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THE SCBANTON TBIBUlfE SATURDAY MORNING; SEPTEBER 20, -1 890.
Old-Robertson's -Ranche.
By CHARLES B. LEWIS.
Copyright, iUt, by lbs
PART I. 1
Her on the road between Port Tulm
hud the town of San Quln, twenty
step from tlie west bank of Vog creek,
and having- liilU to the north and a
ten-mile plain to tha Boutin elands
Robertson's Ranche. . Tim name
"KancJie" lit a misnomer. There are no
horses or cuttle no furmlnff. In other
days, when the Htage took this route.
It was a road house. It is a roud house
yet, but fa lluii into decay and having
no bad a reputation, that both civil
and military authorities keep an eye
on It. There are two ubode buildings
a house and a idled bain. Thwe Is no
lnclosure no- shade no surroundings,
except a stack ot wiry hny, a broken
down wagon and a heap of poles which
liuv'e been brought from the hills for
firewood. It is a lonely, evil-looking
place, and with three of four men
skulking about It would be a nervy
tenderfoot who would dismount at the
door, even at broad noonday. .
It Is 3 o'Hock in the afternoon of an
August day, and the nun is boiling
down on Robertson's Handle In a way
to burn the grass out by the roots.
Stretched at full length on the floor of
the barroom, with a saddle for a pil
low, Is John .Robertson, a grinded,
vioJoiis-looklns; man of fifty, lie has
beeu asleei) for an hour. A door lead
ing into what seems to be a living
room softly opens and a girl steps into
the barroom, looks about inquiringly
and then Walks to the front door and
gazes up the trail winding over the
hills. More than one man aye! more
than a hundred travelers gave a start
of surprise at seeing Kit Robertson
about the Ranche between the years
1S72 and 1875. A girl of seventeen or
eighteen, trim ot figure, small hands
and feet, curly chestnut hair, dark blue
eyes and a face which would have at
tracted a second look on Fifth avenue.
Her apparel was coarse, but well-fitting,
and was what might be called:
"Half -Mexican hall civilized.'
"Wake up, dad!"
A mile or more up the trail the girl
had caught sight of a horseman head
ed for the Ranche.
"Eh, Kit, what la it?" yrowla the
Half-awaken man In- reply.
"Stronger!
Humph!'
He yawned, t tu ned over on his side,
rubbed his eyes and slowly got up and
etaggered over to the door. After a
look up the trail he said:
"Better vamose!"
Without a word she turned and madj
her way to the rear room, but she did
not stop there. She passed out of the
Bide door and out ito the shed and
around to the shady side of It and sat
down with her back to the wall. By
the time the stranger horseman rode
up Old Robertson was very much
awake and met hint with a smile and
a nod.
'Hot!" muttered the stranger. -j
"Hot as!" J 1
"You are John Robertson ,
"You bet!"
The stranger turned his horse loose
. ftud entered the barroom. He wasn't
a tenderfoot he wasn't an ex-soldier
-flie wasn't the county shprilt. Rob
ertson, had met all sorts of men, and
he knew that his caller didn't "hung
fj 'BETTER VAaIOSE!" f
out" within a radius of fifty miles. Vor
a minute they sized eaoli other up, and
during those sixty seconds hud either
wan moved his right hand by so much
' a ail Inch them would have been a
killing.
"1 came to have a talk with you,'
said the stranger,
"t3o ahead."
"Anybody abnnl ?"
"Only Kit. but I reckon we'll go out
doors. Come out to the shod."
The girl was on the outside of the
hed the men entered II and sat down
clone together on un old box. 4 lit!
and men were separated by an eaa th
en wall a foot thick, but it had crum
bled and -was full of holes.
"Ever hear of Jim Finch?" queried
the stranger as he lighted his pipe.
"Yes- -horse thief, rustler and road
agent."
"And they tell me you are a game
man?"
"If there's money in It."
"Plenty of money. I want to hold lip
the army paymaster on his next trip,
and here's the spot to do it. There's
fclx of tho boys, and we two'll make
tight. There won't be over eight or
liine in-the eseort, even if it comes to
fighting."
"How'll you woik It?"
"F.asy enough."
And with Ihe girl Kit listening to
every word from the other side ot the
wull the strangers proceeded to give the
details of a plot which had been hatch
ed weeks before and many miles away.
Fort Yuba was the first of the live forts
on Ihe paymaster's route. His safe
would contain eight or ten thousand
dollars. His usual escort was a ser
geant mid six men. With his clerk nnd
the driver of the ambulance there
would lie nine men, alt well armed and
nil ready to fight In defense of the
money. Eight rough and ready men
might ambuscade and get away with a
dozen soldiers, but there was to be no
killing It It could be avoided. In case
of a fight some of the outlaws would
tea down os well. They wanted the
money Instead of the bullets, and Jim
Finch thought it could be got without a
man being grazed. When he had given
the details Robertson extended his
hand and said:
"I'm your man shake!"
"flood! I knew you had sand!"
