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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

tain, to create as powerful charm as 1t
can out of the tragic and comic elements
of real life mixed not too strongly, with
the ideal sympathies, the ideal beliefs.
and hopes and poetry of men. Let 1t not
skip either the facts or the poetry, for
men are made up of both; and as 1t hopes
to live, let it not be SO meanly real as 10
produce the thing itself rather than the
artistic and ideal suggestion, and so attain
merely cheap shock rather than an
abiding pleasure. OF all the reasons for
the inability of men to write plays, this
tendency is perhaps the commonest and
most effective; and we commend this
truth to all dramatists who desire to
practice their art on matters essentially
unclean,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10
Honest Ballot Reform.

The politicians have already begun
the present ballot law, upon the ground
that frequent changes of that law give
the voter insufficient time in which to
become familiar with its operation. 1t
is a satisfactory reply to this weak ar
gument to say that if the politicians
had permitted proper ballot reform
measure to become law in the first
place, amendments of 1t would not now
be necessary. In view of the fact that
the only measure which they did per-
nit to become a Law was notoriously
defective, intelligent public sentiment
will offer no apologies to the politicians
for insisting upon amendments until
those defects shall have been corrected.
The amendments most needed at this
time have already been pointed out by
The Tribune; and its designation of
them has received eminent and wide
spread approval. We are pleased to
see such able journals as the Philadel-
phia Record, the York Gazette, the
Chambersburg Public opinion and the
Wilkes-Barre Record come to the sup
port Of our position in this matter
The last named journals remarks upon
the subject are especially timely. 1t
says:
Under cover of the very loose wording
OF section 26, which allows voters, under
certain circumstances, to be helped In
marking their ballots. II has often hap
pened that men perfectly able to mark
their own ballots have been allowed or
even required to take other men into the
compartments with them. so as to prevent
the possibility of secrecy. The courts
would almost certainly hold such prac-
tlco to be q criminal offense, but II can
not be effectu&tly prevented as long %
there is the least doubt about convlcting
and furnishing those concerned in 1t.
The provisions In section y and %
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10
Children Mast BE Educated.

Erie Dispatch: Pennsylvania should
enact a compulsory education law at the
session OF the Legislature this winter. 1t
should not be vetoed as Governor Patti
son vetoed the act passed two years ago
and we believe Governor Hastings will
see to 1t that 1t has his signature. Penn
sylvania should not be behind other
states in matters OF education The COM
monwealth owes 1t TO the perfection of
her institutions to see that her children
are educated. There ought to be no hang
ing between duty and the influences which
have always operated to prevent this law.
There are people who do not know and
do not care anything about the value of
education and this class must be reached.
If in no other way, then by force. To
maintain the state, the youth must be
educated and If parents are so forgetful of
their duty, they should be made to fully
realize II by legislative enactment. Let
us have this compulsory law and have it
in 1895"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

Congressman-elect Leisenring, of Lu-
zerne, has already begun the epicurean
portion Of his political career at Wash
ington by giving an elaborate dinner
at Chamberlin's to a company which
included such distinguished entertain
ers as Colonel John A. Cockerill, DIR.
Edward Bedloe, Major Moses p. Handy
and Colonel Thomas p. Ochiltree. Mr..
Leisenring has selected the proper
route to SUCCESS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

Because the new district attorney did
not choose as one of his assistants
Carbondale candidate, the Herald,
amidst furious airs, declares that resi-
dents of the Pioneer City ARE not
lot of jays We are now laboring to
trace the Intellectual connection be-
tween this premise and the Heralds
conclusion,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

mutual friends in manner to cause
Cleveland to make the first overture.
This hypothesis talles admirably with
all the known facts and in addition sup
plies an adequate motive for the much
advertised reconciliation. The days of
Clevelands lofty scorn have passed.
The president has rapidly deteriorated
OF late; and Hill is just adroit enough
to work upon raw material of Cleve-
lands present quality with a skill that
Is truly Machiavelian.
Whatever it's end, the game is cer-
tainly worth watching.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

The only police inspector in New
York who escaped smirching by the
LeXow investigation is now boycotted
by the other inspectors and will soon
resign. Viewed from all standpoints
the New York noliceman's cup Of JOY
present
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

Lackawanna at Harrisburg has
clerkship, committee craftsmanship
and several good committee appoint
ments, not to speak of Sam Hudson.
Lackawanna, thanks, is doing quite
well.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

The inventor who springs new lawn
mower upon an unsuspecting public at
this season of clustering blizzards and
bursted water pipes seems to lack a
sense of the eternal fitness of things.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

1t is unfortunate that the ballot law
in this state has to be amended; but
it is also unfortunate that it needs
amendment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

