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THE SCIiAXTOX TBIBUXE SATUKDAY MOKXIXG, DECEMBER 8, 1S9 4.
rHE i
IRED BADGE
OF COURAGE.
American Civ!
BV STEPHEN CKANE.
' Copyright, 1894, by fiio Author.1
CHAPTER XIV.
The youth stared at the land in front
!cf him. Its foliages now seemed to
veil powers and horrors. Ho was una
ware of the machinery of orders that
Started the charge, although from the
corners of his eyes ho saw an officer,
who looked like a boy a horseback,
come palloping-, waving1 his hat. Sud
denly he felt a straining and heaving
lamong the men. The lino fell slowly
forward like a toppling wall and, with
ti convulsive gasp that was intended
'for a cheer, the regiment began its
i journey. The youth was pushed and
Jostled for a moment before lie under
stood the movement at all, but directly
jhc lunged ahead and began to run.
I lie fixed his eye upon a distant and
'prominent clump of trees where he had
Concluded tho enemy were to be met,
lend he ran toward it as toward a goal.
;He had believed throughout that it
iwas a mere question of getting over an
unpleasant matter as quickly as possi
ble, and he ran desperately as if pur
sued for a murder. Ilis face was dra wn
:hard and tight with the stress of his
iendeavor. His eyes were fixed in a
ilurid glare. And with his soiled and
idisordered dress, his red and inflamed
features surmounted by the clingy rag
hvith its spot of blood, his wildly
swinging riflo and banging accoutre
'ments, he looked to bo an insane sol
idier. As the regiment swung from its posi
tion out into a cleared space, the woods
and thickets before it awakened. Ycl
llow flames leaped toward it from
many directions. The forest made a
jtrcmendous objection.
' Tho line lurched straight for a mo
jment. Then tho right wing swung for
(ward; it in turn was surpassed by the
'left. Afterward the center careered
jto the front until tho regiment was a
:wedgc-shapcd mass; but on instant
'later the opposition of the bushes,
trees and uneven places on the ground
,'split the command end scattered it into
(detached clusters.
' The youth, light-footed, was uncon
isciously in advance. Ilis eyes still
.kept note of the clump of trees. From
all places near it the clannish yell of
;the enemy could bo heard. The little
iflames of rillcs leaped from it. Tl'.e
song of tho bullets was in the air and
'shells snarled from the sky. One
tumbled directly into the middle of a
hurrying group and exploded in crim
son fury. There was an instan t's spec
tacle of a man, almost over it, throw
ing up his hands to shield his eyes.
I Other men, punched by bullets, fell
!in grotesques agonies. Tho regiment
jleft a coherent trail of bodies.
They had passed into a clearer at
imosphcre. There was an effect like a
'revelation in the new appearance ol
the landscape. Some men working
'madly at a battery were plain to them
land the opposing infantry's lines were
.defined by the- gray walls and fringes
of smoke.
i It seemed to the youth that ho saw
everything. Each blado of tho green
grass was bold and clear. IIo thought
ho was aware of every change in the
jthin, transparent vapor that floated
idly in sheets. Tho brown 'or gray
i trunks of tho trees showed each rough
iness of their surface. And the men ol
(the regiment, with their starting eyes
land sweating faces, running madly or
(falling, as if thrown headlong, to
Iniiiwp lisnwd .nn nrncpii nil wpro r.m.
'1 1 1' "1' j-.., -
prehended. nis mind took a mechan
ical but firm impression, so that after
ward everything was pictured and ex
plained to him, save why he himself
was there.
But there was a frenzy made from
his furious rush. Tho men, pitching
.'forward insanely, had burst into cheer
lings, mob-liko and barbaric, but tuned
iin strange keys that can arouse the
dullard and tho stoic. It made a mad
ienthusiasm that, it seemed, would be
mcapable of checking itself before
granite and brass. Thero was tho dc
jlirium that encounters despair and
ideath, and is heedless and blind to the
odds.
j Presently the straining pace ate up
jthe energies of tho men. As if by
ingreement the leaders begun to slacken
jtheir
MV-a U'V V. a Ull V lV, V
ifrgainst them, had had a seeming wind
llike effect. The regiment snorted and
blew. Among some stolid trees it be
igan to falter and hesitate. The men,
staring intently, began to wait for
some of tho distant walls of emoko f
move and disclose to them tho scene.
1 Since much of their strength and their
ibreath had.vanished, they returned-to
'caution. . '. '
Tho youth had a vaguo belief that he
had run miles and ho thought, in a
way, that he was now in some new and
unknown land.
