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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1896.
BY S. R. CROCKETT,
Author of "The fieri of the noss-Hajs." "The Stickit ninlster," Etc
(Coryriglit, 1MW, by 8. n. I'rocitelt.)
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Being the .Memoir rf Patrick Vernon, of Ironicray, Written by Himself, and
Now Published liy His Bruther lur the Warning of Others Alike Traitorous fjf
anil Malignant, untl tor the Encouragement ot Them That Do Well.
TAUT I.
I. Patrick V- rnur. the yuiiiis.T. -l'
Ironf-riiy, in t'.nlluwuv. now private in
Coliini l Imi-.iuIum' i. uimt nt nf ilra
K'Hins, t:ik i-n in luiii.l in milcr that
J may write lur Hi'- i-aisiim nt my h.'i't
the stmy nt' n life wherein the bitter
lias rviT l.'iiiln'il ivil tin; sweet, the
evil oviTllowi-il tin- uniiil. unit thi' faint
visithv !' worthy ilosln have l.c-ii
L-lnivn awav lii-tnru the blasts "f l'lidc
Ull'i black 1-nv.v.
1 miiiil n I'll how II hrsaii. It was the
day un which there ciimc l visit us
that best of ininlslfiM. sooil.siniiili' Air.
John Wrlsh. ot t'luili ii. Ho hud l'"cii
over ut I he Scaur iireuchiti!.', anil af
ter t!n sermon unit the siatleiim; of
the folks whii h as yet was iloue lu
jieaee. for Chivi-ili'ilise hail not I hen
tseltli'il himself down to watch the lial
luuay hill folk at tin; lirlilne eml of
Duiiit ties-the minister came mi with
iny lather. John Wi-iiui, to uinu ut
our house of lriuii:ray.
Oil the vnv lie In-lit ('".ieHHP with
ht in l oneerniiiK iluiy ami pi i il'-ue.
"Ye have seven sons, .lohn Vernor; tt
lli-lloi'Ves Voll to ulV" olle of them 111
tin; l.inl," saiil Mr. Wei.-h to my fa
t In"-. "Ye are a man that, so far us
the limes have sel, stand as jet in
7 Vf
FTTH LOOKED THE OTIinR WAY.
fond odor with tlieiu that are in hl;vh
. luces. Yon are a man of substance.
Well i an you afford in spend some of
Jour living mi the clucatim; i"i''
of vour lads for lie' invite hintf "f the
Word. Now. I have cmne so far to
tell you a l hiii!,- w hieh It liehooves you
to Live ear to. Tin-re nr.- fom :.oillhs
nf promise who an: (.roini; hy i. to
iJotlc-rdam, on their way to the I'ol
Unr of i;io!iiiK,'e William I'lordon. of
Kurlsii.ui:. u tail of lulls and promise.
heiiiy f them. Wherefore, linn.
having tills k""1 i liaiiee. .1 ilili V-r-lioi,
do you ma send one of yuur.-i Willi
tie in. to skill himself in the .Immun
ities; and iil't.-l vu:i. if so his heait in
cline, to he eereisei hi sound divinity
liy Mr. iirai.Uel. of Lcciiuarili-n, and
the oilier meat divines of the iuii; 10
fomn d kirk of Holland?"
Ami mv fattier lent a not umvillini;
Old ndam e, and i-oiisidei eil of the mat
ter, w hi!" 1, who had lieen with him
to the lonvenlii lo, ,ii Ued up iny ears
und list in d. For so soon as I had
heard of Hie journey to llolliinit i was
Hliiilteli Willi vel meat desire to no.
It was not that I had unv unat tall
to the preai hiiij; v.oik -ih .it. There
was never umihl of Unit ulmlit me. Hut
H may as well leil it out soon as synel
tmri was a lass over at tin- Torwool
that 1 was fairly dal'l upon. Sh h.id s i
twined herself it I it ut my In-art that hi
her presineo 1 heeame lint a little
wimpliiiK do?, that twists Itself and
Biovels in the ilus: to draw its mistress'
tye.
Isaliei Weir was her name, ami a
Kweet maid she was -honny, nye, be
yond all in th:i; i omilry-i.le, and wilh
fiieh a serene, persuasive way with
her that there was nothing Unit she
Would have nsked that even a In ai t of
Btom; foul'! have refused. I loved In r
more than all this world, and Inlinilely
more than the next. Hut me she would
nay no i?ood word to. Kor I had the
name of a wildish land, ami one that
was a ili nl hetter at the sword-play
than at tile seventeen polnls of doe
trine. Hut Isohel, as lieeame a daugh
ter of the Welis of Torwood. was a
true-lilue maid of the Covenants. Ami
many was the time she told me that
if I wanted aught of her favor. I must
company wilh those who soushl the
Komi way of her folk, and shun the
liaek-swnnlins;' and the w-eap.in-show-Inirs,
where only the ill-exiimpled and
the unseemly concT' itatc.
And so for awhile, to the Infinite
weary trial of my spirit. 1 did. Yea,
for the sake of Isohel Weir, I attended
the eonv nlieles, ami kept wateh and
ward for the cumin:; of the "persei u-t'U-s"
over the moor. Also sometimes
Win n I sat near her my heart was sl.id,
and melhoii.cht that I had indeed found
tminethlni; of the religion of which my
father and one or two of my brothers
Were always speakiiiR. Hut when lor a
reason I saw Isohel no more, and !ih
Allleck or Wat Hlckson railed' mi- in
to drink a tasto of I. randy with tlnin,
nt the cliaiiKehouse, straightway I
format. So I was counted as of theni
that backslid; and when Isohel met mo
afjuin, she looked the other way, nave
me her hand light coldly, ami walked
with Hubert, my yoiuwr brother, a
tallow fushionless lad that never did
wrong openly all the days of hhn.
