THE SCHANTOX TKIIU'Mi-SATURDAY, MARCH 5. 3S9S. 10 HOW HAVANA CITY WOULD BE CAPTURED United Stoics Fleet Now Within Call Could Destroy It. IHAQINUD FORMATION OP ATTACK llHUIcshlpi nuil .Monitors tit Mnln Division with riiuiMiie Crulvri. 1)oi'oiica Not l'orinl(liilil()--Not!iliiu Apparent Which Would Prevent tlio IMk Milpn Iriini I.nnillnu '''liclr SholU Almmt nt W III from Out in tlio Open hen. From Hip Philadelphia 1'icm, In thu event of hostilities with Spain lliiviiim would nutuiiillv lip tlio flint objective point of tills kv eminent, anil its reduction tlio 111 st test applied to tlio American navy. In the mlnda of fciiniL' ot thu lilRluKt nulhorltlos on such imittns this would tint 1P an etienie l illMrult tnHk. oiip of lliom euyiiiK ro i"iitly: "It would lie magnificent, hut Inn illy war." Thin view of the -dtualloii Iip derived fi.itn n, most ciiictul nnil exhaustive in py mid i onipni lon or tin- ilcfcnxpi or the Cuban city und the loioes that would belnoufilit to lirHi-ns.iInst tlipni. ii companion that showed leail the Mipoilor advantage vvlilrh tin- attiuk- In.- foice would have r.ilmlv (oniui pnil It docs not seem po-lble that siny UiiiiK slioit of n mliaile, and mli.icle iin- not numerous an moie (ouldttvnll i ho Spanlaids nu.UliltiK that would iven look like a succcsful defence or the oltv Knowing Its wtaktus-s and tin eve client (lmiii'PH of ultimate ut ess at (oini.anithcly small i pene and iWi, It Is (iiilto piobablo that nnj Anieilcaii adiulinl would hesitate nlmiit lurilliiK note on the dtv the hallMorni of death and destiuetlon wMeh a boin haidiilPlit would mi an. Di:ri:Nsi;rf or havana l'lis't the defense of the Cuban eapl tnl mu-t lie (onsldcied. Alioiit them lnitcli has been wtltten and the Maine disaster may piobahly he an lllustia tlon or what ean he aceompllshed If the American ship will kindly anchor at maiked buo and swing easily at their i allies awaiting attacks fiom un seen foices. The main fotces that could In hiought to hear against an attack ing Hiiundion nie the hattotles of Moro Castle, Cabanas Foituns and Punta Fottiess. Thes-e aie nil situated at the eiitinnce to the harbor uml before them lies the blue ocean. Acux-s the ilty fiom the Moio Castle to the outsklits 1 less than four miles nnd while the Inner haibor Is ptovldcd with fcevcial foitiess-eb they would be r little ot no mall against a sea attack until the ships had fouul the Mi.ilts and pio leeded lnlde to mgugi' them. The haihor entiaiue fmtllle.iUoiiK aie ina-sdve but old, built mostly of mono and earth embankments that ex pel ts pay would not long withstand the battering of modem, hlgh-powdeted guiifi. They are defended by guns of tremendotw .size In many mes, but of a stvle of long aRo, and geneially not much moie eflectlve than Held pieces for the kind of woik demanded In a bombardment. Huskies these theie ate sevctal batterlis of Aimstiong A: Kitipp guns, model n pieces of large size, and designed to be veiy efteitlve weapons. Their air.inKements is t,ald to be decidedly bad. hnwevei. Inasmuch as st'etal of the batteries ate so ui tnnged that their zone of lire Is ery limited. In fact, they could not be brought to bear on any ship that did not tiy to foice the straits naval Foncrrs iu:lp. These fottre.sscs would lie lelnfotied liv all the ships that Spain could con eenttnto In the harbor, which, ai cord ing to those well infoimed, could not be a eiy foimldable tleet The Span ish navy possesses seeial battleships of nbout 9.000 tons displacement, some half dozen ctuisets paitlally aimoted and as many moio unatnioied, and a laiKO tlotilla of totpedo and gunboats The latter two classes can be laigoly eliminated In the consideration ot an nttack on Havana, (list, because the gunboats aie not especially dangerous to an thing but unatmed veels, and, second, beenuso much ot the totpedo contingent lould not be sunt actoss the oLiiin. The best naval sticngth which Spain could likely muster for the defense of Havana would consist of two battle ships, four crulseth of the lmser type and, peihups, a dozen smaller ctnft, Indifferently aimed and not full Jiiaiined. The battleships nnd ituisets nro not In tlio best of condition, all having been In seivlce for n long while and being conseriueiitlj foul and In need of general oet hauling. No uocu tate estimate of the number of men nrd Runs that would bo biought Into set vice can be made but at the veiy The trouble wtth most . men is not Hint they do not know how to work but that the v do not know how to rest If a man knows how to rest nnd how to take care of Ins health, there is hardly a limit lo itic amount ot wort that he may accom- pllsh without doing n I in sell injury (The trouble is that vnieti not only over work, nut that the j