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THE SCB ANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY MORNLNG. NOVEMBER 10. 1896.
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THE SIX DUMB-BELLS
OF CASTLE SCHRECKENSTROHM.
' BY DAVID SKAATS FOSTER.
fltiihor of "Crisis
friyritlit. Iff. bjtb
Julius Watn-burv. an American truvol.
lug in Ucrmaay. deeldei to pay a vllt to
III friend. John Jenkins, wuo ha married
u German irl ot noble family and set
tled down in the town of Oldeiidorf as
i'nite'1 States consul. Vat-?i'liiry mid
Jenkins verv muck under hie wife do
iniiiioii. In the evenln the two friends go
i.ut to rr it military twloon ascension.
fli hiiloon e-uies, and, the friends re
iiiiiiluti hume luter than expected. Wa-
vri.uiy Is kept ttwake half the night by
.! ruriain li-ctnr in the next room. Get
ting up, he discovers the baloon i-aught
in a rullliiu outside his window. While
it'eiiiaiiKliiiK the liitloon he is Hroid-ntally
i iiriii d oif lv it. inui wiifted some distance
to the castle of llaroti von tfuhreckeii.
strolim. on an island In the torrent of the
.-ame mime. A3 he passes the parapet of
iie castle, he drops to the platform be
Mtd it at the same lime a man stand
ing there jumps into the i-nr and goes
:iwav with the baloon. Watt-rbury de
- c-cis to room, evidently coupled by
lie. mnn. who hnd just left, whose name.
August von Diinkelhelm. he finds on a
. tier. Waterbiirv throws himself on the
l..l and sleeps till morning. He then
.nakts his toilet, and descends to the
room below, where he finds a breakfusi
ei out. KnttaUIng of this, he then ex
plores the castle.
PAUT III.
fuming out of my chamber, I noticed
a door on the opposite side of the land
ing. I opened it and found myself In a
laree aonrtment with stone lloors and
stone-vaulted roof. Passim? through
this. I came tnto a Ion corridor, sim
ilarly tlhishod, in which there were a
number of casements or loopholes.
Thrusting my head through one of
these apertures, I saw ahead of me a
meat hexagonal tower, thirty or forty
f.-et In illameter; then passing through
a doorway at the end of the passage I
entered a hallway of hexagonal shape,
and from that I knew that I was now
in the six-sided tower which I bad seen
tka.nHmlnui Thia hnllwav was
lighted 1 u shaft from above, and In its j
THE SIGHT OP SIX YOCXG DAM
SELS. center was a winding stairway leading
to the lower story. In Us six Bides
the-; were six doorways leading Into
ns many bedrooms. I examined each of
these chambers In turn and found them
all notably alike. The same rlchly
stalned mulllon windows were In all of
them; the same delicately-frescoed
walls and ceilings, the same luxurious
nigs and Louis Qulnze movables. In
each room there was a quaint and nar
row bed with the whitest of counter
panes, the softest of mattresses and the
downiest of pillows. 1 tried one of them,
like little Silver Hair In the house of
Uie three bear: then, seeing how I had
disarranged It, I felt exceedingly guilty,
and with haste and as silently as pos
sible I withdrew to my own part of the
hateau.
Again descending the tower ntnlr-
atf; to the bottom and turning to the
leit. Instead ot to the right, 1 passed
through a spacious, vaulted passage,
and coining to a great pair of oaken
doors, 1 opened one of them without
nint h trouble and found myself r.pon a
carved stone porch, which led down
Into a courtyard. In this onen space I
walked about and surveyed at my ease
the castle and Its surroundings. It
would be a difficult matter to describe
tlie building, or collection of buildings,
as more properly it might be called. It
was a conglomeration of feudal Oothto
.ind Moorish architecture; towers
round and square, great battlemented
walls, turrets nnd donjon keeps and all
that sort of thing. And what made It
"em more Incongruous was that a con
siderable portion of It had been re
modeled and made habitable In a com
paratively modern way. A great part
it it, crumbling and discolored with
time and almost covered with Ivy,
looked as though it were n thousand
years old, while other parts seemed
new and comfortable and Hhowed the
marks of present occupancy.
Outside the castle and the court there
ruse u stone wall about eight feet in
height, continuous save opposite the
castle porch, where there was a break
"r gap, some fifteen feet In width, or
wider. This gap had originally been
tilled by two huge gates of wrought
and twisted iron, which, now rusted
from their hinges, lay back on either
side against the wall. Through this
pen space I could see the black swirl
ing flood of Schreekenstrohm go sweep
ing by; and beyond the water a wagon
road that wound up the hill through
the forest.
Advancing to this aperture in the
innsonry, I found some stone , steps
leading down Into the water, and look
ing up the stream I noticed something
else, which struck me as remarkably
odd, namely, a rope of Iron wire, which,
coming from the highest casement In
a tall tower, which rose some fifty feet
from where I stood, stretched across
the river and disappeared In the tree
tops of the woods on the opposite side.
