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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10
PLANT TREES.

What do we plant when we plant the
tree?
We plant the ship which will cross the
sea,
We plant the masts to carry the sails,
We plant the plank to withstand the
gales,
The keel, the keelson and beam and knee,
We plant the ship when We plant the tree.
What do we plant when we plant the
tree?
We plant the houses for you and me,
We plant the rafters, the shingles, the
floors;
We plant the studdlng, the laths, the
doors,
The beams and siding. all parts that be,
We plant the house when we plant the
tree.
What do we plant when we plant the
tree?
A thousand things that we daily see.
We plant the spire that out-towers the
crag,
We plant the staff for our countrys flag,
We plant the shade, from the hot sun
free,
We plant all these when we plant the
tree.
-Ex-Secretary ]. Sterling Morton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10
The Question Before the Ho use.

Is q modernized, Thoroughly equipped
and practically fire. proof Young Mems
Christian association building on a
scale commensurate with the ctys
growth and prospects worth to the
people of Scranton and vicinity the
$4,000 which, with what means the
association now has in view, Will build
it as it should be built? That is the
question which should be kept prom
incntly. before the public.
. Seventy thou sand dollars payable in
five annual instalments would necessi-
tate contributions amounting to $l4,-
600 a year. We doubt if $4,000 a year
would nay Scrantons cigarette bill;
certainly it wouldn't pay for the cigar
cites and chewing gam annually con-
sumed in this city; to nobody's good
except the dealers. There are dozens
of saloons and possibly one or two
gambling places in Scranton that
make profit of more than $4,000 a
year. That sum wouldn't be considered
a decent weeks income for Scranton S
brewerios. Is it to be said that a
community wherein these things are
true cannot raise for one great agency
of human Improvement, which confers
lasting benefit directly and indirectly
upon thousands, as much money per
annum as would be required to make
one LIQUOR dealer or one gambler feel
only tolerably prosperous?
The people of Wilkes Barre last yeau
raised $4,000 for their Young Mems
Christian association and didn't hall
try. Shall Scranton take a position in
the rear of Wilkes Barre?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

this country need not maintain other
than moderately large naval force,
large enough to uphold American pres
tige and protect American interests in
the various parts of the world. Hawaii
unannexed is a danger point requiring
unusual counter precautions; Hawaii
annexed reduces danger from that
quarter to a minimum and with 1t the
need Of large naval increases"
1t is to be hoped that the Importance
of Captain Mahan's admission, corrob-
Grating as It does the almost uniform
testimony of other recognized experts
on the subject Of maritime warfare,
will not be lost upon the United States
senate. The time has arrived when
the question Of annexation should be
definitely answered.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

party can lose twenty-five members and
still have one majority but that would
be too small for business. majority
OF ten is as small as Is practicable Tor
the enactment of laws in harmony with
the party platform. II Is not only possi-
BILE but probable that this majority Will
be obtained, and IL may be much In
creased. now that the question OF free
silver has been prominently thrust into
the campaign by the silverites in the
senate and has been courageously met
by President Mckinley,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10
FALSE EXPEDIENCY.
From the Philadelphia Press.

