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John Brlilger wa baffled, and being
baffled was out of humor with the
world In general and with the village
of Oldby In particular.
He had gone up the ladder of his
profession with a run with so quick a
run that ' among pressmen he was
known as Boss 'Tec. The crime he was
investigating was too ordinary to allow
of one of those miraculous Hashes of In
sight for which he was so famous; in
fact, had he not been longing for coun
try, air after his close application to
the honored Vanlglrard-Vannes case,
he would have turned the Oldby murder
over to a confrere. This murder hud
no lurid background, no picturesque
touches, and yet It battled him.
The bald outline given to him was
this:
A man a Frenchman, Alphonse
d'llimbu by name had come to Oldby
on a visit to Ir. Kettle. These two had
met at Vichy the previous year, and
hud chummed over billiards and cigars.
No great friendship hud ripened, and
yet when little M. d'llimbu hud writ
ten from London to say, ,-lt would give
me great pleasure to 'see you before
you return to Purls," Charles Settle liud
cordially replied: "Pome down for a
clay or two, und see something of rural
Knglund, and give me my revenge fur
thnt lust lost gunie."
The strunger arrived on Wednesday
by the HIS from Liverpool street; nt
six that same evening Dr. Settle re
ceived mi urgent summons to Leu furm,
about two miles awuy. M. d'llimbu,
left alone, hud sauntered forth into the
garden, and from thence Into the lrni?
that skirts the doctor's garden and the
rectory grounds the Hack Lane It is
locally culled.
A Uritlsli earthwork, picturesquely
crowned by elm and wild eherrv trees,
must have attracted M. d'Hlmbu. for
he had evidently climbed the stile half
way down the lune. and crossed the
"ISr'ttsh Field" to the knoll. There he
wus found twenty minutes later by Ar
thur Whitcroft. a lad of seventeen or
thereabouts, stabbed to the heart.
An Inquest hud. of course, been held,
when the Inevitable trump was mooted.
A beetle-browed fellow had heen seen
loafing about thut day. Uut the coro
ner had dismissed this theory lit once.
"A trump." he remarked pureiilhetl
eally, "may mutter Imprecations when
sent away empty-handed, but he does
not run amuck like. a Maluy funutlc."
The station master was culled.
'Had the 8.20 train set down any pas
sengers?" vVes: one."
Who?"
"The rector."
There was a slight sensation here, for
If, the rector bad taken his usual short
cut across the British Field he must
have reached the knoll nt 6.23 the very
time of the murder. The rector .Mr.
tluyhlrn was the next witness; he
had seen nothing absolutely nothing,
lie hud walked home pondering over
an address to the farm luds. anil had
looked neither to (he light nor to the
lft. I'pon reaching the rectory he
had gone slraijlit to his study, and hud
there and then made notes of his
thoughts.
He spoke straightforward, and his
parishioners belleveu him they had
never know him either to say or do
anvthinv underhand, and the'- respect
ed' him for his blending of sympathy,
common sense and humor.
A purlor maid continued his state
ment about writing in the study; she
liud taken him ill a cup of tea. and
hml iibt noticed that he was at all
flustered.
There was nothing for it but to bring
n a verdict of "murder against some
nelson or persons unknown'' a verdict
at which Oldby chafed. Was a murderer
to run free and unpunished in tneir
mldst?
In the course of days trivialities leuk
ed out and theso taken together could
no longer be regarded as mere noth
ings. For two months a Marjorle llarchden
hud been a guest at the rectory It was,
In fact, to be her home until the return
of Mr. Marchden from Ceylon, where he
had a coffee plantation.
On the evening of the murder Jane,
the cook, had seen MIms Marchden "Just
fly up stairs as scared like as a crow
with a rattle behind It."
Then Susan, the housemaid, testified
with many tears that a dagger a queer
foreign-sticking thing hud disap
peared from Miss Murjorie's room,
where It had always hung on a null.
And to the whole village it was np-purt-nt
that tin? hitherto energetic,
lilght and bonny girl hud suddenly
liecome pule and dejected.
"They suy us they know the murder
er.' excluimed Dr. Settle's housekeep
er, as she bustled uli omelette down be
fore him. "Hut it Willie it's hot, sir
it's prime this minute; although, us T
said to tireen. I'll never believe It of a
fine handsome young lady like Miss
Murchden."
"What:" asked the young doctor,
Jumping up so suddenly that the break
fast table danced a jig und the omelette
slipped from the dish. -
"It's took him more aback than Mr.
Unity's death Itself, and he feels thnt
bud enough." suld Mrs. Green, who was
li slirew'd woman.
She was right.
That Murjorle should be suspected
caused him more exquisite pain than
did the murder of M. d'liiinbu.
"I'd give my practice tocleur her." he
mouned; und suiting the action to the
word he took out a telegruph form and
dtished off a request for Itoss Tec's aid.
John Brldger bad heard the story, hud
(r-en the spot, and was baffled.
That murder had been done was be
yond question; the position of the
wound did away with the possibility
of suicide but what was the motive?
