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THE SCIUNTON TR1BUNI3-H VTUUIUV, JANLAKV 18, 11)02.
&
THE DEACON'S
HOOT SNAKE
PECULIAR REPTILE THAT EX.
ISTS DOWN AT CHESTER.
Story of a Little Susquehanna GUI.
A Coflln and Tombstone Heady.
News Told In a Line or Two Ho
1 Got the Babbit.
SpteUl to (he Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna, .Tanuaty lfi. "Speak
ing of snakes," said u ft lend, a deiicon
In the Baptist I'liuroli, "Ihcto used to
he a sort of hoop snukr, down near
Chester, vvhete t used to live, that wan
a wonder. They were an playful and
tntuo as kittens. They hud one pecul
iarity which I noer knew of In other
Bimkes. They hnd n nolo in the end
of their tall through which they would
squirt water.
"One day my house, which stood
near the river, caught flip. No soon
er had a bunch of these snakes seen
It than they rolled down to the water.
Oiip "stuck his head Into the water
and the lest joined on until a stiing of
them leached from the water to the
house, in a shoit time the stiemn of
water they threw on the flames put
It entirely out. I never saw such a
thing befoic or since."
PAKAGUAPniC PICKUPS.
A nuinbei of gentlemen, who me al
ready named In Connection with sul
nr.vess and almost honoilesn boiough
offices, appear to be "In the hands of
their ti lends." Often times 'tis a veiy
snfe place In which to put people.
William 0. Day, of Gieat Bend, lias
been appolntPd dlstilcl deputy gland
master, F. & A. M.
The Oakland Water company's mte
slnn well situated In close pioxlmlty to
Its "Westfall aenuo icseivolr, is spout
ing water at the late of twenty bairels
an hour. The well Is 14o feet deep.
'Joseph Cl.nk, bonic ten jeais since
a Susquehanna nowfapaper mun, Is
now state seci etnry of the Ohio Sunday
School association.
The funeral of Mrs. David Wheeler,
a former esteemed resident of Susque
hanna, took place at Hoinellsville on
Fi iday.
The funeipl of Edward, the little son
of Mr, and Mrs. E. D. Bradley, foi
nierly of Susquehanna, but now ot
Coining, N. Y., took place this nttei
noon from the lesidence of Mis. M.
Cahlll, West Main stieet, in this boi
ough. Interment took place in LauiPl
Hill cemetei.v.
The common council of Montiose has
ordered all the dogs and cats in the
boiough quaiantined until further no
tice Why not make the order peiman
ent? SVMD I Oft THL SOLITARY.
CitMc, cackle, Pi) mouth TtocLs,
Ye cm have tljo wagon, Iiot,
'V (lie hmtlvdicuac, 'n the luin,
Take 'cm v f don't care a dam
Cickle, cdtkle nil the daj,
Who kin find a belter way
Tr (' cit nlieid igain
Thin t' cultivate the lien?
Cdtkle here an' cackle these,
Tiv joui cges Jurt atnnhcie'
rven lime vc lir an egg,
Down the moitgagc goes a peg"
Bird ot VmomUle
Eveiv man is leligious when he is
raied to death.
The longer a man is dead the less
positive his friends are that he is with
the angels
A man always lies moie 01 less,
whether ho speaks ill of a man or in
eompllmentaiy teims of him.
Life Is shoit only four lttteis In it.
Tlnee-qu.uteis of it is a "lie," and halt
of it is an "if."
A little Susquehanna, glil lecently
sent this Invitation to her fi lends to
attend a paitj: "jjy mother wants to
know if your inothei will let 3.011 come
to my paity. Satin day next, fioni tlnee
to sis-."
THE NEWS Gil I ST.
Mis. Alonzo Boyden died at liei home
In Oakland township on Tuesdav night,
lifter a protracted illness, aged SO jeais.
Theie will be a leunlon and 1 oil-call
or the membj of the Baptist chinch
of Susquehanna on Wednesday nftei
noon and evening, January 2.' At :i 4T
p. m. Ttev. M J. "vVatklns, of Ilailstead,
will pieach. At the evening sen ice,
Bey. II. J. Whulen, D. D of Cnibon
dnlo, will pi each. The chinch hopes to
raise $100 at thi seivlce.
Nicholas iDuRois Chase, a foinier
.esldent of Hallstead.is dead at Easton.
He was a member of the Noithuinpton
bir nnd a member of the common coun
cil of Easton.
The Eile officials and Biotheihood
grievaiicf oommlttcp .11 p Mill in New
Toik holding a conference ielatlp to
making up a stunduul scalp of wages.
The confluence will piobably Inst moip
tliou a ween I.
Till'. STP.IPED HANDLE KIND
Last summet 11 Jackson tin nun con
cluded to put In a eiop of broom coin.
He wiote to the secietaiy of the htnlo
lion id of ngilciilttue, nsking what kind
of bioom coin seed he ought to sow to
reap the be.st lesults, "I haven't given
the bioom com question uiiitli
thought," leplled the secietaiy, "but I
would, advise ou to plant the sniped
handle hi and, as that seems to be the
best seller,"
COFFIN AND TOMHSTONE READY.
Jeiemlah McClaughnej, w'lio died 011
Saturday ut A cstel, had kept n cnlllu
nnd tombstone In lil hom-o fui twentj
flve ear. Althoush for yeais ho lived
within .1 mile ot the Laikuwumin
MHPHH
77
To knock out tho Gup, take "77.'
