The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, March 30, 1895, Page 10, Image 10

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TTIE SC1JAXTO-N" TliTRUXE SATURDAY MOTINIXC., MATtCII 30, 1S95.
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(These short serlnl utortes are copyrlslitrd by Bachollpr, Johnson & Each
eller.and are printed InTheTilbunt? by spwlul unanp'mi'nt.siniulCinoous with
their appcuruuce In the loading dally journals of thu laitfo cities).
rn.i'Ti:n i.
I believe that tlie last story that-1
told you, my t'liewltf. was nlmiit how I
iveelvpd at the biiljllnn nl the cmp-Tui'
tile cross for valor which I had, II' I
may be allowed to say so. so l.niir de
perved. Here upon the lapel of my coat
you may see the ribbon, but Ihe medal
Jtself I keep in a leathern pouch at
Jiome, nnd I never venture to take it
out unless one of the modern peace ncn
erals, or some foreigner of distinction
who Muds himself in our little town,
takes ndvantag-e of the opportunity to
Jiay bis respects to the well known
I'.trisritdler Uerard. Then 1 place it upon
my breast, and 1 pive my mustache the
old JUreno twist which brings a cray
point Into either eye. Yet with it all I
ftfir that neither they, nor you, either,
my friends, will over realize the man
fhdt h was. You knew me only us a
civilian with an air and it manner it is
true but still merely as a civilian. Had
you seen me as 1 stood In the doorway
of the Inn at Alamo on the til st day of
July in the year lsli) you would then
have know what the hussar may at
tain to.
For a month I had lingered In that
accursed vlllase, and all on account of
a lance thrust in my ankle which made
It impossible for me to put my foot to
the ground. There were three of us at
first old liouvet, of the hussars;
Jacques ReKiiler, or the cuirassiers,
and a funny little voltih'eur captain
whose name I forget but they all tot
well and hurried on to the front, while
I sat gnawing my lingers and tearins
"It Is I Who Can Help You."
my hair, and even, as I must confess.
' pin;? from time to time as I thmimit
.-"hussars and tile deplorable oni'.li-
In Hvhich they must lind tm-m-
es when deprivi'd of a colonel. I
s not a brnjrailli-r vt, you iiii'i.r-
nd. although l already carried my-
'Use one. Hut I was the youngest
)'n.;l in the whole service, and my
rinient was wife and children to me.
went to my heart that they should
reaved. It is true that Viilaret.
fpe senior maior, was an excellent
.Idler, Due sua even anions tut- ir-si
ilbere are degrees of merit.
Ah, that happy July day of which I
apeak when first I limped to tin; door
and stood in the golden Spanish sun
shine! It was but the evening before
that I had heard from the regiment.
They were at Pastures on the other
side of the mountains fane to face with
the Enfi-llsh not forty miles from me
by .road. But how was I to get to
them? The same thrust which had
ierced my ankle had slain my charger.
took advice from Oomez, the landlord,
nd from an old priest who had slept
hat night in the inn. but neither of
hern could do more than assure me
mt there was not so much us a colt
ft upon the whole country side. The
ndlord would not hear of my cross
tr the mountains without an escort,
r he assured me that Kl C'ur hillo, the
anlsh guerilla chief, was out that
y with his band, nnd that It meant a
ith by torture to fall into his hands.
old priest observed, however, that
did not think a French luiKsar
uld be deterred by that, nnd if I
1 had any doubts they would of
irse have been decided by his n-
irk.
But a horse! How was I to get one?
wan standing In the doorway plotting
P.nrl T.lnnninir when I lii.rtnl thr. flinu: i.f
Pho'en, nnd, looking up I saw a grent
bearded man with a blue cloak frogged
across In military fashion coming
toward me. He was riding a big
black horse with one white stocking on
his near foreleg.
"Hullo, comrade' said I, as he came
Up to me.
"Hullo!" paid he
"I am Colonel (lerard, of the hus
sars," said I. "f have lain wounded
for a month, and T am now ready to
rejoin my regiment at I'ustores."
"I am M. Vldal, of the -commissariat,"
he answered, "and I am myself upon
my wny to I'astores. I should be glnd
o have your company, colonel, for I
ear that the mountains are far from
if."
"Alas!" said I, "I have- no horse. Tint
if you will sell me yours will prom
ise that wn escort of hussars shall be
sent back for you."
