TO THE SfTRANTON TUXliUlXM MONDAY JWOKNTNGr. APTUL 1!. 1807. 3 neighboring WYOMING COAL FIELD DISASTERS Allocs That Arc Idle in Consequence of Accidents. TWELVE COLLIERIES IN THE LIST Tlio Mont Serious Stnto of Affair liver Presented Now l'nccs tlio Miners nnd Operators oftho Wyoming He-r1oii--TIio Exact Sllunllon nt Alt the Idle Collieries Siiminnrlzcd by nn Expert. In tho history of anthracite coal min ing In the Wyoinliiu valley there have never boon so many collieries disabled ns at present, and never have so many men hern Idle In consrquenee of un avoidable disasters. The situation Is not pleasing to contemplate, but the operators are straining every nerve to letnedy the conditions, and there Is hope that before lonir many of them will 1' able to resume. Seward's Coal Journal has prepared a summary of the trouble which has recently over taken Wyoming valley collieries, and It follows: U & W.-I3. CO.'S NO. C SHAFT. Tho explosion of kos which ensued In thin IntKi; colllety on October 20, result ed In u pyveru lire In the lower work ings of the Jtaltlmoro vein. Tho fire fiom the cas feeders communicated with the coal and efforts to extinguish It proved unsuccessful. The mine was imntH.llHteiy Hooded until the wnter was about Hit feet In the shaft above the Fenms The mine was hermetically sealed for feiui- lime and then tho work of removing the water commenced. The company expects to hnvo the water ot the wo: king cleaned nnd cleared nnd nlr courses established so that opera tions may be resumed by June 15. This colliery gives employment to 1,500 men, nnd has a capacity of 2.800 tons per day nnd hns the fourth largest output In the Wyoming icglon. CONYNOHAM SHAFT, D. & II. C. CO. This colliery Is entirely Iosed, owing to nn Interior lire on thr Haltlmore seam, and no mining Is done, although there uro opened the Kidney and Ab bott scani.s. The Conyngluim will bo shut down all of a year and Its produc- tlon of COO tons per day therefore pre vented. FUANKLIN MINKS, U V. C. CO. This colliery has been closed since last August, when n Hie made Its ap pearance on the west side In the remote workings of the Baltimore seam. This was tilled with water and sealed, and It Is adjudged to be extinguished by this time. During the closing down of the colliery the breaker is being ex tensively overhauled and a. larger s-i reening capacity provided, so that the production will be Increased to 1,300 tons per dny. The colliery produced 104.:;t4 tons last season, nnd mining will be resumed from the upper levels of the Hlllmiin, Baltimore on the east side, and the Red Ash vein.1, July 15. HALTIMOIJE TUNNEL, U. & II.C.CO. The lnige breaker nt this opening was destroyed by lire Fbruary 20, 1S97. Tills large colliery gave employment tij COO men and boys, working coal from the Haltlmore and Ited Ash ("Mm. The colliery worked 217 fl.iys during 1M)0 and produced 150, JiiC.IK tons of coal. The company has decided to not erect a. new breaker, but run the coal through their No. 2 col liery ns soon as thru breaker Is ready for opera tlon. KEI ASH NO. 2, D. & II. C. CO. This colliery has been under suspen sion for something over two months, owing to the Hooding of the shaft made necessary by the lire in the East End basin. A bore hole wns put down to tap the body of gas that'exlsted on the anticlinal of the seam, keeping the water from th" lire. The gas was lib erated about three weeks since, nnd It Is calculated that the lire Is extin guished. The water will bo removed ns expeditiously as possible, requiting In the neighborhood of three months' time. The No. 2 will undoubtedly be able t( resume operations about the middle of August. This colliery em P'oyed about 700 hands, and working 17Si days last year produced 127, 2S5 50 tons. WEST END COAL CO. 13UEAKEK FIUE. The largo breaker of the "West End Coal company, at Slocannuuun, Just below NnntlcoUe, was destroyed by lire about two wee'-n since the second structure thi.s destroyed within five years for this company, Tho loss sustained Is about $53,000. Thin col liery employed about C30 men and boys The Spring storms strike hard those who are thin in flesh, whose system is weak and nerves irritable. The sharp, cutting pains of neural gia tell when the blow has taken effect. Why wait for the signal? Scott's Emul sion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites will feed and strengthen weak nerves. It shquld be taken as a preven tive in every case of weak ness and nerve exhaustion. "Early prevention is better tlan cure." So says the wise man. ?or "a,e b' n" irurist ' " at jo cents nnd iji.oo. SCOTT & BOWJiE, ChtmUu, New York. CARPET SALE J, 000 yards Ingrain Carpets marked to 18c, 23c, 25c, 29c, 35c, worth from 25c to 50c. OIL Cf.OTH SALK-SOO yards Floor Oil Cloths 'marked to 15c, 20c, Tuv HO.