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THE SCBANTON TBIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNING.' OCTOBEB 3. 1896.
THE HOUSE OF f
I!! FFflR BY H0WARD j)
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The night was an Ideal one for tell
ing stories before a flamtngr hearth, the
house was rich in oldtime associations,
and the company waa responsive equal
ly to the gay and the prave. The first
was In March, the second was the home
Of my friend Philip Letterby, and the
third was the group of guests he an
nually entertains ir observance of a
hospitable custom that his family has
never permitted to lapse. Tho conver
sation of such a circle will gravitate to
supernatural experiences and this one
was no exception. Many such had been
related at second-hand, when Aimer
Lctterby, Philip's father, addressed us.
He had been sitting' nearest the Are,
. thoughfully leaning forward upon his
hickory staff. It c lose approach to the
portals of the. unknown should yield
foreknowledge of its strange laws, he
could have spoken with abundant au
thority. "I have never toW any rif you," lie
said, "why the old Jiudthorne place is
called 'The House of Fear.' As the
grandson of the last owner who lived
in It is here tonight, this is a good time
to tell it."
"You will oblige me very much by
doing so," responded the young man re
ferred to.
Philip had accidentally found him at
the village Inn that afternoon and hnd
persuaded him to become one of his
guests. He was traveling for the bene
llt of his health and had come to the
neighborhood to visit the original home
stead of his family. He was about twenty-live
years of age. pale and thin, but
stil! holding fast a sustaining residue of
his normal robustness and strength of
manhood.
"The house has been without a tenant
for almost forty years," the old man
began in a quavering voice that added
much to the weird gravity of his narra
tive. ".Martin Jiudthorne. your grand
father, sold It to the father of Arm
strong, the present owner, when the
uwtul thing 1 am going to tell of. hap-ps-ned,
and went west. He advised
Armstrong to build a new house at the
other end of the farm and never to go
into the old one. It was a matter of
STeat wonder at the time, but the fact
that no one can live in It has now na
turally become a matter of course.
"Martin had a brother John, the worst
boy to rove about I ever saw. He
couldn't be eontented anywhere very
long, and when their father died, he
soon turned his share of the estate into
money and went gaddinir about the
world. One night he came home to
Martin's house unexpectedly. Kvery
body saw that he was on his last legs.
He was in bed when I went over to see
him. and I made up toy mind he hadn't
a week to live. He wnnted to talk that
nlpht X went over and he told us many
stories of his travels. He was one of
these chaps that gather up all sorts of
odd things anil he told Martin thut sev
eral boxes of them would come in a few
days.
"The last city he hnd spent much time
In, he said, was Bagdad, and he had
made it his headquarters while look
ing around over the scenes told about
in the 'Arabian Nights.' That is a speci
men of the crazy notions he was always
taking. He told us he had bought from
an Arab there the linest curiosity he
had ever seen. It was a round ball
made entirely of small pieces of bone
cut fnun human skulls. The skulls
w-re uf men and women who had died
awful deaths. Some of them were crim
inals that had been executed by being
beheaded or tortured, some had been
murdered, some killed in earhquakes,
storms and all sorts of terrible acci
dents. The Arab had told him there
was some spell on it, but John declared
hi' didn't put any faith In that. He ad
vised Martin to keep It, as it might be
valuable as a curiosity.
"John died the next night. About ten
days afterward the boxes came, and
Martin sent for me to come over and
help him unpack them, for we had tried
to fancy what sorts of trinkets the boy
had wasted his money on. We soon
saw that our wildest fancies fell short.
Those boxes held the most useless
things that good dollars could be squan
dered for. 1 won't try to describe them,
but will hurry on to the bone ball we
were most anxious to find, and that we
did come across at last. I stooped to
lift It out, and. supposing a ball of bone
would be light, X did not use much
strength, but I was astonished to lind
that I did not even budge it, and that
it required a good muscle to get It out.
I hod never been ns much surprised lit
my life. It was only nbout six inches in
diameter, but it would have outweighed
a solid ball of lead of Its size. I warned
Martin of this as I handed it to him,
but he was not prepared for such an ex
traordinary weight and almost let it
foil.
"He put it on the table and relied It
about as we examined it. s John had
said, It was made of small squares of
bone, cemented toprpther with wonder
ful skill and polished until you could
almost see yourself in it. Martin at
last took his hands from it, and then
another extraordinary thing happened.
Instead of lying still, it rolled around
of its own accord until a small black
circle came uppermost. We put it back
again and again, with the circle down,
and every time It righted itself. This
circle seemed to be the mark of a. lid.
but we could not see any way to open
It. Some words woro burned Into the
bone beside this circle, but we saw
that It would take better scholars than
we wore to read thorn.
. "As you may all imagine, we got
very much interested, in this ball, but
kept all we had learned about It from
everyone; in fact, no one knew such
"MRS. P.UDTIIOTXXE TXAN IX
SCREAMING."
a thing had come. A few days after
it came Martini copied the words on
the lid and sent them to a friend of
his who was a professor of languages
in a New England college, asking him
to translate them. He replied In due
time that the words were Arabic and
that they meant in Knglish: 'A brave
scion of the third generation.' What
this could mean wie hadn't the slight
est Idea, of course, but supposed it re
ferred to some oriental superstition.