The rector hail crossed the field at
the hour of the murder, but he wus be
yond suspicion; although as Boss 'Tec
thought "sometimes irreproachable
middle age has the background of a
shady past;" hut one piece of evidence
alone diverted suspicion from Mr. Guy
hlrn he had never been abrond and
M. d'Himbut had never before been in
Kngland.
As for Miss Marchden well, her past
history must be traced, and nlready a
trusty clerk was .on his way to Brussels
where Marjorle had been to school, but
from the little he had learned about her
disposition, character and tastes, she
did not seem likely to be the door of the
deed.
Boss 'Tec held a map of Oldby in his
hand, and as he studied it an idea
dawned In his mind. He slapped one
knee and exclaimed "He!" he slapped
the other and exclaimed "Ha!" And
this to his colleagues would have been
a signal that his great brain was be
glnnlbg to work at a theory.
Did Dr. Settle go by the road to the
Lea farm, or did he ride, taking the
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he, too, might be in the British Field at
the time of 'the murder.
He and M. d'Hlmbu had played to
gether; nay, more; there had been a
suggestion of "revenge for a lost
game!"
Doubtless It was a question of money.
The fact that the doctor had himself
sent for an investigator went for noth
ing; the doing so might simply be a
repetition of the blind used by Captain
Meldy in the Cat's live robbery.
Money, then, was the motive for the
Oldby murder, and from the well-head
of this motive John Blidger deemed It
would be easy to track the murderer.
Whistling contentedly, he looked from
the window, and seeing Arthur Whit
croft driving some oullocks from the
street Into Back Lane, strolled forth
to Join him.
"l'rlnie beasts," he remarked, by way
of greeting.
"Ay, ay. sir," replied the lad, with the
customary brevity of the Knglish vil
luger. "Makes me feel young again; takes
me back twenty years; and It's good
for a man to step back sometimes." he
said to the boy. who begun to take a
liking to Dr. Settle's fresh visitor.
".My father had a farm in the north,
right up in the dules, and I and my
brother Jim used to drive our cows to
pat-lure down by the neck, and there
we would lie about for hours, watching
the water ouzels and the kingfishers.
and fishing for crayfish and newts. I
sharpened my power of observation
down by thut stream," he continued,
with a sigh of sentimental remem
brance, at the same time switching a
lagging bullock with an adroitness
that won his companion's admiration.
"Lea farm you're going to. aren't you?
Ah no! of course not. I know you live
at the Hollow. But let me see; how
long will it take me to walk over to
Lea?"
"Hy the bridle-path, twelve minutes,
sir."
"The bridle-path! I suppose most
folks go that way?"
"Yes, sir, Vept In mucky weather;
then they takes the road."
"Ah. well! It's not mucky weather
now. The Lea people must find a nice
step saved when they enn come to
church that 'gainer' cut."
"Ve-i: and It's handy-like for the doc
tor now the missus is bad."
"Ah!" said Hoss 'Tec softly. "It's
jwampy here," he continued, as they
passed the stile that leads Into British
Field. "Kinkcuiis and milkmaids
grow here in May, don't they?"
"Ay, sir, and frogs, too."
"Not the place for a patent-shoed
Frenchman to. limb over," mused the
detective, "unless he haooened to meet
a friend who knew the way. I'll huve
another look at the knoll;" and nod
ding farewell to the lad, he crossed Into
the now noted field.
A few paces brought lilin to the spot
wherejMior M. d'll'mhu had been found.
A crushed cluster of ponpies showed
the exact place where the body had
fallen. The setting sun glittered on
something bright that lay beside the
poppies.
Mr. Brldger stooped and picked this
something up.
it whs a string of five minute Jet
beads.
"Part of a fringe," muttered Boss
'Tec, whose keen eye noted even the
frivols displayed by Jay and Peter
Kobinson.
Five yards further on, nearer to the
tiny thatched British cottage thnt
stood off from the puth, there lay an
other string one of three beads only.
"Hum!" snld the detective, "hum!
Less than tills has hanged a man. They
may huve come off the dress of some
Sunday slght-seer; but I'll keep them,
all the sunie.
"(!ood evening. You're muklng the
most of your time" this to a while
cupped old dame who sat knitting
within the rose-bowered porch of a
British coltuge.
"Ay. sir! days Is never too long for
willing fingers."
"And I dare say you're a bit lonely
"Why, sir. as for thut, I've my
thoughts, and thoughts is grand com
panions. And the ludies from the rec
tory most ways gives me a look one or
the other. Miss Murchden, slie've been
here hours lately, for bile's a-doing of
my plcter."
And with a sign of invitation she en
tered tlie cottage und took down a
block.
It was a wonderful bit of water-color
drawing, and reminded Mr. tirtdger of
Cooper's "Nancy Macintosh." He
prided himself on knowing something
of art.
"Ah! comes often, does she?"
"Yes, sir; and glad I am to see her.
The last time was on the evening the
poor French gentleman was killed.
Hh, sir! it's sad 1 am to think he was
so near just behind the mound und I
never heard his cry for help, flolng in
my eighty-six though I be, I'd huve
done summut for him."
"Wus Miss Murchden here at the
time?"
"No, sir; let me think; she left ten
minutes yes, it must have been about
ton minutes before."
