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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27
As to Sunday Observance.

We have received from the Inter-
national Religious Liberty association,
through A. o. TAFT, of Battle Creek,
Mich, a clipping from the Chicago
Herald of July IA, relative to the ar
rest, at Dresden, Tenn, on June s,
1898, of one w. B. Capps, who had
persisted in laboring at his customary
vocation on Sundays. The Weakly
county circuit court on June 27, 1893,
fined Mr.. Capps $40 and costs. His
case was appealed TO the supreme
court Of Tennessee, which, on May q,
1894, at Jackson, affirmed the judg.
ment Of the lower court. The Inter.
national Religious Liberty association,
which defended Capps, thinks that
his prosecution is nothing less than
religious persccution," and asks us to
print the foregoing facts, together
with this extract from, the Chicago
paper previously alluded 10:
Mr.. Capps has wife "a years Of age
and four children, the eldest being only
years old, and one OF them sick at the time
Of its fathers imprisonment. Ills family
il left Sll alone quarter OF mile from
any house. He Is poor man, aud unable
to support his family during his conllne
ment He does not deny working on Sun
day, but did SO because be had rested the
day before, according to tho Bible; because
he recognized his God.givon right to labor
six days in the week, beginning on the
first, as did his Creator; and because, In
acceding to the demands Of the State tC
rest on Sunday, be would be denying hit
Lord, Hence he refuses TO pay the fnt
and costs, regarding them unjust. since tht
state Is attempting to enforce upon him .
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27
EnIarging the Horizon.


That was notable yet characteristic
exemplitication of true charity when
the free summer home at Dalton,
maintained under the direction of the
Mems Guild of st. Luke's Episcopal
church, the other day admitted to its
beneficent shelter q Hebrew unfor-
tunate recommended to its care. Nor
was it strange that Rabbi Fuerlicht,
upon learning Of the incident, should
express to the management of the
home his joyous surprise that charity
conducted under Christian auspices
should thus throw open its fold with
out partiality alike to Christian and
Jew, inidel and Mohommedan.
We delight to believe that in this
little incident, although not intended
to reach the public eye, there exists a
spaceworthy evidence Of the broad
human fellowship that is growing
among intelligent men Of all races and
creeds. The harmonious presence in
our city, side by side in business, and
upon equal terms i'll social activities,
of Jews and Gentiles, while not char
aCterlstic Of Scranton alone, is, we ale
glad to believe, not anywhere sur
passed in those particulars of tolerant
citizenship which evidence the truest
liberty. 1t affords n signal and a
happy contrast with the narrow prac-
tees in vogue in certain foreign lands,
where the great power Of incivil gov.
ernment is welded to oppress and
scourge the weaker race and bring
ignominy and humiliation to its re-
ligion.
The effect of this widening Of the
human horizon upon the home life OF
our people can scarcely be i'll. This
spirit of confraternity will not work
harm. Already it has proved its bene-
ficence in the aid it has rendered to the
civic assimilation Of varied racial ele-
ments. We hope to see more Of it in
the future-so much more that there
will come day when it will, from q
civic standpoint, be a matter of the
utmost insignificance to what church
man may go or from what uation
ality he may derive the vital current:
in his veins provided only he be an
honest man and u true citizen. To
ward this limit we are surely progress
ing; and happy is the progress which
eXtinguishes old fires of prejudice and
irreligious raneor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27
But now he appeared


Rather frowzy and bleared
In his torn regimenta!s OF yellow;
Yet his heart gave curious thnmp as he
lay
In tho little toy cart near the window one
day
And heard the sweet voica OF that French
dolly say:
Mamma! Mamma"
lie listened so long and he listened so hard
That anon he gre@ ever so tender.
For it's everywhere known
That the feminine tone
Gets away with all masculine gender.
he up and he wooed her with soldiery
zvst,
Bqt all she'd reply to the love he profeSsed
Were these plaintive words (which per
haps you have guessed:
Mammal Mammal
Her mother-a sweet little lady Of five
Vouchsafed her parental protection,
And although stockinet
Wasn't blue. blooded yet,
She really could make no objection.
SO soldier and dolly We're welded one day,
And moment ago, as l journeyed that
way,
I'm sure heard q wee baby voice say;
Mammal Mammal
Eugene Field
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

and perilous to the public welfare, the
question may well be asked whether
the party ought not to halt, soberly
take its bearings and put its ranks in
shape for more lofty achievement than
the mere qualification of personal am.
hitiOnS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27
SCRANTON. JULY 27, 1894.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

