THE SCItAXTON TRIBUNE- WEDNESpAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1896.
AH .ENGAGEMEN
. By SIR ROBERT FEEL '
Cui rright, 1E95, by Baclieller, Johnson anil Bichell.T.
SYNOPSIS.
'Arnold flopetoun, a clerk on a email
alury in the foreign office at London, is
eimaKP'l to tie married to handsome Ht'llu
t'arxtairs, who with her mother Is olillite.l
to keep uj appeurani'es in very reduoed
Circumstances. Ucllit believe that Khe
loves Arnold, but la unwilling to marry
liim until he Kets a more lucrative position
which his intluentinl uncle. Lord DrillliiK
hutn. lias promised toobtuin for htm. Lord
DrilllUKham nesleets the matter and Ar
nold proposes to Helta that he and his
cousin Kate, Lord DrllUngham'n daush
er, pretend to be enKUBed. with the Idea
of incieasinii his uncle's Interest In ul
taininir an aoiiitnielit. She consents and
lie goes down to lieercourt to arrange the
matter with Kate. Kate agrees, linlllnv
liam approves of the engagement, and br.
Mlis himself about the appointment.
, PA I IT III.
At flic- end of the week h did po,
and, of course-, culled on Airs, t'ar
atalr.t and lieflu without delay. Hellu.
did not look so attractive as usual lie
thought when lie. ilist Went in, hut phc
lu'lRllti'iii'd up Immensely us he rv
rouutcil the progress of the plot, and on
leaving he tuM himself for the thott
aanrllh time thut she was the deuiest
pill on earth.
It Is illllleiilt to nay limv It was, but
after he bad been buck In town a few
cla.vn, u ccr'niii restlessness begun to
make Itself felt In Ilopctoun.
At liist he thought it wus his cmisln'H
By m liattiy. He missed having some
one to talk to about Hella. he said: but
f Inee Uellu In propria pei somi wus lier,
within half an hour's cab drive, tint
explanation would not do. No, he did
not know what was the matter with
Iklm exactly. Impatience, perhaps'.'
"llcieco," Echoed Her DnuRhter.''
Ye, that must be It. Now that the
haven of his holies wus drawing near,
lie was more impatient; the suspens.
was tt-lliiiR upon Ids nerves! lie would
run clown to 1 )eereourt on Saturday,
and ascertain how his uncle's efforts
were ttettinu; on.
After he hail ilotermined on this step,
lie saw how rljrht he had been in attri
buting his disquietude to the lust
named cuuse. J je felf better already,
ajid found himself looking lorward to
Suturday with almost as much eager
ness us If it hud been the capital ap
pointment Itself.
He told Kate so when he arrived.
"Do you think It will be a long af
fair?" he iiKtiired,"lt may sound un
reasonable, but now that your father
la really bestirring himself ut Inst, my
present position seems more unendur
ulde than before."
"I i;an understand that." said the
Rlrl, ''fully! I'u pa said something
about t'unada the other day. Would
Miss Oarstalrs mind going out there, do
you think?"
"Well. I hardly know," replied llope
toun. "1 wanted something in Eng
land, of course, but we are very anxious
to marry, and Canada would bo better
than nothing, wouldn't it?"
"I thought bo. and that Is why I did
not veto it when It was mentioned.
Votl had better put It to her. and let
me know what she says. If she has
an Insuperable objection to leaving
h'ome, papa must look for something
else."
"I'll let you' know at once." Arnold
answered. "I don't think there will
be any dilllculty about It. If she doesn't
like to leave her mother, why, her
mother could go out there too."
Ills tone, however, was not so as
sured as his words. He rather dreaded
that Bella would dlsllku the Idea of
fanadu, and the feeling proved pro
phetic n. couple? of days later. The
young liuly declared a colony was out
of the question. Her Interests were all
In London, she paid: she had been horn
III London, bred In diudon. Of course
Bhe loved Arnold very dearly, and would
make almost arty sacrillce for hhn, but
she begged thut he would not ask her to
lie an exile for his sake, for she felt that
that would kll'. her.
What she said to her mother was not
exactly the same thing, though the ob
jection was still there. "It's perfectly
preposterous!" she exclaimed. "Fancy
hf's Lord DrilllnghnnVs nephew, and
the best the old man can suggest now is
nonie wretched appointment In Canada!
that's not what we want."
