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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE MONDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1895. .
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By A. T. QUHIH COUOL
Copyright ISKa oy Irving Bscheller.J
Vaster Simon's Inn. the Florins
Source "Good Entertainment for Man
and Beast" leant over the riverside
by the ferry, a mile and a half above
Ponteglot town. The fresh water of
Cuckoo river met the salt ChanneltUle
right under Its windows, toy the wooJon
ladder where Master Simon chained his
ferry-boat. Fourteen miles Inland, a
brown trout stream singing down from
the moors, plunged over a lodge of molt
Into the cool depths of Cuckoo Yal'u-y.
Thenceforward If ran toy beds of sun
dew, water-mint and esphodel. under
woods so ateeply converging that the
traveler upon the ridges heard It as the
trickle of water In a cavern. But Jimi
above Master Simon's Inn the valK-y
widened out Into arable and gray pax
ture land, and the river, too. widened
and grew deep enough to lloat up vcs
scls of small tonnage at the sprlntr
tides. In summer, from the bow-window
of his coffee-room. Waster Simon
could follow its course down thtvutth
the meadows to the church tower of
Pontegloa and the shipping consre
gated there about the wharves, and
watch In the middle distance the slls
of. a targe or shallow trading-ketch
moving among the haymakers. Hut
from November to March, when the
floods were out the Flowing Source sto nl
above an Inland sea. with a liaystok
or two for lesser Islets. Then the
river's course could be told only by a
line of stakes on which the wild fowl
rested. The meadows were covered.
Onlya fewclumps of reed rose above the
Clapping water and shook in the north
erly gales. And then, when no guests
came for weeks together, and the salt
spray crusted the panes so thickly that
looking abroad became a weariness of
the spirit. Master Simon would reach
down his long gun from the chlmney
plece and polish It, and having pullod
on his wading boots and wrapped a
large woolen comforter round his thrMt
and another round his head, would
summon his tap-boy, unmoor the fori y
boatand go duck shooting. For in
winter birds Innumerable haunt tli
riverside here wild duck, snipe, teal
and widgeon; curlews, field f.irts and
plovers, both green and golden: rooks,
starlings, little whlte-rumped sand
pipers; herons from the upper woods
and gulls from seaward. Master Simon
bad fine sport in the short days, and
the tnn mlpht take care of Itself, which
It was perfectly well able to do. Its
foundations rested on sunken piles of
magnificent girth "as stout as my
self." said Master Simon, modestly
and on these it. stood so hish that
even the great flood of fifty-nine had
overlapped the kitchin threshold but
once, at the top of a spring tide with
northwesterly gale behind it; and
then bad retreated within the hour. "It
didn't put the fire out," 1oasted Mas
ter Simon.
Ho was proud of tite inn, and for some
Tery good reason To begin with, you
wouM not find another suth building if
'searched England ffr a year. It
sted almost wholly At wood: but of
cb wffod. went that on a
blowing sifter-noon In the late autumn
t 1588 two Spanish galleons from the
Great Armada they had been driven
around Cape "Wrath came trailing up
' the estuary and took ground Just above
Powteglos, Their crews landed and
marched Inland; and never returned.
Soots say th Cornish rmrk cut them off
and slew tbenv For my part I think
it more likely that thews foreigners
found hospitality and very wisely de
termined to settle! In the country. Cer
tain tt ts, you aCttTTfiid in the upland
farms) over Qfcltoo Valley a race of
fonts) with sftfcMi comolexlons, black.
ctflinsx
m.nA southern names
Jajro. Bennett, Jose:
jjl sJl events the p!yrs (Span-
u ww rliw DaCK Vf mrir
not which lay In ts ooxe hy the mars,
Meadows until the very birds forgot to
gear them, and built in their rigng.
a, sk imiee d"01eron--whieh wve. In
- f act, the maritime law of that period
rip wseeks or iwrecaage owigw o
T v tto crown m
i iwhen neither an rwner nor
iUs late owns could be
fowl for it. tBirt in wo aays toe
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Of Scranton purchase publicity ; sometimes in
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Know Tribune publicity is the kiri that always pays
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king's law travel?d through Cornwall
with a halting foot; so that when, n
1605, these galleons were put up to auc
tion and sold by the lord of the manor
who happened to be hlh sheriff
nobody Inquired very closely where the
money went. It Is more to the point
tint the timber of hem was bought by
o4- Master IfMaiss never mind the
Simon Would Siiiamon Ilia Top-Boy.
