THE SCRANTON TRIBUNEWEDNESDAY MOONING, AUGUST 21, 1895.
IMotherr"
i "Chris!"
A swash f silken skirts -across the
rose-scented 4M-falr drawing-room,
i the absorption of a. creamy chiffon
Vf rook in a dark blue serge embrace, the
Juxtaposition of two pretty heads, one
cupper red and the other soft brown,
made up in Lord Tregenna's memory
the general effect of the meetinK be
' tween La,dy Christine Malnwaring and
her daughter. ChrUtabfl. After u mo
l ment the Oojuwr and the chiffon frock
reeumed a separate existence, and
Lady Christine Main waring., a
little flushed and disturbed from her
usual serenity, turned to the privi
leged witness of the scene.
"Lord Tregonna. you must forgive
me, but I have not seen my daughter
4 for- a-very long time." She took the
young girl's long, slender lingers In her
own small, white hand. -
'Let me present you, my little girl."
.Miss Chrlstabel Malnwaring deigned
his lordship the slightest and shyest of
bows, and then turned to her pretty
mother.' and, holding her at arm's
length, tried, "Little girl!. Wlhy. dear,
I'm head and shoulders taller than you
are, and you're so lovely and so wee
you make me feel quite old."
Lady Christine raised her fingers and
patted her daughter's cheek. "Non
sense, you foolish child. Now run up
stairs. Henrietta will show you your
room and unpack for you. I will come
to you directly."
From her slender height the ' girl
dropped a tender kiss upon her mother'
brow, rhen left the room.
"What do you think of her?" were
' Lady Christine's first words as the door
; clewed.
Lod Tregemm picked uu his hat and
gloves before he answered: "She is
very lovely."
" "She is not 'tike me. eh?"
Htf let his eyes big, gray, rather
cold eyes wander over the nilgnonne
form before him. During all her fifteen
years' undisputed position as a leading
beauty Lady Christine had never looked
so lovely a at that moment, with her
bosom throbbing beneath her perfumed
laces, her sweet, red Hps apart, her
sapphire eyes aglow with excitement
and curiosity.
Lord Tregenna looked a second time.
' "No, Miss Malnwaring Is not like you.
But I must be going. You will want to
,go to your daughter."
"Au revolr, then, till this evening.
Ton will come to the opera?"
"If you will grant me hospitality for
the second act of "Romeo" 1 shall be de
lighted." She waved him an airy acquiescence
and moved to the door by his side. Yet,
a.ft,er Lord Tregenna had left the house,
ILady Christine seemed to be in no
great hurry to Join her daughter. iShe
sank Into a low chair and drew her
penciled brows together In an unac
customed effort of serious thought.
From her 20th birthday, when Blarma
duke Mainwaring'had left her a widow,
the whole world had conspired to take
all need of thought or care from her
baby-dimpled hands and curly, auburn
hair. Relations quickly decided that
her only child could be well educated
in a foreign convent: and society, find
ing her beautiful, sweet-natured and
very wealthy, at once cast her for the
role of beauty and feted her accord
ingly. Life ran on very well for Lady
Christine Malnwaring, and she did not
permit even .her lovers to trouble her.
Scores of .men burnt incense at her
dainty sfirlne and swore ardent vows at
her arched feet.- Some loved her for
. her beauty, others desired her for her
wealth. But she had neither taste nor
sympathy for either one of them. A
thousand times she had protested that
neiflher her position nor fortune could
be bettered by a second marriage, and
unlike most women under identical cir
cumstances, she had really meant what
he said.
' But lately, after fifteen years of adu
lation atifl conquest, when a 17-year-old
daughter wass looming In the hori
aon of her career, little Lady Christine
sometimes caught hercelf watching for
a certain handsome face at the opera,
waiting for a particular tall, square
shouldered figure in the paork, longing
for the tones of a deep voice at
routs and , ball. She grew as capri
cious "as a spoilt baby, ridiculously
cheery one hour, absurdly depressed the
'next. Bhe would laugh at nothing, and
twice within the week that preceded
her daughter's return she had caught
herself In tears. .
A vague fear, an unfounded appre
hension, was driving a tiny lump
Into her White throat now,-as she sat
musing over Lord Tregenna's words,
"She is very lovely; she is not like you."
What did he mean? Ohristab.J was
young and slender, and had great dove
like eyies. - "I wonder which of us he
will prefer?" Th she laid her cool
hands against her burning cheeks.
