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TEN PAGES.
SCIIANTON, RECEMHiCit b. lliOI.
Tim only criticism made or llic presi
dent's rnoHHiiKi't-'omos from Lord llothn
nhlld, tlio London banker, who fears
flint If tlio prollts of tlio trusts were to
be made public envy nilfrht Ik; excited.
Tlnit is very likely. It would consti
tute n wholesome check upon trust extortion.
An Honorable Failure.
TIIK WfiRK of the peacemaker
Is often thiinkless; hut It
should not he so In (ho case
of tho committee of mer
chants which has just failed In its at
tempt to facilitate it peaceful settle
ment of tho street car strike.
The gentlemen composing this com
mittee undertook the unprolltahln task
from a sense of public duty; save their
time and thought to it al the expense
of their private interests: incurred
criticism and abuse when by surrender
of their public, spirit they could have
escaped both; and finally, after ex
hausting every known means toward
tho end in view, they arc compelled to
admit, that they have been bullied.
Success would have been doubly
gratifying, lint failure on this basis
involves no humiliation. The public
owes to these, gentlemen a debt of
gratitude. The spirit they have shown
is tho spirit which must be cultivated
in Scrauton if our city is to develop
and prosper.
The bills aimed at anarchy will no
doubt go through congress with pro
verbial "neatness and despatch."
Practically no argument can be ad
vanced in favor of moderation. An
archy and good citizenship never go
Sand in hand.
The New Trolley Ordinances.
FOII MANY YKARS our citi
zens have felt the need of a
lirst class street railway
system niodernly equipped
and operated in sympathy with local
sentiment and conditions. An oppor
tunity to supply this need was afforded
through street railway legislation en
acted last spring at Harrisburg. It
has been grasped in the ordinances
now before councils.
Those interested in I his enterprise
propose to supply a public need with
profit to themselves. Tiny are not
posing as philanthropists especially nor
seeking undue advantage over the
street railway corporation now occupy
ing some of our streets. They Ursl
sought by purchase to clear that, ob
stacle out of their way, their offer rep
resenting their idea of the actual value
of its property and rights. Thin en
deavor having come to nothing, they
now ask the city for permission to go
ahead without further reference to thn
Scrantou Itailway company than is
made necessary by the exclusive claims
which that company can sustain. Their
promise, in return for tills permission,
is a first class street railway service
that will be a credit to tho town.
The plans of the companies now be
fore councils contemplate new cars,
with round wheels, clean insides and
good working machinery; well laid
tracks; frequent service on regular
schedules, and fair regard for other
reasonable puhllc requirement). In
connection with allied enterprises tliey
hold out tho promise of large industrial
development of our city and valley
almost u revolution, in fact. It Is for
councils and public opinion to consider
these representations and to decide
what disposition shall bo made of tliein.
While we are excluding the Chinese
our Herman friends seem disposed to
indulge In a llttlo American exclusion
business.
Steps Yet to Be Taken.
TUK LABOR movement In tho
I'nited States is graduully
evolving into conservative
and intelligent forms. Prosi
dent Oompers' citation yesterday of the
fact that tho chief magistrate of our
country had taken opportunity to set
his seal of approval upon organized
labor was not needed to establish a
recognition of tlio progress made in
this direction; but it was a graceful
acknowledgment of n conspicuous tea
turo of tho president's masterly mes
sage, Though organized labor has advanced
mightily in tho pust twenty years
towanU'conmiandlng public respect, It
hns yet soma forward steps to take,
Chief o'f tlieso is that tho honest, con
scientious and intelllcent member of
tho tra,do union must learn and bo en
couraged to nssert himself in the do
liberations of his union. Too often ho
yields his rightful plaeo 1o men who,
while moro fluent in speech anil more
fervid in sentiment, lack his coolness
of Judgment and practical common
sense. Tho result is that mistakes uro
made, strikes are ordered precipitately
and without lirst counting .their cost,
communities uro terrorized and labor's
cause is correspondingly injured in tho
public estimation. ' Tho history of
trlkes shows that a large proportion
ot thetn ato forced by hot-headed
minorities against tin; heller Judgment
of the more substantia! majority. When
labor unions me really representative
or the Intelligence, capacity and good
lultli of their nominal membership they
are a power for good; and they arc
Just as great it power ror mischief
where tho reins arc handled by light
weights, blatherskites and Incompet
ents. Another step forward for organized
labor to take is In tlio assumption of a
corporate form so that It may meet
the capital unions on u plauu of legal
equality, prepared lo execute contracts
and to offer a substantial guarantee
of btislness-llko Intent,' It has hap
pened many times that while tho capi
tal unions, or corporations, In negotiat
ing through agents, have proposed eon
tracts with representatives of thn labor
unions they, on their part, have been
compelled to decline to sign, not be
cause the terms did not command their
approval but because they had no au
thority to act. The recent experience
of President Shaffer of the Amalga
mated association, If correctly reported,
was mi Instance directly In point. If
Incorporation Is advantageous for em
ployers, it should be equally so for
the employed and It would lift the labor
movement to a new plane of legal dig
nity, opportunity and accountability.
