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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
PERCHED UPON PEGASUS.
What Happens When Editor William Pike
Opens the Literary Throttlc-vaivc.

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From the Hallstead Herald.
We carefully wipe our pen on the blot
~ter-place 1t In the rack-stuff our feet
into tine waste basket and tip gently
backward. Our work a. an editor is end
ed. AS We gaze through the window. the
warm autumn sunbeams cast their sha
dows soft and lovingly across The desk.
The paste pot, the scissors, the quill, boon
and faithful partners of every changing
fortune, are before us. And as the dane
ing, ripping sunshine does ever change
and vanish. SO do the awakening reveries
travel swift and slow through valleys Of
memory. We still linger a moment. A
moment with thoughts Of a year just
closed. Our simple efforts for Hallstead
and her people, while feeble. have been
earnest and honest-our mistakes. those
Of the head, not the heart. But, as is truly
said, The past belongs to God; the pres
ent only is ours" Again we gaze through
the window. The sun has sunk behind
the hills. The desk Is mantled In the sha-
dows of twilight. We bequeath our pen
and all, to one worthier, better and nobler
than %ourself. They have grown dear by
association, but will now serve a better
purpose. The dawning of another day
will bring us beneath the shadow Of the
nations capitol, where duty calls. d.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
On Private Business.

His coat was n bit too long and his shoes
were rusty. His linen was celluloid most
ly and his necktie was tame where his
chin had rested upon it. He was a states
man down in Dixie and everybody around
the Fifth Avenue hotel knew him.
"Fine day." said the previous young
man, who wrote things for the newspa-
pers.
"Quite So" replied the statesman.
MAY I ask" inquired the inopportune
one, what brings you to the city. sena-
tor? Private business or politics?"
young man." replied the statesman, II
am here in the capacity of a private citi.
zen. Where i go and what ] do is largely
my own concern. l am here in the en-
deavor to make an honest living. I ex-
pect to be entirely successful, for I con-
slider that in New York l am without
competitors in that line. Good day.
New York Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
The Kodak IN Politics.

The pictorial poster has already made
Its way into politics. hence we are
measurably prepared for the announce
ment in Pittsburg Of an intention to
Introduce the kodak and the ~stereopti.
con into the spirited municipal cam
paign about to be waged In that city.
The kodak IL to be employed in the
taking Of snap shots at bad pieces Of
street paving for which the city was
charged an ample price, and the stere-
opticcn win transfer those scenes to
large screens and thus keep them con-
stantlya before the voters eyes.
the idea Il novel and ought to be e.
fective. There 10 no Just rsdsot WY .
dollar spsnt by . city should mot pro-
1uee - eood returns q = dollar ex-
pende1 ~ ono Of that ctty's private
plt1soGa 11aking zaif, a1lownnses ~
ensyeldeb's eEsoes ~ judgement n ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30

The report via Philadelphia that
Congressman Leisenring expects to buy
the Wilkes Barre Record will require
q good deal Of confirmation before it
can be believed. Such an expectation
would do credit to his taste. but it may
be doubted if the present owners of the
Record, who have made 1t what 1t Is,
and who are just beginning to realize
their loftiest journalistic ambitions,
would care to dispose Of their property
at any price.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
Hello! Is that Fleetville?

Hello! Is that Fleetville?
Yes.
Can / speak with Lord Byron?
This is Byron. I've Just come over from
Aunt Betsy Plum's. She gave me a big
supper! Had spare rib and fresh beef, and
hard cider, and
Never mind. l want to talk about sub.
scrlptions.
Yes.
DO you suppose a chrome Of the Editor
and the Kurnel would be IN inducement to
new n old subscribers?
Wa'al, l dunno. Might and might not.
l think the seeds are better up In this
neighborhood.
But our seed supply has been cut OF.
Oh, ! see. Well, what's the matter with
q little premium book tellln' how to fix UP
horses tails?
Z-z-z-ling!
say. Can I get some information?
u Q 40 not go beyond our depth.
Can you direct me to a society of Second
Adventists?
Want to join?
Yes! Decidedly, yes.
Believe the world Is soon coming to an
end?
No doubt of It.
What has converted you?
Victor Lauer has announced that he will
not again be a candidate for select coun-
Gil.
Z-z-z-ling!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30

