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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1899.
1 MISS ANNA'S ROSE VINE. I
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j A Southern Romance Which Had Its Beginning S
5 Many Years Ago and in Which a Grizzled r:
if Confederate Veteran and His Little Neigh- 5;
bor Dure Conspicuous Parts. &
w LAVINIA H. CQAN IN
T HAD not meant to bo a vine at
all. Kveryhody who knew any
thing about roses could tell that
by Its heavy woody Btalk und Its
straggling limbs. That la every
body except Just Miss Anna her
self. Yet Instead of trailing, ui
all well-conducted vines should, It fair
ly sprawled against Miss Anna's front
trellis, throwing out long succulent
green shoots that nodded and bent and
twisted among the slats, but woul 1
not cling. A climbing Devoniensla
Miss Anna called It, and could always
produce the little wooden florists' ta
with the name written on It to prove
the truth oS her assertion.
In the sense that climbing moans as
cending, the rose was most assuredly
and undlsputably a climber. There
were not more than six Inches of feeble
etalk showing above ground when Miss
Anna first got It from the green bouse,
but by the next fall the rose bad sent
out long shoots that reached half way
up the trellis.
"It is a pervert," the captain had
said, even at that time. And a very
Herlous time it was for the captain, as
events proved.
Now you must know. Miss Anna'
garden and the captain's adjoined.
They bad always done so, once more
Intimately oven than they did now.
for then only a trim privet hedge had
separated them. Splitting the hedg.
midway, a wicket gate had swung,
opening either way upon neat little
gravel walks that led to both houses.
In those days both the captain's moth
er and father and Miss Anna's mother
and father bad been alive, and sage
and lavender and thyme and sweet
marjoram had hampered the gravel
walks, and honeysuckle and virgin's
bower and Ranksla and Orenelle roses
had trailed on both porches. In those
days, too. Miss Anna's gray hair had
been brown and the captain's bronzed
and beared face had been smooth and
fair.
The very end of those day had come,
perhaps, that night when the captain
stood on his side of the gate in the
moon light and told Miss Anna good
bye. He had looked very tall and
straight In his gray uniform with brass
buttons, and his plain, honest face
shone almost handsome In the moon
light. "Well, good-bye, Anna," he had said
quite simply.
"' "Good-bye, .Tosh," she said, a little
tremulously. Then she waited with
her heart beating very fast.
"If I ever come hack" ho began.
Then he stopped and cleared his throat
and shifted his weight to his other foot.
Again Miss Anna united, and per
haps her heart beat faster.
"If I ever come back," he went on
slowly, "f reckon thr-pe (lowers will
have grown lots."
Again Miss Anna waited and her
heart almost ceased to beat this tlni",
but by and by she said quite culmly.
"I reckon so, Josh."
"Look after mother, won't you, An
na?" he nsked.
"All right."
"Well, good-bye, Anna."
"rtood-hye, .losb," and ho was gone.
Afterwards on the long march this
parting came back to him, and he
would have given worlds Just then
turn back and have It over again. Hut
when he lay almost dying in th
trenches, when the battle raged about
bis bead as hi comrades fell before
the foe like grain before the storm, ne
thanked fiod that things were as they
"ere. Iletter by far his own sorrow
than to have brought suffering upon
her. He had left her free, with all the
world before her whcio to choose.
nut this was lung as". It was not
until after he came iinck that they
called him captain. Not because he
was one, but because be wasn't. There
were so 1I 1 1 f ii 11 - few who came back
anyway, that perhaps It did not matter
Just to give an extra title now and
then.
Captain or no captain, he ws but a
poor nltlful shadow of bis former self
when he came back. Oray bad already
begun to show In bis sandy hair and
beard, bis cheeks were thin and sallow,
there were iu shoes on bis feot and no
coat upon his stooped shoulders. But
Miss Anna bad known him. She had
sen him afar off as be came limping
down the narrow village street and
Btnod behind the hedge and waited. It
was she, too, who went through the
little wicket gnte and helped him up
Ms own steps, and told his old blind
mother. She was the only one left. The
captain's father ad Miss Anna's fath
er and Miss Anna's father and mother
nil were ono.
It was a dreary time before the cap
tain was well and strong again. In
fact, the year wan well underway and
planting lime was over. Of courso
there were no hands at the plantation,
so the crop would have to go by for
that year, if not Indeed forever, for
what did the captain know about farm
ing to be sure?
