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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
One Duty of Victory.

Now that Quay county has been
beaten at Harrisburg by slender mar
gin, Vt would seem to behoove the au-
thorities OF Luzerne county to bestir
themselves in an effort to remove one
of the principal arguments in behalf Of
division. Since influences at the
county seat have been potent enough
once more to stay the dividing knife,
the same influences, 1t would seem, are
in honor bound to give to the lower end
as clean an administration of Justice
and as thorough an enforcement of law
as 1t could have had If erected into q
separate county.
Since Easter 1t is claimed that twelve
homicides have occurred within the
area which 1t was proposed to discon-
meet from Luzerne. We have not kept
a record OF the minor crimes, but 1t
does not need presentation of statis-
tics to establish that the administra-
tion of Justice in this region in recent
years has been little better than fare
ical 1t may be that In the thick of
Eastern civilization and culture, and
not far from the center Of the second
wealthiest American state. 1t is impos-
slblo 70 approximate to thorough en-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

forcement Of law; but IL this be the
fact, the public is entitled to know It..
If not, those whose dereliction paves
the way to this rampant aggressive
brought to book.
We submit that the fight Of our
Wilkes-Barre friends against the new
county movement carries with 1t the
moral duty of affording to the people
Of Hazleton and it's vicinity so good
government that sensible ones among
them will not want another. Other
wise, It will be in order to send mis-
sionaries unto these life-taking home
heather,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
Views of Compulsory Education.

1t Is interesting to contrast the views
of the Philadelphia Record relative to
compulsory education with the opinion
of Superintendent Brooks The Record
says:
Schools where the children are over
crowded for room and fresh air to breathe;
where the teachers are overcrowded with
work; where light Is bad; where the desks
and seats are so arranged as to insure
physical discomfort; where there is no
adequate provision for the care of Wraps
and where often the play grounds are re-
stricted, dark and In proximity to closets
giving forth foul odors, are, indeed.
schools of pestilence as well as of instruc-
ton. They are the ready disseminators
of contagious diseases. Would it not be
a matter of prudence to remedy these evils
before we appoint an army of truant
hunters to chase the children into dam
gerous and unsanitary confinement? Or,
If we must have compulsory education
should not the area of compusion he
limited to the area in which proper pro-
vision shall have been made for the phy-
sical well-being as well as the mental inn
provement of pupils? There are eight or
ten thousand children of school age in
Philadelphia for whom there is no place in
the schoolhouses. What are the truant-
drivers to do with them?
DR. Brooks said he was formerly
somewhat opposed to the principle of
compulsory education, but since he has
seen the vast number of children who
swarm the streets during school hours,
especially in the southeastern part of
Philadelphia, where the foreign popu-
lation Is quartered, his views have
somewhat changed. 'The public
schools" said Dr. Brooks, "are adapted
to take these people with foreign in
stincts and foreign ideas and mold
them into American citizens with an
appreciation of and a love for free gov
ernment. In a. few years all these chill
dren will have a vote and their votes
will count as much as those of the
most intelligent citizens, hence they
should be cast in favor Of good govern
ment. 1t will be an education to these
children to come in touch with the re-
finement and culture Of the teachers of
our schools and really will be a revel-
alton to them because they have not
been accustomed to the influences OF re-
flnement that are found in our public
schools. In the main I think that the
children can be cared for. 1t Is the
duty of the city to provide for them.
and 1 think that the city will rise to
the needs of the situation"
Even more emphatic expression of
opinion has been made by Avery d.
Harrington, member of the board of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
THE FLINN ROAD BILL.
From the Pittsburg Times.

From the Pittsburg Times.
The problem of how we shall get good
driving and hauling roads IL an urgent one
to the whole commonwealth, and this bill
| offers the fairest and most practical So
luton Of II which has yet been devised.
You cannot make and maintain good roads
without money. and there are just three
possible sources of money for this purpose
which are worth considering, to wit, the
townships, the counties and the state.
The township proposition has the virtue
OF close local oversight and control, but
both theory and experience teach that
farm land worth from $50 to $50 an acre Is
not rich enough to pay for the building
of good macadamized roads. A road sys-
TEN built by the state Is so far In the
future, II 1t be possible at all, that the
present generation will have no use OF It..
The state is forbidden to issue bonds for
such a purpose and 1t can hardly raise
enough tax now to meet the demands upon
it for educational and charitable pur-
poses. Besides, the tendency Is more
and more toward putting the total eX-
pense of the public schools upon the state,
and any increase in the state revenues
will be devoted to school purposes Tor
years to come. If we are to have good
roads, and they are the best Investment
any people can make, the counties must
take the lead in making them.
Senator Flinn's bill is q general bill. as
1t must be- but 1t Is a local option bill in
its application. 1t provides that the
county commissioners of any county may
If they decide 1t to be desirable, and the
court Of common pleas of the county APP
proves. take any road as a county road,
to be made and maintained thereafter as
such free of charge and cost to the town
ship through which 1t runs. For this
purpose they are empowered to levy q
special county road tax of not less than
mill. The purpose Is that such counties as
see fit to do so, shall take charge of the
main roads, leaving all others to the town.
ship supervisors as now. The act Will be-
come applicable to any county only when
and to the extent which It's own court and
county commissioners elect that 1t shall
do so. The probabilities are that less
than half dozen counties would take
advantage of it at once, but the profit
able results shown by them would soon
extend its operations. There has not been
an objection to the bill from any of the
large tax-paying cities and boroughs. The
farmer would have main roads good at all
seasons of the year at less expense to HIM
self, and every acre of farm land would
be brought closer to Its market by
doubling the load that a team could haul,
and shortening the time of trip.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
Questions That Need Answering.

