TIIE SCRAtTTOlN TRITJUNE-SATURDAY MOUNTING, FEBRUARY 20, 1S97.
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SCRANTON, FEBItUAUY 20, 1S97.
The Republican members of the vvnys
nnd means commltteu who arc pie
parlncr the now tariff bill have done well
to tcstoic the McKlnloy duty on bitum
inous con! and culm. The United States
of Ami'ilca can inoduce all the coal
that Americans need to bum
The Revenue Problem,
As between a silent Increase of state
taatlon to meet the temporary ex
igencies ciented by diminishing love
tiues and by the burning of the capltol,
and a ladlcal cuitnllincnt of state aid
to education nnd charity, a popular vote
would be likely to decide In faor of the
foimci Rut no lncicase In the lates
of taxation foi btate inupose should
be cousldeted beyond the limit of the
utmost necessity, and oveiy possible
economy In piesent or contemplated ex
pendltuies should be made 111 at.
The umeigency Is one that will call
for the nieatest honesty, faliness and
Kooil faith on the pait of the leslsla
tuio, and ns an earnest of this, the lcs
iblatute should piomptly defeat eveiy
bill for the creation of now olllces and
departments Involving Inci eased outlay
of the public fundb Especially should
It lsit its dlsappioal on the piopo
sltion to cicate u costly and bungling
state department of mines and min
ing, the only effect of which would be
to pension chtonlc olllco seekcis nftei
plae and intrimeddle with a !)iivate
luu-lne'-s alieady sufllclently safe
Btiai dec! by law .
The dlffeienco between the two con
gieses In session this week at Wash
ington was that the CongiebS of Moth
eis amounted to something.
Now Sift Our Citizenship.
T'ndf r the piesent ballot law In Jlas
paihusettb the otei Is lequiicd- to
jlace a maih opposite the name ot ev
eiy candidate loi whom ho wishes his
ballot to be counted, the one exception
boms piesidentlnl electois, who uic
votid foi In a gioup An effoit Is be
ing made to Induce the leglslatuie so
to amend this law that the votci who
wishes to ote a stialght party ticket
mas need to make but one maik, as Is
tin piesent piactlce In Pennsj Knnla,
but it Is 10:101 ted that the pioposed
amendment is not lecelvid with fa or
This last fact shows that the legls
latuie of JIasj( husetts oci uplas hlghei
giuund on this subject than wus occu
pied L'y tho legislative body which
passed the Unicoi ballot law It Is eei
tainly not in line with the splilt of oui
institutions that hasty and caieless
otIng should be facilitated and en
couiaged. and that a ballot should lop
leseiit paity allegiance lathei than
honest opinion as to the chai actor and
qualifications of the candidates named
ilk the pnitj column To exact of tho
otci such an examination of each can
didate as Is necessaij to place 01 with
hold n mail: opposite to his name is
eeitainly a small enough loquliement,
and nny votoi not willing to devote
that much time to the performance of
his soeiclgn duo as a citizen should
ieccle fiom the makers of our laws
scant consldciatlor
Now that we hae shut the dooi upon
Illiteiate immigiatlon let us see If
something cannot be done In this coun-
tiy to Imurove the chaiaeter of oui
flections We hao too long made
sport of the fianchlse. AVe hao too
1 jug clothed with so eloign power cv
eiy Imbecile, criminal or lgnoiamus of
the male sex above the age of 21 years
who has offered himself at our polls,
and it Is high time that the thoughtful
citizens of this lepublic, who alue
tho purity of lepubllcan Institutions
and ppicche the perils attendant upon
indiscilmlnnte manhood suffiase, be
gan to agitate for a sifting of voters
no less than of Immigrants. The 10
qulrement that eeiy otei, unless phy
sically disabled, shall mark his ballot
name by name Is suioly no undue ex
ercise by tho state of Its ptecautlonaiy
power. It Is but a slight pait of the
duty which tho state, in self piotectlon,
owes to Itself.
We wonder what possessed tho Mont
rose Democrat to suspect that Tho
Tribune has not given the Wilson tariff
bill a fair shakeV Does the Democrat
upproo that measure? Does it sustain
the Wilson duty on hay, eggs and lum
ber' The Mothers' Congress.
