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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
Civil Service Reform.

Much Jubilation is expressed in the
current number of the Century maga-
zine at what 1t calls "the doom of the
spOils system" evidenced, our contem-
porary declares, by the steady growth
Of the number of federal positions
classified under the merit system, So
called. 1t recollects that after the pres
ent civil service act was passed. in 1883,
President Arthur put 1858 positions
under its operation; during President
Cleveland's first term, the number was
raised to 1880; under Harrison, to a.
S2s and in the first half of the second
Cleveland administration. $50 places
were added. bringing the whole number
up to 51.4GS. or slightly more than one
fourth Of all the positions in the federal
service.
While this progress Is rapid and en-
couraging. 1t must not be too readily
believed that the 81. .46S places at pres
ent under competitive examination
rules are In all cases removed from the
clutch Of spoilsmen and office-hunting
partisans. There are artifices by the
score. under the very law concerning
which the Century exults, whereby
merit can be as effectually, IL perhaps
not SO boldly subordinated to pull as 1t
used to be, before the day of civil SER
vice reform. This. to be sure, proves
nothing except that the execution of
the law Is dishonest; but he would be an
exceedingly sanguine person who, af-
ter a careful study Of political ways and
means at the national capital. would
venture to predict the date of. the time
when a law 80 thoroughly disfiked by
all the political workers at Washington
asts this reform statute could expect to
get approximately fair treatment from
Its nominal enforcers.
But to say that the civil service re-
form Of today Is principally pretence,
biun and buncombe Is by no means to
condemn the true principle 1t perverts
or to deny that the obvious trend of In
telAgent public opinion will eventually
ascertain a method for the genuine
realization Of its wishes In the premises.
We agree heartily with the Century in
Its belief that the people "have at last
realized that there can be no thorough
and lasting reform of our politics till
the spolls system has been destroyed"
end Nat "ths sursst wy To- set rid Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
Stevens, Cameron and Quay.

Our Chicago namesake, In its COM
ments upon last weeks convention at
Harrisburg. took occasion to lament
the decadence in public morals as in
| stanced In the great drop from Thad-
deus Stevens or Simon Cameron to NJ.
s. Quay" Readers of The Tribune do
not need to be told that this paper has
Quay; yet It is no more than justice
that the Chicago contemporaries grief
should be assuaged. 1t should be at
once informed that the drop" from
Stevens or Cameron to Quay Is one
In point of time only; for as concerns
ability Quay is the peer of either and
in the knack Of manipulating men he
is clearly their superior.
The habit of exalting the past at the
expense of the present IL far too COM
mon. Thus. in an age which fails
as yet to do justice to Lincoln
and snubs Grant. we have Washington
| deitied and Jackson made immortal,
although the probability Is that II these
men We're now alive and had to cope
| with the immensely complicated and
more intricate problems of this end Of
the century neither of them would rise
above the level of a well-to-do country
celebrity of limited renown. So far as
Quay and the elder Cameron are con-
| cerned, 1t Is to be remembered that the
state which the latter ruled was not
half either in population or resources,
| of the state that Quay today domi-
Mates while the opposition then to one
man dominion was but tithe of the
| Independent spirit nowadays abroad In
| the land. Cameron, too. had Mackey.
Quay and score Of less noted but
scarcely less able lieutenants. Quay,
in his recent fight against a combina-
| tion more powerful than Cameron ever
dreamed of. stood almost alone.
against opponents he himself had
trained.
In point Of morals, politicians Of all
ages stand upon nearly an equal foot
ing. They all fight to win, and EN-
ploy whatever methods they think
needful. But MIR. Quay, aside from his
battles, is surely not unfit to court
comparison with Stevens, who left his
fortune to a colored housekeeper, or
Cameron, whom Lincoln had to send to
st. Petersburg In order to avert scan
dal at home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
Labor Day, 1905.

