TIIE SORANTOST TT?TPUNTD-TJ1U HSDAY MOttNlJTO, .TATsTUAUY US, 1S97. J-tUj unit Wcotly. No Sunday IMItlon. Published at Scrunton, Pa., by Tlia Tribune Publishing Company. ltw 1oiUItiteoiiliitlt' FltANK a OKAY CO. lloom 45, Trlbuno llulldlng, New YorU City. iMinsD i the rosTomos at scnAHTOt vx., A3 EICOKD CIAS'! MAIL MATTtn. SCH ANTON, JANUAKY 28, 1897. L ' ' , "We ncKlse our readeis to rcntl the Hpcech of Thomas C. Piatt which we print on another imge. It Is not pie tentlous nnil It piolmbly whs not do llvuitil with many of the ttndltloiuil graces or ointoiy. but wo cliulleiiKC nnbody to say after leading It that It k the iiimHirtlon of an lnfei lor mind oi of one unllttud to be of leal uie In the senate of the t lilted States. For Justice to Publishers. It Is the belluf of close observer that the addi esses made at Hnrilsburg Tuo'duy nlgnt by Colonel McCluie and Chailus Kmoiy Smith Uno materially stieiiBtholied the inobablllty that the piesont legislature will ielse the libel law of Pennsylvania In the Intel est of public Justice, lloth of these emi nent journalists, speaking, as they have a right to, for the press of the entire state, made emphatic disclaimer of an wish to solicit for the publishing Inter ests fnioiltKm from the law or of any inclination to &mooth the pathway of j iiirnallsts who'nbuse their oillco, but they also made eloquent demands for the placing' of the newspaper business on it footing of legal equality with oth er Intel ests. That It Is not now on such a footing is nppaient to any one who has made tin slightest study of the biibject. Toi example, a. newspaper man is the only citizen of Pennsjhanla who can bo indicted, time after time, In each of the slxtv-seen counties of the state, for one offense. Ho Is the only citizen who, after being punished for a cume In cilmlnal pioceedings, can again be pun ished in a chil action bj the aw aid of punitive damages. He Is the only citi zen who can be held by the law to hac committed u cUme b pro ; that is, through the fault of n suboulinate, committed without his know ledge. It would be as sensible to an est General Managei Hallstead for murder because an engineer of the Delawaie, Lacka wanna and Western Railroad company should, in disobedience of oideis, utn ovpr and kill a man as to an est foi criminal libel an editor absent from She scene whete a negligent subordinate peimlts an Injuilom publication. What publishers want is that they may be subject to not moie than one tilal for an alleged crime, and to not moie than one iecoery In any case foi dumages, and then only for actual damage pioed; that honest effoit to right nn unintentional wiong may hae weight in their favoi ; that Indictment fot cilmlnal libel shall follow only in case of personal guilt; and that logues who make a piactlco of stluing up speculative libel litigation in hope of being bought oft may, in the couit's dlscietion, be foiled by lequliement of advance secuilty foi costs. This is not unfair. It will woik to no honest man's ha i in. In conclusion, we cannot better do this subject Justice than to quote, with tlioiougli Indorsement, the words of Chailes Kmoiy Smith: "No honorable journalist seeks to i amove any just restialnts upon leckless, wanton and licentious Journalism. We do not seek to diminish just piotectlon to private cliaiacter against public nsbault. We do not want to l educe the fullest meas uie of responsibility for defamatory publications. We only ask for fair and leasonabla piotectlon against oppres sive disci lmlnations which do not ap ply to any other class, and against speculative harpies who undoitake to piey upon journalism. Nor do we ask for anything new or exceptional or un tried. The essential provisions or the pioposed iefoim law hae nlieady been embodied In the btatutes of Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and many oth er states. We ask only what lias been enacted In these states without objec tion, because its essential justice was universally recognised." The Philadelphia Fiess announces a net gain In both cliculation and adver tising, in 1S3G, over 1893, of about 15 per cent. This is notable fiom a pub lic as well as a private standpoint, for it shows that it is possible to