THE SCRANTON TRIBUJSE-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1899. HIE BOERS FROM A NEW POINT OF VIEW THE DUTCH REPUBLIC SEEN THROUGH YANKEE EYES. Extracts from ft New Book by nn American Correspondent Who Pic tures Things In the Transvaal Somewhat Differently from Ac cepted Iiollefs An Admirer of Oom rnul's People. A Now York newspaper man, Howard C. lllllegns, after personal study of tho Transvaal has written and D. Ap pl"ton & Co., have published a, timely and very Interesting book culled "Oom Pauls People," from which the New York Tribune has been permitted to make extracts. The?.o we reproduce The author's sympathies arc with Oom Paul's little republic In Its struggle with the Urltlsh empire to preset ve Its Identity, and that fact stancV out plainly and unmistakably from beginning In end of the book. Mr. Jllllogas sees In almost every ISoer an unpolished diamond and In almost every Kngllshman in the Transvaal an Interloper and a bully. In the openlnw sentence of his book he make." one of those sweeping generalizations, whlrli are catching to the ear, but botrny a enrolessness In drawing conclusions which should put every thoughtful seeker nfter truth who reads the book on his guard. He says: "The population of South Africa may be divided Into three great classes of individuals: First, those who are only waiting for the time when they will no able to leave the country the Outlnnd crs second those who hope that that time may speedily como the native born whites- and th'Ird, those who have no hope at all the negroes." OOM I'AVl. AND HIS NOSH. It Is aparent, then, nt the outset that what Mr. Hlllegas has to say about the Loors mut In- taken with Just a grain f salt, though It Is none the lers pleas ant reading for all that, and one cannot but admire the author's determination to see the bright side of things. For Instance. If P.-esldcnt Kniger Is not one !,..r ,1n",,,!l1'!''t 'n on the top of the faith, then the camera In nn atrocious llnr This is certainly no discredit to Ooi Ta. but here Is Mr. Illllegas's al most tender description of the Treat man s noe: i'e,ii. i."M! irueers os nnd mouth aie the chief features of his face. Hoth are more extensive than his large face de mands, but they are such marvels in their own peculiar way as to be dis tinguishing marks. The bridge of the nose grows wide as it goes outward torn the point between the eyes and before It reaches the tip It lias a gentle unheaval. Then it spreads out on either side, and covers fully two inches of nrea above his upper lip. It is not attractive, but In that It follows the general condition of his facial land scape." If that is not making the best of a bad Job, what Is? KltUGKR. IS NO DUDR. "President Kruger Impresses one as belli- a king in the garb of a farmer a genius in a dunce's cap. At first .-"Km ne wouiu ne mlstnken for an awk ward countryman, with 'store clothes' and a silk hat intended for some one Ise. His frock coat Is far too small to reach around his corpulent body; and his trousers seem to have a natural antipathy fop his shoes. He wears no cuffs, and the presence of a collar ami tic may be determined only by draw ing aside the natural curtain formed by his whiskers. He Is uncouth In his manner, but he has great natural at tractiveness, gained by a long life among hunters In the wilds. President Kruger Is short in stature, measuring less than fi feet 7 inches. His head and body are large and fat, but his less are thin and short. His head Is Just a trllle longer than broad, and almost fits the Kngllsh definition of 'square head.' The eyes are surmount ed by bushy white eyebrows, which ex tend half an inch beyond his forehead. When he is not sitting for a photo graph his hair Is not so neatly ar ranged as It appears In the well known pictures, but hangs loosely down over his wide forehead, except when, with a hasty sWIsh of the hand, ho brushes it aside. The hair Is nearly white, and hanirs over the sides of his head in long tresses, which cover both his ears. "When he smiles the big fat circles above his cheeks .are pushed upward and shut his small gray eyes from view. Hut when pleased the president gen erally laughs hilariously, and then his eyes lonmin closed for the greater part of a minute. The mouth Is wide and ungainly. The constant use of a heavy J'lni- has caused a deep depression