THE CITIZEN, WKDNKSDAY, MARCH .10, 1010. HEALTH FORGES DEFEAT DEATH Thirteen Thousand Five Hundret Lives Saved in Two Years. SHOWS ENORMOUS GAln Three Million Dollars Spent In Con servatlon of Public Health Shows a Saving of Twenty-Three Million Dol lars to the Commonwealth Dlph therla, Typhoid and Tuberculosis Give Way Before the Steady Ad vance of State's Health Officers. The precious lives of thou sands of little children have been spared because the state In Its wise beneficence has furnish ed diphtheria antitoxin to the poor Typhoid fever is killing 2500 less people per year In Pennsyl vania than it did four years ago. Tuberculosis now claims 1000 lives less a year In this state. Education and co-operation of the people In health matters, backed by vigorous support of the public press, is helping Com missioner Dixon to win out In war against disease. Industries seek states where health records show low death rate. u me last live years tut ctCtC Z Pennsylvania has been engaged in conservation work of an extremely Important and fundamental kind. With President Roosevelt It believes that the preservation of the people's nat ural resources should begin with the preservation of the people themselves. The public cannot conscientiously per mlt the wasteful sacrifice of Its forests and Its other forms of natural wealth, but even less conscientiously can It permit the wantom sacrifice of Its children's lives. In maintaining a fully equipped state health department and engaging i on a large scale In this great warfare against disease, Pennsylvania has tak en a foremost stand for real modern civilization. The creation of govern mental agencies for the preservation of the public health marks a new con ception of governmental responsibil ity. The work thus far marks only the beginning merely suggests the good which this department, under the direction of Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the commissioner, has in view. In the last thirty years the atti tude of the public towards 111 health has radically changed. Until the re searches of that resourceful genius. Ix3Uls Pasteur, disclosed the real caut'o of contagious diseases, the aver age man's conception was practically that which had prevailed In the mid dle ages. The Infections were merely manifestations of the Inscrutable wlsoom of Providence, expressions of divine wrath; punishments for sinful human kind. Even the scientist re garded them as fundamental facts of nature, like death Itself, which every one must uncomplainingly accept. Pas teur however, In a few masterly ex periments, brushed aside all this ig norance and superstition. He showed flip all contagious diseases had a clearly defined and obvious origin. They were not mysterious visitations, without tangible cause and Insuscep tible to tangible control. They were caused by an Infinitely large universe of Infinitely small forms of vegetable and animal life. Ho demonstrated thnt the connection between these I malevolent micro-organisms and the enduing disease was as close as that I between sunlight and heat. And ho , alr,o Immediately drew the Inevitable ! conclusion. If the world were onm ' rid of these organisms, he declared It would be rid of contagious diseases I "ft Is now within the power of the world" such was the deduction ' which he drew from his experiments. ! "to rid itself of all contagious dls eases " i I Setting Pace In Health Work. i mis was the goal at which Pasteur j aimed; that has been the goal at which all movements for Improving i the people's health have necessarily i aimed since. And this was the ulti I mate ambition which led, five years Ago. to the organization nf ih Dn. I nylvanla State Department of Health, a Pennsylvania In which there shall be no young men and women lan gulshlng away with tuberculosis; a Pernsylvanla In which no children shall die of diphtheria; a Pennsylva nla In which there shall be no ty phold, no scarlet fever, no smallpox, no meningitis, no dysentery, no ma' larla this Is the kind of Pennsylvania which the State- Department of Health hopes ultimately to create. It does not expect to reach this goal In a year, or ten years, perhaps not In a Ingle generation, but this Is the Ideal that It has constantly In mind. It re cognizes the fact that, bo long as any of these diseases exist, their preva lence Is a distinct reproach to the etate. It in a reproach simply be cause the method eliminating them Is known. The old theory of government as r power which protects Its citi zens only from foreign foes and native marauders Is giving way to new stan dard of civilization. The greatest enemies to the state are those which r.ro unseen, and V.w i. :. j of at, enlightened comraonw. al'h Is lo p-u-tert Its people ngalnst the-a. Oti.ct stated are grndunlly rltlng to this now conception, but renriPvlvr-v'T now dourly heads them -II. for In no othet stato Is the battlo nvnlnat the common enemy being wigcd on so large a scale ns hero. The oxpcrl-mt-nt, therefore, Is not only of