THE SORAISTTON TRIBUNE- MONDAY AEORNINGK NOVEMBER Itf. 18J7. 1 til unci Weekly. No Honda? Hlltlax IJy The Tribune Publishing Company. WILLIAM CONSULT Prculdont. SUIISCRIPTION PHICUi jo cent a month. Dallj. imimd t or roiTomc at fnuNTOi pa. i ttCOKD-OLABS HAIL MATTER. PCKANTON, NOVHMUHR 15, 1897. In Ecntenclnc I'lcd. A. Van Vnlken lorp to ray the costs In tliu Ilccdcr cn?o nt KiiMton, Jii1k Scott openly ln tltnntecl that Vnn ValKenboitf lmtl brought tba action ngnliuit Oonernt Itccdcr and his co-defendants Insln ceiely with a vlcnv to forcing a let-up In the enso nRnlnt his brother lit l'otts vlllo. IT tlint be tiue, Vnn A'oiken liorR etenpes cnlly. Canada and the United States. At n time when the premier of Cnn nd:i has been ucelviiif? conspicuous of ficial attentions nt th capital of our lepubllu find there Is lenevvecl lmpule t'lvwiTd the cultivation of moro cordial leHtlons between tho two Anglo-Saxon nntlnns which' reside plde bv side on tho North AtneikMii tontlnent, Intetest nttnehes to on nitlelo In The Common wealth ol lust week, from tho pen of Vrofeyor Ubert llcnrv Xewnuin, of McMnstur unlveislt.v, Toronto, entitled "Sentiment of Canndlnns Tountd tho T'nllPd Stnto." l'iofcs&or Newman Is Aiiirilcnii bein, but rns for Mxtoon Vfais been a luitldetit of Canada and ought therefoie to be well qualified to tfl'ptus this sublect Among the best climes in the popu lation of each count! y thcie Is, be as-t-ortf, n foellntr or conllallty for the filler which Is shown In the wnuu weleoni .tccoid'd by each to lepio entntlveB of the other who (loss the bonier line ns delegate to Interna tional conventions of iny kind or nlm 1U r.s pilvato lsltci.s. The facts that ixlucnted Canadians bu mint of their books and much of their peilodlcal llt uiuuie from Anieilcan publisher; thnt many thousand hons of Canada hao cmlsi.ittcl to the t'nlted States; and Hint a hi i ge Intcich'ange of commeite jirovalla betv.ivn tho two peoples me cited as leason why the lel.itloiiH be tween Camidlirw and Aniei leans ought not to In? trained 1 Jut filctlons giowlnff out of taiin insulations have lultntcd ibo Canadians and enijendeud piejti dlccs1 and tlicso have ben intensified by the oitlllces and elffe-icks of Can (idlnn politics. In consequence, the Hentlment foi annexation, it It ever ev.Iste.cl In coiisldeiable Rtiength, has t-lnct died out. Professor Newman says: "Tho comparative statiillty of Cana dian llnnnees duilncr th" leeent pet loci of depiesFion In the I'nlted States con tilbuted not a little to Canadian com placency. Tho entile immunity of Can ada finni demoiallzlnK political cikI tntlou with lefeienco to the cuncney, fiom Rieat labor dlstui bances, mid finm nnnrthlstle duuoustiation-s of ev ciy kind, has led m my Canadians to be thankful that they weie not ns these Amei leans The Canadians are law-abiding people, and nothing Im pi esses tneni moio unfavorably tlum what they ie id fiom time to time of the way In which law and older aio trampled upon in some parts of the Kie.U i (.public. Cinadans pi Ida them selves on tho possession of in Independ ent and iucomtptihle judlil.uy, nnd tliey liau leceivod a vciy distinct 1m liiesHlon that in this lespect the t lilt ed .States is far less happy. Looseners of legislation and of ludlcatuie Pi tho matter of dhoice is frequently com mented upon eiy unfavorably here. These nio only specimens of tho points in which Canadians felicitate them selves when they compare their iiitua llon with that of Americans" Of com be, this Canadian w liter knows that the spiiit of tho l'linrlseo is vnin; that tho United States, too, lns Its iupeiior points; notably In en toipr'se and push chaiaeterlstlcs which, while opening the door to large faults, such ns he ha3 noled, also make possible conespondlngly huge progress, vhlth In Canada is lacking. "We gather from I'lofessor Newman's nitielu thai while the Cunadians would like to en joy fieer trade relations with us than they possess at ptesent they nie well satisfied with their existing political status and hav no w Ish to make a Chungs That being tiue will not cause .meilcans to lepine. The