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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1895.
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jOHN STRANGE W INTER.
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pyright 1895, hy Baeheller, Johnson and
. . ,. . Bacheller.
f the vorld. It It Just as we
t. make It. ..
Ve see not the flowers If we sow not the
Xseed."
lways hated her why? Oh. I can
ly- say why; remaps Decause sne
tall and breezy and piquant, be-
the time I know Unit her soul
It within her at the bitterness of
mnulngs she yet neiu ner neaa
and always looKeu as it tne
rid was lying .at her feet.
hen the world was at my
always conscious that I
1 like it.
en children together, Ruth
d 1. not chums, oh no, for
elder by at loast a couple
1 that ,.mtnta wliPtl 1110 1.4
J party aire. I remember,
s tyrn, whon we were llt
. some nine and eleven
i boy Rave me a weddinff
cracker. I put it on my
Jld it was a small Antrer,
tat I was a frail little creature well ac-
V
Ijrh
1
In
I
. customed to hear mysolf spoken or as
one .that a breath might blow away
and, I said: "I urn married now. I am
his wife." Some of the other children
laughed; Indeed, I think they all
laughed except Ruth JeaffreHon. and
Bhe looked at me with a pair of solemn
eyes, and then at the boy who had plven
me the ring. She paid nothing, but I
suddenly felt myself turning hot and
' cold, for Ruth's looks Bnld "little Idiot!"
M plainly as if her Hps had framed the
two . uncomplimentary words. How
Well I .remember that night! Freddie
Delamere was the boy, and Freddie
Delamere . had belonged ' to Ruth
Jeaffreson body and soul well, al
ways. It was only a foreshadowing
of what would come later. I liked
. Freddie Delamere always, and Freddie
Delamere liked Ruth. I think Ruth
was very fond of Freddie Delamere, but
he did not want to marry him, and
Freddie went out to Martinique and
died of some 'one of those horrible
BcourRos that young men do die of when
they leave their native land to carry
civilization into other climes. Poor
Freddie!
I could have forgiven Tiuth Jeaffre
pon If it had been only Freddie Dela
mere. After all, no (till can help not
. caring as much for a hoy as a boy cares
for her when it happens once; but, curi
ously enough, it always seemed to hap
pen with her, and it always hnppened
that those I liked best seemed to .be
Irresistibly fascinated with Ruth. ' I
never could tell why, for she was real
ly not good looking, her profile was not
hall as good as mine, although I was
credited with having the biggest nose
"No, I Never Go to the Wish."
V In Blankhampton: still I J had a good
Jircflle, nobody could den it. I was
air too fair with a food deal of
mnoth, fine, almost goldrli hair, and a
ery pale, fine complexhli. I looked
. V'hifO"rtl,cwdinglyf(lplIcate, and
my hkiids were sman mtdrsllm and very
' white. I was very slim and slight in
: build, too, but I really was very lnter-
eating-looking. As for Ruth Jeaffreson
she was broad In the shoulder and small
, In the waist, and she carried herself
with a awing and an air that, to me,
. was most offensive. She was quite ordi
' ary In coloring, Just brown hair and
a pale face, without a good feature
' in it; she had rather big eye.i. It Is true.
big and dark, and sometimes sne usea
' to look so somber that one almost pitied
j her; then the next minute there would
"come a glint into her eyes, a toss to her
head, and you could feel notnmg at
: least no other girl could but an out
raged sense of impotent helplesnness to
' think she could take everything so cool
..Iv as aha did. I never could tell what
the men saw in her, but they did, thev
. all liked her at least, all the men that
i liked liked her. and that was what I
never could forgive Ruth Jeaffreson for.
There was Tom Ogilvle. Tom might
have married anybody in Blankhamp
toji; but though everybody thought he
t van going to marry Ruth, somehow It
didn't come off. Ruth went sailing
along In her old fashion, and Tom went
ct to India, and nobody heard any
thing more of him for a dozen years at
least; so far as Blankhampton was
concerned that was the end of him.
Then there was' a big doctor down
frum London by big I mean a great
specialist. I danced with him at sev-
eral little private dances. He always
complained of his heart, told me he
; ought not to dance, and that he could
not take more than half a turn round
the room, apologized profusely, and
' asked me to take a turn In the corridor
Instead. -But he could dance a whole
waltz .through with Ruth Jeaffreson. I
suppose. I- didn't, dance as well as she
. did, or my step didn't suit him quite as
f thoroughly. At the end of the second
dance I heard him ask her if she was
likely to be going to the Parish next
v day we always call he cathedral the
"Parish" in Blankhampton and she
- Bald out aloud with a laugh: "No, I
never no te the Parish." I always did
I used to sit in the nave, just at the
' i corner of the choir seats, and the next
do.v I Rnitf Mr. Hlnchmnn come ouietly
V-'liH'-go leisurely along and eScarhine
, several of the old tombs, ana men
fail, n riil 1niMst
skin
tortures
Awarm bath with
Cuticura Soap,
Single application of
Cuticura (ointment),
Ja cure, followed by mild
Li
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h, Ms- yvr.
meander along looking at the choir
screen as if he had never seen a choir
screen In his life before. Three min
utes afterwards Ruth came sailing in,
lifted her eyebrows when she saw him
I have very good sight and I saw it
plainly but suffered herself, half un
willingly, halt in a jesting kind of way,
to be drawn oft Into a secluded corner
where their best friend or their worst
enemy would have found it hard to
recognize them. I had never hated
Ruth so much as I did that afternoon.
