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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
Pass the Dunphy Bill,

There Is now pending in congress a
bill known as house bill No. Sc. intro
duced by Representative Il. ]. Duribhy,
OF New York city, which aims to cor
rect one Of the unjust inequalities now
existing in the United States postal
service. Under the present arrange
ment Of that service letter carriers are
placed on definite scale of salaries
and railway postal clerks are paid in
accordance with a graded system,
which provides for promotions and in
creased remuneration. But the pay of
postoffice clerks Is q stationary amount
little enough considering the difficult
and combining work required; and there
Is no provision for increases in this
pay except such as may depend upon
the individual generosity of post.
masters.
The Dunphy bill changes the rating
of these clerks by thoroughly classify.
ing the clerkshlps and providing thai
the pay In each class shall be equal tt
a certain percentage of the salary oil
the postmaster. In first-class post.
offices, all clerks shall begin at $500 0
year and shall be known as second class
clerks. These shall receive annual In
rreases Of 500 until their salaries shall
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
Has q Difficult Task Before II.

Philadelphia Inquirer: The house COM
mittee on appropriations is getting down
to business and 1t will be engaged day and
night for the next six weeks giving hear
ings to those who desire to press their
claims for a share of the states bench
cence. Two years ago the estimated reye-
nues were $22,0OOOOO for two years, but
there has been a sfrinkage in values and
in volume of business since that time, so
that the committee enters upon its work
this session with an estimate of sl9, ,0OO, 600
for the next two years. They are con-
fronted with the big job of squeezing
about 3O,0O0,00O into $l9,OOO,OOD. The gen.
eral appropriation bill for the necessary
expenses of the state and public schools
will carry about $l6,C00OOO, leaving about
50, 600, 900 to be divided among all sorts of
institutions calling for state aid, whose
aggregate demands already approximate
$l3, 900 900.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

amount to 5000 each. Appointments to
clerkships above this shall be gov
erned by length and fitness of service,
and shall in all case be made from the
ranks of the second-class men. In sec
ond-class offices the classification pro-
ceeds along similar lines, but the COM
pensation for messengers, porters,
watchmen and laborers Is put at lower
ratings. In both grades of postoffices,
however, appointments shall be made
in accordance with civil service rules,
by competitive examination, and ad-
vancements or dismissals shall, to be
effective. first have the approval Of the
postmaster general.
1t will be seen that this bill Is simply
a logical extension, to Office clerks, of
the regulations governing other depart
ments of the postal service. The
graded system of payment has proved
an admirable one with reference to car
riers and railway route men. 1t has
cleansed the service in these depart
ments of partisan hangers-on and af-
forded some chance for personal merit
and experience to gain deserved recog-
milton. 1t has also maintained uni
form and stable service, little subject
to fiuctuation at the caprice of party
leaders with friends to reward or enc
mics to punish. II these results can
be obtained in the carrier and railway
route departments there would seem to
be no conceivable reason why equally
good results should not follow the APP
plication Of the same fair and sensible
ing forces of presidential offices.
The passage of the Dunphy bill would
be good step forward.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
Please Don't Dodge.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Truth, lodges our question. We asked
it If it would favor a law to compel
all children under Is years of age to be
idle. The law now compels to be idle
all children under IL years of age, and
some children under IL years. This
latter law-or rather two of them. one
governing factories and the other gov
erning mines-had the Truths earnest
support. VIII 1t now support the move
ment to raise the age limit in both cases
to 15 years?
The reason why we ask this question
Is obvious. If children under 13 years
or under 15 years dare not work for
u living without violating a law, we
want to know what the Truth proposes
to do with them. Shall they be idle
on our streets, or shall they go to
school? Which policy is best for them,
best for the state, best for society at
large?
We should regret to see compulsory
education law in this state made dras-
tic, because we do not think it would
be wise to go at the subject in ham
mer and tongs fashion until milder
measures had first shown themselves
unsatisfactory and ineffective. But
even so, if children under 13 or 10 years
dare not work for living, why should
they not be sent to school, where text
books are now free and where they Will
be in better atmosphere than they
would be If compelled by parental In
difference to roam the streets and grow
up in ignorance?
VIII the esteemed Truth again dodge
this question?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
Cross.Eyed Economists.

