10
THE "iSCBANTON TBiBTTXB-ITUDAY MORSTTNTG, DECEMBER ; 18, 1896.
I1IE BROWN HAIJ'S SERVANT.
By W. W. JACOBS.
Author of "flany Cargoes. tr F
SYNOPSIS.
A sailor brings a valuable diamond to the
proprietor of a pawnshop In the L'ommer-
iul Koucl, In London. Tlu-y retire to an
Inner room, and the sailur offers the dia
mond to the proprietor for The pro
prietor offers a small sum, but the sailor
ticks to his price, and the proprietor goes
on to bring a friend for consultation.
They return, and pay the sailor his 300,
and the sailor leaves. The same night he
rumen baek and warns the pawnbroker
that the diamond has been stolen by him
self and three others, one of them a Bur
mese man. He himself has gained sole
possession of the stone, and his move
ments are dogged by the Hurmese and
another of his lute companions. He notl
ties the proprietor to- look out for them.
The next day both of them call on the pro
prietor, ilemacil the stone, display the belt
of the saihir, whom they have murdered,
und threaten the proprietor with death.
If he does not give up the Jewel. He ig
nores their threats.
PART IV.
The Burmese paused, and the pawn
broker noticed that His fare hud
(.hanged,, and In place of the sardonic
good' humor which had before possessed
it, was now distorted by a devilish
malice. His eyea gleamed coldly, and
he snapped them quickly as he spoke.
"Well, what do you say?" he de
manded. "This," said the other.
Ho leaned over the counter, and tak
ing the' brown man's skinny throat In
his great hand. Hunt; him reeling back
to thu partition, which sl'.ook with hia
. . -. V ' '; '
ilE POINTED HIS LEAN, BROWN FINGER -AT THE ANIMAL.
weight. Then he burst Into a laugh as
the being who had Just been threaten
ing him with a terrible and mysterious
death changed into a little Weak old
man , coughing and spitting as he
clutched at his troat and fought for
breath.
"What about your servant, the
devil?" asked the proprietor, malic
iously. "He serves when I am absent," sold
the brown man. faintly. "Even now I
give you one more chance. I will let
you see the young fellow in your shop
die first. But no, he has not offended.
I will kill"
He paused,' and his eyes fell on the
cat, which at that moment sprang up
and took its place on the counter.
"I will kill your cat," said the brown
mart. "I will send the devil to worry
it. Watch the cat, and as its death Is
no shall yours be unless "
"Unless?" said the other, regarding
him mockingly.
"Unless tonight before ten o'clock
you mark on your door post two crosses
in chalk, said the other. "Do that
and live. Watch the cat."
He pointed his lean, brown finger at
the animal, and, still feeling at his
throat, stepped softly to the door and
passed out.
With the entrance of other custo
mers, the pawnbroker forsot the an
noyance to which he had been subject
ed, and attended to their wants in a
spirit made liberal by the near prospect
of fortune. It was certain that the
stone must be of great value. With
that and the money he had made by
his business, he would give up work
and settle down to a life of pleasant
ease. So liberal was he that an elder
ly Irishwoman forgot their slight dif
ferences In creeds and blessed him fer
vently with all the saints in the cal
endar. His assistant being back In his place
In the shop, the pawnbroker returned
to the little sitting room, and once
more carefully looked through the ac
count of the sailor's murder. Then he
sat still trying to work out a problem,
to hand the murderers over to the po
lice wtihout his connection . with ths
stolen diumond being made public, and,
THE PAWNBROKER WENT TO THE
DOOR AND MADE IT FAST,
' " . -I ' . 1 i
nftei- considerable deliberation,' con
vinced himself that the feat was im
possible. He was interrupted by a slight scuf-.
fling noise In the shop, and the cat
came bolting into the room, and. after
running round the, table, went out at
the door and fled upstairs. The as
sistant came Into the room.
"What are you worrying the thing
for?'.' demanded his master. , .
"I'm hot worrying it," said the as
sistant in an aggrieved voice. "It's
been .moving about up and down the
shop, and then it suddenly started like
that.' It's, got a fit, I suppose."
