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    TIIE SCR ANTON TIUBUNE-MONDAY MOBKING, NOVEMBER 10, 189IJ.
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Between Life
And Death:
An Adventure
Far North.
By CEORGE MANVILLE FI2NN.
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m Criyiifbt. IKS, ly th Eachellor Syndicate.
PART I.
"They'll murelcr you!"
'"What? Dull! I'm not nfrniel."
"Take my word for it, ele-ar lir.y. If
they tiin't mustrr n 'iihistol' or a Milim
dii linoss." they'll take you unuwaivs
some clay, r.nd Knock your brains out
with n jitoiie."
i li t out, oroaker!"
"No; you'll he the e-re.ki-r, old fellow.
I wtitehed them narrowly today and
xaw their ftnitive looks. They've tfot
rno'JKh nf the Cut 1 in them to look upon
you mi n lyrannieal h.ndlord, and upon
themselves un the rightful owners of
the Foil I mean the roek and lios.
Consequently, they'll consider it u duty
to make an end of you as a vilj usur
per." ' I'surper he hanped!" said John I.in
de.n. a well-known you hit London
l'hysieinn. "1 bought the estate, ami
have the deeds. Kon't do nil you run to
set a fellow against the place. Catch
me aI:lmr you down npain to fish!"
"That's rhrht: don't. The comforts
are not Rreat; the lishinR is poor: and
1 shan't feel sate till I'm hack in the
Temple."
"l'roper place to take sanctuary."
paid the doctor. "There, cheer nr.; the
weather may he. belter tomorrow,
llave a dorh and what'r-its-nitne a
drop moro whisky before you j?o."
"A-weel, ehoort a wef drnnpU-." Faltl
the other. "The only thiiiR I've found
good down here."
"Then don't spoil It by trying to talk
feotehy."
Then ptond nlpht. and the doctor's
friend mill companion threw a plaid
over his shoulders and passed out into
the rain and darkness, to seek his bed
at a rmmh cottarce a hundred yards
away, there hr-linr no accommodation
for him for sleeping, thiiuslilie came
there for lilit meals.
"1 whh ho wouldn't talk like that."
muttered the doctor. "It's only the
weather. Come a fine day.and the place
will look kIoiIous. Loch, sea, moun
tain, moor, waterfall, pool, salmon,
trout, hair and prouse. Why, there's
everythintta weary man could w ish for.
As for the rents of the miserable boili
les, let them go. I didn't buy the place
for that."
He yawned, snuffed the tallow can
dle, looked at his clean, rough bed at
one side of the low-ceiled room, walked
to 'the door, opened it and listened,
and dosed It uiraiu.
"All aslee:," he muttered, and h?
now crossed to the lattice window,
opened It, and looked out there, Mul
tiline; to the splashing of tin; lain
which came down heavily, stn aniln;;
off the mossy, roush slabs of the roof
and Rui'KliniT ulons the road In u reg
ular torrent,
"Is it going to rain for forty davs
and nishts?" he mumbled. "Who's to
shoot or fish? Never mind; one has an
ark of refuse, and there are wor.ie
things than oat cakes, broiled huu
and trout."
Five minutes later he was in bod.
listenliiK to the lallinu; rain, which sud
denly seemed to cea:;e, for the yuuu;;
doctor, the. new owner of (.lli-lu'l "lie,
was fast asleep.
"Kh? Yes? What's (he matter?"
He had started up in bed, wiiklmr up
on the Instant, medic al fashion, a hab
it that becomes second nature to men
vho e to rest expecliny; to be culled
up.
All was still but the streamim; and
Biirplinir of the water from (lie caves.
"Fancy," he muttered, and he wis
about to lie dow n iistuln, hop there
was an unmistakable i-ipplni; at the
w'ndow panes.
".Must be Tom." he muttered, as he
sprang out of bed and lh lew open the
. x
, a i Jf ;i
' ih'i . 'In .t'J'infes-
"AM I GAKIN" TO DEE?"
window, to dimly make out a figure
close to him, his chamber being on the
ground floor for the simple teason that
there were no upjier rooms.
"That you. Tom?"
"Whisht! She'll chust eoem," paid the
visitor.
"Come? Come where?" .
"To Clenspate."
"Kh! Tonight? What for?"
"Ta wumman's dewing."
"What woman?"
"At ta bothle by ta wee bit bnrnie."
"What's the matter with h.r?"
"She's deeing. Ou. ay, she's cUeing."
"Hut what Is !? Some fever?"
"Nay. There was a bit. barn four
days agant?, ami she's chust deeiig. '
"Watt." said the doctor, closing the
window, and beginning to dress hur
riedly. "One of my tenants. I suppose.
On a nitiht like this! Women are
so unreasonable, 'Well, I suppose I
must go."
John Iilndon literally snatched him
self into his rough tweeds, laeecl up
his heavy shooting boots, and then
slipping on a mackintosh reopened the
wndow.
He hesltatd for a moment as tn de
parting by the window, but. not wish
ing to disturb his landlord, he st-p-ped
out, closed the lattice as well a. he
could, and then followed the man. who
started off at once through the stead
ily falling rain, depending unon htm
entirely for puidnnce, the darkness
seeming to have Increased.
Hut the messenger never showed the i
least uncertainty, but went brushing
through the saturated heath and
heather. In and out among stones, and
over and over again thieiigh roaring
burns, kbee deep, but pausing here- to
offer his companion a hand.
