THIS SCKAThtcE! TEIBUXB SATURDAY ' MORNING, FEBRUARY 29, 189C.
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WORLD OF
RECKXT FICTION.
THE Jl'CKLINS. By Ople Read. Cloth,
12mo, I1.2&. Chicago: Laird ft Letw
In many respects this is the most suc
cessful of Mr. Read's many efforts to
delineate the personal characteristics
and social customs of the poorer por
tions of the Old South. It is the- story
of a school teacher's attempt to apreau
the gwpel of Intelligence amonir the
Uenlxwna of- Interior North Carolina,
where It was the amiable custom to
welcome each new pedagogue by put
tins him bodily into the creek. The
her of the present narrative escapes
the creek orlal. thanks to a vigorous
constitution; but anion other vicissi
tudes falls head over heels In love with
the daughter of his landlord, who Is
engaged to another, offends the tough
element In his school, which signifies its
dissent by barricading him In his
school room and setting lire toi the
building, causing him a narrow escape
from cremation, anu iinaiiy. uy a iu.-ivj
find of mica, becomes, in the last chap
ter, fubulously rich, as well us essen
tially huppy through causes among
which the mica aeai is merely un inci
dent. , .u
There Is something of clap trap In the
mechanical adjustment of this novel's
well-worn plot. It is not In that par
ticular, a work of art but of artifice,
and not very clever artifice at that.
Hut In the human element Mr. Head Is
uncommonly true and strong. The
character of old Llm Jucklln, the man
who "hus fit niore'n fifty times an
never taken u lickln'," la drawn with
masterly skill, and that of Oenenil
Lundsford, the courtly, cavalier old
ruined aristocrat, is depleted with ul
inost equal force. Llm Jucklln out
among his game cocks, drowning his
troubles In the excitement of chicken
fighting yet bellevln' the good book
from klver to klver. understand." Is a
figure to live; and his patient, motherly
wife, whose Christian faith, unobtru
sive on ordinary occasions, becomes
firm and savin? in time of trouble, for
tifying the whole household, is another
sketch that will not soon pass from
mind.
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A SELK-DKNYINU ORDINANCE. Uy
XI. Hamilton. Paper, to cents. ew
York: l. Appleton & 'o.
The heroine of this peculiar story is
an honest country girl, who becomes
enguged to niurry a conceited young
nobleman who hud been compelled to
resign from the Guurds because In
cheated at cards. Before the wedding
Ms lordship elopes with a married wo
man of his own set. They live to. ther
fret beautifully In debt, havo a child
und finally separate in mutuut disuust.
Then the honett country gill, who in
the meantime lias suffered In slb-nce,
Is brought to the renter of the staite,
where she meets the scapegrace noble
man, and still loving hlni, marries him,
consenting ulso to adopt his lllejrltl
niate child. From this brief dinjriuin
one can get as much out of the story lis
there, is in It. It Is a Hood type of the
modern novels which ought neither to
be written or read.
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STONKPASTl'ItKS. liy Eleanor Stuart,
New York: 1. Appleton At Co.
This book is advertised as a domestic
idyl of a Pennsylvania mining town.
It is more nearly a tragedy, tor it by the
narrowest or chances that the villain of
the book, during a strike of his own
concoction, does not succeed in his fell
design of blowing up the powder house
and sending wvernl scores of company
officials, loyal workmen and detectives
to their death. Kvun before this Krlm
escape to which we ure indebted to
the faithful barberess of the tule. Km
ma Butte th-.-re Is a dash of tragedy In
the story, when strong-limbed August
JurlBcn, on his wedding night, is struck
by a blast, scorched, paralyzed and
deafened, and brought In, on a shutter,
to where thu prospective bride, the min
later and the assembled guests are anx
iously awaiting his coming.
Htonepastures is not true to any lo
cality In or out of Pennsylvania. There
is nowhere In fact such a condition of
human society as Is depicted in It. Yet
In a large sense Its pages focus the facts
of every Industrial community since
they are epic- with the hum drum tra
gedy of hopeless drudgery, Incessant
sacrifice and unrequited toll that enter
Into the problem of all great Industries,
whatever their character or site. Miss
Stuart has caught the spirit If not the
letter of her theme and shows evidences
of a delineatlve power which, with fur
ther tralnlnpr and closer observation,
may yet put Into & masterpiece the
great dally drama of the mil and fac
tory and shop.
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THE WEREWOLF. By Clarence Hons
man. London: John Lane, the Bodley
Head. Chicago: Way & Williams.
According to th" Scandinavian folk
lore, the ferocious spirit of the wolf
entered ut times Into the soul of a
beautiful woman, who, though human
by day, became at midnight, wolf-like
in form and semblance. The theme of
the present daintily printed book is wov
en around this Norse superstition. The
"werewolf" appears In the form of a
beautiful woman at the house of
Hweyn and Christian, twin brothers.
Christian, on his way homeward one
night, finds in the snow the track of a
great wolf. The trail ended at the door
of his house, and there was no sign of
return. Before the fire sat a. strnnge
and beautiful woman called White Fell,
and the terrible truth that she was the
Incarnation of the beast dawns upon
Christian. Ills brother falls before the
creature's beauty. Whom she kisses
she devours. Two members of the
household have been lost. The sus
picion of Christian is scoffed at by his
brother and they quarrel. White Fell
goes often to the house, arriving mys
teriously and suddenly disappearing.
