THE SCRANTON T1UI3 UN ti-SATURDAY, OCTOBER Id, 189D. 10 I The 1 THANBLATEO PHOM FRENCH OP OUY 0JIH0W0t tfi-n.mn.m t ?jir vp IKP ALU foivm Inns ultuntccl In tho Alps, at tho font of gluclprs, thnio locky nnd but rem p,imes which cleave the whlto Bitmmlt of tho mnuntnltip, the Schunt 1'iiliaih lni" Kened ad u refURe tor llu vojagprs who followed the Gemini ikish Fend ing d monthi It was open, occupied hy Jean H.iuser'H fain ll. then, o soon us the snow that heaps In drifts and fills the dules tend ets the decent to Loecho Impractical, the women, the father and the three pons till depart, leevlnp the old RUlde, Oaspard Hurl, the youim guide. Ulrlch Kuusl, and Pain, the St. D ruard, to 4,'Uard the place Two men and a do iciiinln until spilns in this prlFon of snow, having nothhiK hefore their eyef hut tho nnt, white dcclhlty of the Italinhorn. sur rounded b pale, glistening summits, inclosed. bhHeod. shrouded beneath the snow that towers about them, en vloplng, iircsMiier, outshine; the little habitation, lupins the roof, banking the walls as fat up as the windows and walling the (loot H wns the d.iv the Htuiser family, was retuitiiner to Uieche, winter wns tomliiK on ami the decent was ne luinlnK lwilloits Three mules stinted In advance laden, with hags and baggage, led 1 the three soiih. Thin the mother, Jeanne Huusci. and het daughter, Louise, mounted on a fourth mule and fol lowed the lead The father tht ,1 cam1, nccompanlfd by tho two guides, who were escorting the ti.iln to the blink of the deFcent. They llrst made tho ill cult of the little lake, now frozen, a the bottom of a gieat eaorn in the rocks, which ex tended as far ns the front of the Inn, then thev followed the dale, smooth im a sheet of linen and dominated on alt Bides hy mountains of snow The sun's t.ijs poured down upon this shining white glacial desert illum inating it with a llanv blinding .mil told. Not a sIkh of life In Mils yea of ptal.s. not a movement in thl.s lmmias. ureahle solitude; not a miumur dis tutbed the deep silence. ntadually the voting guide, I'll kh Kunsl, n tall Swiss with long limbs, moved ahead of FiUhei Hutiscr nnd old Gapard Hail to loin the mules cmylng the two women The voungest looked at him ns ho apjiioached, apiieaiing t" lc" kon t lllm With her ti usual eves She was a little blonde peasant, w hose mllU hucd cheeks and light hair looked as though thtv were blanched because of long sojourns nmld snow and Ice As he leached the animal that tar lied tho glil he placed his hands up on the animal's lump and slackened Us pace. .Mother Huus"r spoke with him, reiterating with Infllnlte details all the ucomnund itloti3 for the hl b"inatlon. It was to be bis thst win ter up there, while old Hurl hid al icady pissed fourteen of them under the snow In the Schwaienbach Inn I'll Ifli Kunsl listt ned without ap pealing: to comprehend pazlng con stant! upon the jour.g girl. From tlnio to time he lesponded 'All right, 5lme. 1 lauei," but bis thought) seemed tat away and Ids placid coun tenance lemained Impassive They anhed at the Daube lakes, whose long, frozen suifaco lay peifecl b Hat at the bottom of the vale To the right the Daube nhoin showed Its black, pointed locks near the enoi nioiiH inoi allies of the Loeinmein gla tler which ovei looked the Wlldstru bel. As the appio.iched the neck of the Gemml, whete the descent to Loeche begins, they suddenly peicelved tho Imposing hoiUon of the Vulais Alps, fiom wide h the weie separated by the deep, Immense valley of the Rhone. It was a multitude of summits, white, uneven, crushed and pointed, shining beneath the sun the illscha bel, with Its two hoi ns, the mighty WKsehorn, the pondeious Utunneg ghorn, the lofty and icdoubled Cetvln pyramid, the man-killoi and Dent Hlanihe, that monstious coquette. Then below them In an Immeasurable tavern at the botto of an awful abyss they peicelved Ioeche, whose houses looked like grains of sand thrown Inta an ennimous crevasse, which closed ami terminated the Gemml. opening again fat away upon the Rhone i OVEREIGN EMEDIES Conquer all pains and dis eases that the flesh Is heir to. Not Built on Faith. Hare Cured Thousands. Will Cure You. VMM gives true repu tation. A Hrparntc Hemrily for i.ucli JIUeatc. ihaoemafK ri sove DYSF ForDy CURES Stoma Rheumatism. Htbev DIRECT' Trouble, Coughs, pnlO Dyspepsia, Blood, Catarrh, Asthma, cnVER Hoirt' Llver bUVI Tlinrrl, firing General Debility, Malaria, Neuralgia. 