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SCRANTON, JANUARY 7, 1805.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.
' Come and Inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 740 feet.
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1S91, 103,000.
Registered voters, 20,f.99.
Value of school property, $750,000.
Number of school children, 12.000.
Average amount of bank deposits, J10,-'
000,000.
It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvania. Can produce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better oolnt In the United States at
Which to establish new industries.
Beo how we grow:
Population In 1SC0 W
Population In 1870 3l, 00J
Population In 1880
Population In 1890 75'21
Population In 1S94 (estimated) 103.DM
And tho end Is not yet.
If the remaining counties In the Fif
teenth district shall prove to be as
easily won as Wayne was won, last
Saturday. Honesdale's gifted lawyer
poet, Homer Greene, will soon realize
his ambition to eo to congress. Such
an outcome, In addition to'confe'rrlns
new honor upon a popular nnd deserv
ing young man, would prove a notable
victory for the frankness with which
Mr. Greene's congressional Candida.-'
was avowed.
Today's C! anges at the Court House.
Today at noon the administration, de
partments of the county government
will undergo a change in managers. It
Is fair. In view of this fact, to pay com
pliment to the outgoing officers, Messrs.
Fahey, Kelly, Powell, Healy and
Koehler, who severally retire from
their respective ofllces free from taint
and Btrongly entrenched in tho good
will of the county's citizens. Four of
these gentlemen were Democrats, three
of wihom were ho acceptable to their
party as to secure, last fall, unopposed
renominatlons, while the fourth was
nominated for a different olllce, at his
own request. The fortunes of war made
It a bad year for Democratic candi
dates, and these four men were de
feated; but their defeat wan not on ac
count of personal dereliction or short
coming. It was a defeat, but not dis
honor. The one outgoing Republican
In the list retires from the treasurer's
olllce with a clean and consistent
record, both as an official and as a
leader of his party.
The three Republicans who wljl to
day renew tlhelr tenure of office will
continue by virtue of their demonstrat
ed fitness. One of these, the county's
' distinguished president judge, will
serve until called to the higher trust
iTi'hlclh many of his friends believe
awaits him In the judicial service of the
entire state. The other two, Messrs.
Pryor and Thomas, will,' by their ex
perience, gain new laurels In their pres
ent offices, and form a strong basis for
the coming re-organization of the
county government. To the new sheriff,
Mr. demons; the new district attorney,
Mr. Jones; the new treasurer, Mr.
Schadt; the new recorder, Mr. Hucster;
and the new register, Mr. Hopkins, the!
county confidently looks for a success
ful three years' period of official work,
to be performed Impartially and thor
oughly. We do not believe that any of
these men will prove a disappointment.
Two of these new officials In particu
lar are the subjects of high popular
expectation. We allude to the new
sheriff and the new district attorney.
These officials-elect can, after today,
by working cordially together, with the
help of their strong corps of assistants
and reinforced by the approval of the
people, achieve material Improvement
In the enforcement of law and the ad
ministration of order In Lackawanna
county. The expectation of the people
is that during the next three years
there will be less disorder In this
county than ever before; less violation
of law; fewer Instances of thwarted jus
tice and a more wholesome respect for
th? law than has existed hitherto. In
Baying this we Imply no discredit for
their predecessors, but simply express
the general demand for improvement
runlch la a characteristic of the time.
Such betterment will surely come If to
the shrievalty and 'the district attor
neyship Mr. demons and Mr. Jones
unreservedly dedicate the same abili
ties which have win them prominence
IHn ether directions.
! An excellent ' proposition which will
probably be presented to the legisla
ture with the Indorsement of the for
estry commission contemplates tho
publication of an exhaustive exhibit of
the native and adopted trees and
shrubs of Pennsylvania, to be prepared
by Professor Rothrock, tfie commis
sion's capable botanist. Kxhlbita of
this character have been authorized In
a number of states, notably Massa
chusetts and Nebraska; and the need
of one In our own commonwealth can
not be gainsaid. The subject of forest
protection would be appreciably pro
moted among the people by a book of
this character.
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For a Postal Sub-Station,
There Is distinct need In Hyde Park
(Of a postal sub-station.' The present
arrangement which requires the 40,000
residents of the West Side to come to
the central city whenever they wish to
purchase or cash a money order does
not seem to be altogether fair. It Is
desirable, of, course, to keep the bulk
of the postal 'business of Scranton re
stricted to the federal building, which
, iwu especially fitted for that purpose.
But we suspect that a small sub-station
In Hyde Park would be self-sustaining
from the start, without material hurt
to the revenues of the main ofllce If it
were to contain stamp and money order
"departments, leaving the registration
o letters and package's as a perquisite
of the parent station.