neglect to rcbt at the , p roper hours I and neglect their Health. A man pisses a restless, sleepless night, pets up dull and hcadaclieym the morning, goes to the breakfast table without an ap. petite, bolts what little he docs e it and uiblies away to business lie is drowsy and nervous by tuni9 all dav and forces himself to work against his will He takes five minutes for lunch and not a minute to rest afterward. He goes home at night utterly lagged out and with no appetite for supper. The idea of taking medicine or even taking a little rest never enters his head. Some night his wife finds him in the rocking-chair before the fire-place dead. The doctor vv ill call it ncrv ous pros, tration or heart trouble or something of that kind. Dr. Pierce's Ooldeii Medical Discovery is the best medicine for hard working men. It restores a keen edge to ' the appetite. It facilitates the flow of the digestive juices and makes the digestion and assimilation perfect. It invigorates the liver ami purifies and enriches the blood. It is the great blood-maker, flesh, builder and nerve-tonic, Medicine dealers sell it N Gaddin. Hl , of No, 313 South J Mrctt Ts. coma, Washington, writes: "I was taken ill lu I'rbrunry 1&9J. My lungs hurt me and I got so poor that I waa junt skin and bone, I thought I was goiug to die, I tried Dr. l'icrcc'a Golden Medical Discovery and It saved my life." Pierce's For sick headache, bil. iousness and constipa tion, Dr. nerce'8 i'leas ant Pellets are the most rational cure known. They are mild but thorough and effective. They regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bow. is. Never gripe. No Dallck'fc? other pill is HU tbeni. rCllClb. ir W i.-?-W V MliA3& m tfSv' itfy 1 M IMv vVi .N 3a I vWKvAW X1 best the nhowlng could not he especial ly forinldlble. rone n or attack. To menace, blockade or bomhar.il Havana, the Tutted States could con centrate off the pretty bny that marks the enhance to the harbor, the finest nnd most pnweiful fleet of warships that ever carried the Stars nnd Strlpis Into nny clime It Is well equipped In every n, with plenty of tried men to manipulate its guns and engines, nnd plenty of nmuutnltlon to do harm with Foremost In the fleet is the huge lown, a sea-going battleship that nil naval expetts agteo compares most favorably with the largest and best fighting ships ntlont, not excepting the ltoynl Sovereign, l'mpress of India, and other tremendous fighting lna i hlnes of Grent Hrltnln. Next In line nro the twin bulldogs of the fleet, the Mnssachuetts and Indiana, veritable Moating forts with rumor of a thlck ncs "Ulllelent lo icslst anything slunt of a thundpibolt ptopelled by the matchless fotip of nut me. Next, then, Is the Texas, often te reued to as a sister shin to the Ill fated Maine, though they vvero not much alike, the peetles eiuiscts New Voile and Htooklyn, the Mnrbleheiid, Montgoineiy and several more of the smaller fellows, besides three model 11 toipedo boats To this fleet Is added the stieiigtli of the big doiible-tuneted monltois, I'uiitan. Tenor, Amphltllte and Mlantonomah, all of which would natuinllj lie eonteted nt Havana If any bonibaidment of fortllUatlons lie In tended, for In til's kind of wmk, os poclntlv In (oniparatlvely smooth watoi. their ubllltv to do tenlblo execution cannot be ovet -estimated MHT1IODS OK ATTACK. A naval movement by the I'nltod Stntes amtlust Havana might not nec ess.ullv Include a lioinb.it dmuit. In deed, In the minds of some of the best infoimid authoiltks the planting of toll'- of shut In the iltv and It. foitl llcntlniis would be avoided If any )vos lilblo way out ot It could be seen "Sup posing," said one naval eneit es totda, "that the I'lilted htutes has demanded a huge Indemnity ft 0111 Spain and thnt Hie demands have not been complied with necessitating their enfoi cement bv othei than peaceable means Klint of all, the fleet of war shlr, commonly called the North At lantic Squndion, but for an occasion like that incieoed by all the leseive force lKisslble, would lo ordeied to proceed against Havana. "It is hnrdly llkily that Admlial Sleat el. If hu weie in chaige, would cup to plunge In anil lay the city In tulns without giving n chance. There foie the Mist move must be a blockade. This would have n two-fold eftect and If nil the lepotts emanating fiom Ha vana aie title it would flpeedlly cause capitulation of the city without a single shot being Hied at the foits, lor It Is known that the city Is In no ivondltlon to stand a siege, whldi means the cut ting off of food and other supplies. "Tlie other effect, which has pinctl c.illy the same ending, would be pro duced by the Insuigent armies. Once a I'nlteJ States Meet Ih otdcred out fin active service In fmnt of Havana ex peditions