on tb.' lift side of his lower lip, and this gives the whole mouth the appearance of being unbalanced. His chin Is large and prominent, and his ears correspond relatively In size nnd symmetry with his face. When In repose his features aiv not pleasant to look upon, but when lighted up by a smile they become, rather attractive, and generally cnusj his laughter to become contagious liming his hearers." THE DOEHS' DEST SIDE. From President Kruger to his people Is an easy step, and Mr. Hlllegas brings to the consideration of this topic 11 o same resolve to bring out the bst points. He says: 'The liner's habits anil mode of life are similar to those of the American ranchman, and In reality there Is no: much difference between the two ex cept that tho latter Is not so far tv moved from civilization. Physically the Hoers are the equals If not tho superiors of their old time eaemy, tha Zulus. It would be dltllcult to find anywhere an entire race of such physi cal giants as the Doers of ths Tians aal and the Orange Free Sftt. If nn average height of all tho full gr iwn males In the country were tr.Uen It would be found to be no less than six feet two Inches, and probably moie. Their physique, notwithstanding 'heir comparatively Idle mode of llvinar, s magnificently developed. "With the Doer his religion li bis flist and uppermost thought. Th Old Testament Is the pattern which h- strives to follow. Ills religions tem perament Is portrayed In almost every sentence ho utters, and his repstll'.n of Dlbllcal parables and sayings Is a custom which so Impresses Itelt upin the mind of the stranger that It Is but nntural that those who aro unacquaint ed with the Doer should declare It a sure sign of his hypocrisy. He d i"f, not quote Scripture merely to imnenss upon tho mind of his hearer the fact thnt he Is a devout Christian, but does It for the same reason that a sailor speaks tho language of the seafarer. "Tho Doer Is hospitable to a degree that Is astonishing and he will give to a stranger tho best room In the house, tho use of his best horse nnd finest food. Naturally ho will not glvo an effusive welcome to an Englishman, because he Is the natural enemy of the Doer, but to strangers of other nation alises he opens his heart and house. "The Doer homestead Is as unpre tentious ns Us owner. Oenernlly It is a low one story stone structure, with it steep tile roof nnd a small annex In the rear, which Is used as a kitchen. Tho door Is on a level with the ground nnd four windows afford all the light that Is required In the four square rooms In the Interior. A dining room nnd three bed rooms sudlco for a fam ily, however large. The floors aro of hardened clny.llberally coated with ma nure, which Is designed to ward oft tho pestiferous Insects that swarm over tho plains. "Personal unclennllness Is one of the great fallings that has been attributed to the Doer, but when It Is taken Into consideration that water Is a price less possession on the plains of South Africa no further explanation Is need ed. Hero Is th" nuthor's reason why tho Doer nntlon has not irdvanced so far as It might: "The Doer of today Is a creature if clrcumstnnces. lie Is outstripped fi nalise he has had no opportunities for development. Driven from Tape Col ony, where he was rapidly developing a natlonnl character, he was compelled to wander Into land that offered no opportunity of any description. He has been cut off for nlmost a hundred years from older and more energetic civilization, and even from his neigh bors; It Is no wonder that he Is a cen tury behind the vnn. No other civil ized race on earth has been handi capped In such a manner, nnd If there had been ose It Is a matter for con jecture whether It would have held Its own, ns the Doir has done, or whether It would have fallen to the level of tho savage." POLITICAL ASPECTS. Turning next to the Doer system of government, under which the Outland ers writhe, tho author says: '"I lie Constitution, or Gronfet, of tho South African republic is a modified counter part of that of tho United States. It differs In some salient features, but In Its entirety it has the same general foundation nnd the same objects." The members of tho Itnad or con gress seem to have some queer customs For instance: "All the members of the Hand are obliged by law to wear black drilling and white necktie. This