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since 1S43, and show no sign of rust.
We know the air is pure, because here
animal matter does not decay, but
simply dries up. The mummies found
in the caves were not prepared num-
mics, but simply desiccated bodies. The
uniform temperature of from SO to 54
degrees the year round has been dem
onstrated. Consumptives take long
sea-voyages and visit high attitudes to
get the benefit Of aceptic atmosphere;
but they suffer from variations of tenn
perature, from storms, and at high alti-
tudes exercise cannot be taken, while
the cave air predisposes one to take
exercise with little fatigue. 1 have
known delicate women to walk for nine
hours in the cave, clambering up steep
ascents and over rocks, and come out
of the cave feeling no sense of fatigue
until thew reached the warm, impure
air outside, charged with the odors of
decayed vegetation, when they would
almost faint, and would require assist
ance in ascending the path to the hotel
We think the atmosphere in the glen
at the entrance remarkable for purity
before we have become sensitive by
hours in the pure atmosphere of the
cave. / once went with a friend and
a guide to Roaring River and several
other remote places, which required
remaining in the cave over night. W.T.
become SO sensitive by our stay of
thirty-siX hours in the pure air of the
cave that we were almost overcome by
the suffocating mephitic odors and OPP
pressiveness of the outer air. We dread
ed to inhale it into our lungs, and re-
turned again and again into the pure
air flowing from the cave.
Air freed from bacteria is one of the
main reasons for success in modern
surgery, and a sanitarium into which
this air could be pumped would doubt
less be resorted to for difficult surgical
operations. Consumptiyes in high al
titudes are compelled to remain in
doors in winter weather and breathe
the vitated air of closed rooms; while
in sanitariums supplied with cave air,
by letting the air in at the upper part
of the rooms and out at the lower part,
all eXhalations would pass out, and
pure air would be constantly rushing
in at a uniform temperature, winter
and summer. Then, it would be a boon
If we could escape the oppressive heat
of summer into hotels kept cool and
pure by the air from these great dry
caves.
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Lake Superior, i'm some cases on its
very banks, are iron-mines the output
of which rivals that of any mines in
the world, and the supply In sight"
as the miners say, viii furnish the
world with iron for centuries to come.
Some Of the lumber which goes east
by way of the lakes is sent away on to
South American points without separa-
tion. taking first a Journey of perhaps
several hundred miles, down the rivers
to the mills, then a thousand miles and
more on the lakes to the ST. Lawrence,
passing through the Welland Canal to
get to ontario, and then trying a few
thousand miles of salt water-a pictur-
esque voyage indeed.
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Let us suppose. then. for the sake of
argument that the Maine will be ad-
| Judged to have beea blown up by some
| person or persons unknown. In, that
event, Spain must be regarded, not GER
| tainly as an acc0mplice, but as charge
| able at worst, with cOntributory neg
| ligence. Assuredly our practice in such
| cases is not to declare war forthwith,
| but to put forward a demand for an in
| demnity. Slch was the course pur-
sued by President Benjamin Harrison,
when sailors from an American war
ship were attacked in the streets of
| Valparaiso. Even where the response
! Diity Of a foreign government for an
act Of aggression was direct and un-
mistakable, we have refrained from a
precipitate resort to hostilities. In the
case of the Virginius, it was Span
| ish man-of-war which captured on the
high seas a vessel flying the American
Gag ana took her into the port of San
| tiago de Cuba, where a large number
of her crew and passengers, including
many American citizens, We're summar-
! lily shot It was afterward alleged, in
GCed, that the papers of the Virginius
were fictitious, but, of course. the Span
! ish war ship was not justified i'm decid-
| ing arbitrarily that this was the case.
! The point to which we would draw at
! tention is that this was an example,
not IF contributory negligence and of
constructive responsibility, but of posi-
! tive and l1agrant guilt, the Spanish
war ship being the official agent OF
! the Madrid government Nevertheless,
We did not GO to war about the Vir-
| ginius, but, after negotiations had been
prolonged about two years, accepted an
| apology from Spain, together with the
return of the captured vessel and a
small pecuniary indemnity.
o.
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"The Westminster New Proprietor. -

