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TIIE SCTt ANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 5, 1890.
WONDERS OF THE
QUEEN'S DOMAIN
Description of a Journey Through the
Sportsman's Paradise.
WHERE GAME AND FISH ABOUND
It in Pronounced Ko Exaggeration to
Say That iu Northern Manitoba,
enr the Luke Itcgion, You Can
Shoot a (Juu or l ast a Hook in Aiiy
Direction and Capture More .iiuie
or Fih Thau You Will Know W hat
to Do Witht'nnadu'!i Ureal Wes
tern Summer llestort.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Fnt William. Oiitarin. Sept. 24.
HesuniinK tmr journey eastward
from Winnipeg (which is l'ated on
the eastern cilire of the world's Rreat
wheat tielils of the future), the route
proceeds through an entirely new kiiui
country, wihl. rugged and with dense
forests full of lakes; thinly setlleu. nui
of irrent value to sportsmen and in
nans of great mineral richness. For
the next 4:10 miles to l'ort Arthur and
Lake Superior (the eastern end of the
western division of the Canadian I'a
cllle railway) is a region of historic
interest aside from the attractions to
sportsmen.
Though the buffalo no longer roams
throughout this region, buying disap
peared with the red man on the ap
proach of the whites. Manitoba Is still
the sportsman's home. The livers,
uonds. lakes and rocky woods abound
with an almost unlimited iiuuntitv of
wild fowl such as ducks, geese, swan,
snipe, pigeons, partridges, T'heusants
and tuikevs. The advent of the rail
load in this region of rocky woods,
lakes and livers so valuable, for its
mines, timber and fishing products
makes a sharp contrast with the ap
pearance of things when through the
region's intricacies the aboriginals nnd
fur traders once guided their cunoes or
followed the forest trail.
At numerous points as we proceed,
mining, lumber, milling and llshing In
dustries nre actively carried on. There
are forty stations of more or less Im
portance between Winnipeg and Fort
Arthur, but we shall not attempt to
treat these places in detail. The llsh
ing places ure more numerous than
the stations. The lakes and streams
lire almost numberless. They are per
fect aiiinriums, teeming with almost
every variety of the ilnny tribe, nnd of
many varieties of animals and birds
for the hunter. The most enthusiastic
nngler, the most persistent hunter, finds
here a paradise.
A WELL-WATERED COl'NTUY.
My some it may be Imagined that
being so far inland, Manitoba Is not a
well watered country. This, however.
Is the reverse of the fact, it being ex
ceedingly well watered. Scattered
through the province are numerous
lakes and rivers, while on the eastern
boundary and in the northern und
northwestern part, there are such large
bodies of water us the "Lake of the
Woods." 1.5IM) square miles in extent;
Lake Winnipeg, l.fiOO square miles;
Luke Manitoba with on area of l.iintl
square miles, and Lake Winnipegoosls,
containing 1 .!:: square miles, while
Hudson's bay some 650 to 7(H) miles to
the north, is l.ooo miles long and re
ceives the outflows from these
mighty reservoirs and pours them
in its turn into the Arctic and
North Atlantic oceans The prov
ince of Manitoba is nearly the
same distance to Lake Superior ns to
Hudson's Hay. Winnipeg, the capital,
is 4;!0 miles from Fort William and Fort
Arthur on Lake Superior, from which
points vessels proceed direct to the
Atlantic tide water at Montreal, and
It is extremely probable that within a
few years vessels will be so constructed,
as to carry cargoes of grain direct from
Lake Superior points to Liverpool and
London and other foreign ports with
out transhipping or breaking bulk at
all. So these great grain-producing
tields of Manitoba may be considered
within 400 miles of the sea-board and
when the railway from Winnipeg north
to Hudson's bay is completed, the
whole o Manitoba province will be
nearer to Liverpool than Montreal is
today. But we muy be digressing.
EAST FKOM WINNIPEG.
