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crime, adultery. Such Ia the fountain
head of physical and spiritual corrup-
tion which has swept nation after ma
tion out of existence. That is Ii which
brought fire and birthstone from
heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah.
That is 1t which insidiously sucked the
vitals out of that glorious Roman state
and brought its proud and mighty
dominion to the ground. That is II
which has been the most insidious foe
to the power and dominion of the
Church of the spotless Lamb of God
and has kept her still struggling along
In the battle of life.
Where there is no sacredness around
the home, family virtues disappear. the
seeds of sure decay spring up, children
are corrupt from their birth. OF course,
they follow i'm the footsteps Of their in
constant parents. They cannot well do
otherwise. They sin before marriage
and they find it very easy to break this
commandment after marriage. And
then comes the natural sequel, the di-
vorce court and a legal separation. Is
1t a wonder we hear so much of the
question of marriage and divorce IN
these days? No, there is no wonder
about it, when we really look the ques-
tion fairly and squarely in the face.
We are. in this respect, reaping moth
ing else but the same kind of fruit as
all the nations that have gone before
us. The only question open for us on
the subject now is: Are we going to
be content to go the way of all such
nations of the earth and end in utter
destruction and Oblivion by the way of
such noisesome corruption. or shall we
arise yet in the indomitable strength
of a divine and virile manhood and the
purity and power of a most sacred
womanhood to the possibilities of our
calling in Christ Jesus and rid our
selves of this terrible social fungus
that is now eating the vitals out of our
very life's core? May our Father in
Heaven hasten the day of our deliver
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READS A THOUSANDS MILES.
Calculation Is Not for the Persisten t
Reader, but the Man of Affairs.

The average busy man who declares
that he has mo time for reading" will
be incredulous If he is told that in
reading alone his eyes travel, during
his lifetime a distance of 1000 miles,
which is equivalent to making an "ocu-
lar trip from London to Naples. says
Tit-Bits.
A comparatively slow reader will
scan 81 words a minute-that Is, he
reads about twice as fast as he talks,
and ten times-as fast as he writes. At
this rate of progression, allowing for
diversity of type, man may be said to
read ninety-two yards of type in half
an hour. AS even the busiest man
probably averages half an hours read
ing a day, it is clear that every year he
must cover a distance of nineteen miles
in reading, or the very respectable jour-
ney Of $50 miles in fifty years.
This is an exceedingly low average
and there are probably many men who
cover at least six times this distance: :
a feat almost equal to traversing with
the eyes the whole OF Europe, from
Cape st. Vincent to the Ural noun
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tains, and again from North Cape to
Cape Matapan-a combined journey OF
$500 miles, or nearly quarter of the
way around the earth at the equator.
A statistician calculates that in read
ing all Zoa's works the eyes travel a
distance of thirty miles, and that the
ordinary yellow-backed novel contains
from a mile to a mile and a half OF
type; while. according to his estimate,
me average reader covers a distance
during his lifetime of $500 miles, or
nearly six times the distance from
Lands End to Berwick on Tweed.
Compared with such wonderful feats
the journeys even of the busiest pen
seem trivial and poor. Incredible as it
may appear, there are many people who
can use a pen with average skill and
fuency whose writing during a life
time does not exceed one or two miles.
good average record for one who does
not earn his living by his pen would be
ten miles for a life journey.
The professional writer naturally ac-
complishes a much bigger task than
this. If he is fairly industrious he may
produce for the press 100000 words a
year, which would mean a lineal jour
ney for his pen of three miles. If he
can maintain this rate of production for
forty working years his pen will have
accomplished "a journey of 120 miles. or
few miles more than the distance
from Charing Cross to Birmingham
while his remu9eration may be any
thing from 100 guineas a mile upward
There are, of course, many writer's
who, in long and industrious life, far
Outstrip this record, but probably no
man who has ever lived and written
has driven his pen as far as from Liz
ard Point to the Grampians.
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SVERDRUP's PROGRAMME.
Details of the Work he Hopes to Do
in Peary's Field of Exploration.
From the Sun.