Advocates of the gold single standard
make much of the fact that $600,O00,O 600
worth of silver in round numbers Is
today in use in this country as money.
They seem to regard the present ex-
istence of this money as all that Is
needed to constitute honest bimetall-
ism: yet in the next breath they pro-
ceed to discredit these COO, 100000 silver
dollars by calling them deprecated dol
lars, 5O-cent dollars, dishonest dollars.
and the like, as If 1t were a pleasure
to them to see silver less popular than
gold; and to have one-half our money
branded as a fraud. Honest bimetall-
ism sanctions no such preference as
this, and condemns any effort to cry
down one moiety OF the money-wealth
of the nation in order that the other
half may experience a fictitious appre-
citation.
Under the Sherman silver purchase
act, we added about as much silver to
our currency as was needed to keep up
a per capita circulation of $25. The
annual gold production of the United
States (about s35, ,OOO,OOO) does not suffice
to accommodate the natural increase in
population for the reason that scarcely
an ounce of it reaches the mints.
Roughly speaking, the whole of our
present gold production is utilized in
States, while gaining in population to
the extent of million year, wishes
to have an elastic currency that will
keep pace with this growth in popula-
ton, it must each year issNe something
more than s25,OO0,O0O in new money
enough more than $25OoO,Oo to cover
the loss from fire, wear and tear, abra-
sion, etc.,-and issue it in some other
form than gold eagles or gold certfi-
Gates. The Sherman law, we repeat,
provided for this natural increase, and
could safely have continued to make
pIONlSlOu lOE IL IOI years W CoiIle lldu
not a unjustifiable hue and cry been
raised against it.
But now that it has been repealed,
what are we to do? Dare this growing
country try the hazardous experiment
of endeavoring to transact it's increas-
ing business with stationary and in
flexible currency-with the 100000, 900
worth of gold and the 5000, 200, 900 worth
of silver now in use, but subject the
one to expectation by speculative
money brokers, and the other to the
ponderous abuse of our gold-loving
president? Even a school boy could
perceive that this would be suicidal
Yet If silver is henceforth to be put
under the ban, where are we to get
money to take its place? We cannot
get gold enough; that is certain. Must
we, then, fall back on wildcat state
notes, or unsecured federal promises
to-pay? Those persons who are voci-
ferously heading the hue and cry
against silver should take time to an
swer these questions.
The American people have mo mind
to make another jump from the frying
pan into the fire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
SOME OTHER DAY.

There are wonderful things we are going
to do,
Some other day:
And harbors we hope to drift into
Some other day;
with folded hands and oars that trail.
We watch and walt for favoring gale
To fill the folds of an idle sail
Some other day.
We know we must toll II ever we win
Some other day:
But we say to ourselves there's time to be-
gin
Some other day;
And SO, deferring. We loiter on,
Until at last we find withdrawn
The strength of the hope we leaned upon
Some other day.
And when we are old and our race Is run
Some other day.
We fret for the things that might have
been done
Some other day.
We trace the path that leads us where
The beclSonng hand of grim despair
Leads us yonder, out Of the here,
Some other day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
AN EXCELLENT SOUVENIR.

Allentown, Pa, April 80.
The Tribune Publishing Company, Scran-
ton Pa.
Conference.-The souvenir 1.-THE City of
Scranton and Vicinity and Their Re-
sources, Illustrated" which you sent us,
we consider the most beautiful illustration
of a city that we have ever seen. IT
shows to perfection the caliber and tone
of your enterprising citizens. Your Illus
trations and portraits are par excel
lence." we will with pleasure place it
upon our reading table and thank you
very much for the compliment. We are
Respectfully yours,
Hotel Allen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
IN LIGHTER VEIN.

