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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

fiction that the $50, 900, 900 ssigniorage
on this bullion, which is to say the
profit In the bullion's coinage into 4l2t
grain standard silver dollars, has not
yet been pledged for the redemption Of
outstanding certificates, although prac.
tically it has-to add $55, ,000. 900 OF new
obligations, making altogether $lS2. -
600, 0O0 Of United States promises to
pay, for whose redemption there exists,
in real fact, only $S5. 1873. 40 of actual
value in the treasury vaults How any
government can do business for long
on such basis of actual insolvency
none Of the iuilationists has thought 1t
worth while to'explain.
DR.. Strong claims that the stored
silver bullion at Washington should be
treated not as II commodity. but as
coined silver dollars. having legal
value more than double their intrinsic
value Very we'll. There arc now
Sl53. 0S5, l5l outstanding in treasury
notes which arc redeemable In gold
Suppose. then, we were to initiate our
currency by adding $55, 900, 900 in sill.
yer certificates to the $la7. 600. 900 cir
culation already foAted on IN intrln-
sic valuS of $50, 1873. 40 How can we
maintain. upon It permanent parity,
the treasury nota which has 100 cents
Of gold behind it on tho one hand, and
upon the other hand. the silver certiti-
cate which has behind it only about 43
cents of q white metal that il constant
ly depreciatinG in market value?
An honest currency must rest upon q
basis the honesty OF which ia above
even suspicion Tho Bland bill is sim
ply thief's artifce to fDlt fiat money
that is absolutely worthless, except sc
far as American creduity is willing to
be hum0ugged by it,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

AT ONE place on West Lackawanna
avenue the owner Of lot thirty feet
wide has five telegraph poles strung
out in front Of his property like the
teeth of a coarse comb. It is said that
even a wagon cannot be backed in to
the curbipg, because of these obstruct-
ing supports for a dangerous maze Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15
Chance for tho Fool pl.oovsrer

o. LOUIS GtOJe'DsWOCTdI
The second year of the present admins
tration starts out with the cheerful asSur-
ance that 1t can not b. worse than the
first one unless some new ways OF acting
the fool are discovered.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

The 1926. 600, 600 IN silver bullion
now lying in the treasury could make
$3.50. 900, 600 in coin by diluting the cur
rency on homeopathic principles. Blu,
if we once begin this dilution. why
waste.any good silver on it at all2 Why
not have it all paper and ink2
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

IL GENERAL MANAGER ARCHER has
feasible plan to do away with three
poles in every four along Lickawanna
avenue no ia entitled to much credit
But THE TRIBUNE can surpass even
that for it has plan whereby We can
donway with every solitary one OF
them, as we'll as to remove from view
the constantly multiplying tangles OF
overhead cables and wires, anl our
plan calls for nothing more complex
than a conduit, saw and an aka.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

The Republican party had the oppor.
tunity, four years ago to meet its duty
in this porticular, and it weakly and
Cravenly failed. Confronted with the
solemn fact of southern representa-.
tion in congress in some instances
thirteen times as great ia proportion
TO the votes polled, as Is the representa-
tion of our wealthy northern states;
asked by the conscience Of the nation
10 fulfill its moral duty to the race that
it liberated from bondage and then
cruelty deserted; besought to take
manly stand In the enforcement, by all
the powers Of government, IL neces-
sary, OF free ballot and an honest
count, the leadership of the party
halted, psrrisd and nesitatsd, and the
opportunity was lost The insincers
shrieks OF few supsrssnsitive alarm
lists, mingling with the apprshensivs
howls Of guilty brigadiers, suffijsd to
frighten the leadership off; AMI the
next thing that we knew, the Rspubli-
can party was defeated, and q confed-
crate Democratic majority had whip
ped through a federal election law
repealer before the sober sense of the
country had had time to realize what
was being done We contend that, pro.
lection alone excepted, thsre is no duty
more urgent upon the Republican
party. in its function as the executive
agent of conscientious and fearles,
citizenship, than this duty Of purifying
and equalizng the Amsr sriCln franchise.
Let royues cry halt and towards blanch
There must nevertheless com9 a time
when republicanism will have to bS re.
established. upon basis of common
liberty and equal rights before the law,
or else given up as an experiment itn
possible Of successful maintenance, to
make room for bastard growth that
carries upon its forehead the o1ious
birth mark Of Illicit origin
What might have been is valuable,
sometimes, In teaching what yet should
be-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

