' THE SCRANTON TItlBUJNE-FRIDAY, JANUARY B, 1900. fc Sctanfon ri8tme Publl8hi1 Dally, Excipt Sunday, by Th Tribune Publishing- Company, at Fifty Cents a Month. New York Office! 150 Nmmu St.. 8. 8. VREEI.AND. olt Agent for Foreign Advcrtlilng. Entered et the Potofflpe nt Seranton. Pa., aa Sectnd-ClnM Mall Matter. Whrn Vpnce will pormlt. Tim Trllmno Is always rIhi) to print ohnrt letters frmn Hm frli'iulH lifiirlnc mi current tuples, but Its rulo Id that tliese must bn hIkiii-ii. for publlcntloii. by the wtltir'n n-iil tinnw, mill tho cnnilltlnn prereilent to aeroplane Is thnt nil contributions of whatever nature nml liv whomsoever Kent shnll bo subject to editorial revision. SCItANTON. JANPAUY fi, 1900. After muncliInK t the; .Uiun:iK! crib Tor nbout llfteen years, KeMdent Clerk Ketterolf, of the liousu f rep resontatlvtH at Hurrlsburu, has rc RlKiivd In order to nsslst In rcforniltiB the Ilcpublk-un party of the state. Mr. Ketterolf. nppears to possess nil tlu qualities necessary In the role of a professional reformer. The Status of the School Board. -THK KFFKCT of Judge Arch- I bald's recent oulnlon with 1 respect to the city control ler.'? supervisory Jurisdiction over expenditures of the board of con ttol Is to make the board a supreme law unto Itself, subject to no cheek whatever as to Its expenditures of money within the limits of the Bchon! district's ability to foot the bill. Pro vided that the warrants of the sehnol ilNttiet bear the slKiiatures of the pres ident and secretin y of the school loard, ii ml provided further that tlieie Is mi nev In the treasury suillclent to coll them, the city treasurer, in his capacity as treasurer of the wiio ll ills Ilk', under this oulnlon, will have no iilternatlve but to honor them. There will be no independent audit utiles tho Irani Itself vi luntarlly provided fo." OI1L- It Is unnecessary to say that such n coudi.'ou of affairs will lie nost I'll foitunuie. This Is not meant as a fillldtin of the court, which Mmn'.y expounded the law. not as It otiKht to be. but as It Is. The fault Is with the legislature. In the llrst Instance; and more broadly speaking It Is with the public opinion which has appeared to pay comparatively little heed to the question of good school administration, thus permitting uch an anomalous pystem to grow up iw that which exls'. today throughout Pennsylvania In tbe separation In our cities of school from l.iunicloal authority. Wo call this systm nnomaloin for the obvious i (-neon that no matter how wcll-meanlne- or ulll-ient 'i'.iv l.r the well-meanliiK or edlclent may be the members of the board of control, their legal status as an autonomous body virtually dlvoiced from nil accounta bility to the peopl or to any represen tative of the people- save on election day Is not in keeping with the best Ideas of government and, In practice, Is a fertile source of mischief. It is a patent development of municipal ex perience that sovereign power parceled out among boards and commissions Is less effective than authority and res ponsibility which are centralized. Thus year by year the ofllce of mayor gains In Importance for the reason that the occupant of It enn be more readily held to account than can six or a dozen co ordinate boards or commissions. Ap plication of thin Idea to school govern ment Is none the less beneficial; and a time will probably come In Pennsyl vania when, in tho cities, the main tenance of a scheme of government for the schools wholly separate from the general city government, with Its ten dency to extravagance and with Its divided responsibility, will be discard ed as it has been In many other states. The Ctihms .seem to be entirely satis fied with (Seneial Wood, but soriotv still lurks In the hearts of some of the noithern critics of the McKlnley ad ministration. Oovernment for Puerto Rico. AS A r.ASIS for the delibera tions of the sena'o commit U'o which Is expected to ic port a form of civil govern ment for Puerto Won. Senntor Fornker, the chairman of that cnnmlttee, ha Introduced a bill empowering the presi dent to name a guwrnor. a supremo court, seven heads of administrative departments mid also live native citi zens, all of whom, In addition to what ever other work may be required of them, are to constitute the upp.r chamber of the Insular legislature. A louei house of thirty-live m-nibeis. to be elected by citizens of the Island, Is also provided for, and all Inhabitants of the Island are made citizens of the United