THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1899.
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UNMAKING LOVE.
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My dear follow, suddenly I saw tli.it
iho loved me. I saw It In her eyes,
us the suylm; Is. Imagine my eon
titcmutlon, I aim by no means Insen
tdble of the great Rood Mick of a man
who Is loved by a Kood sort of woman,
though quite onpable of not protend
Int? to envy him. Hut this wouldn't
do at nil. She wn the prettiest gill
there, and I had gravitated toward her
beauty as a matter of course. I always
pick out the prettiest face and go
straight Tor it mechanically. Of
course, I often don't arrive-; there may
he obstacles and I am quite content
to make n bow to the next Venus. It
would be a real dhock to discover
that there was a degree, a possibility
between what I had achieved and
what I had abandoned, that I was pay
ing my homage to u star of less bril
liancy than necessary. The fact let, I
have quite enough of reason and Ideas
and intellect generally when I am at
work, and we are all of us eternally
applying some principle, and that's
philosophy. When I Join the ladies nil
1 care about Is to have my eyo and
ear agreeably stimulated, not because
they are capablo of making me think,
though I don't say they are, but bo
cause at those times I want amuse
ment, not instruction. That's why I'm
ho severely logical about feminine
charms of person aud feel a personal
loss when I worship at a shrine of fiO
beauty power. Instead of 100. However,
I am not often In this dilemma, as
nature doesn't cut things so fine.
Well, what was I to do? As I said,
It wouldn't do; she had no ideas; there
was nothing for me to cling to. AVe
might have gone on like that for the
rest of our lives, I admiring her beau
ty and she existing beautifully. I
don't think I was to blame; I faced
the question fully and honorably ac
quitted myself. I never sought her so
ciety; but when we met I certainly did
enjoy her musical small talk; she had
a charming voice. I don't know what
we talked about. I can't remember
her saying anything worth remember
ing, and I certainly didn't attempt to
converse. There was a string of ques
tions and answers, Just like a royal
commission, and each as romantic. But
the whole thing, her face, her voice,
her easy chat, the frou frou, was a
perfect holiday for me and I felt soma
of the acquiescence of sleep without
any of Its unconsciousness. I am a
utilitarian person, but I never reckoned
the time wasted. The sunshine warm
ed my fallow mind and made It strong
er to bear more drastic Impressions.
It strikes me now that the disengage
ment which I displayed may have
looked like patience to her lngenlous
ness and that there might have been
n trace of gratitude for the Implied
eompllmonr, though all the thanks
were certainly on my side. However,
it came about, It did come about. Of
course, 1 might be wrong; In that case
It wouldn't matter what I did, but I
knew I was not wrontr. At any rate,
1 elected to assume that I wa right,
and 1 had to do something.
ciearb. t couldn't run away. In the
first place, this was practically Incon
venient. 1.11c- other people, I am teth
ered In the shallown of circumstance.
And, secondb. It smacked of the he
roic, of which of course, I have a hor
i'Ov. I was afraid, too, that she would
take a feminine pleasure In feeding a
tiPiitlmcnt for the absent, and my obvi
ous policy was to discourage, not in
llnme. her Imagination. Externally I
hnd to maintain the old attitude, but It
would have been a false pretense to
do so with the old nonchalance, I took
the first opportunity of denying myself.
"Have you been to see the pictures?"
fche said,
"Not I." I replied.
"What do you mean? Don't you like
beautiful thlnus?"
"Only when I am looking at them,
and even then I am haunted by the
fear that I am wasting time, and might
be more profitably employed.
"More prolltablyV"
"es;' storing up sources that will
last facts, thoughts, goods, money,
anything but fancies."
"You are coming out In a new light?"
6he said.
"A new darkness, you mean," I re
plied. 'I suppose you are what is called a
dark horse," she rejoined.
We both laughed, and she went away
puzzled.
N"ot time I managed to startle her.
We were talking of the newest novel.