"The thing that most mystified us
about the ball, - though, wan the re
markable weight, and we decided one
evening that, an It was really use
less, we would break It open and see
what did make It eo heavy. This was
an unlucky decls4on, and I knowv Mr.
Iludthorne, that- your grandfather
worried over It to the day of his death.
Martin stood on 'one side of the table
holding the ball tighlt in his hands,
and I, standing on the other side, tried
to force- h edge ot a cold chisel
under the lid so to pry It off. We
never knew how It happened, whether
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Martin touched a secret spring with
his handH or I did with the chlael.
but, at any rate, the lid suddenly new.
open and hung buck on an inside
hinge.
"We bent forward quickly and looked
In to see what It lield, and immediate
ly straightened up and looked at each
other simply speechless, for the ball
had nothing In It at all. It was as
empty as anything could be. Martin
put his hands around It and exerted
the force he hart usually done In lifting
it, and It rose up with a Jerk.
" 'This is a devil's own. contrivance,
Abner,' he said. 'Take it!"
"I did so, and Aropiicd the diabolical
thing on the table. It had come down
to a natural wvlght. Where Its ex
traordinary heft had gone we could
not tell. Certainly nothing had fallen
from it. I began 'to feci a queer sen
sation of fright coming over me, nd
I looked at Martin. Hl face was get
ting pale, and he stared at mo wildly,
ad he whispered:
"'What Is in this iroom. Aimer?'
"Before I could answer Martin's
hound, that had) been sleeping beside
the stove, sprang up with a howl,
dashed for the door and began whining
to get out. A cat thut had been con
tentedly rubbing against our legs a
few moments before, leaped upon the
window-sill, where, with her back
arched and her fur bristled, she
scratched) frantically at the panes.
"A moment later Mrs. Budthorne ran
In screaming, followed a few seconds
after bv a kitchen maid and one of
tho hired men, still carrying a lantern.
t, issi,'. n
mm
"WE Bl'RIED IT IN THE CELLAR."
as he had just com In from the bairn.
Their, lips ware stiff with fear, but
they made us understand that they
had become suddenly frightened with
out seeing anything to cause it. Not
one of us could even try to quiet the
others. We could scarcely keep from
running out of the house. 1 had never
been afraid before without any reason
for it. The house was exactly an It
hadi been. If we had Seen anything
like a ghost, It would not have been
so unnatural, but that feeling of Im
lng terribly afraid of something, with
out knowing what It was. was awful.
"We stood still awhile, hoping it
would pass away, but when we began
to feel that the thing we were nfivild
of was death in some frightful shape,
we cauld out stand it any longer, anil
we ran through the hall and out upon
the porch, the two women scivaming
and) the dog and cat snapping, snarl
ing and howling.
"The fear left us the moment we got
out on the porch and we men relt
foolish, enough, I can tell you. We
were not long deciding that Mrs. Bud
thorne had hail nightmare and her
screaming had seared us all. Martin
and I accordingly concluded to go) In
again. We did so, leaving the man
with the women, but we got no fur
ther than the door opening Into the
room where the devilish ball still lay
upon the table. I felt as If I was be
ing led out to 1k tortured to death:
Martin felt the same, and we ran out
again as if we were Hying for our
lives, and I believe to this day that
we were, No one could stay under
the Inlluence of that spell for an hour
without losing his mind or his life.
It seems ridiculous to credit such a
thing nowadays, ami hard to believe
that anyone would give up to a fear
that has no visible cause, but there
the old house stands vacant, and you
may all think nre a coward, but 1
would not go alone Into it and fUiv for
ten minutes for a deed of nil the land
that con be ,een from its roof.
"Martin and all his folks stayed here
at my house until they went west. Ho
had been considering thnt move before
this thing happened and that decided
him. It was soon found that the spell
is not on the house In the daytime, so
we got his things out without difll
culty. I fan tell you. though, it was a
biff relief when we locked up the place
and left it to itself."
"What became of the ball?" young
Budthorne asked.
"Martin wanted to break it to pieces,
but i told him that enough had hap
pened from merely opening the lid,
without risking something worse. .So
we buried It In the cellar of the house,
and 1 suppose it is there yet, unless it
has vanished, as 1 could easily believe."
"Could you tell nie the exact place'.'"
the young man asked further.
"Do you wish to get if."' Abner in
quired, earnestly.
"yes, I should like to have It. 1 sup
pose I have Inherited my grand uncle's
fondness for odd things, and I think
this Arabian sphere would be quite an
addition to iuy collection."
"I advise you to have nothing to do
with it," Abner said: "but if you wish
to sec it. you can easily find it. Martin
dug a hole for It in the front cellar. We
were afraid that common earth would
not hold it down, so we put a heavy
stone slab over it."
Budthorne said no more, but tho old
man pursued the inquiry:
"Will you go to the cellar for It?"
"Yes, and take It home with me. Who
has the key of the house?"
"Armstrong, the present owner. I
don't think he will object to your hav
ing It."
This concluded the story telling and
we separated for the night. I was pow
erfully impressed by the old man's nar
rative, and next morning I easily ob
tained Budthorne's consent to accom
pany him to get the bone ball. We
reached Armstrong's place about ten
o'clock and found him In his front yard.
