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A Chine.e Auction.
Celestial
The
always seems to do
things differently from aothernaionsand
Mast
sales
manner
the
men. Perhaps nowhere is this more
apparent than at an auction sale in
China. To a stranger it is a
surious spectacle. It 1s a quiet, solemn
proceeding, perfect silence being pre
served the whole time In this par
ticular it is unlike the noise and confa
sion that usually reigns on like occa-
sions in this part of the worl I'he
wictioneer leans over a slightly Slevaied
sounter and exhibits his war He
jays nothing, neither does the bidder
who merely steps forward to the auc
fioneer and runs his fingers up his
sleeve, making pressures on the
man's arm, indicating in this
hoy much he is willing to pay for
article. Then another and another re
cat the action until the one signi
ving the highest price receives the ar
ticle without a word being exchanged
on either side. Only the auctioneer
and the successful bidder know the
price offered and accepted lhe op-
portunity fer favoritism in this method
is apparent, and doubtless 1s often act
1 upon
Improved Dust-Pan.
A dust-pan has been
differs frem the ordin
ng a receptacie in whi
may be temporarily
which they may be
charged when desire
scattering of the
the pan
the nan
in pa
overed Dv a pa
wung to
pen
ap i
natu
swisg
wg reuse
Longest liidge
Work
Beware of Ointmants For ©
Contaln Were r
#8 marcary wi
smell and eon
tem when snteri
surfaces, Suchartie )
except on pres. riptions from rep
gleians, as the damage they w
to the good you cam possibly
then, Hall starch Cure, o
by F. J. Cheney & Co,, Tolado,
ho mercury, at is taken Later
directly upon the blood and mu
of the system, Iub iy
be sure you get the genuine,
tergally, and made ia Teled
J. Cheney & Co. Testimonial
Sold by Druggists; price
Hall's Family Pills are the hest,
Death Too Fxpensive,
It is a significant faet
phenomenal increase in the
coffins has come a inarked
of mortality among local Ch
natives just simply cannot
at the present under
that's all there
Times.
that
““My wife had a deep-seated cough
for three years. | purchased two
bottles of Ayer’s Chery Pectoral,
large size, and it cured her com-
pletely. ’"
. H. Burge, Macon, Col.
Probably you know of
cough medicines that re-
lieve little coughs, all
coughs, except deep ones!
The medicine that has
been curing the worst of
deep coughs for sixty
years is Ayer’s Cherry
Pectoral.
Three sizes: 25¢., 80¢c., 81.
—— TN — RTT REIT
All druggists.
Consult year doctor. If he says take it,
then do as he says. If he tells you not |
to take it, then dow’t take it. He knows.
Leave it with him. We are willing
J.C. AYER CO, Lowell, Mass,
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AT E N y s,
sk AD nA “on “= AND PENSIONS,
Are You interested?
Millions of dollars have D sa ade ont of Petey,
ana Trade Maras, Mili ns of dodars ars apprope.
ated to pay POusOns. Se , cars practice,
For Jitutumtion ad literature, FREE, writs
T w. H, WILLS COMPANY,
ng, 04 Ind AVS, Wasiiugton, bs
Sa A BO A
PES FLEE
he SY WILL NOT BURN!
Lie REYSIOAE STALE
Latest News of Pennsyivaazia Told io
Short Order
W. Ia Mathues, State Treasurer elect
was tendered a dinner and reception by
the members ol Media Republican
Club and friends to the number of 300
Congressman ‘Thomas 5 But! was
only out-of-town speaker Mr
Butler, in his speech of congratulation,
‘ook occasion to predict the passage of
lato for the ung of th
Delaware river channel. Mr. Matheus
m his speech, predicted that ii the Del
aware river channel is widened and
deepend that Chestes become the
tron center of Pennsylva
the
(de
ieepe:
will
nia.
