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THE HCRAXTOK TinBUXia-WBDNJSSDAV, MAY 29, J 001.
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P'lrtalni) Mnnl fliii turt H lliil upon In
iM'tit lii't n I hit nitiillril Ihrio I nolliliu
fanciful ni llsiii.ilhi' I lutr ilnnr iiottiluc limn
limit tumuli llir llilt ill I ttiiiiiiilt i llicin In
dJ I lif Vullioi I
SKVIIltAI, YIIAItH ngn-ni,
In ln eni t III Octobi l
ISSiJ-ilip tr, ftildKO Hill
lid of the Pinko .V Hon
llflSllll (OIllpllllV begun
"Hlllkillg." l'M' II IIHHIIll
pun lulls In Hint time thoie
were liitlliiitlnns tlmt it "iiiuiivo" hi
Imminent, i'i 1 1 Icilln I ! along tli head
ItIR toads which liiiii'(l the et II nnll
tho li.ivp nl the iiintintiilll Till' inllii'
w is line nt tin- nilcU of the iniiii.itit s
extensive urn Ki. mill pinlinii cil tin atei
nt lc.nl inn miles long anil iiiiiIp tlinli
a mile tiili Tin' "i tupping" liuil
born mnlipil In ivpial limtunios, lillt
thoie w.ih mIIII a gnndlj ii mmi lit nl
tllltl III 1)0 lllllllll. 'I'lllllp ft'W Rl'tll'l.ll
llll'PI MltlOlll, lit ttllV of InttoihK lug
tho iiiIiip, will Ip.hI Hip rcaili'l to llli
ilcisttiml Hint IL was paillnllv wniltttl
nut, mill iluit ii gonoi.il "siiucpc," In
nling n iniijoi )) t ton of Its gang
wnts mid liiiiiihni, was a tliotitirul
iniiilliliMi to nit ct iiml hup tlili Ii
would iiuliili mi', in ilea 111 to liuti
tliods of iiipii ,mil liovs If Hipv wimp
kepi ton long In the iiiIiip. Piaotiial
llliiipis shook tluli heads knnwinglj
mill oiiiiiiinislj wIipii tlit't i .urn' out
oti evening The thtoatoiilng ( ondi
tlnii ot Hie mini' was tho siilijoi I of
mint a i nut pi mi tlnn whoiovct tin; iiipii
mot mill Its cmtp possibilities wpip
iIIm nsoi) with an ah of i onllilptu p ami
i r n intii 1 1
Inning this tlnip lh ritinpint s of
fli tills p,p put idle. To sei hip the
in lllf Ihrt ilinilile-shirtcil et Pl.t diingol
uris liniliiisr .mil put up huiidiods of
limps .i Intir the io nl ami iii.u llic pil
lins hoping ilius to nteit the Im
pending i.ilasu.iplie Nvoi.v Hip nl
i. us tli.it went hiln the nihie lmd a
In id oi two nl pi tips 'J lie lumlipi iiile
in ii the tunnel s "inniith" was' the
liusiist pi ne nliniH Hie inllie't The
hesi mil he.itlesi nt the Hinder was
seh i (id, .mil men, with stinng anus
.mil hopeful he n ts Io ided it into the
mis fin iiiiini ill ite use hi the mini
'I llnsp men Kikw whit the dosing of
the mlli it meant to tliPin. .mil thet
Mi in il with the oiili I lis a cue and an
alliett to metPiit Hie ilis.istn
Mitt hell the mine hnsi, ippnitcil the
il.ingei to his Mipeiloi whin ho tniinil
that the "sihippi" wits, almost en
ii.il Hi w.is tt.iliul i,f (ho gi.tvost
niispiin hips, .mil lie did not wish
to hr u tho whole lPspnusibilitt liim
Mlf His siippiini was Itinwii, the dl
vlsliin 'iipti intendeiit. When limvvn
in eit oil Hie ippoil he .it nnep plionpil
Miu doll to t.iUt- the in, n mil nf tdp
mine. II In Ids Judgment the cnii
ilitinils w.m.intiil it. Mih lull u ii
flow to iln til it. p Imped tn lie idle
to sei tn o tdp mlno without going tn
tli ii pnUpiiip Again sin h .ittiou
would iHleit mi his i.ip.uitt to inn
a iiilllcn, ami do detpi inhiod to put it
oil as lour as it was i i.ison.iblj s,ife
to do sn it was uinio dp wus thus
hoping in st.iv the tliiPitened ills istor
tli.il inn opening lines begin and
wild h t.itp inn ir.nli im a In ief glimpse
of a lollleit in that dangoiniis ion
ditioii Known In mine pailanto as
"woi Mncr '
A I w nUhts ,ifn i Mit, doll lmd ip
iPltnl Ins lhi.il mdois the mon wink
ing mi the sliitt l.ii tin si hi tho niiiip
Wile diivon out. As lliet loth oil they
gtw the il.u in to .HI the ntheis wink
ing at tho time I'm tim.nolr, ludooil,
tint ill sot nut In s.Hott, ,md Hun
n polled to Mitchell that hi all pinh
ahilitt Hie nil w.is sn iensio th.U
the nihie was Unnisi t. til It .! i losod,
(cpulillt sn wlirip tho wnik nf iniii
illg piniti was tlien going on
Both Hiown ami Mitiliell legiotlod
Io In ai in it liinwn p nth ulailt. toi
In tlintmlit .Miu noil's iiprui siinio
what i a,i lalod duo hi a Riont inoas
Uio, In .Miu lull's desiio i0 dihiR liinwn
to Hit imni and uiaKe dim sli.uo tho
hunk ii and n sponsllillltj nl tho rio.U
loss In pinpoitt, mid iieilmps huinan
lifo When liinwn lOiched MitihoU's
soinuil lepnit, lio 'plmuoil thai lie do
sliid Miti hell tn meet him not moiii
ilW, nn tin niiltal nl u loitaiu 1 1 .1 lit.
to dsius thr siniatimi and loam
wliai do iiiuld of tlic dlsiistei.