Ten tnlnutes later when the stranger
was galloping away and old Robertson
BwrfMllef SjadToata.
had entered the barroom, tha girl
queried in a careless way:
"What did he want, dad?"
"Wanted me to help run some cattle."
"Hut you won't?"
"Reckon' not. Things are get tin'
skeery about here, and I'm thlnkln' we
may pull up and leave In a few days.
The sheriff's iiosiu' about, and the sol
diers don't Htop here any more. Drat
'em they wouldn't let a mun make an
honest llvln' lu this country!"
Tho girl walked over to hint, and
restlnga hand on either shoulder looked
him la Hie eyes and said:
"Oh, dad, I hope you'll get out of
this! It's a horrible pluee, and you
don't know how lonely I urn. .Why do
'EVER HEARD OP JIM FINCH?"
you drag me around from one place to
another like this? We haven't had" a
real house since I can remember."
"Don't get started on that tack!" he
gruffly replied, and yet there was a
thread of kindness in his gruffness.
"But I can't help it. Mother went
away two years ago. Why don't she
come back? The soldiers drove you
away from San Jose; the sheriff
drove you away from Quetln; they
scared you away from Bell Rose. You
are dodging about all the time; you
have bad men come here. I've stuck
to you, dad, when I could have cut
and run, as mother did, but I'm getting
tired."
"Kit, haven't T bin a good dad to
you?" he asked after a long look at
her.
"Most times, yes." she replied, "but
I'm here all alone, and I'm tired of the
place, and 1 sometimes wonder won
der "
"What d'ye mean. Kit?" he asked,
as she paused and turned her face.
"Are you my real dad?" she demand
ed, as she looked Into his eyes.
"That's the third time you've asked
that question within two years!" he
sternly replied, "und I'd like to know
what's come over ye. If 1 ain't yer
daddy what ye doin' here? What am
I takln' keer ot ye fur? Who's bin
talkln' to ye?"
"Nobody."
"Then drop It! I don't blame ye for
belli' tired of the Ranche and the folks
and the hull blamed alrth fur a hun
dred miles around, same as I am my
self, but how kin we leave? What we
got to go on? AVhy don't ye wait 'till
I make a raise?"
"Then you are my real daddy?" she
persisted.
"Say, Kit, I never laid a hand on ye
in my life!" he wishpered, "but don't
drive me too fur! Shet up on slch talk
or sunthln'H happen! It looks like ye
wanted to disown yer parent and cut
sticks, nnd slch things rile me!"
She entered the buck room without
another word, and old Kobertson
walked nut doors just as Jim Finch
rode up. The two walked off to the
shed and Hut down in the same place
as before and held a conversation lust
ing for un hour. Then Jim handed over
a suiull bottle, laughing as he did so,
and rode back over the trull he hud
come. The girl Kit saw him from one
of the windows saw her father with
Ihe bottle in his hand and there was
a look of mingled resolution und anx
iety In her eyes as she mild to herself:
"I hoped they had given It up, but
they are going ahead, nnd now 1 must
think of some plan to beat the gunie
ami yet save daddy!"
The paymaster's ambulance and es
cort were not u new sight to Old Kob
ertson on that road. When he first
opened up his runch was a stopping
place, for the first night out. but utter
Ids reputution began to decay the es
cort jogged iilong In Silver Springs and
sunset of the second day alter Jim
inude their camp in the cedurs. Al
Finch's second call old Robertson had
a surprise. He wus Hitting on the door
step smoking his pipe when he heard
the rattle of wheels und the sound of
hoofs, und next moment Hie paymas
ter's on tilt cume around the corner and
hulled before him. He rose up and
looked ut he men in a puxzleU way,
and Captain Dakin descended from tlie
ambulance to say:
"See here, Robertson, we want to
stoi here for lie night. We ure behind
lime, and there's u slorm coming up
to make u wet night. Just drive out
your gung and give us the house for
the nighl."
"1 don't know what you mean by
gang." replied the old man. with un In
jured look, "but I shall be glud to hev
ye stop fur the night. 1 kin give tlie
two of ye rooms, but the bovs'll hev to
put up with the shed."
"flood enough," said the sergeant In
charge of the escort, and the safe wum'
lifted out of the vehicle and--curried
Into, a small bedroom lift the barroom
which the captuln was to occupy.
The soldier asked for neither food
nor drink off the ranche. The creek
furnished them with water, und they
cooked their bacon and made their cof.
fee at a fire In front of the shed. The
paymuster ami his clerk were received
as guests, and a humble but hearty
supiier spread for them. Just before
It was served the old man, who had
been officiously nylng around and de
claring he wanted to see everybody
comfortable, entered the kitchen nnd
said to the girl:
"Kit, one of the soldiers wants a
bottle of whisky on the quiet. Just
drop through the trap and hand it up."
He opened the trap door in the
kitchen floor which led to a shallow
excavation, and the girl dropped
through without a look at him. She
wasn't thirty seconds nut of sight, but
during this Interval he lifted the cover
of the coffee pot and poured part of the
contents of a bottle Into It. The re
mainder was poured Into a quart bot
tle of whisky which he took from his
bosom.
