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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY 'MOipnNG, AUGUST 7, 1B95.
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(Copyright, 1W3, by
CHAPTER IV. THE BOX OF! CLUES
(The pages which follow are from
Miss Fairbanks' journal, begun after
the conclusion of the notes already
given to the reader.)
Wednesday night. I have resolved to
record carefully each day the progress
I make In my examination of the house.
I began today at the bottom that Is,
with the room least likely to contain
any clue, the par tor. I took a chalk line
and a yard stick, and divided the floor
Into square yards, and every one of
these squares I examined on my hands
and knees. 1 found in this way literally
nothing on the carpet but dust, lint,
two common white pins and three
Inches of blue sewing silk.
At last I got the dust-pan and brush,
and yard by yard swept the floor. I took
the sweepings in a white pasteboard
box out Into the yard in the strong sun-
"I'm Do yon d Itclnc Nervous," Said I.
light, and examined them. There was
nothing .but dust and lint and Ave
inches of brown woolen thread evi
dently a raveling from some dress ma
terial. The blue silk and the brown
tHread are: the only possible clues which
I have found today, and they are hardly
possible. Rufus' wife can probably ac
count for them. I have written to her
bout them. -
Nobody has come to the house all day,
I Went down to the store this afternoon
to get some necessary provisions, and
people stopped talking when I came In.
The clerk took my money as If It were
poison.
Thursday night. Today I have
searched the sitting-room, out of which
ny father's bed-room opens. I found
twa bloody footprints on the carpet
which no one has noticed before per
haps because the carpet itself is red and
white. I used a microscope which I
had In my school work. The footprints,
which are close to the bed-room, are
both from the right foot: one Is brighter
than the other, but both are faint. The
foot was evidently either bare or clad
only In a stocking the prints are so
widely spread. They are wider than
my father's shoes. I tried one in the
brightest print.
I found nothing else new In the sitting-room.
The bloodstains on the
doors, which have been already noted,
are still there.' They had not been
washed away, first by order of the
sheriff, and next by mine. These stains
are of two kinds; one looks as If made
by a feldody garment brushing against
it; the other! I should say, was made in
the first place by the grasp of a bloody
hand, and then brushed over with a
cloth. There are none of these marks
upon the door leading into the front
entry and the china closet. The China
closet hi really a pantry, although I
use It only for my best dishes and pre-
Frlday ntght.-Today I th
closet. One of the shelves, which is
aibout as high as my shoulders, was
bloodtained. It looked to me & If the
murderer might have caught hold of It
to steady himself. Did he turn faint,
after his dreadful deed? Some tumblers
of jelly were ranged on that shelf and
they had not been disturbed. There was
only that bloody clutch on the edge.
I found on this closet door, under the
helves, as If It had been irolled there by
a careless foot, a button, evidently from
a' man's clothing." It is an ordinary
tlack-enamelled metal trouser button;
it had evidently been worn off and
clumsily sewn on again, for a quantity
of stout white thread Is still clinging to
It. This button must have belonged
either to a single man or one with an
idle wife, f '
If one 'black button has been sewn on
with white ithread another is likely to
be. I may be wrong, but I regard this
button as a clue.
The pantry was thoroughly swept
cleanedIndeed, by Rufus' wife, the day
before she left. . Neither my father nor
Rufus could have dropped It there, and
they never had occasion to go to the
closet. Th murderer dropped the but
ton.V .
I have a white pasteboard box which
1 have marked, "Clues." In it I have
put the button. '
This afternoon Phoebe Dole came in.
She Is very kind. She has recut the
dyed silk, and she fitted It to me. Her
treat shears, clicking in my ears, made
tne nervous. I did not feel like stop
ping to think about clothes. I hope I
did not appear' ungrateful, for she is
the only soul beside Henry who has
treated me as before this happened.
Phoebe asked me what I found to
busy myself about, and I replied. "I am
searching for my father's murderer."
She asked if I thought I should find a
clue, and I replied, "I think so." I had
found the butten then, but I did not
peak of it She said Maria was not
Very well.
