v" - St?- -?j;y!,'v'giiT'' Hsp!W,ipnw wn w.fff HP umw w THE SCRANTON T1U13UJSE- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1890. 3 UWffW THE LANCASTER , REVENUE CASE THIRD DAY OP THE TRIAL IS INTERESTING. Attorneys for the Defense' Make Tireless Efforts to Discredit Wit nesses for the Government The Writing of Telegraph Code Ac knowledged to Be That of Ingham. Jacobs on the Witness Stand. Philadelphia Oct. 11. The third day of the tilnl of Kllery P. IiikImiu and llnrvev K. Newltt respectively, fomier tlnlted Stutcs ellstiirt uttoriipy mid as sistant, on the charge of conspliiicy and hrlber in connection with the Lancaster revenue stamp counterfeit ing cape was partleulmly Interesting 'Secret Service 0ieratrv .McManus who swore on the stand yesterdn) tint Mi. Newltt had on two occasions Riven Mm JSOo to protect the counterfeiters, was undei Attorney Shields' cross-e-amlnatlon lire lnvvhleh the defense was outlined Mr Shields (onllued IiIh questions almost exclusively to the payment of the money bj Newltt to McManus. lie nsked the witness If at any time the names of the Lancaster people had been mentioned either lv himself or b Mr. Newltt. On answei Ing In the negative witness was asked If be had not told Mr. Newltt that the secret service had no case in Lancns. tor Mr McManus said he might huv bald this for a pui pose. Mr Shields showed by cioss ques tioning that he wanted Mi. McManus to admit that he had led Mr. Newltt Into a trap but was not veiy success ful When counsel for the defense bad finished with the witness District Utoinej Hick questioned the witness telative to eei tain Insinuations made estP!da regarding his ptlvate char acter by the opposing lawyer. Theio was a hint of forgery on McManus' pait in connection with a pension laim and this was fuither investi gated when Samuel L Richards was t ailed to the stand The defense ctoss-examlned Itlch aids with a view to discrediting Mc Manus' value as .1 witness for the prosecution in the present case bv showing tint he at ted dlshonestlv In the llli hauls ase, but the witness was contiadli toi v Seciet Service Opeiatlve William .1. Hums of Washington who had c lunge of the hunt foi the i ounteileltei.s, as soon as the plot was dlscoveied, told of the woik he had done In shadowing Jacobs, Kendlg and Newltt His testi mony was practiciillv a m uiboiatloii of that of Operative M Miinus On rioss-examlnation t oiinsel tor the de fense atettnptt'd to show that Hums was tliii citable but the detective nunc than held his own in the sliaip ex changes with the lawyer Witness said that Ingham ami Newltt had been un der suspicion for soim lime befou the jppioaihed McManus with a pio positlou to betiav the bureau scciet. The Code Writing Admitted. I lilted States I'lillimlsslonei 1M munds was tailed to idtntlfv Ing ham's handwriting ind the defetun auseil some smpiise bj admitting that the 'alleged i ode" was in Ml. Ingham's wilting. .John i:. Wllkiv. hief of ...e seciet sel v ice liuieau, corroborated opeia tlves Mi Mantis and limns and told of the anest of the delendeuts The same line of defense w.is adopted vvli'i fillet Wilkle as In the other cases Mi shields tiled to bilng out the fact that witnesses i mild not be believed Mi Shields asked l 'hief Wilkle if It ' was tine that Detective Hell, of c'an iiela, furnished him (Wilkle) with a cop.v of the famous , ifr wiltteii bv L'eut Can uia of the Spanish legation Chief Wilkle denied this and Mi shields asked IP Dtteitlve Hell had not accused him of forger, of oideiing Mm (Hell) to bleak open n trunk and ste,.' the ''aii.iiu.i letter. Witness said Ms, but he stated that lie had alreadv pioved that Hell was not In his eniplov and that he lnd se emed the lettei fioni anothet soiuce it had .since devil ipsd. lu said, that the so-calletl "D( tectlve" Hell was Carranza's hireling Ceoige A Hurtlott, of Washington, clisbuisenient