continent is plenty big enough for both governments provided they will come together in sensible negotiation and allay the petty auses of friction that now dlstuib the lelniion-s between them. A I'lttsbuig genius claims to perceive that ltoboit j;. Pattlson wants to bo governor ngaln. Any school boy here abouts could have told that, months ago. i Cloture is Imperative. Tho Washington Star, while recog nizing the propriety of tho public sen timent adverse to sheer ob.stiuction In tho senate, contends for a special ica son that this Is not an opportune time to auitate for clotuie. This special leason Is the oncoming of tho currency lefotm Issue, which will, It thinks, need fieo nnd full debate. Cloture, however, such ns sane sen ntpis would order, would never with out the senate's own wish operate to abridge genuine debate. Tho sugges tion that tho senate should adopt a lulo empowering a majority of the senators at any time within their dis cretion to fix a future tlmo when de bate on a given measure must ceaso Involves no arbitrary cuttallment of traditional paillamentary rights, but merely recognizes, In nccoidunco with obvious justice nnd common sense, the vitally republican principle of major lty rule. A 'point which escapes many stu dents of this problem Is that conditions In tho scimto have undergone material change since unlimited debato was tho senate's proudest boast. The member ship has Increased from 20 to 90 and the volume of business has multiplied ovor and ovor. In these busy' dnys of abounding public Issues to permit each of 90 senators to talk on, week after week and month nfter month, without let or hindrance save the bounds of his own pertlnacltv. regardless of tho in terests nnd wishes of tho other 89, Is not fieedoni of debate but an Intoler able tyranny of loquacity. It Is a wicmnr tuwii. the senate und,!t Is a crime against the people. Unless rea sonable cloture shnll speedily come to the senate's relief public opinion, ns sure ns fnte, will proceed to enact fnr more tndlcnl nnd dubious changes In the structure of congress' upper chamber. The nrtlcle leprlnted In nnothet col umn f i oin the Now York Sun nnd de scribing the ado which has been lnlsed over the Princeton Inn liquor license Is In enor hi saving that Dr. Shields Is a pinfcsor In tho Princeton Theologi cal seminary, llnd he been, his courso In signing n petition for the Inn's license would have been piopeily a mibjed for ciltlclsin and olllcinl cen sure by nuthorltntlve tilbunal.s of the Piesbjteilan church, Inasmuch us Pilnceton Theological seminary Is under the dliecl juilsdletlon of that fhurch liut Dr. Shields Is a ptofes snr In Pilnceton unlveislty, a non-sec-tnrlan Institution; theteforo It was felt by him and bv his ndvisers that tho piopilety of his act wns not a mntter in which tho chuich courts had any dliect concern. Common Sense from tl)e Bench. On :i leeent Wednesday In n i emote West Vlrglnlp mountain legion on need woman and two children, a son and ti diughtet, weie most brutally muidercd bv a mi.n who had been lenied In the liourehnld n an adopted son. The crime was committed In the morning; It wns discovered nt nonn; the muiderer was ciptured by a sheriff's posse In the af ternoon nnd thnt night wns put for safe keeping in tho county Jail Couit chanced to be In session at the time, and to allay the disposition of the pop ulice to lesoit to lynch law tho judge of tin' dlstilct, Hon. P.eee IUIzz.ini, cave assurance that the nuirdcier, who In the meantime had confessed, should have a speedy tilal. The case went be foio the grand juiy Thursday moinlng; an Indictment wns tetuined Immediate ly and by S.ituiday the muidelei lrnl broil dulv aitalgii'd, tiled, convicted and sentenced to death. Notwithstand ing this nppaiont haste the accused mm lecelved eveiy consideration due to him under tiie livv nnd the verdict lepiesentedbviousand lecognized Jus tice Tiie circumstances of this somewhat temnrk'ihle ease tiuitimlly attracted wldespii-ad attention; so much so that the Pittsburg Times sent a staff l-epie-sontatlvo over to tho little West Vir ginia town wheie the tiinl wns held to Interview the judge and thus to se cuie his Ideas on tho propilety of such swift dispatch cf comt business. Judge Pllzzatd is a self-made young man, t; veais obi, solving his first year on the bench, having been elected bv 74.' plur ality as a lie publican In a distill l noimally Democratic by 2 000. Some things said -by him in this intei view are of general interest. For example: I look upon a court ns a IiuMiicm es tablished bj tlu tate for tho welfnie of the people. 