"What a fool I am to even dream such
things. I've been spoilt. I thlnk every
man must be In love with me If he car-
rles-my prayer-book two Sundays run
ning at church parade or comt-s to my
opera box once a- week. Chris must
nave her, Chance, and If h
Them her thoughts trailed awav Into
vague Imagining till a low voice mur
mured, "Mother, may I come In?"
"Of oaurse. dear. 'Ring for tea. Now
slt down here and tell me all about
everything till It comes time to dress
for dinner." '
When Lord Tregenna went round to
(Lady Christine iMafmvaring'n opera
hox that evening he found It crowded
with a- fluttering' mob of moths, all
dying to singe their wings In, the rays
of the new star.
"By Jove, Lady Ohrls! Introduce me,
please. Your daughter Is charming,"
drawled Lord Sloshire, in a Mage whis
per.. "The prince has. already asked
who Is with you, Lad Chris." .
, "And says he won't believe she Is your
'daughter." - "
"That Chicago girl, Amelia Potts,
guesses she's real mad, and has Just
reckoned the game hi up with her,"snlg
gered Talbot Hurst. who delighted In
, fostering social squa.bles.
"Oh, hush! hush!" cried Lady Chris
tine. "I 'shan't bring my daughter here
again If you're, going .to spoil her at
, once. Why, she's, only a little school
girl. Ah! there goes the curtain. Now,
,run away; all of you. You need not
come back again this evening."
' "Is Lady Chris going to ride Jealous
'of the girl, do you think?" asked Talbot
Hurst of Lord Slosfolre, as they strolled
down to the omnibus box.
- ""Don't no, I'm sure, and don't care,
either," growled his lordship, who hated
Talbot Hurst for a "mean little sneak."
' (But Talbot Hurst's charitable suppo
sitions were baseless. For, In spite of
countless defections from her banner,
. . (Lady Ohrls as the world would call
her-dld not ride Jealous of the new
beauty, as Chrlstabel quickly became.
'And yet and yet there were momenta
When she would have given a year of
, , tierloveliness, a half of her. fortune to
read the heart of the man she loved.'
(For Lady Chris had to confess to her-
t j'etf that (he loved a man who, as likely,
' ' w tjoi, nm nxea nis rancy on anomer
," woman, young, fresh, eminently de-
. isiraoie in every way. - - .
. "If fttftly know!' If I only could find
i ' ,,ouM". she cried to herself In her dress-
. tng-TOom, one night. . "He fs the same
i.t, llAVftr (inllrtantM and Irlnrf fin inra.wa
1 1L t u . . . .a It 1. 1 - iw-
-uviv. aiii airiariiiiy ne is wie
imt to Chris. M I could only guess
speaks toner, looks at her when
theVsat Atone together! He sat out there
. 'ar .alone together! H sat out three
dances Wish bet Vt the stale hall, on
- "Wednesday, d rod with her ,bji hour
jnw morning in one now, i wusn
' knewl ,1 wlsh.1 knewl"
And upstairs In the pink and white
nest that framed the new beauty's love
liness, the words "1 wish I knewr were
breathed to the dawn. Slipped like a
pale wreath f rum her snowy satlna and
laces, Chrlstabel stood, slender as a
iMay lily, before the mirror, her white
Diands clasped above her tumultuous
heart, as she sighed: I wish I knew II
he loves me." The next day the girl
thought she had found the solution to
the riddle. It was the last function of
the eason-a ball at Malulauuet house.
Leaning on Tregenna's arm. Chrlstabel
drifted down the low steps that led
from the drawing-room Into the cool
ness of the quiet garden. Lanterns
dnnced In the soft night air and the
swish of woman's gowns trailing over
gra'4S. the coo of distant voices came
to ears still ringing with the final crash
of the finished valse. Chrlstabel sighed
as she nestled into- a cushioned chair.
"Tired?" queried Lord Tregenna.
"No, sorry!" and she sighed again.
"You and sorrow should not meet so
soon," foe said gravely. "What's the
trouble?"
"We are going away tomorrow," an
swered Chrlstabctl.
The girl's naivete made him smile.
"Hut there's plenty of fun ahead.
Are you not going to be the belle on
Sloshire's yacht atCowes? Then you're
to have three weeks at Hamburg, sup
plemented by (how many visits In
Scotland! iMIss Malnwaring, you are
growing insatiable."
tMie gave a little laugh of depreca
tion. "I dare say it will be pleasant enough,
but I mother we shall miss you.
