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fTtE SCBANTON TIXIBUNE SATUItDAT . MOBNING. JUfflS, 27 1896.
? Tom's Mode.,
C By CHARLES Q. D. ROBERTS. C
Copyright, 1SW, bj the Bacheller Syndicate.
1 PART I.
Tom tore open the leter which had
Just been brought to him. It was
evidently brief. He read It at a glance,
then threw it down on the table with an
energetic expletive.
'I beg your pardon" said I politely.
Tom pulled vindictively at his bud
ding mustache.
"I ought to beg mother's pardon," he
muttered, "for swearing over her note!
But would you believe what she says?"
"Certainly," said I. with sweet seri
ousness, "1 would take your mother's
.word against a million!"
"Oh!" he exclaimed, Impatiently.
"Tou know I don't mean that. Do shut
lip till I tell you!"
I threw away the stump of my cigar,
clasped my hands, and assumed an atti
tude of hungry attention.
Tom muttered something about my
being an idiot, but hastening to share
with me the tidings which liad eo dis
turbed him.
"My distinguished uncle. Pror. Henry
Jerrold, will be here tonight. Mother
says we must make it pleasant for
him!"
"That's a gaudy rrospect!". said I.
"What particular species of dry-as-dust
Is he to be classified under? Tell me
that, and I'll tell you how to manage
him."
"Oh, I'm aware you know everything.
Bob!" was the unkind reply, "but this
is too big a problem even for your In
tellect. It's too bad, with mother just
comfortably out of the way, and the
little game all arranged for tonight,
and the picnic to the Island so nicely
planned for tomorrow. We can't take
him in. We can't leave him out. It's
too rough altogether!"
"But who is?" I persisted. "It may
not be as bad aa you fancy!"
"He's a professor of mathematics Jn
some western college!" said Tom. "A
big gun in his way, you know. There
are half a dozen of his books over on
that shelf next to the fireplace. Fas
cinating things on the Calculus, and
Burds, and Conic Sections."
"Ah!" said I rising languidly and
going over to the shelf in question.
"Mathematics, I perceive! And very
very dusty! Now, my dear boy
the case simplifies itself amazingly.
Have these books nicely dusted and
leave one of them lying on this table
beside your own easy chair. This will
make him feel at home and please him
greatly. Maithmaticlans are, next to
scientists and musicians, the vainest of
men. Moneover unlike other pro
fesors, the professors of mathematics
are in a measure human. They all
drink whisky usually Scotch. Uet him
liave the library here all to himself
and with pen, ink paper and whisky
he'll be happy all night, till we tell him
it's time to go to bed. Mathematicians
generally sit up, lost in a problem, till
they are told it's bedltlme. We'll have
our little game In the breakfast room,
and tell him it's whist. Mathematicians
approve of whist; but he won't want to
play, because he'll understand that the
party is made up!"
Somewhat fatigued by this eloquent
dissertation on mathematicians, I Hung
myself down on the broad lounge. As
for Tom, he beamed upon me gratefully.
"Old man," said he, "you have a
statesman's brain. And what about the
picnic tomorrow?"
" Sufficient unto the day Is the evil
thereof,' " sold I, airily, waving aside
the problem. "I'll devise some way of
escape before the time is upon us!"
Tom's normal cheer of countenance i
had now returned to him.
"Get up, Bob," said he; "let's go down
to the club. I want to arrange some
thing about the picnic."
Now, it would have suited me better
to stay on I he lounge and think. I love
to spend my mornlngn in luxuriously
thinking of what I will do some other
morning. It is easy to forget these res
olutions when the time for acting upon
them threatens to arrive. But this
morning Tom was impatient; and, to
save argument, which bores me, I went
with him.