Budthorne presented a note of Intro
duction from Philip and asked for the
key, at the same time stating his pur
pose. The farmer did not object, but
advised us not to meddle with the mat
ter. "I am Inclined to believe It Is all Im
agination," said the young man. "This
old skull bone ball could not harm any
one, at any rate, and I want It as a curi
osity." "Don't deceive yourself," Armstrong
differed earnestly. "I tried to spend a
night there once to decide the same
doubt. I stayed just five minutes, and
my doubt was fully satisfied. I have
never tried It again. ' It may be Imag
ination, but something horrible is in
the old place to start It.".
We were not turned from our pur
pose and he gave us the key. We fol
lowed the carriage drive along the
creek. The "House of Fear" was in
full view all he way, standing on a hill
in cold relief against the leaden March,
sky that shed rain In occasional show
ers. We left the road and ascended the
hill by a lane and arrived In front of the
house. It stood back some distance
from the lane, in spacious grounds, and
the whole was In such a condition aa
long neglect would naturally leave it.
It was a festering sore on the fair face
of the landscape. Many palings had
dropped from the front fence and re
minded me gruesomely of teeth miss
ing from a skull. The sate would not
move on the rusted hinges and we
broke it down. The footpath to tha
porch was lost under the many deposits
of fallen weeds and grans and the rank
growth yet standing. The house, being
of stone, had resisted decay, but the
years had anawed the woodwork as
worms consume the flesh and leave the
bone.
PART II.
I must confess that, aa we ascended
the four water-soaked steps to the rot
ten porch before the door my sensa
tions were not as remote from fear as
I would have wished, but Budthorne
was unmoved. He seemed to treat the
matter as a commonplace occurrence.
He put the key Into the lock and tried
to turn it as calmly as he would have
done the same thing at his own home.
The bolt resisting, 1 helped htm until it
slid back, and we went into the wide
hallway. The atmosphere of the place
was sulltctent to till one with fear, but
it was only ordinary disgust for damp
and mold and slime. The house had be
come a freehold to them. We came
provided with digging Implements and
a candle. Budthorne lighted the latter
and we entered the room on the right.
The loathsome things that fatten upon
decay had glutted themselves there at
their ease. Even the light that seeped
throush the slats of the shutters and
the reeking panes seemed unclean.
After pome groping we found the cel
lar stairway and went down the weak
ened steps with care. As may be imag
ined, the cellar was in worse condition
than the house. I had become struck
with my companion's coolness, and
when I looked at him then I saw no
signs of the loathing I felt, as we walked
to the front. The mold was so thick
upon the earthen floor thnt we tapped
some time with the mattock before
striking the stone. I held the lantern
and Budthorne soon dug out the object
of our search. He lifted it out of the
pit with his hands without hesitation.
As he held It up to the candle I could not
help looking over my shoulder Into the
foul shadows, but whatever connection
there was between the ball and the fear
that came upon one in the night, had
been broken, at least for the time. The
sphere was covered with earth, but the
young mun tapped it with his finger
noils and expressed his pleasure that It
had not rotted.
We returned to the side room up
stairs, where he put the ball upon the
wide window sill and began to scrape
off the dirt with his knife. He became
completely absorbed in the task and
thought nothing of his fetid surround
ings. My mind was divided between
winder at his Interest and my repug
nance. At last the sphere was clean and
be held it up triumphantly. I could not
help admiring the wonderful skill dis
played In Its construction, but at the
same time was powerfully affected by
thoughts of the places from which the
tiny bone cubes had come and of the
frenzy of the brains they had helped to
encase.
"A brave scion of the third genera
tion," he said to himself, as he ex
amined the Arabic words upon the lid,
which still moved easily upon the hinge.
At the instant an insight into his mo
tives came to me in a Hash. He was not
merely curious about the sphere and
the blight it had brought upon his
house; he was the scion of the third gen
eration and that he was a bravo one
his demeanor had already amply
proved. 1 decided not to tell him of my
guess then, and merely asked:
"What will you do now?"
"1 shall leave this curiosity here and
come back tonight to feel this fear
that escaped from It It hope it Is not
all imaginary, for it would add to Its
value If I could tell of an act mil ex
perience with it."
"Will it be agreeable if I come wllh
you ?"
"Perfectly."
He placed the ball carefully In a
corner, and we left the house, se
curely locking the door. We returned
to Phillip's and told the eagerly-waiting
company of the finding of the ball,
but. as we had agreed together, with
held our intentions fur the night.
About S o'clock in the evening, we
excused ourselves from the other
guests and started foi the house. The
clouds had cleared from the sky and
the waning moon was Just rising. I
shall not attempt to tell my expecta
tions. They were not pleasant, yet toy
curiosity concerning the Influence that
THE LIGHT SHOWED HIS GHAST
LY EACH.
had escaped from the sphere waa
strong, and I was further steadied in
my purpose by Budthronc's placidity.
As we walked along the road by the
creek the house stood high above It In
tho moon likht like a spectral man
sion, and when we entered the lame
1 began to hope that he would abandon
the project. - There were no prospects
of this, however; he showed no more
apprehension than if we had been on
our way to a. scene of gayety.
