TIIE SCKANTON TH1U UKJB-MONDAY MOUSING. DECEMBER 17. 1894. t .Scranton CriBune WBUSHID DAILY IH BCRAMTOB. PA, BTTHI TBHDBB PUBUSHIRO OOMTABT. V t. P. KINQSBURV, . OiM'l C. H. RIPPLC, Tnu. LIVV . RICMAflO, Carre. ' W. W. DAVIS, UMHIIITMIDIMT. W. W. YOUNOSf Aw. NUiie'li. Biw York ornoa : tribdki botuim. Vbark & OHAT, MAMAOIR. 1NT1BIO AT TBB FOSTOmcl AT 8CRANTOB, FA, At S1O0HD-GLASS MAIL KATTIB. "Printers' Ink," the recognized journal for advertisers, rates TUE SCKA.NTON TRIBUNE as the best advertising medium in Northeastern Pennsylvania. " Printors' Ink" knows. SCRANTON, DECEMBER 17, 1894. THE SCRANTON OF TODAY. . Come and inspect our city. Elevation above the tide, 740 feet. -1 Extremely healthy. i' Estimated population, 1894, 103,000. Registered voters, 20,599. Value of school property, 730,000. Number of school children, 12,000. Average amount of bank deposits, $10, 000,000. It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn ylvanla. Can produce electric power cheaper than Niagara. No better point In the United States at Milch to establish new Industries. See how we grow: Population In I860 9 Population In 1870 85.0OT ' Population In 1880 45 is0 ' Population In 1S90 ?5215 Population In 1894 (estimated) 103,000 And the end is not yet. Settlement of the county treaaurer Bhlp contest without cost to the disin terested taxpayers of Lackawanna county needs no defense. It was the only sensible outcome :fi(om a very awkward situation. The Common Sense View. It Is a singular circumstance that those owners of stock In the Lehigh Valley railroad who are . dissatisfied with the present management of that company's Interests offer as their can didate for the succession a gentleman whose business experience has been pa tiently acquired in a line of commercial work entirely distinct from the railroad business. Wei refer to Hon. John Wana maker, doubtless the foremost mer chant of his generation, but a man whose practical knowledge of the ex acting details of railway executiveshlp has yet to be accumulated. It is commonly asserted, in the news papers, that the present campaign against the Wilbur management of the Lehigh Valley railroad originates, so far as the active solicitation of hostile proxies is concerned, in the personal grievances of a Philadelphia share holder who was once deposed from the railroad company's treasurer-ship. We do not know to a certainty that this 1b true; but It becomes at least some what plausible when we reflect how readily this dlssatlsfled element would turn the executive control of the com pany over to utterly inexperienced hands, possibly In order the more ef fectually to manipulate the company's affairs to suit itself. When the owners of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company were con fronted, in the death of E. H. Lelsen rlng. with the necessity of selecting a new executive, they did not go into a dry goods store for a man to run their coal mines and their railroad. They selected. Instead, an experienced and masterly coal and railway" man in the person of Calvin Pardee, who knows his business and does not have to be educated at the stockholders' expense. If the Wilbur management of the af fairs of the Lehigh Valley Railroad company is so unsatisfactory to the stockholders of that company as to Impel them to make a change a propo sition not yet supported by public evi dencelet those stockholders benefit by the example set them in the Pardee case let them choose a railroad and coal man to manage difficult railroad and coal business. Such Is clearly the common sense Course, ' The Xmas Tribune, to be Issued this Week, will not be made up of boiler plate material for sale by the pound to any publisher. Every line In it will b of the Tribune's own composition; its Illustrations will be the work of home artists and home engravers; and in In terest, variety, quality and appearance the number will, we doubt not, be rec ognized as the best ever Issued by a Ecranton newspaper. Walt for It. Cleanse Common Council. If the representative citizens of 6cranton would Insist upon proper re presentation In common council, we should not have the continuous specta cle, In this city, of valuable municipal franchises knocked down to corpora tions for the price of a suit of clothes or a champagne supper. The progress of our two new bridges would not be halted, from time to time, by council men who hanker after a slice of the contract money as a price for their favoritism toward certain bidders. And the general routine of petty Job bery and extortion now so familiar to those whose business requires