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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16
For an Elastic Bank Circulation.

A Philadelphia banking firm, Boren
&, Co., in a circular giving its views as
to the kind Of a money plank which
ought to be adopted at st. Louis, sug-
gests the following:
This party pledges itself to maintain the
present parity of the gold dollar unim-
paired. Unaided by an international
agreement, this country cannot add great
ly to its silver coinage without appalling
catastrophe while present conditions gov
ern the production Of silver. The west
ern and southern portions Of the United
States imperatively and justly demand
that an increased circulation be provid-
ed to meet their pressing needs-a circu-
lation of stable value and so introduced
as to strengthen national credit at home
and abroad. This party, therefore, pledges
to the nation the use Of its influence and
power to secure such immediate legisia-
ton as shall permit Of the issue of local
bank note circulation, under certain ma
tional supervision, payable in gold or its
equivalent, and secured by safeguards to
| regulate the volume aad protect the value
Of such notes.
| While the wording of the first sem
tence in this proposed plank Is faulty
no single dollar, whether of gold or sill
yer. having such thing as parity,-its
intention is sound, and to 1t every Re-
publican can cheerfully subscribe. The
wording would be improved If 1t were
to say: "This party pledges itself to
maintain at a parity of values all
American dollars, whether of gold, silver
or paper" Such a sentence would say
all that needs to be said and. in fact, all
that can be said by any one nation in
reference to the matter of monetary
standard.
But 1t Is to the second suggestion that
attention Is especially directed On
June 30, 1892. the total amount of money
in circulation among the American peo-
pie was $1,6O1 ,347,1 ,1s7-a per capita cir
culation Of $24.44. On June /, 1896, the
total amount was $1,521. 1854, ,2S3-a per
capita circulation Of $21.35. Here is q
shrinkage during the past four years of
$500 per capita. or enough to account
for much Of the popular dissatisfaction
now rife with reference to our cur
rency system. A sound banking sys-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

All new books are founded in some
measure on older ones. 1t isn't neces-
sary to summon Shakespeare to prove
this. Modern instances may be recall
ed without number. NJ. Zola could have
bettered his reputation by giving credit
in preface to the authors to whose
labor he helped himself. But the fact
that he omitted this courtesy is scarcely
a Sufficient justification for filling the
heavens with din Of howls and yells.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16
NORA McGILL.

The ways of q woman,
Soloman said.
Would puzzle a wise man
Alive or dead. ,.,I'
An faith, I'm th:nkin' -.
He'd say so still =;
II he'd ever met with .r,f
Norah McGill. IT, 7
The wiles Of a woman,
Antony said,
Were past believin'
An better fled.
An, faith. I'm thinkin'
He'd say SO still
If ever he'd look on
Norah McGill.
The word of a woman. =
Malachi said,
Was as easy snapt
AS q spiders thread.
An, faith. I'm thinkin'
He'd say so still
If ever he'd talked with
Norah McGill.
An yet there's nothin'
That can compare
With the blue of her eyes
And the black of her hair.
An, faith. I'm thinkin'
She likes me still
The while she's plaguin' me
Norah McGill.
Lena Gyles in Temple Bar
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16
MUSIC NOT IMMORAL.
from the Pittston I.em.

From the PittstOn ITEM.
We are in perfect accord with DR.. Nc
Leod and the Scranton Tribune that sa-
cred concerts are all right on Sunday or
any other day. provided they furnish us
with better music and less pickering than
the average church choir furnishes. Music,
whether vocal or instrumental. secular or
sacred, is timely and acceptable on any
day. If only 1t be characterized by har-
mony in its origin, its execution. and Its
effects.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

Governor Hastings explicit refusal TO
become a candidate for vice-president
sacrifices Pennsylvania chance Of ge'-
ting a place on the next national ticket.
But 1t probably opens the way for Sena-
tor Quay to become secretary Of the
navy if he shall desire to enter McKin-
ley'S cabinet
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

Now that congress Is off his hands
we dare say President Cleveland will
stock government gun-boat with live
and liquid bait and steam away on the
majestic ocean to where the fishes play.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