-. !trtr 4,fi,.,. Vot.,1 i..t.f1. f..n... on, ... en. t.wp ', ww, w.,tt.t w A . M, 1, MATTING SAUi-200 yards assorted iMutUng, 8Jc to 25c. half their value, Tills sale to last one week only. Tapestry Carpets at cut prices. 4, SCOTT INGLIS, gotmties and has a capacity of 250,000 tons nn nually, although for tho days worked last year tho company prepared 145, 000 tons, Tho now breaker will ho constructed nt once, the company em ploying Its own men on the Improve ment. Tho colliery will bo ready for operation about August 10th, L. V. C CO.'S MALTHY BREAKER. On April 2d, the Inrgo modern breaker at Mnltby, near I'lttstotl, wns destroyed by lire. The structure nnd machinery were valued nt $60,000 and were Insured for $30,000. Tho colliery employed 700 men and boys nnd shipped last year 215,743 tons. One new breaker Is already being constructed and will bo considerably larger than the old one, costing about $75,000 when complete. Tho capacity of the mine will bo Increased to 1.C00 tons nnd Is expected to be ready for operation by August 10th. MT. LOOKOUT COLLIERY. Mining operations at tho Mt. Lookout colliery at Wyoming have been some what Interfered with, owing to the re cent cavo-ln from tho pit hole which wns tappi.nl by mining close to the sur face. The debris has been removed from the workings, nnd the company Is now preparing to construct dams in various sections of the Pittston seam, to prevent the Inllowmg of qulcl?and. Abrut 150,000 brick will bo utilized In constructing these dams, nnd tho work will be proceeded with ns expeditiously n.s possible. D., L. & W. PETTEHONE SHAFT. This deep opening, which penetrates the Red A3I1 senm nt a depth of 1,100 feet, has been threatened for some time by an Inllux of quicksand, and opera tions are Indefinitely suspended until It Is thoroughly held in check. This company met stupendous difficulties In sinking the Pettcbone openings through to the bedrock, owing to the heavy bed of quicksand encountered, and tho ut most caution is being observed to ren der tho shaft positively safe. This mine hns a capacity of 2,000 ton3 per day, and the breaker is 0110 of the finest equipped structures In the region. D., L. & W. AVOODWARD SHAFT. The squeeze that recently made Its appearance In the Woodward colliery appearn to have readied its limit, and yet this cannot bo determined for an absolute certainty. Tho squeeze was working toward the main shaft, and as a matter of precaution no one has been allowed to enter the workings for some time, while all of the. mules have been brought to the surface. The Red Ash seam Is pierced In tho main opering at a depth of 1,000 feet, while but a few yards nway tho second opening finds the wmo vein, 1,040 feet below the sur face. D L. & W. CO.'S AVONDALE SHAFT. The most serious of this long train of disasters I.s that which overcame th Avondale shaft of tho Delaware, Lack awanna and Western company. This shaft pierces the Red Ash seam having n. pitch of about fourteen degrees. An Immense body of quicksand overlies the coal In the Avondalo tract, and at certain points it lu calculated that but forty ftet of rock exists between the quicksand and tho coal. Mining has been conducted beneath this heavy body of quicksand, nnd experts assert that lnsulllcicnt pillars were left to sup port it. A-squeezo ensued recently, nnd beneath tho Susquehanna, river the water has been pouring Into the work ings at a rate estimated to. reach many million gallons each twenty-four hours. The failure to avert the disaster has Jeopardized a whole chain of collieries along the west sides of tho Wyoming valley, embracing the Nottingham mines, the Pnrrlsli Coat company, tho Oaylord, and No. 12, operated by J. C. Haddock, tho Lance, colliery, No. 11, and Nos. 2, 3 and 3 of the Delaware and Hudson Canal company. L. & W.-H. GO'S NOTTINGHAM. llie world fnmous nnthraclte pro ducer is forced into Idleness and 1,200 men were prevented from earning a livelihood, scant as it may have been for the past year, solely because of the Intlow of wnter from the contiguous working of the Avondale. The unfor tunate ownership of a tract of twenty neres of coal deposit by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western company, which Is located within the tract of the Nottingham workings, is responsible for the imminent danger threatening the latter colliery, as well as those con nected therewith. A long pillar L shaped was left about this tract, and, llnally, In order to remove this coal a gangway and airway were cut through the pillar in the red ash seam. These openings have since been dammed up. one with substantial masonry