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TJIE SCBAHTON THIBtTNE SATURDAY MOKJSJLNW. JULY ti8. 1894.
GENERAL NEWS
OF
The Wilkes-Barrs Record on Tbnri
day prinUd an Interesting three-column
rerlew of the improvements began and
planned during the putt year in the
colllerifi of Luzerne county. The com
pilation ia a valuable on and reflects
credit upon its publishers. From it we
learn tuat the Lehigh and Wilkes
Burre Coal company is sinking a new
slope across the pitch in the Red Ash
vein at the Ilollenbnck colliery. This
slope will be about 1,200 feet long, and
will open up about half a million tons
of coal. The South Wilkes-Barre No.
1 air shaft, whioh is being sunk on the
anticlinal dividing the South Wilkes
Barre and Buttouwond basins, is now
down to a depth of 290 feet. This siiart
is 13 feot by U7 feet in the clear, and it
will be sunk to the Hillman vein,
which at this point is about GoO feet
below the surface. The object of Milk
ing this shaft is for the purpose of in
creasing ventilation for the South
Wilkes-Barre colliery. When this
shaft is completed the number of men
at present employed in the South
Wilkes-Barre colliery may be donbled.
Fugh Bros, have the contract for sink
ing this shaft, aud the? expect to eom
plvte the work by the end of the year.
A tunnel is being .driven at South
Wilkes-Barre eolliery from the Balti
more vein northward to the basin of
the Hilluian veiu, Gangways will be
driven in the latter vein from this tun
nel westward, and ontlets will be made
to conuect the working' with the new
No. 1 air shaft. The present slope in
the Uillman vein at this colliery Is also
being extended from the basin of the
vein through the intervening measures
to the Baltimore vein.
The slope in the Ross vein at Suirar
Notch colliery is being extended
through the intervening measures to
the Red Ash vein. This slope will cut
the Primrose. Baltimore, Rout and Red
Ash veins. The new No. 2 air shaft at
Lanee colliery, Plymouth, bas just been
completed. This shaft is 1 3 by 37 feet
in the clear, and it sunk to the Rjs
vein, a depth of 570 feet. A slope has
also been sunk ut this colliery from the
Coop.rveln to the Ross vein, and open
ings will be made from this slope to
the foot of the new air shaft in the
Ross vein. Regular mining is expected
to commence in the Ross vein at this
colliery about Jan 1 uext. A new
slope bus also been sunk in .tha
Baltimore veiu at this colliery, which
will open np a large area of virgin ter
ritory on the WiUes-Burre side of the
rivor. At Nottingham colliery, Ply
inoutb,slopes are bving extended to the
lower levels of the Rjss and Red Ash
veins, which will op-m up a nev
territory for this already extensive
collury. . The old workings around
the shaft and also in the area affected
by the squevz.', which occurred at this
colliery between three and four years
u go, are beintr filled up with calm.
The culm is flushed into the vvorkiujjs
from the culm bank and from tin
breaker through boles bored from the
snrface to the Red Ash vein. At No.
IS colliery, Wanamie, a new slope is
being sunk in the Ross vein. The
slope will be about 1,300 feet long and
the rope for boisting the coal on thm
slope will ran through a bore hole 218
feet deep to the engines looated on the
surface. The work at the new Mux
well shaft at Ashley is progressing
very rapidly. The contractors, Davey
& WHsloy, have three shifts on in
twentv-fonr hours. They are down
over 300 feet and expeet at any time to
come through to the Baltimore vein.
It is the best timbered shaft in tha
world; all of the timbering is of
Georgia yellow pine.
In this same review the Record gives
extended space to the new develop
ments in Schuylkill county, in which
both Wllkes-Barre and Scranton capi
tal is interested. The Thuron tract of
M0 acres, leased by ex-Senator Morgan
B. Williams, is one of the richest of
the tracts now undergoing develop
ment. There are from fifteen to eigh
teen veins and it is estimated that the
tract contains at least 3O.U0O.0OO tons of
eoal, Mr. Williams will erect a large
modern breaker, beginning probably
this fall, and will sink at . least two
shafts to the lower measure, which,
with the Spenser slope, will give time
openings. Coal men who have looked
over the tract pronounce it a rich find.
For the week ended July 21, anthra
cite shipments amounted to 881,063
tons, an increase of 103 065 tons ov-r
the same week last year. Of last week's
increase it famished no less than 53 -391
tons, agAinst an increase of 31,310
tons for the Wyoming region and 14,371
tons for the Lehigh region. The total
shipments so far reported thin month
is as follows: First week, G27.G99 tons;
second week, 035,097 tons; third (Inst)
week, .881,003 tons; total, 2,493.859
tons; weekly average, 831,280 tons.
Last week's shipments wore, therefore,
101,031 tons lens than in the preceding
week, bnt 253,364 tons in excess of the
first week's shipment. For the year to
the end of last week shmments Hgure
gated 21,015,197 tone, against 23,302,817
for the corresponding period last year,
a decrease of 1,717,620 tons. The full
statement follows:
July 21, July 22.
