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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19
TAE BRIDGES AGAIN.

1t does seem almost useless to fur
ther advocate measure, the value OF
which ia so sslf-oriient as the one to
give our city increased facilities for
inter. communication. Ia view Of the
manner in which the population is dis
tributed, being nearly equal in the
natural divisions of the city, 1t would
not be extrayagant to insist that there
should be bridge over the Lacka-
wanna and the Roaring Brook at every
second street intersectiug them, except
where the difficulties are too great to
BE- overcome by reasonable expsndi-
ture of money
With the two proposed bridges com.
pleted, the city will not be- 50 well
equipped as most cities or towns. Pitts.
burg has swung an iron bridge, more
expensive than either one to be bui 1t
here. across gulley the sides Of which
would have permitted Il passable road,
and the bottom Of which is ouly a lit
tie narrow stream This PittSburg
has done with two rivers at her feet
over whose currents she also has
thrown her threads of iron and steel
Philadelphia has bridges. block after
block, over the Schuylkill Even Car
bondals, with a population on both
sides of the Lackawanna, only equal
Ing that of the Providence portion this
city, has seven bridges spanning it,
where. with a population seven times,
and the length OF the river within its
limits three times as long, Scranton
has only ten. Almost any other town
in the state lying along stream OF
whatever sizs is better equipped than
ours.
No, the wonder is that any argument
must be used to get our citizens to vote
for what are 30 evidently necessities N
are these bridges, and, we are inclined
to believe. much of it could have been
spared. We have much faith in the
common sense aud progressiveness o.
the people Tomorrow's vots will tell
if our hope is we'll founded.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19
WHERE HAPPINESS REIGNs.

WHERE HAPPINESS REIGNs.
1t should be matter OF profound
consolation and ought to be source
of intense solacs to the Democratic
voter who. tomorrow, will step into the
little booth TO cast his ballot for Han.
cock and free coal. to know that. what.
ever the feelings with which the miners
and carriers Of this country contem
plate the ratification of the Whitney
syndicate's destructive deal. there is
unmixed Joy among the populacs of
Nova Scotia. Radiant with hope. aud
bright with the dazzling prospect Of
anticipated profits, Nova Scotians find
difficulty In restraining themselves and
the Journal and Pictou News breaks
out, in spite Of itself. into the follow
ing undiplomatic ecstaoy:
Two OF the three articles--ooa iron ore
lumber-of which Nova Scotia has vast
supply, with which her future is closely
bound up, have been put on the free list
by the United States congress. The coal
owners Of the United States made strenu,
Gus efforts to have the duty on bitumn-
Gus coal retained, but their efforts were
unavailing, aud every amendment looking
to the imposition OF duty, more or less,
was voted down. The action OF congress
IL concurred In by the senate, will have a
tremendous influence on Nova Sootia's III.
ture. The development and expansion Of
the coal industry means more Tor our
province than can, perhaps, at glance
be realized. 1t means work for thou
sands OF our people, and big revenue for
the provincial treasury. In short, it
means good times all around for Nova
Scotia, for prosperity in mining means
prosperity whose felt inf iences are gen
etal Next in importance to coal comes
Iron ore The admission OF ore free into
the United States means the development /
OF Il branch OF mining hitherto neglected
or carried. cut on comparatively limited
scale. There are vast deposits Of all kinds
Of iron ore only awaiting capital ana q
market for their development. That
market is now all but assured ls, and
with the prospects Of ready market
will, no doubt. come capital to set the
wheels in motion.
1t occurs TO rs that 'Bstting the
wheels in motion" in foreign aud
rival land. while stopping them in our
own, Ia a queer instance Of philanthro-
ply on the part of American legis'
lators. 1t suggests itself to us thai
charity which begins in the domain Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19
BE SURE YOU VOTE.

