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V. 13. Curtis, tho Washington cor
respondent or the Chicago Mucoid, who
has for several months seemingly
turned his department over as a Ulnd
of newspaper clearing house for the
Spanish legation, la now In Cuba, wilt
ing down tho revolution. lie la work
ing haid to make out a case for Spain,
but tho best ho can do Is to find a few
chicken llvered Cuban moi chants or
pensioners who eay that It Woyler
could be gotten out of the way, they
believe the better class of Cubans would
bo satisfied to give an expciltnenlnl ac
ceptance to Spain's bogus Mieforms "
This is certainly poor consolation for
Spain.
Postponed, but Not Killed.
Some disappointment Is to be expect
ed because the senate has dcfeiicd until
its next session tho latlflcatlon of the
amended Olney-Pauiicefote ticaty. The
majoilty of intelligent Amen leans, ap
preciating In It-? fullness the vast sig
nificance of the principle of arbltiatlon,
and not In possession of all tho facts
which have Impelled tho senators to
caution in accepting at its face value
an instrument bcailng tho otllclal in
dorsement of Great Biltaln, have mar
veled that theie should be obstmction
to tho treaty's swift transit thiough
tho senate.
II v many this obstiuctlon has, wo sus
pect, been mlslntoipiotcd. It is better
known to bonntois than to lajmen what
piecitlon of language and what thoi
ougli analysis of plnaseolog aie neccs
haiy in oulei to make tteatles do what
it Is Intended that they shall do. lake,
foi example, the Clay ton-I3ulvei treaty,
negotiated with England in 1S50.
Scaiccly was tho Ink on it diy befoie
England put i constiuctlon on It such
as was nsvci contemplated by the
tieat'li Aiuciloan advocates, and .eii
ous filction between the two nations
waB aveitud onl because tho Ameilcan
mind and heait were then too busy
with the shivery question and collateiul
home Issues, to give much h'eed to for
eign affiirs. 'lhe leston of tint single
specimen of Anglican ciaftlness has
been many times lepoated in oui diplo
matic intercouiso with hoi majesty's
goveinment, and while it may not have
left much of an Implosion upon the
public mind, the details theieof aie
flrmlj fixed in the memoiy of the older
senatoi s.
Thete is, too, some mcasuiej of ttuth
in tho contention that since it has tak
en tho executive department over time
jeats to diaft the aibltiation troat,
the senate ousnt to liave moie than a
few days at the fag end of a presiden
tial quadrennluni in which to levlew
and cMscuss the executive dopaitment's
walk. That peisonal dislike- by ceitaln
henatois of the outgoing executive of
ficials has impaited to this general ai
gument a bltinir special emphasis is
vciy probable; but tho tieaty has still
five months to iuii befoie it can ex
pire in default of ratification, and with
in two months the sonate will again be
ftee to accoid to it piactlcall uninter
rupted attention The fact that a new
administration will by that time have
como Into povvei, not only favorable to
the tieaty but on teims of coidlallty
with the ratifying poAer, will matei tal
ly trancmillzo the opposition.
One final thought needs to be consld
eied by thoso inclined to pass hasty
ctnsute on the senate No dlffeienca
is now pending calcul.ittd to cause a
wai with England; in face of veij seri
ous past pi evocation, we hav man
aged since 1S1.: to keep the peace with
our kinsmen oversea; and a delay of
final action on tho tieaty lasting eight
or ten vvecka ought not, therefoie, to ex
cite alaim. Not Is it necessaiy for the
United State3 to be in any lespects un
fair to in caielchs-of Its own interests in
older to piove its devotion to tho prin
ciple of aibltiation. With a lecoid of
moie than three dozen successful lefer
enes to arbitration, at our suggestion,
of disputes in which wo vveio ono of th
parties in inttiesl, no Euiopean nation
dare accuse us of luk-nvnimness to the
pilnclple of civilized adjustment.
Don't won j about that tieaty. It Is
anj thins hut defunct.
Inasmuch ns Queen Ltl still has a
private Income of $20,000 a ear. It
would seem as If her loss of a thione
was not an unmixed misfortune.
Persecution for Opinion's Sake.
