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TnE SCBANTOK TKIUraJS-TJUJUSSDAY MOHNIjfo, (tEBHTJAJIY 6. 1890.,
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MW'K MM A 17 A
By.EBCAR MYHEW BACON,
Author of "The Fugitives of Tezco," etc.
Copyright, lit, by Bacbeller, Johnson and Bachallan,
PART I.
' A more prepossessing hero than the
rurchaser of Flack's Neck might easily
e found. He was forty, rather stout.
little bald, and not a little freckled.
As he stood upon the one knoll that
the Neck boasted, under the solitary
tree that had battled for Its life with
a long; succession of Atlantic storms,
and surveyed his ten acres with the eye
and mien of a Selkirk, a cnsunl observ
er would not have suspected Nathaniel
Quimby of building air castles.
The Neck iimiuestlonalily presented
superior cluims as a site fur structures
of tltut sort, because the one thins that
-It would exhibit In abundnce wus the
requisite bulkliiiK material. Air! The
whole; meteoruluKlcal Wealth of the
ocean overflowed Into tliut clreum
scrllied area of wave-washed beach and
Salul dunes.
(jiilmby wondered whether his little
territory included ten ucres at hitch or
nt low tide, tie had been bred In on
tnlund town, and the llrst thins that
Mtouislicd hli.i with Ills puri'liasei was
the Instability of Its boundary line. The
tide was ebbing, and as he saw rod
after rod of wet Band uncovered by the
receding water, It was lltmlly Impressed
I'tioln' to Blow : tioln' tu lllow Hard. too.
upon him that whereas he hud only
Jui Id for ten acres, yet twice In the day
ie was the possessor of forty. Qulmby
hud never before owned a foot of
ground, wet or dry, rock, clay or sand,
solitary dollars had made short visits
of condolence to his llaecld pockets, but
never to stay, till one day by a rare
stroke of Rood fortune two hundred of
1'ncle Ham's promises to pay hud tum
bled Into his hands.
At that the suppressed IoiibIiim: of his
lifetime found expression. lie has
tened by , the most direct route to the
wonderful promised land of all his un
realized dreams the sea. Arriving at
that Mecca, he satistled his soul's crav
ing for breath and llsht and the tang
of salt air. till the tavern keeper at
Taggert's Station, who had guided him
over the beach, discovered In him an
p"isy prey and sold him the Neck for
Ifhty dollnrs, which was about forty
dollars more than It was worth. Thus
Qulmby became the ptoprletor of an es
tate that was mostly atmosphere and
blue cloud shadows.
As he stood under the already men
tioned crooked tree, with his leprw wide
apart and his hands clasped behind
him, his lungs Inflated with oxygen and
his heart with pride,- he was already
drawing big Interest on his Investment.
"I feel kind of as If I had been lost
for forty years and Just found my way
home," pondered Nathaniel.
At this crisis in his history, for so It
was, he turned to enjoy a wider view of
his domain, anil discovered the pres
ence of an intruder down by the beach.
The newcomer was lank, but with a
suggestion of great strength In his ex
traordinary frame. He stood slight
ly and shambled In his gait, so that the
sprawling shadow that twitched at his
jieels danced grotesquely over the
sands. Kmooth shaven, bine eyed, with
garments that seemed a unique collec
tion of patches, the strunger finally
halted within conversational distance
of the fascinated prospector.
"Ho long, cap'n. 1 hear up to the vil
lage that you bought the Neck, 'n I
come over thlnkln' p'rhaps you might
want to hire a man."
'Captain! Nathaniel's stature In
creased and he held himself with added
dignity. "Want n man!" He became
suddenly nware of another unreal I zed
wish of a lifetime. He, who had never
on e In all his days suld to a servant
"come" or "go." who had himself obed
iently barkened to tl.p word of com
mund. did he want a man? He was so
fluted that for a moment he forgot to
reply and the applicant stood before
liim without a shadow of Impatience or
anxiety and waited his pleasure.
"Why good morning. What did you
tay a man? Why the fact Is what is
your name?"
"Moses. Moses lnrkln. I been fol
lerln' garden!!!' an' wood sawin' mos'ly
tence 1 left the sea. Hut I c'n turn my
hand to anything."
"Then you have bren a sailor?" asked
Qulmby.
"Sure. Follered Hi sea twenty venrs.
mun an' boy.tlll 1 got wrec ked. Where'd
1 get wrecked? why.rlght here onto the
Neck I was part owner In the Pheobe,
an" she bumped there cm th' pint an'
natchully fell to pieces, reason ' her
belli" thirty-four years old an' not a
sound plunk er null Into her 's you
might sayi I hadn't no i-h'lce but to
stay .ashore fer a spell." After a mo
tuent he added: "Shouldn't wonder if
ther was some o' her punltv ole timber
stickler in the panel down there yet."