Mr.. Sibley's remark, in so far as it
was directed against the president OF
the United States, was in questionable
taste; but as referring to the individual,
Grover Cleveland, it aptly crystallizes
a good deal of generally accepted opin-
inn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

In the matter of explanation as to
the withdrawal of American warships
Mom Honolulu, the administration of
corpulence still displays disposition
to beat about the bush.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

A searching party will need to be
organized to find the trail of Colonel
Breckinridge's lecture tour which was
lost in the blizzard several days since.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

1t begins to look as though Democ-
the hypnotic spell cast over it by what
MIR. Sibley terms the b. b. b. admins
tration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

Representative Farr. now that he has
been re-appointed chairman of the
house committee on education, will
doubtless move promptly toward the
establishment in this state of compul-
sorry education. Sentiment is ripe for
IT. guberratorial hindrance will soon
disappear and all that is now needed is
Nark
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

to the divine Patti in the business of
farewell appearances.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10
Give the People q Chance.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
AS we are to have more bond sales. let
them be fixed SO that the people can get
the bonds. The banks should not be al
lowed all the profit from the governments $
necessities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

We wonder how Colonel Sweeney
knows that the water at Harrisburg is
polluted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

In Philadelphia, it is said, a Penrose
by any other name would disseminate
the usual quantity of fragrance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

Hope for Cigarette Smokers.
Scientists predict that in n century there
will be no disease not durable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10
The Duty of the Drama.

From the New York Sun.
1t Is the duty of the drama, first, to be
clean and wholesome, then truly. to enter
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10

Punishment Fits the Crime.
From the Chicago Dispatch.
In capital oifenses slipknotism Is the
best cure for hypnotism.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10
SCRANTON, JANUARY 10, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 7i0 feet. D-,
Extremely healthy
Estimated population 1894, 1O3,OW
Registered voters 20.599.
Value of school property. $I50,0OC.
Number of school children, 1900.
Average amount Of bank deposits, SlV.-
600, 900.
It's the metropolis Of northeastern Penn
sylvania.
Canproduce electric power cheaper than
Niagara.
No better point in the United States at
which to establish new industries.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18

court bench. a position to which Judge
jackson, of Tennessee. was afterwards
appointed.
Judge Harmon is genial. though
dignified man. and very popular. He is
10 years old and has passed all his iite
in this city. being the son of a former
Baptist clergyman well known and es-
teemed In this community In person
he is strong and healthy. handsome ana
affable; and. being n large man, with
fine head and clean shaved face. with
the exception of a heavy iron gray mus
tache, Judge Harmon presents an at
tractive and commanding appearance
In his domestic relations. Judge Har-
mon is most happily situated. He mas
a wife. a handsome and highly cultivat-
ed woman, who will be an acquisition
to society in Washington, and three
daughters. Mrs. Edmund Wright. OF
Philadelphia: Miss Elizabeth. young
and attractive lady in society. ana Mar
jorie. still a schoolgirl.
T. E. HORTON.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
Catfish MIXED tho Cows.

when at Colfax, Iowa. recently as
a guest of the landlord Of the Mason
house." said the secretary of the club,
BILL Mason. the proprietor, told me
that several years ago the river which
flows through his bottom pasture lands
overfiowed Its banks to the depth of
eighteen inches. He could get no milk
from his seven or eight cows that were
pastured on that overflowed land. not
withstanding the fact that he fed them
plenty Of hay during the high water
season.
"A guest of the house asked why he
couldn't get enough milk for his table
from SO many cows, and the reply was
that upon investigation he found that
the catfish came up with the high water
and milked his cows dry before he got
a chance to get any.
1.-The interrogater expressed doubt
when Bill assured him that he could
prove his statement by producing fell
low who caught a twenty-nine-pound
catfish two miles down the river and
when he cleaned the fish took from Its
stomach a nine-pound cheese"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
GREAT NUMBER OF CARS MADE
Companions of orders for 1898 With
prevloun YenrR.

