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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
The Consular Service.

Senator Lodge has introduced a bill
in congress to place the American con-
sular service on a permanent basis,
with opportunities for advancement
and incentives to the enlistment, in
this important branch of the public
service, of men willing to give to their
duties as consuls the same preparation
private careers. Such men are not now
enlisted In that service for the sufficient
reason that the uncertainty of a tenure
of Office resting wholly on political fav-
oritism does not warrant them in vast
ing their time and energy when better
rewards beckon to other fields of labor.
Mr.. Lodges bill, as he himself eX-
plains it, takes the consular service
out of politics. 1t secures the appoint
ment of men of good character and of
ascertained fitness, so far as eXamina-
tion can show fitness. 1t also gives,
what is far more important, a proper
permanency of tenure dependent on
good behavior and competency, and
would secure the continuance of eX-
perienced men in the service. 1t offers
an honorable career by holding out the
hope of certain promotion to men who
have earned it. Instead Of having our
consular service changed every four
years, and filled with inexperienced
men, ignorant, as a rule, of the Ian
guage, habits and business methods of
the countries to which they are ac-
credited, this reorganization would
give US the steady service of trained
and competent men. The great bust
ness interests of the United States re-
quire in the consular service expert
enced and trustworthy men capable of
promoting our trade and commerce,
and of reporting intelligently upon
those subjects which are of interest to
our people. This we do get very i'm
perfectly and partially under the pres
ent system; but we can get it as a
rule instead of an exception, under the
system proposed by this bill. You will
notice that this plan of reorganization
utterly disregards politics. 1t does not
seek to retain the present incumbents
nor to restore the appoin tees of the last
administration. 1t throws the whole
service open to all who are fit for it,
giving an opportunity under favorable
conditions to men of past experience to
re-enter the service, no matter under
what administration they We're ap-
pointed"
The consular service is like the agen-
cies which private business men employ
in extending their trade. We Judge of
the distant firm largely by the kind of
travelling statesmen it sends to u.s. In
similar manner, foreign nations judge
of America by the consular agents sent
to them by it. The national board of
trade, recognizing the practical value
of reorganiZed and improved consul
lar service. has cordially indorsed the
Lodge bill, and many local boards are
also earnestly in favor of it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
From the Pittsburg Times.

From the Pittsburg Times.
The great meeting held in Cooper Union,
New York, on Monday evening, the spirit
evinced and the resolutions adopted show
very clearly that Rev. DR.. Parkhurst has
by no means lost his hold upon the people
of that city. Some time ago Senator
LeXow stated very oracularly that he
was tired of DR.. Parkhurst, but this opin-
ion is evidently not shared by the lat
ter's fellow citizens. The doctor had pro-
tested against an attempt to reform the
city police department upon partisan po-
litical lines and demanded that the pledges
made in the recent successful campaign
should be kept. 1t was this that in
duced Senator Lexow's remark, accom-
panied with an intimation in Shakes
pearean language that the reverend gen.
tleman had grown too big for his boots.
The New York Tribune and other Repub-
lican papers promptly called Senator
Lexow down and intimated very plainly
that he owed all his notoriety and i'm
portance to DR.. Parkhurst and that the
latter still voiced the sentiment of the
people of New York city. The Republi-
cans of the New York legislature will do
well to give attentive ear to the popular
voice in New York city itself and not al
low partisan considerations to influence
to the eventual injury of the party
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
Large Gifts for Public Uses.

FROM INC PhIIuuelphIu LeuBer.
Within n week two wills have been pro-
bated in this city, containing large lega-
cies to our local benevolent and other pub
lie institutions. Few realize how vast Is
the sum yearly bequeathed or given to
charitable uses in this country in the
course Of a year. During the past year
the enormous sum of SIS, ,961 llG was given
by well-tc-do people and others to
churches, colleges, museums, art galleries,
libraries and other educational and help
full institutions. The Chicago Tribune has
diligently kept the record from year to
years, which 1t felictiously calls its white
record" In 1893 these free gifts to the
public reached still more colossal figures
$33, ,3l9, ,S66. No sums less than $1,000 APP
pear in the Tribune's list There are
many pubis bequests made in all parts Of
the country of less amounts than $1,000.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
By No reans a Perfect Law.