work, which Is thought to bo equal to any de mands, tho other having been con structed from timber. The body of water In the Avondale workings has gained an altitude above these dams, through the timber dam wnter is pour ing at the rate of 1,200 gallons per min ute. The red ash deposit has a pitch of fourteen degrees and this' Influx of water Is rapidly filling the lower work ings of tho Nottingham colliery. The condition of tho two dams and the pil lar Is such that at the time the Jnllow was discovered In the Avondale, any attempt to barricade them with the view to making them equal to the emergency, wns fraught with danger for tho lives of the men. At the time there wero sixteen pumps in tho Not tingham workings which, are over 90 miles In extent in the way of gang wnys and slopes, to say nothing of the breasts and chambers worked out and now being opened. Eight of these pumps were necessarily removed to prevent their total destruction, and hence the pumping capacity of the col liery reduced more than one-half. The Nottingham produced 300,000 tons for 1S96 In 104 days time, and at pres ent the combined forco Is reduced to something like ninety men who are retained for surface work nnd the euro of the pumps. Tho shaft Is 305 feet deep to the red ash seam nnd the Ross Is opened 253 feet below the surface. Tho Lehigh nnd Wllkes-llarre Coal company bus been compelled to destroy tho Nottingham colliery an a producer for tho present and establish a pump ing station Instead. The main open W. Vt Will .,h. IW Utb, J tut one Carpets, Draperies and Wall Papers, 419 Lacka. Ave. ing wilt bo used for tho pump shaft, Immense pumps Inserted and the great est plant known to the coal regions for pumping purposes, entailing nn ex pense of fully $150,000. It Is expected thut a capacity of 9,000 gallons per min ute will be requisite to care for tho In flow of water, and tho management Is bending every energy to provide this. IT MAY BE SUICIDE. Susqticlinnnn .linn Writer Thnt His Hotly .liny llo round in the Itivcr. Susquehanna, April 18. Mr. Stephen Sprague, of Hnllstead, found tho fol lowing letter near the old bridge piers a few days since, says the Great Bend Plnlndealcr. It was found lying on a stoii3 and held In place by means ot nnothcr stone being pirtlally placed over nnd on It. Tho fact that It pur ports to havo been written by n Sus quehanna man who has been jilted by n. fair Hallslead loss and tho further known fact that many Susquehanna chaps havo been dismissed with thanks by Hnllstead belles, makes the letter Eound plausible nnd truthful: April 2, 1SU7. My Friend: When this Is found 1 will bo in Heaven. I have committed suicide nnd nil on nccount of a Hnllstc-nd girl who Jilted me. My friends are In Susquehanna, Do not destroy but give this to my friends so they will know wlmt has become of me. My body will be found In tho river. A. J. Lendcn. NEWMILI'ORD. Miss Carrie Brooks, of Killlwog, N. Y., visited friends In town this week. Mrs. Ruby J. Warner, of New Mil ford, has been granted a widow's pen sion. Miss Nellie Hnydcn has returned from visiting relatives In Scrnnton. L. S. Brown Is In Philadelphia at tending a convention of the odlcers nnd ngents of the New York Life Insurance company. Rev. C. C. Glllctt, pastor of tho New. Mllford Baptist church, read his resig nation to hla congregation last Sunday morning. Mr. Glllett has accepted the pastorate of tho church at Clifford and will go there the first of July. Charles Culver, of New Mllford, Is the newly elected district deputy of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for the eastern district. Frank S. Green wood, ot Lynn, Is the deputy for tho western district. Susquehanna county contributes three Inmates to the Pennsylvania Institute for tho Deaf and Dumb nt Philadel phia. Wayne county sends four. AS TO JIETEORS. Rcnllv, Vcrv Little Is Definitely Known Concerning Them. The recent Journey ot a, meteorite over quiet Spain, accompanied by a series of explosions, has called atten tion to these visitors from tho sky, and few people have but a vague Idea In regard to "shooting stars," so called. The majority of meteors do not reach tho earth, but are destroyed by tho enormous heat generated by friction against the atmosphere. Rut those that do are sought with great eagerness by museums, and exhibited with copious labels to the curious spectator. From very early times notices of "falls" have been recorded, and occa sionally a specimen preserved by some curious priest. These meteorites, as they are called, are divided Into three classes; the slderltes, or "Irons," the aerolites or meteoric stones, and the rather uncommon sid-aerolltes, or In termediate specimens, composed of part