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Notices of Recent Interesting Volumes and .
Chats Concerning Literary Men and .Women.
A STUDY IN PREJUDICES.
Tf all husbands were level-headed anil
nil Wives perfectly truthful, discreet
nd devoted, oi:iety would no doubt
gain in eminent respectability and de
corum, but would It not become, at the
same time, unendui ably tame, trite and
monotonous? No Uoubt there would be
ffiwer divorces, elopements and tliut
Bort of thing If ull young men and
women about to marry could be per
suaded to cant out the motes of ro
mance In their several eyes, which color
existence with unnatural glamors, and
view each other ua simply so much
chemical accumulation of gross mate
rials with a sprinkling of Intellect unci
a modicum of common sense. But
would not the gain in such a transac
tion be overbalanced by the consequent
loss of sensation and novelty? In other
words, are we not better off as we are,
despite our madnesses of exuberant
youthful spirits and rare pranks of
high-strung Idealism, than we would
he If transformed Into male and female
beastA having In view no larger des.
tiny itlian simply to eat, to sleep and to
rear children for the same prosaic ends?
Tlies are Borne of the questions sug
gested by George Paston's "A Study In
Prejudices," which the Appletons have
Just; Issued In their Town and Country
J.ihrary. Hut to make our point more
clear, we shall have to epitomize the
run-el Itself.
Oelly Tregarthen Is the daughter of
a British nltleer who, in dying, left a
large family and no money for it to
live on. This was in Chatham. The
family. In due time, packed off to Lon
don, there to earn Its dally bread, and
nt the moment of our introduction,
Cecily, described a "a tall tlgure with
the short waist and long limbs of a
young Diana, a small head set buoy
antly upon the full white throat, dark
gray eyes placed well-apart, a mouth
of gracious curves und a chin that was
not a meaningless end to the face but a
iine feature In Itself" by the way, we
miss the foot earns her bread by
daubing on china und pottery, and
doing other decorative work of trivial
character. She Is somewhat pert and
very vivacious; she flirts at the slight
est pretext, one of her most conspic
uous victims being one Ja3per Fleming,
a mature artist of elght-and-thirty, of
whom more anon; and in a general way
may be not inaptly described as u kind
of civilized Trilby, minus "the alto
gether." A Bister to Cecily does copying for a
popular playwright, Miles Dormer, by
nam, described as a "tall, distinguished
looking man of about tlve-and-tliirty,
with broad, slightly stooping shoulders,
mid a well-shaped liead. His face was
rather pale, with long, sharply-cut fea
tures, and eyes so deep-set that their
color was scarcely distinguishable."
Through this business relationship Miles
and Cecily meet; and soon afterward
Jiormer finds himself musing In the fol
lowing strain, In the course of a carriage-ride
homeward: - .
With a certain shy surmise, which was
ciuaint enough In one to whom the critics
nl Uuled us "that popular dramatist, "he
wondered how he should feel If he was
driving home that night with a young wife
at his side. He would have his uiiu
around her waist, perhaps, anil It was
po5.4lble that her head might be resting on
Ills shoulder. His heart gave a little Jump
ut the thought, and Involuntary his unit
stole from his side, while lie glanced down
us though half expecting to see a fuir
bowed head upon his coat sleeve. He
laughed at his own folly, the next mo
ment, us his arm clasped the empty ulr,
and he hastened to remind himself of his
long-cherished articles of faith, that mar
riage was a lottery In which there were
few prizes, that a wife was usually a clog
Dii a mun's career, and that children were
the source of more anxiety than comfort,
lie had acquired certain old-bachelor In
stincts and prejudices which caused him
to shrink from the Idea of a woman's con
stant presence In his house, from the In
trusion of feminine affairs and domestic
details Into the comfortable privacy of
rellbate.llfe. lje was dimly conscious,
moreover, that his disposition was jeal
ous and exacting, and if he once placed
his peaty of mind and happiness in the
hands oft a woman, what tortures might
she not (4 use him, how entirely would he
be at her mercy!
Dormer's plays and books were pop
ular with men, but somehow they did
not go .well among women. They called
his women characters dolls, and de
clared they were unnatural. To avoid
this criticism. Dormer decides to study
Cecily attentively, with the Idea of
putting her In a new book, upon which
he wus at work. It was In pursuance
of this determination that Dormer per
mitted us to look In upon the following
episode:
As he looked questlonlngly across nt his
hostess, It suddenly dawned upon him that
ihe was sitting quite silent with a little
Rush upon her cheeks, and a troubled
look in her eyes. He jumped up In. em
barrassment, scarcely knowing where he
was or what he was saying.