i rom lnc oull'
Captain Sverdrup, who with fifteen
comrades sailed on the Fran from
Christiania, Norway, on June "a last
for explorations on the north coast Of
Greenland, arrived at Egedesminde,
Greenland, after a rough journey
on July 2S. The party reached
UperniYik, near the northern bound
airy of the Danish domain, on Aug. 4,
and is supposed to have sailed on the
following day for the far north. On the
journey up the Greenland coast Sverd-
rup purchased some dogs. making
about 100 sledge animals, including fif-
teen that he took from Norway. The
Geographical Journal for February
prints an official statement of Sverd-
rup's objects and equipment. This
statement differs materially from
Sverdrup's earlier announcements as
to his purposes, and shows that his
mission is in large part Identical with
that of Mr., Peary, whose plans were
made public months before 1t was
known that Sverdrup intended to oc-
cupy the same field of exploration.
Sverdrup's intention was to force his
way through Smith Sound and Robe
son Channel as far north along the
coast of Greenland as possible, and
then to use his ship as headquarters
for sledge expeditions, These sledge
parties will be sent out to explore and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08
THE DIVINE LAW
OF SOCIAL PURITY
PLAIN TALK FROM AN EPIsco-
PAL PULPIT.

Text of a Fearless Sermon Recently
Delivered by the Rector of the
Church of the Good Shepherd, Rev.
F. S. Ballentine, Upon the Mean
ing of the Seventh Commandment.
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BEARDED
WOMEN.

Designing men, through alluring and cum
ningly worded advertisements constantly
endeayor to work upon the feelings of sick
and ailing women by inviting them "towrite
10 d0DzdH % and secure a zOomdH'S sym.
pathy." II is we'll to remember that the
best sympathy is to be had al home and not
from strangers perhaps hundreds of miles
distant. The object Of the sick is TO getwell
and however precious sympathy NAV be, il
never yet cured a seriously afflicted woman
While tn. sympathy OF your milliuer or
dressmaker might be appreciated and be
just as beneficial, if not more So than SYM
pathy from stranger, yet it can not effect
your cure if you are an ailing woman.
1t is loudly proclaimed through the press
that "a woman can best understand a
won 5 ailments, and on this ground sick
IN are invited to write to a woman A"
/get the benefit of a womans advice
,<he sort of understanding Of her ailments"
wanted by sick woman is trained medi-
cal understanding If a woman has this
trained medical knowledge she understands
woman's ailments NOT as a ao0DiaH, but as a
physician. If she is not doctor she cannot
understand the ailments at all, and caunot
treat them successfully, because she lacks
the necessary training.
As far as known there is no regularly
qualified woman physician connected with
any proprietary medicine especially de-
signed for women-no one therefore quail.
neu py learning anu experience, 10 ADVISE
on questions of disease and its cure.
ltis certain that there is no one, man or
woman, connected with any put up "
medicine for women, excepting only DR.
Pierce's Fayorite Prescription, who, like
DR.. Pierce is regular graduated and quail
fed physician, and who has like him, de.
voted more than thirty wears 10 the special
study and treatment of diseases of women.
For more than thirty years DR.. K V.
Pierce, regularly graduated doctor, has
been chief consulting physician of the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of
Buffalo N. Y. On his staff are nearly a
score of regularly graduated, experienced,
skilled physicians, each of whom is a spec
ialist in his chosen class of diseases Ev-
cry letter addressed to DR.. Pierce as above,
has prompt, conscientious attention, is re.
garded as sacredly confidential aud is an
swered in plain envelope so your private
AAsirs are kept safe from prying eyes
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JOHN XII: l-ll