'I ho net uioi nlttK those mon nipt,
and, lit sump dnpioss 1 1,, iim-(ttii o,
I was piesent Had Known Hint
liinwn dislRiiod sohiR Into tho initio,
1 "italnb would date doon ( so
whou ttiion that ineoliiiR was roIhr
mi nut imn talKid otoi tlio situa
tion unit a lew minutes when litown
siikrimoiI inuKliifc mi examination, ic
possible, and loam tho otont of tho
fall and tho ihamos m piitthis the
plan in wiuKiiiR hi del iiRaln '
I was intlteil to rii, and not wishing
todspla.t any to.u nt the i oiisoriuem os
1 ninsi'iiiiii ir,,d 1 inusiilted ni.t hot
I'l JtUlKlUlIlt ni oton ni.t lookups,
would hati lothod Riaioliillt, s.tjlnff
thai I inclined a .sln u( ,, ,',,, v
otiihldt to anj tlooihiR Rlm that niiRlu
lonio limn lisKhiR in,. am nmi, , lhl
Mini In i' ip( esses ot the mine, wlu-io
t.ods miii tiotoi i em hot, to bieak tho
ni(iiinlont ot oti mill iiiRhi,
Miown was a Sioteliniau h dosronl
"li'l an Sniethaii lit l.,t,. e was
h"" and loato.l within Riinshni ,,f a
iflloi.t. II, Kmw the mines finn,
Alpha tn Miiiprh j WIH u Hpatta,,
Hi (ouiase It ,e mot toh folt, 1,0
n.tei .shiniod it , slo,o , mnifl ,lf
lines h" iiishod int., tho ply JllWs
if death to icsouo bonio poor u.llcr
u to iiiuK, an t.sainhiiitlnii hcio or
heio when the UoatheiiuiH tnof Ratu
HK11.S nf sine, and, pnshdlv suddon
olhipso Jio innK his to In his hands
1 few cais heroic, In tho No :i hhaU
if tho same (iintpaii) hi Hai dominie.
iiiluei, while ileelne rtuiii a ralllnK
luinher. was taiislit li a piece nt iiipfc
Hid held last to the hottniu Ho was
njiued, hut not Killed. Tho nrnf was
Ulll "woiklnif." and tho men theio
ev atiaid that In tilnR in sau dim
ill might pei Mi Hi own, roitunatelt.
nine 11I1111R m that ihoinirtil inoincii't.
uid tan lieadkuiR Into the daiiKei, and
retuiiied in a few minutes with tho
iujuied man nn his hull. AI another
111110 no mu'u .Mlti dell, when the Van
,. iii-n iiiu an
e &rllomloi.son
lUffite. .MUpIi
efl'.it the toot
ujite anaii, ni tlio IJiaKe
people, was. destiojed h'
en was one 01 rom me:
nen me me ntiiiiied, and fiom
Willi It plaee theio was nn osiape It
was iiicouiiK'd, or tiiui.se, that all woie
fcuffouued Iinmodlateli allot the tho
a inpe was dtopped down the shall,
nnd when It wus pulled up two men
woie found 1 IIiirIiib to the end or it,
tho inpe at that point huthiR boon
nude Into a noose ami swiiuit uoiind
their hodlcj. Mltthpll wiih tho last tr,
nn. and whin 1 .ai tin. rip ho
By JUNIU3 JUNIOR,
In The Tribune's Short Story Contest.
1 1 led that he 1 mild no lutiRei keep
huh! Ihown was nt ottie .suspended
down the idmft, h the tl ousel's less,
and, latihlliR tho cvhatlsted .Mitchell
lit Iho hah nf the head, sated him
hum a hoiilhlc death by IipIiir- dnnlicd
tn the hnttoin, scteial hlindied feel
hilfiw. Thnsu me nnlj 11 few InstiiiKes
when Hiowii lointod death with that
smiR fi old whlih one dlsplats In the
most 1 1 1 lilt moiii lemes ot I'tei.t-dnt
life I knew all that, ami I icRietlid
that I wiis with liliu on that 111011101
uhle inoilllliR. Mltohell, too, wns 111111
aRinus In a IiIrIi iIpripc, mid If he
linked Miown's spltit and dash and
(inohss iiliimdnn, he was mi element
on w lilt li to H'lj In n intitliiRoiu.f of
this Kind.
It wiih a dellRhtfiil da when we
I'lileied the mine The soft Oi Inher
sun was (iniv well iihuto tho dlstnnt
eiistPin hills, but Its mellow, .tender
wiiinith'hlmlled a feeliiiR In temaln
In Hip Rhiilsoittp air, whcip the 111le
Riitod hues of fptn and folliiRo liiado
lualitlful the last IiIiimIi nf the dtiiiR
to.u, That was lmmoasiiiahl sn when
I 1 nnti asted the peifoit d i with the
him l, damp aspei t within the tun
mtl s "moiith,, As we (IrIuoiI our
1 (inpei lamps all was as still as the
tiuiih. sate the 1 h.t thinle dinppiiiR nf
wati 1. wlikh loll lit io ami theio with
painful ipRiilmity, mid mado nne think
of the 1 Ini k nf destlnv maiKliiR orr
the sptniitis for Time in his theless
swrop ikiiiss tho (Clitlllies.
Tlio wat led up tlitee InweihiR planes
mid 0111 iiioRtess was slow and labni
od, tspiilall 1111 the last whole the
Riailiini appinimatos thlitf doRiem.
