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Arizona republican., 1896-05-28

Everything that's mice from bread to strawberries at Christensen & Go.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-28

The square meals at the Boston Cafe are producers of round stomachs.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-28

Soda Fountain, Arizona Commission Company.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-28

The best fruit, the best pastry, the best dessert at the Boston Cafe.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-28

Best cup of coffee at Coffee Aps."
Arizona republican., 1896-05-28

Strawberries, three boxes for 25. Christensen & Go.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-28

The Office Cafe at Tempe serves the best meals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-02

evidence. The chief difference lay in
the fact that now his beard was worn
rather long and of a jet black color,
where as the man whom | had seen
tried and convicted of a grave charge
i'm her majesty's criminal court some
Is months before, had worn a light
brown imperial. This. of course, was
a matter easily changed by one who
wished to disguise himself and after
] had caught glimpse of his eyes, as
they flashed for an instant brilliantly
into mine. the resemblance, even the
very identity of the man with the one l
had seen, was borne more forcefully
upon me. And yet, l had seen those
eyes. or others like them. more lately.
Through the holes of the satin mask
they tor was it but a resemblanceD
had questioned me not yet IL hours be-
fore and the same strange attraction
in them held me now as then.
He did not seem to be in company
with the girl for whom I had waited
(for she took no notice of him at all,
and, after buying her ticket, stood
quietly waiting for the gate to Opem,
but. as well as / could make out. was
there as a spy upon her movements and
on the lookout for some one else. He
had stationed himself near her in po-
sition where everyone who went
through the gate must pass under the
searching of his eye. / had noticed.
however. that he had purchased no
ticket, and ! perceived that my only
chance of an interview with the girl
would be in following her on board the
train. Had he been sent by the people
from the House with Green Blinds to
see, without her knowledge. that no
.,..1,g 4 l.
safely out of town without a chance
of betraying them (for that they mis-
trusted her had been evident enough :?
He would scarcely allow person
against whom he had the slightest sus-
picion to follow her through the gate.
] had knowledge of his being ac-
quainted with my own appearance. and
yet. even while he might not have been
present the night before at our inter-
view. there had been plenty of time
for any member of the organization to
become familiar with my face while
they were watching me in my rooms
and before the signal had been given
to me by Jackson. My only hope. there
fore. was that my disguise would pass
muster As it happened. chance fa-
Fored me i'm more ways than one. As I
was following the other passengers
through the door which led to the train
passed very close to the man as he
stood carelessly watching. The woman
IN front of mean old woman. laden
with huge and heavy basket-drop-
ped small pocketbook. He stopped
and picked it up. returning it to her
courteously. and in so doing saw that
his beard was false. The next moment
] was through the gate unchallenged
and had assured myself that he re-
maned behind.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-02
But Sudden Change Came Over IIcr
SDiritS

But Sudden Change Came Over Her
Spirits,
Mrs. Swayback sighed when her
daughter had told her that Mr. Trjvvet
had asked her to be his wife. and that
she had become engaged. says Judge.
Il suppose / ought not to feel badly
about it," Mrs. Swayback added. wiping
away u tear with the corner of her
apron. 1T is womans destiny to be
married. | left the home of my happy
girlhood to become Mrs. Swayback and
now you must leave to become Mrs.
Trivvet. Still. | cannot help feeling my
loss deeply. A mother can never lose
her daughter with Indifference: she
can never give her up-not even to the
best man in the world-without deep
reluctance
BY this time Mrs. Swayback was
sObbng violently and her daughter was
trying to comfort her.
II shall come to see you often moth
er darling" she said
"Of course you will. but 1t is a great
trial to part with you, my child. You
must not mind your fond mothers cry
ing bit over it,
Dry your eyes. mother. I'm sure
you couldn't get finer young man
than Mr.. Trivvet for q SON. law and
vi cOuISe you eAptcttu me 10 get mar
ried some time"
Mrs. Swayback's sobs broke out
afresh and for some time she refused to
be comforted. Then she applied n
handkerchief vigorously to her eyes and
asked:
when is the wedding to be?"
SIN about six months. mamma dear"
''Six months" exclaimed Mrs. Sway
back. What on earth does the procras-
tinator mean by putting It off that
long?' Mary Ann, l don't believe he
intends to marry you at ALL so don't.
If he did he'd insist on having the we'd
ding come off inside six weeks at the
farthest."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-02
CHERIFFS SALE,
CHERIFF'S SALE.
OF
Valuable Real Estate
ON
SATURDAY, JANUARY, II, 1886.
SATURDAY. JANUARY, II, 1896.

