THE SCRANTON Tit IBUNE S ATU It D AY MORNING. MAY 19, 1894. SCRANTON TRIBUNE Fuat.isnxn nAit.r in suaanTOX, Pa- TlIK THlULNS I'l . lllo COKPAMT. Jw York Omoi: Tuinosa BoiLniwo, FltANK S. GllAY, MavA.ikil tnlrrtd at th roifoJTfce of .Skranfon, Pa, fterntid-C.'au Mail Matter. THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. SCR ANTON. MAY 19, 1804. Inteukktimi 1'KKSOSAI, and aoolal mention will be found thit uiorniiion jiAK Ave. Thin are local aotivltiei of more value than crimes aud scan dals, ami this journal proposes to do its share toward reporting them The Blue Law Problem. One of tuo issues which will com bafore the next loKislatitre for serious aetiou will be an effort to rnoderui.e the spirit us well an the verbiage of the present Sunday o'nserTHnee lav.- of 1704. It is olaimed by many persons, the great majority of whom are con scientious, dinoere and well-meaninn, that the enforcement of theao lawn, to the full measura of their letter, was never more necessary than now. Is their portion found? Is it in accord with the general teaching and drift of common souse, or is it an view, made reineotabie onlv extreme i because : the person! who share It command our respeoU Without indulging In tho language of exiif gerntinn or permitting prejudice lo wny the judgment, what it the true fnnetion of the atate with reference to the protection of the OariatUn Sabbath from desecration? Hue it any right, under our form of government, to consider the sectarian or even the religious siguilieauce of ono K'.ven weekly rest day, ni opposed to nuy other? That is to say, is Its inter ference in tho securing of a proper ob saryance of Sunday due to theological reasons, or is It 4ue to the single idea if ' the grentest good to the greatest number." In this country church and state aro utterly divorced. Our political theory does not exalt one creed or class or failh at tho expense of another. It racog nil M ailiiantM 'tjual units, and it strives to secure the bast resnlta for the greatest number of those units. In the state of Pennsylvania it is nur opinion that a goodly majority of hon est citi.fus wish the fret day of the week, commonly called Suuday, to be observed as a day freed so far as prac ticable from the noises, distractions and anxieties of ordinary secular pur suite. Thie, to our view, le the com mon sens of the thing. We do not, frcm choice, recognize religious dis tinctions in our laws, and, therefore, the purely religious aspects of the first day of the week become nueetiona for individual consideration. Theeectar lan who may wish to worship on a Sat urday or a Monday has abundant privi lege to do so; but the very fact that he is accorded such uncurtailed liberty is a convincing reason why, in return, he should be equally considerate of his fellow citiz-us who ehooie Suuday ae their worship day, The Sunday lawa of 179-1. which it is proposed to revive in thie community, belonged to a time and were formu lated by men who did not recognize the modern possibilities, who could not foresee, in fact, the modern demon stration of complete civil and religious liberty To them religion, as inter preted in the eevere exaotioni of a ier eecuted eect, was the highest aim; anl to further that aim tbey did not temple to persecute as they had been pereecnted, and even to take human life, as their lives had once been taken Laws frame! in snch an atmosphere, laws worded under eueh conditione are liot fit laws to apply unreservedly to the. wholly different conditions of to day. In the nature of thinga they mnat b narrow and intenae. They cannot be, and they cannot lie con strued to be, broad, liberal and in touch with the wide fellowship prevalent to day among all races, classes and creeds. Is it nowadays eesential to tha reason able aad proper observance of Sunday that we should go back for our modele to the obsolete ttandardt of a wholly dissimilar state of society? Is the in telligenoe or 1-91 so faulty that It must wear the intellectual cocked hat and carry the severe visage of oua hundred years ago? In our