There Is a third point aheady recog
nized by most thoughtful trades union
ists but not yet fully acted upon. That
is the absolute necessity of eliminating
force and violence from the labor move
ment. The right to Join a. union In
unquestioned. The employer who de
nies It Is a fool. Hut equally Ameri
can and equally precious is tho light
not to join. Coercion Is tyranny. The
propaganda of unionism must rest on
a voluntary basis, buttressed by reason
and self-interest. If a union cannot
justify its existence without strikes,
boycotts and intimidation; If it cannot
hold its forces In line save through
prejudice and fear, better far that it
give up the ghost.
In course of time these things will
work out. They must, otherwise our
institutions would have to confess de
feat at a point of vital contact with
humanity. Those leaders of labor who
encourage their wise solution and con
tribute to tlie repression, discipline and
enlightenment, of tho forces of ignor
ance and prejudice that menace the
labor movement are public benefactors.
They merit and should receive the
moral support of all the people.
The sub-marine boat still continues
in the class of the air-ship In the mat
ter of practicability.
"The Dark Secret."
TT Y "TUHN Captain Andrews,
tllf' ,nt,pl,ll "lcl '"iviga-
tor of cockle-shell craft,
departed for Vhirojie
from Atlantic City some sixteen weeks
ago he calculated thai he would have
readied his destination early in No
vember. II was his intention to run
in to the beautiful hubor of Fayal, ill
the Azores, which arc situated as neat
ly as may be in mid-ocean. This
group of islands lie should have sight
ed, making allowance for the ordin
ary vicissitudes of such a voyage, in
four or live weeks from the date of
starting.
Nothing has been heard or seen since
his departure of Captain Andrews, his
bride or his boat, and the probability
is that nothing ever will be. lb; lias
not been spoken or sighted by any
passing vessel. If lie bad been ie
ported or rescued the world would have
known of it long ago. Hut as there
has been neither talc nor tidings of
the "Dark Secret" or her "crew," It Is
only reasonable to surmise that they
have gone to the bottom. When such
a canoe mi such a voyage does not
justify tlie anticipations of her navi
gator there is no margin for hope on
the bosom of the broad Atlantic In
winter.
Captain Andrews was a remarkable,
if not an extraordinary man. a man
of unquestionable courage ami of sin
gular modesty, lie was no mounte
bank juggling with his life to sot a
crowd gaping or the managers of fake
museums to bidding for his engage
ment. He as no Niagara candidate
for the ministrations of the fool killer.
The success of his voyages, altogether
justified the plucky spirit in which
they were undertaken. Andrews was
not a professional sailor. In fact, he
knew practically nothing' of tlie sea or
technical seamanship until his first
voyage, when ho was a middle aged
mail. Of navigation lie was entirely
ignorant, and lie was equally unskilled
m tho handling of a sail. Time, cour
age, and that dogged persistence which
fires a man "lo do what another did
or does," if it did not make him a
great mariner, made him a daring ad
venturer. Tho voyager who dared tho passage
of tlio Atlantic from shore to shore live
or six times In u llttlo coracle which
ho could carry on his back might not
be regarded as reckless in thrusting
himself upon its capiielousness for the
seventh time, had lie gone alone, Un
fortunately Andrews took his young
bride upon his last voyage, and if he
has perished so of course lias she,
"There Is no fool like an old one" Is
an old proverb and a sound one. An
drown wus old enough to have known
better. Ho was nearly slxty-ilve, ids
wife a little over twenty. Ho was cap.
sized often enough in his previous voy
ages to expect to a certainty a similar
experience again, anil to expose u wo
man to such a ( ontliigency was llttlo
short of premeditated murder, in ex
tenuatlon of his unconscious brutality
it must he said that hu had a practical
end in view. The old tarpaulin's Ice.
lures whould havo been, of course, all
thn moro attractive and piquant when
tho companion 'of his voyagu was n
young biido who crossed In a coracle
imrdly larger than n hath tub the
most tempestuous ocean on I ho globe
In Its stormiest season.
Some two thousands fathoms down
tlio dark secret of Captain Andrews'
last voyage Is engulfed in tlio eternal
mysteries of tlio deep. It is better so.
Poor Andrews was born three hundred
years after his time, lie should havo
been, a contemporary of Prince Henry
the Navigator, Columbus, Magellan, or,
better still; of Drake or Raleigh.
Tho inauguration of tho Schley-for-president
boom in Nebraska, may be
regarded ns it special invitation to tho
hoodoo.
One of the very best stale papers,
politics excepted, Is tho Ilitriisbiirg
Hltir-lndependeiit. On Wednesday It
was 25 years old and It celebrated tho
occasion by means of u 10-page Issue
full of Interesting special features, It
Is a clean paper, n newsy paper nnd n
successful paper. Its success Is n, trib
ute to tho Intelligence of Its readers.