When eighteen columns in one news
paper are devoted to a description OF a
commonplace foot ball game between
two ordinary college teams. 1t is we'll
nigh time for the rational fraction of
the American public to stop the pro-
cession and insist upon an under
standing,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30

disposition by public boards or councils
of large contracts. the city ought
nevertheless to get very nearly II not
quite as much for its money as a large
individual purchaser Of commodities
would get when operating on an equal
scale. The fact that in many instances
1t does not simply NEAR that careless
ness or crookedness or both prevail
somewhere along the line. with the re-
sponsibility therefor ultimately resting
upon the voters themselves.
The municipal problem, In each and
every phase. SINNERS down to the SIM
pie need of putting fit men into munici-
pal office and standing by them when
they have been installed. This Is the
nub and gist of each city's duty. 1t is
a fortunate reflection, by the way. that
the citizens of Scranton expect next
February to elect in Colonel Ripple a
mayor whose honesty, experience and
courage are doubted by none. The ex-
tension Of this standard to all u cities
would work quick improvement in the
quality Of American municipal gov
eminent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30

According to "a member Of the cabi-
net" Mr.. Cleveland would accept an
other term reluctantly, and only be-
cause he believed 1t to be his duty" The
American people, however, have no
wish to make q martyr out of him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
eminent

The fact that Ambassador Bayard
neglected on Thanksgiving Day to give
his crude and vulgar c%ompatriots an
other rhetorical drubbing before his
blooming British friends is probably
due simply to an oversight and not to
any lack of caddish inclinations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30

understanding o&their fractional oficials
so as to keep the other fellows away
from the ballot box. But we have q
suspicion that the United States su-
preme court will yet have a word to say
on this subject-a word. too. which will
be final.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
Mr.. CleyeIand,s Opportunity.

Mr.. Cleveland ought not to be above
the teachings Of experience. No great
man Is SO great that he cannot learn
anything as the years roll by without
sacrificing his greatness. wise men,"
says the adage, learn constantly; fools
never learn"
Mr.. Cleveland probably is not a
Bourbon nor q fool, although at times
he appears to manifest some of the
symptoms of both. He is sufficiently
a man Of ability and of adaptability
to. know by this time, IL he be honest
with himself. that the tariff policy
which he first advocated in 1887 and
ever since has battled for-the policy
Of no tariff for protection and very
little tariff even for revenue-what-
ever'it may be in theory is not a whole
some American condition. The eXper-
mental test Of his theory he can see
has precipitated grave disaster. 1t
has thrown hundreds Of thousands Of
his fellow-countrymen out of work; 1t
has closed for months many Of our
formerly prosperous factories and
mills; it has scared capital into hiding,
sen gold out of the country, emptied
the treasury, forced the sale Of gov
eminent bonds upon terms of excep-
tional hardness and raised mischief In
general. 1t has been estimated that
the gross cost Of this experiment has
been as much as II some supernatural
hand had two years ago, seized one
seventh Of the total wealth Of the
American people and flung it into the
sea, and this estimate it doubtless ap-
proximately correct.
Mr.. Cleveland has prepared a mes
sage to congress-. 1t will doubtless be
presented to that honorable body on
Monday. One of the unavoidable sub
jects to be considered In that executive
letter of advice is the subject of rev.
enue replenishment, Of undoing, as fast
as possible. some Of the mischief which
the unfortunate Cleveland experiment
has occasioned. Report has II that
the president intends to shirk his re-
sponsibility. The gossiDs predict that
he will renew his former arguments In
favor of his mischief breeding theory
and insist that the way to correct
the blunder Is to blunder some more.
We do not know how true these reports
are; but II Mr.. Cleveland has either
present regard for his. countrymen or
the wish to occupy an honorable future
place in the esteem Of historians, he
will commit no such reckless error, but
will instead manfully toe the mark,
confess his sins and throw himself
upon the indulgent mercy Of the court.
A course like this might involve mo-
mentary embarrassment and humilia-
ton, but these are much to be preferred
to permanent disgrace.
Mr.. Cleveland will gain nothing and
lose much by elevating obstinacy above
common sense in the matter Of needed
revenue legislation. Can he afford to
continue his advocacy Of a policy
which, within his own direct observa-
ton, has brought on so much misery?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30

The Republican party Is embarrassed,
not by the scarcity but by the album
dance, of Its presidential timber.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
Equal to tho Occasion.