"Itomance," I said, "is all very well,
but It mustn't be contemporary. Put
It Into bygone days-. In as large quanti
ties us you like; but the tale of today,
which deals with us and our friends,
ought only to encourage sober business
pilnelples."
She ought to have retorted: "Such
as answering a fuol according to his
folly," or by referring to the fuct that
most fiction was designed to stave olt
bankruptcy, quite In accordance with
my theory. Rut she only Fald:
"Don't you think wo want a change
from our every day life?"
'I don't," I said, "because jny chief
amusement conslfls In watching other
people's."
'1 didn't know you v,cre such a critic.
I hope you haven't reckoned me up."
"ThP critic," I said, "shuts one eyo
In order to get a better view; the
rynlc purposely puts on glares which
fion't fit him; the philosopher eees one
thing with one and the opposite with
the other."
"Have you got a better view?" ahe
jsked.
"I have no iev or vIcwb," I said. "I
im the plain man who Is supposed not
to exifit. Now, the plain woman "
"I know lots," she said, "and very
dce thfy are."
"What a pity It Is " I said, "that only
women can understand womn. That's
why It Is that men never really make
them good companions. We think too
highly of them; for lnstancet wo think
that they are all beautiful."
"Dut you know better all the time?"
"Of course wo do in practice, but tho
theory Is a good one all the same. It
Is an attempt to take their own view,
to put ourselves in their place for a
moment. Tho fact Is that very few
men take any Interest In Individual wo
men. It Is tho sex that they think
about the whole lot at once; It's bo
like a school book; I hato anything
ar.v."
"Tea?" I said.
"With pleasure." suld she, smiling for
the first time: and wo went oft togeth
er. "Well, wo were getting on, but still
I didn't see tho end. Chance came to
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my rescue, as It does to everyone'w If
they only wait long enough. There
was a new play, the great situation In
It was the heroine, who was universally
supposed to bo a light and unsubstan
tial woman, demonstrating quite with
out design her love for her husband:
everybody was talking about It. On
this occasion conversation was general
and some genius remarked that the
only objection to the woman was that
she was so hopeless-ly old, she was :il
waya rclupslug into weaknesses or this
sort: there was no strength In such a
character, a. strong woman would have
acted quite differently In the second
scene, where she could have deserted
with honor.
A well-groomed youth, sitting m-xt to
her, remurked pointedly that, if sh"
did love her husband, vou know, that
made nil the difference. She raid. If
wives didn't love their bus-bauds It was
their (the husbands') own fault.
"Quite so," I said, "If they will per
sist In being satellites instead of hav
ing an orbit of their own, In playing
Damon and Pythias Instead of Darbv
and Joan, they can't expect that the
wear and tear of their society can be
made good, unless they allow tho prop
er Intervale for the worn and torn to
discover that other people cai.'t con
tinuously please, either."
"That's a nice view to take of mar
ried life." &t said. "I know you don't
mean It."
"Unfortunately," I said, "the experi
ment can't be made, or you'd sec."
"What should I see?"
"Well, something, I fancy, would as
tonish you. The fact is, I don't think
any one has understood matrimony be
fore me, and I've had no experience of
It. It has long been recognized as fatal
to love, if It exists, and more or lefs
apt to produce It, If It does not. Just
as there are places which clve you
neuralgia If you don't take it there and
cure you If you do. Hut I don't think
love has anything to do with the mat
ter; that's detail Important enough In
the early days of meeting, but not com
parable to the bargain which Is the
essence of tho business?"
"The bargain " she almost gasped.
"Yes" I said, "the bargain. The he
says: I must have feminine society. I
must have the female point of view al
ways there whenever I want It; my
own womankind won't do. In the first
place, I can't rely on their punctuality;
and then at any moment they may
lapse into seriousness, think hard of
me the very thing I want to avoid,
and the mischief Is done. Beside, they
know you; they never give you a
chance. Now, matrimony at Its best
must bo between people who don't
know one another, and who never will.
