TIIB -8CBANTON TBIBUNE-r WEDNESDAY MOENINO, DECEMBER IF, 1893.
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20,000
FLOOR ROOM.
Eight Floors, 25x100, filled with Goodies, Sweets, Chocolates and Fine Hard Candies, of which we manufacture 40,000 pounds on the premises this month, and expect to '
place among our customers 150,000 pounds before the Holidays close. Think of this,
SEVENTY-FIVE (75) TONS OF CANDY .
Our 1o and 2o Cent Retail Counters cannot be matched anywhere in the United States. All Goods
on these counters are Fresh and strictly pure. In Catering to Popular Prices we have not sacrificed our line of Forty, Sixty and Eighty-Cent Boxes of Fine Confection
ery. We furnish these goods in boxes from one-half to five pounds. $In X-Tree Boxes and Packages for Sunday-Schools our line was never so complete.
We have also strung candy to take the place of Popcorn strings, formerly used in trimming
Christmas Trees. They give a better effect, save trouble and worry, are cleaner, and are better eating for the children.
OUR DOLLS
Are'ln sight. Look at the window; it will please you. The line embraces Bis
cuit, China and Patent Heads. Ko greater variety has ever been displayed in this
state. Our jointed line is complete, ranging in price from 5 cents to $16.50. We
received last week an invoice of Jointed Kid Bodies direct from (Jermany, our
importation. Will you inspect them.' They are decidedly liner than anything
we have ever offered before.
TOYS
It would be impossible to give you a description of the thousandth part of
them. We have everything that t.ie market produces in Tin, Iron and Wood,
yet we do want you to see our SKWIXG MACHINES that will do all the work of
a regular Wilcox & Gibbs. This is more than a toy, and they range in price from
$2.00 to $5.00.
GAMES
Everything that has been brought forward during the last year we have se
cured, still we hold on to some of the old ones because they are good.
BUILDING BLOCKS
In Wood and Stone. Nothing charms or so educates the children as these.
":.:.:iy':' sleighs
The Patent Flexible Flyer is in great demand. We have Knee Sleighs in
Steel, Iron and Wood. Clippers, Alligators and Box Sleighs for Babies. We can
nirnish you with Steel Runners for Baby Carriages so that you can instantly
convert it intq a handsome sleigh.
, DOLL CARRIAGES
Were never so handsome as this season. They have all the features of a baby
carriage and are a duplicate in miniature.
BICYCLES
Can you give a better present? Our leaders are the Victor, Oendrons and
Belays. If these do not suit we can supply any other make.
DON'T WAIT until the last day;the 24th of December, but come now, come every day.
It will please us and we can suit you better. '
X JD.
312 and 314 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
wiriviAizns & beo
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Branch Stores! 301 Washington Avenue and 112 South Main Avenue; Scranton.
THIRTEEN AT TABU
Copyright 1803, by Bacheller, Johnon nd Bachell r. 1
If anyone had to'.d Felicia Charlton,
the year before, that she would be
pending this summer at Newport as
a dweller In one of the moat famous of
the new houses that are the Rlory of
that favored resort, she would have
laughed In the face of the recounter of
MCh a fairy tale that merry, heart
qme laugh of hers for Felicia well de
served her name.
But the event least expected had oc
curred. The gay, pretty, poverty
trtcken southern girl, the daughter of
n ancient line, who during her 19 years
of life had never known any but the'
hard rubs of fortune; who had grown
up to womanhood under the wing of a
widowed mother scarcely 18 years her
enlor.as lovely to look at as was Felicia
herself, but for the traces loft on her
face and form by care and by thought
how to make a subsistence for the two
and to provide an educatlun for Felicia
that should enable her to be self-supporting.
Latterly things had gone from bad
to worse with the-Charltons. They had
spent one year In the desolation of a
poor country neighborhood, with rela
tives, glad of the pittance their board
afforded; andat the end of itMrs. Charl
ton had to accept an offer, from a friend
of early days who was about to open a
boarding school, to act as her house
keeper. At the same time, Felicia en
tered upon the exhilarating career of
assistant to a decayed gentlewoman In
Baltimore, who made and sold the
pickles and preserves so renowned In
old-time Maryland cook books. And all
this while the girl's high spirits had
' never flagged. She had laughed and
prattled and won smiles from the little
mother In her hours of darkest despond
ency. She had even coaxed Into mo
' ments of cheerfulness the broken
; spirited lady who manufactured pickles
and preserves; and. while carrying on
her uncongenial work, lost no oppor
tunity of looking for something better.
In this stress, to Felicia's credit be It In
scribed, It did not occur to her to write
verses or a story, and offer them for ac
eeptance to a first-class magazine.