1t is probable that the joint estimates
committee of councils, in cutting $S2.-
600 out of the s39S, ,69S.75 asked for by
the various municipal departments, has
endeavored TO fit its appropriations as
equitably as possible to the funds
available. We do not dispute the neces-
sity of curtailment; in all likelihood
the original claims were drawn up with
view to providing against the inevl-
table shrinkage in committee. Such an
imitation is hardly the fair thing, as
matter of abstract principle, but it has
the sanction of custom and is perhaps
the only manner in which municipal
department can get approximately fair
treatment from councils as at present
constituted in this city.
There are some details of last Tues
days cutting and slashing, however,
which appear to be properly open to
censure. One OF these, of course, is the
refusal to vote sufficient money to the
fire department to equip it with a paid
regular service. BY this means, il is
true, an apparent gross saving of S15,-
OOO has been achieved; but it is a saw
ing which has been achieved at the ex-
pense of infiammable property through
out the city; and it means that for an
other year at least local insurance rates
will not be likely to come down. but if
any fiuctuation occurs will be likely to
60 yet further up. The 10000 heads of
20 tn, 4
an expenditure averaging 70 cents per
capita, but they have been at the same
time deprived of a lowering of their
rates of fire insurance to perhaps an
equal amount; and their cambustible
property has been denied the increased
security which would come from an
efficient paid regular fire protective SER
vice. We think it is fairly open to dis
cussion whether this saving at the
spigot is worth the waste which it oc-
casions at the bunghole.
The fire item is, in amount, the larg-
est single item in the estimates COM
mittees recent catalogue of economies
but there are several smaller items
which are large at least in the principle
Involved in them. The saving of sSiC
In the Scranton. Public library appro-
priation is one of these. This means
an average annual saving of four cents
to each head of a family in the city;
and 1t means that the usefulness of one
of the most valuable educational insti.
tutions in the midst of us is to be cur.
tailed In order that an economy of less
than one cent per capita per inhabit.
ant per annum may be placed to the
credit OF our present councils. To be
sure, If report be true, these councils
have not always been thus watchful OF
the city's pennies; in some cases that
are on record sums amounting to thou.
sands of dollars have been unhesitat
lngly voted to purposes partly or who'll
Iy foolish. If reformation and amend
ment have come at last, we submit
That these could be much more pru
IDENTIFY evinced than In haggling stingi
hess toward so beneflcent an institu
tion as the public library or towart
hard-working subordinates in the yari
bus city departments.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
OF Interest to Builders.

A bill recently introduced by Represen-
tative Hicks, of Philadelphia, will be on
important help to owners of large build
ing operations, as 1t provides that when
ever a permit has been issued to improve
land which had previously been unim-
proved in cities Of the first class, there
shall be no increase in taxation for at least
"a year after the permit was issued. An
effort will be made to amend this meas
ure so as to have II apply to second and
third class cities as well.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

With It's issue of yesterday the Wayne
Independent entered upon the eigh-
teenth year OF its existence under fiat
tering appearances of prosperity In
establishing the Independent Editor
Ben. Haines entered upon a line OF
Journalism almost unknown in Homes
dale and has displayed an amount OF
energy in presenting to his readers the
latest and brightest local and general
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
Is Simnle but Effective.

Philadelphia Record, Dem.: Thomas B.
Reeds substitute for the house banking
and currency bill makes no pretension to
offering a solution Of the currency ques-
ton, but 1t offers in a simple, business
like way. a. stop-gap for the treasury in
the present exigency; and If patriotism
ruled the hour in Washington some such
measure would speedily be framed into
lau
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
REED TO THE RESCUE.
II Does the Work.

Syracuse Post: While Democratic
statesmen in Washington have been agon-
iZng over some scheme for meeting flnan-
cial difficulties, ex-Speaker Reed, the Re-
publican leader Of the house, has quietly
prepared bill to tide oven the present
emergency. MIR. Reeds bill us so simple
and plain In its provisions thpt 1t will be
appreciated by all, and many will wonder
that something like 1t had not been sug-
gested before. 1t certainly, II adopted,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
Rending the Bible I'm School.

Representative French, of Washington
county, has introduced bill requiring all
teachers in the public schools to read the
Bible at the opening of each session for at
least five and not more than fifteen min
utes. For n violation of the proposed
law a teacher is to forfeit her position and
pay "a fine of not less than $50 nor more
than $500
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

The probable fate of the jolly hunters
of the Concord, who shot stray China
man for want Of more exciting adven-
ture, has caused much anxiety among
their friends. The Chinese at present
do not seem to be in humor to appre-
ciate jokes of this nature, and explana-
tlons made at distance from an Amer
lean man-of-war will not have much
weight in appeasng the wrath of the
pigtails.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
this question

The fact that seven Chicago clairvoy-
ants located the hull of the lost vessel
supernatural circles in the Windy City.
None save the clairvoyants, however,
have been able to get glimpse of the
Inflated craft.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

