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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06
The Second Glass Citv Problem,

The various facts and opinions which
from time to time upon the subject Of
Scranton's coming transition into Sec
ond class city clearly indicate that this
is a tonic of more than ordinary i'm
portance. The legal complications with
which 1t bristles; the changes which it
would necessarily involve in the city
government with their influence on
local politics; the problems bearing
from the standpoint of taxation and
revenue and, more broadly, the ques-
tion whether the transition will! pro-
mote the general welfare and enable the
taxpayers of Scranton in some degree
TO "clean house" and install n better
system of municipal administration
all these things merit careful and in
telligent study, and the sooner they
get it, the better.
In the nature of the case a change
to the second-class form of city govern
ment appears inevitable soon after the
completion Of the Twelfth national CEN
sus, for under the law there will re-
main no alternative after the governor
shall have sent his mandatory notice
to councils Of the city's ascent above
the 100000 population line. What is the
leading public opinion of the city doing
and what is it willing TO do to pre-
pare FOR this very considerable change ?
Upon invitation a number of our rep
rescntative attorneys who have made
special study of municipal acts and
charters have favored The Tribune
with brief opinions concerning particu-
lar phases Of this problem and the dis
cussion thus carried on, although nec-
essarily somewhat restricted, has been
OF manifest public value. 1t seems
10 u5, however, that the widespread
significance of this impending change
is not yet apparent to the people, and
for this reason we shall be glad to put
our columns at he disposal of any con-
tributor who may have additional
light to shed on this timely subject.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

beings. on the south shores of Terra
del Fuego. The ice during this period
of imprisonment averaged about 6 feet
in thickness and extended in every d.
reotion as far as the explorers dared
to venture. On May II the sun disap-
peared and was not seen again until
July 21, slxty-fve days later. High
gales ana heavy snow falls helped to
vary the tedlum Of the detention.
The opinion Of the commander Of the
party, Lieutenant de Gerlachc, based on
soundings and observations OF the drift
Of the water currents, is that there is
no undiscovered Antarctic continent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

The report that the Comtesse de Cas-
tellane, formerly Miss Anna Gould,
took a prominent part in the demon
straticn OF the anti-Semitic rabble
against President Loubet Of France,
shouting "Vive rarmee." If true, would
Indicate that the United states of
when that young lady chose a titled
foreigner for husband. We prefer
the Helen GoulG type of American
young woman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

There has recently been enacted In
New York state a law constituting 1t
q misdemeanor for any person to sell
or give away any decoction made up
in whole or part of unwholesome acids
or otder substance intended 10 initiate
the natural juice of fruits or the flavor
thereof. The vigilant enforcement Of
such a statute would have a salutary
ecc,t upon the summer beverage busi-
ness,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

The release of Dreyfus, the French
captain, who has been unjustly confined
on penal island for the past Ave years,
has been due principally to the efforts
of his plucky wife who has not been
idle a moment during his imprison-
ment. Had Dreyfus been a bachelor
1t is probable that he would have re-
mained on the Devils Island the re-
mainder Of his days. The moral is
obvious,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

county. A hearing in that locality will
probably decide to the satisfaction OF
all whether the kidnapping was gem
ulne or simply q scheme to boom the
circulation OF a fake newspaper.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

M. Loubets experience at the Auteuil
races demonstrates that high officials in
France are subjected to attacks al
most as annoying as those of the
American yellow press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

Mr.. Henry Austin Adams is conced-
edly a smart man, but smart men
sometimes make themselves appear
foolish.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

General Henderson's speakership
campaign is of the cyclone type, and
no mistake. We publish elsewhere an
interesting pen portrait of this gifted
and fortunate Westerner
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

The Indiana air ship and the Hender-
son boom appeared about the same
time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

The members OF Aguinaldo's press
bureau appear to be off on a summer
vacation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

Deviltry may at the time seem more
exciting, but It rarely exhibits the
longevity of virtue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

A child born on this day will notice
that there is still good work before the
councils in tho way of suppressng the
soft coal nuisance in Scranton.
Some new brooms sweep so clean when
they are new that they are almost
worthless after the first trial.
Even the bicycle scorcher now has
something to live for.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06
REXFORD'S.
SCRANTON, June 6.

