THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MOKNTNO. SEPTEMBER 23, 1893.
t opyricht by
' OH.VPTTJR III.
It was an October evening nine years
Inter:-the woods hail glowed In their
red and yellow splendor all day long
the sun had set in a rivalry of glory,
and now It was getting so cool that a
few logs were piled on the wide hearth.
and a lire kindled. The pitch-pins
sticks began to crackle, and to ooze at
the ends, the blue smoke whirled up
wards in the huge draught of the
rhlmney, and Nancy and Nellie having
cleared aw.ay the supper things, were
seated in a small and in a big chair,
side by side, face to the blaze. Nellie's
head leaned against Nancy's substan
tial knee; her silky hair, w hich showed
some of the colors of it he golden flame
at-which she was gazing, or of the
maple leaves which she had gathered
a great bunch of that afternoon, shone
in the lllckorlng light with a lovely
radiance. Nancy sat back in her chair
with her stunt arms folded across her
nmple waist. Never was their an old
maid who looked 'the conventional type
less than she. She was rosy, dimpled,
plump and cheery, yet she was not only
a spinster of near fifty, but she had
met with nothing but misfortune all her
life. It Is a marvel what some folks
can thrive on!
Hut Nancy had In her bosom the In
nocent and kindly child's heart which
was born with her; she was us much a
child as the little girl beside her.
Troubles could draw tears from her
readily enough, but nothing could make
her bitter or sullen. Her nature was of
the summer quality, sometimes revert
ing to April, but never contracting into
winter. Truly, she was not armed to
contend with the artful and selfish
wvrld: yet the world could not hate
her. Her vital spots were beyond the
world's reach.
llelng of such make, she and Nellie
' w re full companions for each other.
They were a pair of children. Things
which to others would have been foolish
a!'.d trivial., interested them, and made
the subject of their confidential
'talks, teach loved the sound of the
other's voice, and was secure the other's
sympathy. It Is wonderful what a mu
tual comprehension love gives; the
reason Is perhaps because It so simpli
fies and Illuminates the ordinary confu
sion and obscurity of ideas. We are
ourselves the artificers of most of the
riddles that perplex us.
"Nellie, you wouldn't have caivd for
me to marry that old Lawyer Corvln,
Would you, lovey?"
Tgh!" said Nellie, prolonging a gut
teral of disgust. "He's horrid!' You
don't have to, do you?"
"No: but he asked me this a'ternoon:"
she gave a chuckling little laugh. "I
declare, I wonder what ailed the man.
lie use to be spoonln' around 'bout
twenty or thirty years ago: but I was
young and smart then, and we was rich;
ami anyway. I was fancyln' som'un
else myself. So I said to him today. I
rays, 'Whatever ails you. Mr. Corvln?
I guess may be you used to want me
for the sake of my money,' I says; 'but
now,' I says, "you've got the money,
and what under the canopy would you
be wanting of me'." So I laughed. But
I thought to myself, thinks I. 'Well. I
guess -l wouldn't marry a man that
was the cause of my dear boy Tom
gettln' drowned,' not to speak of what
folks said about my poor brother Matt:
Urt, that I K' '! .'. I . . I-. . 1 ? U n.oa t ... . M
Corvin's fault, you know; but one feels
"Whatever Alls You Mr. Corvln"
things that way. I didn't tell him that;
It's no use hurting folks' feelln's."
"What did he say?"
"Well, he sort o' come out, then; he
gays, 'That's Jest it," he says; 'you ain't
got ho money, an' I hate to have It that
way, but what can I do?' he says. Here
I've been lendin' you money these ten
years back, Nancy,' he says, "on the
K'curity of your land and cattle an'
stuff,' he says; 'an' now you ain't got
not'hlri' more to pledge, and I'll have to
foreclose on that mortgage tomorrow,'
he says. 'An' what I thought was,
Nancy, If you'd have me. It would make
It all smooth and nice,' he says, 'for I
was al'ays fond o' you,, you know; an'
everythln's ready for you, ef you'll
come,' he says. 'An' ef you don't,
upon my word. I don't see how you're
a-goln' to get on anyway,' he says."
"He hasn't got this house, though has
he?" asked the child.