He would not hear of It, and It was
in vain that I lie landlord told him
dreadful stories of the doings of Kl
Cuchlllo, and that I pointed out the
duty which he owed the army nnd to
the country. He would not even argue
but called loudly for a cup of wine. 1
craftily asked him to dismount and to
drink with me, but he must have seen
something In my face, for he shook his
head, and then as I approached him
with some thought of seining him by
the leg he jerked his heels Into his
horse's flanks and was off in a cloud of
dust.
My faith, It was enough to mnke a
man mad to see this fellow riding away
bo gayly to Join his beef barrels and his
brandy casks, and then to think of my
five hundred beautiful hussnrs without
their leader. I was Raxing after him
with bitter thoughts In my mind when
who should touch me on the dhow but
the little priest whom I have men
tioned. "It is I who enn help you," said he,
"I am myself traveling south." .
I put my arms about him and as my
ankle Wve way at the same moment
we neaUy rolled upon the ground to
gether.
"Oet m to Fastores," I ccjdu1, "and
you shall, have a rosary J golden
3i ura
"Ar Mm
..H RWSfflx il
J
beads." 1 had taken one from the con
vent of Spiiilu Saneto. It Mliows how
necessary il is to lake what you can
when you are upon ;i campaign, ami
how Ihe most unlikely tilings may be
come useful.
"I will take you," said lie. in very ex
cellent Kivni lt, "not because I hope for
any reward, hut because it is my way
always to do what I can to serve my
countryman, and that is why 1 inn s
beloved wherever I go." With that he
led me down to the village to an old
cowhouse in which we found a lunible
down sort of diligence such as t hey
used to run early iii this century be
tween some of our more remote vil
lages. There were three old mules, too,
none of which were strong enough to
carry a man, but together they might
draw the coach. The sight of their
gaunt ribs and spavined legs gave
me more delight than the whole
two hundred and twenty hunters
of the emperor which 1 have seen 111
their stalls at l-'ontaiuehleau. In ten
minutes the owner was harnessing
them into the coach, with no very good
will, however, for ho was In mortal
dread of this terrible (.'ui-hillo. It was
only by promising him riches in this
world, while the priest threatened him
with damnation in the next, that we at
last got him safely upon the box with
the reins between his lingers. Then
he was in such a hurry to get off out
of fear lest we should find ourselves in
the dark ill the passes, that he hardly
gave me time to renew my vows to the
innkeeper's daughter. T cannot at this
moment recall her name, but we wept
together as we parted, and I can re
member that she was a very beautiful
woman. You will understand, my
friends, that when a man like me. who
has fought the men and kissed the
women in fourteen separate kingdoms,
gives a word of praise to the one or the
other it has a little meaning of its own.
The little priest had seemed a triile
grave when we' kissed good-bye. but he
soon proved himself the best of com
panions in Hie diligence. All the way
lie amused me with t::!es of his little
parish up In the mountains and I in
my turn told him stories about the
camp, but my faith I had to pick my
steps, for when I said a word too much
he would lidget in his seat and his face
would show the pain that 1 had given
him. And of course it is not the
art of a gentleman to talk in anything
but a proper manner to a religious
man. though with all the care in the
world one's words may get out of hand
sometimes. He had come from the
north of Spain, as he told mo, and was
going to see his mother in a village of
F.stremadura. and as he spoke about
her little peasant homo, and her Joy In
seeing him, it brought my mother so
vividly to my thoughts that the tears
started to my eyes. In his simplicity
he showed me the little gifts which he
was taking to her, and, so kindly was
his manner that 1 could readily believe
him when he said that he was loved
wherever he went. He examined my
own uniform with as much curiosity as
a child, admiring the pluni" of my
busby ami passing his fingers through
the sable with which my dolman was
trimmed. He drew my sword, too.
anl then when I told him liow many
men I had cut down with It, and set
my fingers on the notch made by the
shoulder bone of the Russian emperor's
aide-de-camp, he shuddered and placed
the weapon under the leathern cushion,
declaring that It made lilm sick to look
at it.