Attorney |
cided that in the case of
Mabel Bechtel, he will
tional charges of accessories be
fact against the girl's mother, her
ter, Myrtha, her two brothers
and John, and her
lois Eckstein, all of
bail, charged as
fact He will
of these persons
clings te specify
ecnle
ichtenswalner de
the murder
bring add
Ore the
District
aianced
whom are
ACCCanUrICS t
also prosecule
nsylvani
The Pen
road Compan
will i
SOON Col extensive bu
operations yvateaviiie ihe
'
Laranany
betweer
company purchased rua H
Rambo the tract of land lying
} Coates stre and Fiid
here it will ere
cis
ight stations
Ls rANCYy, 1e81 h
ar chem Chester High
School, wa demonstra
aon a chemu il gi i 1 a lar h
any ia t i high a t
freon Mo: < » : ily called
geveral oi | Oi remove
bow! which
d
MIW
the
Wer rom a Ww
Ow
Living wm a
getting what he
boys in the neigl
Of existe
Yedis
extend
Road
tle Street
sidents at Av
and candles to bur:
hight company at place
rescind its recent order advancing
price of eleciric lighting 60 per
[here » no gas in the town
Jom Hornberger, a Mahanoy Valle
enraged at a party of seve
1s
that
farmer
Thomas Mitche
James McG mgle
tract mn
land Ho
an explosi
the
result of
gas
John Coons, aged 22 years, of Beaver
Meadow, was fou
mine and died afterward His
skull had been fractured, and it is sug
posed he was str in a fight
Charles Watson,
eler of Philadelph rove to Freeland
and there dismissed the carriage and
returned to Hazleton on trolley
road In returning, the carriage wa
struck by a train on the Drifton cross
ing. Both horses were killed and the
Iriver was hurled through the top of
vehicle, landing forty feet away
Rev. J. I. Hoffman, pastor of the
English Lutheran Church in Tremont
tendered resignation and ac
cepted a call to Grace Lutheran Church
Seranton
James French, a barber,
in Scranton on a charge of
is alleged that French was sent to 2
house to shave a corpse and after hay
ing concluded his labors pocketed $1
that had been left on a bureau.
Mary Howells, aged 14 years. wat
held up and robbed by two highway
men on a lonely path between Maysvills
and kor Ridge. The robber:
choked her into UNcONSCIOUSNEss anc
stole her pocketbook. This is the
third hold-up at that place within a few
weeks,
The milkmen of Plymouth have
agreed to make no deliveries on Sun
nd unconscious in a
SOON
ommercial tray
the
his
was arrestec
larceny. It
day,
he County Commissioners offer
reward of $100 for the arrest of Ho
mer Quarry, who is wanted for the
killing of Charles Imler at Woodburn)
en the night of November »
COMMERCE L REYiky
Ucneral Trade Conditions
R. G&G. Dun & ¢
Review of
;
Ompany s
Trade” say
of wages and abnormally
are not calculated
bution oi
ing
staple
mercial
apparel and Several
ndid
ties «
this
BETS
put
and pr
Prices of
than
labor
graphing
are Offset
building
coal mines, whi!
tron worker
in strikes
resumpt
Season, v
tural commun
£ 0 money in
Ket
are
Arg: sum
vide a mar for commodi
all staples
a month previous
disputes in mm
and
eat
sCVerd:
by Hew
trades, sire
the
mes,
vards
week of
than
Istreet’s
larger
Bra
ing
weeks
“es
AgRInS 2.144.7¢
1901 and 61.031
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
Flour 5; ug cicar, 3
tO
$c ax h ¢e Far v 3
lo oid,
DOOT
do
go
mark, do do, 200 21.
Live Stock
Dressed
city dressed native sides,
range, 6f@oc per pound. Cables quo!
ed American steers at 11%4c, top prices
dressed weight: refrigerator beef
WlaR's per pound; exports, $0 cat
tle, Hogs Receipts, 1415 head
bunch of rough mix
at $5 per 100 pounds
Chicago. —Cattle—Good to prime
$55 70: poor to medium, $3.2
@4.75: stockers and feeders, $1.)
4.25; cows, $1. 50g: heifers, $2005;
ners, $i1.306240;: bulls, $1750
calves, $2005.70; Texas fed steers,
3.50; Western steers, $yq £0, Ho
eceipts today. 10.000 head: tomor
18.000; opened steady ¢ osed 10x
lower; mixed and butchers $4.00605.08
good to choice heavy, $46300%;
eavy, $4 2004.00; light, $4.43@5;
of sales, $4.60¢14.90.
INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES
A child of nine should weigh sixty
pounds,
. A heavy dew is the sign of a son!
erly wind.
A big American shoe store is cpon
ed in Vienna,
Mexico produces more silver than
other country,
A high grade of paper is now mad
from cotton seeds,
hile exported 008.485 tons of ni
trate of soda last y
A number of A hi wagons are pn
wie in Landon fer heavy hauling,
New York steady
extrems
beef
5
bul
an
WHAT SICK KIDNEYS CAUSE.
Kipney COMPLAINTS Dia
betes, Bright's Disease, Inflam
metion of the Kidneve, Dri
fewelling of the limbs or body), |
incessant paivs in the
Ivins
baek
ONLY GENUINE.