Tom and I were In our senior year at
college. I was spending the vacation
with him at his mother's summer place
In the quaint old village of Stratford, on
the Housatonlc Tom's mother, a sweet
ly prim and benevolently Puritanical
little dame, had run up to Boston for a
fey days to see an Invalid sister, and we
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AT THIS TOM AND I SMILED, WITH
, CHEERFUL ANTICIPATION.
were now bent on making ripe hay In
the unhallowed sunshine of her ab
sence. As for Stratford, the aristocrat
ic, quiet of her wide, grassy, elm-shadowed
avenues was just now much ruf
fled by he presence of gay summer vis
itors from New Tork. There was a bril
liant actress, Adela Clay, in retreat
from the persistent homage of an ador
ing public. There was a young poeteBS,
Who had brought her husband with her
to show that the somewhat candid fer
vor of hermuse derived its fire from
duly-sanctioned sources. There was a
ucecRsful humorist, whose look of
gloomy abstractedness after the utter
ape of a witticism was supposed to be
cleverly assumed for the purposes of
effect As a matter of fact, it was the
result of a stupendous effort to fix the
jewel of wit In his mind for future use
Without aid of the pencil and note book
scrupulously conceeled in his breast
pocket. The rest were bright men and
women of the world, 'whose fad It was to
play on the skirts of a well-groomed
and presentable bohemla.
tWItlThis circle of friends, Tom and I
' ; s ' .
put in a far from dull afternoon. As
we returned to the house for dinner
nothing was more remote from our
minds than the coming of Prof. Henry
Jerrold.
As we entered the hall, our nostrils
were greeted by the smell of an uncom
monly good cigar, coming from the
library.
"Who's smoking, William?' usked
Tom, addressing the butler, who came
to say dinner was ready.
"Tour uncle, sir;" replied Williams.
"He was to come on the 6.30; and we
forgot to meet him!"
With some trepidation, plainly re
vealed by Tom, but concealed by me
under an air of languid unconcern, we
entered the library. A broad-shouldered
man with eyj glasses and a
dark mustache, dressed In a rough-and-
ready suit of Scotch tweed, was smok
Ing there very comfortably, his nose
burled In a book. He lazily took his feet
off the table and rose to greet us.
"My nephew, I suppose!" Bald he,
stretching out his hand to me.
"No, Prof. Jerrold. no such distinc
tion for me," said I. "There is the
trembling culprit, who should have met
you at th train. I am his chum. Bob
Sawyer, and very much at your ser
vice!" The professor wrung our hands cor
dially, und expressed so prompt an in
terest in the subject of dinner that we
adjourned to the dining-room at once.
There, at first, the soup and the salad,
the weather, and the professor's jour
ney, suppplled us with safe subjects for
conversation. Several spots of thin ice.
Incautiously approached by Tom, were
dexterously skirted by me. and we be
gan to feel quite at ease. The professor
never alluded to such a thing as a conic
section or a logarithm; and perceiving
that he was not only reasonable but
good natured, I felt that we would have
no difficulty in getting him out of the
way for the evening.
As I lit a cigar after dinner, I sold
carelessly: "I saw you smoking, pro
fessor, so I presume apology is unneces
sary!"
"Quite unnecessary, I assure you!"
he responded, dryly; and we went back
to the library.
The professor happened to glance at
the well-filled bookshelves.
"Oh, Uncle Henry," said Tom, "I hope
you won't mind If we have you alone
among the books for awhile this even
ing. I suppose you'll want to be study
lng or writing, and you'll find every
thing at hand here for the purpose. Not
knowing of your coming till after lunch
today, we made up a little rubber of
whist for this evening. But we'll play
In the breakfast room, and be careful
not to disturb you."
Tom's uncle smiled slowly. He gazed
so long, first at Tom and then at me,
that we both began to fear he had grave
religious scruples against cards.
"I don't think one should be addicted
to cards," said I. hastily, " but I don't
think there can be any harm in an oc
casional quiet game at one's home, you
know! Do you?"
"Perhaps you are right," lie assent
ed, with an air that might have been
hesitation.
"Then you won't mind If we leave
you?" said Tom.
His uncle smiled again.
"I think," said he, pleasantly, "that
I won't work this evening, Tom. In
fact, I have done enough during the
last few months to feel myself entitled
to a loaf. If It's to be whist, of course
you have your table made up, so I'll
just smoke and look on; and perhaps
you won't mind me cutting in for a
rubber or two?"