Well, we had been rolling nnd creak
ing on our way whilst this talk had
been going firward, and as we reached
the base of the mountains we could
hear the rumbling of camion far away
upon the right. This came from
Messena who was, as I knew, besieging
Clmlad Itodrigo. There was nothing 1
should have wished better than to have
gone straight to him. for ho was the
best. Jew that I have heard of since
Joshua's time, nnd if you are In sight
of his beaky nose nnd bold, black eyes
you are not likely to miss much of what
Is going on. Si ill a siege Is always a
poor sort of a piek-nnd-shovel business,
and there were better prospect." wllh
my hussars in front of tin- Knglish.
Kvery mile tint, passed my heart grew
lighter ami lighter until I found myself
shouting and singing like a young en
sign fresh from Saint Cyr, Just to think
of seeing all my line horses and my gal
lant fellows once more.
As we penetrated Ihe mountains the
road grew loiigher and Ihe pass neue
savage. At llrst we met a few mule
teers, bill now the wholo couniry
Seemed deserted, which Is not to he
'J hen Ho .Screamed Horridly.
wondered at when you think Hint the
French, the English nnd the guerrillas
had -each tin turn command over It,
So bleak nnd wild was It, one great
brown wrinkled cliff succeeding anoth
er, and the pass growing narrower and
narrower, that I ceased to look out, but
sat in silence thinking of this and Hint,
of women whom I hnd loved and of
horses . which I had handled. I
was suddenly brought back from my
dreams, however, by observing, the
difficulties of my companion, who wns
trying with a sort of bradawl which he
hat drawn out to bore a hole through
the leather strap wjiirh held up his
water flask. As he worked with twitch
ing fingers the strap escaped his grasp
and the wooden bottle fell at my feet.
I stooped to pick It up, and as I did so
the) priest Wlfntly leaped upon my
shoulders and drove Ms bradawl luto
my eye, I
My friends, I am, as you know, a man
steeled to face every danger. When
cuio has served from the siege of Oenoa
to that last fatal day of Waterloo, and
has hnd the special medal, which 1
keep at home In a leathern pouch, one
can atllord to confess when one is
frightened. It may console some of
you when your own nerves play you
tricks to remember that you have heard
even me, Brigadier (lerard, say that 1
have been scaled. And besides my ter
ror ut this horrible attack, and the
maddening pain of my wound, there
was a sudden feeling of loathing such
as you might feel were some tillhy tar
antula to strike its fangs Into you. I
clutched the creature in both hands
ami hurling him onto the Moor ol the
coach I stamped on him with my heavy
boots. He bad drawn a pistol from the
front of his soutane, but I kicked It out
of his hand, and again I fell with my
knees on his chest. Then for the first
time he sen amed horribly, while I.
half blinded, felt about for Ihe sword
which he had so cunningly concealed.
My hand had .bed lighted upon il, and
I was (lashing- Hie blood from my face
to see where lie lay that 1 might trans
fix hlin, when Ihe whole coach turiud
over upon Its side, and my weapon was
Jerked out of inv grasp by III" shock.
Before I could recover myself the door
was burst open nnd I was dragged by
the heels on to the road.
I To He Continued.
(IXI-: YANUIM.S I'KOTl.Si.
Halt Called on the kndeiiess of inner
oils laigllsh Visitors.
Letter to Editor of New York Sun,
Is It not about time Hint some word of
protest should be made against ihe cri
tical attacks Indulged in by Kiigli.-'h
gentlemen and English ladies who are
constantly visiting our shores disguised
either as guests or reformers'.' Cannot
some simple formula of good manners
be handed each one of these di-'lin-guished
tourists as soon as Hie Custom
House ollleers have finished with them,
to guide them In their intercourse with
the crude natives of our land? Wo
are crude and illiterate people, lacking
all the finer rciiuircments of civilized
life. Some of us wear low-cut collars
and splay-footed trousers Instead of the
present correct thing in Bond street;
some ire f er pie with their breakfast
instead of orange marmalade and cold
mullins. Many of us are absorbed In
making money, and all of us are oc
cupied In building up our own country
at least since lTTil. We have neithel
the glories of England's past nor the
grandeur of her present, meaning her
aristocracy, but T have yet 'to hear one
of our native vulgarians rising at a ban
quet of ICnglish ladies and gentlemen
a bamiuet given In his or her honor
and offending every right-minded guest
at. the table and every other English
man, as did T.ady Somerset in Boston,
when she stated, assuming to speak
for her own countrymen, that the Eng
lish "would not send any more paupers
to America if America would promise
not to send any more million. irles like
Wiliam Waldorf As tor to England."
i:hihiting HI Taste.
