THE SCEANTON TItlBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 26. 1894. FUBMSBID DAILY IN BCBANTOH. PA., BT TBI TRIB0W1 PUBU3I111KJ OOliPAMT. C. P. KINGSBURY, Pats. t GiR'l Mm. C. H. RIPPLE, Sie-v iniTnu. LIVV 8. RICHARD, Editor. ' W. W. DAVIS. SuKMNTCNDINT. W. W, YOUNGS, Adv. alalia-. Hit tors Ovfice : Trihom building. Ibank B, QUAY, UANAQIR. INTHRID AT nil roSTOWICi AT 8CR ANTON, FA, AS UICOND-OLABS MAIL MATT BR. " Printers' Ink," tho rccogntied journal fur udvcrtlscrs, rates TUK SCKANTON TKIbl'NE as the best advertising medium in Northeastern Pennsylvania. " Printers' Ink" knows. (SCR ANTON, DECEMBER 2li, 181)4. THE SCR ANTON OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. Klovation above the tide, 740 feet Extremely healthy. Estimated population, 1894, 103,000. Iteglntered voters, 20,r99. Value of school property, 5730,000. Number of school children,' 12,000. - Average amount of bank deposits, $10, COO, 000. It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn ey Ivan la. Canprodueo electric power cheaper than Klngara. No better point in tho United States at which to establish new Industries. See how we grow: Population In JSfiO Population In 1870 35.W Population In 1880 Population In 1890 70.215 Population In 1891 (estimated) 1W.W0 And the end Is not yet. The better the eouncllriien, the better the local government. Good govern ment pays, The Dispensation ot Burns. The visit of John llurns to this coun try has resulted in the rude destruction of one picturesque lilluslon. So long as this "apostle of labor" remained 3,000 miles away, and so long as we were permitted to look at him wonderliiKly through the uncwtaln spectacles of William T. Stead, John Burns dimly re sembled a hero. There was, in this as pect, a tinge of romance about him; of republican romance, lie represented the apobheosis of daily toll; the af franchisement, eo 'to speak, of the un der dog. Those of us who had sup posed such things Incompatible with the genius of British Institutions were, therefore, duly Impressed, touched and awed. In a sorry moment, however, John Burns caughlt sight of an American dol lar. Assuming that it madly beckoned to him, Hie packed up his grip and set sail for New York. It was Napoleon, we believe, who remarked that no man can be a hero to his vaM. John Burns should have foreseen ifhat no great la bor emancipator could remain great af ter he 'toad commingled Intimately with his worshippers and given repeated proof of very abundant fallibility. The invasion of Burns was' attended with a vast amount of lncense-burnlng and Grand-clapping, at Uhe outset. The dis tinguished British visitor addressed thousands in New York, talked to otiher thousands In Chicago and was made equally mudi of in Denver. If John Burns ihad been content, during these ovations, to restrict his remarks to sub jects upon Which he is well Informed, liils poputority mlg'ht have maintained I'ta Initial pace and his coffers fattened at Yankee expense. But In a- moment of enthusiasm, our English visitor felt called upon to save this nation; and In doing so we are con strained to admit that he has made a mess of It. In the first place, our Pull man strike wasn't settled to his soitls faotion. Therefore he must laud Debs, who has been fairly sentenced to Jail; score Ohlef Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, who, as Americans know, 13 the most sagacious leader that labor has yet produced, and put himself generally In an attitude of mental resistance to the sovereign forces of American law and order. These comments were not made casual ly and tentatively, as mere expressions of personal belief. They were delivered ex cathedra. The public ear was bom barded by them. They were uttered In a tone that left no room for reply. We say this was the first ithlng that John Burns found amiss, In America. Wo are now curiously awiailtlng the second one. There will, of course, be a second one; for to a flatulent blatherskite let loose In the vast area of his own Imagi nation all things are possible. Byrnes may have been honest, but If no, where was his back bone? A downright quarrel between two Mich eminent statesmen as Itlchard Croker and W. Bourke Cockran might not be edifying, but it would doubtless be instructive. Let the battle proceed. The tramp problem Is solved In the laconic sentence: "Work!" Canadian Annexation. A number of propositions looking to closer trade and political relations be tween this republic and Canada are on the calendar of tho present congress, prominent among them a resolution, introduced 'by Senator dalllnger, of New Hampshire, and offering lavish rhetorical Inducements to an outright union. It Is not probable that any of these propositions will be acted uopn by the present congress. It has neither the time nor the ability necessary to the consideration of so important a problem. The likelihood Is very great, however, that the Canadian question, so called, will be among the foremost themes of debate In the Republican congre'ss elected last month; and a se rious discussion of it will, we