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THE SQRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 185)D.
WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
PROHIBITION AND PERSIST
ENCY TO BE ADMIRED.
Death of Dr. Miles Another Family
Reunion Proverb of the Wlso
Hen Concernlg the Montrose Rail
roadHeavy Freight Traffic of the
Erie Road A Few Remarks on the
Quiet Complaint of Carpenters.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Susquehanna, Sept. 3. After all,
commend uh. to the Prohibitionists of
the county for patience, principle nnd
persistency. Tear In and year out
they meet, nominate a ticket and
"resoloot," without ever cpectlng to
elect anybody. They do not terrorize
the other parties, they seldom squabble
among themselves and they spend little
money. Eloquence Is not always ex
pansive, and they use that generously.
When election day comes they first
walk up to the polls nnd vote a ticket
all unscratched.
Having voted for "principle" they go
home contented. Not expecting to elect
anybody, the election returns do not
Interest hem wry much, and they
withdraw to their "Inner conclous
ness" until the next election. Wise
people and good citizens are 1jp Pro
hibitionists. May their tribe Increase!
TUB NEWS GniST.
In Starrucca, on Friday, Dr. C. A.
Miles, a talented physician, was fount.1
dead In a closet. Ho had taken too
much of some drug probably to quiet
his nerves. He leaves a widow. Ho
was married about a year ago.
The annual reunion of the Pprsln
family took place on Tuesday, nt the
residence of N. A. Persln, In this place,
and was largelv attended.
After a brief Illness of typhoid fever,
Henry Dohn died on Monday night at
his home In Oakland.
IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
Montrose Catholics are to have a
parochial residence. The proceeds of
the recent picnic will reach $1,000. The
new pastor, Rev. Arthur Broderlck,
is able, progressive and up-to-date.
The Susquehanna association of Uni
versalis will be held nt Hopbottom,
on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept.
6 and 7.
Drilling for coal and other minerals
will soon commence at Burnwood. A
stock company has been organized by
residents of Burnwood, Herrlck. TTnlon
dale and Mud Pond. The Indications
are said to be excellent.
You can best estimate the Republi
can disaffection In Susquehanna coun
ty after the votes have been counted.
S-ome people vote one way and talk
avother way. All the same, the candi
date who doesn't hustle next fall Is
carrying around the worst sort of head.
The Horse nnd Colt Breeders' asso
ciation, of Susquehanna county, will
hive Its thirteenth annual meetlmr nt
Freeman Manger's grove, midway be
tween South Gibson and Cameron Cor
ners, Sept. 1.
ODDS AND ENDS.
It Is a wise hen who knows her own
set.
A Susquehanna wagon maker, who
has been dumb for years, on Monday
picked up a hub and spoke.
"t enn't help but rejoice at your
downfall," said the parched grass to
the rain.
Wandering through a cemetery near
Toronto, my attention was attracted
t" the following curious Inscription on
a plain tombstone: "Here lies the
body of Eaton township's pe-erlcss nnd
profound mathematician moldering In
the grave but his soul Is march
ing on."
A Broome county Justice of the peace
has the following unique newspaper
card. .
"If a man Is In love,
That's his business:
If a girl is In love.
That's her business;
If they contemplate matrimony,
That's my business. '
S. Bigeloa. Justice of the peace."
WANT A REPORT.
Montrose shareholders of th. Lack
awanna nnd .Montrose railroad, a short
branch of the Lackawanna, extending
from Montrose to Alford, complain
that In the ten years the road has been
built, they have never seen a report
of Its financial condition. Some people
ate hard to please Montrose hns a
railroad nnd that's much betttr than
a, report. If they had forty reports
hut no railroad, what a howl would go
lip from the county seat!
IN A FEW LINES.
The Erie will run excursion trains
to Susquehanna during the State fair,
fept. C and 7.
Webster C. Weiss, grand regent of
the Royal Arcanum of the state, will
visit Susquehanna council, No. 140, on
Tuesday evening next.
The Northeastern band will furnish
music at the Harford fair.
Scott Lacey, of Susquehanna, caught
a black bass in the river at Lanes
horo on Friday, weighing Z't pounds.
It measured 22U Inches In length.
The Lanesboro. Fire company will
hold ii picnic In Riverside park, Lanes
boro, on Labor day.
Tim Hurley, of Susquehanna, will
fight AI. Welnlg, of Ruffalo, before the
Olympic Athletic club. In Buffalo, Sept.
4 "Dick" Moore, of St. Paul, Is train
ing Hurley In Susquehanna.
HERE AND -THERE.
About eighty family reunions will
be held In Susquehanna county this
season.
The Erie shop men were on Sat
urday paid about $50,000 for services
in July.