Sweyn believes his brother jealous and
refuses to listen to his reason. Chris
tian, returning home one night, iinds
White Fell and Sweyn together. She
had kissed him and his doom was
sealed. Christian starts In pursuit of
the "werewolf" . to save his' brother
from the death) he believes Is certain.
Over the snow for hours and hours the
man and the werewolf raced. At mid
night, the tradition related, the woman
would be transformed Into a beast. The
time of her metamorphosis came, and
Christian, bleeding, dies from the
wounds she had indicted. Beside him
falls the terrible beast. It was nil old
tradition that holy water would destroy
the monster. "No holy water could be
more holy, more potent to destroy an
evil thing than the life blood of a pure
heart poured out for another In free,
willing devotion." All this, of course.
Is told with the strength and power
which characterise the literature of the
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THE EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GER
ARD. Hy. A. Conan Doyle. Red cloth,
42mo, J1.50. New York: D. Appleton
ft Co. V.
Dr. Doyle, at the untimely killing off
of the omniscient Sherlock Holmes, had
confronting him the problem of satis
fying a popular demand made doubly
cluniorous by the detective's death. On
the stage It Is no uncommon circum
stance to see the villain or fhe hero
arise from his bier, to which he had
been sent at the fall of the curtain, and
acknowledge the plaudits of the multi
tude by a series of panting bows. The
fact that he is according to all rules of
evidence supposed to be thoroughly
dead, so far from interfering with this
graceful concession to public apprecia
tion, really enhances It. But In the
soberer world of letters, outside the
domain of mysticism, a hero once dead
is unhappily compelled to remain dead,
und like the fubled egg.cannot be pntlcd
up though It were attempted by "all
the king's horses and all the king's
men."
Hence a resuscitation of Holmes was
out of the question. To be sure. Holmes
might have left a brother, a cousin or a
pupil, skilled In all the arts of induct
ive detective-ism. But Doyle had a
different notion. In obedience to a trait
not uncommon in human nature, he
scorned the base means by which he did
ascend, and celebrated his establish
ment at the top of the ladder by kicking
that luckless Instrument Incontinently
over. In other words, he abandoned
literary clap trap and went In fortirt.
No doubt this was laudable, and, under
the theory of evolution. Inevitable; but
we find It dllllcult to forget that while
among any company of three-score
grown men you will find at least a doz
en literary "artists," there was only
one mnn In all the world capable of
writing intelligent detective stories, In
which the burdensome quality of art or
probability was never needlessly ob
truded to trip thie reader's Interest or
Impede his progress.
However, that which had to be Is.
Let us not complain. Doyle has made
of the old French brigadier a delight
fully garrulous rind conceited old veter
an, whose recollections of the battles
und hairbreadth escapes of his more
vigorous youth lose no Interest or mag
nitude in the telling. There are eight
of these exploits In the present book,
six of which have already appeared in
The Tribune's serial story department.
We, therefore, need suy nothing as to
their quality, for that is more than a
twice-told tule. It deserves, however,
to be added that us brought together
In a compact and attractive bonk, the
exploits guiu In Interest and will In time
to come take rank among the foremost
achievements of their gifted, author.
THE MAGAZINES.
There Is a very timely article In the
March Cosmopolitan which explains to
a nicety the present political difficul
ties arising from the Jameson Invasion
of the Transvaal. It Is by Dr. Albert
Shaw, und bears the title, "Emplre
Huildlng In South Africa." IV. Shaw
sjiows very clearly that English ac
quisition of the Hoer republic is only a
question of time, and that the principal
offence with which Dr. Jameson can be
charged, from a British standpoint, Is
that he failed. He would have us be
lieve that Cecil Rhodes and Joseph
Ohnmberlain are the two coming men
in Knglish affairs the former with his
idea of a world-wide federated empire
with one central congre like the con
gress of the I'nited States, embodying
proportional representation from each
province; and the latter with his grand
Idea of a commercial empire with Eng
land occupying the pivotal place und
reaping the major share of the total
profits.
II H II ,
In the Cosmopolitan, by the way,
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt occupies three
badly written pages to say that she
doesn't know anything about the sub
ject she was supposed to write upon.
Why, then, was she asked to contrib
ute? Because she. has a famous name?
II II II
The enlarged Chap-Hook fulfils ex
pectations. It has stories by Max
Beerbohm, A. O. Wells and Anthony
Leland, poems by John Davidson, Clin
ton Seollnrd. Charles F. Lummls and
John H. Boney, and drawings by Gard
ner C. Teall, Paul Berthon and Ray
mond M. Crosby, not to speak of a plate
In colors from a design by Andere des
Oachons, and also an Illustration for aI
poem, by Cinchona. There Is a goodly
sum of genuine literature In this lot,
more than In some much mure pre
tentious magazines that we could
name.
II II II
The Lark for February gives as Its
chief d'oeuvre a design by Oelett Bur
gess, showing a sentimental poet seat
ed at a table and gazing mournfully at
a small window. In connection there
with we are told:
The Window has Four little Panes;
But One have I :
The Window-Pane's are In its Sash,
I wonder Why!
ilTERARY GOSSIP.
