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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

declares that recent experiments show
that the gun gives no flash or sign OF
fire. It IL practically noiseless, and its
explosive gases are made to counteract
the recoil.
Yet this wonderful sound-destroying
device is so small that it can be put
on to the end of any modern gun as
easily as a sewing machine bobbin
can be slipped into it's place.
The French artillery experts have
applied it to their new rapid-tiring field
gun. By this combination they have
the most perfect and destructive gun
in the world
This noise and flame destroying at
tachment is very simple. 1t is tube,
which is screwed on to the muzzle of
a gun. There is but one piece Of NOV
able mechanism in it, a hinge valve
When the gun is fired and the projec-
tile leaves the nuzzle, the outward
rush Of gases makes this valve close
This stops the escape of the gases in
that direction, but they find an outlet
in the two little passages in the upper
part of the tube. The gases rush out
through these with such force as to
make a recoil which offsets the recoll
of the shot. The flash takes place in
the interior passages of the attached
tube, and is thus completely hooded.
When Colonel Guilbert Humbert, a
retired officer, first brought his inven-
ton to the notice of the French ord
nance experts, over a year ago, they
declined to even test it. Even Colonel
Humbert's reputation for honorable
service in the Franco-Prussian and
African wars failed to secure him con-
sideration.
1t was thought to be an cid mans
toy. In formally declining It for army
use he was politely but ironically given
permission to patent it and make it
public"
He did that and made test of his
own. His first trial was on a 12-inch
Hotch!iiss gun. 1t worked almost per
factly The firing produced no fame
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

Louis XIV. was fond of toys AMI
childish amusements throughout his
life. One Of his favorite mechanical
toys has just been discovered in a
patent bureau in Gorlitz with an ar
ticle telling of its qualities and re-
markable construction It is a minia-
ture coach, built in the style of the day
Seventeenth century,, and drawn by
two horses. 1t was manipulated on a
long table in the palace. Its works are
similar to those of modern toys, the
power being supplied by spring
wound up by shaft and key. When
the carriage was wound up and start
ed at the bottom of the table the wee
coachman snapped his whip and the
horses broke into gallop. Arriving
at the head Of the table where the king
sat, the horses stopped and the coach
man jumped from the box and opened
the door of the carriage. A handsome
ly dressed woman stepped out and
handed the king a tiny document. She
bowed and returned to the carriage.
The coachman closed the door, resum-
ed his proper place and the horses
drew the carriage back to the lower
end OF the table at a lively pace. Every
detail of the toy is automatic The
article preserved with it says that the
king and most of the court ladies found
more amusement in the miniature car
riage than in any Csher feature of roy~
nj entertainment
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

and only a slight Kissing sound from
the discharge of the gas through the
small holes. The recoil was also less
ened.
The French ministry OF war at once
acquired the right to adopt Colonel
Humber invention.
The Spanish-American war showed
the immense advantage of rapid-fire
smokeless powder guns. This sug-
gested to the French committee of ar
tillery to apply Colonel Rumbert's at
tachment to their new rapid-fre
smokeless powder cannon. The result
is the present matchless artillery piece.
An effort is being made to keep the
matter secret, and all French army
officers are jealousy guarding it. But
i. had already become known by the
mistake of first refusing the invention
and allowing Colonel Humbert to get a
public patent of it.
When Colonel Humbert first set HIM
self to solve the problem Of noise and
flame in a gun he considered the
causes Of these things.
The noise is due to the sudden expul-
sion of the gases OF the exploded gun
powder following the bullet and the
return of the air to the barrel.
The flame is due to the gases being
set fire to by the heat. If the barrel
could be closed at the moment the pro-
jectile left it there could be no noise.
This is just what his invention accom-
p1ished by it's valve arrangement. The
flame which came from the mouth Of
the gun occurred inside the passages of
the tube, making it invisible.
The device can also be used on a
rifle. 1t is a mere nut that can be
screwed on the muZZle in a minute
But in this case it is ball instead of
valve that rises and prevents the
escape of the gas. Rifles equipped in
this way are intended for sharpshoot-
erS.
The effect of a battery of noiseless,
flameless and smokeless field guns and
a company OF sharpshooters with rifles
Of the same sort would be as democrat
izing to an enemy for the panic they
would be likely to create as for their
destructiveness.
Soldiers are trained to fight an en-
envy they can see and their blood is
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
(To be Continued.)
TORPEDO BOAT TRAGEDY.
A Sad Illustration of the Danger of
This Service.