He' went back to the shop, and the
proprietor sat . in his Chair half
ashamed of his nervous credulity, lis
tening to the animal, which was rush
ing about In the rooms upstairs: '
"(3d and se what's the matter1 -with
the thine. Rob," he cried.
The assistant obeyed, returning has
tily 'In a minute or two, closing the
door behind him.
"Well, what'a the matter?" demand
ed bis master.
'i ""T
"The brute's 'gone mad," said the
assistant, whose face was white. "It's
flying about upstairs like a wild thing.
Mind It don't get in; .It's as bad as a
mad aog.
"Oh, rubbish," said the proprietor.
"Cats are often like that."
"Well. I've never seen one like It be
fore," said th-tlher, "and, what's
more, I'm not.srolng to see that again.
The animal -came downstairs, scuf
fling- along the passage, hit the door
with Its head, and then, dashed up-
"It must have been poisoned, or else
It's mad." said 'lite assistant. "What's
It been eating;,. I. wonder."-
The pawnbroker made no reply. The
suggestion ot poisoning was a welcome
one. It was prererauie to tne smsier
hintlnga of he brown man. But even
if it had been poisoned it was a very
singular coincidence, unless, indeed,
the Burmese had himself poisoned it.
He tried to think whether ft could have
been possible for his visitor to have ad
ministered poison undetected.
"It's quiet now," said the assistant,
and he opened the door 'a little way.
"It's all Tight," said the pawnbroker,
half ashamed of his fears; "get back to
the shop."
The assistant complied, and the pro
prietor, after sittlns down a little
while to persuade himself that he really
had no particular Interest in the mat
ter, rose arid slowly went upstairs. The
staircase was badly , lighted, and half
way up he stumbled on something soft.
He gave a hasty exclamation, and
stooping down, saw that he had trod
den on the dead cat.
' '. ' '.
At ten o'efock (hat night the pawn
broker sat with his friend discussing
a bottle of champagne, which the open
eyed assistant had procured from the
public house opposite. .. .
"You're a lucky man," said his
friend, as he raised his glass to his Hps.
"Thirty thousand pounds! It's a for
tune, a small fortune," he added, cor
rectively. "I shall give this place up," said the
pawnbroker, "and go away for a time.
I'm not safe here."
"Safe?" queried his friend, raising
his eyebrows.
The pawnbroker related his adven
tures with his visitors.
"I can't understand that cat busi
ness," said his friend, when he had fin
ished. "It's quite farcical; he must
hnvo poisoned It."
"He was'nt near It," said the pawn
broker; "It was at the other end of the
counter."
"Oh. hang it," said his friend, the
more Irritably - because he could not
think of any solution to the mystery.
"You don't believe In occult powers and
all that sore of . thins. This Is the
neighborhood of the Commercial Road;
time, Nineteenth century. The thing's
got on your nerves. Keep your eyes
open and stay Indoors; they can't hurt
ou here. Why not tell the police?"
"I don't want any questions," said
the pawnbroker.
"I mean Just tell them that one or
two suspicious characters have he-n
hanging round lately," said the other.
"If this precious couple see that they
are watched, they'll probably oolt.
There's nothing like a uniform to scare
the guilty."
"I .won't havs. anything to do with
the police," said the pawnbroker, firm
ly. W ell, let Bob sleep on the prem-
Ises,"
nuhbioicu urn irieim.
I think I will tomorrow," said the
other. "I'll have a bed fixed up for
him."
"Why not tonight?" asked his friend.
. "He's gone." said the tmu-nhrnker.
briefly. "Didn't you hear him shut
up?"
"He was In the shop five minutes
ago." said his friend.
"He left at ten," eald the pawn
broker. "I'll swear I heard somebody only a
minute or two ago," said his friend,
staring.'
"Nerves, as you remarked a little
while ago," said the proprietor, with a
grin.
."Well. I thought I heard him," said
his friend. "You might Just secure the
door, anyway."