"I'm afraid I've been dreadfully rude,"
he exclaimed. "But "the fact Is, from llv
Ing so much alone I get absent (Its some
times which make ma quite unlit for hu
man society. You see 1 was speaking no
more than the truth when I told you that
1 was too dull and stupid to get on with
young ladles."
"You have never been anything but
kind and pleasant to me," said Cecily, an
unmistakable ring of sincerity in her
tones. "I saw that you were thinking of
lomething else Just now, so I held my
tongue for fear my chatter should lose
Kou a valuable idea."
"It was very good of you to forgive me,"
laid Miles, holding out his hand.
"Must you go?" she asked. "I thought
perhaps you would wait till Madge cams
home."
Hr words might have been Inspired by
more conventional politeness, but he fan
cied ha could detect a. note of genuine re
gret In her tone. His empty heart, his
long-repressed emotions, began slowly to
awaken at the strange delicious thought
that this beautiful young creature had a
li'.ndly feeling for him, that she was glad
to have him with her, sorry when he part
ed from her,
"Would you rather I stayed?" hn asked,
In a husky voice, that he scarcely recog
nized as his own.
"Yes," answered Cecily, quite simply,
looking him straight in the face with her
truthful eyes.
She had scarcely uttered the little mono
syllable than everything became clear to
Miles. He knew what it was he wanted of
her, what It was that she could give him
If she would. But the shy, reserved man,
who had never been a favorite with wo
men, found It impossible to believe that
there was any hop of his attaining his
desire, while, his whole nature shrank
from the- possibility of receiving a re
pulse.
"You you couldn't care for me a little,
could you?" he asked, in the same uncer
tain, quavering tones. ,
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Tl
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The wlstfulness of his glance, the timid
longing In his words, went straight to the
girl's Impulsive heart and kindled a flame
therein.
"Oh!" she GTclaimed. her eyes and mouth
opening simultaneously at the suddenness
of the revelation that forced Itself upon
her, "I believe 1 could."
II
Rven In the moment'of his acceptance
Dormer, It seems, was studying dra
matic effects.
He could not help remembering the cv.i
duct of his latest heroine when going
through a similar experience, her bashful
Hulteriiigs, her maidenly reserve, and the
admirable sentiments to which she gave
utterance as she gently rebuked her young
lover for his too Impetuous method of
courtship. Had the critics been Justified
In their disparaging comments on Ihe
lady's behavior after all, or and his heart
stood still ut the thought was Cecily's
happy fearlessness due to the fact that
this was not her iirst experience of th
tender passion, that she had played a
lending part before In the drama of love?
"Cecily," he exclaimed, his anxiety be
traying itsoir In his voice, "have you ever
cared for any man before V"
"Never," she replied, with perfect truth,
for though she hud often played at senti
ment, no man had ever touched her heart.
"No other man has ever kissed or held
you In bis arms?" demanded Miles.
There was a scarcely perceptible pause
and then Cecily answered steadily as she
looked him straight In the. eyes:
"No, you are the first."
It was a lie, but at that moment she
would have committed a crime to keep the
treasure she had so nearly won.
After a time It occurred" to Miles to
nsk Cecily to 'be his wife.
A delicious tremor ran through him ns
he uttered the words, "My wife;" they
sounded to him so solemn und beautiful.
To Cecily, however, they came like a
breath of chill ulr on the ilrst glow of her
happiness. Marriage meant commonplace
cares, duties and anxieties, when she de
sired nothing but love, caresses, and free
dom to rejoice in her youth. At her lover's
words the recollection of certain married
couples of her acquaintance forced Itself
upon her mind; the bored, Indifferent hus
band, the stout, uninteresting wife, with
their spoilt children, su.uu.bble about bills,
and endless household worries. Conse.
qiivntly she did not respond with any en
thusiasm to Miles' last remark.
nr.
AVe look now upon Mr. and Mrs. Dor
mer: Only one slight passing cloud marred the
perfect serenity of the long honeymoon.
It was the third Sunday after their mar
riage, and the couple were at Florence.
As they sat at breakfast MUes suddenly
asked:
"Wouldn't you like to go to church this
morning. Cecily? You haven't been since
we left Kiigland, and I believe there is a
fairly good service here."