ex treme Importance to Pennsylvanlnns, but as nn example to the nation and the world. Does It Pay. Naturally the people are Interested to learn precisely how the largo sums the stato Is Investing nnnually In good health Is being spent; what aro Us dividends, as measured In the actual saving of human lives? Is Pennsyl vania a richer, a more healthy com monwealth now than It was four years ngo? Is the avornge citizen less like ly to acquire a morl disease less likely to die If he does acquire one? In exchange for Its generous appro priations Pennsylvania has received, first of all, a considerable reduction In Its death rate. Not so many people die hem now as died In 100G, the year when the new department began Its organized work. The citizens of Pennsylvania, especially Its little chil dren stand a better chance than they formerly did of reaching mature life and a green old age. Mortality sta tistics do not commonly furnish ex citing reading, but, when considered from this point of view, thoy make an emphatic personal appeal. Thus, in 190G and 1907. the death rate In Pennsylvania per thousand of popula tion was 16.5; in 1908. it had dropped to lb.7. and In 1909 to 15.3. At first glatjce this may not seem a remark able diminution, but In a state with a population of more than 7,000,000 even a fractional decrease is a substantial gain. This appears when one figures precisely what this slight numerical drop means In the actual saving of human lives. Had the death rate of 190 and 1907 prevailed In 1908. pre cisely 5519 more people would have, died than actually succumbed. Had this same rate- applied In 1909. Instead of the decreased percentage recorded by the Bureau of Health, just 83S8 men, women and children now living and presumably In good health and spirits, would have rendered their final tribute to nature. In other words these matter of fact statistics, when interpreted in their real rela tion to the welfare and happiness of the state, mean the saving to the state of 13,907 lives. Human Lives as State Assets. Tills fact has nn Immense personal mesnlng for all people of the state amonp these rescued lives might have been your own, your wife's, your child's; but they also have a value which Is measurable In dollars and cents. The political economists now recognize that the most valuable kind of wealth Is the human life that hu man labor Is worth at leaBt five times that of all other forms of capital. Even the newly landed Immigrant, ac cording to these Investigators, has a per capita value of JS75; that Is. ho adds Just that much to the natlon'3 capital. Professor Irving Fisher, of Yale, one of the foremost American economists, has painstakingly figured the financial value to the state of every citizen at particular ages. A new-born infant, says Professor FiBh er. is actually worth 190, while a five-year-old child Is worth $950. From this point on his value rapidly In creases; at ten, could he be sold at auction, his market value would be at least $2000; at twenty It would be $4000, and at thirty, $4100. From this point the average human being begins to lose value. In proportion to his de creasing productivity, until at fifty. Professor Fisher gives him a value of only $700. This same authority places the worth of the average life lost by preventable diseases at $1700. Taking this as a basis the decreased death rate In Pennsylvania for the last two years represents a money saving of I22.C41.900. The state, In other words, Is just that much richer has Just that much more available capital. For its actual expenditure to date of $3,000, 000. Including a large portion for per manent Improvements, It has taken In mora than $23,000,000. The earnings of the new Department of Health, con sidered purely from the commercial standpoint, thus represent dividends of mcro than 76S per cent In four years. What Is the valuo placed by the av erage citizen upon his children's lives not the financial value estimated by the unemotional economist, but the worth In affection, good citizenship and In all that holds the social organi zation together? Is It good business policy to save the lives of children at $7 apiece? Is It paternalistic and so cialistic to protect them against dan gerous Infections at the rato of $2 per head? That Is what the state of Penn. syhanla Is doing now. This conserva tive old commonwealth has reached that stage of paternalism where the government will not sit quietly by and watch a little child choke to death with diphtheria when the expenditure of a few dollars from the public treas ury will velleve Its sufferings and save Its life. Saving the Little Ones. For the last ten years the practical remedy for diphtheria has been avail able for the children of prosperous households, but It has not been avail able for the poor. Since Von Bearing's rmmorUl dlsoovsry that the blood serum of a horse which has recovered from diphtheria possessed wonderful curative properties, and when Intro duced Into the human organism, would usually