THE SCBANTON TBIBUNE-FHrDAT MORNTNG.' OCTOBER 30, 1890.
SELLING ONLY FOR CASH
1 Compels us to SHAtE PRICES to as low a po'nt as is possi
' blc for good, staple and legitimate merchandise.
HERE ARE SOME TEMPTING OFFERS :
UNDERWEAR.
A complete lino of all weights and sizes.
Fleece lined underwear, extra ATlr
heavy. -v
Heavy Mud ribbed, absolutely AJr
fust color -v
All nuturul -wool and camel's RHp
hair OJS'
All wool lleeee, lne ciuallty, 4E. no
only
Everything in huwy ootion end wool
ribbed Joros, Jaegers, Holroyds, and
many other makes of Hnet wool under
wear at great reductions.
Although an entire new department, wc have had wonderful success.
There is some tone about our line of clothing that compares very favorably
with any clothing made to measure by swell merchant tailors.
Cieiiulne Clay worsted sack and
t'i'ot'k fails, guaranteed not toEfn tr
lade or wear glotsy
Fall weight overcoats of black
Vicuna, pure slIK lined and Civ nn
faced, marked as low as
MARKETS AND STOCKS
Wall Street lleview.
New York, Oct. 29. The feature of the
day In ilnanclal elicits today was nn ad
vance In call oans on the Stock exchange
to 1J per cent. The advance was attrib
uted to the preparations mnkintc for the
payment of Interest and divi.lcns due No
veinber 1, then shifting of loans Incidental
to this process and some hoardlMit by the
more timid over election day. The string
ency of the loan market compelled brokers
to call for ndltlotial niainins. The dis
turbance In the nionty nuuket caused lit
tle, if any excitement In stock circle.
The loss iu prices at one time ranged from
to 3 per cent. The principal decline!
are: Sonar fell 2'. ItiiiliiiKlou I'1.. St
Paul liock Island i'i. Delaware aim
Jludsuu cioneral Klectric 1, Luclcdo
!as , liuisville and Nashville l"n, Ma'i
luiltan l-'i, Kansas and Texas, Preferred,
"'i. New Vork t.'eiitral I'i, Heading I, Puil
uian 2, Tcrnessee Coal 1, Leather Pre
l'ern 1 I'i, Western I'nion L In the late
til teincuiii trading Chlciicro Ibis Jumped
l'tMiii i,7i4 to tj;i:14 un advices from Chicago
thai an oiler had been entered by JudKC
fi tyhhons niodiiJyHntf the injunction n
ri.tlnliur a distribution of the dividends.
This was construed as meaning that ihe
Fill-plus of ihe company would bo dis
tributed to the stockholders at once. The
rise In I'hicuuo (las and an unfounded ru
mor that the el,-. ir inn house intended Is
niiiiK cerlilicates to relieve the slrinaoncj
iu ihe money market had asooil id'tuut for
a time. Inn near the close when fancy
rates wit obtained for rail oans the re
covery of ',a-;:4 per cent, was partially
lost and speculation cloud barely stead
iu tone. As compared with yesterdaj s
linals the leading issius show losses of '4
ui'-i per cent. Chieauo Has was an ex
i"Ptlon and nnlned n4 percent. Total sulus
Were .'O'l.v';! shares.
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National Rorlng & Drilling Co ...
First National Bank &o
Seranton Jar A Stopper Co. .. ...
Rlmhurst Iloulevanl Co ...
Beranton Savlnirs Bank 200
Bonta I'late Glafg Co ...
Seranton Packing- Co
Lackawanna Iron ft Steel Co.
Third National Bank 3S0
Throop Novelty M'f'ir. Co. ... .
Beranton Traction Co ij
Seranton Axle Works
Lack'a Trust & Safe Dep. Co. li
economy meant Heat 4
Power Co .
BONDS.
Beranton Pass. Railway, flrst
mortRase due 1918
People's Street Railway, first
mortgage due 191S
Beranton A Plttston Trac. Co.
People's Street Railway, Sec
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Lacka. Townhlp School 6..
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Philadelphia Provision Market.
Philadelphia, Oct. 29. Provisions were
steady and in moderate Jobbing demand.
We quote: City smoketl beef. Ilal2c.; beef
hams, $11.25 a!6.50, as to average; pork,
family. 111: 'hums, B. P. cured, in tierces.
9alc; do. smoked, loalltic, as to average;
shies, rlbed. In salt, 4ia414c.: do. lo.
smokwl, 6a."iVir.; shoulders, plekle-cureil,
fiVia.Vic; do. do. smoked, 6'iaic: iienc
hams, 8. P. cuid, fi;,jc.; do. do. smoke.l,
Sa'i'.tc.i bellies, in pk-kln, according to a v.
erage, loose, iiaiitir.: breakfast bacon. 7a
7'iic., ns to brand and average; lard, pure,
city refined. In tierces. 6'iai'4e.; do. do.
do.. 'In tubs, 54aM,e.; do. butchers', I none.
4V.SP4-4C.I city tallow. In hogsheads, ac:
country do., Zac, as to quality, and
cakes, 8c
-New Vork Produce Market.
New York. Oct . Flour Quiet, price
jather easitsr. .Wheat Spot market dull.
SHIRT SPECIAL
Finest quality percale plaited
colored bosom shirts, In
cluding one pair link cuffs, C is
were $-,. now only H'0
13c. Collars, all styles, now ipe
25r. Puffs, now only
uOe. tiusiienders now only as
HATS.
The $1.50 grade now .