Ideal weather and unusual cordiality
of feeling among the organized trades
combined to make yesterdays celebra-
ton OF Labor Day more notable than
any held in years. In all its details
the commemoration was successful; and
the parade was one of the most repre-
sentative within memory.
1t is a fortunate coincidence, by the
way, that Labor DAY, 1895, finds the
bread winners of Scranton and vicinity
at peace with their employers. and full
Of hope and courage. The lifting Of the
clouds that have so long depressed
business has been gradual, but it is
steady. Each day brings nearer the
restoration of those highly satisfactory
economic conditions which were dis
turbed in 1892 by the election Of DEM
ocratic president upon a platform
bristling with threats Of commercial
and Industrial revolution. With the
correction. next year, of that unfortu-
nate change" will expire the last pre-
text for restricted business activity,
and then, If not by anticipation even
earlier, trade may be expected to re-
sumo its normal dimensions and yield
its normal profits to both capital and
labor.
AS If to add to the days obvious good
will, comes the news of probable early
settlement of those long-standing diff
culties which have operated to stifie the
anthracite coal trade. The extent to
which this intelligence may be credited
has not yet been ascertained; but with
other interests everywhere reviving,
common sense must soon, II not at
once. dictate a betterment Of the trade
In fuel. All in ALL therefore. labor has
many reasons to feel on good terms
with itself. May II learn from past
troubles the virtue of patience and
modera ton!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
Very Desirable Change.

Harrisburg Patriot: Senator Quay will
recommend to the state committee at its
next meeting number OF important
changes In the party rules. His plan Is TO
provide for the election of delegates
nearer the time Of holding the state con-
vent:on. The senator thinks sixty days
from the convention would be the proper
length of time. The necessity for this
change was impressed upon Senator Quay
by the advantage the combine had over
him In Allegheny county by electing dele
gates before the recent contest was pre-
c.p.tated."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03

The Pittsburg Dispatch, = paper
friendly to Senator Quay. suggests j.
Hay Brown. Of Lancaster, ex-Attorney
General Hensel's law partner. for
United States senator. to succeed Cam
eron: and adds that he Is sound on the
money question. Are there any other
nominations?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
CALLING A HALT,
Montrose Independent-Republi

MOntrOsc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The superabundant desire of the average
American to get something out of moth
ing is everywhere present. What fools
these mOrtals be-" and will continue to
the end of time. No matter how many
moths are scorched in the flame, the next
moth thinks he wears asbestos wings.
Many an expectant oil baron has ch!nked
Imaginary gold In the depths of his trous-
ers pocket, and many gorgeous plan
been reflected in oily mirage. We've had
enough; our expected feast of porter
house has vanished, we are content with
our humble fare of liver we had the dis
case and paid the doctors bill. Thank
goodness, we're cured.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
An IncomparabIc Platform.

The Indianapolis Journal says: "The
civil service of the professional IS super
fetal compared with that which Senator
Quay has outlined. The former IL con-
fined chiefly to "a belief In competitive ex-
aminat.ons for admission. while the re-
form demanded by Mr.. Quay, II carried
into effect. would insure honest, efficient
and economical government In c!t.es.
townships. counties. states and the United
States. 1t would put an end to that man.p-
ulation by which public position Is used
chiefly for the benefit of those holding the
offices and their favorstes no part OF the
public revenues would he expended in pro-
noting private interests and no unneces-
sary expenditure made about election
time to secure votes" The journal adds
that the civil service reformers never put
forth declaration for the elevation of the
public service that goes to the root of the
evils of pubic administration as does the
Quay proclamation,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
Election day, Nov. 8.

Report Is busy with the name of Con-
gressman w. a. Stone, of Pittsburg,
as that of strong candidate for gov
ernor In 1S9S. Colonel Stone Is
bright, able and experienced man; but
let us first get to 1898.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
Senator Ouuy Talks.

