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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04
How the Sabbath Is Kept at Scranton,
Pennsylvania.

That vast railroad and other business
interests can be successfully conducted,
without interference with the proper OBJ
servance of the Sabbath is shown by
the City of Scranton, Pa, the center Of
the anthracite coal trade. More than
one hundred and fifty thousand tons of
coal on an average pass through Scran-
ton every week in the year, requiring
what would seem an almost continuous
line of trains over the four or five rail-
roads that diverge from that points
But, so far as we are able to learn, at
no time in the history of this business.
no matter how great the demand or
pressure, have trains been sent out dur
ing the daylight hours of Sunday, and
very few in the twenty-four hours that
make up the full period of rest. The
same thing is true of the very heavy
freight tonnage that is carried over
these various lines.
During each weekday more than
fifty passenger trains arrive at or leave
the depots of the city, but, with the
exception of two trains passing through
soon after midnight, not a passenger
car enters or leaves from the begin
ming of the Sabbath to its end.
This observance of the day of rest is
most marked in every branch of bust
ness. No unnecessary work is done at
any of the numerous collieries, rolling
mills, machine-shops, or factories in
and about the city. Drunkenness and
disorder on that day are seldom heard
of, and the almost absolute quiet and
restfulness SO grateful to the lover of the
Sabbath seem to prevail everywhere.
Many towns of less Importance, and
many railroad corporations doing a
much smaller business, would think such
a course impossible, but very few of the
many thousands of people in and around
Scranton mourn this weekly isolation
from the outside world, or are seriously
Inconvenience by it. This general OBJ
servance of the day of rest has arisen
largely from the New England training
and education of so many of the found
ers of the town; and has been acquiesced
in by the greater portion of those, even
of foreign birth, who have so largely
contributed to its vigorous growth.
Whatever may be the cause, the fact re-
mains that this city may well serve as
model to other communities, and as a
standing proof that the successful con-
Quoting of vast interests does not re-
quire the breaking of the Fourth Com
mandment.-Cor. N. y Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04
Pounds, Shillings and Pence.

D..
"A paper was read by Mr.. John Evans,
Origin of Pounds, Shillings and Pence. Z
In treating of the development of the
three principal English coins, the lect-
urer proceeded to trace the history of
| the penny downward, and exhibited an
interesting specimen of Offa's (King of
Mercia; A D. 759-7961 coinage, that
monarch being probably. the originator
of the penny coin. The-earhest English
piece with date is one suppose to have
been struck for Perkin Warbeck in1404.
From the time of Edward 1. the penny
silver coinage underwent "a steady pro-.
cess of degradation, until in 1897 copper
pennies, weighing one ounce avolrdu-
pois each, were first issued by royal
authority. The derivation of the name
of shilling is doubtful, but in madieval
times the word was always Latinized as
soliOlttS, Roman coin, which was orig
inally of gold and about seventy grains
in weight. Though the term was we'll
known in Saxon times it was only in use
in accounts. Henry VII, who was the
first to introduce the pound in gold, also
struck the first shilling in silver in 1904
Edward VI was the first to introduce sill
yer crowns, half-crowns and sixpences,
and he also reformed the coinage of shil-
lmgs, which his father had greatly de-
based. In 1916 the great recoinage
commenced, and by 1919 upwards of
460, 100000 shillings and 30,000,000 six
pences were struck. The pound weight
of silver originally correspondent with
the money pound of account, there be-
ing in it 240 dwts. No gold currency
existed in this country until nearly two
centuries after the Norman Conquest,
the first gold coin struck having been a
gold penny, in the year 1853, which
Henry III. ordered to be current for
twenty pence. In 1343 another attempt
to introduce gold coinage was made,
gold tlorins of six shillings, and half and
quarter forms being then issued, but
they were almost at once called in.
They were succeeded by the noble, and
in the reign of Edward ". the angel,
each being originally current for six
shillings eight pence. In 1889 the SOW
ereign, equivalent to twenty shillings,
was coined, the name being derived from
the representation on the diverse of the
sovereign seated. With various changes
in quality and value the. sovereign or
pound remained in currency until after
the Restoration, when thepiece obtained
the name of guinea, from the gold of
which they were made having been
brought from Guinea by the African
Company, and their value was enhanced
to twenty-one ishillings. The present
sovereign dates from July 1, 1917, when
it was made by proclamation based upon
Act of Parliament, the sole standard
measure of value and legal tender for
payment without any limitation of
amount. Post. "a. T....
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04