"I always understood that mathema
ticians approved of whist," said I.
But Tom, rather diffidently, hastened
to explain.
"Well, you see, Uncle Harry," said he,
"It Is not whist exactly. We were
obliged, in a way, to ask three fellows
in; so, as that was too many for whist,
we thought we'd have to play er
poker you know! But just for fun,
you knowl Just a dollar limit you per
haps understand!"
"I've heard the phrase Bomewhere,"
confessed the professor. "In fact, I
don't mind taking a hand with you.
It is an interesting game, light and
cheerful; and six is not an Incon
venient number, if I remember rightly?"
Tom looked at me In some bewilder
ment, and I said, promptly:
"That will be delightful, sir. If you
really think it won't bore you. And
Tom and I can give you the main points
of the game at once, before the others
come."
"Oh, thank you," said the professor,
but I think I know enougn to scratch
along on till I see how to play. If
not, I'll pick it up."
At xthls Tom and I smiled, with
cheerful anticipations. We hau met
men before who, having read about
the game, thought they knew it,
PART II.
Presently two of our guests arrived
Fred Struthers and Jack Niles. They
seemed to get on very easily with the
professor, who offered them his line
cigars. We soon got out the card table,
and began our game in the library,
there being no longer any need of fleeing
to the breakfast room, as Tom and I
had planned. Tom's uncle seemed to
understand the use of the little plies of
red, white and blue chips which were
given him. He drew cards as he saw
the rest of us do, and finding them, ap
parently, no good, threw them away
with an easy air of unconcern, which
led me to wink at Tom, as much as to
say: "He's learning, that uncle of
yours!" And Tom nodded back, which
I interpreted to mean: "We'll make
something out of him, if he is an old
Dry-as-Dust!" In fact after the pro
fessor had raked In asmall pot, on a
pair of aces. Tom was so well pleased
that he could not help saying:
"Tou're doing well. Uncle Henry!
We'll make a poker player of you yet!"
His uncle looked amused, for some
reason which I could not fathom.
"Tou need not call me "Uncle Henry,'
my dear fellow," said he. "Just call me
Jerrold; or, as my most Iniimate
friends do, Harry!"
" 'Uncle Henry' makes you seem too
old, eh?" laughed Tom, now quite at
ease with the distinguished visitor.
"No, my dear boy, but It makes you
seem so young!" was the sarcastically
drawled reply, at which we all laughed.
I began to think that the professor
would even do for the ptcnlo on the
Island, If he would not take alarm at
la belle Adela's somewhat audacious
gayety.
By and by there occurred a Jack-pot
Which went around many times before
anyone could open it. It began to as
sume attractive proportions. At last
Fred Struthers cried:
"I'll open It for a dollar!
I stayed, with a small pair to draw to.
"Professor, up to you!" said I. seeing
that he was glancing at his cards with
an air of doubt.
"Two pairs are not much good, are
they, he mused, fingering his chips.
Now Tom, as it turned out. had had
a pat full dealt to him, and was feeling
elated.
"Why, uncle er Harry . I often
raise on two good pairs!" said he,
laughing.
"All right, then." said the professor,
seeing the opener's bet, and raising it
GLANCING AT HIS CARDS WITH
AN AIR OF DOUBT.
another dollar. Tom promptly saw the
raise, and lifted it again. Thereupon
Niles, who was the dealer, stayed out,
and Struthers cried:
"Tou scoundrel, you've got something
big, I know," and threw down his hand,
showing the openers. I also backed out,
of course. The professor hesitated
again.
"Well, If they were good for a raise
before, they're Just as good now!" said
he, and raised again. This was what
Tom wanted. He raised, and the pro
fessor raised back, half a dozen times,
till at last Tom thought he wasn't
using his uncle quite fairly, and Just
saw his last raise.
"I don't want to be too hard on a new
player!" he laughed, as he threw In the
one blue chip.
"Thanks, my dear boy!" said the pro
fessor, sweetly.
"Cards?" inquired Niles, holding out
the pack over the table.
"One!" said the professor.
