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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27
The Perils of Wealth.

Another scandal In high life" Is pur-
a British court and serving anew to
illustrate the social perils of an aris-
tocracy. BY his own mother-in-law,
the Lady" Scott, the owner of name
once eminent in English history, Earl
Russell, is accused in open court of
practices Of Incredible bestiality and
the noble earl. in denial, airily charges
the mother Of his wife with that crime
which society in all ages has deemed
the worst a woman can commit. And
all this edifying interchange Of do
mestc pleasantries passes almost with
out notice. not because the public
lacks interest in scandal, but because
SO trivial an affair as the lifting of
the curtain in the private life of the
"leisured classes" and the disclosure
of gross depravity has grown too COM
mon to excite remark.
The circumstance, however, pre-
sents lessons which merit attention.
Undoubtedly there are many peers of
England, many lords and ladies of the
realm, whose private lives are in ac-
cord with the dignity of their rank.
just as there are manv rich men and
women in America who are the nObleI
because of their triumph over the temp
tations which wealth excites. But it
still remains true that wealth beyond
the first generation is an obstacle rath-
er than help to social purity and that
the worst thing which Il parent can
do for the future of his child is to
bequeath to that child n large fortune.
Work is first-cousin to virtue. The
busy man is generally the decent man.
Honorable activity brOadens character
and disciolnes the passions. Hence
men who themselves acquire large for
tunes by dint of personal industry are
much more liable to lead clean lives than
are the men of a secOnd. third or fourth
generation to whom this wealth comes
as an inheritance doing away with the
need for work and offering itself as
q ready aid to indoience and sensuality.
Any forecast of the future of America
which hopes to be accurate must take
into account the inevitable moral de-
terioration Of large numbers Of peo-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27
HIS NEiGIIBO - WIFE.

One year ago. in lonely state,
I'd sit and gaze across the way
Into n homo where, early, late.
At all hours things We're bright and CAV
a couple. young and free from care.
Alas. how dreary seemed my life.
For she was blithc and witching fair.
The girl | called my neighbor's wife.
One year ago-how could they guess
That glimrses of their paradise
And tokens of their happiness
Were oft observed by Cnvious eyes!
l learned to hate the other man;
| swore that he had wrecked my life:
For could but have changed the plan
Shed not have been my neigh5or's wife
One year ago And now there sits
Beside me, witching. fair and gay,
The girl loved: and now there fits
Another girl across the way.
Yet I'm not false. nor tickle I've:
And he and are friends +, life,
She was his sister. don't you s,e?
And now she Is his neishbor's wife.
Brooklyn Life.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

of appointment or removal. After his
retirement he becomes q deputy may
or and an alderman. thus securing to
the city the benefit of his experience.
There is no politics in the mayors Of
nee. He is nearly always the coun-
ellis unanimous choice. Only once has
there been n contest. The town clerk,
who is the city's legal adviser. re-
ceives $1,000 year. and the heads
of the various departments are paid
in proportion. III subordinate position
the civil service principle of fitness
obtains. Political opinion plays no part
either i'm securing employment from
the city or in influencing dismissals.
Perhaps the most astonishing thing
in Mr.. Parker's paper. from an Amer
lean standpoint. is his statement that
he has seen no attack upon the hon
esty ot the council or of any of its
members. In the worst times, even
when ineiiiciencv was common. never
was there a scandal about paving.
street cleaning Or public works, or cor
ruption alleged about the management
ot the police. Criticism is heard about
matters of opinion, this or that policy
is pronounced mistake. hut no in
timation Is uttered that Il man in a
public place Is using IT tn make money
tor himself Or his friends. Even did
opportunity permit, public sentiment
is So eNacting that Il man less honest
in public capacity than In his private
business could not remain in the coun-
Gil for day This last sentence
doubtless explains the Who'll" difference
between English and American results
in municipal administration, our meth
DDS are in the main good enough; it is
our public sentiment which Is at fault
which condones rascality and is con-
tent with vicious and ignorant public
service.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27
SCRANTON. NOVEMBER 81. 1896.

