scarcely a settlement of Polish people
anywhere in this country thst does not
have its schoolhouso and its church;
its local branch of the United Polish
church society, which is a religious,
focial nud beneficial organization; and
its local branch of the Polish National
iilliaflce, which is a secnlar organiza
tion for tho pnrpese of aiding in tho
civio development of tho Polish people.
In Now York and Philadelphia this
latter alliance has established homes
for' Polish immigrant girls, where
young women frosh from the old conn
try are sheltered, protected and place)
in, the possession of opportunities to
earn nn honorable liveliuood ; and also
liotolb where, at reasonable charges,
male newcomers are preserved from the
enticements of sharpers anxious, as
soon as nn Immigrant lands, to hire
bin under contract to labor at absurd
ly low wages. Indeed, In tho work of
organized charity and benevolence, our
Polish-Americans may be said without
exaggeration to compare favorably
with any other closs of citizens of
foreign nativity at u similarly early
date during their residence in America.
But what is. most notable about the
Pole immediatel y upon his arrival in
this country is bis willing snhmlsHion
to the fact that he must give proof of
his fitness before be can become n nso
ful ud acceptable American citizen.
Let bis wfiilth be over so small, he will
immediately devote a percentage of it
to sending Ins children to some school,
naturally, oT course, a parochial
school ; and be will, as soon ss possible,
purchase a small bit of ground and
build on it a ino6t home. Take, for
example, tho parish i,i onr own
city, presided over so flliciont
lyhyRev. Richard Aiist Enter tho
echool of this parish at any hour of the
day, or, during the summer, also in tho
evening, and yon will witness as earn
est an assemblage of bright-eyed boys
and girls us can be found in any simi
lar school room anywhere. They read
and write fluently In English, are
taught every rudiuieutary branch in
English and only for perhaps an hour a
day, during instruction In catechism,
is use made of the Polish tongue. In
American history and in patriotic im
pulse for tho adopted fatherland
these pupils seem as proficient as any
other class rapraaentisg the ti ret gen
eration born on American soil; and we
shuuld not be surprised if, five or ten
years hence, they were able to compete
on terms of exact locality, with tho
sons and daughters of the Sous and
Daughters ot tho American Revolution,
in Which war for liberty their own pat
riot, CosOtUtko, played such a noble
and solf-suciilieing part. At all events,
it is no more than just to acknowledge
that, in the face of a growing prejudice
and against obstsclos more serious tban
any which confronted earlier newcom ers
to the American continent, the Polish-Auiericaus
of Northoastorn Penn
sylvania sr settling down to the hard
problem of working out their own
earthly salvation with a zeal, onthusi -asm
and hopeful spirit of self-repros-siou
which bid fair to give ua nt no
distant day a new increment to our
responsible citizenship wlioin we can
greet without a sneer a id respect with
out wishing to hide tt a' fact from the
knowledge of others.
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No vsi: quarrels with lobbyists for
plying their trade, so long as thero nre
legislators who can be bought. Hut a
big (luarrsl is due tho putdic that neg
lect to choose honest and trustworthy
men to office. And this has local as
well as general application.
o
Tho Case Plainly Stated.
The exact situation with reference lo
Senator Camerofl maybe stated in a
very few words. If the Republicans of
Pennsylvania do not want him to be
re-elected, they should bo permitted to
say so, without further delay. It is
tho sorriest kind of argument to claim
that the ''raising of tbe Cameron issue"
in stats senatorial districts may jeop
ard tho chance of one or two Republi
can factiouists who hope to shin
through this coming contest without
declaring where they stand.
Tho Republican party is not so hard
up for state senators that, in order to
save u few shaky districts and to please
a few frightened factiouists. it must
pledge itself to breathe no syllable
of honest conviction wilh reference to
either of its federal senators. The
great majority of Republican voters
In tbil commonwealth believe that the
party is not properly represented in the
United States 6enate by J. Donald
Cameron, They have ceased to trust
Mr. Cameron. He has taught them
rather to distrust him, and they pro
pos? to say so like men.