destroy the disease, this for mer scourge of childhood has lost nearl all Us terrors. In the old days diphtheria destroyed nearly one-half of all the children it assailed. It would do the same today among the potr .. Pennsylvania were It not for the an' toxin which tho slat.! provides trw. That large numbers cf unpro'.crir children hare (lad most rtho ': deaths In the past fcr tho s"lc re that their parents wern tro t -r nfford them nntl lojln. Is u n.cl ---r ' reflection, but tlieso thin r hnpi.cn In the future. In every come of Pennsylvania, usually at well ltnovii drug stores, there arc now station f"i the free distribution of nntl-toxln numbering C50. Whenever any pr.o: man's child falls ill with dlphthcrio his physician, by making out a proper application, can secure free all the anti toxin he needs to effect n euro. Since October, 1905, the Health Do partment has In this way distributed 49,443 packages of anti toxin. It has treated 19,929 sick people, mostly chil dren, who, but for the state's inter vention, would have hern neglected In the old days about 10,000 of these chil dren would have died; as a matter of fact, only 1725 died. Nearly all tho30 who died were children who did not receive the anti toxin until the late stages of tho disease. The detailed statistics of the department chow that tho earlier the sick child receives the niiti-toxln. the greater his chances of recovery. These facts should empha size Ihe pressing need, in all cases, not only of antitoxin treatment, but of this treatment at the earliest pos sible time. Tho department has also thoroughly tested the powers of nntl toxin as an Immunizing agent. Diph theria, as every one knows. Is one of the most virulently contagious dis eases. It travels like lightning from the sick to the well. In the crowded homes of the poor, many of them Ideal culture tubes for the growth of tho microbes. Its virulence. Is especially marked. The department In thrpe years has immunized with nntitoxlu 1-5,527 persons, nearly all children who had befii exposed to tho dlscai" Of these only 251 acquired It a little more than one per cent. The Sat" Department of Health's free dlstrlhu tion of antitoxin to the poor, there fore, has saved over 8000 lives at an average cost of seven dollars each and pi "vented contagion In several thou sands of cases at on average cost of two dollars. Battle Against Tuberculosis. In Its attitude towards tho g-r-t problem of tuberculosis, the state gov ernment nlso shows this keen sense of responsibility for the safety of the people. The department of health gaids all tho tuberculosis poor as In a largo sense the wards of the state. Its efi'urto, In the first place, are to pre vent them from falling victims to this Insidious disease, and In the second, to assist materially In curing those who have become Infected. Tho death rate from tuberculosis In this state has fallen from 134 to 120 per one thousand of population In four years. This means a saving of 1000 lives nnnually. In the matter of tuberculosis, how ever, the death rate tells only a small part of the story. Any work In lm proving conditions must be funda mental, and It will necessarily takr many years before extensive results are obtained. What the department has done has been to lay tho founda tion of comprehensive attack. From Its laboratory Investigations of the tubercle bacillus to its especially equipped sanatoria, there is no as pect of the disease that it does not study and combat It aims to enter at every stage Into the life of the tu berculous poor. To many citizens the Brat government Is more or less of an indefinite idea; they seldom come into contact with It as a living, acting entity; If you are once stricken with tulierrulosiR, however, especially If you are poor, the commonwealth of Penn sylvania becomes physically manifest In your dally lives. In the medical in spection, in the physician and in the nurses the state ceases to be an eco nomic abstraction and becomes a kind, helping, fostering personality. The Dispensaries. If you are stricken down and cannot afford proper medical attendance, there Is always near at hand a free tu berculosis dispensary, established for precisely cases of this kind. There are m.iny thousands of patients In the state who are still able to be about and to follow the dally routine, per haps even to support their families. The 114 tuberculosis dispensaries aie of especial assistance to this class The dispensary physicians have treat ed 21,227 patientB and actually cured 712. while thn condition of 2C49 has bo greatly improved that tho arrest of the disease is almost assured. Here the sick man or woman Is received by a professional nurse, who makes a complete first-hand Investigation of the case. By questioning the patient she learns all tho details of his family history, his occupation, his financial resources, his surroundings, at home or at work tho latter particularly for the purpose of protecting his Intimates and associates from Infection. This