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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
GROWTH OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES

New York Commercial Advertiser.
That the financial depression of the last
four years has not affected the prosperity
of public libraries is shown by a recent
report of the United States Bureau of
Education. In 1891 the total number of
libraries reporting 1000 or more volumes
each was 3503, containing in all 25,9SO 64S
volues. This year there are 4026 of this
class, with an aggregate of 33,054G72 vol
umes. There are now two libraries-the
Library Of Congress and the Boston Pub
lie Library-which contains more than
10000 four containing from 100000 to $500
600 volumes each, twenty-eight containing
from 100000 to 3OO,OOO each, siXty-nine con-
tanning so, 900 to lOO, 900 each, 155 containing
25 900 to $1,000 each. 5ll containing 10000
to 25,000 each. $50 containing 5000 to 10000
volumes each, and 2,77 containg 1000 to
5000 each.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
BOILED DOWN.
THE NEW JOURNALISM.


In the interest of the Blatherskie she had
gone to far Fill
To investigate the cannibaps cuisine;
The result of her Exposures" forced her
rapidly to flee,
Or she might have graced the royal soup
tureen,
In pursuance OF her duties she'd been
strung up by the neck
To describe a lady's feelings when she's
hung;
And in a divers dress she once. descended
on a wreck,
An adventure nearly costing her lung,
In patent safety coffin she had patiently
allowed
Herself to be inferred to prove its worth; ;
Though forgotten through some oversight
she uttered not a word
OF complaint about her soJourn under
earth.
Devotion TO her work this young woman
proved by acts,
And risks and dangers never made her
quail
But she kicked when they assigned her to
secure some 'inside facts"
About Jonah's being swallowed by the
whale!
e. d .PieTson, in New York sun
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
THE BEST ONE.

From the Wilkes-Barre Times.
The Scranton Tribune has raised its
subscription price from forty-five to fifty
cents a month, the price of nearly all othe,
morning papers. The Tribune is the best
morning newspaper in Northeastern Penn
sylvania and il well worth TIE money
asked. It's daily issues consist of never
less than ten pages and sometimes twelve
and sixteen and are always replete with
the news of the world by cable and tele-
graph. Local happenings are thoroughly
covered and its editorial comment is al.
ways moderate and intelligent. Iypograph.
icaly it is as nearly perfect as careful
makeup and a modern Hoe press car
make II.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

helped him on to the pavement The lat
ter returned his thanks very enusively,
and then said with touch of pride In his
voice. III were as yoeng as you and you
were my age, 1t would give me pleasure
to assist you in this way. ,,
are your" -.
"seventy-four," said the ancient.
MY friend" said the Alabama states
man, IL viii be seventy-stX next june
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
The Senate Defended.

The principle of arbitration is quite
as conspicuously embodied in the
amended Arbitration treaty as 1t was
in that pact's first form. Consequently
the treaty should be ratified. Its rati-
fication now would establish two
things. both of which are important:
U) that the United States is honestly
for peace in preference to war; and (2)
that 1t considers vigilance in the safe
guarding of American rights as one
of the best possible means for keeping
The peace.
In the light of human experience 1t Is
a clearly demonstrated fact that the
man or the ration gets along the best
who takes good care of himself De-
spite the fact that on every Sunday
civilized men are eXhorted from the
pulpit TO practice during the week the
Golden Rule it is yet a phenomenon
of sociology that the man or the ma
tion that begins on Monday morning to
obey this admonition strictly and in
full spirit is likely by Saturday night
to be "a good deal the worse off. 1t is
principles of candor, justice and broth =
erly love; but it Is quite another for
craftsmanship, dealing with conditions
as they are, to venture to trust unre-
servedly to these principles in every
day negotiation. While effort should
not relax to bring about ideal condi-
tions, governments and treaties must
for some time to come rest upon facts
as they now exist: and we think the
reader who catches the drift of our re-
marks will upon reelection admit that
the senate'S unwillingne9s to be driven
by general sentiment into blind ac-
ceptarce of sweeping and, as it believ-
ed, dangerous treaty terms was a bit
of cautiousness fully warranted by
British history.
1t is a grand thing for the United
States to be the leader in the onward
march 10 a higher civilization; but
practical men will not think the worse
of the senate for wanting to make that
march slowly and surefootedly and in a
manner unlikely to spoil the whole re-
suit Until universal brotherhood is
established and righteousness rules at
every capital in Christendom, the best
means for keeping peace between ma
tions is for each nation to protect its
own. They know little concerning the
temper of the American people who
fancy that because they are sophisti-
Gated they are also belligerent. We are
for peace more sincerely than any 9TH
er nation; but 1t must be peace with
out dishonor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
SCRANTON, MAY 4, 1897.

