'HE SCRAN-TON- TltDltWE-TUESDAY MOttNING, JANUARY 26, isn7.
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INTIRJD AT THE rOSTOrPiOS AT BCIUNTOH. PA, A3
EICOND-CLABa MAIL MATTER.
SORANTON, JANUARY 20, 1897.
It the legislature Is wiso It will cense
to bother Its liend nbout pnst trnnsac
tlona In the state treasury department
Mid move conceitedly toward the en
actment ot a law requiring, all state
funds on deposit to bear interest for the
commonwealth at not less than 'i per
cent, per annum. This Is a strictly bus
iness proposition and It should have the
Hupport of every legislator who believes
in the transaction of public business
in u business-like manner.
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A model City Charter.
A now chatter for titles nf the second
class has been drafted by D D. Bruce,
esq., of Pittsburg, and is teeelvlng much
attention from municipal reformers.
The widespread Interest felt In all hon
est efforts to Improve existing methods
of city government In the United Stales
justifies some reference to this charter,
even though under the present classifi
cation of Pennsylvania cities the latter
cannot Immediately affect Scranlon.
The central feature of the charter is
that it focuses authority and responsi
bility In the mayor. Ills term is in
creased to four years, he is allowed an
annual salary of .$7,000 and ho has the
power to appoint for an equal term and
also to remove for cause the heads of
the first four of the six municipal de
partments which are created under the
charter, namelypublic works, public
safety, charities, law, treasury and ac
counts. The city treasurer and the city
controller are elected for three yenrs as
at present and receive $5,000 yearly sal
ary apiece. The mayor muy veto ap
propriations by items and is empowered
to appoint, as often as he may think
proper, three competent persons to ex
amine, without notice, the accounts of
any city department, trust officer or em
ploye. One provision in the article re
lating to discipline over' subordinates
in the department of public safety mer
its quotation in full:
No policeman or fireman shall bo dis
missed without his written consent, ex
cept after the decision ot a court either
of trial, or of Inquiry duly determined and
certified In writing to the mnyor, which
court shall be composed of persons be
longing to the police or rilo force equal
or superior In olllclal position, therein
to the accused. Such decision shall only
be determined by trial of charges with
plain specifications made by, or lodged
with, the director of the department of
public safety, of which trial the accused
shall have due notice, and at which he
shall have the right to he ptesent In per
son, and to he heard In his own defense
and to produce his witnesses and testi
mony. The persons composing such court
shnll bo appointed and sworn by the di
rector of the department of public safety
to perform their duties Impartially und
without fear or favor, and the person of
highest lank in such court, shall have the
same authority to issue and enforce pro
cess to secure the uttcudunra of wit
nesses, anil to administer oaths to wit
nesses, a3 Is possessed by uny justice of
the peace in this commonwealth.
Such charges may be of disability for
service In which case the court shall be
one of Inquiry, whose decision may 1)2
lor the honorable discharge from the ser
vice of thf person concerned or of neglect
or violation of law or duty, lnelllclency,
Intemperance, disobedience of orders, or
unbecoming official or personnl eomUiet,
In which case the court shall be one of
trial, and its decision may authorise the
dlr'ctnr of the department of public safe.
ty to Impose fines and pecuniary penalties,
to he stopped from pay, or to suspend
from pay oi duty or both, for a jierlod
fixed by them not exceeding one year, or
to dismiss from the service.
It shall bo lawful for the director of
the department of public safety at his
dlHcietlon, to suspend fiom duty before
trial any person charged as aforesaid,
until such trial can be had, with or with
out pay, ns such court shall afterward de
termine, but no tilal shall be delayed for
more than one month after charge Is
made. The finding of the court of trial or
inquiry as aforesaid shall 'iu of no elfect
until approved by the mayor; and the
mayor shall always havo the right to
overrule the decision of the court, and
dismiss the accused, or to tako such other
action as he may think proper.
Concerning municipal employes in
subordinate position the charter follows
out tho principles embodied In Senator
Quay's reform resolutions, hy provid
ing that discharges must lie for cause
and that appointment and promotions
must be for fitness tin determined by
open competitive tests under specified
rules before a board of examiners.
"One of tho said rules shall provide that
any personal solicitation of the olllcers
of said board, or of tho appointing
power in favor of any candidate, by
nny person whomsoever, unless fraudu
lently done in order to injure htm, shull
bo taken and deemed to have been done
at the Instance nf the candidate him
self, and shall disqualify him from com
peting at any such examination or ap
pointment for and during one year
thereafter."