Htates. The citizens are also to elect a delegate to congress, who Is to have a seat, but no vote. The Island "js tu be divided Into live districts for ilttdlcial and legislative purposes, nnd r.ich ijlstiiiit Is to have a local court, to consist (if such a number of Judges as'llie legislature may provide for. The imHtUutlon and laws of the J'njted States are extended to tho Island, so far as the latter are locally appile'nble. Kxpbrt duties are prohib ited nnd free trade Is provided for be tween the island and the United States proper. Articles Imported Into Puerto ftleo' from other countries than the United Stales are to pay the same duties as those Imposed In the ports of ihls country. The money thus collect ed Is to go Into the Island treasury, but nioney realized from the Internal reve nue .collections Is to be covered Into thu national treasury of the United Stutes. A commission of five members, fwo of whom aro'to be natives, Is pro vided for, to revise the system of laws and of Judicial procedure In the Island. For tha. present no franchises are to be provided, except upon the approval of bijthtrjc governor f tho Island and the preildent of tho T.'nlted States. This nppears to present a fair start ing iW'in -elvlt administration, as suming that over all Insular legislation the governor will possess the veto power. It Is tho Judgment of most of those who have studied tho problem tjint the people of Puerto Wco are not ji't qualllled(nr'u 'territorial form of Moveraipijit KoJi-as Is possessed, for exarripie;'by Arizona or New Mexico. The printed abstract of the Fornker bill docs not say anything about tho qualifications to be Imposed on tho franchise In the election of thu lower house of the Insular legislature; but if some educational nnd property test ,bo applied, we ran see no reason why the Foraker plan should not bo worthy of trial. Ah Its author says, It pro vides a simple nnd practicable plan capable of development as fast nn the Puerto HIcuiiH grow beyond It. Judges Wlllson nnd Arnold, of the Philadelphia courts, In a suit Involving a violation of the nntl-olcomarKatluc law, recently tasted thu outlawed com pound and had to confess that It lasted fully as Rood as genuine butter. It Is proper that those who sell "oleo" should be made to sell It on Its own met Its and not palm It off as dairy butter; but with this qualification the crusade iiKalnst "oleo" represents scare rather than hurt. No Further Dictation. T tin "t'NANlMlTV of opin- Ion" reported among the captains of the vynrshlps which took part in the San tiago sea light thnt "where charges of reprehensible conduct stand on the record against an otllcer, there should bo no mich reward for him ns promo tion to the rank of vice admiral, until he shall have asked for nn Inquiry, or until they were explained" is perfectly nntural. These men have pride In their profession; they do not want to see Its standards bespattered. Charges do stnnd on the record against Hear Admiral Schley and he has not removed them. The charges are of so serious a character that it Is reliably said a court-martial was Im pending when the victory nt Santiago decided the president to pursue a pol icy of clemency. It has not been the administration's fault that agitation of the Schley affair has been kept up. The administration could not chang.i the record and would not let Schley or any other man distort or pervert It; but It has at no time exhibited lll-wil! toward Schley. It named him for pro motion nlong with the rest and It was Schley's friends who thwarted con firmation because their Indicted and acquiescent favorite had not been put at the to of the list. It kept still when the Maryland senators tried to club It politically. It lifted no linger when Schley, by garbling and suppress ing the correspondence of a brother oilleer, conveyed to the public a wrong ful Impression nnd exposed himself to discipline of a humiliating character. It gave Schley, with all these chargci hanging over him, a sea command, be cause It did not wish to appear as showing nny prejudice against him or any wish to pursue htm because of past mistakes. While it did not with draw a single fact of record. It mot every situation In a spirit of excep tional generosity and the continuation of the discussion was wholly the work of its clitics and assailants. nut now that the matter of con ferring rewards for the decisive battle of the war has again arisen, the ad ministration properly declines to let