To bieak up a Cold, take "77."
Tu stop a Cough and soothe
the
.nest, tulo "77."
To cure Cutauli and clear the head,
nakn "ft."
To pi event Pneumonia and Mieiigih
en the lungs, take "7"."'
'o cmo Quinsy and heal the tin out,
take "77."
., To fe' becuie and keep well, bo pie
Jpaied for cmeigoncy by curiyliig in
yoiV pocket a bottle of "SEVGNTy
SVEN" "77"). Dr, Humplueys' Fnm
ouit Specific for Qilp nnjl, Colds. It
BtoVi 11 eojd ut the stmt and ''bleaks
up""vtVid ttut hung on
COLDS
'S
AN INTERESTING STORY OP
HOW SHE ATTAINED IT.
For a Long Time It Soemod That
Good Foituno Would Not Come.
An Apparent Trifle Biought
It About.
As with many other women, foitunc
tlngcied a long while befoie coming to
Mrs. Knowles. But finally a trifling
occurrence biought It to her. Mrs.
Teorgo M. Knowles lives at No. 10
Noith sheet, Poi tlntul, JIp and when
aieportor visited her to learn the facts
p! the case, she said:
"For a year niul a half I suite! ed
tortures fioin theuniatlsm, When t
nroo In the morning or when I got up
lo walk after t had been sitting down
for a while my joints becnnie stiff and
I could not move ei'slly ns I did befoie
the rheumatism set In. My feet ached
and I could not wnll: without limping
for some minutes after I stalled out.
It was very painful and interfered a
gi-ent deal with my household duties."
"How did you succeed In becoming:
cinedV" asked the newspaper mun.
"It was one of thosp apparently lit
tle things that biought It about," in
piled Mrs. Knowles, with a smile. "I
had been Ruffeilng- In this way for 11
year and a half when one day I hnp
peneil to pick up the paper nnd to see
an udvertlivonient or Dr. Wllllnms' Pink
Pills for Palo People. 1 nindo up my
mind to tiy them. When X had taken
one box 1 felt better and after 1 had
taken the pills for about two months
all the pain was gone. This wi's 11 jeai
ago and the rheumatism has not
troubled me since."
The above statement or Mis. Knowles
was swoin to at tile lepoitei's leqttcst
before Mai shall It. Pmilngtoii, notaiy
public, at PoitlHiul, and published In
the Espiess, a tellable newpnpei of
that cltv.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People will not only tine (uses slnillai
to that of Mis. Knowles hut, containing
ns they do, all the elements necessuiy
to give new life and llchness lo the
blood and lestoie shatteiPd nenes, they
have pioed efficacious In a wide lange
ol diseases. Tiny 1110 an unfailing spe
cific 101 buch diseases as locoiuolur
ataxia, paitlnl paialjsls, St. A'ilns'
dance, sciatica, neuialgla, lheunnitl.sm,
nervous headache, the after-effects of
Blip, of feveis and of other acute dis
eases, palpitation of the hem t, pale and
sallow complexions and all foinis of
weakness, either in male 01 feniule. Di.
Williams,' Pink Pills for Palo People
aie sold by all dealeis or will be senl
postpaid on leteipt of pi lee. fifty icnts
a box; fK boxes, two dollars and llftj
cents, by addtesslng Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Pcheueetadv, N. Y. Be
suie and get the genuine; substitutes
never cmed an j body.
i ricks, he never
nevei mauled.
enteied a iai. He
JCST BETWEEN I'S
A Montrose Sunday m hool teacher
asked a pupil. "Who loves evciy
body'.'" And Johnny answoied- ".My
pa, 'Cos he's lunnlng for olllce."
It Is an odd cii iimstjme that nr
mutter how low coal mav be. a mull
is alwavs backwaid about ?olng down
to biing a scuttleill mi
Gnls should look into the chaiiiitei
of tlieh sweethearts. Miinv little Halts
Will make It plain. If ne c onoinhallv
puts out the lights in the p.nlois, thai t
the sign he's t,olng to be close.
Aftei a woman passes 11 1 ei tain a,re,
fhe would 1usl js soon get mini led 01
Filday as on .1115 othei da..
The oiler of a bet is not an aiguniut'
In favoi of a polltlt.it belief: but It is
me Diuii 01 a man who knows .ill
about the "situation." but i.m't think
any of it. Theiefoie he bets.
-a husqiipimnnu pastor, on Sunday
night, pieadicd funn the tet "Wlm'i
Has Heeome of Hell.'1 W luven'f
kept much lab on it, but tlu-io aie
evidences that some or-it still leiiiiilm
heicnbouts.
IN A EINC OK TWO
In St. Paul's iluucli, New Yoik llv.
Jan. S, William Hniwnth, ol Xew
Yoik, and Miss Saiah A. Oiaham, of
Stih(iuehanna, weie united in inaiilaso.
Mi. and Mis. Hawoith left lor Lon
don on Satuiday on the Minneapolis.
Mis. Joseph Accioslna is suffeiinrf
fioni a Haetiued hip.