Iron and part fctonc, and sometimes called "palasltes," from a typlcnl specimen found at Palas, In Asiatic Russia. They are generally cut and polished, and tlio irons are etched with acid to show the structure. They nil contain nickel Iron, which Is not' acted on by tho acd. standing out above the rest In bright points and lines, The difll culty found in slicing them led to the adoption of nickel Iron for armor plates on war vessels. The presence of nickel ulso Is peculiar to no native substance of our earth, and forms an easy meth od to determine a suspected find. Pop ular Science News. Till: RAILROAD KIDNEY. Is Caused by the Clogging oftho Skin Pores by Oust. This disease is now described by phys icians, nnd Is caused by an artificial stoppage of tho pores of the skin by the illit of railroads. If any person will examine his hand after rldfng for two or three hours in a train and this Is especially true if ho be perspiring he will find his hand is dirty. Rut a closer examination will show the existence of a line grime, the particles of which, so soon as the perspiration ceases, act as minute corks, stopping up tho orifices of the pores. How deeply this dirt works Into tho skin Is shown by tho fact that after a railroad trip one wash es one's hands and fnce two or three times, beforo they become clean. It is this which produces railroad kidney. Of course It is not to be supposed that an ordinarily healthy person will con tract this disease In any trip of a day or two. But whore a person la already a sufferer from chronic diseaso of the kid neys, It is possible that a week on rail road trains would aggravate his malady to an appreciable extent. HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS. Thcro was a man nt tho Third street depot the other day making Inquiries about a lost trunk, and after nn hour's hunt tho baggagemaster found a lid and bottom and ono tide of something which might havo once been a trunk and hand ed thctn over with tho remark: "This must bo what you are after." "Y-e-s," was tho reluctant reply, "Anything more?" "No, nothing more." "Want to take tho pieces nway with you?" "No, I guess not." "Sorry nbout the damage, but you know how It Is." , "Yes, I know." Ho- stood looking at tho "remains" bo long nnd 'so disconsolately that the bag gnmastcr llnnlly said: "You might jut In a claim for dam ages." "Yes, but It wouldn't look well," sighed the trunk owner as ho turned away. "I'm a baggageman myself, you see, and I'll bo hanged it I dont bellevo I busted tint trunk with my own hands on a trip two weeks ago! It looks exactly like one ot my favorite Jobs!" Detroit Freo Press. Comparatively llnrmlnss. Sir. Straltlace Well, Maude, I'm sure I don't know what to say about your going to the matinee.. I'm nfrald tho lnllucnfo ot tho theatro Is demoralizing. What U tho play? Maudo It's a Western drama, pa "Dare-Devil Dave, the Trrr of tho Rockles"-fu!l of flfchfa odd gmnMfng, ami murders. Mr. Straltlaco (reasgured)-Oh, that's all right, then. I was afraid It might be an English society drama. Puck. Nothing Hut Hie. ' Old Do Whiskers I havo had my Ufa Insured for $3,000 In your favor, la thero anything clso I can do to plea so you?" Mrs. Do Whiskers (his young wife) "Nothing on earth, dear," Leslie's Weekly. THE MARKETS. Wnll Street Ret low. New York, April 17. The tendency ot courses downward today was only In terrupted for very brief periods, nnd no rallies of nny Importance occurred. Tho mnrkot was uninteresting and very dull, being a short trading day and coming nfter iv holiday. The fact that tho foreign exchanges wero closed nnd would remain so until Tuesday also had Its effect In curtnlllmr operations. Tho market wns narrow nnd tho small dealings wholly professional and, In tho specialties largely manipulative. Loss es on the day reached a point In the cases of Tobacco nnd Chicago Gns, V In New York Central, 9i In Northwest, Susquehnnnn and Western preferred and Tennessee Coal and Iron, and In Rock Island, Omnhn nnd St. Paul. Adams Express rose 114 In the HniU dealings on light purchases. Tho totnl tales were 74,000 shares. Furnished by -WILLIAM LINN, AL LBN & CO,, stock brokers, Mcars build ing, rooms, 705-700. Open- High- Low- Clos ing, est. est. ins, Am. Tobacco Co. ... 72 72 71 Am. Suit. Ref. C0...IUU 111?; R1J4 71 111 !l iu 81 103 71 2! 71 Cl 103 30 43 20 Sill 77 09 At., To-. & S. Fe At., To. & S. Fo Pr.. 1R'.4 Ches. & Ohio 16H Chicago Gas Sly, Chic., &. N. W IO314 Chic, U. ft Q 71H ('. C. C. ft St. I .... 234 Chic., Mil. ft St. P. . 