Washington Star: President Cleveland
has not much to say. but Secretary Car
Isle is ready at almost any emergency
with a few brief remarks"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
Mnr Come Ton Late

Chicago Record: "The telegraph wires
are in bad condition, and Mr.. Germans
third term may not be received until 1t is
entirely too late"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
A Shocking Ta1c.

The open fields lie shivering in the breeze;
Rude winters hand at autumn's cham
Der door has knocked;
Denuded limbs stand bare on naked trees
What wonder is 1t, then, the corn Is
shocked? Rochester Post-EXpress.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30

The Allentown Leader for Thanks
giving Day consisted Of twelve hand
some pages printed in three colors and
supplying to the people Of Lehigh coun-
ty q new proof Of the Leaders vigilant
ontprprise.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
Hard to Fool.

Washington Post: I'VE would also ad-
wise the new members against attempting
any political skin-games on Mr.. Reed. He
Is hard to fool"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
Short. Share and DecIslyc.
Taking Time nv the rorclocl

to be devoutly thankful for Is the pros.
pect Of a very short session Of congress"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
A Simple Solution.

Washington Post: "Mr. Harrison fails
to understand why there Is SO much talk
about a third term when the whole busi-
ness can be settled by q second term"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
COMMENT OF THE PRESS.
Those Not Acnins, Arc For Him.

Philadelphia Press: There Is at this
time In progress q particularly active dis
cussion of the next United States sena-
torship from Pennsylvania. 1t is not too
early. The present shape of the discus
sion Is wholly opposition to the ~re-elec-
ton Of Mr.. Cameron. as can be understood
from the opinions Of various Republican
newspaper reprinted from time to time
months before nominations for the legis-
allure will be made, It Is well to have the
people fully informed SO that they will
be able to act with their eyes open when
it comes to the primary elections, for 1t
will be at the primaries that Mr.. Gamer
on will be defeated, II at all. 1t can be
taken for granted. In the existing condi-
ton Of our politics. that every candidate
for the legislature who is not pledged
against Mr.. Cameron will be for him. 1t
Is worth while to consider that some may
pretend to be against him who are at
heart for him. If the present temper Of the
discussion is kept up there Will be little
chance that the people can be misled.
They cannot fall to know just what to do
when they go to the primaries"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
History Renca.inc Itself.

New York Mail and Express: Nero
fiddled while Rome was burning, SO the
statesmen Of Europe whistle down the
wind of diplomacy while the Armenians
perish by the sword"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph: "Som'
people are running for president now In or
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
The Only Safc Way.

Indianapolis Journal: Until the Cleve-
land administration shall have passed
into history 1t behooves every American
citizen to either remain on American soil
or be very careful in his conduct IL he goes
abroad"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30

Geography as well al euphony and
fitness argue in behalf Of . ticket like.
say, Hastings and Evans.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
Preserving Her Dignity.

Pittsburg Dispatch: Spain would be
wise In coming to he early conclusion
tina she had better 'concede something to
Cube before she reaches the embarrassing
point where she will have nothing to con-
cede."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
THANKSGIVING TURKEY.

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-25
WAsHBURN's OLD ORATORS
Who They Are, and What They are Now
Doing.

