THE SCT? A NTON TRIBUNJA SATirRDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 2S, 1890.
SENTIMENT
AND
ENTIflENTALI
There is a world-wide ilifToronrp 1p-twi-i-n
sentiment ami scntininl:ilisin.
Whi'ii the mural nature iuuihjuih-cs a
juiiiimiiit Indi'i't'ii'li'Htly "f 'll'l"l,
roiiKuiilii!,'. it vxpitsst a or applies in mm
ciw a s. ntiiiK'iit of Justice, in anotlar
nf lienovnli'iice, in another uf pity, mm
so on. In the enn-wnWi'S of print ical
life one fun seldom take time to reason
out I lie moral aspects of the matter
in hand, und it is seldom necessary;
hecuiise in most of lis the moral senti
ment has lieen so cultivated and eylali
hslie.l liy haliit that our moral judg
ments are rendered, as it were, in
stinctively. If the sentiment of honor,
honesty, justice, benevolence, is strong
ami true, our judgment? are il-tei-mined
accordingly: hut if those senil
ments ale dull, and still mote, if they
have been perverled.oiu fn.iitii'.il de
risions In the affairs of life are sine
to represent a dull or perverted moral
nature. There might to be iw mistake,
in this. S -aliment is character. That
is the ineanlns of the old Scripture it p
hoiism, "As it man thinkcth in his
heart, so is he."
There Is a subtle connection between
the cum I and the lieu m il 'ul. a connec
tion so real that the tint h-peiieivim;
flreiks had but one word for the beau
tiful und the noble. When the senti
ments of justice, couruKC. nenel'osiiy,
magnanimity, charity appear in char
acter and behavior, they command ad
miration, but because they ale admir
able, they are often counterfeited, and
nftenest, perhaps, under some strange
delusion of sell -deceit. liobespiei re,
while coldly condemning the h'-st blood
nl' Prance to be shed upon tin; scaffold,
tiatteivd himself that lie was actuated
by the sublime severity of justice, and
persuaded himself of the tenderness
of his heart by luvlMiiiiK cui'-sscs on
his poodle. Many a man and woman
will shed letidy tears at lletltious woes
presented in the drama or narrated in
tlie pases of romance, on whom the
same sorrows would make no Impres
sion If they occurred in real life. That.
Is seiitlmentalism in its cuniinoiiest
loiiu of fictitious sentiment.
AVe have said ubnve that In practical
life moral judsrinciits are usually ren
dered without conscious reasoning.
That la true, hut it is not true that
such judgments ure irrational. Th"ir
Justification is that they command the
subsequent approval of the reason; If
they do not, the moral nature w ill itself
reject and renounce them, because, in
sl native and independent thounh the
moral faculty seems to be, It can never
conl radht the co-ordinate faculty of
reuson. People who ride hobbies of a
benevolent nature, refusing to listen to
the voice of leason when it would con
trol and diiecl the operation uf the
sentiments which it approves, are sen
timentalists, not necessarily becau-e
they nre Insincere, but because, to that
extent, they nre irrational.
There is a perpetual danger of the
I'X-aK oration or wrong direction of sen
timent when it is so exalted as to ne
glect reason, and the danger Is indeli
Jiitely increased when the same senti
ment, pood and right as it may be in
itself, is shared in common by lnr.ue
numbers of people. Then, it often
uiows into a sort of social hysteria,
rising sometimes Into frenzy. Hist ity
records mnny a case of epidemic insan
ity in whole communities and even in
nations; and they have nearly always
I" gun in the irrational exaggeration
of some sentiment which. In its origin,
was true and sound, but which became
pernicious when il renouni ed the cou
tiol of reason.
Just sentiment may hemmo unjust.
Immune sentiment may tend to inhu
manity, mercy may become merciless
when uncontrolled or misdirected. Nay,
there are tirties when sentiments of
tiniinestiormlili; moral beauty must lie
banished from the breast, when the.
