THE THROSE OF T38
BY WILLIAM
Author ol Zorolda,"
tCbprrts-at, IH
PARC X,
Far wouUs, beyond Uw A Was train
lalns, beyond that great Dmlttees plain
fcnosm ajra little snderstosd In Euro
pean civilization. In the great Sahara
where nothing meet the naked eye
life today is the same as tt was ten
centuries aajo the rame aa It will ever
be; free and cnarralnx tn Ita fltmprrdty,
yet with many terrors ever present,and
un-b leached bones ever reminding tlut
lonely traveler that a pricked watr
kin or a lama oatnel means the end of
all mats.
On a recent Sourney from BlBkra to
Moui-souk, in Feisan. I foolishly disre
garded the injunctions of my old friend
Emlle Chandioux, the commandant of
the outpoet of Spahls stationed In the
Arab town of In Salah, in the Touat
Oasta, arrtl was rendered extremely un
comforta.M by the astounulnff dis
covery that the aunel caravan I had
joined In Zouin Tlmassanhi, and with
which I hud been traveling for tiwenty
days, belonged to the Kul-Izhaban, a
tribe of marauders and outla.w whose
depredations and relentless butchery
of their weaker neighbors caused them
to be held in awe from Morocco across
to Tripoli, and from Biskra to Lake
Tsad. Ii addition, I ascertained that
our shaikh, known to me as Sidl El
Adil, or '"The Just," was really nono
other than the dreaded Abdul Melik,
the pirate- of the desert, nfraalnst whom
the French government has sent threo
expeditions, and upon whoso head, a
price had been set.
With bronzed, aquiline features, long
gray beard, end keen, doep-set eyes;
toll, erect, agile and of commanding
preeeoce, he was a splendid specimen
of the Arab of the plains. Though he
expressed Intense hatred for the Infi
del, and Invoked curses moot terrible
upon the horsemen of the Roumis, In
jreneral, and my friend Capt. Chan
dioux, In- particular, he nevertheless,
treated nre .with haughty courtesy, and
extended to me the band or friendship.
As to the head of our cavalcade of two
hundred armed horsemen and a Ions
string of camels, lie rode day by day
across the parched wilderness, Inter
spersed by small Band-hills and naked
ledges of rock, speckled with etliel
buhes half overwhelmed by solid, he
was truly an imposing figure. His
burnouse was of finest white wool.em
broldered heavily with silk; the halck
surrounding hlB faca was of spotless
china silk, nad around his head was
wound many yards of brown camel's
hair, . The- saddle upon Tvhloh he sat
was of crimson velvet, embroidered
with gold and set With precious ptones,
nnd stirrups and spurs of massive silver
completed the trappings of his splen
did coal-black horse, which he managed
with rare perfection and skill. On my
white Ku-luii-lan stallion, I usually
rode at his side, chatting to him. In his
own tongue, while two hundred of his
people, erect in their saddles, and with
their long-barreled rifles slung behind,
were ready to instantly execute his
slightest wish.
Those days were breathless and blaz
ing. Scorched by the sun, and half-suf
focated by the sand-laden wind, our
way lay through a wilderness that na
ture had forsaken. At night, how
ever.when the outlaws of the desert had
cast sand upon their feet and prayed
their maghrlb, and we had encamped
under the palms of the oasis, eaten our
dates and krouss-krouss, and slaoked
our thirst from our water skins, then
commenced the real luxury of the day
the luxury of Idleness as, reclining on
a mat in front of his tent, with coffee
and a olgaretta, the great Abdul-Mellk
would relate with slow distinctness
stories of paet encounters between his
people and the hated Christians. While
sentries with loaded rifles kept a vi
gilant lookout lest we should be sur
prised by the ever watchful Spahls or
Chesaeurs, half a dozen Arabs would
squat In a semi-circle before the great
sheikh, and, twanging upon their guen-
lbrk those queer little banjoes fash
lolned from tortoise shells over which
fkin is stretched, would chant weirdly
In a strange staccato, Arab songs of
love snd war. At that hour a coolness
falls over everything, intense silence
reigns, the sky above grows a deeper
and deeper blue, end the palms and tal
ha trees look mysterious In the half
light. Soon the stars shine out like di
amond points, and it grew darker and
darker, until the chill night breeze of
the desert stirs the feathery heads of
the date palms. Then the lawless no
roads, my companions, would wrap their
burnouses .closely about them, scoop
oat a hole tn the warm sand, and there
repose until the first flush of dawn.
