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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1901.
IRAILROADS .
i -' ? OF FLORIDA
THK BNTEBPBIBB OF THE LATE
HENRY B. PLANT.
Sketch of the Career of the Northorn
Man Who Enjoyed tho Confldoneo
of Jefferton Dawis-Florida's Pros
ent Prosporlty tho Beault of HU
Enterprise Tho Oreat Bailroad
System, Palatial Hotels and Other
' Features of Intorest to tho Traveler
and General Reader.
Written for TJie Tribune
THE state nnd peninsular of Florida
teems to be grldlroned with mil
Vajj and sun minded nnd divided
by steamboat lines, mnlnly owned and
developed by the great "Plant ' nnd
"Flagler" sv stems. All thee systems,
Including the "Seaboard." with lti I'.f.no
mllfh of glittering steel, heretnfol e do.
scribed, opeiate solid limited l'lllhnan
passenger trains t their destination
nil through the state To the two
multl-mllllonalrei!, Henry H 1'IhiU nnd
Henry M. Tlagler, mote than all other
sources combined, Floildii owes her de
velopment and piosporlty today. The
"Plnnt System," whlrh Is the ploneei
one, traverses the wt side of the
peninsular nnd state The "Flagler
systenT'on the east const, both having
blanches connecting on the backbone
of the penlnnlar at Panfoid, besides
there Is water communication li the
noble St. .lohn s liver from Panford
to the Atlantic, JM miles The 'Tlnnt
System," the pioneer, was followed In
later ears by the progressive Fl iglor
System. In the late for lommcutal
supremacy each has home stiong
points and advantages over the othei
Good naturerl llvaliy, the character of
which promotes ImpiovenientJ", is no
where better Illustrated than among
the management of those ,sv,stPitis
They live In an atmospheic of busi
ness enteipiise, push and it spnnslliil
ity, that would stagger the slow, con
servative business man a generation
ago.
Till: PALATIAL HOTHI.S.
This letter will be devoted entllely
to the "Plant System nnd Its chain of
palitlal hotels" The "Plant Sjstpm, '
which begins as far west as Montgom
ery, Ala., and Chuileston, P ""., with
New York conmetlon, owns an I m
trols no less than two nunc i.illway
and steamship lines nnd brandies, con
necting with all parts of the count!
and Canada, tn conjunction with other
companies rompillng r.,-'n'i miles cif
perfect passenger service. In and about
the peninsular, etcndlng to lis chain
of eight palatial hotels, at Tampa, Bel
lealr. Winter Puk, KK.lniiiiec, Omln,
Port Tampa Inn, Punta Goid.i, etc,
the steamer.-, southwntd to Ke West,
Havana nnd .lanrilca, and eastwaid to
Nassau, New Providence In the Baha
mas, touching all intervening points,
to Pensacola nnd Mobile on the Ottif of
Mexico, besides, their steameis tun to
Boston, Halifax Cape Bielon anil
Prince Edward Islands in the Dominion
of Canada. The Flagler S.vstem, or
TJorlda East Coast railway owns and
operates and develops exclusively, the
peninsular on the east side With its
36S miles of new road and branches to
Sanford, etc, it traverses from Jack
sonville, southwaid thtough the fam
Monday Our Annual
Sale of Remnants
Averaging Less Than Half Price,
Dress Lengths, Skirt Lengths, Waist
Lengths and Children's Dresses.
Every variety of goods sold during the season, from 5c
Lawni to the highest grade of Imported Novelty Wash
Goods. For convenience we have arranged them on tables
throughout our department.
Table No. 1, at 3 Cents.
Lawns, Challies, Gingham3. Calicoes, Red Cambrics.
Goods range in prices from J cents to 7 cents. 3,
Sale price Ot
Table No. 2, at 5 Cents.
Dimities, Dress Ginghams, Silkolines, Outings, Crash-
t, Lawns and White Goods, all Sc to 10c goods. E-,
Salo price , , OC
;: Table No. 3, at 8 Cents.
, Batistes, Percales, Outings, Lawns, Dimities, Cantons,
Muslins, Etc. Goods worth from I3c to 15c. Qr
.Sale price OL
Table No. 4, at 12 Cents.
Silk Ginghams, Dress Linens, White Pique, Scotch
And French Ginghams, Japouettes, Mercerized
pioths, Lappets, Etc., 18c to 2jc goods. Sale m r
Pce lA2y
Table No. 5, Silks and Dress Goods
- - Ends of Silk, suitable for Waists and Trimmings,
Short Lengths of Dress Goods for Children's Wear and
Ladies' Separate Skirts and Waists.
Table No. 6.
'' Ribbqns, Laces, Embroideries, Braids, Trimmings,
Kc., Etc.
.MEARS&HAQEN
415-417 Uacknwannn Avenue.
ous winter resorts of St. Augustine,
Palatka, Ormond, Daytona, Rockledge,
ralm Beach nnd Miami, the southern
railroad terminus In the United States.
It also has steamer connections to the
Bahamas nnd Key "West. Havana, etc.
On thin line Is, also, a chain of pala
tial hotels, owned nnd operated by Mr.