The death of Katie, the -pe.ii-oM
daugbtei of Mi. and Mis. M. J. Me
t'aithy, foimoil of Susquehanna, le
cently look place at Xliullngton
Gospel sei vices .still continue at the
gospel mission in the Bi.indt block,
Consldeiable Intel est is being mani
fested. The bans ol
Maigaiet Ban
fioni the nihil
1 lunch
John Smith and Miss
have been announced
of St, John's Catholic
HE GOT TEE IIABDIT
Chin ley floss, of Huinwood, had .1
queer exppiieiue with a rabbit, a lew
clnjs since. He was out hunting near
riddle Lake and practicing with a le
volver and he tan onto a due l.ibblt
at sueh close quaiteis that the
"eietui" didn't have time to run.
Charlev alined his lovolvoi at him
and shot slv times. Evmy tinip n
shot was (lied the inbblt would sneeye
and pull his head back. Not a shot
touched him. This nmdn Charlev hot
and he Hung the levolver at the inb
blt's head mid killed it. Chin ley will
uso a double shotgun heieufter.
Theie was 11 "qulpt wedding" In Sus
quehanna county on Tuesday, Roth
the liildu nnd the btlde-tioom mo deaf
nnd dumb
The coin ciop was ne.st lo a falluio
In some portions ol" Susquehanna coun
ty last season, and n ninghuiiiton
Miiimmoi" .says he ute tho masting
ear nop oft of foitv ucies of coin ut .1
single meal, and ho wasn't fppllng leal
well that day, eithei,
A Lunesboio glil thought slio had
landed 11 good cutch and was so sum of
It that she told It to some of her glil
uic-iius, bub was fcomewiiat suiiuised,
Ihetefotp, when her widow mother
told hei that she would soon have the
same fellow fop h steptnthei. TIip
curtain iei to slow music,
Wlilliiey
Only Thing That Was Not Nailed
Down,
Hiiitoi Uuiioui, uf hJlanugo, ami Scualoi
McMillan, u Detroit, nip not onli ralleavuci,
but also clo.o fikni'i, 'icj 30 stn lu Joking
racli other at tlinu, v djj or two o .Sciiu.
(or llmiuuf luil occajton to gu o the depart
ment ol jgiliulluie in belult of u tomtituint,
On U hjj bacU lit? 'met hin(oi McMllUn, who
klopped lilni and janti
"WUia lute jou Ikh.,1, iui tout"
Oiei at the aiicgltuul department," replied
henatoi lliuious.
"DIJ jou jet mijlhliijf" vfu btnator JIc
MIIUu.
".Vothtne but u pietty pUnt th gate me for
luv wife," replied Kciutoi Uuiiowi. "Itut vwj
l lie onb thlntr I could flncl that wu; w lu the
ilajsibed scrtice '
fl
BEAUTIES OP
TENNESSEE
POINTS or INTEREST MADE
8A0RED BY THE CIVIL WAR.
A Tilp to Lookout Mountain Scenes
of the Famous Brittle Abovo the
Clouds, Under Genoials Hooker
nnd Wnlthnll Picturesque Scenes
Along the Tennessee River,
Uillli-ii fol i lie -lilbmie.
S'
TUANGKItS 111 living tit Chntta-
nooga nntuiallv desire to know
something of those points of In
tel est made sacred In the eyes of many
by association with the terrible bat-
lies of tho civil war, nnd they seem
like legion. It would bo a -vain tusk
to undeitnke In one letter anything
like a complete descilptlon of Ihem,
Lookout Mountain is nlghty-flve
miles in length, with a level plnteau
extending south, coming to a nnrrow
point nt tho noith end called "Point
Lookout," overlooking Chattanooga I
ami tne Tennessee river. Its elevation
Is J,r00 feet ubovo sea level nnd 1,750
feet above the city, tllslng, ns It doc,
higher than the Hunoundlng moun
tains. It nllouls the finest view In the
south If not In the country and the
woild. Fioni its summit, like Moses on
Mount Nebo, one may view the wealth
and beauty of the "piomlsed kind"
stictchlt out Into seven states,
At? seen fioni the city, It stands like
some giant sentinel guaidlng this
"Gateway of the South." It 5eems so
neat, eveiv line and seam of lock Is
tiistinctiv visible In this ti.inspaient
mountain ah, that the lsllor can
T.neely ciedlt the answer lnv.ulably
given to his Inquliy, "Five miles lo the
Point," and yet. If be ntlempts (us
nianv do) to diuii) the mounttiln on
foot, he Is iend to exclaim, long befoie
he ip.nlies the top, Out 'th- half bus
not been told." On c upon the sum
mit, howevei he feels amply lepald
foi all the ciloit 01 optne inclined
in the ascent.
This hlsloiie lamlmiuk, whose veij
foundations once shook and tienibled
with the thunder and clamor of wai,
in the famous "battle above the clouds"
uud-i C.eneials Hooke- and AValthall,
Nov. LM, 1S6,!, "has smoothed bis
wilnkled fiont;" Its locks and goiges,
Its dins and c.ivoins no longer levei
beiate with the Kittle of nuiskotiy and
the thundei of cannon. 'The white
tents of peace" up sp:eid out below
It in beautiful homes, numpious ml.
legps and seiulnuiies, public schools
and a bundled chinches, tlieh sphes
pointing lieavenwaul, besides other evi
dences ot the tlulttaiul industi v ot tin
piogiesslve people who compose the
New South
VIEW FftOM POINT 150CK
No pen has, 1101 evei will, adequate v
t-iituic the sublime and lnspntng view
to be had fioni "Point Uock," the jut
ting piomonotoiv of massive stone
which J.ililv ovei hangs like a balcon,
the valley of the 'lennevsee livei. Jf
the davs be clear fas -as our good
reituno) one cm dislein the vei.v high
lands and mountains ol tho states ot
Tcmiewe, Oeoigin, Noith Caiolina.
