ff' hx-1' ikjmjr pr, &fj( -y -" t 'i THE SORAITTOIn TRrBtnTE-MOlTDAY MOItNlNG JULY 12, 1807, nil) sod Wklr. W Sundr I&lltlon. By The Tribune Publishing Company. WILLIAM CONNELL, I'reotdent. cw Yetk flpref ntatlre! FIIANK R. OIIAY 00, Boom 4 Trlbnn Jtiilldlnc, Nr York CUr. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : Daily 50 cents n month. Weekly $1.00 a year 4KTIBID at TM rOSTOrrtOS AT BOBANTOH. PA. AS C100RD-CtAS3 MAIL UATTin. SCRANTON, JULY 12, 1897. The tomporary shutting oft of Scran ton's water Biipply frivcs citizens a chance to appreciate that service. Dut they could appreciate It oven more If advance notification wero given of these Interruptions. Senator Quay Reconsiders. Tho Inner meaning of Senator Quay's sudden visit to Uarrlsuurg, conference with tho governor and announcement that despite former predictions to tho contrary he would be a candidate for ro-electlon Is as yet a matter of con jecture. That there Is a motive of some urgency can hardly ho doubted In view of tho euddenncs-s and dramatic fea tures of the reconsideration. Be this as It may, the news will bo welcome both to friends and foes. To friends It will Indicate the retention In political leadership In Pennsylvania of Incomparably tho ablest and shrewdest politician of his generation, and the continuance at Washington of the ad vantages accruing to Pennsylvania business and political Interests from Colonel Quay's prestige among the powers that be. To foes, on the other hand, It will afford a fair and early challenge to combat. Not a member of the next legislature has yet been nominated or even considered seriously for the nomi nation. The field Is clear for a fight to tho finish. Those who derive pleasure from wrestling with Quaylsm now have the chance of a lifetime to grapple with its arch representative In person, under conditions which must make the vic tory decisive. They, too, must therefore le glad for such a chance. It Is well to have the matter frankly presented In abundant time to permit the people to pass deliberate Judgment. It has been estimated that Ameri cans pay 150,000.000 annually for soda water. It Is an open question whether they get the worth of their money. Tie Core of a drent Problem. It Is a significant and a hopeful fact that the keynote of President Skinner's address In opening the Milwaukee con vention of public school teachers tho need of better character training In the common schools has pervaded most of tho deliberations of that assemblage and has gained a largeraudlence among the people than perhaps ever before. If the average American whose time Is almost wholly engrossed In business cares would pause long enough to think what better character development means; what it means In a cleaner and purer society, what it means In a more honest and effective government, what it means for tho uplifting of all our standards of thinking and of living, and how. without It, the experiment which, we call the United States must gradually sink into corruption, injus tice and decay, It Is possible that ho would then ask himself if it be not worth while to try to make of our state-euppirted schools better and safer nurseries of good citizenship. This lessor, was strongly impressed in a speech made before the National Educational association last Thursday by Rev. Lyman Abbott. It was a plea for greater attention to the humanities in the work and influences of the pub lic schools. "If," said he, "the state has the right to educate nt all, it has the right to educate in all that Is good. This education must have all the ele ment of life to make good citizens. A good citizen must be able to understand his fellow citizen. He must know the English language. He must know how to express himself to his follow citizens. Ho must be able to write. He must know something of history, geography, the great thoughts of the great think ers, and he must know enough of the arts and sciences to be able to earn a living. These, however, are not ull the essentials. We must act and do. All life is made up in conduct. Man must learn to govsrn himself. His motive powers must be educated as well as his think ing powers or he will not become a good citizen. What Is good govern ment? Government is a profoundly re ligious function. Tho people must know what Justice and mercy are. They must know what the duties of this gov ernment are toward other nations, to ward those who are being buried under the sod by bayonets in Cuba. They must know how to act when Armenian massacres occur. They must Know the great Immutable laws of right and wrong." Unlike some students of this theme, Dr. Abbott does not tremble at the thought of religion getting Into the pub lic schools; but he wants the religion which gets