"Ah!"
"And If she isn't here now!" ex
claimed the okl woman, with a look of
genuine gladness.
John Bridge!- turned, and came face
to face with Miss Marchden.
She wore a black cloth cape trimmed
with Jet fringe.
There was a break in the fringe close
to the right shoulder.
"Ah! once, again ejaculated Boss
Tec."
"Well?" queried the doctor that even
ing. It was his usual ufter-dinner ques
tion and hitherto Mr. Blidger had re
plied by a sliuke of the heud. Tonight,
however, he puused. und Dr. Settle, no
ticing the puuse, looked up quickly
anxiously.
"Any clue."
"Yes."
"Not not you can't suspect her!"
said the young man vehemently, thus
ut iiujiiin ner rears.
"My dear fellow, I'm here to suspect
anybody and everybody even you."
The expression of his host's face as
sured the detective that he was guilt
less of the slaving of M. d'llimbu; he
could no longer hold the theory he
started from the motive of money.
"But don't be overtroubled. Of course
the whole thing Is a trouble, but still,
much has to be proved yet; much may
have to be unproved. Light mav come
with tomorrow' post Airs. Brldger Is
working like a Bleuth hound in Paris.
I believe you know my wife is a French
woman: she was governess at Llmby
Abbey, mid I met her when I went down
there about the poisoning of his lord
ship s mare. Warpaint. She's taken to
the tee business like a duck to water,
and always helps me in my foreign
work; In fact, it was really my wife
who ferreted out the first clue in the
anglrard-Vannes affair. I believe in
a woman helping her husband even in
the roughest profession. Hy the bv
what is Mrs. Guyhirn like? I've met the
rector again and again, but she always
seems invisible." '
"Mrs. Guyhirn? Well. I hardly know.
She wears her hair parted down the
middle, and buys her next summer
clothes at the autumn sales: at least, so
so Miss Marchden says. But I believe
she's a good mother and a good parish
worker."
The morning's post brought the
hoped-for light. From Brussels there
was a brief note:
"The school is near the Pare Leo
pold; very quiet and well conducted.
Miss M. was liked by all: there Is no
escapade of hers to record her hobby
was painting."
From Paris the missive was bulkier:
"M. d'llimbu seems to have been sim
ply a flaneur, whose sole aim was to
be tres chic. His brother cannot ac
count for the murder; says Alphone
was not a man to quarrel; thinks the
motive must have been highway rob
bery. M. Hernl allowed me to appro
priate hi brother's album; this I send
to you. Notice the girl In the Cains
boro" hut; J, oil will see her repeated in
many styles. 1 fancy she Is un Kng
llshwoimiti. Is she Miss M. l.-.'"
"No. certainly not; she was to fair,
too slight, too arch. John Bridger
looked at her uguin andtagain, for his
professional acumen detected thut this
girl had entered largely Into M. d'Hlm
bu's life.
"The policeman." said Mrs. Green, in
terrupting his study of the album.
Boss 'Tec turned, to see in the man's
hand a foreign dagger, halt covered by
congealed blood.
"Found on the top of the ollar win
dow that flanks the rectory field gute
evidently flung there by some person
entering the grounds that way. Sworn
to by Susan Jones as being the dagger
formerly In the Kssession of Marjorle
Crawford Marchden."
So spoke the constable In his most
professional manner and voice.
"Shall 1 arrest Miss Marchden. sir?"
he continued, as Boss 'Tec stood silent
ly regurding the weapon. "It's clear
circumstantial evidence, sir."
"Have you seen her?"
"I've confronted her with the dagger,
but all she says Is, 'I didn't put it on
the pollard' otherwise she's us dumb
us a bell;" the Oldby policeman was
noted for the vagueness of his similies.
"The motive?" inquired Mr. Brldger,
looking up suddenly.
"The motive will ooze out at the trial,
sir. Motives are like rats in a hole;
they Hashes out when you least expect
'cm. Shall I get a warrant for her ar
rest?" "Walt. I will see her myself. Come
to me later."
"The flight up stairs the dagger
the Jet beads the evident bearing of
a painful secret," murmured John
Brldger; "clear circumstantial evidence,
truly! The bench would bring in a
verdict of guilty at once; and yet, I
don't believe Miss Marchden did it!
That girl in the (ialnsboro' is at the
bottom of It, or I'm not Boss 'Tec.
Question is is she in or near Oldby?
Ha yes, I'll see the rector's wife; she
may throw some light on the Gains
bro's whereabouts."
"Yes. Mrs. Guyhlrn's at home," an
swered the rectory maid, ushering Mr.
Brldger into the morning room.
Mrs. Guyhirn was seated on a low
chair, her youngest child cradled on her
lap; another was at her feet, folding
kindergarten papers.
An admiral butterfly sailed Into the
room; the second child darted after It
with a whoop. Mrs. Guyhirn laughed
at his vain efforts, and as the light of
laughter rose to her eyes Boss 'Tec
started. "I wish to speak with you about this
unfortunate affair: perhaps madam, as
the Intimate friend of Miss Marchden,
you may help me a little. But I tlnd I
have left a paper 1 renuire in my room.