The J.'.UO srade now
The $L50 grade now
. i.g
a.oo
Our swell Epsom" top coats,
very natty garment In jjray
and brown mixed Vicunas, ek-CIC ft
santly trinmied 1"0-'JW
Fine KnKlish covert cloth top
ooats. A complete line, cut
In the very latest fashion, scll-CIrk tn
inp as low an JMU.UU
linn with options: I'ebruary. M'iaSS'jc:
ungraded red, 7naMc; Xo. 1 northern, N'a
Mi'4c; options closed unsettled at lc. over
yrsteiday; January. Sin,c; March, S:af.:
Mav. : October, 7ii7c'. November, 77c;
December. 77c. Corn Spots dull, easier;
No. 2, 3o'o. elevator: lile. ulloat: options
closed weak: October. Wtc.i Kectnibcr,
lll';c: May, ;H",c. Oats Spots dull, firm:
options dull, nominally unchanged. Pro
visions Steady, unchanged, ljird Quiet,
weak; western steam, $4.ti; city, It.KK; Oc
tober, JW.tfO; liellned. slow: continent, $T:
Soutlie American, .".:d; compound, 4-V
4'c Hutter (Juiet, fancy steady: prices
unchanged. Che 'Se CJiilet, steady. Ecss
Quiet; state tun! Pennsylvania. lS'jtrJIc;
leu house, 1 l'iilf'.; Western fresh, pjalDc;
do. case, tS.tviii.W; Hint I, 10c,
( hirnso (-rain nnd Provision .Market
Chicago. Oct. 29. Futures ranged ns fol
los: Wheat 1 )ctobr. i;!i:'Bi"iV'Hc. ; He
cember. 7!ra7lT.c; .May. Tfi' ia7'a"sc. : Corn
October. 23'saaie.: I.ecember, 2-l-v4U24ric;
M.iv. 2S,a2S' .ic. tats ( ictober, 173ial7lje.;
necemt.cr. lsi,sa1M,c: May, il'.a'JIMic. Mess
1'ork December, JS.'.O.iO.SO; January, 7.S"i
Bj.wl. Lard Deevmlr, fl.Iiiat.a': Janu-
ry. $4. Mia 4. 41. Short Itlhs December, lll.wi
nS.); .Isnnary. MSii:f.v:'L.. Cash quota
tions' foJlow: riour, linn; winter wheat.
ttVfiiuS.fcil in wool; olherp rices unchanged;
No. 2 spring wheat, WaTlc: No. ." do., lila
0 by sainpb': re.l, TiU'ViO.: corn, 2'l'4i
2:i';c; oats. 17'ial7'''4C.: rye, X, ' 'ia'M' ; bar
ley. Xh. nominal; llax seed. Ki'hToc. :
prime timothy seed, $2.", nominal: mess
pel-it, SiS.!lffu; !': lard. H.2:.a4.30; short ribs,
sides, tl.iiWili.Ki: ilry salted shoulders. .la
4.2."; short clear sides, $la4.12's; wliisky
and sugars, unchanged.
Cliicaso Live Stock.
Vidon Stock Yards. Oct. 29. Cat Up
Marhet firm and r,a1ii,'. higher; common to
eilra steers. $3.;liiu.".10: sioekera and feed
ers, $2.ir, i l.K.".; coWN and hulls. 1 !i.'a3.2.'i;
calves, $2.7"ial: TexaJis. $2.Kiia.T2: western
ranKcis, 2.;;;.a;l".. Mugs Market steady;
heavy packing and shipping lots, ?:l Ma
3.42),; comon to choice mixed, SI .l0a:i.l.":
choice asso-ted, S:t.4o:i3. ir: light, jaiia.'U.'i;
pigs, 2.40ii3. 1. Sheep Market slow and
easy: inferior to choice, $l.7.'ia.'i.o,".; lambs,
I2.7aat.40,
Oil llarki l.
Ool Cily. Oct. 29. Option oil, and credit
balances, 117.
BEFORE THE BATTLE.
Also During the ltiilllc nnd Tor Some
Tiiiin Tlit rc nller.
An Incident in the Pursuit of the In
surgents, with profuse upologies to
Stephen Crane.)
T.
Above, the nir linr.K like a c ustard pie
In a burnt blanket. A Spanish cava
lier, muttering wild. Riven ciiihcs, stood
near. He whs stewing the last dish of
leeks which bis mother had given lihn
lief ore lie left home. From a clump of
sordid trees two miles off came the
happy cackling of muskets.
"There will be death today." said the
youth. "Uark brown death." At this
point the cavalier's chameleon curse
turned to a light yellow, owing to the
proximity of a pot of Spanish mustard.
II.
Slowly the baby's rattle of rilles
ripened Into n Fourth of July. The
youth gradually awoke, being kicked
violently In the stomach by a baby
faced lieutenant.
"(let up, you." said the latter, with a
smnll black blue curse. "The insur
gents niv retreading in our direction."
"I presume- this is what they call
war." muttered the youth, stupidiv,
with his c hin in his hands. "We have
been chasing: the insurgents for three
months and we haven't had a thing
but our backs to 'cm during the whole
time."
He looked over his stock of oaths,
but couM timl none of the precise shade
that he wanted.
HI.
Shapeless chunks of riile smoke were
kicking about in the grass. The regi
ment had been lighting Ilk" demons.
Here nnd there were men squirming
horribly in the grass. This was be
cause sundry red ants had found lodg
ment between their shoulder blades.
"The terrible loss to the Insurgents
In this buttle." said a Spanish oltlcer,
who was preparing news for the press,
"cannot be less than three killed and
four wounded."
IV.
"With frantic leaps a lior.se, bearing a
huge Spanish general, came down tiM)ii
them, each Jump Idling on large sec
tions of the horizon. Behind liim. on
foot, came a smull, dark man, waving
a machete.
The regiment ran ami ran. Intuitive
ly, with mouths closed, and long, prac
ticed strides.