"If you wish to go, Miles, I should like
to go with you. I didn't know that you
ever went to church."
"No, 1 don't. But I thought you did."
"Yes, we always went as long as we
lived at Chatham, and when we came to
London we began by going to a different
church every Sunday, and we heard some
thing iiftrmnt -in- arlu One -elerg-ymitn
told us that all men except a select few
would go to hell, and another that there
was no such place. A third said that It was
wh'ked not to pray for rain, and a fourth
thut we ousht only to pray for spiritual
blessings. Some told us that everything
that happened had been predestined from
the beginning of the world, and others that
every man could make his own fate, and
was the master of his circumstances.
Then they all Interpreted the Bible In dif
ferent and mid often contradictory ways,
so at last I got quite confused and dis
heartened, and i gave up going to church
and reading the Bible. But now If you
will tell me whut you believe I will believe
It too. Your faith shall be my faith, and
your Hod my Hod."
"That Is Impossible," he said. "A man
hammers out his own faith, such as it Is,
by means of long years of thought and
reading. A woman cannot do that, and
therefore she must believe what she is
told. In any case the faith of a thinking
man w ould not be definite enough for her.
She requires dogmas, symbols, and cere
monies." Cecily looked sad.
"I am sorry that w must be separated In
our religion," she said mournfully. "Do
you think there will be a little heaven for
women and a big one for men?"
When Dormer married Cecily he had
no particular knowledge of her past
nor she of his. , In time, rumors of .her
maiden flirtations reached him, and
being jealous to an absurd degree, Dor
mer gave a ridiculous amount, of atten
tion to them. One rumor affected a
man named Leonard Bapsett, a light
headed, harmless fellow who had flut
tered into Cecily's acquaintance and
fluttered out again with erjual ease and
facility. Bnssett had called on Cecily
after her marriage, had consumed a
trifle toomuchchnmpngneand had made
a fool of himself by expressing too open
admiration for. her, for which she had
roundly rebuked him. Bassett, to mend
matters, tried to pass a note of apology
Into Cecily's hand, but Dormer Inter
cepted it.
"(Jive me that hole." . '
Cecily instantly unclosed her hand and
delivered up the paper.
"I don't know whut Is in it," she said,
trying to keep a quaver out of her voice.
"Some nonsense from that impertinent
boy, 1 suppose."
There was no reply, and the pair drove
home In silence, which teclly felt to be
worse than angry apech.On entering the
house. Miles went to the study, followed
by his wife, unfolded and read the note,
and then threw It Into the fire.
"Won't you tell me what It was about?"
asked Cecily, to whom the, silence was be
coming Intolerable.
"it contained a request from Mr. Bassett
that you would meet him Ot a certain time,
In a certain place, for a. certain purpose,"
replied Miles, with crushing courtesy. "A
request that I have put it out of your
power to grant."
"Oh, Miles, how cart you speak to me
and look at me like that?" exclaimed Ce
cily. "As If I should have been likely to
grant it I Though 1 am certain he meant
no harm, and he would never have hud the
Impudence to write mo that note If he had
been Millie quite himself tonight."
"He Is fortunate In having you for his
champion," returned her husband with nn
exxasperatlng bow.
"Oh, what can I say?" cried poor Cecily
In despair. "Indeed, I hav given him ro
encouragement beyond wha' you know of.
Till tonight no word has ever passed be
tween us that I should have been ashamed
for you and ull the world to hear."
"Possibly," retorted Miles. "Some people
are deficient In a sense of slioine."
Cecily lookftd at htm helplessly. It
seemed to her ns If her husband had been
suddenly UttilVoi tm-U into a aynlcal, Sneer.
ing stranger. Who mity." ted her or some
unknown crlmi; end Judged her Without J
listening to heil df-fetui. ,' :. t
She finally explains to her husband
the whole circumstance of her acquaint
ance with Bassett: how, as a girl, with
no one to guide her differently, she had
harmlwusly flirted with him,.. not know
ing there was any 'harm In It. Then
she Implores Miles to forgive her, vow
ing to be all that he could desire In the
future. He nominally assents.
She went closer to him, and held up her
face to ills. Miles was on the point of
yielding altogether when his eye fell on
the soft full curves of the lips that were
so temptingly near his own. The strang
er's words, "A woman with a mouth like
that will never be satisfied, with the kisses
of one man." came back to his mind, and
he jerked away his head with c uttle ges
ture ot repulsion. His ungracious action
worked un instantaneous transformation
in his wife. Her chin went up, and a look
of scorn flashed Into her face as she said:
"You suy you forgive me, but you don't
seem to know what forgiveness means."
