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TIIE SCRANTON TRIBUTE MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY fl, 1896.
AN HGAMMI
Copyright 1883, by Bacbellsr,
PART I.
' That Arnold Hoitoun was honestly
fn love admitted of no doubt, and Miss
Carstalra wad supposed to reciprocate
his attachment. His very Intimate as
aorlates wondered why they 'd not
marry, for Mlaa Carstalra was tun well
off. and Hopetonn's salary from ihe
foreign office. If It would not provide
her with a house In Green street and
a brougham, would at least offer an
Improvement on the position she wa
occupying at present.
When Hopctoun met her and fell a
prey to her fascinations, she had been
staying as was her annual custom, with
owe cousins of her late futher's the
Jlurrabli-s, of Morecombe ami before
her visit terminated they were en
gaged. That wus twelve months ago, and to
day they were engaged still.
Hopetoun was an ardent lover, and
would havo committed sxeater follies
thun matrimony on iMO a year for the
sake of her beaux ywux. What then
was the explanation of the delay? Had
Hella Carstalrs mistaken her feel In tot'.'
Had she Riven a hasty promise, of which
she had subsequently repented? Not
at all: she wa waiting for his position
to Improve,
Five hundred a year seemed to the
flrl who had started life with the ex
pectation of nun iy Ins1 the son of a, duke
preposterous and absurd. She was fond
of Arnold, even very fond, but Hhe was
tired. Inexpressibly, deadly tired, of
poverty.
Yet shei loved him! Almost nlie
wished she did not. Limited bh her op
portunities were, narrow as was her ex
istence, she was only 27, anil she might
have done better than Arnold Hopetoun
after all, she told' herself. Hail it not
been that there wus the likelihood of
Lord Drillingliam "doing something"
for his nephew, the engagement would
have been broken a week after it was
made; Bhe would have recovered her
freedom, and awaited for the fairy
prince anew. Hut there was the chance.
Why was the wicked uncle ao dila
tory? Arnold had been Importuning
Mm with requests for months!
She was thinking these thoughts thi
afternoon secretly hating the un
known neer when Hopetoun van an
nounced. She welcomed him with a
radiant smile.
'you are early," she said.
"I was Impatient." he answered.
"How. pretty! Is there any news,
Arnold?"
' "No," he said. "I rlnn't know that
there Is any news, but I want to talk to
you, Hellu. I I look here, darling.
1 can't go on waiting for you any
longer! Let us marry, 'and take the
goods the irods provide."
"Child!" she murmured. The gen
tleness of her rebuke was adorable.
"I am not a child." declarett Hope
toun; "In Tact. I believe I mny lay claim
to being tolerably practical, uml you
may be very certain that 1 nieun to
work PrlllltiKham'a Interest for all it
Is worth! Trust yourself to inc. and
1 take my oath thnt you shall never
have occuslon to regret it."
"Do you Imagine," she said, "do you
Imagine It Is only of myself 1 am think
ing when I say 'wait?' 1 am thinking
of you!"
"Of me.?"
"Of you! Of myself a little, yes, be
cause 1 am not a baby; but of you, too;
of you chiefly, Indeed, for It is on you
that the burden of the step would'fall."
"I'll change It." shIiI Arnold, stoutly.
"And jmu would never reproach me
I know flint. Hut I will not let you
chance It. 'It would not be a chance,
It would be quite a certainty. Certain
disaster, of which, you would have to
bear the burden! It souniH bad. doesn't
It? The sound Is nothing compared
with what the reality would be! Arnold,-you
have never had to bear pov
erty I have! 1 know what you do not
1 know the a fulness of striving to
keep up appearance; of endeavoring to
make a pound do the work of two. I
know how terrible you would find the
life you are proposing so confidently.
1 am too fond of you to condemn you to
It. I won't!"
It was tenderly put. Kven nho be
leved a great deul of wlmt she snld her
lelf while she was s;ieuklng. He did
lot protest any longer; u man has only
. certain amount of argument, und
What Dots ll Say? May t Look?"
many conversations of a similar nature
, had exhausted much of Hopetoun'a
power of remonstrance. She gave, him
v tea. and her mother came in and pres
ently he took his leave.