secuie, even In a jear of depression, growing public patronage for an Increasingly good newspaper without descending to filth or vulgar sensationalism. The success of a paper like the Press Is a public victoiy. The Lodge Bill as Amended. The Lodge Immigration bill ns it rassed the senile piovlded simply for tho exclusion from the United States of all aliens, save natives of Cuba dur ing the life of tho rebellion, who cannot read five lines of the Ronstitution In one language. Tho bill as It has emerg ed from conference tetalns this educa tional test, but provides further that it bhall bo "unlawful for any male alien, who has not in good faith made his decimation before the proper court of lecoid of his Intention to become a citizen of the United States, to be em ployed on any public worke of tlie United States or to come xegularly or habitually Into tho United States by land or water for the puipose of engag ing In any mechanical tratW or manual labor, for wages or salary, letiirnlng from time to time to a foreign coun tiy." The purpose of this additional olause is to force the seveial thousand Cana dians who live near the bolder and who now earn money in tho United States and spend it m Canada, either to be come American citizens or to Jlnd em plovment In tholr own count! y. We aie not wholly convinced of Its wisdom Taking a nairow lew of the subject, it is certainly unfair that men who get their llvelllMjod in one conntiy should spend their earnings in another. But this is not piuch woiso than the practice of many naturalized Americans who forwaid thelf savings to tho old coun try, and we do not hear any demand for legislation to stop that. On thu same pr!pclpte,u demand might be made by the workmen of Scianton lor legislation to prevent men who live, say, In Dunmoie, from earning wngos In Scranton. That method of piotectlng Scianton labor might piove effective, but It would piolmbly delnv Instead of hastrn thi annexation of Duumnic. If the pin pose of rongioss be to convey to the great mass of Canadians an Intima tion that their friendship Is noB, want ed, the Lodge bill should pass In Hit amended foi in. It American l'iboi wishes notice to be given that It Is nfrald of Canadian competition, this measure should become a law. Hut If the whole question be viewed from the higher standpoint that Canada will oho day bo a pait of this tepubllc, the ad visability of electing a legal wall to exclude Canadian Individuals us well as Canadian products will appear less cleai. It Is piopei enough to put a duly on Canadian goods', because; vu- do that on nil dutiable linpiuts legatdless of theii pouicc and theie Is consequently no dlsctlmln.itloii; but the foiegolng amendment Is clenlly not a gcneinl iiile but a Hpoclul blow at Canada, and the question In, Is it Wise? Senator Pentose's n'slgnatlon as a member of tho state senate, which was handed In yesteulay, does away with the necessity for holding a special elec tion of his succcssoi, which would have Involved consldeiable expense, Ills po sition In tho state senate can now be filled nt the tegular Pebiuaiy election It is to bo hoped that this will still the unwaunntod chatter which has pie vailed on the assumption that he would fry to 1111 two scnatoishlp3 at once. To Curb Legal Speculation. One of the meusuies to bo advocated at Haiilabuig this session by Senator Magee, In behalf of the Traction com panies of Pennsylvania, w 111 have for Us mtiposo the limiting of speculative suits ngalnst such companies for dam ages. Suits of thlR cliaiacter me glow ing In numbeis throughout the com monwealth with such lapldity as to constitute a serious menace to taxpay ei s, upon whom in neaily ovety instance the costs finally fall The meiest glance at the dockets of our local courts w 111 disclose that a laigc peicentage of the litigation In damages coming befote them ailses from this souice, and if common tepoit may be believed, is in some instances dliectJy incited by attor neys willing to take chances on squeez ing fees out of the defendants Milch as we object on pilnciple to the exactions and extol tlons often practiced by the managements of Tiactlon Intel -ests and frequently as their methods of intluencing legislation are