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When It was TJItleh Kunsl's turn to give tho patting salutation he mur mured Into Ixiulse's ear: "Don't for get us away up here." Her rcpl. "No," was so low that he divined lather than heard It. "Well, adieu," lepeated Jean Hau fcci, "and good health to vou." And, passing In fiont of tho women, he began the descent. The three soon disappeared at the first turn of the road And the two men turned toward the Schwarenbach Inn. They walked slowly side by sldo with out speaking That sotted It; they were to remain alone face to face for four or live months Then Oaspard Hail told hi exper ience of lust winter. He .spent It with Michel C'nuol, now too old to he of sei vlce, for an accident pending the long solitude Is ejuite Imminent They weie not lonesome, however; It wns all In becoming leconclled to tile situation during the llrst day Then eino ended by creating some sort of dlveislon games and other pastimes. Ultlch Kunsl listened with downcast eyes, following in thought those who were descending towatd the village through all the festoons of the Gemml I'tesently they caught sight of the inn, scarce v isible, so small was It a dot at the foot of the colossal wave of snow As they opened the door, Sam, the big, cuily dog, leaped around them. "Well, my son," said old Gaspard, "we haven't a woman with us now , It's time to prepare the dlnnei; ou peel the potntoes." Both of them, seated upon stools, consumed their soup The following morning seemed long to iTIilch Kunsl. Old Harl smoked and spat aiound the llieplace. while the young man looked through the window at the ic hplendent mountain facing the tavern. He went out in the afternoon, go ing over the road be had traversed the dav before, sencrh'ng the lmpiints ef the mule's hoofs, the mules that had carrlfd the two women Then, when he reached the tuck of the Gemml. lie !.i il.it upon his stomach, at tlm-tdgo of the ah) ss nnd gaed down upon Loeeho The village, In the ro"k pit, wns not yet "hrouded, although a forest of pines, which protected the town, waa quite near It. Its low houses resembled fiom on high, pa' ing stones on a prairie. That little Hauser girl was now there In one of thos-e giay domiciles In which one' Ulrlch Kunsl found him self ton far to distinguish them separ ately How he would like to go down theie while there was yet time! But the sun hnd disappeared b-hlnd the great cyme of the " ildstiuhel The )oungman letunied to the Inn Fath er Hail was smoking When he not Iced the return of his companion he pioposed a game of cards. The) took seats facing each other at either side of the table They played a simple game called btlseue a long time, then, having supped, they went to bed. The davH that followed were pjitallel with the first clear and cold without mote snow Old Gaspard passed his utternoon on the watch for eagles and other rare birds thnt ventured upon the lev summit, while I'lrlch returned leguinrly to the neck of the Gemml to gaze upon the village. Then they played caids, dice, dominoes, winning nnd losing tildes In eider to lendot the pamet inteiestlng. One morning Hail, the llrst to rle, 1 ailed his companion. It was snowing. The Hakes, large, light and serried, de scended swiftly. They resembled a v hlte foam nnd fell "llently upon them and nround them, shrouding them lit tle b) little under a thick nnd surd mattiess of white moss. This lasted four d.ivs and four nights. It was nee essaty to detach the door and the win dows, to bare a passage and to hew footholds In order to reach the u,p of this powdered Ite which twelve houis of fiost hud made harder than the ginnltc of the moraines. They lived like prisoners, scares ven tilling outside of their domicile They divided the household duties, which the) performed legularly Ulrlch Kunrl washed and scrubbed and hael charge of tie general cleaning. 