With the excitement of a bitter cam
paign out of the way, tho moie Intel
ligent peoplo on both sides of the leeent
piesldentlal division aie coming to theli
senses. They aie beginning to realize
that the countiy is not to bo saved bv
the calling of hard names nor the dis
eased body politic restored to economic
health by the iuanellng of tho con
sulting or opposing political physi
cians. Mr. Gage's speech In Chicago
tho other night pleading for "tolera
tion, patience and a btoad citizenship"
touched the right key, and tho response
throughout tho countiy has been imme
diate and sympathetic. Sujs the Phil
adelphia Bulletin:
Sir. Gaga is not ono of that cItm ot
solf-complacent thinkers in finance who
believing tlmt they havo sounikd tho
financial question In all its dep'hs, tneor
nt, denounco and rldlculo men of inlerloi
Knowledgo and erioneous opinion Ho
doubtless icullzes that tho multltudo
which followed Uryan lust car, while a
minority, is too numerous to bo disposed
of by tho argument that they aio loolj,.
eratuis, iraucis or cnnriatans, and th it In
dealing with tho sectionalism In tho South
and tho farther West it will bo tho pint of
wisdom to reason patiently with men
whoso errors may bo of tho head rather
tlmn of the heart, Tho Ignorance, oi tho
poverty, or tho hardships or tho 111 islons
which mado tho silver movement formid
able havo yet to bo removed, und thty
cannot bo lemovcd by exhibitions of lud
temper, calling haid names, and lighting
piojudlco with prejudice. ' IleaBoH and
education must continue to bo tho v ca
pons of thoso who v ant u nafo and peace
ful adjustment of tho pioblem on broad
national lines. Wo can gain nothing by
treating n lunja, minority of the peoplo
in dunces nnd ignoramuses In tho hopo
tliut they may be thus sluinud out of
their opinions or by ignoilng tho hard
conditions which havo spawned their er
rors and telling them that thoy ought to
know better than to find relief In the
cheap money Ism.
An Incident which gives sprclnl force
td these reinnrki Is the death In Now
Yoik of llnnkcr St. John, the ttens
uierof the Hryan cnmpalgn, This gen
tleman, one of the most schohiily, cul
tured and uptight of tho metiopolls'
financiers, camo after caicful study
to believe In free silver and had the
manliness to back his opinions in a
legitimate wny by his voice and his
puibo. In tills land of boasted fiee
doni of opinion this honest man and
upright citizen, because he chanced In
nil slnceilty to dlffui In belief ftom tho
majoilty of his business associates,
was forthwith set upon not tinllku tho
manner In which wolves sometimes nt
tnck one of their own numboi; was
deposed fiom tho presidency of tho
bank which his executive ftklll had built
up into a highly piofltable Institution;
was made tho target of social ostracism
and the butt of envenomed lldlcule
until, in less than sK months, he was
goaded into his grave. And all for
what? Because ho had tho dignified
courage of his convictions. Only this
nothing more.
It Is not In such a splilt of bigotry
and lancor that American piospeilty
will be reinstated and tho republic put
In condition to move forwaid to Its
amplest destiny. The next secietary
of the tieasuiy speaks wise woids when
he calls off tho dogs of persecution tor
opinion's sake.
Tui key's army Is to Gieece's, In
numerical stiength, ns 4 is to 1 and
her naval foice, ns 12 to 1; but Greece
is fighting vv Itli enthusiasm for a prin
ciple, under leaders whom the people
tiust, and Tin key is simply a huge con
glomeration of superstition, Ignorance
and greed. If the l'oveis would keep
hands off, Greece would probably do
the Moslem v, oiso than Japan lately
did China.
Two Ways of Punishing Criminals.
Seldom have the niguments In favor
of a thoiough ovei hauling of our pres
ent methods of punishing cilmliuils
been more forcefully stated than In VT.
Douglas JIonlson'H newly issuod book
on "Juvenile Offendeis," n veny com
plete lev lew ol which appealed in the
New Yoik Sun of Feb. 11, Horn v.hich
wo quote.