'1 saw- her eyeing the stains on the
doors, and I said I had not washed them
off, for I thought they might yet serve
a purpose' in detecting the murderer.
She looked at those on the entry door
the brightest ones and said she did
Aot see how they could help, for there
were no plain finger marks there, and
he Should think they would make me
nervous,,'' :
."I'm beyond being; nervous," said I.
' ' Bsfurday. Today I have found some
thing whloh I cannot understand. I
have been at work in the room where
mV father came to his dreadful end. Of
otarst some of the most startling evl
Heaocs nave been removed. The bed la
1 Frt '
bring Bachol'er).
clean, and the carpet washed, but the
worst horror of It all clings to that
room. The spirit of murder seems to
haunt it. It seemed to me at first that
I could not enter that room, but In it I
made a strange discovery.
My father, while he carried little
money about his person, was In the
habit of keeping considerable sums In
the house; there Is no bank within, ten
miles. However, he was wary; he had
a hiding place which he had revealed
to no one but myself. 'He had a small
stand In his room near the head of his
bed. Under this stand, or rather un
der the top of It. he had tacked a' large
leather wallet. In this he kept all his
spare money. I remember how his
eyes twinkled when he showed It to me.
"The average mind thinks things
have either got to be in or on." said
my father. "They don't consider
there's ways of getting around gravita
tion and calculation."
In searching my fathers room I called
to mind that saying of his. and his
peculiar system of concealing, and then
I made my discovery. I have argued
that In a search of this kind I ought
not only to search for hidden traces of
the criminal, but for everything which
had been for any reason concealed.
Somehtlng which my father himself
has hidden, something from his past
history may furnish a motive for some
one else. i
The money In. the wallet under the
table, some $500, had been removed and
deposited In the bank. Nothing more
was to be found there. I examined the
bottom of the bureau, and the under
sides of the chair seats. There are two
chairs In the room, beside the cushioned
rocker green-painted wooden chairs,
with flag seats. I found nothing under
the seats:
Then I turned each of the green
chairs completely over and examined
the bottoms of the legs. My heart
leaped when -I found a bit of leather
nicely tacked over one. ,1 got the tack
hammer and drew the tacks. The chair
leg had been hollowed out, and for an
Inch the hole was packed tight with
cotton. I began picking out the cotton,
and soon I felt something hard. It
proved to be an old-fashioned gold
band, quite wide and heavy, like a wed
ding ring.
I took it over to the window and
found thlsinscrlptiononthelnside: "Let
love abide forever." There were two
dates one In August, forty yaars ago,
and the other In August of this present
year.
I think the ring has never been worn;
while the first part of the inscription
Is perfectly clear It looks old, and the
last Is evidently freshly cut.
This could not have, been my moth
er's rlntf. She had only her wedding
ring, and, that was buried with her.
I think my father must have treasured
up this ring for years; but why? What
does It mean? This can hardly be a
clue; this can Aardly lead to the dis
covery of a motive, but I will put it In
the box with the rest.
Sunday night. Today, of course, I
did not pursue my search. I did not go
"My Name Is IHx-Frsncls Dlx "
to church. I could not face old friends
that could not face me. Sometimes I
think that everybody In my native vil
lage believes In my guilt. What must
I have been In my general appearance
and demeanor all my life? I have
studied myself In the glass, and tried
to discover the possibilities of evil that
they must see In my face.
This afternoon,' about 3 o'clock, the
hour when people here have just fin
ished their Sunday dinner, there was a
knock on the north door. I answered
It, and a strange young man stood
there with a large book under his arm.
He was thin and cleanly shaved, with
a clerical air.
"I have a work here to which I would
like to call your attention," he began;
and I stared at him In astonishment,
for why should a book agent be ped
dling his wares upon the Sabbath?,
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His mouth twitched a' little, "It's a
Biblical Cyclopaedia." said he.
"I don't think I care to take It." said I.
"You are Miss Sarah Fairbanks, I be
liever "That is my name." I replied, stiffly.
"Mr. Henry Ellis, of Dlgby. sent me
here." he said next. "My -name is Dlx
Francis Dlx."