Leaving Winnipeg our road runs due
north following the lied river for twen-ty-two
miles to Kast Selkirk, a town
of 2,000 population. On the west bank
of this noble river (which is on an aver
age over 1,000 feet in width before It
seeks its way through the various chan
nels of the 'Delta" to Lake Winnipeg
some eight miles further north) Is Sel
kirk, one of Lord Selkirk's early colon
ics, nestling amid a forest of giant
oaks, elms and poplars, which grow In
such great luxuriance along the river
bank ami stretching for a mile or two
Inland, as to give to the surroundings
of the town an English park-like ap
pearance, remindful of Victoria. Peer
ing through the foliage lies the old
trading post, with a present population
of 1,400, nnd some ilfty places of busi
ness which do a volume of trade that
would astonish some of the merchants
in larger cities.
First In its industries Is lumher.whleh
amounts to a cut of twenty million feet
annually. Next Is cord wood and rail
road ties. Ten thousand cords of wood
and hundreds of thousands of railwny
ties are provided and annually sent by
barge or during the spring freshets, or
high water bv rafts, to Winnipeg.
From Hon. It. LaKouche Tupper. the
dominion fishery otllcer of Manitoba,
the writer learned the following facts:
As to the tishing industry few people
are aware of the magnitude of this
trade and Its value to the province.
On Lake Winnipeg alone are live com
panies which employ forty-three steam
and sail boats and one hundred and
forty men who catch nearly four million
pounds of white fish annually and two
thirds of this catch finds its way into
the eastern markets of the United
States, where they have to compete
with the fresh fish sent inland from
Atlantic points. From him the writer
also learned that Lake Winnipeg Is and
must remain for all time to come the
greatest source of supply in the domin
ion for white fish and not only that,
the water of this lake has the least
draw backs for the propagation of this
and all other varieties of fish.
At Selkirk Is a fish hatcherv, which
produces each season fifty millions of
white fish and Is carmble of produc
ing one hundred millions; also ten
millions of speckled and salmon trout,
f-ach making one of the largest hatch
eries in the world, capable of replenish
ing with these delicate fish all other
lakes of the dominion even where the
white fish and trout have never before
existed.
THE TOWN OF SELKIRK
Hut we must leave the fishing Indus
try of Lake Winnipeg only one of the
great lakes of the province and take
a view of the town of Selkirk as a sum
mer resort, a sort of headquarters from
where the visitor can start out and
return from little health-giving trips.
In which scenery of both grandeur and
beauty In character finding few equals
Is presented to view. This town is the
river point mouth of the province of
Manitoba and from It, navigation for
craft of deep draft Is free to the great
lake north. Lake Winnipeg Itself Is
2S0 miles In length and over thirty miles
In width at Its widest part. Hundreds
of bays, inlets, and rlvar estuaries line
its shores and Its banks are heavily
wooded. It Is enjoyed by Wlnnipegers
at a resort for pleasure and health
eeklng. Then Its fishing furnishes an
tndless round of delight for the sports
men. Landing a twenty-pound picker
el should satisfy any lover of piscator
ial sport nnd that feat Is daily accom
plished in the waters of this lake. The
lied river before reaching the lake fur
nishes boating of the very best, while
the lake itself Is a very paradise for
the yachtsman. Heavier crafts fan
also test their sea going powers in this
broad ntrthern basin. In short none of
the great lakes of North Amenca fur
nishesgreaterattractlonsfor the sports
man, boatman, or yachtsman. Al
though midway between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans and five to six hun
dred miles from the Hudson Hay to
the north, this Winnipeg district has as
plentiful a supply of cheap and de
licious tish of most all varieties of the
li im y family as any locality on the
continent.
The great marshes, too, about the
mouth of the Ked river extend for
miles and form one of the largest duck
grounds in the northwest and they ac
tually swarm with all kinds of water
fowl In their seasons. Here the sports
man can shoot till his gun gets too
hot to hold and even at random can
kill enormous bags of choice duck. In
the vicinity of Fort Alexander, at the
mouth of the Winnipeg river, are
moose, caribou and bear; also the same
are found on the western shore of the
lake and about "Hig Island" and
"Orassy Narrows" uncounted Docks of
wild geese resort.
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.