supplying the Cubans with all the aims and ammunition the want will be sent out ot every pint along the Atlantic sea inist Such expeditions would be decidedly In or der then and I do not doubt that 100, 000 stands of aims, beldis a ipgulur patk of field aitlllety would be landed 111 Cubu during the (lirit week "Pioporly aimed and equipped the In surgents would quickly 'omplete a land blockade which would cut the city off from all .supnlies tioni the land side, while the while fleet In front would effectually cut 01T nny supply fiom the sea. Thus situated the city of Havana would have to submit inside of two weeks. This cinuc would bo the humane one fiom any standpoint whole coeiclon Is consldcied neces-aiy to ou tline .1 demand The Snanlshnutlfoi- ltles aie not likely to He idle, however, with a girdle of waishlps off the hai bor and the actual lighting would 1 om nium p just as Mioii as the Spanish ships snow a sign 01 (lesliliiR hostilities. ho.mhahijmi:nt or havana 'in any event the lown, flagship, would lead the fleet Into action not only beiaii'-e she would (airy the pen nnnt ot the admlial, but because of her -speed and easy handling. The 01 dor mnvt likely in cn-o of nttuek would be n swjft signal that would form the Meet Into thiee divisions, lown, Indlnna nnd Massachusetts leading one, with New Yoik and liiooklyn close up; the I'uii tan, Tenor, Amphltrlte and Mlantono mali in the other, backed by the squad ion totpedo boats. Outside, the smaller ciulseis would foint a flying squndion or piotectlon, 1 catty sea nivaliy to pro tect tlie heavy lighting flnnks. The lown would take up n position to tlie southard of tlie haibor entiance nnd just outside the ninilnp league of enemv's wntei. Close beside tier, but allowing enough 100111 to maneuver, tlie niookljn and New Yoik would My their luttle lings. The heavy monitor divis ion would foint in single line of battle kiik Keeping neiiuy opposite the limber entinnio toi tlllcntion would veor off enough to nllow the big tin ict guns to be brought to bear over the slar- bonid bov . This would give them the most advantageous and illicit lange of Mie, nnd in a position of thrlr own sekitlon the four teii-luilt timet guns of cadi ship would hull shells weigh ing GOO pounds apiece across three miles of wntei nnd Into the foitltku tlons with an neiuiaiy Hint would be sin pi king (onsideiing tlio huge en gines of war to be handled. ' To thl section or tlie fleet, too, would be assigned the task of Mopping an naval advance fiom tlio haiboi. Their position would give them u par tlculatly good oppoitunity to quickly lepel nny fleet which Spain could gather and send out to the nttack. In this case the totpedo flanking flotilla would steal down under cover of the monitors' flip and tlie piotectlon of the shore and endeavor to deal death blows to the enemy's ships. "WORK OF THH HATTLHSIIIPS. "From their raking position on the other sido or the haihor entrance the battleships could choose their dlstnnee and literally pioceed to Indulgo In tar get practice nt tlio expense of the Hn vnna ports nnd buildings. All bringing their guns to bear over the pott bow and firing with careful preparations nnd duo caie of tho guns, n verltablo deluge of awful death nnd demolition must ensue. "The Iowa opening with her big tur ret guns, four IS-lneh rifles would Hi a six shots an hour fiom each, und each shell weighs S50 pounds, Tho Massa chusetts nnd Indiana hurling 1,100 pounds of metal nnd high explosives at each dlschatgo of one of their 13 inch guns would bring the entire four on each ship to bear at the deadliest nnglo known, to modern gunnery, over tho port hovt. Tho Texns, with her two 12-lnch rilles, would nlso get into the game nt the start and under cover of this rain of metal U16 ships would ad vance until within almost three, miles of the fortifications, when the magnlfl- cent batteries of S-lnch guns would ho I brought Into use. "When Hip ease of handling, destruc- live effect nnd accuracy of lite nie all considered, the S-lnch weapons nro te- gardod ns the most serviceable of nil noval guns. Now the New Yoik and Hrnoklvn would get Into the notion with their four and eight big guns re spectively, while the lown, Indiana nnd Massachusetts have each eight of the 8-Inch guns ready to second the efforts of their lnrger rilles. TONS OF HOT SHOT. ' Httsod on the nssumptlon that the gunners would fire each gun once In ten minutes, thus allowing ample time tn cool nnd clean, the battleship fleet would plnnt in nnd a round Havana 131, 100 pounds ot projectiles every hour of the bombardment and when It is known thnt each ship carries CO or more rounds for evety gun, It Is easy to see what a ten-hour bomlnidment would mean "The monitor fleet would