"Oh, pshaw Growll win anyhow,
He doesn't need my vote" Is any Re-
publican in L1ckswGnua county guilty
of saying or thinking this thing? II
yes. he should speedily divast himself
of the unpatriotic delusion.
Suppose every voter were to think
like that. Suppose only one-half Of
the Republicans Of Pennsylvania were
to utter this towards excuse. Where
would the Republican majority be?
Where would be the emphasis to pro-
tection's Reimbursement?
Never consider any battle won until
ii Is all fought Never put on your
neighbor's shoulders duty that is
your own. The vote, tomorrow, should
be the largest ever recorded at spring
election; AMI 1t ought to bs even larger
than it has been since 1892.
Lackawsnna county will not do its
duty tomorrow If it do not give Mr.
Grow. protection to home industries
aud steady work at living wages to
American labor one thousand five
hundred plurality. Pennsylvania a
large. il it do not add at least two
ciphers to this excess, will fail in /
critical momsnt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19
rhE lSSuE lNLnuNMnRE.

In no community In Pennsylvania
are there greater interests at stake,
judged with reference to the principles
involved, than 10 the election which
occurs tomorrow In Dunmore borough.
The spectacle is presented Of a munich
pal administration seeking re election
with nothing, either 10 past achieve
ment or present promise, to rscomm end
1t to progressive citizens. 1t is not a
creation Of the taxpayers. 1t does not
assume to represent the taxpayers 1t
is the hAndiwork OF an oath bound,
partisan club; a cooperative exclusive
organization for the perpetuation of it:
own fat pulls.
This year the people have risen
against such an un- American, un-
Democratic control of public affairs,
and the prospects are auSpicious for a
roasing popular triumph. In the per.
sonnel OF the peoples ticket there Is an
equal representation of the two leading
parties; and members of both parties.
who desire TO sec progressive ideas re-
haoted In the government of the bor-
oueh, will find 1t entirely feasible to
unite in the common revolt The aS.
sertion Of the oath. bound ooterls who
have usurpsd the chief places of proH'
and honor in Democratic politics tina
Mr. Burke's election would mean th'
intrenohmsnt Of private corporation
Tor the building Of the borouyh's much
needed sewers Is effectuallv disprovsd
by Mr.. Burket explicit pledge that he
will favor no private interests at the
expense of the public welfare.
Rejecting Democrats nsed not b
told that they are under no obligations
TO a borough riog which, 10 It's ever
aim, method and purpose, is in conflIc
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

with true democratic principles. The
effort to becloud the issus into one of
partisan fealty to a secret club at vari'
ancs with every function OF govern
msnt by the pdople will not deceive
taxpayers who for years have yielded
up their money in the hope of realizing
borough improvements that have never
come. The only way to get these i'm
provements is to trust no longer to do.
ceptiVs promise bit to mako clean
sweep in the entire borough govern
ment.
Business men. with business princi-
pies, must be put in charge Of the
business Of the borough II that business
is 10 be efficiently and progressively
transacted
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

do in the Third? What will Padden
do in the Seventh? What will Lang
staff do in the Twenty-frst? Aud how
will Golden and Ruane emerge in the
Sixth. and Kearnsy and Coyle in the
Twelfth These are questions that
stagger tho warlest gues,sr. and make
him sigh. with a soulful emphasis. for
the intsrposiron of some wellseasoned
Deacemaker.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

Our hiHy-three gears Of grO,uth, Of in
dustriai Development, Of uninterrupted
good 1Uages, Of pmdiStubed employment,
toiih adequate rerenues 10 run the govern.
ment ia lear aud IN peace rs a demonstra.
tion as strong as the eternal truths of holv
urit, that the founders Of our party
tuih l0iSeiy aud iceH, buiit for the
people The plaiH people, for the
Whoie country; and il anything further
,vas needed TO enforce this conclusion, our
experience ia The last eieuca months. undsr
q threat Of The abandonment Of that great
p0licH has Furnished IL, so SeaSibiy, so
TOrciJiB that the Lhnd hare been restored 10
sight and see il, aud those who do not see
il, Jeel it. Ece,ybody sees it 5ut congress-
aud it Ua not see ii because il ,uiR not
hear the people. -McKdiey at Pittsburg.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

