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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Inquirer thinks Philadelphia ought
to present itself to David IL. Lane and the
traction company.
State Senator Hardenbergh, of Homes
dale, predicts that the brother of the late
Congressman Myron b. Wright will be
nominated for the vacancy.
Dissatisfied Philadelphia municipal
league members have issued another at
tack on Senator Penrose, because of his
early opposition to the ballot reform ami
the j-cent fare bill.
Under the coming legislative re-appor-
tonment the whole number of representa-
tives will be reduced from POI to 202. The
following named counties gain members
Allegheny, five: Blair, one; Cambria, one:
Clearlield, one; LaCkawanna, one; Lu-
2erne, one; Northumberland, one; Jeffer-
son, one. Losses are experienced as fol-
lows; Adams, one: Bedford, one; Brad
ford, one; Chester one; Clarion, one; Col
umbia, one; Crawford, one; Huntingdon,
one; Lancaster, one; Lawrence, one; Mer-
Ger, one Schuylkill, one; Somerset one,
and Wayne, one. These are changes
which come from the constitutional pro-
vision, and which the legislature cannot
| control.
The senatorial committee in the Tween
tieth senatorial district is now as follows
Il. F. Kingsbury chairman; Walter
Briggs secretary; W. p. Griffith, Taylor;
W. II. Hollister, Avoca: Michael Gilroy
Archibald John II. Reynolds, Scranton
Hon. John S. LaTouche, Moscow; A. d.
Reese, Parsons; Hon. William j. Lewis
Scranton; Thomas j. Moore Scranton; p
i. Morton, Mill Creek; Hon. S. S. Jones
Carbondale; Conrad Schroeder, Scran-
ton; Thomas Jay, Jermyn; Hon. John Y
Williams, Scranton: ]. NJ. Rhodes, Elm.
hurst: James j. Williams, Scranton; Fred
l.. Wormser, Scranton, and K. A. Zim.
| norman, Dunmore.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
Wipe Turkey OF the Map.

fhe contention, Ia SATURDAY = Tribune.
Of a native Armenian that the Christian
powers should as consequence OF the
repeated massacres of law-abiding
Christians in Asia Minor unite in wag-
ing a war of determination upon the
Turkish empire seems, at first thought.
cruel But, upon reflection, this impress
sion is likely to disappear. Considers If
you please, the conditions involved in
the Turkish sovereignty of the Ottoman
domain, and see If that sovereignty is
fit to survive,
To begin with, Turkey-in- Europe is
aghastly anachronism. 1t is civilization
abruptly erased Christianity suddenly
blotted out; sensual barbarity in physi-
cal decadence, serving only as a sicken-
ing souvenir of a bygone era. Lacking
power to be boldly bad the Turk Is now
craftily feline and utterly untrustwor-
thy. The slaughter of lnofenslve wo-
menand children In great numbers upon
slight pretext could occur nowhere else
than under the sultan's rule 1t would
| be tolerated nowhere else, although In
| Turkey II has become q common occur
renee. When the powers are fired with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
Ex-Speaker Reed on Wealth.

