0 TITE SCRANTON TRIB UN E-.tr U1DAV IM.U ItNl NO , JANUARY tJ9, 1897. mm m - The Majesty By BLANCHE IMuilnme j Author of "Guenn," I J) CCopyl M't, 1807, by Jllinctio SYNOPSIS. Jnkob lllelbotreii,, u peasant of Sonnen hclin, Goimunv, seventy-tlitee eurs olil, Is infected Willi tlii' mania for building model n houses, which Invades the vIIIhki' In splto of his old wife's leiiiuiistimics, he puts all his suvltws Into the building of i new house. She refusea to cuter It, iiml soon after dies. Jakob Brieves over her loss, and Iluull) sota lite to tho house No one sin-pti'ts him, but suspicion hiv ing tested on othus, .Inkob seeks n l.iw jn In town and confesses bis deed lie lb lues bis Intuition of publicly eon fesslni? When warned that such an art will Mibjeet him to nrolst, be peislsts In bl intention. The daj of his tilal m ries and in the Kliat conn bouse the Muifstv of the l.ivv Is assembled, in nil pomp 'mil i liuimstanei'". i;inhtcoii IliiiiK now h.ippi n In due roiife. PAltT III. 1. The names of thht not thy men wile lend out by the Cleik. 2 Artei much lejcetlon on the pal t of I'lohecutlon oi Defense, twelve or the tlilily ivoio llmilly Imp.mollcil us jui- 3 Jiilinmi HenlTt jolnei ; Kiul ll.uiei, iiilnei. Ail. mi Mollenkopf, plumber, iti wete sivotn; a pioces-s which tin buliiR n little he.Tvy tmiKUud, Titiiu r ustomed since tbeh lenidte c liuiildas to public fe.its of tubal it pi tltinii, and doubtlc-s like eveiy lind else is dentil) Teat of the black Sublimities, round cuilouslv I'mbat -lnsslnir. i. Hloiiil-cili tiling ndmoi.itlun to ius tic witnesses to tell tin? tiutb, and warning ugutiist pel Jut y. Witnesses, alreudj mole dead than nlle, lecon cluiteel uiiiki stiong guatd riom tnuit loom to place outside and held In a Mil t of llinbo. 5 Inti notation as to name, ago, par ents lellKlon and occupation of Ac cused, and if evei pieviouslj con victed. 6, Reading of tho Arcusatlon n into pinilege foi the linjuildleal In most Si i lous and nbstiuse language, a niiiii wbu. voluntutily confessed that lie had binned down his house, bud sui ii lull led himself to the Autboiitles, was alleged to bo mulct Impeach ment of j (folding suflicicnt giouuds THEY HELD THE for suspicion that he on a cettaln date, did willfully, deliberately, con sciously, intentionally, - Itli malice pieponse, etc., by setting Hie to his dwelling house, perpetinte aison. 7 Jacob Hleibtieu was tianspoited by the giants on gunid to the foot of i Sinai Hclng an aged man, inflim and III, he was peimltted to remain seated. He still pieseived his weal, "ail and unconscious demeanor. The public could see that but the top of his bowed white head. He neei glanced at the jui. At (list, under the picsidlng magls tinte's examination, Bleibtreu's olie Mas almost inaudlable, but a's he con tinued and i elated In his own fashion what had happened, the com t loom be came hushed, and his slow and gentle accents weie distinctly heaid. In him truth spoke, and glief The pomp nnd clietimstunce which pieced d and suiiounded him, vanished like mist Hent, weakened, humble, un b allied, unmindful of etfect, unelo quent he alone, foi a bilef peilod, dom inated that foiuni. When he ceased, a gieat stillness ptevalled. What that lu ing, lemorseful, single-henited, eliized and bnflled old man had done, what he bad felt and enduied, was cbai as light. What ought now to occui no less. When a child confesses a fault be cause he will not see a mate blamed for It, what deciees the tender wisdom of jiiutheib )jy no means the least sound code on cat til. Want wete those sound woids In the Hook all law couits piofess to enciute? 'If we confess out sins. Clod 13 faithful and Just to fuiglvo us oui sins, nnd to cleanse us fiom all unrighteousness" The aged, Your cough, like a dog's bark, is a sign that there is something foreign around which 'shouldn't be there. You can quiet the noise, but the danger may be there just the same. Soott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil is not a cough specific; it does not merely allay the symptoms but it does give such strength to the body that it is able to throw off the disease. You know the old prov erb of "the ounce of pre venti&n?" Don't neglect your cough. m: druggist ketp Scott's Emulsion of Coddh er Oil. Put up In joe. and $i.ou slxea. T! of the Law. ; WILLIS HOWARD. vun Teuffel. One Summer," etc. Willis Howard von Touflel,) Inflim man bad alieudy been In custody tlnce months, iivvultlug tilal. Weie It not