opinion, no. Thar is a right way to go at thie thing.and thero ie alto h wrong way. Some of nt are pursuing the wrong way. Somo of us are doing work that it meant to be good, but that evrntnatet at bad. The mission of legislation, in a republic, ie to protect the fair majority in their ressonabl right. We believe that u majority of person in Pennsylvania ol intelligent parsons, of good citizens -want to rest on the first day of the week. Some of than want to worship on that day and some do not; but all want to rest. They do not want to bo disturbed by business carts, either of their own or of their neighbors. The will of the mejority ahoull prevail iu this mat ter, business should be generally eut pended. Secular pursuit ahould caaae. The din of traffic and the annoyances of piping activity should take one day off. lint that is all. There should ba no petty oompuleions on the part of a minority. No coterie of men shall say to what church tha publio must go, what food tbey mutt eat or what re freshments thy mutt drink. Tho will of the majority, so far a it may prop erly eeak expreaaion In law, will have been subserved when tho desired sus pension of annoyiug activitiee aud em ployments thall have been achieved. All things beyond that enter the do main of individual option, and are to be regulated apart from the statute bookt of thit commonwealth. It nlvkk rains but It pours. No eaoner had that ngly sugar truat scan dal been unmasked than the Demo cratic majority in the senate announced that two of their number had been offered bribes not to vote for the pend ing tariff bill. They have forgotten most of the cironrustanoes of the trans action; do not know who tba would-be briber tepreaented, nor whether he waa talking seriously, But their lofty vir tus revolts at the very idea of the thing and ,'tiey want aatlsfaiAiou. As an of- set to the saccharino syndicate dis closure, this little iucident is scarcely a complete aiicceas; but as indicating the proneuessof the Democracy to make Itself ridiculous, it is not without strong points. TBI Democratic party seems provi dentially adept in invariably, at crit ical moments, ranking a fool of itself. Notwithstanding the local preva lence IhsI mouth in 150 cases of one or mere of four contagions disensss which, when malignant, often prove fatal, the April death rate of 185 is moderate and indicates that Scrsiiton is in an excellent san itary oondltiou. Commendable vig ilance is being manifested ,in the protection of the public health, and if individual caution wore on a corres ponding plane of watchfulness, the vital statistics of May would be even more encoursglng. Tub EToNOBABMI Kppa Huuton, a senator from Virginia, i.-i mad because an ' unknown mau" trl"d to bribe him and madder still became the man is yet unknown. 6cr.inlon's Good Opportunity. The fact that as many as seven large industries are in communication with Ike manufacturers' committee of the local board of trade, with a view of effecting a transfer of plants ta Scran - ton, is indicative of a hopeful feeling in the world of business. Industries ooee anchored do net underco the many expenses of removal without con siderable assurance that their trade will thereby be tnftleiently Increased to warrant the outlay , or that expenses may b suftleiently reduood: or both. Unless there were general faith among the shrewd men who conduct these in dustries that the Amerioan people have already virtually recovered from their free trtds spasm, and faith, also, that when the threat ol hurtful and vicious tiriff legislation at Washington is lifted from the indastnal situation in this country business will revive in all directions and tiade take on a new lss of steady and profitable life, they would not now be desirous, under cov.ir of the temporary depression, to make chnnges in sites so as to be better pre pared than ever before to meet the re vival in demand which all believe is soon inevitable. These inquiries, therefore, betoken a healthy etale of commercial confidence and point strongly to the need at tins time of a vigorous