THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY. APllIL 20, 189S. GARBONDALE. (The Cnrbondnlo correspondences of Tno Trlbuno has been placed In the hands oi Mr. C. n. Munn, Salem avenuo and Church Btreat, to vvhnm new Itoms may be addressed. All comnlnlnH ns to lr rcstilnr delivery, etc., nhould bo made to W. J Roberts, new) nsont. KILLED ON TUG 0. AND II. I'quaongrr Trnln Mrtirk un I'nhuown .linn .Inst Itrlovv nrlittiuliili. Tho Delaware nnel Huilson pntscnficr trnln which left thli .'ity nt 7 0G last evening Bttuck inut Instantly killed an unknown man Just below tho city line. Tho remains weie brought to Un dertaker Mclinl'ts morgue where u a number viewed the remains but fail ed to Indcntlfy them. Tho man in'Osurd six feet, two In ches, was well built and weighed more than two bundled pounds; had thick black hair, thin brown mus tache, n two weeks' growth of bcaid, brown eyes and nppeared to be about forty years of urp A mine lamp and one rent were the only things his pockets contained. A Mayfleld shooinuker told Detective Crlppcn he patched a shoe jesterday for a man answering this doscilp tlon. An examination of the shoes 10 vealed n small patch on the right one. The detective believes ho Is a miner who has been searching the valley for woik lie was going south and stepped fiom In nont of a north bound coal train just In time to be struck by thn passenger. The back of bis skull was crushed In, left cheek mutilated, jaw broken, left arm fractured and tight leg broken. Tho poor board will buiy the re mains BETTER TELEPHONE SERVICE. Another l'nlr of Wires U ill Ho ltun Irom Here to Scrnnton. Puslncss men who are frequently called upon to use the telephone tor vice between this eltj and Pcrnnton have bean much annoyed by the delay that Is often expeilenced In seeming the line, due to tin great amount of business that Is transacted. Through the efforts of the Hendrlrk Manufac turing company which tailed attention to the congested state of nffolrs an ex tra pall of wlns will bo put In which it Is thought will relIco the presume. Superintendent AV. R. Prior, Jr., of Wilkes-IJurie, to whom the matter was reforred hv Local Manager Ollleran writes: "Upon Investigating tho matter we find that your complaint Is well ground ed. It seems that while tho lecords show that tho business between theo two points Is not In excess of what should be carried by the two pahs of wires, at tho same time, wo find that the bulk of tho business Is done be tween the hours of 8 and 11 In the foie noon, and 2 to 5 in the afternoon, which results In overloading tho lines at these times. "In view of this condition, wo have decided to run an additional pair of wires at once In order to relieve this congestion of business." ATHLETES OKQANIZR. Tho Strong Hots ol tho High School Arn Active. The strong boys of the High school have efiected an oi ionization known as the High fcchool Athletic association. The object of the club Is to cieate an interest In athletic events. It Is tho purpose of the organization to have field day sports and athletic contests of all kinds at -various Intel vals during the year. A class field day will bo held at Alum ni paik on Saturday, May 21 Only the members of the different classi s can compete in these contests. Thr best athletes from each class vw be select ed to represent the school, In contests with the schools of other towns. Arthur Sahm has been elected presi dent, and Albert Ustalnook, vice presi dent Professor C. M. Lesher and F. II. Collins and Walter I.oftus were ap pointed to act ns athletic committee. John Liurke was elected manager of the base ball team and Alexander Dltchbum captain. Hallock Wanen will manage the tiack teams and Wil liam Swigert will be captain. The association will give an enter tainment on Friday evening in the As sembly room of the High school, for the purpose of raising funds to purchase uniforms. PETER KANE SKIPS. Another .linn Dcpiirti Sueltlonlv, 1, ravine Sorrv Creditors. About a year ago Peter Kane came to thit city and paid the fabulous sum of $22,500 for the Itogers block, known ns the old Flynn hottl property on South Main street