1t seems exceedingly improbable tha'
o. satisfactory revision OF the tarili
can be made during the coming shor'
session of congress. The Republican
marty had better take time enough t.
do a good Job.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27
TgT E()R Y.
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rom the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
1t seems rather a pity that tn. authori-
ties at eWst Point will not permit the
cadets to play foot ball with the Carlisle
Indians There is a popular impression
that the art OF fighting the red men
should constitute a part cf West Point
education.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

Secretary of Statc-Cushman X. Davis,
of Minnesota.
Secretary of the Treasury-William B. AL
l.son, of Iowa.
Secretary of War-General Horace Porter,
of New York.
Secretary of the Navy-Matthew Stanley
Quay, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary Of the Interior-Sheby NJ Gull
lon. of Illinois.
Secretary of Asrculture-J. H. Brigham,
of Ohio.
Postmaster Gcneral-Henry C. Payne, of
Wisconsin.
Attorney General-Nathan Goff, of West
Virginia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

Readers of the daily news doubtless
have noticed that we are having just
at present a cycle of suicides. What
are the conditions of modern life which
goad to self-destruction and what is
society doing to ameliorate them?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

Says the Altoona Tribune, a Wana-
maker organ: NO representative in
the next assembly who is really in IA
vor of John Wanamaker for United
States senator will vote for Henry X.
Boyer for speaker of the house. We
might just as we'll have an explicit un-
derstanding Of this matter now as
later" Very we'll; then if Boyer is
elected speaker will Wanamaker take
it as his death blow and gracefully give
up the ghost?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27
The Farmers and the Tariff.

There was q remark in the speech OF
the spokesman of the committee OF 'he
National grange which on Wednesday
waited at Canton on the president-elect
.hat Possesses much Significance. we
hone" said he 1.-THE Republican party
vii! give us not only representative
I'm the cabinet but fair and generous
treatment in it's tariff bill" Undoupt-
edly there is an impressions among the
farmers. nor is it wholly erroneous. that
in mast tariff bills their interests nave
not received generous treatment. 10
this feeling may be attributed in large
part the Republican reverses IN 1871
and 1892 and the large agricultural
vote cast for Brvan four weeks ago.
1t will he remembered that Mr. Blaine
foretold this revolt OF the farmers anu
did all in his power to avert 1t, with
only partial success. The Republican
party will do well to take warning from
the past.
In one of his speeches during the
recent campaign. Major MCKINNEY
while addressing delegation OF Penn
sylvania farmers. took occasion To re-
mark in effect that while the Repubil-
can party cannot guarantee to reduce
to an apDreciable extent the American
farmers competition it can ana VIII
agree to increase the number ana ap-
petite of his consumers. In the sense
in which this remark was made 1t was
eminently true. The major was speak
ing especially of the large multiplica-
tion in Argentina, Siberia and India
Of the wheat-growing area with It's
Inevitable forcing downward ot the
Liverpool price of wheat. 1t Is pain
that this competition cannot he stopped
by the United States. IT Is one OF the
hazards of trade against which statu-
tory law cannot avail. The American
farmer who grows wheat or corn Tor
export must take his chances in the
foreign market against such competi-
tors as may there await him. But he
may with reason and he does with
Justice ask that when a tariff bill is
framed protecting the manufactures or
the miner in the possession of the
American market it shall also protect
him in the possession of that market
as against the Canadian hay, potato
or barley grower. the Mexican cattle
raiser or the British Columbian lum-
herman. Anything less than this would
be rank discrimination.
1t is possible that the farmers them
selves are somewhat to blame for past
neglect of their interests at Washing
ton. When a manufacturing interest
wants something done for it in fed
eral legislation it sends it's commit
tees to the capital with an exact state
ment of grievances and demands. But
there Is practically nobody authorized
to speak save in general terms for the
farmers of the country and 1t Is only
human nature that congress, like Prov
idence, should help those who first
evince an inclination to help them
selves. The advice of General Harri-
son before the National grange at In
dianapois the other day is pertinent
in this connection. He told the farm
ers to organize, formulate their de-
sires and lay them fairly before the
people. He said with truth that the
common sense and common Justice of
the great majority of the citizens of
this country are jury which never
fails to return an honest verdict.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

