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THE SCRAXTOX. TIUBTJXE THURSDAY MORNING, PEBKUARY 13, 1S8.
m mms mwm
ly FLORENCE MRRYAT,
Author of "Her Lord and naster," etc.
, topflight, UK, by Bacualler, Johnson sad Bachellen,
BTNOPSIS.
John Busby, a .Scotland Yard detective.
1 xnt to Manning-ford to inveetleate the
robbery of a diamond necklace worth
IfV,W. This belonged to Sir H-nry K1IB
mc re, who haa jut died, and the jewel
Were found mlFiiiK afler the reading- of
4 he will. Husby puts up at the hotel, and
overhears the customers (IIscusmIiik the
matter, one of whom suspects the young
wife of Sir Henry to have taken them.
PART H.
I listened to their talk, but, of course.
I said- nothing. So that was the way
the land lay, thought to myself! It
was true that little dependence was to
be pluced on these bucolic opinions,
yet a' long experience had taught me
that there was seldom smoke without
lire. I tried to maintain on unpreju
diced mind, but It Is difficult to extin
guish a train of thought, once lighted,
and 1 found myself thinking there
might be a good deal of sense hi the la
borer's surmise.
As soon as my breakfast was con
cluded and I could leave the hotel with
out creating suspicion as to my errand
I made my way quietly to The Gables,
and, sending in my card. Inquired for
Sir Charles Kllesmere. The old butler
who answered the door to me glanced
at the card and then at me, and said,
quietly:
"I'm glad you've come, sir! There'
been a terrible upset here!"
"8o I understand. What Is your
name?"
"(oddard, sir. and I've been man and
boy In The Oablea ever since the late
master came home from the East In
dies, now forty years ago!"
"Ah! Then I .dare say you'll be a
valuable adjunct In this matter. I shall
have a talk with you, Ooddurd. by and
by. At present my first business la
with your muster."
"Of course, sir!" This way. If you
please!" And the butler preceded me
into u handsome library, well furnished
with book shelves.
In another minute the door reopened
and Sir Charles Kllesmere, dressed In
deep mourning, stood before me. He
was a singulurly handsome young man,
. In mother. Mlnuto the Door KcopeneJ.
though looking pale and enrevvnrn. He
motioned me to a seat and toolc one
himself.
you wired to Scotland Yard for me
yesterday. I understand, Sir Charles?"
1 commenced.
"1 did. There has been a most serious
robbery committed on these premises,
and 1 suppose, Air. Busby," he said,
Wklng ut my card, which he held In
his liuiul, "that I must tell you every
thing 1 know concerning It?"
"It would be- better. Sir Charles," I
replied. "Perhaps you will begin by
describing the Jewels you have lost."
' "I know very little about Jewelry."
he said, "but thoy were magnificent,
and my late father has often told me
that they wore vulued at from twenty
five to thirty thousand pounds.
"They must have been unique to have
cost that sum." I remarked.
"He did not buy them; they were a
gift to him for services received. He
fore he came Into the title he wns an
officer In the Kust India company's
service und saved the life of the rajah
of Tun I bote, whose kingdom was in n
stute of mutiny, In order to quell which
the company had volunteered the as
sistance of one of their regiments. In
which my father held the rank of lieu
tenant. In return for this service the
vajuli who was deeply grateful, pre
sented him with the ornament from
his turban, which comprised some of.
the state jewels, and begged that it
an heirloom. Shortly afterwards my
father came Into his title and property
-he returned to Hngland und settled
down here he married, and I am the
Sole Issue of his marriuge."
"You considered, then. Sir Charles
that the rajah's heirloom would nat
urally descend to you and your children
after you?"
I have been told so times out of
mind! When I was a mere Infant and
my father was proud of mo, he used to
produce these jewels for me to play
with, and tell me they were my own.
1 never dreamt, for a moment, that It
would be otherwlpe, until until "
"t'ntil what?" If I am to assist you
In this matter. Sir Charles, you must
r,cw i c uuur cuiiuia witn me.
You must not from false delicacy keep
bavk anything!"
"Well, then, I will say that, until mv
father married again, I never thought
It possible that he would disregard the
rajah's wish concerning them!"
"The late baronet married a second
time, then? The present Lady Klles
mere Is not your -mother?" - '
'Oh! dear, no! .My mother died when
I was about sixteen."