"No, lovely, he ain't: an' that's what I
told him; an' I said I'd starve In It
ooner'n sell It, for It was Blllops' house
ever sence 'twas built, an' I don't oon
elder I've any right to make away with
It while I live. An' I told him, may be
the folks aruond would give me work
to do; anyhow, marry, I couldn't. Ity'n
lay he said, 'Well, I'm sorry to fore
close,' he says; 'but I can't help It; I
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need some cash to put Into a new In
vestment." he says; an' then he went on
! to tell about a man had come :o
I town with a new Invention some way
j of making crops grow with 'lectrlclty,
j but I didn't understand how 'twas. Mr.
. Corvln. he wanted to buy the stock of
I the lllVcnMon. fltiil hml tt huvA ,a u)i Si,,
he said ef I wouldn't marry him. and
didn't have the money for the mortgage
tomorrow, why he'd be sorry, but he'd
Jest be obliged to sell up the farm an"
flxin's. So 1 said. 'Well, ef you have to
do it. sell away, .Mr. Corvln.' I says; an"
don't you bother 'bout Nellie an' me,' I
says; "1 guess the l.ord'll look out after
us some way:' an' then I told him I'd
have to be gittin' the dinner ready, nn"
asked him would he stay? Hut he said
no, an' off he went."
"Do you thing the lArd will take us to
Heaven, now we have no money?" Nel
lie inquired.
"oh, well. I guess we'll get on all right
down here for a spell yet, lovey," Nancy
replied, cheerfully. "I'll trot over to the
village tomorrow, anil ef may be I
can't get somethin' to do cookin', or
setvin'. or such like. There's a good long
bit between you 'an me an' starvin," my
pet; an we al'ays got the old house to
live In, yotknow thanks be!"
Nellie made no rejoinder, and they
sat silent. The tire fell Into rod em
bers, on a cushion of white ash. The
wind rose, without, and the boughs of
the great trees swept across the roof
of the house with a swishing sound, as
if caressing the venerable building
over which they had stood guard so
long. How many generations of Hll
lops had that soothing sound hushed
to sleep! Nancy was beginning to nod.
when suddenly she felt Nellie start
slightly, and saw that she had lifted
her head and was listening intently.
"What Is it lovey? Hats'.'"
"Music!" whispered Nellie. "There
don't you hear?"
Nancy uttered a faint cry, and sat
rigid.
Music! It was unmistake.tble. At
first a light and airy strain, rising and
falling with the breeze,-like the notes
of an aeolian harp. It was a fitful, un
dulating call, as of fairy minstrels sig
naling with elfin homs. 'Hut presently
It assumed a 'measured form: It gath
ered Itself Into a diatonic melodv,
warbling delectably. What made It?
Where did It cjinie. from? After a mo
ment, Nellie Jumped up, ran to the win
dow, and threw it open. In came the
crisp cold air: the stars sparkled; the
music sounded more distinct, but still
aerial and remote. It was Impossible
to determine whence It came. It sound
ed now here, now there. Sometimes It
seemed to emanate from the listener's
own heart.
"Oh, isn't It good! Oh, don't let It
stop!" murmured Nellie, with groans of
delight.
Hut It did stop, almost as if out of
contrariness. A last note swelled out.
and went off In a diminuendo, and
sank Into silence.
"Oh. do-o let it play some more!" she
sighed, as If the invisible orchestra
could be propitiated by entreaty.
"Mammy, you ask 'cm!"
Nuncy had all this while remained In
her chair. In a state of breathless agi
tation. She now managed to find a
week and quivering voice. "Come away
from that window, child! Lovey. It's
ghosts, the same as used to be when
your Uncle Matt was llvln". Oh, my
sakes what a turn It give me!"
"dhosts?" said Nellie, stepping back
from the window. In momentary dis
may. Hut she recovered herself. "If
ghosts can make such nice sounds as
that. I like them.""
"'It won't play no more this time,
once It stops," said 'Nancy. "I ree'leet
how't used to be well enough! It 'ud
play a bit, an' then stop, an' then 'times
It 'ud say somethin', an' then you
wouldn't hear no more. That's how
'twas when poor Matt was llvln', an' I
guess this Is the same ghost."
"Hut did It ever do any harm to
Uncle 'Matt? rdn't lie like It?" en
quired the child.
"I don't know 'as he, ever exactly
heard it himself; It 'ud mostly come
when I'd be alone, and he-off on his
business som'ers. When I'd tell him
about it, he'd look grave, an' then he'd
say, "Well. Nance, mind you al'ays lis
ten what It says.'-he'd say, 'an' what
ever It says mind you do It; for ghosts
knows more'n we do," he'd say. All the
same It Scared me awful."
