TITE SCIiANTON TEIJJUNE TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 7, 1894.
END OF OLD WAR SHITS.
THE VESSELS OF THE CIVIL WAR
FAST DISAPPEARING.
What liecomea f the Itoata That Figlit
No More New Crulsim Taking the
l'luco if the Womli'u One Change, in
Keren t Yei Some t'ainon Hulk..
Of the noiirly 700 kUmuii vtwsol.s which
Wove nwnlvil 1 1 1 ii mi tho n.ivy resistor in
I.Vi5, lit llu! cli.si'of tlm civil war, there
how romuiti only 1 lie Ijtnrcisttir, lVnsaoola,
Ilnrlftii'il, Kirlmnmil, Ke.'irsurei', lnti'.is,
Wnliasli, .MinncMotu, Fninklin, Ynntir,
Mimoonoy, Mirliiu'iin, PhIim und I'intn, be
liilcs the tliirti-ini sinntu ttirrt'tc'il moni
tors. This entire fleet curries fewer kuhs
twin vrotv curried hy three of. the origitml
ships of the nuvy the t'niiHtitiitinn, tho
Cuiisti'll.itiou und the United Si;iU' iu
the wnrnf l-'U.
Pour of the olMnletv vw ships, oid timers
tlmt wens f'imiiiar tn the nv.y yard hos
pital nurses, and nhieh had K-en cou
tlemne ily the i-overunient, lipst their op
portunity of evsr attain Imvinir their
woii'ids healed at the nnvy yard, and nr
N'M to the highest bidder for old junk.
And so one niter miot her of the oi l crip
ples is disappearing, and in a few more
yearn the new cruisers, commerce destroy
its, l.mtilc shiny, ironclads and torpedo
boats will have displaced them all.
It it likely that whoever visits C'ow bay,
B iietnr.'siii' arm of Limn Island sound,
will have his curiosity excited by a picture
that will sitL-ue-t to him a murine junk
Bhop. It is a place where the business of
liteakini; up old ships is carried on. It is
the place where t he last scene of the event
ful histories of very many of the war ves
P"ls has lieen eini' teil, and uii-re. the old
i'.roo'vlvn and the ('iiimiehiiui: will have
their weary and rotten bones laid uway to
re.-t. That is, they will lw torn or blown
ti pieces.
mi; I'lucKs roi: nn.ici
All ihat can be taken apart with the
erowbar and the ax and saw ill be taken
tint intact, ami then dynamite will he
hroii'.tht into play to completn I lie ruin.
The liailiers and planks that can be (;ot
out whole will lo..old to the fanners and
C'lt'ir.'tcUiis forlisiildin!; barns and bridges;
uml thee is many a bridiw iiIoiil; the
drives on Lotn.' Island upon the timbers of
which nitty still be seen the names of sea
men and htnd-mcn, cut in by those who
fi.iudit and died in battle on the (iuerriere,
the lioanuke, the Sham rock, the Powhatan
und others of (he war vessels.
Aside from these few timbers, the iron,
cupper and other metals are the only real
valuable thin-s in the ship. The copper,
of course, is most in demand, and always
brings ji omd price.
Finally, when everything is taken out
that is of any value, ami when all the tim
ber is taken out i hat will pay for the labor,
whether for buildinj; or firewood, the rest
of the hull is set on lire and burned. The
sk.-ht of on.' of these btirnim; vessels at
nis-lit is really a brilliantoiie. The verdigris
and other combustible matter iu the tint
bcr iriveoll' rich lights of the, most brilliant
tints, and some of the snm-rstitious sight
seers have vowed that of:mimes thei;hosts
of dead miiritiers have been seen walking
the sands and diinj; iu them for their
stolen kits.
It. bus often been a mat ter of wonder to
those who know ui.tliini; about the value
of old jr.nk as to where the buyers of
these oid vessels make a profit? For in
stance, liie old Quinnebaii',' was bought
for about .;i;,t;L(), and the buyer no doubt
made u pretty fair prolit upon his specula
tion. AUTlIOii UK A FArts REMARK.
Upon some of these old hulks thern is
often saved out some particular part of tho
vessel t hat is looked upon as valuable for a
relic. One of the greatest treasures of the
odds and etuis from these old ships is the
steering win el of the old Constit ution, or
"Oid Ironsides," ns she was calic-d. The
old sailitiL,' idiip Cyane, which was one of
tho vessels she captured in M5, and which
did service fur many years afterward in the
I'aciiic, w;is sold a few years ao and
broken up.
Few vessels of the old navy saw more
actwe service during the civil war than
the antiquated side wheel steamer Pow
hatan. Before tiien, in 1S57, she formed
part of the squadron which went to Japan
under Commodore Perry. It waa on this
cruise that the famous expression, "Blood
is thicker than water," originated. The
expression hns been, credited to others since
tiiiit date, und to an oilii er of the navy
who died in this city recently. In fact
Commodore TattuaJi was the originator
cf it.
lie was In command of the Powhatan
during the troubles between tho Kunlisli
and the Chinese on the Pi river, when he
was obliged to remain noUral while the
Chinese forts were, sliellirijp.he French and
Ktiudish Kiinbuats. Ono of the Ktif,'lisli
ftnnljoat.4 was Mink by a Mini from the
fort, and turning to some of the officers
alongside of him be said, "Wood is thicker
than water," and ordered the bout low
ered and Kent them to rescue tiic drowning
olliccrs and cimv of the liri'ish umiboat.