In Jli Moirison's opinion tho funda
mental defect of those methods is that
the aio In the main intlmldatoiy rath
ei than leformatorj. Theli scope and
purpose aie almost exclusively confined
to operating on tho sense of feai. It is
not disputed that the fear of punish
ment exeiclscs a deteirent effect of
some soit, but the criminal lotuins ot
eveiy civilized community point with
lemaikablo unanimity to the conclusion
that the lestrainlng influence of fear
on ciliiilnal tendencies is much moie
limited than is generally supposed. It
is ceitaln that if the tenors of the
ciimlnal law could havo stamped out
crime, It would havo disappeaied long
ago. Punishment') of tho most appal
ling rigor existed until a comparatively
lecent period in eveiy cilminnl code,
jet theii is no evidence to show that
these seventies had the deslied eftect.
At the piesent time, punishment, al
though less scveie, is much moie cei
taln Mi. Moirison has been iepoatedly
told bj old eliminate that It is now a
much moie difficult thing to escape the
clutches of the law than it was foimer
ly. Neveitheless, the inci eased proba
bility of detection and coin lotion lias
not put a stop to rilme; on the con
trary, according to the ofllclal icturns
of ovoiy civilized countiy, offences
against tho ciimlnal law aie steidlly
inci easing in number. It might be sup
posed that, if the- feai ol detection and
punishment aio of so little ollleacy, the
actual expel lonce oi punishment would
at least have a deteiient effect. Hut
the ordinal y view of the efficacy of pun
ishment is not suppoited by facts. A
peilod of detention in pilson pioduces
very little change on the tutuu con
duct of the convicted population. A
proof of this Is that, among eveiy- bun
dled prisoners, moie than one-half have
been In ptlson befoie. A huge pel cent
ate, moieovei, of the.e piisoneis have
been leeoinmltted. not once, or twice,
but five, ten, or twenty times. In the
teeth of facts of this chai actor, we can
haidly ventuio to nfllim that punish
ment Is nn effective remedy for ciime
When we seek the leuson why punish
ment involving tho lots of libeity is so
Ineffective, wo find, In the first place,
that it aggravates the conditions which
tend to make a man a ciimlnal. Neai
ly all tho people who aie (ommltted
to prison aio somewhat deteiloiated
either bodily or mentally befoie they
come within the clutches of the law.
Crime Is usually the lesult of this con
dition of deteiloiatlon. II thedoteiioi
atlon which has set in befoie impilson
nient Is made woise by tho conditions of
prison life, It Is Impossible for punish
ment, in tho case of impilsonment, to
pi event theoftondei fiom lepeatlng the
offence. Accoidlng to the loyal com
mlssloneis of 1879 and the pilsons com
mittee of 1875, the conditions of pilson
life aie of tills adverse diameter. Im
pilsonment, thoy declaie, "not only tails
to lelorm otfcnden, but In tho case
of the les3 haidened culminate, and es
pecially of flist offendeis, it produces
a detuioratlng effect " In other woids,
impribonment defeats the vciy puipose
for which it Is applied.
So much lor the wot king uf the penal
law. On tho other hand, tho pilnclplo
at the loot of the educational method
of dealing with juvenile cilme is pio
nouneed by Mi. Moriison an absolutely
sound one. It Is a pilnclple which leo-ogni-ses
tho indisputable fact that tho
juvenile delinquent Is, In the main, a
product of udveise Individual und social
conditions. Fiom this fundamental fact
It draws the obvious conclusion that the
only effective tieatment of Juvenile
ciime must consist in placing the juven
ile In tho midst of wholesome mnt"iial
and moral surroundings. Tho elllcaey
of this treatment Is proved by statis
tics. Accoidlng to tho ofllclal lotuins,
It appeals that three-fouiths of thechll
dien committed to the lefoinmtory
bdiools of Gicat Hiltaln do well after
their dischaige. The remaining fouith
aio either lost eight of, oi aio doubtful
cases, oi havo been icconvletcd Indtts
tiial schools lecelvo a youngei, and, on
tho whole, a less ciimlnal class of chil
dren than lefoimataty schools. Wo
blioukl, theiefore, expect a bomowhat
higher percentage ot success uiuong
them. Tho expectation is wan anted by
lacta. Accoidlng to the tetuins, nbout
five In every six pupils of industrial
schools are recorded as doing w ell after
their liberation. Making fair allowance
for uvery possible Inaccuracy, this ccr
tnlnly mnkc.1 a ciedltablo showing, nnd
ono much moie ho'ioful than cntl be
found In the subsequent cat eei riot elim
inate liberated ftom out ordlnnv peni
tential les nnd Jails.
