THE SCRANTOIn TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, AEAROJI 17, 1S07. 0c cranfon CriBune li.ll j hiid Weekly. NoSuuJay UJItloti. I'ubllslieil ut Scraettuti, la by TIib Tribune Publishing Company. twn York ltciiresctituUvc! nuNit a cm ay en. Itoom 43, Trlbuno IlnlldliiK, Now York Cits'. lilTIRtD AT TUB rOSTOrPICB AT SCRANTON, PA,. A3 &KC0ND-CI.AB3 MAIL MATTER. SCItANTON, MAHCII 17, 1837. To liisuro publication In this paper, volunteered communications ot a con trovnrplnl character MUST HH SIONMU VOH PUUMCATION' by th'J writer's true name. To tills just rule wo cannot hereafter tnako exception. A Sure Recipe for Local Prosperity. "With "moving day" nlpli It seems not inopportune to sup;se!"t to Scrantonlnns ''uutuinplatlnt; ft cliuiiKe of resldeneo uiul liuturnlly some additions to their stock of furniture-, carpets, etc., that tht? proper plnre to buy these ai tides of merchandise Is in some of the many excellent stores of Seranton and not In New York or Philadelphia. It Is un old story, this penchant of the well-to-do iSerantonlan for out-of-town stores, and It may lie that correction of It Is out of the question; yet we can not disbelieve that much of this for eign buying: Is the result wholly of thoughtless Ijablt which may by argu ment be overcome. A few days ago announcement was made of the closing throtiu.li financial embarrassment of one of the ieudluir carpet and drapery stores of Bcruuton. The oimiulzer of this firm bus been for many years a respected and honorable- merchant In this city, and when Ills reverso was announced a merely temporary one, we trust we hundred of a competitor In that Hue of trade how he accounted for It. The reiily was "Ovoi competition, duo to the fact that niuo-tenths of the wealthier citi zens of Krranton do their shopping1 in New York." If tiuo in this one Instance, may we not safely assume that foreign buying Is a large cause of depression in other local lines of business as well'.' I'liou the occasion of a recent visit to New Yolk not, however, for the purposo of snirehaslng what .could be secured quite as reasonably In Scran ton a representative of The Tilbune witnessed In one hotel the registration of eighteen prominent Scrantonians, who, with their wives, had Journeyed to the metropolis "to do their spring buying." These citizens were not pur chasing supplies for stores; they were buying individual household supplies, such as clothing, carpets, furniture, etc. One of the paity hud been in the city three days, paying at least $10 a. day for hotel accommodations and perhaps as much more for mis cellaneous expenses. Ills uuiohases cost well Into the hundreds. Any one with a fondness for mathe matics who will take a pencil and es timate the total outlay of this slnirle corps of thirty-two Seranton shoppers "doing their spring buying" in New York, can from that basis figure out a tolerably close guess at the aggre gate sum of money annually diverted by this pernicious habit from local channels of business. We shouldn't be surprised If more limn $1,00U,U(H) were thus subtracted. At all events, the total Is u -laige one, and If It could be kept wheiu It belongs, it would make the very mateilal difference but ween local prosperity and depression In tiadu circles. Everybody now appears to desire the return of good times. The whole talk of the country is for It and to expe dite It ,a special session of congress Is now In session. Prosperity throughout the nation Is most desirable; but let us suggest to Serantonlitns that the best way to cause it to be felt In this Im mediate community is not to send the earnings of Seranton lubor or the prof its of Seranton capital off to u dis tant place to be spent for merchandise or stocks or bonds; but to spend it light hen- where it will quickly eet Into the channels of local distribution, helping in the payment of wages, rents, taxes, repairs, enlargements and, eventually, perhaps, profits or divi dends. This is a very simple recipe for prosperity so far ns Seranton Itself Is concerned. Will the intelligent well-to-do citizens of the city have the liatrlotism to udopt it? By a vote of 24 to IS the PeniiRylva- nla senate has decided to " 'Investlgate" the anthracite coal regions. Hud It not better ptoceed also to Inv estjgate the lumber region, the slate farming legions and tlm ous centers of Industilul oi