Very feeling of rompasslson must he
quenched, when the emotion of sympa
thy must be stilled, when the- eye must
refuse to ace and the cur to hear the
look and cry of pain; and all this
under an imperious recpilrcment of du
ty, that the surgeon's hand may lie
firm and trim to tin; relief of pain and
to the suvinff of life. In the perform
ance of a capital operation we have
known a great surgeon to be appar
ently cold, calm, callous, pitiless, until
the last duty had been done, and then
for hours to remain inert from exhaus
tion. Mo, Judges on the bench have
been known to suffer agony when the
high duty of their ofllce required them
to speak the word of justice which
their sentiment of mercy would fain
have left unspoken. Nor ar such
cas.s so exceptional ns they nppear;
they occur in every family when duly
requires that sentiment shall be sub
jected to reason; and they occur as
ottcn in the progress of society.
In our own country the: darkest cloud
on our horizon is the gloomy threaten
ing of protracted social slrife. For the
first time in the history of the republic
v.e have now to dread the permanent
organization of a propaganda of fac
titious discontent. In spite of all dis
turbances, the whole country Is pros
perous and a prospect of increased
piosperity lies clear before us. It is
not true that the pour grow poorer
while the rich crow richer; just the
contrary is true, for In all the dements
of well-being, those whom we call the
poor are richer than they ever were be
fore, and it is the riches of the rich
that make the well-being of the poor
possible. Yet every agency has been
used, and is likely to continue to he
used, to foster discord between capi
tal and labor, that Is, between the two
Meat classes of wealth-holders and
wealth-earners. Now. Just here, there
Is a great danger of allowing thuugiit
Iss and irrational pentinientalism to
take the place of Just, and reasonable,
land righteous, and enlightened senti
ment. The sympathies of the clergy,
for Instance, go most strongly to the
poor; and ro they ought, for it is the
poor who need them most. Hut, for
that teason. Is there not a real danger
of unwise one-sidedness in clerical
views of social questions? We fear
there Is, and we fear It because we
have not been untouched by it. Let
us grant that there are evils which
might be prevented, that there are
wrongs which might be righted, that
there are ideals far beyond the best
that have been realized; and what then?
Kvery real step in the progress of our
age has been a constructive develop
ment; not one has been destructive
uf anything whatever; every one has
heen attained by the better observance
or some one or more of God's laws in
human society. Such liws there are,
and to attempt to resist them, or to
remedy any social wrong by disobeying
or disregarding them, is suicidally in
sane. Everybody concedes that the
condition of the working classes here
and elsewhere has been steadily im
proving in the present generation; and
everylwidy knows that the fortunes of
the rich have grown In proportional
magnitude. What should be the In
ference from these two facts? That the
accumulation of wealth in the hands
of capitalists is an obstacle to the
Interests of the workingman? Is it
not rather the reverse, that the accu
mulation of capital In large amounts
Is the very condition of industrial pros
perity? I5ut if that Is true, then the
man of all men who should rejoice In
the accumulation of capital is the
workingman whose wetVbelng depends
upon It. and every true friend of the
workingman should strive with all his
might to help the workingman to real
ize it and rejoice in It.
.Doubtless there are times when hold
From the Church Standard.
ers of capital fortset their duty.
Wealth is power; power is always ten
acious, often avaricious; ami the pride
ot power displays itself la imperious
arrogance. Kvery exhibition of that
evil temper provokes u, just resentment.