He was hot in high spirits. .Thor
oughly as . her lover may appreciate
common sense In a woman, he is apt
to. prefer a dash of impudence. Hhe was
right, and also she was wrong. He was
not a beggar, she was not the daughter
Iff a millionaire. Why was it so dread
ful, the life he contemplated?
After lie had dined he went back to
,hls chambers, and wrote a long letter to
his uncle. In which he Insisted for the
seventieth time upon his many claims
upon his unnpprectatlve country, and
the ridiculous Inadequacy of his present
post to his requirements.
A sweet, sunny-tempered individual,
J.ord PrllUngham's protestations of af
fection were entirely genuine, and his
promises, .when- he made them, were
truly meant. Only he forgot the mat
ter passed through his mind. His son
Was not ambitious, his daughter had her
aunt to play the part of chaperone,
and the widower himself was free to
THE PRIZE
BABY
CUTICL'R.V
REMEDIES
Our baby whea three wests M in badly at
dieted with Eezeoia. Her bead, snot. nvek. ItinlM,
ad nearly every lots' " her h"dy "a raw and
bleediug-wliea we eueelueed tu try Cl'Tlcim
- HtMgDUts. we hegan with Cuticuba (uIai
, ami) aad (HiTtcm Soar, and atcr M l
J MppNralwa we Mold em a change. Aftr we hid
sited than ooa week asm of lis: soree had healed
eaUralr. and cesmd to ipmd. In leas that a
BWftli, alie was f m from aeale. and bleeiielies. :ind
to-day liar a lovely kln and Italr iu any etilld.
as wa ahowa at Hie Grange Fair, and took a
, premium at the prettim lialiy, over .lateen oUiers.
ha. a Ma. PARK. It Bellevlew Ave. Kan. City.
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Johnson and Btchelltr.
take life as he pleased, unfettered by re
sponsibilities. He was now at Deercourt, composing
himself after the fatigues of the season
by smoking cigars on the lawn, and can
tering about the lanes on his cob. A
little later the place would be tilled with
visitors, but just at present Leercourt
was empty, suve for Its owner, and Its
hostess. Arnold's cousin a handsome,
unaffected girl, who was In his confi
dence. She knew the motive for his
eagerness for advancement, and sympa
thized with it, which his uncle might
not have done. A matrimonial engage
ment is liable to weaken an elderly gen
tleman's Interest; a woman's it Intensi
fies. Yes. Kate lrilllngham was a very
nice girl Indeed, and when the letter
came, and her father mentioned it to
her, she added her own persuasions to
the writer's.
"You have been going to do something
for him for ages," she said; "you really
night, papa!"
"I must," said the peer, placidly,
"Yes. I will bear It In mind."
"Whut does he say may I look?"
She read the closely-covered pages
through in silence. ttnil gave them back
to Urillingham. thoughtfully.
"I'ooi- fellow." she said; "he seems
awfully in earnest, doesn't he?"
"Yes, yes; I shall certainly remember
the matter. 1 shall make It my busi
ness to push III tu tprwnrd er er very
soon."
"And to begin with? What shall
you try for?" asked the girl.
Drlllingham's uttentlon wus wander
ing. He closed his eyes. "Kb?" he
said. "Do you mind pulling down that
further blind. Kitty? The sun is rather
strong, and 1 think I could manage to
sleep."
However, he wrote an affable little
note in reply to his nephew the follow
ing morning, nnd for awhile Hopetoun
felt- encouraged by It. Not for very
"Give Me a kiss Before I Begin
long, because he had had so many simi
lar notes, but Just at lirst say, for the
same length of time as his correspond
ent's fervor of purpose lasted.
When a week hud gone by he was
every whit as despondent as before, and
then an Idea occurred to him. It was
a strange idea, a novel idea; it was, he
told himself, the idea of social genius,
but the question whs whether he could
obtain the collaboration that was nec
essary. About that he was not sure, in
fact he was extremely doubtful, though
it was entirely worth while making the
attempt. The lirst thing to be done,
though, was to ascertain whether his
fiancee would upprove, and when he left
the F. O. that afternoon the insiilra
tlou had occurred to him In his official
chair he drove to the little Hampstead
house forthwith.