The PowhaUn oi:( chased the privateer
Sumter from uif tho month of the .Missis
sippi to Maraiihao, U.-azil, and missed cap
turinc; her by tliOKivlnjr out of the Pow
hatan's coal when she could not obtain a
new supply. The Powhatan has disap
proved, except i small portion of her hulk
and a mas, of old material which lies piled
tip on t;io shore at Cow buy. New York
Triirauc.
Daniel WeliKter's Versatility,
Wick, in conversation with a graduate
cf thi University of Cambridge the rector
of an F.nglish church in Worcester, whom
wc met in Paris we made soinn allusion
to Sir Thomas Browne's writings, he petrl-fi'-d
us with (he rjwery: .
".Nr Thomas P.rowne! Who is be?"
But marvelous as is this self exposure
it is altogether eclipsed by an observation
miidii by an F.nglish nobleman to our lato
jninister to the court of St. James, Air.
Phelps.
"Is it not very remarkable," said tho no
bleman, "that Mr. Webster, who was a
great American statesman and orator,
should havo compiled a leading dictionary
of tho English language, and also have
been hanged for murder?" Boston Trav
eler. Aklag for a letter Erery Day.
"There is a little old woman," snirl the
nun at the general delivery window of tho
pnitofllce, who comes every day to ask if
there is o letter for her She never gets
one. Sho conies up and looks through the
window in a frightened way Then she
auks nervously-
" 'Is t here a letter for me?'
"I know her name, you know, from hear
ing her pronounce it so often.
"'Nothing today,' I answer kindly, fori
feel sorry for her Sho walks oil and stands
in a meditative way Coming back she
;iy&.
" 'You are quite sure there is nothing?1
" 'Quito sure.'
" 'It's Browne, you know, with an
e B-r-o-w-n-e.' ;
" 'Yes, I know.'
" 'And Mury Stevens Browne, with ane?'
"'Yes'
" 'I thought you might have forgotten it.'
" 'Oh, no, 1 remember your uame very
well.'
" 'Well, if you are sure there U nothing,
I guess I will go. Good day.'
"Thtylay I asked her wdicre the expected
letter was coming from, she looked at me
With startled eyes.
" 'I don't know,' sho said simply. 'I'm
sure I don't know; but you see if a letter'
. should come for me from nnywhere I should
want to get it right away. I wouldn't like I
to Hnd that there had been aletter here for
me and that I did uot receive it.'
" 'Then you aren't really expecting a let
ter?' " 'Oh, yes I am. That's what the post
office is for. 1 don't know who would writ
nio a letter, but I suppose I shall get one
some day.'
"She keeps on coming. Sometimes I
feel like writing her a letter to sec if it
would please her, but I am afraid that she
miht be disappointed to find that it waa
only from the oflice." New York Tribune.
Why the Pickpockets llnve I." ft Turin.
One of the curious cnnseque'icc of the
infallibility of the anthropometric system
of idem ideat ion is f lie almost complete dis
appearance of international pickpockets
from Paris. Kilit years ago KKJ of them
Were arrested there yearly; by 1Si7 the mini
ber had fallen to thirty-four; it did not ex
ceed' u dozen during tho year isyu liciug
satisfied that it has become impossible for
them to hide t heir antecedents in case of
arrest, and fearing also the increase of pun
ishmeut mllieled on habitual criminals
and on those who have disoheyed a decree
of expulsion, they prefer now to remain, of
their own accord, in foreign capitals.
"We have our choice," they say; "we are
not bound toour native soil by ignorancu
of foreign languages. If wo hesitate be
tween two lields of labor the one at Paris
during the exposition, the other at London
during a regatta, the difference of punish
incut in case of uccident will suliice to turn
lis from your capital, pray excuse us!"
These remarks, which were made in ISS7
by the leader of a gang, have been repeated
several times.
After a little incredulity on the part of
some of the police authorities', the fact of
the disappearance of pickpockets and the
truth of t lie explanation that 1 give of it,
have been confirmed ollieially, notably by
M lioron, the present chief of the service
de la surete at Paris. M. Alphonso Per
tillou iu Forum.
The Bunking Clerk In England.
"The booking clerk is late again," is a
I remark often heard wheu the first train iu
the morning is duo out and no one ap
pears to book it. Tho passengers begin to
lose patience, but at the last minute the
clerk is seen rushing to the ollicedoor, and
in a few seconds the window is up, and t lie
click of the stamping press is heard going
at lightning speed. It is surprising how
many people can bo booked in a minute if
they will but ask plainly lor their ticket
and tender tho right fare. The clerk
, knows this, and gauges his time so nicely
' that a minute or two is all he allows him
! self to send his citstoiners-on their way,
I not rejoicing, but grumbling at his delay
j in turning up.
j lie hits no time for morning ablutions,
and generally looks very seedy, and gets
the discredit at once of lieitig a dissipated
creature. Old women are apt to lecture
him if he is a young man. but they get a
; Roland for their Oliver, for the juvenile
j booking clerk is not without impudence,
; and does not fear to indulge in it during
! the early hours of morning when no olli
I cials are about. After the first train lias
j gone, and should there be a long interval
before another is due, he will conclude his
night's rest on the counter or table, and
will condescend about 7 a. m. to perform
j his morning toilet. Chambers' Journal.
lUrouiu's Way of Getting an "Ail."