That's1 the great secret. It's the only
chance of a revelation. It Is the only
hope of getting anything read Into you,
and then learning the lesson yourself,
especially anything high, noble or not
commonplace. There Is no room for
love here. That discolors such a union
such a contract, If you like with all
the pageantry of the rainbow; It Is
very natural, a pleasant sight, but It
effects nothing. On the other hand,
the she says: I am tired of this kind
of life I want something new. What
ever I like In my present existence I
can practically keep; he will make a
new woman of me. Really, what she
wnnts, too, Is a trusty companion; It
she has any qualified they must come
out, because she Is in a new world. So
what each demands Is to be developed
and made the most of; really, I'm not
at nil sure, when I come tothink of It,
that an enlightened system of polyg
amy may not, after all, be the greatest
encouragement to man to advance to
his highest ends. At any rate, It would
secure the requisite amount of ab
senteeism." I could hardly refrain from smiling
at my own paradox, but she was quite
serious, gradually maturing to grave.
"Don't you agree with my theory of
a bargain now?"
"Well," she said, "there must be give
and take, of course, but I I think I
prefer tho old fariilon."
"It Is the old fashion I am pleading
for." I said. "At least, It is what I be
lieve and hope; of course, we never
know, because those In the secret never
tell us. But common sense tells us It
must bo so. Marriage is an agreement
for occasional companionship on terms,
and very strict terms."
"Oh, dear," she said, with a genuine
sigh. "I dare say you are right, but
how horrid!"
"Anywny," I went on, "that's the
type, and so It ought to be. Ideallzo It
as much as you lllte, but remember
that there Is nothing In this life which
may not bo idealized crime, dress, fur
niture, a fashionable 'at homo,' school
boys, Impecunloslty, even bourgeolso
comfort, so why not marriage?"
I was Just going on, "If ever I have a
wife " when I reflected that hucIi a
parting shot would be too crude. Be
sides, she had clearly lost her Interest.
So I trailed off anaemlcally. "Talk
ing of 'at homes, are you going to the
Idyls?" I asked.
She said she was.
"Don't vou think that kind of hospl
tullty Is a mistake?"
"Well, of course, It isn't a dance, but
what sort do you prefer?"
"Where each sticks to his or her kind:
he foregathers with his bachelors, and
she, like Jcphthah's daughter, with the
maids of her youth till they desert; the
two tributaries ought never to mix at
the matrimonial confluence like Dr.
Domboy's party."
"Then, how about seeing your
friends?"
"You ouslitn't to want to see them
all at once; the frequent, thoush not
unlimited meeting of husband und wife
ought to bo enough for the purposes of
compnnlonshlp; all other friends are
superfluous. Indeed, society is to he
recommended ns a means of avoiding
them. Good cutting .acquaintances are
enough."
"What a queer idea! What a pros
pee.t for the woman! Whut do you
think Is to be her fate in this scheme?"
".Slnglenesi"," I said, "tempered by a
husband."
"Who may turn out " she went on.
"Who may turn her out," I said.
Sho laughed artiftcully and went off.
' In three weeks I heard she was en
gaged to the well-groomed youth. rail
Mall Gazette.
Omdurman.
From the National Review.
Certainly tho first glance Elves an Im
presflou of squalor, because no one dared
show openly any ovldeuce of wealth or
comfort; and those who built finet larg
houses Invariably surround them with a
cqualld mud wall ten to twenty feet hlRh,
acalnxt which tho poorer people und
slaves built lenn-to huts on thu outsldo.
Hut walk In, and you perceive at onro
that these Taalshn Humfiiru, whose
childhood must have been paired In tend
ing their flocks hi lh open, and In wet
and dry weather, had u veiy good Idea
of luxurious comfort and wide veraroUcd
houses. Building went on Incessantly,
each emir outbuilding the other.