' Tho moment tho regiment ceased its
advance tho protesting splutter of mus
jketry became a steadied roar. Long
and uccurato fringes of smoke sprcud
out ' From tho top of a small hill
Icamo level belchings of yellow flame
jthat caused an inhuxian whistling in
(the air.
j The men, halted, had opportunity to
I see some of their comrades dropping
'with moans end shrieks. A few lay
under foot, still or wailing. And now
for an instant tho men stood, their
rifles slack in their hands, and watched
itho regiment-dwindle. They appeared
dazed and Btupid. This spectacle
jsecmod to paralyze them, to overcome
:thom with a fatal fascination. Thev
stared woodcnly at tho sights and, low
ering their eyes, looked from face to
;face.
' Then abovo' the-sounds of the outside
'Commotion arose the roar of the lieu
tenant. Ho strode suddenly forth, his
Infantile features black with raga.
I ''Come on, yeh fools," he bellowed.
"Come on. Yeh can't stay hero. Yeh
must come on." IIo said more,' but
.much of it could not bo understood.
lie started rapidly forward with hia
head turned toward tho men. "Como
on," he was shouting. The men stared
With blank and yokel-like" eyes at hiim
Ho was obliged to halt and retrace his
steps. He stood then with his back to
the enemy and delivered gigantic
curses Into the faces of the men. His
body vibrated from the ..weight and
Iforce of his imprecations. And ho
Could string oaths with tho facility of
a maiden whp. strings bead
The friend of tho youth aroused.
Lurching suddenly forward and drop
ping to his knees, ho fired an angry
shot at the persistent woods. This
action awakened the men. They hucf
dled no moro like sheep. They seemed
suddenly . to bethink them of their
weapons and at once commenced firing.
Belabored by their officers they began
to movo forward. The regiment, in
volved like a cart in mud and muddle,
started unevenly with many jolts and
jerks. The men stopped now every
few paces to fire and load, und in this
manner moved slowly on from trees to
trees.
Tho flaming opposition in their front
grew with tlieir advance until it seemed
that all forward ways were burred by
tho thin leaping tongues and off to the
right an ominous demonstration could
sometimes be dimly discerned.
' The command went painfully for
wnrd until nn open space interposed
between them and the lurid lines.
Here, crouching and cowering behind
some trees, tho men clung with des
peration as if threatened by a wave.
They looked wild-eyed, and amazed at
this furious disturbance they had
stirred. In tho storm, there was
an ironical expression of their impor
tance. As they halted thus, the lieutenant
again began to bellow profanely. Re
gardless of tho vlndictivo threats of
the bullets, he went about coaxing, be
rating and bedamning. Ilis lips, that
were habitually in a soft and child-like
curve, now writhed into unholy contor
tions. He swore by all possible deities.
Once, he grabbed the youth by the
arm. "Come on, yeh lunk-heud," he
roared. "Come cn. We'll all git killed
if we stay here. 'We've only got t' go
across that lot. An' then"
The remainder of his . idea disap
peared in a blue haze of curses.
The youth stretched forth his arm.
"Cress there?" Ilis mouth was puckered
in doubt and awe.
"Cer'ly. Jest 'cross th' lot. We can't
stay here," screamed the lieutenant.
He poked his face close to the youth
and waved his bandaged baud. '"Come
on." Presently he grappled with him
as if for a wrestling bout. It was us if
ho planned to drag the youth by the
ear on to the assault.
. The private felt u sudden unspeak
ablo indignation against his officer.
IIo wrenched fiercely and shook him
cff.
"Come on ycrsclf, then," he yelled.
There was a bitter challenge in his
voice.
They galloped together down the
regimental front. The friend scram
bled after them. In front of tho col
ors tho three men began to bawl:
"Come on! Como on!" They danced
and gyrated like tortured savages.
The flag, obedient to these appeals,
bended its glittering form and swept
toward them. The men wavered in in
decision for a moment and then with a
long, wailful cry, the dilapidated regi
ment surged forward and began its
new journey.
: Over the field went the Ecurrying
mass. It was a handful of men splat
tered into the faces of the enemy. To
ward it instantly sprang the yellow
tongues. A vast quantity of tho blue
smoko hung before them. A mighty
banging made ears valueless.
Tho youth ran like a madman tc
reach tho woods before a bullet could
discover him. Ho ducked his head low
like a football player. In his huste his
eyes almost closed and the scene was o
wild blur. Pulsating saliva btood at
the corners of his mouth.
Within him. as ho hurled himsell
forward, was bom a love, a despairing
fondness for this Hag which was nent
him. It was a creation of beauty and
invulnerability. It was a goddess,
radiant, that bended its form with an
imperious gesture to him. It was a
woman, red and white, hating and lov
ing, that called him with the voice of
hi3 hopes. Because no harm could
come to it, ho endowed it with power.