divided into two great classes-those who
go forward and do something, and those
who come after and find fault. ON this
occasion the loving woman was Censured
by selfish man-Mary, the hostess, 10y
Judas 1scariot, the guest. How seldom
does the mind Cf man place just esti-
mate upon the heart of woman. The
question of Judas (vcrse - was u left
handed profession of charity. lie would
have sold the ointment and given tho
proceeds to the poor. Regard for the un-
fortunate was in those days esteemed n
mark of excellence which most men were
eager to exhibit before other Matt. vi, u
The plea of Judas, as he expected, gained
favor with other disciples. who took up
the same argument and murmurcd
against Mary because OF her wasteful-
ness Matt. XAvi -. on IL commercial or
humanitarian basis these men We're right
in their complaint. With fifty dollars
bread could have been purchased for the
hungry and clothing for those who were
unClad,
MOTINE.-The question of Judas was
a cloak to cover a sordid motive. People
rarely sin under the full glare of self
consciousr ess-thcy usually blind them
selves with false preteXts. While plead
ing the cause of distnterested charity
Judas was dominated by the spirit of
avarice jverse 81. lie was the treasurer
of the apostolic band, receiving and dis
bursting the money. This fact had
strengthened his one besctting sin. 1.-THE
failure to struggle with his temptations
the disappointment of every expectation
which had drawn him to Jesus: the in
tolerable rebuke conveyed to his whole
being by daily communion with sinless
purity"-all these things gradually pre-
pared him for this hour when he looked
on Mary'S Offering with covetous eyes.
feeling that he had been cheated of that
which would still further minister to his
greed. Unfortunate man. He could not
appreciate the act of love of his Master,
whom within week he would betray
(verse ~ for one-tenth the amount of
the ointment Matt. xvii, 81.
APPROVAL.-The Master came prompt
ly to the defense of Mary, who had been
rudely condemned in her own house by
those who shared her hospitality. Jesus
regarded the motives of all concerned, as
well as the significance and far-reaching
consequences of the deed. With author
ity He said Let her alone" a sharp re-
buke (verse - for their interference.
Then came the explanations. Mary had
wrought u good work Matt. XVI, l0).
1t was the outpouring of a heart fun of
love. and there Is no condemnation proper
TO those VINO love Jesus. Besides. the
amounting was prophetic, so Christ de-
clared, a preliminary to His burial MARK
xiv, 81, "A performance beforehand of
what was usually done after death Mark
xiv, u. As to the poor they might at
any time receive aims (verSe 81, but Jesus
would soon be gone and this was the last
opportunity to show affection for Him.
Still further to commend the act of May
and to encourage her, Jesus informed the
company that what she had done would
be told in distant lands Mark xiv, 81 TO
her immortal praise, by successive gem
erations.
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CURIOSITY.-The words OF Jesus
closed the incident, and the narrative OF
the sacred writer next deals with outward
conditions and surroundings. owing to
the simplicity of oriental life there was
less seclusion in the home People were
not regarded rude If they came unlimited
wherever any unsual event might awak-
on interest. Hence the Jews of Beth
any, possibly some from other places,
knowing that Jesus was a guest at 81
mons house. gathered about and even
pressed into the court They may have
interrupted the conversation just de-
scribed They were brought together
chiefly out of curiosity (vcrse -. They
desired to see Lazarus, who a short time
before had been called back from death.
They would satisfy themselves that he
did truly live. and they would witness
tho remarkable spectacle of former
dead man sitting in the presence of the
one to whom he owed his life. There
was nothing reprehensible in this. Most
men in or day would be moved by a
similar spirit.
ENMITY.-M Many who thus came to see
Lazarus and his illustrious Benefactor,
convinced that the reported miracle had
been wrought, believed on Jesus and