The Tribune today will post in front
Of it's business office Postal Telegraph
company bulletins announcing at fire.
quent intervals the proceedings Of the
st. Louis convention.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

tenn In the South and West would do
much TO AFFORD necessary relief. Amid
all the contemporary chatter concerning
the precious metals. It is well to bear
this Philadelphia suggestion in mind
1t may yet prove the key to the entire
problem.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

The restoration of protection and the
replacement Of the government on
debt-paying basis will so far toward
minimizing the Importance of the cur
rency issue. Protection. at all events.
Is the paramount essential
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

The probability is that Speaker Read
laid the corner stone Of his own defeat
for the presidency when he exhibited
the white feather by urging congress to
adopt a do-nothing policy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

Just how it can be construed as
treachery for Joseph II. Manley to tell
the truth as to the certainty of Nc
kinley's nomination it is difficult for
the average n-looker to discern.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

The dispatch of yesterday crediting
the Reed boom with threatening squirt
belonged by rights in the fiction de-
partment and must have got in the
news page by mistake.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16
The Vice.Presldency.

three questions were recently pro-
pounded by the Chicago Times-Herald
to a number Of prominent delegates to
the Republican National convention.
They were: O What. II anything.
should be done to make the Office of
vice. president OF the United States
worthier the aspirations Of our fore
most statesmen? CD Should the official
duties and responsibilities be enlarged?
go Should the salary be increased?
The replies are interesting and diver
sified. Governor Bushnell, Of Ohio,
thinks there should be a constitutional
amendment which will provide that the
vice-president of the United States
shall be a member of the cabinet, thus
enabling him to obtain more accurate
knowledge and current information
about the affairs Of the government,
over which he might some time be
called to preside as chief executive.
Such extension of his official duties and
probably an increase in the salary
would" ne adds, increase the dignity
and emphasize the importance Of the
office" Among those who concur in
this view are A. NJ. Stevenson. Of Dem
yer; Senator Cannon. of Utah, who sug-
gests that the salary be increased to
SIS, 600; but doesn't see how the duties
can be increased; Congressman Hunter,
Of Kentucky. Curtis Guild, jr., Of Mas
sachusetts. and Senator Wellington, Of
Maryland.
The most emphatic message of dis
sent comes from General Felix Agnus,
Of Baltimore. Says he: IF the vice.
presidency Is underrated 1t Is not the
fault of the office. 1t is place Of great
dignity and undoubted responsibility
I cannot think of any legislation that
could make 1t more worthy Of the aspir-
ations Of our foremost statesmen. To
increase the salary would not do it, and
such an increase would be a manifest
injustice to the speaker of the house Of
representatives, whose duties are In
finitely more difficult than the work Of
presiding over the senate. l do not see
how the official duties and RESPONSE
bilities can be enlarged without max
ing a joint social or political arrange
ment of the presidency and vice-presi-
dency, and this would be absurd. In
my opinion, the vice. presidency is best
as 1t Is, and It Is an office which the
most gifted American should be proud
to hold" Other eminent dissenters are
Senators Dubois, Carter and Gear, and
Representatives Hepburn, Johnson,
Quigg and Allen.
One of the objections raised to in
creasing the vice-president's salary is
that it would appear to discriminate
against the speaker Of the house, who
does twice as much work. This objec-
tion overlooks the fact that the vice.
president Is under social obligations
which do not rest in equal measure up
on the speaker. 1t also forgets that the
vice-presidency is in dignity an office
that should rise as far above the speak,
ership as the presidency in turn rises
above 1t. 1t Is not probable that the
vice-presidency will soon be enlarged,
either as to salary or as to influence
But 1t ought to be.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

1t must be said as matter Of veracity
that the Republicans Of Luzerne do not
seem to be making much ado over the
Palmer purity platform. Are they we'd
ded to the golden idols?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

Mr.. Reeds peremptory rejection Of
the v.ce-presidency will not injure the
Republican party, but will its effect
be correspondingly harmless on Thomas
B. Reed?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

The fact Of the matter Is that even
without the umpire's help, Colonel
Shannon's men would have been hard
to beat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

1t would be good thing IL Quay, Mar.
tin and Magee would catch the harmony
infection from Marcus Hanna and take
a pledge to forgive and forget.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