In his speech before the graduating
class of Plerce's Business college, de-
livered in the Academy of Music, Phila-
delphia, last Friday night, ex-Speaker
Thomas b. Reed revealed himself in
somewhat new attitude. Laying aside
politics, he spoke most entertainingly
upon the subject of "Wealth"-wealth
in the abstract; national rather than
personal wealth. To this ordinarily
prosy subject he brought not only novel
ideas but also gift of happy express
sion which illumined his address with
many readable features like that which
we shall quote:
How essential increasing wealth is to
increasing progress-this generation and
the one which has just passed away
has had better chances to know than any
which preceded them-for our century Is
the century of steam and electricity
Wealth makes possible steam cars and
electrical railroads and telephones. Moth
ing else can do 1t. If. in the old days of
Queen Elizabeth all had been known TO-
day " would have been an utterly use
less knowledge. There was no, wealth
enough in those DAYS TO make a railroad
possible. Everybody was TOO poor 10
travel, except the nobility and gentry, and
they were 100 few TO pay the enormous
cost of railroads. Let me give you a few
figures to show what l mean. The Union
Pacific railroad, which Is not very pros
porous, in the month of October last past,
only one-twelfth of year, took in $2,-
100000 Two millions and half dollars
were the whole revenue of an entire year
of Queen Elizabeth. The people In that
Rissippi and this side of the mountains,
were able to pay for one months ser
vice the sum which governed the British
empire whole year, three hundred years
ago. When l say to you that the gross
receipts of the railroads of the United
States, even in this year of depression,
would have supported three hundred
Kingdoms Of Henry the Eighth, have no
doubt / am ridiculously undertaking the
facts. Why, your own Pennsylvania rail-
road. on lines east of Pittsburg in six
months lost by the business decrease,
twice two millions and half.
We have not time nor space to follow
Mr.. Reed throughout his luminous and
lucid talk. We pause only to note that
he finds no room for encouragement ii
the rapid recent growth of the United
States in wealth. The fear that wealth
heralds decay he finds common to al
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
A FEEL IN THE AIR.

They's a kind o. feel in the air, to me.
When Christmas time sets in,
That's about as much of n mystery
AS ever I've run ag'in-
Fer instunce, now whilst gain in weight
And general health, I swear
Theys, "a goneness somers ! cant quite
state
A kind O feel in the air
T'hey's feel IN the Christmas ait goes
right
To the spot where a man lives at.--
1t gives a feller a. Appetite
They amt no doubt about that
And ylt they's somepin'-I don't know
what
That follers me here and there.
And haunts and worries and spares me
not
A kind o. feel in the air.
They's a feel, as say, in the air thats 5
jest
As blame-don cad as sweet
In the same ra-sho as | feel the best
And am spryest on my feet,
They's allus kind o. sort of a ache
That | can't lo-cate nowhere
But II comes with Christmas, and no mis-
take!-
A kind o. feel In the air.
Is II the racket the children raise?
wy, no-God bless 'em-no
Is II the eyes and the checks ablaze-
Like my own wtiz, long ago.
Is It the beat o the whistle and beat
o. the little toy-drum and blare
o. the horn?-No! no!--lt Is jest the
sweet
The sad-sweet feel In the air.
james Whitcomb )Riley In the Cosmo-
| politan.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24

From the Chicago Mail.
Why should not Philadelphia be taken
as a typical American city? 1t is a city
of homes, of rich historic associations,
of patriotic memories, of solid and sub
stantlal trade and business. It's people
are cultured and intelligent without be-
ing snobs and Anglo-maniacs or self
satisfied cranks and dreamers. Pharisa-
ism and Phillstinism are foreign TO its
soil 1t follows its own ways without
seeking to dictate the ways of its neigh
bors. No mantle of self-conceit is
wrapped around 1t. Probably less ex
tremes of wealth and misery are col
lected within its borders than in any
equal population in the world Many OF
the problems for the more even dlstribu-
tion Of human happiness with which
other countries are struggling almost
hopelessly seem to have been solved by it.
Americans everywhere may be thankful
that Dr. Doyle designated Philadelphia as
the typical American city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24

anger which is infrequently-Turkey
cringes and dissimulates. When the
powers are again paclfled, the Turk re-
sumes his inhuman prosecutions and his
deviltries.
1t is useless to try to deal with this
cur-like survival of barbarism as one
would deal with a civilized neighporing
power The amenities of civilization
are wasted upon it, The nice dlstinc-
tions that are observed in the adjudi-
cation of differences between Christian
nations would become sources of in
justice if applied to Turkey. The i'm
mutable law of evolution foredooms
this barbaric government to demolition.
Why should the present powers try to
postpone that inevitable collapse?
The partition Of Turkey among the
Christian powers Is the only sure cure
for these barbarlties,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
CHRISTMAS EVE.