"And your present age, Sir Charles'"
"Twenty-five on my last birthday."
"This lady whom your late father
married, is she young?"
"Very young. In comparison with
him about thirty, I should think."
, "And pardon . the question may I
ask if you are, and always have been,
on good terms with this lady. Sir
Charles?"
The young man looked distressed.
Pefore he answered me he glanced up
Into my face and Inquired:
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"Is this quite necessary?"
"Wuite necessary. Sir Charles."
"Then if I must speak, Mr. Busby,
my stepmother has always been my
tut tci est enemy wlut my late father
From the day she entered this hoiwe
as Lady Kllesmere her aim has been to
keei me out of It. When my own
mother died and my father married
again I felt hour.d to adopt some pro
fession and took up that of medicine.
It In a wild profession, at least amongst
lis younger votaries, as doubtless you
know, and I was as wild as my com
panions, I dare say. but not worse,
But I used to think that there must be
some spy s-t upon my actions every
little frolic was repeated to my father
with such exaggerations that he be
came at constant variance with me,
and It was a ienalty to go home Instead
of a pleusure. 1 felt lonely and as If
I had no home, and this reeling per
haps, as much as any other. Induced me
to marry, rather Imprudently, as It
seemed at the time, a young lady to
whom I had become much attached.
"You are a married man, then. Sir
Charles?" I said.
"Yes; I have been married six months
now.
"And your lady is In the house?"
"She Is! I sent for her as soon as my
father's will was made known to me!"
"Will you kindly proceed, and let me
know under what circumstances the
rajah's heirloom was missed?"
"It was like this, Mr. Busby. A week
before my father died, he sent for me
and accused me of having married Miss
Lascelles that was the name of my
wife without his consent, or knowl
edge. 1 retaliated by saying that he
had shown no Interest In my proceed
ings lately, and therefore I did not con
sider that I owed him any confidence.
I also demanded who It was who had
Informed him or the fact. He refused
to tell me. but fell Into a terrible pas
sion, declaring that he had cut me out
of his will and left me dependent on the
bounty of my stepmother. I was deep
ly mortified, but too proud to remon
strate with him. We parted in anger,
and a week after they wrote to tell me
he was dead, and that 1 was expected
to attend the funeral. I came down
here In consequence, quite believing
that my father's threats to me had been
carried out. Judge of my surprise
then, when the will was read ul'ter the
funeral, to Und that they had been made
merely to frighten me thut I Inherited
ull the property with the exception of
a settlement made upon his wife
at the time of their marriuge. Including
the famous Jewel, which was expressly
men Honed as a family heirloom. Hut
when the solicitor cume to look for the
Jewels In the strong box In which they
lmd always been kept In my father's
bedroom, they had vanished there
was not a trace of them left. I'pon
which, by his advice. I wired at once to
Scotland Yurd for assistance, und for
bid uny of the servants leaving the
liubles till you had arrived."
"You did wisely. Sir Charles, but may
I usk If anyone hus left the house even
fur a walk, since the will was read?"
"No one thut I am aware of. The
ludles have kept closely to their own
rooms. The funeral took place only
the day before yesterday."
"And how many Inmates does the
house contain at the present mo
ment?" "There Is my stepmother, the
Powager Lady Kllesmere my wife.
Miss C'raley, a poor protege of my late
father, but she doesn't count, and the
servants. I Jmldard. the butler, hus
known nw from a baby, and so hus the
upper housemaid, Nelson. The others
have been changed severul times since
my father remarried; 1 know little or
nothing of them."
"Will you describe these jewels to
me, as accurately us you can, Sir
Charles?"
"Certainly. The center one was an
enormous emerald thut was surround
ed by a circle of large brilliants those
again by emernlds and rubies then
brilliants. I can hardly describe the
effect of them to you. They blazed like
fire, and I have told you their esti
mated value."
"Too valuable and too remarkable for
any common person to meddle with,"
I observed. "If they have been stolen,
it hus been done by practiced profes
sional thieves, or or "
"Or whom?" demanded Sir Charles.
"You don't imagine I would steal my
own Jewels, do you?"
,"Xot exactly, Sir Charles. Dut I sup-
Then Turning to My SIJc, She Stooped
and Whispered.
pose you know It will be necessary
for me to examine everybody who may
be In the house, separately, and to
make a thorough search and Investiga
tion of all the property contained in
It?"
