THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1900.
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The Iron of Remorse.
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IT KS Kr.VCil well to bo too sin 1
what ou would do under Riuii
ilriiuiiMumoh, until you have
tried mid fcMiinl uut. A coursj
cif uc-tlon which :,ou luiou to bo
alisnlutvlv fondijii ti i'Vi-ry In
stint t within vou whim vou lt
down to lejson about It. after
the iimmior of the uiro-mny be the
,uv onu y-.u will follow when thoi
Is no tltnu f-r .u-nm. If nnvnno hud
told Mnikworth. that under 111 c '
would bo -a rovvi.rd. Ma.kvvoitli would
liavo knocked the.- Informant down th-m
.mil thi-io. and h.iP rein etui ui-oii the
.'ititfei' 1" l,ls ""i1'"'"'10" afterward.
' Maikwoi th had boon emduati-d too.
but. l-elm a llttht-mlndid boy, ho ie-im-mbi-u
1 tint It wus to Uoratlm that
the molten InuiKc ",u,l- ' not
to the follow who built the hll-lse; o
h- verv inopoily ihoe the (uvalry.aiid
heaven lew aided him b sending him
Hti.ilRht to the fiontlir. And th.s
was In tho daj- wh.-n thoie was a
fiontlei; when men tndured discom
forts that tlu-y tilth to know ubIii. ni
none cor sUlts fol the luxuries ot tho
past; when tho Ar'itlio and tho Clili
liMhtm woic in the land, nnd still
struixtjIltiR to be tn.sti l "3 of It: ""1
when a woman was rulv a bltdti ;
of thu Rods, and iiii--ht, even under
illsadvnnl ives, have her H(I ot the
department. Mm us theio In no wo-in-ill
In all this that I" li relevant.
Km opt .if in th- manner of iadotK
whli h Is not ti be taken i-erlously
-Mmkwoith hud not let worn ill en'er
Into his sell, iiu- of o.l-tilii o. llli Ideals
weie of anothti mh-I. just then. Ib
was ouim nnd fi'll of belief an 1
thlniTS aivl he thought that the way
to win appiov (1 nl tho wu depaitmont
and the m itltude ( his i ounlrv was
to avoid vvli-piillliii? and to kill In-ill.ui-.
Th-iitim- he u-loleed irn-ally
when, afar mill sl weeks of his
thoi'iuchlv uu'li-iiabl' f.'-inlsjn, fh.it
tn tonk the fhlil-.ihii.'u- on the uar
liath, and In was oidiied out In tho
Held. He bid h-id Ills kilt all lolled
in a iiihbei pm. i ho, and lilt, lufs
i host pntt well sioilod for thu whole
ol the s. uii lie In lleved tll.lt 1
tiddler slin-ild be alua.v. In leadlncss
He belli v.d si. ni.inv Ihluts then
tllOUKh b-loie lonir the i ittom toll out
of his unlvoisp, and lie w is lll! 1 with
an endiuIiiK ilu-plli Ism And t'lls was
how It (.line about:
The iliM time h-- was undt r 'he was
when tliev weie i ait-tlit at lather a
ilK.i'lv.'inl.i'-ri .imi'iii: the pines In the
Mocoltmi'. The tmhl b'-v'.ii' ab-i-it
dusk and l.tMul will into tho irl'-ht.
It may h-ive Ik en lb- le-uilt of some
liujwboo --.iiliis of his I al'V hood. which
had fiistned -in irn mniin i ilil.. fear ot
the (Ink. Il niav have bi i n Mime
IlllklllC ltltiln t, hi ll m ly h.i'o liei u
Just blue l link which oveieome 1dm.
Anyway he hid behind a boulder,
(louehed and inunul tlnio, tii'iiiiblln---to
tint I. Is (..ibhu lell Horn hi -i hands
And Sloi !e.v his captain, found him
so. What aie j on doliiKV" ho de
manded. He was .m l.Mimaii and a
noldler of the old m-Iioii, but he did not
MU-ir. .M.u kuoitli knev, liom tint,
how b..d it was. He sLr.imblid up an 1
bibblel. "(iet out of time'." the cap
tain raid. He would have used a bot
toi tune lo one of tho tump nils.
M.ukwoith felt tor lis i.ubin- and
Km out, staSrieiiliK. but im longer
afiald, onl ash imcd sli la ninKly
ashamed he, mid nil i-inlui-anee. Ho
tiled haul to f;et hlllisolt killed after
that. He walked up and down In fiout
"I his men. --hint- ordns and smok
Int,' elijaiettts, and doiirir his best to
serv as a tiiKi-t. Tim captain watch
ed bh.i and l.Lttau to undei stand His
li own nlixtd "Vou'd better set un
der covet," he suirrestod: "jou an- tal:
lni; lacllrss ilsks." .M.ukwoith
looked at him with wide, blank eves,
and did not answer. His face was not
only white now; it was may ami su,
like the I. no ot a eoip'-e.