The mother and daughter were to
gether. "I want to speak to you," he whis
pered, and by and by feminine diplo
macy had effected a disappearance of
munimu.
"What is It?" asked Hello. "Import
ant?" "Well, yes," raid Hopetoun, "1 think
it may be called Important.' Ctlve me
a kiss before I begin."
She lifted her face and smiled.
"(loose!" she said. "You are mys
terious!" "Iteeause I like tuklss you?"
"No. wretch; thut Is natural."
"Delicious modesty!" laughed Hope
toun. "Hella, I've a scheme!"
"I hope you are going to say you had
an appointment."
"Tout vient a lul, etc! The scheme
first, and the appointment will follow.
In fact, the scheme Is the appointment,
in chrysalis form, (live me another
kiss, there's an angel l'appetlt vient
en mangeant!"
"You are very prolific of proverbs
today," she remarked.
"There! Now impart."
"I am ready prepare to bo startled.
Bella, some three and twenty years
ago"
"Oh. do be serious!" she said.
"1 am, I am!" he cried. "Some three
and twenty years ago, the late Lady
Drilllngham gave birth to a daughter."
"Well. I know all that, Kate."
"Precisely Kate! You have not met
her, but you have heard from me that
the young ludy is a trump. You have
also heard from me that the one thing
In the world harder to move than my
respected uncle is a steam-roller. Well,
now listen. Lord Drilllngham has an
Immense amount . of Iniluence. He
couldn't make me prime minister, or
chancellor of the exchequer, or. arch
bishop of Canterbury, but he could very
easily indeed make me the happiest
man in the world."
"He?"
"Completed by you! He could, as
we both already know, effect that de
lightful vagueness termed 'putting me
Into something.' Only his Indolence
prevents him."
"Why," said Miss Caretalrs. Inter
ruptlng. "waste time by repeating
tilings that 'we both already know?' "
"Hella." he returned, "you are as
usual right. I won't waste time. In
a nutshell, he could, but he's too con
foundedly lazy. Well. I've thought of
a way of waking him up but I'm not
quite sure whether you'll like It."
"I can answer that In advance: I
shall.:1-
"Wait and hear. If I say 'If my
uncle- were to understand that Kate's
Interest In me was something warmer
than a cousinly one, he would hustle
on my behalf Indeed. He may lie satis
fied to let me stagnate In the P. O.
as his nephew, but as his future-son-in-law"
"What?" she exclaimed.
'"I thought I should startle you. As
his future son-in-law he'd he In a red
hot fever to make a coming man of
me coming somewhere! You follow
me? I proiwse to persuade Kate to
Join me Ut-the plot to tell him she
wants to marry me. In all his life he
has never denied her anything, and
after his first explosion was over I
suppose he would explode to begin
with he'd display something like com
mendable industry at last. What do
you think of It?"
Miss Carstalrs mused. "Well but
how would It end?" she asked.
"The deception would have to be
sustained for two or three- months.
When I was really In a substantial ap
pointment, we could tell the old gen
tleman that he had been fooled. He
would not be outrageously angry, I
daresay I should not be the most de
sirable of partis at the best. We should
explain the motive; Kate would be
bridesmaid at our wedding, and you
and I would live happily ever after.
Again, what do you think of It?"
, "I don't know," said his fiancee.
"Anyhow. . I don't think your cousin
would agree."
"I'm doubtful of that imrt of It my
self. Hut she Is a pal. Kate I'm not
sure. If she does agree, what then?"
"If she would agree, I don't know that
It is a bad plan. It sounds rather silly,
but silly things sometimes come on.
It would certainly stimulate that
lethargic peer to action."
"Kather! He'll positively perspire In
his hurry to assist me. 'My talented
nephew, young Hopetoun!' 'A really
brilliant young fellow, Arnold Hope
toun!' 'You will be serving me. me per
sonally!' I can hear him. A thousand
a year? In no time at all I shall be
drawing two. three thousand a year!
We'll have bays in the carriage. Bella,
and a brougham for night work!"
They both laughed.
"(lo and see what Miss Drilllngham
says," advised Hella. "(lo and put It to
her: and if. like Harkis, she is, willing,
we'll play the farce out. When shall I
see you again?"