By virtue of sundry writs Of Fieri Fa-
cias, Levari Facias and Venditioni Expon-
as, issued out of the court of common
pleas of Lackawanna county, to me di-
rected, will expose to public sale by ven
due or outcry, to the highest and best bid
ders, for cash. at the court house, in the
city of Scranton, Lackawanna county, on
SATURDAY, the ELEVENTH DAY OF
JANUARY, \. d., 1886, at 10 o'clock IN
the forenoon of said day, all the right
title and interest of the defendants in and
to the following described lots, pieces or
parcels OF land. viz
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-02

of the convicts which could be found
was the several suits of prison stripes
which they had exchanged in a small
clOthier's shop in Portsmouth during
the night for more modiSh costumes
There was but one link connecting
this affair with the one in which l was
now implicated-a human voice; but
yet, to me, from the study / had given
the subject, it was slight connec-
tion. l had seen enough to know that
a plot of some grave import was hatch
ing in the House with Green Blinds.
and that my own appearance upon and
disappearance from the scene would
by no means retard matters. What
ever the nature of it might be land /
had my own opinion as to this) | had
seen and heard enough to know that
they could scarcely draw back now.
There was no time to lose. therefore
My goal was the shop of man well
known to our profession-a customer
and secret dealer in professional dis
guises. In half an hour | issued from
it as well set up a clergyman as one
could wish to see. My next move was
to trace the girl who had spoiIed
madam's aim. and in doing so had un-
doubtedly saved my life. / had no
ticed, as she stood under the brilliant
glare of light In the drawing room of
the House with Green Blinds. that her
hat and veil and grown were covered
with shining particles of black dust
a kind which collects rarely but dur
ing railway journey. She had en-
tered the room hurried and breathless.
as though she had been walking rap
idly. Had she come i'm from any sta
tion other than the Grand Central.
which was but a few blocks away, it
seemed to me. from her evident de-
sire for haste. that she would scarcely
have taken time for walking. I pos
sessed myself. working upon these sup
positions, of a timetable, and found
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-02

No. ALI the defendants right. tit.
and interest in and to that certain piece
or parcel of land. situate in the Borough
of Mayfield, Lackawanna county. Penn
sylNania, described as follows:
Being lot No. Twelve Q2) in Block No
Twenty-eight (2S). on the plot OF the Hill
side Coal and Iron company's lots In May
front on Hill street, the same width in
the rear and one hundred ana fifty Q30,
feet in depth. Bounded northeasterly by
lot No. Thirteen QO, now or late or A.
Lally, and southwesterly by lot No. Eleven
I'D, now or late of j. Cawley. =,
Improved with Il two story frame dwell
ing house and outbuildings thereon. Seized
and taken in execution at the suit of Fer
$50. Judgment No. 429. November Term,
1893, III. Fa. to January Term. 1896.
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that an accommodation train which
had p (whither madam had COM
manded me to go the next day. for one
of it's stations. had arrived but a few
minutes before the time OF the girl
appearance at the House with Green
Blinds. No other for the same sta
tion was scheduled to depart within six
hours. 1t was now nearly II o'clock.
and there remained but one thing to do
before allowing myself few hours of
much needed rest. This was to have
an interview with my chief and explain
to him the details of an affair which
il had grown out of my power to con-
troll unaided. l found him just leaving
his club. and explained the thing to
him carefully. together with my own
plans and ideas He was kind enough
to commend them and to allow me to
go on as l had intended, leaving prac-
tically the entire management in my
hands, but giving me the benefit of his
advice and placing whatever assist
ance | desired at my disposal. j sent
Ray. of the department. therefore. to-
gether with another young fellow from
our own Office, to my rooms to watch
whatever might go ON In the opposite
house and to dog anyone who might
issue from it. though the latter seemed
to me a needless precaution.
Before 6 o'clock. having in the mean
time been refreshed by few hours
sleep at the Hotel B., ! was strolling,
without apparently other aim than that
of waiting for my train, up and down
through the waiting-room of the Grand
Central station. 1t was not long be-
fore my expectation was fulfilled. The
girl entered the waiting-room and went
Immediately to the ticket office. where
she purchased a ticket to P. What
set me back, however, was the appear
ance of the person who followed close
behind her. | could not have sworn to
his identity. but the resemblance was
Il marked one The hair escaping
from under his soft hat in wavy rich
ness: the well-groomed appearance:
the small hands and feet, were all In
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-02