When the I'ullman cmnpuny, for exam
ple, on the Kfound that business was
stagnant, reduced the wages of its
winking people by one-third or one
half, but made no abatement In the
house-rent of those Hume people, the
sentiment of justice was outraged; and
when the workmen were haughtily told
that there was "iiotliitn; In the case
to arbitrate," the insolence was mure
offensive than the wruii. It wns not
Mraiiire that the working people of the
country should espouse the cause of
the Pullman employes, and there was
nothing strange that a "sympathetic
strike" should follow; but how utterly
irrational that strike? was! It was
liolhing less than open insurrection, re
bellion against the nation by way of
reprisal for the insolent injustice of a
single company, ot the wrong done
by the I'ullman company there migl.t
be some question; of Its nrrog.inee
there could lie no question at all. The
sentiment of sympathy for the I'ullman
people was natural anil right; but just
as soon as that sentiment degenerated
into passion, reason was Hung to the
winds, the original en use of controver
sy was forgotten, a carnival of sense
Jess outrage was begun, and the instinct
ot self-preservation arrayed not only
the power hut the conscience of tile
nation against thi vioieis. Here in
.iuorica we do things quickly and for
get them nearly as tuickly: but the
lessons of that terrible disturbance
ought to be remembered. They are
these: first, that employers, whose
wealth gives them enormous powi r,
should net with manifestly generous
Justice to their employed and treat them
wiili scrupulously courteous and con
shlerate benignity: und second, that,
whether they do or not, riotous tur
bulence will make nothing better, but
everything worse. Nor should it be
forgotten that. If some employers are
grasping and urrogunt, organized labor
Is also sometimes unreasonable in IIS
demands and rudely dictatorial In its
temper. The one fault is as bad as the
other. Tf the arrogant and grasping
employer were a workingman, he
would lie an unreasonable and turbu
h nt employe; and if the unreasonable
and turbulent employe were an em
ployer, he would be frrasplng and arro
gant us any employer in the laud. It
is for sensible and far-sighted men of
good will on both sides to avoid all
causes of complaint and irritation be.
I ween their respective classes. It is
the part of all who have the interest
of both classes at heart to foster be
tween them a spirit of reciprocal good
will; and in no way can this be more
effectually done than by continually
reminding them of the fundamental
social fact that their true interests
can never be opposed, since the accu
mulation of capital, which is the object
of the employer, Is the very condition
of prosperity to the workingman.
One tif the meanest vices of human
nature Is envy; anil this vice is often
insidiously planted in the hearts of
working people by comparing their
ninill wages with the huge profits
which they are told, not quite correct
ly, ure produced by themselves ulone.
From the harangues of agitators one
would almost Inter that it Is a crime
to be rich; but we suspect that, from
the vociferous orator to his most en
thusiastic hearer, there is not one soul
win would not Instantly and willingly
be guilty of that crime. There Is noth
ing respectable in appeals of that kind.
They are essentially Insincere, unwor
thy to be addressed to self-respecting
men, und degrading: to character when
they ure accepted.
There is a curious Inconsistency be
tween the frank admission of the nec
essity of capital on the part of every
intelligent workingman and the feeling
of hostility to the capitalist which lie
Is urged to entertain. It would be well
if the friends of workingnien would be
ut pains to expose this inconsistency.
It is conceded that in all but the
earliest stage of civilization capital is
necessary. So lontj as every man Is
sufficient to himself, a small amount
of capital pufilces: hut the moment
that communities of men begin to exist,
the division of labor cuines in, und then
no man Is sullielent to himself. Kvery
man is dependent upon the labor of his
ftllowmen. To purchase thnt labor he
must accumulate capital enough to pay
the butcher, the hakor, the clothier, the
blacksmith, etc., and these, on their
part, must have capital in order to car
ry on tli ir respective trades to advan
tage. When machinery comes in, and
ten or twenty different artisans are
needed to produce so simple an article
as a needle or a pin, larger amounts
of cipital are needed. It would be im
possible for each of the various crafts
men to buy the unfinished work from
the hand through which it had passed,
to do Ids part hi it, and th"n sell It to
the next. Someone must employ them
nil; and he must have capital enough
to provide muchinei y and to pay them
nil until he can send the finished pro
duct to market. It is because he can
employ a large capital with advantage
in that way that he invests it in build
ing his factory, in purchasing mach
Imry, and In paying his workmen.
Now. what difference does it make to
the woikingman whether the capital
required to employ him belongs to one
mti'i or another? Absolutely none. The
importnnt thing to the workingman is
that somebody shall be rich enough,
or. In other words, that somebody shall
hold capital enough, to invest in a
factory and employ the workmen re
quired. Whoever holds It. holds it to
I ho profit of the workingman; and
whoever he may be. lie should be re
garded with a friendly eye. since the
Industry in which his capital is used
is ot benefit alike to him und to those
whom he employs.
