THE SCRANTON TBIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2G, 1895.
The
Lost
Cipher.
By STANLEY J. WE YUAN.
(These abort aerial stories are copy
righted bjr Bachellor. Johnson & Bachel
ler, and are printed In The Tribune by
apeolal arrangement, simultaneous with
their appearance In the leading daily
Journals of the large cities).
I remembered where I had seen
spots of blood before on the papers I
had handed to Ferret and remem
bered, too. where that blood hnd come
from. I looked at the cut now, and,
finding it nearly healed, sprang in my
saddle. Of a certainty this paper had
gone through my hands that day! It
had been among the others; therefore
It must have been passed to Ferret In
side another when I first opened the
bag! The rogue, getting It and seeing
his opportunity, and that I did not su
pect, hod doubtless secreted it, prob
ably while I waa attending to my hand.
I hud not suspected him before, be
cause I had ticked off the earlier pa
pers as I handed them to him; and had
searched only among the rest and In
the bag for the mlstilng one. Now I
wondered that I had not done so, and
seen the truth from the beginning; and
In my Impatience I found the leagues
through the forest, though the sun
was not yet high and the trees shel
tered us, the longest I had ridden in
mi life. While the roofs of the chateau
at length appeared before us, I could
scarcely keep my pace within bounds.
Reflecting how Mine, de Verneull had
overreached herself, and how, by In
dulging in that last stroke of arro
gance, she had placed the secret In my
hands, I had much ado to refrain from
going to the king booted and unwashed
as 1 was, and though I had not eaten
since the previous evening.
However, the habit of propriety,
which no man may lightly neglect,
came to my aid. I made my toilet, and
having broken my fast standing, hast
ened to the court. On the way I
learned that the king was In the queen's
garden, and, directing my steps thither,
found him walking mlth my colleagues,
Vllleroy and Sillery, In the little ave
nue which leads to the garden of the
Conclergerie. A number of the court
iers were standing on the low terrace
watching them, while a second group
lounged about the queen's staircase.
Full of the news which I had for the
king. I crossed the terrace, taking no
particular heed of anyone, but greeting
such as came In my way in my usual
fashion. At the edge of the terrace I
paused a moment before descending
the three steps; and at the same mo
ment, as It happened, Henry looked up
and our eyes met. On the instant he
averted his gaze, and, turning on his
heel In a marked way, retired slowly to
the farther end of the walk.
The action was so deliberate that I
could not doubt he meant to slight me;
and I paused where I was, divided be
tween grief and Indignation, a mark
for all those glances and whispered
gibes In which courtiers Indulge on
such occasions. The slight was not
rendered less serious by the fact that
the king was walking with my two
colleagues; so that I alone seemed to
be out of his contidence, as one soon to
be out of his councils also.
I perceived all this, and was not blind
to the sneering smiles which were ex
changed behind my bock; but I ef
fected to see nothing, iid to be ab
sorbed in sudden thou tt. In a min
ute or two the king turned and came
back toward me; again, as if he could
not restrain his curiosity, looked up so
that our eyes met. This time I thought
that he would beckon me to him, satis
fied with the lengths to which he had
already carried his displeasure. But he
turned again, with a light laugh.
Our Eyes Met.
. At this a courtier; one of Slllery's
creatures, who had presumed on the
occasion so far an to come to my elbow,
thought that he might safely amuse
himself with me. "I am afraid that
the king grows older, M. de Rosny."
he said, smirking at his companions.
"His Bight seems to be falling." . .
"It should not be neglected, then," I
said, grimly. "I will tell him present
ly what you say." i
He fell back, looking foolish At that,
at the very moment that Henry, hav
ing taken another turn, dismissed Vll
leroy, who, wiser than the puppy at
my elbow, greeted me with particular
civility as he passed. Freed from him,
Henry Mood a moment hesitating. He
told me afterward that he had not
turned from me a yard before his heart
wrote him; and that but for a mischiev
ous curiosity to see how I should take
It, he would not have earned the mat
ter so far. He that as It m-n,i t
do not doubt this any more than I ever
doubted the" reality of the affection In
which he held me on a sudden he
raised his hand and beckoned to me.
I went down to him gravely, and not
hurriedly. He looked at me with some
signs of confusion In his face. "You
are late this morning," he said.