led forth to sacrifice, and withal the lion
of the tribe of Judah.
Once more. The type of goodness
presented to us in the life of Jesus is a
/ strictly universal type. 1t is favored,
so to speak, by no race or cline or
sect. 1t is absolutely worldwide. Ger
tainly the peculiar features of goodness
are always the same; but a good En-
glishman, as we know, is in MANY wavs
| figured in a different outline from a
| good Frenchman or German. National
habit and modes of thought and action
drape the eternal virtues in dissimilar
| guises; and such is our finiteness. q
very French type of goodness would
not find many imitators here, lust as
good Englishman would have to be
studied BY our neighbors across the
channel before they would do him any
sort OF justice. Now, although our
Lord was born in province of the
Roman Empire marked by the very
strongest popularity of race and
Thought, He does not exclusively be-
long to it. His character is Just as in
telligible to the Greeks, or the Romans.
or the Germans as to the Syrians or the
Arabs. No Jewish sect could claim
Him as its adherent no Jewish teach
er has left on Him narrowing impress;
no popular error among the people of
whom he was, received any sanction at
His hands. He will not hear of their
superstition about Sabbath observ-
ances; He is lord also. of the
Sabbath. He will not saction
their cruel intolerance of the
Samaritans; the Samaritans, both in!
His teaching and in fact, are the
objects of His especial favor They
may Judge hardly of the Galileans,
whose blood Plate had mingled with
the sacrifices-of the eighteen whom the
tower of Sloan had crushed in its fall
of the man who had been born blind;
but He will not for moment yield to
their assumption that each form of bod
lily misfortune is the consequence of
some secret sin. He has wiser and
wider philosophy of pain than that.
Still less has any Roman or Greek or
Indian thinker shaped Him into an in
tellectual mold. He rises above all the
dividing lines of that or any previous or
subsequent age. He speaks to the ku-
man soul in all countries and ages with
the authority of one in whom every soul
finds, at last, its ideal representative.
Although He wore the dress of Jewish
rabbi, and accommodated himself to the
usages of a Jewish life, all His ordinary
words and actions, although altogether
suitable to His age and country, are yet
also equally adapted to all people and
all climes. And thus His character
let me repeat it-His character is CORE
spondent to His worldwide claim, and
in all quarters of the world men have
recognized in Him an absolutely univer-
sal type of human goodness. And if
any have dared. of His grace, to say
with His apostle: "Be We followers of
me-" they have quickly added: Even
as also am of Christ. - From Canon
LiddOn's Sermon to the People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04
A Touch of Nature.


Your child is very sick" said the
doctor, laying down his book to feel a
very small pulse; ''she has fever and is
threatened with inflammation of the
brain.n j3H. ..'. 81 ib
what shall 1 do for her, doctorp'
asked the sweet little mother, LOOKING
up with fond attention in her brown
eyes. ."'' I"' =
"Give her powder and put a mus
tard plaster ON her chest, and let me
know if she gets better soon.n o..
The doctor returned to his book and
the mother went away with her baby,
but soon came back again. NNA -
''She is much worse, doctor: | am
afraid she will de-
The doctor laid down his book and
looked attentively at the baby. eyes.
she will die, :" he said gravely. II can
do nothing more for her. u.I'r.J -ai,-
The brave little woman did not shed a
tear. For moment she looked grave
while the doctor regarded her earnestly,
then she said, gently: -
ii shall bury her in her best white
dress and put her blue sash on; and
please, doctor, don't send in your bin
until after the funeral" .'IT7
81 will not" said the doctor, and he
looked grave for few moments after he
was left alone; then he resumed his
reading, while tender smile fingered
about his mouth. He was, popular
lawyer, but was playing a part for the
benefit OF his little daughter, and the
baby that died was an indestructible
doil.-Detroit Post and Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04
BeHgions.
WORKING TOGETHER FOR GOOD.

b" And we know that all things work togethe
for good to them that love God."-ROm. vii. 2s
+, Where ruin falls on noble piles
The ivy creeps, and DER them smiles;
And beauty sits above decay
With charms that drive the gloom away:
SO Ger the heart ofttimes
With burdens crushed and losses,
Or bleeding from the crimes
Of men, as passion heaves and losses,
There springeth blessing on the path
OF those that know but storm and scath.
The circle of the !" all things" broad
Is in the sunshine of our God;
His light is ever on the wing,
And finds the lowest, meanest thing;
His love enspheres the race,
1t makes the peasant kingly; If
The beauty of His face
Falls on us all and singly; ..f.
What seems the clowd with angry frown
Is but blessing STOPPING down.
What alchemy of love is this,
From pain and woe resulting bliss;
From every heart rapture brought,
In every tear a rainbow caught? -.
Gold in the crucible!
All storms with beauty rifted!
oh, Jesus, may we feel
Our hearts to Thee uplifted;
For it's in Thee life hath its balm,
And in Thine every sigh psalm.
Ken. DCtght Williams, in Christian Woman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04
THE cONTENTED CoBBLER.