Then without another word, she turned
and left him.
V.
One day the artist Jasper called an
other man with whom Cecily had flirted
before her marriage. She was unhappy
at her husband's growing suspicion and
Jealousy; und during' some of Jasper's
words of friendship broke Into tears.
The sight of her tears, the sound of the
sob In her voice, sent the blood to Jasper's
head, and mude him for the moment forget
all motives of prudence, honor, or self
control. Seizing Cecily's two hands in his,
he exclaimed passionately
"Cecily, I cannot bear to s?e you un
happy, to stand by and do nothing to com
fort you. Ah, If you would only trust
yourself to me you should never have an
other moment's sufferl-ng; I would dex-ote
my whole life to making yours one long
dream of bliss. And It would not bo wrong,
darling, because it Is love that constitutes
marriage, and not ceremony, if a man
does not make his wife happy he Is not
really married to her; ho Is not her hus
band in the sight of heaven. But you
and I, dearest "
At this point his flow of eager, rapid
words was cut short, for Cecily wrenched
her hands from his, and springing up,
looked round helplessly, as though ask
ing the unseen powers by what cruel freak
It was that this undeslred and terrifying
declaration had been brought upon her.
"Oh, what have I done? How have T
deserved this?" she cried, throwing out
her unns. with a gesture of despair. "Am
I really wicked, or is it some horrible de
lusion that mukes everybody think me so
depraved ?"
"Cecily," said Jusper, sobered by the un
expected effect of Ills Impulsive speech.
"Don't talk like that. Nobody thinks y'ou
wicked. 1 least of all. If the knowledge
of my love only ulurms and distresses you,
forget w hat I have said. You Bhall never
be troubled by me again."
She turned and looked him straight in
the face.
"I don't wish to assume any high und
mighty ulrs of virtue," she said quietly.
"If 1 had mude you respect me In the past
I suppose you would never have used those
words to me today. But if it Is true that
love alone constitutes marriage, then l am
fast married to iny husband, for I love
him with, ull my heart, and 1 would rather
be miserable with him than happy with
any other man in the. whole world."
"Then there Is nothing more to be said,"
returned Jasper, trying to assume a tone
of easy Indifference, "except to beg your
forgiveness for the annoyance my stupid
blunder must have caused yon."
"1 think there is one thing more to be
said," replied Cecily gently. "The next
time you try to comfort un unhappy wo
man, don't offer her shame In exchange
for tears."
vr.
And now we approach the climax.
Jasper's ancient sister, angered at her
brother's unhapplness for Jasper, it
seems, honestly loved Cecily and. In
true 'lover fashion, loyally went to
pieces when she married Dormer sent
Dormer a false sketch showing Cecily
In an Immodest attitude before Jasper.
Dormer storms, scolds and taunts her,
und finally Insists upon a depuration.
(Mechanically, she leaves the house her
home no longer und, albeit In a deli
cate condition, a fact which Dormer, be
it said In his favor, did not know, starts
for the ilrst place that enters her mind,
a place called Ilfracombe, where she
had once visited with her husband. She
takes lodgings In llfraco-mbe with two
sisters, one of whom, about her own
age, seems possessed of means, 'but de
void of friends and li tinned by the
neighbors. Between this woman,
Hhodu, and Cecily a bond of sympathy
Is soon formed. One day Cecily men
tions Dormer's name. At the sound
Khoda starts. Question and inference
soon disclose the fact that Khoda knew
Dormer; having once nursed him out
of an illness; that, in fact, It Is his
money which supplies her with a live
lihood. That which follows Is the cul
minating scene of the story:
"Now," said Cecily, turning to Khoda,
who stood before her with bent head and
downcast eyes, "tell me what all this
means. What Is Mr. Dormer to you.'"
"1 suppose It's no use trying to hldo it
from you now," said Rhoda, slowly. "You
have heard too milch to rest satlslUd wlih
out hearing more. But, remember, It nil
happened long before MltosMr. Dormer
knew you. It is an old Htory now."
"What Is an old story now?" asked
Cecily, without noticing the allusion to
her own relation with Miles.
"Well, that when h tfoi better of Ms
Illness, and was going back to London Mr.
Dormer asked ine to ;j with him. und and
I went."
".Miles was your lov?r?" murmured
Cecily in scurfy audible tones.