in to be pure. "When I read," says he, "of 200 Jynchlngs In this country last year, when I see tramps increasing on one hand and multt-mll-llonaires growing In numbers on the other hand, when I find criminals are multiplying, I feel we ought to have more religion in tho character of our citizens. Do not misunderstand me. I do not plead for public worship in tho public schools. I vote against it. It is not the function of the state to carry on religious worship in the schools. I do not plead for a perfunctory reading of the bible. Wo are fighting too much perfunctory reading In tho schools al ready. I am not pleading for theologi cal tenets. Theso are not essential to good citizenship in this life. No Roman Catholic will aver that a Protestant wili not make a good citizen. No in telligent Protestant will-say this of a Roman Catholic, and both believe the Jews make good citizens. I am not pleading for the bible. I am pleading for training in righteous ways. I main tain that If the state has tho right to provide self-education It has tho right to provldo all tho elements for self government. Children ought to get a practical training In Justice, mercy, truth, faith, hope, love and goodness. Son .teachers cannot teach thoroughly without teaching religion. To mako tho children boo tho light In tho lltcra turo which burned In tho great authors Is not this teaching religion? If re ligion Is shut off from the schools then training will ceaso to bo sclcntlfla and will become empirical, and Instond of having men strong and women nuro we will havo nothing but cultured par rot" This pointed talk uncovers tho very vitals of tho problem of true cdcuatlon. Of mere smartness wo have already an abundanco In this country too much, It seems, when we view tho manifesta tions of It as often In crime nnd roguery ns in honest enterprise. It Is not, after all, essential that tho average pupil should come out of school with head full of book-learning. Algebra will not bring ono a living. Psychology and physics seldom aid ono In his search for remunerative employment. When the average man has need of information on theso subjects ho can derive it from books or hlro a specialist. But it is fundamentally necessary and Impera tive for every good Interest of civiliza tion that tho human output of our schools should be sound In their Ideas of morals, Inclined toward instincts Which aro puro and ennobling, nnd broadened and strengthened and up lifted in their Ideals and aspirations. Until tho heart and tho soul of tho pupil slmro equally with tho mind In tho culture-processes of tho school room, our vaunted system of public In struction will remain In great degree a farce and tho level of our morals, in business, politics and social relations is more likely to fall than to rl&e. The pith of Japan's reply to Secretary Sherman Is that International law doesn't count. Japan will know better In time. Bearding the Lion. We arcs likely soon to havr in the neighboring state of Ohio, a demon stration whether the voting public distrusts or admires a candidate for ofllco who has the courage of his con victions. To the general and thread bare charge that Mark Hanna Is a tool of tho trusts, the Populists of the Uuckeye state aro adding the specifi cation that It was Hanna who knocked the anti-trust amendment out of the Dlngley lilll; and, curious to note, Mr. Hanna dorsn't deny It. "They charge mo," s.ay3 he, "with being the friend of trusts and corpora tions. Well, I am not afraid to take the odium of being a friend to the business Interests of this country, it there is any odium attached to it. I am not a defender of trusts in the sense that I want to perpetuate any monopolies or uphold any oppression. Hut a great deal of this anti-trust talk Is demegogism pure and simple It comes from men who do not know what they are talking about, men who are full of theory, but who would not know a business operation if they met it walking down tho street. Theso men who howl about trusts and mako themselves believe they arc friends of tho people and that thoy are winning popularity bv hucIi a course simplv bow to whet they think Is a popular prejudice nnd mako war on tho busi ness interests. Tho best lawyers In tho senate say it is Impossible to frame a stronger anti-trust law than tho Sherman act. If we go further than that we simply persecute business and interfere with tho rights of property. "I am wlllins to go beforo th'e peo ple of Ohio," continues Mr. Hanna, "as a senator who is courageous enough to stand out against the prevalent crazo for calling business a trust awl at tacking it throuch tho statute hooks. If they toy I killed off anti-trust amendments proposed to the tariff bill they say truly. I used what