"I'll ask leave tomorrow. If she con
sents, I'll write you at once; If she re
fuses. I'll come and tell you so. I wish
she knew you, Bella; It would make her
the more anxious to help us. Your
likenesses don't do you anything like
justice, darling, upon my word!"
He applied for leave, and got It, and
two mornings later he was steaming
out of Huston nrepared to put Ills idea
Into execution. He had announced his
impending urrival by telegram, and
when he reached the Deercourt plat
form, he saw the dog-cart was waiting
In the lune behind the gate to meet him.
Ten minutes drive brought him to
the house. Drilllngham and his cousin
were in the tnoriilug-room.
"(.lad to see you, Arnold," said his
uncle. "I have been thinking of you a
good deal of late."
"How ore you. Arnold?" said Kate.
"We were very glad to get your wire."
Then they had lunch, and afterwards
Drilllngham, who wus nervous of being
brought to bay in a tete-a-tete, pleaded
letters to write, and retired to have a
nap In the library, and Arnold and the
gil l were alone.
They went out Into the grounds.
"What's the news?" said Kitty. "How
Is she?"
"She Is very well, thank you, but 1
am a wreck. Kate, this state of things
is awful."
"I saw your letter to papa." she said,
"and I spoke to him about It."
"And he said?"
"He said he would certainly bear you
in mind. I am awfully sorry for you,
Arnold, I remind him as often as I can,
but well, you know papa! . I can't say
I've done any good, though I've done
my best."
"You could do much more." said Ar
nold, nervously, "If you would."
"I?" she stared at him In surprise.
"Yciu are not blaming me, too?"
"Oil, no. no! 1 mean you run do much
more hi fi.ti. ,'e if you will. You nnd I
were always good friends, Knte.weren't
we? If I aHked a big thing of you if
If you ugreed with me that It would
have the desired effect, you wouldn't
refuse, I'm sure."
"What are you talking about?" she
said rather coldly. "Yes, we are quite
good friends we always shall be. I
hope. What does the preamble lead
to?"
"What I mean Is." he stammered,
"that you have always been very sym
imlhetlc, and all that. In plain Eng
lish, you alone can help me to win
Hella. I've come today to find out
whether you'll do It."
1'nder a cedar close by there were
two garden chairs. Miss Drilllngham
sat down, her white hands folded In her
lap. a little pucker or wonderment
gathering on her brow. Yes, It was In
finitely more awkward than he pictured
However, he had gone too far to re
treat. His cousin was waiting patient
ly for him to proceed, and his silence
after so elaborate a prelude was be
coming nbsnril.
"Will you please tell me what you
have to say?" she said, quietly.
"Yes," he declared, "it is neck or noth-ing-I
will!"
Then he sat down on the other chair
and told her.
(To be continued.)
An Absent-Mindcd Dominie.
I have heard some good stories on the
ministers lutely. One of the beat is on
the Kev. K. R. Dllle, who is a very busy
nisii. A 1 .multiplicity of cares has made
him absent-minded. 1 heard the other
dav of an occasion when the doctor was
suddenly oallid from home during the
temporary absence of his wife. He
locked the house and then under the
front door mat .placed a note which read
us follow:
"Dear wife: You will tlnd the key on
the kitchen table."
In another case his absent-mindedness
caused him no little embarrassment. The
victim was a candidate for baotlsm,
who appeared at the nltar before the en
tire con irreita tinn. During the week Dr.
Dllle had married .at least a dozen cou
ples. Ami so on this purtlculur Sunday
the words of the mnrriage service were
fresher In his mind Ihnn the formula of
baptism. The service went nil right un
til almost the close, when he said:
"Whom (lod halh Joined together let
no mun put asunder. Let us uray."
To mike It worse, the subject of bap
tism was a spinster. Sun Kranclsao
Chronicle.
It Had Converted lltm.
There was a well-known clergyman who
had such a complete abhorrence for pro
fanity in any form that in his family he
Would not even tolerate polite slang. At
one time a well-known parishioner and in
timate friend of this minister delivered, at
a semi-reliiiioiis meeting, a vigorous talk
on the evils of profanity. Next morning
the layman, thinking his reverend friend
would surely be Interested In a lecture no
well In sympathy with his own principle,
sent him a newspaper report of the speech.
