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THE SCBANTOK THTT5UNE-MOXDAT M OWNING, DECEMBER 21. isnn.
Xttllyand Weskly. No Kunday Kditloo.
Published at Scranton. Pa., by The Trlbunt
Publishing Company.
Sew York Office: Tribune Building Frank &
Gray. Mauager.
tKTIRIO AT TUI POSTOFncl AT SCRANT0X. PA,. A3
SllOND-OLAHB HAIL MATTHlt '
BCRANTON. DECEMBER 21. 1898.
Let us hope that the Consolldnt
Traction company will commemorate
Its coming together ly purchasing
new equipment of cars ami giving
Scrunton the kind of street tar servli
that It needs.
Our Duty to Cuba; Let It Be Her
formed.
' In view of the unanimous action of
the senate committee on forelKn affairs
in deciding to report to the senate, fur
Its consideration after the holidays,
resolution rccognlzliiB the Independence
of the republic of Cula, and plei(?!iis
the friendly offices of the United Stutes
government with tho government ol
Spain to bring the war between Spain
and Cuba to a close. It becomes prope
to consider, as far us we can, the prob
able consequences of the adoption of
Fuch a resolution. The Intimation of
Secretary Olney that the president
would Ignore such a resolution If passed
Involves a separate subject of inquiry
which will for the present be waived
In the ilrst place, we should lose the
right to claim daniuKes from Spain for
Kibsequent losses to American property
In Cuba. Hut it Is plausibly urgued
that there is small prospect of secur
Ing any damages now, while if ns i
result of our recognition and moral aid
the Cubans should win, we might In
course of time reasonably expect re
numeration from iheni. Spain would
still be liable for losses sustained by
our citizens up to the moment of such
recognition. Secondly, Spain would
pain the right to search our vessels for
rontruhund of war; and In the exercise
of this light might easily provoke war,
(in the dt her hand, Cuba, on the strength
of our recognition, would guin otllcial
representation at Washington, and
could In all probability float a war loan
buy and openly ship munitions of war
and possibly secure war ships with
which to prey on Spain's commerce,
The third consequence most discussed
Is the possibility of an ebullition of
Spanish temper which would directly
lead to war. This Is freely predicted
on all sides. Hut let us ask ourselves
the question whether It is consonant
with the dignity nnd tho manhood of
the first nation, in the AVestern hemis
phere to be stopped from the perform
ance of a moral duty by the charac
teristic Irritability of a decadent nnd
notoriously disreputable foreign power,
We claim that the result of our action
In this matter, so far as Spain is con
cerned, Is not for us to consider, so
long us we offer to Spain no interna
tional Indignity and keep fully within
the scope of our treaty obligations.
The recognition of Cuba is not a casus
belli. If war should come because of
it. It could only como through Spanish
provocation; and if that were offered
we believe that it would be In the In
terest of a higher civilization to have
the sovereignity of Spain forever elim
inated from this hemisphere.
The only point fairly open to honest
difference of opinion is whether the Cu
bans have yet progressed sufficiently
far toward the establishment of a re
publican form of government to war
rant Its formal recognition by the Uni
ted States. Upon this point we have
the negative assertion of the president
nnd secretary of state opposed to the
nflirmutive voice of every member of
the senate committee on foreign nf-
fairs. There is no fact before Messrs.
Cleveland and Olney which has not also
received full and careful consideration
by the members of the senate commit
tee. On the other hand, the senators
cite numerous precedents to show that
the 1'nlted States has from time to
time acknowledged the Independence of
South American republics on less sub
stantial grounds than now appear In
Cuba s behalf. If this be true and the
probability Is that neither 1're.sldent
Cleveland nor Hrtn-tary Olney has paid
much attention to the precedents It
certainly seems reasonable to expect
that this republic, which owes its own
life to the recognition and help of dis
tant France, proffered at a time when
we had, as a sign of civil government,
only n continental congress resting for
its authority upon the voluntary con
sent of the constituent Thirteen Colon
ies, v ill be willing, In behalf of justice,
to deal as) generously with little Cuba
lying in bondage at Its very door.
There la reason for early action In
this matter, nnd It Is authoritatively
supplied in the president's own state
ment that an additional year of strug
gle In Cuba would probably ruin that
beautiful island for nil time to come.
It Is a good thing that congress oc
casionally responds to a higher stand
ard of duty than is Indicated In the
quotations of the stock market.
Scoring Dr. Parkhurst.
The Women's Rescue league of New
York says by resolution that Rev. Dr.
