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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-30

| a valve ut my feet opened and shut
| rapidly with a Kissing ;sound. The
| truth flashed across me in a moment.
| was under the receiver of an enor-
NOUS exhaust pump which had fitted
into theEdome above nay 'head!i DR..
Chance had told me that the dome was
| used for causing vacuum. In a
! vacuum l knew no one could live.
| gasped for breath ad screamed to him
for mercy, but the piston 'thumped on
| and on quicker and quicker Frantic
with terror I dashed madly against the
| glass and tried with all my puny
strength to burst 1t. 1t was very thick
and defed all my efforts. My eyes
seemed to start from my head; my
| whole body seemed to be swelling; dur
| ing my struggles l could catch sight
OF the fendish face of my master peer
| ing at ne. What providential inspir-
| alton came to my aid at last 1 know
not, but | Grew my revolver from my
| pocket, and pointing it upward pressed
| the trigger. There was a terrific
crash of falling glass, a sudden in
rush OF air, and remembered no more.
| When L came to, & strange face was
| bending over me and kind hand was
| wiping something from my face, which
| doubtless was bleeding from the glass
| Whlch had fallen upon it. J. promptly
| guessed that the consul had arrived.
after all, and that / was saved. co.
| opened my eyes and caught sight of the
face and figure of DR.. Chance. Hand
cuffs encircled his wrists; a man in
the dress of the police officers Of St.
| Petersburg was standing close to him.
A tall, shadowy figure, doubtless that
of the victim whom ! had come toi res
cue, was supported by two other men.
Don't speak. Rest quiet, all your
| sufferings are over" said the kind
voice which: 1 afterwards knew to be
that of the British consul. Then l
| passed into deep oblivion and it was
| many days before I remembered any,
thing more. 1t may have been a fort
night later when / came to myself in
| a pleasant bedroom in the consuPs
| house. His wife was bending over me.
She told me in a few words what had
| occurred. The victim of DR.. Chances
| cruelty had been sent to the hospital
and was rapidly getting better. DR..
| Chance himself was imprisoned and
would doubtless be sent to Siberia for
his crimes. The whole place was talk
| ing of what l had done, of the horror
which had been discovered in the Blue
Laboratory.
Your letter came just in time" said
Mrs Seymour, the consurs wife. my
| husband acted on 1t Immediately. He
went to see the ambassador, who gave
him note to the prefect of police. But
how did 1t come into your head to act
so promptly, so bravely?"
| Tears filled my eyes, l was too weak
to reply.
] am now back again in England. 1
| have not seen Olga and Maroussa
| again; wonder what will become of
them, what their future history will
be. For myself / can never return to
st. Petersburg. To my dying day /
shall remember that awful time with
terror.
| THE END.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-30

my patient well, he is otlikely to die,
although there is a possibility that he
NAV reach madness owing to the suf-
ferings which l cause his nervous sys-
TEN. Now, would you like to see some
of the dev eloped photographs"
l shuddered and covered my face
with my hands. A short scream burst
from my lips.
Nothing more" l cried, 81 pray and
beseech of you not to say another
word. You are a devil in human shape.
l will not listen to any more"
DR.. Chance came close to me.
women are representative" he
said, in a low tone. Remember you
wished to know. Remeber l warned
you that the secret was fraught with
terror with horror to many. 1 had
hoped that you would rise above this
horror, but l see that you are distinct
ly human"
II am and I rejoice in the fact" I re-
piled. A small clock standing on a
bench by my side showed me that it
wanted seven minutes to nine. Would
the English consul come to my rescue ?
All now depended on him. DR.. Chance
noticed the direction in which my eyes
were travelling.
You are tired of this room," he said,
little wonder. Remember you forced
you way in against my will. Now lis
ten to me. You know my secret I
have taken pleasure in enlightening
you. l could experiment on you. You
are strongly imaginative, and would
make good victim"
mo, kill me rather" I cried, falling
on my knees.
That is what I propose to do" said
DR.. Chance, in slow, calm voice. TT
would interfere vastly with my expert
ments were you to proclaim my secret
to anybody else. Women, even the best
women, are not to be trusted with such
an important matter. l have no in
tention of having the grand dream of
my life destroyed by the caprice of a
girl. / propose, therefore, having. i'm
parted to you my secret, to seal it for
ever on your lips by death. In five
minutes you will die"
Five minutes?" / answered. His
very words braced me. In five minutes
it would be o'clock.
I'm the meantime" continued the
doctor, is there anything can do for
you?'
l thought. Awful as my predica-
ment was, yet was able to think. If
only l could gain time! l looked at
the victim on the floor. His eyes
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-30