cleik in the neuct sei vlee bureau, testillcd that time was an annual approprlaion of JlOO.'Mm to be used In pieventlng couutei felting Win. J. FUnn, a Pittsburg se ret service opeiatlve, who assisted in tho nrrest of Ml. Newltt. identified papei.s found on the defendant The, weie ft copy of Chief IVlll'.le's decov lettn, two notes tiom Opeiatlve McManus and the copy of a message to Kendlg. Corroborative testimony of minor value was given by two of Operative McManus' colleagues, and by an em ploe of the tieasuiy department. Jacobs Examined. Thn Win. M. Jacobs, the rropiietor of the Lancaster cigar factory and the Belf-confessed originator and lender of the daring and far-ieachlng countei felting plot, was examined b the gov eminent. He said in October, 1&9S, Downey, the deputy Internal ipvenue collector tor Lancaster told him the secret service were watching witness und Kendlg In their counterfeiting op erations. A few clays la lei witness and Kendlg Mslted Ingham in Phila delphia and after inquiring of him if the secret service men could re coi lupted was told by Ingham that ho thought they could If pioperlv ap proached, and that most people could be "reached" by nionej. Duilng a subsequent conveisatlou over the telephone Jacobs said Mr. Ingham Informed him that the 'ac count" had been collected In full. What did ou infer from that'"' asked Mr, Beck "He meant that the seciet service of flclals had accepted the brlb- to mo- HMMnimHHiiiiMiiiiMimimmrnmm; 1 There is a C!ass of People Who are injured by the usa of cof. E fee. Recently there has been placed E ifa all the grocery fctores a new pre- jj paration called GRAIN-O, made of puro grains, that takes the place of s coffee. z Tho most deheito stomach ro- E oelvea it without distress, and but lew can tell it lrora coffee. 3 E It docs not cost over f as much. 3 Children may drink it with great ben. a eflt. 15 cents and 25 cents per pack- 3 ago. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. 5 lTryGrain0! Iniitt that yonrcrocerclvei you ai'.AIN-0 E Accept do lmlutloa. fHiifiiiiimiiiUiiiiiiiiiuiiiiMtiHiIUH tcct tts from molestation by the gov ernment." In answer to another question Jac obs said he had never hud any busi ness conneetlcn with Mr. Ingham and never dealt with liltn except In the matter of bilhery. Last Telephone Interview, On the ilnv following- the. hist tele phone Interview witness said he and Kendlg came to Philadelphia, Jacobs having drawn $.',600 from a bank In Lancaster. On reaching Mr. Ingham's law nillce, Kendlg went In alone with $.',400 When he came out he Informed witness that the amount was not suf ficient and Jacobs made out another check for $1,100 "Why did you draw this monev ftom the hank?" quelled .Mr Heck. "To pay it to Mr. Ingham for ptotee tion " Witness was then questioned regard ing the telegiaph code Invented by Ingham and he said that he had caused It to be photugraphed He Iden tified the photograph copy On cross-examination Mr. Shields at tempted to diaw Jacobs Into the ad mission that he had 'been advised by the cllsttict attorney and the secret ser vice agents as to his testimony. He failed In this, and was unable to weaken Jacobs' stoiv lu any particu lar. C. Watt Kendlg, bi other of William L Kendlg, testliled to having been called to the telephone by Ingham In mistake for his biothei. The last witness toda.v was Samuel H Dnw ney, of Lancaster, c.