10 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNINGr, OCTOBER 23, 185)7: $ PERCHANCE TO DREAM. By ELLEN MACKBURN $ Tho Mrs. Nool whom her acquaint ances llkptl or dlKllkodi according to their Inclination, was n handsome and wealthy widow, endowed with a nurso liberally open to most demands and manifesting the frvent Interest for many subjects that clmr.tcterlrrs our fin do slcclo. Tho Mrs. Nool who occa sionally confronted her own soul was a deep and narrow nature, Influenced by two ImiwiBRkinHl affections, and ns In different to outside sympathies ns 1o shadows that pass. One of these af fections was devoted to th memory of. her husband, the other was a living love for her only daughter. Concerning this beloved child the mother's heart ached forebodingly while she drove through the avenues of the Champs Hlysccs In h'er neat brougham, or tolled through various npnrtmcnU of that fashionable quarter, nccompanl-'d by her maid and a house agent. l)istrnctd by an anxiety .wltli vwt'eh house-hunting perpl xltlf bad rothlng to do, she broke down when, having admired certain picturesque renins, sne was told that the accom modations for the "suite" were throe stairways higher. fSo, ltoslne." sh said to her mold, ns she sank Into p.n casv chair, "you sumly know better than 1 what we re quire. I shall rest here until you re turn." "Madame does not fear to remain alone'.'" "Why should I fear?" Mrs. Nod de manded wearily. "Wo have so con scientiously Inspected every corner and cupboard that even a ghost could not have escaped our notice. If you are nervous, hnw.cr, you may lock the outer door." Iloslne murmured an ac quiescent "As inadamc pleases," the ngent uttered n voluable assurance of Eeoute solitude and they d-partcd. Mrs. Noel leaned back In her chair nnd shut her ev-s. She had often warned herself that anxious days would begin when Laura grew old nough to become Interested In lovers, but she had not anticipated that those days would dawn thus swift ly. Laura was only seventeen. A child In spirit, though visibly nearlng the lovely verge of womnnhood. Mrs. Noel hail left her for n, holiday visit at the homo of a school friend In Scotland, while she made annnnual cure at llom burg. Now, six weeks later, Laura's letters were filled with one man's name, and her mistress wrote that a lUisslan, Count Hufski. possessing a Kuropean repiuation for fascination, was pursu ing Lnura with such devotion a3 she believed no girl could ltslst. 'Dint u woman should marry nmong her countrymen was u law ef life evolv ed by Mrs. Noel from her own brief, hV.ppy marriage. That Laurt's hus band should be of her mother's choos ing, Mrs. No-1 discovered suddenly to be tho law's Inseparable,, cndirll. "Vet l.auia nad manifested u cheerfully re solute will since ever she was old enough to fm a preference. What If her will had already decided for the stranger a Itussfan, whoo "European reputation fcr fascination" could not have hei'ii acquired with any number of years approximately near to thosi.' of this child of seventeen '.' Mrs. Noel opened her eyes with a pang so keen that she thrust it aside. Surely no Intruding influence has thin swiftly ei linsed her own. She would not i-Liisldtr such n disaster. She would consider instead l e home they meant to make for some years In Paris here, perhaps. This npartment seemed like ly to suit them, she told herself, while her eves wandered restlessly nround the salon, which the agent had bril liantly Illuminated when he had shut out the chill autumn twilight. Immediately opposite her chair a wide doorway hung with satin portieres framed a smaller yet more charming room, whoso delicate blue tints sug gested a dainty background for tho ob ject of Mrs. Noel's anxieties. "Just the cozy little don my darling will fancy" Her thoughts broke off ns sharply as though they had been Interrupted words. Uefore the chimney which faced the archway stood, a low couch, heaped with many satin pillows. A moment since It had seemed the very nest for Laura now? Was she dazed or dreaming? Whoso slender, whlte-elad llgure lay nmong those pillows? Whose fair head half turned away toward the chimney? Not Laura's, thank God! Color and outline were like, but tho pretty eroaturo who so mysteriously appeared there was not Laura, nor vision of Laura. Whoever she wns, how did she get there unobserved? An awe that was neither curlouslty nor terror possessed Mrs. Noel ns she confronted the pic ture before her. Whence had It come? "Why did she behold it? Iietween her and the object of her spellbound gaze the figure of a man In evening dress