presentation of Scrunton's snperior claima as a city for manufactures. The next few month" will be moving time among the fac tones and mills of our land. With works closed or running listlessly on fractional time, those Industries not at present giving satisfaction to their j proprietore may be transferred with uncommon eaee and economy to loca tions offering bttr chaneet for profit able and continuous activity If not transferred now, while times are slack and available labor abundant, many ol these plante will not be transferred at nil, and the local advantage of inoro diversified indnstries, which all cran toniant concede, would virtually be lost through indifference. Very fortunately the hoard of trade, through lis various ofllcials and com mittees, Is alive to thie opportunity and will improve it to the utmost uieature of their popular support. The hearty co-operation of the business in terests of the city is essential to pro gress in this direction. There will, as before, ha etock to buy, land to donate and subscriptions to make. I'nless Scruntonlans offer this material kind of encouragement It will be useless to expend a great deal of energy In ad vertising the city aud In soliciting ne gotiationt with site eeokers when it it foreeeen that nothing taugibls would be likely toreenlt therefrom, of all tini"t In the history of onr progressive city this is the one time when some of the old-time snap, energy and unwav ering self confidence that made Boran ton what it now is, would go fart heat and accomplish most in the tstanaloo of our material reaoutcee and ia t'ae broadening of the foundatione upon whloh our growing community rests commercially. To HISTORIANS It is interesting to re fleot that the contemporary suocessor of those fleree-lippsd comniandera of the Moslem faithful who, in olden time, need almost to chew pious Corie tian 'ruasd'ir alive, hat Just granted bit grscions permission to the t'alns tlne Kxploratlnn soeiety of London to prosecute at will prolonged irobasolog leal Inquiries among the i inns of old Jernsaleni, ("Ivilir. itinn has tamed th Turk. Presbytor iuns In Session. In the sense that distinguishes a nov alty, the s . called Prlggs heresy has spent its force and lost ground. Those who arranges! themselves In the Ilrlggs line chiefly because it gave them the appearance of boing "sctentili :." and of being "advance guards" have sub aided into their normal common plaot aud th real battle I waging quietly, amid spiritual pain. The general at aembly today In session at Saratoga la distinctly a conservative gathering, proceeding slowly, moderately and in a becoming calm of temper and soul. The selection day before yeiterday of Rev. Dr. Mntehmore, of Philadelphia, as moderator waa ooneplnnonsly a vie -tory of the old aohool forces. Dr. Mutobraoro, both as an individual preacher and teacher, find nt editor of the Presbyterian, baa ootabatled power fully the new belief that Scriptural in spiration ia a llsxible standard of faith. No Briggt candidate was proposed, but none, it is said. could have boeu elected in aay event. Tula general assembly will doubtles move along to its decision without the exciting aoenes that characterized the latt two assemblies of this denomination; bat Ilrlggs must yield or else withdraw to more con genial organization. This la the band writing that illuminate the walL And. after all, why not? Why should ba aeek to alter a denominational strno ture that would lose its corner stone with it concession of hia point? Wonld it not more directly conduce to his own comfort and to the promotion of truth were he to accept the obvious logic of the situation, mid depart, with his fol lowing, into freer theological binds? The trend of the times is awsy froui dogmatism and In the direction of 111 -ertl unity. But even the championship of an advanced tenet may be made of fensively dogmatlo; and It is the opin ion of many persons that Dr. Briggs has curried liruiness to tho point of ob stinacy when he has Bought to fasten upon Presbyterlanisui, as an Integral part of