IT'S Christmas eve; my pipe I fill,
And, sinking in my easy chair,
| mark the blue smoke upward curl,
And picture in 1t faces fair.
The winter winds are wild without,
The storm king mutters in his ire,
But naught disturbs my soul tonight,
This Christmas eve, before the fire
The mirror DER the mante piece
Discloses to my quiet view,
A head of careless, tangled locks,
With streaks of silver shooting through.
Life's autumn touches with It's frost,
The calmer days its dreams inspire
Until my heart is full of peace
This Christmas eve, before the fire.
The homestead old, the faces there,
The blazing chimney big and wide;
The moonlight falling on the snow,
The music Of the bells outside;
A gentle form beside my own,
Loves sweetest conquest and desire -
All me, how troop these happy dreams
This Christmas eve, before the fire
Nor time. nor age can dim his sight
Whose heart retains its youthful glow;
What fate denies. she more than pays
In glimpses of the long ago.
Thrice blest Is he this winters night,
Whose soul secretes no mean desire,
Who. with his pipe, can sit and dream
This Christmas eve, before the fire.
-E. A. Niven, in Wllkes-Barre Record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
The Millennium Not Yet pue.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The failure of the altrurian colony
which was founded in Ohio last spring on
the Soclalistic ideas Of W. d. Howells
adds another to the long lists of attempts
to establish communities from which all
strife, envy and sellishness shall be ban.
ished, and where there shall be naught
but purity, self-abnegation, comfort and
happiness. The picture which was pre-.
sented to those who had long ago dreamed
of such a Utoka was an inviting one
There was nothing in it which could sug.
gest that there might come confusion and
perplexity, but when practical test was
made of the scheme, II was seen that il
could only be adapted to beings who have
no existence outside of the stories OF
fairy land.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24

ages and civilizations Yet wealth is
the nursery of civilization. 1t not only
widens commerce and subjugates ma
tural barriers to human progress, but,
to borrow the speakers phraseology,
wherever men, released from the sor-
did pursuit of mere existence, have
striven to satisfy their desires, the
struggle has called into being inventive
ment, and the whole mental armory
and arsenal of progress. In your own
great state of Pennsylvania there are a
hundred great establishments which re-
quire for their management and success
more brains than have been put into
the governments Of many an empire.
Nor 10 the education and mental
growth confined to the heads of such
great establishments. What the fac
tory system and the mechanic arts
have done for the education Of the race
will bear full comparison with the work
of colleges and churches. Not only has
the accumulation of wealth rendered
possible shorter hours of labor, and
more leisure for all mankind, but the
still further accumulation will enable
the world, without loss of fulfilment of
its desires, to go still further in that di-
rection in the not distant future"
This is, in some respects, a new atti-
tude for one to take who is active and
prominent in politics. The traditional
view of the politician or the social re-
former is to grow fearfully indignant
or gruesomely lugubrious over the re-
cent and rapid spread of plutocracy
and the sure rush of our modern civili-
zation downward toward degeneracy
and chaos. That Mr.. Reed has the
courage and frankness to discard that
loose habit of demagogical speaking in
favor of calm candor and common
sense WILL however probably weigh in
his favor rather than TO his detriment.
The Tribune does not agree with
Charles f. Daniels on the viaduct ques-
ton; but it takes pleasure in testifying
to his worth and alertness. both as a
newspaper man and citizen. If Mr..
Daniels is a candidate for the common
council from the Fifth ward, we shall
hope to see him win.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
LctIs Have the NcMs-

From the Scranton Free Press.
We take pleasure in agreeing with The
Tribune that neither the Associated Press
nor the United adds anything to its ef-
ficiency by abusing one another, and we
congratulate Editor Richard upon throw
ing the literature against the Associated
Press which 1t received from the United
Press into the waste basket. If all the
editors followed his example, the public
would be much better served.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24

The Philadelphia Press thinks the
state twill have to move with eon-
sideration in the matter of granting
more judges, for the aggregate number
is already too large. No additional
judgeship should be created for any
district until it has been made indis-
putably plain that the condition Of the
court business therein is such that an
other judge is absolutely necessary"
Such a condition is indisputably plain
in Lackawanna county
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24