"For the paymaster and for the blue
coats!' he chuckled; "and In an hour
from this we'll be riding away with the
safe!"
The girl handed tip the whiskey, drew
herself out of the cellar,, and as the
man walked out of the room she took
the coffee pot off the. Are and emptied
Us contents to the last drop and grain
and then put fresh coffee to steep. She
had heard him at the Are and suspected
what he was up to, but she did not sus
pect that he had a bottle of whisky and
had dosed It as well. ,
PART II.
I'p to the moment the paymaster and
his clerk sat down to supper the sol
diers composing the escort had treated
Old Robertson gruffly or Ignored him
altogether, but his .persistent efforts to
render himself agreeable Induced the
sergeant, to remark:
"I haven't a doubt that you are as
bad as the reputation they give you,
but that's neither here nor there with
us. If you can bring us a drop with
out the captain getting on to It we'll
take It that you are white."
"You shall have a bottle of mv best."
was the reply, and it was the buttle lie
dosed In the kitchen which he carried
out to the men under the shed a few
minutes later.
The escort hud had a hard day of it.
First, a wheel had come off the unibii
lunce to detain them for uu hour. Then
one of the mules hud gone lame with
a nail which had worked into his foot.
Then Ihey hud met with, a tree which
had fallen across the roud at a narrow
spot und they hod to make a circuit
over bud ground 'to clear it. I.ale us
it was when they leached Old Robert
son's Ranche they might huve kept on
to Silver Springs but for the big thunder-storm
rising in the west.
Kit waited on the paymaster and his
clerk at supper. Both hud heard of her,
but neither had seen her before. The
captain did his best to start a conver
sation with her, but the girl was
brusque in her answers nnd soon dis
couraged him. She confined herself to
mono.sylnbles until Just as they were
ready to leave the table; then, having
opened the door to the barroom and
mnde sure that her father wus not
there, she top-toed buck of the cn plain
and whispered:
"Don't let the soldiers get hold of any
of dad's whisky tonight!"
"Why?" he asked, as he regarded her
with surprise.
"Because "
Her father's step was heard In the
barroom and she passed into Ihe cook
room without completing the sentence.
A minute later the captain left the
table and sauntered out doors. These
was a wild play ot lightning among the
black clouds in the west, but the storm
was yet miles away. Strolling out to
the shed he nodded to the sergeant,
who had just finished his supper, and
as the latter came over to him, he
said:
"Sergeant, you know the reputation
of this place."
"Yes, sir."
"Robertson Is an old scoundrel and
hates the military like poison. While
he's all alone here he wouldn't hesitate
to play us a shabby trick. No whisky,
remember."
"Not a drop, sir."
"You will pogt a sentinel here at the
shed and another In the barroom, and
let the other men be ready to spring
at the first alarm."
"Yes, sir. May I ask If you have seen
or heard anything to arouse your sus
picion?" "Nothing of account, but we know
what Robertson is. No whisky, re
member." "Not if we were offered barrels, sir."
At that moment the sergeant had the
quart bottle In his pocket, and he not
only meant to hae Ids nip but to pass
It around. "No whisky" meant getting
drunk, as he Interpreted it, and seven
or eight old soldiers couldn't get dizzy-headed
on a quart of whisky which
old Robertson would be sure to dilute
at least one-third. He stationed the
sentinels, after giving each one a drink
from the bottle, and half an hour later
the storm broke and a wild night came
on. For a few minutes after lighting
up the house old Robertson hung about
the barroom and acted nervous and un
easy, and he looked at his guests In a
strange way. Then he observed that
as no other callers could be expected
and he was not feeling well he'd go to
hed. He disappeared into the living
room, passed out of the rear door, and
had anyone been looking they might
have seen him by the flashes of light
ning as he ran up the trail. A few
minutes after his disappearance the
paymaster and his clerk went to their
rooms, leaving their doors open, while
the sentinel sat clown on a chair nnd
wondered that he should huve been
posted there. There was thirty minutes
of - wind, deluge and reverberating
thunder, and then the storm settled
down to work, as It were, there being
a steady downpour with now and then
a blnze of lightning. The outside uoor
had been shut to keep the storm out,
and bytand by the captain asked the
sentinel If It could not be opened. No
answer. He raised his voice and re
peated the question, and then got out
of bed to Hnd the soldier fast asleep
in his chair. He shook him, but the
man did not awuke.
"Whisky, eh?" whispered the pay
master as he bent over and got u sniff
of Hie mull's hreuth. "If he got It Some
of the others did ulso. Queer whisky!
He was ueiiectly sober thirty minutes
ago:
At that moment Ihe door of the living-room
opened and the girl Kit
stepped Into the bur. She walked
straight up to the mun. noticed hi
condition, und turned on the cuptuln
with:
"Didn't I tell you to warn em.'
"And so I did." he replied.
"They've ull got If und It's been
drugged! Daddy llxed to drug the cof
lee, but I beut hllll ut It. He's out no
to meet a gung und bring, 'em In to get
Hie sufe, and you'd belter see how oUr
men are!"