l'reHuyieriauisui, teachius which Preibjrteriaaiim as a seat has explicitly and repeatedly disavowed. The world of tuonglit and faith is too large to justify suon extreme persistence. It n BURPRI8INQ that so c.iro- fully edited Philadelphia the utmost of crediting My Lover Snid, have seen this a newspaper as the Press should mxke inexcusable mistake the poem, "What ' to Klchurd Kialf. Wo exijuisite verse bully treated in more way than one; but that was in uuld lang syne. Nowadays, the real author, beyond all porudven- turnre, is known tube Homer Greene, the brilliant Hones. isle lawyer, liter uttiro and man of affairs. - SlNCB Ma JOB IfoDoWKLL has rinchd n state of placid resignation with rjf eronce to the rapidly growing Huff boom for congresiman-abOarge, every stumbling block appear to have been removed from tho pathway of General Harmony leading to next Wed aesduy's Republican convention. Ani now comes the medical discov ery that appendicitis is an after conae qaeno of the grip There are IhOM who had already know!: it was intim ately related to the gripe i Tin: OPINION of most disinterested persons seems to be that the Mate IIass llnll league management ItlofferlOg at present from u levere attack of hobi ism xrFfles Grave and Gay. ou may talk about youreditors who sit in easy chairs And fry to hohs the whole niadmie and put 00 lots of airs, And seek lo make the people tbluk it's what they have tC nay That keeps the business on the move and makes the paper pay; Hut don't yon never think it for the whole truth simply Is The editor's not in It with that huge con ceit of his. Kor tnere's onlv one essential iu the wh.de newspaper plan Sucre. alone depend apoa tb adyettle lag man. The men who edit telegraph end writs the local stuff Within the HttM fi.-lds they till may answer right enough; The sporting and dramatic men noil -ins,. fry such as those. Who gobble all tba itusis and who visit all thu shows; Aud likewise, t..o, the poets, who Insist they iinint reherse The llmpl things they have to ssy In blind and hailing verse. Thry. one and all, hnve uudcrstmsl since Papers tint becan. That tliev were mere assistants to the ad vertising nun Tis true tba advertising man has naught to do hut talk. Yet he's the one who. after all. irmits I he gl. al to walk. For w hlle the editors their pens iu trashy stuff MMM He toils uu something worth the while the n.lverti.iing page. Aud if you'll but Investigate sufficiently ou ii iiini He wurks mire men and hours than the other all Combined To li i tn be) ioh tint victor's crown--thls brave catch a catch-can. Ke. n, motiev getting, buslurss booming: advertising man. Nixon Watkhma KM 01 rut ..ktii noUtj Iu the gloaming. my daibng. v. here the r.ignts are en months long, If I tav till midnurht, darling, Would you think that It waa long ' Would yon work the old gags on iw ' WoOul you murmur soft and low. That I would be laie for breakfast. Or the c loca waa all weeks 'low ' - Is fruit t'rrt Press, home one with considerable hsr.l -ense advites "AdveTti! If y .ur business is not worth advertising, advertise it for sale '1 hi- la something that merchants wbo are notl la the bant of adveitismg should think about. Tba aid fanhlonwl notion thai everybidy ku..ws who you are, where you nre and what yon have fur tale is forever played out. cA.iue. Me and my wife, my aon John and his Wife, us four and no more, must he pro tected bl a tariff, ami the higher the bet ter is the Democratic weaning of tariff re- form, as exemplified by tha measure now bwtntr forced ll.ioiigh the senate. r'rrniA - ..rf Srmn. Hcrsnton may lie said to owe much of lis proaperltv to local iMiihllng and law a sociations. Not the kind that tnk your money i. way lo ot her states, but the kind that are purely local. WUk4$lUtm l.rmlrv. "Judge, your honor, I didn't at-al this man's coi net. Indeed I didn't," pleaded the prisoner, "I bougbl It from him. You know me better than that, Judge; I live In the same hi. ck with you-" " li, you do?" laid the judge. "Five years. ( all the next case " huttHMfOtii .AoiMtflf. IS THK