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Particularly sad pictures showing a pow
erty-stricken child examining an empty
stocking or Christmas morning. were num-
er0us Christmas. Isn't il probably a fact,
much sadder than the pjcture. that the
enid OF poverty IS 50 bereft of dreams,
and so near dreary material world, that
Il would not 50 deceive itsell:
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According to the almanac, December q
is the shortest day in the year. Accord
ing to the bank book, December 26 is.
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

Again the republic has cause to remem-
Der that the average life Of the average
toy is instantaneous.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

Emperor William still continues to COB
BILE hunks of China with the delicate diplo-
matte touch of a man milking a cow in
boxing gloves.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

II is said that sausages have been con-
stantly going down since the Luetgert trial
in price, and not going the other way.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

Lot No. I
Fancy all wool Novelty Suiting., regu-
lar 2sc values, 10 close at 1sc.
Lot No.
5 pieces grey. brown and green mixed
all wool Suitings 40 inches wide. 4ec
article, az &c.
Lot No. 3
10 pieces fancy French two toned JAG
guards, a beautiful Novelty, regular
price 5Sc, 20 close a. s3c.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

In good many Kansas homes the le-toe
was missing, but the miss was not
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

Today Mrs. Walkup-Ketcham meets her
husbands relatives in court, and the curl
on her beautiful lip viii be worth fighting
the bail!ff for a chance to see.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

In several senses, Armour discovered that
young Letter knows a great deal
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

The Pathological cranks might object to
the phrase that Mrs. Lease has cast her
castor into the ring.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

\ Virginia statesman has introduced
biu TO prohibit flirting. There Is nothing
in the constitution OF the United States
which makes it compulsory for a man 10
act id.o;ic the minute ne is elected to the
legislature, but good many seem to think
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

The scientist who discovered that the
stomach is not necessary is named Schlat-
ter. 1t is curious to note, however, that
Schlatter, the healer, starved TO death.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

Very little is likely TO be heard about 3D.
metallism in the future. Bryan expresses
himself as pleased with Mexico's prosperity.
Mexico has a silver monometalIism.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

Nearly half the deficit in the government
revenues come from the postoffice depart
ment. and Will continue to come therefrom
so long as alleged fast mails for private in
terests are maintained.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

Japan. while watching Russia, Germany
and England help themselves to China,
must appreciate how a banker feels who
has shown a burglar the combination TO
his ca fp
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28

What tickle jade Fortune is. You heard
nothing about how Arthur Sswau spent
his Christmas, did you? And yet you
would nave heard about il in detail had
Bryan won out for president
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-28
GEORGE INNES 6 co.
Formerly WANanxsaS&e
Time for Dress Goods Clearance

You know how We handle Dress Goods pick and choose
from the great stocks of Greater New York,
choose from the worlds best looms France Germany
England. We overstocked lines and put
bargains in commencing tomorrow, (Wednes-
day) morning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14
OUR PRESIDENTS.