The clerk cume out at that moment,
nnd Ihe two men started for the shed.
It wus pitch dark out doors and darker
Htlll under th shed, but utter griping
around for a while they found u sleep
ing limn. A vigorous shake luiieit i,i
arouse him, und they groped and dis
covered a second, third und fourth.
Kvery mun hud partuken of f.n
ilnii'L'ed whisky, nnd every man hud
been drugged to insensibility. The cup-
tnin wus cursing und Hie clerk grop
ing for other bodies when they wci
joined by Kit. '
"Don't delay, here!" she cxcluiim-.l.
'Daddy meant to do. for 'ein und has
"DIDN'T I TELIJ YOU TO WARN
'EM?"
done it.' The gang may come now at
any minute, and they won't let your
two lives stand in the way of that safe.
Bring in all the carbines and cartridges
yo'.i can lay hands on!"
They felt about and got hold of four
carbines and four or five belts full of
cartridges, and with one oMhe weap
ons In her hand, the girl led them bark
to the house. Her first move was to
bar the rear door and secure the heavy
blinds. Then the front was made fast,
and she brought another light into the
borroom ana said:
"You see 'he loopholes cut by the
doors und windows? There's others In
the back room. Daddy shouldn't have
gone Into this, but 1 hope he won't get
hurt. 1 hate to go back on duddy, but
I'm tired of this lire. Get ready for a
hot light, for daddy must huve a des
perate gang behind him."
During the next hour the rain cam.
down steadily and monotonously, and
no other sounds were heard. The three
on watch Inside blew out one of the
rundles and shuded the other and con
versed In whispers. By and by the rain
ceased, and hardly hud it done ho when
a gentle tapping was heard at the
back door. The trio tip-toed into the
room, and with her mouth to one of the
loopholes. Kit called out:
"Is thut you. duddy?"
"Yes, open the door," he replied.
"What have you done with the sol
diers?" "Tied 'em up. 0on the door."
"Who's out there with you?"
"No mutter open up."
"I can t do It, daddy. You Hxed lo
drug the captain and his clerk, but I
made new coffee. They niv both ull
right and have gut carbines, and mean
lo muk'.' a fight for it. 1 don't wuut.to
nght you. duddy, but I must help 'em
out. l'leuse give It up and go away."
Jim Finch's gang? hud arrived. It
was their work which had delayed the
escort their plan to oblige the pay
master o stop ut the Ranche their ex
pectation of making un easy capture.
Tlie soldiers had been drugged and
were helpless, but the house was ne
cured Hguinst them and there were
three people Inside to handle weapons.
There was a moment of silence nfier
Kit's nppeal. olid then it was Jim Finch
who shouted through the door:
"Inside, thai'! We have no time to
fool nwuy, nnd we ar' bound to hev
that safe. Will you open the door to
us?"
"Never!" replied the paymaster.
"Then we'll oiien It fur ourselves, and
you kin tukethe consequences!"
The captain took one door his clerk
nnd the girl the other, und they hud not
long to wait. Both doors were attacked
simultaneously with battering-rams,
while others of the gang outside opened
tire on the windows. Bung! bang!
hung! went the three carbines, liivd
Into the darkness at a venture, and the
logs were dropped and the assailants
took cover, leaving two wounded to
crawl after them and one who would
never move hand nor foot again. Five
minutes later four or tive rifles opened
tire on the doors, which were not bullet-proof,
though almost stopping the
bullets, and Kit left her place to say to
the captain:
"There's a weak spot In the wall over
there, nnd duddy knows It. Some of
them will be digging through while the
others are shooting."
The candle, which had been shaded,
was now extinguished, and the captain
and Kit moved to the spot she had In
dicated. Knives wer already at work,
and when the dirt was heard falling in
side the girl whispered to the captain:
"Now use your revolver, and give 'em
every bullet in It!"
She fired two shots from her carbine
while the captain emptied his revolver,
and the yells and groans from the men
outside, showed that some of the bullets
had taken effect. Leaving the captain
to guard tlie spot, the girl took her sta
tion at the back door, and for the next
quarter of an hour there was lively fir
ing from without and within. Then the
gang had enough of It and drew off,
but It was long past midnight before
fie besieged felt sure that the enemy
had retired. Not a word had been
heard from Kit for half an hour when
the captain struck a light and ex
pressed his belief that It was now safe
to go out and see how it fared with
the men. The flame showed her lying
"SHE'S riONR, TOO, CAPTAIN."
011 Ihe floor with n bullet in her side.
She hud been hit Willi one of the lust
shots Hied, und though not leinleivil
unconscious, she bad not uttered u
word.
"I'm done for!" she suld, us Ihe pay
muster und his clerk bent over her. "C!o
Uni 1 und see if you can tind daddy. !
thought 1 heard I1I111 kiouihiik uwliile
URO."