TIesuming our Journey from Kast Sel
kirk the road runs eastward over a
prairle-like area. In thirty-four miles
we come to Whltemouth, in a lake
country, where are numerous saw
mills, and at Hennie rocky woods nnd
rich clover lands; at Ingulf we enter
the province of Ontario. At Keewatin
is the mammoth flouring mill built of
granite found , on the spot. Here are
the extensive newly completed works
of the Keewatin Power company.which
made the "Lake of the Woods" one of
the greatest water powers In the world,
a gigantic mill pond covering an urea
of over H.000 square miles nnd capable
of supplying unlimited water power for
the manufacturing needs of the north
west. Right In the heart of this wilder
ness after n run of twelve miles is the
former post of the Hudson's liay com
pany of Rat Portage at the outlet of
the "Lake of the Woods," when w
suddenly come upon a dozen busy saw
mills, their chimneys black against
the sky and standing high above all
these nre Immense flouring mills built
of granite with a cluster of grain ele
vators and warehouses about them.
Rat Portage Is a divisional point of
the Canadian Pacific, a city of 4."dm
population lying on the borders of and
the principal outlet of the Lake of the
Woods. Here are line churches, excel
lent school buildings, two ably con
ducted weekly papers, and a live town
generally.
LAKE OF TIIE WOODS.
This lake Is the largest body of
water touched by the Canadian Pacific
railway between the Pacific and Lake
Superior, and Is famed for its scenery.
It Is the great gateway to the new
found gold fields of the so-called
"Rainy District" of Ontario and Minne
sota, where gold ore was discovered In
large quantities In ISH4. This lake Is
"studded with a thousand islands."
nnd another favorite resort for sports
men and pleasure seekers. Its waters
break through a narrow run at both
Rat Portage and Keewatin and create
un enormous wnterfall Into the Winni
peg river; at the former place only
c yards width of land divides the lake
and the Winnipeg river. Small Indeed
Is that water power which built up
Minneapolis when compared with this
giguntic fall and series of falls on this
lake.
There exists through this wilderness,
this chain of lakes and rivers, which
make possible with small portages
here and there continuous navigation
for hundreds nnd even thousands of
miles. Portages are points separating
one sheet of water from unother where
boats and goods nre transported.
Through these great water highways
the Indians, and Inter on the fur trad
ers guided their canoes among these
Intricate chnnnels. During the build
ing of the Canadian Pacific railroad
these inland waters served a good pur
pose In transporting supplies. The rail
road Is carried across several of these
arms and bays of little lakes and In
places there are extensive "fills." One,
"Viaduct Lake." Is crossed by a cause
way which took 500.000 cubic yards of
earthworks to fill, says Superintendent
Whyte, of the Canadian Pacific rail
way. (A further reference will, be
made later on.)
A NORTHERN SUMMER RESORT.
Rat Portage Is known as the "Sara
toga of the West." Speciul trains
arrive here from Winnipeg and
regular trains are often held
here for Sunday excursions through
this Canadian archlpalego. Many who
have enjoyed the sceneiy found here
declare it to be unrivalled on the con
tinent, far surpassing the "Thousand
Islands" of the St. Lawrence In beauty
and interest. Fine steamers and small
craft make regular runs to Fort Fran
cis and the "Rainy Oold Field Dis
trict." besides other resorts, dally.
Steam ferries and launches ply on the
lake, too, and to and from
Coney Island bathing beach. It
would be difficult to conceive
anything more beautiful of its
kind than the scenery of this great
chain of hikes. Islands rise in continu
ous clusters and In every variety of
form. Sometimes in passing through
them the prospect seems entirely shut
in. Soon again it opens out and through
long vistas a glance Is obtained of an
ocean-like expanse where the waters
meet the horizon. In appearance this
lake sprawls like a huge silver spicier
amid romantic surroundings. These
Islands are dotted with the summer
residences and camps of Winnipeg's
elite. For those who nre fond of gaz
ing on the rugged grandeur of the
frowning Islands of the Lake of the
Woods, or Into the gaping shaft of a
gold mine (for here are rich gold
mines), the proprietor has a steam
launch to place at their disposal,
manned by courteous and competent
officers, who are only too glad to obey
the commands of the hotel guests.