Eight long inilcai. that seemed in the
darkness to be twelve hefcre. low down
In the narrow glen a faint light was
vslhle, just as Llndon was growing ut
terly exhausted, and he uttered a sigh
of thankfulness.
That the place?" eh said.
"Ou, ny,"
These were almost the only wnr-s
drawn from the man. who hd preserved
a sulky silence all the way; and upon
the strength of this ooening of a con
versation the doctor continued:
"Is the woman a relative of yours?"
"Chust my wumman," was the re
ply That accounted for a deal, and the
doctor said, gravely:
"Poor thing! Well, I hope she ta
betwr now."
"fsiie's Just deeing!" Bald the man,
angrily.
There was a low whistle at this mo
ment, the dull light was suddenly In
creas?d, for the door of the cottage
was opened and the glow of a fire
shone out, displaying a group of men
standing in the doorway, ready to draw
back and allow the doctor to enter
with his suiile when lice door a.i
at onc e clo:;ecl.
"What a night!" he said, as he looked
round ut the laces lit up, all being
familiar a:i those of men living at th.;
rough biilhir In I lie glen he had pur
chased some month.: be fore. The f.ic s
were trim, weather-beaten and scowl
ing, uc it seemed to him, and no e-ii:
i'.poke as he si!';ied off his dripping
mackintosh: but, attributing it to anx
iety about th" woman he asked of the
nearest man how the sick woman was.
Chust deeing," lie said, sourlv.
'Where is she? Through thai door?"
The messenger tossed down his sat
urated iiluld aid nodded.
"Well, jvu had better send there
people mvay," raid the doctor, and
lie stepped to the door, raised the wood
en latc h, and then drew back, for the
place was in darkness.
As he tinned nnd saw the group of
men standinc watching him in sil 'P.ee.
he suddenly recalled his friend's words,
and an une.;:;y sensntion attacked Mr.j.
liad he been trapped; and was the bar
rister rigid? it' tiic-y meant ill by him
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TI1K IirSfJAXP PPISANO BKFOKE
Til KM.
in their c rass lirnoranee nnd prejudice,
what an opportunity! lured there an
he had been in the middle of the night,
without a soul being aware of his cool
ing. I hit the next moment he had cu.-d
out the thought as unworthy of him,
and picking out the scowling hus
band "There is no light," he said, in a de
c isive manner.
The mini glanced around at his fol
lows, and slowly took a rough cumlle
st' I; from the shelf, lit It with .some
dTiiciilty and a great deal of Haling
v a.-te, and then handed It to the doc
tor. "I'ut are there no women here?" he
said, sharply.
The man shook his head, and, struc k
by the strani-eness of his dumb an
nouncement, the thought of being
trapped onee more entered the doctor's
mind, but, ashamed to show what was
nt best only a suspicion, he turned
rlmrply back. pu: hed open the door.aiol
entered a small, stone-paved room,
holding the smoky caudle above Ills
head.
"What nonsense!" he thought the
nest moment, for there upon a narrow
box-bed of the roughest type lav a
wcnnan.wliose eyes gleamed as the light
pbiyed upon them; and in the one
quick glance he gave John Lindon
knew that there wa.t no trick here.
The mother before him was lying with
"life at the lees," unci the first moment
he felt that she wan beyond his power
to save. Kxhaustion had made her an
easy prey to fever, and as their eyes
nu t lie could read In the mute appeal
that, feverstricken as she was, there
was still a gleam of consciousness left;
nnd as he went down on one knee by
the bedside, the lips parted in a luint
w hispor:
"Am 1 gaeln' to dee?"
"Not If 1 can help It," he said, softly,
and proceeded with Ills ministrations.
Half an hour Inter the door was
softly opined, and the messenger's
bead appeared, the mnn glancing
Fharply at the bed, and then stealing
back nnd closing the door.
John Lhidoii crossed to the door In
time to hear the words "Not ibid" In
n low tone, followed by a murmur as
of several voices speaking together half
niigrily.
He felt puzzled, for the tone of the
men's voices suggested disappoint
ment. Hut a low sigh from the bed
drew him back, and for the next two
hours his whole energy wns taken up
by his intense struggle with tin- grim
spectre which seemed to be battling
with him for the one poor life.
Meanwhile ngaln and again a head
was thrust In the room, und every
time different to tile last, as if the
waiting men were anxious to verify
the report made by the last comer that
the patient was not "deid" ye t.
The voices in tile outer room grew so
loud at last in dispute that, feeling how
necessary cpiii t was for his patient,
Lindon crossed the room to go and
speak lo the men. and then order the
husband to send them away nnd fetch
some woman neighbor to the house;
but an he reached the door, which the
last visitor had not completely closed,
he stood fast, startled by the menacing
nspect of the men, seen as they were
by the light of a hog pine knot which
suddenly blazed up. They were talk
ing volubly In (ladle, one mnn in par
ticular, a wild-looking, rough, heavy
f diow gesilc ulatirg threnten'ngly whl
several of the others appeared to be
in agreement with him as he spoke In
fierce denunciation to the husband of
tho.wotnan, and pointed to the Inner
room.
Then, nil at onee, five men made
for the door, but the husband sprang
before them, and shouted fiercely In tne
wild tongue. th words being Incompre
hensible to Linden's ear. but readily
grasped all the same, for the gesture
was sufficient Interpretation, without
his muttering afterwards in his brok
en Knglish:
"Not till she's deid not till she's
d.'id."
