GOSPEL OF WEALTH. HOW IT COMPARES WITH THE GOS PEL AS GIVEN BY JESUS. floclal Bandltl.ni nud What It Feeds On—The Sordid Spirit In Church i and Ration—Wrong Will Perish From Its Own Eicemea, [Special Correspondence.] Most people of our nation have heard of a certain "Gospel of Wealth," writ ten some time ago by a certain man who at the time had only managed to accumulate the bagatelle of $40,000,- 000. Only a few weeks ago the world heard that in a single Industrial con cern the same man was worth $215,- 000,000. Besides that snug sura, It is well known that he has immense terri torial possessions In Great Britain, some In this country, and no doubt he owns piles of millions of government bonds, English consols, etc. Considera ble fun lias been indulged in by some in regard to that gospel, while other people consider that gospel about as good as the one preached in Judaea 19 centuries ago by Jesus. A certain weekly that hails from New York city contains an editorial In the Issue of March 9 which in forms most em phatic again places that modern gos pel on a level with the old one, and all because the former exhorts the rich people to occasionally drop a mil lion dollars or so for some public pur pose out of every ten or more millions piled up and snatched from the wealth producers under laws of monopoly and Injustice, and hence piratical in the highest degree. The gentleman who stands for his "Gospel of Wealth" recognizes that to bequeath large sums in favor of wives and children is often injurious to them, hence it is better to scatter the wealth In charitable purposes. Ah! So it is dangerous for some to have great wealth, and j*et It is all right for some to pile It up in hundreds of millions! And what about the social system un der which the piling process goes on? Is that all right? That "Gospel of Wealth" does not say anything about it. That alone proves its own incompleteness, Its own force. That alone condemns the "Gospel of Wealth" as one of the greatest aberrations of the wise and the powerful—wise after their own con ceits, powerful because of the oppres sions of a wrong industrial system which repudiates the order of God's universe and all principles of human brotherhood. Social banditism on a scale never seen before, legalized by human enact ments, by agreements in legislative halls, agreements among men who don't know and don't want to know anything about conscience, human duty, love toward all, peace on earth or anything else; social banditism and charity or philanthropy with which to hide the gangrene of a vitiat ed social organization—there we have the alpha and omega of the modern gospel of wealth, a gospel which Is bound to destroy civilization and is de stroying it as fast as it can or else preparing a reaction with which to save civilization from its own excesses as soon as we have enough brave men to stand by right and truth, by the gospel of Jesus. And what did Jesus say to that rich man who wanted to know how to have eternal life? As that fellow was satisfied with his own righteousness and could see nothing wrong In the social fabric that gave him piles of wealth, while the producers of all wealth got simply piles of poverty, taken all in all under such peculiar mental conditions Jesus could only find a remedy for that dreadful sick rich man, sick In mind and soul, the worst kind of sickness we can have. The remedy was that he should get rid of all his wealth right ofT and should stand by the brotherhood of men—that is, by the sound, honest, social conditions embodied in the gos pel of Jesus. That was the spirit of Jesus' answer, to abandon all wealth, or, rather, all desires for wealth accu mulation, and to work not for the con tinuation of injustice in wealth pro duction and distribution, but for con ditions which would give wealth to all, and hence practically wealth to no one, because what is wealth to day but the power to keep most men In poverty? It looks, then, as if there was con siderable difference between the gos pel of Jesus and that farcical gospel of wealth approved by our modern plutocracies. And the worst Is that such plutocracies control the sordid spirit of churches and nations. The weekly above mentioned approving the gospel of wealth Is principally controlled by an eminent divine. Most of such eminent fellows seem to be sold to Mammon in our days of aber ration. in politics, religion, Industrial ism, etc. Never mind, wrong cannot last for ever. Sooner or later It must perish through Its own excesses. In the meanwhile there Is a great work that somebody must try to do-tlie work of reasoning through correct processes, with but one grand aim In view—viz, to place