Tlffi SCItAOTON TKIBUNE S ATUH DAT MORNING. AUGUST 25, ,1894; Ii OF 1111 Interesting Budget o' News and Gossip Relating to the Cycling Craz?. PRESENT LAW AS TO CYCLING In Pennsylvania, Under the Act of 1889, the Bicycle Is Given the Same Rights and Made Subject to the Same Restrictions as Apply to Ve hicles Drawn by Horses What Constitutes Negligence Under This Statue Other Intelligence of Inter est to Riders of the Silent Steed. Jur the faturtlny Tribune The bicycle, by the act of -Aril 1SSII, was given the same rights in Pennsylvania and was made subject to the same restrictions which lly h vehicles drawn by horses. This law lias not been In operation long enough for the supreme court of the slate to define the many cases of negligence which may arise under it, but the for eign courts have rendered quite a num ber of bicycle decisions so directly in the line of common sense that it may be presumed that the local courts would not depart far from them if sim ilar facts and circumstances were pre sented. Some of these are reviewed at length in a recent issue of the Phila delphia Intelligencer, which thinks the English cycling decisions sensihly hold that the rider must be held to greater care than that which the driver of a vehicle must use, because of the more perilous quality of his vehicle. It is more dangerous, more noiseless and uncertain. These features, coup led with the fact that the bicycle call be driven ut a greater speed and can turn more quickly than any other vehicle, impose special responsibility on the rider. Therefore, what might be construed to be reasonable care in the driver of a cab might be negligence on the part of a bicyclist, English judges have also decided that cyclists should observe the law of thy road, turning to the right in the country, save where its observance would cause more dan ger. This law, it is held abroad, is a recognized custom only, not a law, and that a cyclist may be guilty of contrib utory negligence when he collides with a vehicle which is on the wrong side of the road. It would, thinks the Phila delphia Ledger, "be a misfortune for the lovers of the wheel if young, irre sponsible or cureless riders should lead to the enactment of regulations which would curtail the cycler's pleasure. This can bo avoided by simple precau tious, greater or less, ns conditions vary. It requires good judgment to run a bicycle." ii ii n According to cable advices one of the most noteworthy cycling perlbim- nuces oi me season is unit ot i. w. Borland, the famous English racer, in the 24-hour Cuca cup race. This race, which took place at Heme Hill on Aug. 13, was not alone remarkable for the tact that a new record was created, but also from an attendance point of view. Over 50.000 persons witnessed the race, and it is said that fully ,0DU persons waited throughout tho night 10 witness the progress ot tlie contest ants. Shorland led all the way and won handily. lie was the previous noiuer oi tne cup, and, as a conse quence, was looked upon to maintain a leading position in the race. At the end of the first hour ho had covered 24 miles, 400 yards, and was in the lead, This programme continued until the end of the race. At the thirteenth hour Shorland lowered the French record of 207 miles, 217 yards, held bv Huret. Hie trench record was 4)7 nines lor nours. norland sur passed tins by three miles. The recetit success of tho American team of professionals, including Zim merman, Wheeler and Hanker, in Eu rope, lias naturally aroused the envy of the leading Class IS men. and nianv of them have a desire to go abroad and race as professionals. John S. Johnson m the most anxious of the Class li ele nient to go over, as he has always en tertained an idea that he could defeat Zimmerman. It is said that Johnson has had repeated conferences upon the suojeci oi going abroad, nut