"May be It isn't ghosts but fairies
good fairies; and they mean to do us
good somehow1. Didn't they do Uncle
Matt good?"-
"Well. I b'lleve he did sort of foller
what they said, when I wasn't too
scared to recollect it. an' ha used to say,
lmn .Un. .1 ...
miicn, niui nit? voices, as ne caned
em, was as good for hus'ness as what
a spellin' book Is for a child learnln tn
read, nut all the same, I'm scared of
what I can't see, and don't know what
It Is; an' al'ays thought It was them
ghosts that carried poor Matt off, mys
ter'ous lilse, at lust."
"May be they will bring him back
again, then, and he'll make Mr. Corvln
stop troubling us."
Nancy shook her head. "Ohosts Is
ghosts, lovey; they may be good or bad;
but I never heard as they was able to
pay folks' debts for "em. Kf they could
do that. I don't say but what I . . .
. . Sakes alive!"
The caus? of this ejaculation was not
supernaturol, but material. There
was a heavy thump on the hearth, and
the wood ashes flew out Into the room.
Home heavy object had fallen down
the chimney, and struck against the
smouldering embers. The next Instant
a light blaze broke out, burnt actively
for a minute or so, anil then died down.
"Land sakes! It Jest makes me sick!
Must be a brick out of the chimney. I
s'pose. Hut what was that burned up
so? It didn't sound like a brick,
neither." -
'Nellie picked up a thin stick, and
poked among the, ashes. "Why. mam
my. It's money a whole lot of it!" she
presently- exclaimed. "It was done up
In paper, and that's what burnt."
"Money, child? You're crazy! What
ever would money be doln' In our okl
chimney?"
"But It Is money," persisted Nellie;
and with that she raked nut a couple
of ten dollar gold pieces "Oh, do see
what a lot of 'em!" She continued
raking out gold and silver coins, and
brushing ayvfly the ashes. There were
scores of them hundreds of them.
"We're rich, now. ain't we, mammy:
you can pay Mr. Corvln tomorrow and
make him go away." said the child,
looking up smiling with excitement and
pleasure. "
'Nancy, her simple soul rent between
fear, curiosity and half-incredulous Joy.
got down on her knees on the hearth
stone, and picked up one of the gold
pieces between her thumb and finger.
"It's real true gold. Jest as sure an
you're alive," she murmured; "an the
same kind Of coin poor Matt used to
like to have about him. '(told eagle
don't fly away as easy as other kinds,'
was what he used to say. Well, It
don't seem like It could be real, does II
'TIs, though, all' the same! But I don't
know may be the money ain't Jcstly
our, a'ter all. We don't know where
It come from, an' ef we was to use It.
an' then som'un waa to come along and
ay tt was theirs, what 'd we do?"
"Why. Mammy who would keep money
up our chimney, if It wasn't ours?" said
Nellie, with better sense than grammar.
She kept on raking treasure out of the
embers with untroubled enjoyment.
"L'niie Matt must have put 'em there,
and made 'em fall down Just when we
wanted them."
"Hark!" cried Nancy.
A whisper a sigh voice, tilling
their ears, coming from they knew not
' -
"It's Real True GolJ."
where, slowly uttering speech, and dy
ing away Into silence.
"Kor you, Nance for you and her
pay the debt pay the debt your
brother Matt sends It pay the debt,
and free the land, and give me peace."
(To be coirtluued.)
NEWS OF OI K 1NDISTBIES.
Happenings of Interest to the Stapel
Trades and Particularly to the Trade
in Iron. Steel and Anthraelte Coal.
The Heading Coal and Iron company
has Issued orders to have Its seven
mines in the Shamokin region start
work on full time till further notice.
Five thousand men and boys will be
affected, and the pay roll Increased Mr
uoo per month.
An Illustration of how space Is an
nihilated by the telegraph was afford
ed a few days ago by two telegraph
clerks fitting opposite ench other In a
Chicago otllce. One of them was send
ing a message to New Orleans; the
other was receiving a message from
the same city. The sender wanted to
borrow a plug of tobacco from his col
league, but It would have been a breach
of the rules to ask for It. He thereupon
wired to New Orleans and asked the
receiver there to tell his partner to
hand him a "chew." In less than a
minute the plug came over the glass
partition which separated the two ope
rators. The messuge had traveled con
siderably over a thousand miles, al
though only a yard separated one ope
rator from another.