PREVENTION is better than cure, and you
may prevent that tired feeling by taking
Hoods sarsaparilla, which will keep your
blood pure and free from acid taint and
germs OF disease,
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SCRANTON. MARCH IS, 1894,
AN HONEST dollar does not mean a
dollar worth only 4S cents.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

An honest election law in 1884 would
have elected James G. Blaine president
instead Of Grover Cleveland. and would,
iu all probability. hava averted the
panic. loss and political disgrace which
Clsvslaudism has since precipitated
upon our country. The industrious
work Of one drilled force of repeatsrs
in Edward Murphy's city Of Troy was
sufficient to turn tho scale. The Muir
ply brigade Of skilled rspsatsrs by
beginning early and voting late, are
enabled on ordinary elections to poll
from 800 to 2, 600 votes in Troy, Lam
singburgh and Cohoes; but on presi-
Dental elections. by extra exsrtion, to-
gether with some assistance in the
count. they are accustomed to poll from
2. 500 to 8, 900 votes. Mr. Blaine WAS
defeated ny l,0Sl votes The fai!urs
of one.hals of the Murphy repsaters to
get their fraudulent ballots polled and
counted therefore, would. in 1884, have
ssnt Grover Cleveland back to the
tavern halls Of Buffalo, elevated to the
presidency the greatest American dip.
lomatist, statesman ana psrliamsutar'
ian in the latter half Of the nineteenth
century and changed in many import
ant particulars the recent history OF
this nation. 1t would assuredly have
precluded the Garland Pan -Elec trio
scandal. the disgraceful high jiaks cut
by Euvoy Ssdgewick in the Cutting at
fair in Mexico, the merciless vstoiny OF
thousands of private pension bills, the
enactment Of Wilson tariff, the mex
picabls bluuder of the Hawaiian policy
Of insamy aud tbs development
through Populistic fusion anu hare
Drained economics, OF panic that at
each set of sun sees the ounlry $40,
COO, poorer than i: was tue day be-
fore.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

IITTbUWTJ UI6VUTJNs
1t takes a wonderful strong combination
Of circumstances to overcome the pluck
and determination Of any great commun-
ity Of American citizens.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

HOOPS PILLS do not purge pain or
gripe, but act promptly, easily and
efficiently. Csc. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

There is no forstelling when a second
crisis like that memorable one of ten
years ago may again arise History,
they say, is nothing bus series OF rep
etitions At any moment, in the choics
of congress, or in the selection OF
presidential electors. we may again en-
counter the uncertainty of a Hayes
TIlden contest or the long and danger
Gus suspense like that which preceded
the announcement of Nj BIaine's nc
mentous defeat. 1t behooves US. then,
to be in readiness for such an emergen-
cy. 1t becomes the duty Of American
citizens, then, to make practical effort,
in every Legitimate possible manner, to
prevent the future precipitation of a
crisis in which force aud fraud may op-
crate to veto the popular will ami sat
back, for years, the hour hands of our
national progress. How shall we start2
We may begin in two ways Ols way
is the way that the good citizens of
Troy have chosen. in their non-parti-
Ban movement to stamp out corruption
at the polls. This way can only con-
Germ itself with local and aggravated
OWLS. 1t is limited in the very nature
of things to those cities that havs fall
en- into bossism's relentless grasp and
that begin, for the first serious time, to
decide upon processes of relief The
other way is in the election Of a Re-
publican congress pledged to the i'm
mediate enactment Of a general and
decisive law protecting federal cleo
tions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

BRECKENRIDGE EXHIBITS anerve fairly
deserving better cause.
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MERELY ONE GUESS.


MERELY ONE GUESS.
FOR CONGRESsMEN-AT.LA
Galusha A. Grow, of Susquohauua,
George +. Huff, of Westmoreand.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Daniel II. Hastings, Of Center
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
Walter Lyon, OF Allegheny.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
Andrew II. Mylin. Of Lancaster.
FoR SECRETARY or INTERNAL AFFAIRS,
General Latta, of Philadelphia.
PLATFORM
Honest wages, houeSt money, honest elec
tions and honest men.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

PuauIsT JESTER has been warned by
Mayor Nichols, OF Wilkes Barre. not to
fight again, and If We understand J9s-
;er's record, the warning will very
likely be obavel '
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Frsehened II I'm a Bit

