THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1895.
A
Chalice
Meeting.
By The Duchess.
CopyTlght. 1895, by Irving Baoheller.
"Isn't It dreadful. George?" says Mrs.
Plake. coming into her husband's
dressing room without so much as a
knock. .
"What's dreadful?" asks Mr. Wake,
In a tone that no human being but his
wife could have understood. This is
accounted for by the fact that he is
shaving, and that the left side- of his
mouth is now drawn up so far that It
almost reaches his eyelid. Naturally
this leaves in his articulation a good
deal to be desired.
"Lillian still steadily refuses to stay
here and meet him."
"Meet Geoffrey Lansdale?"
"Yes, of course: thouRh she knows
how much depends upon it."
There was never a girl who wasn t
a fool!" says (Mr. Blake, going on con
tentedly with his shaving.
"Oh! I don't know that!" After all
she had once been a girl herself. "Hut
certainly 1 do think Lillian Is behaving
very badly about this."
'Let her alone." says Mr. Ttlake. who
Is a slave to this one 'fool of a girl' at
all events his only daughter Ltlinn.
"If she doesn't want to marry her
cousin, so be It. She will have some
thing of her own. Knough? Why
should she annoy herself on uccount of
her grandfather money?"
"Oh, scarcely enough," says Mrs.
illake. "You know Oeorgle will come
!n for the property, and Jack must be
thought of. It Is Impossible for the
best of boys to get on on his mere pay:
and the cavalry is expensive. And
Lilian She Is not the sort of
girl She has not been brought
up to learn the harder features of
economy, and I cannot help thinking It
Is such a pity."
"You are growing mercenary In your
old age. iMary," says her husband.
"For the matter of that I am not so
very old." says iMrs. Make, with the
faintest tinge of offense in her tone.
And not without reason: as now. In
deed, though in her forty-fourth year,
she still looks young anil handsome.
Mr. Blake smiles ait her. "Only .1
year or two older than LH. I honestly
believe," says he. "to look at you. Put
see here, Mary, if our girl doesn't wish
to marry young Lansdale, why that's
the end of It."
"Not wish to marry a man she has
never seen! How can she know what
she wishes? Why, can't she stay here
and see him, and then say 'no,' If she
doesn't like him? It is very kind and
considerate of him. to come here at all.
In my opinion. At all events it argues
him heart-whole.;1
"How so?" Mr. Blake has now got
to a very difficult bit of his, cheek and
Is looking feroulous.
"Why the will. George! You were
alluding to It only Just now. I'oor,
dear papa so arranged It. that If Lilian
refuses Geoffrey, all goes to him. but
If Geoffrey refuses to marry Lilian all
the money goes to a foundling hos
pital." "A foundling hospital! Good gra
cious!" .Mr. Blake turns to her, a face
lost in soap. "And I always believed
your father was a most moral man."
"Oh! don't be stupid. Poor papa had
Ideas! How I wish he hadn't!"
"Still, foundlings should be provided
for." says Mr. Blake, magisterially.
j "I daresay, and so should Lilian."
J "My dear! Lilian isn't a foundling."
"She's a girl with very little more
' than a penny, which amounts to the
some thing to me." says Mrs. Blake,
( who Is ambitious for her children.
II lillian won i stay mie i iixruc
young Lansdale where dots she mean
to go?"
"Oh. I'm sure I don't know," says
,Mrs. Blake, dejectedly.
At this moment a loud tattoo on the
o.uter door the door of the bedroom
can be heard. Mrs. Blake goes quickly
to it, and a long confab between her
and the somebody responsible for the
tattoo ensues.
After a while, however, the outside
door is closed again, and Mrs. Blake
rushes back to her husband, her charm
ing face alight with mirth and satis
faction. "Well, It Is the funniest thing." be
gins she. "Bessie has just had a tele-
'Still, Foundlings Should no Provided
for."
gram!" Bessie 'Musgrave Is her sister
eight years her Junior, and a widow
of six years' standing.
"She has Just heard from Geoffrey
Lansdale's mother that he Is to be at
Glengarlff tomorrow. Bessie says that
arranges itself! She will be at Glen
garlff tomorrow, too with Lilian!"
"Bessie Is a sort of person who de
serves the Victoria Cross," says Mr.
Blake, dryly.
' "It Is the strangest coincidence. Isn't
It?" goes on Mrs. -Blake, gayly; "almost
providential, I call It! It appears Geof
frey Is going to spend a week there on
his way to us."
. "And (Lilian?"
"Well, as she Is determined to go
away from home to avoid him, she may
Just as well put In a week there, as In
any other place. It Is lovely, you
know, George. Will do the dear girl
good. A perrect paradise!"
Mrs. "Musgrave and Lilian, having
stepped out of the train that has
brought them to Bantry, stand Irreso
lute for a moment, until guided by a
gentle hint from the porter who Is look
ing after their luggage, they walk off
briskly Into the town that lies below
them, where they are presently Induced
to mount a high vehicle, arranged with
seats In rows, all facing the four horses,
.that are to carry them to Glengarlff;
and presently, Indeed, all the seats be
ing, full, and another quaint coach of
the same description growing impatient
behind them, off they go!