The pawnbroker went to the door
and made It fast, giving a careless
giance round the dimly lighted sbjyp
as he did so.
"Perhaps you could stay tonight,
yourself,: he said, as he returned to
the sitting room. . .. .
"I can't possibly, tonight," said the
other. "By the way, you might lend
yiu a pisioi or some kind. With all
Chess cutthroats hanging round, visit
ing you is a somewhat perilous pleas-,
ure. -They might , take It Into their
heads to kill me to see whether I have
got the. stone." , ,
"Take yout- pick," said the pawn
broker, going to th shop and return
ing with two or three second-hand re
volvers and some cartridges.
"I never fired one In my life," said
his friend, dubiously! "but I believe
the chief thing la to make a bang.
Whlch'll make the loudest?"
On His friend's recommendation, he
selected a revolver of the Bervlce pat
tern, and, 'after one or two suggestions
from the pawnbroker; expressed him
self as. qualified to shoot anything be
tween a chimney pot -and a paving
stone. - ' ;
"Make'' your irbom ddor; fast tonight,
and tomorrow' ' let Bob .have a' bed
there," he' said "earnestly, as he rose
to go. "By the -way, Why not make
those chalks -marks on the 'door , Just'
for the night?- You-can laugh at them
tomorrow!" f i : .t.'
- "I'm not going to mark my door' for
all the assassins :that ever breathed"
said the other, fiercely, as he rose' to
see 'the other '-out1 ".
"Well, I- thlnfc. yotl'r safe enough In
the' house,"' said Mr 'Mend;' ""beastly
dreary the shop' -looks. "To Be mnnht1
imagination like myself It's quite easy
to fancy that there Is one of your brown
friend's pet devils crouching, under tlta
counter, ready to spring." '
The' pawnbroker grunted and opened
the door.
"Poof, fog!" said his friend, as a
ciouu streamed in; "bad night for pis
tol practice. I shan't be able to hit
anything."
The two men stood In the doorwav
ff a mtaute, trying to peer through
the fog. A-',heavivviueasured tread
sounded la the alley; a huge figure
loomed ud. and, to the relief of the
friend, a constable halted before them.
"Thick night, sir," Bald he, to the
pawnnroker. .
"Very," was the reply. "Just keep
your eye on my place tonight, con
stable. There have been one or two
suspicious looking characters hanging
about here lately."
"I will, sir" said the constable, and
moved off in company with the friend.
The pawnbroker closed the door hast
ily behind them and bolted it secure
ly. His friend's Jest about the devil
under the counter occurred to him an
he eyed it, and for the first time in his
life the lonely silence of the shop be'
came oppressive. He half thought of
opening the door again and. calling
them back, but by this time they were
out of earshot, ad he had a very strong
idea that there might be somebody in
tne rog outside. ,
"Bah!" said he, loudly; "thirty thou
sand pounds."
He turned the gas Jet on full a man
that had Just made that sum could af
ford to burn a little gas and, first sat'
isfylng himself by looking under the
counter and round the shop, he re'
entered the sitting room.
PART V.
Despite his efforts, the1 proprietor
could not get rid of the sense of loneli
ness and danger which possessed him.
The clock had stopped, and the only
sound audible was the snapping of the
extinguished coals In th? grate. ne
crossed over to the mantelpiece, and,
taking out his watch, wound the clock
up. Then he heard something else.
With great core he laid the key soft
ly on the mantel shelf, and listened In
tently. The clock was now aggressive
ly audible,' so that he opened the case
again, and putting his finger against
the pendulum, stopped It. Then he
drew his revolver and cocked It, and,
with his feet face turned toward the
door and his lips parted, waited.
At first nothing. Then all the noises
which a lonely man hears in a house at
night. The stairs cracked, something
moved In the walls, he crossed noise
lessly to the door, and opened It. At
the head of the staircase he fancied the
darkness moved.
"Who's there?" he cried, In a strong
voice.
Then he stepped back Into the room
and lit the lamp. "I ll get to bed," he
aid, grimly: "I've got the horrors."