Among other provisions worthy or
hasty reference It may bo said that
there Is suitable safeguarding ot tho
honesty and fairness of publio con
ttacts; that councils are given power
nt any meeting, cither In whole or in
committee, to compel the attendance of
witnesses and the production of books,
papers and other evidence In any case
of inquiry, investigation or impeach
ment; that all fees and perquisites are
to be turned into the city treasury, and
finally that "no officer or employe of
any deportment, trust or commission,
or employe of any contractor under any
such department, trust or commission,
shall be d member of, or delegate to,
any political convention, nor shall he bu
present at any bucIi convention except
In the performance of duty relating to
his position as such officer or employe;
ajid any violations of these provisions
shall work a forfeiture of his position
and !t shall be the duty of the depart
ment to dismiss him from olllce and
enter upon record the cause of such dis
missal. It would be possible to pick minor
11a we In this instrument; and It Is clear
ly possible to Improve It by adding a
section providing fur the clectlpuof a
certain proportion of councllmen at
larse It might also, to udvantage,
ptovldo for a reorganization of tho
schools so as to brlim thorn under tho
mayor's control, upon the principle that
the present syBtem oould not be changed
except for the better. But t'4 xie-uro not
absolutely essentlnl suggestions, The
chatter tis It stands Is a monument to
patient and Intelligent study of munici
pal evils, and It might well be ljut Into
operation, not only In Pittsburg und
Allegheny, but also In Hcranton.
If a street railway company sells n
ride for n certain price and throws in a
transfer, does It make any difference
who uses that transfer? Wo should
like to see this point passed on In a
court of final authority.
Robinson on tile War-Path.
Congressman John I). Robinson, ot
Media, has addressed a scathing letter
to tho editor of tho YV'llkcs-Burro Rec
ord In which, with characteristic energy
and emphasis, he sets at rest tho asser
tion that he ever drew two salaries
while serving simultaneously as a mem
ber of the state senate and of congress.
He also rebukes the Record's disposition
to pursue him ftom day to day without
cause, and adds, In conclusion:
However, It Is Idle, vnln work to attemi t
to answer the Innumerable lllngs you
seem to delight to make about me and
my pollticnl affulrs. I htno never thought
they were of enough Importance to no
tice until now, when you assert a delib
erate falsehood and print n half column
editorial In elaboration of it. I think that
Mr. Penrose, like myself, will he ublo to
get along without any ot the pretentious
and euphulstlc advice of such journals cu
yours.
The Record makes a weak attempt
to reply to Mr. Robinson by saying It
understood he gave to charity one of
his salaries during the period of his
double tenure, but It offers no excuse
whatever for its repeated petty jabs.
The fact seems to be that Mr. Robin
son In down on Its political blacklist
along with Senator Quay and certain
other prominent politicians who would
not In prior years respond to overtures
of one of Its present attaches. Since
then no opportunity for retaliation has
been lost. It is doubtful, however, if
It was really worth Mr. Robinson's
while to take notice of the Record man.
Tho people of Chicago, 'without regard
to party, the other evening tendered ex
Govemor Altgeld a magnificent recep
tion, which is perhaps another way of
saying that Altgeld Is not half as black
as ho has been painted.
The State School Appropriation.
Tlie argument that the condition of
the state's finances justifies a curtail
ment of tho bl-ennial state appropria
tion for public education has no weight
with us. If the state, through Its legis
lature, has in the past contracted obli
gations foolishly It must retrench
where its extravagances began. Un
der no circumstances must there be any
sacrifice of the eillcleney of our free
school system. That Is to the state
what a paid-up life Insurance policy is
to the fumlly of a man threatened by
disease.
Rut we are more disposed to consider
the argument that profuse state aid is
really unwise for the best Interests of
the schools themselves. It may be
doubted if the tendency of local
school boards throughout the com
monwealth to depend for financial sup
port on the state treasury at Harris
burg has not progressed further than
Is compatible with local self-reliance
and the wholesome spirit of self-help
which used to be proverbially charac
teristic of Americans. It seems to us
that we are depending in these modern
days ruther too much on legislation of
some kind or other and too little upon
personnl exertion. In matters educa
tional as iu charities, the state should
help those first and most who evince
the ability and the Inclination to help
themselves.