One morning the newspapers announced
that grave fears were entertained for the
safety of an agent of Barnum's big show,
who had gone to Africa to seek attractions
for it in their native lairs. News had come,
it was said, that he had last been heard
from in a predicament from which escape
was practically Impossible. It was a very
sad piece of business altogether.
Mr Barnum was at a hotel iu this city
at the time, and t here a relative of the uti-
fortunate agent found him entertaining a
; squad of reporters with a most interesting
version of the African tragedy. The caller
; knew his man and waited patiently until
I the interviewers had departed. Then he
anxiously asked for news.
I "Oh, don't be worried," said tho show
' man. "I've just got intelligence that he's
Eafe and sound and will be hack here iu a
few weeks."
"But he has a great many friends here,"
objected the visitor, "and this report of his
death will c.-,use them much sorrow."
Air Uarnura looked solemn for an in
Btant, and then he chuckled. "Well," ho
exclaimed cheerfully, "just think of this.
They'll be all the happier when he gets
back here alive." New York Times.
Money anil Postal Oi-ilers.
The money orders issued by the postoffice
had their origin in a private speculation by
three postot'dce ollieials, who began thu
system iu 17X!. At that time, however, no
order could be issued for more than live
guineas, and the charge for sending that
amount waa 4s. fid. The system was taken
over by tho postoiliee in ls:iS, and the live
guineas for which 4s. (id. was charged in
17SJ can now be sent for livepence.
Postal orders are but a decade oid. Thoir
issue w-is began in 1SS1, and since then
their popularit y h;is increased year by year,
so much so, indeed, that in Iflisiness circles
postal orders now frequently pass through
many hands as a medium of exchange be
fore being presented for conversion into
cash at the pcstollice counter. Chambers'
Journal.
Nt Used to l:ieihaiit.
A few days ago a menagerie was to ex
hibit at Versailles, Iud. The cages were
taken from t lie curs ut Osgood, and they
attracted tho usual amount of attention
during their overland passage to the exhi
bition grounds. At one conn! ry house it
comely young woman vras gazing with
open mouthed astonishment and wonder
at tho "varmints." As the elephant, wit ii
his dangling trunk, shambled past her her
amazement knew no bounds, mid she fran
tically shouted to the keeper, "Say, mister,
are you goin' to back 'im all the way to
Versailles!"' Chicago Times.
Iu No Hurry,
Mr. Testy (meaningly) I don't want to
interrupt your cr conversation with my
daughter, but tho er last car goes by
at Y2.
Mr. Staylatc (with composure) Thanks,
many thanks, but there's a big ball up
town, and a conductor told mo the cars
would begin running again at 2. New
York Weekly.
How Sho Helped Him On.
Cholly (seeing bis chance) Edith I em
brace this opportunity of of of
Edith (artlessly) Only the opportunity,
Cholly? American Grocer.
THE BROWN BARRED GATE.
As I passed mit the brown barred gate,
I saw a shallow steal by met
Ills Kiiriiient clung us hrnvy weight,
Bis head waa hid, anil but to Im
Within his creeping footfall's way
Aliulo unsought nervous horrors play
Upon my keon nnrvcil mind. I say
I iiatnd him, yet bude him stay
As I pasBBil out the- brown linrrcd gate.
As I passed out the brown barred Rato,
I held a sweet ifirl In my heart.
I said, "This st.ranper com to part
My Lovo and mo." Weill 'twas but Katel
"Your minic!" I shrieked, n mndmen do;
Slowly ho looked me through and throiiyh.
Froai off his fare the mask he drew.
lie said, "Your eonscienco, I am you,"
As I passed out the brown burred gale.
As I passed nnt the brown burred gato,
into a brotherhood I went
Where men give all. It was too Inte, '
For woman's love my lire was spout.
Yet still through prayers I dally see
A shape that (tuarils a gate-and lis
Latches It, 'twixt the world and me,
And from him pinioned angels flee
A prayer desk is that brown barred gate.
-Elisabeth Beall tiinty la Once a Week.
LIFE IN THE STARS.
Mr.
Allen, a Tvxa Liar, Conclusively
Proves Tln-y Aio Inhabited.
"You may talk about your discoveries,"
said a bustling lit tle old gentleman with a
bald head and bushy gray whiskers in tho
Auditorium hotel, "but one which I made
down on my ranch in Texas two weeks ago
lays them all out, and will raukas the most
important made in centuries.
"Allen is my mime John Allen, of Pan
Antonio, Tex. I have lived there for the
past ten years, and am proud ol it. In my
leisure hours I study astronomy Great
study, astronomy Many a night have 1
spent lying on my back looking at the
slurs, and wondering if t hey, like oir earth,
were peopled by human beings such as we.
.Since first recorded time the question has
been asked, and iu all the books that I havo
read upon the subject nothing nearer tho
truth than speculation is to be found.
Many claim that the stars are peopled, and
Beck to support their claims by cogent rea
sonings. Others, however, by arguments
equally as powerful, take the negative side
of the t heory
"1 am proud to say, sir, that I have al
ways Ixdieved the stars to be inhabited, and
inure than proud to say that 1 am able to
prove it. I)on't smilo iHl you hear the
story of my discovery, which, let me say,
has never jet been told.
"You know that March was a notable
month, astronomically sneaking, because
; of the unusual number of meteors that
1 pierced the sky. Had it been November or
1 August it w ould have excited no comment,
for iu tlioso months the earth usually
! passes through a meteoric belt. Meteors
fell ill many places, my ranch being one of
them.