1 conduit court as 1 would conduit any oilier business uitiustcd to me. Thete is a lot of assumed dignity la m my courts that Is sham. My cuuit stmts lil.e .i mill. At S o'clock in the inclining we begin business. If witnesses nnd Jurors are not on hand the j get mi pa. I call no one at the ft out diior of the court house. 1 hold no Jutles to wait for lners to get reltl to tiy tin If case As a lcsult we have cleaned up tin- doc kits in about one-fourth the time licletofoie custom n y 1 have llftecn es sluns of eouit ,i jiar in the dialiict. The-n-sessions u-ed to i tin two or tlnee wee-Jjs. Now they llnleli In thiee or four !a s It costs the state, eountj nnd clients about iM a dty evet div comt is in sos-moii In this di'tilct. Looking ujioa a court as ,i piucly businiss body I aim to save as many of tho'o ,W ilajd .ih I can It takis more cleiks to kcip up with tho wink, but thieo or lour clerks are cheip er than n. couplo of bundled witnesses and juiors. 1 i un eomt from S to I J o'c lock, and from 1 to 5 SO oi f, I draw tl.u line! on the attoriiejH as well as on the otheis, and we do not consumo time talking about nothing I have noticed that tho nun In mv district who pay tho costs of eouits vvirk lorg ilij, and waste no tlmo while thc aie at work. This be ing tho e.isu I see no iiason shv those who are cmplojed bv these men at carry ing on tho courts should not earn tiu'ir money In full d.ijs nt honest nttrmnts The leglslatuie his been continually snuggling with some method of cheapen ing tho enormous count expenses re tinned fiom each scslon Hut that Is not tho placo to attempt retrenchment. Tho mutter Is all in the hands of tho cour's themselves 1 hold that a machine tint costs 300 n day to inn should not run at publlo expense a day longer than is nee es?ary. A3 to the minder tilal mentioned above, tho judiie sulci: The piompt and spied) t-i d of the man Mm gin' I hope will have a wlinlf-oine f fi t 1 think delay Is one of the most piollllo ems s ol 1 aching in the south, Perhaps tho blcod of the south Is hotter than that of tho more coneeivative states larthcr north. lSut, leaving that out of consideration, so many murder tilnls drag along with Intolerable slow ness that Juries are worn out and they loo intetest In tliu cao. Then tlu be gin to seek a means to get lid of tlulr tasks as speedily a? possible, and any Kind of a vol diet Is agreed to that will give them freedom nt tho eat best mo ment. Judges lack In dlscietion In tho matter, permitting lawjirs to cieate uii necissaiy dilaj, 'wealing out witnu-srs and clouding tho issue to no purpose by meaningless vci bingo and obscure points. What the stato wants Is not an exposi tion of Idleness under the mock namo of dignity, but Justice. This Judge should possess llrmness, and such a scn-a' of fair ings that the pilscuur Is given all possl bio Just chanco to escape tho tuilblo pen ally that folhw louvktlnii ot murder. If tlmo is undid by the accused to pri pare his case, or to obt tin witnesses, ev ery right should bo granted him. Pair ness is an cttrluuto of tho liw. Hut there Is a dlffeteneo between ni eded tlmo nnd tho nelais that nro common. I toler ate no nonsense. If a vvltnesh Is sum moned to my courts and fulls to como I put an nttaciimcnt In tho hands of the sheriff and hnve him bring tho Indifferent fillow. If public intciest can bo aroused to demand that courts becomo what they are intended, a buslm ss adjunct of tho stato for preservation of penre and tho protection of society, ljnchlngs will bo few, because the courts will leivo no oc casion for such summary Justice. Tho peoplo naturnllj teppect the