THE 6CBA2TTON TMBUNI-SATCBDAY MORNTtftt. AUGUST 29. 1896.
NeuJs
WST SIDE EVENTS.
Runaway oa South Mail Avenue Fefc
lows-Acker Weddinf Anno-tice-ment
Newt Note.
A runaway team of handsome black
horses attached to a stylish surry
clashed down ain avenue last evening
before dark and It Is remarkable that
no damage resulted. The team la the
property of Franklin Howell and when
the start was made they were stand
ing In front of his residence on Scran
ton street. The coachman left his seat
to attend to something; In the rear of
the wagon. While he was there the
team started. The coachman hung on
fur a block and when Main avenue
was reached he was thrown off, the
horses tearing at a fast rate down the
avenue toward the South. They kept
the middle of the road and were not
stopped until Kynon street was reach
ed. The damage was slight.
TELI-OWS-ACKKR NUPTIALS.
The murrlage of Miss Carrie M. Fel
lows, of Tenth street, to Harry Acker,
of South Mai naenue, will take place
on Wednesday evening, Sept. 23, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Fellows,
parents of the bride-elect. This an
nouncement will be Interesting to a
host of West Side readers. Miss Fel
lows Is a popular young lady and Mr.
Acker Is a son of the lnte John Acker,
whose surviving family 1b one of the
niost prominent on the West Side. The
ceremony will be at 8.30 o'clock. '
LEAGUE DELEGATES ELECTED.
Delegates to the Republican league
Erie convention to be held next month
were elected last evening, at a meeting
of the West Side Republican league.
There were several sets of delegates
In the field, and an Interested contest
was waged. The elected ones are: Pres
ident Charles E. Olver, W. H. Morgan,
Thomas D. James; alternates, E. E.
Robathan, Dr. J. J. Roberts, Joseph
Oliver.
PARTY AT BELLEVUE.
Friends of Miss Annie Lewis, of Ave
nue D. Hellevue, were pleasantly enter
tained at her home last evening. Re
freshments were served. The guests
were: The Misses Gertrude Freeman,
Jennie Freeman, Lillian Thomas, Uhoda
Thomas, Annie Lewis, Hattle Morris,
Effle Lewis, Mary Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Davis, and Messrs. John H.
Thomas, Fred Petre, Will Myers. Will
Morris, John Jones. Hugh Williams.
John Owens and Harry Francis, of
Providence, and A. T. Stover.
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SOCIAL EVENTS.
Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard, of Garfield
avenue, entertained friends Thursday
evening In honor of their guest, Miss
Lizzie Warner, of Wllkes-Tiarre. A
pleasant wy si'rrt. Those pres
ent were: Misses France Phillips,
Helen Davis, Jennit I.ewK' i'lua Dunk
erly, Myrtle Dor. Sadie Cramer,
Lizzie Phillips, Mary Jones, Mabel
Holdry, Edith Evans, Emily Evans,
Lizzie Warner, Miss Paten, and Messrs.
Chester Weiss, James Cooper, Will
Davis, Charles St. John, Fred Strong,
Will Lorlmer. AVI11 Frank, Sam Fin
berg. Harrv Adams. Hnrrv Anirie.
Louis Roberts and Mr. Dare.
One night during the early part of
this week a band-wagon full of Jolly
people went to Peckvllle and return.
The driver was Richard Davis, of Tay
lor, and among those in the vehicle
were: Mr. and Mrs. Horace Daniels, Mr.
end Mrs. Arlle Williams, Misses Jen
nette Engles, Sadie Moses, Edith Van
Ilupklrk, Miss Cramer, Lucy Squiers,
Ida Sperber, Lena King, Susan Morris
and John Jones, Charles Gaylor, Fred
Wlnslow, Will Gordon, John Morgan,
Charles Wilkes and Dan Jones, of Tay
lor; and Misses Hannah Jenkins and
Jessie Moore, of the West Side.