In a few days came the reply. It was on a
postal curd and read as follows: "My
dear X : I have read most carefully
your talk upon the violation of the third
commandment, and you will be glad to
learn that 1 have completely abandoned
the habit." Koslon Budget.
He Had tirpwn.
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THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
Stocks and Honda.
New York, Jan. 4. Firmness was ' the
chief characteristic of the opening 'trad
ing at the Stock Exchange today, London
much to the surprise of the street In view
of the developments in Smith Africa
bought moderately of Its favorites ami
cubic advices reported uniform gains In
American securities abroad. Prices here
Improved V4am per cent., Louisville and
Nashville leading the railway list with
sales up to US- Tobacco, which was the
feature of the market near the close yes
terday, gained ,a per cent., selling at Sl'i.
The strength of the market, however, was
short-lived and before the expiration of
the Ills I hour a selling movement set In
which carried prices down anywhere from
H' to 2 per cent. Jersey Central, however,
lost 3" and Tobacco SVi per cent.; Lake
Shore fell 2: Leather, preferred, 2; Man
hattan, IV Burlington and Qulncy, .;
St. Paul, 1-V. Rock Island, 1; Northwest,
114 : Canada Southern, I'i; Kansas und
Texas, preferred, I'i; Delaware und Hud
son, V; Heading, General Electric,
I7; Louisville und Nashville, and
Western Cnlon, Hi. The decline In the
market wus due primarily to the delay In
announcing the bund issue and yesterduy's
debate In the senate which is not reassur
ing so far as Wall street la concerned. Re
ports of friction In the bond syndicate also
had a disturbing effect on the mnrket.
The drop In Tobacco was attributed to
selling of stuck bought on the break
after the passing of the dividend. Since
that time the slock has ndvauced over 20
points. Leather preferred wus sold on the
reiteration of the reports about the pass
ing of the dividend. The market closed
weak nt or near the lowest point of the
day. Total sales were 137.657 shares, In.
ol tiding l,:W0 Tobacco; 1,000 St. Paul, and
111,5011 Sugar.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN, AL
LEN & Co., correspondents for A. P.
CAMPUELL, stock Broker, 412 Spruce
street.
Op'n- High- Low- Clos
ing, est. est. ing.
Am. Tobacco Co 84'i M'i "H'i Ts'i
Am. Cotton Oil is lit 17i 17,
Am. Sugur Re'g Co.llti 10:1 lul1 lUl-i
Atch., To. S. Fe... Hj H'j 13' 14
Canada Southern..., 47- 4??4 47'a 47
Ches. & Ohio 14'.a 14'a 14' 14Vi
Chicago Uas t!.",' a tit tSt'i
Chicago N. W !ts:,4 iw:4 ts S
Chic, II, & Q 7ic W'n Tn-t TiV'i
C. C. C. St. 1 3-l"i WSi
Chic, Mil, &. St. P.. ' ta X ti7-
Chic, It. I. A Pac... iK'a 7 .Va .'..
lel. Hud 124', .124', 12:! 12.1
1.. L. & W lUu UK! Pin ltio
Ilst. & C. F lti M I .IT, u,
General Electric 2ti'j 2ti'14 2.1 2J
Luke Shore 141 341 ltd 1411
Louis, ft Nash 44'i 44 4:i'i i
Manhattan Ele lulS 101 lul HU
.Mo. Pac 2''4 2.V4 24;l, 21'-!
National Cordage..., 5' 5', 4', IT,
National Lead 24.. 24', 24'a 24
N. J. Central lou'4 IW4 Si7' Wi
N. V. & N. E 14 11 14 14
N. V., 8. & . Pr... 24 2 2, 2.H4
Nor. Pac 3", 3'; 31, J'i
Nor. Pac, Pr 12 12 1l II',
Ontario V Weat 1.1 13 13 is
Pac Mall 243, 24i 2.1'i 2o'i
Phil, ft Read 4 4 2' a
Tenn., C. ft Iron 2fi'.f 2H'j 2'i't 2ti'i
1'noln Pacific 4', 4', 4 4
Wabash i, i;i,, i;i'
Wabash, Pr W4 15, r.ij
Western t.'nlon S3-', K3' 83, S3it
W'. L 11 n jo a pi.
