THE SORANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNINGr, OCTOBER 6, 18i)T. 10 A I AN OLD SCHOOL - Some Reminiscences of Georgia's Great Ante-Bellum Son, Alexander H. Stevens. PO00000OIOIO0OK000C0-fO The other day I hoard nn lnteat Ing talk from Colonel C. W. So dell, who was for a Ion time the private sec retary of Alexander H. Stephen-, the (confederate vice-president and gov ernor of Georgia. ,,., "Mr Stephen?," Paid the colonel, had a remarkable meinoty. Once, when we wero In WnshlnRtoti, a l)l(? deleRatlon visited the city to urge Oakota's claims to Btatehood. "The delegates Font word to the dis tinguished Georgian that they would call on him at hl hotel and nt the appointed time they filed Into his par lor and were Introduced. "As Mr. Stephens was nt that time disabled by a fall he sat In his rolling chair In the middle of the room and held a running conversation with his visitors. There were about a hundred Dakotnns present, stalwart, handsome men, representing the best type of wes tern manhood. "After they had sampled some fine old Georgia corn whiskey their host discussed the matters In which they were most Interested, and occasionally addressed one of the strangers person ally naming him as he spoke. G11HAT MEMORY. "During the evening ho singled out in this way at least twenty of his guests and nstonlshed us all by his ready if collection of names nnd faces. Kvery man In the crowd got the idea into his head that something striking or attractive impressed the little man In the Killing chair, and I could see thot the delegates were delighted with their reception. "When they had bowed themselves out I asked Mr. Stephens how he man aged to hold bo many names and faces In his memory. '"Oh, it Is a mere trick,' he replied. 'I simply concentrated my attention upon about twenty names and faces, and as they were scattered around the room It naturally surprised my visi tors when I turned to them and ad diesscd them by name. Of course, It caused every man to believe that lie hod deeply Impressed me.' "When ho forgot a man ho did not let him know It. Once, nfter a speech, an old farmer crabbed his hand. '"Mr. Stephens,' ho said, 'you've for gotten me.' "Not n bit of It,' was the quick an swer. '" I'm the man who brought you them inguns when you were sick In my town twenty years ago.' "'And I believe your onions saved my life,' laughed Mr. Stephens. 'I am glad to see you again. Take care of yourself and don't forget me.' "The old fellow went oR' proud and happy nnd the statesman smiled as ho saw my Inquiring look. "'I can't lecall him,' he said, 'but It was unnecessary to hurt his feelings by telling him thnt I had forgotten, him.' MADE MONEY EASILY. "He had made-money out of his large law practice, and then he drew a sal nry us congressman for many years, but he never tried to save anything. I asked him one day how he always succeeded In being re-elected. "'Well,' ho leplled thoughtfully. 'I make It a point to conciliate my op ponents. I never umlerrate and In tensify the prejudice of a man who Is opposed to me. After I have been elected I go downtown and loungo about talking with the prominent citi zens who woiked against me. I show a ftlendly Interest In their affairs, and when certain that it will be well re ceived I slip a gold coin Into the hand of the fellow I have been talking with and tell him to buy a suitable present from me for his good lady or his daughter. Then I walk off and my old enemy quietly goes to work for me, and the next election finds him one of my most active supporters. I follow Itlch- cneus ruie unit way. no llrst employ- ( on an means to conciliate, and, falling in that, employed all means to cruBli. I let the crushing business alone. I am not willing to irreparably Injure an opponent for bo Btnall a thing as the advancement of my political interests. Time, patience and good humor have turned many of my enemies Into loyal friends.' VERY SYSTEMATIC. "Mr. Stephens was systematic. Ho kept lists of the names of prominent men In tho state who wero for and against him, and he made no mistakes. "He aided about one hundred young men in obtaining their education, but ho tlrst studied them thoroughly and natlslled himself about their family connections, their