"The one that fell mi my place was about
! twn feet iu diameter. The outside wax
. crushed by lire, but microscopic cxainiua
' lion of the interior showed it to be com
: posed of lava ami coral. I'pon learning
I this I mis about to lay the relic aside when
curiosity prompted ine to break it again. 1
i did so, and lot iu it I found a petrified fish
of the perch tribe, which proves that the
, planet where the meteor came from was in
I habitable"
"But not necessary that it was inhabit
ed," broke iu a bystander.
"Pardon me,'' said Mr. Allen. "One
moment. When 1 had recovered from my
astonishment I looked at the fish closely
and found sticking in its mouth a lish
hook."
With which observation Mr. Allen looked
at the geiitlein:ia u ho had interrupted him,
anil adding t hat when ho next returned to
Chicago be should bring his discove ry with
him to be exhibited at t lie World's fair,
(lolled his slouch hat and withdrew Chi
cago Post.
Taxiileruiy u Pccay lug Art.
"There isn't the money in taxidermv that
there Used to he," said a Weil known taxid
ermist. "I don't think them are more
than two taxidermists in New York today
i who make a living without having some
other iron in ihe lire. Fifteen years ago
: there was money in the business. We used
j to get ten dollars a piece for sttiding pet
eats and dogs, am! we could run oil' two
j and three a day. There isn't any call to
, day for that sort of thing. Our principal
sales now are milled doves for funeral
purposis. We sell about 7.UU0 a year. In
the lower part of the city they bring Jl.'.'j
or tl.. Via piece, and uptown three dollars a
piece. A dove, you know, is really no
lar.-er than a robin, and these so c:illed
doves are in fact pigeons. Genuine doves
would lie worth ten dollars a pair.
"Most of these pigeons are bred by fan
ciers on tho outskirts of Baltimore a:id
marketed ill New York. We were the first
to introduce pigeons in New York to lie
used for funeral purposes. That was iu
1873, ami at the start lie got for each
one. We used to turn out t.'iUO a week.
There uro so many now in the business,
however, that tho price h;is been cut down
one-half.
"Nearly every taxidermist docs his own
shooting. He usually takes a run out to
Long Island in the season, and shoots suipo
und any other game he comes across. Some
times lie can sell a case of stuffed birds to a
private family at a good ligure, hut unless
lie has some big business house to work for
lie will have a hard time in making both
ends meet." New York Telegram.
Shoeiu; a Horse,
The following instruct!. ms to smiths
who shoe cavalry horses have been issued
from the department of war: "In preparing
the horse's foot for tiie shoe do not touch
with the knife the frog sole or bars. Iu
removing the surplus growth of that part
of the foot which is the seat of the shoe use
the cutting pincers and rasp, ami not Ihe
I knife. Ihe shoeing knife may be used if
i necessary in using t lie top clip. Opening
, the heels or making a rut in ihe angle of
the wall at the heel must not be allowed.
The rasp may be used upon the part of tho
foot when necessary. No cut ting with the
knife is permitted the rasp alone is neces
t sary. Flat fooled horses should be treated
us the necessity of each case may require.
"In forging the shoe to (it Ihe loot bo
careful that the shoo is fitted to and fol
lows the circumference of the foot clear
round to the heels The heels of the shoe
should not be extended back straight and
outside of the walls al the heels of the
horse's foot, ns is frequently done. Care
I must be used that the shoe is not lifted too
small, the outside surfaceof the wall being
then rasped down to make thu foot short
to suit the shoe, as often happens. Tho
hot shoe must not be applied to the horse's
foot under any circumstances. Make tho
tipper of foot surface of the shoe perfect ly
Hat, so as to give a level bearing. A shoo
with a concave ground surface should bo
used."
Tho I'irst laigllsh ltiblo.
The first complete Bible printed in En
glish was issued in la:;.") without any pub
lisher's name, it was the work of Miles
Coverdalo, who incorporated, with revi
sions, Tyndale's books of the t!cw Testa
ment, of the Pentateuch and of Jonah, and
for the rest translated from Gi rinan and
Latin versions It was thus only partly
original, and in that part just a translation
of a translation. No perfect copy of this
Bible is known lo exist.. A copy sold a few
years. ago in Lindon for IU0 had the title,
tho lirst few leaves atid a map in fac
ti mile. Cham hers' Journal.
Good .Men Not Nenleil.
Stranger I should think such an enter
prising, public spirited citizen as Mr. Good
man would be nominated for some inipor
taut ollico in this community.
Politician He'd run well, but we don't
need him
"Don't need him?"
"No. We're always sure of abig majori
ty, anyhow. "-New York Weekly.
Many Roman matrons possessed earrings
of a costly ami gorgeous description, the
settings being worth thousands of dollars.
One of the most fashionable patterns iif
fected by those of rank and wealth were
modeled In the form of an asp, with a
golden body shaded with gems of the (lrst
water.
, llnw ltihhotm Al-o I'Hl'il.
Shoulder knots of ribbon nro sometimes
three erect loops attached to braces. Othcis,
again, uro a flat bow lying nlong each
shoulder seam, and still others an-of wido
ribbon, with aloop drooping over the buck
and ono over tho front. Shoulder straps
are set on yokes at tho arinholo, and end
iu a chou in front and back. Clnuix of
satin thrust In laco rullles on tho rorsago
nro very effectlvo. Bibbon belts lie over
the skirt belt In folds not very wide, and
cud In three or four projecting loops that
meet in tho back. Collar bands of ribbon
havo a front bow held by a single curving
bncklo or by two very small ones, a loop
extending boyond each bucklo. A bow at
tnebackhiiUl.es ritibou collars sty llsmy.
