4 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 16. 1895. Daily and Weekly. No Sunday Edition. nbllsbed at gcranten, Pa, by The Tribune Fob- llablor Oooipeny. Ktw York Office: Tribune uiMluf, Freak a amy, lUuifar, t. P. KINOBBURV, Puis, an Qfx t Man. E. Hi RIPPLK, Scfi'vN. Tsaae. UVV . RICHARD, Karros. W. W. DAVIS. luimiM MaNaei. W. W. V0UN03, Adv. Maae's. IMTIRIO AT THI romyriol AT SORANTOM. FA. A9 SIOOND-CLAaS KA1LUATT1H. frlrKen' Ink," the recojnlred Journal (br advor Ilspra, rate Tint Scrantum Tmbunic oh the brut advertlsta nwillum lu Nortkeaaiera Veuniylv nla. 'Truitfri' lull knew. TR Wikklt Tiubcnb, Iteued KTory Saturday, Centalui Twelve Hanilaonui wtili un Abun dance of New, Fiction, and Well-Edited Mlncel lnuy. For Tlios. Wtie Caunot Take This Daily Tridckk, the Weekly la Recommended a the Beat Baifaln Uolnf. Only 1 a Year, in Advauca. (n Tbibuni la for Sale Pally at the D., L. and W. btatloa at Hoboken. SCRANTON, AriUL 10, 1805. T1IE SCRANTON OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. Elevation above the tide, 740 feet. Extremely healthy. Estimated populutlon, 1S95, 103,000. Heglsterrd voters, 20.6S9. Value of school property, $900,000. Number of school children, 12,000. Average amount of bank deposits, $10," COO, 000, It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn sylvania. Can produce electrlo power cheaper than Niagara. No better point in the United States at Which to establish new Industries. See how we grow: Population In 1860 Population In 1870 So.000 Population In 1880 -f30 Population In 1890 '5215 Population In 1894 (estimated) 103,000 ad the end Is not yet. Another youthful life was abruptly sacrificed In Philadelphia Sunday by a street car company too stingy to pro vide safety car fenders. This makes the eighty-third death In that city since the advent of the fenderless trolley. The people of Philadelphia, like the people of Scranton, are either powerless or patient. The President's Letter. President Cleveland's letter to the committee of Chicago gentlemen who had invited Wm to visit their city Is an able argument In favor of bimetallism, although not so Intended. He properly thinks It Is "time for the American peo ple to reason together as members of a great nation which can promise them a continuance of protection and safety only bo long as Its solvency Is unsus pected, its honor unsullied and the soundness of its money unquestioned. These things are ill exchanged for the illusions of a debased currency and groundless hope of advantages to be gained by a disregard of our financial credit and commercial standing among the nations of the world. If our people were isolated from all others and if the question of our currency could be treated without regard to our relations to other countries, its character would te a mattei of comparatively little im portance. If the American people were only concerned In the maintenance of their physical life among themselves they might return to the old days of barter, and in this primitive manner ac quire from each other the materials to supply the wants of their existence. But if American civilization were satis fied with this it would abjectly fall in its high and noblemlsslon. "Ira ithese restless days, the farmer is tempted by the assurance that though our currency may be debased, redun dant and uncertain, such a situation will Improve the price of his products. Let us remind him that he must buy as well as sell; that his dreams of plenty are shaded by the certainty that If the price of the things he has to sell are nominally enhanced, the cost of the things he must buy will not remain stationary; that the better prices which cheap money proclaims are unsubstan tial and delusive, and that even If they -were real and palpable, he must necessarily be left far behind in the race for thelrenjoyment. It ought not be difficult to convince' the wage-earner that if there were benefits arising from a degenerated currency they would reach him least of all and last of all. In an unhealthy stimulation of prices an increased cost of all the needs of his .home must long be his portion, while he is at the same time vexed with van ishing visions of increased wages and an easier lot. The pages of history and experience are full of this lesson." Every word in this