political tendencies nnd their probable usefulness to him In after life. Ho was not disappointed In these youngsters. They all turned out well and rendered him valuable service. I don't call this selllsh. He benefitted these poor boys In the best possible way, and It was right that they should help him in a legitimate manner. "He was one of the most liberal of men. When a Georgia lady published a novel of some literary merit and pre sented him with a copy he wrote a nice letter and purchased 100 of her books at tho retail price to distribute among his friends. "On another occasion, shortly after the war, the Youth's Companion sent him In advance $500 apiece for two brief articles on Lincoln and Douglas. As his hand was disabled from the ef fects of a murderous assault upon him when he was delivering a speech in Atlanta many years before, he dic tated his matter to a young man.-The work occupied only a few hours, but Alaska Gold Dust is hard to get. Fairbanks GOLD DUST i3 sold everywhere, It Cleans Everything MADIt ONLY BY THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago. St Louis. New York. Boston. STATESMAN. I ho made his nmanuensls accept $200 for his time nnd trouble. ltESENTKD MEANNESS. "Hut. despite his llbernllty, ho would not stand any petty swindling, over charging or gouging. During his gubernatorial term he told mo to order a cot to be placed In his room for his colored body-servant. I went to a fur niture store and picked out one priced at $3. After making the bargain I told tho dealer to send the bill to the gov ernor. "In a fow days the bill came In for $1. I Informed Mr. Stephens that tho price of the cot was only $3, nnd straightway went down to see about It. It Is almost Incredible, but the stupid tradesman calmly admitted that he had added a dollar to tho bill when he learned that the purchaser was tho governor. "Mr. Stephens Hew into a rage when ho henrd this. He sent for the mer chant and denounced him ns a swind ling rascal. Ho refused to listen to the man's apology and made him take back tho cot after receiving the most terri ble tongue lashing I ever heard. "Tho story got out, tho merchant lost his best customers and was forced to give up business nnd take a clerkship. "A state official who wanted to be re-nppolnted one day offered to send Mr. Stephens a fine cow, telling him thnt he could keep her as long ns he desired for her feed. The old man's wrrh flamed out nt once. " "And do you?' ho asked In his high keyed voice, 'expect to get an ofllce by giving the governor of Georgia a cow?" "The olllclal blushed and confusedly disclaimed any selllsh motive. The governor then regained his good humor and offered to buy the cow, saying that she could not come on his lot without being paid for. "Altogether, he was a grand old man," concluded Colonel Seidell medi tatively. "I have known some of our greatest Americans, but, take him at his best, Alexander H. Stephens was the peer of the ablest and noblest of his contemporaries." A SACIUl'ICK OF WEEDS. Hailronds of Southwest Hampered by Vcgctntiou on tho Tracks. From tho Itallrfad Gazette. In the southwest the railroads have a large item of expense which finds no place on the books of eastern compa nies, this being for the removal of weeds which grow rank nnd luxuriant between the tracks, seriously Imped ing rapid progress, being crushed un der the wheels and mnklng the tracks greasy and slippery. Various methods have been proposed and tried to de stroy these weeds, but that finally adopted by the Atchison, Topoka and Santa Fe road is to bum them by means of nn oil flame. This burner destroys tho vegetation between the rails and over a space of twenty-four to thirty inches outside of them. The outfit consists of a car made of It on, of iron shields suspended under the car and between the tracks, an oil tank car having a capacity of 4,600 gallons and a smaller oil tank of S00 gallons capacity strong enough to withstand a pressure of seventy pounds per square Inch. This tank Is filled from the tank car and air pres sure is supplied for forcing the oil to tho burners. The car, which is slxty flvo feet long, la strengthened by con necting trusses at each side and has a cab sheathed with corrugated Iron