10 THE SCRANTON TIUBmnS-SATURDAY MORNING, NOVjaMKBR 13. 1897. THE GREAT FAMINE OF 51 YEARS AGO It Is Likely to Be Duplicated In Ireland Till? Winter. CAUSE OP THE LATEST TROUBLE Too Much Itiitn and Too Mlllo Sun slitno Threaten llio limernlil Isla with Another l'orlod of Trui;udy Itccnllius the llorrlblii SuireriiiB of tlio l'coplo ot Ttint Unliiippy iinnd liniru Century Ao. From tliu 0 lobe-Democrat. The present distress In Ireland 1b at trading wide attention, not only In the United Kingdom, but In this coun try also, for theru 1h not a neighbor hood In any laiKo American elty but hns one or more imtlves, of the Emer ald lnle. who retain their Interest In the old sod titid Bynumtlilzo with Its sufferliiK people.-. The threatened flirn" lne Is due to the failure of the potato crop, which, now. as for a century vast, has been the main reliance of the people for a food supply. While we have been tuitferiUK from nn almost unprecedented drouth, the people of Western Europe have been allllctcd with an unusualy wet setison. The downpour in many parts ot the west coast of Europe, as in (Ireat Britain and Ireland, has been almost Inces sant. There has not been Runshlne enough to develop vegetation or ripen the crops, the fields were Hooded, the hay wns an almost total loss, the grain rotted on the ground, and the Iotakes completely failed. The geographical situation and the climatic rondltlons of Ireland are so peculiar as to Justlfly a moment's at tention. The gulf stieam, after cross lug the Atlantic and traveling about 4000 miles through the ocean, still re tains enougli warmth to affect the climate of the Hrltlsh Islands and len der them temperate In both winter and summer, although the opposite coast of America Is imost uninhabit able. The western shore of Ireland receives the full force ot the gulf stream, and the atmosphere is moist ure laden to a degree rare in any coun try not situated tinder equatorial skies. A very moderate change In temperatuie produces heavy precini IntJon, and the saying among the Eng lish people, "It always rains in Ire land," Is not so gross an exaggeration as it might appear, l'otatois thrive there better than most other vegetables In rainy countries, but even the potato can have too much rain, and, In a sum mer when the rains are unusually heavy, In addition to the lack of devel opment of the tuber, caused by insuf ficient sunshlne.tlure appears what Is Known as the potato disease, black heart. It Is called by the Irish, a tuber even of fair proportions, being utterly worthless from the fact that its interior is eaten out by a black cancerous growth. Whether the black heart Is a consequence of the rain, or arises from other causes1, Is not satisfactorily de termined; but when the black heart and the rain come together, as this year, the consequences to the peasantry are serious. The present distress not unnaturally recalls reminiscences ot the famine of 1S46, and the two following years. The great famine came after a period of unusual political disturbance. Daniel O'Connell was then in his glory, and his agitation for the repeal of the union between Great Britain nnd Ireland caused Intense political excitement all over the country. O'Connell's efforts also resulted In unusual oppression by the landlords, who, unable to answer the arguments or match the eloquence of the Irish speaker, retaliated by rats tig rents, exacting the last penny due, lncreaslr" valuations, and. In every way they cou'd, making heavy the burdens of an already over-taxed people. Evictions were niinitrovrs In all parts of the country, nnd much distress prevailed. In consequence of the sum mary ousting of tenants from their homes. All this, however, was but a trifle when compalred with what was to come. A f! LANCE AT HISTOUY. In the spring of is4i! the heavens were leaden for weeks at a time. Such raliu as came had rarely been witnessed, even In a country where rain Is of al most dally occurrence. The peasants turned the mud, however, with their spades, and planted their potatoes, in hope that a favorable change In the season might come. The rains of th spring continued Into the summer, the seed rotted In the ground or developed little but vine, and the tubers were either small or worthless from the black heart. The seaon so far that it was too late to sow'grnlns, even If the peasents had had the money to buy peed, and millions of people beheld star vatlon stniing them in the face. DIKK CONDITIONS. Tho district now affected covers most of the south and west, as well as a largo part of the north of Ireland, the Provinces of Ulster, Connaught and I.elnbter being the regions when the crop failure has been most general. But in 184.G the rains covered the whole of Ireland, and the entire country was In the condition which now threatens the western coast, Tho population of Ireland In 1MI was recorded In the offi cial reports of the British Government as being over S,1!7,000. The area of Ireland is about 32,000 