The Philadelphia Stockholder Satur
day printed -a long review of the coal
trade. In Hie course of which It said1:
Most of the independent operators hold
contracts which enable them to Htop
mining coal when the tidewater price
touches $:!.'.'5. While tt Is extremely
dltttcult to determine the cosit price,
owing to the great varlnty of conditions
that enter into such calculation, tt may
be safe to assume . for present pur
poses that the cost figure Is about $3.2."i.
With this as a basis, the following ta
ble, showing the actual average net
prices received for coal during 1895 to
date, f. o. b. net. New York harbor,
Is Interesting:
Brok. Kgg. Stove. Chest.
Januarv $S 25 Si W 30 l SO
Kebruary 3 20 3 25 3 25 3 20
March 3 10 3 10 3 20 3 15
April 3 ) 2 HO 3 Ho 3 Ml
May 2 5 2 HO 3 Ul) 3 )
J inie 2 SO 2 HO 3 00 2 !:
July 2 T5 2 75 2 85 2 75
The new prices f. o. b. iwt tide-water
are: Stove and chestnut. $3.25; egg,
$3.15; broken. $3. Freight have nat
urally suffered through this decline.
The nge of arbitrary freight rates on
coal has p.-issed, and the figures are not
quite generally 40 per cent, of the sell
ing price. A year or more ago Lacka
wanna, the last adherent to the old
syrtern, acknowledged the new by re
ducing its rate from the mine to tide
waiter from $1.75 to about $1.50. This
latter figure ruled 'till about last spring,
when there wus a further reduction to
cenform to the 40 per cent, basis, mak
ing the rate $1.25. The Buffalo rate
was reduced from $2 to $1.75. Through
all these changes the companies have
been able to arbitrarily maintain their
line rates fairly well, Although the re
duction to Buffalo necessitated a re
duction to line points In that dlreetlon.
Tiie line points between the mines and
tide-water are still suffering under nn
apparent discrimination, the freight be
ing greater than the tide-water rate.
On a basis of t he selling price of coal
during July the freight rate should
have been $1 per ton. If present asking
prices become the current figure, the
warranted rate will about equal that
now current. There has been advanced
two very clearly defined theories to
account for this sudden Improvement
In the coal trade. The one current
among coal men is In effect that the
companies are tired of losing money
and propose to get back some of It for
thulr coal. The other is that the coal
men simply obeyed orders when they
advanced prices, ami that these In
structions came from a carefully or
ganized body, styled by some a "cowl
combination." Just how the compa
nies m logically expect to bring alsiut
a rt hahllltn'tlon of the Industry with
out an understanding. In view of the
boasted tonnage difference and a ca
pacity that greatly exceeds the demand,
does not appear. The best evidence
that uch a deal has leen perfected Is
the -statistical porition Of the Industry,
When 'the trade was "going to the
dogs" the output was greatly beyond
requirements, amounting to an exces.i
of over two and a half million tons, as
stated. A combination of t'hls policy
would have placed the Industry In a
hole, from which it could net have been
lifted in several years. The fact that
from the date In question the produc
tion commenced to decrease, and that
I'P to July G the heavy Increase had
neen cut In two, pltows that there was
a guiding hand beneath the surface.
There have been no figures to show
whpt the- production has been since
that date, buit it Is claimed by good
market Judges that tihe heavy Increase
has been nearly wiped out. The Im
mediate future of the trade promises
Interesting developments, and If there
nrg further sharp Increase In prices
It can be assumed without fear of con
tradiction that the trade is In con
trol of a few powerful Irrtereata who
propose tn peedily put It on Its feet.
The Nickel Plate ftoail runs along the
shore of Lake Brie and through Erie,
Cleveland, Fusturla and Fort Wayne.
THE GREAT -LADY
DOCTOR
Now in Charge of the Chicago Medl
cal and Surgical Institute, No. 412
Spruce Street, Scranton, Pa.
Comes blgMy recommended by oil the lead
ing noctoM of the o: Id, and makes epeo a.
tr of ant will trnut onlr wnuieu and children
and all acnte aud rhroile d(watca peculiar to
the female wx. Her specialties iu which she
baa achievi-d an mtvb (truer aucot aa and honor
are Female CorapUlnta, Blood poison. Htwu
mati.in. Chronic Nurvmie Diaeaaea, Tamers.