II the business interests OF Philadel-
phia really want representation in the
senate, let them pick as their cand-
date some man thoroughly worthy of
the high honor and then unite to a
man in his support.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

The fact that Hon. John Wanamaker
was recently sentenced in a federal
court to pay fine of $1,000 for import
ing contract labor is beginning to in
jure his candidacy for senator. 1t does
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

If we were at all confident that the
proposition would produce effective re-
offer prize for the best practical an
swer to the question: How may our
present constabulary system be made
worth something's
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27


Troop A, Of the Ohio National Guard
| will act as escort to President-elect Will
| lam Mckinley on his way from Canton
| to Washington when he goes to be in
| augurated. J. II. Millar, of Cleveland
| brother of Alderman W. s. Millar. be-
| longs to Troop a, and 1t Is one of the fin
| est military organizations in the union
| The alderman and his brother were in
| clined toward Democracy In their youth
| but the alderman decided that the princi-
| pies of the Republican party were the best
| and he has voted according to this con-
victon since he became of age. His
brother. however. cast his lot with the
party of free trade. but when 1t came to
| free silver he said. II don't want any of IT
| i'm mine.' and he intends to be a Repubi-
can henceforth.
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An elderly gentleman in the Hotel Jer-
| myn the other evening approached trav-
| cling man and inquired with apparent Sc
robustness:
DO you know why this city is called
| Scranton"
NO" was the reply. "Why is It"'
"Because"--and this was said with ali
| possible innocence-"that's its name"
ill
Speaking of state politics, it is generally
believed hereabouts that Reading Clerk
James T.. Watkins, of the last house. will
! be reelected. He gave excellent satisfac-
| tion two years ago.
tit
| DR.. d. =. Hand, the well-known and sue
| cessful physician, is among the cnthusi-
| asts with rod and gun In this city. DR..
| Hand spent a portion of his life in Nayn,
county. ard usually visits the scenes OF
| his 5oyhood days each autumn, where he
remains several weeks hunting small
game, which Is plentiful in that region
Dr. Haad claims that his annual outin,
passed on the breezy hills of Wayne is
| the most beneficial of the few breathing
! spells that he enjoys during the year.
| -:Il:-
"Why do you beg?' asked the kindheart.
| ed r:oman.
II can't help It, ma'am." said the beg
gar. MY wife's n widder, with five chii-
dren. and they look to me for support
| Hirper's Bazaar.
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The resignation Of Mr.. Tha yer, who rc-
| Gently established in connection with q
| local printing shop show lithOgrap.iing
plant, is announced. Mr.. Thayer Is one
Of the most expert lithograohers in the
| among theatrical folk. His plans for the
| future have not been announced, but lie
| has so many advance orders for work
| that he will probably not be long in form
| ing a new connection.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27
FORTUNATE.

From the San Francisco Examiner.
General Lees report that Weyler treat
Cd him well is partly confirmed by the
fact tnat Lee got out Of Cuba alive.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

1t is growing clearer day by day that
Major Mckinley is a man Of infinite
patience, courtesy and tact-just the
man, in fact, to straighten things out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27
ANOTHER CABINET uvEsS,

AS to Martin not being for Penrose
we suppose its only reciprocity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