So now un this ufterncon when old
5lr. Welih came over with my father
to IrniiKray, and I heard hhn sp'-akim;
of sending one of us to the mllcno in
Holland, there rami on mo a urcat de
sire to bo. Moreover. I felt that I had
the rlcrht of il. for was I not the eldest
of John Veinor's seven sons'.' More
over. I knew that mere shapinir nt the
leadlnu striims of prcacherd nn would
tirlnsr me in favor in the oye.s of Isabel
Vveir. And nlready A saw myself sav
Jnc farewell to her, and asking of her
a kindly word, njid It nilnht In; a kiss.
In-fine t went for tin- good, cause to a
fort Ian land. 1 saw her lift her eyes to
tnlne with willingness and sweet sur
render in thetn. Faith. I would have
K'iiu- l Holland for less, had it been
farther than the moon and as warm
with cannibals.
"T would see your sons." said Mr.
Welsh, nfter he and my father had ar
rived at the house door, "and then there
may come a messuKe find a slirn to me
which of them the Lord has chosen for
this work.
"Content!" said my father. "I will
go Kather the laddies In, that you mny
see wliethlT there are siens of grace
about any of them."
Then, setting Mr. Welsh In the ereat
oak chair by the window, and giving
linn tne l.il.le to divert himself with.
my tamer went to the barn-end. and.
making a trumpet of his hands. In- cried
p. far-hoard cry up nnd down the Clu
den water. And silent Uunraii at the
hei-ding nn the hill caught It. nnd he
left his ewes In the chnrfje of Tw 1. his
wise doff, to keep thetn from breaking
hounds. And Gilbert, the ready of
speech, hastened up from the meadow.
1 cotitd see the scythe flittering as he
sat it again the dyke, for he had casten
his coat and to the work as soon as ev
er he came buck from the fleld-preach-
t
II I ni -ll II 1 r fi II il II 11 i 1 r
i n ?T- And the rest, my brothers, were
all by this time in the little bed-room
--nil saving Hubert, who was my
youngest brother, nnd of little account
aiuonust us. l'or his tnoiher had spoil
ed him. making believe that lie was so
ileliiute, n ml must not be stirred to
rough work, when all the time he was
but lazy and pelted with being inade
much of, us the youngest of u house
hold often is.
'Where is Holier!-.'" said my father.
V. Ilea we were all settled ill the loom
down the house.
"I ken not that," said my mnllier,
"Inn I w ill go and seel; him. lie will be
busy with bis learning In some corner,
doubt less.''
Then, ir'ter she was gone out, the
minister asked, w hich amongst us most
desired to go to Holland, and be c.d
lejteil there with the young men who
are about In set sail. Most of my broth
ers hung down their heads, being Just
come in from their work and IniViii.;
in aid ii'flhin"; of the matter. IVslihv,
some ef them had lassi. s who wile
loud of them in the count rvslde, ail 1
I hal made a great diiieience in their
i-.iV'! 'iiss to adventure forth ut Hie
realm.
Hut I spoke up and said: "Mr. Welsh.
1 am the eldest sou of the house, and
it any ought to go forth to see strung-'
lands and gather lear, it Is surely 1. If
my father give his consent, I am ready
to set s:til with William ttordou ami
tin- rest. And I will strive every day
to do your biddlmv. that I may pr -ve
no disiiedit to you either in tin- low
loaniriis or on my return. .My father
knows lli.it I do not lie. And this 1
promise faithfully."
Mr. Wi-Mi turned Ills lie.nl toward
hie siii ! spoke, lie h id beautiful white
hair, ami a broad collar of fair linen
came ilou n over his coal.
"Voiing man," he said, "ye speak
something carnally, hut fairly. What
ye sav is ol a good sound so far us it
goer, lint whether ye have indeed the
root of the matter in ye that 1 know
Pol."
"That." I replied, "F know not either.
Hut at all events, I have the will nnd
di sire for better thiuijs ill nit-. And
I his, us see It, in as niiu-li as at my
ai;e one may expect. 1 will e'en go
to Holland to learn more."
I'm my father shook his head.
"Ye ille belter fodderllli"- the llor.-e,
1'ntiieU," ho said. "I fear all that ye
would li.'irn of divinity at (ironingoii
would not choke a week-oi l chicken!
.Mind, I will pot spend my good un
dipped silver to let you play yuur
prays among the Mutch birkies."
Fir tiiis was ever bin mai r of mak-
in-,' light of me. And his words made
my heart bitter. Kor, had I had one to
I I Move in me. nil miyht have been
iPl'loivnt. i'.ut if a lad be limited ut
home, with none t nlvo him credit
for !.'ood, he will soon seek credit of
another sort elsewhere.
At this tin; minister looked more
kindly, un'thought, at me.
"lint tell me," he asked, "what Is the
reason I hat you so strongly desire to
proceed over seas'."
So I spoke up bluntly, i-vcn as Un
winds wi re given to me. l-'or 1 m v- r
could cloak nor gloBe things over pret
tily. "I am weary of the way of life here
of tin- stabling of horse and the milk
ing of kye. I would fain hit my soul
above the niixeti. And then- Is a lass
that wants me to gather- learning over
the water ami to seek out the better
way. I would fain do both fur her
sake."
