,'iWTiviJM'iW W"''WHW l'tv'w'1 ' fmnnrfM r-''- 1 -o-'-if r s pf"" - wgy '' w" THIS SCR ASTON T MB UN13-TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 18D0. THE GREAT "STAKED PLAINS." JONAS LONG'S SONS . JONAS LONG'S SONS. JONAS LONG'S SONS. h Love i i "No, mv dear friend, under no pre text whatever, must you semi your nephew to me. AVhat pleasure I might experience lti this meeting 1 prefer to forego rather than dispel our Illusions. We have not seen each other since the dny you took leave of me to accompany M de Lafayette to the New Wotlil. Less wis. than he, who hud nuurled before, vou expected to many me on your return. Sixty yeii have elapsed nnd you arc still a buhelor. "Pray do not have the fatuity to take this ns a leproach It would ho unfair to me, for Just one year after your de parture it was I who hioke my ov of fidelity In allowing ml self to become the wife of the poot marquis whoso life ended so wietehedly at the Vendee while you were fighting for the cause of the revolution under Napoleon after jour return fiom a similar mission in America "In order to ietun to mv subject, from which I wander so at random, I would say that for sixty yeurs we have cherished an unblemished picture of our beautiful youth, and the spectacle of our decreultude would afford us no pleasure. I can always see you, my dear Tristan, as you appear in your portrait with that dove colored coat, which was so becoming to your slender form, and the first down Just beginning to shade your chin: in short, an ele gant gentleman. "As for me, I know you have care fullv preset ved the miniature I gave you as I bade you adieu. In it I repre sent n shepherdess, a sheep hook in my hand 'Tis thus, In fancy, you see your friend, 'tis thus vnu have portrayed her to your nephew. Alas! his smile would soon cause this rellection to van ish, he would tell me of your wig; he would count my wrinkles and tarnish the minor in which we still are re flected young and beautiful. Last year we dreampd of this folly; but, believe me, we did wisely to give it up." This letter was King open on the bureau "Verily, my dear old friend." win the reply "from our Ingenious letter one would never imagine the sum of our uges could make us contemporaries of Louis IV. Or rather I am mistaken: to lead you my dear marquise, one would think Mine, de Sevlgne still in the woild piotestlng against the usuipatlon of our cousin ot Oilcans. "So you do not w ish that (Saston pay his respects and his uncle's, the latter being prevented by the gout by the gout, and that only which opposed the realization ot last j ear's beautiful dieam which ou so breveiently term folly? "Put why follj? "You must think T rany mv four sote years very badlj? True, my strength and energy are exhausted, b'lt It mm e. be possible to present .1 tine appeaiance. Do not tldlcui: my pre tensions, for jour banter in leaid to yi uis,elf offends me. Yh.u it Is eor.iel ly on jour part I would swear and join wh'te hair must suit j'ou marvei lousl I'u' never mind, ). voti will not deign to grant this nmr eilhev to an ola gwtybeawl 01 a voung fellow, vonr will be done! Uthoiigh greatlj grieved in ,ue ivsigned tr kvs. from afir, miuj be.iutlfiil hands" M'tliiilg this litter Tilstan tie H.uuiiet ' the gentleman folded nnd sealed It, and rose from the huge chair in which he nail bren titling Singular lhat this old man, far from wearing" 0 wig, to which hi" eoi respondent ha J so iniiic.illv alluded, had black hair, vhlt teeth, a sparkling ej'e an t a fine mustache, and, attired in a coquettish uniform th old pei h in became a, handsome titMo-rof scai-cely twenty live jxars of age Havlnsr adjusted his bilt, he llghtlj' descended the hotel steps and 'Vent towaid the lioulevuwls. II. "And "o j'ou have come lo sav fore well" "Au revolt, at the lor Rest I do not think I shall b long absent." "The soldier proposes. ,vy poor Gaa-toi- the stat disposes " "However, vvhethci I glow mouldy at Kolssons (Jod forbid -01 whethei I nm sent to Afiica as CSod wills it I shall be abent fiom Fails for somej time, and am obliged to mal;e my ar nngements r.ccordlnglj." Do j-ou intend making j-our will?" ' No. I have simply come to ak a favor of you." Proceed." It is tWs. I have with a certain person a correspondence wlrl'ir I am not ut llbeity to interrupt. Ah it Is ncccessary that this person believe me still in Paris, I "hall ch-puut on vnu to post the Jotters which I shall send j'ou, inclosed in an outer envelope that they niav bear the postmark of the capital." 