allAfiK "Bluffen seems different from what he used to." remarked u muu on I'' street. "In what way?" "lie was one so sell -reliant a id boast ful. One of the people, fell know, who scion to know it ell." "( ill, lie s had that taken out of Inui." "Uowf "His sou, aged 21, ia homo from college." M'liWtiNofuii .S'for. Good night'' nir no; the hour la ill Which levers those it should unite; Lai us remain together mil, Thau It will bo good-night. How can 1 call the lone night good, Though thy awaat wishes wing Its flight? lie ii not talu, though understood, That it will be goo l-nlght. To hearts which near ech other move 1 1 ..in ei entng clou to morning light. The night is good; because, my love. They never sav good-night. -Shtlly. The United States senate has boen hyp notized by the great trusts. It has won all the other tinsts and lost that of the people. Hxtthvitlr. Kcpuliliean. There Is something more than a vague suspicion that the Coxeyltes are iu train ing for the next Democratic congress, should there ever be one. M ort'on t'aron ieti The tariff tinkering should stop and let the people right the oxisting depression upon tbo old schedule that brought pros perity to every Industry. Mekmeiid fade pendent. He goes forth with good spirits, To angh, his wish: Ho come back heavy Loaded But not with fish. Alliums City Journal. THERE is but one way in the world to be sure of having the best paint, and that is to use only a well-established brand of strictly pure white lead, pure linseed oil, anil pure colors. The following brands are stand ard, "Old Dutch" process, and are always absolutely Strictly Pure White Lead "Atlantic," "Eoymer-Bauman," "Jcwctt," "Davis-Chambers,' "Fahnontock," "Armstrong & McKelvy." If you want colored paint, tint any tin; above strictly pure leads with National Lead Co.'s Pure White .cad Tinting Colors. Tha e ol 1 1 are s.M In oaepeund caae, each can being ftufai lent la I let ..5 poaadi 01 Strictly Pare White Lead the desired sini.ie; levy re bi no s. use ready-mixed palala,butacoBUMaatiQti ai perfectly pure colors in the hsndlstl form to tint Btrictl Pure wiute Lead, Band us a postal card and get our book on paints and . ol. 1 -t or J. lice. NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York. Baby Carriages, Refrigerators AND Cedar Chests Hill Sc Connell 131 and 133 N. Washington Ave. Large Stock Bottom Prices 1 & Co. 422 LACKA. AVE. AYLE3WORT1 1'S Meat Market The Finest io the City Tho latest Iniprovad fnr nlsMriKi ml apparatus for kplng msat, tmttnr and agga KH3 W filming Att. DOCTOR JOHN HAMLIN Qualified Veterinary Surgeon, Ovur Thirty Warn' Kiiieriunco Practical Shoeing (Irailuato of the Anierh in VMariMlf Coll!0. Tba traatttant ol LAMKXB81 smi uth.-r lm I'viMim nt m Iu th inovi'inntiti of hnriiort .'viry sfterniK.ii. Lama sndelok unlrr.aU cxainlwul ami pro scribed for lro of i hsrge every Monday from I 10 IP It Rl I iF tinning and solderlm: all doim away withbv tbsBsaol hautmanh "AT- t-.V" PAlNT, which uoimlxt oT mgrcd! Dta roll known toad It run b apollud to tin. salvKiiizod tin, Hti.wt Iron roofs, aiao to brink dwIHnvi which will prurani almolutalv any oranbUAiii oraoktaf 01 laraaalM of tha hi 11 k It wld ontlaxt llnetng of any kind by innnv paara.Md It'aooal does) no atosad on- tmh that.. Ii.. coat of tinning Ia Bold by the joli or p.. mi l f mtrarl taken by v. ii.Mo 11 vhijiiw Birch at. CDURSEN CLEMOHS WANT a Piano or Organ Cheap? LOOK AT THE LIST: An nxtra fln.i Ilonry P. Mlllor Byuaro I hum $171 Aa 'Xtrn 1m i lii. ici.rlnB"Squaro Piano 17ft A Rood llaltifH Hrotliitrs Sqoara I'lnno... UK) A Koo.l Moynr llroihora Mpiaro Piano..., IS) A Hood Klrth & Pond Scuinro Piano , T5 A u- I I'iiiphouiu Uiuar.' Piano 60 A v.. rv MM BOStoO Piano DO. Waltiat aprfgfii 190 A vory g.Kxl Whoflock I'prlglit Piano. . IW) A vory iiood Whoelock Uprlglit Plauo. . 