the pretensions put forth In behalf of Schley a second time balk obvious Jus tice to men on whoso official records there exists no speck of taint. There Is no longer In any quarter a desire to punish Schley; the record which be does not challenge conveys to nil who have examined It ample information as to his shortcomings and abundant testimony to President McKinley's kindness of heart; but neither Schley nor any cabal In his Interest is to 1m permitted to dictate to president nnd congress the terms upon which awards for good work shall be made to the other participant:! in the Santiago naval campaign; and the sooner this fact Is comprehended the sooner will nn un pleasant controversy end. Captain henry, naval governor of Guam, seems to bo making the most of his opportunities for bringing about reform on that Island. He has abol ished slavery and deported all tho Spanish priests and Is Americanizing the people ns rapidly as circumstances will permit. As Captain henry Is the only political party on the Island he is able to devote Ills whole attention to tho betterment of the natives, who I probably enjoy Better government than many of the larger colonies where numerous otHco-seekors are liable to mnko mischief. The United States Treasury. I N SPITK of our government's ex traordinary expsnses growing out of the recent war. Its cash account shows up well, 1'ncio Sam began the new year with $:!y,3,.vjj, . 4r,:i available cash on hand, Ineludlir; the $10U,O0u,o00 gold reserve. For De cember the excess of receipts over ex penditures was $7,',l3,."tj; for the six months ending with the old year, the excess was $21,Omi),O09 In round num bers. One year ago there had been, during the six months previous, a net deficit of nearly $54,000,000. In one year, therefore, there has been an Im provement In thu government's finan cial condition represented by $103,0uu, 000 notwithstanding tho cost of tho military operations In tho Philippines. Of course, it will be said by those dis puted to complain, that this good show lug Is duo to the fact that, although the war itself Is over, we are still pay ing war taxes. The statement Is tru ; but if wo consider what we nre getting for those war taxes It will not Impress us that wo are driving a bad bargain. As a consequence largely of the adver tisement which thu war gave to us, our merchants and manufacturers nre to day selling more goods to tho outside world than ever before; our diplomat ists are securing more favorable terms of trade with other nations than wo ever had before; nnd the entire outlook for our exporting Interests Is brighter than over before. This Is worth what it has cost; ind while the cost will soon begin to diminish, the gain will go on Increasingly from year to year. As for the wur taxes themselves, comparatively few of them are really burdensome. Tho average man does not feel them. That fact would not ex cuse unnecessary taxation nor JiiRtlfy nn extravagant use of the federal funds; but it supplies a good reason why necessary Improvement! should no longer bo deferred and why mem cheeseparing' nt Washington should cease. According to the Chicago Tribune then; were In 18911 within the United States 107 lynching, the smallest num ber In fifteen years and twenty lesg than In 1S9S. Of these more llinn CO per cent, took place In the HMitlv.'rn states. Let us hope that our people have at last turned the comer toward Improvement In respect nt this gross evidence of moral Insanity. A New York restaurant keeper who refused to feed an actress on account of thu shade of her hair, has Just been obliged to pay a handsome sum In avoid a larger penalty In a damage, suit. It Is always difficult to tell how much law there is In a woman by the color of her hair. Mrs. Dewey has no desire to tak? advantage of the battle of Manila In a social way. She has announced that her visiting list will Include only those who were friends before the war. All others will receive acknowledgement of courtesies In the forn. of paste boards delivered by a footman. The Kentucky elections were as quiet as a Thirteenth ward caucus, but be fore tho Cloebel contest Is over tho smell of powder may again be preva lent In the blue grass region. Parties In charge of the Paris ex position will do well to put out more attractive "advance paper" before tho show opens If they expect to achieve financial success. Py becoming an expert panthers, colonel Uryan hopes to bo better able to the Tammany tiger. hunter