The crowning effort was the khalifa's
own masonry wull, which he built to in
close, as within a prNon. all his fighting
emirs, his specl.il soldk-rv, armory and
Rraln store. ThN U n solid wait fotir
feet thick, fifteen feet high, over three
miles In irnuth und with only live door
ways In It. It Is magnificently built, und
tho labor of Inliigltig the blocks of luiiil
stone nnd mortnr from distance must
have been ptoilhdoiiM. It took the wbolo
population, working from sunrise to sun
set, over lliret) years to build, and It Is
not quite completed, as there Is a R.ip
of 100 yards left between the khalifa's
home and the Hilt el Ainiiua fiirsensl).
Yet. liuvlnir built this wull, und know-big-
full well that, after Klrket. we
meant to come on. be did not put up a
banquette Inside xn his men eould not
shorn nt us from behind this veiltuble
fortification.
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NO ANTHRACITE A1TTER 20G3.
Interesting Calculations by a Lacka
wanna Valley Operator.
Scrautiiu Letter Iti the Sun.
"Of course," said a Lackawanna val
ley coal operator, who has a turn for
statistics, 'it won't make a great deal
of difference to us what kind of fuel
people then on earth will be using, but
you may set It down for a fact that
posterity won't broil Its chops nor toast
Its shins by Hip heat of nnthraelte coal
later than the year 2fl0". I have figured
It all out and know what I am talking
about.
"Kverybody knows, or ought to know,
that there Is no anthracite coal worth
speaklmr about outside of Pennsylva
nia, and only In this favored corner of
Pennsylvania, at that. Now.the bound
aries of the anthracite, coal area are
defined with such mathematical cer
tlnty that, basing my calculations on
the known or estimated depth, dip,
thickness, and extent of the coal de
posits I am able to fljiutv out that be
fore any anthracite coal was taken from
our mines we hud the neat little stor
age there of 13.000.000,000 tons to draw
from.
"The untbiucite coal tiade was born
In ltfio, and. the market demnnd being
then as niueli as one ton a day, the
busy operators then in the field sent
Mr, tons from Carbon county, down tho
Lehigh and Delaware livers, to supply
that demand. Then, in 1S22, Schuylkill
county begun to deluge the country
with anthracite, and threw something
like 1,500 tons on the market that year.
In 1S29 tho Delaware and Hudson
Canal company began tearing up the
coal veins on the northern boundary of
the field In Luzerne county, and sent
to New York all of 7,000 tons in twelve
months. These three counties mark
eted 330,000 tons in the ensuing ten
years, but during the ten years follow
ing that decade they sent out over 5,
000.000 tons. At the end of thirty years
they had taken out of the mines and
sold S.i.OOO.noo tons. At the beginning
of the civil war there had been but
80,000,000 tons removed from the orig
inal deposit, leaving a hole In the big
pile under ground something like what
a mouse hide In a cheese would be In
comparison. But with the coming of
the war anthracite begat: to boom, and
In ten years 20.000,000 tono more were
mined and sold than had been handled
In all the forty preceding years of the
trade. Since then the value of anthra
cite coal has been so generally recog
nized that at the close of business In
189S the deposit had been reduced by
not less than 1,000,000,000 tons.
"Just Imagine a diagram to repre
sent the 13,000,000,000 tons that we start
ed out with dovlded Into lots of GOO,
000,000 tons each, or one twenyt-slxth
of the whole. Two of these lots or
squares In the diagram would show the
hole we have been seventy-eight years
in digging in tho pile, so that you can
Fee what there is left lor future re
quirements. According to that, It looks
as if posterity would bo pretty well
fixed for anthracite, after all,, doesnt'
it? There are twenty-four sections left
which say at seventy-live years apleco,
would carry anthracite fuel along for
1,700 years to come. But, unfortunate
ly for posterity, we are using more
than 30,000,00 million tons a year at
present ourselves, a percentage of in
crease which enables me, basing my
calculations on the natural necessities
of the future, to figure with ease that
on the first day of January, 1!)10, an
other section of the diagram would be
marked off, showing the total of 1,500,
000,000 tons would have been removed
from the original deposit of coal. That
will leave still tho comforting pile of
11,500,000,000 tons. But Just see how
posterity will got away with that tre
mendous heap of coal I
"I am willing to give posteiltv the
benefit of any possible doubt on tho
subject of tho future Increase in tho
use of anthracite, and will stop at an
average annual output of 7 j.000,000 tons
from the year 1910 until tha last year
of the anthracite age. Now see, when
the year 1910 comes we will have been
ninety years In reducing 1,500,000,000
tons of anthracite coal to ashes and
cinders. Then posterity gets In Its
work and in a great deul less than
twice ninety years will have exhaust
ed the pile. Eleven billion five hun
dred million tons of coal, used at the
rate of 75,000,000 tons a year, will last
only 153 years and three months, and,
taking all things Into consideration,
posterity will therefoie carry Its coal
scuttle to the bin for the last time,
say, about April 1, f.003."