Miss Eva Apgar was fourteen years
old Wednesday and her friends paid
her a party visit at the Apgar farm
house, on South Main avenue. Those
present were: Katie Chase, Esther
Saunders, Norbs Thomas, Edith Hous
er. Ida Whlteford, May Acker, Kate
Boyd, Annie Leidner, Bessie WagstalT,
Martha Price, Nettle Snow, Lizzie
Davis, Annie Williams, Ray Williams,
Kdna Stevans, Edna Freeman, Leola
Highfield, Laura Stubbleblne, Joey
Cleary, Gladys Samuel, Miriam Berry,
Lizzie Davis, Nettle Davis, Edith Davis,
Bertha Saunders, John B. Jones, Frank
Collins. Harry Ives, Jay Highfield, Gus
Leidner, Willie Rogers, William Harris,
Dannie Evans, Chester Williams, Leo
HI All II 189
i MILLION patriotic yoters have rec
II ognized the confusion of our pub
lic politics, and are determined
toinform themselves, and stand like patriots
in the hour of their peril and vote to the best
of their knowledge, for the best interests of
the common people of the whole country. It
means further that every voter wants to
know, not only the doctrines, of his own
party, but the views of all other parties and
the reason for the differences Gold, Silver,
Tariff and Free Trade. To this end we have
secured a complete handbook of public po
litical Information, edited by Lawrence F,
Prcscott, WHICH WE WILL PRESENT TO
THE PURCHASER OF ANY MEN'S SUIT.
The SAMTERS
o! tb?, Stibtirbs.
Chary, Arthur Peters, Elliot Highfield.
Griffith Rogers, Eddie Doves and Lydle
Bryant.
SHORTER PARAGRAPHS.
Attorney W. R. Lewis has returned
from Atlantio City.
Attorney W. Gaylord Thomas has
ended a ourney through the state.
Miss Agnes Gerrlty, of Fifth avenue,
and Miss Lizzie Mulvey, of Wilkes
liarre. Is visiting at Nichols, N. T.
A daughter has been born to Mr.
and Mrs. James Bern, of Hampton
street.
David Hopkins Is home from Atlan
tic City.
David Walters, of Clarke Bros.' Bash
store, leaves today for Harvey's like
where he will spend a few days with
his family who are spending some time
there.
S. F. York Is home from a stay at
Wlnola.
Misses Annie and Sarah Wy'nn, of
Mahanoy City, are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John Reese, of Wash
burn street.
Evan R. Williams, Jr., of Hampton
street, spent a portion of the week
with friends at Clark's Summit.
The funeral of the late John Cawley
will take place tomorrow afternoon
from the residence of his parents on
Price street. Interment will be made
in Hyde Park Catholic cemetery.
Miss Jemima Jones, of North Brom
ley avenue, spent two days of the past
week with her sister, Mrs. Frank Case,
at Clark's Summit.
Miss Nina Clifford, of Green Ridge,
Is spending a few days with Miss Car
rie Fellows, of Tenth street.
Machinists and carpenters are mak
ing extensive repairs at the Archbald
mine.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Price are homo
from a visit at Wysock, Pa
Miss Laura Ogden, of Jersey City,
Is the guest of Miss Adeline Hall, of
outh Main avenue.
Daniel Phillips, Robert Eldred and
Lin Decker returned yesterday from
the state Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
ica convention at Allentown, where
they represented Camp 178.
Miss Maud Moses, of Eynon street,
Is Itdting Mrs. Terra Jones, of Nanti
coke. v
Harry Games, of Montrose, Is visit
ing here.
Mr. William Jamelson Is treating his
residence to a new coat of paint. The
work Is being done by Contractor Kee
nan. J. F. Williams, tea merchant of Lack
awanna avenue. Is at Lock Island.
J. W. Roberts, the North Main ave
nue tailor, leaves today on a business
trip to Philadelphia.
. Miss Huber, of Danville, Is visiting
on this side.
A child of Mr. and Mrs. Mott Flelch
died yesterday at their home on Hamp
ton street, and will be burled Sunday
afternoon.
An entertainment was well given at
the Jackson Street Baptist church last
night and following the entertainment
the ladles of the church served refresh
ments down stairs. A new church or
gan recently purchased, was last night
used for the first time. It Is a hand
some looking Instrument and gives
forth a melodious volume. In the en
tertainment the participants were:
Miss DeGraw, Olive Price, Nettle Lew
is, Jemima Jonen, Bessie Slote, Miner
va Hopp, John Jones, Philip Warron,
and Edwin Bowen. Miss Nellie M.
Thomas was accompanist. Miss Hopp's
whistling was remarkably wonderful.
The meetings of the Volunteers, Hyde
Park post, will be held In the tent at
the corner of Main avenue and Price
street, and will be as follows: 10.30 a.
m., free salvation; 3 p. m.. Christians'
pralso service; 8 p. m revival service,
led by Staff Captain Lockyer. His sub
ect will be "One Thousand and One
on the Spree."
Miss Jessie Kemmerer, of Factory
vllle, was the guest of Miss Mabel
Dershlmer for two days this week.
West Side Business Directory.