It is most singular that tho manifest
failure of the Intlmldatory system of
punishing crime, wheieby ci lines of all
degrees from homicide down aie on the
Indorse nt a rate stnrlllngly moie rapid
than the natural increase In population,
does not command the serious atten
tion of a laiger number of citizens than
It docs. Penologists lecognlze it and
.so do a fow leading spirits in the phll
nnthiopy of each community, but tho
gie.it mass of citizens, whoso welfare
tho condition so materially encroaches
upon, appeals to be qulto Indifferent.
Wo llnd In the Syracuse Post thin
Interesting but misleading statement
by a Mr. J. r. Churchman, ot Phila
delphia. 'Toi a distance ot fifteen
miles lending out of Scrnnton a pcr
on can tiavel undergiound by way ot
tho mines. In places thoy have be
come dangeious, o much so that a fa
tal accident happened the other day
A young man and woman weie out
dilving with a spirited team of hoises,
and when passing along the load the
eaith bioke In, letting them fnll a dis
tance of foity feet. The young woman
was killed and the young man badly
Injuied " Nothing of this kind or slm
llat to It has ever occuiied in Scranton,
or near Scranton. The incident to
which Mi. Churchman lofened hap
pened noaily ninety miles away, fiom
this city. iDon't give Scranton a bad
name.
The Washington Post prints nn ni
tlcle which says theio Is a lostauiant
In the national eapltol whole meals
such ns that mentioned below cost but
ten cents apiece and aie Invitingly
served: Poik suusago or fried llvoi,
filed hoinlnv, buckwhent cakes, maple
syutp, butter and coffee. The Post
also says thee pi ices will pievull din
ing inauguration week Aftei this we
nip piepaied to deny the decadence of
Ameilcan fiction.
It has been decided that the libra
rian of congiess, who is to hold ap
pointment fiom the piesldcnt, Is to be
untrammcled In his selection of subor
dinates foi the new llbiaiy building
This mav not be theoretical civil sei
vlce icfoim but It Is business.
List vear the Philadelphia city gas
woiks lost L'i pei cent, of Its pioduct by
leakage. The inhabitants of that city
should be taught not to blow out the
gas
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Tiio Philadelphia Pi ess has mido a list
of a few of the uubernatotlal candidates
thus far lcveuled or "mentioned." It in
cludes Lieutenant Governor Lyon. Allegheny.
Congiessmnn Stone, Allegheny.
Congicsni m Stone, Warren.
Congiessmnn Huff, Westmoreland
Congiessman Council, Lackawanna.
Congressman Lclsemlng, Luzerne.
Speakei Iioyet, Philadelphia
Judgn Samuel Mllloi, Jleicer
Sreictuiy Hceder, Noithampton.
Congiessmnn Mnhon, Krnnklln
Attorney General McCormlck, Lycom
ing. Auditor Geneial Mylln, Lincnstoi.
Adjutant General Stewait, Montgomery.
Stato Troasuicr liny wood, Meicei.
Judgo WIckhnm, Uenvet
Congicsm in Glow, Susquehanna.
John Wammakci, Philadelphia.
Congiessmm ItoUln"oti, Delaware.
Commission! i Gllkeson, Hacks
Congressman Ilelnei, Aunstiong.
Judge Hairy White, Indiana,
.
It Is Insinuated oy tho Quay faction in
Allegheny county that ono of the icasons
why Senators Magco and rilnn aio so
willing to piosecute libel and damage
suits in tint county against friends nnd
relatives, of the senior senator Is thit
all is not ns It should be in tho mutter
of tho drawing of Jurors. Tho Plttsbutg
Dispatch t-ys. "It Is said that tho book
of tnxableb In tho commissioners,' of
llfe is not examined in making up the list
of S.ltti names by the two Jury eommls
sloneis, but the delegates and thulr
friends In tho hist pust convention are
Ubed " An investigation is predicted,
Joints S. lleacom, of Westmoi eland
county, will, It Is said, have tho solid
support of the western pari of the state,
except tiie Magco fraction of Allegheny,
In his candidacy for the state treasurer
ship nomination, 'the story goes that
Mi I!acom went to see Senatoi .Mugee
tho other day nnd asked him foi his sup.
poit. Magco Is leported to havo leplled
that peisomilly ho would like to be for
Hi acorn, but lib he did not know how tho
factional lines would bs drawn In the
matter, he wai not yet leady to say what
ho would do
Major McDow oil's friends In congress
have been Hard tit vvoik canvassing for
votes to securo his le-olectlon in tho
fifty -fifth congriss as clerk of tho houp.