11 Is reported that Richard Brush, of
Oakland, the Democratic candidate for
sheriff, will make an energetic effort
to secure an election. He needs to.
The editors of the Journal ami the
Transcript aru having n little personal
newspaper controversy over politics.
The military has not be'en culted out
as yet.
The Erie Is enjoylm; n heavy ft eight
trafllo for this season of the y.-ar.
The Erie shop forco Is graduall be
ing Increased. It Is now the largest
In years.
Elghty-ea,r,tralns aro now being run
on the "ion branch.
-ON THE QUIET.
It's a poor man who can't tell when
he jsets to the head of the stairs on a
dark night. This clawing around for
still nnother step Is all nonsense.
A Susquehanna young mnn Is so
fond of his best girl that ho hns rub.
bed the skin from his nose kissing
her shadow on the wall.
Editors and bootblacks both polish
the understanding of their patrons,
A Montrose poet calls n frojr " a
Dutch nightingale."
Great Hnd verdict on tho death of
n child: "The child was suffocated,
but there was no evidence to show that
suffocation was before or nfter death."
Near Vandllng, the other day, light
ning killed a mine mule. The mule
kicked nt the lightning, but It was
too quick for him.
AND STILL THEY COME.
The Glover family will hold their
seventh nnnunl reunion nt tho home
of Thomas Glover, In Thomson, Sept.
5.
Th" nineteenth nnnunl reunion of
Company B, Seventeenth Pennsylvania
veteran cavalry, will be held In O. A.
R. kail In Thomson. Sept. C.
The Stone nnd Slocum families will
hold their fourth annual reunion tit
the residence of Wllard Eastcrbrook,
In Gibson, on Wednesday. Sept. 13.
SHORT SNAPS.
Hon. Amos J. Cummlngs, of New
York, who Is summering nt Columbia
Grove, hns returned from a bushiest
trip to Washington.
Attorney nnd Mrs. John D. Mlllci
left today for n vleslt In California.
The public wedding, to bo held at
the Susquehanna State fair, will be
held Sept. 0. The local Justice of tho
pence, who will tie the knot, will also
kiss tho bride. It will be worth going
miles to see.
Local carpenters complain that tho
county commissioners bring workmen
from other sections of the county to
do work in this place. It docsnt seem
to be Just the correct thing.
Whitney.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
New Wool Fabrics Camel's Hair
Plaids Black nnd Colored Crepons.
Canlche Cloths Short Jackets and
Long Cloaks Millinery.
No marked change appears In Fall and
Winter materials for tnllor-mude suits
Venetian cloths, broadcloths, invisible
checks or gray homespuns being shown
again, and In addition, a very line heavy
stuff called "drap do Paris" and another
termed "Harltz" Include leading fabrics.
Plain cloths having minute colored dots
or fancy linlr-llno stripes will also bo
used for tailor suits, as tho result is less
severe. For dressy tailor suits, plain
cloth robo patterns are brought out,
beautifully ornamented with sprays of
black molro or taffeta slllc applique, in
varied designs. For example, a very
largo spray Is on the front breadth, then
again, two largo pieces aro on either sldo
of tho ovcrsklrt, or the ornamentation
may bo on a tabllcr ovcrsklrt, under all
circumstances however, a spray is used
on tho corsnee front and sleeves.
Bough camel's hair plaids In subdued
colors will bo In good demand for skirts
nnd to some extent for costumes com
bined with plain cloth In harmony with
the principal color of the plnld. Striped
camel's hnlr goods evince tho Increasing
favor shown to stripes, nevertheless
round colored tuftlngs of hairs nearly an
Inch long, on pliiln grounds prove that
tho dot rivals the fctrlpc.
FOR BLACK AND COLORED CRE
PONS no substitute can be found, particularly
In respect to tho former, and in fact any
crepon will hold good during tho sea
son. "Two-tone" colored crepons pre
sent nn illimitable field of beauty and
variety, oftentimes black modifying a
color, or harmonious tints are charming
ly contrasted. No description of theso
fabrics, or of the French silk and wool
novelties now shown by Lord & Taylor
can bo adequate, as for example floral
stripes aro varied In a thousand ways,
and In almost as mnny shades of fash
ionable colors. A special feature this
season Is the edge, or boundary line of
wavy stripes or appllquo trimmings,
which are finished by myriads of tiny
loops or points Imparting a lacc-llko ef
fect, Instead of a hard outline.
CANICHE CLOTHS
are a genuine novelty, showing narrow
colored ribbon run through dark, moss
Ilko surfaces; appearing and disappear
ing In a most seductive manner, nnd
woven ribbon stripes (which aro stylish)
seem commonplace however, when con
trasted with the Cnnlche effects. Decided
changes in making are not anticipated,
especially in respect to tailor-made,
dresses, as the tight skirt with "habit
back" and flare around the edge, posses
ses great attractions for those who de
sire to be conspicuous, and jackets will
certainly bo very short. Sleeves are de
cidedly smaller, and In some of tho few
Illustrations from the other side, a single
nppllquo figure trims the upper part.