, Up here, as they reach' a high hill,
the splendid glories of Bantry liny be
come clear to them. '.'There It lies like
a beautiful lake, surrounded by Its high
and. stately mountains the waters so
Still, so calm today, that scarcely they
seem alive, and the Aurora, anchored
In the middle of It, reminds one of
nothing so much as Coleridge's "paint
' ed ship upon a painted ocean."
'."See thJm two Islands. Miss."' says
the driver, turning to Lilian, whom he
has favored from the beginning with
his Instructive conversation (beauty Is
dear to the heart of the Irishman), "wld
the sthrlp o' stnd loin In' thlm? There's
Trfi
a story about thlm. Tis married now
they are. they says, but whin the high
tide comes it divides thlm. 'Tis the
'Dally Divorce' they calls thlm. Fegs!
they must be Protestants, anyway."
He is a garrulous but kindly Jehu,
filled with curious anecdotes and le
gends which for the last eleven years he
has been Instilling Into the ears of Ms
clients; nor does he Indeed today draw
breath until, having climbed the high
est hills, he now brings his horses care
fully down and down again, through
an exquisite descent of wooded road,
to the very door of Kccle hotel.
"Oh, how lovely!" says Lilian, softly,
as if afraid to apeak too loud. She and
Mrs. Musgrave have climbed down the
little step-ladder brought out to help
them from helr elevated position on
the open coach, and are now looking
round hem. Here is the door of the
hotel, an old-fashioned, homely en
trance, more suggestive of Inn than
hotel, and, Indeed, with the parts of
the house on either side of It evidently
very old, and would no doubt contrast
strangely with ithe long row of new
buildings that have been tucked on
to them In later years, but for the fact
that tlowers and clinging, trailing
greeneries have covered the house both
old and new with an almost riotous
growth.
It Is now late In -September, but roses
and passion-flowers In full bloom are
still crawling up the walls wherever
they get a vlianee, reaching the upper
windows nay, the very roof itself. On
the left, a magnolia Is covering the
space between two of the drawing-room
windows, its white and fragrant cups
IS $
M Y
"A Utile Tartar. If I Make No Mistake!"
(that so strangely resemble the water
lily) gleaming through the tender
greenness of its leaves, whilst gerani
ums show their pale pink and scarlet
brightness from even higher up. Such
luxuriant geraniums, growing up and
up, and ever up, until they stare out
at you from under the very eaves. To
the light, some Dijon roses are hanging
their pale and fragrant heads.
"The roses at home ure all gone,"
says Lilian, .as If to herself.
"Hut look at the bay, dearest," says
Aunt Bessie. As If reluctantly. Lilian
turns from her contemplation of the ex
quisite Mowers; but when fhe turns it is
only to give way to fresh admiration,
only the narrow road runs between he
flower-crowned hotel and the water,
with its wild wealth of beauty; Its pur
ple mountains, that cast their shadows
deep Into its -depths; Its Islands, clad
with gleaming verdure-, and the soft,
delicate spell of mist and silence that
hangs over nil. Who who can describe
that spell the glamour of It. the de
sire, the longing to sink Into It and
dwell within Its eternal calm forever?
"Aunt Bessie, we must get a boat to
morrow, and go out as far as far as
we can!" says Lilian, some hours later.
Dinner Is over an excellent dinner In
the long and handsome saloon, and she
and iMrs. Musgrave, having gone up
stairs to put, on some wraps with a view
to sitting out on the esplanade and
watch th( growing moonlight deck the
waters, are now going back to their
rooms, along the narrow corridor.
"Well, dearest, 1 dare say a boatman
can be found." says Aunt Bessie, to
whom jigging up and down on un
steady foundations has no charm. "As
for me, you know I am a bad sailor;
still "
She stops shot; a young man coming
toward th m- has caught her eye.
"Why. Mrs. (Musgrave. It Is you!"
pays the newcomer, stopping short and
holding out his hand with pleased sur
prise, "What luck!"
"My dear Geoff, so glad to see you,"
says Aunt BFsle, genially. If a little
timidly. She Is cinsclous of a faint
feeling of guilt. "Lilian and I only ar
rived this afternoon. Oh, I forgot: you
do not know each other; This is Geof
frey Lonsdale, dearest -Lilian." She
omits to look at her niece as she makes
this somewhat Incomplete introduction,
but Geoffrey Lansdale does not. He
oasts a quick, penetrating glance at
the girt, who acknowledges his bow
with the faintest possible one In re
turn, after whlr-h she Immediately
moves away, rorrylng her aunt by an
Imperious .gesture with her. Lansdale
glances after her. sn amused twinkle
In his handsome grey eves. "So that
Is she!" says he. "A little Tartar. If I
make no miftnke! The foundlings are
In for a 'good thing If it rests with me."
To Be Continued.
RAILROAD NOTES.
The engine of an express train con
sumes twelve gallons of water for earth
mile traveled.
