THE SCRANTON TBIBUNE-TPESDAT juRNING,- DECEMBEB 24, 185.
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Copyright !Ku by Bacheller, Johnson and BacueU-r.
SYNOPSIS.
John Oldroyd, a returned South African
millionaire, U pusalnK a few weeks at Ml
Kntfllsh villas'?, having gone there from
London In search of relief from an attack
of rheumatism. On Christmas day he finds
himself quite alone at the Fair View hotel.
Although not usually fond of company, he
is selaed with the wish to have a com
panion at 'Ills Christmas dinner, sad mem
ories of his past life oppressing him more
than ordinarily. He goes down Jo the
coffee room and Inquires If there is any
other guest at the hotel. As he Is speak
ing to the waiter another guest, a young
man, Arthur Weston by name, oomes In,
to whom Uldroyd addresses himself. The
invitation to dine Is aeeepted by Weston,
They dine together that evening, and Wes
ton confesses that he has etniie down from
. London to bonow money of n relative,
whom he rinds has gone away. Something
In the young man's manner makes Oldroyd
auspicious that hn 1 In a desperate frame
of mind. ..
PART IT.
It was past midnight when Mr. Olil
royd's guest rose und held out his hand.
"Thank you for a very Jolly evening,"
he sald the JollloBt I've spent for a long;
time past. I'll say good-night, for I've
a lot of writing to do before I so to
Bleep."
"Good nlrht if you won't stay any
longer, and thank you for helping a
lonely man to gel over nriMiiimn unj.
I hope In spite uf what you said that
1 shall see mnr.e of you."
Arthur Weston shook his head.
"No. It's a good night and good-by
and rs we shan't meet again, a Happy
, New Year to you."
"The same to you and many of them."
John Oldroyd. after the departure of
his guest, lit another cigar and sat
Biuillli; m iiie lire niiu iiiiiiiyiiik.
The yountr fellow had Interested him.
Do what he would he couldn't K"t It out
of his head that there was somethinK
about him tlmt he hedn't quite futh
otiietl. lie was certain that lie was
"Thank You for a Verv Jolly Evening,"
He Said.
tmhappy, and that he was In trouble.
Hut after all he was only a chance
acquaintance a fellow-guest In a hotel,
and If you began te take up the troubles
of a chance acquaintance you mltrht
'as well become a Father Confessor or be
secretary of the Charity Organization
society at once.
"I'm beginning to' be a fool In ray
old tage," said John Oldroyd. "It's
nerves, I'm sure of It. I shall go to
a doctor tomorrow and get a pre
scription for this sort of thing. It
won't do. If I begin by worrying
about other people. I shall end by wor
rying about myself and God help me
If 1 do that!"
The Houth African Croesus smiled a
ghustly sort of smile, pourel himself
out a liquor glass full of brandy, tossed
It off, flung the end of his cigar into
the lire, lighted his candle, turned out
the sitting-room gas and went up
stairs to bed.
As he went along the corridor leading
to his room he saw a light through
the glass let Into one of the bedroom
doors. There were no other guests In
the house. This must be Arthur Wes
ton's room.
"Good night," he said, ns he passed.
There was no answer. He paused a
rnoment to listen and a gust or wind
blew along the corridor from a window
Rt the end of the passage and his can
dle went out.
lie went to the bedroom, groped
about for a match and found that there
were none. So he went back deter
mined to ask his guest for one. When
he reached the bedroom 'door he paused
and started back alarmed.
Mr. Arthur Weston was talking aloud
to himself,
"I must do It," he said. "I must do
It. God help mo, there is no other way."
Then in the silence of the night there
van a click, and John Oldroyd, who
had carried a revolver day and night
In the old rough days In South Africa,
knew that click, and wltnout a mo
nicn's hesitation turned the handle of
the door to see If It was locked, and
finding It was not, pushed it open and
rushed in.
A moment more and he had knocked
a loaded revolver from Arthur Wes
ton's trembling hund anil hail seized
Jilin by the wrists and forced him into
a chair.
"That was what I was to know to
morrow, wan It? Come now, you've got
to make a clean breast of everything
to me. or I'll call up the house, ana
end for the police, und give you Into
custody for attempting to commit sui
cide." t
It was" past three In the morning
when John Oldroyd, the South African
millionaire, sat down In an easy chair
by the side of Arthur Weston's bed, and
settled hlrtiself for the night.
He wasn't going to give that young
gentleman a chance of playing with
firearms again.or doing anything equal
ly foollBh.
His motto won that of Gen. MacMa
hon, of the French republic: "J'y suis,
J'y reste," and hp rested.
