THE 8CRANTON TRIBTWE-TTJESDA.Y MORNING-, AUGUST SI, 1897, 4' XI It) unit Weekly. No 8undr Klttton. Uy The Tribune Pubtlihlnu Company. WILLIAM CONNKLL, Prcidont. SUBSCRIPTION I'RICUt Dally so "nt a month. Weekly Ji' a year. iKtmiD t tiis rosTornm at rchanton. rA., A3 rirONS-CLAES UAH. MATTER. SCnANTON, AttQUST 31. 1807. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. State Treasurer J S. BEACOM, of Westmoreland. Auditor Gcnoral-LEVI O. of Chester. Election day, November 8. M'CAULEY, Resolved, That the platform adopted nt the Nntlonal convention of Democ racy In 1890 he endorsed fully and without reserve." Plank Second In the Platform of tho Lackawanna Democ racy, adopted Aup. 21, 1837. Beware of Speculation. It will, as the Chicago Record polnte ' out, ho most unfortunate for the c6Untry If the too rapid return of prosperity shall brine with It an era of speculation, which In tlmo must be followed Inevitably by another period of panic and disastrous depression. "Since the beginning of the civil war nnd the tremendous Inflation of prices to which It gave rise, speculation," rays tbe Record, "has been a curse to ' the nation. The desire to tret rich hastily has driven from ; ihe minds of a considerable pro portion of the people ordinary consid erations of prudence, and has tended to: develop habits of extravagance nnd reckless methods of doing business. It lind been hoped that the panic of 1S93 would have a healthful Influence In preventing a revival of tho old gambl ing spirit. It was thought that when the country begnn to emerge from the depths of business depression It would build upon secure foundations, and that tho people would seek to accumulate wealth not by sensational coups, but by slow and steady efforts along legiti mate lines. Only so can prosperity be attained that will be permanent and free from the shocks of terrifying panic. "Hut unfortunately the speculative oulrit seems to be In the air again. One reason for Its reappearance Is the sud den manifestation of returning pros perity In certain directions, especially the rapid rise In the prices of wheat. "Within the last few days fortunes have been made by many speculators on the boards of trade. The tendency of all this Is to make some people discon tented with the prospect of getting ahead In the world by steady Industry directed by business prudence, nnd In duces them to cast about for some rapid road to wealth. This leads not only to speculation, but tends as well to blunt the sense of honesty. He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be Innocent. Probably nothing has done so much to foster municipal corrup tion In this country as the spirit of speculation which worships rapid suc , cess In wealth-getting without making any very careful Inquiry as to methods employed In the process. "Tho recent gold discoveries In Al aska and tho Canadian northwest have nlso served to stimulate the spirit of speculation, ns such discoveries nlways do. A few stories from the gold Holds of fabulous wealth speedily acquired do much to unsettle steady business habits nnd make the people easy vls tlms of pluuslblo adventurers. "What tho country needs Is a steady growth on solid foundations of Industry and prudence. An era of speculation ns an accompaniment of returning pros perity must bo deprecated by sober business men." To the unprejudiced and disinterest ed spectator It looks as If tho Hon. William P. Hanlty had Impaled the Hon. John M. Carman on a blade ns keen and true that the victim must soon surrender the ghost. Naval Needs. Mr. Cleveland's secretary of th'o navy, Hon. Hilary A. Herbeit, who by the way Is one of the best Informed au thorities on naval subjects In this coun try, contributes to the September Forum a strong plea for naval enlarge ment. It rests, of course, largely upon the apprehension, traditional In army and naval circles, that trouble with a foreign power may occur at any time. "A spnik," In Mr. Herbert's opinion, "can kindle a conflagration among us Rt any moment. Look at the unanimi ty with which congress and tho people Bustalned President Cleveland's Vene zuela mestage; and at the utterances Df tho people, the press, and tho United States senate on the Cuban question. The house, too, no doubt, would have ndopted the resolution recognizing the belligerent rights of the Cubans, if It had been able to reach a vote. On the Cuban question, administrations upon which so much of responsibility rests have so far been, and are likely here after to be, more conservative than congress. But who Is there to affirm that presidents will always resist tho demands made upon them for warlike measures? President Madison natur ally hesitated In 1812 to declare war against Great Britain. Tho odds were fearful; but tho war party compelled him, just as It compelled Napoleon III In 1870, King George of Greece In 18D7, and ns It might compel Spain In the near future, to a declaration of war." For the sake of Illustrating1 the In sufficiency of our present naval force In the event of war tho ex-secretary supposes what Is possible though' not probable a conflict with Japan, arising out of conditions In Hawaii. Wo havo now In Pacific waters one battle-ship, two monitors and ten cruisers and gun boats, a fleet far