SATt'IlDAT, FUHUUAUY C, 1898.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
SATUHDAT, FEBRUARY C, 1898.
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FACTS CONCERNING
CANDY MANUFACTURE
Modern Improvements Introduced in the
Confectioner's Uuslncss.
THE THREE GREAT ESSENTIALS
A Training in All tlio DcnnrtnionU
Thnt rit tlio Hoys niul tilrls Who
llogln Tlioro to Mnko Successes
When Thoy Try Oilier Vork-IIusl-hcbs
Sccrots Well (iunrilod.
Yom tho New York Hun
"With Increased facilities at lil coin
mand and the latest developmunta of
science and chemistry to profit by, the
enndy maker keeps well abreast ot the
trades In the onward march of Im
provement. Never before wuh theio
qulto such a patlny bloom on lino
candles, never such dainty, flowerlike
colorings, or such exactness of design.
Now and again some accidental reve
lation If the effect of certain conditions
on certain Ingredients nnd compounds
gives fresh Impetus to experiment, and
better results arc attntned than were
at first dreamed possible. For yenrs
the bulk of the beat candy has been
made In great double-Jacketed copper
kettles operated by steam heat. When
It came to confections requiring a clear,
Intense heat In their preparation, how
ever, the makers had to tesort to the
nld-fashtoned fire, both because of the
moisture Inseparable from steam cook
ing and because of the delectable
flavors that got nway on the vapor.
Since the devaporlzatlon of steam has
been Introduced the more dellcnto
kinds of candy can be made by steam
heat also, thus lessening both the labor
and expense and effecting a more sat
isfactory outcome. The essences and
delicate liquors that formerly escaped
on the vapor are now retained and
prisoned beyond hope of release In u
stralljacket of sugar.
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES.
"The old-time candy makets with a
reputation to sustain ut.ed good, pure
materials nnd endeavored to make their
candy nil of uniform quality, but we
go further than that," paid the man
ager of a big establishment. "We try
to make our candy look as good as It
tastes, nnd, even In the cheaper, sim
pler grades, we discard anything that
falls to square In with the rest In ap
pearance, even If the matetlal and
makeup Is Just the same. Take this
chocolate block, for Instance. It l.s
moulded of alternate layers of cream
nnd chocolate, topped off with the
chocolate. It was made at the fame
time with the others, but It Is a little
thicker on one corner and there aie
a few dark-looking veins tluough It,
where It happened that a streak of
chocolate was a shade colder or hotter
when the mabs was run together.
Those are 10-cent blocks, but the Im
perfect, uneven ones will be weeded
out with as much care as If they were
worth $2 a pound. That Is the way we
keep our standard up to the top notch
and Impress our people with the Im
portance of being careful. Thnt pea
nut brittle there on the marble slab Is
low-grade goods also, so far as price
Is considered, but any portion of It
that Is lumpy or a degree thicker than
the general bheet will be thrown out.
That which breaks coming out of the
pan Is discarded also. You see that
big Italian who lifts out the sheets?
Big-boned and strong as he Is, he has
a touch more delicate than a woman.
That brittle Is as flinty and apt to fall
to pieces ns a Hake of Ice, nnd It Is
especially hard to manage In those
large squares, but ho gets them out of
the pan with seldom a mishap. Those
girls dipping the nuts yonder couldn't
begin to do It. Perhaps his size gives
him steadiness. Maybe so; nt any rate,
he has been hnndllng those peanut
sheets and sometimes the coeoanut
crisps for us for five years, and he Is
a muster hand at It.
HAND LABOR.
"With nil the Improved machlneiy
and new facilities In the cooking, cool
ing, and so on, the bulk of the best
candy must continue to be made by
hand," he went on. ' The wokman need
never fear th'nt the machines will push
him out of the business. On the con
trary, we employ more hands now than
we did formerly, partlculatly In the
selecting and packing department,
where great care is taken that the
boves aro sent out In good shape, and If
possible, more tastefully packed each
reason than they were the last. Hero
Is where the best chance comes In for
a girl's advancement In the business.
We are always glad ot any hints in the
arrangement of the layer boxes tint
tend to make them more attractlve.and
a girl with ,m eye for color and some
originality is likely to be noticed. In
the packing of one-pound and two
pound boxeg the little partitions of
stiff white paper are provided bepara
atcly, and the pills, after packing the
bottom layers, aro encouraged to do
sign the top layer according to their
own Ideas. Then can make It like the
pattern If they wish, or they can vau
lt. Wo have sometimes offered pilzes
for the best arrnngeinent or the mot
original for a live or ten-pound bo,
and een those packets who did not
win seemed to take moip inteust In
their work afterward. The day has
pone by when candy, no matter how
well made, can find a market solely on
Its merits. It must bo put up In at
tractive form, and, If possible, must
outrival all competitors In this tegaid.