SCRANTON, June 6.
The clock sale is on-started yes
terday morning. Five hundred and
twenty-eight Clocks-it is the op-
Portunity of the year. There will
not be another like it this year.
Dresden China Clocks.
Furnished Gold Clocks
Black Enamel Clocks.
Alarm Clocks.
Bronze Clocks.
q Cases of CLOCKS.
Took two months of planning,
thinking and searching the mar
kets to get ready for this event.
1t is to your interest to come
early.
Royal Bonn Ware Clocks--ll
inches high-handsomely ornament
cd and have best hand-polshed
Ansonia movements; French dlals,
heavy bcveled crystals, and are
warranted for time. Generally Sc.
This salo $500.
THE REXFORD CO.,
1872 Wyoming Ave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

Wheelmen and drivers are probably
willing to take their chances on tine
octopus question IL they can once get
rid of the cave holes in the asphalt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06
Night Gowns,
Long and Short Skirts,
Corset Covers,
Drawers, Etc,

Which have just been
received and will be placed
ON sale this morning.
We take pleasure i'm
bringing this particular
line of goods to your mo-
tice--they being mostly
made up from French
patterns, are exceedingly
handsome and of the new
est designs.
New line of Children's
Umbrella Skirts and
Drawers, with lace and
embroidery trimmings
Elegant line of new Silk
and Lawn Shirt Waists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

1t viii be just as we'll to have Baby
Clarke's abductors tried In Rockland
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06
Ajacchus' Advice.

Beware of tho man who will not an
swer questions in a straightforward man.
ncr. There's no telling what he may be
thinking of.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

Colonel Henderson is a fine political
stumper. but every second year his state
committee relirquishes all claim on him
In order that he may devote himself TO
holding his own congressional district In
line Tho colonel occasionally Exchanges
pulpits." so to speak. with Congressman
Dolliver or others OF the Iowa delega-
tion, but otherwise he does not go out
side his own district during congressional
campaigns. Ills hold on the affection OF
the party managers, as well al on the
rank and file. is so strong that he can
command more campaign help than al
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-06

Early i'm the spring we
placed orders for a line of
high class garments, conn
prising
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-28
Written for The Prison Mirror.
Being a Boy.

How often we turn in our thoughts retrospec.
lively,
Back to those visions no pain can destroy:
When fishhook and line would thrill lis
exquisitely,
And can of fat angle worms filled us with ioy
Away to the fshpond we'd haste in the dewy
Out of the back yard over the fence;
Our fond little brother deserving with cruelty,
And we list for his call with look of suspense
The dew on the grass as we race through the
meadow land,
Spraying our trousers upturned to our knees;
Awakening the meadow lark-frightening the
bobolink,
Mockng the brown-thrushe's song from the
trees.
Down where the shadows lie deep by the rivulet
Listening we pause where the trysting trees
group,
And wait for our comrades who by prearrange
Should signal approach by the latest wal
whoop.
HE away then to the haunts of the pickerel,
Home of the black bass, bull heads and dace;
Under the dew laden branches so stealthily
Stealing along to the old fishing place.
Ripper the day grows till. noding so drowsly,
Lazily we list to the humble bees song;
And idly take note of a fish's dying agony,
Gasping his life out-nOr think it wrong
Homeward we trudge when the shadows grow
long again.
Kicking up dust with feet brown and bare;
Tired and hungry and somewhat disgustedly,
Viewing our "catch" with discOnsOlate air.
OH for the days when our lives ran so tripingly
Hilariously, tearfully, hearts full of joy;
Singing at eventide, shouting at morning-dawn,
Romping and racing and being boy.
WILDER ANDREWS
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-28