Inferior to that which lapan could easily concentrate, without reference to the two fast new battle ihlps which she has recently bought or the two new cruisers now building for her at K'swlck. AVo could not there, fore hold our own against Japan with jur present Pacific fleet; and to get any r all of the ships In our Atlantic squad ron to Honolulu would necessitate u lourncy of nearly 1G.000 miles requiring 17 days, while only17 days at the most ' would be required 'to concentrato the Japanese fleet In Pearl harbor. Thus Japan would have the advantage of 80 lays during which time she could cap ture Honoluluyind tear tho whole of Hawaii Into shreds. Mr. Herbert's con clusion Is: "If wo annex Hawaii, wo must add largely to our Pacific ilect. We cannot otherwise defend this out post, 2,00" miles from our present boun daries. Regardless, however, of any question of territorial extension, It seems to mo that we should add to tho number of our battle-ships and build many more torpedo-boats. Certainly It would not be too much to add, say, six mora battle-ships to our Atlantic fleet nnd half as many to tho Pacific. And seventy-five torpedo-boats would not be an undue nddltlon to this class of our vessels. These, It is believed, should bo built during a programme of some five years, two battle-ships and about fifteen torpedo-boats to be laid down each year." From this view Home discount should perhaps be made for th'o natural prone ncss of a naal man to exaggerate our naval needs; yet on tho whole tho warning Is timely and valuable. The theater of American activities has In late years so widened and our points of contact with other peoples have so mul tiplied and are likely to so multiply In tho future that It Is simply out of tho question longer to maintain tho doc trine cf Isolation and consequently of indifference to defense which charac terized tho statesmanship, because It fitted tho conditions, of the forepart of the present century. We aro becoming a world-wide power world-wlde.not in deed In extent of territory nor In alms and dreams of conquest, but world wide In Influence, commerce, the jour ney'lngs and Intercourse of our citizens and the dominance of many American Ideas. All these reasons call for cor responding naval development not to make but to prevent trouble. We wonder that some enterprising Individual doesn't start a prize guess ing contest as to what Issue Billy Bryan will exploit next. Hebrew Colonization. It Is not pleasant to record that tho plan of colonization of Slavic Jews In Southern New Jersey has not been the success for which Baron de Hirsch, Baron Rothschild, and other philan thropic Jews had held exalted hopes. The pioneer eclony at Alliance, forty three miles from Philadelphia, as tabllshed for refugees from Russia In 18S2, Is not In a flourishing condition. Many of tho farmers have gone to tho great cities and have been absorbed into the sweat shops. Tho same Is true of th'e residents of Rosenhayn, where abandoned houses and desolate garden plots Illustrate the discourage ments of the colonists at the start. These results aro said to arise from the Insufficient acreage of land appor tioned among the settlers and the In cubus of building associations which devoured their possessions. Large and Increasing families and Inability to meet financial obligations soon wrought woe to the colonists. At Woodbine, the settlement under the Immediate control of the trustees of the Boron de Hirsch fund, a more encouraging prospect is noted and It proves that the colonization theory of these noble representatives of tho He brew race was really not visionary but after some years of practical develop ment shows prosperity, Industry and sanitary conditions well worthy of emulation In more favored localities. The Philadelphia Record narrates an Incident showing how little things often count In trade. Some time ago tho Baldwin Locomotive works were ship ping engines to a South American country where the ties are made of mahogany, and where the most beauti ful hard woods aro found in such abundance that they are used for fuel. Packing cases were being made to con tain various parts of the locomotive out of tho cheapest grades of hemlock and pine. Some representatives of the South American railroad happened to visit the Baldwin works while tho cases were being nailed together, and they requested the manager to use screws Instead of nails; for, they said, "we value this wood so highly In our country that we save every scrap and use It for ornamental purposes. Our workmen are Instructed to open the cases with great care, but sometimes they cannot withdraw nails without In juring the wood." The difference be tween screws and nails In packing cases, In other words, measured tho difference between pleased and dis pleased customers. Many great suc cesses in business date back to similar trifles. It is now definitely established that the recent Interview In the New York World with Secretary Sherman, in which the latter was quoted as making several Indiscreet and undiplomatic remarks reflecting on Spain, England and Japan, was In essential features a deliberate falsehood. It was the talk of two continents for a few days, but now the odium of the deception prac ticed Is beginning to settle