In fluence I had to put a stop to insincere efforts to mako political capital for certain people by bringing amendments which they knew very well had no earthly show of passage, but which were designed to 'put the Republicans in a hole' and give tho Democrats something to talk about In the coming campaign. There was not tho slightest chance of perfecting any legislation of value concerning trusts, and the men who brought In these propositions knew it." This is bearding the lion with a ven geance; but wo aro not sure that It will hurt Hanna. l"n all likelihood the public has grown somewhat sick of the depiagoglsm and theatrical gallery-playing which has lately charac terized much of the political treat ment of this general subject of wealth and enterprise. The ono extreme of In discriminate and affected denunciation Is quite as vicious as the other, and it would contribute to rational thinking on this topic If tho common sense of the intelligent voters of Ohio would rally to Senator Hanna's support and re elect him by a mnjorlty big enough effectually to rebuko the knaves and fakers In politics. Private advices from Cuba are to the effect that both sides are tired of the fight and hope soon to compromise. But If Cubans compromise this time, it will bo by taking tho oyster and plvng Spalu tho shell. Autonomy of tho real sort would be simply tho fore runner of absolute and unconditional independence. . One of Uepcw's Best Jokes. One of the best hits made by Ameri cans in London during the Jubilee was scored by Chauncey M. Depew with a now adaptation of what Is known among his Intimates as the crematory joke. Speaking on tho evening of the naval parade Mr. Depew said; "The spectacle of the day has given to other Americans and myself an ex traordinary exhibition of tho gigan tic and world-wide power of Great Itrltlan. It it were for the purpose of awing us and keeping us in peaceful liaMts it has produced ait Impression. When I look at America's little fleet represented hero only by the cruiser Brooklyn, it reminds me of an Ameri can story of two old ladieB who were discussing the misfortunes and chances of life. One was a spinster and the other had been threo times married, and each of her husbands had been In turn cremated, whereupon the spinster remarked: "How marvelous and ln scrutablo are the ways of Providence, Here have I been for sixty years seek ing a husband and you have had hus bands to burn.'" In the history of our naval boul with England the anecdote Is boras out. England has always had "ships to burn," and Amorlcans havo burned them. Hon. M. A. Foltz, of Chambersburg, Pn Is receiving congratulations upon tho fact that his sixtieth birthday, wheh befel (ho other day, coincided with tho twenty-ninth birthday of his excellent newspaper, Public Opinion. Tho Tribune, which considers Publlo Opinion ono of tho best weekly Jour nals In tho country and esteems Its gifted and courteous editor ns one of tho most successful nnd conscientious workers In tho field of Pennsylvania Journalism, wishes, oven If a littlo late, to contribute its quota to tho expres sions of good will which that Inter esting coincidence has elicited. Tho sensational papers aro now reilr in? President Wilbur of tho Lehigh Valley Railroad company almost with the same regularity of re-Iteration that they wero onco wont to djwn Senator Quay. Evidently real news Is scarce. Tho process of flushing asphalt pave ments has Just been introduced In New York. It certainly is a better method of street cleaning than disseminating tho dust filth and disease germs by means of dry brooms. lho Michigan Colonel Sellers who Is urging the formation of a now party Is evidently determined to live up to the fcuggestlveness of his name. Gossip at tlhe Capital Special Correspondence of Tho Tribune. Washington, July 11. Thcro Is every reason for believing tlint ex-Congressman Sibley will be tho gubernatorial nomlneo of tho Democrats of Pennsylvania next year. There urt many ieason why he should bo their standard bearer, the principal ono or which is that he was the original free silver Democrat In that state. If Mlver Is to be the issuo in Pennsylvania next year Mr. Sibley is tho logical candidate. Ho Is not only tne bost campaigner In K.e Democrutlc party, but he Is rich and Is not afraid to spend his money even for a lost caue. Mr. Sibley was one of tho orators at the Fourth of July celebration held in this city last week under the auspices of the National Democratic association He stirred the hearts of tho faithful by de claring that sliver was still tho issue, and would contintio to be the lsue until that metal was placed on a basis of 1G to 1. After tho meeting a lirgo number of prominent sliver Democrats In congress