About five weeks after I had inadver
tently thrown In my lot with the Kel
Izaban, and after penetrating a re
gion, that as lor as I am aware, has
never been explored by Europeans, for
It remains a blank upon the moot re
cent map issued by the Depot de la
Ouerre, we were one evening, at a spot
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COMPLAINTS
8
IHODSAND TERRORS,
LB QUEUX.
"Stolen Souls," eta
sy WlUtMH Le Qaeax.
evidently prearranged, joined by o body
ot Ms horsemen, who armed themselves
with the rifles obtained from our cam
els' packs, and then, leaving the camels
in oharge of half a dozen men In a rooky
valley, called the Anzoua, we ail con
tinued our way In high spirits, jesting,
laughing and singing snatches of songs.
Throughout that night and during the
following Oay we roa at tne same
steady pace, with only brief halts that
(were absolutely necessary. On the sec
ond night darkness fell swiftly, but the
moon rose, and under its mystic light
we sped forward, until suddeuly the
gaunt man, in a dirty ragged burnouse.
who acted as our guide, shouted, and
we pulled up quickly. Then, in the
moonlight, I could just distinguish
among the trees of the little oasis a few
low, white houses, of what I subse
quently learned was the little desert vil
lage of Tllouat. inhabited by the Kel
Bmoghrl, and distant ten leagues from
the town of Ideles.
Abdul-Malik shouted an order clear
and distinct. Whereupon the horsemen
spread themselves out In two long lines,
and with their guns carried across their
saddles, the first Una crept slowly and
silently forward. By this movement I
knew that wa were about to attack the
village, and held my own rltle ready for
purposes of self-defense. Sitting in the
second line, I advanced with the others.
and the breathless moments that fol
lowed were full of excitement. I had
become a pirate of the desert, one of a
band of lierce outlaws, ruports of whoso
terrible atrocities had sent a thrill of
horror across Europe on more than one
occasion.
Suddunly a shot startled us and at
the same moment a muttered curse fell
from the sheikh's llos as he saw that
our presence had b'een detected, for the
shot had been llred in the village a
sound of warning. Almost In3tantly
It was apparent that we had been be
trayed, for a great body of horsemen
galloped on to meet us, and in a few
moments I found myself lying behind
my horse pouring forth volley after vol
ley from my repeating rltle.
The fusillade was deafening, and for
fully half an hour it was kept up.
About twenty cf our men hud been
killed or wounded, when suddenly the
first line rose with loud shouts ns If
they were one man nnd. mounting
rode straight at their opponents, while
we dashed at headlong speed upon our
enemies almost ero they had time to
realize our Intention. The melee wes
awful. Swords, rilles and keen, crooked
Jamblyahs were used with terlble ef
fect, but very soon all resistance was
at an end the work of looting the
village commenced.
Half demented by excitement and
success, my companions entered the
houses, shot down the women with re
lentless cruelty, tore from them what
litle Jewelry they possessed and plun
dered, wrecked and burned their homes
out of sheer delight in destruction. I
stood watching the terrible scene, shud
dering at the inhuman brutality of my
companions, but unable to avert the
terrible calamity that had fallen so
swiftly upon the peaceful little place.
The flendlBhness of the outlaws had
alas, not bean exaggerated. Abdul-
Melik laughed gleefully, uttering some
words as he rode past me swift as the
wind. But heeded them not. I loathed,
despised and hated him.