upon the' World, nnd It Is questionable If such Journalism pays. Tho man who would deliberately seek to embroil his country In trouble by falsification In print de serves to be treated little better than the traitor or tho spy. The general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad company Is on record with the assertion that that company during tho years 1893 and 1896, on Its lines west of Pittsburg, made no profit whatever on Its passenger business nnd had difficulty, Indeed, In coming out even. The people had no money with which to travel. But the times are fast changing in this- respect. Those roads now havo trouble In find ing suitable accommodations for tho crowds that wish to bo transported. "McKinley prosperity" Is no Joke with the Pennsylvania Railroad company. A Methodist newspaper has ascertained) that the average salary of preachers of that denomination In tho south Is only JJ73.33 per year. Washington Post. The fact that bright men who In other vocations could If they chose earn Ave to ten times that Income de liberately embrace tho mission of the ministry nnd accept uncomplainingly Its undeniable hardships Is proof that there Is a good deal moro nobility of character and unselfishness of Inspira tion In this old world than many crltlca give It credit for. Wealth is not the only reward of life. Mrs. Smith, a Boston reformer, In a memorial petitioning the publlo not to elect bachelors to ofTlce, says there arc 47,000 girls of marriageable age In Massachusetts alone who cannot find husbands. But on the other hand there are probably 50,000 bachelors In certain western states who cannot llr.d wives. It Is our system of distri bution which Is at fault. Evidently tho need of the times Is for n, govern ment matrimonial agency. Good news Is brought from Cuba by the correspondent, Mr. Bryson, whom Weyler lately expelled. He says the Cubans are now stronger and the Span lards weaker than ever before and that even many of the Spanish residents of Havana, tho merchants and thoso In business, would prefer American an nexation to continued rule by Spain. Allowing for bias, this la still encour aging. Something ought soon to drop In Cuba. Senator Wellington has received a severe thump In tho loss of the Repub lican stato executive committee In Maryland; but It will take more than one strong blow to put him out of the field. Perhaps he will now havo tho discretion to get In line with party sen timent and desist from his Impossible attempt to Impersonate the entire party In Maryland. It Is announced that Walter Well- man contemplates another nttempt to And tho North Pole. Mr. Wellman will be more likely to convert a first rate newspaper man Into a third-rate ex plorer than to find either the Pole or anything else worth finding. He Is too good a man to be sacrificed to this ab surd Arctic fad. Mr. Dana's advice to young news paper men Is embodied In tho epigram; "Tell the truth and shame the devil." It Is pretty good advice for all sorts and conditions of men. THE KLONDIKE GOLD BUQ. Editorials nnd Nows. Joaquin Miller Isn't hero nt all. Ho is over at Juneau living on tho fut of tho land. Ho will write his tetters at a swell hotel (J17.W per day) with his feet In tho oven of a dccltash range and his throat dono up In red flannel. "Waukccn" Is cultivating an extra crop of curls In view of tho cold weather. Tho "Bug" has a rival In the Klondiko field of Journalism. Tho new paper has been started solely for the purpose of blackmailing hortst citizens of this vicin ity. Tho editor of tho "Klondonlan," tho paper referred to, la a dirty, mean sneak, and as ho Is getting some of our adver tising wo feel It our duty to warn tho public against him. Mr. Slatter, of tho pavlllion, has ful filled tho "Bug's" predictions regarding tho wretched entertainments at his so called theater. Mile. Do Ville, tho much heralded French "dansuese," Is about tho biggest fako of tho season. Mile. De Ville, who Is an elderberry brunette, Instead of blondo as advertised. Is no more French than wo aro. Tho "Bug" has ascertained that her right name Is Betsy Scrogglns and that her father was captain of a boat on tho Brio canal. Wo dislike to speak so plainly about a lady, but Betsy should r.ever attempt to dance. There Is no question that sho has bunions on both feet. Betsy's n?urance In assuming that a canal boat cook can metamorphose her self into a ballet dancer by draw ing on a pair of bluo tights and a few other articles of clothing not worth men tioning, Is simply appalling! We aro as tonished that tho intelligent and refined public will tolerate such an entertain ment. Going Through the Civil Serine? Mill From tho New Orleans Times-Democrat Do you want a government oftlco? Now Is tho tlmo to hustle if you do. Tho civil servico commission will hold Its great fall examinations within a few weeks In 200 cities throughout the country. President McKlnley's recent prockinvi tlon Insuring greater permanence in fed eral ofllces has greatly Increased tho al ready high premium on government posi tion'!. Now that tho president has shut vp shop for tho summer many disap pointed and Impatient offlceseekers aro turning ftom tho white house to the civil servico commission, Tho writer has been at tho national