El THE SC3A23T02T TMBUKB SATUBXWLT lX0ian3?0;lp!iL 18, 3 s!SstsswssisS 1 i ' ; j Hi! RE-OPENING Monday, April 20 - : . FA RE-OPENINQ Monday, April 20 400 AND 402 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. itiil THE FAIR, Which, on Account of Extensive Alterations, Has Been Closed for the Last Two Months, Has RE-OPENED and Will, on MONDAY, APR L BO, 18SS, Place on Sale an Entire New Stock of tor, Dry Goods, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Notions, Infants' Capes, Suits, Jackets, Wrappers and House Goods AT OUR WELL - KNOWN LOW PRICES, Below We Mention a Few of the Many Specials for Honday : UnukfihUM fM yard, only.. If'Q t oats Xadti lue American Prints. 9 1 A 1 case ItgM Xmertcn? Shirting Cal-93. lea. PsB'yoj'd, enly... bales Heavy yard-wide tTn-Q ftleachelSheetliw Ver yard, only 074 U t caia Fancy Orrtlng Flannel, wortH C 10c. yard, Unly. OU t ass, New Unities, worth llcCta yard. Only; D 74 C 1 ease Fancy Dress Prints, worth JJa 10c. yard. Only Oil Hundred! ot CthiC bargain! In this de partment. X case Cashmeres, double width, in worth 19c. yard. Only I Ub SO pieces Cashmere 40-Inch wide, all qt wool, worth 5uc. a yard. Only.... gjb $9 pieces Fancy PlaldSi double Q Width, worth lie. Only 96 IS pieces Fancy Plaids, 36-Inch wide, OC worth H9c, Only lu 100 doz. all Linen Towels, worth, O. 12iiC. each. Only .... ' Ou doz. White Bed Spreads, worth CQn JSc Only 036 10 dos. Lace Curtains, S',4 yards long,J A A worth 1.9. Only. ipliVY D doz. Turkls' each. Only 90 doz. Turkish Towels, worth loo. Q wu GO dos. Ladles' Shirt Waists. Indigo Blue and Black, worth 50c. each Only 42 dos. Ladles' Laundrled Shirt Waists, worth 75c. each. Only ... 3fi dos. Ladles' Laundrled Shirt Waists, worth $1.00 each. Only..., 100 dos. Boys' Waists, extra good, all sizes, worth 49c. Only 75 doz. Ladies' Black Sateen Skirts, worth 89c. Only 46 doz. Ladles' Skirts, Fancy Stripes, worth 76c. Only 29c 40c 70c 25c 50c 39c 500 doz. Children's Dresses, slses 4 to 14 years. From 25c to $2.98 Each All Special Bargains About 35 Per Cent. Below Value. 100 Ladies' and Misses' Cloth Capes, worth $1.75. Only 125 Ladles' and Misses' Velvet Capes, worth $4.60. Only 85 Ladles' Silk Capes, worth $5.76. Only 150 Ladles' Mohair Skirts, worth $1.98. Only 90 Ladles' All Wool Black and Navy Skirts, worth $4.50. Only 6 doz. Ladies' Fancy Silk Waists, worth $5.00. Only 250 Ladies' and Misses' Jackets In all colors, worth $5.00 to $7.50. To ( close out '. Children's Reefers, All Colors. $1.50 Quality, Only . $ .03 2.50 Quality, Only.. ...... 1.50 3.50 Quality, Only-.; .. 2.50 $1.00 $2.70 $3.98 $1.00 $2.98 $3.70 1,000 doz. Gent's. Balbrlggan Shirts and Drawers, extra food 50c. qual ity. Only Gent's Ties, worth 50c. ........................ Oent's Ties, worth 25c. CO doz.. Only , $0 doz. Only , IB doz. Oent's Outing- Shirts, worth 49c. Only X casa Gent's) Fancy Laundrled Shirts, 75c quality. Only 40c 40c 20c 39c 50c 1 case Gent's Seamless one-half hose, worth 12Hc. Monday four pairs for .'.t.. 253 Orest Barg alas In tb Following (foods! Ribbons, Laces, Ejnbjvlderies, Moss, Infants' Wen, Boys' Clothing, Cipes, House Furnishing Goods. 12 styles Ladles' Musln Night Sa.rrr:.h.:..,!.!.1;!?:fr;$1.00 3 cases H. & H. Corsets, 75c. qual- BQn ily. Only ,...... 9311 100 doz. Ladles' Foster Hook Kid 7C Oloves, all colors, worth $1. Only f 98 SO dozv Ladies' Kid Gloves, Pearl Buttons and 7-Hook, worth $1.504 Aft and $1.75. Only JLV i 1000 doz. Ladles' Handkerchiefs, QlJ worth 6c. Only tJ$ 40 doz. Ladles' Embroidered Hand 1 Q. kerchief, worth 26c. Only . I 9U 2 cases Children's Hose, Fast bltu'k Qn and Seamless, worth UVtO. Only Ou 250 doz. Ladles' Black Silk Glovea 1 0i and Mitts, worth 25c. Only .....f l&iV I m ft f 1 THE COST OF HIS HEADo By MRS. ALEXANDER. Author of "The Wooing O't. Copyright, US, by Bacheller, Johnson and BaehellM i r " srJ0Psi9 Coloner-Capel, an English officer, sent to take command In the Cork district of Ire land during the troublesome times of the J first decade of the century, arranges to ' stolon his way from Dublin and visit Mr. John Dlgby and his daughter, Grace, at Athgarven. He Is specially charged to secure one Valentine Costello, a young Irishman, educated In France, who Is active In behalf of the Fenians. Capel arrives at Athgarven and finds Grace and her friend, NeHy O'Grady. As Grace, who eems agitated about something, is re ceiving him, the arrival of Mme. do Su resne, Grace's former governess. Is an nounced, who has come on a visit. Caput Is deeply Interested In Grace, whom he met at Bath, but he notices the rather strange appearance of Mme de Suresne, who la dressed In old-fashioned garb, with