activity? Let us by all in region, the eans have a general show-down. From a New Point of View. There are probably no toilers who come into contact with the general pub lic who receive a greater amount of censuie . and at times actual abuse than the hardworking employes of the 'Traction company.' ' hi' nearly every other wall; of life the servant of the public occasionally lias some re dress, but the street car conductor or motorman Is expected to bear meekly any abuse that may be occasioned by a slight mista$;c on his part or the dys peptio tendencies of the passenger. He is expected to know the location of the home of every resident along his route, and the,. conductor.. who ciinnot. direct; his passenger to any street and number within ten or twelve blocks from his "run" Is regarded as an Idiot by the fussy putron, -The- lady passenger of course Is never supposed to bother her head about location. When sheenters . tin- car she tells the conductor the name of the street at which she wishes to allsht and never tioubles her head further. The car may be full; the con ductor may have a dozen other loca tions to remember and there may be many things to divert IiIb attention. Hut woe betide the unfortunate fare col lector who falls to stop the car at the designated locality! An exhibition of tin peculiarities of fair woman In tills inspect was given sometime ago on the Laurel Hill Hue. A woman entered a cur und ordered the conductor to put her off at n ceitain street. Tim con ductor, evidently new at the business, lorgot until the woman had been cor jlnl a block further. Although this "lady" was In good health, and the duy wan uleasant. she Insisted upon having the car backed n block and stopped in front of her door, threatening all kinds of dire veiigiiinee unless her de mand was eohiplled with. Our attention was called to (mother system of annoyance sometime nun wheieby the motorman of the open cur Is made to suffer. The car was run ning at a rapid rnte when suddenly a woman sitting on one of the scats near the front leaned forward and raised her poised parasol In the air. For un Instant her arm shot out and the point of the umbrella stick struck the motor nuin gquui't-ly under the llftli rib near the spine. "Meuue stop the car," she was about to say, but her voice was drowned by the roar of the car runner who yelled "keep your blunkcty blank old umbrella to homo!" as his hand sought the part of his body that had been speared. The conductor rang the bell, everybody laughed and the wo man alighted evidently very much shocked. "You haven't any Idea of the force a woman can put behind an um brella stick" growled the motorman, us the car moved on. "Why my ribs are sore all summer from Just such pokes given by passengers Who haven't sense enough to turn around and signal to the conductor when they want to get olf." In addition to these annoyances the life of the conductor Is, made burden some by spotters, section superintend ents, and other olllclals who are con stantly endeavoring to detect some one In hi caking tlie rules. This constant vigilance Is of course necessary to dis cipline but it Is often very annoying where misapplied, "t say ," said one of the superintendents to n well known and faithful cunductor the. other day, "why do you continually eat breath lozenges?" "Oh, 1 like 'cm, und they are good for the stomach," was the reply. "You are eating them so that the passengers won't smell beer about you?" "No, sir!" "Will you swear that you are not eating the candy to kill the smell of beer?" "Yes, sir! I will," was the reply, "because I don't drink beer 1 always dtlnk whiskey." "Oct on your car," was all the superintend ent could say, and the conductor con tinues to, take things for his breath, though he always attends strictly to business. "Some fellows get too smart," said a communicative fare collector one day. "You know, one of these fellows re cently got a run on the Green Ktdge line and when night came lie cluimed to hnve foi ty cents too much in ills own iHicket. After asking advice from several car men some one advised him to put the money in an envelope and hand It in at the ofllce. lie did so with a polite note of explanation. "Of course," we replied, "that man got a steady position?" "Not much! They kept the forty cents and bounced him next day. You know," added the story-teller, with