FOR OUTDOOR WEAR
short, natty jackets about twenty-one
Inches long, will bo the stylish garment,
tho lower part cut In scallops or straight
around with a small box plait at the
back. In direct opposition, come long
Empire cloaks with belts almost under
the nrms. tyi ungraceful style, but one
which will doubtless hove Its devotees. A
goodly proportion of capes are a neces
sity, for stout, or middle-aged persons,
and always affoid superior comfort, as
they aro readily thrown off or drawn up.
Very heavy flguted wool cloth capes
come for carrlago wraps or stormy
weather, their sombre hue relieved by
gay silk linings.
THE SEWING MACHINE IS AN IM
PORTANT ELEMENT
In new millinery, as stitched taffeta silk
of satin strips aro used not only for
trimmings, but form entlro hats, except
Immediately around tho crown. These
strips are about an Inch and a half wide,
and nro Interlaced (basket-wenvo style)
to form a silk crown, with satin strips
lining the brim. Tucked taffeta silk
brims are also entirely new, nnd many
felt hats nro stitched throughout, or
stitched felt forms tho brim. WIdo sat
in ribbon, tho latter however Is not out of
date.
SO MUCH PLUMAGE IS EMPLOYED
mat a stylish hat is apt to look very
heavy, as long rolls of breast feathers
around the brim, with wings and velvet
bows In addition nre anything but grace,
ful. Largo birds among velvet loops are
In high esteem, and of course ostrich
feathers can never be out of style. But
terfly effects In civet or net, tnke a fore
most position, nnd chiffon or tullo In
many folds counteract to some extent
other lienvy trimmings. Largo velvet
popples aro peculiarly elegant, nnd two
In contrast placed at tho left side of a
hat. give It the stamp of fashion.
PERSIAN COLORINGS
lend an additional charm, and an Ivory
satin antique liandkfl chief with a deep
Persian border, gracefully twisted into
a soft crown with two or three ends
stnndlng upright, Is coveted by all feml
nlnes. A contrattlng vclveMsrlm laid m
graceful folds, gives tho necessary con
trust, with such accessories ns an cla
gant buckle, etc. As n substitute for
tho handkerchief, comes t gayly-colored
satin antique, sold by the yard and this
will bo also largelv used In dressmaking.
Fur hat brims aro another elegance.
Ruslsan sablo If possible, If not Hudson
Bay sublo or chinchilla. Medlum-Msed
shapes will be most prominent, nnd one
with a rolling brim tilting n little off tho
face at the left ride, bids fair to lead.
FANNIE Frei.D.
Mrs. Wlnslow'a Soothing Syrup.
Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING WITH
PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the
CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS
all PAIN: CURES AVIND COLIC, nnd
Is tho best remedy for DIARRHOEA,
Bold by Druggists In every part of lho
world. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wlns
low'a Soothing Syrup," und take no other
kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
REFUGE SOUGHT IN
PLIGHT TO AMERICA
PATHETIC ROMANCE OF A RUS
SIAN PRINCESS.
Tired of Her Husband's Cruelties She
Persuaded Her Physicians to Put
Her In a Trance nud Represent Her
ns Dead After Her Body Had
Been Placed In tho Imperial Vault
Sho Was Resuscitated and Later
Escaped to America.
From the Philadelphia Times,
Docs a daughter-in-law of Peter the
Great rest beneath the soil of Ala
bama? Of nil phiccs Alabama, nearly
two hundred years ago, would seem to
have been the most unlikely ns a resi
dence for a Russian Imperial princess.
Yet that there she came, lived and died
Seems so well established that the Im
probable becomes the probable. Here
are tho details of her most strange and
romantic story. '
It was In the early years of the eigh
teenth century. Peter the areat was
Czar of Russia, and had established
his new capital, St. Petersburg, nmld
the frozen murshes of the Neva. There
he laid out streets and parks, had
made hln people come and build their
houses, had himself erected great build
ings and palaces, and had collected the
nobility about him In a brilliant court.
In constant attendance nt the cere
monies nnd festivities of this fantastic,
semi-barbarous court was a French
man, the Chevalier D'Aubont, young,
handsome, ot noble birth nnd a mem
ber of the French embassy.
There were pretty women at that
court, and .the Chevalier was by no
means unmindful of them.