While dawn spread In saffron streaks
the work of plunder still proceeded, but
when the sun shone forth only the
smoke-blackened walls of Tilount re
mained standing. The plunder was
quickly packed upon our horses, and
soon afterwards we rode off, carrying
with us twenty men and women who
had been captured. All of whom, I was
Informed, would eventually lind their
way Into the great slave market fur
away at Mourzouk.
At sundown, live days afterwards, we
descended Into a rocky valley, and sud
denly came upon a wonderful muss of
scattered ruins, of amazing magnitude
and extent, which Abdul-AIellk told me
were the remains of a forgoteii city
called Tihodayen, and as we approached
I saw by the massive walls of hewn
stone.the fallen columns half Imbedded
in the sand, and, by an Inscription over
an arched door.that they were relics of
the Roman occupation. When we dis
mounted, I found that the ruined city
gave shelter to the outlaws, and was
their habitual hiding place.
An hour later, reclining on mats un
der the walls of what had once been a
great palace, the outlaw Sheikh and
myself ate our eveuing meal of saubu
OUR OVIDTC PIIOUTED AND WH
FULLED UP QUICKLY.
saj, beryseh and luzlnyeh, nnd drank
copiously of dushab, that luscious date
sirup that Is so acceptable after the
heat and burden of the Saharan day.
while my companions feasted and made
merry, for it appeared that they kept
stores of food concealed there.
On commencing to smoke, Abdul
Mellk ordered that the captives should
be brought before him, and when a few
minutes later they were ushered Into
his presence, they with one exception.
fell upon their knees and groveled, and
cried aloud for mercy. The single cap.
tlve who begged no favor was a young
dark- haired girl, of exquisite beauty,
with black, piercing eyes, pretty,
dimpled cheeks, and a complexion al
most as fair as an Englishwoman's. She
wore a zouave of crimson velvet heavily
embroidered with gold; a heavy golden
girdle confined her waist, and her wide
trousers were of palest rose-pink silk,
while her tiny feet were thrust Into vet
vet slippers of green embroidered with
gold thread. But her dress had been
torn In the fierce struggle with her pltl
less captors, and as she stood, erect and
defiant, with her hands secured behind
her with a lethern thong, Bhe cast at
us a. glance full of withering scorn,
the Sheikh raised his hand to com
marul silence, bit as her fellow captives
continued waiting, he ordered the re
moval of all but the girl, who apparent-
ly set him at defiance. Then turning his
keen eyes upon her, he noted how ex
tremely handsome she was, and, while
she returned his gaze unflinchingly,
her beauty held me in fascination. In
all my journeys in the Land of the Sun
I had never before seen such an abso
lutely perfect face.
Who art thou?" demanded the
dreaded chief, roughly. What is thy
name?"
I am called Khadldja Fathma.
daughter of All Ben iTshaahaml, cadi of
Ideles," she answered. In a firm, defiant
tone.
"All Ben Vshaahami!" echoed Abdul-
Ketlk, knitting his brows fiercely.
"Thou art his daughter; the daughter
of that accursed son of offal who en
deavored to betray me Into the hands
of the Roumis?" he cried, exultantly.
"I have kindled the lights of knowledge
at the flambeau of prophecy, and I
vowed that I would ere many moons
seek vengeance."
I have anticipated this thy wrath
ever since thy'horde of cowardly ruf
fians laid hands upon me," she an
swered, with a contemptuous toss of
her prety head. "But the daughter of
the cadi Iveles craveth not mercy from
a servant ot Kbits."
"Darest thou insult me, wench?" he
cried, pate with passion, and starting
up as if to strike her. "Thou art the
ohild of the man who would have given
me into the hands of the Spahls for the
sake of the two bags of gold offered for
my head. I will return his good offices
by sending him tomorrow a present he
will perhaps appreciate, the present of
thine own hands. He will then be con
vinced that Abel-Mellk knoweth how
to repay those who seek to injure him."
