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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
Chicago.

Whole blocks of houses in Chicago
are said now to be antless, while
FOR rent" signs ars as common as idle
men. The reaction has come. Phila.
delphia had it. Paris had it, although
Paris has all Europe to levy on for
reinforcement. And every other city
has had it that has anchored its hopes
to some passing incident and awak =
ened the next day to find the anchor.
age gone. Many persons during the
fight In congress over the Worlds fair
site wondered why Chicagoans did not
Jet New York have it and then suffer
the reactionary consequences. But
Chicago was young. She was also eager.
Her citizens were accustomed to pay
ing handsomely for their ADVERTISE
msnts. And they thought it no ex-
traordinary undertaking to hold a
gigantic Worlds fair largely for the
benefit Of the publicity it would bring.
We are not prepared to say unrs.
servedly that such policy was utterly
wrong. 1t was plucky. 1t was heroic.
1t exhibited the American character In
one of its fundamental instincts. 1t
was In line with what had made Chi
cago. 1t was in line with what. in a
smaller way, had made Scranton. The
contract was massive one. The bite
was tremendous tax on mastieation
and digestion. Chicago, all things con =.
sidered, acquitted herself most credit.
ably. For the baby city of our great
urban centres she succeeded to an ex.
tent that astounded spectators from
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
Anthracite for Engines.

The New York Tribune. while re-
GREETING the enormous waste and mis-
cry caussd BY the soft coal strike.
manages TO extract one ray of selfish
comfort from that unfortunate COM
plication. That is the fact that it is
gradually compelling the railroads to
use anthracite coal on larger num-
Der OF their trains. "Soft COAL" 1t
truly declares, ''is IN unmitigated nui
sance on passenger engine, and its
use can only be pardoned whore hard
coal cannot bs obtained. or where
traffic is so light as to make the ex-
psnse prohibitory. Many railroads
which formerly used soft coal alto
gether are now using hard coal on
few passenger trains, and the comfort
of the public is thereby greatly in
creased. The patrons Of line, once
accustomed to fresdom from cinders
and smoke. will hardly permit return
to the old methods 1t is to be hoped
that the strike will contribute some.
thing to the edueation Of the railroads
and people in this direction.
When one considers the compara-
lively slight difference between the
respective costs of anthracite and btu
minous coal for use as fuel on passen-
ger locomotives, it is little short of
niggardly that wealthy railroad cor.
poratiop. deriving its lavish support
from the people, should compel its
passengers to begrime themselves with
great fakes of SCOT that inevitably
emerge, cloud-like. from the bitumi-
nous locomotive stacks. An incident
that illustrates this annoyance will
readily be recalled by those who, four
years ago, attended the Republican
state convention ut Harrisburg. 1t
was sweltering day, and the psssen-
gers who perspired received the addi-
tional discomfort Of successive layers
Of SCOT that became encrusted on all
exposed portions Of the faces and
hands No division of Coxey's army
looked less like law-abiding citizens
than did those Republican pilgrims
who attended the great convention of
1890 by the aid of railroads using soft
coal fuel, AMI many were the pledges
taken against a voluntary re.accept-
ancC of such discomfort
Many transportation companies, for
tunately. have since seen the error Of
their ways, soma voluntarily and some
under compulsion It is to be hoped
that before this difficulty among BIZ
luminous producers shall have been
settled there will be an opening of the
passenger agents eyes to the wishes OF
the travelling public in respect TO
smokeless fuel; and that involuntary
change Of color will not hereafter be
among the penalties OF summer travel
on economical railroads.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
Coxeyism Defined by Coxey.