FANCIES IN RHYME:
Full many q rose Is born to blush un-
And waste it's sweetness on the desert
air,
| Which, in these dollar-a- blossom days, I
ween,
Must make the florist rage and tear his
hair. Town Topics.
She could not sing the old songs
Now that was well and good;
Nor could she sing the new ones,
But, alas! she thought she could.
--Tid-Bits.
Now lay me down to sleep,
And try my best my nerve to keep,
For all may die ere dawn tits said,
Who go against the folding-bed.
No one can hold candle to her.
The proud damsel freely declares;
No one would care to, that's very sure,
With all of the powder she wears.
Said the land to the lake: How can you
lie
In the gleam of the sun all day
And whisper at.night in the full moonlight
While you sing like child at play?'
The lake cried back and his answer fell
on the land with sickenng thud:
"I can do such things and say such things
Because I'm not made of mud"
Chicago Dispatch.
SYMPATHY:
Friend-Got a cold, see.
Jinks-Yes, Il little one.
''You ought to be mighty careful. That
cough needs attention.
Think so?"
"It has a regular graveyard sound"
Good gracious!'
awful dangerous time for people with
colds-grippe, pneumonia and quick con-
sumption everywhere"
"Eh?"
Eyes. A. friend of mine took cold, not
half so bad as yours, last week, and In
three days he was dead"
MY stars!
"Fact. The doctor said my friend might
have pulled through If he hadn't worried
so much. Take my advice and try not to
think about it."-New York Weekly.
MINOR GLINTs:
Marrying a woman for her beauty Is
like eating a nightingale for Its singing
Ex.
You never known how fond you are of
q boy until you become engaged to his
sister.
Ethel--Who is your favorite painter Of
the human face?
Jack-You.-Town Topics.
Customer-Do you know anything that
Is good for badness?
Barber-Did you ever try a wig, sir?-.
Ex.
A nervous organist I'm suburban church
caused a bridal party to march out after
the ceremony to the air, what shall the
harvest beT'-Ex.
Miss Sears--I have just been elected q
Daughter of the Revolution
Ethel Knox--I didn't know you were a
participant.
~ wonder'' said the burglar, slipping
the contents of the safe into a sack, ''if !
oughtn't honestly to pay income-tax on
this. ."-Tid-Bits.
Lady (engaging nurse)-Have you any
experience with children?
Irshwoman-Oh, yis. mum. OF used to
be a child mesilf wanst"
Ethel--You remind me OF n horse we
used to have.
Stalate-How so?
Ethel-Nothing could induce him to run
away.--Town Topics.
After the Convertible: II envy that
man who sang the tenor solo,
She: why, I thought he had very
poor voice"
He 80 did I. But Just think Of his
nerve. ."--Tid-Bits.
''Sr," said an oculst to Scotch pa
tient II can assure you that II you don't
altogether give up drinking whisky you
must lose your eyesight."
"Ah. wee." was the sorrowful rejoinder,
''then farewell tae the LIGHT o. day."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

There is no denying the ubiquity of
American journalism when space is
used in a thousand newspapers to
chronicle the highly important fact that
Clara Morris, the actress, has Joined
church.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

Having just consummated the theft
of a governorship the Tennessee Demo-
cracy, we assume will now endeavor to
steal n wink Of sleep.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
Will be We'll Handled.

From the Wilkes-Bar News-Dealer.
We congratulate the Scranton Tribune
on having added to its staff that we'll
known writer, Colonel j. d. Laciar. Mr..
Laciar will have charge of new Wilkes
Barre department and we can safely
prophecy that it will be well handled.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

1t is observed that Mr.. Cleveland's
repugnance to the "pernicious activity"
of federal offices holders is aroused
chiefly when that activity is enlisted
on the wrong side.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

We would esteem it a marked favor If
those who assert that the recent re-
peal of the Sherman silver-purchase
law saved the nation from utter ruin
would explain how they reach such a
conclusion,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

Secretary Hoke Smith says he has no
doubt the next president Of the United
States twill be opposed to the free coin
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to l." We
Cleveland Is not, an honest bimetallist.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

1t IS becoming increasingly evident
that Empire State Republicanism will
never reach a healthy condition until it
utterly purges itself of Thomas C. Platt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
Bccrtown Cracks a Joke.

From the Reading Times.
Free silver, according to the Sibley idea.
would make Denver the center of popula-
ton. Wonder what would happen to AL
lentown If free peanuts were the cur
rency.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

How would this ticket do for 1896:
For President-Daniel H. Hastings, OF
Pennsylvania.
For Vice President-Cushman X. Davis,
of Minnesota.
For secretary of state In the next cabi-
net, Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana; and
secretary of the treasury, William b. AL
lison, of Iowa?
With Tom Reed in the speakers chair
and Major Mckinley leading the admin
it would not be a strong combination?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

1t is probable that the Rev. j. G.
Hogan's wise decision to retire from the
ministry will avert good deal of un-
necessary embarrassment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

The Quay county people will pardon
us for inquiring, What's in a name?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus, Tho
Tribune Astrologor.
Astrolabe cast: 1.4S a. m. for Thursday.
May 2, 1895.