When serenaded at Beaver last Satur-
day night, Senator Quay said: II need
not tell you of the future; 1t is written In
the platform, so that he who runs may
read, and what Is wh;tten Is written.
have been elected chairman of the state
committee. and it will be my pleasure to
put the principles of that platform into
execution"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03

the spoilsmen Is to abolish the spoils." +"
Only. we caution our readers not to feel
too complacent over the progress al
ready nominally achieved. nor to ac-
cept drafts on that progress without
gilt-edged Endorsement.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03

The report that General Harrison had
wired congratulations to Senator Quay
got into the telegraphic news by acci-
dent. 1t belonged on the joke page.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
Pcrtincntiy Asked.

Rochester Post-Express: 1--WE hear
much about returning prosperity and
the credit due to certain politicians for
bringing 1t back. 1t Is welcome; but who
drove II away?"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus. Tho
Tribune AstrOlOger.
Astrolabe cast: 3.iS a. m, for Tuesday,
Sept. g. 1895.

S'S y RE
A child born on this day will be of as
pleasant a temperament as can be ex-
pected considering the fact that school
begins next Monday. In other words he
will not be like
Ye men about town who regard the eclipse
With anger. as naughty words fall from
their lips
And they enter each others penumbra and
try
To engage in exchange Of a lovely black
eye.
It IL opined that Uncle Joseph's return
from Europe will be celebrated by the
placing Of several small county office
booms upon ice.
BY the way, 1t seems now in order for
Major Penman to vacate Mr.. Scranton's
Wooden horse on the merry y-dO-rOund.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Beware of the new oyster that arrives
on the slow freight.
To keep cool In a case Of emergency, get
on ice.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03

The Chicago Times-Herald has way
Of scalping political corruptionists that
beats the record. 1t pillories them in
first-page cartoons and dares them to
sue 1t for libel. 1t goes without saying
that not one has yet sued.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

For Judges of tho superior Court:
CHARLES T.. RICE. of Luzerne.
E. n. WILLARD, of Lackawanna.
HOWARD J. REEDER. of Northampton
JAMES A. BEAVER, of Center.
JOHN ]. WICKHAM, of BEAVER.
GEORGE B. ORLADY. of Huntington.
For state Treasurer:
BENJAMIN ]. HAYWOOD. of Mercer.
Election day, Nov. ).
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03

Inasmuch as General Harrison has
repeatedly refused to announce himself
a candidate for next years presidential
nomination. are not Senator Quay's
friends a little premature In predict
ing his utter defeat?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-03

superior and supposed wiser tribunal
Is going to review their decisions and
correct whatever of mistake they may
make?"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-01-09
The Kangaroo at Bay.

When pursued, the kangaroo, if pos
sible, directs his flight toward the river.
If he reaches it, he enters, and, thanks
to his great height, is able to go on foot
to a depth where the dogs are obliged to
swim. There he plants himself on his
two hind legs and his tail, and, up to
his shoulders in the water, he awaits
the attack Of the dogs. With his fore
paws he seizes by the head the first dog
that approaches him, and as he is more
solidly balanced than his assailants he
holds the dogs nose under water as long
as he can. Unless second dog speedily
comes to the rescue the first one is sure
to be drowned. If a companion arrives
and by his attacks on the kangaroo man.
ages to set the captive free, the half
drowned brute is glad to regain the
shore as quickly as possible. In this way
a strong and courageous male kangaroo
will hold his own against 20 or 80 dogs,
drowning some and frightening others,
and the hunter is obliged to intervene
with bullet. -Exchange
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-01-09
A Man of Prudence.