On Monday last Mr., l. ID. Crawford,
one of the most widely known hotel
men of this city, Philadelphia and Chi
cago, became proprietor of the West
Minister Hotel on Sixteenth street and
Irving Place, instead OF Mr.. George
Murray, who has retired, A brilliant
future may be predicted for this house
under the new management. Mr. Craw-
ford has just resigned from the post of
manager of the Hotel Walton, Phila-
delphia, which he gave up in order to
come to this city. This is not, how
ever, his first experience of Gotham
hotel keeping, as he was formerly
manager of the popular and we'll
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known Hotel Albert on West Eleventh
street. The present success Of the Wal
ton, which Is one of the leading houses
of the Quaker City is the best evi.
dence of Mr. Crawford's executive abil-
ity and fitness for hotel keeping. He
handles everything a la Crawford, so
to speak, and the patrons of any hotel
with which he connected take to his
methods and style as kindly as a wo-
man of fashion takes to the latest
mode.-The Hotel Reporter, New York,
January 26, 1898.
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Another Freak.
From the Chicago News.

"That young man of yours" said the
observing parent, as his daughter came
down to breakfast, SHOULD apply for a
job in a dime museum" .H.N
"Why, father" exclaimed the young
lady in tones of Indignation, what do
you mean?"
II noticed when | passed through the
hall late last night" answered the old
man, that he had two heads upon his
shoulders"
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THE BIGGEST GUN,
Now Being Built at Waterviiet-. Its
Astonishing Power.

from New IDEAS,
The biggest gun ever made" has
been written about so many times that
it doubtless becomes wearisome to those
who try to keep track of them all. But
the sixteen-inch breech-loading gun
now being built at Watervliet Arsenal
will be the largest ever yet built by the
United States, and 1t is the first Of
eighteen similar guns which 1t is pro-
posed shall in time constitute a part OF
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INDEMNITY VS.. WAR.
There is Very Little Likelihood of
HostiIities with spuin.

