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THE SCBAKTON TB1BUNBFBIDAY MOliJSLNl, SiliSMtflCtt , 1895.
T-. V a 1
Copyright 1896, by
IV.
"Good God." said I, half aloud. In
spite of myself, "what are you doing In
there," and then, as I'm a man, I began
to tremble. But Jim had already
turned on me.
MJigg," cried he. "you're playing me
double. What's 'Nicolas Steele doing In
there r ..
Viak me another." said I, "It's a thing
I can't tell you."
- "But I can," said he, and he was
angry, too; "lie's gone to get Grey out
and claim the money."
"Jim, shut your mouth," said I, "and
don't make him out the biggest fool
alive."
"You're playing me false," cried he,
raising his voice sillily.
'Wo such thing," said I. "and look
here, I'll prove it. I'm going In after
him."
"You are?" exclaimed he, "then I'll
say 'good evening' to you."
"Jim," paid I, "don't you see It may
be a mutter of life or death with him?
Help me In this and I'll give you an
other hundred."
'Help you how can I help you?"
"I'll tell you In a word. Run Into the
beer shop there and bring all the men
you can find to these leads. Promise
thorn twenty francs apiece to shout
when I call to them. They'll do It quick
enough if you say the police are with
us on the other side."
"But you, yourself?"
"I'm polng to throw these steps across
the gap there, and force that window,
Aftoi that, I'm trusting to bluff."
"You take your life in your hands,"
aid he.
"Don't you trouble about that. You
get the men. Quick's the word for this
Job."
. He didn't wait for any more, but
tumbled down to the shed again, and
3
Clambering Across That Gap.
when I'd waited five minutes and had
seen him come out with a half a dozen
loafers at his tails, I dragged the steps
up to the wall, and then used them to
bridge the gap which lay between the
little window and myself. Luckily, the
ill was old and broad; and though the
window itself was not more than three
feet square, it was unbarred. At any
other time, 1 might have been a bit
giddy clambering across that gap, for
there was a drop of near twenty feet
below me, but there were too many
things running In my head to let me
think of that, and half a minute hadn't
gone before I'd forced the window with
my pocket knife and dropped Into a nar
row passage on the second floor of the
(Malson d'Or.
Ten seconds, perhaps, I stood to as
sure myself that I was right. Then I
drew my revolver and putting It to
the full cock, I began to look about
me. It was plain in a minute that I
TvaB In pBHs.age with doors oppning
down one side of It. The glimmer of a
light showed at the far end; but else
where it was all dark, and what was
more, strangely silent. The air Itself
was heavy, like the air of a bakehouse.
I had to gasp for my breath; there
was a choking sensation In my throat
which nearly made me faint. Stinking
fumes, like the fumes of stale opium,
filled all the corridors and seemed to
exude the rooms. I staggered under
the power of them, and had to bite my
lips to prevent myself coughing.
Po far as furniture went, there was
little that I could see In the passage.
A heavy carpet was soft to the feet,
and thick curtains, made of some soft
tuff, were hung over the openings to
the doors. Ygt what Appeared more
curious 'than anything was the queer
llenoe In the place. While I stood
here,, naif-choking for my breath,
and half-hidden behind one of the
thickest of the. curtains, I didn't hear
00 much aa the creak of a door or the
fall of a foot. The house might have
been 'a head-house with spectres for
tenants.
Yau may ask me, fairly enough, what
1 had meant to do when I crossed the
gap and forced my way Into this queer
place. I can only answer that I know
DO more than the dead. ' What I did
was done on impulse. It was only when
I stood In the passage' and heard
Riy heart beating like a machine that
I began to think what a fool I had
made of myself. And I must have
tood there Ave minutes, afraid to go
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Irving Bacheller.
on, afraid to go back, when all of a
sudden tome one else decided for me.
A door opened not two yards away, and
out walked Sir Nicolas Steele and a
little Frenchman. They were talking
together angrily; and they went
straight down the passage and turned
the corner where the light was.
Though the door of the room from
which they had come had only been
open for a moment, 1 had seen a sight
strange enough to have upset a
stronger man than me. In a great eastern-like
room, all lit up with queer
colored lanterns and having, a foun
tain of water splashing in the middle of
it. some twenty men were lying on
little beds. Most of them looked to me
to be dead with sleep, but one was rav
ing, with his face buried In his pillow,
while another seemed to be crawling
on his hands and knees to the water
which bubbled under the dome. The
door was only open a second, as I say,
but the view behind it gave me a
shiver, and the shiver was still on me
when, treading like a cat. 1 followed
my master down the passage and cuine
within a yard of him at the corner
of it.
I was now near by the light, but
curtains, hung crosswise In the pas
sage, hid me well enough. I could see
from my place that Sir Nicolas was
arguing with the Frenchman at the
top of a little flight of lion Btalrs.
When they had talked for 'about a
minute the Frenchee pointed to a door
at the bottom of the flight, and my
master made a step downwards as
though to reach the door. But his foot
was hardly on the stairs when some
thing happened which sent me as stiff
as a corpse, und drew from me a cry
which might have come from a mad
man. The stairs which I had seen a
minute before, I saw no longer. They
had swung away under my master's
touch, and with another cry Joined to
mine, he went headlong down to a
black hole below.
