THE SCR4NTON TKIBUNE-MOXDAT MORNING. FEBRUARY 11, 1895. PUB113HI3 DAUY Ttl SORANTOW PA.. BTTBI TEIBO f UBL1SH1MO OOUFAHT. 1 1 t. P. KINGSBURY. P. no OiN't Mak E. H. RIPPLE, Sic-t and Tm. LIVVS. RICHARD, Eoitok. , W. W. DAVIS, Busihus Mmull. W. W. YOUNGS, Adv. Mih' tiiw York omen i Triboni Bdildino. Frank 9 GRAY, MANAGER. feNTlRBO AT TUB PO9T0FP1C1 AT SCRANTON, FA. AS 8IO0ND-0LA8S MAIL HATTER. "Printers' rnk," tho recognized Journal for advertisers, rutes THi: SCKAMO.V TKIMJNK as the best udvertisinx medium In Northeastern Pennsylvania. " Printer' Ink" knows. BCRANTON, 'EBHUAUY 11, 181)5. p' " THE SCR ANTON' OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. Klovation above the tide, 740 feet. Extremely healthy. Estimated populutlon, 1S94, 103,000. Registered voters, 1!0,K9. Value of school property, 1750,000. Number of Bchool children, 12,000. Averut'e amount of bank deposits, $19, 000,000. It's the metropolis of northeastern Pena sylvanla. Can produce electrio power cheaper than Niagara. No better folnt In the United States at Which to establish new industries. See how we grow: Population In I860 '23 Populutlon In 1870 35,000 Population in 1K80 5,S"i0 Population In 1S:0 75,215 Population in ISA! (estimated) 103.UJ0 And tho end Is not yet. The house- committee on vice and im morality at HaiTiBbuTK has reported favorably cunwrnliiK the bill of Rep resentative Harvey making it unlawful to dock a horse's tail. This humane measure will undoubtedly now be passed without delay, and Governor Hustings, when It shall have been signed by 1:1m, should present the sig natory pen as a souvenir to the Scran ton Republican. South Dakota's Disgrace. A fulling off, in the decade between and 1S0O, of nearly 7 per cent, in the number of children In each Ameri can family is one of the significant facts revealed by the last national cen sus. Simultaneously with the an nouncement of thlsnoteworthydeorease comes the equally suysestive intelli Kence that the legislature of South Dakota, in "response 'to many peti tions" containing, among their names, the "signatures of prominent church leaders," has repealed the law requiring six months' residence in that state be fore an action for divorce can be brought, and that It has restored the old law which required only three months' residence. We do not know what degree of truth there Is in 'tin; foregoing reference to "promln-nt church leaders;" but If such leaders have done what they un charged with having done, the least we can say concerning them is that they have been engaged In a thoroughly con temptible transaction. The only argu ment of any consequence adduced in behalf of the change Is that a yet fur ther lowering, In South Dakota, of the ridiculously low burs ugainst divorce will attract to that state a greater num ber of temporary residents, most of them with money to spend. Tho legis lature, in deferring to this mean view of the subject, has put. itself squarely on a footing with those men, heartily de spised In every community, who servo as middlemen In the tratllc In female dishonor. Indeed, as between the two, we ure not sure that the lutter, who openly acknowledge their utter want of manly principle, are not, on ethical grounds, to be preferred to presumably Intelligent legislators who, for a mone tary consideration, deliberately legalize the wanton severance of family ties and render easy the evasion of family re sponsibilities. ' . Hut every cloud has its silver lining; and we anticipate that one of Die im mediate consequences of this South Dakota action will be to impart new and pronounced impetus to the lately quiescent movement In this country for Uniform legislation relating to marriage and divorce. It the evils of the lax Fystem prevalent in South Dakota were conllned within the boundaries of that Male, we could almost afford to let the "prominent church leaders" und other South Dakota promoters of social Im morality revel in the proilt of their nefarious trade. Unhappily, the very condition of that prnllt Is that there shall be a large Immigration of coward ly or treacherous husbands and wives from other states. And this fact will, we doubt not, add speed to the move ment In favor of honorable uniformity In all the legal provisions of the various etutea Intended to safeguard the purity and the sanctity of the American home. Tho emotions of President Cleveland as he read Queen Lll's abdication have not been and doubtless will not be tle Hcrlbed. Hut they probably resembled those of a