"FT TIIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 1H, 1893. ItlBUoBfcl DiilY IH 8CRANT0H PA.. BTTU1 TWB01H PUDUSHUla OOUPAKT. fc.'fc KlNaeBURY, hn, mdOh'iHi C. H. RIPPLE, 8io' n Tim. LIVV RICHARD, Editor. . W. W. DAVIS, (Jusimm Maniac. W. W. YOUNGS, Aov. M.ms'k, r' hw Yolut Orpioi: Tsmnm botldw FaiiB GRAY. MANAOBR. fcSTIIUD AT Till FOSTOrFIOB AT SCRANTON, PA.. Al SI0UKD-ULAH3 UAIL MATTKR. "Printers' Ink," the rccop.nlcd journal for advertisers, ratcH TI1K SCKAM'ON TUIBl'Mi U9 the best advertising medium In Northeastern INjnnsy Ivauiu. " Printers' Ink" knows. (SCIvANTON, FEHUUAKY is. lS'.ij. THE SCKAXTON OF TODAY. Come nml Inspect our city. Klcvatlou above the tide, 740 feet. Kxtreinely healthy. Kstlmati'd population. ISM, 103.CK.i0. Kcglslercd voters, IH.DIW. Value of school property, SWO.WM. Number of school children, lL'.Uuu. Avei-ago amount of bunk deposits, $10,- It's the metropolis of northeastern Fenn rylvania. I'an pro'lUL'c electric power cheaper than Ts'laKara. No better point In the fnlte.l States ut Vhlch to establish new Industries. S,' how we irruv. : Population in 1.M' Population la 1ST0 Population in 1nm 3."..inU Population In liKi Population In 1U (estimated) 1W.W0 Ami the end Is not yet. Tin' tiMoi'manie campalsn In the TMgJith ward will tomorrow result in ray victory for the Republican noml r .'t', W. S. Millar, if every Republican In the ward shall turn out and vote for his party's nominee. He can do this with the utmost grace when he compre hends that In Mr. Millar's candidacy the party has recognized both personal merit and honorable party service. Few Republicans of his years have done more hard work of a clean kind for the Republican party than lias W. S. Millar. Vote for him for alderman, for which lie U entirely qualified. About Tomorrow's Elections. In a number of varJ.s In this city desirable nominations for councilmanle responsibilities have been made by both parties. For these the people are to be congratulated; and it is to be hoped that the residents of such wards will elect the best of those nominees, by large pluralities, if they should do this, it would help along the movement to divorce the purely business problem tit municipal government from its pres ent entanglement, not only in Scranton. but in American cities generally, with partisan politics. If there could be had, today, an agreement among the great majority of -the 0ter3 of Scran ton, cr any other city, to ignore party in the chousing of city officials, and if this agreement could be kept In good faith, we should hall it as a distinct Ftep forward. Inasmuch, however, as neither of these suppositions Is yet pos sible of realisation in this city, it will, for practical purposes, be a victory for good government if the unlit men on either ticket shall be rejected by the people, as a notification to the party leaders that the placing of unlit names on a party ticket for responsible local office Is bad politics not less than it Is bad business all 'round. The level of American public opinion elevates slowly, but surely. We do not think that we are far out of the way when we say that the trend of that opinion today Is away from the habit, once almost wholly uncrlticlsed, of re garding the Important offices of muni cipal government as merely so many tokens of reward, to be parceled out by the party leaders to good, bad or indifferent subordinates willing, when elected, to "take orders" without refer ence to the public welfare. Much of this habit yet prevails, and Is regarded as a necessary evil; but we neverthe less suspect that It Is doomed, Sooner or later, to disrepute if not to entire eradication. Our own locality Is not different from other cities In this par ticular, unless the difference be one of age. Hence we Indulge In no large hope of a. speedy and radical revolu tion, but as a Republican Journal be Ileving In the superiority of Kcpubli can principles and In the abundance, vithln that party, of good pollticnl "timber," we shall have no sympathy for any unworthy candidate on that ticket should such candidate be re jected by discriminating voters, be cause of the manifest superiority of the opposing contestant for office; nor shall we hall as a praiseworthy victory the election of an Indifferent Republican over