ndvanced soundlessly. Ills back was toward Mrs. Nool as he stepped softly to tho side of tho sleep ing girl. He bent over her. His slendt-r Jeweled hands lifted one of tho'satln pillows. What was he nbout to do? Did ho mean some caressing arrangement of those pillows for the comfort of that fair head? The sleeper stirred. The bending mnn, still holding tho pillow, glanced across his shoulder, thus turning his beautiful, evil face to tho horror-stricken onlook er, and in those cruel, pale eyes his purpose was written murder! A cry, shrill wltli terror, interrupted the fluent amenities of Itosine and the house ngent, as he fitted tho key into tho outer door of tho npartment. Aghast they paused. Thero was a rush Alaska Gold Dust is hard to get. Fairbank's GOLD DUST 13 sold everywhere. It Cleans Everything MADK ON&Y BY THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, Bt, Louis. Now York. Boston. Philadelphia of flying feet along tho Inner corri dor and a heavy rail. "Open, imbecile!" Koslno cried wild ly. "Madame, mndnmol" Tho frightened ngent flung wide the door, nnd Iloslne dropped on her knees beside tho Inanimate body of her mis tress. Neither terror nor anguish can long suspend the Intense consciousness of such n temperament ns Mrs. Noel's. With a strange regard her haggard eyes stared up presently at Hoslno nnd the concierge, whom the ngent had hurriedly summoned. "I wns tired and I fainted," sho mur mured Impatiently to their eager ques tions. "Pardon, mndnme screamed!" Mrs. Noel frowned and closed her eyes again. "A fancy! I was half asleep a bad dream." She sat upright resolutely In her chair where they had placed her and smiled a pretty, perfunctory smile. "A woman's nerves are not to bo ex plained, are they, Madame la Con cierge?" she said to that stout person ng who was yet breathless from her run up two flights of stairs. "You have a handsome apartment hero under your care." "I hope mndamc will not nllow her fr'ght to prejudice her ngnlnst It?" "I will try to forget It. nnd the npart ment pleases me, especially the smaller salon, which would make a charming boudoir." "Madame la Comtcsso always sat there. It was furnished according to her orders." "Phe wns fair. I daro say, to choose so much blue? ' Knir as a Nil'." "Why did sho leavV "She died, mndamc. " ."Mi. yes. Suddenly?' "Of heart disease, poor, lovely angel! Hut mndnme has doubtless heard tho story?" "Partly, 1 I--" Mis. Noel rose, shiv ering. "Will you glv me your arm to my carriage, monseiru?" she said to the agent. Despite protestations that sho could not .vet be strong enough for such exer tion, she wnlked downstairs. "Why should I ask her nnme," sh? repeated to herself with every feeble step. "1 dreamed, perhaps. Or, If this horrible vision was the truth, I am no nveng-r of Innocent blood. 1 am a. timid woman. I am afraid!" Sho entered the brougham, while Ilo slne listened to the agent's regrets concerning mndnme's Indisposition. "Madame!" the maid oxclainvd ns they drove away, "It Is a small world, is it not? Even this great Paris? The young comtcsso who died in that apart ment two years ago was the wife of tho Comte Ilufskl, who, Marie writes m-- is staying in the house in Scotland where Mile. Laura now visits." During a long moment life seemed slipping from Mrs. Noel's hold. Hut she clung fast to it. Now she did know why sho had been permitted to behold that lsIou of a tragedy over which -tho grave had closed. God meant her to save her child. Not would she fall His marvelous mercy not though her flesh shuddered nnd her blood gre' cold with horror of what hnd be n and terror of what might be. y, Iloslne, whoso keen eyes little es caped, was well aware that her fragile looking mistress was capnblo of endur ance beyond the power of a far more vigorous physique. She, however, ven tured u remonstrance when, after an hour's repose and a cup of tea, Mrs. Noel prepared to kep nn engagement at the oii-sra a remonstrance which was In vain. Mrs. Nf.il was rather late and very pale when sho entered tho log (if her friends, yet no ono guessed that more ailed her than fntiguo. Why should they? Does not many an actress play b st with sorrowful soul or falling body? And this woman played her role neither for fame nor for daily bread, but for that child-love which God's law had ordained to bo tho core of every woman's heart. There was an outburst of mischiev ous amusement when sho spoke of her letters from Scotland, and the reports of Laura's conquest. "Laura has made a brilliant begin ning, which you must expect to prove nn end also, if Hufski Is in earnest! Ho is tho most irresistible of fortune-hunters!" 