An undreampt-of frenzy seized the
youth. He delilieratoly stopped and
looked back then ran on.
"I have seen an Insurgent." he bur
bled, triumidiantly, "I need no longer
feel unon my heart the blue blotch of
cowardice."
He was Btlll running when far off on
the chin of the horizon dimpled the
smile of the next morning. Life.
IIOtt WOl lB THAT IIKLP VOl?
Fifty-cent dollars will enable debtors to
pay their creditors In depreciated money.
As you are an honest citizen, how would
that help you?
The adoption of the silver standard,
which Is what the free coinage advocates
really want, would drive it.(o,CKi in gold
out of the country. How would that help
you.
Putting the country tin a silver basis
would double the price of everything you
buy. How would that help you?
The first result of free coinage would be
a widespread panic, through the calling
In of loans by lenders who were afarid of
cheap money. A panic means business
depression, bankruptcy and poverty. How
would that hedp you?
The agitation for cheap money Is ham
pering trarte and industry by making own
ers of Idle capital afraid to invest their
money In business. How would that help
you?
If yon have money In the savings bank,
or loaned out at interest, the value of your
deposit or loan will under free silver be
only half of what it U now. How will
that belv you I
Ql'EER MAINE COMMI NITV.
Prosperous Without Schools, Law
Theology, Medicine or Taxes.
Norcrosa, We., Letter In the Sun.
Residents of Maine who look to the
New York and lloston papers for ac
counts of queer people and strange
forms of frovernment in different parts
of the world could learn facta worth
studyinsr by coming here. The settle
ments of Eskimos on the coast of
Greenland have their old men, the
tribes of Africa have their chiefs, and
even penal colonies recognize the au
thority of firearms and the lash. Here
the law-abiding1 people feel but one
power the hurrying, unsympathetic
cars, which brings everyhing that
conies to their homes and takes away
everything that goes out,
The distance from Milnocket bridge,
which crosses the West Itranch cast of
here, to Perkins' Siding, which Is three
miles west, is five miles as the railroad
runs or the crow tiles. At and be
tween these two points are five settle
ments of new log and board structures,
comprising about forty buildings In all.
Of these one Is a railroad station, one
Is a small store, two are small hotels,
one is a sawmill, six are good-sized
sporting enmps, eight ure frame houses
with shingles and clapboards on them,
and the rest are primitive log cabins
with splits for roofing, spotted poles
for lloors, and boughs for bedding.
One-half of the male inhabitants are
either guides or lumbermen, partly
both, one-quarter are mill hands who
saw spool bars and dowles at Perkins'
Siding, and the remainder are section
hands and other employes who work
for the Bangor and Aroostook railroad.
Though no census was ever taken of
the place ther are about 200 people who
live here the yeur found. Among them
are some twenty-five women and near
ly forty children. This Is when the
population is at low ebb. In July when
the West itranch drive comes down
the population swells to 4ul) or 500, and
after open season for big game begins
it often reaches l.UOO souls, besides In
dians. Having grown without government
restraint from one los rump to its pres
ent proportions inside of three years.
Norcross has made itself the most ano
malous community on earth. It Is not
a town. It is not even a plantation.
On the old survey maps It is named
Indian township. No. 3, so-called by the
surveyors to distinguish. It from Indian
township Nos. 1 and 2. The name of
Norcross signifies nothing. It was so
called In order to locate a station for a
railroad and a pustoffice for the hunt
ers. Though property that cost SaOO.OOO is
here and visible, the assessors nnd tax
collectors never visit the place. The
children are born and grow up with
out setdng the inside or outsise of a
school house. There are not two rods
of bicycle and nr twenty rods of cart
roads in the whole township. As the
nearest clergyman, lawyer, und doctor
are from thirty to fifty miles away the
people get along very well without
them. When a couple want to get
married they take their bridal tour
hunting tip a minister and coming
home again. If a person Is sick he is
sent out to a doctor, because no physi
cian can be coaxed to come nnd see
him; and, In case he dies, the body
must be transported more than thirty
miles before It can rest In a Christian
burying' ground. There is no drug
store, no dunce hnll, and no bar room
or other place where liquor Is sold In
the township. If two or more men have
a dispute which leads to n free tight,
the non-combatants stand by and see
fair piny, without attempting to inter
fere, in case the defeated party feels
himself wronged and wants to take
the matter into court, he ennnot afford
to do so, because he would have to
travel nearly all day by rail before he
could find a magistrate. F.ven the
game wardens who arrest men for kill
ing deer spend more money in taking
their prisoners to court than the fines
amount to when a conviction Is se
cured. Once in Its history when a mur
der was committed near here, a sheriff
from Dover spent a week in searching
here and getting hnck home. The
chances are It would take something
bigger than a murder to bring I1I111 here
again.
The person who rends this description
If Norcross nnd thinks the Inhabitants
are degraded or immoral will make 11
great mistake. A mall four times a
day brings led tors and papers from
everywhere. An enterprising and con
siderate railroad carries away all the
people have to soil, and brings iu all
they buy. Divine Providence does the;
rest. The men ere Industrious nnd
mural. The women are model wives
and excellent cooks. The c hildren are
bright and well dressed. If Norcross
were formed Into a plantation or in
corporated as u town, the residents
would have to pay municipal, county
and state taxes. Now they pay no
taxes, they do not vote, nnd every man
Is as good ns his neighbor. The plail"
Is fairer than Ftopia, and sweeter than
the dream of a Nihilist. It has no
counterpart 011 earth.
DRAMATIC GOSSIP.
Tragedian Keeno is ,"iii years old.
Irving has been acting forty years'.
Lillian rtussell was born in Iowa.
David Wailleld will star next season.