Abo.ve all these beauties, however,
there was one who shone resplendent,
matchless' nnd supreme in unrivaled
loveliness. She was tli perfect typo
of what a great princess should be, tall,
stately and fair. And she was a great
princess, for sho wns the Czarltza, tho
young wife of thfl Czarewltz, Alexis
Petrowltz. During his stay at St. Pet
ersburg D'Aubont often saw her, spoke
with her, nnd even danced with her at
court balls, nil the while admlrlii;; her
nt such distance as was proper to their
respective stations. When or where
lived the man who, In the Chevalier's
place, could forgot her features or eve?
mistake another for her? When, nfter
two years' sojourn, he went awny to
France, he carried forever fixed In his
memory the Imago of tho beautiful
Russian so far above him, an Image
that neither years nor change of clr
cumstnaces could ever din..
BANISHED.
After leaving Russia the? Chevalier's
stay In France was but brief. Some
escapade brought down upon him the
wrath of the powers that were. It was
not bad enough to earn him a cell In
the Bastlle, or any deprivation of rani:,
but, as a poltto form of punishment, he
was sent In command of p. body of
troops In the French possessions on lho
north shore of tho Ouir of Mexico, an
effective banishment under the dis
guise of duty. After a leng voyags
D'Aubont landed with his soldiers at
Mobile, and took charge of the post.
Out In that wilderness, cut out from
civilization, living tho rough life of a
pioneer, he perhaps often thought of
the gala days In St. Petersburg and of
the lovely Imperial princess there: but,
with half the world between them, his
wildest dreams could have suggested
no thought of seeing her again
While the fates were thus dealing
with the chevalier they were no less
busy with the Czarltza. There enme
a look of sorrow In her eyes as time
went on, for her life became most un
happy. Her husband treated her bru
tally. He was little less than a sav
age, with a superficial veneer of civil
ization, and he had a touch of Insanity
which caused his aneestor. Czar Ivan,
to murder his own son. History re
lates that, crushed beneath the dally
burden of Indignities, too heavy to be
borne, the princess pined away and
"tiled; that, aftec a grand funeral, she
was laid away with the Imperial
vaults, where she Is supposed to rest
today. But legend, that flighty sister
of history, who sometimes speaks
truths when the other babies, has It
that the death of the czarltza was a
pretense, in order that she might es
cape from so much misery and sorrow;
mat tne court phyMcian, an accom
plice, administered to her a potion
which put her In a deep trance resem
bling death: while In this condition
the funeral services were held over
her, and she was laid away; that In
the night, after the obsequies, this
physician and certain others penetrat
ed Into the vaults, revived her, and
assisted her in a flight to the frontier,
beyond which she disappeared, un
atom lost In tho universe of humanity.
MYSTERIOUS PASSENGER.
About this time John Law, an ex
patriated Scotchman, was playing
ducks and drakes with French finan
ces, nnd was also engineering real
estate schemes after a fashion that
would put the shame the puny opera
tions of our modern boomers. He
dealt in states and empires Instead of
ncre tracts und city lots. He had
obtained large grunts of land In the
Mississippi valley and wns energeti
cally engaged In Inducing people to go
ns colonists nnd settle there. In the
spring of 1721 u ship, with some two
hundred emigrants on ' board, .fc
France for Mobile, from whenpe they
were to Journey overland to their new
country. These emigrants wero nl
most wholly of the lower classes, peas
ants who had lost their holdings,
paupers, convicts who were given free
dom to become colonists and those w.lh
broken fortunes or damaged characters
seeking to begin a new life In the wild
erness. On board this ship wero two
women, one of whom at once attracted
attention by reason of her beauty and
evident superiority over her surround
ings; the other seemed to bo a servant
or an nttendant. It wns queer that
anyone of that motley crowd should
have a servant; but in the case of that
queenly woman it seemed appropriate
During all the long voyage she held
herself aloof from the rest, und car
ried herself with such calm dignity
that every one treated her with i.n
fulling respect and deference.
Late In the summer tho emigrant
ship dropped anchor In Mobile bay. Tho
newcomers had to bo landed In small
boats, ns the water cIofo in shore was
too rhallow for the larjfo vessel. The
whole population of Mobile gathered to
witness the dlrembarklng. for tlui com
ing of a ship from the old world was
then a most rare and memorable event.
There were all the garrlron soldiers
who had the luck to bo off duty; the of.
fleers, D'Aubont among them, ready to
direct the emigrants to qunrtprs until
means could bo provided for sending
them on their Journey to the interior;
there wero the priests, the townspeo-
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pie: dark-hnlred. smoke-begrlmrAl tar
refiners nnd turpentine distillers from
the plney woods; canoe men, who had
paddled down with skins and furs;
"courier de bols;" Indians, resplendent
in many-colored beads nnd red-tipped
feathers, who gazed silent, but wonder
ing, on his advent or more pale-faces.
FACE TO FACE.