"I have been on your majesty's busi
ness," I answered.
, "I do not doubt that," he replied,
querulously, his eyes wandering. "I
am not I am troubled this morning."
And after a fashion he had when he
nt his ease, he ground his heel
Into the soil and looked down at the
mark. f'The queen la not well. Sil
lery has seen her.and will tell you so."
M, de filllery, whose constant opposi
tion to me at the council board I have
elsewhere described, began to affirm
It. I let him go on for a little time
and then Interrupted him brusquely.
"I think It was you," I said, "who nom
inated Ferret to be one of the king's
clerks."
"Ferret?" he exclaimed, reddening at
my tone, while the king, who knew me
urelli pricked up his ears.
(HP
"Yes." I said: "Ferret."
"And If so?" Sillery asked, haught
ily. "What do you mean?"
"Only this." I said. "That If his
majesty will summon htm tothequeen's
closet, without warning or delay, and
ask him In her presence how much
Mme. de Verneull gave him for the
king's cipher, her majesty, I think,
will learn something which she wishes
to know."
"What?"- the king cried. "You have
discovered It? But he gae you a re
ceipt for the papers he took."
"For the papers he took with my
knowledge yes, sire."
"The rogue!" Sillery exclaimed
viciously. "I will go and fetch him."
"Not so with your majesty's leave."
I said, interposing quickly. "M. de
Sillery may say too much or too little.
Jit1
"What!" the King Cried, "You Have Ms
covercJ It."
Let a lackey take a message, bidding
him to go to the queen's closet, and he
will suspect nothing."
The king assented and bade me go
and give the order. When I returned,
he asked me anxiously If I felt sure
that the man would confess.
"Yes, If you pretend to know all,
sire," I answered. "He will think that
mudame has betrayed him."
"Very well," Henry said. "Then let
us go."
Hut I declined to be present; partly
on the ground that If I were there
the queen might suspect me of Inspir
ing the man, and partly because I
thought that the rogue would enter
tain a more contldent hope of pardon,
and be more likely to confess, if he saw
the king alone. I contrived to keep
Sillery also; and Henry iglvlngr the
word, as he mounted the steps, that he
should be back presently, the whole
court remained in a state of suspense,
aware that something was In progress
but In doubt what, and unable to de
cide whether I were again In favor
or now on trial.
Sillery remained talking to me, prln
ipally on English matters, until the
dinner hour; which came and went,
neglected by all. At length, when the
curiosity of the mass of couriers, who
did not dare to Interrupt us, had been
raised by delay to an almost Intolerable
pitch, the king returned, with signs of
disorder in his bearing; and, crossing
the terrace In half a dozen strides, drew
me hastily, along with Sillery, Into the
grove of white mulberry trees. There
we were no sooner hidden in part,
though not completely, then he threw
his arms about me and embraced me
with 'the warmest expression. "Ah,
my friend," he said, putting me from
him at last, "what shall I say to you?"
"The queen Is satisfied, sire?"
"Perfectly; and desires to be com
mended to you.'
"He confessed, then?"
Henry nodded, with a look in his face
that 1 did not understand. "Yes," he
said, "fully. It was as you thought,
my friend. God have mercy upon him!"
I started. "What?" I said. "Has
he "
The king nodded, and could not re
press a shudder. "Yes," he said; "but
not, thank heaven, until he had left
the closet. He had something about
him."
Sillery began anxiously to clear him
self; but the king, with his usual good
nature, stopped him, and bade us all go
and dine, saying that we must be fam
ished. He ended by directing me to
be back in an hour, since his own appe
tite, was spoiled. "And bring with you
all your patience," he addtul, "for I will
show you the surprise which I am pre
paring for the queen."
Alas, I would I could say that all
ended there. Hut the rancour of which
Mme. de Vernautl hnd given token In
her Interview with me was rather
aggravated than lessened by the fail
ure of her 'plot and tly death of her
tool. It proveNli be Impenetrable by
all the klndnesstN'hlch the king lav
ished upon her; t. ''jer the legitima
tion of the child whie..'he soon after
ward brre, nor the ci -ncy which
the king against the acn'-lee of his
wisest ministers '.-'ended to her
brother, Auvergne, availing to expel It
from her breast. How far she or that
ill-omented family were privy to the ac
cursed crime Which, nine years later,
palsied France on the threshold of undreamed-of
glories, I will not take on
myself to say; for suvptclon Is not
proof. But history, of wh!eh my be
loved master must ever form so great a
part, will lay the blame where It should
rest.