What happened In the next few min
utes I can hardly tell.' I remember,
perfeotly, that the Frenchman stood
for a minute glaring at me, and hiss
ing words between his teeth. Then he
pressed a knob on the railings at his
side, and the staircase swung back Into
Its place again.
So astonished was I to see what he
did that I never thought of the danger
to myself; and. before I knew where I
was he had gripped me, and we went
rolling over and over on the floor to
gether. Strong man as I am, I don't
think that I've ever been so near to
death as I was that night. Now tip,
now down, with the cold sweat on my
forehead, and the devil's fingers tear
ing the flesh out of my neck. I hal
loaed to Jim to help me and fought
the Frenchman through. When I hail
done with him at last, I was covered
with blood but It was Jim who pulled
me to my feet, Jim and Michael Grey,
who stood, half dressed, and half
drunk, with two gendarmes In the pas
sage. The noise and din which followed this
business is not to be described by any
man like me. While I stood half-bllnd-ed,
and with roaring sounds in my
ears, gendarmes seemed to be filling all
the Malson d'Or. But I had wits
enough about me to think of what
might be, and the first words I spoke
were to Jim. ...
"Get Grey out," said I, "and take
him In a oab to the Hotel de Lille. We'll
lose the reward If you don't. Tell him
his father's there. I'm after Sir Nico
sia he here?" he asked, aa he went
to do what I bid him.
"God knows whether he Is alive or
dead," said I, end with that I halloed
to the gendarmes and showed them tho
swinging staircase. Five minutes after,
we were down In a filthy cellar in the
bottom of the house, standing over the
motionless body of my master. But
his groans told us that he lived, and
when lights were brought we knew to
what he owed hie life. He had fallen
on the dead body of another victim of
the Malson d'Or.
e e e e .
Well, that's the story of the phantom
staircase, though there are some things
left you might like to know. How did
Sir Nicolas Steele come to the shop,
for Instance? .Why, it appeared that
after they'd got Grey Into the house,
which was one of the largest and one
of the lowest dens In Paris, they'd kept
him drunk with the drug. In the hope
that he'd odd money to what they'd
robbed him of. On the day Jim and I
set out for the cabaret, Grey had sent
a messenger down to the Hotel de
Lille to get some of his traps and
things. - Sir Nicolas came across this
messenger and bribed the whole tale
out of him. After that he didn't want
to lose a minute traclpg the man, and
he went straight off to Montmartre,
leaving word at the police station of
what 'he'd done. The police had long
been watching the shop, and when they
heard that an Englishman was going
there, they sent gendarmes after him
and lucky, too, or this story would not
have been written.
How Sir Nicolas was so foolish as to
stand between us and the chance of a
reward, I only learned when he came
to consciousness, nine days after we
took Mm off the dead man's body In the
cellar.
"And didn't I begin to be afraid of
the whole thing," said he; "sure, the
police were watching me night and day
aa if I was a murderer. Reward, or
no reward, I was glad to have dona
with It."
And that was the truth, though old
Jonathan Grey; after he'd heard what
the police had to say, paid over every
shilling of the money he'd promised.
What's more, he gave me a hundred
more for myself. But he was out of
Paris while my master lay unconscious
on his bed; and though Dora Grey cried
enough for three, her studies In paint
ing closed on the spot.
The Malson I'Od Is pulled down now.
The city people took It last year for a
new road they were making. I've no
"An Extra Hundred for Myself."
doubt myself that' many a good man
walked down those stairs to his death.
A more cunning Wap you couldn't find.
We proved, when we went up some days
afterl the thing happened, ' that - the
who)efllght of stairs swung on a hinge
at tha top. It was caught at the bot
tom by a bit of the landing which pro
jected, and which a spring held la Us
place. And It waa a better weapon for
a rogue than any knife or pistol.
(The End.)
NEWS OF 01 R 1X0VSTKIES.
Happealags of let rest to the Staple
Trades sad Psrtiealsrly to the Trade
la Iroa, Steel aad Aathraette Coal.
The fire In No. 10 colliery of the Le
high Valley Coal company, at Tama
qua. has at last been extinguished.
The Delaware and Hudson company
Is making preparations to bore test
holes for coal near the Ontario and
Western station In Jermyn.
The order of the Heading Coal and
Iron company to their colliery bosses,
insisting that they reside at or near
the colliery over which they preside is
now being put Into force and prepara
tions are being made by the bosses.
The Lehigh Valley railroad will soon
begin the erection of a building In the
Packerton yards for the manufacture
of air brakes, grab irons and hand
holds, which will be put on all freight
and coal cars after Jan. 1, 189s. when
the recent act of congress requiring all
cars to be so equipped Will go into
effect.