That affair did not last long. It was
pretty heavy while It did last, but like
all flerc'4 llanies ' It Boon seemed to
burn ltsfflf out. and 11 r. Hlnchman
Rljjh Only Meant Spoiling My Chance.
went back to his work In London,
leaving Ruth sailing about with her
head higher in the air than ever. I
thought that he had gone off and left
her lamentinpr, like Lord fllan In the
old story; but a cousin of mine met
him in London several years after
wards, ami she declared that, from
the interested way In which he in
quired how Ruth was, and whether kIip
was married yet. it was very evident
that she had made a deep Impression
upon his heart, and that it was lnr own
fault she had not become Mrs. IliiU'h
man years before.
Then thore was a man In the 119th.
That was the heaviest affair Ruth
jeaffreson ever had. t'or once In her
Kav and don't-care sort of life, it was
plain that she had got hit right to the
very lowest depth of her heart. I don't
wonder that she was hit. and hit hurd.
for the man was very attractive and
very much In love. I never knew the
exact details, but he married somebody
else; and for months Ruth went about
looking like a Ehost, with a smile that
was a little too set to. be quite natural,
and. her head higher in the air than
ever. I think I hated her worse at that
time than I did when Bhe was able to
crow over me.becauso I knew that she
was suffering; I knew that fhe was
hurt and hurt badly; but as for the
white feather not a bit of It, not so
much us the very tip of a single quill
would she show.
After that business she never seemed
to care what she did; they were all fish
that came to her net, and, on my word,
there wasn't a man In the town but fell
under the spell of her fascination. They
pretended they didn't; they would care
lessly say she was hot a bad sort, "a
I'lnniiur fine girl and good fun, and all
that, don't you know." But you had
nnlv to look at them to see what their
real thought was, and that any one of
them would have jumped at the chance
of marrying her If she would only have
given a word of encouragement. I
never hated anybody as I hated that
girl.
There was Bill Errlngton. BUI Kr
rington used to belong to me; we had
been sweethearts years ana years oe
fore, when he was a boy at the grammar
school and I was a girl at Miss JenKin-
son's. For years Hill always sent me a
valentine, and a Christmas card, and an
Easter egg, and somehow It had always
been an understood thing between his
family and mine that one day 1 should
become Mrs. Bill Krrington. or, as they
always call It In Blankhampton, "young
Mrs. Krrington." I (ion t say mat mere
were not others that I would rather
have married I would have liked poor
dear Freddie much better than BUI Kr
rington, but you know a girl in a place
like Blankhampton has not got over
and above much chance of marrying
anybody,- and If she doesn't want to
stop an old maid 'which. I supopse, no
girl -wants to do) she makes up her mind
to take tne nesi inai rarara uioiik.
hiwl -mi-lte made uo mv mind that I
would -take -Hi II F.rrlngton all in good
time, but Kuth Jeaffreson came sailing
along and she knocked that on tne neau
In the Ix nk ni of an eye. i can t ten
why. She didn't want Bill not a bit of
It. I believe that she would rather have
died than have married into the r.rrinjr.
ton family, although they were very
swagger people and would have been
none too pleased u mil naa mnrnea nei.
Rut-Ruth never meant marrying win;
nuth nnlv meant spoiling my chance.
Whv she should have wanted to spoil
my chance I cannot think, because we
were not even on speaking terms; in
deed. I hadn't spoken to her for yeal-s
and years, not since . we were quite
smun children meotirs at the same
Juvenile parties, and we hnd never been
frienrts even tnen. rsui, an ine mime,
he did suoll mv chnnce with r-oor Bill,
It went on for about six weeks; wher
ever one went one met the two, she all
nrria nnrt amilns. and he. poor fellow.
looking In the very seventh heaven of
Uelieht. I wasn't at all sorry when she
oid Jilt Bill which, of course, she aid
because he ought to have been well
aware of what she wns, and yet he de
liberately went to his own destruction.
Just as a poor silly moth goes floating
Bhniit a llcrhted candle. The worst of it
was he-wouldn't Btay In town alter it
happened, but went away, tnrowing up
his ' father s goou practice ror nis
father was a lawyer and going to Lon
don to gain experience. I said at the
time: "If Bill Errlngton gains expert
ence of a wrong sort he will have Ruth
JenfTreson to thank for It."
Apparently she did not care, for she
ailed about just in tne same oiu tasn-
She linrled Herself In "Paatk,"
Ion, sometimes looking as If life was
too much tor her altogether, and then,
it om ahaklnv herself Into action
again and glinting round with her
. i. wna tr. ivhaft frh vlrtlm aim
Dia: wrj - " - - -
could And upon whom to practice-her
.a . f A - - a lntl -
fascinations. 1 upunr IV wn n:r uuiu-
nen urn iw . .
kAiii and vt ahe never gave me the
Idea of being at all courageous, for
when you stood right up to ner Me ai
ways. seemed to give In as the boys
would call It, to "knuckle under."
I remember once I was sitting In Bon
ner's In the new tearooms,, you know.
which everybody In Blankhampton
finds such a comfort. . . The . principal
room was a large, lovely apartment.
with five windows overlooking St.