of probably cope with Tho lunatics of Ward's Island, Now Yoik, have been provided with golf links, and it Is said that they readily take to the came. In one respect Admiral Montljo's re port indicates that ho Is a man of Judgment. He knew when he had had enough. It begins to look ns though there would also be an "open door" contro versy at Delagoa bay. Advices from Kentucky indicate that hope springs eternal In tho breast of (jocbcl. Canadian colonial troops appear to be the rough riders of South Africa. HUMAN NATURE STUDIES. One of Sothern's Jokes. Mrs. John Wood appeared with tho elder Sothcrn In thu same company for seveial seasons. On one occasion, while the company was playing In Uirmlngham, Mrs. Wooil met Mr. Sothern In tho btreet. They were near an Ironmonger's shnp, when lie Miook hands with her und bade her good morning. "Would you mind going in hero with me'.' 1 want to make some small pur chases," hu said. She accompanied him. We went up to the counter and said: "I want sonio "Maeaulay's History of Knglnnd.' " The nsslstant said: "We do not sell books, sir; this is an Ironmonger's shop." "Well, I'm not particular," said Soth ern. pretending to bo deaf. "I don't euro whether It Is bound In calf or Hussla." "Hut this Is not a bookseller's!" shout ed the nsslstant. All right." said Sothcrn. "Wrnp It up neatly. Want to have It sent down to the hotel. It's for a present I wish to itiiiku to a relathe. Put It up nicely." "We don't keep It!" shouted the assist ant, getth.g red In the face, while Mrs. Woo.l "topped aside and took a chair In another part of the shop, almost over como with Mipprefsed laughter nt thu cheerful, fiank expression on Sothern's face, and the mad, puzzled look on tho tduipkeepcr's assistant. "Do It up as If It were for your own mother. I don't want tnythlng better than that," said Sothern. "I would llko to write my name on the fly leaf." "Sir!" bawled tho assistant at the top of his voice, "we do not keep books." "Very well," said the actor, quite un disturbed nt tho emotion hu was creat ing, "I will wait for It." Under tho Impression that his custo mer was either stone deaf or a lunatic, the nssi-tant bnunred off to tho lower end of the hhop and nked his master to enme. saying: "I can do nothing with tills man, I think he must bo oil his head." Whereupon the principal marched up to the pot where Sothern was stand ing nnd asked very loudly: "What Is It, sir'.' What do you desire?" "I want to buy n file." returned Soth ern quietly, "a plain file about four or five Inches In ltisth." "Certainly." said the principal, with a withering look at his assistant, and pro. iluiing nt once the mtkie which had been naked for. Tioston Journal. Partly Correct. Most of the stores In the remote busi ness sections of tho city aro constantly annoyed by children of tho neighborhood cumins,- to the door and asking for cards, empty boxer, and similar articles, Tho clerks nie, of course down on tho young sters, and tho warfare never ends. The other day a small boy poked his head in the door of a West Side store and called out: "Say, mister, got any empty boxes?" "No," said tho clerk, not very politely. "Got any cards?" "No." "Got any almanacs?" "No." "Got any empty bottles?" "No." "Got any senso?" "No! yes no yes you miserable llttlo wreti b," and the clerk (lew at his tor mentor, but tho latter had lied. Ohio State Journal. A Tattle-Tale. Tho Sabbath school teacher had been telling tho class ubout Joseph, particu larly with refironcu to hla coat of many colors, and how his father had rewarded hlni for being n good boy, for Joseph, t,hu said, told his father whenever ho caught any of bis brothers In thu act of doing wiong. says the lialtlmoro News. "Can nny llttlo boy or girl toll mo wh.it Joroph was?" the teacher asked, hoping that sonio of them had caught the Idea that ho was Jacob's favorite. "I know," one of thu llttlo girls said, holding up her baud. "Whnt was ho?" "A tattlo-talo!" was the reply. An Anecdote of Buskin. In a vlllngo In thu lako district a man established a library for tho benefit of the people und just beforo It was opened ItUhklu was asked to inspect It, relates thn Chicago Nows. Ilo did so willingly, was much pleased with all ho saw, and, after warmly expressing his approval, finally departed with n promise to send a present of books. It camo In tho form of u magnificent set of Scott's novels. Tho wife of tho founder of the library thought tho bonks far too handsomely got up for tho