THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 19, 1894. PCBUSHID DilLT IB SCRAIITOir. PA.. BT IHI TRIBOM PDBuauma Ooupamt. t. P. KINGSBURY, Putt. and Otn'i Mad. K. H. RIPPLC, Sic'v Tns. LIVYB. RICHARD, Eoitor. W. W. DAVIS, SUKDINTIMOINT. W. W. YOUNGS, Ao. MANa'a. Riw Yo&k orrici : tribttni buiidiho. ruins & GRAY. UANAOBR. NTRiD AT TBI I-OSTorFICB AT BCRANTON, PA, AS SI00WD-CLAS81UH. MATTER. "Printers' Ink," the recosnlzed Jonrnnl for ndvcrtlscrs, rates THE SCUANTOX TKIUL'XK us the best advertising medium in Northeastern Pennsylvania. " l'rlutera' Ink" know. BCRANTON, DECEMBER 10, 18U4. THE SCRANTON OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. Elevation atiovo the tide, 740 feet. Extremely healthy. Estimated population, 1894, 103,000. Registered voters, 20,(199. Value of Bchool property, $750,000. Number of school children, 12,00. Average amount of bank deposits, $10,- 000,000. It's the metropolis of, northeastern Penn sylvania. Can produce electric power cheaper than Niagara. No better point In the United States at which to establish new industries. See how wo grow: l'opulatlon in ISfifl W'3 "opulation in 1870 35,000 Population In 1SS0 Population In 181)0 75,215 l'opulatlon In 1894 (estimated) 1O3.IW0 And the end Is not yet. If Rev. Dr. Harlfhurst 13 making any mistake. It Is In trying to prevent mis takes on the part of men whom the people expect to govern themselves. , j Why We Need Another Judge. With Judges' salaries payable by the state, Instead of by the counties, it Is perhaps natural that the more orderly portions of the commonwealth should object to the creation of additional Judgeships In communities where petty litigation Is uncommonly abundant. We cannot, therefore, criticise the argu ment of the Philadelphia Press against the demands for new Judgeships likely to be made upon the next legislature; from that paper's pulnt of view its argu ment Is logical and reasonable. If there could be, under the constitution, a "proper division of the state" it Is probably true, as the Press contends, that one-third less than the present number of Judges S5 would be suf ficient to transact all the proper busi ness of our Pennsylvania county courts. Laying aside, however, the theoreti cal aspects of this ease, let us ask our contemporary if, under existing cir cumstances, It thinks the cost of one additional Judge should stand between the 1GO.O0O Inhabitants of Lackawanna county and a proper and prompt clear-ing-up of our Increasing court dockets. We concede that the assignment of four Judges Is theoretically a- large appor tionment for this county. Upon the basis of an equitable division, and with more rigorous laws to prevent the bringing Into court of cases which ought to be settled outside, It Is possible that three Judges, If unusually active and persevering, might manage for several years to keep pace with the business of our courts, although this might easily give rise to undesirable haste. Such a basis of 'calculation, however, Is somewhat 'distant from the actual condition that now exists. This is a county of Jibnormal'lltlgatlon. Much of this litigation, Involving as It does difficult technical points with reference to coal leases and contracts, is neces sarily slow In Its progress through the courts. Our dockots, as a consequence, lire already much overcrowded and the growth In the volume of our legal busi ness upon the whole renders doubtful the possibility that three Judges will much longer be able to keep pace with It, and continue to give public satisfac tion. Although Lackawanna county has at nlmost every term of court for the past two years called In two or three Judges from neighboring Judicial lt tilcts to assist the resident Judges In Cli-poslng of the great mass of cases to he adjudicated In the different courts, it has not been found possible to do much more than keep abreast of lltlga tlon. The common pleas court Is two years behind time, and many criminals f scape the punishment their acts Justly deserve, because It is not possible to bring them to trial soon after they have Violated the law. Cases of this kind are continued from term to term until prosecutors become disgusted and weary and quite willing that the ac cused should go scot-free on the basis of paying the costs. Thesa delays cause the fees of witnesses to be greatly Increased and take thousands of dol lars out of the county treasury each j-ear. Under these circumstances It would Very manifestly be cheaper to give Lackawanna county an additional Judge, would It not, than to gradually destroy the usefulness of our courts by overcrowding them, or to seek vision ary relief In the creation of a superflu ous new county with its expansive po lltlcal machinery and necessarily higher tax rates? We try, occasionally, to send good (men to congress; and then, nt the very next election, let ignoramuses or knaves slip into council practically unopposed jQueer