"I suppose so. With whom will you
begin?"
"Well, the next person of importance
after yourself would seem to be the
Dowager Lady Kllesmere. Would It
be convenient for me to interview her
before 1 proceed to the others?"
"Certainly. I believe she is expecting
you with some anxiety. Will you- ac
company me to her boudoir?"
I rose and followed him from the
room. He did not appear to entertain
any suspicion of his stepmother, with
regard to the robbery, hut to my prac
ticed eye It seemed as clear as daylight.
However, one of. our first rules is never
to be prejudiced by-the story of one
witness, but to keepour heads clear
until we have heard all there Is to tell.
The young baronet preceded me to
the boudoir, and simply saying: "This
Is Mr. Busby, from Scotland Ynrd.Lady
Kllesmere," left me alone 'with his step
mother. Heavens! .what a beautiful
woman she was! As she rose to re
ceive me, I thought I had never seen
anything so handsome out of at pic
ture. Her appearance made quite a
revulsion In my feelings regarding her.
Her voice, too. when she spoke, was as
soft and musical as a Mute.
"You are the detective for whom Sir
Charles has telegraphed?" shk com
menced by saying.
"Yes. my lady. I am." I replled.Vnd
then she waved her hand toward i a
chair In the most gruceful man ,er.
and said: "Pray, sit down." V ion
which I did as she desired me, and the
resumed her own seat. -
"This Is most unfortunate affair,
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Mr. IluKby," she commenced, and I re
plied: -. v .
"Without doubt, my luuy. It is. .
"To haiipcn ut such a moment, too,
when we were ull so dlsiresst-U ulwuit
the poor dear liurouet's death, makes
it (loudly unmiyintr!
"But, us your ladyship must iwrcelve
such un impudent robbery could only
take place at a time of distress and con
fusion. The thieves have counted on
that, to ullow them to make off with
their booty."
"Hut 1 trust you will stop them," she
said, with a faint smile.
"I hope so, but in order to do It I
must ask you to afford me all the help
in your power. Lady Kllesmere. by tell
ing me everything you can about the
theft and the circumstances in which
it must have been carried out."
"Of course. I aulte understand that.
but there seems very little to tell. Wlien
the solicitor. Mr. Cator. unlocked the
safe after my late husband's will was
rend. In order to deliver over the Jewels
luto tne keeping or sir Charles, they
were gone not a vestige of them any
where. That Is all that anybody knows
about it.
"But I want to know what took place
before your husband's death, in order
that I may judge If the robbery were
planned or unpremeditated. Will you
Kinuiy ten me on wnat terms the pres
ent baronet was with his father?"
She looked startled, and said much as
Sir Charles himself had done:
"Is that necessary? Am I to disclose
family secrets to a stranger?
"if the stranger Is to help to unravel
the mystery, my lady yes. Sir Charles
has told me as much as he thought
would help me in the matter.
At that her eyes gleamed with a less
subduea light, and J guessed she had
another side to her character than the
one she had hitherto displayed to me,
"Oh, if that Is the case, I need have
no hesitation," she replied.
"Well, then, he behaved shamefully
to his poor father, Mr. Busby, and I
conclude I apeak In confidence to
you
"Most certainly, my ladv! You can
say w hat you choose, as safely as if I
were a doctor or a priest.
She rose, and going to the door,
locked It: then, returning to my side.
she stooped and whlsnerd:
"Sly own private belief Is that Sir
Charles was the cause of his father's
death!"
To be continued.
ABRAHAM UXCOLX.
Brief Sketch of Ills l ife with Scvsrnl
Illuminating Personal Reminlsacnces
Suitable to the Dny That Has Just
Been Celebrated.
Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin
county. Ky Feb. 12, 1J!. He was
killed In Washington. 1). C. April 15,
ISti.".. He was the sixteenth president
or tne cnlted States. He was descend
ed from Quaker stoek, of Knglish ori
gin. HI grandfather emigrated from
Virginia to Kentucky In 17S0. His fa
ther, Thomas Lincoln, settled In Indl
una In 1SI6. and in Illinois in 1S.I0. His
mother was Nancy Hunks, Thomas
Lincoln s first wife.