: "No," agreed Mrs. Cnrstalrs, mildly,
"you want a nice little house In May
fair, and n proper circle around yum. I
can't say 1 think much of that sugges
tion. Yon know. Uella. I have always
thought you could do much better for
yourself than Hopetoun under any
circumstances. Hi; Is very nice, and
rentlCmanly. nnd nil that, but he Isn't
brilliant, and he Isn't rich. Helgho!"
"Ileigho." echoed her daughter.
"Well, it's too late to consider that
now! Besides, I like him, and 1 could
not bring'myself to behave badly to him
It would break his heart. Lord
Piilllngham must find something else
thats all."
fHopetoun was'disnppnlnted. although
Instinctively he has fenred the result,
lie was disappointed alike at ho delay
If entailed, and at Bella's calm reason
ing. He would heve liked her to throw
herself In. his nrms. and sny she
tould go to New Zealand and Serlnga-
patam with him if necessary. Home
clrls went to New Zealand and Bering'
upatam with their lovers. Why. he
knew a girl who had married nnd gone
With a fellow to the diamond fields; and
a Jolly nice girl, too, and a pretty girl!
Skin
Remedies'
Are Pure
Sweet Gentle
And Most
Economical
ttnaM M mwdlly . &1 thioefhwt tat
KrkL BritUhfeMli !' NlT "
Cw-frfiHX Jcttea, P. ft A.
iio o
Not as pretty as Bella, certainly not
the same style of a girl but hang it, did
It necessarily follow that a girl's love
should be more temperate because she
hud style?
Yes, he was disappointed, mortified a
little, too, though he would not ac
knowledge as much as that In his self
communions. It obliged him to write
Kate a letter that necessitated a good
deul of delicate phrasing, it Is not the
easiest thing In the world to tell a third
person that your tiance does uot care
for you enough to agree to something
thut the third person has proposed, and
in spite of ull his pains and euphem
isms. Hopetoun wus disagreeably con
scious that that was what the letter
said.
Miss Drllllngham was sorry ulso when
she received it. for In tin meantime the
Canada prospect hid assumed definite
proportions, and It was now offered to
her cousin if he chose to take it. She
wanted him to take it. She wanted
him to marry Miss Carstairs with the
least possible delay. She wanted this
absurd position that he and herself
were occupying tun aids each other ter
minated as soon us possible. And
though she shrank from acknowledging
all her reasons to herself, they were
sutllelenty cogent to Impel her to see
Miss (.'ait-stairs and endeavor to shake
her resolution.
She would net say anything about
that to Arnold, though. If her mission
were 'Unsuccessful, there was no occa
sion that he rhould ever hear how good
a thing It wan that bis tlancee's absurd
objections had lost him.
She went up to town on the morning
after Arnold's Ingenious letter hnd
reached her, and ti'ok a handsom
straight from Knstun to the address
wl !ch she had so often seen him write.
A certain pleasurable excitement was
in her veins as the cab slopped before
the door. Sho was doing a great deal
for this girl whom she was about to see
for the first time, and she was curious
to look at her.
Mrs. and Miss Carstairs. were they
In? she inquired of th" servant. She
gave her nunie "Miss Drllllnc'ium."
Yes. they were In. Would she step
into the drawing-room? She did and
shivered. Not.ut the poverty, but ut
the lack of taste shown in the pre
tenses. Did Arnold's Dunce take no
interest In her home that she could per
mit these glaring monstrosities about
It these vulgar ornaments, these glass
shades, these dyed grasses!
She had plenty of time allowed her
for reflection. Evidently the ladies
were making toilets in her honor. A
quarter of un hour, twenty minutes
passed, before the door opened, and then
Miss Drllllngham rose at her hostesses'
entrance.
"I must apologize for my visit." she
murmured. "But I thought I might be
pardoned, I was so anxious to make the
acquaintance of my cousin's liuncee and
iter mother.
"It is most kind of you," said Mrs.
Carstairs. "Do sit down. Is it Jiot
kind of Miss Drllllnglium. Bella?"
"Very," said Bella. "I am glad to
meet you, Miss Drlllingham. I know
thut Arnold and I have a lot to thank
you for."