Yes, there were. Qulmby hnd seen a
few worm-eaten sticks that looked like
the partly decayed skeleton of some
huge animal Imbedded in the sand of
the point. But the Immediate, mutter
of consideration was not the wreck,
but the applicant for a Job. Nathaniel
knew that the little hoard of money
with which he had already made such
heavy inroads would not last long, even
with strict economy, and that before
long he must himself be seeking work
pgaln; that his dream of a dwelling on
the Neck was a long way from its ful
fillment. Kvldently his display of ready
cash had given the Impression that he
tvas a capitalist.- He hated to dispel
this notion. He looked at Moses I.ur
kin niid temporised. '
don't know as t want a mant- yet,"
THE PRIZE
KANSAS
BABY
CITI
ECZEMA
REMEDIES
Oar bsby when three weeks old was liadlr at
.lnd Willi Eueaia. Hit liead. aruis. nrck, 1 1 mix,
ml nearly eery Joint In her budr was raw ami
tilrertlng wheD we eoaclucled tu try Ct'Tlci'HA
. ' Hr.Mumi. We began with f'cncciiA (olui
- menu anil Cimcun Hoar, and nfur Ise.av.i
, uppHeaUn we eould ten a clung. At tor we had
Meed tiiea eae week sens? of tlic euro had hi-aled
entirely, and erased fc spread. In less llnu a
wain, ah was tie from scales aad eiMulDliea. and
to-day aa sa lorely akla aad kalr oa any child.
' th was shown at the Urante Kulr, and laek a
-, remtoaatheprrtlMsr.uvi-r.lllernoUi.i.
- f a.aikiaa.HARK.IWBellTlrATklaD.Utr.
iialeiwiiaesi rmaa usee a visa, tear
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V Cured rflVBy the
he said, slowly; " and I don't know but
I may later on. I haven't got my plans
hardly settled yet. I jest bought this
place for for a a sort of investment,
thinking" here Quimby made a bold
front "that I might put up a (sanitari
um, or something of the port, later,
lint t'present I ain't calculating to Im
prove the property none. 1 Riiess It
won't run away."
"Waal. I Jest thought I'd see whether
you wus goln' to ship a crew er no, 'n
ef you do 1 hone you'll remember my
application is in ahead. I c'n l moss'
imy kind o' work; handy 'bout riggiu'
or eurpentcrin' or stowln' cuigo, an'
able to take my trick at ho helium.
So long, cup'n."
lie turned and was ambling away,
but paused at an Inquiry from Qulmby
and cast un eye aloft and sen lined the
horl;:oii to windward.
"lioin' to blow, i loin' to lilnw hard,
too. I'd stow away cverytliln' pretty
clus an' double reef. Well. Well, 1
reckon there uln't no occasion lure.
This p'lnt won't blow aivuy. So long.
pup n.
That night In the little room at the
tavern ut Taggart's Quimby woke to
luar the wind blowing us lie bud never
heard it blow before. With the sound
of the wind was another noise that he
could not understand, there being noth
ing In his experience to suggest a cause
fur it. He lay fur an hour and listened.
Sometimes he wns sure that it wus
thunder, but there was no lightning, and
this pound wui continuous, rolling like
a mighty concourse of drums and then
dying uway almost to a whisper, but
never quite ceasing At lust, like a
revelation, the truth came to him. That
was the sound he hud reud about,
dreamed about, but never truly imag
ined. It wus u voice of the ocean.
Qulmby got out of bed unci groped
for his cloihes In the dark. Hastily
dressing, lie crept downstairs and
quietly let himself out Into the deserted
street. Now he could feel the force of
the wind ns It swept around the side of
the tavern, and the deep boom of the
waves smote his ear with a diapason
tone, (lathering his coat tightly across
bis chest, unci bowing his head to the
gale, lie started toward the Neck. His
new born sense of responsibility was
strong within him, and he was Impelled
by a vague instinc t Hint he must in
some wuy protect Ids property. It was
a lontr mile, lie fought his way In the
teeth of the wind, often halting and
turning bis shoulder to some gust of
unusual fury, but ut lust he reached
the knoll and stood prloplng the trunk
of the gnarled tree ltoynnil him was a
vast black void, nit of which the
temnest of wind belched Rnd bellowed,
and on its nearer margin mlsshappen,
phantom-like masses of gray water
towered as If to overwhelm him and
dashed upon the sand with a force that
mnde the earth tremble beneath his
feet.