We all felt sorry for him,
"I'll play these!" said Tom.
Then the professor bet another dol
lar. Tom, of course, raised him the
limit; whereupon the professor came
back at him again, This went on sev
eral times, till I could not help saying:
"Don't you see, professor, he must
have at least a straight or a flush!"
"Tou don't say so!" he exclaimed,
with an air of alarm at the same time
raising again..
But now Tom, obeying the dictates of
politeness called:
"I have an ace full!" said he, pleas
antly. "Ah!" said the professor, "I threw
away an ace myself."
"But what have you got?" asked
Struthers.
"My two pairs I hope th reference
did not mislead anyone" said the pro
fessor; " happen to be both', of the same
kind!" And laying four kings on the
table he gathered In the goodly pile
of chips.
. Tom looked blank, and the rest of us
laughed softly. I began to feel, In a
vague way, that Tom and I were fools.
At this juncture our belated guest ar
rivedone Lieut. Storrs, of the United
States navy,
"Forgive me for being so late, old fel
low!" said he, grasping Tom's hand.
Then, catching sight of the professor,
he spang forward and seized him by
both shoulders before he could rise.
"Why, Harry, dear old man, who ever
thought of seeing you here!" he cried.
And the two wrung hands, and bom
barded each ther with interjectlonal
comment of some minutes.
At length, taking his seat, Lieut.
Storrs looked at the professor's pile of
chips.
"At your old tricks. Harry," said he.
"Have you been winning that way right
along ever since that night in San
Francisco, three years ago, when you
cleaned us all out, and I had to borrow
THE LIEUTENANT ROLLED IN HIS
CHAIR WITH INEXTINGUISH
ABLE LAUGHTER. '
the cash from you next morning to pay
my hotel bill? Don't you know It's
ugainst all precedent to be both lucky
at cards and lucky in love?"
"Oh, I lose sometimes!" said the pro
fessor, modestly, but he did ; not say
whether it was cards or love he referred
to. "My kind nephew here, ' and Mr.
Sawyer, have been good enough to teach
me the game of poker this evening, and
have found me not Inapt." ,
The lieutenant rolled In his chair
with inextinguishable laughter. Niles
and Struthers took in the situation as
they had not done before, and roared
with him. Tom got red, and then joined
heartily in the mirth. I tried to save
the remnants of the prestige by gazing
at them all in urbane surprise, till I got
a chance to speak when I murmured,
blandly:
"I have been suspecting for some time
professor, that you knew a great deal
more than you would care to Impart to
the students or trustees of your col
lege!" At this thrust the professor chuckled
appreciatively. And the game went
on.
When we broke up I need not par
ticularize as to the hour Storrs said:
"It's great luck that you're here for
the picnic tomorrow, Harry!"
"What picnic?" asked Tom's uncle,
"Oh," said the lieutenant, "Tom and
Sawyer here have arranged for a party
of us to go over to the Inland In boats,
and have one of those fish dinners, for
which the spot la famous!"
' "Well, I don't know exactly," began
the professor. But Storrs Interrupted
him with
"Oh, she'll be there! She has prom
ised to got" ,
"Who to sher asked the professor,
with an air of charming Innocence. "
"Oh." Jeered the lieutenant, "don't
try and make me believe you came
away out to Stratford without knowing
the fair Adela was here. Tou probably
came. Indeed, because she wrote for
you!"
"Of course, we are very good friends!"
assented the professor. Tome gave me
one expressive look. And we all said
good night
A little later or earlier Tome came
into my room. Just as I was about get
ting into bed.
"Did you ever know such a pair of
asses as we made of ourselves?" asked
he confidentially.
"Yen." said I, crossly, "the pair he
made of us!"
"And to think he's a chum of
Adela's!" continued Tom. "I was think
ing he would be too shy of her for com
fort at the picnic."
"Oh. she'll have no use for you, my
boy, when he's around!" I snapped,
being very sleepy. Inis was unkind of
me, for Tom was sweet on the be
witching daughter of Thespls, and It
was for her sake chiefly that he had
planned the expedition.
