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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-26

10 BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. EVERY
NOTED PLACE IN ALASKA, THE
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
FIVE NUMBERS ON THE CoUN-
TER. TEN CENTS AND ONE
COUPON FOR ANY NUMBER,
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side Coal and iron company has orders
for 1000 more tons of coal for this
month.
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French people are only few days
ahead Of us-only the length Of time
it takes for the style TO
cross the water. Few ne SfeW
American houses can Scme Great
Keep step with the pace YaIpes
we are setting. We Coupe with
Keep them pcrambling Low
to follow our lead. Prices.
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This bank offers to dcpositors every
facility warranted by their balances, busi-
ness aud responsibility.
Special attention given TO business 40
counts Interest paid on time deposits
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s., 5000

WILLIAM CoNNELL, President
GEO. II, CATLIN, Vice President
WILLIAM II. PECK, Cashier
DIRECTORS
william ConnclL, George ". Catlin
Alfred Hand, James Archibald, Henry
Belin, Jr, William T Smith, Luther
Keller
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Third National
Bank of Scranton.

Statement Feb rs, 1894. called for by
the Comptroller Of the Currency
RESOURCES
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s.s, No Hope Ahead

os9F n HOps NN'au
Nsn i0rl Commercial Adptrii,sr. -. -.
1Eyen Adlai is beginning TO take reefs IN
his boom
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Are eonSt sntly ap.
pearing. We keep
fully abreast Of
the times, display
ing every fashion
and design as fast
as they are placed
npon the market
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29

Two lions had been shot, when we
both heard an animal breathing along
side of our shelter, within n few feet of
us, and the next instant gentle shake
given to the hut, and noise, as of
one of the loose branches with which
it was covered being torn of, let us
know there was another lion in our
neighborhood even more enterprising
than the two that had been shot.
1t was soon evident to me that tho
animal was looking for an entrance to
our shelter, for, after tearing off a few
more boughs, it got to the place where
we had crept in, but which was now
blocked up with poles. Hereit halted,
and, from the way 1t kept touching
the poles, seemed to be trying to get
its paw through. This was little
more than l had bargained for, and,
Mt the risk of incurring the charge of
inhospitality, 1 resolved to try to
keep our visitor outside in the cold
| Of course, while the lion was acting
in the manner / have described, ], on
my side, was not idle.
AS soon as | had realized what our
visitor WAS trying to do, l turne lround,
and, lying on the ground, tried to
look between the interstices of the
poles forming the entrance to our hut.
1t was, however, so absolutely dark
that l could see nothing. Instant
action was, nevertheless, necessary,
for rs the poles forming our hut were
not fixed to the ground, the lion might
have got its paw between two of them
and pulled them out at any moment,
aud then, by pushing its head and
shoulders through, would have infalli-
bly, overturned the whole structure.
To prevent such a consummatiop, l
now pushed the muzzle of my rifle be-
tween the poles, just where my ears
told me my would-be interviewer was
moving them, and, pointing it upward,
holding the stock on the ground,
pulled the trigger. Once more, and
Tor the third time that night, the re-
port of the rifle was answered by the
most terrific grunting roars it is pos
slble to conceive, uttered as they were
within six feet of our ears.
am sorry | had not phono2raph
with me to preserve these powerful ex-
pressions of the feelings of q wounded
lion. Suddenly released in London
drawing room, | feel sure that they
could not fail to produce very marked
effect. and Adventures in
Southeast Africa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29

The lawyer had been badgering the
witness for some time, and finally
asked:
"Was any member OF your family
ever hanged?"
eyes, sir. " :
"Ah, hal thought as much. Now,
sir, who was it?"
"Myself."
yourself? Do you mean to say
that you have been hanged and are
alive to tell of it?"
eyes, sir"
Come, now, no trifing. Tell the
jury what you were hanged for and
how you happen to be alive to-day?"
'Wel1, sir, a man was killed and l
was suspected of having committed the
crime. A mob took me out, put rope
around my neck and had just hauled
me up to the limb of tree when some
one in the crowd shouted out that the
murdered man had been a lawyer.
They couldn't cut me down quick
enough. was given a banquet as the
greatest public benefactor in the his
tory of the town. "-Waverley Maga-
zine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29