Wo have lead, and wo believe our
readeis have lead, with intoiest even
the abbrelated repoits which have
been printed concerning the motheis'
congress that closed yestoiday a sit
ting of three days In Washington. The
congress was called with tho expecta
tion that possibly 100 to 200 women
would attend. Instead of that, over
1.000 attended, and their actions fiom
flist to last showed a puipose to make
the congioss a seiious and far-reaching
success. Veiy noticeable to the most
casual observation was tho high char
acter of tho speakers -and lectureis;
piobably no othei single occasion In
the past decade has brought together
on one platform a mote billllant auay
of women of renown.
The mothers' congioss Is intelligent
womanhood's fitting lebuke to the "new
woman" craze. In the words of Us
gifted president, Mrs. Uliney, "ho much
has been said and written In these lat
tci days about the higher education
the extended opportunities of woman
that we have failed to heal the still
small voice appealing to us In behalf
of childhood. Theie Is nothing finer
In llteiaturu than many of the books
and articles pei tabling to chlld-cultuie
nnd kindred topics. And when a moth
er In her own homo applies what sho
has learned from them, and leverently
smiles the tlneefold uatuio of the Im
mortal being committed to her caie,
she acquires the tiuesl, finest cultuia
the world can offer; added to knowledge
Will be love, patience, and gentleness,
which transcend all learning. It Is be
cause most women have not had tho
knowledge and training which would
enable thorn to evolve the beautiful
possibilities of home life, that they have
In many Instances found that spheiu
naliow and monotonous. The higher
hi undies of book learning niu well
enough for the chl or woman who has
tho Inclination or tlmo foi thorn, but
they should be secondary In her educa
tion to the know lodge which shall fit
her for lnotheihood. Sho may never
mniry, but as one of tho sc on which
the oaic and education of childhood
must lest, she should know Its needs,
and bo leadv with head and heait and
hand to scivo the cause of helpless
lnfancj In any emergency."
Talk like this has the ring ot com
mon scn?e, and It comes most oppor
tunely at this period of social uuicat
when, In many dlieelion, the so-called
higher education of women Is loading
them awny fiom tho divinely appointed
spheiu of theh highest usefulness
Fiom the opening addiess of Mis. Bli
ney, fiom which we have Just quoted,
to tho concluding eoiclo on yestoi
dny's progi amine, tho proceedings of
tho congiess were calculated to restoie
a latlonal view of woman's mission1
and clcai away tho fogs' and fancies
'which weie beginning to, tuin tho
proper asphotlon of (ho gentlei so?,
for nmplei opportunities Into a theme
the quip and Jest. It Is well.
The appointment of Geneial 13. S Os
boino, of Wllkes-Uaiie, as assistant
seeietaty of wni would gratify many
of the citizens of Lackawnna county.
Theie Is no question of his lltness foi
tho place.
'I he Home and the School.