The report that the Lehigh Valley
railroad has made arrangements with
the Pennsylvania by which it will se
cure an entrance Into this city over the
latter's tracks, is denied as being ab
solutely without foundation. Humors
of a probable dividend In October are
also said to be premature. The recent
strength of the stock Is attributed to
the improvement In coal trade mat
ters. There has been a sharp advance In
Bessemer pig Iron in the central west,
and the market Is greatly excited. The
price of Bessemer pig advanced from
$14 to $l!i.50 per ton, and $16 Is asked
with little Iron offering. In Cleveland
SOU tons were sold at $16.50, which Is
equivalent to $15.85 In the valley. This
Is an advance of about $6 per ton from
the prices ruling in the early part of
the year. The latest English prices for
pig Iron is 47 shillings for Scotch, 37
shillings 1H pence for Cleveland and
45 shillings 8 pence for hematite. The
markets outside the central west dis
trict and Pittsburg do not seem to have
been affected by the sudden rise In
price.
The following Is a table of the per
centages of tonnage carried by the
anthracite coal roads during the first
six months of this year:
Company. Percentage.
Philadelphia & Reading '.'1.11
Lehigh Valley 16.75
Jersey Central lf.37
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western.. 12.45
Pennsylvania railroad 11.47
Deluware & Huilson 970
Pennsylvania Coul company 2.51
Erie 3.52
Ontario A Western 3.12
Susquehanna & Western 312
Coxe Brothers $.53
Total W0.U0
THE WORLD AS IT IS.
From the Washington Post
Prof. John B. Clark, of Amherst, who
Is about to Join the faculty of Columbia
college, has recently delivered a course
of lectures on social problems at the
Plymouth summer school of applied
ethics. It is evident from a casual
glance at a newspaper report of one of
these addresses that Prof. Clark ha
been studying that outgrowth of Bel
lamylsm which has taken the name of
Nationalism. Respecting socialism and
Inequality of possession he says: "I
rejoice in an abundant and diversified
inequality. I want to live In a world
of inequality. A state of equality
would be lltmsy and unendurable. It
would be an essentially bogus virtue.
The type of humanity that, will enable
a man to look on his neighbor with the
slight affection that would depend on
his being no better off than himself Is
not desirable. Personally, I want to
live in a world where I am surpassed
in every direction, and where there
are innumerable wealthier people than
myself, where envy is at least possible
and where virtue has some obstacles.
Then, and then only, will morals be
worth anything, affection be living,
and wealth respectable."
Abolition of competition Is the so
cialists' panacea for social Ills. In
order to do away with competition,
all Inequalities must be abolished.
Every Individual member of society
must be Just as well situated as every
other member. The different capaci
ties and Inclinations with which nature
has endowed her human children must
be equalized, so that no person can get
and hold more of the good things of
this life than his less gifted neighbor.
The 'Nationalists modify the socialists'
theory, to a considerable extent, but
the road on which they start leads
straight on to socialism, and both, m
the ultimate, mean communism. Many
of the Nationalists are bright, brainy,
and honest, as were their predecessors
of Brook Farm and New Harmony in
the first half of the century. Some of
the socialists are honest, but others
are dishonest, lazy, loafers, whoso
principles are located In their abdo
minal regions.
"The type of humanity that will en
able a man to look upon hie neighbor
with the slight affection that would de
pend on his being no better off than
himself" is a good definition of the aim
of socialism. The Author of Nature
delights in infinite variety. It Is doubt
ful if two things precisely alike were
ever created. "As near alike as two
peas" Is a common expression, but
those who have spent weeks In trying
to find two peas exactly alike have
failed. Put them under a microscope
and peas, or grains of wheat, or ker
nels of corn are found to possess Indi
vidual characteristics. It Is positively
asserted by persons who ought to be
good authority In the premises that no
hairs of any person's head or on any
forbearing animal ore Just alike. The
attempt, therefore, to abolish all dif
ferences tn human conditions has no
encouragement In the example of the
Creative Power.
Competition, Instead of being the
source of all our Ills, Is the cause of
most of the good that Is achieved In
this world.- The natural. desire to get
on In life has pushed the human race
from rudest savagery to Its present
position. That desire Is the very es
sence of the competitive spirit. It Is
the great promoter of progress In In
vention and In all that makes for the
advancement of mankind. Prof. Clark
recognizes the great social fact that
evil Is a source of good. He wants to
live "In a world where virtue has some
obstacles." There Is no strength of
charcacter where there is no resistance
of temptation. Competition In good
works, trying to earn more money, to
raise more corn, to make a better coat
than any other man and to resist the
evils that have overcome other men
that Is what makes a man strong and
brave; this Is what makes the world
go on growing better and better as the
centuries pass. ...
TUE WEATHER FIEND.
"It Is hot
Is It not?"
Well, go find a shady spot, '
For the man that asks that question on
creation is a blot! .
He is here
He Is there ,
Tou will And him everywhere!
He's a tedious, tiresome fellow we conven
, lently could spare!
"It Is hot
Is it not?"
Could we drop him In the slot
Could we scorch him elsx him fry him
. could we botl him In a pot
i . . Cheer on cheer
' Here and there
Then would thrill the atmosphere,
For he really Is a. fellow we conveniently
"could spare. : .