Marie Millard will be seen In "Dorcas."
Daly will revive "As You Like It." "Hen
ry IV" and ".Much Ado About Nothing."
Brooks and Miner will produce "Flora
TJIoyne" nnd fipple Keed's "The Tenns
senns." llurr Mcintosh will lead the cast.
Harry ftogeis will star in "The Coster
monger." Nearly every town in Holland has a mu
sic school.
Margaret Mather will revive "Winter's
Tale."
Mansfield opened with "Merchant of
Venice" at. Omaha.
An Knglish dramatist is writing a play
for John Drew.
Lincoln ,1. Carter, who has nine compa
nies, is 32 years old.
Mark Smith nnd Virginia Earle will Join
Daly's "Oerslm" company.
A brother of Sis Augustus Harris Is n
London stage manager.
.May Vohe talkR of making an American
tour in "The Helle of Cairo."
The Potter-Uellcw companv did "Caval
leria Rustlcana" In Australia.
Olga Nethcrsole's piece do resistance
this season will be Joseph Hatton's "When
Creek .Meets cireek." '
Mrs. Inez Sprague. wifo of ex-C5overnor
Spriiaue. of Rhode Islund, will shortly go
on the operatic stage.
"Charley's Aunt" has, nt the Olohe, Ten
don, broken the record for long runs. This
record was held by "Our Hoys." which to
taled 1.3M2 consecutive performances ut
Ihe Vaudeville.
Three of the big vaudeville companies
Proctor's Fregoli's ami Wandow's which
started out this season to plnv the legiti
mate theaters at tl.uii prices, have quickly
announced their closing dates.
.Mrs. Potter has earned f.-i.nno by her
short season In Australia. She has signed
a contract to play two months In New
Zealand and a sixteen weeks' engagement
st prosperous terms In Johannesburg.
South Africa.
Miss Lillian Russell's first love Is dead.
Many years ago Walter L. Sinn, son of
Colonel Sinn, the Itrooklvn Mnvor. became
desperately enamored of Lillian, then but
a slender slip of a girl. Their engage
ment was announced, but soon afterward
it was broken off no one ever knew whv.
In Georgia Cayvan's new play, "Mary
Pennington, Spinster," the heroine comes
Into possession of a commercial fortune,
and resolves to conduct It Just like a man;
but, though she may have a man's mind,
she also has a woman's henrti and an af
fair of love soon gets mixed with the af
fairs of business.
Companies that have given up the ghost
already: "Crimes' Cellar Door," "His
Absent Roy," Proctor's Pleasure Palace
Vaudeville company, J. C. tFatty) Stew
art's Metsy Jane company, "After Dark,"
Jeff De Angelis' "Caliph." Sandow's
Olympia and Fregoli's company.
"Is Fay Templeton. who has cloned se--eral
tlme," asks Hillary Hell, "a better
artist than Georgia Cayvan. who has
never bee n married, and la Mnxine Klliott,
about whom there is so much Ooodwln
gossip at present, thereby entitled to
snub Viola Allen, about whom there has
lever been any scandal whatever? Shoillo
Lottie ciilnon, who has lost llS.mo, worth
of diamonds, be held above Isabella Irv
ing, who has no dlmonda to lose? la Cher
Idah Simpson, who overthrew Hfteen black
men In buckram, a better prima donna
than There Vaughn, who supports a
sick husband )
PECULIAR ORIGIN !
OF AMBERGRIS
Some Very Curious Facts Concerning
Tbis Valuable' Substance.
AN ANOMALY IN NATURAL HISTORY
Supposed to Be the Result of a Dis
cusc in Wluiles Corresponding to
Aipcndicitis-tapturc of One Am
bergris Whale Whose Product Mold
lor t0O,OOO.
From the Boston Transcript.
Three spermaceti whales wVre com
panionahly tl online about in Southern
waters one sunshiny day not so very
many years ago. Two were tine speci
mens of the genus physeter; the third,
however, thouuh of the same species
was lank and scrawny, und lotted list
lessly on the dark blue surface of the
(lulf stream, while Us more rotund and
sportive comrades slushed about vigor
ously, and sent the limpid waters far
above them to fall in refreshing sprays,
it was a mystery why any whale at
that season should have presented an
Ill-fed condition, ns the feeding grounds
had been unusually well populated by
the tentaculated and foul-mouthed cut
tle fish. Sepia octopodia, and no whale
had need to go a single day with an
empty stomach. Perhaps if tho two
well-conditioned animals had been le-ss
frolicsome, and the third more aremsed.
they would have been on the alert for
defence. As It was, a long, narrow
boat, pointed at both ends, bore down
unobserved upon them, and the whale
men sent with unerring aim their weap
ons straight into the two bulky crea
tures. The scrawny whale escaped,
though It made no motion to get away;
but because it was evident there would
be but little. If any, oil or spermaceti
In the animal, and because the capture
of the two splendid specimens had been,
more than was expected. It was left
unmolested, still rocking lazily in the
sea.
Next day, to the amazement of the
whalmen, the animal was seen in al
most exactly the same spot, as though
inviting death.
"Well," called out the captain of the
whaling fleet, who had been one of the
party the day before, "if you wish to
die. you poor, crazy lubber, you shall,"
and forthwith It, too, was disposed of,
the easliest task, the men agreed, that
they had had In many a riny. Hut little
more than two barrels of oil were found
In the emaciated whale. Another and
vastly more Important discovery was
the largest single lot of ambergris ever
sold in this country. It was exedianged
for a check signed by n well-known
drug linn of this cily, whose figures
rounded close onto $00,000! Never had
so large a check been seen till then in
the little Cnpe Cod fishing town where
It was divided among the whnlemon of
the Heel, as each man on a w haler re
ceives a certain percentage of the pro
ceeds of a voyage. The number of
pounds found aggregated over lfifl,
valued at Ji'.O per ounce, the price paid
for the best ambergris.