becomes terribly vivid. No more fas-
cinating problem has ever absorbed a
scientist than this. Behold my VIC
tim! Ought he not to congratulate
himself on suffering in so grand a
cause? Night after night / fasten
back his eyelids with specula, and as
he sleeps his eyes are wide open star
ing straight at an exposed plate for
many hours in the dark. This plate
Is destined to receive the impressions
made by his dreams. Night after
night l make different experiments;
these can be easily done by giving my
victim certain drugs, such as cocaine,
Indian hemp, opium and others. 1t is
well known that the action of these
drugs causes vivid and extraordinary
dreams. This is my secret. During
the day time 1 am merciful. / feed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-30

tions which can never by any possibil-
ity be realized. How shall we em-
ploy ourselves during the remaining
minutes? You have now but four
minutes to live. l should recommend
you during the very short time which
still remains to prepare your soul to
meet your Maker. What! You Will
not?"
MY Maker will take care of my
SOUL" / replied. II am giving up my
life in the cause of the oppressed. l
have no fear of death. You can do
your worst"
"You really are most interesting
character. It is a sad pity that you
cannot devote your life to the science
you would so vastly help. Give me
your hand. should like to walk
round this dungeon with you" He
stretched out his hand and took mine.
] did not refuse to walk with him. He
took me from end to end of the dis
NAL place. The little clock sounded
nine strokes in a silvery voice.
Your time is up" said Dr. Chance,
come" He turned away a second,
then walked quickly, still holding my
hand, across the room. What was he
consul punctual? I strained my ears
to listen for a sound, but none came.
l was standing exactly under the dome
in the glass roof. 1 had just put out
! my foot to ascend the stairs when a
sudden noise startled me. Before /
could move, a huge bell-shaped glass
with great swiftness had descended
completely around me, and sank into
circular groove on the stone flags at
my feet. What could this mean? DR..
Chance was looking at me from out
side the wall of glass. He was grim
ming with a fiendish expression of tri-
umph. 1 shouted to him, he took not
the slightest notice, he turned round
and pressed a lever beside the wall
There was a sudden loud humping as
of a piston working to and fro and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-30
For Ladies Only.
THE END.

1t Is patent to all thinking people
that ladies require on account of their
peculiar organism and functions rem
edies quite different from the sterner
sex. While the FEMICURE LIVER
PILLS act directly and pleasantly up
on the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and
Bowels, they at the same time Won
derfully regulate and strengthen the
functions and organs peculiar to the
sex. They relieve Constipation, Head
ache, Dizziness, Indigestion, Torpid
Liver, Billiousness, Faintness, Irregu-
larities, Backachet Bad Complexion,
etc. A pill a dose. 25 cents. Sold by
Carl Lorenz, druggist. AIS Laekawanna
ave. SeTaRtar ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-30

were shining dimly, they were full of
tears. He tried to speak. Once /
saw him writhe and struggle in his
bonds.
"Never mind" l said, bending over
him. Remember while there is life
there is hope. If l can rescue you"
That is impossible" interrupted DIR.
Chance. 1T is unkind to raise sensa-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-30