Lincoln left his father's home soon
after settling in Illinois, and after
working as a farm laborer, u sales
man. a merchunt and a surveyor, was
admitted to the bar In 18:ttf and began
the practice of law at Springfield In
1W7. He served llrst as a private and
ufterward as u captuln In the black
Hawk war In 18:,l'; was a Whig mem
ber of the Illinois state legislature
IS '.4-4:', and was a Whig member of
congress from Illinois lS4"-4. In IMS
as u Republican cundldute for I'nlted
States senator, he held a series of
Joint discussions throughout Illinois
with the Democratic candidate,
Stephen A. Douglass, In which he took
a pronounced stand against the Insti
tution of slavery. His debute attract
ed the attention of the country and In
IstiO he wus nominated as a candidate
for president by ihe Republican purty.
The story of his election, of the con-
spiracles ugulnst his life, of the se
cession, of the civil war and finally of
his death at the dawn of victory, is
familiar to all. The greatest brains
and grandest men have done him
honor. And now. years arter lie hus
gune, his birthday Is declared a holi
day.
Lincoln's l ong Memory.
It Is said thut Abraham Lincoln
never forgot a face and was never at
loss to greet by name any person
whom he hud ever known. Possibly
this muy lo un exaggeration, but many
anecdotes ure told hlch go to prove
thut the great president did have a
wonderful memory.
When he was a comparatively young
man and a candidate for the Illinois
legislature, he made a personal can
vuss of his district. While "swinging
around the circle" he slopped one day
and took dinner with a furmer In San
gamon county.
Years afterward, when Lincoln had
become president, a soldier came to
call on him ut the white house. At the
first glance the chief executive said:
"Yes, 1 remember you. Yon used to
live on the Danville road. 1 took din
ner with you when I was running for
the legislature. I recollect that we stood
talking together out at the barnyard
Kate while I sharpened my Juckknlfe."
"Ya-as." drawled the soldier. "You
did. But suy, wherever did you put
that whetstone? 1 looked for It a dozen
times, but I never could find It after
the day you used It. . We 'lowed as how
mebhy you took It 'long with you."
"No," said Lincoln, looking serious
and pushing away a lot of documents
of state from the desk In front of him.
"No, I put It on the top of that gate
postthat high one."
"Well." exclaimed the visitor, "meb
by you did. Couldn't nobody else have
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND
the bad habits and
early vices of young
men and their dis
astrous consequen
ces. Young men
and old men, those
who suffer from
nervous debility and
exhaustion, the
wasting away of the
vital strength and
power from hidden
drains or intemper
ate habits can readi
ly find relief for body and mind by writing
the World's Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, of Buffalo, N. Y. They employ a full
staff of physicians and Specialists, who
treat at a distance by correspondence or at
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
of Buffalo, all this class of diseases. Those
who suffer from low spirits, irritable
temper, a "broken-down" nervous sys
tem, and such distressing symptoms as
backache, dizziness, shootug pains in head
or chest and indigestion, sexual excesses
or abuses, all the result of exhausting dis
eases or drains upon the sytem. will find
a permanent cure after taking the special
SrescTiplions sent tuetn from the luvalids'
lotel and Surgical Institute. This associa
tion of medical men have prepared a book
written in plain but chaste language, treat
ing of the nature, symptoms and curability,
by home treatment, of such diseases. The
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
Proprietors of the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo. N. Y., will, on re
ceipt of this notice, with 10 cents (in stamps
for postage) mail, sealed in plain envelope,
a copy of this useful book. It should be
read by every young man, parent and guar
dian in tbe land.
T-l I' a a.i f
SJ f you suffer from Sick or Bil
ious. Headache, Constipation,
Indigestion. Bilious Attacks, or
any derangement of tbe stomach,
liver and bowels is Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. Mildly and
arentlv. but tliorniivhlv and ef.
fectivety, they cleanse, -tenornte
and reaulate the entire svstem.
One little " Pellet " for a gentle laxative
three for a cathartic- They're purely vege
table and perfectly harmless : these tiny,
Of ar coated rranuici of r. Fierce.
put It there, and none of tis ever
thought to look there for it."
1 he soldier was then on his way
home, und when he got there the first
thing he did was to luok for that whet
stone. And. sure enough, there It was,
just where Lincoln had laid It ilfteeu
years before. The honest fellow wrote
a letter to the chief magistrate of the
nation, telling him that the whetstone
had been found and would never be
lust again.