DISTRESSING
DISEASES
IT AY
fJfa SKIN
OP TUB
Instantly
Relieved
r whatiesttss. Soap, testle epjll-
M lemons IHtlMM), m4 mii Soeei
V mil MMfcTSjn(U new Meod jmrlficr.
Summer had com around again, and
the prospect of spending it in a piping
hot lint, in the temperature of Halti
inoie, between ,Iune and October, and
In the company of AI-.s. Maliantyne and
Just Then a l.lltlo Victoria Had Driven
Close to tho Sidewalk.
her gas Hove, was all that presented it
self to Felicia's mental gaze. But in her
heart a little bird kept singing, over
and over, the blithe tidings that her
mother's employer was to take her old
friend on a visit of two months to the
mountains of Virginia, where Miss
Kennard was wont to return In her va
cations to the household of parents who
could give her food and drink and a
shelter, at least. How much better was
this than Felicia had dared to hop!
Fresh air, fresh milk, shade trees on a
green lawn, the Blue Ridge mountains
encompassing their dally horizon what
matter If the Kennards' poor old plan
tation house were falling to rack and
ruin, so that thrro was a roof to cover
Felicia's dor little mother, to whom
all these luxuries were promised?
It had not been without a fierce ma
ternal struggle In the little widow's
breast that this Invitation had been ac
cepted. That she should be taken and
Felicia left cost her gentle heart strange
pangs. But Felicia, who had a way
with hr none could withstand, had
simply forced her point. Hhe had
packed her mother's trunk, had gone
with her to the station, had parted with
her, to all appearances, Joyfully, and
then, to save car fare, had set out lo
walk over the burning . bricks of the
pavement on her return to Mrs. Bat
lantynes.
Just then a little' victoria had driven
close to the sidewalk near ' her, and
pulled Up. A young woman, charming
ly dressed, had leaned forward and
hailed her by name. Felicia, with a
start of pleasant surprise, recognised
an old schoolmate, 1 western heiress,
who had recently married and taken up
her abode here In her husband's city.
Between the two girls, had passed the
Usual expressions of fervent greeting,
and Felicia, installed under the hood of
the Victoria, was quickly on the way
with Mrs. Branhatn to her pretty bridal
home. .
What a contrast to It. was presented
by the dull) and pal Wry -sitting-room of
Mrs. IJallantyne's Hat, where. Inter,
whilst adjusting their modettt tea table,
Felicia tried to entertain her employer
with the new budget of gossip. But
the danie.who had a touch of toothache,
and was not much in sympathy with the
holiday side of life, of which so little
had fallen to her 'share, responded
sparely, and Felicia, after washing the
tea things, had retired to the back win
dow to get a breath of air while medi
tating upon the exciting events of the
day.
More than on anything Maud Bran
ham had shown her, Felicia dwelt upon
a hint Maud had let fall of helping her
to better her fortunes.
"I have a cousin, Mrs. Dwlght Cald-.
well, who goes to Newport every sum
mer, from New York," the bride ob
served, "and 1 think, though I am not
sure, I heard her say she wishes to en
gage a secretary to take there with her
this year. I can easily ask, Fellcla.and
I'm sure, If you got it you'd be In luck.
Such a splendid -establishment hers Is
this of mine would be swallowed up In
it and they entertain everybody and
go everywhere. She is one of the peo
ple one reads about In tne society col
umns nf the Sunday newspapers. Her
husband Is a nice fellow, but he spends
,m.t nf his time at the cluu. Many
Caldwell certainly goos at full speed In
soclety.but she has always bovn a good
natured thing when I've seen her. and I
don't doubt you'd be good menu.'.
shall write this very night and ask Sl
ly. and how awfully Jolly It will be If I
succeed."
Felicia. In her calmer mood, recalling
Maud at school as a kind, chattering,
but somewhat dense creature, had a
moment's hesitation about trusting to
the Judgment , of her friend; But all
night long her dreams were roseate.
A situation as secretary, with a salary
that she could lay by for her momer s
use next winter As friend and patron,
a brilliant, cultured woman of the world
who would Inspire In her a tnouaanu
new Ideas, as well as open the door for
her Into a wonder-world of luxurious
beauty; above all, opportunity to see
something beyond her accustomed hor
izon, to breathe a fresh, delicious at
mosphere, to see everywhere sights of
refined loveliness. Oh! It was too goou
to be true.
A few days later a note arrived from
Maud Branham, asking Felicia to
luncheon the next day; and when
Felicia presented herself as desired,
no time was lost by the young matron
in communicating her great news. Sally
Caldwell was already at Newport; Sally
Caldwell had Just sent away a girl
she had taken there who had turned
out to be absurdly stupid and Inefficient.
and saucy, too; and Bally Caldwell was
prepared to accept Maud s friend upon
Maud's recommendation, provided she
would -"come right away," naming a
salary that seemed to Felicia's limited
experience a king's ransom in amount!