One of the spenkeis at tho Congiess
of Motheis Mis W. F. Ciafts of Wash
ington stai ted a train of thought
which should not bo peimltted to come
to a standstill. Her subject was
"Mothois and School," and aftei point
ing out how with tho development of
out cities these hae steadily drlttcd
apart, tho school teachoi no longoi, as
In pilmltho times, 'boaidlng atound"
among the patents of his pupils, thoie
by npcossailly keeping the latter In
touch with his woik, she continued'
"l'aients, paitlculnily motheis, should
put in tho list of theli solemn obliga
tions It) Frequent visitation of the
schools attended by thelt chlldiLii, (J)
thoiough acquaintance with the teach
oi s of their chlldion, (1) co-opoiutlon
with the school plans"
How many of the mothers of Scran-
ton, we wondet, keep Informed as to the
tiaining which theli chlldion lccelve In
the public oi piivate schools? How
many of them know what the toacheis
In those --chools aie- doing, and aie pie
pat od to supplement theli effoits by
Judicious home instiuctlon .' It has been
said and not unjustly, that raanj fath
eis exhibit gleatti concern In the bleed
ing of hoises and dogs, and eeitainly
ninny motheis me mote Intel este 1 In
tho piohlun of diossmaklng, than In tho
school life and woik of their chlldien
at the age whlih Is usually decisive of
the chlldien's whole future. This
shaniftul neglect of paiental lesponsl
billty Is, we concede, laiely intention
al, but the consequences befall without
legal d to that fact, and tho neglectful
piuent who is unconscious of any deie
llctlon of duty Is as liable to be Isitod
with tho lotilbutlve Justice of n way
waul daughloi or a dissipated, worth
less son as Is the paient who dollbei
atelj consigns his oifsprlug to the
dev IPs caie
In this connection we indoise most
emphatically the proposition of MM
Ciatts that motheis should seek places
on school boaids At the locent munici
pal election In West Pittston this sub
ject was agitated and we t egret to say
that two very capable and earnest
women who aspired to position on the
school board of that boiough weie de
feated. On a number of occasions tho
same mlsfoitune has occuired In tnls
city, also, and It should aiouse the In
telligent poitlon of tho community to
emphatic piotest Suiely if thoio Is one
position In connection with oui political
government that women aie pie-eini-nently
qualified to hold, with ciodlt
to themselves and w 1th benefit to the
community, It Is that of school con
tiollei. Wheie a fathei has one min
ute and one chance to acquaint him
self with the Inner walkings of the
public schools, tho mother has three
scoiej and whoie, among 100 fatheis
on school boaids, 99 will permit politics
to sway theli votes, not one woman
in a hundred, such as aie now active
In educational enteipilses, would know
any other lule of olllclal conduct than
tho rule of conscience. We can con
ceive of no considerable aigument
against tho granting to women of a
voice and vote in tho government of
out tree schools, and the fact that such
a giant should bo anjwheie opposed is
In our opinion an aiialgnment of tlie
voteis' common sense
This genoial pioblem of the i ela
tion of the home to the school deepens
upon study Into one of the most mo
mentous that society Is called upon to
deal with. It In tiuth is fundamental
How else than by paiental co-opetatlon
with public Instruction, how else than
by maternal supei vision of school woik,
fiom lowest guides to highest, can
the community esoape fiom its giowlng
perils of crlmlnalness, fiom the need of
multiplied lefoimatoiles, asylums and
Jails, fiom Inci easing couit and police
costs, from the whole noxious blood of
dlsordeis that have their oilgln dliect
ly In lax moial guidance of the young.'
Well may our leadeis In lellglon and
moials lay stiess upon this theme.
The eaily piesldents and their friends
were glad, aftei the inauguiation coio
monles weie over, to get a piece of plo
apiece and a glabs of milk, with maybe
n led apple or two by way of desseit.
Not so with our modem denioeiats.
Tho caterer for the McKlnle Inaugura
tion ball has) oideied 123 dozen teuaplu,
84,000 oysters, 2500 live lobsters, 273
tw enty-pound tin kej s, C000 chli ken cut
lots, 2300 sweat biead patties, 7000 sand
wiches, 2000 gallons of Roman punch,
IS00 quaits of ico cream, 30 boxes of
oinnges, 75 bunches of bananas, 300
pounds of Malaga graj es and allolls
other articles ji piopoition, and he
pi opuses to sot foi th a supper lit to
place before a klw In fact, th.it Is
whoio It will be THaced, before 10,000
kings and queens for oveiy Ameilcan
eltUen, ou know, is a fcoveielgn.
The 30,000 young men ot Pennsyl
vania who aie em oiled as members In
good standing of tho Young Men's
Christian association aie to be con
giatulated, especially if, in addition to
iccehing tho religious benefits of such
a membership, they are regular attend-
tints at tho usnoclatlon's gymnasia.
The proper tate ot tho body Is not sec
omlaiy In Imyoitunco to thp proper
nut tuio of tho soul.