His Fondness for Epigrams.
Lincoln was fond of illustrating his
points, when sneaking or writing, with
homely, metaphor or simile. These
figures of speech were sometimes un
couth, but almays sti-ona-.
When General Urant was accused of
Intemperance, the president answered:
"If I knew what brand ol whisky he
drinks, I would send a barrel or so to
some other generals."
on one occasion, exasperated at the
discrepancy between the agarecate of
troops forwarded to McClellan and the
number the same general reported as
navmg received. Lincoln exclaimed
"Sending men to that army is like
shoveling flies across a barnyard half
or mem never get there."
To a politician who had criticised
his course he wrote: "Would you have
me urop tne war where it is, or would
you prosecute It In future with elder
stalk squirts charged with rosewater?'
When, on his first arrival In Wash
ington as president, he found himself
besieged by office seekers, while the
war was breaking out, he said: "I
feel like a man letting lodgings at one
end or the house while the other end
is on tire."
Lincoln aa a Pancer.
No sketch of Lincoln's various traits
and his numerous quaint ways would
be complete without the tnle of his
career as a dancer. He made his first
appearance In Bociety when he was
first sent to Springfield. III., as a mem
ner ot tne state legislature. It was
not an Impostnr figure which he cut
in a ballroom, but still he was occa
sionally to be found there. Mary Todd.
who afterwards became his wife, was
tne magnet which drew the tall, awk
ward young man from his den. One
evening Lincoln approached Miss Todd
and said in his peculiar Idiom:
"Miss Todd. I should like to dance
with you the worst way."
The young woman accepted the In
evitable, and hobbled around the room
with him. When she returned to her
seat, one of her companions asked mis
chievously: "Well. Mary, did he dance with you
the worst way?"
"Yes," she answered, "the very
worst."
That Heard's Kxcnse.
It was by request of a young woman
whom he had never seen that Lincoln
grew his llrst beard. In 1861 he. travel
ed from Springfield to Washington and
made a series of speeches. At Kile
Northeast station he prefaced his ad
dress by saying that a year previously
he had received from a young girl in
that place a letter asking him to let
his whiskers grow.
"And If that young lady Is present."
added the president. "I would like to
ask her If she will come up and tell me
what she thinks of the result, for I
have followed her advice."
Amid the cheers of the audience a
pretty girl made her way to the plat
form and was kissed by the president.
uunaio Times.
INDUSTRIAL.
Philadelphia Press: It has been re
ported In New York for several days
that the First National bank Jersey
Central party, have proxies enough to
get possession of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western company, and
that It is the intention to do so. The
annual meeting of the company will be
held on February 25. This party ap
peared in Lackawanna some three or
four years ago, after the Heading lease
of the Jersey Central had to be given
up. They have never done anything
more up to this time than to demand
representation in the board which was
readily granted. If an attempt should
be made to oust Mr. Sloan, or if he
should retire voluntarily, it would be
most significant as an Indication that
the powerful interest in collection with
Morgan and Vanderbllt Interests were
determined to enter upon the control
of the anthracite coal trade, an end
for whii'h matters have been shuplng
themselves for years. It is known, and
It may be mentioned In this connection
that there were orders In the slock
market during the spring and Hum
mer of last year to take all the Lacka
wanna stocks that were offered. While
the coal trade was at its worst, brokers
had confidential Instructions to buy
LackuwannaatlTO.and even above that
figure. At the same time, similar or
ders were given lu other stocks. It
was believed on the street that they
mutilated from the Morgan-Vamleibllt
group of capitalists and some people
thought tbe Pennsylvania railroad
was Interested. It looks as If a good
(leal that had been mysterious In the
coal trade will shortly be cleared up.
The fact Is quite often overlooked,
remarks the Stockholder, that the Le
high Valley Coal company Is the sec
ond largest coal producing company in
the I nlted States. The average loss
on every ton of coal produced by the
compuny the past year haB been 13.48
cents a ton. while the average rate re
ceived by the Lehigh Valley Railroad
company for the transportation of coal
has been 5.6j cents per ton less than in
the previous year. This shows the de
moralization that has been rampant in
the coal thade during the past year.The
Lehigh Valley Coal company In 1895
produced from its own collieries and
collieries of tenants on line of the Le
high Valley railroad 5.484,050 tons, com
pared with 48:;,z.ri0 tons in 184. The
average breaker time of the collieries
operated -by the Lehigh Valley Coal
company fras a little over lu! days, an
Increase of about IS days compared
with 194. The capacity of the collier
ies operated has increased "from 13.832
tons per day in 1S94 to an estimated ca
pacity or lj.ouo per day or ten hours In
189j and the gross rapacity of the col
lieries tributary to the Lehigh Valley
system Is estimated at 47.000 tons per
day of ten hours. The distribution of
Lehigh Valley roal In 189a compared
with 1894 was as follows:
Tons Tons Inc.