In formation she records for tho use of the physician, and the department. She follows up this preliminary talk by an inspection at the patient's home. Here her administrations amount to a liberal education in the treatment of tuberculosis. She Instructs the patient as to the proper handling of himself how he must dress, how he must eat and sleep, ad tells htm of the well known ways of building up the nat ural resistance of his body. She also advises all the other members of the household how to escape infection ficquently discovers some members In the early stages of the disease and Is thus able to ward It off. The nurse de votes particular attention to diet nu trition being generally recognized as ono of the predominating factors in lengthening the body's defenses. She tolls tho housewife what to cook nnd how to cook il I- i I --, r-- p tlcularly whethor tbirr- : a a-tiV! supply of frosh eg-s : il r i'.Y I haps tho family is t.- p to , the sick man with tie-! nccr ' . In that event the s.s.t? tn-.l' prt tI them. Tho dlsprnssry mirn? lir v nadn 133,444 visits of tho Kind do scribed above. Life at Mont Alto. This, however. Is only one depart ment of this life-saving work. Any on who wishes a graphic Idea of tho state's sanatorium work should vhlt tho tnborculosls colony at Mont Alto. Here, at an elevation of 1G00 feet nbovo the sea, amid the breezei swept mountain pines, he will find nearly 800 men, women and children, under tho cure of physicians and nuraen. bravely seeking to combat tho disease In tho fresh air and sunshine. Labor ntory Investigations have many times proved that the tubercle bacillus, once exposed to tho light and air, shrivels up like a guilty thing nnd perishes: and the stato, In this unique sanator ium, Is giving Its tuberculous poor their one great chonco of overcoming the dlsoasc. This Mont Alto site Is sit uated In tho midst of a state forest reservation of 5500 acres. It Is high, cool, dry. with nn abundance of fresh spring water, tlllablo soil upon which many of tho household supplies can be raised, and all the attractions of nature to make pleasant and peaceful the lives of tho patients. There is a villago of specially constructed cot tages In which the Incipient cases live, nnd a large, well equipped hospital building for the advanced cases. At this sanatorium Pennsylvania has treated up to Doc. 31, 1909, 23C5 pa tlents. a largo number of whom have been permanently cured nnd a still larger number bo effectually strength ened that they are In far better con dition than formerly to fight tho dls ease. Ground Is now being cleared for a second state sanatorium on tho beau tiful slto at Crcsson, which Mr. Car ncgle has so generously given to th commonwealth, and a third site Ins been selected In the foot hills of th Blue mountains, near Hamburg, in the eastern end of tho stato. For Pure Water. In fighting such a widely prevalent disease as typhoid fever, the useful ness of n central state health organi zation Is especially demonstrated. Against typhoid a local board Is prac tically helpless. This Is because the chief sources of Infection are the wa ter courses. Our rivers unfortunately do not recognize state or county lines. A municipality may prevent water pol lution from the banks within Its own Jurisdiction, but cannot prevent It In other sections. Pittsburg may stop Its own citizens from sewering Into thp stronnvj, but she cannot stop other communities from polluting the wa ters from which she draws her own supply. And the discouraging fact Is that, while ono town may refrain from polluting the stream so that another further down may not havo to drink Its filth. Its own water supply may bo polluted by less conscientious neigh bors living up-stream. Up to the year 1905 man in Pennsylvania appeared to have lost the natural instincts of thn lower animals and seemed Indif ferent to tho danger of loading his system with that which nature has once thrown off ns poison. Man, un like tho beasts of tho field, had taken on the habit of discharging his offal Into the Btreams from which he took his drinking water. Only some central body, which has absolute control over all water courses, can accomplish n general purification of the streams. The legislature recognized this ne cessity for central control when, in 1905, it placed all water courses, so far as public sanitation was concerned, under tho Jurisdiction of the governor, attorney general and commissioner of health. But there are also other pri vate sources of pollution especially the old-fashioned privies and wells which still are found in large num bers, overflowing Into Btreams. These the department of health has now the power to abolish. The department has In file complete and detailed maps showing all the state's water courses, large and small. Whenever a case of typhoid fever is reported it can Im mediately put Its finder on the water shed where the disease originated end Investigate accordingly. No municipal ity can now construct water works without