Coxeyism has at last been intelli-
gibly defined by its author 1t is not
an intelligent theory; but it is at least
lucid definition. Says Coxay: II
would have the government issue
money against municipal non-interest
bearing bonds deposited with the sec
retary of the treasury at Washington.
These bonds would be issued to half
the municipalities assessed valuation.
In other words, there would be two
dollars worth of property back OF
every dollar issued by the government
against the bonds. It now issues money
to banks upon much easier terms. The
bonds would not be sold. They would
merely be held as security. They
would be adequats, because real estate
cannot be run away with or be carried
off by embezzlers. They would be sta
bic because, with money issued against
them, the work Of Improvement would
go steadily on, and property does not
decrease in value where there isplenty
of work for labor and improvements
are persistently made And each year
the municipality would redeem 4 per
cent of the ISSUE so that in twenty.
ive years the total would be wiped
out"
This money Coxey would exDsnd in
building good roads. constructing mu-
nicipal sewers, bridges. turnpikes, cul.
verts and other public works and. in
doing anything whatever that would,
on the one hand, tend to give present
employment to the 100000 adult men
now estimated 10 be idle in this couu-
try; and on the other hand, add to the
value OF the municipal property that
stands behind the proposed new issue
Of money. 1t will be readily perceived
there i7 acertain shrewdly designed
air of plausibility about this scheme
that quickly recommends it to dissatis
fed men with greater zeal than discre.
tion.
What is not clear is how the new
federal money issue would be more
stable or more helpful in the employ.
ment of labor than would be similar
issus and sale by each municipality Of
municipal bonds. A city that is solv-
ent can readily find a market for Its
bonds. Ono that is not solvent ought
not to be tackled on as q drag to the
financial credit of the general govern
ment, The precedent that Coxey would
establish would be dangerous one If
for no other reason than that it would
encourage congress to interfere with
municipal governments in matters of
purely local concern; which would at
present be unconstitutional, and which,
even il that objection were removed by
a constitutional amendment, would
still remain unrepublicau and unwise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

The CONTEMPLATED changes in the
management of the Wilkes Barre
Times'Occurred on Saturday last when
the energetic proprietor, Charles B.
Snyder retired, having disposed Of his
interests to stock company repre-
sented By Liddon Flick, c. o Perkins
and Otis Lincoln, as president. secre-
tary and manager. Under the new
management it is announced that the
LINES will honceforth be Republican
paper and that its energies will be di-
rected to furthering the best interests
of the party and developing the indus
tries and commercial advantages of
Luzerne county. Editor NiveD, whose
IaborS have been largely instrumental
in bringing the Times to its present
high standard, will be retained and the
local force will be strengthened by the
infusion of new blood. The Times al =
ready gives evidences of renewed viQor
under the new regime. 1t is better
than ever and to all appearances is upon
wave Of prosperity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

Ii IT BE true that under the term Of
their existing permits the electrical
companies of this city can. without
further legislation, be restricted to the
smallest number Of street poles neces.
sary TO properly conduct their busi-
ness. that fact should accelerate the
proposed adoption of union poles lin.
tied to one half or one-third the num-
Der now standing, Among eonserva-
tive citizens there is no wish to cripple
these local companies nor TO impose
unfair or uncommon exactions. But
in their own defense they should BE-
willing to Cooperate literally In ef-
forts to improve the sightliness of our
streets; and we are glad TO note that
many OF them ara thus cooperating.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
REVENGED:

Little Mary has always been devoted to
her Aunt May. and prays for her each
night long and fervently. One day, how
ever, during visit at her aunt's, the
child did something wrong and had to be
punished. When evening came and she
knelt at her aunt's knee to say her pray.
ers, it was evident that the sore spot was
tho still.
Bless papa and mamma" began the
childish voice, and then there was an
ominous silence, after which the prayer
was concluded with no reference to Aunt
May.
Now" remarked Miss Four-Year Old,
with flashing eyes, as she rose to her feet,
what do you think OF that for prayerY'
-NeU York Tribune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

ware river is piscatorial puzzle that's
too perplcxing to solve. He ought also
to te thrifty inhaDitant of the Susqu-
hanna: but he isn't BY tln way, what
becomes OF the trout that are so num-
erously planted" each sprihg2 Who
can satisfactorily answer these Ques-
tions ?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
SCRANTON. MAY %, 1894.

REPRESENTATIVE WoLvERToN will not
be candidate for denomination, which
is bad for his party and too bad for
congress-. Politics apart, Mr.. Wolver-
ton is gentleman and scholar. and
there should be more like him in public
life
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

abroad With eventful centuries
stretching backward in their psrspec-
tive, Europeans were astonishod.
duInbstruck. at the achievement Of this
big child Of the prairies, whose history
as city Is spannad by the life time Of
many living men.
Yet reaction was certain. The
thing had been overdone. Iu bust.
ness sense, Investments had been null
tiplied not judiciously but madly. In
speculative sense the gambling in
stinct had led to hopeless excesscs.
The fair really lasted only one brief
season. The fair "boom" was dis
tended upon basis that would have
done credit to eternity, One could
perceive the ineyitab BILE consequences
without needing microscope. Even
in the best of normal times, there
would have been shrinking of values.
With tremendous panic thrown in,
the collapse has been little short Of
calamitous Chicago will recover. We
do not wish to convey any falSe'im'
pressions on that point. The future
capital Of the continent-that is to say
the business capital. the literary cap
ital, the focus point of the greatest ac-
tivities-will be right where the murky
Chicago river empties its viscid cargo
into blue eyed Lake Michigan. But
the recovery will be slow. 1t will take
time. 1t will take patience. 1t will
also take hard work. Those contem-
plating going to Chicago. without
definite missions in view. are recon-
mended to remain away. Chicago is
no place for work-seekers. There are
better opportunities right here at home
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