them to keep close watch on common coun cil's doings would be In a great measure overthrown. There are men In Scranton; In fact, there are men In each ward in Scranton who would, if nominated for common council, feel under no necessity of ex iwndlng 500 or $1,000 In securing their election, so. as afterward to have a con venient excuse for "holding up" every measure offering the chance of a "dlv yy" or a strike.'1 There are not only enough honest men to represent the Various wards of this city In common council, but there are also enough hon est men In those wards to elect honest representatives to council, If these hon st men would awaken to a proper ense of their power, numbers and duty. We contend it Is time for these good people to awaken. It may be necessary to encounter a few defeats before this fact can be aufflclently lroprensed upon the mass of our city's upright veUrs. But with what these voters already know as to the quality of the present common council we should think it would need, next February, very little urging to induce them to'lnstltute a general over hauling of the lower branch of councils without further delay. It needs it, as we hope yet to prove. Carl Schurz admits that he Is disap pointed with Cleveland. In this respect Carl differs from most of us. Mr. Cleve land in. many ways has fulfilled our wildest expectations. .Peaceful citizens down south have or ganized another ku-klux Boclety "for mutual protection." The situation of the persecuted class of chivalrous southerners who are obliged to become midnight marauders and murderers In order to, protect themselves Is truly touching. It has been demonstrated that an additional appropriation of about $15,000 yearly will be required to sup port a paid fire department in the city of Scranton. Notwithstanding the fact that the Electric City has the best vol unteer fire department In the world, the amount above mentioned might be saved by a regularly-organized paid force during the progress of one mid night blaze. Reed Speaks His Mind. It has many times been observed of the American people that they admire courage In' their public servants quite as much as they admJre supersensitive discretion. An Instance in point Is sup plied by the ada which certain unfriendly newspapers have vainly tried to make because Thomas B. Heed, in congress recently, took occasion to speak his mind candidly with reference to certain phases of the railroad problem In this country Uttering sentiments which many other politicians, though they had thought precisely as he thought, would, for pulley's sake, have sur pressed. The attempted ado has sig nally failed, and the people, or at least those who are fully Informed as to the facts, merely admire Tom Reed the more. These facts were, briefly, as follows: A debate was In progress upon the bill to permit railroad pooling under certain restrictions. Represent ative Daniels, of New York, had de livered what has become, among nu merous orators, the conventional fling at railroads and had beautifully ex coriated them, not unlike our friend, Ira H. Burns, who, upon a recent oc casion, referred- to them, we believe, as "corporations without bodies to crush, souls to damn or hearts to move and melt." At this point, quite unex pectedly, Mr. Reed arose, and, accord ing to the Congressional Record, said In part: Mr. speaker, it ought to be the object of legislation to benefit all the people of ihe country, and In order to do that tlu'i.j ought to be a full understanding of the rumitleutloi.b and pnrmeutlons of busi ness. It is not enough to say that a rail road is a "soulless corporation" and there make an end of the matter. The fact H, railroads are owned by human beings, who have Invested their money in them, and it Is of as much advuntage to the community to have a good railroad as It Is to have a good manufatory or a good street or any other good thing. There fore, legislation on the subject ought to be conducted In rather a broad way. It ought not ulmply to say, "Low freights are a Rood thing for the people who use transportation," as If that covered the whole question.' Even If you confine th question to the advantage of those who use transportation, even then it is not sound to say that low freights are thj only thing to be considered. It Is very desirable to have railroads, and to have them in good condition. liullrouds de rive their life from what they get for transportation, and if you take away from them their life blood', as it were, you cannot expect them to continue to he institutions which will satisfy the wants of the