From the l'.rst boat3 the strange lady
nnd her attendant landed. As they
walked up the slight incline from the
water the Jailer of the two, the mys
terlous beauty, at once riveted D'Au
bont's attention. As she came nearer,
so that the Chevalier could see her fea
tures plainly, his brain reeled with
amazement. There before him stood
the Czarltza. whom he had known in
St. Petersburg. There could be no mis
take. Some of the freshness of her
beauty was indeed lost, but Its inde
scribable majesty and charm remained.
As In a dream, dazed and half-filled
with something like a superstitious fear
he hurried to her.
"In the name of God," sold he, "how
comes your Highness here?"
Tho woman stepped still, and looked
at him. Her face grew pale as a fright
ened look of recognition came into her
eyes.
"It seems," she said. In n voice like
an echo of despair, "that ever, here
there Is to be no refuge. Chevalier. 1
am a most unhappy woman, In your
power, fleeing from cruelty and perse
cution, that no plnco in Europe could
protect me were I recognized."
HER WONDERFUL STORY-.
A crowd began to gather around,
curious and Inquisitive. D'Aubont at
once led her away, and escorted her to
the best quarters the town could af
ford. There, sitting by her side, a most
sympathetic and wonderful listener, he
heard her strange story. When she had
finished he assured her that though Eu
rope might afford no haven of safety
from the agent of the czar, who was so
merciless in hunting down all who of
fended him. here In Mobile he would
pledge his life for her security. He
told her It would never do for her to
go to the interior with the emigrants.
She would be subjected to hardships
which she could scarcely hope to sur
vive, nnd there was constant danger
from hostile Indians. He persuaded
her to stay In Mobile. A house and
garden were provided for her.and there
she entered upon her new life. She
taught the little children of the post;
she helped the poor, nursed the sick,
nnd soon nil the people looked upon her
as an angel sent from heaven.
The Chevalier was In correspondence
with friends In Franco, and one day
there came news that the czarewltz
Alexis was dead. The beautiful prin
cess was a widow. The rest of the
story Is a fit ending to all proper
romunce. She had learned to love
D'Aubont and D'Aubont loved her; so
they were married. In after years the
Chevalier was sent to command the
newly-erected Fort Toulouse, on the
Coosa river. There his wife came also,
and he built for her u house of bucIi
comparative mngnlflcence as to excite
wonder through all the country. As
late as 1850 the brick chimneys of this
mansion were still standing. There
they lived many peaceful, happy years,
and there they died nnd were burled.
HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS.
Donations That Are Acknowledged
by the Management.
The Home for the Friendless ac
knowledges with deep gratitude many
gifts for tho past two months. Among
these Is a quantity of fruit and vege
tables from kinds friend In South Ca
naan who have heard of the needs
of the homo and have been quick to
respond to the appeal made through
a Scranton lady summering nt Lake
Qulnslgamond. It Is request 1 that
any one having articles to send may
telephone to the home and Mr. Wil
liam Rosser will call for tho provi
sions at any market or house. Tho
following Is a list from South Canaan:
George A. Spangenberg, one barrel
vegetables; D. W. De Forrest, one bar
rel vegetables; B. F. Swingle, two
barrels of apples, two bags of potatoes,
one bag of corn; Eugene Swingle, one
basket tomatoes, two bags potatoes,
H. H. Shaffer, two pumpkins, ono bag
potatoes; ono bag rutabagas; Mrs. E.
B. Wells, one bag apples, one squash.
Webb Swingle, one bag apples; W. N
Curtis, one-half bag potatoes; Paul
Swingle, ono bag potatoes and beets;
John Lerch, one basket tomatoes.
Other donations are: Mrs. Emory
Young Mrs. W. C. Van Blarcom, Mrs.
Cora Merrllleld, Mrs. J. E, Chandlt.i-,
Miss Pomeroy, reading matter; Miss
Maggie Zeldler, Huntington's bakery,
Mrs. W. A. Beemer, Rohrwasscr, Wnld
ner, quantity bread, etc; H. Kehrle,
boiled ham; Nellie and Frank Bennett.
$1 worth sugar; Mrs. Ellen Bennett,
soap, vegetables; Mrs, M. Roderick,
soap; Matthews Brothers, medicine;
Mrs. J. Alton Davis, Mrs. G. L. Weav
er, Mrs, George Sanderson, clothing,
fruit, milk dally; Mrs. J. K. Whlclton.
