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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13
ENIGMATICAL CONTRASTS.


A few days ago people read the pain
ful news that very distinguished
gentleman of national fame. a former
governor Of Massachusetts, and
speaker Of the national house of repre-
sentatives at a most critical juncture
Immediately preceding the civil war,
had been found wandering about the
streets of a city near his home in q
mentally daz d condition. Every
reader was moved to tender sympathy
at the thought Of that noble intellect
thus eclipsed by the infirmitY of ad-
vancing years. The Boston Advertiser
speaking of this incident asks why it ID
that some powerful minds become en-
feehled by age. though physical health
remains comparatively vigorous, while
in other instances the lamp of intelli-
gence burns with undimmed brightness
far beyond the psalmist's allotted
period Of life2
Many cases illustrative Of both clas
ses of facts occur to any we'll informed
and reflective mind. Less than de-
cade ago there died near Boston an
aged statesman belonging to family
two members of which had been presi
dents Of the United States. He him
self was during a long and eventful
career one OF the most prominent citi J.
zens of the republic He had been our
countrys envoy at the English court
while the conflict with armed treason
was raging at home. and his diplomat,
skill and unswerving loyalty were
chiefly efficacious in preventing the
recognition by Great Britain of the
Southern confederacy. For a consid.
erable period before his death this emf
nent man had required the watchful
care of friends by reason OF gradually
decaying mental faculties The story
of the declining years of that extraordi'
nary preacher and theologian, Rev
Lyman Bescher, D. D., is very similar
In the respect row under considera
ton, To some, though less, extent
the same things can be said Of New
Englands greatest philosopher, Rllph
Waldo Emerson.
On the other hand. the great Josiah
Quincy, mayor of Boston and presi-
dent of Harvard college, was strong in
mind as well as body when he had
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13
INsOLvENT RAILROADS.

The Railway Age has compiled q list
of the insolvsnt railroads in the United
States that have gone into the hands of
receivers during the year 1893, and also
list of those that have been sold dur
ing the year under foreclosure The
list gives correct idea of the disas-
trous effect Of the business depression
on the railroads of the country, though
1t cannot fairly be contended that in
all these cases the acute business de-
preston was the sole cause Of the
trouble. w
The list given by the Railway Age
shows 1854 miles Of railroad placed il
the hands of receivers during the year,
representing 81. 2s7 959. 900 Of sscurl-
AsG Of which 1854, 0s5. 900 is capita
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

OUR ESTEEMED contemporary. the
Wilkes-Barre Nsws.Dealer, congratu.
lates itself upon its fancied discovery
of a discrepancy between two editorials
in THE TRIBUNE one of which recog-
nizsd the fact that business depression
just now is international in its extent,
and the other wondered why the 'gen-
eral business depression" that Pennsyl
vania Democrats in their platform
charge to the Mckinley tariff didn't
materializs until opponents Of, that
tariff got into political control. The
NewS-Dsaler says Of these two editori.
ais that "the one tells the truth. the
other lies" Inasmuch as "ths other"
merely asked a question, whatever
lying there is In the premises must be
credited 10 the Democratic state plat
form.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13
In Plain Words, 1t Is False.

The statement that "thrse years expert.
ence Of the Mckinley tariff bill has ra-
suited in general business depression and
in wreck and ruin to manufacturing inter.
ests' is as complete specimen Of false.
hood perfect In all its pa Is" as the hu
man imagination could embody, 1t reaches
the very perfection Of work OF fue art
moulded out Of material that cannot last
like astatue Of snow mistaken for marble,
laboriously shaped in some late March
night.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

IT MIGHT possibly pain Mr.. Lowell,
were he alive, to know that Robert
Buchanan, whom American nswspa-
pers have to diagram as a British
writer who sometimes. but not
often. contrives to put interest into
his words. declines to accept him as
representing in any sense the country
which produced Whitman, Thoreau,
Herman Melville, Whittier and Mark
Twain" Mr. Buchanan seems from
this specimen Of his acum9n to have
missed the opportunity Of his life when
he failed to apply for employment as a
metropolitan dramatic critic, let us say
on the New York Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