Tonncpsoo has enacted a law maklnr?
the act of lobbying a felony, nnd pun
ishing It with from two to live ycais
Imprisonment, Whoio lobbying means
bilblng, this Is none too soveio. Rut
thoii1 uir lobbyists and lobbyists. Great
Intel ests have tea! need of legulai
agents at state capitals to guaul theli
ctnplcyois fiom Ignordnt legislation and
It Is simply Impossible to keep those
agents Away, Theie Is a good deal o
buncombe In tho uverage citizen's con
ception of a lobby.
if theie Is ono thing which Is going
to embaitass Piesldont McKlnloy moio
than another it Is his ow n good nature.
No ptesldent can find tlmo foi seiious
executive work who, out of sheer amia
bility, gives audience to cvoiy Tom,
Dick and Harry. The lino simply has
to be drawn If ho wants to letaln his
health and accomplish the largo tesulls
contemplated In tho St. Louis platfoiiu.
Tho Populist nilnd has labored in
Oklahoma and bi ought forth a bill to
establish a state w alehouse where far
meis can got loans of money on hay,
wheat, coin, cotton or othei agrlcul
tuial deposits as sccuilty The bill
neglect to statu wheio the tenltoiy
Is to get Its money.
The New York Sun opposes all nego
tiations looking to the composition of
business differences between the United
and the Associated Pi ess, and thieat
ens to stand alone against both ns--oclatlons
Thp Sun will doubtless ic
allzo the wisdom of Informing the pub
lic as to is leasons for such an atti
tude. Senatoi Chandler should bear in mind
that a laige majoilty of the Amurlcan
people voted for the gold standaid with
theh eyes open, and aie entitled to
have their way.
Mr. Olney may achieve financial suc
cess as a lawyei In New York, but wo
opine that his gicatest chance points
to a piofetslonal cateei In Madild.
MINING AND THE LOCOMOTIVE.
rrom the Pottsvllle Chionlcle.
It mnj not be geneiully known, but It
Is neVLithcless a tact that this great
countij is Indebted to coal mining for
tho advent of tho steim l illva locomo
tive This fRct has been bi ought out b
Alficd Matthews, who lias been con
tributing a series of papeis on "I'ioneei
Locomotives In RnglanU and Ameilca,"
to the Khighucrlng Magazine. Ml. Mat
thews' article Is most Intel eating, espe
clallv In the coal legion He sajs' "It
Is one of the cuilosltlos of lalhoad and
locomotive history that It was not In,
oi neai, nnv one of the gieat cities that
this Hi st locomotlvo was put upon the
i alls, but far away In the then raw
legion of Noitheastern Peimlvuniu, In
tho woods ami among a lew scutteied
new 1 -settled fanners
"The niPiinei In which It came about
that the plonoo. locomotive in Ameiloa
was to bo set at woik In so remote a
spot was this. Two Philadelphia Quak
ei, John and Maurice Win is, about ton
cars in lot to 1&29, ppnetiatod that wil
derness, and heiolcall began and
pushed onwaul the great woik which
later was assumed and carried to com
pletion by tho Df law aie and Hudson C i
nal companj that of getting conl from
tho Lackawanna alle Into New Yoik,
Fiom the Lackawanna (at Caibondalp)
the compin hid built a ralboid over
the Mooslc mountains to the forks of tho
Dybeiu (the site of Honesdale), and
fiom that point thev had a caml to
Uondout on the Hudson It had been
theh original puipoe to use hoise power
on tho lalhoad, with stntlonaiy engines
at the planes (as at piesent), but thp
successful experiments with the ralboad
locomotive In Rnfland led them to try
that new foim and application of powei.