argument applles with equal force against the gold"mono metalllsm which Mr. Cleveland and his Immediate advisers are geeJUng to per petuate in this country. We have al ready seen how this mistaken, policy has forced the president to sign a humiliating treaty with foreign bank ers who pledge themselves, in return for eeveral million dollars' worth of extorted profits, to refrain from drain ing more of our gold reserve into their European coffers. And yet the presi dent affects to believe that the issue is , not his own stupidity and the blindness' of those who have urged Him onward in ,thla gold . single standard ' fight against American silver, but that.it. is the grossly exaggerated dangerof a demonetization of gold. , If Mr. Cleveland thinks that "sound currency" and "honest money" can ex ist in this country upon any but a bi metallic basiB, he is simply mistaken, that is all. The people of the United States, despite his excited clamorlngs, will refuce to ratify finally the strik ing down of one of the metals in which half their wealth finds monetary ex pression. Death Is truly no respecter of persons. James V. Scott, whom It has Just seized with almost electric suddenness, had, less than a month previous, real ized the dream of his life by consolidat ing into one powerful newBpuper the two leading Democratic Journals of the northwest. Klch, socially prosperous, politically and professionally influen tial, personally popular to an excep tions! degree, young, amlnblo and pro gressive, Mr. Scott on Saturday last wouldhavebcen pointed to by nine Jour nalists out often as the most conspicu ous living exemplification of realized and anticipatory success alonff lines fertilized by his own energy. The news of Ills abrupt demise nt the very flood tide of his promise ulmcst un settles belief. , . , The Income Tax Farce. The outrageous character of the pres ent emasculated Income tax Is vividly shown in an "open letter" to It:' Topu llstlc compounders vhleli a wcU-kmv.vn Scrantonlan has handed to us for pub lication. The letter Is brief and to the point. It ulms to give Just three ex amples of the tax's equity nnd Justice. In the first one. let us Imagine -that there 13 a nun whose annual Income of $201,500 is derived from lands, rents nnd bonds excepting 1,300. Under the pres ent status of the income tax he would be compelled to pay into thj federal treasury the magnificent sum of $10 only; as against $100 exacted from the lawyer, doctor or other professional man earning $24,000 a year, or $800 from the merchant or manufacturer whoso income amounts to $11,000 annually. That Is to suy, the tax Is now, even more than ever, an Impost directly levied on skilled labor. Wo append a restate ment of the case, to make our point clearer: Example first Income from real es tate, rents $ 73,000 Exempt Income from gov ernment bonds, 4's. 25,000 Exempt Income from muni cipal bonds 100,000 Exempt Income from all other sources 4,300 Exempt $1,000 Total Income $2tM.fOO Exempt liiM.uut) Taxable at 2 . . . $3.0-Tax $10 Example second Income professional services of lawyer, doctor or other pro fessions $ 24.0CO Exempt 4,000 Taxable at 2 ...$ 20,000-Tax $100 Example third Income from manu- facturer, merchant, ' Inventor, etc $ 44,000 Exempt 4,000 Taxable at 2 ...$ 40,000-Tax $S0O What Is plainer than that the Income tax, in its present form, Is nothing less than a grinning skeleton, mocking American Justice and fair play? It ought to be immediately repealed, even .hough to do so would necessitate an extra session of congress. Better an extra session than a triumph of this socialists assault upon brains and thrift. A public apology from Mr. Hogan should be the condition of his retention In the ministry. The habit of abusing people, unless checked from time to time, is liable to grow; and it is a very unfortunate habit for any man toform; most of all a clergyman. Now for a New Armory. We dare say it is almost unnecessary to remind the good people of Scranton and vicinage of the fact that next week, In the Frothlngham theater, there will be presented under the auspices of the Thirteenth regiment, by capable play ers, a thrilling drama of the civil war, commemorative of the stirring engage ment at "Allatoona." The purpose of this presentation Is to secure the nucleus of a