law was framed to prevert some of the rural members from appearing In their burgher costumes, ami hns had the ef fect of making of the Hands njkfiiost sombre looking body of lawmakers. Almost all members wrar lonpfrock coats, silk hats and heavy black boots-, and when, during the re-esses, they appear on the piazza of the government building with huge pipes In their mouths, the wisdom of tine black cloth ing law is not apparent. There is little formality in the proceedings nf the Hands. The black garbed legislators make no pretensions to dignified pro cedure, and when a playful member trips another so that he falls to the floor, or pelts him with paper balls, the whole IJaad joins In laughter." NOT INCOHUUPTIULF. Lobbyists seem to b? as perniciously active there as here. Mr. Hlllegas seems Inclined to blame them for tho corruptlbllty of the Door statesmen, rather than the corruptibility of tho statesmen, for the existence of tho lobbyist. He nays: "Every train from Johannesburg, tho Outlander capital, takes to Pretoria scores of lobbyists, who use all their powers, both of persuasion and lln ance, to Inlluenco the minds of the legislators, either In the way nJT grant ing valuable concessions for small consideration or of securing til pjs sage of bills favorable to the lobby ists, it is no wonder that the Outland ers declare that less than one-fourth of the Daad members are unassallably honest. Tho Doer alone is not blame worthy who, having never possessed more than $100 at ono tlmo, yields to the constant Importunities of the lob byist and sells his vote for several thousand dollars." Local political "bosses" have no chance U flourish In tho Transvaal, It seems. There are no municipal gov ernments. For this nwkwnrd system the author again blames the lobbyist, as follows: "Beset by such influences the Daad members are naturally suspicious of every bill that Is brought before them for consideration. They fear to mako a move in any direction lest their mo tives be misunderstood, or they play Into the hands of the Outlanders. One of thei results of tho Volksraad's fear fulness Is the absence of local govern ments throughout the republic. There are no municipalities, counties or town ships which can formulate and execute local laws. Even Johannesburg, a city of 100.000 population, has no munici pal government, although several at tempt have been made, to establish one." DOEU VIEW OF JUSTICE. As legislators tho Doers are said by the Outlandeis to bo despotic. Mr. Hlllegas calls this tendency Idiosyn crasy, and gives some examples that might make a czar jealous. Hero aro two or three: ' A man named Hums, whose big farm on tho border became Drltlsh ter ritory through a treaty, sued the Trans vaal government for damages, wheie iipon the Daad passed a law that Dtuns could never sue tho government for anything. Tho High. Court sus tained the law, and Duma Is now a poor cab driver In Pretoila. "Another man sued the government for damages for Injuries resulting from a fall In the street. Ho was suc cessful In bis suit, but the Daad im mediately thereafter passed a law making It Impossible for any person to sue tho government for tnpurles re ceived on public property. "During a revere drouth in the Transvaal an American professional rainmaker asked the Hand for a con cession allowing him exclusive pilv llege to precipitate rain by means of explosives In the nlr. The Haad had a long nnd animated discussion on the subject, owing to the opposition of sev eral of the less enlightened membprs who declared that the pioject was sac rilegious. 'It Is n sin,' they declared, 'to poke your finger In the Lord's eye to make Him weep.' " This will suffice to Indicate toftthe reader what the Doers are, as seen through nn American's eyes. Hut when tho reader reaches the author's chapter on "Causes of the Present Dissensions," he would bo wise to'ook confirmation of porno statements there contained before accepting thein as law nnd gospel. Speaking of tho heavy taxes which the Outlanders say are Imposed upon them by the Door without the taxpay ers having any vnlco in the matter, Mr. Hlllegas assert": "In England, where the rich have tho power, the poor pay the taxes, while In the Transvaal the poor havo tho power and compel tho rich to pay tho taxes. If tho Trnnsvanl taxes wero of such serious proportions ns to bo