lank heiesy, one fain would choose for Hleibtieu and his like, Instead of this ust enlightening or Jlldlcnttlle. some ltider "pleln all" method or caily shepherd folk It might have better si'led the put pose. Vague speculation, too, upon the es sential meaning and uses or punish ment, followed. What dlie convulsions would have lent the Commonwealth, hud It sttnlghtwuy foi given the biokeii-hi'iirted man of tlnce-sroie and tliliteen veais "Theie Is no wotse toitttre than the tot tin e of laws," wtote one man named Fiancls Bacon, bidding the Judges "bewaie of bind coiihti notion and sti allied Infciences," Then the solemn thought aiose unbid den and llngeied-woie Chi 1st theie that day, how would He judge bow look upon this gelitlu old culpilt? Hut these, at best, wete niPie laical visions, idle, liielevnnt und distinctly lawless Hlelbtietl was tecondlicted to his coi ner and the business of the couit went ieentlessl on. S Witnesses, one aftet anothei, called, (lUestloned and cioss-questloned bj the Counsels for the lioecutlun and Defense, to prove, It would seem, that Hleibtieii did the deed he had con fessed. Thelt testlmonj went, ap paientl), to establish the mooted points that Jacob Hlelbtieau had had a house, a wooden house as heieln befoie mentioned, now (piesunuibl) ) buined house and Its distance, thlt ty aids oi mote, fiom other buyd Ings, was made manliest by a dla giani at which Joliann Senflt blinked long. 9. Kamlnatlon of "expel ts," who ile clated Hleibtieu to be or sound mind, and who no one knew the cause of this faoiltlsm had been peiinltted to lemnln In the hall. Instead of being piomeliadco painfull back and fotth by gendaimes 10. 'I he riesldent of the Tilbunal, but in no such plebeian teims as follow, framed the question to oe dclei mined by Senttt iSr Co. 1. Was the pilsonei guilt or setting PRISONER UP. his dwelling house aflie, tbeieby com mitting the offense of aison ' 2. If so, wete extenuating oil cumstances admitted" 11. The Pioseoutor fri the Clown and the Counsel for the Self-Accused pleaded long, with "Replik" and "Dunpllk." Hut what was bete to pioseeute'' the Ignonuit nnd tneiely human prison asked himself, aghast The learned Counsel for the Ciown Intimated, Indeed, (lint on account of the Infrequent circumstance of self deniiiiclatlon, he should In till"! Instance ooiilow with magnanimity. He then pioceeded to paint a pictuie of an Inky black night, a peueetul sleeping vllluge, a dnnireious old man speeding anoss Melds, the hut sting forth of ltuld nn 1 hungiy flames until Joliann Senftt, Kail Hauei and Adam Mullenkopf be gan to ttembled for their loofs And what was in the pi Nonet's mind as he stole stealthily aetoss those mid night llelds? What. Gentlemen of the Jul, weie his I-n-t-e-n-t-l-o-u-sV A dwelling house was thlity ntds not th west of Hlelbtieu's Fott aids, in nnothet dliectlon, stood a well-stocked, unsuspecting bain, What loss of lib and piopeit might not hav ensued, had tltete been In that still and shelter ed alle a tot undo, a cyclone? What ineicy had Hleibtieu on the slumbering and lespeetuble falliei s and mothois of laige families, and theli innocent and pioiulslug l'abes.' Here Joliann Senift nnd the eleven gazed lound-eved at the spenkei, and even the patient little old man in the box glanced up one e mild and w outlet Ing. The wind It appealed was noith, but, Oentlemcn of the Jui, what if the wind had been southeast- etc , etc. , The augui, usually a young thundet et. for some occult leason, was moved on this occasion to speak with peculiar gentleness and btlell Is It conceivable that oven uiiguis ma sometimes long foi slmpllelt ? No woid of his, he said, could deepen the piofound and inemotablu impression ptoduced by his client; the augur claimed that his manliness In voluntaiy submit ting, at bis age, to the humilia tion of ImpiNomnent, should have gieat consideration lit the veidlct, he accentuated the fact that no self Intel est actuated the deed, no uthei piopuity was harmed; he dwelt upon his heay sorrow, mental deptesslon, his Iriepioaebable llle, his yeais ami his InflunltleB pleaded sttongly foi ac quittal. VI. The pilsoner, being Informed Hint the last woid wan his pilvllege, shook his head 'weal II. 13. The Piesldent chat cod the Jtity as If Instructing twelve hopeless Idiots so long, often and stiemiously did ho lepeat his utteiances. Yet, If their Intellects felt as shrdleied ns those of most uiipiofesslonal iieisons piesent, his