that since his recent determination to seek foreign shores was taken he has made very satisfactory arrangements with his old employers, and will, as a result, confine his racing to this country this season. It is reported that Zimmerman has won about I2,000 since his arrival in France. n ii ii When bicjilcs were something of a novelty, me huitan ot .Morocco, whose death was recently announced, used them as a means of punishing his wives. A number of bicycles were presented to him by an oll'icer of the French government, and these became instruments of torture for the olleni ing women of his harem. The women were placed on the machines and bid den to ride around a certain track in the palace gardens. Kuturally they fell repeatedly to the cround. a pro ceeding which highly pleased the sul tan, wno used to superintend this pe cuhar form of punishment. When tho ladies had fallen oil' tho machines a dozen tunes or so, and the sultan had laughed until his sides ached, the of fenders were allowed to return to the palace. 0 II II Bicycle riders must now pay one half cent per mile for traveling over the Allentown and Coopersburg turn pike. The pike toll gate keepers sell regular ticKets to tno cyclers. The rule, the riders say, is an imposition on bicycle riders, as the wheels cause no wear and tear to the road, and tho pike, as a rule, is in such a poor condition that it is rough on wheels. One suit lias already been brought against tho company for $20 damages caused by having a tire torn while riding over the pike, and moro are threatened. T. II. Slanwood, who made the record-breaking bicycle trip from Chicago to New York in a fraction more than eight days is a slim, trim, wiry fellow, only 21 years old. "I have slept eight hours a day, taken two hours for meals and resting aud ridden an average of fourteen hours a day," said the young man when interviewed at the journey's end. "I have had no accidents of any consequence and no exciting incidents. The chain broke at South Bend, Ind., and I had to walk six miles. I have come through from Chicago without puncturing a tire or even pumping air into it once. My machine is a Sterling racer with Palmer tires. It weighs 22 pounds." Stanwood said he had never ridden a wheel until hist season and he did not discover until this year that he had any special ability as a long-distance rider, ltecently he made 100 miles in seven rfpwjl t-ftpx! ft BIM tollP nMmf hours, ton minutes, thus establishing the world's record for a century run. II II II Sometimes a collision with a dog is inevitable, nnd in such cases, says Cy cling, it is best to grip the handles hard and straighten the machine. If you strike the animal while on a curve you will partly glance oil" and a fall is nearly certain to result. Just as you strike raise the front wheel slightly, and almost instantaneously ease the back wheel by throwing your weight forward. Unless the dog is a big one you will pass over it with a slight jar, while the dog will discover that it has an appoiutnient to keep in the next county. I! I! II One doesn't need a microscope to ascertain the point to tins humorous dialogue from an unidontilicd ex change: Ho was standing on the street corner talking excitedly to a crowd that had gathered about a dis heveled bicycle. "Vou hear me," he was shouting; "Xo man will ever ride a bicycle over me and get oil' with a whole s'.iin. No, sir! If I go down the bicycler goes down with me, and he doesn't get up, either, until I have his name and address." "And ins photograph?" suggested one of the crowd. "Oh, you think you're smart," continued the sidewalk orator, "but if you think I in the sort of man to let a bicycle ride roughshod over me, you're mistaken, that's nil. I may not be fatally injured in the collision, but I propose to divide the fun, you see. I get the damages and he pays