"Not at all," declared the visitor, po
litely, "though I hope you both may
have, one day."
She foresaw that the Interview would
not be quite so easy as she had pictured
it. There was an attempt at dignity
in Miss Carstalr's manner an inten
tion to assert herself, she fancied. "I
hope you both may have one day," she
repeated. "I am very fond of Cousin
Arnold, and I should like his wife to be
among the best of my friends. It Is
funny we should never have met before
under the clrcumstunces. Is It not?"
"We go out very little." said Bella
Carstairs, formally. "My mother's
health!" She. did not mean to repel
the other's advances on the contrary,
she appreciated bnd was proud of them
but she wasted mortal terror of ap
pearing as flattered as she was. It
would "'never do,'" she was saying
mentally, "for Miss Iirillinghnnv to
think Hhe was the sort of . person who
could be patronized.
"I am sorry," said Kate, turning to
the other: "your health is bud?
"A martyr," sighed Mrs. Carstairs,
"a martyr to nerves."
Miss Drllllngham looked sympathet
ic for the necessary moment.
"Arnold did not know was coming
to you, she went on after the pause.
"I Must Apolofile for My Visit."
"I wanted to tell you about the Canada
thing my futher has been offered for
him."
"Oh, Arnold spoke to me about It,"
Bald Miss Carstairs, 1 know!"
"My daughter could not live abroad,'
murmured the elder lady, "we fully de
cided at the time."
"I understood from my cousin that
It was an objection." said Kate, pleas
antly, "but the thing has quite come to
a head now. He can have it. It Is cer
tain! And it's awfully good, you know;
It means "
"It Is quite out of the question,"
averred Bella; "It Is very nice of Lord
Drillinghum, and I am sure both Arnold
and I are very much obliged to him, but
we couldn't go to Canada; It's not to
be thought of. really."
Miss Drillingham's eyebrows would
go up a little, despite her endeavors to
be ninliil'le.
"And yet," she said, cheerfully. "I've
come to try and persuade you to- recon
sider your deternilnatVn! You see
It Isn't as if you would both be going
out there forever: It Is only a question
of a few years, and It may lead to some
thing even better over here. It would
be u splendid position, too. compared
to what Arnold has now Twelve hun
dred a year, and"
"Twelve hundred!" said Mrs. Car
stairs. with a Bmile; "splendid."
"Well. I think it splendid, relatively!
Don't you, Bellu may I call you Bella,
since we are going to be cousins?"
"1 Bhall be very pleased yes, pray
do. No, I can't say it strfkes me as a
fortune. It would be very nice here tor
the present, but not a thousand times
not In payment for exile."
"Oh!" cried Kate. "Don't call It 'ex
ile!" Of course. If It won't do, It won't,
hnd we must try something else, but
tltls would mean Immediate marriage,
and I've been promised you will make
me one of your bridesmaids, and I'm
dying to play the part. And then"
She looked at Miss Carstairs signifi
cantly. The mother was a little In the
way; she felt Bhe could have talked
more plainly without her. "It It won't
do. It won't," she said again.
' "Mother." said Miss Carstairs. "Miss
Drllllngham will stay and lunch with
us. Won't you?"
"I'm afraid I can't, thanks," an-
1
Rwered Kate. "It would make me late,
but"
Mrs. Carstairs understood. With a
lulu mured excuse she vanished from
the room, and for a moment the two
tlan.ces of Arnold Hopetoun the real
and the mock, looked at each other in
silence.
Kute broke It. "You see," she ob
served, "this game Arnold and I are
playing can't be continued indefinitely,
and posts don't crop up every day. One
can't say how long it will be before an
other Is obtainable."
Oh! yes. of course," replied Miss
Carstairs, vaguely.
"He Is awfully fond or you. ana very
Impatient, and. if I may take the lib
you recommend you very strongly In
deedto counsel him to accept the
present offer while he can."
"I couldn't do thut." said the other;
"I couldn't do that In Justice to my
self." "But but. good heavens, why?" cried
Kate. Was this the devoted Bella for
whom she consented to play so ques
tionable a role!
"It is too Impossible." said Miss Car
stairs. firmly. "Kxpntrlatlon. as X have
already explained, won't be considered."