Wherever this experiment has been
Judiciously tried In other cities it has
been found to work well. People pur
chase a larger number of stamps and
more frequently Bend money by the
money order system in proportion to
the larger convenience of such trans
actions. It cannot Justly be called con
venient for a resident of Providence on
theoneextreme or Bellevue on the other
to trudge two miles or pay 10 cents in
car fare every time he wishes to post
a letter with a money order Inside It.
The same thing Is true In less degree
of the residents of Hyde Park proper.
The cost of establishing an experi
mental sub-station would not be large.
Why not make the experiment, and see
how it would be received?
The president has now reached that
stage In the evolution of Charles A.
Dana's enmity where the distinguished
editor of the Sun calls him "a routed
politician of bushwacklng precedent,
desperately clutching at any straw
which the four winds may blow to
him." An alliance between such a man
and David li. Hill gives Mr. Dana a.
severe pain.
The Meaning of It.
The decision of Mayor Strong to con
tinue along municipal lines the (investi
gation begun by the Lexow committee
is eminently wise. Not only Is New
York's welfare at stake In this matter,
the whole future of clean government
in our American cities Is to some de
gree also concerned. If the chief city
In the United States, with the Lexow
disclosures freshly before It, cannot suc
cessfully shake off the sway of the cor
rupt and In the main illiterate men who
have so long preyed upon It to their own
enormous enrichment; If the metropolis
of the new world, representing through
sheer force of members, the best and
the worst things In the experiment of
free civic Institutions, cannot bring vic
tory to the right side, what hope is
there for other cities on this continent;
what hope for government of and by
the people?
We wonder If those who frequently
express conlldence In Tammany's resto
ration to power and plunder reallzo
fully, vrhlat their expressions mean. Do
they realize that It Is equivalent to
utter despair; that It signifies, In effect,
the Inability of civilization to cope with
the problem of government? Subtract
from the politics of today this principle
of faith In the ability of the American
people to rule themselves, and what
would we have as a remainder? Should
we not have the dismal fact staring us
boldly iln countenance that America has
proved a delusion and a lie; that free
dom and equal rights cannot exist In
fact; and that after all his attempts
to work out a. cleaner civic future, man,
the American man, might as well give
up and go back In dejection to the old
rule that "might makes right" ?
We do not, in our view of this munici
pal problem, overlook another factor,
possibly unimportant to some; the fac
tor of Divine destiny pointing to tho
American republic as the practical
demonstration of the civic sovereignty
of man. We are old-fashioned enough
to believe that the stress and struggle
from which this republic received its
birth were not mere blind episodes Jn
the history of chance, but rather Di
vinely ordained sequences In the evolu
tion of human liberty. We, therefore.
do not believe that self-government will
fall to vindicate itself In New York
city; because if It Should fall there, we
reason that It would be bound to fail
elsewhere, until in Its failure It Would
carry down the whole of this republic
and leave to tho nations of the world
only another warning against progress
and against the light.
The Salt Lake Tribune on Jan. l Is
sued a twenty-four page number re
viewing. In detail the resources nnd
progress of Utah nnd surrounding
country. The showing Is a fine one,
notwithstanding the business depres
sion which restricted It, and It proves
that the west, while It may be tem
porarily crippled, Is much too big and
vital to be killed.
New Libel Legislation.
A bill Is pending in the legislature of
Quebec which la naturally of keen In
terest to newspaper publishers, nnd not
uninteresting to the readers of news
papers.. It provides that "should a
paper, through an Inadvertence, with
out malice, publish a statement In
jurious to an Individual, It shall be ab
solved from liability for all except ac
tual damages caused, if an ample re
traction Is published as. soon as the
error Is detected."
A- rtieosure so fulr as this one Is will
naturally receive the cordial opposi
tion of tho fomentors of mischief who
adorn the outer edges of the legal pro
fession and snap at chances to procure
clients and fees. It will also displease
the men who are so peculiarly consti
tuted that they regard an honorable
newspaper, when It at rare Intervals is
betrayed Into a regrettable mistake, as
Invariably actuated by malice of the
deepest dye. These two classes of per
sons re relatively small, but they arc
also active to an extraordinary degree,
They ear the truth, because It usually
cuts deeper than the severest fiction;
and they, always attack, not those
newspapers which make a business of
libeling people, but those which strive
the hardest to keep their columns free
from objectionable reading.
