The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-06
CANDIDATES
ON The ALERT
WHITNEY TELLS OF POLITICAL
STRUGGLES.
Striking Erie Boiler Shop Men Re-
turn TO Work--An Expensive Lux
ury--A Glance at so" of Today.
News Heard OH the Street.


Special to tho scranton Trihmc
iusuurhanna. Dee. 3.--Thcl.c are two
Republican candidates for representa-
tive at IiJrrisburE, in one ward in
Susquehanna, and there are three
wards still to he heard from. 1t is ru-
mored that in Mpntrosc. every Repub-
lican and every Democrat with one
exception IS seeking either n county
or u state Office. The exception is pre-
pairing To remove out of the state.
The announcement columns of the
county newspapers already contain
the names of aspirauts for political fh-
vor. once upon II time n man who
could sit down and wait for the office
to find him. He has that privilege yet,
but the man sitting for office runs II
greater risk of being sat upon than
of gaining the prize.
In this day "strenuousness" is the
word II Il man wants anything he
must forthwith 60 forth aud do what
he can to get it. There might have
been !, time when a man could sit in
Il corner and an Office would come and
nestle in his lap. In, such romantic
probably had the strings of the cam
pagn in his fingers and was working
them. Anyhow. no man can hope to
get uu Office by sitting down and watt
ing for it to come around "lIe who
does not blow his own horn. the same
shall not be blown unto him" The
modest and tho slothful men get no
political pelsmmons Sclah!
CHIEFLY OTHERWISE
The women who complain that bach
clors are the worst enemies Of man
kind maintain u digrilicd silence when
the man with two wives comes along.
Love and burglars laugh at lock-
smiths.
Don't scorn your fellow creature.
There is some spark of good yet left
in every man. even though he be lying
in tho vcrest miro.
You may push Il man deep under the
murky waters of calumny. but be sure
of this: the deeper he sinks beneath
your feet the higher lie will rise when
YOU step off from him.
\ Forest city editor writes: II
started Ia walk on Sunday night when
Il Nandling highwayunn stopped me
~
the man knew he was an editor.
The Irish patriots should not he dis
outraged Married men have strug-
glcd for homo rule for twenty centuries
;nd hav" not yet succeeded in getting
ii.
NEWS rNEAGEApIIETTE
The ten months local Labor contcn-
tinu is at an end, and the striking Eric
boiler shop employees aud their helpers
returned to work on Monday. both
sides To tn" contention making "nnrcS-
SiouS The men returned To work as
individuals. II is to be hoped that S,lS-
uuchHnnn has scon it's last strike
They are expensive luXuros.
Hon. w. W. Numfurd. of StHrrucu;I,
lr1s commenced proceedings in bank
lUptcy.
The first Of = Hcrtcs Of sin Farmers
institutes T." hr held in Susu,lchunnA
county this month. Was held at clir-
ford OH Monday aud well attended.
Ecv. .Iamcs Lcishu:n. of Scranton,
has oreuod Il gospel mission in the
Brandt block.
quite It large number immigrants az"
passing: over the Eric.
Mrs. II. Z. iiimbali. of this place, is
seriously i'll at lEinghamtou.
Milk has HdNancoI in pri"" ono
fourth OF n cent " quart al tn" SuSuuc-
hanna creamery, anI - further adj
vance - c&p"ri"d IN ia" near future.
lust EErWrEN IS.
Whcu hrakcmcn strike they II" not
brake anything,
Woman is not a close observer" re-
marks u Scranton divine. But sh" is
provcrbiIlly ~ clothes observer.
y SuSGuc hannn 'nan," while quar-
r"llng with liS wife, hurled II lamp AT
her perhaps with the intention of
throwing It Iittl" light ON tn" discus
sion
When IL man considers playing dom
inoes an amusement, h" would con-
slider taking his m"thcrn-laW to
Sunday school picnic an cNhilaruting
dissipation.
Th" only reason To disb"li"vc in the
EenuincncsS of the sea serpent is that
he is always seen ON the shore of II
Prohibition state, where liquor is
plenty.
The GLOVE is said to he the unopened
flower of the evergreen tree. II has
been generally supposed To be the I'M
ground nouu' Of perennial necessity he
tween acts in CirhondnIr opera houses.
All over Susuuchannn county there
is already Il horrid din made by the Of
flee seeking men.