law, but they do not respect the law's delay. Other Judges havo talked In this same wholesome strain, but Inasmuch ns this judgo prnctlces whnt ho prenches, bis words doubly merit our respect. There can bo no doubt that Judge Bllzzaid has fixed upon the sov ereign lemedy for lynch law nnd for much other lawlessness beside. All honor to him! CJovernor Lowndes, of Maryland, an nounces thnt ho wants Senator (lor mnn'H place. What Is tho mntter with tho placo he now hat? (living Its Case Away, A curious featuro of the contempor ary discussion of tho civil sorvico prob lem Is that while the champions of tho piosent defaulted law all aver that It Is utteily Impregnable against any con ceivable form of attack, tliay Invariably go Into spasms If nny one ventures to call Its wisdom Into question. The sub joined quotntlon from tho Itochestor Post-n.Npress is a specimen of mnny lotnments on this subject: Wo observe thnt one linker of New Hampshire, who poses ns a Itcpubllenn, expresses tho opinion that the civil scr een leo act will bo repealed at tho next session of congress. Ho said ns much at nn nntl-clv 11 service reform meeting which was held at Washington n few i veilings ago. The sooner linker repeals such silliness of utterance the better It will bo for his reputation for political sanity. The civil service act stands no more danger of being repealed than tho constitution of the United States or tho declination ot Independence. Tho party which should mnko the attempt would slmplv succeed In commending Itself to tin odium of the majority of tho Ameri can people, whalcvet may be their poli tics. Tho person who supposes thnt civil service reform has not como to stuy Is luboilng under nn Inexcusable mistake. One would mutually Infer that If tho net Is so well fortlilcd ns thnt, It wouldn't mnko a particle of difference what one linker or anybody else might say In tho premises. The trouble with the Post-npto.ss Is thnt Its claims and Its feat"' don't begin to agree. Admiral Jotiett's nssertion thnt for eign wai ships could anchor twelve miles out ut sen, beyond tho inngo ot foil guns, nnd shell New York city at their lclsutc, Is vigorously denied by a number of military expoits, who te mlnd tho admiral that there Is no spot nt sea within thirty miles of Gotham's cltv hall whole a fore;n waislilp would bo safe from the guns nt some headland fortification either built or ptojected. Still, let us take no rash chances. The new general innster workman of the Knights of Labor, Henry A. Hicks, of New York, Is an Anieilcan by blith, n ie.il wotker nnd a believer In con ciliation and nibltiatlon instead of stilkes. If ho can impress his consei vatlve character on the deliberations of the Knights, the deposition of Sov ereign will be borne by tho public with tolerable composure. It is said a syndicate has lecently been oiganlzed to colonize In Mexico 1,000,01)0 nuiopeans. It Is possible tho United States might spate some. The news which conies lelatlve to Gladstone's physical decay Is tiuly saddening. Theio Is a gland old man whom civilization can ill spate. Theie nie 1S1 colleges In the United State"-, but theie aie ulso seveiat thou sand bieweiies. The Taproom of fhe Princeton Inn Pio.u the Ni , Yoik Sun Aljacent to the gi minds of PniKoton unhirsitj ther is a hostelij known as thi Princeton Inn It Is a ban lsnmo and commodious, stii'cture, and was built sov etal eats ago by Pilneelou alunnii of wealth for tho accommcdatlon, moio specillcall, of gtadllitis and filends cf tho students visiting the universltj town. The istabllshment has no I'lieet connec tion with the unlviislt), but Is lecognized In tho Piltuttoa catalogues and guile books ns associated with it indlrcctls. In this verj Inviting Inn ihero is a tap loom li-mnikably tasteful in its appoint ments as suidi anel its artistic ileiora tions. It is one of tho pie-ttksi and most eomtotiable drinking places nmwheio lo be nn, and students of tho university .uu admtlt d to it and -el veil with its beniasus, but only after tiny itavu leac hod tin Ir Junior jcai Under tho law ot New Jirsey ,nil the onllnaneo of tho