square miles, or much less than half that of Missouri, and into this comparlllvely limited space was packed a population of :','0 to the squat o mile. Tho urbane popu latlon did not, as In some other coun tries, comprise from one-fourth to a third, but, It Is estimated, only about 10 per cent of the total, so that ovei 7.000.000 of people wero mainly uVpit. dent upon the potato crop for the! dally food. When the potato falle. largest iackaeo greatest economy. THE N. K.FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago. nt, Louts. New York, lioston, l'tiUftdelj.Llo. DCs? f lemM wlHg5$S 1 1 . r r 1 1 "SsSv s' 4w X .bk LHk. X jLF wo r iy$is fcneny ' j r.r , ti.n iiHv?' w rfwsju there was nothing bc'.wccn thorn and starvation, It Is no easy matter, un der nny circumstances, for 250 people to make their living on a square mile ot land, but when the effort is mudo and results In a total failure of the main crop, the consequences are fright ful. To ndd to tho horror of tho sit uation, there were at that tlmo only a few miles of railroad In Ireland, tho country ronds were far from good, and many villages und communities In re tired districts could hardly be reached at all. The Irish peasants of tho west coast live, at best, In a state of misery. Their dwellings resemble tho dugouts of the cowboys on the Plains, cellers covered over with straw thatch, and In these miserable quarters, where, during heavy rnlns, the floor was often mud, lived thousand of human beings. Even these wretched dwellings, however, wero not there own. The tenants wero forced to pay rent for quarters which In other countries would hardly ho as signed to the lowest domestic animals. Among the peasants of the west coast the. suffering was awful. Jt.cn, women and children died of famine by thou sands. Trnvelers whose morbid curi osity led them to the country, solely for the purpose of witnessing Its hor rors, told the world of what they had seen, and Great Britain stood aghast at the revelations. There was no more love for the Irish In England then than now, but It was felt that something must be done, nnd parliament was, accordingly, called upon to afford re lief. Once nrouscd to tho necessities of the situation, action was prompt, and, us far ns parliament could act, elllcient, for from first to last 50,000,. 000 were voted to relieve the distress In the country. This sum, however, was totally Inadequate to provide for the wants of S,000,000 starving people. It was, to use a familiar expression, hut a drop In the bucket. As one speaker In parliament declared, It was less thnn the sum mutually wrung from a stnrvlng peasantry by non-resident landlords. The main difficulty was, however, not so much in providing supplies, but In getting them to the points where food was needed. The coast towns and villages could le easily reached, but the lack of roads already mentioned constituted a most serious obstacle to succoring the wants of the Interior population. To add to the difficulty of tho situation, the British government was ns slow about helping the starving In Ireland as it is about everything else, and while ofllclals were writing communications to one another, Indit ing documents nnd going through the usual red tap" formula, without which nothing can be done in British official life, people were starving to death. Finally a great number of horses and raits were sent to Ireland to supple ment those of tho country people, on tho coast all available pack animal.s were hired to transport supplies into the interior, nnd hundreds of men were employed to carry loads of pro visions to be distributed among the suffering, and thus the starving were fed. ONE MILLION A'lCTI.MS. How mnny died during 1S4B, 1847, 1848 for in all three years the crops were a partial or total failure will never be known, as the British government did not care to collect statistics of so dis agreeable a character, and the esti mates vary from 100,000 to 1,000,000. No doubt, many who did not perish of sheer want died from ailments con tracted by the use of improper food, for In their hunger the people gath ered and boiled grass, sea-weeds, the leaves of trees and other Innutritions substances which Induced diseases of the digestive organs that carried off great numbers of people. There have been several years of terrible distress in Irland since. In 18S1 there was n famine '- tho same district which la now allllcted, but In no year subse quent to 184(5 has there been anything like tho suffering which then befell tho unhnppy people of that country. It was emphntlcally the great famine; from Ireland then began that flood of emigration which has diminished its population steadily, year by year, to the present. In lPtl the population, as already stated, as 8,000,000. Statis tical authorltlr estimate that at the beginning of 1S4G It had Increased to at least 8.500,000. In 1S1C. when the famine came, the population began a general exodu., nnd counting those who died of hunger and disease and the emigrants, by 1S31, a period of five years, the population had fallen off to CnTI.'