(The End.)
A Voluublo Testimonial.
From Puck.
Eminent but baldheaded citizen Well,
sir, what can I ilo for you?
Visitor You can do me a vrent favor,
with no troulilo to yonrse ,, Will you
kindly sign this certificate for my hair.
siorer r
Kmlnent Htlzen Hair restorer! But,
my dear sir, have never used your huir
restorer?
Visitor Of course not! Thatjs exactly
wnai i wisn you 10 ccriiry.
old-fashioned roses.
They ain't no style about 'em,
And they're sort o' pule and faded;
Ylt the doorway here without 'em
Would ho lonuxomtir and shaded
With a good 'eul blacker shudder
Than the moinln' glories mukt.-H,
And the sunshine would look suddur
For their good, old-fusliloned sake.
I like 'em 'cause they kind 'o
Sort o' make a feller like 'em;
And I tell you, when I find a
Bunch out whur the sun kin strike 'em,
it alius Bets me thlnkln'
O' the ones 'at used to grow,
And peek In tro' the chink I r '
U' the cuhln, don't you know?
And then I think o' mother,
And how she used to love 'em,
When they wuzn't any other ,
'Lena they found 'em up above 'em!
And her eyes, ufoio she shut 'em,
Whispered with a smile, and laid,
We must pluck a bunch and put 'em
In her hand when she wui dead.
But, as I wuz sayln',
They ain't no style about 'cm
Very gaudy or dlspluyln',
But I wouldn't be without 'em,
'Cause I'm happier In these posies
And the hollyhawks and slch
Than the hummln' bird 'at noses
in the roses. o' the rich.
Jamta Whttcomb niley.
Where King fliihiir
Held High Revel
Miss Kaiser Visits Cacrleon, the Site
. of the Hound Table.
QUEEN GUIXEVERE'S TURRET
It Was Hero That Tennyson Wrote the
Idyls of the King Plunkett Greene's
Kino Basso Singing Other
Musical Topics.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
London, Jan. 5. I am In London town
again ready for the fray. I had mol
delightful holidays, during which I saw
many beautiful nd interesting sights.
One of them, however, I forgot to men
tion, but which certainly deserves a
word r two, was the little old village
Cacrleon, near Newport genuine old
ruined town, the remains of whuit was
once a flourishing Roman colony. It la
doubly Interesting, also, because It Is the
very place where the famous King Ar
thur and his Knights or the Kound Ta
ble used to assemble and hold their
feasts and banquets In ye olden time
The round Table, or what remains of
It, taither, was pointed out to me, and of
course I looked upon It with a great
deal of Initorest. It Is In a great Held,
amd Is a 'round and rather shallow de
pression in title ground, In the center and
botnom of which, the "knights so bold,
In days of old," used ito roast their gume
and meats, while I suppose thjy a'.l suit
around In a circle, at the top of thi3
bowl-shaped plane, and italked of the
great feats of skill mid daring which
they had accomplished In chuse und
brittle during the day. It was quLte a
l?vela.tlo,n to me, for I had had only
vague ideas of what King Arthur's
Round Table .reality was like. The time
of this doughty old king was after that
of .the Romans, I believe, but traces of
his foreign predecessors such as an old
Kaman .afiueduot, various Roman
epears, and pieces of armor, still remain
to prove the antiquity of .this spot. The
dlffortnti did urns, .Images, ihelmets,
axeB, spears, and larmor all Roman
which have been dug up out of the very
ground whore they have laid for ages
and ages past, are all kept on exhlbl
bttlon In a tiny little museum which
has been erecited and devoted to ithe
pivserva.tlon of the antiquities of the
place; and on .the stones of the court
yard and the old castle there, where
ithe moss has been scraped away from
the stones, one can see the marks of
the second legion of Augustus, during
wh'osa reign the" Roman occupation
of the place lasted.