J" ART IT,
A cold chill nf horror ran through the
doctor, for it was all plain enough.
had been trapped there, though
He
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to ee HfNTrn nowjj and urn
liltKlV
him there in the dead of nisht. ready
to their hand, so they had snatched at
the fact of one of their women tielng
nick to bring him into their midst, in
the mad belief that by getting lid of
their new landlord they would own thu
land on which they and their fathers
hud lived.
It was all plain enough, and, chilled
with horror, the doc-tor stood by the
narrow crack of the door, so close to
the man who defended it that he could
have touc hed his shoulder, but literal
ly paralyzed for Hie time being.
It was almost cataleptic, that seizor',
for u few inonit nt. but it passed away
as sudd-ill;' us it had tome. and.
nerved by der.pnb-, he looked uround
for a weapon, but looked in vuiu. His
next thought waa Might, but besides
the door ir.e only mean.-, of exit was
by the window cl-.se to tile rough ceil
iiii,', and that was in one little pane,
the opening being too .Mnull to udtuit
01 the pasfarre ol a man.
The only chance seemed to be to
wail till the men had settled down, and
then to walk quietly Inlo their niicist
as if to ask for something, seize his
opportunity, dash tlirougu the door
und run tor his lite.
"To be hunted down and murdered!"
lit said to himself, a.4 he thought of
the little chance he would have in a
place strange, comparatively, to him,
and of which every Inch was known
to the men who would pursue unci
overtake him before he had gone a hun
dred yards,
Kjr a moment or two he naked him
self whether he was not raising a bogey
with his over-excited Imagination,
hut, with sinking heart, he felt that
it was all quite true': and uny doubts
were set aside by the action of the
savafie-looki.ig cicw. who were drink
ing heavily of potent 'spirit, probably
of their own making.
"To keep up their courage," he
th iugh;, ar he looked round onee again
in his despair, cursing the hour in
which lie had e ver dreamed of coming
to so savage a place, though knowing
Hint he would have been ready to laugh
to scorn anyone who had told hint
such an event was possible.
He was nt the men's merry; no one
could give any clue to his disappear
ance, and his murderers would escape,
for they would Had It easy to dispose
ef his body probably pitch him oft
the rocks) at the mouth of the glen,
where he would be carried out to sea.
He set hhi teeth, his hands Involun
tarily clenched, and a grim look cf de
termination came into. hid face, which
boded ill for Eonie one of the wretched
crew when the strugfje b gan.
Then, like a lluuh, he saw the weapon
which might save his life there, by the
light of the smoky candle, which was
burning low nnd gave movement ns it
Hlckcrcd to the stony features of hid
patient.
"Not till she's dead." he muttered,
n peatlr.g the husband's words.
What clid that mean? Had they some
superstitious finding against killing
him while the breath still lingered In
the womans breast? Perhaps so. At
any rate, his life uremed to hang on
hers, and he usked himself what more
he could do to prolong It, Know ing full
well, in a dull, apathetic way. that he
had done everything that medical und
surgical skill could devise.
lie drew a stool to the bedside nnd
seated himself, holding his patient's
wrist to fi el the faint tlutterlugs of the
pulse; and he was seated thins, feeling
that tin? life was departing nj the can
dle bunied lower and lower, till after
flickering up once, the wick fell over
side wise, to he smothered in the melt
eel fat, leaving him In darkness.
only for a moment, though, for the
door was thrown open, and the ruddy
glow from the outer room Hooded the
bed with light.
"Wass the dead?" said the husband.
"No. I'.ring anoth light." said the
doctor sternly; and the man stepped
back to where his companions sat mut
tering in Oaellc, and returned in a
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i fori
"I SHALL
lure was true. Thp men must have f
that no ordinary message would brihig quite sure.
fire
SAVE HER LIFE!"
minute with a fresh candle, the men
pressing after him to Ktnnd gazing In.
"She wass ch id!" growled the hus
band, holding up the light; and a low
growl arose from the men behind him.
The speake r's face was so near that
his, hot, w hisky-lntlanird breath puffed
Into the doc tor's face; but he sut firm,
as he said sternly:
"Co hack; she la not dead. Why do
you not bring some women some
neighbor here?"
The man cave vent to a fierce laugh,
and held the candle over the woman's
face.
"Ta wumman's c'eld," he sp.iel hoarse
ly, nnd his o mpanh ns pressed forward,
but stopped as if moved by one impulse
as a low, piteous, weary sigh escaped
from the Hick woman's lips.
"You hear?" said the doctor firmly,
"she is not dead, for 1 have saved he r
life. Now. go back, sir. and send away
those drunken scoiinilri!B. Do you want
to murder the poor woman whom I am
trying to save?"
The man started, stared at the doc
tor, h.'hl the light close to his face-,
ami ihcn down over thnt of his wife,
he f ve tillering a peculiar ganplng ut
terance am! shaking his hea l as If to
cl .I'.' his t rain from the funics of the
wai'ky.
"file wriFB rot MI lees?" he whisper
ed huskily. "i-:'ne sal not dee?"
"I t?;l you no," replied the doctor,
rternly. '"1 s-hu'l save her life."
"Heh!" ejaculated the man, and Fet
ing down tic candle he bent over the
heel and ki -'sed the Inanimate face,
before rising up aculn and turning to
the .!oetcr.
"Slip was n cuid wumman." he whis
pered huskily, "and she sal d.e f ir ye,
ih eti.r. tin, i:y!"