Tregenna leaned forward and strove
to pierce the mystery of her sweet
violet eyes. "Lady Chris and you
will inlss me!" His voice took a fuller
.tone, his eyes a deeper llgh.t.
"Indeed, we shall." she answered
slowly.' "You know. Lord Tregenna, I
always think of you as my first friend
In London. You were In the drawing
room when I came home that after
noon." "And you will be sorry to lose your
first friend for. even a few weeks?"
She nodded the reply, her trembling
lips could not apeak.
"Chris" he laid one strong, firm hand
upon the girl's nervous fingers "Ohrls,
If I never left you, If I were always
with you In the future as your friend
your you would be glad?"
"Very glad!"
The words scarcely stirred the air,
but he caught thesi. They were enough,
for he rose and led her back to the
house. - . .
It was late next morning, almost
midday, when Chrlstabel came dancing
downstairs, her feet like feathers, her
eyes like stars,
"Lord Tregenna has been here, miss,"
said a sen-ant. "He asked for milady
or for you, but, not seeing either, left
a note In the drawing-room. His lord
ship will come back to luncheon."
Singing a valse tune, Chrlstabel ran
Into the drawing-room. :How happy
he was! He had been to see her, to
speak with her mother. He would re
turn presently and stand by her side,
never to leave her again:
Where was the note? She saw at
once the tiny corner of the envelope
sticking from, her onotlher's blotter.
With fingers that grew cold with ex
citement, she drew It forth. "Chris"
was scrawled across It. She read the
letter: 1
"Before -we part today, my darling
Ohrls. I must know my fate from your
own lips, I have longed to tell you of
my love the whole season through, but
dared not. Dearest, wtll you give your
sweet life to me, and make me the hap
piest of men? Tregenna."
With cheeks from which excessive
Joy had chased the pink. Chrlstabel
flew to her mother's dressing-room.
"Mother!" she crh-d, holding out the
precious letter, "Read this, dear. I
found It In 'the drawing-room. He's
coming for an answer In an hour. I
hone promise me that you will say
yes!"
She had flung herself at her mother's
knees and laid her radiant face above
her mother's heart.
Then suddenly her love and hope died
within her, and she was struck with the
silenc of stone. The light that gath
ered In Lady Christine's lovely eyes,
the tender little smile that curved the
corners of her childish mouth, the faint
Mush that elmwly flamed over the
flowerlike face force the bitter truth
home to 'the girl's breaking heart, even
before her mother dropped the note
Into her lap and murmured:
"Dearest Chris, certainly I promise
you I will say 'Yes!' I have hoped for
some lime that Lord Tregenna would
be your father."
White and a llLt,le dizzy, Chrlstabel
stumbled to her feet.
"I hope you will make him very
happy," she Raid softly, then pressed
her clay cold Hps upon her mother's
brow and slipped from the room.
aho me noie was mennt Tor me?"
sstd Lady Ohrls an hour later, nestling
wimin me curve or ner lover s arm.
"Of course, dearest. Whv. who
could It have been Intended for?"
-I thought I sometimes wondered
t-Wisiaoei is such a pretty girl "
"Nonsense!" She's a mere child still.
Besides, didn't I say the very first time
I saw her that he wasn't a bit like
you?"
"And you think me- ?"
"Perfeltlon!" London World.
THE OLDEST RELIGION.
Adherents of the Vedle Sustain Claim for
Their Earth sn Existence of Two nilllon
Ycsrs-Thsy Say, Too, It Farnlshod the
Basis of Brahmlnlsm, Buddhism snd
Christianity, That Christ Studied It and
Took From U Its Best snd Purest Teaoh
Ings, Did you ever hear of the Vedlc re
ligion which Is claimed to be nearly two
billions of years old? Beside that claim
where stands Christianity. Theosoohv
Buddhism, Brahmlnlmn, or any other
beliefs of the world? Why they are
mere developments of yesterday, and,
S3 the Veda will tell you, had their
origin In his religion. Prof. Jlnda Ram
of Muxafforgarh, Punjaub, India, who
is now in this country, nas told many
Interesting things about this old-time
belief. He says that of the 3SO.000.000
people In India there are about 1,000,000
who sun adhere to the old irellglon. A
Veda adheres to the Golden Rile,
teaches' the greatest virtue, permits but
one wife, encourages the elevation and
enfrachlsement of women and believes
In the theory of Incarnation and evolu
tion.' 'The other millions of people In
India are Brahmins, or, more strictly
speaking, Mohammedans, who compel
child marriage and enforce the barbaric
law of the veil' and the widowhood.