'The deuce! Heie is a mjstery which comrromlses your prudence." "Oh, if j-ou but knew the lady whom It concerns." "Allow m to saj', dear friend, that 1 did not even ask it It were a wo man " "Hut I can name her without Incon venience: it Is the Marquise de Trem bleand she Is elghtv years o!d." "You are -Joking" "Not the least in tJie woild." "Then why these precautions'' The good lady canont be under the care of a guardian?" "It is a touching story: one that One Cent A Word Is all it cost9 to make your wants known through the columns of THE TRIBUNE; and there is no better ad vertising medium printed in Scranton. situations Wanted are Inserted 0000000000000'0OOOtOOOt0000$ rom Beyond the Tomb Prom the French of Arthur Dourllac. would cause you, who are skeptical and blase, to smile." "Thnnli roil." "You know my uncle, aoneral del i Itaudict?" I "I'ottnlnlj! 1 have pressed a living lemembranee of his handsome mllltaiy llgure." "You knew what he was to me. Un man led, he loved me as a Bon and I venerated lilm ux h father" ' This mutual uffectlon excited gen ual admliutlon." "Deep as It was ft did not finitely illl the life of this excellent man. When very young he had passionately loved the Matqulso de Tremble. Separated by passing events they soon lost each other from view. Thirty years passed. One day, it wes during the Polish war, my uncle received a letter from his friend. Ills name, accidentally spoken befoie her. hud awakened mem oiles of long ago Though a widow and grandmother, he) thoughts went out to the f i lend of her youth, and she wished him to share with her the de lightful emotions which had re-anl- mated her heart grown old. "All this she told In a chaiming manner, punctuating here with a tear and theie with a smile, and alone in his tent on the banks of the Vistula the old soldier wept like a child over the evocation of his youthful affec tions Since then this renewed cor respondence had Jiev;r ceased and last J ear, when my uncle felt death approaching, he said to me- "'I do not wish my old friend to leain of my sickness and death; It would cause her great pain. I depend on you, my child, to spare her the gilef. You are the sharer of all in thoughts. Your writing so lesembUs mine that you might write In my stead without being detected by the good marquise. When I nm no mote, illl my place, and alvvajs maintain this pleasant deception until out souls aio united above." "1 have kept the piomise 1 made my fostet -father. limp, de Tremble has never discoveied the substitution and this Is why, my dear fiiend eveiy week I exchange a love lettei with a vener able dowager." "But the general's death created neated quite a stir abroad'" "The marquise lives a retiied life on her estates, receiving no one, and has not lead a newspaper since the usut- patlon of Louis Philippe. The only communication she has with the out side world are the letteis which I reg ularly address All has gone well un til now Peailng the awkwardness or negligence of a servant, I have counted on juiir frleudshln to seive me on this occasion without exposing me to "Idlculc " "On the contiarj-, my dear Gaston. I respect your filial sentiments I find a ulquant ch.nm in this lomariee of a past generation and accept the twist committed to me" "Thank you " "By the waj, do you know this oc togenarian " "No, and mote iiulous btlll, these two old lovers never saw each other after their j'outh, and the general took with him to the tomb the fresh and smiling image of her whom he had loved." "Do J ou think j'ou will ever see hei ''" "I had entertained such thoughts, us her lesidence is but a short distance fiom mv new quarters but on leltee tion I feared disappointment Prom nfar I fancy I see one of those delight ful old giarrdmother.s of long ago, so beautiful beneath their white hair and eolfs of lace, while near by something lidiculous, or one whim, might spoil my ideal, 'tis best to pieseive the Illusion " 'You sybarite'" "Let us so, and once moie thanks, and uu revulr." "Au re voir, but look out! Your en thusiasm disquiets me. Do not many jour giandmother!" III. Lieutenant de Haudiet bad been In Solfsoim two months and found It dull enough. One day while letuining fiom a visit to one of his friends with whom he had