Sloile.v's fan soft 'nod. "It's only ,i
baby. anvwa, he said to himself,
"and it Is unhappy, out of all piopor
tlon," And picsently he wont to him
apiln. "Will ou Ret under cover,
Maikivmth?" ho insisted.
"No," sail tile lleuten int. "I won't."
Tho captain sumo now, fierce oiths,
and loud. "I older u back under
( over, k!i "'
Mmkwoith letliel. with a look at
his nipculor foi which he should have
In en coui-t-naitlalcd, Alter that the
scout went tho way of most scouts,
helm; a ( lui'e ot the lut inclblo up
iniiuntaln i .nines, when ou pulled
oin hoiss- after j on: down them,
when he slid atop of ou. acioss mal
pals and, dc sen ttoni the level of tho
nusiiulte and the .Tit.ui-wood to tint
of tin pine and the manaulta. Chat
ta'.s band was at the ninth, to the
south, to the east and wist; but when
the tioop-i j;ot to tho spot, after forced
mat chilli;, theie was nothiiiB.
It went on for two mouths, and all
the while Mai kwoi th's despondency
Blew. The weight of vears was upon
Ids yet lmiely.Kiuaied shoulders, th'.
tumbles ot a lifetime were wiltti-n up
on his face, despite the Biowth of el
low lioaid. Ho would not be eomfoit
cd. He was silent and moroxo. He
would not li 1 1 up hi beititiful bail
lone in sons;, be the camp ever so dull.
Only Ills captain Knew why, of com. so
and he didn't tell. Neither did h-j
attempt ((insulation. He thounht tho
lemoise healthful, and ho .new, be
sides, that It was in such casts a man
his to woik out his own conclusions
nnd salvation. This Is the way Mack
worth eventually tiled to woik out his.
Tliero lame one day n lunner tiom
tho hostlles, a dlsh-ficed. stialKht
Picked cioatuic of sinews who spoke
thioush tho White Mountain Intel
preter of tlie tioops and said that his
chief was leady to go baik to tho
reseivation. but that ho must o upo-i
his own teiiiis. And the ihlef stipu
lated, moi cover, that one white nun-
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A
STORY
OF
THE
TRAIL.
one, alone and ungual dod should bo
to the hostile camp and discuss thoso
terms. If a force attempted to uomn
he would lettteat with his biaves and
stay out all winter.
Moriey made answer that he had ni
fear of the chief staying out all win
ter among the mountains when the
agency was po comfortable, but that
If he did the white man could stand It
iih long as he could. Moreover, ho said
that none of his soldlcis had uny In
tention whatever of walking Into a
death tiap of tho sort.
Then Mnckwoith spoko up. "I have,"
ho said.
"(iet out," said the captain, Incredu
lously. "1 mean what I say," said Mack
woith, "and I shall consider your per
mission to do the greatest and only
favor you can do mo. Something may
be iffeeted by It."
"Your death, that's all; and a little
prellmlnaty torture."
The lieutenant shrugged his shoul
deis "Will ou lot mo go'.'" ho In-sl.-tid.
"Not by a long sight."
"t wish to go, Captain Moriey,"
Moriey considered, und he decided
that It might not bo wise to ietuo.
Tlieie was no knowing Just what tho
set-fined boy might do. So they pai
leyed together for a time, then Mai k
woith mounted his hoist and went. He
did not expect to come back, and the
olllieis anil men did not expect to sec
him again. They watched him go off
Into the distance of the plain, tow aid
tin- mountains, following the hostile,
who swung on at the long, untiling
llog-tlot.
After four houis they (amo to thu
mouth of n natrow ran on. The uin
iict had given no sign of sound, and
the llxod look had not gone fiom Mack
woi th's face. Well within the canyon
the hostile s weie In camp. Tiny had
hobbled their loan little ponies, tho
squaws wete gatheiing wood, and thu
bucks weie mi Halting upon the ground
or playing monte with cauls of palnte-1
hide mound a sow skill spread under a
cedar tloe. Four of them lode and
slouched forwaul. Theie was a pto
ionged sctutlny upon both sides.
The chief waited lor Mackworlh lo
begin, but the white man's Instincts
weie good. Uo beat tho suddonly-slletit
lodskln at his own game, and In the
end the chief spoke. The luuner dis
played foi the Hist time his under
standing, and intcrpieted. Mackwoitb
made answer with decision, offsetting
bis ow n ternr. The bucks scow led, and
the chief began to argue. The white
man, with thu untlluihlng eye, would
not lonioiomis'. "Tell him." Mack
wmtlt said, "that this is my will. If
ho will not do this I go back to the
soldlei i, and wo follow you nnd kill
.vou all. man and woman." The face
of the ehlel glow black, a giowl lose
I fiom the cioudlng bucks, and tho
i watching squaw 8 began to i hatter In
I voices swiet as the tinkle of glass
bells.
