The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-05

valid excuse for non-observance of SUM-
day. The example Of the Jewish patri-
archs led TO the general observance of
a Seventh day among the Romans and
Greeks, just as Christian example Is
to-day similarly modifying in japan
the CUSTOM of three days IN month.
During the first French revolution
there was craze for decimal arrange
ments and every tenth day was sub
stituted for Sunday as day of rest.
The moral and intellectual sanity as
well as physical welfare OF the people
calls for larger resistance to the ten
dency that would make us toiling aud
moiling drudges. The Puritans who
enacted the blue laws for the strict
observance Of Sunday must have enter
tanned this view when they made
Wednesday afternoon a half holiday.
The wor&iugmau who labors hard
during six days naturally feels that he
is entitled to certain measure of
recreation on his day of rest, and his
ideas are not always inspired byB
desire to obey religious teachings. If
he does not so to church it does not
follow that innate wickedness is the
source of feeling. Perhaps ride or
a ramble In the country meets with
| luOAS "PPAVD"tlVn ou AiS part, anu US
| Sunday is the only day upon which he
can indulge his inclination, what is
termed disregard for the Sabbath fol-
lows. The active church member,
who attends all the services, the Sum
day school and the supplementary
meetings finds the Sabbath q more
firing day than any other Of the week.
| Viewing the question in all its
bearings we believe it would contrib
ute grestly to the quiet and orderly
observance OF Sunday If halliday
was gived up TO recreation on the pre-
ceding Saturday, Omaha Herald.
SOLVING a SOCIAL PROBLEM,
How to deal with the social evil has
been problem in all countries almost
since tho beginning of time. II would
be rather curious il one OF the Hevil
socialists should be the person to 81 .
the correct solution Tor the abolish
ment thereof. The woman in Detroit,
who has given her lawyer the names
Of her heightened visitors in order to
prove the "respsctability" OF her place,
seems to have struck 1t.
A PRACTICAL BATHING SUIT.
A genius somewhere in New Jersey
. is making bed-covers aud pillow asses
: out OF paper. We are advised that he
is also about to introduce new style
of bath towel, consisting of full suit
OF heavy blotting paper. A person
upon coming from the surf will have
l but 10 don one Of these suits--price Is
} cents--aud in four minutes he will find
himself as dry as q toper's throat in a
: prohibition town. Science is getting
( ahead OF itself over In jersey Phila-
o delphia Press.
p WHY TILDEN REMAINED a BACHELOR.
p One of his friends tells me that Mr..
\ Tuden IN past years had semi-occa'
d SIGNAL differences in his household
o sometimes vulgarly called rows. AT.
a ter one of these, Smith NJ. Weed drove
l. up In front Of Mr., Tilden'a Grammercy
l. Park mouse. Mr.. Tilden got in with
" Mr., Weed, to whom he presently re
& lated his troubles in despair. He cap
Y ped the climax by saying, as ho slap
" ped hia companion on the knee: "By
thunder, Weed, ia get married IT.
wasn't afraid to."[-New York Trib
IS une.
II THE NEW MARRIAGE LAW.
ID Governor PattisOn has approved thu
G. new marriage law, and 1T Will 20 int
l. operation ON the LIST day Of Octobe
Id next, On and after that date no per
II sou can be joined in marriage in Penn
DO sylvanla without first obtaining
ID license from the clerk of the Orphan
lc Court Of the county in which the mar
s. lisge is 20 take place, ana any ministe
D. or officer who shall marry persons
X without such license will DO dned Sl0(
T. Minors can be married under the neV
" law by fling the consent of their pa
10 rents or guardians with the clerk G
y the court, properly ACKNOWLEDGED BIZ
20 fore q notary or other Office
CO which viii warrant the issue OF th
Tn necessary license. Informal marriage
ts may be entered into under the ne'
to law, as in the past, by tho mere agre,
70 mont of parties, but all such marriage
n must be first authorized by license 4
1t sued ON application of the parties
at the contract. 1t is claimed by SON
1t that az the new law has no MULTI
ac- clause, parties may contract inform
m marriages after the lst of October !
I'D now and heretofore, and that they WI
lin be legal and binding. 1t is possib
,se that tho new law may bo so construe
but the Supreme Courts OF sever
States have construed like laws again
nd the validity Of such marriages, al
Oh there will be safety only in the stri
lr- observance Of the new statute PHI
NJ adelphia Times.