A bracelet of ribbon is tied about tho el
bow whero the balloon puff ends. ..An ef
fective trimming on tho skirt is u curve of
ribbon outlining a short apron and tied
at intervals in showy lengthwise bows. An
exumplu of this is bluck velvet ribbon on
a yellow taffela skirt, and another is pink
nioiro ribbon on a skirt of whito organdie,
says IIurper'H Bazar.
WANDERING BOTTLES ON THE SEA.
Experiments Which Have Proved a Deal
About Oeeuu t'urrents.
Of all tho wonders that thoso who go
down to the sea in ships are brought in
contactwith, none is so unfathomable or
inoomprehciisibhi us those mighty rivers
that lluw through the ocean and are known
as streams whero they are well delined,
and as currents where they nro not. Tho
United Stales Ilydrographic ollico has
been making, in the last few years, nseries
of experiments calculated to lest fully the
theory of streams and currents in tho
North Atlantic. Lieutenant Na.ro has
among his treasures iu Ihe branch hydro
graphic ollico in this city a little bottle
which once held a hall' pint of whisky.
Subsequent to that it held a paper saying
that it was dropped overboard from the
steamship Cephalonia -100 miles east of
lioston. It was brought inio this port
two years after it was dropped overboard
by a schooner from Ambergris Key, a littlo
island iu the Bahama group.
The boLlle, with its paper inside, had
proved the theory of ocean currents. It
had followed the Gulf Stream until it had
been caught by that current which sweeps
to the south along the coasts of eastern
Europe and northern Africa, hud been car
lied thence to the westward until it en
tered the Caribbean sea, then paused be
tween the western end of Culm and Capo
Craeias a Bios, the eastern extremity of
Yucatan, and, having made I be circuit of
the Gulf of Mexico, was washed ashore ou
the western end of Ambergris Key.
Other bottles which have been dropped
overboard by outgoing steamers have, as a
rule, been as s u isiaetory in the result of
their drift as the buiilefrom Ihe Cepha
lonia, but some of them have developed
marked eccentricities iu their voyages.
Thus, one which was thrown overboard
from the steamship Allcr oil' (.'ape Baco,
the southeastern extremity of Newfound
land, seems to have made a "bee line" for
the Azores, where it was picked upon tho
beach near Fayal. In its voyage it went
directly across the Gulf Stream, and fol
lowed a current never before suspected.
A bottle dropped overboard by the si cam
ship Sardinian about UUU miles southeast
of Cape Farewell, the southern extremity
of Greenland, was picked up on the shores
of Norway, and one dropped overboard
about SHJ miles off the coast of Scotland
was found in nearly the same place. Both
of tiiese bottles, journeying toward the
Land of the Midnight San, had shown a
strong current setting from tho North At
lantic on the Norwegian shores.
The general result to far seems to be
that a strong current sets from the east
upon the shores of the Britisli isles, and a
strong one rushes into the Caribbean sea
from the Atlantic. This is a fact long
maintained by writers on physical geog
raphy, but never before demonstrated as it
has been by the hydrographic odice. But
the experiments of the hydrographic ollico
have also developed tho fact that various
other subsidiary -currents, acting over a
largo space, exist which were not before
suspected. New York Tribune.
The Coipau Army.
The colors used in the new Corean uni
form are different from thuse of any of tho
armies of Christendom. The shirtliko
waists are of purple cotton, faced with red;
the hats are black, and there is a bright
red band about t hem. Tho pantaloons are
purple, and the feet are swathed in great
white boots of padded cotton.
During my stay at the Corean capital tho
native gcueral-in-cliief invited me to attend
a review of the troops. I rode in a chair
burne by four big hatted Coreans to the
drill grounds at the edge of the palace, and
saw 41)0 soldiers go tliroughall sorts of evo
lutions, most of which .seemed to be those
of the gymnasium rather than those set
dowu iu military tactics.
The general would give a command, and
every soldier would lift his leg anil hold it
i ut right angles to Ids body until another
word brought it to the ground again.
There was the raising of the arm, the
throwing out of thu lists, and othercxer
cises which many school children of the
i United States practice daily.
! The soldiers of Corea act as the police of
the capital. The city of Seoul contains
about 3uO,(JOO people, most of whom live in
one story thatched huts. A great wall
! runs around the city, climbing the mount
! Bins and crossing the valleys which sur
i round it, and this wall has a number of
gates. Frank G. Carpenter iu Youth's
Companion.
The Waiters Did It.
The waiter was expecting his usual tip,
and when the young man had gathered up
all of too change except a dime, of courso
he reached for it. But the young man
stopped him.
"You don't get those now," he said; "I've
got a use for tlmm."
Then he reached down in his pocket,
pulled out a patent pocket dime savings
bank and slipped t he coin into it.
"Sorry for yon, Charles." he continued;
"if I had any nickels you'd get the usual
tip."
"I s'pose so," replied the darky gloom
ily. "Those patent things is most drivin'
me to ruin. A quiihtor's too much, and
there ain't any mo' dimes, an' 1 don't git
nothin' but nickels, and mighty few of
them. But never mind, sail; I kin lix it., 1
reckon."
And the next day ho changed a hill for
the young man and gave him one dollar in
uickels.
".Mils' afraid you'd run short, sah," ho
said; "ain't got a dime iu the house. Don't
keep 'em no mo'. Can't all'or.l it, no how."