Kvery Intelligent workman knows
that great Industries require a vast
amount of capital. For many of them
a great railway, for example more
capital is needed than one man is like
ly to pefsess or to lie? willing to invest
in a single enterprise. Hence, corpora
tions are necessary, by which vast
sums of money may tie drawn from tin
separate accumulations of many indiv
iduals. Now, in popular harangues,
corporations are often indiscriminately
denounced; but Is this reasonable? The
corporation Is simply the legal holder
of the canital whic h it employs; and
again we ask. What difference does it
make (to the workman on a railway)
who owns the capital by which the
railroad is operated, and with which
he is employed? Clearly it makes no
difference to the workingman at all;
but It Ip worth while for him to reflect
that, but for fhe corporation system,
It would be nil but Impossible to aggre
gate the capital necessary to the mag
nificent enterprises by which millions
of American workingmen are support
ed. The fact is that nothing in the
progress of modern civilization has
been so beneficial to trade, commerce,
Industry, and therefore to the working
man, as the growth of the corporation
system. And why? Hecause under
that system alone ran the vast accu
mulated capital of individual persons
le aggregated in the vast proportions
which modern trade, commerce and In
dustry require, and without which the
workingman could not be employed.
To sum up briefly what we have sa' l
concerning labor and capital'
1. Sympathy with lnbor and the
laborinr; man is just and right; but it
must be (urefully distinguished from
the lletltious sentiment of interested
demagogues, and the irrational senti
ment which rejects the guidance of
reason;
L'. If we would really serve the work
ingman, we must remember that social
laws are ns leally divine laws us th"
laws of gravitation, and it is folly to
ignore p.ml insanity to attempt to re
sist them;
S. That one of these laws so Indis.so
lubly unites the interests of caplt.il and
labor that the one cannot be assailed
without Injury to the other;
1 That the accumulation of capital
Is indispensable to the employment of
labor; an ! that as civilization t'.dvnu
ces, larger and lur.Tcr accumulations of
capital are necessary to the creation
and maintenance of extensive indus
tries: ii. That the accumulation of wealth
In large amounts might to be a special
cause (.f satisfaction to th" friends of
the workingnien. because ii Is the con
dition of his permanc nt arid remuner
ative employment; and that the cor
poration system, by whic h enormous
amounts of capital, contributed by
many persons, arc aggregated for the
creation and prosecution of immense
and permanent Industries, is a blessing
to society at large and to the industrial
classes in particular;
!. It Is not denied that evils may ex
ist, und do exist. In our industrial sys
tem, nor Is It pretended that tlcy ought
not to be remedied. Hut ull friends of
the worUlngnian should teach him that
no v run it can be righted by disregard
ing the social laws of ("oil: and that
the surest way to attain a hotter state
of filings is that capitalists and work
ingnien alike should cultivate a spiilt
of lusticc, kindness and charity in their
reciprocal relations.
There nre other fundamental 1.nva of
find in the order of human society of
which we shall have something to say
ere long; meanwhile, we are glad to be
able to adorn the present until-' with
some w ise words spok .-n by iSenerui
Harrison on a recent public occasion,
(icnoral Harrison said, in substance:
"If there are abuses of any kind Pi
legislation or In business, let us fix tin?
public eye upon them, and then we
tan trust the country to put them
right. If any man or class of nicn will
mal!.( it plain to the American Tople
that he is not get dug his rights, 1 un
dertake to say that the American peo
ple will be on his side. If there pre
wrongs or grievances anywhere, speci
fy thein. hold them up to the public
judgment, and an overwhelming ma
jority will respond to your appeal: but
it is futile and mischievous to denounce
whole classes and to sow dissensions
iietween classes of citizens of the I'ni
ted States is nothing less than criminal."
.mi:.tio.m:i i ou oitick.
VOn SKl'UKTARY OP STATE.
Whitelaw liell. of New York.
Cliuiineey .l. I epew, of New York,
.luhn Hay, of Illinois.
11. !'. Tracy, of New York,
ltol.i it It. liitt, of Illinois.
Thomas 1!. Heed, of .Maine.
John Sherman, of ihiu.
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts.
William I!. Allison, of Iowa.
-'. K. Davis, of Minntsotu.
Nelson Dliigley, of .Maine.
IJenjumin Harrison, of Indiana.
SEl'KKTAKY of treasury.
Cornelius N. bliss, of New York,
ltedtield Proctor, of Vermont.
