TllE SCRANTON TLUJ3UiNJL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1890. P0RF1RI0 DIAZ AND REPUBLIC OF MEXICO THE WONDERFUL DEVELOP MENT DUE TO HIM. An Outline of What This Extraor dinary Man Has Accomplished in tho Twonty-three Years of His Recognized Supremacy Among tho Public Men in tho Nation Ovor Which Ho Prosides. I'lom the 'llmcH-IIeiiilel The Mexico oC IS1.) Is KOeilicil by a constitution ill nf tod In 1837, but which lias suffered ninti modification's down to tho enr 1S9G This constitution de fines Mexico as a "fedetatlve lepub lie.,' divided Into states, of whirl! tlieto were nineteen at the outset and now twenty-seven Theie are also two territories and the federal dlstilrt As In tho United States, the govern ment Is divided Into tlUeo bianc lies legislative, executive und judicial The legislative power Is invested In a con giess, consisting of a house and senate, and the executive is a piesldent. Rep resentatives, elected by the suffrage of all lcspeetable male ndults at the late of one member for 40,000 Inhabitants, hold their places for two years. The Utiallflcatlons requisite aie to be 23 j t us of age and a resident In a state. in the senate sit fifty-six membeis, two for each state, of at least 30 yeais of age They are elected the same as the representatives. Hoth senators and lepiesentatlves iccelve $3,0Urt per year. The president is chosen by electors populatly elected In a genet al election, held once each four jeais, and he may be re-elected ns often as the people deslie Foi molly he could hold but one tei in Tho eongiess meets twice a car April 1 to May 30 and Sept. 15 to Dec. 15 A peimonent committee of both houses sits dining the lee esses. has served five teems. 1'it sklent Diaz was lit st elected In 1V76 and has served five teims Ills piescnt teim cspiies Xov. JO, 1900. Ills cabinet Is composed of a minister of fonign alfalif-, of the Inteilot, of jus tice nnd public Instiuctlon, ot coloniza tion and lndtibtiy, of public works, of lln.ince and of war and mat hie Tor local ovciument independent of the fedoial nuthoilt, each sepal ate state has Its own internal constitution, government and laws, but Interstate eiibtoms duties are not pei mitted E ic h state has its governor and legist ituie, popularly elected There Is u civil and a cilminol code in existence which In many respects is more severe than those pi evading in tho United States It will be observed, though, that the governmental foim of Mexico Is not far diffeient fiom thit ot the t'nlted States and that popular suffi.ige Is th whiter to which all bow Theie is .1 popular Impression In the Unite 1 States that Mexico is In many w.is governed as a despotism, that the form of government Is mon ii-chlcal, although Diaz bears the title of presi dent. This is not the case, and If the rhuich were wholly eliminated from Mexican gove-nmental affairs the form of government would almost be a parallel of that of the United States. SEE-DIVISIONS. The states of Mexico aie divided Into three divisions the Atlantic states, tho inl md states and tho Pacific states. Thi se, theli area and population, ac cording to the census of 1S91, aie: Atlantic states Aua I'optiUtion, 1 imatillpas ;.').'!) ::0!nt cn Cruz !',!!ul V.G.OO lulusi 10,07.! 1)1 TOO (nmpeclio ISiS" SS.oOi) Suc.itan 3V.01 S'lS.OHO Inlnnil Mates C lillmiliui ST.W Sn.Nl) C ' ihull.i 6,ir) 2.i) Ntirvo i.con sj,:").' W 2 Dur.tngo 2S.00D 2i,M Zaeatecas 21,717 4J.',7:o Sen I.uls Pntosl .'3,305 r7rt mm Agnasc.ilU Dies 2,930 10H00 Guiinajttato 11,370 1.0I7.J 0 Qinntnto 3,531 2J7.'. Hldilgo K.917 fiis.OiO Mexico '1,217 S17.C0) 1 eclei il District loJ Is eKI Morelos 2,"?i iVi i llax.icali Irri3 P.t, u0 Pueblo. U,J0l 'iT'i,7l l'ulfle vtntis 1 owtr C.ilifoinla (Ter) .is, ,i! 42,.'. j Sonor.i 711,1)0 ni M Siniloa 311,71 2',,si!0 'Jepl. (territorj) 11,273 HS, J illco 11, Sin l,li.7,vm c iillma J.LT.' ri.i.'O Mlchoacnu 2 S70 Svi.TuO Ciuetreio JISS'l 117 "hi Oax tea "'sS.' 