HARRIET J. DAVIS, FLORIST.-Cut
flowers and funeral designs a specialty;
104 South Main avenue; two doors from
Jackson street.
PHOTOGRAPHER. Cabinet photos. $1.40
per dozen. They are Just lovely. Con
vince yourself by calling at Starner's
Photo Parlors, 101 and 103 South Main
avenue.
SECOND HAND FURNITURE. Cash for
anything you have to sell. Furniture,
Stoves, Tools, etc. Call and see the
stock of J. c. King, low and 1026 Jack
son street.
Plllsbury Flour mills have a capao
Ity of 17,600 barrels a day. .
SOUTH SIDE NEWS.
Movemeit to Incorporate Mlaooka,
Greenwood and Moosic Into
a Borouf b.
A petition Is In circulation among the
property owners and voters of Mlnooka,
Greenwood and Moosic, which. If It is
acceptable to a majority of them and
they sign It, will be presented to the
November grand jury praying that
these places be allowed to consolidate
Into a borough. A petition Is now filed
of record in court by the residents of the
Pyne, Archbald, Sloan, Hampton and
Continental villages asking to be grant
ed leave to organize the borough of
Pyne. The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad company and the
Lackawanna Iron and Coal company,
owning flve-stxths of. the property, are
willing that Pyne borough should be
formed. It Is regarded as almost a fore
gone conclusion that it will be formed,
and in that event Lackawanna town
ship will be left with but Mlnooka,
Greenwood and Moosic. As a matter
qf protection, the people of these places
are seeking to get a borough also; for
as a township they would tlounder along
like a ship at sea without a rudder,
It remains to be seen whether the peo
ple of Mlnooka who are anxious to
see that place annexed to the city will
fight the proposed borough or not
HE WON IT ON BASE BALL.
Messra McCoy. Goddard and Hart-
man at the Scranton Axle works, six
weeks ago began betting cigars on the
result of the games played by the Scran
ton base ball club. They bet on every
game and a few days ago decided to
settle up. Mr. McCoy was more fortu
nate In his guesses and yesterday re
ceived payment In the shape ot a cigar
large enough for Gulliver to smoke. It
was manufactured by W illiam Koch, of
Cedar avenue, and Is three feet long.
Mr. McCoy Is going to smoke It when
he has about a six weeks' vacation.
SOUTH SIDE Y. W. C. A.
Gospel meeting at rooms 1,021 Cedar
avenue, Sunday afternoon at 3.45 p. m.
It Is hoped many will be present. It Is
expected that Miss Root will be with
the association again the early part of
next week.
SHORTER PARAGRAPHS.
Secretary A. G. Hewitt Invites all
young men who believe In sound money
and protection to join the Colonel E.
H. Ripple club of the Twentieth ward.
There will be a meeting at Phillips'
hall this evening to elect a delegate to
the state league convention at Erie.
The Sunday school of Cedar Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church will hold
a picnic today at Artesian Well grove.
Edwin Jones, superintendent of the
school, will be In charge.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Scheuer and
daughter, Lizzie, of Cedar avenue, have
gone to New York city on a visit.
PUOVIDENCK.
Dr. Bower performed a critical opera
tion yesterday on the 5-year-old child
of Peter Toomey, of Spring street. He
successfully removed an abscess on the
mastoid portion of the skull,, situated
back of the ear. This abscess has
somewhat affected the child's brain.
C. W. Hoyt, ot Montrose, was here
yesterday.
Mrs. W. J. Lewis and daughter, EfTle,
of Edna avenue, are at Ocean Grove.
Mrs. T. J. Hoeg and daughter. Hazel,
of North Main avenue, are visiting at
Walton, N. Y,
Miss Lizzie Davis, of Brick avenue,
leaves today for a few days' stay with
friends in Pittston.
William Williams, of Wllkes-Barre, Is
the guest of John Jervls, of North Main
avenue.
Miss Belle Moran. of Pittston, Is en
tertained by the Misses Maloney, of
Ferdinand street.
Rev. W. Q. Watklns will occupy his
pulpit tomorrow in the North Main Ave
nue Baptist church. Morning theme,
"Help, Unexpected and Exhaustless;"
evening theme. "The Creed of the Sen
sualist." Bible school at 2.30 p. m., un
der the superlntendency of William
ChappelL
W. J. Owen, Douglass Itterly and
Thomas Llewellyn have returned after
a week's visit in New York.