When a party following has shown
tho loyalty that the Republicans of
Pennsylvania have shown, it la entitled
to bo consulted In the seivction of can
didates, It is not entitled to tbe con
temptuous treatment of being bought
and sold liks voiceless c it lie, nor does
tt deserve that other form of outrage
ous treatment which cooly and utterly
ignores it. The day has passed when
Cameronism can crack the whip of
silenco over cowering and shivering
voters. Nowadays the people are out
for recognition and they do not intend
to mince matters in informing the old-
timeri that they intend to get it.
MR, PHILL1F3 iias leen the most ef
ileient city engineer that Scranton can
recall, lie has been faithful, courteous
an 1 successful. His re-election to
night will come in the naturo of a (Ut
tering reward of mTit.
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Where Force Is Needed.
It now appears highly probable that
the recently inaugurated movement for
a better observance, in this section, of
the Sunday laws will result in a civil
war among liquor dealers. When Baked
to co-operate with the ministers in thia
law and order agitation, the leading ho
tel proprietors of Scranton readily con
sented; but Stipulated, ns was natural
under the circumstances, that the effort
to closo the bars should be ganeral.
Inasmuch, however, as there is uncer
tainty as to whether the Sunday clos
ing crusade can bo successfully "xtend
ed by the Law and (J.- ler league, so to
include the unlicensed saloons, or
"speak ensies," it is commonly report
ed that a Licensed Liquor Dealers' I -o-It
ctive asjsiation will be formed to
combat these competitive places, and if
this report be true it is oasy to foresee
a period of much liveliness in liquor
selling circles.
Thus far it deserves to be sai 1 that
the promoters of tho closing movineut
have acted with fairness and conserva
tism. There has us yet been no dispo
sition to emulate tbe extreme moasures
which, in numerous other cities, have
brouirht other Sunday-closing move
ments into general disfavor. Mer
chants and retail dealers accustomed
heretofore to iiccommo.lalo Sunday
patrons have bean politely requested to
give the movement their volunteered
support; and in u very large majority
of instances they have cordially con
sented. The aim has beoa to accom
plish necessary results by mild, reason
able and conciliatory ways; anil tbil
aim MOini to bo in a fair way to resli
zation.
Lint, of course, thera is noed of a
show of vior In certain directions, end
one of these directions leads lo the
back door of the hole-in-the-wall.
Moral suasion is invariably lost on the
keeper of this kind of a drinking place.
A business cnntiuii 'd in direct defiance
of the law need not be expected to
enter with much henrtlnoss into a em
ends for bsttor law-enforcement. The
only sensible and effective method of
abating this evil in to train upoa it ull
tiie armament of all the interests that
it defies, cheats and destroys. It Is to
the direct pirsonnl profit of the li
censed dealer to help along the fight
Igainal unlicensed saloons. Lit the
licensed dealers carefully consult their
own interests aud they will quickly re
alize that lids is a most opportune
time to make tho present license law,
to which they pay costly annual trib
;ii -1, mean something in Scranton.
!
AXWUCAKI DAVI honored Kossuth,
both during; his life and since bis death.
They have conferred extraordinary to
kens of esteem upon his nam' and mem
ory. While he fully deserved this high
appreciation, he was nothing person
ally to this country ; lhat is to say, he
never worked here nor fought here.
K oscineko, on the contrary, ranks upon
terms of equality with that other Euro
pjnti patrior, Lafayette. Like Lifay
ette, he proffered his sword and for
tune to the struggling defenders ot
American freedom; took nn equal com
mand with that conferred upon the
Frenchman, and fought with the valor
of a true hero in behalf of n principle.