an equally objectionable iJerno- crat. The kind of victory which counts, 5n these days of growing Independence cf civic opinion, Is that kind which ex- alts personal fitness along the line of nuceBsary party organization, and not that which prostitutes public office to partisan exigency or greed. If the councllmen who will be elected tomorrow shall not strengthen the leg islative department of the city gov ernment by bringing Into that depart ment a greater representation of hon esty, brains and character than It now enjoys, the fault will rest directly with the taxpayers of Scranton, and those taxpayers will have to pay for their fault, In dollars and cents. The ques tion. Is purely a business question. The casting of a ballot In a municipal elec tion Is like the casting of a vote among the stockholders of a corporation when they select administrative officers. The citizen who is indifferent whether his taxes be high or low, Whether his city he reputably or disreputably governed, or whether the agents whom he clothes for a time with delegated authority be gentlemen or rascals will tomorrow en ter the booth with a, party ticket and will vote it without a glance at the names printed on that ticket. Upon the other hand, the citizen who is hon estly concerned in his city's welfare will cast his ballot reflectively and con scientiously, being careful not to place a cross opposite the name of ' any chronlo boodler, law-breaker, character less corporation tool, or general knave of knnvish caliber. and morals. He will "cut" such candidates, be their party pretensions what they may. The best man, on either ticket, is none too good to bo sent to councils. An accident to our perfecting press on Saturday caused delay in distribut ing some copies of the best Saturday newspaper printed In the common wealth; but the short wait served only to make their welcome keener. If Mayor Strong will now "fire" Su perintendent Uyi nes, all may yet be for given. For a Greater Scranton. It would be a good thing fonthe wel fare of Scranton If every newspaper in this city would agree to desist from the present habit of devoting separate news departments to 'the South Side, the West Side, the North Knd and to Green Ridge. Tills Is all one city, with common Interests and alms; and so far from encouraging a proloiigatlou of the old-time divisions, It ought to be the ulm of tho press and of those who oc cupy public otllce to weld the various sections of tho city together Into a more perfect union. A reform of this character could be accomplished by concerted rffort, faith fully adhered to, when it could not be accomplished by one paper or one pub lic oMlelal, alone. The advantages of such a coUHolUlatlou would In time re llect themselves in a lessening of the spirit of Jealousy now so ready to out crop among the various portions of the city; and in a large Increase of Scran ton's prestige abroad. The innova tion would perhaps be resented by many, for u time; but those persons would soon get used to it tmd would eventually, unless we greatly err, be glad of It. Is it only an "iridescent dream"? The judicial election contest in In diana county serves us an excellent object lesson of what an American election ought not to be. If Eugene Debs Is correctly quoted in a Terre Haule Interview, what does he mean by saying thut "we had the Jury with us unanimously" In the re cent uncompleted conspiracy trial at Chicago? How does he know this? By what authority does he forecast a ver dict not yet rendered concerning him- elf as the defendant? We hope that to his other mistakes the vainglorious and talkative Debs has not added the crime of jury fixing. The Baldwin "science of somnom- ancy" Is accommodating, to say the least. It names a new "next president" in almost each new town. The Tribune's Platform. The Scranton Free Press thinks, or at least pretends it thinks, that "The Tribune wants a high-toned, exclusive common council. A body where all tho members come with their hands en cased In kid gloves, and who bring with them pocket editions of Homer's 'Iliad' In the original, so that they may enjoy the pleasures of translating It, while the clerk Is reading the ordin ances on passage. It doesn't want any ordinary every day men, whose chief qualification for the