Iftts6urg Dispatch.
Lord Rosebery merely gave MIR. Glad
stones policy fresh coat Of spring paint.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
Walter Lyon, OF Allegheny.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

SEEING THAT the rain wouldn't cease
for his benefit, d. Cana wisely con-
cluded to come In out Of it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

Now to the taxpayers and the people at
iatge this coming OF the seigni )rage-iu-
stead OF borrowing to that amount, means
just that much less indebtedn .ss TO be sad.
died on the people, Aud when we con,
slider the interest and compound interest
saved to the country BY coiuiug the S55 =
O0n, 600 in question, Us we'll as the profits
arising from lost cola or certificates thai
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
Andrew Il. Mylin. Of Lancaster
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

FOR SECRETARY or INTERNAL AFFAIRS,
General Latta, of Philadelphia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-15

FOR UONERNUR,
Daniel II. Hastings, Of Center.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

grass. because thcre is n continuous
growth of fresh heritage all through
the season. And while the earlier
kinds are recovering froll the pas
turing of tho cattle or sheep the
later kind, are coming on and
furnish feeding. Some kinds Of
grass have what are called iibrous
roots, that is. the roots spread from
the bottom of the stem in a bunch of
long. slender fbcrs. But others
have so-callcd Crccpir" roots that
run along just under the
surface. and being furnished with
buds or eyes, new sprouts
grow from these and mako new
plants. 1t Is easily seen how soon
the land may become quickly covered
with plants Of this character and in
a few years there will be a dense sod
that will completely cover the ground
and make the bcst of pasture. All
that is wanted then to have pcrma-
nont growth of grass year after year
l. 10 furnish abundance of food for
grass and SOW fresh seed in places
whore it may be wanted. and then
keep the land in meadow as long az
may be wished TO do this the
farmer must study the nature Of the
various grasses. 50 that he may
choose the right kind for this use.
Then ne must take care 20 prepare
the land in the best manner at tho
outset, and sow sufficient seed to
cover the ground, allowing for any
loss by imperfect seed, as is always
to be guarded against. and. when he
has made a good beginning, TO keep
the grass growing by feeding it lib
orally with manure or fertilizers as
may be rcquircd.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

In the articles for the press it Is
usually presumed that the writer is
addressing those who have dairics,
and the man with one COW is over
looked, and in this connection we
here give the views of \. l. Crosby
in the matter. man in every way
competent to give advice in tho
keeping Of one COW.
Every family in moderate circum-
stances living in the country. needs
good family COW; and II the family
include children. the need becomes
almost n necessity. 1he CREST OBJ
lection urged against keeping a
family cow is the expense, which is
supposed by many who are unac-
quainted with the facts to heavily
oycrbalance the income But the
reverse can easily be shown to be
the truth, taking into consideration
the difficulty of buying good milk,
even in the country, tho cost OF the
same. and often the disappointment
in not being able to get it
just when most needed Gall moth
ers appreciate this) think
when the account is footed up, it will
be found that the family COW will
prove herself to be a mOney-maker.
But right here comes the point
which decides the question OF profit
or loss in keeping u family cow, and
that is, the kind Of COW kept There
can be no question as to whether or
not it will pay to keep a poor COW,
for 1t will not; but as to keeping
good COW, there is no doubt as to its
being profitable business from
dollar point of view, and the Jersey
COW answers this purpose admirably.
The family cow must not only supply
the family with milk, but with but
ter, also, and this the Jersey will do.
And Jersey cream being easily
churned, it is an easy matter for
those comparatively ignorant of but
to manage 1t in salts
factory way. This point is too often
overlooked. but it is very impor-
tant one and should be better known.
as also should the fact that jersey
milk is easy to cream. tho cream
rising under very adverse conditions.
The Je-'sey is hearty feeder, and,
as family cow will learn to eat
n.dOh l-itchen waste Colman's Rural
World
The Progress., 1894-01-20
Earn Notes.

The brood SOW should have range
so she can exercise.
Feed more and more as long as you
see more milk coming
When ground is well prepared less
cultivation will be needed.
Shorts, bran and corn meal Is 9
good feed for the sows and pigs.
The pigs should be pushed from
the start and sold at eight or ten
months old.
II there is a wet place on the farm
drain it. 1t is likely the richest land
on the place.
Cottonseed hulls are highly recon-
mended by the Mississippi expert
ment station for straw berry mulch.
1t Is impossible to plant some OF
all the varieties. 1t is best to choose
only few OF the best, and such as
will give good succession OF fruit
Do not condemn the cow until she
has failed after being we'll fed and
cared for. Cows often do poorly be-
cause they have no opportunity TO
do well.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
PEOPLE GONE WRONG.