The brakemen of the Lackawanna
object to the -weight of their caps,
which thoy say cause baldness.
President Hnmuel Sloan, of the Lack
awanna, .Is the oldest active railroad
manager In the country. He lis 80
years of age, and recently celebrated
the golden anniversary of his wedding.
The Indianapolis division of the Or
der of Hallway Conductors Is looked
upon as one of the strongest In the
association. It now has members.
K. K. Clark, grand chief conductor. Is
proving, It is stated, the best adapted
to that position- of any one of the or
der who has occupied It. He Is held In
high esteem by the railroad ofllclals, as
well as by the membership. .
The class P locomotive which the
Pennsylvania Is building for Its type
or isii.i, an its shops in Jumlata, 1ms driv
ing wheels elgdity Inches In diameter,
holler sixty -Inches In diameter, cylin
ders eighteen and one-half by twenty
six Inches, weighs 134,800 pounds 44.100
pounds resting nn the'bnck pnlr of driv
ers, 47,200 pourfds-on the main drivers
and 43,200 pounds on the truck.
The Delaware and Hudson has filed
with the New York state railroad de.
partmcnt a statement of Its finances
for the year past, ended June 30, as
follows: The Renr.eluer and Sarntnga
division shows a gross Income of $722.
484, with fixed . charges of JI.12S.S73,
leaves a deficit of JlOfl.SX1). The New
York and Or rails division has net earn
Inirs of $184,44(1. but fixed charges of
$209,402. which gives a deficit of $s:i.S.-,0.
The Albany and Susnuehnnna division
had net earnings amounting to $l,rni,.
384. and fixed. changes only of J1.0S4.9li1,
whirth Iravts n lift income of $r,oo.:i,s7.
The Arbsny-B-nd Musiuc-linnr-a dlvklon
seems to Jie about -the only division that
Is protKbj) for the company.
' If the Jlnhv Is rutting Tccih.
Mrs. Wlrtslow's Soothing Syrup hns been
used for over Wty Years by Millorm of
Mothers for their Children whit- Teeth'ng
with Perfect Success. It Soothes the
Child, Softens the Gums, Allays nlf Pain!
Curps W nil Col e, and S the hit remedy
for Diarrhoea. Sold by Druggists In every
part of the nvorld. lie sure nnd ask for
'Mru. Wlnslow's Eootli!nir Syrup," nnd
take no other k'.nd. Twenty-flvo cents a
bottle. v
THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
STOCKS AX I) BONDS.
New York, Sept. 17. Business at the
stock exchange was less active today,
the sales footing up only 2M.U00 shares.
The course of prices, however, was
upward throughout, save for a slight
decline in the early dealings, due to
a raid on Kock Island, which curried
that stock down from 78 to 76. The
greatest gains were made by Jersey
Central, Heading, Delaware and Hud
son. Pacific Mail, the Grangers, Man
hattan, Northern Pacific preferred and
the ilndtvurlal.-l Chicago litis and
Sugar were the features of the last
r.umed group. Gas rising from 62'4 to
6;ai3. and Sugar from I05i to 107
a 107. -Pat lllc rose to 33'i and closed at
that tlgure. The market closed firm
with prices tt to 2V4 per cent, above
Mondays closing.
The range of today's prices for the ac
tive stock of the New York stock mar
ket ure given below. The quotations ure
furnished The Tribune by G. du H. Dim
nilck, manager for William Linn, Allen &
Co., stock brokers, 412 Spruce street,
Scranton.
Op'n- High- Low- Clos
ing, est. est. ins.
Am. Tobacco Co i4 W'4
Am. Tut. oil 22 -j,'.' ,
Am. Sugar Ue'g Co.MT.7 W! l"tt 1 '
Ateh.. To. & S. Ke... H SO, 'a -'
fan. South M M M b
t'hes. Ai h:o W'i H' i J-'
t'hVauo las ''-'-7 111 a
1'hir n. w::::::::: i.
'hie.. It. & 11 IS ' f!'
. '. C. & Si. I 4.. .
iile.. Mil. St. P... '' "' J1 li ,
I'htc It I. & V 78 7K iiii4 h's
Delaware & Hud i:4 l-fl'i
D-st. tt O. K 18 m "!
Gen. KW-etrlc Il.'s .U ;'
Louis. & Nush Bit '"ii 'H 4i
M. K. A Texas 17i 18 " 1'
Manhattan Kle W H''i ''Vi
lo. l'acinc IT. ! IH's A'th
Xat. Cordage 7'4 7'n
Net. I.ea.1 3'
N. J. Central H HI l'-ii l'"'"
N Y & N. K S8 8 58 M
N Y L. I-!, ft W K'i 8'm 8'3 VS,
N. Y 8. &W U'U 12 J2
N. Y.. S. ft W.. l'r..! JB'd 31 SS'i 34 4
Nor. Pacific Mfc S'4 ,' M4
Nor. Pacific. Pr 1! 1 18
out. ft West 17'4 17 17'i li
Paellle Mail 3'-"i M'i ,
Phil, ft Head WH 1 Is I'J's
Southern H. K K 13 12 M
Tellll.. C. ft 1 42'i 42 41 42'-
Tex. Paeltle 11 12 U 12
rn'.on Pucuic ir. ir. is i--
Waluish '4 !,l4
Wabash. Pr 21-j 2' 2-
West. Cnlon ttl 93 W
W. L IS IS IK 14
V. S. Leather lr" 1'4 IS I'i1'.
P. S. Leather. Pr.... Sf 81 St 84
CHICAGO HOAIID OK TTtADR PRICKS.