EXCHANGES ARE beginning to cast
shadows Of doubt upon the stori es in
reference to forest fires In Rhode Is
land. One paper cruelty intlmates that
there is not room enough in the little
state for anything Of greater dimen.
Gions than an ordinary local campaign
bonfire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

the gravity of his elders Finally the
little girl asked:
Harry, where was the world nader
And harry with IN air OF superior wis
dom, answered.
, why, don't you know, Dotty? In
Scranton, of courseln
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

EARNING BREAD by the sweat Of one's
brow can never be as popular. even In
these days Of Coxeyite clamor for
work, as an existence upon birds and
bottles In a fat position under the gov
eminent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

IT NOW looks as if the brave Coxey.
ties, who weathered the storms upon
their weary march from Ohio to the
District of Columbia. will become
demoralized and dissolve as al or
ganized body before John Barleycorn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
Aso TO Sunday Closing.

Wilkes Barre Record.
When two criminals are at large, one q
murderer and the other a petty thief the
their energies upon the thief. They put
forth their best efforts to catch the mur-
derer first, because he is the greater crimi-
nal, This principle applies 20 all other
lawbreakers as well.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

HENRY WATTERsoN these days is
very unhappy The present trend of
senatorial tariff tinkering is even less
to his liking than is the moral trend of
blue grass chivalry. The "Wilson"
bill as it now stands he calls "a mon
grel piebald of patches and pusillanih.
ity, a grotesque hodgepodge of pre-
tense and pettifogging. nondescript
abortion of incompeteucy, selfshnsss.
cowardiee and treachery." All this.
too. because it neglects to rip, tear,
pull up and annihilate" the "accursed
conspiracy called protection" Mr..
Wattersou's wrath excites our sym
pathy; but it is trivial compared to
the determined, if less effusive, indig.
nation Of the masses.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

GLEASON, the horse trainer, has ap-
piled for divorce from his wife on the
ground of cruel and inhuman treat
ment. Mr.. Gleason finds that it 10
much easier to tame horses than wo-
men.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

THE THING, under Democratic man
ipulation. is evidently tariff for rev.
enue in more ways than one.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

THERE APPEARS to be combined eff
fort to keep Coxsy off the grass and out
of the clover. Under all circumstances
it would seem in good taste for Coxsy
to retire from the earth altogether.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

A Doctors Epitaph.
Here lies doctor whose name was Mac
beth,
Who fought while on earth with disease
and with death;
But one dark, rayless night he happened
to take
One Of his own little pills by mistake.
Spare Moments.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

IT is POSSIBLE that q blue pencil can
bo made to play patriotic purpose at
Harrisburg this week. when it comes
to the silver plank.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

INNuutDNIu htCOTU.
A Spruce street boarding house mistress,
who had taken pains 10 explain that the
shad had been cooked with drawn butter,
wab shocked when the new boarder inno-
Gently asked how far 1t had been drawn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

THE MATRIMONIAL adventures Of Miss
Lillian Russell appear to be patterned
very much upon the Mrs. Frank Leslie
standard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
AS 1T WAsl

"And on her lovers arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt ID fold,
And far across the hills they went
In that new world, which 10 the old9
Across the hills and far away
Beyond their utmost purple rim,
And deep into the dying day,
The happy princess followed himY'
AS 1T MAY BEL
And on the maidens arm he leant,
And round his waist he felt it fold,
Aud 30 across the town they went
To where the votes were being polledl
Across the town, not far away,
There was no outbreak. word or stir,
And seeing that she voted we'll
The happy loyer followed heri
-NeiU York Recorder.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

IT Is THE general impression that
that Boston base ball fire ought to have
been famed out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

AS AN advertising scheme, the re-
ported engagement of an unknown ac
tress to Howard Gould has discounted
all of the diamond robbery fakes upon
record
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
One Form Of Prniss.

Ne,O York Commercial advertiser.
In the exuberance of some exalted mo-
ment he does not throw himself upon a
wave of volubility and sail serenely
through the top of his hat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

JUST WHY the luscious shad should
thrive 10 these parts only In the Della
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
THE FUGITIVE SONG.