George Washington first of all presidents
stands,
Who, then, to John Adams his high Office
hands,
Thomas Jefferson next. beloved of the ma
tion,
The man who first drafted our great Dec
Under Madison war with Great Britain
did cease,
And Monroe ushered in new era of
peace;
Now in John O.. the Adams have their
last inning,
And, with Jackson, Democracy has it's
beginning.
Then Van Buren,, then Harrison, who
very soon dies;
Then Tyler, the first Of vice presidents to
rise.
Polk, commanding. saw Mexico massed as
our foes,
And Zach Taylor then on the wars crest
arose:
Millard Fillmore then came, when the
great fighter died,
And then Franklin Pierce and Buchanan
were tried.
Great Abraham Lincoln Fame's flaming
hand beckoned.
To the immortal Washington hardly a
second;
Andrew Johnson was seated when Lin
coin was killed
And it cannot be said that the chair was
quite filled.
Ulysses S. Grant, who had made war to
cease,
Came next, with his olive branch: Let
us have peace"
Next the well-meanlng Hayes, so kindly
in face;
Then Garfield. and Arthur, his vice. held
the place;
Then Cleveland, of whom as ian acct
dent" speak,
He was put in the place by a clerical
freak
Ben Harrison next had the place for
awhile.
And then we gave Cleveland a thorough
retrial.
On this second inning he panned out quite
thinly,
And the people turned in and elected Nc
Kinley.
j. S. Briggs. in Rochester Chronicle.
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against whom they have not the clear
proof Of guilt which was possessed by
the husband referred to above? II these
men, after their arrest and conviction,
should apply to him for a pardon,
could he with good grace deny their
appeal after having in SO public and
emphatic a manner indorsed the taking
of summary and violent vengeance on
invaders of the sanctity of the home?
1t can hardly be held by any thought
full person that the penalties provided
by law for the alienation of a wife's af-
fections and for adultery constitute an
adequate punishment or afford the
slightest reparation for the injuries
thus wrought to the husbands and chill
dren affected. But can the matter be
mended by inviting the principal suf-
ferer himself to disregard the law and
to constitute himself an armed COM
mittee Of one to murder his enemy?
1t appears to us that Governor Atkin-
son has in this matter permitted his
sympathies to run away with his judg-
ment. We do not say that his SYM
rathies are discreditable; but as the
executive head and chief symbol of law
and order for the commonwealth of Vir-
ginia, it is his duty to weigh problems
of this kind carefully and iudicially, to
the end that the greatest good shall be
conserved for the greatest number.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14
A Governor in Error.

Governor Atkinson of West Virginia
recently pardoned a man who had been
convicted of shooting his wife's nara
mour; and in the message accompany-
ing the pardon he took occasion to ex-
press regret that the injured husbands
bullet had not proved fatal This hay-
ing provoked criticism the governor
now makes public a letter in which he
reviews the facts in the case, showing
Them to point to an especially helnous
ofense on the part of the man shot
and adds: 81 again say that any man
who has heart in his body and wife
and children cannot but feel the sam.
in the same MANNER"
Let this be granted. Could not the
governor of West Virginia have signed
that pardon without any accompany
ing eulogy of the legal offense of shoot
ing with intent to kill? We will con-
ceae that in this particular case the
facts were such as seemingly to Justify
the husband in the course he took In
aVenge the wrong done to him; and
that therefore the governor made what
will be regarded by nine men out Of ten
as a justifiable use OF the pardoninr
power. How would the governor feel
II during the next few weeks a dozen
jealous husbands In West Virginia
should accept his glorihcatlon of pistol
practice on paramours as an invitation
to open fire on men whom they NOR
bidly suspect OF wrong doing but
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14
Silver as a Future Issue.

Senator Chandler, viewing the con-
tinued decline of silver and the smul-
taneous rise in wheat, refuses to be
convinced. In his opinion it is only
question of time when monometal-
lism will work such disaster to the
human race that there will be an up
rising of the masses and the money
changers will be brushed aside like
chaff before an autumn gale. These
are not his words but they represent
his idea as outlined at length in a letter
to the Washington Post. Now that
the tariff issue is disposed of for some
time the senator advises the public
TO take up this other issue of mono
, metallism VS.. bimetalism and study
the fundamental principles of it so as
to be prepared for the re-argument
of 1t which he regards as inevitable in
the next presidential contest.
In an academic sense the advice is
good, for as means of mental disci-
pline few subjects are comparable with
it. When we reflect that experts who
have made a life study disagree quite
as radically and with almost as much
emphasis as do the tyros who have
gone no further into the problem than
to read current newspaper editorials
and the common campaign literature,
something of its intricacy begins 10
impress us. But If We are to view
Senator Chandler's suggestion from a
political standpoint. it is open to the
question of whether popular under
standing of great political issue is
essential or, from the point of view
of the professional politicians, especi-
ally desirable. The greater the ig-
norance of the masses the hetter, il
would seem, would be the chance of
the party leaders to twist and juggle,
and the easier the representation of
white as black, and vice versa. We
had last fall something of an illustra-
tion of this marked disposition of one
class of campaign educators TO refer
to the opposition as "plutocrats" and
"monopolists," and of the other class to
retaliate by cries of anarchists" and
''repudiationists." This kind of talk
was not only much easier than solid
argument but also. with too many of
our population, apparently more ef-
fective.
We are not, however, so sure as Sen
ator Chandler appears to be that this
issue VIII take a formidable place in
the political controversies of the fu-
ture. 1t has had its day in court. The
advocates Of a change from the pres
ent monetary basis presented their case
and asked for = verdict, Upon the
case as they formulated II, namely,
that the United States should, by it.
self. resume the free coinage Of silver
at a ratio giving to silver more than
double silver's market value, the ver-
diet was adverse, and adverse by so
plain a majority as to offer little in
dueement for an appeal for a new trial.
Since then, vast fields OF gold have
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14
The First Bloodshed.