"I suppose he r.iust have been ford of
me In a way. You sen h-j was slill wink
and ailing, nnd ho hud got use! to me. I
understood ho to take enre of him and
muke him comfortable."
"And you loved lilin?"
"I would have giver, inv life for him if
It would nave done him any good," replied
Khoda simply. "I did more than thut, I
sacrlllced fa'i !, mother, homo anil good
name for him."
"And Miles?" put In Cecily Impatiently,
for she could attend to no other part of the
story. "You lived with Miles?"
"He took a little house for me near Bed
ford Park," went on Rhoda, "and though
he kept on his chambers In town he spent
most of his spare time with me. In the
summer we went away somewhere Into
the country. Ah, I know it was selfish
and wicked, but I was very happy all the
same. People tell lies when they say you
can't be happy unless you're good. Tho
knowledge thut you are sacrlllclng your
very soul to your lover makes your
love all the stronger, and . your
happiness all the deeper. And then you
don't know what It is, ma'am, for a girl
who has only associated with common
men to have a gentleman for a lover. All
a gentleman's little ways, his talk, his po
liteness, the very tones of his voice have
mora power over her than ever his money
could have."
"But how how long?" gasped Cecily.
"We were together, off and on, for near
ly three years. Of course, I knew It
couldn't last. I knew he would tire of me,
sooner or later, because I wasn't a lady,
nor educated enough to be a companion
to him. But he was very good to me, from
first to last." '
Cecily made no reply. She was sitting
quite still, with a strange Inward look in
her eyes.
"You won't let what I hnva told you set
you against him, will you?" pleaded
Khoda. "He's not a bad man, you know,
not like some of them. .He was kind to
me even after he was tired of me, when
many men would have turned me Into the
streets, and never cared what became of
me. You won't be hard on him, will you,
dear ma'am? because I'm sure you love
each other, and there's the child coining
ami all. Say you will forgive him."
To Khoda's consternation Cecily sud
denly broke Into a wild peal of laughter. .
"Forgive him!" she cried. "Don't you
know that he thinks himself the nlnety-and-tilne
Just persons who need no forgive
ness rolled Into one? He Is the lineal de
scendant of the prodigal's blameless older
brother, and of the Pharisee who thanked
heaven that ho was not as other men were.
If he had been present when the woman
taken In arlilltHt-v van hrmitrht heforo
' Christ he would not have hesitated to cast
the first stone,"
Her speech was Interrupted by ar.other
uncontrollable spasm of laughter, while
Rhoda stood by in silent dismay.
"Oh, he Is a model of masculine virtue,"
went on Cecily as soon as she had recov
er! her breath. "I have always looked
up to him as a saint and a hero, and meek
ly borne all his anger and contempt be
cause I felt that I was unworthy of such a
piece of perfection. Ar.d 1 have been try
lug to Improve myself so as to become
more worthy of him, and even looking for
ward cheerfully to the pains of hell be
cause 1 hoped that the child would bring
us together again, it is all so funny, I
believe It will kill me with laughing. Oh,
Rhoda, I can't stop laughing. Help me I
can't get my breath I am going to die!"
vi r.
The punishment of Miles JXirmor,
first In his own restlessness and uneasi
ness after his absurd separation; next
In his unxlety to find Cecily, who had
sent him no trace of her whereabouts,
and to make amends; and finally In his
discovery of her at Ilfracombe, suffer
ing from brain fever after giving birth
to a dead child, is sketched wi th mas
terly force. At the end, Cecily dies, hav
ing only. In her last fleeting -moment
of consciousness und reason, vouch
safed to the distracted und penitent
husband a message of recognition nnd
forgiveness. This ending seems unnec
essarily harsh; but, then, the lone of the
entire book Is harsh and pess-lmistlc. 1 1
ulms to plead fur a single standurd of
social murals, applicable alike to errlnm;
women and unfaithful men; It endeav
ors to preach against the social conven
tion which, :by condemning women after
marriage to the aimless idleness gov
erning those of whom society exacts no
more serious labors than to dress -well,
entertain well and make formal culln.
sfiens the way to domestic, discord und
mischief; but It conceals these proper
messages underneath so much cynicism,
gloom and pictured Injustices ns to have
almost a neutralizing effect. .Neverthe
less, "A Study In Prejudices" Is trench
ant, timely und replete with Interest,
it is a novel to be read by minds capable
of thinking. I,. S. 11.