At least two things are greatly need
ed in Scranton now: A larger police
force und a shaking up of the present
force.
To Check Consumption's Spread.
The growing tendency among sani
tarians to employ the police powers
of society in the battle against con
sumption is strongly manifest in n pa
per recently rend hy Naval Surgeon
Thomas C. Craig before the National
Sanitary association. This paper is re
produced In the last Issue of the Medical
Record nnd is most readable.
Dr. Craig first points out that tho
annual mortality from tuberculosis ex
ceeds that from nny other disease, be
ing nbout 11 per cent. In tho vicinity of
Rrooklyn, und says: "This large per
centage is not alone confined to this
urea, but prevails with equal degree
in many other places. The geograph
ical distribution of this disease is
greater than that of any other. Wher
ever you find civilization you' will find
cases of consumption; In tho homes of
the rich and In the homes of the poor,
from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from
tho east to tho west. No cure has yet
been found for It; merely alleviation for
those who have to endure the suffering,
and then die. This disease has been
allowed to claim Its victims by the
thousands nnnunlly, without there
seeming to bo anything done to limit
its ravages or to call a halt In its re
lentless advance. Consumption Is com
monly regarded as one of the disposes
that we must live with, and if by
chance one contracts It then it must be
endured by him, while others run theli
risks of becoming Infected. "Whole
families have thus been carried off by
one of their number having contracted
this disease and in turn infecting all
the remaining ones. Municipal control
very quickly asserts Itself, should a case
of leprosy happen to be discovered in
any of our cities; yet when It Is known
that leprosy Is far less infectious than
tuberculosis, nnd that leprosy Is not
nearly so quickly fatal, tho great won
der is that wo havo neglected for so
long the more Infectious of these two
very similar diseases."
Dr. Craig Is not prepared as yet to
advocate tho forcible removul nf all
persons Infected with tuberculosis from
their homes to suitable sanatoria, there
to be Isolated nnd quarantined until
cured, ultliough he believes that If pub.
He opinion were educuted up to such
a system, It would save many lives,
Rut he does Insist strongly upon the ap
plication to this dlseuse of the ordinary
rules of sanitation and control, such ns
are applied by every well-regulated
municipality to other Infectious dis
eases. For Instance
The number qf araas of hifeotiqn could
be reduced, good food could be ftunplluU,
proper ventilation could bo Instituted, and,
to the poor, clothing furnished. Munici
pal control ot tho consumptive need not
mean the same control us is exercised over
n prisoner, At first it might be meiely
a control over Ills place of leslilenee; as,
for example, where tlnre mlitlit b u con
sumptive pntlrnt who 'ip compelled by
personal or hy financial renDoni to cut,
live, and sleep in the same loom with
healthy persons; or wheto It wIrIu he tin
poAvtblu lor him to i?lvo up his employ
ment and necessary for him (o go to and
from his placo of business In public con
veyances, of nocesiary for him to meet
many poisons) dally In tho conduct of his
business. It Is lr) those places and ut
these times that, the consumptive cannot
by force of circumstances, or Is not, hy
force of habit, overparticular as to whom
he may oi does Infect with tho. disease
he himself suffers from. The expectora
tion of n consumptive1 person contains mil
lions of the tubercle bacilli, and In his
going to and coming from his place of
business lids sputum Is deposited on 'the
sticct or on the limiting and upholstery
In cms and caniagcs, on tnblo napkins
and towels, both at home and In public
eating-houses, theru to be dried and then
blown about as dust and tnhnlcd by others.
Uulles with their long trailing dresses
iinconscloiHly sweep up this tuberculous
sputum on our streets, nnd It Is eariled
home Into their houses, there to dry Into
dust and possibly Infect some member of
tho household. It Is largely to Ignorance
of these facts thnt we owe many of the
canes of consumption, Probably no more
dnnncroiiR sources of Infection exist In our
towns and cities than tho street cars with
their mats and matting. Tluu things
form excellent and handy places for the
consumptive to deposit his expectoration.
It sinks Into them, dries Into dust, and In
a short time Is ready to be Inhaled by
some one who posslblj has had bis resist
ive power lowered by sickness, or by ex
posure, or by want of food, or by over
work; and tho result Is, In many cases,
Infection.
