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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-08
CONSCIENCE TROUBLED HIM
Experience of q Man who stole n Ride on
the Delaware mi UuisOu Railroad.

the Delaware mi Hnisor Rnilrcnd.
G. X. Manville, OF the Delaware and
Hudson Canal COMPANY. recently re-
ceived an unsigned letter. dated Dun
more, Pa. to the effect that the writer.
more than year ago. rode short
distance on the Canal company's rail-
road without paying fare.
The knowledge that he had defraud-
ed the company had so preyed upon
his mind that he had been constrained
to make the amount good, and he
therefore enclosed II cents. which has
been duly forwarded to the treasurer
of the company.
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For Dyspepsia
Csc iIorsfOrd's Acid phOs rhate.

DIR. J. Guy McCandless. Pittsburgh.
pa. SAYS: Il have used 1T in various
forms of dyspepsia, with gratifying re-
erlte"
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New Use for Grapes.

1t has been discovered that grapes
ased with Eelecampane Root and the
Herb Horehound In proper proportion
made into a cordial is performing Won
lerful cures In stubborn cases Of colds,
lore throat and hoarseness.
Public speakers claim 1t far superior
tor the throat to any confection. 1t Is
coming in general use among physi-
slams. Ask for Aunt Rachaels HOre-
aound Cordial. For sale by druggists.
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President Zchudcr.s Successor.

The resignation of Charles II. Xehnder
as the president of the Jackson and
Woodin Manufacturing company. at Ber-
wick. has been accepted. and Frederick H.
Eaton, vice-president Of the company.
has been promoted to the position of
president. Mr.. Zehnder resigned the Of
flee of president of the Berwick company
to become president of the Dickson Manu-
faGturing CompanY of this CITY
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-08

Halsey Lathrope's reply to Ben Dill
lys eulOgy of the Rebel wirz. Grand
Army men should read this in the
News tomorrow.
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Everyone should get the News to-
morrow and read Halsey Lathrope's
reply to Ben Dilly's eulogy of the Rebel
Wirz. Don't miss 1t.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-08

Watches at prices so low that the poor
est can well afford to buy one at Davi-
dow Bros great auction sale.
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Elcin. Walthnm. Sprine ficld

Smokers. beware of imitation of the
Pocono cigar. Carney. Brown & Co. 80
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SIS for S..

Or So for 81 by buying unredeemed
pledges at Davidow Bros great auc-
tiOn sale.
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typhoid fever, by keeping the blood pure,
the appetite good and the bodily health
vigorous by the use OF Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
HOODS PILLS have won high praise
for their prompt and efficient yet easy ac-
tion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-08
The Rich aud the Poor,

Are attending the great auction sale
At Davidow Bros
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Pillsbury's Flour mills have q capac.
lty Of II, 800 barrels q day. ss
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SIEBECKER-WATK their store,
400 Lackawanna avenue. you will be able
to purchase Carpets, Draperles and
Shades at lowest possible prices
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-08

. Buy the Weber
bnd get the best. At Guernsey Bros. .
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-08

Everybody Attending
Davidow Bros great auction sale
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-08
TOnics of the Nny

IopiCS Ot inc DHy.
The great bargains daily offered at
Davidow Bros great auction sale.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Tho Guilt of Idle Hands.

The guilt of idle hands becomes
more apparent as we consider the ac-
tivities everywhere present. The great
moral and physical forces of the world
are never still. The tides ebb and flow
with ceaseless sweep. Evaporation,
condensation and gravitation never
halt. Men are ever being drawn toward
good or evil. life or death. The forces
Of evil are never speechelss nor hand
less; they press along the streets, bear
ing down the callow young, and filling
the air with subtle death. A fearful
battle is raging for the possession Of
the souls of men. Heaven and he'll!
meet on the battlefield of earth. Souls
are won or lost with every success or
reverse. Heaven is calling to the idle
for recruits. There is no lull in the
strife, nor sinking from exhaustion. The
ranks of evil are always full and press
ing to the front, and sin has no idle
handed followers. The angels are filled
alternately with transports Of hope by
diligent hands at work or depressions
of despair at the inefficiency of those
who ought to be active for good in the
contest. How many are unwilling to
see anything in activity worse than
neutrality, wondering in what the guilt
of inactivity lies, and why Meroz was
cursed!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Parents Duty.