The chief steppid suddenly foi war I
1 and i aught the bridle nbove the cm b
ill. inks. Not so much ns an eyilash of
the stein, white young face quivcied,
and the heart ol the led man was filled
with admiration. One movement of
feai would have lost Muikwoith hl.s
life then, but lie was not afraid, not
thoimh he knev that torture might
await him. lie sat looking coolly down
at the low ei lug, cruel faces. The chief
turned and spoke to tho bucks, and
theie was a gum! of piotest; the
squaw a Joined with a shrill little ehoius
si i cam. But tho chief (lung away the
lnidle witli il foue which made the
hoi so back.
"Ho do same you say. He go back
to lesoivatlon today. He say yoa
ukishee qulik." said the inteipretoi.
Mackworth turned deliberately and
ukllsheed with no show of haste anl
without a backward look.
He u-poited his success and went ti
his tent. His look of stolid wretch
edness was unchanged. Moriey be
gan to bo neivous. Ho went to tho
tent himself and found the lieutenant
writing a letter by lantern light. It
wat a normal opportunity to take for
tint, so the captain, being filled wlt'i
misgivings, trumped up an on and and
sent him off on it. Then he looked ut
the letter. It was to MackworthV.
mother. Motley did not lead It, but
he guofsed the whole thing In a Hash
He took up Mnckworth'ft caiblnc anl
slid It under the tent Hags Into the
outer daikness. Also, he btoke tho
Colt's, which had ben thrown down
upon the bedding, and put the eai
trldges In his pocket. Then he u
placid it in the holster, and going out.
picked up tue cat bine and hia it in
the biusli.
After the camp was all asleep anl
Moriey snoilng loudly across the tent.
Mackwoith groped under his pillow
nnd hi ought out the jevolver. Ho
cocked It and waited a moment; then
he placed the ban el well in his mouth
nnd pulled the nigger onci and then
again and again.
M
At ilrst call for levellle Moriey
awoke. Maikwoith was already up,
and, turning, ho studied his captain's
face with the faintest and most un
willing of smiles twitching the coin
eis of his mouth under his beard. It
was tho most natuinl und healthful
look his face had worn in weeks.
"Well?" said Moriey.
"Well," answeied Maikworth, "I
should like my carbine und the loads
of my Colt's, please."
Morley's face broke Into a broad
giln. "Will you be good If I let you
have thorn?" he asked.
"I'll be good," promised thu lieuten
ant. Uwondolen Oveiton, In the Aigo
naut. A BURNING MOUNTAIN.
Has Been on Fire for Over a Hun
dred Years.
A mountain, which has been on Am
for nioio than one bundled years, Is
situated Just west of here. So clos.j
is it that Its shadow- envelops thu town
at fl p. ni. at this time of the year, un I
yet tho beautiful heieaboutr. think no
moi e of It than of tho be-iutlful Gian.l
i Ivor, which washes at tho feet of the
huge pile where tho flro ha burned 'hi
long. To the tondeifoot, however, th
Klittei Ing patches of deep red flio.
vv licit! it breaks out on tho sldo of the
mountain, and Is exposed to view,
there is nothing in all this staid qui.
its equal, wiltes tho Xowoustl'i cor
respondent of tho Kansas City World
Tho tlio Is fed by a big vein of coal
which the mountain contain. ju
how tho roal became ignited Is not
known, Thu oldert icsldent says It wui
on In i! when he came here, and the
t'tn Indians, who once lived In this sec
tion, say it was burning many years
bofoio the lit st white man crossed tho
continental divide. The supposition l
that the coal wits Ignited by a fol est
Hie at an early dnte In the present em
tut y.
It has smoldeiod and steadily burnt 1
until this day. At night, when tho
moon Is dark, Is the best time to se-i
the Ilio. Then It Is that It resembles
thu legions of Inferno as given us In
the word-painting on Dante. Thu earth
loveilng the coal Is loosened by the
heat and falls away, exposing the
sheets of flic.
The escaping gas piobably assists l:i
stripping off tho nicks and dirt, and
wherever tho vein of coal appto.iohos
the surface the lito can bo seen. The
Ilrst lite 1 saw was fully no feet sqin '.'.
H hud a pecullur red tint, while tho
burning gus loinlng up at tho base of
the coal vein addid a blight blue color
ing to the scene. In many pluies the
Ftiiface of the mountain has sunken,
showing where the lite has burned out
Its com so.
Pievlously a shaft hud been sunken
In tho mountnln and into this shaft the
water was permitted to flow. The
shaft was soon tilled, but the Hie was
above the level of the water, and the
effort was a falltne.
WYOMING'S SODA LAKES.
An Endless Source of Wealth for the
Youns State.
I'rom the St. lauds Cllobe-Dcininrat.