FTOM tNe PhIIdUtIpIlId PTeSS'
Sensationalism in the pulpit is as dis
tasteful to well trained and intellectual
men and women as is the so-called "real-
ism of some of our trashy modern fic-
tion. 1t is disgusting, and Is only a
vehicle for the exploitation of self on the
part of it's practitioners. 1t is demoral-
izing in the church and injurious to the
home. The pure gospel of the Nazarene
has no need of Summing expeditions,
mountebank performances and purely
worldly accessories to make 1t etficacious
in the salvation of mems souls, and So
called ministers of the gospel who resort
to a sort of religious legerdemain to at
tract congregations do not deserve to be
classed as true ministers of Christ.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10
FRENCH "JUSTICE." p"
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The "Dreyfus AFFAIR." (Which the Spec
tator considers as perhaps "the most I'M
portant question now before Europe }
exhibits in a remarkable light some OF
the least desirable peculiarities of the
French people. Brave, brilliant, not In
capable of generosity and Of magnificent
effort for a cause, enthusiastic 1or tner
own liberty, they yet have little concep-
tion of the real meaning OF liberty. 1hey
do not understand that freedom is not
alone for ones self but for others as well.
They inscribe upon their public buildings
equality" but they do not know that
equality means not only III am as good
as you" but also ''you are as good as l.
The situation was, with sad insight and
truthfulness, summed up by Nine. Roland
in words as just now as century ago;
"These people desire to be free. but they
know not how to be just" of Justice
that quality, not brilliant, often tedious
and unattractive. which takes time for
the weighing of evidence. which sets
aside prejudice of person and creed and
race, which gives every fair opportunity
to the weak, to the accused-they seem
not to have an idea. In their courts, the
judge is practically counsel for the prose-
cution.
The national character was to some ex-
tent epitomized in Louis XIV, to whom
the nation mas given lts appToNai III oe,
slowing upon him the tltle Inc Great.
Siacauiay says IN ms ueailhss With
foreign powers ne had some generosity
put no Justice. 10 unhappy al,ies wno
threW themselves at MS rect anu nau no
nope out IN MS compassion ne eMtenueu
ms protection with Il romantic uisin.er
estedness which seemed better suited to
khlght-erraht than TO statesrhan' hut
he broke through the most sacred ties or
PuoIc ialtn WITHOUT sciupie VI snunie
whenever they lhterlereu WIN nls inter
est OF WIN What ne caileu MS slorS'
.
Inc french 90 not reahze tnat llee
government resting on the coIioehce anu
respect Oh the ehtire people, must NOT
onIy pe Just III lts acts IL must also
Plaihly pe seen 10 pe just II caiiiios al
ioru 10 De other thah clear anu rau'aht
IN the exercise OF lts great power IN the
case OF captain DreVlus' Whatever tne
proof against MN, IL was never mace
pupic-Was never seen even py hlmsell
OF MS counsel Gullty ne may De, put ne
was never justly pronounced sulity' ne
never nau u lalr trlai' II may De sdiu vi
hlul' as was salu Oh d great crlinilidi "ho
hau peeh condemned contrary 10 the law
! lie may pe guilty, put ms case IS thS
! case OF every innocent man III Ensllllu.
All that the Worlu Knows Is that DreH'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

The effort Of Colonel w. A. Stone to
weather the rising storm by striving to
dlssociate in the public mind his gu
bernatorial candidacy from the odium
attaching to William II. Andrews in
ment on his part; but is it not trifle
late?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

The action of Colonel Patty du Clam
has been such in the celebrated Drey-
fus affair as to cause much adverse
comment. In fact, one is almost
prompted to remark: Don't be Patty
du Clam!"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

The Philadelphia Inquirer has APP
pointed itself to the mission of discov-
ering the most prolific spring poet in
the commonwealth. 1t is possible that
the Inquirer intends to embark in the
valentine business as a side issue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

sixteen, there must be something rad
ically wrong in the training of earlier
years that should arouse the interest
OF the entire community at Williams
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

Reports of the Klondike rush from
various sections indicate that there is
liable to be struggle for elbow room
in the gold fields before the summer
is half over
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

Citizens of Scranton who possess the
ability to judge correctly of values do
not need to be told that 100000 put
into new Y NJ. G. A. home would be
an investment they would never regret.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

1t is probably true that even the
sensational newspapers would show
more respect for the court if the attor-
neys in court would set them a better
example.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

Every department throughout
the store represented. This space
permits us 70 enumerate few arti-
cles only, which are but instances
of the
General Reductions,
45o YARDS Fancy Silks from a
to 10 yd. lengths, former price,
75c to $I.25,
Sale Price, soc
10 PIECES All Wool Cheviots,
good value at 80 and 35c per
yard,
Sale Price, l9c
CASE Best Domestic Dress Cling
ham, every day value SC,
Sale Price, SC
CASE Best Quality Seersucker,
every day value Ioc,
Sale, Price, 7c
ONE CASE Ladies Seamless
Hose, double sole and heel, ex-
ira value at I9c pair
Sale Price, l2Hc
ONE CASE Mems Natural Wool
Shirts and Drawers, first class
value for 75c,
Sale Price, soc
10 PIECES Loom Dice Table
Linen Gall linen) best 25c quality
Sale Price, l9c
10 PIECES German "Silver
Bleach" Table Linen, best soc
quality,
Sale Price, 35c
IL PIECES extra heavy Cream
Damask, 75c quality, extra
wide,"
Sale Price, SAC
a5 DOZEN Hemmed Pillow
Cases
Sale Price, &c
200 DOZEN Cutters best quality
Sewing Silk; good assortment OF
colors;
Sale Price, 55c doz
$40 and SIP
'LACKAWAlNNA AVENUE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.