Parents cannot discharge their obli-
cations vicariously. The Sunday
school, teacher does good work when
done in the fear and love of God. But
the Sunday school teacher cannot I'M
do the ruins that follow parental neg
lect. The preacher may do much for
a child neglected at home, but he can
not give what has been denied the
child by unfaithful parents. Parents
only can do parents duty. We need
revival in home government; then we
will grow race of men and women
capable of noble deeds. A boy neglect
ed by father and mother, and growing
up in all willful ways, will never be
what he might have been had his faith
err and mother been faithful to him.
Even conversion does not make boy
what he would have been, if taught
obedience and drilled in the elementary
virtues of childhood. And this not a
few will deny, but il is the truth, as
both the Bible and experience make
plain.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Social Purity.

At the recent session of the Ameri-
can Purity Alliance, Anthony Com
stock said: after an experience Of
nearly twenty-four years, do not hesi-
tate to say that the sickening details OF
loathsome crimes in the public press;
the criminal story paper and dime
novel; the noisome pestilence from inf
del publications; the denuding OF wom-
en- in art, and the disgraceful exhibit
lions in low playhouses, are fast sink
ing the youth of this nation to secret
vices which outrank Sodom and Gomor-
rah' In his recent annual report to
the N. Y. Society for the Suppression Of
Vice, Mr.. Comstock says that last years
fines amounted to $500. The total i'm
prisonment secured was seventeen
years and five months. Seventeen per-
sons were taken before the Federal
courts and eighty-nine before State
courts. A white button with the letters
r. r. T. A., meaning Railroad Tenn
perance Association, is now worn by
more than 10000 railroad men in the
United States and Canada. The move
ment was started three years ago by
Hon. l.. s. Coffin, of Iowa. The purity
laws Of Kentucky allow a girl OF only
II years of age to consent to her own
ruin. Petitions are now being circu-
lated to raise the age of consent to Is
years. Hon. Case Frederick has re-
Gently introduced bill into congress to
raise the age of consent to IS years in
all the territory under direct federal
government control. Before last year
only two states. Kansas and Wyoming,
protected the person as well as property
of girls until they reached their eight
zenith year Last year New York, Mis-
souri,. Idaho, Nebraska and Colorado
passed laws raising the age Of consent
to the same period.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Fiji the Thanksgiving Basket.

beautiful legend and it's interpreted
ton is given by writer in the Mid
Continent, as follows: There is a legend
which tells of two angels-the Angel of
Requests and the Angel OF Thanksgiv-
ing. leaving heaven to gather the petit
tions of men to be carried up to God.
Each had great basket in his hand.
The Angel of Requests soon had his
basket so filed that he could scarcely
carry it, while the basket OF the Angel
Of Thanksgiving was almost empty.
God hears great many cries for help
and pleadings for favors, but not so
many glad voices Of praise. OF ten
lepers who were healed. only one re-
turned to give thanks.
So it Is with most Of us: we eagerly
flee to God when we need help and call
upon him for deliverance and for relief,
but when the blessing we sought is
given to us, how many of us return to
God to thank Hin for the good things
He has done for us.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Not Been Taught.

The truth is, the average man knows
almost nothing about religious matters.
This is due to the fact that he cannot
be taught. The ordinary father and
mother are anxious enough about what
they call the education of their child"
They send him to the best schools they
can find. They see to it that the les
sons there set are learned. The child
is not very much consulted about the
matter. If he likes his lesson we'll and
good; if he doesn't like it, he is likely
TO have to learn it anyway. This is
because the value of a secular educa-
ton in after life is clearly seen and
acted upon. But what shall be done
for the moral and religious teachings?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
NJOZart's Kindness.