OLDKN DELUSIONS.
Tt would seem thnt the animal had
sickened of a malady caused by the
unnatural growth, and such was un
doubtedly the case. and. if its sufferings
had not been brought to an end by the
whalemen, it would have linogol'ed till
the disease itself had finally caused
death. !Uich profound mystery has
surrounded this strange subject, and
so ninny fallacies have been written in
regard to it, that some of the later en
cyclopedias have perhaps wisely left
It untouched, or, If treating it ut all,
have ventured on but the barest gener
alities, for trustworthy facts relating
to this most interesting and singular
product are few and far between.
We need touch but lightly 011 the his
tory of ambergris, though the delusions
that were primitively indulged in are
extremely fascinating. In the "Arabian
Nights" we are told of Eastern beauties
whose chesks were marked with moles
like bits of ambergris; and in Ihe story
of the sixth voyage of "Slnbad tin.'
Sailor" we read In the description of
the place whete the voyagers were
wrecked: "Here Is also a fountain of
pitch nnd bitumen that runs into tho
sea, which the fishes swallow, nnd then
vomit up again turned into unibergris!"
That nnli(iie author, Robert Hoyle,
considered it to be of vegetable produc
tion and similar to yellow atr.ber; thus
it received his name, ambergris (gray),
gray nmber. This and other even more
plausible theories are but Indeed fal-.
lui'ies that puzzled favants have set
forth when they were at a loss to ac
count for its origin. It Is now ascer
tained beyond n doubt to be generated
by the large-headed sperm whale, nnd
Is the result of the diseased state; of the
animal. The victim of this rare malady
may possibly, in extremely rare cases
(but of this we are not convinced by ac
tual knowledge!, throw off the more
morbific substance, or finally die of the
ailment. The disease is loc ated iu the
intestinal canal, and some savants sup
pose it to be caused by a biliary Irrita
tion. Al ter a deep stuely on the subject
sevorn 1 modern scientists have agreed
that the disorder is nkln to the new
fashionable human peril, appendicitis,
intensified and prolonged ill this great
iiianimnl.
CAUSi: OF T1IK D1SKA3K.
It Is known that the ambergris whale
fei'ds upon the cuttlefish. This crea
ture Is armed upon Its head with a
sharp pointed, c urved black horn, re
sembling a bird's beak, much like that
of a parrot, only the lower mandible Is
the largest. This found as it Is too
indestructable to be digested In many
speclini'tis of ambergris, and may often
times aid in establishing: a seated di
sease. It may be considered, though,
to be but the primary cause of Irrita
tion, as much of the finest ambergris
Is entirely free from the tough little
horn. Such is the effect in the whale
of the magnified nnd treniendiously
mngnincd Illness which when estab
lished in our own comparatively puny
organization causes a fatal collapse,
unle-ss quickly and heroically attacked
by the almost miraculous modern skill
of the surgeon's gifted hand. The
habits of the great water mammals,
however, tend to prolong life, and their
resisting power against the insidious
destroyer is edoquent of their tenacious
hold on existence. When we realize
the enormeius physical strength of the
whale we wonder less at its combative
force. These great sea creatures are
not fish, strictly speaking, but the larg
est ' of living animals warm blooded,
air breathing, bringing forth their
young (usually singly) alive, and suc
ling them for a definite period.
When the whale Is finally captured
and please bear In mind that we are
speaking of the sperm and ambergris
whale alone It Is taken In tow along
the ship's side. The cutting process is
then begun. The tough outer skin and
true skin of which recent observations
proye the blubber Is a part are then
cut up and boiled, extreme precaution
being tnken that the woodwark of the
vessel cIck-s not Ignite in the progress.
The hot oil Is then lowered in casks to
swing in the tril of the shio until it
cools; then it Is lowered to the vessel's
depths. From 1.220 to 2,000 barrels is
conshlered a hon voyage.
To the conservative whale fisher of
New Hedford or Provineetown, the dis
covery of ambergris Is as unexpected
and as longed for as the sheeny splen
dor of the pearl that gladdens the pearl
tir.her. or the spnrkle of the diamond
that sends its radiance strnight to the
heart of the miner. There is that de
lightful uncertainty, that same shnke-and-throw
doubt that allures the spec
ulator to take his chance; though that
of the whalemen Is much more legiti
mate business, for which the seal that
characterizes these merchants of the
ocean there is coupled the absolute
certainty of reduplication according to,
their efforts. . ;.,;.
NOT A PLKASANT JOIJ.
Almost awestruck ' are' ' the sailors
when the cry of "Ambergris!" is utter
ed. The substance is carefully taken
from the bowels of the whale and is
packed in casks. If It is In liquid form,
or In sacks If It is dry enough. It is
then brought In its nuuseatiugly odor
iferous condition, direct to Boston,
where It is appraised by the head of
the largest drug Ilrm In the city. This
young man has no enviable task be
fore him in ascertaining the value of
the article. He has to examine the
fetid mass, which is sometimes in a
rank liquid state, sometimes of the con
sistency of soft putty, and again a
chalk-like substance. That which is
more like putty usually Is the best to
be relied on for making the best mar
ket ambergris, and gradually as it dries
the continual curing process It under
goesthe wholesome dark shade turns
to a soft squirrel gray. The substance
lightens in weight, and the subtle,
fascinating odor develops, an odor
almost Indescribable, like the blending
of new-mown hay. the damp woody
fragrance of a fern copse, and the
faintest possible perfume of the violet.