The reputable members of common
council are abundantly differentiated
in the public mind from those members
who reflect no credit upon it. They do
not feel offended, but complimented, at
the present effort to reinforce their
number by the substitution, next
spring, of sound business men for float
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
Put Good Men In Councils,

From the Scranton Free IreSS.
Charles Il. Daniels, of the Truth, is
spoken of as q candidate for common
councilman in the Fifth ward. Mr.. Dan
iels has the ability, the intelligence and
integrity requisite for the office, and the
sooner such men are placed by every
ward in the councils the more creditable
II will be for the city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
Holds Place Among tho Rest.

Hazleton Sentinel; 1.-THE Christmas edi-
tion of the Scranton Tribune is merltor-
ious piece OF work and reflects much
credit to the enterprislng publishers, AL
though new in the field The Tribune has
forged forward steadily and now holds a
prominent place. among the best state
newspapers, Its success is deserved"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
KIND WORDS OF FRIENDS.
A successful Issue

Easton Free Press: "The Scranton
Tribune's Christmas issue was an alto
gether successful one. The twenty-fouI
pages iilled with interesting reading and
well-displayed advertisements were con
tained in handsome cover OF heavy
white paper printed in red. The Trlb'
une did itself proud and we congratulate
AZ "
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
Judges and Pensions.


argue that If judges are pensioned,
school teachers should be pensioned,
also. The comparison is inapt; If for
no other reason than that pedagogue
is at ample liberty to engage in busi-
ness enterprises aside from his school
teaching, while judge is not at such
liberty, aside from his justice-dspens-
ing. Many teachers, without sacrifice
of their zeal or usefulness, become
well-to-do and even rich. Few judges
do, unless by Inheritance. They do not
save wealth out Of their salaries; and
wise public opinion DEGREES that they
must not earn 1t In channels likely
to lead to the courts in which they pre-
side.
The common sense of this judicial
pension movement is well expressed by
the Philadelphia Times when it says
that "the man who serves twenty years
or more on the bench is entirely un-
fitted to resume the practice of his pro-
fessions. If even his advanced years do
not preclude him from succeeding in
the practice of law, the labors and
methods inseparably connected with
judicial duties practically unfit him for
practice at the bar. 1t is not uncom-
mon, therefore, to find judges who have
exhausted their manhood and physical
and mental powers in the faithful per-
formance of their duties untitled to
continue on the bench; untitled for any
other pursuit and without accumu-
lated means to give them even a frugal
livelihood for the remainder of their
lives. This is objectionable on the
part of a great commonwealth whose
treasury is overlooking with revenue,
and that eXpends millions in various
charities to provide for many who have
by prohigacy or crime The judicial
Office is the most sacred of all secular
positions in our government, and when
| a man enters upon the duties of Judge
| he should De entirely free from all
temptation to seek political or pecuni-
airy advancement outside of his legiti-
| mate official duties. If he We're assured
of a competence after having ex-
hausted his powers in the admlnistra-
| ton of justice, he would be entirely
free to devote his life to his responsible
trust, and to perform its duties in such
manner as to merit the reward that a
great commonwealth should give to
those who have administered justice
| between man and man with integrity"
| Whatever will tend to improve the
fairness and independence of our courts
will be worth its cost no matter what
the price. The position for Pennsyl-
| vanians to take is that the integrity of
the bench must and shall be preserved.
The pensioning of judges after twenty
one years of acceptable service is a
move prompted by well-consldered mo-
tives of public-improvement 1t should
become a law without opposition.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
We Arc Willin'.