Then I knew that he was Henry's
cousin from Boston the detective who
had come to help me. I felt tears com'
Ing to my eyes. "Ton are very kind to
come." I managed to say.
"I am very selfish, not kind," he re
turned, "but you had better let me
come In. or my chance of success in my
book agency Is tost. If the neighbors
see me trying to sell It on a Sunday.
And, Miss Fallbanks, this Is a bona fide
agency. I shall canvass the town."
He came In. I showed him all this
that I have written, and he read it care
fully. When he had finished he sat still
for a long time, with his face screwed
up in a peculiar meditative fashion. .
"We'll ferret this out In three days at
the most," said he finally, with a sud
den clearing of his face and a flash of
his eyes at me.
"I had planned for three years, per
haps," said I.
'I tell you, we'll do It In three days,"
he repeated. "Where can I get 'board
while I canvass for this remarkable
and Interesting book under my arm? I
can't stay here, of course, and. there Is
no hotel. Do you think the two dress
makers next door, Phoebe Dole and the
other one, would take me In?"
I said they had never taken boarders.
"Well, I'll go over and Inquire." said
Mr. Dlx; and he had gone, with his bonk
under his arm, almost before I knew It.
Never have I seen any one act with
the strange, noiseless, soft speed that
this man does. Can he prove me Inno
cent In three days? He must have suc
ceeded In getting board at Phopbe
Dole's, for I saw him go past to meeting
with her this evening. I feel sure he
will be over very early tomorrow morn
ing. To Be Continued.
NEWS OF 01 INDUSTRIES
Happenings of Interest to ths Staple
Trades and Particularly to the Trade
in Iron, Steel and Anthracite Coal.
The rush of orders for steel and Iron
leads In interest, displaying remarkable
strength; western manufacturers have
been obliged to purchase eastern billets
to meet their orders.
The Merchants' Bar Iron association,
composed of twenty-two firms west of
Pittsburg, met In Detroit on Tuesday,
and advanced the price of bar Iron $2
per ton.
The Salem Wire Nail company, Sa
lem, O., has bought the New Philadel
phia, O., wire nail mill. The combined
output of the company's Salem, Find
lay, and New Philadelphia plants Is
6,000 kegs daily.
Considering the' Improved machinery
Introduced at the Pennsylvania Steel
company's Steelton works in the past
two years, the force of 4,700 men now
at work represents the largest tonnage
In the history of the plant.
We hear that a glass has been pro
duced in Germany which will freely
transmit light but not heat. The chem
ical distinction Is very small, but the ef
fect Is said to be marked.' A plate, 4.10
Inches thick, containing 28 per cent, of
Iron In the form described as ferrous
chloride, allowed. It is stated, only 4.08
per cent, of radiant heat to pass
through It, while another plate of equal
thickness, and containing quite as
much iron In the form of ferric chloride,
permitted 11.2 per cent, to pass. A thin
ner slab of this glass allowed less than 1
per cent, of the heat of gas flames to
pass, although transmitting 12 per cent,
of heat from sunlight. Ordinary win
dow glass, we believe, . lets some 88
per cent, of the heat through.
Mr. Edward Atkinson thinks there
Is a great future for the Iron Industry
In this country. The current number
of the Engineering Magaslne contains
an article by him, "Signs of the Times,"
In which he says that It Is highly prob
able that, dating from Jan. 1, 1896, it
will be necessary to add to the present
railroad mileage at the rate of not less
than 5,000 or 6,000 miles a year for many
years to come; that not less than 100,
000 miles of new railroad must be con
structed In the next fifteen or twenty
years. He remarks further: The de
mand upon the Iron and steel furnaces
for rails for new railroads Is no longer
the most important factor. At the less
ened prices of steel the demand for the
purpose of constructing buildings, and
for many other kinds of work In which
wood and other materials have been
used, is becoming the paramount fac
tor. The rule of accelerated demand,
out of all proportion to Increase of
population, is now more potent and
subject to more rapid development
than ever before."