At first this tumult of the elements
appalled the solitary sepctator. He was
stunned and dazed with the grandeur
and force of the storm, but all the
while deen down In his soul some
where, there was a voice that answered
the voice of nature, n feeling fur which
he could not have found either defini
tion or language. When the waves
thundered he was moved to shout. Be
fore that time the annual camp meet
ing had marked the limit of his emo
tional life. Its vocabulary, inadequate
as it was to nn occasion like the present,
was hlH standard of expression. Now, as
he stood swaying by the twisted tree,
moved partly by the fury of the gale
and partly by the violence of his own
feeling, the voice within him would not
be quieted, and when the ocean roared
its mlghtv challenge he shouted back:
"Glory! fJlory!" in a voice that seemed
to have lost Its wonted stentorian ring
and was like, the chirp of a cricket as
the wind whistled it away
At last the first light of dawn broke
on the tempestuous waters, and fur
ther and further the watcher could see
the white combing crests of the bil
lows rolling in further and further to
the heaving, gray, cold horizon. Hut
all at once, in the midst of the turmoil
of the gruy and white billows, almost
abreast of him. something that he had
not noticed before loomed high and
black, and the spray dashed over it In
sheets.
Quinby hebVhls breath In amazement.
There, within H.OOO feet of him. a trag
edy of the sen had been enacted, and he
had not been conscious of it. Almost In
front of him, driven high upon the
sand, was a wreck, a thing of romance
and mystery, that acme of all the won
der tales of udventure that he had hith
erto fed his starved imagination upon.
A wreck, to him. who had never seen
any craft afloat hirger. than a small
sailboat on a little river.
Then, ns his wits returned, lie recol
lected his wide and explicit reading on
this subject, and he knew theoretically
what the exigencies of this case re
quired. According to all precedent ho
should hall the wreck In nautical fash
ion. This maritime etiquette absolute
ly demanded, or he had read Ills sea
stories to little purpose. So he essayed
to shout: "Wreck ahoy," putting his
hands to his mouth ns a trumpet, but
the wind lluntr hl.i voice back in his
teeth. No one appeared on the vessel;
no one answered tilin. This undertak
ing was one that required expert aid.
He must get help in the village and res
cue the people, who, he did not doubt,
were hidden away in the Interior of the
hull. Animated by his humane pur
pose, he started, scudding before th"
gale, toward the village, but soon n tpil.
hulking flcriire loomed up out of the
twilight, und a big voice roared:
" 'So long, enp'n. I see you're out
bright an' Viuiy. Tha's good, tha's
good. See anything?"
"Why, yes," shouted Nathaniel, re
lleved at meeting some one with whom
he could share his responsibility. "Why
yes. There's a wreck down yonder on
the beach."
The news roused Moses to animation.
"Wreck! (lee Whlttuker! You don't
tell me so. Anybody on her?"
"I couldn't see anybody," bawled
Qulmby, as. they struggled down to the
knoll together. Moses Iook a long sur
vey of the wreck and then whistled, lie
bent his head so that Oulmby could
hear his voice above the wind and bel
lowed :
"The 8er. hns sent you luck, cap'n.
They ain't no folks onto her: she's been
wrecked this some time, I sh'd judge.
She's a lumber derelick."
"A what?" screamed Qulmby.
"Les. eo down here In the lee o' this
knoll, so'st we c'n talk." howled Moses.
"Lumber schooner, 'bnndoned at Bea;
stress o' weather or some slch. Crew
taken to boats an' probably gone to
Davy Jones. Rein' lumber, she won't
sink, so beln tired o' driftln she's Jest'
drove ashore. What we sailors call a
derelick."
- "Well. Isn't there anything we can
do for her?" - -
"Do? yesslrree, they's plenty. Looks
like you better gimme that Job I was
down lookin for yestiddy. I-t Lne
loose onto that there derelick and dmi't
say nothln', an' my name ain't Mosey If
you don't make $700 or li.000 salvage
outer that lumber on' hull together. If
they's ensurance paid onto her. th' un
derwrltehs 'II le glad to get suthln'
back, an' ef ther ain't the owners il
come down fer a lump. There's laws a
irovernln' all these things, an' you trust
me, I know the ropes."
"Business Is business," said Quimby,
when the matter had been made clear
to him, and the possibilities that it
opened up began to make an Impres
tion on his Imagination. "What ll you '
. i I T' i
do it for? Take charge and everything,
1 mean."
"What'll you give?"
"Xo, that Isn'i fair, you know better
; wbat Us worth; what ll you ask?
1 " . 1 don't mind, so'st it's fair; either
i i-ah or a sheer."
Well." ruminated Quimby, "I don't
mind a half share. If you find your own
helpers and bear the exiiense."
"That's liberal, cap'n. ef I had airy
cent of money, but I ain't; I'm cleaned
out. Ef I could borrow City dollars fur
a start. I could do It."
Quimby unpinned the pocket where
he kept his diminishing roll and counted
out fifty dollars; turning his back to the
wind and to Moses as he did so.