Atlanta Constitution.
TEE VOD Cf CDiPSS
STOCKS AND BOXES.
New York. Sept. 6. The chief char
acteristic of today's stock market was
Us reactionary tendency. London as
of late was a heavy seller of St. Paul.
Atchison, Louisville and Nashville and
other stocks. gome estimates place
the sales for London at 50,000 shares,
but It is thought 30,000 la nearer the
mark. Reading waa the feature early
In the day and under heavy buying
rose to ti. The other big anthracite
coalers were quiet. Missouri Pacltio
was decidedly strong, and at one time
sold at 42. When It was rumored that
two million gold would probably go out
by Saturday's steamer the bears be
came more aggressive and prices were
hammered down to 2ft per cent.
Reading. Louisville and Nashville, the
Grangers. Wabash preferred, Pacltio
Mall, Kansas and Texas, Tennessee
Coal and Iron, Atchison and Union Pa
cific scoring the heaviest losses. In
the Industrials Chicago Gas was weak.
Speculation closed weak. Net changes
show losses of K to i per cent, for
the day. Total sales were 361,000
shares.
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 Q. du U. Dim
nilck, manager for William Linn. Allen At
Co., stock brokers, 412 Spruce street,
Bcranton.
Op'n- High- IjOW- Clos
ing, est. est. lug.
Am. Tobacco Co 95 S5H 944i ' 95
Am. Cot. Oil 2)'t 24', 234 23'
Am. Sugar Ite'g Co.lH'j 114S H-'j
Atch., To. A S. Fe... 22 22" Hi? 2
Can. South.... 57 57', 57 57
Ones, ft Ohio 214 22 2l-'i 21',
Chicago Gas u 4t 6i
Chic. N. V IijU'4 luti't lui 10G-H
Chic, II. & y m WHk 90 90
C. C. C. St. I. 49,i 4- 4 49
Chic, Mil. & St. P... 7s 7hV 77'4 77'4
Chic. H. I. ft P S3 82H
Delaware ft Hud 13H4 VM 1334 l:d4j
1., L. ft W liM MO lti'.S l&U
D'.st. ft C. F 2tH4 21 2 20'i
Uen. Klectrlc 3 3S4 374 7'i
Louis. & Nash 65i 65 MVa 64't
Manhattan Kle 113ft 1134 113H lWi
Mo. Pacific 4V4 42 4i4 41
Nut. Cordage 714 714 114 7U
Nut. Lead 3314 3514 35V 3T.1
N. J. Central llii 116 114 114
N. Y L. E. ft W 8i 9H 8H 84
N. Y., 8. & W 1414 14'i 1414 14'4
N. Y., S. & W., Pr... M!i 38 3614 37
Nor. Pacific 6 5V4 5 66
Nor. Pacific, Pr 1914 1914 1'4 Wit
Ont. ft West 18(4 19 18'i 1H14
Pacific Mall 8:114 33'4 311, 32
Phil, ft Read 21', 22H W 2"' 4
Southern R. R 14 14 13'4 1314
Tenn., C. ft 1 4J'4 43.i 42 42
Vnlon Pacific Iurj4 1R-4 IB is
Tex. Pacific 14 14 13'4 1314
Wabash 10 10 94 9-'-4
Wabash. Pr 2.14 2" !J"4
West. Union 944 l"4 94'4 9114
U. 8. Leathor 17 17 174 174
U. 8. Leather, Pr.... K 90 7 8S4
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADR PRICES.
Open- High- Low- Clos-
WHEAT. ing. est. est. Ing.
December 60 6i Srt'i Wt
May 64 6t 6314 61
OATS.
October 17 18'4 17H '
December I IT, 1K 184
May 20H 211, 20' 204
nm.N,
October
May
May
LARD.
2114 32 3114 32
27'4 21'4 271 2M4
4 29 2914 294
October 5.90 5.97 6.87 6.93
Janunry 6.82 6.47 6.82 6.87
POKK.
October 8,30 8.45 8.30 $.45
January 9.62 9.67 60 9.65
Seranton Board of Trade Exchange
tstlous-AII Quotations Based on
of 100.
BTOCK9. Bid.
Dime Dep. ft Dls. Bank 125
Qrcen Ridge Lumber Co
First National Bank 609
Lackawanna Lumber Co 110
Bcranton Savings Bank 200
Bcranton Lace Curtain Co
Third National Bank $50
Thuron Coal Land Co
Bcranton Axle Works
Bcranton Glass Co
National Boring ft Drilling Co ....
Bcranton Jar ft Stopper Co
Lacks. A Montrose R. R
Spring Brook Water Co
Elmhurst Boulevard Co
Lacka. Trust ft Safe Dep. Co
Allegheny Lumber Co
Bcranton Packing Co
BONDS.