civilization on a basis that should make life worth living to all and not a mad hunt after wealth as It Is today. JOSE UROS. jHPßneae Labor In Canada. The trades and labor congress waited on Sir Wilfrid Laurlor and on the min ister of labor, Mr. Muloclt, the other day and asked for legislation to pre vent the fraudulent granting of certifi cates of naturalization to Japanese on the Pacific coast. Sir Wilfrid said that the government would have certifi cates for naturalization given by n su preme court Judge. Instead of a Justice of the peace as at present, and this vWOOId be a measure of protection. LABOR IN SLAVERY. ~ Rraull of the "High Preianre" Sya— torn In the United States. A fact which Is very clearly com prehended by the British workman lh what he considers rightly or wrongly his better position as eompnred with that of the workman of America. Per haps the very first change which will be brought about by the necessity of facing up to the Iron competition of America and Germany Is a reduction In the high wages paid In this country at present In the Iron trades, through all Its phases from the miner to the finisher. But one thing the masters never will succeed In compelling the British workman to do, and thnt Is to work at the high pressure required of the American. To speak plainly, the conditions under which the American operative works are regarded on this side as Involving a kind of slavery. Let not the American people think for a moment that the Briton considers himself Inferior to nny other In ability, speed or thoroughness. But when he reads some boast (usually of some em ployer or trade paper on the American side) that the American operative at tends to four looms where the British er only has two and that the output of iron per man employed Is so and so much per cent greater In the United States than here he only exclaims, "Poor devils!" He believes they do not achieve this result of their own good will. In fact, the Briton has a body of direct statement to fall back upon from comrades who have been in America and claim to speak of what they have seen and felt. Now, in all this he may be wrong or partly wrong, but certain it is that be fore the British worker consents to work at such pressure as uses him up by the age of 35 many other expedients will have to be tried. At this moment the cotton mill operatives In a certnln town are appealing to their employers through their trade organizations to close the factories at 1 o'clock on Sat urday afternoons Instead of 2 o'clock, and, though It Is denied, still there is good ground for believing that one of the chief reasons for the demand is that the best places in the grounds for the famous football matches are all occupied In advance by the workers at other trades who are freed at 1 o'clock. This Illustrates one of the most striking and most persistent traits of the British workman, his love of sport and recreation. It has attained to such a point that now he claims recognition for its exercise as a right. He will not consent to be a workman and nothing else. Also very notable as a sign of the growing consideration for all labor in this country Is the motion made in the house of lords by the lord chief justice of his intention to ask the house to in quire into the number of hours which the shop assistants work. In this mat ter of pressure by overseers and hard driving by masters the Intelligent Brit ish workman acquainted with the con dltionSk on both sides of the Atlantic undoubtedly considers the American on a lower level of liberty than himself. That may not sound well in the ears of a people who have been taught that in energy and Intelligence they are bound to dominate the world, but nev ertheless the Briton considers that en ergy exerted beyond the limit of will ingness and human capacity based in the duration of life is a confession of slavery, and undoubtedly the trades unions in this country have succeeded In establishing, not by express order, but by a common understanding among the workmen of most various pursuits, a standard of output which no new comer can afford In the end to over pass. The overdriving of the operative in America, the banding together of em ployers to crush out trade unions and the force of legal authority and power which can be brought to bear upon strikers and discontented workers must eventually bring about a social revolution in the United States; so say the best Instructed British workmen, to whom the America of the forties and fifties is no longer "the land of the free." The immigration statistics of the United States, taken in conjunc tion with these observations, are held to be very eloquent The British