1893. 1S9I. Tons.
Tide water at N. Y..2.2H8.JI6 1.KM.713 JtKt.tUI
Philadelphia MKi.iii. 749.K.'.. M.iVl
Buffalo 677,988 517.1123 10,3-o
Chicago 781.418 r,l2.570 MS.&MJ
Local 1.400.902 1,490.709 89,807
' .
Total 5.934.917 5,147,540 717,377
Decrease.
A Hazleton dispatch -says: The I.e
high Valley Coal company has Intro
duced a system at their Hazle mines
here that is an Innovation to coal min
ing, and, according to Superintendent
Zerby, is of inestimable value. The
old cavities are filled up with silt by a
process of flushing with water. This
is the finest of refuse matter taken
from the breaker. The process is so
conducted that every crevice Is filled
with the stuff and the ventilation Is
so arranged that the space left by old
breasts Is tilled with a solid mass. This
becomes as hard as adamant and no
amount of squeezing can crush it. It
practically gives a tie pillar, while the
remaining pillars of roal can be re
moved without danger of a cave-In.
Superintendent Zerby Is very enthu
siastic over the success of the experi
ment and Is confident that It will be
generally - adopted by all operators.
The water, as it Is drained off, Is used
the cesond tlmefor washing the ma
chinery on the surface, because It Is
tnen alt right temperature. It
clalmd that this solves the most per
plexing proDiem mine owners nave had
to contend with .and will practically
reclaim iiiuuy mines ulreuuv ubun
dolled becuuse they were una hie to keefi
gangways ou-n with tlmlus. It will
also penult the operators to mine coul
underlying lowna without endangering
the properties.
During the forty years front 18r,0 to
ISO the actual wealth of the country
Increased from t7.135.000.000 to Stiu.OOO,
000.000. and the values of manufactures,
fisheries and minerals Increased from
11.000.000,000 to tia.100,000.000. During
the thirty years from 1860 to 1890 the
wealth per capita increased from J513
to 11.036. or 101.59 per cent., and the per
capita value of the products or Indus
try Increased from $6,039 to I19,3il9, or
221.23 per cent
The Reading Ilallroad company has
sold 500 of its old-style tubular gondola
cars, which were on sidings at different
points along the main line and
branches. These cars were built some
years ago. the framework being com
po.d of Iron pipes. The Wilmington
and Northern Railroad company is re
ported to have purchased a number of
them, and the others went to southern
roads.
The relief crews have been tnken off
the Delaware. Lackawanna and est
em road. The plan did not meet with
favor from the men and as It was In
augurated by the company thinking
that the men desired It, there was no
hesitancy on the part of the company
to do away with the plan. The loss of
pay was the great objection.
The coal shipments over the Hunt
ington and Broad Top railroad last
week were 37.363 tons, an Increase of
18,878 tons over the same week last year
For the year to date the shipments are
205.888 tons, an Increase of 33,887 tons
over the same period last year.
The engines of the Northwestern rail
way of Knglund are valued at $20,000.-
ooo. To maintain this value an old en
glne Is withdrawn every five days and
replaced with a new or rebuilt one.
The flag on the Delaware, Lack a
wanna station Is placed at half mast
because of the death of George Bliss,
of New York, one of the directors of
the company.
THE
TRADERS
NATIONAL BARK OF SCRAKTON.
ORGANIZED 1890.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
$250,000
40,000
JOHN T. PORTER. Prtsldfot.
W. W. WATSON, Vic. Prtsldant
P. I.. PHILLIPS, Cssnlsr.
D1KECTORS.
Samuel Flues, Jhiiwh U. Everharr, Irving
a. num. "rierca a. riniey. Jospn j. jermyn,
M. H. Kemerer. C'liarlns 1'. Matthews. John T.
Porttr. W. V. Watsoo, Charles, bchluger, L.
w, atoms.