a. twinkle In his eye, "in this busi ness It don't do for a fellow to be too honest." Perhaps from a perusal of these Inci dents the average street ear patron will learn to meet the employes of the Trac tion company at least half way In the matter of courtesy, politeness and for bearance. We print this article to show that there ale two sides to every is sue. Tlie nation Is Infoiined, by cable all the way from London, that President .McKlnley "Impresses" Oeoige W. Smulley "with confidence." Now let the procession proceed. Education and Agriculture. The fialveston News considers the present rush of the bright young men of the rural districts to the cities and druws tlie conclusion that there Is need In this country of Illiterate Immlirra tloii in order to sustain u peasant class. This Is a philosophy eminently Southern. Put the News overlooks two Important facts. One Is that the more Ignoran: the Inimlgiant, the greater Is the probability that he will add him self to the already congested urban population; and the other Is. that tin best farmers that came to us from the old world come from such countries as Ciermuny and Scandinavia, where the percentage of Illiteracy Is lowest. When the News charges that "the vices, extravagances, blandishments,' and glitter of urban life are absorbing the native energy and manhood of the farms Just In the proportion that edu cation is diffused In rural districts," It utters one of those half truths which, according to the proverb, are more mendacious than an equal number of whole lies, It Is true that enlighten ment leads usually to unrest, which eventually produces a change in social conditions. And that style of educa tion which locates all its heroes In dress suits and pictures .its HI Dorados exclusively as cities made up of brown stone fronts may, Indeed, have the ef fect on the farmer boy to fill his mind with dreams of in ban conquest and thus be Instrumental In accelerating the drift of population from country to city. But Just as the Imagination of the rustic youth Is by this means fired with Ideal conceptions of urban superl oilty so will It soon be noticed, by a law of compensation which In the long run never falls, that the starved and anaemic child of the flat, tenement or gutter will come to entertain similar longings for the freer life and purer atmosphere of the farm. The swinging of the pendulum In one direction Insures an eiiuul move ment. In due season, toward the oppo s'lte side. When tlie cities get so full of foolish farmers' boys that It will be more profitable, more comfortable nrid more respectable for them to turn backward toward the old homestead, they will go back, hi other words, this problem of the distribution of popula tion will regulate Itself, and It will never become necessary to Imanrt an agricultural class to be bound down to the soil by chains ot llllterac;', Fur thermore and finally, It Isn't juosslble In a republic to build an enduring so cial structure on foundations of Ignor ance. Here Is tlie strongest word which tlie New York Sun lias said In opposi tion to the arbitration treaty, and It comes from Its London correspondent: "The cold, calculating diplomacy which looks on Indifferently while a helpless nice Is mussacred in Armenia und then turns its guns upon u Christian people trying to throw off a yoke of tyranny In Crete, Is not entitled to be taken in stantly at Its word when it brings for ward a magnanimous scheme for set tling all Its quartets with America by ! utbltrntlon." Hut us u matter of fact ' It was not HtiRlanil but the Tnltcd States which brought this scheme for ward. Ale we to repudiate our own wink? There Is a flavor of humor In Hpenk er heed's remaik to the house, upon accepting Its re-election of him to she speakership: "I cannot, having hud experience, expect to please all of yoii always, but 1 do hope, with your as sistance and your kind forbeanmce, to administer Justice to each member and to both sides ot the chamber un der tlie rules established by the house of representatives, without fear, favor or the hope of tewurd." Hut lias he not already had his reward in ills virtually unanimous re-election? It Is evident these days that the gov ernor of Pennsylvania tins decided to exercise the functions of his ollice ac cording to his own Ideas of right policy and without regard to factional Inter ests. It Is