censuiable, It is only fair to say that as tliey Ill-treat the public, so a laigo pait of the public has a habit of lll-ti eating them. By too many persons a coiporation, be it good, bad or Indlffeient, Is legarded as lair piej, to be cheated, cajoled or peisecut ed at will. When we consider in fairness how constantly the manageis of these public enterpilses have to be on the de fensive against v Iclous attacks from "stilkeis" of every tpve and descilptlon, It peilmps is ns much to be wondeiod at that thev ever fry to meet tho public half way as It Is tliut in Instances they look out bhmply for their own welfaie The exact details of the bill with which Senator Magee proposes to try to piotect Tiactlon lnteiests against legal blood-lotting aie not in our pos session and theiefoie wo can discuss the subject only in geneial teims. It would seem, however, that a fair way would be to make it optional with the couit w bother plaintiffs In damage sultb should not tile an advance guarantee that the costs, in event of the falluie of their case, will not devolve upon tho county. This Is the safeguaid sought by publlsheis against speculative libel suits, and what Is fair loi one class of invebtments would seem to be equally equitable In application to another class standing In similar peril before the piesen; law. The vacancy In the editorship of the St. Louis GlobeDemocrat, cieated 1 the death of Joseph B MeCullagh, has been filled by the piomotlon of Mi. Mc Cullagh's foimer thief assistant. Cup tain Henry King. Tills is as "Mack" himself would have it. Lessons from Illinois. Accoiding to tho Chicago Timos-IIet-al'd, politics Is conducted on a veiy piactleal basis in some poi tlons of Il linois. H asseits that the candidacy flist of Madden and then of Loilmei lor the senatoishlp finally won bv Mason had behind It a fully piepaied scheme to "bet up a brokeiage olilce in Chicago for the disposal ol council franchises, legislative enactments and oven aetb of congiess." That journal adds: If tho seliemo had not miscairled the stiongest, most oppieshUc und most cor lupt machine In the political hlstori of Ametlca would havu had Its centei In "Doc" Jamleson's oillco In Chicago It would bo a general stoto lor tho barto and sale of political meiehandlso .Not a franchise could go thioiitSh the council, not a contract through the count boitU, without tho consent of tho coterio ot leadeis. In bpiinglkld tho "lobbv" would be dispensed with, and coipoiatlons would "(io business at the Chicago ollice," the "boys'' in the leglslatuie taking tlieMr wages and saving nothing But tlio Clowning Infamy wus to bo tlio holding up of gieat national oi paity mcasuies In the United States senate and placing them on sale to tlio hlghc&t bidder in cash or offices We have no knowledge as to the truth of these chaiges, but assume that a pa per of the Tlmes-Heiald's htnndlng, and lepiebentlng In Its propiietor so well-equipped u fighter as Mr. Kohl saat, would not make them, after Its battle had ended victoriously, without amide supporting evidence The fact that tho Chicago "machine" was de feated bhowfi that when public opinion finds Just cause for complaint, it gen erally llbes supieme But It also shows that a levolt from "machine" methods must bo genuine, and based on real meilt, to succeed. If the opponents of Madden and Lor lmer In Illinois had selected as theii candidate u man guilty of all the vices of elthet, the chances aie Madden oi Lorlmer would today be senator Instead of Mason, and the biokerage office would already have been "set up." School sanitation wus one of the sub jects llbeinlly discussed at the recent state convention of health authoiltles A point In ought out in one of the pa-peis-on this subject was that while the percentage of near-sightedness among school children Is only 7 when they en ter school, it is neaily 50 by the time they graduate from the colleges or uni versities. Another .weak point to which attention was dheetod Is the lack of a Rilltnble text book on practical hygiene. Key j ear lit this slate, ui'cotdlng to one spenkoi I3i. Clioff, of Lowlsbuig theie uip i!0 000 deaths among ehlldton which might be prevented If the light kind of limn action as to health weio Itnpaited In tho schools. These llguios If collect, ate manifestly Important. It Is to be hoped that the Hue of In quliy will bo pursued to a ptnctlcul and helpful conclusion, .