"j.' a.o THE SCRANTON TRIBUiNE-SATURDAY, APRIL S, 1801). m.!., AvwitiinTvrmVRa-ivKvvniw nv -" n $ ffi JIM'S ADVENTURE. x A Story p '$fc00000X0 0p0X00 ffi.000K000Ji0'.00 ?t& on tim wus tinxcdltiir down the tin n l)ik i ouil. Thut l, ho was tuimiitni; In the HtiiKe inuto bctui'i'ii Millet 8 I'UrK ami Oliuir, .Mlnut 1. Ho hail no ohjrct lit view, to en' llf uiin Ills cm'IIpo foi leaving IiIm Rood coiiutiy honii', anil luil imw he tuw Kiot'ii anil black liectlt'H, dniKLrlntr itmiiiKli tlu dust, ami oci usionully ho would kw a ntiaki anil tmmt't lines the ly ii'litlli' IHrlf .mil that was mote an vxcltlnir lire than Jim liked, I.otiklliK li.uk iimm the mail whlih In- hail Juat tniwi.ti-d hi- saw thu hnl l'w In tlu 10 nl niailo bv hit own fi't, anil It ccd hhn ei intiili tn H'i' tin- dinfroii-llles ImiiKliiK ovoi ami aioitnil thi'jn hi If tlii' wi'ii' a line ciiiltmlty, neldtmi tn bf found In tint lull t of thi' (ountti The lU'lKhliois to .Urn's folk culled fliugnri-lllut "nakp-foidiif" and It amis a lotnimm ai InK that whctou'i u i mild see inn Mm i mild find a make nut far nwny. "I'm Kind I'm Kfttliiximl ol this kind f itllT i'ouiiti." Jim half mutteied to himself and to the wide lieliK lie tiaelcil uIiiiik the lnnelv load until he cmue to a Utile ialne. lie f-.U down nnd took out a "bit" he had taken ftom his mother euiiboaid. Theio was a tagged slice of soft Kin nor In end. and as be ate It sweet Ms b'ti.s of his mother as she went about her wmk uiliie befmp hltn "Mother's Rood .is frnlil. she Is," lit. iimaiked nKiiln to his iooni sunouiid ltiK". "T'alnt hci." and his nlce ti.illed off Into a tender Mib as n lilc tuiu of his mother appealed, just ns sho stood In the kitehen ilooi, hoi n Incr and kindly old fine u.itcliliijr In Miln for his home-eoniliiK: fiom sehonl. "Well. nnhow, a fellow can't be 'speLted to bo tied down to homo al ways. Theio's old rhilo mil. who went to Callforni when ho was ml Ufteen and he's 1I1I1 us tilt t now. Cues his folks at home novel say am thin? moan of his liuinln' ofi, tauso the hole family of 'em's pnui as an old bain int." Xeu'rtltolnwjt, Jim almost wished he could tetuin to bis countiy liomc, but the motive which had urged his koIus nnd had brought him thus f.u, whls Iiotcil: "Yon alnt game it you don't Co on " "If I i an sot to Ol.uio tonight jou can bet our swoot life 1 sleep, 'lansu 1m most walked to death" Looklnir bail; along the ti .ill whonco he came, ho saw In the distance ti sharply moving toll of dust, and he know that the st.igeio.ich would over take him. Ills Hi st Idta was poison.il safety nnd ho laid down In the tall, pi ah k llko glass between some irnnlior bills- he tietntiled, and his he.ut beat against the oaith quick and he.ivv. "I i.m't think for tho life of mo why I'm m M.uy, I feel dicadful, and theio h'alnt no noiso anvwhoto to bo hi aid 'copt the stage." Ho managed to i.ile his head a lit tle and looked up, tho stage was just coming out of the little dip of the r.t lne. Theio wore two men on tho dilvoi's so.it. Jim diopped his head on his hands. I'lcsently ho ho.ud tho instllng uf tho wheels distinctly and ho managed to take another look. Tor a minute his hem t scorned to falily but st, for thoio, s-tialght and gi.no. beside the dilvor sat his f.uhot. Kven amid the clouds of dust and In the bilefness of tho time Jim could see his father was white and his c.ves sail. The driver wns hollering at the ton of his -voice, hutrying up the span of gras and some of the wotd.s rcnohed the sniveling bnj. "Jest jou rest easy thoio 'squire, if he a tills this road we'ie bound to ketch him 'foio he gets Into Olane Keckon this here pair o' gias won't led a kid like him beat 'em, not mui.li." Jim's father made some answer the hoy could not hear, but again the ill Iv or went on: "That's a fact, too, but In r.is- wo do miss him, wo can put some postcis up In the city, an' I'll cany him li.uk to Mllloisbuis'n If he's " Hut then the Mike was lost. "That settles 'bout that place and now whfie will T go?" Jim looked hopelessly nt tho sun, whlih was slow ly creeping over the hills. Ho thought If he could only leach the stage ho would beg his father to take him home, but that chance was now gone. Ho stood on a llttlo mount unil looked disconsolately townids tho west. His throat patched with a cij, for far nway a thin, faint cut I of smoke was nscendlng heavenward. It looked com fortable and lovable to vveaiy Jim, nnd ho tied his hundkcuhlef mound his neck