An old woman whose husband was
ill in bed sent for the doctor, who came
and saw the old lady.
81 will send him some medicine" he
said, on leaving, (which must be taken
in recumbent posture"
After he had gone the old woman sat
down greatly puzzled.
"a recumbent posture-a recumbent
posture!' she kept repeating. "Ihavn't
got one." At last she thought, "I will
60 and see if old Mrs. Smith has got
one to lend me-"
Accordingly she went and said to her
neighbor:
"Have you recumbent posture to
lend me to put some medicine imp"
Mrs. Smith, who was equally as igno-
rant as her friend, replied:
81 had one, but to tell you the truth
l have lost itp'-Tid- Bits.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-28

'96, where, after docking, she proceeded
to Chemulpo; but she did not remain
there long: taking advantage of the
pleasant weather she deemed it advis-
able to make the best of her way to
Tien Tsen.
Some day she too, like the old Palos,
will be turned into common freighter.
While the latter has a comparatively
fine run from Nagasaki to ports in the
Inland Sea, she will in all probability
go into service on the Yang-tse- -kiang
river, and who knows, may per-
haps find haven of rest in it's muddy
depths. At any rate she will go down
flying the green dragon in a yellow
field; the same dragon which in its vain
endeavors to swallow that red ball that
is forever before its outstretched
mouth, poured millions of taels into
the pockets of the world renowned, Ii
Hung Chang. YORKTOWN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-28

them. Individuals, societies, and even
political parties, have put many things
in the way of the liquor dealer. All of
the efforts, however, that have been
made to regulate the sale of intoxi-
cants, either by high license or in any
other way, have resulted in but one
thing and that is the adulteration of
the liquor. The price paid by the con-
sumer is always the same. The profits
they must maintain; and this can be
done only by adulteration of the liq-
uors.
The larger the revenue on the manu-
facture; the larger the license for the
sale; the greater the restrictions: the
more villianous will be the quality of
the beverage-that's all. D. w. K.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-28

the sharp jagged limb where he was
hanging. He had been disemboweled
and his intestines were down at the
bottom of the chasm.
The shock nearly unstrung me, for
Bob and I were like brothers. Our
whole lives seemed to pass before me
In an instant, l thought of how he had
ld'decked me once in little game
OF draw; of how he at another time
rung in deck of strippers on me: and
again how mercilessly he had touted
me up against a shade the worst of it
at the races; and again at a wrestling
match, how he had buncoed me into
betting against his own money which
he had placed into a third party's
hands, and then bribed the man I was
backing to 'lie down." Yes I thought
of all of these things and forgave them
all. [ was in utter despair, when, look
ing away from the CHASTITY sight, my
eyes lit upon an old eve which had
landed upon the ledge of rock upon
which the tree grew. She was still
alive, although her legs had been bro
ken by the fall. My characteristic pres
ence of mind did not fail me in this
emergency, and having first lain Bob
upon a flat rock, I quickly grasped
the sheep and with my hunting knife
proceeded to remove her intestines and
properly place them within my friend.
This accomplished, I then sewed up
the aperture with needle and thread
that comprised a part of my hunting
outfit. Then l carefully fastened the
rope around Bob and together we were
drawn to the top.
We conveyed him to the house as
quickly as possible, where he received
every care, and his convalescence was
rapid in the extreme. In six weeks he
was up and apparently about as strong
as ever; but 1 have always noticed
some very strange things about him
since that adventure: his decided pre-
ference for green stuff as food, his
occasional plaintive bleating, and the
appearance of lamb every spring.
But Bob is all right, his feet track and
he is still my friend, notwithstanding
that mean trick he played upon nae
about the powder. PHENIX.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-28
Written for The Prison M,rTOr.
The Old Monocacv.