1". S. leather 9", n?,
l". 8. Leather, Pr.... 02 B2 SO', fili.4
CHICAGO HOARD OF TRADE PRICF.S.
Oo'n- High- Low- Clos-
WHEAT. lug. est, est. lug.
July twVi m una.
May to tiles ,1:. tU
OATS.
MCORN 39'" 39''' 1!t' W
May ...! 28', 28'i 2K', 28'i
LARD. 4
May , 5.72 S.72 5.7 S.70
FORK.
May 1U.1 8.47 9.0.1 K.73
Scranton Hoard of Trad Kxehaneo Quotations-All
Ouotutlons llassd on Pur
of 101).
Name. Bid. Aked.
Green Ridge Lumber Co uu
Dime Dep. ft Dls. Bank 130
Scranton Luce Curtain Co U)
Natlonul Horing & Drilling Co. ... so
First National Hank J0
Thuron Coal Ijind Co m
Scranton Jar ft Stopper Co 2.1
Scrun'on Glass Co h",
Spring r.rouk Water Co I116
Elmhurst Boulevard Co Jmi
Scranton Axle Works u
Third National Hank 3,10'
Lacka. Trust and Safe Dep. Co ... ir.i)
Scranton Packing Co 971,
Scranlon Savings Bank 200
Lacka. Iron ft Steel Co i.iii
Weston Mill Co v
Scranton Traction Co ").-;
Honta Plate Glass Co 10
Scranton Car Replacer Co pai
HONDS.
Scranton Glass Co ipo
Scranton Pass. Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 no
Scranton Traction Co '95
People's Street Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 no ...
Scranton Plttston Trac. Co so
People's Street Railway, Sec
ond mortgage due 1920 110 ...
Lacka. Valley Trae. Co.,- first
mortgage due 182T po
Dlekson Manufacturing Co 1110
Lacka. Township School 6 ifij
City of Scranton Street Imp 6 ... 1112
Scranton Axle Work ino
New York Produce Market.
New York, Jan. 4. Flour Dull, steady,
Unchanged. Wheat Spot market fairly
active; Urmer No. t red store and eleva-
PIECE OF
EVER SOLD FOR
tingraded red. H.1a73c; No. I Northern
IUO4U.; options wer fairly active, linn, at
V advance; No. 2 red, 7c; March,
liSc; May, 67'4c; July, Uti?e. Corn Hyiots
(tun; tinner; .o. 2, 34c. elevator; 3.je
ulloat; options linn at ',a4e. advance
January. Itlc.: February. 344c: May.
3t'i Oats Spots dull, firm; options dull,
nominal; January, 23',4c; February, 23l,c;
May, 21c; spot prices. No. 2, 23'4U23ljc;
No. 2 white. 24'2c; No. 2 Chicago, 24'a
24'c; No. 3, 22'jc.; No. 3 white, 23',sc.;
mixed western, 23'aa24'..c.; white, do., 24u
2e.; wnue slate, ziuzic. lieef yulet, un
changed. Heef hams DuM. unchanged.
Tierced beef Quiet, unchanged. Cut
meats Quiet, unchanged. Lard Quiet,
weiik; western steam, V."i asked; city,
$Ii.25; January, nominal; refined, dull;
continent. SH.IO: South America. Sti. 40 : com
pound, 4'ia.lc. Fork Quiet; mess, $!l.2.a
o..w. nutter f ancy, nrm. cneese Quiet,
uncnanged. ttggs l-tgtit receipts, nrm
unchanged.
Buffalo Llva Stock.
TtiilTulo. N. Y Jan. 4. Cattle Receipts,
l,rU2 head: on sale, 42 head; market, firm
light heifers, MaUO; fat cows. S2.50u3.25:
110 very good cattw on sale: veals, good to
extra, S7.5Ua8.fiO. Hogs Receipts, 10.880
neau; on sale, s.uo Head; market steady;
Yorkers, good to choice, Slu4.05; light do.,
S4a4.0f; pigs, $4n4.05; mediums and heavy,
S3.95U4; mixed packers, S3.96a4; roughs,
S3.20a3.40; stags, S2.75a3.l5. Sheep and lambs
Receipts, 880 head; on sale, 12,00 head; one
load Canada lumbs brotigh 15.21); market
steady for sheep, easy for lambs; choice to
prime lamb. S3a5.1o; good. S4.75a4.iW; light
to fair, S4.40a4.Ti; mixed sheep, good to
choice. S2.65a3.2B; light to fair, $2.25a2.50;
culls, SI.75a2.lo.