at one- end. The car Is Intended to be pulled over tho road by a locomotive. The shield beneath the car is thirty two feet long with aprons at each side to retain the heat and to prevent side winds carrying the flame to one side of tho shield. The forward truck Is pro tected by an auxiliary shield fastened to the bottom of tho lower arch bars. "When tho car Is started the shield is lowered to within three or four Inches of the rail and tho npions then slide on the ground. When crw-elng bridges the shields nre lifted clear of the tails twelve to fifteen Inches by means of air pressure from a reservoir acting through a train of chains and pulleys. The oil supply Is also cut off in cross ing bridges, nnd the moment the oil valves are closed the flame is extin guished and It Is as readily renewed when the oil valves are again opened. The oil Is directed against the Inclined under surfnee of the shield, which re tains sufllclent heat to Ignite the oil, even nfter It has been shut off for half an hour. In crossing small culverts and cattle guards the closing of tho valve Is unnecessary, as the lifting of the .shield will carry the flame high enough to prevent any firing of tho timbers. The compressed nlr for forcing the oil through the burners and for lifting the shield is supplied by two Westing house air pumps, these being sufficient to maintain an air pressure of seventy pounds with four burners in use. The amount of oil required for each burner is about lght gallons per mile. A light crude oil is preferred. Only a few minutes nre required to get an ef fective heat after reaching the place where the work Is to be done, and af ter the first few minutes no dillculty is experienced from the oil dropping on the rails and making them greasy. A gang of four men follow close to the car to put out all ties fired, but It Is the Intention soon to use steam Jets from the locomotive in extinguishing filed ties. The speed with which the car travels depends upon the kind of vegetation to be scorched. Early in the season, when weeds are tender and not over five or six inches high, a speed of four miles nn hour Is prac ticable, where If the track is thickly CafeSMcS51 Cv-. "-- - T - -1 fiSSgi Philadelphia, fabrzm MWm m . covered and matted with heavy coarse grass tho speed must be. reduced to two nnd a half miles an hour. Only the light blades of grass are consumed, the greater part being scorched, nnd while many stalks appear quite green after the flame passes over them, In a few days .they, too, wilt and die. One curious and unexplained fact which has also been observed in connection with forest fires Is that a new kind of vegetation appears after each burn ing. The cost of operating tho car for a day of twelve hours Is $50, so that covering .thirty miles a day the aver age cost per mile 1a $1.66. It la claim ed tho oil consumed is a comparative ly small Item In tho total charge, the transfer from one part of the road to another and tho use of a locomotive bringing It up to the sum named. STAJURE OP MEN OF QENIUS. Vrom tho Tlmes-Hctald. llavclock Ellis discusses "Genius nnd Stature" in tho current Nineteenth Cen tury. Tho "anthropometry of gonlu-s" he admits Is in an elementary condition. "The man of genius less obviously be longs to tho dangerous classes." But it is no'siblo to learn with some detireo of arciuncy tho height of great men of tho present and past from biographies arid personal recollections, and from a gteat mass of material Havelock Ellis has selected some Interesting facts bearing on this subject. He calls men over S feet 9 Inches "tall," those between G feet 9 and 5 felt 4 "medium,' and thoso under 6 feet 4 "hort." In tho first elass are found Ilurke. Hums, Darwin, Cromwell, Lin coln, Coleridge, Peter tho Great (he was 0 feet 8&), Thackeray (6 feet 4). Wash ington (S feet 3), lMsmark, Uollnbroke, Bunyan, Julius Caesar. Charlemagne. Co. lumbus, Flaubert, Goethe, IJdmond do Ooncourt, Hi xley, Helmholtz, Dr. John son. Le;;lng, LI Hung Chang, Jean l'aul Hlcbter, Schopenhauer, Nlctszche, Mtra benu, Longfellow, Daniel Webster, Rich elieu, Moltkc, Mollere, Fotraich and many others. The "medium" class comprises a much smaller number, among whom arc: Lord Beaconslleld (3 feet 9), Gladstono (b feet S), Dickens (3 feet 9), Byron (G feet JV4). Swift (5 feet 8), Voltalro (G feet 7), Well ington (5 feet 7), Alexander tho Great, Lord Bacon, Baudelaire. Brownlng.Hood, Luther, Newton, Poe, Ilenan, Verlalne, Heine, Confuclous, Dante, Lord Chester field, Watteau, St. Francis of Assist. Tho "short" list Is quite long-. Hero wo hae. Balzac (5 feet 4), De Qulncey (5 fet 3), Thiers (G feet 3), Kant (5 feet), Beethoven (G feet 4), William Blako (bare ly 3 fi-et), Keats (5 feet), Napoleon (5 feet 1), Nelson (5 feet 4), St. Francis Xalrr (4 feet 0), Aristotle, Augustus Caesur, (Sibbon, Milton, Montaigne, Sir Thomas More, Mozart, CalWn, llos-nrth, Hora'-o, Charles Lamb, Timour, Drydcn, Locke, Wkigucr, Hrasmus, Macaiulay, Charier Mattel, Faraday, Sir Christopher Wren and others. Ihuelock Kills finds "112 tall mon of genius, 74 of middle height, while 125 are short." This in rplto of the fact that 68 per cent, of tho population of the Brit ish Isles (a fair average) aie of mealum height. His conclusion is "not that per sons of extraordlrary mei.tal ability tend either to bo taller or shorter than the av erago population, but rather that they ex hibit an unusual tendency to variation. It Is mediocrity alone that genius seems to abhor." Tho week point In the argument Is that abnormalities of height are more likely to bo pointed out by biographers. Have look Ellis has not taken this Into con sideration. Everybody who wrote of Na polron mentioned his diminutive stature, whlln it Is doubtful If any record of Mr. Gladstone's height will bo found one hun dred years hence. A fair test would be to scuro measurements of men of genius now alive If any there be. Still, pir haps this -writer has. shown enough to provo that tho chances are against the man of mlddlo heicht in the race for glory. Ilnck Irom the Klondike. From the Indianapolis Journal. Opening tho door In response to nn Insistent knock tho lady beheld tho fig ure of one she remembered. "Oh, It is you, is It?" she said Icily. "It Is me," was tho answer. "Your long-lost husband, who has como to tell you that he Is sorry he ran away two years ago." "JIaybo vou are sorry you went," re torted the lady, "but I ain't. What did you come back for?" "My dearest. I have been to tho Klon dike, and last summer I accumulated fifty thousand " "Flf-ty thou-hand dollars!" hhrleked tho loving wife ns she fell on his neck. "No. Mosquito bites." It was a moment later only that ho fell on his neck himself. THE CLINK OF THE ICE. Notably fond of nutlc, I dote on a sweeter tono Than ever tho harp has uttered or ever tho lute has known. When I wake at flv. in the morning with a feeling In my head. Suggestion of mild excesses before I re tired to bco i When a small but llerce volcano vexes my sore llidlde And my thio.it und mouth are furred with a fur that t-etmeth a buffalo hide, How gracious thoso dews of bolaco that over my senses fall. At the clink of the Ice in tho pitcher tho boy brings up tho hall! Oh! is It tho gaudy ballet with features I cannot n-imo That kindles in virllo bosoms that slow but devouring flame? Or Is It tho midnight supper, often eaten before wo retire, That piraently by combustion setteth us all allre? Or Is it tho oheery magnum nay, I'll not chide the cup That makes the meekest mortal anxious to whoop things up! Yet, what tho cause scever, relief comes when we call Relief with that rapturous cllnkety-chnk that cllnketh allko for all! I've dreamt of the fiery furnace that was one vast bulk of flame, And that I was Abed-nego a-swallowlng In that same; And I've dreamt I was a crater possessed of a mad desire To vomit molten lava and to snort big gobs of Are; I've dreamt I was Roman candles and rocketn that fizzled and screamed In short, I havo dreamt the cussedest dreams that over a human dreamed; But all tho red-hot fancies wero scattered quicker than wink When the spirit within that pitcher went tapping Its cllnkety-cllnk. Oh, ftasto theo to the succor of the man who Is burning up! Boy, why eo slow in coming with that gra cious saving cup? See how tho lee bobs up and down, as If it wildly strove To reach Its grace to the wretch who feels like a red-hot kitchen stove. Tho piteous clinks It clinks methlnks should thrill you