'sj,',0i Ohiapis L'7,.':.' ulj.l.'O The total area of Mexico Is 7G7.003 equate miles and the total population about l.600,000. The Inciease for some j ears past In population has been about 100,000 per jeai, ot 1000 .000 In i decade The last census icvealed that New Soods Particular attention invited to our new lines of beautiful double-faced Golf Cloakings. Steamer Rugs, choice, quiet styles. Rainy Day Street Skirts, from $3.50 up. Polka Spot French Flannels. New Designs in Black Crepons. We are showing the very finest styles in these good? at prices extremely moderate. mm there were mote women In Mexico than men by over 300,000 Of the total popu lation 19 per cent, nte purely white or nearly so, 13 per cent, mixed and !S per cent. Indian. In 1882 there vvcro over 3,000 000 Indians In the tepubllc. few i.Aiion cities. Despite Its area, Mexico Is not blefsed with many latge cities Tho pilnclpal ones und theli population ate. Mexico (capital), 330,000; lluaelula Jatu, 83,000, I'uebla, 91,000; San Luis, J'otosl, 70 000. Leon, 90,000; Vera Cruz, 90,000, Pat hue u 05,000, and Durango, 43 000. Most of the cities have been laid out In old Spanish style, but modern Im provements are coming In rapidly and their ntchltectuial character changing. Religion In Mexico hos played a con sldeiable part In disturbing Internal nf- falrs, but at the present time the i church nnd state aie separated, and there Is no prospect of their union so long as Diaz lives The ptevalllng ie llglon Is the Roman Catholic, which hos 1,100 enure hi"? In the republic, while the Protestant has 119. No ehuith or religious body can acqulte land In Mexico, consequently thete are no chinch estates The number of Catholics In the tetiltory Is estimated nt about 7,000,000 The number of Pro testants Is consltleiably less thin 10, 000 EDUCATION One of the first steps taken by Dior, to Insure stability for the republic was to uige upon the separate states thi necessity of a free and compulsory school law Nearly every state has now such u law, and It Is enfoiced to a gt eater degree at the present time than over before English Is taught, and the giowth of that tongue Is now nipld In the republic Pilmary In stiuctlon Is mostly at the expense of the municipalities, but the federal gov ernment makes ftequeni giants, and many schools are under the caie of beneficent societies Higher education Is can led on In secondaiy schools and seminal les and In colleges for profes sional Instiuctlon, Including schools of law, medicine, engineering, mining, lino arts, agile ultuic, commoico, aits and trades and music There are now In the republic mon than 7,000 pilmary .schools, no secondaij 40 ptofesslonal, ovei lo v teacheis and dlrectois, ami an average attendance of pupils of "3S,0CG In the pi hate and clerical schools there aie about 70,000 pupils. The amount now uiimiall spent on schools Is about $1000 000 per annual, or about $1,000,000 less than Is annu ally expended on the schools of Chi cago The nation il public llbtaiv contains 160,000 volumes and theie aie 10J 11 biailes in existence foi public use be sides It Theie aie also twenty-four museums for scientific and educational put poses nnd thiee mctcoiologlc.il oli seivatotles The number of newspa pers published Is 430, of which ton aie in English and one in I'lench AN AMERICAN VIEW Considering that twenty cars a'o Mexico did not possess one-half of t!i educational facilities that she eh . s now , that she was wtecked by Internal dissensions, the piey of banditti and the scorn of the outside world, all thit has been accomplished In two decades Is something maivelous. That It is duo to the energy and the will of President Diaz theie Is no question. Of value this moment Is the following Interview with Geoige D Cook, of this city, who has enjoyed the confidence of the ptcsldont for a number of jears. Mr Cook believes In Mexico and Diaz, and having an intimate knowledge of the lepubllc his views aie ot value M"i Cook says. ' In December, 1893, I was invited to visit Mexico to meet his excellency, Piesldent