'Twas he, also, who chopped the wood, whll Gaspaid Harl looked of tor the lire, and cooked. Their work, tegular nnd monotonous, was illveirlflHii by protracted games of caids or dii e. They never iiuanelcd, botli being of stole tempeiament. Thev never even displa)ed Impatience or Ill-humor, neither did they uttid a peevish vvotd. suue the) had itsolvcd to be icslgned pei-dlng thU lilbci nation upon the rum mit Sum. tltncH old Oaspard shouldered his gun and went In search of a cham ois Fifitn time to tlmo he killed one. "Iwas then a fust of fresh game In the Sehwnrenbach !nn. One moraine Oaspard departed fop this purpose. The therometer reglstr ered 18 below ?ero The sun not hav ing risen, the. hunter hoped to surprise some, game around the Wlldstrubel. Ulrlch, being left alone, remained In bed until 10 o'clock, He was naturally ft late riser, but ho dared not indulge his penchant In tho presence of the old guide, who nlvvays arose betimes. He breakfasted slowly with Sam, who also passed his days and nights sleeping before tho flrc, Then He felt distrustful, even frightened, because of tho solitude and he felt the need of tho dally game of cards Just as one desires to Indulge a habit become Inveterate, Then ho went out to meet his com panion, whet ' tcturn ho expected nt 4 o'clocU. The snow had leveled the great val ley, filled the crevasses, obscured tho two lakes, enpouched the rocks, leav ing between tho lofty summits but n vast vat w hlte, smooth, blinding, Icy. It was three vveeks'slnco Ulrlch had been down nt the edge of the nb)ss where he gazed down upon the village He would go there previous to climbing the slopes lending to the Wlldstrubel. Loeche was now also under thu Hnnw nnd the houses were not discernible, being covered hy thlfl white mantle. Then, turning to thu right, he renehed tho Loenunern glacier. Ho moved for ward with lils mountaineer's stilde, striking with his ferruled baton th" snow that wns as hnrd as n. stone. And he searched with his piercing eyes the black and moving dot far away upon this Immeasurable sheet Ah he approached the edge of the glacier he stopped, deliberating wheth er or not the old man had really takeiv Hits road; then he walked along the ravines with a quicker, a more nervous stride. Tho dnj was ending, the snow caught the tinted hue of the horizon, n dty, freezing wind whistled' brusquely over the crystnl surface of the snow. Ll rlch emitted n shnrp, vibrating, pro longed hppenllng cry His voice was vafted In this deathly silence far nway over tho Immobile nnd profound waves of ley foam, like the cry of a bird over tho billows of the sea; then It was silenced and no response was heatd. Ho started off again. The sun had sunk behind the cymes, which weie still purpled by the rcllectlons fiom the horizon, but the valley's depths gtew gray and the young man vas seized with fear. It seemed to hint that the silence, the cold, the solitude, the hi bernal lethality of these heights would penetiate him, would stop and fieere Ills' blood, stiffen his joints and make of him an Icy, Inett being. He began tu tun, .speeding townid the Inn. The old man, he thought, had letumed dur ing his nbsence, hnd taken a dllferent path and would mostly likely be seat ed before the llio with a dead chamois at his feet Ptesently ho cpught sight of the Inn Ulrlch hurtled forward and onened the door. Sam leaped tow aid him, but Gnspatd Hail had not leturned. Dazed, Kunsl looked around the room as though he expected to find his com panion hidden in a corner. Then he relgnlted the die nnd mnde the soup, hoping to see the old man enter at any moment. From time to time he stepped out to see If Hail wete coming The night was here, the pallid night of the moun tains, the pale night, the llv Id night, with tho last line, yellow stieak, ready to dlappear behind the summits at tho extiemlty of tho hoiizon. Then the young man stepped back, sat down, w aimed his feet and hands, conjuilng up, the while, nil manner of uccldents. Oaspard might have btedvon a leg, fallen Into a hole or made a misstep and ellslocated his ankle. He might hi Ijing at full length In the snow, stiff ened, benumbed with cold, In terrible disttess, lost, ctylng, perhaps for help, crying at the top of his voice In the silent night. But whete? The mountain was o vast, so craggy.so perilous In that vicin ity, especially In this season, that 1' would icqulte ten or twenty gllleh-s to search continuously for eight d.a)s to find a man In this Immensity. Ulrlch Kunsl, nevertheless, resolved to stntt out with Ham If Oaspard Hail did not leturn by 12 or 1 o'clock. He made his preparations. He put two d.i)s' food in a hag, buckleel