Rev. D. M. Kinter, pastor of the Prov
idence Christian church, will preach to.
morrow morning on "God First," and in
the evening Rev. Mr. Richards, who
has just returned from a European trip,
will give an Interesting lecture on his
tour to Rome and other places of In
terest. Seats free.
At the Primitive Methodist church to
morrow, services will be held in the
enlarged and commodious school room
at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. The pastor
will preach on the subject, "Four
Things Better Than Gold."
The funeral of the late Martin Kear
ney, of Perry avenue, occurred yester
day afternoon. Services were held In
the Holy Rosary church. Storr's Inside
Accidental fund, of which he was a
member, attended in a body.
Mrs. Bryan Moran, of Pike street.
Is seriously ill.
Master Harry Sims, of 'West Market
street, who has been summering at At
lantic City, returned last evening.
James Flynn, of Warren street, is
lit
Born To Mr. and Mrs. , William
Owens, bf Green street, a boy.
Miss Katie Saltry, ot West Market
street, Is home from Lake Wlnola.
Miss Abble May Shepherd, of Phila
delphia, has returned to her home, af
ter a stay of several days with her
uncle, Rev. W. O. Watklns.
Many from this place will attend the
excursion today to Cooperstown.
UUNAIOKE.
The St Agnes guild of St Mark's
church, which has done so much In de
lighting the people of Dun more with
excellent dramas and operettas, are at
work on a new drama entitled "Anita's
Trial," which they will give In Man
ley's hall on Sept. 17.
Professor N. T. Houser, superintend
ent of schools, has returned from his
vacation, which he spent at the home
Of his parents In Stroudsburg.
Walter Bone, of Prospect Park, la
visiting friends In Nobleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ruth, of New
York city, are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. William Hunt, of Dflnker street.
Miss Elisabeth Drinker, of New York
city. Is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. George Dawson and daughter,
the ' girl dancer, Daisy Dawson, of
Buffalo, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
8. w Smith, ot Webster avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. James Netherlands of
Pittston, are visiting Mr. and Mra
James Thompson, of Clay avenue.
. Charles Washburn had his foot
crushed while at work at the stent
jrorka yesterday. Hs was takta U
his home in Prospect Park, where the
Injured member iwas treated. He U
progressing favorably.
The funeral of Carlton Letchworth
took place yesterday afternoon from
the home of his parents on Chestnut
street
Otto Winters, of Blakely street re
turned from his annual vacatlon.whlch
he .spent this year at Lake Wlnola
Miss O. Jones, of Brook street has
turned from a visit with friends In
Salem.
Charles L. Jay, of Webster avenue,
Is convalescing after a few days' Ill
ness. Miss Florence Weber,' of Drinker
street, is visiting friends in Pittston.
Mrs. Frank Baxter.of Blakely street.
Is visiting relatives In Forty Fort.
The Instruments for the drum and
fife corps which was recently organ
ised among a few members of the Loy
al Temperance legion, have arrived.
GREEN RIDGE.
Four candidates were Initiated at the
Beatrice Rebekah Lodge No. 70 L O. O.
F., last evening.
Mrs. C. Scrambler, of Wyoming ave
nue, who has been spending a few
days in Honesdale, has returned home.
Harry Wedeman, of East Market
street, has purchased a new wheel.
M. H. Carpenter and J. M. Atherton
and families have returned from a fish
ing trip at Fleetvllle. They report a
successful catch of 70 pickerel
Mrs. Coleman and sons, Charlie and
Clydo, aro again at their home on
Deluwre street, after visiting with
friends at Ararat.
Mr. Erhardt and family, of Capouse
avenue, returned this week from the
country where they have been spend
ing a short time.
Miss Edith Jones, ot Monsey avenue,
spent this week with her sister, Mrs.
Will Mainard, of Providence.
L. D. Coleman returned Thursday
from Elkdale where he has been spend
ing a few days,
Mrs. Carr, of Capouse avenue, enter
taining her niece from Blnghamton.
Mrs. Kiefer, ot Dickson avenue. Is
slowly recovering from her recent ill
ness. M1NOOKA.
Miss Lizzie Walsh, of Plymouth, Is
visiting Miss Eleanor Casey, on Staf
ford street.
The South Side team will play Car
ter's Cuban Giants on the Brickyard
frounds Saturday afternoon,
Mra Bert Hanks, ot Lee, Pa., is vis
ing her parents In Greenwood.
The local and the Corey Hollow
Pounders will battle for honors on
Coyne's grounds on Sunday mornin.
The Greenwood collieries will not be
worked until Tuesday.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
Anthracite Has Been Advanced Twenty
five Cents for September I.
Other Business Conditions.