If I. being only a commoner, with my
old fashioned ideas of American cour
tesy, kindness of heart, and consider
ation for another's feelings, could pre
sume to advise so distinguished a rep
resentative of English thought and
manners as Lady Somerset, I would be
bold enough to say, even at the risk of
being considered outspoken to a women,
that It is to mymind quite as Incumbent
upon her to be a lady as to be a re
former, and that, knowing, as she must,
that the object of her attack was at that
Very moment on the ocean following to
her open grave in this country the
dead body of his wife, the selection of
-Mr. Astor as a mark of ridicule and
contempt rcllected neither credit on her
ancestry or her assumed title. It Is a
matter of no moment whether Mr. As
tor has made himself obnoxious to cer
tain of Lady Somerset's friends or not.
If he has he Is- the first American with
money who has ever displeased them,
if he has kept bis pockets buttoned
against the constant drain of his Eng
lish friends It Is because he has perhaps
discovered that, being an American, he
Is valued by them for bis wealth and
nothing else.
'I ho Cnso of Hums, .M. I'.
But Lady Somerset Is not the only of
fender against good tasteand good man
ners. Not long ago a distinguished
member of the British parliament,
after a limited express Journey across
our continent, with only such knowl
edge of the people as could come from
way stations nnd labor meetings, and
wllh les"s than one week's experience
in the greatest city or the West, a city
full of thoughtful men nnd good wo
men, with libraries, art museums, col
leges, churches; with charities so great,
so wide, ami so deep that Lady Somer
st t's offensive millionaires fed and
housed for four winter months over
two hundred thousand of the very same
down-trodden woiklngmeii that the
very honorable menu Or of parliament
In so deeply Interested In T say only a
few weeks ago this same Englishman,
the Hon. Mr. Burns, member of parlia
ment, was Inimitable and ciuuteous
nough to stale, after enjoying their
bounteous hospitality, that Chicago
was "a pocki t edition of hell," anil
when asked to qualify his remark only
ii mended the statement by altering the
phrase to "hell Is a pocket edition or
( "hicago."
Another I npleiisiint Instance.
Again, It Is but n year or two ago that
another subject of the Queen, Justly
renowned Tor his genius, whose name I
will omit n dcl'eronce and respect to
his craft, absorbed to the fullest extent
every courtesy and kindness which our
people generously offered him, and
then requited the attentions that art
ists, nulhors.'nnd every oilier class of
citizens could shower upon him men
nnd women who loved his books nnd al
ready half loved him by Indulging In
n running lire of criticism In a London
journal, much more course and brutal
than any line he had ever penned, ami
v,i far as the facts were sustained,
equally good fiction.
I repent il: Is there not someone
who will compile a short, concise form
ula to be handed to every Englishmdn
who lands on our shores, with plain,
simple rules that may be of vice lo
ladles of renown, members of parlia
ment, and even authors, beginning
with the reminder that they tire land
ing In a country whose proverbial hos
pitality amounts almost to religion
a hospitality that hus led our people,
without discrimination of race or rank,
to entertain every lady and gentleman
who steps on these shores. And that,
despite tho fact that In several notable
Instances mistakes have been made by
them in the selections of their guests,
nevertheless we Americans nri still
willing to believe that theso guests
wre not representatives of the great
Eifgllsh nation, and that, therefore, In
future only a close adherence to the
simple formula of good bpiisp, good
taste, and good heart will entitle all
newcomers to the benetlts of liberty,
equality, and fraternity. Otherwise
not.
The yeekty Tribune $1 a year In
vance,
YVKOTi: BOOK REVIEWS.
Olio Way in Which General UarficlJ
Accumulated n Library.
Washington Letter hi Chicago Herald.
Concerning (leiieral (Jarlield's Inor
dinate love for books ti new story Is
told here. When he first came to
Washington his salary was nut inlti
clent to support his family and to
gratify his taste for lib ratine, and it
was bis large expenditure for new
books, in fact, which kept him poor
and added to his ilillicultles. In those
days (larlleld devoured every new book
that came from the press, ami his
mania in this direction led to no ar
rangement between himself and the
proprietors of a book ftore here. At
the lime publishers were in the habit of
sending two copies of nil new works to
dealers for tin purpose of securing re-
lews In the newspapers, and this lirai
asked Hal-Mold if he would not like to
have Ihe n-iv books turned oVer to him
for review.