Out of her but pass Ing exhibit of
natural soda at the Trrni'ml'-iNslppl
epos!tl(in JVvomlm? e:.iects "unix to
take a fiont lank am mg the wialth
inodilt'lm: states of the Union as .1
Mnla puidilcer. The tfic.it bloik of
mutual soda thai Wyoming placed In
the mines and mlnln-j building w is
the astonishment of thousands of peo
ple. II ban been the means of bilng
Ing soda exieits from liffeient patts.
of tho United Statec into Wvomlug
to Investigate the ixtent and tkhness
of the- stale's del oslls with a view to
electing huge alkali wolks along the
mairliis of Let gc-it soda lakes
W omliig has too most extensive)
soda deposits In the world. The poo
pie of til- big western s'ate bellovo
they have enough iittttt.il soda In
their n'da likes to make all I ho mkIh
biscuits of the woi 1-1 for the nest
two (ontuilos. and then thrown In.
for good measuie, suldtlent sil sod i
and soda lo to "clcau'e all tho tilb-s
of earth" dining the two contuilei
they ate feo'lliif on the Wyoming bis
cuits, and si ill have pbmtv of soda
left to make window glats for thu
United States for geiietallons to come.
They believe that within tho near fil
tuie W.vomlmr will teally be furnish
ing the bulk of thu vu lid's output it
soda.
Wyoming K thoui-ht to have mor
than twenty soda lakes of i-emnieril il
Impm tain o. The" lakes ate wldelv
sdittued thloughovtt the lute. a-id
aie Invailably found In depressions.
Most of these depiossli.ns hive nn In
let, but "no outlet; here the opinion
of geologiwt- that the soda came In
with the spilng wat"r and Icnde-d
out, the water evupoiaUng, thus leav
ing, in seme Instanoisi, beds of sod i
more than fifty feet In ueplh nnd hurt
dtods (if acios in sut face dimensions.
I'OWDKUIIP SODA.
The surface of these bikes, through
tho a( tlon nf tho sun and air. has n
Ciusted over with a powdired sodi,
dosolv tcs mbllng the culinary bak
ing roila. and viewed from their mar
gins the likis icsemblo groat patches
of pmo snow. One examining them
with a pick might well Imagine tint
Iim wus on a hike upon w tilth a light
snow had fallen, for tho soda beneath
Is a transparent costal tlosely ro
semMIng Ice.
1'iofessor Wilbur '. Knight, of tin
chair of geology of the Wyoming Statu
university at Laramie, lias done, pet
haps, mine than nny other westerner
to nscettaln tho chemical richness of
tho Wyoming soda deposits. Speaking
of Wyoming's inland seas of sodt,
Piofcssor Knight said;
"Largo companies mc now being or
ganized In the' Hast to cstubllt.h alkali
works in Wyoming. These companies
aie now being backed bv (apltal in
New York, Chicago and clsewhoio
and while Hngland and Get many, until
recent yens, have produced the gieat
part of the world's sulphate of soda
fiom common salt, we hope soon ta
leplare the imported product with our
Wyoming soda.
"Fiom my Investigations of the soda
deposits of tho state I believe it safo
to say that there aie at least 40,000
000 cubic feet of soda ahead in sight.
When wo consider what development
work may bring forth the beds of
Wyoming assume enoimous piopor
tlons. li-ahs Tin: WOULD.
'Wyoming undoubtedly leads tho
woi Id In natuinl soda. Wo have, pet
haps, twenty soda lakes of commeirlal
Impoitance. Their ( ommerelal Impor
tance has already been pioved. In th-
Immediate vicinity of these deposits
are excellent beds of sand and lime
stone and also an abundance of fuel
In the form of coal, which insuies ths
people of Wyoming that these sodi
lakes will be used In m-iking glass,
soap, baking soda nnd sal soda. It
has been alieady demonstrated Uw'
the Wyoming soda make a tiist-class
window or plate glass. Theie Is llttlo
doubt that plants will also soon bo
elected for the manufacture of tho or
dinal y soda compounds, such as sodi
um, caibonato or al soda, used In
bleaching and cleaning; sodium bicar
bonate or bnklng powder and soda
lye, used In making h.ud toip.
"Theie Is absolutely no teason why
this uatuial soda cannot be convene!
Into other soda compounds that .112
more valuable than the sulphate and
sold ut least In competition with tho
eastern or Imported pioduct made fiom
salt."
The Mormons weio the flist to make
a practical use of the Wyoming sodi.
They dlscoveied the caibonato soda on
the Sweetwater river In central Wyo
ming, and for yeais annually nude
trips across tho sagebiush des.it In
freight wagons, a distance of mom than
TOO miles, to 1 etui 11 to Salt Lake with
sufficient soda to do their cooking and
washing for a year. Theso Immensu
soda deposits have been used exten
sively by thu Inhabitants of Wyoming
nnd the adjoining states.