For Governor:
DANIEL II. HASTINGS
or CENTER.
For Lieutenant Governor:
WALTER LYON,
OF ALLEGHENY.
For auditor General;
AMOS h. MYLIN,
OF LANCASTER.
For Secretary Of Hernal Affairs:
JAMES W. LATrA,
OF PHILADELPHIA
For Con0TesSmea.at-Large:
GALUSIIA A. GROW,
OF sUsQUEuANNA.
GEORGElF. HUFF,
OF WESTMoRELAND.
Election Time, Nov. q
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

IT is NOT complimentary to-this Sec
tion of the commonwealth that 1t
should have sufficient Populists even
to make the microscopic Populist party
that exists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

Mr.. PLATT of New York admits
that the Gotham police force, once
upon time, failed to resemble So
ciety of Christian Endeavor; but he
thinks it will grow better soon, with a
change in mayors.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

The MOVEMENT to pardon the assas-
sin of Robert Ross may soon capture
an affirmative signature from Governor
Flower; but it will get huge veto
from the people next fall.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27
Rockafellow in Stripes.

The circumstances leading to the i'm
prisonment of +. V. Rockafellow in
the penitentiary are iueXpressibly sad.
Whether it be believed that during the
long period Of this mans active busi-
ness career he was conscious hypo-
crite and scoundrel, seizing with de-
liberate intent to rob and defraud, the
hard-earned savings of those who
trusted implicitly in his honor, and
utterly reckless of the suffering which
his course would inevitably involve;
or that he was himself q dupe of his
unsound business methods, unable
until the final collapse to realize the
thinness Of the dividing line between
himself and bankruptcy, the spectacle
in either view would be one full of
genuine pathos.
At the same time, it must not be
forgotten that the law, in his success
full arrest and punishment, receives a
valuable vindication. 1t is probable
we hope it is the fact-that the syln-
pathies Of most men are strongly eX-
cited in this unhappy old mans be-
half. The good that he has done,
whatever its motive and source; the
example that he has seemed to set,
however untrue intrilsically; in short,
the ideals that he once presented to
the public, however badly lived up TO
in his innermost life, remain to men,
ory as arguments appealing earnestly
in favor Of clemeney. 1t does not be-
come any imperfect man to deny
mercy to the imperfectiOns of Others
and to sit in stoical judgment upon Of
fenses only part of the circumstances
of which can, in the nature Of things,
be publicly known. Therefore, we re-
peat that the spectacle of f. V. Rocka-
fellow, once the personified symbol OF
punctuality and business honor, in tbs
distinguishing garb Of felony at an age
when most men are preparing to enjoy
the honored twilight of their careers,
is sad, infinitely sad and piteous,
From this very condition, however
true citizenship derives an inspiration.
Compassion for the criminal doe, not
necessarily imply condemnation of the
undoubted crime. The very fa, tn 1t
high rating and eminent achieve men
do not operate to shield men from tae
stern consequences of their betrayals
of trust, and interpose no barrier be.
tween the heinous wrong and its due
expiation, is tribute to the impartial
ity and the strength of our courts OF
law surprising all other eulogia. DIFF
feras we may touching the moral gull
of Rockafellow and Wiman and sym
pathize as we may with the fault
which has dragged them both down
1t must remain source of pride thai
human institutions Of justice can bt
maintained in this nation before
whose bar the rich man is as the pool
one and the high one as the lowly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

IT interest Pennsylvanians to
note that the dethronement of Tom
Platt has again been postponed in New
York until some more auspicious oc
CaSlOn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

Mr.. CLEVELAND today could not
truthfully use u profane disclaimer of
knowledge about the tariff. The
trouble is now that he knows too
much about it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27
Evergbo VIII AR,es.