AMONG THE signs of the times, none
is more interesting than the frantic
sagerness with which the same Demo.
cratic newspapers that four weeks ago
were scuttling the dictionary for terms
of inyective suitable to their dsnuncia.
tion ofAndrewCarnegie, ARE now seeking
to welcome and to magnify his quasi -
Endorsement of the Wilson bill The
incident is liberal education in the
ethics of organic journalism.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

POSSIBLY IF Representative Tracey Of
Albany were not so perennially anxious
to re-echo his accustomed need of
praise and applause every time Mr..
Cleveland utters q sound, he would not
be called q cuckoo" Anyhow, its
reassuring to know that the appella.
tion isn't relished. 1t shows that
cuckoo sycophsncy DOESN'T like to be
told the truth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

A STATUE to Phil Sheridan--la lashing,
electric, invincible Phil--would hold
before the eyes of the youth of our city
one Of the finest memories Of the civil
war. Supreme type'of the impulsivo
military genius. signal embodiment OF
the blended fires Of a strong and virile
manhood, Sheridan stands out as con g.
spicuously in American history as his
counterfeit should, and tits hoped will,
stand on suitable pedestal in the
court house square.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

Mr.. HINES of Luzerne has achieved
the distinction Of getting an appoint
ment for the first Hungarian postmas
ter ever employed to handle the United
States mails. Mr.. Hines deserves to
bs known rs the Kossuth Of Democratic
wire pulling.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

IT Is an interesting evidence Of De.
mocracy's political poverty that it has
to accompany the announcement of its
latest state candidacy with biogrsph.
ical diagram showing who the can
dldats is.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

Mr. CARNEGIE, it is believed. could
stand free trade good deal better
than could his employees His resigna-
ton to the possibility of hybrid Dem
ocratic tariff has something of tue Gym.
ical in IL.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

A FIRM application, to lazy mendi-
cants who refuse to do proffered work,
of the homely Saxon principle of root,
hog, or die" will it is believed, re-
dound to the benefitof honest aud de-
serving unfortunates.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

The MAN who, having a chance to
work, refuses, does not have any claim
to public aid while more deserving
ones remain unassisted. The lazy
tramp is like the rich beggar. an snom-
ally repelling oil sympathy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13
SCRANTON. JANUARY 10, 1874.
"a STUDY IN SCARLET"

Doesn't mean az analysis Of ans
particular dye; nor a diSquisition
touching The properties Of colorS IN
general. BIT it does mean something
that ereru reader of the The Scran-
ton Tribune. Wiu be unmiStGkdbll
interested in; something ertraordi.
narily fascinating; something ,rorl
1gditing for.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

EXPLANATION FROM EXParamount
Blount comes too late, The facts are
all in, the evidence is complete and the
verdict is guilty as charged. "
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13
COMMISSIONER sEYMoURs IDEA

1t is to be hoped that the proposition
of Patent Commissioner Seymour to
print from time to time list of expired
patents. for general circulstion. will
be favorably acted upon by congress.
One Of the most serious abuses of the
patent system is the purchase and sup-
preston Of patented devices and pro.
ceases by corporations having money
tied up in plants constructed on old
plans. Ideas which might be of praC.
tical value to the industrial world il
they became general property are in
this way sometimes buried out Of sight
and forgotten.
II often happens that an inventor has
an inspiration which might be elabor-
ated into n mechanical improvement,
but he lacks the time or the knowledge
to perfect 1t, or imagines that the car.
rying out of the idea in completed
machine would infringe upon patented
rights. The publication of list Of ex.
pirsd patents would be Of inestimable
benefit to such men, and also to the
general public, which would eventual
ly profit by the practical application Of
their ideas.
At present the only way OF keeping
track of expired patents is by referring
to the indexes of the patents granted
seventeen years ago and earlier, As
the term of patent is seventeen years,
the assumption Ia that those granted
seventeen years ago have expired. But
only limited numbsr of people have
sccess to these old indexes. The weight
of what is sometimes called "ths patent
monopoly wOuld,be greatly lssSened BY
the adoption Of the patent commission.
er's plan.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

