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RecoLLecr,oNs OF GREAT NE,


Justin Mccarthy Teiis Some Good
Stories Of Men He Has Met
or the great men he has met Justin
Mccarthy has some excellent stAriee
to relate. A few Of these he recently
recounted in a lecture In the Tyne
rheater, Newcastle.
Among his most cherished memories
sre collections Of william Makepeace
Thackeray. Those who knew Thack.
cray from bis books will readily con-
seive that he would take infinite delight
In telling story against himself. Here
Il an anecdote that he used to relate:
Thackeray found much pleasure In
taking long walks into the country.
When on one Of these excursions with
/ brother journalist, Jacob Omniuin,"
who, tall as Thackeray was, was even
taller than the author Of 1.-THE New.
comes" the two gentlemen came across
Z country fair. Observing tent where
giants were exhibiting themselves,
they agreed to enter. When Thackeray
was preparing to pay the usual admis.
sion fee the attendant Mt the door re.
marked: I'VE make no charge to tho
profession, SIR"
An instance Of very smart repartee
on the part Of John Bright is told by
Mr.. Mccarthy. Mr.. Bright, unfortu.
nately, had on one occasion to leava
his parliamentary and other duties on
account Of an affection of the brain
Recovering from the attack, Mr.. Bright
resumed his active interest In public
affairs. But in the course Of debate
member Of the House of Commons
with surprising and inexcusable indie
cency, replying to Mr.. Bright, said that
that gentleman had been suffering
from a disease Of the brain. WITH
comparative self.restraint the famous
repeater retorted: "That IL a disease
which Providence itself could not In.
fiict upon the noble lord"
Mr.. Mccarthy remembers very well
the only speech he ever heard the great
Duke Of wellington deliver In thu
House Of Lords. It made decided i'm.
preston upon the future Irish leader,
The man Of iron wore blue frock coat
and pair Of white duck trousers, the
only person he knew, except his friend,
Gibson Bowles, who adopted such un.
mentlonablcs. A bill was under dis.
cussion and Wellington criticised II
adversely. The peer in charge Of tho
bill remarked bitterly that the noble
duke did not understand the bill. Then
wellington rejoined: II have read II
three times; and II, after that, dom,
understand the bill I must be a -
fool"
Among the anecdotes Mr.. Mccarthy
relates Is one concerning himself. Al
the close Of n lecture In Glasgow he
turned to the chairman and said hi
hoped he had not spoken too long. INA
na," said the Scotchman, Jaw thcna
We hae had vera patient audience!'.-
London News.
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Italy, 100000; IN Switzerland, 100.
ono; In France. 22,OOO,OOO; In Spain. g..
OOO.OOO; In Great Britain, 5000, 900.
The statistics for this country are not
mt hand, although the figures are
enormous.
The government Of Switzerland has
decided to appropriate one tenth part
OF the revenue arising from the alcohol
monopoly In the canton of Zurich for
the support Of institutions for the cure
Of victims Of the alcohol habit. includ.
ing hospitals for epileptics and scrof.
ulous children.
The destructiveness Of yellow fever
In Cuba this summer far SURPRISES
that Of last year. The reports procured
for the Marine Hospital service mt
Washington are confirmed by the offic.
lal statistics Of mortality at Havana.
Thousands Of Spanish soldiers are pros.
trated with the malady, and more than
One-tenth Of the army was sent to the
hospital within the past two or three
months. Cuba Is n graveyard for the
young men Of Spain.
The authorities Of the Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Of Baltimore. have built a
cold storage room in which dead bodies
will he kept for the use Of medical col.
legcs In winter.
Professor Ball, the astronomer royal
OF Ireland, and one Of the most popular
astronomical writers in Great Britain,
has just finished curious calculat ion
on the distance to the nearest Of the
fixed stars" The calculation was in.
splred by visit to one Of the great
Lancashire thread factories. The 81.
perlntendent Of one Of the factories In.
spected by the astronomer informed
the star-gazer that the combined out.
put Of the various Lancashire thread
factories was 155.OOO.OOO miles Of
thread per day! Those figures were
certainly enough to astOnish anyone,
unless It should be an astronomer. Pro.
fessor hall has long since pissed the
point where he expresses surprise at a
string Of figures which represent even
billions Of miles. Instead Of falling
stunned at the thread mans feet. he
paralyzed the manufacturer Of cotton
filnments by telling him that II all the
factories In Lancashire should work
day and night, producing 155,OOO.OO0
miles Of thread every twelve hours, II
would take them 200 years to spin a
thread long enough to reach from the
earth to the nearest Of the fixed stars!
A French naval engineer named d.
Humy has invented a pressed oilcaks
my has invented a pressed oiicake for
use rs fuel on ocean steamers. It Is
not affected by temperature, Is smoke.
less and odOrless, cannot evaporate OF
cause explosions, and burns only on the
surface, giving out intense heat, and
leaving only from two to three per cent
Of ash. A ton Of this fuel Is equal to
thirty tons of coal. "If the half Of this
story IL true," says The Cincinnati
Price Current, "and NJ. d'Humy really
has got a substitute for coal, which ID
less dirty, bulky, and costly, while equ'
ally safe and powerful. he has opened
the way to all sorts Of marine posi-.
bllitles. But discoveries Of this kind
have been made, on paper. good
many times before, and It win be well
| to await results before growing cnthu.
4 slustlc.
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In 1895 young woman with party
Of Indians visiting Fort King. was
seized and carried of as a fugitive
slave. on the ground that her mother
was an escaped slave who had taken
refuge with the Indians many years
before. That her father was an Indian
and had been raised an Indian did not
count for anything. Legal claim Of
ownership In the mother embraced her
also. That was law at the time-the
white mans law.
Naturally, the young husband, un-
tutOred savage that he was, could not
recognize its justice. Proving both elO.
quent and brave, he soon had every In
dian In Florida on the warpath, nor
was 1t long before his name, Osceola,
was heard In terror In the exposed
white settlements. There ensued q
war. long, costly and bloody. out of oil
proportion to the numbers engaged. It
Ia probable the Indians did not number
1900 warriors, but In the four years
required to conquer them 1900 white
lives were sacrificed.
The Indians had many wrongs to
avenge, which lost nothing In the fervid
coloring OF Osceola's eloquence. Defeat
meant transportation to an unknown
country far toward the setting sun.
OsceOla claimed to have been the friend
Of the white man until white treachery
and cupidity eliminated In the brutal
seizure Of his wife; In digging up the
tomahawk he preached war Of exter-
NINA tion-till every white man was
driven from Florida or every Indian
died In the acknowledgements Maya.
| zlno
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Nfinks Bantsh 6nakos.

