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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30

OUR AFTERNOON contemporary, the
Truth, on Saturday announced that it
had begun a civil action for damages
against George P. .'Rowell d Co., pub
fishers of the journal for advertisers,
Printers Ink, which rated the circu'
lation of the Truth at $500 copies
daily. This is a new form of circula'
lion warfare which, if pushed to an
open issue in the courts, ought to pos
sess educational value to publishers
and advertisers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30

IT is ANNOUNCED that the confer
rees on the agricultural appropriation
bill have finally consented to the ex-
penditure of $lG0000 for seeds to be
distributed by members of congress
among their constituents. This is re.
garded, in these hard times, as an ex.
ceptionally liberal appropriation, cal
culated to make correspondingly glad
the hearts Of members who need gar
den seeds to benefit their crop of dele
gates or to further the circulation oI
retrograding newspapers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30

IT is EXPLAINED by Senator Muir
PHYS Troy newspaper that the reason
it wants "Bat" Shea pardoned is be-
cause it is opposed to capital punish
ment; but, if that's its only motive, it
seems to us it could have picked out a
better subject of its maudlin sympathy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30

"CoMPULSoRYn ARBITRATION will,
of course, not receive its vitality from
some form of physical force which
shall grab the two parties to dispute
and chug them involuntarily into a
compromise. There are higher i'm
pulses than brute strength; and loftier
methods Of convincing man than
by means of policeman's club or n
Gatling gun,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
Harrison, Two Years Hence.

Harrison, Two Years Hence.
A Republican of national promin-
ence, in a private letter to the editor
Of The TRIBUNE, closes a discussion
of possible Republican candidates for
the presidency two years hence with
the significant assertion, half pro-
phetic, half dogmatic, that General
Harrison can never again be presi-
dent" Without desiring to cross this
distant bridge prematurely, we are
moved to allude to this prophecy for
the reason that, ifit be true, it is time
the people were informed thereof; and
if there be reasons for thinking it un-
true, the presentation Of them in ad.
vance of the actual campaign itself can
do no possible harm.
1t will scarcely be denied by close
observers that the position now occu-
pied before the public by the only liv-
ing Republican ex-president is in many
respects similar to that occupied four
years ago by his old antagonist, the
present executive. At that time many
politicians thought Grover Cleveland
as dead, politically, as dead could well
be; yet, in their very face, almost, he
was renominated and triumphantly
reelected. The reason for this was
that of all Democrats then in public
life he best realized the ideals of the
Democratic masses. We today regard
him as a conceited, obstinate, blunder-
ing and grossly over-rated man, despite
all his sonorous semblance of honesty
aud aptitude for platitudes that may
mean little or much; but he was not
thus regarded then, and he won, in
spite of the party leaders, through the
sheer force of his inflated reputation.
If, then, such thing has happened
within such comparatively recent
period, what reason have we to doubt
that it will happen again, when the
beneficiary is q man SO admittedly
able and reputable as is Benjamin Har-
rison? There are qualities in General
Harrison that we do not like. We
distinctly dislike his ingratitude, re-
peatedly evinced in the reputation Of
men who had worked earnestly and
unselfshly for party victory. In those
personal characteristics that win men
by kindness, sincerity and answering
loyalty to real obligations, the ex-
president is sadly deficient, as even his
best friends must admit. His is the
unfortunate combination of attributes
which, while exciting high admira-
ton for his mental powers, and elicit.
ing almost enthusiasm for his extraor.
dinary self command, dashes these
feelings to the ground by some inner
ent characteristic Of personal iciness
that first invites, then by a queer con-
trariness, repels what could develop
into rare popularity. He is an intel.
lectual phenomenon, q model citizen
and an ideal lawyer; but as a leader Of
men he can never hope to inspire true
enthusiasm.
Nevertheless, we are far from cleal
in our minds eye how the Republican
party will get around the unpleasant
possibility of General Harrison's nomi
nation. He may save it from this
misfortune by peremptorily declining
but if he should choose to invite an
other historical repetition, a rationa
calculation of all the factors in tn,
situation leads us to confess that h,
would have many commanding ele
ments of strength.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
THEY WERE SCARCE;