We are sorry to observe that none of
our Democratic friends has yet advo-
Gated Tariff bill" Wilson for the Demo-
cratic nomination,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

There will be one disappointed man be-
cause Of the failure Of the Hastings
vice-presidential boom. His name IL
John Wanamakcr and he is a candidate
for senator.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

Harper's Weekly just now is eclipsing
all past records in it's adulant toadying
to Mr.. Cleveland. Well he needs it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

such great activity and seal. This whole
question is immersed in mystery. Who.
excepting Mr.. Cleveland. holds the key?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16
The Tribune II the only Republican
cnily in Laskawanna County.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

Consrcssncn.a!.Lars
GaLCSIIA a. GROW. OF Susquchanno.
SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT. OF Eric.
Election Day, Nov. 8.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

The latest "plagiarist% is Emile zola.
It Ii charged that in writing his last
book, Rome" he bodily stole whole
paragraphs from a book printed one
year ago by a fellow-F -Frenchman. M.
Tirmin-Didot. The citations in support
Of the charge show that M. zola bor-
rowed literally. but do not prove that he
exceeded the limits Of literary license.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

\ Anyhow, Tom Reed has this consola-
tion: No one denies that he is fit to be
president.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus,
The Tribune AstrOlOger.
Astrolabe cast: 2.47 a. M, for Tuesday.

Astrolabe cast: 2.E a. M, for Tuesday.
June l6. 1896.
Al 9 ~
A child born on this day will do well to
be born in Ohio or Indiana II he ex-
poets to be president.
II editors could only suit the outside
cities In running a newspaper. what q
glorious age Of intellectual journalism this
would be!
Mr.. Griffin. of Athletic park. may now
be considered open for suggestions.
At the hour Of going to press the new
Shah of Persia had not given his opin-
ion on the currency question.
There seems no reason why Prodigal
Chiles should not be given show at Ath-
letic park.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16
Ajacchus' Advice.

The man who is trying to frighten b.
cycles into being cheaper" may as we'll
hang up his fiddle until the factories rum
ming night and day can supply present Or
lars
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

Loan Association will loan you money
on easier terms and pay you better on
Investment than any other association
Call on 8. N. Calender. Dime Bank
building.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

MEGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS
supplies, envelopes, paper bags. twlnA
Warehouse, 10 Washington ave.. ecran.
ton. Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

BAUER's ORCHEsTRA-MUSIC FOR
balls, picnics, parties, receptions. wed.
d!ngs and concert work furnished. For
terms address r. J. Bauer, conductor.
III Wyoming avenue. over HulbertS
music store,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-16

THE ELK CAFE. 125 and 197 FRANK.
lin avenue. Rates reasonable.
p ZEIQIER HronriAtor
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-24
A.NODEL BERRY GARDEN. FOR
THE FARMER.
The Farmers Berry Garden.

y ofTTy SHruen.
The model garden is 10 rods long
ana i rods wide, one.Quarter acre.
our garden being 66 feet wide and
100 ieet long, and wishing to do all
labor possible with q horse and cul.
tivator, We stake off the ground in
rows 100 feet long and 7 feet apart
strawberry rows to DO one-half this
Instance, or three and half feet
apart Leave a head land n feet
wlue NJ each end for turning, write
NJ a. Thayer OF Sparta, Wisconsin.
MAKE the first row 3 feet from the
outside n set as follows: LIST row
Id lrnlt trees; composed OF we'll.
tested varieties OF apples, pears,
plums and cherries, such as are
hardy and known to do well in vour
particular locality. This is especially
necessary in the Northwest: I'd row
90 blackberrles, 40 Ancient Briton.
10 snyder; I'd row-5Q black rasp.
berries, 20 Nemeha, 20 Ohio. 10
oioer, Palmer or Progress; 18th row
co req raspberries, rs Marlboro, IS
outhoert, 10 Skaters Colossal; 9Th
A,, IVA
%currants. 25 Victoria, d
nea Dutch; 9Th row-white currants
g"oseberries, rs White Grape.
40 downing, 10 Houghton; 9TH, Sth.
s'n rows-SO0 Strawberries, POO
SPistilate) selected from Warield.
crescent Haverland. Bubach, Eureka.
" lstaminate) selected from
Michel's Early. Jessie, Parker Earle.
van Deman, Capt Jack, Rio; 10th
tow grapes, 6 Moore's Early. 8
morden' 3 Brighton, 8 Concord. Q
delaware These varieties have been
Vested IN the Northwest, and do we'll
IN most localities in the United
states. In more temperate climates
selections may be made from we'll
tried kinds; always bearing In mind
nat only first class plants should be
used. w
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-24