From the New York Sun.
Whether the time is near at hand
when, in the interest of civilization,
our government should recognize the
INDEPENDENCE of Cuba, and should in
terpose by force to restore peace in the
island, is one question. Whether 1t
should forthwith declare war against
Spain, provided the court of inquiry
shall ascribe tie loss of the Maine to
an outside explosive, but without at
tempting to indicate the authors of the
catastrophe, is q very different ques-
tion. The two inquiries should be kept
apart and dealt with each upon its
merits.
Ii the finding of the court of inquiry
should be that the destruction of the
Maine was due not to any internal ac-
cident, but to an explosive applied from
without by some person or persons un-
known, q certein measure of RESPONSE
bility would undoubtedly attach to the
Spanish government. 1T was the duty
of the Spanish authorities at Havana
to use more than ordinary diligence in
protecting the Maine, both because she
was the war ship of a friendly power,
entitled to the same treatment as an
ambassador might claim, and also be-
cause she had been ordered to anchor
at a particular spot Spain can no
more repudiate responsibility or refuse
the payment Of an indemnity for the
loss of life and property under such
conditions than our federal govern
ment could refuse an indemnity to
Italy for the murder of Italian subjects
in a riot at New Orleans. From the
moment that q government fails either
to safeguard the subjects or citizens
of a friendly state soj1urning in it's ter
ritOry. or else to punish the perDetra-
tors of assaults upon them, lack OF
due diligence is presumed and a claim
for indemnity attaches. We do not be-
| lieve that this position would be dis
puted at Madrid, provided the court OF
inquiry, while imputing the ,destruc-
tion of the Maine to an outside agency.
should find no cause for arraigning the
Spanish authorities at Havana as ac-
ccssories before or after the fact We
do not believe that the Spanish gov
| ernment would refuse to pay reason
! able indemnity for the loss of life and
property, provided it were held, not to
a direct and'legal, but Cnly to an in
direct and moral responsibility.
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The contents of the March issue of
Woman's Home Companion are char
acterized by breezy brightness thor
oughly in keeping with the artistic
cover-page by Martin Justice, foretel-
ing the coming of spring. Among the
attractive feature articles are: Olive
McGregor's account of the handiwork
of THE Indian Women of Alaska"
and the description of "Zuniland Gus
TOMS" by Edward Page CASTOR; THE
Genius of Aspiration" by Florence
Hull Winterburn, and "A Waste of Ed
ucation," by Brand Bunner Huddles-
ton. The fiction is a refreshing de-
partura from the commonplace and
hackneyed. The 'mes of John Tracy
Jones, Ernest McGaffey, Frederick
Royd Stevenson, WinwOod Watt,
Theodosia Pickering and Madeline S.
Bridges appear over verses appropria te
to the season. Ella Morris Kretsch-
mar, under Lent and Lenten Fare"
gives some new ways to prepare eggs
and fish, and plans seasonable menus
The department devoted to flower-talk
tells how to make the necessary prep
arations for seed-sOwng.
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This was not the only memorable
instance, when we have accepted an in
oemnitv in place of making war Dur
ing the first decade of this century,
when the United States and Great
Britain We're at peace the captain of
British frigate insisted upon search
ing the American frigate Chesapeake
on the ground that certain British sub
Jects We're among the latters seamen.
The demand being repealed, the British
frigate fired on the American, which
was entirely unprepared, and kept on
firing until a great loss of life was in
CURED on the defenceless vessel, and
the stars and stripes were pulled down.
If ever an immediate outbreak Cf hos
| tilities We're justified by public wrong,
unquestionably it would have been JUS
tilted by the treatment of the Chesa-
peake. Nevertheless, our government
did not resort to war, but bore the out
rage with meekness, as it did many
other injuries and insults received from
England in the years preceding 1872.
o.
But few Americans win desire their
government to hear again what it bore
from England in the case of the Ches-
apeake, nor are there MANY, we i'm
agine, who regard with complacency
the outcome of the Virginus affair. We
have mentioned those incidents, because
in them the responsibility of a foreign
government for the wrong experienced
was direct, gross and undcnlable. OF
"A different kind and weight in the eth
ical scale. and in the forum of interna-
tiOnal law, is the responsibility imposed
by cOntributory neglisencc, the only
kind OF responsibility which could at
tach to Spain, should the court of in
| quiry fail to connect the destruction
of our battleship with the Spanish au-
thoTites at Havana.
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ture of Edgar Allen Poe's masterpiece.
THE Raven" by T. j. Handley, which
showed marked ability. Miss Lucy
and ID. F. Crolly sang MY Pretty Red
Rose" and an illustrated recitation
was then rendered by r. j. Handley.
Again Mr. Whelan sent the party into
ecstasies by his rendition of my Nell
lies Love Letters" after which beau
tiful baritone solo was rendered in ad-
mirable style by d. f.. Crolly. The
elaborate programme closed by per-
Torrance of Edisons phonograph
which was operated by Fred Jones.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Jones, Mr. ard Mrs. Fred Gable,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Held, Misses Julia
O'Brien, Katie Ennis, Lizzie and An
ME Gaughan, Nellie and Annie Muir
ray, Minnie, Alice and Kathryn Con-
roy, Nora Mccain, Lucy and Susan
Crolly, Emma and Margaret Haas,
Lizzie Healy: Messrs. ]. A. Mulroncy.
]. Il. Harrington, T. j. Handley, James
+. Whelan. Daniel p. Murray, Dennis
F. Crolly, Andrew Riley, James Gra-
ham James Haskins, Frederick Petry,
Anthony Fell Thomas y. Norton, Will
liam L. Crolly, Michael J. Whelan,
William Gable, Percy Jones, William
Purcell and A. a, Haas.
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MINOR NEWS NOTES.