The horses of the escort and the uin'
buhi nee. mules had be-n driven off. but
110 harm had come to the soldiers li i
still slept under the Influence of the
opiate. There were tour dead outlaws
011 the around, und Jim Fitch wus one
of them. There were two Wounded,
unit old Kobettson was tlie hmlst hit.
They lilted him up und curried him in t j j
the house and lab! hllll down beslJ
Kit. lie wus unconscious, but her
words brought him back to life.
"Thut vou, daddy?" the usked,
"Vcs. Kit."
"Hurt bud. daddy?"
"1 lot my dose."
"I'm done fur,, loo. Say. daddy, tal;,.
hold of my hand. Xow. then, us we lay
here dving, tell inc if you ure my real
duddy?"
".No, Kit. I'm lint."
"Then who inn I ?"
"I slob- you when you was a Utile
little"
"lio un, duddy."
Hut he never spoke again. She wait
ed a minute to heur his uiiswer. an 1
then looked Up ut tlie cuptuili with a
smile. He bucked uwuy and leaned
against the bur und wus looking out or
the open tloor into the darkness, when
his clerk whispered :
"She's Koiie, too, captuln! Pel haps
he'll answer over there!" .
1 OKTlNfcS KUOM THE SKA.
Treasure Discovered at Ihe tloltoiii
of the Uceuu.
From the Loudon Mail.
But the great romance In this con
nection lies with the professional div
ers, one of the most extraordinary In
stances of n fortune found in the sea
concerned the wreck of the Spanish
treasure ship Alfonso XII., which wa.i
sunk off Point Uando, Grand Cunary.
A single diver, David Tester, employed
by the well-known diving- experts,
12. lielnke & Co. of Great Portland
street, recovered Spanish (told coin of
the estimated value of $100,000. The
depth from which this specie was re
covered was twenty-nix and two-thirds
fathoms, or 160 feet.
One of the most difficult operations
ever performed by a diver was the re
coveriiiK of the treasure sunk In tha
Malabar off Oalle. On this occasion
the large Iron plates, half an Inch
thick, 'had to be cut away from the
mallroom, and then the diver had to
work through nine feet of sand. The
whole of the specie on board this ves
selupward of $1,500,000 was saved, as
much as $80,000 having been got out
In one day.
It is an Interesting fact that from
time to time expeditions have been
fitted out and comjtanles formed with
the sole intention searching for bur
ied treasure beneapt the sea. Again
and aguin have expeditions left New
York and Suu Francisco in the cer
tainty of recovering tons of bullion
sunk oh the. Brazilian coast, or lying
undisturbed In the mud of the Klo de la
Plata. It Is. however, an everyday oc
currence for divers to be sent from
the Great Portland street establish
ment to the Australian coasts to tlsh
for pearls: and, likewise, to all parts
of the world or, rather, to all parts
of the ocean where sunken vessels are
to be entered, and their valuable car
goes recovered. '
At the end of 1S8.1 the large steamer
Indus, belonging to the I, und O. com
pany, sank off Tiiuconialee, having on
board a very valuable Kast India car
go, together with a hrge amount of
specie. This wus another case ut a
fortune found in the sea. for a very
large amount of treasure wus recov
ered. Tilt: AH UK Till: AST.
Some -Ueuibers of lite Family Make
lloury )ot of Their Fellows.
It has long been ivcogni.eil that Ihe
nut is u very intelligent insect and leads
a Very complicated sociul life. There are
classes among them plutocrats, labor
ers and criminals, nccordinglo a writer
in the New Knglaiid Journal.
The author of the recent work on
entomology notes the curious habit of
one species of nut of "turning some of
their fellows inlo animated honey
liots."
Instead of plucing honey In a comb
as the bees do, the ant selects a certain
number of workers and disgorges the
honey obtained from the eucalypti (on
which it is denosited by coccidue Ulld
other Insects Into the throats of their
victims. The process being continually
repeuled causes the stomachs of these
workers to be distended to un enormous
size.
Tills extraordinary habit was? odis
covered in tlie case of certain unts In
Mexico, und subsequently shown to pre
vail in Colorado. It has been found lo
exist In Australia also, und Mr. Frog
gart describes and figures three ants
of the genus rainpoiiotus thut pursue
this remurkabje practice. .
The ants containing tlie honey ure
favorite food with the natives.
fife
W "IK I S J "fit
PAIN CURED IN AN INSTANT.
Lit Radway's Reajy Relief Be I'sed on the
First Indication of Pain or Uneasiness: It
Threatened with Disease or Sickness, the
Cure Will Be Made Before the Famllv Docto
Would Ordinarily Reach the House.
CURES TUB WORST PAIN'S In frv
one lo twenty minutes.
A CURE FOll ALL
A half to a teispoonful of Ready Relief
in a halt tumbler of water, repeated as
often as the discharge cup'iuue, und a
flannel saturated with Heady Kellef plac ed
over the stomach and bowels will affo "J
immediate relief und soon effect u cure.
Internally A half to a ttaspoonful in
half a tumbler of water will in u few mill,
men cur Crumps, Sspasms, Sour Stom
ach,, Nausea, Vomiting, Heartburn, Nerv
ousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Heudauhe
Flatulency und all Internal puln.