A news dispatch from Pittsburg
says that the puddlers employed at the
Oliver Iron and Steel company's works,
In that city, have gone on a strike.
There was no trouble about wages,
for the firm was paying the rates of
the Amalgamated association, to which
these men belong. Their only griev
ance was that the firm declined to rec
ognise their union.
IN THE PATENT OFFICE.
From the Philadelphia Record.
"Right here In the patent office you may
watch the forward ruth of civilisation and
realise how rapid It Is," said Chief Ex
aminer Greely. "Probably It has never oc
curred to you to consider how many arts
and Industries that are of Importance to
day were unknown in 1880. 1 Their creation
has given employment to tens of thou
sands of people and to bullions of dollars
of capital. The self-binding harvester Is
nw since 1880, commercially speaking.
Hundreds of thousands of men would be
required to reap the harvests of the great
Northwest without the aid of this ma
chine. The typewriter was not put on the
market, until 1883. . It seems wonderful
that we could have got along without ' It.
In eleven years from 125.000,000 to 130,000,
000 worth of typewriters have been sold.
Who, In 1880, had ever heard of a 'grip
man' or a 'motormanr The cable and
electric roads are new since then. The
last fifteen years have witnessed the
creation of the electric light, the, electric
railway, the telephone and a large va
riety of Industries depending on electricity.
The two most Important of the recent in
ventions are the typesetting machine and
the cash register.. .The . latter has al
ready put on the market $16,000,000 or 120,
000,000 of the material, the cost of which Is
mainly labor. Let us not forget to men
tion In the list of novel industries the
manufacture of the bicycle, which la new,
commercially, since 1880,;
Built That Way.'' .
Miss Kate Sanborn, the author, Is of
rather generous proportions. A neighbor
"ran In" one day on an errand, at her
"abandoned farm," and suddenly burst
out to her astonished hostess: "Do you
ever have fltsT" Miss Sanborn said she
never had flta. "I s'pose ye know,", went
on the caller relentlessly, , "that ye'rs jest
ta buUd far flts.'Wudge. , . .
TEE TOLD CF EUSOSS
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NeW York.' Aug. . The stock market
was narrow and professional today, the
sales footing up but 144,250 shares. At
the start the market was firm because
at an advance In Chicago Gas to CO and
In Sugar to 11514; The advance brought
out new stock and the sold out bulls
endeavored to bring about a general de
cline, but their success was slight, and
outside of the Industrials and Rock Is
land the loss in prices was confined
to fractions. Gas ran off W and Sugar
1, and the other active stocks any
where from 14 to per cent. As a
rule the lowest figures of the day were
made In the last hour of business. There
were very little news afloat to affect
prices. Speculation closed about steady.
Net changes show losses of 1aT per
cent.
The range of today's prlees for the ae
tlve stocks of the New York stock mar
ket are given below. The quotations are
furnished The Tribune by Q. du B. Dim
mlck. manager for William Linn, Allen
Co.. stock brokers, 413 Spruce street,
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Am. Tobacco CO Ill X UVk
Am! Sugarlieg oiluS 116 1W. 1W.
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fan. South 66'
Ches. & Ohio ni 21-4 21 .
Chicago Gas 69-4 W .
- N. W W
cmSmilVp::: a 25
Chic. It. I. r. . '" ,
Delaware & Hua '
IXst. & C. F
- oili. 211L
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Lake Shore lf "
Louis & Nash 61 614 f4 4
Manhattan Kle in.
mioh i 'mrfl. .mi
101 101
Mo. Pacific
37fc M
3 37
Nat. Cordage
.... 24 2,
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Nait. Uetul
N j. centrai:::::::::io2', 101 we
N. Y. Central 102 102 12 102
kj v A v v. Bilii 6tii 6R'4 "4
n! Y.. L. E. A W 8 9i 8H 8
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Nor. Pacific, Pr....
Pacific Mall
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".. TOM 21t4 2911 294
Phil. Read
Southern R. R....
Tenn.. C. I
Tex. Pacific
I'nion Pacific
WahAjih
... 17 17 17 17
... 14 14 13
... 36 37 ! i
... 12 12 12 12
... 13 13 13 13
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CHICAOO BOARD OF TRADR PRICES
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83
WHEAT. Ing. est. est. Ing.