"I hear no word of a leading and
ovei i tiling providence in this," said my
father. "I inn not surely to pay good
coined silver that you may gain a lass'
I'n vi ir. What would that advantage the
i.iuse of the persecuted
The minister raised his hand and
gently patted my father on the sleeve
of his coat.
"I'atience, -rood friend." he said,
"there have been stranger things than
this that have yet fallen out. The Lord's
bright jewels have ofitinies be- n digged
out of very black pits. It'-ne-mlpir that
mighty servant cf the Lord. Mr. Itleh
ard Cameron, who was brought up in
the camp of the enemy and served as
a bishop's schoohmtsti r about the
v.leked town of Falkland hi the shire
of Fife."
Hut just then came in my mother
with my younger brother Hubert In In r
h ind. She was lifting up here cyi s and
making a mighty phrase about stMie
tliing. We could hear her ere she came
within the outer door.
"Such a man el a direct lo,'iillng
even a prodigy:" she cried. "Here
when I went out to find this blessed
lad. to bring him In to the man of Hod,
where think ye 1 should come upon
him. and how employed 7"
"Maybe In tin; inilkholise, talking
with the byre lass, ami eating curds
with his lingers that was where 1 saw
him last!" said I, biilerly enough. r'-T
I knew what would happen if once my
mother got her oar Into the water.
"Silence, sir!" cried my father to me
with a st.inio of his foot.
" ih. .Mr. Welsh!" my mother went
on, lookin'v ut the minister with tears
in her eyes, "this is he this Is ludei d
the chosen vessel. Helleve il w ho w ill
t:VT I SAID IT LOW IN TO MYSF.t.F.
of one so young. I found him even In
the orchard under the tree where l!ur
gundy cherries grow. He kneeled on
his knees, playing very preciously for
u lileSFing on this poor Scotland."
"So," said I. as dry as I could, "ine
Ihinks he must have gotten u glitnpe
of the minister coining up the lepning
before he set to his petitions."
"You are a scoffer, l'utrlck." said my
mother, "and will come lo no good etui.
The lad was at his prayers, and anions
other thin-rs I heard him loud nnd in
stant that the sins of his brothers
might be foriiven to them, and es
pecially the often backsliding of this
Patrick, who now takes it to him to
limit the good lad for It.
"Wait till I pet the good Ind out of
hearing of the house. 1 will make him
send up roine few other petitions," I
suld, shutting my fists for anger. Rut
t said it low in to myself. Aloud I
said: "My brothers and I are muckle
obliged to Robert for his prayers for
our bnckliding. It is well there is
something that he can do besides hang
lo his mother's apron springs and lie
about dykeliacks. He never was worth
tils kail at a day's work in his life!"
"The lad Is delicate and of another
mind from these rough Inds," said my
mother, to whom Hubert was as the ap
3
ple of her eye, "He draws naturally to
the quieter ways of the house and the
company of women folk."
"So," said I again, then he will make
a brave preacher to the hill folk he
must thole wind und wet, endure hard
ness cheerfully, sleep on draggled
heather roots, und die at the last in the
Hrnssmurket with a tow roie round his
neck and u second-hand testimony in
his mouth "
This daunted my mother a little,
fearing lor her petling.
PAUT II.
"Let us hear what the lad says him
self." said the minister, who had been
nut rowing his eyes and bending the
tips of his lingers together upon us us
he looked from one to th- other. I
could see that his mood was one of
deep consideration. Yet the loon Unb
elt, being ever the favorite of my par
ents, so runs-d my spirit to a very gale
of nnger that 1 could not restrain my
tongue though I well knew that I was
playing havoc with my chances of go
ing to Holland, as 1 so greatly desired
lo do. Yet. us I own. It was no ways
for love of sanctity, but ull for the sake
of winning the favor of lsobel Weir,
"llil, THEN", PCOFFF.lt!" ('HIED MY
FATHF.it.
nnd also lierans one that hud hem
there told me there was much gallant
sword play and good comradeship
among the young colleger- of Unniln
gen. Then that joini? supper-of-snwens.
Unbelt Vernor, answered that he for
gave me all my ill words of him.becau-io
that i knew no hetter, and spoke hut
ufti r my kind. If he was Judged worthy
he was willing to go to Holland, for he
had a call to the work and no fellow
ship with those foul talkers nnd evil
livers that Were about him here In
liongray. He was williniT to give up
all M'.d adventure forth. If the minister
nnd his father and mother bade him.
He had hern, he knew, already called
of Hod. So he spoke meekly and piti
fully, till I could have cast him Into the
horse pond In fair disgust.
"oh. the blessed lad!" cried my moth
er. "Patrick, tin re is n lesson for you
with your Homing and je ring. Mid
ye hear how beautifully he forgave
you
The minister hunn awhile on Hub
ert's words.
"I suppose the youurest will have to
go," he said, "for by his wolds (at
least) he shows much more Inclination
to Hie work. And his parents tire de
sirous to send him. Yet I am none so
sure hut that one (pointing at me)
might have turned out the better man
it his carnal nature hud been in a lit
tle better subjection."
"Ah!" said my mother; "It Is my
liohtrt that has the beautiful nature,
l'utrlck was ever promt and upsetting
from a hoy, ami now most cruelly over
rides th(' lad. it will be better tu sepa
rate them."
"Well, since It must be so," said the
minister; "yet I fear the carnal heart
within me leans to the oilier."