and began his Journey thiough the clinging grass and lough losiu w noil. The 111 st ftleiidlv things his wo.nv eyes saw wore a gentle mother iovv nnd calf, tho latter shut nway ftom Its sup per by a loughly-made log turn o After .1 till climbed the little Incline he saw tho tiny laim house nistllng among the shiubby poi slmmon bushes. Ilo hesitated, but thiough loneliness and fe.ir ho vontuicd to knock at the door. "Sctntch under." came baik the an swer full nnd clear, but Jim stood Ir resolute. "Now, pa." ounii' the oleo again. "You needn't bo 'tondln to scaio me. Jus' come In an' liuiiy for hete's old Mollle halnt milked ylt." Htlll a silence. "Squash slsh a tease anyway." spoke tho full Mileo, her tesolute steps weie lieatd approaching the door, and the llttlo house fairly shook with the ener getic movement. "Now." she exclaimed, and Jim Btf-pped Into the circle of light "Well well'' ejrtruluted the woman, while her hands fell helpless down nt her side. The boy wns dtstltute of help, dust und team lind wi might his face so that It looked llttli better than n crayon HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE Brings bnok tho atronpth you UBotl to havo. Take no Substitute. gtM 0 R 0 for Boys. BY WILLIAM FRANCIS BnANDAMORE JS5CKK5aS5; sketch, but his full, dalk eves bote a sad look and theli pltltut glance to winds the supper tuble told a stoiy. "Now, child, whole's pa'" "I don't know," Jim muttcteil. "You didn't i ome heio alone, did lou" ' "Yessuni " An' what do .vou want?" ' I'm afiald outside an' tiled: I hain't I'm awful hungry." Jloto Jim pli ked up a llttlo coinage. "I'm look In' foi a Job, so's I inn make my own wa " Ynii hain't got no kcti hln' disease, have vou .' ' ' Noli m ' "Nut .vou don't i haw nut smoke'." ' Noli in " 'Ikon tiavelln' long. ' "Yissum. ' "Win didn't ou Hi Ultni'?" Jim was perplexed. Ho lolled his eves and thought a moment. "I'm slik ol towns," ilnally he mut teied ' Keckon von halnt done much f.um wmk thin?' He explained that ho knew a little .'bout It, and with n sudden sill pi We ho lome'iibeiMil that It was bicuise ho despised faim woik that ho tun away. "Well I don't know what to do, but when pa i imics ho inn manage It. I in oxpcctln' ol htm eveiy minute He wen' to Olane today to II ml a mlddllu' sized bo to do ohotes." She bulled liuself in the kitchen mound the Hie and then said. "Come now and drink some coffee an' tat a filttet 'n then oit can tiv your hand at mllklp' Pa usually sees to It. but land knows ho 'alnt hole et I'led's going to In lug the whole held 'round the houso jit with her bolleiln' " Jim felt a llttlo testless, suppose ' pa" should lieu about tho ittn.iwuy bov while ho was In Olane. but oven that f"ar could not keep him from eating heaitilv. "Now tin you tool on you cau milk?" Tie lomembeied plainly how he had h.itcd milking and how his mother saved him bv doing his pait fot him. While ho was milking ho hoard the lattlo of a wagon fin nway. "That's pa," said Mrs. Walton, for she and Jim had exihanged Introduc tions. ' I'll Just l tin In an' git his i off oe hot." The heavy wagon chew up to Un gate and a tough llguio climbed out to lot down the bais, Jim went on with his milking and the steady "strip, strip" soon attiacted Mr. Walton's at tention. "Maiv, ' he c .lilt il No answer. ' Whoso that nillklu' ' I sav. ' "It's me," unsworn! Jim foeblv. "Let him bo, pa, an' come In to sup. pel." called Mis, Walton ftom tho door. Jim brought in the pall of milk, nnd stood hisintlnglj at tin dum ' Come In, thlld," said tho woman. "You hain't no Mioak at inllkiu' i eitaln It takes u good milker to bung the foam like that." und she blew away the feithoiy mill.. He lomembuted how his mother told him ho could milk If ho onlv would. The man ojed him keonl.v, nut good nntuiedly. "1 letkon 11 jtiii'd wash our faro I could jldgo sum looks a llttlo bet ter," ho laughed. "Sakes alive, jos," tiled Mis. Wal ton. "He took mo all of a he.in or I'd of thought of that bofoio." "1 guess ,vou didn't bilng any tluss suit did ye.'" inqultod Mts. Wnlton "No sii," answeied Jim, "1 didn't have an.v. ' "I wont to town today thlnkln' I'd pick up some joungster vvlllln' to git a bioath of fiesh air and a llttlo imy tor workln' on the fat in, but bless you the'd lather starve than leave the city." Jim mm mined .some answoi. "Ma says jou'io tiled o' cities, tli.it shows you've got some sense. You can sleip note tonight an' If you suit mo I'll make a swop with vou. .o long!" and Mi. Walton ietitul to the upper ihaniber. "You'll sloop in this bodioom," said Mis. AVnlton, lighting a candle for Jim She paued a moment on tho thieshold, looking back at Jim klndlv. "Wh'iu common folks hero, chile, an' I guess you can put up In this hens bed, for It's tho best wo got: but we alius says our majors. Say joins, chile, an' If .vour inn's alive or dead she'll know " Jim looked out of the little window over tho moon-lit limitless view. A gteat hot tear fell on his hand, and the Hood-gates of his heart weio opened, but his pilde was not btokon yet. 