Charles H. Parkhurst "has done more
harm to society than he can ever atone
for during the period of his natural
life. Through the agitation brought on
by him In his pulpit and through his
society, this so-called reformer has been
the means of driving disreputable
women Into the dwelling places of re
spectable women, the state of the city
Is worse than ever before, and the man
with money and church influence at his
command that will use the heartless
languuge he has and plan such cruel
methods against tho outcast women is
a disgrace to the pulpit and to Chris
tianity as well. The name of the soci
ety of which he Is president should be
changed to the Society for the Propa
gation of Vice, Disease and Crime."
We do not copy this bitter arraign
ment' In a spirit of sympathy with Its
severe language, but simply as an Illus
tration that there are two sidoH to
every subject. Dr. Parkhurst, In our
judgment, began his exploitations of
vice with honorable and commendable
intentions; but his seal has at so many
places In his subsequent career got the
better' of his discretion that it is a
fairly debatable question whether his
power for genuine usefulness to society
is not now practically extinguished.
That, however, 1 not what we are at '
present concerned with. A more Im
portant point is whether it is wise to
attempt the eradication of the sociul
evil by tho dispersive process, which
simply scatters It3 poison over u wld
ened area. exposing to pollution district
previously exempt. Advocates of this
plan arc numerous and influential,
numbering among them most of the
professional reformers of the land. Vet
the facts seem to be altogether against
this mode of treatment; and if it has
failed signally In New York, after nil
the stir and loud noise of the Pnrk
hurst movement, It may well be doubt
ed whether it can lie expected to suc
ceed on any smaller scale, in that or
any other city.
Persona! rescue ndded to the central
i7ation of vicious places In separate dls
trictsseemsfheonly effective palliative,
apart from the miscellaneous energies
of religion und science looking to mor
al and physical cleanliness.
The WllUcs-liurre Times merits con
gratulations on a holiday number of
unusual value, enclosed in an illumin
ated cover of handsome design. The
Times is making the dust fly.
A Significant Editorial.
The Catholic Times of London Is per
haps the ablest Catholic paper printed
in the English language, and also the
most influential. In an editorial review
of the battle in this country between
the Cahensleyltes (who want old world
languages and customs pertietuated in
America) and the so-called Catholic
Liberals (Including such men ns Arch
bishop Ireland and Bishop Keanc) It
makes some admissions which, coming
from a foreign source, ure quite signifi
cant. It first calls the nttention of Euro
pean Catholics to the "intense, not to
say bitter, opposition which the Ameri
can people entertain toward any at
tempt to further the continued exist
ence of continental languages upon the
soil, and anions those who have found
n home upon the soli of the republic
of North America," and then adds:
"As thins are at present, they t,hov
beyond the possibility of a doubt the
determination of America that every
European v ho elects to dwell beneath
the protection of the Stars and Stripes
shall, as soon as possible, and to the
last limit of possibility, associate him
self nnd throw in his lot with the
people of the laud which gives him a
home and protects him in the enjoy
ment of it. We feel bound to admit
that such a policy Is what we should
expect from an eminently patriotic nnd
eminently practical people like the
Americans. Speech is a barrier between
peoples more impassible than seas or
mountain:!. For we'd or III, English
is the language of the Immense major
ity in the United States, and it is only
natural thnt the people of the United
States should wish to hasten on the day
when all should speak the same tongue,
us all must rully round the snmo Hag
nnd accept the same political Institu
lions. The day must come, however It
may be delayed."
The Times toes on to warn the Ca-
hensleyitesof thedangersof their course
i:t America and concludes v.ith this
pregnant truth: "The American laws
allow toleration to every religious
body; but the Americans will not favor
uny religious body which In any way
sets Itself In opposition to the national
Interests, perhaps, we may say, to the
national sentiment." It will be per
ceived that this is not the utterance of
an American Protestant nativist but
that of the leading church organ of
English Catholicism. With this fact
borne In mind, it will, e think, bear
study.
It Is fair to recognize good work even
when In a bad cause. On the eve of
possible complications that may end in
his recall, it should be said for the
Spanish minister at Washington, Senor
Depuy de Lome, that under clrcum
stances of the greatest delicacy he has
exhibited diplomatic fact and discretion
of uncommon fineness and has defend
cd his country with abilities worthier
of far better employment.
Inadequate School Government.
We notice with satisfaction that the
American Academy of Political and
Social science has lent Its aid to the
discussion of methods for the reform
of city school administration. That
there Is need of reform In this quarter
is a general proposition which nowhere
attains greater force than in Scranton.