In the meantime, on Miss Anna's side
of the hedge radishes were up, lettuce
was ready to transplant and peas were
In need of sticking. She was out In the
sweet of the morning pulling the first
sprigs of crass from anion; them when
she heard a mighty snipping of shears,
and looked up to see the captain trim
mine: onio stray shoots from, the pri
vet. Ho was standing very near to the
Bate, and she went up und leaned upon
It to ask how ho felt. Her face was
flushed with stoodng and moist with
the warmth. One little brown curl bad
broken from her coll and fell down
across her forehead. Her sun-bonnet
hung loose by the strings framing her
sweet face.
The captain stopped hta clipping
when she came up, and leaned on the
other sldo of the gate, to talk to her.
Terhaps the captain was not as strong
os he fancied, for by end by ho forgot
what ho had meant to say to her and
said qulto gently;
"Do you remember when wo stood
here that night in the moonlight?"
"Yes," she said calmly, but her eyes
were cast down.
"And I said If I camo back" the
captain besan.
Again Miss Anna waited. Again the
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captain cleared his throat and shifted
his rose.
"The roses nnd things would have
grown lots," the captain finished.
"And so they have," ho went on
briskly by nnd by when she did not nil
swer. "Look at that lavender now and
the lilacs and the pinks and those
roses. Did you over see anything so
wild. A fellow hardly knows where to
begin."
Miss Anna waited a little longer, then
she wont back to her vegetables. The
captain stood n long time looking over
at her.
"God:" he said, "if It Isn't nlmost
enough to make a fellow desert. No,
no: let her Ik- free till 1 have something
more than this to offer her." And he,
too, went to pulling grass.
Almost the one thing that the captnln
had known something about In the old
days was law. He did not know very
much about It, It Is true, but be got out
his dusty books and carried them out
on the front porch behind the vines to
read, holding them pretty far oft from
his blue eyes that should not have been
old for many years yet. JJy nnd by be
went to town und stood his examina
tion nnd got his license to practice.
"Hotter stay home, Josh," said the
old Judge who examined him, and who
had been a friend of his father's.
"There's nothing for you to do down
there, and I need young eyes and a
young bead In my olllce. I'm getting
rusty, you know, my boy."
And the captain's heart had given n
great leap, then, he remembered. It
was not easy for blind people to accus
tom themselves to a strange place, and
his mother could find her way about
the little house as well as If she could
see, nlmost. No, It would not do, vo
the cnptaln came home and brought a
little painted lawyer's shingle, which
ho swung on from the front gallery
post, among the rose vines. It swung
there year after year, growing dingy
and creaky, now and then attracting
the notice of someone who wanted a
deed drawn or a will written. Hut that
was not often. There were pitifully
few deeds to be drawn or wills to b.-
made In those days. It was along
about this time that the captain began
to "work the plantation." as lie called
It. lie got some of the. oil negroes to
go back and work It for him for "a
fourth." and Jim llenton agreed to
"run" him.
llenton and the cairlalu bad been
schoolmates and were nliou' the same
age, but be had gone ln'i i-rvlco in
the commissary department III" same
year the captain had begun soldiering.
So Jim came back fat and cmifoiiaolo
with the rank of celonel. and set up
business for himself In the village nt
bis father's old stand. lie was a
shrewder man than ills father, though,
and the village gossips sa; 1 he would
be a rich man so.u day. Thiv same
worthies further said that Jim was the
best "catch" In the country and that
Miss Anna would be a fool to throw
him over because of the boy and girl
affair between herself nnd the captain.
What Miss Anna herself felt about
the matter nobody knew, and least
of all Jim himself. He asked her one
day, however, and, when he left the
house, the captain, who was sitting on
bis own little gallery with his chair
tilted back under bis rusty creaking
lawyer's sign, saw Jim Jump Into his
brand new buggy and drive so furi
ously away that ho ran quite over the
only slump left standing In the square.
The little wicket gate opened a few
moments later and Miss Anna came
through and took a seat on the broad
steps. She was (lushed and excited,
and was tearing to pieces a sprig of
lavender which she bud plucked in
passing. The captain went down the
steps and tat beside her.
Hy and by he reached out and took
the bit of lavender from her nervous
fingers.
"What did Jim want?" be asked,
looking down at her.
"Ho said ho wanted me to marry
him," Miss Anna answered slowly, and
her cyen fell before the captain's gaze.