believe, be followed with uncommon Interest by the great mass of Americans and by the more Intelligent classes of Cana dians. After several years of more or less earnest agitation, there Is a yet marked conflict of testimony as to whether or not the majority of Canadians would Join the United Stafes In a political union If an honorable opportunity-were to be presented to them. Our own opinion, formed after some Btudy of the surface evidences, is that the an nexationists In Canada are still in the minority. But they form a strikingly intelligent, progressive and active minority, representing, upon the whole, a larger proportion of the more desirable classes among the Inhabitants ot the dominion than is represented by the Conservative opposition. The march of Ideas seems destined at no remote day to land the annexation sentiment in a fair working majority and when that time shall come, it will be the work of a few months only to snap the ab normal ties that now bind Canada to Great Britain and Issue overtures for acceptance Into the American federa tion. Until such a time, the attitude of this government must naturally be a passive one. Over-anxiety for new territory Is contrary to all wise Yankee traditions. The greatest and best government on earth need not solicit . recruits; the solicitation should come from those anxious to share In Its advantages. At the same time, It would be futile to deny that many Americans already look upon Canada as a natural und logical part of the United States, and would gladly ' Improve the first hon orable opportunity to welcome it into the sisterhood of free and prosperous American states. The choice Is one for Canada, itself to make. There is little doubt, however, as to how she will eventually make It. It may be worth while to remark, for the benefit of whom it may concern, that no bridge "Job" will succeed, this year. The Stay-at-home Vote. It Is announced that a bill will be presented to the Pennsylvania legisla ture to make voting compulsory at every general election, under penalty of a line of $0. The bill provides that, after the closing of the polls, the judge of each election division shall make a red mark under the name of each voter who has neglected to cast his ballot, and he shall transmit to the returning judge within the next succeeding ten days a correct list of these names, signed by himself, attested to by the clerks. The courts are directed to sum mon the derelict voters into court to show cause why the fine should not be imposed. Sickness and absence from the city shall be sufficient excuse to avoid the payment of the (live. All fines collected under this act shall go to the public fund of the county In which they are collected. This measure Is doubtless suggested by the suffrage bill which lately created a stir In the German empire. It aimed to disfranchise citizens who should ob staln from voting at two successive elections. The falllng-off of the vote lis all "off-year" American elections Ki a fact too familiar to' require demon stration. In the elections of one year ago. In this state, for example, there Is every evidence to Indicate that as many as 300,000 duly qualified voters, or al most 30 per cent., did not take enough Interest In the choice of a state supreme court Justice and a state treasurer to visit the polls. The elections last month drew forth a larger percentage of the total vote; but even with a gov ernor, stute legislature and congress men to elect, easily 100,000 citizens re mained at home on election day! Whether It Is possible by any coercive force to bring thi3 sluggish fraction u-ound to a correct realization of Its obligations Is an Interesting problem. We suspect not. At least, we should have greater faith in education than In ligislation as a corrective Influence. In this connection It may not be amiss to renew attention to a cognate proposi tion advanced two years ago by Judge Stewart, of Ch.imbersburg, who sug gests that a cltlien who should neglect to register his vote at a primary elec tion should not tie permitted to vote at the next, ensuing general election. Theenactmentof this principle Into law would not, perhaps, reach the Individ ual who shuns both primaries and gen eral elections; but it would be a for ward step that would exert a guoi moral Influence. It Is largely because of tho general Indifference manifested toward primaries that there Is a large stay-at-home vote in the elections fol lowing those primaries. If the import ance of the primary could be more earnestly Impressed upon the Ameri can electorate, the elections would In most localities practically take care of themselves. One great trouble with Thomas C. riatt Is that he Interprets every Re publican victor ns a personul license to dicta tu .appointments.' Some day the Republican party In New York will get tired of carrying Piatt;' and then you will hear something drop. Yankee and Other Railroads. The introductory number of n new venture In the publishing world, called "The Magazine of Travel," lies before us. It Is a monthly publication of nlne-ty-slx