surname: h was an ancestor of Simon's
and a w.-ll-to-do wool-comber of lon
tenl'". Hi! Master WV.se already
rent. J ttu fer:y rights by Flowing
gouive. r.nJ certain right of tisry
above and bolow; and having a younger
son to pnwlde for. h? conceived the
r-.U-uy lU'ilcn of this hostelry Wsldc tiho
river. For ground rent he agreed to
carry each ML-hao!mass to th- lord of
the manor oiu penny in a silk purse,
and the lord's bullft. on br'.HKlivt tlw
reco'.; t, was io take annually of Master
WiUi jni h'.s heir one jack of ale of
th October brtwls'.g and one smoke
curd salmon of not lees thin tlfteen
pounds' weight. These conditions hav
ing t.fn duly signed. In the year 1006,
SI -liter Blaise laid thj foundations of
hla Ina upon the timbers of one galleon
ar.J rot VP th? elm keelson of the other
for his roof-'iree. Its stout ribs, curv
ttii ou'-wanl and downward fi:n this
nia?ra!flcen.t b-ilk. fupportid th clincher-built
roof, so that th upper half of
the building appeared and Indeed was
a larse Inverted hull, d?corated with
dormer windows, brick chimneys and a
rour.-t pi?-?cn hous. surmounted by a
glld.d 'vane. Th windows he took
reaJy rr.vade from the Spanlird's bulg
ing stern works. And for sign-board
he nuns out between 'two bulging poP
lantern a kirse bituminous painting
on par.?l. that hid ben found on board
the larger gilleon, and was supposed
to represent the features of h?r ratrcn,
gjlnt Nicholas Prodanell. But the site
of the building had always be-n known
as Flowing Source, and by tills name
and no othar Master Blaise's Inn was
called for over 200 years.
Bv thH time its timber roof
hid
clothed Itself with moss upon the north
side, and on the west the whole frame
work Inclined over the river, s though
the timbers of the old gailleon regretted
their rjro-ner element and strained
toward It te-.derly, quietly, pers's'-ent-ly.
But careful patchlig and repair
tn? had ke-pt the ibuiidlng to all a.p'
poaranee as stout &s ever: and any
doubts of Its stability were dispelled In
a moment 'by a glinue at Iater Simon,
the lj:r.Jlord. Master Simon's age by
parfcth regist-r ell short of forty, but
he looked ait least ten years older; a
slew manwith a promising stomach
and a verjf satisfactory balance at the
bank; af notable breeder of pigeons and
fisher of eI. He could also brew
strorJr ale, and knew exactly how sal-
M" . ... . .. . . i it
mi should De r&liea. e su nearu
t,Rat the world revolves, and decided
to stand still and let tt ceme rour-d to
him. Certainly a considerable number
of Its Inhabitants found their way to
the Flowing Source so.-,r.?r or later.
Marketers crossed the ferry and .paused
for a morning drink. In the cool of the
d)y quiet citizens mrmbred. up' from
Ponteglos with rod and line, or broug'ht
their families by fcoat on the high event
ing tide to eat cream and junket and sit
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afterward on the benches by the Inn
door, watching the Ash rise and listen
ing to the song of the young people
sums way up stream. Painters came,
too. and sketched the old Inn, and tome
times stayed for a wek, having tasted
the salmon. Pigeon' breeders dropped
in and crooked long pipes In the kitchen'
with Muster Simon, and slowly evolved
bets and matches. And once or twice
In the summer month a company of
pilgrims would arrive queer literary
men In velveteen coats, who examined
all the rooms and furniture as though
they meant to make a tld for the tun
complete; who talked with outlandish
tongues and ordered expensive dinners,
and usually paid fevr them next morn
ing, ratnvr to .Master Simon's fur:re.
It appeared that there wua once. In the
time of Master Simon's grandfather, a
certain pot-boy at tha Flowing Source
who ran off Into the. world and became a
great poet; and thew pilgrimages were
made In his honor. iMafftcr Simon
found this story eotm-how very credtt
W to hlmelf, and came hv time to
take almv$t as much pride in it os In
his pigeons and liMled salmon. Regu
larly after dlni:xr on the occasion he
would exhibit an old pewter pint-pot
with verse,- scratched upon It
us ie a.-serted by ithe poet's own ha.r.d.
And the pilgrims 'feigned credulity ac
cording as they valued Master Simon's
opinion of their Intelligence.
But must wrleomo of all were the
merchant captains from Ponteglos,
among whom custom had made It a
point of honor to report themslvps at
the Flowing Source within twonty-four
hours after dropping anchor by Ponte
gloa Quay. When or why or hv the
custom arose Jiobody was old enough to
remember, but a master mariner would
as soon have thouivht of sailing with
out log or lead-line as of putting in and
out of Ponteglo without tasting Mas
ter Simon's ale "c.illlnpr for orders,"
as they put It. .Master Simon had never
climbed a sea-going ship except to
shake hands with a friend and wish
good voyage and return to shore with
the pilot. But the teak walls of his
parlor were lined with charts of such
very remote part of the world, and his
shelves with such a quantity of for
eign china and marine curiosities, and
he t-poko. so familiarly of OallnDacos.