con tribution of souls decreases, and if the contribution of goods declines a little also that is a question of tariffs, the operation of which also profoundly af fects the Americau and British ways of regarding trade and its movements. If to the ever growlug preoccupation of a mighty empire Britain were to add protective tariffs with their com plications, such as those now affecting the United States and Russia, heaven only knows how she should get through the day's work. From that oppression free trade liberates her, and the Briton believes and fears that the peaceful development of the United States may yet call for a simpler tariff on her part. —London Cor. New York Post. No Militia For Strikers. Mayor Van Wyck has given notice that he will not encourage the use of troops to put down strikes In New York. When a national guard general asked an appropriation for a rifle range, explaining that soldiers who can't shoot are of no use, the mayor answered: "They don't need to shoot In this city. With our excellent police force there is no use for militia." Then the animus of the militia general came out "There have been strikes." he said, "when the services of the guard were called for." But Mayor Van Wyck's reply was ready. "Not since I have been mayor of New York," he retorted, adding: "The po lice force Is capable of handling any and all disturbances, and there will be no shooting." It Is reassuring to find n chief executive of n metropolitan city who Is not hot for bloodletting at the mention of a strike.—Public. NEW SHORT STORIES. Meaning of Letters on the Cloada. ( antom Vernon Liberty— A Ploy I pon .\aniei. The colonel has been among the preachers some more and has brought back another story. It may be new or old, but here it is: A western council was examining a candidate for ordina tion to the ministry, and one of the councilors wanted to know why he thought that he had a call to preach. The, candidate said that he had felt from his childhood that he ought to be a preacher and that as he grew older he had visions which had removed all doubt from his mlud. "What were those visions?" asked the hard hearted old moderator. The young man replied that as he sat on the fence to rest while he was hoe ing corn he would see visions on the clouds. He had seen the letters "G. P. C." as distinctly as if they had been painted there. "But what do those letters stand for?" "Why, they mean, 'Go preach Christ/ " was the reply. "You mean, 'Go plant corn/ " said the moderator, and the council adjourned. —•Brooklyn Eagle. Cn(om Verana Liberty. Congressman Smith of Illinois told this story of an Incident that occurred at the president's last New Year's re ception: "Wu Ting Fang, minister from China, stood In the east room af ter greeting the president and held a regular reception of his own. Every body knew the minister's inclination to ask questions, and when I saw Dr. Mary Walker in her male costume come advancing toward Wu I knew there would be something doing. She was presented to Wu. "Wu looked at her In surprise, if not astonishment, and then blurted out, "YOU ARE A LADEE?' 'You are a ladee?' and when she said with dignity that she was Wu asked, 'Then why do you wear men's clothes?' Dr. Mary looked at the minister for only a second and then retorted, 'You are a man?' And when tlie minister lied declared that lie was she retorted, 'Then why do you wear women's clothes ?' Wu was taken back for a moment only and then replied, 'Be cause the custom of my country allows me to do so.' Dr. Mary heard, and then as she switched her head aud walked away she said proudly, 'Well, the liberty of my country allows me to wear men's clothes.' That closed the Incident." A Play Upon Name*. A bonmot survives the passing of ad ministrations aud, like the bread cast upon the water, sometimes returns aft er many days, as Robert W. Tayler of Ohio can testify. From a group of con genial spirits gathered in his commit tee room Just before the holidays one gentleman recalled a story of a con gressional visitor to the department of the interior soon after Mr. MeKinley's first inauguration. Mr. Bliss was then the head of the department and was found in earnest conversation with Mr. John S. Wise of Now York, formerly of Virginia. "I am entirely Ignorant on that subject," protested the secre tary after a long parley, during which the congressman was tvaitlng. "I am sorry I can give you no information about it." "Ah, where ignorance is Bliss 'tis folly to be Wise," interposed the con gressional caller, as the former Vir glulan walked away. Mr. Taylor's eyes twinkled at the re membrance of the story, in which he had been the central figure. "It is a true bill," he rejoined, "but, truly, I bud forgotten all about It." One Way of Avoiding Tronble. 