for the repairs. Why, I've known 'more peo ple than you could shake a stick at who were knocked down and run over by reckless bicyclers,wlio never stopped to see the injury they had done. But I'll clinch, and don't you forget it." A week later adusty aud demoralized man limped around the same corner and disappeared into the drug store, fol lowed by the same crowd of loafers. "What's tho matter?" they asked, sympathetically. "Dropped out of a balloon?" "Naw; run over on a dizzy bicycle." "Where's the other fellow?'" "(Jot otr." "Then you didn't clinch?" "Not a clinch. Fellow never stopped to see if there were any bones broken. Bun right over nie and skipped ouch! (Jive mo a pint of arnica and four mustard plasters. I'm all bunged up, and don't you forget it." II II II Min'ok Notes Ahout Wheelmen: There are 5,000 American wheelmen in Europe. In Washington wheelmen must not ride faster than nine miles an hour. The frequent bursting of tires ut race meets indicates that there is still room for great improvement in that branch of tho trade. Philadelphia- Beeord. In Springfield, Mass., the wheelmen are about to endow a free cyclist's bed in one of the hospitals for tho use. of visiting riders who may meet with an accident. It is reported that Champion Arthur A. Zimmerman will practice law with his brother-in-law for a partner, when he gives up racing and retiresNfrom the track. Twenty-five pound wjieels are rid den harder nowadays, says Cycle, than lifty-live pound ones were three years ago, aud with as little or less injury to the wheels. Chicago is suffering from a gang of bicycle ttneves. ltls said that the plan of operations of the gang includes New York, Cleveland, Cincinnati Detroit, and other cycling centers. We've had 'em in Serunton. To say that a man is too old to ride is to state an absurdity, declares Cycling. Wheeling is easier than walking, and when a man gets too old to walk lie is ready to die. Aud ho is never ready to do that. Secretary Bassett recently received an application troni a .League of Amur lean VVeelmon member for permission to carry a revolver while riding. As there Is nothing in the constitution to prohibit it the request was granted. The liiiht-whecl fad is the latest craze among cyclists, irrespective of experience or weignt. An old-time rider advises novices to get a eood me dium weight Wheel, as it will allord more comfort and less annoyance than tne much desired leather-weights. Desiring to accommodate wheelmen, the Kings County Elevated railwuy, New York, will hereafter on Satur days, Sundays and holidays run cars specially equipped lor cyclists who dis like riding through ISrooklyu to reach tne ouisKiris oi tne eny. Mrs. E. Summer lately won a bicy cle costumo contest in Minneapolis in which the most handsomely garbed weeelwoman was to receive a gold watch. Her costume wy a white silk waist, divided skirt reaching just be low Jhe knees, black stockings and gaueis. As the New Hotel GENERAL NEWS OF Daring July and Au:ii3t the South Jersey ruilrond, which bus just pusaed into the uan'.ls ot a recolvcr, ernu ld,000 not. Ia July it carried 10,000 passengers, and in August to tha is th it carried 14,000, indicating that its oisBoneer trnffio for the month will reach 25,000. Thfl road's officials esti mate Unit the operatingirxpenscs and fixed charges for tho year will reach about 125,000, and that the property ought to eurn at least $150,000. The bundling of freight ia the biggest part of the business now as .the line prac tically carries all the freight to Cape May. There will ;bo no change iu the management of tlis road and possibly reorganization will not bo Decessary, The capital stock of the company is $800,500, and the bonded indebtedness amounts to the siuno sum. Of the lat ter about $105,000 hud boon sold around 'JO nnd the bulance had been pledged an