'Why, Laura deserves something better." "Oh, my dear, he Is a good fellow, too, and he has established a record as a devoted husband." "II? Is a widower?" "Since two years. Sho was a Scotch beauty and heiress when ho married her, but her fortune vanished in that big Glasgow bank failure soon after their marriage. Hufski, like all Rus sians, Is an Incurable gambler, and in vurlably 'hard up.' Yet ho bore his disappointment heroically, remained charming to his wl v. and seemed quite overwhelmed by her sudden death." 'Sh died suddenly?" "Ho found her lying dead of heart disease one evening when ho returned from his club. You are shivering, my dear. Wrap this cloak about those pretty shoulders." Mrs. Nol did not sleep well thnt night. Surely never a woman faced a situa tion so terrible or so hopeless of human help. Friends and kinsfolk wonld think her mad did sho proclaim nn accusation of murder founded on such flimsy fabric of n dream. And dared &he call that wliich sho beheld a vision, her madness would be considered moro fully proven. Kven Laura might shrink dismayed from tho mother who sought to sully h'er Imagination nnd shatter her hap piness wltli such fantastic horrors con cerning tho man who, whether or not lue had awakened her henrt, had cer tainly pleased her fancy. Hut Laura must be saved, The God who had shown the danger thus wonderfully would vouchsafe tho mentis of escape to thosa eager mother hands that would not hofd what hurt they risked In grasping It. When Mrs. Noel met her daughter at the Gnro du Nord there ndvanced down tho platform beside Laura nnd Laura's maid, a tnll, handsome man, whose luminous, pale eyes smiled suavely upon Laura's tender flutter. Comto Hufski wns gracefully grate ful as Mrs. Noel, having heard of his kindness on tho Journey, where by clutnca Lnura had encountered him, Invited him to afternoon tea on tho morrow. While Mrs. Noel lay awake, through the long watches of a second sleepless night, her plan grow plain to her. Surely the guilt of which she knew the secret must bo haunted by such cownrdly fears ns would bo stirred to self-betrayal bv the revelation of a knowledge who&o source only bo su pernatural. She was aware of tho personal danger she would risk should Hufskl's courage resist the test she Intended to put upon It. She could not doubt that ho would bo nt no loss for methods by which to sweep from his path an enemy who menaced him. Yet Laura should be saved. Laura, whose gay chatter, In which Comto Hufskl's name recurred so of ten, stabbed the mother's resolve with a mightier dread than that of her own danger. Wns tho child's heart awake? And for whom would It declare? Mother or lover? Mrs. Noel and her daughter spent tho following morning shopping. Laura was rapturous over the choice of her first bnll dress. Yet she Insisted upon hav ing flowers which sho had promised Hufski to wear. They lunched nt a famous patisserie, whose goods Laura devoured with tho reckless ardor of a school girl's hunger. Yet sho forgot to finish n favorite game pie while sho descanted upon Hufskl's skill nt a shooting match she had scon In Scot land. They returned to their hotel for "." o'clock tea," and Hufski did not keep them walling. With horror Mrs. Noel beheld him lift Lnura's pretty hand to his lips with tho long Jeweled fingers sho had seen press down a sntln pillow upon She could not spenk In answer to Hufskl's graceful greeting, but she smiled. It Is mostly with a smile that a wo man leads her "forlorn hope," and the bravest cheer which has led men to battle and whose echo rings through history lacks something of the heroism of such a smile. Tho little group sat about the fire and drank tea daintily. Laura was gay. Hufski amusing, Mrs. Noel rather si lent. .Inst arrived as two of them wcro from Scotland, talk turned naturally to Scotch customs, Scotch characteristics and, by a subtle Impulse from Mrs. Noel, to Scotch superstitions. Huf.skl nnd Laura each repeated leg ends nt whose terrors they scoffed. Mrs. Noel grew serious. "I hnv? an unassailable objection to the credibility of most ghost stories," she said very slowly. There wns a curious thrill in her low voice which brought Hufskl's eyes to her face from her daughter's, but sho was gazing at the fire. "I cannot bellsve that tho Maker of the universe would permit the Infrac tion of Ills laws for the frivolous pur pose of useless terrorism that seems their usual design," sho continued. "Hut ono has come to my knowledge recent ly whoso purpose Is wot thy of God's mercy, nnd In whoso truth I therefore