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SCHANTON. FKimUAIlY IS, 1897.
Although Urother Duggan letulns his
scepter os the King of Dunmoio, he un
derstands at last the meaning of oppo
sition. The New Capitol.
Governor Hastings' btnlemcnt of tho
reasons vvh? the state capital should
not bo removed from Hanlsburg Is
sulllelunt to settle this point, If, Indeed,
It had ever been unsettled. The tall:
ot removal has from tho flist been artifi
cial, and was started chlolly to spur tho
citizens of Hnnlsburg to the ptovlslon
of bettor piotectlon against Hie and to
other concessions. Hy all accounts
these objects have been attained, conse
quently the agitation for removal may
"with pioprlety cease.
As to the form In which the burned
capital shall be restated, that subject
v, 111 bear cat of ul study. Tho governor 's
suggestion Is that Instead of undei talc
ing to build one massive stiuctuie,
which would Involve a latge initial cost
at a time when the finances of the com
inouwenlth are already seilously em
barrassed, and which would not bo
available for four or five yeais to come,
tho new capltol bhould bo so planned
as to become one of a gioup of state
buildings, and built just laige enough
foi tho leglslatme's needs Such a
building could be completed In time for
the net geneial assembly, a'nd the com
panion buildings for the various depart
ments could be added fiom time to time
as cncuinstanees would penult.
At flist thought this suggestion nins
counter to the wldespiead feeling In
favor of a "representative" capltol; but,
aftei all, is it for any pt.icttc.ul lenson
nieessar) or desirable that tho com
monwealth should seek to gloiify Itself
In archltectuie'.' "Would not a seiles of
buildings, separated one fiom another,
piesent quite as sensible mi appeal ancc
and be In addition mote business-like?
In that case, a file In one building
would not endanger the whole invest
ment, and tho number of buildings could
be increased to Keep pace with the
giowthlndopattinent.il woik. Uejond
a ccitain point it Is not so much the
beauty of the caplt il as It is tho efficien
cy of the laboi done within It In which
the commonwealth bhould be concerned.
The suggestion of the governor as to the
form of the new capltol is one, we think,
that will grow In favor.
Our excess of oxpoits of merchandise
fcr Januaij, 1S97, over impel ts was
laiget than fot any Januaty in tho pilot
eleven yeais; and fot the first time in
four yents this Januaiy shows a bal
ance of gold imports. In other wolds,
ptospeiity Is coming.
Jonali and the Whale.
For upward of a month discussion
has waxed warm In theological elides
over a statement by Dr. Lyman Ab
bott lepudiatlng belief In the llteial
ness of the Bible stoty of Jonah and
the whale. Dr. Abbott Is b no means
alone among pious nnd slncete ex
pounded of the Christian loliglon in
declining to accept In othei than an
allegorical sense cettaln pottlons of thf
Scriptures which under a llteial In
tel ptetntton appeal to come Into con
flict with tho laws ot God as levealed
in nnture The more ftank lopiosonta
tatlves of the so-called hlghei nnd
newer ciltlclsm aie outspoken In the
belief that of the mliacles nurratcd in
the Bible it is essential to believe Im
plicitly only In those which center
about the person and divinity of the
rounder of Chilstlanlty, tho otheis,
they alllrm, may be legaided as In
some degree the products of Imagina
tion teaching tiuth by parable.
The weakness of this position Is set
fot th with admirable conciseness by
tho New Yotk Sun, when It asseits
that "If theie is not supernatuial au
thoilty for Chilstlanlty It besontes sim
ply a question of moial philosophy, le
gnrdlng whoso soundness dlsagieement
Is Justifiable and Inevitable Chils
tlanlty as a religious system would
be w holly subveited Instead of a te
llglon deilving Its authoilty fiom a
supei natural source, wo should have
only a icllgious philosophy limited by
the Inability of the human Intellect to
go beyond this vvoild of sense and fact
Jesils would be lelogated to the plane
of Buddha nnd Mohammed, nnd the
Biblical stoiles of supetnatuial oecui
rences would take their place along
with the tales of Gieek and Roman,
Assyilan and Egyptian mythology.