-. "Lady" Scott, the notorious CnBllsh woman who was lately sentenced to lm ptlsonment for Bhindeilng hoi son-in-law, has boon allowed to occupy two llnelv furnished looms In the jallol's pi l ale npatlmeiits, and to enteitalu Just ns It she were In her own home, And vet gtavo membeis of parliament wonder win the splilt ot uliuichlstii glows! . - Whethei Lvninn J. Gage, of Chicago, shall bo e ailed to the sect etarj ship of lliotienstuv oi not he will have abund ant leuciiu to feel gi.Ueful foi the te mnikalile unnnlmlty and coidlnlltv with which the leptesentuthe eltlenn of Chicago and the noithwest have In doised his eandlducy. Such a magnifi cent and wldcpiend Indoisement could nevei be lnsplied by an unwoithy man Accoiding to tho Washington Pout, "the nation la sick over tho mule thought" of Ilnnna succeeding Shciman In the senate. We must confess that the svmptoms of its Illness had com pletely escaped us. The public In these paits thinks Ilunna Just the man foi the place. That Nlcaiagua should have giown Hied of being tilfied with by the specu lator who ale back of the piosunt Nlca lagua canal scheme Is not stiange; the sliange tiling lb that the United States senute should beai with them and theli absmd demands so patiently. Senatoi Moigan is quoted ns having said in effect that If the Ixicaiagun ca nal bill Is licked he will lptallate by de feating tho aibltration tl aty. On these teims, the public will propaie to mouin tne latter. SOME NEW BOOKS. Tlicte p-obablj is no other InJusttj save the milling of gold or diamonds which pos sesses as diamatlc a hlstoij ns that or the petroleum Industrv , and it ptobabh is also ti no that no othei Industij is so little un derstood, even bj those who live almost within sight er the oil del ricks or within inngo of tho ptcullni and pungent odor of the outllows from thu oil wells. We sus pect tint if these statements bo doubted b anvbodj, doubt will be icmoved bj a petuhal of "Sketches in Cruelo Oil," a handsome volume In which Mr. John J. VI chain In, of Haulsbuig, has mutated us he modestlv tells us, "somu accidents and incidents of tho development of petio lpum in all parts of the globe," but which Is icalh a most compiehenslve and fas cinating story of the petioloum Industty and tho men who have made It. The volume gives evidence that its authoi has not onl been a pi eminent tlguio In the eenes which he plctuies but Ins tin thormore devoted much time and none to the quest of oilglnal Inlormn tlon. His blogiaphles of piomlnont citi zens in the oil legion would alono consti tute nn invaluablo vvailc, wilttcn us they nie ill the chatty, breezj stile which mnkes biogiaphj, while tiuo in fact, ns Intel cstlng as lletion Hut those are only a pint of tho task to which Mi. Mel-au-i In bus nddiesbed himself. Stowed awav In tho 401 large pages of this uttiacthe book, amidst abounding poi Halts und il lustrations in well-executed half tone, Is a mas of lnfoimatlon, anecdotes and In cidents sulIi as could not elsowheio be found in anj form It would be some thing meiely to linve had the pntioncn to guthoi together Mi. Mchaiirln s accumu lation of fuots: but it is true genius lo bo able, as ho has been, to piosent these facts in a diesslng so pleasing as to pinKe his book n stioniihal ngalnst the most .ibsoiblng novel Tlloval octavo cloth, pp IO,, pi Ice $2, i(ubllhed b tho authoi ft Hanlsburg, I 'a O- ltecelpt is acknowledged from John .Mur phy & Co, publishes a, of italtlmoie, ot tho latest lltoratv woik of Ciudlnal Gib bons, entitled 'The Ambissadoi of Ohiibt." Acrompanvtng it is a clieiilir lettei fiom the author explaining that Its chief purpose is "to demonstiute thu dig. nltv und icsponslbllltv of the C'hilstlan mlnlstiv." The thlrti-one ehupteis ot the book aie addiessed In admonition to I he Catholic clcigv, uirflng peional humilllv, obedience, ehniltv and ehastltj, together wlthothn vii tues and graces such u belli those who essa the functions ol tlio pileslhood, and abuuudlng In Seilptuial quotation, in foitlllcntion ot tho pieccpts laid