Batavla, Cane Verde, the Horn, thf
Straits of Magellan and so forth, nnd
would bring his telescope so knowingly
to bear on the gilt weather-coek over
Ponteglos church tower, that until you
knew the truth you would have sworn
half his life had been spent on the quar
terdeck. And while the sea captains
serious men, attired In blue cloth, wear
ing rings In thelr ears sat and smoked
canaster and ether other queer tobac
cos In painted china pipes, and talked
of countries whose very names cq'i-
jured up visions of parrots, and carved
idols, and sharks, and brown natives
In flashing canoes, Master Simon would
put a shrewd question or two and wag
his head over the answers as a man
who hears Just what he expected. And
sometimes toward the close of the sit
ting, If he knew his company very well,
he would reward them with his favorite
and only song, "Tlie Golden Vanltee:"
A ship I have got In the North Coiinitme.
And I had her christened the Gold 'n
Vanltee:
O, I fear she'll be taken by a Spanish
Gal-a-lee
.As she falls by the lowland low."
in come hazy way he had persuaded
himself that the Spanish galleon of the
ballad was nh? very ship whose timbers
overarched him and the-audience; and
for t'hs momemt, being himself Inverted
(so to speak) by the potency of his own
singing, he bljw out his client and
I itpadilled' out ihla thick calves and
screwed up his eyes, quite as If his roof-
tree ware right-side up once more In
blue water, end he on deck beside the
weather-rail. But the mood began to
pass as scon as he locked the front
door behind his guests, nnd Ann the
cook poured him onS his Iot cup of
mulled ale and withdrew with tihe sauce
pan. And amother noon would find htmtj
seated under hla house-front, his cye3
half-closed, his attention divided be
tween tthi whisper of the tide and the
murmur In the plgeon-cots overhead,
h'ja body at ease nrnl his soul content.
His was a happy life or had been, but
for two crumpl'd rose leave. To be
gin with, thre were those confounded
pot-boys. It puzzled Master Simon al
most as much as It annoyed him; he
paid fair wages and parsed for n good
employe ; but he could not keep a pot
boy for twelve months. As a matter of
fact, I know the river to have been at
the bottom of the mtacthlcf the river,
and perhaps the talk of the ship cap
tains. It mP?hf Patlsfy Master Slmmn
to sit and watch the culmon passing up
In autumn toward their spawning beds,
and rubbing, as they went, the ir scale
agalnwt his landing-stage to cWr them
of the sea-lice; to watch them and their
young passing seaward Jn the spring;
to wateh and wait and spread bis nets
in the due season. But for the youngs
ters this running water was a con
stant lurethe song of It and the dim
ple on it. It coaxed them, as It coaxed
the old galfcon, to lm over and listen.
And the moment that listening becamo
Intolerable, thf-y were' off. Only one
of them the port before mentioned
had ever expressed any desire to return
and revisit
"The shining levels and th daisied wave
Emerging, from his covert of green woods,
Old heronries, and vales mysterious, . ,
Lost between uplands where the harvest
ers Pause In the Swathe, shading their eyes,
to watch
Home little trader stealing up from sea:
Themselves In sunset, sha & twilight
ghost
Parting the twllt woods.
Ah, loving Ood,
Grant In the end this world may slip awny
With whisper of that water by the bows
Of such a bark, bearing me home thy
stars -
Breaking the gloom like kingfishers, thy
heights
Wearing the dear rough faces of my kin!"
I doubt If ihs meant It, any more than
Virgil meant his "flumltva. emem sll
vns'iue ingkirlus." At any rate tine pub
Ha knew wh'Wt was due to Itself, and,
when the time came, gave the man a
handsome funerall In Wefftmlitmter Ab
bey. Among ihla pall-berarem walked
the prime minister, the eommamder-ln-ohilef,
the president, of the Itoyo.1 Acad
rimy of Arts, and (as representing rural
life) the tritnlnter of agriculture.
To Be Continued.
DOWN ON PICTURES.
From the Manufacturer.
The total Impression mads upon ed
ucated readers who examine the jour
nals which are thickly strewn with base
engravings Is that the presumed -crav
ing of the public for that kind of thing
Is Indicative of a general movement of
the race toward a kind of second child
hood. How any 'grown person, with
his mental faculties In a normal condi
tion of good orde, can have any appe
tite which will be satisfied by the pic
tures day after day presented In pro
fusion in the newspapers, Is beyond
reach of comprehension.' . A mere In
fantile fondness for rude drawings
may,' however, be quits Innocent; but
now ws And that some of the papers,
not satisfied with the production of
Incredible representations of passing
events' and libelous distortion of the
countenances of prominent men, are
beginning to offer, pictures of scenes
from the criminal courts. - Thus, every
morning, Into multitudes of households
where the effort Is to have purity, these
journals thrust pictorial reproductions
of scenes and persona which for a
young person even to know about Is
pollution. The process, therefore, Is a
process of debauchery which deserves
the Indignant repudiation of all re
spectable people. Not only is tha Illus
tration of crime and of criminals not
to be desired, but there is good reason
for declaring that the journals would
much more effectively serve the public
Interest If they would largely diminish
the amount of space that they devote
to the verbal description of crime.