IN , $e
A child born on this day will wonder
why some Of the gold standard essayists
do not explain the real meaning Of the
Monroe doctrine. instead Of wasting their
time in reproducing shelf-worn financial
arguments In the interest OF English
money lenders.
1t seems much easier for the argus-eyed
government detectives to spot postmen in
uniform than to discover stamp robbers.
By the way. 1t would be interesting to
know the political complexion of the
Scranton letter carriers who have been
tripped by allegations of Lord Wilson'S
seuthS.
AjacchTs' Advice.
Keep thyself quiet.
Reflect on the past and future.
Seek the shady side OF the street after
p. m.
Be not alarmed at the manner in which
the editor Of the Anthracite would pro-
nounce the name of the base ball en-
thusiast Of the Republican. Such blood
stains as these are easily erased from the
moon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

Arch bishop Ireland. lecturing in Bos-
ton on the duties of citizenship, declares
boldly that "the liquor power must be
totally eliminated from politics if we
respect the institutions of American
democracy and desire their perma-
nence." 1t is interesting to notice that
many shrewd magnates in the liquor
trade likewise deplore the disposition
of persons engaged in that trade to
meddle with politics. They argue that
had it not been for this disposition,
much of the present political antagon-
ism to the saloon business would not
now exist. If the saloon power shall
ever be overthrown, there is little doubt
that it will have only itself to blame.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
REDUCED

To close few patterns Of Chamber Suits
which we are dropping from our regular stock,
we offer Suits reduced as follows:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

ENTERED AT THE PosToyFIcE AT SCRANTON. PA. AS
sEooNp-CLAss MAIL MATTER
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
education for the Second school district
of Philadelphia:

In Philadelphia we would at first, II
the law goes into effect, be confronted
with n difficult problem because of the
lack of school accommodations. But such
an evil is never remedied by postponement
and want of action. Moreover, every child
or school age has the same right to an
| education as every other child and when
the parent, either as an owner or renter.
pays taxes for the education Of his child.
and the purchase of books for their use.
he has a right to demand that they shall
be given school accommodation. When
such advantages are denied to even a
| small portion Of the community 1t means
the taxing of that part of the population
without rendering just and proper equiv
alcnt for the taxes levied and collected
for school purposes. The fact that twelve
or fifteen thousand children in this city
are now denied school advantages has not
appealed successfully to the community
at large, and 1t is q cruel and bitter
| thought to father and mothers who arc
forced to see their children upon tho
streets from day to day and growing mp
in Ignorance of even the rudiments of the
education which they are unable to pro-
vide by sending them 10 private schools
| and for which they are taxed in common
with others. If the present bill should be
approved by the governor 1t would certain
Is be a great stimulus to the present effort
to provide proper and necessary school
facilities.
The plea of insufficient accommoda-
tions Is no argument at all. If 1t is the
community's duty to educate a part Of
its young at public expense, it is its
duty to educate all of them. A COM
puisory education law would simply
force the community to do this duty.
If President Cleveland and his few
Wall street Republican admirers should
succeed in driving silver out of use as
money, we would have left just about
100000 600 worth of gold as a money
basis for the business transaction of
60 000, 900 people; or, In other words, a
per capita, coin-backed circulation of
$40 against $25 at present. That would
make it two and half times harder
than now for the worlingman to earn
a dollar, or for the debtor to obtain n
dollar with which to cancel his debt.
1t would, therefore, multiply the wealth
of the creditor classes by two and then
add half. And yet this absurd propo-
sition dignlfes itself by the name of
honest money" We need not warn
bimetallists, even of the international
kind, that they can have nothing in
common with such a policy; nor will
the Republican party ever dare lend its
aid to that policy's advocacy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02
G0LDSM|TA'S o
"BEAUTY DRAWS


keep merchandise
s' :: THOUSANDS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-02

Tho above Suits are first.class in workman
ship and flnish and are cheap at our regular
prices.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-12-09

Have you leaky gutter2 II you
have, make it perfectly clean and dry,
apply a god coat of No. 8 p. and b.
Paint over the leaky spots; then take a
piece of stout Manila paper, or piece
of common cotton cloth, paint it well on
both sides; lay it over the first coat, Civ
ing the whole final coat, and there
will be no more leak there. Or II the
whole gutter is bad, make it clean and
dry, and apply a paste Of p. 4 b. Paint
and Portland Cement.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-12-09

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