Very few people are aware of the
fact of there still being in commission
one OF the real Old-time warships, and
yet when one remembers that more
than quarter of century has passed
since she left home, it is hardly to be
wondered at that she has been forgot
ten.
Early in the sixties the Monocacy,
which by the way is paddle-wheel
steamer, Was ordered to report for
duty on the Asiatic Station, and from
that day to this the old wheelbarrow,
as she is more familiarly called, has
been a landmark in Chinese waters.
Her headquarters are at Tien Tsen
where she always spends the winter,
to tell the truth, except for a run to
Shanghai or Chemulpo, Korea, or per-
haps up the Yang-tse-kiang river once
in every three years. It might almost
be said that she is a fixture at Tien
Tsen.
During the long winter months, out
door sports are the order of the day:
skating and the sailing of iceboats on
the river being two of the principal
ones in the evening entertainments
given by the ships minstrel troupe, or
perhaps ball or party.
The majority of her crew this does
not include officers) are men who have
served from ten to twenty years in
the navy, all of the cruises having
been made in the Monocacy; some of
them land I know whereof I speak,
having never been in America in their
lives. Nearly all of them have Chinese
wives, and it is a common sight aboard
of the old Cruiser to see the almond
eyed DANES laying down the law in
their good old pigeon English style to
their better halfs.
It is seldom of late years that the old
Monocacy moves from headquarters;
but when she does, every one in the
immediate vicinity is aware of the fact.
Should another ship be expecting to
meet her, it is an understood fact that
the latter will make her presence
known to the lookout in the cross. trees
before her hull is above the horizon
this being due to her paddle wheels
On calm day, the noise she makes
can be heard miles away. Her last trip
to Shanghai occurred in the summer OF
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-28

Usitten for The Prison Mirror.
Speaking of hair-breadth escapes. l
think l was witness to one of the mar
rowest escapes that it was ever mans
lot to encounter. OF course you know
Bob and I are great friends, and in
each others company generally make
numerous hunting and fishing expe-
dltlons each year. 1t was while upon
one of these hunting trips that an acci-
dent happened to Bob that nearly cost
him his life, and which also accounts
for some of his present peculiarities.
We were the guests of ranchman in
Colorado, whittier we had gone to en-
joy the excellent chicken shooting for
which that country is famous. We
were returning to the house one day
after having thoroughly enjoyed our
tramp, when we were met by our host,
the ranchman, and one of his men who
was carrying long coil of rope. We
were Informed that several sheep had
fallen over cliff and that they were
on their way to the rescue Bob and
decided to accompany them, and upon
arriving at the spot, we found that it
was true that number of sheep which
were probably browsing too near the
edge of the cliff had fallen over, and
while they had not all been killed, still
they were evidently badly injured.
1t was our intention to lower the
ranchman over the edge of the cliff and
down to where the sheep were; he
could then fasten them to the rope and
we were to haul them up. In some
way Bob got too near the edge and a
stone giving away, down he went into
the depths below. Sick at heart, I
looked over, expecting to see Bob's
dead and mangled remains lying at the
bottom; but such was not the case, for
to my infinite joy l saw tree which
grew upon ledge probably half way
down the side of the cliff, and upon a
limb of this tree I could see Bob. 1t
was but the work of an instant for me
to adjust the rope around my body and
telling the ranchman to lower away
until l reached the tree. 1 swung N.Y.
self over the edge; but imagine my
horror and dismay upon reaching the
ledge upon which the tree grew, to find
that poor Bob had been impaled upon
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-28