South Caiolina ind Alabama, beiiirf
lel.itivplv ncai, an I those ol Viiginl.i
and ICeiitiukv in h.ij- outline against
the uoilliein I101I011. You can follow
with vcnii oje the silvei.v qleam of the
btuutllul Tenness-e uvei. Hinged with
lene-t and field, until it is spun out to
a mcie tin cud and Is lost to view. Iu
below us, o i.u Hi it ve ?iasp a sup
pott 1.11 feu we mav dl.llv plunge
ovei the aw Mil ineilpbe, l,7.fi leet be
low. 01 neailv -.Ivtv times the tall fioni
11 v 11m run, lion, -dal", lies the Ijusj
dty o.' cii ittunooij.i which is dwaifcd
bv Hie carlo's i.ve view we have of ii.
into nvue dots upon the .suitace of the
w 01 Id Ik low us The smoke of liei
furnaces and tactoiies a.u: the distant
hum of hei wheels ioim a chai tiling
cnntinsi with the icpose of the iiiouit
Uiins mid viillej.s aiouinl heie. The
rMeiit Tennessee Uver, trrl by its watei
shed ot Jii.ouo squaie miles, neailv en
( iules the cltv as with a silver band
giving lour mile.- of livei fiont, vt lib
no point 111010 thin one mile liom the
center of ihe city; not oulv .1 thing ot
oeaut.v, but of Immense piactlial value
nnd in ibis double .sense, 1 Jov foiovei.
Tho liver at this point is 1,700 leet, or
one-thhd of a mile wide, and Its wind
lugs foims Hit "Indian Mociasln
Hend" with Its almost poilect outline
ot a huninii loot, pie"-enting lu gnns
and ginln. in fiuit and gaulen, a pleas
ing ph tuio of 1m.1l life.
Tinning 0111 gne Mom the vallev,
we .see t nnge upon i.iuge of mountains
sli etching nway into Alabama, on the
south and with (ieoigla and Notth
Caiolina on the east, the whole plctuie
pieseniing a combination ot mountnin
nnd cultlvntPd valley, of city and fnim
life, pei hups unequalled in Aipetlia.
To the s-outh, mil about one mile dis
tant, is tho famous "Suumh Hoik,"
fioin which point an elegant view Is
had as (be sun sets bolilnds the West
TonncM.sro mountains, while about a
hundred y.uds southwaul me a pecu
lim foiinutlon of huge locks whidi
gives it tlio name of the "Guidon of tho
Clods." Sign boaids on the trees direct
to Damon and Pythias, two Immense
bouldeis standing near each other and
connected at the top by a uistle bildge,
NeU coiups "Dasln Itock," which Is
used by visitors ns r cud leceiver,
AcuohS the shoulder to the southeast,
a mile dlstunt, is the "Nutuial BiIiIkp, '
an Inmienso boulder 75 loot long anil t'3
feet high, the shupo or a bildge, un
derneath which Is u famous sptlug ot
clear costal water which quenches the
thiist of the many pedestilans who
visit lieie. Next comes a laige lock of
peculiar loimatlou and Hhaped like a
wan, known ns tne "Old Man of tho
Mountain," qnito slmllnr, though
sinnlloi In size, to the "Piollle" found
ou-i looking Profile Lake in the AVhlte
Mountains of Now Hampshhe
CHICK'AMAUGA UATTLEFIELD.
"Tinning to the light can be seen Hip
lamoiiH C'lilckaninuga battlefield w lieie
the bbodlest of all battles of the civil
war was touglit that peipetual me
nioilal to tho vnlor of Noith nnd South
a memoilul which by common bia
veiy has become the bluest bond of
peacetho Clilckamauga and Chatta
nooga Mllituiy pmk) also .Mlsslonmy
Hldge, and along the giove way acioss
the v.illey, tho Nulloual cemetery, ail
of vvlilch I will descilbo later on. Ho I
might enumerate, Theie aie many fa
molts spots both in this ami foielgn
eouutiies, wheie Nature has spiead a
paiiotama at the foot of some noble
mountain, that men gue upon and
me emaptuied. It bus been our good
8W
"('trfjh , rcr-edy
foituiie to view most ot these, hut for
biendth ot vision, save one (Pike's
Peak), hlstmlo Ihloicst nnd plerrjlesqUo
loveliness, the outlook fioni Lookout
Mountain excels them nil. The lover
of the gland In Nuttue never Hies of
Lookout Mountain, It Is ti noble tem
ple of the Almighty's gioatest master
pieces nnd a vvoithy companion to
Nlagaia, the Vpsrtnlle. the Yellow
stone Patk nnd the cunyons or the
Colin ado, only smpnssed In immensity
and giniulouv by the llockles nnd Scl
klrks of Canada and mountnlns and
glucleis of Alaska, Gcotgp Ttnncioft,
the emhiPlit lilntoiIn.il, at Iho age of 87,
stundlng on "Point Lookout," said:
"In alt my liavpls, f have never wit
nessed nny scene lo exceed Its sublime
giaudetir." Hemy M. Stanley, the Af
rican pploier, (ilandlng on "Point
Lookout," said: "This Is the most
inngniricent view in the woild." "Look
out Cave," too, Is a place ot Intel est to
the visitor. On eiitcilng we nie ush
eied Into a loom JO feet high and fioni
20 to 30 feet wide, rioin this 100111 we
put sue our way with vailed expeii
ences. At one time the cave expands
Into a 100m laigo enough to hold n
goodly conipnny, nnd at another we aie
foited to ttavel tluough a veiy nni'-
niv )asage and lu a stooping pos
tuio, lu one place the floor Is peifcetly
smooth, and alwavs drv; In another
we climb over huge bouldcis or cieep
along the edge of soiup eievlce, whoso
depth Is huiienctiable by nny lay of
light Mm can ictlcct upon It. Within
this cave Is a clock with a fall ot
water 215 fe"t, or fenty feet higher
llinn the stent Nlagaia, The supplv of
water is "Ufilelcnt for a city of a half
million population, so estimated.