thtow a lot of shot too. They would, on the same basis of calculation, send f,-t00 pounds of instill nnd ns nil the guns on nil the Meet aie manned by American gunners, anyone who undei stands the American !illl with nims knows thnt llltlo of It would bo wnsted. "The reply from the forts nnd shoi t bilteiics must necessatil.i be s"Vere nt times, hut with nius'zle-loadlng guns hugely, and a veiy limited zone of fire for oven them, It Is not likely that thov would do much damage to the Meet. Jt Is not llkel.v, cither, that the smaller crulseis woild become pngaged except In cis-e of nttemntod totpedo boat attack- on the boinbatdlng easels. Then, thev wiuld uish In with their ninld f'uo battel les and theii number should be sufllclent to prevnt any great dam age from such an nttneit. "Once the cltv Is t educed. It Is doubt ful If any of the big ships would be sent tlnoitgh the lint tow channel to the inner iuv. Torpedo boats would Mist gn tlitoMli and locate nnv thing In the w.iv of mines or tntpudocs. If possible, but theie would be no necessity of 1'indlnr any fmic 01 leduclng further the feeble battel lis on the other side of the town " NEW YORK FASHIONS. The Circular Flounce: Ruffled Skirls: Silk nnd Wool Mixtures: Jackets nnd Capes: .Millinery. Sped.il I'oncspondcniP of Tho Tiihune. New York, March 1. A circular flounce Is the solo novelty yet appar ent In new cloth suits; fcot on plain with building or some other fancy heading, and tinting townid the low er edge. Tt cannot bo said that It Im- pntts any special gince to a costume, but something new must be provided eaih season. Skitts are decidedly nar lovvpt", and the advent of the bell skirt would not be sui prising. Much braid ing Is used on cloth dressen. or nar row, gathered satin ilbbon tilnimings (alwas with a fancy edge) which are so pliable that they may be adopted to anv rpqultemcnts. An "apron front effect" Is much lu vogue, biougnt ibout by tilmming, nnd wheie hi aid U ci'llojcd. it is cat 1 led up to ihc waist "t the back, the apron being l'ugp 01 small, ncrni ling; to the quan tity and disposal of the tilmming. UhACK TAFFKTA SILK SKIIiTS to be ".0111 with Independent waV-t ate luflled nlmost to the belt, and one shown by n lending house, had fifteen ruilles, edged by a silk fold with a nar- tow black patln one above it The apion was quite small, and twentv seven yards of matpilal Is lequlred. Nothing new tn waists has come up as yet; the blouse being ngaln called into lequk'ltlon for cloth di esses, or a se vere nnd short suit Jacket with a "My fiont" ornamented with tucks so small as to usemblp colds, on front nnd sleeves A thlid wnlst Is tight fitting with a little pocket-on each front, and ovet the 1 loth belt one of ilbbon Is usually substituted This Is tailed an 'Kton" waist THH OPHN HLOUSi: Is tho onl one admitting of fancy lronts, and on the revets, tilmming may be advantageously ananged, or If of handsome innteilal the entile blouse may be tiimmed with pnssorn onturle squates. Sleeves ate smaller, rnd only town of tucking or n fold or two sepainte us fiom the absolutely tight sleeve Tucks, both diagonal and ncioss, all the way down the sleeve aie ngaln seen, but new stvles tray bo expected nt a later date. ni:v ih:ax:tii:s in dt ess fabtics nro constantly coming t.p, and for handsome costumes noth ing Is moie absolutely safe and attiac tlvo th'ii. silk and wool mlxtuies; not liable to ciush easily, always hanging well, and lellectlng two soft color tones, vntled by delicate designs. These muteilals ate pconomkal In the end, us they do not requiio n much tilm ming ns a plain stuff, nnd the assoit ini nt shown by the well-known house of Lord X. T.t.vlor, embiaie every stvl I 1 color combination of tho season. Midi as minute blown figuics on a pale gieen suifuee, or on u put pie, seeded giound nie tiny Nile giecn Mguut,. lllue on light blown Is another cliniming icnti.ist, or pale hellotiopo Is stiewn with' pink, llbie-llko designs. vali:ncii:nni:s lack thavhiis Is nil exquislto mateilal, composed of tows or pa u lain woven In a sheei silk foundation, with two mmow raised stilpes between the mw.s of lace. Light weight eoloicd lupous show open woik snipes, alternating with puikeicd satin ilbbon stilpes A very sheer fabric has tows of (oloied "baby ribbon" thiough net, and a second mateilal on that or der hns wide and 11111 tow dark blue ilb bon through a species, of blaik silk lat tice woik Among luce effects, gtcen lace stilpes on dalk blue giounds, is n shilling combination. Tucked mntetl uls uto veiy pffeetlvc, and on n gieen and blnclc cotded ground, not tow- green brocaded ilbbon Is attached on the tipper side. In spaces about an Inch and a hnlffnpait. ' Tin: spitixn jackf.t Is sevetltv itself, vety