Great Bend, cash $1; Mrs. J, A. Robert
eon, two and one-haV gallon Ico
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cream; Mrs. E. H. Ripple, cake, con
fectionery, jellies; Mrs. Ellen Shauger,
J. D. Williams and Brother, fireworks,
Barber & Townsend, nursery supplies;
Mrs. Daniel Langstaff, one-half crate
raspberries; Millar & Peck, crockery,
glassware; Mrs. Amos Detty, fruit;
Mrs. William Blight, fruit, sugar:
Mrs. William Blume, sugar, fruit, cash
$2; Mrs. George Sanderson,' Mrs. John
Genter, Mrs. H. G. Swartz, Misses
Marlon Lacey, Myrtle Hess, flowers;
Mrs. Wesley Plnnell, butter; Junior
Sewing class, South Side Y. W. C. A.,
quantity now clothing; Mrs. H. H.
Crane, Mrs. Charles Schlager, quantity
fruit; Mrs. J. P. Dickson, 12 dozen
eggs; Mrs. W. II. Perkins, basket vege
tables; J. James Taylor, directory for
1S99; William Chappell, A. M. Stover,
Morel Brothers, A Friend, F. P. Det-
wcller, Eleanor and Katherlne dem
ons, A Friend, H. W. Taylor, load
wood; Mrs. M. Rollins, cash $1; Gere's
Dairy, milk daily; Lackawanna Dairy,
milk on Sundays; Mrs. W. D. Ken
nedy, over-shoes; Mrs. R. J. Foster,
Mrs, C. P. Matthews, quantity apples;
W. H. Pierce, C. D. Wegman. Chand
ler & Short, largo quantity vegetables:
Ambrose Mulley, quantity clothing and
soap; Huntington, five gallons Ice
cream, cakes, etc.; Mrs. John Brown,
Dunmore, Jam; Mrs. Maurice Carter,
plums; W. W. Watson, Mrs. J. A. Price,
Mrs. Henry Belln, Mrs. J. W. Garney,
barrel of flour each: C. P. Matthews,
two barrels Hour; Miss Beth Savage,
eack flour; Mrs. J. E. Parrish, 100 pound
Hour; Mrs. C. D. Neuffer, $10 worth
groceries; Mrs. Norton Wagner, milk;
Mrs. Anne Von Storch, eggs; Miss Ada
Von Storch, sugar; Mrs. G, D. Taylor,
raisins, cocoanut; Mrs. Lamb, canned
fruit; Mrs. A. M. Multer. $1.00; Mrs.
Cora J. Slocum, clothing; Mrs. T. E.
Jones, fruit; W. J. Roberts, agt., bar
rel cabbage; Mrs. H. G. SchoonmaRer,
vegetables; Mrs. A. E. Shafer, $1.00;
Mrs, Calkin, Waverly, vegetables: Mrs.
Sidney AVllllams. fruit; G. R. Clark &
Company, lawn seed; H. C. Sanderson.
Mellln's food; William C. Davis, ap
plies, Mrs. M. Rollins, pears; A Friend,
tomatoes; Mrs. McKay, vegetables
W. W. Scranton, barrel apples; Mears
& Hagen. 5 yards canton flannel and
tl---id; Mrs. R. T. Gere, tomatoes;
! John Sherer, peaches; Misses
Ann Shoemaker, May Nubeck, Mrs. W.
B. Bunnell, Mrs. Amos Detty. Misses
Althousc and Williams, M'rs. Peter
Morel, Mrs. Emory Young, flowers.
Desserts were furnished by Mrs.
Charles Schlager, Mrs. C. II. Wells, J.
T. Porter, ... D. Williams & Brother.
Mrs. E. S. Moffat. Mrs. E. G. Coursen,
Mrs. W. H. Pierce. Ice dally, Con
cumers' Ice company. Doctors In at
tendance. Doctors Heilner, Corser,
Berllnghoft and Treverton.
GOLF AT COUNTRY CLUB.
Some Very Interesting Contests on
Saturday.
An Interstlng game of golf was
played on Saturday afternoon on the
links of the Country club. It was a
four ball sweepstake, the winner to
take all. There were fourteen contest
ants, indicating a revival of Interest
In the game. John If. Brooks won
easily, running up a score of 7 with no
handicap. The scores made by the
other, players were ns follows:
Name. Score. H'c'p. Net.
Douglass Moffat 86 10 76
C. W. Walker 87 C Si
James Blair, jr 91 0 85
H. J. Anderson 99 13 S4
T. R. Brooks S9 6 83
Gu? Thompson 10," 14 9t
J. H. Torrey 109 15 94
A. B. Hunt 102 12 90
Robert Frey 99 It SS
D.P.Wells Ill 17 94
Douglass Torrey 101 14 S7
. Frank M. Vandllng and D. B. Ather
ton entered the contest, but scored only
In one round. Vandllng, 69, and Ather
ton, 70. This afternoon a Labor day
sweepstake handicap will be played on
the same links.
FATAL MINE ACCIDENT.
Frank McClosky Killed and John
Chlaua Injured by an Explosion.