AT POINT HOTEL.
Looking Just ovei the Immense pla
teau upon which vvp .110 standing Is
"Point Hotel," n leige llve-stot stiuc
tmo with Its wide verandas each en-
clicllii'f the hotel, together with an ob
seivutoti, with accommodations lor
GOO Rjuests. Jt is heie the No 1 Incline
lands Its pisbengeis and wheie the
11111 low giidgo lall'vay, the tiutk dug
fioni solid 101k, slaits Its paseii,ei
ti.ilns, lunnlnsf clong tlie wcstein blow
of tlie mountain' and icaclilng the sum
mit ot Hit mountain just above Sunset
Itock. Now i.ui.ving the lender bac'k
to the "Point" again, and looking just
below to the 1101 Hi, Is the old hlstoiic
'Cuivcn's House" on tho bioad pla
teau, 7"i0 feel vheei clown the mountain,
and 1,000 feet ,-bovo tlie tltv. It wes
on this mound wheie tlie Confedeinte
Guiei.il A'ulthall 1 elicited lo allot the
battle of Chlckaiiiauga. It was hole
that Wallhill and C.euci.il Hookei
fought the "battle above the clouds."
so called because It 1kmu In tlie midst
ol clouds and a den-e fog which bung
ovei the mountain, o tlie contending
.11 nilcs vine unable lo see each otliet
until thej had almost come logethti,
and aftei a desnei.uo stiugRle C!en-
etal Hooki 1 was vletoiious. the iliiuy
eased, and the i:ighth Kentutkv ie-;i-mciit
sealed the blulC nt "Point Look
out" and planted tlie "old flag" on tlie
lock which had been lonneilv occupied
bv the Coulctlciutes as a signal point,
and thus was see. mod the mo -it stia-
tcu jiositlon ot all the b ittletields of
the South
The summit ot Lookout Mountain
Is ensile leached Theie aie foui
mules, i . Fiont the L'nlon Ilailwav
station in the cltv, the steam lailway
winding mound the west side of the
mountain, leaches the summit ,1 half
mile 01 so south of Lookout Inn. Mom
which point lo tin inn the load is nai
low Miage, and b way of elect! ic c us
to the loot of tin line P.'ssenge, llull
vvav's Nos 1 and ", a.ut also bv a e.u
iiJiii' drive ovei a good mountain pike.
'Ihe Mollev llde lotindlng High Hluff
to the summit Is tbiilling and one ot
the gi.indosl in the eountiv, giving its
piis'iuigeis. all the line views, noith,
sottlli, east and v. est. These elietilc
cits 11m dlicct liom the Iik line lo the
door of eithei hotel.
Tins is the fli t 1 abb lnilln evct
built with (Uives. It was constituted
In 1SS7 nuclei the ppon.ii supei vision
of Colonel W. It. King, United States
niuij. it is opeiatccl liom below bv an
inch and a qiuulcr steel cable The
length of tlu load is ( ,100 leet; It line's
1 .4011 feel Tlie length ot tlie cable is
s LOO feet Ms steeiest guide is ,! leet
to 100 leet, the iiveia' is L'J'l leet.
Si minutes only lie taken In nial.iiij,
the Mimmlt. 'Phis (able 10 id inns imlv
lo Point Hotel, which Is located on .1
ledwe of lock o pi looking tho tainous
battlelleld "Above the Clouds," mid the
clt, l,7."n feet belov
LARGEST PAPSENOEK INCLINE.
Tills toad is built without a im ve, a
good petition of h, neat the .summit,
thiougn solid lone J" in "0 feet deep
This Is one nt the longest pastusei In
clines in uiPilca and lite stt epest.
The aveiase e,iaile Is )! fppt In 100 feet,
the stPo)C,n belli," is pei cent,, 01 CS
feel to 100. The load is t.sO) feet long
and co.st "jIUO.OOO, and hits all the mod
el n sufetv pqutpmenls, tiJ. tfiininiiH
Is clli.Hllv In Mont of "Lookout Inn"
and (onnccts with elect) le obseivatiou
(ins on the summit lor "Sumet Pmk,"
"C.iuden ol the finds," Nutuial Ihldge,
rilen 'ievv, Point Lookout, Point Ho
tel, and all otbp- points ut Intciest.