He left the gas burning, ana witn
the lamp In his left hand and the pistol
In his right Blowly ascended tne stairs.
The first landing was clear. He opened
the doors of each room, and, holding
the lamp aloft, peered In. Then he
mounted higher, and looked in the
rooms, crammed from ftoor to celling
with pledges, ticketed and placed on
shelves. In one room he thought he
saw something crouching In a corner.
He entered boldly, and as he passed
along one side of a row of shelves
could have sworn that he heard a steal
thy footfall on the other. He rushed
back to the door, and hung listening
over the shaky balusters. Nothing
stirred, and, satisfied that he must
have been mistaken, he gave up the
search, and went to his bedroom. He
sat the lamp down on the drawers, and
turned to close the door, when he dis
tinctly heard a noise In the shop below.
He snatched up the lamp again, ana
ran hastily downstairs, pausing half
way on the lowest flight as he saw a
dark'.llgure spreadeagled against ttu
side door, standing on tip-toe to draw
back the bolt. ,
At the noise of his approach. It turned
It's head hastily, and revealed the face
of the brown man; the bolt shot back,
and at the same moment the pawn
broker raised his pistol and fired twice.
From beneath the little cloud of
smoke, as It rose, he saw that the door
stood open and that the figure had
vanished. He ran hastily down to the
door, and, with pistol raised, stood lis
tening, trying to peer through the fog.
An unearthly stillness followed the
deafening noise of the shots. The fog
poured in at the doorway as he stood
there, hoping that the noise had reached
the ears of some chance passer-by. He
stood sp far a few minutes, and then,
closing the door again, resolutely
turned back and went upstairs.
His first proceeding upon entering his
room was to carefully look beneath
and behind the heavy, dusty pieces of
furniture, and, satisfied that no foe
WITH A STIFLED CITY, SPRANG HASTILY BACKWARD.
lurked there, he closed the door and
locked it. Then he opened the window
gently and listened. The court below
was perfectly still. He closed thi? win
dow, and, takln-f off his coat, barricad
ed the door with all the heaviest furni
ture in the room. With a feeling of per
fect scurlty he complacently regarded
his handiwork, and then, sitting cn
the edge of the bed, began fo undress.
He turned the lamp down a little and
reloaded the empty chambers of hia te
volver, placing It by. the side ' of trie
lamp on .the drawers. Then he turned
back the clothes and was In the very act
of getting Into-bed when he'farfcled
Ithat something moved beneath the
clothes. As he' paused It dropped light;
ly from the other aide of the bd lo the
floor. :. , .'f vi 1
At first he sat' with 1 knitted, brows,
trying to see what It was. He had only
had a glimpse of it, but he certainly had
an idea that It 'was alive. A rat,' per
haps. He got out of bed again with' an
oath, and, taking the lamp In HI hand,
peered cautiously ; about . the . ; floor.
Twice he walked- around -.the room, in
this fashion. .Then he. stooped 'down,
and, raising the dirty bed Hangings,
peered beneath:1 v ' ' r': . ''
He almost touched the vlcled little
head of the brown man's devil, and with
a stilled cry sprang hastily backward.
The lamp shattered against tne corner
of the drawers, and, falling In a shower
of broken glass and oil about his bare
feet, left him In darkness. - He threw
the fragments ot glass stand which re
mained In his hand from him, and,
quick' as thought, gained the bed again
and crouched there, breathing heavily
and trying .to think.
He. tried to think where he had put
the matches," and remembered' there
were some on the window, sill. The
room was so dark that he could not
see the foot of the bed. and in his fat
uity he had barricaded himself in the
room with the loathsome reptile which
was to work the brown man's ven
genance. . - r r -
. For some time he lav. listening ' in
tently. Once or twice he fancied that
he heard the rustle of the snake over
the dingy carpet, and he wondered
whether it would attempt to climb on
to the bed. He stood up, and, stretch
ing hia body to the utmost, tried to get
his revolver from the drawers. It
was out of reach, and as' the bed
creaked beneath his weight a faint
hiss sounded from the floor and he sat
still again, hardly daring to breathe.