The QUebec proposition Is sound so
far as it goes; but it should go a step
further. It should require those who
bring actions for libel against reput'
able newspapers to give advance bond
for ut,he costs, In case they loBe their
BUlts. .The history ot libel legislation
proves that It Is not the poor citizen
who . could not give such bond who
frequents the courts with actions of
th'ls kind; It Is almost invariably the
rtiAn of wealth whose record Is a tender
point. Where an honest man Is In
jured by an honest newspaper, the two
can always adjudicate their case with
out taking It Into court. Only the shy
stersand the egotists, on one side or the
Other, contribute to the libel litigation
of our courts. If these persons wish to
light each other In the publlo tribunals,
thfy should be made to pay for the
opportunity and not allowed to saddle
the costs on the disinterested commonwealth.
The obligation of the state to con
truot ernd maintain uniform rntem
roads as models for the guidance of
local road builders its nut to be evaded.
It Is unfortunate that Senator Flint's
Otherwise excellent bill docs not recog
nize 'tails important phase of the road
question tin ithis Btate.
It lis wonth while remembering 'that a
legislature which moets but once in
two years can hardly be expected to do
all the work neoepsairy to be done, and
do It properly, in less than three
months' time. This demand for a shout
session .is more easily worded thain en
forced. Those who think the next Republi
can national convention ought to meet
In New York evidently underrate the
western sentiment which holds that
New York Influences have had rather
too much prominence In Republican na
tional conventions wherever held.
Hill's reconciliation with Cleveland
was clearly a case of misery craving
company.
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
The State Tax Hill.
Pittsburg Conimerclul-Oazette: "The
materlul provisions of the new bill pre
pared by the state tax conference have
been given to the public and are being
well received. The conference went abo.it
Its work systematically, having reached
ull Its conclusions tlirouKh the application
of eight general principles, upon which
ull the proposed chunges are bused. These
principles are thus set forth: 'First, the
state should derive its revenue from Its
own creature, or from the business, person
or thing that exists by its authority, and,
as a rule, from those whose sphere of
operation Is wider than a county. Sec
ond, the county should derive Its revenue
from land nnd from such corporations,
businesses or things as In their opera
tions are wider thun the minor civil
division and 'do not come under tho
first principle. Third, the minor civil
division should derive Its revenue
from land and such corporations,
businesses or tlilntis as are purely local In
their operations. Fourth, so fur as possi
ble tuxes should 'be a mllluge rate on an
ascertained valuation. Fifth, the same
taxable subject should not have a choice
between two or more methods or rates of
taxation, us Is the case when bunks
have the option of paying 8 mill on par
value of stock or 4 mills on ascertained
value. Sixth, the sanie taxing-power
should not levy on the same taxable sub
ject more than one tax for the some pur
pose, as Is the case with transportation
and transmission companies, which pay
three taxes to the state, on capital stock,
gross earnings and bonds held In the stute.
Seventh, the state should not collect
taxes from any subject of taxation a
whole or part of which particular tax Is
to-be given to counties or minor civil di
visions. This does not apply .to appro
priations of different sums by the-stute
for definite purposes, as school money,
which Is to be spent through counties and
minor civil divisions, but to cases like the
three-quarter return of taxes on moneys
and credits. Eighth, ull corporations or
ganized for profit should pay something
to the state, from which they derive their
existence and secure their franchises.' It
Is not possible to draft a tax bill thut will
satisfy all Interests or square with the
various ideas of equity and uniformity In
such matters, and when a system has
been built up on prim loles which aim to
deal Justly and equitably with all alike,
it should not be disturbed for light or
trivial reasons."
Need of Compulsory Education.
Altoona Tribune: "Does the man who
sits down to write a jeremiad against com-
ulsory education, as contemplated In
this commonwealth, reflect that If his
parents had been like the thousands
whom It Is Intended to reach by luw, he
would be unable to write his article,
simply because he wouldn't know one let
ter of the alphabet from another? Would
he be willing to surrender his ublllty to
read and write? Suppose his parents hud
neglected to send him to school, would he
not feel that they had done him a grievous
wrong? The child is at the mercy of the
parent. No matter how much he might
yearn for an educutlon, It is possible, un
der existing laws In this stute, to bring
him 'up In absolute Ignorance of the al
phabet. The result must be very Injuri
ous to htm. It Is ulso likely to hurt the
slate, for an Ignorant electorate Is a con
stant danger. Doth for the child's sake
and for Its own the state should provide
compulsory education."
Election Contest Scandals,
Fhlladelphla Press: "No amendment of
the law of 1874 could restrict either house
of the legislature in its constitutional
right to Judge the election and quallca
tlon of its own members. Klther might
accept tho finding of the court und In
some contests in Westmoreland county
two years ago such finding was accepted
but If there were some partisan, or pos
sibly personal, reason for upsetting it, or
tho elections committee wanted a chance
to go about und work up suspicious bills
of expense, the court's finding wouldn't
be worth a rap. It is not very likely that
the constitution will be changed so as to
take away this power, which Is enjoyed
by congress und ull similar bodies, and as
It cannot be done otherwise It remains
only for the people to make It uncomfort
able for their representatives who abuse
It."