THE SPIRIT Of corporation in its beat
and clearest sense is we'll evidenced in
the feelings. the needs and the aims
which have promoted the organization
Of the Scranton EugineSri ng club. As
in the case Of the individual coal opsr-
ators and of the members Of our vari-
ous professional and industrial socis.
ties. it is perceived that better results
follow along the line of concentration
and harmony than accrue, in the long
run. under the primitive idea of every
fellow for himself. The risks are also
larger; especially the risk lest this de.
sirable spirit Of union should he abused
or twisted to the profit of merely q
fraction of its sharers But civiliza-
tion very clearly expects its bensfc-
iaries to guard against such perils.
Unless we are ready to relapse at once
into savagery, the idea that in legiti
mate union there is strength will need
to be accepted as postulate of human
progress.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-13

We have the goods and our
prices are right. Wholesale
and retail.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13
PART THREE.

by the obsequious cringe OF gain and
grced--knowlng the uselesssness Of
hoarded gold and honor bought from
those who charge tn usury OF sclf-re-
spect--ot power thtt only bends
onwhrde knees and forces from the lips
or FEAR the lies OF praise. Knowine at
last the unstudled gesture Of erttems
the ~, erent eyes made rich with hons
est thoughts. and holding high abovs
AL other things-high IA hopes great
thohhing star about the darkness Of
and friend,
Then locks OF gray md growing love
OF other days and hnif remembered
things-then holding withered hands OF
those who first held his. while over
dim and loving eyes death softly presses
down the lids Of rect.
And 40. locking In marringe vows his
childrcn's hands. and crossing others
ON the brcRsts OF peace. with daugh-
tcrs' babes upon HIS knees. the whits
hair mingllnE with the gold, he jour-
ncyH on from day 10 day TO the horizon
wherc the duaig Is waiting for that
nsght--sittlng by the holy hearth OF
home, as the last emhers chnnge from
red 70 gray he falls asleep within the
arms OF ono ho worshlped aud adored
feeling upon his paid lips loves LAM
aud huiiu,st ltina
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

Born OF love and hope, OF ocstasy and
pain, OF agony aud fear OF tears and
Ioy-dowered with the wealth OF two
with lips upon llfe's driftcd font blue
veinod and fair, where perfect peace
nnds perfect form--rocl,od by wiling
feet and wood 10 ahadowy shores OF
9toop by slrou mother singing soft and
low-lCuking with wonders wide and
startled eyes at common thinga Of life
and day-tnnght by want and wish and
contact with the things that touch the
dlmplcd fesh OF bahics-lurcd by light
mud flame and charmed by culorH won.
dr1us robes, learning the tics OF hnndH
and feet, aud BY the love of millinery
bsguiled "a utter speech releasing
prlsoned thoughts from Grabbed and
curious marks ON Boilcd ana tnttorcd
leaves --puaglinR the brain with crook
ed numbers and their changing
tangled worth-and 20 through years
OF alternating day and night, until the
captive grows familiar with the chains
and walls Of limitations Of u life,
Aud time runs ON In sun and shade
until the one of all the world Ia wooed
and won. ana all the lore OF love ~
taught and learned again. Again a
home ia built. with the fair chamber
wherein faint dreams, like cool and
ahndowy ValCs divide the hlllowed
hours OF love. Again the miracle Of
hirth--the pain and Joy, the kiRa OF
welcome and the cradle song, drowning
the drowpy prnttle Of n babe.
And then the sense OF obligation and
OF wrong.-pity for those who toll and
weep -toarn for the Imprisoned nnd de.
apised--love for the generous dead. and
In the heart the rapture " n high re-
solve,
And then ambition. with It's lust Of
pelf and place and power, longing TO
put upon It's breast Distinctions worth
loss badge, Then keener thoughts OF
men, nnd eyes that aee behind the smil-
ing mask OF or0rt-natterod no longer
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