The n.nn sti i'-cd fiercely back, liter
ally ilrivine' the others bcfor- him. and
returned directly with a bottle and a
cup. into which he poured some of the
potent spirit.
"She'll trlnk." he whi.-iered. and af
ter a moment's hesitation th- doctor
raised the cup t Ids lipj and took u
good burning mouthful.
"Hutch courage, perhaps," he said
the next day to his fiiend. "but that
put life Into me. and I felt compara
tively rafe, but I had ore d?'e:id.r. I
rr.ul-.l see. -lie wtnt back, closing the
door after hhi:. and there wan a tierce
discussion in the mite' rovm for the
nc:;t liaif hour, carried on In angry
whisf.eiv. Then there was a siler.Ci-,
and I crept to the door to peer through
the crack, and paw the husband seated
on a thiee-leggccl stool in front of the
fire, with 1:1;? head down upon his handa
a'one.
"lie came in soon after, to po on tip
toe to the bedside, turning to me after
to whis:r: "Ta wumman Is no going
to doe. Shall rhe like to sleep a wee
bit?' ,
'I rhook mv head, nnd the rough fel
low laid hit hund nnon my shoulder to
whisper: "She' i a ;uid wumman. Shj
thec lit she'd dee.' "
"And will f he live?" aaked the doc
tor's friend. .
"I was In doubt when f said she
would." wan the reply, "ami 1 was
thinking more of my own 'fe than of
hers. I!y tomorrow morning I shall bs
"What! Surely you are not going
among those savages again?"
"1 um, and at once. 1 want to save
that poor thing if It ia to b-; dune."
I'ut it she dies?"
"Well, she will die."
"Hut yuu?"
"Oh, the poor things will not hurt
me now. Do you know, old fellow. I
believe I have made friends with all
my tenants in the glen."
"Hut they hud trapped you there to
kill you."
"Teg, but I shall be safe among them
now."
The woman did not die. That was
fifly years ago, and Linden's son is
worshiped in the glen, and spoken of
by the half-savage tenantry us "Ta
Laird."
(The End.)
TH E El. ECTOK A L COLLIDE.
How Mckinley's Vote Co ui pa re with
I'oinicr Vote.
At this Juncture, when the minds of the
People are tilled with thoughts of the
election, the record of the electoral eol
Icko may be found interesting. The total
given to XlcKinley Is based on the latest
prcbauilitics:
1S30.
MeKlnley ;7r,
bryan IVi!
Cleveland .....
Harrison
Weaver
Harrison ,
Cleveland ,
Cleveland
Blaine ,
tlartield ...
lianccck
Hayes
Tll.lea ,
(rant ,
Hendricks
Hrown
Jenkins
Davis ,
Not voting
flrant ,
tieymour ,
Not voting ....
Lincoln
.MoL'lellan
Lincoln
Hreekinrldse .,
Hell
Douglas ,
Ituehanan ....
Fremont
Fillmore
Pierce
Scott
Taylor
Cass
Polk
Clay
Harrison
Van Uuren ...
Van lluren ...
Harrison
White
Webster
Mungum
.laekscn
Clay
Floyd
Wirt
Not voting ...
Jackson
J. (j. Adams
Jackson .(
,1. (v. AilaniH
Crawford
Clay
Monroe
J. cj. Adams
Monroe
King
Madison
Clinton
KM.
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1SSI.
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1S70.
1S72.
1SCS.
13Gb
1SU0.
ISTiA.
ISM.
1S4S.
IS 14.
lSltf.
is:c.
1S.12.
Pi'S.
KM.
ISi'O.
lsn;.
1SI2.
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....115
..:i!
..182
..211
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..1SI
..2S'l
.. 42
.. 18
2
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..174
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.127
.171
.103
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. tie)
.170
. ill
. 2ii
. 14
. 11
.213
. 411
. II
. 7
. 2
.ITS
. M
,. 99
. S4
. 41
. 27
,.22S
. 1
.183
. 34
MARKETS AND STOCKS
Madison .
I'lnckiiey
Clinton ..
1S08.
Jefferson
l'lnckney
Jefferson
Hurr
John Adams ...
l'lnckney
Juy
John Adams ...
Jefferson
l'lnckney
Hurr
Samuel Adams
Kllswurth
Scattering
Washington ....
John a Vlain ...
Clinton
.leh'erson
Hurr
Washington. ...
John Actumd ...
J y
Harrison
Kcitlcelgo
Scattering
1SDI.
J800.
1790.
1792.
17S9.
. 89
.122
. 47
. ti
.W2
. 14
. 73
. 73
. i'fi
. t4
.132
. 77
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. 21
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. II
. 14
DRAMATIC FLOTSAM.