Let 1t be understood at once that
public opinion in Pennsylvania will not
accept from the Republican party as a
fulilment of it's contract obligations
a set of emasculated reform bills. Than
that, better none at all.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

Although the date Of meeting of the
Universal Postal union in Washington
is only one day removed, congress has
as yet provided no money for the
proper entertainment Of the delegates.
ours is the greatest government on
earth, but in some respects It is also
the smallest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

l don't see any occasion at present for
making a change. ] don't think l will
disturb General Lee for awhile yet"
These are sentiments which every
American will indorse.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

TO senator who recently visited the
white house in the interest of friend
that wished the appointment as consul
general at Havana. the president said
General Lee is a pretty good man to
have down there just now. He has
shown his good American mettle, and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

1t need occasion no surprise to learn
that CleVeland's practice of civil SER
vice reform was at right angles with
his enthusiastically proclaimed theories.
Nothing in the way of humbug ought
to be regarded as surprising about this
man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

According to a British expert Eng
land couldn't fight three months at
home without starving. Luckily for
American heiresses. England doesn't
fight at home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

''The newspapers" says the New
York Sun, In fine epigram, "are the
universal theater." Alas, then, that it's
stage should be 50 much occupied By
clap trap vaudeville!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

Ex-Assistant Secretary of State
Rockhill is said to be booked for the
Chinese mission. China is remote
enough; it will do.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

Instead of Pennsylvania adopting
dress parade uniforms for her National
Guard. because the latter looked SOL
dier-like in the Grant monument page
antry, the opinion of the Rochester
Chronicle is that the other states
would do well to follow Pennsylvania S
example"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04


Even # Great Britain had been the
sincere friend of the United States since
the establishment of the republic; If she
had not perpetrated the wrongs that led
up to- and the outrages that marked her
conduct in the war of 1872; If she had not
brutally used her sea power to overhaul
our peaceful merchantmen and seize our
citizens and force them into her navy;
if, added to this and many similar wrongs
before that war; she had not disgraced
civilization by putting the torch to our
capitol and the executive mansion; If,
when our great trial came on in 1861, she
had been content to act the part of an
honest neutral power, even If all evil
dences of unfriendliness were lacking, it
would not be our duty to plunge into
European politics and wars in her behalf
We are not disposed to foster ill-feeling
between the two great English-speaklng
peoples. We hope that Great Britain will
long remain at peace with all her con-
tinental nelghbors, and we would like to
see good reason to hope that she will
not harrass weak peoples in other parts
of the world. In short, we wish Well to
England and the English. But we be-
lieve that no contingency could arise that
would induce our government and our
people to take the side of any European
power in actual war If we ever go
across the ocean to fight it will be to
ayenge wrongs inflicted on ourselves, and
not to help one power in conflict with
Tiers
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
TWISTING THE LIONS EAIL'

From the Washington Post.
1t is the opinion of Mr.. Balfour thA'
If, in the course of time and events, Great
Britain should become involved IN con
fict with the continental powers, the
United States would side with her. lhe
utterance of this belief was que 10 the
appearance of a somewhat startling mag
azine article, in which the writer graphl-
cally portrayed the deplorable condltlon
to which England might be reduced IL
France and Russia should combine TO
force the insular kingdom into submission
by starvation. This writer suggests that
the cruisers Of these two great conuneh-
tai powers could destroy the commerce
of Great Britain and transfer the woriu ;
carrying trade to other hands; aso tnaL
by making food supplies contraband OF
war they could deprive the population OIL
England of the means of subsistence, since
they never have more than few weeks
supply on hand. and are absolutely de-
pendent on other countries for the neces-
saries of existence. Mr.. Ealfour says thdt,
should such a crisis occur, the United
States would come to the rescue of Eng
land in spite of its traditional friend snip
for France and Russia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

1t is not within the bounds of proba-
bility, although 1t is, of course, possible
that the combined navies of France ana
Russia will ever be able to blockade Eng
land. And if that ability should ever
exist, it may not be employed. Present
Indications seem to point to a cooling or
of the attachment between the govern
ments of Paris and st. Petersburg, and
corresponding growth of amity between
France and England. But If all that Mr..
Balfour contemDlates of possible woe 10
England should come; If the warships OF
continental Europe should sweep ner
merchant vessels from the ocean, as ours
We're swept by English vessels under the
Confederate flag thirty-five years ago; II
her ports We're bloCkaded, and surrender
or starVe" were the only terms of the
enemy, we are not SO sure as Mr.. Bafour
Is that it would be either the duty or the
inclination of the United States to inter-
fere. We are by no means inclined to DC
lieve that in any possible contingency, the
United States would depart from it's tradi-
tional policy of non-interference in Euro
pean affairs. 1t is the unwrtte1 law of our
republic, a law that is as likely to be OBJ
served as any provision of our Constitu-
ton, that we avoid foreign cntangle-
ments. To side with Great Britain in the
emergency depicted by the magazine
writer, and seriously discussed in the
house of commons, would directly involve
us in a great and costly war; 1t would
be a greater sacrifice than any nation
has ever made for another since time he
gan.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-12-03