He had managed to extract the young
man's Btitry, told between hysterical
outbreaks and tits of moody silence. It
was not a story very much out of the
ordinary, yet It hud affected the? hard
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QUEST,
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ened man of the world far more deeply
than he cared to let his companion see.
Young Weston had through the in
fluence of his father, a gentleman of
good family, but of limited income, ob
tained an excellent position as assist
ant secretary to a fashionable West
End club largely frequented by young
men of position who were heavy gam
blers on the turf and Inveterate card
players. The secretary, a retired mili
tary ofllcer, was, owing to Illness, fre
quently absent for long periods, and
Arthur Weston had things very much
In his own hands, for many weeks at a
time. He was a great favorite with the
members, the committee trusted him
implicitly, there was every prospect
that In s;ilte of his youth he would at
no very distant dute obtain the posi
tion which failing health must soon
compel the present holder to relin
quish. Unfortunately the young fel
low had been successful In one or two
turf transactions which had been rec
ommended to him by a certain racing
member a young nobleman who own
ed racehorses and gambled on the turf
heavily. The young man, finding he
was making money easily, thought he
was on the high road to fortune and be
gan to plunge. Then came a series of
reverses. To meet his liabilities not
to have done so would have led to his
dismissal, and his practical ruin in an
evil hour, he took advantage of his
chief's absence, and borrowed a large
sum of money which had passed
through his hands. He had been un
able to repay It, and he had come down
to Malvern. having obtained a few days'
leave, to see a relative of his father,
who was a rich man, ana who hnd nl
ways taken a great Interest In him. He
hnd determined to make a clean breast
of everything, borrow the money and
repay it when he had Improved his po
sition stilllciently to ennble him to do
so. Hut this gentleman had been taken
ill abroad and there was nothing lef.
for him but to go back to the club, face
the certain discovery and probable
prosecution. That he could not bring
himself to do. His people had not the
command of ready money, his father
was dead. He could not bear to think
of his mother's grief and shame, of tne
horror of a criminal, and so he deter
mined to carry out the Intention he had
formed when he fancied that perhaps
his Malvern friend might refuse to as
sist him. He had brought the revolver
with him from London.
That was the ordinary port of the
story; the special feature, which had
appealed to John Oldroyd, was this:
The young man had in the course of his
narrative explained that his father had
ueen ruined soon ai ter he became of age
by the dishonesty of a trusted friend,
a young man of his own age whom he
had trusted Impllclty and who had In
duced him to put the whole of his capi
tal, some 5,000, Into a business to
which he had succeeded, and this friend
hnd after a couple of years suddenly
disappeared, leaving nothing but a
bankrupt estate and several charges of
fraud behind him.
That interested John Oldroyd Im
mensely. At ten o'clock the next morning the
South African millionaire and the as
sistant secretary of the club break
fasted together. After breakfast the
millionaire went to his dispatch box
took out his cheque book, and wrote a
check. It was for the amount of Ar
thur Weston's liability.
"You'll cash that at the bank tomor
row," he said, "and pay the notes Into
the club's account at once, and then the
balance will be correct on the Hist of
December, and you'll let It be a lesson
to you for the rest of your life.
The young man wrung his benefac
tor's hand. "How shall I repay you?"
"I'll tell you," Bald John Oldroyd,
you'll repay me by giving me your sol
emn promise thut when In a month's
time there urrives at your mother's
house a registered letter containing
bank notes for 10.000 with an intima
tion that they are the sum of which
your father's former partner defrauded
him, with interest to date, you will not
lead her to Imagine that they may real
ly be from some one else who has heard
the story."
"You mean that you will Bend the
oh no, we have no maim. You"
"Don't argue about It. I'm rich, and
I've no one to leave my money to not
a friend in the world. And I know the
man who robbed your father. Oldroyd
That
Was What I Was to Know To
morrow. Was It?"
you said his name was. I knew him In
South Africa after he'd made money
and was doing well. He was a good
fellow to me at the beginning, and It
was his advice that put me on the
right road to getting the property tbut
made my fortune. He died out there
Just as fortune was coming to him, or
he'd have paid up and put things
straight himself. I'm doing this for
his sake, my lad, and not for any
body else's, and it's no more than he
deserves that, I should do for him. And
when I've done It I shall be a happier
man, and I shan t for the rest of my
life be afraid of spending a Christmas
day alone, though I shall always look
back upon the one I spent with you
as the happiest I have known for many
a long year. Bo pack up your traps;
leave me to settle for you here. Get
off to London by the first train, and
God bless you."
John Oldroyd sent the notes as he had
promised, and Arthur Weston held his
peace, and old Mrs. Weston shed tears
of gratitude and decided that the
ways of human nature were wonderful
and that her husband's former partner
couldn't havo been a really bad man,
after alt.
