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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27
rn Ward OF Enidemics-

The presence OF email poI Ia one or
TWO neighboring communities, while
not sufficient 10 justify alarm. ought to
inspire every Scrantouian with the de-
termination to take reasonable prscau =
tions Although scientists may not
agree on some Of the technical points
about this epidemic 1t is agreed that
the one sovereign antidote ia general
cleanliness; and that the community
which is clean will not have serious
difficulty,
In a comparative sense Scranton to-
day Is uncommonly clean. Its streets
are newly swept and it courts, back
yards and minor pAUSgSways are in
the main without repfoach. But there
are portions of the ci' Of which this
cannot be said One locality In par
ticular suggests its.l, 10 Us as danger
Gus, through whose fault or oversight
we do not know. To the south Of
Providence road lies stretch Of stag-
nsnt water, surrounded by miniature
morahs. In the hot sun this water has
acquired grsenish scum which. II II
shall be allowed to dry and be scattered
in the form OF dust, will bode i'll for
the health Of adjoining residents. Ma.
laria At least, II not more serious posi-.
bilitieS. Turks in this i'll smelling and
rspulsive looking pool
We mention this particular instancs
because 1t occurs to US, in passing, as
one that is no doubt typical Of several
IL not many, such spots at various
points in Scranton and the surround
ing territory. We have made such
good success in cleansing tho central
portion Of the city that it would be
doubly unfortunate to have an epi.
demic bsfall Us on account Of these
outlying cess pools This is naturally
period Of much mild sickness and the
entire city is experiencing its full share
In the form OF measles, scarlet fever
aud diphtheria. These minor troubles
should re-emphasize the nsed Of con-
stant vigilance iu the pre- yention Of
| worse peStilence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27
Don't Do Il.


A rumor is current in political cir
clss at Harrisburg that the friends OF
Senator Cameron in order to spike the
guns Of those who oppose his reelection
intend at next months state Repub
lican convention to force free silver
plank into the party platform, The
plank, it is said, will be cunningly
phrased so as momentarily to Disguise
its real meaning; but sftwsrd will bs
cited by the Cameron workers as justi-
flying the Donegal statssmsn's attitude
on The silver question and necessitatins
his recollection.
In th- language OF Punch to ths cou
ple about to ct married, "Don'tW
There l. no demand for y irse-silvar
plank in the platform Of Pennsylvania
K pub,ic,us Tue peopl, Of this com.
mouwsalth have tasted alrs.ly Of tn"
bitter fruits Of this impossible agitA
IJa. They nave seen saivsr Of tsar
develop uldsr It's provocttion into a
prolonged and destructive business
panic They nave hal practical de-
monstrstion Of the hopsle@ness Of the
Populistic pauscea TO remedy monetary
evils Aud they are today 10 no mood
10 have this painful i5sue whipped
once more around the stump merely
for the dslectation Of j, Donald Cam.
eron.
Pennsylvania NAV have its occasional
extremists. but the over -whelming
sentiment of its intellectual masses is
emphatic for an honest currency The
silver craze in its present form does
not obtain a mong US II must not be
engratted upon our politics by any ar.
tidoe OF minority lsigsrdemaiu.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

IT SAID that several western states
men OF the Populistic persuasion are
secretly soheming to raise a partisan
issue next fall having for its ostensible
purpose the dissolution Of the Ameri-
can union aud the formation Of new
free silver coinage government west Of
the Mississippi We say ostensibls,
because Of course the real purpose is
nothing more serious than to get the
author. ~ IN, movement before ID
public For this reason Ne do not print
their lmes; hut II Uncle Ssm desir =
" npply TIA cDrr ctive slipper it vii,
no doubt rasil pe possible TO secure
their prpsrr addresses
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

IT WILL BE many years before a
fundamental truth is better expressed
than this one from the speech of ex'
President Harrison to the Indiana
Republican convention: "rhs Ameri -
can workman is realizing today that 1t
is not possible Tor him to separate him
self in interest from the mnnuracturer
who employs him; that he cannot lis
ten to the wild and vicious appeal:
which have been male to him ;or strike
at the men who givs employment to
labor without bringing the blow back
in recoil upon himself aud upon bis
family"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