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WHAT IT LACKED.
At a I-omlore dinner recently given by
the New Vagabond to the women au
thors of England, Frankfort Moore told
some Interesting stories bearlug upon
literature. Here to one of tlu-m: "'Some
short time ngo an autihor, having just
completed a book, brought it into the
ottlee of his publisher, uid rtated Mint
he- thought It wa4 the best thing ho had
ever written. 'We'll be delighted to
have It,' said the publisher. 'Is It up
to date?" 'I'p to date?" .ild the nu
1ior, 'I vhouUI think it Is up to date;
It contains two problems and a wife
who confess all on th day of her
m'.irrlnse.' The publishers eye-s glist
ened, but as he turned over the pages
of the tyiwwvrlpt his faoe lengthened,
'dvcat h.-'ivor.j"!' he said, 'It's written
In Kngllsh; there's not a Sen Mi phrase
ir It! Ami you-said It was up to date.'
'What do you mean?' asked the nuthor.
'What do I nieitin?" cried the puOilisher.
'My dear fir, arc you re-lly -rlous In
exoectlivf me to publish a nowl that'r
not written In a Smutch dlalivt? Ta;e
It nwny take It away.' Well, tho'uu
thor took It away, and was'somrwlvit
disheartened, until he mid.lenl;' recol
lected that he had an aunt y'ho had
llve-J in Gotland an.J had m:if"tored the
UniKuage so that she could f,o through
Kdiivliurgh wiUiout the aid. of a:y Inter
preter, and could almost understand a
Ola.-gow man when ha' spoke slowly,
lie hurried to hfr sl'.M, and, with her
assistance, turned nil the the 'froms'
Into 'fries, all ' he 'longs' Ir.to '.an,-s,'
all the Vvways'-lnto 'awas,' the 'friends'
Into 'freer.'-.' and the 'files' Into 'Ilees.'
With, rhe aid ef a fe w 'hott nions,' 'b.n
nles,' an-. a judicious flavor of the biwe
pot, .flier 'book wm transformed, the
pubJisher acvepted It with enthusiasm,
apd I look for lts aiiwaranco every
day."
SO SAY WE ALL.
We oiidht, says the New York Sun. to
raise our own violinists, our actors nnd
actresses, our vocal musicians, und mem
bers of brass bands. We must have plenty
of men and women fit for such kinds of
business among our population of seventy
millions. Tho Americun people hnve al
most entirely neglected these pioiltable
branches of industry. We do not believe
It would be necesraty for us to Import
any talent from abroad If wo would give
proper encouragement to the growth of
tho home nrtlcle. By doing this we would
retain millions of mon.-y In the country.
Only Occasionally.
From tho Cincinnati Triburo.
"Do you miss him much?"
She, to the surprise of tho questioner.
smiled.
Not so much as I used to. Even a wo
man can learn to throw straight when tho
dlstane-e Is measured merely by the width
of the breakfast table."
TO GO A .SWIMMING.
There's a red-letter page that is brighter
for its age;
And the fingermarks of Time are never
dimming;
It has very much to say of a hot summer
day.
When we fellers ran away to go a-swlm-
mlng.
creeping through lengthy grass while
dancing shadows puss,
Threading deep haunted woods where the
squirrel stows his goods.
And birds nested high teach their little
ones to fly.
Where the grasp-cluster shines In a wll
rlerncss of vines,
Whereare mossy pillows green not a slum
borer hath seen.
And the red flowers 'grow In a blossom
drift of snow;
It may be twice as gay that we felt a bit
astray,
When we fellers ran away to go a-swlm-
ming.
And the river nnd th pool were so
heaven-like and cool,
With fresh baby-breees over-sklmmln.T
Everything well contrived for a pleasme
short-lived.
When we runaways arrived to go a
swimming)
Now all ready now a plunge! and our
bocl.es like a sponge
That unduly dry has been, seem to drink
the water In;
We are groping In the caves of the cold,
silent waves.
We are climbing to tho air, flinging tor
rents from our hair.
And wo struggle to and fro through the
ripples' gentle flow.
And we duels gaily light with the plash
ing waters nrictit.
On each other, through the frny, flinging
barreisftii or spray;
Oh, the mad and merry day wa went a
awlmmingl
Now the moral of this rhyme, Is for
youth's careless time;
Full of good, sober counsel It Is brim
ming; In your labor or your play your super
lors obey;
Don't you ever run awny to go a-twinv
mlng.
Though tho flower-Jewels shine with a ra.
dlunce divine,
And the dnlsy-blossoms creep In tho mead.
ows half asleep,
And the clouds are like a hlh floating
cbsiio in the sky.