IIilkes Barre Record.
The SCRANTON TRIBUNE indirectly all
ludes to editor john T. Barret, of the
Truth as a man who would make brainy
candidate for congress-. Iu this oity every
one who knows Mr. Barrett will heartily
gree.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

III is INTERESTING to observe that
in spite Of the croakers Scranton real
estate values steadily maintain their
upward trend. Not even Democratic
national incompetency can keep pro-
gressive Scranton down.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

INCIDENTALLY II is noticed that the
Democrats are not so hilarious with
Tom Reed as they once were.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

printers Ink" the recognized journ al
for advertisers, rates the SCRANTON
TRIBUNE RS the hest advertising medium
in Northe astern Pennsylvania. "Printers'
Ink" knows
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

WE ARE beginning to appreciate the
wisdom of the cynical eX-olliceholder
who said that since he had got out of
politics he never passed through
Washington without "holding his
nose ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27
HE, Too, ALAS, Is DEAD;
There was n woman who never had gos
spcd bit

slptu u UIJ-
She's dead, too;
Who hated Nil scandal, NOR listened TO it;
She believed in mankind, took care of her
cat.
Always turned deaf ear to this story or
that;
Never scoldCd her husbaud-she never had
one;
No slugsard was she, bat rose with the
sun;
Never whispered in meeting, don't care
for II bDune',
Or all of the feathers that one could put
on it,
Never sat with the choir, nor sang the
wrong note;
Expressed no desire to lecture or vote:
For the poor soul was as dea! as a post
also dumb;
You might have called forever. and she
wouldn't have come,
Aud she's dead.
-JCdnAeite In Fidmbou
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27
peaking of Cassadaga and It's peculiar

Speaking OF Cassadaga and its peculiar
tenets, all children are supposed to enter
tain natural fear Of ghosts. The wee
boys and girls Of Spiritistic parentage are
striking exceptions to this rule 1t is noA
ticeable that many OF tho little ones now
at Lily Dale not only take every kind OF
physical manifestation ~ matter of
course, but they even have "lamiliarsn of
their own. 1t is declared that some of
them are clairvoyant aud clalraudent. IT,
is both interesting and amusing to listen
to these childish sensitlves IN conversati tiop
with their scep,ical play-fellows. The
Buffalo Express correspondent was
lately entertained by the following din.
logue between two yellow.haired little
girls Of opposite faiths: "And don't YOU
ever zee beautiful lights floating around
in the dark, or hear sweet voice wi his.
per don't in your ear when you're going
to do something naughty. aud don't an
angel ever come and stand BY your bed
at nightY mo, sire e." was the en-
phatic reply. "And l don't want to see
and bear such things. | beirve they
como from tho devil" Tho tuce of the
first little girl was study in surprise,
grief and pity. "Wel, Mollie, she said at
last, "lf the devil sends such thing, to us,
think he's a real good mnu aud hone
I'll 20 to live with him when psss out. 30
The DOLLS WooING:
The little French doll was dear little doll
Tricked out in the sweetest OF dresses;
Her eyes were of hue
A most delicate blue
And dark as the night were her tresses; ;
Her dear little mouth was futed and red
And this little French doll was 80 very
well bred
That whenever accosted her little mouth
said:
Mammal Mammap
The stockinet doll, with one arm and one
Leg
Had once been handsome young fell
low,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

ENTERED Az THE PosroFUlcr At seRAsToH. PA' ~
steonp-cLAss MAIL nATTER.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27
GOLDSMlTH'S @ BAZAAR
There's No Use Talking

didn't talk wouldn't
much when we do talk The thing A
c naked fact that %
iron
When we hang with
Ns worth while, a hurry
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-27

j. w. BROWSING,
Secret ry
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-03-31
The Care of shoes.