been hunting he crossed a daik valley lvlng between two hills coveted with gigantic pines and rocks The soft earth sank beneath the weight of his hoise, and the odor of the speannint mingled with the aeild smell of the woods. The joung man, admiring the wild scenerj-, i cached a sort of glade, wat eied b a brook whose waters were clear and sllverv. On the edge of the stream was constiueted a lural cabin surrounded by hives alive with bees, Seated on the tiunk of a tree befoie a rough table a j-oung glil was luncheon on a piece of blown bread and a golden honej'tomb Charmed by the sight. Gaston halted. The fair stranger had fine, delicate features, and thick, blonde hair, colled under a small hat; her riding habit de lineated a willowy foim of perfect grace and symmetry. At a shoit dis tance stooi the horse, attended bj a seivant. The lieutenant, motionless, sat con templating the beuutlful tableau, when suddenly-, with a cry of pain, Ills nag reaied; a swarm of bees suriouuded him. The joung girl looked up, "Do not stir," she cried "Father Vincent' Father Vincent!" An old man appeared on the thieslioM ot the hut. At that moment the horse, maddened by the terrible stings, suddenly Jumped ooooooooooooooooo Free. v aside nnd the threw the horseman to the earth, IV. "Ale jou suie, doctor, that all dan ger Is past?" "Suie and certain, mademoiselle, the violence of the shock caused Die swooning, but tomorrow he will be up and In two dajs can tejoln his legl ment." "You pee, Cecllo, how utterlv useless It was to bunion yourrelf with this boj useless and Impropei." "Pardon, aunt, but humanity comes befoie propilety." "Besides, madame," Intel uiptcd the doctor, "though the condition of the voung man Is not serlour, he requited more caio than Father Vincent could have given him at the hut, Mile, Cedle did well to have him carried heie, jour chateau being the neaiest." "Hut we know nothing of him." "That he Is a French officer, aunt, Is sufficient " "That sufficient' Only a gentleman " "P.udleu! madame," again Irrter lupted the doctoi, and thus prevent ing the girl making an Indignant re ply, the good Samaritan eaied not for the rank of the unfoi lunate one whom he rescued " Notwithstanding his weakness the wounded man heaid eveiy word of the ' discussion, suffering Indescribable agony at his Inability to take part. Though conscious of his surroundings he remained unable to move or speak. He was lying on a bed Jn the center of a laige room Hooded with light, ad mitted through three laige bay win dows looking out over his Held. The persons about him were, first the phy sician a large man with a red face: he was carefully urranglng his cae of Instruments. The second personage was an old ladv whose harsh face was in keeping with the emenltlcs she was lavishing on her unlucky guest. The lemalnlng one was the beautiful girl he had seen in the valley and whose melodious voice had with stub waimth defended him. Well, he lost enough blood from the wound In his head. However, it was foi lunate you cnlled Father Vin cent else he might have faied woise." 'I have "-aid a bundled times that those hives -should be taken from the old oo " 'You forget, aunt, that Father Vin cent Is the oldest and most filthfiil savant In our fnmllj-. He enjeys the1 Hide llfr he lends, -o whv distrub him"" "Come, idiiie," said the doctor, "enough of this. I,et mv patient sleep quietly If j-ou wish him to leave the 'bateau de Tremble." A. I Till-, then was the Chateau de Tiemble. And this eiabbcd, scolding i old woman was the venctablo mar quise, whose bright letter" seemed to reflect a soul so bnevolent and ami-' able The young man was broken- ' hunted at the deception. Rut who v as the graceful person who called her mint i tie sought to collect his thoughts. ' Had theli not been something said of a grandaiuhter 01 niece" He could not 1 call But this ladlant apparition hul4 completely upM-t him thnt he pa:sed a very ies.tles.s night, falling asleep toward morning Notwth-tandlng, he awoke refreshed and collected. Ill short rest had sullied to rep.Mi his strength and alter his thoughts However, If the marquise did not ex actlj correspond to the pictuie hi Imagination had traced, the niece s,ur-pa-scd the ideal of hi-, dreams, and at the oge of one dnds the merits of a joung gill of more interest than the fuults of an old woman. When the doctor entered h fouuJ the patient up and dresed. 