Mozart, walking one day in the sub
urbs of Vienna, was accosted by a men
dicant of very prepossessing manners
and appearances, who told his tale Of
woe with such effect as to interest Mo-
Fart strongly in his favor, but the state
of his purse at this time not correspond
ing with the impulse of his generosity,
he desired the applicant to follow him
to coffee house. Here Mozart, draw
ing some paper from his pocket, in a
few minutes composed a minuet, which
with letter, he gave to the distressed
man, desiring him to take it to his pub
Usher. A composition from Mozart was
a bill payable at sight, and to his great
surprise the happy mendicant was i'm
mediately presented with five double
ducats.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
FriendsIiD and the Initiation.

Without spirituality there can be no
friendship. The exchange of social
favors is not friendship. though it 10
mistaken for it; it is trade. I will call
upon you if you will call upon me.
l will invite you if you invite me. The
greater part of the social round is upon
a strictly commercial basis. This is not
friendship. Friendship asks no return.
1t is hurt when, by an ostentatious
promise of proffer Of a return OF favors
it is put upon the platform of the
mart. Spirituality is the source of true
friendship. Without it every man and
woman is potentially, and at all times
partially, every other mans and wom-
ans opponent, rival, antagonist, en-
envy. Rare as pure friendship may be
among Christians, there is none OF It
whatever anywhere else.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Home, Sweet Home"

The following version of the writing
of this beautiful song, according to a
contemporary. was related by the au-
thor, John Howard Payne:
1T was in the garden of the Tuileries
that the words of Home. Sweet Home.
first came to me. l had been pretty
much all over the world. and in time
| drifted to Paris. But as l wandered
alone and without a penny through the
city, / became thoroughly homesick. l
took a great liking to the Tuiieries.
The songs of the birds, the sunlight or
moonlight through the trees. the per-
fume of the aowers-how they all re-
minded me of home!
YES" continued Mr.. Payne. "the
sentiment had been running In my head
a long time. / could not hit on the
rhyme. One evening as was resting
in the Tuileries. and the stars were
venturing out from their hiding places,
the strain OF beautiful melody was
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24

To lose in business rather than be
dishonest is a good indication Of the
right sort of religion. A daily paper
records the following:
One night, several years ago, there
was a fire in commission house. The
contents were almost totally destroyed,
and the loss. as figured by the insur-
ance adjusters, was large one. After
an estimate had been made a member
of the firm brought in claim for an
additional loss, saying that large
number of egg cases had been burned.
These cases had recently been shipped
in, and the house was responsible for
allowance of four hundred and fifty
dollars was made for the cases.
At least five years after this, the
member of the firm who had put in the
special claim called at the Office of the
insurance company, and said he wanted
to ease his conscience as to an item in
the insurance adjustment. The egg
cases destroyed had belonged to various
shippers, who had been induced to ac-
cept the loss. so that it was no more
than right that the four hundred and
fifty dollars insurance money should be
returned to the company.
And what induced you to return this
money after such a long interval?"
asked the insurance manager, greatly
interested
Il will tell YOU was the reply. Some
time ago / became a Christian, and
since then / have seen things in a new
light. | used to think that had done
pretty sharp stroke of business in get
ting that money as l did. but l think
differently now, and my conscience
would give ME no rest till had made
amends for my dishonesty, as | now
know it to be-"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
God Is Love.

Are you questioning what course IN
life you shall take? Let love tell you.
Love is the only prophet. love is the
only teacher. Love will answer all
problems, because love is God. We
are in the world, like child who plays
upon the floor with a disintegrated
map, which she does not know how to
put together. Here is some father-/oVe,
and here some mother-love, and here
some brother-love. and here some
wife love, here some love that is wrath
full against wrong, and here some love
that is beautiful with suffering.
and here some love that is
merciful and compassionate toward the
sinful-love all broken up in fragments.
Put them together, take your life for
this task, and put them together; and
when all the fragments OF life are put
together, you will find the map is love,
for life is God, and God is lovely
man Abbott, ID. ID.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Saved Through a Picture,

A striking example OF how art may
become the handmade of religion is sf-
forded in Scotch story related by some
one thus:
Il was way down with the drink,
when one night l went into public,
and there hung His picture. | was
sober then. and l said to the bartender:
Sell me that picture; this is no place
for the Savior. | gave him all the
money | had for it and took it home.
Then as looked at it, the words of my
mother came back to me. | dropped on
my knees and cried, % Lord Jesus, will
you pick me up again and take me out
of all my SIM"
mo such prayer is ever unanswered
To-day that fisherman Is the grandest
man in that little Scotch village, He
was asked II he had no struggle to give
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Making the Angels Happy.

