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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
The GrigSby Bill,

In the house the only liquor bill which
has reached the third reading calendar
Is the Grigsby bill ITO prevent adultera-
tion of liquors. 1t provies that who.
ever adulterates for the purpose of sale
any spirituous. alcoholic or malt liquor
used or intended for drink or medical
or mechanical purposes with coculus
indicus, vitriol, grains of paradise
opium. alum, capsicum, copperas, laurel
water, logwood, Brazil wood, cochineal
sugar of lead, aloes, glucose, tannic
acid. or any other substance which is
poisonous or injurious to health, or with
any substance not q necessary ingred-
lent in the manufacture thereof, and
whoever sells or offers or keeps for sale
any such liquors so adulterated, shall
be fined in any sum not more than 500
or imprisoned not more than 60 days,
or both, at the discretion of the court
1t Is made the duty of state dairy and
food commissioners to enforce provi-
sions of this law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02

the United States cannot possibly sub
nit.
I'm Venezuela the case Is far more
serious than anywhere else. There the
Monroe doctrine has been actually vio-
lated, and 1t Is owing to our neglect that
the situation has arisen. For long
period England has been pushing for
ward, under one preteXt or another, the
boundary of Guiana and absorbing
Venezuelan territory, which the Vene-
zuelan government was too weak to
prevent. This seizure Of territory has
been more aggressive on the part Of
Great Britain, with the well-defned
purpose Of getting control of the
mouths of the Orinoco, a matter of
grave Importance, like all other great
waterways, to the extension of British
commerce. Of which England never
loses sight. This continuous and in
creasing seizure of territory Is an in
| fringement of the Monroe doctrine Of
the worst kind, for it is establishing
European authority over American ter
rltory not lawfully in the possession Of
England at the time of the declaration
| by Mr.. Adams of the Monroe doctrine.
Vigorous steps should be taken to stop
this seizure of territory at once.
"The right and proper policy of the
| administration in regard to all these
matters Is perfectly simple. Our am
| bassador to England should be in
structed to say to the British govern
ment in the planest and iirmest manner
that the United States regards any in
fraction OF the Monroe doctrine as an
act of hostility. and will resist any such
infraction to the utmost. If the admin
istration should take this ground,
ance with every tradition of American
policy, these questions would soon be
settled. There is no danger in the sit
uation at all, except from weakness
or hesitation on the part Of our gov
ernment. If we are perfectly firm, the
whole matter will be settled rightly
and peaccably; but any paltering with
the American policy and the Monroe
doctrine may not only involve us in the
most serious danger, but may cause
losses to our commercial prosperity and
injuries to our rights and our honor
and power as a nation which can never
be repaired"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
'Bill Relating to Minors.

bill which is being vigorously OPP
posed by the retail liquor dealers is that
introduced by Representative Gould, of
Erie, to prevent minors from obtaining
Intoxicating liquor, making 1t a misde-
meanor to procure the same by falsely
representing the age of any minor or to
knowingly or negligently furnish intox-
icating liquors to minors. Minors mis-
representing their ages in order to pro-
cure liquors are made punishable by a
fine not exceeding 500 or an imprison-
ment not exceeding ninety days, either
or both, at the discretion of the court.
Where the shoe pinches, however, is in
the second section, which provides that
any person who shall wilfully, know
ingly or negllgently In any manner
furnish intoxicating liquors to any
minor, or to another person to be
delivered any minor, shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $50 nor more than $500, and
undergo an Imprisonment for not less
twenty days nor more than ninety days.
Liquor men say that under the pro-
visions of this act there is no protection
for them against being imposed upon
by designing people, and that they have
no means of knowing whether liquor
purchased of them shall be furnished
to minors or not
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02

Report has it that ex-senator Warner
Miller is greatly overjoyed at the dip.
lomatic tangle in Nicaragua, because
he fancies it will force congress to en-.
dorse the worthless securities of his
practically bankrupt canal company
and thus make his fortune. We have
much better opinion Of the Fifty
fourth congress than that.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
The American Policy.

Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, in
current interview, states the South
American diplomatic situation so
clearly, succinctly and patriotically
that we give his entire language, con-
fident that we could add nothing to its
force and certain that we could not
subtract from it. "The Monroe doc
trine," he says, Committed the United
States to the principle that no new
government should be established and
no new territory taken possession
of on the American continent by any
European power. 1t also declared that
the United States could not permit any
independent American government to
be oppressed or interfered with by any
power in Europe. This has been a
cardinal policy Of the United States
ever since it was announced, and none
is of more Importance to us. We rigidly
hold aloof from European affairs and in
return we insist that Europe shall not
meddle in this hemisphere. The slight
est abandonment of the Monroe doc
trine would be not only yielding a we'll
settled principle, but would be fraught
with the greatest danger to the honor,
prosperity, commercial greatness and
political power Of the United States.
1.-THE Monroe doctrine, which is so
vitally important to us, is either di-
rectly involved or else apparently
threatened in the difficulties now exist
ing in three Central and South Ameri-
can states. Guatemala has stopped
payment on her bonds, which are
largely held in England. and there are
indications that England Is contem.
plating taking vigorous steps to enforce
the payment of interest to her bond
holders. Sir Edward Grey, in the house
of commons, has intimated that Eng
land proposes to look aft.r the rights
Of her bondholders In Guatemala.
There seems no method by which this
can be done except by seizure Of terri
tory or by taking possession of Guate-
of action would be violation of the
Monroe doctrine and could not possibly
be permitted by the United States We
cannot allow the establishment of any
British protectorate in Central America
or the repetition there of England's ac-
ton in Egypt. If England is permitted
to use force in protecting her bond
holders, In very short time she might
get control of a number of South Amer
lean states, the debts of which are
chiefly held in London.
"The Guatemalan affair, however,
has not yet reached an acute stage, as
has happened in Nicaragua. In the
case of Nicaragua Great Britain de-
mands an indemnity for injuries to her
consular representative and to British
citizens and property. No one, of
course, denies the right Of England or
any other country to exact an in
demnity from foreign nation for in
juries inflicted upon her citizens, but
the method OF obtaining that indemnity
is all important. If it is to be secured
by treaty, we, Of course, have nothing
to say; but If, on the other hand, in
order to get an indemnity from Nicara-
qua England proceeds either to seize
territory or to take in any way partial
or complete control Of the Nicaraguan
government, an infraction Of the Mon
roe doctrine at once occurs, to which
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
The Bible In the Public Schools.

1t Is Indeed, as Judge Gunster says In
MS ruling upon the Waverly school
ease, "too plain for argument that de-.
nominational religious exercises and in
Btruction in sectarian doctrine have. no
place In our system of common school
education. They are not only not au-
fhorized by any law, common or statu-
tory, but are expressly prohibited and
forbidden by our Constitution, the fun
namental law Of the commonwealth
Amy effort to introduce sectarian teach
dngs in the public schools needs to be
resolutely opposed, no matter what the
sect or where the school. Absolute
hivorce between the public school and
the UNCONVENTIONAL church Is a funda-
mental principle of American liberty.
AT the same time, we concur in the
Tenor of DR.. Lyman Abbott's argument,
in the April Century" in his article
(Which all should read) on Religious
Teaching in the Public Schools" that
moral training Is essential to the cor
porate functions of citizenship in
democratio state; that "men who are
to determine what are the rights and
duties Of the state in dealing with other
states, what are the rights and duties
Of the individual citizens in dealing
with one Another. what is the nature.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02

The present advance of two cents per
pound in the price of meats, while
forced upon local dealers by speculative
wholesalers, is nothing less than q
hold-up of the masses in order that a
few manipulators of the market may
be rapidly enriched. 1t is q kind of
thievery that ought to be severely pun
ishable by law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02

Prince Bismarck. old, infirm, divested
OF official powers and the object at once
Of socialistic hatred and imperial jeal-
ousy, nevertheless towers head and
shoulders above the excitable young
blusterer who Is his nominal sovereign;
above the pigmies who are trying to fill
his place in the German empire and
above all'his European contemporaries.
IT for nothing else than for his massive
and majestic personality, which is in
many respects the most masterful of its
time, Prince Bismarck would, in this
anniversary period, deserve the honest
congratulations of civilized mankind.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
Ono Bill Tint Liquor Men Favor.