September 68 68 68 68
December 71 71 70 70
OATS.
September 20 20 20 20
May 24 21 21 24
CORN.
September 41 41 4n 40
December 32 33 32 33
May 33 33 33 33
LARD
September 6.02 6.02 S.9S R.97
January 6.15 6.15 6.07 6.07
PORK.
September 930 9.4!t D.30 9.32
January 10.10 10.20 10.10 10.15
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange Ono
tat Ions -All Quotations Based on Par
of 100.
STOCKS. Rid
Dime Dep. & Dls. Bank 125
Green Rlclge Lumber Co
First National Bank 600
Lackawanna Lumber Co 110.
Scranton Savings Bank 200
Scranton Lape Curtain Co
Third National Bank 350
Thuron Coal Land Co
Scranton Axle Works
Scranton Glass Co
National Boring ft Drilling Co ....
Scranton Jar & Stopper Co ,
Lat-ka. A Montrose R. R
Spring Brook Water Co
Elmhurst Boulevard Co
Anthracite Land & Imp. Co
Lacka. Trust A Safe Dep. Co
BONDS.
Scranton Traction Co
Economy Steam Heat A Power
Co
Scranton Glass Co
Rushbrook Coal Co., 6
Scranton Pass. Railway first
mortgage 6's, due 120 110
People's St. Railway, first
mortgage 6's, due 1918 110
People's St. Railway, second.. 110
Allegheny Lumber Co
Ask.
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60
105
Scranton Wholesale.
Fruits and Produce Dried apples, per
lb., 6a6c.: evaporated apples, 7a8c; Cali
fornia prunes, 6a8c.; English currants,
2a3c.: layer raisins, $1.60a1.70; muscatels,
4a5c. per lb., Slal.25 per box; new Valen
clas, Ea6c. per lb. Beans Marrowfats,
32.60a2.65 per bushel; mediums, $2.25. Peas
Green, Sl.10al.16 per bushel; spilt, 12. 30a
2.60; lentels, 6a8c. per lb. Potatoes New,
$2.25a2.75 per bbl. Onions Per bbl, 32.50a
2.75. Butter 16al9c. per lb. Cheese 6a9c.
per lb. Egg-14al4c. Meats Hams,
10c; small hams, lie; skinned hams,
lie; California hams, 7c; shoulders,
7c. ; bellies, Ic. ; smoked breakfast bacon,
10c. Smoked Beef Outsldes, 12c; sets,
13',fcc. ; Insldes and knuckles, 15c.; Acme
sliced smoked beef, 1-lb. cans, 12.40 dozen.
Pork Mess, 114.50; short cut, $15. Lard
Leaf, In tierces, ta.; in tubs, 8c; 10-lb.
pails, 8c. per lb.; 6-lb. palls, 8 via per lb.;
3-lb. palls, Sc. per lb.; compound lard,
tierces, 6c.; tubs, 6c; 10-lb. palls, 6c.
per lb.; 6-lb. palls, 6c. per lb.; 3-lb. pails,
7c. per lb. Flour Minnesota patent per
bbl., H.40a4.60; Ohio and Indiana amber,
$4.10; Graham, $4; rye flour, $4.50. Feed
Mixed, per cwt., $1.10. Grain Corn, Sue.;
oats, 35a 40c. per bushel. Rye Straw Per
ton, $13a16. Hay-$15al7.
New York Produce Market.
New York, Aug. 6. Flour Dull, weaker.