BAMBOOZLING GRANDMA.
"There never was a ,eruudma half ho
good!"
Ho whispered whllo beside her chair ho
stood,
And laid his rosy cheek,
With manner very meek,
AgulnBt her dear old fuce In loving mood.
'There never .wan a nicer grandma born;
I know some little boys must be forlorn.
Because they've noun like you,
I wonderwhat I'd do
Without a grandma's kisses night and
noon nnd morn?"
"There never was o dearer grandma,
there!"
He hissed her and he smoothed her
tnow-whlte hair;
Then fixed her ruffled cap,
And nestled In hr lap.
While grandma, smiling rocked her old
arm chair.
"When I'm a man what things to you lit
bring;
A horse and carriage aud a watch and
ring.
All grandmas nrn t-o nice
(Jut-t hero he kissed her twloei,
And grandrras give a good boy every
thing." Before his dear old grandma could reply
This boy looked up, and with rougUh eye,
Then whispered In her ear
That nobody might hear:
"Say grnndmu, have, you any mote mmou
pleV" .-,
' 'l.JfohratUa Slate Journal.
i V r i.
FAR-OFF TAHITI IS
A REGULAR UTOPIA
LIFE THERE IS LIKE A CON
TINUOUS DREAM.
South Sea Hospitality Is Boundless,
and Tahiti Would Be a Perfect
Paradise for tho American Tramp
If He Could Ever Got There - Flow
ers, Fruits, Lovoly Girls and Ac
complished Cooks Among tho De
lights of Tahiti.
I-'rom the New Yolk Times.
Tho earth Is (tod's footstool so wise
men wrote. If It Is, then the little
Island of Tahiti Is the golden tassel on
the footstool. On this favored paradise
In the far Pacific landscape and life
merge Into a delicious dream, and both
oie Impressionist. Neither will submit
to photography or the pen. Years of
study cannot Itemize the plrture. To
those who huve visited this coral
reefed spot there lingers forever In the
memory a soft, sweet haze of nhlfting
light and shade a wilderness of huppy
snonce una everlasting ease.
Think of a generous reef-bound ex
panse of clear, tianspurent water, In
wnose limp depths swim myriads of
II tiny dwarfs dazzling tho changing
morn or tne uying uoipnin. Below
them a gat den of coral the roses1 of
the sea blossoming In a thousand
tints, A long, low stretch of beach,
bordered by tall coeoanut trees, palms
and ever-blooming bushes. Long rows
of cheerful cottages, almost hidden by
tho spreading branches of the bread
fruit trees. Tall mountain peaks, ris
ing until they are lust In a lacework
of cloud:'. Binwny men darting here
and there In fruit-laden canoes, and
bevies of dark-eyed gliir, strolling Idly
along the sward. That Is Tahiti as
seen from the side of the incoming ship
the most exquisite, fascinating and
gorgeousi spot on the face of the earth.
No one ever went to Tahiti without
leaving with a pang of regret, and I
can Join In the score of writers from
Charles Warren Stoddard to Robert
Louis Stevenson, who have visited Its
shores, and say that a few months
spent in its sunshine and In the hos
pitality of Its people can never, never
be forgotten.
LOCATION.