"Did you ever henr how Mrs. Langtry
was discovered?" asked J. K. Dodsoa, re
cently. "Some young Oxford stuelenls
wciv tuking a vacutloii. While on a fish
ing exclusion they were treated very hos
pitably by u young woman on the Isle of
Jeney. on returning to London one of
them, in gratitude, sugested to his mother
that she Invite this refined young' mem
ber of u very respectable family to Lon
don f;r ill isit. tihc did so. Tali young
lady was not only respectable, but cor
respondingly poor. Inning her visit, a
reception wus given by Jier hostess. The
young lady hnd but one aest gown, and
that was very respectable, too. It was
loo much so. It wus not only blacK, ant
hlKli-neiked. Not to be vulgarly and con
spie uously respectable, she sacrificed the
high iitck wlui i hi- sclsosis. It lert ex
posed her white in-ck and shoulders,
which caught the eye of ihe artist, Mil
l:iis. It was a (Ireek line from the top cf
the hen 1 to the tip of the shouider, and
was fully appreciated by Ihe famous
tist. He Inquired of the hoste'ss wno It
was that owned that perfect head, !i--ck
an! shoulders. She told him. He said:
"Ah, madam, you have a. goddess In your
uuest!' That settled It," added .Mr. Hod
son. "His word was law. and Mrs. L.ing
trv's beauty wus Immediately recog
nized." Theatrical Tidings.
o
During the original run of "La Clga:e"
in New York, It Is said, the little cbuo;h
ter of Lillian Uessell stood in tne v.ini'.s,
at cue of the mutlno-a. an 1 watched her
mother s!n-; the role of Matron. Never
having seen the whole of the perform
ance, she did not know that ia the last u.-t
there- is a scene where the iieiiitent gr:i-s-heppf-r
visits hi r home and la c.iRt adrift
in the snow by her heartless sister filed
uncle. With breathless Interest the eh II I
v. inched the progress of the scene. To
he r it was real, and wh?n her mother fell
soilTirg in the snow the audience was r.s
toldshcd to see r. little girl fly across the
stage and childish form full prostrate
it pen the prima eloiinn. "Mammo! mam.
ma."' she screamed, find the curtain ejv.J
the scene from disaster.
o
Klrie De Wolfe tncile her first npear-ane-e.
ns an amateur tit he age of 14. Sac
ppivpit he-fere the Prince nnd Prince of
Wales at the Criterion theater. In Lou
don, nt a benefit to aid in building tile
wliicr-vs' chapel at Snndrlnghnm. "Chprlp
Wvndnam first snw me there." rays Miss
De- Wolfe, "arid thought I hud tab-nt. In
fact, he doclaics Hint he discovered tne'.
1 like Lady Ter.zle l-lt-r thin anything I
have ever played. Some day 1 shall play
It again, I hope."
"The Light to Happiness," the lir
Tdev In which Minnie .Vaddern Fiske will
begin her starriii-r tour this season, was
written bv a woman playwright in tier
many, and rnloyed a prosperous run in
Merlin. Marguerite Merrlngton in adapt
ing It hrs laid the se e no 111 this country
end Americanized the characters. Mrs.
f'lr.ke'B tour be-jins the third week l.i No
vember. o
Marin Drofnah. who Is a clever member
of Thomas W. Keene's compfny. Is not
of Rwedlsh descent, as manf Imagine.
Bhe Is the wife of th tragedian's talented
leading mnn and manager, Charles B.
Hanford. "Drofnah" Is only Manford
spel.ed backward.
Wall Street Kcview..
New York, Nov. 14. Speculation at
the Stock Exchange was irregular and
in the main weak. The opening deal
ings were attended with firmness and
a slight advance in prices were noted
all along the line. The Improvement
was short lived, however, and the early
gain was generally lost. London then
turned up as a buyer anet this had a
very favorable lnlluence. Current re
ports that the bank statement would
make a splendid showing encouraged
ventures on the bull side of the ac
count. This statement, when pub
lished, more thr.n bore out previous
predictions. In fact. It was the best
exhibition In years. Some operators
took advantage of this favorable state
ment to realize and under this pressure
the prominent issues receded liaHfc,
Sugar and Manhattan leading. Sugar
fell 11.4 and Manhattan . The decl-ne
In the other prominent stocks was con
lined to narrow limits. Speculation
closed weak In tone. Net changes as
a rule show fractional declines in the
day. The total sales were only 123,400
shares.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN. Ab
LEN CO.. stock brokers. Mean bulleV
ins, rooms Jifc-iOi.
Onon- High- Low- Cl9
ia. est. est. ing.
Am. Tobacco Co. ... S3 S.ti ft M'f)
Am. Sug. Kef. Co.. ..12i)
A., T. A S. Ke K'i
A.. T. & S. IV Fr. ... 2;
Cnrudn Southern ... I7"4
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Chicago Gaa
Chic., II. & Q.
Chic. & N. W. ...
C. C. C. & St. IV ..
Chle.. Mil. & St. 1'.
Chic.. It. I. & l'ae. ,
Del. & Hud
Hist. & C. F
(Sen. Klectrio ,
l,ouis. & Nash. ....
M. K. Tex. Pr. .,
Man. Klcvatcd ....
Mo. I'ae
Nat. Cordage
Jf. Y., L. H. St W.
N. Y.. S. & W
Nor. Pac ,
Ontario & West .
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I til. ft Iteaeiing ..
Southern R. U. ..
Southern R. R. Pr.
Tenn. C. At Iron .
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CHICAGO BOARD OP TRADE PRICE
WHEAT. Open.-High-Low CIoj.
Ins.
December fM'i
83'U
May
OATS.
December
.May
CORN.
December
May
LARD.
January
PORK.
May
January .
1934
224
2o
24
, 4.17
, 4.27
. S.!0
, 7 95
est. est. Irg.
8ft't 7Si 7
W4 82 S2
19- 19'4 194
224 22, 224
2.V4 25, 2V4
2U? . 2S4 2S4
4.47 4.42 4.43
4.27 4.20 4.22
8 2T 8 in S 2'!