WITHIN THE pas, zen lays curious
thing has occurred ut tn port OF N "
York Nearly $4,000, 600 in pure bull
lion go'd nas been shipped out of thi'
cour y, ny American investors, to
Paris, WD r. it will form the part pro-
ceeds OF q large municipal loan. II il
a C mp ,ratively new incident in on
history to have American capital SC
scared at home Investments as to be
willing to 90 to Europe rather than r"-
main idle in the vaults. Ordinarily
the balance of investment. as also o
trade, is just the other way, Ordina
rily, too, we have Republican admin
stration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

IT WILL crafty Republicans every.
where to know that their fellow.parti-
sans Of Indiana have namei for secre.
tary OF state the courteous gentleman
who devised the Owen immigration law
and, during President II PRISONS al.
miuislration, was the United State,
.uperinleuden. Of immigration. The
cordial enthusiasm created by the
candid cy Of W. D Owen, OF Logans-
port. Ind, i' proof that the R-publi-
cans OF the HooHsr state. in addition
10 recognizing personal merit when
hey see it, have likewise generous ap-
p'oval for honest ,G,rts at immigra
ion restriction. The ebtir- lu hama
ticket is strong and creditabl-; bat
this nomination al its head is doubly
prAisewOItuy
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

torial nomination harvest, hands down.
He was defeated for the same office in
1890 by Senator Logan, by vote of
6, 129 to Q. 906 and the district this year
lies directly in the trail of the Popu-
istic hurricane which is expected to
follow the nomination of Joseph Si0-
ley for governor, thus intro lucing new
clements OF uncar, hnty. BIi If Mr.
Andr- ws will honestly p ut of som
past futstrl TAXA h.s sttnl fairly
IN SOUR "a 81 Cameron. h III y
he forgiven nn l,cipl,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27
FIRST MORTGAGE
g.. BONDS
or THE
FORTY FORT COAL
COMPANY.

A limited number Of the above
bonds are for sale at par and ac-
crued interest by the following
parties, from whom copies of the
mortgage and full information can
be obtained:
L. w. Mulligan, Cashier Second
National Bank, Wilkes. Barre, Pa.
W. L. Watson, Cashier First Ma
tional Bank, Pittston, Pa
j. L. Pollen, Cashier Peoples
Savings Bank, Piltston, Pa.
A. A. Dryden, President Miners
Savings Bank, Pittston, Pa,
And by the Scranton Savings
Bank and Trust Com any, Trustee
under the Mortgage.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27
SCRANTON. APRIL ", 1894.

1T is INTIMATED ny fri nds OF Captain
John G. Delaney that if Governor
Hastings should desire to put a par
ticularlv acceptable political present
into this stalwsrt Republicans next
Xmas stocking. he could not do better
that to make the captain a present OF
Robert Watchorn's berth as factory
insnector
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

The ADAGE that most things come to
him who waits would seem to be vludi-
Gated in the experience which has just
befallen ex-Chairmau William II. An
drews. Of Crawford. When a few
months ago the political storm clouds
were gathering ominously about his
head he merely took to shelter, snd
waited. The clouds have apparently
rolled by to considerable extent, for
when the Crawford county primaries
we're closed last week. it was found
that Mr.. Andrews had reaped the sena-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

Great 10 lies move with delibsration
and 1t is probably unwlse to expect too
much of the parties in charge OF the
nffirs about the new postotfi - build
ing on Washington avenue. 1t would
sem, however. that the ped estrians,
VINO have for the past two or three
years been crowded into the street tC
make room for an advertising fence
were entitled to new fagstone wal
in front Of the handsome edifice. The
elegant furniture and furnishings o
government building are perfectly
pr oper. but it seems about time tha
something was done for the dear pub
lie. Boom the sids walk
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

the arbutus up by the roots regardless
OF consequences, the favorite American
blossom which was once 30 plentiful in
the city's limits has almost entirely
disappeared; and it is now necessary to
travel four or five miles from the busi-
nesa center of Scranton in order TO Sc
cure specimens. At Lackawanna,
Moosic. Bak -ly and other points up
md down the valley h,wrver, the ar
hu'us cont urs to flourish. but fr"u
r'e present ~nterpris o digI"rs 1t i
probabl- th,t the snow plant, W ic
c mot be succ, IS rully cultivated, WI
soon disapl ear FROM tue face OF the
earth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27
esting as illustrating one phase of the
western financial pulse. The currency
nlnnk adonted at Indianannlis reads.