Richard Crokcr stales that ho Is be
coming too old to be tin active Held
horse In politics. Many, however, tire
Inclined to believe that tho situation
can better be explained by tho state
ment Unit ho went into tlio ting once
too often.
Minister Wii no doubt renllzcs by
this time that taffy draws morn files
than argument upon tho Chinese ex
clusion question.
It now looks as though the contents
of the vials of aiitl-Sanipson wrath arc
to be poured upon the head of His
torian Maclay,
.lodging from some of the papers
about tho country, Ibis seems the prop
er time lo Jolly the presidential Im
possibilities.
Outline Studies
of Hiiman Nature
Dcnfness Not a Bad Handicap.
MlnNlir Mil Tluslamr, the nniKi .nlur nf
f'liin.i In Hu- t'nllril M.itfJ, w.m one o! h. nunc
tier ot sjiiMkcio .it. the pii'.-ral.itloli iIjj iwci-H-cv,
nf Hip (i.ill.'HidH t'nlli'KO for the tle.it, ic
cnitly, icl.ilcs the Siliml.iy i:riiliu; I'n-t. Mr.
Wii fi.uiUly i'onfcpil 1" s'une iloiprp nf ciulur-i-.i-.-mr
lit. this hr-lntr hi-t lit-t I'Mn-iiriiic III ml-cllr.-xini;
mi .iti'llrliu' loiupi'-cil j.nvely ot ile.if
pri'MUM. iViiliniiiiiir lh- inlnWcr r.ild: "To
ni"st nf ih ,i lillle ile.i!no-4 at times vould be
.i ill'lliitt Hih.intiiKc. I cm, pnluin, mom
ib'.iil.i- llliliuli' tlil-t point, by ii 1 1 1 i ii-r u C'lil-iio-r
cliiiy.
"About Iwrhc liiindieit ,r.ir nun .1 icuiliilinn
r.icil in t'liin.i, .mil tho i piquing Khur ictniiicil
Iih llirnui' ihli'lly Ihrnudi Iho dignity .mil
i.ilnr nf mio nf hU urnri.iK Tho Kim; deeply
Irll hi:. nldlK.lllnll d, III.' El limit, .Hid III tnkl'll
of Iih Ki'.ititti'lu inn-riitnl t tint, his l.iuuhtcr
fchnllM Wl'il the K'MK'l.lP-. MHI.
"Ihe uiililiiiir w.is duly .-nlcmiii.i'il and the
happy nniii: cmiplo inmnii'ni.'il li.ni.-i'Kci'ping
in thidr nn bnu'c. 1'nr n time eieiji tiling w.m
h.iiimuiKiui: then ilip iiiiiim- of true hoc liee.iiue
ili-llll'beil, .K II ,-"ln limes line- ru'll ill thin
,iih.iiiir.I il.ite in Amiiie.i. The jnuiiK wife be-
.inn' h.itnrhly and lefeneil to her .mee-try; .--he
tt.11 Hie Min;'x il.iuuhler, while her liu.-li.unl
,ii only Ihe enii ,f ,i (,'ener.il. 'li'ie louug iii.in,
neltleil at this iPininileil lib. wile tli.it. but fnr
the .lid of llN f.lllier she wolllil be the nule.l-t
(l.mchtrr nf ,i ilepiiM-il King ami tb.it hi; v.is
(he)efoie a Rnml .w -be.
'Ihe nunc wife htirrieil lo the King .md
pmiieil Ihe .-.id Ink' nf her woes into liis car,
not toigi'tlimr In emph.i-i.e lier hu-b.ind's allu
sion lo him.
"The jinitli noil lo bi fitlirr and tohl what
he h.ul i-.ihl abniit the Kin tr.
"I lie L-eneiMl w.k iu-itiiiitly inpiwhcllucd wilh
ihe gr.iuvt appiThen-iniis fe.uiiiff the enge.incc
nf Ihe kins when he i-hnuhl lean nf Ihe Ireii-nie
able interallied of Ihe jouiig in. in. ami be maile
Kie.it Iia-le In i. ill np'in bi- Mnrii'luu to fure-.-I
ill puni-bnieiit.
"Iho Minr li-lineil In all Ihe eciirr.il bad lo
.-i. ami then, in ,t f.itheily way ami with a
I winkle in hi o.u remarked:
"'Thai's nil rlirhl, irriiei.il. r fallier ami
innthei'. nf luiinif luairidl folk imi-l be ile.if ami
dumb a Komi ileal ,,f Ihe lime." "
Madame Eames's Diplomacy.
Many Ihiuk Hnl mu.-ii.il ailisls s'inuM pre.
.-out their oiviicn f"i miiicrl-. Riwn fur iliarlt
able nlneeK
M. el. inn' i:.inie. i-i nln nf thh opinion, but .hc
i ci cut ly, in Tiomlmi, pill Hi" mailer in :i new
liclit- t" tle-" who iiitilol her to appear r.e
tiiilou-li.