All who cherish the heroic traditions
of our national origin should delight to
co-operate in tomorrow evening's local
celebration of Kosciusko's first triumph
in tho early wurfaro for Poland's liber
ation. Till; BBDIMAKCB tiixint' transient
retail BaereBantS S00 month, which
has passed select council on second
reading, is, of course, designed to break
up street hawking and vending, No-
one will imagine tliat anv traveling
curbstone salesman will pay S00 n
month or anv considerable fmction of
fSOO for a license to pursue his limager
iraue in ireeaom irom legal Interrup
tion. It i ii first impression that this
tax is exoesslTe and unjust; and, indeed,
later reflection does not much altr
this opinion ' . .. v.-f i It iiniilt-
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fair that home merchants should have
protection against irresponsible, 'be-
douin-Hke competition; and though
this protection should go to tho ex
treme length of prohibiting stroet
fokirisin, few citizms will ssriously
complain.
Pkqiups tiik Wllksi-Barra Record
really believes that Evangelist Kics'd
meetings in HcrantOU were orderly and
sincere Christian gatherings, and per
hapa it doesn't. That point is imma
terial, They constituted, at the out
set, a deliberate and premeditated vio
lation of tho law which left mayor of
this city no alternative other than that
which he pursued. Until it can be
proved .that Christ's got pel unctions
the subversion of law and the defiant
overthrow of order, the Record's innac
curate strictures with reference to
Mayor Conuell will not go fur with
persons who can distinguish between
maudlin sentiment and straightfor
ward j oBtiee.
Tiikiie must be n legal solution to
the monopolized sidewalk nuisance.
When will it ! applied!
Yy heels
and Wheelmen.
From it local racing point of view
tiie Fourth of July meet will crtainly
be an enthUSOStia success and bring
out n larger number of racing men
than has been recorded during tbe
lime since Bcrautonlaos first began
cycling. All of tho riders who have
Showed speed in road riding have
avowed their intentions of going In
training for the track just ns soon ns
the weather permits, and many are im
proving the present tiuto by doing
light gymnasium work, thereby get
ting their muscles in excellent shape to
begin actual track training. The few
rid-rs who made their outre into the
racing world lest year will be found
preparing themselves for greater
successes, and they will have
no small auiouut of w irk to
do in order to retain the
laurels they have already won for
among the now riders there will be
some very fast ones. In fact they ar
riders who have tested their speel on
the track and havo shown that without
training their pace was a hot one and if
improved, which diligent training
would certainly do, they would be
found among the first to cross tho tape,
The dealers are also taking a lively in
terest in the local cracks aud are en
dcavoring to make Arrangement! with
their firms to forward them light lac
ing wheels which they will rent to rid
ers for training and racing at a moder
ate sum. A large number of riders,
howevor, will not depend on the deal
ers for their mounts, but will buy
wheels that can bo reduced to within a
few pounds of track wheel weight.
Machines weighing twenty -one pounds
are being guaranteed for light road work
while ono manufacturer guarantees a
nineteen pound one f fir road use by
very careful rideis. These machines
are the actual track mounts but some
parts are strengthened to resist the j irs
of the uneven mads which necessitates
a trill I more weight.
Tha chain on a bicycle is undoubted
ly tho most agrav iting portion of a
bicycle mechanism an I causes a rider
more discomfort by its noisy screech
mg action than B half dozen other poor
working parts would. This t usually
caused by the rider's neglect to keep
the chain properly cleaned, tho maj ir
ity giving bnt little attention to this
very important portion of the driving
gear beyond the use of the eomic n oil
can. This continual use of oil works
the dirt and gum in around tho pins
which connect tho links and causes the
chain to ru i hard and In time, when It
becomes dry, will create n grinding
rotmrl which eventually becomes a
screech. Tho writer WM bothered
with a iisrd running chain for some
time and no amount of lubricant had
the desired effect, whon from some
source or other c um the. idea that if
the chain was boiled down In tallow it
would run free and without noise.