.'Tl, a decline In actual population of nt least 2.000,000. The decrease from the year of the great famjne to the present has been steady and continu ous. In ISfil the population fell off from the census of 1S51 to 0.708,967, In 1871 it wns 5,412,377, in 1S81 It was 5, 174,830, and In 1S!U it was 4,704,730. Never, except through destructive war, was a country depopulated at so rapid a rate. Thirty years of civil and for eign conflict In Germany did i ot re duce the population in tho same ratio as the population of Ireland fell off In the years Immediately following the famine. Tho great famine of 1816 was one of the most awful tragedies of history. AI'TKIt I.OMi YCAUS. From Harper's Magazine. Dear, whom I would not know ir 1 passed you on tho street, So long and long and long ago Are tho das when we used to meet. You may bo glnd to hear That somuwheio out of the blue Como vague bwect dreams that bring you near. That 1 often think of you. That now and then I thrill At a rustle In the dark; That I start as tho wind Btvecps over tho hill, As I see tho fire-fly's spark. oinebouy stepped on my gravo? "r somebody Mippi out of yours' ' annot tell I There are ghosts that crave V bit of the lovt that eiuluU'H, .Margaret E. SangstPr. rlg H--' in i.ii Try Grain0! i ry viram-u I Ask your Grocer to-day to show you n package of GRAIN-O, tho new food drink that takes tho placo of coffee. The children may drink It without injury as well ns tho adult. All who try it.liko it. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown ofMochaor Java, but it is mado from pure gralns.and tho mostdellcato stomach receives it with out distress. the price of coffee. IS cents nnd 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. j Tastes like Coffee z Looks like Coffee Tin: man mho did. A Storr of Years Aco with Its Share of Present Intercut. From tho New York Bun. This Is the story of n man who did. There were men nt that time who didn't, and they were as honest In their notions, perhaps, ns tho others who did. It was more or less n question of view point. But this one man might have turned the other way and been less blamablo than many of his fellows. Uncle Sam turns out each yenr now. as he did fifty years ago. a lot of young fellows who swear allegiance to his service nnd then go forth on sea and plain to duties involving manliness, courage, nnd hardihood. To their glory, be It said, there are no funkers. The service today Is easier, however, than it was back In 1S60, and there is not tho strain of sectlonul feeling among the ofllcers that disrupted many a mess in that other time. The worst that happens now Is to get some priggish or unpopular chap about who upsets equanimities. But In 1860 feel ing wns so strong that even the quar ter deck was not free from suspicions of n treason taint, nnd the "old man" as the ship's commander Is Irrever ently and affectionately called was compelled to be diplomatic beyond cus toms to restrain the latent fires. It happened that a slow old tub of a sloop-of-war lay In a French harbor awaiting orders to sail In some direc tion or other, nnd her ofTtceM and men wero looking for the next mall to gather news of what seemed to be nn Inevitable conflict between the North and South. The strain was rather a grave one, but the firmness nnd policy of the old man kept things In good form nnd outwardly politeness and brotherhood reigned. The days came and went, and one nftcrnoon the ship's boat brought the mall bag aboard. In a short time every man's nose was burled in a newspaper or a letter, and an hour afterward the fires were more than smouldering in every heart. That night the old man he died an admiral took counsel of himself and decided that the most comfortable place for him and his was the United States; so at daylight he ordered anchors up and all sail made for home. Then began a long, slow, dreary voy age back, made almost unbearable to the ofllcers and men because of what might be happening while they were dragging along, all unknowing. But the time went by ns time has a sad habit of doing, and the ship slipped by the Banks and pointed for Boston Harbor. A few hours later tho pilot flag Hew at the fore, and not long after the pilot schooner was made out to windward. From that moment every man aboard was a restrained, almost sullen, ani mal. Duties were done, to be sure, but perfunctorily. News would soon be theirs, and It wns news they ached for. The pilot's cockleshell boat was low ered and It made for Uncle Sam's tub, The pilot made a grab at the ship's ladder, made It, and began to clamber deckward. Once on board the weather beaten guide found each man at his station, every officer on deck, and the whole crew carrying faces that were livid with suppressed emotion. Slowly he made his way to the old man, nnd, pulling off his cap, scraped the deck. With a deep clearing of his