down. Theso ehipteis nio of value to those Immediately uddtestd In them, but tho book's pit fact tul.es on a laiger btopo. fn it the cardinal speaks hoptfullj of the "Inviting field fen mNslonuiv la hot" otfticd ill tho United States; taUes a philosophic view of the "pi i Iodic il whirlwinds of blgotrj that sweep oei tho land" md "soon subside, like the up heavuls of nattue, aftei spending theli foice," and holds that even these are not an unmixed evil slurp thev "purltj the inoial atmopht!P, cleat the spltltual skies and give obscivant men a bettej tn slfeht Into the uneiented wotld " The rai dliial Is pquiilh at ouse because of Iho wuifaio of agnoMlclm upon lollglon, in fart, he prefris an open foe to a lukewaim ft 'end, becuusp when tho foo Is convertcel 1 e Is wot th something AniPileuns," says lie, "are fuiidanipn talb a uglous people Thev who phut iutPile them ns a n itlon so ab'-oibed in ttado and pommptce, In ngtleultute and politico, us to ghP scare ely a thought to eternal tiuth, Judge them nut eoitectlj A people having little ie'aid foi Cluls- tlanlt would not spend millions iinnuilh In thp erctlon of phuieiies and In the m ilu leniince of home md fotelgn missions in Ahum leans ate known to do Within t.ont j eat 3 after tho oh II war, twentv two millions of dollurs weie eonttibuted bj Noithtrn Protestants for endow mollis of pducatlonal inhtltutlons In behalf ot tho negroes of the south nil these liwcl tutlons being htrlotly ipI'kIous In U')5, the Pre sbj torlnrs spent SEJT.CK) foi Ameii. eun homo missions beside vust sums foi foielgn missions Aeooidlng to a statement nppiuenth nuthoilzed the live leading ele. nominations In the United States contil bute annually S&.OOOOW for the suppoit of theli resppcthc phui clips and missions And these contributions ute not exueted as a eompulsotv tax, but aie bestow id as voluntuii offerings ' The American people possess, also, in a maikcd degiee, the natuial vlitues that ni o the Indispensable basis of supei natural life The aie gifted with a high oielei of lutelllgenee, thej aie nelf-polsed and dPllbiiate, thej aie of Induslilous iiuel ti inperati habits, they ore fianU, innnlj, and Ingenuous Thej havn a diep sense of Justice und fall plav , the nie btave and ueneioitb, and thej usuallj have tho coinage of theli convictions. They ate withal, a law-abiding people At the close of tlio c'vil war, when hiuidteds of thou sands of redetal and Confederate troops v. eio disbanded the) laid down their aims, and quieth resumed tho elvlo puituilts of life, submitting without constraint to thu constitutional luws of the country Thci tloeiuentlj dlspioved the ominous predic tions utteted abroud thut a soldiery sud denly released from tho lestrnlnts of mlll tniy discipline, would bo a stutidlng mon aco to the peucS and Industry of tho conn tty by their acts of violence and aodltloti; and that, after having once ticqultod u taste for blood, the would still thirst fot moie. "Dining a ptesidential campaign, we find both great parties fiercely striving for the mastery, A stranger observing the pulsions and animosities thnt are aroused, the ve heme nt denunciations pouted uut bj the contending foi ten, and the dire dlatprs predicted by entii si le should the other ttliimph, would lmin- llio that wo wclo on the eve of a bloo l revolution Hut he would ooii discover that the conflict illel not Occasion the loss of a slnglei life. It wme n bloodless revo lution, nlfected not by bullets, but by ballots, Barh side upends colossal for tunes, and Itnpt esses Into Its set vice the bet tnlent of tho nation In the hope of eceuilng tho coveted prle. The highest office 111 the gift of thu people, the ehot mous patroiiHgo attnehod to It, the exul tation of victor, tlio glory of piesldlng ovci tho destinies or tho country, are all Involved In tho Issue And jot on the tnuinlng nftet tho election, the defeated pait) bows to the will of Iho iiinjoilty, 'A pioplo that vleld so tend) and lojal obedience to human laws, will not set theli fate ngiilnst divine ie elation when Its Itnpt.! Ions el llms ale clouil) und go gpnth set befoie them.'' -O- Theie Ins In teeeiit )eus been milch vi i Ittnif iii uiul down of Vliglnla and vli glnlnus, both In lilsluiy