Wheat Dull, firm; No. 2 red store and ele
vator, 73c; f. o. b 74a75c; ungraded
red, 67a76c.; afloat, 74a74c.; No. 1 north
ern, 75c.; options closed weak; May, 7Sc;
August, 73c; September, 73c; October,
73c; December, 75c. Corn Active,
easier; No. 2, 46a46c. elevator; 47a47o.
afloat; options dull and weak; August,
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46c; September. 46c: October. 44c;
May, SSc. Oats Dull; options dull easier;
August. 25o.; September, 2444c; October,
Mlfcc.: spot prices. No. X. 3tic; No. 2
white, Hc.: No. $ Chicago, 27c; No. X 16c.;
No. 1 white, Zsc; mixeU western, 28a2Sc.;
white do., 3oa3c.; white state. SOaJSc. Pro
visions Quiet, firm, unchanged. Lard
Quiet, easy, unchanged. - Butter Firm;
state dairy, 12ul8c.; do. creamery, la
20c: western dairy, lOalJc; do. creamery,
laac; do. factory, 8al2c; ElRins. 2flc.;
imitation creamery, 11al5c. Cheese Quiet,
Arm, unchanged. Eggs Firm; state and
Pennsylvania, 14a15c; western fresh,
13al4c.; do. per case. $1.50a4.
Toledo (Srain Market.
Toledo. O., Aug. . Wheat Receipts,
$6,972 bushels; shipments, C500 bushels;
market oulet; No. t red, cash, and August,
72c; September, 72sc.; December. 73'c;
No. 2 red, cash, (Sc. Corn Receipts, 25.210
bushels; shipments, Sl.CuO bushels; market
steady; No. 2 mixed, cash, 43c; September,
42c; No. 3 mixed, 41c; No. 3 white, 43c;
No. 1 yellow 43c. Oats Receipts, 1S.S30
bushels; market easy; No. 3 mixed, cash,
and September, 21c; No. 2 white, 21c;
No. 3 white, 22c. Clover Seed Market
quiet: October, $5.25; December, $5.35;
March. $5.50; prime aisike, $5.10; prime tint
othey, cash, $2.(15; August, $2.15.
Buffalo Live Stock.
Buffalo,. Aug. 6. Cattle Receipts, VA
head; on sale, none; feeling strong for
good fat stock. Hogs Receipts, 1,750
bead; on sale, 1,500 head; market closed
steady; Yorks, good to extra light
grades, $5.70a5.75; good weights, $5.60a5.C5;
mixed packers, $5.25a5.40; good mediums
and heavy, $5.10a5.15; roughs, $3.65a4.40;
stags, $3a4; grassy and Michigan Yorkers,
$5.25a5.4Q. Sheep and Lambs Receipts,
1,000 head; on sale, 3.5U0 head; market dull
and weak; good to eholue lambs, $4.65u5;
light to fairly good, $3.S0a4.25; mixed sheep,
$2.75a3.25; choice, $3.40al50; culls and com
mon, Jl.50a2.50; ex pore ewes, $3.80a4.25; ex
port wethers, $4.25a4.30.
Chicago Live stock.
Chicago, Aug. 6.-Cattle Receipts, 6,000
head; market for choice Arm, others
steady; common to extra steers, $300ur,;
atockers and feeders, $2.GOa4.10; cows and
bulls, il.50aj.75; calves, $.1a5.50; Texans,
$2.45a4.50; western rangers, $2.75a4.85. Hogs
Receipts, 7,000 head; market Irregular,
best light 5c. higher, other grades 10c.
lower; heavy packing and shipping lots,
$4.70aS; common to choice mixed, $4.50a5.15;
choice assorted, iu.15a5.40; light, $4.8Ua5.40;
Pigs, JJ.Wa4.75. Sheep Receipts, 15,0t0
head; market for good firm, medium and
inferior 10c. lower; Inferior to choice, $a
4.10; lambs, $3a5.60.
, Oil Markst.
Pittsburg, Aug. 6. Oil opened and low
est, 125; highest and closed, 126, here and at
Oil City.
THE PEOPLE WANT WORE.
From Barron's London Letter.
Whatever one's political Inclination may
be, there must be a balancing wish to see
so great an institution as the British par
liament conducted with some other pur
pose in view than the pitting of inlmbal
factions one against the other in merely
obstructive wrangles and purely political
controversy. When a parliament or a
congress chiefly exploits itself as a de
bating club, national dignity must suffer
degradation and popular Interests under
go spoliation. The late parliament seems
to have done little better, and even its par
tisans are not loud-spoken in Its defense.