"There." he said: "There's fifty, I'll
advance that much. No go ahead and
Quimby Held Ills llrcnth In Amazement.
get to work Just as quick as ever yon
can. You say you think we can make it
tnousand out of her?"
"Sure," said Moses, pocketing the
money. "Sure. "T least that. Come to
take u good look at her now the light Is
better, 1 guess she's a heap bigger than
I caiciuted. It'll be nearer fifteen hun
dred." Hut a few hours Inter, when the storm
bucl abated so that Mnses managed at
the ebb tide to get aboard, he presently
came back with his big frame fairly
shaking with excitement.
"tJreat Uewillakins. cap'n!" he yelled.
"This here Is a bonaiiiter. She's loaded
with mahogany!"
To be continued.
INDUSTRIAL
The eoal shipments over the Hunting-dun
und liroad Top railroad lust
week Were 30.IM0 tons, an Increase of
2.C90 tons over the sitme week last year.
For the year to date the shipments are
1G8.5J'. tons, an increase og 1 1,009 tons.
Philadelphia Press: A good many
statements hnve been made to the ef
fect that the Heading company was
"turned down" In the recent coal trade
sett lenient. It will be found In the end
that the Heading company did not
make any duinugltiR concessions at the
meeting.
In conformity with the sales agents'
recommendations, the Heading Coal
and Iron company has restricted its
output sharply. Out of IB collieries In
working order 32 will be idle ail this
week. The remaining 20 will be run
3 days In the week, 7'i hours a day.
This will reduce the company's produc
tion to about one-seventh Its actual ca
pacity. Kagle Hill colliery, located about two
miles from Pottsville. one of the large
operations of the Heading Coal and Iron
conipuny, Is on lire and every effort
Is being put forth to extinguish the
flames. The lire exists in the west
Skldmore gangway and started In
breast No. 20. Just as to how It orgl
nnted the olllclals nt present are not
ready to advance a theory. A pipe line
about 2.800 feet long Is pouring a
stream upon the fire, but no good result
has as yet manifested Itself. A por
tion of the gangway has closed In and
this will prove a serious obstruction to
the pronmt extinguishment ot tne tire.
Kajrle Hill colliery, when In good work
ing order, ships between 16.000 and 20,
000 tons of coal monthly, and employs
BOO men and boys.
The annual report of the Cambria
Iron company for the fiscal year ended
Oct. 21, lNSfi. shows total sales of 270.
rd.1 tons for $7,001,045, an Increase of 22
per cent. In tonnage and in value over
the preceding year. The net profits
were $fitl.i:!fi, and the receipts from
royalties and other income made the
total revenue $719,3.11. Of this amount
$200,000 were paid In dividends enual to
4 per cent, on the capital stock, $100,000
was paid for guaranteeing the stock
Issue. $260,704 for betterments and other
deductions brought the total payments
to $55,1H4. leaving a balance of $124,146
to be carried to the profit and loss ac
count. The amount to the credit of this
account Is now $:l.72S.100. The real es
tate and Improvement account Is placed
at t7.6H2.G20. The capital stock out
standing at the close of the fiscal year
wus $7.!)74,Dr.O.
C. P. King & Co., contractors, com
pleted the Buck Mountain tunnel for
Coxe Bros. Co. on Saturday, says the
Huzleton Sentinel. The tunnel is
about half a mile in length, and was
commenced five months ago. It en
ters the mountain In I.aurytown val
ley and was driven for the purpose of
draining the water from and reaching
the old working of Buck Mountain col
liery, the pioneer colliery of the Le
high region. The tunnel was worked
from water level and the water finds
its way Into the Lehigh river. As Boon
ns the finishing touches are made to
the tunnel operations to mine coal will
be commenced by Coxe Bros. & Co.
The coal will be brought from the mines
through the tunnel, and then hoisted
up the mountuln on a plane l.r,00 feet
long1. Four cars will be hoisted at a
time and ft SO-ton locomotive will be
put in use to huul the coal to the Kck
ley breaker, a distance of two and a
half miles. The roadbed to Eckley Is
completed, and It is the finest coal road
bed In the region. When coal was first
mined In that place the science of min
ing was not clown as line' as at the pres
ent day. fully SO per cent, of the veins
still remaining to be mined.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Is still sore.