In the Sweetwater valley. In Na
trona county, tho soda lakes have been
divided Into tluee gioups, uicordln1 to
their ownership, as follows: Tho Mor
gan deposits, the l)u Pont d-poslts and
The Wyoming Syndicate Impioveinem
company's deposits, The Morgan do
posits aie neaily piiro sulphute of soda.
The Uu Pont deposits uio a mlxtuie -if
caibomiti and sulphatu of soda. Of this
Bioup Is one lake that contains practi
cally tlfty per cent, carbonate of sola.
Tho group owned by The AVyotnlllK
Syndlcute Improvement cum puny Jh
composed of carbonate runl sulphate of
soda, similar to tho Du Pont group.
Taking thesu deposits ns a whole the
soda Ir found In solid foimutlon, and
varies In thh kness from n few Indus to
llftecn and twenty foot, and In suifacu
uiea from n few to mote thnii 160 110113
Nine InkiB have been discovered In Na
trona county.
A sin ill plant was elected a few
Mais ago ut the ptiipertlos of the
Womlng Syndleatu lmpiovemtnt
lotnpany, but at tho time of its erec
tion thu company anticipated tho con
stiuetlon of tho extension or tho Chi
(ago and Northwestern railroad fiom
Cn'per, Wyo., up thu Sweetwater val
ley, In which event the toad wotil!
have pissed the coiiipan'8 ptopurty.
This road was not built, 'and with a
wagon haul of sixty miles it was found
Impiactlcabto to operate tho plant.
A few miles northeast of Casper la
thu till Foda deposit. This Is a very
huge lake and Is piactlcally pmo sul
phate of soda.
Carbon county has numerous small
soda lakes and one that Is quilt' large.
This 010 Is situated about twonty-fivo
miles northwest of Havvllns. Tho soda
fiom all the Carbon county deposits
bus been found to bo almost pure sul
phate. In Albany county theio are tlueo
gioups of sulphate ot soda, ns follows:
Tho Hui'ik Cieek group, lying about
twelve miles northwest of Hock crock;
the Union Paelllc- group, thirteen miles
southwest of Laramie, and the IJowneV
gtoup, twenty-two miles .southw est of
Laiamle. These aie all laigo lake--,
some of them being veiy deep and
cov cling hundieds of aetes.
Perhaps thu gieatest curiosity umong
all the soda deposits of tho state Is tho
sodi welt drilled 1 neatly at Oleen
Hlvei, that is now furnishing water
that contains it per cent, of sal soda,
and this soda Is 111010 than 9S per cent.
ptne. Chicago capitalists have re
cently puichused a large tiatt of land
heie und are now laying plans for the
ciictlon of a plant.
LIGHTNING BUGS.
Strange Sight Seen by an After
Dark Traveler in Mexico.
I'lom the MiuiK.-ipolls Juurnal.
"I was tiding through tho jungle tho
other night on an eighteen-lncli trail.
All waa darkness, and such darkness!"
said un Anioikan traveler. "I could
fiol It. I would put my hand p befoio
my face eveiy few- minutes to sec If I
could ste It, but the daikness was too
Intense. It made mo very nervous, for
thu trails aie so little used tli.it the !
brush is apt to be lower than a man's
height, and one Is in danger of being
bin .lied fiom one's saddle In going
along In the dark. I felt as though
my head might be biushud fiom my
shouldois.
"The quiet was intense, except for
the culls of wild beasts and birds, some
of w lib h sounded to mo In my tiorv otis
state like a thousand fiends. Kven In
the daylight many of the calls sound
mmo like those of a person than an
animal. ,
"JIv lmrse was picking the tt all, anl
I bad one aim over inv head so as lo
protect myself fiom the biusli ovtr
heud, when suddenly I saw a lantern
with n greenish light ahead of me a
little way but to one sldo. My blood
fio.e. I v as llteially filghtened j tiff.
In my ovei wrought state I did not ask
myself what it was. It w.is there, anl
that was enough. Who says the Imag
ination is not as bad as the icallty
while It lasts? Sometimes, as in this
t-Jso, It Is only a few seconds, but whit
agony of fright can be felt In thoso
few seennds und what arr eternity those
setonds seem.
"I saw the light Hash nero-s my
Vatli. then dart batk Into the jungle,
again- By the time It flashed across
my path thu second time I tamo to, as
it weie, fiom my flight, and ic.itls-cd
that theie was no one for perhaps a
hundred miles mound, except the rn
tlves, und I knew they know nothing
of lanterns. Hesldes that, animals
would not dart back and forth. I then
began to see many moie of thesis
greenish lights. Theie wete plenty of
lire Hies darting aiound, but what could
these be? However, they did not hint
me, and I did not bother them.