Any man who shows a pocket bank in
that restaurant now can stay t here weeks
without seeing a dime. The waiters have
got it all lixec.. New York Telegram.
ITahir uml Hating Houses.
When a man has creal ed a habit of eat
ing at a ceriain place he thinksof that par
liciilar place whenever he gets hungry, lie
may have begun by accident, have secured
a good seat, a gooil waiter, or got acquaint
ed with the proprietor, or got some favor
lie dish to his taste, or met agreeable peo
pie. Sonic iiisignilieant thing struck him
favorably. In a few days he goes there by
liabit. lie gets angry and dissatisfied
very now ami then and tries another
place, but he linds drawbacks everywhere
nnd goes back again, liabit is stronger
than the attractions of superior food and
cookery si ronger than money considera
tions. If it were not for habit the good
will of a hotel or a newspaper would bo
worthless, and scores of rest an rants around
town would bo closed in a ipouth, New
York Uorald.
IIu Won I lie lint.
At the Lincoln meeting an extremely
IjDisterous bookmaker addressed Lord
Itandulpli Churchill as follows: "Pleased
to see you again, my lord; my name is
Hopkins, but I but" you dou't remember
ue."
"You've won your bet," replied his lord
ihip, ns he walked away iu tho opposite
direction. Table.
The (.uanliHo of tho Peace,
"Yes, he died a natural death, lie just
went from one sleep into another, till he
fell into tho lust sleep."
i "What was the deceased's occupation?"
"lie was a policeman." Euoch,
a T.mn
of misery is taken from wo
I men. bv Br. I'ierc's FiivnrilA
Prescription. Weaknesses that
uiaucsn jrimr WOUMHIIOIHl can
be relieved and cured by it.
saiciy ami certainly, it lias
done this for thouwinds of suf
fering women and the makers
are Willing to ntmrnwin f it-.
- tJ uoesnt tieuetit or cure you,
,;f - they'll return tho money,
f ' A l!('ll' iug-down pains, internal
I t i inflammation and ulceration.
orgnnio displacements, weak
duck, ami an kindred ailments
are cured bv tho " Kuvm-itn
Inscription."
A"ic, Piitunm Co., W. Va.
lm.lt.V.I'iFvcK: nmrsir-
Milllt iu a Ciiua nf -t
standing, which hunted tho skill of the hi st
iiieilicul ubi proriiruhlc. 1 obtained no gooil
effect, until 1 begun tlm use of tlio "1'avorito
I'liwription," which lifted the burden which
was seeking my lil'n.
My gratitude 1 own to tho "Prescription."
1 hope t lint all mill-ring Immunity us hi my
case) lauy pi otii by the result of my experience.
rhiilmriipln-d U"
(mm l.il,-. .
0 '.", RESTORES VITALITY.
it iay. Well Mar.
lAiiinv. 4'4'yy' -t as.
of Me.
IMt (JUt AT lioih Day.
prmliieeH I be alime result in :iii days. It fi ti
im .-it ul ly uml quirlily. cuivs v hi-n all inlifrs i .ii
Y'liingini u will ivjanii tin-,!' I.i.-t luanlieii.t. und ill.
luc-li will iv, !.! thnr jiiiitliiiil vil'h:- hy u.ili-.
KI.Vr,0. II iiniehly jiiiil Mir.-lv ri-lo i s Ni-ivihi
Il.'-s. l,o-t Viiillilv, Jiiiioli-licy, Ni(,';itly KniUsic.n
t,ist l'imcr. I'.liJnu: . nn.ry. Wii- Iiiil' I Msi-:isi s. ami
III I IIWN (It K, t .-,fM ainl imhsi o lion
liieh unlit - en- i.irs uuy. li.i-ini -us nr marriai!.-. II
lotonlr riii-es hy i.hn I nnr at lie- n ut of iln-as... bet
s n m i at. nerve tonic ami hlooil huililor, hrliic
:; I km-I: Ihe pink jiimv to check a- rt re
Neiim lie- lire of youth. Ii wu'ds off tn-anil.
! 'oiisino l.t inn. In-i t in l,a in.' 1!!:VI O,
i 'n r. Ii can ho earn. .1 in vi st i le t. llytnr.il
1.00 c-r ..i,-ka!.-e,m- m luris.i.Oii, Willi a pivil
ve written inniianieo to euro or return:
'in money, ( in ularlir i., Aililri ks
r'Al r;EDlc;,JE CO.. 53 River St., CHICAGO, ILL
I'or sale by Matthews liroH,, Dnifglsts,
Seiaiitnii, I'a.
SPRING
HOUSE
HEART LAKE, Susquehanna Co.
U. E. CitOFLT Proprietor.
(I HIS IIOl'SK is strictly teiuperaneo. Is new
I aid well I'ur liilc i ami ul'KN ! To
illK PiJHIdi: Till-; YivAlt IML'.VD: is
lficateii in. iw-av hrtweon Moutroo an i iS. Tall
inn, on .viunti-iisii aiit i.acuawiU'ia Itailroa I,
MX miles from D., L, & V. it 11. at Alford
Station, and fivi niil-M from M niti-m ; ca
I a-ity, tiiiihty-ilvu; tiireo minutes' walk f rum
It. it. Htation.
t.OOl) i:...ATi. I 1'IIINtl T( KI.K, Ac-,
1 1:1:1: t.) (.1 i;ms.