J tin Frazler Caldwell, owner of the
Sultana gold mines at Rat Portag?. in
formed the writer that a happy future
awaited this section In gold mining
operations, a fact Indicated by the
steady growth of that Industry since
Its discovery and by its enlisting also
both English and American capital
ists. The Sultana mine had a shaft lint)
feet deep, drifts extending over f,o0
feet, levels, etc. The quarts is called
free milling quarts; and the gold is re
covered by simple stamping and amal
gamation with mercury. Ten stamps
recover $2,000 In pure gold per week.
This is a new country, but promising.
The delay in Its development is mainly
due to the Dominion government dis
puting the operators' rights to these
gold mines.
The fishing Industry Is the prominent
feature here. Ten American companies
employ 136 boats, 23fi nets and the value
of their catch in ls!4 was $2,000,000, and
this year's indications are that it will
reach $4,000,000. The principal fish are
sturgeon and white fish, which are
largely exported to the United States.
HASTENING ALONG.
From Rat Portage eastward to Fort
William, 293 miles, the scenery is of
the wildest description and rapid rivers
and deep rock bounding the lake are
always In sight, but this country con
tains valuable forests and mineral de
posits. At Rossland, Reaver and Hawk
Lake, especially, the road passes
through rocky cuts, then comes a lake,
then a rock cut, then a lake is divided
by the road, nnd scores of these suc
ceed one another. At Eagle River two
beautiful lakes are seen, one above the
other, below the railway. All through
this wild, strange country the rivers
seem always in a hurry and we are
seldom out of sight of dancing rapids
or foaming cataracts. Fires, too, have
swept through the woods In places and
the blackened stumps and dead trees
with their naked branches stretched
out against the sky are weird and
ghost-like enough as we glide through
them In the light of a full moon.
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AS SHE WOULD HAVE
This Lake Superior section of the
Canadian Pacific railway was one of
the latest and the hardest of all to
build, rivalling in obstructions and re
quirement of skillful engineering, that
through the Rocky and Selkirk moun
tains. Many miles were cut through
solid rock and scores of tunnels nnd
innumerable rivers were crossed. At
that part of the section which divides
the waters of Lake Winnipeg nnd Lake
Superior called the St. Lawrence and
Hudson's Day systems a Hat. elevated
region much difficulty was experi
enced In building the railway, on ac
count of "Moating muskegs," a kind of
vegetable and earth covering which has
formed over a lake or morass. These
"sink-holes" swallowed an enormous
quantity of earth anil rock.
Mounted police guard the road, their
stations being only fifty miles apart.
Sioux Indians nre found nil along,
either fishing or funning. The gov
ernment has provided these Indians not
only farms, but cattle and implements
to work them. Resides treaty-money
for every child. male or female born, the
Indian receives a bounty of one dollar
per head. The government nlso pro
vides them churches, schools nnd
teachers. These are mainly Protestant
Episcopal missions. At WulKgoon,
Lake Soule, and other places along
these mission churches were in sight
of the train.
It was through this rough nnd broken
country for a distance of more than
four hundred miles that Lord Wolseley
successfully led his army In 1S70 to
suppress a rebellion on the Red rlvr
and some of his abandoned boats are
yet seen from the railway. At Ignace
we arrive at another divisional point
of the Canadian Pacific railway. At
I'psala, within eighty-two miles of
Luke Superior, the chain of the "Lake
of the Woods" ends, making 25:1 miles
of continuous bodies of water, bright,
clear and cold, beside and over which
our train has been coursing, culminat
ing with Knkabeska Falls, where the
river Kamlnlstagua a rough and mold
stream foams over Its rocky bed and
leaps from n height of over 200 feet, ex
ceeding that of Niagara. The railway
follows this river on a down grade
and soon reaches the Mattewan and
W'ablgoon, tributaries to Sunshine
creek, where is excellent -trout fish
ing. From here to Fort William, thirteen
miles, the scenery becomes more diver
sified and beautiful than we have yet
seen and as this wide, deep nnd placid
strenm emerges from a dark forest (the
Kamlnlstagua) we could hardly real
ize that only a few miles back it made
a wild plunge from a height exceeding
Niagara Itself. From here It joins the
emerald waters of Hunder bay and
like Superior.