1K1H.
im. Dir.
Unions.
Wyoming
I.eliiL'li ,
bchuyikill....,
TfillH.
4!W,III7
Jt,VVt
ii:j,?.a
Tims. frn'cfl
3.W.3I7 Ino ;,!
i-St,m Ino 1I,:I7I
MU..1VS Ino 6J,J)!I4
!7H,9Uii Inc Ht'.OfiS
Total SI,(W3
Total for year
to note H.013.187 213(2,817 Doc 1.717,820
A dispatch from II
rgsays that
there to as-
n jury has been
sees damages in con
ion proceed-
ings Instituted by
ley railroad, wbic
ate that portion o:
berland Val-
to appropri
South Penn-
sylvania ronte from
rton, in Cum
berland county, to Hirrisburg. The
piers in the Susauebanda river are in
cluded in this section of the route. The
Cumberland Vallej wants n freight
route to Harrlsburg which will not in
terfere with its passenger traffic. The
piers which are to be thus utilized ha to
stood Idle for years. When the Read
ing railroad was, seeking an outlet west
from Hiirrisburg it sought to buy these
piers, but its offer was refused, and it
built a bridge just below them. Ae a
part of the Pennsylvania railroad sys
tem, the Cumberland Valley road can
( make good nse of the piers so long con
demned to uselessness, and tbe large
amount . of money expended on them
will at last make some return.
J A unique trolley car fender is pro
' posed by a Boston inventor. He has
taken tho large revolving brushes from
a street sweeper and placed them in
such a position tinder tbe car so that a
person who happens to fall in front of
the car will be praotically swept from
the traok. Tbe brushes are geared to
tbe axle of the car so that they will re
volve as the car moves along. Their
position ia much the aame as that of a
INDUSTRIES
arr.toji
tile Gun)
hdesirel
fl the old
Rive
cow catoher that is. In the shape of a
V, with the point ahead. A person who
drops on the tracks must strike on
either side of the V, whisb, revolving,
would roll them over and over until
they are outside the line of the wheels.
At least, that ia the theory,
Wall street.taya tbe New York Trib
une, is laughing sardonically at the
virtuous indignation of Mr. Cleveland
that the "poor farmer" should be shorn
of protection in his sheep raising while
the eoal and iron "capitalists" retain
protection. Mr. Clevoland does not
speak of the labor which is dependent
upon the profitable operation of Ameri
ctu mines. But be insists that ' 'tariff
reform" demand that the farmer shall
be robbed of protection through the
meaus of free wool, and that capital
and labor engaged in the miniug of
American ore and bituminous coal
shall be stricken down to enrich tbe
owners of Canadian coal tubes and
Cuban iron mines. And by a
curious circumstanoe, long be
fore the innocent publio could see
what the purpose of the administra
tion was, tbe ownership of these mines
had been oarefully "corralled" by poli
tical and personal friends of the presi
dent, Wall street raou now see clearly
through the little game of mouey-mak-iug
by politics which the president, in
his letter to Congressman Wilson, lends
all bis influence to- Itssuoonssful con
summation apparently involves tbe
fostering of an American monopoly
that has contributed mora to demoral
ize legislation than any other combina
tion of capital ever expected to do. A
coal trnst in Nova Sjntia, an iron trust
in Cuba and a sugar trust in the United
States join bands to mulct the Ameri
can people "in the susred name of tar
iff reform."
Minor Industrial Notes:
A Reading freght train parted and enme
together iigmu nt Mahauoy City, wrecking
tweuty-eight cars.
The Exeter breaker of the Lohigh Val
ley Coal company, when remodeled, will
hare a daily capacity of 1,200 tons.
The strike of bituminous miners in the
Clearfleld district, which bas been on siuce
April -1, shows signs of weakening.
Work is being pushed on tbe new branch
of the Northern Central railway ruuning
from Brady to the Uuion Coal company's
Scott colliery,
The shipments of coal down the main
line of tbe Reading railroad from Palo
Alto and Cressona Thursday amounted to
over 3U,O0l) tons.
St. Nicholas colliery, near Shenandoah,
which was Hooded some months ago be
cause of Are, reopened Tuursday, giviug
work to 6J0 men.
The appareut consumption of iron ia
tbe first half of this year was 3,803, 015 tons,
or about half the consumption previous to
the presidential election of 1893.
The new 000 foot shaft ot tbe Alden Coal
company recently suuk through the Hill
mau and Cooper veins will.it is announced,
be the moans of opening up a large area of
coal.
The car shops at Weatherly are again
working full time, but the railroaders are
only working half time, although some of
them make enough extra time to bring it
up to Ave days per week.
The Atchison road has announced defi
nitely at Chicago that it bas at present no
intention of re-entering the Westera Pas
senger association, and it will have no
part in any meetiug with that object.