130 GUERNSEY BROTHERS' HEW STORE, Flanos GOLDSMITH'S jg Thirty-six Inches Finished Laundry and fast Color Are the special points contained in every one of the Shirts that you know see in our window for Men and Boys at 49c. Genuine Balbriggan Two-threaded, Maco Yarn, Pearl Buttons in Shirts, with ribbed tails. Drawers with extension strap backs, patent cuffs and sus pender loops, only 49c. The Record Broken Swivel, Clipped and Bourette Scotch Ginghams, never be fore less than 35 cents. Special sale of only about 40 Pieces at 20 Cents Don't miss one of the best things that we have ever offered in Fine Wash Dress Goods They cannot last long at this price. In Cloak and Suit Dept. Fine Tailor-made Jackets at Half Price. Beautiful Imported Capes at Half Price. Ladies' Duck Suits.neat patterns, at $1.98. Ladies' House Wrappers, 59 cents. With the New Valves Out of Sight Our new l'.icvcles art now to be seen at our 14 Lacka wanna avenue store. VICTORS, SPALDING, CREDENDA, G END RONS, And a full line of Hoys' and Girls' Wheels. We are mak ing extremely low prices on Second-hand Wheels. J I Ui 814 Lacka. Ave. Fountain Pens Fountain Tens Fountain Pens SPECIAL FOK A FEW DAYS A Guaranteed Foun tain Pen, regular price $1.50, for 98 Cents Reynolds Bros. Stationer and EnnrAveri. 817 LACKAWANNA AVK Dr. Hill & Son Albany Dentists fat t.th. loJKl: best sat, $: for (told caps and teath without platoa, called crown and bridge work, call for prloea and referooewe. TOKALOIA. tor extraotlnj teoth without palo. No ether. Mo gaa. OVEIl FIKST KATIOKAL HANK. A vary sood Shonlnser Upright Piano.. 126 OHIIANH. A Mason naralln.nearly now.hlgh top, donblo rend "0 An A. R Cbiiso, nonrly naw, high top, donblo rood 76 A Chli-ago Cottago.nonrly now, high top, donblo raad W A Worcestar, nearly new, high top, double rood ''" 224 nWIIIIAMMRRn iiiLLinmuu. unu and Organs at Wholesale and Ketail, on InsUUuients. Long, Ivory. THE : COLUMBIA : BICYCLE : AGENCY 224 Spruce St, Op. Tribune Office. i.utA WF. ofTi-r tha fln"t line of WIimuIm ot nil fr.If nd gn.irar.t. every mwhlr." I I'ur.'buiiirn taught Jo rul.) rfM of ctutrv CaU for rjttsl .ff-Je. 'l'ti .-vi'iilnif ?pii'ittl iwtrifniiis In ter - C3TIT WILL BEAR LOOKING INTO. The Alaska Refrigerator As well made inside as out. Made for economy and made to last. WE HAVE MANY STYLES AND PRICES. 513 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. uiiiiiiiiiiiiii''Miiiiieiiii!iigiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinitiiiiiHiM(ii IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIR Wedding Pjrjr 1 ot The best is none too good. Ours are 18-k. All sizes and weights. LLOYD, JEWELER 423 Lackawanna Avo. Another Advocate of Ansesthene Pits. UMWOOD A v A III) K LI (IKNT1.IIM N It aflorda m s;rat UaaM to stals that your MW prswasi uf rilrartlnic l'tb a a itran.l aiiroesa In mv eaa. . and 1 l.rai tlly r..oomi.i.uid It to all. 1 alncar.ly bopo that othiia will ttsl Ita ilirrlla. Vnura reaprtfnlly. CAI'T. BElTAUti Scrnnlon, la Henood k Wardell, DENTISTS, 316 Lackawanna Ave. Will on and aftor Msv 11 ti i m tho prlcoa of plaUw. AU worn g" anteoi nrst-clasa in ayary particular. A Standard, naarly now.hlgh top,donblo rood 411 A bluiulngor, noarly now, higli top, donblo rood And about 20 othor good second hand or gans, if:: . to (HO. Tho nbovo oolleotlon of Second hand Insni mm lib nr.. all In good ordor, fully guaran teed, tho groateat liargains ever offered In tin. city. Call and aoe thorn. Installments or disoonnt for oash. WYOMING AVENUE, SCRANTON. BAZAAR nd lm:i'l wIvM IS IT NOT A BEAUTY? I THE 66 ELECTRA" I GAITER Globe Shoe Store j Ml LACKA. A V I Evans & Powell S FIRST MORTGAGE 6 0 BONDS OF THK FORTY FORT COAL COMPANY. A liniitoil Dombu of tho nbore bonda nrf lor salo nt pur anil ac orrjfd iiiti'rost by tho (bllowlng parties, lroin whom oopiM of tho niortpvpo anil full inforinatiou can ho olitaineil: EL W. ilullijran, Cashier Second National Hank, Wilkes-Harro, Jfe, W. L. Watson, Cashier First Na tional Hank, Pittston, Pa. J. L. PolflOj Cashier People's Savings Bank, Pittston, I'l. A. A. Thy den, President Minors' Saving Hank, Pittston, Pa. Aud by tho Scrauton Savings Hank aud Trust Coiupauy,Truatoe under tho Mortgage. T. E Atherton, Counsel, W1LKKS-BARRE, PA. InserUd in THIS TRIBUNE ai U lata of ONE CENT A WORD. mm.