TRADE SECRETS.
"Ah regards the making theie Is no
business so Jealous of Its secrets and
so careful that other manufacture! s or
their employes shall not get wind of
the particular processes used. Th
maker of ftno pastry nnd into cakes Is
secret In his methods, also, but the
candy business in the higher giades
has grown so enotmously, and th io
are ro many ways of producing Je
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suits that seem Identical, but that Just
miss the highest point of attainment,
that a man has to bo on his guard. We
never employ a workman who lias
worked In another candy factory, even.
In an unimportant position, If wo can
help It. Ills antecedents nnd previous
occupation aro always looked Into. We
have methods of cattylng out our own
Ideas, even In the simplest departments,
nnd wo prefer that another factory
should not net hold of ilieni."
"Do employes In a candy factory stick
at the business long?'1 was asked of tlio
foreman of the packing department.
"The women and gills biny until they
marry or for porno reason have to rIvo
up work. The men make It a profes
sion and seldom change." wnn the n
ply. "It's not such a goo.l paying busi
ness, perhaps, but It's steady, that Is,
In the best-known flron.', nnd It has
some advantages over other kinds ot
employment. Tha glrl.4 employed heio
Mini $1 a wc-ek. Very few get over $",
but, you see, the business? Is easily
learned.''
"Wo don't have to dress like a shop
girl is lequliod to dress," put In one of
tho workeis, who was busllv placing
nmbcr-coloied twin eheules In the top
layer of tho box she packed. "Plain
cotton drosso ale all wo need here,
nnd that Is a great saving. I have a
friend In a department store and she
does not mnko nny more a week than
1 do, but .ih- spends moie than half
of it for her woikday clothes. Then
another thing, the girls here nit down
most of the time, and even in those
departments where they have to run
much or stand a good deal they aro
allowed to sit down and lest nt off
tlims. We enn talk tosether In mod
elation, too. I had murh lather work
at candy making than wait on custom
ers, although the "h'opghls might bo
of another opinion."
How long have you been doing
that'" the visltir asked of one of a
long row of girls who was dipping
gicvn pistachio nuts Into a brimming
sea of chocolate.
"S years," replied the bon-bon dip
per mechanically, without looking up,
nnd she went on dipping the slender
green cubes just o far and no fur
ther In their stick hath, just r.s she had
plunged them In for hK times 35"i days,
minus Sundnjs and holidays.
' I wonder if they i-vcr get sleepy sit
ting there doing the same thing over
and over that way day In and day out."
the manager Is ake 1, hut he laughs
and says that his irlrl woikers are a
cheerful lot, well satisfied with their
w oi k.
A PLEASANT PICTURE
They make a pleasant picture, seated
about the long, clean tables, with white
caps covering their hair and the sleeves
of their pilnt gowns tinned up well out
of the way. The heaped piles of green
dainties In the centre of the table stead
ily diminish. As fast as one great crock
of smooth, ci earned chocolate Is
emptied, another yellow bowlful comes
In to take Its place, the tiays of green
nuts already capped being borne out
to the cooling room In the hands of
youngsteis wealing paper skull caps
and a smutch of btnrch on their faces.
On the other side of the same room
are gills at similar long baie tables
bathing nuts In great basins full of
cream. A group of thiee dip Into a
bowl of amber-colored eieam; the next
thiee transfoim the nuts to a beautiful
violet tint; the next three conveit them
Into rose-coloied beauties; yet another
group shaies a bowl ot green, and so
on around the table. Each gill has a
little spoonlike Implement made of
wire, by means of which tlw shape of
the coated comfit Is determined.' Each
half of an English walnut, pecan, or
other dainty, after being plunged be
neath the flood, is put down on a tin
mould over a raised letter that will
brand the bonbon ns having been made
in that particular lactory.
"Come up to the top lloor and see
the beginning of opemtlons," suggests
the manager, and theie In the big loom
are seen thr huge bags of chocolate
beaiiH ready for roasting and grlndlrg,
after they have flrsT been cleaned,
hulled, nnd classified. Hogsheads full
of the different grade stand about the
walls, labelled with reference to their
quality so subtly that the Inexperi
enced sense can detect only slight dif
ference between "best," "next best,"
and "medium." Tho hogsheads are
shrouded In doubly thick cloths to pre
vent the aroma from escaping, and also
to keep out the dust. There are rows
of bairels. holding walnut shells.ranged
on one side of the loom.