fund for the construction of a. new regimental armory, pluns for which had several months ago to be temporarily abandoned because of un satisfactory business conditions then prevalent throughout tho country. It ought not to be necessary to re mind our public-spirited citizens that the present armory of the Thirteenth regiment Is both Insufficient in size and totally Inadequate In dignity and ap pearance for the purposes of a city like Scranton and a regiment like tho ban ner Thirteenth. Now that the business outlook Is becoming bright again, unit the budding season opening with un usual briskness throughout tho city, us shown particularly in the erection of many handsome new publp buildings, It ought to be a work of pleasure for every enterprising Scranfonlan to co operate In the new armory movement and thus render possible Its success ful and speedy completion, -, Those business men who appreciate the value of the National guard as a reserve force adding to the security of their property should be especially gen erous toward the new tirmory ''project at this time, in view of the prolfable abandonment, next summer, of the an nual encampment. This abandonment, forced upon the commonwealth through motives of necessary economy, will doubtless' have no 111 effect upon the Thirteenth regiment If, In compensa tion for that deprivation, the regiment shall be enabled to occupy a fitting new home. The members of tho Thirteenth have long deserved such a home; and this time they' ought by all means' to be helped tMt. ; . ' -: , ' . Sevemty-flve of the IS3 members com prising the Wisconsin legislature have submitted to a poll on the stiver ques tion. Sixteen, Including nine Republi cans, are for tho free and unlimited coinage of silver regardless of "other nations; twenty-nine, including twenty ona . Republicans, are against such coinage; seventeen, Including eight Re publicans, favor an international agreement; two Republicans favor the free coinage of the American product, and eleven members are noncommittal. Party lines on this question appear to be somewhat indistinct, these days, and yet, both parties are explicitly committed to bimetallism. The Philadelphia Inquirer predicts that "both parties will, next year, de clare for bimetallism, as they have dono in the past, but what does that mean? Simply that whenever Germany, France and Austria are ready to unite with the United Stntes In the coinage of silver bimetallism will come." And In case those nations should refuse to Join hands, what then? What would be easier thnn for the United States to enact a prohibitive tariff on foreign sliver und go It alone? The discussion of cremation has been reopened by a decision of the grand nmi-ter of tho Masonic order In this Elate that "cremation Is not Christian burial." This utterance, to bo sure, is somewhat delphlc, imismuch us crema tion Is no kind of burlr.I, but rather a burning uy. The diffusion among the people of a better knowledge of chem istry will, however, no doubt soon carry the day In behalf of cremation, which Is really the only thoughtful method .of disposing of the dead. ' The New Yoik Sun wants Senator Morgan, of Alabama, un the Democratic candidate next year If the nomination shall go to the couth. What 'is the matter with Postmasfer General Will iam U Wilson, of West Virginia? He is a typical southern Democrat, Im practical, fantastic, yet withal person ally admirable. ' i Tho Republican party In 1896 cannot do better than to re-enact Its platform of l.SM. Protection and honest money were defeated then; but they will be victorious next year, if properly under stood. Honest money, however, muBt not be construed to mean the perman ent demonetization of American sliver. GETTING WORSE. From the Washington Post. The predicament of the Income tax law does not improve under Inspection. As a mutter of fact, tho calamitous conse quences of the supreme court's Indecision multiply apace. The law has been dis credited. The individual has been invited to resist its execution. And yet the ma chinery of Inquisition still stands and all forces of mischief and vexutlon are left In unrestricted activity. The situation, bad as is was originally, has been aggra vated Infinitely by the action, or, rather, Inaction of the supreme court. Here Is an odious and