This In what the London Sun snys of a
young American author known to many
In Scranton: "Mr. Stephen Crane, author
of the 'Red Badge of Courage,' which has
Hchieveil such instant popularity, Is a
young American of 23. A New York lit
erary journal says It Is interestlntr to
observe that it Is Mr, Crane's striking
book of prose It can hardly be called
a novel 'The lted Badge of Courage.'
which has c:uight the ear of th" linullsh
public, not 'The Black Riders,' tils equal
ly striking book' of verse. One vould
hardly expect either work to become pop
ular, for both make their strongest ap
peal to the trained literary sense; yet of
the two books probably more people would
naturally admire the stirring irlutly of
cowardice developing Into courage raliur
than the lines which, In spite of their
vigor, are essentlully delicate In their si'g
gestlvenens. Now that he has found his
place, .Mr. Crane Is sure to be encouraged
to put his best energies Into something
even better than he has yet done. His
work, always close to truth and pince-c
In spirit, has the healthful crudeiiesi of
youth, ami is sure to grow In fineness as
It matures."
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THE PLAGIARIST'S REDEMPTION:
Full filled with knowledge ho came from
college,
And vowed to his muse he'd be
A diligent writer anil clever indlter
Of the sort she loves to see;
He had studied up diction, the rules of
fiction.
And he had an attractive name,
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Which In due season, he though with rea
son, Might well bo known to fame.
Like all the rest he wrote as a test
A most Imposing pile
Of poetical works, with qulbs and quirks
in tne Austin iiouaon style;
He blithely sang (like Andrew Lang)
In ballade and villanelle.
But he found in time that these forms of
rhyme
Are not the form that sell.
Lowell, Thoreaus, Disraeli, Poe,
He copied them all In turn;
Tried Anthony Hope, turned back to Pope,
Lamb, Addison, Swift and Sterne;
The styles that he prized he plagiarized
With an infinite deal of toil. .
Anil, being no laggard, he grafted Hug-
garu
On Du Maurler, Kipling, Doyle.
But each poem or tale he would write and
man .
The mark contrived to miss, '
Till In dull despair he rumpled his hair.
And wrote him a rhyme like this!
THE MORAL
Is, then, that it's not the pen
Of another that brings one pelf.
But the simple truth an original youth
Has the sense to write himself!
Uuy Wet more Curryl, In Munsey's.
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AUTHOKS AND PUBLISHERS:
Bret ilarto has just completed a new
Btorv entltleit "Two Americans." anil
he will eoun publish a new volume of
poems.
Murv Anderson Navarro's "A Few
Memories" will be published soon by the
narpers.
Hall Calne's new novel, upon which he Is
now engaged, wiu 0B published first in the
Windsor Magaslne.
Robert Parr's new novel, "A Woman
Intervene," portrays modern life at high
pressure In London and New York slid
will be Illustrated with 20 full-page, half
tone engravings after original designs by
Hurst, the English artist. Frederick A.
Stokes company will publish it in New
York.
Ian Maclaren, who In plain Rev. John
Wutsou. whose stories are so widely read
in this country, as emauuitlng from a
Scottish brain, is not a. Scotsman at ail
but was born at Mannlngtree, Essex coun
ty, England. He went lo si-nool in Scot
land and was pastor of a church there,
an I for twenty years past he has been
a l'resbvterlan pastor In England.
Colonel John Hay. Lincoln's private sec
retary and biographer, will contribute to
Met' lure's Magazine for March, a paper
on Ellsworth, the young colonel of the
Ellsworth .ouaves.wno was snoi aown, hi
the beginning of the war, by an Aexan
drla tavern-keeper. Though but 24 at Ms
death, Ellsworth had had a very roman
tic career; und Colonel Hay, having been
especially intimate with him. knows all
the ili-talls of It. His puper will embrace
extended passages from a very Interesting
joiirnul li ft by Ellsworth; and It will be
Ibistrated with several portraits and other
pletuevs.
Headers of the Copmooolltani muy re
member a storv entllled "Jim Lancy's
Waterloo," by Ella W. Peattie, which ap
peared several years ago. 1 is a power! ill
bit of realism founded In fact, and rt
trnoted much attention to the magazine,
and to the state of Nebraska, In which the
scene Is laid. The author, who is an edi
torial writer on the Omaha World-Herald,
Is widely known In the middle west as a
writer of a number of tales of western
life, full of local color, and characterized
bv much finish and charm. A collection of
these tales, with .the title "A Mountain
Woman." Is announced by Way & Will
lams (Chicago) for publication In April.
"The lump of Gold," a rennet sequence
composed of forty-nine sonnets divided
Into seven parts of seven sonnets each, is
announced for publication in April by
Wav Williams. Chlcauo. The idea of
the sequence Is taken from the reference
In Hawthorne's "Marble Faun" to tho
seven-branched golden candlestick (the
holy candlestick of the Jews, which was
lost at the Ponte Molle In Constantlne's
time). The author of the present sequence
is Miss Florence L. Snow, the president
of the Kansas Academy of Languages and
Literature, The book will be exceedingly
dainty, the entire edition being on hand
made paier, with the sonnets printed on
the right-hand pages, and with symbolic
decorations by Mr. Edmund H. Garrett,
DIVISION OF THE SEXES.
Some Interesting Stutistlcs Culled from
Rocont Census Reports.
From tho Philadelphia Ledger.
The revelations of the census reports
for 1890 In reference to the proportions
of males and females In the whole
population of the country, in different
sections of it and In various classes,
are very interesting and suggestive.
