THE SCBAOTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 6, 1895.
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: " "' CHAPTER X.
You do very well, my friends, to treat
me with some Httle reverence, for 'in
honoring1 me you are honoring both
France and yourselves. It la not only
an old gray-moustached officer whom
you see eating his omelette or draining
hd glass, but it la a piece of history,
ami of the most glorious history which
out own- or any country ever had. In
me you see one of the last of those won
derful men, the men who were veter
an when they were Tit boys, wflo
learned to use a sword earlier than a
raror, and who during a hundred bat
tl had nevr once let the enemy see
the color of their knap-sacks. For
twtmty years we were teaching Europe
how to fight, and even when they
learned their lesson tt was only the
thermometers and never, the bayonet
which could break the Grand army
down. Berlin, Naples, Vienna, Madrid,
Lisbon, Moscow we stabled our horse
In them all. Yes, my friends, I say
again that you do well' to send your
children to me with flowers, for these
ears have heard the trumpet call of
France, and these eyes have seen her
standards . In lands where, they may
never be een again. .
Even now when I dose In my armchair-
t ai see those great warriors
stream ' before line, ' the green-Jacketed
cha.Tseurs, the giant cuirassiers, Dom
browskl's lancers, the white mantled
drafoonji, the nodding bearskins lof
the horse grenadiers. And there comes
the thick, low rattle of the drums, and
through wreaths of dust and smoke I
see the line of high bonnets, the row
of brown faces, the swing and toss of
the long red plumes amid the sloping
line of steel. And there rides Ney with
his red head, and iLefebyre with ha
bulldog Jaw, and Lannes with his Gas
con swagger, and then amidst, the
gleam of brass and the flaunting feath
ers I eatch a glimpse of him, the man
with the pale smile, the rounded shoul
ders and the far-off eyes. .There Is an
end of my sleep,' my friends, for up
I spring from my chair with a cracked
voles calling and a silly hand outstretched,-so
that Madame Tltaux has
one more laugh at the old fellow who
Uvea among the shadows.
Although I was a full chief of brigade
when the wars came to an end, and had
every hope of soon being made a gen
eral of division, it is still rather to my
earlier days that I turn when I wish to
talk of the glories and the trials of a
soldier's life. For you will understand
that when an officer has so many men
and fiofses Under him he' Has his mind
full of recruits and remounts, fodder'
and farriers and quarters, so that even
whm4M id not in the face of the enemy,
life la a very serious matter for him.
But when Be is only a lieutenant or a
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Commencing jftondcu), Juty 8, 1895.
Our Annual Summer Clearing Sale, which usually commences about August 1st, pwing
to the large stock which we now have on hand, commences July 8. The stock must be re
duced 50 per cent within 30 days. The entire stock consists of over $50,000 worth of Dry
Goods, Notions, Ladies and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Millinery, Cloaks, Wrappers, Infants'
Wear, etc., has been marked down to a price lower than ever seen in Scranton before. Be
low we mention a few of the bargains only, to give you an idea of what we are selling. Hun
dreds of other bargains just as good in every department
5 bales Unbleached yard
wide Sheeting,
Only 2ic par yard
50 pieces Silk Velvet,
worth $1.00,
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45 doz.Ladies' Wrappers,
worth $1.00 to $2.00,
Only 90c
Irving Bacheltar.
captain he has nothing heavier than
his epaulets upon his shoulders, so that
he can clink his spurs and swing his
dolman, drain his glass and kiss his
girl, thinking of nothing save enjoying
a gallant life. That is the time when
he is likely to have adventures, and
so It Is most often to that time that I
shall turn In the stories which I may
tell you. So It will be tonight when I
tell you of my visit to the Castle of
Gloom, of the strange mission of Sub
lieutenant Duroc and of the horrible
death of the man who was once known
as Jean Carabln and afterwards as the
Baron Straubenthal.