We are pleased to learn upon the
authority Of the esteemed Pittsburg
Commercial-Gazette that the present
laws In this state regulating the traffic
In Intoxicating liquor are 80 generally
satisfactory that 1t would not be wise
to disturb them" We assume, of
course, that our contemporary has
reference merely to Pittsburg and per-
haps n few strong temperance coun-
ties In the northeastern corner of the
state. In those localities the Brooks
high license law may be generally
satisfactory" for the reason that the
trouble which that law was framed to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

any policy that tends to broaden at the
top while narrowing at the foundation.
1t is the rudimental instruction i'm
parted at the public schools through
which the greatest good accrues to the
greatest number 1t is the fundamental
training here received for the better dis
charge of the duties and responsibilities
Of life, that most indissolubly knits the
common school system to the conf
dence, respect and lasting gratitude Of
our American youth. and year by year
enrolls them by thousands and tens of
thousands among it's stanchest and
most uncompromising defenders. Too
much care cannot be taken not to
weaken the base of this magnificent
system by anything in the nature of q
faulty superstructure."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
Time to Call q Halt.

Not saying anything about the ordl-
nary $ll,OOO,OOO, annual appropriation
Tor school purposes, the amounts asked
for in the appropriation bills under con-
sideration by the appropriation COM
mittee at Harrisburg aggregate more
than sl9,OO0,OOO, or only $500, 900 less than
the state treasurer's estimate of the
states probable revenue for the next
two years. Before this session gets
through with its requests for money it
Is likely that the committee will find
Itself confronted by demands footing
up $S5,OOO,000 for the payment OF which
there is only l9,500,OO0 available. not
counting the $3.000.OO0 idle surplus in
the state treasury. A reduction of at
least one-third in the appropriations
asked is therefore seemingly inevitable.
The state, in this matter will be only
on level with its citizens, who have
themselves had to curtail expenditures
during the past two years. The rush
of new members to get on the calendar
early with bills voting state funds to
objects of local consequence has nearly
subsidized, and 1t Is hoped that from this
time onward the Legislature will be
governed by more prudent and con-
servative considerations. 1t has, in it's
first month, Travelled a rapid pace-far
too rapid for the achievement of the
best results. II 1t wishes to escape
the charge of extravaganza and desires
to put the party behind it in a favorable
aspect before the people, it will pro-
ceed without delay to tighten the purse
strings and repress the easy exuber-
ance Of the log-rolling member with q
buncombe bill.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
A Cold Time in Fargo.
from the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Talking about cold weather." said T. L.
Maloney, at the st. Nicholas. reminds
me of the winter of 1873. Dakota was just
opening UP, and the town of Fargo was
lively, although possessing but few hun
dred inhabitants. 1t grew SO cold there
one night that the mercury froze in the
thermometers, and no one will ever know
how cold it was. Among other damage
done was the freezing of the whisky In
the saloons. 1t was impossible to secure
enough heat to thaw 1t out, and the only
course left was for the saloon keepers to
put 1t In scales and sell 1t by the pound,
customers putting cakes of 1t in their
overcoat pockets and biting 1t off. For
several days 1t was common for friends
to offer each other a chew of whisky.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
Queer Things at Washing ton.
n, tha. rhina nA Hawaii


what can you expect of the financial
question" asked James s. Clarkson the
other day with a gold president, a silver
senate and greenback house?" This
clever Characterization calls to mind a
remark which Tom Reed made at a
Rhode Island clambake week or two ago,
and which Is now often quoted about the
capitol. After March we shall have a
queer situation at Washington said
Reed. 1--WE shall have a measureably
Democratic president, and Republican
house and n miscellaneous senate"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

The Harrisburg correspondents who
intimate that Governor Hastings, in his
treatment of bills passed by the legisla-
ture, will be influenced by the actions
of his Democratic predecessor are no
doubt mistaken. Governor Hastings
carries his brains in his own hat,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

Democratic tariff tinkering snuffed
out the nations income; and now Demo-
cratic obstinacy refuses to authorize a
method of temporary relief. The net
debt, debt, debt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
The Right Doctrine.

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
The Minneapolis Commercial club yes
terday adopted vigorous resolutions con-
demning the idea of the national govern
ment making any entangling alliance with
the Nicaragua Canal company, and espe-
c!ally against its guaranteeing $O0OO,0O
of the company's bonds, as provided in the
bill recently passed in the senate. The
Commercial club thinks the canal should
be built, but that the government should
build, own and operate 1t, without side
partners. That is tho right doctrine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

The bill to provide a new national
cabinet portfolio of trade and COM
merce. with salary of $4,000 a year,
will probably expire of inanition. The
trouble today is not in the number OF
cabinet officers but in the quality of the
men who occupy them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Under the law in this state-a law
which, by the way, the Truth helped
to pass-children under 13 years of age
are already forbidden to "help earn
living for the family" Why, then, this
superfluous bluster about compulsory
education?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
One Genuine Manifestation.
Nrnyr, tha Will, n ,.,., ID parnrI