Mail mie K.niie. w.if. nue .iflrrimnn at Lord
finales lleic.sfniil'.s ami Ihe net il.iy iriciw.I
a Idler from f.uly llcie-fnel .--.niusr lint two
1adic pi ,"4 nt li.nl wanteil In a-k a fior, but
in her present c hirl In-t i ouraie.
"lint I am lint afraid nf you," wrote Lail.v
Itriofoiil ami pinireded to Rjy thai, the l.nliix
in ipie-linn, win, happened In be elicmey
wr.ilth., w tailed liir In .-in fnr nothing fnr a
en lain eliauly.
Madame llame.-. immediately i-al down and
wrote a rcpl.i. If .e her duly, ."he said, lo
j.ie hei-elf as niiiili as posiihlc fur he npcralie
pcrfuiiu.iiiti's at C'ocnt (f.iulen, which were
Mipulati.il by i outlaid to be twn ibis apart tn
tint she niisht gun her ficsliwl ami be-l to
the public. Sic fill, hnweier. greatly attracted
lOA.inl the charily named, and would uiilu' only
nno loiulitinii icg.iiilliig the donating of her -oi-lii-.
Mie had leeeiied LW) gumcai (abniit
JI,5iXi lor -mgiiiR at Mr. W. W. A,t,n's and
abniit the same amount at other priiate lomeil'..
Mio would srlhlly king for nothing at the ihaiily
lonieit if rail, one of the ladies inlcrr-teil, ulin
tiad si, kiirll.i a-ki'il her, would donate Will
gume.s to the object for wliii.li die iem crl was
to be Kiien.
As jet im icpllCB fiom "the ladies Inlnc.slcd"
lime been icieiied. Hut b.uly I5ere.-fonl, nol be
ing one of iho "inten-leil ladle-" applied lies
nunc fully Ike buiimr of the situation. Pilunlay
Hulling l'n-t.
Certainly a Contrast.
Speakir llimlfisou (-pent seiriil uek In triv
iliiigin Kuioii tills l.i-t Muumer, In Ihigl.ind
In. ob-meil Ihe pioiculliigs nf Hie hou-c- nf p.n
lianieut and lias ionic link iniprcs-ed wilh the
biiupliiily, ilriuodaev ami power of the Anna I
can Institutions, lie im.; ileiriblng in some of
hi- longic-s fiieisili Ihe other day lion
he stood in a iiiiv.,1 in the hn'n-i' of
linninniii nut' d ly when n bcdUcuid film"
iloii.iiy with uold l.iio, wig, uliiil.il weir
and all Ihe gmuaiv trappiuss iiuagiiuble i.nue
tlimiigl, iijing, "Hals oil', genthiuen, make way
lor tin- sp.'ikei." Ilieiiboil.i hit.tird lo one side,
imhoimetleil In I little ill.lsnillc.lll! felhni' in
poiideied wig nml illi'ss suit, who t lipped apjug
In his ii" a.s picilding oltieer of the liou-c.
"Will, Ih.il imi-l hue been a si;h," talil
olio nf his auditors In f loml Henderson. ''Tlieve
weip jnu spcihiT of the Anierraii linu-e of rep-le-rnl.it
Ives, lining more legls.ii. poncr lod,'id
in j on Hun I- poiie.Jsi'd by any potentate or iiilcr
on (ho fain of Ihe tuitli, not evieptiug the inas
I'U nt of the Unlled Stabs, kolonlnj In a IKlb
pailiimcntary nulunatoii, wlio i,h mi vole tr
power of Miy kind, curpt u.s a fiinitlouaij' to
apply the piillainentaiy inle--, It wouM be a
long lime hifoie jou wuiiM ic null obscivau e
done in this funnily. Iiislead of iiialilng way wc
would slap ijii on the luik and sai'. "liillo,
Due, when arc you going lo let thai bill o mine
come up.' "-.J. P. Ilu-iy in (he I'hUidelphli
l'ic-.
A Discovery in Economics.
fcrl.iiii well known railway rontrailor Ins
Iho rrpiitallon of looking afnr tho minor de
tail of his gic.it liiitnri wltli a kren ijv. One
inoruliig, while mil impeding the noil; tint
was being done on a railway, bo plrkcd up a
tray boll Ijlug by the sido of the line, linn
ho walked lo whcie tho men wcio working on
the load.
"book heir," ho i-alhil nut to one of the
workmen, "how U It that I llml bolts llng
about w,i,trd? I li.np to pay for tbc.c tiling,
jnu know."
"ll'li.i, when' did jou get lh.it, lr5"
"I found It .i llttlo way up the Hue hcie."
Oh. ilhl jou?" rilvil Ihe woikiuan. "I'm
inin.li olillu'id to jou, sir, for I've been limit
ing for that loll all Hut foieunon, and wa.dcil
a liioinius'ii wot tli of jour money. I knew
Ihflo vji one inlsslng."
Too augu-t rontrailor loncludcd that lio couhl
ulie dial wr.ikni.iu no points vn rcouoiiir, and
lell In kilemv.-Tit-lllU
Champ Clnvk and the Chuvcli.
Ilcriiuo be lia not hesitated to ciitlcl.-e tneni.