It appears that court at Pittsburg
has restrained the striking miners
from assembling in numbers on a pub
lie road and from marching along that
road toward the entrances to the Plum
Creek mines of the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal company. In con-
sequence of the refusal of the miners
to obey this order, and despite the pro-
tests of the sheriff and his deputies,
a scuffle yesterday ensued during
which one of the miners was cut over
the eye, causing the first bloodshed
of the present strike. This is one of
the versions offered in print, but we
shall await the text of the injunction
before passing judgment upon it. 1t
is not credible that any court in this
country would undertake to restrain
a body of American citizens from
walking along public road for peace
able purposes and in an orderly man
ner. AS was the case in the first re-
ports Of Judge Jackson's new celebrat-
ed rule of court, this order has doubt
less been misunderstood.
The foregoing circumstance is sig
nificant chiefly as an indication of the
growing tensity of feeling among the
men on strike, a condition rapidly be-
coming critical. Up to this time the
strike has been unique for the orderl-
ness which has marked it's progress.
1t is not possible to recall a single
earlier labor movement of correspond
ing magnitude that presented a finer
example of moderation and self-control.
Could this magnificent record be con-
tinued, it would unquestionably win
for the men so vast a measure of SYM
pathy from the people as to render
certain their ultimate success. But to
expect such a thing would he to hope
for almost the impossible. The strike
is really a war, and in war it is rarely
practicable long to maintain peace
standards. Passion once aroused in
the ranks means violence, do what the
leaders may to try to avert it. 1t
seems within bounds to say that moth
ing short of a miracle can keep back
the tide of recSlessness and of indif-
ference to restraint if this strike con-
tinues a fortnight longer.
Should a clash ensue, upon whom
would the responsibility fall? We
know where it ought to fall-upon
those operators who have so greedily
grabbed for business by price-cutting
that they have forced the bituminous
trade into a hole and literally driven
other and innocent men to lower wages
in turn until nearly all wages in the
soft coal regions were depressed below
the point of endurance. If blood be
shed in any seriousness hereafter, we
believe that it will in the sight of
heaven be on these heads.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

The Canadian papers now advance
the argument that if Americans abro-
gate the bonding privilege whereby
Canadian railways, built on subsidies,
are enabled to underbid American
trunk lines for transcontlnental traffic,
they will cut oft their own nose to spite
their face. But If that were true, why
should Canadians object? The fact is,
their arguments in behalf of the con-
tinuation of the bonding privilege are
entirely too thin, and the privilege will
have to go.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14
MANS DANGEROUS AGE.
From the Albany Times-U Union.