ACTHORS AND PCBUSHKRS:
Marie Corelll has written a new novel.
Sarah Bernhardt Is writing her memoirs.
Miss Braddon's next romance will be laid
in the time of Churles II.
(iullowaymun Crockeitt's latest story Is
entitled "I'nder Cloud of Night."
Brandcr Mathews' new serial, "Ills
Father's Son," Is a story of Wall street.
Rider Haggard. Stanley Weyman and
Anthony Hope are parliamentary candi
dates.
Anatole France, the novelist, is a candl
date for the seat In the French academy
made vacant by the death of Camllle
Doucet.
Dii Maurler has finished a new novel
which Is said to be virtually a. sequel to
"Trilby." The scenes ure luld in Antwerp,
Paris and London.
Albert D. Yandam, the clever author of
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The Memorial society recently founded
at Harvard, proposes among other things
to murk the rooms of Lowell, Longfellow
und Holmes with suitable tablets.
An admirer of Edgar Allen Poe suggests
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Ibsen Is to have, a monument erected In
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pains in tho bnck, loins or groins and all
iormj of kidney disease.
MUNYO.WS Nervo Cure cures nervous
ness and builds up tho system.
MUNY0V3 Vltalizer imparts new life,
restores lost powers to V.eak aud debilita
ted men. Price $1.00.
No matter what the disease is or how
many doctors have failed to cure you, ask
your druggist for a 25-cent viol of one of
Munyen's Cures, and if you are not bene
fited your money will be refunded.
PChteWcr' KnctUt DUaoBit It ran 4.
EfJMYROYAL PILLS
Wrlglnnl nd Only tie nine.
API, alaj ri'llatifl. la Die k
urufgiat ior (air mists iim tna
motid Brand Id ttd ud Hold nirtallle
(hows, arkied with blu rlMmo. Take
ns otkn littna danatronM ftibififu
ttOHtand imitation. At DrutfKHia. or Mtid 4.
Id trupl for particular!, ti-fiimunlkU ui)
" Heller for Taitlr, in Utur, br retort
CBritirt'knmliil(JllatUn Haum.
ROOF TIMING AND SOLDERING
All done away with by the use of HART.
BAND PATENT PAINT, WhlOh consist
of Ingredients well-known to all. It can be
applied to tin, galvanised tin, sheet Iron
roofs, also to brick dweliugs, which will
prevent absolutely any crumbling, crack
ing or breaking of the brick. It will out
last tinning of any kind by many year,
and It's cost does not exceed one-fifth that
of the cost of tinning. Is sold by the Job
or pound. Contracts taken by
ANTONIO HARTXAKX. m Blroh BV 4
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I
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The Only Remedy in the World Thaf Re
funds Piirchase Price if If Fails to Ciire
the Tobago Habit in 4 to 10 Days Is
It Ciires While Yoii
Tobacco.
The greatest discovery of the age!
A certain, pleasant, permanent
cure.
A lifetime's suffering euded for
$5.00.
Why snioko and spit your life
away? Why suflcr from dyspep
sia, heartburn, aud drains on your
vital forces?
Stop using tobacco, but stop the
right way! Drive the nicotine from
your system by tho use of this
wonderful remedy.
Narcoti-Cure Is warranted to
remove ull desire for tobacco In
every form, including Cigar, Cigar
ette and Pipe Kmokiug, Chewing
and Snttfl" Taking.
Uso ull the tobacco you want
while under treatment, and iu
from four to ten days your ''hank
ering" and "craving" will disap
pear -the weed won't taste good.
Then throw away tobacco for
ever. Nakcoti-Ccre Is entirely vege
table and free from injurious iu
gredients. It never fails to give
tone and new vigor to the weakest
constitution.
ltemember Narcoti-Cube does
not deprive you of tobacco while
effecting a cure; doesn't ask you
to buy several bottles to be en tilled
to a guarantee; doesn't require a
month's treatment; and, lltially,
doesn't enable you to stop tobacco
only to tind yoursslf a slave to the
habit of tablet chewing.
WELSBAGH LIGHT
Specially Adapted ;or Reading and Sewing.
Consumes three (3) foot of gas per
hour and gives au efficiency of sixty
(60) candles. ,
Saving at least 3HJ per cent, over the
ordinary Tip Burners.
Call and See It.
t & com co
434 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
Manufacturers' Agents.
IS
LAGER
BEER
BREWERY.