-deputy Internal levenue collector, who Is also a defendant, thaiged with tonspltaev and aneptlng a bribe. Mi. Downey admitted having Informed Jacobs that the see.'ct bureau was awaie that he was engaged in i ounterfeltlng levenue stamps and that he and Kendlg weie undei sin velllanre bj the opeintlves. Coiui then adjourned until tomoirow. JAMAICANS AROUSED. A Constitutional Stiuggle with Eng land Piohable Mr. Chamberlain's Methods Dlspioved Colony Would Be Deptived of Contiol of Its Financial Mattel s. Kingston, .lanialia, Oit. 11 Appat entlj this ioIoiiv is on the blink of a constitutional stiuggle with the Im pel ial government. While the develop ment is a distinct and new movement, It is not unepe(ted The i xlstlng situ ation Is only the llrst icsult of the adoption ot the lepoit ol Kli David Harbour on the condition of the island The Immediate elfi 1 1 of the lepoit has been to unlve the nltleal condition ot the alfalis of last Mart h. when Ibe I oullli t between the government and ' the pupulai representatives ended In the sui under of the forum on Ajull 11. The am cement then enttied Into by the government has been lepudlated On Julv 'l the text of the Harbour u port was published heie It was at oliee leiogllled that the elect of Us main puiposals would be to depth e the olonv of Its representative tonstltll t Ion Mi Augustus Hemming, the gov einoi, published a dlspatih on Sept. :!8 fioni the lmpei ial ei retai. of state fot the toloiiles, Joseph Chanibeilaln which was virtual! an ottlti to put Into piac tkal foim the suggestions ol Sii David Haiboiu without consulting the wishes of the t olonlsts That dispatt h fouliudows a legis lative pi Histamine based on the leport, some of the hief featuie.s of vvlllih ate an income tax, a geneial land ta of l! peine an aele, and tllllhel leillii -tlons in the education vote, all of which aie contentious mallets with the colonists It is concluded with two statements that ' in last le-oit the home government Is lespouslble loi tlii- lluaueiat situation In Jamaica, and that, as a woiklng eoinpionilse the pie. sent svstem of government has failed The govt i not 1 theiefoie, ln stiiuted, betoie the leglslatuie Is sum moned, to till up the number ot nom inating inembeis bv which the govern ment would be assured a majoilty, and to exettlse his power to den hue nieas iii es of pal amount Impottdiiee, thus constitutlonall.v oveniding the iepre sentatlves on financial Issues. In con clusion. Mi. chambetlaln expiesses the hope that the elected members will lecognlze that that couise is based on public gtounds and Is Inevitable He leinarks that any oihet nttitude might make "wider changes" neces sai.v Publli opinion Is giavely et itt d by the aftaii The Jamaica Associa tion Is oig.inlzlng public meetings throughout the Island to vote piotests and appeals to p.ullament The gen eial Idea, as expiessed by lepiesenta tives themselves and by prominent citizens In published Intel views, Is that the lepiesentatlves should leslgn, and thus throw the whole contioveisy be foie the electorate, pieLlpltatiug a "constitutional fight to the finish" The "Ilnlsh" the Atlv oeate defines as passive lesistante In the foim of te fialnlng fioni palng taxes and fiom the puichase of propert levied upon In consequence. Another paper, the Times, edited by an Imgllsliman who has no lmal Intei ests beond his Journal. In discussing the whole question s'.iys, in pane "It Is to the Injustice and syst-m tt ie t'cglect that ha maiked he :ela lons of (Jieat Hiltain with this island and the colonies gi nei.illy that we must look foi the dlsinlefinllor of the Hrltlsh emphe It was Just sueh tit it ment that lost Great Riittlu hei oith Aineilran colonies ip 1770. and Ir will be bv similar ioui-.m of at tlon thu she vill lose Canada Anslralla and India In the fiituie, unless sh leains by ex perience the necessity of binding the colonies to hr bv a bond of pfteitlon ueateel bv acts of Justb'e and flr play. Jnmaicp. of cours is too lr.slg nltlctnt to di earn of independence, but the United States at near, and per haps It Is to the I nlied StutJs Put our people will look for the eonsldT atlon which has been denied them by Oieat Hiitaln" Politicians and othei public men an tit1 c, howevei, nothing moie sn ftatlimal fhau u cons'lttitlonul ftiuggle heie. and then hav. It trnnsfirnd to the House of Commons. Many hope that