through and through An erring soul Is wanting drink, and ho wants it p. d. q.l And, lol tho honest pitcher, too, falls in so dire a fret That Its pallid form Is presently bodowed with a chilly sweat. May blessings be showered upon tho man who first devised this drink That happens along at five a. m. with Its rapturous cllnkoty-cllnkl I never 'have felt the cooling flood so siz zling down ir.y throat, But What I vowed to hymn a hymn to that cllnkoty-cllnk devote; So now In the prime of my manhood, I polish this lyrlo gem For tho uses of all good fellows who are thirsty at live a. m. nut especially for those fellows who have known the pleasing throil I Of tho clink of tho ice In the pitcher tho boy Brings up the hall. Eugeno Field. Millions Visible in New motive Power. Great Things Are Carbonic Acid Gas. From tho Pittsburg Dispatch. ' Do you know why soda water spark les and produces as you drink It that prickling sensation to palato and throat, or why beer foams, or why champagne produces dlamond-llko bubbles? It Is lecnuse of tho presence of car bonic ncld gas, and when tho gas has escaped from any of these beverages they become flat. In soda water the gas Is introduced nrtlflcnlly; in beer and wines It Is produced by the chemi cal action of the respective constitu ents which enter into their composition. It Is a singular paradox of nature that this gas taken Into tho system by inhalation Is a deadly narcotic poison; taken Into tho stomach with whole some beverages In reasonable quantity it Is healthful and Invigorating. Carbonic acid gas Is In the atmos phere everywhere, but It Is discarded and thrown off by tho human system, and la absorbed by plant life, and In largest quantities by those vegetables that are most commonly in use. The deadly effects of this gas are frequent ly exerted upon persons sleeping In rooms heated by stoves, In which an thracite coal Is most commonly used as fuel. At night the dampers are closed; tho combustion of the coal produces carbonic acid; it escapes, and the sleep ing inmates unconsciously become Its victims. One of the most popular methods of suicide In Paris Is that of lighting a fire of charcoal in a room. The gas is produced and the self-de-structlonlst takes a painless fall Into the unknown. These facts are generally known to well read persons, and, while many nro familiar with the natural action of the gas, wonderful as It is, its recent de velopment In n commercial sense Is even more wonderful and interesting to the world todav than any natural phenomena yet discovered In connec tion with It. GREAT POSSIBILITIES. It Is fast becoming a factor In the material prosperity of tho age, and nl ready, as viewed from a commercial nolnt of view, ranks ns a hitherto un known quantity dragged from limitless space and harnessed for the benefit of commerce and the enrichment of man. It Is being liquidated. It Is on the verge nf being controlled as a motive force. Machinery has already been construct edto so utilize It. Its future of useful ness may only be guessed at. Just now, however, the method of manufacture of this wonderful gas, force or constit uentIt Is not a substance is a mat ter of considerable Interest. It is not generally known that such a plant Is in operation in this city. It is locnted along tho Pennsylvania railroad In Shadyslde, In close pioximlty to the mnnslons of some of Pittsburg' a wealthiest men. Across the tracks frvtm the works is Alexander liradloy'h grand old place. A little further away Is the mansion of Harviy Childs, ami to the north up Wlnebiddle avenue arc a dozen handsome mansions. Tho uiiika sit down In that decn. narrow ravine that Is traverad by the railroad and they can be seen from few of the adjacent streets, and the best point of observation Is from the viaduct over the Pennsylvania railroad at Mlllvnle avenue. . From the Interior view the works would not attract unusual attenlon. There is an L-shaned two-story brick building, a few sheds, and within the area of the L Is an ordinary good sized receiver, or gas tank. Just like the tanks used to store coal gas, with a narrow moat filled with water sur rounding it to prevent tho escaue of the gas. Tho basis of tho gas is mag neslte, n species of limestone, but of