I climbed to the top of the outer wall,
without much trouble, and walking up
on it for several hundred feet I passed
around the upper end of the castle end
of the Island, and now was able to get a
much better Idea of both, and of the
plunging river or torrent, which swept
down, about sixty feet In width, on
either side. I now looked In vain for
any means of communication between
the castle and the main land. The
Mood was so deep and the current so
furious, as it pounded against the rocky
banks, that crossing in a boat was ut
terly impossible, and the question of
how I was to get away became more
and more ot an enigma. The island
seemed to be about two hundred feet
in width and some five or six hundred
In length. It was completely encircled
at Its outer edge by the wall upon which
I walked, excepting for the open space
I have mentioned. The castle stood at
the lower end of the lnclosure. By low
er end, I mean, of course, the part down
stream. And the whole of the remain
ing ground, for five hundred feet per
haps above the buildings, was covered
with trees and shrubbery, very dense
in some places. ana at one point through
the leaves and branches I caught sight
nl a flower garden, and what seemed
to be the white spray of a fountain.
I leaped down from the wall and
threaded my way through a labyrinth
of foliage, that I might satisfy myself
about he matter, and suddenly coming
Into an open space, a most secluded
sylvan spot, there burst upon my gase
a sight which would hare surprised ma
1
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Bacbeller Syndicate.
and set me wondering, if such a thing
were possible; the sight, namely, of
six young darnels, all of them hand
some, and two or three of them passing
anything I had seen, both in face and
figure. In that quality which is called
beauty. They were sitting upon rustic
seats, or reclining upon the turf. Two
of them were reading. The others. In
various dolce far nieiite attitudes, were
day dreaming, or gazing at the sky, or
otherwise killing time. They were of
different ages, the oldest not over
twenty and the youngest not less than
fifteen. Though each had some trait of
feature color or expression, which dis
tinguished her from the others, there
was that in their general appearance
which led me to believe that they were
sisters. They were alike and yet un
alike. And that which pleased me in
finitely more than all the rest was the
fact that they were not saying any
thing. They hnd not noticed my approach,
but presently one ot them looked up
and saw me. She immediately sprang
to her feet. This drew the attention of
the others to me. A second one follow
ed the example of the first, and these
two, hurriedly picking up something
from the ground, darted away Into the
shrubbery. As they fled, I perceived
the twinkling of bare white feet, and
one of them let fall a tiny shoe upon
the grass. Their forms were so sinu
ous, so perfectly molded, and their mo
tions so quick and graceful, that tney
seemed more like wood nymphs man
like human beings.
The remaining four raised themselves
from their recumbent positions and
gazed at me curiously and without a
particle of alarm. I advanced toward
them, hut in hand, and thus accosted
them:
"You Will please pardon rne, young
ladles, for intruding upon you, but you
are the first persons I have seen upon
the island.' I arrived here last night,
and 1 wish to pay my respects to the
master of the house. Will you kindly
tell me where I can find him." The
four girls simply looked at each other
and smiled. Then they gazed at me
again, without uttering a syllable in
reply.
I thought their conduct somewhat
peculiar, but I made as though I did
not notice it, snJ said:
"You are the daughters of the pro
prietor, are you not?"
All four nodded emphatically, then
looked at each other and smiled again.
"The other two who fled as I ap
proached, are they your sisters?"
Once more they . nodded simultane
ously. "1 have heard that the Castle of
Schreekenstrohm stands hereabouts.
Can you tell me It this be it?"
They gave the same affirmative sign.
Then the one to whom I particularly
addressed by questions, she seeming
to be the oldest, turned to her sisters
and raised her eyebrows In a .sarcastic
manner.
"The Herr.Graf von Schreekenstrohm
is then your happy father. Will you
condescend to tell me whether he is at
homer
This time they all shook their heads,
and they were so decided about It that
I thought they would never get through
Bhaking them. Here was a very odd
kind of a reception. I had never had
such an experience before. The ex
pression upon the faces of these young
women was more than ordinarily intel
ligent and lively, and they could an
swer my questions with nothing but
nods and shakings of the head. Per
haps they were trying to have some
amusement out of me. I would be
facetious In my turn.
"Are all the people on the Island
dumb?" I asked. -
For answer, they nodded fTowly.
They no longer smiled, and tlielt coun
tenances took on a tinge ot sadness.
When 1 asked the question, I did not
suspect that such was the reality, Their
manner now made me think seriously
that I hnd hit upon the truth. But I
could not wholly believe It yet.
"My dear young ladles, do you mean
to affirm, really and truly, that you are
all mute? That none of you can ar
ticulate a word?"
They nodded still more sorrowfully
than before; and the oldest one, for
whom I had begun to have something
of a liking, cast her eyes down.andthey
seemed to be filled with moisture. I had
now come to the experience which
prompted me to write this story. These
were "the six dumb belles of Castle
Schreekenstrohm." In the title, I did
not, it is true, use exactly this form of
spelling but it was intentional: for how
otherwise could I sum up and picture
the chief episode of the narrative with
out letting the reader Into the secret
before it was time to do so?