K'li) of In own p.nly wlivn he ill.-.ipinovcs of
theiu, Mr, (lark lun sonulinifs- bad his Pom
oci'Jllu orthodoxy ipntloned. Put lie liughs at
muIi talk, ami tJja that It woulil be about Js
haul to sluko liliu out of bU parly a it n
for fcome siiloiis-iuliidrd elder to thako him
out of (lunch. When bo was a joimg man ho
was a famous ibuccr, but utter Joailug ihurcli
lie was warned that bo tmml rIvo up this
iiiniicinent. One evening bo wn.s tempted lie
Jond his nlrcnjdli, and mremlercd liltnsell to
tlie drllahls of the hour, Joining In every dance
on tho list, and taking mil im a partner every
pielty Rlrl within ic.ub. The church luclhtiti
tiein nnnd.tllxpil and nimmoiied him before them.
After n long nml !,oUmn council tlie brcthicii
ilecldid tliAl his mitii imi.t bo ftilckcn troin
tho roll nf llm iluircli. Clnilt went nun)- and
took a plinc M n, hniot pow for the ser
Wees of Hint i.iy. His conduct them was most
cxempiaij', ltL. jf,tlc, i(j. , ic ,jiuni,
lioiilnl his "amtni" at the piopcr Jiilicture In
tho other r.xcrclc awl when the preacher ln
vltcd to tlie flout .tbojo ulniirrs who wl.licd to
Join the thuieli, up ho marched and took tho
best place nn tlio "anxlniw fct."
The Inclhren who ha,l expelled htm an hour
before exchanged ulanecs of coindcrualloti; but
what could they ilof There was nolhliig left but
to ndinlt hltn once more to membership, and let
lilm try again. Saturday livening Post.
There Was No Precedent.
TliLs iitoiy on Senator IiirhIIs In credited liv
tho Sun to Charles S. llrnper, nn olllelal of Iho
HciKonut'nt'.uiirs otlko In the senate. Toivnnl the
end of a fcksIoii lasting far Into the finnmer, tlio
usual proposition was before the nenalo to chn
everybody on the cinploje'.s pay rotl an extra
nionth'.s pay. The bill wii about to p.is when
Senator Ingallj, arousing himself, sent to the
library for a lack of books and began mull n
fierce attack on the mca-uir ns quickly to llll
the Kelinlu chamber with nil nudlrnie to listen
lo tils Mir.i'iit and Invectiii'. "Theie Is no pre
cedent for this-, Mr. President," was tho bniclrn
of his peeeh. ami over ami over again nl. tlio end
of each well dlieclcd iitlni'k he would repeat:
"Tlirrc Is no piricdcnt for lhl.. Mr. President."
At the close of Ids speech, ns the senator was
passing fioiu Hie senate i lumber In lib commit
tee' loom, Urapcr, who li.nl been standing with a
gioup of other rmplnves, nnxloiMy nwaltiiig tbe
lesiilt (if the niislaugbl on Ihelr s.ll.ny gi.ib,
stepped out flout Uic nlhiis mid f.lld to Ml,
IngalU:
"Setnlor, that was an able .speech horn jour
standpoint, but why do Jou oppose II? Wo
thought that jnu of all Hie sciulola would bo
our parliiiilar friend."
With a flown .Mr. lug.ills tinned ami sail in
bis ino-t cutllug tones: "Prapei, do yon mean
to tell me tli.it jou inrn wlio lino -o tit tie- to do
ami who aio so Well pild ihviii: lo draw tliitlocu
months' pay fnr twelve months' scivlee? If jou
aie not satisfied why don't you le-lgn and let
mine one have jmir places win, will bo satisfied
to di.ivva lrgitluialp sal.nyV"
"Why," said Urapcr, quhkl.v, unisnisi lou.-lj-imltaling
the voice and manner of Mr. lngalls
In his speech: "Thrio is no piciedent for thiit,
Mr. Senator," ami lngalls went olt laughing so
loud tlial he could be heard over at the hou-c cf
lepicsctiliillve.--.
The next day the bill pa. oil and tho cinplnjcs
got llieir tliiileen months' pay lot twelve
months nf sciul-idlencss.
It Recalled a Story.
The ptipositimi nf Itiple-elilalivc llllllc-nu lo
bind the jlcmocrals Id :i pledge to bo found by
the action of Ihelr puly ramus' ha-, m eording
,.. t s: irn......' ii- .t. :....,... lAn.... i.. ,l.n r.i.lli.
... ... .-. . . , . J .- it .isiiiiii vn nil,, in mi i ti.i.i-
delphia Prrs1, treated sonic ciitiei-m among the
older membcis of that p.irt.v. .Mr. ltiirlriui is a
joung man, liaving liren bom only Unity-right
jc.ir.s ago. A cotciio of his lollcngues wcic dis
iiiuiiur his ctroit.s to lead bis paity and the bo
tine he hid lead them when Mr. foihran, of
Missouri, said il lemiiided him of the efTorlj of
u coloied baptist prc.i'her In his stall. 'Ihe nun
had ju-t bein called lo .1 new ebaige and slatted
in willi a sioiehing sermon the ci.v Ibsl Ihing.