short, button ing nt the front, and almost a fac simile of tho suit Jacket. Spring capes are still cut eliculur, and giny cloth, with four deep folds (slinulntlng ono cape above nnother), each finished by a white satin fold and cart led up tho back, with a standing collnr sliullatly tiimmed Is a very simple yet elegant stle. Silk and laco capes ure very dressy, shott, and pointed nt the back, with long tabs at the front. The .shoul der part Is usually of silk, covered with Jet nnd below falls a net ruflle lined with colored silk. Tho upper portion Is sometimes cut In points, or two deep scolloped pieces on the shoulder are attached nt back and front to two wide black satin bands, coveted with Jet, which produces a blouse effect. TOQUHS AND SMALL TURHANS will undoubtedly lead during tho early part of the neason, nnd vvlillo many hats show tlio "wrentli effect," quite ns mtny turn up Jauntily at one side, "r me sou crown is snuiico nun kuu-i- ful curves, with high ornaments nt the left side. The predicted fancy for low trimmings does not seem to bo verl- fled ns jet; nnd a very stunll bonnet with high jet wings or butterllles, perched on n I'ompndour toll, Is In the opposite direction. Lovely evening hats composed entirely of crushed roses In two or tin op shudes of pink, nro toned down by black aigrettes, fenthery Jet ornnments and black velvet strings. The comb effect gains In favor, nnd beautiful jet combs with long teeth are a part of many small Jet bonnets. AVIht such hats, nurrow, black velvet strings are a necessity nnd nro always very becoming, "White or giny wings placed between open ribbon rosettes with tucked or corded edges, nro con sidered pccullntly stylish. Fannlo Field. Mcsur.n I'NDint rum. The OMiecr's Coolnuss Ihidnr l'nrrn gut nt Mobile liny. Now that tho name of Captnln Slgs bee, of tho Maine, is in cvetybody's mind, nnd his worth us an ofllcer Is being attested" bv scores of his super iors, let me ndd my mite to piovo his couingo nnd perfect (oolness In battle, savs a nnriutor in the San Finneisco Hxamlner. Slgsbce was a youngster Just out of the Academy when Farra gut was ptepatlng for his big light In Mobile Hay. I was an ensign on tho Admiral's staff, nnd Slgsbce joined the Hnrtroid n month before tho light. In nsslgnlng ollleeia and men to their ptatloi s Captain Drayton, Farragut's fed lanlnin, nsslgned Hnslgn blgsbeo to take charge of the forward powder division, and tho wilier heieof to com mand the after division. These divis ions wore stilngs of 111011 and bojs to pns powder and shells fiom the nfter ami foi waul mngazlnes to the powder and shell whips, to he hoisted to the gun deck thiough the hatches. Another duty of these powder monkevs wns to yell like deivlslics in the excitement of battle, und It wns a duty they did not neglect. AVe hnd passed the fotts and weie re ceiving an nttack of the ram Tennes see with her magnificent battel y, when Slgsbce came lift from his division to ee how no boys were getting on. The powder bags nnd shells were going up in a steady stieam, nnd the boys were veiy noisy. "Any casualties?" ho nsked as he wiped some smudse off his fine "No," I said, "wo'ie all tight. How is it with jou?" Poor lleglnbothnm Is kHIed," ho said, lleglnbothnm was ailuiITer of tho Adtnli al's staff, who had been assigned to tuke charge of a shell whip. At that Instant theie was a mighty ctash Immediately behind Slgsbee. Tho whole lining of the ship's side gave way, carrying with it the bulkhead of the iunlor officers messroom and fill ing the nlr with splinters and dust. A big .seven-Inch shell had done the damage. It enteied the Hartford's side, tine down all the vvoodwoik men tioned, cut a heavy oak stanchion, against which Slgsbee wns leaning, en tirely In tow, nnd ono jagged end of the stanchion took one of tho sklits of Slgsbee's best unlfoim coat nnd tipped it off an if with a knife. AVhen the dust and splinters subsided Slgsbee diew a long breath. "Well!" ho reiniuked quietly, "I wonder where thnt d d thing went to." Ho found the d d thing ntteiward Ij Ing snugly In the Chief Hnglneer's bed It was a ",0-poiind shell. It failed to explode. Had it fulfilled its whole mission there would now be no Cap tain Slgsbco to leceive the woild's plaudits and no humble penman like myseir to tell this tale" TKOOPS AM) DltlXK. Curious Statistics Miouing What Hu lopenn Nations I'ny lor I hem. Fiom the Sun. The fi lends and advocates of "unl veisal peace" and tlie foes of Intem perance and Inebriety nnd pretty gen eially agreed that the expenses attend ing war and war armaments nnd liquid beverages of an Intoxicating or exhila rating kind ure unduly large. There is an old proveib. It is not a Swiss pro vet b, of coutse, to the effect that a man