long mitts, a lace handkerchief over her hair, and Mue spectacles. At dinner the party discusses young Costello's case, for whose head a reward has been offered. Shortly after Mme. de Suresne slips In tho haU, sprains her ankle, and is carried up stairs by he servants. The sprain proves tote a had one, and Grace and Nelly take turns at reading to the Invalid. Mean while Capel trie to bring matters to a head With Grace, who evades him. part nr. ' ' The next few days made themselves Wings wings ot -diaphanous dellghtv f There Uvas the cheery breakfast, the report of the invalid upstairs, always listened to with Interest some gossip about the "boys," as the disaffected peasantry were generally termed, con 1 tiibuted by Delany, who was a pessi mist and an intense aristocrat then the plana for the day were discussed, and th division, of labor, if attending , to If ma. de Bureene could be ao called, ' mapped out, Ellen O'Grady reserving i herself for the afternoon in order to ( leave Orace free to ride or walk with her father and Capel. The latter had by this time surmounted hla shyness an self-distrust, and longed feverish ly for the chance of a tete-a-tete when he could avow his love and hopes to his fascinating? hostess. Sometimes he was made miserable by the dexterity I with which Orace evaded the various traps he laid for her, and the dreadful thought occurred to him: "Does she love some other fellow, and therefore shrinks from the pain of refusing- me j THD'QnCAT .KM i r crks wendsrs In. cur ing tstiurin dtsSzur Icdlttajcg ef tfea skin, sett?. tjd Uoed, cad es- "Well, maybe so. It would take a long time," laughing saucily. "Whereas the masther?" asked De lany, putting In his head, with a sourer look than usual on his wizened face. "I don't know," returned Nelly; "who wants him?" "Kftith, Jifftrles, the Tankee, no kss. It's abou' ould Daly's farm. I'm point blank?" Them some gracious phrase, seme melting glance, would ad J fresh fuel to the flame which burned so steadily in hla heart. He had a curious unreasonable con viction that Nelly O'Grady did not like him. Little flashes of imuatience in her speech, a touch of bitterness here and there in the turn of her phrases, struck the colonel's far from easily aroused suspicions. But though a large minded and generous man, he was keenly observant, and determined to make, himself as agreeable as possible to the pretty little Hibernian. Colonel Capel, after a saunter to the stables and some talk with the old coachman, generally wrote letters In an' apartment called by courtesy "the library," and here Miss O'Grady gener ally sat at work. She was an adept at lace making and other fanciful fabri cations. "I suppose that Miss Dlgby Is at her uhuuI Good Samaritan task of reading aloud to the sufferer upstairs," said Capel, one . soft showery morning, termed by Irish agriculturists "line growing weather." "Oh, I suppose she Is. But why a sprained ankle should Injure the eyp Hlght, I -do- not- understand,"Teturned Nelly. "Nor T. However, at madame's age, It Is natural enough that she should like to spare her eyes." "Ah, yes, I forgot." "At all events. Miss Dlgby Is most faithful in performing her self-imposed duties." "Yes, Indeed, she Is!" cried Nelly, looking up with a gleam of uneasy light In her dark quick eyes. "Then she Is kindness itself," added Capel. "Anyway to women," returned Nelly. "What! can she be cruel to that por tion of the human race, which is chiefly devoted to her?" "Well, you see, she was vexed with one of them, and so she's ready to pun ish the whole lot.'" , "That Is unfair," said Capel, while he thought, "this Is dangerous. It is hateful to suspect that anyone has been before me." "And then." returned Nelly, "Grace Is tremendously patriotic. She thinks English men are cold and selfish!" "Cold! Great heavens!" exclaimed Capel; "we do not deserve such a sen tence. I am sure, Miss O'Grady. you have too much penetration to believe this?" "Well. I am not Bure. I have never been In England. Now, Grace has been there a good deal. She was a whole year at Miss Monitor's school nt Chester, where they taught her to step In and "Out of a carriage in elegant style. It would make you die laugh ing to hear Grace take off Miss Monitor lecturing the young ladles; and then they learned all about the heathen gods and goddesses, and a very bad set they seem to have been." "But I thought that Miss Dlgby had been brought up by this old French lady?" said Capel, taking a fresh sheet of paper. "Yes, of course she was," impatient ly. "She went to finish at Chester. No one but an Englishman would havevl needed that explained." "Coma, Miss O'Grady, do not