But during the years of his retire
ment, MIR. Jefferson founded the Uni
versity of Virginia at Charlottesville,
and thus gave impetus and direction to
higher education in his native state. He
also wrote an autobiography and edit
ed his speeches and papers, at the same
time, following the example of his pre-
decessor by keeping up an extensive
correspondence with public men in all
parts of the Union.
James Madison also went to his Vir-
ginia estate after retiring from the
presidency, and was almost never
! heard OF afterward, living in complete
seclusion.
Mr. Monroe, fifth president of the
United States, like Jefferson, saved no
money while in the service If his coun-
try. His administration is known in
history as the ERA Of good feeling"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-30

years before his death, in 1858, Buchan-
an wrote a defense OF his administra-
tion, which seemed TO remove in a man
ner the stigma which partisan hate had
heaped upon him.
Andrew Johnson also retired from the
presidential office under cloud. BY
nature, however, he was not morbid
ly sensitive man, and his life In Knox
vile among his friends was simple,
unaffected and dignifed. A few years
later he was elected United States sena-
tor, being the second of the ex-presi-
dents to undertake the duties OF that
position.
GENERAL GRANT.
After eight years in the white house,
General Grant took up a life of leisure.
His journey around the world was
probably the greatest ovation ever paid
to any man in ancient or modern times.
Grant was essentially indolent. Not
that he did not labor when occasion re-
quired, and often with an energy un-
known to other men, but he preferred
leisure, and as ex-president, he grati-
fled that bent of his nature to the full
est extent 1t has always been grief
to his countrymen that the last years
of his life were overshadowed by pow
erty brought on by the treachery of
trusted friends, for otherwise his re-
tirement from public affairs would
have been ideal in every respect.
Half an hour after listening to Gar
fields inaugural address, exPresident
Hayes left Washington and repaired to
his home in Fremont, Ohio. There he
lived the quiet life of a country gen.
tleman, being content to engage in
agricultural pursuits and in the study
of charitable problems. He courted
seclusion and passed his days in that
most transformations retirement which
perfectly befitted his tastes.
General Arthur had ambitious dreams
of business combinations and the ac-
cumulation of wealth before leaving his
public duties, but incurable disease
had already fastened it's hand upon
him, and he died few months later,
comparatively a young man.
This brief review of the after careers
of American presidents suggests that
their retirement to private life Is the
most natural and withal the most ra-
tional arrangement. The majority have
had ample means for lives of comfort
and repose. A pension for some would
have been superfluous, and the reten-
tion of others in the senate or in any
public capacity would have been en-
| barrassing and dangerous to subse-
quent administration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-30

SPRING HUMORS, eruptions, hives
boils, pimples, sores, are perfectly and
permanently cured by Hoods Sarsap-
arilla, the best Spring Medicine and
One True Blood Purifier.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-30

HOODS PILLS act easily and prompt
ly on the liver and bowels. Cure sick
headache.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-12
Poultry Notes For March.

The hatching season for the heavy
breeds is now at hand. Pay par
ticular attention to your broody
hens, if you wish early chicks.
Never set hen in the same coop
with the layers. A separate place
for settlers is absolutely necessary.
Be sure your hen really means
business before you entrust her with
valuable eggs.
DO not look for large matches so
early in the season.
Give houses plenty of air during
the day, and let your heavy breeds
out on scratch and dig.
Kerosene roosts, upper and under
side.
This is good month to start in
cubators; more satisfaction will re-
suit than earlier IN the season. Buy
your machine from the most re-
liable maker, and never experiment
with the unknown quality.
Advertise your stock and eggs
Let Others know what you know
Observation-Disclosures & Country
Gentleman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-12