well. Tomorrow morning's Tilbune will announce the icsltlt of today's debate at Carson City and then we hope to be spared the necessity of further adver tising two notorious fakers. The Lotus magazlnelet expects to meet the Princess de Chlmay In "the pages of romance." Nof If Anthony Comstocl: knows of it. The latest brilliant idea Is ti bill, and at Albany, too, to prevent the wealing of tights. One taxing bald heads is next In order. SPEAKER REED. From the Philadelphia Ledger. The re-election of Thomas H. Heed to the Speakership of the house of representatives- wns a proper tribute to the ability und bioad statesmanship of the masterful commoner who discharged thu duties of this position so acceptably in previous congresses. Resourceful, fear less und singularly endowed to preside over the popular brunch of congress, the country has the ussurunce time under his direction the business of the house will be conducted with dispatch and that the will of the majority will be fm undated .in legislation as it should be under demo cratic government. None will dispute the pilnuiuy of Jlr. Heed In the counsels of his party, und nolle will chullenge the wisdom of the Republican representa tives In again elevating him to the speak ership. They could have tukeli no other action without self-stultlllcutlon und with out defeating the choice of un overwhelm ing mujoiity of Republican voteis. .Mr. Reed has been In public life for thiity years, und In every sphere of duty to which he bus been assigned he husj dis played signal ability and adaptability. iHs constituency have wisely kept him in congress tor more tliun twenty yeurs, giving to the nation during un extiemely Important period of Its history one of the most accomplished paiiiumelituiiuns tlie country bus produced. It Is said that imitation is tlie slncerest flattery. The truth of the aphorism was forcefully Illustrated when the Democrats of the house udopted hx famous quorum-counting tiding enfoiced by him against stren uous Democratic protestation in the Flfty tlisl congress. Thu ruling was founded upon common sense and without Us courageous execution the house would have lemulned subject to the vexatious delays with which a stiong minority could postpone or defeat Important legislation. An admlilng biographer of the speaker, wilting In the New York Tilbune, ob serves us to this biilllunt passage in Mr. Reed's career: "Seven yeurs have passed since the majority of the house was emancipated from the bondage of the mlnoilty by the bold uct of a linn 'and courageous speaker, and the member who should htai.d up In that body today und propose to lestoie the old older of things would be regal ded with pitying derision." 'lids ruling Is sulllclently- Illustrative of the fibre, llrmncss, courage und knowl edge of the fundamental principles of stuteciaft which have churucteilzed Mr. Reed while admlidsteilng the responsible 1 1 list of the s-peakeishlp; and these, are traits which compel thu i aspect of puitl san foes when the resentments of the mo ment have cooled. The lesolutlon of thanks unanimously passed at the cloe of the last congress was a heartfelt recog nition of Mr. Reed's impartiality and ability us a presiding otllcer and of Ills s telling statesmanship. No living Republican has been more In fluential than Speaker Reed In moulding the politics of his party, (lifted with con vincing, ti enchant und epigrammatic speech, he has long bpen an invaluable champion of Republicanism, und hi addresses have contributed powerfully to Republican sucres. His presentation of political Issues Is of u character which arrests attention and sways the judgment. Few American statesmen have excelled him In keenness of retoit when the exi gencies of debate require the use of this sharp weapon. His self poise In every emergency of debate is admirable. He bus the quullty of u great lender, whether his party be in the majority or In the mi nority. He Is certain lo play a manly and useful role In the present congress. tiii: coixe or cuovkk. A Scrantonlan now lesldlng In Alle gheny county, remembering how, four yeurs ago the Democrats dlng-dunged and wore threadbare their favorite song, re vised the words as follows to .suit the present: TH'O WAY TO SINC, IT NOW, (Same Tune.) drover! Orover! We want no more of Orover. Out he gets, without regrets, And we're glad It's over. It