He kept near as if it could bo a saver
of lives, and an imploring cry weu
from hisjnind.
In the mad scramble he was aware
that the, color sergeant flinched sud
denly as if struck by a bludgeon. He
faltered and then became motionless,
save for his quivering knees.
Then ho made a spring and a clutch
at the, pole. At the same instant his
friend grabbed it from the other side.
They jerked at
it, stout and fu
rious, but the
( V ; color sergeant
W ' was dead and
g tho corpse
would not relin
quish its trust.
For a moment
there was n grim
encounter. The
dead man,
swinging with
bended back
seemed to be ob
stinately tug-
wrenched tub flao ging in ludicrous
fkom the dkau man. nnd awful ways
for the possession of tho ling.
It was past in an instant of time.
They wrenched tho Hag furiously from
tho dead man, and as they turned
again the corpse swayed forward with
bowed head. Ono arm swung high and
the curved hand fell with heavy pro
tcstj on the friend's unheeding shoul
der. CHAPTER XV.
When the two youths turned with
tk3 flag they saw that much of tho
reg'ment Lad crumbled away and tho
dejected remnant was going slowly
back. The men, having hurled them
selves in projectile fashion, had pres
ently expended their forces. They
slowly retreated with their faces still
toward the pputtering woods and thejr
hot rifles still replying to tho din. Sev
eral officers were giving orders, their
voices keyed to screams.
"Where in hell yeh goin'?" tho lieu
tenant was asking in a sarcastic howl.
And a red-bearded officer, whose voice
of triplo brass could plainly be heard,
was commanding: "Shoot into 'em!
Shoot into 'em! curso their souls!"
There was a melec of speeches in which
tho men wero ordered to do conflicting
and impossible things.
The youth and his friend had a small
scuffle over the flag. "Oivo it t' me."
"No let mo keep it." Each felt satis
fled with the other's possession of it,
but each felt bound to declare, by nn
offer to.carry tho emblem, his willing
ness to further risk himself.. Tho youth
roughly pushed his friend away.
The regiment fell buck to the stolid
trees. There it halted for a moment to
blaze at some dark forms that had be
gun to steal upon its track. Presently
it resumed its march again, curving
ajnouif the tree truukSi Jty th t?fflJ
the 'depleted regiment had ogaln
reached tho first open space they were
receiving a fust and merciless fire.
There seemed to bo mobs all about
them.-
The greater part of tho men, dis
couraged, their spirits worn by the tur
moil, acted as if stunned. They adapt
ed tho pelting of tho bullets with
bowed and weary heads. It was of no
purpose to btrive against walls. It was
of no use to .batter themselves against
granite. And from this consciousness
that they lwul attempted to conquer on
unconquerable thing thero seemed to
arise a feeling that they had been be
trayed. They glowered with bent
brows, but dangerously, upon some of
tho officers, more particularly mon
the red-bearded one with the voice of
triple brass.
However, tho rear of the regiment
was fringed with men who continued
to 6hoot irritably at the advancing foes.
They seemed resolved to make every
trouble. Tho youKiful lieutenant was
perhaps the la:;t man in the disordered
mass. His forgotten back was toward
the enemy. Ho had been shot in the
arm. It hung straight nnd rigid. Oc
casionally ho would cense to remember
it and be about to emphasize an oatli
with a sweeping gesture. Tho multi
plied pain Caused him to swear with
incredible power.
The youth went along with slipping,
uncertain feet. He kept watchful eyes
rearward. A scowl of mortification
and roffe was upon his face. He had
thought of a fine revenge upon tlio
officer who had referred to him and to
his fellows as mulo drivers. But lie
saw that it could not come to pass.
His dreams had collapsed when the
mulo drivers, dwindling rapidly, had
wavered and hesitated on the little
clearing and then had recoiled. And
now tho retreat of tho mule drivers was
a march of shame to hiin.
A dagger-pointed gaze from without
his blackened face was held toward the
enemy, but his greater hatred was
riveted upon the man who, not know
ing him, had called him a mule driver.
When he knew that he and his com
rades had failed to do anything in suc
cessful ways that might bring the littlo
pangs of a kind of remorse upon the
officer, the ytnu'h allowed tho rage of
the ballled to possess him. This cold
officer upon a monument who dropped
epithets unconcernedly down, would
be finer as a dead man, he thought.
So grievous did he think it that ho
could never possess the secret right to
taunt truly in answer.
IIo had pictured red letters of curious
revenge. "Wo are mule drivers, are
wc?" And now ho was compelled to
throw them away.