Tin 10 was nn innteis.illnii, all us be
hirf sioinliiRlf pip(i( euplod with tlio
sei imisiu ss ni mil' mission and the
Riial d iiiroi It Intohed. As wo as
(eiidid the hist Incline, Hi ow 11. who
Mist stnppid ni'.n iho head and plated
a pine nf plunk leiiRthwho, siiRROstod
thai we sit This was the Ihst time
tli, 11 wo Iii-iii il with toitalnltv the
ii.mKIiir and lalhiR innf, distant, pns
slblt noailva mile The sounds woie
dlstliiil enniiRli, hut thov seemed
faint and fai "Hns,'snld Itinwn.
'she Is lotthiR up. Wo shall lontlnttc
in (Ills llPllllilnr as r.lt .is tie inn .Ml.l
dotpiiniiip the daniiiRe and spe what Is
possible in tlio ttav nf sticking lip .1(1-
iiiiinuai pi ops to ruitliei suppoit llils
plate '
Itut as up pioiepded tlio unmistak
able noises o tailing masses im leased.
The (,11110 unit k and sdai p. and to
nit inop( 1 lone ed e.u tniehnded
trnulilo at anv tiino I'.inwu. tun, It
oi 1 in 1 id to ino, was dislie.u teni d at
those new ot Idem os nf tdo extent and
pnwiess nl the fall. Still, wo mot oil
on witliuut spoikhiR Hiiiwu was liist
Mltilul nel and I had the honor nf
IiIIIiir In In. hind Indeed, 1 had nn de
siio to i inuil oltdei nf nit 1 oinpanions
foi Ills plai e in tdo pioepsslon. I was
an unwiliiiR horn 1 had no ntei
potiPihiR' w isli tn wiito my name
amuiiR tlio stais liv a dlsplaj of hein
isin sin h iis the oiiasion iuIrIiL offer.
The tali, int AVnlfo, nn that stany
autumn hIrIU 01 Inn,- ,iro, said that
ho would lathei ho the author of
that's i;Ior than bo the heio of the
kittle ol Qiiebci Tho itnmoitnl C'ao
sai will be lomoniboicd Ioiiroi as
Itomes iieiiless mastoi of pnise than
as hit Rioatesl gonoial
AVe weio now ne.tilv Iwn miles under
Kiotind The Humbling, iiuslihiR toot'
iiiuld do hoaid 111010 ilc.ulv as we
pirn ociloil The nniso hli leased most
audiblt as tto tinned a (into hi the
mad and unt nn the Iih-IiIp of a dooi,
used to laiilitato t entilatiiiu.
'Hold on'" I tolled. "Wo ,110 walk
ing liRht into tlio fall liRht into death.
It is fnolhaidt In inntinuo" l'.tit Hieio
was no i espouse to int wainhiR. bh.up
p 11 lidos nt inal, not laiRor than tho
head of a pin. weio unit and thou shot
out nf the pillais, sn Rieat was the
picssuio nn those miliii.il walls of tho
K.niRwav, and suikhiR us in the f,ue
loll a siniitiiiR sensation 'Iho mad,
too, was no ImiRer ileal. I.tigp ploc os
ol (oal, the sio of .1 nail Kor, weio
shewn oteiv few foot, fnuod, ton.
Hum the pillais bemuse nf the Rieal
ttelRht undei whlih thet were
stialnliiR. While we stopped a mo
ment to teilli 0111 lamps fiom a bottle
ol oil 1 m 1 led In .Mlh hell's hln nnrkei.
Ihoio was a thundeioiis oiiisIiIiir nf
tdo 1 onf a sdntt distaiiLC aht'ad, pie
(Oilid b.t a iiisit ,,f ah whlih almost
took us on our foot. All the lamps
weio blown out Blown hnstlle
M'latiliid a matth. and wo soon lnni
liRht aR.iln. in another liniment
weio niothiR onwaid to the fall, pos
slhlt onwmil to death Miti hell', like
nnsoli', would wfllhiRly letine, hut
his ptido was at slake, and ho ior
j,cdlv Irillnwod the mail, which wiis
now ahnnst iinpass.ikie, the mat fi inn
the "woikhiR" pillais fallhiR in hiiRe
plks ami nuikiiiR out pniRtess difllouli
In the ostionie The small, slmip p.u
tkks nf t oal weio lonsttmtly shootlnR
out, and wo Hkd to sueeu our fines
with hoik our hands, the lamps beliiR
hooKu'il In our hats.
I'ioiii Hie hoadhiR below us, but still
well up on the ninimiahi side, we could
hear tail aftei fall, nnd tlio c Milling
niof suggested a thunder stoim in tho
dlstame. Hi own .said. "Hojs, 1 hellevn
the whole mine Is w 01 king' Thoie Is
etldently a loutlnuous 'sciueeze,' om
hiatlng tho enthe niountaln sldo, i
would, how etor, IJo to go as r.ir as
possible heio, and see If tho fall Is
hiokeu off It it has, theio Is still
hope that the mine may bo sated 1
admit that nui position Is haanlnus
eiioiiRh, hut 1 am sine that wo can
tntiaie our stops with safely at any
lime Hnwoser, I shall ro us far 111
1 t'.in, and 1 notct a-kod anj man to
lollow mo when his judginent diiccted
him tho other wa." With those row
woids or deiemilnalinn and lautlon
ho knoiked up tho wiik In his lamp,
h sulking the latter iiRulnst tho too
or his hoot, and wont rout aid again.