When we reached the porch of the
house he turned to me and said, quiet
ly: "I have led you to believe that I
think this tale of the fear one has
in this old house at night is Imaginary.
I want to tell you now that 1 think it
is true. In a few moments it will
have a grip on us. If your heart isn't
a stout one, this is the point to turn
back."
"I want to experience it mvpelf," I
answered. "Besides, I believe I have
guessed your real purpose. You are a
scion of the third generation, and you
have a theory as to what such a per
son might accomplish."
"Precisely. I am glad you have
guessed it. I believe that nothing but
bravery will compel this fiend to go
back into the ball. I mean to put it
on the floor with the ltd open and fight
It out."
"It looks plausible, but "
"Have I the necessary bravery? That
is the point to be decided, you think.
To make a fair test I must be alone,
and when I begin it I shall ask you to
leave me. Your presence would be
some stay to my courage, and, as I
Interpret the words on the ball, the
scion of the third generation can con
quer this demon of fear only by his
unaided bravery. I shall tell you
when I desire you to come out."
He was wholly unmoved, and he un
locked the front door with a perfectly
steady hand. I followed him Into the
hall, closing the door behind me at
his direction. In an instant both knew
that Abner Letterby's experience had
not been fancied nor exaggerated. The
hall was utterly dark, the odor was al
most nauseating, and I shrank from
the filth and decay around me, but it
was not fear of these that seemed to
close around my heart. It seemed to be
an element of the air that filled one with
an overpowering dread, aa heat or cold
produces its effect, except that this
was an unnatural. Inexplicable effect,
as If one should have the sensation of
freezing In intense heat or be scorched
or blistered by heat In a zero tempera
ture. The house was quiet and peace
ful, no hideous apparition appeared, yet
I felt every nerve quivering with fear.
Budthorne struck a match, lifted the
candle from the Moor just inside of the
room and lighted it. He held it up be
fore him and we peered into the shad
ows. Nothing frightful appeared, but
my fear Increased as if I were lnhallug
It, Budthorne turned toward me and
I looked at him over the candle flame.
His face was drawn and his Hps trem
bled slightly as he whispered:
"It Is true."
"Terribly true." I replied.
He walked to the corner where he had
placed the ball and came back to the
center ot the room. He put it on the
floor and set the candle near It. He
carefully opened the lid, then said:
"Please go now."
"I should not leave you alone here." I
said. "You are not a strong man, and
no one could stand a strain like this
very long."
"I shall risk it."
"But what is to be gained?"
"Nothing, perhaps. Nevertheless, I
am determined to test the meaning of
those Arabic words."
I saw that I could not dissuade him.
I felt my own will weaken more and
more each moment and was fully con
vinced of the truth of old Abner's state
ment that insanity or death would re
sult from braving this maligns, In-
I SAW IT FALL, OLT8TENIXQ IN
THE MOONBEAMS.
fiuenoe. I could not, however, oppose
young Budthorne's wish, nor could I
drag him bodily from the plac e. But I
could bring Philip, and the two of us
could compel him to come away.
I went to the door thinking of get
ting Philip, of my cowardice In leaving
Budthorne there and of escape from the
place, all In a mental Jumble, fur the
sensation that I was about to suffer
death in some horrible form, as de
scribed by Abner. hail come upon me.
1 thought swiftly of many ways lit
which men had come to their end, but
none of them seemed so full of terror as
death brought on by this causeless fear.
1 felt that the young man could not
stand this dreadful test, and from the
sill I looked' back, fully expecting to
lind him escaping with me. But lie was
standing near the hall, erect, deter
mined and pointing to the door. 1 lied
through the hall, tlung open the front
door and ran out upon the porch,
I was instantly relieved of the super
natural fright. I turned ut once to go
back and plead with Built horne to come
out, but he had followed and shut the
door. I heard him lock It inside; then
came a noise as of some small metnl
object falling upon the bare ilnur far
buck in the long, dark hull. He had
thrown away the key so that he could
not quickly escape. I called to him,
urging him to give ur his mnd experi
ment, but he did not answer me. I
leaped from the porch and ran most of
the wuy to Phillip's home.
The company was silting before the
fire, and my excited entrance lu-nke up
an animated discussion. When I hud
fold of the trial Kudlhnrne was muking
Abner sprang up and exclaimed:
"He cannot live an hour in that place.
Philip, you ami Mr. Richards must use
force if he will not come out willingly."
"1 came to nsk Philip to go with me,"
I suid. "I could not persuade him to
abandon this dangerous experiment."
Philip and I were soon hurrying to
ward the house. Armstrong hulled us
as we were passing bis home.
"Isn't that young fellow In the obi
house tonight?" he usked.
"Yes," Philip answered, and hurried
ly explained our mission.
"I'll go with you."
When we arrived at the porch of the
house I called Iludthorne, but he did
not answer. I called again as loudly as
I could, but the silence inside was un
broken. With a sickening apprehen
sion of what had occurred I threw my
weight agninst the door, but it resisted.
Philip and Armstrong helped me. the
bolt snapped with a loud noise and the
door crashed Inward. I sprang Into the
hall, but stopped in astonishment. The
air was still foul and close, but It had
been relieved of the element of fear.