Bcranton Traction Co
Economy Steam Heat ft Power
Co
Bcranton Glass Co
Rushbrook Coal Co., 6
Bcranton Pass. Railway first
mortgage 6's, due 1920 lit
People's St. Railway, first
mortgage 6'a, due 1911 110
People's St. Railway, second.. 110
Bcranton ft Plttston Traction
Co. 6a
Lacks. Valley Trac. Co., first
mortgage 6s, due 1925
Ono
Par
Ask.
"jio
60
M
M
a
90
23
100
fH)
100
160
105
115
S3
100
100
100
90
100
Sersnton Wholesale.
Fruits and Produce Dried apples, per lb.,
6a6c; evaporated apples, 7'4a8c;. Cali
fornia prunes, G'iaSc. ; Kngllsh currants,
2'4a3c.i layer raisins, $l.coal,70; muscatels,
45o. per lb.; iol.25 per box; new Valen
cia, 614aGl4e. per lb. Beans Marrowfats,
$2.50 per bushel; mediums, $2.25; pea beans.
Peas Oreon, $1.10al.l5 per bushel; split,
$2.50a2.60; lentels, 6a8c per lb. Potatoes
tl.60al.60. Onions Per bbl $2.25. Butter
16o20c. per lb. Cheese 6a8c. per lb. Eggs
14V4al6c. Meats Hams, 1014c.; small
hams, lie; skinned hams, lie; California
hams, sc.; shoulders, 7o.; bellies, lc.;
smoked breakfast bacon, 104c Smoked
Beef Outsldes, 12c; sets, 184c; tnstdes
and knuckles, 15c; Acme sliced smoked
beef, 1-lb. cans, $2.40 per dozen. Pork
Mess, $14.60; short cut, $15. Lard Leaf. In
tierces, 8c; In tubs, 814c; 10-lb. palls, 84,c
per lb.; 6-lb. pails, 84c per lb.; $-lb. palls,
Ic per lb.; compound lard, tierces, 6c;
tubs, 614c; 10-lb. pails, tc. per lb.; 5-lb.
palls, 64c per lb.; l-lb. palls, 7c. per lb.
Flour Minnesota patent per bbl, $4.10a
4.36; Ohio and Indiana amber, $3.76; Gra
ham, $3.76; rye flour, $3.75. Feed Mixed,
per cwt., $1.05. Grain Corn, 60c; oats, 16a
40o. per bushel. Rye Straw Per ton, $13a
16. Hay-$17al9.
New York Produoe Market.
New York, Sept. 6.-Flour Dull. Wheat
Dull, higher; No. 2 red atom and ele
vator, 63a64c; afloat, 63a64c; f. o. b.,
64a644c; ungraded red, 58a65c.; No. 1
northern, 65l4a66c; options weak, closed
Arm; May, 6S4c; September, 63'kc ; Octo
ber, 64c; December, 66c Corn Weak; No.
2, 39140. elevator; 4014o. afloat; options
weaker; September, 384c; October, 88Hc;
November, 8714c. ; May, 3514c Oats
Firmer; options dull, firm; September,
23V,c ; October, 23c; May, 2514c; No. 2
white, October, 2434c. ; spot prices, No. 2,
24c; No. 2 white, 2714c; No. 3, white, 2414a
24?,c; mixed western, 24a26o.: white do.,
25a33c; white state. 33a. Provisions
Quiet, steady, unchanged. Lard Quiet,
firmer; western steam, $6.30; city, $Ca
6.1214; option sales, none; refined, quiet;
continent, $6.65; South America, $7; com
pound, 4a5c Butter Steady, quiet;
state dairy, 12a 1814c.; do. creamery, 194a
20c: western dairy, (14al3c; do. creamery,
13a20c; do. factory, 8al214c; Elgina, 20c;
Imitation creamery, 11al5c. Cheese Quiet,
weak, unchanged. Eggs Unchanged.
Buffalo Live Stock.
Buffalo, Sept. 8. Cattle Receipts. 1,000
head; on sale, 60 head; market closed dull;
fair Colorado steers, $3.75a3.70; veals,
steady, at $6.75a7; choice, $7.25a7.60. Hogs
Receipts, 6.000 head; on sale, $,000 heed;
market closed dull and lower; Yorkers,
$4.35a4.40; mixed packing, 34.HJft4.40; pigs,
$4a4.20; good heavy, $4.00a4.60; common to
good Mlchigans, $4.25a4.35; roughs, $3a3.50.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 3,100 heud;
on sale, 2,500 head; market closed strong;
sales of Canadian lambs at $4.75a4.80.
Chicago Live Stoek.
Chicago, Sept. (.Cattle Receipts, $.000
head; market firm and 10c. higher; com
mon to extra steers, t3.60a5.96; stockers
and feeders, $2.50a4.1C; cows and bulls,
tl.50a8.75; calves, $4.SOa6.75; Texans, $1.90.
$.50; western rangers, $2.50a4.35. Hogs
Receipts, 14,000 head: market 6c, higher;
heavy packing and shipping lots., $4a4.40;
common to choice mixed, $3.90s,4.46; choice
assorted, $4.80a4.4G; light, $3.SOa4.45; pigs,
$2.264.20. Sheep Receipts, 16,000 head;
market steady; Inferior to choice, $1.60a
110; lambs, $3a6. . .