The captain's eyes hardened. Turn
ing them nway he looked llxedly (it his
rusty sign for a moment and then said
quite calmly:
"Jim Is a prosperous fellow, 1 dare
say bo would make you a good bus
band." "nottcr thnn I enn ever hope to
do." he was gong to say, but ho set his
teeth hard, and he didn't.
Miss Anna did no, answer, and by
and by she went away with a hard,
tired look In her eyes. Women have
grown tired and hard for less cause
than Miss Anna had had.
It was not long nfter this that -Aw
decided there should be a fence ns w.ll
as well ns a hedge between her lot and
the captain's. She wns going to culti
vate moro flowers, sho said, and the
chickens scratching through the hedge
was a nuisance. The captain helned
tho man Miss Anna hired to put up the
fence, and spent a great deal of time
leaning and planting her new garden.
It hurt him somehow to see her tear
ing up the trim beds and tho prim
walks and uprooting tho old flowers,
and ho told her so.
"That's all an Idea." sho Bald, dig
ging ilercely. "What la the use of
clinging to old customs when the times
have changed? I want new things,
things that look thriving nnd p.osper
ous. There Is no use In keeping In tho
same miserable old rut forever."
That was the tlrst time tho captain
ever heard the little note of sharpness
In her voice. It hurt Mm, too, nnd lie
sighed, nnd went back to his own cal
lery. "Has Anna a visitor?" asked his
mother, turning her blind eyes toward
him when ho went up the stops. "I
thought I heard a strange voice In tho
garden."
Tho unseeing nro quick to detect
chances.
"Wo aro getting very closo to Miss
Anita's rose vino now, for It was about
this time that she planted It. She bad
seen a climbing Devonlensls at Jim
Denton's when sho went to call on bis
bride, and wanted ono Just like It for
her own porch,
The cnptaln had watched her set It
out, and told her ho did not think It
was a vine; the stem was too stiff.
"I reckon It will run," she raid curtly.
Flowers usually do what are expected
of them."
The captnln was puzzled. Hy and by
ho said, gently: "Annie" he some
times called her so "Annie, you are
not well, nro you?"
"I? As well ns can be," she said
quickly.
"Then you work too hard."
"Work never hurt anybody, nnd
never will," she said quite cmphatlcq.t
,ly. Sho bad burled the rose, and now
she gave It a very firm pressure with
the too of her small boot.
"I hope I have done nothing to offend
you," the cnptaln went on."
"Oh, nothing." It Is a wonder Miss
Anna did not tread the rose to death.
"Well, you see," the captnln began,
"I didn't know but that you'd misun
derstood me about Jim llenton, Annl",
you've seemed so different nnd hard
Blnec. I didn't mean to say anytlilnz
about It, ever ngnln but butI
thought maybe you thought I ought
to."
"Thought you ought to? "Why?"
This was not helping Mm out much,
nnd the captain needed help if he ever
needed It In his life.
"I thought maybe you cared fr.r i o--Just
n little bit, you know, Annie and
that you might think 1 ought not to
have said what I did, that I ought ''
Miss Anna stooped down now to
straighten the leaves which sho had
disarranged with her foot, and ho could
not see her face.
"Though I cared for you " she said
quite slowly and deliberately. "I don't
see what could have made you think
so, I nm sure, Josh."
And thd captain wondered himself
what had made him such a fool, nnd
devoutly wished ho had never been
born. Hut he had been, and there he
was and he must keep on being there
and seeing Miss Anna every day of
the world and loving her more and
more each day, nnd knowing that she
never had any never would care a snap
for Mm.
Knrly in the spring, before there were
any other roses on the place or In the
whole village, Miss Anna's new vino
threw up three long green shoots that
were fairly studded with pinky-white
buds.
"It's too early, Anna," the captain
said. "The frost will catch them."
And sure enough It did, but there
were plenty of others that camo later,
and Miss Anna bent and twisted tho
stiff stalks Into shape, trying to make
them cling to the trellis.
Hut somehow the captain was not
quite pleased with the rose even when
the pin buds burst, and gradually fad
ed Into big creamy-white blossoms. It
didn't seem natural, he said. It seemed
to him Hint Miss Anna was training it.
and forcing it out of Its true nature.
Miss Anna said that for her part she
thought (lowers needed training Just
as much as folks did. If their first In
tentions were wrong It was well enough
to train them right. Folks could train
themselves. If they would, but flowers
bad to be coaxed.
Hut the captain was not satisfied.
He did not like going against nature,
and It seemed to him thnt Miss Anna
was using the same process with her
self as she exercised over the rose. The
whole thing hurt him.