Ho presently wrapped his heart in
the cloak of his pride and kept the flag
erect. He harangued his fellows, push
ing against their chests with his free
hand. To those he knew well, he made
frantic appeals, beseeching them by
name. Between him and the lieuten
ant, scolding and near to losing his
mind with rage, there was felt a subtle
fellowship and equality. They sup
ported each other in all manner of
hoarse, howling protests.
' But the regiment was a machine run
down. The two men babbled at a
forceless thing. Tho soldiers who had
heart to go slowly wero continually
shaken in their resolves by a knowl
edge that comrades were slipping with
speed back to tho lines. It was diffi
cult to think of reputation when others
were thinking of skins. Wounded men
were left, crying, on thisblack journey.
The smoke-fringes nnd flames blus
tered always. The youth, peering once
through a sudden rift in a cloud, saw a
brown mass of troops interwoven and
magnified until they appeared to be
thousands. A ficrce-hued flag flashed
before his vision.
Immediately, as if tho uplifting of the
smoke had been prearranged, the dis
covered troops burst into a rasping
yell and a hundred flames jetted to
ward tho retreating baud. A rolling,
pray cloud again interposed us the
regiment doggedly replied. The youth
hud to depend again upon his misused
ears which were trembling nnd buzz
ing from tho mclec of musketry and
yells.
The way seemed eternal. In tho
clouded haze, meu became panic-slriek-cn
with the thought that the regi
ment had lost its path and was pro
ceeding in a perilous direction. Onco
tho men who headed tho wild proces
sion turned und camo pushing back
against their comrades screaming that
they wero being fired upon from points
which they had considered to bo to
ward their own troops. A r.olilicr who
heretofore hud been ambitions to make
the regiment into a wiso little band
that would proceed calmly amid the
luigc-appearin;r difficulties, suddenly
sank down and buried his face in his
arms with an air of bowing to a doom.
From another, a shrill lamentation
rang out filled with profane allusions
to a general. Men run hither and
thither seeking with their eyes roadsof
escape. With sereuo regularity as if
controlled by a schedule, bullets bulled
into men.
The youth walked stolidly into tho
midst of the mob und, with his flag in
his hands, took a stand as if he ex
pected an attempt to push him to the
ground. He unconsciously assumed
the attitude of the color-bearer in the
fight of the preceding day. He passed
over his brow a hand that trembled.
His breath did not como freely. He
was choking during this small wait for
the crisis.
Ilia friend came to him. "Well,
Flem, I guess this is good-by-.Tohn."
"Oh, shut up, you dummned fool," re,
plied the youth and he would not loolc
at tiic other. . .
Tho officers lubored liko politicians
to beat the mass into a proper circlo to
face tho menaces. The ground was un
even and torn. Tho men curled into
depressions and fitted themselves
snugly behind whatever would frus
trate a bullet.
Tho youth noted with vague sur
prise that the lieutenant was standing
mutely with his legs fur apart und his
sword held in the manner of a cane.
The youth wondered what had hap
pened to his vocal organs that he no
more cursed.
Thero was something curious in this
littlo intent pause of the lieutenant
Ho was liko a bubo which having wept
its fill, raises its eyes and fixes upon a
distant toy. He was engrossed in this
contemplation and tho soft undcr-lip
quivered from self-whispered words.
Some lazy and ignorant smoke curled
slowly. The men hiding from the bul
lets, waited anxiously for thein to lift
and disclose the plight of the regi
mcnt.
Tho silent ranks wero suddenly
thrilled by tho caper volco of the
youthful lieutenant bawling out:
"Uwolhcy.como, . Eklit opto us, V
Gawd." His further words were lost
in a roar of wicked thuuder from the
men's rifles.
The youth's eyes had instantly
turned in the direction indicated by
the awakened and ogitated lieutenant,'
nnd he had cecn tho haze of treas'jery
disclosing u body of soldiers of the
enemy. They were so near that ho
could sec their features. There was a
recognition ns ho looked at the types
of faces. Also he perceived with dim
amazement that their uniforms wero
rather gay in effect, being light gray
plentifully uccented with a brilliant
hued fucing. Too, the clothes seemed
new.
These troops had apparently been go
ing forwurd, with caution, their
rifles held in readiness, when tho
youthful lieutenant had discovered
them and their movement had been in
terrupted by the volley from tho blue
regiment. From the moment's glimpse,
it was derived that they had been un
nwaro of tho proximity of tTleir dark
suited foes, or, had mistaken the dircc-'
tiou. Almost instantly, they were shut
utterly from tho youth's sight by" the
smoke from the energetic rifles of his
companions. He strained his vision to
learn tho accomplishment of tho volley,
but the smoke hung beforo him.