J. E. Richmond.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Juhn Sherman, of Ohio, has now served
a longer time In the I'nitod Slates senate
than anv other man ever served, writes
Walter Wellmun to tile Times-Herald, lb
has passed the record made by Thomas
11. Hciitun, of .Missouri, the "thirty year
sotiaoor.'" Mr. i'.entun was a nvml: -r
of the finale thirty years and live months,
or from Oct. 2. l!Oi. to .March 3. ISM. John
Sherman entered the senate In March. ISM,
and has been there ever since, except dur
ing the four years thai he was secretary
of the treasury under President Hayes.
Mr. Sherman's actual service to date, ns
shown bv the otllcial records or the senat-.
Is as follows: March 21, lsid, to March ,
1S77 1.1 j ears II months and IS days.
March 4. lssl. to Nov. 2!t. b'.'i 1.1 years
months and 2.1 days. Total service SI
years S months and 12 days. Only live
otner men have served a quarter of a een
turv as members of the senate. They nre
William It. Kin, of Alabnmn, whose ser
vice Aggregated thirty years; Justin S.
Morrill, of Vermont, who will ' complete
his thirtieth year next March; Oeorge F.
Edmunds, of Vermont, who resinned after
a career of twenty-live years and some
months In the senate, and Is n very II vt ly
old man today; Henry H. Anthony, of
Rhode Island, who was In the Henate twen-ty-five
years and six months, and Hanoi,
bill Hamlin, of Maine, whose senatorial
career umj regaled Just n quarter of a cen
tury. Next to Mr. Sherman nnd Mr.
Morrill In seniority in the present senate
are 'llliiim II. Allison, of lawn, and John
P. Jones, of Nevada. lioth entered the
chamber March 4. 1x73. nnd, If they sur
vive till next March, both will start upon
their twenty-fifth year in that body, in
cluding the three months till March, i lie
veteran members of the senate, with
length of service, are the following: Cork
rell. of Missouri, and Stewart, of Nevada,
twenty-two years each; Harris, of Tenne.
sec. Cameron, of Pennsylvania. Hoar, of
Massachusetts. twenty years each;
Voorhees, of Indiana, and Mor
gan, of Alabama, nineteen years
each; Vest, of Missouri, eighteen years;
Piatt, of Connecticut. Teller, of Colorado,
and Call, of Florida, seventeen years eaen;
Frye anil Hale, of Maine, tlnrmiin, of
Maryland. Puge, of Alabama, George, of
Mississippi, und Hawley, of Connecticut,
sixteen years each.
II II II
According to Mr. Wellmnn, President
Cleveland and Speaker Heed are now good
friends. Cntil a few months ago they
were at swords' point. Thev used to hate
each other with a cordial hatred. Presi
dent Cleveland cursed Speaker Reed for
his course with reference to the bond bill
In the last congress, and a year ago, when
the president, by special mossage, asked
congress to sit through the holidays to
consider financial legislation. Speaker
Reed cursed him as an old trickster. Hut
last spring the two big men were brought
together. They had a Joke or two nnd
then tacitly dropped their Oi.l animosity
ml became fast friends. During the
coming winter It Is expected the speaker
will be often found at the white house,
Copyright, ISM, by Mitchell & Miller.
APPEARED TO-DAY Life.
where he has not had cordial relations for
many years past.
II II II
Returns from the collectors of customs
at New York, lloston, Haltimore and other
export markets show extraordinary ship
ments uf apples this year, which since
the opening of the season in July have
varied from Mn.otui to 17."i.ti barrels a Wfck.
The total shipments up to Nov. Jlu will ex
ceed 1, 7j.im barrels. This surpasses all
records. The largest previous shipment:!