The general rule is that "where natural
increase is not Interfered with, either
by immigration or emigration, wars or
pestilence, the proportion of thp sexes
is nearly equal, females being slightly
in excess of males; und under undis
turbed conditions the female sex out
numbers the male sex In the proportion
of 51 to 49." This holds true of Europe
In all Its great divisions. In Norway
the females are 52.13 In every 10 of the
population; In Sweden, til.r7: Denmark,
51.24; Great Britain and Ireland, 51.46;
Austria, 51.08; Germany, 50.97; Spain,
50.96; Netherlands, 50.58.
In the I'nited States, however, the
proportion Is reversed. In the popula
tion of 62.G22.250. there are 32,007,880
males and 30,554.370 females an excess
of 1,51:1.510, or 100,000 males for every
93,280 females, or 51.21 males to 48.79
females In every 100. Ten years ago the
numbers were more nearly equal 50.88
males to 48,79 females. In 1870 more
nearly equal still, 50.56 males to 49.44
females. In 1860 and 1850, however, the
proportions were almost exactly the
same as they had again become in 1890.
The Immigrants to this country num
bered three males to two femules and
this accounts for the changed propor
tion In the population here. And since
1850 the males have outnumbered the
females.
It may surprise some of our readers
to note that Pennsylvania Is among
the states in which the males outnum
ber the females, the figures being 2,
666,331 of the former nnd 2,591,683 of the
latter, a difference of 74,648 in favor of
the former. The scattering of the cities
ninv be a creator surprise. Thus at
one end of the state, Philadelphia has
5:15,842 females to 511,122 males, an ex
cess of the females of 24,270: while at
the other end. Pittsburg has 124.428
males; but across the river, Allegheny
presents an almost equal number of
each, the females, however, Bllghtl
leading 52,612 males, 52,673 females.
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IN UNDERGROUND WEALTH
The State of Washington Is Rich In
Th!s Respect
MAXY KIXDS OP COAL VC1XS
A Statement of Resources Which Explains
Why That Favored Commonwealth
' Is Somotiiaes Called the Penn
sylvania of tho West.
At the request of Mr. J. E. Richmond,
T. B. Corey, of Seattle, superintendent
of the Oregon Improvement company's
mines, located a few miles out of Se
attleat New Castle and Franklin and
perhaps the best informed mun in the
state on the subject of mining, has pre
pared for The Tribune the following
paper on the coal resources of Western
Washington. It will be read with es
pecial Interest in Pennsylvania. Writes
Mr. Corey:
This is a subject that would muke a
large column if one were to go into a
detailed statement, from the fact that
the conditions are so varied and they
cover so many fields, each section to It
self. The coal regions are divided into
four districts, viz: (1) The Skaglt
Whatcom, (2) King county. (3) Pierce
county and (4) Lewis county.
The Skagit-Whatcom.
This field is in the northern part of
the state, and contains four seams of
high grade bituminous coal and one or
two lignite seams. The coal is found
to be "pockety," the seams pinching to
nothing or thickening to abnormal slxe.
Heneath the seams Is found a clay
schist and slate. The lower strata Is
found richest in carbon and low in
moisture; thu higher ones losing tho
curbon, becoming a fine grade of loco
motive coal ami In some cases produc
ing an Al grude of coke.
The dip Is from 50 degrees to vertical;
the area Is about 360 square miles.
The principal districts are found in
the region of the Skagit liver. Lake
Whatcom and the Noosack river. There
are seqms under development near
Hamilton, Jennings and Hlue Cunnon.
It was in this region that coal was first
found In the state, and mined for the
Hudson Buy company over thirty years
ngo. The region also contains a fine
belt of Iron ore and quurrles of sand
stone. The production In 1892 was ,1'),
415 tons from this region.
king County.
This is the largest and most devel
oped field In the state. There is an
area of 120 square miles of very nigli
grade lignlto and 300 square miles of
bituminous coal. These grades of coal
no doubt belong to the cretaceous
epoch, the lignite being the upper and
the bituminous the lower. The bitumin
ous lies in proximity to the igneous
agencies, which by their heat haw
driven off volatile gases, leaving . u
higher grade of coal.
At Oilman there are five senilis of
lignite with a dip of 350 and an avr
uge wall of 3 to 7j feet. In 1892 the
production from these was 103,000 tons.
At New Castle, four miles west of Oil
man, the mine hus been In operation
for twenty-five years. The average
thickness of the seams Is ten to twelve
feet, with n forty-five degree dip. In
1892 the production was 160.000 tons.
At Hlack Diamond there are five
stfams, the average thickness of which
Is two and one-half to seven and one
hulf foot, with a din of twelve degrees
to forty degrees. The output in 1S92
was 90,000 tons. In this vicinity is also
found the Franklin mines, with an out
put of 75,000 tons; the Alto, with 14.000;
the Kaugley, with 25.000; the Denny,
with 4,000 tons, and the Cedar Moun
tain, with 13,000 tons. Great difficulty
Is encountered by the drift carried over
King county by the glacial epoch of the
Quarternary period, which Is found to
a depth of 300 feet.
Pierce County.
This Is a small field In area but rich
In the thickness and number of Its
seams. The field extends from the
South Prairie mines south about 26
miles to Pittsburg, and the measures
are from 20,000 to 25,000 feet wide. One
hundred square miles would Include the
whole field, which is very difficult of
accecs, especially in the southern por
tions. I'nder development In this field
Is the Carbanado mine with an output
In 182 of 182,000 tons; the Wllkeson, 91,
OiiO tons; the South Prairie, 40,000 tons,
and the Acme with 3.000 tons.