security for loans around 00 and GO, thus crippling the treasury aud handi capping the o Ulcers iu securing the money for tuair unsecured indebted ness, which amounts to $35,000. Hud the officers of tho road been successful iu disposing of the pledged bonds, a deal to that effect having nearly been suc cessful a week ago, tha recsivership would hnva been averted. Tho Soutii Jersey Railroad company op"ritei 07 miles of r dlroad, conaistiug of SO mib-B from the junction of the Heading rail road, at W'inslow juuetion, to Sja Isle City, and 23 uiilt'8 troin Tuekuhoe Juue tion to Capo May. Tlie original road, lh') Philadelphia aud Ssashore, from W'inslow to Sua Isle City, was built by E, 11. Wood, aud was bought in by the i'euusylvnuia railroad at sheriff's sale. It wan sold to the present innuagHineut for $200,000. afur it had been idle a short time. Iu July, 1S0:J, the company nti its first train imoSda Lde City, but tlie amount of busiutss douo wui not large. It is said an effort is being made to perfect a federation of nil employes of ttio Erie railway syntm. Tno pro posed federatiou include engineerf, iirniun, conductors, brakeuiun an telegraph op-niters. The rpspectiV' organizations will be maintains I as at pri'sent, and each have a voic in t!i Molor tion of tho trand chiefs, who when selected will form the federation bour I and will have power to order n strik or settlu mibunderstandiiiKS by arbitra tion. No one body of the orguuizttini will bo coinp.diod to strike out of sym pathy, nnksi a inn jority vote of sue urgauiz itiou so d-ci le. Tlie schem hs not tn-'t with much favor from tn Erie employej. ... The Philadelphia Press' financial ar ticle die lures tliat the anthracite coal trad') is in a critical position, in that the producing companies nr sending too much coal to ni:irkut and tho do mand is very light. There isnodouiit that somo of the lending carrying om panie have sold coal $1 pyr ton below the official circular. Tho Mock of coul at tide on Au;. 1 was 855.000 tons, or 100,000 tons more than wuaon baud on July 1. Tha invitihl stock of coal in estimated at 2.000,030 tons, and it is being increased to the lull extent of the capacity at nearly all stocking points. The situation is aggravated by the contention bntween the Lackawan na and Lehigh Valley. It is well known that the Lackawanna, hns filled th whole western country up with coal uutil it is moat difficult to sill that product went of Buffalo. Much ot the Lahhzh Valley coal, on which it bas con traded to pay individual operators CO per cent. of tbe tidowater prion, goes into the present unprofitable field in the west. This maues me ti?nigu valley a moro than usnully energetic competi tor in tha oastera markets, aud par tially accounts for the low price of conl. All the minor companies ana most of the major ou3 are selling coal without much relation to the pries it brings. The hope of tha trade Beams to be further restrictions and they mny be brought about by the Lehigh Val ley's individual operators refusing; to ship coal at the low prices. Their profits have already beon cut down heavily by roaaon of tha fight in tbe weBt. If thy should retaliate by re' fusing to send coal to market that ac tion would mark a new era in the trade as a declaration of independence on the cart of tne individdal operators, and it would rodnoe the tonnage ot thu Lehigh Valley. - The Stockholder adds that the situation has been ogsravated by free selling on the part of the Le high, and VYilkea-Barre company, IE Jermyn Will Appear which is determined nae. to moye its ton The shipments of bituminous coal over the Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad last week aggregated 59,408 tons, an increase over the same waek last year of 13,542 tons. A few wooks ago tho decrease for the year up to that time was 350,000 tons; it is now only 