"Dost thou intend to strike off my
hands?" she gasped, pale as death,
nevertheles making a strenuous ef
fort to remain calm.
'At sunrise the vultures will feast
upon thee, and thine hands will be on
their way to Ideles," he answered, a
sinister smile playing about his hard
mouth.
"Malec hath already set his curse upon
thee," she Bald, "and by each murder
thou commlttest so thou createst for
thyself a fresh torture in Al-Hawiyat,
"WHO ART TIIOU?" DEMANDED
THE DREADED CHIEF ROUGHLY.
where thy food will be offal nnd thou
will slack thy thirst with boiling pitch.
True, I have fallen captive into thine
hands, having Journeyed to Tllouat to
see my father's mother, who was dying:
but thinkest thou that 1 fear thee?
No," she added, with flashing eyes.
"Though the people dread thee as the
great and powerful chief, I de-plse thee
and all thy miserable parasites. It
thou smltest off my hands. It is but
the same punishment as thou hast
meted out to others of my sex. Thou
ai-t.af ter all, a mere cqward who maketh
war upon women."
"Silence, Jude!" he cried in tu
mult of passion, and, turning to the
men beside him, commanded: "Take
her away, secure her alone till dawn,
and then let her hands be struck off
and brought to tne."
PART II.
Roughly the men dragged her away,
but ere she went she cust ut us a look of
haughty scornfutness, and, shrugging
her shoulders, treated this terrible man
date with ineffable disdain.
"The jade's hands shall be sent to her
father, the cadi, us a souvenir of the In
terest he tuketh In my welfare," the
Sheikh muttered uloud: Her tongue
will never iwiuln utera rebuke or insult.
Verily, Allah hath delivered Into my
hands a wen pun to use against mine
enemies."
I utered eager words of Intercession,
pointing out the cruelty of taking her
young life, but he only laughed deris
ively, and I was compelled to sit beside
him while the other captives were ques
tioned and inspected.
That night I sought repose tn a shed
that had been erected in a portion of
the ruins, but found sleep impossible.
The defiantly beautiful face of the
young girl who was to die at dawn kept
recurring to me with tantalizing vivid
ness, and at length I ruse, determined.
If possible, to save her. Noiselessly I
crept out, my footsteps muffled by the
sand, saddled one ofAbdul-Mellk's own
horses, and without attracting the
notice of either sentry on duty at each
end of the encampment, I entered the
ruin, where, confined to an Iron ring in
the masonry by a leather band she
crouched, silent and thoughtful.
"Fi-amanl-llloh!" I whispered, as I
approached. "I come to have speech
with thee, nnd to assist thee to escape."
"Who art thou?" she inquired, strug
gling to her feet and pet-ring at me in
the gloom.
" A Roumt, who Is determined that
the outlaw's command shall never be
executed," nnd taking the jambiyah
from my girdle, I severed the thongs
that confined her hands and ankles, and
the next second she was free.
Briefly I explained how I had sadled
a fleet horse and placed a saddle-bag
with food upon it.
"If I get safely away I shall qwe my
life to you, she added, with Intense gra
titude, pressing my hand for an instant
to her quivering lips. "I know this
place, and ere two moons have risen
I can travel through the rocky defile
and be at my father's house in Ideles.
Tell me thy name, so that my father
may know who was his daughter's lib
erator." I told her, and In the same hasty
breath asked for some souvenir.
"Alas, I have nothing," she an
swered, "nothing but a strange orna
ment iwhlch my father's mother gave to
me Immediately before she died, an
hour previous to the attack being made
upon the village," and placing her hand
deep Into the breast of her dress she
drew forth a rough disc of copper about
the size of a crown piece with ahole
In it as if It had been strung upon a
thread.
When she gave It to me she told me It
had been in her possession for years,
that It was a talisman against terror,
and that some curious legend was at
tached to it.the nature of which I do not
now recollectThere was a strange writ
ing upon it in some foreign tongue of
the Roumis that no one had been able
to decipher."