abominable law, the formula tion of a vicious Idea, the expression of an Insolent and hateful prejudice, and this law Is now referred to the people, dlscre 1 lted by the highest court in the land and robbed of tho one poor merit it ever pos sessedthat of technical legitimacy. Al ready despised as the base ' fruit of a surrender to the rabble; already resented and denounced as a vicious and wanton attack upon thrift. Industry, and private worth; it Is handed back to the classes against whom it discriminates and for whose persecution It was designed, with the comment that half of It Is certainly en titled to contempt, and with the plain sug gestion that the rest of It is no better. If, afer this, any one respects it and obeys it, he must be some citizen too poor to un dertake a contest some man depending upon his own ardent effort for a slender recompense and willing to submit to in justice rather than enter upon a contest Involving great expense. The rich will fight. Corporations must fight, because no fiduciary agent can afford, after this, to pay out the money of others save under compulsion. Executors, guardians, trus tees, all holding a similar relation of trust and responsibility these are compelled to resist. They would not be safe other wise. The law is tainted with suspicion and discredit, and they would be recreant to their trust if they neglected to chal lenge and contest it. And seo what a crop of litigation, what delay, confusion and uncertainty must ensue! A decision in favor of the contestant by the highest court of any stato would have the effect of Indefinitely suspending the operation of the law. The supreme court as at present constituted could not reverse such a de cision, because that court Is now evenly divided against Itself. Thus the rich will escape altogether, those of narrow means will pay rather than Incur the cost of liti gation, the citizens of one state will be protected by their courts, and the clti zens of other states delivered over to rapine and spoliation under the forms of law. Discrimination, inequality, injustice, oppression hero Is the vile crop the coun try is to gother from the seeds of crazy Populism and Ignorant class prejudice, fertilized by demagogy and nourished by the Democratic party. AN UNHAl'PY ATTACK. "Pastime" In Sunday News. Anna Dickinson did not add any lustre to her Intellectual brilliancy by hor cruel, If not brutal, verbal nssmilt on Mnjor War ren last Monday. The latter was at no time unprofesslonnily severe in his exam ination of tho plaintiff. Ho mude no bids for gallery npplunse and Indulged In no un seemly unlinadvorBions no matter how tempting such a course might be at stages of the, somewhat, scnsuilonul trial. Ills manner was earnest and his questions un dignified as the nature of the ease could possibly admit. Iter superior Intelligence ought to have told her that he was acting the part of a lawyer and was doing his duty to the defendants Just as ho would to the plaintiff were tho sltuutlon changed. She fell Into the saino error thut Ignorant litigants do who feel that to Insult an at torney is to gain favor wljh the Jury and win popular npprovnl. Surely Mnjor War ren wns not to blame because she had been nn inmate of an asylum. It was his duty to exnmlno her ns to the treatment alio received whllo there and of which she so bitterly complained. In his doing this firmly yet gentlemanly, she wan not In the slightest degree Justified In attempting to humiliate him. It can be accounted for only upon tho assumption of malice. Her lllng wns deliberate and premeditated. She was awaiting an opportunity to slur and offend him. This was too apparent to permit any other inference. She seemed to have solicited Information that would allow hor to muke tho attack she did. She nnd her counsel acted very Injudiciously. They might have known that such nn In suit would prove Ineffectual. Her coun sel, however, mny not have been aware of It. It In needless to say that her thrust was foundatlonless In reality and only the figment of . a malicious Imagination no mutter whether she coined It or was told. Incqnnlity of Representation. From tho Now York Bun. The Democrats of the six New England states were without a, representative In tho United States senate during the last congress and will be without a representa tive In the next; yet In (ho presidential contest of 18E3 the Democrats polled 176,000 votes In Massachusetts, 82,000 in Connecti cut, 48,000 '.n Maine, 42,000 In New Hamp shire, 21,000 In Rhode Island, and 16,00) In Vermont, a total of noarly 400,000. Flor ida, In which the Democrats polled 30,000 votes, has two United States senators, und Mississippi. In which they polled 40,000, has two also. The Inequality of sanatoria! rop- esontai:on ib in many respects marked, ut In no particular more to than iu this. - .1 TOLD BY THE STARS. Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJacehus, The Tribuno Astrologer. Astrolabe cast: 2.21 a. m. for Tuvjsfay, April 16, 1895. With Mercury as the morning star and Venus as the evening guide, there seems no reason why a child born this day should not be lueky. If on cannot be born lucky, however, It Is Just as well to be born rich. A girl born this day will never bo a suc cess as an instructor of Chinese Sunday school pupils. Yo umpire now remarks, "Yer out!" With consequential air, Whllo the cranks upon tho bleachers shout: "Der'a snowballs In his hair!" The man who weds nn up-to-date wo man today will never cut much of a swell around homo. AJncchus Advice. Do not be too anxious to throw dust upon a, mmi who is unfortunate today. The memory of adversity is usually lasting. It Is not safo to place too much faith in "symptoms." Hi-other Lansing no doubt now realizes this fact. Never lose sleep over the dire prophecies of the single goltl stundurd howling der vIsIkh. The calamities that, It Is claimed, would follow bimetallism are fui'ther re moved from us tliun humor from Mark Twain's Jokes. DIPLOMACY. She. brought homo a beautiful new Easter bonnet; She kissed me; I kissed her, and asked her to dun it. She tried It on, ns women will, (I forgot entirely ubout the hill.) A poem It was quite worthy a sonnet! All bright with the load of red roses upon It. She kissed me; I kissed her, as husbands will. When they seo the bonnet without tho bill. The Press. OATS dime's worth of Quaker Oats will build up more nerve and muscle than a dollar's worth of meat. Sold only In 2 Ib. Packages. Useful and Orna mental Goods LADIES' DESKS. CABINETS. BOOKCASES. LADIES' DRESSING TABLES. TEA TABLES AND LIBRARY TABLES, BRASS AND ONTX 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 ftVL Wo Have Just Opened Our First Import OrJer of H AVI LAND & CO. - If you want a nice Dinner or Tea Set we have it. If . you expect to buy a BABY CARRIAGE See our line before you pur chase. We can . save you money. ' THE lUili), LIMITED. 422 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. THE GUERNSEY BROS. 224 WYOMING AVE. . I A II CHINA WEBER GOHu'S Summer Draperies. ' t Light silk and cotton draperies naturally take precedence of the heavier lines at this season of the year. Silko lene and drapery satins, cretonnes, denims, etc, are in demand in all shades and qualities. Each year the spring and. summer season in the upholstery line increases in importance. These pretty fabrics can be retailed at such low prices, are shown in such magnificent colorings and designs, are so well finished and rich looking that immense quantities of them are handled daily. Dry Goods Economist, April 6. We are not egotistical enough to suppose that the able Economist writer had our store in mind when he wrote the above. Yet it fits us fits us like a glove. Our upholstery department does grow every year every month witnesses jm provement. As the "Spring-time Comes, Gentle Annie," and the season for re newing of draperies draws on apace, the lines we show are well worth visiting. SEE THESE NEW DRAPERIES. Carpets, Mattings, Linoleums,' Kuks meme oi nearly everv housekeeper s thoughts just now. Our offerings in the ou, wnetuer you desire to purchase of EJ a U L23S3 Another carload just received. We knew when we opened up this department, and our prices were made famil iar to the public, that we would do a big business in the Wall Paper line, but never expected that it would reach the proportion it has. We have hardly been able to get it in as fast as cur customers wanted it, but now our stock is well caught up with tho demand, and we can supply you with any and every grade. Number of patterns unlimited and prices just half. j GRATIFYING