He opened a fish mailtet and fruit btore thiough which, It Is said, he has been bteadily losing money. It was learned yesterday that on Monday he disposed of the propel ty nnd that ht was preparing to leave town. His creditots of this city nnd Jermyn commenced looking up the matter. Kane had gone jnel hs wife and ten children were making ready to leave on tho 10.50 train which they did last nlsht. An attachment was Issued and Con stable Neary served it at the freight house, where some household effects of llttlo value were billed for Vlneland, N J. His horse and wagon were on the way down the valley ,tnd the con stable left on a late train to ovortnko them. Vetily, this is the greatest season for sudden departures the town ever saw. MAYOR O'NEILL'S PERPLEXITY. Cannot Veto Appropriations Without Vetoing II i k Own Kiiinry. There Is a great deal of speculation ts to what Mayor O'Neill will do with Ihe approptlatlons recently passed, and passed just as they were sent to him when he withheld his approval The doubt, however, Is caused by his sup posed objection to the board of health appropriation, whore as the real per plexitis part of the situation Is In the faot, that the chairmen of councils havo not certified to the passage, the lack of whl"h certification, tho mayor alleged, waa his reason for vetoing befoie. The Indications are that the ohalr- A FEW POINTERS. The recent statistics of tho number of deaths show that the laruo majority die with consumption This tllsoa.o may com menco with un apparently harmless cough which can be cured instiiutly b Kemp's HalHam for the '1 hi out uml Lungn, which U guaranteed to onro ami relievo nil cases Price 24 and 5uc. Soli, by all druEelU; ask for a free sample today. men do not Intend to certify to the pas sago of tho ordinance, believing the sig natures of the clerks to bo suiriclont as they hao been In the past. If tho city's chief executive vetoes tho ordinance again an effort will be made to pass It over his head. There Is. however, ono heavy weight on tho approval side of tho balance. That Is the mayor's salary. If ho kills tho or dinance; he will rut off his own pay and "pnv-ilfty" has a Joyful ring. TIIU DIS1I0P WILL l)G IIURG. :tt. ItPV. nthclbeit Talbot, bishop of central Pennsylvania, will como to this city some day within tho next two weeks, It Is probable, to olllclally Install l'.ov. Hollln A. Sawyer ns rector of Trinity rhuich. This ceremony has not been cnirlod out of late years on such occasions In this c Ity, and It will be of much Intel est It will also give the Kplscopallans of this city a chance to meet their new bishop for tho Hist time. The exact date of tho Installation Is net known ns other duties will occupy the bishop's tlmo for the present. A SPECIAL SERMON. ltov. Plr Knight Commander Hall, of .Tcunyn, will preach n seimon to tho Knights of the Mystic Chnln In tho Con grogailoml t hutch, this cltv, Sunday evening at fi o'clock Tho local lodge will meet In their castle at ti 30 o'clock to attend In a body. The lodge from Jermyn will nlo attend In a body. An Invltntlon Is extended to the Daughters of Naomi. Mr. Hall Is an eloquent and Interesting speaker and his spnnon will be an nppiopilato subject LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Thomas W'vlllo, of Pittston. viMted his paients, Mr. and Mrs Andrew Wyl lle, of Hehnont street, jesterdny James Gen Ity, of Hazleton, -visited friends In this city yestei lav. Mis. Stephen Maionev has lotuincd to Susquehanna. Mis. rimery Holls nnd daughter Heth have returned from Wnymart. Mis yv. rj. Watt and daughter arc st ending ti week with Mrs. Watt's par ents In Wllkes-Untie Mis. W II. Cha-.e Is lsltlng frinds in Grent Henel Her daughter. Mis. W. M Latin op, of Pntetson, N. .T., Is also visiting at that place Tiiey will re turn to this cltv together nnd Mis. Lathi op will visit bete fot a few weeks. A WOMAN'S ENEMY Is Catarrh In Any Form, Stasre or Dosjrt'C. "I can thank y our medicine foi puling me of chronic ca tatih f tho head, nose nnd throat, which I was aillicted with for five or six e.ns glow m .. TL 7i$1S 'rA&m '&,Vi.a ing woise .ill the time, un til I began tak ing jour Pe-ru- gwSsiAi &&' na, with a marked Improvement from the fit st Independent of curing my cataith, Po-ru-na has wonderfully Ini pioved m geneial health. Pc-ru-na Is a wonderful medicine. 