purpose for which they were Intended nnd expressed this opinion to the donor. "Mndnm," said he, "If tho money the books cost had been spent for floral dec oration or for wines for a dinner, noth ing would have been snld against It, but becuuse it was laid out for tbe enjoyment of simple villagers It Is considered ex travagant." Incredulous. A party was being shown over tho nrltlsh Museum. In ono of tho rooms the keeper pointed out n collection of antique vases, which had been recently dug up ut llcrculanoum, says Pearson's Weekly. "Dug up, sir?" echoed one of tho party. "Yes, sir." "What, out of the ground?" "t'ndoubteilly." "What, Just ns they now are?" "Perhaps sumo little pnlna have been taken In cleaning them, but In nil other respects they weto found Just ns you sco them." The wise man turned to nno of his com panlons, and, with nn Incredulous ehako of tho head, whispered: "He may say what bo likes, but he shall never persuade me that they dug up ready-made, pots out of the ground." Case and Comment.. The solemn air of Judicial gravity and dignity of tho Supreme Court Is some times disturbed by a Hash of humor. On one occasion there was un nrsument gtlng on, nnd the attorneys were using a mnp to Illustrate tho case. One nt torney, In tho course or his presentation of tho case, pointed to thu map in ques tion and was proceeding to dilate upon the same, when Justice Cray asked him what tho mnp was. 'Why, your honor. It Is Just a bird's eye view of tho land in controversy," an swered the counsellor. "Well," said Justice Gray, "I wish you would bring tho map r little nearer; I huven't got a bird's eye." Washington Times. It Was n Good Picture. ICx-Qovcrnor Budd, while on a fishing trip In the high Sierras, one day camo upon n traveling photographer nnd had his picture taken. Upoti his return to Stockton ho exhibited the likeness with considerable pride, asking his friends who crowflcd around him If they did not think It a remarkably good one. Gen eral Harncs, who happened to bo pres ent, caustically rental ked: "Yes, gov ernor; It Is a perfect picture of you. nut who is tho fellow holding you by the bridle?" Snn Francisco Wave. LITEBABY NOTES. The January number of tho Century has a Happy New Year cover designed by Will liradley and printed In colors. Among the contributors uro the Hlght Hon. John Morley, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Itudyurd Kipling, Governor Theodore Itoosevelt, Hooker T. Washington, Ernest Seton Thomrson, Stephen Phillips, and Captain Joshua Slocum, and tho artists represented aru Mr. Thompson, who Il lustrates his own contribution; Frederic Hemlugton, Joseph Pennell, Kdmund Sul livan. Varlan, Polthast, and Mary Hal lock Foote, to say nothing of the repro ductions of paintings by Sir Thomas hawrence. Van Dyek, and Cooper. The magazine Is rich In full-page pic tures, many of them in tints. Theso last occur In tho decorations of Mr. Kipling's poem, "In the Matter of One Compass," and especially In tho productions of photographs of Antarc tic scenery accompanying Frederick A. Cook's account of tho two yeurs' explor ing expedition of the Belglca. Tho conductors of Everybody's Maga zine aro evidently endeavoring to glvo their readers a bountiful 10 cents' worth. Tho contents for the January number In cludo seven complete rhert stories, eight special articles on subjects of current In terest or profitable Instruction, a little poetry, a llttlo fun, a curloslty-pago In photographs, some book-buying hints nnd a hundred and thirty-two illustra tion:?. , The Emporia (Kansas) Gazette says: "Tho Gazctto Is pleased to note that cul ture Is pushing through the great Amerl can derert very rapidly; for In Smith Center tho public library advertises that great and good book David Harum, by that popular younq author, n. Kipling." NUBS OP KNOWLEDGE. America has SOS femalo lawyers. Peru Is thu blrthplaco of the potato. Kansas pays Its governor only $2,000 a year. London annually consumes 140,000 tons of Imported meat. A sewirg machlno Is supposed to do tho work of twelvo women. A puro blue Is shown by experiment to bu the natural color of water. Five million roses aro required to pro duce one kilogram of attar of rotes. Ferry boafs aro to run across tho Dan ube between Houmanla and Bulgaria. An autotnobllu street-cleaning machine Is In successful operation In St. Louis. California produces about one-third of tho almonds consumed In tho United States. There are to be no docked horses in