1t is a singular fact, yet one substan-
tiated by statistics, that most crime is
committed in this state by men % years
old. This is not only true of the lesser
but also of the greater crimes, although
a man is presumed to be at that period
of his life not only in the zenith of his
physical, but also in full and complete
possession of his mental powers, with
complete appreciation of right and
wrong and their respective conse-
quences. This condition is a problem
which has not been solved by the stud
ent of criminology, and one which is
made the more complex by the fact that
the ages of 21, 27 and As years nearly
equal It, with the intervening years show
ing far less percentage of crime.
o
1t is indeed peculiar that the criminal
tendency should be so strong at 90 with
no such inclination, so far as criminal
statistics show, in as great a degree for
the succeeding sixteen years. and then
another outburst of the animal in man.
This condition is found to be true by ac-
tual figures, and as all statistical COM
putations at which average conditions
are sought to be determined are arrived
at by this method, so may the student of
this subject as well as the insurance
magnate who bases his rates on the gen.
eral average of losses in proportion to the
risks taken, and does so with full safety,
employ it in solving the problem before
him. Charles x. Baker, chief clerk to
Superintendent Lathrop, has made this
subject one of close study and will soon
have completed a table showing this to
be true. He has already completed one
relative to murderers serving life sent
ences in the penal institutions, and it's
figures bear out the general conclusion.
He offers at this time no explanation
for this, but hopes after he has exhaust
ed the subject, so far as the presenta ton
of figures are concerned, to be able to
set forth reasons why these years should
be productive of the most crime.
o
The following figures show how old the
various murderers who are serving life
sentences were when they committed
the act for which they are serving time,
together with how many like crimes were
committed at such specific year of age:
Fifteen, /; sixteen, l; seventeen, 2; eigh-
teen, 2; nineteen, l; twenty, 2; twenty
one, 8; twenty-five, 8; twenty-three, 6:
twenty-four 5; twenty-five, s; twenty-six,
10; twenty-seven, IL; twenty-eight, 7;
twenty-nine, u: thirty, 5; thirty-one, 6:
thirty-one, Z; thirty-two. Z; thirty-three,
8; thirty-four 6; thirty-f-e, Z; thirty-six,
6; thirty-seven, 8; thirty-eight 5; thirty
nine A. forty, 5; forty-one, 3; forty-two,
3; forty-three, 6; forty four, 8; forty-five,
Z; forty-six, /; forty-seven, L; forty-eight,
3; forty-nine, 2; fifty 1; fifty-one, 0: fifty
two, 2; fifty-three, 2; fifty-four, 0; fifty
hVe, 2; hfty-siN, 0; fifty-seven, /; fifty
eight, 0; fifty-nine, 1; sixty, 0; sixty-one,
l; siXty-two, 0; siXty-three, /; sixty-four,
!; siXty-five, 0; sixty-six, 0; sixty-seven,
J. sixty-eight' l; sixty-nine, 0; seventy, l.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

Britain before the world and would in
time have strengthened you.
The American-The people of the United
States want a treaty OF arbitration with
England, and as soon as certain political
changes can be brought about we will
make such a treaty. But with or without
a treaty you people should recognize the
right and the manifest destiny of the
United States to assume leadership
among the western nations, to extend our
political power and perhaps, our terri
tory. Our efforts will be wholly confined
to America. We have no objection to
your gobblng up al, you can get of Asia
and Africa, but you ought not to make
faces at us II we go ahead on our side of
the water.
An Englishman-it is too bad that your
diplomptsts are so rude. Your Bering sea
note was positively uncouth. II such a
iiote had been sent by one European gov
ernment to another 1t would have strained
their relaticrs. Explanations would have
been den anded and apologies. But we
don't quite hold you Americans response
BILE for all you say.
The Aperican-We are willing to be held
responsible, however. The trouble with
you English is that you overlook the
merits of the question and complain be-
cause we are not polite. You admit that
we are in the right In our contention, put
still complain because we are uncouth.
Repair the wrong and you Will have no
occasion to complain of our manners.
An Englishman--But why be so snarp
about 1t in your diplomatic note?
The American-Because we have learned
through experience that you English are
too busy with your South Africa, your
India, your Turk, and all your many and
mighty affairs throughout the world to
pay any attention to us unless we give
you a shock. When we poke you roughly
in the ribs you wake up, and then we set
tie matters in good spirit. 1t was so with
Venezuela, and it will turn out so with
the seals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