11. S. S. Pearse, a London war corre spondent, is responsible for tills story of General Duller: The general and Mr. Pearse came home In the same boat. Each evening the band played "God Save the Queen" after dinner oil deck. Of course every Briton stood up and removed bis head covering. A number of Hollanders, however, re mained seated and covered. Tlie Brit ons were very angry, and it was feared that serious trouble might follow. The anxious captain privately consulted General Buller. "Sir," lie said, "I wish you would tell me what you would do under the cir cumstances If you were commander of this ship." "Mo!" replied Buller. "I should ask the band not to play 'God Save the Queen.'" Umbrellas were not known In this country until a year or so before the Revolutionary war, and It was more than a century thereafter that they came Into geueral use. ! FOR THE S FARMER | OttfcMMWatoMMViMmiMinilriaMJfta The value of muck for manure has been much discussed by strong advo cates and strong opponents, both par ties speaking froin experience, says American Cultivator. Tills Is because the muck or black deposit In swamps or at the bottom of small ponds has been and ever will be variable In quali ty and partly because of the manner In which It was put. A muck may con tain much vegetable matter, the result of plants that have grown up and died there, In which case It should be valu able because of the humus In It and the nitrogen that results from Its decay as well as for the mechanical effects It will have In lightening up or making porous the heavy and compact soil, or It may have much of the washing from the surface of surrounding higher lands which may have been well manured to add to the value of the muck or much snnd to make It poorer. But It Is of that which Is full of veg etable matter that we would speak now, ns It is the most valuable when properly used, yet an element of dan ger when not treated as It should be. If It has been water soaked most of the season, the vegetable matter will be but little decayed, nnd It will be so acid In its character when first taken out that no vegetation will start on It or grow where It Is used freely. We have taken out such muck In the winter nnd allow ed It to lie In the heap until It had been subject to the changes of the following summer and winter, when we found It a good fertiliser on heavy soli, nearly equnl to tile average manure In the barnyards, not that in the barn cellars. Prepare to Grow Fodder Crops. Present Indications are that the grass crop is likely to be light next season throughout nearly all the eastern states and In many other sections, says The American Cultivator. Two seasons of drought and In many places the ground bare of snow most of the winter have so Injured the grass roots that we cannot expect them to put out a vigorous growth. To remedy this we have many crops that can be grown to furnish seed for the summer, when the pas tures are poor, and that may be cured for winter fodder. Oats can be cut even before they head out to feed green, but to make hay they are best when the grain Is well grown, but in the milk. It Is well to sow enough that It may be used both ways and even to make more than one sowing. Oats and Canada pens are even better than oats alone. Millet and Hungarian grass can be sown later and are about equally good whether fed green or as hay. There are many other new crops that have been Introduced lately, but we do not consider that any of them Is as well adapted to our climate as the corn crop, and we are doubtful If any of them is as valuable for food, green, dry or In the silo, with the possi ble exception of the crimson clover, where that can be grown. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought rh.ap Flooring For Henhon.e, We will give a method of making a floor for henhouse or other places where heavy animals are not to travel or teams to be driven over It that is nearly ns good nnd durable as a cement floor and Is cheaper. It also makes a good walk around the bouse In plnees where It will not be much driven over. Lay a foundation four to six Inches deep with small stones or tlie cinders from the coal ashes, making as nearly a level surface as possible. Then with the regular coal sieve get the coal ash es and add a bushel of fresh slaked lime to each four bushels of the ashes. Mix well and let It staud a few days, then add a gallon of salt and moisten to n thin mortar so that when put on It will settle down Into the stones. Spread two or throe inches thick and In a few days give another coating. The more coatings nnd thicker It Is the longer It will last. If It Is broken by accident, it can be mended in the same way. It will be ratproof nnd water proof, and If tlie upper surface of the last coat is smooth It can be kept clean and absorbs no tilth or odors. Skin troubles, cuts, burns, scalds and chafing quickly heal by the use of De- Witt's Witch Ilazcl Salve. It is Imitat ed. Tie sure you get DeWitt's. Dro ver's City drug store. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It is the latest discovereddigest aut and tonic. No other preparation can approach It in efficiency. It in stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Oastralgla.Crampsand all other results of imperfect digestion. PrlceSOc. and |l. Large si,c contain, 2Vt time, •mall alie. Book all about dytpepsla mulled free Prepared by E. C. DeWITT a CO- Cb'cogo. drover's City Drug Store. l®l (■ pj L [fij] U II [n H [B 111 [a ® [a @ [a Pi [a ® [s pj Cull and OFTEN IMITATED: p |gj Inspect It. NEVER EQUALED. jg 1 P @ fra N i 0 (2 1 i Pl i i @ IS i I P 53 MCMENAMIN'S i Li Hat, Shoe and Gents' Furnishing Store, g 5? 86 South Centre Street. p I 1 ! WILL BUVA 1 IwtffiH )/iu(tG,d ASKTHE MAN MP THE [ASE W. K.GRESh & SONS. MAKERS. 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Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry, I Trmhicken and Deringer at do i n. daily except Sunday; and 7t7 a m, 33$ p m, Sun i day. Traina leare Drifton for Oaeida Junction. | Uarwoqd Road, liuaaboldt Koad, Oneida and I keppton at •00 a in, daily except Sun day; and 7 07 a m, 2 31 p m, Sunday. Trains leare Hazleton Junction for Harwood, Cranberry, Tomhickea and Deringer at $35 a as, daily except Sunday; and I HA a aa, 4 33 p m. Sunday. Trains leare Hazleton Junction fer Oneida Junction, Harwood Koad, Hunsboidt Koad, Oneida and Staeppton at s 32,11 10 a as, 441p m, daily except Sunday; and 7 37 an, 2 11 pm, Sunday. Traina leare Dcrinfer for Tomkickon, Cran berry, Hai wood, Hazleton Junction and Roan at iUO p m, daily except Buaday; ana : 37 a na, 3 07 p m, Suuaay. Traina leave sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Koad, Harwood Koad, Oneida Junction, Hazle ton Junction and Koan at 7 11 am, 13 44), 5 • pm, daily except Sunday; and 111 am,3 44 p na, Sunday. Trains leare Skepptea for Bearer Meadow Koad, Stockton, llazle Breok, Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 5 20 p nt, daily, except Sunday; and 3 11 a m, 3 44 p in, Sunday. Trains leare Hazleton Junction fer Bearer Meadow Koad, Stockton, llazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo and Driftou at 349 p m, daily, except Sunday; and 10 10 ana, fc 40 p m, Sunday. All trains connect at llazleton Junction witk ••lectric car* foi*lla*leton, Jeanesrillo, Auden ricd aud other points on the Traction Com- I'unj'i line. Train leaving Drifton at 100 a m makes connection at Deri Offer with P. R. R. trains for Wi.'kesbarre, Sun bury, llarrisburf and points went. LUTHER C. EM IT H . AiumrlutmWHmt.. EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. Match 17, 1901. AKRANGKMKKT or PAMKNGXR TRAINS. LKAVK PKKELAND. 8 12am for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Ketbiehem, Kaaton. Phila delphia, New York and Delane and Pottsville. 7 40 a m lor Sandy Run, Wbito Ilaven, Wilkes-Barre, l'iltaton and Scranton. ij 18 a in for Hazleton, Weatkerly, Maueh ('hunk, Allentown, listhlebeni. Easton, Philadelphia, New York, Delano and Potisrille. 9 30 a in for Hazleton, Mahaney City, Shen andoah, MI. I 'aruael, Shamokin. 1 20 P m for Weatherly, Munch Chunk, Al lentown, Ketbiehem, Easton, Philadel phia and New York. 8 34 P m for Sandy ltun. White Haven, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton aud all points West. 7 29 p m for Hazleton, Delano and Potfes rille. ARKIT* AT FRKRLAND. 7 40 a m from Weatherly, Pottsrille and Hazleton. 9 17am from Philadelphia, Easton, Bethle hem, Allentown. Mauch Chunk, Weath erly, Hazleton, Mahauoy City, Shenaa doah, Mt. Carmel and Shamokin. 9 30 am from Scranton, Wilkee-Karre and White Haven. 1 12 P m from New York, Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk and Weatherly. 8 34 p m from New York, Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Potts ville, Shamokin, Mt. Cnrtucl, Shenan doah, Maluinoy City and Hazleton. 7 29 P in from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and White Haven. For further information Inquire of Ticket Agents. KULLIN B. WILBUR. General Superintendent, 2(1 Cortlandt Street, New York City. CHAS. 8. LKK. General Passenger A rent, 20 Curt land t Street. New Turk City. G. J. GILDROY, Division Superintendent, Hazleton, Pa.
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