The other evening in Philadelphia
addresses were delivered on this nub
ject by Professor Nichols Muray Pul
ler, of Columbia university, Dr. Edward
Hrooks, superintendent of the Philudel
phia schools, und State Sunerlntendent
of Instruction Schueffer. Their uddres
ses have not been received in full, but
from the newspaper obstructs it ap
pears that Professor Murray offered us
n neur approach to an Ideal system of
school government, the system which
Is to go Into effect In New York city
on Jan. 1. This is based upon the Idea
if absolute centralization of power and
responsibility, with a central Hoard of
Education representing tho whole city,
and not representing any one political
party, and which Is to consist of three
departments, education, construction
and finance; and, lastly, the total di
vorce of politics from school adminis-
ration.
Dr. Schueffer In his addres undertook
to maintain that the methods of school
government in second and third class
eiinsylvanla cities are superior to
those governing cities of the first class.
He was especially glad that in such
cities boards of control have exclusive
supervision of school finances, und are
not subject to the Ignorant curtail
ments of politically boss-ridden city
councils. His satisfaction on this Point
may be justified probably It is but
there Is another side to the question.
and that is the need of a rigid audit
ing of school hoard accounts. As the
matter today stands In Scranton, and
other third-class cities, there Is abso
lutely no check whatever upon the
wastefulness, the Ignorance or the cor
ruption of school controllers, mils are
ordered paid by vote of the board that
re not examined by any but the im
mediately Interested members, once In
ten times. Even where boards are per
fectly honest there is a great waste of
public funds through luck of a vigilant
scrutiny of contracts und accounts;
and where one or more members are
actively dishonest, the opportunities for
public Jobbery and robbery are bound
ed only by the slqe of the taxable pop-
ulatlon and the gullibility of tha hon
est members.
This !s a matter that needs more
ventilation t!an it has yet received.
The time Is ripe for decided reforms In
school board tlnanclerlnn.
Says Senator Frye, president pro tem.
of the senate: :,I cannot forget that.
where we had one just cause to rebel
ugainst the mother country, these Cu
ban patriots have worts as just for
their rebellion; and I shall do or say or
vote anything consistent with the hon
or and the integrity of the republic
which will. In my opinion, promote the
success of the Cuban patriots, hi brave
ly struggling to wrest liberty from the
iron grusii of a cruel and relentless
desspi.tlKjii." Mr. Frye, is he isn't care
ful, will earn the undying enmity of
the doughfuces.
Numerous merchants In Willlamsport
are mourning the absence of an itiner
ant advertising sharper who collected
$2uo from them on a fake udvertlslns
scheme and then disappeared before
giving any quid pro quo. Their ex
perience is not an uncommon one.
There are said to be merchants right
here In intelligent Scranton who would
sooner be humbugged by fly-by-night
advertising schemes than to spend half
as muih money on legitimate and pro
fitable advertising in the dally press.
In a Columbus, O., vaudeville theatre
the other day a traveling imitator of
Sundow offered to pull on a rope with
his teeth against any two men In the
audience. The chronicle adds; "The
furnace men volunteered, and at the
fiint tug several of the strong man's
teeth were drawn out. He retired from
the stage bleeding and howling with
pain." No doubt the fellow got what
he deserved, but what must be the
level of audiences that find fascination
In fauch scenes?
It is now charged, although not
proved, that thu story of Maceo's as-
sassinutlon was deliberately manufao
tuivd out of whole cloth by four Ir
responsible newspaper correspondents
located at Jacksonville, Fla. If so, the
knaves should be put behind the bars
but Spain has only herself to blame for
past conduct that rendered the Maceo
story plausible.
It Ims'been suggested that Inasmuch
as the worlds wheat crop is short
200.00(1,000 bushels this year, India and
other famine countries try American
corn. It is an admirable suggestion.
but it will not prevail.
We believe the Philadelphia Record
Is the only paper which bus objected
to exempting fleeing Cubans from the
provisions of the Lodge immigration
bill. It will have few competitors for
that distinction.
It is a good sign then the only com
plaint heard against the Lodge bill to
restrict Immigration is that it doesn t
restrict enough.
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS.
Here is a specimen of the dignified and
lofty stuff which the Wanamaker lltera'y
bureau Is supplying in ready-made plate
to Its subsidised newspapers: "The Hon.