A song leapt up within me,
But ere my pen could write
1t passed my spirits portals
And onward took its flight.
Ny mind went forth pursuing,
HAPPY to fetch it back,
But all in vain the effort,
No trace remained. alackl
Into q train of musing
My saddened spirit fell,
When stole there softly DER me
A Visions pleasant spell.
saw within the vision,
or men a varied throng;
One touched harp and straihgtway
/ heard that wandering song.
Its music made me wonder,
And when the last note rung
The poet was immortal
For that sweet song he sung.
Richard OlUen IN Chicnqo Record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

Kssers have lipsomania, walters have
tipsomania, sailors have shipsomania, skat-
ers have slipsomania, BARRIERS have clipso-
mania, drivers have whipsomania inebri-
ates have dipsomania, dead beats have
skipsomania, mild drinkers have nipsoma-
MIA, tea drinkers have slpsomania, poker
player RS have chipsomania. detroit Free
Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
EXCELSIORl

up in the mountain high"
The warblers gayly sing,
Up in the mountain board Is high;
But that's another thing.
-New York Recorder.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

Editor j. W. Geist of the Lancaster New
Era, after Offering half column OF excel
lent advice to boys who want to succeed
in life. particularly farmers sons makes
the following exceedingly sensible obser-
vations: "a poor boy cannot earn farm
by taking a tin pail and, going into field,
sit down and wait for the cows to back up
and be MIXED; or by sitting around stoves
and taverns, whiting sticks, telling fish
stories, and affirming that farming does
not pay owing to western competition and
unjust railroad Discrimination, any more
than poor boy in city can expect to be.
come a merchant prince by loaflng around
billiard saloons and on street corners,
smoking cigarettes, Discussing the tariff,
twirling cane, and cursing the men who
have succeeded in life. A poor boy in the
country who expects to succeed In life
must be spry and hustle around for liv-
ing exactly as poor boy in city has to
do to succeed The American farmer, who
tills the soil with his own hands and owns
Alarm, is probably as Independent as man
can possibly be who has to earn his living,
aud a great deal happier than some mil
lionares who do not"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

Teasing Friend-What makes that new
baby at your homo cry so much. Tommyf
TOMMY Indignantly don't cry so
very much-and any wey II all your teeth
was out, and your hair off, and your legs
so weak you couldn't even stand on them,
| guess you'd feel like crying yourself =
Life.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
TRIPLES
Il Grave and Gay.
THE BASE BALL CRANK,

THE BASE BALL CRANK.
His friends and neighbors knew him as O
modest, pious man,
And he was built in very truth upon O
Christian plan;
He passed the hat on Sundays and his pas
tor always knaw
He could depend upon him as brother
meek and true.
But when he went on afternoons to see
the base bali game
This brother meek Immediately base ball
crank became,
And when the home team was in luck he
yelled with might and main,
And danced and acted otherwise as
though he were insane,
And when the home team lost its grip and
things were going bad
This brother looked as though he'd lost the
only friend he had,
And when at last the score was tied and
on u double play
The umpire queered the home team and so
gave the game away,
The quiet man, the pious man, he shook
iIis fist aud said:
20 rodents, rodents, rodentsl o kill him,
kill him deadp
-SUdcuse Herald,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22

The inborn pride of Scrantonians and
their neighbors in their city and all that
belongs to 1t, is well illustrated by re-
mark made by youngster In Hyde Park
the other day. His mother overheard him
talking with his little sister and discussing
great questions, as children, do, with all
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-22
THE REASON WHY.

He loves to rise at early dawn
When others love to lie;
This Ia the finest time for him,
Because he is a fly.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1894-04-05
Death of Mrs. j. X. Evans.

After lingering illness of severa
weeks Mrs. J. X. Evans died at hel
home in Audubon last Friday.
Mrs. Amanda Evans, whose maiden
name was Smith, was born in Rock
Castle county, Kentucky, May 9Th, 1919
and died in Audubon March Both, 1891
at the age of rs years. She was mar,
ried to Mr.. J. X. Evans February %
1874, and moved TO Iowa, where Mr.
Evans had resided some years previous
to his marriage. I'm 1913, the family
moved to Mahaska county, AMI later to
Audubon. Six children were born To
Mrs. Evans, three sons and three
daughters. Two of the daughters are
dead. The other children were with
their mother within a short time Of
her death. Mrs. Evans never united
herself with any church society, but
was a true christian woman in deed
and word. She was q good wife and q
kind and loving mother. Her sickness
was borne with fortitude and when
death came she was willing and ready
to 60. The funeral services were held
Saturday and were conducted by Rev.
S. Parsons.