The two younger maidens who lunl
disappeared at my first approach now
returned, properly stockinged and shod,
and the whole six representing every
possible charm and beauty which the
human female, from the ase of fifteen
to twenty, possessed standing and sit
ting, were grouped around me In a
radiant semicircle, in ecstatic rapture.
Here are six girls, thought I, each one
of them In her way as lively a
dream, not one of whom can speuk a
I READ AS FOLLOWS: "WE KNOW
WHO YOU ARE."
word. I remembered the dainty break
fast which I had eaten that morning,
and at once the old adage came to me
that the perfect woman Is she who can
cook but who cannot talk. Here was
not one perfect woman only but a half
dozen of them. The gardlnen Predlgt
of Frau Hilda von Waldeck Jenkins
xvas still fresh in my memory, and I
declare that if such thing had been
possible I would immediately and in
continently have fallen in love with
the whole six.
I was now upon the point of asking
whether they had been born mute or
had become so after birth, because I
was anxious to ascertain the locality
where, and the means by which, such
families or races of females were pro
ducedwith the Idea of giving the in
formation to my friends, for their good
and the general benefit of humanity.
I however refrained from Interrogat
ing them upon the subject, as It was
a delicate' one, and might' put them to
unnecessary pain.
"Young ladles," said I, "I am very
glad to have you say so. No, I do not
meanr that, of course I am sorry that
Is to say 1 am glad that you can, at
least, hear so distinctly. It will now
give me pleasure to tell you who I am,
and to describe the odd way In which I
came here."
The. oldest maiden, whom I by this
time fancied exceedingly, a tall bru
nette, with a slender but perfect figure,
large, dark, melancholy eyes, a creamy
complexion and wealth of dark, glossy
brown locks, at this produced from be
hind her a writing pad with pencil at
tached. After tearing off a page which
had been scribbled upon, she wrote up
on the pad and gave it to me. The
handwriting was full of character, and
was charmingly feminine. I read as fol
lows: "We know who you are. and how you
came, and the errand upon which you
came."
Before handing It to me she had
shown it to the girls nearest her. They
now watched my face, and glanced at
each other with looks of mischievous
amusement, i was somewhat non
plused. They were either bent on mys
tifying me, or they took me for some
one else.
"Then," said I, "you have been told
by Frau Jenkins, and you saw the bal
loon last night when it passed over the
castle." '
The Schreekenstrohm ladles looked
wonderiiigly at each other, and my par
ticular favorite snatched the pad and
wrote as follows:
"We have heard nothing from Frau
Jenkins, though we are acquainted
with a lady of that name In the city.
Neither do we know what you meun
by that nonsense about the balloon.
We know that you are Herr von Pun
kelheltn, of Munich, and that papa
brought you here lust night, aft-n we
were all In bed."
"Mesdemoisclles Schreekenstrohm,"
I cried. "You were never mow mis
taken in your life. I am not Horr von
Dunkelheim. My name is j'llii s Wat
erbury. Von Punkelhelm nas let! the
island, and I did not come with your
father, and have not seen him."
Her eyes had a strange light in them
as she seized the pod and ogam wrote
upon it:
"Then how did you get here?''
Impressively, am) with .jxact detail.
I narrated the manner of my arrival at
the castle, and of Von Dun celheiin's
departure from It. I have never ceen
Incredulity so fully nnd unmistakably
depicted on the human countei.ntice as
it was upon the pretty faces of the dx
countesses. One of them, an therir.l
blonde creature of about seventeen,
thrust a little hand Into a roticaie
which hung suspended from her belt,
produced a letter, unfold 1 It and
handed it to me at the same time, with
triumphant air, pointing to ih open
ing paragraph with a taper index An
ger. 1 took the letter and r:-ad aloud
the following words:
"Dearest Ysolde: I learned today
that my brother-in-law's brothi r, Au
gust von Ounkelheim. Is to visit you
and the rest of my cousins at the cas
tle. As you have never seen him, you
will doubtless wish to know something
about him. In the first place, you
must not believe a word he says; for I
know it to be a fact that he is the
greatest liar in all Europe."
(To be continued).
liu; GAS SHOW.
It Will Be Held in tiothnm After the
Holiday.
The artificial gas interest of this
country Is an exceedingly Important
and extensive one. There are In the
neighborhood of 1,200 cities and towns
of the United States lighted In large
part by manufactured gas. In addition
there are thousands of homes in which
gas Is being largely, if not wholly, em
ployed for cooking and heating pur
poses. About $600,000,000 Is Invested In
gas works property In this country, and
the gas Interest Is perhaps second In
importance only to the investment in
railroad properties.
The gas Industries propose to hold an
exposition at Madison Square Garden.
New York city, opening on January 2",
18ST, and holding for. two weeks. At
this exposition will be shown every
practical apparatus and appliance
which enters into the manufacture or
distribution of gas as an illuminating
or heating agent.
