THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1899. EVILS OF THE CITY AND THEIR CURE SUBJECT OF SERMON PREACHED BY THE REV. O. W. WELSH. Heard by n Large Audience at the Calvary Reformed Church Yester day Morning Speaker Used Plain quested ItSpeaker Used Plain Language Declares That We, Like Paul the Apostle, Cannot Soy That We Llvo in "No Mean City." Rebukes Tax Officials Snys Vice Is Rampant. Rev. (5. W. WclMi, pastor of the Cal vary Reformed church, iiro.idied u Fer nion on the subject "The Klls of tho City and Their t,'urc" to u lnrcjc audi ence at yesterday morning's service. The xermon In lnit follows: Paul says In Acts, .xl.30. that he wax .c. cltlren of "no moan cltj." And by Ktndvlnc enntemnoianeous hlitoiy we Irani thnt he meant u city which was noted fm It" education. Its fieu gov ernment, its lovaltj. to the lawn, and; Its tomineioe. If a citizen of Si rail- ton were allied for the name of his liuine he reiuld not answer In Paul's speeoli and bay, "1 am u citizen of no moan tlt." In HpeukliiK ot the condition of our rltj 1 meet with this inuxlin. "A chain In as strum; .is Its weakest link." Hut like all such sajlnirs, it Is only tine In ji.iit I'm If the weakest link Is not nil the chain Is stiutiRer than the vc.il,i"t link. So uKu with tho Krieinment and life of a (lt. If the lower elements nic-.nl-Inwecl to enter Into and conttol the Hie of a ilty the life will be contaminated and polluted and the city will fall In the estimation of the onlookei. We ate too Inconsistent In our life and woik. For Instance: We suppiess all thlims as niiKiiices whlih end.in i;er our physical lles, we build sew ers, we pi event the pollution of water, food and dilnk: we display cauls to wain aunln't disease, and establish quaiantliie i epilations: we ciy about ilust and cjc-nn-lmli-n stieets; and we prohibit f.plttlnjr In our stioet ens l?ut, when men stait to rontiol or even restrain the Inlliu nees whlih lontuni n ute anil liiln our spliltual heitiK, which means a siifferlnc: In this life and a ilnmnatloii In the next, we ate halti d lv a try of "persninl llbeity" fiotn those i esti allied, bv "rashnes9," from the lukewarm: by "be caieful." from the politician, and bv a tlneat of dls apptoal oi iemoal by thoe In powei It is this liicunslsteiii v that Is uaeil by the deptnwd and those who pander to tin ell tastes and lusts of their fellow -men to i any on their ttade and to fcoduce tho veiv elect KV1LS Alti: MANY.' Hut we cannot dwell too loin; on the cause, for It Is the piesent condition that we must deal with. The evils of our city aie many, .so much so that the city Is known far and wide as the most wicked city in Petmsylvanl i There Is one kind of keen advertiser tellable neatly always, which ate not taken Into account Thev are the tiavellns: men. And the unleial M-r-illit, of this fiateinltv Is that Sctanlon lnnks second tu none, and has few ciiunls Some other cities tank us In paitlc.il lar 'Uces nut nowheie can theie be found Mich a rom'dniUhin of lie and cilme as In this UU. Some titles aie wicked, but In a jearl diminishing stale. Hut nowheie is theie hitch a svstem of lleensed. bl.ukmailiil, couuti n.uued and unre strained wickedne-s ai in Su anion The ihlef evils too, aie the common i lies I e Infiactlons til the lleiuoi law. Immoral deeds mil ti .title . ub hi one exhibitions md Sunda eli--vcia- saacLoo Welles" liullclinp, I'alillo f-qurere WHiKhS'IlAllltll IMPORTERS AND RETAILERS OF COS TUMES AND SELECT DRY QOOOS. Silk Waists, Dress Skirts No stocks weie ever better con ditioned for InspliliiB mir Intel est. Aside from the fact that two waists and a sklit permits of four distinct i linnsc' of costume; i teller materials, i lit Into handsomer stylos and at lower M Ices have never been gathered Into ii retailer's establishment. Thev ate leplltas of tome exclusive Imported Raiments vvhlth our fnu-lnn connec tions has enabled us to secure. Oui New York tallots and waist makers it to still busy vvith the models, pro ducing modified i ope. s(, only a few nr the reproductions ate leady for ex hibiting and sale A Black Taffeta Waist at $4.98. A dollar n yaid lh legularly asked foi the make and fimility of taffeta silk used In the manufactuie. of tlic.su waists. Cut full In fiont and tlnlit llttlnpr back- front, back and sleev. 