Wo rollowed him. hui nnb a rew liuu.
died jeet. out Judgment, 01 m pllHt
mine, began to dheet me tho othei
wa Indeed, It had been dlieetlng
1110 thai wa all day "Mitchell" I
said. "1 stop heio. '1 his Is tho ninsi
unueicsMiij, and, at tho samo time
mosi Ingloilous thing I ctei did ,
my lire Dumlllc is a si hool or phll
oh(iph coinpaied witli tho rool themles
put into piaitlie hete this mninlng.
i:tei one ot us Is an Imbecile, with
an liiihet lie's llluo in eveiy moletulo
or his make-up " Ho listened, hut
again tollowod Hiown, who was now
gaining last on us, and as In turned
a pillar gnl out nt sight entliol).
Miti hell did not go mom than a bun
dled feu when he stopped and te
tuiiied to whole I was standing, pro
tu tins no bleeding late with both
hands. When we met he n.ild, "Wo
hotter ro! then? Is evctv daugci line.
In all niv eipeilotiio In itilulng 1 never
felt that my life wns win th so little."
"If Hrown does not tcttiin soon,"
I siiRRosteil, "we shall Ret nut at
onto." "If it Is not already too lute,"
lip iinswpied.
Ihown wiis now "set oial handled feet
fiom us. Mitchell and I stood to
gether, .shielding out fines with hnlh
hands, fur the lljlng hits nf slim p
(mil wpio mil only dlsiiiilptltiR, but
posltltolv milint lug. I iiRulli snhl that
we should ho muting nut, or, at least,
to a pimp nf safety, wtieie we tutihl
await Hiowii'h tetlliii.
.With Mitchell it was a sIiurrIo for
mastoiv hetweeu Ills pilde and his
ItKlgmeut. While ho was dollbeiatlng
them was .i tieiucndnus, (leafcnllig
tush nf air tin iiiirIi the Riingway,
thinwlng us ronlblv off our fiet mid
iiRiihist a pile nf nmi hi the 10 id
Until IIrIiIh wpip put out. and the
hats liinwn off otu heads. Thai wiih
followed bj 01 ish aftei mih of tnof,
until the railing 101K seemed to ho
altnosi upon us. It was some time ho
roio elthoi of us was ahlp to speak.
Kem, or the sinoty nf death, at leist,
makes inwmds ol us all Kmuo men
may toll 1111 uthoiwlso, but if they
tell the Until thev will also tell toll
that of all the ctiiotlmitt nf this thing
wo call lllo, that nne whlih pitiedes
Riato danger, while theip Is still
hope. Is the most 0111 limiting and otei
powoihiR, mid the one whlih makes
ton Us slato at 0111 e.
Mitchell poko tli st, and said that
in gi oping nlioiil he Im klly put his
hands on nne nf 11111 lamps He then
tiled tu light a m.ihh, and tn 11111
disma failed. The ail was damp ami
hoat v Hint, and lot the Ihst time diil
Iv, the last tall hating otldentb
(haw 11 fiom the old winkings, fm wo
woie In the bottom tein Without ant
pi elimination wo Instintitelv began to
iiawl otoi the piles of (oil II111L liv
In the tond We silfleiod dltteilt with
tdo shooting pm tit Irs hum tho pillais.
An inanv times they (lit 0111 r.u os
doeplt and the blond oni d fioolv. Wo
inntlnueil in this ilpspoiato and dls
lieaitoning tat tn totie.it until we
pic'Miinod tn hate leaihed a pl.no nf
saletv, tthoio we inight await Hiown,
If he weio still nllte and alilo tn pot
theio
Hiown eamo in a half horn lie had
neither llgltt 11.11 laip Ills 1,110 ami
hands woie cut and dlooding, and do
onlj osiaped film tdo last fall with
his life. "It's all down," ho sililj
"notci li id sn ilnso a call in nit lllo.
J.ot us got out "
hi iho total diiknoss nui wat out
was ttdlous ami tli (lit ill t bet mid de
siiiptlon Wo had one limp, but tvo
failed in lighting it. Tlio damp air
altoitid the matt lies and mule It Im
possible tn ignite them bt hk Hun .Still
wo honed to follow the mad dt Keep
one foot nn the tall and by sliding It
alnng make what piogioss wo could.
Tint was ni.ii'tk'.ihlp, of (ouise. aftei
wo had passed the "wmkltig" pillais,
and nui passage was nn longer lei, tid
ed by fallen io.il Wo had motod in
this lnanuoi possiblv a ntiaitor of a
mile, when wo woie stopped lit' a
gloat olisti notion 1 iglit atioss the nnd
Hiown was lending again, and lie
lost lio.it t lor the ihst time, wlun
ho slid. "Wo .110 i losod in" Anothoi
tall had on lined shue wo had passed
theio in tho morning It time, ton,
without ant- w .lining, at Io it without
any 1 cubing us
'I lie end was siemhiRlj in nUhL now
Ahead of us, s(, tin as wo tniild loam
by (limbing tlio (ato-in. eton to the
eit innl, tho fall was loinplote. and
nui wat of escape whollt shut off
On the othei end of the gangwat, as
exploied lit Hiown, tho tall was so
oMeiisito lint it bioiihhi duwn (liam
beis and lieadlng.
Tho In a est ot us tionibkd. Death
was iiidisputablv iniiulnoiit, lowed
fiom anv side. Tine, wo had no gase
ous, air to ft, 11, tot the seam wo weio
In Is abot o tho lotol nf the soa, and
etoltes nn gas. No one siw us entei
hi4 the mine, and the (bailees of get
ting help fi om the outside, beiauso
of our failine to lotiirn, was too re
mote to contemplate.
hi maddening tear wo pushed be
tween piops and along tlio plllai, Innk-
111s iur 1111 eiiuanio lllln lllo all Wilt,
wlili h paiallols the headway. Hul
thoie was none. O111 inuditloii ih.il
lenges ilosiilptiou. Tho anguish of
mini! was quite sullh lent to diho one
ciay We got togothei mid talked
the tdtuatlnn otoi, hut thoie was no
hope, i:poi ionic was balllod, s, ind
ent natiiie ntoicnine. In niuto dojei -tion
piuh one stood alone, uttoilv
bniKen In splilt and .soueil wishing
the end.