Miss Hrillingham's jiatience had Its
limits. "Vou won't mind my pointing
out that my father found this appoint
ment under the impression that Arnold
wus going to marry me?" she said;
"that it was I who would accompany
him that the 'awfulnefs' that discour
ages you would huve to be borne by my
self?" Miss Carstairs looked courteous un
concern. "Lord Diilllnglium. of course,
knows best what he would be satisfied
for his own daughter to do." she said,
"but I have to consider my mother's
opinions. Please don't let us talk about
Canuda any more. Have you seen
Duse? Sverybody's opinion about her
seems different."
Kate Drilliugham put out her hand
with a smile. "It's finished!" she said.
"You must let me run away now, or I
shall miss my train. Ah. Mrs. Car
stairs, I must say good-afternoon.' No,
nothing, thank you. reully not! Yes,
that is my cab waiting."
She got Into It, and us the wheels be
gan to revolve, beat one of her little
clenched hands on her lap. She was not
smiling now. her face was white and
angry.
If Bulla or her mother could have
overheard what their visitor said to her
self as she drove away, they would have
been considerably perturbed.
"And thut's the girl 1 have been strug
gling to be loyal towards," muttered
Miss Iirllllngliniu between her teeth.
"Arnold, I'm fonder of you than that-1
and you shall know It now!"
(To be continued.)
RAILROAD NOTES.
The following official notice has been
posted by President William E. Guy. of
the St. Louis and Kastern Railway com
pany, owning a;d operating also the
St. Louis and Peoria rullroad, St. Louis
and Chicago railway
To connect lines and agents: The St.
Louis and Kastern Itailway company
has acquired hy purchase the railroad
property known as the North and South
railroad, a line extending from Mount
Oliva to Springfield. 111. The lease of
this property to the Chicago, Peoria and
St. Louis Hallway company expired
Dec. 81, 1S9S. and the North nnd South
railroad, otherwise known ns the ht.
Louis and Chicago, will, commencing
Jan. 1, 1X9C. be operated by the St. Louis
and Kastern Hallway company, witn
the following officials: I. S. Graves,
superintendent and general passenger
agent; A. J. Moorehead, secretary; J. C.
Howe, auditor and treasurer; P. G.
Jonah, resident engineer and road mas
ter: William Dunn, assistant road
master.
Judge Gilbert, of the Federal court,
has issued an order. In the Northern
Pacific, receivership case, calling on cue
Farmers' Loan and Trust company, the
Northern Pacific- Railroad company and
Receivers Burleigh, Bonner and Mills,
to show cause before him at Helena,
January 9, why present diversified re
ceiverships In the different Judicial dis
tricts should not be made uniform and
harmonious by the appointment of one
or more receivers to manage the prop
erty, who should work together as a
unit. The rule was obtained un motion
of counsel lor the receivers. It is be
lieved Judge Gilbert has decided to put
an end to the present complicated con
dition, or he would not have made the
order returnable to himself at Helena.
The audit of the receivers of the Phil
adelphia and Reading railroad and the
Reading Coal and Iron companies for
the month of )ctolier, 1S!I5. has been
filed by Special Master Crawford. The
account for the railroad company shows
a balance brought over to Oct. 1 of $S.
Iftl. To this were added the receipts
from travel, freight nnd tolls on coal,
etc.. $2,OX4.:is. and other receipts, mak
ing a total of $4,013,911. From this there
were deducted $721.7'i"i for wages, Sl.lu.,
Kso for material and expense bills and
the various other outlays, leaving a
balance on hand at the end of the month
of $l.4T"i,12G. The account for the Coal
and Iron company showed a balance
brought forward from Sept. 30, of $173,
:'2. To this were added the receipts
from coal sales. $2.3l,7.-i"i7. and other re
ceipts, giving a total of $3.K32.U:. There
were deducted from this $s:!;,.ri00 for
wuges, $39,437 for salaries, $S4,746 for
coal purchased, $1X8,394 for material
purchased, $435,870 paid to the receiv
ers of the railroad company on account
of freight und tolls and various other
disbursements. A balance was carried
forward to November of $4).S:!9.
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Years, veurs iiko.
Now o'er her lowly grave the bramble
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And scant weeds grow.