Cancers. Uottrea. Cripples. Derormltl H, . HI
Vttna' Dance aud Epileptlo Pita All who call
within twenty days will receive advice and
snrrien free. Including medicine for three
tnontha. for $ln Examination and advice
free. Tbla Institution liaa no e Baeotkm with
Dr. Reeves. Taki elevator In (tore below. 412
Homes street. Office boera from a. m. ntll
o. m.; Bandar from '1 to o'clock p. m,
THE WOULD OF BUSINESS
STOCKS AND BONDS,
A'ew York. Sept. 24. The market for
stocks ruled quiet today, the transac
tions aggregating 257.500 shares. At the
oK'iiing the market was quite active
and prices advanced to 1 per ceut..
Sugar. Chicago Oas. Grangers. Manhat
tan. Oeneral Klectric all being more or
less prominent In the upward move
ment. Chicago Has sold at 71. the
be-st figure attained In weeks. Hock
Island was strong, and rose to MV
About 1 o'clock the market receiveet a
setluick, and from that time on the
course of Issues was downward. The
selling was due to rcorts of the engage
ment of one million or more of gold to
be shipped by Saturday's steamer. The
decline In slocks during the afternoon
ranged from H to -T. Sugar leading.
Net losses were ',4 to 2 per cent.
Speculation closed weak.
The range of today's prices for the ac-
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fin-nishecl The Tribune by . mi l!- U.m-niU-k,
marager for W:li:um l.lnn, Allen &
Co., slock brokers. 412 Spruce street,
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tatinns-AII yuototlona liased on Par
of 100.
Name.
Qreen Kldge Lumber Co...
D:mo Dei 1. ft Dia. Hank....
Scranton Lace Cur. Co
Nat. Poring ft Drilling Co.
Bid. Asked.
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, 125
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Thuron Coal Land Co
Scranton Jar & Stopper Co.
Scranton Olass I'o
Lackawanna Lumber Co....
Spring Brook Water Co
F.lmhurst Houlevard Co
Scranton Axle Works
Lacka. Trust and Safe Dep. Co
Allegheny unmoor Co....
Scranton Packing Co
Scranton Savings Hank
Scranton Traction Co IU
HONDS.
Scranton Glnss Co
Economy Steam Heat &
Power Co
Scranton Pans. Railway first
mortgage, due 1HIX 110
Scranton Traction Co
People's Street Railway, first
mortgage, due 1918 110
Rushhrook Coal Co
Scranton ft Pittston Trac. Co. ...
People's Street Railway, Sec
ond mortgage, due lS'JO 110
Lacka. Valley Trac. Co., first
mortgage, due 1925
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Fruits and Produce. Dried apples, per
lb., 0116c; evaporated apples, 7V.aHc. ; Cali
fornia prunes, li',asc; English currants,
2ia3c; layer raisins, tl.60al.7O; muscatels,
4um.'. per lb.; tlal.2."i per box; new Valen
clas, tiifciui'fce. per lb. Ileans Marrowfais,
$2a2.20 per bushel; mediums, Jl.T'.u
1.X0. Pens Green, 11.10 per bushel;
spilt, t2.60a2.60; lentels, 6a8c. per lb. Pota
toes 40c. per bushel. Onions OkiCSc. per
bushel, flutter Iia20c. per lb. Cheese a
9c. per lb. Eggs liia1fitc. per doi. Menta
Hams, lU'.ac. ; small hams, 11c.; skinned
hams, lie.; California hams, Ho.; shoulders,
7'-jc; bellies, 8c. smoked breakfast bacon,
1010. Smoked Beef Outsldes, 12c; sets,
):i';C.; Insliles and knuckles, lie.: Acme
sliced smoked beef, l:-lu. cans, $2.40 per
dos. Pork Mess, 114.60: short clear, fl5.
MTil Leaf, In tierces, 7c; In tubs, 8c;
10-ib. paila, -'v. per lb.; 5-1 b. palls, 8V.
per lb.: 3-lb. palls, Hi: per lb.; compound
lard, tierces, &c; tubs, 6c; 10-ib. palls,
6Hc per lb.; 6-lb. palls, $c. per lb.; 3-lb.
pails, 6V- per lb. Klour Minnesota pat
ent, per barrel, $3.x0a4; Ohio and Indiana
amber, 13.50; Ota hum, 13.60; rye flour, $3.50.