believe." "Mother, how solemn you are!" Laura cried, with laughing Increduli ty. "You don't really believe a ghost story?" "Assuredly, as I believe that all sin comes to punishment." "Hufski shrugged his shoulders slightly. "Perhaps madame will dejgn to con vince of his mistnke a student of life who has fancied thnt ho discerned sin ners 'lljurlshlng like tho green bay tree' of which the bible tells us." "You shall hear the story, and I think It will convince you." Again Hufskl's brilliant eyes sought hers, and ngaln hers avold'-d them. Mrs. Noel was no moro liberally en dowed with eloquence than are other women of her temperament In this ln eloquent generation. Hut words that burned In the memory of her listener leaped to her lips as sh'o described the solitary woman In the empty npart ment, the fair vision of secure repose wh'ch had so mysteriously appeared before her, and tho creeping shadow of murder whi It destroyed It. Then, without glancing at her silent auditors, sho relat-d that tho name of the ac tors of this ghostly tragedy had become known to its beholders and that cor roborating circumstances and motive were not lacking to link tho phantom to rcnlity and to establish its truth. "A truth the purpose of whose awful revelation Mill be accomplished," Mrs. Noel concluded In the level voice which had told the whole story. "Tho woman to whom it was revealed understands Its merciful warning of danger to one beloved a danger to avert which sho Is prepaied to encounter tho nist pub lic scandal or the most subtle ven geanceunless her enemy disappears." Through effort that taxed ovry force of her being, Mrs. Hoel slowly lifted her gaze to Hufskl's face. A face from which tho mask of con trol and civilization had been swept away, and which confronted her ghast ly with supernatural horror, devilish with the lust of hate, while In his pale eyes stared that look whoso recognition banished from her soul nny doubt which might perchanco in future years have shaken her conviction of his guilt. From that face, those eyes, sho recoiled with an Involuntary homage of the llesh to the present menace of Death. With a cry Laura lli)ng herself on her knees between her mother mid Hufski, as though Interposing ner own slight strength beforo that mother's half comprehended danger, Hufski sank back In his chulr, hid ing his face with his hands. There was silence. Silence, during which Mrs. Nool, feel ing the clasp of her child's arms, thanked God! Whatever the outcome of this moment's suspense Laura was saved. Laura's heart had Bpoken, and Its first utterance had bepn for he.. "Pardon, madomu!" Hufski murmur ed at last, pantlngly. "A thousand par dons for the scene I make. Your hor rible storv has overstrained nerves sorely shattered by much suffering" Ills voice broke down, Ho rose unsteadily to his feet. His face was white and quivering, but his eyes had recovered their discretion, and confessed only tho weakness his words had defined. "Will madame forbear Judgment on G3OTEMH Cold Cure cures colrti In the liciul. coldi on tho Innc. old coldi, new coldi and, oustlimto colds, nnd all forms of grin. Ktopj snculnir, illscliarsn from tin noso and ryes, iirevcnw. catarrh, diphtheria, pneumonia, and all throat and tun trouble. Iheso plwaint llltlo pellrtanro ntuolutely linjnileM.liave Saved tlioummu of live nnd prevented much nick lies. The Miinyon Itcmeily Company preparo a tepnrntocuro for ach UHenso. Al nil flriwlata M cents a vial. If you need mnlleal ndvlco wrlto Prof. Munyon.lioJ Arch Htrcct, Philadelphia. It la absolutely free. the absent whom her eloquence has driven to Illght7" An Instant Mrs. Noel hesitated. An Instant, In which her courage touched Its highest reach and faltered. Her child was safe. Let him go, with his past,-of which she had such strango knowledge, to his future, which she was powerless to limit or control, "Concerning the absent, monsieur, I nm dumb so long as his absence en dures." He bowed profoundly, walked swiftly toward the door, turned there, bowed ngaln, and was gone. "Mother!" Laura cried, clinging close. "Don't tell me what you mennt, or why he wont away! I saw him look nt you as If Darling mother, some thing terrible hns come near us, but It has passed. Promise that we shall never speak of It again." San Fran cisco Hullotin. ON THE SUBJECT OF SLEEP. Intellectual Activity ns UAlIccts tho Need of Slccii.