flrst obtaining the state's ap proval of Its plans. It cannot build sewerage plants without similar con sent. Acting through these broad pow ers, the health department, through Its array of Inspectors, has penetrated the remotest recesses of the state, In specting premises, noting palpable nuisances, Investigating water and sewerage systems. A wholesome clean-up has ensued. In most cases the individuals and municipalities affected havo realized the necessity of reme dial measures and have accepted the work in a proper spirit. Up to date It has Inspected 256,628 promises In rural districts and caused the abatement of 18,945 pollutions. It has Issued 204 de crees requiring changes in public wa ter works. Under Its advice and sug gestion, all over the state, cities nnd municipal bodies have awakened and voluntarily begun to Improve their water supplies. Under the supervis ion of the department sixty-seven sew. age disposal plants and thirty-five wa ter filter plants have been built or aro now under construction. Tyohold Cut Down. The purification of the state's drink ing water Is a largo task and will take many years, but already the Improve ments have cut the typhoid death rate In half. In 1904, 66.5 out of every 100, 000 people died from this disease: In 1907, 60.3; In 1908. 34.4, and In 1909, 23.9. That Is there are now living p$63 people who, had tho death rate ol 1906 provalled In 1909, would have died. I boltevo onough has been said to convince you that Pennsylvania's cltl zens have been mado richer In henlth happiness and Industrial vigor nnd the state rendered more attractive, both for residential and manufacturing pur poses and for tho mere Joy of life, by the application of tho grand health laws of 1905. You cannot capitalize humnn tenrs and montal anguish. You cannot estimate In dollars the world's loss through tho pessimism en gendered by premature death, dis ease or the despair of poverty, which may follow both. You cannot compute even tho prin cipal of the debt laid upon Individuals, communities or states by the moral delinquencies that result absolutely from physical suffering alone. But wo can rejolco when we know beyond nil doubt that in every year untimely death has been shut out ol more than 8000 of our homes and that at least 50,000 of our people are an nually spared tho ravages of acute dls eases. And with a pride blended with thankfulness we can rejoice In the spirit of Pennsylvania's fostering care for her people which made these re sults possible. The Frog and the Mouse. One day there was a great argu ment between a frog and a mouae. Erli pretended to be mistress of tho marsh. "Gossip." s-ald the mouse to the fror;. "you clinll yield mo the place, if you please. It belongs to me by right. 1 occupied It bofore you." "Me yield you tho place! Surely you don't Imagine that! Why. I have lived here for more than tun years. Learn to know yourself and be con tent with your mudholes." Tho mouse, offended at tho answer of tho frog, gavo her a challenge. It wa accepted. Tho two rivals, anger ami vengeance In their hearts, appear ed on the Held of battle armed with bulrushes instend of lances. The com- b-t i'oeincd likely to become cruel and bloody. But a hawk who was hover liiC in the air saw the two heroines and finished their quarrel by carrying them both awny in his talons. ThU Is the fruit of petty disputes between weak people. They are usual ly the dupes of their own quarrels. From tho French of Perrln. Not Much Work. Harry Ward, the minstrel man, went to see Paulhan fly. While ex amining the aeroplane with somo friends at Overland, Col., the party overheard somebody saying it didn't appear to bo much work to handle ono of the flying machines. "Reminds mc," said Ward, "of what an old farmer In a llttlo town back in Iowa said one day as ho saw me car rying tho buss drum in the minstrel parade. Wo had walked nearly five miles In the hot sun and I was about ready to drop. That big drum was heavy. When we reached our enr after the parade my feet were sore, my back ached, I was perspiring nil over my face and was completely tired out. As I almost staggered past the old farmer he looked at me contemp tuously. " 'Huh,' he said, 'these actors '11 do anything to got out of workin'.' " The Stages of Democratic Growth. According to the best information we possess, the evolution of tho Stato has been as follows: First, the pa triarchal condition, with the surrend er of the individual to the associated group; second, tribalism, on the prin ciple of a real or supposed kinship; the third, the merging of tribes Into nations, under kings; fourth, tho strug gle between tho nobles and tho kings for political supremacy, each by turns seeking the alliance of tho people, with tho consequence that the average man steadily gains In importance; finally, the' average man takes a hand on his own account against the kings and nobles, overtops them, and makes his welfaro tho ultimate end of gov ernment. A heavy Eater. A year or two ago