INDEED! The change we made locating our Children's Department on ground floor became popular at once. We al ways sold the bulk of Children's Clothes now we are doing more easier of access larger quarters greater stock more help. We like our name to suggest Children's Out fits. Mention anything for Juvenile Wear if we haven't, we come very close. Child's Jersey Suits at $1.50. Double BreoHted Blonde Suits nt $1. .Braided Iteefer Huils at $2.50. Scarlet and Blue Sailor Suits at $3.50. Waists of "Stur" and "Mother's Frleud" Make. Lare Line Embroidered Waists, Heudwear aud Neckwear, Full Liues. All Little Outfitting Perquisites. TKE SAMTERS," l ARE THE BEST COASTERS. Consequently they must run easier than any other rthecl. Call ana examine them. C. M. FLO RE Y, 222 WYOMING AVENUE, , Y. M. C. A. BUILDING. AYLESWORTH'S MEAT MARKET The Finest In the City. The latest improved furnish' ings und apparatus for keeping meat, butter and eggs. 223 Wyoming Ava. nT. PLEASANT 'COAI. AT RETAIL. Coat of the best quality for domestic one, and of all bIzoh, delivered in any part of tho city nt lowiBt prlco. Orders left at my OiUce NO. 113 WYOMING AVENUE, Rear room, firm floor, Third National Bank, or Bent by mall or telephone to the nine, will receive prompt attention. Special contracts will be mado for the I ale and delivery of Uuckwheat Coal. WMVT. SMITH. The secret is out Not only do they say we do wahsitig for a living, but that we do it well. So keep it going. Tell everybody jou sec, but tell them not to tell. , EUREKA .-. LAUNDRY, 322 Washington Ave. SPALDING and other floor coverings are certainly the topic of conversation, and the i the are us or not. Our stock and prices i wire Denlinu Clothiers.. lattcrs aud 1 urnislicrs. GUARDIN' HOSE A fact. Yon have to ffunrd tome hose so care fully that the task become a bunion. It rots and fulls to pieces after a little nan. Not ao ours. 1 no boat that s mado is ttio kind we sell. StnntlHanv nroaaure vnur watttrrmi nut nn it. Will liuit tor years, i'erhnpa vour lawn needs mower. 119 Washington Ave linKtmi lint llntiwt fSnMim. hers, Ripe Tomatoes, Asnar- . . ... . . iK. ituiNiiroonis, KiumarD, Cuuli flower, Water Cress, Iirutiscls Sprouts. Blue Point Oysters, Large, Medium und Little Neck Clums. Mussels, Scallops, 1'rawn. Large Assortment of Fresh Fish. PIERCE'S .-. MARKET, Penn Avenue. DR. HILL & SON ALBANY DENTISTS. Bet teeth, $5.60; beat set, tS; for gold cap and teeth without plates, called crown and brldRO work, call for prices and refer ences. TONALOIA, for extracting- teeU without pain. No ether. No Kaa. OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. ROOF TUNING AND SOLDERING All done away with by the use of HART MAN'S PATENT PAINT, whloh consist of Ingredients well-known to ail. It can be appueu to tin, galvanized tin, aheet iron roofs, also to brick dwelingi, which will rirevent absolutely any crumbling, crack ng or breaking of the brick. It will out. last tinning of any kind' by many years, and It's cost does not exceed one-tifth that of the cost of tinning. Is sold by toe Job or pound. Contracts taken by AJNTUiSiO HAKTilAJ .N, K.7 Bum Ut. BAZAAR. above will surely interest yo always the barometer of trade. above will surely interest you and post AND BOOKLETS. ALL THE Leading Publications. Prang's Latest Easter Lilies and Sweet Yiolets. They Are Beautiful. Episcopal Hymnals and Prayer Books in Sets and separate; also, Hymnals with Music. New line of Catholic Prayer Books, single and in sets; REYNOLDS BROS Stationers and Engravers, 317 LACKAWANNA AVE. April Id, 1335. We Have Moved to No. 121 North Washington Avenue, Next First Presbyterian Church New Store, New Styles, New Prices, and We Want You for a New Customer. FURNITURE DEALERS. -A dollar und it a Miar esnwd. Tats ladles' Solid French DoagoteKldBwt. taw Boat dellnrad free anynhtie In the U-S-oB' em reoalptofCaah, llooey Older, or ioatai note lor ICqnale erery way the boots dM to all retail stores for 3.60. We make this beet 1 oureerfee, therefore we ysar ( mm ue ju, eiyis mna vtar. j Mia u anyone is no amu.i we will rafund the nwaeyt or send another pair, opera i Uominoe width. 0,1). l aliM 1 to I and ball e. Stndynr in vitlJU Ufuati Iter von. uatrated data. lone PR Eat Cuter Shoe CiSK Sfdai ttrwu to Dtaltt. EASTER CARDS ft GO. Lsa.M