They are polygamlsts and their women
are kept In. Ignorance and fill the ze
nanas of .the wealthy- Hindoos of the
land.. H Is' Prof. Ram's -aim to es
tablish societies .'for the education and
llberatfon of the worhen.of India In the
principal 'cities of the United .States.
These societies wir) employ women to
go to India to take charge of kindergar
tens, teach the girls the true mode of
life and point out to'them their proper
and natural sphere. The English gov
ernment Is now being asked to establish
seminaries for .the Hindoo girls when
they shall hav left the kindergarten. ,
... ' The Parent Of all Religions.
"Veda is the original of all religions
and dates back to the period of this
cycle of the world,' he says. . "Veda Is
a Sanscrit word' and means knowledge
par excfUenos of (natter and jniad.
Those who believed In the religion were
c ailed 'Aryans.' which in 8anscrlt
means liable.; he Aryans being noble
because they followed the laws of na
ture. Braiuninlsm and Buddhism are
corruptions of Vedism, while Christian
ity embodies and takes from Vedism Its
best teachings. Theosophy is to a large
extent merely modern Vedism. Vedism
being an Oriental word, would prove
uppopular, while theosophy, being an
English .word, answers the purpose and
Is more satisfactory to Europeans. We
believe in three things the Supreme
Being, the human sprit and the mat
ter. The Supreme Being1 is eternal,
wltttout beginning and without ending.
We believe tn evolution and Incarna
tion, the going up and the coming
down in the progress of time. Thus the
last reformation of the world occurred
1.MO.S52.8SO A. IM. (Aryan Bra), and Ve
dism sprung into existence at the same
time. An Aryan, a true believer In
Vedlsnt. was and always will be a
veeetarlan. Iivina on simple foods, and
above all, believes and has always be
lieved In educating women so that they
may become good mothers. The Aryan
philosophers thousands of years ago
taught the education of women and per
sonal purity, one wife, and the enjoy
ment of (home life. There has been
banded down to us the Sanscrit Inscrip
tion of an andlent Aryan philosopher:
" "1a1 everv Eiri be educated and es
pecially grounded In virtue. The girl
who acquires sound knowledge proves
a blessing to her father's family as
well as to the famJly of her husband.
After she has finished her course of
education and has 'been thoroughly in
structed In the principles of religion
and morality, let her be given In mar
riage to a learned and wise husband.
Ever this is the eternal rule.'
Another vhllosoDher. about 10,000
years ago, wrote, the Sanscrit copy
being even now in the possession of
our people In Inaia: 'To instruct
women is to Instruct man; to elevate
her character Is to raise his own: to
enlarge her mental freedom Is to extend
and secure that of the whole commu
nity, for nations are but the outcomes
of sons and peoples of mothers.'
Teaches Human Brotherhood.
"Vedism Is a sweet Wholesome re
ligion and teaches the true brotherhood
of mankind. The ancient Aryans
placed human kind in four classes, as
follows: Plrst, priests; second, war
riors: third trades; fourth, servants.
There was a caste system, but not on
the basis now followed. It was not
hereditary. Every man then stood on
his own merits. W'hen born he was
recognized as being In the fourth class,
and It remained with himself whether
he reached the first class or remained a
servant. The castes were arranged on
this basis: The head, or intelligence. In
the first class: the arms In the second.
or warrior class: 'the legs In the third,
or trades class, and the feet In the last
and servants class. The theory and
distinction can be easily understood by
any observing person. There was no
prire for Ignorance those days.
"Among the ancient Aryans the
average lease of life was 100 years,
whereas 1n European countries and
America It Is now 70 years and In India
24 years. The laws of the Aryans de
manded that young men remain In ab
solute celibacy until 24 years old, during
which time It was incumbent upon his
parents to educate him. After 24 he
was permitted to marry whosoever he
felt Inclined, provided the woman ,ba
virtuous, bright and Willing. It was
held out to the young man, however,
thait it would be far better for him to
remain In celibacy until 44, studying and
working for the betterment of his own
mind and that of others, thus saving his
strength and insuring a longer life and
greater activity. If he married at 24,
he was required 'to devote his time to
his family and 'his home, educate his
children and cultivate a peaceful, con
tented and phllopophlcal state of mind.