And while we stood within the shad
ow, awaiting the nieniued blow, wliat
Is life, aftei all, I mused, Wink and
wony, disappointed ambition, bioken
hopes, a plate lor things tianslkny
and tain, somoilinos tdo ptohide to an
Ignominious end, ami alwa.ts tn that
long, last ,sleop, whkh (nines to us all
as sine as tho "otoi mil stincs.skin id
diy ami night."
Hut 1 nntked that as soon as we Inst
hope wo also Inst leai is that our
(owaidlco tiauslaiid Into our (oiuago"
Is the tiaiisltlou in emotions tho Inno
wdh h makes us tease to 11 inkle and
licinble and then Ills us to nioet do till
1 aim as the sunset hour meets tlio
gloom of night
It was Miti hell's toko thai now
spoke. "A tow jcais ago," lie said, "I
made a stall lor a mule otf this head
ing, and artPiwanls diote a hole I'miii
It Into the lop (lu im ah h s r,
tho west side or tho mail, and ir It Is
between the Jails, and I think it Is, we
can got thtoiiBh Ii and Into tho old
woiks and out In Hint wa "
Hiown wiib sutlw at nine, and louud
the hole in less than hall an h 1111 wt
hailed It with a delight that i.tn netoi
ho told. We sei ambled up the "gob"
and thiough the liolo Into the top oht
Onto tjieie, though In tlio daiK, we he.
lieted it possible in leach tho outside
Wp had not walked Im when Hiown
phkod up two pkses or slato and
nibbed them tngethei until thej In -lame
waim He thin placed niatihcs
on one piece, dilng them, and soon
gitlng no light
1 cannot glto ou a lco idea 01 tio
aluo or that light, not tan I hnpicss
ou with iho happiness and (oiiiidomo
it Inspiied, whom all heroic was d
spah and conji'ctiiie Tlieic Is, home
lluies, an elnqueme In slleme, whlih
neither woids 1101 ait can stiito tot
suiiessriilly.
Both Hiown and Mitchell knew the
ionise wo had tu rollow. It leiiuliod
setcial hums tu lr.ub tlio "mmiiii "
Wo wue osliattijted, but happy in the
nsstiiiinte Hint We wrie slllt nllve after
our rem fill expel lent e "' tlin t day.
The sttokp of midnight wim iltiRlng
when wo touched mtlslde. 'I'he sky,
clear and IiiIrIiI. was tiamittll as a
iiimmih. The moon ttaccd a lumin
ous shari athwait the timnolV'mouth."
A hit or atlie iloiid, tenuous as a
shied, hung within the circle of sIKety
light. The ilcr, Just a rcw himdted
rcet nwiiy In the valley, snug ltn iilaln
tltp mniioltine, nnd Rate me n mel.tn
clinlv reeling like unto that of some
limits heroic, when 1 stnml within the
gloom of death and fmiclt'il tho Illicit
or eternity's calk
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THEATRICAL.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ATTRACTIONS TODAY.
t Mil n 111' Ml sit
.Mliliiutii mil nulil
' lnliiii r-iinl-Viii-".''
Thmsdny Night's Conceit.
A mosi Inioii'stlng iiineett will bo
the song 101ll.1l glton b.t the tele
biated biiltone. William hudwlg, 'of
London, l.'iiphmil. at the hcotim thca
Ho, iJeniiatloii day evening, May ".0.
Mi l.udwlg i nines to us with the cn
('oiseiuont of .soino of tho most le
iiowncd iniuhluns of Ihtiope as being
a 111 11 11 of idle attainments and hls-
ti Ionic ability hi the (lassie ait.
laidwlg Is not onlv an tutor
siiigoi ol Wiignci's Idles, but
made an enviable icpututlou im
coin oil stiif-o with his aillstlu
.Mr.
mid
has
tho
and
sublime leadings of tho lhigllsh ballet
and I1M1 folk hue.
Mi. laidwlg will tcpeat at the I.t
lellin, Deem itlon evening, the pin
Bimiinic, whkh was so piithuslasti
nillf leioived Inst Monday night at
the Cnimglc hviouni, Now Yoik city,
among the pations and patinnosses of
whkh weio the leading eltioiis ami
soi let v ladies nf that (lt.v, nnd Mi.
l.uilwig coming to our 1 Ity upon this
ileigt, the piess, Knights of Coluni
iilispk Inns od.isinn is indoised bv the
bus and his unmet mis admlreis
Ihioiighout Xoithtastoin 1'ennsjl
tanla, PLAYS AND PLAYEHS.
Vlnt nf tin ,hH tthlrli lino 111 11I0 1 Int in
lt Veil, till' Ht tlllltll (till Io (lllltflllKll 1-4
mil ttliHtii'iH fir li' oirlt nll nf notl si 1
sin, 111 1 Iln si it , mi Into slioiii tlunin will
not i n ir 111 nut il On until iflu tlio holiilif.
sn, h fnniitr'. h ' tlio 1'ilno if t lie Miu."
".Iiline ti roilitli," "llio 1 iiml 01s " "Whin
Kltiulilliootl Wis hi liiwrl," "lotoi'i 1 mo,"
"Mi-lics Nill" 'On the ijuicl," I u-t Itltoi,"
"I iil liu Im!.'," "VII im iiniiut nf 1 Im,''
'lM.il II in in' in I Mnilir lui lliis," lno
ill hul n" linn nun in Nn VoiK. mil iiin.t
if tin m wilt l, now to tlio tnuntr. it liif.'e, or
ill li il tin .ii it i I nt if il.