Thty now havo moie thin a sufficient
number of votes pledged and It Is not be
lieved that the Major will havo any oppo
sition foi a ic-electlon
It is tho belief of Senator Snydei's
Chcstei county fi lends that tho chad man
of the newly appointed State Tieasury
Investigating committee would bo iho
piopei mini foi the Hepubllcnns to nom
inate next year as. their candidate for
lieutenant coveinoi
General llnzen, of Washington, who
used to run tho weather bureau, believes
so strongly in tho likelihood of Governoi
Hastings' beleetion us postmaster gent ml
that Im lia i visited Hniilsbuig to solicit
the governor to mnko him flist assistant
postmaster general.
According to Philadelphia advices,
Stato Senator C. Weslev Thomas, who
I an much of tho Ponroo cnmuaUn bQ
successfully, is llktly to bo tho next col
lects or tho poit of Philadelphia, If Sen
atoi Quay's wishes aie respected in the
matter.
Of tho eight legislative dlsttlots In Al
legheny county tho Quay men claim they
will cany five, which would glvo Mugco
and rilnn a decided black eye in tho
net stato convention.
Senator Quay Is for John II Hoblnson,
of Media, foi asslstunt secietary of tho
nav y.
a ijilsy i.in:.
Hero lies a poor woman who always was
busy ;
She lived under pressure that rcndeied
her dUzy
Sho belonged to ten clubs and read
Browning by sight,
Showed at lumheon and teas, and would
vote If sho might;
She solved on a bchool board with coui
ago nnd zeal.
She golfed and bhe kodaked and rode on
a wheel;
Sho I etui Tolstoi and Ibsen, knew mi
crobes by name,
Approved of Delsarte, was a "Daughtci"
nnd "Damo;"
Hoi chlldien went in for tho top educa
tion; Her husband went seaward for nervous
prostration
Ono day on her tablets sho found an hour
free,
Tho shock was too great, and she died
instantlce'
STATE
LEGTvSLATIVE
TOPICS. "
If Mnjor Isaac 11. Hrown's wishes aro
gratified, theio will bo some new steam
und tt action railway legislation tills you.
Mr. Hrown Is deputy secretary of tho
i.illwav bureau. "Ono of the most im
portant questions to bo considered In con
nection with steam and electric railways
Is that of grade cro'slngs," says .Major
llrown, in a cuneiit Inteivlow. "Vermont,
MnsBachusettB nnd Connecticut havo
laws foi bidding grade ciosslngs except
whole It Is a physical ImposElblllty
to do without one, nnd ibis point
Is left to thn stato for declsluu
It 13 almost lmpoc-nblo to abolish all of
the piesent giado crownings In Pennsyl
vania, its there Is a net work ot rail
ways covering tho state We cntl pio
hibit tho tnilldlng of such death traps
in the future, and it Is upon a bill look
ing tow aid this end 1 am now working.
It will bo Introduced this session. In It
wo will prohibit tho constiuctlon of
steam and electric loads crossing each
other nt grade, except In cities und
towns, and only in tin so lattei cases
where It Is a physical Impossibility to go
beneath or oveilicad The work Is accom
plished by tho ptnto, tho corporation, and
tho city, tov n or township each bearing
a portion of the expense. The number
of peoplo killed nnd Injured nt grado
crossings it something awful. A great
majority of the accidents uro cnused at
such points. I do not have tho complete
records of tho people killed In this wnv,
but heie Is a tcport of the number killed
nnd Injuied on steam loads In the stato
In tho pust five years. In 1SD2 1,189 peo
ple wero killed and S.S20 Injuied In 16U1
1.S2S were killed and 11 122 Injured In
1S9I 1,119 wero killed and S.CuO Injured. In
18D3 l,r.J 'ere killed and 10,007 Injuied.