P'Nhh oNpp'NA Nv pOiio ACnuos
We believe IN currency composed OF
gold. silver and paper, readily convertible
at fixed standard of value and entirely
under national control, and we favor the
imposition of increased tariff duties upon
the imports from all countries which OPP
pose the coinage Of silve upon basis 10
he deter rmined by an international con-
grrss for such purp So. We den unce the
avowed purpose of the Democratic party
to restore the era of "wlld-cat" money.
l this me rs anything 1t means
that we must wait before We can re-
habilitate silver; and m,yDe wlsl W
have waited few years it will not
then be necessary to puzz . our heads
further about metal that seems nst-
urally to gravitate lower aud lower
each year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

one THING is already assured The
demand tor admission TO next months
state convention will be something
wonderful. Nearly all the available
hotel room in Harrisburg has already
been bpspoken and everything points
with unerring certainty to regular
tidal wave Of popular interest aud
party enthusiasm. Secretary A D
Fetterolf, Of Montgomery, has been
selected by Chairman Gilkeson to look
after the detail work Of the convsn-
tion, which is an assurance that it will
be we'll done.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

ARBCR DAY ought to have a very iu-
flaential meaning; and possibly it
would have il tn people wouli i'm bed
fewer gems OF thought aud a larger as
sCr,msu, of trses.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

Itis doubtful II one person in tsu
svsr truly psusrs to think what great
country this is Since spread eaglsism
fell Into disftyor We have. II seems 10
me, been inclined to take our progress
too mucn 40 a matter OF course. Vt
where else in all his ory do W. ini an
x,mpls OF sudden growtp similar to
tuat W len Is h-ct,d, for example, in
tps So age sln-o- n ,sunl,l isru ui
the Cncag EV ulnS Journal, tue old
at continuously published daily paper
IN the Windy Vi y? sixty years ago.
within the ready rrcO,i-c ion OF men
sull alive aud active, what WAS the.
the village of Chicago nad only few
hundred wooden houses, occupied large
ly by indians and irontiersmen. Ten
years later. when the Event journal
WAS born, the place was little lsrg Z
than DunmOrs or Carhondsls. Y a.
odsy 1t pumuers /, 700 600 inhahitluts,
comprises as .arIa an area No Luzrrne
county, az. -. "a MI sides, repulel to
be the hysi-zt, wickedest, aud most
incssssntly progressive municipality IN
the world. Yet one lifetime spans it
all.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

THE New YORK Sun frankly con-
fssses that the Democrats in congress
are directly responsible for the Coxey
mania. This fact was patent before,
but open confession is good for en-
honest soul.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

Some OF our radcrs know Horace
White All will Hrecognizs him rs the
active editor OF the New Y TX Ev-u ming
Post, one OF our foremost authorities
on finance and, until reerntly, an tx.
ceedingly persistent swingsr OF ceusers
before the political shrine OF Stephen
Grover Cleveland. Well, the reason |
mention White 10 ecauss fifty years
ago, at the age OF 10, wh-n just emit
ted from his rural homestead into the
urban environment Of the future Chi
cago, White was off red thu lofty posi-
tlon Of city editor on the Evening
Journal, at the equally lofty salary /
So q week. Mr. Whites duties were
interesting. lie carried under his
modest hat the combined functions of
city editor. exchange editor, financial
reporter, police court reporter, real
estate chronicler. political writer
proof resder. assistant mailing clerk,
associate foreman aud Office boy; and
when time hung heavy on his hands h.
used to ink the rolls. pick sorts out Of
tue shell box. play marbles with tho
Indian papoos4s and assist tho chief
editor and publisher In evolving great
schemes Of journalistic conquest
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

Washington Post
Senator Hill seems to be getting the
hisses Of Democrats who never produce
electoral votes for he Democratic ticket,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

Arbutus parties are now among the
popular rsereations for young an old
people. and there Is probably no more
delightful form of outing than the unit
for arbutus on the mountains. Under
the ruthless attacks Of people who tear
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27

