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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-26
Highest temperature, o2; lowest, 72 aver

age, s2.
 BEN NJ. JACOBS,
 Local Observer. Reports received at Birmingham. Ala, on September 9, 1895. Observations taken at all stations at 8 a. m. 10th meridian time.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-26

Tindcates trace of rain or snow; indicates rise and fall.
 BEN M. JACOBS, Local Observer, Weather Bureau. :,
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-26

At Louisville II E Louisville ........O 0 0 l. 1 Pittsburg ........2 0 Q N-ll l5 ,
 Batetries-McFarland and Warner; Hawley and Mack.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-26
Alice Carpet Company.

202S and 203O Corner Second Avenue anu Twenty-first Street. The Only Exclusive Carpet House III the
 State.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-26

At Washington II E Washington 70 10 ? 0 3--7 II l New York .....0 0 1 8 0 0 o 0 2-6 6 ,
 Batteries-Mercer and McGuire; Doh ney and Doyle
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-26
BASEBALL.
National League Standing.

National Lea que
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-26

Joe Cawthorn, who will be favorably re- membered as the dialect comedian. so long with the lamented Miss Patti Rosa. will appear at O'Briens the coming week in "A Fool for Luck" with strong supporting company. "A
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
SCRANTON'S ADVERTISER.
From the Wilkes-Barre Record.

From the Wilkes-Barre Record.
Another newspaper man has laid down
his pen forever. He founded the Carbon
dale Leader nearly q quarter OF CEN
tury ago. His vigorous pen dealt mighty
blows for reform and good government in
that city and he stirred up the dry bones
Of official incapacity until they ratified.
At one time his structures on the officials
of the mayors court were so severe that
his office was raided by a gang OF hood
lums and his type thrown into the Lacka-
wanna river. He secured new type 1T
once and went on with the good work. He
| conducted the Leader for six years and
then with the Bohemian spirit of true
newspaper man drifted into other ven
lures Finally his genius for story writ
ing caught the fancy Of the New York
Sun and Tribune and for several years he
contributed interesting tales of birds,
beasts and fishes to the columns of these
papers. Then the Sun gobbled him up.
and took everything he wrote in that line.
His style was exceedingly entertaining,
and he seemed to know the woods and
their deniZens like an old trapper. Scran-
ton, through him, became known every
where as the center OF a vast forest
through which the bear the deer, the wild
cat and the panther roamed at Will. The
imaginary conflicts with these animals as
related by Cook possessed such freshness
and originality that they We're not only
printed In the Sun, but copied extensively
throughout the country. Peace be with
him. He has not lived in vain. Around
many a fireside have his innocent tales
been told and many a reader of the Sun
will regret that the clever raconteur of
the LaclSawanna valley has told his last
story
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
ONE WAY OUT.
From the Willses-Barre Record.

From the Willies-Barre Record.
The Record quite agrees with the es-
teemed Scranton Tribune that moral
| aching should not be banished from the
public . ools. But religion is the basis
Of morality and religion cannot now be
taught in these institutions without intro
ducing sectarianism. When it comes 20
intoxicating religious truths, every teacher
will naturally lean toward his or her sect.
This would cause trouble. The old wound
| would be reopcned and religious STRIFE
again divide the people. But there should
| be some way out of the difficulty. 1t was
never intended that the peoples schools
should be Goddess. The founders of this
great system did not mean that Christian
| ity should be banished from our free in
sttutions of learning. They did not mean
| that the word of God should be taboocd
| In the interests of harmony, that the ten
commandments should be expunged from
| the hccurriculum. There is no reason why the
story of Christ should not be taught in our
schools in a non-sectarian manner. The
history of the United States, as taught In
| our schools, is non-partiSan. Why should
not the history of the Saviour's life and
works be non-sectarian? No one hears
| q Democrat complaining because the man
who teaches his children Is q Republican.
Neither do we hear Republicans object
because MS boys leGTil lfOHl tfle lips VI IL
| Democrat. If people were as amenable to
reason in religion as in politics, so far as
| the schools are concerned, the solution Of
| this problem would not be quite so diff
| ficult. There exists no insuperable reason
why representatives of all the Christian
| churches in the state should not meet to-
gether and adopt simple hand book of
Christianity for use in the public schools.
This book, embracing the story of the Saw
| iour and His works could be studied by
pupils of all creeds without injury to their
particular faith, 1t being understood that
| the teachers should guard themselves as
| carefully against sectarian bias in this
case as against political bias in the teach-
| ing of history. If all Christians who look
| with misgving upon the efforts to pre-
vent the introduction of anything relating
| to God in the schools would come together
| on this common ground, the ugly ques-
| ton of sectarianism might be settled for
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
IS OUIDA A PLAGIARIST?

