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Show SUNDAY OBNERVANCU . Just dow there is ouiiaiJerablu excitement ex-citement in several eastern eitiei relative rela-tive to enforcing laws for the obeiv-aneo obeiv-aneo of the Sabbath. Ordinances have been passed in mhuc cities, uuh as Cincinnati, proltibitiug the keeping : opou Oermau beer gardens, and as j they are the uaual places of reaort for) Teutonic families, a large portion of i the German element is greatly dissatisfied. dissatis-fied. Omaha ta agitated by a like question, and die closing or keeping open saloons and beer gardens is a I fruitful subject of discoid uud ducus-' siun. The advocates of the saloons' contend that beer gardeus are places j ibr drinking, aud that saloons have an equal right with them to be open for those who wish to drink. Whiio the! beer garden advocate claim that there is a marked difference between them; that the saloons are frequented only by-men by-men tor purposes of di-ipation. whiia the beer gardens an.- intended by men with their wives and families, who go! there tor the purpose of innocent enjoyment en-joyment heightened by lager. As the ; German elemeut increases in su-enirth1 the contest waxes titireer, and there ia every likelihood that in a few years 1 beer jjardeus will be a recognized in-! stitution tn all the large cities iu the 1 ITnion. Here in bait Lake we are not much 1 troubled with saloons being open onl Sundays, tor they are all closed; but !tUl there are some matters here that,' are the subjects of discussion ( by many. It is asked why, ' when all other bonnes of business re closed, soda water pucs, ei-ir (, and tobacco stores, aud cs:ablishuicnis : lor the saic of summer driuks are kept open? It is as uecevstry for the good of the public that fruit sellers should . vcod their wjtv- un Suudav a oda : water u j cigar sellers; aua it i a subject sub-ject ilr oontiJeratiou wuciher the Utter should not ic yluufd well as the tbrmer. We aj-e no Fay hypercritical hyper-critical about the Sabbath, Lut when fhe public observance of the day is re-. paired by tho.- doing buiuos, it fcems proper tiuu ill .-hould coutbrm ' to the same rule. |