' 1 OH Market.
Pittsburg, Sept, 8. The only quotation
on tne ritisnurg ana oil vuy excnaOi
Ixliv tt.t lull.
CORES THE TOBACCO HABIT
IN 4 TO 10 DAYS
OR MONEY REFONDED.
Uso All the Tobacoo You Want Till
Your "Craving" Is Gone.
NARCOTI-CURE is tha only remedy in the world that acts
directly on the nerves and drives the nicotine from the system
tn from fonr to ten day. It leaves the patient in better health
than before taking, and to warranted free from any injurious
ingredients.
NARCOTI-CUBE 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 ia then no sacri
fice to throw awav tobacco forever.
NARCOTI-CUKE ia sold at the uniform price of $3.00 a
bottle and one bottle cures.
Money refunded if a cure is not effected when taken accord
ing to directions.
1 PROF. Vf. N. WAITR.
Of Amherst, Mass., Chewed Tobaeoo for
46 years, aad Was Cured by Nsreotl
Cure.
Amherst, Mass , Feb. a 1M&
Tas Mabcoti chbmioai.oo.,
bprlsgfleld. Mass.
Gentlemen: Replying to yours of tbe 1st,
would say that I nv used tobaoco for 40
years, snd of lato bare consumed a lOwnt
Flag a day. bMldei smoking considerably.
comsBDUoed to ass tobacoo when I was 11
years old, and hare nsrer be-a able to give
up tbe habit until I took Niacivri Cuks,
although 1 hae trisd other eu-called rems
dine without effect. Alter oslse your reme
dy four days, alt "htnkerlng" for chawing
disanpeai ed, and in four days more amok
log became uuplsasant. I have no further
desire for the weed, aad experienced no
bad effects, whaterer. I am srainliig In
flees, and feel better than I Save tor alone
time. To all who wish to be free from tbe
tobacco habit I would say. use KAAfoTI
Ouaa Yours truly,
W. N. WAITE.
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,
HTTEIBEID
SCRANTON, PA.
LUMBER, PROPS AHD TIES
FOR MINES.
THE COMMONWEALTH LUG1BER CO
TELEPHONE 422.
EVERY WOMAN
Dr. Pool's
noun. w-..
ha IOHN M PHELPS. Pharmacist, ear. Wwomina AvanuA and
Sprue Strest, Seranton Pa. .
E ll M
llaamf sctaren of the Celebrated
PILSENER
LAGER BEER
CAPACITY I
100,000 Barrels per Annum
"zrzr REVIVO
RESTORE! VITALITY.
Made a
Well Man
tat Day.
Mta Day.
of Me.
THI OMAT
80th hay.
r "
pradaee the shore results la 80 days. Itself
teeerfollr end qolcklr. Cures when all others tall.
Voaafssaa will regain their lost manhood, aad eld
as 1U recover their rouUlal view by veins
KETIVO. It enlehly sad sorely restores Merrcue
seat. Ust Tttalltr, Inpoteaer, Nil ntly Kmteslons,
Lost Fewer, falllnt Memory, Wastlni IMMaeM,snd
all eftesle of Mll-ebuee or eteenesd Indiscretion,
whleh salts ose for stedr, easiness or merrUfe. It
hot only eares by startles at the east et disease, but
Is a area swrsa taale snd blood bollder, bring.
Inff beak the pink (low t pale ehcehs and re
etorlae tha Are af voath. It wards of Inunity
and Csaaametlos. Inalst os having REVIVO.no
ether. It asa he earned la east eoohet. By mill,
a er leakage, or sti for S.OO, with a posl
ties writtea t-aaraatea te ears a reined
the aaoasy. Otieulaf free address
tOTAl MEDIOINE CO.. II Hirer .. CHIO0, ILL
ftp BattheaMBWea. BfMalet
If yoar druggist is unable
to give yon full particulars
about NARC0TI-CUBE, send
to us for Book of Particu
lars free, or send $5.00 for a
bottle by maiL
THE R1RC0TI CHEMICAL CO.,
Springfield, Mass.
22 Conimonwealth
lf Bldg, Seranton, Pa.
isesassiellaMs,sieath1r.lfahaiBf medietas. Osl karmlssitta
tha Dtuetl drutt tkssld ke use. Uyeu east the bust, got
Pennyroyal Pills
DU FONT'S
v MINING, BLASTING 1N0 SPORTING
POWDER
HsanJactared st tbe Wapwallonen Mills, La
(erne county, Pa., and at Wil
mington, Delaware,
HENRY BELIN, Jr.
General Agent for tbe Wyoming District.
118 WYOMING AVE Seranton, Pav
Third National Bask Building.
aoeroim t
TH09. FORD, I lttaton, Pa.
JoHN B. SMITH A ON, Plymouth, Pa
E. W. MU1.MUAK. Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Agents tor tbe Kepaana Cbemioal Vs
assy's High Explosive.
-A tillar ttid (I a ietlar tnud."