He spake as a man that known his
mind.
Hut nt this Hie devil In me rose
nnd I felt that in my heurt which I
must speak out.
"Wait," 1 said. "I have a word to
sny. Hear ye all. Ye have spoken the
worst things of me that am the eldest
son of this house. They that brought
me Into being have proclaimed my
faults. They have set aside my urgent
desire---Coil knows all I ever asked of
them. They have made me of no uc
coniit It is well. Now 1 will take no
more than the clothes I wear and g
forth. My ten years' labor hath ut least
earned so mm h wages as a suit of
gray honiospnji (leading. I bid you
fariAvrll. Father nnd mother. I leave
ou wil'i your dear son your perfect
son. The black sheep goes forth I'-st
his foulness should corrupt this while,
immaculate lamb."
"Ho, then, scoffer!" cried my fath
er, "and never cross the threshold of
the door so long, nt leust, us the
house of I run gray stands by the wat
ers of I'linleu nnd John Vernor lives
to be tnimter of Ii!"
I ail my mother put tier apron to her
ryes nnd wept aloud, whereat Hubert
went and put his arm about hir neck.
For of a certaintr he hud the art of
comforting women folk, ever phrasing
und 1 1 ;i 1 1 I i 1 1 : about Ihcm.
"Mo not weep, sweet mother." he
said: "veil still have one levins Hon
let I."
I looked over nt Hubert, my brother.
"i'ale wart," said I: "were it not for
Hie presence of those whom 1 nm bound
to icspect I would even twist thy neck,
tin. u young hyi rile!"
My lather pointed lo the door.
"out of my house, sirrah!" he cried,
workiim his brows u;i and down In a
v.av he bud when he was torvly ang
eled. So I went out wilh nil iny lirothorn
following after me Imuran and C.il
bert hrsi. nnd after tin ni John, Martin
and Sandy. The live of these good lads
raid t t u word, but came out ut my
heels, hanging their heads and looking
mighty loath and sorrowful. So Hubert
was hit in I he room by himself with
my father nnd mother and Mr. Welsh,
the minister. And as we were already
nl the outer door, he called lo me in his
silky-soft, wheidling voice:
"I 'ai rick, do not part In anger, my
brother. Freely do I forrlve y.ui ail
the ill words ye have spoken of me."
Hut I turned the buck of my hand to
him. us I stood for the lust time on Hie
threshold of the house of my fathers,
from which I was now' to be evermore
an outcast.
"Thai for your forgiveness!" said I.
"Keep it to cozen older fools withal!
You cannot take in T'ntrick Vernor with
your sugared lies!"
So from the house of Irongray.w here
I w.is born and which 1 hud counted an
mine own. I was thus outlawed und ex
truded. 'Tis easy to say that I had but
mine own self to blame. Had I bidden
more ut home o' nights nnd ever been
in nl the "Inking of the Hook." my
father might have looked more kindly
upon me. And I should, maybe, have
pleased my mother better had I he--n
more complaisant, and made pretense
to a little religion of the easily carried
kind, which comes nut in askin'r long
blrsslngs nt meal times and Interlnding
a sanctilled word or two in common
speech such ns: "It'll be n Piic duv
the tnnrn. If the Lord will," or "we'll
shear the sheep on Monday, gin a kind
Providence spare us!" For many is
the sound reputation for godliness
which has been built on just as little as
that.
Hut I never had the art to guide my
tongue all the days of me. and oft
ttnus.. nlas! I have permitted It to
puttie me; and a man lands surely In
the mire when he lets his unruly evil
take charge.
At rll events, there I wis outside the
door of my father's house, and present
ly, being convoyed on my way bv my
five kindly brothers, wlfmn 1 hnd not
suspected of so much tenderness for
their cider, I found myself at the loan
ing foot. There Is a ford near by over
the little water of Cluden and u cross
ing of stepping-stones, about which us
bairns we had played the day Ay the
length, before ever we heard a sound of
the weary Covenants that have worked
so muckle strife in this land. 1 hud my
foot on the tirst stone when Duncan
nudged Gilbert to speak-. He was u tine,
solid lad, human, but not u gleg ut the
talking.
"Dunran wants me to say. ratie."
said Hllbert, taking the signal reluc
tantly, "that we are heart sorry for this
cast cot. And we are a' vexed for ye,
and we do not think that ye have been
rightly us-:d. Hut ye are to mind that
the liongray is your ain, and we will
work It for you us the rightful heir.
There's nune o" us that are Jacobs, or
would supplant our brother. Is that not
rlrht, lads'.'"
"Aye," grullly enough responded
Muiican. And the others also said
"Aye" with one voice.
"And ye are no to do anything rash,
1'atie," lie went on. "for we Inive here
some pickle siller that we nud laid by
us. it's no better than twoity Scots
pounds, but ye are welcome, l'utie (stop
that wiling! In' and greetin', .Martin;
think sham o yoursel', man). And ye
are to tuk' It and look about ye u wee,
and no do onything rash that y; would
be sony fur after, like!"
"Lndu." I answered them, slowly, for
I was near overcome, "! cannot liik'
your hard-won silver. "Ye'll be need
ing new plaids nnd bonnets, and 1 ken
Duncan was savin:; for a Hllde."
"N'a, nn, so lon-j us I'atrick Vernor
has a Pair of stroivi hands, the world
will no come greatly wrong to him.
Fare ye weel, honest lads. See und
humor my failher, Kin ye can. It wus
never a thing 1 was good at myscl'."