And Arthur Weston thinks he
wasn't, or John Oldroyd would never
have spoken so well of him. But per
haps John Oldroyd's sympathy was
prompted by circumstances that Ar
thur Weston will never guess, nor, for
the matter of that, will anybody else
guess them.. It would Interfere con
siderably with the peace of mind of
John Oldroyd, the South African mil
lionaire, If 'anyone but himself ever did,
(The End.)
INDUSTRIAL.
WIlkes-BaiTe -Record: President
"Sam'' Sloano, of tha Delaware and
Lackawanna R.. K., Is an affable, cour
teous old gentleman, for whom every
body tn. the Wall street section of the
city entertains tha deepeat regard and
r r u
respect, says an exchange. He Is the
first man of the hundreds who toll
away in the company's interest in the
Delaware and Lackawanna building
down In Williams street to get to work
every morning, and one of the lust to
leave, but he has always got time to
afford every caller a polite greeting and
an ear. There is one liberty, however,
that Mr. Sloan permits no caller, how
ever important a personage he may be,
to take In his presence. He abhors to
bacco, and woe to the man who has the
temrity to smoke or chew tobacco in
his office. Several months ago Mr.
Sloan had an engagement of Importance
with the president of a great railroad
system. The magnate called upon Mr.
Sloan at the appointed hour, was
ushered in, silk hat in one hand and a
smoking Perfecto In the other.
"Thomas," caled out Mr. Sloan to his
oltlce boy, "show this gentleman to the
smoking room." and as the magnate
followed out Mr. Sloan politely said:
"When you finish your cigar, sir, I will
be glad to talk business with you."
The Catawlssa News Item says that
during the season Just closed there was
shipped from Nanttcoke over the Penn
sylvania' canal 210.344 tons of coal, and
from Shlckshlnny 1,632 tons of coal and
culm. This Is the lowest tonnage of any
year, the lowest previous year being
18i, when 222,46.1 tons were shipped.
The only salvation for the canal Is the
purchase of the tidewater line by the
Pennsylvania Coal company, or by
parties with whom advantageous traf
fic arrangements can be made, so that
the old canal market will again be open
to the Nanttcoke coal, otherwise a
speedy abandonment may be looked for.
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Affalrs at the Coxton yards are very
lively at present. More coal and freight
Is being handled than in many years.
The ralrond men are obliged to work
overtime, some forty having made thir
teen days' time last week, while some
had made forty-five days In a month.
RAILROAD NOTES.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has decided to make a number of fur
ther improvements on its line between
this city and Pittsburg. The contracts
for straightening the line and the con
struction of the tunnel at Radebaugh
were awarded by Chief Knglneer Brown
yesterday and work Is to be begun at
once. Besides making these Improve
ments much new track will be laid, In
many places the tracks being Increased
to four.
The nig Four company will endeavor
to establish a new record of speed today
when seven Wagner sleepers, loaded
with Cleveland school teachers, will
leave for Atlanta. Fully 150 women
will be on the train, and they will travel
In style. It is the intention to break
the record of the recent chamber of
commerce train to Atlanta.
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The statement is made on the highest
authority that the discharge of solicit
ing agenls under the new Joint Traffic
association will be gradual and that
every interested line will hold on to its
agents until the new organization has
demonstrated Its worth.
Judge McKcnna has decided that the
United States government has a right
to Intervene In the suit brought by the
Southern Pacific to prevent the Cali
fornia State Railroad commission from
reducing freight rates.
The Trunk lines have decided not to
Issue passes or reduced rates on ac
count of live stock shipments after Jan.
1 next, nor will they extend the time of
passes granted before Dec. 31.
The Chicago and Northwestern will
spend $5,000,000 on elevating its tracks
within Chicago city limits.
Ho l.ovod to Steal.
A Methodist clergyman had finished
reading the Scripture lesson In a week
day prayer meeting recently held In a
New Jersey village. Looking out over
the meager audience, he asked Mr.
Smith to start some appropriate song.
Smith hastily thumbled over the
leaves of his hymn book and began in
an unknown key
"I love to steal"
This was clearly wrong, and the lead
er stopped to take a fresh hold lower
down the register and again sang out
"I love to steal"
Again he stopped short. He could
not get the right pitch. Some of the
younger persons present tittered and
giggled. Smith's face was red, and the
perspiration was beginning to ooze from
every pore. Mopping his face, he made
one more effort to grasp the proper
note, fairly shouting
"I love to steal"
The clergyman with solemn mien
arose and, glaring at the now hopelessly
confused Smith, said: "I am very sorry
to hear It, brother. Will Mr. Jones
kindly lead us In prayer?" New York
Herald.
Money to llurn.
Maud "Did you know young Gotlghtly
Is awful rich? Why, they say he has
money to burn."