ottlce Is sturdy common sense." Our contemporary, of course. Is mis taken. Sturdy common sense Is pre cisely what we do want, and want earnestly;' There are some kinds of councllmen, however, whom we do not want; and we make no concealment In the premises. We do hot want persistent law break ers elected to either branch of councils. We do not want to see men sent to represent the citizens of Scranton In one of the chief positions of power and responsibility in the municipal govern ment who boast of their success In dodging constables, corrupting voters or packing ward caucuses. We do not want to see elected to a place where they will have at their disposal nearly $:i.'0,000 of public money, men whom the private citizen would not trust ten feet off with ten cents of his own private money. AV'e do not take kindly to council manic candidates who, after spending considerable sums of money In can vassing their respective wards, try. when elected, to got their expenses back, with usurious interest, from per sons interested in pending ordinances We admit that we have no partiality for tho type of municipal office-seeker whose only purpose in getting Into councils Is to "get square" with hM enemies or play Into the pockets of his ring backers or political sponsors. The matter of kid gloves and Greek poetry we are entirely willing to waive. In fact, we doubt If any candidate on any local ticket evinces a fondness for either. But we do not feel well dls posed toward the illiterate lingsters and law-breaking ward heelers who, about election time, seem to regard the office of councilman as something duo to them In consideration of tho costly "Interest" which they occasionally manifest in county or state campaigns, These remarks are not dictated by partisanship. They are meant exactly for whom they fit. And the Individual voter tomorrow ought to cast his bal lot for the man, be he Democrat, He publican, or anything else, whom they do not 'fit, or whom, as between two evils, they fit the least. This is The Tribune's platform; and this It Is prepared to stand by. Republicans of tho Eighth ward will make no mistake when they vote, to' morrow, for W. 8. Millar for alderman. He is clean, able and deserving. The Peabody Centennial. The centennial commemoration of the birth of George Peabody will be cele brated today on two continents, and more than 100,000,000 human beings will bo caused to reflect, for a brief time, on the achievements of this greatest of American philanthropists. To many of these will probably be suggested a comparison between the deeds which make Mr. Peabody reverenced theworld over and those whloh have caused the name of a fellow-countryman who died worth thrice as much to be used, throughout civilization, as a synonym for unrelieved cupidity and cold-blooded greed. For, in George Peabody and Jay Gould the public readily recognizes acourate personifications of the two extreme motives which govern the ac quisition of great wealth; and in the careers of both may be found lessons of lasting ethlcul value. To recount the biography of the one Is to antithetically portray the other, (ieorge Peabody was born at Danvers, Mass., Feb. IS, 1705. His purents were poor, and his only education was re ceived at the district school. At tho age of 11 he was placed with a grocer, and at 15 In a haberdasher's shop In Newburyport. When 22 years old he was a partner with Ellsha Ulggs in Haltlmore. In 1S27 he II rat visited Eng land, where ho settled permanently ten years later. Withdrawing from the Haltimoro (Irm In 1841S, ho established himself In London as a merchant and money broker, and accumulated a large fortune. As one of three commissioners appointed In ISIS by the state of Mary land to obtain the restoration of Its credit, ho refused all payment, and re ceived a speeal vote of thanks from the legislature of that state. In ls',1 he supplied the sum required to tit up the American department of the great ex hibition. In the following year he sent a large donation, afterward Increased to $70.00(1, to found an educational In stitute, etc., In bM native town of South Danvers, (now called Peabody.) He contributed $111,000 to the llrst firlnnoll Arctic expedition; $1,400,000 to the city of Haltlmore for an Institute of science, literature ,and the line arts; $S,U00,000 for the promotion of education, endow ment of libraries, etc, In the United States. From 1SG2 to IStlJi, he gave fur.0,000 for the benefit of the London poor, uud in his will be left XlTiO.OOO for the same purpose; halt a million In all, which has been employed In building dwellings for the working classes. Ho died In London, Nov, 1, 1SG1). The one lesson to lie derived from this career Is that wealth Is really a public possession held in (rust by cer tain men for the public's benefit. No man of tine moral liber would ever employ it. as did Jay flould, ns a weapon with which to club the public b come to his selfish terms. There are men of large possessions In Scranton who use their great resources. Intelligently, for the public advantage, getting them selves only a moderate living out of the trusteeship. There nro in our city also men of nmplo means who seem not to have realized their true relation ship toward the public. If the lutter would study, upon this day, the full le3son of the hundredth anniversary of George Peabody's birth. It would help to solve the problem of the popular discontent which is nowadays assuming at times threatening proportions; and It would also tell perceptibly for the progress of this community. The finances of our government may be dictated from London, through se cret arrangement with Secretary Car lisle; but London dictation will not save tho Democratic party from the fate which awaits It in lisau. The Tribune on Wednesday morning will contain the most complote returns of Tuesday's election printed in north eastern Pennsylvania. Order the right paper In advance. LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. Well or Jed Common Sense. Scranton Free Press: We have careful ly read Jlr. I'arr's compulsory education bill from beginning to end, and we fall to find anything in it which Interferes with tl instruction of children In uny school. public or private, Bectarlan or otherwise, In which the parent chooses to have a hlld educated, provided tint common Kngllsh branches ure taught. Nor can wo see that the parent Is deprived of any richt In the children sent to comfort un. gladden their homes, saving oniy the right now enjoyed of bringing them op in Ignorance. For the good of tho chil dren themselves, for the good of tho com munity mid the perpetuation of our Insti tutions, this right, which uppeurs to us Is i profanation to call "(,od given," should bo abridged ut once. Somo of the oppo nents to the bill tirgiio that because the constitution prohibits tho appropriation of commonwealth funds for the support of any sectarian school, tho state hus no right to impose an obligation upon tho school to w hoso support it does not con tribute. We cannot seo that tho stalo imposes any obligation upon secular schools, other than Impliedly to teach tho common Kngllsh branches, which all of them do. Tho state contributes nolhliur to religious Institutions of charity, and yet, all the Institutions are very properly under the supervision of the ttato board of charities. Wo have yet to hear an ob jection to such supervialon, or that tho smallest right of conscience hns been In fringed upon. Wo nrei In favor of compul sory education, and hope that tho J'urr bill will be passed. Thinks It nn Absurdity. Philadelphia. Itecord: Tho newest curi osity In the museum of legislative follies Is the Ilarrlsburg bill to create, a bureau of plumbing and dralnuge, with a corps of Inspectors empowered to enter any house or building it ml direct changes to be made In the plumbing. Tho everyday plumber, whom the helpless householder In only too frequently obliged to summon to his asslstnnee, is autocratic enough In ttie exercise of his present power. The mere, vision of nil absolute despotism of plumbing inipilsltors who could Invade a litlzen'B castle nt their own free will and Imperatively demand changes In the house's water or drainage pipes Is enough to awaken wonder at thu ridiculous lengths to which dreaming legislators are w'lllng to go. Hospital for Consumptives. Representative lliilllths, of Mcivenn, has Introduced a bill to npproprlato l.ri0,000 to establish a hospital for tho reception and treatment of Indigent persons In tho state suffering from tuliercoilsls, or