Feed Mixed, per cwt., 95c. Grain Corn,
60c; oats, V in 40c. por bushel. Rye Straw
Per ton, $13ul6. Hay-$15al7.
New York prod nee Market.
New York, Sept. 2t. Flour Held firmer.
Wheat Dull; No. 2 red store and elevator,
R3aK.1V.; alloat, S4Sc.; f. o. b., 66W No.
1 northern, M'c; options closed firm ut
1-iialV. over yestenlay; September, 63'ic.;
October, 63V.; December, Wi'.ac; Febru
ary. 67Sc; .March, V.; May, 9e. Corn
Steady quiet; No. 2. 38V. elevator; 39V
afloat; options quiet, strong; September,
37 V.; October, 37 V.; December. ;c.;
.May, 35V. Oats 4julet. steady; options
iiiiet. firmer; September, 24V; Octo
ber, 21c; December. 2l'ac: spot pr'e-ea,
No. 2, 24a24'c; No. 2 white, 27 V-1
No. 2 Chicago, 25a25'ic; No. 3. 32V.;
No. 3 white, 20c; mixed western,
21'ta2c: white state and western, 25a32e.
Provisions Quiet, unchanged. Lard
Easy, steady. Butter Firm: state dairy,
12o20c; do. creamery, 21'-ia22c: western
dairy. 9',al3cj do. creamery, 12a22c; do.
factory. 8a12'Ac; Klglns. 22c: Imitation
creamery. HalSe. Cbeeae Firm, s-teady,
unchanged. Eggs Firm; state and Penn
svlvnn'H, lesal7'ae-: western fresh, 15a
16V-! do. Per case. $l.SOa4.50.
Toledo drain Market.
Toledo, O., Sept. 24. Wheat Receipts,
22.500 bushels; shipments, A.5U0 bushels;
market firmer; No. 3 red, cash, and Sep
tember, 5c: December. 60c; May', S8V-!
No. 3 red, cash 62V- Corn Receipts. 18.
6110 bushels; shipments, 2.000 bushels; mar
ket quiet; No. 2 mixed, cash. 34c; No. 2
yellow, 35c; No. 3 do., 34c: No. 2 white.
33V; No. 3 do.. 32V- Osts Receipts,
4.H0O bushels; market dull: No. 2 m'xe.l,
cash, 21c; No. 2 white. 22V-: do. AlRy.
25V- Clover Seed Receipts, 830 baas;
shipments, 12 baara; September, $1.40Vi;
February, $4.45; March, $4.60.
rhlcapo Live Stock.
Chicago, Sept. 24. Cattle Receipts, t.WA
head; market easyf common 10 ex'e-
steers, $3.50a5.75; stackers and feeders, $2.59
B4.25; tows and bulls, $l.50a3.7n; calves, 3.2T
HUM; Texans, $2a3.40; western rangers,
$2.25h4.76. Hogs Receipts, 20,000 head;
market weak and 6a10c. lower; heavy
packing and shipping lots. $3 6Wa4.0; com
mon to choloe mixed, $3.70n4.3ii: choice as
sorted, $4.20a4.30; light, $3.7oa4.30; pigs, $2a
4.20. Sheep Receipts, 14,000 head; mar-
jm Baaw f taMea
lUn WilUH
)NFMtl4 l'r f
ft
00
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of fonag aad mUU
ava andwoawn. The
ilcSeeuof roUTnTtJU
jy.ewa awruwaeeweff
tSSawTalaMlr $5s3eeAav&
HMinc dfaiasaadMMOf poirei
kMta ufraMoi? tCniO. arY
aattaal hfrntli, $ 1 .IN, par bos or S hr eltk writ.
ror saie or JOHN H. PHELPS, Drua
hU, Wyoming eve, ynj Spruce street.
kr-t steady; Inferior to choice, $1.60u3.60;
lambs, Jiaj.
.Oil Mu act. !
Pittsburg, Sept. 24. The only quotation
on the oil exchunxes here and at OH City
today was 12U
Philadelphia Tallow Market.