,)uccn Guinevere's Turret,
Driven out by ithe Saxons shortly
after this, we see no further traces of
them, and ithe .Interest becomes, with
the people, Saxon. So I was next
shown the .turret iln this old castle
where the w.lcked Queen Guinevere,
once upon a .time, sat and watched the
bridal procession of Bnld winding Us
way across the very meadows which
lay before me. I looked out of ithe hole
In the crumbling wall, way across the
lovely green fields and almost fancied
I saw the 1 title pageant approaching
again, as in the days of old King Ar
thur. I t all seemed to be true and real
agadn, and I did not want ito go away
from ithe place at all, but wished again
to go over this .tiny village looking at
a.1'1 the Interesting old things; but itime
was limited, and so was the patience of
my fr-lends, and I finished the little tour
by being shown .the very house, a little
Inn called the Hanbury Arms, where the
dear old poet, Tennyson, came and
wrote the "Idyls of the King," "Pass
ing of Anthur," and other poems, de
scriptive of the same .themes. The very
table at which he wrote, and the very
chair which he occupied, are there In
state, in ithe little parlor of the 'Inn, and
I dare say, will come ito be quite as In
teresting to .the tourist as the historic
place Itself.
There was a concert given on New
Year's Eve, at Newport, at which I had
the iplt'aure of assisting, a.nd I must
eay I was most delightfully welcomed
again by the people of that town. They
wiere so good to me that I almost fancy
they meant ome of my applause for
some of the either members of the com
pany with which I sang when I first
saw Ne.wpont a few months ago. It
was theis that we gave our farewell
concert, you remember, the pleasant
memories of which are still fresh In
the minds of 'the people of Newport, and
many were the inquiries I 'had as to
how the others were, and where they
ware, and so forth. The conoert wa3.
aM very well done, as It should be, as a
mxtter of course, being managed by
thi Missss Drlscjll, who were my host-
t f ses. The praises sung after ithe affair
wan cvsr w?re both loud and long, and
my dear friends .realized quite a large
sum of money for the Inllrmxry, of
which fruitlui.tlon Miss Drlscoll Is one of
the lady guuirdiains.
Mowing a Winter Palace.
This afternoon I .went to a prlvnte
view, given to the 'representatives of the
press, of a big winter palace, called the
"Niagara," Which was favorably opened
yesterday and today. A big dinner lust
night at Hotel Savoy opened the formal
ities, and today, at three, the place It
self was thrown open to pressmen and
pressowners. who were shown over the
place at their leisure. It Is a beautiful
thine, but I cannot describe It, I am
afraid, as Its beauties would fill quite
too much space.
But Jufit a. word or .two, please. Kn
terlng the outer court, and In which
'there Is a great organ playing, And
pailmsand flowers all around, we passed
under on archway .Into the Niagara
proper, which Is an Immens? circular
hall, with the walla nil around slmlla
ting the scenery about our Niagara, In
Winter, and the great falls seem to
tumbledown into the floor of the palace,
wh&'h Is frozen by that compressed
u m man! a gas process, you know, and
mound this big frozen surface run nice
warm balconies, with chairs and tea
tjblvs, and palms scattered about. It
Is a beautiful place, jut like fairyland.
The snow looks so real and the electric
lights twinkle and shine on the loe so
pK.iitlly, and 'the orchestra, plays and
makes one feal so buoyant. I told my
fi'mds, who usked about it, that It was
a very fine repreaeuitaiUon of the oata
.tat it.
We went from ithe otd place down
to a very dainty luncheon, ami frotn
then up to the snowy place again,
where several very fine skaters were
giving an exhlbltem on the Ice. Soon a
great mainy ulher people came Jn, and
the Ice 'was shortly after a most beau
tiful spectacle to look, upon, with the
ma'niy Fk.i.t-trs.upon It. You sep It s the
flint artificial les concern upon the scene
In London, and the magnitude of the
undtntiaklng, 'together with the mag
nificent scale on which tt Is done, has
attracted widespread Interest. It has
over 22,000 square feet of Ice, I am told,
md imay b? skated upon for .the sum of
five shillings JI.25 which Is rather
expensive for a skate.' However, .It Is
Intended only for 'the swells, who cam
afford that much, and It certainly Is
worth even more 'to wee the lovely
skating and 'the beautiful decorations
of ithis delightfully - arranged winter
palace. There are akate rooms, rest
ing rooms, cloak rooms, lunch rooms,
and such luxuries all about, and It Is re
ally the most delghtful place I have
ever eeen.