"We stait our ilres in the moinlng
with these." says the foieman, taking
up a handful. "They make a tine blaze,
being so drv and flaky, and give out a
pleasant odor when burning. The nuts
used in our fneton are nearly all
cracked In the bulk )ng by our own
hands, so as to Insuie getting them out
whole. Of course, holiday times, may
be, when there's a rush or oiders, we
occasionally have to got some nuts
nlioady cracked. Those tubes carry the
giountl chocolate down to the next
Hoar, and from there It Is distributed
to the liolleis to be ei earned and treat
ed in .uious ways."
N'OUUAT.
"Do tell me precisely what nougat Is
made of" Is asked In the cooking
room, wheio burnished kettles seethe
with their boiling contents, and woi It
men In white pinafores and paper caps
twltt about the big paddles so as to
ptevent burning.
"Nougat Is made of honey, the whites
of eggs, an! sugai," is the reply.
"Nothing besldei? What gives it that
peculiarly delicious flavor?"
"Tit" particular inocess It goes
tluough In the making," say.s the n.an
agor, mysteriously. "We can't give
away state seciets. It is a long and
tedious piocess. That Is nougat dol
ing on tho slab under that thick white
paper. It won't be disturbed for twenty-four
hours. Hy that time It will
be ready for the next stop In Its tieat
ment." Theio m acits of maible tables In
this loom on the side opposite the cook
ing kettles, and great glided j oiling
pins for smoothing out the material
tor eniamels and other concoctions. A
vaiietj of cutters and stamjieis of In-
ftmP.IH
inherited by lard is but one of the on
desirable characteristics of the hog; that
the DCSt lard makers enn'r nwrfnm.
Uit of danger.
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Matt. VI; 24-34. '
BY J. E. GILBERT, D. D., LL. D.,
Secretary of American Society of Religious Education.
CONTEXT. After touching on majcr,
Jesus Instructed Ills disciples concerning
fustlng, to protect them against hy
pocrisy. Afterward Ho passed over Into
the subject of wotldllncss, to which the
Christian Is ulwuys exposed. The attrac
tions of this life are so numerous nnd
constant ns to shut out tho glories of tlio
next. Tho Interests of tho sensuous na
ture aro so urgent that the spiritual Is
llablo to neglect. Hence, Jesus warns
against laying up treasure upon the
earth (.verso 19), and calls attention to
the other nnd higher treasure. (Verso
1W.) This llo does, not to eliminate, but
to subordinate cnrnul desires nnd plan
nlngs. Ho would have the man make
his soul's welfaro his chief concern (I
Corinthians, Ix, 1!7), and address his main
efforts for the things which do not per
ish. While uttering such wlso words on
an elevated piano It may be that the
disciples queried concerning tho Inter
ests of their bodies, and that Jesus per
ceived their thoughts. Our lesson today
Is an answer to any doubts that may
havo aiisen. It shows thnt no man who
lints tho spiritual first will suffer in tho
ttmporal, but that rather this Is tho
surest way to temporal prosperity.
DUPLICITY The first consideration
presented Is the Impossibility of a dou
ble loyalty. (21,) Two musters seek tho
servlco of every man. Ono of theso Is
wealth, which Jesus personifies under the
tetm Mammon This word often occurs
in tho Clinldeo Targums of Onkelos, nnd
later writers tme It In tho Srlac version.
The phrnse, Mammon of unrlghteousnos.s
(Luke x I, !0, refers to gain unjustly
acquired. The struggle for riches ubsorbs
the time and eneig or multitudes of
men, who seem well nigh to forgot other
concerns. Such Is the strain put upon
men In this pursuit that they are liable
to become mere machines for money get
ting1. And jot all this tlmo Cod makes
dimand upon the affections nnd efforts,
and His claim is paramount to nil oth
ers. What Jesus hero seeks is to lead
Ills disciples to a decision ns between the
two claimant. There must bo no duplic
ity, no division of sen Ice. One who at
tempts It will surely fall. (James, lv, 4)
Let the choice be prompt, decisive, final.
(I John, II, 13.)
ANXIETY. The hot chase after wealth
Is due primarily to the needs and uncer
tainties of life. Theio me certain physi
cal comforts, such ai food, clothing nnd
abode, reclining with constant regular
Itj', that must bo supplied. But accident,
sickness or other mlslortuno may proent
one from those routine employments that
bring these necessaries. Accordingly, tlio
man of foresight undertakes to provide
for the future, and this Is praiseworthy.