Open- High- Low- Clos-
W1IKAT. Ing. est. est. Ing.
December f-7 M Si S8
Mnv til 1 2'-i
ATS.
October W's 18 1"'4 W
May SUT4 21'i. 2M 21
COKN.
October ; 31' 3H 31
December S' 28 28 2HH
May 29
2'
29
2
LARD.
October
January
PORK.
October
January
5. SO
5.75
580
5.75
5.77
6.72
r..so
5.75
8.07
S.32
81S
9.40
S.07
9.32
8.15
9.40
Scranton Board of Trade exchange Ouo
tntions-All yuototlons bused on Par
of 100.
Name. Bid. Asked.
Green Riilge Lumber Co DO
D.me lu p. ft Dls. Hunk 12 ...
Scranton Lace Cur. Co
Nat. lloring ft Drilling Co "0
First National Hnnk tWO
Tliurou Coal Land Co 'M
Scrnnion Jar ft Stopper Co ' 2jj
Scranton Glass Co
Lai loiwanna. Lumber Co 710
Spring Hrnok Water Co
Klmhurst Houlevanl Co ... luo
Si-ranton Axle Works SO
Third National Bank 33.)
Lacks. Trust ami Safe Dep. Co ... 100
Allegheny Lumber 'o 1-5
Scranton Pncking Co... D5
Scrunton Savings Hank 200
HOND8.
Scranton Glass Co 100
Economy Steam Heat &
Power Co 100
Scranton Pass. Railway first
mortgage, due 1918 110
Scranton Traction I'o t'5
People's Street Railway, first
mortgage, due 1918 110
Rushbroolt Coal Co 100
Scranton ft Pittston Trac. Co. ... 90
People's Street Itailway, Sec
ond mortgage, due 1920 110 ...
Lneka. Valley True. Co., first
mortgage, due 192S 100
Scranton Uhnlcsnlc.
Fruits and Produce. Dried apples, per
lb., 5aUc; evaporated apples, 7'6a8e.; Cali
fornia prunes, tflua&c.; English currants,
2','ja3c; layer raisins, $1.W)hI.7o; muscatels,
4a0c. per lb.; $1u1.2.i per box; new Valen
cias, S'afi'sC per lb. lleans Murrowfais.
$2a2.20 per bushel; meillums, $1.7a
1.80. Pens Green, $1.10 per bushel;
split, $2.5oa2.0; lentels, 5a8c. per lb. Pola
toes l(K-. fier bushel. Onions WJa5c. per
bushel. Ilutter 1iia2uc. fier lb. Cheese Ba
9c. per lb. Kggs ItiaKiVic per doz. Heats
Hams, ID'ic; small hums, lie; skinned
hams, lie.; California hams, 8c.; shoulders,
7'-jc. ; bi-llies, 8c; smoked breakfast bacon,
Miio. Smoked Heef Outsiiles, 12c; sets,
13'...:.; Insiiles nnd knuckles, 15c; Acme
sliced smoked beef, l;-lb. cans, $2.40 per
dos. Pork Mess. $14.50; short clear, $15.
Lard Leaf, In tierces, 7-Tic: In tubs, 8c;
10-lb. pails. 8c. per lb.; 5-lb. palls, 8c.
pi-r lb.; 3-lb. palls, 8e. per lb.; compound
lurd, tierces, 5c; tubs, lie.; 10-lb. palls,
0'4j. fier lb.; 5-lb. palls, !c. per lb.; 3-lb.
pulls, 8c. per lb. Flour Minnesota pat
ent, per barrel, $3.80a4; Ohio and Indiana
amber, $3.50; Graham, $3.50; rye flour, $3.50.
Feed Mixed, per cwt., Sue. Grain Corn,
50c; outs, 30a40c. p-r bushel. Rye Straw
Per ton, $13al0. Hay-$15al7.
New York Produco Market.
New York. Sept. 17. Flour Quiet,
steady. Wheat Dull, firmer; No. 2 red
store and elevntor. 2aii2V4c; afloat, B2a
03c; f. o. b., BaKIc: ungraded red, 58a
iMc.; No. 1 northern, C3'c.; options ui-tive,
firm; September, 2n.; October, fi2'.4e.;
lecember, (le.; Murch, 67c. ; May, tStc,
Corn Firm; No. 2, SS'c. elevator; 39'4c
nfloiit; oitlons firmer; September, 8Kc;
October, 377kc; November, 37V.: Decem
ber, 3i;',tc; May, 3TiV,c. Oats Quiet,
steady; options quiet, firmer; September,
24c; October, 23e. May, 2Sc; spot
prices, No. 2, 24c: No. 2 white, 28','jc; No.