"I never saw a happier man than
j (lariield was when this proposal was
made to him." says the book dealer.
"He fairly hugged me for Joy. Kver.v
' uighl t hereai'ti r for three yea is lie
; would slop at tic- store on bis way from
Ihe house and take home with him an
armful of now hooka. Then he would
sit up nearly nil nlghl, reading these
and writing oui polices for Hie news
papers, bi login:'; ua iiie copy the ii.e.t
morning. I can I urn to the til'-s of Hi"
old newspapers and show you columns
of bonk notices written by Air. lar
iield." I ADS (- THE 1 A.MOl S.
Charlemagne was fund of hunting.
liulYoii's only amusement was walking,
'faun rl ine was an expert i-hes player,
l'oe found his sole uinusi nu nt In drink
ing. Banton was tin- most noted card player
of ids day.
Virgil, during I lie summer season, filled
his house wil h hul lerllies.
Confucius, it is said, was passionately
fond of watermelon seeds.
llore's Utopia was written as an amuse
ment and to divert his friends.
Samuel lMchurilson wrote his novels
Willie attired in a full-dress suit.
Charleiiiag-ne was said to he the best
player of checkers of his century.
Dr. Johnson drank Immoderate quanti
ties of lea. and kept a pel cut, I lodge.
Henry IV or France had the "cat ague,"
or trembled whenever a cut was In sight.
Aristotle found amusement In walking
on the seashore and collecting specimen:-.
Voltaire was afraid lo sleep In the dark,
and invariably woke if his candle went
out.
yueen Anne detested the smell of roses,
and became sick when they were in the
room.
Descartes had a. small garden where he
spent all the hours not devoted to menial
labor.
Doiultian spent h's leisure in catching
flies and piercing them through Willi u
needle.
tiiieen Elizabeth was very profane, and
when angry would kick and ruff her
maids.
William the Conqueror was Immoder
ately devoted to dog-fight lug and bear
bailing. .Matthew Arnold's dogs, cut and canary
bird are mentioned dozens of times in his
poems.
Airs. Kadcliffe ate raw pork before go
ing to work on a particularly thrilling
chapter.
Allrnhcnu loved dogs, and had a fa
mous pet, Chlco, to which he was much
attached.
Alary Stuart had a lap-dog that fol
lowed her to the scaffold, and soon after
died of grief.
Ceorgo III was passionately fond of
music, and during his madness could al
ways he calmed by the sound of an organ.
Daniel Webster was extremely fond nf
oxen, and all those on his farm knew him
by sight, and would follow hini like dogs.
The brave Marshal d'Abhrel could nut
endure the sight of a pig, and was subje.-t
lo a fainting tit If he looked steadily nl
one.
Cardinal ltiehellcu hated children nnd
loved cats: when he died his favorite An
gora pet refused to eat, and soon per
ished. ,
Ixmls XVI In Ills early life learned flic
trade of a locksmith, and during his im
prisonment amused himself by making
locks.
Scott was fond of riding, and by day
light would be out with his horse and
dogs. iWost of his work was done betore
dinner.
(It urge l-'liot wrote for eight years Willi
the same pen. ami when she lost II she be
wailed her misfortune as almost too hard
to hen r.
IVtavliis, the author of "Dogmata Th"i)
logicu," when tired of study amused him
self by twirling hla chair for live or ter
minutes.
Whenever Whlltier had nil Inspiration
he would go to n corner of his room ani'
kneel down while he reduced his thought:
to words.
Spluozn's favorite amusement wits b
sid spiders lo lighting, ami lie would hitiei
iinnioiierulely at beholding their feioclon.
struggles.
According to Alacaiiley, Ihe favorili
aniusciiH nts of Kredorick William wet
to smoke, sip Swedish beer and slny,
pai t ridges.
Jehu .Milli.n hived lo play on the oig:;,-.
He made Ids second wile sintr, and sale
she had some voice, hut not the slightest
id a of tone.
Louis Napoleon was fond id mhuit
warfare, nnd would often have forts coir
striieled In Ids garden to Illustrate sona
tactical point.