Diaz, to discuss the finances of the Republic of Mexico As it was my fit st visit, I was veiv much Inter ested, not only in meeting him but In all the suiroundings that go to make up the Impies-slons of one's Hist visit to a new eountiy My Intel view with him was most pleasant He dis cuss d fieely with me the condition of the finances of the republic, and ex piessed a veiy stiong elcslto to become moio closelj allied with Ameilcan capital In tint and subsequent meet ings I was ei much Impressed with the fiank, open candor of the man, as well as his thoiough knowledge of his tountrj's affairs, both politically anl financially That, and the numeious visits I have made since has resulted in mv becoming voij much interested in the lepubllc I found the same laws governing Mexico that we have In this rountiv the same foim of government as ours, for not onlv tte lepubllc but for the htates nnd municipalities ,i president el ted every four vears, a congress and ennte, with state and municipal governments tho same ns oui s "After inquiring Into The govern ment's icsouices and the wonderful progiess the country was making l could ee no reason that tho govei n ment of Mexico should be pa lng 0 per cent on a foreign loan nmountlng t- III All Departments 415-417 j Lackawanna Aye. mm over $100,000,000, Instead of having any deficiency their icvenucn vvero more than enough for their expendi tures, nlwavs having n- surplus. This not only applied to tho nffulis of tho government, but to tho different state3 nnd municipalities. It was not only Interesting, but veiy romatkablo to find states and cities without any debt whatevci, and olwajs living within their Income. A HTRONO CA11INET. "The piesldent of Mexico Is ccitain ly a veiy romaikablo man, ns has been shown In his life und In the successful handling ot his government. Ills cabi net Is composed of capable men, tho minister ot the hacienda (secietary of the tieasurj), Jose y Elmnntour, being one of the most nblo flnnnclois that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting, the icmalnder of the cabinet belli'? made up of men of equal capabilities In their soveinl depni tmonts. The piesldent has always shown special interest In welcoming Americans, und has lepeatcelly said to me thnt he would see that they had every protec tion that his own people had. His onlv leiason for having heretofore han dled his financial matins In foreign countries was thnt the American finan cial public had nevei paid any atten tion to his count! y ThK I am pleased to sav, has within the past two jea'-s been largely overcome, (list througn Geoige D Cook & Co. and Mnson, how ls & Co having bought and success ful sold $1,500,000 of the state of Ja lisco bonds, these bonds having been placed with bankers or Investors In ev ery "tato In the unl n. It Is ciulte re matkable to know that this Issue was the fit st foielgn secuiltv ever handled In this countij. This has, of course, Intolj been followed out by the placing of a large amount of the G per cent i ('funding bonds for the Republic of Mexico I may say, In this connection, that when I took up the lefundlng of the Mexican government loan of $ino, 000.000 some two 5 ears ago it was looked upon as being impossible to place any lnige amount In this eoun tiy, but. ns Is now well known, the amount allotted to the United States, w as v et y lat gely o er-subsci ibed The incident of Mexico showed his wise Judgment In wishing this loan to be an international one lather thin to have it nil allotted to nnv one cnuntiv, then by not nnlv calling attention of tho different countilcs to but Intel est lng capitalists In his country. NATURAE RESOURCES "Mexico Is rich In her agtlcultural lands and onl awaits the model n Ameilcan wa of fanning to mike thtm not only veiy pioeluctlve but piofltable. The mining Intel ests of Mexico aie each e.u glow lng larger, and I believe that within a leasotublo time theie will be a gtcatci emigration lo tin mining dlstiicts ot Mexico tl.n there lias bi