New York, Aug 28. R. O. Dun &
Co. will say tomorrow in their weekly
review of trade:
Failures for the week have been 2SS
In the United Staes against 186 last
year and 33 in Canada against 42 last
year. ''
Clearing house certificates have not
been issued, but instead gold Is coming
hither largely on the swiftest steam
ers, about $10,000,000 being already on
the way. Higher loaning rates bring
It, notwithstanding foreign events
which disturb London markets. The
growing confidence in the monetary
future of the country helps. The
shrinkage of merchandise Imports and
the increase ot exports also help. These
tendencies all help to lessen the strain.
Liabilities In failures for three weeks
ending August 20, were $20,932,285
against $6,519,266 last year an $8,214,
470 In 1894. The stoppage ot Hilton
Hughes & Co. this week Is of course,
not Included in these figures.
The stoppage of works also continues
Including among other iron concerns.,
the Illlnolos Steel plant at Hammond,
Ind., and the Lakeside Nail Works
thre. Disruption of the tin plate as
sociation results from Inability of many
concerns to go on paying wages de
manded and will presumably be fol
lowed by the Btoppage of some. Other
Iron works are getlng very little new
business and there is so little doing
that quotations are almost nominal.
Anthracite hat again been advanced,
25 cents September 1st.
Leather Is a shade weaker and hides
again lose about 2 per cent, for the
week.
Speculation In products caused an
advance of $1.62 cents In wheat, but
by Thursday it had been lost, only to
rise again and close at nearly the top.
Heavy western receipts continue low
as prices are. Corn declined on Thurs
day to 26.25 cents here and 27 at Chica
go, which Is close to the lowest known.
Crop advices continue almost favor
able, but western receipts Indicate less
disposition to sell at current figures.
Cotton has reacted sharply from Its ad
vance to 8.C2 cents and 8 Is now quoted
with little demand. A large estimate
by Nelll Is aid to be forthcoming. Latest
reports are somewhat more favorable,
and the narrowness of demand with
many mills closed has an Inuence, but
stocks of goods In some branches are
:gettlng low.
Domestic business show by clearing
Is small for the week 15 per cent, less
than last year. The railroad earnings
for the last week reported are slightly
more favorable than for the second
week, and the month's returns thus far
3.1 per cent, less than last yaer and
14.S per cent less than In 1892.
Sionx Bask Failure.
Sioux City, la., Aug. 28. Heavy with
drawals of deposits caused the failure of
Bloux National bank here this morning.
No accurate estimate of assets and II a
billtes can be given. They will probably
be about $950,000 each.
English Capital for American Invest
ments.
Important to Americans seeking Eng
lish capital for new enterprises. A list
containing the names and addresses of
$50 successful -promoters who have
placed over 100,000,000 sterling In for
eign investments within the last six
years, and over 18.000,000 for the seven
months of 1895. Price 5 or $25, payable
by postal order to the London and Uni
versal Bureau of Investors, 20. Cheap
side, London, K. C Subscribers will
be entitled, by arrangement with the
directors to receive either personal or
letters of Introduction to any. of these
successful promoters.
This list Is first class in every re
spect and every man or firm whose
name appears therein may be depend
ed upon. For placing the following it
will be found Invaluable Bonds or
Shares of Industrial, Commercial and
Financial Concerns, Mortgage loans,
Sals of Lands, Patents or Mines.
Directors SIR EDWARD C. ROSS,
HON. WALTER C PEPTB,
(tAPT. ARTHUR STIFFS,
- - : . Coprrlat
COLLAPSE OF
THE BOY ORATOR
Evidence That His Eastern Trip His
Been a Flat Failnre.
DRAW1NQ CARD AS A FREAK ONLY
DeiMcratic Leaders Unable to Choke
Off the Oratorical wind Are Glad
That His Face Has Been Tamed
Toward the Wild West Again.
A Comparison with Ex-President
Harrison.
Bureau of The Tribune,
(01 14th street, N. W..
Washington, Aug. 28.
Everybody, even the free sliver Dem
ocrats, agree that Mr. Bryan la talking
too much for a presidential candidate.
To say the least. It Is below tho dignity
of the office to which he aspires to stump
the country in his own behalf. It his
speeches measured up to those deliv
ered by ex-President Harrison from
the rear platform of the train which
carried him across the continent five
years ago, there might be some ex
cuse for Mr. Bryan's course. But they
fall far short of the utterances of a
statesman. They are common place to
begin with, and are too long and windy
to be read with any degree of interest
or intelligence. Nobody appreciates
these short-comings of Mr. Bryan more
fully than the Democratic leaders. They
are helpless, however, for talk is the
"long suit" of their candidate. If he
was not permitted to "Bhoot oft his
mouth" at every place his train stops
Mr. Bryan would. Indeed, be a very mis
erable and unhappy man. His man
agers, therefore, are glad that he Is
leaving "the enemy's country," as Mr.