Dairying comes in as a great pro-
moter of economy in marketing pro-
ducts, for the cOndensing of bulky
products for shipment is necessary
to success. Transportation is one
OF the farmers greatest burdens, and
massive crops have Il small value
comparatively.
People demand butter, and if they
can not get it to their taste thew
will take that which comes nearest
to 1t, and that is oleomargarine.
BY forcing so much inferior butter
on the market as they do dairymen
have undermined their own trade
by inviting u butter substitute in
competition.
on meal, corn meal, ground or cut
oats can be always used TO advan-
tage with bran, especially with
mllch cows; the amount must be
determined by the conditions in
which they are fed and by what is
given them in addition. When
cream is a special item too much
bran is detriment.
The dairyman often overlOoks the
value of his byproducts, and does
not make up avery accurate balance
sheet of his operations; he does no.
give his cows credit for the full
value of their productions. The
skim milk and buttermilk have
much to do with the question Of
profits. Their feeding value is not
less than 20 cents hundred pounds.
Ii dalrymen acknowledge that
When turnips are fed to the cows a
few hours before milking time the
milk is tainted herewith, what shall
we say of the bad tasting weeds
which they eat all through the day?
Surely one of the links in good but
ter making in the summer time is
clean pasturage.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-12

If farmers were disposed to make
the most of circumstances they GER
tainly have it in their hands to put
upon their farms for future use a
class of horses which will meet the
demands of modern day methods.
The present lull in horse breeding
operations is conducive to the
general determination of the scrub.
They who handle our horses
should be careful and skillful
drivers. In the first place, only
such can obtain all the service of
which our teams are capable; in the
second, our property is much less
liable to suffer from accident and in
iuries.
If young teams are overloaded
they are apt to become discouraged
or vicious. From such treatment
come our balky horses, and loads
which they might be taught to move
with ease become a terror to them.
A little prevention in this line is
worth any quantity of cure.
Take the horse to the harness
shop and see that a collar fits him
before you buy it. His working
capacity depends much upon his
harness. With CALLED shoulders he
will not pull steadily and squarely,
and the pain will affect his whole
nervous organization, and lead to
general arrangement and in
capacity.
Young animals, cramped and con-
fined, never attain the highest sym
metry, strength and vitality; to
thrive well they should be at ease,
and able to change position at will.
Comfort is essential to health and
well doing. Box stalls and open
yards are necessary for growing
animals, and beneficial to those
which are grown. These are cheap
luXuries for horses.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-12
Items Of Interest to Farmers and
HOrsemen.

Soil is seldom made too rich for
strawberries, and probably the Sc
cret is in proper stimulation and
restriction. High feeding and re-
strainlng, by cutting off all but
few runners, are sure to produce a
good crop OF berries.
The horses on farm are a part of
its capital if idle they are dead
capital. Good management should
find employment for them of some
sort almost daily; and they will do
better if not put to hard work after a
long rest. No farmer can stand
much dead investment.
The power of fixing the character
Of the offspring is largely dependent
upon the strength and vigor of the
sire, and this required strength and
vigor immature animals do not
have. Especially when trying to
develop some particular point use
the mature animal.
A bed of Strawberries three or
four feet wide and 80 feet long, if
highly cultivated, will produced a
large quantity of fruit for a small
Idllllly. LII Ile ldulllS SdIu6u Jn6
narrow bed is the best. If but
three or four feet wide, have three
rows of plants to the bed.
The latest attraction is the diving
horse, which jumps from height of
40 feet, diving into tank of water.
f. F, Geers writes from Salem,
Ala, that the Village Farm horses
are in the pink of condition. The
weather has been very mild, with
abundance of green vegetation. Fan
tasy is all right, and he is not afraid
of AliX (2:O3&D, Onoqua, Beuzetta or
any other of the crack free-f Or-all
trotters. Among the Youngsters in
training which please him most are
American Belle, by Rex Americas,
dam Beautiful Chimes; Emeline, by
Chimes, and Tutor Chimes, by
Chimes. No mention was made OF
General Rex, Sky Pointer, Rex
Americas, but they are all right any
how. Mr.. Geers is going to ride in
front this year, as usual.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-12
Horticulture.