The cowboy was sitting in chair
tilted back against the shady side of
the saloon taking it easy when one of
his friends came by.
''Hello, Dick!' he said. "What's
this story about the barkeep over the
way calm you liar Yesterday and
bullyraggin you around fer an hour er
more?''
''That's what he done," admitted
Dick boldly.
"What did you let him do it fer?''
II had my reasons.
'Fraid Of him?''
Dick jumped up.
Hold on there, pard,'' he said.
sYou amt in the same fix that the bar
keep was, and it amt safe. -
Don't you worry about me. What
about the barkeep?''
Well, it was this way" explained
Dick. 1.-The barkeep was negotiatin fer
a policy on his life fer $40, 900 in favor
Of his widder. The business wasn't set
tied till this mornin. Now it's in
workin order, all I'm goin over after
awhile and give him chance to bully
rag me some more. Then I'll go round
and have little talk with the wilder.
You must think I'm chump that can It
see past the end of my nose ''-Detroit
Free Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-01-09
A Good Suit of Clothes.

A GAINESVILLE lawyer appeared before
his friends in a new and costly suit of
clothes recently. When he named the
price, a bystander exclaimed:
"Whew! I haven't had that much
cash in a month of Sundays
'Cash!" exclaimed the lawyer.
'Why, I got it on credit, and I shan It
lose any sleep if never pay for it. I
think turn about's fair play, and the
other fellow can afford to do without
it." And, lifting himself to his full
height and buttonins his coat across his
chest, he continued: "No, gentlemen, I
never intend to wear shabby suit. A
man just can't afford to do it. Nobody
has any respect for shabbiness. Why, I
couldn't gain case if wore shabby
clothes if I had the eloquence of De-
mosthenes or Cicero, not if all the law
and tho prophets were on my side. A
jury just wouldn't respect me enough
to listen to me, and the judge himself
would give his decision according to my
outward appearance. No, sir, man
can't afford to wear shabby clothes. -
Atlanta Constitution.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-01-09
NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS

State of Minnesota, County of Brown s.,
", DISTRICT Court, Ninth Judicial District
Theodor Moench. the unknown heirs
of said Theodor Moench and also all
other persons or parties unknown claim
ing any lght, title, estate, lien or interest
in the real estate described in the com
plant herein. Defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that an action
has been commenced in this Court by the
named Defendants, for the purpose of de-
termining any adverse claim, estate, lien
or interest in and to the r. al estate herein
after and in the complaint herein de-
either of them, and to have the same ad-
judged void; also to have said defendants
ana all persons or parties claiming under
or through them forever barred from
claiming and from, any and all claims,
right, title. estate, lien or interest in or to
said real estate orany part thereof, adverse
to this plaintitf; and to have said
pialn1tltt az; adjudged to be the owner in fee
said premises and real estate and to have
the title thereto forever quieted in the
piaintitf' his heirs and assigns.
The premises affected bysaid action are
OF Minnesota, and are described as follows
Lot No. ten QU of Block No. eighty ts0)
and Lot No. seven % ofBlockNo- one hun
tire Street; Lot No. two III of Block No.
elghty-One 1911 and: Lot No. six r61 ofB1ock
No. one hundred and seventv-five u75),
AL s SGuth Of Centre mt Street. all Of The
in said County of Brown, according
to the plat Of said City on file and Of re-
cord in the office of the Register of Deeds
in and for said county.
Dated December 31St, 1884,
JOS. A, ECKSTEIN,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
New Ul1n, Mi1In
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-01-09
Satisfaction.

Biquon, the Paris restaurateur, &C.
quired large fortune, and his wife car
ried on the business after his death. 1t
is of this time that the story is told Of a
poor journalist who was seen in the res
taurant eating a small plate of straw
berries at a season when the fruit was
SO expensive as to be an extravaganza
even for the rich. An acquaintance saw
the wretched penny liner and smiled
significantly. EYES,, said the journal
list, II know I shall have to pay 10
francs for these, but the sight of that
woman at the counter, who is worth
two millions, picking over strawber-
ries for me, who haven't got louis in
the world, gives me such an amount Of
satisfaction that the berries are worth
it. San Francisco Argonaut.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-01-09
Dog Is Not Bad Eating.