"1 don't care!'' said Tom, sulkily retir
ing. "Lydia Charters will be there, and
she's more fun than Adela any day!"
Now Lydia Charters was the young
poetess already referred to; and it was
on her account that I found, the idea
of the picnic interesting. I held my
tongue, therefore, and fell asleep to
dream a little dream, in which Tom's
uncle was gathering In a Jack pot of
Phenomenal dimensions. The bitter
ness of it, however, lay not In the fact
that he left no one of us so much as a
single chip, but in the astounding con
sideration that these chips represented
all the loveliest women of my acquaint
ance. (The End.)
DIAMOND IN HIS TOOTH.
It Was Put There When Theo. Frailer
Had a Fortune Now the Lad
Saws Wood for a Living.
From the Washington Post.
Among those provided with food and
shelter at the municipal lodging house
within the last few days was a young
man whose dress would scarcely Indi
cate that he had been reduced to a pen
niless condition, neither would It be In
ferred from his actions that he was ac
customed to seeking accommodations
furnished free by a charitable com
munity. Tet it was there, and for
three days and nights he was obliged
to remain under the roof of that insti
tution. One of the rules of the home
for the destitute is that each person
provided for there must exert a cer
tain amount of energy upon the wood
pile. In this way any individual may
earn a night's lodging or a meal of
victuals.
Theodore Frazler was the name regis
tered upon the book, but the name sig
nified nothing In particular, and it was
not for two days that the remarkable
history of the young man was learned.
He had taken his turn at the wood pile,
and, although quite awkward in the
use of a bucksaw, he paid In full the
price asked for the accommodations af
forded him.
Superintendent Cutler, of the lodging
house, observed that Frazer carried an
unusual amount of gold in his teeth.
"Nearly every tooth In my head Is
crowned with gold, and what Is more, I
have a diamond-set tooth," Frazer told
the superintendent. AVith this he
showed an Incisor in which was set a
solitaire diamond of a little less than
half a carat in weight.
"I had them put In there when I had
more money than I knew what to do
with," he observed with a sigh of regret.
The superintendent became Interested
In the young man. Never before had the
roof of the municipal lodging house
iheltered a man with a mouth full of fold
and diamonds. It was Indeed a rare
thing to see such rich ornamentations
among the poverty stricken.
"I suppose you wonder what I am do
ing here," remarked the possessor of
the golden teeth, and taking note of the
fact that the Btory of his life would not
fall upon unappreclatlve ears, he began
to give an account of himself. By way
of Introducing the subject he Bald:
FORTUNE THREE TEARS AGO.
"Less than three years ago I was
worth $80,000, but now I must work for
a living, having lost every cent of my
fortune." .
"Was it drink that reduced you to
you present condition?"
"No," was the proud answer. "It was
my friends."
"All through my life I was provided
with all the good things this world
affords,. and my father, being a pros
perous man, left me at his death the
sum of $SO,000, principally in currency,
or that which could be easily converted.
In less than eighteen months after
the money was placed at my disposal it
had all slipped through my hands and
I found myself one morning a pauper.
"When I fell heir to such a princely
sum I little dreamed that I would 'ever
be In want, but I am going to make the
best of the situation and endeavor to
earn a livelihood as best I can."
The young man's father realized a
fortune from the sale of an iron mine
In the south, but just where the son
did not care to say. His own history
was nil he would tell. In registering
for his first night's lodging he gave
Memphis, Term., as his address, and
that is probably his former home. He
Is now twenty-four years old, and came
Into the'Inherltance about the time he
attained his majority. He started out
well by going to a dental college at
Philadelphia to fit himself for that pro
fession. Availing himself of the ser
vices of an expert dentist, Frazier had
gold crowns put on nearly all his teeth.
A cavity appeared in one of his incisors
and it was then conceived that a dia
mond setting would be something of a
novelty. Why not a diamond? He had
plenty of money more than he needed
so a pure white stone was purchased
and set In the tooth.