Csmp.rlsons of Orders for 1898 With
Previous Years.
The Railroad Gazette. In its Issue Of May
"a, published tabglation OF orders for cars
Which shows that p, 90 cars have been con.
trncted for so far this year. Besides cars
for freight cars only. The passenger cars
more more 10 be given out very shortly. We sup.
pose that this represents an investment OF
sxst saa Mash Is Essy
ter" for many psople- The Railroad HSdI Gn. Ga
year. In less than 1--WE months the total out
BY the s records s Which, It has Collected. ea.
ceeds that Of the entire year ls.A py over over
5000 cars The passenger ear l OUTPUT baTns mIke:
been built In 1894. The COMPARISONS OF
course, are with year OF extraordinary DE de
from its annual summary Of car building
that In 1893 the, car companies built 5i'o ~
isfactory, footing up 5000 freight cars, rs
noa snat aysrass sns of likely be
yearly to the freight equipment Of railroSds ,s.s
In this country It Is less than rI the erecsiar
1892, the output in 1891 having been oyer @
95, 900 freight cars and in 1880 over lo5oS; ;
cars ordered In five months is only encourag,
Ing as indicating material improvement.
that That 6nsiness IS on the mend; that railroads
need new equipment and will give orders
ns soon as they can see their way toward
fbe decrease In cost of cars to railroads
has been very considerable In the last few
" built car. better designed, OF greater Ca, ca,
bacity with sa1etS Rn nRP,aneefe few iS Year. fSs
nriSe ns tom ma car Without air brakes or
teal plane couplers
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
Kindly Severity.

The history Of Russia does not furnish
an unbroken record of injustice and
cruelty: 1t Is well to remember this when
we are forced to condemn the policy of
the empire. OF few Russian sovereigns
are SO many admirable traits recorded
as of Alexander II. 1t was during his
reign that a nobleman who had entered
into a conspiracy against him was sem
fenced to exile in Siberia. His eyes were
bandaged. he was put into dark car
riage, and for seven days and nights
was driven on and on, only stopping to
take food. At last he felt that he surely
must have reached Siberia, and his men,
tai state was. of course. one of great
anguish. The carriage stopped. the BAN
dage was taken from his eyes. and-he
was in his own home! He had been
driven round and round st. Petersburg.
The fright of the suspense and solitude
effected a complete cure.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
Pathetic 1no,aen. of /. Drought.

pathetic Incident of the recent breaking
of the long drought In Kansas is told by a
traveller who was in that region at the time
the rain came. There had been insufficient
rain in this particular part for several sea
sons, the crops had been failures or meager
and improbable and many of the farmers
were utterly despOndent and sick at heart
through hope deferred. But the copious
rains brought actual salvation to very many.
The traveller was driving across a bridge
over a creek that was running bank full
after being dry for months and noticed ar, an
old settler sitting on the bank with his feet
hanging In the stream ballng up the water
first In one hand and then the other & and let Tea,
traveller spoke. to him, but the old man
seemed not to hear at first and continued to
ball up the water as though in dream.
When he did finally hear and look up his
face was wreathed In happy smile an anu
tears were running down his checks. The
traveller made some remark In the way OF
inquiry as to the old mans actions The
old settler balled up a double handful OF
water and In n voice that trembled with the
intensity of his realization of all 1t meant
he rapturously cried: Its water, friend!
it's water!'-New York Sun.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
MRS. JupsoN HARMON.


Is 1t originated in the house of repre-
sentatives. He approves of the su-
preme courts decision in the income tax
case, and declares the income tax "a
rider that 1t was well to unhorse.''
Having made a reputation and for
tune as a corporation lawyer. Judge
Harmon is regarded as an authority
on trusts. and is credited with views on
this vital subject that may thus be sum-
married.: The law regulating as well as
authorizing trusts Is well established.
Many trusts have been declared legal.
and the mere combination of capital
is not necessarily breach of the law
Each trust presents distinctive and
special features, and must be specially
considered that Its standing and rela-
tions may be established according to
law.
In favor of tariff REFORM" civil ser
vice reformer and a gold money man.
the new attorney general is a man after
the Presidents own heart, and Mr..
Cleveland could not have selected a man
more likely to accord with his views
had Re searched the country over. Mr.
Cleveland and his new attorney general
have met casually. and Judge Har-
mons name was presented to the Pres
ideEt for the successorship of Judge
Baxter on the United States Circuit
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
Names and Piscss-

Sing to gel n change in the name of their
village was defeated by large majority OF
the voters at an election held the other DAY
change the name Of America, for the reason
that Il ought never to have been called atter e
change that Of the United States to Coium-
bia. and hence "Hail. ColumbiaI others
have desired that this city be called Mahnar
changed from New Amsterdam. The gues-
lion Of turning the Bowery into something
else has been given up.-New York Sun.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
JUDsoN HARMoN.ATTo GEN
ERAL