It remarks: "An examination of the
coal percentages shows that the Penn
sylvania railroad Is the big gainer and
the Lehigh Valley the big loser by the
new arrangement. During the long
light the Pennsylvania railroad never
showed that It could mine 11.40 per
cent, of the output, while the Lehigh
Vutley clearly did show that It could
mine more tluin ir,.c" per cent. The
outcome is distinctly a victory for the
Pennsylvania railroad, whli'h Is now
awarded a percentage that will keep
Its capacity employed to Its fullest ex
tent. How the companies fared Is
shown In the table given below, the
first column representing the conclu
sions of the sales agents as to the col
liery capacity of each company, the sec
ond column representing the best actual
results under the most favorable cir
cumstances, and the third column rep
resenting the percentages allotted last
Thursday:
Cap.Act'l.Aircl
..2ii.S 21..HI 20.611
..17.08 lti.72 15.63
..11.77 I1.H7 11.70
Reading
Lehigh Valley
New Jersey Central..
I). I. W
.12.1.4 13.22 13 11
Delaware and Hudson .
Pennsylvania rnilroud 8..10
lVsiney Ivuniu Coal..... 4.29
9.29
1)0
9.77, 11.49
4.44 4.01)
Krle 8.1)5 1.63
Ontario and Western 2.86 2.V7
Coxe Bros 4.! 3.79
N. Y. 8. & W 3.59 2.82
4.U0
3.10
3.50
3.20
Totals 100.00 100.01) 100.00
It appeanc from this showing that the
Lehigh Valley, Reading and Pennsylva
nia Coal company have been scalped
for the benefit of the Pennsylvania
railroad, the Lackawanna, Jersey Cen
tral. Delaware and Hudson and Erie.
What basis was used for arriving at
this extraordinary allotment cannot be
discovered. The probability Is the di
vision was arbitrary and no basis it all
was used. However, the percentages
are awarded now a"d will huve to be
lived up to. The only way the Heading
und Lehigh Valley can get even fur the
reductions they have been forced to
accept Is for them to cut down their
output of rice ami culm. These refuse
ccals bring about 90 cents a ton at tide
water, aad it costs all of that to get
tbem there and pay the costs of selling,
Hv leaving these sizes on the dirt banks
In the region these companies will be
able to make a greater output of the
larger sizes which pay a profit."
"Holland." In his New York letter to
the Philadelphia Press, says that Pier
pont Morgan, after he hnd looked into
the condition of the Heading Railroad
company, and had determined upon the
best method of reorganization In sym
pathy with the Olcott party, made up
his mind that there must be a reguia
tlon of the coal traffic before there
could be any hope for profitable agree
ment. He found that In order to bring
the various anthracite railroad presl
dents Into agreement. It would be ne
ccssary to have one controlling innu
ence over the market nt this end of the
line. Therefore, he with Maxwell aud
Haker and others in agreement, pro
posed to organize a syndicate which
would buy the entire output of coal de
livered bv these railways. That syndl
cate would guurantee u market; would
fix the price, would prevent over-pro
duct ion and would muke It easy for the
railroads to make an agreement and
keep It as to their proportionate share
of the coal carrying truffle. Such a
synctlccte as that involves tne control
of uu enormous amount of money. It is
estimated that it will require at least
ns much as $u0.000.00i) to make this syn
dicate's work successful. Vhethcr this
report is all true or only partially cor
rect. It Is Impossible accurately to stute.
but the Impression is that some such
comb nation of ca'iital stands ready u
take the entire output of coul carried
by the rall'oads has been agreed upon
ond for that reason It has been easy to
bring about the understanding between
the anthracite presidents. It Is at least
two years since the Press rnporteu on
the authority of one who Is well In
formed und somewhat Identified with
the anthracite railroads, that a combl
nation of great capitalists, Including
the Vunderbllt Interests, the KocKeiei-
lers. the First National bank party and
some others were unquestionably in
process of formation with a view of
bringing Into one harmonious nianag)1
meiit or symapthettc arrangement the
utithrucite coal traffic. It was then
said that Mr. Morgun would be found
the master hand in such an arrange
meiit. As It then seemed the plan con
templated controlled through reorgani
sation of the Kile, and through lurge
holdings of the stock of the Lackawan
na, the Delaware and Hudson, and ulwo
by market manipulation such posses
sion of tlin Heudiiig us would euuble
these Interests to reorganise It. At
that time representative of the Van
derbilts were with exceeding adroitness
buying lurge blocks of the stock of the
Lackawanna, and it wus not until
nearly CO.ooo shares hud been puchascd
that It was made public that these hud
been bought by brokers who were rep
resenting William K. Vanderbilt. A lit
tle while after the Vanderbilt Interests
bought so heavily into the Delaware
and Hudson as to make It necessary to
give those Interested representation In
the board of directors so that Cornelius
Vanderbilt was chosen a member of
that board. Thus the Vanderbllts were
found renresented In these anthracite
roads, and In the reorganization of .the
Krle It is surmised that their Interests
are Indirectly wellcared for. Of course
Mr. Morgan Is conspicuously associat
ed with the reorganization of the Rend
ing, so that it seems as though the In
formation given to the Press more than
two years ago Is now being justified by
facts. One thing is thought here to be
certain, and that is that both the
statute law of the states and of the
Cnited States, and the common law, are
sufficient to prevent the creation of
such a monopoly of the anthracite trade
as will make it possible for those who
control it to extort unreasonable prices
from the consumers. Moreover, Mr
Morgan knows perfectly well that
there Is even a more powerful obstacle
to unjust monopoly than statutes or
the common law, and that Is the bi
tuminous coal product.