throat the captain said: "Well, pilot, what's the news?" Your Boston pilot was In no more of a hurry In those days than he Is now, and he deliberated a moment before he nnswered: "Sumter's fired on, and the United States has gone to hell!" Little by little the listening ofllcers fell back nnd Instinctively made two groups; the North nnd the South. The break had come; but, because of the old man's shrewdness, It came at homo nnd not In a foreign harbor. With a very steady voice the cap tain said: "Mr. Pilot, put us Into Boston as soon as you can." Then lifting his hat he said: "The flag's servant and your's.gentle. men." and went to his cabin. The groups, now knowing tho worst, whispered apart, and one by one the men disappeared. Late that night the anchor chains hurtling through tho hawse holes chanted "Home again." In the early morning all the ofllcers were called together and their captain Bald: "Gentlemen, It Is the parting of the ways. Some of us will never meet again, and some of us will die in doing what we believe Is right. Uncle Sam has educated, fed, and clothed us, and wo have sworn to stand by him. Yet no oath can bind a man beyond the strength of his conscience, nnd changed conditions make a changed mnn. On that table I have written out the dear old oath of allegiance and signed It. I stay by the flag. Let each one of you go to his cabin and think It over; then lot hint come bnck here and sign below me or let htm go his way." And then he went on deck. One ut a time the ofllcers came hack, until nine names stood under that of the old man; the others were going tho other way. An hour later the captain went down to his cabin and took the paper In his hands. As he did so he looked up nnd saw the man who did. A young, tall, handsome midshipman from Maryland was this man who did. and tho captain's voice trembled as lie said: "Winnie, do you sign?" "Aye. aye, sir. Same flag and same Uncle Sam In Maryland as In Massa chusetts, y'know." "God bless you, boyl Your father nnd I fought side by sldo as lads In 1812, and, while there are some of us who are not going away, I preyed God your father's son would stick to us." This Is tho stoty of Captain Wlnfteld Scott Schley, tho matt who did stick to his flac when omc others didn't, And It's gospel truth. IIAII.ROADS IN THE CKKAT CITY Their Blilongo nnd Thnt of Other American Cities. From the bun. In respect of elevated railroad ser vice New York and Brooklyn will stnnd far In ndvance not only of other Amer ican cities but of all American cities combined, for they will have together 160 miles of elevated lines, whereas the next Inrgest elevated railroad mileage, In Chicago, Is only sixty-six. Tho street enr mileage of the present city of New York Is 305, of which one com pany, the Metropolitan Traction, has 185, thirty-five of which arc operated by cable or electric power. The Third Avenue Itallroad company has fifty. live miles or surface lines, and tho Union railroad of the annexed district, sometimes called the Huckleberry, has twenty-eight. Tho railway system of Kings county has 350 miles, exclusive of the elevated railroads and the steam car lines running Into nnd out of Brooklyn. There nre thirty miles of double track and eight miles of single track Bteam lines nnd thirty-five miles of trolley car lines on Staten Island, nnd If to these totals be added the steam railway system in New York, the Central, Harlem nnd New York and Northern, within the city boun daries, a total of 1,000 miles of rail road mileage within tho Greater New York Is obtained, a mileage larger than some European countries have and n mileage remarkable In other respects, the number of passengers carried be ing greater per mile than In any other country nnd than In any other city of this country. Philadelphia has 400 miles of street railroad, Chicago has nearly 600, exclusive of the primitive affair known ns the Chicago Elevated, lioston has 550, St. Louis 293, Balti more 223. Washington 140. San Fran cisco 231, PlttsburE 242, Cincinnati 201, Cleveland 192, Detroit 166, Louisville 150, nnd Buffalo 150. While the de velopment of the railroad lines of tho country has been retarded during the last few years In consequence of tho hard times, the mileage of tho surface lines within the large cities and con necting nelghbmlng towns has been Increased enormously by tho Introduc tion of the trolley. At the beginning of tho civil war, the mileage centre of the country wns at Mansfield, O., which hns since en joyed the distinction of having Sec retary John Sherman for Its most con spicuous resident. In 1SS0 tho railroad centre of the country was thirty miles northwest of Lognnsport, Ind., and It Is now about seventy-live miles south west of Chicago. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. The torn pages of a book may be nicely mended with white tissue paper. Clean plaster of parls ornaments with wet starch. Brush off when dry. Have you ever tried steaming rice In stead of cooking It to a mush In water? Soak tho desired quantity over night, then put In tho steamer with enough water to a llttlo more than cover. Salt nnd steam undisturbed for nn hour or till done, keeping the steamer over brisk ly boiling water all tho time. Serve with out stirring up, so as to keep tho grains whole. A delicious breakfast or supper dish Is made after this fashion. Take what Is left of tho cold boiled hominy nnd spread a thin layer of It In the bottom ot a buttered pudding dish. Over this sprinkle a layer of grated cheese, then a thick layer of the hominy, nnd, lastly, the grated cheese on top. Bake till tho chceso cover Is a nice melted golden brown, then tho center will bo well enough done. Rounds of felt plnced between the dif ferent pieces of a dinner set keep them from becoming scratched more effectual ly than do pieces of tissue paper. When laundering embroidered linen, make a strong suds of some white soap and lukewarm water and wash the pieces carefully. Tho washboard must not bo used; rinse Immediately In luke-warm wntcr and then In water slightly blued, and hang out to dry. When half dry, lay them out smoothly on a clean cloth, which has been laid over a piece of double-faced, white Canton flannel, and press on tho wrong side with a hot Iron until they are quite dry. If they are fringed, comb the fringe out carefully with a moderately coarse comb, To clean (-liver, first wash or removo all the grease from tho sliver, then rub with a woolen cloth wet with ammonia and whiting and polish on tho chased and filigree parts with a toothbrush. The chimney of a lamp Is less liable to break If never touched with water. A few drops of alcohol, or even paraffin oil, will remove tho dim, smoky, effect and make the chimney bright when It is polished with soft flannel or chamois skin. Chamois leathers, after being used, should be thoroughly rinsed, then wrung nearly dry' and placed in bags, each by Itself, In a cupboard out of the way. The common practice of allowing sponges and chamois leather to lie around Is a very wasteful one. New potatoes should be boiled in their Jackets, skinned while hot and put at once into a warm cloth. Servo them on a lint vegetable dish, In which a lump of butter has been melted. Sprinkle over them some finely minced parsley, a dash of pepper nnd somo salt. If you want to make a pretty little present for your newly married friend, n set of "holdetw" will probably bo ac ceptable. That for the dainty tenpot, for a 5 o'clock tea, iriay be of cream brocade, embroidered with panslcs, or some other pretty design, and bound with ribbon. Or you might work on It "Unless tho tea kettle boiling be, filling tho teapot spoils tho tea." Four Inches square will bo quite ample size. Tho holder for tho cof feepot will bo quite pretty made of "crazy" patch. For the grate, to handle tho poker and shovel, a velvet holder will not bo out of place. For tho Ironing table, make two or three holders of narrow-striped bed ticking, which you may work la feather stitch, and bind with tape. Put In three or four thicknesses of flannel, well hasted together, so that It will not slip nnd make a wrluklo under tho hand, for that will blister It, sure. TOO CONSCIENTIOUS. "Tho thing for you to do, madam," said tho attorney, "Is to bring tu.lt against tho wc nan for alienating your husband's nf fuftlons. She has means, and you can un doubtedly rcover heavy pecuniary dam ages from her." "Would I have to put a money value on my husband's uffectlons?" inquired tho client. f "Certalr.ly. And you need not fear to make tho flguro very large." "I am not under oath, nm I?" "Not at all This la merely a consulta tion." "Well, then, you may suo tho woman for for I Mi- you nny mako it as hlg-h. as J73." Chicago Tribune. To Any Reliable Man. Uarraloui applttncoandono month rtmedlrt of rara poiter ulll be tent on trial, without any adwnct Hivnrur, by tbe firoaiot company lo tho world in tun treatment ot men w cik, broken, all. couraxea from eflecu of eiceuei, vrnrrr. oyer. vnri. Ac. Harpy mrrl 'go ireured. complete ri. Iiirutlonor deTelopmentuf all rnbuit condition!. Tho time of this otfvr la limited. No (', (). I), icnemoi no dnnepttuat nil otttottire, Ariurea ERIE MEDICAL C0,.6Nr,A MEDICAL A TBEAIEBT flSSi 11 M wmi WINDINU Ul SNAKES IN INDIA. How They Aro Mtiilo Hnrmltss nnd Holplcs Almr Helng Captured. From the St. Louis (Uobe-Democrat. Menageries are always In need of snakes, nnd ns India abounds In these tcpllles, perhaps to a greater extent than nny other country In the world, to India go the Inanagers when their stocks begin to run low. Snnko hunt ing In India, unless one understands tho trade, Is 11 perilous business, for n lnrgcr percentage of the Indian ser pents nre poisonous than In nny other part of the globe, nnd even a Hindoo hns no desire tx die of snake-bite, nor within the cushlng folds of a constric tor. Ucsldes, however, the demands from the menageries, the Indian gov ernment pnys a bounty on