"Tho 'Stourbridge Lion,' as the locomo
tive was called which 'flist turned a
wheel upon a track In Ameilca,' was one
of tlneo persoinib ordered b the com
panj's civil cngincei, Horatio Allen, In
England Tho 'Lion' was built b Foster,
llastrlck & Co at Stourbridge, and tho
othei two were built by Stephenon, who
extended man) courtesies to the Ameil
can englneei. Thus It hpppened that
earlj In 1S2S the first older placed In Eng
land for locomotives, after the successful
working of those on the Stockton and
Daillngton roid, was from far-aw-iy
America. Tho 'Stouibrldgo Lion' unlved
on the ship John Jay, and wus landed at
the West Point Foundry companj s
whaif at tho foot of Reech street, New
York, where It was set upon blocks and
given i til.il on Junj 11, 1S29, as appears
fiom the Morning Cornier and Now York
Enqubei of Junp 12, which, after descilb
In,; the tost, sas 'We wore delighted
with tho performance of the engine, nnd
have no doubt but that tho enterpilsing
co'Tipany to whom It belongs will reap a
r'ch harvest for their enterprise and pui
sevcrance' It was noted as a mattei of
interest, because anthracite coal was tin n
being Introduced to tho public, that the
locomotlvo was Hied with that substanco
from the Delaware ana Hudson com
panj's Lackawanna mines It was to put
this coal In tho inaiket that the coni
panv's opeiatlons wero Inaugurated and
carried on "
Of gi eater Interest at the present da Is
the fact that this eountiv not onlj soon
learned to build Its own locomotives but
American skill and Ingenultj have en
abled us to suecessfull compete with
England, the Hi it locomotlvo builder, In
the woild's mnket" There have been S12
locomotives expoi ted fiom tho United
States dining tho past yni, or ono foi
even w oi king du In H98 Alieadj this
eai Japan has oidered foi t -five loco
motlvo, and furthei orders are to fol
low. In the lino of railway equipment
this country Is alo foiglng lapldly to tho
fiont. Flft thousands tons of steel rails
were oxpoited abroad last year It be
comes moio nprarent pvoij da that for
eign competition with this countiy In tho
manufnctuio ot Pteei aim nou u oui ui
the question
o
Til II F.MIU OP Nlli'li.
What news la this fiom afar?
What tldlnss of tenlblo war.'
It stilkes on tho our with a Jar.
Tho Hi'tlsh with one fell swoon
Have swallowed tho emh of Nupe.
Deep bulled, far down In tho soup
Now rests tho gieut cmli of Nupe.
He'll monkpy no more with tho law
He'll bold his pesitlfeious Jaw
Ho flow tho poop
The cmlr of Nupe.
Great is tho pover of old England1
From east to west, fiom sun to sun,
Rings loud tho gloiioiiB sound
Of lliitnln's evening gun,
She'll stand no lolsy whoop
Fiom any oult of Nupe.
Foiwaid tho dashing troop!
Down with tho rmlr of Nupe!
Tho ennnon toai each seirled rank
Dollies upon tho Nigel's bank.
"Align tho squares'" Clash, smash!
Tl.cy loot tho town they seize tho cash
They've scored a scoop
On tho wnli of Nupe.
No Rrltons huit. Tho enemy
In thousands pllo tho ground
Dead, dying 'tis a glorious dgv
Lot tho loud bugles sound!
11 ui rah I Wow whoop I
They've whaled tho emir of Nupe!
Chicago News.
ONE MINSTER TO SPAIN.
W. 13. Curtis, In Chicago Record.
In HBl Preslilclit Plorce sent Ploiro
Soulp, of Louisiana, to Madrid ns u npc
cl il imvov unci plenlpotontlaty to ncgotl.
alo foi tho puicluiRP of Cuba and thp Isle
of Pines, which lies just southwatd aeioss
tho gulf of Mntiimano Mis. Augustus
Honty Denis, of Now Oilcans, Is a giand
(laugliter of Mi. Soulo, and Inherited Ills
llbiury, pictures, poircspondonco and
archive. Mr and Mis. Denis llvo In
tho winter In a pretty villa noilh of
Tnmpa, Fla , Hiuiounded by a beauti
ful oinngo grove. In theli pallor, when
t was In Tnmpa recently, thoy showed
inn Mi. Koulo's comnilMoti, his creden
tials, his passport and Instructions, which
r.ie i till rctnlned In the original poit
follo v.ldch ho cariled with him to Ma
drid forty-tin cc jears ago Tho fathet
of Mis Dtnls, Nilvlllo Bottle, accompa
nied hoi grandfather as secretin y of the
mission While lpprcscntlng Louisiana
In the senate Mr. Soulo hud boon an ard
ent advocate of Cuban annexation, and
hud tl.o confidence of the annexationists
thioiighout thp country. For that icason
ho was selected by Picldelit Ploice for
that lmpoitnnt mission Ho applied all
bis well known real and ability to tho
task, but accomplished nothing Tho
prldo of Spain was aroused, and sho
would not peimlt Mr Soulo to submit a
fotmal proposition Rut dining his stay
In Mndild ho wes the hero of an adven
ture that furnished gossip foi n decudo
In nil tho courts of Hut ope
The cession of Cuba to tho United
States was distasteful to France, nnd
Mr Soulo, bolng a native of that coun
ti, had made himself peisonally offen
sive to Emperor Nnpoh'on HI bv soino
spot clu s ho had dcllvncul In tho United
States senate WbMo ho was In Pnils,
en touto to Madrid, ho was subjected to
manj annovancp", nnd even 'Insults,
which wire not lebuked bv the govern
ment, and of which no ofllclnl notlpo was
tvor taken. Napoleon, howovoi, did not
fall to inform the Spanish court of hU
sentiments lcgnidlng tho annexation pio
Jeet and his porsonnl dislike foi Ml.