"It is a pervert, Annie," he said one
morning, seeing her fill her big basker
from the long shoots that sprawlel
quite up to tile house top now, "nnd T
don't like perverts, either flowers or
folks. They ought to be what God
meant them to be."
There was a suspicion of a twinkle In
the captain's blue eyes. He had come
to understand things better. Miss An
na, flashing a quick glance at him,
caught the twinkle on the rebound, as
It were, and answered quite sharply:
"Pervert or no pervert, I am satis
fled." "Do you think you will be always?"
he nsked. The twinkle bad left his
eyes, and Instead there was an eager.
longing look in their faded depths.
"Are you never going to to cut that
rose back and let It bo a hush?"
"Never," she said, and the captain
was left standing with his shirt-sleeved
arms folded atop of the fence where
the little gate used to swing.
Hut the captain did not give up.
Having once understood there was no
backing out, so the question grew to
be a habit with him, growing from
month by month to week by week and
day by day.
"Aren't vou ready to trim that rose
vine, yet, Annie?" came to lie his
morning greeting to her. Hut "N.i"
continued to be her response. Other
wise things were changed nnd changing
nround them. The captain i plantation
bad gone along with many others ir
the community to satisfy Jim Denton's
claim for "running" It. In the can
tain's garden roses and honeysuckle
ran riot, and grass tangled amid fie
thyme and lavender. The captain'.'
knee was glowing so stiff from lh
Yankee bullet that bo brought home
In it that he could icacCy stoop ev-:i
to weed his garlen. On MI9.1 Anna's
side of the fence things prospiied. nr
scheme for cnlarrnar ami Improving
her garden had 'jo'i a good one. The
train which by and by camo to p.iis
the sleepy little village carried Into
town dally hamper nfter hamper of
flowers from Miss Anna's yard. They
brought a good pri? . too, and the busi
ness was steady. From March to
Christmas thee was never a Jay that
the (lowers failed her. The climbing
Devonlensls, as jho woul J call It, wus
much sought after, he." dealer wrote
her, and always brought a fancy price.
It chanced that tho rose was In full
bloom In March, when the captain's
old mother died, and Mia Amu fulrly
covered the -olb.it with tho crcamy
whlto blossoms. Afte- tint the, rtse
seined sweeter, (l-ari-r to tlu captain.
Very sweet Indeed It seemed to him
that summer day a few mouths later,
wiien he bade g'iodbyu fjr a little
while to tho Httlj villa;:.-. Tho poor
left knee, stiff thoia mar.y ye-irs with
Its Yankee bullet, had grown more ni.d
more painful, and the captun was go
ing to town to sis what could be done.
There followed long days if painful
waiting in tho old hos-pital, but tho
captain's heart wea not cast down. Ho
knew whero had grown tho roses that
came to him every morning .n tho
llttlo pulling, smoking village train.
It was November before the dect.ns
thought the captain might go home,
and then tho vlllac'i'i hcaid for the
first time that when u c.ui-o ho would
leave his left leg bahlml htm.
Miss Anna win In tlu garden whei
the news caim to ier. It was pruning
time, and tho slims were In her hand,
but when her noU;lilio- had paused,
leaving: her budget of news behind her.
Miss Anna sat Ci- a l-ui.; time on ho
steps, bor na.iis lillo and l.m- ryes
thoughtful, nnd witn a tender look In
them than th"y had worn for many a
year. A long, llawer-studdeJ tprny
from tho DevonteiiEls brushed har
check now and then. Was It that that
brought tho tears from her oyos, the
tears that had not llowu In so long
now?"
The tears wero not quite dry when
sho got up, but her hands were very
steady and the shenrs wero busier
than perhaps there was any need for.
The next day the captain came home.
The rattle of tho canlage that brought
Mm from tho station and by and by the
thumping of his crutch on the pave
ment made quite a stir In the quiet
street, but when the driver helped Mm
out and carried his valise Into the
house for him the captain looked !n
vain, hoping to catuh a glimpse of
Miss Anna beyond the fence among the
flowers. What he did see, though, sent
the blood stirring througli bis veins,
and made hi in feel young, despite his
departed youth, his gray hairs and
the lost leg. for Miss Anna's rose vine
bad been cut nnd pruned of all its
climbing branches till now It stood stiff
and straight and solid, bare and deso
late, It is true, but a bush neverthe
less. The captain limped up to the little
break In the hedge where the gate had
been, and stood leaning on his crutches
looking over.