In Montgomery county it costs about
cents a day a man to feed the pris-
oners in the county Jail while Luzerne,
for no better food, spends go cents.
This is why Controller Lloyd refuses
TO approve Warden Boland's bill. The
controller alleges that the county is
paying $4,000 a year too much for
the maintenance of it's prisoners. II
ne can establish this fact to the satis-
faction Of court and public it will go
far to excuse some of his earlier official
mistakes
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

been discovered. the prices of food
stuffs have rallied and silver has kept
on falling until now 1t is at a lower
point than ever before, all of which
constitutes circumstantial evidence
tending to confirm the wisdom Of last
autumn's finding. 1t Is well to study
this question, of course, as a means
of exercising the mind, but we don't
expect that there will be much politi-
cal call for such investigation three
years hence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

The Toronto Globe informs us that
at would be a good thing If self-re-
specting Americans could take some
means of showing their disapproval Of
the habit Of discussing international
brawl." And it would also be a good
thing if self-respecting subjects of Eng
land should take measures to prevent
the government of her majesty from
exhibiting in it's attitude toward other
nations the characteristics of a tavern
braWler.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune AstrOIoger.
Astrolabe Cast: 131 a. m, for Saturday
August IA, 1897.

Astrolabe Cast: 1.3l a. m, for Saturday,
August IA, 1897.
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MT " s9R<
A child born on this day will "blow"
his money and have good time, and will
not put 1t in jar for some one to find
after he is dead.
This talk about love in a cottage is all
right, but the up-to-date girl prefers
steam yacht to mud scow for a voyage
on the sea Of matrimony every time.
The race is not alwsys for the slow.
If it was the fellows who do not believe
in advertising would be decorated with
medals instead of cobwebs
The victim of the bogus mushroom is a
fellow who did not know it was "toaded."
Breakfast Chat.
Octavia has a face like dream.
Yes. Sort of a nightmare.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

Does the Philadelphia Times really
think that the Pennsylvania Democ-
racy should have no convictions on ma
tional issues or is it merely opposed
to the expression of any?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

If this Klondike boom is a manu-
factured affair, as is now claimed, it
certainly speaks well for the ingenuity
of the manufacturer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

in all England so aggravatingly Eng
lish as the New York Evening Post?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

The Philadelphia Ledger calls Sem
ator Durham and his friends "discredit-
ed political Adventures" BY whom
discredited and when?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

Scranton" remarks Secretary Ath-
erton, has an abundance of good
sites" True, and a superabundance
of bad sights which ought to be made
poOd
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

The best way to deal with the apos-
tie of assassination is to give him
his own medicine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14
Breakfast Chat

Octavia has a face like a dream.
Yes. Sort of a nightmare.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-27

was decorated with flowers and his ad-
oress was punctuated with the tears OF
hi flock.
Dr. Browns speech was followed by the
argument of DR.. J. A. Adams, his coun-
sci, who said the finding OF the Bay Confer
ence that the charges were not sustained
practically ended the case, and sent Dr..
Brown back to his church to let them set
tie the matter between them. The action
OF the conference was an attempt TO
coerce the First Church of San Francisco
Further, it made DIR. Brown a sacrifice 10
public sentiment and newspaper ella NOR.
he cited the case of Joseph as q parable
and said the punishment meted out to
him bad in another form been meted out
TO d.. Brown. A great wrong had been
done the complainant, and he appealed TO
the council to impeach the Bay Confer
ence for is action in suSI ending him from
the fellowship OF the Congregational
churches.
Dr. Mclean, for the committee of the
bay Conference. said he preferred to re-
serve his argument for tomorrow morn
Ing. The credentials of himself and his
fellow-m me m bers from the Pacific Coast
were read and approved. 1t was an
nounced that DR.. Philip krohn of Lake
view Church, who is S ffering from paraly-
Sis and was carried into the meeting in a
chair, would be unab bic IN attend the ses-
s'ons. His absence IS offset by that oil an
other delegate representing the Bay Con-
ference, l. W. Perkins OF Minneapolis.