Nothing would be left for man except
tho guidance of .human leason alone
The foundation upon which tho chut eh
and Christian theology aie built,
would be swept away absolutely
If the story of Jonah Is merely alle
gotlcal, a fable, every other Biblical
tale, from the creation of Adam and
Eve up to the supernatural blith and
lesunectlon of Jesus, Is likewise alle
gorical, for they conflict equally with
tho possibilities under meiely natuial
law. In other wotds, the aiguments of
Dr. Abbott and hlb defendeis shatter
the whole fabric of lellglon built by
falrh, and put the Scriptural leports of
supei natural occunences In the same
category with tho tales of mthology."
To this nigument thero Is no le
sponse. It Is unanswerable. Either
Christianity as set forth In the Holy
Scilptutes is true or it is not ttue. It
cannot bo accepted llteially in one
chapter and flguiatlvely In another
without doubt being engendeied as to
tho authenticity of the whole; and it
were far better to rest the claim of tho
church flatly upon the solid foundation
ot faith, in fiont of which skepticism
stands powerless, than to attempt to
accommodate the enemy by going out
to battle on his teirltory wheio he has
all tho advantage. .
Richard Hardlnc Davis' story of the
young Cuban woman who was stilpped
on boaid an American ship at Havana
by Spanlaids and searched for papeis
has been modified by the young lady
to this extent: Tho seaich was made
behind closed doors by a Spanish wo-
man. Hut Is has yet to bo explained
why n Yankee skipper, flying at his
ship's masthead the Stnis and Stripes,
should penult even n Spanish woman
to commit Indignity upon one of his
passongets. Things weie nut thus In
Cnplaiirlngiaham's time.
In two states, Nebiaska and Dela
woic, woman suffiaso has iccently
been defeated. Tho weight of argument
Is yet on the side of those who op
pose the extension ot the franchise to
u. moiety of our population only a few
of whom nppe.ii to want to vote.
IJilllon-Dollnr Congresses.
Notwithstanding the gilm determina
tion of Speaker Heed to prevent a
waste of the people's money- a deter -inlnatlon,
It should be said, In . hlch
he hns been unprecedentedly successful
In spite of gteat piessuio fiom mem
bers anxious for political reasons to
pass public building and other just
now non-essentlnl nppioprlatlons the
present congress Is likely In Its ex
penditures to go sevoial million dollaie
beyond the limit of the much-dot Ided
Billion Dollar eongiess. No estimate
can be made yet until It can be seen
to what extent tho pending nppiopila
tlon bills nre likely to bo trimmed down
In debate, but It Is certain to be a bil
lion dollat eongiess, nnd maybe moie.
However, this does not mean that
the expenditures of the present eon
giess have been unwise, or that they
lopiesent an increase In the actual
but den laid upon the nation. As Rob
eit P. I'oiter, the well-qualified statis
tician, In a lecent lettet has pointed
out, the leal test Is the poi capita e
pendltuto for fedeial put poses. Tor
the last eight jeais this has been:
Dollars
pel capita
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M-M u72 1MI
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1S0J 0 30 1S9G
Dollars
pet capita.
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In borne depattments of the govern
ment, notably the postolllco dep.n t
ment, the public has demanded Im
provements which, though costly nnd
at (list non-ptoductlve, will In time le
tuin their cost and mote In Inci eased
business These expendltutes have
piaetieally been ojdered by the peo
ple; they help to swell the totals, but
still they do not make each citizen's
shnie of the burden heavier than be
fote. rurtheimore, this Is a glowing
countiy and can stand n legitimate
Inctease in Its expense account If It
couldn't, billion dollar congt esses
might be fair taigets foi criticism, but
It will be recalled that when we first
had a eongiess of that dimension we
also had a Republican tieasuiy which
had In it "mone) to bum."