I looked, but unable to detect any
thing in the darkness assured her that
its possession would always remind me
of her and slipped it into the pocket of
my gandoura.
Then together we crept along under
the shadow of the wall, and, gaining
the spot where the horse stood In read
iness, I held her for a second In my em
brace, while she kissed me, uttering a
fervent word of thanks and afterwards
assisted her into the saddle. Then a mo-
WHEN SUDDENLY5 THE SPADE OF
ONE OF THE SPAHIS STRUCK
SOMETHING HARD.
ment later, with a whispered "Allah
Iselcmeck!" she sped away, with her
unbound hair flying behind her, and was
Instantly lost in the darkness.
On realizing that she was gone I iwas
seized with regret, but feeling that at
least I had saved her from a horrible
doom, I returned to my litle shed, and,
wrapping myself In my burnouse, slept
soundly until the sun had risen high in
the heavens.
Opening my eyes, I nt once remem
bered Khadidja's quaint souvenir, and
on examining It was astonished to find
both obverse and reverse of the rough
ly fashioned disc covered with an in
scription In English crudely engraved,
or rather scratched,- apparently with
the point of a knife. Investigating it
closely, I was enabled, after some dim
curty, to read the following surprising
words:
"This record I leave for the person In
to whose hands It may full, for I am
starving. Whosoever reads this let
him hasten , to Zemnou, in the Zelus
desert, two days from the well of El
Amelma,, and from, the Babel-Qued
pace twenty steps westward outside the
city wall, and under the second bastion
let him dig. . There will he be rewarded.
John Edward Chatteris, held captive In
the Kasbah of Borku by order of the
sultan Othmun. Sunday, June 13,
im."
Chatteris! Instantly it occurred to me
that a celebrated English explorer,
archaeologist and Fellow of the Royal
Geographical society of that name, had
years ago been lost, and his fate had re
mained a complete mystery. This, then.
was a message Inscribed with apparent
diftiiculty within the Impregnable cit
adel of the warrior sultan of Borku,
whose little mountain kingdom was sit
uate five hundred miles south of Mour
zoiik, between the Tibestl mountains
and Lake Tsad, a secret that for half a
ciiiitury had been In the keeping of
Arabs who could not decipher it.
What might not be buried at the spot
indicated by this curious relic of the
great traveler? My curiosity wus ex
cited to the utmost. Impatient to In
vestigate the truth, but compelled, nev
ertheless, to remain silent until such
time as I could escape from my unde
sirable companions. I concealed the dl3c
In my ganduora and rose to join Abdul
Melik at his morning meal.
Khndldja's escape caused th" old out
law Intense chagrin, and his anger
knew no bounds, but luckily no sus
picion fell upon me. and, having re
mained with them during two whole
moons, I succeeded one day, when we
were near the town of Rhat, In evading
them and getting away. As quickly as
possible, I returned to In Salah, where
I exhibited the metal disc with Its
strange inscription to Capt Chandioux,
who became at once interested In It, an
nouncing his intention to accompany
me next day to Investigate the truth of
the engraved record.
With an escort of twenty Spahls, all
well monted and armed, we rode out
of In Salah at dawn, and for nine days
continued our journey across the desert
due eastward, first taking In the caravan
route to Tarz Oulll, beyond the French
boundary, and continuing through the
rocky region of the Ibehaouen and
across the Djedld Oasis, until one even
ing, at the maghrib hour, the high
white walls and three tall mlnarts of
the desert city of Zemnou came within
view. It was unsafe to take the Spahls
nearer, therefore we returned and
bivouacked until darkness set in.
Then, dressed in the haick and burnouse
of the Arab of the plain, Chandioux
with myself and three Saphis, carrying
spades concealed beneath our Knowing
drapery, approached the town and crept
under the shadow of the wals until we
reached the Bab-el-Oued, or principal
gate. Guarded by strong watch towers
on either side, the gate was closed, and
silently we crept.anxious and breath
less, on over the sand westward, until
we had counted twenty paces and
reached the second bastion.