7.93 785 7.S2
Srranton Hoard of Trade Exchange.
QnotationsAII Quotation Baser!
en Par of too.
Bid. Askd.
140
M
80
'ih
100
'io
250
150
'64
20
80
Name.
rim. Tlnn A Tim Ttanlr
Hpranron i.nce cjurcuin e o
Nntlonnl Dorlng A Drilling Co ...
First National Rank 650
Prrnnton Jar & Stopper Co.
Elmhurst Iloulevard Co
Scranton Savings Hank 200
Konta Plate Glass Co
Rcrnnton Packing Co
Lackawanna Iron Ik Steel Co. ...
Third National Bank 350
Throop Novelty SIT g. Co
Scranton Traction Co 15
Scranton Axle Works
Lack'a Trust ft Safe Dep. Co. 145
Economy sicam nni et
Power Co 40
BONDS.
Scranton Pass. Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 IK ..
People's Street Railway, first
mortgage due 1918 110
Scranton & Plttston Trae. Co. ... 90
People's Street Railway, Sec
ond mortgage due 1920 110
Dickson Manufacturing Co 100
Lacka Township School 5.. ... 103
City of Scranton St. Imp. t. ... 102
Borough of Wlnton 0 100
Mt. Vernon Coal Co 85
Scranton Axle Works 100
Scranton Traction Co a
Kconomy Steam, II. & P. Co 109
New York Produce Market.
New York, Nov. 14. Flour Dull, firm;
unchanged. Wheat cjiilet, eauler, sternly;
f. o. b., 9cm-. ; ungraded red, SeiaS9c; No. 2
northern, 914c; options closed steady
at ';al'C. under yesterday; Janiinry, Sc;
.Vbii-.-h. 91c; May, KS-V.; November, t7c.;
December, Mc. Corn Spots dull, easier;
No. 2, fWHc, elevator; 3l4a31V- utloat;
options were dull and steady; November,
Welc; December, 31V. ; May, 344e. Oats
Spots dull, easy; options dull, nomlnnliy
'.a'ic lower; December, 23-'c.; February.
24',c. ; Mnv, 2114c.; spot prices, No. 2 at
2::c; No. 2 white, 2-ic; No. 2 Chicago, 24c;
No. 3. 21c; No. 3 white. 23c; mixed west
ern, 22a2lc. ; w hito do., 23a32u. ; white state,
2:.'a32e-. Provisions Sternly, unchanged.
Lard Quiet? western steam at JI.45; city
at JI.15; cptlons sales, none; December
closed, $!"; refined, unlet; continent,
84.85: South .merlcn, $5.25: compound,
4rs,a4'14c. Butter Firm: state dairy, 11a
18c-.; do. creamery, 13ti2ii4c ; we-itc-rn dairy,
Si'.l3c; do. creamery, 13;e21c; do. factory,
7al2c: Klg'ns, 2ii'2h21c.: imitation cream
ery, 1i!4al4c. Chepse Quiet; state large.
7'in10':ic; do. small, 7'2nl0c; part skims,
34aiiV,e.; full skims, S'.sato. Eggs Quiet,
state and Pennsylviinla, 23a2tic; Ice house,
Hii. alKc; western fresh. 21a24c. ; do. case1,
$2.2ua&.5o; southern, 21a22c; limed, l.'.ulGe.
Chirnso firain nnd lroviinn Mnrket.
Chicago. Nov. II. The leading f litres
ranged as follows: Wheat November,
7fic 7S'ic ; December, su4e., 79c; May,
(CI'dC K",c. Corn November, i:V,t, 2.1.?.;
Dc -cnv'jer. 2.1V.. 2.1'ic; May, 234c; 2V.
Oats N'uemlier, l6'c., PsV.; Decemb r,
hi'ic: Mi-y, 22V., 22'c Mess pork De
cember, $1.87'c., Si.t7.. : Jnnuury, 7.9.1. J7.S.".;
May, SV2.1, JS.221.. Lard December, f I 01,
84; January, J4.27'.. 84.224: .May. 8I.47':.,
84.45. Short ribs December, iji3.X0, :) Mi;
Jamiflt-y, 83.fHi. $3.S22; May. Ji.124, St.12'0.
Cash cpiotiitlnas were ns follows: Flour
Qulc t an-l firm, orlces unc.fi:i!'?ed: No. 2.
rprlng whect, "Sa8!4e. ; No." 3 soring
wheat, 7''-ri7.1c bv sample: No. 2 red,
S.1i,i8',c; No. 2 corn. 214a2.".V.: No. 2,
cats, 1!'c: No. 2 rye. 3;.i3si;,c.- No. 2 bar-
adway's
Pills
Always Rslia&la, Porely Veslable,
MILD, BIT EFFECTIVE.
rnroly vpotalilo, net wlthont p.iin,
Miuly rc.fttfd, t.-istclrs-, inall fiii.l miimi to
ako. R:nlvr:iv,rt lJilln OfKist nature. Htiinulrtt-
inhii, tt:iiiv;iy h inn ii;iinrr. miiiiuini-
in? to ln'ithhfiil activity tho lirrr. IiowpH .vkI
otln-r dijrstivt nrifans, Unv-ii' tiio l owHlm
a nutural couilitian witLout uuy nttor cffocU.
CURE
Sick Headache,
Biliousness,
Constipation,
Piles
AND
All Liver Disorders.
BADWAY'S PILLS are pnrely vegetabla.