From SO to to 75 it was required that he
should preach, telling the people how to
Insure happiness, pointing out such mis
takes as he had himself made and
warning others not to fall Into similar
traps. From 75 till death he was to live
as best pleased htm. learning of Ood
and the wisdom of the Just and pure.
How It Became Corrupt.
"Vedism was the greatest religion In
India until about 3,000,000 years ago,
when a civil war occurred between the
priesthood and the adherents of Ve
dism. The priests desired to make the
castes hereditary, and, as a result of
the war, nearly all of the Veda philo
sophers were singled out and slain.
AH the wise men were killed and the
priests then took possession, and wtth
the castes hereditary, ignorance In
creased and corruption began. Later
polygamy was practiced. The religion
was reversed to conform to the new
condition of things, and the new re
ligion was called 'Brahman.' In Sans
crit Brahm' means Ood, and 'In'
knowledge, the term bng considered
as meaning 'versed In the knowledge of
God.' The priests soon stopped educa
tion and began explaining everything
to the primitive minds of the people by
a system of symbols, so that It was not
long before Idol worship prevailed,
"About 500 years before Christ
Buddha came as a reformer of the
Bra.hmin religion and a further corrup
tion of Vedism was the result. The
Buddhist abolished the Ilrahmlo castes
and made education the chief feature
of their own class, but allowed the
people of other classes Jo still remain In
ignorance. Again 300 years B. C, the
priests secured the country and ob
literated the Buddhists, so that India
proved the sepulchre as well as the
birthplace of the Buddhists. Thus mat
ters went from bad to worse, and the
people continued in Ignorance. A'fter
the conquest of the Mohammedans, 200
years ago, child marriage came Into
vogue as a protective marriage. The
Mohammedans would take the women
and girls of the Hindoos as booty, but
according to their laws they could not
appropriate females who were married.
Thus child marriage was adopted by
parents for the purpose of securing
their children from bondage. After the
subjugation of the country by England
child .marriage continued, and Its
abuses continue to be the custom of the
country. I hope I may live to see the
system of child marriage abolished and
the work of elevation and education
commenced among our women."
An Opinion of the Savior.
Prof. Ram was asked what he thought
of Jesus Christ, and he replied that the
Aryans recognized him as a great man
who had accomplished much good for
the people. He would not say whether
he considered Christ an Imposter, say
ing that when iHe Is quoted In the
Scripture as being a "Son of the Living
God" and born of a virgin, He may
have been speaking in parables, without
Intending his utterances to be taken
literally, or even He might have been
misquoted. Continuing, he said:
"Jesus Christ spent a year on the
Indian coast near where Bombay now
Is, and studied the Brahmin religion,
learning Its symbols, etc. The Bible
does not relate His ever rosldlng in
India, but It Is handed down by the
Brahmins that such was the case. He
segregated the better elements of the
Brahmlst doctrines, which proved tobi
the remnants of the Vedlst belief, and
went back to Palestine, - where he In
troduced the new religion, with such
new and wholesome teachings as he be
lieved proper and for the botterment pf
mankind.
"The Aryan does not believe that 'In
the beginning Ood created the Heaven
and the earth,', much less that he ac
complished the great worrk In six days.
He believes that the' earth always was,
In some form, and always will be; he
believes that every. once in so often the
world Is reformed, and according to his
theory the last' formation, which Is the
present, look place, 1,960,853,895 years
ago." ' . ,
At the Asylum, .
From Puck, '. - - ''
. Doctor Your friend Is a bad case, I'm
afraid we can't ours him.
Patient's Fritnd Can't do anything for
mm, enr ,,
Doctor I don't' say that. Bveaivful
treatment we might b able to redsasthe
else of tha snakes. . .v-
TIE TOLD OF BUSINESS
STOCKS AND BONDS.
New York, Aug. 10.-The movement
in the stock market today was more
Interesting than of late. A drive was
made at Sugar shortly after the open
ing, and the stock -broke to 110. No
valid reason couM be obtained for the
break. A sharp upward turn In the
anthracite coalers took place, Jersey
Central rising S and the other stocks
in this group improved anywhere from
to 1 per cent. Reports were cur
rent that the presidents of the com
panies Intended holding an important
conference next week, when the ques
tion of adjusting the difficulties in the
trade will be taken up with a view of
putting an end to thoin. The Grangers
were In demand on the splendid outlook
for the crops, and they all advanced.