19S. 301 tons. During the strike the company did not issue its weekly state mout of coal shipments, but fire weoks ago this was resumed, since which time the weekly increases hav been as follows: Weokendd July 31,37,853 tons;Jnly 23, 10.270 tons; Aug.4, 37,013 tons; Aug. 11, 19.949 tons; Aug. 18, 12, 542 tons. Tbe total increase for the five weeks has beau, thorefore, 117,017 tons, or an average of 23,523 tons a week. In case this uvuruge should be maintained for tha next nine weeks the company will have succeeded in entirely making up the tonnage lost prior to tho re sumption of work at the mines. Minor Industrial Notes. Tho New York Contral is relaying tho Auburn road with stoel rails. The Xow York, Ontario aud Western's annual meotiiig will bo held Sept. 20. A project is on foot to construct on eloc trio railway to tho top of ilouut Bnowdon, iu Wales. The hendqnnrters ot tho Erio Dispatch will bo removed from Now York to Du luthsome time this fall. C. C. Ross, chiuf engineer of tho Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western, was iu Bin?Uamton Wednesday. 'fiio Nickel Ploto tho other day took an excursion from Chicago to Niugara Falls consisting oi l.ouu people. Tho directors of tho North Pennsylvania railroad have doclared tho usual quarterly dividend of it per cent., payable Aug. 25. Tho Ilnllstead leaguo at Biiijjhamton bus now 122 members, having gained thirtoen new mouibors on Tuesday even ing. F. W. Lobstein, ,tho Delaware, Lacka wnuua nnd Western detective of the But faco division, was iu Binyhamton Wednes day. General Train Dispatcher Georco M. llallstead, of the Delaware, Lucuawanna and Western, was iu Binehamtou on Tues day. Tha 2.500 miners at Lonmnn, Pa., em ployed by tho Arcade Coal company, have returned to work lifter being out four mout hi. Work has already been begun at London on the electric railway which is to run from Waterloo stitiou under tho Thumes into tho city. The excursions hnvo been thn salvation of tho railroad this seaon. The Erie is particularly well pleased with Its Chautau qua business. Hubert S. Lowishas boon appointed trav eling passenger ap-nt of the Lehigh Val ley, with headquarters at Buffalo, vice W. B. Murray, resigned. Fire, caused by lightning, destroyed Pardeoifc 0'.'s stables, with 1,001) bales of .lay, at Cranberry colliery, yo-itorday af lernooii. Loss, $4,000. There is no truth in tho report that tho Traders' dispatch nnd tho Lackawanna line are cutting east-bound rates, as there is uot the least excuse for so doiny, Tho lodges of trainmen's brotherhoods on tho Iteadvig road have disbauded, ns a result of th mnnngomnnt of tho railroad discharging employes who belonged to it. Six bitnniinoui rubies were put in opera tion at Johnstown, Pa., yesterday, after nu idleness of several mouths. Fifteen hundred men returned to work on a 40 cent basis. The jute mills owned by Joseph C. Todd, in Paterson, N, J., which have beon closed for livo years, will resume opera tions nxt week and give employment to 300 persons. Colin ftudrts has been appointed pnssen Bor aip-nt of tho Southeastern district of the Pennsylvania railroad, with headquar tors at Washington, D. C, vice K. A. Parke, resigned. The Pennsylvania pooplo will build but 100 new engines at their Altooua aud Juni ata shops this year. For years past from 200 to 25 locomotivos have boon built an uunlly at these Bhops. Railway officials say that tho bill to le galize pooling is dead so fur as tho presont congress is concerned, and that it menus that matters will drift along as thoy now are until tho next session. For the first time in many years the Reading car shops at Rending one day this week, operated all night. Nearly 150 mon have beon hired since. The shops at Palo Alto are also hiring more men. In tho last eighteen months 43,000 miles of railroads of this country have been placed under thn m-nl-.ftnf-.inn of thn innrf. This is an amount equal to 24 per cent, of tue total leugtu ot roaus in tnis country. The shipments of coal from Lambert's Point, V a., for tho month of July were: Foreign, li,l45; coastwise. 