The Plymouth Coal company contem
plates sinking No. 13 shaft from the Ben
nett to the Ked Ash veins. Everything is
iu rendiuess to begin at once, A new slope
will be sunk. It will go from the Ross to
the Red Ash veins.
The Gaylord mine of the Kingston Coal
company is hoisting an average of 150
cars daily. The Beuuett and Cooper veins
are beiug cleaned up and will soon be in
working oider, whoa a daily average of
4UU cars is anticipated.
The flre which recently broke out araonj
a pile of rubbish in an abaudoned strip
ping belonging to tbe Lehigh aud Wilkss
BarreCoal company at Aadenried, and
which it was feared might can in some
trouble, is now entirely extinguished.
The Tresckow coal washery erected by
T. Rickert & Son, is about complete aud
will soon be given a trial. If the machin
ery works satisfactory the same will be
put in active operation at once. The plant
is replete with all the latest improvements
in line of machinery.
Travel to tbe east and to the northern
rummer resorts continues fairly good,
though not up to tbn mark of a few years
ago. The general depression la business
has robbo lniany a family of the summer
vacation on the seashore or in the moun
tains, or in the east with relatives.
Tbe Reading Railroal company has Is
sued a series of new rules to their watch
men nt crossings, by whioh tbe day watch
men are required to be on duty from 6 a.
in to 8.15 p. in., a total of over fourteen
hours, for 30 per month. They are also
forbidden to read any books or papers
while on duty.
'Among the year's improvements
wrought b.-' the Delaware, Lackawanna
nnd Western Coal compnny bas been the
driving of a tunnel from the Red Ash to
the Ross veins in the Woodward colliery;
tbe driving ot a rock tunnel from the
Rubs to the Red Ash in tbe Avondale col
liery; and tbe draining of tbe Pettebone
mine. -
Vice-President Voorhees, of the Reading
railroad, in r.'ply to n question with refer
ence to the effort madu by employes of the
company to secure a restoration of wages
to tho rate before the reduction of last
March said: ,-Tli company is certatuly
not in condition to raise anybody's pay at
present. Our published reports will show
that, and, furthermore, we have not re
ceived any requests from anybody for
more wages."
The. Scranton and Pittston Traction
company is spoken of by the Philadelphia
Record as "a portion of the electric rail
way system of tbe Wyoming and Lacka
wanna valley.-, which, when completed,
will be one of the most extensive inter
urban clectrio railway systems in the
world, fio less than thirty towns and
villanes are to be connected by trolley
with Kcrantou, Pittston, Wilkes-Barre
and Carboudale."
As typical of the retrenchments neces
sary in railway circlos daring these times,
it is said tbnt the Santa Fe operation offi
cials are at work on a new train schedule,
which, iu a great measure, will cover the
present ground and yet enable the road to
save about 12,00(1 a day. Other reductions
will be arrived at by lopping off certain
luxuries, which close competition made
apparently necessary, but for which the
average traveler cares very little.
Tbe Reynolds Milling company has de
cidod to open the old Union mine at Avon
dale. They have about thirty-five acres
of coal untouched in the Ross and Red
Ash veins. Mr. Corgan has control of the
inside work, and within the past three
mouths has pushed the opening tunnol 178
feot.'.Tyrroll & Co. are now framing a large
breaker, 00x50 feet, aud it will be pushed
so as to have it erected by tbe time the
opening tunnel is completod. It is said
that this company bas at least 1,000,000
tons of mineable coal to take out.
Tho prospect for steady work at the
Stockton Iron works, Stockton, was never
brighter, iys the Hazleton Standard. Tho
shops are kept busy turning out big pumps
and breaker machinery of every descrip
tion.' (Superintendent James E. Roderick
has just closed a ' contract with Superin
tendent frank Pardee for two large
pumps to be placed in ' their ' Cranberry
colliery,; each to throw 8.000 gallons of
water to tbe surface per minute. They
have jnst completed and delivered a large
primp to the Lehigh and Wilkes-Bsrre
Coal company,, Audenried. This pump
will, when placed' in position, greatly in
crease said company's pumping capacity.
My physician said I could not live, my
livef out of ordor, frequently vomited
greenish mucous, skin yellow, small dry
humors on face, stomach would not retain
food. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me.
Mrs. Adelaide O'Brien, S7i Exchange
street Buffalo, N. Y.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
Etook and Bonis.
New York, July 27. Extreme dullness
characterized operatlous at the Stock ex
change throughout the day. The dealings
were wholly professional and were eon
fined almost entirely to tbe four walla of
tbe Stock exobange. An effort was made
in tbe early hours of business to advance
prices on sdrloes from Washington that
tbe prospect for the passage of a
tariff bill had improved aud the
general lilt did improve fractionally, but
the advance failed to hold because
of the disoouraging news from the weat
concerning tbe corn crop. This lsd to
sales of tbe Grangers which yielded Jtf to
per cent, outside ot Burlington and
guiucy, which sold off from 75 to 7b
tue stock selling at 73 seller sixty when tbe
pries in the regular way was 74. Specula
tion closed lifeless aud barely steady iu
tone. Tho total transactions were 80,323
shares, iucludiug 20, im unlisted.