"Anna." he said very gently, and
then Miss Anna came out from behind
the Mae bush and held out her hnnd
to him.
"I didn't know you were there, An
na." be said. "I only wanted to see If
you had If you had"
"If I had changed my mind, do you
mean. Josh?" she finished sweetly. "I
think I have about the rose vine, you
know."
Hut the spring of youth was In tho
captain's heart, and ho caught Miss
Anna's hand again and drew It up to
his lips and kissed It.
That settled tho matter, and after
that the rose had to take things In Its
own hnnds for awhile, and when March
swung nround again the long, fresh
shoots ran quite up to the top of the
trellis and the foliage and flowers weie
more glorious than ever. So thnt tho
captain says Miss Anna obtained pos
session of Mm under false pretenses.
However, the rose vine flourishes.
Evidently the captain does, too, for
In the towns where lie goes to bold
court now the people call him Judge.
WAS A DRAWN BATTLE.
Somo Other Shopper Will Get tho
Bargain, However.
From the IiUUdclpl la Times.
The massive doors of the big bon
marcho hnd swung back on their
hinges at 8 eclork tho other morning
when the persplilng crowd of women
shoppeis, early blids, In pursuit of
the bargain worm, crashed Into the
avenue leading to tho counter whero
unheard-of opportunity of -avlng tho
nimble dime had been appropriately
and seduetlvelv advertised. The
storming of Sebastapol wasn't a patch
on the t-ntltustnm with wlile'i this
betieglng brigade nf determined wo
men made their assault upon the de
voted heads of the salespeople keep,
lug watch and ward over the fabrics
piled high upon tho bargain counter In.
alluring Invitation.
At the very forefront of the Invadlnw
host that swarmed so fiercely toward
the coveted goal wero two lair mat
rons before whose energetic rushes
their weaker sisters hnd been fain to
give way. I'npfrnntlng each other
with the light of set purpose glancing
In their blight eves the twain laid
bands upon the loveliest of hargaln
suits, and In n trio" tho others In tho
throng wero treated to nn altercation
that began this wise:
"It's mine."
' "'Taint " came tho answer very hot
ly. "I had this ilrst and (you delib
erately snatched the -klrt from me."
"Why, I did not. The saleslady told
me this was mine, and shu had no
sooner turned nway than you took
the waist."
Hard as It may be to believe It. tho
fact remains (lxcd that these two
daughters of Eve. notwithstanding Urn
remonstrances of their sisters nnd
the pacific efforts of clerks and floor
walkers, kept up a sharp fusillade
that only ended when the two Ama
zons calmly took seats In adjoining
chairs before the inrgaln counter, nnd
while the business of the (.'rent mer
cantile establishment pursued Its
wnnted courso they glared at each
other with a portion of the coveted
suit In her tightly clenched hand.
Ho.irs waxed nnd waned, nnd with
the approach of the noontide the pang
of hunger lent thlr FUbtle Influence
to the pel suasions of the snlesieopb
that ono or the other should vleld.
"No puriendei" was depleted upon ths
llnenments of the (-intending matrons
And what they said they meant. When
the sun began to cast slanting rav.s
throuph tho windows of tho store tho
would-be puiclniseis of tho blgBf?t
bargain of the bunch steadfastly
maintained the positions assumed In
the early hours of the fray.
Then when the shades of ovenlng
bi:nn to fall upon the scone nf this
unique conflict of woman's will und
woman's won't, nnd tho salespeople
found toir nrguments btlll falllne on
Hon. J. H. FunrciinK, former
ly Governor of South Dakota, but
now a resident of Saltm.Ore., says:
"I?or over two years my daugh
ter had been declining from a
strong, healthy, rosy-cheeked girl
to a pale, weak and helpless in
valid. She was afflicted with ter
rible headaches, and gradually
grew weaker, nnd more languid,
apparently without causo. I tried
several doctors, but all without
avail. Finally, to please a friend,
I bought a box of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People, and to
our surprise, before it was used up
her headaches ceased, the color
began to return to her cheeks and
lips and her strength began to
assert itself. I bought five boxes
more, and by the time she had
finished them she was completely
restored, and to-day she is a robust
rosy, healthy girl instead of a pale,
tired and sickly one."
From the Oregon Independent,
Salem, Ore.