In 1S9C. 1,73-, wero killed and 14,140 were
Injuied. This makes a total of S.Out killed
nnd 13.CGI Injuied, or nbout the total pop
ulation of the city of Hairlsbuig These
figures aro plentifully appalling to show
that rvoiy effort should be exerted In
suing life
"I also favor a law to compel street
and steam railroads to have theli tracks
and lolling stock In piopei repair We
havo lines In this state that aio unsafe
to travel upon. Wo should havo n law
giving the stnte tho right to examine tho
lotdbod nnd lolling stocks of n com
pany. If they uie found to be out of re
pali the government should be given tho
privilege ot prohibiting tratllc until the
dangers aie lemoved. I will prcpaie a
bill cov cling this point It will also give
tho stato tho light to prohibit the use
of ti action cars that are not suitable for
public travel
"Another great wrong In this stato 1p
the wuteilng of capital stocks of stieet
railways, It is done more In traction
lines than In steam roads The average
capitalization of steam loads In the
rnltcd States Is $03 000 ior mile, wlill"
we have traction loads In Pennsylvania
whoso capital stock ranches over 20l),
000 per mile I know of a consolidated
traction company In this stato that Is
capltull7ed at $30 000,000, and I nm pretty
woll satisfied that the roadbed und
equipment will not cost over $10 000 000
Thete Is nnotHer concei n that Is wutcrel
up to $i000,000, and tho cost of Its en
tlio system was $,100,000 I am In favor
of a bill that will make steam and trac
tion companies fllo with the state' a
sworn statement of the co3t of theli
loads nnd their capital stock. Rates
should bo based on the actual cost of a
mill oad, but It Is next to Impossible' to
secure this infonnatlon now. Watoied
stocks nro always dumped in Tho build
ing Of parallel steam lines where public
necessity docs not demand them Is nn
other thing I nm opposed to and should
llko to bco prohibitory legislation. Wo
havo some of theso roads In the state.
Share and bondholders nro mado to sut
fot and shippers oto not benefited In tho
matter of rates by this competition. Tho
stato could see that a single road did not
oppress its pations, and I believe cveiy
body would be bettei satisfied. There is
a ease now in Pennsylvania whole $20,
000 000 lb Invested In competing lines and
theio is only business enough for ono
road."
o
The house committee on gool loads Is
considering carefully tho Hrown nnd Atc
Quown bills, the latter of whUh has nl
leudy been outlined on this pnf,c The
formei piovldes tlmt on tho thliJ Tues
day of Pibiuaiy aftei the pabsngo of tho
net, and oveiy threo years theretiftor,
theio shall bo elected In the beveral town
ships ol the commonwealth ono person,
to bo known as township supei visor
Ills compensation Is to bo $2 pel day for
each day of actual swoin service His
bond Is to bo In the sum of $1,000. It
also piovldes that on tho llrst Monday
of March of each yeai the several town
ship supeivlsois shall meet in conven
tion A majoilty of tho convention shall
havo the powei to establish and maintain
a thoiough and unifonn system of lm-
piovlng the public loads in all the town
ships of tho county Tho system adopt
ed must embody and provide fot till ade
qunto nnd necessaiy drainugo and to
stone, pave, pike, mncndnmlzo or othei
wise itnpiove vv.lt n slug, gravel, wood or
other lii'.tcilul not less than twelve feet
In width of the load beds. At the an
nual convention Is also to bo levied a
i otd tax on nil propel ty not exceeding
eight mills on tho valuation It shall bo
the duty of tho collectors of road tax to
pay the same to tho county treasuiei.who
Is to ketp a separate account of all
moneys iccelved ftom each township foi
loud taxes Ho Is to dlsbuiso this money
upon tho presentntlon of wnuants signed
by tho township Hupoi visors, A penalty
clause is attached which piovldes that
any township supetvlsoi or dlbtilct foie
man who shall vloluto the pioWalons of
tho act shall, upon conviction, be sen
tenced to pnv a flno of not more tlinn
$1,000 and undeigo nn impilsonment not
exceeding ono yeai. Tho chances foi tho
pus-sago of this oi tho McQuown bill uie
good
o
Says tho Philadelphia Hecoid: "Neai
ly two months of tho legislative session
will have passed befoio the mumbiis of
tho Statu Senate shall lesumo theli dutlei
on the I'Jd of Pobruary Hardly a wheel