lntelllgt nee office for sev eral days collecting fresh facts of In terest and value to seekers after ofllces Included under tho newly extended and newly protected classified service. o The fall examinations in New Orleans will bo held on Oct. 0 and Oct. 23. On Oct. 0 applicants will be examined for posi tions as bookbinder, clerk (departmental service), compositor, clectrotyper (all kinds), elevator conductor, Janitor, mes senger, pressman, railway mall clerk, skilled laborer (male and female), steno grapher, stcreotyper, stock examiner, tag ger, typewriter and watchman. On Oct. 23 examinations will be held to fill future vacancies In the following offices: Act ing nsslstant surgeon Matlno hospital, assistant In department of agriculture, assistant examiner tn Patent ofTlce, as sistant mlcrcscoplst, assistant topograph er, bookkeeper, draftsman, engineer (steam), farmer, fireman, fish culturlst, hospital steward, Inspector of boilers, Inspector of hulls, Intcn.e, Junior civil engineer, keeper lighthouse service, mas ter In lighthouse service, matron, meat Inspector, nurse in Indian service, obser. ver In Weatlcr bureau, pension exam ining surgeon, physician in Indian ser vice, proofreader, banltary Inspector In Marino hospital service, seamstress, special pension examiner, statistical Held agent for tlsh commission, superintendent of construction under supervising archi tect's ofllce, and teachers of all kinds in tho Indian service. What more of a variety of good positions from which to select could you reasonably ask for? o If you wish to competo for one of these offices, hero are somo timely hints which will aid you greatly. In tho first place, you want to get Immediately to work. Those to be held on the dates mentioned aro what are termed tho "ordinary" civil servico examlratlons. They aro held periodically in the spring and fall of each year. You must mako an average of at least 70 on your examination before you can pass, but you will have little prospect of appointment unless you rank some where In tho nlrettes. To pass an ordinary civil service examination In most cases simply amounts to tho entrance of your namo upon a large register of ellglbles kept nt tho Civil Service commission's headquarters In Washington. Registers of ellglbles aro now kept for nearly every position included In the classified service. Examinations to fill vacancies for which thero Is no provision are called as soon as the vacancy oxlsts. If you wish to be Informed when a particular ofllce In this category becomes vacant you may be so accommodated after you have applied to tho commission for an " application for Information," which you must till out nnd return. There are few chances nowadays for Inexperienced persons to reach high departmental position Immediately through the civil service examinations. Tho practice of filling the higher grado ofllce a, such as of chiefs of division, by transferlng or promoting experienced men already In gbvernmen employ U becoming more and more the practice of the present Administration. Two assistant secretar ies have already been appointed In this way. Your examination having been pubted, your entrance Into tho classified servico Will most likely be through the lower grades. You will havo no choice respecting salary. That of tho usual on tranco grado is (MO, o Having decided upon tho nature of the examination you desire to take this fall, you must Immediately state your selec tion to tho Civil Service commission, and at tho same tlmo must wrlto to them for on. application blank. This will be fur nished you ptomptly. It must then be filled out and returned to the commission sufficiently early for it to bo received at least ten days In advanco of tho time of tho examination. It would bo wlso to send In tho completed blank a considerable tlmo In odvnrce of this ten-day llmlt.lt ts very likely that It will bo returned to j ou for completion or correction. A ticket ad mitting you to tho examination will not bo Issued unless the blank in absolutely correct form Is received In the time speci fied. You will bo notified of the address where tho examination Is to bo held, whither you murt repair on tlmo, taking with you a typewriter and stand, It need ed, and all necessary Instruments and sta tionery. Undo Sam will furnish only pa per. Whether you pass or fall you will not be permitted to tako another examination In tho samo subject before a year has elapsed, or, nt least, until the next regu lar examination occurring In a corres ponding season of tho year. You need not anticipate learning your marks soon after your oxamtnattaon papers havo been handed In, Thrro or lour monins are likely to elapso beforo you will hear of your averages. Bear in mind once more that, unless vou make a very high mark, your chances for appointment will bo small, granting even tnnt you pass, in u probability your namo will remain upon tho list of ellglbles until erased by eter nity. New rames will bo constantly added to this, and many may go above yours. You must not labor under tho delusion that tho Civil Service commission can glvo you nn appointment. It cannot appoint. It simply recommends. After all It Is It tlo moro than an employment agency for the government. When a vacancy occur In a department