SouIp Upon his aulval In Mndild the
American envov at once poicelved tho
hostllltj of the French ambassador, but
Ignoiod It with dlgnlllpd lndKTeionco, nnd
pvpii ncccpted an Invitation to attend a
ball nt the embassy shoitlv after his ai
rival As ho entciod the embassy with
his suite, tho Mniquls dp Tuigot tho
host, stood at tho dooi of his drawing
loom to receive his "guests, accompanied
by the Dukp of Alva (who matrlod a
sister of tho Empress Eugenie of Fiance),
and several of bis follow -country men.
When the American mlnlstci passed by
with his wife on his arm, ono of the
rionchmon expressed his admliatlon for
lime, Soulo, who was a famous beauty.
"I cannot share your admliatlon," rp
toi ti d tho Marquis do Tuigot "She la
no doubt vol j good looking, but sho to
mlnds mo stionglv of Mnigarct of Rur
gundv" who at that time was the mos
notoilous woman In Euiopp
Young Nelvlllo Soulo, who ovpi hoard
this Insult to his motlipi, supoospd tho
icmnrk to have boon made bv tho Duke
of Alva, and as soon as ho could find a
friend to c.anv tho messugo sent him a
demand foi an npologv llio duke dp
nhed to explain that a mistake bud been
made, but tho ambassndoi and other
rrenchmen, who hated the Soulos, per
suaded him to lefuse, whlih ho did, and
a duel was fought at daylight Tho duke,
hiving been challenged, had tho choice
of weapons, and schctcd bioudswoids
Soulo had never handled a swoid In his
life, but was a perfect athlete, and went
Into tho fight with such Mgoi and leck-
lessness that he soon dlsaimed the duke,
whose suporloi skill counted for nothing,
ho being enfeebled by dissipation The
duko, having received a severe cut In tho
neck, lost a lot of his blue blood, nnd
tils seconds explained that theie had been
a. misapprehension so young Soule ex
pressed himself -atlsfled and tho antagon
ists shook hands and became good
fi lends.
-
Rut this wns not tho end of It. When
tho tiuth wus known Mi Soule, senior,
chnllongcd the Piench nmbassadoi, and
thoy fought with plstol3 tho next morn
ing Tho lb st shot was harmless on both
sides At tho second mo Mniquls do
Tuigot fell with a bullet In his hip which
Inflicted a painful wound and laid him
up for Fcveinl months Thus the Soules
established theli chaiactoi in Madrid,
although they did not succeed In buying
an Island, and they weio thoreaftoi
Heated with tho gieatest distinction by
every ono except tho nttaches of the
French embassy Queen Isubelln, tho
I'oui lion, who Is known a3 "Isabella tho
Bad," expressed hoi lespect b Inviting
Ml. and Mis Soule to he hoi guests at
tho palace of the Escurlal, and as a tok
en of hoi admliatlon for a. husband who
would so piomptly defend the honor of
his wife ptesented him with a famous
painting b Riblorn, which was hanging
on tho walls of hoi drawing loom.
TIIK WAV TO DO IT.
Trom tho Philadelphia Inquirer.