One of the features of the exposition
will be cooking demonstrations both af
ternoon and evening, two competent
demonstrators having been secured for
this work. A gas tower of large dimen
sions has been arranged for and will
be one of the great curiosities at the
fair: consisting of an extremely orna
mental and most brilliantly Illuminated
spectacular piece, the dimensions of
which will be twenty feet at the base,
and running to a height of 55 feet, on
which will be artistically arranged
about 2.5oo gas jets.
Evidently the gas people propose to
demonstrate to the public that their
product Is capable of producing equally,
If not superior, lighting effects to those
claimed for the electric light.
IRISH BILLS.
One of the most interesting of recent
compilations is the "Hufidy Book of Lit
erary Curiosities." by William S. Walsh,
published by J. K. Lippincott. From this
book Is gathered the collection of Irlsn
bulls hereto Hi'pchiled:
".My dear, com.- and go to bed," suld
the wife of a jolly son of krin who had
Just returned from the fair in a decidedly
how-cotne-you-Ho slate; "you must be
dreadful tired, sure, with your long wain
of six miles." ".Urali, get away with
your nonsense." said Pal. "It wasn't the
length of the way at all that fatigued uie,
I 'twas the breadth of it."
! A young Irishman1 who had married
when about !! years of age complaining
of tin- difficulties to which his early niar
! rlage subjected him, said; "He would
j never marry so young again if he lived
i. tu be as mild as Methuselah."
, An invalid, after returning from u south
ern trip, said to a friend: "Oh, share, an'
1 It's done me a wtimild o' good, goin'
! away. I've come back another man al
i together; In fuel, I'm quite myself again."
An eccentric lawyer thus questioned a
client: "So your uncle, Dennis O'Klaher
ly, had no family?" "None at all, yer hon
or," responded the client. The lawyer
made a memorandum of the reply and
thus continued: "Verv good. And voin
father. Patrick O'Flaherty, did he have
chick or child?"
Two Irishmen were working in a quar
ry. when one nf them fell Into a deep
quarry hole. The other, alarmed, came
to the margin of the hole and' called out.
"Arrah. Pat, nre ye killed Intirely? If
ye're dead, spake. Pat reassured him
from the bottom by saying In answer,
"No. Tim, I'm not dead, but I'm spache
less." ,
A domestic, newly engaged, presented
to his master one morning a pair of boots,
the leg of one of which was much longer
than the other.
"How conies it that these boots are not
of the same length?"
"I raly don't know, sir; but what both
ers me the most Is that the pair down
stairs are in the same tlx."
An Irishman, having feet of different
sizes, ordered his boots to be made accord
ingly. His direction were obeyed, but as
he tried the smallest boot on his largest
foot he exelilmed, petulantly: "Confound
that fellow I 1 ordered him to make one
Inrger than the other other, an I instead
of that he has made one smaller than
the other."
That was a triumphant appeal to r.n
Irish lover of antiquity who, in arguing
the superiority of the old architecture
over the new, said: "Where will you llnd
any modern building thai has lasted so
long as the ancient?
An Irish magistrate, censuring some
boys for loitering in the streets, argued:
"If everybody were to stand in the strjet
how could anybody set by?"
A Hibernian gentleman told a friend
studying for the priesthood: "I hope I
may live lo hear you preach my funeral
sermsn." Another expressed the grate
ful sentiment, "May you live to eat the
chicken that scratches over your grave."
A 1hvlrlan said oracnlnrlv of a murdered
man "This person was so ill that If lie
nail not been murdered he would have died
half an hour before."
An old Dublin woman went to the chand
ler's for a farthing candle, and, being
told It was raised to a halfpenny on ac
count of the Russian war, "1 ad luck to
tnem. sne exclaimed, "ana do they tight
by candlelight?" -
MARKETS AND STOCKS
Wall Street Review.
New York, Nov. 9. Stocks were ir
regular but in the main firm. The ir
regularity of prices was the result of
realizations by professional operators
who bought at considerable lower
prices and who now believe that a re
action is overdue. A feature of the
market was the buying of the low
priced issues and the execution of or
ders in the gilt-edged stocks such as
Lackawanna, Lake Shore, Consolidat
ed Gas, etc., by commlston houses. Un
der this process Lake Shore rose to
153. Lackawanna to 180 and Consoli
dated Gas to 1634- The activity and
strength of these as well as other stocks
resulted from the continued easy work
ing of the money market. Manhattan
was conspicuous for an advance from
y4 to 1024. Sugar and Chicago Uas
were weak for a time the former sell
ing off 1 to 12U" and the later 2H to
T6H. but subsequently there was a
rise to 122H and 77"i respectively. The
Uranger group was not materially
changed at any time from Saturdays
closing figures. The market, closed
strong In tone, net changes show gains
of H to 2Mi per cent. Total sales were
302,167 shares.