(Proveibs, 1. C.) Hut frequently nnxlety
sets in, lest, despite the good efforts,
want should nrlFe. Then comes the most
self-denying and concentrated Inbor for
accumulation, which ultimately becomes
a ruling passion, and seeks to Increase
the possessions lone after a superabund
ance has been gathered This nnxlous
thought corrodes and peiplexes. It Is ri.
pcclally Injurious to mental nnd spiritual,
as well ns phjsical. health. Hence, our
Lord warns agnlnst It. (Verso 21.) "Is
not tho life mom than meat?" Why de
stroy the ono to obtain the otlter? (I.uko
xll, IB.) It Is possible with -very llttlo of
earthly or bodily comfort to attain to a
high standard of manhood. (James, 11, 0 )
ILLUSTUATION.-It was a hard doc
trine, that our Saviour taught, one not
dividual make and contrivance hang
leady nt hand. Near by In an adjoin
ing coiiipaitnipnt Is what might be
termed the foundry of the factoty, for
there all the moulds pre cast and the
crude jellies and sweetmeats take on
definite foim. It Is a veritable cloud
room of white, and in the drifting mist
th1 men's forms move noiselessly. Their
heads are powdered with corn-stnich,
their mustaches are whitened with It,
It Is all over, around, nr.d about them,
and has lattice! even on their shoes.
Several men fill shallow wooden trays
with the llllng-flno flour from a leep
bin, nnd as fast as they are smoothed
off on the top, they nro placed on long
tables and wooden moulds, In sheets
the sl.o of the top of the tiny, piessej
down Into thin. The tine starch read
ily yields to the Indentation, and the
oval or circular or anchor mark Is fixed
at legular intervals In the surface of
tne white trnj'. Another man comes
nlong now there are no girls in this
department and drains a brlght-col-oi
ed Jelly Into the little holes In the
cornstarch bed. After these tiays are
filled the candy Is left to harden a
certain number of hours, nnd then
turned out clear and clean from the
Hour, requiting- only n little polishing
to convert It Into glistening pink nnd
amber iliops. In anuther loom, wheio
tioops of fresh'-faced girls are at work,
copper vessels are st up at a conven
ient angle and rotated by machinery.
Tlushels ot white-coated uhnonds spin
nround In one vat, pink peppumlnts
twirl In another,
Tlin THREi: KSSKNTlALtf.
"These rotators do a lot of woik for
us," explains the superintendent. "We
put the almonds In und grndually coat
them over evenlv with liquid cieametl
sugar. That Is done with hot air.
Later we tuin on cold nlr and tho rapid
motion fans them Into coolness and
hnrdens them as well. "When they are
dumped out they glitter like crystal.
Ten years ngo all of this kind of woik,
coating and manipulating of them to
l.uiden, was done by hand and not done
nearly as well In thiee times the length
ot time."
All the departments of the factoiy
mo inteiestlng. Even the loom wheie
the making of taffy and of plain block
candy Is cairied on, wheie the j'ards
of yellow sweetness are pulled out und
slapped back and forth In the crisping
pre cess nnd then laid lengthwise on a
slab, to be chipped Into blocks by a
pink-faced German holding a huge pair
of shears. Hvenlj', regulnrlj", he meas
ures off tho portions and clips the
sticky mass in two with us much ease
as though he were snipping thieads or
cutting paper. Further on at long
rows of tables deft girl fingers are plac
ing delicate tidbits In enamelled paper
and folding away long and round pieces
lu little crimpy holders that look like
lace. Others tako these Individual
pieces and range them In the boxes
Hied underneath the tubles xeudy for
use,
Precision, accurncj', and scrupulous
neatness. These ate tho watchwords
of tho candy factory.
"A kettle full cooked a minimum of
a second too long Is spoiled for use,"
Bald the manager, and "If the mixer
gets his portion a trlllo too thick or
tpo thin It Is out of the question for
flrst-giade stuff. If a pistachio nut or
an almond Is dipped a mite too deep
lu cream It will spoil the appearance
of the lot, and If the girl who arranges
the layers In the boxes gets them a
little askew the value of the box Is
lowered. We preach exactness and
enre from morning until night, and I
believe tho young girls and boys who
work hero aro likely to make careful,
easily received by the average man. Most
people consider It Imposslblo and even
Impioper to dismiss anxious thoughts
concerning life, food and clothing. Jesus
seeks theruforo to enforco Ills words by
Illustrations of thrco kinds. (Verses 20
to 29.) First, tho fowls, so beautiful and
linppj, do not lay up any Btores, but are
fed directly by tlio heavenly Father.
(Job, xxxIH, 41.) Second, no man by any
amount of thought can in nnywlso altect
his own stature, which Is fixed and un
nlterablc', nnd thetcforo tho ability to do
Is not Increased by any concern about
It. (Kccloslnstcs, 111. II.) Third, tho lilies
of tho field, tho most beautiful part of
the vegetable kingdom, do not toll, but
they simply grow Into a glorj Incom
parably greater than Solomon's. These
citations all refer to processes In nature,
which nro under the nbsoluto control of
the Almighty. Tho intention was to turn
the thought of tho disciples back to tho
fundamental truth that nil things are un
der the supervision and guldnncu of a
supremo being.