And the forest branches dumb wink nnd
beckon you to come,
And a shndy nook you know where the
dainty billows How, '
Whose delicious, quiet charms would fold
you In their arms,
Bs obedient while you may; on the shoro
or duly stay;
Don't you ever run awny to go a-swlm-
mlngl
Will Cnrloton.
Sickness
In Summer
is always most serious. The pa.
tient, due to the heat, is unable to
absorb into the system sufficient
nourishment to effect convales
cence ' . 1
Bovinine
in all such cases is indispensable,
the greatest amount of nourishment
in' the least bulk. The act of di
gestion is in itself heating. Hence
the benefit of obtaining nourish
ment with the least effort. '
THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
STOCKS AND BONDS.
New Tork, July 20. The transactions
at the stock exchange today footed up
only CO, loo shares. The active stocks
on the list were sugar, distillers and
Chicago gas, but the trading was en
tirely professional. The purchases were
mainly to cover short contracts and a
rise In prices of M to 1 ensued, the
Improvement being most pronounced tti
sugar, Chicago gas, distillers, lead and
grangers and llUsuurl Pacific. The
buying of the grangers was due to
good crop reports. Speculation closed
iulet but strong. Net changes show
advances of HialVi-
The rungu of todny's prices for the ae
tivo stocks of the New York stock mar
ket are given bflow. The quotations are
fuinlsi'd Tho Tribune by U. du 11. Dlm
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Scptnnlicr
IeeenitH;r ,1511
May S.V.4
-AR ).
fieplemlier Ii.10
Janmiry 0.30
PORK.
September 1ft 87
January W.W
Scranton Honnl of Trndo Kxcliango
Oho.
mi inns-am (.(notations Uased on
of 101).
STOrKfl. Tllil.
Par
Ank
TVme Peri. DIs. Hank 1L'.".
First Nntlonnl Hank 600
Oreen Hldgo l.umlier f'o
110
Lackawanna l.umher Co..
Rernnton Savlnrrs Hunk....
Scranton baee ('ni lnlri Co.
Third Nstlomil Hunk
Thnron Coal Land Co
Scrnnlon Axlo Works
200
X4
M
US
w
Scranton Glass Co
National Ituring & Ilrllllnir Co
Scranton Jar : Stopper Co
l.ncka. ft Monlrnse It. R
Spring Krook Water Co
Klmhurst lltmlevard Co
Anthracite Land ft Imp. Co
Economy Steam Heat & Power
2.1
llK)
so
60
-o 40
TIONDS.
Scrnnlon Traction Co
85
100
1S
100
100
Economy Steam Heat & Tower
Co
Madison Avenue Improvement ....
Scranton Glnss Co
liushhroolc Coal Co.. S
Scranton Axle Works, 6
Scranton I'ass. Itn'lway first
mortuRge 'b. due 1020 110
People's St. Railway, first
mortgage 6 s. due V.M8 110
People's Bt. Hallway, second., 110
Scrnnton Wholesale.
Fruits and Produce Dried npples, per
in., 6aoe.; evapornted applet, 7ti,a8c; Cali
fornia prunes, 6'.aSe.; Kngl'sh eurranti,
2'iaoC.; layer raisins, Jl.00al.70: murcatels,
4arr. per lb., Jlal.25 jier box; new Valen-
clas, BUaiiHc. per lb, Itenns Marrowfats
l2.0Oa2.GT. per bushel; mediums, J2.2S. Peas
(Ireen, Jl.10nl.15 per bushel; split, K.'An
2.110; lentels, Ra8c. per lb. Potatoes New,
t2.2ra2.75 per bbl. Onions Per bbl, J.'.r.'ia
2.75. llutter 16al9e. per lb. Cheese Gac,
per lb. Kggn HuU'jC. Meats Hams,
lo'ic; small hams, lie; skinned hams,
lie.; California hnms, 7c; shoulders,
7'ic; bellies, 8c; smoked breakfast bacon
pl'-jc. flmnked Heef Outsldes, 12c; sets
la'ic; Innides and knuckles, Tic; Acme
sliced smoked bf.--f, 1-lb. cans, J2.40 dosn,
Pork Mess, $11.50; short cut, J15. Lnrd-
l.eaf. In tierces, 8c; In tubs, 8'4c; 10-lb.
palls, 8"c. per lb.; 5-lb. pails, 8'4c per lb.
3-lh. palls, 9c. per lb.; compound Inrd,
t!erces 6c; tubs, 6'ic; 10-lb. palls, e-c,
1er lb.; 8-lb. palls, 6r. per lb.; 3-lb. palls,
7c pir lb. Flour Minnesota patent per
Mil., Jl.40n4.6ll; Ohio and lndlnna nmlKir,
J4.10; Graham, $4; rye flour, J4.50. Feed-
Mixed, per cwt., l.i. urain corn, ft.ic.
oats, r!i40c. per bushel. Jye Straw Per
ton, J13(il(l. Huy-S15al7.
New York Prodnco .tlnrkcl.