This Service.
TIL. Union squadron investing
Charleston during the civil war was
drawing closer and closer to the DOOM
ed place One OF the warships that lay
closest inshore was the Housatonic.
and that vessel was selected as the
torpedo boats victim. The Portland
Transcript tells the tragic story: The
evening CT FEB. II, 1865, closed in raw
and foggy At o'clock Capt Corison
gave the command and the boat drop
ped down the river. AS the clocks
were striking the half hour in the city
the little craft pulled over the bar.
Noiselessly she glided through the
water, guided by the lights on the
Eousatonic for which she headed. So
heavy was the fog that she escaped
the notice of the sentries. AT a quar-
ter to nine she lay directly in front
Of the HoUsatonic, at distance of five
hundred yards. She was running faster
now, and a little farther on she began
10 submerge Two hundred yards more
and she disappeared. Five minutes
later there was dull roar, and the
water around the Housatopic boiled
like a caldron. The noble ship gave
a mighty upward heave and then be-
gan to settle. Ensign HaZletC,l and
four sailors who were below persisted,
but fortunately for the rest Of the crew
the water was shallow and they saved
themselves by climbing into the rig
cling. The vessel was total loss, but
the submarine torpedo boat was no.
where to be found. Two years after
the war, when the wreckage was being
removed from Charleston harbor, the
Housatonic was raised. In her hull
there was CHASTITY wound, inflicted
by the torpedo, and in that hole was
the torpedo boat with every man on
board still at his post, where he had
died years before. The little boat had
torn a big hole in the cruiser, through
which the water had poured in such a
volume that the torpedo boat was
drawn into it. And there it's crew died
of suffocation, in the grasp Of the en-
envy which they had destroyed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

fired by the roar OF cannon and crash
of rifle volleys.
But the silent moving down with
nothing in sight to fight against would
be an uncanny conflict that 10 army
in the world is trained for
Imagine its effects upon the ignorant
and superstitious wild men that the
United States is now fighting in the
Philippines.
Practical experiments have lately
been made by the French artillerists at
Chalons with this new gun. It has
been proved that it could DESTROY an
intrenched regiment or a battery in one
minute at distance of four miles.
The gun is loaded with shrapneI
shells containing $50 shots each
Twenty of these shots can be fired
in a minute. This is an unheard of
rate in field gun. The explosive
charge which scatters these bullets is
melinite, like dynamite in strength. In
one minute this gun throws 5000 bull
lets. Each one of these can kill more
than one man at a distance Of four
miles.
The test which the French officers
AiAe~oS Va lIio gun was ny SollluS UP a
dummy regiment at this distance. In
single minute almost every one of
the thousand wooden figures was shot
through in some part.
A battery of old guns was placed at
a distance of three miles, with wooden
posts for artillerymen. A single shot
from the silent gun disabled all the
guns and blew the wooden posts to
pieces.
The new gun was trained on a bal
loon half mile high and nearly two
miles distant. 1t took three shots to
get the range, and the fourth shot blew
the balloon to pieces. It f1oated down
in mere shreds.
In order to more perfectly obscure
the gun it was painted a greeniSh tint.
Another balloon was sent up to try to
discover its location while this firing
was going on. But even at an eleva-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
MYSTERY OF BALAAM BIRSCH.
Fifty Years Ago 1t Was the ssnsatio7
of the Day.