people. Our experience in Maine has shown us that it is much more ad vantageous to have one united rallroal, which furnishes transportation at a rea sonable rate and furnishes every facility for it, than It was to have two or throe rlvul railroads which were competing and cutting each other's throats. In short, the outcome of consolidation there turned out to be far better than any of us an ticipated. I opposed the consolidation, having at that time certnln Ideas on the subject which are now quite prevalent In this house; but I watched the result, and I found that' the combination, Instead of turning out to the public disadvantage, resulted In better stations, better trains, better transportation facilities of every kind. What I want to point out is that there are several things to be looked at, and that this is not merely a question to be disposed of simply by saying, "Let us have lower freight rates." Another ques tion Is. are you preserving your instru mentality for transportation In such a shape that It will do your work more ad vantageously than It can be done In any other wayT Then, again, there Is another little point, not, perhaps, very Import ant, but" still worth considering, be cause all Justice Is worth consider ing. That Is the question of the rights of the persons who own stock In the rail roads. They have furnished an Instru mentality which people want to use, and perhaps they ought to have a fair return from their Investment. I do not say that they ought to have an unreasonable ''re turn, but a reasonable return they ought to have. All these things, It seems to mo, ought to be taken Into account. Ueforo the Interstate commerce law was passed two railroads would compete until they came to an agreement. Whether It is desirable to revive that right of agree ment or not is a question that ought to be looked at In the light of all the considera tions I have mentioned, because competi tion is not the whole Btory In this world; not only low freight rates, but facilities are to be considered. Competition entirely unrestrained and without the possibility of agreement between the competing par ties may result, owing to human Infirmity, in the destruction of both parties. - Gen erally the two grocers of a town sell their goods at a fair average price, the one as well as the other. If they should go Into competition for the purpose of driving each other out, that really would not be for the advantage of the public In the long run, because the public want gro cery stores quite as much as they wa'it low prices. All these things ought to be taken fairly Into account. Therefore It Is no crime for them to agree. Nothing of what I have said points to any idea of so legislating that the people shall be de prived of the benefit of competition; but simply that when the limit which the stockholders ought fairly to stand has been reached some agreement not Incon sistent with the public rights may be ar rived at.' ' ' ' There Is Wttle doubt that In the fore going Mr. Reed spoke the honest thoughts of nine-tenths of the people Who heard him. The novelty of the speech lay In the fact that a man who Is generally regarded as possessed of presidential ambVtlons should actually dare, In itlhe closing decade of the Nine teenth century, to speak his thought, boldly, clearly and Irrespective of con sequences personal to himself.' Such a precedent Is even yet ithe talk of Wash ington curbs end corridors; but It Is a good precedent, quite as good as was that -other Reed precedent which made hlm-notorlous-fora time; and we should shed few tears If this second Innovation sihould'come back to him bearing quite as much vindication and glorj; as were brought Ho ihlm when, after his first tribulation, the coward Democracy In continently stultified itself by adopting Reed's rules. : Mr. Reed's plea, fqr the preservation of railroads from cut-throat competi tion applies equally to coal mines. The public wants cheap fuel, to be sure; but it has no right to expect cheaper fuel than the mines can furnish without de structive loss to mine-owner and mine worker. There are two sides to every question. To the statesmen of aching Intellect who are preparing to unfold currency plans In congress, It Is well to remark that it Is Impossible to eat your cake and sell it at the same time. A flodel Newspaper Home. The remarkable advances recently made In American ' Journalism have been well typified In the splendid new home thrown open last Saturday by the Philadelphia Inquirer. With possibly one exception this building -i the largest in the world occupied exclusive