Thomas street. Ruth Jeaffreson had
Just before been very dangerously ill.
daresay she thought she lookea in
teresting on account of it. but I thought
how plain she was when she came In
and ordered some ten, sitting down at
the next window to mine. The window
was a little open and she shut it. taking
up Punch and burying herself in it
with an air of interest wliicn i Knew
perfectly well she was far from feel
ing. I really did not see. if the irl had
been 111. that she need expect the whole
of a great public tearoom to be entire
ly at her disposal. I relt tne uay mosi
sultry and oppressive, so 1 opened my
window, and 1 rested my elbow on the
ledge, so that Bhe could not possibly
find any excuse for shutting it again.
She never even looked up toe great a
coward, vou know she never moved.
she never so much as raised her head or
quivered an eyelid, but when her tea
came, or whatever It was she had or
dered, she said, In the most meek tone
you can possibly Imagine: " Put It at
the furthest table. I feel the drought."
Bonner's old head waiter was a fool; I
had always thought so. He asked her
if she would like him to ask me to have
ho window shut. He spoke sotto voce.
but I heard It for all that, and made up
mv mind that 1 would say "No!" But
do you think that the gill stood up to
me? Not u bit of It: she just saiu: "on.
no." aloud and In the must absolutely
indifferent way. "not at all. I will
move; it's all the same to me where I
sit." And move she did. I knew she
had only come into llonners to looit
over the papers that are always lying
about. Punch, and the "Pic.." and the
yueen, anil till those. Nobody else
happened to come in. excepting one oiu
latly who was evidently from the coun
try and wanted to add up hj r purchases
while Fhe got her nlturnoon tea. aim
1 determined I would see her out. I
couldn't very well shut the window
lifter 1 had opened It; Indeed, I believe
to this day that she ileternunea sne
would stay me out, just to keep that
window open. It was a horrid cold day
nt the beginning of May you know
how cold May is sometimes wun a
bitter east wind blowing, and I was
simply chilled through and through be
fore that hateful girl got up nnu saneu
away down the street as If the whole
world belonged to her. 1 never even
had the satisfaction of knowing that
she was ill after it. I was. I was In
bed for six weeks with bronchitis. That
didn't make me like Ruth Jeaffreson
any the better.
Yes, she was a coward: If ever a
coward trod the earth that girl was
nn... I was coming out of the parish
one Sunday evening you know the par
ish doors are nil protectea msiue uy
what vou might cull hoods of carved
oak, like a little room, with a couple or
swing doors to break the draught to
the end of the nave l was ratner in
a hurry to get out, and I saw Ruth in
front of me with her oiu motner. inbi-
urully, I did not cringe back because
"Did Ron Ever Meet Mrs. Adrian Holt?"
she was there, and perhaps I did push
against her 1 think somebody pushed
against me from behind but she was
such a coward that, instead of resent
ing It, instead of letting me nass or tak
ing no notice, as quite a lauy wouiu
have done, she turned round and Bhe
said very pointedly: "I am so sorry.
bee your pnrdon. wen, reaiiy, you
know, she had nothing to beg my par
don for; it only showed me how anx
ious she was to scrape acquaintance
with me. And I wouldn t have known
her for a fortune.
Years went by, more years than I
like to think of. Somehow It Isn't bo
nice, when you are past your first
bloom, past your teens, thinking of the
years that have gone by forever, when
you feel that you are getting nearer
and nearlng to dressing St. Catherine's
tresses, and that you are going to be
like all old aunts and cousins whom
you pitied when you were younger, be
cause thy were old maids. However,
always had the satisfaction of feel
ing that Ruth Jeaffreson was at least
two years older than I was, and there
was a satisfaction In it. People used
to say about her: "Ah, It Is a case of
going through the wood and through
the wood; It tS to be hoped she won t
Dick up a crooked stick at last." I
hoped that she wouldn't pick up a stick
of any kind; but nobody knows how I
would have loved to ie married not
because I cared a straw for being mar
ried, for ninrrlnge's sake, but Just be
cause I would have liked to be able to
I-Kik that horrid girl straight between
the eyes, and to make her feel that 1
was a married woman, and she was not.
But fate Is unkind to some people. A
rumor suddenly went through Blank
hampton that Ruth Jeaffreson had got
engaged again, and was to be married
Immediately. And It proved true
enough. She hod sailed off on a coun
try visit, hnd ouletly captivated the
eldest son of the house, came back In a
few days engaged, sailed about with
this man In tow quite a decent-looking
man, too In fact, 1 have heard peo
ple speak of Adrinn Holt as a very
handsome man, but for my part I could
not admire a man who could wish to
marry Ruth Jeaffreson. He did, how
ever, and he did marry her. And so she
sailed ayay out of Hlankhamptnn life
Into a wholly new sphere; and that is
ten years ago, and here am I, Mabel
Grantley still, a spinster and a wall
flower. Life Is hard upon some people!
I see Mrs. Adrian Holt sometimes.
She Is more horrid even than she used
to be, mere breezy, more head-ln-the-alrlsh,
more .successful, with a more
radiant smile and a happier rllnt in
her eye each time that I see her. I was
In Paris a couple of years ago, and,
while staying at a boarding house there,
I met a young lady who knew Mrs.