Her memory In no living heart remains.
Vet hor song lives.
And, to the Foul that mourns Its dear and
dead.
Sweet comfort gives.
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15 THE LARGEST PIECEOF
GOOBTobacco Sold FbR
THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
Wall Street Hevlow.
New York, Jan. 7.peculation at the
Stock Exehnnge was nervous und Irregu
lar today. Business was on a smaller
seale, however, the trannactions amount
ing to 'MlAX shares. There was an ap
proach to demoralization at the opening
owing to lower cables from London, the
execution of stop loss orders and sales
by local commission houses. The break
In the active Issues at this time ranged
from IS to 2'i per cent, l'aclflo Mall, 1.11 g
Four, Consolidated (las, the Grangers and
the international Issues leading. Some cf
the specialties which are rarely dealt in
scored even heavier losses on light deal
ing. The decline in the general market
was checked in the first hour, strong,
houses having turned up as buyers of the
standard iaaues for Investment. London
subaeqavntly bought liberally of St. Paul
and other international Issues. The for
eign buying of St. Paul was on a larger
scale, some estimating It at fully 10,000
shares. The local short interest which has
become quite heavy of late because of the
bond issue development and the uncer
tainty which It is thought must exist in
financial circles until the matter Is finally
settled became alarmed at the London and
commission houses buying and endeavored
to cover. The result was a rise of any
where from 'i to 314 per cent. Tobacco
led the upward movement and sold as
high as 80, The Grangers, Louisville and
Nashville, Sugar. Chicago Uus, Leather,
preferred, Manhattan and Western I'nlon
all shared In the Improvement. Sugar was
benefited by Washington rumors that the
senate will not tamper with the sugar
tariff after all. In the afternoon trading
some highly sensational rumors regarding
the Kuropean political situation were cir
culated. One story was that the Qerman
ambassador had been tired on in London.
The rumor originated here, was tele
graphed to Boston as a report current In
the board nnd was later sent from Boston
to New York as an actual fact. Of course
there was nothing in It. The gold with
drawals had a little more effect in the last
hour. The withdrawals and engagements
of the metal for export were reported at
M75.U00. This total includes the .'KK).0"U
engaged by Lazard Freres last week, but
held subject to foreign orders by thut
firm. Against this there were deposited
$l,V0O,Omi gold in exchange for greenbacks
by various city banks and bullion dealers.
Of the gold withdrawn tl.uiiv.uuo and pos
sibly f2.!M.im may be forwarded tomorrow.
The sensational rumors and the gold move
ment resulted III a reaction of Vial per
cent. In the general list and 2's per cent.
In Tobacco. . Speculation closed barely
steady In tone. Net changes show losses
of a-'!4 per cent, in some of the active
stocks and gains of Ua'i per cent, la oth
er. St. Paul, which was the most active
stock, figured for 45,50(1 shares. Hugar,
which came next, sold 44.400; Burlington
was third with 18,900 shares.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN, AI
LEN St Co., correspondents for A. P.
CAMPBELL, stock Broker, 412 Spruce
street,
Op'n- High- Low- Clos
ing, est. est. in.
Am. Tobacco Co.... 77 8( 7(ii W
Am. Cotton Oil lti'i Hi; lir'i
Am. Sugar He'g Co.. 97a4 OT
Atch.. To. & 8. Ke... 13- IIP 124 13H
Canada Southern.... 4U 4ti' a 4fi2 4Hij
Chesa. m& Ohio 13'i Vi', V.i 13r'i
Chicago Oas 0'J'i BS'i tt! 83'
Chic. 4Sr X. W r, 97'4 47. W
Chic, B. ft O. 7JU 74 73'i
C. C. C. & St. I. 32 321 j 31 32
Chic, Mil. & St. i. 4'i CVU 3a 63H
Chic., R. 1. & Pac... 03 S3 2 113
Delaware & Hudson. 120'i' 120' 11 Mi 120';,
D. . L. & W IWi liM 155", 155",
Dist. it C. F 144 1'i'i 14'i lii
tlen. F.lectrie 23 24', 23 23S
Lake Shore 135i 13i.i IK'i l:i"i
Louis. & Nash 40' 41 ' 40 40?,
M. K. & Texas. Pr.. 23 23 2214 Mi
Manhattan Kle 100 luo W't
Mo. Pac 22", 23'i 22 22'