mid lletlou: so much so, ludetil tint to 1 1 ilul oil) altcti tlon new elfoit In this tie 111 must (iftei Un qiiestlon ible ciedentlills of mi lit Such eiiileutlnls aie supplied b Julia .Mugiti del, and the t emit i e an take up the uleht stoilis tlprbetl fl Stnilp Co, ot Chilli go publish undpr tho tltlp, ".Vllss A)r of Vllglnlii, ' Pinup In the knowledge that thee will tpwatd pcnlsiil Miss Avi is Mcilnll) Is a delightful outig lad) to mi e t, el en ill the pages of fiction, and while Ail" Lelth, thel'ieolo girl who loves her rogue of a hilwbind s-o tint to please and free him she Secures a divorce, al though It bleaks hei heat I, Is a llttlo In ct edible to the rold Noithern mind, Ao dare siv there mo such women. And so we could f,o through the list of stoiles pointing out In each one characters that appeal to us b) theli human qualities In the poi tin) al of which Miss Mugruder f.uieh succeeds bojond thp oidlnatj Hut we piofer to let the leadei have the pic is mo ot fanning their acquaintance nt III H t hand Before dismissing this book a woid should be said ooncctulng the design on Its povpr a delirium In white, black and slate color that grows on one despite III St Im ptesjlons, like the taste foi ollve. -O- Mr Geoigo Pnston is one of those too numeioils mole in authoi s who, lacking, it would seem the abllltv oi tho patience to ichleve success along the locky pith win or leal meilt, consldei It legitimate to patch tho public evo b) "pitting in the public's faci- "The Caroei of Candldu," Ii Boston's last and voist (which is done b) the Appletous In paput covets loi CJ cpiits) Is slmplv a polite slapping of de cent manhoed md womanhood with thp dirt) glove of ppssimlspi, and all to no iaithl purpose unlessto give Mi. Paston a niaiket It Is Hip stoi) of two young couples, o mated that 111 oach pall the artist Is tied, as lip oi she thinks, to a mete bundle of liish and one aitlst being a man and thp othei attlst being a woman (Candida) we hnve In due time and with tlio etistomufv neeessotles jealous), scan dal and separation, though not, It would seem, actual guilt Aftei .130 pages of this sott of thing, done In the diabest of drabs, nlbelt with "a lniasuieiible amonnt ot lit eral) skill, out mbmnted friends by a qtieei coincidence uro induced to Imagine that the) teall) weie mated pioperl) In tho beginning, nnd thereupon proceed to tumble over each othei In a mud lace to adjust matteis muiital In statu quo And theie )ou ate What tho point Is we don't know We doubt If Paston does And, In deed, what dlftereucp docs It mukp whethei theie be a point Tho smallei the point, tho moie the public's cililoblt) and the gteatei the sales Theie Is sluewd meth od in this madness. STATE LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. Representative Be) nobis, It Is under stood, has stiong assurance of support foi his bill appropilating $15,000 for the Car. bondalo hospltul Snjs thp Hanlsburg correspondent of the Philadelphia Pi ess. "Congressman Cotmell, of Scianton, who was In the city Tuesdu) night, was gieeted on all sides u& 'Goveinoi' Council" At the leceut nnnuul meeting In llarrls buig of the Vssociated Health authoiltles of the state, favorable comment was made by Dt. Leo und othei s on the compio henslvcness of tho icpoits received from Lackawanna en inty Senator Kenned), of Allegheny, on Tuesdav Introduced, by request, a novel bill forbidding the publication of the names of the persons chaiged with the commission of ci lines until duly convict ed The act makes. It unlawful and a mis demeanor foi any newspaper, dally oi weckl), or nnv other publication, to pub lish tho name of an) poison charged with an offense until conviction follows, under penult) of a Hue of not hss than $W0 nor moie than $1 000 If the provisions of this bill weie lo become a law It would be Ille gal to publish the name ot a man chutged vv ltti mm del oi othei slmllii seilou" of ftlists until ho hid been tiled and con victed fot the same Senator Kenned) does not epe-ct the bill to pas. Hepresnntathe ronnell's plumbois' reg istration bill would nqulio the major of evei) elt) to appoint an examining board of live membeib, including two ipastei plimibeis, two Join tie j men, nnd the chief lubjiectoi of plumbing und drain tge lu the cltj. Tho Hist four would serve two jeuts, and the fifth thtoiighaut Ids teim. The first fotu would be practical plilmb eib of ten jtais' espeilenee, and lesl dents of the stato foi tlnee )ens, mil would give bonds lor $1,000 each, al though getting onl) the nominal PJ) or .