For 10 years secretary Of shs Ma
tional butter and egg association, and
since 1882 secretary Of tho Chicago
produce exchange, Col. Robert NJ.
Littlsr has been in constant demand
- . bereau Of information by oorre-
spondsnts who recognize Chicago as
the commercial center Of the country.
When such people as Col. Littler,
State Treas, Cslvin Of New York,
Modjeska, the actress, ex.Minister to
Austria John M. Francis, and hosts
Of other equally responsible persons
volunteer testimonials az to the won
dsrful virtue Of Pains's celery com.
pound. no sick or suffering person can
with any show Of reason hesitate to
make use of the great remedy that
has made SO many people we'll. Col.
Littler says:
81 have used with great benefit SOW.
sral bottles Of Paine's celery COM
pound and l have recommended it to
my friends. 1t is q wonderful spring
remedy"
60 to the busiest lawyer, editor or
business man of your acquaintance
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-24
Edooation on the Farm,

The farmers profession can be e,c,
Vated above It's present standard only
as the children improve upon the meth
Gus OF their parents. President Chad
bourne of the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural college once said that the way for
young men to rise i'm the world was TO
sIanu upon the shoulders of their faith
ers. we miss half the wear and tear i'm
lie when we acquire the faculty of
profting by the experience of other
men. III proves nothing, that some hne-
~ educated man has failed i'm farming,
OF mat some uneducated men have Sue
ceeded. Education will help a man. but
IL VIII never make one. When IL can
oe proved that a majority of educated
men upon the farm are failures and n
majority or the ~uneducated successful.
we snail all begin to question the pro-
prlety and value of education for the
turner's profession. But until that is
proved we shall believe that the farm
ers business stands upon the same
OASIS mat supports all other kinds of
business, that the general education
WHICH ii useful to the doctor, the law
YER the man upon the board of trade
Is Just as valuable to the man who tills
the soil, and that professional training
In schools OF agriculture will have the
worth upon the farm that the knowl-
edge and discipline of the law school
mas In practice before the courts.
one thing more. The circumstances
OF a armer's life are SUI h that he ia
brought into closer, because more con-
Staht contact with his family than men
engaged In other pursuits. His part
nership with the companion of his life
49, IN u business sense, certainly a very
crosse one. Side by side they often per-
form the same kinds of labor, and the
silent partner not unfrequently bears
the heaviest burdens. Many of us in
the rush and amid the distracting cares
OF our business, forget that woman's
strength Is not mans strength, that a
ceaseless monotony Of toll takes laugh
Ter from the lips, roses from the cheeks
and health from the body. No sensible
would desire that { -mers' wives
be transformed into useless orna-
ments; but 1t should be the aim of farm.
ers who would do honor to their profes.
sion to make their mothers and wives
and daughters something more than
mere household drudges, to give them
an opportunity, as far as means will per-
NIT, to satisfy those fancies and tastes,
10 cultivate those graces and those tai.
ents that are the beauty and the charm 6
true womanhood.-H. c. Adams. {
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-24

be its market value If not smutted.
The disclosure of the scheme seems to
have had n good effect, II has already
brought the price Of smutted wheat, IL
otherwise good, up TO within s cents a
bushel Of the IN quality IL not
smutted, and there is an evident desire
on the part Of millers to buy the form
or, at the narrower margin, which is
not strange, all things considered.
Much Of the smutted wheat Is otherwise
Of very fine quality; it would seem that
smut, like death, loves a shining
mark" and selects the choicest wheat
for its victims. II such wheat can be
bought for even 5 cents below it's true
market value, and can be made pure at
a o S of half n cent n bushel, the COM
petition for its possession will natu-
rally be sharp, and the margin of price
between smutted and unsmutted will
naturally grow smaller and smaller.
Stock and Home.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-24