Holes Penrose Is an Illustrious man. He
himself has said it. The stato of Penn
sylvania will rejoice when It reads the
autobiographical sketch so widely dis
tributed to 'earn that he cornea from 'a
long line of illustrious ancestors, and la
descended from some of the best stock of
New Knuland.' The Hon. Holes Penrose
never loses an opportunity to advertise
the fact that his blood Is blue, and that lie
is one of the 'kid glove' aristocracy." Pre
sumably If Penrose had called his forbears
rouues and scoundrels, the Wanamaker
bureau would have been satisfied. Still,
It is no crime in even this democratic re
public to have a respectuble ancestry.
The Montrose Independent Republican
takes a sensible view of the senatorial
fight when it observes that the best In
terests of Susquehanna county should take
iirecedence of Individual choice in that
matter. ".Susquehanna county," it addi
"will have a request to make of the legis.
lature In the shape of the Hrie appro
priation bill. Tills is of great Importunes
to every tax payer of the county. That
bill cannot be passed uness through the
co-operation of the mujorlty element of
the party In the assembly, which clement
is not in harmony with Air. Wanamuker's
aspirations.
As the result of a conference of flu
friends of Senator Penrose held 111 Phila
delphia Friday, at which there was a
careful summing up of the senatorial sit
uation, it was announced that Mr. Pen
rose now had 147 senators und rcprescnta.
lives who would positively vole for him In
the Republican caucus, and who could not
under any circumstances be bought, bribe,!
or cajoled Into the support of any other
candidate for the senatorsblp. It is lie.
lleved, however, the vote for him will ex
ceed this number.
It has been decided to hold the Republi
can I lilted States senatorial caucus on
Jan. II, the day lifter the legislature meets.
on the lit li the senate and house will vote
separately for senator, and on the Wh
both houses wll meet in joint convention,
the Journals of the two houses will be read
and Hie eerlilliutes signed. If none of
the candidates has received a majority, the
joint assembly then proceeds to ballot,
and It takes ut least one ballot every dav
until a senator Is elected.
"A hint from MeKinley that he favors
Wanamaker for I nited States senator
would scatter the Onuy-Penrose forces
In this slate like ehai'f before the wind,'
says the Ilkes-Kurre News-Healer, and
It adds: "Probably when the proper time
comes McKlnh v will suv the word. Inn
The Republicans of Pennsylvania do not
anticipate that the president-elect will
make such mistake.
Philadelphia Press: "It Is thought thnt
Congressman-elect William Conned, of
Lackawanna, may be a candidate for the
next Republican nomination for governor.
Such a candidacy would bp Interestlnu all
the way through the northeastern part of
tne state.
The Wllkes-Barre Times is pitching into
t'ougresmun-eect Vt llllams because he
recently lifted the lid off the Wanamaker
claim to a majority of the Luaerne dele
gation at JlnrrlHburg, and exposed its
hollowness. The truth evidently hurts.
The Philadelphia Press thinks that ex-
Lleutenant Coventor Wat res. In announc
ing his contingent withdrawal as a sen-
atoria candidate. Is playing long odds
on a remote rnance.
AQIESTIONOK EVIDENCE.
From the I'hilaileltjhia Record..
An Independent state cannot be create!
by resolutions In congress. Independence
is a ract to oe determined by evidence:
and there is none to show that the Cuban
republic is a political entity, capable be
yond doubt of maintaining Itself or of fit I
lilling those obligations which rest UDon
every state demanding admission Into the
family of nations.
THE rillCK OF WHEAT.
From the Pittsburg News.
An acre of plums Is wortt a dozen acres
or wheat. So la an acre of ,-ens. Divers
ity and specialty farming mjst help to
keep up tbe price of wheat or make uu for
us rant
Jtist a Word op Tuto
of Casual Mention
The most recent addition to the Vst of
local attcriieys is John Leisenrlng Rem
merer, who was admitted to the bar la
Saturday on motion of W. Watson.
Mr. Kenimerer is it graduate of Amherst
college unit Harvard 1-aw school. Mr.
Keminerer will be at once admitted to the
law firm of Watson. IMehl & Hall, as
partner, and the firm nume will be Wat
son, Diehl, Hull & Kenimerer.
Two years ago Havana leaf ttbacco
brought W cents a pound. Today It cost
1.1. tin Jan. 1 another big advance will
be made. Some manufacturers have even
liotilleil their customers that for the pre,
ent t h- will have to suspend the inanu
fucture of a clear Havana cigar, becuuse
they have run out of tobacco and III
siioii nine no more eun be hail at any
pri. e. 1 his Is the work of the Cuban revo
lotion, uml it has immediate interest for
the &.wJ to lii.two cigar smokers of Scran
ton, who wil have to tie content, here
after, with the Yankee leaf.