who drinks' more than he should "di Inks like a Swis," nnd It Is for this lensson, peihnps, and tesldents of tho tepubllc of Switzerland say for no oetter one, that the fame of lesidents of Switzerland for .sobilety Is not us fui -reaching us the fame of the Scotch for Instance, for fuigntity. A leeent computation which has appeared shows that tho annual exnendltures of tho Swiss for wine, beer, elder nnd biandy ate 175,000,000 fiancs, six times as much as Is soent on tho nimy. Ger many expends, or, mote piopeilv. In dividual Geimatis expend $r00,000,000 a year on liquid icfiesdiments, distilled or fermented chiefly beer nnd Rhine wine and $120,000,000 a year on the Oct man At my. Tranco pppmis In a yenr JMO.000,000 on drink, ehlelly wine, and $110,000,000 a ear on tho inulnten 111110 of the atiny of the lepubllc. The Italians expend JJ50.000.000 ,v jear for llquois, wini s and lordlals and $55,000, 000 for the Italian at my, the ependl luies being In nbout the b.uno intlo as in other nations. Austila-Hungary expends less upon liquor in a vear than any othoi muti ny of the first class In Kurope, amount ing to about JS-'j.OOQ.OOO, thoUBh pet son.s who ate familiar with lite alone; tho blue Danube might, not unreason ably, como to the conclusion that $J00, 000,000 ot this sum wns spout in the ilt of Vienna alono In lager beer Suih, hinvevet, Is not the case. In the moun tainous distilits, pattlcuhulv in tlio Tyrol, Ttaiislvnnla. and in Croatia, veiy little wine la ill link, and though Hungary pioduces a largo and steadily tnci easing amount of wine, a very lnige ptopoitlon of It 1-s exported to other pountiles. nelatlvoly, not much of It Is kept for home consumption. The Austio-Hungnilan Aimy costs $70,000, 000 a yent. or less than one-thlul ot tho cost of the llquois consumed In a enr, The Ilusslans expend $100,000,000 a enr In liquors nnd $150,000,000 a jear, or one-half ns much, for tho maintenance of tho army. Hnglnnd expends $1S0, 000,000 a ear on liter, ale, wine, potter, gin, turn, and smoky whiskey, and $1)0, 000,000 a year on tho maintenance of tho lliltlsh Army. No one knows exactly how much Is spent In tho ITnlted States on liquor in n year, especially in prohibition Stntes, but It Is supposed that tho whiskey taken for medicinal purposes costs each vear mote than does the malntenunco of tho tegular nrmy. mm i .. - wiii:n run lakhs ihiv vv. Predicting n Tlmo Wlien tlio Lnl.o Trnlllc Will Ho No Mora. W. P. Harwood, In St. Nicholas. Qeologlets point out tho fact that th? clmln of Eicat lakes has not ulwnyn been nt. It now Jh; that thoio was a tlmo when till tlio lakes vero blended Into one, linvlnfr, probably, tho Missis sippi river for Its outlft to tho gulf on the south. Ono geoloirlHt says: "livery day uees something tKen ft om tho reck barrier of Niagara: and, geolrgienlly speaking, nt no very re motM tlnuj our great hikes will have shnrcd the fntc of those which onco existed In tho crent Far West. Al ready they have been 1 educed to less than one half their former nren, ilud the water-level has heen depressed three hundred feet or more. The pro cess Is pretty sure to go on until they nie completely emptied. The titles thnt stund upon their banks will, ere that time, have grown colossal In size, then gray with nge, then having fallen Into dcrndenee, and their sites be long for gotten; but In tho sediments that nro note nccumulntlng !n these lnke-bislns will lie many n wreck nnd skeleton, tteo-trnnk, nnd Moated leaf. Near tho city sites and old river-mouths these sediments will bo full of relic thnt will Illustrate and expluln tho mingled cctnody nnd trngedy of life." In a. certnln sense theso likes form one might ilvor draining a tcglon or titer 62"i,000 square miles, nnd finding nn outlet for their overflowing water through the swift St. Mnry'n river nt the oast end of Supeilor; thiough Hu ron and the St. Clair river and L-iko St. Clair nnd the Detroit rivet . through IZt In and Niagara and Ontnrlo and the St. Lavvtence, on to the vast ocean be ond. It Is Interesting to licte that the bottom ot Lnko Superior, the high est of th'- lakes, Is nbojt four hundred feet below the surface of the sea nt New Yoik haibor. . Undo Geelinu's Little .lol.o. Aunt Oeehnvv (of llnv Coiners. 1, T ) "Joshuwnv, there's a tramp beggla' fer n cold snack at the door thet savs he's n elrkiss contortionist out of a Job. ' Undo Oeehnvv (chuckling) "Shorn hln tlie wood pile, Maria, an' ask him to do the split." llrookh it Ikiglo. A (in cry. Little Oscar "l'.ipa " Mr Fatherly "Well, OMnr'" Little Osiar "Whin Hod made tho 7c blil, Mill didn't He (111 some stars on him. so he'd be a ugulnr walking Amer ican llig.'" Urookljn Kagle Wi laudanum. Ere ONLY PERFECT HOMT CURE IN THE WORLD. ABSOLUTELY PAINLESS. TRIAL BOTTLE FREE. wnlTE us in conrlDCNcr. ST. PAUL ASSOCIATION, 0 nnnniM firw YORK. THE KEYSTONE KINDLING WOOD AND CARPET CLEANING CO. Arc now prepared to doll vcr kindling wood by tho barrel niiulo from seasoned hard wood, nl'o wood for grntcs at price within tho reach of nil. 