The retail liquor dealers, on the other
hand, are vigorously urging the passage
of the Mackrell bill, which is to wipe
out the rapidly growing competition of
the fancy grocery stores and certain
wholesale dealers who make a special
ty of supplying families with liquors in
quart bottles. The proposed act, which
Is being supported by the recently or
ganized state league of Retail Liquor
Dealers, provides that no grocer or
wholesale dealer shall sell less than one
gallon of spirituous or vinous liquor.
Everybody desiring a bottle Of liquor
for household uses would under this act
be compelled to go to retail liquor
saloon for 1t and the Erocers would
practically be forced out Of the busi-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02

Thanks to the penuriousness, care
lessness or simple inefficiency Of the
councils which expired yesterday. no
appropriation was made for fireman's
salary at the Municipal building during
the month of April, and there will con-
sequently be no one, from today on
ward, to tend the fires necessary to heat
that building. The police court will be
cold prisoners at the station house will
have to sleep on cold stone floors and
the city officers will probably be frigid
for a month to come, all of which may
mean pneumonia, rheumatism or la
grippe; but inasmuch as the city will
save $50 or $40, we suppose nobody will
feel at liberty to complain.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
The MayOr'S r1eSSage.

Mayor ConnelPs annual message,
elsewhere reprinted in full, is a conser-
vative document which should receive
attentive perusal. In addition to its
well-digested review of the years work
In the various departments, it presents
for councils consideration several val
liable and timely suggestions.
Perhaps the chief of these is the
strong recommendation made in behalf
of legislation to compel the Scranton
Traction company to fulfill it's promise
in the matter of safety tenders. This,
with the other two suggestions govern
Ing the speed Of trolley cars in the
crowded streets and regulating the
manner Of the cleaning Of the car
tracks In winter, forms most whole
some counsel, looking to the interests of
the lately little-considered people, The
Traction company has received hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars worth of
public franchise absolutely free of cost,
IN return for an Indifferent service.
Now let councils take some few steps
In behalf Of the public.
Another valuable suggestion is that
tavoring q revision of the citys anti
quated fire limits and putting of the
fire protective service Of the city upon
O par with the paid services in corre-
spending cities. The mayors complaint
at the unsatisfactory results which
arise under the present system of
street supervision re-echoes that of ali
Impartial observers; and his recon-
mendations on that head are practical
and pertinent.
In fact, every paragraph In the mes
sage contains something which the new
councils can study with profit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02

ness. as most of their sales are In quart
bottles for family use. The bill would
also seriously cripple the growing trade
in American wines, which Is being
largely conducted through the grocery
stores.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02