The shoemaker sang while he hammered away:
20, who is as happy as l am to-day?
save twenty soles where the parson saves
one;
And always heel when the doctor heals none.
~ sit on the bench like Judge and boot
The people who say that my measures don't
suit;
] cut all my uppers; care not for caste;
My very first pleasure each day is my last
Pm always amending while others fall i'll,
And when am thirsty with cobblers fill.
Plnever peg out for always peg in,
And how can lose wnen I'm sheer to w1n2
my goods are all soled before finished, and
Can foot many Bills without heaving a sigh;
In fact am envied by little and tall,
For of this worlds blessings alone have awl."
H. C. Dodge, in Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04
The Hog Guessers.

''Hog guessing has been regarded as
an amusement, of the borders of civiliza-
ton, or of those rude and primitive times
when CREASED pole climbing, sack racing
and even ruder sports were numbered
among the most fayorite of popular
pleasures. But that busy and bewil-
dered person, "the future historian, as
he turns the musty files of the New Y DIRK
papers of the last quarter of. the nine
teenth, century, will learn with curiosity
that among the incidents of the celebra-
ton Of Christmas was guessing" at the
weight of "a notable pig in Suburban
town; that the affair was not cOntribu-
ted for the entertainment of the .'peas-
antry," but that among the ''guessers'
were men,of wealth, weal'els Of diamond,
drivers of fast horses 'bankers and brOk-
ers, and at least one man conspicuous in
the management, of public education;
and that so many persons who were no
''guessers, and did not even see the
pig, were interested in the sport that d
report of it was thought to be worthy of
as much space as is often given to an
important measure of craftsmanship.
We do not know what ''the future his
torian" will make of IL. because we do
not know what relative Importance he
will give to this and otherc ontemporane-
GUS social activities, Y. Post. .,.,.. .,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04
Champion Walkers.

Six hundred miles in six days is what
must now be demanded of the coming
pedestrian who goes as he pleases.
Since Fitzgerald, with his 5S2 miles, has
surpassed Vint with his SIS, as easily as
Vint had surpassed Hughes 56S, and as
Hughes had surpassed Rowell's 566, and
Rowell had surpassed Harris sos, and
Hart had surpassed Weston, and Wes-
ton Brown, and Brown O'Leary, and so
on down, surely the possibility of 600
is not so distant as 500 once seemed. 1t
may very likely be reached in the new
match which Rowell, Vint and Pam
chott have just made. There is obvi-
ously limit to the distance possible
for humal heels, unless reinforced with
wings, like Mercury's, or in some other
way aided; but it is hard to guess closely
what this limit is.-M Y San.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04

Shocks thinks man fortunate who
has his will contested after death only.
He says his will has been contested ever
since he welded Mrs. Shocks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04

Turn your back on borrowed trouble
that you may better be prepared to face
the real Whitehall Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05