Speculation closed In the main firm; net
chances for the day show advances of
to 2 per cent., the Grangers and
Coalers leading. Tobacco gained 4 per
cent, and Sugar lost per cent. Total
sales were 3011,000.
The range of today's prices for the ac
tive stocks of the New York stock mar
ket are given below. The quotations are
furnished The Tribune by O. du U. Dim
mlck, manager for William Linn, Allen
Co., stock brokers, 412 Spruce street,
Scranton.
Op'n-High-Low- Clos
inn. est. est. lng.
Am. Tobacco Co a V4 ! W
Am. Sugar R g Co.. .1114 IB w
Atch., T. & S. Fe.... V 174
Canada Southern.... 50 56 M 6J
Ches. AO 21 21V4 2
Chicago Gas 3 6H4 4
Chic. A N. W 102 W- K 10!
ciric. u. ft q m Sf
Chic, Mil. ft St. P... 71V 72 71J4
Chic, R. I. & Pac... 7'4 , W4 twH
Pel. & Hud 130'4 131 1K "I
I)., L. & W 1GT4 ll N3 164
Dipt. & C. F 20 20 2044 20
General Electric..... 37'4 37'A i
1 .oil's. A Nnh filVi 014 614 61'i
Manhattan Kle 114V lUJi 11414 J'fS
Mich. Central 1UI iui iui
M Pnn'fl M SXU $1 3H4
National Lead K 30
N. J. Central 100" 1U8 1V "
N. Y. Central 102 12 1U2 102
N. Y. ft N. E 11214 624 2'4 !
N. Y., 8. & W 13 "
N. Y.. 8. & W.. Pr.. 30 32 30 31
Pacific Mall 27 2S 27 284
Phil. & Reading 18 19 W 19 4
Southern R. R 13 13 13 13
Tenn. C. & 1 35 85 35 35
Union Pacific 13 13 13 13
Texas Pacific 12 12 11 11
Wabash 9
Wabash. Pr 21 21 21 21
WeKtcrn Union 94 84 94 94
IT. S. Leather 16 10 1
U. 8. Leather, Pr.... W 85 83 84
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PRICES
Open- High- Low- Clos
WHEAT. lnir. est. est. Ins.
September 61 i 63
December 67 07 r. OS
May 71 71 70 70
OATS.
Hetitemher 204 20 19 20
May 23 23 23 23
CORN.
Renlemhep 334 37 38
December 31 31 31 81
May 32 32 32 32
LARD.
September 6.15 6.17 (.15 $.17
January 6.13 6.17 6.12 6.15
PORK.
Beiitcmber 10.0S 10.25 9.90 9.
January 10.12 10.45 10.25 10.25
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange Olio
tstions-AII Quotations Based on Par
of 100.
STOCKS. Bid. Ask.
Dime Dep. & Dls. Bank 125
Green Riilffo Lumber Co
110
First National Bunk cw
Lackawanna Lumber Co 110
Scranton SavlngH Bank 200
Scranton Lace Curtain Co
Third Nntionut Bunk 350
Thuron Coal Lund Co
Scranton Axle Works
50
90
89
Scranton Glass Co
National Boring & Drilling Co ....
Scranton Jar & Stopper Co
Lacka. A Montrose R. R...,
Spring Brook Water Co
Kltnhurnt Boulevard Co
Anthracite Land ft Imp. Co
Lacka. Trust ft Safe Dep. Co
Allegheny Lumber Co
Scranton Packing Co
BONDS.
Scranton Traction Co
Economy Steam Heat & Power
Co
Scranton Glass Co
Rushbrook Coal Co., 6
Scranton Pass. Railway first
mortgage 6's, due 1920 110
People's St. Railway, first
mortgage 6's, due 1918 110
People's St. Railway, second.. 110
Scranton ft Plttaton Traction
Co. 6s
G5
90
25
100
90
100
CO
160
105
115
E5
100
100
100
90
Scranton Wholesale.
Fruits and Produce Dried apples, per lb.,
5a6c; evaporated apples, 7a8c;, Cali
fornia prune, 6n8c. ; English currants,
2a3c; layer raisins, tl.60al.70; muscatels,
4u5c per lb.; tlal.25 per box; new Valen
cia, 6aCc. per lb. Beans Marrowfats,
82.50 per bushel; mediums, J2.2J; pea beane.