The quietness of the side room, howev
er, irave me a foreboding entirely dif
ferent from the unnatural dread of
death. This room was almost dark, the
candle having burned into the stick
during the hour of my absence, and
shedding them only a circle of light up
on the grimy ceiling. We stopped up
on. the sill and strained our eyes Into
the shadows. It required but an in
stant to see what had happened, and we
sprang forward,
Jiudthorne lay upon the floor with his
right hand resting limply Upon the ball,
the lid of which was tightly closed. 1
bent over him and called, but he did
not move. Armstrong caught up the
candle, raised the tallow end higher in
the stick, while Philip and I turned the
prostrate man upon his back. Tho
light showed his ghastly face, set with
a desperate determination, and his eyes
open and staring, with a vacancy that
filled us with a natural dread, f put
my hand over his heart and cried:
"He is alive. We must get him out
of this at once."
We carried him out upon the porch,
and Armstrong hurried away to bring
a team. When he arrived with It, and
Budthorne, still insensible, hud been
carefully placed in the straw bed. 1
asked Philip to take him home as rap
idly as possible and secure medical at
tention, adding that I would remain.
"What crazy experiment are you bent
on?" he asked.
"None," 1 answered. "I intend to put
that fiendish ball where it will do no
more harm."
"Make It sure," he commended, as
they drove away.
I walked back Into the hall of the
house with some nervousness, I freely
confesB. But I quickly discovered that
it was groundless. Budthorne had
driven out the demon of fear beyond
all doubt. I went Into the side room
and the expiring flame of the candle
dimly revealed the bone ball upon the
floor. I put my hands upon it to lift
It, and could not help springing erect
In amazement. The wonderful weight
Abner letterby had epoken- of had
come back to it. With much fear that
it might fall and break and the spell
escape again I picked It up with great
care, then blew out the candle and
walked out upon the porch.
At the foot of the hill on Which the
house stands the creek has cut its way
through many strata of rocks, thus
forming a narrow gorge, at the bot
tom of which the water Is very deep.
I decided to drop the ball Into the
stream there and hastened to the place.
In order that It might not strike any
of the Jagged rocks and be broken. I
lay flat upon the ground and stretched
my arms far out over the chasm.
Whether the contact of my hands re
newed the spell or my excited nerves
reproduced the sensation so recently
experienced, I do not know, but an
unnatural fear seemed to come out of
the moonlighted air and death In
frightful forms seemed to throng the
quiet night. I released) the f.phere,
and, with a deep sense of relief, I saw
It fall, glistening In the moonbeams;
there was a splash and an eoboing
gurgle In the gorge, and all waa still.
I rose and hastened to Philip's hum,
rejoicing that the spell had been brok
en, but anxious for the brave young
fellow who bud accomplished that de
sired end.
I found him very 111. He lay at
Philip's home for many weeks on the
verge of death from acute brain fev
er. He finally grew well enough to be
taken to his tvestern home. He has
never entirely recoverd. for the strain
has left a daticeroua affection of the
nerves which forbids all reference by
himself to Ma trial or any question
from others. His success, however,
was complete. The last time I visited
Philip we went together to the form
er "House of Fear." It is now one
of the brightest arid handsomest
homes of tho locality, and one of Arm
strong's sons lives there In undisturbed
quietness and contentment.
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From the New York Journal.
Teh most unique hanking institution
In the world Is located In St. Louis. It
is the W. C. Uindsey & Sons Banking
company, and no one conencted with
It in an executive capacity, except the
president, is over nine years of age.
Robert T. Llndsey. the cashier, is the
youngest official of that sorifj anywhere.
The institution is conducted on as
strict business principles and its finan
ces receive as close and keen attention
as if its capital was $l,uuO,000 Instead
of $1,000.
The president of the bank Is W. C.
Llndsey, father of the cashier. A little
over a year aifo Mr. Llndsey conceived
that It would be a splendid Idea If he
could devise some scheme whereby his
boys could be taught to save money.
He decided to form a little bank for
his children, teach them all the intric
acies of banking and inculcate the de
sire to save money into their minds so
that when they grew up to be . men
they would be sure to hang on to some
part of whatever of the world's goods
they succeeded in getting their hands
on.
So Interested did he become that he
began to agitate the plan, and one of
his friends who heard of It while on
the way to New York outlined the
scheme to a newspaper reporter. A
small Item was printed about it in the
papers, and in a few days Mr. Lind
sey began-receiving applications from
the parents of Utile ones in various
parts of the country, asking that their
children might be allowed to take stock
In the juvenile bank. He readily con
sented, and on February 1 the W. C.
Llmlsey & Sons Hanking company was
formed, with a capital stock of $100 on
the basis of $1 u sIihiv, ami an otliee at
No. 807 Washington avenue, St. Isolds.
Like most promoters. Air. Llndsey,
who for years bus been cashier for a
large wholesale house, installed him
self as president. Young Robert Llnd
sey was made cashier and Louis II.
Llndsey vice-president. The board of
directors consisted of these three offi
cers and Richard W. Llndsey, W. C.
Llndsey, jr., Harrison (.livens, Colum
bus. Ua.; Martin Hnnlwlck. Spring
field. ( and Everett L. Aniic, St.
Louies.