New York, July 20. Flour Dull, weak,
Wheat Dull, firmer; No. ! red store and
elevator, VOic; afloat, 71a72c.; f. o. b.
7l:14a72e.; ungraded red, 65a73c; No.
northern, 7.Tic.; options closed steady
7ia1V4c. advance; July. 70"ia7lc. ; Septem
ber, 71c.; October, 71r)4c; December. 73'4'
Msy, 7U',4c Corn-Dull, firm: No. 2, 4Sc,
elevator; 40-c. afloat options dull;, firm
July, 4te!ic.; September, 4t4c Oats Dull
nptlons dull, llrmcr; July 2814c; August
27e.: September, 2,4c; spot prices. No,
2Ha20c.; No. 2 white, 31c; No. I Chicago,
2!lia30c; No. 3 white, 30c; mixed western
30c; white state and western, 32a39e. Pro
visions Inactive, unchanged. I.ard
Quiet, stronger; western steam, $6.70; city,
J0.2B; July, $.67; September, $0.77; refined
Arm; continent, $7.10; Mouth America, $7.40;
compound, 414n5'4c Butter Active, firm
stale dairy, llaKiHc; do. creamery, 17c
western dairy, tya13c; do. creamery, 12a
17c; do. factory, 8al24c; Klg.ns, 17c; Iml
tatlon creamery, lla14c. Cheese gulet,
steady, unchsnged. Kggs flteudy; state
and Pennsylvania, i;i'4al4'io.; western
fresh, 13al3'ic.4 do. per case, Jla3.7D.
Toledo drain Market.
Toledo, O., July 20. Wheat Receipts,
111,000 bushels; shipments, 27,000 bushels
mnrket dull: No. 2 red, cash, and July,
70V1O.; ' August, ante.; Seplem:r, IBn,
December, 72c.;' No. 2 red. A4e. Corn
llece'.pts, none; shtoments, 12.000 bush
els; market dull; no trading. Oats Re.
cc'.pts, none; shipments, none; market
.nominal. Clover Heed Market quiet; Oc
toher,: $5.75; December, $5.82',4; January,
$5.87'4; March, $5.S7',4.
Chloaao l.lvs stock.
Chicago. July 20.-Cattle Receipts, COO
head; marknt steady; common to extra
steers, $3.40afl; cows and bulls, Il.75a3.75
stockers and feeders, $2.25n4; calves, $2a
S.W; Texans, $2.25a4.7B. Hogs Receipts,
Reoekots, 6.000 head; market strong and 10
a!5c. higher; heavy packing and shipping
lots, J5.1&H5.4&; common to choice mixed,
JT.u5.50; choice assorted, J5.55a5.70; light,
J5.20a5.70; pigs, $3.75a5.20. Sheep Receipts,
2,500 head; market unchanged.
Oil Market. .
Oil City, July 20. The ruling pries of oil
today was 152.
Pittsburg, July 20. Oil opened sua high.
est, 15G',k; lowest and closed, 154.
Philadelphia Tallow Market. '
Philadelphia. July Z0.-Tallow Is dull at
unchanged prices. We quote: City, prime,
In hhds. 4'4c. : country, prima, In bbls, te,
da. dark, In bbls, 8c; cakes, 4140.; gtsase,
IVio. . .'.'
NO SALE.
"Here, ahe said, impressively, "I
have a book person illy descriptive of
American female writer ar.d their ad
mirable contributions to literature."
"I shall take It," he began.
fihe beamed and opened her or
der book.
'If." tie continued, suavely, "It does
not suy of a certain writer: 'She Is
prouder of her pork plea than of her
poems.' "
I I tx?llve In one biography there Is
memtion. of something of the sort."
Is there an assertion that another
author pays attention to every detail
of her housework, and takes particular
pain that dust shall never be permitted
to gather In her domain?"
"1 I think there is."
"Does one paragraph declare that a
well-known novelist makes a tooatft of
darning her table damat k with No. 150
thread?"
"I recall a reference to that effect."
"A.nd Is it averred of another celebrity
that she fashions and remodels her
gowns with such skill that her Wlgh-
boia and as-'oclatea tielleve tiiiem 'Par
isian made?"
"That Is, indeed, said of a brilliant
poett?HS"
"And Is it also a.T-erted In any Dart
that a popular wom in of the pen takes
more pleasure in the knowledge that
the suppers prepared In the chafing
dish by her own ha t.'ls are exceedingly
Mfcceayful. than In the popularity cf
ner novvls?"
There" (falntly)"s something of
the sort."
'flu I supposed. When you bring me
a book, dealing with what wumen have
done In literature, without any him.I igy
for .their having prtMimed to du it. 1
shall gladly !uy the volume. I have
not read that Ituskln put his ability fur
chopping klmUlMx wood above his bril
liant crltlcbm. I never he j id that the
chief argument in favor of Howell was
his deftness tr .putting up stovepipes.
