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In his interesting syndicate article on
MY First Book" IN Sundays New York
Suu, Robert Louis Stevenson make can
did confession. 1t is Of Treasure lGlaud'
hei. writing when he says: 'ltis p0raap'
uot often that map figures 20 largely IN Il
talei yet II Is always important The AZ
thor must know his country side, Whother
real or imaginary, like his hand; the tta-
tRpces the points o., the compass, tho
place Of the SUMS rieing, the behaviour vi
tue moon, should al bg beyond CaYll, Aud
how troublesome tna moon isl l have
come 10 grief over the moon IN Prince
OttOI and so sOOu Gs that was pointed out
to me adopted u prscaution which recon-
mend to other men--I never write now
without al almanac VIII an almanac
ald the map Of the country and tho plan
Of every house, either actually plotted on
paper or clearly and Immediately Rppro-
bonded in the mind, man may hope to
avoid sOmo ct the greatest possible blund
erS. With the map botore him he will
scarce allow TIE sun to set In the east, a.
II docs on The Antiquary.' With the
almanac at hand he win scarce GLOW two
horFomsn, iourneyiDg on the most urgent
affair. to employ six days from 3 Of the
Monday till lato In tho Saturday night
upon o journey Of say ninety or hundred
miles; aud before the week is out, ana
still on the same nRgs, to cover fifty In one
day, as may be read at length in the in
imitabls novel Of Rob Roy And 1t Is
certainly well, though far from necessary,
to avoid such croppers."
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WE ARE duly grateful to the Powers
for our eXtrication from Dausaating
surfeit of King Kelly and Diddlebock.
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Tough on the Rain Makers.

These are hard times indeed. Even the
rainmakers are unable TO deliver their
goods.
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Those WHO propose to "down Tom
Platt" should not forget to provide a
better,
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NATURES THoUdHTFULNEss;

NATURES THoUGUTFULNEssi
His wife is baclIl
No more ut night,
When seeing to him the town q sombre
sight,
Too dull and gray,
May be GO forth with paint to mako It
bright.
He's had hts day;
Ills wife Is baCEl
But who "a that
With glossy hat
And step as springv as tho step Of favn,
Who leaves ct night, returning with the
dRwnf
1t Is the other man whose wiro's just gouel
He'll see tho painting donei
i!e'll have ths fun
The town shall never stay
So dull aud gray;
His wife has gonel
so gentle nature makes
a compensation sweet;
She gives for what she takes,
Aud 1t is mGetl
Aa where The flower Is plucked another
pprilgT,
So ahe, providing for o myriad thiags,
The town may not bo left to slay
All duh and gray;
One wife comes home today,
Another goes away,
q. D. B. IN Chicago Post.
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POynte1le
:=: House
AT LAKE P0YATELLE,
WAYNE COUNTY, PENNA

Situated at summit of tho New York, On
tario and Western Railway, 200 feet above
sea The highest steam railroad point in the
state.
Seven fine lakes within from three to
twenty minutes walk from hotel or station.
Two bass lakes convenient-percb, piokerel
and other common varieties Of Ash. several
other lakes within half hours drive
For days spors and recreation take New
York, Ontario and Western railway train lear
ing orsnton at s. so AIN, arriving at Poyntolla
at 10. 10 m. Returning, train leaves foyn'
teile $50 pm, arriving IN Scranton e.eo p m,
BOATS FREE TO GUESTS.
vREE EX OURS ON and PICNIC GRoUNDs
RATES FOR SUMMER BOARDERg
90 TO $40 PER WEEK.
Eouee accommodations, 90
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SHE DIDN'T SCARE:

Young Saphead-"Do you know, Miss
Va5Sar, I've gwest mind to fwighten
you By wooking the boRtr' Miss Vassar
(an atblatio young woman)-"A young
man like you tried that With ns once, and
the boat unset" ibid 1t, weally' What
did you doY' Il swan ashore and notified
the coroner. --Puck."
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There is good deal OF sanity in this an
ecdote Of an insane person, narrated In
the Yanke5 Blade; a patient in an in
sane asylum imagined himself dead. Moth.
ing could drive this dol ugion out of the
mans brain. One day his physician had
a happy thought and sal 70 him; "Did
you ever ase a dead man blesdg NO.
he repl!sd, add yoE ever hesr Of dead
man blsedingT No" '"Wsll, II you
With you aud see II you bleed or not.' The
patient gave hia consent, the doctor
whipped out his sc8ipel and drew littlo
blood "Thsre," he said, 'you see that
You bleed; that proves that you are not
dead" mot at al, the patient instantly
replied. That only proves that dead
men can bioe6.n
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HIS FUTURE.