be so hard on us thick-brained Saxons," said Capel, good humoredly, "Perhaps a long residence In this country, might tbustn ouc wits.' "AND TOUR BUSINESS?" SAID v CAPEL, SHARPLY. thinking he's nothing but a land grab ber, bad 'cess to him, If it's after the land he Is." "I fancy my uncle has gone down to the farm. Anyhow, I'll go away, I don't fancy the man. Don't put him In here, Delany. It will disturb the colonel." "Pray don't think of me. I have Just finished my letters." "Thank you, suit. If I lave the black-avlsed rraturt-ltt-tlte hallrsonie of the boys will be putting the come ther on him." Miss O'Grady gathered up her work and departed, nml the next moment a small slight man, with keen black eyts, neatly and well dressed In a dark green riding suit and top boots, a whip In his hand and with almost, but not quite, the ulr of a gentleman, was ush ered Into the room. "Your servant, sir." he said, in a pe culiar voice, neither Irish nor Kngllsh. "You are Mr. Jeffet'leB." said Capel. rising and confronting lilm. "You itr;; generally to be heard of" "At the 'Illack Bull.' Cloniiiell," put In the newcomer. "Exactly, I have a note for you;" and Capel drew forth the note Lane had given him. ' Jefferles read It quickly. "All right." he said; "I have been expecting thhi. Not seeing or hearing from you, I came here to see you." "And your biiHinesF?" said Cnpel, sharply, not liking the looks of the man. , "You will, I believe, be summoned to your command a ll'.tlo soontr than you expect," returned Jefferles, readily, "and 1 wish to warn you thnt there Is no use In looking for the rebel. Ccstello, In these parts, I have sure word that he Is In hiding un In Clengarrlf, which Is all the better, for not being among his own: people the boys will not be so ready to risk life and limb to screen him." "If that's the case, I wonder he does not And some fishing boat to take him to sea. I suppose, he Is in communica tion with France?" "No doubt, sir. Where will you be putting up In Cork, sir?" "At the Crown and Scepter -hotel. How the deuce do you know that I am likely to be summoned sooner thai the 28th? "Because the brigadier Is bad, sir sick with the liver and wilt be asking you to come." ( "That remains to be seen," said Capel. - "Hallo. Mr. Jefferlest" said Dlgby, coming In quickly; -"so you are after Daly's farm again. I tell you you need A lot more evidence to make matters clear to me. Now, It is close on lunch eon time you go and have some dinner and I'll talk to you after." He rang. Delaney immediately appeared, and re ceiving his master's orders jerked his thumb over his shoulder, creaking out: "This way, Mr. Jefferles." This unexpected visit was a godsend to Capel, for at luncheon Mr. Dlgby ex cused himself from Joining the guest and daughter in the afternoon ride. "I'll have to look Into this fellow's claims on one of the farms close by. He seems to think that as a magistrate I can do something for him. He claims to be the grandson ef the elder brother of the present owner, who left this country for his country's good fifty years ago." "Pray do not mention It, If Miss Dlgby will be my guide" "You'll excuse her father," put In Dlgby, good-naturedly. Capel thought he had never seen Grace look more charming than when she reappeared "en amason,"her grace ful, supple figure displayed in the close fitting habit. Capel's heart beat high. The spirit of the spring, that time of love and re newed life, poured Its magic through his being. "This Is a day 1 shall never forget!" he broke out, after a silence of some duration; "and yet it may be a fa tal one to me." How so. Col. Capel? Do not be down hearted." "As you tell me that, I accept It for a good omen." "If wishing you well can bring you sucoess, yuu will have It only " "Only what?" "I do not want you to catch poor Val CVHtello." "But Miss Dlgby. an unreasoning man of his kind, who leads the Igno rant and misguided to bloodshed and misery deserves to be punished. It Is want of thought, of eonsclentlnusness, thnt mukes your country what It is." "Well, God knows It Is miserable enough'. I feel more unhappy than you can Imagine: and what can I do?" "Leave It." suld Cupel, emphatically. "Your heurt Is too tender to endure the sight of wretchedness you cannot re lieve." "And yet I can at times forget there Is such a thing as sorrow In the world, mid feel as If life were all hour and laughter. Today I um rather miser able, though irnilum.' Is better (she limped about lier mom wonderfully will tod:t'). 