The girl's head -swam a mist came
before her eyes. When she recovered
her self-possession enough to speak, it
was. woman-like, to ask Maud's advice
about the clothes she psssessed, and
the clothes sherwould require. Maud,
also a true daughter of Eve, was here
quite In her element Not only did she
generously offer to lend Maud money
for her Journey, but, after luncheon,
took her to her room, and there pro
duced two orthvee frocks and 'Jackets
and bonnet, of which Felicia was re
quested to make her choice.
"For,, you 'know, dear. If I have a
weakness. It is for always buying some
thing in the latest fashion, and dis
liking it, when bought. It, la ridiculous
the things I have stored away that I
can never use, and that never-would
suit me anyhow. If you can't take
these as a present from an old school
mate, why, I shall never speak to you
again as long as I live."
"Felicia's laugh rang out. Here was
Maud's old familiar threat of school
days. Just now Maud seemed to be
an Irresistible fairy godmother who
had only to wave her stick to be obeyed.
Mrs. Charlton, in her remote Vir
ginia refuge, had read her darling's
lirst letter from Newport with almost
ecstatic pride and Joy. It seemed to
the poor lady that no one had ever
been blessed with such a lovely and
loving and clever and successful daugh-
other, the groom, leaning back, said. In
rather too Jocular a fashion for Felicia's
sense of propriety:
"That's her. That's the madame
goln' out for her drive."
Felicia, answering htm with a cold
look, asked no questions.
(To be continued.)
Felicia Was Requested to Moke Her
Choice.
ter as she was. After she had perused
the epistle for the second time, she took
it out upon what old Mrs. Kennard,
called the "front poaohe." This was a
rickety veranda over which grew a vine
of custard honeysuckle; and here old
Mr. Kennard sat, tilted upon his chair,
under a shelf supporting the water
bucket and a gourd, conning a weekly
newspaper. Near at hand, sitting also
In a split-bottom chair, with her knit
ting, the old lady listened with ad
miration to the occasional oracles of
information transmitted to her from the
columns before him through her hus
band's eyes. After long practice In re
ceiving her news anu literature thus at
second hand, she had grown to esteem
him personally responsible for the well
rounded sentences. Coming around the
corner of the house. Miss Kennard, In
a sunbonnet was carrying In a wooden
bowl a brood of motherless chicks.
Upon the threshold of 'the door, and on
both steps of the porch, dogs were dos
ing. "How trivial, everything else will
seem," thought the little widow, ad
vancing proudly among them with her
letter, "when they hear what my child
thinks of Newport."
Whilst these things were occurring
In far, tranquil Virginia, Felicia was
looking dally upon the passing show of
Newport. What a thrilling effect upon
her Imagination had been created by
the first view of the sumptuous part of
the town, as she approached It in the
little trap that had been sent to meet
her on her arrival.. It happened to be
at an hour when the gay world was on
wheels: and , while our little girl, was
gating with all' her eyes upon the'
kaleidoscope of vehicles and people she
observed the groom Who was driving'
her touch his hat to a handsome,
haughty lady, whose gaae Just then fell
upon them from her approaching vic
toria. Felicia saw that she was the ob
Ject of this lady's thoroughly and per
fectly frigid scrutiny and, to her sur
prise, became, aware that the. survey
was followed by an Infinitesimal nod in
her direction.
When the carriages had' passed each
Always "On Top.
Readers of newspapers during the past
year or more could hardly fall to notice
the published statements of leading drug
gists in various parts of the country con
cerning their sales of Hood's Sursaparilla.
It was a matter of general comment
among dealers when Hood's Sarsaparllla
was tlrst placed upon the market and
rapidly pushed Itself to the front among
medicines. It Is even more noteworthy
that It has steadily maintained Its position
"on top," and that Its sales continue to
be the largest in the world. It Is especial
ly significant when a great body of men
like the druggists and pharmacists of this
country, publicly testify from their per
sonal knowledge that the sales of Hood's
Sarsaparllla are larger than those of any
other similar preparation, and that cus
tomers return, time after time, and call
for Hood's Sarsaparllla, refusing to take
anything that may be offered In Its place.
It shows that the people have found
Hood's Sarsaparllla to be an honest and
a meritorious article.
But It Is not upon reports' of the great
salts of Hood's Sarsaparllla that the pro
prietors base their claims for Its superior
merits. The same malls that bring In the
statements of druggists that Hood's Sar
saparllla Is outselling all other blood medi
cines, are also laden with testimonials
from people who have taken Hood's Sar
saparllla -and have found In It a cure for
their diseases and permanent relief from
suffering.