Will you excuse me one moment? 1
will fetch It. and return."
"Certainly," replied Mrs. Guyhirn,
still watching the butterfly hunt.
"He!" said John Bridget-, slapping
one knee. "Ha!" slapping the other.
"No doubt as to motive now. A clever
woman is my Bortrade. At last thl
case Interests me it reaches beyond
Oldby."
Arrived at the doctor's, he took out
M. d'HImbu's album, and turned to
"the girl in the Gainsbro" hat."
"Turned wrecked!" he ejaculated.
"Venus turned Madunnu, but I know
I'm not mistaken."
Slipping the photograph out of the
album, he retraced his steps.
"Is Mrs. Guyhirn still In the morn
ing room?"
"Yes, sir."
Mrs. Guyhirn had dismissed her chil
dren, and wus apparently awaiting Mr.
Bridgcr's return.
"Mudum." he Inquired, closing the
door, und drawing the portrait from his
pocket, "do you know this?"
...
Half an hour later he hastily entered
Dr. Settle's surgery.
"Doctor.vou're wanted at the rectory.
Hush of blood to the head, caused by
shock." Then he added, after a pause:
"And pray to God that for once your
remedies muy fail."
"I muy tell the whole story to you
too," Bos 'Tec said that evening, as he
sat In the clematis-hung arbor with the
doctor and the policeman. "It's a
pathetic bit of life-history besides, it's
interesting to us" looking with a
frown on the policeman "because It
shows how one ought to shy at mere
circumstantial evidence. Motive a tec
hum l u leg to stand on."
Hoss 'Tec knocked the ashes out of his
pipe. and begun as though he were lead
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"Twelve years ago a retired colonel
haunted Monte Curio, lie wus u wid
ower, und he and his daughter lived a
happy-go-lucky Bohemian lite.
"She was pretty III a certain way
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gullied from u Corslcan grandmother.
She hud always a small court, com
posed of men of mixed nationalities,
and when her father hail u run of luck
she bought new frocks und gave pic
nics. One of her most persistent ad
mirers was M. d'liiiubu. but she cared
little for him. One evening the colonel
forsook the tables for baccarat; he lost
two thousand to M. d'Hlmbu. and still
the niad frenzy of play was upon him.
" '1 have nothing ieft to slake,' he
lamented.
" 'Yes.' whispered M. dVIilmbu; 'the
highest stake of all your daughter!'
When the lust of play cooled, the
colonel knew w hat he had done.
"Next morning his duughter found
him on the shore, his right hand grasp
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swayed her as she stood over her
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1 told you thnt Corslcan blond ran in
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tlon.
" 'Neither me nor my money shall M,
u intuitu see uguin. was hnr cry.
"As soon as iiosslble the colonel's
daughter left fur Kngland. to find a
home with her mother's brother, old
Admiral Jonett. l.lf-M it-It h Hitu ivna ns
unlike the bright, gaj Monte Curio life
as It was posible to be. She stepped a
once into an atmosphere of l'uritaism
She sang at open-uir meetings, she
played the harmomlum In the Sailors
Bethel, she signed the pledge, and
joined the Anti-Gambling league. And
in tnis calmer air she forgot vengeance
she remembered M. d'Hlmbu only as
one remembers a bad nightmare.
"Mr. Guyhirn, being in town for the
May gatherings, was fascinated by her
seal and intense energy, and, as she
remarked parenthetically this after
noon: 'He stood on the opposite pole
to M. d'Hlmbu; he had never even seen
a coupler; and so I accepted him.
"She undertook the duties of a vicar's
wife, and fulfilled them. As was uut
ural. there are days when she craved
for the brightness and freedom of other
years; days when her Bohemianism us
serted itself a liohemianism her stu
dious, mater-of-fuct husband could not
comprehend. And thus it came about
that she learned self-repreHHlon: she
simulated that which he would have
her be; she acted her part."
"Over-acted it," remarked Dr. Settle.
'And so her spirit was dammed in
to burst forth with greater force when
her self-renression wus for once for
gotten. By one of the strangest de
crees of fate M. d'Hlmbu came- to Old
by, and learned that the rector's wife
was none other than his old love."
"Some diablerie moved him to send
this note to Mrs. Guyhirn,' continued
Boss 'Tec. taking it from his pocket-
dook ana reauing:
" 'Your father died owinsr me vou
and i'2,tKW; meo me by your prarden at
o.ia, ana pay me one or tlie other.
Alnhone.' 1
"Who took that there note?" demand
ed the policeman.
"Duft Tom, who probably thought
more ot tne sixpence than of the er
rand." '
"The Corslcan blood leaped up, old
memories maddened her; she seized
Miss Marchden's dagger and as luck
would have It her cape, which was
hanging In the hall, and rushed forth
to meet the man who embodied all the
evil of the past. As she reached the
knoll she saw her husband on the field-
path; she knew she loved him and hut
ed M. d'Hlmbu. and In her wrath she
struck once twice. "For my children's
ror my husband s sake I kept silence.'
she said, 'but I would not have, let
Marjorle suffer. "
"And Miss Marchden knew?"