Flagler, of "Standard Oil" fame, unex
celled If equalled In the world.
Hvery ttnvoler to the "land of sun
shine and flowers" Is dependent In
greater or less degree on the great sys
tem which controls the great railroad
and steamships In and about the
peninsula and any mention of Florida
and Its vvinler attractions, its resources,
etc., without reference to tho "Plant
system" Is like tho mention of a play
with the chief character omitted,
ENTEKPIUSE OF MR. PLANT.
The coming of Mr. Plant to the
Southern sitatee in 1S53, In seaich of
health for his Invalid wife, really
marker! the opening of Florida to the
northern people n& a winter icsort. He
came when access could only bo had
by steamboat up the St. John's liver.
Tho mild climate prolonged Mis.
Plant's life for year? He saw the ne
cessity of railroads In the state, nnd
commenced at owe rniichaslnp urock
In various tallroads In Florida Geoigla
and South Carolina, extending some,
widening the gunge of other, covering
Floilda on the west coast to Tampa
and Punta Oorda with branches over
the peninsula to Sanford, forming n
pei feet network of rnlliond develop
ment In that entire section. He also
organized the (list inn.il steamships be
tween Port Tampa and Havana, via
Key West, nnd ill many other wa,s
developed the countiy nnd tevolutlon
Ized the frici- of Nature an the went
coast. Mr riant has spent "more monty
and developed moie tetrltoiy In this
section than any other man in the
Union,
Without entering Into a stntlstkal
and technical detail. It may be said
that Mi. Plant stands foiemost as a
developer and a public benefactor,
above any man. He iepreents the
gient Industrial revolution which has
come over the face of the Southern
stitec, and which marks the sticces-s of
free over slave labor. AVhen he lirst
came here, he found tho South wedded
to a "slave laboi f-vttem " and the
foitj-tlve .veais of his life (until his
death In June lip) were pent here
In ninnssiiig n gieat fnitune and de
veloping the latest revenues of the
South Within that peilod ho saw four
million Mavrts emancipated, witnessed
the greatest war of modem times, nnd
piactlcnlly vvltneod tho blitlt of those
twin povveis steam and clectrlcit
whose combined fences have treated
new conditions of life, was an eve-witness
(through the courtfsy of Jeff Da
vis) to the teaiing down and the up
building of the Southeiti (.tales and
the adjustment of tin Ameilcan peo
ple to a new envlionment, nnd In the
great battle of rebuilding states and
indtivtilal llfo In the South, he stands
pio-emlneivt. That ho had faith In the
South nnd her possibilities, and her
gieattie.-s and coming glor. Is evinced
by the investment of hl millions thcie.
HAD CONFlDF.NCi: IN JEITERSON
DAVIS.
Of the many Incidents of his career,
I w 111 make mention of only one. When
the crash nine between the states In
lfil, that threatened the viieckago of
the business he had built up, Mr. Plant
with rare finnkness Interviewed Fiesl
dent Davis, told the story of his strug
gling venture, of tho Interests involved,
of tho necessity of tho business of
which he was the head to the people of
the South, and while boldly deflating
tint he In no manner approved of the
political movement which sought to
rend the, states, yet he sympathized
with the people and It was his desire,
to rernaln and conduct the business
ventures of which he was the head,
without prejudice to political or mili
tary movements. President Davis ad
mitted the frankness of Mr. Plant and
gave him a pass which entitled him
to niove hither and thither at will
through army headquarters or wher
ever else he pleased. I submit to my
readers, It Is seldom that any man
can carry such a mark of personal
confidence, but the Integrity of Mr.
Plant fully Justified the trust Presi
dent Davis placed In him.
This well known giant of the South
ern rnllroad world, the author of tho
great railway system, founded by his
genius, that bonis his name the
genuine bonefnetor of the South, has
created n. monument In the hearts of
the people, especially among his busy
Industrial army of nearly 15,000 men,
and, Including their families, nn army
of 00,000 people, miote lasting thnn
brasa or moie enduring than marble,
and tens of thousands of the South
bless him that he used and did not
bury his talents. An example and In
spiration to the rising generation.
Such a man needs fio eulogy. Ills
works speak for horn. It Is, however,
with pardonable pride that I can thus
speak of a former New Unglander and
my nearby townsman of the Nutmeg
state, w ho In early life was honored
for his big-hearted generosity, nnd as
we traverse the flowery state and wit
ness the result of his handiwork nnd
enterprle In the development of
Florida's resources, of factory, mlne,
forests, rivers nnd fields, besides her
ft ultn and flowers, vie are led to ex
claim, what a great country Florida
1st
Tun TAMFA PENINSULA.
Tampa peninsula Is simply Florida
peninsula In miniature. It Is surround
ed by Hlllsboro bay and liver on the
one side, Tampa bay the extieme
point nnd old Tampa bay on the west,
tint extends to the Oulf of Mexico on
the other. It Is divided Into three dis
tinct corporations, vlr , Tampa City,
West Tampa., Port Tampa City, with
three depots, thicc pnstofllces, thtee
telegraph nnd three express offices,
separate nnd distinct, all within nine
miles, and under the riant system.