Henry III of France wan so fond "f
fquuilels that he went nbniit In public will
a litter of puppies ill a basket suspend
from his neck.
Napoleon's favorite amusement was la
dlllglllg III lilt I Iglles, W hich, he HUlil. IV
laxed n mull's mind when tired wllh kc
rious business.
Orhivlus Augustus had n mortal drcu
oft bunder, and w lieiiever a storm eume i i,
he retired lo un underground vuull bulll
for protection.
Seneca, when tired writing his treatises
on morals, found amusement hi going ov-i
his neeounts nut) calculating huw miic't
'merest was due him.
Next to money, Kcinhrniidt loved noth
ing so well as his monkey. He slied leuiv
when the ape died, ii lit painted a portrait
of his pet from memory.
Philip, the Duke or Burgundy, spen:
much time In contriving trapdoors hi Id:
house nnd . grounds to souso uuwury
strangers In water beneath.
Julius Caesnr was nshnmetl of Ids bah
head, anil when It became shiny he com
stanlly wore a laurel wreath In the horn
or concealing the ilefurinlly.
CURES
HEADACHE.
' CURES
HEADACHE.
CURES
HEADACHE.
MlHR LUTTIH CAIWON, (if
Sivniino, Mich., writrn: "I
Iiiivh boon troubled with
torrlbla lieadai'hn for ubimt
two vara and could not got
anything to help me, but at
lust ft Irloucl atlvltrd mn to
take your Biihiiock Blood
Uittkiih, which 1 diil. unit
aftor takluu two bottloa. 1
Restores
Lost
Health,
luive not i&d tha Iwaaavus
r "r
Variations In tho Body's Weight.
A physician points out that several fal
lacies are common with reKard to tho
weight or the human hotly. The man who
congratulates himself on his gain of sev
eral pounds in weight over a given period
may have no cause for rejoicing, for lie
may be under a. delusion. Very few per
sons, says Hi s Investigator, have any cor
rect Urn of their own weight. As u
! mutter of fact the weight of the body is
I cnnlinaously changing, owing to Inniim
I :::! le Influences, on n warm day after
i bienkfnst a mail will lose more than u
riilril of n pound per hour. Seventy per
j '.-ut. of the body consists or water, and
Its weight varies ttmstautly. Fluetua
t'ons of n few ounces are u sign that the
I body In In a healthy slate.
I
I l ittle Words and lllg.
' Says 1'rof. Whitney: "Avoid all poly
! syllahlcnl profundity, pompous prullxity
mid i"itrlloiii!ul verpldily. Shun double
1 i nteniliv and prurient Jocosity, whether
tibsciire or apparent. In other words,
speak truthfully, naturally, clearly, pure,
, but do not use large words."
GIVE AWAY
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Dr. Pierce's cask
Pleasant Pellets
To any one sending name and address to
vs on a postal card.
ONCE USED THEY
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Hence, our object in sending them out
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ments of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Don't accept some substitute said to be
"just as good."'
The substitute costs the dealer less.
It costs you ABOUT the same.
HIS profit is in the "just as good."
WHERE IS YOURS?
Address for FRrx Sample,
World's Dispensary Mcdica! Association,
Ac. 063 Main St., BUFFALO, N. Y.
Atlantic Refining Co
Manufacturers and Dealers to
Linseed Oil, N'apthas and Gaso
lines of all grades. Axle Urease,
Pinion Urease and Colliery Com
pound: also a lurgo line of Par
unine Wax Candles.
Wo also hnndlo the Famous CROWN
ACM K OIL. the only family safety
burning oil in the market.
Win. Mason, Manager.
Office: Coal Exchague, Wyoming Ave.
Works at Pine 13 rook.
THE
TRADERS
National Bank of Scranton.
ORGANIZED 1890.
CAPITAL 250,000
SURPLUS, $35,000
PAMTTTlt, 1HNKS, President.
W. V. WATSnN, Vice-President.
A. P.. WILLIAMS. Cashier.
PiuKCTons.
Bamuel nines. .Iiunes M. K.verhnrt, Irv
ing A. Finch, Pierce It. Flnley. Joseph J.
Jei'invn, M. .S. Kemerer, Charles I. Mut
thews, John T. Porter, YV. W. Watson.
and LIBERAL.
This bnnk InvUra tho pntrouna of tvr
nccs moti una Ui imh KOiiomly.