Members of the Minister family in
Pennsylvania have contributed SIGO.-
600 to swindler who promised to Sc
cure them a fortune of $50. 900. 600
or So
Probably the oldest woman prisoner
ever arraigned in the Elizabeth. N J..
court is Annie Meyers, aged seventy
four years She was convicted of
grand larceny lately.
A Chinese missionary states tha,
seven -tenths of the natives of China
are opium smokers.
A New York woman in her bill for
divorce alleges that her hus band won
$4,000 playing poker one night, and
gave her only so oft.
An excited Italian rushed into a
New York police court and demanded
a warrant for the arrest of a widow
who refused to marry him.
The bureau of ethnolopy has dis
covered that originally there were be-
tween 500, 200 and 1000, 900 Indians in
the United States The number ia
now estimated at ESQ, 900.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
Home Hints.

Never put salt on steak until
after it Is cooked.
Mortar and paint may be removed
from glass with hot, sharp vinegar.
In purchasing canned goods it is a
safe rule to observe whether the
head Of the can is concave. a bulging
appearance being indicative OF de-
composition.
Lay thick piece of Canton flannel
under your tablecloth. Even coarse
napery will look a much better quail
ity with a sub-cover than IL spreGf
directly over the bare table top.
Bath bags are filled with almond
meal, bran, orris root. or crushed
lavender flowers, with borax or
shaved CASTLE soap. The bag floats
upon the water when not in actual
service.
Experience has shown that once
month Is often enough TO wash the
hair. Lining the bath tub with q
sheet 10 q comfortable device when
one must use tub that is at the SER
vice Of number or succession OF pso-
pie.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
novel method or Electric Lighting.


A novelty in electric lighting is
being practically tested in a large
building in New York city. Instead
Of arranging the incandescent lamps
on one circuit and feeding them con-
tinuously from the same source, they
are arranged on a number of sepa-
rate CIRCUITS. say four and the cur
rent is alternately switched from ono
to the other in regular succession,
the idea being that the current, hav-
ing heated each successive circuit of
lamps to incandescence, will be re-
turned again to that series before
the lamp filaments have time to cool.
The means by which this is accom-
plished is the employment of a
special interrupter or rotary cylinder.
on which the fsegments are so ar
ranged that a system OF brushes,
with which they make contact, car
ries the current alternately to each
series of lamps. The periodicity of
the current in this device is about
seventy per second. Notwithstand-
ing the loss of energy in the inter
rupting mechanism, the inventor
claims that between two and three
times as many lamps can be oper-
ated from a given source of energy by
his system as by any other system
now in use.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
Hight Of Wild Geese.

Wild geese and wild ducks sno"
knowledge as to the resistance
Of the atmosphere and sagacity "
overcoming IL. When focks oil tneu
have to go long distances they iorm
triangle to cleave the air mols
easily, and the most courageous oiru
takes position at the forward angie
As this is very fstiguing post az,
other bird ere long takes the piao.
u the exhausted leader. Thus tnei
place their available strength ~ '"
hsrvtss Of the society.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
Contracts Awarded by ross-Up.

There are times when the post.
office department pitches pennies
1t is not verv often that this sport Is
INDUCED In, but nevertheless IL is q
recognized part of the Official pro-
gram. 1t is in connection with the
star routes. When there Is a new
route established, at the regular four
yearly letting of the contracts, say,
there Is nearly always competition
between would-be contractors II
sometimes happens that there are two
lowest bidders II these two men
both live on the route, or live at an
equal distance from It, the depart
ment tosses a penny. Mr.. Stone
doAs the tossing. He Is the CHIEF
clerk In the second assistant post
master-generars otioe and the con-
tracts go through him Mr.. Stone
has the contractors take seats In bis
handsomely upholstered Office. He
feels in his pocket for penny. u
he has nothing but large bills In hip
pocket, which is apt to be the case
he borrows a nickel from the,yOung
man who writes shorthand for him.
Then he pitches up the nickel While
it is away near tpj ceiling he says 70
his young man: Which shall 1t bef'
And the young man answers: "Heads
for Smith" And II heads come up
Smith gets the contract II tails
Brown gets it.-Washington Capital
The Progress., 1894-01-20
Cost of MIR Varies.