ILilei and rciLtl-.le. Cane Perfect Dixeatinn.
complete abori.tion and he-althtulrcuMilarity.
Siednts a box. At Draggiiets, or by mail.
"Book of Advice" free by mail.
RAD WAY & CO.,
No. ss Elm Street, New York.
ley. 37c. nominal: No. 1 flaxseed. 7734.1
7M-c.; prime timothy need, fi.50 nomiiuil:
inco po.-k, H; lB)uti.:ii,; lurch mat.ui: short
ribs sliles, $3.7lU4; dry u.ill-el HhoulU-.-r.i,
$4a4.2-": thort clear side, $4.l2'al .21; whis
key tlistiliers. linisli kuikIu, 4I.1S; sukuij,
cui-biief. $1.32; ttrunuluted, $4.,u; standard
A. f4.ll.
IMiilndclpbia lroviion Market.
I'bilaJelphla. Nov. 14. Provisions were
In fair iobbinir demand and steady. We
quote:: t'Hy smoked beef, Ual2c.; be"-f
be.nis. $17al7.21, na to aee and hranJ; po. k.
faintly, $11; hams. 8. P. cured. In tK-rcti-.
h'aaUc; elo. c-moked, Hiallc., as to avei
aie; fhles, rild-c.l. In salt, 4Ha4viC : do. d.
vnioked, I'.aG'ijC.; shoulitcrs, pickle-i-iuoc.
6Vn&lic.; do. !u. smc.Ucd, 6'ai;:14e.; picnic
hams, S. I". cured. Cal' v, ; clu. elo. smok:-ii.
lidtP.-c.; bellies, tn piel.le. aei or.liliK :..
averaKO, looie. 5'ialc. ; briMkf.ist bacon,
7a71c as to bruuil mil averaw; luri.
pure, city refined. Ill tierees, o14:to1...c; dc.
do. do., in tubs, oUaiV.; do. butchers",
loose, 4V.: city tallow. In hogsheads,
3'4e.; country elo., 2v3!iie., us to qeiahty,
and eaata, 3c-ic
t'ciicajo Live Slock.
I'nlon Stock Yards, Nov. 14 Cattle
Rece-;pi!, Jl; market nominally steady;
common to e::tra steers, 3.7"JS.3ri; stock
era and feeders, S3:il.lel; cows and hulls,
$l.7.1n3.7.1; calves, $Ja$e:; western ranscrs.
$2..r.0:i i.25: Tcsar.a. 3.fla .Lit. Hoks Ite
cilpts, 4(i0 head: ninrkei steady for medi
um, other grades, 5c. lower: hfavy pack
ins nnd shipping lots, :! .2Ju3.55; common
to elhoir-e miveel, J3.21i3.CH: choice assort
ed, $3..1el.--.?.tu; bsht, J3.23.i3.Vi; piss, $2.50n
3..0. Slie-en Hece-lpts, 4.1K10 head; market
steady; inferior to choice, $2u3.ti0; lambs,
$3l41.ei
ituflalo Live Rtocli.
HutTalo, Nov. 14. Cattle StPfely for
butchers' (jrades; stocktra, stronir; li;;ht
stecry, 83.Cj:i3.H); old to fair cows, J&i3;
llKht bulb-, $2.3ii .12.1.5. eab Lower: com
mon to jrood, $hui: up.', i'). 2.1a CM. lfor-.F
Slow ami 5.-1PV. lower; Yorke rs, 3.i'.'1h:! fi.1;
mlve.l packers. 5y.VaJ.1iJi.; mediums.
$;:.iV.nX.Ci: nips. F'!.f.--3.tij; ijii-,-1is. JJ.a-J.i i.i.j;
stars. $2.21a2.7.1. Sheep nnd lambs .Mar
ket strong to shade hifc-l!er for lambs
she epscire e and le-c hlrther; ij,,1 to c'loi.-e
iir.iiee iimiw, 54.41144. 7I: culls to Rood, S.!.M;i
4.: mixed sheep, ircio.l to choice-, f.l.-iOa'!. 70;
common to fuir, J2.S1;i3.30; culls, $2a2.71.
Iftlio Kaby Is tutting Teeth.
Mm. 'WlnsIow,s Soothing Syruj has
been used lor over flfiy years by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic and Is
the test remedy for diarrhoea. Sold by
druggists In every part of the world.
Bo sure and call for "Mrs. Winslow'a
Soothing Syrup." and take no other
kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
if! o
$
S-3- 0
11
Xtu, op-ages
THE
iT Hill CO.,
Ges and Electric Fixfurss,
At Reduced Prices.
434 Lackawanna fve.
TIE LEADER
124-126 An
Below we Quote vou a list
ot the greatest values that we
nave ever ottered. We have
liberal reductions in prices in
all our departments: Our
motto "Small and sure prof
its, often repeated, are the
foundation of modern wealth."
We are doing an enormous
business, and the reason we
do it is we sell desirable mer
chandise at extremely low
drices
E0 places entirely new dress goods
tmhMnllln nil . V. n l.i . . .1
ties. Our Price
S'pechil Fale of 2e pieces checked
all-wool dress goods, has tieen
2yc our Prlco
13 pieces PO-lnch lailles' cloth. In
1111 me cutrerent colorings, 4ito
quality, Our Price ,
All of our black and colored dress pat
terns have been marked down 40 per cent,
below regular price, as we must make
room for Holiday Goods,
One lot short length, In plain bro-
iuii.-i, i-iiies unci Buiins. ioc. . qn.