boroush. In older to obtain a license- for such a -il i It is nccissaij that a stip ulated luimbci of adjacent lesldcnts, pi ope ny lrnl It rs, shall sign an application for it. In pist ears tho requisite ilg-l-atuies hale been seeuied, and the sale of llitiiots h is gone on without piovoking serious public cll'-ciihslon. Nor has any Instance ot nny abuse ot the Inn's drink ing pilvlltgcs on the pan of the I'rinci tou students been complained of, so far as we have heard Piiends of tho univer sity seem lather to have icgarded Its tasteful and icllned surroundings as con ducive to the welfare of the .students in diverting them from unsee-mlj eii inking places of the town into which they might be tempted o When this jear It became necess.uy to secuio the signitutcs of tho btlpulutcd number of adjacent propel ty holders to an appik itlon f,u- a ttuevv.it ()f the license-, the existence of the tapioom was brought lino public- discussion 1 tho cir cumstance thu among the signers was cx-1'rcsident Cleveland, but mote espec ially that unotlui was the Itev Chailes W. S'dells I) D, tin venerable ptofes sor ot Ueveilcil Hcllglon In the Princeton ThoologUul si miliary. It seems that tho names of the so two gentlemen vveio le quisito to makn up the number legally meessair. Then upon the Prohibitionists ot Now Jcrsej anl of the Union generally stnited a gu.it hue and cty agilnst Dr. Shields more pat tleularly, on the ground of his dliect complicity In tho malnti n uneo of a di inking salcou in a university community. Unquestionably Dr. .Shields was charge cble with sich complicity, for, under the circumstances, tho renewal of the llce-nse of the Princeton Inn's tap le om seems to havo been imposslblo with out his blgnatuii- Accordingly, after long and blttei discussion among the Prohibi tionists, tho course of Dr. Shields In tho matter was brought be fete the New Uiunswltk Pii-liniy, but on Thuisday ho forestalled its decision by sending to It a letter withdraw lug fiom the Pies bytcrlan c hutch, and consequently fiom lt.s eoclosl.ntiiul jurisdiction, and an nouncing his Intention to "ontir somo other poitlun of the visible catholic church to which the good hand of God may guide, me- In duo time." Aecoidlmt l. a ii-j-olutltui was a lopted to irase Dr. Shield's nimt fiom. the loll of mliiist"is In tho Presbytuy and recite In the min utes tho ciic-umstances of his case. o The couise of Dr. Shields In withdraw, lug was the alternative ho had to aec-ept, piovided that he was not willing to le coiislder his pioee-edlng In signing the pe. tltion for the liquor license. Tho gt ueral assembly of the Presb tcrlati church mudo a dclhetantc in 1S77 cleelailug tint "we leguid the signing of petitions for license ns reprehensible tompllclty In the salo of Intoxicating Hqtors," nnd this In Junction ji had violated squarely, it not knowingly. Hut Dr Shields would not withdraw his "complicity," picferilng rather to withdraw- fiom the churoh ngainst whoso illselpllno he had offended. That Is. kv v cm i able professor in tho foremost Amcrlmn divinity school ot Presbjterlinlfm le-uves his church rather thnn submit to its Interference with his personal fit i-lam of opinion ami con eluct touching a matter outside of tho l calm of icllglous fallli and theology. Dr. Shields leaves tho church to which ho had given allegiance through a long life, and In whlca be has been n foremost teaihrr of thioloKic-al doctrines, hotuuso It undertakes to dlctato to him when ho feels eiiitltled to cxorctLxn his ;rlvato Judgment ficely. Tho New llrunsnlck Presbytery Is hot consiii.iblti In the pi util ise, slnco It meie-ly reganlixl u deliver mice of tho supi omo uuthoi lty of tho Pros, byterlan church The Incident Is remark able, however, as Knowing how light havo becomo tho bonds of church allegiance. sticking ro a vui.ruj, i,n:. Prom tho Providence Itoglstcr. W. B. I.nni-tnft was defeated for coun t trcHUrer berauso ho vvoa told out, unit the Scrauton Ttlbuno know, It, lmt for policy sake only keeps up tho talk abJt tho big vote ho received nnd makes nil manner of excuses to shield thoso who "run things," TIIE