snake heads, so there Is a double Incentive .to In dian snnke hunters, nnd when" there nre sufficient orders on hand from the menngeiles a hunt Is organized. Preparations nre made by ascertain ing from the natives n promising snake district, which Is usually a tract ot Jungle with a tlilck bnmboo or grnsn undergrowth. In such lands snakes nre found by thousands, nnd, after a promising patch Is discovered, a be ginning Is made by clearing or uurn-' Ing the undergrowth from a strip cn tltely encircling the snnke farm: then n brood expanse of perhupfc nn ncre Is cleared on one side, and there Is lo cated the snake trap, a netting extend ed for 200 or 300 yards on each side of the cleared truct. Its wings gradually contracting to lead the reptiles Into a cut de sac, from which there Is no es cape. Several hundred natives are as sembled, and on n day when the wind Is from the right quarter they surround the district selected, nnd, nt a given signal, set fire to the Jungle. After the fire has fairly started the natives are called behind the netting, as there Is no need of their services on the oth er sidctt. for every snake tenant of the bush flees In the same direction toward the fatal netting. Ilehlnd It stand rows of men, armed with clubs and sticks, ready to give their snnkeshlps a lively reception. As the lire approaches the netting the snakes come In crowds, by hundreds, sometimes by thousands. At the wings the men me concentratfd. with their clubs, ready to kill those, attempting to escape, nnd ns the main body of the reptiles approaches the netting, the wings are push d forward toward each other, the stakes supporting the net ting nre driven firmly Into the ground, and the snaken are Inclosed. Hut snakes can climb nlniost as well as monkeys, nnd so the men at the wings are kept busy killing those that en deavor to escape over the ropes. At the cut de sac the netting extends nbove ns well as on the sides, nnd the larger portion of the reptiles nre llnally concentrated within this Inclos ure. There the scene Is one of lively animation, for the snnkes are of all eIzch, some of the venomous reptiles of India not. being more than six or eight inches In length, nnd, ns their movements are very quick, the bare footed beaters are kept dodging about in a manner at once grotesque and amusing, their anxiety to escape the small serpents that go through the net ting like a flash being even greater than their eagerness to kill as many snakes as possible und thus receive a larger share of the government boun ty. No snake Is permitted to escape, nnd after all the smaller reptiles which can work .their way through the meshes of the net have been killed, at tention Is turned to the larger which remain. In various parts of the netting there are loops which can be untied nnd then refastened, and, nfter the slaugh ter of the little snakes has been fin ished, the work of capturing the most promising specimens begins. The sup erintendent points nt nn anaconda that will bring a good price, nnd, as the animal thursts ltn head against tho netting in fruitless efforts to escape, a stick with a wire loop at the end Is Introduced, the snake Is lassoed Imme diately back of the head, the wire Is tightened, anil the future occupant of a menagerie cage, hissing and writh ing, is dragged through and seized by a dozen natives at once. Bundles of bamboo, cut Into proper lengths, have already been prepared, three or four men straighten the snnke and lay him on a bamboo, sometimes placing three or four smaller splints around him, and then lashing him securely down with bamboo withes every inch of his length. Generally tho lashing is found to be sulllclent, nnd only when the ser pent Is very large nnd powerful are the extra bamboos tied around him for fear he might break the stick to which he Is fastened. This operation Is not carried on without an Immense amount of protest from the snake, which hisses in the most terrifying manner nnd wriggles wildly in an elfort to escape. Hut hissing and wriggling are all In vnln: the Hludpos lnsh him down, fin ishing the operation by forcing his up per Jaw upon the lower and trying the two together to the stick In such a way that he cannot even hiss. After nil the best specimens have been se lected nnd tied, the remainder aro killed, beheaded, and the heads sent to the nearest government stntlon for the bounty, nnd the captives are load ed Into carts for transporntlon to Bom bay, where they are disposed of to the Kuropean ngents. LE BRUN'S fob r.rrnr.u sex, Thin remedy being in jected directly to tlio Kent of thone dlseawcH of tho tieulto-Vrluary Organs, roqulrCH no change of diet. Cnro ziinrnnteetl In 1 to U - '".r-- Miuall plain paclf. jffH TTTTCS TS " by mall, 81. OO, Lr J , JisMolil only by Wm, 0, Clark 316 Penn Ave,. Scranton, Pa, NEW YORK HOTELS. ESTlill HOTEL, Cor. Sixteenth St. and Irving Piacj, NEW YORK. AMERICAN PLAN, $3.50 l'cr Day 'and Upwards. EUROPEAN PLAN, SI. 50 Per Day and Upwards. 