2 Chicago, 21'i.c; No. 3, 23'4c; No. 3 white,
27c; mixed western, 24u2Hi; white state
and western, 27n33c. Provisions Dull,
firm, unchanged. Lard Quiet, firm, un
changed, flutter Firm: state dairy, 12a
19c; do. crenmery, 20'a21',4c. ; western
dairy, 9'4h13c; do. factory, a12'ic; Kl
glns, 21c; Imitation creamery, 11ii15c,
Cheese steady, quiet, unehangeil. Kggs
Firm: state and Pennsylvania, 16a17c;
western fresh, ISalO'fcc ; do. per case,
$1.8Oa4.D0.
ibicago Stock.
Chicago, Sept. 17.-4'attlc-Recelpls, 6.000
head; market steady; common to extra
steers, $3.50ail; stockers ami feeders, $2. 40a
4.20; cows and bulls, t1.50-i3.7S; calves, $1.25
ri;..'i0; Texnns, $2u8.3o; western rangers,
$2.25a4.40. Hogs Receipts, 10.000 head;
market easy and Sc. lower; heavy pack
ing unil shipping lots, $lu4.fi5; common to
choice m xeil, $3.Koa4.rj5; choice assorted,
$l.45nf.50; light. $3.9Hh4.i'0; .pigs, $2.2r.a4.35.
8hee) lleee'pts, 19,000 head; market
weak and 10c. lower; Inferior to choice,
$1.50a3.i;S; lambs, $3a4.85.
Ilnffnlo Sioc.'i.
Iliitralo, Sept. 17.-Cattli"-RecelplS, 308
head; on sale, none; venls lower; good to
prime. Iiaijr.; light to ralr, $116.50; grass,
ers nnd heavy fed, $2a4. Hoks Reeeltds
1.300 henil; on sale, 1,200 head; niRiket
closed with a lower feeling; fnir to choico
mediums nnd heavy, $4.70a4.85; common,
$4. IK); good lo choice Yorkers, $l.!Kin5; pigs,
SI.75n4.N5; roughs, $3.filla3.W; stags, $!n3.50.
Sheep und Lambs Rcee'pts, 8,2iO head; on
sale, 3.100 head; market -slcwiy; -good
lambs, M.I5n4.70; common to fair, $3.5n4;
culls, $2 50a3.2r; mixed shee. good to
choice, $2.7Sn8.50; culls to fair, tl.50a2.GO.
I'lilludclpMrt Tnllow Market. , ,.
Philadelphia, Sept, 17. Tallow whs "quiet
and steady; We quote: City, primo, In
hbds, 4'.4H4i4F.i' cOMhtry,' prime. !n bhln,
4'(.s4V4c.! do. dark, in bbls, 8a4e.j cukes,
4Vc. ; grease, 3',na3He.
lolcdo firaln .Market.
Toledo, O.. Bept. l7.-VhBat-Rece!pts.
19,000 bushels; shipments, 7,000 bushels;
market quiet; No. red cash, find Sep
tember, 3Vjc.r December, Otc; May,
7'jo.; No. 8 red, cash, 61c. Corn Recti pts,
15,000 bushels; shipments, 2,000 bushels;
market steady; No, 2 mixed, cash, ill'io.;
do. May, Julie ; No. yellow, aush, 85it.iv:
No. S do., S4c-; No. S white, 33c. Oats
Shipments, 3.0HO bushels; market dull; no
sales. Itye Market firm: No. 3 cash, 44c.
Clover Seed Receipts. 880 bags; ship
ments, 2S7 bags; market firmer; prime,
cash, and October, $4.50; December, $4.55;
March, $1.05.
Oil .Market.
Pittsburg, Sept. 17. The only quotation
In oil toduy was 121.
O.I City. Sept. 17. Oil opened and high
est, 123; lowest, 120; closed, 121.
NKWS OF 01 tt IXDl'STBIES.
Happenings of Interest to the Staple
Trades and Particularly to the Trade
In Iron, Steel anil Anthracite Coal.
The largest check ever drawn on a
bank was one of $12,278,700. It was
drawn 4iy G. AV. Young In favor of
Thomas iA. McKntyre, of Hrooklyn.
An express company of Chicago Is
about to start a new system for the
delivery of light -parcels within the city
Hmits. Tricycles will be used Instead
of express wagons.
The New York anthracite companies
have raised prices for coal about 2
cents a ton. One of the presidents says
the demand is growing every day, and
Is causing the advance In prices.
General (Superintendent Petcalrn, of
the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
at Pittsburg, states that his company
will, as soon as a ulte is' selected, be
gin the construction of a mngnltlcent
di-pot ut Pittsburg. The structure -Is
estimated to cost about $2.0tH).000.