1t was lovely DAY.
Fleecy clouds foatsd lazily across the
guiI gulI s, swooped down from tbs the EN-" smpyreap ear
regions and dipped his wings into the salt
spray.
Dearest" faltsred the man In the buff
shoes, will you love me alwaysp
"Yss -"
A sigh Of petulance struggled o moment
in her swelling heart, huttered to her
lips and died there
- ''the way men are keeping away
from this blamed old place, Isuppose I
shall"
The seagull shrieked and took another
plunge. -Erchan0e.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
SCRANTON. JULY 80. 1894.
RtPUBlICLa STATE TICKET.

For Governor:
DANIEL II. HASTINGS,
OF CENTER.
For Lieutenant Governor:
WALTER LYON,
OF FALLEGHESY.
For auditor General
AMOS II. MYLIN,
OF LANCASTER.
For Secretary Of HernG! Affairs:
JAMES W. LATTA,
OF PHILADELPHIA.
For CongreSSmen. dt-Large:
GALUSHA A. GROW,
OF sUsQUEHANNA.
GEORGE +. HUFF,
OF wEsTMoRELAND.
Election Time, Nov. 6
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30

There was fres-for.sll fight near Bern
stadt, KY, on the Fourth, In which one
man was killed an others wounded. The
account Of the ARRAY, as reported by tho
Mountain Echo, published at the place,
reminds the Louisville Courier-J ournal OF
the amusing testimony given by an old lady
concerning another fight which occurred
some time since at her house near Man.
chester, In which three or four persons
were killed. This witness mounted the
stand with evident reluctance and many
misgivings, and when questioned by the
court as TO what she knew about the mat
ter said; swell, jedge, the fust knowed
about il was WHOM Bill Sanders called Tom
Smith liar EN- Tom knocked him down
with stick of wood. One of Bills friends
then hit Tom with Knife, slicin' a big
piece out of him. Sam Jones, who was
friend of Toms, then shot the other fellow
and two more shot him, and three or four
others got cut right smartly by somebody.
That naturally caused some excitement,
jedge, and then they commenced d 'tin."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
n T THE Il!
L Pie Counter.

Chemintz, Germany, has successfully
abolished tue unsightly trolley pole. The
new means OF stringiug electrical wires in
that entsrprisins Tsutoaic city Is by orna-
mental ro,ettes fastened into the wood
work or walls Of honses having projecting
hooks to which tbs wires are attached
These hooks ARE firmly fastened aud are
tssiSd with seven times the weight they
will be called upon TO bssr Owners Of
houses Without exception preferred to al
low the use Of their houses free rather
lhHu have posts on the sidewalk. One
queer thing about tho Chsmnitz trolley
cars IS that they have NO conductor. The
motorman IS the only person aboard who
represents the company. BY doing away
with conductors thy company saves A, 900
marks annually. Ths fare IL Only 10 pt9n.
niugs or u trils less than 81 cents on all
routes, including transfers. Should $50,
0yO porsous evade payment il twelve
months the lo,s would be only 10, 900
marks 1t would take 450, 200 evaSions in
fare to Offset the compAny's savings by
dilpeusng with conductors salaries. Cul-
prits in this regard when detected are
punished by having their names adver-
tied in the newspapers as warning to
others. Fare boxes are attached to both
ends Of the car and the honest passenger
is expected to pay us he goes without
further invitation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30

"Printers' Ink" the recognized journ al
for advertisers, rates the SCRANTON
TRIBUNE as the best advertising medium
In Northeas tern Pennsylvania. printers
lux" knows.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30