almost unbearable there might bo a cause for Interference by the Outland er capitalists who own the mines, but there no Injustice Is shown to any ono. The only taxes that tho Outlanders nre compelled to pay nro the annunl poll tax of less than M.C0, mining taxes of $1.23 a month for each claim for prospecting licenses nnd $5 a claim for diggers' licenses. Doer and Outlander are compelled to pay these taxes with out distinction," MONOPOLIES EXCUSED, Tho vexed subject of dynamite mon opoly Is thus explained: "Tho opening of hundreds of mines nnd the consequent Increase In expen ditures made It necessary for the Transvnnl government to Increase Its revenues. The government found It Relf in a quandary, and It solved tho problem of finances as many a strong er and wealthier government has done. Concessions were granted to dynamite, railway, electric light, electric rail way, water and many other companies, and these furnished to the government the nucleus upon which depended Its financial existence. Few of the con cessions were obtained by Dritlsh sub jects, and when monopolies took ad vantage of their opportunities nnd raised the price of dynnmlto and tho rates for carrying freight, the English men, who owned all the mines, natur ally objected. Tho Doer government, having bound itself hand nnd foot when hard pressed for money was unable to compel the concessionaries to re duce their rates." In addition to the subjects hero only glanced ,at. Mr. Hlllegas' book con tains readable chapters on tho con dition of the negroes, on the early his tory of the Doer race, with some thrill ing accounts of battles with blacks and the English; on tho Johannesburg gold fields and their marvelous ouput, on the military strength of the Doers at present, on American Interests In South Africa, and nn Interesting de scription of that remarkable man, Ce cil John Ilhodes. ONE DAY OF BATTLE. Andrew Marker In "Freedom. " published in Manila. a paper There was a portentous flow along the firing line: the big bounding brown billows of men rolled steadily onwaid. All night they had lain bivouacked upon their arms, inanimate and quiet, hut alert and argus-eyed. waiting and watching for the foe and the dawi'. Oh! That unspeakable, obdurate slow dawn! It, was a wonder that the eyes of some did not turn to glass balls, from the unblinking fixity of their gaze, as they lay out there in the hot, black nlgfit. with loaded guns and im patience set at hair-trigger, and stared Into the darkness until their optical nerves were strained Into vibrant strings. Now. at a resonant bugle blast, as from the touch of .Aaron's wand, the lifeless line of the night leaped Into sudden, enthusiastic, buoyant life, thrilling witli suppressed effervescency and flre. All night the Insurgents had punched lurid perforations into the darkness with a desultory, dribbling tire, but us usual, their vengeful lead flew wild and, nfter a long, delirious flight through Infinite space, fell spent a long way into the wilderness. Dut now, ns the regiment swept out Into the selvege of a more debatable ground, like tho rush of water through an open lock, a seething, swishing, swirling salvo of Infantry fire began to sweep down upon them from the cre3t of a long, low declivity. Vengefully, like the red fangs of serpents, Innum erable ruby Jets of flame could be seen darting from the crest of tho raise, and overhead was a continual drumming, the whirring wings of myriad stinging, steel-coated insects of death. As yet the insurgents could not bo seen; only the long gray embankments indicated the presence of the enemy. There was no smoke. Smokeless pow der rendered the scene additionally mysterious. It was like a battle with a bit of charming scenery, enigmatic ally potent for death. To every rltlo shot was lent tho ominous quality which belongs to secreljassassliiatIons; men wero falling and only the sharp, sibilant snap of the Mauser and the sickening, shuddering "spat" of lead marking a dele upon its victim, In dicated the mode of exit. They were running Into tho teeth of a dragon. Then suddenly every rllle in the tir ing lino seemed to go off of its own accord. As if by instinct, a thousand unerring rifles sprang up to adjust the sight to eager eyes squinting along their gleaming barrels, and, simul taneously, a sheet of lambent lightning leaped from the leveled