on 11 pair of climbing lions, lolled a long, thin, stiong cord around his waist, examined carefully his fer ruled alpenstock and the hatchet which was used to hew footholds In the Ice. Then he waited. The wood crackled In the llieplace, tho big dog snored In the light of the ll.ames; the clock, with the reguhulty of heait-beats, ticked In Its case of sonoious wood He waited, listening intently, shiver ing whenever the light wind grazed tho toof and the walls. He was startled when It struck mid night Then, shivering and chilled, ha placed a not of water over the tire In order to huvo a cup of hot coffee be fote starting out. As the clock stmck one he niose, loused Ram, opened the door and start ed In the dliectlon of tho Wlldstrubel. For live hours he scaled the rocks by the means of the cllmbeis. cutting foot holds In the Ice, making headway con stantly.although at times out of breath, clinging to the end of his rope, while his dog lemained nt thv botom of an Incline too steep to ascend. It was about 0 o'clock when he leached one of the summits where Old Gaspnrd fte quently came In seaich of chamois. He waited for the break of day. The sky began to whiten above his head Suddenly, fiom some Invisible point, a sttange light Illuminated btusquel) the vast ocean, extending for one hundred leagues in evety direction, of pale cymes. One would have said that this vague light emanated fiom tho snow Itself and suffused the spaco between earth and heaven Little by little the highest summits In the dis tance becume tinted with a losy, Ilesh coloied hue, and the led sun appealed fiom the icni of the pondeious Ber-nes-o Alps I'll ich Kunsl stalled off again. He moved forward like a huntei, bent, watching for footprints and othet signs, sa)lng to tho dog- "Look for hltn, Sam, look for him!" He again descended the mountain, looking lung and keenly Into every eavein and at times shouting a loud, prolonged tone which quickly died away In the dumb Immensity. Then lie plai ed Ills ear to the ground Think ing he heard a. voice, ho huriled for ward, shouting anew, but hearing nothing he sat down, exhausted. In de spali Towatd noon he ato u luncheon, throwing some food to Sam, who was also tiled out. Then lie continued tho seaich. As night camo on he was still walk ing, having now covered fifty kiio inttciw As he found himself too far from the tavotn to reach It that nlghl, espi dally as ho was too fatigued to ding himself further, he made a liolo In the snow and thtew himself In It, with the dog beside him, both rolled in a blanket which he had bi ought with him, They lay them close to oach other, the man nnd the beast, ondeav ot lug to warm their bodies by the con tact, chilled to tliu mallow neverthe less Ulrlch scnircly slept, his mind haunted by visions, his hones shaking with told. it was npurly daylight when ho ifroae His limbs weie ns light as bais ot lion, and he felt ten lb!) de pressed Whenever he fancied he henrd a sound, his heart heat so violently that he almst sunk to the ground In tho emotion Thu thought came to hltn that ho, also, would ilia of cold in this soli tude, and the terror of such a death whipped up his energy, aiouscd his vigor. Ho no,w descended in the direction of tho inn, stumbling along In a semi somnolent state, followed, at a dis tance, by Sam, who was hobbling on three legs. It was 4 In the afternoon when they arrived at Schwiuontmch. No one was llietc. The young man built a fire, tol; some food and fell asleep, so won out that he could think of nothing. For a long, long time he slept, but suddenly a voice, a cry, a name, "til ileli!" aroused htm from the deep slumber. Hnd he dreamed? Was It one of those sinister appeals that trav el se the ill cams of restive souls? No. he heard It still, this vibrating cry which hnd entered the ear and pone tiated the llesh to the tips of his net v otis flngt'is. Asuredly some one had cried, had called "I'll Ich'" Some one was theie, near the house, Tlicie could bo no doubt about It. He, there fore, opened tho door and shouted, "Is that you, Oaspard?" ttt the top of his voice. There was no response, not a sound, not a murmur, not a stli ab solute silence. It was night. The snow bole 11 pallid hue. The wind now silt red, the Icy wind that penetrates stones and deals death to every living thing upon these