And to what use Is ambergris put? It
Is an Indispensable article with fine per
tumes, as it is used to give permanency
and lasting qualities to very Meeting
scents. It is a curious fact that tho
keynote or basis of "nosegays" or 'bou
quets," as handkerchief odors are
called, Is not. as one might suppose, the
nttar of garden flowers or the penetrat
ing balsams these are Indispensable,
but are not the groundwork. That basis
Is always one of the four animal odors;
that is, ambergris; musk, obtained from
smull musk deer of Asia; civet, from
the civet cat of India, and castor, a
secretion of the castor beaver, now al
most obsolete in the perfume trade. The
pure nnd separate tincture of any one
of these odors Is too Intense and power
ful to be tolernled. Like all substances
of these kinds, they must undergo a
slow decomposition till the remainder
possesses very little volatility. Kven
then they contain a virtue which clings
pertinaciously te woven fabrics, and
not being soluble In wenk alkaline lyes,
is still to he detected in the materia) af
ter passing through the several laa
tory ordeals. They are, therefor-, of
great value to the perfumer, nnd are
the essential foundation In almost evety
formula.
The essence of ambergris Is obtained
by mixlns three ounces of It with one
gallon of pure alcohol, nnel not till nfter
a month Is it ready toy use. This, how
ever, is only kept for mixing, and Is far
too strong. Only when it has entered
in minute proportion into the bouquets
does It produce those agri'oable and
characteristic perfumes the effect, of
which upon the nerves of the sensitive
nose is much like the bnppy sensation
produced by harmonious musiral
chords on the delicate ear. or the per
fect blending of colors to the educated
eye.
THE POOR MAN'S MONEY.
History Proves That It Is Gold, Because
Gold Gives a More Stable
Purchasing Power.
From n Letter by John J. P.ooncy In the
New Vork Sun.
You say "silver Is the poor man's
money the worklngman's money'.'" I
usked of my Democratic friend, who,
largely through mistaken party loyal
ty, was leaning to Hryan and "free sli
ver." "Well, I have voted the Demo
cratic ticket us often as you have, but
I can't agree with you. History shows
thut the contrary Is the truth; gold is
the wage earners' friend, his best ully;
silver his worst enemy."
"That is a surprising statement." my
friend exclaimed "1 never saw any
gold hi the hands of the worklngman
among the poor. How do you lit that
fact with your assertion'.'"
"That Is a fair question one that has
served to create this prejudice ngalnst
gold, but, like many other prejueliccs,
it does not bear the light of reason, of
full discussion. You say, now, the pom'
man, the wage earner, never sees gold,
and that therefore it e'annot be of any
use to him, Jlut have you ever con
sidered that every dollar that now
comes into the hands of the working
man yes. every cent is practically a
gold dollar, practically a gold cent?
Why? liccause the government of the
United States, the treasury, stands back
of every one of those dollars, every one
of those copper cents, with gold ready
for redemption purposes.
"In other words, my friend, the silver
dollar you hold in your hand is worth
as melted bullion about S3 cents. Where
dues the remaining 47 cents' worth of
purchasing isiwer come from? From
the gold lu the trensury vaults. How
muedi is the copper in a cent worth,
how much the nickel Iu a ii-cent piece,
the silver in a clime, in a quarter, lu a
half dollar? Not one of these coins
stands on lis own Intrinsic value.
Kvery one of them, in their power of
purchase, Is now a gold coin Is as good
us gold Is gold. The gold and silver
coin does not circulate extensively
among the people, largely because of
inconvenience and also because of a
government policy of substituting for
the coin the notes that stand for it; this
policy grew out of the issue of green
backs and the Issue of silver notes by
the treasury. If gold bus cllsapepareil
from common circulation it Is chlelly
due to tile practice forced by political
pressures upon the government of issu
ing great batches of paper money, for
the redemption of which the treasury
1ms been compelled to keep huge gold
reserves and the hanks gold funds to
meet emergencies."
FKKN COINAGE NO V.VnK.
"Hut won't the five coinage of silver
nt li to 1 remedy this?"
"Free coinage of sliver will compel
the United Stares treasury to announce
that It Is unable to keep Its silver and
notes as good ns gold, redeemable In
gold. The silver dollar will then fall to
its bullion value-, 53 cents, the minor or
subsidiary coins In proportion. The
fixed wages of the worklngman will,
perhaps, remain the same In name, If
the employer survives the business
shock, but In the power of purchase the
wage's will be cut in half."
"Hut wouldn't free coinage release
the gold from the treasury aim banks
among the people?" my friend Inquired.
"No. The gold will be released, but
It will be re leased for export. The gold
dollar will go where it will bring its
true bullion value; it Is clearly impos
sible to circulate a dollar worth 100
cents, gold.with n dollar worth 5.1 cents,
in unlimited quantities. They remain
side by side now In our coinage because
the silver dollar, the less valuable one
In bullion, is limited in quantity. The
increase of the supply, through the Sil
ver act of ls'.iO, drove out millions of
gold nnd brought on the panic of ISM.
What would an act of the same kind,
a free coinage act. do? Drive all gold
out of the currency."
"How would thut affect the poor
man?"
"The poor man's money his wages
and his savings would be worth their
silver value, one-half their present gold
value It is hard to see how silver,
under those conditions, would be the
poor man's friend."
"Hut would not the silver dollar ad
vance tu the value of the present gold
dollar?"
"The treasury has spent for silver in
eighteen years over Jlon.niin.n.Mi. and the
price of silver has steadily fallen. The
reason Is, the supply Increased to meet
Ihe demand, and the supply is not yet
more than scratched. In Mexico, where
silver coinage is unlimited, the silver
dollar Is' worth only Its bullion p'Jee:
our sliver dollar, though holding less
silver, buys twice us much even In
Mexico, because It is gold here. An
unlimited amount could not be kept
'gold' by our treasury, and the poor
man would find, under free coinage,
that he would pay two-silver dollars
for his living where he Is now paying
the one dollar which is kept 'gidd' at
the treasury, and therefore gold every
where." ' .".' ' -
HOW IT WORk ELSRWHF.UE.