messengers. This is the only part
that is accessible to people who have
public business. These men after they
have passed the guards down stairs are
allowed to go up the stair case between
the East Room and the vestibule. AT
the top of this there is GUARD in citl-
zen's' clothes, and passing across
hall you come into another corridor,
IN the rooms of which at the back are
the offices of the President and Mr..
Thurber, and also the big parlor in
which the Cabinet meets. AS You step
into this corridor you see seated at
desk one of the most trusted servants
and best watchmen any ruler has ever
known. This is Sergeant Loeffler, the
special messenger of the President.
He is wiry, sharp-eyed man, with
gray mustache. No one knows how old
he is, but his muscles are iron. He
was fighting the Indians long before
the war began, and for the past twenty
years he has been one of the conf
dental employees of the White House.
1t is he who takes in the cards that
reach the President. He knows oil the
prominent men of the country and he
sometimes detects bad characters who
have passed the men below. just across
the hall are the offices of another
corps of clerks, including Colonel
William II. Crook, who has been
twenty eight years connected with the
Executive Mansion and who was one
of President Lincoln's special body
guards whsn he made his trip to
Richmond. All of the employees of the
White House are connected with the
President and the private secretary by
electric bells, and the whole army
could be called into the Presidents
room by the pressure of button.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29
WISE WORDS.

A liar is born, not made.
Women will take greater risks than
men.
Cupid should be represented with
out any head.
At least half of the good things we
get are unexpected.
Effort would cease if man ever
were what he wanted to be.
1t is our dreams, not our wakings,
which give us most happiness.
Pleasure is the open enemy of
poverty and happiness is its friend.
A man should never trust his head
to tell him what is in woman's
heart.
A man is less likely to get credit for
what he does than blame for what he
doesn't.
The man who wars with woman
shows himself lacking in the best
elements of manhood.
1t is only through his mistakes that
a man can identify his humanity and
prove that he is not yet divine.
The philosopher who said that all
things come to him that waits might
have added that the man who goes
after them gets them great deal
quicker
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29
A Race of Giant Cannibals.

Unlikely as it may seem to some
who read these lines, it is fact,
nevertheless, that there is an island in
the Gulf of California, not more than
sixty miles from the Mexican main
land, which is inhabited by the rem.
nants of a race of giant cannibals.
This startling discovery was made by
West Coast naturalist early in 1891,
and has since been confirmed by both
United States and Mexican explorers.
Mr.. MCNAMARA, the scientist referred
to, has a photograph of one of the
men found by him on the island, that
individual, although not one of the
largest, being over seven feet in
height The island upon which they
were found is known as the Island or
Isle of Leri, and the original discov-
erer says that there is evidence of can.
nibalism among them. St Louis Re-
public.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29
LO Bengulu, the King.

Most of the daily press of this
country fall into the error OF spelling
the name of the chief of Mata5ele.
land 'Lobengula," whereas tho cor
rect orthography is Lo Bengulu. The
prefix Lo is but title AMI not part
of the name proper, while the en- ling
''a" would only there be permissible
in feminine name. The pr1nnn .ia-
tion of the royal name is Lo Ben-go,.
In, with the accent on the next to tn.
last syllable. San Francisco Chroni-
icle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Venezuela has milk trees.