Dr. Williams' rink Till for Tnle Pcopla
contain, in a condcned form, all the ele
ments necessary to give new life and rirh
new to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They arc an unfailing Miecliio for
such dinemes ns locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neural,
gla, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after-effects of the grip, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, and all
forms of weakness cither in male or female.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills tor Pale People are never
sold bj ths doien or hundred, but always In pack
aoes. At all druooltU. or direct trom the Dr. Wil
liams Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. Y., DO
cents per box, 6 boxes JZ.50.
E2!3iaC!E5!22E2r3
cars that were deaf to persuasion, tho
Qiad floorwalker effectually intervened
by ordering both contestants to sur
render their spoil of the bargain coun
ter, declaring that tho firm could not
afford to keep the store open all night
pending the settlement of this remarla
able and Irreconcilable dispute.
It was a drawn battle, but each nf
the women wended her way home In
the consciousness of victory won and
dignity maintained.
Tho bargain Is still there.
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MUSIC WAEDS OFF FATIGUE.
A Philadelphia contractor, who has re
cently returned from tho Soudan, tells of
nn Interesting fact connected with tbo
bultdtng by tho English of the new mili
tary railroad In that region. With every
gang of forty or llfty men nro assigned
two haipers and a. llulo player. Music is
furnished almost continuously', and so
long ns the musicians play the workmen
nearly all negroes do not seem to feel
the fatigue, and their movements nro con
formed as neatly as possible to the tlmo
of the music. As a. general thing tho
players get tired beforo the workmen
ilo. To a white man the melody pro
duced by these cheereis of labor would
not bo inspiring, for it Is peculiarly plain
tive. The Africans, however, find tho
music a great Inspiration, nnd work with
cheerfulness nnd dispatch. Tho Phlla
delpblan declares that the Idea Is ono well
worth considering, for it is well known
that colored laborers nnd stevedored
along tho river front will work harder
and faster it permitted to sing. As a
matter of fact, singing nrauns them is
encouraged. Philadelphia Record.
SPARROWS WHIPPED A CAT.
A queer light. In which a pair of spar
rows worsted a cat, was witnessed at the
lower end of Hudson stiect, Jlobokcn, to
day. Tin) sparrows, had built a nest In
a tice, and one of tho young sparrows
with whlUi tho nest was afterward
equipped fell fluttering to the sidewalk.
The parent birds followed it, but nn
alert cat was already after the youu,'
sparrow.
Nothing daunted by tho size of their op
ponent, the parent birds mado a rush for
tho cat. They fluttered about the cat's
head and pecked at Its eyes, and kept It
so generally busy that It bad no time to
look nfter Its Intended prey.
While this was going on a bevy of spar
rows (lew down, and In, somn way sup
ported and upbore the young sparrow
until they carried It to a fence, whence It
made a short flight on Its own account
and succeeded In reaching tho trco from
which It fell.
Hy that time the cat had been put to
flight, and the parent birds flew back to
tho tree, where they and tho other spar
rows twittered and chirped for half an
hour, as If they were holding a Jubilee
convention. New York Mall anil Kxpress.
CALIFORNIA
is reached quickly
comfortably by
and
The Overland Limited
of the Chicago, Union Pa
cific & North-Western
Line, leaving Chicago ev
ery day at 6.30 p. in, reach
ing California in 3 days.
The Pacific Kxpress
leaves Chicago every night
at 10.30.
No change of cars.choice
of route going and return
ing and long time limit on
tickets. For particulars
ask your nearest ticket
agent or address
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
I'rlnclpil Agencies :
PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK
161 Chestnut St. 461 UroaJway
riucAQa
193 Clark St.
AUTY, IUE GONQUERGJR
I BELLAVITA
I Arsenlo Beauty Tablets and Pills. A per
fectly safe nnd Kuuranteedtrentment forall nkla
1 dlfordore. Restores the bloom olyouth to faded laces.
1 ID days' troutmout Mel 80 days' 4b. by mail
Send for circular. Address,
gkiia mcuiCAL vu., union a jatitson sis., vciir
Kul.J by Miiiarreii ,t Tlionms. Urug-
glbls,, iM'J Lackawar.ra uve., Bcraiiton, Pa,
rfgZs AjAXTAtii.nTsrosrriYFi.Yci ;
Jrl tii.V.n mil Mmin- falling Jie
(7 5JC1 WTilmp'jtoupj, Kiioj lowmv, elo., ca'tr
if Jl " Atiuw cr utter l'.o.- naU (m.
A tCwi tituan. 1111 auielnj ami n..-r.