Clura-"Hns he? Oh, how I wish he'd
take me for a match I" Salem Gazette.
Too Bad.
Mary "Cease your flatteries or I will
put my hands over my ears."
John (wishing to be complimentary)
"Ah, your 'lovely hands are too small."
Tld-13its.
Buffalo Livo Stock.
Buffalo, X. Y., Dec. ' 23.-Cattle-Rec-celpts,
3,072 head; orn sale, 2,380 head; very
dull and slow for ull kihds, but with best
lots sold; heavy steers, 3.tt0a4; a few extra
prime, H.10a4.2; good shipping, 53.70; me
dium shipping, 13.35; light to fnlr steers,
$3.2ua3.40; rough fat steers, t2.90oii.25; light
to good butchers' heifers, $2.7fa3.riO; extra,
$3.75; fair to good fut euws, tl.iKki2.26! ex
tra butchers' mainly, 2.50a2.85; with a few
prime fat taken by exports at S2.!K)a3 10'
light to good mixed butdhers' stocks, cows,
heifers and light steers, S2a2.75; as to qual
ity; common to good oxen, $2a3.5ii; fair
to good fat butchers' bulls, t2.2aa2.7E; ex
tra export. 13113.50; stacker und feeders,
slow and 10 uiifl 15 cents lower, with sales
at I2.50a2.85; feeders, :ta3.4; stock bulls
$2a2.35; fresh cows and if ood forward
1 -A T ""; win, iur mi dui extra
at S3 to tii per head decline. Veals were In
light supply and all offerings were firm;
choice to extra, $G.75a7.SO; fancy lots, tlXSm.
7.75; light to good, t4a.0O: grassers and
heavy fed. t2a3. Hogs Receipts, 17.000
i i,-i .1 nn aula W Jim 1. .... .1 . i" . ' .
active, at 5 cents decline, the bulk of earli
er nines ui lorners, mixeu anil medium
grades, was at $3.60: heavy were In fair
demand, early at 13.50; Choice light grades
t3.5wj3.G0: nigs. $..753.82',: roughs, $3a3 10
stags, $2.50a3; market closed lower and
very dull, late sale were fully 5 cents off
or mostly at 3.45a3.47V-c ; a good many
heavy were left over. Sheen and Iambs
Receipts. 9.0UO head; on sale, 14.00 head:
steady; mixed sheep, good to choice, t2 25a
2.60: extra. 2.75: culls to fair, $l.?ri.?; ex
ports. $?.90a3: fancy whether. $l.l5a.12S;
old rough lanky ewes very slow at.t2s2.25
prime native lamb, t4.3oii4.65; wooil to
choice, M.75a4.25; llpht to fair, 3.33a3.e3;
culls end common, t2.50a3; Canada lambs.
t4.40a4.GO.
Cliloneo Live Stnek. -
tTnlon Stork Yards, Dec. 23.-Cnttl Ite
celpts, 11.000 head; market Arm and 10
cents nigner; common to extra steers,
t3.10a4.90: Blockers and feeders. I2.40n.l 7Kt
cows and bull, t1.25nt.50: rnlves, t2.60a
B7B; Texas, t2.BOn3.80. Hogs Receipts. 37.
000 head; market stonily: tieavy packing
and shipping lot. fcl5a3.46; common to
choice mixed, t3.25a3.60: choice assorted,
3.aa3 424c.; light. 13.25145; pigs, $2 40a
S.40. Sheep Reclots, 10.000 hesd: market
steady; inrerior to choice, $203.73;- lambs,
t3a4.40. y
Oil Market.
Plttsbnrr. Dec. 23. OH oopnort and law.
est, $1.2)1; highest and closed, tl.83 her and
at uu my. otanuara s price, n.io.
THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
Stocks and Bonds.
New York, Dec. 23. Wall street breath? d
freer today and there waa in consequence
a decided gain In prices. The market re
ceived its flint impulse from Londoij,
where American securities opened wlta
gains extending to 2 per cent. In some in
stances. Our market followed quickly and
in the Initial trading sharp rises were re
corded in the entire list. Buying orders
on a large scale then made their appear
ance Hi the market and a steany appre
ciation In values followed. The buying
was stimulated by the action of the New
York Clearing Mouse association, which
decided at a meeting held at noon to Issue
loan certificates if required. This means
that no brokerage concern with anything
like marketable collateral, need pay fancy
rates for money and is of the greatest im
ports nee to the street. Almost simulta
neously with the official announcement of
the clearing house action there were
heavy offerings of money by J. Pierpont
Morgan & Co.. Flower & Co., and other
prominent firms, and call loans, which
had commanded as high as 75 per cent, on
pledge of fancy stocks as collateral,
dropped quickly to 6 per cent, on the reg
ular dividend Dayers and finally fell to S
per cent. A feature of the day's busi
ness was the picking up of stocks for cash.