Were during the winter of IMM-H2, when the
total reached l.l.Hi.nuo barrels; but the
total thus far, with several months re
maining, now surpasses that high-water
mark by over 3ii'I,iiimi barrels. Last year
the shipments Were onlv T.'Aiiail barrels. In
iv.il they were only I7I.HOJ barrels. Must
of these apples have gone to Liverpool
nearly two-thirds of them: IITI.niiO barrels
to London, .'inii.liini barrels to (ilasgow and
Ni.niiii barrels to (ierniauy, which is prac
tically a new market, and by cultivation
may be made very valuable, tlood apples
are now selling In New York at from Jl to
$1.2,1 a barrel. The present rates of freight
to Liverpool are 2 shillings, or 7.1 cents, u
barrel, and to Loudon H7 cents. The rate
to Hamburg Is 71 cents, and to Interior
points of liermany $1. Very few apples
go to France. The orchards of that coun
try usually furnish sulllclent for the lo.
cut demand, and French apples often com
pete with those from the I'nited States in
the Hrltish markets.
II 'I II
Relative to the announcement from Ohio
that Representative (irosvenor, of that
state, Intends to contest will Mr. Reed
for speakership of the next house of rep
resentatives, William E. Curtis writes:
This is construed as a challenge from
President-elect MeKlnley, although It is
undoubtedly true that whatever nctlon
lleneral I Irosvenor will take In this anil
other matters will be decided without
conference with the president-elect. Dur
ing the last session of congress a deter
mined hostility ngainst Mr. Reed's re-election
was ileveloiied. His autocratic dis
position, particularly in refusing to con.
slder legislation which members of the
house considered necessary and proper,
and his habitual refusal to recognize
members upon the floor for motions which
they considered reasonable and Important,
made him very unpopular. If an election
had taken place then he would hnve re.
reived very few votes. There was a gen
eral understanding that if Mr. Reed came
back to the house of representatives he
would not again be placed in the speaker's
chair, and the opnositlon selected Rep
resentative Hopkins, of Illinois, ns the
most available candidate against him.
Thisi action was taken without nny move
ment on Mr. Hopkins' part, but was a
spontaneous indorsement of his fitness for
that position. .Most of the members on the
Republican side who participated In the
conference have been re-elected to the
house, but soon after they gather here
next week it will be disclosed whether
they are still of the same mlml.
li H II
High compliments, ncconling to Wal
ter Wellmnn, itre already being paid to
the president-elect by leading Republican?
for the tact which he is showing In getting
matters In shape for his Inauguration. In
these particulars Mr. MeKlnley Is ns well
equipped for the presidency as If he had
already served a. term In the white house
WE WANT TO SAY
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lied with his furnishing store, that v.e
would like to try satisfying him. If you
have no fault to find, we don't want
your trade we enn't do any more thar,
perfectly satisfy you. Our styles are the
latest, our slock Is large and we chaise
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better equlp,ed than any president of re
cent years, with the single exception of
Garfield. President Hayes had but little
aciiuaintance with public men. President
Arthur was at even greater disadvan
tage in this respect. When Mr. Cleveland
lirst came to Washington he knew no un
and no one knew him. Worse still, hd
knew precious little about public ques
tions or methods. He had everything to
learn. For instance. Mr. Cleveland wa.
delighted to discover that there was in the
country men a thing ns a tariff question.
He made the iiscovery from the lips of
Carlisle, Morrison and others, who had
been on that tack tor many years, and he
iiroyedi d with the seal of a recruit to link
his name with a certain phase of the agi
tation. How Mr. Clevelend has grown
during the last twelve years! Kven nls
most bitter enemy "vould not now charge
him with ignorat-ce of men and measures.
No one can fool him. and if he only had
tact enough to take full advantage of the
information which he has acquired In She
school of experience he would be well nigh
invincible. The wonder Is. considering the
disadvantage under which Mr. Cleveland
labored at the ovtset of his career in the
white horse, that he has made sfteh a
strong and successful president. His case
is a remarkable example of the manner
In which our American public men. called
to the highest otllce In the state by the nr.
cldent of politics, prow adaptable enough
to grow day by day and year by year. The
strong nnd masterful and thoroughly well
informed Drover Cleveland of today Is not
to be compared with the (trover Cleveland
of .1 dozen years no. .Major MeKlnley Is
inllntely better eiii!iiind for the presi
dency than any of bi predecessors of re
cent years, lieneral Harrison had had ex
perience in Washington, having serxed six
years in the senate, but he did not learn
much while here. He was ill his shell
most of the time and formed few friend
ships. His was another remarkable cao
of growth In office. He expanded rapidly
in perceptiveness, in analysis, in force.