called on Mr. Sibley at his hotel and urP.l him to keep up the silver agitation In Pennsylvania, and also to accept the subcmatoilal t-r mlnatlon next year. They all pledged him their support In tho campaign. The plan of the s-ilverltes, .s to tend leading orators from various states Into ocry county in Pennsyl vania rext j car, and stampede tho voters Into voting for the Democratic-silver can dldatca for governor, tho legislature and congress. Thev btlleve that with a fam ily row in tho Republican party there will be a good chance of carrying the state for hllver, thus capturing the chief execu tive, the legislature and an Incieas'jd number of representatives In congress. Tho Democrats of Pennsylvania will no doubt incrcaso their representation in tho next congress by four or live, but as tor their carrying tho lcglslaturo and elect ing a governor they are away otf In their calculations und aro entitled to another guess. Tho next United States senator from that stato will bo a Republican and so will the next governor. Senator Quay will doubtless succeed himself If he wanli to, but who will be tho next Republican governor is now a mere matter of specu lation. At this distance it is almost any man's fight. It Is announced that Charles H. Jones, until a week or two ago editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Silas Hutchlns, owner of the Washington Times, aro shortly to establish two newspapers one In St. Louis and tho other In Kansas City for tho express purpose of aiding freo silver, and booming William Jennings Bryan for the presidency In 1900. Both of theso gentlemen aro ardent freo silver advocates, and aro well known In the newspaper woild. Mr. Hutchlns formerly owned tho Post of this city. Ho is an old St. Loulsan, having teveral yoars ago been connected with newspapers In that city. A few months ago he purchased tho Washington Times, which Is todny tho mouth-pleco of tho silver Democrats in the District of Columbia. Ho Is reputed to bo qulto wealthy, and a successful bus iness man. Mr. Jones was a part owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Mr. Pulitzer, own er of tho New York World, bought his interest a short time ago. For a short time in 1S93 Mr. Jones was managing ed itor of the New York World. Ho was so erratic, however, that even tho sensa tional Pulitzer had to dlspenso with his services. Just why Messrs, Jones and Hutchlns should establish two freo sliver organs in one state, particularly In a state which hardly needs their services, Is beyond tho comprehension of politicians here. In the lost campaign, however, the leading Democratic papers in Missouri did not support tho Chicago platform and Mr. Bryan with any degree of enthusiasm, and for that reason, probably, Messrs. Jones and Hutchlns aro of tho opinion that that stato is a good field for mis sionary work. Hiram ledge. No. 21, A. I and A. M Winchester, Va whero President Mc Kinley was trade a Mason, toward the close of tho war, has had some beautiful views taken and sent to tho president. Theso views show tho ctorlor of tho old building In which tho lodge was located, and tho interior of tho lodgo rooms, In cluding a photograph of tho old wooden stairway which the president trod to reach the lodgo room. The building is two stories high. Tho first floor Is now used for a barber shop and restaurant. Tho lodgo now has more pretentious quar ters, but tho rhotographs aro moro In teresting to tho president than would bo tho pictures of th3 new building. The photogrnphs aro bound In tho finest mor occo, and aro in ono book. Some time ago a delegation from tho lodgo came hero to invito tho president to renew his acquaintance with Winchester by at tending tho fair there this fall. Two of tho members of tho delegation assisted in tho Initiation of tho president. John Russell Young, the recently ap pointed librarian of congress, is having his own troubles. Ho has about loo ap pointments to make when the library Is removed to its now building Just east of the capltol. For these places there are more than G.000 applicants. As tho distri bution of patronago Is a new thing to Mr. Young he is In a dilemma. Ho In tends to take his time In selecting his as. slstants, and will make no appointment excopt on assurances of fitness. After tho places are filled thoy will be put under tho protecting wing of civil service. Mr. Young has decided to appoint Thomas O. Alvord, Jr., formerly chief of tho New York World bureau in Washington, to a responsible and poed paying position in tho library. A story Is going tho rounds of tho coun try to the effect that tho makers of tablets marking historical spots In Chattanooga park in Tennessee havo put the name of a car and foundry company, "H, Clay