Scrantonians are now trying to find out
whether the hypnotic Baldwins who gave
manifestations up there last week are
genuine mind-readers or simply falSirs.
Meantime the Baldwins have left town
and with them have departed good big
roll of cash. That part of the "manifes-
tation" at least is genuine and the Bald
wins do not seriously object to the free
advertising which the Scranton papers
are throwing in gratis.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
Let Him Stand In.
~ 'h o'""u ~.
From tho Wilkes Rnrre News- noa lar

From the WIIkes-Bnrre News-Dea1er.
Who Is the Scranton Democrat that
takes up a column of space in the Har-
rsburg Patriot to denounce Harrity? WIN
hc be kind enough TO stand up and let
the public see what sort of Demosrat he
IS? For our part we would be willing to
wager the News-Dealcr plant against a
big turnip that he Is Democrat Of the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

That parent is, indeed, an enemy Of
his child who will, If he can possibly
prevent deprive it of an equal chance
in life, by refusing to permit to be edu-
Gated. The Scranton Truth wastes its
sympathy on this type of father.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

Objection cannot we'll be urged by
the Republican majority at Harrisburg
to the principle of local option as de-
cided under the Pennewell proposition
by show of hands. To deny it would
be to deny home rule.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

Mexicos army numbers 100000 men,
6,OO0, which suggests that Guatemala's 8
anxiety for war may be to a certain
extent simulated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

The New Jersey plumber who COM
mitted suicide by freezing himself to
death the other day could not be ac-
cused of lack of sense of the fitness
of things.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Lost Manhood Restored.
Weakness of Young Men Cured

If you have been given up by your ply.
sician call upon the doctor and be exam-
'ned He cures the worst cases of Ner-
Nvus debility, Scrofula, Old Sores, Ca
tarrh, Piles, Female Weakness, Affec-
tions of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Asthma, Deafness, Tumors. Cancers and
Cripples of every description.
Consultations free and strictly sacred
and contidera.. Office hours daily from
a. m. to 3 pm. Sunday, 3 to 9
Enclose five 2-cent stamps for symtpom
blanks and my book called "New Life"
l Will pay one thousand dollars in gold
to anyone whom | cannot cure of EPI.
LEIPZIG CONCLUSIONS or FITS.
DIR. e. GREWER.
Old Post, Office Building, corner Penn
avenue and Spruce street -~
SCRANTON. PA.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

All things come to him who waits
and keeps his advertisement in the pa
pers meanwhile
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

Keep off the grass signs on court
house square have discouraged look
these days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

Cleveland pattern and unworthy of any
consideration. And we would win the bet
off-hand, for the fellow hasn't the man
liness or courage 10 attach his name TO
what he wrote.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

The Philadelphia Press dubs it
Mooney county" Mooney or Moon
shine; it's all the same.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

Robert Emory Pattison in the role Of
a non-partisan reformer is quite the
drollest object in present sight.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

1t is an interesting fact, CLEANED from
the report of Secretary of War Lamont,
that If a war were to break out between
this government and some foreign
power, of sufficient magnitude to call
out the entire available military
strength of the republic, Uncle Sam
could lay his hand on exactly 9,5S2,S06
able-bodied soldiers, of whom Pennsyl-
vania would contribute SOC, $50, which IS
by 56,23O larger than the next largest
quota in the entire list of states-that
of New York. Thus our commonwealth,
in war as well as peace, would remain
the Keystone of the union arch.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

Mrs. Dominis at present might ar
propriately sign herself Mrs. Dennis.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
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VERY MUCH ALIVE.

Yes, is it "cold enough for u.s."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

The state normal schools, that were
to be self-sustaining this year, want
more than a million from the state.
But in this case wanting and getting
will probably be two different things.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
Lii's BeIated Surrender.

LiTS BeIated Surrendcr.
From the New York Advertiser.
Liliuokalan is willing to come down IL
Captain Scott will not fire. She is not the
first coon to Offer these terms.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
regulate had little existence even prior

regulate had little existence even prior
to the measures enactment.
But the Commercial-Gazette will, we
suspect, hardly wish it's remark to be
construed as applying, let us say. to the
anthracite coal regions, where the
Brooks law, as customarily observed,
is little more than a bowling farce;
and where for every license granted
certainly one and perhaps two other
liquor dealers sell without license, not
ION the sly" but openly and apparently
In the fullest security. A law which
puts its enforcement in the hands Of
shady constables who may, for periodi-
cal considerations, be influenced to re-
main blind, deaf and dumb to the most
obvious violations of it may be "quite
satisfactory" in Allegheny, but it is
not viewed in the same eulogistic spirit
here in Lackawanna by persons who
believe in fairness and in honest law
enforcement.
The Brooks law is far from sacred.
If any man can improve it. let him have
fair and impartial hearing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

TO ENTER THE HEART.
We have entered the homes of major
ity of the people In Scranton with our su-
perior House Furnishings, etc. You can.
not find a better valentine for your wife
moneys worth back again a hundred
times II you purchase such sterling goods.
Our prices have been put so low we fear
they'll never stand upon their feet again.
Perhaps you know little about Hard
ware We can teach you more. Come to
our school: We will greet you in our new
store April l.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

The secret is out. Not only do they
say We do washing for living, but
that we do it well. So keep it going.
Tell everybody you see, but tell them
not to tell.
EUREKA -. LAUNDRY
372 Washington Ave.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-09
REVISING CHURCH LAWS.
Important Task of Committee q
Clergy aud LAymen.