logic! Queer public I ' Labor's Latest Chieftain, Rotation lif office undoubtedly has Its Advantages, even in labor organiza tions; but when an observance of this principle supplants a Powderly with a Sovereign and a Gompers with a Ale 13rlde it Is not to be wondered at If the public- should begin to have its doubts as to these organizations' con- Btancy of purpose. We know nothing specifically to Mr, McBrlde's discredit further than a considerable quantity of careless talking which he haB n ivarlous times projected Into print. But It has' been many times demonstrated that he Is, in any event, Samuel Gompers' Inferior In experence, breadth of view and resources, and the Federa tlon of Labor Is seemingly much more likely to recede than to advance under his guidance., We dare say that one of the first steps of President McBrlde will be to renew his recent attempt to secure a foothold In the anthracite coal regions for the United Mine Workers. Numerous pre dictions to this effect have' been cur rent of late: and it has even been said that the organization Is already com plete in this region, but this is an as sertion which lacks proof. In all reason able and well-considered steps to better lis condition, labor will receive the cordial sympathy of the public, as it always has "received this in the past. But we should be recreant to duty If we held out false hopes of leniency to the class of reckless men who sometimes delude worklngmen into unwise pro- epdlrifis, for the money and brief au thority which they can get out of such betrayal. We trunt there will be no future repetition In these parts of this kind of lamentable history. The Dunmnre magistrate who allowed Farmer Nouck to compound felony the oilier day by settling a case of highway oblicry for $;!5, is apparently one of the most beautiful specimens of the con necting link between law and disorder on record. With such men presiding over the lower courts In this vicinity It Is a wonder thait the local army of pickpockets and sneak thieves is not even larger. . Encourage Broader Patriotism. The .Wilkts-Barre Leader asks what the following extract from a recent Tribune editorial-means: The fact that somewhat more than thrae-fourllis of the entire population of Scranton are only one generation removed from necessarily different old-world con ditions makes doubly urgent the upbuild ing of a strong sentiment of patriotism, perhaps even more manifest und emphatic han would bo requisite were our citizens long grounded in American traditions. The Tribune takes no stock In prescript ive orders or ugencles that would excite sectarian strife. It appeals, without bias, to Its readers, native boin and natural ized, to co-operate in the strengthening of all honest and worthy patriotic Influence! to put our friends of foreign pnrentage In unison with American conditions and in stitutions. Oyr contemporary must be singularly obtuse If It cannot understand the fore going. The meaning of it is not hid den. It moans', among other things, that good Americans, whether native or naturalized, should strengthen the public and private school systems wherein the sons and daughters of Americans, born of foreign parents are receiving their dally education. It means, to give' one local Illustration, that they should reinforce efforts like those of Hew HIchard Aust In this city, who In the Polish schools under his charge Is teaching the American lan guage, American history and reverence for American institutions in other words, is fitting the children of those wllio do not speak English to take a creditable and progressive part In the civic activities of the near future. It means, too, that when the sons and daughters of naturalized citizens do not attend school and do not fit them selves for an intelligent part in the government of their parents' adopted country, virile efforts should be put forth to give them the advantages of our free educational Institutions, Klate, parochial or private. The Leader thinks that: There Is a good deal of the veriest rot In dulged In by many of our writer.' and speakers when they get on this subject of patriotism and our foreign population, so called. We ure all, so to speak, foreign ers of yesterday. It is very questionable whether those who can go back through two generations of ancestors, williout Uncl ing more or less inter-mlxture of foreign bloods (und precious few can do even that), are any mure patriotic, in any proper sense of the won), than those who come direct from foreign parentage, or most of those who are themselves of for eign birth. In fact there is a something in having been born under a foreign (lag, followed by a coming under ours and the acquirement of the additional privileges the change confers, and by a voluntary repudiation of "any foreign government, prince or potentate" as a means of secur ing the rights of American citizenship, that should, and unquestionably often does, produce