ly by a single publication; and it. cer tainly Is as elegant and sumptuous In Its equipment as rational minds could welt desire. Under one roof, James Elverson, the publisher of the Inquirer, now domiciles 300 employes In a build ing which, with its furnishings and mechanical equipment, has cost all of one-half a million dollars; nnd the bene fit of this massive centralization of journalistic money and brains Is de rived by the public for the almoBt lu dicrous sum of one cent per copy of the plant's product. The Inquirer, six years ago, had a circulation of less than 5,000 copies dully. People said there was no field for It, Just as somo persons once claimed there was no field, In this sec tion, for The Tribune. Today the In quirer circulates and sells 90,000 copies and is constantly growing In circula tion, influence, wealth and prestige. The secret of this remarkable progress Is found In Its fearlessness, Independ ence, local patriotism and unflinching enterprise. Its success along these lines, without resort to sensationalism or questionable methods, is a vindica tion of dignified journalism which will exert a good effect upon the whole num ber of decent newspapers and decent newspaper constituencies in the United States. We wish our Philadelphia contem porary continued prosperity. Professor Langley, of Washington, claims to have solved the problem of arid navigation. The professor has constructed a machine that will fly 300 yards. The invention, however, Is In some respects like the wind ships of congress that soar upon dizzy flights of eloquence. There Is difficulty In get ting It gracefully down to the earth again. The Christmas Record. The Christmas number of the Dio cesan Record which appeared on Satur day was a creditable Issue teeming with good things. In addition to the regular departments, the Record contained In teresting special articles by Rev. P. J. MoManus, John H. Blackwood, Rev. M. J. Huban, Mrs. C. T. Benton and others. The Record has cause for unusual congratulations In that it turns the holiday milestone underevldences of the most flattering prosperity. As "the Record remarks editorially: It Uvea, and has triumphed, and succeeded while all around many of its more pre tentious Catholic contemporaries have yielded up the ghost and given way to the strain of severe adversity. The Record has a distinctive field In local journalism all to Itself, and K Is a pleas ure to note that It cultivates the field with earnest and unflagging zeal. May its good work In disseminating light, truth and liberality continue uninter rupted. Among the most readable features of yesterday's 56-page Philadelphia In quirer Is a 14-column article descriptive of the magnificent new inquirer build ing at 1109 Market street. This ar ticle is the work of George II. Harris, a Tribune graduate whose progress dur ing two years' service on the Inquirer reportorlal staff has been most grati fying to his friends here and In Wllkes Barre. Uncle Sam's gold resorve Is again slipping away. It Is probable, how ever, that the yellow metal will be In the hands of public-spirited speculators of Wall street In time for use when more bonds are Issued. At the present time Mrs. Grannls' declaration that the decolette corsage must go will not cause much conster nation. Its absence will scarcely be missed. ' l.xtrus Churned lor. From the Cincinnati Tribune. Indignant Householder Just look At this, will you? Waterworks Official It looks to me like a small eel. "That's Just what it Is. I got It out of the hydrant this morning." "Ah, James, charge Mr. Smith with one small eel, 10 cents." Explicable Generosity. From Truth. Mildred Is your husband a very gener ous man? Margery Indeed he Is. You remember those nice clgurs I gave him for a birth day present? Well, he smoked only one and gave all the others away to his friends. An Effort at Protest. From the Chicago Record. "How have you taught your baby to talk so young? Mumma It's Just as easy as can be; I sit down at the piano and sing and she naturally tries to stiy something to her papa. " ' TIIE KING OF RINGTUM. Dainty Baby Austin! Your daddy's gone to Boston To see the King Of Oo-Wnktum-Jlng And the whule he rodaacrost ont Boston Town's a city; But O. It's such a pity I To see the King Of Oo-Illnktum-Jlng i With never a nursery dlttyl But me and you and mother Can stay with baby brother. And sing of the King Of Oo-Rlnktum-Jlng . , . And laugh at one another. i Bo what carei Baby Austin , If daddy's gone to Boston 1 To see the King Of Oo-Hlnktum-Jlng And the whale he rode acrost on I ' Jamei Whltcomb. Riley. FIRST ADMIRAL HONORED. Monument Proposed to Eick Hopkins, of Revolutionary Fame. . Patriotic Rhode Islanders propose to erect a monument at Providence to Commordone Ezek 'Hopkins. ( This worthy was born on his father's farm at Chapumlscook, now Chopmlst, Sclt uate, Rhode Island, April 26. 