en to the Klondike I b ie my retsons for this on the fact tint theie the v can mine eveiy da in the veai, tint everj thing pioduceel is pi'd for In slhii, while the ptoduct, lien "old brings gold, oi about two ,oi jnc of their cutrency Outside of agil- cultiiro and mining are the gieat op l'oitunltlis of coftoe, lice, sugai anl ft uit growing, the coffee of Mexico be ing consider' d now equal to mosi my of the- better giadcs tint aie lmpoit"d Into this eountiv "We of the United States know what a gicit lmretus was given to' the growth and piospeilty of our eountiy tlunuhli the building of the Unlo Pa clfle rnlhoad 'While our goveinmen was censui ed at that time for the aid given, it has since proved to hvveleen a very wise thing. This idea has been followed and can led out to a greiter extent bv the government of Mevlco in subsidising tallioads The finish ing of tile Mexico Cuernna-a and V t elflc railroad to Acapulo, and that of the Mexican Cential to i point on the Pacific coast, will complel a sjsf'n of lallroads covering the ee the lepul, lie Uew If any of the lallioadi of Mexico would have been buiU, at least for a long time to come, haa II not been foi government nld Th" scenery along the lines of ome of these l.ill loads Is not excelled by Anything In the know a world, and It is onlv a n.it er of this being known by Americans when instead of triv'w; In foielgn cuntilei, they will fin 1 mm 1. mo- pleasure and recitation in visiting the s steii lepubllc." riNANCr.e The finances of Mexl o luv- i cached that exigent condition "u- so voung .. lepubiie tl "t alout HO per cnf. of m. evenue is cioi heel ft.'-i uistoms, "9 pet cent, from intein.il taxation and 11 per tent from other souices Of th" cxpendituie about 41 pei cent, goes to the suppoit of tho government, W per cent to the seivice of the debt and neatly 10 per cent to ruilwav subven tions The receipts foi five eais past have been: Receipts Rxpenclltuies Ut-'-'U .. $17,701 HJ $17,'i73 2U lflVU . .. . 41.11') 7i.(i Is Gil 52-. ufit-9"i roimici) :o7ii),'i7i, US'-Kj uO '21.170 l"ni7u!21 1S.'--'p7 . . , Bl,',0O.t..'l IS 3u 503 In 1S0S-99 the levenues ros to $"0, 000,000, while theio was a ront'r.uel decrease In expenditures In proportion to leceipts That is one of th. sig nificant effects of the Diaz govermvuir. It Is to be noted that la lSn-7.' the feoveinment levenues wero but ?1",000, 000, while the expentlitan wetc fiS, 000,000. In less than till' y yiMrs the change has been produ cd now wit rfssed in the figures r'ven above It has been the work of Diaz to In terest not alone his own people but Americans In the lesouices of Mexico A man of work himself, ho has urged otheis to follow his example, and has lnsplted confidence on the pait of foi elgn capital bj icstorlnglaw and order to his own nation PRODUCTS As the Mexicans estimnte their land it contains 470 squaie leagues of fot est, 18,131 squill e leagues of mountain land and 4 82.' squaie leagues nf un cultivated land The climate is suit ed to the lalslng ot a great vaiiety of ptoducts Provision Is mado foi the. sale and occupition of public lands bv a law of l&CJ. Tho denial cation of such lands Is can led out by public companies, the third putt of the aiea demarcated being ceded to them foi expenses Ineuued Within the lepub llc there aie about tlilitj agileiiltuial colonies with a populutlon of over 12 000 The gov eminent llbeiully aids these bj Inttoduclng plants of vines, olives and other fruit trees, while- seeds of vegetables and silk woims have been distributed gratultouslj The cultiva tion ot tho orange Is lapldij extend ing, und uhcudy theiu aie largo ovei land exports to tho United Smtes. Tho chief agilcultui.il pioduets at u lice, maize, bailey, wheat, beans cocoa, colfte ind tobacco. Thon there nie tho ptoducts of cotton, sugar, cane, va nilla, catao. Indigo, rubber and bana nas The coffee pioductlou now exceeds 22,000 tons annual!, tho tobacco pio ductlou B0.O00 tons, that -of cotton 40,000 tons, of sugar 150,000 tons, and