This field runs to the Cascade range,
In and about Mount Ranler, and nt such
a time us we commence to make our
own pig Iron and smelt our own ores. It
will prove of great value to the Pacific
const, the coal being of a first-class bi
tuminous, with excellent coking quali
ties. Lewis Count.
This sectlu contains three grades of
coul: Anthracite, 72 square miles bi
tuminous, 216 square miles; lignite, 180
square miles. There are a number of
seams in these fields with an average
thickness of two to fifteen feet. The
lignite of this section is poor and the
anthracite is not much developed on
account of the Inability to transport It
from the mine. There are two mines
In operation in Lewis county, the Hu
coda, output in 1S92, 10,000 tons; Cen
tralla. output 7,800 ton,.
In Cawlltz county, there are also two,
the Castle Rock and Kelso, with an
output in '92 of 750 and 2,000 tons re
spectively. These coals of Western Washington
are brought Into competition with Eng
lish. Australian nnd Vancouver Islands
cuals.
The grand total output In 1S92 was
840,965 tons. These figures are, of
course, three years old and In conse
quence not exact for the present time.
No geololgieal survey has ever been
taken of the state. In fact, the moun
tainous country, the heuvy timber and
undergrowth, the wash deposits m-
pletely obliterate the strata and muke
It almost Impossible.
NOT SO SKHIOI S.
Frank Hya.lt. who has long enjoyed nn
income of t'3,uw, derived principally from
his vocation as a "book iigent." for Lon
don Thespians, two weeks ago landed In
the American metropolis, says the New
York World. His Idle moments "at 'onif"
are spent upon the race-courses of '',n
land and there, in times past, he has uwt
many of his friends. Recently ut an
lown Hroadway hotel, as he glanced out
Into the street his kindly blue eyes seemed
to start from their sockets. Rushing Into
Iiroadwny he shouted:
"Hold on, there! Don't Blurt that car!
Here, somebody, call an ambulance!"
FLOUR, BUTTER. EGGS, ETC.
The T. II. Watts Co., Lt.. 723 W. Lacka.
Babcock, G. J. ft Co., U Franklin.
MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES.
Scranton Supply and Macb. Co., 131 Wyo.
FURNITURE.
Hill A Connell, ml Washington.
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY.
Blume, Wm. ft Son, G22 Spruce.
HOTELS.
Scranton House, Dear depot
MILLINERY ft FURNISHING GOODS.
Brown's Bee Hive, 224 Lacka.
City and Suburban.
ATHLETIC GOODS AND BICYCLES.
Florey, C. M., 222 Wyoming.
HARDWARE AND PLUMBING,
Gunster ft Forsyth, B7 Penn,
Then Mr. Kyatt plunged headforemost
under the car and began tugging away at
a man's legs that were lying across tho
rails beneath the center of the car. Ashe
did so the legs began to kick vigorously.
The rescuer felt himself pulled away vio
lently, saw the brawny list of the conduc
tor shaking close to his noes and he heard
the angry- voice of the conductor raylnr;:
"WhaW do you mean, sir, by keeping
that man from fixing tho car? Do you
think we want to block Kroadway all
day?"
Mr. Hyat turned toward the hotel and
was greeted by laughter from the cro.v 1
that his cries had atti acted.
A NATURAL RKSULT:
Ho minced his words In such u way
And flowery periods tried.
That when he read his speech next Jay
He found the mutter pled.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Since the death of ex-Congressman
Frank Lawler, of Chicago, a number of
anecdotes concerning him have been told,
especially In Washington, where he Is well
r- tnembered. It Is related of Lawler that
on one occasion he gave the doorkeepers
of the house strict Instructions not to prc
Kent any more cards to him, as he was
greatly aniioyed by callers, who were tun
ing up half his time ill the lobbies. Mr J.
Lawler one day approached a doorkeeper
who had held bis position but a short
time, and who did Jiot know her. She
asked to see Congressman Lawler. "Sor
ry, madam." he said politely, "Mr. Law
ler wld see no one." "Oh, yes." said
Mrs. Lawler, "ho will see me. You Just
tell him his wife Is out here." "Thai
won't do," said the doorkeeper "that
racket la worked on members every day."
CUTTING IT SHORT:
The barber talked Incessantly,
And 1, in brief retort.
Remarked: "Just trim my hair, you
know.
Hut cut the other short."
Chicago Times-Herald.
A foreign critic has sport with Urander
Matthews over a curious blunder In cnu
of that Impressionistic gentleman's sturb-s.
The tale diuls with an elderly banker an 1
his son, operations on Wall street forming
thu background. The blunder which
makes laughter spread unions readers
who are at all acquainted with finance is
this:
The father and son took their hats and
wero about to leave the otfk-e, when Kxra
Pierce puused.
"Mr. Arrow-smith," he said, "what's tho
balance nt the bank today?"
"The old 'banker opened the check
book again and answered: I 'Not quite
two millions. ' "
It Is needless to say that no firm keeps
such tin amount In one bunk. In a cheap
novel ileftlncd for small boys with yearn
ings for wild west occurs this:
"The hero fell at tho first shot. Tho
surgeon bent oveV him. 'Safe,' he whis
pered. 'The bullet has grazed his tem
ple, that's all. Hut had It gone un eight n
of an Inch deeper It would have severed
Iho femoral artery!'"
NOT SO HAD: '''
If bachelors with women's ways
Were only more acquainted,
Complexluns poor they'd find wero not
As bad us they are painted.