PUTURGF THG NE0R0. Fiom Leslie's Weekly. Tliero Is no moro elllllcult problem In tho politics nnd industry of this country thin tho future ot the negro. Tho In dlnn Is gradually abolishing himself, the ollow races mo not numerous enough to bo a factor, and tho Immigrants from Circassian lands aro generally digested nnd assimilated by tho general popula tion. Hut tho negro Is of himself npart. He cannot bo d'gestetl or nsslmllnted; ho must ever remain a black rucc. Tho tnct that tho negro population, owing to tho large mortality duo to Ignornnco or new llgenco of tho laws of health, Is not In creasing as rapidly ns tho whtto has led somo people to say tint tlmo will ellm It ato tho negro problem by constantly re ducing his iiercentage In tho population, but this view misses the Importnut fact that tho negro brce-ds rapidly, and tho spread of compulsory sanitation will In evitably Incrcsso his ratio. Tills Idea of moving tho race back to Africa Is pu to folly, and from every point of view tho conclusion Is aboluto thnt tno negro is not only here, but he Is here to stay nnd to Increase and multiply. o Frederick Douglass used to tell his race tl.at tho only way they could gain equal ity with tiie white folks was to bo equal to tho white folks. Hooker Washington Is preaching nnd rractlclng tho snmo trutn. As united ns tho hand, jet ns separate ns the lingers, Is his llguro of speech to show tho right relation or tho races. Unques tionably there Is a deposition to do all that is poslsblo for the negro, but those who have been studjlng tho situation Including intelligent negroes themselves would like to be moro hopeful than tho facts admit. The ciy worst sign Is that tho negro seems to be losing tho occupa tions which ho formerly monopolized. Harbarlng, shoo polishing, waiting, wash ing, whitewashing and kalsomlnlng. driv ing, serving, nro n few of tho humble but helpful employments in which white com petition Is making its woj. And worse than that tact Is the further fact that In most Instai ccs the negro Is un able to hold his own ngainst wlilto com petition. Of couiso theie ato many ex ceptions to the general rule, and Individ ual negroes havo mudo SDletidid suc cessesfor instance, the artist whoo painting was lecently bought for tho Louvic but the real tiuth is that the great mass ot negroes nio not much, It nnv, further from tho drudgery basis thin they were twenty or thirty years ago. Tho increase in crime among thorn has been most deplorable. One of the grand Juries In a lorder stuto com plained within the past month that, vvhllo the negro population wns only one-llfth of tho vviiolo population of tho state, the negroes outnumbered over llfty per cent, of tho inmates, of the penal institutions. o It Is not too much to sav that politics Is responsible to a very large degree for tho failure of the negro to advance on bt mder nnd better lines. Tho white poll tlolins who live on. tho negro vote aie, practically without exception, utterly un principled and niendacJoii". They Ho to tho negro uneeasinglv. nnd do all In their power to keep his citizenship down to a sirnll cash bals This sort of de moralization is inci casing at a rate which Is alarming, and It is a common thing to hear Republican politicians in tho south ern states complal'i that while most of the negrois vvl'l not under any circum stances voto tho Democratic ticket, they aro obliged to pay them to vote the Re publican ticket. Hut this will certainly reach Its climax, nnd then theie may come a better state of things. Tho only way is to hope on and woik on, knowing that a raeo cannot be educated In a day. REAL VS. FALSE EDUCATION. Fiom tho LowJston Journal If contentment Is the highest good, It is probable that education is a mistake, since contentment and ignorance aie a n.oro frequent coincidence than content ment and learning. It is tho function of education to kindle ambltlou and to grat ify It, but not to satisfy it. Thero Is al ways moro bejond. All Dngland is no v stilled by the pessimistic version ot edu cation given by Professor Mahaffy In n collegiate event nt Hlrmlngham. He