Marcus A. Manna, of Ohio.
William 1!. Allison, of Iowa,
.lohn Shf iniau. of Ohio.
Thomas C. I Matt, or New York.
Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana.
Lynem ,1. Hum", of Illinois.
John Wanamalier, of Pennsylvania,
Nelson Iiingley, of Maine.
SF.ritKTAUY OK WAR.
W. R. iMerriam, nf Mipnasota.
tieneial Horace Porter, of New York,
tiitiera! Russell A. Alger, of .Michigan.
Hubert T. Lincoln, of Illinois,
(bneial l-M ward S. Hragg, of Wisconsin.
I'oUmel l-'red D. Grunt, of New Yolk.
Reiltleld Proctor, of Vermont.
C P. .MaiHlclson, of Nebraska.
8ECHKTARY OF NAVY,
f. A. I'ontelle, of Maine.
Eugene Hale, or Maine,
lteiltleld Proctor, of Vermont.
.Malt hew S. ijtiuy, of Pennsylvania.
.M. II. DeYoung, of California.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
John R. Thomas, of Illinois.
H. Clay Kvans, of Tennessee.
J. W. liabeoek, of Wisconsin,
Marcus A. Manna, of i hlo.
William Warner, of Missouri.
James A. Uray, of Maryland.
Joint Wunainaker, of Pennsylvania.
A TTl I UN E Y-C, EN" E R A L.
William It. Day, of Ohio.
George R. Peek, of Illinois.
William J. Calhoun, of Illinois.
John C. Cowan, of Nebraska.
Jiuigu Joseph McKenmi. of California,
.luilnu L. K. MeComas. of .Maryland.
Andiew Squire, of Olifi.
Henry facet Lodge, of Mussuchu-ett j.
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
.1. W. Labeni k. of Wisconsin.
William D. Hoard, of Wisronln.
Governor E. X. Morrill, of Kansas.
Thiletus K iwvit. of Wisconsin.
W. O. Itiadley, of Kentucky.
Samuel W. A!iiton, of Illinois.
John M. Tlr.'.rston, of Nebraska.
SECRETARY F INTERIOR.
Ifcnrv C. P-ijne, nf Wisconsin.
M. II. lie Young, of California.
C. F Alcnder.-ori, of Nebraska.
W. I!. .Merriani, of .Minn. sola.
Robert La l olletle. of Wisconsin.
Cyrus Lelend, of Kansas.
William Warner of Missouri.
J. W. Habcoek, of Wisconsin.
William !!. Allison, of Iowa.
John M. Thurston, of Ni bra ska.
FOR UNNAMED CAP.1XET POSITIONS
Warner Milii r. of New York.
Shelby M. Cnlloni, of Illinois.
Joseph M.vil.-y. of Maine.
Anthony lii;;?his, of Delaware.
C. W. Fairbanks, of Indiana.
AMflASSADOR TO ENGLAND.
Ch nneey M. De;iiw, of New York.
Loiirke Ctnki'.in, of New York.
II. II. Kolilsaat. nr Illinois.
Levi P. Morton, of New York.
A.Mi'.ASSA Du TO FRANCii.
Rob.it T. Lincoln, of Illinois.
AMRASSALOR TO RUSSIA.
Simon R. IIuekiKr, of Kentucky.
AMRASSADOR TO GERMANY.
Frank Hlseoek, of New York.
Charles K. Smith, of Pennsylvania.
SUPREME COURT ISKNCH.
John M. Palmer, of Illinois.
PRIVATE SECRETARY TO PRESI
DENT.
Josiph P. Smith, of Ohio.
Pcny S. Heath, of Ohio.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
Thomas U. Lawler, of Illinois.
Inflammatory Rheumatism C ured in
. Days.
Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon, Tnd.,
says: "My wife had Intl.iniatory
rheumatism In every .muscle and Joint
her suffering was terrible and her
body and face were swollen almost be
yond recognition; had been in bed for
six weeks and had eight physicians but
received no benefit until she tried the
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism. It gave
Immediate relief and she was able to
walk about In three days, t nm sure
It saved her life." Sold by Cai! Lorenz,
druggist, Scranton, 418 Lackawanna
avenue.