If New Toil; Isn't to get a cabinet of
ficer we have In mind a state that will.
Slightly Overdone
Ft Is, of couise, easily possible to
catry a good tefoini to extiemes, and
this should be glial ded against. A
ph.slcinn wtltes to the Sun of a case
in which It appeals that tho now uiles
of the Gotham boaid of health t da
tive to the ptompt ceitlflcatlon and In
vestigation of cases of tubeiculosls
wetc enfotced Impiudently. This phy
sician, In his attendance upon one of
the city hospitals, iccently examined
and piescilbed for a joung man with
Incipient consumption. Although do
ptessed In spiilts, his geneial condition
was good, and an cncoutaglng opinion
was expiessed as to the futute com so
of his disease. At the same time he
was lnstiucted tegaidlng the pioper
sanltaiy and hygienic precautions to
be observed. The phjslclan adds:
As Is lequiied by regulation, the hos
pltul clerk lepoitcd the case to the health
department A few dajs latei the pa
tient's motliet and slstci, in teats ami
ulaun, called at my olllce with a stoi)
of the health inspectors visit A pam
phlet of Insttuctlons hid been left fot
them to follow, conspicuous in which w ere
directions for tho cate of the patient's
bod) .iftet death, the piepai.Ulon of anti
septic winding shettfc, and the whitewash
ing, p ilntlng and disinfection of the loom
after iemov.il of the bod) The effect of
these giuesome details, which might with
in opt let, pei haps, im divert to an undei -tal.et's
helppt, upon tho unfortunate pa
tient himself, who was the 111 st to re id
them, may bo Imagined. Of a delicate,
sensitive nature, he was plunged Into a
fit of despondenc), fiom which ho was
several das lecoverlng Hl3 family was
convinced that his condition was much
worto than tepiosented nt the hiqiltil,
and It took no little pet suasion to over
come the bad effect of the caielos want
of tact and thoughtless cruelty of the In
spector's visit It may well be doubted
If the public here Is prepated for a sort
of thing which would scarcely bo tolei
ated In Russia or Imperial Germany Tho
Infectiousness of consumption Is conced
ed to bo so slight that vety simple pie
cautlons ate sufficient to icduee the dan
ger to a minimum, and theie woidd seem
to be no good teason whv these should not
bo left to tho discretion of tho ihvslclan
lather than to the peifunctorv vllt of an
official who has no personal Interest in tho
patient.
Wi aio Inclined to bellevo with this
coiiespondent that tho effoit to cnuso
municipal supervision of all cases of
consumption is as llkel), in Immediate
results, to do hann as to do good
But in no other way can the geneial
subject of tho eurableness of tubeicu
losls by tho obseivnnce of ceitaln pio
cautions lie brought so tleaily to tho
attention of the classes whose piesent
ignoiance or neglect most conspicuous
ly teeds tho mortality rates fiom this
souice For this reason, thetefote, we
nppiove of tho agltntlon, and ttust
that It may continue until the terrois
aie wholly subti acted fiom this most
prevalent and destiuctlve form of dis
ease. Senator Cullom pioposes to offer an
amendment to the sundty civil bill,
piovldlng for an appiopiiatlon of $125.
000 to pay the expenses of a prelimin
ary suivey for a ship canal fiom the
great lakes to the Atlantic ocean i mi
ning tluough a section of Pennsylva
nia and cutting through New Jersey
not mnny miles south of Philadelphia.
This Idea Is a fascinating one and must
some day be realized, but the govern
ment Is too pooi to no Into tho canal
business at this time.
According to tho Rov. John Culpep
per, of Kniibns City, "'when a man Is 22
and unmairled, ho ought to bo taxed
$100; when 23 ho should be taxed $200.
Tho tax should be Increased $100 a year
until he Is thirty. Then, if ho Is not
married he ought to bo put In the peni
tentiary." Maybe this minister in so
stiongly advocating mairlage has an
eye to business.