Eveiy po-s)i(. iHPcamlon has liceu
Inkeu ngnlust accident to the rum of
these Incline l.iilwnvs mid the most
modP'ii autoinatl brnk-i me ued
that would lustaiulv stop nnd hold the
car In position In the event time cither
of the two cables should pan. The
cables aie double unci ol steal
Htiength, Each cm accommodates lit
ty passeiikci i nnd the sents s oon.
sti uctcd ns to afloid toutlsts un up
ilght iiosltlon, and uveij- possinip tnm
foit nud uppoitunlly of enjoying Uip
cver-ehmnglnr views etui Ing both the
nstent and doscdiit or tho mountain.
The tilp is made in tour minutes,
teaching the summit at the slim pent
giado cit 6S per cent, wheio waiting
looms and veimulus, nffoullng chaim
ing views of tho vnlles nnd dlHtunt
hills end tlP hlstoiio battlefields, mo
nwaltlnt,'. When tho ntinospheio Is
very clear a view JG1 mljes to the
north enn be had, Theie mo ten miles
of fino dilvn on this noble plateau
which nov ns the summit.
LOOKOUT INN.
On the most elevated and command
luff IftJlnt, facing tho enst, Is the fa
mous "Lookout Inn " doubtless tho
most mugnllicout hotel on nny moun
tain in Ameilca This imposing stuV
tmo stands ut the ioi minus of tho
biond gunge and nniiow gunge iall
loads, a few steps Mom the Incline No.
L', Aichitoctuiallj, n gem, whoso
giacefut and attiactlvo fncude muik
It as u mastei piece ot Its deslgnei It
was built at n cost of $250,000 nnd con
tains nearly 500 guest chumbeis, upd Is
equipped with eveiy convenience of
modern hotel life, It has a fioutage
of ;j6-i feet, four stotles nigh, with high
tovveis, and along its entho length inn
This signature ia on every box of tho genuine
Laxative nrnmn.OnininfiabiriK.
ilia' cure u wilej in oim tro,
.
Cubanola
cent
is interesting to look at, but it's the
inside that's the "smoKe"! ThinK
of being able to buy for 5 cents a
cigar made of a Havana filler. No
wonder they are growing every day
in popularity; there is nothing like
them in valine and worth when
it comes right down from talK.
4
ing afooot them to smoking them.
r
1 All TT
i Ht.t hy the American Cigar Co. I
mnrirfffllFllIiThflf
uiylllull. m I lull
w
wide and eonifoi table veiahdis, upon
which one mav spend bouts ot du.vs
in ust and plc'sute, with lite woild it
join feet, and bicathe an atmosphen
so c le ii and biailua. tn u it bec nines a
veilluble elKIi oi health and si.cuglh
It is built ot led aniKtone and wood,
linNlied Im ide In iiuaitciPil oak, lu-
micuislv appolntiil .Mid dcecualed bv
the lliusl aitlst-, in tiie eounti.v The
illni'U, lull has a up uil ol G'jO gaesis
The Inn Is owned b a couipanv of
New Ihigluuieis with Jolm p sip
boin, ol Nov potl, u' piesldcnt. and S,
(lllnon, naiiagei, an Ideal host, a
'ilinptiiiilis piovldet, and a man whose
leiiutatliiu Is so 'tide that not to know
him is to atue one's 'pit unknown
Hav in:, Unacted mound ibis faseluat
ing spot as loiif, as time mild pei mil,
we lctiiin to otti hotel upuiit with .i
tepliiif, oi phv steal vigoi, but cifiuent.il
fatigue Nest week I v ill attempt a de.
eliitloii of the biiltlelielos oi Cliiel"
in uiRii and Mlssionat' ltld,;i
.1. i: lllc liinond.
CITY Or BUDAPEST.
It Is One of the Modem Wondeis of
the Woild.
U I ( mtl, in ( liHe'i, l( n,i,l III i I.I
Th" woild nt huge knows c s about
lluditpcsi than nbout inv othc i or tlie
Imjioitnul titles o Em ope' although It
could find tlietemoK to idmlw IJudii
pe.st i, ro leceitt niul s0 uiodr'n thiit
peo!)le do not leall'e th it It has devel
oped .ii, lupldl., ni Chicago nnd Minne
apolis It Is J0il .vptns sinep thp Ti'iks
vveio dilven out of llunguiy, after eeti
tuiles of occupation, but onlj sine" 18M1
have nutinnah in ide nnd piogics licen
combined In the development ol the
kingdom unci Its cnpittil,
Thlily .veins ago IJuilnppst wits a
pilinltlve mil fciilcnn settlement of not
moie than 100,000 ppople, living in tene
ments tint vvcie built in the eighteenth
cpiitutj Now its people mimbei neailv
iiOO.i'OO, and the town li.i., u'ldugono a
plivsleul nnd nichltecMlial tuin,'tiutuii
tion Unit Ins never inclined elsewhcte.