LLACK, or.
wife of
roker, of
living
Pireel, says:
| was eured
udder trouble
Brapper Treveres hr
famwmation ef the bh
Rammed passages, pa
urine, incor Cuce OF
much or too little
Unie Acip
Rheumatism
€all Stones, Lum!
Nenve Trove
ia, Boiatica, Ne
whew plessness
| knew wm
Rome |
Erg
I have ®
inte
Gravel (ON of
Broop Bare C¢
6a Deser:be
BOvier sent
@ermar
Cay ines
¥y Bas
Saw Frou; gh It.
thall recen
umbr
i ghter
fits nr noarvso
fe Ri
os and treatisefres
8
ne'a Great
“t.. P
fourteen year
London
and 1s insa
Avenn
radaces infla
tion, sliays nain, sures wind colic, 25
tor eliildess
Mrs Winslow's Sonthi
250. a bottias
India possesses five universities, with 192
affiliated colleges 201 students
Old Sofas. Backs of Chairs, ete, ean he
dyed with Porxan ¥Yanrress Dyes
A well equipped eve sanatorium will
be traveling through E &ypt in a tent
so0On
Pino's Care cannot be too highly ane ’
O'Bnny
Minn.
Ken ¢
Avenue N.. Minneapolis Jan. 6. 19560
More than 5.000.000 of the 13.50.0080 pea
pie of Mexico do not work
H. H, Gaegex's Soxs, of Atlanta, Ga. ars
world, See their iiberal offer in advertise.
ment in another column of this paper,
Alaska has
gauge rairoac 1.
only five miles of
in one
Hartley's
Agta,
mekage, Ask your dealer for Dr
Great Remedy.” Bo sure vou get it,
Stanley & Brown Drug Co., Balto, Md.
The total deposits in Kansas banks are
about 0, ow, O00
a EH wn i—
Yel
|
|
Loaded
Factory
SOR CTY
every
¢ there
Ciub los
Nits
aded
ie
: @
88 pot
Killers
Catalogue free.
be Union Metallic Carvidpe Co.
DRIDGEPORT. CONN,
Agency, 213 Broadway, §
New York
Best For
The Dow els
Pleasant. Palstanie
Never Ricken
8oid in balk The gennine tabiet sis
Guaranteed to pure or your mover ba
Sterling Remedy Co. cago or NY, wg
Potent, Taste Good
Wenken or Gripe, Me ¥
Do Gnod
Fever
€ envelopes;
PAID tor a a
$6; and st a4 ui
Soy wmour kx Uo, ¢
sor
wendy Wo
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THERE 15 Lg
SLICKER LIKE "ee
Forty years ago and after many yesrs
of use on the eastern coast. Tower's
Walerproof Oiled Coots were introduced
in the West and were called Slickers By
the pioneers and cowboys. This graphic
tis i uch actu Pe at
it is fre wr h d
to many sbstitutes You want 4
Look for the Sign of the Fish.and
. the name Tower on the butions,
IN BLACK AND YULOW
A
awtrue ton:
West
| A.J TOWER CO.BOSTON, MASS.
TOWER CANADIAN CO. Limited ¥
Stamp it the
parfeci remedy
cy Pills My
Lal Wy hint
Faved
pt uleer
yr
ail a0U
Potash
yv are needed LY very mi;
Ent
most out
GCEREMAN KALI WORKS
82 Nassau “treet New York
arising frow
reileved « cur thei tL
common is it that ses originate
from safely as
serted there is 1 ‘ lition of IH
health tht will ' benefited or
cured by the © val ase of Ripans
Tabules. [i ans w them and
speak highly { them All druggists
ell them. f it package 9
enough for an ordinary occasion, and
the Family Dott siity cents, contair
a bouschold supp ar 8 year. ©O
generally gives i
tutes
GAPSICUMVASELIRE
(FUTUR IN COLLAPSIBLE TURES)
A gabstitate forand superior to mustard or
any other plastc r.and will not blists
wet dolicaloskin, The pain.silaying
ativequaliticsolthisarticienrewond »
It will stop the toothache at ohioe a
vo headache and sciatica. We Secon
dit as the best and safest exierm
terdrritantknown also asanex ier?
teddy for rains in the : hest and stom
irheamatio net ral gleandgoniy con
a A tri 1 will prove what we 4s
forit and it will befonnd to be inv a
in e Bousehold Man 7 proplesay
bet of ail of your preparations Pr 0 ord
via, at all drugeists or other dealers, « ria
sendingthisamonnt tousin postage star
wo willsend yonatubeby mail No arti
should beaccented by the puhlicuniesst)
same carries o urlabel, aso horeiseitis,
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