a far more genuine article of putrlotlsm than is shown in the aver age native born of native parentage. The one Is an American citizen by choice, deliberately made after he has uttalned years of discretion. The other is such by mure accident of birth. The lessons in patriotism of which we stand In greatest need are such as will teach till our citi zens, native born und foreign born, tint this Is a government for nil the people, and not a mere means of subserving the Interests of the few at the cost of the many. We are not discussing this point. We are not hurling stones at persons of foreign birth. Neither are we Indulging In what our neighbor somewhat Ineptly calls "rot." A Journal like the Leader, which assumes to speak Intelligently for an Intelligent constituency, should not put Itself In the unnatural position of seeming to excuse Illiteracy or to discourage rational and broad-gauged efforts toward the development In this community of a more thorough patriot ism. It knows, In Its own heart, that the anthracite regions do not compare favorably, with respect to law-ob servance, general morality and uplift Ing tendencies, with the average com munlty In this country. Whatever the fault, or whatever the weakness whether among Americans of five gen erations or of only one generation that fault and that weakness call for correc tion. The Leader should bo above play ing the demagogue or trying to tickle the fancy of the galleries with cheap flattery. One of the best recent types of west cm enterprise in a Journalistic lino Is distributed by the Minneapolis Tribune In a Christmas number of fifty-two pages, containing 232 columns of adver tising the largest number of adver tisements ever collected In a single issue of a western dally newspaper. The Tribune Is a success every day in the year; on the day in question It merely let Itself out, so to speak. For sixteen years or so, the Hepubll can party in New York state has been to a largo extent under the thumb of Thomas C. Piatt. While Tamrhany was In a position to make deals with him, lie was in a position' to .crack the whip over the Republican party or ganization, and he did this most zeal ously, During these years, Mr. Piatt had the misfortune to place nothing but defeats to his credit as a leader. Now that a tidal wave has burst the bondage of his inefficiency as a general-ln-chief, he coolly' takes the popular uprising ob a license to renewed bosslsm, of a kind even more offensive than ever before, The time is at hand, we believe, when this- man will have become a needles; burden on the party's shoulders. Past debts have been abundantly dis charged. The party Is in a position now to pay authoritatively that as a leader, he leads only to defeat; as a boss he Insults rather than placates the people; as a politician, his strength vanished with Tammany's- downfall;' and as a dictator he Is succeeding only In making himself ridiculous. It is time for New York Republicans to see things In their -true light and to proceed to di vest themselves of the Piatt incubus. If they do this, it will mark a new era of Republican re-ascendancy. Some Crises of Peace. An excellent point was recently made by Judge Iilce, of the Luzerne courts, when he refused to excuse from jury service a Wllkes-Harre merchant who pleaded the urgency of his per sonal business duties. Judge Rice re minded the gentleman that the state's exaction of jury service from each citi zen, on nn average, amounts to but lit tle; but that this little was of vast im portance. The citizen who should shirk his duty on the battlefield would at once be branded a coward. Why should a different term be applied to the citizen who, In time of peace, en deavors to shift infinitely less danger ous burdens upon the shoulders of In different substitutes? The Wllkes Harre Record, In this connection, com pliments Kckley H. Ooxe for his punc tuality in always serving on juries when summoned and In exacting sim ilar punctuality ,frornt his employes. Mr. Coxe. to be sure, does only his hon- est duty; but in these duys even tills Is scarce enough, It seems, to occasion .igreeable surprise. There Is another similar direction In whuh many well-intentioned business men are often quite as remiss. When a man Is drawn on a jury, he Is fre quently compelled to serve, whether he wishes to or not. This element of com pulsion to some extent, therefore, de tracts from the heroism of the service. Hut no man Is compelled to serve In councils. When, therefore, u clean and representative citizen Is solicited by friends to take a nomination so that the duty of legislating for his ward and his city may not fall Into unworthy hands, It Is twice over as essential that he should accept, thus lending to the cause of good local government the voluntary Indorsement of his active personal Interest, as It Is that ho Bhould do his occasional duty in the jury box. Yet it is an absolute fact In this