No 6.-All the right. title and interest
of the defendants, Thomas r. John and
Thomas b. John, administrator of the
estate of Rachel John, deceased. In and
TO all those certain lots. pieces or parcels
of land situate in the city of Scranton,
county of Lackawanna and state of Penn
sylvania consisting of lots numbers forty
eight and forty-nine GS and iD in square
or block number nineteen 90 and 'front.'
ing on Monroe avenue, now known as Ev-
erett avenue. being each twenty-five (25)
feet in front and one hundred and eighty
seven and one-half QS71a) feet in depth,
according to map entitled price and
Pancoast's addition to the City of Scran-
ton" Coal and minerals reserved.
All improved with a two story double
frame dwelling house and Outbui,dings
thereon. Seized and taken in execution at
the suit of Carson and Davis vs. Thomas
B. John and Thomas b. John, administra-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-02

FRANK Fl. CLEMONS, Sheriff.
Sheriff's office, Scranton, Pa, Dec. II.
1895.
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tor of Rachel John deceased. Debt, $50.
Judgment No. 2SS. January Term, 1886.
Lev. ia. to January Term, 1886.
THOMAS, Attorney.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-02
ALSO

OF the defendant, L. II. Collins, admins
traitor of Jacob A. Collins. deceased, in the
following described pieces or parcels of
land, situate in the township OF Scott,
county of Lackawanns ard state of Penn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-02
DEEPLY GRIEVED.

ITO be continued.)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-02-06
English Liberals Preparing for
q Vigorous Fight m ~
Parliament.
Believe the Unionists Will Aid
Them in the Venezuelan
Matter.
The Armenian Question to
Come in for a Share Of e.
Inquiry.

LONDON, Feb. 6.-The Chronicle an
nounces that the Liberals will challenge
the government at the earliest moment
in parliament on the abandonment OF
the Armeniana cit is believed, Z The
Chronicle continues, ''that A. j. Bal
four, the Conservative leader, VIII then
make revelations concerning the action
Of previous individuals and govern
ments on the Armenian question. The
Liberals regard the Venezuela affair as
too important to be raised as mere
side issue upon the address. Therefore
the house win be adjourned after the
adoption of the address so as to secure a
full debate on Venezuela. The Liberals
are unanimously in favor of arbitration
with the United States, and it is be-
lieved motion to this effect will Sc
cure wide Unionist support.
''Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the
Liberal leader in parliament, who has
studied the case infinitely, fully shares
Hon. John Morley's view that no ques-
ton is more fit for arbitration than
this -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-02-06
DIRECTED HER LETTER TO HEAVEN.
Pathetic Little Story of a Child's Epistle
to Her Dead Mother.

Pathetic Little Story of Child's Epistle
to Her Dead Mother.
At recent wedding the bride had
retired to her dressing room to don her
travelling gown. Her mother had been
dead year Or more, and she had had
the constant care and companionship Of
her little sister ever since their Attic
ton. The 7-year-old entered the room
and went to her sisters chair very
thoughtfully. Drawing a letter from
the little pocket, she said:
"Alice, here is letter to mamma. I
have just written, telling her all about
the wedding. Will you send it to herr"
The elder sister, little shocked, re-
piled as gently as possible that she
couldn't send letter to mother.
Then the little one, looking quite
bright, said promptly:
ooh, yes, you can, because now you
are married, you will be getting little
girl, and when you send for her, just
give the doctor this letter, and he can
take it to mamma when he goes for the
baby"
And there on the envelope was the
address, printed as best she could: "To
Mamma, In Heaven. Kindness of the
Doctor"
She took the letter, and Rugged the
little one to hide the tear which was
rubbed off on the curly, brown head.
Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-02-06
BIG LAKE TRAFFIC.
Surprisingly Large Business Shown by
Duluth and Superior.