penalty and cure Of crime and what is
the moral quality of the corporate and
cooperative acts Of the community, are
to determine moral questions and must
be educated" not simply in the
churches or in the homes, but in the free
public schools ito perceive moral dis
tinctions and to see that moral consid-
erations always outweigh considera-
tions of mere eXpediency or apparent
self-interest Otherwise, the state VIII
be an immoral state, and the represen-
tatives of the state, whether on the
bench, in the executive chair, or in the
legislative chambers, will be immoral
men. If it is the primary right and
duty Of the state to give whatever edu-
cation Is necessary for good citizenship,
1t Is self-evident that 1t Is it's primary
right and duty to give education in
moral principles, and training to the
moral impulses and the will" Other
wise we should have what many per-
sons, indeed, fancy they perceive today,
pert citizenship proficient in intellect
and devoid of conscience.
How Is this moral instruction to be
impaired? No doubt this question will
never be answered to the complete sat
isfaction of everybody. We frankly
admit, for our part, that the nearest
visible approximation to an acceptable
solution of 1t appears to be- In the daily
teaching. in the public schools, of the
ethics and morals of the Christian
Bible. BY common consent that book
to the most of men and women Di-
vinely inspired-is, wholly apart from
it's religious teachings, the most Won
derful single repository Of moral in
struction known to any language or
literature. If offers such a basis of
moral teaching free from sectarianism.
free from denominationalism, free even
from the disputes between contending
creeds as Is not to be found anywhere
else, to our knowledge. in the English
language. Can this ethical instruction
be kept free from sectarianism? The
answer to that will depend upon the
teachers employed in the various
schools and upon the kind of school
boards which employ them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajaechus. The
Tribune AstrOlOgcr.
Astrolabe Cast: 1.37 a. m. for Tuesday,
April 2, 1896.

@ D M
A child born this day will wonder
why sidewalk -grasping property own
ers and builders should hesitate about
fencing in Scranton's streets entirely,
when there are 50 many vacant fields at
the outskirts Of town for the public
to walk on.
The landlord raises rentals, now,
And bull beef skyward jumps;
And the man who works on salary, low.
Mops the perspiration from his brow
AS for the
dust"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
humps.

Political lightning often strikes more
than once in the same place, but the
first shock Is generally as effectual
as one of Jove's thunderbolts would
be in paralyzing the intellect of the
shining mark
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide TAO feet.
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1895, 103. 900.
Registered voters. 20.599.
Value Of school property, 5000
Number Of school children, $4,000.
Average amount Of bank deposits, slV,-
100000.
It's the metropolis Of northeastern Penn
Sylvania.
Can produce electric power cheaper than
Niagara
No better point in the United States az
which to establish new industries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02
Ajncci,,,S' Adyicp

Draymen may be approached for a
loan before 1890 today.
To keep your feet from becoming
wet--let the other fellow walk.
Do not try to please everybody, unless
you are editing a newspaper. It's easy
then.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-02

gNTlRED AT THE PosToPFIcE AT SCRANTON. PA, AS
SECOND. p.oLAs5 MAIL MATTER.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-11
PERSONAL.

The personal estate left by John Waite
of the London Times amounts to e227, 81
net
Congressman Cogswell, with Mrs. Cogs-
well, will go to New York and sail fol
Jamaica or Saturday lie goes under his
physicians orders.
Cassius NJ. Clay has engaged COVER
ness to give his child-wife lessons in de
pertinent music AID the ordinary
branches of learning, in which she is very
deficient
Mr.. Gladstone's speech of Dec. % has
caused profound sensation in the yild2
kiosk The sultan would not await the
arrival of the English papers, but ordered
Rustem Pasha, the ambassador in Lon
don, to wire the full text. The sultan is
furious, and his waning Anglophobia has
been suddenly intensified.
1t is reported that Hon. George A. Mar
den, late state treasurer of Massachusetts,
has been elected to and accepted the vice
presidency of the Hancock Qate the Trad,
crs) National bank CT Boston, and will
take an active part in the management OF
the bank. This will not interfere with
his position as editor-in chief of the Lowell
Daily Courier, which he has occupied fol
nearly 20 years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-11
Maine Items Of Interest.