Evans, proprietor," on nearly every tab. lot that has Bono in thli national park, Mr. Evans denies the story most em phatically, and says that the name of tho maker has only been placed on four tab lets to commemorate the battle of Chat tanooga, and they nro on prlavto proper ty In that city. FOR PESSIMISTS ONLY. From tho Springfield Republican. Tho ntsslmlAts who in commencement or Independence-day orations saw little nopo ror tho republic, s.nouui rememour theso things; Other nations havo a fu ture no brlchter than ours. Franco has a declining population, showing exhausted vitality. Oho has the ablest political cor ruptlonlsts in tho world: shoala of an archists who occasionally indulge In pis tol pract co at tho president; socialism constantly knocking at tho doors; whllo in foreign politics she is araggcu arounu by tho Muscovite, the hopeless victim of a national enmity which sho ought to ovcrcomo and control; nnd Germany may bo compared to n trunk packed with dy namite. With the most formldablo so cialistic party to bo found in any coun try, tho liberty of hpr citizens has al most icached tho vanishing point. Tho young empeior tits on the trunk, sword In hand, but a llttla Jar may blow him Into eternity, Russia, the country of despotism un tempered and unshorn, has had her nihll IstB and, If her future bo not one of ad vancing civilization, sho will have them again. Great wars, meantime, may oc cupy her energies, but thon will come the strueclo of the neonlo themselves for the mastery at home. The Austrian empire is a cauldron of Jealous and antagonistic races. Italy, capped of strongth by the feud of church and state, impoverished, discouraged, sends hosts of emigrants to America, but those few sho plants undor Kalian protection in Abyssinia are quick ly exterminated, or left to die. Even Eng land proud and stately Kngianj naa "problems" to face. Sho has monopolies and trusts, daises and maeses nnd multi millionaires. She has her Ireland, wnicn saw nothing to celebrate In the queen's 00 years' reign; her India, now strangely nnd violently agitated by bloody riots, filling all persons In authority witn reel ings of deepest nlaim. Most rcmarkablo of all, the imperial, even th'e national, exlstenca Is bc'.loved by Englishmen to depend absolutely upon the number and tonnago of the war chips each year added to the royal navy. And fancy an empire resting upon things of steel and ma chinery that plow tho seal The next in vention may bo its death blow. o But tho United States is not declining in population; is not being dragged around by somo other power; Is no com blnatlon of a youthful despot and a can of dynamite; Is not made up of jealous and Irreconcilable races; has no inher ited problem of church and state; has no great, religious possession: and its ter ritorial integrity no moro depends upon tho number of war ships tho country owns than upon Its lighthouses or moun tain peaks. We may undergo startling, disturbing changes. But remember that England chopped oft the head of Charles I and survived. They drove tho Stuarts out of tho country, imported a new line of royalty and still live. France be headed Louis XVI and did several other things the historians love to tell about, and Franca remains. Even terrlblo events can happen, which God forbid, yet chaos does not necessarily como on that account. In somo of tho worst hours of tho French revolution the theaters were packed and the people smoked, laughed and chatted on tho boulevards In tho darkest days of the civil war things went on as usual In these parts. The stores opened and closed Just tho samo and tho church bells rang on Sunday. All of which simply shows that If the worst our pessimists fear should come to pass civil society would continue. If forms of gov ernment should change tho nation would go on. But we need antlclpato no such con vulsions. Reform wll come, but not vio lent revolution. Tho cover Is always otf and we have abundant room to boll and hiss and pour forth the steam and gaaes of tho national ebullitions. Tho Ameri can has always been an optimist; he should be nn optimist still. So cheer up and take a littlo ride on tho wings of tho morning. Get out of tho cellar of de spair and let the sunburst give you in spiration and hope. All nature changes; for we should die did It not; fresh young life succeeds tho old, and new forms dis place thoso that havo lost the life-giving function. Thcro is but ono thing to fear, which is no change at all. for that always has and always will mean death. THE CARDINAL NECESSITY. From tho Philadelphia Press. If tho failure to create a currency com mission shall lead to disappointment ft will be largely because tho currency ques tion has In so many quarters been pre