Water moccasips were formerly nu.
merOus In the regions close to Taylor,
La. In recent years they have become
scarce while minks have increased In
numbers. Old hunters there say that
the mink II the deadly enemy Of the
spske, and that In hght the quadruped
always comes OF victonous.-New York
World
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deal Of anxiety expressed In the city
40 to the new American President. 1t
Ia well known that Mr.. Cleveland's
views are exceedingly peculiar, and 1t
Ia more than probable, as we stated
last month, that should he be successful
In again obtaining the Presidential
chair, such 4 change may take place In
the finances Of that most important
country that we ourselves might suffer
very considerably"
The tactical superiority of Garcia and
Gomez over the c0ntending Spanish
generals was never before so f0rcibly
proved as In the late battle near Santi-
ago. The Spanish attacked In three
columns, each Of which was met In turn
by the Cubans and crushed before It
could Join the other columns. The
Spanish had the better position, more
men and more guns, but these advan-
tages were not and never will be an of.
Get to superior generalship and greater
valOr.
In his book on New Zealand Mr.. Ed
ward Fitexlragdtaoi hrdlu mfwyp rdlu
ward Fitzgerald declares that nothing
In the Swiss Alps equals the grandeur
OF Mount Seton, 1.-THE Matterhorn OF
New Zealand" AZ It Ii called. The 10.
cal climbers had long since declared II
inaccessible, but Mr.. Fitzgerald, after
several perilous failures, succeeded In
reaching the summit with the Swiss
guide Zurbriggen, who stamped with
delight" when he reached the top.
Russia has 508, 000, 900 acres In her
forest domain. In Norway and Sweden
the forest area covers $4,000, 900 acres
In Austria, 5000. 900; In Germany
ol.0oov eo0l In Turkey, $4,000. 900; IL
, 1896-01-08

posed to any scheme which engendered reli-
ance on the Government. instead of self
help. DIR. Carringtons's recent move in the
improvement in the Village Ordinances,
seems to ne to be a step in the right dircc-
ton.
Personally, I should be more inclined to
place my reliance in private enterprise. than
in q large Government scheme. The Govern
ment might help in draining a tract, or in
constructing roads. TO make such a scheme
successful you must have in the first instance
IN industrious people. and in the second
place the growers must be assured of some
opening, or market for their produce. The
easiest method of trying such q cooperative
scheme under the existing conditions would
be the growing Of canes, and in spite of the
very little success which has attended such
efforts hitherto, | still believe it will turn
out to be best for the Planters themselves.
1 want, however, also to point out that as
regards the utilization of our most accessible,
/. 6. our coast lands, no progress can be made
till the questions of Drainage. Water-carrlags
aud Sea Audience are recognised as Of Colonial
importance and are SO dealt with. The cost
Of growing sugar on the East Coast could be
reduced by over 10 per cent. on som estates
if this were done.
, 1896-01-08