GOOD ADVICE FOR
1HE OFFICE-SEEKER
Keep Away From (he National Capital at
All Hazard's.
IT IS NO PLACE FOR ACTIVE MEN !
Government Position ticncinllv I n- J
lils One for Other Pursuits and j
X.rad to 9iolhiug"Sonic Typical j
Cases of Spoiled I,ivcAimou I
Times in the Licpartmcut in An- 1
ticipation of the Approachm
Sweep. '
"Perm," In Pittsburg Chr)ti!ele.
In a short time the capital will be!
beBleged by hundreds of olBce-seekers, I
while nil over the land thousands of
expectant hearts will vearn with the
hojio ot seltinir a slice of the otlicial .
patronage to lie disiiencd by the in
cuniiiig udininiBUation. The manifold!
departments of the government, witlij
oliiccs in every stale and in every I
huge city, will attract iminy. 1 be
ast number of poult Ions under the
postolhce department. alfeetin:r every
lutmlet and cross rends settlement, will
appeal to clhers. The counties:! olheia!
positions at the cardial Itself will lire
the illuminations of others, inciting
them to leave their business, tear them
selves away from old associations, sev
er ties of family und friendship, to
project themselves into the whirl of
ollicial excitement at Washington.
Those latter people are to be pitied, not
envied. They are to b: niticd lirst for
their unwise ambition. They will b
subjects of further sympathy after
their nmUti'iji i realized and they
have tasted the titter, hollowness und
uusalisfactorincss of it ull.
There are onl;- two conditions under
which a man is Just Hied in seeking one
of the official positions of the hotter
class at Washington. First, if he Is
absolutely without other menus of sup
port and takes It for the salary. In
I that event he should live humbly, save
! every penny lie can, return to the
i states as soon as his time is up and
..... 1..,.. I : n-i t... i.. ! I..
h" hum iiumiii, I lie oioei in, n lie:
is a man of independent means und
takes the position only for the novelty
of the experience and the entree it will
give his family in otlicial society, to
gether with a chance for a few years'
residence ut the capital, to return to
their old home later and resume the
life of substantial citizens. As a rule
neither of these conditions ure ful
filled. The man of the first case, in
nine times out of ten, lives un to the
top notch while here, infatuated with
his changed conditions of life carried
away by the lazy, enervating, seml
luxurlous manner of living at the cap
ital. When his term is up he finds
himself in a worse condition than when
he took his ofllce. lie is Just us poor,
and he lubors under the udditionul dis
advantage of haviULT acquired habits
of ease und extravagance which ren
der the prospects of u different mode
of life appalling to him. He has al
most if not entirely inoapacltod him
self for the hnrdshins of active busi
ness life and low pay which will con
front him when he goes back into the
world. He does not want to leave
Washington, and he therefore becomes
an abject suppllunt for a minor posi
tion under the new administration, will
ing to recant his political opinions if
necessary, and to eat the hun.llesl pie,
just so it is ulllclal pie.
With the man In the second cose, the
fellow of means, is not so hid. He,
too, Is nlillcted by the same objection
to leaving Washington, but he Is In a
position, probably, to do ns he chooses.
He will settle down to speculate In real
estate und piece out his revenues In
that way, reducing his extravagant
mode of living, perhaps, but content
just so he can maintain some, kind of
footing in the circle In which he has
moved. The trouble In his case will
be that as he gradually breaks off all
associations with the states and the
great eurnest. busy, hustlinir, substan
tial world outside of Washington, lie
Is working an Injury to his family. If
he has sons, they are growing up In
the worst atmosphere ill this country.
They are growing up in an atmosphere
of shallowness, of laziness, of lack of
ambition and lack of energy to ful
fill an ambition. There is nothing to
stimulate them to work or study. There
Is no future for them here, and when
they go awny to seek a future else
where they will llnd themseh i s handi
capped by the life they have led In
Washington. Chances are, you will
find them drifting buck again, hanker
ing for some lazy, shiftless Job in the
departments.