The execution of Duestrow was In
one sense a vindication of Justice,
rlnco It showed that the ownofhln
or minimis could not avail to osoneiate
gross guilt. Hut If Dun trow had been
a pool villain, could ho have postponed
the lncltnblo for neatly tin to cars
by lesott to legal quibbles and tech-'
nlcalltlcs?
And now the gossip goes that Scnat
01 s Quay, Piatt, Culloin and DavK not
to mention a score ot otheis, aio onl
oiis to see Murk Hniina get Into tho
senate, so that they can have spoit
with him. If we lecollect, some of these
able senators tiled to do that thing at
St. Louis.
The gloat trouble with the concert
of the Uuinpean powein Foems to be
the familiar one that each pattlclpant
desltes to play the solo patt.
Meanwhile the mnssacies continue
In Amerlca'n Cteete and not a Chilstlan
hand 13 lifted to halt "Woyler's bloody
caieer.
Jttsf a Word or TuJo
of Castial Mention
Those who paw Miss Bertha Galland at
tho Academy ot Music Monday night mar
velled that one with a stage expeilenco
of onl a few months should possess so
few of the blemishes of the nmateti'
This absence of amateurishness Is p ir
tlally due to tho voting woman's tiuo dra
matic and artistic Instincts, but mora
largely to tho hard Unfiling she has en
dtnod. For several jeais she labored In
New York clt) as a )oung apprentice as
a joung woman nt an) trado would have
done. Day after da she studied an I
lead pla)8 and then acted them. Ha a
was not the thcoietlcil school She stu
died undei tho men who made Julia Mai
lnwc and Maigaiot Mathet stai3 of mag
nitude In a single seaon l'irst of all
t'u'V discovered that she had a natural
aptitude for diamatlc work besides nat
uial riaces, which count for much on
the stage. Then her haul, sevoio tra.n
Ing began nnd continued day after J iv
ul 11 the stiffness and tho ciudcness of
the amntcui had been worn away and it
pl.uul by the natunlness and ease of
manner that expotlence gives. When th
bt rnlshlng piocess had proceeded so lui
Ihat the leal beauties of the gem w to
beioming apparent the time was deemed
ilpe foi hoi public debut, nnd on Nov 1
last she mado her first npnoarance be
hind the rootllRht1- Her success w is
gintlfjlng to heiself and hei man is v
and s'nee then she Ins been received with
fiver wherever she his appeared She
will spend this siason In visiting whit Is
kruwn'ln the piofesslon as "One NWnl
Stands," which Is considered us ns up
plciitntnl com so of tialnlng to that
which he lecehed before making hoi de
li it It Is not considered wise to pro
sen' the joting woman to New oik
f'catci-Koeis this season, but she Is ulti
ma td destined to appear there and win
her waj into piomlnence When In this
clt Monday night she was sufteilng
fintn an attack of the grip and was ad
vised not to attempt to give a pel foi in
ane ' Her woik undur such disadvan
tage was all the moio remarkable. To
hei phjsleal condition Is attilbuted in
pait at least the weakness of voice that
was appaient In the scene fiom Mac
beth. -O-On
a Taylor sticet car tho other d ly
two men sat huddled in a corner. When
Bmioii stieet had boon passed tho car
conductor began to make a fresh lound
for tho D-ecnt faie, and almost befoic
tho two men know It they weie called
upon. "What, another'"' exclaimed the
b'gger of the two. "Yes, sir," politely
said the conductor. The othei m in,
however, had been dolus a lot of think
ing Suddenly ho arose from the teat
and made for tho door nnd Just so sud
denlj did the big conductor jnnk him
back. "No ou don't; ou don't get off
now, we've passed the line!" Then It
was that the fellow who seemed to know
whit he was doing, jumped up with nn
Indignant giunt, and, tin listing his hand
In and out of his pocket, ho gave the
conductor 10 cents, shouting so that ov
cijbody could heai "There's our
money, but we'll be hanged If wo'll ride
on jour blamed car" And he and the
other talented ldlot got off and walked.