The fact that the settlement at the 8tock
Exchange clearing house passed through
successfully and n belief that President
Cleveland will act promptly In the matter
of replenlshlne the gold reserve in case
congress should delav, both acted os a sus
taining Influence. T.ntn In the day the
failure of H. I., l.ansham was announced,
but this hail no effect, as it Is generally be
lieved that the liabilities of the con
cern are small. The Improvemnt In prices
ranged from 1 to 9 per cent., and Pt he
close the gaining was well mnlntamert. The
Important ndvpnees follow: Pullman Pa
lace rose S to 165: Consolidated (Ins, 8 to
ims'i; Rubber, preferred. RIA to 85; Icke
Erie and Western, preferred. 6lf to K7M;
Metropolitan Traction. 1 to 9S: Atchison,
preferred. 4H to 214; Rock Island. to
S5U; Sugarf 8 to 60; Tobacco, S to T2'.:
Ray State flag, 3'i to 20V. Rig Four, 3 to
35: Rurllngton and Oulncy, 3V, to 75N,: t
cago Om, 64 to !4'!.: Northwet, 2 to 97:
St. Pnnl. 44 to 054: Co'orado Fuel, 3 to
31: Lackawanna and Western. 5 -to 101;
rclawnre and Hudson, 34 to 123: T)e"ver
and Rio Orani'e. nreferrM. 3'H to43i : Gen
eral F.loctrie, !,fo 25.j: Iowa Central, pre
ferred, S to 211: Tjike Shore, 2 to 'W:
IOtiivlllo and Napt'vllle. 214 to 43: Man
hattan, S3; to 101't: Knns-is and Texas, pre
ferred, 4 to 24: Missouri Pacific. 2". to ?M4;
Lead. 4to 21".: do. nrcferred. 4 to S2"' .Ter
sey Central, r, to i: New Yn'k Central. 3
to 97'i: Suiqiiehsnna and Western, pre
ferred. 4 to 25; Pacific Mall. 4 tn "O'i: South
ern PnlW'ay, preferred. 2 to 2"4: Omiha,
4 to 30; Tennessee Cnnl. 2 tn 20: Conlae-e.
ffimrsnteod. 5.J to 1!W : LentT, pre'erred.
! to C3: Rcliher, mm mm. to 27. end
Western Union. 2M to 85-v,. Siopplntlon
cloed firm. Tiital iirt vor 312 7'8 hare.
Furnished by WII.UAM LINN, AL
LEN & Co., correspondents for A. P.
CAMPBELL, stock Broker. 412 Spruce
street.
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Am. Tobacco Co 71
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97
14
14
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97
71 72
Am. Cotton Oil Ill
Am. Sugar Re'g Co. 90V4
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95
734
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124
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Alen., To. M. Ke... 134
Atih.. To. & S. Fe.(
Canada Southern...
Ches. & Ohio
Chicago Gus ,
Chic. & N. W ,
Chic. H. &
C. C. C. & St. L...
Chic, Mil. & St. P
Chic. R. I. & Pai
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424
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104
63
III. Central 90
Lake Shore 140
louls. & Nash 43'4
AI. K. & Texas 11U
Manhattan Kle 984
Mich. Central 9.1
Mo. Pacific l4
Nat. Cordage 4Mi
Nat. Lead 22
N. J. Central 99
N. Y. Central 45
N. Y. & N. E 14
N. Y., L. K. & W.... 8'4
N. Y.. a. W., Pr.... 25
Nor. Pacific 3'4
Nor. Pacific, Pr 12
Ont. Western 12
Pac Mall 2H4
Southern R. R 8K,
Philn. Rend B'4
Tenn., C. & Iron 24
Texas Pacific 8'4
Vnlon Pacific fin
Wabash OVA
Wabash, Pr 14'4
Western Union 85
W. L 8T4
V. S. Leather 10
V. a. Leather. Pr.... f.2',4
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CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PRICEa
ODcn- Rich- Low- Clos-
WHEAT. ing.
May OS
OATS.
May 194
CORN.
May 2S',4
LARD.
January 5.27
May 5.47
PORK.
May 8.85
est. st. Ing.
68',4 571,4 68'.4
19' 4 19 19
284 28 23
ti.27 B.27 B.27
G.47 B.47 C.47
8.S7 R.R0 8.87
delegates to the
New York Produce Market. -
New York, Dec. 23. Flour Dull, easy.