1 cannot speak too highly of it. and I recommend it as being one of the -very best medicines in the world foi courrlis, colds, catarrh and all disease s of the throat and lungs. Very slncPiely, Miss Belle Gunsalls, 1410 Sixth avenue, Hock Island, III." An other of Dr. Hartman's patients, who was cuied of a similar case of catarrh by Pc-ru-na, wiltes to him ns follows: "I must state what Pe-rti-na has done for me. I was aillicted with catarrh of the head, nose and throat. After I had suffeied for about a year a teirlble cough set In. My side and back wore so soio that I could not test at night. My head was dizzy. Most of the time I was exhausted and tiled. I could do nothing, was unfit for work and some of the time was confined to the bed. 1 wrotu to you nnd you advised Pe-tu-na. I only used three bottles, and now I feel stout and hearty. Tho world could not buy my foi tunc. Pe-iii-na Is the best medicine sold." Send to Dr. Hnitman, Columbus, Ohio, for a ftee copy of "Health and Beauty," wiltten for women only. JERMYN AND MAYFIELD. The niaiilage of William, the son of Mr. and Mis. Joseph T Hobeits, of Second street, to Mt-s Hulah Tiffany, of IVelilk, foimeily of this town, took pi ice at the home of her uncle. Mi. . W. Howard, of Seianton They wete nttended by Miss Flossie and Frank How-aid. The Hey. S. IV Mat thews olllcl ited. They are popular young people nnd havo a latgp num bet of fi lends, Willlo Hvnns, Hdw.ud Strafford and John Chambers, of Forest City, visited Mr. Thomas K. Grlfllths last evening. Mr. and Mis Omacht. of H. Stieet, was vltltlng In Cailmndale yestei day. Mr. and Mis F S Filend. who for the past Ihe years have resided In this town, moved their household effects to Wyoming yesterday, where they in tend to make their future home. Tho dtgree stall ot the Knights of Pythias will not practice this evening, ns was announced, but will drill on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Misses Jennie Sec or, Cella Nallln and Mary Walsh, of Mlnookn, ate the guests of Mr. nnd Mis. M. J. Hagan, on Main street. Tho Ontario and Western company will pay thtlr employes here today. Mr. James McDonough, of Scranton, was visiting nt the home of Mr. and Mis. George Filend, Majheld, Tues day evening last John F. Jenkins, of Tblid street, was visiting In Caibondale yestei day. . OLYFHANT. The members of the Suburban Wheelmen's club will give a social In their rooms on Scott street next Mon day evening. The following committee have chatge of the affair: F. L. Nor thup, A- W. Shaw and 13. J. Barthold. The funetal of the late Wlllam V. Davis will tako place at 1 o'clock this afternoon from the family house on Third street. Interment will bo made In Union cemeteiy. Mr. and Mis. C. 13. I3vans, of Dur yea, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. David Uv.ms. of Susquehanna stieet. T. J. Kllcullen, of Newaik, Is visit ing his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Patilck Klllcullen, of Dunmore street An unnlversaty muss was celebrated In St. Patrick's chinch yesterday morning for tho late Kato Cannon. Hev J. P Murphy was celebrant. The funeral of Mies Kllzabeth Mack, who died on Sunday last took place from her home In Jessup yustorday moinlng and was attended by a large number of fi lends. A requiem mass was sunk In St. James' church at 10 o'clock by Hev. J. M, Bmoulter, after '.