188,205; local, 7.062X. Total, 208,372. The total ship ments since Jun. 1 amounted to 1,100,848 tons. An average of about 100 cars ot coal daily are arriving at tho New York, Sus quehanna and Western's now terminal, Edgewnter ou the Hudson. All this coal comes from the Wilkes-Barre aud Eastern road. , The trunk linos are getting ready for a When Completed. heavy west-bound business, there being good prospects of lnrgo shipments of dry good which hnvo been held in bonded wnrohnuses awaiting the passage of the tariff bill. John Loisenrintr has been nominated for congress iu the Luzerno county district. lie is at presont engaged in the business of mining coal at Upper Lehigh, and through his efforts that town has become a model miuiug town. Tho territory of E. B. Bymgtou, general western passenger agent of the Lehigh Valley, has been extended to cover the line to and including Geneva, N. Y., ns well as tho territory in New York state west of Geneva. The Mabel and Ella furnaces resumed yesterday at Sharon, Pa. The Sharon Iron works and also the Stewart furnnces have resumed and several others contemplate starting. They will give employment to 1,500 or more men. Aldaco F. Walker has cabled the Atchi son re-organization comuiitteo that he will accept the receivership of the Atchi son system. Ho is now iu Paris and will bo in New York Sept. 2, and immediately upon his arrival will qualify. Silas PurEtt, sr., a Wiikes-Barre miner, claims tho record of being the oldest work ing minor in the anthracite region. He worked 55 years in the mines nnd after that livo years in the breaker, a total of 00 years of active and uninterrupted service. Thore are 4'J Reading locomotivos in the shops at Reading which are boing put iu Urst-clnss shape and tittod out with the most nppiovcd air brakes. The work ot equipping nil the company's cars with au tomatic couplers is going rapidly for ward. Tho Boston nnd Haine road is building the largest nnd most conyenient coaling station near Boston in the country, Its storage capacity will bo 45,000 ton9. Tho coul is to be distributed along the tracks on which tho engines staud by a cable road system. The officials of the Lake Erie and West ern road have determined to break np the practice of loud-mouthrd loafer-, loitering about their depots and annoying the trav eling publio more or less. Hereafter mar shals will be instructed to arrost such tres passers aud huve them prosecuted. Talking about free coal, tho Into James G. Blaine told tho editor of this paper years ago that he was in favor of freo coul. Thu; was before he developed the reciprocity i leu aud while he was a coal owner iu Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, either directly or iudirectly. The Central Traffic association nrikes the formal announcement that the Nickel P. ate bus declined to co-onerato with tho east-bound committee in maintaining Ni agara Falls excursion rntus. Tho Aickle Plate is makiug its own rate to Niagara, but the other central trufllc lines may fol low suit. The Lehigh Valley railroad has begun the erection of the ilall Automatic block system at tho RocUport tunnel. Four sig nal posts are to b erected, two on each Bide the tunnel. Tho two will be located about three-fourths of a milo apart and they will guard the approach to the tun nel from either direction, and thus avoid the danger and horrors of an underground collision. All Free. 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The following complete taoie snowing the nay's ttuctuations in active stocks ia tupplltd and revised dully by Lallnr Fuller, stock brokers, 121 Wyoming aveuue: Opou- Hitth- Low Clot- ing, et tut. inir. Am. Cot. Oil 114 mil mi Am Hugar. 