city that good men by the scores refuse to become candidates for common coun cil although they fully recognize the need of a radical cleansing of this de teriorated branch of - the municipal legislature. The excuse In this Instance Is the same as In the other. It Is: 'I am too busy;" or, "You can do quite as well with some other man." Is It not time that the Importance of civic responsibilities were better un derstood in this vicinity? The presidential whip muy try to lash the administration's currency reform nostrum through the house committee, and even through a servile and Ignor ant house. Hut that nostrum will be forced to assume quite a different pace when it gets Into the senate. The sen ate owes no thanks to O rover Cleveland nor to any of his millions, a fact he will probably again ascertain. It Is not likely that the Corbett-Fitz- simmons engagement will ever take place. If It should, what would the two athletes have to talk about for future advertising purposes? Some one ought to tell Thomas C. Plaitt to take a vacation. His activity in assuming to speuk as proprietor of the Republican party In New York Is reaching the proportions of a national nuisance. POLITICAL POINTS. Captain John C. Delaney Is mourning for his mother, who died suddenly last week. The utato tax conferenra will meet In Harrisburg on Dec, 29 to hear the report of the conimllee which framed a new rev enue bill at the Commonwealth hotel re cently. Judges Simonton and Mcl'herson havo disposed of many of the "rise" cuses by reducing the taxes und the common wealth loses by the litigation. The attor ney general Is trying to get these settle ments fixed up before ids term closes. Philadelphia Democrats hope to have President Cleveland attend their Jack son day banquet on Jan. 8. Assurances have been received from Vice President Stevenson, ex-Governor Russell, of Mas sachusetts; I'nitcd States Senators Vilas, of Wisconsin, and White, of California, and Representatives Mc.Mlilln, of Ten nessee, that they will be present und ve- spond to toasts. Leading Democrats from nearly every county in tho Btute will also be present. The totul pluralities for Curtln In ISM and ISO, (!eary In ISM and 1OT, llartranft In 1S72 and 1875, Iloyt In 1878 and Heaver In 1880 aggregate. 18I.8H8. Tho Pattlson years of 1882 and 1S!Cj provide an addition of 50,75(1, and the result of the 'ten guberna torial elections In the past thirty-four years Is a total of 238,014. The Interest ing point about It Is, says tho Philadel phia Times, that the. Hastln-js plurality of 241,397 exceeds all tho number gone before by 2,7iX The real magnitude of tho November returns can be had In these llg ures If any one Is searching for it ut tills lute date. TO MY FATHER. Peace and her huge Invasion to these shores Puts dally home: liinumernbln sails Dawn on the far horizon and draw near; Innumerable loves, uncounted hopes, To our wild coaHts, not darkling now, ap proach; Not now obscure, since thou and thine are there. And bright on the lone Isle, tho foundered reef, Tho loud, resounding foreland, Pharoah stands. These are thy works, O fathor, these thy crown; Whether on high tho air bo pure, they shine Along tho yellowing sunset, and all night Among the unnmbered stars of Ood they shine; Or wether fogs urlso and far and wldo Tho low sea-level drown each finds a tongue, And all night long tho tolling bell re sounds: Sn shine, so toll, till night bo overpast, Till tho stars vanish, till tho Sun return. And In tho heaven rides the Meet secure. In tho first hour, the seaman In his skiff Moves through the unmovlng buy, to where tho town Its earliest smoke Into tho air upbreathos And the rough hazels climb upon the bvaeh. To the tugg'd oar tho distant echo speaks, Tho ship, lies rcBtliiK. where by reef unci roost Thou and thy lights havo led her like a child. - , This hnst thou done, and I can I bo base? I must arise, O father, and to port Some lost, complaining seaman pilot home. Robert Louis Stevenson. KIND WORDS OF FRIENDS. Mutual Pride. Scranton Truth: "Scranton Journalism Is showing Itself to advantage In the special Christmas Issues of our esteemed contemporaries, the Republican, the Free Press and The Tribune, which have fol lowed each other within the last four days. The dty of Scranton has a right to be proud of Its newspapers, as Its newspapers are of it." Was a Creditable Number. WIlkeR-Barre Times: "The Scranton Tribune's Christmas number came to hand today. It Is a well gotten up paper of twenty pages enclosed In a handsome ly designed cover printed In bright red. It Is full of advertisements and appro priate Christmas reading und is all In all a credit to tho establishment." Is Well Received. Wllkes-Harre Leader: "The Scranton Tribune this morning issued a Christmas number of twenty pages, with cover printed in red. It is a line edition and merits the approval which its patrons will no doubt cheerfully accord It." - Paid