- &3 THANKFUL TO Earnost Words Prom Womon Who Havo Boon Rollovod of Backaoho Mrs. Plnkhnm Warns Against Nogloot. DnAn Mns. Pikkiiam : I havo been thankful a thousand times, since I wroto you, for what your Vc-fjetnulo Compound has done for nie. I followed your ad vice carefully, nnd now I feel like ti different person. My troubles were back ache, headache, nervous tired feeling-, painful menstruation and leucorrhcca. I look four bottles of Vegctablo Compound, ono box of Liver Tills, nufl used ono puckago of Sanatlvo Wash, and am now well. I thank you again for tho good you havo done for mo. Ku.A. K. llnrjJNKn, East lloehestcr, Ohio. Groat numbers of such letters as tho above arc constantly being re ceived by Mrs.l'inkhnin from wo menwhoowo thclrhcalthnndhap piness tohcr advice and medicine Mrs, Flnkham'a address is Lynn, Mais. Her ndvlco is of fered frco to all suffering women who are puzzled about themselves. If you have backache don't neg lect it or try hei oically to "work it down," you must reach the root of the trouble, and nothing will do this so Bafcly and surely as Lydia L Finkham's Vegctablo Com pound. Hackacho is accompanied by a lot of other aches and wearying sensations, but they nearly always como from the samo source. Hemovo tho caubo of these distressing things, and you become well and strong. Mrs. S. J. Swaxsom, of Gibson City, 111,, tells her ex perience in the following letter: " Dkar Mrs. rixiciiAM : jJcforo using your medicine 1 was troumeu with head ache and my back ached so that I could not rest. Your medicine is the best I have ever used; It has relieved mo of my troubles, and I feci like myself again. Thanks to Lydia E. Flnkham. "1 would advise any one troubled with female weakness to take your medi cine. 1 shall also recommend it wherever 1 can as a great reliever of pain." A. Million Women Have Been Benerited by Mrs. PlnklianVs Advice and Medicine which Interment was made in tho Archbald Catholic cemetery. Mrs. W. J. Hrown and children, of Luzeine, ate visiting Mrs. Maty Caw ley, of Delawaie sttcet. Fite Warden T. .1 Matthews, of Spring Hroolc, is spending a few days with Ills brother, Postmaster S. J. Matthews. Mis. William Pfelffer is quite ill at her home on Lackawanna street. John I'robut has returned home from a visit with relatives at Kingston. TAYLOR NEWS. Sims ol Toinpurniico lihatn--ltcsig nation ot Councilman I'owoll.-I'er- soiinl Notes. Tho debate conducted by the Em blem division, No. C7, Sons of Temper niicc, at their looms In Van Horn's hall, on Monday evening furnished bouts of enteitalnment to a laigo num- 5r of members of the division. The vision rooms ptesented a oty ani mated scene and a programme was listened to with tho keenest Interest. After arguing tho limited time ac corded, the points were submitted to tho consideration of the judges. In summing up, the judge's after care ful deliberation, awarded the debate to the affirmative side. Tho subject of tho debate was: Kesolved, "That Immigration Should bo Hestrlcted." The debaters of the evening were. Af llimatlve side, Hvan G Watkins and Aithur Stone; negative side, John It. Thomas and Hdward D Davis. At next Monday evening's meeting an en tertainment will be held The pio gramme will appear later. Tho Henards and Sons silk mill had to cease operation yesterday, owing to lack of water, causedby a leakage In the main pipe. The Tribune branch olllce in Taylor Is in tho Cobleigh building. Local rep resentative 13. G. I3ens In chaige. Piofessor Jnmes It Hughes, of Hyde Patk, was the guest of iclathes In this place on Monday. Tayloivllle lodge. No. 4G2. Knights of Pythias, will meet tills evening in Heese's hall. Councilman Jumes Powell, sr, of the rirst wnid, has sent In his resigna tion to the borough council. The mat ter wns laid before tho council last night, but wns put aside until this evening's meeting. Misses Giaco Lowry and Hnchle Gangwer. of North Main street, weie the guests of friends In Scranton yes terday. Stteet Commissioner David J. Har ris made a tour of Main stteet and found It In a fair condition Mr. Hat rls Is nt present doing good work on our thoroughfntes. which Is apprec ct ed by the pedestilans We pre glad to note that oui popu lar and efficient motorman, Michael Lynch Is back on tho Taylor lino once more, fiom his visit to Hawley. Mr. nnd Mrs Wllllnn Pi ire, of II-.dc Pntk, weie tho guests of relatives in this place Mondaj. Mr. and Mis. Hdward Roberts, of Kingston, who have been -visiting the latter's mother, Mis. John Powell, on Taylor stteet, have tetmned home. The condition or ex-llurgess William P. Griffiths is somewhat Improved. Tho icinalns of the late Andrew Frledle. of North Taylor, weio Interted at the