Few people give proper care to their
shoes, They come in damp, tired, cold
maybe and possibly not in the best of tenn
per, fling their shoes off impatiently, get
into slippers as quickly as possible and sit
down to rest, forgetting that their shoes
will be in a scarcely wearable condition by
next morning.
If every one would invest in Il couple of
quarts of good, clean oats and keep them
in clean bag in the dressing room he
would have at hand the means of putting
his shoes in excellent order with very little
trouble and u0 cost to speak Of As soon
as she shoes are taken Of, lace or button
up and fill them about two-thirds full Of
oats then tie in handkerchief a parcel
Of oats as large as can be pressed into the
top of the shoes to fill the remaining space
and put the shoes away until wanted. The
oats absorb the moisture from the shoes
and in absorbing it they swell consider
ably, The constant pressure on the leather
keeps the shoe in correct shape and prevents
that uncomfortable stiffness and rigidity
always noticed when leather has been wet
A little trouble and care Of this sort would
save many a pair of shoes. Especially is
this useful where there are children who
are always running out in the dampness
and coming in with wet feet.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-03-31
A Funeral in China.
From the Pail Mall Gasette,


The most important event IN Chinese's
life is his funeral. A Chinese crowd is the
cllmipation of human noise, and the Chi
nese arc never so noisy as at funeral.
They have hearty appetites at all times,
but they never eat so much as they do at
a funeral feast When | first lived in
China | used to find it almost impossible
to distinguish between funeral process
sion and marriage procession.
In the centre of one the eoffined corpse
is borne on the shoulders of men. In the
centre of the other similar men bear upon
their shoulders the bride, who is Ia an en-
closed sedap chair, and she is followed by
her bridesmaids. But to the casual obser-
yer the two ends of the two professions are
quite alike in every respect, Tamtoms,
red-clatbea coolies carrying roasted pigs
and other dajpties, smaller coolies carrying
cheap paper ornaments Of Mongolian the
atrical type-these are the iuvariable ele-
ments of both professions.
The Chinese are today the most unique,
the most ancient and the most misnnder-
stood people on the earth. | say the most
ancient because they are the least changed
from what they were centuries ago. The
least changed They are not changed at
all. The China of today is the China
Marco Polo knew. A few of us have been
in China. am not speaking of the mis-
sionaries. | regard them as a people apart.
What have We gained In China? A strange
experience (to me pleasant one), a pound
OF perfumed tea and bale of lowered crepe,
for both of which we have paid right hand
somely. We have been treated in the
main politely, but sooner or later most of
us are bowed out of China, if not by the
Emperor, why then by the climate.
The Chinese have at least three religions
-Confucianism, Buddhism and Toaism.
But the funeral rites of the three sects are
identical. There are several reasons for
this The three religions are much alike
and all are largely founded upon Indian
Buddhism. Moreover, religion is very
second-class affair in China The priests
Of two seots often live together In ths chum.
miest way. Filial devotion is the real re-
ligion in China. All China is one huge
family, and tho Emperor is the "Great
Father" BY the way, Great Father is
what the North American Indians call God.
And the Chinese consider their Emperor
god. There is one more reason why all
Chinese funerals are greatly alike, China is
land of ceremonials and the smallest de-
tails of those ceremonies are described by
the ''Leke,n or book of rites. To disobey
the least rule af this great national manual
is crime, and severely punished one
In two respects only does one Chinese fu-
neral differ from another The first is in
the amount of money spent, and the second
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-03-31
Learn to Remember.