'The deuce! What is your hurry, joung man? Yesterday you weren't so llvelj- when you were brought here covered with blood Oh, j'outh' Youth! the rreat remedj." The nursing I received was, u pow erful auxillarv, doctor, for which I thank you likewise the Maiquise de Tiemble." "The Marquise de Tremble " "Oitalnly am 1 not In her homo''" "In her home, her home" 'And I .sincerely dei-.be to paj- her mv lespectt." 'That, my j-oug fiie-nd would be cilC tlcult!" Uecause?" "Because the m.itqule lias been dead one j ear." "Impossible' She wiote me eight dajs ago." The doctoi looked anxiously at his patient. In Ills fall he had injured his burin? "But. who then Is the lady?" "It Is Mine, de Grlee, Mile Cecllo's nlatlve and chaperon." And Mile. Cecllo?" "Is the deceased luaniuUu'ti grand daughter." Oaslon was greatly disturbed. "Doctor, I must speak to Mile, de Tremble. My name Is not unknown to her I am Count do Haudret, nephow ot General" An Instant later the lieutenant found himself In a small room where u young gill stood bj a table. "Mademoiselle, first ot ull, I must thank you for your generous hospital ity." ' Sir, I am happy to have had the op portunity of ahslstlng tho kinsman of my grandmother's dearest friend." A short silence followed. "Is the genernl still In good health"'" finally asked Cecllc. "My uncle died loht jeur." giavely replied M. de Haudiet. "Last year! Well, who, then" A glance at the open letter ou the table finished the thought. "Pardon me, mademoiselle," said the young man. "I onlv fulfilled, ns you did, a sacred duty." VI "My dear Raoul, yom prediction is realized I nm to marry my grand mother! Dut compose yourself, sho is hut 20 years old, ond has the most beautiful eyes. The two noble hearts who so loved each other ceased to beat at about the same time, and In their touching solicitude, ono for tho other, had conceived tho same Ingenious plan. I held my uncle's pen and Mile, de Tremble thnt of her grandmother. But wp have Inherited from our dear de parted their mutual tenderness and their lovo from beyond tho tomb blooms again In tho hearts of their children." Vast Chnnges Wrought During the Fast Sixteen Years. From the Ulobe-Uemocrni The vast changes that have been made out on tho great "Staked Plains" the past sixteen years ate plicnomenal. That large expanse of unbroken pralrlo derived its name from the Mexicans and Indians, who called It "Llano Es tacado" long before tho advent of the Americans. The scarcity of water dur ing tho summer months rendered it a dangerous matter to attempt the Jour ney across them, and It is nown that many caravans of Mexicans In early dajs making their way from tho Rln Cirande river Into New Mexico per ished among their sandy wastes, For mnnj- years after the country on cverj slde had been In n measure settled up, the plains were looked upon us a sort of forbidden region, the epitome of overj thing that was Inhospitable in natuie and totally useless for supply ing any of the wants of man. Those adventurous Individuals who ventured far Into Its dangerous depths leported It a tieeless, silent waste, without a sign of life, except the buzzards that circled high In the heavens, or the coyote that hurtled ncross the trail and disappeared like a flash among the igebruMi and tall grass that lined the banks of the dry nnoy p. Huge whirl winds would appear to block the way for a time, and then hurrj- off, as It disturbed by the presence of men In thoe gilm solitudes In tho early moinlng wie.iths of dust went spinning mound befoie the breeze, ns If some deseit sands had niisen and hail Just begun to envelop the great expanse. The last case known of nn- one per ishing on the plains was In 1 SOO, when two Americans nnd one Mexican, a sheep herder, attempted to make their way from Pecos City to Amarlllo In midsummer, and. being poorlj- provl- sloned with water and losing the tra'.l as well, soon died of thirst, as did their Inn scs. A peculiar feature of this accl dent was that, although the coj'otes and buzzards had picked the bones ot the Americans clean, the body of the Mexican had baked and dried In the sun and was piactically Intact, owing to the fact that the diet of the Mexi cans on the border Is always composed In great pnit of chile and led iwpper. substances apparently not appreciated bv elthci the buzzaids or the cojotes Since that day no other