Fbntnrrnrhoil
frum 1.1 r
REVIVC
RESTORES VITALITY
Made a
' Well Ma:
" hU!,y,1lV of Me.
THE GREAT nnth tinv.
T" JTL Envoi! X1333VE33I"1
iroilitrrn (lie oliovo reiulm In 00 fluya. It e i
jowpriully and iitiloUly. I'livcn wlion nil other till
Vouiia ronu will rotfuiu tunir lout miuiliootl.aDd ol
urn will moovrr tlirir yinitblul vuor by ula
IlKVI VO. It quickly and autvly rcatorra Norvml
long, T,ot.t Vltnlltr, lmpotougy, NlKhtly KmUtilim
'.out rower, falllim Mi innry.-n'aiiUutt DthPiiHCX. an
.11 ofToirta ot Nolf-ahiiKu or FXt'imH and iniHuorctloi
vliicli tmlltn one for study. bindneitH or nmrrtaiin. I
tot only curcH by Martina at thr imat ot dlBi'aiio. br
sait-cat ncrtetonlo and blood bulldrr, bring
it'tf back the pink irlnw to imln rlicrkn and n
dorlne; the ttrn of youth. It ward! off Jnnanil
nd Consumption. ItiaUt on having RKVIYOi n
tlinr. It ran be ratrled In Trt pork't. By mat
11.00 per package, or all for S.OO, with poe
Ivo written Rimrniitee to rnro or relua
ho money. Circular tree. Addrcaa
OVAL MEDICINE CO.. R3 River St., CHICAGO. IL'
rot' Ml by Mattbewa Itroi., lrrl
Scrautoa . Pa.
IUt too Horo Throat. IMmolol. Oonnor-Colorod I
Rpote, Aches, (lid Huron, Ulcere In Mouth. I lair-1
KalllTiK? Write 'nok Hrmeriy s..n? Ma-1
3 eonl c Tvmplf ,'lilrao,l ll.,ror proof of cures. I
I C'nltnllrM,H0. railvntscunid nlneyrnral
IlLIITIHiliAIl
Ke.. ." 1
jajtmmyjojiiitmijjoujiiM
vll . A million a day cat it. f
?j $f Why? None "just as -ood as.' M V
V jj Sold only In 3 lb. Packages; J
TO OUR
Washrnirn-Croshy Co. wish to assure their many TiU
rons t mt tliwy this year hold to their usual custom
of millmS SIKJCJ LV OLD WHKAT until the new crop
is Hilly cured. New wheat is now upon the market, and
owiiiK to the excessively dry weather uianv millers nra
of the opinion that it is already cured, uiid in proper
condition for miUing. Washburn-Crosbv Co. will take
no risks, and will allow the new wheat fully three
months to mature before (irinditii;.
This careful attention to every detail of milling has
placed ashburn-Ciosby Co.'s Hour far above other
brands.
KM
1
MEGARGEL
Wholesale Agents.
WHITE PINE OU
Will it interest von
placed in stock over a million
Old Growth, Thoroughly Dry, White Pin 2 ?
We can guarantee it First-Class Sto-jk and can make
Prices That Will Pleasantly Surprise You.
IHE COMMONWEALTH
TELEPHONE 422.
Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Ends, Turnbuekles, Washers. Riv.
cts, Horse Nails, Eiles, Taps, Dies, Tools and Sm
plies. Sail Duck for mine use in stock.
SOFT - STEEL - HORSE - SHOES,
And a full stock of Wagon Makers1 Supplies, Wheels,
Hubs, Rims, Spokes, Shafts, Boles, Bows, etc,
1TTE1IE1I
SCRANTON, PA.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURINGCO
SCRANTON AND WILKES-BARRE, PA., Manufacturers of
Locomotives, Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
Cieneral Office: SCRANTON, PA.
i t.Vw diirpfrr;.
'MA HAN . Kl. to IUr
I..li...i.r lii.i.nni
MKumMiM ir M HT.
..Mrr itivk i nritu
VLAL MlliU'lNE CO.
For sale By JOHN H. PHELPS,
Sprue Street, Scranton, Pa.