The suggestion was tried and proved si
beneficial that every two or throe
weeks a pail of boiling tallow, contain
log my chain, is found on the kitchen
stove,
Hy boiling In the hot tallow the gum
which accumulates around the con
necting pins and other bearing p3rtsof
the chain aro removed and the clear
tallow remains to lubricate and in
sures a smooth running, noiseless
chain,
Riders who conb. mplate doing track
work during the coining season shonld
avoid all heavy roud work and hill
climbing where Ihey have to force the
muscles to a severe tension. This will
eventually strain the muscles to such
en extent that no amount of truck
training will restore them to their nat
ural condition.
See
By the rules of the League of Ameri
can Wheelineu Racing board the rac
ing men will have to register and wear
some distinct color This will do
away with the old plan of uumheriiig
each man by pinning a number on bis
back and will assist tbe spectators
uieitiv in following the movements
of their favorite riders.
e e e
With the opening of the riding sea
son com Indignant protests by pedes
trinna against riders' carelessness at
street crosiings and other crowded
places, and us usual, the rider is adver
tised as tiie culprit. He is nccused of
not ringing his bell, ot riding fast and
a hundred other enormities, while In
dozens of cases the pedestrian Is the
one lo blamo. Tln-rs are certainly some
very careless riders, who cannot nor
honld not he excused for accidents, but
no rider will rim down a pedestrian or
any obstacle knowingly, because, in
every case, the riders sufT-r the most
damage, both to wheel ami person. A
careful observer will notice that ju-t
as soon as a pedestrian sights a wheel
man the former uvjius to dodgs about
the highway and nine cases out of ten
ho so confimos tho rider by hi varied
movement that the pass is made with
difficulty, and oftentimes an accident
is the result If pedestrians would
walk directly across the street and ill
red no attention to the wheelman 00
trouble would ensue. Allow the rider
to ride before or behind you, but in no
case start suddenly forward or buck
ward.
Cycling enthusiasts In Dunmors sre
endeavoring to form t club in that
quiet little suburb.
So lar the move has met with favor
and the present season will undoubt
edly witness the organisation of a
creditable club.
A number of the Scranton III cycle
Slab members ma le run to Factory
ville and return. Among tbe number
was Ernest (lilmore, Harry Lucas, V.
W. Edwards, B P. Connolly, H C.
Wallace, W. S. Freeman, V '. Wett
ling, Lou Van Worinor and El liirn
ard. SI
one of the latest devotees lo cycling
Is Colonel Ezra H. Ripple. Tbe col
onel is hourtily welcomed into the
wheelmeu's ranks.
e
The Scranton Bicycle club have been
adding many improvements to their
Wbael room and members can take
care of their own wheels, the room
being SUpplisd with large air pump, oil
cans aud many other appliances to
make cleaning up, airing, etc., oasy.
st e
The Green Ridge WSStlmon gave n
smoker in their comfortable club bouse
last Wednesday evening. A large num
ber of their friends were present, and
the most enthusiastic oyols club in the
city entertained them in a royal man
ner. Florey and Holt, tiie Wyoming nvs
noe agents, are making large sales of
their leading wheel, "The Rochester,"
Tbe Wheel is in much favor among the
heavy riders, yet, t quipped with brake,
tool bugs and saddle complete, it
weighs but 80 pounds.
Tim blooo is the source of health, Keep
it pure by inking flood's Raraaparllla,
which i peculiar to itself, and superior In
strength, economy and medicinal m rit.
(lOOO'S PlLLS aro purely vegetable, care,
fully prepared from the best Ingredients
Twenty-five cents.
ANOTHER
NEW
LINE OF"
KWEAR
3ome . .
Exclusive
Patterns
AT
305 Lacka. Avenue.
FASHIONABLE
MILLINERY
j ENKINS & Ml IRRI8, formerly with
" Loah Juut'H, display a 1hi((6 and
weli-iflccted stock of Fashionable
Spring StylH in Millinery.