Knighting a Great Musician.
I suppose you know already, by means
of the cable, ithat the president of our
college. Dr. Mackenzie, waa knighted
toy hef Mlajesty on New Year'a Day, so
now he Is Slr Alexander Mackenzie; but
we a ren'it any prouder of him for It. We
couldn't be. But honor where honor Is
due; ainid df ihe didn't deserve the honor,
after all tlhat he has done for music in
England, I aim ure we do't know who
did. All ithe students aire very proud
Indeed of him; so Jaall the United King
dom, for .thait imait'ter.
Jan. 11. This afternoon I had the
great pleasure at listening to the famous
Irish basso, Plunkett Oreene, at a sang
and piano recital given by himself and
Leonard Bostwick, ait St. James Hall,
down on Piccadilly. We had stalls, and
consequently felt very grand, and 1 en
Joyed tt all so .much tha.t I jus t sat there
and heaved great big sighs of delight all
afternoon. Plunkett Greene Is a most
lovely aiMtlBt. I never was so charmed
with a singer In all my lire, tie is a
very fine looking man, itall, and pos
sussed of a handsome Irish face which
stands him In good stead In his works.
I am rather afraid he rather .takes peo
ple's hearts by storm, with his magnifi
cent voice, his ihanelsome face and easy
graceful manner. He mounts the stage,
talking ithe while moat uneoncwrneuiy
with the accompanist, while .the show
ers of aipplsuee come pa.ttlng down
upon him, when he turns, bowing to
the audience wl'th sucih a good-humored,
hale-und-hearty and happy-go-lucky
jxpiwa'.on on h! face, Just us If he
were saying, "Well, here I am again,
and 1 know you're night glad to see me,
too; aren't you, now'.'" I actually was
moved to laugh with very delight at
the artist's move more than once dur
ing the afternoon.
Plunkett Greene's Singing.
He sang elxiteen of Schumann's songs
for cn'4 of his numbers on the pro
gramme. They were beautiful. He
sains live more at hi oithcir appearance,
one of them being a UiUle Greek melody,
sung In modem Greek, too, which was
the first 'time I had heard one sung in
.that language. It sang very well, und
seemed quite an euphonious little bit.
Barwlck.aremurkablycleveryoungman,
amd a pupil of Clara Schuma.n at Frank
fo.'it, is very fine at the piano, and I en
Joyed h!a woitk xtrome.ly. But I shall
nevsr forgat this ilvarmlns bai.o.
Thy are to tour in tin Un.'ted States
f.Kin, I am given ito understand, and
hmtr I wish 1 cu!d be t hi re it n hear him
ag&iln, for 1 suppewi he will sing in
Soranton or Wlkes-Barre.
On Monday night we are going to
Daly's, down on Leicester Square, to
hewr the little fairy opera, which hus
been making suelh m hubbub in musical
circles Humveidilnck's, you know. It
la tremenduoualy tulked about, and I
know I shall enjoy it.
Sadie E. Kaiser.
WELSH JOTTlXtiS.
Three Welsh bards, hailing originally
from Brynaman, died last year in the
United States, viz.. Gwalch Ebrlll, Te
gynys, and Meurlg Aman.
Rev. W. Gibbon, of Swansea, received
a welcome new year's gift from Ameri
ca. It was a postofflce order for 5,
which a few Welshmen In Soranton had
subscribed for ithe relief of Rev. R.
Riohards, an Independent minister,
formerly of Pennsylvania, who has 1n
his old uige fallen upon evil times, and
Is now resident at Swansea.
Talley, the hlstoilc village of the
lakes, produced early in this century
three bards of considerable merit
Thomas Lewis ("Y Gof"), Dewl Da.wl
Owmdu, and John Thomas, Cwmsldan.
A movement has been Initiated to cele
brate the memory of tihe author of
"Wrth goflo'l ruddfanau'n yr ardel"
by setting up a monolith in Esgairnant
Oalvln.leitt'c Methodist chapel, of which
he was one of ithe founders.