, iUWrJiTARIl
?sthn CATARRH
HEADACHE1
This menthoi
lNHAT.r Will CUro Villi. A
wnmlt'ifiit In Mm to rMiiTnrorf
fromt'old. orThro,
aUti?nr.. VtrouvbltU,
orllA V KKVtK. AfottU
immediate rriitt. An oflloliMit
remedy. conTonlcnt to cf.rry
In pnrkot, reaify to " on
Cnnlliinrd I'en ):nrti
flr.l Itinlcikiloa of r.i il.
ftV r I l'.n.nn.nt I' n
Pntlnfaotlon (nmrantecd or money rot united. Brlc,
f. rte.
'irtai rroo ni imiviji!. uoiiuuercn man,
eoeeuta.
I. (. CliiHaiN, klr., Ikree Kinrt, lata,, 0. S. i.
ctTHMArr'ii
UrUTUni l'u" nreii ami aafcut remedy for
ItlCn I flUU alliindn.e..', Itcn.Kalt
Itheuni.nifl Rorea. Hume, fine. tVoaderflil rem'
it for ril.Ka. Price, IS eta. at Drug- n At M
gute or by mull prepaid. Addroiw nuehove. DM L. rn
For aula by Matthews Bros, and John
H. Phelps.
ROYAL JSSk EOYAL
LADIES' OBLTISkT&S:
urcrUi-U and lumlul nicn-Mru.itiuit,
and a certain PREVENTATIVE fr
all female iririUlallllr. N'lUttltll
a Wtlltn Qumatee to Curt Send u 3c
,.. it Inrfii.rli.-iilarM&ml M illldc for
1 - .. . . . ;
hnr ' i.uim'K. init on nuvnig 'ino advii
C Petnvtcral TrtlMi (Jed Crown 8ral)
Xfc. .,1,1pm. Vllt.M ll.lilll 11. H. I". Tr
ptol'eirtS'l'lu.ltmaav,ir.
IT'ne d. . tit. milM TI lf-IhJL.t'3. ilTUM'
JSflfr.-JrK!
gift. WyoinlllB jauiPDCUj:oJi"
patrons:
NNELL
-DRY,
to know that
we have just
feet of , 5 ,
64 and 8
LUMBER Ct
SCRANTON
PA.
RESTORE
LOST VIGOR
will torn yon ojn won romwiin nn m.i
IIT?011. lli-IMMiy, J.ot. Ol fpinn I ilk in nn.i
ft.im tn mine. If lu'el.'fltMi, mi.'h UollMt'9 l&'t (
ll.imiHT lw b mail. Nrt . v'1"1 '?
n cuaiaiilri' lo cut or r.lumi lUo uioufy.
- I f!'.lmi,Otim.
iJdt i
Pharmacist, cor. Wyoming Avenu and
Complexion Prsseivefi
DR. HEBRA'S
VIOLA CREAM
Bcmovca Freeklee, Pimplat,
Liver Moles. Claokhsade,
Bur-burn ami Tan, nnd ro.
.I.A .1.1.. ... U nrt.,1.
eu'tvn low ,.(. ...
Drd rcshncaa, firodueiiiK a,1
.....1 hn.1,1.. "..m- II
plcalon. Fnpcrtorioitiiioi'O
picaion. ruin-in' i" .uir a ell
Jfrug(!isUi,oriutmodfor50u. btiid lor Circular
VIOLA 6XIN SOAP rV '.'irj;:, !
ttta iiuiltjlu o(i, ua"!"" T1Za.m, mtil
n,u u On aonrry. Al-ohertr a"1 v!
eua. At drunint, Priae JS Cent.
G. C. BITTNtRA CO.,ToLtoo.Ot
For sals by Matthews Bros, and Jehl
H. Phelos.
ROOF TINNING AND SOLDERING
All done nwny with by the uae of HARtt
MAN'S PATKNT PAINT, which conslKU
of InRroillentH well-known lo all. It can bt
nppllcd to tin, wilvntilKod tin, nhi'et Irol
roofn, alKO lo brick ilwelli'gi, which wll
prevent nbsoltiloly nny cruinbllnK, rraclc
Intr or brcnkliV of tho brick. It will out
1) Mil
imt 1 1 mimic o nny kiiui ny mmil y "
nd It'll coHt rl im tint oxceeu ono-fifth tha.'
. L . Af I,,.. . t u U.-.I.1 hlf tht, lQl
Ol III" vun.w, wy- " ..w...
a CO
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