''Gine years later found me working
for the Western Union IN Portland, Ore
One afternoon while standing IN the
Office doorway J npied my old friec
Chap coming up the nireet looking
for the telegraph Office. He Ind not
changcd whit In fact. wondered
how he had worn the same suit 10
long and there were the same whiskera
and hair There was no mistake. II
was tho Chap Of old. He approached
me ard with the seif-same smile said L:
"'Brg pardon, arc you working here
! suppoEe you are an operatorr
yes said I.
"Extending his hand he aaid:
my name ~ Chapman. am an
old-tiner and have worked IN every
large Office IN America. Ny father was
Tor years treasurer ~ this company
have been compelled 70 quit the busl-
meas for tiTne IN account OF my
heath falling unc have becu mining In
British Columbia for the paFt year.
$50 you are ftill mining? I asked.
Tie looked little puzzled and con-
tlnusd.
7" YES. but have not made a nucccss
Of II and have concluded 70 return
home TO New York where there IL al
WAYS 4 Job for me. have written homa
for 800 end A. soon AZ ~ arrives will
fx myself out in prcacntabie clothes
and start for homo. Until my NANCY
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13
:; gDIIdS now practiclng in San

+. Williams. now practiclng in San
francisco. was his attorney.
~ turned out that Hoover
mad lost his supposed wealth in more
IMAM one way. Possessed only Of a
license 10 mine. the mining law OF 1856
requiringsall holders to get their claims
pa,ehleu: deprived his estate or its
Were never perfected. and so they
Were eventually lost 10 him and his.
Among the papers OF the deceased
forwarded by his daughter Tor pur.
poses Of identification, is this history
OF the wonderful discovery OF silver
IN Nevada, famillarly called Washoe.
hoover IN his lifetime used to write for
nails.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

Through sleeping car service between
Denver and New Orleans will be innug-
Chicugo, Rock Island and Pacific and
uratcd on sunday. May 9Th. Via .hc
Texas and Pacific railways. Car will
leave New orleans on thc Texas and
Pacific train No, 81 nt $50 y. m, nrriv-
ing az Fort Worth nt $50 the next even
inr. connecting with the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific train No. .. leaving
Fort Worth Mt Slb n, m. and arriving
at Denver at 7;i5 the second morning
Car from Denver will leave Denver on
Rock Island train No. G at $40 y. m,
arriving at Fort Worth ut T;i0 n. m,
the second morning, connecting with
Texas and Pacific train No. .. leaving
Fort Worth ut 500 a. n and arriving
at New orleans nj $50 a. M. next
morning.
Tho cars in this service viii be OF
the latest dCslsu Pullman cars, and Will
be the hnndsomoat sleeping cars IN
service on amy limo reaching Fort
Worth or Dallas,
Chr from New orleans 60 Denver will
leave Dallas for Denver at ESQ p. m,
from brick depot. The ear from Den
Yer 10 New orleans will arrive at Dali
las ut QiaO n. m.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

gets here I would like some place TO
stop. and II Il is not asking too much
OF yuu--an entire sttanger--T would he
under lasting obligations II YOU Will
iiN me out for weeks board and lods-
ing
How about the iits9 DO YOU sim
have themY ! innoccntly inquired He
scratched his chin and looked al me
It's much as 60 say;
Il wonder where have met this
fellow heforcT aud placing his hand
on my shoulder. said:
Well partner You know how u II
yourself Dig up q quarter for me and
IL we over hit town at the same time
again ! Will leave the field TO YOU
II handed him the quarter, rcmafk-
Ing, This ls all | have left from my
mining In MoSico."
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

SpocInl DIanntch
Forney. Tex, May 11--our little tow
held nm election for town officers today
Result; Mayor II. c. Gillespie; Alder
men, D. c. Kincaid. A. H. Ward. Yanc,
Mcclellan, II. w. BAIL. w NJ. Mc1ntiru
marshall George Hubbard.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

l'rcth REPORT
Mansfield, o.. May 12.-county Com,
missioner Charles L. Gibbons, whit,
returning from the country last might,
IN u buggy WAS struck by pnssengcl
train ana he and the horses We're In
stantly killed,
Neither chemists nor naturallsts hnv,
yet hoon able 20 solve the question why
a lobster turns red when boiled.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

A colored man shocked Bar Haroor.
Ne sooiety recently by attending q
masquerade ball in the costume 81
OthelIo.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13
rnn nocls isLANp Q. K.
Thc Quarterly Dividend Newt wcet
WIN he at Five Ter Cent.