1 1 limned with cluster tucks and cuffs with full lullles. The put-together of this Raiment Is made by caieful and painstaking needlo women; nnd such oeifectlon Is usually found only In JS.OO o $10 00 waists. Hut this waist Is phe lomennlly priced at $t.9S tilth. Another copy at $14.0S. A Crepon Skirt at $9.98 of $2.00 per yard crepon. This Is one f the many good values thnt has come Into our Suit Depaitment this season. The eiuallty of the all-wool eiepon Is Just us above search here or elsewhere for Its eipial for less; It's not to be had: mode with full sweep and tho new plaited back. Lined with good quality percallne and velvet cordurov bound. Many pretty weaving In this assort ment at $9.98. Another mollification, made of silk and wool Dioclie Crepon, it $19.98. ISAAC LONG. WILKES-BARRE, PA., APRIL 24, 'OO. The foods wc cat furnish energy for the hody just as burning coal makes steam for an engine. The experiments of Prof. Frankland, Ph. D., of Lon don, shows that cod-liver oil yields two and one-half times more energy than starches or sweets. Scott's Emulsion is pure cod-liver oil combined with hypophosphites of lime and soda. It forms fat, gives strength, enriches the blood, invigorates the nerves, and repairs tissues. V nH no, all druglM SCOTT 4. lICnVNK, Chemist', Nw York. tlon The claim Is made that these can't be stippit.s?ed by the present law. It Is all wrong. There Is enough law nnd disci etlonary power vested In the machine ty of Lackawanna county and Sctnnton to wipe out ninety-nine liunilieilths of all the vice, eiime and limnoinliU In the disttlu. Whete. then, is the fault" Not In the legislative, but In the executive bianch of the law now or. Por Instance. In the fine of all facts the constables conic at periodical times and swear to the monsttoiis falsehood that no law breaking by lleensed saloons clsts In their dlstilct, nnd that to the best of their knowledge theie aie no "tippling houses" or "speakeasies" The judges, who aie nun of Intelligence and acumen, ip celvo these petiodleill perjuiics In spite of the law, which says that "if a con stable wllfullv or negligently omits to le-poit any such plates that they are compt lied to take notice of such negli gence or omission." CANNOT CONVICT. This Is not nil When good, lepti table citizens undeitake to collect evi dence nnd move the facts, the cases me- elthei Ignored by the giand Jur or a "not gullt.v" verdict given by the petit Jury. and. most of all, the pioce eutoi s asked to pay the costs for doing the constable's and couit's dutlis. Now, any one who has lived bete one week and keeps his eyes and eais open would be able to collee t enough evidence to e lose eight out of eveiy ten saloons In the cltv. And from all evidence gatheied, only two of all the number In this city attempt to keep tin., law This same law Is In existence all over our state, and In Haiilsbuig, whrte ott tan scaicely buy n clgai, Maot Filtclny wiltes, "We only enfoiced the law." 3Inor Ashbiidge, of Phila delphia, thiough his head of the Huu-au of Safetj, wiltes: "Philadelphia is made dr by a .stilct enfoiteineitt of the- pu-sent law, and If the law is not Kept ou need only apply to the court for a levotation of their license." Im agine the efteet of such a demand In Lai kaw anna county court house. The lliiuoi men excuse themselves bv pointing to the "speakeasies nut if the lltensed men would detennlne to keep the law, then combine tor action, their boast that they inn the city would bear fiuit In the wiping out of all this diaastiotis competition Of the festeilng sotes of public and pi hate iinmoiallty we want to have little to baj. Hut th gtcatest evil of all, ufter the liquor tralllc, iinmoiallty, indecent show, and posteis, eomes the complete Sabbath desperation It Is explained" and condoned in many ways, but the onlj explanation that can lie given Is this All the evils noted aie cumula tive and the culmination Is the utter disiegaiil of all that Is -aeied and holv. The chinch Is wholly tin own aside, oi else made a mete vehicle to convey paid souls to heaven. ii;uAPciii:ur and degrada tion. OiVlng the whole week to business and pleasuie, the de.lw Is tooled too deep to leftain ltom it on Sunday. It is lather a day for mote complete dp baueh