consump tion, where It Is thought somo good can bo accomplished. Tho bill stipulates th.it the slto must he selected 2.000 feet above the- sea level and where tho climatic In fluences are host. The site Is to bo sougnt 111 tho usual way by a commission of live without iniy, appointed by the governor, who must ugrceon a place In four months, Hiil'jj'ct to the approval of the governor and state hoard of churilles, Tho build ings must bo reudy In two and a half years, nml the Institution Is to be known as the Pennsylvania sanlturlum. To Discourage Peddling. Arrhlmld Citizen's ilarrlsburg letter: representative Pomeroy, of Franklin county, hus Introduced a bill to prohibit hawking nmr peddling In tho common wealth without a license. Tho bill alms principally at unnaturalized aliens who are now Infesting the stain from one bor der to the other, misrepresenting their wares and (lecolvlng the people, Mr, Pmoeroy claims this class of peddlers during tho past year carried nt least Jf.,000 out of that county alone. In addi tion they Injure the merchants of the state. It In expected by the passage of the bill that the license required will pre vent these peddlers from operating In this state, Protect tho Trolley Motormen. Tho American: Our state no longer lows a freight train to be run wlthoti warm caboose. In which tha train hu may take refuge from Inclemont we when not needed for active world legislature should do no less thau some shelter for the men on thJ lines, stnea the companies have J It without any compulsion rromi The Gold liond Issue. From the American, When tho president announces the sale of JiU.luo.ooo government bomls at a priee to net three and three-fourth per cent.. anil states thut "the arrangement thus compteteil, which, uftcr careful Inquiry, appears In present circumstances anil con sidering all tilt) objects tleslreil to be the best attainable." ho discredits exlsthm obligations of the nation and lowers our national credit. He admits It to be a fuel that miller his administration of tho gov ernment tho United States hus. In time of pence, niuilo n. loan upon terms dictated by tho money-changers 'he old World. Ho presumes to declare thut tho American people., who thirty yenrs ago boro the ennriuoiiH burden of a terrible wur, are now In a position w here their finances are In the hiitnls of foreigners. Ho has chosen that the I'nlliil States should bow down before them, and ho assumes that the American people will uccept such a na tional humiliation. Hu has mailo a con tract by which tho I'nlted Stalin has sold bonds to fore'gn money-lenders at private sale at a price much below tho inurltot, nml ho has debarred his own peo ple from even u chance to purchase them. One (ircut Obstacle. From tho Norrlstown Herald. i naL niTiuiiuii ennui nu nun jn:n ih.-'.-i, bequeathed $S0,eoo by a limn to whom bo loaned $".iw ubout thirty-three years ago, cust his bread upon the waters to somo purpose. Notwithstanding his good for tune, there Is not likely to no. a rush or editors to loan Impecunious persons l.vo hundred dollars. Not that they wouldn't warmly welcome a bequest of $5o,nli0 thlrtv-three Veins hence, but they haven't got I he $f,oi to loan. THERE is but one way in the world to be sure of having the best paint, and that is to use only a well-established brand of strictly pure white lead, pure linseed oil, and pure colors. The following brand.' are stand ard, "Old Dutch" process, and are always absolutely Strictly Pure White Lead "Atlantic," "Beymor-Bannian," " Jewett," " Bayls-Chaiubera,' "Fahnestock." " Armstrong It IdcXolvy." If you want colored paint, tint any of the above strictly pure leads with National Lead Co.'s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors. These colo arc told in one-pound cans, each can being sufficient to tint sj pounds of Strictly Pure White Lead the desired shade ; they ore in no sense ready-mixed paints, but a combination of perfectly pure colors in the handiest form to tint Strictly Pure White Lead. Send us a postal cord and get our bouk oa paints and color-card. free. NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York. Useful and Orna mental Goods LADIES' DESKS. CABINETS. BOOKCASES. LADIES' DRESSING TABLES. TEA TABLES AND LIBRARY TABLES, BRASS AND ONYX TABLES AND CABINETS (OP A GUARANTEED QUALITY.) AN ELEGANT STOCK OP PIC TURES AT MODERATE COST. FANCY BASKETS AND LAMPS. CALL EARLY AND MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS WHILE OUR A8 BORTMENT IS COMPLETE. HH1& Connell, 131 IND 133 WASHINGTON ML WE Have finished our inven tory and arc 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-Brao', Etc. 1 422 LACKA. AV AVE 1 The secret is out Nojjknly do they say we do wnhsiiig fori a living, but thut we do it well. Soliccp it going. Tell everybody you see, but tell thcui not to tell. f EUREKA -- lAUNDRY, 332 Washington Ave. 