Malaria In Its Various Forms Cured and Pre
vented. There In not a remedial agent In the
world thut will cure Fever una Ague und
ull other Malarious, Killous an, I oilier
fevers, aided bv IIADWAY'S HILLS. ro
quick us n. I A Y S Kr.AUY KKLIKI?.
Travelers should always curry u bottle
of Kuilwuy'n Kru.Jy Relief with them.
A few dl'uos In water u'lll m-viif o..k'-
tifs or pains from 'chunge of water, ii lr
belter tliuii I rem Ii brunuy or bitters us a
stimulant.
Hrice U cents per bottle. Hold by ull
Druggists.
CNSCSSSD ST TMC HlOHIST MtSICM. AuTMONITIf t
& V " s IkJI W Sk. llisaifi fc at IfttjasiB SL-SSSK,
ma you sjwinmJ
asthmm vrtLnnnn
HEADACHE 1!!
t .HALF.H Will dim 1,111 A
wuuderful bcsiu Co sufferer
ii'ioi Colds, HureTkroat,
llnnij. Branfhltl.
or HAY FEVEB. AftitL
vnmiduiU rftitf. Au emcirtiT
la pocket, res&f to i d II rot Indication of cuia
Conllantd Vm Effects Permanent Cnre.
8uiUiaiiiitui.riint!t!lurmnner refunded. Price,
Sl eta. Trlul free ut DruuUta. fUvistereo mail.
30 wonts. I II. COSHMiN, Mir., ltu kivin, Its , 0 3. a.
MENTHOL sureH an. I safert reuie.tr for
"i I "Ua. a! iin dlwaaesKoitma. 1Kb Sal'
Rhejm old Sores. Mums, furs weBderftil ren
Mr for PILES. Price IStu. hi Dra oil I
'lAlaor bj oiioi l.isphi.1. Addiexiiasatiove. Dfvl r
For sato by MATTHEWS BROS, and
JOHN II. PHKLPS. Scrunton. Pa.
Complexion Preserved
Oft. HCBRA'S
VIOLA CREAM
Removes FrseMcs, Plmpls.
Liter Males, Blscktwada,
Sefcbiira aud Ts, and re.
sto.es the kklu to It vici
nal fra-biic-uj, producing a
clear aud UealtLy com
pit lieu. Superior to all f,u.'i
i,rr.an.tluiie and tiorlectlr
tiM-mless. At all
jrug-glsu,or luulied for SOtts. Scud fur Circular.
VIOLA SKIN SOAP ' imely lu-oapvaula u e
kib putllrlot SObP, ewiquatal I4T u.. luat, ubS USsut
AiJL tat int sundry. Abwlutely pun ud StUuauSj Skat
Mud. udniriiu. Price 2S Cents.
G. C. BITTNER4. CO., Tot too, O.
For sale by MATTHEWS BROS, and
JOHN H. PHELPS. Bcranton. Pa.
M fkhhutrr's KacJI.li Itleeieee Krae
rCNNYROYAL PILLS
WrlftMi m vmy ventntst.
Arc, ultima rt-llaUr. tAOitk K
lirurfitllt Utr 't'kutitr KtiiUk Mj
Mftiif Mr .in if in km juid riua uvikiu:
uf fii it es blur rit.tvo Tak
si as eat .. tttftt iilM'lf-riaf nbttt (
IluMSUfitf iMlfatrsuNS. At lrUsIsTIt. Of r-Ufl 4?.
In tumid fur j4Ttku!ari. ttitinwulkl uJ
K.ll-r fee r&dle. Iti UUtr. h re-tana
T MaIL l.Mtf Kf'tuMsnial .Vim iyT.
bl tul jUcu Wi.fuu. Palisftda., ft
Or Van IMt .Mun
thly Keciilatinc Vee
tlf Ulil r Kl tble Granule- c.m-l
VV leaf I VI Km 11 niand ami maintain i
fiintiuuon trade aa a recliuerative ine xtiaua.
It Ion anil debility peculiar I r incident t.
.woman or tenner roiisiiruiioiia m voiirn ami
i, Irl aire. Tber have uo enual. '1 ho faculty
utrnnirle recommend them. Desrrititire eir-
cular free, sent recurely seeled. Juvcnla
lleo)ejjJMJrehterlMHdjJ
sa Wlflllt
( Celebrated Femala
IF 11 111 V Powders never f.tk
SUMMER COMPLAINTS.
5r j
it
SMS
a
rfcewe. (lav Casmlra mrxe7l
ree la 4H fceure wllheot I
wbf aef Injections fall. V
.
AVegetable Preparation tot As
similating Uct'ood and Regula
ting ihe Stomachs aiultfowek of
PromolesDigcslioaChecrfui
ucss and Rest.Contains neither
UpmnT.Morphine nor Mineral.
Not Nauc otic.