'"Has Mexico mre money under free
coinage?" 1
"Mexico has 14.17 per head of popula
tion. We have over $21. and our dol
lars are worth double hers. Not that
alone, but. under our present gold
standard, wages are more than double
those paid in any silver-standard coun
try." "Hiiiv do I know that?" asked my
friend.
"When I mention the silver-standard
countries you will not need the figures
ti prove my assertion. The 'free-silver'
countries are: China, Japan,
Mexico, Central American States, In
dia (free coinage recently stopped),
Hussia (now trying to go to a gold
basis), and the Straits Settlement."
"The better the dollar, the higher the
wages. The fiercest 'free-silver' man
admits that an ounce of gold is worth
sixteen times as much ns an ounce of
silver, that's Iti t 1; all the world of
commerce says 30 to 1; that's the bul
lion price. Hut, taken at the 'free-sliver'
man's own word, gold is the more
valnnble metal.
"The American workingman's wages
are now gold, with gold-purchasing
power. Docs he, do you. my friend,
wish to exchange your labor for the
better metal, for gold, or for the cheap
er metal, for silver, for a depreciated
dollar?
"Which Is the poor man's friend, the
good dollar or the bad dollar, the 5.1-
cent dollar or the 100-cent dollar; which
will buy the more food, the more
clothes, or pay the more rent?"
TLI.F.tiKAPHIC F.XPKIUENC'K.
lie Dropped Oil' to Sleep, but lie Was
Not Conscious of It.
From the Pittsburg Commercial Oazette.
Said the telegrapher: "Jones was
night operator at a town near Altoona,
cm the Pennsylvania railroad. He had
lost a great deal of sleep and was very
tired. The night wore along und trains
were few. It was hard to keep awake.
Finally the operator In the signal tower
next to the west reported No. 4, the
express, passing east. The track was
clear and Jones pulled the white signal
and waited for No. 4. He had almost
fallen asleep when he was aroused by
Ihe roar of the train as No. 4 swept
past the white signal. .He saw the red
lights ut Ihe rear of the train as she
disappeared around the curve, and he
reported her to the operator at the
signal towers next east and west. Then
he waited to hear that she had nassed
the tower east. Three or four minutes
was all It should have taken her to
reach that tower, but he waited long
after that nnd no word came to him.
He called up Smith, the operator there,
and nsked I1I111 If No, 4 had passed.
Smith said 'No.' They talked over the
wire and concluded that she had broken
down or been wrecked between the two
towers.
"At about that time the train dis
patcher called up and nsked anxiously
where No. 4 was. Jones said that she
had passed his tower, and Smith was
Mire she hud not passed him. Every
body was wide awake now, for the
train was certainly lost, and a lost
train is a serious thing on a railroad.
The dispatcher thought that she might
have slipped past without Smith see
ing her. but the towers all along the
road beyond declared she had not
passed them. A freight going West
was stopped at Jones' tower, and the
conduc tor was usked If he hail seen
No. 4 between Ihe two towers. He
said that there was no sign of her.S
"The n the perspiration began to stand
"tit on the' operators and dispatches.
The' truck between Ihe two towers lies
along the river. A high stone wall sup
ports U, The only possible explanation
seemed to lie that No. 4 had gone over
Ihe wall Into Ihe river. She could not
have gone.' up Into the air. Nearly an
hour had passed. The river seemed
the only place where she could be. The
freight conductor received orders to
uncouple his engine and run back slow
ly. He ran bac k past two towers, but
could see nothing of No. 4 on the track
or In the river. There wus not even
a displaced rnil where she could have
gone over the wall. Then he was or
dered to run slowly west to see how
things looked there. About half way
between .bines' lower and the one west
of him the express was found, with a
broken cylinder head. She had never
passed Jones at nil. Jones had dreamed
it, although he declares to tills day that
be was wide awake all the time. Jones
was In bad repute for a time, but he
was not discharged, as he was a good
man, and his mistake had not caused
a wrec k."
VAM'.IMCTOKY.
'T's autumn, sombe r autumn, und the Joys
of summer lice;
We'll miss the tender tootle of the song
bird on the tree.
Hut more than sylvan music and the per
fumes of the lie Id,
We'll miss the nu n whose praises from the
bieachinu-boards once pete-d.
No more we'll hear iliac orator, whose
never-failing voice,
lias 1 ve r boded tumult we refer to Scrap,
py Joyce.
And we'll pine for that debater upon
ethics and on law.
Who Is mostly known a. Muggsy, though
his last name Is AlcGraw.
Where now is the hold umpire with the
nerve to call a strike
On the wizard of the'willow whom we hail
as "Silent Mlk"?"
There is nothing that woul I so warm up
the cockles of the heart
As to naze on Jinnny Parrott while he
practlee s Hels.l! le.
Put the rooters all have vanished with the
silent leave-- that fall;
There is only desolation where they once
were playing ball.
We mourn for Fovhnrn Miller, Jebbly Jack
and Hid Alcl'liee,
And all s.ieh famous folk who mado tho
welkin rimr with glee.
'Tis all In vain another glimpse the fan
who lingers b"(;s
Of Cartwriglit. gallant Cariwrbiht, wltn
the staunch phino-1 'ts.
Kid Oleason and Hug Holiday, Mute Hoy
and Cupid fluids.
Have tone from tho arena Into dark ob
livion's wilds.
'Tis true that e'en the splendors of an em
pire cannot stay.