Written for The Prison MuYOr.
"Sure an Mr.. O'Rurick ye are Iookin'
we'll after yer ruction at Dinney
Gooley's wake"
"Faith an Mr.. Dunahue oi'm lucky
in being aloive after the ruction so
OF am. It's little OF thought when oi
wint to see the lasht of poor Dinney,
an take drop of the crature to his
journey, an wish him pasht purgatory,
that OF come near being a scorpse me-
SELF"
"Arrah, Mr.. O'Rurick, yer not dead
yit, an as we git Casey to mix us
drop of the paugeen, ye moight till
how it all came about"
"Here's more power to ye, Casey-is
that oirish whisky? or are ye desavin
yer countrymen? Will have us anither
when Mr.. O'Rurick gifts through"
swell Mr.. Dunahue, sich a tonne for
whisky an singin' OF niver did see even
in auld Oirland-an' bijabers olive seen
some of the foinest wakes a scorpse
iver lishtened to. From the start the
auld man declared he would have all
the fOinest paple in the Patch to do
honor to his bye Dinney. An the
auld woman an Mary Ann wouldn't
rist until they invoited all the auld
crones an .baushers in Kerry Patch to
do the cryin' to the scorpse. So ye
may imajine the compney OF met at
Deagan's. So after Mary Ann put me
hat an black thorn away, oi paid me
RESPECTS to the auld folks, an to Din
ney. Musha, it was as foine a scorpse
as ye could wish to see, wild lashins of
candles lit up all around him, af1ashin'
loight upon the Crane wraiths of flow
ers an other stuff they had fixed up
the scorpse wild. Well we thin wint to
the room where the gists we're an OF
was interdooced to Jan O'Grady the
quarry man; an Jack McGlen the
gould hunter; an Mac Mecabe the
glue man, an faith all the laddie bucks
an cOlleens that were there. Sure oi
can't reminder half of thin.
"Well we had drop of the crature to
cemint our acquaintences loike. An
Mary Ann passed the poipes an ter.
backey to the ladies an jints that
naded the consolation of the dudeen.
"The auld lady wild three others
tended to the punch bowl, an bi hiv-
ems OF niver tashted foiner liquor thin
what they brewed, since OF lift Dublin,
auld Oirland.
swell we had an illigant tonne until
the O'Rileys came, about half pashted
ellivin. Thin OF seed there was rue
tion brewin' an oi thought of LAWN, but
me Oirish blud wouldn't permit it, an
faith the punch was foine too.
$50 OF asked Mary Ann Deagan for
anither glass, to drink more power to
her an her swate heart; an after drink
in the same, an auld acquaintance of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-28
Written for the Prison Mirror.
AdulteratiOn of Int0Xicants,

l do not know, neither do care, how
many gallons of whisky, how many
barrels of beer, how many bottles of
wine, were used in the United States
during the past year. cannot telliyou
how much money was spent for intoxi-
eating drinks; or how many loaves of
bread, or pounds of steak, or dozens of
eggs this money would buy; or how
many tenement-houses, or churches, or
schoolhouses, or miles of railroad it
would build. [ cannot tell you the
amount of misery the use of this liquor
has caused Though I know that to be
very great); but I do know and can
positively assure you that there has
been less "good" liquor drank in the
United States in the past year than
there ever was before in the same
length of time. And the reason for
this can be traced to the methods that
have been used to abolish the sale of it..
Dealers in Intoxicating drinks are in it
on account of the enormous profits.
If there were no greater profit in sell.
ing dollars worth of whisky than in
selling a dollars worth of sugar, not
one liquor dealer in ten would keep at
it. They all abhor the business; but the
great profits to be realized from a
small outlay, keep them engaged in it.
The profits, they must have, and
every time anything is done to inter-
fere with these profits in any way,
measures have to be taken t, preserve
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-28
TERMs.J Shopper year, in adva1 ca
I""ol Six Months 50 cents. W

We all love the flag and we all know
that it is not responsible for the use
men put it to.-Pocatello (Idaho) Ad-
vance.
A magnificent specimen of the lion
was recently sent to the Pretoria ZOO
logical gardens, but even its roarings
seem to have failed to cause Dom Paul
to hesitate and stroke his inimitabIe
whiskers in thoughtful mood.-Den-
yer Post.
There are three things which every
human being in the world should hate
cruelty, arrogance, and ingratitude,
Boys Industrial School Journal.
Mummy, can have that pear that
was on the dining room sideboard this
morning? Cos"
because what?"
"COs I've eaten it!"-London Punch.