vastly higher grade than that yet found in this country. Pennsylvania limestone could bo used, but the results are not nearly so satisfactory. This magneslte is found to the best advan tage Is an island In the Mediterranean Ren, is brought by vessels to this coun ry, thence by cars to the works. PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE. Tho proceb.T of nuinufactuio of the gas Is exceedingly pimple. It consists of burning the magneslte In 'retoits, under an Intense heat, procured froir. coal gas manufactured on the ground. At this plant are two furnaces having the external appearance of good -sized foundry furnaces. The retorts, or burning chambers nre within these fur naces four in each. The uingneMte Is placed In these retorts and roasted until all tho gas within the stone Is ex tracted. The gas passes from the top of the retorts Into a chamber, whete It Is washed and freed of nny Impuri ties nnd thenre passes into the ltlcr tank or receiver. Thnt is all there Is In the work of secuiliu? the gas, but that Is the easiest part of tho process. In the tank It is practically worth less. To be valuable It must be put In portable form. More than that, It must be given force or power, and, to do this. It "Is subjected to enormjus pressure. And under this treatment It assumes what is called a liquid torin. Tho compressor is a powerful engine with two cylinders. One Is the steam or power cylinder, the other the com pressing or liquefying c Under. The gas is conducted from the lvcelvr to tho compressor Hquefyer is a more comprehensive name for this cylinder. The receiving pipe Is much larger than, the discharge plre, for the gas Is very elastic and must hen? receive that pres sure that makes It valuable. From the liquefying cylinder the gas passes through a small tube of lead, and through this tube, tho drums In which the jras Is supplied to consumers nre filled. These drums at first glance re semble n tube five Inches In diameter and five feet long, with a valve screwed on to ona end. Hut they are heavy tubes, mado of stsel three quarteif of an Inch thick and tested to stand n pressure of 3,700 pounds to the Bqunro Inch. Theso tubes are not only cost ly, but tho manufacturers find Jt neces sary to own 60,000 of them, distributed between their factories in Pittsburg Chlcago.St.LouIs unrt Milwaukee. Near I TREATMENT FOR WEAK MEN. TRIAL WITHOUT EXPENSE. The famous Appllanoe nnd Remedies of the Lrlo Mod lea I Co. now for tho nret time oilered on trial without expense to any honostman, ISotadulInr lo be puld lit advance, Curo Effects of Errors or Excesses In Old or Young. Manhood Fully Itcstored. How to Enlarge and Strengthen Weak, Undeveloped Portions of Uody. Absolutely unfailing Homo Treatment. No CO. I), or other scheme. A plain offer by a firm of high standing. cdic ucninn nn .hiaoarast. N1AOARAAT H.IIIL. mLUIUrU.UU.UUl JFFALO.N.V. Expected of Liquefied ly $l,OfiO,000 Js Invested n theso tubes, tho valves with which they are fitted and tho caps which screw down over the valves to protect them. In filling .these tubes with tho gas a strange transformation takes place. The gas comes from tho llqucner so rapidly and under such great pressure that Its temperature falls to between 300 or 400 degrees below zero, nnd be comes what Is called liquefied. The gas is forced into tho tubes until they show a pressure of 2,500 pounds to the square Inch, and under this pres sure nro said to contain 20 pounds of liquefied ncld, The Inside area of tho tubes is about .V.4 Inches by 5 feet. Now, If you open the valve on a tube after It has been filled, no liquid issues, ns one might expect from the term "liquefied" us applied to ,the gas In Its compressed state, but, instead, a steam-like vapor rushes out so in tensely cold nnd with such great force that a burning sensntlon Is produced en the hand, and It is velvety nnd Cry not a trace of moisture. It Is al most odorless, but such as is detected is like the Bmell of soda water with out syrup. Tho gas compressed Into the small space of one of those tubes Is equal to 162 cubic feet at atmos pheric pressure; or, in other words, a volume of gas sufllclent to fill a space G',4 feet long, 5,i feet wide, C feet high Is compressed Into a tube G feet long and 3'S Inches In diameter. ITS VARIOUS USES. Tho tube, filled with the proper quantity of gas, Is then commercially aluablo, and the gas Is ready to begin the work Intended for It. It 13 well known that carbonic acid will extin guish fire, and extinguisher tanks filled with water are being charged with It under heavy pressure. In case of fire In a coal mine quantities of gas have been introduced Into the mine with the effect that the fire was smothered i 41. fnrm .lacniUn.i i. i i.nir- ...! 