PERSONAL AND lMPERsohAL

-Chauncey M. Depew never drInHS
anything at a banquet except the driest
kind of champagne, and if he is to speak
he drinks no wine at all until after he
has finished his speech. Two glasses OF
brut champagne are usually his limit.
1t is said that the princess of Wales
is becoming extremely sensitive to the
effects of music and that there is one
air from an oratorio to which she can
never listen, without shedding tears. As
a young girl the princess used to prac-
t1ce the piano great deal, and could
spend many happy hours alone with the
instrument.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie
have left Cluny castle, the seat of Cluny
Macpherson in Inverness-shire,o on their
way to Cannes, where they intend to
stay for several months. Mr.. and Mrs.
Carnegie, who have been the tenants Of
Cluny for eight years, will nextIsummer
take up their residence at Skibo castle,
Sutherlandshire.
The German emperor and empress
are to reside at the Neue Palais, Pots
dam, during the next two months, after
which they go to Berlin for their an
nual stay at the Schloss. The emperor
killed IS stays during his four days
chase at Hubertstock, when he was
out each day from seven, in the morn
ing until five in the afternoon. The i'm
perial hunting lodge is surrounded by a
forest of beech and oak.
Queen Victoria's two fatherless
grandsons, Prince Alexander of Batten-
berg and the young duke of Albany,
are both at the same school at Park
place, Lyndhurst, on the borders of the
New Forest, Hampshire. These two
cousins are nearly contemporaries. The
duke of Albany was born in 1884 and
Prince Alexander in 1886. Prince Ar
thur of Connaught is at school at Elton
and is past IA years of age, as he was
horn in January, 1888
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-12-03

"Farher mentioned something about
the probability of an immediate arrest
she said, in a wavering tone. But
thought he did it out of spite"
mo; 1 presume he must have got
1t from something the police have set
afoat," Hendricks replied, "and think
you ought to know what to expect. But
even if they should arrest you, Mr..
WILDLY, try to put brave face on the
matter, and hope for a clear acquittal
at a trial in court. I shall hurry up
matters in New York, promise you.
DIR. Lampkin has agreed to join me, and
together we are going to track the rep
tile"
"Do you expect to find anything about
the man at that Brooklyn address?"
asked WILDLY, gloomily.
Perhaps so; but it may only be a
private letter box place, and those peo-
pie are very hard to get anything out
of. AS rule, their business is little
off color, you know, and they dread ex-
posture. The return of my letter shows
that the murderer is on his guard, and
he may steer clear of that address"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-12-03
INSANE FROM A RESOLVE.

st. Louis Woman Who Has Only
Spoken One Word In Twenty Years.
Though gifted with the command of
speech, Miss Kate Schieber, an inmate
of the observation ward of the city
hospital, st. Louis, has only uttered one
word in 20 years. When she was 81
years old, working as seamstress,
Kate made VOW to her mother that
she would never speak again. With the
exception of once saying mo" to ques-
ton, she has most religiously kept her
word, and at AZ is incurab bly, insane. At
the city hospital she is regarded as
mystery and the queerest insane
woman that ever entered the institu-
ton. She refuses to eat or drink and
can be picked up and carried around
without the slightest demonstration
from her. If nurse lays her on the bed
she remains there motionlesS. If she
is fixed in a corner of the ward she re-
mains a motionless fixture. She acts
like an automaton. She moves only
when somebody moves her. She seems
afraid of man. She tries to hide from
him and seeks the most secluded corner
in trying to avoid him. One morning
she placed her hand on a hot register
ID must have hurt her, for there was
red mark on her hand. But she said not
a word, made no sound, and any amount
of begging could not induce her to utter
a syllable. The other patients regard
her with wonder, not unmixed with
fear, and even the nurse is afraid that
she will break into some violent act be-
fore long. She is becoming weak, how
ever, because she will accept no nour-
ishment.
In a neatly kept, but humble home at
Sill South Third street lives the old.
widowed mother of Kate Schieber. Her
form is bent almost double, caused by
hard work. She is " years old and too
feeble to care for her unfortunate
daughter. In broken English Mrs.
Schieber told the story of Hates life.
She said that her daughter had to go out
to work early because her father had
died, leaving the family penniless. She
was always a jolly, light-hearted girl
and ambitious to get on. She grew up a
handsome woman, and many eligible,
young men sought her acquaintance.
When about 20 years old she fell in love
with one of them. Her lover proved
faithless, however, and on the day she
learned the news her demeaDor COM
menced to change. She lost all desire
for company, amusement or recreation,
and never went out of the room after
her work was done. 'She continued
this way for six years." said Mrs. Schie-
Der. "Remonstrance was of no avail,
and, noticing that she was breaking
down, begged her to drive away her
melancholia. Persistent in my entreat-
les, one day she turned round and said:
There, I'll never speak to you nor any
one else again, if l live to be so years
Old Then followed symptoms of in
sanity. Then she became hopelessly i'll.
At times during all these 20 years she
has regained strength sufficient to err
able her to be about the house. During
these intervals she would be violent. /
feared bodily harm and sent her to tie
hospital. Aout six years ago Kate re-
piled No to a question asked her. Thxt
IS the only word heard her utter in 20
years. Sometimes she would laugh 1T
joke, but not if she knew she was OBJ
served. Chicago Chronicle.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-12-03
MoNGoLIAN PHEASANTS.
Fame of OregOn's Gamest Bird Causes
a Lively Demand from Other States.