In the house f
Why, the wise mother. Because, when
taken internally it cures in a few minutes,
Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Heartburn.
Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Headache,
Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Summer Complaint,
Colic, Flatulency and all internal pains.
DOSE Half a teaspoon! ul in half a tumbler
of water.
Used externally, it will cure Rheumatism.
Neuralria. Mosouito Bites. Stings of Insects,
, Sunburns, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Coughs,
Corns and all throat troubles.
Radway's Ready Relief, aided by Rail
way's Pills, will cure Fever and Ague; Ma
larious, Bilious and other Fevers.
Fifty Cuts i Bettie. Sold by Drxcrista
KADWAT CO., Mew York.
RADWAY'S
Purely vegetable, mild and reliable. Caosc
perfect digestion, complete SMlmlUtlon and
healthful regularity. Cure constipation ami
its Ions list of unpleasant symptoms and reju
eaate Um sysUm. St cents a box. All drug
fista
Spring House
U. E. CROFUT, Prop'r,
Heart Lake, Pa.
Altitude nearly 3,000 fett. Fine groves and
Mantifnl scenery. Honee new ana well fur
nished; but three minutes' walk front D., U
W, station, and 100 feet from the lake.
GOOD BOATS, FISHING TACKLE,
Dancing Parillon, Swings, Croquet Qroands,
etc, FREE to Quiets.
COLD SPUING WATER
AMD PL.EMTY OF MILK.
RATES REASONABLE. Write for
drooler.
rvr. PLEASANT
COAIv
7
AT RETAIL.
deal ef ths best quality for domestt
tse. and of all alses, delivered in any
sart ef the city at lowest price.
Orders left at my Office
NO. US WYOMING AVENUE.
Rear roost, firm floor, Third National
Bank, er sent by mail or telephone to the
Una, will renelva prompt attention.
pedal oontraota trill be made for the
eats and dell vary of Iluckwheat CoaL
WM. T. SMITH.
RC9F TmXING MO SOLDERmG
All don away with by ths use of HART.
MAN'S PATENT PAINT, which consists
f Ingredients well-known to all. It can be
applied to tin, galvanised tin, sheet Iron
rwie, bubo io ones awenan wnica win
ftren
rersni ansoiuterjr any crumDiias, eraca
MC or breaklna of the brick. It will out
pr maung oi in lines,
ti Bains or any kind by
last ti sains or any kind by many years,
and It's mhu aaa Ml niwi anflfth thai
f the cost of tinning. Is sold by the e
ar pound. Contracts taken by
wo
That insists upon M i Y
keeping a stock of l i ) I. as $
Bang's Beady Belief
ivniv mLmimJLmiit an srti am
a "---isaanaanjaae
CORES THE TOBACCO HABIT
IN 4 TO 10 DAYS
OR HONEY REFUNDED.
Use All the Tobacco You Want Till
Your "Craving" Is Gone.
NAKCOTI-CTJRE is the only remedy in the world that acts
directly on the nerves and drives the nicotine from the system
tn from four to ten day. It leaved the patient in better health
than before taking, and is warranted free from any in jar ions
ingredients.
NAKCOTI-CURE is popular because it allows the patient
to use all the tobacco he wants while under treatment, or until
the "craving" and 'hankering" are gone. It is then no sacri
fice to throw away tobacco forever.
NARCOTI-CURE la sold at the uniform price of $5.00 a
bottle and one bottle cures.
Money refunded if a cure is not effected when taken accord
ing to directions.
' PROF. W. K WATTE,
Of Amherst, Mass., Chewed Tobacco for
46 years, and Was Cured by Nareotl-
CUr AnnsnsT, Mass., Feb. a 1K
Tas NABCOTI CHBMIKALCo.,
Spriniffiold, Mass.