Three Years--PETER NEuLs, Eleventh
ward.
Three Years-D. |. PHILLIPS, Fifth
ward.
Two years-E. ID. FELLOWS, Fourth
ward.
Two Years-F. S. GODFREY, Eighth
ward.
one Year-F. S. BARKER, Seventeenth
ward.
one Year-ELIAS r. EVANS, Fifteenth
ward.
Election Day. February ".
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

Echoes of the "anti-Hanna" fight are
becoming more indistinct. as the days
roll by. History is made rapidly these
days
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
rom the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Party majorlties in the house of repre-
sentatives have in recent years fiuctuat-
ed widely. BEGINNING with the Fifty-first
congress-, which was elected in 1885, along
with President Harrison, the strength OF
parties in the house has been as follows:
Pen naFn pon Gil Natal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

If it were genuine, Bill Andrews
cold throw-down by his old pard, Bill
Stone. would he a cruel case of rank
ingratitude. But very often i'm the
Stone kind of politics things are not
as they seem.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

This shows a wide variation in party
numbers. In the F!fty-first congress the
Republicans had eight majority in the
house, but in the next congress this was
changed TO minority of 1856. The DEM
ocrats maintained their lead in the Fifty
third congress but In the F'ifty-Fourth
congress another revolution took place
and they found themselves in a minor
ity of 1855, In the present house there IS
Republican majority over all of 81. The
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

When the American people get ready
to free Cuba they will not have to do
so by means of a parliamentary sub
terfuge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

The invasion of a squad of sensa-
tional newspaper representatives into
a community is in some respects a
good thing. 1t opens the eyes of the
people to the general unreliability of
the contents of the yellow publica-
tiOns
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

Minister DePuy de Lone ought here
after to beware of the autograph col
leCtor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-10

Our easy confidence of half or a third
of a century ago of being able to "whip
all creation needs, for it's justification
today, to be supplemented by a large
and an immediate increase in our navy
and a considerable increase in the regu-
lar army.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-15
GOOD ADVICE TO BOYS.

You are learning trade. That is
4 good thing to have. 1t is better
than gold. Brings always premi:;m.
But to bring premium, the trade
must be pertect--no silver plated az
fair. When You go to learn a trade,
do so with determination to win.
Make up your mind what you will he,
and be it. Determine in your own
mind to b. good workman.
Have pluck and patience. Look
out for the interests OF your employer
thus you will learn to look out tor
your own. Do not wait to be told
everything. Remember. Act as
though you wish to learn. Ii you
have IN errand to do, start off like 4
boy with some life. Look about You.
See how the best workman in the shop
does, dnd copy after him. Learn to
do things well. Whatever is worth
doing at all is worth doing well.
Never slight your work. Every job
yoa do is a sign. II You have done
one in ten minutes, see if you cannot
do the next in nine. Too many boys
spoil lifetime by not having patience.
They work at trade until they see
about ore-halt of its mysteries and
then strike for higher wages. Act
as if your own interest and the inter-
est of your employer were the same.
Good mechanics are props OF society.
They are those who stick to their
trades until they learn them. People
always speak well of 4 boy who minds
his own business, who is willing to
work and who seems disposed to be
somebody in time. Learn the whole
of Your trade. ~
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-15

Again our Goth Century farmer will
be a man, who will meet his fellows in
the other walks of lite, and in the halls
of legislation, as of yorc. and there
will be the peer OF any man with whom
he may be associated. He will know
his rights. He will dare maintain
them. He will no longer delegate his
rights under our Constitution to men
who know little or nothing of his needs
In county affairs he will insist upon
a busnesslke and efficient service in
all departments of the same His pub
lie schools will be his pride In these
he will rccogniZ, the palladium Of his
childrcn's welfare. lie will demand
that they be conducted in conformity
with the very best educational methods,
and that nothing save ability shall en-
ter into consideration of selecting a
man to direct them. His roads will
be built upon approved principles.
Their supervision will be under some
one trained in the science of road build
ing. He will appreciate that it is
economy to build them He will know
that wherever you find good roads.
you find thrifty, Intelligent and large
population Thrift and intelligence 90
hand in hand, and wherever they re-
side you have public sentiment which
will tolerate no other methods OF pro-
cedure than those which will lead in
cvitably to the afore mentioned results.
Finally with the full appreciation of
his power, both as to numbers and as
a financial factor in the wealth produc-
ing power of his country, he will take
the position to which his rank entities
him. May We as farmers become active
agents in the furthcrance Of this end,
and if not living in the day of its fall
fruition, may we enjoy tic conscious
ness that we are laborcrs in tillagc,
which will cvcntuate in such harvest.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-15
COAL is KING.