when the temper nnd resolute det-te-imlnatlon cf the colony aie fully demonstrated Mr. Chambeilaln will 6ee the expediency of not allowing th controveisy to retch a parliamentary vote Slater Killed. Lancaster, Oct li. Wlllltun O Hilen, a Klater was working on the toof of the count) almHhouho totluj when he sllpptsl and fell a distance of 100 feet. Ho sus tained Injuiles which resulted In his death an hour later. Uubonlc Plague in North China. Htrliu. Oct. 11. Tho del man foreign of fice has been officially Informed that the bubonic plague has appeared In North China and Assumption island, one of the Lddrones. BOERS NOW ON THE AGGRESSIVE (Continued from Page 1 murdered Is of doubtful origin and Is considered extremely Improbable, as t Is believed that under orders, Mr. Greene has already left Pretoria, con fiding the care of Hrltlsh Intel ests to the ITnlted States consul. LOUD ROSE3EHY'S POSITION. Now That the War Has Come He Will Support the Government. London, Oct 11 Loul Hosebeiry, the fonner premier nnd liberal leader, has finally deilared his position l da tive to the South African question, lu n letter, under today's date, he says "I have maintained silence because I urn loath to re-enter politics. To day, however, I ran speak without touching polities, foi a situation has been created which is beond party polemics I think theie IsSnueh In the last three years of our relations with the government of the Tiansvaal n ultlclsie, If not to condemn, but that Is all over foi the present It Is need less to discuss how we could best have attained our simple anil reasonable object of lestulng our fellow -collll-trvmen in the Tiansvaal fiom Intolei able conditions of subjection and In justice, and of serin lug equal lights for the white races In South Africa for nn ultimatum has been addressed to Gieat Hrltaln b) the South African republic, which Is Itself a decluraliol of war. In the face of this attack upon the tuition the people will un iloubtedl.v tlose their ranks and lele gate party e ontioversles to a mute convenient season "Then Is one moie wold to be said Without attempting to Judge the pol icy which concluded a peace utter the lev eise at Majuba Hill, I am bound to state my profound conviction that thou is no conceivable government In this tommy whli h could lepeat It." A luilous storv is in circulation te gutdlng Lord Hoeberv's silent e, un bioketi until today It Is said that his loitlshlD'h leal object was to lead President Kiuger to btlieve that the ex-premler and his follow ei.s might come to the assistance of the Trans vaal and thus cause the lJoei piesltlent to persist In his resistance of Hiitish demands According to the explana tion, Lord Itosebeiv's feai had been that President Kiuger would Ield which fiom his lordship's point of view, would have been fatal, as he Is convinced that the only road to perma nent peine III South Atrlca Is the de feat of the Hoeis WILLIAM T. STEAD'S OPINION Wat Forced on the Says. Boeis, He London, Gel 11 William I' Stead, oditoi of the ltevlev, of Kevlevvs In the couiS' of an Inter view, s-njs I inalntiiu tint till win Is heipg forei d upon the Poeis bv men who have never forgiven Mujub.i Hill In my opinion, tcvlng to eJteat Hi it tin's unpu pautltiess hostilities diuinc; next two months will resemble the interna tional yacht late oif Stncy Honk As tluu cannot be nnv sei!ou tlghiln? dining that period, hostilities will he as dull as vacht laces without wind We have plenty of time, theiefuie, to count the cout and to leekon up the guilt of u contemplated .vholrsule homitlde in the Transvaal Long he fou Christmas, I talc It. the lool luiv of the jlngois will have evapoi atnl " OOM PAUL'S BIRTHDAY. Piesident Kiuger Urges the Burgh eis to Trust in God. Pieloiia, Oct 10-(Delued In ti.ir.s mlssloii) Piesident K'Mim's hlrthi tv was nnnoiimeit th s morning wnh a salute in camp and a amoral