of legislation bus boon turned und lit
tle has been discussed except tho icmov
nl of the capital Do the members of tho
legislatuio Intend by wasting tho time of
tho session to llnd a piettxt toi evading
the measures of icform to which the lie
publkan ptuty i solemnly pledged bv
tho lebolutlons of two sucecsihe stnto
conventions'' Thoso mensutib include tho
puigatlon of tibuses of the suffrage, tho
lopping nwuy of useless oIIIlos and ex
pudituies, as well as the i eduction or
eyoibltant salaries and other rofoims,
and theio is no leabon to doubt the sin
cere piupose ot Senatoi Quay to securo
their adoption Hut It Is Intimated that,
apait fiom the peisonal Intel Obt In main
taining piolltublo ubusej, a faction is In
proec-s of fonnatlon at Huriisburg to de
fent tho ipform bills for no better reason
than that they nie Senntoi Qiiuv's, an 1
that he may thus be held lcsponslblo for
thoii failure. There aro few membeis of
tho loglslnturo who would be willing to
Incur tho suspicion of so bid a ntotlvo
of political action Opposition to those
refoim bills will be bud enough In any
quarter, but somo hotter reason must be
found for It than tho fact that they tiro
advocated by Scnntoi Quay."
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A new court of common pleas for Phil
adelphia will doubtless bo established by
the piesent legislature. When the foui
existing common pleas coutts of l'hlla
delphli vveio ci rated, In 1871, tho number
of cases set down foi tilal at tho Decem
ber teim of that ytar was 9S1, and that
Included many cases that enmo to tho
new courts from the old district couits,
which vvoio ubolUhed At the Septembei
term of 169.) thero were 2,W1 cases on tho
docket for ti la, an Increase of about
170 per cent In tho business before tho
couits, while the Incipuso of population
In tho city or Philadelphia during that
time had boon about 73 per cent. Not
moro than COO of theso enses wero reached
during tho term of couit Tho creation
of this now court will require tho ap
pointment of threo Judges, eight court of
ficers, and two clerks. Tho Judges of the
now couit aro likely, It Is said, to be Qeu-
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All of the Novelties now in and ready for inspection.
"Dame Fashion" says that these three articles will enter more
into Ladies' Dress this coming Spring and Summer than ever
before.
Our buyers have taken great pains in selecting the newest
productions of Englandt France, Germany and Switzerland.
Don't Sose sight of our Great
Muslim Underwear.
Lager Beer Brevery
Hanufacturers of the
CAPACITY 100,000
oral James W. Latta, now secretary of
Internal Affplis, Henry V. Walton, e
Speaker of tho Pennsylvania Leglslaturo,
and Henry J. McCnrthy, ex-Judge of tho
Supeilor court.
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Stato Treasurer Haywood emphatically
denies tho stoiy that some of the rec
ords of his department wero destroy id
In tho capitol lite. "The statemont,"
says he, "that there weie records of
the department In the rooms of the hcii
tonunt gov ei not over tho senate chambei
when tho fire occuired Is absurd and
without a giain of tiutli to support It.
Tho lecords of this depaitment are abso
lutely lntnct. They wero removed to this
flic -proof building ns soon us It was lln
Ished duiihg the last admlnthtiatlon, and
tt is not customaty to bcattcr vuluablo
lecords around among tho suvcial de
pal tments of the stato government. Wa
havo a laigo vault as well as a huge safe
In oui depaitment, wheie all tho lecords
are kept Tho committee of Investigation
will find all the recoids there
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Governor Hustings and Attorney Gen
eral McCormlck nre still withholding
their opinion as to tho constitutionality
of Eottlng a loin of money wherewith
to build the new capitol The confer
ence which the governor was to hold la-it
week with Chalimin Mai shall und Mitch
ell, of thf Appioprlntlons committees,
and other olllclals, for the purpose of see
ing their way clear, financially, In the
capitol movements, bus been postponed
foi nnothor week Meanwhile tho gover
noi Is soliciting aichltectural pluns, with
nn appioxlmato otlmnto of the cost ot
tho building Most of the loglslitois
think that Iaoutennnt Governor Lyon's
proposition to txpend $1,000,000 should be
cut down nt lem one-half.