The New Hampshire experiment
farm finds that milk from the best
COWS costs one and a half cents a
quart; from their poorest. four and a
half cents, as 1t costs just as much
to feed the smaller producer.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
5 TRUCK The WRONG E...
IN EVp"rI""c" WIN wa,o,
H'ppcu"o AZ "a had r., ihS

-
IN Experience WIN W..
H'pp""oo AZ "a had T,ma iAS
/ We were talking aboYt h..
! turo in general. and the bn,-a ~
turo Of farmers IN par,icrIa" Iau ns
the man who Wa travcIip, ~. f.' Waea
ton factory sageiy obscrvod. O1t'
"Yes, tho average farror
man. They talk about his conS4s'e' 4see'
disposition. but ho hasn't 90,
the contrary, De suspects o., ~
Of intent 10 drfrald him ~ ool7
way. '0ne
"WclI. / dunno abort tb,,n
one OF tho crow. s"U1
Il think / can prove f. to,
ten minutes. replied the butto1 ~ ,e ID
"Now. then, look al this 49, tL nan
estimate its value" - @ua
He handed out the wa,oh
chain and they were passo5 Z, auu
hand to hand. Tho watch y,o. ',om
one and tho chain was solid $50 uue
the lowest estimate wac Sgo6 sHu
IL paid 500 in good rnoa
the outfit" said the man 90 ~,
vou como alono into tbo 80, ~ VI
car and well find a farmer TTTs IN
him this watch and chain D.. C-e' o.a
and he'll lust think | am tr,i' W.
beat him. II | lose nav 70 "
dinners. NIwin somobo5T ~ SA
mine" 'O'
He started ont in con,o, ,
the man who had ovnrrssc, win m
doubts. and about the fr-, us
came TO in the smolirg can y lucy
middle-ared farmer who bod h vas
Cleveland and had.twonowau%ee,u'o Jeeu W
in the scat beside him ma h''.,e o.,o'
man held ont the watch ord - ''Ou
"Mv friend. am bard
wan. TO sell this stur Iool, nHu
"Dop't want il nronIiod ~" ,a'. as ~
"Rpt must have ,,,onon w W, lleI
md chain cost mo slDo H. ..S a.oS
will Won civa mo2r " 'nuVn
don't want IN brv
"But take them in vorr bons.,
them Fvon IL iNo ,i anu
osti,rate ,boir voIro - OouIu
At least hair cost hut ~ -. ssS
ovfnIIv had ,.icbt NV. tbi' L' Wv
IN ,nal,e that tho nrico yon 'uu'0
+ol,a mo for n traveIi,g sbon 10y
assure won that ~ -'' Ou'
lyon neodn,, assure ma ,,our,.
The farror .J -,
Snov an bonost mon rho,I.onn oA
..Tbanl-s Tbcn Won ara 80 ~. V.u, .
nicions Of rnepr '' 'D
Not a miten
.hnd von,II tal,o tho uo,,h 80,
.boin NJ s509r '"N
81 will " rapliod tho foruoL.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

In the earlier periods OF life trees
increase much faster than when
adult-the oak, for instance. grows
more rapidly between the twentieth
and thirtieth years-and when old
the annual deposits considerably di-
minish, so that the strata are thin
ner and the rings proportionately
closer.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

Mr.. Sourly-Tm going to have my
pictures taken to-day.
Mr.. Sourly's Wife-You will have
to make a great sacrifice if you do.
Mr. S.-Why?
Mr.. SIS W.-You'l have to look
pleasant for a moment or two.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

Charlie-I have eaten brain food
for six months without apparent re-
suits,
Edith-Yes. am told the brain is
the only organ upon which it has any
effect.-Truth.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
Digestive Apparatus of the Cow.

The cow has four stomachs When
food is first swallowed 1t undergoes
slight masceration in the first stom-
ach. In the second stomach 1t IS
rolled into small balls. These balls
are brought up into the mouth again
and chewed. That process is called
"chewing the cud" Being again
swallowed they pass into the third
stomach and from that into the
fourth, where final digestion taxes
place. When about to swallow iooo
a second time the COW closes the en-,
frances to the first and secona
stomachs, so that no miscarriage Is
possible.
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