Y HAVE this day opened at abve address, a first class Grmry selling by wholesale and remp
I he best articles at lowest nms am already the @eA Agent in the Danish West Indies for
Ge@ sale Of tTenmrs~ Beer "Jefrys'S Stout, Il Crown Whisky, and "Meieys rmnvHed
Eap each the best Of its kind will keep a Stock of the best Sugars Teas Cohes Cocoas
Canned Meats Fish. Fruits sand Vegetables" FewEs' and English Hams " Bacon" BRUINS
as we'll as Madeira, Port Sherry Clapt and other gerne Wines, "Iten%y"
and other rmnGes, Whistles, Gin, Co4HaI4 and all the requisites a Grocery
As hayeI rdNl t with this Lhnd for nigh 40 years. am no 'intHhpn' but
am we'll know here. A<u my goods are bought on bnsof CASH can Offer advantages
cetert than any other House
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
BRADSTREEl'S REPORT.
Activity in the Glass Industry Leading
staples Advance.

New York. Feb. 2S.-l:rudstreets to-
morrow will say:
Changcable. and at times unseason-
able weather has continued to unfavor-
ably influence the distribution of gen
eral merchandise. JobberS at large
western centers do not anticipate a
heavy spring trade. as the outlook Is
for retailers carrying over larger stocks
than expected
Unsatisfactory conditions prevail III
the cotton goods, wuolen, iron and steel
Industries.
In addition to renewed activity in
the glass industry. large orders, spring
delivery. are being placed for boots and
ing centers. and manufacturers report
trade active and prospects encouraging.
Leading money markets are quiet. at
the close. but mercantile collections
south and particularly west, have ial-
len on and are unsatisfactory.
Price movement of leading stables is
more Favorable with advances fOE
wheat. corn, oats, cODner. leather and
turpentinp. Firm or steady prices are
noted for tlOur. coffee, sugar. steel rails,
lumber. coal and hides while reactions
appear in quotations Tor pork and lard,
cotton and print cloths petroleum. bes-
semer uic iron. steel billrts ana some
grades of southern. nig.
The falling off in the total number
of business failures throughout tn"
t'nittd States Il week ago Is continued.
the total being ~. compared with 21G
last week, 23i in the corresponding week
of 1895; 272 in the fourth Werl; of Feb
iuary. 1894: 2lI in the like period in
IS43 and 1lI i'm 1892
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news FROM FOREIGN Lands
Campaign Against Nicaraguan In
SurgeatS.
THE VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY Y
Egyptian Oucstiou-Spaiu. Sw witzcrlaud
OF sweden to Name an Arbitrator in
the boundary Of French Guiana.
War News from tho Tropics.

Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 2S, via
Galveston, Tex.-The campaign against
the Insurgents is being pushed with
great vigor by President Xelaya. He
decided not to wait for the Leonists to
attack Managua, but ordered an aG
vance upon the enemy, and yesterday
captured the town of Nagarote. Oh me
western shore of Lage Managua, about
twenty five miles from here ON the way
to Leon. Nagarote is now held by a
small body of the government troops
and column Is pushing forward in the
direction of Leon.
Early this morning Momotombo, on
Lake Managua, was bombarded by =
government gunboat after the place
had been called upon to surrender. Ten
shells We're thrown into the town and
firing ceased when the inhabitants fled
III terror from the place. The loss of
the rebels and the amount of damage
done is not known, as the number of
men on board the gunboat was not suf-
fiCient to permit IA landing party to be
sent ashore. The gunbOat reduced Mo-
motonbo into subjection. II had de-
clared in favor of General Ortiz. the
leader of the insurrection.
Rcinforcements of men, arms, ana
ammunition have arrived here from
Granada, and a second column will be
sent to the front during the day The
successes of the government troops up
to the present have had the effect of
making the presidents supporters very
confident of ultimately suppressing the
rebellion.
Very little information Is obtainable
concerning the dongs of General ortiz
and the Leonists. but according to re-
port they have succeeded in placing
more than 1000 men under arms and
are advancing TO meet the government
troops. II this is the case, decisive
engagement probably Will take place
soon. go
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ELECTIONS IN CUBA.
General We Ter Advises Holding Them at
Once -IrcaSurc Chest OF the Ili-Fatcd