the appointing olllcer ap plies to tho Civil Servico commission for the names of the three highest cllglbles, and ho Is at liberty to select any one of tho three he may prefer, regardless of rank. That is tho wholo process tn a nutshell. The gauntlet having been run, lucky Indeed Is ho who bhall havo reach ed tho coal. roil linTTEK GOVERNMENT. Mayor Bailey and tho members of tho city councils havo received Invitations to attend tho nntlonal convention of mayors and councllmen to be held at Columbus, Ohio. Sept. 28. to Oct. 1. Tho arrangements for tho gathering aro In the hands of a general committee com posed of thlrty-slx mayors and twenty four councllmen, representing all sec tions of the country, and a circular let ter Issued by this committee sets forth tho objects of the convention as fol lows: First The formation of a nation al organization of the chief executives and members of councils of cities In tho United States. Second The hearing of addresses on Important municipal topics by distinguished speakers. Third Tho general discussion of all questions per taining to the administration of all branches of municipal work by mayors and councllmen from all parts of the country. Fourth Tho Interchange of Ideas and knowledgo on municipal prob lems, such as will result from tho ex perienced city officials coming In contact with each other. o It will be observed that tho objects of tho convention were designed with a. view to securing a general discussion of all questions pertaining to municipal ad ministration by thoso who havo had tho actual experience In the work tho of ficials themselves. Such n discussion, bringing out as it will an Interchange of original Ideas and knowledgo among men experienced in city government, can not fall to result beneficially to tho tax payers of tho cities which will be rep resented by their officials at this con vention. Tho convention will deal with such Important topics as tho granting of street railway, gas, electric and other franchises and the control of and rev enues deprived from corporations enjoy ing such special franchises; tho collec tion and disposition of garbage, which Is a branch of municipal work still In the experimental stage; the relative merits of the various street-paving materials, Including cedar block, brick, granlto, Medina block, asphalt block and the dif ferent kinds of sheet asphalt; the clean ing of streets, which Is still a vexatious problem in many cities; tho municipal ownership of lighting plants and tho cost of street lighting under tho con tract system; tho municipal management of public water supplies and tho neces sity for water filtration; llro and police protection, parks and playgrounds, mu nicipal finances, taxation and special as sessments, tho regulation of tho social and saloon evil', etc. It Is not Intended to mako this a municipal "reform" con vention, but a meeting of experienced city officials for tho dissemination of facts rather than theories. The local committees at Columbus are making elaborato preparations for the entertainment of visitors, and the gener al committee Is desirous of having every city of any importance In tho United States send its mayor and as largo a delegation as possible from Its councils to tho convention. Tho expense of tho trip will bo money spent In tho cause of economical city government. THE ONE I1LOT. From tho Illustrated American. That It has so long turned a deaf ear to the despairing cry of Cuba Is tho one blot on an administration which Is so tx: without precedent in the fulness of its good omens. HAS A IIICIIT TO TRY. From tho Buffalo News. "Is tho Cuban capablo of self-govern ment?" Is a question discussed by Tnomas Gold Alvord in tho September Forum. The Cuban Is capablo of trying, and he has a right to try. A MTERAHY CURIOSITY. Tho weary plo'w man plods his homeward way. Tho plowman, weary, plods his home ward way. Ills homoward way tho weary plowman plods. His homoward way the plowman, weary, plods. The weary plott man homeward plods his way. Tho plow man, v eary, homeward plods his way. His way tho weary plowman homeward plods. His way tho plovman, weary, homoward plods. Tho plowman, homeward, plods his weary way. His homeward, weary way, the plowman plods. Weary, tho plowman homoward plods his way. Weary, tho plowman plods his homoward way. Homeward, his way tho weary plowman plods. Homeward, his way tho plowman weary plods. Tho plowman, homeward, weary plods his way. " His weary way the plowman homeward plods. His weary way the homoward plowman plods. Homeward tho plowman plods his weary way. Tho plowman, weary, hi way homeward plods. The plowman plods his homeward weary way. The plowman plods his weary homeward way. Weary tho plowman his way homeward plols. Weary his homawnrd way the plowman plods. 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Coal of the best quality for domestlo ust and of all sizes, including Buckwheat ant Blrdseye, delivered In any part of the city, at the lowest orlce Orders received at tho Office, first floor. Commonwealth bulldlnr, room No S telephone No. 2621 or at the mine, tele phone No. 272, will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. L SI Ce itiJo 1111
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