72!i Chic, It. I. & Pae... G2!i 1)1. & Hudson 103 Gen. Electric SI Louis & Nash It M. K. & Tex. Pr.... 2tv, Manhattan Kle Sli N. J. Central 77 N. Y. Central fflt.4 N. Y., S. & W. 7Si N. Y., S. & W. Pr.... 2014 9 1RV& 16 81 10 71's 2S 72 C2Vi 103 31 4I& K Sl 77 93' 3 7 20',a 12 r.s'4 2H 1H1 25V, 18 1G 80 10214 71 2S'0 71 C1'4 102 30 43 2'5 Sl 70 M r 2UK: Nor, Pae. 12 12 ll'd ll'J r.sn r.s'i wti r.7 :rh 2h 20 wf, 18i 1M1 isu isu 74 Vi 7'0 7't Omaha Pnc. Mall Phil. & Heading Southern R. R Southern R. R. Pr., Teiin. C. &. Iron ITnlon Pacific Wabash Pr. Western Union P. S. Leather , U. S. Leather Pr i 2lv 22!A 22H, 213 21li Mi 6U 5Vi fi'4 12 12 11T4 U"4 SO'.fc 8Wi SIB 80 CVi OH C"i tifi 5IU Cl 51 CI 224 6U 12 8Wi 0 51 CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PRICES. Open- High- Iow- Clos- WIII3AT. Ing. est. est. lng. May fiH 721i C9, 7H July KlVi 73'i OSTh 7S September C7!S 71 CGTa 71 OATS. May July September CORN. May July September LARD. May July , PORK. 0lay , :Ci 17 lfi'.i 17 17'i IS 17',i IS 18H ISTi JSi 1&;& 23 23 2C 24 25' 4 2ti 4.22 4.22 23' 4 21 20 4.20 4.30 21 J5 20 4.22 4.52 4.22 4.30 8.45 8.52 8.42 S.S0 New York Produce .llnrhct. New York, April 17. Flour Strong nnd held lOaloe. higher, with buyers nfrald to operate. City mill patents, fl.70a1.93i city mill clears, JI.70a4.RO; Minnesota patents, tla4.20; Minnesota bakers, J3.10a3.70; win ter patents, $4.15a4.70; winter straights, $l.0)al.23; winter extras, $3.13a".C0; win ter lew grades, $2.55a2.75. Rye flour Firm; superfine, f2.23a2.53; fancy, $2.53a2.63. Corn mpal Steady; yellow western, COc. city, C2e.; Urandywlne, fl.W. Rye Steady; No. 2 western, 37c; c. 1. f., Buffalo; car lots, lOallc. Barley Firmer; feeding, 27c.; western, c. I, f., Buffalo's malting, 33a 12c. Wheat Spot stronger; No. 2. red, f. o. b,, 82c, nominal; No. 1 northern, 82'2(, f. o. b mloat; No. 2 hard, 77c, f. o. b., afloat; opticus closed, lalc, net higher; on the curb there was nnother 2c. advance; April closed, S0c; May, 73 3-16a78 l-10e closed, 77'.4c.; June, 70 7-lCa7c, closed, 77c; July, 75aT7'6c., closed, 70c; Sep tember, 74a73c, dosed, 71c; December, Ti'-a'ie., closed, 77e, Corn Spot opened quiet; No. 2, 29c, elevator; 30a31c, afloat; options opened steady and closed unchanged. Oats Spot firmer; No. 2, 2J',c; No. 2 delivered, 23'Jc; No. 3, 2lc; No. 2 white, 2la2lc; No. .1 white, 23',ia 23K..C.; track mixed western, 21a23c; track white, 23a?9e.; options dull nnd nominally higher, eloping nt c. advance; May closed, 21c. ; July, 22c. Provisions Steady: western steamer, 4.12; May, f 1.60, nominal; refined, steady. Butter Steady; western creamery, ISalSc; do. factory, Sa 12c; Elglns, 17alSc; Imitation creamery, llal.'c. ; state dairy, I3a17c; do. creamery, 13al7e. Choose Steady; largo state, 9a 12'.4c; small fai.cy, 0ul2c. ; part skims, 4a 7c; full skims, 2',a3i Eggs Steady; state nnd Pennsylvania, lOe. ; western fresh, 10",al0'.4c.; southern, 9afi'ic. Pota toesSteady; New York, k0a93c; Long Island, $1a1.30; swrets, f1u2.3. Tullow Dull; city ($2fer package), 3a3c.; coun try, 3a3c, as to quality. Chicngo (Jriiin Market. Chicago, April 17. This was one of tho record breaking days In the wheat mar ket. That artlclo closed, after an excit ing day's business, nt an advance of lc. on tho price It left oft at Thursday. The heaviest and most successful of tho local speculators In tho business were on the buying side and shorts wero caught and badly squeezed. Other grain maikets and provisions wero comparatively dull. The strength of wheat came almost entirely from abroad. May and July futures start ed within c. of each other, but as tho rlso In price which followed the weak start was approaching its elimnx, May shot c. or moro ahead of July, which gavo rlso to tho idea that shorts In tho former month wero moro numerous than had been supposed. May opened at from 09 down to 09c. as compared with (i;c. nt the close ot Thursday's session. It act ed In an uncertain way for a few minutes nt around tho prices nnmed and then com menced a struggle for tho meagro offer ings, which In a llttlo moro than a quar ter of an hoi;r from tho start had ad vanced May to 71c. nnd July to 71!sC. Tho loading futures ranped as follows: Wheat April, C9t, 73V.; May, 69e 73ic; July, lc.. 7314c.; September, C0c, 71c Ccrn-Aprll, 23c. 23c; May, 23c, 2le.j July, 23'ic. 23o.; September, 2Gc, 2V. Oats-May, lse.. 17c; July, 17V4C, 17c. ; September, Uc, 1SC. Mess pork Easy to say, but howfelinllliloit? In tlio only com mon sensowny keep your head cool, your feet warm and your blood rich and pure by taking Hood's Sarsanarilla. Then all your nerves, In tllO mi'iEcloB, tissuos nnd organs will bo Spring properly nouririieil. 