NItE HklLLhp llIn'
"Do you msau to tell me-" said the soul
full young woman, that you have never
yet met the woman whose presence and
touch thrilled your whole being in All ut
terly indescribable mannerW
only once" said the weary young
man. 1T was when was in the hands Of
a woman dentist."-Indianapolis Journal.
When thunder storms prevail q great
mary people wonder whether II is safe to
rids GU trolley cars or not, the idea being
that the overhead wires and general cleo
trio makeup CT the coaches must be inim-
icnl to safety. A Wilkes-Barre Record
nan recently made inquiry Of an official
Of the traction company IN regard to the
matter, and he declared most emphatic
ally that II there is any virtue In lightGiug
rods tho pro estion given the trolley cars
during an electric storm il far greater
than that assured to buildings by rods He
said he had never heard Of an accident to
Il trolley coach during such storm; that
ON the contrary he believed them to be
the safest place one could seek under the
circumstances. He explained that the
overhead wires operated AS lightning
rods, caught the fluid which ran down
| through tha motors aud SO into
ground, Lightning frequently ruins a
motor, but that's about all the damage 1t
does. People inside are protected from
damage by the delicate operation OF the
intricate machinery. The official further
said that all the overhead wires in the city
We're conductors and served u good purpose
during the rage cf electric stormA Pedes-
triens were actually safer on the streets at
such times than they were before the
wires were strung, 1t is difficult to make
people think SO, but the electrician asserted
that 1t was fact and called attention to
the remarkable escapes Of buildings in the
city from lightning strokes Rince they have
been covered and surrounded by the numer.
| ons electric wires.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
Two HEROES.

"How big was Alexander, Pa,
That people call him grsatS
Was he like old Goliath, tall,
His spear hundred weight"
'Oh, no. my son; not quite so large,
think it's safe to say,
As was the umpire that we saw
Conduct the game today"
Detroit Free Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30

J. w. BROWNING,
Secretary.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-14
CHEATING THE SLOT MACHINES.
Hundreds Of Bog us Pennies 1naertsd. Sup
possdly Made by Italian Counterfeitsrs.

Hundreds Of Bog M Pennies Inserted. Sup
possdly Made by Italian Countsrfsitsrs.
From time to time references are
seen in the daily papers, referring to
the difficulty experienced by the ferry
companies, car lines, ETC., in disposlng
of enormous accumulations of ordinary
copper cents. The reader is very apt
to remember this, particularly If In
exchange for a dollar bill he is re-
turned ninety-five one-cent pieces by
q conductor. As q matter of fact, says
the New York Herald, there is no ex-
cuse for the item, much less for car
conductor or change-taler in unload
ing his weight of copper upon the al
ways more or less abused passenger.
The United States subtreasury, at
Wall and Nassau streets, makes, and
has made it practice for years, OF ex-
changing minor coin for United States
money of large denomination, and 1t
has many regular customers who are
so served. There are a number OF Gu
rious things about cents as they come
to the sub-treasury. In the first
place, they are quite extensively coun-
terfeited. This may seem strange, as
the profit in a counterfeit cent is neces-
sarily small. 1t is true, however. new
ertheless, and is supposed to be the
work of italians, who, more largely
than any other nationality, seem to
favor the imitation of our minor and
subsidiary coin. The Brooklyn and
New Jersey ferry companies the Gle
waited railroads of both New York and
Brooklyn and the various slot-machine
companies are regular customers for
the exchange of cents for other money
at the sub-treasury. At times they
turn in enormous quantities, the slot
companies alone ranging between one
hundred and twenty-five and seven
hundred dollars day. AS might be
expected, all sorts of oddities In
the way of coin come in with the
quantity taken in the machines In
addition to the counterfeits are scores
of mot one cents" of war times, metal
discs and foreign copper, Austrian
money predominating. AS the copper
cent is simply token, no matter what
it's condition is, it is redeemed at par
II it can in any way he identified as
Uuited States money The popularity
of the slot machine year or 50
apo brought about curious condi-
tion of affairs in the country. This
was nothing short OF 'cent famine"
The headc uarters of the company is in
New York. and all agents sent their
cents here for redemption. which
drained the country Of its supply and
overstocked the minor coin vaults OF
the subtreasury here with cents.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-14
THIRTY MILLIONS.