1 hope she will come downstairs the day after tomorrow." "I hope she will, If yuu desire It. She oURht to be well after the kind care of Eiich a nurse." These words bl ought them to the chief entrance of Athgurvan. and they descried In front of them n man In uni form, mounted on n stout, serviceable horse. The rider drew up nt tne lodge, unci was speaking to the lodge keeper when Capet pressed his hoive Into the center and drew up beside him. "Dispatches for Col. Capel?" he asked. "Yes, -sir," said tho man, saluting, and taking a thick letter from a pouneh at his side. Cnpel tore It open, and glanced at the contents. By thiu time Grace had come up. "Nothing wrong, I hope!" she ex claimed. "For me. yes. I am summoned to see my predecessor, who Is III. I must leave you tomorrow." "1 am Indeed sorry," she said. Rut Capel, who was In .deep thought, did not seem to hear her. "How far have you come today?" she asked of the trooper, who looked hot and tired. "From Cork, my lady." "What, all that way! Follow us Into the house and you shall have some food you must need It." "Thank you," said Capel, rousing himself. "I dure say he needs both food and drink." They rode on, and as soon as the old butler appeared Grace told him to look after the soldier. The library was untenanted when Grace and her cavalier entered It. "I will leave you to read your dis patch," she said; "but first let ms make a suggestion which-yeu will of course reject rnlesb it suits you." "Certainly, Miss Dlgby, and after, will you hear me?" "Oh, yes, of course. It struck me that as Mme. de Suresne has heard that the Calliope, the corvette that takes the government dispatches to Bristol, is In, Cork harbor Just now, it would be very kind of you. to give her a seat in your chaise. You could set her down at Mllle. Delplanques, who would let Commander Seton (an acquaintance of madame's) know she was there, and he will give her a passage across. Her son Is 111 at Bath." "With the greatest pleasure," Inter rupted Co pel, eager to get his innlugs. "I shall take good care of her; Indeed, do all I can for anyone in whom you take an interest. Now pray hear me. I must speak the words which have been at my Hps a dozen times. You must know, you must feel, that I love you with all my soul, with all my strength! I do not know If I have the faintest chance of success with you. I cannot tell If you will think me pre sumptuous. But I hardly dare face the j possibility of your 'no.' Life without "Ah, Col. Capel, you exaggerate your own Impressions," said Grace, in low tones, flushing, and then growing white. "1 thought you liked us all. but not like this. Indeed, I. fear I am not suited to you; there are things In me that you would not like I ah do not ask me to marry you. I cannot. Indeed, I cannot," und she burst Into tears. ' "You have a previous attachment, or engagement," cried Capel, walking to and fro. "Forgive me If I am rude, but I am utterly-unhinged.- I- should not question you. I Grace, do not weep, or If you do let it be In my urras," and he drew her to him. "riome In ptlnct tells me that you are not quite averse to me," and as she yielded to his close embrace lie exclaimed: "There Is some Infernal mystery under this. Trust me, my darling, my life is yours." "You are too good," she returned, drawing gently from him. "und I am very foolish. I do not want to love anyone. Love seems to make people miserable." "No, no. love, If reciprocated, must be Heaven. Grace, will you always re ject meV" Grace hesitated, clasped and unclasped her hands, looking dl- "NOTHING WRONG. I HOPE?" SHE EXCLAIMED. vlnely sweet, and slightly mischievous. "If you enro to give me time, and take time yourself, ask If I have made up my mind when oh when you have deposited Mme. de Suresne with her compatriot In Cork." "1 breathe again. A thousand thanks, my lovo, my queen. I will dare to hope." "But not too much. I scarce dare to hope myself," exclaimed Grace, and gathering up her habit she fled swiftly away. (To Be Continued.) 2,000,000 BARRELS Made and Sold in Six Months, ending larch 1, 1896,. Total Product of ' HUIUM The A Mill Alone produced 1,000,000 Barrels. Largest Run on Record. 1 Washburn, Crosby's Superlative is sold everywhere from the Pacific Coast to St. John's, New foundland, and in England, Ireland and Scotland very largely, and is recognized as the best flour in the . world. MEGARGEL CONNELL WHOLESALE AGENTS. 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W nl It f 1 1 mtiv fllmKllnv ' prevent absolutely any crumbling, ef- iv Vfl&rm. ' and Its cost does not exceed one-URhr that! ik..' ing or breaking of the brick. It will ouUV last Mnninir nt fin v kind hv muv vmm' of the cost of tinning. Is sold fcytha JolV or iound. Contracts taken by . T v-.,.
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