or dcgiadatlon. Oui saloons run wide open Our "demi-monde" tin Ives most on Satutelay and Sunday Our thousands of "speakeasies" aie- eiow li ed We allow ball games and foot ball and dames AW demand a double kit vice mi street cai.s. and fill our homes with Sunday tiash tailed newspapeis We have no Sabbath. And jet we pra, "for all theco mercies, O hold, make us thankful." Now the cure. When a member of the Old Guard was mulct the sur egon's knife he said, 'Cut n little deeper and you will find the emperor." So in the case of Set anion, we must cut dei p It is a cancer of no lecent growth Its mots aie deep and stiong, and like a cancer, they must be cut out one by one. or they will soon nfiumo grave and deadly pi open lions again. It seems the leniedy must come from the voung men, for our lathers have eli If ted so long with the tide that tin flotsam and jetsam have fixed them selves upon them and the- seem loath to shake it off Aie the better elements of the town, the se-lt-iespettlng nnd lellglotis ele ments, the loveis of tiue Ameilean life and customs, going to allow the small mlnoiily of Satan's agents to discaid all theii claims foi iitognltlon and je spect? Who builds the city ' Does the family, the school, the- church'' Do the edu cational unions ot associations, the libiaiies, the mnuufai tun is, the lndus tiles? Do good social lelatlons, and clean individual lives, and puie and noble family histoids' Do gentle manly men and womnnh women' Or, In opposition to this Is the city built up by the saloon, the gambling den, the luothel, the fieethlnkets' club the dilute house1, the pool room, the Sundnv amuse meats, the ballets, the indecent llteiatuie, posteis and shows I'NITE AND WORK. What must ou do then? Open your mouths' and speak, get on jour feet and wotk, unite, combine, foini trusts anj thing to boom the stock of good things and dilve the othei slock oft the market. "Ailse, put on thy stiengih, " arm oi me l.oru, and in Ills strength go foi th to light the battles of Isiael, which Is your city Let us look, then. In resume. Tho city Is tot nipt. vile, wicked, the many are governed by the few, the laws aio broken, the nflleeis defied. Do we want It continued' No' Let us ciy, "Piom thy tents, O iHiael, give us our pure gospel, give us puto inoial and social iitmospheie. give us good law and Invv executois, glvo us law-abiding men in legitimate tiade. give us untainted youth, good schools, puto family ties, a higher leveience for Sunday, the chuich, the Hlble and tiod." Not in His Power. "The minister has punnl-nd to sas a few words r.t the tenipcinnce meeting." "Ho won't do It, though ' "You don't think he would break his word?" "Oh! his intentions are all right, but when he rets wound up ho doesn't know when to Mop "Puck. A Shrinkage. "The Populists are opposed to expan sion " "Well, their vote, shows that they haven't oxiiundcd." Puck. HEAVY SENTENCE IMPOSED ON WEBBER SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY TOR EIGHT YEARS. Judges Edwnids in Tasslng Sentenco Said tho Term Was Fixed with n View to Having an Effect on Oth ei s Rather Than to Reform Web ber Other Sentences Imposed Sat in day Testimony in the Dlvoice Case of William A. Schllnins Against Renn Sclillning. Judge Edwatds Infill ted a heavy sen tence on Adolph Webber In couit Sat urday, The pihener was tiled and convicted ot having eilmlnnlly as saulted Annie Miller, aged 0 jeais, In rebiuary last. The sentence was $1,000 line and eight jeais In the Eastern penltentlnrj". Judge Edwaids, in pass ing the sentence, said: "I propose to say but ory llltlu about the enormity of your offense It Is not a pleasant matter to consider The sentence In taes of this kind ought to be stu h as will have an elfeel on other people mine pattletilarlv than the lefoimntlon of the Individual." William Navin, c-omitted of commit ting an assault on his wife was s-n-telnced to pax n tine of $1 and the costs. Martin Dcrlne, who was found gulltj of false pi ten-ii, was Hind "H and given thlttj dijs In the eotmt Jail William V. Fullet. foi assaultlntr William J. Jones, will pay a line of $r and costs foi doing so. James .Mm phy, who was cnnvle ti d of robbetj", will be sentenced nevt Sat uidaj". Peter Race nnd Thonns Kissinger, who admitted they cut timber