Tampa, is the chief port of the penin
sula on tho Gulf coast, and Is undoubt
edly destined to be the leading com
mercial city of Florida. The bay Is an
arm of tho Oulf of Metoo, nnd nt the
head of It, foity miles from the CJulf,
Tampa Is situated. Tampa bay Is the
only body of water on thenvest coast
except Penncola bay, of suWcelnt
depth to admit large steamers.
Tho town of Tampa Is located In a
fertile and Intel estlng countiy sur
rounding It Ileie, cotton, rice, sugar
cane, 01 autre, lime, lemon, banana and
all the fi ults of a ttoplcal zone grow
In profusion Its seaport nnd mercan
tile value give it a prominent voice In
all matters of state, nnd as a winter
resort It Is not svirpa'ped by any point
on tho Oulf co-ist. It has a popula
tion near 25,000, with an electric rail
way system and water sstem, nine
hotels, Mx churches, thieo banks nnd
line mercantile houses und private ies
denoc!, besides several cigar factoiles
Clgar-rmklng Is the prominent Indus
try. Fine vitrified brick pavements nre
also found, with roads and drives un
excelled by any city In tho South.
State Commissioner H. E McLin, of
Florldi, s.iS In his report for 1900.
"The exports of Tampa for 1000 amount
to over twolvo million dollars ($12,017,
$65), nn Increase of $3,500,000 over 1S01
Tampa was only some $2,000,000 behind
Pensacola In shipments by water last
year, and over $6,000,000 ahead of
Jacksonville, the thlid on the list. In
coastwise trade Tampa was far ahead
of any other port In the state. What
Tampa will do with deep water can
readily bo suimlsed fiom these fig
ures." A steam car ride of nine miles
through n meadow coveicd with pine
tiees and cruh palms a foot high,
bilngs us to Port Tampa, the southern
deep-water terminus of the Plant ss
tem, which with the lapld develop
ment of trade with South America and
tho West India Islands, and the export
trade of phosphate and tobacco to Eu
rope, etc , has become a centre of great
activity.
IMMENSE WAREHOUSES.
Her nre the Immense warehouses of
the Plant system, some of which ex
tend out over the water on piling, the
bay Ul'lng- (shallow, and the whole
water front here Is lined or coveied
with myilads of clam shells. Ileie aio
laige elevators and sluites jun by
electric power, capable of loading Into
vessidp 3,000 tons of phosphate or other
flight per day. Steameis drawling
26 feel of water nirlve and leave this
port daily for Havana, Philadelphia
and New York. Steameis Olivette nnd
Mascotto make il-weekly trips, cnri.v
Ins the malls to Kew West and Ha
vana, with passengers, in 23 hours,
The Mary .1. Russell, a beautiful
steamer, was in port about to sail.
Formerly the channel, or lagoon, ex
tending from deep water to the docks,
was shallow, some three feet deep and
with tho tide, which Is two and n halt
feet nt the port, only craft di awing
five feet could enter through the so
tailed 'sand flat." Mr. Plant, with
his accustomed' foroMght and enter
pile, commenced ns a private under
taking tho famous "Dredge canal," to
foim a channel of JG feet In depth and
2nd feet wide At tho elevatots it Is
27 feet deep, Ono mile of this canal Is
nnde land canal, tho excavated soil
thiown up on cither side foims the
foundation of wharves and rnllroad
sidings a mllo long This ditch cost
one million dollars One Uiedge ma
chine alone cost $1,000,000. It took
three years to complete It and now
Port Tampa Is adequate to accommo.
dato the largest steamers and vessels
aflont. Port Tnmpa was the point se
lected by our government for mobil
izing the Cuban army of invasion nnd
from here departed tho new world's
armada to rcplaco the flag of Spain
with tho stars and stripes on Morro
castle, where it will remain and float
forever.
Around her was pitched one of th
largest military camps, and no les than
18,000 soldiers embarked from here.
At one time eighteen transports were
being loaded nine on each sldo of tho
canal, within tho mile limit. Tho
transport Mlnnewasaka, alono took a
complete regiment.
The fishing1 nnd fruit Interests nt
Tampa are extensive nnd from its
wharves steamers sail dally to St.
Petersburg, Manatee, and other places
along tho Oulf coast and return laden
with ttoplcal fruit, cabbage, etc., for
the northernmarkot. Herearomanyre
FTtH accessible by steamer, where the
l of Ashing may be had "Wild fowl
no ' " plentiful In all these Inlets.
Rlpht . bay, you can s,hoot wild
du.i nio nnd quail yhlle Spanish
mackerel, trout, bass, 'angel fish sheeps
heads, are caught dilly during the en
tire year, rllver king or tarpon nre
caught hero In summer. Ono was
1 caught by Wr Plantt Ap.tU tf4 1697thAt
was fl feet 6 Inchen long, weighed 150
pounds, hooked with nn 18 ounce rod.