pages, handsomely Illustrated by the very finest kind of half-tone cuts printed on super-calendared paper. Kdl torlully It proclaims Its mission to be theexploltallonof travel and kindred In teresta and the collection and preserva-. tlon of much valuable literature having tioYel as Its fundamental theme. Prom a haaty survey of the first number's contents, we should say that tho new venture would appeal to a very large and delighted sudlenco1. ricturesqut spots In all climes are brightly de scribed and pictured; and next to see ing the spots at first hand we should choose to read about them In the Mag azine of Travel, which is sumptuous In typography as well as In letter press and Illustration. The first article In this new magazine Is byCha'uncey M. Depew, and It treats of an always' Interesting theme. Mr. Depew In a hurried fashion but with authority draws several pertinent com parisons between American and foreign travel. Mr. Depew lias made the tour of England and the continent more than half a dozen times and has Inva riably returned to his own country strengthened In his conviction that American railroads are fully a cycle ahead of the foreign ones In construc tion, rolling stock, equipment, service and management, most of ull. We have not tho space to reproduce all the defective points which Mr. Depew mar shals against the railroads of the effete old world. Some of the more conspicu ous of his complaints, however, aim at the bad road beds of the foreign rail ways; tho utter lack oC enterprise In their control; the wretched facilities find conveniences they offer to the ordinary traveller, and the insolence of their employes together with the abom inable severity and complexity of the governing rules In cpuntrles where the government owns and mans the rail roads. The two great nuisances on our Chauncey's blacklist are the compart ment evil and state ownership. Of the former he writes: Of the compartment system which ob tains abroad, enough, cannot be said In denunciation; it Is the most unpleasant, Inconvenient and dangerous feature of foreign management. The arrangement of geuts In these compartments makes It necessary for one-half the occupants to rklo bnckward. Nothing can be more dis agreeable thun .to bo shut up In one of these places In company and close con tact with a lot of strangers. You are helplessly locked in a small room, crowded so close to your vis-a-vls that, your feet touch. Your neighbors may be Impatient, presumptuous, or generally of fensive In speech, manners or odor; there you are,, and there you havo got to re main, in hopeless submission to these un pleasant conditions. The compartment system offers most Inviting opportunity for robbery, outrage und murder, and you can scarcely look through any continental or English newspaper without seeing oc counts of robberies or other crimes, the seeno of which has been the truin com partment. Mr. Depew criticises severely the lack of toilet luxuries on foreign trains and declares that outside England the aver age speed of the passenger trains is less ithan that of American freight trains. Ho does not overlook the fact that engineers and firemen on the other side thiive no eomfoutable locomotive cab to protect ithem, but have only a screen to ward off the wind; that con ductors, In collecting fare, must walk outside the coaches, o;i a dangerously narrow foot pa'th; that there is no sys tem of baggage checking such as we know In America; and that underpaid train hands, particularly on the contin ent, have to be bribed at every step 1C one wants to escape their troublesome displeasure. The worst features of for eign travel, In Mr. Depcw's opinion, are Invariably found at 'their climax on roads owned by the government. "Tha cabinet minirfUr in charge of the rail ways dares not," says Mr. Depew, "build branches, run switches into ware houses, put side-tracks to undeveloped mines and new manufactories, establish connection with water power ;'where bunlncss is to be developed, or adopt, or even experiment with, uny new appli ances Involving 'the pulling aside of present methods, because of the opxii tlon, which Is ever alert to charge ihlm with mismanagement, incompetence, or extravagance." Tho result Is that state owned railroads are notoriously behind the times; While ithe large foiee of putty government oflioials who are em ployed on these roads prey upon the public like so many vultures and an swer complaints v.ith ithe tyranny oi Immediate arrest. Upon the whole, if Mr. Depuw's com parisons be just, wo have little to learn from the old world In the matter of railway comforts. One thing for which Americans should be grateful In this holiday sea son is the fact that eminence of ad vocacy has not blinded them to the in trinsic worthlessness of Ithe Nicaragua canal job. The members of the next state sen ate will have the free privilege of a $10,000 bath room, not to mntion free soap, 'towels and perfume. We trust they will not neglect their opportuni ties. Another $2,000,000 dropped from the treasury yesterday. All indications seem to point to