Doing.
AS the time for each local oratorical
contest draws near the speakers, who in
former years, have represented Wash
burn in the state and inter state contests
involuntarily come to mind.
A. j. McCabe took fourth place in the
state contest in '84. and is now with Ros-
sington. Smith & Dallas of this city. In
'85 E. G. Buckland carried off third hon
ors and is now a lecturer in the Yale
law school. $50 C. A.Green1ee took third
place and now breaches at Lamar, Mo.
81 A. ". Brewster, now a member of
the Missouri senate, took second place.
'88 J. E, Erickson, now a lawyer at
Great Falls, Montana, stood fourth in
rank '89 4. W. Brewster again repre-
sented Washburn.
This time he won the state and took
third rank in the inter state. 80 was the
only year the inter state has been won by
Kansas. s. ". NaylOr, now pastor of
the First NJ. e. church of Milwaukee,
Wis, that year won the state and the in
ter state contests. '91 A. W. Myers took
third rank in the state. Last year he
completed a post graduate course at
Johns Hopkins university. '92 j. L..
Poston won the state and was fifth in the
inter state. Mr.. Poston was class orator
in his class of 257 at Ann Arbor last
year. '93 Julius Wedding took third
place. and has since been with the Bank
of Topeka and the Kellam Book & Sta
tionary Co.
In '94 George r. Lord resigned as rep
resentative only two weeks before the
state contest, and Miss Gertrude Dewey
not having time to prepare, took a low
rank in the state, getting seventh place
She is at present instructor of oratory
| and elocution in Stockton academy.
1t remains to be decided who will rep.
resent Washburn this year. The men
who contest tonight have spent months
in writing their orations and for weeks
the chapel halls have resounded with
| the voices of these five men training with
/ Prof. Palmer for the event.
The three judges on thought and com
position are Hon. Scion o. Thacher, Maj
J. &. Hudson and Rev. L, &. BilIingsly
and on delivery, J. <. Cubbison, D. C
| TiIlotson and E. A WAGNER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-25
KANSAS PARAGRAPHS.

John Laff is the Democritus of King
man county.
Good water is so scarce at Caney that
one man makes good wages hauling
spring water.
VIM. Pigg is one of the products of
Galena, where such articles are consid-
cred good thing.
The Garden City Imprint has pur-
chased subsoil pillow with no other pur-
pose than to lend it to farmers.
"The Wasp is the name of a paper at
Netawaka which :hin skinned people
are mighty careful not to provoke.
There ia a town in Dickinson county
named Rubin. This helps to solve the
question where they all come from
The editor of the Harrington Times is
in great distress of mind. He found
sum of money and can't find the owner
The "inclement weather" phrase has
been taken down off the shelf and dust
ed for the seasons use by Kansas pa
pers
Will Hasty hauled the biggest load of
ice of the season, 6910 pounds, at Louis
burg. There's nothing slow about
Hasty.
The Sunlight Dancing club of Galena
won't let member in that gets tired be-
fore ''rosy fingered dawn" begins to touch
up the landscape
A Blue Mound farmer who has 5000
bushels of corn in the crib laughs at the
city man who isn't getting any dividends
on his bank stock.
Peabody Graphic: The brutal truth
has made its escape and is now at large.
Ellsworth ingalls, wears red necktie
and smokes cigarettes.
The Dillon Republican accounts for
some of the immigrants to that locality
by the fact that in Sweden man seen
drunk four times is DISTINGUISHED.
The Methodists and Presbyterians OF
Peabody are running rival revival meet
ings with predestination aud regenera.
ton by faith moving neck and neck
4 Caney undertaken announces that il
people want anything in his line call OF
him, he'll treat them fair Caney is sc
near the Indian territory that his offer il
worth considering.
Kingman is pretty well off in some
respects, yet it has three elocutionisti
whose collective repertoire consists O.
1.-The Charge of the Light Brigade" anC
"Ihe May Queen"
Vox Populi may be dead, but there are
reasons for fearing he didn't die withou
issue. Vox Scholae is writing for King
man paper. which is another argument
toward the law of heredity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-25
JUDGE GAYyOR's OPINION.