Bryan is wont to call the east, where
he has made no convert.) to free sliver
during his two weeks' sojourn.
Mr. Bryan will, therefore, confine
most ot his speech-making to the south
and west during the remainder of the
campaign. He has certainly failed to
"electrify" the east. Before he left his
far-off western home, Mr. Bryan be
came Imbued with the Idea that he
would "take the east by storm," and
that the voters In that section would
simply stampede to him and his free
silver fallacy. But they failed to stam
pede; hence Mr. Bryan's determination
to confine his future speech-making and
"electrifying" to other sections of the
country.
The other evening a party of gentle
men at an up-town hotel were contrast
ing Bryan's speeches with those de
livered by ex-President Harrison on his
western trip five years ago. A support
er of the "Boy Orator" attempted to
apologize for his weakness In that di
rection by saying that Mr. Harrison
was twenty-five or thirty years older
than Mr. Bryan. To this a McKlnley
man replied;
"Then, he (Bryan) oughUo wait un
til he Is old enough to have good sense
before he aspires to the presidency."
The laugh as well as the drinks were
on the "Boy Orator's" champion.
Bryan's managers and friends here
sny that the half-hearted hospitality
of Senator Hill to the boy orator was in
the nature of an Intuit to their candi
date. He fed the Popullstlc couple as
any Boniface of a wayside Inn would
have done. The cut lay in the fact that
after feeding them Hill refused to par
ticipate In the reception or attend the
meeting to hear Bryan speak. Itryan
expected no Buch treatment, his friends
say; that it he had known of such a
programme he would have refused to
dine with tho New Yorker. One
friend pictures Bryan as saying with
Ophelia Just before she entered Into
her demented state wherein she de
clares: "To a noble mind
"Rich gifts wax poor when givers
prove unkind."
There has been a decided slump dis
cernible In the Bryan movement. Even
his sanguine and enthusiastic manag
ers admit as much. But they explain
it away as a necessary reaction after
the Bryan demonstrations. Represen
tative Richardson, in charge of the
campaign headquarters, says that if
there has been a set back to the Bryan
movement, that before the close of the
campaign another tidal wave will set
In again, and he prognosticates, just
in time to sweep him into the White
house. Mr. Richardson is making: all
sorts of claims for the next house. He
even Improves on Faulkner's figures.
But Richardson's judgment In the mat
ter Is not sound, for he Is an Interested
party. Already certain enthusiastic
Democratic nominees in their belief in
their own election are pledging them
selves to the Tall Wire gross of the
Cumberland tor speaker in case the
next house Is Bryanited. Richardson
Is doing some able work and as far as
can be discovered he and Jones are
the whole of the campaign commit
tee. W. R. H.
Biddy's Clothes-Pin Leg.
''If there is one thing I despise more
than another," remarked a gentleman
the other day, "It Is a man who does not
regard the truth with sacred awe. I
notice the local papers are full of big
egg, big pumpkin, and other stories of
that sort that have little merit In them,
and I fear that some of them do not
even have the redeeming.vlrtue of be
ing strictly true. I belelve they are ex
aggerated. Now I have a story for
you that Is not only a good one, but It
Is true. What does a story amount to
If It is not true? Any fool can make up
a lie. I hate a liar. Here is my story:
"I was down in Indiana county the
other day and stopped at a frm house
for dinner. After dinner I sat down
on the porch to take a smoke. I saw an
old hen hobbling about in a very awk
ward way, and I said to the farmer's
wife:
" 'Madam, what is the matter with
that hen 7' '
" 'That hen,' said she, 'la lame. It
has an artificial leg.'
" 'Oh, It has, has It?'
" 'Yes. You know there was some
very cold weather last winter, and one
night the hen froze her leg off. I pitied
her. I nursed her and doctored her up,
and she finally got well. But she
couldn't walk on one leg. So I just
stuck a clothes pin on the stump of
her leg, tied a strig around It to hold It
on, and she does very well with It.'
" 'Well, well,' I said. ''If that isn't
strange!'
" 'Yes,' replied the good lady, with a
smile, 'but that Isn't the strange part
of It.'
"No!'