went away from the house declaring their
to state the nature of that faith. Prob
ably it amounted to little more than an
intellectual assent to His Messlahship,
with indefinite notions of that. But this
expression of popular approval, whatever
1t was, awakened the jealousy of the
chief priests, who desired to retain for
themselves and for the institutes of reli-
gion whatever support the people might
give. But here was dilemma. The
I.lu Nxn NStrgar ra1 Ia NJ r.
gument for the divinity of Christ-the
work attested the worker (John xiv, ID,
just as q saved man is a witness to the
Saviour duke xiv, 4S). The enmity of
the priests, who long determined on the
death of Jesus, was therefore directed
toward Lazarus, who was also named as
victim (verse 10.
Conclusion-Our lessen presents human
society In miniature. Study the ele-
ments: /. Here is the woman of thought
full care, who serves at table, Martha, the
practical housekeeper. 2. Here is the
man, once dead. now sitting quietly at
supper with friends. g. Here is the low
ing Mary who honors her Master with
precious gift. 4. Here is the critic, who
processes a virtue to hide his selfshness.
s. Here are disciples who are borne along
by the specious cry of a bad man, for
the moment drawn by his false pleading.
g. Here are the Jews doubling but seek
ing, coming to see, going away to report.
T. Here are the priests, with murder in
their hearts, beholding this scene of low
ing service, of sweet communion, of
awakening faith. conspiring against the
innocent 8. Here is He, who all through
His earthly life, endured the contradic-
tions of sinners [Heb. xii, 81, who de-
fends womanly love and sacrifice against
mans deceitful accusation and base
greed, the Lord Jesus. the lustre Of whose
character increases bv contrast with
those about Him.
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A quarter of century ago, or there
ahuuIs, at the time when Great Britain,
by right of might, and not for any 9th
er reason. occupied Egypt and took the
sultan's kheGive under its tutelate, one
of its first acts was to reOrSanize the
Egyptian army. British officers were
sent to Egypc and placed at the head
of native troops. These officers drilled
the troops, taught them the manual Of
arms and gradually instilled in them
that same esprit de corps and enthust-
asm which makes the British army it.
self such a compact and folmdable
body. The native troops were allowed
to retain their COlors, their flags and
insignia and all the paraphernalia OF
war distinctively the attribute of an
uncouquered people British statesmen
went further They even allowed the
same military titles to remain 1t was
a tactful thing TO do. Britain lost
nothing thereby, and the Egyptian
warriors retained all that was senti-
mentally sacred to them.
Thus, therefore the very ancient
words sirdar. bImbashi, jougoul. etc.,
remained in the army The sirdar of
the Egyptian army is the general in
chief. The bimbashi Is a major, the
iuugoul captain. Si"dar, literally it
means officer, is as old AN expression
almost as the country of the Pharaohs
itself. In Arabic the word means head
man" There needs he little stretch of
the Imagination to see how the term
came to be given To the commandant of
the Egyptian forces.
Sir Herbert Kitchener is the second
sirdar of Egypt, the first to bear that
name being Major General Sir Francis
Wallace Grenfell. Sir Herbert Kitch-
enar became sirdar in 1897. 1t is now
a generally known fact that he was a
fellow student of the late prince i'm
perial al WoolwiCh Military academy.
Born in 1850, he was. so to say, brought
up in a barracks. His father. General
Horatio Kitchener was a soldier and
the future hero Of Omdurman dreamed
Of soldering in earliest boyhood. COun-
~ Kerry. Ireland, was his birthplace,
and on the downs neat CTotta House,
his home when a lad. fine old man
sion on the road to Tralee. the battle
Of Omdurman was really fought.
He thus possesses British tenacity
and Irish pugnacity And only forty
eight! What great eminence may he
not then reach!
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READY REFERENCE GUIDE
Scranton
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ART MATERIAL, FRAMING AND PHO.
TO SUPPLIES.