the necessity of a new sot of hoops for Uncle Sam's bar'l. Tho United States of America needs a permanent, competent and non-partisan census department, ' and needs it with emphasis.. The Philadelphia Inquirer is clearly floundering in the early stages of the Tom Heed fever. But 'there are others. No Populist will ever gat the Indorse ment of a Republican naltional conven tion. Mark this for future reference. I . Now to the payment of those blll. Christmas bills. THE SUNBEAM'S QUEST. A sunbeam crept In through a chink In the blind, And danced on my pillow, and waked me to su llo was out. for a lark, and determined to find The shop where old Santa Claus loaded his sleigh. "It Is hours since I started. I sped through the sky And lit on an Island the fairest on earth Whero Winter comes not till tho Summer Is nlijh A flower-covered land, whero the day has Its birth. "Every morning Is Christmas, and Christ mas nil day; Every house Is a toy shop; the houses are toys, And the rose gardens frolic like children at play, And rosebuds are "blossoming, prone to be boys. "So westward, ho! westward I hastened my lilght, Tast temples of Buddha and China's great wall; No reindeer nor sleigh loads of toys were in sight Tho heathen Chinee has no Christmas at all. "And the Hindoo, the Arab, the Tcrsian and Turk, Without Santu Claus all were In pitiful state. Your missions must hasten their merci ful work. For the ltusslaos keep Christmas a fort night too lute. "But I found the Yule fires In the dear fatherland, ; Whero 'das kind' waited not for my com ing today; 'Twas the starlight of Bethlehem kindled the brand As it shono ou the cot where the Infant Christ lay. "From tho East come tho beams of the earliest dawn; From tho East came the message of love to mankind; From the West comes Its gleam when the daylight Is gone; From the West shines a Joy that gives light to the blind. "So I sped round the earth to Mud Santa Claus' sleigh,, ... And the shops where he gets all his trlnk , eis galore. Ho waits not my coming; ho's up and away Ho travels by lovcllght; my journey Is o'er." --Dr. Frederic Corss, In the Wllkes-Barre Times. Business Men as J urors. From the Wllkes-Barre Record. It is entirely proper for the court to ex cuse Jurors for sickness or any other adequate cause. But the practice of get ting excused because the juror Is too busy with his own affairs should be abolished. The Jury system is the cornerstone of our liberty and every good citizen should feel It his duty to serve as a juror when called upon. If we are to have fair trials and Just verdicts the court should Insist that men of Intelligence and stand ing should do their share of jury duty.. The general reluctance of business men to serve In this capacity finds a notable exception In the case of Hon. Eckley B. Coxe, of Drlfton. Not only does he serve himself whenever culled upon, but he In sists that all In his employ who may be drawn as jurors shall serve too. He feels that it Is his duty as a citizen, and de clines to evade that duly even though its fulfillment entails great personal Inconvenience. Good Men and Jury Service. From the Philadelphia Press. Judge Rice, of Luzerne county, has been giving his opinion to some business men In his district who, summoned to Jury duty, sought to be excused from ser vice because they were too busy. The Judge's talk was altogether sensible. Al most every court has a similar experi ence, and If every mun Is to be released from his plain duty to render the state some service of this kind now and then the public must lose much of the advan tage which comes from making use of the best possible maternal for Juryman. Men who are too busy for such duties are ordi narily the best qualified to perform them, and there would be less complulnt In some communities ubout the result ot Jury triuls If a generally better kind of people could be persuaded to cheerfully serve In sueh matters, if they did not so fre quently ask to be excused more would probably be called to such duties. Time to Consider Candidates. From the Pittston Gazette. The Seranton Tribune's remark that the best men In every wurd are none too good to send to councils upplles with equal force to Pittston. It Is not a bit too early, either, to begin tho consideration of can didates. Ono of the Very Best. From the Blnghamton Herald. Tho Seranton Morning Tribune has re cently cnlurged to twelve pages on Satur days und Improved in other ways. It Is now ono of the very best pupers In Penn sylvania, Need a I'ald Department. From the Stroudsburg JefTersonlan. Seranton Is talking of a paid fire depart ment. Thut city, so prosperous In almost every other feature, still depends on the volunteer system for extinguishing fires. A change should bo Instituted. Christmas Presents Useful and Ornamen tal goods for the holi day trade. LADIES' DESKS. CABINETS. BOOKCASES. LADIES' DRESSING TABLES. TEA TABLE3 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 in this city. A splendid variety in HAVILAND & CO., GKAS. FIELD HAVILAND, R. DELENINERES & CO, FRENCH CHINA, 