A touching incident is related by
some one in connection with the recent
death of Phillips Brooks. The Bishop
had for long time paid some little
attention to the 5-year-old daughter Of
one of his parishioners. and the little
one always expressed her delight when
in company with her mother she met
him on the street.
The day Of the Bishops death the
mother came into the room where the
little one was playing. and. holding the
bright little face between her hands,
said tearfully: Bishop Brooks has
gone to heaven"
"Oh, mamma" was the answer, how
happy the angels will bev'
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Belief Has n Moral Quality.

Belief. as well as external conduct,
has moral quality. We are response
BILE for our beliefs just as we are for
an overt action. Hence, 1t matters
greatly what man believes, because
if he entertains error it will inevitably
color and modify his character and i'm
part its own moral quality to his life. If
he has the means of knowing the truth.
he will be held accountable for its in
tellectual acceptance or rejection. AS
to matters that are not clearly revealed,
every man should get all the light he
can and be fully persuaded in his own
mind; and then act according to his
best Judgment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24

oiAt, ~ L ASSsihohA$os
II wish you were rich. like Mr.. Frank
lin Ford"
"Fords beast" said I.
81 didn't say he wasn't that. Dick.
but"
"Of course. il moneys what you
want"
"You know I don't; but l suppose
there's no harm in wishing that we"
recovered my good temper; I always
did when she said I'VE"
IL can make as much as he's got"
said !. confidently.
ooh, can you, Dick? How SOON"
was not going to boast. Assuming
a calm and wise air, answered:
"By the time I'm 80, anyhow"
Daisy's face fell woefully.
"Oh, 30." she moaned. Then she
Never mind. Dick dear. We shan.
want quite as much. Why, he's got
five thousand year"
How do you know"
Mrs. Jackson told me so. Oh, what
10 you think, Dick? She said that If l
liked might-she said she was sure l
might--Where are you going. Dick?
"If you're only going to tell me what
that wretched old woman says I'm 60
ing back to my rooms. What did she
say?"
II won't talk about 1t II you
don't"
ooh, what did she say"
ooh. well why, that Mr.. Franklin
Ford (you will break the corner of your
cap In a minute, Dick). only that Mr..
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24

borne on the air. IT was oIC,uaa Lune.
l had heard it years before. 1t was ex-
actly what had been waiting for. With
a heart full of home, hurried back to
Before the night was over, my work was
done. The tune made the poem. / was
getting desperate by this time. / had
hardly sou in my pockets; but one or
two friends helped me. My passage to
America was paid. At last l got back.
There were sad changes. A few only
were left. After all, there is no place
like home"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Truth the Common Religion.

There is Christian bible, as there
are many other bibles of different
names, but there Is no such thing as
Christian truth, or Jewish truth, or
Mohammedan truth. Truth knows no
local name, no excluding titles. What
ever is true under one name is true
under any name. Christ was not a
Christian, Plato was not Platonic, Bud
dha was not Buddhistic. These were
universal men. We have robbed them
and betrayed them by narrowing them
to the dimensions of selfish and exclu-
sive sectarlanism.-Rev j. z. Roberts.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
NOTES OF ART AND SCIENCE,

Milk may be sterilized, says tho
Scientific American, by passing
through it an alternating electric cur
rent.
A German contractor has recently re-
ceived a concession to build electric
railways in the suburbs of Teheran.
Persia.
Electrical sewage publication is a
very promising solution of the sewage
problem. 1t is calculated that one
electrical horse payer will purify $4,000
gallons of sewage in ten hours.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24