Ttit following- corapl.io table snowinp; tb
day's fluctuations iq aotlve stooks Is suppllnd
and reviHsd daily by LuUar A Fuller, stock
brokers, 121 Wyoming aveuue:
open- Hlitta- Low Clos
lnar, est. eat. tu(.
Am. Cot. Oil
Am Huttar. 1UIW WM, 101 li Mli
a.t.s. r uZ 4t, ;i?2 as
Can. Bo. 4UU 4U2 411 mi
Con. N. J
Chlo A N. W HUH IDIL-. 101 U4-1
Q., B. A 0 74W 75 7J? 7il,i
Ohio. Ua W 741J T,4 TMt
C, C. (.'. A Bt. L.... 'M IW 8.1 M
Col.. Hock.Val. AT
D. AH K!a 1111 mi Wl4
D.. I,. A W
d. a o. f w m Wi
tirle 14 14 14 14
u. k. Co w4 tt ae
Lake Sbore
L. AM 40 40 151 4f,M
Manunttau 114M U4V1 1HU JH'l
Ulna. I'ac 2114 )J 5
Nat. Lead
N. Y. A N. E
N. Y. Oontral D7j), U7?j V, V'H
NY U VV
n. y'.'. b.' a w".;.';;; uii iin
U. S. C. Co- 21 21$ SI 2'
North Pat)
North Pac. uf 1: 44 lllW 1M
Omaha 3 Surf 85 XH
Pac. Mall
Raadluir 17 17 17W Kit
ltoelc Island H U Wt
R.T 14 I4M 14 HH
St. Paul fid 4H2 mi 67'
T..C.AI ..IT ill 14 17H
Toxas & Iao . Kiti W8 K Si
Union 1'a.riHn Mi Mi B Wit
Wabash p' mi 1J VH 1W
Western Union H 4i M
W.& U E l Vii "
W. & L. E. pfd 7 47 82" 35
Chicago Oram and Provisions.
SrRANTOM, July 27. The following quota
tions aro supplied aud oorru.itoj daily by La
Bar A Fullsr.atock broker Ul Wyoming av-
uuo.
WHEAT.
Opening ,
Hignast
Lowest
Closing
COHN.
Opening
Highest
Lowest
Closing
UA'l S.
Opening
Uiljhest
Lowest
Closinii
POKK.
JulT. Sept. Doc
61 srft
f.Un !SS 67
Mi 'Ml 55
tO ttQi 60
44 43 ....
44 46 ....
44 44 ....
44 444, ....
314 28 ....
ai 2' ....
81 2 ....
siH sa ....
1275 1270 ....
1275 liWO
1275 1270
1275 1275 ....
700 C97 ....
700 702
0117 mi
BW e7
f) 873 ....
N) (H
075 670
C75 070 ....
Lowest
Closing
LAUD.
Opening
Highest
Lowest
i losing
HHOKT RIBS.
Opening
Highest ,
Lowest
Closing
fioranton Wholesale Harktt
ScnANTON,July 27. Fruit anu Produce
Dried apples per pound, 6(a7c.: evap
orated apples, 1 UUc. per pouud; Turkish
prunes, 5a5c: English currants, SaSc;
layer raisius. fl.75al.80: muscatels, tl.UQa
1.49 per box; new Vaiunoha, Ua7c per
pound.
Beams Marrow-fats, $iS53.00 per
busliel; mediums, tl.8l.00.
Pli.8 Green. 11. 1 5ttl.SU per bnshei ;spll t,
t2.50a2.00i leatela, 5 to tfc. per posnfl.
Potatois New, per barrel, I8.00a3.50.
Omons-BusIidI, WOa
Butter 16a to 19c. per lb.
t'Hiitsi 8ia9c. per 10.
Egos Frasn. Unlike.
MgATs-Uauis, lit.; small bams, lSVc;
skinned bams, 14o. s California barns,
Uc: shoulders, 0c; bellies, VXc; smoked
breakfast bacon, 12c.
mokko Beei1 -Outside, 13c; sets,
15c: iusides and Knuckles, 10to. Acme
sliced smoked beef, 1 pound cans, $2.25
dozen,
Poiik Mess at $15; short cut, $10.
Lard Leaf In tierce at Va.s in tubs,
Oc; in 10-pound palls, V'Ao.: tn 5-ponnd
pails, 0c; tUpouud pail. 10. per
ponnd; compound lard tiercel, 7o. ; tubs,
7J,(e.; 10-pound pails, 7c per pound;
5-pound pails, 7c. per pouud; 3-pound
pails, 8c. per pound.
Flour Minnesota patent, per barrel,
U.Ooat.25; Ohio and Indiana amber, at
(8.25; Urabam at 13.50; rye Hour, at
t.a.00.