THE STUDY
medicines, or vegeta
ble compounds, upon
the stomach, and tests
in many hundreds
of cases, long ago
convinced Doctor
R. V. Pierce,
Chief Consultiug
Physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Sitrz
ical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., that all cases
of Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Liver Com
plaint could be cured permanently if the
right treatment were given. In support of
his belief that ne bad discovered an altera
tive extract which he called "Golden Med
ical Discovery." that would cure these dis.
eases, he collected from all parts of the
country me evidence ot tnose who find
used bis medicine, and he has asked the
public to investigate for themselves, as he
would be glad to furnish the names and
addresses of thousands of people who have
used Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery. All interested should send for a little
medical treatise on Dyspepsia, Chronic Di
arrhea, "Liver Complaint." Biliousness,
Constipation and Piles, published by the
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo. N. Y.. and mailed on receipt of six
cents in one-cent stamps. This book also
contains the photographs and testimony of
many persons who have suffered from dis
eases ut tue digestive organs.
INDIOESTION; SEVERE PAIN IN STOMACH.
Thomas Fletciikb, of Clilon Station, Fair
fax Co., I'd., writes:
i Kiinereci ine terri
ble tortures for ten
years with what your
Dr. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Advis
er describe; ns Mias-
tralaia' (nnin in tom
ach). I employed onr
nome-ciocior iook
dozen bottles of arsa-
parifla with no bene
fit: then I took cue
linlf dozen bottles of a
celery compound with
out n'liv benefit : then
eight Wiles of iron
tonic, yet I was uo net
ter: this was in iSSo,
I then took fix bottles
TROS. FLETCHr.ll, T.iq.
of pr. Pierce's C.olcleu
Medical Piscoverv,
which tnaft a nru man of me. 1 am now tiftv-
two yeare old. and for the pat five years I have
worked very hard on mv farm. It is impossible
for mrtosay luouiuch for the Colueu Medical
Discovery.' "
FAILING MANHOOD
General ud Nervous Debility.
Weakness of Body and
Mind, Effects ut Krrura
or bxcesaes iu Old or
Young. Kobuet, Noblo
Manhood fully Restored.
How to Knlarge and
Strengthen Weak, I n
I developed Portions of
Body. Absolutely on
falling Home Treatmeut,
Benefits in a d a v .
fen testify from SO Htates sad Foreign
Countries. Send for Descriptive Book, ex
plaiuttloa and proofs, walled (sealed) free.
ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo, N. Y.
PCalrtiratar'S Eitgh'k Dfaaiaait BraaA -EM1YR0YAL
PILLS
wnfiMM mmm only Veaaln.
rt, alwat reJUtl. laoic uk
Dranl ter Cklcktsttr g Knmtuk Oim
mud Mrmmd In 114 iarl illl iBnul
rtoXM. mM tia bin. rihfaM. Tk
theft JbnlllMMrilllnsJllfNi
UomS MA lwWitaliHA- Aft ntnrlai a bmsA Ja
Ulta fkta IsiJI in l.rt..
If alL l,s4 'OMla.Ml-.lt. MmmMfLn
Oa Inks Erie's Shores -Th Captain's
Wife Tells to Story-It WUI
Interest Many People-
(From tlnv Buffalo Evening News.)
It you were to call at 27 Front avenue
you would fina a pleasant elderly lady,
Mrs. Capttn Henesy by name. Her
kindly smile and joyous manner are to
no small extent due to the escape she has
bad. Her own words can better de
scribe her rescue and one can easily un
derstand her present happy condition
when they realize what she has gone
'trough. She says: "About five
u.ontha airo I had an attack of sickness
which lusted for a week and since that
time I have been subject at Intervals
to similar attacks, some of which were
longer in duration. It Is hard for me to
describe how I suffered. The pain
would commence In my head, after
which It would seem to pass down my
body and settle iii my back, my sides
ached, my back ached, and I had a feel
ing of great distress in the bowels. The
increased pain which seemed to come
from lying down, would be almost un
bearable, my face and stomach would
bloat up and I could hardly stand on
my feet, dizziness mnde it ulmost im
possible; this feeling was always with
ine even after the violence of the attack
passed over. The last attack I had was
the worst, and was so bad I would not
huve been able to tell this story but for
Doan's Kidney I "Ills. As soon as I com
menced their use I found immediate re
lief. The pain in my back and sides
left me and the dizziness went with it;
the bloating In my face and body dis
appeared and all distress in my bowels
was gone. I have great faith In Doan'a
Kidney Pills; in a short time they did a
great deal more for me than all the
plasters and medicines which I had re
sorted to In seeking relief and cure. - I
hope always to be able to procure
them."