The question of tho sanitary icgulatlon
of the cleanliness and the healthfulness
of our public conveyances may yet bu
plnced under tho control of the proper
municipal olllcer, and wo will not be con
fronted with notices such as "Gentlemen
are requested not to spit in this car;" but
we will see In Its placo the following:
"Any one who spits In this ear will ho ar
rested and prosecuted." Hy the munici
pal control of tho consumptive many of
these dangers could bo avoided. Tho
municipal health olllcer would then do
mand that nil cases of consumption be re
ported to him. He would then send nn
cxpeilenced assistant to tho place where
tho case existed. This assistant would
satisfy himself as to the' condition and
sanitary surrounding of the consumptive
subject, and also as to the general under
standing the patient had concerning tho
danger of Infecting others; he would also
take note of tho number of persons living
In the house, the general sanitary condi
tions, and of the health of those persons,
nnd then report these facts to his chief.
Measures could then he taken to confine
the disease within the smallest possible
area so as to run the least possible chance
of Infecting others.
it Is a gratifying sign of the times
that in many places local legislation
is progressing In the direction indicated
by Dr. Craig.
Here is wishing good luck tonight to
Rrothers Smith nnd McClure in their
Joint effort to enlighten the Pennsylva
nia legislature to the need of a revision
of the libel laws. Publishers and editors
do not want more from the law-muklng
authorities than Is scrupulously Just
and fair; and they will not remain con
tent with less.
The disposition to adopt In tills state
a new primary election law Is founded
on good Impulses, but It would bo mora
promising as to results for good If the
present excellent law were more gener
ally and thoroughly enforced.
Considering what drover did for her
wlille Dole's republic wus yet young. It
seems to us that Queen Lll Is unkind to
pursue him now. s
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The unpleasantness over at tho Kroth
Ingham theater on Saturday evening may
be in the end productive of good results.
The experience of the committee of the
Men's Guild of St. Luke's with "Mana
ger" Chill: will certainly prove beneficial
If it will teach our people tho folly of
dealing with unknown fakirs In the in
auguration or charitable entertainments.
The business of scooping In money by the
aid of local assistance has In the past
few years become the most profitable that
cheap theatrical hangers-on can engage
In, Combinations possessing no talent
havo been able, by securing the services
of a church, a lodge or perhaps a lire com
pany, to muko money In towns where a
meritorious company would starve. It Is
seldom that a company of any actual merit
can be found working tho charitable bene,
fit racket. It is usually the "hams" of
the profession that engage in tho business.
In the small towns the "hams" also havo
fine pickings. They usually travel In
blocks of three a hero, a heroine and a
funny man. They carry a lot of 'cheap
costumes and with the aid of the 'mo,t
prominent home tnlont" glvo legitimate
drama to crowded "benefit" houses. The
amateurs hustle and sell tickets to tmlr
friends; but when the settlement Is made
it !s seldom that any one Havo the barn
ptormorsare benefitted by the Hcheme. The
iyatem of apenlng tho purse strings of the
dnir public Is curried on In a more ex
tensive mannor by tho shrewd rionmd.i of
the calibre of Clark and his gang. They
operate on a larger tcale and would not
waste their time ort small game. They
usually possess costumes and setllnss for
nu opera or spectacular of the Klrmess or
der, which are guaranteed to fill a lang
felt want nnd furnish amusement tor so
ciety people who are suffering from ennui
for lack of occupation. An olly-tongued
agent Is sent on hi advance who will prom
ise anything. .Much depends on the abil
ity and Judgment of the agent, who Is ex
pected to select tho piopcr charity to bo
used as a musk and Interest tho proper
people in mo enterprise, ueneursais c
gin; the friends of the charitable object
canvass for tho sale of tickets; the mer
chant Is called upon to "stand and deliver1'
In tho matter of advertising on the pro
gramme tho profits of which generally go
into the pockets of the fakirs and not to
tho charitable fund the committees hurry
from oup end of the town to the otlier
at the bidding of tho "manager," who has
more temporary power than the Shah of
Persia; old and young are worn out fiom
hard work, or are suffering with colds con
tracted by exposure; tho performance Is
given; house packed; a grand oiiocess!
Rut when tho box otllce receipts are dlvli
cd tho charitable Institution Is lucky to
secure any sum worth consideration nttev
the promoters of the enterprise huve been
satisfied.
Perhaps many readers will romomber
a presentation ot tue iien-uur tableaux
that was given nt the Academy aever.il
yearB ago for the benaflt of the Young
Mon's Christian association gymnasium.