The great sales of Hood's Sarsaparllla
are due to Its great cures, and the great
cures by Hood's Sarsaparllla are accom
plished In a perfectly natural and thor
oughly simple way.
Hood's Sarsaparllla cures disease by
making pure, rich, healthy blood. It
cures a great variety of diseases because
a great variety of diseases are caused by
impure and Impoverished blood. It cures
completely and permanently because It
removes the- came of the trouble so that
there no longer remains any reason for
the suffering. It cures scrofula, rheu
matism, catarrh, dyspepsia, biliousness,
kidney complaint, and other ailments .be
cause these diseases have their origin in
the blood. Thousands of people who once
suffered from such troubles are alive and
well today, and say that they cannot help
praising Hood's Sarsaparllla because It
has given them good health, lengthened
their lives and afforded them new op
portunities for happiness and usefulness,
It Is a beneficent work that Hood's Sar
saparllla la doing. It helps poor tired
mothers by giving them appetite and
strength. It builds up broken down con
stitutions, relieves the pangs of rheu
matism and neuralgia, dispels the horrors
nf dyspepsia and nervous prostration,
overcomes the symptoms of catarrh, era
dicates scrofula, salt rheum and all blood
diseases, and makes the weak and debil
itated - feel strong and vigorous. Hood's
Sarsaparllla Is the one true blood purifier.
It Is the friend of the sufferer and the foe
of disease. Hood's Sarsaparllla sells be
cause Hood's Harsaparllla cures.
French Injection Compound
Car pnttlvely, qntokljr. (not' BMreir checks.)
Uuarauteed or atoner refunded. Avoid dsnseratie
remedies. Price Seeealepnr buttle. Htm BoMlea
(will ears mue.t ease) sent pmiU, main ma
beervBUea. with only KlwiUBasllr juste atlafe,
toenf e4araesforfe(fa.
DR. LOBB'5 BOOK FREE
To all sufferers tf EMtftltS ftP YOUTH,
LOST VIGOR and DISEASES OP MEN AMI)
WOMEN, SS8 pagee: cloth, beans; seaurely
-ealed sod sea led (see. Treettaeat by uifl
trktly oootdentlsl, and a positive qalck cars
fas aBted. ho aiatter how laag suadlas, I
will pealttrely ear. joa. Write real!.
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OF SCRANTON.
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Special Attention Giien to Business
mi Personal Accounts.
INTEREST PUD OK THE DEPOSITS.
THE
TRADERS
lational Bank of Scranton.
ORGANIZED 1890.
CAPITAL 250,000
SUKFLUS, $40,000
fAMTJBti BINES, President
W. W. WATSON, Vice-PrssidsnU .
A. a WILLIAMS. C as hi or.
DIRECTORS.
Samuel nines, James M. Everhart. Irv
ine A. Finch. Fierce B. Ftnley, Joseph J.
Jennrn. M. 8. Kemerar, Charles P. Mat'
thews, John T. Porter. W. W. Watson.
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hank Invites the catronaxe ef bus-
bmb and Arms Ronoraljr.
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POWDER
atoaifactored at the Wapwallopta Mills, Lt)
aerae oonnty, Pa... sad ( Wil
. Bin (ton, Delaware,
HENRY BELIN, Jr.
General Agent for the Wyoming Dlstrist.
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HORSEMEN! -
DO NOT WAIT
FOR SNOW AND ICE.
Have your Horses' Shoes prepared with proper holes for
"Hold Fast" Calks
SIZES, 5-16, 3-8, 716, 9-16.
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Ibis Tarr tin fastens 1 1 A S C3
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SCRANTON, PA.
Agents for Northern Pennsylvania, and Southwestern New York.
THEDICKSONM
Locomotives, Stationary Engines, Boilors,
HOISTING AND WHPWAWERIN
RESTORE
LOST VIGOR
When In doM wh.l "SI'SPjSSjTliS!
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PKAVrEDlCIHEto.,CkvlM1.0hlo. .
For sale by JOHN H. PHELPS, Pharmacist cor. Wyomlna Aveou snd
spruce atrasc, ooramen r.
Besult in 4 weeks.
PCkUkeeterH Esl.s IHaarasa Iitii
ENNYR0YAL PILLS
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ROOF THMIRG 1RD SOLDERS
AO dene away with by the use ef HART
MAN'S PATENT PAINT. whhA.eosMlete)
of Ingredients well-known to alL It oaa be
applied to tin, galvanised tin, sheet lraa
roofs, also to brick dwells, which will
Rrevent absolutely any cramMlac, eraek.
ig or breaking of the brick. It will out.
last tinning of any kind by nany rsevra.
and It's cost does not exceed one-fifth that
f the coat of tinning.. Is sold by the ss)
er pound. Contracts taken by
ANTONIO UJLRTUAXN. 0 Mrs M. .
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