5E0, MURRAY, Proprislor, The St. Denis Droadway and Eleventh St., New York, Opp. (Iracs Church. -Uuropean Plan. Koomi $i.oo a Day and Upwards. In a rnodatt and unobtrutiro way thern ara few butter conducted JiotoU la tlw motropoll tbnn the Bt. Deals. Tlio ureat popu'arltr It hia acqulrod oaa readily bo tracod to Its nnlqti kHatlnu, It litimoliK titmosnliero. tti peculiar excellent! ot It cuisine and service, and Its very raodtr nto prices. WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SON. -ri7inrmiriiiminiiit'tnipiniitiimt'it!ninriipititiitin'm,tmriTrsr--HlW lTiih.Hi iJ I.I .III .1 .1,1,1,1 iM, ,.i,,i, .i.'il', l,l.M '.VH K ASreac(ablcPrcnarationrorAs similating iIicroodnndRcgula tinfj Ihc Stomachs nndBovrels of felMSTil PromotasDigcsHon.Clmfiil ncss .nndncst.Contnlns ficitlicr Opium.MorphiruJ nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. Jacv ofOMXrSAl-KZLmami s4Ix.St.ina JiML Sallt jtnin Snyt Jlfpermint -4)i CaticncttSe&i fllrmStcd -ttrntutl Sucnr- Aocrfcct nemedv forConslioa lion. Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .Fcvcnsh ncss and Loss OF SLEEP. lac Simile Signature ot NEW YORK. EXACT COPY" OF WRAPPEB. JMK tr-tw; :,- inaiviSTitsa j m LIVID9N9 Jft EVERY ONE who makco three or more correct words from tile list below gctsaprlzc. EVERY ONE who senile In the whole list correctly will receive $J5t).K IN GOLD. EVERY ONE who sends 12 cor rect answers gets $100.00 IN GOX,D. int, vnuLb S25Q.CH Paid To Evsryono Sending Correct Solution... We nre f nuaireil In promoting a eompin j to operate In the Oolrt Fields of the Klondike. Tbe compinr hu ft special inaeliino for rlacer mining that ifoea tho work of 150 men. Men working by band haro taken out S10OO per day ami moru. Ono i.Titarico shona tiiM uo for ono man's wort In ono day. Wo want to put 10 of tbeto machines ft wotki wo want mull Imestmcnts ot 25 cents each to use In promotlni; this enterprise. Every penny may bring back lo. OJ IniTollts. Wo don't wont to bo through, the plow method ot Kettlnit largo capltalinTe.ted byftfew Perrons, hut prefer to get In communication with a larse number who are Inclined to risk a little for tbe probabilt. tyofirettlni;ufo(lune. tn order to set Into communication with half amlllionof that kind ot pcople.wehaTefcot op the following rantct . It itlves you n ehaneo to not i'.'so.oo quick If you solve the problem, or tlOO.OO u joo p iltly Folvclt. TIIK IlKlTiKDS Hilt, UK PAID PIluSI'TLY each .lav an cornet eolutlon are received. HtHfc mi the mm puzzLts can jrnr nr Yiir trmnn nimiroi nun UL V.HL L tfaUKU YULLL C IrttH aan i ii,rmmmm,mttmmnwmiwtfmmmimmmulmi.-mmmmammumtmmmmitn ttiA lottom athnnlrt armAfLr. imii ii i m m ima tho letter should pi h ill tn thn proper letter In thpn t pace and mako tho complete word3 wo hare selected. Can you do it B2SO.OO 1-1 COLD H-1UU at.MMNHLLHsriur.UL.CT, avaluabloiTlrelftUreeorinore wordaareccr I fl 9 V Something a good hor otter does la bar 0 J -Rill A well known gm. 3fl gy emLblo(f cstd by ntlroad com I IU aWl rnitl t3 bt lurt ptUtDftM hilt fiii tbrfrftt. 4U t ApUetlnthtBorth- t U tru part cE America where moy cold mines art lound. 5 1 t P Somctliloc miny htpplly ntrrlei men art) i """fcj"iVi ry ton 4 of. 6. M T-R fiometlilnr found tn a trick clwol bouit. 7. EEL Somtthlcf wblch forma a part et CTaTJ VaKClC P DEn PTJfiM SomrtMcrttuWiWfietoff Ul a IIV V 1 1 WW Frif rrctrer.tv tcJtr I'mUtm oiciuQicj'fl aaraioiJiniiOD. lTlPLiXiTIOf . Each dash APncariiu? la the tiartiall v when thfj proper letters aro supplied tho original word we bare elected to form each riddle will be found com piste. Example No. Ifl. C Nl . Something children tre fond of. la this cast) the omitted letters aro A and Y- whlch, when properlv inaeited make the word CAMY. TIJC PnuniTintlG arethatyou send with youranswer¢ato bo Invested In the promotion (and of the inC bURUIIIUNO frreat co-operative roM mininp enterprise In the Klondike. You will recti re for thli an faetttmtat trrtlQrata which may enable you to participated thecoinpunien'profKs DCUCUE3CQ that every ono who sends In the correct answer to the full list of words pets 1250 00 In gold. Every fit-mCnl DCll ono who vends In IS carrot t nr tt tirn oo In crold. V.virr cue who correctly tolret S w tarda t. r isatpienuia pin, art exact reproduction or a natural BUT TUIC it HUT 1 I fcvery one who rntersthls contentful reeelvo en easy proposition by which they CUI I till 10 hUl rXL marbare returned to them IM0O0O to 11(1.00010 in pold, enoueh money to keep them comfortably for years. llnaitlBStt alM ttat tnorewtrdsRlll be promptly paid In gold as coon as tbe correct answers are reeeiTcd. , ... CICE fihADn Thi-ohovo complete Id words hTO been selected by us, written down, securely sealed and vflft UUAiiU. locked In tlia tatetyUepo.it vault ot tho liUVAL TkUSf COMVANY, ot this city, not to be opened or published until tnls contest hus ended. , . . . Noaixweri will be ronsldercd nfter Mdys from dates of poperf In which tnls adTertliement