'h CLEINICO THAT WONDERFUL BER !NSEY Just received, and more WE have just opened a great Wall Paper Department be the most extensive Wall Paper Department in ninkinp- lnroe contracts for cirlondn. with onlvtlic facturers, we are in a position wholesale prices. We can always supply you with, every grade, lrom the cheapest brown- Blank to the finest Pressed Paper. Borders, Ceilings and Side Come and Get Our Prices and You Will Be Surprised U Fill EI Introducing Armour & Co.'s Beef Products, will take place at the Decorative Art Pagoda, main floor, during this entire week. Customers are invited to partake o our Dainty Luncheon, which will be served daily from ro a, m, until 5 pv 1 eotl sistiug of Potted Meat Sandwiches, Bouillon, Soups, Relishes, Beef Tea, ew, n&$ 4 charge. SrSATURDAY NIGHT CLOSES THE EXHIBIT. mm Books Raymond Trial Balance Books Graves' Indexes Document Boies Inks of All Kinds AGENTS FOR. Edisor's Mimeographs and Supplies Crawford Pens ' Leon Isaac Pens REYNOLDS BROS, Stationers and Engravers, 317 LACKAWANNA AVE. GALL AND SEE Our Large Variety of IN- COMICS, LACE and NOVELTIES. J. D. WILLIAMS & 6R0. 314 Lackawanna Ave. DR. HILL & SON ALBANY DENTISTS. But teeth, tG.GO; bent sot, $8: for ROld cnp Mid teeth without plateM. rallfdcrown Rnd tirldRo work, cull for prlren nnil refer encuB. TONAIjUIA, for extracting teot without pain. Mo ether. No gnu. OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. BROTHERScy THREE GREAT WALL to arrive. Buy your Wall at least Fifty per ccut. to retail the same at all times at less than the ordinary Ul 5T.W Chifiotir lor SUQ. Feb. 1C, 1333. The First of Next Month We will move into the new store on Washing ton avenue, next to the First Presbyterian church, between Spruce and Lackawanna. HULL & CO., 205 Wyoming Avenue. I (Bedroom BulU Reduced from $100.00 to 180.00 START THE !W YEAS SIGHT And keep going right by buying and carry ing one of LLOYD'S WATCHES. LLOYD, JEWELER, 423 LACKA. AVE. VENISON, PRAIRIE CHICKEN, Partridges, Quail, Rabbits, All Kinds of Poultry, Ripe Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Gfeen Beans, Cucumbers, Head Lettuce, Salsify Radishes, Etc. Pierce's Market f HTI! TONE IS FOUND ONLY IN THE WEBER PIANO -224 YOMING AVE. Paper of us and save ni our Easement, which will this part of the state, By best nntl mnst reliable nianti walls to match. joxr 7k MiwMifloAlJjr XMniMt DR. 5HLMBERQ. rvts msec sj4rtfe 305 Street. DR. E. GREWER, The ItilladfttphU Specialist, and his aso elated stair vt Knailsh nnd Herman physicians, clto now permanently located at Old Postoffice Building, Corner Penn Avenue and Spruce Street. The doctor la a eraduae oi the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, formerly demon Mrator of phynloloBy and surgery at the MedlcoH'hlrurplcal collrso of Philadel phia. Hla spetlAltles are Chronic, Ner vous, Skin, Heart, Womb and Blood dl eaucs. DISEASES OF TEE KEBY0US SYSTEM Tho symptoms of which are dtzz!nis,la?lc of conlnlenre. pexual weakneu In men and women, ball rlsinu 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 untlts them for performlnR tho actual du tlen of life, making happiness Impossible, dlstresslnc the action of the heart, caus ing flush of heat, depression of spirits. evil forebodings, cowardice, foar, dreams.mel om holy, tire easy of company, feeling a tired In the morning as when retiring, lack of energy, nervousness, trembling, confusion of thought, depression, 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 lien Cured. If you have been given up by your phy sician call upon tho doctor and be nam. td. lie cures tho worst cases of Ner vous lwbillty. Scrofula. 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