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Can. South 51 51 51 51
Ches. Ohio 17", 1 17ai W,
Chicago Gas TSU. 7sr. 7 77"
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Chic. B. & Q MV4 lV i
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M. K. & Texas, Pr .. 30 30 Soi
Manhattan Ele W,i I'Cli 99'4 PC
-Mo. Pacinc 251 2fi 25' 2."'
Nat. Cordage i o'i S1 i'1
Nat. Lead 27'j 27'i, 27 27
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Nor. Pacific lii lrt:l4 11 hi
ont. & West 15" 1014 15?4 W
Omaha 44 44-j 43 44
Pacific Mall 35 25. 25 25'4
Phil. Head 3l 31 30'i .11!,
Southern R. R W ll'.i Vf,k 11
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Tenn., C. & Iron .... 32V 32a 31i 32
Texas Pacific HSi 114.
t'nion Pacific 12 124 11 11
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West. Vnion 88!. 8 87 S'i
W. L V. 8' 7T, S'
V. S. Leather 11!, U'i 11 U'A
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U. S. Rubber 24& 25!n 24! 254
CHICAOO BOARD OF TRADE PRICES.
WHEAT. Open.- High- Low- Clos
ing, est, est Ire
December 7S'i Srt'i 77TA 78
.May 824 S4 82't S2
OAT8.
December 19', 1!4 Wi W
.May SSH ttff, 22!a 22,
CORN.
December 25i 25 25 254
.May 2Sj 2lrt 28 : 2
LARD.
May 4.20 4.2i 4.15 1.15
January 4.12 4.42 4.32 4.37
PORK.
Mav 8.40 8.50 8.37 8.37
January 7.95 8.15 7.95 8.02
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
QnotationsAII Quotation Based
cn Tar of 100.
Name. B!A. Asked.
Dime Dep. A Dis Bank 140
Scranton Lace Curtain Co M
National Boring A Drilling Co ... 80
First National Bank (50 ...
Boranton Jar Stopper Co. 2S
Rlmhurst Boulevard Co 108
Scranton Savings Bank 200
Bonta Plate Glass Co 10
Scranton Packing Co 20
Lackawanna Iron Steel Co, ... ISO
Third National Bank BO ...
Throop Novelty M'rg. Co. 90
Scranton Traction Co. 15 20
Scranton Axle Works to
Lack'a Trust Safe Dep. Co. 14S
Economy Steam Heat 4
Power Co 40
BONDS.
Scranton Pass. Railway, Brat
mortgage due IMS 110 ...
People's Street Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 lit
Scranton & Pitt-ton Trac. Co. ...
People's Street Railway, Sec
ond mortgage due 1920 lit
Dickson Manufacturing Co 100
Lacka. Township School 6 102
City of Scranton St. Imp. 1. ... 103
Borough of Winton t 100
Mt. Vernon Coal Co 83
Scranton Axle Works loo
8c rac ton Traction Co. Hi
New York Produce Market.
New York, Nov. 9. Flour Quiet and
tit-iii- VL'Intr ah-flt. low vrutles. t2 ''(ki:t .':
do. fair to fancy, S3.25a4.20: do. peteuts, 1
$4.5uh4.90; Minnesota clear, S"a4; do.
straights. S3 9Ua4.2a: do. patents, S3.85a4.95; !
low extras. S2.2Ua3.25; city mills, S4.40a4.GU; ,
do. patents, S5.3ua555. Wheat Dull, high-
ei", f. o. b., Wiu91c; ungraded red, TsuUlc; :
No. 1 northern, S9a891c. ; options closed j
uimettled at i.a'tc over Saturday; Janu
ary, so 9-ltajssc.; March, 89c.; May, 87,c; '
November. C4c. Corn Dull, firm: No 2. :
31tc. elecittor; options were dull, firm at
unchanged prices. Oafs Spots more ac
tive, tinner; options were unlet, firm; De
cember, 24'ic; May, 2tW.,c.; spot prices. No.
2, 23V.: No. 2 white, 2tic; No. 2 Chicago,
21'4a21!e.; No. 3, 21c; No. 3 white 23..c ;
mixed western, 22u24c.: white do., 24032c'.;
white state, 24a;t2c. Pef Quiet, firm;
fiimliv, S.5ua9; extra mens, t'ia". Beets
Hums Strong; S16.50alti. Drier Beef
Quiet and steady; city extra India ruess,
Slo.25al2.5u. Cut Meats Firm; pickled hel.
lies, 5',c; pickled shoulder!, 4!4ii-eV;
pickled hams, 9u91nC. Lard Quiet, stead
ier; western steam, S4.52j; city, Sl.20a4.4u;
options sales, none; December, tt.5o, nomi
nal; relined, quiet; continent, S4.95; South
American, S5.3e; compound, 4r-,u4"s. Pork
Steady, moderate demand; new meg,,
S.50j9. putter Choice steady, better de
mand ; state dairy, llalSc. ; do. creamery,
12!-jal9!ic.; western duiry, 8al2',c.; do.
creamery. 12!La20c.: do. factory, 7a12e.;
Klglns, zuc.; imitation creamery, lO'iallc.