SOCIlfTl IS ALL RIGHT.
Prom tho Tioy Record
Ono person lends of so many crimes
that he becomes convinced that the world
has tutued straight to the bud Another
notes so many disasters duo to the war
ring elements that ho feols suto the wotld
Is approaching its end. These do not stop
to rcllect that the change fiom the past
has not been so much In tho h ippenlhgs
ns In tho leports of them. Plfty yeois
ago many a pralilo cyclone w hh led on Its
way uniepoited; now It Is a poot soil of
a wind storm which dots not get "wtlttcn
up." A half centuiy ago a Htudluy Mui
tln ball would not havo been heard ot u
hundred miles away, now the smallest
hamlet awny buck In the hills has a full
account, and Its inhabltantb thus have
abundant material for gossip of the lu
urlousncis which is sapping tho life of
the nation. We live today with tho whole
woild In giaphlc mlnlaruro befoie us As
the things out of the ordinal y are the only
ones consldeied worthy of notici, the na
tural Inclination Is to look upon them ns
foimlng all that there Is to life In icall
ty they are but the "-cum Using to the top
of thu caldion of human exlbteu e In pi oof
that tho it lining nnd Impiovlng process
is going on unceasingly
tjii: milk iv Tin: cotoAvrr.
Rochester Df-mocrnt and Chronicle.
Pilnce Gcoige, of Gieece, now in com
mand or the Greek war ships at Crete,
saved tho can ftom a f inntlc when thty
weto tiuvollng togethei in Jupan Tho
downgei empires of Russia Is slstci to
King Gcotgo of Gieece, and aUo sister
to tho Pilncess of Wales If there Is any
political blgnlllctince In family relation
ship, areeco ought to havo tho symputhy
and support of Gieat llilttiln and Russia
Such symputhy Is moro than suspected.
tui: cost or sanitation.
Tiom the Philadelphia Ledger.
Pennsylvania Is rtlll behind many of Its
sletei states In Its provision for the public
health granting only tG 000 a vear for the
cnio of a population of ovci C.l'jOOOO pco
pls, whllo MaachUEeitts sptnds nearly
r.O.OOO In pioteetlng Its 2,210 000 N'cw Yoik
$30,000 for neaily O.OJO.oio Inhabitants, and
Now JeiHoy, Alabamu, Illinois, and Mtnno
bota all appiopilatlng half us much at,aln
03 Pennsylvania
(100, 1100,000 POUNDS OP AI'PLL'S
Tiom tho Philadelphia Record
Tho German ngricultuinl papes Indulge
In no exnggeiatlon avhen thoy make tho
lomuikablo statement that tho Imports of
Ameilcan apples Into tho German cniplro
last year weio moro than twenty times at
laigo as In any pievlous sittson, the ship
ments hi 189H huvlng amounted to no les
than 0,000,000 double centneis tho centner
being equal to a hundtedw eight.
i:rn:cTivi:.
Plxley, In tho Tlmes-Horald,
"What do you use," sho asked of tho
dentist, "to counteract tho effects of the
laughing gas?" "Well," ho said, "unless
tho patient recovers promptly I present
my bill."
s.ia.
Celebrated PILSNER LAGER BEER.
Barrels Per Annum.
and have some good baigalns to
ofier jou English Porcelain.
Dinner Sets, decorated, filled iu
patterns,
100 PIECES, $ 9.48
112 PIECES, 11.48
English White Granite Dinner
Sets, decorated, fruit patterns,
100 PIECES, $5.98
112 PIECES, 6.98
C3?Ve arc also closing out some llavlland
China Fruit Plates, decorated, at from $3.7.1
to $5.97 per dozen Real Hurenlns. See
these goods in our Show Windows.
THE
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432 Lackawanna Avz.
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tfty
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cold Hoots, la cold roomo Vory fow tpiurtors
buy hoator now. VV 0 uro closing thorn out.
You mnko yo.11 own prico so long us yuu don't
got below ccst W o must havo tiio loom thoy
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1 19 Washington Ave.
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supplies, etc, thnn at Reynolds Bros.
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to choose from, and you never can beat
them on pi Ice on the down scale; and
we also carry In btock a complete lino
of draughtsmen's supplies.
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