tins on the land ot the Lackawanna Iron and Steel company, weie let oil with a line of $1. Mai tin strongns and Hiltto Chulatto weie- sentenced to pay a. line of $"0 and spend sl months in Jail. Thev were convicted of bieaklng n beer glass on the head of Peter Dolsky, of Pell township Much Mairled Woman. William A. Sclillning, Mho is apply ing for a dlvoice fiom his wife, Henri, t'lhlinlng. testified befoie Judge Aieli liald in ehambeis. Saturdaj", that the woman had a husband in tho peison of Charles Cooper ptovlous to her m ti llage with him, anil since he left her she has married Thomas Parrell, ot Plv mouth. The woman was married to Cooper in ISS'i, Sthllnlng In lSil, and Kairell In 1S9" Cooper was dixoired fmin her aftei she mairled Sclillning, who be lli ve d tin woman to be Henn Stevens when he married her. Court House News Notes. H.v order of com t Saturday the hotel license of A. K Gillespie In tho Thlul waul of Oljphant was tiansleiied to Coustantine Shybskj". A suit foi dlvotce was tiled In I'm thonot.uy Copeland's oflice S.iturd i b.v Isaac W. Cnnnei thu.ilte ,,f this eitj. Ue allegis that his wife, Augusta 31ay Copperthwalte, cleseited him Pel) i-j, i:n. uney were inanlcd at Itnr rlrk Center l-'eb. :M( ISS",. Pleven witness, w pi e examined Sat uiday in the Langstatf-Kcllv contest Thev are" Moses and Levi Hellas.Alex. How en, Charles A. Divls, Haivey tiilnei, Peter Stark, Andeison, lui Pinkie paugh T. S. Il.unlln, William feleinmet:. and Mllo Coolbaugh. The Delaveaie and Hudson Tt.iiimrwi companv weie made defendant by tho niitig ot a suit Tor J, noo damages In Piothonotarv Cotielnnd's ,,in,-e h.h,. dry. Minnie V. Probst, as tho next f i lend, entered the suit for the plain tiffs, Minnie. Ellsworth W. nnmrtiv M.. and Iimina Piobst. Welles t Tor rev will repiesent the plaintiffs. The suit grew out of the killing of Wil liam i loiist. latliei of the plaintiffs at Arehbald, Oil 20, HIS, on a giade i lossing. The second week of erlmln.il iome beplns this morning "Ji Union There is Strength. " The strength of every human being consists in the union, the harmonious work ing together, of every part of the human organism. This strength can never Be ob tained if the blood is impure. The blood goes to all parts. Purify it, or there can be no 44 union" and therefore no health or 44 strength." Hood's Sarsaparilla is the standard prescription for purification of the blood. It neier dwtppoints. Eczema -"My daughter had eczema and It affected her eyes. The doctor said It was incurable Her akin la now smooth and whlto nnd all on account of Hood's S.ir saparllla. I have taken It for weakness and can now walk three or four miles easily." Man. K. A. IUnry, Sauk Centre, Minn. Sick HeadachO - " For years I tried different uieelltlues for'tny sltk headaches. Found no relief until I ued Hood's Sara parllln. It Is marvelous hi Its cures," Mas. Hfnry Mules, Dunkirk, N Y. Indigestion - "Hood's barsapuvillii stuntls high In our family as the cure for Indigestion and lots of appetite. It Is ex cellent." Mrs. W. H. Ci'siiman, ll'J K. ChcMnut Street, Waltbum, Muss. Scrofula-" After 20 years of sufferlm; with a cancerous sore on her nose and hav ing It removed by physicians, my mother Is happy for being completely cured by Hood's Sarsaparllln. It took 11 bottles to accomplish It. Her faco Is smooth, no near." Miss K. A. Stokfr, Epplng, N. II "The statement of my daughter Is statt." Joseph Stokfs, Kpplng, N. II. Crip-" Was in very bad condition after an attack of grip, Nothing helped me and I almost gave up hope, I mn strong and feel better now than In twenty years, all be causo I took Hood's Sarsaparllla which made my blood rlth and pure," John O. Duncan. 