Havana, Feb. 2S.-Quintin Banders
was tncamped yesterday ON the farms
Of LII Palprna, in the district OF Su-
banilll, Mattan2as.
a skillfuI diver has succeeded in dis
covering the cash box of the Inflated
Spanish cruiser Barcastequi, which was
sunk off Nj Orru Castle last September
in collision with the steamer MUrtera
with Il loss of over forty lives.
The government has relieved Senior
Sepulvcdu from his present duties and
has named him as governor and min
lister of hnance for Cuba. At Porue
the Insurgents have hanged Il promin-
ent sugar estate owner named s5ebaS-
tian l'iacia.
Captain General Weyler has been
consulted By the home government as
to the property of holding elections in
the island. He has replied that he
thinks they ought to be held. Other
wise the insurgents will gain an i'm
pUrtant advantage. especially on the
question Of beligerency He believed
also that the ministers of war and of
the colonies should not resign from the
ministry at .hiS time.
The "Dia rio del Marina" has an edi-
tOiial criticiSing the Spanish premier.
Senur CanONaS del Castillo. for his dis
solution Of the Curtes. and his decision
To Ut Iii tl.'t IONS IN the Island. 1t is
considered by the LOyalsts. says this
journal, that the nti-patriutic l;rfOrn-
lat party no lOngc; really exists. and
the Old Span iards and RefrrmistS have
joined the Conservatives. The natives
li;Nr in great part joined the insur-
cents. In consequence. If AN election is
held. the only men elected 10 the new
congress Will br sucn as are permitted
there by their adherence t. the Spanish
government.
The Insurgents have destroyed the
railroad bridge at HaCuruna0. not far
from this city. II Is reported that the
Insurgents leader, Gil. has burned the
village of ca Hanas.
Adyices which have Just been re-
ceivcd here. show that 0u Saturday last
q small In nj ,i Insurgents surprised
the sturrl,rrDerS In the streets of An
clona tie Mrrced, on the outskirts Of
cIadenas, The important Svuport near
Matan2as. Under threats the inSur-
gents obtained all the firearms and am
munitiun in the place.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
The Weather Today:
Rain ; Colder.

! Herring-Burke Revenue Scandal Aired
Senate Recognizes the Cubans.
Mayors Clerks Salary Not to BE
Reformed"
News from Across the Sea.
Congressional Proceedings.
General Market and Stock Quotations
New Mount Lookout Breaker.
8 Mrs. Rorer Makes Dessert.
W. G. u, L. Sessions End.
Lehigh club Dinner
Father HUban's Conservation.
4 Editorial Comment
quay, Hastings and Cameron.
: Death of Treasury Ordinance.
Coyne Election Contest.
Speak Easies to Go.
lDoinss in Scranton Society Circles.
News OF Scranton Churches.
bright and Sparkling Musical Chat.
: News of Scrantons Suburbs.
The sporting World.
s The Realm of Womankind.
Miss kaisers Sprigh;ly London Letter.
3 The Wonderland of North America.
Iron Valleys of Wales.
10 THE BABY Boomer
Bright and Breezy Theatrical Chat.
IL The World of Letters.
The Pennsylvania of the West.
II News from Up and Down the Valley.
Latest Railroad News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
BRIEFLY WIRED.

Day and night gangs are Ut work expc-
diting the fitting out of the Monitor Moa-
aduock. at Vallejo. Cal.
Al prkin. Ill.,, George W. Smith has
been convicted, ami his wife acquitted. Uf
the murder Of Lewis Prrrill.
Ex-Casnirr G.. II. Race, Of the Bur
liugton. Kan. National bank, accused Of
emhczzlini, 5000, has been acquitted.
Marie Englc, an opera singer, set her
might dress abla2e while trimming IL
lamp in Boston, Mass, and was painfully
burned.
Rudolph Spreckels has sailed from San
Francisco cal, for Honolulu, to answer Il
charge of treason preferred by the Ha-
waiian government.
Kate Martin. Of New York. has.Sued the
New York Central Railroad company to
recover S@v.UCO for Injuries received
through the negligence OF employees.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
BANK ROBBERS IYNCIIED,
Are Hanged in Front Of the Scene of
Their Own Crime