man who has been cruelly jilted. , The Work ot a Man. The course pursued by Captain Craw ord of the steamship Teutonic when It, during Its late Inward voyage, although two days overdue, paused for more than four hours In order that a portion of Its crew might, at infinite hazard, try In Vain, as It proved to reBcue the four human occupants of a disabled fishing Hchooner, stands 'out at this time with especial distinctness. When the men under him, headed by the fourth 'officer, after for two hours, In a life boat, brav ing the wind and wave, and getting themselves encased In sheets of Ice and frozen spray, returned to tho steamship convinced that they could Jiot roach the distressed ship, Captain Crawford gave orders to steer his big ocean palace til rectly up to the schooner, so that tho occupants of the latter might reach tho Teutonic by launching their own small boats. The giving of such tn order Involved no Ulttle bravery on Captain Crawford's part, since in the face of the tremendous storm of last Friday, It subjected the Teutonic to the danger of a possible collision, which could scarcely have been other than violent Bind perhaps de structive. The experiment, however, succeeded to perfection, and every man on board the schooner was picked up In safety. The contrast afforded be tween this circumstance and the craven course of the captain of the Cralthie after that vessel had struck the Elbe is exceedingly vivid. According to the rules of the big steamship companies. Captain Crawford's course was prob ably censurable, inasmuch as In the mad competition for quick voyages those companies have come to regard human life of small concern when It Interferes with fast sailing. Uut judged by landsmen's standards, It was pure heroism, which can hardly be praised too effusively. All honor to Captain Crawford, and to his gallant crew! In the opinion of the Altoona Trib une: The libel laws of this common wealth are by no means too severe. The publisher who Is animated solely by a desire to benefit the community seldom has any trouble." AVe trust that our contemporary will not soon have an object lesson teaching the fal lacy of its remark; yet Its high charac ter and pecuniary responsibility offer Just the kind of targets that pettifoggers fike to shoot at, under cover of a law that presupposes malice where In nine cases out of ten only error exsta. Progressive Charities. ' The Ingenuity displayed nowadays by people in all localities who are Intent upon helping their fellow men 1h a pretty strong argument in disproof of the assertion, made by some, that kind ness of heart and generosity of impulse are declining characteristics of the modern American. Indeed, with the Kirmess before us, in successful local evidence, und with the novel charities that one may read about, almost any day, in any newspaper, it seems reason able to conclude that whenever a cynic: asserts such things he does not know n-hat he Is talking about. The cynic, by the way, is fond these days of point ing out great defects In the life that those Americans live and the number who live it is growing rapidly, the cen sus tells us who reside in the large cities. Uut the cynic seldom admits the counterbalancing truth that in those same large cities where poverty pre vails, and crime and vice and wretched ness, there are daily arising new and valuable amelioratory agencies, the like of which has never before been known, in the whole history of the human race. Within a week we have, in these columns, described no Jess than three of these Improved methods of making unhuppy people comfortable. We dare say that lu that time twenty timcf three such Improvements have been planned and put into execution, with out our knowing It. One of the curious facts. In human nature Is that it is In variably evil news which travels the fastest, if it were not so, we should print fewer records of crime and wrong and a great many more records of hon est philanthropy. Ho that as It may, we now take pleasure in adding to the credit side of our dally ledger two en tries in the account of civilization with its victims. And, by no mere coinci dence, they both relate to charities late ly inaugurated with remarkable suc cess in that bane of cynics, the contin ent's metropolis. The first of these entries must be re corded in the name of a number of sympathetic (lotham ladies who have organized at Iii7 West Eighteenth street what, for convenience sake, they call the Doun Relief association. In brief, this