display of Hugs throughout the town Then v. as no ollleiJl leieptiui inn the f e lgi lepiesentatlves i ailed on h pr si p nt The Hrltlsh diplomatic 'merit, Coii.vnj. ham Ureene was repr, s. nt 1 b the secictaiy of tlie agem v Congiatula toiy teleuiams ,tcp iee iv d bv the piesident fiom all parts of South Africa and Kin ope In the course of the tuoinlng, nil dressing a hod of burghers who called Immediutelv before setting out for th front, the piesident Impressed on thein that they must not trust In themselves but should place all their reliance on (!od; who directs every bullet. "You must keep up your courage," he said, "anil remember that in former duvvs, although our enemies were nuni eioits, comparatively few buigheis fell ' The buigheis dep.nted singing the Hoer national alls TRANSVAAL WAS DESPERATE. Would Have Set Time Limit at 24 Horns but for the Free State. Hloemfonteln. Oct 11 The Orange Flee State and Tiansvnnl otllclals lnld a confeience regarding- the time limp of the Hoer ultimatum The Tiansvinl wanted to allow onlv tvvent-'nct houis, but the Fr c State suirgest d i cominoniise on fortyelght hours 'I'M, latter view prevailed It Is not believed heie 'hat unv i -mill eleelaratlon ol wai Is to lit n.ad INTERCEPTING BOER SUPPLIES. British Cruiser Philomel Itetums After Following French Ship. Loienao Mauiues Ot t 11 Th Mil'. Ish third-class erulstr Phil i n, has u tuincd. after following the riemh steamship Kntie Rlos. The i miser found no nmmunltl in on bou 1. It Is nsseitetl that all Kieneh ship ments weie stopped when the German cargoes weie seized BOERS' DEFEAT PREDICTED. Member of Cape Parliament Says the War la to Be Shoit. Chicago, Oct. II P. Crosble of ltondebush. Cape Colon, a member of parliament for that colony, who left Alt lea live weeks ago anl Is on a tour of the Hnlted States is In Chicago. Ho eald "I do not believe the wii will be of long duration, for the icason that the Tiansvaal, togtthei with the Tree State, cannot put Into the flld more than twenty-five or thirty thousand effective lighting men, and for the ml dltlonal reason that their forces nre wanting Ip oiganlsMtlon and will not be able to conduit a sustained ram palgn agalnHt such a foe as England The Roers may put up one or two haul fights, but theie Is no possible chance of their being able to with stand the llnglluh long The feeling throughout South Africa Is that the, liners have biought the struggle on theinselveh, and that they have been pursuing un exceedingly short-sighted policy, and cnsllv might hnve avoided whnt is ''t rtaln to bo a disastrous measuring of strength with Lngland." . A TRAINMAN REWARDED. John Mahoney Saved a Ft eight from Running Into Passenger Train. r.nston, Oct. II John Miihonev, of this city, has been lew aided bv the Lehigh Valley Railroad lomtmny for his thoitghtfulness and meiltorlous ac tion nt the time of the recent landslide and vvushout on the road near Uedlng ton, lu which an cxpiess tialn was wrecketl. Muhoney Is the buggagemus ter on the passenger train The wreck ocelli tetl only a few minutes before a west bound freight was due nt that pluce , Hoth trucks wcie blocked bv the vvieck, and Mahoney. utilizing the danger, rushed down the tracks with a lantern and Ihigged the approaching freight Just In the nick of time. Su perintendent Spilgg and TialnnuiHter llailemnn have sent JJaggagemaster Mahoney congratulatoiy letters, ptals Ing him for his presence ot mind and prompt action have advanced him thlrtv points In the meilt system of discipline In use on the ro.nl and huve given him ten da:.s' leave of absence. With full p.O Jll Mnhonev Is a ineui ber of common council of K.iston. FUNSTON'S MEN RETURN. Tho Twentieth Kansas Honoted at San Ftanclsco. San Plane 1st o, Ot t. 11. The Twen tieth Kansas leglment and the dis charged soldleis who ai rived lieu last night on the tumsport Taitar, vveu landed