Adrian Holt In London. It seems as
if, although she has long ago shaken
the dust of Blankhampton from off
her feet, I cannot get rid of the
shadow of my rival. This girl
was quite rapturous about her just
a chance acquaintance picked up
in a boarding house! I had been
quite civil to her, I had told her a good
deal of my life In Blankhampton, I had
told her how I was closely related to
the highestxdlgnltarles of the cathe
dral, I had made quite a friend of her,
and yet, one day, when I was glancing
over a society paper, and I happened to
see the name of Mrs. Adrian Holt men
tioned, and said in a casual kind of
way:' "Did you ever .meet Mrs. Adrian
Holt? Bhe was a Blankhampton girl"
it that fool didn't break out Into a per
fect tirade or rapturous admiration
apbeut her. It la atranve thati-etren
when our ttaths have cone Widely
apart, I abould aUB be haunted wr the
t;'' r
shadow of that horrid girl, who always
stepped in between me and my happi
ness.. "Oh, don't you like her?" said
my new friend, "I think she is per
fectly charming." "No," I said, short
ly. "I don't like her. I think she is
perfectly horrid at least she used to
be when she was a girl. I never could
bear her at any period of her life; In
fact, I always hated her, and it's no
use pretending anything else. For
years I always made a point oT being
as rude as I possible could to her." But
why?" asked the other; in a tone of
the greatest wonder: "why shoum you
Jo so? What did she ever do to you?"
"Why? Well, I always hated her.
I perhaps, cannot tell you why. but I
did, and I always shall. I never dis
liked anybody so much In my life.
Frankly speaking, I detest ner.
"But for what reason?" sne asked.
"Oh, well, I did," I said, as casually
as I eould. "I did."
t n-nan't pnlnc to tell her exactly why.
But I have a reason and I have told
It to you.
UTILIZE THE CULM.
From the Wllkes-Barre Leader.
The idea advanced In Scranton that
nests of email Industries grouped In one
big building where all could be supplied
with power from the same plant would
be .nrofitable. Is not new. It was long ago
talked of here and discarded. In the first
placo towns like Wllkea-Barre and Scran
ton are not pressed for room as are the big
cliice like New York and Philadelphia,
which Is the reason for the housing of dif
ferent concerns under the same roof.
There Is a plenty of cheap land and there
are no laek of transportation facilities
and other conveniences all around us.
Fuel is cheap and, therefore, the cost of
obtaining power is reduced to a minimum.
In view of the marvelous inventions that
have appeared, and which are to multi
ply. In the direction of electric power,
there Is only one method now that appeals
for recognition. And it admits of no de
nial. That method Is in the location of a cen
tral plant for the generation and distribu
tion of electric rower to Industries locat
ed within a given radius. The plant should
be built with two miles of open space all
s.round it. Electric rower from a central
supply could easily be transmitted that
distance. It having been fully demon
strated that electric power can be gener
ated from coal culm and sold for very
much less than It can be disposed of at
Niagara Falls, the fact presents Itself that
capitalists In towns like Wllkes-Barre and
Scranton would better serve their Inter
ests by putting their money in the con
rtruction of such distributing power
plants than In aiding industries, no matter
how promising they may be. We have
heard it estimated that the machinery fer
an electric plant of the kind named, which
will convert culm Into eloctric force, and
guarantee 5,000 horse power, can be erect
ed for $loO,(XK). With such a plant in full
operation, ready to f urnlih power cheaper
than can be supplied at the great Niagara
plant, and with transportation facilities
that exceed the latter, in fact unparalleled
In their accommodations, It would be only
a question of announcing the conditions to
Inspire an exodus to this point which
would startle the stockholders in the Nia
gara scheme. With a plant ready to sell
cheap power no advertising would be
necessary to secure Industries. They
would quickly recognize the economic at
traction and would Investigate for them
selves. -II-
Not long ago, Mr. Chandler, business
manager of Oassler's Magazine, while In
Wllkes-Barre, informed the writer that
his company had fully Investigated into
the claim made by Scranton, that electric
power could be made from coal culm and
sold at a profit for the small sum of $4 per
horse power per year, and while it had
been found that this figure was too low,
the fact remained that the coal regions
could supply power at a very much less
cost to the consumer than Niagara, could.
Mr. Chandler stated that he had been
making a special study of the cost of
power for the past two years, his Investi
gations covering a good portion of Eu
rope, and ho sulrt that It was revealed
that the very lowest figure that power
could be produced from the old system ef
raising steam for which coal was used,
was JSO per horse power per year. Here
In 'the coal regions, he said, It had been
fully demonstrated by non-Interested par
ties, that electric power could be made
from coal culm and sold at a big profit for
$25 per horse power per year, which, with
the magnificent transportation facilities
found here, would draw any number of
Industries to the coal regions. He said
that the battle among certain big Indus
tries was so great that It was necessary
to run them with the greatest economy In
order o make them profitable, hence a
reduction of anywhere from 125 to 80 per
horse power per year, especially In plants
using from SCO to 1,000 horse power, was a
thing to be noted, and he predicted that
the first generating plant put In operation
In the coal regions wouldn't have to wait
long for customers. These facts are worth
considering.
A I iTer.
From the Indianapolis Journal.
"You will notice that I have you on the
string," said the boy to the kite.
"Yes," answered the kite. "And that's
what makes me soar."
Buffalo Live Stock.