ART MATERIAL, FRAMING AND PHO.
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BANKS.
Scranton Savings Bank, 100 Wyoming.
Merchants & Mechanics Bank 400 Lack.
Third National Bank, 1lS Wyoming.
West Side Bank, 100 N. Main.
Lack. Trust & Safe Dep Co, i0i LaCka.
Traders Nat. Bank, Wyom. & Spruce.
Dime. Dis. and Dep, Wyom. Spruce
BOOTS AND WHOLESALE.
Goldsmith Bros, 304 Lackawanna.
CONFECTIONERY AND ICE CREA NJ
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FRUITS WHOLESALE.
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HARDWARE AND MINE SUPPLIES.
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EXPLANATION OF "sIRDAR.'
Interesting Items Concerning the
Egyptian Title Borne by Ritch-
eIler.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
In the food of news which came 4,
daily over the wire recently about
Fashoda there was a constant refer
ence' an iteration and reiteration of
one word which. while persons who
read might surmise it referred prob
ably to a title, yet had no positive proof
OF exactly what 1t meant. That one
word was invariably prehxed to Sir.
Herbert Kitchener's name-the sirdar.
Now, what meant this word sirdar7
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The Under Side of Things.

Mabel (after the caller had gonc)-"Did
YOU notice the panied expression that
came over Mr.. iankinsons face when he
shifted his chair
Maud-"No; what was the matter?"
Mabel-"1 think he found where [ had
stuck my gum. Chicago Tribune.
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RARE COOKS.
Society Young Ladies' Give Ocular Evidence
Of Their skin In Cookery.

Society Young Ladies' Give Ocular Evidence
Of Their skin In Cookery.
The quickest aud most feasible way
to reach mans heart Is through his
stomach, 1t is quite evident that the
Rmisble young ladies comprising the
cooking club we're not unaware OF this
trenohant truism when on last evening
they entertained at a dinner of their
own archite ture number Of young
men at the home of Miss Adele Kesler,
corner Of Division street and Cleveland
avenue. Tables, artistically decorated,
we're arranged on the lawn, and cleo
trio lights cast a yelvety nimbus on
the spread. The dinner was served in
courses, each young lady serving the
dainty dishes she had prepared with
her own hands.
And the edibles-the were patriotic
poems of toothsomeness How the
gentleman guests did eat I, was all
revelation to them Don't tell us
that the Guthrie girls are unacquaint-
ed with the art culinary The occasion
was a most enjoyable one. The epread
discussed, dancing was engaged in, the
Mandolin club furnishing the music.
The club members present were:
Misses Lena Hunter, Dayse Niblack
Amy Brooks, Helen Green, Sadie
Paine, Nellie Kimbsll, Jessie Paine.
Ethel orner, Zoe Kim ball, Mary Mich
olas, Lillian Laux, Laura Brewer,
Mable Painter, Dorothy Flynn, Kate
Green, Birmingham,
The gentlemen guests present were
messrs. w. r. Phillips, G Il. Willis,
c. W Brewer, J. Stewart Mckay, l.
G. NiblaclS, Gore HaRsr, ROLAND p
Smith, Carl Metcalf, DR.. Petty, Leon
Gilbert, c. II. Havighorst, Ralph Nor
rison c. 7 Pettyjohu, Mulhall; Geo
Green, Roy Winton, Walt Poland ard
| WIN Brooks,
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! Personal Mention.



J. w Ray is back from Mulhall
+. r Beck ia here from st. Louis.
J A Wagner is here from Atchison.
Greasy Bill OF Omaha, is at the Roy
al
A. Ruemmen, Of St. Lonis is in the
city.
E. Dsvoegelle, Of Dallas, is in the
city.
Major VIM. walker left today for
Enid
Pension Examiner Geo. NJ Flick Is
up from Oklahoma City.
H. e. spellmau, OF Emporia, Kas
is here LOOKING Tor Investments
Marshal Thompson aud L. E. Louns.
bury drsve over from Kingasher this
morning.
f. J, Merrill, Of Kansas City, repre-
senting the Heinz Pickle company is
in the city.
Mrs. ]. c: Jamison and daughter,
Miss Blockie, viii return from Cham
dler tomorrow,
Sheriff Rinehart and Deputy County
Attorney John Devereux are in Okla.
homa City on a smsll sized pleasure
trip.
Rev. and Mrs. w. g. Miles Mrs. j, W.
Hawley, Mrs. Miles mother, returned
today from an extended trip North
and East.
Judge b. S. McGuire and nephew
Earl Reppeto, took the early train to.
day for Red Rock, where they will
shoot chickens
Mrs. w. L. Rhodes returned today
from Baldwin, Ks, where she accom-
panied her son, Fred, who will attend
the Baker University.
Mrs. Stella Huggins returned today
from Kansas City where she was the
guest OF friends, among whom were
Mrs d. B. Smoot formerly of this city
MIR. and Mrs W. 5. Spalding left to-
day for Oklahoma City, where they
will in the future reside. Mr.. Spald.
ing has position with the Lowe,
Round Lap Cotton Bale Co.
Captain Frank NJ. Thompson, ter
| ritorial treasurer took the noon trail
today for Lexington, wtcIe he is bill
ed tor two addresses via ho purity O
politics aud the bliss of b. Y -ood. Al
! a public speaker Captain Thompson
has few equals.