Especial attention niveu to Artistic
Trimming.
406 SPRUCE S
1 1 Kttl 1
NEXT TO DIME Ham;
N. A. HULBERT'S
City Music Store,
STKIWVAY SON
DECKER liUOTIIKUS
KRANIOH & BACK
Kl l 11 .V liAUKlt
an
PIANOS
4? In )rt: loi!k of flrt-clii.
ORGANS
Ml SK VI, MKItCHANDIHU
MUSIC, l.AC ETC
CONRAD'S
GUERNSEY BROS.
Will remove about April ist to 224 "Wyoming Ave
nue (Y. M. C. A. Building), with a full line of
Pianos and Organs
At Wholesale and Retail, on easy monthly payments. It will
pay to wait for them.
ASK YOUR GROCER
DELICIOUS, MILD BtJOAIl OTTXl33I ABSOLUTELY PUIIB
HAMS. LARD.
EVERY HAM AND RAIL OF LARD BRANDED.
fiJWfHE STOWERS PACKING CO., SCRANTON. PA
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iTiiieiaBisiDEiiiajBB iiiiiimeiiiimfl we have Drought oh the first Instalment of the new season's
fabrics, ami invite the ladies to sea them. We say nothing about the man. They can have the floor for
a lew remarks whet, the bill is presented. .Just now, silence with them is like the' opportunity we pie
Bentgolden. 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 havo get them out
in short lengths, never more than two dresses of any one design and colcinw.
Three Great Trade Coaxers in our Cloak Dept.
Ladies' Broadcloth Capes in all colors, with ruffle collars, full sweep, 24
inche3 long, $1.73.
Ladies' Broadcloth Three-piece Capes, rufflle collar, beautifully made, 29 in.
long, $1.98.
Ladies' and Misses' Clay Diagonal Skirt Jackets, balloon sleeves, tight-fitting
at just half their value, $4.98.
GOLDSMITH'S 6 1
Victors EASTER I
With the New Valves
Out of Siht
()ur new Bicycles are now
to be seen at our ",14 Lacka
wanna avenue store.
VICTORS,
SPALDING,
CREDENDA,
GENDRONS.
And a full line of Boys' ant'
Girls' Wheels. We are mak
ing extremely low prices 01
Second hand Wheels.
11 uimi
314 Lacka. Ave.
FINE ENGRAVING
Wedding Invitations,
Announcements,
Reception and Visiting Cards,
Monograms,
Menus and Dinner Cards,
Reynolds Bros.
Stationers nnd Engraver..
HIT LACKAWANNA AVli
N.B. Wo aro offering a now
edition of w Book of Common
Prayer, well bound iu oloth,
Two Copies for 25c.
Single Copios, 13c.
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AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH
!!"'" a "ruirn-llnw once
OOBfini cither the almanac or the weather to know that Sprhi
SS W:ls approaching. The clamor of the it-males of his family lor
S new raiment was siirn r-iimrh lo .1 I'll I Mi'., Ill i 1 I .! M I l.lll.n,.!
unuEiTicoi
51 win s ICO
In Gold and Silver.
Hand-painted Easter Eggs, Silver-mounted
Leather Goods, suitable for Easter Gifts.
Mercereau
:;u7 LACItAWANN i
HOUSEHOLD
Timothy, Clover
513 LACKAWANNA AVE.
IRON and STEEL,
NORW IKON
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j CAST STREL
HORSE BHOES
WILEY A RUSSELL Wit WELLS BROS, ..;.
CUTTING MACHINERY.
Bittenbender & Co.,Scranton,
Wholtosls ami retail ilealers' in WsgODiSBksri1 and Blaoksinitbi'
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Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
Gtasrsi Office, SCRANTON, PA
who s:iil that lie neor Im.i f
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Easter"Egg Spoon."
Prayer Book Mark-
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