It Is yet to be announced that Itllev
takes less firlds in his pooms t'iian In
whitewashing a cellar. There may he
people who think that a coinpen? atory
domestic sop should be offered to tho
Cerberus of mediocrity 'by every wo
man who ventures to (end hr soul t3-
yond the four walls of the kitchen. Itut
such people would r.ot tjuy the book.
nnway. They would Ixirrowlt. They
shall not (borrow It from me. Oood
morning!" Puck.
A COMPHOMISE.
Prosecuting counsel John T. Dare and
opposing counsel exchamte a few hot
words yesterday morning.
"Mr. Dare, sit down," ordered Juds?
Joachlmsen.
"Your honor, I prefer to attend to my
duties on my feet, ns a respectful at
torney should," replied Dare.
Mr. Dare, sit down!" shouted the
judge, now thoroughly angry, and Mr.
Dare saw that It was necessary to hcdire
a little to bolster his bluff.
"Your honor, I don't see why I should
be singled out," said Dare,. "nnl I muBt
therefore decline to sit down. I would,
however, obey a general ordor for tvory
one In the court room to bo seated," he
suggested by way of a compromise, though
he was the only one In the court room who
wns standing.
"Everybody sit down!" roared the judge.
who had been bluffing himself and was
only too glad to accept the compromise.
Mr. Dare took his seat reFpectfully and
the buslncssof the court proceeded har
moniously. San Francisco Post.
Ull1tfl6lifW!l'"aJiT:i"riJillt'tTV
Mild 4.M. tit ft I 1 M K
t aursieitt tsaiVra Maaia tuTittm
ABSOLUTELY PURE
THE OLD RELIABLE
SWEET CAPORAL
CIGARETTE
Mat stood tha Tail ol Tlrnt
MORE SOLO THAN ALL OTHER
DHANOS COMBINEO
REVIVO
RESTORES VITALITY.
Made a
1WII Mar.
lot Day.
llta Day,
y of Me.
TMB ORIAT 80th
prodacnatb above mraluln'30 days. It self
Siworf ullr and qslrkly. Cncu whn all othm (all
osnf ntawlllnnla thtir UmI BonhiKxl. sad old
bob will teramr their jronthtnl vtcor br min
RKTl VO. It anlektr and auirlr raatorn Nnou
Baas, Laat TlUlltv, ImpoKDer. Nlflillr Ktolulona,
LoatlHnrar, Falllna Mrniorr, Wattlna Dtmaara. and
all eai of aoli -aboa or aiomm and ladlKrattoa.
hlok Malta osa for atndy, tmnlnnai or narrlat. II
Bot oaly enras by aftartlnt at Ike aat ot dlaraaa, but
taagr.al mrrtm toale and blood bollder, brlnf.
lot aacfe lb pink (tow to pals rhowha and ra
tlortat tha flra of yontkv It warda og fanaalty
and OaoauiBDllon. Insist oa siring RKVIVO. no
lhar. II eaa bo earrlad la vnt pock.l. Br saell.
Bar twekasa, or all for aS.SO, with pool
Uto writtaa gnarantoa tm ear a isfaaid
thaaaoaoy. Glroular fra. dddraas
R0YAI MEDICINE CO., 83 nlttr CHICA00. ILL
fcy afatthawallratw Ot act 1st
ra.
French injection Gomponnd
CatrM BnsHlvety. qitkklr. (not morely cberlia.)
Uuaranlaed or motwy raftimlrit. Aviilddaneermia
ranifldlra. wlreaaeemouerhottlii. la KvIIIm
(will eara aerereat raa aunt prepaid. Mrura (rata
obaonratlon, with only MtoalMnUly aiada ayrlote,
loanyaddraMforta.00. w
fl Cklftoetrt Eaallak WaanaS raa.
rENUYROYAL PILLS
Bare. ) rrtltM. iDitt mm
UrMl4 (tar trkmfrt KjH tHm ,
laMats MrytmU In HsXl fMat 0faf sMU IM
tt. Mm - It- Mm rlbhsM. Tnk
tinmm HBlfaiiaal a ItraiMlM. t Mki 4o
In attuatM for BarltMlart, tMtitaBitftra
UskJLa fLo IiaV M ttttt. bt f4atfl
Mall. I trtiiMiWi. KMfrmp-
I1klaskaktapri
tM
-Jl rr
R' ' (Hi milt)
HatBwwAotoTlaat.Ptalaa.Cwooi i Wpssd
aota, lakoa, Old Boraa, Uloer, la klimtIUtr-
aaataToaovrVeaJ MIMr proofs of sans.
Oapltal Boaiaaa. yUaataa,iiad alaasoaaa
..fqr--""--
The Only Remedy in the World That Re
funds Purchase Price if It Fails to Ciire
the Tobacco Habit in 4 to 10 Days Is ,
r
i- MM.
It C(ires While You
Tobacco.
The greatest discovery of the agel
A certain, pletuaut, perniaueut
cure.