In all fairness we submit that it Is
now time to put that "partitioning of
Turkey" joke away In camphor until
next year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

pie by reason of their inheritance of
unearned wealth. We in this genera
tion are seeing something of this deter
ioration In the eagerness of our mon
eyed families to contract alliances with
the rotten aristocracy of Europe. 1t
may not be long before the divorce
courts of the United States will stink
with Odors such as are to be found al
most any day in Great Britain, and
we might better realize this fact and
prepare for it than to hush the subject
up and play the ostrich trick of pre-
tending not to see what we dislike to
see. II is perhaps a peril not to be
averted by legislation; but we have
sometimes thought that law limiting
the value of inheritances might be
quite as good thing for the pros
pective heirs as it would ne for society
at large.
1t is now said that Grover is going to
play for q farewell record as buster
of trusts, and will soon start big bear
dance among the great commercial
combinations. The man who invented
this narrative certainly has prime
n
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

After all, what does the Kinsley in
vestigation amount to, beyond adver-
tising the paper which provoked it?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27
TOUGH ON TILLMAN.
rom the Cincinnati Times Star.

T TUnI IIIt NlHVIHIIHtI HHes-oIHT
For the first time under free ballot
and fair count the city Of Charlestown.
S. c.. has gone Republican. Pitchfork
Tillman is so disgusted he may make his
future home in Kansas
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

The Cuban situation simply resolves
itself into this: Maceo apparently
"daSsent"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

Mayor Bailey tells one on himself.
When he was a boy on the farm In Waver-
ly his father sent him to Scranton one
day after Il half-barrel of ale. With the
price Of the a.e and two shill!ngs for the
CIR! at the toll gate, he started for town
behind the best team in the stable and
made the return trip in due season. With
out waiting to be told he took the half
barrel into the summer kitchen to tap it.
Up to this time his experience had been
confined to tapping cider and vinegar bar
rels, and with blissful innocence he got an
auger and commenced to tap the ale. His
father heard the noise of the auger going
through the roof of the kitchen and he
found the future mayor drenched to the
skin, scared almost to death and lying Cn
the floor beside the empty barrel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

II 1t was all like a dream" to Bry-
an he must be a pretty active somnam-
bulist.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

1t seems to be generally conceded
that Thomas c. Platt will soon re-en-
ter the senate. He will be q daisy
there
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

Four states now have complete wo-
man suffrage-Colorado, Utah, Wyom-
ing and Idaho. 1t does not appear from
any report which we have seen that
the granting to women in these states
of the right to vote has wrought any
thing like revolution in political NOR
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

While Bryan does the talking Sewall
seems to be doing lot Of quiet think
ing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

One of the prominent labor leaders in
Scranton Is compiling a list of foremost
citizens who buy their household supplies
out Of town. He threatens If the habit
is not stopped to secure Its publication
and says that the appearance of these
names in print would cause an opening Of
eyes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

There probably is no keener political
prophet in this part of the state than
Colonel James a. Sweeney, of Hazleton.
Although a Democrat he is on the inside
of Republican politics at Harrisburg and
therefore nearly always hits the mark.
Although he hints at the possibility of Il
new man winning the United States SEN
atorship and in that connection speaks
favOrably of ex-Lieutcnant Governor
Watres, he says frankly that at present
the advantage seems to be with Governor
Hastings, who. while making very little
noise in his canvass, appears to be gain
ing in favor to the extent that he Is now
regarded as a possible winning factor by
many Of the political w!seacres.'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

a placard which Is posted cOnspicuously
in several business houses for the guild
ance Of applicants for aims reads thus:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

Through r. j. Beamish the Scranton Bi-
cycle club has challenged the Green Ridge
Wheemen to a game of foot ball. The
challenge, it is understood, will be accept
cd provided the Green Ridge boys can Sc
cure John II. Blackwood to play opposite
to Beamish.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

Mrs. DeGuseh-That Mrs. Follol doesn't
know how to behave in polite society. bu,
then, after all, she is hardly to blame for
1t. She has really never had a chance to
mingle with refined people.
Mrs. CantOr-Dear me! l can hardly be.
lieve it. But, then, you must know. You
and she have been friends for so long
Cleveland Leader,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

This Firm Is a Member Of .
tho Associated Charities. II
You Want Help Go to the
Board of Health Rooms in the =
Municipal Building.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27
dlsf a Word or TWo
Of CasuaI Mention.