Uttvearoua-smELenxMit
. JimJk'm S4
wur.jir
Joy
fipprnwU -
IHrmStri -
tflftJMii JupKP
Ancrfoc t Remedy for Constipa
tion, Sour StoiMclt.Didrrhoca,
Woruis.CoiivuLsioivsiVvensh-
ucss undLoss of Sleep.
. Tac Simile Signature ot
MEW YORK.
, EXACT COPY OF WBAePCB.
Directory of Wholesale and Retail
CITY AND SUBURBAN
i
AKTSTi lIO.
I Huntee 38 Spruoe.
A I III. t TIC AND DAILY PVPl:KS.
It, -ismaii & Solomon, 103 Wyoming ave.
ATI1I t TIC GOODS AMI IIICYCLES.
C. M. Klorey, 2i2 Wyoming uve.
AWNlMiS AND Rl BIIKR GOODS.
J. J. Crosby, 15 Laekan'untiu ave.
BANKS.
Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Co.
.Merchants' und Mechanics', 429 Lacka.
Traders' Nutlunul, cor. Wyoming and
Spruce.
West Side Bank, 10 N. Main.
Scrunton Savings, 122 Wyoming.
Ill PIHNCi. AHI'Kr CLEANING, ETC.
The Scrunton Bedding Co., Lackawanna.
BREWERS.
Koblnson, V.. Sons. 43." X. Bevonth.
poblnson, .Mlnu, Cedar, cor. Alder.
BICYCLES GI NS, ETC.
Parker. K. It.. 331 Spruce.
bicvci.f: i. iv my.
City Ilicycle l.lvery, 120 Franklin.
iin:yt;j.i: klpaihs, tic.
BlTleiibeiuler & Co., 3UU Spruce street.
hoots At snots.
("ioliUiuitli Hi os. 'M .uekuwunna.
(iiHHlnian'i) .Shoe hloie. iti I.uckawumiu.
IlKOkl K AXO JtWtl tlt.
Kuiliii Kros., 1 Peon.
CANDY" .MAM ACT! HLK.
Hcraiituii Tandy V. Lackawanna.
CAKPE13 AU WALL PAPLK.
iiiKttllj, J. S. oil, -tni l.uckawiinna.
CAKKI Alir S AND IIAKM SS.
Slmwell, V. A., Mi l.inuau.
r.VHKlAOl ULl'USlTOKV.
bluine, Win. ,V Son. Uil Spruce,
CATERKR.
Huntington, .1. (.'., . Washington.
miVV AMI GLASSW AKfc.
hnpprei til. Louis, '-'lil Pdiii ive.
t lfiAR MAM FAfTl RtR.
.1. I'. I'illle, Spl'Uee Street.
COM I'.C'I IUVt.lt AMTOVS.
Williams. .1. L. Broil., :iH Lu. ka.
l.OYlKAi IOK AMI III ILHI K.
Sn.n.k. S. M.. lyphuiil.
IKIH kl IIV AMI GI.ASSW AKK.
Hurtling. J. L., L'r l.u'-kuwuiiiiu.
tilMXi ROOM.
Caryl's Mnli.K Kooiu, 5Uo Linden.
liRY (iOOHs.
The KumIiIoii. Sjs Lai kuwuuiiu avenue.
Kelly fii flealev. :i I.Hi kawuulia.
Kinlcy. I. U., Dlu Laekuvkuiinu.
HRY liOOUS, SHOhS. II VKUWAkt, ETC.
AJnlley, Ambrose, triple utores, Piovl-
lK V t.OOUs, I AM'Y GOODS.
Kreaky, K. H. A Co., 114 S. Main.
HKIGGIS1S.
Mi-Carruli & TliomuM, 2ti9 La.-katvanna.
I.oreiitx. C, 4IS Laeka.: Linden at Wash.
LmvIm. l. W., .Main and Market,
Woe. W. S . Pe. kvilie.
limit's. Juliu J., lmi S. Main,
ENGINES AMI I'.OII I PS.
Li kxoti Mjliul'iii tiiriliK Co.
UNI". Ml HI II IM TAILORING.
.1. V. llobprta. V2i X .Main uve.
W. J. Lmvi.i. lil.l Iiekawaiina.
Kiir Auilren, 119 S. .Main ave.
IT.ORAI. HESIGNS.
I'lurk. O. R. & Co., Ml Washington.
IT OI R. Itl TI ER, EGGS ETC.
The T. II. Wutts Co., Ltd.. Tin W. Lacka.
tiahcock 11. J. A Co.. UK Franklin.
ELOI R, FEED AND GRAIN.
Matthew C. f. Son & Co., H Lacka.
The Weston Mill Co., -17-19 Lackawanna.
I'Rl ITS AND PRODI CI-.
Dale & Stevens, 27 Lackawanna.
Cleveland, A. S., 17 Lackawanna.
Fl HNTSIIED ROOMS,
t'nlon House, 215 Lackawanna.
PI RNITI RE.
Hill & Connell. 132 Washington.
Harbour' h Home Credit House. 423 Lack.
GROCERS.