llrst appeared In the Pittsburg Chron-kie-Telegtuph, at inauguration time, und bus been widely copied by other papers, Tin: whauixc; or tiii: t;uni:x. He laid his blackened pipe aside, A moisture dimmed his eye And made Its blue as soft a hua As Apt It's misty sky. The morning frost wns on his beard, The winds of March were keen. Hut all his heart was warmed to hear The "Wealing of the Green." The burden of his years of toil Was lifted from his back: His furrowed cheek was smooth and young, Ills mizzled hair was black. The silken Hags and snowy plumes ' They passed him ull unseen; He walked again where Hist he sung The' "Wealing of the Green." The mossy rocks and rugged glens Sent back his voice ugaln, And Mary, in her cabin door, Took up Hip sad lefraln. She had u shanuock In her breast, The kerchief's fold between, And i odder tips have never trilled The "Wearing ot the Green." Ills Mury's old and feeble now. Her scanty lockn ure white; She dozes by the Hie all day And grumbles half the night. Hut they uie wedded lovers yet, And on eueh other lean, And still she hums, In quaveilng tones, The "Weurlng of tlm Green." ' Come sun or shadow, once u year The bands uie sere to play The good old tune, the dear did tune, Ppon Saint Patrick's Day. "lis like o breath from bog and hill, Though oceans loll between; 'TIs sweet to every exile's ear The "Weurlng of the Green." Minna Irving In Leslie's Weekly. WO.IIKN IX POLITICS. Prom the Philadelphia Leilger. Iloyt's eutlrlail comedy, "A I'oiitentP.l Woiiiiin," iw declared on the piotsi'iiiume to be n reprt.cntiitloii mil of uetuillltlix, but only of possibilities, In Denver poiul clI life, The ptoly of tlie Populist UKcf Inn In Unit eltv on Hatttriluy, however, In dicates tluil the stage picture was ruber under than overdrawn. The agRles-mc-ne? of the slroiig-mliideil women III tlu play who undertook to "purify polities" and the unpleasant experience til the pnlln of the woman ciindliliite for mayor were more limn realized In the actual convn Hon, If tlm press reports tell the tni'ii. Men nnd women, we nru told, vlort with each other in using bad language and tell ing tilings about each other which Wire probably true, but certainly not compli mentary, uiul .when words led to blows the women did their share, two of tli-m tearing out most of n man's beard us a climax to the performance. The episode It not to be charged to the advent of wo men In politics, but It manllrstty des not show that she iiecessatlly i.;irlflei polllh-s to any great extent. It simply demon strates the patent fact that there-are bud women as well as good ones, ami as the same distinction elHt among men, the inference Is that something more than the meie participation of women Is needed to pin If y politics. KATII'Y Till: THKATV. From te A!too'a Tribune. 'Che truth Is that Uieat Hrltaln and the I'iiIipiI States, the pioneers of Anglo Saxon civilization and the leaders or free dom, should not permit their own folly and the malice of enemies to hold them at arms' length uny longer. They have too much In common and the majority of their people ale so united by ties of blood nnd Interest that It ought to bo very easy for thmi to become the pio neers In thu sensible national departure which will make an end of war, save in Isolated Instances and mulci' peculiar provocutloif, and bring In the reign of the peace of f!od. It Is very gratifying to observe that President McKlnley has en dorsed the arbitration treaty In lnng'l.ige as unreserved and eiitliustnptlc us Ids pre decessor, and It Is llliuil to be hoped that the senate will speedily ratify It, "iib Ktuiillally as It came from the hands of Lotd Salisbury and 'Mr. Oliit-y. The adoption of such u Splendid policy will lead other nn limit to fall Into line, slow ly It may be, but surely, and the twen tieth century will not close until shill ing armies have been disbanded and th. danger of war made very l emote. that vihciii:l i,iei;xsi: nurbondale Herald: The strictures ot the Rev. Joseph K. Dixon on the Lack nwnnna Judges are not altogether iimlp seived. It seems1 to us that the Peiin Avenue Haptlsts should have been accord ed the same considerations as the oth-r churches would have received. And It Is evident that they weie not. Wllkes-Harre Record: What explana tion the Judges of Lackawanna will make for grunting a license next door to one