TO
THE SfTRANTON TUXliUlXM MONDAY JWOKNTNGr. APTUL 1!. 1807.
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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
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Am. Tobacco Co. ... 72 72 71
Am. Suit. Ref. C0...IUU 111?; R1J4
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At., To. & S. Fo Pr.. 1R'.4
Ches. & Ohio 16H
Chicago Gas Sly,
Chic., &. N. W IO314
Chic, U. ft Q 71H
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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
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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
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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.
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