The cold rawness of the room chilled
him. He cautiously drew the bed
clothes toward him and rolled himself
up In them, leaving only his head and
arms exposed. In this position he be
gan to feel more secure, until the
thought struck him that the snake
n
HE HtTNCJ LISTENING OVER THE
SHAKY BALUSTERS.
might be Inside them. He fought
against this Idea and tried to force his
nerves Into steadiness. Then his fears
suggested that two might have been
placed In the bed. At this his fears got
the upper hand, and It seemed to him
that something stirred in the clothes.
He drew his body from them slowly
and stealthily, and, taking them In his
arms, flung them violently to the other
end of the room. On his hands and
knees he now traveled over the bare
bed, feeling. There -was nothing there.
In this state of suspense and dread
time seemed to stop. Several times he
thought that the thing had got on the
bed, and to stay there In suspense In
the darkness was Impossible. He felt
it over and over again. At last, unable
to endure It any longer, he resolved to
obtain the matches, and stepped cau
tiously off the bed; but no sooner had
his bare feet touched the floor than
his courage forsook him, and he sprang
tumbling back to his refuge again.
After that. In a spirit of dogged
fatalism, he sat still and waited. To
his disordered mind It seemed that
footsteps were moving about the house,
but they had no terrors for him. to
grapple with a man for lire ana ueatn
would be play; to kin mm, joy un
speakable. He sat still, listening. He
heard rats in the wan ana a naoei 01
Jeering voices on the staircase. The
whole blackness of tne room witn tne
devilish writhing thing on the floor be
came Invested with supernatural sig
nificance. Then, dimly at first, and
hardly comprehending the Joy of It, he
saw the window. A little later he saw
the outlines ot the things In the room.
The night had passed and he waa
alive!
He raised his frosen body to Its full
height, and, expanding his chest, plant
ed his feet Ilrmly on the bed. He
clenched his fist, and felt Btrong. The
bed was unoccupied, except by him
self. He bent down and scrutinized
the floor for his enemy, and set his
teeth as he thought how he could tear
It and mangle It. It was light enough,
but first he would put on his boots. He
leaned over cautiously, and, lifting one
to the bed, put It on. Then he bent
down and tcok up the other, and, swift
as lightning, something issued from It
and, coiling round his wrist, ran up
the Bleeve of his shirt.
With starting eyeballs, he held his
breath, and. stiffening Into stone, wait
ed helplessly. The tlchtness round his
arm relcxed as the snake drew the
whole of Its body under the sleeve and
wound round his arm. He felt its head
moving. It came wriggling across his
chest, and with a mad cry, the wretch
clutched at the front of his shirt with
both hands and strove to tear it off.
He felt the snake in his hands, and tor
a moment hoped. Then the creature
got its head five, and struck him
smartly in the throat.
His hold relaxed, and the snake fell
at his feet. He bent downand seised
It; careless now that it bit his hand,
and, with bloodshot eyes, dashed It re
peatedly on the rail of the bed. Then he
flung It to the floor, and, raising his
heel, smashed Its- head to pulp.
. His fury passed, he strove to think,
but his brain was In a whirl. He had
heard of sucking the wound, but one
puncture was In his throat, and . he
laughed discordantly, he had heard
that' death had been prevented by
drinking- heavily of srtrlte. He- would
do that, first, and then obtain medical
assistance,
' He ran to the door, . and began to
drag the furniture away. In his haste
the revolver fell from the drawers to
the floor.- He looked at It steadily for
a moment, and then, taking It. up,
handled It wistfully. He began to think
more clearly, although a numbing sen
sation, was already ateling over him.
4'Thirty thousand pounds!" be said,
slowly, and tapping his cheek lightly
with the cold barrel.
Then he slipped it Into his mouth,
and, pulling the trigger, crashed heavi
ly to the floor.
(The End.) 1
RAILROAD TIME-TABLES
FEf;;SYLYANlA RAILROAD.