Lively Demand from Other States.
A remarkable demand is being made
for Mongolian Eheasants. The fame of
Oregon's gamest of birds has spread
all over the United States, and, know
ing good thing when they see it, the
eastern sportsnen are particularly anx-
ious to secure number of the choice
birds for breeding. 1t is not likely that
any great number of the Monaghan
pheasants will be sent out of Oregon.
The shipment of these birds beyond the
boundaries of the state is prohibited by
law, except under permit. There have
been large numbers thus shipped, and
there has also been a goodly number of
the birds successfully struggled out
The state of Ohio now maintains
pleasantly at Van Vert and is furnish
ing eggs and birds to private parties.
The pheasants were introduced into
Ohio from Oregon, but there is no rec
ord here of any permits being issued
for the transportation of such birds to
that state, and it is supposed the first
lot was struggled through. The fish
commissioners of California are at
tempting to introduce the Monaghan
pheasant into that state, and some
weeks ago placed an order in the hands
of man living in Eugene for 400 pairs.
Mr.. Mcclure will take good care that
no such number of birds is sent to Cali
fornia or any other state, as it would
be clear violation of law to do so. In
order to secure permit for shipment
of pheasants out of the state the person
doing so must make an affidavit that he
is the owner and in possession of the
pheasants he wants to ship. He must
also swear that the birds are fully do
mesticated and kept for propagation
and exhibition purposes.
The persons who have gone into the
business of shipping pheasants for the
money there is in it have. in some in
stances, an easy conscience and have no
qualms in making the affidavit after
catching the birds and keeping them in
confinement for two or three days. In
order to circumvent this class of peo-
pie Protector Mcclure has revised the
affidavit to be made so that it will read
shat said Mongolian pheasants were
bred and raised in confinement" and
the name of the breeder will also have to
be given. The introduction of the Mon
golian pheasant in Virginia is being
taken up with great enthusiasm by the
sportsmen of that state, who hope for
its success.-Portland Oregonian.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-12-03

head out Of his metEer's apron. For
moment there was deep silence as he
stood hesitatingly before her.
"Uncle Tom," faltered the boy ''He
did it. Ipromised him not to tell soul
not even you; and L wouldn't, but you
made me- - 81,
"Ah, see," said the woman, angrily,
and her gray eyes flashed as she turned
to Hendricks. ut is some of my broth.
er's mischief; but will not have him
mixing my innocent children up IN his
miserable affairs. 1t is shameful, the
way he has been acting!" "
HE asked me to let him use my
name," said the boy, who had grown
calmer. ''He told me it wasn't anything
but joke on friend of his-a woman,
who thought she was writing to a man
she never saw. took the answers to
Uncle Tom"
"Outrageous!" cried the woman. 81
am ashamed of my own name when one
who bears it can do such things"
Where is he ?" asked Hendricks, with
sudden craftiness of look and manner.
1T is only trifling matter, that can
easily be settled, but I'd like to see HIM"
Hes upstairs, asleep, now" the
woman replied, still angrily. 'He's
sleeping off one of his all-nght prowls
around town. have been willing to
give him bed and board here when he
is with us, in spite of his being regular
disgrace to us all with his queer no
tions. Sarah" she broke off suddenly,
seeing that Hendricks had moved near
er the door and signaled to DIR. Lamp
kin, run up and tell him to come down
here, and to be quick about it. want
an explanation of his conduct, and I'll
have it now"