From the Elmira Telegram.
How would 1t be for the editor of The
Tribune to so down the Times office Chin
ney and fill the Times editors stocking
with sweetmeats?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24

The 100000 women of the west who
sent petition to the sultan of Turkey
asking for the release Of an Armenian
missionary who is In exile on an oasis
in the Sahara desert, are evidently in
the dark in the matter of Turkish poll
tics. A petition of this nature not
backed by Gattling guns, would not
create as much notice in the establish
ment of the Sublime Porte as a patent
medicine circular fired over the back
ward fence,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
SCRANTON, DECEMBER "a, 1894.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 7i0 feet. o..
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1894, 100000.
Registered voters, 20,599.
Value of school property, $75O.OW.
Number of school children, 12,OOO. 49,,
Average amount of bank deposits SiV'-
100000.
tsthe metropolis of northeastern Penn
Eylvania.
Canproduce electric power cheaper thah
Niagara
No better point in the United States at
which TO establish new industries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
Continnea to Imrroye.

olyphant dazstts; 1.-THE Christmas
edition Of the Scranton Tribune, which
appeared Tuesday, contained twenty
pages neatly encased In o cover printed IN
rod ink, Its many nRges contained a
go0dly hnlobnt Of business mems notices,
telling what they had to offer for the
holidays, the usual amount of telegraphic
and local news and many columns of
well written stories which found for the
issue warm place with every woman
reader. The Tribune is n great paper and
yet it continues to improve with every
issue. May 1t so continue"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
They Want a Paid Fire Department

1t is a gratifying fact. in connection
with the present agitation for paid fire
department, that the opposition exists
for the most part among persons who re-
present little, if anything, in the way of
contributed public improvements. We
mess man objects to paid fire service
because of a slight additional cost Of
that service. On the other hand, we
know of dozens of foremost merchants
who are distinctly and emphatically
in favor of the change, because they be-
lieve it would add to the security Of
mercantile as well as residential pro-
perty.
An attempt has been made to distort
the project for paid fire department
into political artifice; but the animus
of this attempt is very evident If the
opponents of the improvement could get
its advocates dissuaded into a political
wrangle, the project might be defeated
for time. We mistake the influence
behind the movement, however, if they
shall for an instant permit themselves
to fall into this trap. A paid fire de-
partment is needed in Scranton because
the growth of Scranton demands it..
This is the fundamental and vital mo-
tive of the agitation. Any political side
issues are Of minor Importance,
The fact should not be forgotten, in
any of these discussions of needed pub
lie improvements. that Scranton with
in decade. has doubled in both popula-
tion and wealth, and is therefore en-
titled to something more than the muni-
ciple appliances which sufficed ten or
fifteen years ago. Nor should 1t be over
looked that the change from q volun-
teer to paid fire-protective service is
natural one, involving no ingratitude
to the former service, but rather pro-
noting and compensating 1t.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24

Reading citizens who nocked about to
congratulate wife murderer who was
lucky enough to escape from the gal
lows the other day gave an exhibition
of very poor taste. 1t would seem bad
enough to acquit man of the crime of
killing a defenceless woman without
rendering ovations in honor of the
1pn6
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-24
Lost Manhood Restored.

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avenue and Spruce street.
SCRANTON, PA.
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Insurance Written in Iowa During 1893 $3,326.O00
Statement Showing the Increase Business in the Association from
July 1870, to December 81 1893.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-07

a GREAT PLAY
Pre- duced on Big Scale by a
Great Actress.

Miss Lillian Lewis presented Good
Bye, Sweetheart" at the Academy last
night Everybody nowadays calls
everything production, but Miss
Lewis has a production worthy of the
full meaning of the word. If thero can
DO too much of good thing, there is
too much good scenery, two many cli-
makes and effects, too many beautiful
tableaux in "Good-Bye, Sweetheart"
There is the dance of the Mazurka
the Palace on the Terrace, ST.. Peters
burg illuminated, tho Siberian mines
and conv:cts, the electric storm with its
cal wind and lightning and thunder
and raiE-G storm in which whole sheets
of almost binding lightning are flashed
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-07

F'on SALE
0ne-horse c. q C ercuic mote.
Apply TiMns office t. - IL IS ,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-07
Bargains.

We can sell two or three lots in the
southwest part of town. Lis. yours.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-07

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