Philadelphia. Sept. 24. Tallow Is steady
ami in muuerate OViimikI. We quote:
City, prime, in hhds, 4'.ia4Ui: country,
prime, in bids, 4'sa4'Jc; 1I0. durk, n bbla,
3a4c. ; cakes, 4'-; crease, 3!a3V.
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KAILKOAI) NOTES.
The St. Louis Southwestern Railway
company recently completed at Its Pine
Bluff shops a heavy eight-wheel engine
for passenger service.
The Richmond Locomotive works are
building five consolidation compound
locomotive for the Chesapeake and
Ohio 'Railroad company.
According to recent Instructions Le
high Valley employes are required to
commit to memory the contents of th.
book of rules In effect on the ro".d.
The Burlington. Cedar Rapids and
Northern Railroad company has placed
an order for 100 box cars with the Wells
and French company, of Chicago, 111.
The Buffalo and SusiUehanna Rail
road company has In use seven loco
motives of the Shay type, manufactured
by the Lima Locomotive and Machine
company, and lm,s placed orders for two
more.
The Michigan-Peninsular Car com
pany, of Detroit, Mich.. Is to build 6(K
coal iara for the Cleveland, Lorain and
Wheeling Railroad company. The com
pany will order altogether about 950
cars of this type.
Th? Calumet and dtlue Island Rail
road company has just ordered from the
United States Car company 200 box
cars to be used In coke traffic. It Is re
ported that the company will soon place
orders for 150 more cars.
The Baldwin locomotive works, of
Philadelphia, have orders for three
locomotives from the Guatemala Cen
tral Railway company, one from tho
Central Hallway company of (Jeorgla,
and two from the Mobile and Hirming
(jam 'Railroad company.
Work In the New York Central loco
motive shops at "Depew, 'N. Y., Is In
creasing so rapidly that additional me
chanics are being put nn every day.
The working time has been Increased
from nine to eleven hours, and the pay
has been Increased acconlingly.
The Illllnols Central Railroad com
pany has an order for thirty engines,
twenty-feiur of which are moguls, two
suburban and four switchers. The
Rogers Locomotive company, of Pater
son, N. J., will supply ten moguls un.il
two suburban, and the Brooks Loco
motive works fourteen moguls and four
switchers. The company will soon or
der twenty additional locomotives.
The Baldwin locomotive works, of
Philadelphia, have sold altogether
seventy-three American style locomo
tives to Japanese railways. During
the recent war with China the Ameri
can locomotives In use In Japan proved
superior to those received from other
countries. While the troops and muni
tions of war were being sent to the
front. It Is said, the American locomo
tives were always used In heavy work
over the mountains In preference to
others.
WHO
IS
air
That Insists upon
keeping a stock of
In the house?
Why, the wise mother. Eeause, wher.
taken internally it cures in a few minutes,
Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Heartburn.
Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Headache
Diarrhcea, Dysentery, Summer Complaint,
Colic, Flatulency and all internal pains.
DOSE Half a teaspoonful in half a tumbler
of water.
Used externally, it will cure Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Mosquito Bites, Stings of Insects,
Sunburns, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Coughs,
Colds and all throat troubles.
Radway's Ready Relief, aided by Rad
Way's Pills, will cure Fever and Ague; Ma
larious, Bilious and other Fevers,
fifty Ceats a lettlt. tela by DrufUt.
KADWAY $e CO., Hew York.
RADWAY'S
PILLS.
Purely vegetable, mild ar.d reliable. Can
perfect digestion, complate assimilation and
healthful regularity. Cure consilpatie-n anil
Ita long hat of unpleasant aympioma and reju
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are located the finest flailing and hiintin?
ground in the world. Ueacriptiro liouk on
application. Tickets to all iiointa in Maine,
Canada and Maritime Provinces, Minneapolis,
8t Paul. Canadian and United Htatm North
wests, Vancouver, Heat tie, Tacoma, Portland,
Ore., Han Kranclsc.i.
First-Class Sleeping and Dining Cars
attached to all through trains. To.irist crs
fully fitted wltb bedding, curtains and f c
tally adapted to wanta of families may bo ft ul
with second-class tlekuti Kataa always leu
than via other lines, Kor full Information,
time tables, etc., on application to
E. V. SKINNER, CS. E. A.
352 BROaOWtY, NEW YOU
issaaataaaaai
AYLESWORTH'S
MEAT MARKET
The Finest In the City.