AN old farmer and his son called upon
me tho other day. The boy is about II
or II years old, and gawky, ugly david
Ter. He wandered aimlesslY about the Of
Zoe, running the tip of his duger over the
| baClrg Of my books At last | asked,
'Well, my boy, would you like to be a
| laWy6rN
"Naw.r
"a doctor?'
'Nawn
"PrsacherP
"New,"
We'll what do you want to bsp'
'Nawthin'.p
"By thunder that's what you will bsF
commented bis disgusted father earnest
ly.-H11per's DratUer.
II Is said baby was recently born In q
small Connecticut town which, II reports
| be true, rivals anything Of the kind yes
| recorded, even by the Hazleton CORE
| spondeut Of tho Philadelphia Press. The
parents nga Sw0des. Tho father Is en-
plOysd by q farmer cutting timber, and
! weigLI aboug 100 pounds. The mother IL
G stout, healthy woman, TgsiShiUg, per-
haps, l60 pounds. Tho child Is q male, as
| perfectly formed aB babe can be, and at
rs birth weighed only eight ounces ItG
! face 1s about the size Of horse chestnut.
| 4 ring worn ou the htsle finger OF It's
mother was easily slipped over bis foot
nearly up to tho knee. II is the opinion of
! the attending physician thar the child will
live. The chia Is 80 small that three oil its
! like could play hide and seek In q Cigar
box,
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

SCRANTON. AUGUST 9. 1894,
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ENrERrU AZ ynC PosrorSicr ~ seRtHToEi 49, AZ
oIeohp.elAsB MAIL nETTEA
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]. W. BROWNING,
Spcratsrv.
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this and apply it to the throat and

this and apply it to the throat and
oftener, if the case is severe.
Another cure for Group is to rub the
throat and chest until they are red, with
a mixture consisting of half teaspoon
full each of camphor and turpentine and
a tablespoonful each of coal oil and
sweet oil. Wet a warm flannel with
this and apply it to the throat and
chest, watching carefully to remove ii
when they are Redeemed. This outward
irritation tends to prevent Group.
Yet another homemade Group medi-
cine is composed of roasted onions
mashed and laid on a folded napkin
and goose oil, sweet OIL or even lard
poured on them. This should be ap-
piled as hot as it can be borne to the
throat and upper part of the chest and
to the feet and hands. Another way OF
preparing this malodorous but effective
remedy Is to slice and boil the onions
until almost dry, and then add the
grease and cook them in that unit
brown.
People who have nervous prostratloR
headaches the blues or dyspepsia, whit
take cold easily, who are subject t
irritability, who lead sedentary lives
who need their wits about them all tht
time, and who are not making the prog
ress they desire, should, writes one en-
thusiast, get addicted to the cold batf
habit. 1t is not only cleansing. bu
curative, stimulating, encouraging anC
invigorating. 1t is Granddaughter
ing, nerve soothing, blood quickenini
and the best treatment ever taken for
the complexion, digestion and disposi
tion
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mugger, pettishly.