Then, after glancing eagerly around
to reassure ourselves that we were not
observed, we all five commenced to dig
beneath the wall. Discovery, we knew,
would mean death, Th sand was loose
but full of stones, and for some time we
worked without result. Indeed, I be
gan to fear that some one had already
been able to decipher the record and
obeyed Its injunctions, when suddenly
the spade of one of the Spahls struck
something hard, and he uttered an
ejaculation. With one accord we
worked with a will, and within ten min
utes were unearthing an object of ex-
SHE SFwD AWAY, TVITH HER UN
BOUND HAIR FLYING BE
HIND HER.
traordinary shape. At first it puzzled
us considerably, but at length, when
we had cleared the earth sufflclntly to
remove It, we made a cursory examina
tion and discovered it was a kind of
stool with a semi-circular seat, support
ed by six short columns of twisted gold
In Imitation of serpents, the seat Itself
being of god, inlaid with many precious
stones, while the feet consisted of six
great yellow . topais, beautifully cut
snd highly polished, held In the serf
9 flL''i'&Jw
pents' mouths. The gold had become
dimmed by long contact with the earth,
but the gems, as we rubbed off the sand
that dung to them, gleamed and spark
led in the tapers' fitful rays.
he stool, orthrone was so heavy
that it was with difficulty two men
dragad It out of the trench, and breath
less with anxiety, we all lent a willing
hand to carry It over the five miles of
open desert to where the men were
awaiting ua Our arrival was greeted
with cheers, but quickly the strange
rellcrwas wrapped In saddle bags and
secured upon the back of a spare horse,
and we set out on the first stage of our
return journey, reaching In Salah in
safety ten days later, and learning
with satisfaction on our arlval that
Abdul-Mellk had, during our absence,
been killed in a skirmish with the Spa
hls In the Ahaggar.
Not until I had brought the Jeiweled
seat to England and exhibited It before
a meeting of the Royal Geographical
society was I aware of Us real anti
quartan value. From, the letters sent
home by the Intrepid Dr. Chatteris, and
still preserved in the archives of the
society, it appeared that during 183S
Salman, the great Sheikh of Aujila, as-,
sembled a formidable following, and
having proclaimed himself Sultan of
Tunis, led an expedition . through . tho
country, extorting money from the peo
ple by reason of horrible tortures and
fearful barbarities. While sentencing
his unfortunate victims, he always used
a curiously shaped judgment seat,
which for ages had been the. property
of the Sultans of Sokoto, and it thus
became known and dreaded as the
Throne of the Thousand Terrors, It only
being used on occasions when he sen
tenced the unfortunate wretches to tor
ture for the purpose of extracting from
them Information as to where their
wealth was concealed.
Against this tierce rebel the Bey of
Tunis was compelled to send a great
expedition, and after several sanguin
ary encounters at Slnaun, and in the
Um-cl-Cheil, he was utterly routed and
killed In his own stronghold at Aujila.
Dr. Chatteris, In the Inst letter that
reached England, mentioned that he
had secured the Jeweled throne, but
that on account of the superstitions of
the Arabs It was an extremely difficult
matter to convey it to the coast.
Fearing lest he should lose It, he had
apparently burled It, and soon after
wards unfortunately fell Into the hands
of the Sultan of Korku, who held him
captive until his death.
Khadldja Is still living In Ideles, where
she is happily married to the younger
son of the governor, but In the seclusion
of her harem she Is still In Ignorance
that, by the curious little souvenirfvith
which she rewarded her lnlidel friend,
she added to our national collection of
antiquities a valuable and highly In
teresting relic. Visitors to the. British
museum will experience but little diffi
culty in finding It, for in the Oriental
section nt the present moment one of
the most frequently inspected and
greatly admired treasures is the quaint.
historic and bejeweled Throne of the
Thousand Terrors.
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ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo, KY.