When, a few dajs ago, the Scranton
city councils declared their purpose to
leduco consldeiablj the estimates lot lm
piovlng the Scranton streets tho blejcllsts
of that elt lmmedlatel got togethei,
protested agnlnst the i eduction and ap
pointed a committee of some of tho most
loputable citizens of tho town to foimallj
pie-ent theli objections to councils.
Tnls Is tho manner In which the ques
tion of bettei stieets should bo treated,
not onl by the wheelmen of Scianton,
but by all classes In all cities. There
Is no econom) in poor stieets. Fiom a
hjglenlc point of view thoy an equall
undeshablo Tho stagnant watei, so
maiked a leature of the streets of many
lntoiior towns, is only equaled b the de-
cajlng wooden pavings of more preten
tious communities And this Is not even
to speak of the weai and te.ii upon wag
ons, cairlages and blcjcles In this day of
theli almost general use
The councils of the average Ameilcan
clt 01 town expend moue lavishlj upon
man "lmpiovements" which In reality
do not improve To do this thej are com
pelled to slight othei public w oiks or v en
tities upon which a gieat deal moio de
pends In the mattei of water, Htreets,
gis and slmllai necessities of eveidn
llfo the hest Is the cheapest, piovlded It
bo pin chased at an honest price
ThP jobboiy which so often dl"graces
tho letting of contracts can be prevent
ed b a vigilant watchfulness on the pait
of the people and the election of honest
men to councils and tho auditing olllces
Foi the lest there Is no bettei way ot
convincing public olncials that this 01 that
Is npedpd than bj Just such uctlon as tho
Scranton wheelmen have taken They aro
numerous enough In almost evcrj waul
In tho averago city to defeat the men
who, for unconvincing leasons, den tho
people what Is necotsaiy or light.
if cuiiA wi'.iin anni:xi:d.
W E. Cuitls, In Chicago Itecoid
When tho annexation of Cul a to tho
United States Is mentioned vou usually
hoai somebody aj that wo dr) not want
that tuibulent Island, that we have tiou
blos enough of out own without taklns
on now ones, that tl.o peoplo aio dlfioi
ent In race, In customs and habits, and
tbnt If wo should attempt to manage tho
government at Havana tho natives would
ipbil against us Just us they have dono
against Spain
Tho littlo island of Koy West Is a
inln'atmo Cuba It has about 21 031
population, of whom 70 ot SO pel cent uio
Cubans, nnd most of them political ex
iles, tho most discontented and dangct
ous class In tho Spanish colonies, those
who aio iMponslblo foi the piesent revo
lution and for most of the lnsunectlons
that have occuried dining tho piesent
century Yet theto Isn't a quieter place
In tho woild Foui policemen 1 eep 23,000
1 evolutionist i In older, nnd until recent
ly theio was only ono policeman on tho
Island. Tho other three wero iccontly
appointed ns a political necessity. Theio
weio not enough olllces to go mound
Theie is, us I have said, no moio peaco
ablo, law-abiding, industilous community
In tho w 01 Id than tho Cuban colony at
Key West, except so fai ns conspluicy
against tho govoinmcnt of thuli nattvu
laud Is concerned, and slmllai conditions
raftv ra C niqxrBiTj r BaJl
in Pi
Ess
Carpet
Collection for Spring, 1897, now in and arriving. New and exclu
sive patterns in Wiltons, Axminsters, Body Brussels, Tapestries, in
grains and Art Carpets.
Every housekeeper's thoughts are drifting carpetward at this time of the year.
Therefore, we will'be glad to show you our lines at any time, whether you are ready to
purchase or not. That we are great money savers in the house furnishing line is conclu
sively proven every day in the week. That we employ only the most skillful workmen in
carpets as well as draperies is universally known, and which always bespeaks for us a fair
share of 3'our patronage.
Thousands 6f rolls of new Wall Paper are now being placed in stock. We
buy it in such enormous quantities that we save the Jobber's profit, thereby
enabling us to save you from 25 to 50 per cent.