The two bodies of troops exchanged
blows in tho manner of a pair of box
ers. The fast, angry firings went back
und forth. The men in blue were in
tent with the despair of their circum
stances, and they seized upon the re
venge to be had at close range. Their
thunder swelled loud and valiant.
Their curving front bristled with
Hashes and tho place resounded with
tho clangor of their ramrods. Tho
youth ducked and dodged for a time,
and achieved a few unsatisfactory
views of tho enemy. Thero appeared
to bo many of them, and they wero re
plying swiftly. They seemed moving
toward the blue regiment step by step.
He seated himself gloomily on the
ground with his flag between his
knees.
A3 he noted tho vicious, wolf-like
temper of his comrades ho hud a
sweet thought that if the enemy was
about to swallow tho regimental broom
ns a largo prisoner it could at least
have the consolation of going down
with bristles forward.
But the blows of the antagonist be
gan to grow more weak. Fewer bul
lets ripped tho air, and finally, when
tho men slackened to learn of tho
fight, they could seo only dark, float
ing smoke. The regiment lay still and
gazed. Presently somo chance whim
came to tho pestering blur and it be
gan to coil heavily away. Tho men
saw iv ground vacant of lighters. It
would havo been an empty stage if it
were not for a few corpses that lay
thrown and twisted into fantastic
shapes upon the sward. At sight of
this tublcau many of tho men in blue
sprung from behind their covers and
made un ungainly danco of joy. Their
eyes burned and a honrso cheer of ela
tion broke from their dry lips.
It had begun to seem to them that
events were trying to prove that they
were impotent, l'ato had evidently
endeavored to demonstrate that tho
men could not fight well. When on
the verge of submission to these opin
ions tho small duel had showed them
that the proportions wero not impos
sible, and by it they had revenged
themselves upon their misgivings and
upon the foe.
The impetusof enthusinsra was thoirs
again. They gazed nbout them with
looks of uplifted pride, feeling new
trust in the grim always-confident
weapons in their hands.
CHAPTER XVI.
" Presently they knew that no firing
threatened them. All ways seemed
once moro opened to them. Tho dusty
blue lines of their friends wero dis
closed a short distance away. In the dis
tance there wero many colossal noises,
but in all this part of the field there
was a sudden stillness.
They perceived that they were free.
The depleted band drew a long breath
of relief and gathered itself into a
bunch to complete its trip.
Iu this last length of journey, the
men began to show strango emotions.
They hurried with nervous fear. Some
who had been dark and unfaltering in
the grimest moments now could not
conceal an anxiety that mr.de them
frantic. It was, perhaps, that they
dreaded to bo killed in insignificant
ways after tho time for proper military
deaths had passed. Or, perhaps, they
thought it would bo too ironical to get
killed at tho portuls of safety. With
backward looks of perturbation they
hastened.
They turned, when tlicy arrived at
their old position, to regard the ground
over which they had charged.
The youth, in this contemplation,
was smitten with a largo astonish
ment. Ha discovered that the dis
tances, as compared with the brilliant
measurings of his mi'.ul, wero trivial
and ridiculous. The stolid trees, where
much had taken place, seemed Incredi
bly near. Tho time, too, now that ho
reflected, he saw to have been short.
He wondered at the number of emotions
and events that hud been crowded into
such little spaces. Elfin thoughts must
have exaggerated and enlarged every
thing, ho said.
Tho men wero gulping at their can
teens.fierco to wring every mite of water
from them. And they polished at their
swollen nnd watery features with coat
sleeves and bunches of grass. How
ever, to tho youth there was n consid
ablo joy in musing upon his perform
ances during tho charge. IIo had had
very little time, previously, in which to
appreciate himself, so that there was
now much satisfaction in quietly think
ing of his actions. He recalled bits of
color that in tho flurry had stamped
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themselves unawares upon his engaged
senses.
Several men camo hurrying ud. Their
faces expressed a bringing of great
news.
"Oh, Flem, yeh jest outrhta heard."
cried one; eagerly.
"Heard what'." said tho youth
"Yeh jest onghta heard," repeated
the other, as ho arransred himself to
tell his tidings.
Tho others made
on excited cir
cle. "Well, sir,
th' colonel met
your lieutenant
right by us it
was tho dernd
est thin- I ever
heard an' ho
scs: 'Ahem,' ses
ho, ' Mr. llas
brouck,' he ses,
'by th' way, who
was that hid
what carried th'
flag,' ho ecs.
Thero, Flem,
what do veh
SEVERAL MEN CAME.
think a that? ' Who was tho lad what
carried th' flag?' ho ecs. an' the lieu-
tenant, ho speaks up right away.
'That's Flcmin', au' he's a Jimhickey,'
ho ses. Th' lieutenant, he ses: 'He's a
Jimhickey,' and tho colonel, ho scs:
'Ahem, he is indeed a very good man t'
have. lie kep' th' flag way t' th' front.