-l'eoplc Who Can .Sleep nt Any Time and in Any Place. Naps After .lleals--Coiiditions When the Nerve Cells Shut Up. From tho New York Sun. "Hut 1 cant' sleep," insisted tho patient. "That's nothing," repeated the doctor. "Nothing! Why, I stay awake all night." "No, you don't," rejoined tho doctor. "You stay awnko part of tho time and dream moro of the tlmo that you'ro awnko, and bitln es you rleeji soundly." "Well, you can put It that way if you want to; what I'm after is something that'll make mo sleep instead of lying awake, and will keep mo from dreaming thnt I'm awnke." "You're going too fast," said tho doctor. "In the tlrst place, how do you know that jott need to sleep any moro than you do? Lots of people sleep too much for their own good." . "1'vo been accustomed to my seven straight hours all my life, anil I don t know why I shouM cut down the allow ance now." "Somo people," retorted tho doUor, "como in here and say they've been ac customed to their three square meals a day all their lives, and they don't see why they should have dyspepsia now. Tnero are a lot of possible dangers about too much sb'pp In tho way of causing certain ailments, to say nothing of the wear and tear of tho nerves brought about by trying to force yoirself to sleep more than na turo says, Just because you've heard that the normal man spends a third of his ltt'o In bed. Why, don't you know that tho higher the Intellectual rank, the less sleep a man requires? ftoilhe and Hum boldt got along with two or three hours of sleep a daj . Napoleon needed only four of live hours, and Kant ecoldd his pupils for exceeding that limit. Now, you'ro Intellectual." "And a victim of Insomnia," added tho patient.' "I onco saw a Chinaman I admired," contliucd tho doctor. "He was wjlttng for a train at a station consisting of a platform set down In the middle of no where out west. Wo Intellectual Caucas ians fretted nnd fumed, but my Celestial merely sat down on one side of the iilgo of a barrel, rested his feet against tho other edge nn uncomfortable position, you will observe1 laid his arms on his knees nnd his head on his arms, and went off to sleep as sweetly as a child up thero on his perch. It's a faculty that civiliza tion deprives us of, that of going to s!op nt any tlmo and In any place. The Pi puuns fall csleep when they've nothing else to do. So do all savages. So do dogs." "Dogs can fall asleep at any moment during tho day," Interrupted the puttent, "because they stay awake all night bark. Ing, as you'd know if you had ever tried to keep one in a house In the country." "When you're growing old," continued tho doctor, "you may know that your Intellect Is all right and your powers aro unimpaired so long ns you stay awake; its only when you feel a constant need of sleep that tho decay of the mental facul ties has set In." "Then maybe I'm growing young," said tho patient. "I used to talto a nap after dinner, and now I don't even do that. ' "A good thing for you," said the doctor. "You oughtn't to sleep nfter meals." "How about tho famous siesta of Latin countries?" "It'ti all wrong. If doctors wait long enough a co-o is pretty sure to come along that will tell them what they want. It would, of course, be easier to cut people up and find out tho things we want to know ns tho riuestlons arise, but thero aro objections to doing that, and so we have to wait until good fortune Injures somebody In that way. So It happened that onco a mall had his stomach cut open by an accident, and his doctor made use of him. Tho doctor leain-d among other things that the process of digestion became weaker while the man wus asleep. The moral Is that it Isn't well to sleep nfter meals. Some people feel the need of a nap after eating. That is because their digestive apparatus Isn't In good working order, or bevauso they are gluttons. In either case blood needed elsewhere Is drawn to tho stomach, and the brain is Impoverished. That's why serpents and certain other animals go to sleep nfter gorging themselves." "That may bo all right about tho other man," persisted tho patient, "but In my caso it is different. I don't tleep now be cause I've had a lot of care ou my mind." ".May.be that's tho reason nnd maybe It Isn't," replies i tho doctor. "Caro works both ways. Toward the end of his career Napoleon sometimes could scarcely keep nwako at critical moments In the midst of a battle. They said it was his liver, but it wasn't Tho same phenomenon was observed among tho ancients. A passage was called to my attention only tho other day from Montaigne's essay on sleep. He describes tho sulcldo of the Kinperor Otho, After having niado all arrangements for killing himself, ho was so overcomo by drowfeilncsH that ho fell asleep, and soon was snoring. In the samo way, Cato, when about to make away with