Service Is IScst. From tho Wilkes-Harre Times. Scranton Is debating whether or no to abandon their volunteers for a paid lire department. YVo have tried both kinds, neighbor, and find the paid department much more etllcient and fully warranting tho rightly Increased cost. Our lire de partment is today one of the best equipped und most competent In tho state. Fires in Wilkus-Uurre aro Infrequent and rarely are ullowed to do much damage. Indeed there are sometimes complaint on this score when old and unsightly buildings are afire. We would not think of return ing to the village method of a volunteer service and are surprised that a progres sive city like Scranton has clung to it so long. Had tho Door and kept It. From Harper's Bazar. "Wife back from the country, Daw son?" "Yes, just got back." "Didn't she stay longer thnn usual?" "yes. Couldn't ufl'ord to leave, there were so many servants to tip. She hud to stay until half of them had gone." . REQUIEM. Under the wldo and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. (Had did I live and gladly die, And 1 laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he Is where he longed to be; Homo Is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter from the hill. Robert Louis Stevenson. 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, Hill & Connell, 131 AND 133 WASHINGTON AVE. We are now showing the larg est line of Dinner Sets ever dis played ifi this city.' A splendid variety In HAVILAND & CO., CHAS. FIELD HAVILAND, R. DELENINERES & GO, FRENCH GHINA, CARLSBAD AND AMERICAN CHINA, PORCELAIN AND WHITE GRANITE WARE. If you want a Dinner Set examine our stock before buying. Coursen, demons & Co. The secret is out Not only do they say we do washing for a living, but that we do it well. So keep It going. Fell everybody you see, but tell them not to tell. EUREKA LAUNDRY, 322 Washington Ave. THAT WONDERFUL WEB 4 GUERNSEY WE 7 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. 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 soil for the next thirty daya, prevl fins to our inventory, Edwin C. Burt & Oo'.s FINE 8110E8 FOK LADIES, nt a reduction of 10 per cent, from regular prii.es. Every lady in Scranton and vicinity should avail theni eolven of thin opportunity to purchase theso celebrated 8hoea at the prices usually paid (or ordinary goods. We have mivoral other bargains to offer. See our now novelties in FOOT W EAli KOK THE HOLIDAY tt. We have original style uud (l?!gi)8. A full line of Loggings and Overgatter. Onr stock of tho J. H. TURNER CO. '8 HIGH UHADK H1IOE8 for gent's wear is complete. You will be p eased with our goods iu all departments, having a lino line of Groceries, llardwure, Dry Goods, Guilt's Furnishings, Etc. Examine tho now "ICaysor," Patent Pin ter Tipped Cashmere OLOVES, for Ladles; perfect tlttinir. With each inir you will tlud n guarantee ticket, which entitles you to anew puir if tho tips wear out before the Uloves. 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 (jases and Pocket Books, Bill Books,Photograph Albums, Photograph Frames, Prayer Books, Family Bibles, Ox ford Bibles. The Most Elegant Line or Ink Stands Ever Shown in the ( ll.v. ENQRAVINO In All Its Branches. REYNOLDS BROS. Stationers and Engravers, 317 LACKAWANNA AVE. DR. HILL & SON ALBANY DENTISTS. Ret teeth, J3.50; best set, $8; for gold enps nml teeth without plates, called crown and brldgo work, call for prices and refer ences. TONALOIA, for extracting teotl) without pain. No ether. No gas. OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. ER BROTHERS, WYOMING AVE. HAVE IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE. (hristrnas BEAUTIFUL GOODS Jewelry, Silverware, Watches, Clocks, Diamonds (k $, SCfld PH. 610, Opera Glasses, etc. Also an exceptionally fine line of GOLD HEADED CflNES AND UMBRELLAS. Our stock embraces everything iu the way of desirable and appropriate , CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG. We can supply you with an elegant article at little cost and make it scarcely noticeable to j-ourself. Call and ex amine our stock, and you will see that we have just what you want. Our reputation for reliable dealing is still maintained after thirty-seven years' business in Scranton, having been established here iu 187. Wc will be pleased to show our goods, whether you buy or not. C. LUTHER, 107 Wyoming Avenue. SCIENTIFIC EYE r TONE IS FOUND ONLY IN THE WEBER PIANO AT LOW PRICES. TESTING FREE BY DR. SHIMBURG The 6pf oitUit on the Eye. HedMhe n NOM oeee relieved. Lteet nd InW. Styo W g!eesand Spectacle t the Lowest Price Bttt ArtiUclal Eyes Iustrted for S. 303 Spruce Street, Opp. Old Pottofflce. HORSE SHOEING. HAVING pnrchued the etoek Mid rented the Hhoelng Forge of Willlwo Blnice St Ben, I ahull no Rive constant attention to ahoolna hornet in a praotl cnl and anleutlflo manner. Quick work and good U the motto. JOHN HAMLIN, DOCTOR OF VETERINARY SURGERf.