Venezuela has milk trees.
Florins were issued in 1S49.
Omaha, Neb. has taxpayers league.
China has twenty four newspapers
1t takes Danish express train day
to travel 100 miles.
There has never been rainstorm at
Iquique, in Bolivia.
Gold is washed in Africa by the same
means employed by the California
'49-ers
The race of baronets WAS created by
James 1. in 1911, and is found only in
Great Britain.
Thomas Hall, who died at Columbus,
Ind, in 1891, had had one leg broken
twenty-seven times.
In 1886 Easter fell on April 25, the
latest date possible, and later than it
will again until 1888.
In the army of Alexander the order
WAS SO close that the soldiers in the in
terror files could not turn.
All ancient cavalry was placed on
the wings of the infantry files, to mid
In aggression or in pursuit. !.
The first man to succeed in welding
aluminium to glass was Bradford Me-
Gresor, n mechanical expert of Gin
c1nnati, Ohio.
The osteologist of the Smithsonian
Institution says that it is fact that
pythons and several species of boas
have real legs and feet
Doctors say that there is small
\ ganglia in the throat that has control
of the muscles of that region and acts
very much like true brain.
The Congo Free State, in Africa, of
which King Leopold is sovereign, has
population of IA, 100000, of whom
less than 1000 are Europeans.
The "grip microbe" is rounded atom
with body marked with numerous
creases and lines, each having smaller
radiating lines which give larger ones
the appearance of being connected by
fine hairs.
The "Cardiff Giant" the famous
stone man hoax of twenty years ago,
was ten feet p inches i'll length had
nose six inches long, mouth four
inches wide and foot 15t inches
from toe to heel.
Many years ago beekeeper named
Wildman surprised all Europe with
the ease with which he handled bees,
compelling swarm TO settle where he
pleased. His secret was to get posses
sion of the queen bee, when the others
would follow wherever she was placed.
George Burns, an inmate of the
Soldiers Home at Dayton, Ohio, had
his heart completely displaced by
jam received in the great railroad
wreck at Gray's Rock, Martha's Vine
yard. in 1884. Since that date it
regularly beats on the right side.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29

Isaw the cold, half-moulded clay
The artist Goodly thought
Long uncompleted laid away,
Now never to be wrought
In all its fulness, all its grace.
, One hand alone could mould
The beauty Of that dreamlike face
A story but half told.
AMI yet the story is complete
In what It tells to me;
We pass with busy, rushing feet,
With eyes that will not sec,
Unto the Everlasting Day,
Where Times sands never run.
AMI leave behind us on our way
Great works, but just begun.
-Flavol Scott Mines, in Hnrpers Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29

eral others, all having their especial
purpose. One was to remove wrinkles,
another to remove "blackheads," J" and
still another to make the skin soft and
velvety.
"One treatment has made you look
five years younger, remarked the high
priestess, who had just entered the
room and who gave the seeker hand
glass.
In natural haste the seeker grasped
it to look for the missing five years.
There certainly was smoothness Of
the skin which she had never noticed
before. The treatment had produced
color which was both genuine and
healthful
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29
AN ORDEAL OF FIRE.
BY ". THOMSON.

7 the time Of the
great bush fires
which, with dis
astrous results to
human and animal
life ms well rs
property, swept
over II vast extent
of the Western
States i'll October,
1871, there were
living on adioin.
ing farms in lisa
b e liza County
Michigan, tw ,
families, named
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29
The Serpent's Tongue.

Speaking of snakes, in answer to a
question by Ruskin, "What use has a
serpent for its tongue?" Mr.. Hudson,
after denying that it is an insect-catch-
ing organ. n decoy, or tactile organ,
suggests that the snake uses its tongue
to concentrate the attention of an in
tended victim upon its head, whil9 its
body is being trailed forward to effect
the capture,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29

With the implicit confidence be-
gotten of love Sammy replied:
eyes, aunty; us'll be veal good. an
not cwy any more when MS gets way
from the nasty smoke, 1t hurts our
eyes awful %
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29

The new synagogue in st. Peters
'r9 which was planned in 1870 is now
mpleted' and is pronounced one of
hnest buildings in the city,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29