The college," he remarked, expects
great things from you, Mr.. Vansittart. !"
II wish, sir" enjoined, that the
college may not be wrong"
With a little more application, he
pursued, "a first-class is, in the opinion
of the college, we'll within your reach
believed blushed The young lady
sitting opposite me flung up her eye
lashes for demure amused glance.
The provost smiled kindly.
"Yes, you are promising young man,
Mr.. Vansittart." said he. God bless
my soul! It's 10 o'clock and the vice
chancellor is waiting for me-"
ooh, papaw said the young lady OPP
posite to me.
The provost held out his hand; l
clasped it. believed that he supposed
me to be going at the same time. He
went; remained.
''It is" I observed. with a profound
sigh, "the last day of the term
YES" said the young lady.
eft" said ], eff you were to come and
unlock the gate at the bottom of your
garden for me, I could reach my rooms
that way"
would it be the SHORTEST" she
asked.
'It will be much too short, anyhow"
said I.
A few moments later I sat down on a
bench. Daisy stopped looked doubtful,
shook her head. sat down; we pursued
the conversation which we had begun
as we came along.
Papa would never hear of it," she
said.
81 would not wish him to-just yet,
7 observed. "But when I've taken my
degree"
That's two years off-at least" she
interrupted.
What do you mean by at least?" /
asked, rather hurt.
people don't always get things the
first time they try"
You're thinking Of the first time
T."
"No, I'm not" she cried. blushing
amazingly. 81 mean you'd probably be
ploughed."
L III SOlHS W yet a o@Ao -
NONSENSE said Daisy.
! drew little nearer.
You read the article?" l asked.
"The fellow showed quite plainly that
1t could be done on three hundred
with careful management, you know
Daisy nodded sagaciously.
"Aad don't see why shouldn't have
three hundred in-well, in about three
years."
spoke as though three years were
moment OF time.
81 shall be 20" unused Daisy. in an
awe-struck tone.
TITS not bit too DID," cried.
"N-no, I suppose not" she conceded,
"but it's terrible long time. Dick"
A pause followed. hammered my
cap against the bench.
: Its beast of a world" l burst out.
why the deuce can't. There's the
dean just got married"
"Tae dean must be 49," observed
Daisy.
HE says ne 90 And we both
laughed. Il happen to know now that
the dean spoke the TRUTH
Dick" said Daisy. in wistful tone.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24

Life is hard; life is struggle; life
is mystery, but life is not so hard but
that We can endure it; life is not so
much struggle but that we can win;
life Is not so much of mystery but
that We can find our way through it
to the land where all is clear. 1t de-
ponds on our faith.-Rev. w. p. Nor
rill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
A Smugglers' Cave.

A romantic smugglers' cave has been
found at st. Margaret's, Dover. While
field was being plowed the ground
gave way and disclosed a subterran-
can chamber, which is supposed to have
belonged to famous smuggler living
in neighboring wood at the beginning
of this century. This part of the coast
was a regular happy hunting ground
for smugglers at that time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24

Worship is important, but worship
is only a means. Worship is in order
to work. The worship that does not
lead to work is like frost-nipped
flower. On the other hand, the work that
is not inspired by worship is foregone
failure.-Rey. DR.. Vance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24
Those Who Have Done Nothing

1t is only those who have done moth
ing that fancy they can do everything
and are always readiest at criticism
and fault-finding with the works of
others.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-24

vi Htdit "Ch Z
stone could it withstand
The sweetness of my baby's plea
That timorous baby knocking and
please let me in--it's only me-"
threw aside the unfinished book,
Regardless of it's tempting charms,
And, opening wide the door, | took
My laughing darling in my arms.
Who knows, but in eternity
/, like truant child, shall wait
The glories of life to be,
Beyond the Heavenly Fathers gate?
And will that Heavenly Father heed
The truant's supplicating cry,
AS at the outer door l plead,
"'Tis /, Oh Father! only II"
Eugene Field.