Hut Just the same, jfs hard to see our
pets thus fade awav;
To call i" vain for Chip MeCiarr, Pink
Han ley, and the rest.
And hear. In answer, but the wind that's
sobbing In the west ;
To wander unrestricted through the old
environments.
With no one near to stop you and demand
your lifty cents.
Cut diiyli-'ht follows, darkness, and the
memories of yore.
Oive glorious assurance of things that are
in store.
And patiently we'll listen for the song
birds' carolling.
For we know that, like the robins, they'll
be with us in the sriring.
Washington Star.
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toririR tli fire of youth. It ward ofl 7nKit
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For Sale by MATTHEWS BROS., Drug
gist Scram o a, Pa.
11 fci rJCefrnpfc4
feJX fri lift.
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124-128 Wyoming Avi ,
Will place on sale the follow
ing extraordinary values, in
new and choice merchandise.
We invite inspection through
out our establishment aud
you will find we are money
savers for you:
Assorted lot of niack Prfss floods
every il"cc all wool, worth from bOc,
to 7ie. Leailor'3 prioe, 20c.
One caso Poubie Fold Plaids nil colors,
worth 15c. Leader's price, 10c,
8 pieces Coverts, very heavy S6-lnch In
navy, brown, prey and black, worltj
6Sc. Leailer's price, 3Jc.
10 pieces ltoucle Dress floods 111 all
shades, worth 3!lc. Leader's price, 37c.
One case TowellinB, worth Be Leadr
er's price, a'.ic
One case 0-4 T'nbleachod Sheet lnfi. .
worth 15c. Leailer's price, lie.
100 dozen Rendy-SIade Sheets, 10-4, px
tiii heavy Muslin, regular price Sue
Leader's price, otfc ,
One bale 3G-lnch, T'nbleached Muslin,
worth 6c. Leader's price 4c.
10 pieces nil Linen Half-Bleached
Tahlc Damask, regular price Si3m
Lender's price, 19c. .
10 pieces all Linen Hulf-Bleachecl
Table Uatnask with red bonier, IK1
Inches wide, worth tiac. Leader's
price, 3'Je.
One lot riald Tarns, worth 19c. Leader's
price, 10c.
One lot Plain Tarns, worth 23a Lead
er's price, 19c.
One lot Vntilmmecl Felts In latest
shapes, worth 69c. Leader's price, 49c,
One lot Plaid Walking Hats, worth 69c,
Leader's price, 49c.
One lot Silk Infants' Caps, worth 49
Leader's price, 25c.
One lot Trimmed Hats, worth 12.9S,
Leader's price, $1.98.
One lot Trimmed Felts, worth $3.9
Leader's price, $2.98.
Velvet Hats In latest designs, worth
.$5.00. Leader's price, $3.98.
GO Seal riush Capes, fur trimmed, full
sweep, worth $1.00. Leader's price,
$2.!0.
25 Seal Plush Capes, thlbet, fur and
brown nppossum trimmed, silk lined,
full sweep, worth $6.00. Leader's,
price, $4.49.
24 Plain Pluck Heaver Cloth. Double!
and Single Cures, fur and braid,
trimmed, worth $3.00. Leader's price,
$ 1.9.x.
35 Black and Blue Beaver Cloth Capes,
velvet collar, braid trimmed, worth
$11.00. Leader's price, $1.19.
75 Children's Beefers, nil colors, sailor
collars, braid trimmed, all sizes,
worth $2.50, Leader's price, ll.W.-r-.rv
20 Ladles' Hearer Jackets, box fronts;
the newest sleeve and back, wortll
$5.00. Leader's price, $J.79.
25 Ladies' Tailor-Made Jackets In all
wool boiieli! mad" in the latest style,
Worth $'i.uO. Leader's price, $4.49.
25 Ladles' FiRiired Brllllantine Skirts,
five yards wide, lined throughout and
velveteen bound, worth $3.00. Lead
cr's price, $l.(l'j.
Ladies' Jersey Bibbed Vests and Pants,
lleece lined, worth 25c. Leader's price,
15c.
M Ladles' Ohaimeable Taffeta Silk Waist
in all the newest shades; lined throin;lw
out; worth I'i.Oil. Leader's prlre, $3.tS.
Men's Xeckwear In most exrlusIvS
shapes and patterns, new and Eor
peons colorings, worth 73c. Leader's
price, 4!lc,
20 Dozen Men's NlKht Shirts, exrm
quality, plain and fancy, worth 50c
Leader's price, 35c.
20 dozen Kxtra Quullty Men's Fleee
Lined rnderwenr. all sizes, worth 69o.
Leader's price, 49c
Boys' Black Bibbed Hose, fiplicecj
knees, sizes 6 to 'J'j, worth 25c, Lead
er's price, 15c.
Ladles' Black Cotton Hose, worth 12e,
Leader's price, 3 pair for 23c.
500 pieces Black and Fancy All-Silk
Bilibons. In widths from three to live
Inches, none in the lot worth less
than 25r., nnd some as high as 50c,
Choice of any, 12140.
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WHEELS (J WHEELS
BICYCLES.
OM AXP AFTER SEPT. 1ST. 1W. WU
i lTcr nil of the fiilli.winir wheels we
may lmv in tock nt .lobl er's Prices : Wolf
American, Pierce, lvor-.Tubnsun, Waverlymnd
Ft atherstcno Line. Thin is un opportunity
to net li pond wheel rheai. Wp still have th
famous ".'rwforil," a wheel that runs
l:rlit. and cmipv and wears ecitial to any f IIA
machine on the market. C oma and e what
we can 6o fcr you iu our lino.
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t. tfG :
E. B. PUHEH 321 SFRUGE SI.