Here too Is the "pelican of the wilder
ness," can be observed in his pristine
beauty. Hero they nnd tho sen gulls
hover over the bay, even lighting upon
the piles nt the pier, so numerous nnd
tame some of them measure from five
to seven feet, tip to tip. They nre
only good to eat fish. They will go
threo dajfl without eating and when
hungry dive Into tho vvntcr nnd bring
up fish enough to last for days. They
nre a kind of "weather bureau," for
whenever they light on the piles nnd
wait, Its a sure sign of cold weather,
or a cold wave. Their skin Is full of
air cells, their hill, long nnd slender,
provided with peculiar nerves to seize
Its prey suddenly. The white or green
water near shoie Indicates ehallovv
ness. The blue beyond, deep water.
OUR INN ON THE PIER.
Mr. Plant recognizing tho necessity
of a first clnss house at this point,
built nn "Inn" on tho pier over the
water extending far out on the bay,
a mile fiom the shoie, which soon at
tracted the tourists whether enroute
to Cuba, or not, he came to It nnd to
day Its one of the best nil the year
hoptelrles on the coast. The pievalllng
wind Is southwist sfialght off the
Oulf. No dust, no flies, no mosqultos
no moqulto bars are used.
After a season, tho tourists coming
In such vast numbeia to the "Inn,"
to flsh, sail on the bay, nnd hunt nnd
enjoy tho salt sea air, It became neces
sary to build an "annex" In Queen
Anno style, which nlo stands on piles
over tho waters of the bay, with a long
covered way leading to the railroad
tracks. A delightful promenade and
lounging place for visitors. It has also
a concert hall. The dining room Is
glass on three sides, tho sash may be
opened to make It an outside dining
place. In fart all tho roms have win
dows looking out over the bay. The
Interior Is handsomely furnished with
divans, easy chalip, cantelnbra, vases
and piano. There Is nlo nn "old
fashioned fire-place," If one wn.s neces
sary In this genial sunshlno. One can
como her and lengthen out a summer
to twelve months, or twenty-four
months, for Its summer all tho time
Tho average temperature in winter 1
6.' degrees nnd summer SO degsoes .
Hero it is 12 degiees to 15 degrees
cooler In summer thnn Inland. The
"Plant sjstom" uses Artesian water
for lire protection nnd has n superb
fire npparatus that can deluge the
"Inn" In live minutes. For domestic
purposes they us distilled rain-water.
It has its own power houo. The
"Inn" Is under the same management
as tho Tampa I3ay hotel and Is kept
open the entire enr.
Tampa bay l a land-lock harbor, a
rare feature In most southern harbors
nnd has deep water. It Is about thirty
miles to tho bar, at Egmont Key,
upon which the lighthouse stands,
from ther the course Is direct to Key
West 230 miles distant, and a further
distance of 101 miles to Havanna The
"Plant schedule" Is so artanged that
Pteamois leaving Tampa, In 23 hnuis
will enter the beautiful haibor of
Havanna nt the signal of thesurlse
gun from Mnrro Castle. Touilsts can
also make a "vvlivter tout" of three
coutrles Florida, Cuba, nnd Mexco
over tho Plant sjstcm at n season
when the weather is delightfully
pprlngVlfko, with no suspicion of
winter and scarcely nn idea of sum
mer. Think of It, 36 houis fiom New
York to Tampa Hay; 21 hours Tampa
to Havanna; 48 hours ferry ride across
tho Gulf of Mexico to Progreo, Tarn
Pico, and Vera Cruz and railtoad to
tho city of Mexlca, return lall rldo by
Pullman cais to the Rio Orando,
through a country of tho grandest
scenic beauty, p.isclng cities nnd
towns, that were cities nnd towns 300
yeais age, ket new to the average
traveller.
Next week we will make special
mention of the famous and magnificent
hosteliy, Tampa Bay hotel, tho adorn
ing i row n of the life work of Heniy
R. Plant and the Plant sjstcm of
palatial hotels In Floilda.
J. E. Richmond.
Tho Railway of Mont Blanc.
I mm tlic Xcu" oi Shi
The helgth of Mont Rhine Is about
lb.000 feet. Ot late yens It has been
1 roposod to build a i.illway, with an
elevating shaft, to near to tho summit.
The work Is to bo done in three sec
tions; nn open-air i.illway, a lower
and nn upper tunnel, The first Is to
stilt near the Sallanches-Chamounlx
lino nnd to go along the left sldo of the
Aive valley to Tniouney, 1,100 metois
above the sei, where tho lower tun
nel is to begin. Tho engineers pro
pose tint It should run on tho left
slmio of the Tacouney glaUer toward
the peak Oros Ruch.ir on the Aiguille
(lu ouOter. Theie nro no insuperable
obt,icles to this work anil nt tho vari
ous jliues tho lino can sately be about
U'j miles in length, nnd end at nn alti
tude of .!,S4.i meters, vvhor a hotel will
bo erected, The upper tunnel Is to bo
In two parts, tho first under the T)onie
du Ciouter l'i mites long, ending nt a
height of l,"52motoi.s. Tho second part
will continue to tho Oie.it Plateau,
under ithp Rocheis des Rosses, und end
at the Petlts Rocheis rougues, 4,"0
nifties above tho sea Tho summit of
the Petlts Millets is 110 meties higher
and cannot bo reached by rail on ac
count of tho ice, but will be gained by
an elevator. The true summit Is still
J.O ii etres higher and must bo i cached
on foot, or else by rope latlvvny. The
"ost Is estimated at 21,000,000 francs or
say $4,2;o,000. Tho line will be an
electric cog-iallway and the power Is
to como fiom the waters of tho Arvo
It Is expectod that tiavellais can be
landed nt tho Algulle du Router In
July, 1S02.