" 'No, Indeed! The strange part of
It happened afterward, and one would
scarcely believe it if one hadn't seen It
with one's own eyes. This spring that
hen with the clothes-pin leg wanted to
hatch. I didn't think she could. 'Fraid
shed break the eggs with her stump.
But I kind o' pitied her. 'cause she was
a cripple, and I put thirteen eggs under
her. sne stuck light to her business
for three weeks and never broke an
egg hatched out every chicken.'
" 'Well,' I said, 'that is not so remark
able.' " 'No replied the woman, "that was
not so very odd, but that Isn't It The
funny part of It was that every one of
those little chickens had a wooden
bcl' FoaxauUwnex "gplrlj .
MARKETS AND STOCKS
Wall Street Review
New York, Aug. 28 Stocks today showed
some slight Improvement both in volume
of business and in price. The transactions
In stocks aggregated 190,764 shares. This
in ordinary times would be considered of
insignificant proportions, but it makes
quite a favorable comparison with the
dealings on previous days of the week
and gave) the brokers hope ef better
things. The influx ot gold was the dom
inating influence, the engagements since
the Import movement started about ten
days ago footing up nearly twelve mill
ion dolalrs. Better still, the foreign ex
changes are demoralised and everything
points to a continuance of the movement
of the yelolw metal from Europe to ths
United States. Speculation closed strong
with prloes at or near tha best figures of
the day. Net changes show advance of
H atVi per cent.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN. AL
LEN tt CO., stock brokers. 41$ Bpruco
street
Open- High- Low- Clos
ing, est. est Int.
Am. Tobacco Co .... fit 58 66 57
Am. Bug. Re'g Co ..104H 105 VAVk 100
Atch., To. A S. Fe .. 1UH 10 K4 10
Can. South 43'4 434 4J14 43
Chicago das 61 ',4 62 61 62
Chic. & N. W M M4 M 4
Chlo., B. tc Q i& 50 68 60
C. C. C. & St. It 22 22 22 21
Chic, Mil. & St. P .. 64 65 64 (5
Chic, R. I. & P 53 64 63 64
D. , U & W 14 14ti 156 140
Dist. & C. F 4 4 4 4
Gen. Electric 23 24 3 24
Lake Shore 140 140 140 140
Louis. & Nash 38 39 38 39
M. K. Texas, Pr.. 20 21 20 21
Manhattan Ele 7G 79 70V 78
Mo. Paclflo 10 l(f 16 K
Nat .Lead 18 18 18 18
N. J. Central 92 3 92 85
N. Y. Central 91 92 9 92
N. Y L. B. ft W .... 12 12 12 12
Nor. Pacific 9 9 S
Omaha 33 34 33; $4
Pacltlo Mall 17 17 17 17
Phil, ft Read 7 7 7 7
Southern R. R.. Pr.. 19 19 19 19
Tenn., C. ft Iron .... 1( 17 1 10
Texas Paclflo 6 6 6 6
Western Union 74 76 74 71
W. L. 6 6 6 6
U. S. Leather. Pr .. 43 44 48 44
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PRICES.
WHEAT. . Open.- High- Low- Clos
fng. est. est. Ins.
September 60 67 68 68
December 69 60 09 60
OATS.
September 16 . !fi 15 18
December 16 16 18 16
CORN.
September 20 21 20 21
December 22 22 . 22 22
LARD.
September 3.30 3.3K $.30 $.35
December 3..r.2 3..V $.53 $.62
January $.73 $.77 $7$ $.76
PORK.
September 6.55 5.6S G.D5 6.C2
January 8.85 6.90 (.$0 .90
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Quotatlons--AII Quotation Based
on Par of 100.
Name.
Dime Dep. ft Dls. Bank
Bcranton Lace Curtain Co. ..
National Boring ft Drlll'g Co
First National Bank
Bcranton Jar ft Stopper Co...
Elmhurst Boulevard Co
Bcranton Savings Bank
Bonta Plata Glass Co
Bcranton Packing Co
Weston Mill Co
LacEawanna Iron & Steel Co.
Third National Bank
Throop Novelty M'fg. Co. ..
Scranton Traction Co
Scranton Axle Works
Lack's Trust ft Safe Dep. Co.
BONDS.
Scranton Glass Co.
Bcranton Pass. Railway, first
mortgage due 1918
People's Street Railway, first
mortgage due 1918
Scranton ft Pittston Trac. Co.
People's Street Railway, Sec
ond mortgage due 1920
Dickson Manufacturing Co, ,
Lacks. Township School t..