Everything was Immediately placed
on a business busls. The boys were
soon taught the ins and outs of the
commercial maze so that they umler
stod it better by fur than the major
ity of grown people who have not a
speaking acquaintance with bank ac
count. After that Mr. Llndsey's posi
tion became merely advisory. The
bank has never dime any speculative
or Investment business. It bus con
fined Itself tit louulug money at un
eiiiirtnous rate of interest to clerks in
the wholesale bouses ailing Washing
ton avenue uiul in the Immediate vicin
ity. They charged on all loans .1 per cent,
a month or any fraction thereof. If u
young man wutileil to take bis best
girl to the theater he could imply to
the W. C. Llndsey & Sons Banking
company anil get the necessary funds
to do It with by paying twenty-live
cents for the privilege. Security on
real and persunnl properly was re
quired, us tlmt losses Were guarded
against. At sin-h a rate it can readily
be seen thut the hank was a paying
Institution.
Theue are stockholders in twenty
stales of the I'nlon. It Is agreed that
none of the stockholders an draw his
I money until ho has reached the age of
twenty-one years. He may sell or give
away his stock, but the monev must
remain In the bank's possession until
the persons to whom it belongs become
of age.
Chi:mis r he HiontoT MtsicAL AuTMemTin
lUnnoi t. ......
vnirutim
HFinafirisTNEURAiaia
KMUiriVlli, TIl MENTHOT
INHAi.rn will cure you. A
wumiorful benn to piitTi-ren
from Cold, SnrThroHf,
Inflntnra. Hrnnvhltu.
urtlA Y I'RTKK. Aforii
immrtiinlrrfU!. An inicin-
ri-m,r1 fYmvutilnnt .....
In poPkpt, wnily to on llrt Innimtlon of ruhf.
1'ontlnHFd Vna I'divjtc 1'ri-mnneat rurr.
fttlirncUiinniaranteedoriF.iticTrciiinilod. Price,
Sl rl: Trial i free nt DruagtMa. Itenistorud mull.
ceuu. H. D. CU3EM1H, air., lore Hiisra, Hid., C. S. 1
OITSHMASf'B
MENTHA! t"0 """"it nd Mfrat remi-ilr for
lthfiin, nld sores, Itui no, dirs. Wonderful rvn;
rcKlorPll.FS. tVlce.aS ill. nt llruip n A 1 fl'
"Istanrhyniiill pr :nii'. AMri!situhTf. UrX.l r
For aalc by MATTHEWS BROS, ana
JOHN II. PHELPS. Scranton. Ta.
Complcxlcn Preserved
DR. HEBFIA'S -
VIOLA cn
Removes Freckle, Pimples,
Liver Moles, Blackh.adj,
tVI
S 1
Btorcn tno fkin to its origi- i ii-K
nm lrcsnncss, reonuemg -'i, ,'
otr-av hnd hcitltnv r-.m.
nlcxlon. fiiiDeriortoallfaca
preparations an-i rnoctly harmlerji At oil
utUfc'giaW.ormuilea lurEOcts. baid fur Circular.
VIOLA SKIN SOAP 'Wr iifnaputbia u i
likin p.irihlag oft uncqimlM fhr tha tetkt, und without ft
th'Rl fur Ilia nursery. AdkoIuicU tiure m-1 dullcatalt bmmU
cuwl. AtdnuKlMt, Price 23 Cenii,
a. C. BITTNER ft. CO., Toledo, O.
For ale by MATTHEWS BUOS. and
JOHN H. PTIEIjPS. Scranton. Pa.
flA ChtotitfttrV Knalliili Diamond I'lmaA.
Pennyroyal pslls
Original and umj farnnfn?.
Arc. iUw;i reiUWc, ladicc ak
DrmrijiKt for rkichetert EnqhrS ina ,
tmnd Brand in lied Olid 'i-U ruf'tllic
fttttixe. KralM with blue rlblnui. Take
Ino ot hen mpw dangtrou mbititw
fioitj tna itnntuon. At nrurzit'i, or rna a
In ftfimp for rmrttrulan. tfimonlmli al
"imier nr ijniir," in mir.r. ty return
Mall. 1IMMIO T-1 i mou hi. Sw Itytr,
phM4'kmfefllL,a..MudUnH Snitai.
m kj til Lm1 bruuu. lhUati i'tv
RESTORES VITALITY.
Made a
latDar.
Well Man
loth Daj.
of Me.
ir;a wcai noth ria.
produce! the above remit In .10 laya. It art(
powerfully and quickly, euros when ail other fail
Vounameu will regain their Inst manhood. aud old
ram will recover thfir youthful vigor by juiing
KfcVIVO. It quickly and surely restores Norou
nets, font Vitality, Impoteucy, Nightly ErulHsionr,
Lost Power, Falling; Memory. Wartlna Diseases, and
all effects ot self-abuse or eieessand IndisiretlOD.
which unfits one for study, business or marriage. It
not only runs by starting at the seat of d.wase. but
Is a great nerir tonlr and blood builder, bring
ing bark the pink srlow to rale checks and re
storing the Are of youth. It wards off Insanitt
and Consumption. Insist on having RKY IYO, nr
other. It ran be carried In vest pocket. By mail
1 .00 per package, or ail tor 08.00, with a poal
Mve written erustrantes) to core or return
'he money. Circular free. Address
' W MrpiCINE CO . "' SI. CHirAOn.