4 Ii 1 1 Io- 1 r. hio ii - itinliti linn of ' Hit I, m ii t "
it tin I in j 1 1 nun-, to nn mil llmo on s. unt
il it on nut,;, Inn, 1 Iln pifto Iih In on ro
n irkilih sm.orul nut Mi, Irtliniiii lis. In, n
Iriintii i imol loiiiiuis with iuiiiiuiih in
IS -t ii. I'liilnlil,ih mil l Im ii.ii, hut in innl.l
nut ilo sn Iho 1 1 fti-.il nf tin uiiiiiiri In,
siniliil llic i nntiiiu itmu i ( llio iih iiticiiul il-i
t iinniMil I r ii. Ion tnur, whlih woiiltt lnio hern
in uio Willi tlio -if -t nt t i-l VIKs It r.-io Miltt ml,
MiiiriiiL iu-Iiii Williiiu I i v 1 1 -It tin nut ( I111I05
II11I1111111, Ilo sin., would nn (liitilit lute 011
j toil tlio ilt 1-0.1 in, lut tlicitnr it in in igci4
ne tin itut il 111 linens nmi must line tin. 11 w 1.
Ilu jinios lie t cmtr nllirnl for new anil oru
llnl ihi4 now i ihf, im) tlio Mipplt 1I1 os 11 it
111 n lv oiiul the iliiiiiml VinolU Ilinsliim h
nil 10 Into otteir.l SI11O11O (o i pinmiutnl nullior
for 1 in w pud- suit il.lo for iter compaia Win
V Hi 1 It i-, willing tn imtst to ativ ctlont 111
iiiw tnur-! until ho mi 11104 tlio nvht one for
ruo (!(oio, wlio h to pi it tin cc month. t
llio lluitrt llipiitilu host -oi.oii lie ilioult
his j 111 li - il too, ttliidi 1110 liktl.t to lie in.
iiiliil liming Ibis nig il.1 im nt
Out of tho 111 i-t niiiu.ing lull Ir -i(ui -1 pioiluuil
tins .oi.iii 1. sini m llic ot 5.rk Hit llio
"I hi Mug ( irmt il," 1. it 1. nihil, is fiom
lllO pill Of SUM(l 0. ,, hi, U, ,.C In
llililwin s,Mne l0 pi o( tlf, U,e tllt
lu. 11111I0 iln ( mho finious for ton umlor
Iln lulu ui.ini,tuii nl mil wis prniimttl Willi
Hit s.iiiii Ini.hiiifs nmi kilouliwnpli 11 Im
i Initio lint 1 hu Htninl tho liiiihhiios nt lint
pliilioii.c Vnil not ilono is a putti, Inn. n
1. 111111.1111; i-, 1 11I1 rl'iiiniii: is will, Mr Hi. 11
Mil ti ok Ins iliinitriH fiinii liu intie hi int
Mtiossiul mil pnpiilir pin-, iuli is "Win n
Itiiiklillionil Wis 111 I town," 'In iho P1I110 nf
liu hinu," ' t 111I01 two Ilius," Iho ( liniliii."
mil om nr ln . it li. i - itnl iliiilul it iln nui.tt
Io mit tin 111 up mil iiu tin in w.ll, in I nits
tlinn ho 1II1I It wis like 1 Imnilik tilt nn, jit
Willlll pit l-lll- .'HI, I llltutl-lllt
TOD SLOAN.
Twenty-eight Yenis Old nnd Eains
SI 00,000 a Yem.
VH111 Sti,irr. in uii.lt, -
.lames Todhimtoi slum i. 1.1I...11 .,11
In nil, as the best Jnikcj of the Amerl
1 1.1 tit t todnj. -Votwlthst.mdlng his
egotism, luiiiiipii agtoe that he has
done most tn lovnlutlunlo the ait of
ildlug rioin ai Kokouin, 111, In Au
gust, 1ST,:, and i.tlsod by to-dei paionts,
he begin to 0,1111 his living bv intuit
ing balloons tor a piolosslomti m'tnii
iiut This biisnoss bo rollowed until
ills biiithei put him in a luilnsr stable
nl r'ltPhlo, Coloiado Ilo wmked as
stable hot- Hu 00 joins, show lug hucI)
1111t111.il talent fm ildlng that in 1SS9
ho I'ltined a mount on llio .Vow Oi
le.ttis ttailt Ho llnlshod thlid on a
Htubhoin hoi.", whkh -was icganlotl as
a wni thy elf at. especially when the
nwiKf k amed that Sloan had pluiatod
the In die by reullng liliu enitots bo
Tvi" llio laco
Sloan gfto evideiuo then of a halt
that ha. v.til mivod hint in his call
ing, naniel.t, kli dness In diimli animals
anil a thoiough aiipieilatlon of their
ii'itino, "When Sloan oniois thu pad
doi K down lioio," a ti iilnor- at Slueps.
head llav told me, "and speaks aloud,
biases that ho has omo ilddon leing
iilto 1,1s tolto and tutu to look in his
dhietlon."
"A good lino liniM " s,ts this
lent lied oiith, 'Is the best judge ot
hiinia 1 eh.uactei. lie knows: )nu hot
ter th in -'on lwi'v him "
Sloan is live te t and tluco-iiuai tins
of an Inch In lie;l I, has a ihest uicas
mciupiit of tl'IH s Im lies and tveais
a seven and lliteo-(iuii tots hat. io
In fond or line ( lollies ami big, r.it il
gai.s, makes as mm li us one bundled
thousand ilnllais a eai and sponilK
money iieel.t. While tiding Tor Au
gust liohuout at Mitatoga one season
lie engaged a lilty-dollai suite, of mums
at the (hand nlmi lintel, ami was
( ninl'ni lalily situated theio when All
Itelniiim lilnibflf at 1 It ed, aiionipauled
h) his wire
How mm It Is this unite per da '"'
I'D luked tho cleiU, pnintlng to the
dlagiam.