doubts if the schools give as good an edu cation as they elld thirty jcais ago; at nny rate, ho discovers frightful ignor anco among graduates of his acquaint ance. Ho has himself known students of his own Trinity college, Dublin, to turn out lemarkible criminals. Did not that argue something wrong with tho .sjstem' Ho modestly said nothing nbout what it argued In tho leaahers. Hut, however that might be, ho had tho gravest doubts whether tho diffusion of education had diffused morality or happiness That a distinguished professor should take such supcrllclal views is tho strong est indictment that wo have seen of such partial mental discipline as that of Pio fessor Mahaffy. i:orvbody knows that tho intellect and tho chaiacter .no not Invatiably developed in tho same decree, bc ovVrvbodj, exeepit Professor Ma haffy knows that Ignorance and vice nv eiago to go together, although, fortu nately for society, only a moiety of tho Ignorant nio crlmhvals, and only a moiety of tho vicious aro educated. Wo arc con cerned not Willi exceptions but with iul2s. Tho Duko of Dcvonshlio sas that even if education docs not make happiness, it is ne-cessaiy If the modern man and wo man is successfully to compote for a larger existence. Tho fact Is that educa tion makes usefulness, not contentment, tho basis of happiness, nnd thus substi tutes a larger for a smaller life. o Tho fact Is that fa'so education sup plies Professor Mahatfy the basis of his indictment. An education that unllts a man lor life, that loaves him powerless. Is not education in tho sense of relation to the actual world. They talk In Duropo of tho learned proletariat that Is, of a body of bcholats that can scan Vligll and Interpret Plato, but who know nothing of affairs, little of sclenco nnd nrt. Here Is where our educational sj stems are vvoak. To inter upen life wo must havo sclenco and art, because modem life is scientific, and Its successes must be wrought out that Is, tho worker must know how to think aright and how to act might Tho trado school, tho technical school, nie esst'iitlal If wo are to ptoduco something abovo Ptofessor Mahaffj's pes simism. A IMtOP OF 1IUVAMS.1I. Fiom tho New York Sun. All tho ufo of tho cry for currency re foi ni ot tho "bank currenc)" sort, Is to provldo Mugwumps with an uppaient cause for complaint ngainst tho national administration Leglslitlon by congress fjiinot possibly bo among tho results. Congress is not so constituted as to de sire to cancel the notes of tho United States for tho sako of substituting and guaranteeing in somo form or other tho notes of private banks. No congiess of that chara-ter can be made, for tho rus on that, If at election tlmo tho rede nip tloa of tho g.eenbackK for tho gratifica tion of the bankets were piopased, Uiyan Ism would be returned in such ovei whelming volume that almost tho last vestlgo of contervatlvo sentiment would bo swe-pt out of tho capitol. In lashing tho ltepi.bllcan paity foi not ieformlnjr tho ciiirinc-y In accordance wlth'tho In dianapolis platfoim, now dead with tho organization of National Democrats, tho would-bo reformers aro punishing a stalled hcrso whoso only possiblo movo under tlulr guldanco would bo to fall down n picclplcc. Tho country can lest happy In tho fact that tho ce,rieney of tho United States Is uiwssailablo so long as I ho government's revenuo moots Its expenses, and that nil danger can bo removed from that sldo by a law to keep greenbacks received for gold as a fund by themselves, to bo paid out for gold only. None the liss, tho continued agitation of the bank currency fanatics for what Is praotlcally Impossi ble, and perilous to uny party seeking It, Is nt onco tho heaviest burden upon the party of comervntlsm nnd tho greatest help to liixuilfm discoverable in tho present condition of politics. GOLBSM nn CONFIDENCE IS NOT CONCEIT, We are confident that we have a stock of reliable, useful merchandise. We are equally conlident that it "was bought right. WE KNOW that it will be sold right. If you've a need that this store can supply, you can bank upon this fact ; It will be supplied fairly and honestly. We're not doing busi ness for a week or a month, it's a lifetime matter with us, and your patronage is valuable. If we protect your buying inter ests we can easily count upon your continued patronage. Doesn't all this 'strike you as being common sense and good business policy. eclal Sale Tqe Best'Odorless White and Gray Goat Skin Rugs $3:98 Choice Japanese White Angora Rugs 2.93 Tjgerand Leopard Skin Rugs 3;9g Baby Carriage Robes of various descriptions -with and without the pockets. TT HAMEIS mi COIIFOMAELES, For this week we quote the following low prices: Cotton Blankets. 