It bus developed Into u splendidly -pointed
nnd hvmnietile.il modem hip
tiopolK and its eonstiiictlou has been
kept so well In hand by Hip nuthoilllps
that eveiv feiituio Is hmmuuious mid
eveiy public Impiovement has been
biought about by tho upplltnllon ol the
highest degiee of intlstle tusto and sei
cntlflc piluciples
The Itlvoi Uanube, which heie be
conies navlgitblo foi l.ugo stemneis,
Hows between two ancient cities One
was culled Hilda and tho oilier Pest,
Both dato luuk to piehlstoilc tlniPS,
nnd duilug the cluys of tho itomiin eni-
plic Hilda was an out)o.st of Impel i.
unco. The city wus built ninuiid u
iiufged luoinonotoiy occupied by u ci
tadel rising soveiul hundied feet fioni
the llvei's bank. iTpou the silo of that
iltudel has been erected an eunuuous
palitin of inaible, one ol the laigest
bulldiiigs in Euiopp, wlih mom than
WO looms, with long oeiles ot state
apuitinenls ilchly ileeouiled nnd fui
nisluHl, vliith uro never used but once
or twice a yen when tho einpeior
conies to Eudapest to open paillnment,
nud gives u rftuiid ball, -,o which Invi
tntlons mo I'Metided with deiuoci.itlo
goncioslt.
Tho pailluiuout housu has uhcnulv
cost $10,000,000, which Is equivalent to
twice th.it amount In out countiy us
values go It has boon twenty yeais
In hulldin?, and although it will not bo
completed lor a yem or two moie it Is
occupied by the two houses of puilla
inent for tho (list time this, winter.
The jutei or is u bluzo of splendor,
inaible stall vvujs, plllais, ceilings nud
walls. ony. pill nt., mantels unci door
Humes, bioiuo mid buss woik, that
glisten with polish, mosaics of gold
mid colois nnd milium miuul deioiu
tlous in Egyptlnn, Mooilsh und Wuiu
cenlc and inodein poster elieetb-a. wild
j kulelloseope of color and gliding which
Cigar
Hand Made
avana
iesi I
Bits
giatllles the MagvaiJ, a race that te
t lins to thi? dm tlie oilentnl feu lines,
passions and lutes of its anccstois
lletp i lid Hum p within the building jou
will Hud a gtoup oi Ionic and Coi inth
I.tii e iplt' Is mil 'Miiiisite examples of
Ouihl Mac etc, Ijue.Ii in oik and nmble
in tlie nielie", windows, wainscoting
j nnd scioens
i Tito banks of the
Uanube aie walled
l'P with stone, with two teiiuep-, the
low ft one lui niching landing pleis foi
fieinlil u'll p.issenj,ets f.om the thou
i.lnd of ste unei i t lit i L pi.- tlie livei.
The upoei leu aie is lullled as u
pionic n icle whlc h Is sought bv the ieo
ple ot the cltv eveiv evcnltu, and tlui
pi th-Ii klsiite 'ion.' Cafes, music ii
eM cliits and eos little gloves utfoid
i leitt.-.v nits foi .oi ltl pm tie-', ami
dining tlie summer sen. on half the
population inn be found upon this es
pinnacle. A few mill s elov n the ilvei
is an j'-kind, which Pas been fitted up
us a ple.isliie Rloi'Md, lllcl Is sought bv
the common people. Theie me wide
puiks In cllltetent dliec lions and the
facilities foi amusement me as ample
as they nie lu Pails.
The sttctt car s.vrtim of Budapest Is
conslilPted the best In the woild, and
litis been imitated by seveiul Ameilcan
cities, including Washington The un
deigiound ullwayic .f.so a model, and
is fiequeuil.v inspected bv dolesullons
ol englneeis liom dlffetenl pints of the
woild. It Is lout miles long, lunnlng
tnun the ceniei of bti.'lness to the sub
iti bs, wheie It conneets with suiface
steam ipllw.i.vs. The stations me built
ot pot (cluln tiles Inside and out, nnd
me vei.v oinuneiual and mtlstie. The
cuis hold foity-two people, they inn
by the pledile thiid mil sj.stem, nnd
the tale Is foui cents the sttillous be
ing nt Intel vals of a quinter of a mile.
The sevvets, watei woiks, eleclile
light facilities, the telephone seivicp
nnd oilier public c onvpiiloliees ate all
ot the most nd vancccl nnd complete ol
der, and no other (Uy in Euiope oi the
I'lllted States Is so neailv pel fee t lu
111' aspects.
THE BATTLE OF HAKODATE.
Not Found in the Histoiles, but One
of Live Interest.
I iniii Hit- Now Yenk sun.