Catholic cemetery at Hyde Paik yestei day by funeral director J. C. Davis. Tho Third Legislative convention was held at Heese's hall yesterday afternoon and was laregly attended. PECKVI1LE. Tho Women's Christian Temperance union will meet at tho home of Mrs. Georire Stevens, Thursday afternoon, h t the usual hour. A full attendance dcclieel as business of Importance is to he transacted. WISE FRGNCH LAWS. A writer In an Knnllsh weekly draws attention to tho superiority of French over KtiKlish laws In the cato of drunk ards and spendthrifts. In i:nRland, ns In this country, a man may pursuo tho most reckless courses, destroy his health and dissipate not only his own property hut that of those dependent on him, vvhllo the ones Interested must sit with folded hands and can obtain no help from tho law. which declines Interference till too lnte. when the ruin Is accomplished and tlio family perhaps thrown for support on the state It Is thought that tho If vs here and In Knglund are too caroful of the rights t-f the Individual, at the expenso of those of tho family and the community. In Franco tho spendthrift who endangers the stabll lt of his fortuno nnd the wcll-bolng ef his family llnds hlmelf faco to face with the "family council," which Is armed with full logal powers to put him on nn appro, prlato allowance and tako tho manage ment of his property Into Its own hands. It Is suggested that tho establishment In Knglnnd and America of somothliu cor tcspomllng to tho French "family coun cil" would bo of bene lit allko to thought less fools nnd theli wronged families. The present plan of postponing lntcrfor- MRS. PINKHAM. rrlllllliyrllllllffrfe enco till a man is medically certified In sane Is thought to stand In crjing iip'm! of reform. A.N OM'-TIMi: NWA.I. TltACI'.DV. The lliirsting ol n Gun on thn I'rlnci' ton limp 'I linn Hull n Century Ago, Prom tho I'oston Tianscrlpt. Tho destruction of the warship Mnlno lecnlls a f cat ful tragedy In United States naval history, In w hlch the sec letnrles of state and the nnvv nnd oth er persons wtio Instantly killed, many were wounded and the president nnd several prominent statesmen and high oillcluls had extiemely narrow escapes f i oin death. 1'hls cat.astiophe occurred fifty-four vears ago, on the afternoon of Feb. 2s, 1S14, on board tho United States war steamer Pilneeton, Commodore Stock ton, on the Potomnc iivcr, about fif teen miles below Washington. It wns the Peacemaker, one of the laignr guns ot the ships atmament. a new and to the commander a favorite piece of oid tumcc. The steamer Itself had just 1 oen constructed at Philadelphia ac cording to lmpioved plans enthusiastic ally advocated by Commodore Stock ton, who had aNo superintended tho casting of the guns on a now princi ple of gloat sire and power. These guns had been thotoughly test ed for seeral days previously and so far proved all that was claimed for them. fo exhibit the supotloilty of the'-o new nnd foimldablo cinnon Commo doie Stockton had Invited nnd receiv ed on beard a large and billllnut com pany of both sexes for an excursion down the thn". In this patty were In cluded Picsldent T.vler. Mis Unbelt Tyler, Miss Cooper. John Tylti, Ji., from the white house; a large number ol oilieeis, in full unifoim, all the nv'inbeis of the cabinet, except Mr. Srencei, many other persons of high oil vial tank, Fcnatots and tepresenta thes, attaches and secretaries f lega tion: Geneial Almonte, minister from Mexico, etc., in all about 400 pet sons. When the Princeton had falily pass, ed Fort Washington the I'eacemakei was shotted and llred, tho effect of which proved its remarkable puwei and won the admiration of all on bourel An hour af toward, by lequost. the piece was loaded for filing a second time. Tho gun was now pointed t leeward, and behind it stood Comino doio Stockton; a little to the left ni him Mi. J. Washington Tjsun, assist ant postmaster genet al By the side o' the latter, a little behind him, stone Mr. Slilekhind, of Philadelphia, nnd i little to the tight of but behind him Colonel Benton, of Missouri, who had lady at his aim, and Judge S S. Phelpi senator fiom