A lifutlme'a suffering ended foe
15.00.
Why smoke and spit your life
away? Why suffer from dyspep
sia, heartburn, and drains on your
vital forces?
Btop UHlnff tobacco, but atop the
right wayl Drive the ni'-otlne front
your system by tho use of this
wouJerful remt'dy.
Narooti-Cuiib l warranted to
remove all deslro for tobacco in
every form, iiiclu'lliii? Cigar, C'igur
elte and 1'lne Hiiiokiug, Chewing
and Hun II" 'i'ukiug.
Use all the tobacco ycu want
while under treatment, and in
from four to ten days your "hunk
ering" and "craving" will dinap-petir-
the weed won't taste good.
Then throw away tobacco for
ever.
Naucoti-Curr la entirely vege
table and fn.-e from injurious in
gredients. It ucver fails to give
tone and new vigor to the weakest
constitution.
Itemember Nakcoti Cliie docs
not deprivo you of tobacco while
ellectiuga cure; doesn't ask yoU(
to buy several bottles to be entitled '
to a guitruutee; dots n't requires'
month's treatment; and, Ifnally,
doesn't enable you to stop tobacco
only to lind yoursslf a slave to the
habit of tablet chewing.
(Action
to our
Washburn-Crosby Co. wish to assure their many pato
rons that thev will this veur hold to their usual custom
of milling STRICTLY OLD WHEAT until the new erop
is hilly cured. New wheat is now upon the market, and
owing to the excessively dry weather many millers aro
of the opinion that it is already cured, and in proper
condition for milling. Washbuf n-Crosby Co. will take
no risks, and will allow the new wheat fully thre
months to-mature before grinding.
This careful attention to every detail of milling ha
placed Washburn-Crosby Co.'s flour far above other
brands.
rH4
9
MEGARGEL
Wholesale Agents.
IRON AND STEEL
Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Ends, Turnbuckles, Washers, Riv
ets, Horse Nails, Files, Taps, Dies, Tools and Sup
plies. Sail Duck for mine use in stock.
SOFT - STEEL - HORSE - SHOES,
And a full stock of Wagon Makers' Supplies, Wheels,
Hubs, Riuis, Spokes, Shafts, Poles, Bows, etc,
BITTE1IE11EB
SCRANTON, PA.
HE
OAK BILL STUFF.
mm
EALTH LUFIBER CO
TBLCPHONB 483.
tn hi iloobt
m. Imnxiacr.
mhlntmiHbuUr.
Raoalt la 4 wsaka.
tt sale ay JOHN M. PHCLPa
ServM aweati aXrantew ra.
tut xu f
-. --AAAAj
Continue th? Ose of
With Kaiicoti Cube, when you
are through with tobacco, you are
through with the remedy. One
bottle cures.
Send for book of prominent tes
timonies like the following:
Hcstisotos. afaaa , March It. 1M
Tns a Aitcon C'HssirALt'o.,
aprloa-fleld. atssa.
GeatlemoB: I bara uaad tubaoro for
OTrr twjnty-fl yri ehalss aad
siaukin- ovary day from I a. to. tt P- so.
atvupiut; ouly fur moaia.
n Monday. Fb. 1 I Failed at yonr
odlr In Hvrliixflald, and boagbt a hot U
of tba ( DUB wbicb I iiaud aa dlrocted,
an J on tu toLtb day tba drain for to
bocro Und l.ft inn and It ba Bot ra
turned. I did uot looa a meal wbilo tak
ing t Cl'iib. My tnrit)B.a improved
aul I ojnailcr AascoTi-tX'KB a fraad
thing. Vary rapotfolly.
UUAa. L UNCOLV.
Mr. Prank IT Uortoo. of CbJoop-o
Fulia. Mana., lata Inaix tor ot uuuto
LuiliilnKa fur alaaaacbusatta, aaya:
I nwd tobacro for twanty-Bvs roars,
and as a eunftrntrd smok.r, la ist
oigbt days' treatment with Nascoti
Cciib ! ai thro if U with tdbaooo, la fact
the deaire for touaoeu vaa'auod like a
dream. Very ronprctfoily,
tmiii U. MOBTOH.
If your druggist la unable to give
full particulars about Nakcoti
Ci ue, send to us for Jionk of Par
ticulars free, or send J.O0 for bot
tle by mall.
THE HARCOTI CHEMICAL CO.,
SprlDfleld, lass,
oe'0ye''aalieiao'a'wye;a'o'aeiaaa)aa'aia)ao;aae
U-WlUlJOUKViS:.
patrons:
CONNELL
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PROPS B TIES
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j M't Sonntoi, Pa.
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h.t t m lb. Kim rMHtT. t" Untt VeoaKIa ekaw
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MUM inrm. tll. fcJi bmt t tu. J ha
b up otd.i w, ,Vlva a heal (Mnana k caia " PMmt laa i
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