of the most prominent churches In Seran ton, and agulnst such pronounced evi dence thu the place Is u nuisance, Is not easily conjectured. Dr. Dixon Is evident ly determined to give the uffalr all the prominence In his power, und It Is safe to say that he will have the syniputhy of the church people generally In the com munity. TWO .MKX IX CAltSOX crr.y. Because In Carson City Two men ure going ito light, You hear It in the morning. You heur it In the night, You hear It on the corners, You heur It on the cars; And men not too befuddled .May hear it at the bars. i You hear It In the big hoteH 'And in the smull cafes, Discussed by merehulit princes, By Solomons and jays; The II rut thing In the morning, The lust thing In the night, That out in Carson City Two men uio going to tight. Becuuse In Carson City Two men, aiu going to light, The country doesn't icst by day Nor sleep u wink at night. And men who lately thirsted To go to war with Spuln Ale walking out to Carsou Or waiting for the train. Of aibitiatlon treaties Men never say a word; Of tailff plans and silver bills No syllable Is heard. The turbuned Turk, the men of Greece And Crete are lost to sight, Because In Carson City Two men aio going to light. F. P. Burns, In Boston Globe. ere is Always emand for goods at a resouable price that will GIVE SATISFACTION We have just received a new line of JAPANESE Jill at Moderate Prices). THE Qermons, Ferber, O'Malley Co. 423 Lackawanna Avz. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY REPAIRED BY SKILLED WORKMEN, THE ' LACKAWANNA LUBRICATING CO, 1212 CAPOUSE AVE, SCRANTON. NANSEN'S UlilOAT HOOK, FARTHEST NORTH, Iteuily .Mtirch ju. I.euve Vour Order Now. BEIDLEMAN, THE BOOKMAN, 4U7 Spruce Bt., Opp. The Commonwealth, Ti) !aB Pill hi fa 2aP li 3 RyHw (Handsome Black Weaves.) ' c v Fresh from the 'great foreign makers, stamped with fashion's newest seal. Handsome Brocades with glossy mohair figures; standard weaves of many sorts, all priced for quick selling: ' A line of 54-inch Etamine Cloths, 50 Cents. Seven Choice Designs in 45-inch Brocade's, 75 Cents. Several New Effects in 45-inch Canvas Cloths, 98 Cents. Exquisite Silk Finish Mohair Brocades, 50 inches wide, $1.25. Hardly know where to begin; just as hard to know where to stop. This fact, how ever, stands out prominent, your gown buying, will be easy. No better time than now to make a selection. The cream of this season's productions await your verdict. Silk and Wool Novelties, 34 inches wide, 25 Cents. Broadhead Novelties, 38 inches wide, 39 Cents. Self-Colored and Changeable Crepons, 49 Cents. And Hany Other French and German Novelties, from $7, $5 to $1.50. Oo Hot Furoiiase a Wheel Until You See m MANUFACTURED 11Y S. G. BARKER I S Can't Think, no matter how hard I try, of a better place to buy my office and business sta tionery, blank books, type-writer's supplies, etc., than at Reynolds Bros. They have a large stock In every line to choose from, and you never can beat them on price on the down scale; and we also cany In stock a complete lino of drauglitfmen's supplies. Reynolds Bros. Stationers anil Engrav. Hi, HOTIU. JHRA1YN UUILDINti. ll.v tlie use or my new local iiiineMlirtlc. NO Kleep-proillieliiii ngeiit. Ii Is sluiil. npplleil to tin uiuiti uml the tooth eMraeleil without u panicle of pal u. All other ilentul operutiuiis performed po-.!- lieiy wiiiuiiu pin it. II IL WARRANTED 0 YEARS. These are the sinue teeth other ilentlst-. elmitju lioin feitu to isv!5 u svt for. TEETH WITHOUT PLATES. Colli mill I'nreeluln Crowns; Hold, Mlvei uml Cement l'lllliis, ut one-hull- the Usual cost. lJMimlliutloli lire. Upeli evflllug 7 to b. tiuuiluyi U to am, in, BR. BARRETT, DENTIST 316 Spruce Street, Next Dour to Hotel Jeuiiyn. Gffifi Vr$pi$f' I5 -vA sftmr-isSm JUS!' liyQf v jtwjjl' (bo ru c VU. VZS, jp Goods Sms&sS&Ssm & SON. FOR i!S 10 IB BUSINESS. We do as we advertise. We allow no misrepresentation. We have the only es tablishment of its kind in the city. We Carry Different iJ' All of which are the very latest and most select designs. Oi W KMAHfP ' And Above All, Our Prices Cannot Be Equaled Anywhere. 427 LACKAWANNA AVENUE, SCRANTON, PA. Seranton, Pa. Over Styles of II FIT o ulL ANLI i J THE TRIBUNE is now prepared to fill or ders for composition on newspapers, books, pamphlets, or other publications at moder ate rates. Aih.re BUSINESS MANAGER.