So 1 shook hands with them ull live,
and turned away. 1 could heur poor
Martin, tat was ever u kenning soft
in the heart, break Into ti pussion of
tears, at which Duncan took him by Hk'
neck of his coat to shake the fully out
of him.
"Have vp no more sense?" he said,
"Milieu make il harder than it is for
l'utie."
All, good Inds. kindly lads praise
Hod for live brothers that are neither
time-servers nor hypocrites!
Hut P. was at the kirk t.tile. ns I
Went liy the village, that I got the
heaviest stroke. For there 1 met Iso
hel Weir. She came daintily over, lift
ing ut u psalm, and pulling up her
bund, as she saw me, to the blue maid
en's snood that belted her yellow hair.
"You are bound for Holland. I heat;,"
she said: "they tell me that Mr. Welsh
hus gene up to settle the matter with
your !ut her."
"Not I." I made answer, gloomily
enough, "but Hubert , my brother, goes
to Holland in my stead. He, as we ull
ken, is the lad of trace in our house
hold, and kee;is himself lirst lu favor
with the godly. Who can contend with
surh a llower of sanctity'.'"
"You foiiiet yourself, Put rick Ver
nor," answered Isohel Weir, holding
Uii her head seyerel:'; "letter would
It be for you to be likewise 'in favor
wilh things honorable and great with
godly men. Your brother Hubert is
truly n lad of promise''
"And also of comeliness a very
young Muvld. with his lovelocks and
ruddy rl Us," said i, bitterly. "Well
am I aware that he has the favor of all
you women, und esp ciully of laubel
Weir of the Torwood."
"And though he hath, what Is that tu
you, Patrick Vernor'.'" the girl nn
swered tne. And there wan lire In her
eyes, for I saw that she hud taken my
meaning but too well. Now all my
days, though I loved her dear, yet had
I never any power to please here, iior
were my words ever agreeable to her,
like the cunningly patient smiles, tue
quick observance and deference, of
Hubert, my brother.
"Truly It Is nothing to me; there sny
you lightly, Isohel Weir," 1 suld. "If
you had loved nie it might have mat
tered more. Hut since you will not,
why then, there is no more to the busi
ness, but Just to shake hands and part.
I bid you farewell, Isohel. It is a long
day since I curried you over Cluden
"YOU FOTtOF.T VOfHSFLF. FAT
11ICK VKItNOH." A NSWERliD
( ii ihkIj Whiit.
water on my back nnd ye railed me
yuur love, being then but a bairn. I bid
you farewell, for when next you s e
me go by, It is little that you or any
honest lass will have tu say to Patrick
Vernor."
"What would you do to yourself."'
she asked looking, as 1 thought, a lit
tle dashed at my bitter words and de
termined air.
"Faith. I go to Dumfries to take the
king's colors and ride merrily a-t loop
ing. Since they will not make n soldier
of me on the one side, what hetier can
it laudhss nnd kinless !oon do, than
take unns on the other?"
IT) He Cotitinu.d.)
The drowning of a woman is n shudder
ome stsht. Yet it is swift and compara
tively painless, ami blissful, compared to the
pain und agony suffered for many years by
many tlinii'-aiids of women. Mir-t of the
sulTctinit endured by women may be traced
tii one great, aggravating si t cf disorders.
The woman who does not Uke proper care
of the organs distinctly feminine is sure to
be sickly, nervous, fretful, nnd racked wilh
pain. She is unfitted for wifehood nnd
motherhood. Hveiv woman owes it to her
self to he strong and healthy in a w omanly
way. She may insure this if hc will use
the proper remedy.
iThe greatest of nil medicines for weals
and suffering women is Dr. l'iercc's Favor
ite Prescription. It nits directly upon the
delicate orealis that tuaL n-ih-lmnd nntl
! motherhood possible. It makes them
bcalt'uy and vigorous. It cures all weak
ness nnd disease. It allays inflammation,
soothes pain and stops weakening drains.
The nerves become steady, and calm, and
health resumes its natural swav throughout
the system. It prepares for wifehood nnd
motherhood. Over qo.ooo women have tes.
lined to its marvelous virtues and all gootl
druggists sell it.
Ignorance of her own physical nature is re
sponsible lor a treat ileal of the pain and uf.
friiiifr that woman undergoes. Dr. Pierce's
Common Sense Mettles! - Adviser is the best
medical lxH.lt for Hie home. It is now on
the bookshelves of over a million American
households. Several chapters of the book are
devoted to the disesves anil weaknesses of the
organs distinctly feminine. Kverv woman should
read it. 'II contain over i.roo pages. Anv uue
may obtain a paner-covered eunv. absolutely
rafcK. by sending ii nne-cent stamps to cover the
cmt of mailing onlt. to World's Dispensary Med
ical Aswi.ilii.il. HuAtilo. S. Y. If a hani'lsome,
durable cloth bludinn is ile-ired, seud tcu ceut
Ulra lluu-ly-enc ceuti in allj. ,
BK Vt'I.F. i OTATIONS.
From "Quotations for Occasions."
Will you tiunrd yuur person while you take
il rest.
And watch your safety. Tempest, ii, I.
Punched full of deuilly holes.
Hichurd III., v. X
Invent some other tires!
Uekkeronil Ford, Sun's Marling. II, 1.
I am . . . a kind of lawless J us tic or
usurping imirtlalist of uulhoiity that
will kill n nv man with mv Saiety.
Shh -kerlcy .Marnilon. The Antiquary, l!l.