The business mems class at the Young
Mems Christian association gymnasium,
which meets Wednesdays and Fridays
frCm to o'clock in the afternoon. Is
rapidly gaining in interest. Under the IN
telligent supervision of Physica! Director
Hoff, who is by all odds the most capable
man Yet employed in that capacity by the
local association. 1t is discovering new
muscles every day and developing them
steadily. There probably is no one among
those who have undergone this course OF
exercise who Is not surprised that larS-
er number of the business and professional
men Of the city do not avail themselves
of the privileges of the gym These
tri-weekly drills are easily worth ten
times the!- cost as health restorers. The
physicians of the city would soon eni-
CRATE If the public once realized what 1t
is missing by not attending the hoif sani-
tarium.
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1t is to the credit of the feminine por-
ton of this community that Scranton has
not yet reached the girl football team
craze.
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With its issue this week the ELEPHANT
Record enters upon its NTH year and in
commCmoration of that fact 1t prints ten
pages on pink paper. Editor Kennedy,
who has made the Record one of the neat
est and brightest inland papers In the
state, takes an optimistic view of the si;-
uation. The four years of the Record 5
life," he says, have not been all sun
shine. and neither have they been all
cloudy. We have had our ins and outs,
and have been able to get some honey
from the lions carcass. The few past
years have been years of money strinSen-
cy, ana the Record came in for share
of the tussle. We have stood it and are
still in the ring. with brighter expecta-
tions than ever before. We wish the COM
piimcnts of the season 10 all, and trust
We shalt see many happy returns of the
day" The Record certainly deserves to.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-27

Speaking of state politics, it is generally
believed hereabouts that Reading Clerk
James +. Watkins, of the last house, will
be reelected. He gave excellent satisfac-
ton two years ago.
The Newtown bee., 1896-03-13

It will be remembered that while he was a student at Brown University he was very s ick with this trouble and for quite a time in a critical condition, being cared for in the Providence hospital. MT Hull is 2 very worthy and ambitious young man and has the qualities for useful life.
 Mrs A. l.. Winton of Bridgeport has been entertained at the home of Mrs C. B. Wheeler.
 I5Imon Purdy signed a grand juror complaint against MT Tryon of Middle town for fraudulent transactions in his apple business, having rendered in pay ment for the apples checks which were ~ot honorcd al the bank.
 Cs'ev Fields and Charles Nichols have uh luvd large wood piles for Edsor Hayes rnd John Burritt. They have 8 fine working power and do rapid work.
 Jasse Turner, the velerqu blacksmith of Pepper street, has lost good family horse by spinal monineiris.
 Mir Etibu Taylor of Eeston has been shc guest If Mir, Charles E. Lyon.
The Newtown bee., 1896-03-13
MONROE.
AT ST PETERS.

|
 Rev MT Cone of Christ church, Bridge port, kindly officiated at St Peter's, last Thursday evening. He was listened to with great attention. There was an un. usually good attendance.
 Some of our citizens attended the OK fair at Woodbury and report that some 40 to 50 pairs were shown, but very few sales. The Changers furnished a fine dinner for 15c.
 Several members of Harmony Grange attended rhe Pomona Grange meeting at stratford, Wednesday.
 W. H Bennett has recently visited his sister, Mrs John Lake.
 MT and Mrs A. ". Banks paid flying visit to their old home on Tuesday. MT. Banks has rented his house to Herbert k. Green of Bridgeport for a year.
 Walter Burnett is cutting wood for Clifford Banks.
 George J. Banks has recently tuned Mrs Wilson sherman's organ.
 Mrs Almira PFindle Is suffering with { l