"J rsitor ii Lou Vitality m oliiorsouni: t:
,,R-iV ManiMlorefiid, bu tuniwor motilif
'fii!-i3L'it t'reTat Juaol.y o.i C'onrnuiDtlan
UHur inttico. Their n n.ions in T.odl&u fr..i".'i
looa' tail edorti a CUltC horo all mbur fill 1
ilt jm ImvlnK Ihn i'nulno AJax 'J'uUtts. Tl,
hiivncuroil thouundiaii'l ttillcurt7irj, Uichr. n
Itlniwr'tuiniiuataniaa M effect o cur. C-YiP?) .
Mi'hccor rrtuni tho money. lilitUJUIOir
MckL-i orsix fliem (full UMloiu.ti for S8EJ. t
Hflll, ia plain wniirrr. utxin rci!.lof price, ( ir .if'
"aJaX RBAIEMVCO.. V?-?
Tor nnle In Bcrantcn, Pa., by Matthswj
Bros, and II. C. Banderccn, druggists.
Price no more than
The following first-class grocers sell Wonder :
SCK
W. IT. rierec, 11 nnd 14 Penn Ave.
A. Btorr. 311 Adams Ave.
Ed. Sleberker, D30 l.uclta wanna Ave.
P. CuvnnnBh, GH ltlver St.
Philip '. Hull. Mullictry nnd Webster.
Win. H. Kaufman. f02 Preseott Ave.
If. V. Btnnshury. 712 Court St.
John Klleullen, 419 ,s. Wnnh. Ave.
Morris Schwartz, 4W S. Wah. Ave.
Wm. II. Jnrkson, 121 Krnnklln Ave.
Win. ,T. Ilealon, 323 Prospect Avo.
8. Mtllhnuser, 40." Per.n Ave.
Decker & West, 1137 Cnpousc Ave.
AVedemnn "The I!aker.'f
Mrs. Huntington's Bakery.
11Y1MJ PARK.
nirharda & Co.. W. Lackawanna Ave.
K. Kvann & Son, 310 8. Main Ave.
T. T. Kvans. 1M5 Washburn St.
Win. Karrell, 1SH Washburn St.
S. H. Jones & IV. 334 N. Mnln Ave.
A. J. Fritz. 117 N. Main Ave.
McMillan & Mauters. 022 W. I.nckn. Ave.
Oeorgo P. Kynon, 105 N. Main Ave.
T. Fellows Mason, 401 S. Main Ave.
N. C. Mayo, 1501 Swetland St.
John Mellerniott, Jermyn, To.
Ii. A. Oreen. Jermyn. Pa.
Mrs. ltlcli. Jermyn, Pa.
Huberts Pros., Peckvllle. Pa.
Thomas Prior, Prlceburp, Pa.
., COKLl a
Sole (filler's Agents.
OUR BEAUTY
). Kuppert?s Specialties!
. rrtOTTOTs
lime. Rnppert's World-Renowned Remedies
AUK THE BEST.
I lie y nro the pioneers of all completion preparations, IinvlnR Been
sold for 111 u iiy yours longer in tin tiny other. Tlicy art! nscd and rrc-nniiuc-nilcMl
by the licst people, and always give complete satlsfac-
...i.'1''""? n "'C only griinlnr. natural IteautlftPrs, fun mini nn scien
tific HiiK'lilei. llvorylliliiKT nbont them Inspires confidence. Abso
lute proof of merit lias been Riven numberless times by Mmc. Ilap
iu t. .'No other .Specialist has ever uiven ocular demonstrations.
Ovvlna to These Well. Established Pacts. We Give Mine. Ruppert
Remedies This WalWEarncd Prominence.
EXTRAORDINARY OFFER !
a BOTTLE OF
MME, RUPPERT'S FACE BLEACH,
$1.65.
THIS OFFER IS BONA FIDE AND EVERYONE CAN HAVE A BOTTLl
OF THIS WONDROUS FACE BLEACH FOR $1.85.
Madame Kuppert's Face Bleach Is not a new. untried remedy. Its us? assures
perfect complexion It has bwn told (or 20 years longer than any like preparati"
and to-day has a larger salo than all theso combined We are receiving constant
mppllcs fresh from the laboratory ot Madame Huppert, No. 6 East Hth street, he
York, and tucy are par excellence.
Book "HOW TO BO BBJIUTIPUL" Free.
Uvcry caller at this department will be Riven this unique booklet FREE It contains
all those little secrets ot the toilet so dear to every woman's heart. Wo site
below a list of some of Madame Kupport's Toilet Requisites.