Special Dispatch.
New York, May i2.--It is stated witt
confidence that the qunterly dlvldent
on Rock Island stock next week viii b,
~ tho rate of 5 per cent per annnm.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

Cheap Hates 7"
The Cotton Belt route will sell tick-
ats 10 Nashville on May -, u and 10.
account OF the general assembly OF me
prasbvterlan church, at one fare foi
The round trip. Tickets good ior re-
G. p. & t. A.. 40l Main street
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-08-31
THE CAMPAIGN,

Somebody complains about the dull
ness of the Vermont Republican cam
paign. Certainly it should be more live
ly, but how about the other fellows?
The Democrats have all the federal Of
fees and the advantages which come
from complete possession at Washing
ton, and Cleveland is in the midst of the
administration which was to be so glor-
ious-but where are the unterrified of
Vermont? They were talking two years
ago about gradual change which
would give them a majority in the State.
Where is that talk now?
The fact is that Vermont Democrats,
like all others, are completely demoral-
lied. They are keeping mighty quiet.
Popular feeling is such that they have
no disposition to show themselves, or in
any way attract attention to their politi-
cal selves. And when you come to that
Democratic majority IN the Green Noun
tain State-well, no Democrat wants to
hear about it. The report upon every
hand is of Democrats who bitterly re-
gret the change" aud are determind
to vote the Republican ticket hereafter.
Vermont Republicans have but to ex-
ert themselves little to give a majority
next Tuesday which will surprise peo-
pie, even in this Republican year.
There is always heavy percentage of
Republican voters who stay at home
election day. 1t is the duty of these
men to get out and vote, and it is also
the duty of their neighbors to see that
they get out and vote. Let's have the
work done. Rutland Herald,
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-08-31
IMPoTENcY THE EXPLANATION.

Ex-Speaker Reed, in his great speech
at Old Orchard, Saturday, among other
things, said:
''In saying that the Democratic party
has shown itself incapable Of ruling this
country in a manner satisfactory, not
only to the majority of the people, but
even to the large and respectable minori-
ty which help compose it, | am not in
dulging in any language of partisanship,
but in the language of truth, known and
visible to all who hear me to-day. To
my mind it has always seemed that such
would be the result of the control of the
country by the Democratic party, which
is now in possession Of it. although in
my widest party feeling never pictured
a scene such as is now visible upon this
continent. You will bear me witness,
for you are my constituents and have
heard me often upon this subject, that
at no time have | undertaken to prOph-
esy future which is at all like the pres
ent And yet, the present condition of
thingsis not at all unnatural. No party
acts in obedience to the wishes of its
most superior men. Its action is always
based upon its average intelligence, and
at whatever height that is to be found
there you will be able to prophesy what
the party action is likely to be.
"The Northern Democratic party is,
in many respects, like the Republican
party, composed of men of business sense
and business ability. The difficulty with
the Democratic party to-day, as it has
been in all past time, is the fact that its
great majority resides in the South. In
calling your attention to this fact have
not the slightest desire to make any sec
tional differences, nor the slightest wish
to cause any sectional feeling. The
Southern men are men of intellectual
power, men of intelligence and men of
learning. The difficulty with them is
that the kind of learning which arises
from thorough knowledge of business
as it is carried on in the North is entirely
lacking. Such learning cannot be OBJ
tanned from books. 1t must be obtained
from the experiences of ordinary life.
No Democrat who has been brought in
contact with the great bives of industry
in the North, who has lived In the midst
of them, who has witnessed the prosper
ity which they have brought to the coun-
try, could ever permit himself, if left
alone, to do anything which would cause
the destruction of business or the ruin
of the industries which he sees about
him. While the Southern man may
have every opportunity to read in books
of the prosperity which has come to the
North, he has no conception of it such
as those who have lived in it. He is de-
voted to the theories of a by-gone day.
His mind is fixed upon the principles
which were essential in the prosperity of
his part of the country in the days before
the war.
During that time the doctrines of
free trade took root and flourished, and
there has been nothing in their expert
ence which has been sufficiently general