While In Philadelphia Frazier en
gaged a suite of rooms at the Lafayette
hotel, where he kept open house for his
friends. Then began his downfall. Be
ing generous, his alleged friends Im
posed upon his hospitality. The money
began to go rapidly but the amount
seemed Inexhaustible to the heir.
FORMER FRIENDS DESERTED.
His luxurious apartments and expen
sive friends rapidly reduced his bank
account. When the money was no more
to be had, the friends who had fared
so sumptuously at the hands of Theo
dore deserted him to seek other lambs
not yet shorn. . He was of no further
use to them, and then it was he learned
that friends are plentiful while money
lasts, but very scarce when the ex
chequer becomes depleted. The world
seemed cold and cheerless when the
last penny had been spent, and there
was no longer a friendly roof to Bh
hinv But he was not the kind to cry
over spilt milk. He gracefully accepted
the unpleasant situation, and. although
unfitted to battle with life, he was pos
sessed of versatility.
After trying various schemes he at
last purchased a quantity of cheap Jew
elry and began trafficking in that ar
ticle, which sells readily to the unso
phisticated pilgrims from the rural He
evidently met with poor sale for his
ware at the nation's capital, and found
himself obllsed to saw wood that he
might subsist during the sojourn here.
It might be expected that one who has
enjoyed the luxuries of life, and then
lost all. would be anything but cheerful.
This is not true in the case of Mr. Fra
ser. He feels that he has been taught a
lesson worth knowing, and what he ac
cumulates by his own efforts will be
treasured. It will not be squandered up
on unappreciative friends.
Superintendent Cutler Bald that In all
his experience as manager of the mu
nicipal lodging house, not one person
has applied there for a bed whose his
tory was as Interesting as that of the
Memphis lad.
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Different I'ses.
The best tacks are made of imported
Swedish Iron: the next grade of Amer
ican soft steti, and the cheapest of com
mon. American Iron. Tacks are also
made of copper. Some tacks aire tinned,
and for ship use tacks are galvanized.
Tacks are made of sizes ranging from
half-ounce to 24-ounce. The tack com
monly used as a carpet tack is an 8
oumce tack. A 24-ounoe tack is about
1 Inches In length.
There are many kinds of tacks, made
for a great variety of uses, and they
are put up in many different forms.
There are gimp tUcks, kxkUig-glass
tacks, upholsters1 tacks, 4runk tacks,
luce tacks, shank tacks, lasting tacks,
miners' tacks, cheese box tacks and
tacks for many other uses. Within the
past dozen years the sale of double
pointed Hacks has increased tenfold
with the greatly increased use of elec
trical wine. Double-pointed tacks are
also used for tacking down straw mat
ting and for other purposes.
Tacks that are sold in papers are put
up In all weights, half weights and
quarter weights, the weight indicating
the size of the package. Almost all
kinds of lacks are also sold In bulk, in
23-pound and 00-pound boxes and In 100
pound kegs.
A one ounce tack machinist will moke
In a day about 100,000 tacks altogether.
The iron is fed Into the machine in a
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er than the length of a finished tack,
so as to allow of material to be up
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Continued Vwa Xffecta Permanent Cnre.
Patlsf action guaranteed or money refunded. Prlee,
5o eta. Trial f roe nt Druggists. Ketilatered mall,
W cent. S.D.CDSIlUll,liIr.,Ilnliitri,aiti.,ll.S. 4.
CrtTnHMAWl SB
MFNTMftl The surest snd safest MmeflT for
men I nUL all rtlndlaeas6B,lCetcma,ltn. Salt
Rhenm-ota1 Sores, Burns, I'nu. Wonderful rem
mr for PILES. Frle,5eta. at llrufr-riall t
lata or by mall prevail. AddreaassaboT.. Off 1
For sale by MATTHEWS BROS, and
JOHN H. PHELPS, Scranton, Pa.