The "Forward Movement" of ithe
Welsh Oalvlnilstic Me-.thodisits has
twenty missions under Its care, com
prising 6,230 hearers, 1,229 members, and
2,311 scholars. An appeal Is being
made for 2,000 to help to carry on the
work.
At the Bala Methodist college two
scholarships of the yearly value of 10
each are given by Herbert Lewis, M. P.,
and Herbert .Roberts, M. P. It Is re
gretted that other wealthy Welsh mem
bers of parlianment do not follow their
example.
An American visitor to South Wales
has puld a visit to Miss Margaret
Adams, Dolewyddon, Fellndre, Llan
dyssul, who appeared in Welsh costume
In the World's fair at Chicago, and who
has since figured In Dr. Gumer Lewis'
150 lectures. The Yankee found Miss
Adams full of "American spirit."
The five counties of Wales which are
overwhelmingly Welsh, says Tom Kills,
are Anglesey. Carnarvon, Cardigan,
Merioneth and Carmarthen.
There are no less than three pairs of
brothers In the Welsh University court,
namely: Revs. Dr. T. C, and Llewelyn
Edwards, Principal Vlrlamu Jones and
Brynmor Jones, Q. C. and O. M. and
Edward Edwards. The following theo
logical colleges have members of the
teaching staff In the court; Bala (2),
Bala-Bangor (Congregatlonallst), Ban
gor (Uapttst), Cardiff (Baptist), and
Trefecca (Calvinlstlc Methodist.)
The "Welsh Lourdes" Is beginning to
heal South WallaiiB. A young man
named James Randttl, of Coychurch,
near Bridgend, Is the last of the cured,
Randel was paralyzed on the right Bide
when he was 12 years old, and remained
In that state till a few days ago. Some
little time ago he was taken to Holy.
well, and after bathing twice In the
well a wonderful Improvement Is said
to have been made in his condition, and
he has recovered almost completely the
use of his limbs, Randed Is a Protest
ant.
"Arvonwyson" was the name of u
young Welshman who attained great
fame as an astronomer. He was born
In Carnarvonshire in 1805, and wes en
tlrely self-taught. When he was 10
years old he was sent to work at th
quarries, and he only attended school
In his leisure moments. He took to
astronomy naturally, and his descrip
tion of the appearance of a comet be
fore It was due was so accurate tlhat
It attracted the notice of Professor
Alley, of the Greenwich observatory,
who offered him a situation. Ths young
quarryman soon worked his way up to
be second only to Professor Alrey, but
died in 1840 In the thirty-fifth, year of
his age.
Mrs. Q wen Davles, who had readhed
the age of nearly 101 years, died at the
home of iher son-in-law, Edward Iewls,
738 East One Hundred and Thirty
eighth street, New York city, a few
days ago. Mrs. Davles was bnrn on
a farm that Is now covered by Lake
Vyrnwy, the water reservoir for the
city of Liverpool. The lake Is In Mont
gomeryshire, North Wales, and under
Its dammed up waters rest the bones of
her ancestors, for her fathers 'were good
old farmers of thAvioleiit type, and
when the valley l
.dammed the old
graveyasd was cei
i over and was
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ing waters. She was tlhe daughter of
Evan Davles and Ann Jones, und was
born on Feb. 22, 17!I4. When 23 years
old Mho married another Davle3. She
had twelve children, of whom nine are
still alive, and she lias a regiment of
grand and great grandchildren. Her
death was Just the dying out of a life
tlh'at had tlone Its duty, and up to the
last the old dame was perfectly con
scious. Though she had been in this
country for fifty years she spoke hard
ly any English, being most conserva
tive In holding to theold Cymric tongue.
Despite her old age, she had nut
failed In any of her faculties, and her
slgiiit was as good as that of a girl of
eighteen years. She could remember
when naughty children were fright-
enod by the threat that "Honey" .would
come and take them off to France. She
used to tell of the rejoicings over t:ie
battles of Waterloo and Trafalgar, and
tihe triumphal return of the Twenty
third Iioyal Welsh Fuslleers, of th
days of the Regency, of the death of
King George III, William IV's short
reign and life accession eif the present
Queen. She Was a member of the
Welsh Presbyterian church. In East
Thirteenth street, New York, and was
the oldest life member of the Ulble so
ciety. "Hoodlum.''
From Notes and Cilleries.