I Ko. I go; look bow I i-.o.
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's
bow.
Midsummer Night's Mream. Ill, 2.
Yet hear their bright olllelous lumps.
.Milton, I 'urn. Use Host, IX.
1 l!ke the new tii . . . excellently.
Much A lo. 111. 4.
They that ri le so, and ride not warily,
full. Henry V.. ill. 7.
Their eartli-eonvulshig wheels uffright
Ihe city. Slieiley. Hellas.
Speak, brother, hnst thou hurt thee with
Ihe fall'.' Tims Andruiileiis, Ii, 3.
King your bells. Kimr John, 11, 2.
On their own axis us the planets run.
lJc;ie, Kssay on Man, III,
Sivift, erect und iineonlined,
Sweeps the wide eurtli. und tramples oYr
tint nl; I ml. rone, Iliad, ix. '.-".
Turn, turn iny wheel! Turn round and
round
Without ii pause, without a sound.
So spins the llylng world away.
Longfellow, ivernmos.
l'atehln' our patent s. Il'-hlou -up agin!
Lowell, Hi-It. w Papers, ii, 6.
My mind exceeds the com. kiss of her
wl I. Ill Henry VI, iv. a.
The spirit of the time shall touch me
speed. King John, Iv, 'i.
Hut, chief of ail, your safety!
Khvj John. Iv.
I was forced to wheel
Three or four mdis ulioul.
I 'oriel, tuns, 1, U.
Tlulr speed makes nlyht kindle.
Shelley, I'roinethi lis I'niinuiid, II, 4.
Attend nn- where I wheel.
Troilus and Cresslda, v. 7.
The wheel has come full circle, I am here.
Lear, v, 3.
Then may 1 set the world on wheels.
Two I'n nll.-liu n of Vcruna, III, 1.
This quick revolving, wheel shall rest lu
peace.
Petrarch, Triumph of Ktcrnity.
Her silent course advance
With Inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps
On her soft llNle.
Milton. Paradise Lost, vli', ha
Your line elegant rascal, that can
rise.
And sloops, nlnios together; . . ,
Shoot throur;h the nil- us nimble us u
star;
Turn short us iluth a swallow; and be
here,
And there, und lure, nn.l yonder, all nt
once. II. Jonson, Volpoue, Hi.
The citizens gape at her and praise her
tiivs,
11. Jonron, The Alchemist, Iv.
Come, wilt thou mv nie ride-.'
1 Henry IV. II. It.
Is't far you ri le?
As far, my lord, us will till up tne time
"l'wlxl this and supper.
Macbeth, ill, I.
A Wholesale
.Mu. N. L. Wili.kt, (Secretary and
Treasurer of the Howard & villct
Druu Co , Augusta, (.In , writes under
date of November 3d: "I had u won
derful cure liy "77" for Colds. Have
advertised it more than tiny one in the
city. One man to whom I soln.it upon
my recommendation said It was worth
$:00 0(1 to him. He Is one of our lead
ing Architects."
Every one has a kind word for Seventy-seven,
Dr. Humphreys' preeiom
cure for Colds, Orippe, Influenza, Ca
tarrh, Coughs, Sore Throat.
Dll. PUMI'IIIIEV' IloMEOIMTniC MANUAL
Of DISEASES 1'ltlE AT YOLU LinfUUlSTS oil
MAII.KIIOX l.Kyl 1T.
Simill bottles of pleasant pellets, fit the
vest pocket. H.ild by ilniKiOsts, or bent on
receipt of ITi cents or live for 1. Hum
phreys Med. Co., Cor. William & John
Bis., New York.
DR. G. W. GREEN,
nicclrical Treatment a Specialty. Offices,
607, 6nK and (too Mcars Building,
SCRANTON, PA.
The most eompleto equipment of Electrical
machine und appliances for mcdienl use to l.e
found In pnysic ail's i.llico t.uti-iiio of Now
York, Medii-nl and electrical treatment for
nil canes uiueniihl-) to eituor or both.
C. W. GREEM, M. D.,
t)7, CIH an I (; Mean Build. nir. Srrantoa.
liours U a.m. to lu'. 1 p.m.to 'i: 7.;;uto'J
';M5,ill!x:''
MANSFIELD TAT3 NOK.IAL SCHOOL.
intellectual und practical Ua.n.ni; lor
teachers. Thn 0 courses of study besides
picpuratory. Speciul atten.u Kiven 10
preparation for collide. Hiudents ad
mitted to best colleges on certificate.
Thirty graduates pui-sicnu further studies
la.-.t year. Client ndvnntayes for special
studies In nrt and lei-.x1. Model sehonl of
three hundred pupils. Corps ot sixteer
teachers. H.-aiitlf ill mounds Maqn!tliv-.t
buildings. Large- Krounds fur athl- tlcs.
K'fvator and Inllrmary with at'endan;
nure. Fine Kymnaslum. Rve:yth'.iic
furnished at nn uveriiKe rot to normal
starlet Is of jurt a y-ar. FaM term, Anp
2s. Vl..':r term, Pec. 2. Ppilm term,
March III. indents admitted to e'ns-ie n'
any tlm. For catalonue, containing fill;
Information, npplv to
S. II. ALtiltO, I'rin jipal,
Manslickl Pa.,
1 GREAT
i.M
Has he-n prcdicleJ oil through th
siaion ustpast. 1 HIS IS Till: WAY
IIIMBLRS HAVE BEEN RCDUCED.