Frank MClosky. a miner at the
Rough and Ready mine at North
Scranton, was killed Friday while at
work nnd his laborer, John Chlsna, was
severely injured by an explosion of
powder. They had charged a hole,
lighted a fuse, and retired to a place
of safety. ,
It occurred thrwi miner In the ad
Joining chambers-id tho same, but the
fuse he used was shorter than the ono
of his neighbors and discharged first.
McClosky and his partner thought It
was their charge that went oft ond re
turned to the scene of their work. Just
In time to meet tho terrific explosion,
which killed McClosky Instantly. Chls
na will recover.
Both men resided on Boulevard ave
nue In North Scranton. McClosky has
a wlfo nnd four children residing; in
England.
Finest wines and cigars at Lane's,
820 Spruce street.
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HOW SHE CAME HOME.
Kennedy King, In Tho Speaker.
It was gloaming when Janet Goudle
crept to the white gate leading to her
father's farm. On tho ridgo between
her and the west she saw the two long
shafts of a tilted roller standing up
dark, gaunt. The sight made her sud
denly afraid. She thought of her fath
er. Was It he who had been worklnar
t.,h the roller who had left It there
anVour since? She paused with a
beatliig heart.
After a little she opened the gate nnd
slipped quietly through, holding It
carefully In her hand as she turned
to fasten it. She remembered how It
always swung to the post with ,a clap,
and, though she was far from the
house, she shrank from making a noise.
Then she turned up the hilly road.
When she came out upon the bare
uplands they were flooded with un
canny light. It dazzled Janet so that
she could scarcely see the house lying
straight before her. Her whole body
felt how visible to the farm folk, It
must be, coming on Illumined In the
yellow glare. She cowered so closely to
the stunted hedge that the straggling
brambles tugged at her. A burst ot
terrible splendor came athwart the
world, an awful dying gloom. Far and
wide flamed the red and silent moors
like altars lighted for the end of time.
Janet crept on, feeling mean and little
In the great desolation.
At last sho stood within the long
shadow that was cast toward her by
the house. So'dark and sllerit were the
buildings that her heart stopped beat
ing with a sudden dread. But present
ly a familiar sound fell on her ear, and
she breathed with relief on looking
round. Over in 'the little croft the
ducks were waddling home, lute as
usual, and clattering away to them
selves. When the drake stood up and
flapped his wings the white round of
his breast shone vividly.
The farm road led to the square dose
at the back of the dwelling house the
front was to the sunset. Janet stole to
the corner of tho barn and peered down
through tilts shadows to the kitchen
door. She was shaking with fear. Her
father had threatened that if ever she
came back he would hound the dog at
her. She. hoped It would not be a new
dog. Bauldy, she knew, would not
bite her. The tall white wooden pump
glimmered like a ghost In the gloom.
She remembered every feature of 'the
place as If It were yesterday she went
away. Yet she felt she was looking
at It athwart an eternity. The double
feeling of familiarity and strangeness
made her conscious of her physical
abasement; everything at homa was
the same It was she who was different,
different.
A stall-tied cow lowed loudly In the
empty byre, nnd the mournful sound
was echoed by the gaunt buildings.
Janet shivered and drew her poor shawl
about her shoulders. At last she ven
tured out, creeping down the close on
her tip-toes, tremblngly. WheTi she
reached the step of the back door, she
turned and listened for a sound within.
The house was silent ns death.
Twice she raised her hand to knock
and twice she let It fall In cowardice.
Then self-pity came over her with n
burst In the throat, and her lips whis
pered in dull repetition: "Oh, It's a
pity o' me; It's a pity o' me; My God,
ay; it's a geyan pity o' me!" She
knocked jointly. There was no re
sponce. As she craned to listen she
heard the old-fashioned kitchen clock
tick with a dreary loudness.
She knocked again. The scrunt of a
chair being pushed backward on the
stone floor made the blood prick her
veins suddenly. A silence followed,
and then the shuffle of slippered feet,
coming slowly. Would It be her fath
er And would ho curse her? Her
tongue wns dry in her mouth.
A bolt clanked to the waif; the door
creaked on Its hinges; and somebody
peered out at her, hand over Eye
brows. "It's you!" said her mother aflast.
The woman stared at her daughter
for a while, and then turned away
without a word, leaving the door open
behind her. Janet followed to th
kitchen with a timorous foot that was
ready to start backward. But her
father was not in tho kitchen.
There was a btrango stillness. The
rich light came streaming through the
bare window and fell full upon the
dresser. The dishes shone weirdly
against it. There, on Its old hook,
Janet's mug was still hanging, her
name on it in bright gtlt lettering.