'You tan dig lateis today." said Mr Walton next morning. "I'll give you six dnllnts a month un' boaid, an' washing, an' that's 'bout ns good as you'll got this way" "When do you think ou'll be going to Olane again?" Jim asked. Not' foio Chjlstmns, I reckon T gt nei.illy manngo to take In some tiuck then, lay In my Chilstnias dinner an' git ptovlsons enough to last till sptlng," nnsiveied Mr, Walton, And he tinned again to his vvoik "If ou need any clothes," ho called b.uk, 'the old woman'll 11 vou up something to do till hollduvs. A o hain't got no sasloty here " All Jim wanted to do was to write his mother u llttlo letter and tell her whole he wns. All through the night ho dioamod of her i uniting, falling Mj tho daiknoss, seaichlng for him. Ho di earned of her with tout and bleeding foot, feeling over the pinltle for him ho had heatd her piajlng and raving and ho felt that It was tiuo even when ho was awake. At noon that duy Jim could not eat. Ho had done a halt d.iv's hard work, something ho hud never dreamed of doing at home. He was exhnusted ftom his long tiamp In tho Indian sum. mer sun. "Hain't sick, ate you?" usked Mr, Walton. Jim shook his head, but his Dps were lmle. ' He's Just tuckered out. pa. Uetter let him rest this evening." ' Well, tlieie hain't no nnttlcular tush 'bout tho inters un' I don't want any sick boy 'lound Iiete, Unit's ceitalu " Hut theio wan little use for talking about pet mission to stay in, for Jim's thoughts were soon centering around homo, mother, city and stage, and cry ing until good Mrs. AValton was nearly cinzy, "I lecokn that bov' homeilck aa well ns feverish, pn," said she solemnly ns thev came from milking Molly. "You've got to make up your mind to go nfter some medicine for that boy. He's plum sick, shtire." "do to Olane?" asked Mr Walton In nmiizenient. "Yes sit, to Olane. and while yoti'io thete maybe you'll Und out somcthlu' bout him." Mi. Walton was seen tho next mottl ing on his stout mustang, galloping along the stage toute towatil tho ilty. A gloat habit of Mr. Walton as he went to the city was to load all tho posters and bills which wore posted along the road, on fences and b.uns. I.lku all fat mors, this hud Its chat in for him. Suddenly he lifted his lint and sttuck his mustang across the neck. "Hear that," ho filed. "Disappeared James Miller, commonly called Jim, ftom home, September, the 19th. heavy built, blown eyes, black hair, lather handsome. One hundred dol lats toward for an information ns to his wlui cahouts " ' That's him, I'd bet a cow on It." said Mr. AVnlton, ONcltedly. "And T Just guess I'll take addiess down and send tin in naients word" Mr Walton came gaily home Mis AVnlton leptlmantlcd him for the nolp he made nnd had him to listen to the hiw-i. breathing and mutteied pi ay. oi s of poor Jim. "Hole's tho pool fellow's medicine, und I gut ms lvo got something to tell jou, ole woman. (Jo and give the poor follow a dose an' then tome hole, I letkon 1 can make jou fool good " With manv "ahs" and "land sakes" Min Walton lived thtough tho re cital nnd when pa concluded "and theie's them bundled dollars, they won't come bad." " Ymi'ie so close-Hated," sighed Mis AValton When Jim s fever broke anil ho open ed his eves to natuinl live again, he saw his niothei's fine above his own, "Mother," be said, timidly. 'My poor boy," whispeted his moth er, teal fully. "Yotinln't going to hate lno.ato jou?" ho asked, " nnd I wish I could see fathoi." A stiong, bony hand clasped the boy's weak hand. Hoio I am. my son," nnswerod the father's calm oke. "father took It awful haul," vvhls peiod his mother. "foil know father loves you so muih." 