Feed Allied, per swt, at $1.09.
Grain Rye, 05.; corn, 02 to 551 ; oat.
53 to 6(lc. per busheL
Rva Straw Per ton, $l3al8.
HAV-$14.50alO.
Kew York Produce Harktt.
New York. July 27. Flour Neg
lected, geueiully weuk.
Wheat Dull, firmer; No. 2 red tore
and elevator, 64Jc: afloar, 54Jiu55o.; f.
o. b., 5c; No. a red, 52c; ungraded
red, fi0a65!c.i No. 1 northern, 03c.;
options cloned steady at nscbanged
prices to Kc. ovr jesterd'ty, with
trading dull; December and Septem
ber were most active, and sold tc. be
low previous low records; salsa lucluded
No. '2 red closing .Inly 64 Xo.; August,
54c: September, 50.',; October, 67t'c.;
December, 6c.; May, 04c.
conn Dull, stronger; No. 2, 40a605fc.
elevator; Slc. afloat; options cloaed firm
t K0 over yestorday; trading fair:
.September and May most active; July
50c: August, 60c.) September, i)X;.;
October, 4'Jc.; Novembar, 4Sc; 'De
cember, 47o. ; May, 47ic.
Oats Dull, steady; option), dull.flrmer;
July, D!)h.; August, H3o.; September,
32c; October, 33c.; No. 2 white Jnly,
closing, 80c; spot pries, No. 2, 40c. :
No. 2 white, 41n41t;t;.: No. 2 Chicago,
42c: No. 8 t0a30Ic.; No. i white. ru.;
mixed western, 41a42c. white do., 40a52c;
white state, 40a52c.
Beev Dull, steady) family fl2al4,' ex
tremes, 8a8.50.
Brbf Bamh Quiet; $21,
Tiehced Beep Quiet, steady; city extra
India mess. tl7al8.
Cut MEATS-Qutst, steady; pickled bel
lies, 12 pounds at 7c: pickled should
ers, 0c; pickled bams, lial2o.
Miudlrh -Nominal.
Lard Firmer, quiet; western steam,
I7.87X: city, 0J4c Beptember, $7.80;
Jny, $7.87; September, $7.87; reflueil,
firmer; continent, $7.65; South America,
$7.89; compound, flaOJa'c.
Pork More active, steadv; moss, 14a
14 25; extra prim) $13al8.50.
Butter Fair demand, firm; state dairy,
14)t18c.: do. creamery, lSallta; pBOn
sylvania, do., lSalUai western dairy,
HXal4Wc; do. creamery, ISaltfa; do. fac
tory, UXaHXa; elgius, 19c; imitation
creamery, 18al5c '
Chkebe Hteadier. more active; state
large, 7a8c; do. fancy, Bc; do. small,
7ttaUc; part skims, 2K5Hc; full skims,
lKa2&
Egos Easier, fair demand; state and
Pennsylvania, 15c; western fresh, lt)al4a;
do, per case, tla3.
Philadelphia Tallow Uarkst
Philadelphia. July 27. Tallow wa
dull and unchanged, price werei Prims
city in bogsbads,4ka4c; prim country,
In barrels, 4c.; do. dark in barrels, 8a
4c; cakes, 4,c; grease, 80.
That tired veelino which 1 to common
and so overpowering is entirely driven off
by Hood's BarsaparUla, tbe btst blood
purifier. Hood's Harsaparilla overcomes
weakness. ,
Hood's Pills are th best after-dinner
pills, assist digestion, cure headache. 25a
a dox.
SUMMER FANCY WORK.
Kotos From tiaulda ud Country Flataaa
and rarlors.
Women, old and young, who fill hotel
piazzas at summer resorts ply their needles
a diligently as If their tusks had a com
mercial vnlue. Whore thoro aro so many
fancy workers ono looks for qn lnflnlto
variety of achlovmcnt, but Harper's liuznr
reports that to a great extent tho changes
aro all rung upon the saiuo thomo.
Tho beautiful silk ombroldcry in tbo
flat satin stitch is still tho prevalent dec
oration fur the uuinbcrlcss articles that
have becu prepiux'd for tbo Into summer's
leisure.
Instead of being confined to tho routine
patterns, ono can now order from tleulcrs
ull sorts of special duslgns for working.
If desired, uiiuxuiupleof tho finished work
is given by an embroidered corner, but
this Is not altogether a good Idea In every
case, for tho dltlorcnco between tho model
and the work of tho nmutour is sometimes
too apparent.
A pretty tnblo center, with dollies to
correspond, is made of white llneu em
broidered in exact imitation of the onion
pattern china. Tho hem is covered with a
smaller edition of tho saiuo pattern. IUuo
silk as nearly as possible of tho shude soon
on tho china is used, and tho tiny Dresden
mark of crossed swords is worked on a
corner of ouch piece.
Among the dainties of tnblo fittings nro
tho sots of center and pluto mats worked
with tho (lowered Dresden pattern. For
getmcnots, bluebells and rosebuds In
miniature nio powdered over tho gurfuce.