06 Pr.ce. '07 Pries.
Roabttf, $110.00 $115.03
Touris!, 112.50 117.50
Lady Kaxta, 117.50 122.50
Racer, 125.00 150.G0
Prices seem liili, lint then yo.i
know it's IIL'.MBI.K QUALITY.
CHASE MW.
515 Linden Stool.
Druggist and a
leading Architect praise
FOU
I I It
mm
'egcbblcPrqiarationrorAs
slmilatmg ihcFood andRegula
tirig ilie Sloiikichs and Dowels cf
Promotes Digcstion.Checrru!
ncssandltest.Contalns neither
Opium.Morphine nor Mineral.
Not Narcotic.
Jmiut Sal
4wm Setti
J1 p,i rrrjjit .
VrinnSacd -i'vtfud
Suir
ktbktynt I'larzT!
Arxrfcctncmcdy for Constipa
tion, Sour Storaach.Diarrhoca,
Worms .Convulsioiis.Fcvcrish
ncss and LOSS OF SLEEP.
Tse Simile Signature of
"NEW YORK.
EXACT COP Of WRAPPEB.
Directory of Wholesale and Retail
CITY AND SUBURBAN
Illlfil
ART STl'DIO.
F. San'.ce 53S Spruce.
Allll I tu: AMI IMII.Y PAPKUS.
Rtflsmnn tt Solomon, tOS Wyoming ave.
aiiii.i tu: tioons ami hioxlls.
C. M. Florcy. 2.'2 Wyoming ave.
AivxiMis am ni lim it (iotius.
J, J. Crosby, 15 Lackawanna ave.
HAMiS.
Lackawanna Trust nnil Sa'e Deposit Co.
Men-ham' nn.l MechiinliM-, XH L-acka.
Traii-nt' National, cor. Wyominu anJ
Bpriu-e.
West Hhlc Kanlt, ion X. Main.
Sciacton Savii'.KS, 1 Wyoming.
Ill I IllNi;. rAUMKT CLF.AMNti. K'M.
The Scranton ISpildlliR Co., Lackawanna.
I1UI WLRS.
Rohlnson, E. Sons, 4X N. Seventh.
IlchliiKou, Mlna, OeJur, cor. Alder.
IIICVCI.I-S (it NS, kti:.
Parker, E. It.. ::i Spruce.
i;ii:V:i.t: i.ivntv.
City rtiryelo Livery. Ill) Franklin.
llll Y I I) KKPAIKS, ETC.
Ilittenhenclpr & Co., 313'!. Spruce street.
Honrs ami sh.ii:s.
Col.l.imlth liros. Wl Lackawanna,
(iooilniun's Shoe Store. 43J Lackawanna.
liKOkl I! AM) J KV I I.I U.
It.vlin Hros., 123 Penn.
:amy mam i vt: ii ki h.
Scranton Car.ily Co., 22 Lackawanna.
:ahi uis and wait, papkk.
Iui-alls, J. Scott, IIP Lackawanna.
CAUUIACil s AM) IIAKMISS.
S:miv-1, V. A., 515 Llnilon.
CAuidAtii: nu'osrroKVf
Illume, Wm. .t Son, 522 Spruce.
CATLKIH.
lliititini'ton, J. C, "OS N. Washington.
CHINA AND I'l.ASSWAKi:.
Rupprecht, LouK 221 I'enn ave.
CKiAU MAM I' ri THICK.
J. 1. Fioro, 22.1 Spruce street.
COM !C( TltlNI CHY AM TOYS.
Williams. J. P. & Ilros.. SI I Lacka.
COVl KACroi AM) 111 II.DICK.
Knock. S. XL, Ulyphant.
cnocKicm and (ii.AsswAui:.
Hanlinv, J. I.., 215 Lack.iv.tiiinn.
DIMS i UllO.M.
Caryl's I'lninj; Iloon. ."05 LlnJcn.
DKY liOOP.
The Fai'hlon, ""OS Lackawanna avenue.
Kelly i lltKky. at Lackawanna.
Finlcy, 1'. l!., 51i Lackawanna.
niiY tiotms. sitt.i.s, ii.vi.nu ai.i:, icrc.
JIulley, Ambrose, triple stored, l'ro.I-iIl-iicc.
DUY tCDOllS FANCY (iOOPS.
Krcsky, K. It. & Co.. Ill S. Main.
in; l oriiMS.
M"(!.irrah ft Thomas. 2-i! Lackawanna.
Lor;iitz. C US Lacka.; Llmleii & Wajh.
Havls. J W.. Main nml .Market.
l'.loc.. W. S., Peckvil'e.
Iak- John .1., U H. Main.
ICNIM.S ASH I'Oll.l l.'S.
Dickson Manura.-tiirinc Co.
ITMC MI.HCIIANT T.'ILOHINU.
.1 W. r.ohcrts. 12. N Main ave.
V. J. Davis, 215 Lackawanna.
Krie Auilren, 11') S. .Main ave.
IT.OIMI. lUCSDiSs.
Clark. G. R. ft Co., 201 Wash'.nuton.
1 1 ol it. iti'TTi'R. i:;ti, ic n:.
The T. II. Watts Co., Ltd.. 72.1 W. Lacka.
Lahcook U. J. ft Co.. lit! Franklin.
ll.Ol l. I TCP AND OKaIN.
Matthews C. I'. Sor.s ft Co.. 34 Lacka.
The VVcston .Mill Cix. -!7-4f Lackawanna.