Buffalo, X. Y., Dec. 2. Cattle Receipts,
4.7: head: on sale, 5,148 head; market dull
and weak; export steers, slow at tl.40
a4.60; good shipping, t1.10n4.35; medium to
pood, 83.80a4.05; light butchers' steers,
83.40a3.85; mixed butchers' stock, fair to
good, 82.75a3.50; fat cows, $2.S5a3.2T; old
thin, to fair lots, very slow at 1.83a2.50;
prime fat heifers, $3.65a3.90; light to good,
J2.75a3.50; bulls, steady to firm for de
sirable lots of all kinds; fresh cows In
moderate supply and lower; fair to choice,
S28a42: extra, S45a4g; veals In liberal sup
ply, 700 head and easier; good to choice,
8)i.75a7.50; light to fair, $4.50a6.&0; bulk of
export steers sold late at 84.25a4.40, with a
few extra at 84.80; only a few odd head
bringing above this. Hogs Receipts, 23,-
600 head; on sale.83,600 head; market weak
good Yorkers, 83.60a3.65; mostly I3.S6; medl
urns and heavy, 83.ftTia3.70; mostly 83.66; pigs
83.78a3.80; roughs, J3a3.20; stags, Klbii.U.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 14.800 head;
on sale, 20,000 head; market steady for na
tive stock; best native lambs, 84.10a4.30;
fair to good, 3Jlia4; dulls and common,
82.75s3.25; best mixed sheep, 82.40n2.85; fair
to good, 82.10a2.30; culls and common, 81.25
a2; export sheep, 83.25a3.65; late sales. Can
ada lambs, 10a20 cents lower, with thirty
loads on sale; sales at 84.15a4.35, with a
few extra at 84.40; Canada sheep, 83.Ua3.75.
Chicago Live Stock.
Union Stock Yards, III., Dec. 2.-Cattle-
Recelpts. 20.000 head; market steady for
choice; 10 cents lower for others; common
to extra steers, J3.i5.20; ttockcrs and feed
ers, J2.IT.ti3.75; cows and bulls, Jl.WaS.50;
calves, 83.75a3.90; Texans, J2.fcfcO.40. Hogs
Receipts, 65,000 head; market weak and
5a10 cents lower; heavy packing and ship.
pine lots, J3.45a3.60; common to choice
mixed, 83.30a3.60: choice ' assorted, 83.(0.
a.1.57: light, J3.35a3.55; pigs, 82.20aS.5O.
Sheep Receipts, 19,000 head; market weak
and 10 cents lower; Inferior to choice, 81.75
a3.40; lambs, 33a4.40.
Toledo Grain Market,
Toledo. O.. Dec. I. Close. Wheat Re
ceipts, 4,784 bushels; shipments, 2.600 bush
els; market tinner; No. 2 red, cast ana ue
cember, 65c; May, 684c.; No. I red, cash,
63c. Corn Receipts, 17,600 bushels; ship
ments, 9.400 bushels; market dull, nominal,
Oafs Receipts and shipments, none; no
trading. Rye Easy; No. 8 cash, Wo.; No.
1 do., 36c, Cloverseed Receipts, 280 bags;
shipments,' 407 bags; market quiet; prime
cash and December, 34.42VI; February and
March,. 84.52 i4. . J -
, ' 11 ' ' ' i
Philadelphia Tallow Market.
Philadelphia, Dec. .-Tallow Is dull and
unchanged. We quote as follows:. City,
prime, In hhds, 4e4Hc; country, prime. In
bbls,-4a4c; do. dark, In bbla, SKaSftc.)
caaea,-7kc.; grease, iftwroc
. OH Market.
Oil City, Pa.. Dec. l-Oll opened, 81.81;
hlrhest. tl.Xt: lowest. 81.84U! closed. 81.88.
Pittsburg, Deo. I. Close: OH 'opened,
81; highest, 81.40; lowest and aiosed, tLSd
Standard's pno p.4ft- ... i ...
THE TOLD OF BUSINESS
Stocks and Boads.
Nw York, Dec. t. The bulls at the
Stock Exchange had their Innings to
day and they meted out severe f punish
ment to their opponents in the Indus
trials. Prices for these fancies bound
ed up anywhere from 1 to 3 per cent,
and the transactions were on a heavy
scale. Sugar sold at 101al05; Chicago
Gas brought 62a65H. Sugar was the
first stock to move, rumor having been
circulated that an extra dividend will
shortly be declared by the managers.
The rise in Chicago Gas was due to
the covering of a heavy line of shorts.
The railroad list was quiet but firm
throughout. During the early session
the market was favorably Influenced by
higher prices for BrltlBh consols and
parts rentes, and the absence of talk
about gold exports. Burlington and
Qulncy was exceptionally weak and
broke nearly two points to 83. The
closing trading was characterized by
firmness and some of the Industrials at
or near the best figures of the day. Net
changes show gains of y4a394 per cent.
Union Pacific lost and Burlington
and Qulncy per cent. Total sales
were 231.SG6 shares.
The range of today's prices for the ac
tive stocks of the New York stock mar
ket are given bHnw. The notattons aro
furnished The Trlbun by O. dl B. Dim
mlck, manager for Will Urn Linn. Allen
Co., slock brokers, 412 Spruce street,
Scranton. . T rios-
Op'n- High- Low-1-""-inc
est. est. Ing.
Am. Tobacco Co 81Ji m
Am. Cot. Oil 1SM
a snaur Re'ff Co. 101 103
Atf'h.. To. & S. Fe... 1"V
Chicago Gas
Chic. & X. W
Chic, B. & Q
C. C. C. St. L....
Chic, Mil. & St. P.
Chic. R. I. & P.