1 a Hood's Saisaparillii builds up tlio system, creates an np jictltc, tones tlio stomach and gives (strength. It is tho people's Spring Jledlcino, lias a larger salo and ef fects moro cures than all others. Sarsaparilla Is tho Ono True lllood Purifier. C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. w T)2ff Ilssl5i t'iKcaiiuii una euro J nOOCl S flUS Constipation . cents, h Hoods WISE ADVICE TO HUSBANDS. Thoao Who Havo Alllngr Wives Will do Woll to Acoopt Do not wranplo nnd quarrel, nnd finally rush into tho courts and try to pet a separation from your faithful wife; but just stop n moment and tliinkt Your wife, who was even-tempered nnd amiable, nnd nil thnt wns lovely when you married her, hns changed, ous, discontented nnd disorder of some kind. keep it j V.- 42V.1 .nCtWSa. Us. -m E'ff Wt J S Y n r aI w i' ; r. i j. i 3c Compound and found it to be of great benefit to inc. The doctors said I had womb trouble, I bad tho headacho all tlio time, also a terrible backache, was nervous, cross nnd Irritable. I looked so pale that people would ask mo what was tho matter. 1 suffered in this way for about four years, until ono day about in despair my husband brought me u bottle of Lydia K. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound. I commenced its use, nnd much to every ono's sur prise, it cured me. It has completely changed my disposition for the better also. Several of my neighbors, knowing what tho Pinkham medicine lias done for me, arc taking it, and arc much pleased with the result" -May, 8.43, S.50; July, S.47',4, 8.C0. Lard May, fl.22'4, fl.22; July, $1.72, $1.80; Sep tembcr, $1.73, $1.82. Cash quotations wero as follows: Flour Firm; winter patents, $1.30, fl.GO; straights, $la4.20; spring spe cial, $1.20; spring patents, $3.70a3.90; strnlghts, $3.20aD.50; bakers, $2.75a2.90; No. 2 spring wheat, 73a74'ic; No. 3 spring wheat nominal; No. 2 red, S9nJ2c.; No. 2 corn, 2lc; No. 2 oats, 17c; No. 2 white February, 21n21c; No. 3 white Februnry, 19a21c; No. 2 rye, Sl'ic; No. 2 barley, nominal; o. 3, f. o. b., 26a33c; No. 4, f. o. b., 21c; No. 1 flaxseed, 77n79c; prlmo tim othy seed, $2.C3a2.70; mess pork, $?.45a8.r3; lard, $1.22; short ribs, sides, loose, $l.63a 4.70; dry salted shoulders, boxed, 5a5c; Bhort clear sides, boxod, 4a5c; whiskey, $7719; sugars, cut loaf, $3.51; granutatcd, $4.89. Philadelphia Provision Market. Philadelphia, April 17. Wheat Strong and 4c. higher; contract grades, April. S7a8Sc; May, 80aS0c;Juno . nominal; July, nominal. Corn Firm; No. 2 mixed April, 27a27c; Mny, 27V4a27c; June, nominal; July, nominal. Oats Steady; No. 2 white; April. 23a2lc; May, 23a23',4c; June, 23a23'4c; July, 23a23c. Flour Strong and 10al3c. per barrel higher. But terFirm, and prints lc. higher; fancy western creamery, lSc. ; do. Pennsylva nia prints, 20c; do. do. do., Jobbing at 21a 21c Eggs Dull and easier; fresh nearby, 9nl0c; do. western, 9al0c Cheese Firm. Receipts Flour, 4,000 barrels, 3.400 sacks; wheat, 400 bushels; corn, 200,000 bushels; oats, 33,0u0 bushels. Shipments Wheat, 4,000 bushels; corn, 333,000 bushels; oats, 9,500 bushels. Chicngo Live Stock. Chicago, April 17. Today's cattle mar ket wns of the usual Saturday character. Receipts were less than 500 head and wero disposed of at unchanged prices. Busi ness has been rather satisfactory most of the week and prices havo developed moro strength on account of finished rcclpts. Hogs Tho market was alternately wenk and strong today, tho greater part of tho hegs soiling at yesterday's prices. Heavy packing lots brought, $3.73a4, and the best wont for $4.10al.2O, tho bulk of tho hogs being choice In quality and selling at f 1.10a 4.17. The sheep market was fairly ac tive at $3a3.00 for Inferior sheep, $4a4.23 for common to pretty good stocks and $l.00a5 for good to choice, with extra heavy native export sheep scarce and mostly nominal at $3.10a3.33. Lambs wero salcablo at $3.73a.".S3, and extra chol.-o around $0. Receipts Cattle, 400 head; hogs, 11,000 head; sheep, 2,000 head. Iliilliiln Live Stock. East Buffalo, April 17.-Cattle Receipts all consigned through and thero wis noth ing doing. Calves receives moderate, mar ket about steady. Good to extra choice veals, $l.40a4.75. Hogs Receipts, 23 cars; fairly nctlvc; Yorkers fair to choice. $4.30; roughs, common to good, $3.G3a3.90; pigs common to fair, $3a I. Sheep and lambs Receipts, 21 cars, about steady. Lambs cholco to prime, $G.25a0.50; culls to com mon, f3.50al.50. Sheep, choice to selected wethers, $3.23a5,40; culls and common, fSat, New York Live Stock. New York, April 17. Beeves Receipts, 1,210 head; none on salo nnd no trading; cables quote American steers nt Hal2c; dressed weights sheep at 10'4al3c.; retrlg crator beef at 9'!ial0c; export. 