1718. When the seven years' war broke out In 1756 he went out In one of the vessels as a privateer captain and returned to Providence with a valuable Spanish vessel, which he renamed the Desire in honor of his wife. The first official ser vice he rendered In the Revolution was as the commander of a battery of six elghteen-pounders erected on Fox Hill, overlooking Providence Harbor, in the summer of 1775. Upon the organization of the "Contin ental Navy," ho was appointed by con gress "Comander-In-Chlef," December 22, 1775. He was relieved of his military command lu Rhode Island and immed iately proceeded to Philadelphia in the sloop Katy with 100 men specially en listed for the navy service. On Feb. 17, 1776, he sailed from Delaware Bay with a squadron of eight vessels and con ducted the- successful Nassau expedi tion. John Paul Jones was a lieutenant under Hopklns,who, until his hitch with the Marine committee of congress, was practically "Admiral." An Expensive Lynching. From the Aalanta Constitution. "What's ull that noise about at the court house?" "Thar's a lynchln' case coin' on." "A lynching case?" "Yes. .You see they lynched a man about a month ago, and he broke three ropes." "Well?" "Well, they're a-suln of his wldder for damages." His Wits Soon Brightened, A magistrate In Missouri recently nen tenced an Illiterate man, who had com mitted a smull offense, to be Imprisoned until he could learn to reud and write. The man learned In three weeks, and was then released. His Conversation. From tho Washington Star. "Whereareyou going, my pretty maid?" "I'm going a chestnutlng, sir," she said. ".May I go with you, my pretty maid?" "I prefer the kind In the trees," she said. Christmas Presents . Useful and Ornamen tal goods for the holi day trade. LADIES' DESKS. CABINETS. BOOKCASES. LADIES' DRESSING TABLES. TEA TABLES AND LIBRARY TABLES, BRASS AND ONYX TABLES AND CABINETS (OF A GUARANTEED QUALITY.) AN ELEGANT STOCK OF PIC TURES AT MODERATE COST. FANCY BASKETS AND LAMPS. CALL EARLY AND MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS WHILE OUR AS SORTMENT IS COMPLETE. HH1& Connell, 131 AND 133 WASHINGTON AVE. We are now showing the larg est line of Dinner Sets ever dis played in this city. A splendid variety in HAV1LAND & CO, CHAS. FIELD HAVILAND, R. DELENINERES & CO,, ' FRENCH CHINA, CARLSBAD AND AMERICAN : CHINA, PORCELAIN AND WHITE GRANITE WARE. If you want a Dinner Set examine onr stock before buying. Coursen, Clemons & Co. The secret Is out. Sot only do they say wc do washing for a living, but that we do it well. So keep it going. Tell everybody you see, but tell them not to tell. EUREKA LAUNDRY, 323 Washington Ave. THAT WONDERFUL WEBER GUERNSEY GOLDSMITH'S WE Taken the Town By. storm with our magnificent display of Holiday Goods, and with the extremely low prices we are sell ing, them at. If you are wise you will do your Holi day shopping now, and you will do it right here. Use ful Holiday presents of all kinds, Umbrellas, Neck wear,. Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Smoking Jackets, Jew elry, Leather Goods, Celluloid Goods, Silverware, Toys, Games, Books, Booklets, Pictures, Rockers' Cushions, Lambrequins, Linen Sets, Rugs, Curtains', Carpet Sweepers. v COME AND SEE US Special Holiday department, second floor take elevator. Articles selected now laid away for customers until wanted. We will discontinue giving away Crayon Portraits after December 31st, 1894. So those who are entitled to them are advised to order them now. The Lackawanna Store Association, Limited. We will sell for the next thirty days, prevl out to our Inventory, Edwin (1 Burt & Co'.s FINE SHOES FOR LADIES, atareduction of 10 per cent, from regular prices. Every lady in Scranton and vicinity should avail tbeni telvee of till, opportunity to purchase theae celebrated Shoes at the prices usually paid for ordinary goods. We have several other bargains to offer. See our new novelties in FOOTWEAR FOR THE HOLIDAYS. We have original stylos and designs. A full line of Leggings and Overgaiters. Onr stock of tho J. S. TURNER CO. '8 HIGH QKADE SHOES for gent's wear is complete. You will be 7' eased with our goods in all departments, having a flue line of Groceries, Hardware, Dry Goods, Gent's Furnishings, Etc. WExamlne the new "Kaysor," Patent Fin far Tipped Cashmere GLOVES, for Ladies; perfect fitting. With each pair yon will find a guarantee ticket, which entitles you to anew pair If the tips wear out before the Glove. We Are Ready To Show You Our ELEGANT LINE OF Holiday Goods Comprising Dressing Cases, Jewel Cases, Glove Boxes, Cigar Boxes, Sterling Silver-Mounted Card Cases and Pocket Books, Bill Books,Photograph Albums, Photograph Frames, Prayer Books, Family Bibles, Ox ford Bibles. The Most Elegant Line of Ink Stands Eve r Shown In the (It). ENGRAVINO In All Its Branches. REYNOLDS BROS. Stationers and Engravers, . 