One night, about eight euis ago,
thteo Auun lean inpn-o'-vv.u's men
dropped into u saloon In Hakodate,
.Tup in, kept by a foiiucr Putted States
bluejacket. Aliendy In tho saloon weie
nbout u docn stiapplng (let man inen-o'-vv
iii's men liom n ship that had been
stifegiiiiidlng riPrnmn Intnitsls in Sa
moa These (ioimim sallois hnd a lew
months belote feumed pint of u llbeity
p.niy fioin their shli that hnd lecelv'Pd
a haul tiouucing in Aplu at tho hands
of a llbeuy pm ty fioni tho Anietlcan
wai.shlp in the haibor, and so, nnlui
nll) enough, thev hnd no use for the
Aiueilcmi deep-wnler unlfoim. The
biggest mun iimong tho Dflimiiii sallois
hnd one English woid in his vouibu
lii Thut wind was "insnic," unci ho
kept lepeutlng it sueeilngiy to the
tlueo Aiueilcnn tins, who weie tulklng
to the es--tnr behind tho bti nnd be
luivlng themselves
One ot tho Amei Ictus wi10 had been
a Ittmbeimnii In a MIchlGun luuibci
camp, wheie wi est ling wns tho iourIi
men's gieat game, tin illy louud that
iho (Jcimmi sailoi's "iass)e" taunt was
getting lilni on the law, and ho wulked
up to the net mun ami told lilni that
he'd "lussle" him for money, mmbles
oi chalk, but nil in good natuio, und no
haul leellng to follow Tlfn saloon man,
who know neimuii, tiunslated the
Aiuc'ilcan'.s woids, und the Ueunun
bailor, a giant, mulled contemptuously
ut tho I'nlted Stntt-s tm, whom ho
gteatly ovei matched in size.
The two men stilpped to their diuw
eis unci shoes mid went M it In tho
centio of the mmclous b.iiiaom. Tho
tleuiiun wasn't lu It ut any stuge of tho
journey, big and stiong as he was.
l "NO BETTER JM
Filler
KB
0!
After tlnee minutes of wiestllng, catch-as-catch-can
stjle. the agile, musculnr
mid wiestllng-schooled American tar
bildgect tlie vast Get man with a crotch
hold, and then, applying a full nelson,
he fenced the Oeuuaii bluelacket's great
shouldeis lo the sawdust. It had really
been something eusv- for the American
and the flu man was enutged, as weie
his comnanlons Tlie tieiniun wiestler
stiffened the fust and middle flngeis of
ills tight hand, foiniing a two-pi onged
fotk of them, and made a dellbeinte
oftott to 1al) the ejes out ot his vk
tot Ions opponent's head The American
dodged in tile nick ot time, giabbed a
stone schtupps bottle fioni the bar, let
tlie big Oeiinan have it full in the fore
headand tlie battle was on
Theie wete S00 Ameilcan bluejackets
fiom v ui Ions Ameilcan ships on shore
llbeitv in Hakodate thut night, anil
moie than that numhci ftom the two
big Cietman wai ships in tlie huiboi.
"Ilev, Itube!" Is as much tlie tallying
veil of menaced Ameilcan sallois as It
Is of tlneitened Ameilcan ciicus meiij
and the "Hey, Kube!" jell Issued fiom
tlie tin oats of those tlnee American
tms as soon as the doen Goiman sall
oi s hopped them, as they immediately
did. Tlie yell was taken up by half ,x
iloen Ameilcan bluejackets a bit up
the stieet und passed on like tho nlghft
call of sentiles until all Hakodate tans
with it.
Tlie Gentian tms stmted their ciy
agoing, loo, and Inside of five minutes)
tho bnuootn of that e.-Unlted Stutes
sailor looked as If It had been hit by n,
derailed ft eight train. Tho American
and Get man flat feet came scamperlujc
to the saloon fiom all tho points ot th
compass. They fought nil night and
would have fought all the next day but
that the Ameilcan and Get man sklp
peis wisely otdeied their marine gumd.i
ashoip, and tho sea soldleis chaigerl
upon tho combatants with fixed bay
onets. When the smoke lifted nnd the debiH
was denied uvvay, none of the Amerl
eans wits found to be in such shape!
ns to ipqulio a clPtnll of stretcher cai
ileis. More than twenty of tho Gei
mans hnd to be thus llghteied to their
ships, nnd most of them weie limping.
CAUGHT OFF HEH, GUAHD. I
i j din 'VoiitliV t oiniMiiloii
Ail Interesting stoty comes fiom the
neueli Alps of Dnuphlny relating thn
futile pffoits of tho Piincess of Ctoy,
who UeHliod to enter the inonustery of
the Giuutle Clmitteii.sp, a habitation
fiom which women vlsitois me, llgldly
excluded. The sloiv luns that tho
ptlncess diessed bet self in boy's
clothes nnd accompanied her Husband
to tho institution. Tho gates weie
opened to them, mid the pi luce bent
his caul to the lather supeilor, with
a Hue to the citoot thut he was accom
panied by a fiiend. Just as they weie
nbout to make tho louud of the build
ing the wind wns tecelved thut the
father would like to see tho piiueo and
"his fileml." Going upatulis thej
vveu lecelvcd by tho smiling pionk,
who coidlallj invited them tn Join him
lu an appetUIng luncheon. Tho prin
cess eudeavoied to make thej Jjest of
the situation, but she was not Put nny
the iiioto nt lior onbo by the fact that
tho liiuiil kept gazing at lieu
At hibt he owlnlmed suddenly
"Catch It, oung niun'" ut thq same
time thiowlng nt hei u Imgo pear
Tho pilncess wns stiiitled, mid, (In own
completely otf her gunul, mucin a mo
tion to ginl) up hei skin, the absence
of which sho oven looked in her con
fusion. Then the father slopped Binll
lug and said with t?ieat guylty: "I
beg jour puidon, niadam, but ladies
aie not allowed In the inonustery, I
must ask ou to vvult outside until
the pi Jin o litis Unlahed his hibpectlou "
And outside sho hud lo go, the rever
end father bowing her fiom the room
with mobt elaboiate politeness.
A