Wichita Falls. Tex. Feb 2S.-Foster
Crawford and The Kid" who raided
the city National bank, killing Cashier
Frank Dorsey and woundns Book
keeper +. +. Langford. We're lynched
here tonight. Their bodies were sus-
pended from n telegraph pole in front
of the bank where their crime was COM
mitted.
The mob which took them from the
tail started Al first for the public square
with the intention of burning their vic
tins at the stake. Great excitement
prevailed, but Il few cooler heads per
suaded the leaders of the mob not to
repeat the awful Paris horror. Then
the miserable victims We're marched to
the scene of their crime. \ rope was
quickly thrown over the croSsarm of
telegraph pole and hundred hands
jerked the robbers off their feet. The
rope was made fast and the bodies left
hanging. when the mob dispersed.
The two men were captured last night
near Fort Worth and were brought to
this city today and lodged In Jail. A
large crowd Immediately gathered and
threats were freely made of lynchng.
The Jail was guarded by two companies
of Texas rangers. under command Of
the famous Captain Mcdonald. The
rangers. Il few hours before the hang
ing. got sudden call to Amarillo and
left the men in charge of few citizens.
who Immediately turned them over to
the mob
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ciates the friendliness which probably
prompted the movement in Mississippi.
ii does not meet with his concurrence
or approval, as he is not u candidate
for the presidential nomination. Mr..
Whitney further says that the impress
siuns seems to have been given in Ger
tain quarters that he Is in favor of the
free coinage of silver by the United
States alone. lie says he does not be-
lieve in the free coinage of silver by the
United States alone. and considers that
1t would lead to much industrial evil If
it should be undertaken. He adds that
he is a believer in gold and silver as the
metallic basis of values and of the
worlds currency, but there must he an
international agreement between the
nations to this effect.
Mr.. Whitney says that he believes
such International concurrence is not
far distant.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
FIGHT WITH A MANIAC.
Terrible Battle Between Prisoners in the
IniI at MMnciS. Ind.

Muncie. Ind. Feb. 2S-At the Jail this
evening occurred II light for life, the
participants being William McAbe"
who is IL ravin% maniac and James
Walker. Il colured man. The fight took
place in the inner cage. where Ne
Abee. Frank Angel another dementcd
Individual. and Walker W"r" confined.
McAbee was in an ugly mood, and
jumped at the colured man and en-
deavnred to fastcn his teeth in his
throat.
The colored man fought him back and
called for aid. McAbce sank his teeth
deep into Walkers head, bringing th"
blood in streams. Turnkey John Casey
hurried in. graupled McNber by the
throat. threw him down and managed
10 get him in II cell. Walker is badly
hurt. The overcrowded condition of
the state insane hospitals neccssitates
the confinement of these dangerous
subjects in the Jail.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
BUSINESS GAINS IN WEST.
HorefuIncss Still PredoIninatcs in Finan-
eial Circles According to Il. q. Dun 4 Co.

New York, Feb. 2S-R. G. Dun and
company viii say tomorrow in their
weekly Review of Trade:
Failures for the week have been 21S
in the United States against 25U last
year and 5S in Canada against 81 last
year.
In some quarters business gains. at
the west rather than at the east, but
there is NO general change for the bet
ter. although hopetulncss Gtll predom
mates. Foreign affairs grow more pa
cine, public opinion turns more resu-
lutely toward sound money, but the de
mand OF sufficient demand for the prod
ducts of great Industries still retard
actual improvement. Strikes of some
Importance In garment making ana
kindred lines affect trade. in Chicago
and Baltimore, but there are fewer la
hur difficulties than usual, as existing
conditions warn wag" -arncrS that con-
truv"rSicS at this time ar" unwis". Spec
ulutiNr markets show little life.
The VOiume of business of business
does not improve. Exchanges through
the principal banking houses show 1877
per cent gain over last year. but the
months comparison with 1873 Is the only
instructive one. and shows Il decrease
of 2o.I for February. railroad earn
ings for the third wc-l, of February cX
cetd last years 81 per cent and for
February thus far have been II per
cent greater than last year. Stock
speculation has hprn irrr Gular aVd Gu
ban war talk on Friday caused break
in railroad stocks. The feature in iron
has been the large demand for. wrought
and cast pipe. Iron quotations average
two per cent. lower for the week. The
demand for boots and shoes gains very
LITTLE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-29
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Sir John Il. Miliais, president of the
London Royal academy, has had an Of
fetal audience with the queen.
At the British parliamentary election
for the Smct hteld division of Stafford
shire, Mr.. Warner, Liberal, was chosen.
Dr carl Peters the African explorer,
will undertake "a new exploration or sat
npli!anl in the interests Of wealthy
Americans.
Repeated tclegraphic Inquiries by the
Russian news agency have failed to elicit
amy definite Information Us to Nanscn' )
whereabouts.
Much comment has been caused at ST.
Petersburg by The frequent audiences w!th
the sultan of the Russian Ambassador At
CnnStunI lnnnlt..