INFEHENCE. It was not the purpose
of Jesus to teach men that they must
live us tho fowls do, or that they must
merely vegetate. Ho was lather seek
ing a basis for an argument If Ood
does this for theso Itsser creatures what
will He not do for His children (Verses
20 and 31.) Think of u man, aye, n Chils
tlnn ninti, mado in tho Image of Clod
(Genesis, I, 2C), destined to Ilvo forever,
with capacities for happiness and ser
lco, but little lower thnn tho angels.
(I'snlm, vlll, 5.) A man upon whom tho
loo of Ood has been bestowed, for whom
Christ died (Itomans, v, S), In whom tho
holy spirit has found an abiding place.
(II Corinthians, vi, 1(5.) Then think ot a
weak. Muttering blid, shot t-llvcd, speech
less, nnd a plant destined In a few days
to perish. How much better Is ono than
the other? Whj-. then, seeing what Ood
do(s in nature, should any man doubt His
caie? Should unj'cno bo nnxlous con
cerning tho futuro? lsmlHs all your
feats, and look up to tho good Father
nnd leavo j-oursclf In His hands. Do
what Is In jour power and trust Him
for tho rest, (l'salin, Kxxiv, 11.) Ills fa
vor Is of Incalculable woith.
I REASONING. nothing now from the
uiuuu ui iiiusiruuon jesus seeics lo rest
Ills main doctrine upon two pioposltlons,
which all ought to admit ns true, tho
force of which Is Irresistible. (Verso 32.)
First, to seek with anxious thought and
struggle nftcr e.irtblj riches as the su
preme good Is to put one's self on the
plane of the whole Gentilo world. Such
n man Is worso than a Jew ho Is a
heathen. The people who do not possess
a written revelation (Itomans. ill, 2), nnd
are therefore Ignorant ot tho sublimo
Ideas that gle lofty aspirations may bo
excused If they center thtir ambitions on
eaith, but the Christian ought to know
better. Second, the Chiistinn believes he
has a heavenly Knthcr, and that beller
ought to conxlnce him thnt his wants
will be met, especially when ho remem
bers that this father Is fully acquainted
with all his wants Theso two thoughts,
taken togetlur, make n powerful appeal.
The Christian Is exhorted to stand on his
own nrnner irrrinnil .is n rhlM rt flrwl
and not to become like tho gient mass
of men who know not Ood.
PROMISR. It Is time now to bring ull
the utternnces Into compact form, and
this Jesus does In a slnglo precept, ac
companied by n promise. In this He
I shows the secret of getting a good liv
Intelligent workmen when they set
about anything else. They le.ain the
value of time nnd the importance of
being cureful In a marked deg'tee."
NOT HIS DAY I'Olt A WHIPPING.
One Twonty-l'oiir Hours when John
ny Pelt Sii((..
From Hntper's Magazine
Little Johnny was 8 jcurs old, there
fore he could look back to sevetal
Christmas holidays with a lively re
membrance of what they were like,
and what had taken place on those fes
tal occasions.
One of Johnny's Ideas (not original
with Johnny by nnj- means, as many
a parent can testify) was that it was a
boy's mission to make us much noise
ns possible in the world, and, In spite
of frequent admonishing und more or
less frequent vvhlnpings, he peisevei
Ingly cm iled out the Idea on all occa
sions, except when he was nhleep.
Johnny was fulfilling his mission with
more vigor nnd enthusiasm than usual
on Christmas morning, but nobody paid
any attention to hiin except his Aunt
Jane, who was visiting Johnny's par
ents! during the holidays, and she final
ly grew tired of the noise, nnd said:
"Johnny, It Is very naughty to keep
up such n din and jacket all the time.
and If you don't stop it I shall havo to
speak to your mothei about it "
"Huh! What goodil that do""' scorn
fully demanded Johnny
"Why, she will whip you If you don't
stop," threatened the joung man's
aunt.
"Guess not'" retoited Johnny, with
nn ulr of tilumph. "Cinls'mas ain't
my day for glttin' whipped. I allcrs
git whipped the day before Chils'mas
and the day after, but I never do on
Chrls'mos."
The llibl.t So Plnill.
A colored JIrs Partington lives 'u
Georgia, says tho Constitution, and she
talks Interestlnglj-. She Is ubout 70 jiuis
old, and makes a gtcat show ot reading
the Hlble though It is well known she
tunnot read a lino. Tho other morning
silo was seated on her front porch with
a largo family Hlble on bet lap. Somo
one wns passing und saluted her.