Chicago Tlmes-Heralil.
The story-teller in Paris are reviving
an old Btory about the man who was
deaf and who was recommended to go lo a
performance of "Lohengrin" and sit nr:ir
tho .trombones. He did so, taking along
the doctor who had recommended this
cure. All of a sudden when the noise of
tho orchestra was nt Its loudest, the deaf
man found he could hear. "Doctor," h.i
almost shrieked. "I can hear!" The doc
tor took no notice. "I tell you, doctor,"
repealed the man In ecstasy, "you have
saved me. I can heir." Still the doctor
wus silent. He had become deaf hinwelf.
STRAINS FORM CIIICAUO:
When they strained their relations
Tho dregs were so coarse
A lawyer soon found them
Grounds for divorce.
By the Tlmcs-Herald.
Many are the tabs of miserly men and
witticisms which their failing drew forth,
Kvery one knows the story of the wealthy
mun who desired his son to bury with him
a large portion of his fortune. The son
waa more astute than his father, for ho
drew a check for the required amount and
placed It In the collln with the remark that
"tho governor was always a careful man
and never carried money about." An
other tale which Is brand tiew Is this: The
departing Croesus was a clergyman who
hid paid more attention to the laying
up of treasure on earth than In heaven.
In his last days he was carefully tended
by a faithful body servant. Ah, Tom,"
ho said to this servant, "so I must go
and leave all my gold and silver behind
me!"
"Ah, sir," replied Tom, "there's no help
for that. Hut then, you don't mind ; If
you's take It it would only melt."
A DKORNERATK:
I's hyuh King Coul wer. a Jolly soul,
Won he sang In de nus'ry rhyme;
But dis winter, chile, am a illf'ent style
K'um ole oncet-uponcr-time.
An' now w'en do fros' begins ter freeze.
An' de blizzard stahts ter bllz.
He's quick ter talk an' he's hahd ter
please.
An' do tryln'est king as Is.
De Norf Win' ten', like 'Is neares' frlen',
Ter 'is business, an' fro" de cracks
When 'Is bref he blow, yoh kaln't say
"no"
Kf he calls yer ter pay dat tax.
An' It's good-bye, 'iasses, an' good-bye,
ham.
Foil de money hez got ler roll
Away from de mahket ter meet de palm
O' dat grasper, Ol' King Coal.
Washington Post.
Spccr's Wines and Krondy.
The excellence of Speer's wines and
rirunily is attested by Physician through
out America and Kiirope who haw used
thim. They received the endorsement of
various Hoards of Health. '
SAlways FIRST w t
Gail Borden
i Eagle Brand
CONDENSED HILK
For rears the luJln brmJ. It U th
X Best and t!i most economical.
Z A PERFECT FOOD FOR INFANTS
Cowles, W. C, 1907 N. Main.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
Rogers, A. E., 21S Lackawanna.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Goodman's Shoe Store, 432 Lackawanna.
FURNITURE.
Barbour's Home Credit House, 4Z3 Lacks.
CARPETS AND WALL PAPER.
Inglls, t. Scott, 419 Lackawanna.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Osterhout, N. P., 110 W. Market
Jordan, James, Olyphnnt.
Barthold, E. J., Olyphant.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Snook, S. M., Olyphant
PAINTS AND WALL PAPER.
Wlnke, J. C. SU Penn.
TEA. COFFEE AND 8PICB.
Grand Union Tea, Co., 101 8. Main.
Color Left Her Cheeks; Her Eyes
Lost their Brilliancy ; She
Steadily Lost Weight.
From
a Serious Condition Quickly Restored to
Health Much Interest in the Case.
A DRESSMAKER'S EXTRAOHD1S AHY
KJkPEKlK.M-U.
TH Ilrmsrkahly titraug Cam of
Pvunsylvsula Vouug Lady.
frum the t.zamiiier, jM'icatlrr, iU.
Tho following account of a dressmaker's
remarkable experience was recently told a
reporter by Miss Daisy M. Mussvlmau, a
charming young Indy who resides with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Suimirl Miiiselinan,
at Xo. 10 North Christian Street, Lancaster,
I'a. lkr case came under the notice of a re
porter several days , is worth publishing.
Last lull Miss Mtissclman began to 1'ctl ill.
As the days passed the decline in her health
became more apparent, she became very w euk,
and at len.-th feared a total collapse of lier
svsteiu. Miss Miissclman is u dressmaker, in
tiie early sta.'cs of her illness she tumid that
she was umiMc to do the usual amount of sew
ing. Asthc ailment been imp more pronou need,
she was ut times too nenk to work ut all, nnd
she had totuke involuntary holidays. Slip he
Clime listless, took little interest in le r sur
roundings, and iiiiully wits forced to give up
sen-imr altogether. The irrcutcit rliange took
place in her pliysiciil apiH-aninee. The roses
in her checks faded away, a chalky paleness
Nupplantingtliem, hereyes lost their brilliancy
and she begun lo lose weight steadily.