This Ladles' Metld French DoagoU KM Bat
tea Base dtttverad free anywhere in the u.Sj,ea
reeei pt oi laen, nosey ituwt,
at l'oeul Note fer I1J0.
Kqnals every we the boom
sold la sll retail stores for
i.W. We make this best
oureotves, therefore we fsar-
anif loJt eryM
and If any one Is a
win ram w
r send another rnlr. Opera
.Tee or Oomssoa Besse,
. widths c, rt. E, a SB.
Vslteo lto I sad hsa
iss. oVaaesaretstf
M WUIM psa.
lussltmlsa
OkBV
logae
PR CV
torn Sme M;
le bi
Bsve yoa Sots Throat, Pimples, OopperlpTed
bdoU, Aobee, Old torel UU).ri In ilonth lUlr
rslllnit Write Coek Beaedy Oe4 84rT Ma
Caaltnl aSJeX. ratlsnttesred alae years
.mi e TeMie.i;nieao.i iinior ptohi vx w-.
BS13
RAILROAD TIME-TABLES
Central Railroad of Haw Jaraey.
tLhigh and aaueoaaas Mmsna -
Aa uracils coat uaaa esciaetwaly, 1
is clsaailnsss aad eaaaXert,
taa
TMb1 'iABUhi l& h'it
JUNE 1. Urn.
Trains leave acraatoa
fer Ptttstea.
WUaes-Barre. Slav at in sua U.S1 asa-
1.24, x.00, ., 6.UV. U p. ia. Sundays, MS
, m., l.oo, 1.19 p. m.
For Atlantic City. (. s.nt.
For Now York. Newark and "i"
(express) a. m.. l.X (express with Bu(
(et parlor car). S.0S (express) p.m. Bun
day, 2.16 p. in. Train leaving US p. m.
arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Term
Inal, 1.21 p. m. end New York Cit p. m.
For Mauea Chunk, Allentown. Bethlse
hem, Eastoa and Philadelphia, UB ante
l.iU. S.06. 6.0V (except Philadelphia) p. aw
Sunday. IIS p.m.
Fer Long Branch, Ocean Oroya, ata. at
l.. m. (throueh coach), l.Sp. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Rarrlsbora.
via Allentown. tal a. m., LO, (.9 p. m
Sunday, 115 p.m.
r or roiisvine, s.xo a. m-, i.rs p. n.
Returning, leave New York, foot et Llh
erty street. North river, st 1.10 (expresss
am., i.iv, i.so, . (express wun auRel
parlor car) p.m. Sunday. ISO a.m.
Ieave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal,
1.00 am., too snd 4.30 p.m. Bun day ctf
a.m.
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application la ao
vance to the tlckot agent at the ststtoa.
H. P. BALDWIN.
Gen. Pass. Agent,
t. B. OLHAUBEN. Oen. Sunt.
Del., Lack, and Western.
Effect Monday. June M, int.
Trains leave Iterat ion as follows:
rreas for Now Yorl. and all points Kast.
40, !i.5u, 1.15, 1.00 and riA am.; 11.55 and lit
p.m.
Express ror isnsion, Trenton, rniiaaei
his and the south, 100 snd III a.m..
.:. anu 3.31 p.m.
Washina-ton and wav stations. ICS n.m
Tobyhanna accommodation, (.10 p.m.
Express for Blnghamton, Oswego, Kl
mlra, Cornlnc, Rath. Dansville, Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 12.10, 135 am., and 1.21
f .m., making close connections at BuN
alo to all points In the West , Northwest
and Southwest.
Bath accommodation, t a.m.
Binghnmton and way stations, 11ST p.m.
Nicholson accommodation, at i p. m. ana
(.10 p. m..
Blnghamton snd Elmlra Express, 1.01
p.m.
Express for Cortland, Syracuse, Oswega
Utlca and Richfield Springs. 2 15 a.m. and
1.M p.m.
Ithaca, 2.33 and Bath t a.m. snd 1 11 p.m.
For Northumberland, Plttston, Wilkes.
Barre. Plymouth, Bloomsburg and Dan.
vlllo, making close connections at North
umberland for Wllliamaport, Harrlsburg.
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
NorthuniDerlnnd and Intermediate sta
tlons, (.00. 55 a.m. and l.W and (.07 p.m.
Nantlcoke and Intermediate stations.
103 and 11.20 a.m. Plymouth and Inter
mediate stations, 3.40 and 1.53 p.m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches 08
all express trains .
Fer detailed Information, poeket time
tables, etc., apply to M. L. Smith, city
ticket office, KM Lackawanna avenue, of
depot ticket office.
DELAWARE AND
HUDSON RAIL
ROAD. Commencing Monday,
day, July 3V, all trains
will arrive at new Lack
awn una avenue station
as follows:
Trains will leave Seran
ton station for C'urbondale and In
termediate points nt 2.20, 5.45, 7.00, j.2o and
10.10 a.m.. 12.00, 2.20. 3.55, 5.15, 6.15. 7.26, 119
and 11.20 p.m. .
For Farvlew, Wnymart and Honesdale
at 7.00, 8.23 and 10.10 a.m.,12.00, 120 and 5.1S
p.m.