toduv. The niai eh to the Piesldio reserva tion was a continuous ovation. The stttets weie thronged with excited people all anxious to minor the re turned heroes. lenei.il Kunston man lied with Gov einoi Stanle.v, of Kansas, und escort The thiong singed mound General Kunston mid he had gieat ditllculty in making ptogiess liuunds of cheers gieeted him but his only atknewiedge meiit was u mllltai salute and an ot -casional dolling of his cap. KANG YU WEI LEAVES AMERICA Chinese Refoimer and Political Ref ugee Sails for Yokohama. Vancouver. H C Oct. 11 The steamship L'mpiess of India sailed last night for Hong Kong and Yokohama Kang Yu Wei went aboard the vessel at the lust moment foi Yokohama The Japanese consul has cabled his government at Toklo, telling of the Canton reformer' presence on board, so that the Japanese authoiltles will leftist landing to the political lefugee at anv of t licit ports Village Bank Looted. Mnntlicllu Ind . Oct 11 'ihc UcviioltH bank nt Itev ileitis, a village Ileal ht'le, was looted In robbers eurlv this meiin Ing The safe was blown up b dvnamlto anil -t ? XK to $10iK) securttl The eplo sion dcmollslied the flame work of the building In which the bank was located The thlt ves i scitpcd Ship Load of Mules. New Orleans, Oil 11 -The Hiilis'i steamship Piai, of the Killer .V. Co s litre, now iintlei cjuittr bv the ailintinl ty, silled fot Cape Town at tla light this nioinlni, with i.Tl mult s tut u cargo Thltt.v men were cmplowd to make the li Ip mil le d and tend the animals while h, ti tn-ii Pennsylvania Pensions. Washlugtoii, Oft II Pensions Addi tional Thomas llurlan Walks ftun l.v e timing. $1 to fs llll.nn i 1.17 n il Sneei eruervllli, Hiatlfoid $S to $1.' . " A. j ii n lb ui any can he. TT i M No Chances are taken J It has stood and the most difficult ofall tests public IFINN A DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY. State Council Meots nt Wllllamsport to Elect Officers. Wllllamspott, Pa., Oct. 11 The state council of the Daughters of Liberty to day elected the following officers for the etnulng yenr State councillor, M. T Hillings, of Allegheny, state vice councillor, J llalley Harvey, of Phila delphia: state associate councillor, Alice Mover, of llairlsburg, state as sociate vke-counclllor, IClla Tovvnsend. of Philadelphia, state associate secre tory, Mamie Mensem of Hiaddock, state council glial d, Susie' Cilsw ell, of Bharpsburg; national representatives. Mary Harp, Hugh Macgowan. Hairy Hughes, Susie Hateinan, Ida It. Solo mon. Ida Spoo and Kdwuul Zurharius In the offices of state associate tieus urer, state council. Inside giiaul and state 1 mini II outside guard theie was no election and the balloting will be resumed tomorrow The next annual meeting of the coun cil will bo held nt Altootui RICE CULTURE IN LUZON. Primitive but Picturesque Methods of Husbandry In the Capital Island of the Philippine Archipelago. Manila Letter. Chicago Heuiid lilt" pl'intlng in tiogress here Men. women and children are all to gether lu the fllds making merry ih the mud and water thiotigh which the v au compelled to deep Hlce planling lu ccrtilii localities re.tliv be gan In June Hut in 1 nml ans i.iv a long time in !dleiiss vith glass growing In the pad lls :d 011 the ildges. At last the mlns came Th. cainbao lppeated mil sp t i j; i mils In th ditches tilitijr the mill mil or floundered In willows leide the stieam '''he f.mi.i howevu, was actively lue'i li 1 ; tl '-. , nd at last it was found that t e tUM. weie full of water Some veie rilled bv balling the water out of one ll.ad In another. It was slow v.ork The sod wi.s lost to sight and onlv tin snipe and cran were lu evidence Soon the cuiabao eanie up fit 111 the mud and the wooden plows utile Into th field with the fainiei. Plow In? be Bin. the plows being run light Into the water Cniabar. aie slow at best but the 'lelds weie plowed bv them In