Tahiti lie somewhere In that mys
terious part of the South Pacific whore
two days are rolled Into one In order
to set aright the conventional calen
dar; where tomorrow becomes today
with a subtle charm that Is almost
overwhelming. You go there by u little
white brig from San Francisco, which
skims over the waters of the west, tak
ing up the best part of a month before
hmdins you in this world of idleness
und peace.
Life In Tahiti Is the nearest ap
proach to the Ideai of all the world.
Outstd of Its principal city, Papeete,
which is the commercial center of all
the Islands in the Society group, of
which Tahiti is one, the natives pass
their days in a listless dreaminess, at
peace with themselves and all the
world. Fancy being in a land where
money Is spurned. I once had tho au
dacity to offer a Tahltiun n dozen dol
lars for staying at his home, eating his
food and talking him nearly to death,
revealing to his untutored mind the
wonders of the United States, and to
my surprise lie threw It to the ground,
having been greatly Insulted. If those
wo board with over here would only
get Insulted as easily as that! The
only payment that a Tahltlan wants
for his hospitality Is for the person to
whom It Is offered to accept It.
THK TAHITI (!IRL.
Much more than has been written has
been heard about the lovely Tahiti girl.
Tall, languourous, with the modesty of
a Castilian; walking like a queen In
her Mother Hubbard gown and her
flower-wreathed hat (with the.se two
articles the attire of the Tahiti girl
ends), with her long black hulr, glis
tening with coeoanut oil, hanging to
her waist, she Is one of the most at
tractive of her sex. Besides many per
sonal charms that might turn the head
of an anchorite-, she possesses the most
attractive gifts. Her yn are black,
her countenance is expressive, and
though the warm sun has tinged her
cheeks with a hue of brown, her com
plexion Is as clear as the sky above
her. Best of all, she owns her own
little home, where roses always bloom
and tho bread-fruit tree and tnro plant
grow In profusion. A certain acreage
of land surrounding It Is hers also, and
she is absolutely Independent and can
do exactly as she likes and she does.
Every night In Papeete scores of girls
and men come down the bywajs lead
ing to the market place, where they
congregate to sell their strings of flow
ers nnd shells, and to Join in the daily
festivities. Finished with their evening
meal, they come to gossip, dance and
make merry. Around the great foun
tain, throwing its silver bubbles to the
big red stars, they chant their soulful
music to the walling strains of an ao
cordlun. Bursts of bibulous hilarity
come from the Spanish-like edifices
that surround the market place. Shy
damsels promenade with the visiting
Europeans, the oflicers of the French
men-of-war, the array of municipal
officials and their own brawny lovers,
exchanging the same old secrets that
have been handed down through the
mystery of ages.
PASSES IN MELODY.
So the evening passes in melody.drlnk
and love. Then the curfew on the little
white Catholic church tells that the
hour of ten has come, and the great
mass of merrymakers maidenly stop
their buzzing pleasures and silently file
down the long lanes along the beach
and through the coeoanut groves to
the rows of thatched cottages. Red
and radiant, the mellow moon fills tho
nlr with a magic light. The dead
silence filled with the heavy perfume
Is broken only by the unceasing pound
ing of old ocean against the barrier of
coral, sending a hollow, rolling boom
over the pallid sea. One by one the
lamps go out. the mosquito nets are
spread around the bedsteads, and Tah
iti is asleep.
The American who visits Tahiti for
the first time will find himself In a j
land entirely unlike any oilier pmee in
the world. The conventionality of in
troduction there Is barred. In Papeete,
of course, where the seat of government
Is situated, and where the foreign con
suls reside, a certain form of nocloty
and dress Is kept up which somewhat
resembles our New York forms. Hut
out in tho districts, out In tho deep
valleys by tho rivers, where the cocoa
nuts grow and the vanilla and coffeo
plantations thrive In the sun, there Is
where tho vleltor banishes his foreign
customs and beepmes a native. It Is
not customary to wait for an Invita
tion before visiting a Tahltiun. Just 1
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stag handles, worth $j.oo set. A CT
Baking Dishes, of very heavy quadru
ple plate, well worth $6.50. O Oft
Togo at .VO
You need have no fear of being displeased with anything you njav purchase
during this sale. Our policy of "satisfaction or money bock" covers every doubt.