I frequently heur "soodlum" anil
"soodles" applied to dawdling, unthrifty,
touting fellows, although 1 never heard
they were ho culled urter a leader nuineii
8ood. It seems to me this is one of the
fanciful derivations so detested by Pro
fessor Skeut. .My own Impression Is that
"soodlum" und "hoodlum" are mere va
riations of "noodles" and "noodlum."
The great unwashed are rather given to
such play on words.
A Colleges Cry.
"Chlc-a-go-runk! go-runk! go-runk! ha,
ho. hi, ho!" sounds somewhat like un In
dian war whoop, but It Is only o part of
the Washington and Lee college cheer.
Looked l.lkc It.
Hour after hour beguiled,
Till her father oft obdurate atulled
With much Justlee no doubt,
Came and kicked the youth oubt
In a way that proclaimed he was lulled.
Detroit Tribune.
n?r RE VIVO
RESTORES VITALITY
-fi.
Well Mar
18tbDay.M 0f Me
THE GREAT 3oth
prodncm the above result In 30 dayi. It l.
powerfully and qultrkly. Curt wlien til othrra tall
Young mim will rtgnlu their loit manhood, and ole
men will recover their youthful ior by unlm
KKVIVO. It quickly and aurely reatoinaNorroui
nest. Lots Vitality, Impoteuoy, Nightly truuwlc.ni
Lost I'ower, tailing Memory, Wtttlnt Discaset. ui'
all effects of self-toute or excess and indiscretion
which unUtt out lor study, bnslneiu or marrlago. II
not only euros by starting at the wist of disease, bin
Ittgreat nertittanlo and blood builder, brlnj
Ing back the pink glow to pale cheek nd re
staring tba fir, of youth. It words off Jnntnit.i
snd Consumption. lusist on hiving 11EVI VO, u.
other. It can bt carried in vest tockct. By run'
1 .00 per psckaite, or sli for S.OO, with m pot!
tl written guarantee to care or return
i he money. Cuvultr fret. Address
0YAL MEDICINE CO.. S3 (liver St., CHICAGO. IU
for sal by Matthew Bros., Ur sure Is
Scrantun . Pa.
CALL UP 3682.
CO.
OILS,,
VINEGAR
AND
CIDER.
OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE,
141 TO 151 MERIDIAN STREET
M. W. COLLINS, M'gV.
1
lstBay.Wl'frffVlSl
W3
Gomvara
live
Patent Medicines,
Eledtric Appliances,
Specifics,
Druggists' Prescriptions
Quack's Nostrums.
You Will See the
Given by
ii
The English Specialist,"
DR. W. H. HACKER,
, Is Small, but Look at the Result.
TREAT
CURE
AND
IHE ONLY SPECIALIST
Train Loads.
an
any cereal hood in the w
! . . !
u is in every spoontul ! fL
IK Tnrfirraa
i Mi
OF SCRANTON.
WILLIAM CONNEI.L, President.
GEO. 11. CA I I.I.N, Vice-President.
WILLIAM II. PECK, Cashier.
UIKtt.TOKS:
William Conncll, James Archbald, Al
fred Hand. George II. Cetlin, Henry Bolin,
Jr., William T. Smith, Luther Keller.
The management of this bank points
with pride to its rceord during the panU
of 18U3, and previous panics, when spec
ial facilities were extended to its business
accounts.
THE
TRADERS
Katioiial Bank of Soranton.
ORGANIZED 1890.
CAPITAL 250,000
SURPLUS, $35,000
SAMUEL HTXES, President.
W. W. WATSON, Vice-President.
A. 13. WILLIAMS, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
Samuel Illnes, James M. Everhart, Irv
ing A. Finch, Merce B. Flnley, Joseph J.
Jermyn, M. S. Kemerer, Charles P. Mat
thews, John T. Porter, W. W. Watson.
I,
and LIBERAL.
This bank Invites the patron a of bus
uicu uuu 111 111 9 utjuvruiy.
THE KIT COHNELL
CO.,
fAVrtACtffRBRS' AOIWTt FOU
TRENTON IRON CO.'S
WIRE ROPE.
VAN ALEN & CO.'S
STEEL RAILS.
OXFORD IRON C0.S
1EP.CH1NT BUR IRQ.