Groups of tbo saiuo aro effectively collect
ed In tho corners. Tho llttlo crossed
swords havo their placo upon these pieces
if tho worker chooses.
Somo of tho handsomest dollies to bo
scon aro made of smull squares of linen
cambrio edged nnil nearly covered with
honiton laco braid bunted on in scallops
and medallions nnd fastened with button
holing dono with white silk. Tho linen Is
cut nwuy beneath the decoration, and tbo
effect iu a small plain center with n wldo
bordor of rich luce. Fancy loco stitches
done with whlto silk may be used to fill
tho openings madu by turning tho braid
Into different forms. Tho braid goncrully
used is u chain of openwork ovuls.
To Cook Lettuces.
Those mako a delicious nnd very simply
prcpured vegctablo dish. Tho plainest and
perhaps the most satisfactory way of cook
ing them is as follows: Choose somo lino
Ann lettuces, strip them of their outer
leaves, then tio them round or condiio
them in a thin string net and put them
Into a stewpan without any water, but
strewn with a sufficient quantity of salt.
When tender (and they will tuko a very
short timo to becomo so), strain them
carefully of all tho water, taking enro not
to damage them In so doing. Then, when
quito free from all tho liquor, put them
into a shallow saucepan, with butter, salt,
pepper and somo good strong gravy. Lot
them simmer gently for about half an
hour; then servo. Lettuces aro also de
licious when prepared us follows: Boil
them as above stated and strain well;
then cook them for an hour tn a white
sauco mado thus: Stir over the firo a picco
of butter in an enameled saucepan with
some flour; add a llttlo water, nbout half
a wineglass, and very slowly o cupful of
cream, stirring gently all tho tlma Put
in suit and pepper to tasto.
French Charlotte Ruiso.
A genuine French churlotto russo is not
stiffened by gelatin, but is mado of
whipped cream flavored and sweetened in
various ways. Tbo cuke which forma the
covor Is always spongo cuke, and tho most
convenient form Is that of tho simple lady
fingers that are to be found in any bake
shop. Thcso dainty llttlo cukes aro gen
erally used for a churlotto russo by tho
French.
To mako individual molds split tho
lady fingers nnd cut them in halves. Have
at bund six smull churlotto russo molds.
Thcso should bo about 2 'A inches high, 2
Inches across tho bottom und sloping to
ward tho top. Lino tho molds with tho
pieces of lady lingers, bulng careful to
keep tho outside of the cakes against tho
molds. It will take about u pint of cream
beaten to n stiff froth to fill these individ
ual charlottes und leavo a llttlo to mako
a dressing around them.
Bamboo Furniture,
Nothing can bo more artistic or desira
ble for summer furnishing than bamboo
furniture. -tVur exquisite daintiness and
beauty of outlluo it is tho furniture of nil
others for tbo summer cottage, and a fow
pieces will make a graceful, comfortable
FLOWER STAND AND CIIAIIt IX BAMtlOO.
and artistic cpartmout. Ilumboois n truly
wonderful inuterlul, th larger stems com
bining strength und lightness in n manner
unequalcd by cithor timber or metul
From somo very artist ic designs of bnm
l)Oo furnlturo found in Tho Deoorutor nnd
Furnisher ami ullko sultublo for tho fur
nishing of tho summer homo or tho fresh
air parlor known ns tho piazza nro repro
duced two, a bamboo llower stand and a
chair with loather seat, both extremely
beautiful.
Uinta In Good Housekeeping.
The first duty of tho morning Is to air
tho sleeping rooms aud to do It thoroughly.
Every bed should havo heavy cotton
cases to fit tho mattress, bolster nnd pil
lows. They aro easily rcmovublo If soiled.
On an average- wo spend a third of our
timo in bed. Somo people would appar
ently Uko to spend tho other two-thirds In
tho samo way.
Impure air Is mora likely to cnuso bad
dreams than a guilty conscience. Either
is out of place when wo wish to sleep
sweetly and soundly.
Ills Btrongaat I'lca.
She You have trifled with my affections,
air, and you shall regret it.
He How have If
She Didn't you tell me I was the pret
tiest girl tn town nnd that you wanted me
to be your wifef .
He Yes, but anybody can see from the
context that 1 was speaking ironically.
Uunsey's Weekly.
Fair Warning to a Itcorcant Spoui
Tho following notice recently appear
ed in an Australian newspaper: "If Hu
bert Lynott, my husband, docs no re
turn aud support roe within throe inrViths
from this date, I intend to remarry. .Flor
ence Emllle LynoW." ;
AT THE TELEPHONE.
On Knd of a Conversation Between the
Hungry Man nnd HI Wife.
Ho is a young married nmu and lives out
In the west end. It was 5 o'clock yester
day afternoon when he was oalled to the
telephone. Nobody knows who spoke to
him or what was said, but everybody In the
office knows what he said.