Speculation Regarding the Population ~
London Half Century Hence.
The London county council has been
studying into the growth of that city.
whose population seems to be decreas-
ing, because the people are moving
into the suburbs. The investigation
has brought out some remarkable
figures, says the Westminster Budget
If we do not add any more to the popu-
lation than the amount per decade that
has been added since 1881 1t seems that
we should have population in 1o41 of
close upon 10000, 600. If we allow for
a growth at the rate Of the natural in
crease of births over deaths there will
be nearly 11,00o. 900 in London in that
year. II we reckon that London will
grew at the average rate of the last
three decades we shall he over 14,O00.-
600, but If inner London and outer Lon
don go ON together growing at the rate
they have been growing for the last
three tens of years we are to expect
London population in 1041 of trifle
over II, soc, 900. If we look at the mat
ter in another way and ask what popu-
lation greater London will contain
when it has attained throughout the
mean density Of well-knowp areas.
we get the following appalling calcu-
lation:
II greater London were only peo-
pied as densely as Hampstead, it
would contain = population of 1S,-
O00, 900. .tF4
II it were pcopled on an average a.
densely IS Fulham is now, the popula-
ton would be 10000 600.
II it were peopled at the rate of st.
Georges, Hanover square, the total
would rise to 80, 900, coo.
Whitechapel Is three times as dense
ly peopled as st. Georges itself. The
m oral is obvious. I
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-14
GERONIMO ON THE eENcA.
The Famous Apache Acting - Justls>
OF the Pooco In Alabama.

The Famous Apache Acting - Justice
of the Peece in Alabama.
John P. Clum, a post Office inspector,
who spent some time recently in the
camp of the renegade Apaches ut
Mount Vernon barracks, Alabama, re-
ports that they have made creditable
progress in the arts OF civilization.
Mr.. Clum should be q competent judge,
for he spent several years with these
Indians on the San Carlos reservation
in Arizona, and afterward it became
his duty, in April, 1877, to assist in the
capture at Ojo Caliente, N. NJ, of
Geronimo, Francisco and other Apache
renegades. Subsequently Geronimo es-
capped again, and after new career of
bloodshed and rapine surrendered to
Gen. N. A. Miles. This was in 1886.
Later the Apaches of Geronimo's band,
men, women and children, were sent
to Alabama. For the first year or two
the mortality among them was very
great, but, according to the New York
Evening Post, they have now become
acclimated. Each family has frame
house, equipped with cooking range
and necessary furniture, to live In.
The Indians have adopted civilized
style of dress; the men weave baskets
and the women wash clothes. A COM
pany of infantry has been formed out
Of the young men, and their barracks 8
is part of the Indian Village. Geroni-
mo has been elected an alcalde, or JUS
tice, and tries minor offenses reported
to him. His sentences to terms Of Inn
prisonment in the guardhouse seem to
give general satisfaction. This once
bloodthirstY chief is now content to
make an honest penny by selling bows
and arrows and also photographs of
himself The young children are be-
ing educated in the settlement, and
the older ones attend the Carlisle
school. While these Apaches are pris-
oners of war. they are virtually on
parole, and come and go as they please.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-14
SLAVES OF THE COOK.