"Certainly-most certainly" said the
jackal, without waiting for the other
to finish.
. "What?" said the mugger, angrily,
for he could feel that the others kne-y
more than he did. "What might it be?
never finished my words. You said it
was bullock"
''It is anything the Protector of the
Poor pleases. / am his servant-not
the servant of the thing that crosses
the river"
Whatever it is, it is white faced
work." said the adjutant. "And, for
my own part, | would not choose a
place SO near to it to lie out upon as this
bar is"
"You do not know the English as
do" said the mugger. "There was q
white-face here when the bridge was
built, and he would take boat in the
evenings and shuttle with his feet on
the bottom-boards, and whisper: is he
here? Is he there? Get me my gum
could hear him before could see him
each sound that he made-creaking
and putting and rattling his gun, up
and down the river. As surely as had
picked up one of his workmen, and
thus saved great expense in wood for
the burning, SO surely woulS he come
down to the ghaut and shout in loud
voice that he would hunt me, and rid
the river of me-the mugger of Mug
ger-Ghautl Me! Children, l have
swan under the bottom of his boat fol
hour after hour, and heard him fire his
gun at logs; and when l was well sure
he was wearied have risen by his side
and snapped my jaws in his face. Wher
the bridge was finished he went away
All the English hunt in that fashion
except when they are hunted"
WHO hunts the white-facesP" said the
jackal, excitedly.
mo one now, but have hunted then
In my time"
II remember little of that hunting
Twas young then" said the adiutant
gathering his beak significantly.
II was well established here. NY
village was being builded for the third
time, as remember, when my cousin
the gayial brought me word Of ricl
waters above Benares. At first / would
not go, for my cousin, who is o fish
eater, does not always know the goot
from the bad; but l heard my peopl,
talking in the evenings, and what they
said made me certain"
"And what did they say?" the jacka
eslied.
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"Were they better, then, than the
big flood of last season?' said the
jaclIal.
Better! That flood was no more
than comes every five years-a handful
of drowned strangers, some chickens,
and dead bullock in muddy water
with cross-currents. But, the season |
think of, the river was low, smooth
and even, and, as the gavial had warned
me, the dead English came down touch
ing each other. got my girth in that
season, my girth and my depth. From
Agra, by Etawah and the broad waters
by Allahabad-"
"0h, the eddy that set under the
walls of the fort at Allahabad!" said
the adiutant. "They came in there
like widgeon to the reeds, and round
and round they swung-thus!"
He went off into his horrible dance
again, while the jackal looked on en-
viously. He naturally could not re-
member the year of the mutiny they
were talking about. The mugger con-
tinued:
"Yes by Allahabad, one lay still in
the slack water and let twenty go by
to pick one; and, above all, the Eng.
lish were not numbered with jewelry
and nose rings and anlSlets as my
women are nowadays. To delight in
ornaments is TO end with rope for
necklace, as the saying is. All the mug
gers of all the rivers grew fat then
but it was my fate to be fatter than
them all. The news was that the Eng.
lish were being hunted into the rivers
and by the Right and Left of Gunga we
believed it was true. So far Us went
south believed it to be true, and |
went down stream beyond Monghyr
and the tombs that look over the river. "
II know TINT place." said the ad.
jutant. "Since those days Monghyr is
a lost city. Very few live there now. "
Thereafter / worked up stream very
slowly and lazily, and little above
Monghyr there came down boatful OF
white faces-alive! They were, as re-
member, women, lying under cloth
spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
There was never gun fred at us
watchers Of the fords in those days. All
the guns were busy elsewhere. We
could hear them day and night inland
coming and going as the wind shifted
l rose up full before the boat, because
had never seen white faces alive
though / knew them otherwise
A naked white child kneeled by the
! side Of the boat, and. STOPPING over
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III.