Scadal la Effect just 14, is.
Trains Leave Wilkes-Barr as Follows
7.30 a. m., week days, for Sunbury,
. narrisDUra;, r-Mladelphia, BaMi
moro, Washington, and for Pitts
burr and the Wait.
10. IS a. m.. week days, for Hazleton,
Pottsville, Reading;, Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun-
bury. Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts
ours; ana me west.
3.17 p. m., weak days, for Sunbury
Harrisburr. PhlladalnhL R.Mi.
mora, Washington and Pittsburg
ana tne west.
3.17 p. m., Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrisburg, Philadslo hi
and Pittsburg and the West
6.00 p.1- m.. week days, for Hazlston
and Pottsville.
J. R. WOOD. Oen'l Pass. AgtaL
S. M. PREVOST. Ocncral ManaZir.
LEHIOH VALLEY RAIROAD SYS.
AS ill.
Anthracite Coal Used Exclusively Ioiur.
In T1l.....linn.... 1 .
"W. .icaiiHucsB nil (J -UOITIIUri.
,.,tV.KFECT NOV- 15. 1896.
""'H "W'O tj"L. W4tT A Uil.
FVit PMIo.,1aI..I vt r i .... t
1DH. R. R. at .45t 7.45 a. m 12.05. 1.20. 131
UUack Diamond Express) and 11.30 p. m.
,Vllon Bna wiiKes-Marro via v.
For White Haven, Haileton. Pottsville
""-"Ineipal points In the coal regions
, H.W a. in.. ig.w ana .u
For Bethlehem. Easton. Reading, Har
rlaburir an.i i J n J!-
, pimvsjyns unci iiieiiiniB i"
Ii?s ,v& JA & H- R. e 7.45 a. m
jii i 19 wiac Diamond Express),
.... ii.ov 41. m.
Knr TnitLr hut... 1. m j i
- Hiiniioiiuuin, tuwnnua, r.im'r,
11 naca, Geneva and principal Intermediate
via lf u. v. U. tt,W, 9. US.
B.nn. a. m 19 OA i v M
For Geneva, Rucnester. Buffalo, Niagara
V.. - Chicago and all points west via D.
H. K R 7. 45 a. m., 12.05, 3.33 (Black Dla-
....... wnr, o.ou ana ii.w p. m.
t..u"maP PT'o' and sleeping or Lehig
Valley chair cars on all trains between
J.. J, r a . " nu fcw lorn, miiauei
puiu, nunaio and suspension Hiidge.
TIC it T I XT II Tl-f f tl t 11 l I! .
fHtfl a.l.lfP nan !.. A n. Mn. 's.
A. W. . NONNKMACHER, Asst. Qeni
i-ass Agi., aouin uetnienem, ra.
Scranton Office. 309 Lackawanna avenue.
Central Railroad of New Jersey
(Lehigh and Susquehanna Division.)
Anthracite coal used exclusively, Iniur.
Ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IX EFFECT NOV. 15, 1KW.
Trains leave scranton for Plttitoa
Wllkes-Barre. etc.. at 8.10. 1.15. 11.30 a. in.
1146, 1.00, 3 05, 6.00, 7.10 p. m. Sundays 9.W.
a. m.. i.w, z.io, i.iv p. m.
For Atlantic City. 8.20 a. m.
For New York. Newark and Klliah.ih
(,M (express) a. m., 12.45 (express with Rut-
rec parior can, s.u (express) p. m. Hun
day. 1.15 p. m. Train leaving 12.45 p. m,
arrives at rnuaneipnia, meaning Term'
Inal. 1.22 P. m. and New York (.00 n. m
For Mnuch Chunk, Allentown, Bethlt.
Item, Easton ana rnnaaeipnia. g.?o a. m..
11.46, 1.05, 5 00 (except Philadelphia) p. in.
Sunday, 116 p. m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc., at
I.ZU a. m. ana u.w p. m.
For Reading. Lebanon and Harrlahurc
via Allentown, 8.20 a, m., 12.45, 5.00 p. ra.