'Oh mothei, I'll never be a bad boy Jgdiii. I can see It all now, just how good ou were all to mo, even when I was a bad boy. I am going to do milk ing too, nui. I can now." "Hut. theie's another, not us" be gun his mother. Jim nodded his head. "You moan Clod," said Jim "I know, I am going to bo good all through Ami poor Jim wont homo with his pat ents, a sadder, but wiser boy. PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT His Strange Pat titer. ' Doctots have stiango oxpoilences sometimes," said a well-known phy sician the other night. "Not long utro I vi as i ailed upon by an old man who asked mo tn go to his house ami sto his son. The latter, who was -i enrpent-r, had boon upon a piolongod spu which had ended In dtliiktm tn men". "When iv" got t tho luuso wo went iiji stalls, and as wo lid si wo heanl some one singing, and also a .juetr bumping uolso. Upon eutoilng the son's loom wo found that ho had lifted tho boavj door off Its hinges, ami. bidding it in fnmt nt him as if it weic a paitnei. he was waltzing mound tho loom with it to a tune that ho was singing. 1 did not caio to got too near him for feat ho would lot tho door full on mo. 'Hnvvevei, 1 Hilt d my hjpodeimle s.v tinge with muiphiue ami watched my opoituultj. He seemed entiioly oblivious to our pii"-ence and paid no attention to us, but continued hia waltzing. "As ho passed with his back toward mo 1 suddenly jabbed the sj tinge Into his arm. With a loud j-oll ho foil back wattl on tho Hour with the door on top of him. As ho did so his father and injself jumped on the tloot and held It down on him, while I teachod under it and jabbed the sytinge Into his arm iiain. In a few minutes he became quiet, and wo lifted tho door off him. As we did so he sat up and said quietly: "1 feel vol j sloepj. I think I'll go to bed.' Wo put him to bed with illfllculty, as he was a vety heavy man, and In a few davs ho was all light again. "I never hoar a waltz pluved now that I do not think of tho delirious car pouter waltzing around with a door for a paitner." New Yoik Times. His Own Medicine. ' oh, no, madam, that doesn't hurt mu au," said tho doctor, as he pushed In the needle for tho hypodermic in jection "Hut It does'" moaned the patient. "It hurts awfullj'" "All your imagination." went on the doctor ' I ought to know. I've per formed this little operation hundreds of times, and I toll you It doesn't hurt at all." w ft "Now be taieful of that," said the same doctor, as his wife ptessed the needle to his ow n arm. "Oh, but It won't hurt ou any." said his wife loassuilngly. "Whoso arm Is this, anywaj "" bawltd the dm toi Don t vou sup pose 1 have any feeling'' I tell jou I never bail any thing huit so in my life" and he proved It by a jell that Medical Treatment IfWeBon't Restore You Full Course of Reme dies and Appliance sent on approval. Tho famous Appliance and Remedies of the Kkie Mkdicai. Co. are now offer ed on trial and approval without expense to auy honest man. Not a dollar to be paid in advance, Curo effects of errors or excesses in old or young. Vitality fully restored. Strengthen and restore weak, undeveloped por tions of the body. Abso , lutely unfailing. Homo trcatmont. No C. O. D. or other fraud. A plain offer by a firm of high standing. Sealed informa tion free on application to calGo., Buffalo. M.Y. Erie Med Pale, Thin People... Sufferers from Want cf Nourishment There is a good reason why so many people are thin and pale because the food they eat does not digest properly. Thin, pale people are not healthy. How to become healthy and gain in weight: By changing your diet. Eat more starchy food Take Johann Ho?r MALT EXTRACT with your meals. Johann Hoff's Malt Extract is a food in itself and aids the diges tion of starchy foods. It will increase your appetite and build you up in a short time. Johann Hoff's Malt Extract makes flesh and blood. Johann Hoff. NewYork.Berlln.Paris. brought in the neighbors. Dettolt Free I'tess. An Erroneous Diagnosis. After breaking Into tho doctor's office he sat down and said: "Will j-ou kindly look Into mj' eye and tell mo what Is tho matter?" "CYitulnly," as the quick loplj-. Then tho physlilan opened up tho te fraetorj' optic and bognn In a hut lied mnnuei "I see nt a glance that jou have been suffetlng fiom kidney trouble. Your liver is also out of older, and there is danger of you having an attack of gastiltls unless tho matter Is quickly collected. Fiom tho distend ed pupil I should sav thnt jour nerves ate In a debilitated condition, and thnt" "Hull up there," came the olco of tho patient "What's the mattei ?" "Dad burn It. Vou'io looking Into my glass oje." Cincinnati Ihiiiultor. Legal nnd Medical Soctois nt Odds. A