''i'i PioCtsS vi ulahlDE
steel has created revolution in the
railway service almost equal to that
which cnsued from the invention of
the locomotive engine. This process
was long held by Great Britain. result
ing in an excess of production above
thst Of all other countries. That first
place is now lost, first on account of
the approximate exhaustion of the
ores near Bilbao in Spain. which are
the only ores near British furnaces
suitable for this product: and, second.
on account Of the rapidly y-incrcasing
cost o: mining the types ofbituminous
Goals which can he converted into
coke. The English mines are now be-
gin worked at depth of over two
thousand feet, the coal lying in hori-
zontal veins from two to three feet
thick, where the work must he done
at temperature exceeding 100 de-
grees F. On the other hand, the RAP
id development of high-grade ores
suitable for the production of bessc-
mcr metal. and the opening of very
extensive mines of the best coking
coal lying in q region above the nc
cessity Of drainage, and capable of
being worked at high wages and yet
at the lowest possible cost, has trans
ierred what may be called the domiE-
ion of iron and steel from Europe to
this country. Hence it happened
that the portentous event of this de-
cade is the future and probable per-
manent control of the production of
iron and steel by this country.
The power of Great Britain in mech
anism, manufacturing, and the me-
chanic arts, giving to her the control
of comm cree for nearly century, has
rested mainly upon her supremacy in
the production of iron and steel. 1t
has now passed to the greater branch
of the English-speaking people dwell
il the United States. Thus it has
come about that the two great branch
es of the Englisll-speaking people, po-
litically separated by the misconcep-
tions Of small faction which govern
ed England during the latter part Of
the last century. are becoming more
and more reunited through their inter-
dependence Their wants and their
supplies are the complement of each
other. The people of the British en-
pire are our chief customers for the ex-
cess OF our food, and for our fibres,
and may presently become our chief
customers for our excess of iron and
steel: while, on the other hand, their
advantages of position, and their free
dom of commerce with e"ery part of
the world, enable them to supply US
with many goods which we want. 1t
may presently fall to the En-. lish-
speaking people of the two great
branches and the lesser members
throughout the world to make this
commercial reunion one of such ma
ture that. while their commerce NAV
increase to the benefit of every branch,
their power will become such that, in
tue face of their competition, other ma
tions must disarm or starve EiGdra
.4ikn o., IN the Century.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST


the original idea of the Chinaman's
pigtai( was that it formed convenient
handle by which, one day, he would be
lifted up to Paradise. This curious
belief is still to he found among the
natives.
Singers, actors and public speakers,
since the introduction Of the electric
light, have less. trouble with their
voices, and are less likely to catch
cold, their throats are not so parched
and they feel better. This is due to
the air not being vitiated and the tenn
perature more even.
Perhaps the most remarkable art
exhibit in the world is that of the lu-
natics in the Vii lle- Evrard Asylum in
Paris. Most of the patients in the
asy lum have been painters or design
ers, and the physicians in charge inan-
guratcd "salon" Of their works. The
effect on the minds Of the patients is
said to be excellent.
In the reign of Edward ILL.,, there
were at Bristol, England, three BROTH
crs, who were eminent clothiers and
woollen weavers, and whose family
name was Blanket. They were the
first persons who manufactured that
comfortable material which has ever
siace been called by their nsme, and
which was ih.n used for peasants
clothing.
From the s:n Ill islanl OF S.. Kildl,
OF Sco:lanl, 10000 young ganncts
and an immense number OF eggs are
annually collected; and although this
bird lays only one egg per annum, and
is four years in obtaining its maturity.
its numbers do not diminish Obvious
ly, as Wcismann observes, such birds
must reach a great age, or they would
long ago have been exterminated.
The Indians of Guiana have queer
system of numeration' They count
by the hands and its four fingers.
Thus, when they reach five, instead of
saying so, they call it ''hand.n Six
is, therefore ''hand and first finger;
seven ''hand and second finger"
Ten is ''two,; but twenty instead of
being "four hands,, is "a man." Foity
is 1.-TWO men, and thus they go on by
twenties. Forty.s;x is expressed as
"two men, i hand and first finger"
The huge mass of mcteoric iron
which Civil Engineer Peary, Of the I.
S. Navy, has recently brought home
from Cape York, Greenland, and which
weighs about 100 tons, is believed by
him, and others, to be true meteoric,
fallen from the sky, at some unknown
time in the past. Alloys of iron and
and curieusly enough, Pearys meteor
ties consists of those metals combined
in a proportion similar to that Of the
nickel-steel. employed in making armor
for the United States navy.
There are few persons that have
not looked into the dictionary es-
pecially for it who know how the term
''spinstcr" originated. We often find
it in Shakespeare and other English
classics, but it is not always used to
define spinner. This is its specific
meaning. Its general significance is
wider. There was an old practice in
the years agone that a woman should
never be married until she had spun
herself set Of body, table and bed
linen 1t is not difficult to see how
easy the term became applicable to all
unmarried women, ami finally became
law term and fixed.