AHitiele ubmr in. I let, eciuahin? in this
rcpect tho Adirondack and Cat-uitl Muun
tieiH. I 1110 crovni. plonty of shato and beautiful
Bcnery, making a Simimiir KesorC lilies
co led 111 beauty and c!' ipn"ss
JJaneint; pavilion, su-iars, cro ii-t itr cmid-i,
&-e. Cnlil i.rius Water an 1 pi uuy ol Miik
liit(ei, i7 10 !1( per neck. St. DO per
(lay.
lixcur-iiiii tickets sold at all stations on D.
L. A.- V. lines,
l'ort. r meets all trains.
Gooms 1 and 2 Commor.waaltli Bli'j
SCIS ANTON, VX
MINING andBLASTING
Hade at the MOOSIO and XiUdU
DALU WORKS.
LflfHin & Rand Powder Co.'s
CHANGS GUN F0WD23
Electric ButteriM, Fuso for piplol
ing blast. Safety l-'ue ami
ftepauaoChcmical Co. 's High Explosives
HKXTKH fiUCFl C;.. Iih-'p. rapl.nl. 81.000.000.
r.tisY wi.ro .;: in tjik woui.u.
M tioilnr x-trft is a dof'at tarnetl '."
ThnT,.itllrt'Snliil I roiu-ii Itoiigoln Kid P.nf
Cou Boot dellvyrvd free :my whero in tlm U.S., on
receipt n I C u.mi. Money Order,
or Tuslul Na'o for $l.v.
Kq'inU every wnv tho h:o1n
V. .. ., ,J ft'iil m .nil man pi'irei i.ir
' . , -J Wo m;ikn this boot
.1, , -. ou'nelvefi, therefore wn oinr-
autec tint $tile and irnit,
ttiitl If any ono ia not eailiMlfti
wo viii re i mm i no mney
or fend another pair. Utrra
luo or l opinion pep,
width 4', P I', & KK,
M.i-a 1 to 8 and luill
tee uii rt vm.
mutinied
i 4. rhlrh'3 5
ro.iTos. aiAss.
riil term to JtiiLr.
Tlio GENUINE New Ilavon
Mathushek 1 1 Pianos
ESTABLISHED 1SC0.
Kew York 'Warrrooiiis No. SO
Fifth Avenuo.
E. C. RICKKIl & CO.,
BoIp dealers in thin section.
Orrit'K m Adams Avo Tolephouo B'l'd'e
IT BUY DIRECT A1JP, SAVE DEhLER'!,
Aaitn xtrt null Aei.uoc DLeiLir?
St' - vriCuiivoiirOMiiril II ie lltevi lo.Riiit-
f ttf.ilii.. i.ir i-.i i itr m x, miiile nl' I f .-t inn-
r.'tl'llill. F.MM11L' Mlllllllllllllll. lAITUIIlll'IV
n.l.PHli..! nml nilly wurr.me-.l. rim lo-itay for our
luriii' cnini.lrte ('..liilniii' ol liii-vrti , purK ri'l';lil', etc.,
QUO WubuU Avcuuo, - CUICAUU, ILL,
A Handsome Complexion
la one of tlio Kreiitest charms ft woman can
possess l'OIBO.Nl'S COMI'IXXION Puwoua
Riven it.
yun,.i,.iii H i .m. ipim, ii ;";-if
nMnRlc Ren-E j
l'.itiT proWi nd Hl0-pm bnok. Illititrilnl Irom B
llfsfrora pi.plneunil,frf brmnll nrh(iiillo(8t.rinv tj
imsltlnlr '"' "X' Iuiciiv (ii.. (iiUwn. in. J.
kt. A!..-..;..t.-J,llfdlilt liil,'.f IMAm
KM
11
M0QS1C POWDER CO,
I i i-i i-r-T-tn V hap I
LtA t:i OliUt hi'
SUPERLATIVE AND GOLD MEDAL
Ihe abovo ol flour can be bad at any of the following merchant!),
who will iiccopt IhkTkiuu.nb l't.ouit coitos of 25 on tacu one hundrei pound
of flour or OU ou tacit barrel of flour.
fccrnnti.n-F. !'. Prliro, Wiishiuatoa avunai I
Uuid II i" la Ilrau'l.
Dimiiioro K. P. I'liwi, (lolil Mo-l-d Hnin 1.
Iiuiumire-K U Slaidoy. Hupurliitlvo Kran 1.
Iljiiii t'Hrk Cnrsoii fe l;avn, Wa-liliurn St.
Oulit .Mi.iial livaii'l; J wp!i A. iltura, Mum
aviMiiii. tSuporlitiivo ilraiirl.
Grunu Hidii!-A..Sii'iii'or.(tidd lledal BrautL
J. T. M-Hale, Huii. Diitivo.
l'lcvidi-ni'o l.'i'iiiinr ('iifippo'.l. N" Main avo-
uuu, Su ii'i liiti v I'.raii.lil,'. ,1 (iill'?,yio, V.
Markut ntriH't, Ho 'I .M.-ilil Hraud.
OlyphaDt tlniiii s .li'r.lan. Hupi'rlntivn RnnX
I'l'i kvillo shall-'r 6s K Is -r Sup.irlativ.i.
Jorrayn -C. l. Wi'itcra Sc Co. hiipm-B ativn
Anrhiiahl Jurii'S. H mps'in it ln . (t'il'1 llinl d.