City of Scranton Bt. Imp t
Borough of Wlnton t
Mt. Vernon Cool Co
Bcranton Axle Works
Scranton Traction Co
Al. Asked.
140 ...
6
$0
164
200
as
M
10
10
w
$j0
ISO
io
21
80
166
10$
m
'it
110
119
119
90
100
103
103
100
IS
100
96
New York Produce Market.
New York, Aug. 28. Flour-Quiet, firm,
unchanged. Wheat Spot market dull,
firmer with options; f. o. b., 68c: un
graded red, 6HaG9c.; No. 1 northern, 69c;
options fairly active; May, 71c; August
and September, 64c; October, 65c;
November, 66c: December, 67o. Corn
Spots less active, firmer; No. 2, 26c,
elevntor; 27c. afloat; options fairly ac
tive; August, 26c; Beptember, 2iaa6;.;
closing, 26c; October, closing 27c; De
cember, 29c; May, 31c. Oats Bpots
uqlet, steady; options dull, steady; August,
20c; September, 20c; October, 20c;
December, 21 He: spot prices. No. 2, 20c;
No. 2 white, ?4c; No. $ Chicago, 21c;
No. 3, 17c; No. 3 white, 20a2lc.; mixed
western, lSa21H-c; white do., 20a2Ac;
whlto state, 20a29e. Beef Dull. Beet
Hams Firm. Dried Beef Dul, easy. Cut
meats Firm, wanted. Lard Quiet;
western steam, $1.75; city, $3.50: September,
$3.77 asked; refined, dull and quiet. Pork
Firm, moderate demand. Butter Steady,
moderately active. Cheese Quiet, un
changed. Eggs Fairly active, steady.
Buffalo Live Stork.
Buffalo, Aug. 28. Cattle Market dull
and quiet; veal, good to choice, $.".25a7;
common to fair, $4.20aS. Hogs Market
fairly active, but a shade lower; Yorkers,
good weights, S3.65a3.70; light, $3.70; pigs,
$3.60a3,70; mixed packers, 33.Ma3.55; medium
heavy, 33.40a3.45; roughs, $2.85a3.10; stags,
J2.25a2.75. LambsMarket dull and lower;
sheep about steady; choice to prime na
tive lambs, $5.10a5.35: fair to good. 34.50a5;
culls and common, $3a4.25; mixed sheep,
good to choice $3.70a4; common to fair,
J3.C5a4.50; export ewes, $3.75a4; export
wethers, $l.25a4.40.
A WOMAN'S ITOUR.
Told the Court What She Did to Kill
Time Between 8 and V O'clock.
From the Detroit Free Press.
"Please state to the court exactly
what you did between 8 and 9 o'clock on
Wednesday morning," said a lawyer to
a delicate looking little woman on the
witness stand.
"Well," she said, after a moment's
reflection, "I washed my two children
and got them ready for school and
sewed a button on Johnny's coat and
mended a rent In Nellie's dress. Then
I tidied up my siting room and made
two beds and watered my house plants
and glanced ovor the morning paper.
Then I dusted my parlor and set things
to right In it and washed some lamp
chimneys and combed my baby's hair
and sewed a button on one of her little
shoes, and then I swept out my front
entry and brushed and put away the
children's Sunday clothes and wrote a
note to Johnny's teacher, asking her to
excuse him for not being at school on
Friday. Then I fed my canary bird
and gave the grocery man an order and
swept oft the back porch, and then I
sat down and rested for a few minutes
before the clock struck 9. That's all.''
"All!" said the dazed lawyer. "Ex
cuse me, Judge; I must get my breath
It ths Baby Is Catting Testa.
Mrs. Wlnslow t: soothing yvnp has
been used for over Fifty Years by Mil
lions of Mothers for tjelr Children
while Teething;, with Perfect Suooess.
It Soothes the Child. Softens the Oums.
Allays all Palai Cures Wind CoUo and
It tha best remedy for Diarrhoea. Sold
by Druggists la every part ot ths world.
Be sure and ask for "Mrs, Wlnslnw's
Soothing Syrup." and take bo othar
Kxtatz-flTt Mats a. tetua o
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House situated 100 feet from ths take,
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Excursion tickets sold at all stations
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Porter meets all trains.
JAMES MOIR,
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Has Moved to HU New
402 Lackawanna Av
Entrance on side next to First Nati
Dank. He has now in s
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Comprising everything requisite for Sao
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Orders received at the Office, first floor.
Commonwealth building, room No. I;
telephone No. 2624 or at the mine, tele
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