This affair wus In charge of n 1'tdy man
ager, who was tho alleged possessor of a
complete sot of Hen costumes historically
correct and artistically paralysing. Tho
Academy was filled on the ovenlng ot tho
entertainment with a good-natured audi
ence that laughed at the spectacle present
ed by the unfortunate members of tho
"cast" as they posed on the stage clad In
"dreams" of cheese .doth and Turkey red
calico, About the only redeeming feature
of tho entertainment wus tho work of
Miss .Minnie Jone'f, mi Clocuttonlst of Phil
udelphln, who hud hren secured ut a hug's
expense to rend the "Clwrlnt Itacr." Not
withstanding the liberal pAttomtitt1 no
corded tho enteipilse, by the tlnle the elo
cutionist und the lady malinger nnd her
calico costumes worn well out of town
tlieie wan nothing left Tor tho Vmlli-t
Men's Clulstian association gymnasium
fund.
While the result Iins not always been
thus In enterprises of this nature, it Is
safe to wngor that In nine cases out of ton
the fnklr will get the lion's share, If not
the entire, profits of an amateur enter
tainment In the Interest of charity, It given
half a chance at the box office. Tho Bt.
Luke's summer home is one of tho most
worthy of tlio Institutions for the benefit
of the Impecunious In this vicinity, nivt It
Is to ho regretted that so large u sharo of
the rcstiltH of the untiring labor of parties
who, working in Its Interest, assisted In
making tin,. Ren-llur tnblcaux a success
should go to lino tho pockets of sileh
"munuRois" us tho unmitigated Claik.
From police court reports 1 JuilAe It la
getting rather expensive to commit crlmo
In Scranton. A thug was actually fined $.
the other day for sand-bagging a drunken
man. H Is proper, however, to state that
the dri.nken man was promptly placd In
Jail for not paying his line. We used to
hear a good donl about the wisdom ot ,5olo
mon at Sunday school, but Solomon does
not seem to have been In it for unique
judgment when computed with some of
our magistrate and grand Jurymen, in
a frontier town a few such decisions as
are given almost dally In cortnln courta
of Hcrntiton would bring white. ca.) und
vigilance committees Into existence hut
nothing scorns to surprise or worry the
casy-gp.ng Scrantonlan In tills rospsv?.
C0NCERNINQ VACCINATION.
Editor of The Tribune.
Slr:-Reforrlng to the case of John Mc
Lean before tho Jermyn school board, In
your Issue of Jan. 1st, I desire to give a
few facts In regard to vaccination which,
If tho school board knew, they would
never attempt to enforce so absurd a law
as the one In question. The Pennsylvania
law Is tho most barbarous vaccination act
ever put upon the books of a free coun
try. The father of the boy Is right In re
fusing to have his son Inoculated again,
for there Is no period up to which vac
cination is protective ugulust smallpox.
The law says Vaccination must bo re
peated once every seven years. Why
seven yeais7 In the last epidemic of
smallpox In Sheffield, England, there oc
curred 7,001 cases of smallpox and the
city was the best vaninated in England.
In the lists there are ten cases of (vaccin
ated) smallpox In children under one year,
and eighty-seven between the ages of 1
and 5. Now If vaccination doesn't protect
up to one year, why put it olf for seven
year uerlods?
The fact is, the legislature was Imposed
upon hy doctors who knew nothing of vac
cination beyond the mere modus operandi
of the inoculation stage. Another fact
Induces mo to the same belief. Thero Is
no provision made for those upon whom
the vaccine poison will not take. Any per
son who knows anything of cowpox knows
thnt there are a great many persons who
cannot be mado to take this kind of in
oculation; e. g., the Russell case In Phila
delphia, wheie tho child was inoculated
six times, without a take, and then put
out of school. A law that cannot be com
piled with Is absolutely null and void, und
any court will In justice so declare it,
Disease cannot be forced upon any one
for any purposo or upon any pretense. Tho
United States Supreme court has decided
that no legislature can bargain away the
publio health, nnd when we consider that
upward of sixty diseases have been traced
directly to vaccination there Is but little
doubt about tho legal status of this meth
od of dlseuse Inoculation,
Tho Pennsylvania law Is also fatally
defective In that It does not define vac
cination, Of course no one knows what
It is, but this simply shows tho ridiculous
ness of attempting to mix law and medi
cine. It seems strange that I should
make such a charge, but It is true never
theless. The English Royal commission
on vaccination forever settled this phase
of the question. When olllclal witnesses
were before this commission they were
asked, one after another, "What Is vac
cination?" and they told tho truth und said
they didn't know, but that when Dr.