himself, was overcomo by sleep, and onco tho Em peror Augustus, when engaged in a naval battle, could hardly keep himself awnko long enough to give orders." "All that Is very Interesting," said tho patient; "but what has all that to do with my caao?" "Everything in the world," answered tho doctor. "If we only know what sleep was, I might do something for you that would remedy tho evil In a direct manner; but unfortunately wo don't. Wo'ro not oven sure that we're anywhere near know ing; but we think we are. Do you know what the latest theory of sleep is? Of courso you don't. It's only about two years old. and it Isn't yet in a condition fdr popular consumption. It Is too com plicated for mo to explain to you: there aro too many 'technleaMtles and provis ional hypothoscs and other involved things ubout It. Hut the general idea of It (s simple enough. You know thero nro such things as nerve cells, don't you? Well, wo used to Bupposo that they wero continu ous and formed a (permanent line of com munication for Ideas to pass over. Now wo tlnd, or, at least, wo think wo find, that they aro only contiguous; that they connect ono with another by means of prlongatlons. Sometimes they contract and draw In their prolongations, and than they aro on much shut off and Isolated ns a mediaeval baron used to bo In his caatlo when ho raised tho drawbridge, or aa two cltlcn nro nowadays whon u "blizzard comes along and blows down tho tole KTitph wire. That Is sleep. tJometlmos a tew of tho ncrvo colls remain connected nnd exchoiiRo Ideas; that Is what dreams nre. 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Scranton laundry Protectors anil Cleaners of Linen. 322 Washington Ave. 32.1 l)lx Court. Itlng 'Phono 702. Coll Wiiroii or Drop Postal. Eureku Coupons Accepted. L OF SCRANTON, Special Attention Given to Busi ness and Personal Accounts. Liberal Accommodation Ex tended According to Balances and Responsibility. 3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Interest Deposits. Capital, -Surplns, -Undivided Profits, $200,000 320,000 88,000 WM. CONNELL, President. HENRY BEUX, Jr., Vice Prcs. WILLIAM II. PECK', Cashier. JUST PUBLISHED. MUM II1MI1 The Fugitives And Other Poeims By John I:. Barrett. For sale by all booksellers, and at the Business Office of The Scran ton Truth. Price, $1.50. National Supply and Metal Go,, Denlers In Now ami ScconiMIuml TELEPHONE NUMBER 3954. CONTUACTOIIS' StTPMK?, I'IM.I.KVS AND NHAI'TINU, KCltAl IKON' AND M KTALS A Hl'KCIA I.TV. Ol'TK'K, 700 WK.ST LACKA. AVli H.E.KEELEY, Manager, Scranton, Pa. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF OYSTERS Fancy Koclmwuys, IJmt Rivers, .Maurice River Coves, .Mill Ponds, &c.. &c. Leave your order for Blue l'oluts to he delivered on the half shell in curriers. t E PKE PI ML flffit ffl?2! ' MANSFIELD STATE NORHAt SCHOOL. Intellectual and practical training for teachers. Thrfo courses of study beside preparatory. Special attention given to preparation for college. Students ad mltted to best colleges on certificate. Thirty graduates pursuing further studies last year. Great advantages for special Etudlcs In art and music Model school of three hundred pupils. Corps of sixteen teachers. Beautiful grounds. Magnificent buildings. Large grounds for athletics. Elevator nnd Infirmary with attendant nurse. Fine gymnasium. Everything furnished at nn average cost to normal students of JH3 a year. Fall term, Aug. 28. Winter term, Deo. 2. Spring term. March 16. Students admitted to classes at any time. For catalogue, containing full Information, apply to S. II. ALISKO, Principal, Mansfield, Pa. I ROBINSON'S Lager Brewery Manufacturers of the CelbrutS nn up Beef CAPACITYl 1100,000 Barrels per Annum ASKFOfcTO&mETON! Tahi!U GIVES THE. 4NP!5AB50!yTEiy5ArE FOR SALE BY THE CO SCRANTON STATION. MADE ME A MAIM AJAX TABLETS POSITIVELY CDRE jtLTXvrvuu iJfaif Vailing Mem ory, Iru potency. Hlerrln'. eta., caaied by Abuts or ether Kxcette and India cretlon. 'J'hey tiulcktii aiul turttv rcitoro Loot Vitality in oljor rounireni fltnrannfort.lu.lr, bu Inem or marrUce. N i'tef ,nt Tnvnntt. nnt (nnBumtitlan If tulnn in titan. Tnelruts chotre larncdiuta (roproTo- tneniund ollocla a CUICE. Mhero ull other' lull In. tint nronliarlug tho genuine Alar Tobleta. They bare cared thouaunde ami will care you. t e pit a poa itira nrttten iiuarantoo to oHeit n euro rjl flTR in each caso or refund tho money. PriooiflF U I wier rackauei or elx rl-cea (full treatment) for f-.W. Uy mall. In nlntn wrnrnnp. mmn riH.li)l nf rrtro. I 'ircnlav . a.Iav PPMinvco.. 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