Winter wheat, low grades, t2.25a2.5; do.
fair to fancy, t2.tiia3.,tO; do. putents, tf.iUi
2.75; Minnesota clear, - t-.5ua3.10; do,
straights, Ha4; do. patents, H.l.Vit; low ex
tras, K'.iW.tii,; city mills, J.9Ua4; do. pat
ents, t3.9oa4.l5; rye mixtures, t2.10a3.10; su
perfine, t2.10u2.tu; tine, t2a2.2u. Southern
Flour Dull; easy; common to fair extra,
t2.1Ua2.80; good to choice, 2.9Uu3. Rye
Flour Dull, steady; t2.55u2.9S. Wheat
(Spot market fairly active; firmer; No. 2
red store and elevator, 08c; afloat, 09'4c;
f. o. b., 6M09o.; ungraded red, G2a7uc;
No. 1 northern, 05c; options moderately
active and firm at ac advance; No. 2
red January, 04c; March, M4c.; May,
05'4c; July, 05c; December. Cic Corn
Dull, firm; No. 2 at 3:ta34c elevator;
34a35c afloat; options dull, unchanged to
4 up, closing firm: December, S3?ic; Jan
uary, 33?4c; May, 3Vc. Outs Dull, firmer;
December, 23c; January, 23'4c; March,
23'iic; May, 24'ic; tiot prices. No. 2, at
23a23'4c; No. 2 white, 24'c; No. 2 Chica
go, 24',4c; No. 4 at 22Vc; No. white,
24'ic; mixed western, 23u24V4c.; wnltc, do.,
24a28c; white state, 2(a28c; feed bran, 65c;
middlings, 70c; rye feed, 7a75c. Beef
Quiet, steady, family, tlOalO.50; extra
mess, t7.50n8.50; beef hams dull, t15a!5.50.
Tlrced beef Quiet; city extra India mess,
tl.50al7. Cut meats Dull, weak; pickled
bellies, 4c; pk-kled shoulders, 4'5.a41J;
pickled hams, 8h8'hc ; middles, nominal,
li rd Quiet; firm, western steam, tS.fti
asked; city, tu.10; December, t5.50 asked;
refined, quiet; continent, pi; South Afieri
ca, W.30; compound, 4lKa5c Pork "lore
active, steady; mess, t8.75n9.2Tj. Butter
Iirge receipts; lower; state dairy, 13a23c;
do. creamery. 19a24c; western dairy, 11a
19c; do. creamery, 18o25c; do. June, 17a2So. ;
do. factory, lOalftc; Elglns, 25c; Imita
tion creamery, 15i21c; rolls, llnlSc. Cheese
Quiet, firm; state, large. 7'4alOc; do.
fancy, 9ial0c; do. small, 7T4a10',4c; west
ern small, H'ialO'ic. ; part skims, 37c;
full skims. 2a3c. Eggs Quiet, unsettled;
slate and Pennsylvania-. 20 a 25c. ; southern,
20a21Hc; Ice house, 16V4 alfc; do. case,
I3.75a4.25; western fresh, 20u21V4c; do. euse,
t3.75a4.25; limed, 17c.
Toledo Grain Market.
Toledo, O., Dec 23. Wheat Receipts,
4.307 bushels; shipments, 10.000 bushels;
easy; No. 2 red cash and December, 04c;
May, 6fW4c; No. t red cash, S2c. Corn Re
ceipts, 53.010 bushels; shipments, 49,200; No.
2 mixed cash, 27c; No. 3 at 20c; No. 3
yellow, 27'AC Oats Heeclpts. 7,000 bush
els; shipments, 9,600 bushels; nominal.
Cloverseed Hecelpts. 110 bags; shipments,
222 bags; dull, prime cash, t-U; March,
tl.20.
Philadelphia Tall ow Market. ,
Philadelphia, Dec. 23. Tallow Is-weak
and dull. We quote: City prime. In hogs
heads, 4c; country, prime, In barrels, 4'4c. ;
country, dark, in barrels, 3c; cakes, 4',4c;
grease, 3Vc.; .
WEAK imi
CURED A3 IF BY MAGIC.
Victim at Lost Maabood should send at
once tor a twos,
that explains how
ull manly visor
1 easily, quickly
and permanently
stored.
suffering from
weakness can af
ford to ianora this
timalv advlea,
Book tells how
Ifall ttnulk. ft.
Tslopmen and ton aib Imparted to eTery
portion of the body, Bsnt with Dosltlr
praote(saJM)M to any manon application.
EKIEt;ECaLC?.,EL,FFALO,l(.l,
His Life Saved
A Nw York City Merchant's Narrow
. Escape.
(From 4he New York City Catholic New.)
No one would think to look at Rich
ard B. Brown, a commission merchant.
of No. 306 Washington street. New York
city, that for six weeks he had suffered
in agony, In his bed and that physicians
had said it was Impossible for him to
regain his health. Mr. Brown's story is
remarkable.