James O'Connor, until recentlj' city edi
tor of tho Sci.inton Ttuth, has been en
gaged In tho edltoilil dopaitmetit of the
Diocesan Reeoid, and will enter upon his
new duties this week Mr O'Connoi is
well known 3 one of tho most able,
faithful and painstaking newsgatherers in
the I.arkawanm Vnllev As n valued
membei of its staff, he helped the Tn.th
to ptepaie Its Hist Issue, and solved th it
paper for man) veais as eltj edltoi , din
ing which time theie is no question thit
tho excellence of tho Truth a local paes
wire laigelj due to Mi O'Connors un
til Ing elfoits In addition to his tegulni
labors Mi. O'Connor his devoted consul
ci able time to special newspaper woik
and Is the authorized Scranton tepiesent-
atlve of ev(rnl metioiolltan dallies.
Publisher MeTague, of the Record, has
been foitunnle in seeming tho soi vices
of this tnlented Journalist nnd the Record
will no doubt piovo additionally Interest
ing undei Mi. O'Cotmoi's editorial man
agement. -O-The
low In tho Kejser Valley district
of the Twcntj-Ilist v.aid dining tho houis
of election Tuesday was fai leaching In
Its annojance The place where tho pa
tilots of tho dlstilct meet and decide the
welfare of tho countrj- Is the basement ot
a two story wooden houre, coloied a nat
uial blacl- Over tho basement Is the
long distance telephone station, through
which the wfies fiom the west tun to
Now Yoik city. Election day there was
a constant tumult In the bacment, shuf
fling of feet, the smash of furniture, tally
shouting, a numbei of delicate oaths, etc ,
te, and nt 1 o'clock, when Patrolman
Turn Jonc, went upstalis and repoited to
the West Side cential station, tho Nw
York city exchange girl, who had been
troubled all day b tho uneaithly dm
asked. "What's tho matter down there,
having a, juUo fight''"
-O-
"A nimai hns been cunent for some
davs past o tho effect that Shadtacn V:
Collins weirt going out of business nnc"
tnjs tho VVllkes-Iiar ro Record "To 1
Reeoid man) josteidaj the film said1 'We
haw been In business hero for five yeais
successfully and wp will icinaln heu
right along, nnd expect to do business on
tho same spot for jcars to come It Is
li ue, however, that we have leased M I
Dnvidow's store loom at 222 Lackawanna
avenue, in Scianton, for a term of j ears,
ami we expect to opi n a bunch stoto
thero In a few weeks As foi leaving this
eitv, thero Is nothing In it We are going
to blanch out simplj and fiom this the
lumoi was started.' "
-O-Wm.
II. Shlffer, the contra-bass player
In tho Symphony orchestra. Is the foun
dation for Hie whole orchestra. Ho pro
duces moio tono than anj four ordlnarj
buss phtveis and ho stands today without
an equal for his age. Mr. Shifter Is ono
of Mr. Bauer's pupils and Is ono of whom
the lattei may Justly feel pioud. He also
Is a possessor of a very lino Instrument
Ho beun studying about nine jears ago
und plajed In Bauer's Junior oichestiu,
but ho showed such rapid advancement
that ho soon acquired u position In tho
legulai oichestia. He Is a hard worker,
a icady student, and a billllaut future is
undoubtedly before him,
-O-Tho
reception and banquet to be glvsn
United States Senntoi -elect Boles Pen
loso on Brldav evening of next week nt
tho Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, piomls
es to be a very great success. Trod W.
rieltz. of this ctly, ono ot tho committee
men of tho Republican League of Penn
sylvania, under whose auspices tho af
fair Is given, sajs thero will bo over MO
guests. Tho ex-picsldcnis of (ho league,
ox-Mayor Stuart, of Philadelphia; Hon
John B. Robinson, and Mnor Bvorott
Waircn, of this city, aro the honorary re
ception committee. Prominent Republi
cans from all the states aie expected to
attend.