Ruchnnan, of the government board, ap
peared he would tell them. Hut he didn't
appear. Like some others who should
have given testimony, his health failed
him. He got worse as ho wus want.ed
more badly and at lust he died, and as lin
was the only man who ever knew what
vaccination was tho secret was carried
with him Into his grave. He forgot to ex
plain It and thero was no one else who
could. Our great and eminent J. H.
Raugh, who has since received tho reward
for his valuable testimony, as supervis
ing Inspector of the United States board
of health. Journeyed nil tho way from Chi
cago to glvo evidence as to the beauties
of vaccination In the United States, and
he, also, confessed ho didn't know elthar.
Great is vaccination and Jenner Is its
prophet.
The medical press has taken especial
delight In telling all -sorts of tales uboat
the recent epidemic of smallpox In antl
vacolnatlon Gloucester, forgetting all
about Sheffield and lilrmlngham, to say
nothing of many otlier vaccinated towns
I might mention. I want to say a few
words regarding Gloucester. I'll be brief.
Facts are stubborn things. In thu recent
city election at Gloucester, nine councll
lois were elected, eight of whom were
untl-vucclnutors, and at the head of the
poll stood the gallant secretary of the
Gloucester Anti-Vueoinu'tlon louguo. Thus
perishes unother fairy tale, for It has been
proclaimed all over civilization that antl
viiccltmtlon was forever dead In .Glouces
ter. This vindication would hut dry have
been possible If the stories being circulat
ed about this epidemic were true. More
than fit) per cent, of all cases wore 111
vaccinated persons, and the disease com
menced with vaccinated persons, and it
ran from March to September before a,
single iinvncclnated case occurred. Truly
It looks as If the antl-vucclnatois wore re
sponsible for the epidemic! Gloucester
history when it Is fully written will bo
Interesting leading. Sulus populi su
prema lex,
Youis for truth.
Prank D. Uluo.
Terre Haute, lnd Jan. !,
Ull'OKTAXT II' TltUi;,
Prom the Philadelphia Press,
Judge Alfred Darte of Luzerne county,
lias been slated for the Republican nom
ination for auditor general this year. Tills
Is regarded us a shrowd movement to keep
the Luzerne delegates In line. Tho repre
sentatives from tho county iu state con
ventions and In the legislature have not
been very munageablo recently, nnd It is
thought the selection of u Luzerne candi
date will make thorn all right, It would
also have the effect of putting Congress
man Lelsenrlng out of tho running for
governor next year. Judge Darte is now
Judgu of the orphans' court of Luzerne.
IIOX'I' HOl.l) WATIJH.
From the Tlmes-Rurald,
Several gentlemen who have been slated
by tho press for tho navy portfolio will
easily discover on examination that there
are large blowholes Iu their political pros
pects. -
JNTnni'iatMNci; plays.
From tho Times-Herald.
In the cabinet game at Canton some
very lino Interference plays havo been
put .up lately,
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From tho Tlmes-lleruld.
Count Castellunu's western union has
paid Its first dividend.
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In French Organdies, Tissue Erode,
Scotch Dimities and New Effects in
Woolen Dress Goods.
An Inspection is earnestly solicited.
All exclusive designs that cannot be seen
elsewhere.
I, Y.MAN J. CACIl.
From the Tlmes-Hernld,
If the business men of Chicago and the
northwest were to be asked to name the
ideal secretary of the treasury, regardless
of politics, they would be practically
unanimous In selecting Lyman J. Gage.
In every city of the country Mr. Gago
Is known as ii great banker, tho chief ol
llcer of .one of tho largest financial insti
tutions. In America and nn authority In
matters of finance. Rut In the part of tho
country in which he lias lived for forty
years he is known us something more
than this. Ills public spirit has been
manifested on every occasion when theio
has been a cull upon men of Inlluenco to
lead a movement In charity, In municipal
reform, or In clean politics. He lias never
held otllce, but he has a grasp upon public
questions that few netivo politicians pos
sess. He thoroughly understands the
people, and they understand him. Al
though a mnn of fixed purpose and strong
determination, he has managed to keep
the affection and respect of tho very
men against whose theories of finance
and government he fought with the ut
most vigor lust year. Mr. Gago Is, In
short, a liberal, progressive, educated and
tolerant Chlcagoan, a politician of the bet
ter sort, a banker who looks upon banking
as something more than money-changing.