Chese Quiet. September steady; state
large, 714ali'!ic.: do. small, 7!-jalgVe. ; pa:-t
skims, tic; full skims, 2a3c. Eggs Light
receipts, firm; state and Pennsylvania, 2t
n22c.; southnrn, 19a21c: lee house, lGal7c.;
western frenh, 20a22c; do. case, S2a4.oO.
I'hilndelphin Provision Market.
Philadelphia. Nov. 9. Provisions ware
In steady Jobbing demand and firm. We
quote: City smoked beef, lla12c.; beef
hams. $17al7.25, as to average; pork, fam
ily, til: hams, 8. P. cured, in tierces, 8Vja
9'ic.; do. smoked, lOalle., as to average;
sides, ribbed, in rait, 4',ia4Ue. ; do. do.
smctsKl, 5a!4c ; shoulders, pickle-cured,
5MSV.; do. do. smoked, O'iatio. ; picnic
hnms, 9. P. cured, eaS'ic; do. do. smoked,
fln';i.c.; bellies. In pickle, according to av
erage, loose, iVoaOc.s breakfast bacon, 7a
7'-..c, as to brand and average; lard, pure,
city refined, In tierces, 6!ia5'4c.; do. do.
do., In tubs, 5'an.'A4c; do. butchers', loose,
4I2a44c.; city talolw, in hogsheads, Vic. ;
country, do., 2a3ic., as to quality, and
cakes, 3"io.
Chicago t.rnin and Provision Market.
Chicago. Nov. 9. Futures ranged as fol
lows: Wheat November, 7fi"ia77Iv.; De
cember, 77Ta78"ie.: May, 82'ias2ic. Corn
November, 24,a24Sc.; December, 25iiA
i'l'nc.: May. 2S",a29c. Oats November,
lHalSSc; December, I9ia19!jc.; May. 22
a22o. Mess Pork December, t7.15a7.02!;
January, S7.9a8.024; May, S8.40afl 37!,,
Short Ribs December, S3.80a3.77i; Janu
ary, S3.92a3.97!i; May, S4.17!itt4.22S- Cash
quotations: Flour, steady, firm, un
changed prices; No. 2 spring wheat, 76'8a
79' ic: No. 3 spring wheat, 74a77'i,c. by
sample; No. 2 red, f4a88c; corn, 24Sa
2.VV-: oats, 18Sal9c.; rye, 37-a38c.; barley,
34c.; flax seed, 76a76'c.; timothy seed, S2.55,
nominal; mess pork, ti.05a7.15; lard, S4.15a
4.20: short ribs, sides. S3.65a3.95; shoulders,
S4a4.25; short clear sides, Si 12'2a4.15; whls
key and sugars unchanged.
Buffalo Live Slock.
Buffalo. Nov. 9. Cattle Market active,
Ma20c. higher; best steers, S4.8.r.a4.90; me
dium to good, S4.40a4.80; light to fair;
S3.85a4.30; good to prime fat heifers, S3.50a
4; fat heavy cows, S3.25a3.J6; oxen, common
to good, t2.25a4; bulls, good to choice, SSa
3.25; stockers and feeder stronger; good
stockers, t3.10a3.40; feeders, S3.40a3.75;
frr h cows and springers strong at t3oa50;
veals higher at tt.ua7 ;heavy fat calves,
S3.25a4.25, Hogs Market strong; Yorkers,
I3.laa3.90; light Sou and pigs, t&tOa; mixed
Backers, $3 85: mediums, $S 80a3 X: roughs,
t3.lKaJ.20. Sheep and Lambs Market ac
tive and Ua25c. higher; aative lambs,
choice to extra, t4.7fw4.9t; few, K; fair
to good, $4.254.70: culls and common.
S3.50a4.15! mixed heeu be. t3.40a3.aO;
culls to good, tl.75a3.25; wethers. l3.Wui.70.
Chicago Live Stock.
Union Stock Yards. Nov. t. Cattle
Market strong and lOatfc. lather; com
mon to extra steers, t3 50a5.30; stockers
and federa, t2.SOa3.75: cows and bulls, 11. W
a3.0; Texan,, t2.80a4.15; western rangers.
S2.25a4.06. Hogs Market strong and 5 alOc.
higher; heavy packing and shipping lots.
t3.25a3.6T; common to choice mixed. S3.30a
3.70; choice asorted, S3.55a3.5: light, S3-3ua
S.: pigs, t2.taa3.5a. Sheep Market strong
and 10a25c. higher; inferior to choice. $2
3,40; lambs, S3a6,25.
Oil Market.
Oil City. Nov. . Option oil and credit
balances, 117.
BRUTE AT BAY KILLS HIMSELF.
Foiled in His Heinous Attempt, He
Ends His Life.