fatality that Is known has occuired on the plains The piogiesslvo lancher and cattleman has jeat by j-eur encroached on this vast area, "Inking wells, running who fences and leailng a better breed of stock than Is to be seen todnj' any where In Texas Water is found from twenty to 100 feet, and In abundance The attitude of the "Staked Plains" district Insuus the health of thA stock the year around, and fever, anthrax or blackleg are seldom heard of in that legion Such great cattle magnates ns Colonel Slaughter, of Dallas: John Schaibauei, of Fort Worth; C. C. flood- uigni, 01 .uiciianu, and mnny others of equal note are now heavily Interested in this onto foi bidden tenltoiv HAM FIGHTING. One of the National Spoits in Far away Inda. From the Philadelphia l'ress In their own way the natives of In dia are spoilsmen, in that they enjoy w.ageilng on the element of chain e. Throughout the great peninsula the natives rarely lose ail opportunity of ilsklng their nronej. Large sums change bunds upon the most tilvial events of dailj life Fighting- partridges and bulbuls aie but a iefinonient In speculation when It is a common practice to wager on bout-ehold events such as a birth cr d'.ath. In the Punjab, net to lain and tides, wie.stling is the most univeisal means of betting. Hut in igilcultur.il Itengal they possess another eseltement over which men will moitgage their crops and cattle If u special tavoilte be l:i ihe Held This spun is rani fighting The methodb are primitive, not to saj "avnsfo A likely male lamb is chosen when quite young, and his preparation often extends over eighteen months to two ears before he Is called to earrj his v lllage's monev. The first operation ! to make him rew suitable horns. To attain this end ho must uudeigo n ratlwr brutal treatment. When his fit st horns appear the own er grasps them in his teeth, nnd by dint of oscillation they aie thus torn out of their sockets This operation has to be repeated upon subsequent growths two or tlueo times. Then the joung champion develops a ically mapsive pail, veij broad at tho i base. Ho is alwajs chained, pUMimablj to make him pugnuelou-c When his horns are sufliclentlj lough be Is taught but ling. His trained dons a wooden shield, nnd the ran is taught to butt this, at lb st with only a short run But as he takes to his training ho backs further fiom the object, until the legitimate distance Is at rived at. By this he has begun to put such force into his butts thnt It takes two men to hold tho hhleld. and a good mm will up'-et them ut every barge. When he is fit he Is taken to tile local landloid or some other rich patron and a match Is ai ranged Lists are chose r, chairs are placed foi the wealthy pa tterns, and the various partisans i.ange up behind theli respective fantj'. Tho tiaineis straddle their animals, giasplng them by the hornikiind bring them into the anna facing each othei about forty feet apart The word is given, the tialueis slip the animals, and the lams precipitate themselves foi w aid at lishtnlng bpeed, heads down, quatteis up They meet with a thundering crash, the horns and skulls clanging as if they were metal. Tho animals then back of their ow it accord, and close again, with the same awful Impetuosity. Again and agairr they close, until one of the two refus3s to face the music Their the victor chases him from the arena. It Is a curious fact that though a beaten ram will face other opponents, and defeat them by dozens, jet It will never face a ram which has once de feated it. TYPHOID. Some Facts About It and How tho Disease Ir Spread. Prom tho Youth't Companion Typhoid fever Is generallv regai led at the present dav, along with cholera and some other diseases, as belonging to tho class of "water -bonii" auc tions In other words, It is believed that the germs of such disease ate carried, and perhaps propagated, In water. There is little doubt that this theory of typhoid fever Is correct, and thut in tracing any extended epidemic of the disease to 1U souite we must First Important Fall Wraps, Coats, Skirts, Begins This Morning. A sale planned many months ago coming now at an opportune time, when these chilly days remind you of your winter needs. We don't know as we ought to call it a "baigain sale," for correctly speaking it is not, though every item advertised is a bargain in every true sense. When we perfected our plans for this