$(,1 a )eu to covei cm fine, etc "This home! would make legulatloiih foi plumb ing, and glint leitllUates to competent applicants fot leglstratlon upon pa)ment of fes, f for a mastoi pliunbei applica tion and $1 foi a Join nej man Thu list of ellHlbles would be sent, to select eoun 1 11 Thiee-jeai appielitlccs could be among thu applicants A bill of intprtst to all bp)clers has been Intiodueed b) Hoptesentntlve Ilosack, of AllegheiiN count) It piovldes that coun t) eominisslonits ma) with the appiovul of tho giand jui) mid the court, cause nn) public i oud to be improved, or li) out, open and Impiovo loads suitable lot and foi the exclusive use of blc)clis, til ejdes and othei vehicles with pneumatic ot soft tubbpt tltes Thu maintenance of such loads or blc)cle paths at tho sido of totids would devolve upon the count). Thtre is a penult) of 5.1 fot Injuilng the load 01 emlangpilng tin tires, unci of fendPis would not be relieved fiom cilml nal pioseoutlon Tho oommlsslonets would make togiilutions as to speed, lamps, etc 1'ot neccsbai) dnmngps to 01 tuking of land foi thp b'c)ile Itnpt ov cmpiits an amount could be expended not exceeding 10 ppt cent of the moiiej In tho commls sloneis' disposal, and mulnlenance would be limited to 10 pet cent ot the future lev y Theie is not llkel), It Is said, to be an) Investigation ot tho Mate treasuiei's of fice b) the piesent legislature The tie feat of the Mitchell tebolutlon last Week pi events the consideration of a shnllai lesolutlon dining the session It Is one of the lules of both branches of the legls. latuto that no bill or f-csolutlon can be con sidered the substunce of which Is tho satno as thit of a bill 01 lesolutlon pluvious!) defeated This tulo wus probabl) over looked b) thp members who oppoted the Quu) resolution, as it debars them from olferlng u mote sttlugent one lu tho same line, unless they eati get u two-thirds vote to suspend the rules, which they have no hope of securing An ilfort will now be mude to HPCiuo the pussugo ot a bill 10 qulrlng banks nnd banking Institutions to pa) Intel est upon state1 deposits. UlsbiU thut if such ablll passes a movement will bottarted to pit) tho 'stato troasutet $10,000 a )ear Instiud of $",000, and to relievo him of being lesponslbla In tho ovent of any of tho state depVslturles falling. The In crease Js Justified by the plea that, having no financial Institutions to favor, he will have to pay for his own bond, whereas at piesent he Is relieved of this expenbe by the officers ot banks w.ho receive state n I In French Organdies, Tissue Brode, Scotch Dimities and New Effects in Woolen Dress Goods. An Inspection is earnestly solicited. All exclusive designs that cannot be seen elsewhere. deposits assuming the responsibility b) becoming his bondsmen. An Important measure, of Interest to ever) shopworkei In the commonwealth, has been Intiodueed b) Senntot Mitchell, of Jerfetson. The bill Is entitled, "All uet to leguluto the employment und piovldo for the health and safet) of men, wo men and children In the manufactuilng establishments, mercantile Industtles, laundries, lenovatlng woiks and printing ofilecs, and to ptovldo fot tho appoint ment of Inspectors, olilce cleiks and oth ei s and enforce tho same." Its salltnt featutes piovlde that no child under 13 yeats of age shall be empIo)cd In an) fac toiy lu the stae, Wheie children uie emplo)ed, a leglster shall be kept, and where the employe Is under 3G )eais of age, an affidavit b) paients 01 guardian setting foith this fact must be kept on Hie. It Is also made unlawful to employ an) mlnoi vv ho cannot lead 01 wilte in tho l'ngllsh language, unless ho piesents a certificate of hiving attended the pie ceding )oai an ev'enlng 01 da) school fot a period of sixteen weeks, It Is alo pro vided that such employer shall keep port ed in a conspicuous place, wheie such help Is employed, a printed notice