"For several years." said Mr. Rrown,
"I suffered from Inflammation and ul
ceration of the bladder, a most stub
born disease. My famllV physician was
unable to relieve 'me. Upon advice. I
consulted specialists, and they all failed
to ao me any good. All this time I was
growing worse.
My mother-in-law had heard of
OR. DAVID KENNEDY'S
FAVORITE REMEDY
and she asked me to give It a trial. I
had been confined to my bed for five
weeks and I admit that I didn't think
there was much chance of Retting out
of It. Well. I tried Favorite Remedy.
There seemed to be a change that sur
prised me. In a week I was able to get
out of bed and ero around the house,
and in a short time I recovered com
pletely. I feel that I am permanently
cured. I can work sixteen hours a day
now, and to Dr. Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy Is all the credit due."
Favorite Remedy Is a perfect blood
and nerve remedy. It restores the liver
to a healthy condition, cures the worst
rases of constipation and all diseases
peculiar to females. It cures scrofula,
salt rheum, rheumatism, dyspepsia, all
kidney, bladder and urinary diseases,
gravel, diabetes and Blight's disease.
In this last disease it has cured where
all else failed.
EVA M. HETZEL'S
Superior Face Bleach,
Positively Removes All Facial Blemlsbss.
n
No more Freckles, Tan, Sunburn, Black
heads, Liver Spots, Pimples and Sallow
Complexions If ladies will use my Su
perior Face Bleach. Not a cosmetic, but a
medicine which acts directly on the Bkln,
removing all discoloratlons, an one of tha
greatest purifying agents for the complex
ton In existence. A perfectly clear and
spotless complexion can be obtained in
very instance by Its use. Price, $1.00 per
bottle. For sale at E. M. Hotzal's Hair
dressing and Manicure Parlors, 330 Lack
awanna ave. Mall orders filled promptly.
THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE.
James, Phtla. I suffer from palpitation
of the heart tiat makes mo very nervous.
Will you state a remedy?
Alternate our Cerebrlne, extract of
the brain, three times daily, with Car
dine, extract of the heart. Use our
Natrollthlu Halts occasionally,
Josephine, Rochester. What would you
advise for the skin when It becomes red
and blotchy?
Natrollthlc Salts, two teaspoonfuls In
a tumbler of hot water, a half hour be
fore breakfast, twice a week.
Jlrs. U., Newark. Will you please In
form me what I can take for a "granulat
ed" throat? It has been so for several
years.
Take our Thyroldlne, extract of the
thyk'oid gland, twice rally. Nathro
llthlc Salts.
The above preparations and other special
ties of the
Columbia Chemlcsl Co., Washington, D. C
Including the famous
ANIMAL EXTRACTS
and NATKOLITHIC SALTS.
At all TTugglsts. Send for Literature.
Sold by Matthews Bros., 320 Lack'a ave.
tsesrse ar tms Hmhmt Mtwwt AvTmninta
lisspiiwilial lMi,nfe
oriminuLinnnLDi
- - -
YWflTnDDtl
Isaatini will cars yon. a
ironderfal boon to ufferr
from Cold, OoraTkraat,
Iilamii, Braaefcltla.
or UA YFKTaH. Afttrli
immediate tilut. AnrOclcnt
-m - rcaMr, ooBTcnwnt to out
la packet, fMtjy to I on Brat Indication of cold.
Ceattnao m KM Frntmmnt Cnre.
laUtfnMtoarsinatMaornioiicrrtfnnilod. Prlea.
Meuta, lC0tl51fsIkm1wnLlLtk,O.t.
OTTfa
UPHTtini Tb "'( and remerlr for
M&VJ1 1 nUL llklndlMMericii,lu;h.Blt
aUMBSkol. ftoimBunu, (an. Warfnl ros
ea; tor rII.Be. rrtco, eta. m Draf - Bail
gists or y anil prspnld. AOarmMsboTo. owl. HI
Forealeby Matthews Broa.and Joho
H. Pheloa.
Cctexlsa ProrcJ
OR. HCBRA'S 1
VIOUiCREAU
FitMMe MfnplfaJL
T. and rs!
e skin to Its orliri-
aal fieshiMas, proauanf a.
clear and kealthy 00m
wIm. fmrloctAenlaiW
Wtloot and perfectly bamtosa At oU
fcualsts,or nailed lor Wets, Bead lot Cboolar.
VIOLA tXIN tOAP ir I..-"! m a
eaa siriMM miiiiiM u mm. wstnt e
O. C BITTNER 4 CO.,Tolioo, A
tiVtXlBlk Matu,ws B0- and John
' t0T MAHHQOO
sad all attending anmimty
both of yoana; and middle
auuu ojen auu women, in
awfultftectJof YOUTHt'UI.