Vcimont. To the leovvni of the gun stood Judge Upshui. il seeietniy nf state, nnd Governor G' mer, the spciotarv of the navy; and shoit dlstunce behind them Mt. Mni" the late Chaige el'Aflahes to Belglm By the side of him stood the Hon. Mi Gntdlnei, of New York, and Cnniiim doie Ktniion, chief of the na bu lean. On fit lug tho gun a murderous blast succeedtd the whole ship shook and reeled nnd u dense cloud of smoke enveloped the entile gioup on the fuie castle. but when this blew away an awful and heat tt ending scene present ed Itself to the lew of the hushed and agonized spectators The gun had nn. tf. r vaipqt.m NERVE AND DRAIN TREATMENT CSTRcd Label Special Extra strength. c 7 few For Imnntpncv. I.nnn nf ifiV I'wor Lost Manhood, cMoniuy or iiarrBanessj .tl n hoxt eiz for SV withl 'wrlttru minrantci-l j-inj: ..-' leer-OREorbymall. tv'm. (I Clarke, 316 I'cnn Ave., Scranton, Pa w& l&3d V iUI MS&L rl lTW V ArTtB WHAT ARE MISFITS Ai UNCALLED-FOR CLOTHING ? They nro Karmentu mndo by tullorfl and either did not lit or Tvero uncalled feir Wo hnvo contracts with many of tho leadlnc tailors throughout tho United States. To tho tailors theso goods nrc nlmost a totnl loss, and we seetite tlient ot Iet.8 than cost of material cnnbllnx us to nell them attain nt half nn I oitiv times lehs than lmlf tho original price. You will always llnd the finest stilts from J7 50 to $2000, woith double. Tho scvvlnK. binding, linings, etc, of all our gar ments are of tho very best Alterations to Improvo lit free of charge1. WE SELL $15.00 Merchants Tallor-mado Bulls S7. 50 SIS 00 Merchants Tallor-mado Bulls 8 (10 U'O.oo Merchants Tallor-mado Bulls for tjll (IO $2300 Merchants Tallor-mado Bults for A 10. 00 $30 0 Merchants Tailor-made Sulla for 12 00 $1000 Merchants Tallor-mado Bilts for 4 15.00 $60.00 Merchants Tallor-maue Bults for tj'JO.OO Tho above consists of all styles, colors and shades, both Cutawujs and Backs Hound and Straight Cut. A rare chance If wo eon lit you, PANTS. $500 Merchants Tallor-mado 1'ants for S'j.SO $G0Q Merchants Tallor-mado Pants for 11. 00 $800 Metchuuts Tallor-mado runts for 4 I. (Ml $10.00 MeithantH Tallor-mauo l'ants for -. 98, no Among our lino of pants you will alas find something to please ou. Trado where your dollars do doublo duty. ORIGINAL iSFIT AND CUSTOM-MADE CLOTHING PARLORS 427 Lackawanna Avenue. burst nt a point three or four feet from tho breech, and scattered death nnd destruction nil around! Tho lower part of the gun, from the trunnions to the breech, wns blown off. Secretary Upshur was badly cut over the oyo and In his legs, and expired In a very few minutes. Mr. Gilmer, of Virginia under whoso official direc tion, as secretary of tho navy, the power of this great gun was testeel was likewise mot tally wounded and soon breathed his last. Mr. Maxey had his nrms nnd one of his legs cut off. Mr. Gardiner, of Now York tho future fathcr-4n-law of President Tyler and Commodore Kenuon tiled In about half an hour. About a dozen sallois weie badly wounded, one wns dead, and behind him, Colonel Benton, Judge Phelps, and Mr. Strickland, as It dead, were ex tended on tho deck. Mr, Tyson, of Philadelphia, near by, was unhurt, nuthough a piece of the gun had passed Hi much his hat about two inches from his skull. President Tler es caped by a close maigln he having been called back from where he stood Just a moment before. Commodore Stockton, knocked down somewhat Injured, all tho hair of his head and face burned off, rose nt onco to his feet, mounted tho wooden car riage, and surveyed tho scene. Shrieks of woo were heard from every quarter death and desolation, blood and mangled remains were all around. Mayor Scaton, of Washington, had noaily as nnnow an escape as did tho president; ho had started to accom pany Mr. Gilmer to see the cannon fired, but was delayed by a difficulty In llndtng his clonk and hat. The funeral possession n few days nfterwaid was one ot the most sad and Imposing ever seen In Washington. It wns led by Generals Scott and Jones, with n. splendid military es cort. Among the distinguished pall beaters were