steel, and :i blinding, blasting sickle of radiant de struction skimmed over tho enemv'r trenches, leaving them shorn of a score of men and harvesting a terrible crop of blood and doom. The firing was the result of an order, but few men had heard tho order: in the main they had fired because they heard others lire, nnd their sense was so quick that the volley did not sound too ragged. The lino now sounded like a great machine set to running frantically !n the open air. To the measured "prutt" of the volleys was added the under chorus of the clicking mechanism as the men unlonded and re-loaded their pieces, as steady and swift as- If the hand of ono operator was controlling It all. It reminded one of a great steel loom, clinking, clanking, pllnklng, plunking, weaving tho red cloth of death. To the left or the line, a red knoll pushed itself up out of the trees as prominently ns a poliot man's club In a public riot. It was afterwar.ls dis tinguished by tho descriptive adjective "bloody." It was bathed and bespat tered, besmirched, besmeared, literally baptised In blood: cluttered with tho carcasses of dead Insurgents, mangled, lacerated nnd shot up as fine ns a Scotch haggis; an abscess of gore and tor.rlblc mortality. Dut just now It was pregnnnt with n nest of very live Insurgents, and nasty and obstinate opposition Manifestly, the Insurgents had nn Impregnable position, nnd their output of bullets never ceased. Dut ono might as well whisper to Niagara to coae falling, or counsel the resistless cy clone In Its gyrating nnd terrible ad vance to have a care f rose bushes, as to attempt to stop an advance of American soldiers. When the merl cans decide to advance, they advance, nnd n squad goes over the ground nest day and buries tho many dead of the opposition. Hunnlng along tho lines, an officer yells at the top of his voice: "Fix bayonets!" A moment of ominous, metallic click li.pr, and tho gleaming barbs aro fixed, The officer feprlngs out upon the bank, waving hia sword, "Come go. Uoi'al JONAS LONG'S SONS . First Magnificent View of Autumn Millinery A Jonas Long's Sons Triumph. ednesday, Grand Concert From 2 till S ny Wednesday Bauer's Orchestra, Personally Conducted by F'rof. Bauer, of Scranton. THE MILLINERY. Supremely first in everything it does, the Big Store announces it? Second Grand Autumn Exposition of Mil linery. So far as the public, who know this store are concerned, we might stop right here with this announce ment. Our Millinery exhibits are monuments of enterprise and energy. They represent the full measure of science, of art and of study, as typi fied in the creation of wo men's headgear, There is nothing new under the sun that does not come here. We search the hat shops of the world to pick the choicest from the trees of fame. The Old World sets the pace in extravagance of adornment and across the mighty ocean come boat loads of artistic conceits, bundled into boxes bearing aristocratic names. But American elegance is up to them. Exquisite detail, perfect blending of colors, harmonv of arrangement and genteel, cost more than balance the high flown names of French artists. The choosing, however, lies with you. For vari ety's sake, every designer of renown the world over is presented here. Vieing with them in elegance and im portance are the confections from our own corps of artists under the supervision of Mr. Edward Long truly a show worthy this biggest and best of all stores. To tho charge, mn' Wo must take thr-lr Intrenchinents'" A mighty cheer, like thf long roll of drums beating t-i tho buttle tit break of dav, runs down tho line, nnd echoes nlinw the roar nnd crash of battle. Then Unshed from It? covering a bristling. glistening, colling, sinuous lino n phalanx of death potential, a stool cable of radiant destruction, a spittln?, chattering, thundering epitome of racial l.fitred, which swept toward the enemy, voicing Its message, dealing out death and rocel Ing It. The charge la like some terrible scene if the stage, u scene of Intense gloom, blinding lightning with a cloak ed devil or assassin or other appro priate character, muttering deeply amid the nv ful roll of the thunder drums-. It was thealtlcnl beyond words: one felt like a leaf In the boom ing chaos, this prolonged tragedy of war. Tho brigade commander, deneral Charles King, said of the charge nfter wards; "I