New York Society People Unable to Dine
1t Homo ON sundzy&
Cooks have their rights as well as
other people, and that is the one reason
why the restaurants Of New York are
crowded every Sunday night by people
who have numerous servants, including
capable cooks. 1t was custom for
many years. nobody knows exactly
why, says the New York Sun, to eat q
heavy dinner in the middle of the day
on Sunday. During the prevalence of
this custom the cooks made it q point
to take Sunday night off, and that
point has now become prerogative.
Men who dine six days in the week at
seven are invariably overloaded and
uncomfortable when they dine in the
middle of the day on Sunday. The
effort to have Sunday night dinner at
seven o'clock has resulted in a fat and
indubitable failure wherever attempted
by householders, and so the knot has
been cut by allowing the cook to have
her regular Sunday night off. while
the master of the house and his wife
90 to q restaurant and the children
scurry about for themseles. It .
stranger in New York is anxious to see
the heavy weight financial, CONNER
cial, legal and other professional men of
New York city At dinner with their
wives he should visit Dclmonico's, the
Brunswick, the Savoy, Waldorf or New
netherlands hotel any Sunday night
1T about seven o'clock. 1t is q curious
,hase of New York life. Famous men
If every conceivable walk of life dine
,ut at these places. The general public
s familiar with their faces. but not
with those of their wives There is
often very strong contrast, as, foz
instance, q small, famous lawyer and
his ponderous, domincering wife, who
tips the beam at two hundred and fifty
pounds and bullies the waiter; a
famous statesman, whose wife is
palpably jealous at his slightest
glance at his neighbors; an eminent
judge Of sixty and his f1irtatious wife
of twenty. and so on interminably.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-14
HORSES. HOGS AND SHEEP.

Government Crop Report Indicates That
Prices Of Animals Have Declined.
The estimates of farm animals for
January, 1894, indicate decrease In
the number of horses as compared
with January, 1898, of little less than
eight-tenths of per cent, IN increase
in mules Of about nine-tenths OF per
cent, an increase of milch cows OF
nearly four-tenths Of per cent. and of
oxen and other cattle of little less
than per cent. Sheep in the interval
between these dates have suffered .
numerical loss of nearly S per cent.
and hogs have fallen off In numbers
nearly per cent In prices horses
have declined 10 per cent, mules
10 per cent, milch COWS have re-
manned almost stationary, but with
increasing tendency. while oxen
and other cattle have lost three
eighths per cent. There has been .
decline in the price Of horses through
out the country, excepting in the
states of Rhode Island and Idaho. The
range Of prices is from $3.50 . head In
New Mexico. to @o5. IS in Rhode Island,
the average being $47.ea. The price OF
milch cows has advanced in some sec
tions, but the decline in 0ther parts OF
the country has no nearly Offset the
increase that the average tor the coun-
try remains 1t about the figures OF
1905. The decline in the price Of sheep
has been considerable Ia the last year.
Notwithstanding the decided decFease
Z Ill -
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-14
VISITORS At WASHINGTON.

How eerangsrs Pour Into the National
Capital From Everywhere.
The national capital Is the Mecca of
sight-seers and they flock in hundreds
to this city at all times Of the year,
says writer in the Brooklyn Eagle.
They come singly, in couples and
squads of from dozen to hundred.
They are from all sections Of the coun-
try and represent all classes OF socie-
ty. The spoony newly married
couple, the well-to-do farmer who has
harvested his crops and is enjoying the
fruits of his summers labor, and ex-
cursionists from different parts of the
country journey to Washington with
the convening of each congress. They
take in the old historical houses, gov
ernment buildings and monuments
and visit the home of Washington and
the Arlington cemetery. But by far
the most interesting object to them is
the capitol building. Here they de-
vote the most Of their time and atten-
ton and roam at will through the ro-
tunda, statuary hall and into the gall
leries of the house and senate. Their
chief delight. however, Is to go upons
the floor Of the senate and sit in the
seats that were occupied by the illus
trious Clay, Webster, Benton and 9TH
er renowned orators long since num-
bered among the great majority. and
to recline for moment of bliss in the
vice presidents chair. A majority OF
these visitors seem possessed with
mania for collecting souvenirs, and are
ever on the lookout for something to
carry away as a memento. Not an OBJ
jcct that is portable escapes their dep
redating hands; they clip tassels from
the costly damask portieres; chip bits
of marble from the walls and pillars;
take knobs from doors, and one fiend
a short time ago had the audacity to
cut a piece as large as the crown OF q
hat from the center OF the twelve hum
dred dollar Smyrna rug that covers the
floor of the marble room OF the SEN
ate. Anything in the way of pens,
pencils and even inkstands that is
found upon the desks Of the senators is
regarded as common property and rs
such are appropriated by the rapacious
relic hunters.