24c
17c
37Kc
urade, Our Price ,
It) pieces black brocaded silks, 75c. A Qn
uur x 1 ice ,. 7cJta
Greater reductions In the Millinery De.
1-jirtment this week than ever before. Ail
of our trimmed hats have been marked
down to exactly half price.
75 trimmed hats for ladles and
children that were $3.!!e, are now
45 trimmed hats for ladies and
children that were $3.00, are now
10 ilozen tarns for children's, wear
20c. are now
15 dozen cloth tarns In all the dif
ferent colors worth 25c Our
Price ,
20 dozen boucle tarns GOc. grade.
Our Price !
$1.98
$2.98
10c
18c
35c
Complete line of children's cloth and
silk bonnets from 25c. to $2.50 a piece.
50 ladies' beaver Jackets box
fronts, velvet collars worth
M.uei, uur rnee
23 boucle. Kersey and Irish frelze
jackets, snteld fronts, worth I
ft-.uu, uur t'rice
25 ladies' seal plush capes, silk
lined full sweep, fur or thlket I
trimmed, worth $6.00, Our Price t
10 dozen ladies' Hannel waists.
him-, bluck nnd reel all sltea
worth $1.5t. Our Price ,
CO dozen men's natural wool un
derwear, most superior valuta
ever offered, all sizes, worth
Sc, our Price
One lot ladles' Kersey ribbed
vests, fleece-lined, all sizes,
worth 2oc Our Price
50 ladies' real kid gloves heavy
black embroidery, large pearl
buttons, in tan, brown, red und
white, regular price, $1.00. Our
1'rlco
S2.49
$4.98
$3.98
95o
59c
15c
75c
till
REEF CI H
And You Will bs Hap?,
The way to keep your home comforta
ble at this season of the year
Is to buy one of our
Gas or Oil Heaters
Just the thing for your dining
room in the morning, or your bath
room, mill in fact any place you
want a little heat without start
ini; your furnace or boiler.
We have over 20 styles sizes of
pan heaters, und 10 or more of Oil
Heaters. Without question tha
best assortment ia the city.
The Welsbach Light FOOTE & SHEAR CO.,
DU FONT'S
KI'ilfiG, EUSTI'jG M3 SPORTING
UM
tiVlB M !) il J
Vanufactnred at the TCapwnlloprn Mills,
Luzerne county, Ta., and at Wil
mington, Delaware.
HEWRY BELISM, Jr.
General Agent for the Wyoming District
lit WVO.V..'NO AVENUE, Scranton, Pa.
Third National Hank BuilJIng.
AGENCIES:
TITOS. FOTtn. Tittfton, Pi.
JOHV II. SMITH f- Si'N", l'ly mouth. Pa.
E. W. .MfLl.lGA.V, VI!kP-I.erio. F.V.
Apriils for I ho C jpauno ChvmlciO Com
POULTRY
Tor&ays, Tucks, Cuicfon),
Fres-Ii Every Day.
PJieasants,
Quail,
Prairie Chickc;i3,
Wild Ducks.
u. mm mm
MONEY-MAKJiiG SECRETS.
All who clcBlrs to ninko monoy easily, snfo
ly, uuicklv nl re -tiilf lv. slmnlil wml fur n
copy of Money. makinu skchi ts. ir.
toious ndluVHiuni le. ilr.lle-cl lrt-o by request.
F. D. MORGAN, BANKER,
64 Wall Street, New York.
IIS WASHINGTON tVEMJl
pa.TiSa. .. Wirii
1 r.i..
Wh.i. Snrrtfr fzihird say
-r-.n
RESTORES VITALITY.
I
:imMt
15th Day. Bflf
Tt:E OPCAT 30th
Made a
,Well Man
of Me.
n-tSruTOXS riEMEET
proetnrm the nliort rcunltit In 30 alaya. It t
l-oHpriiitlyaiicl quirkljr. Cure1 nbc-n sit others fail.
Yoiiimnieuwtll recain their lenet manhood, and old
Dir-n evill rec-ovc-r tlirlr youthful Tutor t Ui-icut
I! i-: VIVO. It uuickty and eiirclr rctetorc-a Nenoui-UT-ttft.
I,ct Viulitr, Inipotetu-r. Ntgtitlr KroiMtcme,
Lent 1 eme r. (Ailintf Mi'Morjr, Waietiux Diwu-ie. and
all rtrri-t ot ne-ll-abttiw or eirme and Incliwretion,
tvhii-li iiutlUone-fnrRiudy. buineHnoriiiarrlaRe. It
.mt nuly eiin-ie by s'lartlnii at the neat of d-.ii-ai. b.it
lasgre-at nrr-.r loulr and blood builelr-r. brlnK
in liai the pink clow to rale rhorkaar.dro--c.e.
jim tbn tin- ot youth. It ware!, of Inunitjr
ij.l ConeuniitiiD. lnsi't nn lmritiK III-. VIVO, no
'II. er. it ran be rained In rut loeket. fly mril,
l.Oe) per lurkace-. nr all tor 63.(10, with ncnl '
'' nrlitco Kuaruntc-o to rnre or refund
Ii3 moiii y. Cin-uiartri-e. Address
v::. MraiiiME cd.. r.' r,;3t St.. CHICAC0. 1-.
For Sale by MATTHEWS BROS., Dror
gist Seraaton. Pa.