aban doned heights. It passed In sudden gusts, more blighting and far more deadly than the Ilrey blasts of tho desert. Ulrlch again shouted. "Oas pard' Gnspnrd! Gnspatd'" Ho listened. All was silent upon the mountain. Then he was seized with an overpowering tertot. He re-cnteied the Inn In a bound, closed nnd barred the door. Then he fell Into a chair, trembling like an nspen leaf, certain of hnving been called at the moment his comrade's spit It had severed fiom the llesh. Of this he was as suie us one is sure of existing. Old Gaspard Hun had been agony bomewhote for two days and thiee nights, In a hole. In one of thoxe eleep, white ravines whose whiteness is 11101 e sinister than the gloom of caves. He hael been In agony for two days and three nights and he had just died with his com panion In his thoughts His soul, as It became llbeinted, Hew toward the Inn, where Ulrlch slept, and It had called him by virtue of that mysterious and awful prerogative which tho souls of the dead who haunt the living pos sess It had called, this soul without voice, to tho soul of the sleeping moun taineer, it had uttered its final fate well, or Its reproach, or, perhaps, its malediction upon the man who had not searched sufficiently, conscientiously. Ulrlch felt It to be there, near, very near, behind the wall, behind the doo which he had Just locked. It hovered about like a nocturnal bird that grazes an Illuminated window with Its wings. And the young man, lost, terrified, was ready to cry out In agony. He wanted to tly from tho tavern but ho daied not cioss the threshold Jo, ho did not dare, and would never dare, since the phantom would lcmaln night and day aiound the Inn so long us the terrestrial remains of the old guide weie not found and Intel ted In the sacied earth of the cemetery. Tho day dawned and Kunsl gained some composure when tho sun ap peared. He piepaied a lepast, made soup for his dog and then lemained seated In a chair, motionless, his heatt lacetated at the thought of the old man lying in the snow. When the night shrouded the moun tain In datknesp be was assailed by new tenois He now walked in tho dailc kitchen, which was but faintly lighted by a candle's llanio; h walked from one end of the room to tho other, with long strides, listening, expecting to hear the terrible erv of the other day to again pierce the mournful si lence And he felt that ho was ilto- gether alone the pitiful fellow alone, as no man had ever been be'oie. Ho was alono in this great deseit of snow. Alone, 2,000 meteis above the lnhat lted plane, above human habitations, above sthrlng. nolsnuii' , palpltatlngi life. Alone nmld the frozen summits' He was goaded with a mail eleslie to Hy, no matter where, no nutter how. He would, It necessary, throw himself Into tho abss to get to Loeehe. But ho dared not open the dooi even, positive that tho other (the deceased) would btop him so that he (the departed) would not remain alono up iheie, either Toward midnight, exhausted with walking, delected hy anguish and fear, lie finally fell Into a stupor upon ai chair ho feared the bed as 0110 fears a. haunted spot. And. suddenly the strident ny of the other evening pierced his cats 11 ciy so pletcing that Ulrlch thieiv out his arms to w ird eh" the spirit. He fell to the floor, tipon his back, overturn ing the chair. Sam, moused by the noise legan to howl ns dogs howl when they are frightened, tunning about the houe, tiylng to locate the danger lie snif fed under the door, snarling, his hal bristling. Ills tall distended. Kunsl, ot listed, jumped to his feet, and grasping the chair by one of Its legs, he jelled: "Keep out. Keep out! Keep out or I'll kill ynu'" And the dog, ixeited bv this tlu'ae, balked furlouslv at the unseen enemv, who deflcd his master. The cut is after an old painting of a man gamming vviin Death witU His itle as a stake Behind the man stands his good angel striving to save him This game with life as the btake is the evtry day game of men and women. 