of malzo vyvw 23 339,117 hectoliters. To handle the-e ptoducts theie Tile 3,000 factories foi sugar and brandy, 123 tor cotton ains and textiles, CO for tobacco, and tho total number of faetoiles for all pui po&es Is neail 1,000 The cattle industry has been given ever protection that tho state could pi ov lde for it. These cattle arc shipped into the United States. There are now about 2,000.000 head of cattle, 3,000,000 of go Us, 13,500 000 of hoises and 1,300, 000 of sheep in northern Mexico The 21.000 cattle ranches In the lepubllc have an estimated value of $300,000,000. MINERAL WEALTH. The republic Is rich In minerals, gol 1, silver, lead, iron, copper, quicksilver, tin, cobalt, antlmoii, sulphur, coal, pc ti oleum, all of which Is either known to exist or is now being worked Theia no .1,200 mining onteipilses now on foot theie, of which two-thirds aie controlled by the Mexicans The gold bullion expoi ts amount to $6,000 000 -annually nnd of silver bullion to $32,000, 000 annually. There are foui mints In the republic coining on an aveiage $23,000,000 annu all. Most of the silver exported is shipped In the foim of dollars, which find their way chiefly to China anl Indo-Chlna The mercantile maiine Is not laige About as many ves-stls enter Mexican ports In a car as In the Chicago hni bor, which Is about 10,000 annually Tho miles of railway in existence Is 7.500, of telegraph w Ire 40,990 miles, !of telephone llneis 7.439 mllejs. The lepubllc has 1,700 postofflces The couie of Mexican history has been changed under Diaz's admlnls tiatlon Revolutions' and civil wai have been biought to an end the old time tyi.anny has pissed awav , the possessor of the office of piesldent has lived in safety; the stability of th" government has been secured With abiding pence the country has attalncl a prospeilty unexampled In Its histoiv QUEER REWARDS FOR BRAVERY Fieak Gifts That Have Been Pre sented foi Signal Heroism, rioin tho Philadelphia Times In ancient times for a deed of spe cial bravery or heroism the fortunate nioital was crowned with a laurel wieath and mnyhnp verses weie com posed In his honor. During the das of chlvahy man titles were given away to th" recipients, who proved themselves heroes, and In modern times snldleis for such deeds have been piesented with medals, but It ie mains for the model n, evetday citizen to evolve freakish lewaids for some brave deed. East March a schoolmaster belonging to a town In Alsace was seized with cramp while In bathing, and if one of his colleagues who what at hand had not hastily divested himself of his outer garments and at the Hsk of Ills life plunged In and brought him 'o land the cllsclplo of Plato would as suiedly have been di owned What was his rescuer'h tew arc! ? Did tho buighers of tho town crown him as a hero foi making such a biave and diffi cult rescuo' No He was prosecuted for bathing at a prohibited bpot with lis lesultant fine and costs. About four ears ago the house of a ileli Hampshire gentleman was in the ownei's absence bioken into by buig laio, who but foi the intiepldlty ot tho butler In attacking tin m single handed would have made off wlti a lnige haul. Including n supeib dia mond ling valued at over $2 000 On his return the gentleman effusive Iv thanked his Servant, and promised that on eveiy annlversai of the nbor tlvo buiglnry he should be pel mitted to wear the ring he had saved A slmllai though somewhat mn-o gtnemus sphlt prompted a well nown phslcl,ui to have on Am II 15 of ea'a car a mechanic named Foster as his guest. On that date ten years ago thU man stopped a lunawny carriage, nt great link, which contained tho dor tor's wife nnd daughters Uor nearly a year Poster heaid no moie of the affair, and Indeed it had almost passe 1 from his memory, when ho was sur- TODAY'S BIG EVENT Jonas Lonsr's jViillinen) enin Grand Concert by Oppenheim's Orchestra Personally Conducted by Prof. Oppenheim, of Wilkes-Barre. From 2 until 5 O'Clock pilsed to receive a note from tho doc tor, asking