have seen the hounds loos ed from their Hash, and the raceis of the best stntes given tho drum tap and the word 'go:' but In nil my life T have seen no movement, known no exhilaration, like that which enmo when launching the Washington vol unteers Into tho fray and letting the Idaho regiment follow mo closely, ns I rode Into the attack." Tho situation of tho Americans was now not entirely dissimilar to tho po sition of the Light brigade, made f.im oui liv Lord Tennvson. Tint this party hnd Mausers to tho right of them, and Mnusurs to the left nf thein, and Slaus ers In front of them, while the two Krupp guns of the enemy "volleyed and thundered." Without heeding the In cessant maddening hissing of bullets or the walls of the wounded, even an tho pilgrim falls to heofi the world its he raises hit Illumined face toward his pin pose, these dazalingly courage -nils men hi the brown habiliments "charged for the guns" In terrible earnest. There Is nnotlvr pour of murderous fie nnd n dash of n d07.cn yard" takes the soldiers over the Insurgent breast works. The dauntless line of brown never wavers until the onomy begins to turn and l'.ee In confusion. I.lUo n. flood long dammed up, tho mass breaks loose, full of foam nnd terror, nnd Hows In every direction. Then comes that wondrous cheer of victory! Exhausted and breathless, the GRAND AUTUMN EXHIBITION. Thiirday and Friday, Sept. 28, 29, 30 -0 - Grand Concert From By- Thursday OppenheimOrchestra Personally Conducted by Prof. Oppenhcim, WIIkes-Barre. 0 0 WE IBBUE NO OAROS. OONSIDER THIS YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION. FROM JONAS LONG'S SONS. TO BY PRESENT EVERY DAY. regiments cease firing. Dying at their post, half the enemy lie strewn on the ground tho other half has retreated. The tight is fought and won. Hut oh! Tho nfter-scene of human waste! No life Is long enough to out grow the sadness of that scene! Upon "bloody knoll" tho brown billows hai risen to the high-water mark of de struction. It wns the Acropolis of Jit. Ararat nfter a deluge of blood. Upon It were the refugees of a lost cause, "In one red burlnl blent," swallowed up In the red spume of battle, as a falling star in the darkness of infinite space: slain by the sword their Ignorance had smithed. Tho slaughter was Inconceivably aw ful, Inexpressibly ghastly, shuddering, sickening. It was as If a legion of tho white horsed cavalry of death had' swept over the ground, leaving a trail nf gore, ghastllness and terrible mor tality. Tho ground everywhere wns cluttered with "dusky corpses slain" covered with blood, disemboweled, mangled, lacerated and shot up Into shapeless .masses of llesh; limbs dungllng, brains oozing from ghastly apertures, and jagged bones protrud ing like toothpicks It had been more than a battle with a bit of charming scenery after all! CAUSED BY TRIFLES. Great Tragedies That Have Come fxom Insignificant Happenings. Krom Tld-Ults. In a Lancashire coal mine, a few years ago, a callous youth viciously pricked n pony with his penknife. Tho wounded animal kicked out furiously, overturning and breaking several safe ty lamps. Tho naked Humes fed the foul gases In the air, and created nn nppalllng explosion, which wrouglit the death of over a hundred miners. ( Sun rays, shining through a decanter of water on to the cartridge of n loaded rllle, slew a sleeping man on a loungo near by. The Innocent owner of the rllle was arraigned for tho supposed crime, and was sentenced to death, when tho testimony of n shrewd detec tive solved tho mystery and secured his reprieve. A spark from n truant flre balloon, In tho neighborhood of New York, ono celebration day, drifted through the open door of a gunpowder fuctory, and Grand Display Fall Styles Coats, Suits, Skirts Both Imported and Domestic, - o- Grand Concert 2 till 5 By- -0 0- THE COATS AND SUITS. With due consideration of past exhibits here, we bow to the inevitable and acknowledge this to be the grandest, the most complete, the most thoroughly beautiful display we have ever made. Ordinary Eng lish common-nhrfl.se pynrp. 'ij.'