The Hethlehem Iron company Is en
larging Its Immense works, und Is about
to Install what is ald to be the largest
blooming mill ever built In this coun
try. The rolls are thirty-four Inches In
diameter nnl 12S Inches long, and the
housings weigh thirty-four -tons each.
The satisfactory condition of the
Southern textile Industry Is very ap
parent, l-he tliranclal year Which ended
Kept. 1. showing an Increase of more
chan loo mills, and un Increuse of nearly
130,000 bules In the consumption of cot
ton, as compared with the previous
year.
The Lukens Iron und Steel company.
of CoatesvUle, will erect two 30-ton
basic open-hearth steel furnaces. The
company now ocrates four open
hearth furnaces by thencld process, but
on account of the many orders on its
books is compelled to increase Its ca
pacity. The hottest mines In the world are
tlhe Coinsto-k. On the lower level the
hent Is so givat fhat the tnen cannot
work over ten or lil'teen minutes at a
time. -Kvery known means of mitigat
ing the heat have-been tried in Vain.
Ice melts Hiefore it reaches the bottom
of the sihafts.
.Representatives of the Cambria Iron
comimny, of Johnstown. Pa., have been
In speetlng the Gays-port furnace, with
a view to an immediate resumption of
operations there. This furnace wits
abandoned five years -ago, and Us re
newal Is due to the activity In the pig
metal Industry. A large force of work
men wlllbe employed.
The new blast furnaces under erection
by the Carnegie Steel company, limited,
at Duquesne, will each be equiped
with four stoves of the latest Cowper
Kennedy type. These stoves will be
twenty-one by ninety-five feet in slse.
The furnaces will be twenty-two by 100
fee, and each stack will have a capa
city for turning out 500 tons every
twenty-four hours.
The 'Huntingdon ami Broad Top
Mountain railroad reports coal ship
ments for Hie past week, amounting to
53,743 tons, compared with 42.559 tons
for the corresponding week last year,
an Increase of 11.183 tons. The totnl
amount rhlpped during the year to date
is 1,1 589,077 tons, compared with 1,370.743
tons for Mie corresponding period last
year, an -Increase of 201,334 tons.
Philadelphia Press: The anthracite
coul trade Is in somewhat better shape.
THie demand 'has Improved, though it Is
far from what -it Hliould be at this, the
busy season. Prices have been ad
vanced, as -Is usual, but the trade Is not
likely to ibemueh -benefited for a couple
of weeks, ns m-any contracts have been
entered Into In anticipation of the ad
vance. In this city tt Is likely tlhat
the advance will be maintained. In
New York there Is talk of a 25-cent ad
vance in coal prices. If the companies
are agreed on It and hold together It
will be a good deal of value to the trade
In October and November, but the New
York companies have not been able to
agree on -anyt'hlng t-h4s year. As com
pared with the mldFummer months the
trade should, -be better a-nd the carry
ing companies ought to make more
money. There are no reports whatever
of a permanent settlement of- differ
ences. The scarcity of Hessemer ore In this
country and the general demand for It
led to the -belief some time ago that
foreign countries would have to be
called on to furnish the ore required.
All these predictions have come to pass
and yesterday a cargo of iron ore was
received at Ph'lladi lphia from the Medi
terranean ore district. It Is thought
that Instead of being hurtful It will be
a boom (to domestic ores. It Is thought
JHobb's
iraragis
leyPiB
cure nit Kidney Troubles,
caused by overwork,
worry, excesses, etc.,
and all Blood Troubles
(Rheumatism, Gout,
Anaemia, Skin Dis
eases, etc.), caused by
sick Kidneys.
A few doses will re
lieve. A few boxes
will cure.
SoM by all drug
gists, or by mail pre
paid for 50c. a box.
Write for pamphltt.
HOBB'S MEDICINE CO.,
Chictio. Sin FrtnclMe.
(IT. PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestU
se, and of all sixes, delivered la ani
fiart of the i;Uy at lowest price.
Orders left ut my Office
n NO. 118 WYOMINQ AVENUE.
Rear room, timt floor, Third National
Bank, or sent by mall or telephone to the
talne, will receive prompt attention.
Bpeelal contracts will be made for tfea
Ml and delivery of Buckwheat Coal.
. ,' WM. T. SMITH.
OR. LOBB'S BOOK FREE
d all sufTirors of PR HOKS OV YOUIH,
LOST VIGON and DISEASES OF MEN AN II
WOMEN, '.in nag: cloth bound: securely
enletl sua na lea fraa. Treatment by audi
tri tly eoiifldnotial, aud a I nsltlre quick core
(a t tnti-ert. ,o matter how long standing, I
ill vultirely eiire jroa. Write or oall.
I 830 N. 18th St., PMInda., Pn.
I tw years' eontlnnvue practice.
lb .-.-. rl
JR. LOBE
that this shipment Is he beginning of
many more. As long as there is a
boom In the fro 11 InduHtry aud the do
mestic ore 4s not equal to the demand
tJhey will continue. The foreign ore
taken all in all is not as good as the
ore In thla country, 'but for some pur
poses there are certain kinds produced
In the old country that are better than
(he domestic ore. The principal ore
which will be required Is the Hessemer,
and as lung as it'he strike continues in
the Superior region the foreign market
will have to be -drawn upon. It is said
all the available foreign ore has been
bought up 'by the Industries in this
country.