ITttTTS AND PKODI'CI;.
Dale & Slovens, 2" Lnckn wanna.
I'levclunJ. A. S., 17 Lti-'kawanna.
IT KSisiiicD minus
Vnlon House, 215 Lackawanna.
11RSITI mi:.
Hill & Connell, 1.12 Washington.
Harbour's llor.it Credit House, 425 Lack.
GUOCLKS.
Kelly, T. J. Co.. H Lackawanna
MvK.i-.-vf.l ft Connell. l-'rarklin avenue.
Porter, John 'J'., 2ii and 2S Lack.iwaiina.
ltloe, t.evy ft Co.. .'ID Lacka wuiinu.
ilrle, J. J., 421 Lackuwanuu,
. SEE
THAT THE
FAC-SIMILE
: v: SIGNATURE
' OF
(IS ON THE
WRAPPER
01 EYEET
BOTTTJE OF
Oaitcrli 1 eat to la oso-jtro lottles ealr. II
!Ia net coll la bulk. Cos't allow anjon to Mil
yon naything ls on ths pita or promiia that it
is jutt as goed" and will answer evary nt
j poio." W Eco that you get C-A-3-T-0-B-I-A.
tails ST sti? lin
ot ' " wnppw.'
Ur.NI.RAI. MFTiCIIASPISR.
Osterhout, X. P.. Ill) W. Market.
Jordan. James, olvphant,
Hechtold, K. J., tilyphant.
IIARDIVAKIC.
Connell, W. P. ft Sons, IIS Penn.
Fuotu ft Shear Co., ll!i N. WashlnRtOB.
Hunt ft Council Co., -Ml Lackawanna.
IIAKDWAKF. AND PI T'MIIINti,
Oiinster ft Forsyth, 327 Penn.
Cowlta, W. C. 1907 N. Main ave.
HARNESS AM) SAPDI.I RY HARDWARE
Fritz, r,. W., 410 Lackawanna.
Keller & Harris. 117 Penn.
IIARNISS. THINKS, IU fiUIF.S.
R. II. Houser, ira N. Main avenue.
IIOTII.s,
Arllnston, Crimes & Flannery, Sprue
and Franklin.
Scranton Houhc. near depot.
HOI SIC. SIGN AND I RI.SCO PAINTER.
Win. Hay, 112 Linden.
Ill MAN HAIR AND II AIR DKF.SSINO.
X. T. Ll.sk, 223 Lackawanna.
I.ICATIII It AND MNDINtiS.
William:', Samuel, 221 Spruce.
I.I MIC CI .MINT SI-AV FR PIPE.
Keller, Luther, S13 Lackawanna.
Mll.lt, CRI'.A.M, 111 I I ICR, icrc.
Scranton Dairy Co., Penn and Linden.
Stone Hros., HUS Spruce.
Mil. MINI R.
.Mr.i. XL Saxe. l i.l J. Main avenue.
.MII.I.INI RY AND DRFSSMAK1NU.
Mrs. Rradley, 20-J Adams, opp. Court
Houe.
.MM. I. INI HV AND I I KNISIlIMi (ioODS.
Ilrown's Dee Hive, 221 Lackawanna,
mini: and .mii.i. si pit ii s.
Scranton Supply and Mach. Co., 131 Wyt
modish: and pklssm aui k.
Mrs. K. Walsh, 311 Spruce street.
MONl M1NTAI. WORKS.
Owens llroa., 218 Adams ave.
PANTS.
Great Atlantic (3 Pants Co., 319 Lack.
wuna in e.
paints and si ppi.iics.
Jleiii-kc ft'.McKce, M Spruce street.
PAINTS AND U Al l. PAPICR.
Wlnke. J. C. 315 I'enn.
AMM'.KOKFR.
Green. Joseph, 107 Lackawanna.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
Stellc, J. Lawrence. 303 Spruce.
I'Iioiiii.hapiii.u.
H. 8. Cramer, 311 Lackawanna ave.
Pi t MPINU AND III IIMi.
Howlcy. P. F. ft M. F., 231 Wyoming ave.
KICAL l.STA TIC.
Horatio N. Patrick. 320 Washington.
Rt ISIIF.it STAMPS. SI1CNCII.S, ICTC.
Scranton Rubber Stamp Co., CSS Sprue
ROOITN'j.
National RooflnK Co.. 331 Washington.
SANITARY Pl.l.MlllNii
W. A. Wlodebusch, 231 Washington ave.
STI'.A .1SII1P TICKKTS.
J. A. Barron. 2ir Lackawanna anJ
Prleebui'K.
Sl tRI O-RIT II f PI ORATIONS ANO
PMNIINli.
S. II. Morris. 217 Wyoming- ave.
TF.A. COIT I i: AND SPICK.
Grand Union Tea Co.. 103 S. Main.
TRISSlS. IIAHTRIICS. Ill IIIIKR GOODS
Uenjamln i Dcnjamin, Franklin anil
S.ruce.
INPLRTAKt R AND I.IVFRY.
Raub. A. IL, 425 Spruce.
I PIIOI.STICRFR AND CARPF.T LAYER.
C. 11. Haslctt, 22 Spruco street.
WAIT. PAPER. ETC.
Ford. W. M., 120 Tcnn.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
Hop-crs. A. n 215 Lackawanna.
w i n l-.s and i nit ons.
Walsh, Edward J.. 32 Lackawanna.
WIRT. AND WIRE ROPE.
Washburn Si Mocn Mfg Co., 119 Frankla
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