There is no moro aggravating person in
the world than the one who is eternally
forgetting things II find it so hard to
remember names" walls "a pretty woman,
and her sympathizers arise in scores. Now,
why on earth should it be hard to remem-
Der names ? Why should it be hard to
remember any common occurrence? People
remember what they want to-that is, when
they concentrate their minds upon a thing
it is not apt to elude them The trouble
is that they will not do this. 1t requires
a certain amount of exertion, that is true.
But is the gain nothing? Unless woman
is i'll in body or mind there is no reason
why she should not remember anything she
wishes to. The mind is capable of great
concentration and good memory depends
upon it. If one has tendency to forget
fulness she should at once determine On
systematic mental discipline. Regin by
forcing the mind at night to recall the
events of the day logically and in their
order. Give up making notes of matters
requiring attention, and compel the mind
to recall these things Cultivate Il habit
of close observance of every little detail Of
surrounding. Learn to listen carefully to
names, dates, events as they occur, and es-
pecially cultivate the habit of mental review
1t is wonderful how soon what is at present
an irksome task becomes pleasure.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-03-31
Respectable Sins.

Beware Of respectable sins Not that
any sin, however garishly arrayed or So
cially digni6ed, is in itself respectable, but
that some sins are so countenanced by GER
tain classes that they are held to be res,
pectable. Mrs. Browning spoke truly,
when, with epigrammatic force, she said,
"The devil is most deviliSh when respecta-
bic, because he is then most dangerous.
His seeming responsibility throws unwary
souls off their guard and beguilcs them by
begetting the thought that their objections
to certain profitable or delightful courses
Of conduct is based, not on reason or on
scripture nationally interpreted, but ON
squeamish or morbid conscientiousness
Hence, for example, when young men see
social honors paid to rich 6nanciers whose
overhowing Golfers were filled by means of
transactions which involved lying, deccp-
tion and speculative trickery, they are dis,
posed to think such dishonest practices are
not so bad as they have been taught to
believe. So when members of churches
indulge in some questionable or perhaps
even ungodly practices, they throw the
cloak of respectability over deeds which
are in themselves injurious both to the
moral and spiritual life. Thus they enable
the devil to do his most devilish work of
lnring young and feeble souls into the pit
of destruction. How neodful, then, is the
caution Beware of respectable sins1
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-03-31

one of merest chance. According to his
tory, number of sailors were shipwrecked
upon the coast of Spain, and, building a
fire on the sand to dry their dripping gar
ments, found, after the fire died down, a
crystalline substance, which was the first
glass known to mankind.
Snuff-takers will smile to learn that
their favorite delight was the result of a
great fire in which a tobacconist lost all his
stock. After the flames had subsidized, he
was wandering about to see if anything
could be saved He noticed that the poor
people around the place were gathering up
the half burnt boxes of tobacco lie
thought 1t worthless, and made no objec-
ton to the depreciation, when, by chance
tasting and smelling bit, he found that
the heat had added wondrous pungency
and flavor to the original article. He was
shrewd enough to profit by the discovery
and at once set about baking his tobacco
in ovens, and the fame of his Back Yard
Snuff" was established, and his fortune
made.
The pendulum of our modern clock was
the result of chance look of Galileo, as
he stood in cathedral and saw the chande-
lier oscilate back and forth. He had the
genius to apply the discovery, and thus
clocks were invented in the year 1889
The beautiful gloss and smooth surface
of our satin fabrics are all the lucky find
of an ordinary weaver. One day, when
trade was dull, this man walked back and
forth before his loom, thinking how he
could increase his business. Each time
he passed the machine he pulled short
threads from the work, and carelessly plac-
ing them in his mouth, he rolled them oven
and over, and finally spat them on the
floor After awhile he picked up one OF
these balls of silk thread, and upon unroll-
ing it, was astonished at its brilliancy
Catching the idea, he made experiments
aud finally produced the beautiful satin.
Many more such happy accidents might
be mentioned the fall of the apple that
led Newton to the theory of gravitation;
the flying kite Of Benjamin Franklin, that
! drew down lightning from the skies: the
bit of silver wire, that suggested to DIR.
Marion Simms his great surgical theory;
the discovery of modern porcelain; and Of
the principles of lithography. History
abounds in these incidents, and, no doubt
the world will yet be enriched by many
more benefactions resulting from IA happy
accident, or a careless suggestion lodging il
an earnest, thoughtful mind prepared, by
deep study over other problems, to receive it