AMEND THE BALLOT LAW.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The prevalent optimism In regard to the
existing election laws of Pennsylvania Is
not shared by many sincere friends of a
pure ballot who huve closely watched
the practical operation or the system,
While tho modified Australian system In
this stale does guard the secrecy of the
ballot and protect the voter where It is
honestly and strictly enforced, there are
ample facilities for Its violution. Under
the new method, which promised so much,
the door for the practice of a familiar
art of electoral corruption hns been
opened more widely than ever. We ugree
with the Scranton Tribune that "the
ubiquitous helper" at the polls should be
abolished. There Is altogether too much
tender consideration In the law for the
Ignorant voters. It Is remarkable that so
muny voters need "assistance" in making
up their ballots. This Is due In some de
gree to the law, which has been designed
to dlscourago tho splitting or party tick
ets, but which is chiefly a pretext for
facilitating corruption. If the "helper'
cannot be abolished, he should be ex
eluded from the election room until the
Ignorant or disabled voter shall have
made affidavit that he needs assistance,
l orms u Striking Contrast.
From the Wllkes-Barre Times.
Tho vigor with which tho Scranton au
thorities are Investigating the cuuse of
death of Mrs. Thomus J. Watklns Is In
strango and striking contrast to tho ac
tlon of our own authorities In numerous
such occurrences during tho past year or
two. They aro trying to place tho resuon
slblllty wlille tho officials of Luzerne
county put forth' their greatest efforts In
the opposite direction to screen all tho
guilty parties.
A Disgrace.
From tho Chicago Disputch.
In Providence a negro who Invaded a
newspaper sanctum to thrash the editor
was Bhot at four times without being hit,
That editor has disgraced American Jour
nallsm. . . .
Two Hlddnnccs.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean,
When tho people of the United States
get clear of "tinkering statesmen" and the
people of the cities leurn how to get clour
of "garbage" the country will take trash
courago. ... ...
That Reconciliation.
From the Commercial-Advertiser,
Senator Hill Is not a man who does
things, aven so simple a thing as dining at
the white house, without a very clear
purpose. The downfall of Tammany, the
virtual disintegration of the forcea that
made Hill possible as a public man, may
have Induced him to seek the favor of his
enemies within the party by clasping
hunds and taking salt with his ancient
enemy at the white house,
An Inaeccptablo Atonement.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The way to atone for a tariff muddle
passed In twelve months Is not to put
through a currency - muddle In twelve
days.
Why Pen co Lags.
From the Chicago Record.
Every time Japan pauses to review the
situation she seems to come to the con
clusion that Chlha hasn't had enough.
A Kofuge Still.
From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
The prize ring must go, but the drama
need not perish with It. The stage can
draw Its stars from foot ball teams.
The Slippery Season.
Little drops of water,
Freezing on the walk,
Muke the man who steps there.
Indulge in naughty talk.
Detroit Free Press.
Useful
and Orna
mental Goods
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 IND 133
WASHINGTON AVE.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
We wish all our patrons health and
prosperity In 1895. We start on another
twelve months' run with the earth around
the sun, more than fully equipped to meet
the hat demands of the public of Scran
ton. Our display Is magnificently com
plete, presenting monumental vuluefl lr,
every style ot headwear.
CONRAD
HATTER AND FURNISHER.
9
Hand Sleighs,
Baby Sleighs,
Clippers, Alligators,
Self-Steering Sleighs,
Steel Sleighs,
Iron Sleighs,
AND THE FAMOUS
Paris Hill Oak Sleighs
In Clippers and Bent Wood Knees
und the Montrose Gas
Tubing Sleighs.
We have over ioo dozen in stock and
will sell very cheap at wholesale' and
retail.
J. D. WILLIAMS & BR0.
314 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
Trc secret is out. Not only do they
say we do washing for a living, hut
that we do it well. So keep it going.
Fell everybody you ' see, but tell then
not to tell.
EUREKA
LAUNDRY, 322
Washington Ave.
TI-iAT WONDERFUL
WEBER
GUERNSEY
GOLDSMITH'S
This Is Stock-Taking Week
When all Odds and Ends from every stock are brought to the surface, and a
price put upon them that will give the sharp, shrewd bargain seeker an opportu
nity to save considerable money, and at the same time you need not buy what
you don't want, because it is cheap, but in our varied collection of useful articles,
you are bound to find something THAT YOU DO WANT, and because it is
cheap you will certainly buy it; therefore, we bring these important facts to the
reader's attention.