1t is possible that the sudden wave
of economy which has shaken the foun-
dations Of the municipal building may
be productive of beneficial results, but
the killing of the paid fire department
estimate looks like step backward.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

1t is feared that the anxiety of the
Smoky City to shoulder municipal re-
sponsibilty will give greater Pitts
burg" lame back, if all the proposed
annexation schemes shall be carried
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Lost Manhood Restored.
Weakness of Young Men Cured

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Enclose five 2-cent stamps for SYMPTOM
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DIR. L. GREWER,
Old Post Office Building, corner Penn
avenue and Spruce street.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

Mr.. Astor has concluded to dispose
of the Pail Mall Gazette. The luxury
of running a newspaper for the fun of
the thing has proved too expensive,
even for a man with 100000 income a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
win he vigorously Opposed.

The Coyle bill creating commission on
mining will be met with much opposition
when 1t gets properly before the legisla-
ture. Up to the present time the labor
combine has taken no action on this meas
ure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

Now that the legal weight for q
bushel of onions has been properly
adjusted at Harrisburg it is hoped that
our legislators will not neglect the con-
sideratlon of matters which the COM
munity at large deems at least Of equal
Importance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
New County prospects.

The concensus OF opinion at Harrisburg
seems to be that the Quay new county bill
will pass the legislature. and receive ex-
ecutiye approval.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

would tide the government over the pres
ent financial crisis. and maintain the
public credit without impairing the gold
reserve.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

journalism. The success of the 1nde-
pendent is evidence that the citizens of
Wayne appreciate enterprise in news
paper work.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Salaries dropped with the mercury
before the joint estimates committee of
councils on Tuesday night.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
Forest protcc cction Is Assured.

Philadelphia Inquirer: The legislature
is bound to establish a forest policy for
the state. Governor Hastings knows the
Importance of protecting the forests of
the commonwealth. and Is said to be
heartily in favor of the pending measure.
The fight against the bill has been led in
the main by two or three farmers who
seem to fear that the privilege of burn
ing the heaps of brush on their farms
will be denied under the provisions of
are proposed law. There's the rub. Many
of the most destructive forest fires, which
destroy acres of valuable timber, are
caused by the clearing fire of the farmers.
This objection met with an amendment
which provides that the word forest
shall not apply to cultivated farms unless
they are adjacent and contiguous to for
est land. An attempt was made to amend
the bill in several particulars, but the
friends of the measure under the leader
ship of Mr.. Lytle, of Huntington, We're on
guard and 1t passed third reading. 1t will
come up on final passage next Tuesday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

The condition Of the elements for the
past few hours would warrant the be-
lief that the ground hogs shadow must
have had double chin this year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
As to Sanitary Day.


George n. Mccain in the Philadelphia
Press: We are to have another holiday
If Representative Renhoel, of Lebanon,
can get it on the calendar. 1t is proposed
to make the first Friday after the first
Monday in May Sanitary Day" 1t is
proposed by this means to inculcate q love
for sanitary science in the minds of the
rising generation. They are to be taught
by the holiday system that Cleanliness
Is next to Godliness" and to avoid breath
Ing bad air and inviting i'll health by
| living in unsanitary conditions. On this
particular day the public schools are only
| to have a morning session and the chill
dren are to be left to themselves during
the afternoon. There Is nothing in the
bill which provides for tin wash basin
coarse towel and a bar of yellow soap Oh
bench outside the school house near u
| pump or hydrant. This is practical sani.
tary science; the other is the ornamental
side of II.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07

TO ENTER THE HEART.
We have entered the homes of a major
ity of the people In Scranton with our SUI
perlor House FURNISHINGS, etc. You cam
not find II better valentine for your wife
than an Easter Range. You will get your
moneys worth back again n hundred
times IL You purchase such sterling goods.
Our prices have been put 50 low we fear
they'll never stand upon their feet again.
Perhaps YOU know Il l!ttle about Hard
ware, We can teach you more. Come to
our school. We will greet you in our new
store April /.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27