"But I'm starving," he said in a plain
tive voice. "I didn't have enough to keep
a cbiok alive this morning."
1"
"Speak louder.. Did the best I could.
What? Why, I couldn't find anything to fry
the steak In. Heyf Why why yes, but
you know that I can't cook; besides hello,
central, what did you cut us oft for is
thut youf You said you were coming
home."
"No wliatf I didn't wash the dishes.
Heyf Well, I piled 'cm nil up, though."
There was u silence of several seconds,
during which he made several attempts to
break in.
"Hut I never thought of the flies. Hey?
IIowcoulS I know they would swarm nil
over the house. What,? I did try to wash
the dishes, but I broke"
!
"Whut's thutf Stand back a little. You
are too close to the phone. Why, I couldn't
help it slipped out of my liund. Yes, It
did. Slipped out of my bund. That's
whut I said. Heyf That's the reason I
stopped. 1 piled 'em nil up, though."
There was more silence.
"I'm hungry us u bear. What'sthatf No.
I had watermelon for lunch. If you wait
till after dinner, I'll bo starved."
He listened again.
"You know 1 cuu't go ton restaurant fot
dinner. I'm strapped tomorrow's puy-
day," and thero was an awful anxiety in
t.: r
iiih voice.
Thero was another intermission, but he
didn't go out, but staid till the curtain
went up again.
"Of course I'll promise. Yes, sure.
Heyf Fay that again. Yes. I'll be on
time. I should sny so. A square mcul
will do. No. I didu't understand. All
right."
He started to hung up the telephone, but
did not do so.
"Hung It, why can't she stay at homef
Well, I don't care. Heyf Well, suppose
she is your mother that's no reason why
she shouldn't stay away for a few days.
What's that? Yes, I do. Y'ou know I do.
Heyf Oh, well, it's ull right, I suppose,
Goodby."
Then he gave the telephone receiver a
vicious shake, hung it up and went over to
his seut. He churned up the papers on his
desk und remarked in a deeply earnest
aud subdued way.
"D-n it!" St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Open to an Engagement.
"Mister," said the greusy wayfarer at tbe
back door plaintively, "can't you do some
thin for a pore manr"
"My friend," replied the man of tin
bouse, "I um a poor man myself."
"I don't s'pose you know whut It is to g(
all over the country huntln work?"
"No."
"The trouble with me," said the pilgrim,
wiping his perspiring brow with tho re
mains of whut had once been a handker
chief, "is nerves. I can't do heavy work.
If you was to ask me to hoe in the garden
to puy fur my breakfus', I couldn't do it. 1
won't deceive you, mister. I just couldn't
do it. But I'm willin to do light work.
I won't stund buck fur no man alive whec
it comes to light work. An if you've gol
any easy job that I can do comfortable like
so 89 to stimulate my appetite 'thoul
weak'nlu my nerves"
"I have told you, my friend," interrupted
the man of the house, "that I am myself i
poor man. I sympathize with you, but
am not uble to do anything to help you
and I certainly don't know of any light
work you could do, I am a lecturer, and 1
moke only a bure living."
"Would you mind tellin me what yoi
lecture about?"
"No. The subject of the lecture I am de
livering this season is 'The Industrial
Crisis.'"
"Mister," said the caller eagerly, "don't
you want u feller to travel with you as t
horrible example of the eflectsof idleness?'1
Chicago Tribune.
Ilargaln,
His face was pinched and drawn.
With faltering steps he wended his way
among the bustling throng.
Anon he paused.
"Kind sir," he suddenly exclaimed, "will
you not give mo a loaf of bread for my wift
and little ones?"
The stranger regarded him not unkindly.
"Far be it from me," he rejoined, "tc
take advantage of your destitutiou. Keer.
your wife and little ones. I do not want
them."
Turning upon his heel, he walked away.
Detroit Tribune.
Apply Ins His Vocabulary.
"Dere's a fine word," said Plodding Pett
as he laid down the piece of paper thut had
been wrapped urouud a ham sandwich
"Dat's a line word, 'procrastinate' What
does It meau?"
"It men: ter put off."
"Does it? An ter t'ink of me bein pro
crnstinated f'um six trains this week.
Well, welll" Washington Star.
A Ilablt of Ilor Former Frofession.
Prince Poninlonski (the guest of honoi
at Mrs. Newlyritch's afternoon recep
tion) Zank you, iuadume. I shall accept
a cup of colTco wiz mooch pluizhaire.
Mine. Newlyritch (concerning whose
early history society is iu the dark, address
ing the caterer's attendunt) Draw ouel
Chicugo Record.
A.) Innovation.
Miss Frank I beliovo iu woman's rights.
Jack Cleverton Then you think every
woman should have a vote? '
Miss Frank No. But I think every
woman should havo a voter. Scribner's
Mairazine.