10-1 Columbia Blankets r.9c 11-4 Silver Queen Mankets 7'.c 11-4 Glorlana BInnkets OSc 11-4 Arcndla Blankets $133 Mixed Blankets. Borders lied. Blue, Pink nnd Lemon. 10-4 Kingston Blankets $1 75 10-1 Oxford Blankets 1.9S 10-1 Wellnnd BInnkets 2 23 11-4 Oxford Blankets 2.45 11-1 Wellnnd Blankets 2.75 All-Wool Blankets. (Also Crib and Cradle sizes) Borders Blue, Pink, Brown, Bed and Lemon. 10-4 Tlopa Blanket $3.23 10-4 Hero Blanket 4.00 10-1 IlotiBokeepcis' Choice Blnnket. 5.30 11-4 Oakland Blanket 3.23 11-4 Norwood Blnnket 123 11-4 Nuska Blanket 5.00 l?-4 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. GOO 12-1 Gold Medal Blnnket C.75 13-4 Cold Jlednl Blanket 7.50 (."ur line of California and Klder Dovvn Blankets Is always complete. Hobe nnd Winpper BInnkets (Rever sible), brocaded patterns for Ladles' Wrappers.Gentlemen's Bath-Bobes and Smoklns Jackets. Comfortables. Full size Comfortables, both sides fancy at 98c, $1.50, $2.25, $2.75. $3.25. French Satiue Down Quilts at $3.98; special price for this week only. Also a choice line of Silk Comfortables. 530 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Tlhainilks giving1 Day Will S001 Be Mere We are offering a regu lar 133-piece Haviland China Dinner Set in five different decorations for $27.50. ' Get one of these for your Thamksgiving d'nner They are bargains, TIE CLEMONS, MEM, IMAILEY CO., 422 Lacka. Ave. NLEI'S "Eo iii ol Fur Rugs At stery ispartmeail Secoii Floor. General Blaaco will tave i use for am o OVERCOAT But many Scrantonians as well as our friends through out the country will. We are prepared to show the best line of exclusive makes ever shown, ranging in price from $oOO to $4g)oO0 Combining Style and workmanship. AH are treated alik and everybody buys at the same price. Boyle 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE, Lewis, ReMly & DavIeSo AUVAlS ilUSt. :J11I1 ,'-iJir-S' Z -V,Vi-1 '-C. If &s &" JsifclSffia-- Harmless Kicks DON'T HUHT A OOflD SIIOK. SUIM'OSK IT DID, Wi: HAVi: LOIS THAT WILL STAND OUT-I)OOH M'OIir 1T.OM flue, UP. fatUOUH WINDOW Hl-sl'LAY, LEWIS JHIXYttAYIlES 11 1 AND 110 WYOMING AYR Stationers. Engravers. 1I0TI:L.1KI1MYN I1UILD1NO, Have the Famous Planetary Pencil w" Sharpener on exhl- O . bltion. It is the S o only Sharpener 8 09 which never breaks t) a point and will ,JEj sharpen four dozen g pencils every day for 5? 112 months without J" any repairing. 139 Wyoming Ave,, SCRANTON. Typewriters' Supplies. Draughting Materials. 4k ' r-Nl ' 1 V SMkf BAZAM Pi"icunmatchabTe.Simp!y Take Elevator Mmcklow. HENRY BELIN, JR., General Ascnt for ttio Wyoming DlaU.ct for Mining, Ulnitlng.Sportlns, Hmokeloii nnd tlio Ilepauno Chemical Comp.iuj'a mm explosives, fcnfctyruso, Caps and Eiplodor. Hooins 212, 21H nnd 211 Commonweattti Uulldlug, bcranton. AUKXCIES. THO, FOUl), rittdton JOHN II. SMITH A SON, Plymouth K. W. MULLIOAN, WIlltiM-Harrj 11 PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality for domestlo us and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and Dtrdseyc, delivered In any part of the city; at tho lowest tfrlca Orders received at tho Olllce, flrst floor. Commonwealth building, room No J telephono No. 2S24 or at the mine, tele phono No. 272, will be promptly attendee to. IJealtra supplied at tho mine. WE 1 SI FOOTE k SHEAR CO, 110 Washington Avenue. Pax ton Crown f FANS Never Break ) Soapstone UEMES Castiron J Iname" l BATTER Common Tin J PAILS All Sizes and Styles WE GIVE EXCHANGE STAMPS uponrs POWDER.
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