Letter by Il. A. Niven.
Those who read Ouida's interesting
sketch, "Toxin," which appeared in your
columns last week. and who had previous
ly perused the late Mr.. Hanson's novel,
vengeance Is Mine must have been
struck with the similarity of plot in each
1t is strange indeed that so celebrated a
writer as Ouda should have paraleled
Mr.. Hanson's ideas so closely, and while
it is a bold thing to charge the distin-
gulshed lady with plagiarism, one cannot
help believing that she must have glanced
through the late Journalists book before
she wrote TOXIN" Mr.. Hanson invented
q startling, as well as original murder the
motive of which was to secure a woman.
Dr. Arnold North was an eminent English
physician. He fell in love with the cul-
tured wife of wealthy, but boorish mer-
chant, a patient of his. He became wildly
infatuated, and as death alone could re-
move the barrier that stood between him
and possession of the object of his adora-
tion, he secured typhoid germ, and when
the opportunity presented itself, gave it
to the husband in glass of brandy. The
man straightway sickened and in due time
died OF the disease. Then he married the
widow.
In "Ouida's" story another English ply
sician without sentiment but poor and
ambitious, is the hired companion of u
young and wealthy Sicilian prince, who in
time falls in love with a beautiful Ital-
ian widow, of enormous fortune and rare
personal charms. A mutual devotion,
augmented on the womans part by a deed
of heroism performed by the prince ce-
ments their hearts. The doctor suddenly
conceives u desire to marry the woman
himself because of her wealth and the op-
portunity it will afford to prosecute with
out embarrassment of poverty, certain
scientific researches. His inspiration is
gross selfishness. The woman admires
him for his deep learning and acknowl-
edges a. subtle hypnotic power when in his
presence. But her heart belongs to the
prince. And here "Ouida" introduces Mr.
Hanson's original plot to- open the way for
the physicians success. She prostrates
the prince with diphtheria and places him
in the scientific care of his companion, the
doctor. The latter watches him until
signs of recovery are revealed when he
injects toxin serum into his throat with
the result of laying him cold in death
with the horrible malady in q short time.
Then the doctor, in due course of time,
marries the rich widow
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
The Bible and the Schools.

The opinion of DR.. Edward Brooks,
the scholarly superintendent of the
Philadelphia public schools, concerning
the advisability Of reading the Bible
in the public schools comedies exactly
with the view expressed in this paper
the day following Judge Gunster's now
celebrated ruling in the waverly school
case: "'The rule of reading the Scrip
lures in the public schools is appropri-
ate for a Christian country. To take
the Bible out of the public schools
would seem to imply that we have lost
faith in those principles of morality
and religion upon which the nation was
founded. While hold as sacred per-
sonal convictions, especially in regard
to religion, I do not see how anyone,
whether he believes the Bible to be
an inspired book or not, can object to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
England's Alleged Ultimatum.

The accuracy of the dispatch which
credits Great Britain with having sent,
through Ambassador Bayard, an i'm
pertinent and highly offensive message
to this government concerning it's
peaceful overtures in the boundary dis
pute between England and Venezuela
may well be doubted. 1t does not seem
credible that the British foreign office
would commit SO grave an error of
judgment at this particular time as to
assert, in blunt terms, that it would
not tolerate any interference by the
United States" The interference, up to
this moment, is altogether on England S
side; and If there is to be any stoppage
of liberation in the premises, the proper
nation to announce it is the United
States.
In the face of the clearly defined
doctrine Of President Monroe, which
has been religiously reafiirmed by every
succeeding administration called upon
to cope with European aggressions on
American territory, Great Britain, for
number of years, has been making
steady encroachments upon Venezuelan
and Nicaraguan soil; and is, at this
time, unless appearances deceive, plan
ming eliminating raid upon the fer
tile bottom lands of the Guyuni river in
Venezuela; and near the Bluefields of
Nicaragua, in close proximity to the
surveyed route Of the proposed Nicar-
aguan canal. There is not one of these
successive extensions of British domin-
Ion which has not been, each in order,
deliberate violation of the cardinal
tenet Of American craftsmanship. We
have done the tolerating; and England
ought to be shrewd enough not to push
our leniency to its limit.
The present circumstance, whatever
its intrinsic importance, is, however,
significant in its emphatic demonstra-
ton of the need, among our legislators
and executive officials, of a thorough
comprehension of the supreme impor-
tance Of preserving the western hemis-
phere from the unrighteous coveteous-
ness of European diplomacy. There is
no nation in Europe which has any
right to one new square foot of Ameri-
can territory. The tendency of orr
government should rather be to lessen
the number of square feet of American
soil now under anomalous allegiance to
thrones beyond the sea. This is the
clean-cut American doctrine. 1t is the
doctrine of Monroe and Webster and
James G. Blaine. 1t should be the doc
trine of every American president and
of every American secretary of state,
regardless of domestic partisan differ
ence or political intrigue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS,