The Electric City Wheelmen's Polo
club. of this side. will accept the chal-
lenge for game with the Anthracite
Wheemen's Polo club, of North Scran-
ton, Friday evening, Feb. 4, at Com
pany HIS armory.
The remains of Henry j., the infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Mcknight,
of 1927 South Ninth street, were inferred
in the Washburn street cemetery yes
terday afternoon. The funeral was
private.
The West Side Republican league
met in regular business session last
evening in their rooms over j. ]. Da-
vies' drug store. South Main avenue.
The president, James Leyshon, presid-
ed. Routine business was transacted
and the following committees appoint
ed by President Leyshon. Executive
committee, William Penn Morgan.
Richard II. Williams, William j..
Thomas, John II. Williams and George
b. Carson; finance committee. a. B..
Eynon, DR.. J. j. Roberts, Alfred Twin
ing, Simon Thomas and John Walker;
membership committee, NJ. II. Morgan,
John II. James, William H. Parry,
William Bum and II. p. Decker; cam
paign committee, Attorney c. f. Oliver,
Attorney William r. Lewis. Attorney
II. l.. Taylor, Attorney John r. Ed
wards and Elias f. Evans.
The choir of the First Welsh Con.
gregational church. under the instruc.
tion of Chorister William John Davies
Is preparing for the rendition of the
beautiful cantata, David, the Shep.
ferd Boy" The cantata will be giver
at the church, Thursday evening
! March II.
A delightful entertainment will be
given Monday evening in Mears' hal
under the management of severa
| classes of young ladies and gentlemen
| of the Washburn Street Bible school
| The wonderful electromotiscope will be
| on exhibition. Pictures of Niagara
Falls the Black Diam ond express, etc.
will be given. Vocal music are alsC
| included in the programme.
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MINooKA.

Thomas Davis, of Taylor, a carpenter
employed in the Greenwood mine shops,
met with painful accident yesterday
morning. Mr. Davis was cutting timber
with a steam saw, and in some unac-
countable manner he had his right hand
badly lacerated.
The Greenwood mine accidental asSo-
citation will nc ect this evening at Fdss-
holds hall to make arrangements for the
funeral of the late Sylvester Moore. who
died at the Lackawanna hospital Thurs
day.
Edward Graham is contemplating a trip
to Newburn, n. c.. Mr.. Graham will ac-
company Mining Engineer Joseph Add-
son, who goes to superintend coal mine
at that place. u
The St. Joseph's society met in regular
monthly session last evening and elected
officers for the ensuing year
A petition is being circulated among
the taxpayers of the South district to
have the polling place changed from it's
present location. The contention of the
petitioners is that the booth is not CEN
trally located.
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TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

There was a large attendance at the
entertainment given last evening at
ST. Paurs Evangelical church by the
Young Peoples society. The pastor,
Rev. +. T.. c. Haas, was in charge.
An excellent programme consisting of
solos, duets, recitations and instru-
mental selections was carried out. The
feature of the evening was the eXhibi-
ton by Edisons animatiscoDe, which
concluded the evenings entertain
ment
Richard ODonnell. of PittstOn ave-
nue., is seriously i'll at his home.
Michael Connolly, of Prospect ave-
nue.. is recovering from a serious at
tack of illness.
Mrs. Edna jenkins and daughter, of
Pittston avenue, are the guests of
friends in Philadelphia.
A class in elocution was opened yes
terday afternoon at No. 10 school by
Miss Margaret Gibbs, elocutionist The
class begins with membership of
thirty-five, including several of the
public school teachers.
A committee comprising John Ref,
John Heilig Frank Daumbacker and
Peter Rosar, are arranging for a So
lips hall, corner of Cedar avenue and
Alder street.
Thursday evening Mrs. Joseph p.
Cramer, observed the anniversary of
her birthday at her residence, 927 Pros
pect avenue. A large number of
friends were present and the affair was
| a most enjoyable one. AT a season.
able hour refreshments We're served
| TIL hostess and guests were serenaded
| during the evening by Guth's band.
The tonsorial parlor of which f. A.
| Herbster is proprietor at the corner
! of Pittston avenue and Alder street
is a very attractive place. Mr. Herb
ster recently filled up his establishment
with some modern appliances.
The Loyalty club. composed of young
| Misses, whose ages range from thir-
| teen to sixteen years, and connected
! with the South Scranton branch of the
! Young Women's Christian association
| will hold their regular weekly busines.
| meeting this evening at the associa'
| tion rooms. The usual Bible lessor
will also be held. The members are re-
| quested to be present. Miss Kate Lew
! ert. president. will be i'm charge.
Much needed improvements are be
| ing made on Cherry street, between
Pittston and Cedar avenues. Filling i
being done and the street brought VI
to proper grade.
| gang of men under the direction
of Street Commissioner Dunning are a
work on Pittston avenue, near viii
low street, repairing the old culver
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LINE ENTERTAINMENT.