Peas Green, tl.10al.15 per bushel; split,
2.50a2.60; lentelx, 5a8c. per lb. Potatoes
Jl. Glial. 60. Onlons-Per bbl., t2.25. Butter
lfiu20c pel- lb. Cheese 6a9c. per lb. KgRS
14al6c. Meats Hams, 10c; small
hams, lie; skinned hams, lie; California
hams. Sc.; shoulders, 7c; beltles, 8c;
smoked breakfast bacon, 10c, Smoked
Beef Outsldes, 12c; sets, 13c; lnsldes
and knuckles, 15c; Acme sliced smoked
beef, 1-lb. cans, 82-40 per dozen. Pork
Mess, $14.50; short cut, $16. l.ard Ieaf, In
tierces, 8c; In tubs. 8c; 10-lb. palls, 8c.
per lb.; 5-lb. palls, 8c. per lb.; 3-lb. palls,
9c. per lb.; compound lard, tierces, sc.;
tubs, 6c; 10-lb. pails, 6c. per lb.; 3-lb.
palls, 6c per lb.; 3-lb. pails, 7c. per lb.
Klour Minnesota patent per bbl., H10a
4.3.'.; Ohio and Indiana amber. 13.75; Gra
ham, 13.7G; rye flour, 33.75. Feed Mixed,
per cwt tl.05. Grain Com, 60c; oats, 25a
40c. per b'.shel. Rye Straw Per ton, 13a
16. Hay-tl7al9.
New York Produce Market.
New York, Aug. 20. Flour Dull and
weak. Wheat Dull and lower; No. 2 red
store and elevator, C8a68c; afloat, 70c;
f. o. b., 69a70c; No, 1 northern, 70c;
options closed firm, but lower; Auguut,
6c; September, 68c; October, 69c;
December, 70c; May, 74c. Corn Dull
and lower; No. 2. 4544c; elevator, 40c.
afloat; options closed steady, dull, lower;
September, 43c; October, 42c,; May,
37c Oats Dull and Arm; option dull
and easier; Aug, 25c; September, 24c;
October, 'He; May, 27c; spot prices, No.
2 white, 29c; No. 2 Chicago, 27c; No. 3,
25c; No. 3 white western, 27c; mixed
western, 2Ga27c; wh'te state and west
ern, 2Ca35. Provisions Inactive, steady,
unchanged. Lard Quiet and easy, un
changed. Flutter Quiet; state dajry, 12a
18c; do. creamery, 18a20; western dairy,
9al3c; do. creamery, 13n20c; do. fac
tory, 8u12a; Elglns, 20c:; Imitation
cree.mery, Hal6c Cheese Firm, steady,
unchanged. - Eggs Firm; state and Penn
sylvania, 14al6c; western fresh,' 13al4c;
do. per case, tl-60a3.80.
- Toledo Grain Market.
Toledo, Aug. 20. Wheat Receipts, 53,000
bushels; shipments, 26,000 bushels; lower)
No. 2 red raeh and August. 67c.; Septem
ber, 61c. ; December, 69c ; May, 78c. No. 8
red eauh, 6lc; No. 2 white, 67n. Corn
Receipts, 21,000 bushels; shipments, 20,000
bushels; easy; No. 2 mixed cash and Sep
tember, 39c; No. t yellow, 39c. j No. t
white, 39c. Oats Receipts, 3,000 bushels;
shipments, 79.000 bushels; quiet; No, 2
mixed cash, 21c; September, 21c. ; No. I
white, 23ct No. I do., 22c; No. 8 mixed,
19c, Rye Lower; No. 2 cash, 4Co.; No. t
do., 42c; Cloverseed Kasy; prime eesh,
tfi.16:. September, 85.05; October, tS.02;
February, t5.20; March, 85.25. , ,
Dnffalo I.lve Stock
Buffalo, Aug. 20. -Cattle Receipts, ' 2,500
head; on sale, 40 head; steady; fair fat
cows,t2.50at; Ught stock heifers, t2.25s2.30:
V.fEhtt, bulls, tlal 90. Hogs-Receipts, 1,000
head; on sale, 2,000 head; steady and firm;
porkers, t5.10a5.16; light ends, t4.90n5;
mixed packers and rood mediums, t5a6.13;
choice heavy, 84.95aS: pigs, t4.80a4.7S;
roughs, 83.20a4: stags, t3aS.50. Sheep and
Lambs Receipts, 600 head; on sale, 1,500
head; steady; good limbs, t4.50a4.68; com
mon to fair, 83.60s4.J4; mixed sheep good,
t2.6ual.t choice, ti; export sheep, ts.tfla
1.(0; wethers, 83.76; culls sheep; tlal. 60;
Canada lambs, t6at.lt. - -
" " thiMgo Lira oefc. ' 1
Chicago, Aug. M.-CaMI Reoeroti, 7,500
head; market weak, 10 and 11 cents lower:
common to extra steers, t3.IOai.IO: stock
em and feedeers, tt.feUt cows and hulls,
tl.20ai.7t; calves. tttuaCIS; Tessas, t4;
western rangers, t3.40a4.TS. Hogs Re
crtpts, 18. WW head; market firm and (
cems hinder; heavy packing and SB" pping
lots, t4.5ua4.95; common to choice mixed.