association operates upon the supposition that there are hundreds of needy families who may be benefitted in better ways than by making- out right donations to them. The associa tion therefore loans them whatever they niny need, whether money, fuel, clothing, furniture, medicine or medi cal attendance, and charges such small Interest or rental that Its loans become real charities. The missionary nurse last year made 1,57." calls upon sick families; employment was found for 1ST, persons, of whom forty have obtained permanent places; 750 delicacies were sent to' the sick room and 475 simple remedies furnished. Not the leant in structive fact, in connection with this original movement, is the assertion of Its management that in all of Its many hundreds of transactions had with families In all stuges of want or suffer ing, not a penny has yet been lost la cause of theft or through failure to make a proper return of borrowed. articles. To Rev. Dr. David . Greer, pasto of St. Hartholomew's, must be credited the second enterprise In this list; and he it wan, too, who originated the In dustrial training school for the poor, about which we recently wrote. The project at present In mind Is also a loan bureau, somewhat similar to that just described. This bureau loans nothing but money, and was started by Dr. flreer out of Ills personul funds, upon the principle that loans to persons In need, even It not "secured" to the same extent exacted by usurers, would In the great majority of Instances be repaid. Concerning the experiment's outcome the New York Tribune says;' It was n. hazardous undertaking-. tint Dr. (ireer was conlldent that It could be mudo u success, und the result of the first yenr's work hus Rhown that confidence uiiiai trust In the deserving poor was not mffplueed. The sum of Kim a week was appropriated for tho llrst louns, but It soon became apparent that this amount would not equnl the demnnd, nnd a fund of $'J5,Ki0 was raised by the congregation of St Hiirtholomew's church, of which Pi- Ureer Is pastor. James A. McKnlght was appointed mnnuger, and In tho eourso of tho first eight months a total sum of S2",- 551.50 had been loaned to 7H8 different fam ilies, unit the fund has received buck In lu stalments 7,58(l.09. All loans uro made for one yenr, and are puyuble 111 small monthly Instalments. Tho good accom pllshed by the bureau cannot hn easily explained. People who havo found them selves suddenly reduced from comfortable Independence to beggury have been suvud by t'he bureau from the clutches of the ex tortionate money "sharks." It has saved the property of families, which would oth erwise have been sold for storage, nnd has given those upon whom misfortune has fallen the power to help themselves. The uurcuu is now leniung nuoul Jii.000 a month. Although the applicants are greatly In excess of tho resources, tho re turns for tho year show an extremely sat isfactory result. Patrons have puld off their Indebtedness, in. most cuses, with commenduble promptness, and only a fow borrowers, who have met unexpected re verses, have asked for an extension of time. It Is difficult for those In comfort able curcumstunces to appreciate the depths of suffering to which people in humble condition can full through lack cf credit. They possess nothing which the bunks cun take us security, and their only salvation Is the money-lenders, it la to supplant this class of extortionists that St. Itartholomcw s bureau has been es tablished. If in the cities vice masses itself in monstrous forms, may we not say that in the cities, likewise, charity 18 doing it noblest work? We are willing to wager a Lancaster county cigar that Representative Sey- fert will not cut much of a figure trying to defeat the Farr compulsory educa tion bill on the floor of the house. AVhy should a legislature at Har- rlsburg apppolnt a committee to pry Into the municipal affairs of the people of Philadelphia? Are the latter dls qualilled for self government? A dollar expended to save two dol lars is not extravagance, but the wisest economy. This Is why Scranton needs a paid tire department, and needs It now. The best men in each ward should be elected to councils one week from to morrow, regardless ot party. City gov ernment is not a party but a business affair. It would be interesting to know to what extent (it-over Cleveland's Ha waiian policy of infamy contributed to ex-Minister Stevens' death. If Scranton Is not big enough now for a paid lire department, w hen will It be? LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. Need of Compulsory KdiKutiou. Allentown l.i-aitur: The main pui-pose of a cempulsoi-y education law Is to snatch children from highway Idleness and put them to school by force. There is an Incidental purpose of shutting them out of mills and factories till they reach n lit age, lint tnts is a minor consideration. The thing needed is a strong, forceful, etifureable law that will put u vigorous ( heck to the juvenile truancy and vaga bondage that are In such vogue nowadays. A bill that will simply turn children out of factories ami malic no provision tor their employment after they are thus turned out, will bo a rank failure. The aim of the law must be, not to employ less children than now, but to employ many, muny more. And that employment lnuht be found In the school room. There are hundreds of Indifferent parents In this state who have no thought for their chil dren's education. They allow them to ramble us they please and develop In'-j ignorant loafers us they will. Instead of, attending M-hool day by day these boys and girls grow up In dense stupidity and utter laziness. It should be the parents' duty to remedy this; but where the pa rents fall the stale must step In. Heme the real need of such a law us Mr. l-arr has proposed. ... l ighting the Text Hook Combine. Tho bill of Representative Douthett, of Hutler, to limit the cost of school books, which Is occasioning considerable talk just now, provides for a school book beard, to consist of the governor, sec retary of the commonwealth and state superintendent of public Instruction. Within sixty days after the passage or the act, the state superintendent Is ex pected to have gathered required niiorma- tion ami prepared a list ot text Ijook:!, with the publishers' price attached. The board will fix the price for each school book not to exceed 75 per cent, of the wholesale rate now quoted. After the list of school books Is prepared the publish ers will be asked for proposals at pries not exceeding the new ones lixed by the board to furnish the books for live years under contract, the school boards to pay the freight. For every failure to till or ders the publishers will be lined $.MW. The books adopted cannot be changed for five years without a three-fourths vote of Un heard. The boards can order 1 lie books from the publishers at the prices stipu lated by the school book board, or if they can secure the same books for less money, they are at liberty to do so. ... I avors Otiuy County. Philadelphia lnq.ilrer: Quay county, the new county which Is to be added to the sixty-seven counties of Pennsylvania, has won its own way In spite of opposi tion from the old county seats of the two counties from which tv'uuy county Is to be created. For iiuiny years now the people of southern Luzerne and northern Schuyl kill have been compelled to travel llfty miles to reach their county scats. Su- h journeys have been troublesome and ex pensive. They have interfered seriously wllh justice. The people have consented to wrong and clime because of tho time iiml costliness Involved In the legal rem edying of wrong. Witness fees, nill.-a ?o ullownnces, etc., have been very large, und the cost to the public hns, It Is be lieved, been sullliient to maintain another county with uu accessible county scut. ... Opposes tho Salary Gruh, Pittsburg Commercial - (iazette: Tho proposition to add $l,uuo to Ihe salary cf the members of the state legislature Is not received with much favor anywhere. The present compensation Is $I,5iki for the session. To add l,no to the pay of euch member would Increase the expenses at thu session by $25n,wio. If a law could be passed at the same time by which no oil" not coniocteiil to earn a salary of t'J.H'JO for the tVw months which go to make up the session could be elected to the of fice, the taxpayers would gladly pay the increase. Hut what iidvuntuge, present or remote, would Hie people derive from tho Increased expenditure? The salary now puld Is quite templing enough to tho average politician, nnd there Is always a lively scramble for the honor und emoluments. DREAMED IN THE STORM. Dreary seems the task usslgned me. Dull the play; I would fain lcuve both behind me, Sleal away, Where no hopes nor cares could find mo Night or day. Where the pirate's tank prow grapples V4th pure sand, Where llespeiidean apples Hem the strand, Where the sliver sunlight dapples Luke and hmd. Jn some charmed Suttirnlan Island I would be; Wutch