While In Washington the other day B,
.... ! uiler was Interviewed by a Post re
porter on the salt question. He said: "Th
taking oh of the JI.Mi per ten duty on salt
miner Hie Wilson tariff didn't bemllt
soul in this country, but it gave n Ire,
neiidous boom to the Importation of the
Liverpool product. The advantage has
been in fuvor of the foreigner, who can
send his salt over in vessels and land It In
ork at a cost not exceeding 40 cents
a ton for transportation, while it costs
my company U per ton for carriage from
the mines to New York. In the meantime
the consumer has not reaped any benefit
liecuuse prices ure not any lower than
thuy were before the duty was taken
away. That is about the way free trade
usuuuy works.
M'KIXLEY AXI THE Till STS.
From the Times-Herald.
Mr. Mckinley's supporters In the weit
nave not been permitted to sit In bllssfu
contemplation of their own beutitude
while the storm passed harmless over
their hfads. They have seen the lax en
forcement of law In the Interest of lawless
aggregations of wealth, the cold-bloode
and merciless destruction of small busi
ness enterprises, the corruption of leglslu.
Hires and the other familiar forms of co
poratlon activity suddenly bearing fruit
in the most destructive heresies ever pro
mulgated m the name of a great nolltlcn
l-arty. Having fought In the brunt of the
battle against this mischievous nroua
ganda, they are Interested In learning the
causes or the strange disaffection; hav.
lug ascertained tho cuuses they will in
sist upon the application of remedies.
i ne nrst or these remedies must be the
determined enforcement of federal laws
ugainst conspiracies of wealth for the re
strlction of freedom of trade. This doe
not mean laay and half-hearted prosecu
tions, nor does It mean a rhetorical gener
ality m a president s message. It means
ho exercise of every power in the posses
sion of the executive for the enforcement
as to persons of the peiiul clauses of the
statutes. If the statutes be found imide
quate It means the framing of new and
more stringent laws by congress until the
result sought has been attained.
Mr. McKlulcy will take office unham
pered by any obligation however remote
to tho interests which Mr. Cleveland says
"crush out Individual independence and
hinder or prevent the free use of Indi
vidual faculties." Ho knows that he was
elected to Improve as well as to protect
tne safeguards of personal liberty. His
Republicanism la not of the kind that
stands rooted to the spot where victory
was won. He and his friends believe In
going forward and capturing the etie.
my's guns and turning them upon the
fleeing hosts. The rational causes of dis
content will be destroyed, anil with them
for a time at least, will disappear the
spirit of surly rebelliousness against j iat
constitutional restrictions, which is the
only powerful weapon of the so-called
"new democracy.
A NEW YEAR'S FANTASY.
it was New Year's evo and I dreamed a
dream.
And In It the year Just passed
Went by me in Us funeral clothes, v
As we all shatl tie dressed at the last:
And it laid itself down in a lonely spot.
And covered its head with mold!
And the snow sifted over its resting place,
Ann winter blew chill and cold.
So I said in my dream: "Sleep well, Old
year,
My grief for you Is spent.
You guve me days 1 would gladly have
kept,
But you took them when you went.
And since nothing you leave me, no more
can I give;
Yet we parted us friends," said I.
"But your day is done, und your place is
niled,
Good night, and good dreams, and good
bye."
Then suddenly In my startled ears
Was the din of a trumpet's sound;
And the long dead years of the long past
earth
Came rising up out of the ground.
Thousands, un army, a multitude!
They covered the land und the sea.
With arms outstretched toward the Just
spent year
And eyes turned full on me.
And, as forth it passed to those beckoning
hands.
With a sorrowful glance behind.
I saw with a shudder that ull were
maimed,
Or crippled, or halt, or blind.
Ami a wail went up, the saddest wall
Ibut ears shall ever hear:
"Ages and ages and ages past,
And never u perfect year."
With menacing front they turned and
stood
With avenging faces then:
Years where the souls of women were lost,
And also the honor of men.
Passions and hatreds and wrongs ami
strifes '
And sins that 1 could not name
Rolled over my head in resistless flood
And struck me down ill my shame.
My heart was full of a strange resolve
When I woke, and the dream was done.
The night hud vanished with the stars,
And r new day had begun
A strange resolve I eun never keen.