P., L. W
Dlst. A C. F
W4
10
84'i
4Ui
n
75Vt
K.7Mi
1H
, 31 H
B3'ii
Gen. Electric
Lake Shore
Louis. & Xash
M. K. Texas
13Mi
Manhattan Ele ).1004
Mo. Pacific 30
Nat. Cordage 7i
Nat. Lead 304
N. J. Central l
N. Y. Central 100
N. Y., L. E. & W... 13
N. Y., S. & W 11V4
N. Y., S. & W., Pr.... S2Mi
100
13
11
32
4
15
30
10
10
32
8
19
88
14
11
65
100
13
11
32
4
15
30
9
10
32
8
19
87
14
11
63
100
13
11
32
4
15
30
10
10
32
8
19
88
14
11
65
Nor. Pacific
Ont. & West 154
Pac. Mail 30tt
Phil, ft Read 10
Southern R. R 10
Tenn. C. ft 1 32V4
t'nlon Pacific. 84
Wabash, Pr 19
West. Union 87
W. L 144
U. 8. Leather 11
U. 8. Leather, Pr..,. 63',4
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PRICES.
mv, si
Open- High- Low- Clos.
WHEAT. Ing. est est. Ing.
December WV4 57 MV4 WTs
May 60 60V4
OATS.
December 17 17 17 17
May 20 20 2014
CORN.
December 2&i 2T.'4 26
May 29 2 28ft 29(4
LARD.
January 6.17 5.37 5.3.1 6.37
May 5.S0 E.62 6.60 5.62
PORK.
January 8.70 8.72 8.7 8.72
May 9.07 9.10 9.06 9.10
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange Ouo
tatlons-Atl Quotations Based on Par
of 100.
Name. Bid. Asked.
Green Ridge Lumber Co
Dime Dep. A Die. Bank
110
130
BO
80
650
90
25
86
no
105
100
80
350
160
100
100
150
360
15
12
... 100
10
110
86
110
90
uo
90
100
102
... . 103
100
Scranton Lace Cur. Co
Nat. Boring ft Drilling Cc
First National Bank
Thuron Coal Land Co
Scranton Jar ft Stopr.sr Co....
Scranton Glass Co
Lackawanna Lumber Co
String Brook Water Co
Elmhurst BoulevsJd Co
Scran ten Axle Works
Third National Bank
Lacka. Trust and Safe Dep. Co
Scranton Packing Co
Scranton Savings Bank
Lacka. Iron ft Steel Co
Weston Mill Co
Scranton Traction Co
Bonta Plate Glass Co
BONDS,
Scranton Glass C
Economy Steam Heal ft
Scranton Pass. Railway first
mortgage, due 1918
SiVanton Traction Co
People's Street Railway, first
mortgage, due 1918
Soranton ft Plttston Trao. Co.
People's Street Railway, Bee-
Lacka. Valley Tree. Co., first
mortgage, due 1925
D'.ckson Manufacturing Co....
Lacka. Township School 5....
City of Scranton Street Imp 6
Scranton Axle Works
New York Produce Market. .
New York. Dec. 2. Flour Qult. steady.
Winter Wheat Low grades, 82.25al.65; do.
fair to fanoy, Ji.65a3.30; do. patents, 81.60
a3.70: Minnesota clear. 82.64a8.16; do.
straights, 83.10a8.40; do. patents, J3.lta4.10;
low extras, 82.252.t; city nuns, ji.suas.sv;
do. patents, 83.90a4.15; rye mixture, I80
a3.20; superfine, 82.10a2.65; fine, 82a2.35;
southern flour, dull, stoady; rye flour,
quiet, steady. Wheait Fairly active, firm
er; No. 8 red store and elevator. 70s.;
afloat,.71c; f. o. b 70a7fo.; ungraded
red, 63a72c; No. 1 northern, ii7c; options
were fairly active, firm at a1c. ad
vance on light contracts; No. 2 red, Janu
ary, 7o.; February, 08c; March, 69c.; May,
68c; June, 68c; July, 68c; December,
66c. Corn Moderately aotlve, firm; No. 8
at 85c; elevator, 36c; afloat; options dull
and unchanged 1o c up; December,
34c; January, 34c; May, J5c. Oats
Quiet, steady; options dull, easier; De
cember, 22c; January, 23c; February,
23c; May, 25c; spot prices. No. 2, at
22a22T4c; No. 2 white, 24c; No. 2 Chi
cago, 23c; No. 8 at 22c; No. 3 white, 13c;
mixed western, 23a24c; white and white
state, 24a27c Beef Firm, quiet, family,
10al2; extra mess, 37.50a8; beef hams, dull,
J14.60a.lf.; tlerced beef, steady.qulet; city
extra India mess, 817. Cut Meats Weak,
dull; pickled bellies, 12 pounds, 64c;
plcklek shoulders, 6ac; pickled hams,
8a8c; middles nominal. Lard Quiet,
lower; western steam, 85.60; city, 86.25; De
cember, 85.60; nominal; refined, quint; con
tinent, 86.05; South America, 86.40; com
pound, 4a5c. Pork Dull, easy; mess,
89.50al0. Butter Choice firmer, fair de
mand; state dairy, 12a21o.; do. creamery,
17a23c; western dairy, llalOc; do. cream
ery, 15a24c; do. June, 15a21o.; do. fac
tory, ' 8al6c. ; Elgins; 24c; Imitation
creamery, 12al6c Chese Quiet, unchanged;
Eggs Quiet, steady; state and Pennsylva
nia, 22a26c; southern, 21a22c; Ice house,
16a20c; do. per case, 83.tOa4.60; western
fresh, 21a23c; do. per cafe, 83.50a4.25; limed,
16a17c.