II.
Governor Hoadly becoming Junior mem
ber of the firm.
Judge Harmon relinquished a seat on
the superior court bench to resume the
practice OF law. The firm with which
he Is connected has become pre-emi-
nently successful In the courts as rail-
road and corporation lawyers. monopo-
liZing. indeed, the greater number Of
! cases of this character brought in the
Cincinnati courts for adjudication. In
short. no law firm in Cincinnati. and few
In Ohio. stand higher.
But 1t is not alone as a lawyer that
Judge Harmon has made his impress
upon this community. His business, as
engrossing as 1t is. has not prevented
Him from manifesting public spirited in
terest in the affairs of the city. county
and state.
During Governor Campbell's adminis-
| tration he sided with the governor in
| his controversy with the board of public
| and won the denunciation
| of the gang element of his own par
| ty. He fearlessly denounced political
corruption, though his party in Hamll-
| ton county suffered in a spoils sense
I! by the exposure he made of gang meth
ods. In this fight. bitterly waged, he
| won the enmity Of spoilsmen. but the
! contest secured for him the esteem of
| the better element of his own party
! and the praise of the law-abiding with
! out regard to party. 1t was this con-
i test that first brought Judge Harmon
conspicuously before this community,
| and he became subsequently Hamilton
| county's "favorite son" for the Demo-
cratic nomination to succeed Governor
! Campbell, but he discountenanced this
! effort Of friends and admirers to politI-
! cally promote him. He preferred the
certainties of the law to the chances Of
! politics.
In politics Democrat. Judge Harmon
was led into the Democratic fold
through the Greeley movement of 1872
following Governor Hoadly and other
! prominent Ohioans into the movement
and then drifting into the Democratic
party. His first vote was cast in 1865
| Consistently a Democrat since uniting
with the party. Judge Harmon's views
on the Issues Of the day are well known.
President and attorney general will be
found in accord on the tariff and finan-
cial questions, and general policy of
the administration. Without any am
billion to hold office or expectation of
preferment at the hands of the Presl-
dent, his appointment being a veritable
surprise, Judge Harmon has all along
been outspoken in his Endorsement OF
President Clevelands stand for dear
money. He condemns the present tar
If law. seeing in 1t a distasteful COM
promise. He favored the Wilson bill
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
Tombstone. a. Second Hand.

No people worship their dead moro
than the French. Yet there Is probably
no city in the world where speculation
and traffic in matters mortuary are car
ried to such an extent as in Paris. In
several cemeteries concessions Of
ground are sold for the lapse OF a few
years only, the ground returning to the
city after the expiration of the term Of
the contract. Useless to add that the
city resells the same space for another
period. When the lease expires the fam
lily is at liberty to take away the stone.
the wreaths and other emblems that
have decorated the tomb of the de-
parted. In most cases they abandon
everything. 1t Is here that the specu-
lator comes in. When anyone is about
to order tombstone an agent of the
speculator approaches him with an offer
to sell him all he desires at very low
rate. For the speculator has obtained
from the city a contract to tear down
and carry away all the stone and other
ornaments at the expiration Of leases in
all cases where the family neglects to
do SO. The concessionaire has still a
term of three years before the final ex-
piration of his contract. which he OBJ
tained for the modest annuity of $40
paid by him to the treasurer of the city.
His profits have been enormous for
many years past, for most persons go to
, the cheapest market. And so 1t has
come to pass that the same tombstones
have served in thousands of cases for
two or more individuals. A little scrap
ing, new coat of paint on the raillngs
and the trick was played. M. Georges
Grebauval is about to bring the matter
| up before the municipal council. and
like true democratic councillor will not
only demand that the stones be not al
lowed to serve twice over. but that they
be destroyed at the expiration Of leases.
thus giving an impetus to the trade that
has been slowly declining for many
years past.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18

Grafton. to learn something about the
new head of the department of justice.
A life-long resident of this city. where
he has won fame and fortune as law
yer, and where he has, as citizen, cs-
tablished a public-spirited reputation,
Judge Harmon's career refutes the old
adage that "a prophet is not without
honor save In his own country" His
life has been a useful and successful
one. and in his profession no lawyer
stands higher at the Hamilton county
bar than he. He is the senior member
of the law firm of Harmon. Colston.
Goldsmith & Hoadly. Formerly law
partner of Ex-Governor Hoad1y.that con-
nection was broken up when Governor
Hoadly went to New York. and the pres
ent partnership was formed. a son Of
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
,ccept any substitute if offered.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-07-18
Tob,cc, Chrwi q Dog.

Supt. McAlvey has little English mastiff
pup. eight months old and weighing 135
pounds. that has developed an abnormal ap-
petite for tobacco. He acquired his taste
for 1t by watching Amos chew, no doubt.
and he is never happier than when he Is
given a "cbaw." He chews and splits like
any other man and has never yet been sick.
His tobacco habit is a very expensive one.
and he will be given treatment of No-to-bac
In the hope Of curing him.-Crawfordsville
Argus News.