AND LIBERAL.
This bank inrites the oatroaaaa of bualntsa
luttu ana nrnn generally.
ULSTERS
AND
OVERCOATS
ALSO
MEN'S AND BOYS' SUITS
AT
Greatly Reduced Prices.
111 LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Corner Franklin Avenue.
ASKFOfeTHE B?oKLET0N
UNBURN
GIVES TilL
BCT LIGHT Tne VvORU?
And !5 AlgQIUTfiiy SAFE
FOR SALE BY THE
ATLANTIC REFINING CO
SCRANTON STATION.
MANLY VIGOR
ONCB MORE In harmony
with tbe world, 2000
completely cured men are
siagiag happy praise for
the ureateat. iimnd.
est and tuoxt, sue.
cessf ul cure for 6ei
ual weakness and
lost vigor known to
medical science. An
I account of thlsicon
dtxtit discovery, in
iiuuk mrui, who rer
entQct-a and proofs,
Will hnai'nt tn .tif-
ferlng tnen (scaled) free. Fnll luunly vigor
permanently restored. Failure impossible.
ERIE MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO.N.Y.
Pennyroyal pills
W """! J- o. ami
Ufnul.t fer'CllcArtfer'f KftftUk IH.
.Ma7rm4 In Ifad uxl Void BMilIki1
nbit4 .nutd hk bin. ribbon. Take
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BalWf Jbr LaillM." In llr. er Mien
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SHERIFF SSALE
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BONDAGE
Ail Her Life Happy Raieas at Last
of Miit Alica Young, Who Ra
Idas at 392 Ataxandar Straat,
Rochet tar, N. Y.
(From the Rochester Democrat and Citron
. lcle.)
Our representative waa received vary
pleasantly at 32 Alexander street, by
Miss Alice Young, who told how since
childhood she had been held tn the bond
aee of pain from her back, never re
membering: the time that she had not
suffered pain or aches in the region of
the kidneys. Many were the means
she used to Und relief, but there seemed
no remedy for her ease and she re
mained a captive; then along comes
these little enemies to backache, Doan'a
Kidney Pills, and a half box releases
the bonds, as one by one the aches and
pains dli-appear, she llnda hernelf a
slave to pain no more, by their con
tinued use. She says: "I was entirely
relieved of all my suffering; and now I
am perfectly strong;, healthy and well."
"How did you take this remedy?"
Miss Young waa asked by our repre
sentative. She replied that she fol
lowed directions explicitly. Miss Young
then told how the malady affected her,
saying; her symptoms were: "Stooping,
bending over, walking- or standing- any
length of time always Kave me a p."n
in the small of my back. I had a pain
in the kidneys all the time and if I
caught cold It would always settle
there; the pain I suffered was of a
very exhausting nature: at night I
could only lie flat on my back, any
other position causing pain and suffer
ing; the nerves passing up my back
were affected and this brought with It
severe 'headaches, but as I said before
Doan's Kidney Pills have removed all
pain and suffering entirely and I never
felt better and healthier In my life."
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers, price 60 cents, mailed by
Poster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., aole
jsaata for the United States.
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M mMwmmm as ft aa as -ew
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Oct tfj&d&s.
laajeeajakrABehltle,
imnudiaUrtUtt. Anasfaleat
MOMtNajy M on ant IndleaUosI ofooIZ
jjftsorbyaiaiprepeld. iddrwM.&Jf BALM
JPftfj Mto by Martha wa Bros, and Joha
CezQluica PresstnJ
DR. HEBRA'S
VIOLA GREAT.
tenbsni aadTTsn. and to.
stoma the akin to Its origi
nal frohneas, producing a
alaar and aealtliv eo&
alaslon. taneriortoallfaea
fngeuatlODS and .perfectly barmlaas, At aQ
isTjgaitl,oraialldlorOcti. land for Clrcalat;
VIOLA M1N SOAP ta my tinaimlli ee a
ekto nine See. eeiinlH tm tte MM, aaa iiaem
o!cf BITTN CR COTolbb, O.