II the decision rendered by Judge
Gaynor in the case growing out of the
Brooklyn strike shall stand it will mark
an epoch in the settlement of similar
controversies
A merchant of the city of Brooklyn ap-
piled to Judge Gaynor for writ of man.
damus compelling the troll ley companies
to move their cars. The grounds on
which the mandamus proceedings were
instituted were that in failing to operate
their lines the companies were interior
ing with his business. The court de.
cided that the writ should issue and
gives the reasons therefor in a lengthy
opinion
The main features of the opinion are
that corporations cannot, like an indi-
viduaI, suspend business at will; that
they have public duties which are para
mount to their duties to the stock hold
ers; that in consequence of having
the power of the state conferred on
them they become the agent of the state;
that as such agent it is the company's
duty to operate cars and it may not stop
for one hour; that it is accounta bic to the
DaD4AE nESb dA0 tH0 3tOCh AOl0oAS sOSOAGS
that if it cannot get labor at the price it
offers, it must pay as much as is neces-
sary to get it; that if the conditions i'm
posed repel labor more lenient condi-
tions must be ado pied. The right of the
company to replace its employees with
men who will work longer hours for less
money ia not denied, but the court holds
that it must not stop operating its cars
while doing SO.
If this decision of Judge Gaynor's shall
come to be considered good law" by the
courts Throughout the country public i'd
terest in strikes will to great extent
cease as will also the strikes When the
public's business is no longer interfered
with they VIII be content to let the con-
testants fight it out in their own way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-25
sHoREY ITEMS.

Mrs. Harry Miller is still very i'll
II. E. Fletcher is expected home soon
from Denver.
A dance will be given by the A. O. Q.
W. lodge on the Both.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. 7. B. Finley on
Sunday morning, son.
The sewing society met with Mrs.
Charles Howard on Tuesday.
Mr. Sherwood's house will soon be COM
pIeted and ready for occupancy.
Mr. /. ]. Ketchum has been promoted
and is now stationed at Belleville.
Mr. Elmer PeYton's infant son, which
has been very i'll, is rapidly improving.
Mrs. c. Coffman, after three months
visit to her old home in the east, has re-
turned
Prospect lodge 1O7 D. of H., will give
one of their popular hops" on the night
of the 18th of February.
Quite number from here will attend
the graduating exercises this evening.
held at the Topeka high school building.
calls tho Oa0riaaa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-25
"THE SPAN OF LIFE"
A Me1odrama With Lots of Scenery, Tha
Will Be at the Grand Tonight.

A Melodrama With Lots of Scenery, That
Will Be at the Grand Tonight.
"The Span of Life" an English melo-
drama, that has created considerable
comment wherever presented, comes to
the Grand tonight. The story of the play
begins on the coast of Devonshire, and is
of the persecution of young woman
and her lover by the woman's cousin,
who desires to become possess ed of her
fortune. From England the scene shifts
to Africa, where. after seven years, the
hero and heroine are found with party
of friends, Blunt having located dia-
mond belt Dunstan Leech, the william,
appears in the role of slave trader, at
the head of band of Arabs, and he sue
ceeds in capturing Blunt's wife and child.
through piece of strategy they are re-
leased by the hero, but are pursued by
the Arabs. Finding that bridge over a
gorge has been removed, with no other
means OF escape open, they are preparing
to kill themselves. when their friends
from the opposite side throw themselves
across the gorge and form human
bridge. It is from this scene that the
play takes its name.
Carrie Turner who has made a name
for herself in the east, particularly in
Boston, will be at the Grand tomorrow
afternoon and evening in THE Crust of
Society," Miss Turner is a true actress
not an imitator. She does what few
women can do. creates successful parts.
The part of Mrs. Eastlake Chapel in the
play tomorrow Is one of her creations
! and she has with her a majority of the
original cast that produced the piece at
the Boston Globe theater three years ago.
Ed. l. Davenport who plays Oliver, is a
brother of Fanny Davenport Eugene
Ayling are In the cast The women OF
the company are Nellie Yale Nelson
Carrie Radcliffe, Eleanor Cary and Agnes
FrieIle. ~
'The Crust of Society," had great run
when it first came out and Topeka will
see the original production. Owing to
the length of the play the curtain will
rise promptly at eight o'clock.