from glens of billowy highland, Creeks of sea; Crush the perfume there awhile, und Shako the tree. Hound tho brows of naked auinmer Noon and night, Sees oft rest, the rarest coinor, Winding bright Garlands that would well become her lillthe delight. See dusk eyes and warm brown faces And sleek limbs Peer from shadowy, leafy spaces, Whence there swims I'ralse to Hod of unknown graces In strange hymns. Mat cool fruits of foreign llavor; Drink from shells Wine of mild, imharmful savor, Winn tlfat smells Like a copse when Juno winds wavor All its bells. Live as live full-feeding cattle;. Purge mlno curs From the echoing roar and rattle Of the years; Then return to wholesome battle With my peers. Edmund dosse. I t ' Tho Pulpit's Commission. From Dr. Parkhurst's Address. No preacher ever puts the pressure of the authoritative otllce upon the local moral current of municipal events with out hearing from one or another of his parishioners that the pulpit would better confine Itself to the spiritualities and leavo civic concerns to the arbitrament of the expert, tho district leader and the party "boss." I would see the entire center alslo of my church swept clean of the whole breed of thorn before I would sur render aught of the dignity that Uod puts upon the pulpit or drop to a more Inde terminate -key the tone of authority with which the preacher Is divinely ordained to address himself to all that concerns the moral life, purposes and economy of his town and time, knowing not only that this is the divine meaning of the pulpit, but knowing beside thut the retreat of the politicians through tho center aisle will be more than made good by freHh access of worshipers In the gullery. Outside the Itrenstworks. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. Latest gossip has It thut H. L. ElnBteln paid $500,000 for the New York Press, a newspaper properly, which was purchased for $iHI,ooO live years ago. And the gen tleman who increased 1 ho market value of tho plant Is now on the outside. His numo Is Bradford Merrill. REMEMBER there are hundreds of brands of White Lead (so called) on the market that are not White Lead, composed largely of Barytes and other cheap materials. But the number of brands of genuine Strictly Pure White Lead i9 limited. The following brands are standard "Old Dutch" process, and just as good as they were when you or your father were boys : "Atlantic," 'Beymer-Bauman." " Jewett," "Davis-Chambers," "Fahnestoak," " Armstrong & McKelyy." For Colors. National Lead Co.'s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors, a one-pound can to a 25-pound keg of Lead nnd mix your own paints. Saves time and annoyance in matching eludes, end insures the best paint ttut it is possible to put on wood. Send us a postal card and get our book on paints and color-card, free; it Will probably lave yuu a good many dollars. NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York, Useful and Orna mental Goods LADIES' DESKS. CABINETS. BOOKCASES. LADIES' DRESSINO TABLES. TEA TABLES AND LIBRARY TABLES, BRASS AND ONYX TABLES AND CABINETS (OF A GUARANTEED QUALITY.) AN ELEGANT STOCK OP PIO TURKS 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 Have finished our inven tory and are now pre pared to give you some good Bargains in DINNER, TEA AND TOILET SETS, BAN QUET, PIANO, STAND LAMPS & CHANDELIERS. Great reductions in fancy goods, Bric-a-Brac, Etc. 422 LACKA. AVE. The secret is out Not only do they say we do washing for a living, but that wc do It well. So keep it going. Tell everybody you sec, but tell thcui not to tell. EUREKA .-. LAUNDRY, 332 Washington Ave. THAT WONDERFUL GUERNSEY GOLDSMITH'S Silk America, France and Japan are the greatest Silk producing countries. You will find them all represented by us. Great care has been ex ercised in the selection of exclusive designs that we control, hence cannot be found elsewhere. Silks are no longer a luxury. At the present prices lowest on record, everybody can afford to wear Silks, as they are even cheaper than Fine Cotton Fabrics Preparations going on for our Great February Sale of Muslin Underwear, which will begin Monday, Feb. i8th. Blank Books Raymond Trial Balance Books Graves' Indexes Document Boxes Inks of All Kinds AGENTS FOR. Edisor's Mimeographs and Supplies Crawford Pens Leon Isaac Pens REYNOLDS BHD! ?8t Stationers and Engravers, 317 LACKAWANNA AVE. 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 too dozen in stock and will sell very cheap at wholesale aud retail. J. D. WILLIAMS S BR0. 