Iodine in tho Human Body.
M. Rourget has detected the presence
of Iodine, not only In tho thyiold
glands, but also In the blood and In
in nily all the organs of the human
body. Plants absorb lodlno fiom the
toll, to which It Is brought by the
underground waters; herbivorous ani
mals take tho Iodine in with their
food, and man, In his turn, takes It In
with the flesh of animals. It Is elim
inated from the human body through
tho sweat, In the cuttings of hair and
nails and with excreted blood, &c.
Tho Chemical Industry.
The chemical Induntdn of the United Stain
have mads wonderful progreM in the patt few
fari. The value of their product In I'M), ac
cording to Mr. Henry llower, an authority on the
subject, waa one hundred and neventy-teven mil
lion dollara, an enormoui lncreae over Is A
and It i probahle that the figures for ItKV) will
fhow an even xrratrr train, especially thious'i
the utlllzitlon of by piodueti which former'y
were accounted of no value Tlili teems lo
how that the mvnufactiireia of tnli country rmy
In tho near future furnlh much ot the hlty
million dollar' worth of chemlcda now annual
ly Imported. Everybody'! Magazine.
Come 8aturday
And get the lowest priced footwear
In the city, Mahon's, 32S Lackawanna
ftxenue.
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SCIENTIFIC SALAD
"Inaccurate knowledge la a dangermu thlnj.
So In all thing let in be accurate."
Header! of the Salad would creatly aid me
In my tak hy .'hlnc qietlon (not ne
earily for publication), which If pmslble will
le nwered In full In an early Imii if trc
Wfeklj Salad and their receipt acknowledged
Immediately by mall All aneh c inmunlcj.
tlom mut, howeeer, aa a matter of courae,
bear the writer' correct name at d addrr m
an otherwlae they cannot be taken Into con
Ideratlon Tho Nocsaity for Experienced Cooks
in tho Army.
THE rerort of the lurncnn pcneral of the
army for the jcar ending June 30, 10O,
ahone, amonc other Interesting fncM, that al
most one third of all tho! aeeklng treatment
by army anrgeona were rafea of dlarrh.i
Varlv two thirds of the elck were aflllrtH with
malarli. lm than oneelxth were treated for
Injuries while only 21 '.0 admlwlons per l.nno
men ha I frunhot Injuries Thiia war would
aeem to have Its (trevteH dinger In mahrla,
then diarrhea, next In injurlea In no way due to
battle, and then, flnatlj, from injury In, battle,
of which only a email pioportion ended fvtnll)
Of all time caurs of alcknese and death none
la eo readily controlled a ia that ot army
diarrhea, Its cause U bad, nay wretched, cook
ing It la rnkele8 to telect only physically per
feet apeclmens of manhood for the armj, nnd
then ruin them with Improperly cooked fool
The licet prices are paid for the best food, onlv
to Imp It mined In the attempt at cooking If
each regiment hid Its quota of experienced
(ooke, there would be need of fewer nure
If camp drainage and the dlspoeal of waste
and excrement was attended to as etperlence
amply fhows that It should be, there would be
fewer cases of tj-phoid. Of what use ia It to
give a man an allowance of flour who ha.s not
the slightest idea what to do with itt Tills wa.s
well enough In bjgnnc class when we knew no
better, but it Is murderous to do so now.
Though our allowing ia superior In regard to
the health of our troops as compared with other
armies, past anil presmt, the fact remains that
hundred of Ibes were lost in our Spanish con
test, and many are still djlng, who could
all hae been aived to their country and families
bv the prictKe of a little- common sense
To banish diarrheal divue, which nffce'a
nearlr one third our troops In the flel I, let us
employ stilled cooks to rrparo tho soldlcr'a
food.
What a Surgoon Should Be.
A truly great eurgeon ihould perform all hi
work In a reallvs artistic minmr, a 111 tit? ex
perience will soon convince jou that the clean
ness with which an Incision Is made, and the ac
curacy with whlrh the margins nre subsequently
cnapted, hii an Influence on the raplditv of
union inl on the final reult of the operation
surgeon should attenl to his own instruments
The idea is aleurd that a person can possesa the
skill necessary to remoe a spur from the septum
of the nose In i workmanlike manner, and not be
ante to acquire the proper ue of his hand to
prepare his Instruments for their work o per
son should be allowed tn practice surgerj with
out first halng learned a mechanical trade
Journal Am Med Avn
Antidote for Formaldehyde.