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V Sam gradually erased barking and returned to tho hearth, hut ho re hiatneel rcstlVe, lib) head raised, his eyes glowing, and ho growUd Inces santly. Uh Ich In turn recovered his sens. s. but us he felt teady to faint with tei ror ho went to tho cupboard In seaich of a bottle of hrandv. He emptied sev eral glasses In rapid succession. His Ideas became vague; lis courage le turned, a burning fever couised thtough his veins. He ute very llttlo the next da and drank moio alcohol, nnd for several days he was us drunk us a beast. So coon as lie thought of Oasp.ttd Hut he would tench for the bottle rnd elilnU until he fell to tho lloor diunk And he remained there upon his face eh ad eh link, snntlng, Ills limbs sprawling But t-cuicely did he itcover from the cftects of tho wild, fiery liquor than the ciy, alwi)s tlie same, "Ulilch1 shot through his cranium like a bullet and he would stagger to his feet, clutching some ob Ice t to prevent hltn from fall ing, calling upon Sam foi '-iclp And the dog, which, like his niaste-i, seianed to be growing mid, would throw him self against the door, bcr.itch It with his paws, gnaw It with his long white teeth, while the young nian, with the collar of his coat turned up, his head tliiown hack, drank ns though he were taking a refreshing drink of cold vvatci after tl long journey, tho binnel) In long, d:ip draughts which again dtowtied his thoughts, his roc jllectlotH and his consuming tcrioi. In three weeks he had diunk nil tho alcohol But tills piolcngcd debauch metelv stup( fled his ten 01, Willi h, which, when awakened anev.. wes tho more indomitable as Ulrlch s a unable to conttol himself. His mania inten sified bv a month's drunkenness and lniteaHlng constantly In tho solemn solitude, glmleted him. Ho moved up and down In the apartment Hue an an imal in a cage, putting his ear to the dooi expecting to hear the other lhor nnd defying him with that wall be tween them Then, exhausted, he would fall into a doze and ptesentlv heat the voice which would make him Jump to bin feet. Flnaaly one nlghl hu, like cow nicls who ate at bay fell upon tho door and opened It to see the one who was calling, d"tct mined to silence him A gust of wind struck him full In the face chilling htm to the 'jones. he slammed the- door and pulled the bolt, without noticing that Sam had Jumped outside. Then shaking with cold, Iij threw wood upon tho lire, in fiont of which he took 11 seat, w arming ihlsj half-ftozen body. But suddenly he was startled. Some one was w binning and sctatchlng the wall He jelled, mad with fear, "Go .away fiom here'" Tho lesponse was a long, dolorous, plaintive whine. Then teiror seized the llttlo sanity left him He repeated. 'Go away from hete'" looking about wildly for u coi ner in which to hide. The other 'till whining moved aiound on the outside rubbing up against the wall Ultlch Jumped tow aid the oahv buftet, wihich was full of crockery and provisions, nnd, lifting It with superhuman strength, ho dragged it to the door, making a batrlcade of it. Then, guthv eiing up all the other furniture tho mattrtfases, the mats, the chairs he piled them up against the window. Just as one does when one is besieged by nn enemy. Tiio one on the outside now howled lugubilously nnd the young man ie. sponded in almost ultnl'ar tones And for clays and nights thev howled The enemy In tho snow constantly moved arourd the Inn scratching the wall with a foice which thieatened to demolish It, the other, within, followed all these movements, ever on the qui vivo, his ear pressed against the stones answering tile dlhmal appeals from without with horrible, cries. He awoke without tho lemotest lec ollection ot what had taken placet without nn idea, without a thought, as If his head had been evacuated during this long, deep sleep. He was hungry. He took some food It was spilng. The Gemml pass be came ascendable. The Hau-er famllj was preparing to take possession of the Inn. So soon as they readied tho top the women mounted their mules nnd be gan talking of the two mm whom they expected to find prcentl). They were surprised that neither ot the men had not come down a few days ago, when tho mute was already tiavei sable, to give an account of their long hibernation. The inn, still covered with snow, was finally sighted. The door and the win dow weie closed; a little smoke was issuing from the chimne) This alla)ed Father Hauser's uneasiness. Coming neater, ho saw, upon the thieshold, the skeleton of an animal, btoken and gnawed by eagles a skeleton lying upon the side. They all examined It "Why. that must bo Sam," said Mother Huusei. She called: "HI, Gaspaid' Gaspard1" A ciy from within replied, a rancorous ciy which ono would have said was emitted by some beast. Fathet Hauser lepeated "Hi, Guspatd" Another ciy, similar to the Hist, was he-aid Then the tlnee men, the fathet and the two sons, tried to open the door Impossible Fiom the empty stable the) took a long beam and handling It like a battel Ing ram the) hut led It with all their stiength The wood creaked, ceded, the panels tljlng tn spllntets Then a gieat noise bhook the house und they saw, within, back of the fallen buffet, a man standing eiee t, with hulr falling to his shouldeis an I with a beanl which coveied his chest his eyes glowed, his body was coveted w 1th a mass of rags They dtd.not lecognlze him at all. but Louise Hauser cried: "Mother. It Is Ulrlch'" The mother then peics-lvcd tint It was Ulrlch, although his biii was white. He let them approach, lie allowed them to touch him, but he did not leply to the questions put to him und It was necessnty to hi Ing him to Loeche whom tho doctots pionouiue.l him mad. What became of Ills companion was never known. Louise HaitBer wns sick, unto death that summer, suftetlng extietue lun gulshn'ss, caused, It was said, by tho frigidity of the mountains. A Prudent Reluctance. "Wo must admit," said the biuineBM-IIKu attache il the Chinese u eminent, "that we have not been piuiiipt or g lod-nutm i .ibout tin punici'i of tills indemnity to Jaimii ' "J'rtunut or umluble!" cilued tin im pernr "What do vent wish to do-encour age snmi other sovt rumejlit to iindiitnicu the sume kind of an ttiv eminent v ' Wash ington Star Second Childhood. Willie -On mown people ever get child t.li" Ahimmu Von, hi old uec Will ? Willie Vance when papa wan to Ing to lind thu electric hell Inm nlsht he hot; Icrcd. 'iiutton, button, wIio'b got tho but ton" -Life, tspTtnTlii'i'i "it 1 tni'iiniiiili'iuiHiMiHiimr nmiuiWHii ti rtfj lASTOflHJJi JiNtrjclablcTicparationror As similating UicToodnnclUc'iuta ling tluiSluMchs ondDawcls of FromolcsDigcsUon.ClKcrfiii ncss andllcst.Contalns neither Opium',Morptiinf irorHincrcil. Not NAitc oxic. ntofc orordnrStMvaaTVBsa JhmJtut Sk" sllxStnna JipJulUSrilt- slniu Sad Jtrptnmnt .. jnoirtrnflSelmt Atjcrfccf Hcmcdv for ConsliM- tion, Sour Slomach.Diarrlioca, AVornis.Com'ulsions.tcvcrisa' UCS3 andLoSS OF SLEEP. TflCSirrutc Signature ot 1-TEW YORK. EXACT copr or WRAEPCH. NEW YORK HOTELS. The St. Denis ISroadway and Eleventh St., Nw York, Opp. llrace Church. Luropsan Plan. Rooms $1.00 a Day anJ Upwards In a modest and unobtruslvo way them aro few better conducted hotels tn tho metropolis than the Ht. Dents. Tho BTeat popularjtj It has ucqulrcd can readily bo traced to Its unleiuo location, Its home-llko ntmosphero, tho peculiar ex ccllcnco of its cuisine and service, und Its very modcrato prices. WILLIAM TAYLOR & SON. WESTMINSTER HOTEL, Cor. Sixteenth St. and Irvii Plaj), NEW YORK. AMERICAN PLAN, SiJ.ot) I'd- Day anil Upwards. EUROPEAN PLAN, ipl.50 Pet Day and Upwards. 1. D. CRAWFORD, Proprietor. 4 4- -f I For iHislness Men Tn tho heart of llio wholesale! district, For Shoppers wl....Ar;, 1. Mr t n ll'nMnmnlrrtro. T ! minutes to Slet-cl Cooper's, Dig " Stote Unsy of acess to the greut Diy Goods Stores. t For Sightseers f One block from TVnay Pari, glv- -f Ink' easy transpoitatlou to all polntb ur interest. NEW Y011K. Cor 11th ST I'NIVKHSITY PI Onlj ono mock from Uroadway - . Il tP-.l 41IU1N I KOOUh, 4 1 UD. Prices Reasonable -f-t-f f The Best Yashing Powder rain mu& Restore Vitality, Lost Vigor and Manhood Cure Impotcncy, N'itfht rmtalon Loss of Mem. !Tw or) nil wnsiinj,' eii-c.u-os Si-i nil ciTccts of eif-ahiio or LJ Ji'xcc-s nnd indiscretion. RT JiJ (J A num. I n ,1 I n ivsH 1 1 VI vUblood bulldor. Brines i V Nftio 11I11L Klow to pnlo rASVT checks nnd regimes tho jowvflro of nuth. Hj mnll n LI fiOo ner Ikix (3 Imjxps fop $3.50, with our bankable gaurantoe to euro or refund tho money rmld. bend for circular and copy of our bankable Kuaranteo bond, taifaTaitt EXTRA STRENGTH Imm.l.l. D0ntta fltftnnt mr, k lUIIUVUIUtV l.-". Positively Hiinrnnteed euro for Los of Power, 11ricocole. Undeveloped or blirunKcn Oman-, Pureln, Locomotor Unxln, enoin Protra tinu, Hjftim.1, Pit Ininlt Parallel' nnd tha IicMilU of P.xcei ifo lo of Tobacco Opium or Llnuor, By mail hi tilalu picknee 31.00 u box. 0 for $5.00 with our bnnknblo ffuar antee bond to cure In, liO days or refund money paid. Address NERVITA MEDICAL CO. Clinton & Jackson Sto., CHICAGO, ILL. SlII Iij aii it in ill S. 