"Good morning. Aunt CnrohneV
"Muvwitn', suh inavvnln'! It's light
previous wenthor, sub."
"Yes, rather previous."
"Do clouds hang so low, hit look Uko
doy "bout ter have a colleglunce wld le
uhth."
"Yes, It does look so "
"Well, de Lawdil take kecr on us. Do
Hlble say Ho distempers do wind ter do
born lambs."
"Is that tho Hlblo you'io reudlng?"
"Oh, yes. suh I"
"Whj", It's upsldo down'"
"Look heah, mister!" said the old wo
man, indignantly, "don't jou 'sposo I
knovved It? Whut dlffuncn do It muko?
Da Hlblo Is so plain you kin (Us read It
any way!"
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drrful nppllaiuo und fceleiitlflo rem
edies siout on trial to any reliable
man. A world-wide reputation back ot
this offer. Every obstacle to happy married
llfo removod. Full strength, development
and tone alven toovory portion of th body.
Failure Impossible ago uo harrier.
No a O. I), scheme.
ERIE MEDICAL CO.. StfWf:
ing, (Verso 3.1.) Tho piccept Is ery
bold. "Seek" denotes an earnest, Intelli
gent effort. "First," befora nil other
things, "tho kingdom of Ood," the spit I
tunl rule which Ho sots up over willing
minds. "His righteousness," tho recti
tudo of life nnd conduct pi escribed by
Him. Or, briefly, make It tne great busl-
ness to bo obedient to God nnd right In
His sight. The ptomlso will startle some
one, "All theso things," tho necessaries
of life about which men havo been nnx
louu, "shall be lidded." or. Ilteialiy
thrown In ns u gratuity. "I do not be
lieve It " says some one. Hut there Is
tho Master's word. There Is a close con
nection between godly lllng nnd worldly
comfort. David recognized 11 (Psalm,
xxxvll, 20), and Paul declared It. (1 Tim
othy, lv,S.) Here Is tho wholo science of
economics. When Jesus came the pov
ertj' on ovcrj sldo was most deplorable,
but tho ono remedy Ho offered wns tlio
gospel. (Matthew, xl, G.) Somo say "im
prove man'.? temporal and you will Im
provo his spiritual condition." Jesus re
verses this Statement. Hut tho precept
Is positive, not negative. It docs not for
bid Industrj-, econemj", honesty, but In
cludes them.
INSTUUCTION.-One point further nnd
Jesus dismisses this lmpoitnnl topic
nnd passes to another In His seimo'i.
Having shown that the dlsclpla ought
not to bo anxious' about his worldly fu
ture, Ho now cnlls attention to the fact
that each day denmnds the best use of
our powers. (Verse J4 ) This He puts on
two sides. When tho morrow conies thero
will be need of the utmost thought that
can be bestowed on lt duties, if ono Is
busj' ubout a day that has not como ho
will not havo sufficient stiength for tho
day that Is now hue. Resides, If thero
Is evil, us many fear, there will bo
enough In each day without Importing
that which belongs to another. Hence,
dismissing tho coming ilav to tho good la
ther who knows better thiVi we, let us
llvo In the piesent, discharge Its duties,
and bear H.s trials manfully. This nd
lco Is an excellent correctlvo of any
mistaken notion which nnj nilhht havo
had concerning tho previous words of
tho lesson, showing thnt Jesus does not
encourage a careless presumption upon
tho goodness of God. Rather vm aie to
meet tho things that are upon us and
bonow no troublo nbout imaglnarj
things which may never come.
Hi:i'LnCTIONS.-'I ho Instruction con
tained In our lesson bears dliectlj upon
tho every day llfo of evcrj man. See
the great companj' of excited, perplexed,
enre-ridden men, who toll from morn till
lilirht nnd peer Into the future with fore
boilings of ell, cherishing gloomy
thoughts and nnxlous fears! Let all such
lead tho thlitj-.-fourth veise. See the
larger er,mpc:nj who llvo from hand to
mouth, denied all the luxuries and occa
slonallv falling ot the necessities of lira
nt times scarcely able to keep their chil
dren in biend. Let all such read the
thlrtj'-thltd verse. There may be wickeJ
men who keip part of their wages (Le
viticus, xlx, 13), end theio may lie plut
ocrats who fatten on their earnings. Tho
Industrial problem Is disturbed most of
nil bv godless capital and godless labor.
Thero Is a God who tnkes care of those
who love Him, who challenges tho trust
of men with a pledge based In good phi
losophy When will men leain that there
Is no peace but In tho love nnd service
of God? Thero Is ono euro for nil per
sonal burdens. Trust In the Lord nnd do
good. (Psalm, xxxvll, 3.)