WAkE ! EmF f1N ~.
"Thc gain In wealth during tho
thirty years from 1860 to 1890
under a protective policy was almost four
times as great ~ were the accumulations
ofwealth from the landing OF pilgrims at
Plymouth Rock up to the election of
Abraham Lincoln The wealth of the
country In 1850 was&bll per inh abitGnt
In 1890 It vas 81, 900 per inhnbitant
"Inth face of facts 80 striking aud fig
ufes so eloquent of our national prosper
ily and happiness under the benehcent
policy of protection, the Democratic
party submits the reRctlonary policy oi
giving our Misunderstanding interests into
the tender keeping of Great Britain ami
other foreign countries aud proposes to
appeal to the country on just that Issue.
l cannot doubt the verdict they will re.
ceive ut the hands uf the American
people - NJ KH!ey at E1ttstHrg.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

ALL GOOD things cost. The expscta-
tion Of getting something for nothing
is folly dire and utter. Scrauton's 8
new bridges cannot be had for song
But they are an investment that will
repay bounteous interest, aud they are
public necessity which makes ridicu-
lous this cheap haggling over the price
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

our sharpest competitors, instead OF
originating at home, is curious and
au unwise thing. But Wa may be in
error ou this point. It niay be that the
duty Of American representatives has
heretofore been wholly misunderstood ;
that IL is no part OF their function TO
legislate for their constituents or
conserve the varied interests OF
their native or adopted land; that,
like crack-brained knights Of me-
dievai times. it IA their trne mission to
scatter Joy and gladness everywhere
except IN their own dominions, and to
exc out their substance fighting other
peoples battles.
Anyhow. 1t Is consoling to know that
Nova Scotisns are 'iu clover" 1t re-
minds US OF our own condition, II Is
so different.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

ERE YOU approach the polls tomor-
row. think over this question. asked by
Governor Mckinley: "Do we want
more foreign goods imported here OF
the kind that We make at home. and
which we employ home labor to maksY
What answer is this to the idls men
what advantage to the idle mills ?" A
vote for Mr.. Grow is vote to stop
protecting every other laborer in pref
ersnce TO our own.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

Mr.. SlNGERIG at last has got his r9-
calcitrant cherubs iuto a sweet AMI
touching fraternal pose, and the de-
laysd curtain rings down on an &C.
static pacificator. Singsrlys laugh
occurs now, The peoples will be due
on Wednesday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

THERE IS brilliant oppo rtunity for
some Of cur clever aud amiable Demo
cratic local contemporaries to emulate.
in this community. Colonel Slugerly's s
great deeds as paciiicstor. Ia WELL
nigh every Democratic stronghold in
the city there are divisions i the ranks
OF the faithful that daily assume more
violent phases. This verbal cracking
Of skulls browns out all other echoes
of tomorrow's municipal clash, and
leaves the Republican spectator SPELL
bound in wonder. What will Conuor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

Those WHO are content to let Scran
ton remain where it is should not fes
aggrieved If. in pursuance of this pol
icY,t value of their real estate should
remain stationary, also
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

HERE IS McKinleyism to be 1i-
Qested before you vote tomorrow
Wherever importations are products
that we are making in our own coun-
try, the only effect will be to diminish
such production at home. 1t will take
work from our shops and wages from
our toilerS aud transfer them to our
competitors in foreign countries. Lst
ui hold on to our great and growing
home market.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

Do YOU want tho city to increase it,
attractions, enhance its value, pro-
gress in refinement and wealth? Vote
for the parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

No MAN that opposes parks is a friend
TO Scranton or Scrantons future.
Scranton's men. Scranton'S WON IN and
the dear little children. Vote for tbs
Darke
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