Many odd pieces in Ladies' and Children's Muslin Underwear, such as Night
Gowns, Corset Covers, Chemise, Drawers and Skirts, some of them fresh and new,
others slightly counter-soiled, all marked down to a price so they will be quickly sold
CONTINUATION
OF
LAD
Of Chinchillas, Cheviots, Boucle, Diagonal and Plain Cloths, at
$4.25, $5.50, $6.75,
$8.00, $9.85.
AHUM
IS THE MONTH WE'
GREAT REDUCTIONS
IN ODD AND ENDS OP
DINNER.
TEA and
TOILETSETSj
LAMP GOODS
and
BRIC-A-BRAC
422 LACKA, AVE.
o
FOR '95
AT
Reduced Prices.
Balance of our Calen
dars at half price. A
good selection of New
Year Cards.
REYNOLDS BROS.
Stationers and Engravers,
317 LACKAWANNA ME.
DR. HILL & SON
ALBANY
DENTISTS.
Set teeth, $5.50; bent set, 8: for (told caps
and teeth without plates, called crown and
brldfto work, call for prices and refer
ences. TONALU1A, for extracting teetfc
without pain. No ether. No gas.
OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
NYE1T0RY
EXCELSIOR
BROTHERS, WYOMING AVE.
i
Cuius Closets reduced 15 to 10 per cent.
Jan. 7, 1395.
Removal
Sale
of
Furniture
at
HULL & CO.'S,
205 WYOMING AVENUE.
Fine Drcuinz Tables greatly reduced In price
START
THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
. And keep going right
by buying and carry
ing one of
LLOYD'S WATCHES.
LLOYD, JEWELER,
423 LACKA. AVE.
YENISON, PRAIRIE CHICKEN,
Partridges, Quail, Rabbits,
All Kinds of Poultry,
Ripe Tomatoes,
Mushrooms, Green Beans,
Cucumbers, Head Lettuce,
Salsify Radishes, Etc.
Pierce's Market
o
TONE IS FOUND ONLY IN THE
WEBER PIANO
BAZAAR
SAL
M Rimless Bifocal Glaasol ooiulilne din
taut unU reading in ohm mlr and givt
tue trreittegt satisfaction. Headache and ner
vousness remedied by using glumes accurately
fitted. Satisfaction guurnnteed iu every case,
DR. S1II3IBERG, 305 Spruce St.,
Eye Specialist
EYES EXAMINED FREE.
DR. E. GREWER,
The Philadelphia Speclullst, und his asso
ciated staff of English and German
physicians, are now permanently
located lit
Old Postoffice Building, Corner Penn
Avenuo and Spruce Street.
The doctor 1h a graduao of the I'nlvcr
Blty of Pennsylvania, formerly demon
Btrator of physiology and surgery ut tho
Modko-Chlrurgicul college of Phllurtel
phin. His specialties lire Chronic, Ner
vous, Skin, Heart, Womb and Ulood dis
eases. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
The symptoms) of hich are dizziness, lack
of conlldence, sexual weakness In men
and women, bull rising in throat, spots
floating before the eyes, loss of memory,
unable to concentrate the mind on one
subject, easily sturtled when suddenly
spoken to, und dull distressed mlnd.which
unlits them for performing the actual du
ties of life, making: hupplness Impossible,
distressing the action of the heart, caus
liiK flush of heat, depression of spirits, evil
forebodings, cowardice, tear, dreams.mel
oucholy, tire easy of company, feeling o
tired In the morning aa when retiring,
lack of cnerpy, nervousness, trembling,
confusion of thought, depression, constipa
tion, weakness of the limbs, etc. Those so
afTccted 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
sician call upon the doctor and bo exam
'id. He cures the worst cases of Ner
vous Debility. Scrofulu, Old Sores, Ca
tarrh, Piles, Female WeaknoHS. Affec
tions of the Eye, Enr, Nose and Throat.
Asthma, Deafness, Tumors, Cancers and
Cripples of every description.
Consultations free and strictly pacred
and conllilenlr.",. Olllce hours daily from
9 (i.ui. to 9 p.m. Sunday, 9 to 2.
Enclose Ave 2-cent slumps for symtpora
blanks and my book called "New Life."
I will pay one thousand dollars In gold
to nnyone whom 1 cannot cure of EPI
LEPTIC CONVULSIONS or FITS.
dr. e. orb:wem,
Old Post Odlre Building, corner Paua
avenue and Spruce street.
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