STATE
LEGISLATIVE
TOPICS.
The Philadelphia bianch of the Nation
al Republican League of business Mil
(tho Vvniuimnkei-Dolnn organization) an
nounces that It will continue tho britllo
for u new deal In state politics, it pledges
lleelf: To secuie the nomination and
election ot pioper candidates for tho of
fices of stulo treasuiet and auditor gen
eral. To use till proper means for tho
passage of a bill to regulate deposits ot
state moneys and to securo Interest theie
on. To advocate such changes In the con
duct of the state treastnj', by legislation
oi otherwise, ns will prevent the with
holding of tho state's monej on deposit
In certain banks fiom the several coun
ties of tho state, to tho gieal emliart. la
ment of the schools nnd charities of Hie
commonweal It h also proposed that
tho league shall operate with tho follow
ing ends In view . To furthei tho passage
of a proper revenue law, which will so
equalize the assessment of tnxes ns to
give relief rom unjust disci initiation and
at the same time provide nn adequat"
levenue for the state To protest agalnnt
curtailment or reduction In thu annual
appropriations to tho several counties of
the state for school purposes. To favor
the enactment of legislation to limit and
eontiol and pievcnt bejond proper limit
the operation of pools and trusts To
luge tho passage of laws that will most
effectually carrj out the provisions of tho
"reform" planks In tho last two statu
platforms It Is Interesting to note In till)
connection that the ono source ot oppo
sition in the legislature to the Quaj ic
fonn legislation comes from those mem
bers who recently supported Mr. Warra
makor foi scnatoi.
o
There Is general agieement nmong sen
sible lcglslntois with the advice offeied
by the Pottsvllle Chionlclo when It sajs
"When we come to consider tho great
wealth of Pennsylvania, its almost Inex
cxhaustable ieouices, aie we not ilch
enough to eiect a state capltol without
robbing the rising gcncutlon, now In the
public schools, and without cutting off
tho bountj heretofore allotted to the un
fortunate and dependent? Would any
Pennsjlvanl m bonst of a enpltol built
with the mone) wrung from the latter
class and denied the school children?
Pcnnsv lvanla should have a capltol build
ing In keeping with her position In the
slstci hood of states, but under no clicum
stances should ono pennj of Its cost come
from tho sources now urged bj- some men
at llanlsburg at tho expense of the
schools, hospitals and alliums."
o
Piohlbltlon State Chaliman Charles R
Jones Is endeivoilng to have the ballot
law changed, so that anj put) polling 1
per cent of tho total vote cast for an)
olllce In the tate shall be entitled to tile
ceitlllcates of nomination As the liw
now reads, the percentage necessary Is 2
per cent, w hlch lequbos that the i'lohl
bitlonlsts In oidoi to be represented on
the liallot, must iliieulato nomlnat'on
papeis and get a laige numbei of signa
tures, which Is considered by them nn
Injustice, Inasmuch as they have been
nominating candidates foi the past twen
t j -live vears, nnd deelnie the) shall con
ttinue to do so until the saloon Is prohi
bited fiom legullj continuing business.
o
The complications In Ohio are bellevo 1
to be all that stands In the way of Gov
etnoi Hnstlngs' selection foi postmas
ter general. The piesldent-elect has as
suicd the governor's fi lends that ho
would be pleased to give him a seat at
his official table. It Governor Bushnell
appoints Murk Hnnna for tho unexpired
term of John Sheiman In the United
States senate Geneial Hastings will take
Professor Wilson's place If Hanna Is
not sent to the sennte he will be given
this poitfollo to stiengthen him In his
tight foi election to the senate two jears
hence.