THE WAGE. FARMERS OF Pennsylvania
could not make better Investment
than to give Mr. Grow two hundred
and fifty thousand majority.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

Do YOU want to preserve SOME of the
most beautiful and romantic spots In
the state for your own use and the
benefit OF those who come after you?
Vote for the parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

WHAT IS the greatest attraction to
visitors aud to the citizNns Of New
York? Central Park. What should
be TO Scranton2 Nay Aug aud Round
Woods parks. Vote for these parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

No CITY can be desirable place for
permanent residence without nat
ural attractions for its citizens Parks
are absolutely necessary Vote for the
parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

The Democratic free traders are dIVdys
talking about relief to The people The
only relief they hgre brought thus far i,
relief from labor. mckinley at PittsbtTg.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

PuILBACRs. Elldebacks and moss
backs should be informed tomorrow
that Scranton isn't ready to gather
dust and cobwebs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

To VOTE for the bridges. mark an
AZ in the square opposite the word
Yes, which is underneath the word
Bridges"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

REMEMBER THAT the men elected to
councils tomorrow will become your
business agents. See that they are
agents you can trust.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

THEY SAY it will be light vote, but
let it be, rather, an enlightened vote,
heavy In it's emphasis and luminous in
its practical unanimity
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

PARKS ARE the lungs OF the city.
Scranton is very sturdy youth. Do
not make it consumptivs. Give it
good lungs. Vote for the parks
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

Do YOU want nice, cool, shady spot
to retire to in the hot days of summer
Vote for the parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

To VOTE for the parks mark au "Nn In
the box opposite, the word Yes" which il
underneath the word parks. ="
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

Do YOU want TO provide some work
for the unemployed poor Of the city2
Vote for ths parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

PARKS REFINE and elevate the people.
The close communion with nature
bonsfts mankind physically aud NOR
ally. Vote for the parks
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

THERE IS music in the names Nay
Aug park, Round Woods park. Make
it possible to have them Vote for the
parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

A VOTE FOR the parks tomorrow will
be a vote for outdoor relief.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

Ii. WHEN You have day of, you
want Mica place to take your wife
and little ones and get your lungs
filled with the fragrance of SHRUBS and
flowers, vote for the parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

FRESH AIR and room to exercise in
are worth more each summer than all
medicines. Seize the chance to get
Nay Aug and Round Woods parks
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

If YOU are too busy to take any
recreation. :hink of your nsighbors
who are not so fortunate and vote for
tho parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

THIS IS THE way it Looks to the
Mauch Chunk Daily News: "The
SCRANTON TRIBuyE is blazing a new
path in journalism. 1t will not print
any communication over a pseudonym.
If you want to pitchsin to somebody in
the columns of THE TRIBUNE you are
expected to stand up lik. y man when
you do your pitching" THE TRIBUNE
does not claim credit for originality in
this matter. Several contemporaries
observe the same rule. All we cou-
tend is that the rule Is proper one.
putting every tub sQuarsly and fairly
on its own individual bottom.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

New BRIDGES must come some day.
They are needed now. Why not order
them tomorrow?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

Do YOU want a place where your
children can play and their tired moth
ers can rest? Vote for the parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19
MAKE 1T EMP PAATlC.

DON'T BE a fossil Vote for bridges
and the park.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

CROWDED SCRANTON cannot afford to
reject Nay Aug and Round Woods
parks.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

PROGRESS AND convenience in mu-
nicipal affairs should rise superior to
mere bubbles as to cost.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

GOVERNMENT By Il ring, for a RUG,
should be smashed in Dunmors, tomor.
row.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

Do you want Scranton to be the
Mecca of excursionists for fifty miles
around? Vote for the parks
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-19

sCRASToN's FINANCE are not yet iu
Ased Of tue cheese parsr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
Why q Wife Changes Her Name.