sented In a fnlso light. It has bosn n mistake to Insist that "currency reform" is tho first and highest need of tho hour, and that until it Is accomplished the battlo for sound money has brought no fruits. Tho transcendent issuo in the bat tlo for sound money was tho mainten ance of tho gold standard. It was tho fight to keep all our currency, whatever its form, as good as gold. That was achieved by tho victory itself. It Is se curo through this administration. It Is tho paramount and vital point. And yet fcomo men and somo newspapers tulk as if nothing had been gained until a measure of "currency reform" is framed and passed! The system of currency can undoubtedly bo improved, but it la not vital that It should be settled this month or next. Wo aro for some revision of tho currency system, but, whatever its faults, it is btlll truo that all our currency is securely fastened to tho gold standaid, and that is the cardinal necessity. BICYCLING IN THE SKY. Away up high in the placid sky Tho planets wero having a spreo, In tho dead of night when tho moon was bright And tho sky from clouds was free, For neighborly Mars told tho sls'er stnis That the Earth was riding a wheel, So they, of a mind, set out to find How blcyclo riders feel. Twas a wonderful sight when Venus bright Let her equilibrium slide, And spun into space at a wonderful pace, With Saturn close at her side. Then old Neptune, as ho winked at tho Moon, In a manner unusually gay, Went out for n spin, and didn't como in Till time for tho dawning of day. They wero all awry up tnere in tho sky When the Morning opened her eyes. And tho daylight saw that natural law Had lost its hold on tho skies. But tho Man In the Moon went to work, and soon Had tho planets tied up to stay, For well he know that It never would do To have wheels on the Milky Wny. -Philadelphia Bulletin. fell wBmmvr TIE CLEMQNS, FEH1BER GOLISHTi w itc Enunndcrcd Sw A chance purchase of a limited quantity of this desirable Hot Weather Fabric will enable us to sell them, long as they last, at 9C0 Per Yardo (see window.) Going Omit of the Carpet Btaslee, Buy them now lay them aside deposit. FINLEY To enable us to dose out our entire line in short order we have cut prices to the lowest notch and will offer every Shirt Waist in stock cheaper than the cost of manu facture. Remember, we carry no low priced or trashy goods at any time, and those mentioned be low comprise the cream of the two most popular brands on the market, viz., the "King" and "Derby" Waists: One lot reduced to 69c. One lot reduced to 85c. One lot reduced to $r.oo. One lot reduced to $1.39. One lot reduced to $1.50. One lot reduced to $2.00. In connection with Shirt Waists, we are showing the finest stock of Belts, and at the right prices. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Try a Triiime The White floymitafle Excellent Cream and frozen In 4 MINUTES with tho IMPROVED WHITE MOUNTAIN FllKEZEU. Buy the best; they are tho cheapest. OTIAIXEY CO., 422 Lackawanna Avsnue Special Sale of SMrt Waists wait Aw. Quick Mums. )pec5al Sale of and save from 30 to for you until wanted, l W .l iMWJw".iN"' HOT WEATHER CLOTHING OUTING AND 00000000 BOYLE & 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. Lewis, RellEy & DavieSo ALWAYS BDSY. SUMMER BARGAINS During July and August IEWIS,REIIIYAYIES WHOLESALE AND ItETAIL. SHOES. SHOES. S, ANNOUNCEMENTS. Printed and engraved promptly at reasonable prices. The stock we use is the very best we can buy. Also Reception, Vis iting and At-Home Cards, Monograms, Addresses, Crests, etc. Reynolds Bros Hotel Jermyn BIdg, Wyoming Ave.. Scranton, Pa. . EAZAAI o 40 per cent. We will upon making a small wuwii j i' 11 j ii. jiQ'! y"!" y?? W HIRT. TRAW HATS MUCKLOW, ) HO Qardee Hose We have Just received our last shipment nnd are now In shape to supply the town with Hose, ranging in price from seven to eighteen cents. We also have the various kinds of lawn sprinklers. We would like to call your attention to our win dow display of i o- Note prices. Better than all others, yet cheaper in price. Also full, line or Gas Btovis. & s HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for tho Wyomlnj District for DUPONT'S POWDER Mining, Blasting, Sporting, Bmokelou and the Hepauno Chemloal Company's HIGH EXPLOSIVES, Safety Fuse, Caps nnd Exploders. Rooms 212, 213 and 214 Commonwealth Building, Scranton. AGENCIES: THOS, FOtlD, rittston JOHN B. SMITH A SON, Flymouta E. W. MULLIGAN, Wllkes-Barra II PLEASANT OAL AT RETAIL. . Coal of tho best quality for domestla ujs and of all sizes, including Buckwheat and BIrdseye, delivered In any part of the city, at tho lowest price Orders received at the Office, first floor. 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