Nat. Cordage 44 4' 4', 4i
Nat. Lead 23 2'1'j 23 23",
N. J. Central US 16 ti Kii.
N. Y. Central 3 .. K!
N. Y., L. E. V'.... 13, 13',i 13'a 144
N. Y.. 8. ft V IT.. 3 3 2i 2'4
Nor. Pac, Pr lu'i loi liM4 10'4
Ontario ft West 12!, 124 12:, Vn
Pac. .Mail 23 24', 22',, 234
Phila. ft Head 23, 3 2, 2
Southern II. K -. ', 8 8'f,
Tenn., C. ft 1 23', 24'4 23'4 Zi
Cnion Pacllic 3',, 3 3n 34
Wabash li'i :, li'i
Wabash. Pr 14!, IS U'-j 15
Western L'lon 82'4 W S2'4 8314
W. L 10, 13i 10 10-1,
1'. S. leather &', 'a 'i Kii
U. S. Leather, Pr... 60 CI', &', 60j,
CHICAGO BOABD OF TRADE PRICES.
Op'n- High- Low- Clos
WHEAT.
May
July
OAT3.
May
CORN.
May
July
LARD.
May
PORK.
May
ing.
r.9
Ctt'i
19
2814
'
. 6.72
. 9.53
est. est. ing.
ti0"4 r (.',
01 59!, til'
19-, 19 19'.
2ST, 28'i 28?,
29S 29' 29,
5.72 S.T 6.70
9.53 9.40 9.50
Scran ton Board of Trad Exchange Quotations-All
Quotations Based on Par
of 10O.
Name. Bid. Asked.
Green Ridge Lumber Co 110
Dime Dep. ft Dls. Bank 130 ...
Scranton Lace Curtain Co 50
National Boring & Drilling Co. ... 80
First National Bank 659 ...
Thuron Coal Land "o 90
Scrantan Jar ft Stopper Co ST
Scranton Qtaas Co to
Spring Brook Water Co ... ' lot
J
rr
Klmhurot Boulevard Co
Scranton Axle Works
Third Notional Bank 350
Larka. Trust and Safe Dep. Co ...
Scranton Packing Co
Scranton Savings Bank 200
Lacka. Iron ft SCMl Co
Weston Mill Co
Hrranton Traction Oe ,
Tlonta Plate Glass Co
Scranton Car Replace Co
BOND'S.
Scranton Glass Co
Scranton Pass. Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 110
Scranton Traction Co
People's Street Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 lit
Scranton ft Plttston True. Co
People's Street Railway, Sec
ond mortgage due 1920 110
Lacka. Valley Trac. Co., first
mortgage due 1825
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lacka. Township School 6
City of Scranton Street Imp 6 ...
Suranton Axle Works
100
to
ico
97!4
iio
250
15
m
90
100
103
103
101
Now York Prodnee Market.
New York. Jan. 7. Flour Steady, quiet,
Wheat Spot market active, firmer; No. 2
red store and elevator, We.', afloat, 72'ic;
f. 0. b., 70a4a71:1ic. : ungraded red, 85a73c.;
No. 1 northern, e. ; options were more
active, strong and l'alV'. upon firmer
cables; No. 2 red, 07,0 :; February, bWu-i
Marcn. on-vc; aiay, ve?4c.; Juiy, tf'e.
Corn SdoU dull, firmer: No. 2 at 3.'i'4c. ele
vator; 'M'jc. afloat; options quiet and
tlitn at 'a'ac. advance; January, 3.ru,c;
renruary, &iv4c; .May, 8u'4c; juiy, H,e..
Oats Spots quiet, Hrmer; No. 2 at 23a
21c; No. 2 white, 25c: No. 2 Chicago. 24a
25c; No. 3 at 23!4c: No. 3 white. 24c; mixed
weatern, 24a25c; white do., 24a2H4jC,; white
state, 24a27Mic; options dull, firmer; Jan
uary, 234v.; February, 24c; May, 24Vsc;
No. 2 white January, 25c. Provisions quiet,
steady and unchanged. Lard Quiet,
lower; western steam, to.ti.".; city, $J.2."aD.,'l;
January, $.".; nominal; refined, dull; con
tinent, 16.10; South America, $0.40; com
pound, 45a."c Pork Steady; mesa. tS.DOa
10. Butter Quiet and unchanged. Cheese
Quiet and unchanged. Eggs Quiet and
unchanged.