1t is said that the practice of the
wife's assuming the husbands name
at marriage originated from Roman
custom, and became the common prac-
tice after the Roman occupation.
Thus, Julia and Octavia, married to
Pompey and Cicero, were called by
the Romans Julia of Pompey, and
Octavia of Ciero, and in later times
married women in most European
countries signed their names in the
same manner, but ommitted the cot. /"
Against this view may be mentioned
that during the sixteenth and even the
beginning of seventeenth century the
usage seems doubtful, since we see
Katherine Parr so signing herself after
she had been twice married, and We
always hear of Lady Jane Grey mot
Dudley and Arabella Stuart mot
Seymour). Some persons think that
the custom originated from the Scrip.
tural teaching that husband and wife
are one. It was decided in the case of
Bon vs. Smith, in the reign of Eliza
beth, that a woman by marriage loses
her former name and legally receives
that of her husband.-New York Tele.
gam.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06

short-ived Spanish Republic 1862
1874, to bring about the abolition OF
negro slavery in the Spanish West
Indies, has never been told. There
are documents upon this subject in
the State Department at Washington,
from which one of the most striking
chapters in our diplomatic annals
could be written, and it is to be hoped
that the chapter, which would bring
to light remarkable but obscure cpl
sode in the stormy career of General
Sickles, will remain unwritten till
his life has ended. 1t is not too much
to say that it was by General Sickles's
pressure upon CASTELAR, that the abo-
ition Of slavery in Porto Rico was
brought about, nor is it too much to
say that it was under the same pres
sure that the law providing for grad
ual emancipation in Cuba was pro-
mulgated. Furthermore, if General
Sickles had then been able to secure
the desired cooperation at Washing.
ton, the "Gem of the Antilles" would
long ago have been under the Ameri-
can flag. General Sickles is man of
fortune by inheritance, and knows
how to enjoy life in the fashionable
circles of New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
A Taxidermist's Revelations.

The Pail Mall Gazette, in an inter
view with one of the leading ta1ider-
mists of London. brings to light some
curious facts about rare birds and
their eggs. "Of course" said the
great taxidermist, you know have
made some dodos and great aux.
No? Evidently you are all amateur
at taxidermy. We make 'em of grebes
feathers and the like. And the great
auk's egr IS, tool We make the eggs
out of fine porcelain. I te you it ID
worth while. They feteh-well, one
fetched $500 only the other day.
That one was really genuine, I believes
but, Of course, one is never certain.
It is very fine work, and afterward
you have to get them dusty, for no ono
who owns one of these precious eggs
has ever the temerity to clean the
thing. Even if they suspect an egg
they do not like to examine it too
closely. It is such brittle capital at
the best. You did not know that taxi
dermy rose to such heights as that?
It has risen higher. have rivslled
the hands of nature herselfl One of
the genuine great auks," his voice fell
to a whisper-''ane of the genuine
great auks was made by mel And,
what is more, have been approached
by syndicate Of dealers to stock ono
of the unexplored skerries to the MOTH
of Iceland with specimens. I may
some day." ..'...,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-06
Plenty of Holidays in New Zealand

The people of New Zealand are a
holiday-making race. In almost every
month they have some day which is
set aside as holiday. At Christmas,
New Years and Easter the working
class take two or three days extra to
carry on their festivities. At these
times all the inhabitants give them
selves up to amusements. Horse rae
ing, athletic sports, boat races and
excursions are carried on in every
available spot, and are attended by q
large and almost invariably well-be-
haved crowd. The principal amuse-
ment among the common classes is
picnics. All the different trades and
societies have picnics Of their own, to
which the general public are welcome
upon paying small fee of admission.
New Zealand people are like cattle.
On one of these holidays the streets
and houses of the villages are desert
ed, and an enterprising burglar could
ransack the town from one end to the
other without fear of being disturbed.
About seven o'clock in the evening
the streets become livelier again with
the returning crowds. s.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.