Kelly, T. J, Co., 14 tdekawanna.
Meaargel & Connell, Franklin avenue.
Porter, John T 2ti and 1 Lackawanna.
Rice, Levy s Co., 3u Iickawanna.
Plrle, J. J., 427 Lackawanna,
I SEE
THAT THE
FAC-SIMILE
SIGNATURE?
- - OF
4 CIS ON THE
WRAPPER.
OF EVERT
3'
B OTTUS OF
Ciltorll Is lint un In nnn.ati'a Wtlxl It
It act sold ia balk. Don't allow anyout to Mil
joa snytliing elss on tha plea or proiulio that it
is "just es, gowl" and "will answer evsrr ptuv
pone." tie ttut jou get U-a-tj-T-U-tt-t-A
Sht be-
tall rW j t fT . T It
cf
wrtttir.t
1
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Osterhout. N. P.. 110 W. Itfarket.
Jordan, 'Juincs, Olypliuut.
Bechtold, E. J., Olyphant.
HARDWARE.
Connell, W. P. Sons. 118 Penn.
Koote Shear Co.. tls N. Waihfnirtoifc
Hunt & Connell Co., 431 Luckuwuuna.
UARDWARE AND PI 1 MBIMi.
Ciiinster d Forsyth. 37 Perm.
Cowles, W. C, JHii7 X. Aluln uve.
HARNESS AMI SADDLERY HARDWARE.
Fritz, n. W 110 Lackawanna,
Keller & Harris, 117 Penn.
HARNESS TR INKS, IU ;ilL;i.
K. B. 1 looser, 133 X. Main uvenue.
HOTELS.
Arlington, di lines & Flannery, Sprues
un, I Kriiulilln.
Scrunton House, near depot.
1101 SE. SIGN AMI FRESCO PAINTER.
Win. Hay. II'.' Linden.
HI MAN HAIR AND HAIR DRESSING.
X. T. Llsk. Lackawanna.
LEATHER AMI FINDINGS.
Williams. Samuel. U"JI spruce.
LIME. CEMEM SEWER PIPE.
Kelk-r, Luther, 813 Lackawanna.
MILk, CREAM. HlTTLh. ETC.
Seruiitoii Dairy V. I'enn and LlnJen.
Slolle Bruit., 5 Spruce.
Mil LliNhk.
Mm. Al. tfaxe. Hi! N'. Main avenue.
MILLINERY AMI HKESSM AKING.
Airs. Brudli:)', AJaln-i, op p. Court
Hoime.
MILLINERY" AND I I RNISHINU GOODS.
Brown's bee Hive, :t Lackawanna.
MINE AND MILL SI I'PLIES.
'Si ruliloii Supply and .ilar Ii Co., 131 Wyoi
MODISTE AND DRLSSMAkER.
Mrs. K. ul.-li. Ul SpiUce street.
MOM MENTAL WORKS.
UWeliS Bio.:., 21S AJah.3 uve.
PANTS.
Ureal Atlantic ii 1'anli Co., lilH Lackai
Walla u'e.
PAIN IS AND St PPIIES.
.lit in ke a M- Kee, :Mi spruoe street.
PAINTS AND W AI L PAPER.
Winke, .1. i'.. :u;, Penn.
PAWNBROKIR.
lileell, .lo.-.cpll. 107
l.uckananna.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
-Ilelle, .1. I.uwicuce, 2i Spruce.
PHOTOGRAPHER.
H. S. Cramer, :ill Lackawanna ave.
PLL.MbING AND HEATING.
Hois ley, P. I". & M. I'., L':il Wj oniing av
REAL ESTATE.
Horatio X. Patrick. 3X Washington.
R I URt.K ST AMPS, STENCILS, ETC.
Sci i-iton Kubber Stamp Co., &S3 Sprue
HUeet.
ROOFING.
Xaiiunal Hindim! Co., V. Waslilngton.
SANITARY PL I MUl NO
W. A. Wleili-liiiscli, 211 Washington art.
SIEAMSIIIP TICKETS.
J. A. I!. i iron, ill.', Lackawanna an
Pricehtll-K.
SIEREO-HEI.II I- Hl l OUAIIONS AND
PAINTING.
S. If. Miirrla. --I" Wyoiniiiif ave.
tea, coffee: AND SPICE.
Oram! t'nlon Tea Co.. 1W S. Maln.
TKI SSES, DAT T EIIII S. RlbHER GOODS
Benjamin & Benjaniln, Franklin and
Spruce.
I NDFRTAkl K AND I IVLKY.
Raub. A. K.. -125 Siinice.
I PIIOI STEREH AND CARPET LAYER.
C. H. Hazlett. 22tf Spruce street.
WALL PAPER, ETC.
Ford, W. M., V:0 Penn.
WAT( UMAKI R AND JEWELER.
Rogers, A. E., 21." Lackawanna.
WINES AND I lot OKS.
Walsh. Edward J.. .12 Lackawanna.
WIRE AND WIRE ROPE.
Washburn ft lloen Jilg Co.. US Fraaklla
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