1. iiu it IV in ul,llh Ui t 4 in the chemical departments of schools and colleges In assisting In experi ments und demonstrations with much success. Used In soda water It Is the Ingredient or agent that gives It the "parkle and .the pungent taste and forces It from the soda water drum In the cellar of the fountain. For nil that tho ncld tube is charged to 2,500 Iounds per square inch a controlling gnuge Is attached to tho pipe that connects the tube with the soda water drum and the piessuro Is regulated at will. One hundred nnd fifty pounds Is the usual pressut for soda water drums. Carbonic acid cas Is tho "life" of beer, and when the gas escapes the beer becomes flat. Hut a tube of liquid gas attached to a barrel of beer Just us It Is attached to a drum of soda water, keeps It "nllve," and also farces tho beer from the barrel in the lee box or cellar to the bar. Only ilfteen pounds pressure is used for beer. Two pounds of the liquid gas will charge a ten-gallon soda water drum. In the old days marble dust was used to gen erate the gas In bottled "pop and cheap mineral waters, but now neatly all carbonated and draft beverages are treated by the new process. As a power little Is known as yet of appliances Invented for the utilization of carbonic acid gas. A company, capi talized at $3,000,000, has been organized in Baltimore. It is understood that at the beginning the liquefied gas will bo applied to motorcycles and street rail way motors. It is only a question of a shoit time, It Is believed, when It will be used In remote places where steam is lmnractlcable or too costly to drive motors, drills and similar machinery. 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Fine gymnasium. Everything furnished nt nn uvcrago cost to normal students of SI 13 a year. Fall term. Auc. IS. Winter term, Dec. 2. Spring term, March 1C. Studonts admitted to classes at any time For catalogue, containing fulj Information, apply to S. II. AL1JRO, Principal, .Mansfield, Pa. PUT YOURSELF IN OUR PLACE And you will renlUo how easy It Is to fur nlsh your homo luxuriously with n trifling outlay, a little at a Ume, und you dou't miss It. BARBOUR'S HOME CRED1TH0USE 425 LACKAWANNA AVE. Steam and Hot Water Hot Air Furnaces, Sanitary Plumbing, Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRING, THE I 434 Lackawanna Ava. A GREAT OFFER F0K THK HOLIDAYS 11V derrnanla Wine Cellars, llanimondjport and Rhelrni, N- Y. We Hro determined to Intioduca our goods umoiig tho very best peo-I- e in he country, mid we can Heo no bolter way of doing this than by sell' Ing them a ruse of our gnodx, containing eleven bottlcH of wlno mid one bottle of our extra line double distilled llrapc rundy, nt one-luiir its no ma! cost. I' pon re ceipt ol S.'i.iiu w-o win sunn iu miy render oftlils paper one two of our goods, nil llrnt-clnsH and put up In ele gant stU',usbOited ns follows: 1 qt hot drnnd Im perial heo Cham pagne. 1 jt. loU Delaware. X il liot. Riesling. t ,t but. 'Jiikiiy. 411 UOl. OHCCl t tUW I'll 1 it hot Sherry, 1 qt hot. I'lvlru 1 iL hot Nliumra. 1 it. but. AiiKellca, 1 lit. but. Port. 1 lit. but. bweet Is abel In, 1 nt. hot. Im. U.npo llruudy. This oirer Is made ninlnlv to Introduce our Urand Imperial iee tuampacne nnii our line double-din- tilled drape brandy. Till enuo of (mods Is otlcn-d (it about onc-hnlf Its actual cott mid It will plenso us If our friends mid patron will take advuntnise of thl und help iu Intro duco our Koods. All orders should bo In be fore December 15th. vyjOv i ill JUi I'fil GESEJSEJ THREE HAPPY WOMEN) Each Relieved of Periodic Pain'nnd Back ache. A Trio of Fervent Letters. Before using Lydta K. I'lnklinm'n Vcfrotabls Compound, my health wns gradually boing under mined. I suffered untold