"She suspected. She saw Mrs. Ouy
hlrn fling the dagger on the pollard,
but would not betray her friend.
"It's an uncommon story," continued
Mr. Brldger, "and If It hadn't been
for my Bertrade might never have heen
known, I know she didn't fend that
album without due cause. She's the
'tec. not I."
THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
Wall Street Hcvicw.
(New York, Feb. 19. Speculat ion at the
Stuck Kxchunge was Intensely dull today.
The undertone wus slronn. however, and
higher prices were recorded in a num
ber of Instances. London was a buyer of
Its specialties. Ixmdoii was a buyer of
connections said that interest In Ameri
can securities abroad was reviving. Tlie
main reason for this, so bankers sal. I. was
the high price at which Hritlsh consols ave
selling, these securiiu-s nuvniK nruugni
Wf'i in London today. The declaration
tlon of the regular dividend by the Bur
lington and Unlocy. the favorable traffic
returns of the Baltimore und Ohio, Louis
ville and Nashville, anil Southern Hallway
had a good effect on the market. A feat
ure of the day was the heavy buying of
the new in up to 1177. H.IWS.OOO changing
hands at the board. The uwanl or nearly
five millions mure bonds to Morgan nas
well received us It means un additional
net gain in gold for the treasury. The
particularly strong stock were Louisville
and Nashville, the Grangers and Manhat
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Uuincv to lo'i: Hock Island to 7::: Louis.
ville and Nuthville to 61-V'. ; Manhattan to
lufi'i anil Union Paddc to 7'-j. In the . In
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from 116 to 1 14 Tu llii',-.. Leather Preferred
fell to to and rose to tW4. Speculation
closed firm. Net c ha lores show net giilns
of Vial per cent., Burlington and Qtiincy
lradinr. Sugar. Cliicuso Gas and New
York Central lost 'a per cent. Total
ales were 113.1SJ shares.
Furnished by WILLIAM LTNf. ALLEN
CO., correspondents for A. P. CAMP
BELL, stuck broker. 412 Spruce street.
Op'n-HlRh- Low- Clos
ing, est. et. inir.
Am. Tobacco Co 80 SO'l Tf3! tiw'-i
Am. Sugur Re'g Co..llf.i lbi 1 14-, i;,ia
Ateh., To. & S. Fe.. 16 Hi-".
Che. & Ohio 17'a li'a "
Chicago Gas 6S 6S' UK (M
Chicago & N. V 104i,i Vi I'M1; H)l',
Chic, B. & Q 7H7i S7 ! Wi
C. C. C. & St. L. ... SH 3S14 8s4 SS'i
Chic, Mil. & St. P.. 77' j 77--, 77' , 77--
Chic. R. I. & Pac... 73 7:!,a 7:1 7:t-,
Del. & Hud Ult 1 11 Il'H
Dist. - c. i-' iw; li 1SH
Gen. Electric MP, 81", 31 U III 'i
Louis. & Nash 51', r.li f.l, fil-
M. K. Texas. Pr... "-'D StN. l:S 2a-"-.
Manhattan F.le 1i'4 1i.".-j li"-'i
Mo. Pac au -: i
iai. t oroage if n
Nat. leuil...
2iii
" !! 27
N. J. Central
X. V. Central....
107-a
7'.,
l7?i 1o7 li(7Ji
MS 1,7 'i Wl
27'-i L'7U 27'4
4'k 4', 4',
If.'., 1.V-, ir,n
14, 14'i
2?h I'd-'i 2p?
i:r la'i
Ni 10', lii'x
am m sai
a 23 ssi..
SL. h',, m.;
:'. 7'.-.
I' 1XS IK'.
r4 h.-.'i -';
12', j:; i::-i;
X. Y., 8. W 27' i
X. Y.. . W.. Pr... 4'.
Ontario A West 16',
Omaha 14'i
Pac .Mall ".'
Phil, ft K-ad i:t
Southern K. It lb'4
Southern K. R Pr.. S1'4
Teim., C. & 1 Sit'.,
Texas PaelHc '.,
I'nioii Pacific 7'i
Wabash, Pr I',
Western 1'nion KV-
W. 1 12'
V. S. leather, Pr.... Wi
CHICAGO HOARD OF TP.ADE PRICES.
Op'n- High- Low- Clos.
tug. est. est. Inir.
fi.V, C-,1, .r,
ii oi'j 6t'i r,,
20"i 21 2VL 21
21 21 'i 2u7, aij
31 BO Snr .10
307i SI 31
Ti.Thi s.r7 r.s7, 5
6.70 5.72 &.U7 5.72
10.00 10.02 9.S7 10.00
WHEAT.
May
Julv
OATS.
May
July
CORX.
May
July
LARD.
May
Julv
PORK.
May
Scranton Board of Trado I xchangeQii 0
tations-all 4,uotation Base J on Par
of 100.
Name.
Dime Dep. 41 DIs. Bank
Scranton Lace Curtain Co
BI'1. As
ked,
135
50
SO
'ij
105
100
so
ij
10
100
;
2.V)
i.
lea
100
National Boring & Drilling Co. . .