Busy people have no time, and sensible
people have no inclination to use a slow
remedy. One Minute Cough Cure acts
promptly and gives permanent results.
O L Getting.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-24

II every farmer would build a
comfortable and suitable poultry
house and provide a "run" fenced oil
with suitable fence there would be a
very great increase in the profit OF
poultry as compared with the pre-
vailing methods. The house need
not be expensive but should be made
comfortable for both winter and
summer. and should be kept clean at
all times. The accumulations should
be Used on the garden us it affords
the best fertilizing material. The
house should be largo enough to 40
commodate tho number OF fowls
without crowding as it is important
10 health that plenty of room be
supplied. Roomy and clean quarters
will be found indispensable to health,
and freedom from lice ono OF the
greatest poultry pests.
The run need rot be very large, as
the fowls need 20 occupy it but a
portion OF the season, while the
greater portion OF the time they NAV
DO allowed to run free OF all re-
straint. By a little care and fore
thought q very profitable investment
may DO made by the farmer in the
care OF poultry, but a little neglect.
a little carelessness will result in
cutting OF the profits and very often
cause loss in the undertaking.. Fowls
allowed to shift for themselves the
year round do not bring compensa-
ZION to the farmer. la this as in
everything else there must be q pur-
pose, an intention to mako the rails.
Ing OF poultry pay, for without a
hxed design no good will be accom-
plished.
where there is q will there is q
way journal Of Agriculture.
ME. I'll give you a chance ter let me
work fer ye. I'll take a position as
clerk er cashier or anything; l don't
care. I'm a prize, I am, an / amt
hard ter please"
But don't need you, The places are
all hlied and you wouldn't suit any.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-24

who has taken Paine's celery com
pound. There are hssts of such pro.
fessional men in every city who would
hardly spare you a moments time for
strictly business matters. Ask one Of
them in his busiest hours whether he
can recommend Paine's celery com.
pound, and ten chances to one he'll
say: "Sit down. No matter about nv
being busy; always glad 10 praise
Pains's celery compound"
That is the feeling among people
who have been made strong and will
by Pains's celery compound. They
never feel happier than when they can
persuade some man or woman who is
out of health to try Paine's celery
compound. Next to doing good to
ones self there is a delight in doing
good to others. There is no more en-.
thusiastio body of intelligent men and
women throughout the country than
the great army Of those who have re-
covered health by tho use of Paine's
celery compound.
The vast majority Of diseases that
end disastrously might be quickly
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-24
The u S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all Others.
sheep ~ShearIngs.

Keeping sheep over-fat at any time
Is Injurious. and should always be
avoided. and especially the breeding
animals.
Let the breed be what it NAV.
under present conditions profit re.
quires that the largest possible
amount OF mutton be gotten out of
the sheep.
Professor Henry shows by expert.
ment that it costs 81. 81 to produce
U pounds OF gain with lambs, and
20 % to produce the same gain with
pigs OF about the same age.
The number of sheep annually
killed by dogs is something appai.
ling. 1t is said to exceed 700, 900
with a value exceeding So 600, 900.
And how much are the dogs WORTH
Given a good flock to start with.
good management with a view To
mutton production, and under average
conditions, there is no class OF stock
ina Will prove so uniformly proGta.
BILE.
The sheep is one OF the small
farmers best servants. IL not, onlv
produces wool and mutton, but II
Keeps his fields fertile with manure
n no farmer should be without at
least u small flock.
Household Helps.
Clean piano keys with a soft rae
dipped in alcohol.
Warm milk used as a wash M
night makes hard, coarse, or rough
skin soft.
Oranges and lemons will keen
well II hung in q wire not in a cool
and airy place.
A drop Of oil and a feather will do
away with the creaking In a door or
creaking chair.
Ripe tomatoes will remove ink and
other stains from white cloth; also
from the hands.
A little flour dredged over q cako
before icing it will keep the icing
from spreading and running Of.
Take egg stains from silver bv
rubbing with a wet rag which has
dipped in common table salt
Beat an egg thoroughly in a bowl
md add one teacup OF cold water TO
t. Use enough of this to thoroughly
coffee when making IL
Keep In a cold place, and waste no
more eggs by drying.
Il