"l'oity doll.it s,' sit." was the leply.
"Oh, too much! too mm h!" cMiaimod
the iiittlti-mlllioualio. Milve me some,
thing iheaper. How about thut onoV"
pointing to tho adjoining iip.iitmeuts.
'That's lllty dollais," said tho cletlc,
"but It's occupied "
hooking over the leglster, .Mr. Uo
mcnl saw that the ocuipants weio
".1 Allien Tiidhuulet Soau and vnlet."
"Well," he deckled, "1 Ltess. xH take
that rotty-dollar suite."
JONAS LONQ'9 SONS.
HX'VNVA
Jonas Long's Sons'
Great Sale of Muslin Underwear
Begins This Wednesday Morning, flny 29," 1901. Weeks ol careful preparalion have been
necessary to bring this Clrc.it Sale of Muslin Underwear up to its present completeness. Kvery
garment will stand the most rigid examination. During this great sale you can count on buy
ing the very best goods at from 10c to 50c less than you will pay at any other time. The win
dow display will give you some idea of the good things that await you on second floor.
Notes About the Store.
The entire store system is at your servic every day. During this Great Muslin Underwear
Sale extra salespeople will assist in making your shopping easy. All goods delivered free of charge
Muslin Gowns
For a Medium Grade Gown this is better
than the best that you can get at any other time.
It is made of a splendid quality of muslin, has
tucked yoke; some are made in the Urn- .
pire style. Sale price 4yC
Muslin Skirts
This is one of the newest ideas in Skirts. It
is made of fine quality of muslin, has deep cam
bric rulfle, cluster tucks and is trimmed Q
with torchon lace. Sale price, each.... yoC
No description that we could give regarding the following values can equal the price quotation.
We'll simply give the details and let the price do the talking :
Corset Covers Made of a
nice quality cambric, nicely fin
ished flat-felled seams; come in
high neck and square neck.
Two only to each custom-
er. Kach 5C
Muslin Chemise Made of
nice quality of muslin, trimmed
with lace. Only two
to a customer I yC
Muslin Drawers Nice qual
ity muslin, cambric ruffle' hem
and stitched yoke.
Each 25C
The above price list is only a brief outline of many styles and qualities that will be offered
during this sale. Some of the very finest lines of Muslin Underwear, ranging in price from $1.50
up, will be sold at a substantial reduction from regular prices.
Jonas
VERACIOUS
WHITNEY
BUDGET OF NEWS FROM CLAS
SIC SUSQUEHANNA.
Reflections Apiopos of Mcmoiial
Dny Fisheimnn Catches an Eel
nnd the Eel Catches a Tuitle.
Belled Heion Seen and Heaid Near
Stmiucca Newsy Peibonal Gossip.
Bpfdal to tin- "ennton Tribune
SllMlltolmmi.i, II. iv 20 M011101I.il
tln will In1 littltiKlj ob.eii;tl llitoiiKli
out Siisiiioli.iiina count v. lio--e p.it
tlotlc people noser roisot its pan lot
ilo.ul. li Is roi ttin.ito, liowmoi, that
tlioio U a (iiand .1111v post in ncaily
oeiy town and township, to t.tkf
cliuiKV or tln .sail ami solemn sei s ices
ol the site 1 oil day.
Hut thoie will como a day when the
fii, mil Aimy ot the Republic shall
hno ciossoil tho Imiinil.uy or the 1111
illsomoioil (onntiv. Shall It ho thou
that those whom wo to-ilay lonioinhoi
.so Kiatelull shall sloop In IoikoUimi
Klines. The thought .should kIp us
pause. (In us who mnv sinvho theio
lit dcolo the sue 1 oil duty to Ktiaul
IliPlr moiuoi Hill. Almp tlioin this
llav lot lis pledge ulll solves to the
. olonin tiu.sl.
"Lot the hells toll, nmi while wat ill
iniisie swells ,
As lot one day the thought or all
the nasi.
H all those mummies 11st,
Come hail; ami huiiiit us with
Its
masks .spoil.
Htlnir tloweis once itRiiln,
And stiow with li.iKi.uit. lain
Oi llhu.s mid ot roses white nnd iod
Tlio dwellings of our dead,"
.11 ST SAID ASIDK.
Tor a pU tine ot abject shame
Htuilv the lain or n pus: iIor that Is
lulllK lid IllimiKli the Hieoln by 11
dlldo.
Homo men me I10111 stiiKt, othei.s
inilllle 11 plme niuoiiK' HllUois, whllo
otheis hno .stiikes tin list upon them
The woman who UKes tn lioitt hoi
.self tulle .should lm. a phniingi.ipli,
No matter how bad mid ilestuii the
a bo may he, he iinely hoiomes mi
dOKi.iiled 01 loses Ills soll-iospoi l as
to tin on mud at n ciictiH pnstet',
A llalliocK boy loiently liiiiigod
liluihelt boiaiisu homohody toiind
rault with lllli). That hoy was nesei
lima to ho 1111 oil Jim ,
Onn thing nt Niiali must he said,
.Vol will tlio tllllh bo Mi allied
"Without iloitht lie Knew enough
To go III when it tallied.
NIJW.S MATTinttf Cl'ltlMINT.
Itliliiml t'onuoi, a well knou 11 Kip.,
iliiohuiiiia ball 1 1 . 1 e 1 , will pinli.ilil
Join the I.OHui.shlic toam.