400 beeves and 4,063 quarters of beef; tomorrow, 132 beeves. Calves Receipts, 7 head; steady; veals, 4a5c Sheep and lambs Receipts, 1,252 head; slow, weak, except for good stock; unshorn sheep, $l.23a3.23; clipped do., $lal.C2'I4; unshorn lambs, $0a6.02i,2; clipped do., $3a5.70. Hogs Receipts, 1.1S0 head; steady at $l.25al.55. Oil Market. Oil City, Pa., April 17.-No bids for cer tificates. Pipe lines not reported. AN EYE TO IHJSINESS. Tennessee's Dogberry Justice Uho Knew n Good Thing. From tho Times-Herald. Down In Jlenton county, Tennessee, there Is a Dogberry Justice of the peace known as Skinner. Danville Is his habitation. Tho town consists of a few houses, nnd Is located on the Ten nessee river, where boats stop. Erin Is the county seat, and nn inland town miles away from Danville, Skinner's olllco empowers him, at times, to servo as coroner, und, as the fees aro not very munificent, he Is very enterprising in concocting schemes and plans to In crease his Income, Recently, while traveling up the river, "Tub" Edmondson, tho clerk of tho steamboat Nesblt, of Evaiisville, Ind., related to mo thls singular net of.'the Justice, which was never questioned or disturbed: Skinner owns a farm near Danville, which fronts the river. Ho Is a lean, lank Tennessean. Ono morning he found a stray mule on his farm and, while tracing tho tracks of tho ani mal, discovered he Invaded the farm from tho river. On the bank wns found a dead negro, with a revolver on his person, but no papers to Identify him. The people of tho village nnd country adjacent aro simple rustics and have exalted opinions of Skinner's legal knowledge, so when ho ordered the dead negro lined for carrying con cealed weapons no one objected. Un der the law ho assessed the usual fine, and In the course of time sold the mule to satisfy flno and costs. As his fees for tho criminal prosecu tion and Inquest were more than Ordi nary, nnd had to come first, ho bought the mule for his claim, and to this day the mule can he seen complacently grazing along tho banks of the river. DOT SANCJErt'S ODD IIO.UANCE. Toole Hobart's Daughter's Plnco ns nu Indirect Result of Trngcdy. A Centrallu, Pa., dispatch says: Even I i"u tiutunuum iuui 4chivi tuiiiioii a romance now und then, as the career ": ftow sho is peevish, irritable, jeal miserable in a word, uho has merino Law Is not tile-remedy for this condition, sho needs med ical treatment, her utcrino system is nt fault. Jly ndvico to you is, sit down nnd wrlto n letter to thnt friend of women, Mrs. Pinkhnm, of Lynn, Mass., state fully nnd freely tho whole case to her and sho will honestly nd viso you what to do. Ulvc your wifo that chance, good man I If you do not wish to write about your wife, bring her n bottle of Lydhv M. PlnU ham's Vegetable Compound, watch its ef fects, you will soon see tho beginning of tho Improvement; then get her another nnd up until sho is restored to you, tho 6nino loTely woman you married years ago. Following we relate tho cireumstnnccs of a case of this nature. Mrs. melva houtox, of Cnmby, Ind., says: "I have used Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegctabla of pretty Dot Sanger, who Is now n. member of Vice President Hobart's family, shows. Miss Sanger Is tho daughter of Mine Ross Sanger, who, with his bosom friend, Mr. Urcn, wns murdered by Molly Magulrcs nt Raven Run, clsht miles east of here, In 1S72. The double killing of these miners was ono of the most heinous In the long list of the Mollle Magulre assassinations. Reside a widow, Mine Ross Sanger left two children. After the murder of her husband Mrs. Sanger supported herself by keeping a boarding house nt the Scott colliery, near Maysvllle. Sho Is now a resident of Mt. Carmel. Several years ago Dot Sanger, tho youngest daughter of the mine boss' widow, went to live with her grand mother In New Jersey. While there she became acquainted with the family of Garret A. Hobart. Mr. Hobart's In valid daughter and Miss Sanger btcnme firm friends, nnd subsequently the lat ter was engaged as companion to the sick girl, nnd when the Hobarts went to Europe Miss Sanger went with them. A year or moro ago Miss Hobart died; but Miss Sanger had become so mucn a part of the family that sho was re quested to stay. Thus It Is that she Is now a member of the second family of the land. THE ARMENIAN HOLOCAUST. An Acctirnte Estlmntc of tho Loss of Life nnd Property. From tho Philadelphia I'ress. Readers of Mr. Gladstone's eloquent letter on the Cretan question probably noted his reference to the estimate of a German of the slain In the Armenian massacres. Mr. Gladstone quotes from "Armenia and Europe, an Indictment," by Dr. J. Lepslus, of the University of Berlin. Dr. Lepslus Is a distinguished professor In Berlin, bearing a name as distinguished. He made the Investiga tion for himself. Ho rode through Ar menia, heard both