There is actually nothing in the flesh
of the dog that is distasteful or repul-
sive. Lewis and Clark, the explorers,
who learned to eat it through compul-
sion, actually became fond of it in time.
1t is not generally known that it is still
favorite article Of diet among certain
people, but French paper says that the
number Of dogs slaughtered at the abat-
toirs in Munich has increased amazing
~ in the past few months. The taste for
dog flesh is said to have been imported
by Italian laborers, who have recently
come in large numbers to the Bavarian
capital. The meat is used not only as an
adulterant for sausages, but is eaten
openly, under its own name, prepared
in various ways. -Christian Advocate.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-01-09
EACH GIRL WORE COURT PLASTER

And So the Youth Couldn't Tell Which
Came Into His Room.
The young man who thinks he is 60
ing to come out ahead in any joke in
which a girl of ordinary sharpness is in
volved is sure to find his mistake 1t
happened some time ago in certain
college that the dormitories of both the
young lady and gentlemen students
opened into the same hall.
One evening near midnight one of the
girls, who had slipped out of her room
to enjoy secret chat with one of the
other girls, was hurrying to her room,
and in the dark mistook the room, en-
tering the room of one of the boys by
mistake. He was standing by the gas
jet, having just turned out the light,
and when she had found the match which
she carried in her pocket and started to
light the gas she stumbled against him.
Of course she screamed and started for
the door, but he was too quick for her,
and holding her moment actually bit
her cheek in order that he might iden-
tify the young lady when next they met.
Of course her wrath knew no bounds,
and when she finally reached her room
she called an indignation meeting of the
other girls and explained what the hor-
rid fellow had presumed to do. She
could never face him again and was not
going to chapel in the morning. But
then of course he would know who she
was, and she appealed to the girls to
help her out of the difficulty. They did.
The next morning when the girl stu
dents filed past the boys at devotional
exercises in the chapel one wicked youth
looked over the top of his testament only
to see procession of 10 girls, each hav-
ing long strip Of black court plaster
on her left cheek. He has never yet dis
covered which girl he bit.-Indianapolis
Sentinel
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-01-09
UNCONSCIOUS MonoLoa,sTs.

1A1y Arc Victims Of tho Dimoultv az
Hearing Oneself Think In 0otham.
s. cannot say whether shall make
any detailed and prof uss Of my
observations, . said : neurologist, hut
LIDO not mind telling you in general
Wy that New Workers. are fast becom-
Ing . race of unconscious monologists-
that is, Of takers to themselves without
knowing it. Go down into the business
quarter OF the city and just watch the
people there. I have not got my per-
centages together yet, but it is safe to
say roundly that you will see nearly
half the people exhibiting some Of the
forms OF the disease, for of course it is
q disease. They are either moving their
lips, wagging their heads, puckering
their eyebrows, making gestures with
their hands or doing something, while
IN a great number Of cases they are
busy carrying on imaginary converse
t1ons between themselves and somebody
else, laying down the laws with much
emphasis, reading the riot act to some
one or else meeting imaginary issues
with circumstantial replies
You will see men doing the same
thing in hotel lobbies, in the street cars
and on the up town thoroughfares
Women are falling into the habit also,
but not SO much as men. The other day,
while I was waiting for my coupe, sat
at the Office window, and Ideclare that
out of the rs people who passed eight
were showing some signs of monologa-
MIA IN ='.. |=@
"Of course the primal cause Of the
disease is that we never allow our minds
any period of repose. We are so eternally
full of plans and schemes that anything
like quiescent mood is unknown, and
that condition of morbid mental activ-
ity supervenes, which in turn is follow
ed by distinct weakening of the CEN
sorry cells, of which condition self COM
munication is always one of the sy1np-
toms.
Eat the same time it must not be
overlooked that undoubtedly much of
the habit is due to the fact that this city
is SO laundering full of noise that one
cannot hear oneself think, and so people
have to think aloud New York Sun.