Senator Tillman gave to a chef in the senato restau nnt a recipe (or an excellent corned beof hash, the fame of which speedily penotrated to the uttermost recesses of the capital. When tho head waiter wants thla hash prepared with unusual care, he orders it In this wise: "One corned-beof hash for Senator Tillman." Ono day recently during the lunch eon hour tho rest-uruut was dolns; a land office business, and everybody seemed to want corned-beef-hash. Ton times at least did a waiter approach the serving table with tho order fop "Senator Tillman's corn-beef-hash." Finally the thing got on the chef's nerves. "Looh, heah!" ho shouted to ono waiter, bringing the same old or der. "Dat's de twelfth order for Sen ator Tillman. He better watch out or he'll founder hissolf!" Curious Alpine Funeral. A German lawyer who recently died at StrnBsburg. stipulated In his will that his body should bo crematod, and the ashes should bo banded over to his brother. The brother was to climb with two guides to tho summit of tho Gross-Glockner, one of the highest peaks in the Tyroleeo Alps, carrying tho ashes with him, and on reaching tho top of tho mountain was to scat ter tho ashes to the winds. This curi ous Alpine funeral has Just takon place. TIES AflE OF EDO NY. Little Texas Railroad That Runs Its Cars Over Precious Wood. Many thousands of ebony trees of lnrge commercial growth nre found upon the uncleared Innds In the lower valley of Ulo Grande In Texas. As yet no effort has boon made to utilize this valuable timber for anything ex cept to make railroad Hon. ii.ucc the agricultural Invasion of this region began a few yenrs ago large tracts of land have been cleared and tho ebony trce3 found thereon weie cut Into cross-ties nnd usod upon tho railroad that penetrates the valley territory. Logs of good size could be made from great numbers of theso trees Btlll standing. A fow of the land owners recognized the value of the trees and left them untouched In clonrlng the shrubbery and other trees from their property. It Is claimed that crosstlea made of ebony will outlast any other wood. The llttlo railroad that runB from UrownsvUIc to Point Isabel contains ebony ties that wero laid In 18SS, when the roud was first built. Those ties nre Rflll In a perfect state of pro-servo- is Your Life Worth Living? When the liver ref"-s to perform its functions of secreting b,h-, and the bowels bc-uine Inactive and loaded with foul waste manuals, the effect on the mind is mobt 6 -tr-irifj. Gloomy forelxxlings drive out the ju:ib une. Yuu are nervous and fret ful. Ltie is not worth living. -What nils )""! ? It's jo-jr Her on a strike. Cm ginicd, to'p ., su'ny, it refuse.-! to perlorm its fupcii.;: Wl.at's to be done ? Talcs oin. or two Smith's Pineapple and Hutternut l'illsafter dinner and again at night. In the morning you will feel different. The sun will shine. What's the reason ? Your liver has re sumed business, that's all. These won dtrful little pills have set it going. With clear brain, keen appetite, you will enjoy life again. Take one occasionally for a wtek or so and your blood will be purged of impurities and its bright red flood will carry health to your finger tips. Physicians u ; and recommend. They form no habiu You should always l"-ep them on hand. Tl.ese little Vegetable Pills will wx-d off xuaiiy ills. To Cure Constipation Biliousness and Sicl M ;sdache in a Night, use 1 ilMTrtS 1 PINEAPPLE AND indlgesttsn HeaiJjcrteand IgCU PUIS I'lIK In 01.,s Villi 2.-.C. Alt Healers. gfVHTH'S For Sick Kidneys U! adder Disea?, Kueumattiin, the 0119 ben rfmetly. HeMable, endcrsod by leading physicians; eare,efffctual, Kefulu lasting. S.ITHIA On the m.trket li yenrs. Hare cu-rd thotmnds, loo pill in jriirtnal glass piclapp, CO cents. Tr'.ilboxeStSOpilI&.SScenta, All dirfi.t sU nnd recotnme&d. PsLLS M. LEE BRAMAN EVERYTHING IN LIVERY Buss for Every Train and Town Calls. Horses always for sal Boarding and Accomodations for Farmers Prompt and polite attention at all times. ALLEN HOUSE BARN Railway Hail Clerks Wanted. The Government l'l.ys Hallway Mai) Clerks $800 to $1,200, and oUicx employees up to S2,ri00 annually. Uncle Sam will hold spring exami nations throughout the country for Railway Mail Clerks, Custom House Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Departmental Clerks and other Gov ernment Positions. Thousands of appointments will be made. Any man or woman over IS, in City or Coun try can get Instruction and free In formation by writing at onco to the flureau of Instruction, &G5 Hamlin Building, Rochester, N. Y. 103eolly Through Drawing-Room Buffet Sleeping Car HKTWKIN Scranton and Pittsburg IN BOTH DIRECTIONS via Penna. R. R. from Wilies-Barre Leave Scranton at 5:30 P.M. daily except Sun. arrive Pittsburg 7 A.M. Leave Pittsburg at 8:50 P.M. daily except Sat. ar. Scranton 9:50 A.M. Berth reservations can be made through Ticket Agents, or GEO. E. BATES, Div. Frt. and I'aw. Agt. Soranton, Pa. 15ei20
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