The output of Iron Is now the largest
In the history of this or any other coun
try. According to the figures of the Iron
Age. the weekly capacity of furnaces in
blast on -Sept. 1 was 1H4.028 tons, com
pared with lS0,ri3.i -tons on Aug. 1. The
production of Iron hns steadily In
creased since June 1, lx!)4, when elghty
eig'ht furnaces were In blast, with a
weekly capacity of 62,517 tons. On Sept.
1 there were 215 furnaces In blasit, with
a weekly capacity of 194,02!) tons, or
more than treble the production of a
year ami t hree .months ago. The heavy
demand Is due no doubt to the exhaus
tion of stocks of Iron during the panic
and afterward, but there are new uses
for Iron whloh have revolutionized t-he
trade; every railroad In the country is
now replacing wooden bridges wit'h Iron
structures. The demand for Iron is ful
ly up to the supply. 'Stocks fell during
August 64,000 tons while the output
was increasing nt the rate of 6!i,0Qu tons
per month. Prices for Iron and mist of
Ms products advanced during the
month. In 1802 Uhls country produced
9.1!i7,000, and In 1S90 a few tons more.
These were the maximum years of pro
duction, when we ran ahead of Kngland
as an ilro-n (producer. Of course, the
production this year -will not compare
favorably witih these figures.
NEW MIL FORD.
IMIsses Nellie and Susie Coleman, of
Great Uend, spent Sunday In town.
The typical oldest Inhabitant de
clares the streams and the Susquehan
na river are lower at the present writ
ing than ever before.
Andrew i.Mosher fell from a load of
stone one ilay last week, dislocating
his shoulder.
Fred Inderlled won the laurels at ai'o
gun club shoot Saturduy, bursting
eighteen mud pigeons out of a possible
twenty.
Krnest (Davenport, stenographer.
New York city, u former Now Mllford
boy. Is sojourning at the Jay house for
a few days.
The new Heart lake Ice house Is well
under way.
.Miss Carrie Brooks Is visiting at Kil-
llwog. X. y.
The potato crop is the largest In this
section In many years. One tfurmer
remarked yesterday that he could only
get from 20 to 25 cents per bushel.
In the house?
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 teaspoonf ul in half a tumble:
of water.
Used externally, it will cure Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Mosquito Bites, Stings of Imect;
Sunburns, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Coughs.
Colds and all throat troubles.
Railway's Ready Relief, aided by Rail
way's Pills, will cure Fever and Ague; Ma
larious, Bilious and other Fevers,
lilty Centi a Battle. Said by BrngcisU
KADWAY & CO., New York.
RAD WAY'S
PILLS.
Purely vegetable, mild at;d re'lablo. Cattsf
pffrf.ct dlKoatlon, coiiifilvte aiwiiniUtion and
healthful regularity. Cure cucmipatlnn nn.1
its long hat of impleimnt armpioma and rj
venate the ayaUm. 25 cento a box. All drug
giata,
Manufacturer of the Celebrated
PILSENER
LAGER BEER
CAPACITY 1
100,000 Barrels per Annum
THE SCRANTON
VITRIFIED BRICK TILE
MANUFACTURING CO.,
MAKMS or
SHALE PAVING BRICK
AND BUILDING BRICK
Oflloei 320 Washington Avenue.
Workai Ney-Aue. Pa li. W. V. R. R.
M. hTdale,
Gonerul Sales Agent, Scranton, Pa
JtlVA
ttfi
Cuaraatrwl '
tnT MANHOOD
Kiil all atteiHlliMt ailim-nt
th of younff and mklillo.
acoil mim ana wnmen, lhe
iwfiilrirnrta.if YOUTHFUL
KemJU or treatment, Mlltuiiu. rrouuein wear-
Mas, Nerroua DublMj, Nlthtly Emluilom.L'oiirumiill.in,
Innnitj-, tuihauMlna; draluiand liiuof jxiwer of the Oiin
eraureuraaniunnuinff onarorituiiy, nui
Rniunnttlnff onarurnuilr, biulnea and map.
uijcumliiy nr. HdrlrniraMptlik
MmtmlvMmhf Mtartlnv ALlhtiMAt nf
amn. but araaaniaa NKII VK 1'ONIU iliLa
n,4 MaittHiur tk
Bauwt. UynuU.ei.oe pwboi ore for e with w-tt-Ira
eaaraatM rara ar refnad tff miiaar. Boob
waa. feiaBfleewrejia;e,,iMiiaaBekJiew eefe
. Rer eale by JOHN H. PHELPS, Dru
let, Wyomlnt eve. and Spruce afreet, .