Qalcklr.Thoraathlr,
Ferever Oaroa.
Four out of five who
suffer aarroumcM,
taantal worry, attacks
of4theblues."arebnt
paring ths penalty of
early noas. ' Vlo
tlms, reclaim your
manhood, regain Tour
rigor. Don't despair. Send for book with
at planatloa and proofs, laalled (seated) free,
L!liL C3tiCfi3t N Yt-
UEmm
: EVA M. HETZEL'S
Superior Face ' Bleach,
FwKlf tij Einwro ill Facial Blemlibo. .
No more Freeklcs, Tan, Sunburn, Black
fieads. Liver Spots, Pimples and Sallow
Complexions If ladles will use my Su
perior Face Bleach. Not a cosmetic, but a
medicine which acts directly on the skin,
removing all discoloration, an one of the
greatest purifying agents for the complex
ion In existence. A perfectly clear and
spotless complexion can be obtained In
very instance by its use. Price, 11.00 per
bottle. For sale at E. M. Hetzel's Hair
dressing and Manicure Parlors, 330 Lack
awanna ave. Mail orders filled promptly.
PILSENER
LAGER BEER
CAPACITY 1
100.000 Barrels per Annum
Atlantic Refining Go
lianafacturars and Dealers
OlbS
Unseed Oil, Napthas and Gaso
lines of all grades. Axle Qfrase,
Pinion Grease and Coll lory Com
pound; also a largo lino of Pal
afflne Wax Candle.
We also handle the Famous CROWN
ACME! OIL, the only family safety
burning oil in the market.
Wm. Mason, Managu
Offloa: Coal Exchagne, Wyoming Ave.
orka at Pino Brook.
or vns HMmeT MtoioM. AnnMims
&tmia in inn nn
J jyf tt. Maun will ears yes. A
JLJ NrSTTfinCal4s, Mar T kraal.
' , reaeaitie,
erHATriTM. Atrrtt
(mmMHot rtiuf. AaeSJelent
tvaiaSY. emivaalaBfc to Mfrt
Isj aeeket, ready M on flnt Indication of col.
VoatiBM4 Ve Estate Peraamaaat Cara.
faUfaeUosniteedoranoner!afaded. Prink
eta. Trial free st Dnvffln. ReclaMred milC
swm. L 1. CQUHil, ku., Um lino, MliM. i.
7t7afcjsrra
IIPMTtini The rwt and eafeet reaea taf
MS,- I nilla llikla4IMMS1Beieaia,lU:a.Balt
ttaaaatoM Snrea, Bnnit, Cuu. WaaSarrol nm
adr rorlMLka. Frt a, as t. at Uroa-rj I u
yiiteormsll prepaid. Add raw aaaboTe. On l rt
Par sal by Matthew Bros, and Join
H.Phalca.
Cospluloa Proitl
DR. Hf BRA'S
VIOLA CREAM
iMbara aarf Taa, and re
stores the akin to Its origi
nal btahaets, producing
lear and healthy com.
piejuon. oupanut , .
frtftke and ptneotly harmless. At aQ
fcufgUts, cc mailed to tor ta. Bead lor Circular.
Vlwkrt vninj aiviii r .
ana niUrta I m, wia 4 at am MUM, aaa allfc ml i
O. C. BITTNCR 4 CO., TotKOO, Q.
..For by Matthews Bfoa. and Joha
H.fnolpa.
nTFoaltlva Wrlttea
Cnaraatiad Care Tar
' "08T MANHOOD
anil all attandlu aflmpnl
iwiLh of Touncr and middla.
aired m?n and women. The
wful (TecUof YOUTHFUL
nlta of tnatmnnt. FRItOKS. nrodndna weak
Ha, Nerroua Debility, Nlahtlj FraisMona, Conramptlon,
Inaonltr, Es kanaua dralnjaudlo-a of power of the 0o
aratlTeOifanf unSuinffonaforatudr, cualnrai and mar
fUfetequfcklr cured by Pr. Kadrlraaa SaaaUk ft crve
leeka and natotlng tba FIRE or Tl Til to taa
patient. Br mall, !. per box or 8 for vita writ
ten eraavaataa ta tare ar refund ffca mawe. Book
ll- oanl.a.V"r- ' r . . I.,r-ieip. NawT 1
ror sale by JOHN II. PHELPS, Drue
(1st. Wyoming ave. and Sprtire street.
R30F .WRING IITO S0LDEKS6 '
AO done away wtth by the uee of HART
MAN'S PATENT PAINT, which eenslsta
f Ingredients well-known to all. It oaa be
applied to tin, galvanised tin, sheet iron
reofa, also to brick dwellng. which will
J re vent absolutely any crumbling, crack
ag or breaking of the brick. It wUI out-
: tinnlna: of an kind dv many vaara.
and It'a coat doss not exceed one-fifth thai
ef ths cost of tinning, la sold by the Job
er pound, contracts laaen oy
ANTONIO HARTUAKN. Bin WL
I8M1 W4
m 105 1 p n a . , n t I
Hit 15
75 754 75
7514 744 7 .