To give this sale the attention that its importance demands goods will hold the place
of honor in the store Main Aisle, through from Wyoming avenue.
Come in and Hear the Music.
Our new department for the sale of Sheet Music moves to the second floor to
dayfor convenience sake and for your enjoyment. To assist you in making selec
tions for your own use, we have placed a piano in the department and an accomplished
pianist is at your service for the rendition of any piece you may desire to hear. You
don't have to buy. We simply wish to aid you in making your repertoire the better.
If you're a pianist the gates are open to you as you know. But whether you
finger the keys or not, you are welcome to come and enjoy at all times. Store is as
free as the air.
Jonas Long's Sons
go. Walk into his plantation, and up
to his door You will find It open, and
you will not be greeted by a dog that
loves to show his teeth or a servant
with a salver. You will be greeted by
the host himself brawny, muscular
and smiling with outstretched hands.
He will call all his family and all his
neighbors to see how he has been hon
ored. He will give you the best chair
and tell his boy to stand by and fan
away the robust mosquito. He will get
you young cocoanuts to drink and
grapes that would pale those of Ham
burg hothouse fame, and when you
have been refreshed he will show you
to your room, and tell you to lay your
American clothes aside, and to dress in
Tahiti fashion. This consists of u
sugar-cane hat. a white shirt and a
pareu a. piece of colored print about
four feet square, which Is wound around
the waist.
Once In Tahiti garb the charm of
Tahiti begins to dawn. Once In this
garb, lying under a leafy mango tree,
listening to the brook murmuring soft
ly as it winds Its way through the
underbrush to the sunlit sea, watching
the deep red flowers drop from the
branches of the faruna, and hearing
the plaintive song of a Tahiti maiden
born to waste her time away and you
don't care if the expansion treaty
reaches to the stars or if Huffalo Bill
Is elected piesldent The subtleness of
tho warm fresh air and the odor of the
ever-blopmlng flowers seem to drive 'all
thoughts of worldly affairs away. It Is
a glory of absolute contentment un
less you are bitten by a centipede.
FOOD AND 13ATINO.
Various are the menus which the na
tive host will prepare. He has no stove,
but does his cooking In an oven made
hot by stones. A layer of these stones
Is placed on the ground, and the ed
ibles placed on them, generally a suck
ing pig, several chickens, bread-fruit
and taro plant. These are covered with
stones and a fire Is built around them.
When the stones are removed the din
ner Is cooked to a turn. A chicken Is
always roasted without Its head und
claws being lemoved. The head Is laid
on the breast and the claws are drawn
over so us to clasp it down, and when
the fowl Is nerved up Juicy and hot it
looks as If It had died a peaceable
death.
Fish Is generally eaten raw, with n
tauce made of grated cocoanuts and
limes. The Idea may seem barbarous,
but the dish is very palatable: still, It
must be remembered that the fish
caught nround Tahiti, where the sea is
transparent for many fathoms1, are dif
ferent from the fish of the dull, green
waters of the Atlantic.
Tables there are unknown, and the
feast is spread on the ground on a
doth of fresh green leaves. The diners
sit on mats (tailor fushlon, If possible),
surrounding the feast. The head of tho
family thanks God In fervent words' for
the bounty a custom never forgotten
in this far-away isle and then a black
eyed girl passes around with an arm
ful of wreaths of red and yellow flow
ers, and crowns each one before the
meal Is served. Knives and forks are
ptactically unknown. With a lib of
the succulent porker in one hand and
a small raw fish in the other, some
curried prawns spread out on a leaf,
with a chicken wing, u. slice of taro
und a collection of tropical fruits await
ing their turn, and tho untlecked tables
of Delmonlco's become a feasting pluce
for tho unfavored.