You must know, then,, that in the
February of 1807, Immediately after the
taking of Danzig, Major Legendre and
I were commissioned to bring 400 re
mounts from Prussia Into' Eastern Po
land. ' -
The hard weather and especially the
great battle at Eylau had killed so
many of the horses that there was some
danger of our beautiful tenth of Hus
sars becoming a battalion of light In-
Major Lgnor Cams Into My Room In
the Post lions with aa Open Paper in
Bis Hand. ,
fan try. We knew, therefore, both the
major and I, that we would be very
welcome at the front. We did not ad
vance very rapidly, however, for the
snow was deep, the roads detestable,
and we had but twenty returning In
valids to assist us. Besides, It is Im
possible when you have a daily dhange
of forage, and sometimes none at all,
to move horses faster than a walk. I
am aware that In the story book the
cavalry whirls past at the maddest of
gallops, but for my -own part after
twelve campaigns,. I should be very
satisfied to knwtBai my brigade could
always wallt upon the march and trot
in the presence of ttie enemy. This I
ay of the Hussars and Chasseurs, mark
you,, so that Il ls far more the oat
with chasseurs and dragoons.
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Only 3ic per yard
5o pieces Japanese Wash
Silk, worth 50c.
, . Only 25c per yard"
5 oo doz. Ladies' Fancy
Handkerchiefs, worth
5c to 8c, Only 2k
GREAT
For myself, I am fond of horses, and
to have four hundred of them, of every
age and shade and character, all under
my own hands was a very great pleas
ure to me. They were from Pomeranla
for the most part, though some were
from Normandy and some from Alsace,
and It amused us to notice that they
differed In character as much as the
people of the provinces. We observed
also what I have often proved since,
that the nature of a horse can be told
by his color, from the coquettish light
bay, full of fancies and nerves, to the
hardy chestnut, and from the docile
roan to the pig-headed, rusty black.
All this has nothing In the world to do
with my story, but how Is an officer of
cavalry to get on with his tale when he
finds four hundred horses waiting for
him at the outset? It is my habit, you
see, to talk of that which interests my
self, and so I 'have hopes that I may
interest you.
We 'crossed the Vistula opposite Ma
rlenwerder and had got as far as Rle
senberg when Major Legenore came
Into my roomi In the post house with an
open paper in his hand.
"You are to leave me," said he, with
despair upon his face.
It was io very great grief for me to
do that, for he was, If I may say so,
hardly worthy 'to have such a subal
tern. I saluted, however, In silence.
"It Is an order from General Lasalle,"
he continued. "You are to proceed to
Rossel instantly and to report yourself
at the headquarters of the regiment."
No message could have pleased rnie
better. I was already Very well thought
of by my superior officers, although I
may say that none of them had quite
done me Justice. It was evident to me,
therefore, that this sudden order meant
that the regiment was about to see ser
vice once more and that Lasalle under
stood how incomplete imy squadron
would be without me. It Is true that It
came at an Inconvenient moment,, for
the keeper of the post house ihad a
daughter one of those Ivory skinned,
black haired Polish girls whom I had
hoped to have some further talk with.
Still It Is not for the pawn to argue
when the fingers of the player move
him from the square, so down I went,
saddled my big black charger Rat
aplan, and set oft Instantly upon my
lonely Journey.
My word, it was a treat for those
poor Poles and Jews who have so little
to brighten their dull lives, to see such
a picture as that before their doors.
The frosty morning air made Rata
plan's great black limbs and the beauti
ful curves of his back and sides gleam
and shimmer with every gambol. As
for me the rattle of hoofs upon a road
and the Jingle of bridle chains which
comes with every toss of a saucy head
would even now set my blood dancing
through my veins. You may think,
then, how I carried myself In my five
and twentieth year, I ElUenne Gerard,
the picked horseman of Hussars. Blue
was our color in the tenth a. sky blue
dolman and pelisse with a scarlet front,
and It was said of us In the army that
we could set a whole population run
ning, the women toward us. and the
men away. There were bright eye In
the Rlesenberg windows that morning
which seemed to beg me to tarry, but
what can a soldier do save to kiss his
hand and shake bis bridle as he rides
upon his wayT
f It wn a bleak season to ride through
the poorest and ugliest country -in Eur
ope, but there was v cloudiest sky
above and bright 'cold sun which
ahimtnentd on the hug snow fields.
Mr breatb reeked Into the frosty air
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CLEARING
and Rataplan sent up two feathers of
steam from hla nostrils, while the ici
cles dropped from the side irons of his
bit. I let him trot to warm his limbs,
while for my own part, I had too much
to think of to give much heed to the
cold. To north and south stretched the
great plains mottled over with dark
clumps of fir, end lighter patches of
larch. A few cottages peeped out here
and there, but It was only three months
since the grand army had passed that
way, and you know what that means
Whnt Con a Soldier Do but Kiss Ills
Hand?
to a country. The Poles were our
friends, It ls true, but out of a hundred
thousand only the guard had wagons,
and the rest had to live as best they
might. It did not surprise me, there
fore, to sen no signs of cattle and no
smoke from the silent houses. A weal
had been left across the country where
the great host had passed, and It was
aid that even the rats were starved
wherever the emperor had led his men.