The latest improved furnish'
toga and apparatus for keeping
meat, butter and eggs.
223 Wyoming Atra
raarajaa
Stocks,
Bonds
and Grain
Bought and sold on New York
Exchange and Chicago Board
of Trade, either for cash or on
margin.
WM. LINN ALLEN & CO.,
412 Sprue Street
LOCI. STOCKS I SPECIILTT.
. TtUohen 6002.
Bans
Ui fieiloi
aT
4 B I
CURES THE TOBACCO HABIT
IN 4 TO 10 DAYS
OR MONEY REFUNDED.
Use All the Tobacco You Want Till
Your "Craving" Is Gone.
NAUCOH-CURE is the only remedy in the world that acta
directly on tho nerves and drives the uicotiue from the system
tn from four to ten day. It leaves the patient in better health
than before taking, aud is warranted free from any injurious
ingredients.
XAliOOTI CURE is popular becanse it allows the patient
to use all tho tobacco he wants while under treatment, or until
the "craving" and "hankering" are gone. It is then no sacri
fice to throw away tobacco forever.
NAJtCOTI CURE is sold at the uniform price of $5.00 a
bottle and ouo bottle cures.
Money refunded if a cure is not effected when taken accord
ing to directions.
PROF. W. N. WAITE,
Of Amherst, Mnst., choivcd Tobacco for
4U years, and H as Cured by Norcotl-
tUre" MiiERT. Mass , Feb, 8, 1895.
Tm Marcoti chemical Co..
(Springfield. Maaa.
Gentlemen: Replying to youra of th lat.
would nay that I have used tolia-ieo for W
yeans and of late have oonnunW a 10-cent
flu a day. besidea smoking considerably,
commeiiued to use tobacco when I waa 11
years old. aud have never bom able to give
up the habit until I took Nabjoti Cuke.
although 1 have triud other aoi-alled reme
dies without etle t. Alter using your reme
dy four day all "hinkoring" for chiming
diaappeai ed, and in four days more amolc
hw became unpleasant. 1 bavn no further
dosiro for tho weed, anil experienced no
bad effects, whntever. I am saining in
fl-n, and feol bettor than I unve tor a long
time. To all who wish to bo free from tho
t bacco habit I would My. use Nab.'oti
Cuii Youra truly,
W. N. WAITE.
IRON AND STEEL
Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Ends, Turnbuckles, Washers, Riv
ets, Horse Nails, Files, Taps, Dies, Tools aad 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,
TTEB
EHDER
SCRANTON, PA.
LUMBER. PROPS AND TIES
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TELEPHONE 432.
SeimeFilk. Itrlin.
r.u.l.l. ...nil rn.tlv.
ltcault In 4 weeka.
rerrv fi.oi i-rdeT we give
PkAL MliDll'INH CO.,
For sal by JOHN H. PHELPS.
Sprues Street, Scranton Pa.
Ifaonfacrarars of tb Oalebratea
PILSENER
LAGER BEER
CAPACITYl
loo,ooo Barrels per Annum
nT. PLEaASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL
Coal ef th tmat quality for domeatU
ae, and of all ailoa, delivered la any
fart of the city at lowest price.
Ordrra left at my Office
NO. 118 WYOMING AVENUE,
Rear room, first floor, Third National
Bank, or aent by mail or telephone to (he
nine, will receive prompt attention.
Special contracts will be made for the
tale aad delivery of Buckwheat CoaL
WM. T. SMITH,
French Injection Compound
Caree posltlTely, quickly, (not merely checks.)
tJuaranlead ur oiuaejr refunded, Avuld dwieraiia
ratrwdles. lrkeeeBilaier buttle. ! Katllee
(will euro aerrmat caaa) sent pretaald. secure from
observation, with only MleaUncaUjr Bade sjrrlute.
w Buy auiaras lur sr. in.
liis 15
LAGER
BEER
BREWERY.
Ifyonr arnggist Is unable
to give you full particulars
about NABC0TKTRE, send
to ns for Book of Particu
lars free, or send $5.00 for a
bottle by mall.
THE HARCOTI CHEMICAL CO.,
Springfield, Mass.
MIN
22 Cofflmonwealth
..Bldg, Scranton, Pa.
RESTORE
LOST VIGOR
UMBER CO
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a leh.-.il ffuaMnrea 10 lure or rciuim ins hiuii.i.
Cleveland, Ohio.
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