sides, talked with Moslem and AnrienlaSi, government officers and civilians, collated Ills facts with German method nnd began with a prepossession In favor of Turkey. This is his awful summary: Killed In the massacres, about S3.000. Town3 and villages laid waste, about 2,500. Churches and convents de stroyed, 5C8. Forced to adopt tho Mo hammedan faith, 539 villages, with all their surviving inhabitants and hun dreds of families In the towns. Churches turned Into mosques, 2S2. Numbers of those without means of subsistence, nbout 500,000. Could Have 'Em. Student "Just think, dear uncle. T dreamt last night that you gavo mo $30." Uncle "Oh, well, keep them." Fllegcn do Blaetter. t There aro other sporting pages, -f " " but you can easily sco why tho ""'lovel headed reader wants Tho 4 Tribune's, T -f II h You can count the time by days now till the great Bank rupt Sale of Kerr, Son & Co.'s stock comes to a close. Will you be among those who'll get left ? Don't You Do It You may as well get a share of these bargains as not, and more especially when there's so much that you really need, going at half and less than half its ac tual value. Carpet and Drapery Stocks Are still large, but the prices are just as we've hinted at, Opposite Main Entrance to Wyoming llause. aselpeacrtyrtoate EUROPE, 1897 COST OP TRIP: from Now York to New York, only 5260 ! Including All Necessary Expenses. Tickets to Return Oaod for One Year, Crossing tlio KnglUh Channel by bent (day) service, via Dover and CMend. No night travel In Europe. The elegant new twin-screw Aincrlcun l.lnuH. H. "ft. I'liul," (1 1.omi tons,) recently built by tbeCrmnpi, wlilcli ccmxeyH Hie Kmloii In ii'4 (layu to South ampton, (Excellent two-bertli rooms ruserved for curly dvponltorH, (IOUTE: Jicw York, .Southampton, London, Dover, Ostein!, Ilrussclstl'arli, Versailles, An'.vcrp, New Vurk, To sail from Now York by the America no now twln-scrow steamer "ST. PAUL." WEDNESDAY, ULY 7th, 1897. (Vltb an Annex Trip to the Rhine and SwitzerlanJ at $00; a Second Annex Trip through IU aly at $110 additional, London to MrutforJ-on-Avon and back (iday), SS; Scotland (j day j), $.6 Optional Ilollund Trip, $10 extra: Cycling Tour ilnoludlnc Hhort trips In Kneland, 8 dayi alone t lie Rhine, and '' lny through tho llluek PorvHt, 1'urli and IJolHdo Boulogne) S1G extra, to cover coit of transporting bicycle. FOU FUItTHElt PA11TIOULAHS AUDltliSS N. OALMSNDEK, C0K. SPIHIOK STUKET AND WYOMING AVENUE, SCRANTON. PA. 413 Lnckiuvniina Avenue. mm snow iiiiS" Tho sight In our show rooms today 1 a "lono star" nmong Millinery displays. Not a common place Idea In this whole garden ot Hats. Genius peeps out nt every turn. Tho Incoming styles show Increas ing beauty. There's an entire new dis play with ovcry sun rise. Our Bales nt each day's end lndlcata thnt tho trndo for prettiest Headgear has turned our way agnln this Spring It's natural, for nowhoro nro styles fit lovely pinned to prices so fascinating Do Yourself the Pleasure of Seeing Our "Easter" Show of Beautiful Hatd and X 4 1 3 Lacka. Ave. Proprietor. THE FIGHT IS OVER, . THE VICTORY IS OURS. Wo havo lots of followers, hut our strides are too long, our paca too fast and they fall farther and farther behind. Ours Is the only first-class mer chant tailoring establishment In Scranton making garments at pop ular prices. Our Specialties Are Suits at $15, $18 and $20 We have secured a piece of tho Identical goods from which PRESI DENT M'KINLEY'S Inauguration suit was made. We are now ready to make suits from these goods. It Is a beautiful fabric, the most per fect production of an American; loom. W. J. DAVIS, Merchant Tailor, 213 Wyoming Ave., fjUM-ddlnr. ON THE LINE OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC 11 nro located the finest fishing and hunting mlinil In thn wnrlrt. T5iprlntlVrt Imnlm on application. Tickets to all points In Maine, Canada and Maritime Provinces, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Canadian and United States Northwest, Vancouver, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Ore., San Francisco. First-Glass Sleeping and Dining Cars' attached to all throught trains. Tourist cars fully fitted with bedding, curtains and specially adapted to wnnts of famine may be had with second-class tickets. Hates always lees than via other llnn. For further Information, time tables, etc nn onnllnaHnn rA ' E. V. SKINNER, Q. E. A., 233 Broadway, New York. WOLF & WENZEL, 531 Linden., Opp. Court llous;, PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBERS Solo .ccnts for Klchardaon- Eoynton'4 Furnaces and Unnsss. IT iktl. Q. KERR, Agent. A-OS Lackawanna Ave. ' v!- fei --4ju
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