From the Philadelphia Times.
The decision of Judge Gunster, of Lacka-
wanna county, in the Waverly borough
school case, is a reminder that ''denomina-
tional religious exercises and instruction
in sectarian doctrines have no place In our
system of common school education" :"
and that this principle applies to one kind
OF sectarian instruction as well as another.
The matter came before him in an appli-
cation to restrain the principal OF the
Waverly school from conducting religious
exercises according to the form of the
Methodist Episcopal church," the Meth
odst minister sometimes assisting in these
exercises and giving the pupils religious
instruction. The Jurisdiction of the court
was questioned on demurrer, but the de-
murrer was overruled, with the opinion
that II the facts We're as alleged, the prac-
tice ought to be discontinued, and '.it Is the
duty Of the directors, If the abuse exists
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

From the Richmond, Va, Times.
We do not believe there Is corporals 8
guard of Americans, compared with the
entire nation, that cares one rap for the
Monroe doctrine" The great body of the
people never heard of 1t, and know moth
ing about it, and we are perfectly sure
that If the question were put to them,
whether they We're willing to be involved
I'm 81 terrific war with one or more of the
first-class powers of Europe to maintain
Venezuela in some dispute. of which We
know nothing and care nothing, the ver-
diet of the American people would be over
whelming and practically unanimous, that
they would be involved in no such quar-
rel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

The wonder is not that one boy has
wenty-mile-an-hour cars of the fender
less Scranton Traction company, but
that there has not been larger num-
ber of fatalities in consequence of the
inhuman speed at which these cars are
operated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus, The
Tribune AstrOlOgcr.
Astrolabe cast: 1.3S a. m., for Friday,
April s, 1898.
F4


"A child born on this day will have a
voice like Arthur Frothingham's steam
trombone. and will take delight in singing
in chorus choirs.
Until the fifteenth year his stomach will
be able to resist the onsaughts of "home
made" pies.
'Tis lucky to be born this day
Should one possess the stuff,
To congress he might wend his way
BY getting votes enough.
The Phil Sheridan monument fund mass
meeting Is among the apparently forgot
ten events of this day one year ago.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Beware of the typographical tourist who
desires cash on the strength of his travel
ing card. He is liable to spend money thus
obtained for bread.
Do not strain your ears listening for the
announcement of cheap telephone rates
this week.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

From the Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer.
The Scranton Tribune is of the opinion
that 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 hold-up
of the masses in order that a few manipu-
lators of the market may be rapidly en-
riched." Wilkes-Barre meat dealers inter-
viewed on the matter coincide with the
above view. The retailer is virtually at
the mercy of the wholesalers while In turn
the wholesalers are the victims of the
spectators.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
Must This he the Arbitra,neut.


The question of the division of tonnage
among the anthracite coal roads is u mat
ter that does not admit of ready settle.
ment. At their recent meeting the presi
dents could not even bring themselves &c
the point of agreeing to try to agree. Ir
the long run such matters are settled as
wolves settle the possession of the carcass
they have captured. The strongest wolf
with the sharpest teeth and the mos,
vicious temper, usually gets the choicest
cutS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

to see that 1t Is eradicated." The case
will thus go on trial upon the facts, ana
the court will presumably have occasion 10
define the limits of allowable religious eX-
erclses In the common schools, II 1t be pos
sible to make any limit short OF absolute
SeclllariZa ton
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

The Chicago Times-Herald takes
George b. Swift's big Republican plu-
rality for mayor very good naturedly.
Democrats" 1t says, accept defeat
with cheerful philosophy. They know
in their hearts that it Is undeserved;
that an unthinking populace has been
misled by the casuistres of shrewd Re
publican politicians, who have unload
ed upon the Democratic party RESPONSE
bility for all economic or industrial ills
from railroad strikes to inclement
weather." OF course, the Democratic
party meekly permits the naughty Re-
publicans to do all the talking. A very
martyr-like crowd are the Democrats
of Chicago!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
tWMa =
that pure morality which Is taught in