REVERE RUBBER CO.'S
BELTING, PACKING MO HOSE.
FAYERWEATKER & LADEW'S
"HOYT'S" LEATHER BELTHKL
A. B. BONNEVILLE'S
"STAR" PORTLAND CEMENT.
AMERICAN BOILER C0.S
"ECONOMY" HOT AIR FURNACES.
GRIFFING IRON CO.'S
BUitDY RADIATORS.
434 LACKAWANNA AVE.
Dose
Doses
and
11 II!! I it
ERRORS OF YOUTH.
THE FROTHINGHAM
Jan. 25 and 26
Engagement of til Talented Young Actor,
MR. WILLIAM MORRIS,
In H. C. DeMille's Great Popular Success,
THE LOST PARADISE
Under the Auspices of
GREEN RIDGE WHEELMEN.
Direction of Mr. Ooatave Frohraan. A
stjong supporting company, including MUt
Ettie HuwkiiiH, in her oriKinsl character, ('In
durs. Hegular prires. lUtinee pncei, 25c,
dOo. and 60c. Halo of aeata now open.
THE FROTHINGHAM
ONE WEEK Commencing Monday Jan 23th,
No Matinee during this remurkabis engage
ment. THE MARVELOUS BALDWINS!
THE WHITE MAHATMASI
And Their Clover Company of Entertainers.
The Strangest. Queerest and Funniest per
formance in existence, i'rims 26, 50, 75, and
$1. lieservod seats ut box office.
I
REDUCED PRICE COUPON.
To accomodate our patrons who wish to
see this peculiar entertainment repeated
we lissuo this coupon. Cut it out and pre
sent at Box Office at night (after T p. m.)
and (fet a tl ticket for 7c. ; 7So. tioket for
(A)c.;o3;. ticket for Sic,
DAVIS THEATER
WEEK COMMENCING JAN. 28,
Afternoon and Evening.
THE OHIOINAL
In a Repertoire of Comedies and Dramas,
introducing
Mitss L-lillan Bayer
And Supplemented by
ELLINWOOD'SELDORADO BAND J ORCHESTRA
OPENING MONDAY IN
LYIWOOD
ADMISSION, 10, 20 OR 30 CENTS
Twoporformant: daily at 8.8) and 8.15 p. m.
Next Attrction-"Royal Vuudevlllee."
DUPONTS
MINING, BLASTING AND SPORTING
POWDER
Manufactured at tbe Wapwalloptn Stills, La
zeroe county. Pa., and at Wil
mington, Delaware,
HENRY BELIN, Jr.
General Agent for tbe Wyoming Dibtrict.
113 WYOMING AVE., Scranton, Pa.
Third National Bank Building.
AGENCIES :
THC8. FORD, Httston, Pa.
JOHN B. SMITH & SOX. Plymouth, Pa.
E. W. MULLIGAN. Vilke Burns, Pa.
Agents for tbe Repauuo Chemical Com
(any' High Kxplosivea.
tt a. e,
AYLESWORTH'S
MEAT MARKET
4
The Finest In the City.
!
The latest improved furnish
ings and apparatus for keeping
! 223 Wvomino Av.
OBITER 8B0B CO, Ine'p- Capital, l JtMAML '
BEST l.SO BHOR W THE tVOiiXJ.
"A dollar tared it a dollar tamtd." r
Tfctol.atllrs' ttollil Vrench Ilo gol a Kid nat
ion Atoot delivered free anywhere In the U.S., om
rooeipioiuMn, money wruer,
or Portal Now for tlAO.
Banal every way tke boat
old la all nlatl etera for
$2.60. We make this boot
onnelree, therefor we ewar-
an.ee wv Hn, wee, wmi ,
and If any on not eattaned
we win raiuDa we money
rftanaonouierpair. tipera
To or Comaioa Beat,
wrath V, D, S, tt SB.
Una 1 to I and half
Bin. Stnduourmm;
wui JU vow.
lUu.lraud
lOfU
FREE
Dexter Shoe Go,
FEDERAL ST.,
BOSTON.
Spteial ttrvu to lHa,
(are.
J
ELLNWOOD
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I llf JLV W"
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Results
327 Spruce St.,
Opposite ths Now Hotel Jsrmyn, Scranton. Pa