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 Lhat we do it well. So keep it going. Tell everybody you see, but tell them not to tell. EUREKA LAUNDRY, 322 Washington Ave. THAT WONDERFUL WPRP GUERNSEY BROTHERS, GOLDSMITH'S IS Toe Lackawanna Store Association, Limited. We will aell for the next thirty days, previ ous to our inventory, Edwin U Burt & Co'. FINE SHOES t'OH LADIES, at a reduction of 10 per cent, from regular prices. Every lady la Sctanton and vicinity should avail them selves of t.hl opportunity to purchase three celebrated Shoei at the prices usually paid for ordinary goods. We liave teveral other borirniin to offer. Roe our now royalties in FOOT W EAli KOR TUU HOLIDAYS. We bare original style aud designs. A full line of Loggings and Overfaiterii. Our Htock of the J. 8. TUHN'EK CO. '8 HIOH GRADE SHOES for cent's wear Is complete. You will be ? easou with our food in all departments, having a fine line of Groceries, Hardware, Dry Goods, Gent's Furnishings, Ltc. taT-Examlnc tho new "Kaysor," Patent Fin Iter Tipned Canlimore GLOVES, for Ladies: porfect ftttintr. With oacb pair yon will Hud a gunran tee ticket, which entitles you to anew pair 1 the tips wear out before the Gloves. We Are Ready To Show You Our ELEGANT LINE OF 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 Ever Shown In the Citj. , ENGRAVINO In All Its Branches. REYNOLDS BROS, Stationers and Engravers, 317 LACKAWANNA AVE. DR. HILL & SON ALBANY DENTISTS. Bet teeth, $3.50; best not, $: for (told caps and tooth without plates, called crown and bridgo work, cull for prices and refer ences. TONALOIA, for extracting tuotlf without pain. No ether. No gas. OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. U TONE IS HI Holiday Goods R fl CARD OF TfiANK: We desire to thank the public for the unprecedented patronage extended to us. It is not our desire to rest on our well-earned success. From now until New Year's Day we will hold a final sale of HOLIDAY lillll II 1E1II II In accordance with our usual custom every dollar's worth must be disposed of before wc begin our annual inven tory the first week in January. Books, Booklets, Gaines, Toys, Silverware, Leather Goods, etc., etc. all must go for a mere song. SCIENTIFIC EYE China Closots reduced IS to 43 per cent. Dec. iH, 1395. Removal Sale of Furniture hull & co:s, 205 WYOMING AVENUE Fine Dressing Tables greatly raluced In price 11 THE WIT IL POULTRY, GAME, FISH, OYSTERS. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, 0 For a Christmas Dinner liny be found lit Pierce's Market "WELL, SIR" "Spectacles I" Yes sir I We have a specialist here to fit you who does nothing else. Sit right down and have your eyes fitted in a scientiGc manner. wm LLOYD, JEWELER, 423 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. FOUND ONLY IN THE WEBER PlflNO 224- WYOMING AVE. TESTING FREE BY DR. SHIMBURG The Specialist on the Eye. Headaches and NorTOHi Duss relieved. Latest and Impn ved Style of Eye. glasses And NpoetKrl-n at the Lowest Prices. lit id Artificial Eyes Inserted for (5. 305 Spruce Street, Opp. Old Postofflce. DR. E. GREWER, The Philadelphia Specialist, and his asso i-luted staff of English and German physicians, are now permanently . located at Old Postofflce Building, Corner Penn Avenue and Spruce Street. Tho doctor Ih a graduao of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, formerly demon strator of physiology and surgery at the Medico-Chlrurgitul collcgo of Philadel phia. His speolultles are Chronic, Ner vous, Skin, Heart, Womb and blood dis eases. DISEASES OF THE HERYOUS SYSTEM The symptoms of which are dlzr.lness.lark of conlidence, 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 subject, easily startled when suddenly spoken to, and dull distressed mind, which unilts them for performing the actuul du ties of lite, making happiness Impossible distressing tho action of tho heart, caus ing flush of heat, depression of spirits.ovll forebodings, cowardice, fear, dreams, mel ancholy, tire easy of company, feeling ua tired in the mornlns us when retiring, lack of energy, nervousness, trembling, confusion of thought.depresslon, 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 been given up by your phy. sicinn call upon the doctor and be exam. "wd. Ho rurcs the worst cases of Ner 011s Debility, 3crofula, Old Sores, Ca tarrh, Piles, Female Weakness, Affec tions of the Eye, Ear, Nose nnd Throat, Asthma, Deafness, Tumors, Cancers and Cripples of every description. Consultations free and strictly sacred and conlldonia;. Olllco hours dally from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, 9 to 2. Enclose five 2-ccnt stamps for symtpom blanks nnd my book called "New Life " I will pay ono thousand dollars In gold to anyone whom I cannot cure of EPI LEPTIC CONVULSIONS or FITS. DR. E. GREWER, Old Post Office Building, corner PeuB avenue and Spruce street. SCRANTON, PA. UNITED STATES CLUB SKATES, HANY STYLES AND SIZES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. FOOTE I SHEAR CO, IF YOUR OLD BOOKS NEED FIX 1NU, SEND T1IKM TO The Seranton Tribune Bookblntllnff Dept.