Her symptoms t;iive her great alarm and
she consulted her family physician, one of
the best of the medical fraternity in the city,
lie prescrilM?d ull sons of medicines but his
patient did not improve, licr nervous system
seemed to be completely shuttered. Slie'could
not slurp at niiglit Ixvauscof the nervousness,
and her appetite wus allccled. She dismissed
the attending physician and engascd another,
also of join stanilintf in his limt'.-Kslon. He,
too, did ull (hut science ami n long experience
could suggest, but like his predecessor 1'uilisl
to linn lit Miss MtisNclmau, who in despair,
ctmawil tliescrvicesol'n third physician. Hut
bis treatment (.live no better results than did
theotlicrs. riulcrtlieeiireol'tliese physicians,
Miss Miisscliiiiin Mould sometimes think she
wus celt ins hettcr but the relief was only
teiniHirary, und, slier a brief respite, she
would have ull tint old symptoms iitrnin,
penerally in un airruviiteil form. Their
medicine would cause nauseti. The disease
which hufiled them tiiihtened its grip on her,
Shu hud a choking- sensation ill the throat,
frequently a dull pain iu thu head und a
stoppage of the nose.
Considerable money hud been expended in
lier futile ellorts to lie cured. The nervous
ness is-came so great that she determined to
consult a sHetalist, This would necessitate
a trip to a nei'lilioriiii; city, involving tho ex
penditure of more money; but she felt t lint
something must be done. It was putt un she
litid determined to visit the specialist that her
mother su-ested that she try lr. Williams'
1'iuk i'ills. Throitu'li the ncwFpaiiers she hail
learned of the marvelous cures ell'iK'tcd by
this wonderful medicine and felt that lier
daucliter oiiL'lit to five it a trial, it would
oust little und could do no harm. So Miss
Miisselimin purchased a box of Dr. Wil
liams' fink I'ills fur 1'ule People, und begun
taking them.
' Hi-fore the first box hud been tned,"sald
Miss Miisselinan to the reporter, "I beinui
to feel better. I was delimited with their
effect nn me and when the first box was cone
immediately houidit another. I took them
retmlurly, just h directed on the box, and,
really the result wus surprising. I soon be
((nil to sleep well, my appetite returned, I
could dike lontr walks without feeling fatigued
mid 1 regained the llcsli I hud lost. I kept
ritriit en takine the pills, uml us I felt my
trenelh returning und the nervousness disap
pearing, gradually resumed uiy work of dress
'of all Cough Medicines
is Dr. Acker's English Rem
' edy. It will stop a cough in
one night, check a cold in
one day, prevent croup, re
lieve asthma, and cure con
sumption, if taken in time.
It is made on honor, from the
purest ingredients and con
tains neither opium nor mor
phine. If the little ones have
croup or whooping cough,
use it promptly.
Thicc SUs 25c 50c and $t per bottle.
At Druggists.
. ACKER MEDICINE CO.,
Xi and IB Chambera Street, Kevr York.
Cofl$!e((in PreseifBtf
OR. HEBRA'S
VIOLA; CREAM
BemoTCf Freckles, Pimpfet,
Lher . Moln, Blaekhasai;
Sunburn and Tan, and re
stores the akin to iti origi
ns! freshness, producing a
. anil tkMlfhV M-n.
rnntuatlODS and perfectly bsrmleja, At all
ttualaitormailudlorS(k ti. fiend lot CUeulai;
G. C. BITTNEH & CO., Toledo. 0.
..For Mis by Matthawa Bros, and Joha
St. Pheloa.
FLORAL DESIGNS.
Clark, G. It. ft Co., 201 Washington.
CATERER.
Huntington, J. C, 308 N. Washington.
GROCERIES.
PIrle, J. J., 427 Lackawanna,
UNDERTAKER AND LIVERT.
Raub, A. It., 425 Spruce.
DRUGGISTS.
McGarroh & Thomas, 209 Lackawanna.
Lorentl. C. 418 Lacka;. Iuden ft Wash,
Davis, (1 W Main nnd Market,
Uloes, V. 3., Peckvllle.
Davlcs, John J., 106 8. Main.
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.
Slmwell, V. A., 516 Linden.
PAWNBROKER.
Green, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
Harding, J- L., 215 Lackawanna.
f he Best
I MM !!. IAID I- 1. I. ........I-
V I UU1 wiin wnr I"
aWa luTlfrtM aMit imiiMI lh. MM, tmt wUbnrt a
making ami before long could work as lonf
and as well us ever. After using seven boxes
of the pills 1 think it wus seven but it may
have been out- or two more, I felt that I was ull
rilllit uiniiu a ml slopped tukiug them. That
was some mouths ago and I have tukeu no
medicine since und now feel well. I cannot
lie too thuiikt'ul for what Pink Pills lmve doua
lor me."
At the time of the reporter's visit, MIsa
Miisselmuu certainly did not look like a
woman in need of medicine ; a pretty color
mantled her checks and she evinced u charm,
im; vivacity that bet puke a hcullliy cou
ditiou.
Mrs Miisselninu also had a word to say
nlmii'. the great bcuelit her (laughter had de
rived from Dr. Williams' Pink I'ills. "They
cannot Is-too liighly praised," she said.
This wonderful remedy is uttered to the pub
lie w it ! n full t'outidence that there is no dia
ease urising from a watery or impoverished
condition of the blood or haltered ncrroua
forces w hich it w ill not cure if the directions
lire faithfully billowed und the Irciuineiit per
sisled in. Dr. illiains' 1'ink Pills for Pule
People ure not a juitent medicine, but are a
thoroughly sciciitilic preparation, the result,
of years of careful study on the part of nn
eminent graduate of McCill .Medical College,
Montreal, und of ftliiiluirgh I'nivcrsiiy,
Scotland, mid they were Vum ssfully tlx d by
liim iu his everyday prurtiie lor years before
Is'ins ollercd lr general sale. The merit of
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is iittc.-ucl by tha
hundreds of marvelous cures they burs
wrought iu all pa its of the country,' und now
their sale fur exceeds lluit of imy other, pro
prietary mcdii-iiic. This is the' licst test of
the fact that I'r. Williams' Pink 1'ilis per
form ull their makers claim for thrill.