U hi EfcsBbSS3flkPg
Always Reliable, Purely Vagslable.
Perfectly tnstolens, elegantly coated, rcsu
lute, purify, Wcnns und strengthen. HAD
v Y s I'll. I.s for the cure or alt disorders
of Moiuueh, ISoweN, Kidneys, madder.
Nervous HWcnses, Dlylness, Vertigo, Cov
tlvctnos, Piles.
SICK HEADACHE,
FEMALE COMPLAINTS,
BILIOUSNESS,
INDIGESTION,
DYSPEPSIA,
CONSTIPATION,
ASK
ALL DISORDERS OF THE LIVER
Observe tho following symptoms, result
ing from diseases of the digestive organs:
Constipation, inward plies, fullness of
h'.ood In tho head, acidity of the stomach
nauseu, heartburn, disgust of food, full
ness of wcWh: ot the stomach, sour eruj
tatlons, sinking or fluttering of tho heart,
choking or suffocating sensations when
In a lying pontine, dimness of vision, dots
or wens before the sight, fever and dull
pain In the head, deficiency of perspira
tion, j ellow ness of tho kin and eyes, patn
In the side, chest, l.mbs nnd sudden flush.
cs of heat. bumliiK In iho flesh.
A few dosc3 of ItADWAV'a PILLS will
freo the sjstcm of all the above named
disorders.
Price 25c per box, hold by Druggists or
sent by mall.
RADWAY & CO..
55 Elm St. New York.
! Ill's M
Lager
Beer
Brewery
Manufacturers of
OLD STOCK
PILSNER
MMllllUlllPO.
Telephone Cull, 3333.
MADE ME A MAM
AJAX TAULETS TOSITIVKliY CDIIE
crr, lm potency, HImjiI winees, ete , oaaie t
br Abuse or other Licuuos and Indie-
mamaarorstodr, bu taeu or merries.
'Invent Intaiiitr an. Coniumotlon if
T0TB-
Mu. hum vuovib uui.i. Hu,ra uii tuner l
flat upon hsTlua tho genuine Alas Tsblete
poTO cared tbouiendiaml vrlllcarajou. Wsei'
,ul. n ,1(111,- .! .11 " i
Thor
Ivn&poii-
jut I, la rlaln, wrPi er, nin reeelnt ot rrice. Ironfar
""AJAX REMEDY CO., Hi'iiu-'
For salo In Kcrnnton, 1'n., hy .Matthews
Ilros. and II. (.'. Huuderson, drugjlst.
ms
5
tLXtia fifth
hi
n'i fj ."iirilll jJ'th UmiHrfiiii'i-t it'll ' ''.J1 -ti'. ..'iTjT
egclablcPrcparationror As
similating ihcroodaiiclRcgula
ling the S tamochs andDowcls of
rm.l.
w-rsl
i
IromotesDigcslion.ChMrful
ncss andncsl.Contalns neither
Opium,Morpliin.e nor Mineral.
Not NAnc otic.
XtaHefOldllrSXMVILEnaiEa.
JlxSmnn
Jimrmrnt -itiQatmatiStlaf
Ihtrn Strtd
ItMUyrof-ftfitn
Ancriccf nemedv forCortslipa
tiort, Sour Stomach.Diau hoea,
Worms .Convulsions.Fcvcnslv
ncss and LOSS OF SLEEP.
Tac Simile Signature of
TEW "YORK.
Ni;V YOUR HOTELS.
HOTEL ALBERT,
Cor. llth utrcot nnd University liice,
SUM' YORK Ono block vcstof llroaU-
riiy. .Noted lor two things,
COMFORTamlCUISINE
First-class room nt Sl.OOn day uud up
ward, on the L'uropc.in plan.
L. Jc E. FRENKEL
The St. Denis
Broadway and Eleventh St., Nw York.
Opp. Ornce Church. European Plan.
Rooms $1.00 a Day and Upwards.
In a modait and unobtrusive way there art
frw bnrter conducted Sotub la tho metropolis
tbn th-jSt, Denis.
Tho great twpu'arlty It has acquired can
readily bo tracsd to 1U unlquo location. Its
bomulikn ntmosphore. tho peculiar oxcolleoo
ot its cuistuo ana service, and Its vary moder
ate pricoa
WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SON.
WESTMINSTER HOTEL,
Cor. Sixteenth St. and Irving Place,
NEW YORK.
AMEUICAN PLAN, $3.50 Per
Day nnd Upwards.
EUROPEAN PLAN, S1.50 Per
Day nnd Upwards.
GEO, MURRAY, PropriBlor.