ncony from painful menstruation, backache, pain on top of my head and ovarian trouble. I concluded to try Mrs. 1'lnkham's Compound, and found that it was all any woman needs who suffers with painful monthly periods. It entirely cured mo. Miw. Gkouoie Wass, 023 Hank St., Cincinnati, O. For years I had suffered with painful men struation every month. At tho beirlnnlnp; of menstruation It wns impossible for me to formoro than ilve minutes, I felt so mis day a little book of Mrs. Pinkhnm's was house, nnd I sat right down nnd rend it. of Lydia K. Hnkhom's Vegetable Com Tills. I can heartily say that to-day I woman; my monthly huffcring is a thing always praise tho Vcgetablo Compound for me. SI ,000 IN PRIZES A GRAND MUSICAL WILD UB HELD IN Central Market Hall, Allentown, Pa., Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1897 ADJUDICATORS. Music, Trot. I'llANK DAMItOSCH, New Vork. Preliminary Adjudicator, Prof. T. J. DA V1K3, Mus. Ilaeh., Scranton. llccltatlon, Itov. T. C. KDWAHD3, D. D., Kingston, Pa. Accompanist, Prof. JAS. PHESCOTT, l'ottsUlle. Conductor of the Dav, Itov. T. C. ED WARDS, D. D., Kingston, Pa, PROURAMftlE. MORKIKO SESSION, 10 O'CLOCK. Prizes. 1. PIANO SOLO, "Hondo Caprle- eloso," op 14, Mendelssohn. ...$ 8 00 2. BANJO SOLO. "Gypsy nan- do," with Piano accompani ment, nrr. by Fat land 5 00 3. TEMALE RECITATION. "Bar bara Krltchie." Whlttler (Standard Recitutlons No. I).. BOO 4 BANJO CLl'Il. "Queen on tho Sea Waltzes," by Armstrong; published by S. S. Stewnrt, PhlUdtlprla 25 00 C. FEMALE CllOItrS. "Down In tho D.-wy Hell," by Smart, published by Dltson, New Vork, not less than 20 voices.. 60 00 AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 O'CLOCK. C. MALE Ql'ARTElTE. "Sands O'bee," by it. Goldbeck. No. 6, Schlrmer's 8 vo. Quartettes.... 16 00 7. Dl'ET. (Tenor nnd Bass.) "The Two Sailors." by Parry, pub lished by D. O. Evans, Youngs town, O 12 00 8. CONTRALTO SOLO, "Light of the Better Morning," by, 1). Buck, published by O. Schlr- mer, N Y 10 00 o niniirs. "H Not Afraid." Elijah, by Mendelssohn, Dlt son's Edition, not less than 100 voices G00 00 EVENING SESSION, 7.30 O'CLOCK. 10. BASS OR BARITONE SOLO. "Tho Watcher," by Ad. Gelbel. 10 00 11. TENOR SOLO. "Out of tho Deep," by T. J. Davles, Mus. Ilaeh , published by the John Church Co., New York 10 00 12. MIXED QUARTETTE. "Tho Parting Kiss," by Pinsutl, published bv Dltson 16 00 13. SOPRANO SOLO. "With Ver- euro Cud," Haydn 10 00 14. MALE CHORl'S. "Beleagured," by A. S. Sulllan, Dltson's Edi tlon, not less than 40 voices... 200 00 CONDITIONS. No. 1. No prize will bo awarded with out sufllclent merit. 2. Objections must bo made to tho com mittee In Mltint,'. , A. , .. . ... 3. Committee claims the right to hold preliminary examination on Nos. 1, 3, 0, 7. 8, 10. II. 12 nnd 13. 4. Competitors can uso piano, organ or both. , . . . B. Female chorus can be conducted by either a lndy or gentleman. fi. Members of one competing choir are not allowed to utslst another choir. 7. If less than threo choirs jhall com pete on No. II, the prlzo will he $130. 's. If less than three choirs shall compete, on No. 0, the prize will be $ljO. 9 Tho rommltttc claims a right to re quest tho successful competitors to take part In evening soflon. t , , 10. All names of competitors must be In the hands of the corti"pom!lng secretary on or before November 1, 1697. JAMES McKEEVER Cor. 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'Ai quickly anil urtlt reetoro Lobt Vitality la old or young, and litainaaforituJj, ba luets or uarruge. Iriivnt. Iniinlt fin! ConiUHlDtUm If taktmin time, luelruae ahowi lit mediate I Cipro? e xneatand c fleet a CUliE w bore all other fall In. ant upon baring tno centime Ajaz ioaieii. xoer have cared tboutandt and wtllcuro rou.je nive a poe- liive written cuaraniee toeuvctucuru kji itw KArhdoBAnr rfnnil Ihrt rnonttV. I'rlDa UV U I U K rack ace i or all ks?a ""l treatmenti for IiW. 11 man. m plain wrapper, upon recnptui rnr.i ircuia .til plain vritpper. upon receipt of rrice. Circular AJAX REMEDY CO., tau'Tit m . sr " i"V r f-m sr iu iui.k... hi lrv CMui 11U for sola in Kcrunton, 1'a-. by .Matthew Bros, und U, C. feundertou, druggists. EISTEDDFOD la
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