The Judge. though, told one awiully
i'm robanl, yarn. He must have hal
misgiviugs wneu be told IL, for ne took
particular pain, to saddle thu RESPONSE.
Uiuty for II Il on an unnamed Scr.n-
ton attorney. The yarn was this:
After LackswsnuA's new court hUu,-
ha been tuilt aud after tue swamp
foundation uad been ov.rcoms by
driven walls. ir was found, said tue
judge, that even below that, the
foundations had been undermined. It
thereupon became necessary, when
ever court YVES sitting In Lackswanna
county, for the trial judge to send a
tip,tuff down into the miue'. to keep
the citizens OF Scranton from robbing
the pillars" Now II Judge Woodward
had said the doctors or plumbers or
lawyers OF Scranton the joke might
have passed muster. As it was | think
1t has very unsubsthntial foundation
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-27
AS THE ;.
\ Coffee Cools

There IL no use Of talking; when II
comes to talking our takers ,re not Ia
the race There isn't talker in al,
this tslkatiye town that can talk any
where near jovial Judge Stanley Wood.
ward when he < {. up Tor n 'p'rCh a,
an E,ks social srIsion. This was newly
iustaueed the other evening in Wilkes
Barre when, after all the picked CO.
horts OF Scranton oratory had been
flung by trained commanders at the
citadel OF Wilkes Barre appreciation, II
re'olutsly failed to capitulate undl the
amisble presiding magistrate at the
sitting Luz rue court OF quarter sss-
sons arose IN his uomely fashion, let d
reef out Of bis capacious trowssrS, APP
piled a bandana TO the respiratory or
gan which protrules from hi. pleasant
face aud then gave as witty spoect
as Elks coul wish TO hear.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-08-23

Kenneth Bazemore had the good
fortune to receive q small bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy when three mem
bers of his family were sick with
dysentery. This one small bottle
cured them all and he had some
left which he gave to Geo. W. Baker,
a prominent merchant Of the place,
Lewiston, n. e., and 1t cured him
Of the same complaint. When
troubled with dysentery, diarrhaa,
collie or cholera morbas, give this
remedy Q trial and yoH will be more
than pleased with the result. The
praise that naturally follows its in.
PRODUCTION and use has made it very
popular. 90 and SO cent bottles
for sale by VIM. F. Greenwell & Son
Leonardtown, Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-08-23

IL NEW LfGHT. The young
woman was trying to persuade her
father to give his consent to her ac-
cepting a very worthy young man
he did not giant her to marry, and
he was stubborn.
But, para,' she insisted, "fe
is the man of nv choice"
"Weli. he isn't the man of my
choice, and you shall not marry
him." he persisted.
The girl grew firm at once.
Now, look here, papa,' she
said. "Some day my daughter
will probably come to her father, rs
I'm coming to you, and she win
ask him what | am asking you. and
he will refuse as you are doing.
Then my daughter will say coaxing-
ly to her father. But, papa, You
"t'c "dta'HIa CuOlSe, kUu LUcH IIl
reply to that would you Ike to have
that man say to your grandfather,
No, | wasn't, was your grand
fathers choice:' Answer me that.
DO you think it would be ii pleasant
thing for that man to say to your
granddaughter
The father blinked two or three
times and rubbed his dome of
thought.
Um-er-um-' he hesitated.
1T hadn I quite struck me that way
before. guess you cas have your
own way about it, and up to date
nobody has heard any cause to re-
gret the girls successful argument.
Detroit Free Press.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-08-23
Odd Things in Hsreaity.