First National Rank gjj
Scranton Jar & Stopper Co
Spnr. Lrook Water Co
Blmhurrt Boulevard Co ...
Scranton Axle Works
Scranton Savings Bank 200
Scranton Traction Co
Bonta Plate (J!as Co
Scranton Car Replncer Co ...
Sc-anton Packing Co
Weston Mill Co
Lackawanna Iron ft Htecl Co.. ...
Scranton Bedding Co ...
BONDS.
Scranton Glass Co ...
Scranton Pass. Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 110
S.-ranton Traction Co ...
People's Street Railway, first
mortgage due 151 X 0
Scranton Plttston Trae. Co.. ...
People's Street Railway, Sec
ond mortgage due 1920 110
Lacka. Valley Trae. Co., first
mortgage due 1825 ...
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lacka. Township School &
City of Bcranton Street Imp SJ ...
Scranton Axle Work ...
Borough of Wlnton 6 ...
Rush Brook Coal Co
to
90
100
102
j in
100
100
100
New York Produce Market.
Xew York, Feb. 1. Dull, steady, un
changed. Wheat Fairly active, stronger;
No. 2 red store and elevator, 7S'c. ; afloat,
8114c; f. o. b., S0a8Hc; ungraded red.
CTatnc: No. 1 northern, 7fic,; options closed
steady at Vatc advance; No. 2 red Feb
ruary, 72T4c; March. 73Sc: Mav. 71V.;
June, 71V:.: July, 71riic. Corn Dull, Arm;
No. 1 at 36' c. elevator; 37-c. afloat: op
tions dull anl Vic. higher; February, ac;
May, SSVic; July, 37c. Oats J4o4rattly
active, nrmr options dull, rteady; Febru
ary, 2.t'4e. ; May, ;'-.; spot prli-fS, No. 2,
2.Ujt!'.; No. 2 unite. 1140.: JSu. 2 I'M-
atiu. i'.u.-i.'-.'.: No. , 24 V'-; o. 3 while,
2.C3C.; mixed western, 2,a.'7c.; w tilte Male
ami wt-.tern, 2ia2('ji-. I'lovis'.oiis-y.uei,
steady, unchaiiKed. Lani Quit t. steady;
western steam, 7i.72'u; city, $.'00; .Ma..,
t'l.Ufi; rctined, Inactive; contliit-nl. If,.!).,;
Honth America, compound, -tH.V
Pork Dull, uuchaiiKed. Butter Chulca
tinner good demand; state daily, ftilSc;
do. creamer-, 13ul7c. ; western Uulry, U',2a
13c; do. creamery, ir,a20c; do. hold, 12
17c; do. factory, S',3al2c; KlRlns. 20c; Imi
tation creamery, llal5c: rolls, ha 1 Pic.
Cheese Pair demand, unt-hanK'd. ttgK
LiiDcrai supply, weak, stale a tin 1 eaimyi
vanla, luul3(3c; southern, 12ai'ac.; case,
J1.7r.a2.S0; western fresh, 12'iaUo.; limed,
S2a&
Toledo Grnin .Market.
Toledo, l-'eb. 1!). Wheat Receipts, l.f.OO
bushels; shipments. l.utH) bushels; timet;
No. 2 red cash, 73c; .May mid June,
7t'e.: July, 70'ic Corn Receipts, 27,li.".2
bushels; shipments. 2.4U0 bus'.icls; Clay;
No. 2 mixed cash, S'i,c; May. ao-V; No,
3 yellow cash. 2!C-.c. Gala Dull; '. 2
mixed .May, 22'iC Cluverseed itecelpts,
bags; shipments, 1.012 batrs; tlrni;
prime cash and 'Maivh, Sl..ri0a4.5f: October,
$4.lf; prime timothy, cash,
Chicago Live Stock,
t'nlon Stock Yards, 111., l-'eli. J9. Cattle
Receipts. 21. OHO heud: market asv inul
10c lower; common lo extra steers, l.2Tia.
I.fco; Blockers and feeders, fcMWiu ..&: enws
und bulls, SI.'jIuS.W: calve. $:iie;.2.".:
Texans. 2,;j.-aj.!0. I lotts Receipts, 2MM)
neaii; ll'.aiKct easy and 2'--iC. lower; Heavy
packlni; and shipping lots, $:t.!."iaU7'i..
common to choice mixed, vi.UaLlio: chol.-e,
assorted, I.I7'2u4.2:?l..; light, $ln4.2."i; plus,
$3.2."ia4.1,1. Sheep Receipt. S.aH heal;
market steady: inferior to choice, S2.O1
3.SD; lambs, ;l.2.a4.tirl.
Uufralo Live Stook.
Buffalo. X. V Feb. 19. Cut tie lOnlSo.
lower, trading- slow. Sheep and lambs
Lambs easy, sheep stroiiK to slnttlo hltUu.-r;
guud U best lambs, tlal.di; Rood to best
mixed sheep. to.2r,aa.7."i: wether. $1; ex
ports. J3.4titi3.C7i: good to hestPX4N Cic.1-,..
ports, $Xtua3.(i"i. Hors Active. Ftronsci-,
fc hlKheron Yorkers; medium and heacy,
tl.i0a4.Ci; Yorkers, S4.45; pigs, $4.50al.i.