I saw 'im. He'3 a good 'un,' ses the
colonel. 'You bet,' ecs the lieutenant.
'ho an' a feller named Wilson was at th'
head a th' charge, an' howlin' liko In
dians, all the time, he ses. 'Head a the
charge all the time,' he ses. 'A feller
named Wilson,' ho sos. Thero, Wilson,
m' boy, put that iu a letter an' send it
hum t' yer mother, hey? 'A feller
named Wilson,' ho ses. An' the colonel,
he scs: 'Were they indeed? Ahem,
ahem. My sakes,' he ses. 'At th' head
o' th' reg'mcnt?' he scs. 'They were,'
ses the lieutenant. 'My sakes,' scs tho
colonel. IIo ses: 'Well, well, well,' ho
ses, 'those two babies?' 'They were,'
ses the lieutenant. 'Well, well,' ses the
colonel, 'they deserve I' bo major gen
erals,' ho scs. 'They deserve t' be ma
jor generals.' "
The youth and his friend said:
"Huh." "Yerlyiu', Thompson." "Oh,
go to blazes." "IIo never said it."
"Oh, what a lie." "Huh." But de
spite theso youthful scoffings and em
barrassments they know that their
faces were deeply flushing from thrills
of pleasure. They exchanged a secret
glance of joy and congratulation.
They speedily forgot many things.
The past hold no pictures of error and
disappointment. They were very happy.
T11E END.
A PAIN REiKEDY
For nearly fifty years this wonderful
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THE TRUE RELIEF
P.ADWAY'S KKADV 1U0I.IEF In Mfo,
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iu rerun iroin ine uso or many or tha
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A A III
iiar mmn amto
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,,
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NEW ENGLAND,
ERIE.
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Music Dealer,
34 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton,
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RESTORES VITALITY.
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of Me.
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all effects of self-kbuso or oicosa and indiscretion
which tintits ono for s uily, biiHinces or marriage. It
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iuanreat nrrv Initio and blood builder, bring
lug back the pink Rlow to ralo clicck.i and re
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for sale by Matthews Bros., 1 meals'
Scrautou . I'a,
RAILROAD TIME-TABLES
Central Railroad of New Jersey.
(I.olikh und Susquehanna Division)
Anthracite coal usod exclusively, Insur
ing cleanliness and comfort.
T1.V.K TAlll.M IN KKKlOCT NOV. 18, 1894.
Trains leavo Scranton for l'ltlston,
Wilkes-Knrrc, etc., at 8., 9.1A, 11.30 a.m.,
12.-Sfi, 2.0O, X05, 5.00, 7.iii, 11.06 p.m. Sunduys,
ll.uo a.m., l.ou, 2.13, 7.10 p.m.
l''or Atlantic City, 8.20 a.m.
For Nov York, Newark and Elizabeth,
S.liO (express) a.m., 1J.45 (express with Huf
fet pui lor car), 3.05 (express) p.m. Sun
day, 2.15 p.m.
Kor Jiinich Chunk, Allontown, rcthlo
heni, Kaston und l'hiludulphia, 8.20 a.m.,
32.45, 3.05, 6.00 (except Philadelphia) p.m.
Sunday, 2.15 p.m.
For l.oinr liiunch, Ocean Grove, etc., at
S.20 u.ni., 12.15 p.m.
For Reading, Lebanon nnd Harrlsburg,
via Allcntown, 8.20 a.m., 12.45. G.UO p.m.
Kor Pottsvlllo, 8.20 a.m., 12.4-5 p.m.
Keturnlus, leave New York, foot of Lib
erty street, North river, at D.10 (express)
a.m., 1.10, 1.30, 4.30 (express with Buffet
purlor car) p.m. Sunday, 4.H0 p.m.
Leave Philadelphia, Heading Terminal,
8.00 a.m., 2.00 und 4.30 p.m. Sunday ti.27
a.m.
ThrouRh tickets to all points at lowest
rates may bo had on application In nd
vauco to the ticket usent at tho million.
11. P. HALIAYIN",
Gen. Puss. Atfent.
J. II. OLIIAVSEN, Gen. Supt.
sm.tNTON civisiorr.
!n 1C fleet Sept. ICtli, 1SD1.'
North ISomid.
Kontli Itoimd.
mm.
sto5 ion ioi iioa io iiaoa
nhi 6tations is IS "18
5 53 5 a- (Trains Dally, S H. 2 X ft,
V, Except Sunday) w ;a "
r u Arrivrt I'uvo a m
.... 7 ST. . . . N Y Krankliu St .... 7 4.1....