Manufacturer! of the Celebrated
PILSENER
LAGER SEER
CAPACITY:
foo,ooo Barrels per Annum
REVIVO
RESTORES VITALITY.
IraaUM.
'V, Made a
.fcK-a t
istuar. ViQyjlxweu mart
MthDay. 0f Me.
THE GREAT 30th bay.
prodnrea the aboTo rout: In 30 days. It acti
powerfully and quickly, t'urca whan all otnera tall
Voani men will regal u their loit manhood, and old
men will recoTer their yontMul vigor by ualnf
KB VI VO. It quickly and lurely realorea Nerooua-
neaa, Lout Vitality, Iroponmoy, NUbtly Krulaalona,
Loet Power, Falling Memory, Waiting Olaoawa, and
all effecta ot aelf-abuae or eiceia aud lndiecrotion,
which untlta one tor aiudy. bnitueaa or marriage. It
not only eurea by atartlng at the una of dleeaae. but
la a great nerve ton lo aud blood builder, bring,
ice back the Dink utow to Dale cheek and r
storing the Ore of youth. It warda off Inmnlty
and Consumption. lualrt on baying RRVIVO.no
other. It can be carried ID Teat pocket. By mat,
) 1 .00 per package, or sli for SS.OO, with a poal
tiro written guarantee .to rare or refund
the money. Circular tree. Addraa
ROYAL MEDICINE CO.. 63 Rlrer St.. CHICAGO. ILL.
To sale l)y Matthew Bros Drcfgla
terantoa . Pa.
Have too Bora Throat, Plmplea, Copper-Colored
Spot. Achea. Old Bore, Uloera Id Mouth, Halr-r-alllni?
Write Cook Kerned Cak. SOT Mo
oalaTempledCkleuro4llMtorproufaof cures.
Cateltal VJMMMMMI. Vallantacurw! aloe year
JJgdaaoMjaodwjnjJJOOjrjege
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9 liitm.
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Continue th? Us? of
With Narcoti Ct nE, when you
are through with tobacco, you are
through with the remedy. One
bottle cures.
Bend for book of prominent tes
timonies like the following:
HUKTINOTOW, Mtas., Starch 18, 1803.
TnK . AHCOTl CllUMK'AL CO.,
Bpnngflold, Vans.
Gentlemen; I have used tobacro for
over twenty-five years, chewing and
molting every day from a. m. to B p. m.
stopping only fur meals.
On Monday, Fob. 4, I called at yonr
oftic in Springfield, and bought a hot'le
of tho ( UH1 which 1 usrd as directed,
and on tli-i tenth day the desire for to
bacao had left mn and It has sot re
turned. I did not lose a meal while tak
ing li.e Ci-ui. My appntitshaa improved
an I I consider N ari oti-Cuiie a grand
thing. Very respectfully,
CHAS. I. LINCOLN.
Mr. Frank H. Morton, of Chicoj
Falls. Mans., late lutiector of yablic
buildings for Massachusetts, says:
I ued tobacco for twanty-flve yearf,
and was a confirmed amokr, In jiut
eight days' treatment with Nahcoti
1'ciib! hi through with tobacco, in fact
the duslre for tobacco Tanlshed like a
dream. Very respectfully,
FKANK H. MORTON.
If your druggist is unable to give
full particulars about Narco'ti
Cure, send to us for Book of Par
ticulars free, or send $3.00 for bot
tle by mail.
THE NARCOTI CHEMICAL CO.,
Springfield, Mass.
Spring House
U. E. CROFUT, Pi'opY,
Heart Lake, Pa.
Altitude nearly 2,000 feet. Fine groves and
beautiful scenery. House new and well fur
nished: but three minutes' walk from D., U
ft W, station, aud IU) feet trout the lake.
GOOD BOATS, FISHING TACKLE,
Dancing Pavilion, Swings, Croquet Uround-i.
etc., PKKE to (iuest.
COLD SPUING WATElt
AND PLENTY OF MILK.
RATES REASONABLE. Write for
circular.
SECURITY,
CONVENIENCE,
PRIVACY.
THE
Safe-Deposit Vaults
OP THE
loiwnuaniSQii
404 Lackawanna Ave.,
OFFER
exceptional facilities for the sate
keeping of Securities.
Boxes of nil sizes und prices.
Large, light and airy rooms for
the use and convenience of cus
tomers. Entrance only through the Bank.
EVA M. HETZEL'S
Superior Pace Bleach,
.Positively Rcnmes All Facial Blemlslus.