317 LACKAWANNA AVE. DR. HILL & SON ALBANY DENTISTS. Pot teeth, J5.60; best tot, 18; for gold cap and teeth without plates, called crown and bridge work, call for prices and refer ences. TONALUIA, for extracting teotl) without pain. No ether. No gas. OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. v ! ! . 4 TONE 13 FOUND ONLY IN THE " WEBER PIANO BROTHERS HAVE IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE. SCIENTIFIC EYE China Closets reduced 13 to 40 per cent. Dec. 17, 1891. Removal Sale of Furniture at HULL & CO.'S, 205 WYOMING AVENUE. Fine Dressing Tables greatly re luoeJ In price A PRESENT CUT . A largo number of persons will receive presents of our fine cutlery. And why? Because Santa Claus If) thoroughly stuck on It. Oour Carving Knives will pene trate with ense the most difficult Joints of meat. The most delicate handed ludy of the land ran use them with pleasure. Something: grand for your boy a pair of Skates. It will sharpen his wits, make him happy, tlgod Hardware like ours stands hard knocks, will rut and twist and pinch, and multitudes of other things do. FOOTE 5 SHEAR CO, 2 2 A 9 WYOMING AVE. TESTING FREE BY DR. SHIMBURQ The Specialist on the Eye. Headachei nnd Nervous ness rellovod. Latest and Improved Style of Eye glas.es and Spectacles at trie Lowest Prices. Beat Artificial Eyes Inserted for fi. 305 Spruce Street, Opp. Old Postofflce. DR. E. GREWER, The Philadelphia Specialist, and his asso ciated stulT of KnKlish and German physicians, are now permanently located at Old Postoffice Building, Corner Penn Avenue and Spruce Street The doctor Is a graduae of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, formerly demon strator of physiology and surgery at the iMedleo-Chirurgleal college of Philadel phia. His specialties are Chronic. Ner vous, Skin, Heart, Womb and Blood dis eases. . DISEASES OF THE HERYOUS SYSTEM The symptoms of which are dlzzlness.lack of conlldence. sexual weakness In men and women, ball rising In throat, spots floating before the eyes, loss of memory, unable to concentrate the mind on one Bubject, easily sturtled when suddenly spoken to. and dull distressed mind, which unfits them for performing the actual du ties of life, making happiness impossible, distressing the action of the heart, caus ing flush of heat, depression of splrits.ovil forebodings, cowardice, fear, dreams, mel ancholy, tire easy of company, feeling as tired in the morning as when retiring, lack of energy, nervousness, trembling, confusion of though t.depreaslon,. constipa tion, weakness of the limbs, etc. Those so affected should consult us immediately ard be restored to perfect health. Lost Manhood Restored. Weakness of Young Men Cured. If you have boon given up by your phy sician call upon the doctor and be exam d. He cures the worst cases of Ner vous Debility, Scrofulu, Old Sores, Ca tarrh, Piles, Female Weakness, Affec tions of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, Asthma, Deafness, Tumors, Cancers and Cripples of every description. Consultations free and strictly sacred and conlldenlR.. Olllce hours dally from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, 9 to 2. Enclose nve 2-cent stamps for symtpom. blanks and my book called "New Life " I will pay one thousand dollars In told to anyone whom I cannot cure of EPI LEPTIC CONVULSIONS or PITS. DR. E. GREWER Old Post Office Building, corner Peua avtmuo and Spruce street. SCRANTON. PA. T .OF ALL KINDS. Maurice River Cove, Blue Point and llUCTPlQ Rockawny . . , UJOlUlO) rt A fte MEDIUM AND CLAMS LITTLE NECK, All kiuds of Fresh Fish, Lobster, Hard Crabs, Escallops and Shrimps; at PIERCE'S MARKET.' PENN AVENUE. HORSE SHOEING. HAVING purchsssd the stoek kud rented the tihoelng Forge of William Sluce Ss Boa, I shall bow give constant attention to shoeing horses In a practi cal ana scientlflo msnaer. Quick work and good Is the motto. JOHN HAMLIN, DOCTOR OF VETERINARY SURGERt. IP YOUR OLD BOOKS NEED FIX. ISO. RCMn TltEM TO Th. FOUL I Bookbinding Dept.