'try a barrel and sco tho convenience of having this Inill Hpnslble aillelo ready at hnud ror instant use. Order books mny bo found nt tho following places: nrtiCKIl'S PHARMACY, 107 N. Main avenue. .m'KLWMi:ATMAKICi:T, W11 Lacka. II A. PHIItUL'S MAUKKr, Tll'J Adams. iiiti:i:.v ltiiKii: lumukuco, IIL'LUtS IIAUDW'AIIH brollU N. Main avenue. Or nt tho factory, 1740 DICKSON AVENUE Orders ror carpet cleanlnj March 1st. lccclvcd nrter MOP rrequontly; snub occn hIo iially Seiul bliu Is hard work, but mopping with The Cinchbar Mopstick is qutto easy almost n pastime and tho result Is exquislto cleanliness. 'lhoprleoof tho (. Inch" Ini Mopstick Is 'J", cents It Is worth a clollu . Order of jour dealer. THE itllllNi: POWDER CO Rooms 1 nnd 2, Com'lt li BTd'g. SCRANTON, PA. Mining and Blasting POWDEF Madoat Mooslenml Ilashdalo Works, I.AI LIN & RANU POWDI.R CO'S ORANGE GUN POWDER IMettrU' l!tteile, Klertrlc l.ploders, lor cvplodlns bluiilH, hnfc'ly 1'iue and Repaiino Chemical Go's 111(111 i:pi.obivns HERCULES ftSBESTOS PiPE COVERING 1 ho Most Perfect Insulation. Applied by WARREN :EHRET COMPANY Contractors for Ehret's Slag Roofing, 311 Washington Avenue wmmm, Thcain fltiv ?mttilp nr .. U L..Jl, .. ltt..i.i nconTfiilencr.iidfillouslW nY 1 la tvMrli i'opajbiu ,!!-V,uulV uruo unu iiJirtriiuiis iun MADE ME A MAN AJAX TAULCTS FOS1TIVFLY CURE .lZJrtoi4 JJiair i'oiltna Mem ,ri by Abuiiij or other Jk.xceftei na Indir f restore Ixt Vitality la oldorxounir.and iitumaarorHuar, uu taesnor marring. 'ruTent lQHantt an Contumctlon if Tujent Ukeniuumo. Ibelruto tbowi la modlato jmproTc xaoatand vffoqta n CUHE where all other lull In lit upoa bartns th genuine AJat Teltleti. They sir uim wbere all jisTO cured thouttandi aud will cure you. e plva a pow itlra writ l n BoarantHo to effect a cur Ci OTQ la each caso or refund the money, i'rloe Uv U I wiper i irntilnA Alas Ifll facnatoj or eix (iksea (lull treat menu ror fJXU. ii$ facliaaoj or ill (iksea (full treatment) f mall. la plain wrapper, upon recall t of 1 r " AJAX REJViEDY CO., rira. t ircuiar UtrbraBU iauaye. iiu For khIo in Korunton, I'u., by MuttUown Uroa. uuil 11. C. Humleritoii, (lrticxUts. uMORPH 'T I 2e is at- III! PScu A Woman9 s Hearto The wife of a clergyman tells the story of her suffer ing with neuralgia of the heart, with the hope that her experience may indicate to others the zcay to regain health. Few bodily afflictions are more terrible than heart disease. To live in constant dread and expectation of death, seiddtn, instant death, with last farewells unspoken, is for most people more awful to contem plate than the most severe lingering illness. The slightest excitement brings great suffering and danger to people so afflicted. Such was the experience of the wife of a well-known clergyman. She tells her story for the sake of doing good to others. "I feel," she raid, speaking carefully and weighing her words, " that Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pifls for Pale People relieved me of a lifetime of sickness rnd sorrow, and I cheer fully recommend them." This grateful woman is Mrs. "Wamsley, wife of the Rev. C. E. Wamslcy, who lives on West Sheridan Street, Greensburg, Ind. She continued: " My heart became affected after the birth of my youngest child, about six years ago. "The pain was constant. Frequently it grew so severe I would be forced to cry out. "I could not endure any excitement. "It would increase the pain so I would scream and fall down in a state of collapse. In this condition I was helpless. "These spelts would come on me at home, in the street, or anywhere I might be. "I could not sleep at night. I ate very little. " Different doctors were called in. They said I had neuralgia of the heart, resulting from nervous prostration. NEW YORK DENTAL PARLORS 'irXTII MADU PKRITCr." ORIT'ftTORS OFPAIiUESSDEUISTn.. We have all the latest discoveries for alle viating rain. Wo extract tooth, HU teeth and npply ROtd crowns and brldgo work without thu least particle of p.iln, by a method patented and n-ed ln-ii-i onl. NO CIIAKUU Tor putulua cxtractlu:; when teeth nro ordered. S Full Sot Tcetli, S5.00. Wo KUnrnnteo a fit. Colli Crowns, $3.00. Allothor worknt proportionately low price. B-Uolil Cronus and llrldje Work a Specialty. Ilelns tho oldest and Inmost dontal parlors In tho world, we are no well equipped that all workdono by us is tlio best to lie hid. Our o) cititfons nro positively painless. All work guaranteed for lOjeius. NEW