yards away. There was no fire under
loot here, but the heat was greater
than ever, and the almost exhausted
girl found it well nigh impossible to
sraw Sammy S chubby weight over the
turned up soil.
AT last, however, after much palH-
fnl tugging, she arrived at the door
of the milk house, but only--oh, hor'
ror ito find 1t securely fastened by
paddock and hasp affixed to the out
side. The key, of course, was at the
now blazing dwelling. 1t might as
well have been n thousand miles away.
Clouds of steam were now rising
from Marie's blanket Not for three
minutes longer could she or the boys
live in the furnace.like air. Quite
ignoring her own peril, she sobbingly
walled
Dear, Merciful Father, must these
innocent lambs perish? Oh, if l could
only tinda stone or an ax !"
Then, from beneath the hot
blanket-folds, observant little Peter
lisped:
Daddy did have an AK here for to
make bench, one day. auntie! |"
"Oh, you blessed child" cried
Marie, as she caught sight of the i'm
plement lying on IL pine board.
Drawing long, deep breath and re-
tanning it in her lungs she laid the lit
tie fellow down beside his brother,
covered both with the blanket and
seized the axe. While the superheated
air almost blistered her now unpro-
tected face, she still held her breath,
with one deft blow broke the cast-iron
staple, and the next moment the three
were safe in the cool underground
chamber and had reclosed its clay
lined door.
No danger of burning here, nor
of starving, either, for on low shelf
were ranged four great pans of milk,
roll of butter and cold rice pudding.
In order to ventilate the room, a few
! lengths of small drain tiles had been
run from its arched ceiling, through the
solid earth, to the top of the mound,
and down this narrow tube there came
enough light to redeem the place from
absolute darkness.
While Marie, IN trembling doubt
whether the child yet lived, was un-
winding Sammy, the youngster re-
| gained consciousness and set her fears
Mt rest by feebly murmuring: "Me
wants n dwink"-a want shared by the
other two and easily satisfied by aid
of tin dipper.
1t was now about three o'clock in the
afternoon. The imprisoned children
would have to wait six hours for the
return of their parents. But theroom
was now too cool for comfort; its at
mosphere was delightfully."- pure; not
aparticle of smoke descended the shaft ;
the twins behaved remarkably well,
and their auntie was SO blissfully happy
over their escape that she whiled away
the time with merry jest and story un-
til, by and by, the little heroes dropped
quietly asleep.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-29

Driving straight down from the
north, the two farmers and their wives
had come within three miles of the
spot where stood their homes that
morning, when they met old Dick
peacefully grazing, or rather, trying
to Craze, by the roadside. Instantly
recognizing the horse, and seeing, fal
to their left, the light of burning
woods, they hurried on and arrived al
the northern edge of Wilson's clear.
ing half an hour before nine.
No fire was in the fields now, but all
were black and desolate. Houses and
barns had vanished; not n fence nor n
head of stock was to be seen, and the
ruin seemed complete.
Yet, in shuddering dread of a greater
catastrophe, they scarcely thought of
their material losses, as, forcing their
team to a gallop, they drove furiously
on.
Their way lay close to the hill-cel-
lar, of which, very curiously, not one
of the four was thinking men,
with sternly set features, looking
men covering their eyes, as if to shut
out to the last moment sight of the
unutterable horror which each in her
secret heart deemed certain must all
too soon appear.
Enveloped in clouds of black dust
raised by their own beating hoofs, the
horses rushed madly on until abreast
of the mound. Then they stopped SO
suddenly that the wagons occupants
pitched forward on their seats for
right in their path, looking weirdlike
in the murky light, stood Marie
Moreau, holding outstretched before
her one of the dingy blankets.
Hearing the thunder of the ap-
preaching vehicle, the watchful girl
had darted out just in time to inter-
cept it.
"'Tis Marie !" she loudly called,
the affrighted team stood shiver-
,ng in their tracks and, almost blend
ing with her own voice, came in re-
Sponse two startled cries-one a fer
/ vent:
"Oh, thank God!" and the other,
rising to shrek; my boysl Oh,
my boys? Marie"
"Safe, safe and unhurt, in the milk
house, Mrs Wilson !" rang out the
girls joyous answer.
Silence for moment. Then the
soft weeping of women, the shaking
sobs of strong men, and presently
lie two mothers locked in each others
.ms-the returned travellers stood on
eground.
Next day the farmers found that all
lheir cattle had escaped injury, the
fire not having extended far enough
east to reach that part of Pine River
whittier provident Marie had driven
them. Though much incommoded
/ by the loss of houses and plenishing,
the good people were by no means
ruined. The two men went to work
with will, and long before winter
came both homes were substantially
rebuilt and refurnished. New York
'edger
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-10
NOTES.
Laura Waltzes.-S.

Some kinds Of hedges may be cut
back now, and it should be done so
as to avoid having such work to per
form in the busy spring.
II you want fruit trees do not
wait for some agent to come along
and coax you, but select some relia-
BILE house for yourself, and send in
yolr order for the varieties you pre-.
fer.
At this season when the hens aI-
pear droopy, and have swelled heads
and eyes, the cause is due to
draughts of air in poultry house,
which may be traced to top venti-
lator or to cracks and Crevices in the
walls.
An excellent way to keep cabbage
is to put them in row close togeth-
eT, roots IN the ground deep, and
then turn a furrow of earth over
them. They will keep better this
way than when the heads are down
and the roots up.
Crimson clover provides green
food during portions of the winter.
1t may be cut late in the fall and fed
to the animals, and be used in early
spring A small quantity given to the
animals once day will be highly
relished.
Lime encourages the growth of
clover and prevents growth of sor-
rel; it makes sandy soil more COM
pact and clay soil more friable; it un.
locks potash and encourages forma-
tion ofnitrate of potash; it binders
growth of some kinds of fungi. and
kills the larvae of many insects.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-10

The series of caverns recently dis,
covered by prospectors in the rocky
sides of Cajon peak, a spur of the
Cuyamaca range, San Diego, Cal,
have been partly explored, and are
found to rival the Mammoth cave of
Kentucky in interesting features, as
well as in the size of the chambers.
There are several external openings,
from each of which vertical ascent is
made into a chamber, with several
lateral openings extending to other
chambers, some of gigantic size. The
roof and floors are brilliant with stall
actites and stalagmites. Other pas
sages leading in various directions into
the heart of the mountain were trav-
ersed for considerable distance, and
several mineral springs of strong saline
qualities were found. Steps have been
taken by the exploring party to organ
ize a corporation and to secure title to
the land on which the entrances were
found, which is still vested in the gov
eminent
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-10
Not to be Fooled.

Old Black Bass-Do you see that lit
tie frog hanging there by string?
Young Black Bass-Yes mother.
Old Black Bass-Well, don't bite at
it, child; that is merely a rubber frog
and very unpalatable. have observed
them before. This one. | think. came
from Boston fishing tackle store. and
presumably there is a Bostonian hold
ing the split bamboo which YOU can
easily distinguish by an upward glance
Here comes a nice fat sinner for YOU,
unencumberci by any patert angling
gewEaws. There now, sw,iD of TO
Olay Boston Courier
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-10
Seaside Club,
From Harper's Bazaar.

From Harper Bazaar.
'"There was lovely lot of fellows
down at the beach," said Janette.
why didn't you come home en-
gagged. them" asked her friend. 81
did; that's my engagement ring"
"Why. my dear, just let me congrat-
ulate you. Which one Of the men is
it," cts all of 'em. They dubbed
together ard bought this solitaire"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-10

Horses are now being shipped
from this country to Europe, and
our exports Of horses exceed in val
tie those imported. Formerly we
bought great many horses from
Europe for purposes of Improvement
but Europe is now drawing on us
for the same purpose.
Walnuts are a paying crop. 1t
may require over a quarter of cen
fury to secure the timber, but land
planted with walnut trees will be an
investment which will be more val
liable every year, with small for
tune awaiting him who can afford
to wait for it. The walnuts will also
give profit yearly after the trees
begin to bear.
1t may require two or three years
to raise heifer calf. Which appears
to be loss of time, but if the calf is
sired by thoroughbred sire, of a
choice breed, it will soon pay for it.
self and be source of revenue for
years, one good COW is worth two or
three poor ones, and good ones can
only be obtained by raising them
or paying high prices for them.
There is no saving in the use
of bedding more than once. If the
straw or litter used for bedding is
made fine by cutting the straw the
liquid manure will be more com
pletely absorbed and the stalls kept
dry and clean. The manure will be
more easily handled when the litter
is fine. The feet of the animals are
injured by wet stalls and the use of
ammoniated bedding. Every night
each animal should have a fresh,
clean bed.