of the Day.
1.-THE mystery of Balaam Birch was
a sensation in the early forties," vol
unteered an old resident to a Wash
ington Star reporter, land though it
was cleared up in a week or so, it
proved to be very lively one as long
as it lasted. Balaam Birch was we'll
known carpenter. He was last seen at
the corner of Fifth and F streets one
afternoon during a heavy rainstorm.
From that moment all traces Of him
were removed as completely as if he
was swallowed up in the ground.
Hundreds engaged in the search for
him, and all kinds of stories were put
into circulation as to his disappear
ance. Every house and yard in that
part of the city was thoroughly
searched, without result, citizens gen
orally joining the local police force In
the search. He was seen by several on
Fifth street at different points between
Louisiana avenue and G street, though
last seen, according to comparison OF
time, near the corner of Fifth and F
streets. The mystery was how he
could so suddenly disappear in broad
daylight. During that time, and for
many years after, stream of water
ran through judiciary square, which
connected with Tiber creek, which was
very materially increased by sudden
transforms, and though the suppose
ton most generally INDUCED in was
that he had fallen in the stream and
had been taken down to Tiber creek,
and from there to the canal, it took a
search of week to prove it. It proved
to be the correct theory, however, for
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

his body was found e week afterward
in the stream, which was a kind of a
natural sewer, under : shop which
then stood at Third and D streets. on
which the drug store is now located.
The water had carried it there from
the corner of Fifth and F streets. This
was not the only case of drowning in
connection with the stream, but I
think it was the one which caused the
biggest sensation from the circum-
stances and mystery surrounding it"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
FRANCES MARVELLOUS RAPD-FlRE GUNS.
No Smoke, no Noise, But Awful Destruction
Made to Keep the Matter a Secret

ton almost directly over the gun not
the slightest vapor nor flash could be
detected Only when it was wheeled
over an open stretch of ground and
away from all foliage could the gun
itself Do seen.
Similar firing tests have been made
before on dummy figures and balloons
at Chalons- But nothing has ever
euualed the destroying power of this
new quick-firing gun that can neither
be seen nor heard.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

decisively. "She seems Ianguid and
heavy. The air here is very relaxing
during the hot months; 1 think shall
take her to Scotland"
"Oh, not to Southampton child
the journey would be so dreadfully
fatiguing!" pleads Ruby. as she thinks
with CONSERVATION of the impossible
ity of inducing her mother to permit
her to go so far from home-for al
ready her quick brain has formed
plan for following the children.
Yes, it might be trying for so young
child" agrees Mt Champley thought
fully. "In that case l must be con-
tent with the moors or the North
Devon coast
Il should just keep her at home, and
send her down by the sea every morn
ing-sea-air is always bracing," OBJ
serves Ruby, with a feeble hope that
her advice may be taken.
"Nudmouth is the reverse OF brac-
ing" corrects her companion decided
ly; besides, it is not only the air-the
children want a complete change"
"Of course you know best" admits
Ruby, with reluctant and respondent
sigh; but 1 always think that chill
dren are happier at home than any
where else
THAT depends remarks Robert
Champley vaguely, and with a sharp
sigh.
"Oh, yes. of course!" agrees Ruby
eagerly; then after a moment she con-
tinues slowly, "HOwever trustworthy
servants may be, they can't under
stand everything"
DO you mean that the children are
in any way neglected." he asks
quickly.
"Oh dear. MOI" laughs Ruby, with
a playful head-shake. Il am sure their
nurse is most attentive from all ac-
counts-but you ought not, for in
stance to allow her to choose their
clothes. OF course she has no idea
how to dress them-how should she.
poor woman"
"They seem very sensibly clothed to
me-" answers Robert Champley, but
in rather dubious tone-in fact a
tone open to conviction. LAS long as
they are warm and comfortable, the
cut isn't of much Importance"
But, my dear Mr.. Champley. how
can poor Meg be comfortable in dress
that allows of no free play Of the
limbs? Children ought never to be
hampered by their clothing"
rs Meg hampered?"
almost tortured, l should think, IN
her last dress. AS for Bob, he ought
to be dressed sailor fashion now"
Dear me-what am 1 to do?" asks
Robert Champley, half-mocking, half
in earnest.
Il tell you what" says Ruby sudden
ly-"I will make clothes for each Of
them as a pattern. Now please don't
protest-it will only be like the fun
of dressing dolls to me-"
Of course Mr.. Champlay does pro-
test, but, as usual, he protests in vain;
and when he takes his departure from
the Wilderness that evening he finds
himself weighed down by one more
obligation to Ruby Widen. AS for
Ruby, she is in great spirits-the only
thing which troubles her in the matter
is her total incapacity either to cut out
or to make the clothes in question, see
ing that in reality she knows far less
how children should be dressed than
the nurse whose tastes she has been
criticising.
(To be Continued.)
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
Two Ways of Putting It.