ASKPOft THE B?oKLET ON
G1VE5THL
And !5 AB5QiyTElY5AFfi
FOR SALE BY THE
SCRANTON STATION.
The St. Denis
Broadway and Eleventh St., New York,
Opp. Grace Church. -European Plan,
Rooms $i.oo a Day and Upwards.
Jo a tnodeat and nnobtrnsire way there are
fw better conducted hotels in the metropolis
than the St. Denis.
The great pnpn arity it has srqulred can
readily be traced to its oniqoe location. Its
homelike atmosphere, the peculiar excellence
of its cnisiue and service, and its very moder
ate prices.
WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SOU
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RESTORES VITALITY
Made a
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15th Day. SfX of Mfl.
TKE OPEAT 80th bay.
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prodnces the above results ln'SO days. It i-t
powerfully sod quicklr. Cures when ill others fall
loans men will rrsatn their loot manhood, and old
men will recover their youtbttU visor by lulns
BKVI VO. It quicklr and aurelv restores Nerveus
nev. Lost Vitality, Impotencr. Mlcbtljr Emission,
Lost Power. FaUUut Meatorr, Went Inn piK-sfs.aa-i
all effects ot self-abuse erescewand indiscretion,
which unflts one for rudy, btninew or marriage. It
not only ouree by etartins at the seat of dease. but
is a treat nerve tonie and blond builder, briny
ins back the pink glow to pale rheeka aid Tn
-torirs the Are) of youth. It wardu off fnwnit)
ind Contumption. Innlrt on bavins RKVIVO.m
ther. It eaa be carried in vest rocket. Br mr.il
M.O0 per packers, r sis tor SSJI.OO, with peal
va written gaarantae to cure or tcJaat
He money. Circular free. Address
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Far salt hy MATTHEWS BROS., Drurclsi
crsatssf Pa.
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for Infants
T
THRTY yeari observation
millions of persont, permits
It it unonertionably the beat remedy for Infanti and Children
the world has ever known. It is harmless. Children lite it It
gives them health. It will save their lives. In it Mothers hTO
something which is absolutely safe and practically perfect aa a
child's medicine. .
Castoria destroys Worms. . .
Castoria allays Feverighnesa. .'
Castoria prevents vomiting Sow CttrflVV
. CaatoriA enros Diarrhoea and Wind CoKoN " -'
Castoria relieves Teething Troubles. '
Castoria cures Constipation and Flatulency.
Castoria nentralizas the effects cf carbonic acid gas or poisonous air.
Castoria does not contain morphine, opium, or any other narcotic.
Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels,
giving healthy and natnral sleep.
Castoria is pnt up in one-size bottles only. It is not sold in bulk.
Don't allow any one to sell yon anything else on the plea or promise)
that it is "just as good" and "will answer every purpose."
See that yon get C-A-ST-0R-I-A."" '
The facsimile stf yr?at " ig n every
signature of Cut&ffi&&iM wrapper.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
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Established 1866.
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At a time when many mantu
facturers and dealers are making
the most astounding statements
regardingthe merits and durability
of inferior Pianos, intending pur
chasers should not fail to make
critical examination of the above
instruments.
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E. C. RICKER
Genornl Dealer in Northeast
era Pennsylvania. '
New Telephone Exchange Building, 115
Adams Ave., Scranton, Pa.
61,827 BARRELS OF FL1S
days' run at Pillsblirj'S MA" Mill, and over 006 MHIlDll
barrels in the past six mouths, running SIX Days a Week,
tho highest record of any mill in the world. Mr. Pil la
bury, the manager of the Tillsbury "A" Mill, Challenges
Aiiy Mill ia the World to come within 15,000 barrels of it
in a six days' run. Tho PilUbury Washburn Floor
Mills Co., Limited, not only own tho largest mill ia the
world, but make the BEST FL01C
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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.
and Children.
of Castoria with the patronage of
n to speak of it without guesting.
Muaaav Trrr, Hiwvoaa oitv.
DATE.
Ovar 26,000 In Us.
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