WHO
i'S j
That insists upon rvf k Y
keeping a stock of n 1 ) K.4 M'
Raws Eeafg Mel
ini's s
LAGER
BEER
BREWERY-
The Only Remedy in the World That Re
funds Purchase Price if It Fails to Ctire
the Tobacco Habit in 4 to 10 Days Is
It CUres While
Tbo greatest discovery of the agel
A certain, pleasant, permanent
cure.
A lifetime's suffering ended for
$5.00.
Why smobe and spit your life
away? Why sutler from dyspep
sia, heartburn, and drains on your
vital forces?
Ktop using tobacco, but stop the
right wayj Drive the nirotine from
your system by the use of this
wonderful remedy.
NARcoTi-CuRfe is warranted to
remove all desire for tobacco in
every form, including Cigar, C'lgar
etto and Pipe (smoking, Chewing
and Suu 11" Taking.
Use all the tobacco you want
while under treatment, and in
from four to ten days your "hank
ering" aud "craving" will disap
pearthe weed won't taste good.
Then throw away tobacco for
ever. Narcoti-Curk is entirely vege
table aud free from injurious in
gredients, it never fails to give
tone and new vigor to the weakest
constitution.
Remember NARCOTf-Cii re docs
not deprive you of tobacco while
etlectiug a cure; doesn't auk you
to buy several bottles to be entitled
to a guarantee; doesn't require a
mouth's treatment; and, finally,
doesn't enable you to stop tobacco
only to tind yotirsslf a slave to the
namt of tablet cnewing.
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,
TTE1BE1B
SCRANTON. PA.
LOMBER.PRDPS AND TIES
THE GQKIKIQNWEALTH LUMBER CO
TELEPHONE 422.
SomtfavoMdianlUblf,
Dr. Peal'o
1 Tbe an prompt, aafa sad
UOI U t, orBi.uj""-,.
Pop aaia h JOHN H. PHELPS.
Spruce Street, Scranton Pa.
fl tliiii;
OF SCRANTON.
Will
Special Attention Given to Business
and' Personal Accounts.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
ON THE LINE OF THE
CANADIAN PACIFIC R'
are located the flnuat Ashing and banting
frronndx In the world. DrscrtpttYe bonks on
application. Tickets to all point In Maine,
Canada and Maritime IroTfncoa, Minneapolis,
St l'aul. Canadian and United State North
wests, Vancouver, Seattle, Taconia, Portland,
Ore., San Franeieeo.
First-Class Sleeping and Dining Cars
attached to all through trains. Touriat ears
fully fitted with hrddinir, curtaina and sp c
inlly adapted to wants of families roar be bad
with second -class tickets. Rstas alwajrsleu
than via other lines, Por fall information,
time tables, etc, on application to ,
E. V, SKINNER, C3. E. A.
353 BR0I0W1V. EW VOfU
Yoti Continue th? Us? of
Tobacco.
With Narcoti Cube, hen yon
are through with tobacco, you are
through with the remedy. One
bottle cures.
Send for book of prominent tes
timonies like the following:
nrjHTiHOTO. Maaa., March IS, 189&.
Tns Aabvoti Cbbuical Co.,
Springfield, Ifaja,
Qentlemen; I have uaud tobacco for
ovar twenty-nve yeaia, chaw ins and
smoking every day from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m.
stopping only tor meals.
On Monday. Fab. 4, I called at yonr
office iu HpriugOald, and bought a boti le
of the I ckb which I uwd as directed,
and on the tenth day the dtaire for to
bacco had Irft me and it has not re
tumud. I did not loae a meal whila tak
ing-the Ct'itc. My appetitahaa improved
aul I eonslder Mahcoti-Ci'Rb a grand
wing-.
Very reapectfully.
HAtS. L LINCOLN.
Mr. Frank n. Morton, of Chicop-e
Fiilla, Muhs,, late fnsi-uctor of puhUe
bulldlEKa (or 1! assachusutta, says:
I ued tobacco for twanty-llve years,
aud was a confirmed amuk.r, In just
eight, ditva' truatujont with Nabcoti
Ci lia! wai thro-.igh with tobacco, in fact
the duaire fur tobacco van:aud like a
dream. Verv mpocttnily,
FHANK H. MORTON.
If your druggist is unable to give
full particulars about Narcoti
t i rk, send to us for Book of Par
ticulars free, or send $5.00 for bot
tle by mail.
THE HARG0TI CHEMICAL CO.,
Springfield, Bass.
MIN
22 Commonwealth
.Bldg, Scranton, Pi
EVERY WOMAN
ontblr.WfnUlint utdleln. Onl? titralwillf
Pennyroyal Pillo
mrtaln In raaalt Ths saaalns (Dr. Pjal'j) aeryr dtap.
Pharmacist, cor. Wyoming. Avenu and)
SAMPLE PACKACC tSgSXl&T
t mi.no ados tKymjmpmiA
TMeLadfoe' Salld f-cb BaayaM
oTrStal Res lar 1M.
FtettAl tin
n (hew
a tnik ant est aaa aiaai
I sold la at retail BMne lar
I J - "y" jf?
I .-V wa wlU rsfaad lbs BMSMf
I send aaetbsr fair. Open
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