"I notice, Miranda" remarked Mr.
Neggschoice, that your first husbands
clothes do not fit me-" mo, Cyrus"
conceded Mrs. Neggschoice, with lit
tie sigh you don't hem.'-Chicaso
Tribune.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

Why does a man usually have TO
shuttle off this mortal coil before he
cuts much of a figure in history?
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-30

llnenbli9 piel permag Der Wiae oes
&Dnigs, bic pa6ren Serren BON Siam
broben dber bic GbineIen gu peroen,
bic BON ben 10 MiQionen ginpobnern
bes 9anbes TAFT elm 9rittei umfafen.
Sn ben !SGnben Der unternebmungsz
luittgen Gbineien liegen Der &letnbans
bel uno bic SnbaItrie, unb ielbIt i'm
9~robbanbel treten tie nit ben @urOz
pGern in ausIi9tsOoaen Wettbeiper6.
Wobl 9tbt es iiumeiii6e 9oloi6mtebe,
MaIer, @er9oIber, GiIeleure unb Bib
bauer, lie arbeiten dber nur duf bic
PripatbeIteaung Der tDnigli9en Sds
mile unb Der @ornebmen; bic groBe
Mafe bes Bottles lit o9ue entpidelte
8eoiirfnifIe, babel neutrality-suspicious.
unb bon Der Spielputb beieiien. glein
in 8dngfot mag es mebrere Sunoerte
bon Spielbduiern seben, bic tets nit
einem Sbeaterraum b%erbunoen limb.
ReiaOolIe Muiit, S~oitbarteit unb Surs
benpra9t Der GpItiime, perfiibreriz
i9e unb grpteste Sdnae iteben in Der
bramatiI9en &unIt Der SiameIen
pbenan, uno bds peibli9e @lement
fpielt bic Sauptrole. Die SiameIins
men fiibren in mdn9er 9inIi9t elm piel
beFeres, menI9enpiirbigeres SaIein
dls ibre S9peitern in China unb Sus
pan, BON ben Recommendation
Srauen unb MGb9en gang gu i9nsiz
gen. &ein gldnsenbes Bib gstpGbren
bic Re9tspflese uno bas 9efdngnibs
peIen in Sium; bier bleibt Der tOnigz
li9en Reformtbdtigteit nod elm tpeiter
Spielraum. Die nit 8ruppf6en Sc
I6iiben unb Mannli9er : 9eipebren
aus9eriiitete Nrmse Sdblt ettpa 10000
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-30