114 11 IU im? IVMu A.T.JS8.F mi 7 11 KU Can. So, fililji BIIK tills, KV. Cen. N. J IK, 111) 1I4W lift Chio & N. V. l(iS 108M UI7lJ 11)74 0 B. & Q 7K16 7SjJ 771U 7kh2 Chic. Urr. 77M 7SMS 77 77' C, O.C. & 8t. L.... 41 4IM 41 4IW Col., Hook.Val. St T. WM lUli leUJ niu D. &H l:7 1II7 i:K4 liltiiw l). & O. F -M WA SI V.H Krie 1IU4 JlilJ ItlKi 11114 . E. Co M)i 4:! 4'J4 4:iu Lako Shore... l.'W KM V,7K l;Mi L. &N fi4TlJ Ml mti Manhattan lSlV li 1'JoU I-'IU Miss. Pao 81 ill tfcJU Id it J Nat. Lead 44M HU i iVi N.Y.AN. E 874 2?j2 Sa TU N. Y. Central ItilW 1H2 lnia? ln'jij N. Y., O. A W 17J-S '"Va 171.7 N. Y . W 17 17U WW 174 (J. S. C. Co iHU 21U 2-n iMtj North Pao 6 fi ft 5 North Pao. pf 17W IK 17;j IS Omaha KM mi fill t. Pao. Mail ,. Pl'2 -1I1U Hit Reading 21?4 S1T-2 XZH RoHcMand Wi W ei WW K.T 1SU W4 Mi Bt Paul. (W (Mil ' (ifi)i Mils X., 0. & x WJ4 id3 iu w Texas & Pao 10M Union I'avlUo M,Z Wabash pf lli Western Union WW W. & L. E l:i W. & L. E. ifd 4.-i Wi M 10"S li i;i3 iv i h'i r,:'ii lii-i; H'.iSj nh. K'.i"., ii i2C5 lj; i'Ai 40J4 40Ji Chicago Grain aud Provisions, ScrAntoh, Aug. 21. The following quota tions uri anppliud ami eorrotud dally by Ui liar & Fuller, stock brukon.Ul Wyoming ave nue. WHEAT. Ononlni Bent. Pen. Mny. fillj G7j..5 KS tH t;-!4 54 11 Xli l-l.U 67M tU'A SHi .W S2".4 fili-J 61 ii-4 rauj 61& 61 i-Mi mid .... rii ! .... a."ift .... 8I; 9l .... "".'a l''1 J:V2 1:131) 1'iM '" .... .... 77", , MO m0 M0 7,1 1 M '37 Highest Mis l.OWBSt, Closing CORN. Opening Highest Lowest Closing OATS. Opening Highest Lowest Closinu POKK. Owning Highest Lowest Closing LAKD. Opening Highest Lowest Closing SHOUT RIBS. Opening Highest Lowest Closing Scranton Wholtsale Markst Fcp.anton, Aug. 24. Fuurr andProduce Dried apples !er pound. li?ia7 c. : evaD orated apples, liable, per pouud; Turkish prunes, bu&c.; r.ugllsu curriints, 'ixiXc: layer raisins, Jl.7jal.8i): muscatels, i 1.00a 1.40 per box; now Valencias, 0a7c. per pounu. 1JBANS Marrow-fats. S3.40a3.50 per Dusuei; meuiums, ruuai.'ju. fiAS ureou.C1.15al.i!0per buahelj iplit, t.ouaz.ou; tenuis, b to c per uonud. Fotatoks New, 75 to 80c. per bushel. Onions Bushel, SOc. BuTTita 17c. to '.'lie. per lb. CHEB8B 8i!all)o. porlo. Eqgs Freab. 17gal8c, llKATs-Hams, 12'a'c; small haras, 13c. skiuned hams. 14c: California hams, Uc: shoulders, tic.; bellies, 9 1 .j'c. ; smoked DrenKiast oacou, l-'c. t-MOKlin Bekf Outsides. 13ic.t sets. 15c; iusides nnd knuckles, lC'.o. Acme sliced smoked beef, 1 pound cans, 2.45 uozon, Pohk Mess at $15: short cut. Slrt. Lard Leaf In tierces at ie.; in tabs t)?.i'o.; in 10-pound pails. lOWc per nound 5-pound pails, 10c per pound; 8-ponnd paila, 10. per pound; compound lnrd tiercos, ic; tubs, ic; 10-pound pails, TJjC. per pound; 5-pound puiis, 7Jc. per pound; -ponnilp;uls. Be, per round. Flour Minnesota patent. Der barrel. f4.()i)a4.'-,0; Ohio and Indiana amber, at W.25; (irabam at (3,50; rye nonr, at 43.00. Feed Mixed, per ewt., at ?!.2.". Qkais Ryo, t;5.; corn, 04 to OTc; oats, 43 to hoc. per DusheL Kyk Sthaw I'er ton, $13.il(5. UAV-tl4.50al(i. Npw York Product Market. New Youk. Aug. 24. Flouk Dull, weak, ottered freely. Wheat Fairly active, Ve. lower, firm; No. 2 ted, store and elevator, 57?ic; atloot, f)8VnW)c; f. O. b., S'so'JJic: ungraded id. o1hu!)i!.: Na. 1 northeru. Uo'iKij'c. options closed dull at Jiapc. under yester- dny;UeceniDer and septemuor most active sales included; No. 2 red, closing: Aug' list bV)ic; hepioinbor, Mitfc. October, oy'ic.; i;ecemoer. oiuc; Jiuy,ttilie (JOHN No. 2, Clc; elevntor, U.i,VrfCIc. niioat; options wore ouu and opened weal at $Hiic uicnue witn tno urst, rallied 51c on covenug nna better west, closiu steady and unchanged; Mnv most active August, (He; beptember, o'.lc: Ootobo; 5,V;ic. : December, iAtlZe. : May. ooe. Oats Fairly active, weaker; options dnll, lower; August, aic; Heptomber, October, 84c; No. 3 whito October, 3ic.; spot prices, No 2. 