method was perhaps not Ill-advised. What should enlelly govern their deliberations must be It appear ed whether or not Urn MLiHMwid l& . ' setting liicendlni hands upon his own piopeit, hud oi had not oh, marvel ous mazes of Juilspiudencel Inceiidl aty designs upun the piopeily of uth eis. 14. The Cotnt wlthdiew, Hleibtieii wni lemoved, nnd the eiiished public wnn deied dieinlly about and stated nt Moses, Solomon, Solon and l,ctitRUS. Honest Joliauu Seitfft, Joiner; Kail Hatter, vintner; Adam Mollcnkopr, plumbci, etc, Wete co,livoyed by the still unexhausted gunid to wime stionghold, and letnalned nbtetit n full hoiu -conscious that the ees of the nation wete upon them while they olllc tally made up their minds -whcthei or not Jakob llleltieu had de llbeialely, willfully, Intentionally, nnd with mnllce piepenso; set Hie to his of times hetelnbefoiesald dwelling IN' THE MEVNTI.ME, ANOTHEIl JIONAHOU CA.ME. house then by committing aison, and if sci, what weie IiIj liiolKu-j in doing it' lri Tin- Com t It wen- Impious to sus pect that thelt llonois had stooped to beer in the long intei val sailed In again, blnck and majestic The pils otier was detained without Joliauu Senflt, being called upon, announced In stentoilan tones the eullct. In answer to the flist question, "Yes, with mote than seven voices " In nnswei to the second question, 'Ye, with mote than seven voices." IC. Whoioupiiii the two Samsons in chnigeol Hie ptlsonti bi ought him In. and held him up, that he might listen, with fitting icspect, to what Joliann Senift nnd the otheis had detei mined weie the ultimate facts rjf the case. "Pilsonei at the bat, hear the veidlct of the Jul v." was thundeied down fiom Sinul. The Cleik then inneln lined the macu lar utteianco Inanswei tothelltst (uestion. 'Yes, with mole than seven voices" Hut as be did not leiead the question, and as the pilsoner bad long since rot gotten, oi, Indeed, nevei giaspcd It, the tiuly legal beuity of thl situation was, that the pel son most concerned could not possibly compieliend whethti he was acquitted oi lound guilty. In nnswei to the second question, "Yes, with moie than scen voices " 17. Consldeinble discussion nnd pleading as to the degiee of seveiit of Hleib ti en's pennltv IS Ithadamanthus, Minos and Aencus letlied to concent! .Up theli combined genius upon the Sentence. Alter a ptolonged absence, the leappcaicd. thelt august, sable state quite unlin imiied, and the pilsonei was once moie shoved and plopped Into defei ence to heal his doom: Two eais' impi Isonment, but lec ommended to the nieicy or the King. As, nt this season, the soveteltjli was busy ontoi tabling fotelgn potentates, at.il, ns the foimalitles of the law must piocced with Inexoiable ciiounistance, whoevci pines and dies, It happened, that some weeks elapsed befoie Jakob lllelbtieu's humble giiefs could be, laid hefoi" the tin one In the meantime, another monaich, all meieiful, came un announced, by night, and leleased the weary old man fiom piison and fiom pain. THE END. sim:aki:iis or the iioim:. ,11 a II) Mho Muici ruinous mid .llunv 3Ion M ho M eie Vol. Theie have been fifty-four congi esses Theie have been thitty-lwo .speakeis of the house of tepiesentatlves When the teim "speaket" oilclnated In Eng land, It was the custom lor the sov -eteign to dellvet otall to paillament such communication as bo desited to mnke at the coininenceiuent of a ses sion. The house so nddiessed lespond ed to the coinmuiiieation The pie sldlng olileet beaded a pioeessiun of meinbeis of the house, waited upon the soveielgn and it ad the t espouse, thus speaking foi the whole bod , theiefioin comes tile let m 'speukei," which wc adopted liotu the Hiltlsh pailiaiuent The flist congiess heaid Waslilngton s uddtess, and ptepaied u lejily, wlilih the speaku, ik compaiiled by the mem bets oi lite house, dillveted fo tile piesldent on May S, 17SU, Thomas Jetters.ju detei mined that his comiiiuniiatlons to congiess should lie made by wilt ten mis-age, and that no answei would be expected This led to u ciuetal change in this legaid In congtess and otliet Ameiicnn legis lative bodies. Notwithstanding tills the title "spenkei" has ndheied and man ot the foimei soeakeis may be Included, If not, Indeed, all of them, In on ot two clashes; either thev have become celebiated afteivvaul In the Held of national politics ot the ha,e become totally ohseuii? In the foi mer class ate to be included. Heniv Clay, who was the speaker In thtee