.... 710.... West 4-Jiifl St .... 75:. ....
.... 700.... Wcehuwken .... Bio....
L" p Arrive I.eave AMP H ....
8iK) 11.'. .... Hancock jiiiio. liild SJU.' ..."
810 100.... Hancock Cli Ull ....
7SS MM ... Kt.nlUit 61H 22-J ....
7 51 I'.' 4d .... rriMtmi Park GU'. 8.11 ....
745 13 40 .... Onto OS'.' S4I ....
7 38 li'il .... r.ivntello 0 40 S30 ....
7t IK IS .... lLdiiinnt 0 45 I15S ....
7iK ml .... riwisnnt Jtt, 0.V, 80(1
710 rilM ... Unioiiiliile f5d 800 7...
7 OS 1149 a u Forset City 710 8 III P M
8 51 1181 915 Carbondalo 7 lit 8.11 581
IS f 113d tK Whito Hrldgo 727 (3 5 87
fO 48 fBOil Jluvflcld f7.t! f8f5 4H
6 41 1123 DIM Jermyn 731 3 45 0 43
08.-.111H 8 57 Arcliibal! 7 40 3 51 551
0 3'.' flllS 8 51 Winloii 7 43 8 54 5 51
6 1W 11 11 8 50 lVckvllIo 7 4S 8KI5 59
OSS 11 07 8 44 Olrphant 7 fi'J 4 04 604
0 at 1105 841 lMekaoa 7 54 4 07 6 07
610 11 03 8 30 Throop 7 50 4 10 010
6 14 11 00 8 3') Provlilouca 8 00 4 14 0 14
fO 1.1 HPS" 81 PurkPlaca 8 0-3 ft 17 610
610 10 55 8 30 Scrantua 8 05 4 20 0W
p mama M Leave Arrive a h p m p m
All trains run dally except Sunday,
f. slmiidea that trains stop on signal for pat
senders. Secure rates la Ontario & Western before
purchasltiR- tickets and save money. Day and
Night Express to the West.
J. C. Anderson, Oon. Pais. Agt,
T. niliroft, Plv, rim. Agt,, Svrantou, Pa.
economical breakfast food
Pure and sweet. Try itl
lb. Packages.
fCLOUGH & WARREN,
CARPENTER,
WATERLOO,
I PALACE,
SUPERIQS T0ALL OTHERS.
Also a Full Line of
HIS' li
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SUPPLIES.
Scranton, Pa.
DELAWARTO AND
HUDSON RAIL
ROAD. Commnnclim Monde?,
day, July 30, all trains
will arrive .ttnew Lack-'
awnnna r.vcnuo station
i follows:
Trains will leave Koran-
ton station for C'nrbondalo and In
termediate points at 2.20, 6.45, 7.00, 8.25 and
10.10 a.m., 12.00, 2.20, 3.55, 6.15, 6.16, 7.25, 9.19
und 11.20 p.m.
For Farviow, Waymart and Ilonesdaln
at 7.00, 8.25 and 10.10 a.m., 12.00. 2.2) aud 6.15
p.m.
Por Albany, SoA'atoKa, tho Adlror.dacka
and Montr-pal at 5.45 a.m. und 2.20 p.m.
For Wilkes-Barro and Intermediate)
. .lots at 7.45, 8.45, 9.;:8 and 10.45 a.m., 12.05j
1.20, 2.38, 4.00, 5.10, ti.05, 9.16 and 11.38 p.m. ,
Trains will arrive at Scranton slatloil
from Carbondalo and Intermediate pointj
at 7.40, 8.40, 9.34 and 10.40 a.m., 12.00, 1.17,2,34s
S.40. 4.54, 5.55, 7.45, 9.1V and 11.33 p.m.
From Honcsdale, V.'aymart and Far
view at 9.31 a.m., 12.30, 1.17, 3.40, 5.55 anil
7.45 p.m.
From Montreal, Saratoga, Albany, etcj
at 4.5t and 11.33 p.m.
From Wilkes-Barre and Intermediate)
points at 2.15, S.C4, 10.05 and 11.65 a.m., l.ioi
2.14, 3.C9, 6.10, 6.C3, 7.20, 9.03 and 11.10 p.m. ,
Nov. 18, 1S94.
Train leaves Scranton for Philadelphia
and New York via V. H. It. K. ut 7.43
a.m., 12.05, 2.3S and 11.38 p.m., via D., L. &
W. It. It., G.oo, S.tM, ll.Zo am., and 1.30 p.m.
Leu ve Scranton for Pilljton and tVllk.
liarre, via I)., L. & W. It. It., li.00, 8.03, 11.20
a.m., 3.50, tl.07, 8.50 p.m.