Mdnn, bod lit nur bic 9drbe nd6 euz
ropGiI9em Muiter organiiirt. @rbebs
lid better itebt es nit Der bon benz 9Gs
men bu Plefiis be Rt9elieu gei9uffensn
&riegsmarine nit ibrer ausgeSei9net
sei9ulten Marine : Snfanterie.
Bon 8angtot geleitet Der tunbige
@lltor ben 2efsr nu9 8~ung=puzin, benz
@erIaiIes bes iiameiiI9en !SerrI9ers.
9ieie sldnSenbe Reiiben5 tit in ben
leBten Sabren bonn &0nig semieben
porben, Der Ii9 auf Der ~fpalbtgen SnIel
SobsTistidans i'm @olf BON Siam elm
neues 9uiti9lob erbaut bat. Gin psiz
tsrer @usflug lit Der mad benz idpims
member Ijutbia, 60 engl. Meilen pbers
balb Der Gei9sbduptItdbt duf Dem
8ege mad Prdbbut, benz %beriibmten
Dalfabrtsort Der 8ubbbiiten. Gdnbs
eintpGrts seugen bic gepaltigen Ruts
men Der 1867 bur9 &0nig Qlompra
BON 9irmd eroberten unb 5erItDrten
&Dni9sItaot Qjutbia BON Der bebeutens
ben &olle, bic Siam felt 1850 in Der
binterinbii9en 9eI4i4te emit geIpieIt
bat.
SD6It bramatiI6 i9ilbert Der Der
faTer bic siemli9 ielten Itattfinbenbe
@lepbantenid9b. IS folgen interehante
&apitel iiber Qberglauben, Die in Der
buobbiItii6en Rsligipn tpurSelnbe 9eiz
Iterfur6t unb 9ottesgeri9te. iiber ben
aderbau, bic Sniel SobzIiztI9ang,
bas IiameIi9e OItenbe. bas SeafboIS
uno beHen 9%eninnung Iopie iiber oaS
MiinStpeIen, befen Ginbeit Der Sical
go @ents) lit. G~igentbiimli9 ni6t
nur in 9esug auf ben Snbalt, Ionbsrn
aud binIi9tli9 Der Seritelung uno
QusItdttung Iiuo bic 9almbluttbii9er
Der einbeimiiden 9iterdtur. Sin be-
Ipnoers Ieienspertber Qbf9nitt be-
trifft bic @eI9t9te Slams unb bic
@brpnoloeie Der bier &Onigsbbnaitien
felt Der Mitte bes Ia. Sabrbunoerts.
Sas &dpitel iiber ben @iienbdbnbau
bat ii9 Der beIonSeren 8ei6ilfe oes
tDnigl. prsuBiI9sn Suurdtbs 2.9etbse
gu erfreuen sebubt, Der bas iidmeiii4e
SiIenba9ntpeIen als GENERALIZATION
feitet. Dieter psrbienitDOlIe Beanie,
Der auf einen langiGbrigen Iufentbdlt
i'm 2anoe suriidblidt unb sroBe Reiien
in Ieinsr neuen 9eimatb unternommen
bat, untertparf bas Wert b. Seiies
8artsss's elmer ~einsebenoen Dur4s
fi9t, fpobur6 Srrtbiimer nod i'm Vert
Ober bod i'm Radtrug 8eri9tigung err
fabrsn ionnten. Wertbpoa Duren auh
bic benz 8erfafer Su Sbeil s%eporbensn
manufacturer &ustinfte Der prinaen
9%efpatpongfe, 9amrong uno Spaitt,
bes fiuneIif9en Niniiters RolinsSaes
quembns. bes aOmiruls Ri4elieu unb
oes Goniuls q. anbsripn
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-30

fGbr 1884 nit etnem Soitenaufpano
BON mebr ais 10000 PfuuO Sterling
BON 6 auf IA SUB Stefe BEL Gbbe ges
braft ipprben. Mebrere 9dmpferlts
rien, barunter aud bic beutI4e SIt1
afritalinie, Iaufen 0urban an, bas
aud Der SiB zines bsutiden GonIuls
1T. Die in ibrer ganSen 2Gnge pom
Safen aus bur9 S%traBeHbabn befabs
rene unb elettriI9 beleu4tete @eit
Street lit cine Der f4OniteH in gang
Siibafrita; in ibr 6aben bic ~bebeutenos
fen SanbelsbduIel Der Gplonie tRre
Sauptpaareulager.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-30

fen Sale 15,000Nlann ergeben biirfte.
Der bette She'll Der bierfiir in 9etra4t
&omntnben lit aber bereits in Der
Gapcolonie in Al 9plunteerzG ompagz
MEN nit einem SpnbeItanb bon 5000
Mdnn unb 6 9ei9iiBen militGriI9 orz
ganiiirt, bic BON obiser 3abl baber in
Qb5ug tommen. Quberbem beiteben
in Der Gapcplonie unb in Natal nod
cine 1900 Mann unb 4 9ef9iibe aGbs
lenbe itGnbige Mtli5 iopie berittene
pOliSeitruppen, in Gapitabt cine be-
ionbere @arniionartilerie nit Pto>
nierformutionen unb in 8ei9udnds
lamb Gbnli9e 2pcaltruppen. Serner
Iinb I9on Dor lGnsersr 3eit iiber so
britif9e Sffictere naa Qfrita entiens
bet porben, I'm neutrality-suspicious.
lamb unb Rbobeitd Sruppeneorps, unb
stpar namentli9 berittene Snfanterie,
an3uperben. SdIieBli9 Iinb nod gez
gen 5000 uuItralii6e unb canabif9e
Sreipiaige in 8etra6t gu Sieben. Sn
runber Summe biirfen bierna9 bic
engliT9en StreitfrGfte in Siioufrita
@nbe Rppember auf 1000 Monn
peranI9la9t perben, bic bur9 bic Qbs
sabe bon Marinemunni6aften bes
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-30