649 nussell Ave., Indianapolis, Ind, Rheumatism " Inflammatory rheu matism caused me suffering so that I could not sleep or walk. Hud no appetite nnd medicine seemed useless. Finally used Hood's Harsapnrllla which took avvny nil putn," mus, bTtiLA Nohkir, Marlon, UlllO. Ztfbccfo SoMofcVilfk Hoort'iI'llUfiirf llror llli tlin lion IrrlUllrjt id , "fy caB""''!'' I" Uha HI) liu-d'i Etr4airtlla. W3ttafiItffi223HlS GREATEST OF BLESSINGS A akin without blemlth and a body nonr lahed with pure blood. Such la the happy condition produced by CUTICURA SOAP and CUTICURA Ointment, externally, and CUTICURA RCSOLVI3NT, Internally, In the severest cases ot torturing, dlillgurlnjf, Itching, burning, and acaly humors. Sola rrfrjwhf rf IMcf. Tn SrT, II Ml or, CrTicrii Rier.ssc i OomiiiiiT.Mc t IliWLTtmtlitlfilre),. VoTTia Dirni ip tnr. Coi r, Sol I'rons , Bolton. ajr " How to Cure liuouri," ce fsce book, fret. Hopeless Sufferers "Hope Deferred Maketli the Heart Sick." In a city like Scr.inton there must be many hunch eels of disease-stricken mortals who, after having been huoycti up by unfulfilled piomises in.itie by unskilled or cjtch-penny doctors for several years, have al most resigned themselves to their fate, and grown sick at heait in despair. Cheer Up Suffering Ones Do not let hope die Tlure are no two plivslwiaiis in this state tint have hid inoreeperienceorin ire thoroiiRli Insight witheu-r form ofdi-.ei-.eth.it flesh !? heir to than the unJersinncJ have had, anJ while we uinnot cure in ee-y case, we stand re iJv to proe that tli3 per centace of perfect recoveries to our cred it Is phenomenally lire, an J we will at least be honest enough to tell you at the outset wlK'th-i or not we can cure vour case. Coiisiilliilions and i:aniiiiUiions Absolutely Free And Strictly Confldentlal Wchaeeer in ijern apph nice Known to medical and sitrkal scieiue at our coiiiiiund, and CMinin uimis in ide by us are thorough and searching. J. D. W(T0D,M.D., LL. D. ALICE C. WOOD, B. S., H.D. Oflice Corner LirUun-antin and Votnlns A'VBiiii'' l.ntrune on Wjomln,' Aiiiiii? HDUHS IIil m. ton p tit. Uvenli)(;7to t) p. m L OF SCRANTON. Special Attciititin (liven to Busi ness nnd l'ci-doital Account). Liberal Accommodation-) V.. Icnelcd According to U.il.iucoa attj Kcsponsiblllty. SPor Cent. Inters at Allowci on Interest Deposits. Capital, Surplus, $200,000 400,000 WM. CONXKLL. Presltleiit. IIEXRV KILIX,Jr., Vice Prcs. WILLIA.H U. PECK, Cashier The vault ot thi-i bank U pro tected by Ilolnic-.' lilcctiic l'ro tectivc System. HUMAN ! FOLLOW THE -..-f -f 4--f-f--f-f - - - BARGAINS Rugs, Art Squares, Brass Beds and Parlor Suits, Lace and Portier Curtains, Window Shades, Poles. 4. 4. 4 4. 4 4 4-4 --4-f -f -f 4-f -f ---- - 4 - 4 ---f-f-f -- 4-"-4--f-f-"f---f"f4-4"f-f-f--f-ff-f-f-f4-f"f-f-f-H-"f -f-f-f-f ; BRING THE SIZE OF YOUR ROOM. The entire stock of Siebecker & Watkins, 406 and 408 Lackawanna avenue, ! Recently Purchased at Sheriff' Is being rapidly bought up by the shrewd buyers who fake sale but that every yard 'of goods and every article must L oniioiivandiuaiiact iarNiza1HiMiTaiiAvENiiE Our Taffeta Silks In these days of cheap dyeing and flimsy weav ing and stinginess, there's a kind of goodness that has come to be called "old fashioned." These are "old fashioned" taffetas, equal -to those made in the days when a silk dress was expected to wear for twenty years. Silks are the crucial test of a store. Slowly the recognition came that this store sold them best of all. How widely the fact is acknowl edged now. We speak plainly of taffeta silks silk pure and simple, silk extraordinarily light; yet a silk that a strong man, in our presence, could not tear with his hands, though urged to extreme effort and girded at for failure. Silk that will clean like a plate of glass and wear like sheet steel. And finally, silks at in black, plain colors and changeable effects that are better than those offered in most stores at 85c. CONNOLLY EED OATSi! Natural Oats. Recleaned. Bright. Heavy EVERY GRAIN WILL GROW. THE Scranton. Carbondale. Olyphant. - - - -----fH---f H- Carpets, Furniture, Drape Wall 75c yard & WALLACE, m 0 0 0 o Spring V 1899. h March ushers in the spring season, the busiest tima in all the year. New stocks are here in all their beauty. The early buyer has the cream of the stock to select from. See the new novelties in CARPETS Ingrains, Brussels, Velvets, Axminster, Savonierrre, Wilton, Rugs. 0 WINDOW SHADES o- Williams CROWD BARGAINS I IN 'SL J.'C'Z Paper wash'.n avWjb I CURTAINS Renaissance, Brussels, Cluny, Tambour, Irish Point, Dresden, Nottingham. WALL PAPER 0 DO Spring bo 1899' 4 & & McAnulty FOR ! Mattings, Linoleums and Oil Cloths, Odd Pieces, Chairs, Furniture Cov ering, Sash Materials, Fringes, Loops, Etc. S j3IC realize that this is no be sold absolutely. -eV
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