Messrs. Archer, Morgan, Bolton, Totten, Worth, Gobson, Aullck, Shubrlck, Crane, Towson, Kennedy, Hunt, Barnard, Fish and Kendall. All depattments of the government, legis lative, executive, judicial, military and naval, weie largely icpresented In the vast and magnificent procession; and minute guns nnd tolling bolls added their voices to tho geneial requiem. "Lieutenant Hunt caused tho gun to 1 c wolked, to show the case nnd pre cision with which her direction could be changed, and then pointed down the ther to make tho lire, himself nnd tho gunners standing near the breach the breech on the light. I opened my mouth wide to receive the concussion In the Inside ns well as on the out'Ide. so as to lessen the foice of the external shock. I saw tho hammer pulled back, heaiel a tap, saw a Hash, felt a blast In tho face, and know that my lint was gone; and that was the Inst that I knew of the wotld oi of myself for a time of which I could give no ac count. "The fiist that I know of myself or of anything nftetwaid was of rising up at tho breech of tho gun, seeing the gun Itself split open: two seamen, the blood oozing fiom their ears and nos tills, tislng nnd reeling near me, and Commodoie Stockton, hat gone and fnce blackened, standing bolt upright, staring fixedly upon the shattered gun. I heard no noise, no more than the dead. I only knew that the gun had but st from seeing Us fragments. I had gone through tho experience of a sudden death, as If fiom lightning, which extinguishes knowledge and sen sation, nnd takes one out of the world without thought or feeling. I think I know what it is to die without know ing it, and that such a death Is noth ing to him that levlves "or Internal and External Use. CtllfS ANn I'HEVl-NH edds. Coughs. Sore Throat, Influenzi, llroi. chltls, Pneumonia, dwelling at tin Jolntv, I.umbajo, Inflammation, lklieinnatisin, Neuralgia, roslbltes, Chilblains, Headache, Toothache, Asthma, DIFFICULT BREATHING iTUIX aim WOltm' PMNSInfrnmnnn itvvc-i ty minute-. NOI JXK IIOL'lt alter uiUim thn mlv ertit--incut need unjouo t 1 1 i:ll Willi FAIN. ijMay'4 Ready Itcllef M a Sure Cure lor very Pain, sprains, Itruises, Pains lit .he hack. Chest ur Limbs It Was the rirst and Is the Only PAIN KKMliOY ii InMnntlj Ktops tho mont oeriuMntlng Imm, ullnN liillumiimtton, and cures Con- tloii", uhiHhci of tho I. miss stotn. u'li .veels or other glands or orgaug, by ono up- ie'iitlon. h ilfton teiiKpoonrnl In h.ilfn tumhlor of uti-i will In ii fo minutes ouru 1 rumps ii-m. Miur Momuch, lluirthmii, Nervous- i . sleeplexsneni, Silclc llemliohe, Dlar- Mia, Ijentcry, Colli1, FUitulene-y and all nter'ml pains. Ibciu In notu reiiu-dlnl nsciit In tho woild wit wilt euro lover and ague and nil other nutations bilious mid oilier fever, aided by AlVAY'h PILL, so uuliiUy us KAD- WAY'S UUAUY RULILF. Fifty Cents Per Hottle Sold by Druggists It V.DWAY A CO, fir. ELM hf, S:Y YOKK WOLF & WENZEL, 140 Adams Ave., Opp. Court lions:. PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBERS bole Asents for Hlcliard?on-I!oyntou' Furnaces and linages. p 0 yfe Figures Prove It From the very outset the net revcuue of the New Mexico Railway and Coal Co. is estimated at more than FOUR TIMES the interest on its bonds. It is a plain proposition so much business in sight to be done, so much of a market and no competition that signifies. You can buy a few of the Company's 5 Per Cent Gold First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds Directors of the Company : CLARENCE D. SIMPSON. . . .Simpson & Watkins, Scr.inton, Pa. COL. H. M. BOIES I'rcs. Moosic Powder Co., Scranton, Pa. HON. L. A. WATRES i'rcs. Scranton Savings Bank and Trust Co. THOMAS FORD Vice-Pres. 1st National Bank, Pittston, Pa. J. W. HOLLENBACK Prcs. People's Bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. RUDOLPH T. McCABE Pres. N. Y. & Queen Co. R. R. Co., New York BENJAMIN S. HARMON Strong, Harmon & Matthewson, Attorncys-at- Law, New York, N. Y. G1RARD t W. LOWREY. . . .J. S. Lowrey & Co., New York, N. Y. CHARLES a EDDY luldy, New Mexico. J. ARTHUR EDDY Eddy Brothers, Denver, Col. THOMAS H. WATKINS Simpson & Watkins, Scranton, Pa. HARRY P. SIMPSON Diamond Drill Contractor, Scranton, Pa. . We recommend these bonds to investors as a desirable and safo investment. For Prices and Further Particulars Apply to the Following Parties : A. H. CHRISTY Cashier Scranton Savings Bank and Tiust Co,, Scran ton, Pa. W. H. PECK Cashier Third National Bank, Scranton, Pa, H.J. ANDERSON... Vice-Pres. Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Co., Scranton, Pa, J. B. RUSSELL k CO. Bond Brokers, 323 N. Washington Ave., Scranton, Pa. A. A. STERLING Cashier People's Bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. C. W. LAYCOCK. . . .Cashier Anthracite Savings Bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. E. W. MULLIGAN... Cashier Second National Bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A. A. bRYDEN. icsident Miners' W. L. WATSCN Cashier First National Bank, Pittston, Pa. R. A. JADW1N Cashier First National Bank, Carbondale, Pa. Or, to Our Office, SIMPSON & WATKINS, Fiscal Agents, Ihmru MS $ LOREY & BROOKS. We have about 15 New Bicycles, Ladies' and Gents', 1897, $50.00, bran new, that we will close out for S19.50 Gash. We will guarantee these wheels to bo all right. Call and see them. LOREY & BROOK Opposite Court House. Seeds AND- Fertilizers THE Ti L Refrigerators AND Ice Chests. THE HUNT k CQNNELL CO., 434 Lackawanna Ave, LACKAWANNA LUMBER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF m SAWED Plfl. HE I1IM MBD10D LUMBER Bill Timber cut to order un short notice. Hardwood Mine Kplla sawed to uniform lengths constantly on hand. I'eelod Iit-mlock I'rop Timber promptly lurnlshed. MILLS At Cross Fork, Potter Co., on the Buffalo and Susquc. janna Railroad. At Mlna, I'ottcr County, Pa., on Coudcrsport, and Port Allecany Railroad. Capacity 400,000 feet per day. GLNEUAL OFFICE-lionrdol Trade lluildlng, Scrnnton, Pa. Telephone No. 4014. Apollo Nervi-Tablets A tioiiliv cura fnr nrnn (Tnurni or olell nutfttrlna from nerYOUi diseAiM, threatened lntatiliir, lack of memorj, lo of id anil' towera.wwied organs and other weuknetieicaunei1 br aurJv fmeiuivtiind abDM nf tht vital fnrru Atiimra. I )y itorer of lott vitality and Pleasure or mcreo marriage cur where fill other ao-called thousand! of men to the pink flaih of manhood and thty u-ll cure you A ' written Eoarantee to do no or money ref undod In every wat. Don't delay. Uuj nnnnbnlAVOLLU AXKIll ittl.f.TS, Wlce within ranch of all. Rfl nPNT UP"" pr full treatment m ackasee) for lito Bent by UVI Ublllu mail. iUinly wrapped obon receipt of orlre. Arfiiraii. AFOLLU JttDICINK CO., 300 DKARBOKN BTttEBT, CUICAQO, ILL.,or our ajiut. Mutthuwa Ilro-., WUoleulo and Hctull DruexiMtM, r-uruutout Vt, EVERY ieudmJi reliable, monthl tho pirutdiugi it.uld BomotliLM DJirellble, tho pirntdiugi Or. PoaS's Ther are prenpt, late toil certain In reeali, The (eioine (Or. Faol'i) iiHitilaii., Dolat. SntD j where, 11.00. Addim 1'juxUiicuCo,. ClOTeland.O. -, j For Sale by JOHN H. PHELPS. bPruCo s treat. Savings Bank, Pittston, Pa. of Trade Building, Scranton, Pa. Brewery Manufacturers of OLD STOCK PILSNER ffilflffiN.Hil5lSWilPll Telephone Call, 2333. C. E. B O rv E EAT Choice Cuts ARKET. 321 Adams Avenuo Kvervthlngln the line of fresh and salted Meats, Hnusiices, Lard, VAc. rouurni andUamein bioASO.v. Telephone, No. 6Saj FOR SALE Boilers, Engines anil Machinery We will pell von Now or pecond-Hnnd. We will sell you new or tnleu old In ei otianse, or wo will rent you nuythtn? you want In the .Machinery I,lne, bpot Cash paid for Herap lion and Metals 709 West Lackawanna Avenue. M. E. KEELEY, Mgr. Telephone, 3943 Sore Thro it, 1'lmplei, Cop. oer-C oloriid Snots. Achat Old Bores, Ulcers In Mouth, Hair rolling I Write COOK KUMCIIV CO., 651 .Musonlj Temple, Clilczo, III , for proof of curoe. Capital, $500,000. Worst casofcurodln 15 to 3S days, too-pase booK tree. a MAKE A RflAN quickly rite a man forhuinei. BJI AMI V iuj.iuii(rii.i4u,i.ftfitiin m nerve and brain reinatliea fail 1 hnv ! rAinrmA monthly, TfuoUUni ruJlcln. Onlf httailMf Si it.uld b UMd. If y.u want th. tMt, (el Ponnyroal PSBIs PhBrmaelat, cor, Wvomlna .venue and t ill's Lager Beer HAVE YOU
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