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
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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
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&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
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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.