THE
101 POWDER CO
Rooms 1 mid 2, Com'lth BTd'g.
SCRANTON, PA
Mining and Blasting
POWDER
Mado at .Mooslcmul ltushdalo Works,
LAIXIN & KANl) POWDER CO'S
ORANGE GUN POWDER
Klectrlc Ituttorles. Klcrtrlo lplodere,
lor e.pIodlnu Winds hafety l'uso and
Repi
uno Chemical Go's bx"losiv0s
iiHi
Mkk
J
Thesu tiny ttapuule
lira
fin in 'ir iiuuin w iiuvuef -j 1
ncunvrulcncc niroctlnnsl niTlY
4 noiirN wu
Ihout
-ii
lu vlli !i ('nnulhii. fl:ualtlua'a A
i.ii ii
brbs und Inlrctlon fall.
L. '"VM" m .-'1T." rT.r
LACKAWANNA
L exact copy or WBAPPEa.
v,m
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MANUFACTURERS OF
Bill Timber cut to order on short notice. Jlurdwood Mlrto Rail,
sawed to uniform lengths constantly on hand, l'cclcd lit-mlock
i'rop Timber promptly 1'urnUlieJ,
MILLS At Crods Fork. Potter Co,, on the Buffalo and Susquc.
tianna Ititilrond. At Alina, Potter County. Pa., on Couderaport, and
Port Allegany Railroad. Capacity 400,000 feet per day.
GENKKAL OFFICE-Uoard of Trade liuildlng, Seranton. Pa.
Telephone No. 014.
THEDICKSONMANUFACTURINGCO
SCRANTON AND WILKES-B4.RRE, PA., Manufacturer of
LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONftRY ENGINES, BOILERS.
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY, y-
URNCRAU OPPICH. SCRANTWJ. PA.
w I
GoiceUces ne3i are! I jble,
tne iureu aruge
Op- Feafl's
They an prompt, lets and certain In remit. The cenolne (Dr. Peal's) nerer duVsix
nolat. Bent to jf where, $1.00. AddiMi I'ulMedicimu Co., ClcTeUud.O,
For Salo by JOHN H. PHELPS,
THAT THE
FAC-SIMILE
SIGNATURE
OF
&&&&(
IS ON THE
WRAPPER
OF EVERY
BOTTTFi OP
Chitorli it put tp la ose-tba bottles enly. It
Is set told la built, Doa't allow nnjono to till
70a anything elss on tho pita or promlto that It
it "jnit as good" and "will asswer every pur
pose." S Bta that yoa get O-A-B-T-B-I-A.
TlttiS-
tlslM SJl XT7 . . ?. U
p''--"U&fe53r7&af r
et
' VTIBVft.
vtipiw.
A GREAT OFFER
...BY ..
Oermanla Wins Cellars,
llammondsport and
Khelms. N. Y.
Vi'a lire determined to
introduce our goods
umong the very best peo
o In 'lie country, and
mean see no better way
of dolus this than by Bell
in? them n case of our
good, contnlnlnx eleven
bottles ot wine und one
bottle ot our OTtr.i tins
double distilled flrapa
.irundy, nt ono-hnlr Us ac
tual cost, upon re
ceipt ot 85.00 we
will send to nny
render or this paper
one ease or our
goods, nil first-class
and put up In ole
littnt style, assorted
as follows:
lqt. bot. Grand Im
perial Heo Chum
pngne. 1 o.t. bot. Delaware.
1 qt. bot. itlonllng.
1 qt. bot. loltny.
1 qt. hot. Hweet Ca
tawba. I qt. hot Hborry.
I qt. bou Elvira.
1 qt. bot. Niagara.
1 qt. bot. Angelica,
j qt. hot. Port.
1 qt. bot. Hwoet Is
nboiln, 1 qt. hot. lm. Grapa
Ilrnudy.
This ofler Is made
mainly to Introduce
our Grand Imperial
Sec Champagne and
our line aouDie-uin-
tlllod Orape Brandy This cusc of goods Is
offered ftt about ono-hilf its actual iwt and
It will plo'ipe us if our friends and Vrona
will take advantage of this auilbelp uk. Jutro
duce.our goods.
A5KIWTiiEKmnT.0iN)
GIVES TilL
BFTHGHTr&WOpU?
ANP!5AB5QiyTEIY5APE
FOR SALE BY THE
CO
SCRANTON STATION.
LUMBER GO.,
monthly, recnletlni mtOlclte. Only herttrsee sjul
acouia DeUKJ. 117011 wianne Don, go
PeroraD'oai tpfill!
Pharmacist, cor. WvomlnB.nvor.uo And
1
BtOI
J3 1VA
mm.
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