The town Is full of the kind of cases
mentioned in the first class. Any
newspaper man who has resided at the
capital for a decade or more can take
you r.lnng the Avenue and F street and
point them out by dozens. Some of
them huve fallen Into rlerkshlns In the
departments and are strand' d for life,
to Jog along at the same salary nml
same monotonous clerical work until
they drop into the grave. Others are
"attorneys." picking up a precarious
living ns best they can. claim agents,
unsuccessful lobbyists before congr ss,
pension awnli to whom an occasion t
fee is n windfall, and making a dollar
through the devious ways known only
to these unfortunates. 1 saw one of
these fellows not long since. A fee
years ago he held an Ininorlmt posi
tion In a department where there' were
several hundred female cmnloycs, and
I laugh now to remember how arrogant
and haughty fv was. He was mote dif
ficult of approach than any cabinet rf
licer. lie ruled the trembling givls un
der him with a rod or iron. .- held
the destinies of many a half-starved
family in his hand, and by a nod could
biing the wolf to the door of the aged
fiMants and Utile brothers whom th"
hard-working gill was supporting. He
was n veritable czar In the mile king
dom over which he ruled. How are
the mifihty fallen! He Is hausaty and
ntrogant no longer, but now n cringing
nppliear.t for work himself. He stacks
up alongside the fr e lunch counter
with the messengers of his old office,
and is by no means above tnking a
drink ii'ion their invitation. He was a
great man In those days, but it is doubt
ful, if even his name is remembered
now except by those of his poor em
ployes who recall it only with hatred
und vengrfuliiess and who doubtl ss
Slont when thev see him stanuing on
the windy corner, his thin troti-ers flop,
ping in the breeze, looking wistfully
at the big givernnitnt buildings with
their cosy oliiccs.
Tlcre Is only one condition under
which a young man with hnlih should
enter the department service at Wash
ington. Even that one condition is
fraught with risk, if a young man has
a fixed und unalterable Idea of study
ing a profession or equipping himself
mentally for some culling, he Is Justi
fied in getting into the departments
through the civil service, if he can.
He may then have the prospect of re
munerative employment for a term of
years during w hich time he can study
and attend the law, and medical and
scientific schools at night. He works
from it until 4, and the remainder of the
time he can use as he chooses. If he
is economical, he may veil save some
thing from his salary, and by the time
he has graduated or completed his
course of study, have a tidy nest egg in
the building association. Then he may
leave Washington to begin his real ca
reer in the states. I say a young man
may lo all this. Experience, however,
has shown that In the majority of
cases they do not do It, but that on
the contrary their entry Into the gov
ernment service at Washington proves
their undoing for life. I have known
so many, many cases of this kind, and
the faculty of the night schools will
bear vitness to the statement. The
young fellows come here, full of energy,
hope and hustle, bringing with tin in a
whiff of Iresh air from the great,
breezy world outside. They are deter
mined to study hard, to save closely
and set away ugain us soon us they
can. For a lew months all goes well.
They hurry home from office to study,
charmed with the Idea of quilting
work at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Their habit of early rising, contracted
in the W'est, gives them an hour f r
study before going to work at II o'clock
ia the morning. Next thing you will
see them making culls in the ollicial
houses during the alteruooiis. instead
of hurrying home to study. The hum
blest young man, provided he has a
dress suit ami a decent manlier, can
miiiKle in tlie eliieial society of the
capital. To be sure, it Is not the best,
but it is gaudy, bright and attractive
to a bucolic. Then they begin to iv
F,lect their studbs and to spend their
money. It Is not long before they give
up the school and conclude that ollice
life is t'ond enough for a while und
they have not lini.- to study. I have
never seen one of these yi un;? fellows
who would admit that lie iutnnied to
stay in otIU nil his life, but he would
not fix a definite time for breaking
away. Invariably there comes a linn!
when they feel they ouht to get out,
but bvthat t imp tin ir energy is supped,
tin it- ambition dulled, und they are too
much enervate (i by their life 111 Wash
ington to be willing to lake the plunge
I'.iM the cold world outside. Their ex
cuse is that they have u good salary,
that their positions nre reasonably
sure under civil service and that tin y
cannot risk givin-jr up a certainty f r
the uncertainty of hunting work out
side. So they stay on. with little hope
of substantial promotion, working in
a monotonou" routine from year to
yc-ar. saving a litll- money or living
from mouth to month with an ucca
,'ienul borrow, according to their sev
eral dispositions. It is not a life that
appeals to tlie imagiaatioiis of an en
ergetic, nmbiticfcs, high strung man,
do you think.