him to dinner, and, in or der that ho might como decently cl.a 1, directing him to apply to a ceitatn tailor, where ho would bo supplied with a new suit. A well known scholar, now deceased, whose name was a household worl among students of classical literature, was once set upon by roughs, and had It not been for the effectual Interfer ence of a laborer who chanced to b? passing would have been severely handled. A fortnight later, when, at his invitation, his rescuer called on him. he overw helmed the man w Ith grateful speech and finished by declar ing that as his prowes would, had he lived In the golden das of Greece, most ceitalnly have won for him the highest honors at the Olympic games, c had taken upon himself to procui e from Oreece the ptlze thai had erst while crowned the victor's deserts an olive leaf This he presented to his amazed heater, whereupon the latter, lemarklng In high dudgeon that he had no time to waste with a fool who wouldn't even stand the price of a drink, dashed the classic gailand to the ground nnd left the room In a rage No more singular reward for hero Ism, however can well be Imagined thin that which a certain John Vesper will eairy with him to the grave Some fifteen ears ago, when a poor clerk, he saved, at great personal risk, a little gltl fiom drowning Thegiate ful father, who was a professional tat tooer, offered In return for the great seivice he had rendered to decorate his entire body with specimens of Ills art MODERN COATS OF MAIL. Cuiious Story of the Way British Of ficers Protect Themselves. Uiom tho London fllobe To the uninitiated the clays of aimor have long since gone, but a visit to a certain firm situated, in the West End of London will leveal the fact that hundieds of vests of mall are so 1 annually to ofllcets In the Biltlsh army. The maker Is a well-known gun smith, and a huge portion of his In come Is derived, not from manufac turing guns, but through the sale ot armor to officers. As a geneial rul, the mail Is enclosed In lenther easing, which is sewn Inside the tunic so ns to bo Invisible unless the garment Is picked to pieces And the same with helmets a similar device Is fixed as lining so as to give additional protec tion In case of need Some officers are not above weailng mall vests beneath theli tunics and peifectly obvious to theli comrades, who, although they may scoff In time of peace, would bo only too glad to don one themselves when In the middle of hostilities Tie mnjoilty ot the maker's customers aio ofllcers, because the suits are very ex pensive, costing about ten guineas each Nevertheless some "Tommies" are prepared to spend that amount in order to Insure themselves to a certain extent against tho enemy's spent bul lets. Against a modern bullet, fired nt shoit distance, of course, these suits of armor are next to useless, although they may be Instrumental In turning Its couise oi stopping its penetrating pow er. Dm lng the China-Japanese war of 1803 the maker in question sjnt out several bundled suits of armor, which vvero eagerly bought up by tho com batants at a heavy price During the Ameilcan war of last ear he did the same thing It was not nearly so suc cessful, foi he found he had been fore stalled by Yankee Aims, and such oiTI ceis In the Ameilcan army as had In tended going In for a suit of mall had already obtained them Ho then of fered his gondu to the Spaniards, who proved to be good customers, and were prep.aied to pay a good prlco for the luxtiiy A notable Instance of tho valuo of mall oecuued during the bat tle of Omdurmnn last Septembet One ofllcer, who Is well known, got Into tho thick of the fight nnd was slashed on all sltleg by the Dervishes. His men weie surprised to seo that he hid escaped all tho force of the blows, ex pecting to seo him fall from his horse Sons 9 every minute a mass of wounds. After the battle was over, however, ho ap peared perfectly unscathed save for a few slight wounds on the chest. Then he revealed the suit of mall which coveted him