Surprisingly Large Business Shown by
Duluth and Superior.
DULUTH, Feb. 6.-The first report
ever issued of the combined lake traffic
of Duluth and Superior, giving their
actual totals, has been sent out from
the United States engineers Office by
Major G. B. Sears, and it makes a sur
prising roundup of business transacted
in 1895. The totals show that 3, 1866
vessels entered the two ports during
1895, having net registered tonnage of
1916, S04, and bringing in 3, 035, 465 tons
of freight, valued at $27, 443, 512, and
that $3.50 vessels departed with the net
registered tonnage of 5,629,67S, carry
ing 4,375,SS6 tons weight, valued at
$6S, 564, $40. These figures are for both
ports for the whole season.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-02-06
Early Candlelirht State Dinners.

1t appears that in olden times the
president used to give his dinner par
ties at 4 o'clock in the afternoon The
grandfather of Representative Acheson
of Pennsylvania once dined with George
Washington, and his family have pre-
served the invitation. 1t is written in a
business hand on fourth page of a
sheet of ordinary note paper, with the
lines running lengthwise across the
sheet, and reads as follows:
Mr.. Acheson is requested to dine with the
president on Thursday, the 23d inst, at
o'clock precisely.
Feb. IA, 1897.
-Chicaoo Record
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-02-06
IN A BALLOON.
The Sensations That Are Superinduced by
Its Rising and Falling.

Its Rising and Falling.
A dim sunlight strikes us in the bal
loon. Suddenly we realize we are in
bright sunshine again, with fieecy white
clouds below us and deep blue sky
above. Look at the shadow of the bal
loon on the clouds! See the light pris-
matte colors like halo around the
shadow of the car. Here we are all
alone, in perfect silence, in the depths
of great abyss-massive clouds tower
ing up on all sides, a snowy white mass
below. But no sign Of earth-no sign
of anything human. Not sound, not a
sign of life! What peace! What bliss !!
Horrors! What's that report? The bal
loon must have burst. Oh, nonsense !!
Keep still! It's only fold of the stuff
nipped by the netting being suddenly
released; that's all.
Well, we are falling, for see the bits
of paper apparently ascending And we
must take care, for the GOODNESS and
dampness of this cloud will cause the
gas to contract, and we shall fall rapid
ly. So get a bag Of ballast ready, for
we are already in the darkness of the
cloud. Now the gas bag shrinks and
writhes, and the loose folds rustic to-
gether. and it gets darker. You can feel
the breeze blowing upward against
your face or hand held over the edge Ct
the car. Well, that's not to be wondered
at, for remember we are falling, say
1000 feet minute, which is the same
thing as if we were going along ten
miles an hour sitting in a dogcart.
Not quite the same, you say-you d
sooner be i'll the cart? Well, perhaps if
the horse were going straight at wall,
without the possibility of being able to
stop him, you would think otherwise.
But look! There is the earth again SO
out with your ballast. Go on! Pour OFT
plenty; there's no good economizing.-
Blackwood's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-02-06
Mark Twain's Latest.

The authorship of "The Personal
Recollections Of Joan of Arc," which
has been appearing serially in Har-
per's Monthly during the last year, and
which has been credited to nearly every
we'll known author, is finally determin-
ed. Volume 6 of the National Cyclic
pedia of American Biography, work
of such accuracy that it may be consid-
cred official, contains new biography
of Mr.. Samuel L. Clemens (Ma,i:
Twain) which enamerates this work in
the list Of his publications.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-02-06
SHOOTING STARS.
How These Odd and Erratic Baby Planets
Blaze and Darken.