i ongtesse", and was, moi envoi, a ITuited States senutni, .secietnty of state, and lepenledly u candidate fot piesldent; John Hell, of Tennessee, who was seitetaty of war, United States senatoi, and a landldate loi piesldent 111 IMj'O, James K. Polk, who was the eleventh president of the Pulled States, Inaugiiiated In. 1815, ten eats nflei he became speukei , ItobeitM T Hun ter, of Vliglnla, who was Pnlted States senator and contedetnto sect etui y of war; Hobett C Wlnthiop, of Massa chusetts, who was a United States senatoi fiom the Hay state; Howell Cobb, of Georgia, who was governor of that state, secietnty of the titasuiy under Piesldent Huehanan and a inem bei of the coiitedetale congtess, Ga lusha A. Glow, a vetyiun membei of congiess, who, boin In Connecticut in lbJii, was elected 111 Noveiilbet a mp lesentatlve f i run Pennslvanla, Na thaniel 1' Hanks, Sdiuylei Colfax, aftetwoid v Ice-ptesldent; James G. Hlaine, twite, seciutaiy of state, a United States senator fiom Maine, and a Republican candidate for piehldunt In lbSI. John G. Cat lisle, nfteivvnid United States senator and now secie tuiy ot the tieasuty; Chillies P. Cihi, of Geotgia, and Thomas H Reed, the piesent speakei iit congtess and the sluted speaker of the next congiess. These nie some but not all of the speakeis who have attained (elebilty The list of speakeis who aie little lemeinbeied Is peihoos yven longer. In lecent yeats there lins been J, War laAi KiaUtr oA OUii. Hefore the war theie wns William l'ennlngton, of New Jeisey, who had been governor ot Hint state he was elected gov'ei nor twenty thiee enis befoie hi' became speaker and theie wns Andievv Stevenson, of Vliglnla, who pioslded over the deliber ations ot four successive Aineilcaii congi esses, and was the onlv speaker to do so. Pew pel sons of the pies ent day, and few students of Amer ican political hlstoiy lemenibei even the name of Stevenson; fewer still know fiom what stale he came. The spenkei ship of congi ess Is either a stopping-stone for an ambitious stales nuiti or the culminating point ot ofll elal sei vice for a negative titan whose choice Is sometimes dictated by the deslie or necessity fot compiomlso. With the enliiiBemeiit of inoinboishlp In countess the powers or the speaker Inctease, as the enlnigemeiit of the senate has a conttaty effect by lim iting the itilluence of the lce-ptosl-dent. O A i'S I'Oll ENGLAND. A Porciuu .lint I. el Xowmlii) foi n (ireut l'todiiet oi'Ameilcnn 1'arius. Kiom the Sun. The Miltie ot the Ainoilpan oat nop In nit nvetnge ye'ar Is $JO0,00O,000. IJur Ing the Inst six yents the pi Ice or oats uv eiuglng all giinles, has fallen f.O liei (cut, fiom II to 2i cents n bushel, nnd but for the fiict that foi oatu, us well as luij, theie has been of late some fotelgn tnaiket, the sutplus supplies of oats would fitithei t educe, pet hups, the piesent scale of ptlces Tlie extent to which the fotelgn miuicet tot oats inls ed In the United States lias beeq lll ci eased is best shown by the tact that, us lcccnt llguiis piove, lngei (iiintl tlt'M oi oats have been sent abroad din ing tlie six months (tiding on Jan I, than in mi piuvlous lull fiscal year en tee Old. Ante t lean funnels ate now get ting moie for oats tlui'i for corn, an r.b i.ciuuil condition, ami man- are hold ing back theli lesetves fiom tlie lSDf, leld. which is something like 200,00(1 ( 00 bushels less than the ctop of IS'J" Pot -elgieishaebought hitgel of Anieiltan oats rot moie than a je.n, and while following the big ctop (1)00,(100,000 bush els) ol 1vn the expottatlons wete only 1.1,000 000 bushels, It Is now confidently pi edit ted that Hie will exceed ,10,000,000 binhels next eai, 17,000,000 bushels be ing the expott llgute.s lot six mouths ending Jan 1 Tlie demand for foddei sutiplles l.as fallen lapidly In tlie United Statis since the genoial extension of tlie frol ic and cable s stems as means ol tianspoi tatlou, and tlie swift lse in populatit of the blccle. Ilotses have been less in demand, and with a leduc tlon In the number of hoi.ses tliefe lias bet n ,i coiiespondlng l eduction in the di maud for foddei foi hoises. so the home mat ket for Ameiicnn bay and Ameiicnn oats lias declined With a decline in tlie demand, and with no centi me nsuinte hilling off in the supply, the 1)1 ices or these ai tides have necessaiily gone dow n, and they i cached such a point that It became iinpiofltablo lot Eutoienn buots to lectnlt theli sup piles fiom the Ameiicnn