' New York, Nov. 9. Little Bertha
urarr. the 14-year-uld daughter of Max
and Rebecca Graf, who live in an Cast
Side tenement, was attacked by a man
with a pistol in the cellar yesterday af
ternoon. On escaping from him, after
alarming the house with her screams,
he turned his pistol on himself, firing
three shots, which proved fatal.
The man jumped out of an angle as
Bertha was going upstaids. 'She saw a
revolver in his hand and screamed. He
grasped her by the throat and choked
her so hard that she could hardly
breathe. She became desperate then
and struggled furiously. The tenement,
roused by her screams, became alive
with tenants. As they rushed to her
rescue, crying vengeance, the man
turned the pistol on himself and fired
just as the girl's brother tore her from
his grasp. The man's body lies uniden
tified at the morgue.
' The light in the
windowaafter
midnight but too
frequently tells
the old, old story
of the awful tor
ture of approach
ing motherhood
for some illy-prepared
women.
AU too often
death lurks on the
doorstep. This is
a atnrv that would
seldom be told if women would but properly
prepare themselves for the duties of moth
erhood. If a woman will take the right care
of the organs tbat make mr4perhood possi
ble, approaching maternity will have no
fears for her. Nature intended that all wo
men should hear children, and did not mean
that this duty should be a cruel torture.
Woman's own ignorance and neglect have
made it so.
AU weakness and disease of woman's re-
? reductive organism Ve cured by Doctor
ierce's Favorite Prescription. -It acts di
rectly upon these Organs. It makes them
strong and healthy. It prepares them for
approaching maternity. It allays the dis
comforts of the expectant period. It make
baby's coming easy and comparatively pain
less, and insures the health of the child.
All good druggists sell it.
"I have had three miact triages." write Mr.
T. L. Shaffer, of Ney. Bully Co.. S. lkot. " Ut
Spring I received one of your Memorandum
Book la which I found your ' Favorite Prncrip
tion ' recommended to preventdt. 1 took eleven
bottle of it and have a bright boy five month
old, which I owe to God and your medicine."
What woman does not wish to make her
family cares as light as possible, consistent
with her family's well-being ? The greatest
care of all is the fear of sickness. It is a
common saying amongst conscientious
mothers: " As long as the children are well,
I don't mind anything else." For these
mothers Dr. Pierce's Coin in on Sense Med
ical Adviser would prove " The shadow of
a great rock in a weary land." This book
of 1,008 pages, profusely illustrated, gives
plain talks and kindly sensible medical ad
vice. It is peculiarly valuable for mother
of young daughters. More than a half a
million copies of this hook have been sold
for ft. So each. Now there is an enormous
edition to be given away. Send at one-cent
stamps, to cover cost of mailing only, for
a copy in paper cover. For cloth binding,
send tt one-cent stamps. World's Dispen
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. .
DU FONT'S
DINING. BUSTING ADD SPORTING
POWDER
Manufactured at the Wapwallopen Mills,
Lucerne county, Pa., and at Wil
mington, Delaware.
HENRY BEL.IN, Jr.
General Agent for the Wyoming District
lit WYOMINO AVENUE, Scranton, Pa,
Third National Bank Building.
AGENCIES:
THOS. FORD, Plttston, Pa.
JOHN B. SMITH A SON. Plymouth. Pa.
E. W. MULLIGAN. Wllkes-Barre, Pa.
Agents for the Kepauno Chemical Corn
tanv's High Explosives.
WHEELS fjfo WHEELS
BICYCLES.
ON AND AFTER SEPT. 1ST, llW, WE
will offer all of the following wheels we
may have in stock at Jobber's Price : Wolf
American, Pierce, Iver-Jobuson. Wnverly ud
FratherstoBe Line. This is an oMwrtunlty
to gt a good wheel cheap. We still have the
famous "Crawford," a wheel tbat mo a
light and eacv and wears equal to any tliiO
machine on the market. Come and ee what
we can do fcr yon in our line.
i r. hi 321 mm si.
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Maine, Canada and Maritime Provinces,
Minneapolis. St. Paul, Canadian and
United States Northwest. Vanvouver,
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Ore., San
Francisco.
First-Class Sleeping and Dining Cars
attached to all throught trains. Tourist
ears fully fitted with bedding, curtains
and specially adapted to wants of families
may be had with second-class tickets.
Rates always less than via other lines.
For further Information, time tables, eta,
en application to
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NORTHWEST AND NORTHLAND,
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for Cleveland, Detroit, Mackinac. The See,
Duluth, and Western Points, passing all
place of interest by daylight In connection
with
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY,
It form the moat direct route, and from ev
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Great Fall, Helena, Butte, bpokau and Pa
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running tbe famous buffet, library, observa
tion car.
K r (7 hour train for Portland vi Sitokana,
HOTEL LAPAYETTB, Lake Minn-tonka,
It mile from i nneapolif, largest and must
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SCRANTON. PA.
JAMES MOIR,
THE MERCHANT TAILOR
Ha Move to His New Qaarttr.