The shadow of coming events has al
ready fallen upon the departments
here, and Is reilectcd In the anxious
faces of the under officials. It is trua
that in tlie past four years a great
many offices have been put under the
operations of the civil service law. but
it is well known that there are ways
and means of getting uround the law
whenji vacancy is really desired. No
one knows who will be a victim of the
headsman's ax and there is a general
restlessness. There Is a scurrying
around to ra"ke up Republican "inllu
ence" in the hope of fortifying them
selves in olfice against the horde of
hunsry place-hunters who will sweep
down upon the cltv, after March 4.
Rome of them will get places, but the
majority of them will not, and they
will go away saying what the darkey
says in tlie popular play. wliB wanted
to be "minister to Dahomey," that
"This here othce-seekin' Is a mighty
poor business."
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55 Elm Street New York.
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till tf'uIMMiPal
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PIAIMOS
At a time when many manu
facturers and dealers are making
the most astounding statements
regarding the merits and durability
of inferior Pianos, intending pur
chasers should not fail to make
critical examination of the above
instruments.
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E. C. RICKER
General Dealer in Northeast
ern Pennsylvania.
New Telephone Exchange Building, 115
Adams Ave., Scranton, Pa.
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Th9 Leading Dentist, Ehlit Yaars'
4C9 Spruce Street.
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MICA AXLE GREASE.
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UEYJ YORK CARRIAGE CREASE.
(OH LIGHT W KOHS MO HE AM CAHRIAGCS
BOSTON COACH AXLE OIL
CniAPEfl AHOttlJtR 1HUI CWOR OIL
STANDARD LEATHER OIL.
V BSST LA1HR PRESERVER IH THE WORLD
THE EST H.UiESS OIL BADE
RUDDY HARVESTER OIL.
A (DIE HE AH iOC-i FOR fAIW UACm:iER1
FAVORITE Zmml V'1
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( i Coach and Carriage Candle )
Vjf-WFCB SALE EVERYTVHf SS
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SCRANTON, PA.
LSTAlU.ISHUl) THIRTY YE4RS.
KOW H BOB EEW ST8BE.
130 WYOMING MENU!
Coal bxcliange, Opr. Hotel Jerroyn.
Wo linvo the Boost store :iu 1 m at complete
stock 111 nil this SL'ftiou, cf
WJTCKES, FINE JEWELRY, 0IEMCKD3,
STERLING SILVER WAR?,
STERLING SILVER NOVELTIES,
RICH CUT GLASS, CLOCKS, ETC.
Our Prices urc always bottom.
If you have not seen us In our new store It
will pay you to call.
uw i
will Cud in COTTOLENE
the ideal frying medium. It
looks clean and is clean
and does not sputter in the
pan. Food fried in Cottoleno
is free from greasiness and
richness. It is appetizing in
taste
and healthful to cat.
Then there is the added con
sideration of lower cost. pf
Coitoloie does the work' of
lard or butter.
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY.
t'Una, . Wk, mufelpkla, nikbargk.
DATE.
Over 26,000 In list.
Experience, NowLocatedat
A. E. ROGERS'
iewelry Store
113 lackawax.ua avenue.
'c have nearly completed onr
Holiday Stock and arc now prepared
to offer as fine an assortment of
J-'VELRY, CLOCKS,' WATCHES,
CUT GLASS, ART POTTERY,
B1IC-J-BR5C,
SILVER war:, LAMPS, PLATED WARE,
as can be found anywhere.
Look at our $10.00 Gold
Watches, warranted IS
years.
Iknutiful Banquet Lamp and Large
S:lk Shade, At $4.45
Rogers' Triple Plated Knives and
Forks are Viae, At $3.0i)
21 3 Lackawanna Avenue.
LANK BOOKS
Or all kinds, manufactured at akuf
uoticc, it The Tribune Ofllce.
Iff q William Zachham4
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