Bunuay, iu y. m.
For Pottsville. 8.20 a. m. 12.45 n. m.
Returning, leava New York, foot of Lib
arty street, North River, -at 1.10 (express)
a. m., 1.10, 1.30. 4.15 (express with Uoffet
parior can p. m. nunaay, 4.311 a. m.
T.av Phllndelnhla. npnrllnir Tnrmfn.l
9.00 a. m , 2.00 and 4.30 p. m. Sunday, t.;j
a. m.
Through tickets to all points at loweit
rates may ce naa on application in ad'
vane to tba ticket agent at the station. '.
H. P. BALDWIN.
Oen. Pass. Agt
a. n. viriAL or... uen.. supi.
Del., Lack, and Western.
Effect Monday, October It, 1896.
Trains leavs Scranton as follows: Rt
fi Vnrlr nnri all imIhi. tpa..
1.40, 2.E0, 6.16. (.00 and 8.56 a. m.; 1.10 and
3.33 p. m.
Kxnres for Easton. Trentnn. Phllndol
phla and the Seuttl. 6.15, 8.00 and 8,55 a. m.;
l.iu anu b..m p. m.
Washington ana way stations, 3.4s p. m.
louynannu uuuiimmoaniion, o.tv p. ni.
Rxnret for UlnKhamton. Osweco. V.
n.iiM. Coining. Bath. Dansvllle. Mount
Mnrrli and Buffalo. 12.20. 2.35 a. m.. ami 1 M
p. m., making close connections at Buffalo
to an points 111 111 vvcai, lurinwesi anu
Boutnwest.
Bath accommodation, 1.15 a. m.
Hinghamton and way stations, 1.05 p. m
Nicholson accommodation, 5.15 p. m.
n m
xsingnaimuu .il jiiiiu express, ..3;
. t . .
P. m.
Eixpress tur uiit.-. nnu mujiiieiu springs,
9 9T. a m . and 1.55 D. m.
Ithaca is anu uaia a. m. ana 1.5
P. m.
For Northumherlsnil. Plttston, Wllk
Burr. Plymouth. Bloomsbnrfl1 ami Dun.
vllle, making close connections at North-
umbenana ror wuuamspori, riarrisnurg.
uaitimore, HaBningion anu ine ctomn.
Northumberland and Intermediate its.
lnni. CM). 8.66 a. m. and 1.55 and 8.00 n. m
' Nantlroke and Intermediate stations. 8.0S
and ll.zo a. m. riymnutn ana imormeuut.
stations, 3.40 and 8.47 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all exnress trains.
For detailed Information, pocket tlm
tames, etc., apply to m. u. Btniin. city
ticket office, 32x Lackawanna avenue, or
depot ticket oric.
' Erie and Wyoming Valley.
Effective Nov, 1
Trains leave 8cranton for New York.
Newburgh and intermediate points on
Erie, also, for Hawley and local points at
7.06 a. m. snd 2.28 p. m and arrive from
above points at 10.23 a. m., 1.18 and .3I
p. m. .
ftCHANTOlV DIVBHIO'f.
In Mlecl October 4th, I WO.
Kortb Hound.
MO'itb Hound,
IIIU3 KOI I
5a o'-ioas,
p u (Trains Dally, Er- V
m r m . wu
I ? HiV V Vrntilrll,, a
Leavvi i it
''.'.I 7 Iti West 4nd street
71
... 7 00! wethawkon wj
1 l.Mlancock Jiuiciloo
1(W . Iiano cx .
1 ....
a ....
8M. ....
4l
18 f
13)4
Starlight '
PreMou park
. I'nmo
Poyntelle -
Belmont
Pleisant Mt.
rnlonilali
Korest t'lty
Carbonda n .
White llrlrle
MuyOrld ,
Jerinyn
Archibald
- Wlntni
Pfckrllle
tilvpbant
Prlceburg
Tbroop
PrnTlilcnce
Park P'nos
112 4
Wiftl
18 14!
1t'8l
II If.
lit m
nn net
J 8 5.1 ....