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The Bliss revenue bills will bo consld
eied todaj bj tho houso wajs nnd means
committee. It Is believed they will not
pass unless In greatly modified form. R
Is about settled that the bill of the state
tax conference will not bo passed bv this
legislatuie. A test of the pioposcd bill
foi tho last two jears was made bj liie
auditor general, and it is found it does
not lalse enough revenue.
o
There is renewed talk In legislative eli
des In favor of the creation In this state
of an exclso commission to take tho II
censo problem off the shoulders of the
judges. It is probable that a bill to this
effect will soon be Intioduced.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.
rrom the Troy Times.
Ten jears rgo the electric railway was
almost unknown, but during the )cui
1SS7 tho trollej sjstem was Introduced in
this countiy, and at tho close of that
jeai theie weio thliteen stiett ralh.ajs
using electricity and opeiating about tuO
cats Two j eats ago tho number ot elee
tilc loads was in round numbers frU,
tho mileage was 9 000 miles and the cais
in uo numbered 2J.000, the aggregate In
vestment In these plants being moie thin
$100,000, OUO At piesent It Is estimated
that theie uto moie than 13,000 miles of
electric railway in the countrj, while
tho cais number not less than 30,000.
Last j ear 1,900 miles ot tiack were con
stiucted and n,000 new motor cais added
to the total rolling stock. This lncieaa
Is truly remarkable and foi two ieasons.
In tho Hi st plice, It was a dull jcar
and street railways aro directly affected
by dullness in general business. In tho
tocond place, tho work of substituting
ilectiie motor ci'rs for horse cars en
street rallwajs was practical!) conclud
ed some time ago Theie aie compara
tive!) few hoise cais left, and the In
cieaso In the electile rallioad mlleago
now means vlttuall) new toads oi new
extension j
Dr Bell, of Newton, Mass , an authoi
ltj on matters appertaining to electrical
power, istlnrates that tho gross power of
tho electric motois used In tho Unite!
States today is not les than 1,230 00)
hop-e-power The total seems enoi
moiis , hen it Is considered that onlj a
few jears ago electilcal powci In all Its
forms was almost unknown Bven tho
total power live )eais ago was not more
than one-fifth what it is todaj. fiom
this comparative showing It will be seen
that the a','gie';atu powci bus been In
creasing even more rapidly than the
lalltoad mileage, and this Is accounted
foi b) the fact that electric power is
being generally Intioduced In many 'n
dustilcs It has been found that olec
ttic power may be obtained at small
cost, and especially Is this the case with
lespcet to mining plants located In lo
calities whero coal Is expensive and wat
er power plenty. One example is cited
by this nuthoritj in which an electil
cal installation for mining purposes paid
for Itself at the iate of five pet cent, a
month.
Thero Is every reason to believe that
electricity ptodueed by watei power will
at no veij distant day furnish tho bulk
of the Industrial powoi of this countiy.
Tho pioblem of transmitting power over
long distances still piesentH many diffi
culties, but tho electilcal experimenters
have already surmounted mini) obstacles
and aro likely to sui mount thoso that re
main beforo rnouy )eais have elapsed.
The lilstor) of the harnessing of Nlagiwa
Is familiar to all, and the transmission
of tho current from tho cataract to Buf
falo Is looked upon ns a gieat electil
cal triumph Yet even this has been sur
passed. In California rapid progress lain
been mado in tho long distance tians
ml"slon ot electilcal powei, and at tho
piesent tlmo Piesno deilves power from
a waterfall thlity.flvo miles away, the
lino being eight miles longer than that
between Niagara and Buffalo.
Thero aro many electrical Investigators
who nie undoubtedly dreamers, but oven
tho most thoroughly practical now be
llevo that tho day Is not so fur distant
when tiro 0,000,000 hydruullo hoise-povver
available in this countiy will be utilized
for electrical power. Tho transmission of
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this Immense energy over considerable
distances would revolutionize many In
dustiles, nor would the woik ee ise at
this point. It Is believed possible to con
vert the great anthracite culm heans
Into electilcitv nnd make the coal mines
themselves gieat generating stations. In
stead of sending coal to various p.uts of
tho countiy that It maj produce heat
and power It 'would bo coin oi ted Into
eleetrlcnl encrgj at the mines and tinns
mitted by wlie, effecting tho same le
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of electrical power nnd Its transmission
aie wonderful to contemplate, nnd noth
ing in this direction seems Impossible.