-unter 6reunbtnnen.-
4nna: .Meinetpegen bat ii4 bereits
einmal Elm Serr eri9ofen." &lara:
Der Ip1te Did po6l beiratben2"
-SmSbran. 5rau (8u benz
TpGt beimtebrenben Mann): yglber 9lns
ton, Su padelit ia" = Mann (lals
lenb): nRu, ba leg mir bod mas unter
ben SuB!"
= Sur @ntGd # ung. Qnges
tlaster: ,Meine Serren 9eI9porenen,
tpenn i'd meme 6rau bate umbrinsen
ippllen, 10 bate i6 Oies glei9 getban
unb nidt Oreibis Sabre nit ibr ses
lebt."
SIN biiftenGofsn 3eits
alter. Dame (im S6ld9terlaben):
r9us 6Geii4 lit mir gu mayer. sic
ba6en bod ii4er aud ettpas BON P9as
raos Iiebsn fsttsn Siiben?" = @ertGus
ferin: .glber snGbige 6rau pifen bod
am bsiten, bab bic mageren &ibe
beuer MODERN itno!"
- Simmer oerfelbe Der
beriibmte GbemisprofeHor &o,'meper
bat einsn Quftritt nit ieiner Srau. bic
I6IieBli9 in Sbrlnen ausbri9t.
Define SbrGnsr riibren mid nidt."
fast er na8 tursem RadNnten, rbenn
mas entbaltsn Iie2 Sine uuenblid
gerinse Menge BON pbospburIuurem
Sals unb cine Spur BON 6~lorIaursm
Ratrpul - @Ies auoere 1T WoHer."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-30
Slant.

Don alien einbeimiI9en Stdatsges
bilben Sinterinbiens bat bic llna5bGnz
sigfeit gang ALIEN Clam Bis auf ben
beutigen gag bepabrt, bod I4pn 1T es
auf Der 2dnbIeite rings bon britiI4em
unb fran50ii9em Chronological ums
I4!nGen, tpGbrenS bon Der See Der
unablGIiig bereinitr0menbe S4aaren
eintpGubernberG bineien bus Iiumeiii9e
@aIfstbum in Ieiner @igenurt beoros
zen. 9as mGdtige Qusgretfen Der
fransDiiI9en Golonidlpplitit duf Der
inbp6tneiiI6sn SalbinIel uno bic Reiie
bes IiumeIii9en &Onigs SI4ulalong>
form na9 europa BADEN du4 in
9euti6lanb @ufmertIamteit erregt,
bas an ben Ifern bes Menam nit
einem anIebnli9en 9rocentIub oes
SanOels unO bes S9ifffabrtsOerfebrs
betbeiligt lit. I'm 10 auffalenOer 1T
es baber, bab in Der nt9t iiberrei6en
2iterdtur iiber bds 2dno bes petBen
@lepbanten bic beutI6e Wihenfadft
nur nit 3tpei 8erfen pertretsn lit. bic
Dor ungefGbr breibig Sabren erIdienen
fnb. 60 l%pertbpoG bic beiben Bidder
bon 9aitian unb b. S9erSer aud iino,
10 rpirb man bon ibnen bod p~enig2lufs
T9luB erlpurten iiber Die umfafenoe
Reformdrbeit, bic nit Der i'm Nobemz
Der 1873 eingetretensn 8|ollidbrigteit
bes ieBigen SerrI6ers ~angeboben bat.
SIS lit Oaber nur mu Dart 5u begriis
ben, bab ioe6en iiber Das Der abenbz
Idnoti6en Gultur ii4 erI4lieBenbe
Rei9 Si9ulalongtorns Elm 8ert Die
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-30

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