No more Frerklos, Ton, Sunburn, Black
hemls, Liver Spots. l'!mpUH nnd Sallow
Complexions If ladles will ut my Su
perior I''ulp Blfaih. Not a. rosmetlc, but a
ineilieine wmcn iu-ih uireruy on ine sKin,
removing all tllscoloratlons, an one of the
greatest purifying agents for the complex
ion In existence. A perfectly clear und
upotleM complexion i-an be obtained in
every Instance by Its use. Price, $1.W per
bottle. For sale nt E. M. Hetzel's lluli--dresalng
and Munlcure Parlors, 3.W Lack
awanna uve. Mall orders tilled promptly.
DUPONTS
RIMING, BLASTING AND SPORTING
POWDER
Manufactured at the Wapwallopen Mill, Lt
tome county, Pa., and at Wil
li) lug-tun, L)!aare,
HENRY BELIN, Jr.
General Agont for the Wyoming Dlatriot.
118 WYOMING AVE, Scranton, P
Third National Bank Building.
aokcirs :
TH08. FORD, Mttston, Pa.
JOHN B. BMITH BON, Plymouth. Pa
K. W. WUI.LIUAN, Wilke barr, Pa.
Agent for the Repauno tjhf"'! Una
kamy Blgu BspkalTee,
DR. E. GREWER,
The Philadelphia Specialist, and hi asajl
elated staff of English and Oertnaa
physicians, are now permanently
located at
Old Pootofflce Building, Corner Penn
Avenue and Spruce Street.
The doctor Is a graduae of the ITnlver
Ity of Pennsylvania, formerly demon
strator of physiology and surgery at the
Medico-Chlrurgical college of Philadel
phia. His specialties are Chronic, Ner
vous, Skin, Heart, Womb and Blood dis
eases. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
The symptoms of which are dlzzlness.lack
of confidence, sexual weakness In men
and women, ball rising In throat, spot
floating before the eyes, loss of memory,
unable to concentrate the mind on one
subject, easily startled when suddenly
spoken to, and dull distressed mlnd.whlcb
unfits them for performing tho actual du
ties of life, making hapwiness Impossible,
distressing the action ot the heart, caus
ing flush of heat, depression of spirits evil
forebodings, cowardlc, fear, dreams.mel
ancholy, tire easy of company, feeling as
tired In the morntr.g as when retiring,
lack of energy, nervousness, trembling,
confusion of thought, depression, constipa
tion, weakness of the limbs, etc. Those so
afflicted should consult us Immediately
a.rd be restored to perfect health.
Lost Manhood Restored.
Weaknew. of Young Men Cured.
If you havj been given up by your phy
Ician call upon the doctor and be exam--d.
He cures the worst cases of Ker
'js lability, Scrofula, Old Sores, Ca
tarrh, Plies, Female Weakness, Affec
tions of be Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Asthma, feafness, Tumors, Cancer and
Cripples 1 1 every description.
Consultations freo and strictly serl
and confident. Ofllce hours datly frera
a.m. to 9 p.r,. Sunday, to I
Knclose five l-cent stamps for symtpom
blanks and raj book called "New Life."
I will pay one thousand dollars In gold
Old Post Office Bu?M cX,
avenue and Bpruce street.
SCRANTON. PA.
N.A.HULBERrS
IIIYI
(I
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WYOMING AVE, SCRANTQM,
STEINWrY t SON
DECKER BROTHERS
MUNICH i BUCK
STULTZ I BAUER
and
Others
PIANOS
Also a large stock ot first-class
ORGANS
MUSICAL HERCHANOISB
MUSIC, ETC.
Ill IS
OF SCRANTON.
Willi,
till
Special Attention Given to Business
and Personal Accounts.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
Atlantic Refining Co
Manufacturer and Dealers an
OlbS
Linseed Oil, Nnpthas and Gaso
line of all grades. Axle Grease,
Pinion Orease and Colliery Com
pound; also a large line of Par
afflne Wax Candles.
We also handle the Famous CROWN
ACME! OIL, the only family safety
burning oil in the market.
Win. Mason, Manager.
Office: Coal Kxchagne, Wyoming Ave,
Works at Pine Brook.
Standard Instrument In every n of
the term aa applied to Piano.
Exceptional In holding their original ful
ness of tone.
. NEW YORK WAREHOUSE, NO. N
fifth avenu.
SOLD BY
E.C.RICKER&CO
lift Adam Ave., Mew Telepaoae Bids,
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