He cuuniciafcd the several oileiises, liki shooting
clap ami stealing ihiekcii.-, of wliicb tin: lobued
brctbieii arc supposed tu lip guill.v and declared
that tln-e guiltj- nf them wuiild lie incontinent
lj' di.-inK-ed finm the membership of Ihe hiireh.
After service two old daikics met at the ttcps
and began comparing note-.
"Win' jou t'ink ob I'ossnn (!rcene'.s seinioii?"
iiiericil K.i-tn.--.
"Well, sir," replied llic oilier, "I lell jou,
Hast il-, il,it via.- de nios' poinpiou.s ami ii-urpioits
s'amion 1 ever hci rd."
"T'ho lcetiiie of Iuile-en''-. was the 'iuo-' pom
pioiia and iisiirplous I ever bend " liughed
Cocluan.
OUR IMMIGRATION MISSION.
lalitor of Tlie Tribune
Sii : Thu icpoif of Immigi.ition fommissionci
(lencral 1'uwdcilj- for Ihe fecal jcar curling -lime
;i0, 10(11, fhowing a total immigration of aliens
In II xtcnt of .1i;i,?r.s', his already been referred
tu Ihe public prcv, and partially analjed
ami i-onuiienlcd mi. Thcie aic, however, rome in
teresting data in tlio Hpoit, woitlij" of being
geneially known.
Ill the first place thc.-e figures do imt include
(In: thousands who imiie in fium anada. and
olhcr foteign lonliguous terriloij by lail or loci I
loutcjf. It is not possible In keep statistics cf
llic-c anii.il-, while oiiliniry tiaiellcra aic cio-s-ing
and iecros,-ing our ho'indarie.s dail.v.
Tluee bundled and tliirlj'four tliou.and of ll.e
recorded arrival.- aie from Aiistri.i-IIiinp.jty, Italy,
Itii i.t and I'mlamli the ftuiiii.icntcia oi Kmopc,
Wo should, aa Hue Aineiicaie;, congi.itiil.ilo our
selves on being able to allord a haven of peace
and a d.ij of iiope to so nunj' ttoini lo;icd euf
Icrcr.s from old woilel condiiion.-.
Tlio report fiuther ciniencc.c tliis bj sliowiug
that. Hie aggrcgale imreascs from all other coun
tries of Kuropo aie not quile equal to one-fourth
of the imicjse fiom Italy. .done.
iVo further nolo that while the total imtubru.
Hon from Asiatic counlrics w is 4, ::7.'(, and is Ij
per cent, lr.-s than tho pinions jc.n, the imnii
giation from China, was almost double tb.it of
the prior .veil, the ligiucs being 'J.15P, n.-ahiit
I,.'I7. The main icduclioii was in tin; number
from Japiii .V-tU le.-s than the I'.'.CJ'J nrrivaks
of thn picceding jcir. Doubtless the prniperous
londillons in Japan partly auuuut for thus jail
ing oil'. That leductioti may be- a pily is the
.lapane-o fall so lentils into w,ijk, inannirs and
lire, and make good citizeii.-'. I nfoiluii.ilcl.v,
in the ('IiIiicm' who conic wn do not titnl the tamo
ready adaptalion, eccpt in :t comparatively few
instances, nor, taken as a whole, ilo Hie be-t
nf tbe Chinese i.ne to leave thn "1'lowcry King,
doin" for fids laud of tugged endeavor.
Thn most unfortunate featinc of the ) car's n
mlgiatioii nf uia.SHS ks that tho lery laige num
ber ot H7,rb" could nol uad or write. Tliis fact
gives us some idea of the lUylerablo old world
eeiudilinn.1 in Hie matter of education, among
the lower cla-scs of races oilier than the r'axnn,
fcltic ami Teutonic. Mill, its in the case of Hie
Philippines, Cuba, I'oilu lllco nnd Hawaii, tint
iciy cducatloii.il deficiency i ono of our mission.--,
if not our ihlifrst mission to overcome.
While vvc may not be iddc- lo do .inylliing for die
major pait of that 11",.vr ilvvcllcis in ilnkness,
jet, under our oompul-oiy education laws, llclr
iblldreii inu.-t be boine and reared in the light,
while, bad thu patents not rmiuratcd, the il.uk
iipss would have been peipiliuted fiom genci.l
tlou to generation, liicie.isliig as il, coutimicd, and
conslilittltig the mo.t piollllu soil fium vvhicli
spiings aiuichUm, coiiiiptlou and many oilier
evils of the body politic.