For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents.
Mailed by Foster-Mllburn Co., Iiuffalo,
N. Y.. sole agents for the U. S.
Danger Signals
AfcM- tbiit half tlx victims of consump
tion do not know Ibty have it. Here is a list
of symptoms by which consumption can
certainly be detected :
Cough, one or two slight efforts on
rising, occurring during the day and fre
quently during the night.
t Short breathing alter exertion.
Tifbtntssof tit chat.
Quick pnlsi, especially noticeable in the
evening and after a full meal.
Lhillmtss in the evening, followed by 4
Slight ftvtr.
Perspiration toward morning and
Talt face and languid in the morning.
Loss of vitality.
If you have these symptoms, or any of
them, do not delay. There are many
preparations which claim to be cures, but
Dr. HcIkt'i CiQlUb Rftaedf for Consumption
has the highest endorsements, and has
stood the test of years. It will arrest con
sumption in its earlier stages, and drive
away the symptoms named. It is manu-.
factured by the Acker Medicine Co., 16
and 18 Chambers St., New York, and sold
by all reputable druggisu.
Msaae ir hi Hnstar Miawat Aameamta
OLInHUXR
CATARRH
y Vl-W-s W SIM
.hmdachek;
Inhalkr will ear ynn. i
.wuuafriai ikkju to uverrrf
immtiHottntlt). Anettateat
J seektfMilT to ns on Drat lodleaUon of oola.
tfaUOMaranted or money refunded, pries.
. Tttal frra at Urnolitt. Rnriitored miL
M. t, CDSHMil, Ml., tkret lira, Muk, J. i.
crura
or Ml by Matthews Bros, and John
CosQluibii Presold
OH. HCBRA'S
VIOLA CREAM
RiliaPa
Saatiani sndTaa, and re
stores the skin to Its origi
nal ntiiMBS premising
and healthy com.!
talazlMtu Bmcrlot to SlTfara1
rnpsratJoEi and .perfectly harmless, At 'all
fcufits,oi sailed tor SOcta. Band foe Circular,
VIOLA KIM SOAP -Hr lii.aaa.iin. a
SMa MiUrtaf Sm W411M S th. MM, ui irHanl s
ml k. & aamrr. AkHtaukr BMctt
aaHa, Ataramra, Prise UCerraj.
O. C. BITTNER & CO., Toledo. (X
r eale by Matthew Bms. and Joha
1 ol!)
Ut Lrxl tins-ryi.
THE
TRADERS
NATIONAL BANK OF SCRANTON.
ORGANIZED 1890.
CAPITAL
$250,000
40,000
SURPLUS
JOHN T. PORTER, President.
W. W. WATSON. Vice President.
F. I.. PHILLIPS, Cashier.
DI HECTORS.
Barnaul HinM. James M. Kvarhart. trrlno
A. Finch, Pierce B. Fiuley. Joph ,f. jerniyn.
M. H. Kemerer, Charles P. Matthews. John T.
Porter. W. V. Watson, Cliarlus, Mclilager, L.
ct , jucenca.
; AMD LIBERAL.
This bank invites the patronage ef business
h auu urui. gtuarsur. 4
CS MEUn
aw
rn5rlTrllll The aoi.t and aafeit ranectT fat
ti' H . ,HMSjjl!lsi.lte..BI.
EiVSStf LI'"".,""". "derfnl rent
sartor FILM. Irlea.(aM.ntl)ni-iai as
EVA M. HETZEL'S
Superior f ace Bleach
Pesitiv.'lj Rcnmei All Facial CUmiskta.
tYl
Aialca Face Powder Is simerior to mnj face
powder aver manufactured, feed and cum.
mended by lradiuir aori.ty and professional
benutlea, becauae it givea the beat possible
etlKot end nvr li-aves the aklu rough or
scaly, fries ucl cents.
Thrlxogene, Nature's Hair Grower, is the
irreatrat nair iurtgorator of the present pro
gressive aire, beiiur purely e vegetable com
pound, entirely liaiinlru, and iiiarToloita in
lis beneficent efTec-tH. All (lUiaaea of the tiatr
an I scalp are rusillly cured bv the use o.
'I'hrlxngene. Price nil cents srd tl. For sale
at K. H7 H.tiel Hair-clreisiug end Uauictire
Parlors, KHI Lackawanna ave. and No. I l.au
ninir Building. Wtlkes Barre. Mail ordors
Oiled promptly.