lii.uket. Last veai mote than .Ti.000,000 tons of Ameii cnn buy weie tm potted into Gieat Htlt uin at pne-es which, with freight added, enabled the Ameiicnn pioduceis to compete with lotelgn ptoducci, Eng land impoitlng n consldci.ible quantity oT lia eveiy year fiom Holland, Hel t,ium, Fiance3, tieimnny, Algetla, and Canada The Incieesed late or ocean freights on hn last year gieatl re duced the piolll pieviously deiivd fiom selling it in the English market; but the l tiling juices of oats is such that the expottation of tills impcitant ai tlele of Ametlcaii piodtice is likely to continue. Theie nie 27,000,000 acies of fai tiling lands in the United States de voted to the cultivation ot oats. Iowa stands aw a and boond ahead of all olhei Ameiiean states In the pioduct ot oats. In li'io yr.OpOO bushels of oats wete exp.otted ftoni this counliy. In 1S!)3 the tot il was Ti.iOO.OOO. East year It was 11,000,000, and this ye-ai, fiom pieent appcaianics, It will be ,10,000, 000, bi caking all in ev lous tecoids. For Infants unci Children. Tho fM- tlnlla Wgr It ea elsnitura CI REXFORD'S. Unusual Selling. The sale of the W. PI. Wright stock has surprised everybody. Even we, who appreciate the great values, are astonished. And is it not wonderful to see a store filled with buyers and a score of salespeople taxed to their utmost selling Jewels, Watches, Diamonds and Silverware, these last stormy days of January ? Most merchants are saying "No business." More of the goods are ready for today's selling. We talk of some things, and a thousand just as wautable, and just as big value, will have to blame space for not mentioning them. Come and look around. Lots to see. Sterling Sujyi spoons, bon Silver '1on SPOOI1S aiu' thei pieces, ookl lined lineel bowls and heavy. They go ut ulioiit silvei-by-the-oiince pike. One Dollar 1 ach. Stick Pins Fr tie oi foi la dies' use. Noth ing prettiei. Unbreakable peail on plated pin, two oi three bundled. 7C. till all are gone. Knives and Forks Since 1846 tlie Rogers' folk have been gi hiding out plated waie. None can beat them. Old Mr. Rogers would scold us for saciilking his goods if he were heie, but away they go. Best plated knives and forks, S2.75 the dozen. Ladies' Fifty long chains, Chains -some w'tu M)''L' &0 slides, some aie all sr)lid gold, some are only plated, but not one that is not laie value. 50c. for the cheapest. A11J ev ery price up to S7.00. REXFORS, 303 PECULIAR POISONS. GfiNERATED IN THE HUMAN BODY. Tho Result of Imperfect Digestion of rood. Evety living thltiG:, plant or animal, contains within Itself the gel ins ot cei tnlii decay nnd death. In the human body these germs ot disease and death (called by scientists Ptomaines), nie usually the result of Impel feet dlKostlon of food; the lesiilt (it Indigestion or dyspepsia, The stomach fiom abuse, weakness, does not piopeily and tbotoitghlv di gest the food. The lesult Is a heavy, sodden mass which foi inputs (the flist piocess of decay) poisoning the blood, making It thin, weak and Incising lit red corpuscle; poisoning the btaln, causing headuches nnd pain In the eyes. Had digestion in Hates the henit, causing palpltntlon ajiil llnall btlng Ing on disease of this veiy impoitnnt organ. Poor dlcestlon poisons tho kidneys, causing Hilght'y disease nnd diabetes. And this is so bei nuse evety organ, eveiv netve dependH upon the stomach nlone for nouilslimpiit nnd lenewnl, nnd weal; dl&estlon shows itselt In not only loss ol uppetlt" and ilesb, but In weak netves nnd inuddv complexion. Tlie gieat ICngllsh scientist, Huxley, safd the best stall In life Is a sound stomach. Weak stomachs Tall to di gest food piopctlv, because they lack the proper quantity ol digestive acids (lactic and hydtochloilc) and pepto genlc ptoelucts, the piost sensible letn edy In all cases of Indigestion, is to tnke after each meal one ot Stunit's Dyspepsia Tablets, because they sup ply In a pleasant, haitnless foi in all the elements that weak stomachs lack. The legular use of Stunit's D.vspep s,i Tablets will cine eveiy foim of stomach tiouble except cancel of the stomach. They inciease flesh, Insiiie puio blood, stiong neives, u blight eye and cleai complexion, because all those le sult onlj ft oin wliolehoiiie food well di gested. Nenily all eltugglsts sell Stuutt's D.vspesla Tablets at 50 cents full sli'ed package ot by mall by enclosing pi lee to Stunt t Co, Mntshall, Mich., but ask vour diugglst Hi si. A little book on stomach diseases