what seemed an imrediblv short tint Almost every Held j'reat and small lii Kl Its man mill plow and car.ibao Mrerr the plivvlim .wis dent the soil was stlneil and softened by a wooden hatmvv. Then the ground was gone ov' several tims untlll al! var tnuddv :ind soft and even PLANTING VXD .'IN'GINC. Then the women '.nn with the.r blight eoloid iluss an 1 thIi ongt and the ilte-plantlm began On by one the stalls win i.ansp! irited from bunches pulled out of .li ileitis which had been planted In lulu 'Ibis Is the plututesuin side ot nct-g o mg and Is what makes it imihl for the farmer to keep up the buslives Whole coin ninnitl'M come out and stirt In on a paddy There H no'liln? but water to be seen behind the tlelil A lnlf ilwn woimn bet-in mi 1 single plit. rst and faster they woik nn 1 all the while they back .iwav Into the mud and water until th" i.t 'ast .-"oni up on th. othei banl . Ee fou lli"m las sprvug up a ro.v of giei 11 -hat 'minis one if wheat that has b n pltnted bv a "drill" ami has s n 1 ,;o id wir.er Once across tlnn tin it ami t.iw llsh back and the fiel 1 Is plant" 1 I"un whlle the mill au in i'ie ii"t path y preparing the groipid fc lit planting From early inoinliig until late at night the planting goes on and as the daj diaws to a 1 lose the song begins .1 pretty song that seems to fit with the ted gowns and broad hats the wo men wear Late one afternoon there was a w ret k on the lallroad and I was , I 1 j 1 t J ine -ugiiL Kmu, uiiu in cessful dealers should count when given in favor of certain pianos whier have materially assisted toward their business advance. Instances cited where MrPHAII. dealer; have (riven the b- testimony in favor of the McPHAIL product. This warmly supported by musicians of prominence. with the. the test of time, having &, PHILLIPS,! 138 Wyoming Avenus, Scranton, Pa UK X K K H . K K K t . H . rf,KM K W U V K tf If V tl X u K X V a ti ti ti x x x x x x x x X X X X X X X k X X THE LEADER Scranton Store, 124-126 Wyoming Ayenue. We challenge competition on men's woolen underwear We never ottered such a tiuality of men's all-wool under wear at such a lidiculotisly low price belore since we luve been in business I he reason is that we bought a tremendous quan titythousands ot dozens for our two stores, and for that reason got them much below the regular price. Guaranteed all wool, fleece lined and in gray only. A one dollar garment, no nutter where you may go. Challenge sale price DOC Hen's 15c wool sox at 9c The biggest bargain in wool half hose ever offeied natu ral or fast black. Chal lenge price "C fc'ta tl M M ' U It 1 5 it li H 4 X compelled to walk a shoit distance In the glowing dusk the song began There were pel haps twenty women and half the nuiubei of men They limde a pretty choiits with the men singing bass and tenor. It was Im possible to distinguish the words, but the nielodv was good NOT A OOLU mini:. A rice planter, when he pajs half his rite to the owner of the land, meie ly makes enough to meet his simple wants. Statistics show that once 1 Ice was one of the things exported, but now the title of trade has turned and gieat quantities of the gialn aie Un ix Hid This slate of aflahs Is said to be due to the use of the land for sugar plantations Theie Is more pro tit In that crop, but It takes moie capital and some machine. Rice does not leepilre machinery, though mills elst for the hulling of the pall. With skilled labor It has ibeen found more profitable to tlo the work In the slower way Rice multiplies from flft.v to ino-fold at t ordlng to the ear and this Is said to be a good yeai, from the fact that the fields have lain fal low one season Theie Is an Insect which attacks the stalk and which must be brushed off with a bloom or caught In a basket-like tiap Uo s do the woik The fields aie ready fo harvest In thiee months, and that time bilngs out the women again. Then comes