To Be Continued.
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STOPPING THE PAPER.
How Horace Greeley One Forcefully Ro
' baked sn Indignant Subscriber.
From the Muscatine Journal.
There Is a story told of Horace Gree
ley to the effect that an acquaintance
of his got offended at one of his articles
In the New York Tribune, went to the
office and put an end to his subscrip
tion. Later In the day he met the editor
and eald: "Mr. Greeley, I've stopped
your paper." "Have you?" queried
Horace, adding, "Well, that's too bad,"
and the old white hat went its way.
The next morning Greeley encoun
tered his former subscriber again, and
accosted him with, "I thought you had
topped the Tribune." So I did."
"Then there must be some mistake,"
replied Horace, "for I Just came from
the office, and when I left the presses
were running as usual, the clerks were
as busy as over, the compositors were
bard at work, and the business was
going on the same as yesterday and the
day before."
"Oh!" ejaculated the old subscriber,
"I didn't mean that I had stopped the
paper. I (topped only my copy of It be
cause I didn't Ilk one of your edito
rials." ,
"Pshaw r retorted Greeley, "it
wasn't worth taking up my time to tell
me such a trifle as that. My dear air, (f
you expect to control the utterancs of
the Tribune by the purchase of on copy
a day; or If you think to find any news
paper worth reading that will tivrx
presa convictions at right angles with
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your own, you are doomed to disap
pointment. "The Tribune would not be deserv
ing of respect If it could be coerced by
the threat of one subscriber, or a hun
dred, or ten thousand, or every one it
has, to refrain from telling the truth as
it sees tt. My friend, this Is a free
country, and the man who does not give
freedom of opinion to others does not
deserve it himself. Good-bye."
ELECTRICAL HOUSE HEATING.
Touch the Button and Got the Heat of
Roaring Fire.
From the Cosmopolitan.
A current of electricity always heat
the conductor through which It goes.
The conversion into heat of the electri
cal cmergy is always complete; there
to no loss as In most other transforma
tions, and in a given conductor the
heating effect increases as the square
of the current, so that twice the current
gives four times as much heat, three
times the current, nine times -the heat,
amd so on; It therefore become' possible
to produce almost any desirable tem
perature, even to that of fusion of an
electric conductor, while the most re
fractory substances are either fused
or volatilized by the heat of an electric
arc which has the temperature of about
6,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
A constant current will matntaln a
cor.i'tant temperature. How much heat
shall be produced amd what the tem
perature, shall be. Is only a question of
A KNIFE
lit II,,. lul ef n UiirMnll
gives you n feeling uflior
ror aud dread. Tliere If
no longer uecenlly for its
use in many littcase form
erly regarded ax incurable
without cutliug.
The Triumph of
CoiMrvative Surgery
la well Illustrated by the fact that
DI1DTI1DP or Breach, is now tniictUy
KUrl UHC cured without the knife aud
without pain. Cluiniy, chafing triune can be
thrown away I Tliey never cure but olteu iuduce
inflammation, atrautulMion and death.
TIIMApC Ovarian, Mbroid (Uterine) and
1 UJTluiwi many others, are now removed
without the perils or culling onerallom.
PI I P Til MOBS however large. Fit
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of the lower bowel, are perinaneutly cured with
out pain or resort to the knife.
CTfJP hi the niadder, no matter how large,
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CTDirTllDP of tlriuary Passage Is also
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and those soon ,to
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childbirth of its tor
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dangers to both
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lor parturition,
Thereby "labor",
ana ine period or
confinement are'
greatly shortened. It also promote the
accretion of an abundance or nourishment
for the child.
' MiDoA A.OOTRllS,oraf7o', 0tvr''O.,
mm., writes: "When I began taking Dr.
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stand on my fcet without suffering almost death.
Now I do all my housework, waning, cooking,
sewing and everything for my family of tight.
I an M outer now than I have Dees In tin years.