YORK DENTAL PARLORS Corner Lackawanna and Wyoming Aves , (Over Newark hhoo '-tore ) Hours, 8 to 8. Sunday, 10 to t NKW YORK. HOTELS. The St. Denis Bread way and Eleventh St., New York. Opp. (lrace Church. European Plan. Rooms $1.00 a Day and Upwards. In a modost and unobtrnslvo way thoro r ( w butter conducted 2oteU la tho motropolli than tho bt DonU Tho great pepu arfty it hns acquired can re-idily bo trocad to Us uuiqui, loiatlon, lti homellkn iitmosphore. tin peculUr excellonoa of its culsiuo and mrvlco, and lta vary moder ate prices WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SON. WESTMINSTER HOTEL, Cor. Sixteenth St and Irviog Place, NEW YORK. AMEKICAN PLAN, Day and Upwards. EUROPEAN PLAN, Day and Upwards. $3.50 Per $1.50 Per I. D. CRAWFORD, Proprietor. gf".iii li rnTii -ii.1f?j Apollo Nervl-Tablets MAKE A poJitlT cur for mn (jouna or old) nitfttrintf from A nerf oue dUetieeii, threatened tuaauity. Uclc ol tueuory, lone of manly powere.wutedoruana and other weak neaMCHUM)d mm A EVI I bo rA I v&L, v 1 torer of lu.t vitality and quickly Me u rnau.for buetnuae. BA A 1M I V DleuuraoraacredmarrlaBe:i'(LtOAIri.r-4ill.l.XSlwlMltt m cure where all other ao-ralled thoutande ot roeu to the written aaarAnlBM to do a nnne hut Ai'OLLO AJ.IU RO PFUT apBciao, aOPOLLO MKDICIMU CO., UUO UEAlUiOUN BTimbr, ClUOAQO, ILL., or ouregeoU, , ! m uii, piKluif MattliovvM Mi on., WholPHtiie tuiil Hctull "The doctors treated me, but the relief they gave did not lasL "I wai a physical wreck, when my eye fell on an item in the local paper describing how Mrs. Evans, of West End, had been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Her suffering was like mine. "I hope other sufferers who read this account will have the faith I had when I read of Mrs. Evans. " My husband bought me one box of the pills. The change they made in my con dition was encouraging. I took another box t then bought six more boxes. " All the time I gained in health, strength, hope, nerve force stiadily, surely 1 " Before I finished the eighth box I ceased the treatment. I ft'.t perfectly well, and the doctor said I was entirely cured." To add weight to her story Mrs. Wams ley made affidavit to its truth before John F. Russell, a Notary Public of Greensburg. Neuralgia of the heart Is only one of many serious evils that grow out of derange ments of the nervous system or of the blood. The remedy that expels impurities from the blood and supplies the necessary mater ials for rapidly rebuilding wasted nerve tis sues reaches the root of many serious diseases. It is these virtues that have given Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People their wonderful curative powers in diseases that at first glance seem widely different. This famous remedy is for 3ale by all druggists for 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50. ASKFO&TOEBSaaZTON URN 1 o GIVES THL BEST ILGHT vDRI ANDl5AB59LyTELY5AFE FOR SALE BY THE ATLANTIC REFINING CO SCRANTON STATION. A GREAT OFFER ...UY , Germanla Wine Cellar. lanimonJsport and Rlielms, N. Y. u nro determined to uluca our goods nir tho very boit peo in ho country, and an see no better vray ulns this than bySell them a c.iso of our U, containing eleven lii of wlao und one lo of our extra Una jio distilled Orapa idy, at one-half Its ac tual 'tHl. Upon re ceipt ot S5.00 wo send to any render of this paper ono caso of our (,'oli Is, all first-class and put up in ele Kint ttyle, iwsorted us lolious. 1 qt. hot. Urnnd Ira enai J-eo eimm- pagne. It dou ueinwaro. not. juo-mng. hot. loknv I qt hot. bucel Co mm na t qt not Sherry. 1 qt. hot. Klvini. 1 qt. hot Madura. I qt. hot. Angelica, 1 qt. hot. Port. 1 qt. but. bwect It- atiedn, 1 qt. hot. In). Orapa llraudy. This otler In aiida mainly to Introduce our (Irand Imperial bee Champagne and our lino douuie-uis- tilled (irupe brandy This case of Roods is etlercd nt about ono-hilflts actual -wt and It villi please ua If our friends and x Vrona will take advantage of this and Lelj Uk. Intro duce our good. gting a 2 ono candle power light liom kerosene oil. OVER Ed II USE. Inv.ilu.ible for Engineers, Iron Found ers Conti.ittors, Ikukleis, Mines, Collieries. Stieet Railways, etc M. E. KEELEY, Manager. 709 West kackawanaa Ave, Scrantoa.Pa. Tcleilioiio 31)51. nerve and liralnremedleii fall. 1 bey have restored pink Qathof manhood and thtyttill cure pott A or money refunded la every iiaie. Don't delay Uuy ic tt iiaLMH. Dnn' I TAHLhCS. 1'rloe within reach of ull. or full treatment ux packauei) for .'&i. Kent bi wmi iwu uuu rnt:i v ui tni. Addree. UruuiUtu, r-tianlon, l'u. MGWT,wn p mw& CKi a w m&m K?iiS-f u mm Ai-re-" l ,.vi ism :t v. w t it M MMMm MMim j msmffitteJm s , HJJtilfll
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