Complexion Preserved
DR. HEBRA'S
VIOLA CM
Remove" Freckles, Pimples,
Liver Moles. Ellsekhoids,
Sunburn ami Tin, and re
stores the skin to its origi
nal freshness, producing a
An1 tinsliliir nnm.
ploxlon. Superior to AUfnco
uruggisu, or mailed lor SOcta.
hsrmlM. At all
feud lor Circular,
VIOLA 8KIM SOAP Is ilnplr tocomiMrabIa h a
rtln purifTias Hoap, uncqimM ftr lh wilet, ana wuboal a
rival UM tiia Bitmrr. AbMlutalv aura aod deikatotj wn
eaud. itdmmliiM, Prioe 23Cnu.
G. C. BITTNER 4 CO., Toledo, Oi
For sale by MATTHEWS BROS, and
JOHN II. PHELPS, Scranton, Pa.
nf CkleheaOr'a Fnallna THaaend llranf. '
rENNYROYAL PILLS
Original yd mij venuiie.
Arc, tlwtyt reliable. ioi( uk
iTUHin i or f -jticAtufcr ttmmtn via-,
mond Brand lu Uvil and tluUi metallic
IhoKCt, aeaUd with blue rttibon. Take
(noutheis Rtfntt dangtraut mbatitu
fioti ami imitationt. At Druili. or md Asa.
In itampa for particular!, tritlnonlaJa anal
".tellef fop l.mdle in tttter, br rrtara
lMkIL 10,000 Trtlmonl-la. Same i-aptr.
at. 1.1 .if I -1 ii. i ... ULil.jJ i
V An
f A Celebrated Female
1 1 In. Powders sever fall.
limn urerrocTrcrrTs
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for Infants and Children.
MOTHERS, Do You Know that Paregorn
Batman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, many eocallcd Soothing Eyrnpa, aa4
most remedies for children are composed of opium or morphine ?
Be Tow Know that opium and morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons
Po Ton KnOTT that la most countries druggists are not permitted to sell
aarcotics without labelling them poisons?
Po Vow KnOTT that you should not permit any medicjne to be gives your;'
child unless yon or your physician know of what it is composed f ',
Po Veil Know that Castoria Is a purely vegetable preparation, 'and that a Hot
of its Ingredients is published with every bottle I
Po Vow Bnew that Castoria is the prescription of the famous Dr. Bamtjii,''
Pitcher. That it has been in use for nearly thirty years, and that more Csstoria la
Cow sold than of all other remedies fur children combined t . "'
Po Von Know that the S atcnt Office Department of the fnited States, and of
other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to use the wor4
Castor la " and its formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense ?
Po Vow Know that one of the reasons for granting this government-protectioa '
Was because Castoria had been proven to be absolutely harmless T
Po Vow Know that 35 average doses of Castoria are furnished for U
renttt, or one cent a dose I
Po Vow Know that when possessed of this perfect preparation, yourchUdrta
rill be kept well, and that you will have unbroken rest ? d
Well, tbewe? things) are worth knowing. They are fsc
The fac-almlle
alsrnatwre of
la on TcPy :
wrapper.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria
THe ctnTaua eoMPawr. rt ainww ammr. new vans crrv.
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Established 1866. Ovtr 16,000 In Usb.
THE (JENU1NE,
PIANO
At a time when many manu
facturers and dealers are making
the most astounding statements
regarding the merits and durability
of inferior Pianos, intending pur
chasers should not fail to make
critical examination of the above
instruments.
E. C. RICKER
General Dealer In Northeast
crn Pennsylvania.
New Telephone Exchange Building, 115
Adams Ave., Scranton, Pa.
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days' rua at PlllsbUrj'S "A" Mill, and over One Millloa
barrels in the past six months, running SIX Days 8 Week,
the highest record of any mill in the world. Mr. Pills
bury, the manager of tho Tillsbury "A" Mill, Challenges
Any .Ulll la the VVOrlU to come within 15,000 barrels oi it
in a six days' run. The PilUbury Washburn Flour
Mills Co., Limited, not only own the largest mill in the
world, but make the BEST FLOUR.
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THIRD NATIONAL BANK
OF SCRANTON.
Capital, - - $200,000
Surplus, - 300,000
Undivided Profits, 64,000
Special attention given to Business and Personal
Accounts.
3 Interest Paid on Interest Deposits
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