Chicago would bo honored by his selection
as secietary of tho treasury and Mr.
McKlnley's administration would be hon
ored by ills ucceptanco of this gieat of
fice. i:xci:r,siou.
Tho shades of night wero not yet drawn,
When In a mill where wood is pawn,
A lot of boys were told to huul
Away the stuff that carvers cull
Excelsior.
Soon 'neath these ourls mado Into packs,
They stagger forth with loaded backs.
Across tho way there stands u shop
Where into bins they softly drop
Excelsior.
Xext day some skilled mechanics come;
Sharp needles ply; swift shuttles hum;
Hugo sacks are mado with corners square,
And scheming hands deposit there
Excelsior,
Soon after this a great big store
Hangs out the sign: "For Sale. Somo
more
Of those hair mattresses, the kind
You want." But here again we find
Excelsior.
In politics ns well as trade
Reforms are often likewise made,
Not of the hair and wool they laud,
Hut of that cheap and shoddy fraud,
Excelsior.
And Destiny will sometimes puff
A Prophet with such fulsome stuff
That in the place of heart and brains
The Inquest shows In the remains
Excelsior,
Now York Sun.
Odds and Ends, we find
while taking stock, are being
sold at greatly reduced prices
to make rqom for new spring
goods.
Have some good Dinner
Sets we are closing out very
low, $15.00 Sets, with a few
pieces short, now $10.00.
THE
demons, Ferber,
O'Malley Co.
422 Lackawanna Ay:,
UY YOUR
LANK
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EIDLEV1AN, THE
OOKHAN.
New Stock, Complete Assortment,
37 Spruce Street.
Opposite The Commonwealth.
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Ottr Holiday Display of useful and
ornamental articles was never sa
large, as this season's exhibit. The
advantage of having so large and
vuried an assortment to select from
will be apparent to all who contem
plate giving presents of a substantial
and artistic character, or buying for
their own use.
Writing Desks,
Urcs.srng Tables,
Chuvnl Glasses, ( "
Couches;
Kockcrs,
declining and I'asy Chairs,
Music CabinutH,
Parlor Cabinets and Tables,
Work Tables,
Curio Cases,
Tea Tables,
Vernis-Martin Cabinets,
Parlor and Fancy Inlaid Chairs,
Gilt Reception Chairs,
Parlor Suits in Gilt,
Pedestals,
Jardinieres,
Hook Cases,
Shaving Stands
all marked at moderate prices in plain
figures.
T31 & 133 Washington Ave,
Is not move valuable or
correct told by a high-priced-
gold watch thau
by the celebrated
Guaranteed for one 3'ear,
Second gross just iu,
DfflU CONNELL
At Our New anil
Jilcyaiit Storeroom,
130 WYOMING AVENUE,
Coal lUcliansN, Opp, Hotel Jermyn.
"Old firm In nv surround.
lilKM." Ilku tin old "titquelu new!
settluuV shines more brjllhmt
than ever, and ".shines for all,"
Diamonds, Fine Jewlsry,
Watches, Silverware,
Silver Hovel ties,
Rich Cut Glass, Clocks,
Flno Leather Goods,
Opera Glasses.
When you see our Net Prices
you will ask for No Discount. All
Are Welcome.
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That 'sheol'' was paved with good
intentions, probably realized the truth
of the assertion. Don't let you r good
resolution to buy only tin best Blank
Books, OIHcc Supplies, Type
Writing SlippIiCS, etc., at our store
be a (laving stone. Wc keep thu best
in variety and quality. 'c also make
a specialty or Draughting Supplies.
Reynolds Bros.,
Stationers and Engravjn, '
HOTUL, JHHMVN I1UILDINU.
Lodge and Corporation Seals,
Rubber Stamp Inks, All Colors,
Daters,.Pads, Pocket Cutlery,
Scissors, Revolvers,
Razors, Strops, Padlocks,
Bicycles and Supplies,
Umbrella Repairing,
Athletic and Gymnasium Goods,
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Manufacturers of the Celebrated
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CAPACITYi
ioo.ooo Barrels per Acnum
WOLF & WENZEL,
531 Linden., Opp, Court House,
PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBER?
Solo AicnUfor lilchnidson'Boyntott's
Furnaces aud Itange.
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