Rut. like .Mr. Cleveland, he lacked tact,
und tact, like genius for poetry, one has
to he born with. It Is not to be acquired
under pressure.
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proves Hood's Sursaparillu to be the
best blood purl tier.
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sick headache.
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S'lk Shade, At $4.43
Rogers' Triple Plated Knives and
Forks arc line, At $3.00
21 3 Lackawanna Avenm
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD fOMPAXY.
Pcrsonall) -Conduitcd Tours
MATCHLESS IN EVERY FEATURE.
CALIFORNIA
Three tours to CALII-'oltNIA and the
PAt'IW COAST will leave New Yo'k
imil Philadelphia Jan. 27. Keh. 21, and
March 27, ls'J.. Five weeks In California
on the lirst tour, and four weeks on the
second. Passengers on the third tour
may return on n-Kiihir trniiia within nine
months. Stop will he made at New Or
leans for Mnrdl-tlrus festivities on tin-.-ireon'!
tour.
Rate from New York. Philadelphia und
points, east of I'ittsiiura: First tour,
$:ill'.liii; seionil tour, $XVI.mi; third tour,
round trip, and $1 jO.ijo ono way.
FLORIDA
Jacksonville tours, allowing two wek?
in Klniiila. will leave New York and Phil
adelphia Jan. 2. Keh. nnd Zi. and March
9, 1S97. Hate, covering expense en route
In tiolh directions, IMU"! from New Yoili,
and $ts,00 from Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON
Tours, each covering a period of three
davs, will leave New York Hnd Philadel
phia Die 2S. 1S90, Jan. SI. Feb. 11. .March
11. April 1 and 22, and May H. 197. Hat. s.
including transportation nnd two nay
accommodation at the best TTashlnufn
hotels. $14. io from New York, and 111.
from Philadelphia.
OLD POINT COMFORT TOURS
Returning Direct or Via
Ricmiona np washi.'istq.i
will leave New York and Philadelphia
Dee. IK. lSW. Jan. 2S, Keb. 20. March IS,
and April 1.1, IS'7.
For detailed Itineraries anil other In
formation, apply at ticket agini'les, or
address Oeorxe W. Hoyd. assistant ki'U
crnl pnssciiKcr niri-nt, J I road Street sta
tion, Philadelphia.
THE IDF A I. AMFPICAN TRIP
NORTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Cuperkly Apuointed nnd lunini..iliom
Htp. I tentntip.
NORTHWEST AM) NORTHLAND,
American through ntul ilir-uigo.
'cave Buffalo 'fupsdnTs nnd Fridays 0..10 p.m.
for Cleveland, Detroit, Mackinac. The Soo,
Duluth, nnd Wcitern Points, punning hII
plat es of illterejt by duylinht in connuotiou
with
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY,
it forms tho mint direct mute, nnd from ev.
cry point of comparison, the most delightful
nd colnfnrtsl lo one to .Minneapolis, St. Pniil.
Orent Falls, Helena. Putte. Npokane anil Pa
cillc coast. The onlv transcontinental Ino
running the lamoua buffet, library, observa
tion car.
New 07 honr train for Portland vis Hnoknnn.
HOTEL LAPAVETTE. Lake Mlnnctonka,
ill miles from Minneapolis largest aud most
bcautiul resort in tho west.
'1 Icketaaud nny information of any agent or
HE.RU Uoueral 1'aaMuger agent.
Buffalo, N. I,
Your food is soggy, greasy, indigestible ? '
Use
instead of lard.
Seau'JieCottolenchM trade mirki-"CVJ((oJmi; :'and(crr'iad(nro(onpIanlwrwi onevery
THE N. K. FAIRKANK CO MP ANV,
CHICAGO.
NEW YORK,
UP TO
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THE. (jENUINE,
fc3
PSANOS
At a time when many manu
facturers and dealers are making
the most astounding statements
regarding the merits and durability
of inferior Pianos, intending pur
chasers should not fail to make
critical examination of the above
instruments.