t4.lus4.96; choice assorted, t4.sta5.06; UkM
t4.60a&; pigs. 834.86. Sheep Receipts. Ig.n0
Bead; market weak. 10 and u cents lower;
Inferior to choice, tl.7aa4.60; aunbs, t3a&.2i.
Philadelphia Tallow Market.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20. Tallow la In good
demand and firm. We quote: City prime,
in hogsheads, 4c; country prime. In bar
rels. 4c; country, dark, la barrels, 3c;
cakes. 4c; grease, J'ic
Oil Market.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20. oil closed W4 bid,
the only quotation here today.
Oil CUy. Aug. SO. Oil opened and lowest,
125; highest and closed, 126.
NEWS OF OIK INDUSTRIES.
Hsppcnlngs of Interest to the Staple
Trades and Particularly to the Trade
la Iron, Steel and Anthracite Coal.
Best advices are that the coal situa
tion is nearlng a sottlement.
Shipments of wheat from Chicago last
week were 1,075,000 buslH-ls, of which
omiy 66,000 were by rail.
Ottawa, with a opula.tion of but 40.
000. has 50.000 electrlu lights, and ha
begun to employ electricity In heating
I t Is expected th-t the working forces
of the Pemipyllvanlia Coal company will
have to .be increased shortly, owing to
Increased business.
Underground IOndon contains 3.000
miles of sewers, 34,000 miles of tele
graph wires. 4.500 miles of water mains
and 3,200 -miles of gasplpes, all definitely
tixed.
A trolley railroad running fifty miles
along country highways, and connect
ing six Indiana towns with Chicago, Is
soon to be built. It will be the longest
trolley road in Indhtna, and one of the
longest In the country.
Car works all over the country are In
creasing tihelr forces, and It Is gener
ally admitted that the railroads must
spend a good deal more money in pur
chasing new equipments during the next
few yt'ars as a cormequence of their
economies the last few years.
(Europe will this year take 6,800,000
bales of America's cotton. South Amer
ica. Canada and Mexico will take
3.100,00 bales. With improving trad,
America will surely take 3,300,000 bales,
which will leave only 4.700.000 bales
for export, even were 8,000.000 bat.s
raleed, which la now practically Impos
sible. If the crop Is only 7.250.000,
then less than 4,000,000 would be avail
able for export. Kurope is now entirely
dependent upon the South for her sup
plies of riw cotton, and statistics show
that 'her Importations from India,
Egypt. Brazil, etc., are only equal to
1,600.000 hales of American cotton.
The gnoss earnings of 145 railroad
companies for the first six months of
1895 aggregate t349,09,733, a gain of 3.6
per cent., over the corresponding period
of 1894, which, in turn, showed a de
crease from 1893 of 16.4 per cent. The
net earnings of the same roads for tlhla
year aggregate 1102,767.786, a gain over
last year of 8.1 per cent, and following
a decrease in 1894 from 1893 of 18.8 per
cent. Divided Into groups, a striking
uniformity ds noted In the increases
and decreases In gross and net. Of the
126 ra'ilroad eyritenr, comprising 145
railroads, two-thirds show gains, not
only in gross, but also In net over a
year ago, while one-third show de
creases. I
OF SCRANTON.
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INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
Manufac torero of the Celebrates
PILSENER
LAGER BEER
CAPACITY 3
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MING, BUSTING MD SPORTING
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Msanfaettrred st the WapwaJlopen MOla, Lj
same county, Pa., and a Wil
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General Agent (or the Wyoming Dlatrlet.
WYOMING AVE, Sorartten, P
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