DU FONT'S
limns, eusTiiG ud sportihs
POWDER
htaauf acta red at the Wapwalkr-?a Mills, Ls
sense conaty, Pa., aad at Wil
mington, Delaware,
HENRYBELIN.Jp.
General Agent for the Wjosaing District,
ns WYOMING AV. 8oranton, Fa,
Third National Bank Boildlag.
aaasoiaa:
fHOfl. POBrxFtttoaao, Pa.
fOHN B SMITH ASOX PI
Prnaotfe,Pa
ea Barre, pa.
at. w. siui.LjWAH, wuBeenaire,
agwnse 1 or w nrpanee '
Hocj'a Bigh Bspkalvea.
ULSTERS
AND
OVERCOATS
ALSO
MEN'S AND BOYS' SUITS
AT
Greatly Reduced Prices.
Ill LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Corner Franklin Avenue.
mmm
Mmm J
(A0TION
TO our patrons:
- Washbura-Crosby Co. wish to assure their many pale
rons that they will this year hold to their usual custosa
of milling STRICTLY OLD WHEAT until the new crop
Is fully cured. New wheat Is now upon the market, ana
owing to the excessively dry weather many millers are
of the opinion that it is already cured, and in proper
condition for millina. Washburn-Croabv Co. will take
no risks, and will allow the new wheat fully three
months to mature before grinding.
This careful attention to every detail of milling hag)
S laced WashbtiriiCrosby Co.'s flour far above other
rands.
EIEGARGEL
Wholesale Agents.
IROH ASMD STEEL
Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Ends, Turnbtickles, Washers, Riv
ets, Horse Nails, Files, Taps, Dies, Tools and Sup
plies. Sail Duck for mine use in stock.
SOFT STEEL HORSE SHOES
and a full stock of Wagon Makers' Supplies, Wheels,
Hubs, Rims, Spokes, Shafts, Poles, Bows, etc.
TTEIBENOER
SCRANTON, PA.
EVERY WOMAN
emektaeii netda a reliehli. aaenihlT.
Ine arestdrueiheekl
Dr. PoaPc
TV., wrm emsBt. eele Bed eeHala
Dolol. eeaaywBera,e.ve.
For sale by JOHN H. PHELPS, Pharmacia, ear. Wyoming Avenu am
opruee Street, Seranton Pa.
WELSDAOII LIGHT
peciiili Adapted or Beadla. ud Saving
mm
diai
11
Conramea tbraa (8) fret of fM per
boor and gives an efficiency of sixty
(SO) candles.
Baring at least 83 per out orar tb
ordinary Tip Burners.
Call and See It.
(0.,
434 UCUWINIU IVEMIE.
rUoufacturera' Agents.
at aaafaetnrere of the Celebrate
PILSENER
LAGER BEES
ACITYl
I00.000 Barrels perAnniro
REVIVO
RESTOItES VJTAUTY.
Made
la Day,
Well Mai
Mta Da
of Me.
TMS BITIAT tath
predeeee the above resulta la' 30 day. It act
Bowarf ally end quickly. Carss wh.a all etken tall.
Toeaaaiaa will resale their loet Btaahoo4,ae4 eld
use will recover their yeuthfei via or ay aalna
KKTITOX It Qttlcdtr and aurelr reslorte Kervoue
aess, Leel Tltallty, UaBateae?. Klahlly XralesloM,
Lost Fewer, railing Memory, WasUna Pinasn.aad
all effects ef eelf-aboee or assess oad ladiaeretlon,
vhlefc nalU one for atady, escelBeae or marlse.. It
aot oaly cures ky starting el the seal ef disease, bill ,
laagreal nerve toale and blooel kallder, brl&e
leg keek the eHnk alow te sala e beets end re- '
storing she Are ef yontb. 1 ward, of te.aniiy.
snd Consumption. Insist ea Basing BKTIVoAo
etaer. 11 can oe earnea ie veal oc(ei. ay stall,
11.00 ear paakase. er sis (or , with wo.1
tive wrlttea gmarantee to ease) eo ref nad
(hosaoaey. Otroeiarfree. AASveej
0YAL MEDICINE CO., 13 River St. CMIOawO. ILL
Ve tah t ettkeere Bnew Drajgulal
araw
asedlsina. Only hen
raileei ta
ke and,
yea weal ike bee, gel
Pennyroyal Pillo
te remit. The eeaelae f Or. 700111
emise rau aisaBwe w s
C01ELL
t IU m
LAGER
BEER
BREWERY-
C eI'iVi'
r w w aw m m am aauv
bey.
lijaMe-gii
ll-Wl'VrLOIJRf,:)
CONNELL