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
life time to replenish your table
THE
lOOulC POWDER CO.
Rooms 1 ami 2, Coiu'Itli B'l'rt'g.
SCRANTON, PA,
Mining and Blasting
POWDER
iladout Mooslc and Uuihdata Work.
I.APLIN & RAND POWDER CO'S
ORANGE GUN POWDER
Electric UatteriM, ISIectrla Exploders,
lor exploding bluka, Safety I'ase und
Repauno Chemical Go's ex"lS"ivbs
IVIcMUNN'S
ELIXIR OF
.s a preparation of the Drug by which Its
injurious effects are removed, while tho
valuable medicinal properties aro re
tained. It posscrscs all the sedative,
anodyne und antl-spasmodle powers of
Opium, but produces no sickness of tho
stomach, no vomiting, no costlveness. no
headache. In acuto nervous disorders ft
is an Invaluable remedy, and Is recom
mended by the best physicians.
FERRETT, Agont,
,17J Hearl St., New York.
Tho Query Brought Forth a Query.
From tho Jlllwauk" e Jotirn.il.
Soniutolnus ambition men within the
partj tried to measure their strength
with th.it of the 'bos-H." as he was culled
for a long series of years. One of tluse
cases 1 ipmember rlsh well, Captain
l'llhu Knos. of Waukesha wanted to be
fulled States mnrshul for the eastern
dlslllet of the slate. As f recollect this
slmy. "Hoi's" Keves promptly lold him
that he could not have the appointment.
The doughty captam swore that he would
have It "In spite of tho boxs and his HMe
one-horse Madison regency," thus dl
clo.dng his band. The boss told him 10
go ahead and sec how he wouldn't gel It.
und tne captain went as fur at. he c mid
Of course he failed, and the boss then
used the failure as an Illustration of the
folly of trying to get along without Hie
uld or the machine.
Along about that lime u fellow mum d
Alex Hotklu cam" ui from Siory's Chi
cago Times and took u position on Hi'
Mllwaukeo Sentinel, then the leading U
publican paper of the state. Keyes .i
alleged by Hotkln to have taken oecasl.ei
to prod Captain Ihios wlih a phrai-e thai
was greatly In vogue at that time. send,
ing him a message which read:
"To Captain Kllhu linos, Waukesn i
Wis.: Are you a peer or a vassal".'"
Knos sent this response to Keycs:
To Colonel i:ilsha V. Keyes, Mudlso i
Wis : Yi'H, l-'. what the h arc you?''
CASTOR! A
For Infants find Children,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
needs. Extraordinary bar- V
Soup Tureens, of very heavy quadru
ple plate, well worth $8.00." 5 in
Togo at 0Uy
Fern Dishes, worth $5.50. J AO
Togo at wt"0
Water Pitchers, worth $10. A AQ
Togo at T-.frO
Gravy Ladles, worth $1.50. CQn
Togo at ;... oy
Oyster Ladles, worth $1.25. "i C
To go at '. I. IO
Coffee Spoons (set of sixl, AZn
worth $ 1. 00. To go at "OV,
Sugar Shells, handsome, "XQc
worth 60c. Now :..)
Butter Knives, worth yc. ALn
To go at rJl
FOR IK EMI FEB. 20
We will sell at greatly reduced
prices, best quality
Plated Silver-ware
INCLUDING
T?a Sets,
Wafer Pitchers,
Cake Baskets,
Btiff?r dishes,
Trays.
And number of odd and end pieces.
MERCEREAU & CONNELL
130 WyomlMg Avenue.
Fire Plugs Frozen
$100,000
VVo.th ot property destroyed by
fire in Scranton within a week.
DEFENDER FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Arc Simple, Cheap, Effective
Have your building equipped with
them and be protected against fire
G. W. S. FULLER, General Agent
Kj Lackawanna Avenue.
Lager
Beer
Brewery
Manufacturers of
OLD STOCK
PILSNER
435M45& 111 81, Sfflfc Pi
t
Telephone Call, 3333.
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