NOT POLITIC.
A lady teacher in one of the public
schools. In trying to .explain the incun
Inif or the word "slowlv," Illustrated It bv
walking across the floor. When she ask-.'d
the clays to tell her how she walked she
nearly fainted when a 'boy at the foot of
the class shouted: "Bow-legged, ma'am!''
i:xpi.aixi:u.
Boy (on the stump, who has hepn pa
tiently watching the strange anKler for
about an hour) -"You ain't caught any.
thin, 'ave yer?"
Stranifpr "No. not yet, my hoy."
Boy "There wasn't no water in that
pond till It rained last night."
On Lak Erie's Shores-The Cantata's
Wife Tolls tho Story-It AY ill
Interest Many People
(From the Buffalo Evening; New.)
If you were to call at 27 Front avenue
you would find a pleasant elderly lady,
Mrs. Captln Heneay by name. Her
kindly smile and joyous manner are to
no small extent due to the escape ahe has
had. Her own words can Better de
scribe her rescue and one can easily un
derstand her present happy eondltlon
when they realize what she has gone
through. She says: "About five
inonths ago I had an attack of Hickness
which lasted for a week and since that
time I have been subject at intervals
to similar attacks, some of which were
longer in duration. It is hard for me to
describe how I suffered. The pain
would commence in my head, after
which It would seem to pass down my
body and settle In my back, my sides
ached, my back achori. and I had a feel-
hiK of groat distress in the bowels. The
Increased pain which seemed to come
from lying down, would be almost un
bearable, my face and stomach would
bloat up and I could hardly stand on
my feet, dizziness made it almost Im
possible; this feelinp was always with
me even after the violence of the attack
passed over. The lastt attack I had was
the worst, and was so bad I would not
have been able to tell this story but for
Doan's Kidney Pills. As soon as I com
menced their UBC I found immediate re
lief. The pain In my back and sides
left me and the dizziness went with it;
the bloating In my face and body dis
appeared and all distress in my bowels
was pone I have great faith in Doan's
Kidney Pills; in a short time they did a
great deal more for me than all the
plasters and medicines which I had re
sorted to In nee kins- relief and cure. I
hope always to be able to procure
them."
For sale by all dealers. Price r-0 certs.
Mailed by Foster-Rlilbiirn Co.. LtulTalo,
N. Y., sole agents for the l S.
of all Cough Msdicine3
is Dr. Acker's English Rem
edy. It will stop a cough in
one night, check a cold in
one day, prevent croup, re
lieve asthma, and cure con
sumption, if taken in time.
It is made on honor, from the
purest ingredients and con
tains neither opium nor mor
phine. If the little ones have
croup or whooping cough,
use it promptly.
Three Sus 25e 5Cc. and $J pr botue.
At Dro22iits
. ACKER MEDICINE CO.,
IS aad 18 CLambera Street, Nw Ycrfc.
r.MRrn as ir nv nnn.rs.ir.
viwuii ui L.OSK .uannwu snouiu senu at
nie lor a otiOK
that oxpln I us how
full manly vlror
is easily, quickly
and pcrmuuenlly
restored. jN'onm-.i
s tutcrlng from
weakness can af
ford to Ignore till 1
timely advice.
Doolc tolls Low
..ll A . I ,
. .-mil ma-utin, ur
velopmen- and tone aro fmiia?ted to every
portion of the body. Kent with positive
proof s (sealed) free to any man on application.
ERIE MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO. N.Y.
Ccmpta Presftrad
BR. HEBRA'8
VIOLA CREAM
Xemom FrKklet, Pimptaa,
Cm.- Metes, BlMkhwds!
aabBm and Tin, and re
stores the alda to lu origi
nal faeahnem producing a
m. ui,l BMlthv enn.
firMmtloDi and .perfectly btrmlesa. At all
faunlsta, ot uaiieu for Mcta, btid lot Circular,
VIOLA IX1N tOAP u hii.,M k
Mi mxiMmt h nam tm M MM, u4 vtam
tMtm iU am. AbntaHlr jmm mA Mimay ml
Mt, Minmtn, Prle 35 Cema,
O. C. BITTNCR & CO..TOLKOO.O,
lUPhSaii1 MtUlw Bro mnt Joha
RESCUED
rm mt
EVA M. HETZEL'S
Superior Face Bleach
PcsiliV.ly E:ui:ves All FdcU Elinulus. '
ierP.36t"'V?7X
Azalea Face Powder is superior to any faca
puwU-r evnr iriHiiiua.-tnreil. l na.1 uuu row
luemled by leading bw i-ty nr.d professional
UiMutitH, liL-eaiWM it uivea 1h lent ioks11)1
enet-t siid never leaves the i-kui roab'li or
scaly. I'riro dj eerits.
Thrlxogcne, Nature's Hair Hrower, ia tlij
greute.t nail- hi v itfurator of tU. irent pro
Kreiv aife. limn purely a voir-tablo com
pound, entirely liauuli'ss. nml um-Telou in
i-.K beutl!-nt effect. All dis-HBen nf tlie Imir
(li I scaip are lemlilv cured I'V the nw o?