During the season just closed 222, 600
passengers crossed between Brewer ana
Bangor by the way of the ferry
The Auburn shoe factories closed the
old year with a weeks shipment Of 1895
cases against 1918 cases in the last week
of 1898 The leather receipts We're
about 20, 900 pounds more.
A burnt sheet Of paper upon which
was written What Hath God Wrought, y
was blown from the burning Bddeford
city building and was found in dooryard
nearly two miles from the scene of the
connagration.
The Hotel Thacher block at Biddeford
presents at present combination which
it would be hard to equal under one roof
in New England, hotel, barber shop,
Ensor institute, postoffice, two banks,
shoe store, drug store and fancy grocery
store.
Grant Brothers of East Hodgdon, sons
of Lawrence Grant, have been thrcshing
grain for II years. during which time
they have worn out two machines and
nearly worn out the third one. Last
year they threshed 27l4 bushels of grain
They have not yet finished for this year.
but say they have handled as much straw
as they did last season but have not got
so much grain out of it.
Mr.. NJ. NJ Farbrother of Portland, sales
man for Thompson Il Hall, is yet con
fined to his bed from injuries received
eight weeks ago on the Wild River Rail
road between Gilead and Hastings, and Will
doubtless lose the use of his right arm,
which will be double misfortune, as by
the severing of cord some years ago, he
has but partial use of his left arm which
was also disabled in this accident, so that
ut present, he has not the use of either
arm. The flesh of the right arm was
burned to the bone, and his physician Is
engrafting skin taken from his leg. His
chest and side were also terribly burned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-11

A young Virginian in frocks bad heen
scolded by his grandfather for taking pre-
serves from the dining room closet with
out permission. The old lady, with much
impressiveness of tone, told the little fell
low that it was wicked to take things
without asking for them, ard that al
though he might have thought there was
nobody near him when he took the pre-
serves God was really watching him and
keeping an account of his actions. Tho
boy looked solemn and made no comment
on the lecture. Later his mother saw him
standing near the back porch in an atti-
tude denoting meditation. The household
dog, big Newfoundland, was romping
near him. He was not in a mood to play
ana walked away from the dog, which
followed him. He turned, shook chubby
finger at the dog and exclaimed:
go way, Jack. It's bad 'nough to
have bod follering me nroun, let alone
you. New York sun.
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How Young Dent Said Grace.

One of the best stories Mrs. Grant tells
ia not of her husband, but of her brother,
Grants friend s,d roommate at West
Point While she was still Julia Dent he
came home Oh furlough with real boyish
longing for homo fare and home delicacies.
He potitioned particularly for corn dodg-
ers, but cook was cross or the oven was
out Of order so that only two of the de-
sired cakes came to table. Young Dent
eyed them calculatingly and then sur
pr:sod his mother by asking permission to
say grace. When this was accorded, the
harum scarum lad folded his hands, and
bowling his head rcverently said:
Two corn dodgers for four Of US.
Thank tho Lord there are no more Of u.s.
New York Herald.
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Farm Notes.

An authority upon the subject of the
effect of wide tire says: "In New YORK
state the experiment was made OF using
wide tires on a road about five miles long
leading to stone quarry. The heaV!
wagons used thereon were equipped with
rear wheels having tires six inches wide
and forward wheels having tires four
inches wide the forward wheels tracking
just inside the rear wheels. Each wagon
was thus transformed into roller cover
ing go inches in width every time IL
passed along. Smaller wagons We're
equipped with wheels similar in principle
The road, which formerly ruttcd inces-
sanity and deeply, was covered Win
stone chips, which these wagons soon
rolled into hard mass. The road now
supports loads of from 5000 to l0,o oo, ana
consequently has u hard, compact ana
regular surface. The cost of hauling loads
over this road is reduced about ~ per
cent
Coal ashes are of no value rs n fertllz-
or, but used as a mulch are conservator
of the fertility in the soil. They are also
of value for tightening in heavy soils.
Wood ashes on the contrary are among the
most valuable of fertilizers because OF
the lime potash and phosphoric acid they
contain. They are most valuable on
land deficient in potash or as dressing TO
follow crops that have drawn upon the
potash.
Experiments at the Utah experiment.
station on the effect of wide tires demon
strated that given load on one ana one
half inch tire drew Al per cent. heavier
than when on a three inch tire, the
draft being on fairly stiff grass sod
on moist but hard road the one ana
one-half inch tire drew 1877 per cent.
heavier than the three inch.