1674 K7t4 M?S I A(J H
19 19 19 lmm L I -V
3114 31 si',4 r 1 r I
i5i iso'4 151 Bc.lr
P34 bVi 5.T4 " ifY
w m4 13 j a cr x c dv m
10114 ioo ioui ta K t.W tl Y. In
30i 29 30 m
6 6T4
30 30 30
Murafacturers of the Celebrated
V5 rff Tfi
". 111, fir seeeta et earns. Ue
THE LACKAWANNA
Trust and Safe Deposit Co.
NO, 404 Laokawanna Avanua.
Capital, -
Surplus and Undivided Profits,
OFFICERSi
WILLIAM T. 81UTB,
President,
HENRY J. ANDER90H,
Vice President.
JOHN W. FOWLER)
Traunrer.
Business and personal accounts received.
Savings deposits received and interest paid on sums of $1 upwards.
This Company acts as Trustee, Executor. Guardian, etc., under
appointment by the courts, corporations or individuals.
Designated Legal Depository for the State of Pennsylvania and ths
Courts of Lackawanna County.
Safes of desirable sizes in Fire and Burglar Proof - Vaults for Rent
from $5 to $10 per annnm, and convenient Storage for Valuables for
the summer months.
ROM
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,
BITTEHBEHDER
SCRANTON, PA.
OLD WHITE PM TIBER
For Heavy Structural Work.
ANY SIZE, AND OP TO FORTY FEET LOHG
RICHARDS LUMBER CO
22 Comnonwoalth Bltfe, Scranton, Pa. Telephona 422.
Wfc t JmuM mhm,
Result ID weeks. errry h e order we
, .v".... PEAL MSOICIME
For aale by JOHN H. PHELPS,
Spruea Street, Scranton Pa. -
THE NEW
NO, 2,
Contains all that has made Hsnmoed Work
famous, and NEW, NOVEL and I'BEFtTL Im
prereinent. Hatcruond Work the Criterion
of Hammond Superiority." "Hammond Bales
the Criterion of Hammond Popularity." Ham
mond Ho. t, "The Perfect Typewriter. Ka
amine it and be convinced. Philadelphia
branch of The Hammond Typewriter Co., Uf
B, Sixth Street.
F. A. & A. J. BRANDA,
414 Spruce St., Scrtnljn Rtpnusttthrti.
Moosic Powder Co
Rooms 1 and 2 CommoweaU. Bld't,
SCRANTON, PA.
MINING and BUSTING
POWDER
MADE AT MOOSIC AND HUSO
DALh! WORKS.
Lafflln Rand Powder Co.w
Orange Gun Powdor
lag blasts, Safety Fuse and
EepaanoCucmlcil Co.'s HighEiplosIio
! -!- a 5H !
"Erac REVIVO
RESTORES ViTaUTY.
jlV Made a
.nnay.jlt of Me.
YmI ORtAT soth Day
aredeooe the above r nlta la SO days. It at if
powarf talir aa nlcklr. Ouiaa waaa all otaan fall
Tsa aaaa wlU racala their lost aaaaaaod.aa old
Baa will Hoover air yeatktal visor tf aslat
UTITO, It solesir wd enielr ran tarn gamma,
aaaa. Last TttaUtv. I-peteaer. Ktf ktly BmUaHom
Uast rawer, ralllac Memorr, WarUas Dtaeam.aad
II dMi el MUkase er iimai sad tadtawaties.
aklak aailU oaa far atWr. aaalnnai ar aiarTtaaa. It
set aalr eane by etevtiaa at the ant ef dtsaaw. bat
toagreal aerv kaale and btood beJlder, bring-
lag beak taa plak glow to mm taajuiHn
Mrlag the Ire ef yaatk. f wstde osTfaaaa.tr
tad Otasaaptloa. Iaal at ea bevtax Bl VIVO, so
Maar. It eaa beeanied ta vast bsekat. Ir Mil
.lweratkaa,er elt MM-M, wttt epoel
4vo m li tea gaaraatea ewe eg eafead
the easy. Ciraaf fne. Addraas .
om MCDIOIHt CO.. S River BU eNMMO. Hi
tky aaUhawe ree. BlMglaf
HAltllilOND TYPEWRITER
$250,000
$95,000
DIRECTORS:
HENRY BGLIN, In.
CONK AD 8(.:HRODB
P.J. HO.iAN.
R.T. BLAI K.
TTBNRY J. ANPF.HROJT.
EDWARD B. fcTl'KOEU.
J. BEN DIM MR K.
WM. T. SMITH.
GEOrtOKH ANDERSON.
WILLIAM CO' NELL.
T. . 8N0VEU
CDAKLESH. WELLE3.
RESTORE
LOST VIGOR
,n fop Kmm DebiMtv. Lot of Scvukl Power fin ehher
af iO. 'j
leii, lapoMecr, Atrophy, Varicocele end ether weekneee. from any caute, iro
Sesinerllli. Drelni checked end full vif or quickly rtored. If neglected, luck
woufale retail feiolle. Muled aaroliore. eciled, for fi.oot e bole, for hoot .With
im legel fuerantM to cure or rat ma toe awney. Aooreaa
CO.. Cleveland, Ohio.
Pharmacist, cor. Wyoming Avonu and
"rH S cento for a-jmoln pacjkag
Faultlaas Chemical
more, Md.
uompany. am-
I Mil li
OF SCRANTON.
CAPITAL
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Special Mention Giien to Business
to. Personal lecouts,
INTEREST PAID 01 THE DEPOSITS.
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