stating tho number of hours of work lequlted pet daj, and In ever) loom wheie chlldien aie cm plo) cd, a list of theli names and ages In ever) manufactuilng, mechanical 01 mei cantlle indiisti), laundry, woikshop, leno vatlng woiks or printing olilce, so its shall be piovlded for women and glils Trap 01 automatic doois shall be piovlded to ovpiv elnvatot hole ot shaft, also auto, matlc shlftois foi the puipoe of tht ow ing on or off pulle)s 01 belts, and In case of accident, the supeilntondent must te port In wilting to tho factot) inspeotot full puttlculais within twent)-tout hours uftci accidents occui. Sultuble and proper wash and toilet rooms shall be piovlded wheie females aie emplei)td Such rooms shall bo propel 1) scieened and ventilated rort)-llvo minutes is made the minimum foi tho nooiidnj mini Where shottet mealtime is necessaij, a petmlt fiom the factoty Inspector shall bs Issued, hi an establishment where bolleis ate used, tho factot) Inspector shal lhave the light of entiy at an) time, foi the purpose of iu speotlng tho same, nnd wheie bolleis jiq found to be in a dangeious condition, th-li use sliall Immediately ceuse and the) shall bo replaced with new ones. Till: I'ltOHAHILlTV. "Does)oui wife won) about buiglars?" "Not iiiulIi," answered Mr. Meekton. "1 wondei what she'd s tj 11 she found one in tho houso?" "1 don't know But I have nn Idea that she'd ask him how he dated come in the houso without wiping Ids shoes on the mat." Washington Stui. LKT US HOIT. NOT. Prom tho Washington Post. Tho coming of Hon "nillj" Mas Hi means tho establishment of a vaudeville annex to the United btates senate Odds and Ends, we find while taking stock, are being sold at greatly reduced prices to make room 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 CJkmons, Ferber, O'MaHey Co. 422 Lackawanna Avs. xi MAGAZINES. BEIUAN, THE BOOKMAN 437 Spruce Street. , Opposite The Commonwealth. BMM FEBEi km JT C5.E3. . . 1 1 Our Holiday Display of useful anJ ornamental articles was never sj large ns this season's exhibit. The advantage of having so larje anil varied an assortment to select from will be apparent to all who contem plate giving pi escuts of a substantial and aitistic character, or buying for their own use. Writing Desks. Dressing Tables, Chcval Glasses, Couches, Koekers, Iicclining and Easy Chair-,, Music Cabinets, Parlor Cabinets and Tables, Work Tables, Curio Case3, Tea Tables, Vcrnis-iMartin Cabinets, Parlor unci Taney Inlaid Chairs, Gilt Heception Chairs, Parlor Suits, In Gilt, PedcstaK, Jardinieres, Hook Cases, Shaving Stands all marked at moderate prices iu plain figures HILL &liiELL, 131 & 133 Washington Ave. Is not more valuable or correct told by a high priced gold watch than by the celebrated Guaranteed for one 3rear. Second gross just in. DOTE & SHEAR GO E At Our New and Klcgant Storeroom, 130 WYOMING AVENUE. Coal Exchange, Opp, MutclJermjn. "Old firm In nsw surround ings," like an old "htone In new settings," shines more brilliant than ever, and "nlilncs for all." Diamonds, Fine Jewlsry, Watches, Silverware, Silver Novelties, Rich Cut Glass, Clocks, Fine Leather Goods, Opera Glasses. When yon see our Net I'rlccB you will ask for No Discount. All Are Welcome. All KI If ft i 1 1 11 1 mm mm foii the llms. TIME RCEREAU ELL mi: BYRON WRITING That ''blicol" vas paved with good intentions, probably realized the truth of the asseition. Don't let jour good resolution to bin only the best Itlaillv Books, Olilce Supplies Type- Writing Supplies etc., at our store be a paving stone. We keep the best in arlet) and quality. Tc also make a specialty of Draughting Supplies. Reynolds Bros., Stationers and Engraven, HOTEL JfcRMVN UUILDINO. PS. Lodge and Corporation Seals, Rubber Stamp Inks, All Colors, Daters, Pads, Pocket Cullery, Scissors, Revolvers, Razors, Strops, Padlocks, Bicycles and Supplies, Umbrella Repairing Athletic and Gymnasium Goods, AT 222 WYOMING AVEHUL I ROBINSONS Lager Beer Brewery Manufacturers of tho Celobr&tod CAPACITY! 100,000 Barrels per Allium i WOLF & WJGNZEL, 531 Linden., Opp. Court Home, PRACTICAL TINNERS md PLUMBERS Bole Stents for Iticliardou Boyntou'i Furuvce and Kauge. 1 SOU l He u
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