314 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. DR. HILL & SON ALBANY ' . DENTISTS. Sot tcoth, W.r0: bent set, $8; for gold caps nnd teuth without plates, collcdcrown Jind bridge work, rail for prices and refer ences. TON ALUIA, far" extracting teot without pain. No ethur. No teas. OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK, TONE IS WCDL BROTHERS, WYOMING AVE. Department A perfect kaleidoscope of Fashion's latest con ceits; such a wealth of colorings, and beautiful designs never displayed over our counters since we have been in business. Polite salesmen can entertain you for hours, by showing you all of the new and pretty things in Silks, adapted for waists, full costumes or separate skirts. SUMMON OPTICAL INSTITUTE. DR. SHIMBERG, 305 Spruce Street Bodrooin Suits very cheap. Feb. 11,189.3. i Our New Store Will Be Cheap as Dirt. Next to First Pres. Church Hull & Co. 205 Wyoming Ave. We Move Next Month. START I And keep going right by buying and carry ing, one of LLOYD'S WATCH E5. LLOYD, JEWELER, 423 LACKA. AVE. VENISON, PRAIRIE CHICKEN, Partridges, Quail, Rabbits, All Kinds of Poultry, Ripe Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Green Beans, Cucumbers, Head Lettuce, Salsify Radishes, Etc. Pierce's Market FOUND ONLY IN THE R PlflNflrOOTE SHEAR CO. BAZAAR. EVES EXAMINED FREE. Ulaiuus fitted toromady nil defect of vision, lleiiduvlic and Nervousness rulloved. Ar t.fkiul even ilttfd. J f you have f iiiled to' (ft Miitubl.' KliifNes, consult ubout your eye MKht. W will tjrind Hpei lal glassHS to lit your . making your "'yesiitlit uh perfect us in youth. Tho valuo of Rpeotueles depend unoa Win hk ill of tho optician. Superior luciliticH, coinbinoil with ypurs of experience, unable me to Ruaiaii.tce to lit your eym perfectly. I'orreet Work: Honpst Prices: Kleint Style; thn Most Complete Uptical listubluhmint in tho btute. DR. E. GREWER, The Philadelphia Specialist, and his usso ctuted Ftatr of ICnKilsh and Germun physicians, are now permanently located at Old Pootoffice Building, Corner Penrt Avenue and Spruce Street. The doctor Is a t'l'i'Juae of tho I'niver lty of Pennsylvania, formerly demon strator of physiology nnd surgery at the Mcdico-t.'hlrurKlcul college of Philadel phia. His specialties aro Chronic, Ner vous, Skin, Heart, Womb and Blood dis eases. DISEASES OF THE FERY0US SYSTEM The symptoms of which are dizzincss.lack of confidence, sexual weakness In men and women, bnll rlsinK In throat, spots lloatlng before the eyes, loss oi memory, unable to concentrate tho mind on one subject, easily startled when suddenly' spoken to, ami dull distressed mind, which untits them for performing tho actual du ties of life, making happiness Impossible, distressing the action of the heart, caus ing flush of heat, depression of spirits. evil forebodings, cowardice, lear, dreams. mel ancholy, tire ensy of company, feeling a tired In the morning as when retiring, lack of energy, nervousness, trembling, confusion of thought, depression, constipa tion, weakness of tho limbs, etc. Those so affected should consult us Immediately rd be restored to perfect health. Lost Manhood Restored. Weakness of Young Men CureJ, If you havo been given up by your phy sicinn call upon the doctor and be exam 4,ed. He cures the worst cases of Ner vous Lvbliity, Scrofula. Old Sores, Ca tarrh, Piles, Female Weakness, Affec tions of the Eye, liar, Nose and Throat, Asthma, Deafness, Tumors, Cancers and Cripples of every description. Consultations free and strictly sacred and ronlldenla. Otlice hours daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, 9 to 2. Unclose five 2-cent stamps for svmtpora blanks and my book rnlled "New Life." I will pay one thousand dollars hi gold to nnyone whom 1 cannot cure of EPI LEPTIC CONVULSIONS or FITS OR. E. GREWER. Old Post Office Huildlng, corner Peaa avenue and Spruce street. SCRANTON, PA, TO ENTER THE. HEART. We have entered the homes of a major ity or the people in Scranton with our su perior House Furnishings, etc. You can. not tlnd a better valentine for your wife than an Foster Range. You will got your money's worth back aaiu a hundred times If you purchase such sterling goods. Our prices have been put so low we fear they'll never stand upon their feet ugain. Perhaps you know a little about Hard ware. Wo can tench you more. Come to our school. We will kreet you In our nw: store April 1. IP YOUR OLD BOOKB NEED FIX 1NO, BEND THEM TO The Sorinton Tribune Bookbinding Dept v