"I knew- they must bo winged some
things, us they weie high and low. and
so must fly. Ily degrees I lecoveied
my composiue, and, watching intently,
I thought It whatever 'if was was
small. Ai riving at last at an Indian's
where I was to spend the night. I went
to bed In a lnmmock swung under tlta
1 afters, thed out, sore and very much
unnerved. I could not sleep, and lay
with my "eyes vvldo open, turned to thu
raftei., and thatched ioof. The ludi
crous side of my fl Ight and how aw fill
and 1 oil It hud boon rushed over me.
I c-illed to the Indian, who was hung
up In another hummock a few feet
fiom me, nnd nko,i him what It was.
Ho told me 'kookoogugu.' or some
thing that sounded ns mutli like noth
ing ns that, for I had come to Mexico
knowing no Spanish; but ns I seemed
mi interested nnd Ignoiant ho made a
fiinriv sound with Ills lips a few times
nnd down tho Inseet How for Insect it
was. He captured it and gave It to ms.
"It was 11 laigu black snap beetle
with two large gieenlsh lights, which
I supposed to be its eyes, but upon
caiefully examining It found they were
not. It also had a stieak of this same
light under Its body. The light was
luminous, shedding Its lays quite a
few Inches, this making It appear at a
dlnstunie quite laigo as an ordinal y
lantcin. Well, after that I went to
sleep und slept well.
"I often laugh when I think the most
lionlblo fright I ever expeilenced was
caused by 11 huimless little lightning
bug."
PATHETIC CHINESE INCIDENT.
A Mother's Attempt to Dispel the
Blindness ot Her Child.
1'inm Llp'iliicott'f, Magazine.
Tills Is what the Kali Samaritan
a
What do the
Children
Drink ?
Don't give tbcm tei or coffee.
Have, jou tiled thu mw food drink
tailed UJXMK-0 f It is delicious
and uourNliiug nud takes tho pl.icu
of lollce.
Tho more ('rain-0 vou givo tho
childreu tho rnoro he.iltli jou distrib
ute through their sjstiin.
(iniiu-0 U made of pure grains,
nud when propnly prepared tii-tes
like the choice grades of lotlio but
coMs about j us much. All groccis
sell it. 15c. nnd 25c.
Try Grain-O!
InrNt Hint j our t-roccrhcujouditAlN-O
Actcj't nu Imitation.
JONAS LONQ'9 8ON8.
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Corset
Covers
Prices begin at 7 cents,
and from that up to $ 1.2 j.
Every style worthy of
notice is here for you to
see and choose from.
Chemises
Prices begin at 29c these in two
styles, trimmed with lace and fine
plaits ; V shape yokes.
Other styles at 39c, 49c, 79c and
$1.25 -the latter are imported pat
terns and very handsomely trimmed
with lace, Still finer ones up to$4.98
White Skirts
An almost endless variety, without any excep
tion the prettiest styles we have ever shown.
Made of fine muslins and cambrics, trimmed
with deep ruffles of Hamburg and finished with
lace and inserting.
THE IMPORTED LINGERIE includes a charming show of the finest products
from the deft fingers of the French in fine lace and embroidered effects a collection
sui passing any ever before shown in Scranton or vicinity.
Jonas Long's Sons
taw aftn M10 had climbed the dailc
htaiis behind tl.c storf and peeped
into a room that was In seml-dark-1101".
while she repressed Lee ChuirK
with a vvaiiiln-; Unpin that enforced
silence. It was u loom of considerable
dimension--, with a low cellinc. The
windows were to ill-plnced, besides be
Itk barrleided, that th room was in
twlllrht Kloom. althoufn the day was
btlsht without. Its furniture was cu
riously disposed close dgalnst th-j
.will", thus leavlnR a wide space In
Its inld-t. And in the room the wo
man Suey Yen was tul'lni? part with
the little Lee Mov In what was evi
dently a daily ex cm retire.
Willi palms folded s'ippllarrtly befo'-o
her, sdre re-iarded Lee Moy with ti
look of Ipoxpiesslble love tinged with
sidness lie was hittlrc wlldlv about
him with a top whip, and shoiitlr.-?
unc-illy, hU lnnsuacje being punctuat
ed by strong Anc-lo-Haxor? expletive.-.
"D--n jou. mother! Why comotlr.
not the pun?"
She hubmltted with the patience of
nn oriental to the Impel ions l.ingunt-u
of my bud, her Man-Child.
"Oh. son of mine," she replied, with
Infinite tenderness- "the mui is btill
at Pel'ln, diving his hair for ho hath
tmt now ib-cn from his ocean bed.
When lie hath hud his morning meal
and washed his lace with dw and
decked hlm(-lf with mailgo'ds, h? will
mount clouds of purple and gold and
amber nnd con.e tu San Ftandsco."
"Vo thev of Pel'ln see more of him
than wo do?"