Chicago Live Stock.
Vnlon Stock Yurds, III.. Jan. 4.-Cattle-Recelpts,
500 head; market strong; extra
steers, S3.25a4.25; stoikers and feeders,
S2,75a3.75; cows and bulls, $1.5003.50; calves,
S3ali.75; Texans, $3a4.10. Hogs Receipts,
17,000 head; market firm and a cents higher;
heavy packing and shipping lots, S3.65a
3.82'fe; common to choice mixed, S3.55u3.82'2;
choine assorted. S3.73nS.SH; Might, M.HOa
3.77'ii; pigs. S2.75a3.75. Sheep Receipts,
3.000; market strong; Inferior to rholce,
S2u3.00; lumbs, $3.25a4.7o.
Toledo Graiu Market.
Toledo, O., Jan. 4.-Close. Wheat Re
celpts, 11,011 bushels; shipments, 14,500
bushels; II 1 111; No. 2 red cash, ti7'j,c.; May,
flUVsc; July, i!6c. : No. 3 red cash, 85'ic
Corn Receipts, G3.100 bushels; shipments,
45,300 bushels; No. 2 mixed eush, 2tPc; Ni.
3 do.. 25',c; No. 3yellow, 27c. Oats Re
ceipts. 1,374 bushels; shipments, 2,000 bush
els; dull; No. 3 mixed cash, 17c. Clover
seed Receipts 40 bugs; shipments 739 bags;
firmer; prime eush and January. J4.40;
March, $1.45; prime alslke cash, $1.75.
Philadelphia Tallow Market .
Philadelphia. Jan. 4. Tallow is weak and
dull. We quote: City, prime, In hogs,
heads, 3TBc; country, prime, In barrels,
3Te,; country, dark, in barrels, iP-aaV-I
cukes, 4',4C ; grease, 3'j.c.
Oil .Mnrket.
Oil City. Pa.. Jan. 4.-OII opened. S1.4S'i;
highest. S1.49; lowest, $1.48',...; closed, $1.41
bid. Standard's price, $1.50.
A Clean Sweep.
The colonel took down from the shelf his
time -honored companion, the comforter of
his declining years, uncorked it and
turned It up slowly anil dignitledly, us a
gentleman should. Not a drop cume out.
It was empty. He set It down with a sigh.
"Hy Gad!'' he exclaimed, "even the jug
has gone Republican!" Cincinnati En
quirer. TME SCRANTON
MANUFACTURING CO.,
makbsi or
SHALE PAVING BRICK
AND BUILDING BRICK
Ofuoet 329 Washington Avenue.
Werkal May-Aug, Pa E. A W. V. R. R.
m. hTdale,
General Sales Agent, Scranton, Pa
ROOF TURING AND SOLDERIIG
All dose away with by the use of HART
MAN'S PATENT PAINT, which constat
of Ingredients well-known to all. It can be
polled to tin, galvanised tin, aheet iron
roofs, also to brick dwelingn, which will
Iirevent absolutely any crumbling, crack
ng or breaking of the brick. It will out
last tinning of any kind by many years,
and H'e coet does not exceed one-fifth that
f the cost of tinning. Is sold by the Job
or pound. Contracts taken by
ANTONIO HARTaLAKN. &Z7 Birch St.
n CfcMMtM'a EagtUh Mama BrasJ.
Pennyroyal pills
ft. tJWftyt rvlitblt. LA a) IKS ask m
im . Is Kcd u4 oJd MeMjIloUr
DIM. IMlad Ilk LIsm rfhhnev Tsklt YW
) KtfaMMktrrvummUtitw
'ttn$ and imttmtUnt. Ailrniiti.rinlU
for batfttenla.ro.. imIh
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VITRIFIED BRICK."0 TILE
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(AOTION -
TO our patrons:
Washburn-Crosby Co. wish to assure their many Mtt
roiw that they will this year hold to their usual cuBtosa
of milling STRICTLY OLD WHEAT until the new erua
is fully cured. New wheat Is now upon the market, ana
owinit to the excessively dry weather many millers are
of the opinion that it Is already cured, and in proper
condition for milling. Washburn-Crosby Co. will take
no risks, and will allow the new wheat fully three
months to mature before grinding.