Just in proportion to the fruitage
Of the past season was there loss
in the vitality of the trees them
selves and in the fertility of the
soil which supplied such a burden Of
fruit. If the thrift of the trees and
their powers of fruitage are to be
kept up they call for special atten-
ton and culture now. The better
time to apply manure is the autumn,
but it is better now than not at all.
III its strength is not to be divided
between the trees and the grass,
frequent cultivation is necessary.
Wood ashes and raw bone meal will
not show their effects so soon, but
they will last much longer than sta
bic manure. If possible, it will be
well to supply both.
There should be a system of apple
culture which will not all drop from
the trees from the effects of drouth
and wind. Grasses and grains
should be kept out of the bearing
orchards. The trees demand the
moisture which they would be COM
PEELED to divide with any growing
crops. When windmill irrigation
becomes perfected its best effects
will be felt in the orchards. In
any event, to grow merchantable
fruit some system must be adopted
to conserve moisture for the needs
of the trees while the apples are nu-
turing.
Pigs do good turn when they
gather uD the Windfalls from the
trees in the late summer before they
breed insect enemies. Moreover,
pigs in the orchard, iutelligently
managed, lead to economical pork
making and profitable fruit grow
ing. Prejudice should not hinder.
Clover among the trees is "a good
thing, and pigs in the clover are eX-
cellent cultivators. Nothing is more
harmful than to let the orchard be-
come sodded down to blue grass; it
must be kept open to moisture, light
and heat.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-12

Hens seem more greedy for wheat
than any other grain, probably be-
cause taught by instinct that it con-
tains just what they need for every
purpose. 1t even furnishes fat form
ing nutrition, and should be given
with chopped clover and vegetables.
This will give the gizzard a variety
without furnishing too much untri-
ton.
1t is claimed that pen of pullets
without the presence of male will
produce eggs at about one-third less
cost than where cockerels are kept.
Where kept alone there will be some
pullets which begin to lay month
or two earlier than if in enclosures
with males.
If you have heavy breeds and
want eggs next winter, by all means
have the broOds come off in April.
that the pullets may mature in time
for fall and winter business; i'm fact.
there is very little chance for a profit
from hens batched during the later
months.
! When Matched early the surplus
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-12

are well ventilated; the air becomes
sluggish, and is apt to be impure
from the eXhalations of the sheep.
Keep windows or doors open.
or all the farm animals, sheep
will bear close confinement the least
OF all. Protect them from cold, and
especially from storms, but at the
same time arrangements should be
made so that the focks can be
turned out on the range every day
the weather will permit.
While profits are no longer great
with sheep, it is equally true of cat
tie or wheat, and it can be a matter
of only a little time until sheep
come back to the natural wool and
mutton regions as surely as cotton
is grown in the South or wheat in
the Northwest.
a practice too often prevails
which can not be too strongly con
demned, and it is that Of allowing
grade ram lambs of all descriptions
to run without castration, not only
depreciating their value to the
butcher, but being the cause of
many inferior rams going into SER
vice.
Do not make the mistake os feed
ing corn to breeding ewes. A ration
of corn once a day, with clover hay
and exercise, will be all right, but a
full ration is sure to be injurious to
the lambs. Oats or barley, with a
little shelled corn or corn meal. is
better adapted to the time. A little
oil cake will be good addition.
Never forget that by feeding on
the farm its produce and sending il
to ma'%et on the hoof considerable
fertilizer is left to be returned to the
land: On many a farm sheep are
worth more than their cost in what
they do in making the farm produc.
| tive.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-12
Agricultural and Live Stock Department.

enough money in year to keep the
household supplied with the best of
literature upon such subjects as
should come before him and his
children. Let not the reading mat
ter be the first to suffer.
The forests of our country signify
much more to it than the mere &C
emulation ofmoney by converting
the trees into merchantable lumber.
Their destruction may lead to the
creation of department of forestry
in the United States, with control
over all trees remaining. So mote it
be.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-12

cockerels will attain size for early
fries, and will sell readily for good
prices, saving food, care and risk
besides giving more room for the
pullets. Better sell the young cocks
early for 10 cents than to wait for
twice that at Thanksgiving time.
Before the busy days arrive let the
farmer prepare Il building for setting
hens, where they be apart from all
other chickens, and so arranged that
they may go off for food, water or
dust bath; also, see that suitable
shelter and yards are ready for the
young broods, for this will we'll re-
pay all labor given it.