"Yes, t-011 oh. would we were theie!"
she sobbed- "for the sun nlwavs hhlnes
there, but heie It is mostly dark."
"Wo will go theie. mother, at once! '
He held up his hand tir his mother
to take.
"Hut It Is a long and ttony road
from here to T'ekln, and vv-e must eat
und drink before wc .itart."
She led him to u little table, and set
enker. before him. und a cup of tea
which hhe fortltlcd villi a generous
di-out-lit of Mm phii.
When he had pitphl his appttlt",
che pri-ptred lilm another cup similar
ly sophisticated, and hot It before
him.
"Pi Ink once moie." sdio aid, "for
when wo have left San Fianelsco wo
hall linvo no moie tchah ttea) till
we reach Pekln."
And th" little rran drank ns ho vu
dlictrd, and piepared for his dally
Uight acroi tho ivorid.
BIO THINGS LOSE THEMSELVES.
A Kallroad That Lost a Twenty-Eight-Ton
Bridge,
l-'ioin the New Ycuk Pices,
Human naturo will Insist on losing
and mlslujlng things, but when tho
ai tides get to be us big us a boiler
or u bridge, human Ingenuity falls to
understand how it happened.
A short time ago u western ralttoal
had to Issue a pathetic udvei tlsement
in the local papers. They hud llxej
a tvventy-elght-ton steel llildgo on
three Hat cars Untitled together un I
dispatched It to Dayton, Ohio, with
their blessing.
At nn Intel mediate station the brldga
was observed to be bearing tho Jour
ney extremely well, and wus seemingly
in tiro best of spirits; neveithelcss,
when the tinln arrived at Its destina
tion not a sign of tho bildge could bo
discovered, und owing to the Inability
THK TWENTIETH CENTURY STORE.
Where It Comes From.
Skirting tho line of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the suburbs
of Philadelphia, and along the route of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad out of New York city, are many
cozy, little factories. Most of them are in villages of from two
to five thousand population. Some of them employ twenty
hands; some of them, two hundred.
Here is where our Muslin Underwear comes from.
The best underwear makers know the value of such im
portant locations: they avoid all semblance of sweat-shop
work, and provide garments that are sanitarily perfect.
We confine our purchases to such factories, placing our
orders in the early summer, when time and attention can be
given to detail and finish. This is why you are so well pleased
with the annual underwear sales of the Jonas Long's Sons'
stores. Few mercantile establishments manifest sudi precau
tion and care.
We are selling thousands of pieces this week.
If you have not been here already, come today.
Night Gowns
The most moderately priced is j)i cents this
for a Mother Hubbard style with yokes and finished
with handsome cluster of tucks. Not moie than
two to a customer. Better ones at 59c to $4.98.
Some are trimmed with embroidery and lace;
others are beautifully interwoven with inserting and
fine plaits and with solid yokes of lace and cm-broidery.
MI W
of the company to discover any time
of their lost property, an advertise
ment was Issued begging the public,
should it meet with a wandering
bildge, to letuin It to Its ovvneis with
all disputili, when a substantial re
ward would bo given In exchange.
On the 13el-lan lallway line between
Antwerp and Termonde a eatust'iipli'
was thought to hive occurred early
In tho spring of 1S97. The pioscngein
at the Intel mediate stations between
theso places, after waiting for borne
time for the train due to leave th
former plaeu at eight minutes past 7
In the evening, were not a little
ulaimed when no train was forth
coming. Many people thought an accident
had happened, otheis shook their heads
and thought of all the kidnapping
stoiles they had ever read, while the
light-hearted suggested that tho er
rant ttaln had lost Its way. As i
matter of fact, theie was no accident
and no trainnaplng, nor did tho en
gine lose Its way: Indeed, the only
Individuals who lost an". thing va-ie tho
oulclils who lost their heads, ami, h
an unnccountnble ovei sight, foi got to
dispatch tho tialrr.
Hallway wagon No. flO.171 Is the
propel ty of tile London and Xoith
westem railway, and llf teen months
ago It was missing, with Its cnntints,
consisting of one ton of coppei. To
waul the end of August the wagoii
turned up on a siding at Leicester, but
how it got there passed the under
standing of nil i.illwuy men.
A year ago un advei tbement ap
peared in an L'ngllsh iounti.v paper
stating that a lew-ard of .cro was
offered by a great englnceilng (inn t
any one who produced a full grown
toipedo that had been lost about a
mile nnd a half east of the Tun.
rocks. It was comforting to le.un that
theie weio no explosives in the toi
pedo. Strangely enough, a niontii
later, u similar "llsh" put In an ap
peaianco at Aldenburgh, In Sulfoll;
Tho toipedo was marked with a
crown and numbered 2114 X, un I
though oilglnally chaigcd with a wink
ing piessurc of l.O'.O pounds, when li
was leioveied It was exhausted.