eilminal case Is pending In the mll Itaiy coutts whlih is pi nimbi J with out pi credent in tho annals of ctlmlnal jurlsptudoncc. a seigennt und a cor poral of the .Seventh Ueglmont stand accused of having causotl the death of a pilvato soldier by boating him. In cidentally they mo chatged with abuse of authotlty and violation of tho per sonal rights of the soldier. Now the medical expeits havo de cided that the beating adminlstoied tho dead soldier shortly be fot o bis demise was not the causo of his death, but, on tho contiary, Intciuipted the pio gtess of a. ceiebral congestion btotight on by an excessive us of alcoholic stim ulants. The e.xpeits hold,. In fact, that If the beating had boon continued tin man might have recoveted. In spite of this finding the court found the ac cused man guilty of abuse of authority und sentenced them to two yeats' im prisonment each. Fiom this sentence an appeal has been taken to the Su preme court, vvho-e decision is being expected with great interest. City of Mexico Two Republics. SURVIVAL OF WAR WIDOWS. Pension Report Shows Remarkable Facts in Regard to Longevity. One of the curiosities of the United States pension service Is the astonish ing survival of war widows. The le poit of tho United States commissioner of pensions, just Issued, shows some rematknble and intetestlng facts in legard to the longevity of the widows of soldiers. For instance, while thete Is not u single soldier of the war of the l evolution alive todaj1, theio are still suivivlng nnd dt awing pensions twelve widows nnd daughteis of sol dieis of tho revolution. Of tho war of 1S12 theio aio only thieo soldiers still alive, but of their widows thoio are sut vlv lug and drawing pensions the astonishing number of 2, 107. The war of the; t evolution closed In 1781 and ii period of 115 joatu has i lapsed, anil, while thete ate iy male sutvivois, theio are still some of their widows alive. This state, of affairs can onlj" be possible on tho giound that some of tho soldiers, after they had attained old age, married young wives. Tho war of 1S12-14 closed with the bat tle of Now Ot leans on Jan 8, 1815, elghtj'-three joats ago. Supposing that the youngest soldier were eighteen jeats old, a period of 101 j-oats has elapsed sltuo tho birth of such sol uiers Kvldeutlj' mnnj of them, alter they wete old, man led young women, so thnt. although all the men but tluee nio dead, they hae left behind mom than 2,000 widows. 11 y the same rule of proceduie It is plain there will be widows of soldiers of the civil war on the pension lolls In ISSOand even u few in tho j ear A. I). 2000, inniu thnn a centuij' hence, for if u soldier eighteen jeaiH old In 1861 should many wh'n lie hud reached the ago of eighty jeats In 19.':i, u gill sixteen yea is old s.lo might hope to live seventy-seven years longer, or to the age of ninety-three, which would bring her up to the year 2000, Of. course, It is not likely there will be many such, but thete will, In all probnbllltj-, be some. Compllmentaiy. AVhyte "I always innko It a lido to KHs my wife whenever I Icuvo the house in the morning and when I como home at night." llrovvne "That's right I would If I were jou." SamunlUo Journal. THE OWE RAILROAD IN THE PHILIPPINES AN OBJECT LESSON IN SPANISH MISRULE. How the Road Wna Built and How It Was Mnnoged The Country Through Which It Runs Crude Conditions in Constiuctlou, Equip ment and Management. From tho Sclentlllc Anietlrun. No better Idea of the undeveloped condition ot our new oriental colony could be convevod than by tho state ment that this gient Munil group, with nn niea ot over 114,000 situate miles and a population exceeding JO.000 000, has but a single lallroad lino. The oiiy tallroad lino ot tho Philippines -the Manila and Dagupan tnllwitj ex tends for a distance of'UO miles from Manila to Uagupan n minor pott near the centre ot tho west const of Luzon It thus selves us an outlet to the lor gest continuous area of valley lam's on Luzon or elsewhere on these numcious lulatuK Tho lnck of intct est in tiaiHportutloit fncllltles and lit commercial nnd agil cultutnl pursuit? mulct Spanish mle Is ever nppaicnt, and this neglect Is quite compiehenslblo to the average .student of Philippine alfalis. Tho governor genoials, nlwnys expecting a tociill, had llttlo Intoi est in the development nt the lountiy, and all save mllltat v Improvements which were impel nttve weio neglected. Kstimatos for load making and other Internal