Come and See Us When You Are Ready
A glance at the center window give a faint idea of the line of French Organdies
shown by us. We have over 150 designs; prices from 23 cents to 37 cents, which will
surely interest you.
manufacturers of the
CAPACITY 100,000
would lesult If theio v. ore honest and
llbeial and Just government In Cuba If
the United States weie to take this Island
there would doubtless bo a dlbtuibmcc
now nnd then foi a few jears, which
would simply Illustrate how dlfllcult it
Is for lnoxpeilenced poisons to submit to
discipline, but such Interruptions would
glow giaduall less, and flnalb ceao al
together as soon ns tho people dlscoveied
that tho lavs wero lnipaitlal and the
couits weio Just.
ti.ul: a cheat avi:xc;ku.
riom tho Detroit Jtiumal
Tho Dolphin has been In commission
foi eleven or twelve veais, and she Is
stlh us staunch ns when she left tho
ways of John Hoach's shlpaiel If tho
old man can now look down upon tho
aflahs of men, how he must have smiled
to seo the despised nnd 1 ejected Dol
phin beat it ho whole noble squad! on
thiough one of the fiercest gales of tho
year, and lead them all Into pott In
safet !
NOT A ISATIVi: GROWTH.
rrom tho New Yoik Sun.
Qupiulous discontent with transitory
social conditions which aie Inevitable,
and desirable, too, for the rtrongthen
tho moral llbre, Is not of American blood
ing. It docs not expiess tho Ameilcan
character, which was moulded by the
ploneeis who felled the foiosts foi tho
building up of oui piccnt civilized de
velopment. It Is a noxious and enfeebling
weed of foreign transplantation
as aimdim; i ytiknci:.
Fiom the New Yoik Sun
Ono pecullailtj of tho Ameilcan people
has boon called a weakness It Is our
patient toleration of nuisances, but we
aio tolerant because wo uro Indifferent
Every true Ameilcan Is too much on
gaged with the seiious business of tilng
to get ahead to stop to fiet ovel the an
nojunco of buzzing Injects ulong his
path.
Mcnthur nml Other Predictions for
the Coming W eck.
Sunday, Teh 21. Weather fair. A
child born on this dav will best succed
In tho emploj of other". Ask favors In
the afternoon and evening
Monday, Fob .'2 Jupltoi Uses nt sun
set Weathei wit A child born on this
day will bo foitunato, but prone to false
hood Avoid letters
Tuesday, Fob 23 Sun In opposition to
Jupltoi Weather m'ld. A child boin
on this day will have an unfoitunate
career Sell In the afternoon.
Wednesday, Feb 21 Venus btqulntllo
to Hcischal Weathei cold and unset
tled. A child born on this da will bo
unfoitunate. Negotiate all business be
fore 1 o'clock p 111
Thill aday, Fob. 25 Moon In opposition
to Mais Weather stormy. A child
Foi 11 on this day will be fond of pleas
uie and squandei Its money. Court and
marry
Tiiday, Feb. 20 Neptune stationery
Cold and stoimy A child born on this
day will be very unfoitunate. Seek em
ployment befc-o noon
fsatuiday, Feb 27 Weathei stoimy A
child bom on this day will bo careless
and unfoitunate. Sell, avoid women and
ask no favois
a
TOLD BV THE STARS.
Dnily Horoieopo Urnvvn h Aincclms,
The Tribnno Astrologer.
Attiolabe ea3t: 2 23 a m, for Saturday,
Feb 20, 1S97.
& CY Eh
A chl'd bo-n on th's day will notice
that the Ameiicn navy Is all light when
It can be kept away from the watei.
Governoi Hastings evidently believes
that, fo long us quarteis can bo secured
for tho legislature, thoio is no use foi
additional committees to supei intend
buildings foi th,e feeblo minded.
General contempt for tho human race Is
often Intensified by efforts of people who
do not uttoi any thing but talk.
It Is evident thnt tho opinions of Attor
neys Duggan and Dawson nio widely di
versified on tho subject ot Uluckwaluut
legal fees.
Como to think of It, In this vicinity
country clubs are not in it with city clubs
after all.
Ajacchiib' Advice.
Don't throw mud. Your hands will bo
como dlity.
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