VHImRH. nrnllu.n Mk.
Benin of treatment.
.Narrona Debility . til
Ms, flarroaa Debility, Nightly r:mlj3lor.a.CoD,umptloo,
Insanity, Eilianatlng drain, and loan of power of U10 Uen
aTaUTeOtfmnannnHtna; oneforstady, DuUnea, and map.
rtaa-eUgulrlilyoiirixIbyDr. ltdrlaeaHslli Nerve
vraiaa. inejr dm odijt cure v;
aaaa. but are a rraal K It
Tuejr nut only cure By starting at too Mat ofdta.
areartaal NKKVKTONIO aae 1IL04IS
F.H, brine-las- back tbe BlakjrTow te pale
ia7mto3n?the FIRE OF TOI TH to the
Jftlil
patient By mall, si.imi per nox or s for e wlta writ
ten aaerantee te eere er refaea tbe aaeeey. Book
r SpeaUbferrr .-r .B"aSW.Neweriu
Itor Male by JOHN H. PHELPS. Drug
fftet, Wyoming eve. and Spruce street
rof nenmG m solders.
An don away with by the us ef HAS IV
MAN'S PATENT PAINT, whloh eotuurta
mt Inaredient well-known to all. It eaa be
applied to tin, ealvanlsed tin, sheet iron
roofs, also to brick dwellnga, which will
G event absolutely any crumbling, crack-
er braaklng of the brick. It will out
east tlnalag of any kind by many Mara,
and It' coat doee not exceed one-fifth tkai
af the eeat of tinning. Is sold by tae tea)
C pound. Contracts taken by
aStoniO HABTMAXN. IS Barak OU
rkvi
AS J
(AUTION
TO our
Washburn-Crosby Co. wish to assure their many pat
rons thut they will this yeur hold to their usual custom
of milling STRICTLY OLD WHEAT until the new crop
is fully cured. New wheat is now upon the market, ana
owing to the excessively dry weather many millers ar
of the opinion that it is already cured, and in proper
condition for milling. Washburn-Crosby Co. will tak
no risks, and will allow the new wheat fully three)
months to mature before grinding.
This careful attention to every detail of milling has
placed Wtshburn-Crosby Co.'s flour far above other
brands.
A
MEGARGEL
Wholesale Agents.
Christmas
BEAUT1FTL GOODS AT LOW PRICES.
JEWELRY WATCHES
SILYERWARE CLOCKS
DIAMONDS, in rings, scarf pics, etc. OPERA GLASSES, Etc,
Also an exceptional fine line of
GOLD-HEADED CflNES AND UMBRELLAS
Our stock embraces everything in the way of
desirable and appropriate
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
for old and young.
NO GOODS MISREPRESENTED.
c.
107 Wyoming Ave,
HOBSEMEN '
DO NOT WAIT
FOR SNOW AND ICE.
Have your Horses' Shoes prepared with proper holes for
"Hold i Fast" Calks.
SIZES, 5-16, 3-8, 7-16, 9-16.
1' ife
P$tl?t J ? -3 - srr 1 3 S
B t n f k !a 'S ?
'tttoj r.p Pin tains las I 11 taU S a
"''JiTsiT7iiii (h i " i l IB "
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Basawiii'ilsBKBj; I I g 8 t' I 4-' S
0.1. I. Shoe, 4 g8S l go
ipf V - 2 J
TSjmr ,gg
ASK YOUR SHOER ABOUT THEM.
For further particulars address
TTE1I
mam
SCRAN TON, PA.
Agents for Northern Pennsylvania and Southwestern New York.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO
SCRANTON AND WILKES-BARRE, PA., Manufacturers of
Locomotives, Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
Oeaeral Office: &CRANTON, PA.
W.. n JU,. ti.l
He alt U 4 weak.
. ta.D nrdar w.
am cirdar we
rBAL. altDICINB
For eale by JOHN H. PHELPS
Sprue StrMij Sorarvton Pa.
patrons:
CONNELL
tractions
Established 1856
RB8TORI
LOST VIGOR
tn ... Air Nhwn tkaMlltv. Lmi of Snail eer (la 4
m
mi, laipmeatr. Altopkr. VarlMc.1. and etkat tnkn, (rem "I' "'
Suine fill.. tWalal chKM aad full tifor quickly mteted. If e- lertea, aacj
noubln mult fatally. 1.II1 aejrohere, w.lMl, foci.oo. boaei W-ea. .Wlt
rue a Mffai iruirantee 10 cere er ret tee um m
eiv. I
CO., Claralaad, Ohle.
Pharmaolet, oor. Wyemlns Avenue ni
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