Kaily In 1897 a peculiar case was
tiled nt Woolwich regarding an ex
traoiilluaiy pleto of lost property. It
appeared that a man bought for $71
a boiler, whose slo can be estimate I
fiom tho fiet that It took sK hoists
and twenty men to move It. While
this operation was being can leu out
tho boiler, by some remarkable freak
managed to loo itself, and wlieio it
went to no man knew nor could they
llnd out, though the police weie put
on Its track, and it was lequested to
return to Its sorrowing trlcrrds.
Some years elapsed, and then, wlu-u
a surveyor In tho ollice of works was
estimating the value of u Hue crop of
scrap Iron that a piece of ground
known ns "No Mun'. Land" hud yield
ed, he spied the boiler; but belnt," Ig
norant of Its history, ordered it to
be sold ut auction, at which salo It
realised $1L' CO. Then tho oilKin.il own
er recognized his long-lost propeity
and sued the survejor tor me $7.1 it
cost him. Eventually tho Judgo
a winded him $5o. while the suivejor
received 1 for tho tiespass. It was
learned that tho tluee-yerns-los
boiler hud hid Itself on n pleto of land
c-ulto near its owner's residence.
Nat Encouinclng.
"Ilcllnda didn't uiibwer tho litter hi
JONAS LONQ'S SONS.
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Drawers
Prices begin at 19 cents made
of good muslin with yoke bands
and deep ruffle of cambric.
Other extraordinary values at
21c, 2;c, 39c and up to $1.25;
made of finest muslins and very
elaborately trimmed.
VWSUU
NEW YORK HOTELS.
The St. Denis
UroiJttay and Ceventli St., N-w York,
Opp. (Irac; Church t'uropsai Plan.
Rooms $ uo a Ujy an J Upward.
In n modest and unobtrusive w ty ther
are few better conduct, d hotels In the
metropolis than tho tt. Denis.
The giput popularity It has ucqulied can
rcadllv bo trnced to Its unlnuo location.
Its home-Ill. o ulmnphcro. tho peculiar ex
crlknco nf Its c-ms'ne and service, unci Its
ciy modcrute prices.
WILLIAM TAYLOR & SON.
WESHTi HOTEL,
Cor. SxteeiitliSt.aa Irrli ti i j j,
NEW YORK.
AMLKICAN PLAN,
Day .-Hid Upward.
LUKOli:.VX PLAN,
Day and Upward.
$3.5'J Per
SI. 50 Per
I. D. CRAWFORD,
Proprietor.
-f 4 4- -f -f -f-t-f f
I or Uioiiii'Si Men
In thu h;ait of tho wholesale -district.
-
For Mioppcn
r. minutes' walk to Wnnamakers; T
J. minutes to hli-,oI Cooper's, Big T
Store, l.us) cf uceejs to tho gieat
Dry Goods Stores.
For siKlilsrer.s
One block from r.'wny Cars, glv- .
Ing r.ib.v tiansiiiiitation to all 4.
pulnw "f Intercut. 4.
! HOTEL ALBERT
X NEW YOJtK. X
Cor. 11th ST. ft UNIVERSITY VU
f Onlv one Kloek from Broadway. -
Rooms, $ I Up. v&V&iSXS&i. X
sv 4 -f y
MAKE PERFECT MEN
DO MOT BF.NPAIR r l.ih(uf.
prLOfitfcn 111 jjiittna niDiuont l
f ran b rotor, u (n y.ul 111 very
wonlintrtvi Krriaa, Ilehl
hwluitl inn-il by Phttf-er-TO
TAKLl.THi OIe prompt relit! to In.
1 mmo, latitat; metoorv and tl'a,u
' 1 . . ui .'. ...a. iu.,l,illirui.ri ij
indlrrelloiiioroxcee,oro&tly yraf.
niPArl vuor ftnd oolrncy tocverv fun?.
lion Brief up tn ty'tom Uno jhl bloom lo too
cheek, and lu.lro lo the i) ufvyounvor old
One 60c boi rcnewvilUI cnerify CJiLlv bote, t
fi Mc3niplctftfiiamntf(drwui-niTor monfe re
funded lejl be enrrled In -wl -Mi' pocket. Pol
every nie or me-iud In plain wrapper in lereip-JIf
price by Till! IkKI-eiTr Co.. uikw kill., Cklnte,
Bold In Scruuton, I'a by Matthercs
Bros, and McGarrah & Thomas, druggist.
which I told her I wanted to como and
vlxlt her."
"Well. I Kiipiiosc hf tbousht tho Invl
tatlou oii k-awi .voittbilf was cordial
inoimh." Detroit lito 1'iii-s.
Tho Art of Silence.
"A man hIiovvh ihmiu'tcr even In, the
v.ay hu movi-s his chin,"
"I tlilnk ho hIuivvh moro rhnrai-lcr In
tho vay hu donn't movo It'-Chlfaeo"
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