Year ' Pavsrftt Proscription ' I the kett to lake
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apparatus, and regulation Is as easy
as turning a switch. Electrical heating
for household purpose is therefore as
feasible as iheathvg for welding iron
bars or fusing alumina. Houses may
be thus heated as easily and as safely
s they are lighted by electricity. It
has often been talked about, but the in
quirers have' generally been discour
aged by exaggerated notions of its rela
tive cost. The implication has always
been that people always choose the
cheaper article, which is not true. For
Instance, a Rochester lamp may give a
light of thirty candles for six hours by
burning a quart of coal oil, costing 2
cants. The same amount of light from
an incandescent electric lamp will cost
as much as 10 cents; nevertheless, there
are thousands who choose the more
costly light because Its other good quali
ties are considered a sufficient offset for
the greater cost. Ordinary furnaces
for heating houses are not half so eco
nomical ias individual stove;, but no one
uses the latter who can contrive to pay
for the former; so In matters of con
venience the cost of a thing is not the
first item.
The convenience of electrical heaters
in a house, their cleanliness, and the
simplicity of their regulation, commend
themselves to every one, and when
these are fairly apprehended by the
well-to-do class, It is certain that such
electrical appliances will be demanded,
and hot air and other furnaces will be
abandoned, and with them will go the
nuisances of handling coal and ashes,
the consequent dust and gases, the
smoky chimneys, the dangerous flues,
the preparing of kindling, and the ex
pert care of the furnace with Its drafts
and register.
There will be Increased safety from
fires, and the cost of Insurance will be
less. When the cost and trouble of
these are set over against the cost, the
convenience and safety of electric heat,
the difference will not be found to be
o great, but it will be willingly borne
by large numbers In most communities.
Once this method ha a fair start, It is
certain to be adopted as widely as the
electric light has been, and then will
oon be a Indispensable.
CHOOSING THE LESSER EVIL.
One of th California pioneers tho other
day told a story of stump-speaking in tho
olden state. A turbid orator, so noted
for his verbosity and heaviness thai he
had been dubbed "Melancholy" McCullom,
waa aslgned to speak at a mining camp In
the mountains. There were about fifty
miners present when he began. But when,
at th end of a couple of hour he gave no
signs of finishing, hi listeners dropied
away. Some went back to work, but the
majority sought wherewith to quench
their thirst, whieh had been immensely
aggravated by th dryness of the dis
course. ' ,
Finally there was but one auditor left,
a dilapidated, weary-looking old fellow.
Fixing hi gas on him, McCullom pulled
out a man's nJie six shooter and laid it on
th table. The fellow ros slowly and
drawled out:
"B you goln' to shoot, ef I gof
"You bet I am," responded McCullom.
"I'm bound to finish my speech, even If I
have to shoot to keep an audleno."
Th old fellow sighed in a tired manner,
dged off slowly, saying a he did so:
"Well, shoot, ef you wants to. I may
Jest well be shot a talked to dtath,"
Waahlngton Post.
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Boru-Look at that fejlow opposltt;
how he bolts down be dinner!
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A WELL.REPAID CHARITY.
Dlningonone occasion with Baron James
do Rothschild, Eugene Delacroix, the fa
mous French painter, confessed that for
some time past he had vainly sought a
head to serve as a model for that of a
beggar in a painting on which he was then
engaged, and that, as he gazed at his
host's features, the idea suddenly struck
him that the head he desired was before
him.
Rothschild, being a great admirer of art,
readily consented to sit for him as a beg
gar. The next day at the studio Delacroix
placed a tunic around his shoulders, put a
stout staff In his hand and made him pose
as if ho were resting on the steps of nn
ancient Roman temple. In this attitude
he was discovered by one of the artist's
favorite pupils, who, struck by tho sur
passing excellence of the model.congratu
lated his master on having at last found
exactly what he wanted. Naturally con
cluding the model had only Just bem
broupht In from some church porch he
seized an opportunity when his master's
eyes were turned to slip a piece of money
into the beggar's hand.
Baron Rothschild thanked him with a
look and kept the money. The pupil soon
quitted the studio. In answers to inquir
ies made Delacroix told th baron that
this young man possessed talent but no
means. Shortly afterward the young fel
low received a letter stating that charity
bears Interest and that the accumulated
Interest on the amount he had so gener
ously given to one whom he supposed to
be a beggur was represented by the sum
of 10,000 francs, which was lying at his
disposal at the Rothschild offices. ;
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