402 Lackawanna Avenue.
Entrance on side next to Pint National
Bask. Be has bow in a
Comprising everything rqtlslt for
An
(Tenant, lauonng.
And th ium eu
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124-126 'lYjcing An
M e must make room for the immense)
line of Holiday Uuods that will com
mence to arrive in about ten days. lit
order to reduce stock rapidly we hav
marked all gooda In our entire estab
lishment at a tremendous reduction.
Head below list ot exceptional value
then come and see for yourself. We
guarantee everything exactly as ad
vertlsed or money refunded.
One lot of evening shades In r)Q
ftytcy satin. Our Sale Price.. 36
On lot glace taffeta silks In all
the different shading. Our 4 A.
Sale Price w0
One lot gla. e taffeta silks In ex
tra good quality, all colors. CQM
Our Sale Price 090
One lot fancy silks) and printed
warps, plaid and other effects, AO
regular 76c. Our Sale Price... H06
All of our 3Sc. fancy dress goods AJA
in one lot. Our Sale Price.... aVTC
All or our 43c. fancy dress goods Ofl
in one lot. Our Sale Price .... IVlJ
5 pieces hck all-wool 45-Inch
Price 4:,C' qulllty ur Sti Jjfj
We have made enormous reduction
throughout the millinery department.
It is impossible to quote the many dif
ferent prices. It will pay you to visit
this department before buying. Wa
have two great leaders In trimmed,
huts, one at $1.98 and the other at S2.SS.
They are worth at least double thi
priue. Examination of same will con
vince you that such Is the case.
75 pieces all silk ribbon, worth 10t
23c. Our Sato Price liQ
25 pair extra quality white dou
ble blankets, Sl-75 grade. Our 41 94
Sale Price
40 pair strictly all-wool grey, also
white blanket. 3.50 grade. 4 70
Our Sale Price t$9
In the Infants' department we carry
a most complete line of everything
that Infants wear at greatly reduced
prices.
One lot ladles combination
suits, fleece lined, in all sites,
actual value, 98c Our Bale
One lot ladles combination suits
Onelta style in -rrey, white or black
wool, also full line In white silk and
silk and wool at special low prices.
One lot ladles' ribbed vests and
pants, fleece lined, regular OAlt
price 39c. Our Bale Price .... &fu
25 ladles' boucle Jaokets.H bo
fronts, half lined, worth 18.00. tA 08
Our Sale Price wTSO
18 ladles' French boucle lack
ele, shield front, lined
throughout with Duchess, 7 Q8
worth 112.00. Our Sale Price.. ffivO
59 ladles' Kersey Jackets, newest
fronts and sleeves, large and .
small buttons, worth 110.00. fC Off
Our Sale Price fDi30
SO ladles' cloth capes, double and
single, braid and fur trimmed, 1 DO
worth S3.W. our Sale Price.. f hgO
35 ladles' seal pluah capes, thi
het and fur trimmed, silk lined,
full sweep worth Si.00. Our J QO
Sale Price tf&wO
Men's unlaundried shirts, pure
linen bosom, reenforcea front
and back, tit and finish perfect, QQ
worth 50c. Our Sal Price.... ggb
Men's night shirt, plain and
fancy, elegantly made, worth 0K
COc. Our Sale Price 036
Men's underwear, white and
natural, all slses, worth SSc. QJ
Our Sale Price 4f0
Men's natural wool underwear,
all slses, superior In quality
and finish, worth tSc, Our CQ
Sale Price 039
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KEEP CODFHIf
And You Will bs Happy.
Tbe way to keep jour home comforta
ble at this s eason of the year
Is to buy one of our
Gas or Oil Heaters
Just the thing for your dlnlna
room In the morning, or your batli
room, and in fact any place you
waut a little heat without start
ing your furnace or boiler.
We have over 20 styles alze of
fas heaters, and 10 or more of Oil
I eaters. Without question th
best assortment in the city.
HIE S SHEAR CO,,
IS9 WASHINGTON AVENUE.
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What Sarah Bernhard aay
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RESTORES VITALITY.
Made a
1st Day. ins Tvnweii Man
MtbDar.1 of Me.
TKE OFBAT 3Qth bay.
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Youns men will retain their loft manhood, and old
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RKVIVO. It quickly and ai'relT rut ore Ntnfooa
n-s. Lt Vitality, lmpoteac-, NUtnti Kmlaalov,
Lolt fower, Falling Memory, Wutinc Di Mauri, and
II eAVct ot -elf-abuse or exceaaud lndlacrttton,
tlilch unfit one for tidy, bualneia or m atrial" It
not only cure by atertln at tbe et ot d.aeaH. bat
isnat nerretonle and blood builder, brin
ins back tbe pink (low to pale cbeek and re
rtorlnt the fire ot youth, ft ward- off Tnuotts
tad l'DsiiraptioB. Insist oa ba-ln RE VIVO, n
U-r. It caa b carried la wet socket. Br Bail,
41.00 per packase. or six tor SS.OO, with a el
' written irnanante to care or refund
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