There is all old lady in New York.
says the Ereniag San, who. when
a young woman, was climbing over
a rail fence to escape big black
hog. Her dress caught, gave way
and she fell, cutting her head Just
at the crown of the forehead. When
the wound healed aslightscar show
ed on her forehead. To hide this
she drew her hair down. Being
unduiy sensitive. she could rarely
refrain from finding If the hair was
doing its duty by lingering the
lock. All through her life, and
now irr any snda,.v usomsst III cars-
sciousness, her fingers fly to her
hair. She has . daughter. now
married woman. who exhibits the
same popularity. When the FASH
ION of hair changed and women
turned their hair back II 10 n,arquise
she found it becoming. but mt lust
was so distracted ut not finding her
accustomed lock of hair she again
adopted her bangs. Now she has
daughter, girl Of FIVE, who has
way of catching her fnrclock like
IA groom. The family made an cf-
fort to break the habit. bnt gave il
up AS hereditary and hopeless
There is man who says that
when a child he could not get to
sleep without rubbing 10 piece of
Canton flannel. When he got into
trousers, and from that time since.
when he grows meditativc. he rubs
the side of his trousers. He has n
boy eight years old. This boy rubs
the side of his trousers whenever
he is studying or reading. As his
fingers are not always clean there
is certain area on his trousers
that occasions much distress. This
also Is set down to hereditv.
Now. pertaining to such cases.
there is a paragraph in the Lancet
which ridicules the transmission of
these muscular pcculiarities. They
are merely family tricks, and the
result of imitation. Not only do
such likenesses run in families, but
tricks of manner. forms Of speech,
distinguish schoolboys educated at
different schools. An Eton boy can
be recognized anywhere, and Ok
ford and Cambridge Imprint their
own stamp on their students. These
facts lead to the more important
conclusion that education by imi-
tation Is not sufficiently considered
IN modern systems. A girl who is
the companion of woman of good
figure, responsive face and easy
movement is more likely to be easy.
graceful and engaging in conversa-
ton than one brought up by clam-
sy woman from books Compan-
ionship is at the root not only of
manners, but Of style and figure,
which are often mistakenly attrib-
uted to breeding.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-08-23
PLAYING CARDS.

Cards we're first invented under
the reign of Charles W., King oil
France, to amuse him during the
intervals of the disorder which car.
ried him to his grave. The world
would have sustained no loss had
his majesty been suffered to die in
peace without this invention. They
seem however, to be the delight oi
vast numbers of mankind; and
even men who profess to have a su.
Periority of taste and "A greater ex-
tent of knowledge than the generali.
ty, pass away too much of their
time in this useless and often in
furious pursuit. The following is
"a very pointed and suitable reproof
to such:
Mr.. Locke having been introdnc-
ed by Lord Shaftesbury to the
Dnke of Buckingham and Lord
Halifax, these three noblemen, in
stead of eonversing with the phi
losopher, as might naturally have
been expected, on literary subjects,
in very short time sat down to
cards. Mr.. Locke. after looking
on FOR some time. pulled out his
pocket book and began to write
with great attention. One of the
company observing this. took the
liberty of asking him what he was
writing. "My lord" said Locke,
81 am endeavoring, as far as possi-
BILE. to profit by my present situa-
tion for, having waited with i'm
patience for the honor of being in
company with the greatest geniuses
of the age, | thought | could do
nothing better than write down
your conversation and, indeed,
have set down the substance of
what you have said for this hour or
two." This well-timed ridicule
had its desired effect, aud these
noblemen, fully sensible ofits force,
Immediately quilted their play, and
entered INTO a conversation more
rationable, and better suited to the
dignity of their characters.
81 think it very wonderful" :"
says Addison, "tO sec persons of
the best sense passing away a dozen
hours together in shuffiing and di-
viding pack of cards, with no
other conversation but what is made
up a few game phrases, and no
other ideas but those of black or
red spots ranged together in differ
ent figures. Would not a man
laugh to hear any one of this species
complaining that life is short 20
MIR. Dodd. an eminent minister,
being solicited to play at cards,
arose from his seat and uncovered
his head. The company asked him
what he was going to do. lie re-
piled, "To crave Gods blessing"
They Immediately exclaimed. 1--WE
never ask blessing on such an oc-
casion." "Then," said he, al
never engage in anything but on
What | can beg of God to give his
blessing"
A lady who once heard Mr..
Romaine, expressed herself might
ly pleased with his discourse, and
told him afterwards that she
thought she could comply with his
doctrine, aud give up everything
but one. "And what is that
Madam ?" Cards, SIR" "You
think you could not DO happy with
out them ga "No, sir. | could
not" "Then, Madam, they are
your god, aud they must save you. !"
This pointed and just reply is said
to have issued in her conversion.