With a sudden stab of memory she
thought of 'the night her father had
brought It home to her from tbs winter
fair at Carbie, coming In from the won
derful darkness, with snowflakes on his
coat, to his little ehl by the great
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fire how blithe had been his dark eye,
how cheery and red the middle of his
check. Sho could still feel his finger
rough nnd cold beneath her chin, and
te benediction of his eyes looking down
at her. But now ah, ChrlstJ
Mrs. Goudle had put away In the
Window-sill her great Bible, and her
heavy whlte-rlmmed spectacles a-top
of It. Janet was still standing.
"Sit down," said her mother careless
ly.
Janet sat down on tho edge of a chair
close to the door. Rab, the cat she had
reared, was sitting near her in a blank
band ot sunshine lying athwart tho
I) Hags, his legs propped In front of hint
like two furry little pillars, his gray
golden silts of eyes fixed on the win
dow. Janet, feeing the constraint of
the silence, put out her hand; and, not
daring to speak aloud, said, "Rab!" In
a choking whisper. Rab turned and
looked nt her carelessly through his
half-shut eyes; then he rose and
walked, with lazj stretchings of tho
hind legs, away over to the hearth.
There he sat down and stared up at a
blue wisp of flame blinking In tho
grate. The monotonous tick of tho
clock was the only sound In the vvido
kitchen.
Mrs. Goudle stood with her hand on
the back of a chair. At first her eyes
gazed before her with the wide look of
a proud anger; and her mouth wai
hard. The glow fell upon her withered
fn ami revealed Its dark and stern
nobility. Presently her eyes narrowed
and went far away, and she seemed to
be musing. Then a strange smile, that
was not pleasant to look at, appeared
about the corners of her mouth. But
she did not speak.
The light became more unearthly.
"I declare," said Mrs. Goudle, sud
denly, with a false shrillness of voice
that made Janet wince; "I declare, Its
like the day o' Judgment, this." Tho
smile never left her Up.
Again was appalling silence. The
clock seemed to be ticking more and
more loudly. As Janet listened to its
slow metallic beat her heart sank low
er In her breast. Where could her
father be? He was so seldom out of tho
kitchen nt the glrfamlnfj. She turned her
head to see what o'clock It was. The
old yellow dial was shining with eerie
vividness.
All this time her mother had given no
sign either ot pity or resentment. But:
"Well!" she said at last always with
that Ironic edge on her voice; "well!
we had better gang butt the hoose.d'ye
no' think?"
Janet rose passively, without speak
ing. Now that her ordeal had come shra
was too feeble to be sharply afraid; sho
felt herself borne onward like a crea
ture In the clutch of fate. She was
going to meet her father. A bare lobby
with white-washed walls ran from tha
front door between the kitchen and
the parlor. A shaft of yellow light
struck in through nn oblong silt of
glass above the door, falling straight
upon a row of pegs. On one of these
was the farmer's everyday hat, a
square hard felt, green-gilt at the sldea
with age. The level rays revealed a
thick coating of dust on It.
Tho mother opened the room door,
which fell to the right, nnd then
stopped, speaking over her shoulder:
"We've made changes here," she said
shrilly, as If showing alterations to a
stranger. She pointed to a bed, the
curtained head of which was close to
the door on the left. Janet had begun
to tremble.
She followed her mother Into the
room. At first she could see nothing
because of the Invading glory.
"There's your fether!" said Mrs.
Goudle.
Janet turned her eyes from the light,
nnd there lay her father In his shroud
beneath the full glow of sunset.
Tho clock ticked loudly In the kitchen,
A fringe of sandy whisker stuck out
from the tight Jaw-bandage. Thero
were vivid hairs In It, redly gleaming.
Janet's knees were water below her.
She sank by tho bed.
"Fether!" she panted, with open
mouth and unstrung1 lips. "Father!"
and then, with n shrill scream of
anguish: "Oh, God! my fethext my
fether' my fether."
"A-hey." said her mother, "that's
what ye brorht your fether till!" On nn
April morning three and twenty years
ago this woman had felt a thousand
pulses leap and throb within her when
a feeble little crv told that from her
body a living soul had como Into tho
world oh, mystic wonder! a new-born
soul, nnd from her body, and the child
of the man she loved! But that child
had broken the heart of the man sho
loved and sho was merciless.
Suddenly a blatant low from tho
great empty byre echoed through tho
silence hollowly. And again there was
silence.
Tho sombre radiance deepened In thn
room. The brass knobs at tho head of
the bed gleamed mournfully.
"Speak to mo, fether," whispered
Janet; "speak to me, fether; speak to
me!"
But ho lay with closed eyes In tho
lonely light, nnd It seemed to Janet
that his shut lips smiled smiled with
the quiet Irony of the dead.' vviio Know
the secrets of ull thitiCs;'dnd,,wUt'tfcll
us nothing,- "' :.-' ....-. v