'liirlxoyene. Prii-n iiii cents ai d SI For (ale
nt I-. M. J-Iarzors Hair-drensiut! nml Muiil.mru
Harlor. IttO Lackiiwnuu ave. itnd Jle. 1 ban
liln-f Building. Wilkes Burro. Mull orJerii
tilled prompt, v.
THE
TRADERS
NATIONAL BANK OF SCRANTON.
ORGANIZED 1393.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
$250,000
40,000
JOHN T. PORTER. President.
W. W. WATSON. Vice Presidtnt.
K. L. PHILLIPS. Cashier.
DIRKCTOBS.
Funnel Mines, James M. Kvcrburt. Irvine
A. Finch, Pierce R Ftnley. Jcph J. Jeriurn.
M. H. Keinerer, Charles K SUtthewii. John T.
Porter, W. W. Vilou, Charlea, Bcbluver, L.
W. Moras.
AND LIBERAL.
Thla hank invitra t'.xth nitrnn nf Imainaaa
men and Arms generally.
ffttos ar TMt JHioHtrr Mimoai Aonioamta
Ci. iS iKUAMn will euro Von?i
il SET J.yonlerfiil bnja to tnireren
i2Jr TraTfromColl,.lrTliriit.
Innavcra, ttronobliie,
lrIIATFKTB. Aortt
tmmnliattntuf. Anrmelent
. 7 ' rcmen,. cnnrenlent to orr
oeMt.rMilr to S" oa rt Indication of oold.
Ooa'laae Vac et Perauaeaa Car.
JtUifMUosniiunteedornionerroranded. Vrlr.
Bout. l.(.CUSEMiS, kir.,tkn.Lwi,lLci., O.I,
OTroxxac.A.xrra
InrMTUni I SomreMsnd nfeit rm
tl ' f alfmouneei.ne.,
Rb.Mnlil Bnnw, Form, Cut. V'aader
remed, for
1. eld RftrM. Rtirna. I'm, wmj..a.i
arroriraa.B.K. i-nee, Ma . at l)rn- r a li
E!it or bym.nl prepaid. Aiuireaa annhoTa. DA L M
-.For by Matthew Bros. and John
H. PhelDB.
TO our
(ACTION
i
Washburn.CroHby Co. wish to assure their many pat
rons that thuy will this year hold to their usual cuatona
of milling STRICTLY OI.U WHEAT until the new crop
is fully etired. New wheut is now upon the market, an J
owing to the excessively dry weather many millers aro
of the opinion thut it already cured, and iu proper
condition for milling. Washburn-Crosby Co. will tako
no risks, and will allow the new wheat fully thrco
months to mature before grinding.
This careful attention to every detail of milling baa
placed Wtshburn-Crosby Co.'s flour far above othor
brands.
MEGARGEL
Wholesale Agents.
n AMD
Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Iviids, Turnbuckles, Washers, Riv
ets, Horse Nails, Files, Taps, Dies, Tools and Sup
plies. Sail Duck, for mine use in stock.
SOFT STEEL HORSE SHOES
and a full stock of Wagon Makers' Supplies, Wheels,
Hubs, Rims, Spokes, Shafts, Poles, Bows, etc.
TTE11E
ID
SCRANTON, PA.
When In doubt wh to
Sem PilU. rim
troul.ln fnull latally.
Raault lo 4 wetka.
fLAL MEDiCINb CO.,
For eolo by JOHN H. PHELPS, Pharmacist, cor. Wyoming AvaniM ana)
eprucoStreett SQrantflji P.
VVELSBAGH UGIIT
8p:ciallj iiiyxi ior Reading ud Sevlo
I Pi lie
ConiumM tbree (8) feet of gaa per
boar aurl jfive a effloieney of sixty
(60) caudles.
SaviiiK at least S3) per ceuL ovot Um
ordinary Tip lluraera,
Call and See It.
HIT u COiELl CO.,
434 UCKAWaNM 1VENUL
Manufacturers' AsenU.
BREWERY.
If unfactarars of tlx OtibU
PIL8ENER
LAGER BEER
CAPACITVi
oOtOoo Barrels per Annua
Moosi'c Powder Go,
Rooms 1 and 2 CommoieaJtli BM'j,
SCRANTON, PA.
MINING and BLASTING
POWDER
UASB AT MOOSIC ANT) RUSB
DALH WORKS.
LaiBln aV Raad Powder Oe.
Orange Gun Powder
Blectrlo Batteries, Futo for tzpledV
ins Diuii, Niiijr rmam ua
SepunoCutmical Go.'s HlfihEiplosi.a
patrons:
STEEL
RESTORE
LOST VIGOR
iw for Kmatn Cblllij. t.o, of Sasall Tcmet (la ddiat
chacked and lull itr.r qulctlv mloraal. If fieglciMd, lack
Mailtil rwlirr. .cl.d. fori.oot a torn fat tf m. WlK
ClaveUad, Ohio.
' Plnitrin IIhM
n. oid ue
,v ...
Illl'S M
LAGER
BEER
CONNELL
El
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