For Sal bj MATTI1EWS BROS., Druf
flat Sarantoo. Pa.
-1
rtroto?i'pui'4
si " ?
a3rrlitMi'iwwwmHr ... - in
Vegetable Prcparationfor As
similating the rood andRegula
iiuicStuiMdisaiBlBawelsaf ProtesT)igcsuon.ChcctruI
ncss and Rcst.Contains neither
Swm.Morphine nor Mineral.
OT NARCOTIC.
Kuvitraida-aKCXUBmx.
A'x Sotns
' Jlrftmiat .
' f tarn Sec ei -Uatnrt
tltnyr
Ancrfcct Remedy for Constipa
tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoca.
Worms .Convulsions .Feverish
ness and Loss of Sleep.
lac Simile Signature of
XEW YORK.
EXACT C0PV OF WRAPPEB.
EC
Directory of Wholesale and Retail
CITY AND SUBURBAN
AM I' s i t ino.
I'. Sanlfe D38 Spruce1.
Aiiii-iair: am uaii.v papkks.
ItelsHiun & Solomon, lu;l Wyoming avo.
Aim t in: linons and mcvcLts.
('. M. Kliirey, Wyoming ave.
A WMNliS AMI Kl KltKR (illOllS.
J. .1. I'rosliy, 15 l.urku vvunim uve.
HANKS.
Lackawanna Trust ami Safe Dfpolt Co.
.Merchants' ami Mechanics'. 42! Laeka.
Trailers' Nulionul, cor. joining uud
Spruce.
West Slile Hank. 1 N. Main,
ttcriilitun Savings, I'.".' Wyoming.
j in iniiMi. i:aupi:t ci.kamm;, i:tc.
I lie Merailioil neuuiiiK i o., mi-Kuwuniiii,
IIUIXVIKS.
Koliinson. K. Sons. Wi X. Seventh.
Robinson, Allnu, Cedar, cor. Aliler.
wc.vri.rs 01 ns. ktc,
I'nrker, H. II., ;t!l Spruce.
itir.vd.i: i.i vi.u v.
City Uicycle Livery. 120 franklin.
mcYt.i.i: ni:i'Aius, etc.
Ilitteubpinler & Co., SVWa Spruce street.
liOOI S AM) SIIOI'.S.
linlilsmith Hros. !H Lackn wnnna.
( iooilniitii's Shoe Store, 43:! Lackawanna.
IIKOKHt AMI JKH I I.IIK.
Jl.-iilin llros., 1211 TYnn.
C AMI V .M AM I'AC TC'H UK.
Seranton dimly Co.. 'J2 Lackawanna.
CAUI'I IS AND tVAI.I. lAIi:U.
Instills, J. Scott. 11!) Lackawanna.
CA U HI. Mi I.S AN II II A UN ESS.
Slmwell, V, A.. Linden.
CAKUI.tlil. KEI'OSITOKV.
Ul'.imc, Wm. & Son, till Spruce.
CATEHEK.
Huntington, J. C, 20S X. Washington.
CHINA AND til.ASSWARt-:.
liuppreeht. LouIh, 'Ml I'enn ave.
t lli.VH MANl I AC Il'UEK.
J. P. l'iore, 21M ?priice street.
t ONI'EC. I UINEUY AND TOYS.
Williams, J. II. & Bros., 314 Laeka.
CONTUACTOH AND III II. Ill K.
Snook, S. M OlyphuiU.
C1MICKI.HV AMI fil.ASSXYAK!-:.
ilardiiiK, J. L., Lackawanna.
DININI, KUOM.
Caryl's LlnliiK Room. Tidr, Linden.
lilt Y (iOl )!),.
The l'asililon, IMS Lackawanna avenue.
Kelly & Hcaley, 20 Lackawanna,
1'lnley, I'. l! .do Lackawanna.
DUYOOOI)., SHOES, ll.l!l)VAHE, ETC.
Slnlley, AtnbiOHc, triple stores, Provl-ilurif-e.
UK Y UOOIIS. EANCY (iOODS.
Kresky. K. H. & Co.. 114 S. Main.
DKltKilSTS.
McGarrah & Thomas, 2"9 Lackawanna.
Lorentz, C, -I1K Laeka.: Linden & Wu.-th.
LavlK. I,. V., Main and Market,
Hloen, . S.. Peckvllle.
1 in vies, John J.. S. Main.
ENGENES AND UOH.EKS.
Dickson .VanufaeturinK Co.
I INE A1EKCIIANT TAII.OKINCi.
.7. V. Itohertp, L''i X Main ave.
V. J. Uavla, 21 .1 Liokawinina,
Nric Audi-en, 119 S. .Main ave.
IT.OHAL DESIGNS.
Clark, O. It. & Co., 2D1 YVashinston.
IT.OLR, HITTER. EGGS, ETC.
The T. H. Watts Co., Ltd., 723 W. Laeka.
llalii'oek tl. J. & Co.. 116 Kranklln.
EI.Ol It, EE El) AND CHAIN.
Matthews C. l Sons tk Co.. 34 Laeka.
The Weston .Mill Co., 47-4S Lackawann
I RUTS AND I'KODI CE.