EC. RICKER
General Dealer in Northeast
cm Pennsylvania.
Ed
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New Telephone Exchange Building, 115
Adams Ave., Scranton, Pa.
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SIHULiL rML rMIl
SPECIALTIES
WICH AXLE GHEASE.
BS1 II THC W0H0 fOR Hiilr VJAOONS
new ronx c mi age grease.
I0H LiDM VIAGQHS M0 htm CARMtClS
BOSTON COACH AXLE OIL.
chapr aho ecru ihah casior oh.
STANDARD LEATHER OIL.
L eesr lfathcr prcscrhr in wi uorid
EUREKA HARNESS OIL.
THl BEST HARStSS OIL MOt
RUDDY HARVESTER OIL.
r; MAir COSt F0.1 fACH UACmHCRl,
MVMUTF StKiHO HACHltit Oil
tun on
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fLECTRICUUtlmmoC11
( , Coach and Carriage Candlcp )
Vtf..FOR SALE EVERY WHS KE
FOR SALE BY THE
AH REFINING CO
SCRANTON. PA.
X
let
MANSFIELD STATE N0RI1AL SCHOOL,
intellectual anil practical training for
teachers. Tlne coumea of atudy beside
preparatory. Special attenton Riven to
preparation for colleKe. Students ml
muted to brut rol!eK on certificate.
Thirty irrailuntvs pursuing further studies
last year. Great dvantat,'3 fur Rpeci.il
atiiiile In nrt and music. Model school of
three hundred pupils. Corps of sixteen
teachers. Heauttful Rround.i. Maitntflaent
biilldinjjs. laire sroundit for athlotlcs.
EVvator and Infirmary with attendant
nurse. Pino gymnasium. Everything
furnished nt nn ttverage cot to normal
students of 111.1 a year. FnM term, Aug.
H. Winter term, Pec. 2. Spring term,
March 16. Students admitted to classes at
any time. For catalogue, containing full
Information, npplv to
S. II. ALBKO, Principal.
Mansfield I'u.,
PHILADELPHIA,
PITTSBURGH.
DATE.
Over 26,000 In Us.
What Sarah Bernhard ay
Oonipkicn Preserved
DR. HEBRA'S
VIA CREAM
Removes Fraekles, Pimples,
Liver Moles Blaekheida,
8iinbura and Ten, and ru
BUTCH 1UU Bnlll IU 113 urigl-
nnl freshness, producing
. A A.i.l hi.al.liw f.rr.
THCXinn. nujKrnur mania- .
preparations and perfectly Enrmiem .At ait
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VIOLA 8KIN 80AP "nr imiM
rlr.1 lue ihi mnetf. A-xoliiiclr fui ud to! Bust
ucd. MdraniMi, Price 25 Cento.
C. C. BITTNERA CO.. Toi.soo. O.
For sale by MATTHEWS ERf3. and
JOHN H. PHELPS, Scranton. Pa.
ententes r thc Hiommt Mcotet Avmanrmt
sMirnmiNHfliiB
5TMNMVnijHnnn
HEADACHEia
lsnAf.cn will core ynu. A
wonderful boon to sufferer!
from Colds, Sor Throat,
lnfln.i.a. HrnDehltlfl.
ntllAt rFVEB. Atnrdl
immediate rrlift. Aneftfrleiii
rctnnilv. eniiTcnlent tti cam
In poi'' ready to tls en first tmheaunn of mid.
rnnelnned Cse Effects Pernrnneas Cnre.
HntlKfacktim giiunntced or money ref united. Price,
.to rim. Trkil free nt DniKHlMs. Kcalttercd nuill
30 cents. 1. 0. CCSHHII, air., tint linn, Mitt, U. i. 4.
cnsHMAw s
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IT til I nub allindliieaes,Fnia. Hch.ffalt
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"m l..r PH.Eft. Price, a eta. nt I Iruil- pal 1
' iir by luitkl 0;'".' A -l.rn fi.nh.iv. DSP
For eale by MATTHEWS BROS, ano)
JOHN H. PHELPS. Scranton. Pa.
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rrw in m Hours wiibi
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