BETA had not advanced far into his preanoe ueiolo
attempts made to groan and shout MN a WI
They began the benches OF the Extreme Leu r I'M
appeared to be governed by the laws TO WHEN len
epidemic maladies subject. Inc paLheI api.o
which sustained the theory that the wo .hai.ued
separately could restrict the future AsSe,huly pi
yoked storm which swept over the house IL
was altogether painful spectacle. bui ie'., nnt
on this occasion more honorable lhan asSV ~
However spectators who, While adihittluS ~.
blunders have pointed ont still admire ualnpc..aa
and feel grateful TO him for the services ne p f
10 the Republic. were IN deep aUlict'on' OO nII
perre met With on the eve of 9th Ther,nidor As
he advanced to the passages when deat WI y, rns
Scrutin de LlSte the GOODNESS was moi w.. -
followed by n scorching blast OF IRONY men 'heio
was n gloomy silence. and then inc suo Eiiaso
groans recommended. Everything III ,n , ,onEerv
Duzzle nature tChiHOiSerie was cause ioi ioOScy'
The ONLY part that tolerab!y wen receiNcu ""'
the clause proposing 20 withdraw hnahcidI pIenosHf
tives from the senate mere W." %hcn Gau6etta
read out the final sentence in which the abIogaloA
OF pablo prayers at the opening oi 'ho "'i
Had nr~encv been demanded the Ministry then
and there would have ceased 70 exist pI'u -. ~
Iecoed from asking for H. lie went oacH ~ ,no
Ministry at which he resides detected ald anIIN
and threatened to bring the crisis Whlcn no Iiaa
begun at once to bead. The RePr0u9ue frdnca.S I
next day announced that unti the tha.hhTi rs m"
would lie tied. Pending this Government wonll
introduce other measure Today Signs oI ie
ppntance are manifested by NJ cambria Cl'l
organ The Laicrricrc theory OF the CONSTITUTION Is
abandoned and soft-sawder" is applied TO the
Chamber Better la'e than never; bot better cary
than late. Yesterday on the motion OF an extreme
Radical Count de DOuville Malllcleu vote lhUlJd
tive Of rnstrust was passed by a large majority us
object was TO bring the number OF commissioners
who are 10 reuOrt the Revision bill from eleven
to thrty-threc. The obvious reason for tins was 10
delay: thrtv-three are more difficult to wheedIG OF
to bride than eleven. One does not really under
stand, the LaeTrieTe theory having now p'iH
doomed why the unfortunate bill should not oe
allowed 20 fall through If it does not bind INC
National Assembly, why lose time IN discussing IL
Those who imagine that Gamhctta Is played
ont are IN error Were be to retire from office ana
lie by until the errors Of his successors aaoIdeen d
HIM a good opportunity to come forward again, ne
he Is IKE loosely Tapping sail. He Is essentially
dependent upon it, AMI his force is rencnd ,,,l,
when il is with HIM This is why Ls enemies gov
want To 1--WE him plenty of ropt. Let ~ use HIM
IN competely. they say, that in touching earh
again his strength will not mo rccuieTatiNe ioice
remaining to HIM he renewed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05

Tennessee Is were specially active and rose from
10 to rs. ana reacted to 75l4. Other issues were
neglected, but Missouri Is, 1857, sold at 1922. Of
city bank stocks Republic sold u0l at l40l2, In
porters and Traders ~ at 240, and Merchants Ex-
change u.s. at 0sl2.
Again the business in railroad bonds was very
small aud without significance. Erie second con-
sos rose Il to 90 and finally sold at 1854. Missouri
Kansas and Texas first cOnsols were Il lower at
lO3lo, seconds Il higher at 40, and general mort
cages l. lower at SO. Boston, Hartford and Erie
frsts were steady at g. c.. c. and l. c. incomes
sold at 7Ol2 and Chesapeake and Ohio firsts series
b, were steady at 607sQSl. Canada Southern
frsts were quiet at %. Louisville and Nashville
general mortgages were down l. at 1Ol. South
Carolina Railroad incomes sold at 45. St. Paul
consols sold at 1l9Q1l9si against 100 yesterday.
Wabash general mortgages rose to SO. Denver and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
NOW THE WATER COLORs GO OFF.

HOW THE WATER COLORS GO OFF.
, SUCCESS FAR IN ADVANCE OF THAT OF ANY
PREVIOUS ExHIBTIoN-woRKs OF FAMOUS
FOREIGN MAsTERs-A NEW COLLECTION OF cE-
RAMICs
The present exhibition of the Water Color
Society has evidently entered upon season oil upreee
dented prosperity. The number OF NlsltofH 'hu'
in conseGuence receipts at the door, nave oeeh
larger than ever before, while the amount realized from
the sales ia much in advance OF previous eXhloltohs
The total from the water coors sold thus far exceo ds
900 600 the result OF the first week Most OF the safes
onparentlv have been made at catalogue prices there
having been fewer reductions thah usual Nj
Brown has been constantly and successfully
occupied but his ambition remains unsased go long
az there Is picture unsod, and he consequently aA
tons for everyone TO know that the Water Color tx
hjbion is now open and good pictures can be bought
there" A notable feature in addition 10 the large o'a'
Of the sales is the high price paid ior seVera pictures
+ 4 Abbey's The sisters was sold Tor S-'oVV, d
LARGER price than asked for other painting Id tne
,hihttion A. f. Bellows's &" Pride's Bridge" anu T.
Uopkinson Smiths Under the Towers" brought each
81 900 while c. ". Turner's " DOrdrccht Mltnlala
bas been sold Tor SsO0al remarkable prices Tor Amer
lean water-colors Fortune has also smiled upon MI
Gait in his care Of the cchings One hundred ana MY
have been sold, realizing about Tl'7oo'
The landscape by Corot, the "Weeders by
Mnet The Venetian Lagoon by Whistler aud two
echinCs by DE Schenuis have found purchaserH VI te
American etchings many duplicates have been sold
Among the artists whose echnss appear to nave gained
cspecaI popularity J. G. Nicon, Henry FArrer' & A.
Plata Kruscmau Van Ecn, j. ID. Smile, STEPHEN
Parrish T. s. Church, \. r. Beilows,Percy Moran ana =
g. McCuthcon But Notwithstanding the amount OF the
sales there are real attractions for purchasers s at INST
That this is appreciated was by the large number
Of visitors in the galleries yesterday despite the driving
storm and piercing cold
The list OF pictures bringing so aud over sold during
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
MAURICE MAURLS ARRESTED IN T&xAS.
oalreslon cotre.pondenee Of nc Ao.ton ~.