('nrliuiiitiilo-H. ti. (.'lark, (lold Slcdsl lirand.
ltoiiosilalii-I. N. l''.istr ii (Jo. Uoia jludil.
liiuoi ku M. Ii. L.a-ulla
','i
LOUIS B. SMITH
Dealer in Ciaoica Confections and Fruits.
BREAD AND CAKE3 A SPECIALTY.
FINEST ICE CREAM
1437 Capouse Avenue.
IROM and STEEL
XOItW.VY IKON
HIiACK DIAMOND
siiiVidi
KXTH.-V sriOCIAL
S AXDKHSOX'S KXGI.ISU
JKSS01"S i:glisu
CAST STI'IKL
UUilbU SlIOICH
TOK CALK
Til IK
MACHINERY
M'KI.NU
t-Ol-'T STEEL
ANVILS
I?' LIOWS
HO!;si'l NAILS
AV1LEY & RUSSELL AND WELLS RROS.
CUiTINU MACHINERY.
0 1 r
6RD6naersuo.,dGra
W'boloeulo and retail dealers' in WaROntuakers' and Blacksiaitlu'
SlUPPLIEI
That we vrill GIV3 you baautiful new pat
terns cf Sterling SILVER SPOONS and
FORKS for an equal weight, ounca for ounce,
cf your silver dollars. All elegantly en
graved free. A large variety of new pat
terns to select from at
!5C7 LACKAWANNA AVliNUi
"ITo star was ever lost we once have seen,
7o aiways may be what we might have been,"
A HAPPY PATRON OF
II PiSiiliS LOBE
Scran ton, Pa.
'F
ii
j
and 23 Commonwealth Building.
TRY US.
DUPONT'S
HIKING, 13 LASTING AND BPOBTINO
POWD
PR!
Manufactnrnd t (lis Wapwntlonen MIUi, Lu.
tirui county Pn., and at Wu
tuintituu, Lit'luwaro.
HENRY BELIN, Jr,
General Agent for tlio Wyoming District,
u8 Wyoming Ave., Scranton Pa,
Third National Bank Building.
Aar.nnrn.
TITOB. FOItl), I'ltlstnn, Pa.
JOHN B 8MITU ft KON ; Plrmonth. Ta.
E. W. 11UI.LK1 AN, Wilkca-Harro, Ta.
Aeenta for th. Kupauu CiiuuiioiU Com
lauj'a Uigh Exyloivu.
i rem tli X V. XribuM, 1'ou.i, U3t
The Flour
Awards
"Chicaoo, Oct 81. Fha fint cfflclal
enootiDcement of World' Fair di
plomas on flour baa beta made. A
medal lias been award.d by the
World'H Fair judjtea to the flour manu
factured by the Washburn, Crosby Co,
in the great Washburn Flour Mills,
SlinneupolK The committee report!
thu flour ktrong and pure, and .ntitla
it to rank ks Iirst-clajs puut Hour totl
family und Inkers' usa."
& CON NELL
VIKI1H-A1.K AGENT
Taylor-,luilr;o Co., Gold Medal; Mhertoj
A: Cii., Huinrlatlv4.
Iiurt;a l.uvvrr-di'i, si-iro To., floM ModaL
Mo.,-ii.J,,lm Mni'riii.lli), (iuld Mi. lal.
l'uisr.in -M. W. O'lioyle, (toll Jl.-lal.
l.iHik'n Uri'.'ii-Kra'.'.i i I'nrker, Hup.irlatlvs.
( lark'K humniit-K. M. outiif. tiuiil Mo.lal.
Iialtoii-a. K. 1'iiiTi t! W'iii, Ould SluUal Uinttl
Nlril.,l4rni.l 1.' Il..l.n,.
Wav.-rly-M. N . Uhm tc Hon, (ir,!il Mi'dul.
1 antiiryvillo fhnrlos (ianli,i?r, Uuld Undid.
Hnpliottuiu-.N. M. t imi S; Son, Uold Jli-dat.
lobyhaiina-T .ljyliaiiin ic l-hu Lunibjf
' o. Uu.d Modal Bvurid.
flouldnbiro-H A. Adams, Gold M'llal lirand,
Mnsirow-UaiKo & MimiDiits, Ould Medal,
l.uke Anl Jituiiw A. Ki.rtn-u, Hold Modal
IroruutCity-J. L, Muruuu ii Ca, Uold Modi
g -Xs"" lie" t
vSi;w-.ti
m
,OHS OPKM FROM 7 A.M. TO 11 P.M.
C1AL ATTKXTlnN OIVKN To KfP-
PLVl-N'U I'AMlLlta W1IU I(JE CUE Ail.
WAGON AV II EELS
AXLES
FPRING9
II I US
bl'UKES
RIMS
SI EEL SKEINS
R. R. hl'IIiES
SCREW
MT. PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
float or the tiot quality for domostlo nnftanJ
rf nil Klzm, dcllvorod in auy part of Ui citj
at lowivit price.
Urdura left at my office,
NO. 118, WYOMING ATKNTTE,
Roar room, flrnt floor. Third National Bank,
or Kent tiy mail or U'lophoue to the mins, will
reoeiro prnmiit attvlitiou.
hpeoial eiiiitraetH will be mndo for tba tal
tud Uullvci y of lluckwheut t'oid.
WM. T. SMITH.
Eureka Laundry Co.
Cor. Linden St and Adams Ave.
touui Houai Bquaiu.
All kinds eC Laundry work enarantea
tnt beta,
..yr-wr 7 'rf.;.i4.-.. tnr
mmm
iltOIl,