x06D8 A~S~S
Blaze and Darken.
The shooting star is an oddity Of the
very oldest kind. It is world Of itself
"a miniature planet ~ probably not
larger than the papier mache globe on
your study table or the rubber ball
with which the schoolboys play "threc'
cornered cat. y but It is world just the
same. These baby planets are not al
ways round, as planets are generally
supposed to be, but are known to be in
ali sorts Of queer shapes. Some are
square, others octagonal; some irregu-
lar and many cornered, while one is oc-
casionally met with which is smooth
as brick or . cement paving stone.
Probably you have never heard of
man Tor woman either, for that matterl
meeting with" a shooting star in any
of his wanderings. Let Us see how such
q thing might be possible.
The shooting star Is originally a min
iature world, revolving around the sun
with as much regularity as the earth,
Jupiter, Venus or Mars. It keeps up
this unerring flight thousands or even
millions Of years. Finally it reaches the
limit Of its existence. Suddenly and
perhaps without any visible cause it
shoots of. at a tangent. It is now a
shooting star" Formerly 1t was
world, but even. now it is not bright as
other stars< are. Let us see what will
cause it to ''flame up like gigantic
torch in the heavens. This particular
body that we are talking about shot off
from it's orbit in the direction of our
earth. It's speed is not less than 20
miles a second, probably five times that.
In the great outer sea Of space it en-
counters no resistance to its headlong
flight. But wait It is nearing the en-
velope of atmosphere which surrounds
our globe. What will be the result when
it comes in contact with "the air we
breathe?" The first stratum it strikes
is so attenuated that its resistance is
very slight. Yet the friction is great
enough to instantly raise the tempera-
ture Of the falling world. Within the
hundredth part of second the dense
stratum Of atmosphere has been encoun-
tered. The flight Of the little world is
now perceptibly checked, the result be-
luS q Suuuou uIluSo VI CHO hibOlaA nav
tiers in the stone. There is an instanta-
neous burst of light, and then we see
the doomed representative Of the minia
ture planets in all its meteoric splendor.
Possibly the streak Of fire it leaves
athwart the heavens will not appear to
be more than few hundred feet long.
Certainly it will be thin and short if
the little world was not larger than
football-because it will be almost in
stantly consumed as soon as it strikes
the denser portions Of the atmosphere.
On the other hand, if this world which
has SO suddenly come to an end was as
large as good sized barn when it start
ed, fragments of it weighing from 10 to
1000 pounds may reach the earth. 1t
is from these fragments that we learn
the shape ard composition of the aerial
phenomenon referred to as shooting
stars. st. Louis Republic
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-02-06
THEIR OWN PHYSICIANS.
Self Dpctoring Promoted by the Use Of Med
icines In Compressed Tablets.

Self Dpptoring Promoted by the Use Of Med
icines In Compressed Tablets.
Not only has the general introduction
Of medicine In the form Of compressed
tablets simplifed the work Of the doc
tor. but it has also vastly promoted self
doctoring. The number Of remedies put
up in this form for popular use con-
stantly increases. Many druggists make
a speciality Of. these things. You see
them displayed near the soda water
fountain, put up in small bottles and
sold at prices that must yield ahand-
some profit. Half q dozen remedies for
indigestion are thus sold, some contain
ing pepsin as the active principle, 9TH
ers containing soda mint, some bismuth,
some charcoal or more powerful disin.
fectants. Some are designed to remove
acidity Of the stomach others to attack
catarrhal condition. Others are to pro-
woke appetite, and still others are to
promote one or another natural func-
ton. A dozen headache cures are sold In
this fashion, and the different emo]li-
ents for the throat are almost innumera-
ble There are grip tablets, liver tab
let's. heart, lung and brain tablets.
Persons who have eschewed patent
medicines all their lives buy these tab.
let's Of one sort or another, because
most Of them are supposed to be well
recognized remedies, Most of, the tab
let's are advertised only in medical jour
mails, in accordance with the require
ments Of the medical code, and many
Of them, no doubt, have obtained their
popularity through their use by reputa
bic physicians as3.a
Quinine, which is now extremely
cheap, is sold largely in the form of
two grain pills or in larger pills con-
tanning iron. Although believed by
many physicians to be dangerous REM
edy, it has long been self prescribed by
all sorts of persons, especially in mala-
rial regions, and it is one of the rene
dies most frequently bought without
prescription. 1t is self prescribed for
malaria in it's many forms, to check a
cold in its early stages, and as tonic
Stimulants of one sort or another are
sold in this form, but more especially
perhaps at the soda fountain, which has
become sort Of medical dispensary.
Many headache remedies are dispensed
at the soda fountain. Some are recon-
mended or suggested by the attendant.
but many persons have their favorites
among the various sedatives and febri-
fuges, and some are called for as regu-
larly as the fruit sirups. New remedies
are constantly introduced through the
soda fountains, and many old ones have
long been included in the annually
frightening list Of the soda water dis
pensers. New York Sun.