Leave Scranton for White Haven, Ha
zlnton, Poltu'lllo und all points on tho
Heaver Meadow and- Pottsvlllo branches,
via 15. & W. V. It. 11., 0.10 a.m., via V. & H.
!t. It. at 7.15 a.m., 12.05, 2.31;, 4.00 p.m., via
D L. & W. Ii. It., 0.UO, 8.03, 11.20 a.m., 1.30,
3.50 p.m.
Leave Scranton for Bethlehem, Kaiton,
neadliiK, M.-irrisuurK and all Intermedial
points via l. &- H. It. R., 7.45 a.m., 12.05,
2.38, 4.00. ll.SS (p.m., via I)., L. & V. It. li..
ti.uO, 8.0X, 11.20 u.m., 1.30 p.m.
Leavo Scninton for Tunkhannoek, To
wanila, Kltnlia, Ithaca, Geneva und all
Inlcrmcdluto points via D. &. H. U. K., 8.45
a.m., 12.u0 and 11.35 p.m., via D li. & W-.
R. R., 8.08. 9.55 a.m.. 1.30 p.m.
Leave Scranton for Rochester, Buffalo,
Kin vara Fulbi, Detroit, Chlcaijo anil (.11
points woit via 1). & H. H. R., 8 45 a.m.,
12.05, 9.15, 11.3S p.m., Via D., h. & W. 11. Ji.
and Plttston Junction, 8.0$, 9.55 a.m., l.U),
8.50 p.m., via 10. & W. V. R. P... 3.41 p.m.
For F.lmlra and the west via Saliimunca,
via i). A II. R. It.. 8.45 a.m., 12.05, 0.06 p.m.,
via 1)., L. ei V. R. It., 8.0S, 9.65 a.m., 1.30,
and (1.07 p.m.
Pullman parlor nnd sleeping or L. V.
chuir cars on all trains between L. & I.
Junction or W'llkes-Barro and New York,
Philadelphia, ButYulo, und Suspension
Biidno.
ROLLTN H. WILBUR, Gen. Pupt.
CHAS.S.LKIO. den. Pass. Ai;t., Phila., Pa,
A. W. NONN EM ACM Kit, Afstt. Oca.
Pans. Act., South Bethlehem, Pa.
Del., Lack, nnd Western.
Trains leavo Pernnton as follown: Ex
press for New York nnd all points East.
1.40, 2.50, 5.15, 8.00 and 9.55 a.m. ; 12.5-j and 3.J)
'''Express for Huston, Trenton, Philadel
phia and tho south, 6.15, 8.00 and 8.5o a.m.,
12.65 and 3.50 p.m.
Washington und wny stations, 3.u p.m.
Tobyhimna accommodation, G.10 P.m.
Kxpress for Blnchamton, Oswepo, Ll
mlru, C'ornlne-, Hath, Dunsvlllo, Moan;
Morris and Huffnlo, 12.10, .35 n.m. and l.j.
p.m., miiltlnp; done connection ut Hur
falo to all points In tho West , Northwest
und Southwest.
Rath accommodation, 9 a.m.
Hlnu'li.-vmton and wsy stations, 12.37 p.m.
Nicholson accommodation, at 5.15 p ni.
Rliifc'humton und Elmlra Express, b.0
P.m.
Kxpress for Cortland, Syracuse, Oswe.t
Utlca and Rlehilold Springs, H.35 a.m. an
' Hhaca, 2.33 and Rath 9 a.m. nnd 1.21 p.m
For Northumberland, Plttston, Wilkes
P.arre, Plvniouth, Hloomsburi; and Pan
vlllo, mnkjntf close connections at North
umticrland for Wllllnmsport, Harrlsburff,
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Northumberland and Intermediate sta
tions. fi.Oli, 9.55 a.m. and 1.30 nnd 0.07 p.m.
Nantlcoko und intermediate station!,
8.08 and 11.20 u.m. Plymouth nnd lntor
mudlnto stations, 3.50 and 8.52 p.m.
Pullman pal lor und sleeping coaches on
all express trains
Fur detailed Information, pocket time)
tnbles, etc., apply to M. L. Smith, city
ticket otllce, 32S Lackawanna avenuo, or
dupot tloket otllce.
Eric ar.d Wyoming Valley.
Trolns leave Scranton for New Tork
nnd Intermediate points on tho Kilo rail
road at 6.35 a.m. end 821 p.m. Also for
rior.esdalo, Hawlcy and local points ut
0.35. 9,45 a.m., and 3.24 p.m.
All the abovo aro through trains to antl
from Honcsdale.
Trains teavo for Wllkes-Bane at .G.49 a.;
in. and. 3.U p.iu, -
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