Important Task of n Committee OF
Clergy aud LAymen.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The commit
tee of seven bishops, seven priests and
seven laymen, appointed at the last
general convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church to consider the re-
vision OF the constitution and canons
of the church and report what 1t
deemed necessary or advisable to be
done in that direction, has nearly
finished its labors.
In regard to the record of the recent
encyclical and the creation Of an arch
eplscopate, DR.. Thomas Richey said:
1.-THE encyclical was called forth by
the fact that an institution purportIng
to be one of the church's seminaries
was teaching the students to hold that
the invariable carnation of our blessed
Lord and the virgin birth from his
mother were all well enough as q
working hypothesis, but that they
need not be believed In as historical
facts.
The Bishop of Chicago is morally
certain, should the provincial system
be adopted, of election to the arch
bishoprfc of Illinois. The others de-
pend on circumstances, although there
is o strong presumption in favor of
the arrangement that the Bishop of
the principal or metropolitan see in
the province would be the Archbishop
Of that province. The primus under
such q system would probably be in
New York, as the chief metropolitan
city, or In Washington, as the seat OF
the civil Government.
The Bishops who are members OF
the constitutional commission are
Williams, Of Connecticut; Coke, OF
Western New York; DOane, of Al
bany; Dudley, of Kentucky; Burgess,
of Quincy; Potter OF New York, and
Paret, of Maryland.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-09

overcome and the use of morphine dis
continued, but it was not so decreed. /
broke out with boils from the punctures
and some of the places had proud flesh in
them for a month or SO. Last winter I
commenced to have those risings again.
I was taking eight phnctures day, a total
Of one and one-haf grains of morphine
Last June
Began to Take Hoods
Sarsaparilla. I have taken over seven
bottles of the medicine and also several
boxes Of Hoods Pills. When I COM
menced taking Hoods Sarsapariila l
weighed only 112 pounds. Now 1 weigh
over lbs pounds and am in better health
than for the past fifteen years. am now
approaching 90 years of age. Formerly I
was covered with eruptions; now my skin
is clear of them. / can truly say Hoods
Sarsaparilla has no equal for poor run
down women. I am Well known here in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-09
THE LEHUA'S TRIP.
Two Men Severely Injured and a
Boat Smashed.

While the Lehua was at Homo
mu on her last trip two of the
sailors met with an accident that
cost them severe injuries.
A boat containing five men and
two sling loads of sugar was dashed
upon the rocks, owing to the rough
ness of the sea. Three men jumped
for their lives, but the other two
were not so fortunate. One of the
latter, a negro, could not swim, and
the other, a native, was caught in
between the bags of sugar.
After hard work the Lehua's men
succeeded in getting their comrades
aboard. The broken boat was
taken TO Hilo for repairs and the
unfortunate men brought to Homo
lulu. Ii was found when they
reached the Queens Hospital that
the negro had broken his leg and
the native had received severe in
Juries about the hips.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-09
Ennis, Texas.

The restoring and invigorating pro-
perties of Hoods SarsapariHa, COM
bined with its power to vitalize and
enrich the blood, render it peculiarly
adapted for all troubles peculiar
to women, that tired feeling, or
debility, caused by change of
season, climate or life. Many weak
women have found in Hoods Sarsa-
parilla just the blood purifying and
vitalizing properties so much needed
at the critical time of life. 1t invig-
crates the system and all the organs to
healthy action and endows the body
with renewed vigor and perfect health.
Such was the experience of Mrs. lisa
Griggs, whose letter follows:
Ennis, Texas, Sept. %, 1894.
/" G. L. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
"Dear Sirs: feel it is courtesy due to
you to state what Hoods Sarsaparilla has
done for me. About fifteen years ago,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-09
More Sentences.

The following sentences imposed
by the Military Commission were
made public yesterday: John K.
Baker, three months Imprisonment
and SO fine; James Aylett, one
year and $50; Prince(7) Cupid,
one year and $1,000; - Hutchin-
son, $3.50 fine J. G. Lane and Kali
miniokee, each six months and
$100.1and A. Smith, six months
imprisonment without fine.
w. K. Pua and Kiliona Poepoe
were discharged from custody, sen,
tence having been suspended in
their cases.