Buffalo Llvo Stoek.
Buffalo, N. Y., Jun. 7. Cattle Firm: ex
tra fancy steers, 44.35a4.li0; good shippers,
S4.10a4.25; light to good 'handy butchers',
S3.60a3.90; mixed butchers', I3.15a8.35; old to
good fut cows, 8l.75a3.25. Hogs Active
and higher; Yorkers, S4.20a4.2i; pigs, (4.2m
4.30; mixed and medium weights, t.415a4.20;
roughsv 83.30a3.oO: stags, 83a3.2!. Sheep
and lambs Steady for handy sheep, 10 and
15 cents higher for lambs; prime lambs,
$5a5.15; good to choice, J4.Ka4.Wl; light to
fair, !4a4.50; culls, $3u3.25; mixed sheep,
good to choice, 82.05a3.25; light to fair,
82.15a2.fiO; culls, $1.75a2; export sheep ac
tive and 10 and 20 cents higher, S3.25a2.60.
Chicago Live Stock.
Union Stock Yards, 111., Jan. 7.-Cattle-Receipts,
6,500 head; market easy and 5 and
10 cents lower; common to extra steers,
S3.2oa4.75: stockers and feeders, S2.5Oa3.70;
cows and bulls, Sl.50a3.5O; calves, I3.2ia6.75;
Texuns, :ia4.10. Hogs Receipts, 37,000
head; market weak and 5 and 10 cents
lower; heavy packing and shipping lots,
S3.tiou3.85; common to choive mixed, S3.5oa
3.05; choice assorted, S3.76a3.85; light, S3.60u
3.90; pigs, S2.75a3.75. Sheep Receipts, 14,000
head; market steady; Inferior to choice. S2a
3.60; lumb.s, S2.50a3.
Toledo Grain Market.
Toledo, O., Jan. 7. Close. Wheat Re
ceipts, 6,500 bushels; shipments, 4,00 bush
el; firmer; No. 2 red cash, 674c; May,
69ic; July, 654c; No. 3 red cash, l&c.
Corn Receipts, 3.00 bushels; shipments,
34,000 bushels; dull; No. 2 mixed May, 294c
Oats Receipts, 400 bushels; shipments,
4.0J0 bushels; nominal. Cloverseed Re
ceipts, 306 bugs; shipments, 285 bags; quiet;
January, $4.40; February S4.42',; March,
84.45.
Philadelphia Tallow Market .
Philadelphia, Jan. 7. Tallow Is steady,
but dull. We quote: City, prime. In hoas
heads, 3"4c.: country, prime, In barrels,
3'4c; do. dark, in barrels, '3!ia3"4c; cukes,
4'c; grease, 3n: '
Oil Market.
Oil City. Pa., Jan. 7. Oil opened, highest
and lowest, 81.49: closed at $1.49 bid. Stand
ard's price, 11.50.
THE MAN WHO ADVERTISED.
From the San Francisco Post.
"Once, when I was publishing a paper in
Seattle, I convinced a man In a most em
phatic way that it paid to advertise," said
an old Journalist. "He was a fairly pros
perous merchant and I had tried for a
long time to get him to Insert an advertise
ment In my paper.
" 'Oh, It's no use,' he would say. 'I
never read the advertisements In a paper,
anil no.one else does. I believe In adver
tising, but in a way that will force Itself
on the public Then it pays. But In a
newspaper pshaw! Everybody who reads
a newspaper dodges the advertising pages
as if they were poison.'
" 'Well,' said I, 'If I ran convince you
that people do read the advertising pages
of my paper will you advertise?'
" 'Of course 1 will. I advertise when
ever I think it will do uny good.'
"The next day I ran 'the following line
In the lightest faced agate In the office
and stuck It in the most obscure corner
of the paper 'between a couple of patent
medicine ads:
" 'What Is Cohen going to do about it?'