-i','..' , ' pleased. You'll not be dis appointed. Courteous attention will be given you by a staff of experienced salespeople who have de voted years of study to what looks best and is best. You'll not be asked or urged to buy. It will be a sort of merry pleasure party that you may see the newest designs in wearables for Fall and Winter, as adapted, to your particular needs. created In a moment a miniature earth quake, slaying six men and woefully wounding several others. An Italian countess, entering her chamber one evening, with a stout stiletto bonnet pin in her hand, stumbled over a pet dog and fell pros trate upon the lloor, tho perilous pin piercing her heart and causing instant death. The heartbroken count, sus pecting a Jealous noble of the supposed murder, shot him dead on the street next day. The following night the brother of the murdered man fatally stabbed the count. After this triple tragedy the true cause of the trouble was revealed. A young bachelor In London, san guine of participating in the wealth of a certain country uncle, Invited his rich relative to spend a week with him In town. During dinner one evening the nephew quite unaware of the perilous character of tho combination passed Chnrteuse wine nnd bananas to his uncle, who partook freely of both, thus producing a peculiarly potent poison, which caused his death. The nephew's deep concern turned to dismay when he learned later that the absence of any will shattered his hopes of fortune, and his chngrln prompted him to pre maturely end his existence. A German family, seven In number, lost their lives by a somewhat unique accident. They slept In one large apartment, light it by gas. llefore re tiring; the father hung his overcoat nbove the gas burner. During the night this gnrment slipped nnd fell on the tap, turning tho gas full on, and so sulllocnting tho slumbering Inmates. A defect In an nxle, so small as to escape tho scrutiny of the vigilant plate layers, led tothu most melan choly disaster ever known in tho Unit ed Stntes. Tho fated train llrst caught flre, then left the rails and descended a steep declivity. In this uppallln accident more than two hundred lives wero lost. A trilling but Irreparable misunder standing between the captain and en gineer of n stately steamship, some years since, led to the loss of the ves sel, with four hundred passengers and a costly cargo. Tho ship was steering through perilous sens, when the elec tric bell sounded "stop" to the engine room. From some unexplained cause tho signal was taken for "full speed ahead," and was so Interpreted and obeyed, with tho result that the hugu JONAS LONG'S SONS. vvs''T( Friday From 2 till 5 Lawrence Orchestra Personally Conducted by Prof. Lawrence, of Scranton. sions which find usage every wherecannot do justice to an assortment and variety that has no peer in any store no matter where. We have given to the selection of the assortment patient time and study. We have culled con ceptions of beauty and style from the fashion charts of the world. We have brought to Scranton an exhibition that would do credit to any city. We devote Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to ex position purposes, that every one may have an equal chance to admire the display whilst it is at its best. Come expecting to be i vessel struck a rock and foundered, A faulty link in a huge hoisting chain caused one of th direst disasters of Its kind that ever occurred in the north ofi England. The chain was attached i a colossal crane, and snapped at a crltn leal moment, allowing some enormoul Iron girders to fall upon a score oj workmen hciicUh. twelve of whom lost their lives thereby. A popular Polish tenor singer ,o operatic celebrity snmo years since, lost his life by eating a milk scone l.i which a careless cook had uninten tionally dropped a brass nail. Tho nail caused cancer, from which death en sued. A once renowned Trench actress lost her reason through a trifling occur rence. Sho was visiting at an nnclene chateau, In the vicinity of Mentone, when a friend challenged her to pas-j tho-night alone In an alleged haunted chamber. She accepted the challenge. During the night she called for alt! and an attendant found her In a stato of pitiful fright through certain un canny sounds she had heard. Finally she developed a nervous disorder, which culminated In insanity. Thff ghostly visitants were rats. Not tho Wisest Way. 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After using n few bottle all those symptoms of Catarrh left me." Bold by Matthews Pros, and W. T. Clurk.-2.
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