Gentlemen: Replying to youre of the 1st.
would say that I nave used tobaeco for 4ti
years, and of late -hae consumed a l(K-int
flus a day. besido smoking coniiderablv.
commenced to nee tobacco when I was It
yeara old, and hate never ben able to give
up the habit until I took Naudoti CuKB,
although 1 have tried other so-called reme
dial without effe t After using your reme
dy fo"ur days, all "h'.akertng" for chewing
disappeared, and In four days more smok
ing became uupleaaant. I have no further
desire for the weed, and experienced so
bad effects, whatever. I am saining in
Beth, and feel better than I Save for a long
time. To all who wish to ba free from the
tobacco habit I would say, uae KAncotl
CuiiB. Yonrs truly,
W. N. WATTE.
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, Rims, Spokes, Shafts, Poles, Bows, etc,
ITTEliElIB
SCRANTON, PA.
HE PROPS B TIES
OAK BILL STUFF.
THE COUnONWEALTH LUHBERCO
TELEPHONE 482.
& When In rtmiht wht
Heattli In 4 Wek; every ler
For sale by JOHN H. PHELPS,
Spruce Street, Scranton Pa.
Ml
If snsfactursrs of ths Celebrated
PILSENER
LAGER BEER
CAPACITY!
loo.ooo Barrels per Annum
THE SCRANTON
VITRIFIED BRICK TILE
BARUF1CTURIR6 CO.,
MAsaae or
SHALE PAVING BRICK
. AND EUILDIKG BRICK
Ofllse: 820 Wsshlnglon Avsans.
Warkst Wayaag. Pa K. k W. V. B. ft.
M. H. DALE,
General Sales Agent, Scranton, P
If jour druggist Is unable
to give ion full particulars
about NARCOTI-CURE, send
to us for Book of Partlcu
lars free, or send $3.00 for a
bottle by mail
THE HiRCOTI CHEMICAL CO.,
Springfield, lass.
22 CommoDTealta
M Bld'01 Scranton, Pi
RESTORE
LOST VIGOR
to iw for Nrnrout tVUlitr. Low of Sexual Powet (In clthef
I CO.,
Hi
tt, lmKteiKV, Atrophy, Varictnele and llwr weihnee, irm any cauie, um
SeKinel'iU. Uralnt chhei and full vigor quickly mioreJ. If ntf letted, uifc
e 1. 1. t.cllv MnieilnhivW. aal1. fof Cl.OD I 6 hoXM for I.OO. WltR
'V1 gutnte to cure or refund thn money. Addrtaa
Pharmacia!, cor. Wyoming Avenu" and
srsr REVIVO
RESTORES VITALITY.
3,
miue a)
t Well Man
lSUHay.JfM 0f Me.
THI OBIAT aoth Day.
BfOdaeM the eboTa reralte In'SO dars, II
powerlull sad qolcklr. Cnrea when ell etaei sUL
lomng nes will refits their lost BMBbood,sa4 eld
nea wlU neorer th.lr josthul Tor by astsg
RETITO. II quickly nd iarelr re.toree Nerroii
boss, Leet Tltelltr. ImpotfDor, Mtshtlr mteaiosa.
Lost Power, FttUng Memoir, Weetlss Dteeeaee. sad
ell effaeti of eelt-ebnee or esoeee sad ladleeretloa,
whleh aalte one for etady, baslaeee or Berrtege,
Bo4 oBlr eune by etertlag et Ibe eest of dleaase, but
Us great servs toale sad blood bollder, brlag
log beet the olnk (low to pate eheehe sad re
storing lira of youth. It werdn et fatuity
ead Oesmmstlos. laelet oa bavtBg RR VITO. Do
other. II can be curled la eet potket. By still,
1 .00 r peckm, or ill tor SA.oo, wita a poet
tlvo written gneraates to ears a island
tho ssosey. Olrcnler free, tddreej
R0TAL MEDICINE CO., S3 Rlvar tt. CHIMQ0. ML.
tw sal WJ Hatthsws Bros. PttWglsf
asraatoa . 9m
FSTinLISHED 18701
WOOL'S CARRIAGE WORKS,
OarTlBges, Buslnees Wf"t , Bspslrtoa Borss
Bhoetng. Paintiagand Upholeteriny. Ilea lis.
Ul, ta, a noTeuth strsst, oraatoa, Pa,
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