mailed fiee Addiess Stuait Co, Mui shall, Mich RAILROAD COMPANY. PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURS MATCIILUfaS IN UVIIRY HKATURU CALIFORNIA. Two touts to CALIPOHNTA and the PACIP1C COAST will leave New Yotknnd I'lillnclelphla Feb Jl and Match 11, ISO". Pom weeks In California on the llrst tout, l'ussengeis on the second tout mil) letiiin on icgulai trains within nine months. Stop will be made at New Oi leans tot Maidl-Gras festivities on the second tout. Hates fiom New Yotk, Philadelphia, and points east of I'lttlsbiug Phst torn, JiJUOO, second toui, J.MO.uo i outlet nip, and $150 00 one wa riiOKIDA. Jacksonville tours, allowing tvo weeks in Plot Ida, will leave New otk and Phil adelphia Feb and :!.!, and Muicli 0, 1SU7 Hate, covering expenses en loute in both dlitctions, fiO.OO fiom Now Yolk, and $1S00 fiom Philadelphia. AVA8IUN(iT(). Toms, each covering a period of three davh, will leave New Yolk and Philadel phia Peb 11, Match 11, Aptil 1 and 2.', and Mn 13, 1S97. Hates, Including tiunspot ta tlou and two das' accommodation at the best Washington hotels, 11, M fiom New York, and $11.00 fiom Philadelphia. OLD POINT COMFORT TOURS RITTURNIMl UIKLCr OR VIA ltlCIIUONI) and WASIIINOTOX, will leave New Yoik and Philadelphia Peb. JO, Vlaieh IS, and Aptll lu, 1S'i7 Por detailed Itlnei.ailes and other In foi inatlon, uppl ut ticket agencies, or ud dirss Cicorge Hojd assist nit genti.il passengei ai,eiit, Uioad Stteot station, Plilludelphla. Diamond Atiayfull. bity Rinsjs fl" rinrs ,lie ' t tinned into money. When we say they aie going to be, we mean it. Think ot a leal white diamond in a 14k. hand made nng, foi S2.90. Lotshighei. Some in ei a hundred dollars. As an investment alone Any of them are worth) attention. Opa'l Rings Peihaps a bun dled of them. Not all from the Wright stock, but right pi ices on all. Pure opals, not a poor, dull one in the lot. Desirable styles. Rings aie solid gold and good weights. The pi ices will move them. One Stone UIiik, Si 00. Two Stone KinK, Si. 38. Three Stone King. Si, 78. live Stone Umg, S3.90. Gold Watch Heavy 14k. gold, through and through, P. S. Bartlett Wal tham movement. Pull jeweled, Compensation balance, patent leg ulator. Breg hail spiing, jewels set in gold settings. A Splendid Watch, S35.00. Lackawanna Ave. TIE LEADER 124-126 Wyoming Ave. BARGAINS, In oiilcr to lve our juunr) sale an atttlltlonjl stimulus dining its last week we shall olFer some values that have never liccu equalled b) any dry goods house In Scranton. All lediictions for the coining week have been made refjatdless of cost, as we must cut down our stock, and to do this qitickl) we ate willing to lose moucj. Don't nnss these quotations if von value an ojiportttnin to bu cheap What's out loss is 3 uiu gain. CLOAKS, JACKETS, ETC. .Most phenomenal cut in ladies' and misses' cloaks. Above will be sold for less than cost of inateiinl. 'e shall place our entire stock ol ladies' and misses' cloaks on sile beginning Satittday motniti", aiiu,u J.-;, and have divided them into thtee lots: Lot 1 S" ladles' nnel Mses J icketi, cumpi Hlnn Moiicli-, ICeiHtj mul liish frloi-f, some hulf llncel anO d i (C) some nil lined, Milne fiom u VlS $S(Klto$lu(W HudiiLuci I'lloe r r ' w Lot J TJ linn ciu.llitj Houele, ai- nn Keise und liNli fileze, vvoith JS VfS tioin $10 to $1J liuluoul I'lloe l-''v' Lot time, tlncst (iiialitj boucle Keisej and Iilsli fileze, vvoith . nnt tiom $12 1 to $15 00 lteduc-ed Lfo i)K DRESS GOODS. 7." Dloees doulilp fold diess I34C Lroods, icKiilii pi Ice Se A Kcdlic ed Pi ice 3 pieces Cl-lneh Scikc, let'Ulai piice 2".c Rcduied Pike .. . lie 10 pieces lO-ineli Boucle diess He! 12J4 Roods, itKtilui pllcu "Jc ellietd Pike All of 0111 31c and -IV. dress i" Hoods In one lot, choice of zC any . s- All of 0111 U 30 Iioucle Cloak- r InfV ill one lot; chohe of OflC any vv- SILKS AND VELVETS. 13 pieces colored Silk Velvets, In all the rtesliaule similes, lobu lar pi Ice OSc Reduced Pi lee . 10 pieces Brocaded Silk elvet, In all the deliablecolors, h-bu-lai pi ice $1 2 Reduced Pi ice i"i pieces l!Hck, PUlii and Bro caded Silks, n.-,c. Reduced Pi ice . r 30 pieces Black nnd Coloied Silks, 73c. srade Reduced Piice 13 pieces Striped Satin, In all the evenin' shades, JUc. triade. Rtdueed Pi Ice . . ... 