Tbe rejfcllons, ;i,.'iti, vino 7n less than last
je.tr, vvliilo tho nulvaU wcic :,9,yii nioicj 2,7m
of Ihe lejcctcd wcic paiipcio', M7 cf.nll.lct lalor
its, ami Ihicc were woiiii'ii, wlio came, or wcw
brought for liniunr.il ptnpo-rs. only a tillo
of xxb.it wo liejtr o Iho "white! livciv" of ilu.
lope Is tine, wo nnj lie paidoncd for iloubllus
tlio coirectncNS of Hut lUino three. On UiU
point wc can icadily iiuderslauil Hull it is im
possible In hud out Ihe icil icason lor the min
ing ol tliat class of people, who, or their bilng.
ci.s, aio adepts in deceit. As a whole Hit char
acter of Hie j ear's immigration U, nt the ie
port ay', "decidedly superior tu that ot last
year."
The rrnnit doen not fchoiv that ,i sluslc nc
o the icjtclcd wa iciuscd admission by ,5)U
of uniivliUtl" ptoclivltlcs or anleccdciiis. This
fact emphasises the argiuueiit Hut con,ies should
iiiiieud our iuiinigr.itioii laws, by Inserting u
clause, icipilrin.i as u comlltloii of laudiucr, the
piodiictlon of a ceiliflcate of peaceable character
nnd niilccedculs, fongics sliould Incicaso Ihe
salaries or allow. lines of our consuls tu all i -lent
eiilliclint to enable Ihrin lo employ tm-t-woitliy
agent to examine Into thee points, uu tho
tiling of cadi application ior a reitlflcate. I)n
IhU point wo quote tbe (omiuUsloiier ns I'd
lows: "There Is no color of aullioiity in the law
lor the ii'lectioii at our noiU ot what are lone
uioiily called imarclilsts, inemles of polltiial cr
social older, or polygambU ill doctilue, cxtcpt
evil docia whose uiUdccds Involve moral base
ne.ss which bis been the subject of (udleial in
vestigation am) conviction." .'Cor does uur pic
cut law exclude fcinilu prostitiitei except they
aic "lireinilit licio urulcf contiact or agicciuent
lo live Uvea of thame," This ubo calU for an
amcnilli.g clause', s
Our able coinnils.-lencr in.ikes several excellent
ici'Oiiiiiiriidatlous, which will douhtlcM attract
tho attention of cvicrcs.? ami need i.ot bo s-lis-iuv-ei
in iidvuncc.
'tlio congressional appropil.it Ion for His en
foiccmciit cf tlio Cliiucio cxcliuloa laws was
$l(W,0ti unil tlio necessary expenditure was ilOc),.
tSl. The act expires May 5, IWi, but the name
Christmas Gifts the Children
;'fe&!!f"
THE TRIBUNE'S
JUNIOR EDUCATIONAL CONTEST
Gold
and Silver Watches,
Skates, Games, Etc,
Sleds
To be given to the Boys and Girls ol Northeastern Pennsylva
nia who succeed in making the largest number of words out of
the letters in
S-CR-A-N-T-0-N TRIB!JNE.
HERE IS THE LIST OF GWTS.
Gold Watch.
Four Silver Watches.
Writing Desk.
Three Sleds.
Two Knives.
Combination Game Board.
Bagatelle Board.
Checker Board and Checkers.
Hop Scotch.
Numerica.
Set of Boxing' Gloves.
Rugby Foot-Ball.
Brush and Comb Set.
Bagatelle Board.
Magic Lantern.
Dominoes (with double
Progressive Words.
Pillow Dex.
Sxving-a-Bing.
nine).
RULES OF WE CONTEST.
T'rizeK xvill be Riven to flic boy or Rirl, uiicloi' 10 years l' tise, lmilil
liiK the largest number of words out of tho letters contained in "Scran
Ion Tribune."
.No letters must be used any more times than tliey aniicar in these
(wo xvords. As an instance, a word xvitli more than one "l-;" xvould
not be admitted, but a word might contain two "It's" or three! "N's."
Plurals formed by adding "" or "or" not allowed.
Only words found in the main portion of "Webster's Ititciiialiiinal
Dictionary" (edition or ISC'Si will be allowed. Any Dictionary can lie
used, but. in judging the contest Tlie Tribune xvill debar all xvords not
found in Webster's.
Proper names, or any other words appearing in tlio "Appendix"
xvill not be allowed. This applies only to proper nouns or mimes in
tbe Appendix those defined in the main portion of the book xvill be
admitted.
Obsolete xvords arc admitted if thoy are delliied in the dictionary.
Wrlto on one side of tho paper only.
Write very plainly: if possible, use a typewriter.
Place the words in alphabetical order, liumbeied in eolation.
Write your name and address, age and total number or words at
(ho top of your list.
Fold the list do not roll.
Contest closes Saturday, December 'i, al fi p. m.
All letters of innuiry for additional information will Im promptly
answered. Address your list of xvords, or any emestiun you wish
answered, to
CONTEST EDITOR,
Scranton Tribune, Scranion, Pa.
Estimate the
Number of Words
How many xvords do you think
there are in thfc letters in ''Scranton
Tribune?"
To put it another xvay, How many
words do you estimate the winner of
The Tribune's "Junior Educational
Contest" will havoP
This is just a. little "Estimating
Contest" in connection with The Tri
bune's "Junior Educational Contest,"
in which every reader of The Tri
bune is invited to participate.