33Wn3:IUc.j No. white, 37c; No. 2 Chicago, 8;!KttJ4e.; No, 3, 33Wa.t No. 8 white, 30Wc: mixed west em, ttfa34c.; white do,, 3(u42c; white state, St)a42c. Beef Steady, dull; family, $10al2j ex tra mess, $SaS.50. Beef Hamh quiet, easy; $22. TiKitcEU Bkek Quiet; "steady, city extra India mesa, tloal7. Cut Mkats ljuiet, firm: pickled bellies, 12 pounds, 8io.j pickled shouhlors, (ijc; pickled hams, llal'c.; middies uom iuai. Lard Qniot, steady; western steam, closed at $3.00a7)i: city at 7&c; sales, 80 tierces; September closed $8.05; rellned, steady; continent, 18.40; South Amorlcn, $8.70; compound, CXc, PouK Firm, quiot; sales 100 barrels; moss, $1515.25; extra prime, $Klal3.50. Buttk it Quiet, bnroly steady; state dairy, 1422Hc: do. creamery, lSa24Xc; Pennsylvania, do,, 18a24c; western dairy, l:)ial0c., do. creamery, 15a24o-; do, factory, ISalOc; elgins, 24c; imitation creamery, 15al8c Cheese Firm, light supply; state, large, 8ao.; fancy, 9e. do. small, SalOc.; part skims, VAM5c.; full skims, 2a3c. Eugs Dull, weak; Btato and Pennsyl vania, 18c: ire honse, lCalOo.; west ern fresh, lOal'ju'c; do., per case $2a 8,50. Philadelphia Tallow Karkat. Philadelphia. Aug. 24. Tallow was firm with email supplies. Prices were: Prime city in hogsheads, 4..4c; prime, country, In barrels, 4c; do. dark In bar rels, 4c; cakes, 5c; grease, 4o. CUBES Constipation, CUItES Constipation. CURES Constipation. mm I write that yon may know thegoid I haverecWvod from B. H B. I vox au out of health and snfleriugwlthoorj Btipiitiim and bihuusnesa. I tried other mndicines, but Acts On the they failed to du Bnir onnrf Bowels. At Inst 1 liought a bottlo of B. B. B. and before I had un it all I went to work aa well as evor i!S Nkiaon, Bux 6iXrvlnoton,Vi'arraco.Pa teFaOLlEY SOAP Thads: MARK. twmdu'Tninai f'. .-n '.if fr-T?$v?t:j ;1L iLJfAJ Is an Improvement in Soap. In the Trolley Soap old methods and materials are superseded by new ones. The Trolley Soap leaves the clothes sweet and clean and lusts longer than other soaps. . hi Year Grocer-for It, If lie does not keep it send us order for 20 BARS FOR TRIAL FOR $1.00, or for a Box 100 cakes 75 pounds $4.50, Joseph Thomas EUjuton. ' 227 Chestnut Street, Phila. Bank of Scranton. ORGANIZED 1872. CAPITAL, $200,000 SURPLUS, $250,000 Til If bank olTem tn Aiinnaltara nil facility warrautrd by their bnlmnst-a. bn.U neu Bud reHpuii.lbllity. bncciul attention Plven tn bimlna .a. couuta, luleie.t paid on time depoalU. WIL7.IAM rONNET.T, rresldent. utu. a. t'ATLiN, Vlce-f rc.lilent. IVILUASI U. FtCU, tashlefc DIKtCTOBa William roonnll. Ceoririt IT. Catlln. Alfred Hand. Jumei Amhbnld. Menr lie 1 In, Jr., Vllllaiu X feoitb- Lothar and Fertilizers Large Medium and Whits Clover, Choice Timothy and lawn Grass Seeds Guano, Bone Dust and Phosphates for Farms, Lawns and Gardens. HUNT & COMELLCO. II! CO, Booms 1 and 2 Commanwealtli Bld'g SCRANTON", TA, MINING andBLASTINQ llado at tho H003IO and EUSU DALE WORKS. Lnfflin & Rand Powder Co.'l ORANGE GUN POWDEB Electrla Batteries, Fuses for explod ing blasts, Safety Fuse and ftepaunoChemical Co. 's High Explosive! Dueber-Hampden 17- Jewel Watches arc known by rail. 17 road men and othei RUBY JEWELED fft u n. im ADJUSTED ot'g VA1'V Vu T-iZi Ju l t4udl"-u "" Ve yv? nnd accuracy. The Ducbcr Watch Works, Canton, 0. MR, FRED WE1CHEL At his nnwly-rcnoratod and licened Ilotol at (.'LAltK'8 SUMMIT, la now prepared to fur nish traveling mon and Hocial jmrtios with thoLATKST, NEW-STYLED KIU3, slimle or duuliln, tn talco thorn to Lako Winola, Oravol Pond and all anburban points and Summer resorts at reasonable prtcoa. A largo livery baru counoctod with ilotol tor traT el ing publio, I NX -'?..B Iiird national 101 POWDER