Pr Lord save' Scleral eaes of poisoning
with formablehjde, taken bv mistake, hae re
centh been reported In view of the fact that
the chemical is coming Into more and more
general use as a disinfectant and antiseptic,
such cases will probable become more frequent
An easJlv accessible ind reliable nntldote is,
therefore, a necessity Ue p"iess such nn anti
dote in ammonia water Ammonli, combining
with fonnaldehcde, forma the harmless, non
caustic and nontoxic liexamcllivlenc telramlne.
which la a well known compound, and is em
ploxed therapeutically under the names forniln,
uprotropine, etc
Th ammonia ma be administered either In
the form of the ordinary ammonia water (a
few drops well diluted), or anlsated solution of
ammonia, or aromatic spirits of ammonia, or
solution of ammonium acetate, whle latter has
no caustic properties whatsoevre, and is equal
ly capable of combining with the formaldehjde
to form hexamethxlene telramlne ,
As finiialdehjde is used to a considerable
extent in the preservation of articles of "food,
nnp raticularlv in the presemtlon of milk, the
reailera of the Salad will no doubt appreciate
the fait that an antidote for fermaldchvdo ia
so easily obtained and roidv at hand
Dr A Phillip write to the lancet, rcfeirlng
to a inode of querwhing thirst by keeping a simll
round rubble In tho mouth Thirst disappears
nnd respiration Is diminished. Pr Phillip
states that he has gone as Ion; as eight hours
and a half In a broiling sun with nothing hut
dr. biscuits and cheese for a lunch, and at the
end of that time was not particularly thirst
An Endowment for an Institution
for Medical Research,
John L Rockefeller haa given $2oni(vio to
found "'The llocktfellcr Institution for Vlediral
Iccscarch " The gift ia not for nn endowment
fun, but for immediate expenditure Mr Rock
rfeller has for some time been consulting with
eminint medical men aa to the need of such
.an irhtitutlon and he has had the lest of ad
vice I acilltna foi criminal Imollgitinn are to
Ira prcvidfd, cspeclalh In such piolileins in meill-ci-ic
an! hvi'cni as have a practical bearing on
the proimtloii .and treatment r( disease The
first work of thoso connected with the institution
will be that of cooperating with the board of
health In studjing its work and the problems
confronting it, particularly that of milk supplv
Work of a mote ambitious nature will be I e
gun in the fall under the guidance of experi
enced Investigators
This Is one of the maiiv wjjs in which philan
thrope, cm rind vent .and can do mmh good fir
a much more widespread circle of snilciv than
the ual expressions for publlo benefit whlrh
cur multi millinnaires are it in the habit of
indulging of late
Tho Oldost Printed Medical Book.
Dr. Frederick P. llenrv, the honoraiv librarlin
cf the College of l'hvclciana of Philadelphia,
has the true scholar's ins'inct to range hlmsilf
among th" laudatores temporis adl In a to
rent address delivered before the Hook and
lournal club cf the Medical and ( hlruiKlra!
limit! of Marvland (Vlarvland Medhal lournal,
lime, lti), pr Iknrv stirted to describe the
valuable collection of Incunabula In tne col
lege library, but he became so much lntercsed
in one of thee old books that he very wisely
decided to devote himself to a description of it
alone To this fact we owe his most interesting
account of a volumn which he tell us Is reputed
t le the first printed medical book This Is
the Tiadatus do I'plilcmla et Peste, of Vnleecus
de Tarenta About this rue .and vmcrible tome,
which is one of the priceless iclirs of primitive
tvoogratmv. Dr Henry discourses in a mot
Instructive way This book was printed doubt
less lefore 1174, but, like the very oldest In
runabula, it is without date, and the proof cf
Its age is collateral. Its contents aic appro,
prlate to the present time, for It discusses the
plague (that perennial subject In medical liter
ature), and, as Dr Henry tells us. It is redolent
of the pact, (or It contains the ancient pre
scription called the "Iherlaea," which was com
poked of sixty or seventy ingredients. The "In
cunabula" are the boo'cs that were printed be
fore the beginning of the sixteenth century,
and Pr llenrv has doie well to Introduce the
patriarch of the bibllologlcai fold to a modern
and somewhat 'or"H it nedual public.
Load Pencils in Germany.
Under elite ot Maich 15, lr01. Ceniul Hughes,
of Ccburg, wrltrs. The lead pencil Industry In
Oeimanv la at rresent suffering from American
competition It Is alleged that our succeed In
this branch of industry Is mostly due to the
perfection of the machinery. Another important
point Is the fact that we have the best cedar
wood, which ia particularly suitable for the
manufacture of lead pencils, while the Oeimana
aie compelled to Import It and cannot get it in
sjich good quality. Numerous trials have been
made tn find another material which could take
the place of wood in the manufacture ot lead
pencils) metal tubes, coverings made from rolled,
comprised paper, etc. have been uied, but
none has met with success,
Speed on Electric Roads on a Gorman
Military Railway.
Consul Rtn'ral Mason writes tn tha State
department from Berlin that the recently pub-
liahed report that a speed or 123 an hour waa
AitUlned with ticctrUU power, en a CyroiAjt.jujt Mm in; r sMWsfr hZ
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
Our August Sales
Make bargains possible in every de
partment. Our House Cleaning Time
resolves itself into a Harvest Season for
the thrifty.
Our August Furniture Sale is attract
ing attention not only in the city but out
of it; and then there's the Semi-Annual
Sale of Housefurnishings, Hundreds of
little household helps are being offered at
reduced prices.