and to which he owed his life. A CURIOUS EXPERIENCE. Waiting in a Mine for n Blast to Go Off. Prom the New Oilcans Times-Democrat. A man with an empty sleeve told a curious stoiy In one of tho hotel lob bies last night "In 18S9 I was pros pecting In the Joplin lead dlstiict," he said, "and with two partners had sunk a shaft about thlity feet deep on a promising claim. At the- bottom of the excavation wo started to 'drift' In other words, to drive a tunnel at right angles One afternoon, when tho tun nel had progressed some twelve feet, It became necessary to put In a blast. I was below at the? time and my two companions weie at the top, working tho windlass I drilled a hole in the formation, which was very hard, put in a dnamlte cartridge, tamped it well with broken rock, lit the fuse and stepped into the bucket At tho first turn of the windlass the lope brok.- at the top and diopped down Into the shaft. The bucket fell only a yard oi so but I plunged head flist against tho side, and It was perhaps a couple of minutes before I could collect my senses. Then In a Hash I reallred my situation and Jumped back into th" tunnel to extinguish the fuse, but It had ahead burned down to the tamp ing and all I could see was a llttlo smoke oozing out thiough the locks. I could hear my partners elllng to me from above, but I knew there was no other i ope In our camp, and the only thing T could think of "Was to pick out the tamping and get at the fuse befoie It reached the dnamlte. For all I knew the explosion might take place at any Instant, but I grabbed a drill and beg-.an to claw at the tlght-packe 1 lock In a few seconds I realized that It was a hopeless task, so I dtoppel the di ill and as a last lesort lan bacit to the shaft and crouched against th far wall "If I live to be a thousand," con tinued the stoiy teller, "I will never forget my agony while I waited for tho blast to go off, knowing full well that my chances for escape weie almost too small for computation. It seemed as If ine explosion woijld never occur, and all the while a liotrlble panoiama of death and mutilation was rushing through my brain 'Now ' Now' Now'' I kept baying nloud. thinking each time S aittored the word thai tho roar would follow, but it didn't I could have sworn that fifteen minutes elapsed, and I was beginning to feel a wild hope that the fuse had gone out. when an awful thunder-clap came and eveiythlng disappeared My partners had secured a new rope nnd were pull ing me out when I recovered conscious ness My left arm had Geen crushed and I was peppered all over by fllng rock but suffeied most fiom the poi sonous gnses of the nlttoglvcerlne In the dynamite Next day they took off my arm at th elbow, and It was six months before 1 got out of bed. Strange to say, nty hearing wasn't af fected and, as you seo, I have no scars on my face So I may consider myself very lucky on more counts than one. By tho way there was one very strnngo Incident connected with the affair As I said before, it seemed to me that I lay there an Interminable time waiting for the blast to go olf Afterward, when I was convalescent, I mentioned the matter to one of my partners and ho looked surprised He told me that ho was at the shaft mouth when I crouched down, and that tho explosion occurred Immediately nfterward He was Intending to drop his coat over me, but didn't have tlmo to take It off" Big Apples in Wayne. Haw ley, Sept 27 -Two apples of the pound led sweet vnilotv, each cveih lng 1GM ounces nnd measuring 13v inches In chcumference, are on ex hibition nt "Welsh & Amee' store. They 3 rT' 43. f-- ft) ASK YOUR GROCER FOR Ceylon Tea REFRESHING. DEUCIOU3. hold ouljr in Iacl Fackxta. 50c, 60c, and 70o per pound CEYLONlNDlA ARE THE BEST For Sale by All Grocers. ranio fiom the fnim ot C.'W. Pi Ink, Puupack Six lino apples, nveiaglng 13 IihIiof In cluumforence nro nlso' ex I hlDlted In town They wete tnken fiom the orclutd of Henry IUddle, Arlington. .-
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