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(ACTION
TO our patrons:
Washburn-Crosbv
rona that thev will
of milling STRICTLY OLD VI'UF.AT until the new crop
la fully cured. New wheat in now upon the market, ana
owing to tbe excessively dry weather many millers ar
of the opinion that (t & already cured, and in proper
condition for milling. Washburn-Crosby Co. will take
no risks, and will Jlow the new wheat - fully thrca
months to mature before crinding.
This careful attention to every detail of milling
piacea wambburncreoy 1.0. 8 uour iar aoove
brands.
UGARGEL
Wholesale Agents.
IRON AND
Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Ends, Tnrnbuckles, Washers, Riv
ets, Horse Nails, Files, Taps, Dies, Tools and Sup
plies. Sail Duck for mine use iu stock.
SOFT STEEL HORSE SHOES
and a full stock of Wagon Makers' Supplies, Wheels,
Hubs, Rims, Spokes, Shafts, Poles, Bows, etc.
TTEUBE1B
. SCRANTON, PA.
EVERY WOMAN
NMtMatn needs a reliable, monthly, lagalatlag medietas. Only BsraMSJ tttl
tbe paresl drugs sb.en.ld be used. If 70a want tha best, get
Dr. PoaPo Pennyroyal Pillo
bee are ntempt, sal sad eertala la tasalt. Tlis aeaaloa (Dr. Feel's) aeear dlaOki
slat. 8eataa7wbece.ll.tlO. Address Fau. Masicijra Cs Oerslaad, O.
For by JOHN H. PHELPS, PaaNnaoiats con Wyemlnn Avenu anal
Samoa Straat, Seranten Pa.
, EVA M. HETZEL'S
Superior t i Bleach
Foslilrelj Remotes All FicUl llealstu
Azalea Face Powder is superior to any faaa
powder aver manufactured, feed and eoui.
uieuded by leading; society and professional
beauties because It gives the beat noealble
effect and never leaven the skin rough or
erely. Price iO uents.
ThrUogene, Nature's Hair O rower, I tha
greatest nir inv igorator of the present pro
gm.ireage. beiug puraly a vegetable cew
pound, entirely harmless, and marvelous In
i:s bfliioflcsnt effects. All diseases of taeaalr
an 1 ai-alp are reedily cured by the use of
'1'hrixogene. Price Hi cents and L For sale
at r. U. Hetssl s Hair-dreseiug and Msnioure
Parlor. 1S0 Laekawanna are. and No. 1 Lau-
' Building, Wilkes- Barre. Mail orders
filled promptly.
Moosic Povdor Go,
Rooms 1 ud I Cvsstii&l Lft
8 C RAN TON, PA,
L1INING and ELASTIKB
POWDER
MASa ATKOOWC Jgrp HP
LalBhs Raa4 PasUsi Oa.'a
Orango Gun Powdcj
Btectrto Battailea, rosea (or
tag batata, BafaQr Faa
depufloCstmicil Co.'s HtibBiptelra
"W REVIVO
RESTORIt VftAUTY.
Made.
1st Day.
ell Mai
lath Day.
of Me.
Ttia sjraAT aatb :
ProdaoMtba above rMBltela-aodKT. II us
pmwBiw um waea au osaess sell.
ewacBMawiurea-aiu tnetr loet auaaooca
sua will feeow thetr mnthfal mt be
eld
KaTTlTOX It oaiaiir and eurtly reetoree Meteee
atea. Lees TlUlltr, lasgotsnar. Nightly ftesleaa
Lost ttmm. railing Mmierr. wasslaa Diseases, asd
ell tdhMSs ot self-abase or leeesaad ladlseteUss,
"blebaalteeoe tor study, smumm or sserrlete. II
set only euree by starting at the eeat ef disease, bat
Is a trees asrea twale and blood builder, bring'
log bast the plak glow to pal heeksaadrs
Merlnc tbe Are of yontk. ft wards otT lassaltf
tad Oaaeuaipuoa. Insist ea basis HRVTVO, as
etber. It sen be earrlsd la ml eoket. Mr null,
iLOOperpaskaKe, arsis tor MO. wltll a posl
Ue written guarantee) to oare a fejfue)
iheaaoaey. CtrooUr tree. Slarses
0VAI ME0ICINE CO.. 13 Rlvsf It. OMMMO. ILL.
Baa ante t attfcowsatroew Baagiglsl
Co. wish to.as.sure their man? 1
thin vear hold to their usual custog
STEEL
WW
bay.
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