To give to the world with its sorrowful
past .
A new and a perfect year.
Virginia M. Cornell, In the Sun.
MEM. ANSWEItED.
From London Tl'l-Iilts.
A youiiK lilHh la.l on a market day In an
Irish town ttus mimllng an ass attachcil to
a van, awaiting the exit of Ills parent from
a minimus establishment.
Hln arm was thrown arouml tho neok
of tho animal, when two recruiting ser
geants fussed by.
one of them. Kecking to ta'.te a rise out
of the youth, raid:
'What are you hugging your brother so
tightly for?"
"Cause," was the ready rejoinder. "I
was afraid he'd Mist!"
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Story of China and Japan, 416 pages, a $3.00 Book, beau
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Shepps World's Fair Photographed, 529 pages, a $5.00
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There is no very large quantity of anv of
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Chance on a Spalding
Bicycle, 1897 Hodel.
We have a full line of in
door Games lor the Holidays.
Florey's,
Avenue,
Y. M. C. I. BUILDING.
NOVELTIES FOR THE BUS.
Our Holiday Display of useful and
ornamental articles was never sj
lamo'as tbis season's exhibit. Tbe
advantage of having sj lurge and
varied an assortment lo select from
will be apparent to all who - contem
plate uivin presents of a substantial
and artistic character, or buying for
their own use.
Writing Desks.
Dressing Tables,
Cheval Glauses,
Couches,
Kockerst
declining nnd Easy Chairs.
.Ilusic Cabinets,
l'arlor Cabinets und Tables,
Work Tables,
Curio Cases,
Tea Tables,
Verni.s. Martin Cabinets,
Parlor and Fancy Inlaid Chairs,
(iiit Kecptioii Chairs,
l'arlor Suits in Gilt,
Pedestals.
Jardinieres,
liook Cases.
Shaving Stands
all inarkcJ at moderate prices in plain
Ggttrcs.
HILL & CONNELL,
131 & 133 Washington Aw
WOLF & VVENZKL,
gji Llndsn., Opp. Court Hous;,
PRACTICAL TINNERS PLUMBERS
Bole Agents for Richardson Boyntou's
Furnaces and R
BAZAAR.
served."
D. LOWENSTEIN
Proprietor.
Branch 14.
Pa.
Fountain Pens
Oxford Bibles
Catholic Prayer
Books
We have the Largest
and Most Complete Line
of
Holiday Goods
In the city.
Reynolds Bros.
Stationers and Engravers
HOTEL JEKMVN BUILUINU.
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD COMPANY.
Personall) Conducted Tours
MATCHLESS IN EVERY FEATURE.
CALIFORNIA'
Thren tours to CALIFORNIA nnd th.
PACIFIC COAST will leave New York
ami I'hll.nlt-lphlu Jan. 27, Feb. 24, and
March 27. WJ7. Five weeks In California
on the ilrst tour, und four weuks on tlia
second. raeiijers on the third tour
may return on regular trains within nluo
mouths. Ston will to made ut New Or
leans for Mardi-Qras festivities on tho
second tour.
Rates from New York. Philadelphia and
polntH east of Pltlnburn: First tour,
$31U.U0; second tour, WnO.Ou; third tour,
fcUU.uu round trip, and I ISO. DO one way.
FLORIDA
Jacksonville tours, allowlnir two weoka
In Florida, will leave New York und Phil,
ndeliihla Jim. 21. Feb. and 23. nnd March
9, 1S97. Rate, covering; expenses en rout
In both directions. oi),oo rrom New York,
and .00 from Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON
Tours, each roverltiK a period of thre
days, will leave New York and Philadel
phia Dec. 29, 16SW, Jan. 21, Feb. 11, Iarch
11, April 1 and 22, nnd May U, 117. Kates,
Including transportation and twj aavs'
accommodation at the best "as'nlnirton
hotels. 14.5) from New York, and Jll.j'j
from Philadelphia
OLD POINT COMFORT TOURS
Returning; Direct or Via
RICHB0NQ AHD WASHINGTON
will leave New York and Philadelphia
Dec. 2H, ISSfi, Jan. 2S, Feb. 20, .March 13.
and April 15. ltW.
For detailed Itineraries and other In.
formation, apply at ticket agencies, or
address Oeorgo W, Boyd, assistant gen
eral pnsseiiRer agent, Broad Street ta.
tloh. Philadelphia.
BLANK BOOKS
Of all kinds, manufactured at ikosf
ttotictv at Tho Tribune Qflce.