AT this season everyone should take
a good spring medicine. The blood
has become loaded with impurities
and the whole system should be reno
waited. Nature. cries for help and if
there is not a prompt and satisfactory
response, the penalty must sooner or
later be paid in serious illness and
prolonged suffering.
This demand can only be met by
the purifying, enriching and
Blood WALKING
clements to be found in Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. That this is the best medicine
for you to take is proven by the fact
that it has the largest sales and accom-
plishes the greatest cures of any medi-
cine in the world. 1t purifies the
blood, creates an appetite, builds up
the nervous system and renovates the
entire body. Do not be induced to buy
anything else. Insist upon HOODS.
A Boys Life Saved.
81 cannot praise Hoods Sarsaparilla
enough for what it has done for my boy.
Some four years ago, when six years old,
George was attacked by hip disease in his
right leg. We had to get him a pair of
crutches, with which he was able to move
about, but became badly deformed. We
had to have his right leg lanced just above
the knee. In q few weeks q second sore
broke out, both discharging freely. Agon-
izing pains afflicted him, he could not bear
to be moved, his growth was stopped and
in q short time he was a mere skeleton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27

He had no appetite, and it was hard work
tomake him eat enough to keep him alive.
A few weeks later we had his hip lanced,
and following this Eve other eruptions
broke out, making eight running sores In
all. We did all we could for him, but he
grew weaker every day, although we had
three Of the best physicians. As q last re-
sort we were prevailed upon by relatives
who had taken Hoods Sarsaparilla with
beneficial results to give the medicine q
trial. We got one bottle about the first
of March, and he had taken the medi-
cine only a few days when his appetite be-
gan to improve. When he had taken one
bottle he could move about q little with
his crutches, which he had not been able
to use for the preceding three months. We
continued faithfully with Hoods 6arsapa-
rilla, and in six months he was
Able to be Dressed
and GO about the house without the
crutches. He has now taken Hoods Ser-
saparilla regularly for eighteen months.
and for the past six months has been with
out the crutches, which he has outgrown
by severalinches. The sores have all healed
with the exception of one which is rapidly
closing, only the scars and IN occasional
limp remaining as reminders of his suffer-
ing. Hoods Sarsaparilla in his case has
truly done wonders, and he is daily gain
ing in flesh and good color. He rum about
and plays as lively az any child. We felt
an inexpressible joy at having our boy re-
stored to health and we always speak in
the highest terms Of Hoods Sarsaparilla."
MRS. HENRY w. MURPHY, Exeter, N. II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
BEAN EATERS BEATEN
BosToN's HITS. WE'RE SCATTERED
AND NEW YORK WON EASILY.
ct. Ls0ufs shut Ont by Pfttsburg-Other
National League Games Won by
BaItimore and Washington.

NEW YORK, April 26.-wilson, who
made such a brilliant showing in Washing
ton a few days ago. only lasted four
innings to-day. Dolan, who took Wilson's
Place In the fifth inning. did fairly well.
Lester German had the Bean Eaters
completely at his mercy. The half-dozen
hits they secured were badly scattered. At
tendance. 800. Score.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
Removal of Garbage.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
The suggestion of Mr.. Campbell regard
ing the number of teams required to re-
move garbage leads me to give the sub
stance of an interview with a trustworthy
collector, who has built up a fine business
in his eighteen years of continuous expert
ence in this city. His opinions, founded
upon personal observations, made not only
here, but in st. Louis, Chicago and Gin
cinnati, are worthy, l think, of as much
consideration, If not more, than those of
any inexperienced citizen. He claims that
the garbage of the city cannot be removed
by less than two hundred teams; that one
man with a two-horse team cannot get
away" with more than four or, perhaps
five squares. That is" he added, .if he
keeps it as clean as he ought to-" He says
the late contractor had but tWenty-Seven
teams. and consequently great quantities
of garbage were untouched. He thinks the
city should pay for removal, since by that
method only can the collection of absolute
ly all of it be enforced; that many collec-
day, but as soon as they get more remuner-
alive work they will, at that price, drop
their job without giving notice, and the dis
trict will be left to the dogs. He claims
that for $3.50 per day good, reliable col
lectors can be found to do the work, who
will stay right with 1t from year in to
year out" He advocates the rigid report
ing of all shirks. and not giving pay except
for steady, reliable work. 1t seems a pity
to give the work out to contractors who
will push out of the business these old
reliable collectors.
HESTER NJ. M'CLUNG.
Indianapolis, April rs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
Woman Kirls Her Former Lover.

NEW YORK, April 26.-Dominco Catalde
was murdered on East Thirteenth street to-
day by Mary, Barbella. a tailoress, thirty
we years old, who cut his throat with a
razor. The pair evidently met by appoint
ment. They stood at the corner of Thir-
teenth street and Avenue A for a moment.
talking. The Woman drew a razor and
slashed the man across the throat, his head
being nearly severed from his body. His
death was almost instantaneous. The wom-
an fed, but was afterward arrested. Ca
talde vas twenty-four years old. 1t is
stated that he was the woman's former
lover. He had discarded her. and to get re-
venge she killed him.