This careful attention to every detail of milling hat
S laced Wtshburn.Cro.sby Co.'s flour far above other
rands.
1EGABGEL
Wholesale Agents.
HORSEMEN !
DO NOT WAIT
FOR SNOW AND ICE.
Have your Horses' Shoes prepared with proper holes for
"Hold Fast" Calks.
SIZES, 5-16,
This Tarer Tin fastens!
Ui..
Calk in Piioe,
ASK YOUR SHOER ABOUT THEM.
For further particulars address
TTEiBEllEG!
SCRANTON, PA.
Agents fo- Northern Pennsylvania and Southwestern New York.
EVERY WOMAN
gSBMtiSHM net 4i relUblt, Monthly, ngahUlnt madtelM. Oalf hmlt tag
the purest drugs ihauld k u4. If 70a tut IB bMt, get
Dr. Pcal'o Pennyroyal Pills
The am pro rapt, nfe wl ccrUlB la malt. Th rtnnino (Dr. Pol'i) bctu dUap
Mint. Beat anwhore, 11.00. Addlsai Fav4i.MaDioiaa Co., CleMl.nd, 0.
. For sale by JOHN H. PHELPS,
Spruce Street, Scranton Pa.
THE NEW
Contains all that ban made Hammond Work
famous, and NEW, NOVEL and USEFUL im
provements. "Hammond Work th Criterion
of Hammond Superiority." 'Hammond Bales
I the Criterion of Htiiumond Popularity." Ham
i mond Xo. 2, "The 'erfe:t Typewriter. Ex
amine it nnd he convinced. Philadelphia
branch of The Hammond Typewriter Co., 110
I S, Sixth btreet.
F. A. & A. J. BKAOA,
I 414 Spruce St., SmalJl RipreitntativH.
DU FONT'S
DINING, BLASTING AND SPORTING
POWDER
Manufactured at the Wapwallopen Mills, Lt
seme county, pa., aad at Wil
mlngtoa, Delaware,
HENRYBELIN.Jp.
General Agent for the Wyoming District.
til WYOMI NO AVC, Sofwnton, Pa,
Third Nation al Bank Building.
' Aoaatcnat
TB08. TOBD. Mttston, Pa.
John b. smith bON, Prrmooth, Pa,
K. W. MULLIGAN. Wilkes Barre. Pa.
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If aanfactnrers of the Celebrated
PILSENER
LAGER BEER
CAPACITYl
100,000 Barrels per Annum
REVIVO
RE8T0RES VJUUTY.
Made
llthDay.JT of Me.
THI QRIAT 80th Day.
rnusroB: xvaaxxm'sr
prodaeee the abors reiulta ln'30 days. It sett
Kwerfully sod qnlckly. Curaa when all others fail,
aagmea will regain their lost manhood, aad old
maa will iseorar th.lr youthful visor by astag
HKTtTO. It ate(,r and surely restores Menroue
sesa, Lsst Tttalltr. Impotent;. Klghtly Galaatoaa,
Lost Power, Tailing tmory, Wmmdi DlaesMS.snd
all efleets of mlfbuae or sxeeuand Indlacrstton,
which eaJtsoaa for atady, boataem or marriage. II
not oaly cores by atartini at the ml of disease, but
la afreet nerve tonic and blood bnllder, brlngV
Ing bsek the pink glow tonale eheakssadrei
jierlag the firs of youth. I wardi etf laaanlty
nd Oeasnmption. Inalat en hartn ItRTIVO, ae
nher. It can be carried in eat pocket. By mail:
1.00 per paokage, or atx for .00, with a peep
Its written gnaraateo to euro ear rsfnnd
.be money. Oirculufres. Addnsa
0YL MEDICINE CO., 63 Rler II.. CHICMe. ILL.
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