S
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PECIALSfor
ATURDAY
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$i s. For Women's High
1.00 Grade Oxford Ties.
Made of black vici and dongola
kid, made with flexible hand
turned soles, in the newest toe
and heel shapes. Regular value
2.50.
Q For Women's Black Kid
OvC Oxford Tan, a good
wearing shoe at a moderate price
$1 j-cv For a Boy's Shoe.
1 )) This shoe is made
with solids leather heels and coun
ters; for service they are hard to
beat. Sizes I2J3 to 5,
For Little Gent's Satin
y5C Calf and Dongola Shoes
with patent leather or calf toe
cjps and extra back stays, and
solid leather from heel to toe.
. ' Women's Oxford
p 1 .33 Ties just the prop
er footwear for dress, because
they are made of patent leather.
t For a Baby's Kid Shoe,
1 V C made with soft soles, in
button only.
Jonas Lods's Sons
rillwiv is incorrect The company, hlch is
to mike cvperiinpnta In f-cptcmber, appreciate
tint manv problems connected with moMire up
paritin and rolling stock mast be carefully
etudicil before vtry hlch speed lor electrical
cirs can be imde practicable
Director Itvthemu, of the Oeneral Electric
compiny, tome time ato had an interview with
Imprror Willinn, and it nj nirretM that the
milltiry rallniy lcidins from iertin to 7osen,
a distance of about 19 miles, should le used
for the experiment To motor cars villi be
usid, and each will carry about SO passeneers
Tin. preparations have been made In the ex
pectatlon of attaining a treed ot from 1-5 to
IV) miles an hour.
Cnnnot Dispose of Dead Body by Will
The tupremr court of California sin, In the
case of Knas v Snider, that the ccneral I.nalifh
nnd Vmencan authorities arc not sen satls
torj tearine on the contest wheie net of kin
on the one hand, and claimant under a will,
on the other hand, demand pofspsnn of a bod)
for the purpose of burjlmr It However, It
considers it quite well established by those
authorities that. In the aleme of statutory
prosons, there Is no propertj in a dead boclv;
that it is not rart of the estate of the de
eiased rerson, and that a man ann ot bv will
dispose of that which after his death will nut
lrfi his Petween neat of kin and an executor
or administrator as such, it holds that the
distorts of the corpse and the right of burial
beloiut to the former, and sus that It has been
ceneral declared in the American cases, that
tho riclit of burial ot a deceaccd wile or litis,
band belongs to the surviving spouse, and in
other cases to the next of kin, beinit present
and liavlnc the ability to perform the service
Vnder this same decision a person cannot order
order a post mortem examination of Ida bndv,
nor can he direct that his remains shall be at
the dl-pusal of science for the purpose of fus
therins scientific knovledsic.
Definitions.
I VTKNT III VT Tills Is one of those terms
s froipifiitlv met with In oi.r ordinarv readme
which, like specific cravitv, we are In the habit
of passim; over nnd allowing the term to leave
tie Impression on our minds that it means "some
kind' of heat (or klndl or chalorlc enerirv,
ns the lucid explanations of dictionaries give Itj,
whhli wo know nothing about The fait Is,
liowever, that a icrlain amount of heat energy
(clialorio force as it is called in phjsles) is
need up or given up ll, the process of change
of suistancea from one condition to another,
which atnoutn of ehalore isl not and cannot be
registered or indicated by our ordinary ther
mometer or heat measure In order to make
this rather obscure anl vet correct definition of
latent hat nure intelligible, the changes of
water into ice or stcim and back again will
sene as a most excellent illiitrtlon If wster
(at sei level barometric pressure) it lowered to
a degree of temperature, registered bv the ther.
niometer as l" 12 degirss, or freerinc point,
It will still remain liquid, but a soon aa the
pressure of the atmospheie is changed in the
ieast the water will cijualle Intra what we
call Ice, anl In dalne so will give up to its
immediate surroundings an amount of chaloilc
or heat, whiih has been ivlculated bv plnslclsts
to amount to about fil degrees of I ahrenhelt
scale thermometer This Is tn most of us un
intelligible nnd Incredible, hut such Is the ca'e,
and onlv bv corsldeilnj; In logical sequence the
opposite, via the c lunge of ice Into water,
which process demands again the heat energy
from Its immediate surrenndings, glvertup by
the "'lll'iid," water In the pror-ss nt crytialiu.
tlon into ice, vis ft degiees 1 , rin we ohtiln
an Idea of what latent heat is, although there
is no inilrument which can measure It for n
accurately and mideiltandinglv Tlr nearest
approach tn Instruments for measuring latent
heat are the family Ice cream freerer and the
condensor of the steam engtne
As it toolc water tn "give up" F. M degrees
of heat to become Ice and to take up the same
amount of chalnrio to be converted Intra steam.
It ia very plain that steam to be converted
Intra water again must hfl supplied with F 61
degrees of so, so tra speak (although this Is not
the scientifically proper expression, but ive
tha purpose of illustration better than tha
proper sclentlflo term would serve), by the cold
water In the condensor of the engine, and for
lea Ira be converted Into water (gain It must
bo supplied with 111 degrees p of heat from
somewhere, and the familiar process of making
lea cream, the meltinr Ice In the freeter takes
the 61 degrees of latent heat, not measurable
by the thermometer, from the mixture of cream
JONAS LONQ'S SONS.