'lniinuo ii U ihts , 2CJ Latk.tuannu ui Sirunton, Pa VJAKE PERFECT RflEW Hi M r im:hi'aiii i iontiiur r binder nit juji ai u mini moiiioi 1 Cll i irni'irti I" Ji mi rry trruiiiis 1 on Trireupiitt .f ic 11 cut xu. 1 l,m it ll v el .tk.inJ luilr. la th rt. of(s77l,'ot,riK)rol,! OirU b k rv tr vlul ciHrtf) fJAJfl toin m tl ICnrjlupl t.uUkiantrrdrurtiVTnTpr mi nr r UuJetl Car, I. cirld In ipil tr pork. I Boll 1 in wh.i. or milk,! 1 1 LUI-, wraiP.r en iTlpj; tr r by ma llltmff U.. caif.a tiidn., ikl,o,I Sold In Scranton, Pa . by Matthews Bros und McClnrrah & Thomua, druggists. rhrmi tlrv t 'nnnult nr ufet In 4H lioum ulihuut ITinu.hlrji i opn Uiw m- jieu ttnu juieniou mi. i HOTEL ALBERT T ijltiii GO PILLS 50 ! CTS. I azztr&A. i ''"-ii "' irji VjCi W'rpi , a ui nvi llfll liroiiiii ir. Sfn fffi ' l""l "'"! "I it.ni if-io 1 . i, -rtJ?.&'''-i - " ul" 1 r'"",, "L"' ,ul" rv "'?'' C 101,111 -v iNlllrtr mrmoir an I lb. nlc t yii3T&v ' 2'' "' vital ierr. Inrtitirtl ty T'i 2ZJ- !"'' rillaus or.ic.ii.cf en ly ).uit 1WV lmnjirtviirur.iiilnattmfitn.l.rifiiti? SI GAST0R1A For Infanta nnd Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of The You Have Always Bought. TOW THC CCNTAUR COMPANY. NKW YORH CITY. READY REFERENCE GUIDE OK Scranton Representative Firms Alt! MATI.RIAI, lltAAIINO AND P110 TO SUPPLIES. Tho Grlflln Art Studio, 20D Wyomtnc, HANKS. Scranton Savings Bunk. 122 Wyoming. Merchants' &. Mechanics' Hank. 410 Lack, Third National Dank. 113 Wyoming. West Sldo Bank. 109 N Main Lack. Trtiit & Safe Dep Co . 414 Lacka. Traders' Nat. Bank. Wom & Spruce. Dime DIs. and Dep , Wyom & Spruc3 HOOTS AND SII0i:S-U IIOLKSALP. Goldsmith Bros, 301 Lackuvianna. conpi:ciioni:u and 11:1: cheam wiioLr.sALi:. Willhims, J. D. & Hro , 312 Lackawanna. I'KlITS-n HULLS VI.K. Wcgman Fruit Co , It Lack iwanr.a. nuoc.nts-wiiot.Ls u.t:. Kelly, T. J. H Co, 11 Lackawanna. UAKDWAUi: AND MINI, si PPI.ILS. Hunt & Connell Co.. 411 Luckawwna. IIKA'lIVa AND IM.I'MIIING. Ilowlcy, P r. & M. T.. SI Wyoming. HAUM.SS AND riJUNUS. Fritz, G W , 410 Lackawanna HI ll.DITiS' 1IAHDWAIU STOVKS. ETC. Lackawanna Hardware Co , 221 Lacka. HI DDING. SPIUNOS VTC Tho Scranton Bedding Co.. COC Lacka. nutDViAiti:. stovp.s, i:tc Leonard, Thos F., Lackawanna ave. HIND INSTRPMrNTS AND PIANOS. Finn & Phillips, 138 Wyoming. IXHNirCRi; AND CAHPIVTS. Prothcroe & Co . 131 Washington. 1IMIII.U AND PIAN'IN'G MILL Ansley, Joseph . Son, SOI Scranton. DIAMONDS, WATCHES AND JLWIXUY Jlcrcereau & Connell, 307 Lackawanna. MHA1S AND FGLTAni.CS. Carr, T C & Son. 213 Washington. GKANITi; MOMMLNTAI. M ORIiS Owens Bros., 518 Adams. I.O N AND WILDING ASSOCl VTIONS. Security Bldg & Sav'gs Union. Mcars Bld acAoui.iis, cuius, r.TC Nat Biscuit Co (Scra'n Branch), 20 Lack. CAHHIAGLs AND IIAHNP.SS. Slmrell. V. A., B15 Linden. PAIMIl AND IILTI'IIKK St PPLIC9. Uthmnn Paper Co.. 225 Spruce. Ill ITI . I GGS IM CIII'.KSK. Steens, F. D. & Co , 22 Lackawanna. II.Ol II. PITH HA ANIKIIIAIN. The Weston Mill Co . Lackawanna, ave. MWUIOVI IMI i:iiMicrLi.i. Cnsseso Bros , 99 Lackawanna ave. jj tVI 1.1 111 AND OPriCIAN.s-UllOLlj svi.i:. Levi. N. B &, Bro. Traders' Bldg HI I1l.lt, P.GGS. ri.OUl, MAY, LTC rinsterlo & Co , 131 Franklin. B.ibcock. II. 1., - Co., 116 Franklin, Jl Ll.I.lts AND U A1GII MVrLllUL Phillips, Ceo. & Co., Coal Exchange. VWNTi AND 1.K.HUR. Casey Bros, 216 Lackawanna. i.iri: iNsniANfx company. Northwestern Mutual Life, Mears Bldff. I.AV AND COI.LLOTION. Oken & Dunn. Coal Exchanno Yocum, Uoo C, Connell Bids HICYCl I.S'AND PHOri) SUPPLIES Florey & Brooks, 211 Washlnnton OVPUW.Ls, INDEinVLMU, ETC Harris, S . 322 Penn ave. I 1 lllllC.YTIMa OILS AND QUI: AS Ed. Moloney OH Mfn Co., 141 Meridian. OIL. PUNT AND VAUNISH. Mnloney Oil Mfs Co., 141 Meridian. sr.uiovnis and fngr.ueks. Prcndcreast & Gelpel, !07 Washington. 1 UNERAL DIHI.CTOKS Tague. P W.. 113 S Main.; Kesldence 113 J lckson Price, William. 135 S. Main Din GOODS, SHOES AND GROCERIES Mccunn, P J., ill N Main. 3 , vmoHc.irra a.acuan lilAniflBd IJrftaf. ENNYROYAL PILLS Chlthcitcr'a l.'.fllih Dllagii Brut. Ortatfial Anil llnlv nBtilnk kll. tvlvaWB hIIbI.Ib Kia . 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