The South Side Tourist club members
royalty entertained their many friends
last evening at St. Johns hall. James
REILLY, president of the club presided
and the early part of the evening was
passed in the enjoyment of an excel
lent literary programme, The exercises
were opened with an overture by the
Forest band. Declarations were CIV
en- by Thomas Handley and William
Gilroy. James ORourke danced and
,Messrs. Kelly and Philbin gave song
and dance sketch.
The Boot Black trio gave turn,
which was heartily encored. Recita-
tions were given by the Misses Anna
McGuinness and Kate Rafter Solos
were rendered by the Misses Agnes
Coyne and Mamie Cook, and John Ket-
rick. Thomas Walsh rendered a short
series of clever operate sketches. Miss
Catherine and James Craig played a
piano duet. Messrs. Elder and Stein
bach gave an exhibition of club swing
ing, and a selection by the popular
Tennis quartette brought the exercises
to a close. The remainder Of the eve
ming was passed in the pleasure of
dancing to music furnished by the
Forest band.
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drain. For some time past blockade
has existed and the water has backed
into several adjacent cellars, thereby
causing much damage and inconven-
ience. 1t is thought that the culvert
has caved.
The funeral Of Anna, the 3-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Ian
ming. was held yesterday afternoon
from the parental residence, 731 Alder
street. The services were private and
interment was made at the German
Catholic cemetery.
The Polish citizens of the Twentieth
ward will hold meeting this evening
at NJ. Bugno's place on Prospect ave-
nue..
Carrie. the only daughter of Henry
and Alma Hener of 12lG Prospect ave-
nue., died yesterday, age years. Fu-
neral Sunday afternoon at go.
The second annual masquerade ball
of the Primitive Social club was held
last night in Germania hall. A SOU
venir was given each participant in the
grand march. which began at 3 o'clock.
The funeral of Anna, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Lanning, of 731 Alder
street, was held yesterday afternoon.
The interment was in the German
Catholic cemetery
There was a celebration by the Krei-
ger-Verein last evening at the Central
Park garden. Frank Moeller was chair
man
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DuNMoRE.

Mr.. and Mrs. f. J. Mongan, Of Butte,
Mont, are calling on friends in town.
Mrs. Thomas Logan is i'll at her home
on Drnker street.
The Ladies' Temperance society will
give ii supper in Temperance hall, Feb.
2l
Thomas Harrington, of Chestnut street,
is visiting friends in Syracuse, y. y.
Miss Sadie Dawson. of jefferson ave-
nue., is spending a few days with reia-
tiVes in White Haven.
Rev. r. r. Bulgn, the energetic pas
tor of the first Christian church, Scran-
ton, is conducting a series of meetings
in the Dunmore Christian church.
George Donley is i'll at his home ON
East Drinkcr street.
The entertainment of the Guild of st.
Agnes was largely attended and the
members of the guild wish to thank the
public in general for their generous sup
port.
DR.. George Brown left yesterday 10
spend few days with relatives at Row
land.
The Republican club will hold Il meet
| ing at the Neptune hose house, No. 1,
| this evening. All members are urged to
be present
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AMERICAN LITERATURE.

The bi-weekly meeting of the Pick
wickians was held last evening at the
home of William r. Burall 1904 Price
street, and despite the storm a major
ity of the members were in attend
ance. President c. II. Hall acted as
chairman, and the main topic of in
terest was THE Importance of the
Early American Literature" The first
paper was read by w. II. Burial, and
was an intelligent outline of the I'm
fuence of English Literature Upon
American Literature During the Rev
Mary Daniels disclosed a keen appre-
citation of humor and delineation of
character in her carefully prepared pa
per upon THE Hartford Wits, Who
They Were and the Style of Their Pro-
ductiOns" "The Christian" Hall
Gaines novel came in for clever re-
view by Miss Mabel Yost, who fully
appreciated her task
The twelve questions bearing upon
the evenings programme as asked by
Miss Ethel Peck brought out several
original answers. The exercises were
wound up with a general discussion
of the American Literature as it Af-
fected American History During the
Revolutionary Period" The next meet
ing will be held at the home Of Miss
Anna Broadbent, of Lafayette street,
Friday evening, Feb. 10.