Men's Famishing Goods
At reduced prices for Saturday.
Elastic Ribbed Shirts and Draw
ers, made up in the best possible
style, some are plain cream, oth
ers have fancy silk stripe blue
or gold. Regular price.
50c and 59c. Saturday, 0
each 3oC
Suspenders, 18c
For Saturday only. Every
thing in our assortment of 35c
Suspenders on Saturday for 18c.
Books
At special prices for Saturday.
,-1 For a nicely bound
1 XC cloth-coyered book, in
a new range of titles.
Copyright Books, $1.10
All the best new books will be
found on our counters the day
of publication.
Some of the recent titles:
"The Tower of Wye," Bab
cock; "The Crisis," Churchill;
"The Puppet Crown," Mc
Grath; "The Helmet of Na
varre," Runkle; "Juletty," Mc
Elroy; "Her Mountain Lover,"
Garland; "Jack Raymond," by
the author of "The Gad-Fly;"
"Every Inch a King," Sawyer;
"Heritage of Unrest," Overton.
At R1 40 "The Man
YL p 1 .tU Who Corrupt
ed Hadleyburg," by M. Twain,
and "Tarry Thou Till I Come."
broken Ice and rock salt, and In doing so causes'
that mixture tra freeze,
-Carl Seller, M. D.
MUSICAL GOSSIP.
Tho Pkanenteles, X T., Free Titsti
of Tuesday last contains the following
reRardlnsT a concert given In that town
by Mli Shear, rliughter of Mr. F. W.
Shear, of the Foote & Shear company
of Scrnnton:
"The concert jrlven by Mls Margaret
C. Shear nt I.esrfr hall, lat evening,
proved quite the musical event of tha
,pa.on. Tn the opening number, "Tho
Witches' fiance," MIf Stackus played
with her tiruinl eae nnrl good execution,
although parts of It were sacrificed to
the nole of the late comers, who
seemingly could not wait through the
number for their seats. Ml Irene
Kann nnd Mr. Olppel, of Scranton, Pa
ndded much to the enjoyment of they
evening.
"Mr. Olppel'a voire Is an agreeable
low tenor, show Ing good cultivation.
"Mls Knnn proved herslf no less an
artist In her accompaniments than In
her vocal numbers. Her voice Is of
wide range nnd unusual sweetness, her
upper notes being notably true.
"Mis! Shear first appeared with Dr.
Dufft In the duo, "Calm as the Night "
It seemed as if this must be the gem
of the evening, so well did their voices
harmnnlre, and sn well did they bring
out the theme, but later In the even
ing, when they sang "Passage Bird's
Farewell," they seemed even to stir
pas's themselves. Miss Shear's VOlea
has Increased wonderfully In tone and
range under the Instruction of Dr.
Dufft Retaining all her former de
lightful mezzo tones, ehe has Added
much to her higher range- and her
voice In some of the most taxing pass
ages rang clear nnd strong. The audi
ence seemed from the first to be hers,
and enthusiastically demanded a recall
for each number.
"In Pr Dufft the, highest expecta
tions were more than realized. Hls Is
a voice of wonderful power and sweet
ns. Ho Is nn artist with a capital
'A ' In fact, he's been an artist so
long, ho seems used to It, and wears
his honors easily. May we hear htm
ngaln.
"As n whole the concert waa a suc
cess from every point of view, and
tho audience enthusiastic In its pleas
ure and praise."
Mr Henry Hanshaw, who has chirje ef the
ran-amerlcan banda at Buffalo, iys that th
Ithaca band has made a bljr hit at the expedi
tion It is plajlng here this week In the TenvU
of Vf uslc, and will have a return engagement.
Immense crowds crush Into the big temple to
hear the concerts day and evening, and demsnd
encores for even thing plaved Sir Hsnshaw
said that the city papers honor the Ithsea bind
bj complimentary notices, a thing not done to
four' other bands nov playing here, and tha
the Pan amerlcan bands are very fast company
for each other W II Fhlffer. of Scranton; Tern
Jlowley and Oiarlea Totter, of Wilkes Bartf,
with the Ithsea band.
II II II
Robert E. Johnston, the New VorV impresari,
haa secured, tinder a three years' contract, the
phenomenal blind violinist. Wllllim Worth
Malley. Early next fill younr Billey will ir.
rive In New York, and soon after will bfada as
extended tour, visiting" the principal cities in
the Eist, South and West. Ills tour will bs
personally conducted br llaniger Johnston, who
has enjojed sn exceptional experience In hand,
ling violinists It was he who successfully man
aged the toura of say, Musln, Jauret, Mir
teau, Rlvarde, Huhermaa and ethers On his
first Amerlcin concert tour Billey wdll be u
ociated with Edward M. 6honrt. the brilliant
and scholarly piinist, and Elizabeth Kortaun
eh riistintrulsaeci Drima, stoonat
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