THE SMALLER, THE BETTER
lr you can only
be sure that a
W "nml1 PiU wiU do
f yuu ai muca
I ..good. Dr. Pierce's
"Pleasant Pellets
are smaller than
any others, sugar
coated, easier to
Jha , take and easier in
the way they act
and yet they really do you more good.
Their refined and concentrated vegetable
extracts act upon the liver in natural
way that lasts. They have a peculiar
strengthening effect on th intestines. They
not only relieve, but permanently cure.
In every liver, stomach, and bowel disor
derConstipation, Biliouinesa, Indigestion,
Windy Eructations, " Rising of Food," Sick
or Bilious Headaches, Sour Stomach they're
piiarojiiiMd to give satisfaction, or your
money is returned. -
PIERCE - CURE
OR. HOMEY RETURNED.
Oi 9
jhiii.
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SUPERLATIVE AND GOLD MEDAL ,
The above brnnd of flour can be had at any of the following merchants,
who will accept Tub fniBUNR flocu coupon ot 25 on eaoh one hundred pounds'
of flour or SO on each barrel of flour.
Ecranton-F. P. Price. Washington tvenus I
Gold Modal Brand.
Dumnore-F. P. Price, Gold Modal Brand.
luuuiuro-K. D. Manley. Superlative bran I.
Uydn fark Carson ft Davis, Waxhhurn St.
Gold Med ;il Brand; J. Boih A. iioars, Mitia
avenue, Superlative Brand.
Greeu Kidico A.L.Spuncer.Uold Medal Brand,
J. T.McHnlo, Superlative.
Providence I'euner ft CbappelLN' Main ave-
nno, Superlative lirand;U. J Gilloepls, W.
Markot streot. Gold Medal Brand.
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Pei'kvillo SUallcr A Klsir Superlative.
Jormyn-C, it. Winters St Co. bupoi alatlv.
Arcbbald Jones, 8 mpson ft Co.. Gold Medal.
Carbondale B. 8. Clark, Gold Medal Brand.
HoucsiUla-I. N. Foster ft Co. Gold Medal.
Miuooka M. II. Lavell
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Dealer in Gnoice Confections and Fruits.
BREAD AND CAKES A SPECIALTY.
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IROH and STEEL
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BKLLOWS
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CUTTING MACHINERY.
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Wholesale and rttail dealers' in Wagonmakers' and Blacksmiths'
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We always may be what we might have been,
A HAPPY PATRON OF
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22 and 23 Commonwealth Building.
TRY US.
HOOD
t.ErOREANQAfTtRUSING.iiooUi.r. auu.. xfcuvE skkjjco,
For Sale In Soranton, Pa., by H. C. SANDERSON, Druist, or. Washington
inn .-nn:oa soreeta.
"ft BEMEDlIliS
rJ"Sf -ijli Th.nrent remedy fornerront proitmtlon nd 11ermidlMail of
spy SC3f-!:-J Uls tfenenuivB organs of .Ither hi. tucb Nervom lTo.tr.tlrq. rail,
ilftfl ItVSJ&l3 .MS ln ur l" M.nhood, lmpotvnor, Nl.bUi linillon, YoutMul Brrpn,
iVil" W) norr,eioeiilTUMol Tob.coo or Opium, wmoni.avoi,oi
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Bit' OKU AMD AMkH USlNdt aowy to -cure or
l orh.lo iy;. m. HiKUM, tini.ul.t.
St(M. UA AMI UtUig.
jro.t w. m t Krlll.o
, ... MAI, lliDICINB
For sale by J0H f H." PHEI.PS,
Spvucs Street, Scranton, Pa.
K. mfv .--n ! r -"-Ml
from llltl. IWfrua, Kav.1, ZHft
The Flour
Awards
"Chicaoo, Oct 81. Fh first official
snnooaoemsnt of World's Fair 41
plomas on flour bas been mads. A
medal bas bssa warded by tbi
World's Fair judges to the flour manu
factured by the Washburn, Crosby Co,
in tbe great Washburn Flour kills,
Minneapolis. Th committee report
tbe flour strong and pare, and entitle
it to rank as first-olau patent floor toy
family and bakers' use."
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& CONNELL
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C ark's Oreen-Fraoo & Parker. Superlative
Usrk's Summit-F. M. Younic, Gold Medal.
goltou-S. E. Finn ft Son, Gold Medal israad,
Nlchuleon-J. E. Hardin.
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Factory vUle-Cbarlee Gardner, Gold MedaL
Hopbottom-.N. M. Finn ft Son, Gold Medal
Tobyhauna-Tobvhann. Unlgh Lumber
Co.. Gold Medal Brand.
Oouldsboro-8 A. Adams. Gold Medal Brand,
Moscow Gala ft Clements. Gold MedaL
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forest City-J. L. Morgan ft Co., Gold Med
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PLYING FAMILIES WITH ICE CREAJi.
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AXLES
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HUBS
BPOKES
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iiiOouonitlT.Orii.n.of Ub.rwio.u.edbroT.rei.rtlon.aulhralcrrvn.
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