Fall season away along last Spring, we bought very heavily of certain desirable lines with a view to just such occasions as this one today. We wanted to treat you to some genuine surprises in the way of garment investments. , We can assure you now that you'll not be disappointed when you come here to day or any day this week. Present opportunities are the best for you, for the lots ad vertised cannot be duplicated for the same mone'. Come in today and examine this admirable and woithy collection of which there is no counterpart for many miles around. Jyfvt nary tailoring and perfection of (t cw style make this a bargai n at p 1 J,,0J Very fine Man-tailored Suits, of oxfords and broadcloths, in all the new shades, holding their own with fai more costlier suits in the city. Klegantly lined and finished to perfection t--v Big bargain at pxU Strictly Man-tailored Suits of line imported camel's hair, Venetians and broadcloths, elegant ly lined with silk throughout and beautifully tailored, equal to any $35 suits sold dc elsewhere at the special price j&D Jonas flist of all examine into the condition of the water supply Drinkh g water h.i" b en proved to be the cause of the spteud ot typhoid fever in many epidemics in this country- and England, but theie is little comfort in this tor those who habitually drink something stronger than water, because, although dining an epidemic the drinking water may be made safe by boiling, tills is not enough If the water is contaminated the germs maj be Intioduced into the body while blushing the teeth of washing the face. Oi, nsaln, salads and fruits which are eaten raw maj In contam inated by the water In which thev ara washed. Tjphold fever has sometimes been spread in a city whose water sup lily was above reproach by means of milk ot ice. Milk need not be watered in older to become a vehicle for typhoid germs: the Bei ins may be introduced into .nns and bottles while these aie- being wnshid In water drawn 'rom a c nu tamlnated well or brook at the dairy Although destrojed bj boillnir. tjphold germs will leslst a fiee-zlng temnei-.l-tuie foi a long time, and have lieeri found in ice cut lrom a pond uo'sonecl with sewage containing the badM! of tbl.s dlseae. Another means of the spread of typhoid has teeentlj' been illscovieil lnojstets. Oysterpien frequentlj place ojfaters In biackish water near the mouth of a creek or river In order to fatten them before they are bi ought t riirkei If this 'iUi" li,ii)"ns t l near the m ulh of o s wei containing tjphold poison or II Tin creek w.tiei I, lonlaintliated, tile ojsteirt will tako the vims within their shells, an 1 sei re venge themselves on those who eat them raw. In some- puzzling cases of iyelu.il it has been supposed that the food was infected by files, which had carried the germs a long distance on their feet a strong argument for the pioi.e- clie nt food In th llj season These aie onlj a few of the wuvs in which this disease may be sin cud. but they are enough to show thai so far fiom feeling suipiise that tlis disoider should lie so common, we maj rather wonder that we are not all Its Ic tlms WHO INVENTED THE BICYCLE? The Pope Says It Was a Piiest, but This Is Not Ex Cathedra. The pope a few jeaiH ago, In grant ing permission to pi Jests to use blcy e les, took occasion to arinource that the wheel was Invented bj Abbe Pain ton, who used it in 1845 A'iout the same time that Leo XIII made tills statement, U. B. Shipton, secretary of tho Cyclists' Touring club, of Hug-lnnd, asserted that the Urst machine was in vented by a Scotchman in 1846, An other correspondent asset ts that, strictly speaking, no ono Invented the blcjcle "It Just growed." The bicy cle is the developed result of a long series of mechanical contrivances for the acceleration of individual motion, nnd its beginnings ate probably of older date than many people have imagined In August, 1665, Mr. John Evelyn, on his way back to London from his Jiome ut Wotton, called t Durdano, near ITpsom, and afterward noted lit his diary that he had found Dr. Wilklns, Sir William Petty and Mr Hooke "con triving chariots, new rigging for ships, a wheel for one to run races in, und other mechanical inventions Perhaps thiee such persons together were not to bo found elsewhere In Europe for parts and Ingenuity." What was this wheel In which one could run races? It Is Impossible now to