4 = TFgTa , :
that pure morality which is taught in
Fits pages.
"From the standpoint OF literary cul-
ture. would not have the Bible ex-
cluded from public schools, for in 1t we
find some OF the finest models of prose,
simple and vigorous English. In lofty
thought, richness of imagination and
wealth of expression it stands above
both Homer and Virgil, and in express
ing those far-reaching aspirations of
the human heart 1t is without a peer
in literature. Some of the most emil
nent men of letters have enriched their
style of expression by a careful study
of the Sacred Bible. Charles James
Fox, one OF the most eloquent of Eng
lish orators, read the Book OF job until
he had committed it to memory, and
drew from it his grandeur and force of
expression. Were l an inidel should
want my children to hear, read, and
study and commit to memory passages
from the sacred volume, not only for
the pure morality which it inculcates,
but also for the literary culture which
it is so well adapted to afford. And so
long as the Bible remains in the courts
of justice, to give sanction 10 testi-
mony, so long, it seems to me, should
no one on legal grounds object to its
being read in our public schools"
If the effect of Judge Gunster's ruling
shall be to drive the Bible from our
public schools, the result would be, in
our opinion, an almost irremediable
misfortune. The state is a Christian
state, so far as concerns morality; it
has recognized the moral worth of the
Bible by introducing that book in its
courts as the symbol Of sacredness; and
there are most important and far
reaching reasons why the Bible should
be made a part of the public school cur
riculum, not as a feeder of sectarianism
nor as a provoking cause OF denomina-
tional or religious disputation, but as
q source of pure morals and an un-
equalled repository of literary treas
ures. Fortunately, nothing in Judge
Gunster's decision, as publicly report
ed, challenges the right of a teacher to
read the Bible in the schools. 1t merely
and properly-denies the right of.
Bible reading to be expanded into sec
tartan or UNCONVENTIONAL proselyting.
The auspicious circumstance of q
farewell dinner last evening served
pleasantly to commemorate the retire
ment of Colonel +. II. Ripple from COM
mand of the Thirteenth regiment; but
1t was not needed to exhibit the warm
feeling which exists between com
mandant and staff nor to emphasize
the admirable esprit du crops which has
prevailed throughout the regiment dur
ing Colonel Ripple's chieftainship.
These things have already passed into
the fixed historyo of the commemorative
banner five hundred
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

Is it not trine singular that the re-
duction of telephone rentals ordered by
the Central Telephone and Supply COM
pany touches towns of 10000 popula-
ton and misses Scranton? Why is this
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

The cost of a car fender Is twice the
cost of a funeral. That, we dare say, is
why the Scranton Traction company
prefers funerals to tenders.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05
Lost Manhood Restored.
Weakness of Young Men Cured

If You have been given up by your ply
sician call upon the doctor and be exam
tined. He cures the worst cases of Ner-
tous pebility, Scrofula, Old Sores, Ca
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Asthma, Deafness. Tumors, Cancers and
Cripples of every description.
Consultations free and strictly sacred
and confideniai. Office hours daily from
Q am. to Q pm. Sunday, 9 to O.
Enclose five 2-cent stamps for SYMPTOM
blanks and my book called New Life"
to anyone whom I cannot cure Of EPI.
LEIPZIG CONCLUSIONS or FITS.
DIR. i. GREWER,
Old Post Office Building, corner Penn
avenue and Spruce street.
SCRANTON, PA
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

Mr.. Cleveland is said to be greatly
discouraged at the continued Republl-
can victories in the west. He has rea-
son to be.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

Councils, in any other city, would
pass an ordinance limiting the speed of
street cars on much-traveled streets to
five miles an hour. But in Scranton,
councils appear to be constructed on
another basis.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

reason to believe that the Scranton
Traction company, however successful
in appearance at this time, will one Of
these fine days discover formidable
Richmond in its field.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

The killing Of boys playing on our
streets Is cheaper to the Scranton
Traction company than the cost of
safety tenders. It's money that talks
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

Mayor Connell's signing of the Frank
lin avenue double-track ordinance will
necessitate the carrying of this matter
for final adjudication into court. There
1t will be determined whether or not the
property-owners on narrow street
have no rights which corporation like
the Scranton Traction company Is
bound to respect. The ordinance itself
is probably immaterial so far as the
ultimate result ds concerned. Had it
been vetoed. instead Of signed, the test
in court would have had to come just
the same. The Scranton Traction COM
pany appears to be determined, not
only to get possession, by fair means or
foul, of every street in this city upon
which it desires to run cars, but also
to gobble up privileges that will act as
"a permanent barrier to future competl-
ton, whether used by itself or not
This. in our opinion, is what the issue
resolves itself into. We have every
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-05

Now that Milwaukee has gone Re-
publican we begin to have faint hopes
of eventually reclaiming Texas.