"Anything," said the mugger, shut
ting his left eye again-"anything is
possible that comes out of boat thrice
the size of Mugger-Ghaut. My village
is not small one"
There was whistle overhead on
the bridge, and the Delhi mail slid
across, all the carriages cleaning with
light, and the shadows faithfully fol-
lowing across the river. 1t clanled
away into the dark again; but the
mugger and the jaclSal were SO well
used to it that they never turned their
heads.
"Is that anything less wonderful
than a boat thrice the size of Mugger-
Ghaut?" asked the bird, looking up.
II saw that built, child. Stone by
stone / saw the bridge piers rise, and
when the men fell off they were won
drous sure-footed for the most part
but when they fell Twas ready. After
the first pier was made they never
thought to look down the stream for
the body to burn. There, again,
saved much trouble. There was moth
ing strange in the building of the
bridge" said the mugger.
But that which goes across, pulling
the rooted carts! That is strange" the
adjutant repeated.
1T is, past any doubt, new breed
of bullock. Some day it will not be
able to keep its foothold up yonder,
and will fall as the men did. The old
mugger will then be ready"
The jackal looked at the adjutant,
and the adjutant looked at the jackal.
IF there was one thing they were more
certain of than another, it was that
the engine was everything in the wide
world except a bullock. The jackal
had watched it time and again from
the aloe-hedges by the side of the
line, and the adjutant had seen engines
since the first engine ran in India. But
the mugger had only looked up at the
engine from below, where the brass
dome seemed rather like bullock S
hump.
'M-yes, new kind Of bullock" the
mugger repeated ponderously, to make
himself quite sure in his own mind;
and Certainly it is a bullock" said the
jackal.
"And again it might be-" began the
mugger, pettishly.
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''They said enough to make me, the
mugger of Muggcr-Ghaut, leave water
and take to my feet. went by night,
using the littlest streams as they served
me; but it was the beginning of the
hot weather and all streams were low.
| crossed dusty roads; went through
tall grass; climbed hills in the moon
light. Even rocks did l climb, chill
drcn-considcr this well. crossed
the tail of Sirhind the waterless, be-
fore could find the set Of the little
rivers that flow Gungaward. / was
months journey from my own people
and the river that knew, That was
very marvelousp
What food by the way?" said the
jaclal, who kept his soul in his little
stomach, and was not bit impressed
by the mugger's land travels
"That which l could find-cousin," !"
said the mugger slowly, dragging each
word.
Now you do not call man cousin
in India unless you think you can es-
tablish some kind of blood relation
ship, and as it is only in old fairy tales
that the mugger ever marries a jackal,
the jackal knew for what reason he
had been suddenly lifted into the mug
gers family circle. If they had been
alone he would not have cared, but the
adjutant's eyes twinlkled with mirth at
the ugly jest.
"Assuredly, father, l might have
known" said the jackal. A nugger
does not care to be called q father of
jackals, and the mugger of Mugger-
Ghaut said as much-and n good deal
more which there is no use in repeat
ing here.
"The Protector Of the Poor has claimed
kinship. How can remember the pre-
else degree? Moreover, we eat the
same food. He has said it," was the
jackal's reply.
That made matters rather worse, for
what the jackal limited at was that the
mugger must have eaten his food on
that land march fresh, and fresh every
day, instead of keeping it by him till
it was in fit and proper condition. as
every self-respecting mugger and most
wild beasts do when they can. Indeed,
one of the worst terms Of contempt
along the river bed is ''eater Of fresh
meat" 1t is about as bad as calling a
friend cannibal would be among
human beings.
THAT food was eaten thirty seasons
ago." said the adjutant quietly. I'll
we talk for thirty seasons more it will
never come back. Tell us now what
happened when the good waters were
reached after thy most wonderful land
journey. If we listened to the howl
ing of every jackal the business Of the
town would stop, as the saying is"
The mugger must have been CRATE
full for the interruption, because he
went on with rush:
"By the Right and Left of Gunga
when 1 came there never did l see sucl
waters -
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he must needs try to trail his hands
in the river. 1t is pretty thing
to see how child loves running water.
had fed that day, but there was lit
tie untitled space within me. Still, IL
was for sport and not for food that
rose at the child's hands. They were
SO clear mark that did not even
look when closed; and they were so
small that though my jaws rang true
| am sure of that-thc child drew them
up swiftly unhurt. They must have
passed between tooth and tooth-those
small white hands. should have
caught him crosswise at the elbows,
but, as ! said, it was only for sport and
desire to see new things that rose at
all. They cried ont one after another
in the boat, and presently rose again
to watch them. The boat was too
heavy to push over. They were only
women, but he who trusts q woman
will walk on duckweed in n pool, as
the saying is; and by the Right and
Left of Gunga that is truth"
"Once woman gave me some dried
skin from fish" said the iackal 81
had hoped to get her baby, but horse
food is better than the kick of a horse,
as the saying is. What did thy woman
do?"
"She fred at me with short gun of 4
kind | have never seen before or since.
Five times, one after another" (the
mugger must have met with an old
fashioned revolver); "and | stayed
open-mouthed and gaping, my head in
the smoke. Never did | see such a
thing. Five times, as swiftly as wave
my tail-thus!"
The jackal, who had been growing
more and more interested in the story,
had just time to leap back as the tail
swung by like scythe.
f..
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HEALTH FOR THE MILLION:

Battle hives frequently with vinegar
and water-two tablespoonfuls of vine
gar to teacupful of water.
The use of incense in churches is
strongly recommended as precaution
against colds and influenza.
The schools of Germany each possess
the services Of specialist who regu-
larly examines the pupils vision and
corrects defects The idea is well wor-
thy of imitation in America.
At the flrst indication Of Group or any
sort of cold, slice raw, onions, sprinkle
with granulated sugar, and let them
stand until the juice is extracted. This
process may be fastened by heating
for Il fev minutes, Pour off the Juice
and give n teaspoonful every holy,. o.
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Wanted the Implcmcrts

From the Chicago Tribune.
81 want a ream of writin' paper a
box of steel pens, and quart bottle Of
ink, young feller" said the burly Gus
toner. "I'm goin' into trainin' fer a
prize eight"
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THE UNDERTAkERS
by RUDYARD KIpLING.

(These short serial stories are copy
righted by Bachelor, Johnson & Bachel-
Ter, and are printed in The Tribune by
special arrangement, simultaneous with
their appearance in the leading daily
journals of the large cities)
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Bryn Roberts, M. P, though an or
thodox Methodist of the old type, and a
deacon, is q straight rider to hounds
an inveterate chess player and one Of
the best billiard players in the house
of commons.
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1hey Arc Easily Satisfied.

from the MilW0ukoe Sentinel
The registry lists in Chicago prove what
many people have suspected, that the ma-
joilty of women do not want to vote, and
a few women only want the right to vote.
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An Italian scientist, NJ Montegazzo,
has written an essay upon the science
of wrinkles. He believes ones history
can be largely told by the lines upon the
face. Entering into DESCRIPTION of the
different varieties and their meanings,
he says; Horizontal lines across the
forehead are found even in children
who are ricketts, or idiots, and that being
out in the sun with the eyes unshaded
will produce them prematurely, but they
are natural at 40 or earlier. Vertical
lines between the eyes denote thought
and study, since deep concentration
contracts the eyebrows; grief and worry
produce the same effect, and, frequently
repeated, either leaves a permanent
fold in the skin. Arched wrinkles just
above the nose indicate extreme suf-
fering either mental or physical. The
earliest wrinkles of all and the most
unavoidable are those which run from
either side of the nostrll down to the
mouth, and these are produced by
smiling and even the motion of the jaws
in masticating-a warning to gum-chew-
ers!
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Special to the Scranton Tribune.
London, Nov. l.
T. e. Ellis, M. p, is in favor of the
establishment of separate local gov
ernment board for Wales.
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Citric acid is said to exert very de-
structive influence on the bacillus of
diphtheria. A weak solution, made by
adding a tablespoonful of a or 10 per
cent. solution to glass of water, is
recommended as a gargle in diphtheria.
Slices of lemon in the child's mouth or
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Sleep as a prolonger Of life is upheld
by curious calculation which appeared
in medical work ON the digestive or
gans and faculties. The duration of
human life may be ascertained by the
pulsations of the body. Say man lives
to 20 years, his heart beating sixty to
the minute, the pulsations in that time
foot up to 2,2O7, 100000 If, by intemper-
ance, or any other cause, he raises pull
sation to seventy-nve a minute, the
same number of pulsations would be
finished in fifty-siX years. And as the
number of pulsations is less in sleeping
than in walking state, it stands to
reason that long sleeper has much
better prospect of q long life than
person who is satisfied with short maps.
Napoleon l., who slept very little, did
not maintain old age, General Butler,
who could sleep at will rounded out
good ripe sheaf of years.
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The funds granted by the state in 1859
for all forms of public education in
Wales amounted to less than $2lO,OOO;
now the grants to Wales reach nearly
81, 10000.
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Letters are still extant which show
that the son of the great Daniel Row
lands, of Llangeitho, was violently in
love wit hthe daughter of the revival
ist, Howell Harries, of Trefecca.
Though their fathers were so intimate
ly associated in the Methodist revival,
young Rowlands complained that Miss
Harries would not smile upon his suit.
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NEWS NOTES FROM WALES.

[ro BE CONCLUDED.