59c 75c 35c 45c 25c LEBECK&CORIN ES IVIOIR, E Itu Moved to His New Quarters, 402 Lackawanna Avenue. Entrance on side next to First National Bank. Ho has novr in a in Comprising: ovorythirg leqilulto for flno Merchant Tailoring And tho same can bo bhown to .idviuitHRo In his upleu- diuly titled up rooms. A SPECIAL INVITATION la Extended to All l'eader; of The Trib une to Call on "OLD lUXIAUI.L" In His New Business Home Ofl THE LINE OF THt arc located the finest fishing and liuntlnt; crouuds In the world. Descriptive books on nppllcitlon. Tickets to nil points In I Maine, Canada and Maritime Provinces, Minneapolis' St. Paul. Canadian and 1 1'ilted States Northwest, Vancouver, Seattlo. Tacoma, Portland, Ore , San I Francisco I First-Class Sleeping and Dining Cars attached to all throught tialns Tourist I curs fully fitted with bedding, curtains and Bpeoiall adapted to wants of families may bo had with second-class tickets. Rntes always less than via other lines. For furthei Information, time tu.ble3, etc.. on application to B. V. SK5NNER, Q. E. A., 353 Brofit'.vay, New York. Schedule in Effect November 15, iSj3 Trains Leave Wilkos-Barre as F0II0W3 7,30 a, m., week days, for Sunbury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington, and for Pitts burp; and tne West. 10.15 a. m., week days, for Hazleton, Pottsville, Heading, Norristown, and Philadelphia; and for Sun bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Pitts, burg and tho West. 3,15 p. m., week days, for Sunbur, Harrisburg, Phlladelohla, Balti more, Washington and Pittsburg and the West. 3. 15 p m., Sundays only, for Sun bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Pittsburg and tho West. 6,00 p. m., week days, for Hazleton and Pottsville. J. It. WOOD, flen'1 Pass. Ayent. S. M. I'RUVObl , Ocncral Munaacr. TAILOR ! CIlIPIiFIU'I! RAILROAD TIME-TABLES Lniliail VALLHY 11AIMIOAD HYS- , , ti:m. Antlirnelto Coal Used Kxeluslvoly Insur liiff Cleanliness aiiel Comfort. in i:pfi:ct nov. ig, imhs. thains li:avu scranton. I or I'lillaelelplila and Now York vln D. mm"' ,,l,.,t- ,lt 6 K- 7.li 0. Ill,, 12.03, 1 20, 3 3J tiilark Diamond Ktoss) nnd 11.30 p. in. l-or l'lttslon nnd Wlllces-llarie via. 1). ';, I'. .. C00, 8 0S, 11.20 a. in., 1.63 J 40. (.00 and 8 47 ,,, ,, , i. Uhl.le ""Vcn, llnzlcton, Pottsvllic, ii in liiliicljial iioluts In tho coal resloim Ii. in U H" fcl;in, ,n" 12M '"ll1 ,,U till!!!. I,ellelioiii. nuHton, UondltiB, Ilar f' '". '""(I minUpnl Intermediato. ta- 4'l1,'n.!;u,1.p.(11J1,ack lA'"ml 1:xl,rCS3)' TiimL "''"niioclc, Tovvunda, Klmlra. iin i ' Ge,"e' i und principal Intermediate) HtntloiiH via D.. 1. .v. w. H. 11., 0 00, 8 03, J.u;. iu in., 1220 and 3 10 p. in. wini r1li",cvn "oolicstcr, Uuffalo, Niagara e i 'i. 'l,c"K.'i(I "U points west via U. 111011(1 Kxpiess), lino and 11,30 p. m. vJ,!1!1"""".1 "ml01 tl1111 sleephiK oi Lehlith vn ley clitilr cats on all trains between VVllKes-tliiire und New York, Plilludel. Pliln, ltlirTalo and Suspension Hi Idee. CHAS S Li;i:, Ceil, l'uss. Ayt., Phlla., A. W NCNNHMACHnit, Asst. Gen Pass Atft . South lietliloheni, Pa. berniiton Ofllce, 3OT Laekiivvanna avenue. Del., Lacka. and Western, nffect Holiday, October 19, 1SDC. J tains leave Scianton as follows; i:c- 1,,,,A'Js.,or -N"L'W Yolk nml nil points i:ist, 1.40, J Do, u u j, m umj 0 r,3 a. 111 ; 1 10 and 3 33 p ni IJxpieis foi naston. fl'ienton, Phlladel Plila and the South, 6 15, 8.00 und 9 33 a 111., 1.10 and .133 p 111 WasliliiKton mid way stations, 3 43 p m. loblianna accommodation, CIO p 111. LJipiesH foi HliiKhaiutoii, Oswei;o, Ul n Ii a, CoinliiK, Bath, Uansvllle, Mount Moi rls and BulTalo, 12 20, 2 3- a. 111 , nnd 1.53 P in , inakliiu close connections at Buffalo to all points In the West, Noithvvest und Southwest. Bath accommodntlon, 9 15 a. 111. BliiKhumton and wuy stutlons, 1.03 p m. Nleliolsou accommodation, fi.15 p m Bliighnintoii und Ulmlru exptess, 5 03 p in Bxpiess foi Vtlca and Rlchfleld Springs, 3ui m. and 153 p m. Ithaca 2 3i nnd Bath 9 15 a. m., nnd 1.53 P 111 Por Northumberland, Plttston, Wllke.3- im"1'' ''' mouth, Bloomsbuig and Dan Mllo makliiK- close connection at North linibeiland foi Wllllamsport, Hairisbuig, Baltimore, VVashiiigton and the South. N01 thuinberlnnd and Intermediate sta tions, t, 00, 9 53 a m.. and 1.53 and C 00 p m. Nautlcoke and intermediate stations, 8.0S and 11 20 u m. l'lj mouth nnd lntermedlato stations, 3 to and 8 47 p m. Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on all 1 piess tiulns. K01 detailed Information, jiocket tlmo tables, etc , appl to M. L. Smith, city ticket ofllce, 3J3 Lackawanna avenue, or .depot ticket ofllce. Central Kailroacl of New Jersey. (LehlKh and Susciiehanna Uivlsion.) Anthiaclte coal used exclusively, insur ing cleanliness and comfott Tl.Mi: TABLH IN IJITnCT JAN 23, 1SU7. Tialns leave Scianton for Plttston, Wllkes-Baire, etc , ut 8 20. 