For Albany, Saratoga, the Adlrondacks
ami Montreal at 6.45 a.m. and 2.20 p.m.
For Wllkes-Uarre and Intermediate
points nt 7.45, 8.45, 9.38 and 10.45 a.m., 12.05,
1.20, 2.38, 4.0(1, 5.10, 0.05, 9.15 and 11.38 p.m.
Trains will arrive at Seranton station
from Car bond ale and intermediate points
nt 7.40, 8.40. 9.34 and 10.40 a.m., 12.00, 1.17,2,14,
From Honesdaie, Wnymart and Far
view at 9.34 a.m., 12.00, 1.17, 8.40, 6.55 and
7.45 p.m.
From Montreal, Saratoga, Albany, etc..
at 4.54 ami 11.33 p.m.
From Wllkes-Rarre and Intermediate
points nt 2.15, 8.04, 10.05 and 11.55 a.m., 1.16.
2.14, 3.39. 6.10, 6.08, 7.20, 9.03 and 11.16 p.m.
Erlo and Wyoming Valley.
Trains leave Seranton for New York)
and Intermediate points on the Erie rail
road at 7.00 a. m. and 3.24 p. m. Also for
Honeddulo, Hawlev and local points el
7.00, 9.40 a. m. and 3.24 p. tn.
All the above are through trains to and
from Honesdale.
Train for Lake Ariel S.10 p. m.
Trains leave for Wllkes-Burrs at It a
m. and 145 p. m.
May IS, MS5.
Train leaves Bcranton for Philadelphia
and New York via D. A H. R. H. at 7.4
a. m 12.05, 1.20, 2.38 and 11.38 p. m via D.,
U 4 W. R. R., 6.00, 103, 11.30 a m and 1.34
p. m.
Leave Seranton for Plttston and Wllkos
Barre, via D., L. A W. R. H., 100, 8 0s, U.2S
a m., 160, 6.07, 153 p. m.
Leave Bcranton for White Haven, Ha
tlnton, PottHvillc and all points on tha
Beaver Meadow and Pottsvllle branches,
via E. & W. V. R. R . 6 40 a.m., via D. St H.
R. R. at 7.45 a m., 12 .06, 1.20, ! 38, 4.00 p. n,
via D., L. & W. R. R. (.00, 108, 11.20 a m
1.30, 3.60 p. m.
Leave Seranton for Bethlehem, Easton,
Reading, Harrlsburg and all Intermediate
points via D. A H. R. R., 7.45 -am.. 12 03,
1.20. 2.38, 4.00, 11.88 p. m., via D., L. A W. B,
R., (.00, 108, 11.20 a m 1.30 p. m.
Iave Seranton for Tunkhannock, To
wando, Elmira, Ithaca, Geneva and all
Intermediate points via D. & H. R. R., Ill
am., 13.06 and 11.35 p.m., via D., LAW.
R. R., 8.08, 9.56 a.m.. 1.30 p.m.
Leave Bcranton for Rochester, Buffalo.
Niagara Falls. Detroit, Chicago and all
points west via D. At H. R. R.. 145 a.m.,
12.05, 9.15, 11.38 p.m., via D.. L. W. R. R.
and Plttston Junction. 8.0i, (.56 a.m., 1.J0,
160 p.m., via E. W. V. R. R.. 8.41 p.m.
For Elmlra and the west via Salamanca,
via D. A H. R. R., 8.46 a.m., 12.05, (.06 p.m..
Via D., L. ft W. R. K.. 108, (.66 a.m., 1.30.
and 8.07 p.m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or L. V.
chair curs on all trains between L. ft B.
Junction or Wilkes-Berre and New York,
Philadelphia, Buffalo, and Buapensloa
ROLLIN H. WILBUR, Oen. Bupt
CHAS. S. LEE, Oen. Pass. Agt., Phlla, Pa,
ft" W. NONNEMACHER. Asst. Oea
Pass, Act. South Bethlehem. Pa
flRAITitN HITISION.
Is Street, May IBtb, 1805.
North Bound
Meal BtewaZ
igOtBtdlBOO
Stations
(Trains Dally, Ix
cept muoay.i
Arrive Leavei
I A!
I 10 6V
7 85
N. Y. F inklln
ret
r
10
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west Mt streeu
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10 m row
r a!
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Arrive Leave1
6U5I 1 Ml
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Hancock Juuoiloui
(os! '.
IT
3 'I
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8 31
141
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let
ltd
lt
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StailUbt
Preton Park
Oomo
Poyntclle
Belmont
Pleusant Mt.
Unloodale
Forsot city
Cnrbindale
White Bridge
Mayneld
Jermyn
Arohlbald
winton
ppckvltle
Olyt'hant -
Dickson
Throop .
Providenea
Park Place .
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All trains run dally except Buaday. .
I signlue that trains stop on signal ttr pat
tentrers. . .
reenre -rates vis Ontario a Westers before
Eiirchdslng tickets and save money. Day and
limtE. press to the West. .
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