Thoie iMi't the .sign or 11 iliango in
the lotal liihoi loiiteutioii. Thoie
Isn't the .sign or 11 .settlement In sight
tiiid mine's the pity 01 It'
Miout tit n 011 nion-unlon sIimiircih
iniiliiieiHPil woik lu the I .'lie holler
bliop 011 .Monday mninlng.
Tlioio me now about one bundled
iioiF-itiilnu men in the bullet hhop
I'lliicipal II H Ointts. nr the Oak
laud High M-linnl, will dollei the Mo
liioilal day iiddiei-s at Noith .Imkholi.
husiiiehiinua'(s latest addition to its
uy Itugo list of li.iteinal soilotle.s lb
IMstcr 1lly lodge, No f.l, 1 lilies' Au
lllaiy to Uio Uinthcihood ot l.otomo
the riiuuoii.
XntwitlistaiidiiiR the il.unp fcipou,
iiiiito a nuinbof of HiiMuchaniid conn.
t raimcis ure toning thult wild oat3.
srorTc Newa mom
MUSLIN UNDenWKAR OEPAnTMBNT,
fluslin Drawers This draw
er js made of a nice quality of
muslin; has a deep hem, cluster
tucks and yoke band. Two
onlv to each customer. .
Hac'h 14C
Corded Chemise Best quality
of muslin, corded band;
all sizes 25C
Muslin Gowns Made of nice
quality of muslin; it has tucked
yoke, cambric rulfle, good length
and width. Two only ,.
to a customer OUC
Long's Sons
Q. A. R. Suits
For Decoration Day.
Our line is new and complete.
The best goods in the market.
PURE INDIGO DYE
ALSO A LARGE STOCK OF..
Motormen's and
Conductors' Suits
We can give you a perfect
fit and guarantee the quality
M. J. HORAN & SON
324 Lackawanna Avenne.
A pau or imiocii-ls, en 1 onto I111111
Poopoi.siowii to I'liesapoako Mm,
passed down tho ,siisiiiohiiuna on Mon
day. .MATTi:ilS AND TIll.NUS
While a Susquehanna tlshoiiiian was
angling mar i,auonboio on hiimlio, ho
pullid in a lingo eel Clinging to the
lish was 11 huge till lie, nnd both woie
hauled into the boat The till Ilo had
iiiiiiinoiuod to hw allow the eel, ami
lather than lose his pio, he had pel
niltted himself to be hauled into the
lni.it
The ruinous "boiled hoi on'' was seen
near stamina 011 Mouda A small
lioll Is all. u lied tu the link or this
giant hliil, and, as it moos thinugh
tin air, 11 woitd sound Is pioiluityJ. Sit
peiHtitlous pi opln belles t that tile hint
is 11 Imei illliun nr W.ll, pesillouio mid
rmnlne It lsits this soitliiii about
nine lu tin 00 joins. Its r.loilte
haunts .110 i'ontisjlMiiiia, A'ew .lei.se
anil l)tlawme lluw the hell became
.ittiu lictl to it is unknown
As day picss 1 1 .tin Nn I was passing
our tlio gloat .Staiimea l.tduct at
l.-iliesboio 011 .Monday iirtoninou, 11
lady passengoi popprd hoi lienil out or
the window or the to.uh mid leinmUeil
toafelluu passengoi "The late 15a mil
Talor w into that this was the finest
lilt orsccnoty Ijotwceu tho Hudson and
tlio Rient lakes. U is exquisite ."
Jitbl thou lift" raise tootlt tell out or
lict muuth mid to thu giouml, leully
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2Q
tAWSVSiM
Muslin Drawers
This particuler quality is made of a
fine
quality of muslin, it has a cluster or
tucks and deep rulfle of embroidery, .
Sale price 49C
Muslin Corset Covers
In two styles, the quality of the muslin is
especially good; some are made in the French
style, others are trimmed with deep
embroidery, all sir.es. Sale price 25C
Skirts The fabric is extra
fine, the skirts have deep um
brella ruffle, "it is trim-
tiiArl ilMtft lii inA Io-
insertion , 9oC S
downs Fine quality of Mus- I
lin Gowns, made in French
style. Some have got flul neck,
trimmed with lace; others are
trimmed with embroid- 0
ery and insertion yoC
a liunili oil toot below, ami shn Instant
lv Inst all intei est in magnificent fiein
01 and bills or r.ne. To her, it wai
a da fm niomoiy and foi teats,
ri.OTA.M AND Jin'SAM.
The Uclauaio and lliulson company
is still liiiinov iner Im .Vinos ah hianch.
The l-Jile and the Ddawaie, Luckn
wiipua pud Wostotn 1 otitis, .no tun
mug OolMit tiaiiis 11 mile long.
1'eoplo hoioabiitits who havn gone
to the I'au. American, advice their
lilcmU In go latoi 1111 neM siimmot.
lint kal'ellei has, as u, in.nln no
efluit in stoop up the nil Held nt
I'laiiklin roiks, this initntv, "Uocky"
is la.xlug low rnc spilulei.s.
Il.ufniil Ins one or tile most Hie
tewrul 'igilt uliinal sotletlos n ih
stale, and ii lias lies or had a. lints?
ti.uk.
'I hi en 8usiiiehaiiua toiinty 1 111 net
Luntls lime blow it thomsolves nut.
IlallMcatl is Imlldlng n steamer to
plj on tho w Ucis nr the i.iglngr Sits,
ijiit'lmnna.
'llio m.iJniltv or the Uilo's oinisnn
ti alius next slimmer win uin to Hur
ra io
The stoio that iloem'1 mlvcithc,
like lltioch Anion, "sees no sill rioin
da) to tla "
r.umiii llutl it un-hl and tttiro.
mailllt 'WOlk to woa.' tllbhoi bonis inrl
i..n 1111 tinibiolli whon they plant
iniuim" me rarmris mi is both
huitl and a muddy one 'Whitney.