9.13. 11 30 a. tn , 12 13, 2 00, 3 05, 5 W, 7 10 p. m. Sunda s 9.00, u. in , 1 00, 2 15, 7 10 p m Pot Atlantic Clt, 8 20 a. m. P01 New Yoilc, Newark und Elizabeth, S 20 (cxpiess,) 11. m., 12 43 (expiess with Buf fet pailoi cai), 3 03 (cxpiess) p. 111. Sun da, J.13 p m. Train leaving 12.43 p m. 111 lives ut Philadelphia, Reading Termin al, 5 22 p. m. and New York C 00 p. m. P01 Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Bethle hi 111, Haston and Philadelphia, 8 20 a. 111 , 12.13. 3 03, 5 00 (except Phlludelphiu) p. in. S11111I.1, 2 13 p 111. Fot Long Bianch, Ocean Grove, etc, at 8 20 .1. 111. and 12 43 p m. Por Lakewood, S 20 a. m. Foi Reading, Lebanon and Harrlsburg, via Allentown, 8 20 a. 111. , 12.43, 5.00 p. m. Sunda, 2 15 p 111 For Pottsvllle, 8 20 a. m., 12.43 p. m. Returning leave New York, foot of Lib erty stieet, Noith Rlvei, nt 9 10 (epress) a. 111, 110, 130. 115 (express with Buffet parlor cat) p m. Sunday, 4 30 a m Leave Philadelphia, Reading Teimlnnl, 9 00 a. in , 2 00 and 4 30 p. in. Sundaj, C25 a. in Thiough tickets to all points at lowest lates may be had on application in ad vance to the ticket agent at tho station. II. P BALDWIN, Oen Pass. Agt. J H OLIIAUSHN, Gen Supt. O U L A W A R II AND Hl'DSON TIME TABLE On Monday, Nov. 23, trains will leave Scran ton as follows. Pol Caibondale 3 13, 7 55, 8.53, 10 13, a. m : 12 00 noon, 1 21, 2 20, 3 52, 5 23, 0 23, 7.57, 9 10, 10 30, 11 55 11 m. For Albany, Saratoga, Montreal, Bos ton, New England points, etc. 5 43 a. 111.; 2 20 p m Foi Iloncsdale 5 43, 8 53, 1013 a. m ; 12 00 noon, 1 20, 5 23 p in. Poi Wllkes-Baue 0 45, 7.43. S 43, 9 Zi, 10 43 a m, 12 03, 120, 2 2S, 3 33, 4 11, li 00. 7 50, 9 30. 11 3U p in. Poi New York, Philadelphia, etc , via Lehigh V.ille Railroad 0.45. 7.43 a. m ; 12 03 1.20, 3 33 (with Black Diamond D ples's), 11 30 p. m. Foi I'ennsjlvnnla Railroad points 0 4j, 9 3S a in , 2 30, 4 41 p m. Por webtern points, via Lehigh Valley Ralltoad-7 43 a. m . U 03, 3 33 (With Black Diamond i:press) 9 50, 11 30 p. m. Tialns will aulve at Set union at follows: Fiom Caibondale and the noith CIO, 7 10 8 10, 9 31, 10 10 a. m : 12 00 noon, 1 03, n 3 23 4 37, 5 45, 7 43, 9 15 and 11 23 p m " Piom'WIlkeh-Baiie und the south 5 40, 7 50. S 30, 10 10, 11 33 a. Ill , 1.1C, 2 14, 3 43. 5 " 0 il. 7 53, 9 03, 9 43, 11 52 p m. j"W BUBDICK, G P A, Albany, N Y. II W Cioss, D. P A , Scranton, Pa. lic and Wyoming Valley. Lnectlve qan 4, 1S97. Trains will leave Scianton for New Yoik New bin gh and intei mediate points on Bile also foi Ilawle and local poltn", at 7 03 a ni nnd 2 2S p m , and arrive from above points at 10 33 a. 111 und 9 3S p, m sntAvroN imvisio.v. Ill i;ilee( Oiloliir llli. IMKI. sites JSwL? & m S3 Neitlli Ilounel. honli Hound. JVJ()3,'20I 0- VIII .'& Stations wp I S 5 (Trains Dally, Ex.yS.S g' 13 ia 1 cept Sunday ) ,3 ig a ! l ! M VirlVO LCUV e A Ml iTSVNY l'ranklln bt. .... 7 to, ,. 7 10, West iinil htieet ; ,. I 700 Vvcehawkeli ., 810 . .. v h Arrlvo Leave n mi- m l is Hancock Junction J u, , , , lO'i Hancock 2 1 .... . 12 fO StnrlU'tit s IS.M6 rieMiml'ark -Ml.... 1J40 Como .. '4i , ,. 12'J.i rojntello 25' .... 18 11 llelinont 2B8 .... 12 0.1 rieiibant Mt. 8C61 ... Ill5 Unlondalo a 09 . .. 1149 l'orest city 319 ,. .... nftniidi carbomlmo 701 K3i .... .... tli 1Q(11'J0 YlIlltuHrlrtgO 17071158 .. .... fi. ntll2, Ma) Held RUisai... .... ti4IUV3 Jeil)l)n 714345... ... ioavui6' Archibald 72fl 3si . .. ... IliSJlllS VWnton 7. 13 3tl .... (its 11 lit l'ec'kvlllo 727 Sf.9 . .... fi.Mll (IT OlM'kant. 73J 401, .. 11201103' l'rlcebitrff 734 4P71 .. .... 01S110J Tlltoop 7311410 ,. ... 0 15 1101 Piovlciencfl 7n 4 ill ... .... auflCftft 1'ark l'mce IT 11 tl 17' .. ... lilOIOD1! t-ciaiiion 741 42J r mU m Leave Airlvei mi- mi All tialns rim daily exient Sunday. t blBiilfleb that tialns stop on blgiml for pas sencciB. i-tcuio rates via Ontailo a Western befnm purcliaslnif tlcKctsand bave money Day ninl hlglit liiirc33totlio West J. C. Anderson, (len. Pass ut. T. Flltcrott, Dl I nss, ABt bcrnnton, l-a Houses for Sale and for Rent. If) 11 11 contemplate purchasing or leus lni:u house, or vvunt to Invest In n lot, see the lists of ilcftlrutile property on pae 2 of 1 he 1 rluune. ,1
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