SSS ....
8c ....
8 ....
8l ....
81 ....
701
....
.... IS 441118 J
,rrii7rasH ...
18 18 43 ....
41111 SI
3.11 18
oat 11 i.v
eiBii nl
8 881107
in 11 IH
714 8 49 ....
f83 3 51 ....
H9 8M ....
T 87 8 Ml ...
7 88 4 0. ....
7 84 4 OT1 ....
7 l 4 10. . ,.
7 38 1 141 ....
9 18 llfl
s is 11 in
5 ISIIPT.T
6 1010 55
17 41 H IT ....
8CS'0
7i 4 ....
r M i Leave Arrive a p
jma. aiiin ua. u.. PUIIUIiy.
I. signifies that trains Mop on slgoal for nu
MBgers. secure rates via Ontario a Western heron
Snrehaslnfr Urkets and save money. Day am
Ightlipreastothe West.
1 c, Anderson, flea. Pus Art.
T, Flltcroft, DW rasa. Act scranton. Pa
.11 I..I.M Mm llall ......-
Hesses for Salt snd for Rent
M yoa caatenptate pmxhssinf ar lcas
tng a lMus, ar want t Invest la a lot,
m tba lists of tfcslratkl sropcrty nm
page s l Th Trlbaaa.
ieiUtfUei
TH: SCRANTON
MANUFACTURERS OF
Iron Fences, Railings, Posts, Fire Escapes,
Ornamental Iron, Tree Guards, Window Guards,
; - Stable Fixtures, Etc.
Estimates
C. P MViTHEWS, President
J. M. KEMMEKER, Vicc Prcs.
1325-27-29 COPODSe IK
ESTABLISHED 1865.
Minofaotiims
.
Stripped Chewing and Smoking Tobacco.
: : ,
OFFICE AND FACTORY, 112. 122 ADAMS AVENUE;
SCRANTON.
2,000,000
Mads and Sold in Six Months, ending march 1, 1896,
lotai Product of
The A Mill Alone produced 1,000,000 Barrels.
Largest Run on Record.
n'a.likilM rA.V... C.
, " . . . -. fj's""' w Hoia evcrywnere irom in
Paf HA fjioef f A O 1lk.a V f 11 I I I 1 .
y ". j . i.ii.r ruuuuisuu. tsiiu in r.ngianu, irciana
and Scotland verv Iiursclv. and la rai!niini,i ttm k... ,.- i
world.
IEGARGEL
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
HAVE YOUR HORSE SMDD WITH TH:
Removable, Self-Sharpsnini
. ; Nevarslip To3 Cal!(i
BITTENBENDER S CO,
v GENERAL AGENTS,
And a full Mm of iron and
steel Blacksmiths' and Was:-
onmakers' supplies.
SCRANTON, PA.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO
SCRANTON ANOWILKU-SAJIRK, PA. MtmufawtHMrn of
Locomotives. Stationary Engines, Boilers,
EQISTINB AD H!P1K6 MACHINERY.
Otaetal Office SCRANTON, PA. -
EVERY WOMAN
fccpsMw ine'i nllsbk, sMBtblr, rsclslc nsildns. Only hsnrisjs mi
ibm .an.tdruiikMM Bwd. Ii y a. vast th beat, get
Dr. Pcal'o Pennyroyal Plllo
TlieT sn smsjist, n' ar4 cartala In nssll Th vtaiiliia (Or. Pail's) anar tana.
For sala by JOHN H. PHELPS.
prue Straat, Scranton,
' V.
SB ' "
on Application
F. G. KRl'GERMAX, Sapt
W. L HEXWOOD. Sec. andTrcas
ni
rn
1
J
of tin Celebrated
BARRELS
18. ft.B. CD
1. . . . !
TttX
CENTERED
CI
If Your Horse Is Shod with
iirnnnoi inA if
NICVCIiOLiril
He Positively Cannot Slip
Fhaimcciit, cck Acmlng Avanu n
GONNELL
I I MARPENINO. I I