GdlrestOn Correspondence Of The boston IOst
The AcTs OF Sunday morning, ga, con-
tanned the following innocent appearing paragraph in
It's special from Dallas, dated January Il - man
named John Walters, from Sedaa No. was arrested at
the Union depot this afternoon, on the charge OF
swindling, by borrowing cum OF money from Alfred
CHAIRMAN last night for the alleged purpose OF getting
gOods OF The express Office, showing cheek drawn
January lG lss2 the Merchants and Planters Bank
OF sherman III favor of James Howard for 1912 and
signed 10y Mason Boyer Co. There being no goods at
the express Office for him. aud he refusing TO repay the
amount borrowed from Chapman he put III jail.
Since this publication Investigation by the authorities
has developed the fact that John Walters" Is only
iher for Maurice Maurls alias MauriZio Lon
fant alias the MARQUIS de CalenLdlO whose operations
Boston, kewYOrk, Philadelphia, Baltimore and else
where have given him good deal Of fame. The sus
pclOn to MS denty Ia ing been reused, number OF
Italians IN Dallas positively Identified the man arrested
BOnfanti. The recognition was especially complete
In the OF sgnUr Gerardo Barr1cell, prominent
Journalist of Dallas who probably knew BOnant, aa-
Mauris when the latter editor OF IL ITo1reSo Hdio
Americana, III Ncw-York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05


The business done in stocks to-day reflects
further decline in the general speculative interest
and concentration of stocks in the hands Of a few
onerators-a condition that ordinarily bodies no
good 10 the market. The transactions (272,794
shares were the smallest of any Gay this week,
and less than one-half OF those Of last
Monday. Tic opening of business was tame at
rriccs that hardly were equal TO last evenings clos
ing figures. Here and there some particular stock
was made a speciality Of, and, b. sharply advancing
its prices. was made to sustain temporarily, or
rather to check the declining tendency of the mar
ket Northern Pacific preferred stock was 50 notice
ably used in that way today that is entitled to he
classed rs the strongest stock The list, and, in
fact if closed only ls lower than its opening price,
after I1snr from 72li to 731s. All such expedients
however. were of little avail because of the cOntin
nous ATTEMPTS TO realize on the general list Tho
bank statement was a surprise at should not have
been) to most operators, and after its announce
mcnt. it was matter Of necessity to those wfo
were trying 10 sell that the whole market should be
srstained; so that the decline in prices that set III
when the statement published, was soon
checked Hence the days dealings have resulted
in little if any, progress beng made toward hqii-
daton although the final figures show material de-
clincs from last evening. The market in the last
five minutes rallied l43s per cent from the lowest
figures. ard closed steady
There were 10 transactions in Government bonds
at the Boards, and only a small business was done
at the offices Of the great dealers. Prices were
hardly steady, with the bids for the continued Is
reduced u per cent Annexed are the closing quo
tati
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
CLARK ~ boutwell,,

No. Nassau-st, corner Of Wall. NewIork,
PROMOTERS and MANAGERS OF MINING ENTER
PKI~ES
LIE '''D MaIposa County California.
MIN ~ WIZ 90 Grass Valley, California
eAif''O "' y Tangier Nova Scotia.
srARR.GRovE SILVER MINING COMPANY. -.
sroRMoNr SILVER MINING COMPANY. ~,
LN"Ei ''"' -''' Lewis, Nevada.
SAN BRUNO COPPER COMPANY ~.