Colorado. A law has been passed mak ing It unlawful to Import any horses with docked tails, as well as illegal for a horse owner to so mutilate uny animals he owns. A flno of not less than Jlim, or thirty days' imprisonment, Is tho pen alty. A very curious fact concerning tobacco smoke is the remarkable change In color which It undergoes after entering tho mouth, From tho burning end of a tigar the smoke issues In deep bluu threads, while that which Is expelled from tho mouth Is of a decidedly browi. ish tint. An English soap manufacturer has re ceived a communication from tho author Itlcs of a Presbyterian church In Scot land asking for tho linn to advertise tho feonp on the walls of the church. The letter Intimated that tho church was In pecuniary diflirultles. and that this way had been decided on as the best means of raising money. A couplo of years ago bicycle riding wus made resirer.Mble for the falling off of so many persons In literary enthu siasm. The wheel took them away from books and overcame the allurements of tho library. Now, however, one publisher has discovered that the blcycto has at least been the means of awakening an Interest in natural history, und reports as a direct result nn Increased demand fur books on that subject. A London doctor has announced hli belief that In diagnosing a patient's case It is as essential to observe his walk as to feel his pulse. From recent Inves tigations In this branch of what wo may enture to call pcdestrlal therapeutics, It nppears that a person lu vigorous and robust health walks with his toes pointed to the front, nnd that ns health begins to go thu toes turn gradually out and a priceptlblo bend appears In tho knees. Ltflther Keller L1J1E, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Turd and Otlle West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA, Mercercau LWBClL Sitasinik M. 130 Wyoming Our Thirty-fourth Year. A GRAND Clhrlstmas Display Fine Diamonds, Rich Jewelry, Stone RingSe Watches of the reliable sort from $2.50 to $150.00. Sterling Silver Wares, Sterling Silver Novelties, Clocks, Etc. 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A boss burner in a sewcr-plpe factory at Alton, III., bail such a severe pain In hit right sMe that he could get but little sleep or rest. His doctor told hitn the trouble wai a dlnordcicd liver. Tho man had always been healthy before, and doubted what the doctor told him, but he l;new something must bs done, and took the physician's advice and treatment. Ilo got relief, but it va not lasting. His subsequent experience il given in a letter, in which he says : " I read sonic of the advertisements about Klpans Tubules, and concluded O try them, and had und less than one-half dozen Tabules when the pain disappeared. Of course, I felt a little doubt as to whether it would return or not, so took a few more to be suie. The lesult has satisfied me that one dollar sf,cnt for Rlpans Tabules will accomplish more than five dollars epent for so-called advice and treatment as meted out by the ordinary practitioner." A new ityte parkrt contiluln? TCI lurix tabcu I n a iir rarlon (without elui) If nev tor mi M Km druir tore. won mis CKnr. TUui luw-iinceil jrc titntcnJrii (or tlte poor and llu) oonomJeL Un. doien of ihcllro-eentcarlonKitJtaliuWs) ciiiboU.ul bf null by Miuilnj iorty-ijut ctnti -h- PTrirT I'wwftlli Oovrur, Ko. It struct Strict. Ktw Yrk-r niaiil oorioa (u uscuw will M no. Mt IT, cwtfc FINLEY Blankets Will claim particular at tention during the first week of January, 11900 And we intend unloading the bulk of our stock at low er prices than will again bo possible probably in years, There is nothing wanting in the assortment from the Lowest Med Cotton To the Finest California Wool Blankets made, and with zero weath er this sale ought to ba inter esting. We still have a few Extra Fine ilk Down Qyilts Which we now offer at from $3.00 to $4.00 below actual value our reason be ing we never carry this line of goods over. Best value offered in everyday Comfort ables, of fine selected cotton, from One Dollar up. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE 00000 A complete line for 1900, for office and pocket use, numerous styles of Cal endars, Pads and Stands to select from. Blank Books and the largest and most complete line of office supplies in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building, Scranton, Pa. Excelsior TN O O manes I.
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