Ten Dollars
For the Best Estimates.
?5.00 will be given for the first cor
rect, or nearest correct, esti
mate. 2.00 for the next nearest.
1.00 for the next, nearest.
50 cents each for tho next two
nearest.
25 cents each for the next four
nearest.
Record your estimate on tho blank
below and mail it to "Contest Editor,
Scranton Tribune, Scranton, Pa.," or
the envelope may be handed in at
The Tribune office. You may send
in as many estimates as you have
blanks.
ICIT this ot T.I
Contest Editor,
Scranton Tribune.
I estimate that tho winner nf tho
first prizo in The Trihuno's "Junior
Educational Contest" will havo
.words.
JSfamo
Address . . ,
Employes of Tho Tribune Aro Debarred from. Entering These Contests.
ranvn Biammmanname mmMMnn 3
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0 Tuinn i a TiniiT l i m iti o
s 1111KU nAiiuriAL BAim
X OR SCRANTON.
0 Organized 1872.
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Depositary of the United States.
Capital, $200,000 Surplus, . $550,000
The discount rate to depositors is ,, per cout. per annum.
Hpei'inl attention glxxn to all iiucoiiuts whether lurgoor small.
Open Saturday ex-enluss fi to Dn'rloc c,
Three per cont, Interest paid nn savings deposits.
Interest compounded January 1st nnd .Inly 1st,
WILLIAM CONNELL, President.
HENRY BELIN, JR., Vice President.
WILLIAM H. PECK, Cashier.
DIRECTORS,
William Connell, James Archbnld,
Henry Belin, Jr., Luther Koller,
Geo, H, Catlin, J. Benj. Dimmiek,
Thomas H, Wutkins, James L Connell,
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icslrlctlC'in iiiily .in1! continue under niticle IV
t'f tin convention uf leccnil.-r $,, l'M, win n
i, in force) for leu vwu new r.itlt.itiu, nnl
for iiuotlirr yerloil of ten .ve.i, If nelllier ijov
irnnient sa six linmtlu notice eiuliuK vvlili
llie ten jear teiniinutfnii.
The irport fmtlier nou-. Ili.it tlie li.ili.in li.i.ul
kijIIi'H loiuUtrd of '.'.'.tai iioith ImIIjiis .tin!
IIR.iOI soulli llnllJiu, two riiilo ilMiuct peoie..
It i.s iioiiilen nut tlut lomiuct l.ilinren', con.
vleti", ansrchkti, Jii'l other rllsoiiluily uml Uvvlc'ii
ieions, lutuully eek the sie.ilrr r.eeeloni frim
iiupri'tlon cnjii)c-il hy c.ililn pjmeiiser, -uiii tlio
ri't'uit lei'oiiiincii'U llic niloitioii oi letli'lctien
to rover till point nf KrJve iljuger.
Tho Chines exclustun uct c-.xeinpto. "(Iiim-ao
Milijecti licliif,- ofllciaU, Icielieis, ttmliiili, luer
i limits or tr.ivcleu for I'liriotity or iilea.me."
t'niler tliis cUuse, 2,'ift! applied tor mlnibdoii
l.i.t j ear, lint I'lii aiilleatlimi vvcie fonml to be
friiixliilent ami vvero lejecleil.
'Ihe lepoit ic well tjlmliilcil, ln.xv il luic
ninount of roiI woil; ilone with iiiiu'llikiu uu
ililncry, ami Ihe jcji'h upcr.it Ion of the ilipiri-
inent I elicits cieillt on our comnihsloi.er uciici .il.
Veiy liuly oin,
-Walter .1. Ilalljul.
Silicncstttdy, X. V-. Vuv, ::'.
AIAays Busy.
"I P
(Jfl
AN ADEdUATE GUARANTEE.
I'loiu the OI,v)'ii.mt Itieoril.
('oiifictiiun l.'onnell onlcri on his tliinl toini
willi the eontiJeme of all the people ot hU ell...
Irict, iucspectivc ol pirty. r all know- tlut
ho will xvoik awiduoudy for tlie let interests of
liU constituents. His neoul during twu tciuu i
more than enough to variant that idea.
"t0Sg
Shoes for tin- Rear l.lltle Ouo and
the Rear Llttlo One's friends; the easy,
warm hinds fur thu Iiouhu or street;
for work or play, Nut hint; just us
i;ood us u holiday cdft, us it blesses
tho River as well ns the receiver. Our
prices on tlio bust common sense nlft
tivu
5 cents to $5.00.
Lewis tSe Reilly,
114 ttmf 116 Wyoming avenue,
CO
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OT Ililllll ionimn
y, O-l 1 Villi .llUIIIIU.
IflB GBDHBBiSHHHHBKiiCHHi 0HHI
A Second-CJass
City with a
First-Class Stock of
Gut Class,
Sterling Silverware
Clocks, Etc,
Suitable for
Wedding Gifts.
Merceread & Connell,
132 Wyoming Avenue.
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