Dale Stevens, 27 Lackawanna.
Cleveland, A. S., 17 Lackawanna.
I I UNISIIED ROOMS.
Vnlon Iloico, 21.", Laeka w;inna.
Fl HNTT1 RE.
Illll & Connell, 1.12 Washington.
llurhour'H Home Credit Mouse, 423 Lack.
GROCERS.
Kelly, T. J. 'ft Co., 14 Ijiekawanna'.
Mexargel Connell, Krunklln avenue.
Porter, John T., 26 and i LHckuwumm.
Rice, Levy & Co., Sl Lackawanna,
tllle, J. J., 427 Lackawanna,
I SEE
THAT THE
FAC-SIMILE
.. SIGNATURE
4 .(is on the
WRAPPER
OF EVEET .
BOTTLE OF
Cutoria Is trat to in oae-ilz lottles only. It
Ii not told la balk. Don't allow anyone to Mil
yon anything also on tho plea or promise that it
ii tint as pood" ana will answer every pnr.
poae." 4jT 6co thai yoo got C-A-E-T-0-E-I-A.
Thtfts-
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i I: F. H A I. M I : It C II A M II E.
Osterhotil, N. K. 11D V. Market.
Ionian. James, Ulypluiut.
Ilcchtold, K. J.. Olyplianl.
II AKniYAHK.
Council. W. P. Sons, 113 I'enn. I
Koote t Shear Co., I IS N. Washington.
Hum A Council Co.. Lackawanna.
UAItim AKIi AND PI. I MIIINU.
flimsier & Korsvth. I'enn.
Cnwlcs. W. ('., WiiJ N. .Main uve.
IIARNKSS AM) SAIMll.l HY IIAKDtYAKh.
Fritz. . W., -Ill) Lackawanna.
Keller & Harris. 117 I'enn.
HAUNISS. THINKS. BLGG1KS.
10. H. 1 looser. N. Main avenue.
IIOTF.1.8.
Ai'llniiton, firlnie & l-'lannery, Spruca
and Krankliu.
Seranton House, near depot.
IIOI SI-. SIUN AM) I KF.SCO PAINTER.
Wm, Hay, m Linden.
Ill MAN IIAIK A Nil HAIR HKLSSINU.
X. T. Llsk, 2:':t Lackawanna.
LEATHER AND ITMHNCS.
Williams, Samuel. 2JI Spruce.
I.I ME, CEMENT SEtVF.K PIPE.
Keller, Luther, S13 Lackawanna.
MII.K. C It E A M, IUTTEK. ETC.
Scranton Dairy Co., I'enn and Linden.
Stune Uros., Sui Spruce.
Mil I.IIM.U.
.Mrs. M. Snxe, 14 X. Main avenuo.
MII.I.1M UY AND DRESSMAKING.
Mrs. Ilradley, 20S Adams, opp. Court
House.
MILLINERY ANT) I I KMSIIINU GOODS.
Hrown's lice Hive, 224 Lackawanna.
.MINE AND MILE SI I'I'LIES.
Seranton Supply and Much, Co., 131 Wyo.
.MODISTE AND DRESSMAKER.
Mrs. K. Walsh, 311 Hpruce street.
MONI MENTAL OKK S.
Owens llros., 218 Adams ave.
PANTS.
Great Atlantic 3 Pants Co., 319 Lacka
wana ave.
PAINTS AND M PI'I.II.S.
Jieneke & McKee, 3ini Spruce street.
PAINTS AND WALL PAPER.
Winke. J. C, 315 I'enn.
PAUMIKOhER.
Green. Joseph. 107 Lackawanna.
PIANOS ANT) ORGANS.
Stelle, J. Lawrence. 308 Spruce.
PHOTOGRAPHER.
H. S. Cramer, 311 Lackawanna ave.
Pl.t .MIIINtl AND II FATING.
Howley, P. K. ft M. V.. 231 Wyoming avA
REAL ESTATE.
Horatio N. Patrick. 32ii Washington.
Kt Unl U STAMPS. SIENC.II.S, ETC.
Scranton Kubber Stamp Co., 53S Spruce
street.
UUOEING.
National Rooting Co.. 331 Washington.
SANITARY" PI.I MHING
W. A. Wledebuseh, 234 Washington ave.
STEAMSHIP TICKETS.
J. A. Barron, 215 Lackawanna anT
I'liceliuiK,
STEKEO-RELIEP DECORATIONS AND
PAINT ING.
S. If. Morris, 247 Wyoming ave.
TEA. COIT'EE AND SPICE.
Orand I'nlon Tea Co., 103 S. Main.
TKI SSIS, BATT E'RIES, Rt TIBER GOODS
Benjamin & Benjamin, Kranklln aud
bprucr.
UNDERTAKER AND 11 VERY.
Kaub, A. 1!., 42.". Spruce.
I PIIOLSTERER AND CARPET LAYER.
C II. llazlott, 228 Spruce street.
WALL PAPER, ETC.
Kord, W. M.. 120 I'enn.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
Rotters. A. K.. 215 Lackawanna.
W INES AND I.IOTORS.
Walsh, Edward .1., 32 Lackawanna.
WIRE AND WIRE ROPE.
Washburn & Moen Mftf Co., 119 Kranklln
ave.