As the blood is the fountain of life, and
the nerves ure the life itself, all disriua
to be fatal, must ultuck the one or- tha
other. In seeking uu clleciiyu nerve
food, therefore, which would nourish
without over-stimulating, und would build
up naturally the wasted, flabby uml diseased
nerves, und which would ut the tunic time
give a supply of IiIihhI, ut mice purer, richer
und redder, uml more capalde of carrying
nutriment mid oxygen to every nerve and
muscular lil.ro of the bodv. Dr. Williams
struck ut the root of ull disease, uml it is
eminently proper, therefore, to give a list of
tile diseases for which this preparation is iu
tended, which we do herewith:
Dr. AVilliuius' Pink Pills for Pule People
ure prepared by the Dr. WiUiuias' Medicine
Co., ol Schoncctaily, X. Y., u lirm who-o
ability anil reliability ure unipicstioucd.
Pink Pills ure not looked tipon us u patent
medicine, but us u prescription, having been
used us such for years in general practice, nnd
their siiccisful resiiltsin curing viiriousult'ic.
lions llliide it imperative that they be pre) ured
inummtiiies to meet thedcinuml'oftlic public,
und place, tliciu in reach nf ull. They uro
un unfailing specitie for such diseases us' loco
motor Httixin, partial paralysis, St. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, iicumlgiii. rheumatism, m r.
vous headache, the ul'lcr effects of hi gripre,
palpitation of I lie heart, j ale and sal low com
jilexions, und the tired feeling resulting from
nervous jirostrulioii, ull discuses resulting from
vitiated humors in the blood such us tcrofulu,
chronic erysipelas, etc. They ure also a
specitie for troubles peculiar to femules, such
us suppressions, irregularities, und ull forms
ot weakness. They build up the blood, and
restore the ylow of licnlth to pule und sullow
cheeks. In men they effect a radical cure in
ull cases arising from mental worry, over
work, or excesses of wha.'ever nature."
Pink I'ills are sold in boxes (never in loose
form by the dozen or hundred, uml the f ublio
ure cautioned ugtiinst numerous imitations
sold iu this shape) ut atl cents a box or tlx
boxes for $2. 0, ami iniiv he hud ot nil drug,
gists, or direct by mull from Dr. Williunii'
Medicine Company.
EVA M. HETZEL'S
Sdperior Face Bleach
Positively Retimes All Facial Ekmlshes.
Azalea Face Powder is snpcrlor to any face
powder ever liliiniilu ' tui eif. I Hud mid i-oiu-men.
led by lending Hixi-ty aud profeiMioniil
be.tuticH, hcraiiHO ft givea the bent poHmlble
ellct and never leavtn tho akin rou Kb or
scaly, frico fxl cents.
Tlirixogtne, Nature's Hair Orower, is tho
greatest iiHir inv fgorator of the present pro
greive :uf--, I leinix purely a vegetable, com
pound, entirely lmilnhiw, mid mnrvnloua in
Iih bene tlcjtit effects. All ilweuscM of tho bRlr
an 1 Reil p ure remtily cured bv the use of
'l'lirixni;ene, Irice oil cents and $1. For aale
nt I- . M. Hetzel'H Hair-dressing ami Manicure
Parlor, l.nekmviim.K nve. mid N'. 1 Lau
nimr Pudding, Wilkes Uurre. Mall orders
tilled promptly.
rhlekr.ter'ii FtirU.h Dlanoail llraed.
EfSNYFcOY&l PILLS
OrlgiMnI sea Owy Genalne.
Arc, (aImam iclUhlu, utoics ak
llriitryi st lor fTni-htitrrt Kiiifliih Stia-j!
vtiMif u.an.f iti lied aud 4iid ajt-t&l lc
nni'H. si'iiliM Kill) liltif HI. htm. Take
'nn Ather. firfntr liana rout wbitttif
fjrtiinand imitntiH. .U Druggi!, or Mod 4.
Keller for l.adlr," in tettrr. bv rvtara
Mull. in.tHM 1"- .innun'ala. Sam
4,ht(OlcrriCaavaiit'MlCw..llalIUilfl Naata.
Sold bj ail Lo.i brugajuu. I'hUbdjiv Aa
BROKER AND JEWELER,
Radln Bros., 123 Penn.
DRY GOODS, FANCY GOOD3L
Kresky, E. H. ft Co., 114 S. Main.
CREAMERY
Stone Bros., 80S Spruce.
EICYCLES. GUNS, ETC.
Parker. E. R., 321 Spruce.
UINING ROOMS.
Caryl's Dlnius Rooms, 603 Linden.
TRUSSES, BATTERIES AND RCBBEB
UUUU9.
ft Sprui
Benjamin ft Benjamin. Franklin ft Sprucw
MERCHANT TAILOR.
Roberts. J. AV.. 126 N. Main.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
Stellc, J, Lawrence, 303 Spruce.
DRY GOODS. CLOTHING,
SHOES.
nAKilWAna,
Uulley.Atnbrosa, triple stores,
rQVldancJk