linpiove nionts weie Ignoted. or, if any stmt was actually made, the wotk v as never completed, foi the funds raised foi this purpose through opptesslve taxation weio all misappropriate cl or used for Improvements hero In Manila Hut In spite of nil this nnd the re strictive methods of the Spanish gov ernment legnrdlng commetce and In dustry, tho company which eonsttueted tho Manila and Dagupan lnllway was granted quite liberal concessions. This wns duo probablj to tho hope of nn In crease In levenue fiom taxation on the road und to the advantages it would ofter for transporting tioops, luther than tt a desire to benefit the island comtncrclallj, AN KLABOllATn SCHKMi: The question of tailtoads occuple 1 the attention of the colonial govern ment ns early as the year 1S7.". At that time nn elabotate scheme was formu lated It ptovided for tho constitu tion of roads of general utility, either by the government of by subsidized companies, under concessions gi anted by the homo government, nnd for loads of private Interest untlei con cessions granted by tho governor gen eral of the colonj'. Hut no definite move toward sccuilng a lalltnad line for these Islands was made until ten years later. In 1SS5 the Spanish gov ernment offered a subsidy of S7,C.10 per mile on n specified lino of 130 miles, but It was not accepted by any Span ist capitalists. Tho following joar an other and more liberal offer was made. It included a guai.intcc of eight per cent, tuinu.il Interest on a maximum tost of $I9,G13 per mile. In the fall ot ISSfi the offer was accepted by a num ber of London capitalists, anil In a - cot dunce with tho tonus ot the con cession the line was to bo completed within four joais fnun July 2.', 1SS7. At the end of ninety-nine jcuis the toad, with the lolling stock, was to level t to the government without com pensation. Most of the wotk of oonstiuc tlon of the load was done by native lalmtoi-,, but quite a number of Chinese eoolloc weio employed. The ttack Is of three feet six inch guage, and steel in'l-t weighing foity-llvo pounds to tho -aid nte used. Tho ontlte road-boil Is voiv level and It Is quite fteo :iom tuts and ctitvos. but has plenty of biltlges, and this last was the only diltlculty mot with in tho constt notion of tho mad. On the wholo lino thete ai at least sixty lion bildges, with eviln diltal steel plots. The bildhcs' are unifoimly of twenty motor .ipans. ami tho largest Is that over the Kin Oi.tndo do la Pampagna, which consists ot six spans. Tho road-bed has an a vet ago elevation ot about four foot abov tho geneinl level and Is nil ballasted with line giavel. The ties are of hard v ocd, which Is generally cut on the islands thi: noLLiNo stock. The l oiling stock is ery light as compared with that ot" our i.tllroads. The locomotives appear tn bo little supetlor In speed or eapacltj to tho "Jerk watei" or "dinkey" locomotives In use about mines and mnnufaetotles In the United States. They nro of less than ten tons weight und the pass enger cats uio correspondingly small These caniages are of uu Kngllsh type and aio of tluee classes, all being divided Into thtee compnitments, with u gangway running along on tho out side. Fach apartment will seat eight passengeis. The few llist-class pass engers aio comfoitubly seated In cane chalis, and the second and thlld-clnss carriages have wooden bench-like seats. Tho second-class cats are the moto comfortable of the two, as they aio seldom crowded, while those ot tho third class nre usually filled with natives c.urjlng gie.it baskets and bundles At piosent tin to aio tluee passenger und thieo freight ttnlus each day dully, but only one of tho trains rati lex mall. The passenger tialns cover 110 miles between Manila, nnd Dagupan In eight hours. A passenger tialu Is us ually composed ot eight oi ten cai llages, of which moio than half is usually of tho thlld class. Tho pass cnger rntes range fiom two cents per mile for thlld class to live cents for tlist-tiass passage. The station houses and other buildings along the lino aio eiy complete, owing to a lequliement of tho Spanish authorities. The Ma ullii depot is u well ai Hinged two story building, seventy by forty-tlvo feet, with cur .sheds 3.'3 feet long. It covers four tracks but the entile sttuc tuto Is built of wood. Tho genet al of fices of the toad ute located on tho second Mom, while the flist floor Is quite similar to American ftatlon houses on the load, und while they differ somewhat as to size, they air of a uulfoim type. Tlieie we good freight sheds nt all stations Tho machine shops and engine houses of the load nie located at C.ilooian, foiu miles ftom Manila, nnd heio Oeu vial Manager Hlggliis has his lost deuce. With the exception of tho gen einl manager and a few Kngllsh over seeis and one or two Spanish station musters the toad Is operated by na tives. Theio uie native station mas. ters, telegraph operators, clerks, en gineers, tiulnmen, mechanics and labtn cis. nnd all of these woik for Aery low wages. Twenty dollars in gold is a large salury tor u station master or Absolute JsJ yy yK it Your n&me &nd vddres& on & po&t&r c&rdrvjlll bring you Jvbsolutc proof tlut Dr. Williami' PinK Ptlf for P&lc People will cure you if you tre afflicted with &ny disease of the blood or nerves. Mention) will send evidence that will convince and a&tisFy you that Or Williams' PinK Pills for Pale People. will cure you These pills contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to dive new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered, nerves. Theare an un failing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, partial paralysis and all forms of weaHnessv either., in men or women. To n Lawrence Journal reporter Mr. fl II. Snyder, a well known v"" clllton of Lawrence, Kan., related a wonderful tory. Ilo said : "I am now seventy yeurit of ago. About three years ago 1 experl enofd a roltlnrsg or niiiiiimoBi In tho feet, then creeping up myle, until It reurlird niv body. I grew thin, appetite poor and did not rolfli my food. I brcamo unable to move abuiil. Ounmiltecl bfvcmI dis tinguished phVHiclaiiK.nne telling me I bud locomotor ataxls, another, creeping parnlvnla. 1 took their medicines but continued to grow norise. A friend udvlned me to try Dr. Wllllamt' rink IMIls for l'ala l'eople. Ilefore 1 hud finished my nrtit box I found that they were benefiting me. I used twelve boxts and watt perfectly cured. Although over fix months sliuo 1 tued my last pill there. Iii been no return of the disease. My uppotlte Is good and general hcurih fetter than for jnany jcars." , Look for the full namt on the package. At druggists or direct from the Dt. Williams Msdieine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. 50c per box. 6 boxes 52.50. Bicycle Perfection Has at last becu reached in the production of the 1899 MODEL GHAINLESS SPALDING We would be pleased to have you call and examine it. FLOREY II BROOKS, eleiK, nnd the tialnmen tceelve but little morn thnn linlf this amount. Hut the natives itive rood satisfaction In every capacity In which they nte em ployed, In spite of their Inclination to make extia money when the cliuncc Is presented. OUIGINAI, COST. As to the otluinul cost of the to id tin ic nre few tellable statistics, and Its piesent llnnnclnl standlm? Is unknown to otheis than the ofllehils. Hut It Is evident that the cost of construction per mile must hnve been much llRhter than the to.st of hltuIKii lo.uls would be in Amciiin, and tho iiinnlmr eneii"es me much lovvei. Kimn nil nppenianies tin lo.'d is nt piesent 111 a veiv lloui Is'ilnpr condition, anil since the i.iptuic of .Manila the tiaflle has been heavier than ever befoie. This single inllio.nl line of our new oiiental colony tiaveises mine of tin llnest countiy to be found In nil thee Islands For piobnbly nlnetj miles tt urns dliiRoually minss a oiitinuou- level or sliuhtly lollinir niea, Kep.u.it d ftom the tea nnd hemmed In by moun tain tmiKes which In plates list in the height ot Si.OOO feet Tile noitll wc stein coiner of the valley opens on the shallow Ktilf of UnK.ien, wheie tin l.s xltti'itetl Dapcupau, the tei mlnus of the road. On the southern end this Ideal valley leKion Is hounded by Manila b.iy. the Paslg liver and Lake Hal, the most Impoitant laki in these Islands. In this valley region Is Included all of the sK piovlnees wheiein was begun the Spanish htibju gatlon of these islands, and today they are the most Important p.ut of Luzon These ate Manila, Iiulaciui, Pampagna, Tail.ie, Xueva j,i anil Pangiislnan, all of which nie tiaveihctl by the Man ila and Diigupnn load. I'lCTl'IlKSQUi: SC'ENKIIY. The Keenery along the line of this railroad is most picturesque. For fif teen miles out of Manila the land llses In it regular, long, sloping hills, Kcaice ly half a hundred feet in height On one hand Is a succession of rice Ileitis, and on the other the hillsides uie tet raced with