appears. Itensrds will b piid proupiiy Ik lioij. ILepubllibcrsaf thlspaperorauy bunl: or bu.lness houso In Chicago vlllascuroyoiiotour AV.nicteBe'pnfi.ii'KHr. iwr atenr. Eenrt silver or stanir. Address Bcpt. 251. KLONDIKE PROMOTION UO., Coxtor Bulldlns, Chicago, III. .iintonaDi j je cirv novenyi fuiiaoip mr iaaiesr or pcniit .ir"-5. ni. - .1 1 ,i ,vj EVERY WORfflAN vVy Qs' C3 ctlccaneolsaroliable, monthly, rcculatln medicine. Only hannUu VA f 'iVtff 3f tbojiuicst drugs should bo used. It you want the best, gat lI 4X 0B9 eB?G PQmnypQyal Pills "N C. Trior ar prompt, 6ite arl csrtaln In result. Tho renulr.o (Dr. Pool's) never dlsap. rwint. Soattuiywhtro, Jl.CO. Addreu i'tii Uaoicisa Co., Cleveland, O. For Sals by JOHN H. PHELPS. Pharmacist, cor. Wv0mlng avenuo and cjprtioc straet- AKF0!miBKLET0N .40 Bctrag pwepUN GIVES THU BEST IlXinT BvORID ANP5AIV50WTP!y.S4ifE FOR SALE BY THE ATLANTIC REPINING C SCRANTON STATION. FOR SALE Bailsrs, Enjlius end Machiiwy. Wo UI1 .ell you New or heeoniMIantl. W'nwlll Hi'll you now or ta'to out In ex. clianae, or v will rent you anytlilni; you want In tlio Mneli'tiery I. Inc. Hpot Cash paid for -erap Iron ami Metals. National Supply aid Metal Go,, 7()() West Lncktiwaiiiui Avenue. M.E. KBELEY, Mgr. Telophono 39D4 Tlirao tiny ClnuauicH ur- rrsi in in uuuru wunoiti ncfinFiilni h. ndiM'tlniiu ln wlifrli Cmmlbn. (,'ii.IH tuouaanil llilei'llmid lull. mmm fUlrWl icrv i hum i SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF- 'm& IS OIT THE WRAPPER OF EVERT iBOTTILE OB1 Cist or! a is tmt cd la oio-slzo lottlea cnlv. Ti Is net cold la bnlk, Don't allow ftnvons to tell yon anything elso en tho plea or promlto ttat it Is "Jcit as good" nnd "will answer every pw pose." Jar- Bco that you got 0-A.B-T-O.B-I.A. llall Jf SGs . s? laaai 1 trnsttri C&jCJVZ&jjr70' iTirr cf " ' irtiitw.' BIZ33Z5323Xn?KZrcXl TO EVERY ONE WHO SOLVES TH5S PROBLEM HO WAITING Rewards Sent EVERY DAY as Correct Solutions Are Receiiedj yd solve THEH?v.;.o-sssw5sasa unit nnntr riirfini TUl nULUL I ltft f have dashci where m,ot .""- ".".- --- -r. rrect. 9. P nil I publican party ara tiiic for sloes tbty rot In txwr, 111 PUN Somahlnjf every ens oata who IUi Viifi carries a watca. fl TJ.fl A part at tTtrr wrioa bslW Is III m tbe heaJwhicWsorifDaffao. tltl or sort ethea they catch clt. 10 OM An abUlng plus wbicb trsry eaa III "Uii1 must tart. 10 flft Worn by hub j pcoplton the fit I3a UU la wider, 14. PH0-06-APH tffiWtfZ Moo. C Uf Illfi SomethlBr which eaoao Iji OT IKU fcsdons without water. C p 93 f Eomtthiof; chUdrta art fond cf. nijft words fnritratet tho absence of a certain letter, and nuppet oi KiouaiLu m(Ji mu aavi-ci, must unique ana men's wenr A GREAT OFFER F0K TIIK HOLIDAYS .. HV .. Uernanla Wine Cellnrc. V HnnmnmUnnrf ntirl Kliclms, N- Y. Mm flptni'lniiinil tn IntnulticH our goods timoiiu tlio very tiest peo- M u ill hit fnlllitrv. unH wo can 800 no better way of lining this than by sell- us ilfiii a case of our rJ buttles of wluo and ono Ixittln or our extra fine vi) ilouhio illxtlllud drape 7,'yi.uramly. nt oiuMinir its uc- iiuii com. I'juiu re ceipt ot 55.00 we will send to nny rentier or tills paper one. cmo or our ifimiN.ull flrst-lln ami put up In ele- Kiim "ijici iiB&urieu, . Grand Im. Hco Cham. 1 qt. bot. Delaware. 1 t. bot. tleHlng. 1 it. bot. Tokay. I qt. lint. Sweet Cit- ta w b.i. 1 (jt. hot sherry. 1 qt. bit. Klvlra 1 qt hot, N i;;.ira. 1 qi. hot. Au,.oIleit, st-T-rZ. -.t j iii. not. i'ort. l&'MtSSfUS .! nhoht. ,'fi "A'f'cAff' l 'it. hot. Im, Grape l&atsZmMlU llrandv. V a&&i03&i h ThH oiler Is made VNav jW iiiti Inl v tr Int riifiiii-irt 3i5l!rTTTff!!TV imr 'Irani! Imperial XMPi VMJfKy' Sec Chnnmazne unit --aiii-J!iaJ mlr ,ioUble-dlii. iim-ii umjic iiranuy. tin1 rao hi kihjub m N)UVi(tl nt about one-hull Hi actual cost and ii uiu pic mo us it our iricuiiM uiiii puiniun will take inh aiilint' or tins and Help us intro duce our k'imtlH. All orders should bo In bo I'oro litfoiuber Kith. MADE &VJE A MAN .WAX TAULIHS POSITIVELY CORE orji Jmnotcac, KlccrAanottJ, etc.. cnoa! by Abutt) or olhtr Kicoaeo sni India crotiancT. Thry julcJii ami mretu rrttora Jft Vitiilliy in oMor jounf.ani (ituuiQuforfctuJ)', bu taf a or marrlogo. Ii-ittfnt Inaflnltv nn TVitfiimiitlnn ir tukim iuuuih, i'httlrtiM .howa in nodrato fmprovo meat and etlecta n ('UifH nhoro all other f ail In. silt upon alintun tho 'nuirm Ajnx Tnblctti. Thar hnvo cured tUuuand aud wflloarorou. WoBlmapoft. tvtva nruiuuKuiirHmttj (uvuvcinrurv j ptc la caencasoor retuud tho nnacy. rrioovuwiwiMr yy f w't rutftwcri or ix ikcf i uuti i ruiiaenu ior au. uy moll, ia pjaln vtrapior. mnn rwPM'totrrki-, rireaUt ,reoAJAX REMEDY CO., HKSSTui?" for salo lu Herantun, l'u., by .Muttuow 0 loi. nnd 11. C. r-audert'on, druuelsts. z&Vns '.H , 'iM! PW-TaSiJ w m iff m Mm TAtt- l. - : ?A ASrSSt liiiJ, ia es :i ! rat$K''s "8 '"""""' nmti jmM2 i ot. i.ot wmwtim ftssi Hi toKin . i. n ifcu-i.' . ijswjv M2LYA.J?&'J'Ji. V S'
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