SOilltl NKWM'Al'IMl ETHICS.
riom tho Altoona Tilbune.
Tho newspaper man who appropriates
the llterarj work of another, without
acknowledgement, and without nny sign
to show that It Is not his own, Is guilty
of moral theft, though the law does not
tnko cognizance of his act. He does a
wrong to tho one whoso work he takes,
while conve)ing a false impression to
otheis. In eftect he is strutting around
in bot rowed clothes, hiding his own in
tellectual nakedness with the gaiments
of otheis.
Equally deserving of censuio is ho who
tnkes in ticks from other join mils, fiom
magazines, or fiom books, labeling them
"Exchange," or "Selected." When the
author of an article is known his namo
should alwajs be printed in connection
with it If a newspaper or a magazine
bought the article and published It, It
should have credit also. Occasionally
one does not know who wrote a poem, a
story or nn cssav, nor whore its publica
tion was oilglnally made. In that event
tho suggestion of the Central Christian
Advocate that one label it "Authot Un
known," or "Unidentified," is a veiy
good one.
But "the worst sardine In tho box," to
use a vulgar but forcible phiase, Is the
editor who, for the ako of tiiumphlng
over a ilval, or scoring a point in a con
trover sj, will pervert the meaning of the
other's articles, or lesoitlng to equally
despicable methods. As man) readers
never see the original aitlelo thus mal
treated, this method is well calculated to
do haim. It Is Hue that no ono with n
conscience or with a propei sense of
honor tosorts to such practices, but then
there aro men who have access to tho
editorial columns of newspapers who are
destitute of either.
"Whoever writes an article which Is
deemed worthy of publication Is entitled
to due credit If his name bo known. In
many cases this Is all the compensation
he lecelves. To seize that which has
cost him toll and time, nnd to use It
without a word ot acknowledgment Is
veiy unjust.
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WAS IWltTICULAH.
Blxley, In the TImes-IIeinld.
He v as a now repoitor nnd had been
assigned to wtlto up the meeting of n
temperance levlvallst As he was sit
ting "way back neat tho door, a vision
In fomlnlno loveliness sidled up to him
and, seeing In Mm a prospective conveit
fiom tho terilblo thralldom of (It Ink,
gave him a smile which melted the Icicles
on tho eaves and asked him If ho even
drank.
"Yes, ma'am, I do," ho answered, with
firmness of purpose In every tone of his
voleo; "b"t never under such e'reum
stnnces. I won't dilnk with women
whom I don't know."
TKUE YOU AltH.
Trom the Sun.
While tho British flig and British des
tiny rule Canada, Its people will remain
In fact and in feeling a people without n
country.
TOLD BV TilR STARS.
Dnily IIoro-co)u Drnvv n by Ajiu'clnrs,
Tho Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 3 1G a m. for Thursdiy,
Teh IS, 1Ki7.
It will bo apparent to a child born on
this day that Dunmore Is entitled to the
cako for the rapid increase of population
In voting districts.
The giound hog evidently viewed til
shadow In tho vlcjnlty of Mr. I'aull's sldo
w alk.
Thero Is plenty of money In tho coun
try, but tlio people who cliculate It beem
to become more scarce dally.
The crusade against peoplo In Scrnnton
who neglect to shovel snow from side
walks will bo all right if the snow only
holds out,
Tho butcher is about tho only business
man who can mako both ends meat theso
days,
Ajiicolius' Advice.
Bemembor that entei prise never thrives
In the vicinity of tho miserly. "Blow In"
a dollar occasionally.
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