ciueer native bamboo huts At I'aloocnji aio Keen the tlrst Klgtu of civilization Twenty-live miles ftom Manila Is Malolos, the capital of the so-called Filipino lepublic Like many other native towns, it Is Kttetcli ed out fot n considerable distance among ti.e bamboos anil ponds. He tvveen Malolos anil t'alumplt, a dis tance of nine miles, tlieie nie twelve bildges act oss .sti earns of sullleient vol ume to be called livers Ten miles I I oiii Calumplt Is San Fernando, and ere we lench this pluco we have left behind the bordeting hills of Manila bay. Twenty miles beyond San Fei nando we pas thiough a cut about i!00 ards long and lift v fet t deep, the onlv one of llliv enlist iUi lit e nil the mad. anil heio at Ilambnn we h.ue leaihed the muuntuliis. lleyond l!am ban the lands-cape manges ami cotou nut gloves begin to supplant the bam boo tliitH. Tat lac Is one of the most Impnt taut towns on the mad. It Is located In the piovlnco of Tat lac The irmnluing foi tv-the miles of the load to Dagupan inn thiough tint lnnds, vvell dt. lined, and thi re Is n mie cesslon of lice fields, time fields and coioanut gloves. The only Important town on thlspnit of the io.ul In llavam bang on the lhei Agno The Hngllsh III m of Smith, Hell .c.- i'o has n lame ibe mill thete, and nt Calaslas, the net station to Oagupnii uie niadi the llnest of tho Manila hats Such aio the scenes along tho only inllioatl line in tho Philippines, and In spite of Its In Klgultleaiii e this mail has done much toward Imptovlng the countiy through which It passes. V.iv long Ametlcnn entigy and capital will begin the jriuncl woik of development so long delayed thtough Spanish misrule, and the toot of the Aineilcnn locomotive, echoing thiough tho bamboo Jungles and tocoa nut giovest, will soon awaken these op ptessed lslnnJs fiom the'i long sleep. The Most Popular Bicycle PL0REY & BROOKS. Proof i -i I- 211 Washington Ave, Opp. Court House. New York Announcement. SPRING 1 899. Horner's Furniture, The BEST IN THE MARKET, because representing tho produc tions of the best makers only. Other ndvuntng03 aio tho unequalled as sortments in all lines, whether wanted for city or country house?, and the very moderate prices at which tiic goods arc marked. Tho complotonoaa of our assort ments onn boat bo understood from tho fact thnt wo carry in stook, and oxhiblt, more thnn two hundred and iljty distinctly dijffercnt Bedroom Sets in every vnriaty of matorial, na woll is endless linos of Parlor, Drawing llooni, Llbrnty mid Dining Room L'urnitttio, ranging from tho mod est nnd lnoxpensivotothemostelnb orntely carvod nnd inlaid. In a word, ovory article rotiulrad for uso, comfort nnd ndommont In tho houieholdj enn bo had with Its plainly marked moderate price nt tho Gront Turnlture Emporium of R.J.Horner & Co., Furnllurn Mukeri nnd Importer, G1-C5 W. 23d St., Now York (Adjoining Utn Mtl.ee,) . Horner K Cn establishment U on. of tho ilL'htsof New Vork Hew.ri.per Comment. LIVERITA THE UP-TO-DATE LITTLE LIVER PILL I CURES Biliousnoss. iConstipation. Dyspepsia, ISick-Hoad-lacho and Liver Complaint. SU&AR COATBD. Sold by nil druggists or sent by mall ii. NerrlU Mcdlctl Co., CkiMfo Sold In- McG.uruh & Thomas, Uriifi- KWtH , SO Lackawanna nvc, Bcrunton, l'a. McMUNN'S ELIXIR OF OPIUM In ii pii'parutlon nt tho Dnifr by which Its IntniloiiH effects are rpmoNOd, while the Milnulilf mcilkitul piopt'itieH are re tthuil Ii iinj.f"cn till tin. hcdrttlve, tintitlMip mil aiitl-spu-tinculii powers of Opium ijin protliiios no iticUnciit of tha Htnm.icli iu somltimr. no iojtleticsb, no headache In nt etc ncnmiH disorders It In an Inwilimblt rc-nicdy. and Is rccom nit'iidcd h tim b. st phM.clun bUNT HY MAIU IN PLAIN WRAPPER, ON RLClill'T OP PRICK, Sofc E. FERRETT, 372 Pearl St., Now York. MOUNT PLEASANT HOAL At Retail. Coal ot the best quality for domoatlo nit and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and Dlrdaejo, delivered In any part of the city, at the lowest price. Orders recolved at the office, first floor. Commonwealth bulldlntf, room No. tt telephona No. 2624 or at the mine, tele phone No 772, will be promptly attended to Dealers supplied at the mine. (BOUHT PLEftSAHT GOAL GO THE DICKSON M'PG CO,, Bcranton and Wllkei-llarre.l'.c .Manufacturer of LOCOMOTIVES.STATIDNARY ENG1NV Uollen, Moisting inJ Pumplnz Michtner y General Olllce, Scranton, I'a, I HiJIfi i n nmiill TOO l-'ILi-tj I rti? c I J V I Oi
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