"The next day so many people annoyed
him by asking bint what that line meant
that he brfeged me to explain the matter
In my next issue. I promised to do It If
he would let me write the explanation
and stand to It. He agreed, and I wrote:
" 'He la going to advertise, of course.'
And ha did.'
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(AUTION
to our
WasMurn.CroHby Co. wish to assure their many pat
rons thut they will thin year hold to their usual custoaa
of milling. STRICTLY OLD WHEAT until the new eroa
is fully cured. New wheat lit now upon the market, ana
owing to the excessively dry weather many millers arc
of the opinion thut if Is already cured, and in proper
rondition for milling. Wushburn-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 hafl
placed Washburn-Crosby Co.'a flour far above othaf
brands.
QEGARGEL
Wholesale Agents.
HOfiSBMEN !
DO NOT WAIT,
FOR SNOW AND ICE.
Have your Hones' Shoes prepared with proper holes for
"Hold Fast" Calks.
SIZES, 5-16,
r: s w -a
Thla Tarer Tin fastens fc . JSk , 1 " 9
it 1 1 3 I I S o o
Calk in Saoe, 1 1 C 2 S I M
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pSlplP 111 6
ASK YOUR SHOER ABOUT THEM.
For further particulars address
TTE1I
EIDER
SCRANTON, PA.
Agents for Northern Pennsylvania and Southwestern New York.
BMiUt la 4 wteki.
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IEDIC1WE
For sale by JOHN H. PHELPS,
pruc Straot Scranton Pa.
THE NEW
NO, 2,
Contain, all that has made Hammond Work
famous, and NEW, NOVEL and USEFUL im
proremants. "Hammond Work the Crltsrton
of Hammond Superiority." "Hammond Bales
tba Criterion of Hammond Popularity." Ham
mondNo. i. 'Th fsrfaet Typewriter. Kx
amin. it aad bo convinced. Philadelphia
branoh of Th Hammond Tjrpawrltar Co., US
S, Sixth Btroet.
F. A. & A. J. BRAND! ,
414 Sprue St, Scr salon RtertMntathr.
DUPONT'S
HIDING, BLASTII3 MO SPORTING
POWDER
Hanofactarad at tba Wapwallopn MOIa, tit)
aarao oooatjr, pa., aad ai Wil
mington, Delaware,
HENRY BELIN, Jr.
General Agent for th. Wroasing District.
HO WYOMING AVE Scranton, Fa,
Third Hatsaaal Bank BaiUisg.
H08. 90UXK Mitotan, Fa.
JOHN a SMITH HON, 1
Ptoainmtfc. Pa
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M. npowot-y, Attach?, Vwleocelt) and other wcknea, ftgm any cause, uie
Maine rin. uraina cnacaea ana lull vtfor quicKiy feitorea. u negitrtioa, tu.n
troubln result fatally. Mailed anywhere, eealed, fort.ooi 6bomforf5.ee. With
very la oa oraler we (We a leva! tttanntM to cure or fefsiul the eaoMy. Addreia
C0.,CUleaa Ohio.
Pharmacist cor. Wyoming Avanu an
KannfactursTs of the Clbratao
PILSENER
LAGER BEER
CAPACITY S
foo.ooo Barrels per Annum
RE VIVO
RESTORES VITALITY.
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Trie aniAT 8otb
SXIXJXT03
predaews the KboT reeolt ln'30 days. It act
powtrfullr as qulcklr. Cares when all others tell.
Teaaaaeavillrafain their lost manaood.aadeld
man will nearer tbtlr youthful vtr by atn.
RalTlTO. II oaletir vi tanlj reor nou.
Bess, Loot Vitality, Istpeteaer. BKhUy Emletlens,
tost Fewer. Fall Ins Memory. WatUna Dieas, end
ell eaeets el sell-abna or ewweaad iDdtseretlea,
vhlea aalta m (or tudy. kvilnfM or marrlat. It
net only eune ay startina at the Met of nseaee, but
lit anal aumatanln and hlood builder. brliK'
1st bask th pink glow to pale checks and !
Mating th tire ef youth, ft wtrda off Inanity
and Cearamntioo. Init ea atrlBg RETITCae
othw. It eta be carried la wl ocat. By aiill,
IM9t seekae. or sis for ., with Boat
Uto written gaarantaw ear eat safunel
the money. Circular tree, addrtse
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