the curing. In the drv s,-jsoi , the stacking and finally the hui'trit., all within the year On the niounti-n sides, where artificial Irrigation is nec essary, as high as three ctops a year are hatvested Buf this gialn Is not eonsideied of good quallt And In 't Is mixed the led lice, which eiuses It to 'giade down" lu the seals of pi ices WO.Mi:X WORKERS. Women thrash out the lice grain In most of the provinces around which the American soldiers enrrv guns Down In Calamba, on the iouthein shine ot Laguna tie Ray. the sound of the lice mallet began as soon as the ee hoes of I ine lines cneti awnv "some inougni me dull sounds weie repairs fiom a rapid fire gurr fai awaj. but on Investigation It was found that two women were swinging mallets over a log It Is hard work to pound pall that Is what the unhuUed grain Is called but the wo men stand for hours before the rlcemlll and wield the mallet, In San Keinando aie seveial "mills" The women use a pestle In the crude i 1 t " i 1 uie piaiiu uubinebb me ail Piano been manufactured since 1837, opinion. t h t K k K t K K l K K . K . K . ,t ft . .X .1 .1 X & X X I .X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Men's 10c cotton sox at 5c Biggest offer in the city. W .n ranted fast black, seam less hose. Challenge price OC ll H it " S '4 'A - mortar. Three women stand about a ' mill," and each strikes slowly Into tho basin of pall, the stroke going around to the right. It Is a steady thump, thump, thump, and the swaying bodied of the beaters aie In steady motion. Sometimes the stiokes beat times to a, song, and then It Is a novel expon ent e for the wayfarer who pokes hN head through the bamboo fence to eeo and hear. Theie aie rlcemllls on the Island. A. veiy tine mill, with modern machinery, was binned by tho Insurgents at Cal iniiplt, on the Rio Grande, when Gen eial MacAithur advanced to the Hag Hag. It was smoking three du.ya after, when the troops passed It on the rusli tu cross the liver When the hulling Is done the cup ot the primitive mill Is dumped out and filled again with pall. When enough has been hulled the three women start to cleaning This 1s done In the old way. A dish of the chaff and grain Is held aloft and the contents slowly spilled out upon a cloth When tho chaff Is lemoved the result Is "arroz," or the lice known to Americans. In Calamba theie is a big fanning mill by the side of a. warehouse It la probable that hulled rlee and chaff wero run through It. It would ba curious to know how much of the rice Is con sumed in Ametlca goes through the hand process. Hut statistics lgnorej this not n t. Sampson Heads the List. Washington. Oct. 11 The retirement of Hear Admiral IIciuj I, flowlson nil vunces Rear Atlmluil Schley from num lire nine to number elsht, and Rear Admiral Sampson fiom number eleven to number tin, pi icing the latter nt tho head of the list ot Jui.lor rear admirals. $100 Reward, $100. The readers ol this piper villi lie pleased to bain that tin re Is at bast om tlieatlcd. dl'ease that science has been able to Hire in all Its stages and that Is I'atarrh Halls C'atairh C'trt the onlv positive, ture now known to the medical fratvrtilty. rituirh being a constitutional cllsejs iiiiulicbfi constitutional treatment. Hall s Catarth Cure is taken Internallv, nctliu; tlliectlv upon the blood and mucous sni fates of tin system, thetebv destiojmg tile foundation of the disease and glvlni; the patient stienstb bv building up thn i oiistltiitlon and asslslliiK nature In doing Its woik This prcprlttois have so much faith In Its curative powers, that thev oftci One Handled DollarR for anv cas that It falls to cure Send for list of testi monials Addiess l J lirjXLY & CO . Toledo o Sold b druggists, "( Hall's rnmllv Pills are the best . 0 testimony or sue- strnnoresif nn;oliriteH w b.. , testimony has been J 4( ,
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