saj'. but the descrip tion Is curiously suggestivo of some contrivance of tho cycling kind. Another one hundred yeate weto to Lidies' and misses' M.m-tailoied Suits in homespuns, dark ox fords and Venetians; fly front or singie bre.isted jacket, 'new habit back skirt, coat lined all through with superior quality of silk serge, Splen &tri did value at. Cp lJ Ladies' High Grade Man-tailored Suits of all-wool camel's hair, coverts and Venetians box or lly front jacket, latest model of skirt; extraordi Tailor-made Coats for ladies and misses of all wool keisey, in blue, black or castor; all lined throughout, It will surprise .p. you to see these at P5.vU Hlegant all-wool Kersey Jackets, in tan, cas toi. royal and black, 4-button fancy front; double slitched seams, velvet collar, all silk lined throughout; special price. p.OU Ladies' and Misses' Jackets of the highest grade ot tailoring in all the new popular colors, 6 or 8 button box fronts, new scalloped back; plain or velvet collars. Coats of this qua!- rf v ity have never been oifeied beforate.. . . J) I U A line line of Novelty Jackets comprising fash ion's latest models, and of fered at prices ranging from $12 to $35 Separate skirts, in all wool homespun, Oxfords and handsome plaids, habit or plait back, percaline lined, velvet bound. l-xtra special at 4IO.D Ladies' strictly tailor made skirts of black broadcloth, handsomely trimmed with stitched taffeta bands, In tunic style. Ex- traordinary value at pj Long's Puks before anything lesernbllriK the modern cycle was to be invented Tire ) nrst velocipedes, as tlrey were so long called, appear to have been made- In France. In the "Journal de Paris" of July J7, 3779, there Is an account of a velotliede invented lj' MM Blanehard and Maguiler, whiclr seems to have been a clumsj- affair of four wheels, carrying two people and verj heavj' to work. This invention was a false start. No one followed It up or improved upon It, and no lurthei uttemot In this di rection was made tor some thirty or fortj" j ears Then appeared the "dan dy hoihC'.' upoii which our futhers and great grandfathers dlsixnted them selves gallj-. albeit at times a trifle laborlouslj-, for a bilef reason When the ciank was Hi st Invented, or who Invented it, Is enilte uncertain. The date must have been early In the pres ent centurj-, but who thst hit upon is quite unknown It was possibly lit st attached to a three-wheel ma chine SPAIN'S MOURNING STAMP. A Lugubrious Reminder of the Re sult of the War. Fiom the e'bli ,((,o Tluiei-Hei del ' As a means or pav I ig off the war debt which is claimed to be 2,000. Oud.OOJ pcttas iJIOO.OOO.uOO). the Spanish gov ernment has ifsiud i famp of mourn ing, which is to be used mi all tlu In land mall ot Spain and liei lolunles. lire stump, which 1 of the denomina tion Tf five cent ele pctns (one cent), j i pi luted In omb'r black, end ni'iPL j be at'lxecl to all mall mui'ii In addi tion to the regular postage stamp It i" ot oidhmiy size with the Insciip 1 tlous "'linptu de Huerra' mid iWS 1 !iU ' at the tup and bo.tmn tispi "tlve- Ij. The ilgine "V mid "lent" appear in the cenlei lu a veiilenl ov ll, with scroll work at the titles. The K".in li'ent Jrns oecMl ir illj Issued stamps of this chataotei, the hm- i,f .vluih was voluntary, but not so with this one F.very piece of mall matter for Inland delivery must beai a mourning i tump, otbeiwise It doesn't -fe, It Is a gicMtcr tax for the Spanish people thun it would be for Americans, ten lu Spain thj have been taxed j'ear in and j'ear out, and the continual drain Is having its inevitable lesult. The mourning stamp has piesumably been Issued as n sympathetic appeal to the people for the many lives lost In the late conflict The mourning stamp is not the only label issued by Spain since that coun try met the United Statei: in battle. A short time igo foui distinct stamps were issued bj- tho Madrid govern ment In Its endeavor to meet the run ning expense of tho war. Two blink stamps of ihe denomination of five cent de pesetas made their uppearano reeentlj, but did not accomplish the deFireel results. They were- simply ob ligatory taxes, and natutally were looked upon with anything but favor by the populace. T.vo oilier wilunUryl tus stamps, plnl; and blue in n lor, the latter having- been issued b th city of Madrid, is ere authorized ai the same time as the two above, maklng-llvo