'Mine
Ituppert's
1'riec.
Mine. Ituppert's Golden
llalr Tonic pives new life
to and stops falling hair $1.00
Mmi Ituppert's Wonder
ful Depilatory removes su
perfluous hair without In
jury to skin In 3 minutes.. 1.00
Our
Trice.
83c
83c
S2.19
83c
43c
Mme. Ituppert's Gray
llalr Restorutlvo Is not a
dye. but returns gray hair
to It at natural color 2.Z0
Mme. Rnppert's Tear!
I'.namel raures the skin to
assume a girlish loveliness,
mainly for evtulng use 1. 00
Mine. Ituppert's Whlto
lies.- Face Powder, an cx
quisitt powder r.0
ISeniuinlirr, trv
MME. RUPPERT'S FACE BLEACH at -
Joias
SPEC5AL SALE
This Week of
Diamonds, lite Jerti. He
Now Is tho Mmotogetu Lntrgiiitl
at theso pricas. You eaunot ob
tain them in tho future. Call and
seo them.
Fine Diamond Rlnc.i at 3.00, worth
$10.00.
Hollil Cold Hand nines at f I..5, -worth
$3.00.
Solid Gold Bund Rings at $1.00, worth
$2.25.
Hold Filled Cult Huttons, 60c, worth
$1.25.
Cuff Diittons, previous prices $1.00, now
37c.
Cient'H Solid Silver Watch, Elgin move
ment , $3.00.
I.nillen' Sterling Silver Watches, worth
$5.00, now $3.73.
(irnt'H Nickel Watches, S. W., prlco
UBI, now $1.75.
U'iwrrn Urns'. Spoons, will ranted, OOn.
ItogerH Itrim". nutter Knives. SuRif
Spoons, I'lcUlo Forks, 37c, previous prlco
70c
I.udlcH' Solid Gold Watch, Klgln move,
went, $14.80.
Ladles' Gold Filled Watches at $G.W,
worth $13.00.
Wo nlso hiivo about three) hundred T,a.
dies' Solid Silver Hlnss. worth 00c. and
70', will clone them Ht 10c. onch.
Spei'lul salo now Kolnif on at Davldow
Hros, Attend ns wo are offcrlue goods
at one-fourtli their orlslnnl value.
Extra Heavy Solid Silver Thlmblos at
10c.
Davldow Bros
227 Lackawanna Avi
the "Just As Good."
ANTON.
II. A. Pierce, 703 Adorns Ave.
Wm. O. Conrad. .119 Adams Av.
It. Kelly, R32 Lackawanna Ave.
John Hnmllton, fill E. Market St.
Hurlbut & Co.. Mulberry and Monro.
P. Itosar, 72S Cedar Ave. .
M. II. Lavelle, 2l'n Illrncy Ave.
Max Judkovics, 425 8. Worth. Avn.
Meadow Brook Store, 1C2S Cedar Ave
Henry Wetter, 403 Codar Ave.
Mrs. M. Ilaycn, 211 Stone Avo,
II. Goebcl. Ash St. v
IB. S. Pratt, i:63 Dickson Ave.
Thoa. Jordan, Oreen nidge and CapoaiJa.
Mrs. Zcldler's Bakery.
DUNMOUB.
P. J. Murray Co.
Wm. Brady & Son.
M. Bolantl& Son.
P. J. Grady.
M. T. Glynn.
PKOVIDKNCE.
A. 8. Stoll, 117 XV. Market St.
II. F. Stansbury, Court St.
J. T. Fennsrty, Aichbald, Pa.
Mrs. Kraft, Archbald, Pa.
Wm. Began, Olyphant, Ta.
A. L. Ilhoden. Gotildsboro, Ta.
S. S. Sandercock, Lako Ariel, Pa,
CO., Scranton, Pa,
DEPARTMENT OF
Mme.
Ituppert's
1'rlce,
Mme. Ruppert's Almond
Oil Complexion Soap: a per
fect soap, a combination ot
almond oil and wax, not a '
bolted soap and contains no
lyo 15
Mme. Ruppert's World
Renowned Face nieaeh.
Our
Price.
i8c
largo bottle, clears the skin
of any discoloration and
beautilles tho complexion
naturally J2.00
Mme. Ruppert's Egyp
tian Bnlm, a valuable skin
food and used In connec
tion' with the Bleach re
moves nrlnklcs 1.00
$1.68
83c
trill "HI n botlln of
$1.65
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g WM. CONNELL, Preildent.
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