distinct stamps In the last two month. nil of which uhow to what extent the Rovenimcnt ha been forced to rajs money Nor have nny of these fforts been crowned with street". It Is stat ed ai an actual fart (hat they Imve re sulted In utter failures, tho number ot letters posted nt the Mndrld ofice hav ing fallen off fully one-third since, tho recent tnxes vveie levied.1 Halting money by stamp taxes is a dtfterent matter In Spain from what it Is in the United Stntes Indeed, vveie Spain to enjoy the revenue! that Is be ing derived In this count ly nonvithe. war revenue bill, It would not take a great while to squaie her account with the world. But Spain lacks the people, the vuet commercial enteriuiaes and Sale of Suits Sons the business Interests generally, wherel th use ot revenue stamps counts! most rapidlj- The receipts from tnxcl levied in Spain in the same manner ai In the United States would scarcely jleld a. hundredth pnit of what they do Pi this nounlij' The people havu not ijo l the moricj-, and a r-evenue bill, whether diafted foi stamp or other! taxes, gets little or no suppoit throughout the countij'. MENTAL SUGGESTION. Pieaks of the Mind as Witnessed by Doctois. Fiom the Medical Record If an Individual has faith hi a medi cine or in a treatment, he will asiuc.d ly derive mote benefit fiom thac medi cine or tieatment than if he wei. sleeps tlcal a.s to Its m 'i Its i-..eie can be little doubt that 'hj svmpathetlc phj'als clan is the one lst calculated to lc.ail his ;nt lent ii ice . i , Agiln, rm many ill-eases t i- oud tliat may ho wrought to the siinerer by the agency of mental sii,esiioii U undeniable. Prole.ssor J. M. Bald, v In lefeirlng to this r.iLt in oounevtion with liuomi i.u says -in evuu nnc r.ting upon the posslb'llj ir stu'e i,,' "sleep to . ythc, I have rniil ceitaiu h"nn,j te lle the influence., up m my oivn mental eotic'it on Su h au elfort w!ii"li lu-voh-M tiR, ph.; t . tij ,,r inetliir as iislec-i Is a st i 'u" .riio Mnctim- ot sK'lp, taking effect In mj- own c.as.e In ubotit live inl"iit'. if th cundlt' 'i bo kept e oust. lilt Tile moie cleailj' tho patient's sleep Is ph tilled the stionger becomes the subjective feeling of! diowsiness, An unfailing cine for in somnia, speaking foi mjsell, is t)m persistent eftolt to put -ome one elso asleep bj bard thinking of the end In view, with a continued gentle move ment such as stioklng ihe other with their and " Dr. E. C. Epltzka, of Xew Toil;, has leeentlj given some ically ien-.ii kablej instances of the power of ,m ntal sug gestion He cites the well known fact thai tlie mortality fiom wounds cnet diseases in a defeated ainij". enrnpjrcl with a victorious army, Is as tour to thiee-, and even thiee to two. Ho also leteis to the Iniontioveitibi" fact that persorrs In rouii'i lieabh have been known to illt appaientlj' of sti.iv.atloit aftei being without tood for tiom tlireo I to live dnjs. Dr. Epltzka Is ot tho opinion that these Individuals did not die of actual staiv.ttlon, but fiom tha phjslcal effects of liuri,-. The pioot of this contention lies In the tact that persons have been known to fas o3 thelt own free will for moie than forty, days, without injuring their constitu- i tluim to any uppieclable extent. Many ! examples establishing the truth of thl I statement might be given but .1 . ill , be suhicient to ej-o'e one from Dr 1'pltzka's papers He saj'.s "In the graver foims if hysteria, ulrcn loss of! sensation occurs in exactly one-half of the bodj voir can lay a piece oil tinted paper on tlie sensitive side, then, suggesting It to be a mustered plaster, a led aie.i will appear on the corres ponding uneseiisltlve side. Blisters oS such a ehraetei that scars have per manently lemalned fiom thent lmvd been produced lu similar- cases by thu same method." The medical piofesslon. It appears more than llkelj-, have not as yet wholly nppreelateel the ad van-. tages to bo derived from the employ meiit of mental suggestion. PIl.l.-DOSED-Wlth nauseous, big purs get a, prejudice people against plllse guts eiully. Dr. Amicw'm Liver Pills are rtvos Unionizing the pill demand They're mi pleasant und easy to tako The doses arei Hinnll and so Im tin price W cents for W dosef HlllousiicHs, Sick Hencliicho, con stipation dispelled Walk like .a, charm. Sold by Matthews Broa and W. T. Clark, -a. i mtfi
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers