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THE SCRANTON THIBUNIiJ-MONDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 20, 1897.
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Goto the mot reliable, l.arzot imortment
owcst prlcei In Hnlr Good. Wo mnko
WIGS, SWITCHES, BANGS,
PUFFS, WAVES, ETC,
SntlRfactlon guaranteed In I.adleV nnd
and Gent' Wig for itrcot wear. Wo lmvo
tlio lending
Tonics, Bleaches, Rouges
and Powders.
Alt to aoo tbo Ideal llntr Ilruih, frontline
Hlberlnn brlstlo nlr cuililonod. Children's
Jlulr Cutting rocolvci our Hpoclal attention.
II,
317 Lackawanna Ave,
The Civil Service Reform
ldea9 Past aed PresemuL
Readable Points Culled from a Recent
5peecli by Hon. Marriott Broslus, of Lan
caster, Pa.
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA
FOHKST CITV.
TI10 numbers have been put In place
on tbo buildings of tbo borough.
Hcv. J. O. Kvuna will pn-ach in Eng
lish In tbe Welsh Congregational
cliurcli at f o'clock tomorrow evening.
.All aie Invited to attend the services.
Michael Courtney and George Jnclc
Bun, of Vanilllnpf, left for 'England this
iwpU. They expect to remain there.
Prof. Grablnchoff, a Roumanian, will
lecture in tbe Baptist church next
Sunday evenlntr nt 7.30 o'clock. Ills
mibject wilt be "Hulgarla and Her Re
ligion." The comedy, "The Congressman from
Texas," was presented by local talent
in Davis' opera house Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, for the benetit or
JInterprlse Hose company. Harry W.
Gross, a professional actor, had general
supervision of the play and took the
lirinclpal character, that of Maverick
Blunder. About four hundred people
were present the first night and in the
neighborhood of five hundred the sec
ond. The ruoductlon Is conceded to
have been the best amateur effort ever
witnessed In the town. The fire com
pany will net a snug sum as a result.
BUCKNKLL, UNIVERSITY.
College opened on Thursday, tho 16th
inst. with elghty-slx now admissions,
thus making the present college enroll
ment number two hundred and thirty
five. In all departments the total en
hollmpnt Is nearly four hundred and
llfty, nn increase over last year's at
tendance.
Through the efficient management of
the board of tiusti"es nnd kindness of
the alumni of the University a longfelt
need Is being supplied in tbe form cf a
fuiarter mile cinder track on the college
campus. With this track, Rucknell
will ! able to compete with other col
leges m Mie various departments o ath
letics. ,,nd we feel sure that with the
I'xcelh nt material which we now have
J5uckn 11 will be better able to send a
f inning team to the Intercollegiate con
tests than ever before in her history.
Miss Eveline J. Stanton, of Chinchilla,
is now occupying the position of Dean
and principal of the Ladles' Institute, a
position recently vacated by the resig
nation of Mrs. Katharine B. Larlson,
who fulthfully served for nearly twenty
years.
On Wednesday, the 22d Inst, the open
ing foot hall game of the season will be
played on the Bucknell campus with the
sturdy warriors of tbo University of
Pennsylvania, the champions of '93-'0G.
The outlook for a winning team at
Bucknell Is more favorable than ever.
Tbo team Is strengthened by some ex
cellent new mnterlal and tht old play
ers a iv In their places r:ady to main
tain the reputation they acquired last
year.
0n SLIGHT IMtAWIJACK.
Tobacco Crop Snved Irom Hail, but
Not Irom Drought.
"When I was farming in Carolina,"
said an old Connecticut fellow, "I got
ahead of Providence in the hailstone
business. After I had planted my crop
of tobacco I rigged up a line of poles
the entire length of the field, with ropes
stretching from pole to pole, and to
those ropes I attached a cloth material
not so stiff as crinoline nor so llexiblo
ns cambric. By a system of pulleys
any one standing at the edge of the
Held could pull the main guy rope and
In five minutes the entire crop would
ba covered by this curtain or awning.
I was taken 111 about this time and my
physician told me I must go to Cali
fornia for my health; so I went, but
befoie going I Instructed my wife how
to work my device and told her that
whenever she saw a btorm coming to
cover the crop."
"And so the ball never damaged your
tobacco?" inquired tho little man with
the chin whiskers.
"No, sir, never touched It. But then,
you see," he added, leisurely taking a
long pull at his cigar, "there wasn't
any tobacco to ruin, for every time a
storm came up my wife drew the cur
tains and the crop died from drought."
Mew York Tribune.
From the Washington Test.
Tho Congressional Record recently
contained a speech by Hon. Marriott
Broslus, or Pennsylvania, upon "-The
rise, progress, and present state of .tho
merit, system in tho civil service of
the United States." Mr. Broslus ranks
high as a raconteur among his collea
gues in the house, and this speech not
only adds to his reputation in that re
gard, but places him in the front rank
ns a hlstorlnn. As showing what great
institutions can grow from small be
ginnings, he notes the first germ of
civil service in England, and extortion
from King John by the Barons ht
Runnymede, of this provision for sec
curing duly qualified officers: "Wo will
not have any Justices, constables, or
shi-rlffs. but of such as Know the law
of tho realm and mean truly to observe
it."
In the reign of Edward It, 1307
1327, it is said there was kept in a tow
er in Lndon six horseshoes and sixty-
one nails, which, by an ancient custom,
the sheriffs of London were compelled
to count when they were sworn into
ofllce. Their ability to do so was re
garded as proof of sufficient education
for the ofllce, as only an educated
man could count vp to sixty-one. In
138S parliament passed an act which
provided "that none shall be made of
ficers of the King for any gift, broker
age, favor, or affection, but upon de
sert. These are historical beginnings of
civil service reform among English
speaking people. Centuries of abuses,
in which extortlonato levies upon tho
people mtnlstred to the vices and lux
uries of the few and the pleasure and
power of Kings, L,orus, uuu. i.uu..
were everything, while Justice, equal
ity, economy, ai,d tho pomonal
worth of the citizen were nothing,
were destined to elapse before the ap
pointing power ceased to be the In
strument alike of revenge and favor,
to reward obsequious servility and
compel acquiescence In the will of of
ficial despots. There is some humor
mingled with the sadness of the rea
sons given by a custom-house officer
for his submission to tho royal will,
reasons which to this day cause con
tinuous reign of terror in the unclassi
fied civil service of the United States.
"I have hi said, "fourteen reasom for
obeying his majesty's command a
wife and thirteen children."
EARLY REFORMERS.
George Washington's elevation of
mind and lofty patriotism is strikingly
illustrated in a letter which he wrote to
a friend from which Mr. Broslus makes
this extract:
I receive with cordial
For Ladies Only.
It Is patent to all thinking people
that ladles require on account of their
peculiar organism and functions rem
edies quite dliferent from the sterner
sex. Whllo tho FEMICURE LIVER
PILLS act directly and pleasantly up
on the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and
Bowels, they at the same time won
derfully regulate and strengthen the
functions and organs peculiar to the
sex. They relieve Constipation, Head
ache, Dizziness, Indigestion, Torpid
Liver, Bllllousness, Paintness, Irregu
larities, Backache Bad Complexion,
etc. A pill a dose. 25 cents. Sold by
Carl Lorenz, druggist, 41S Lackawanna
nve., Scranton.
iMv friend
welcome to my house and welcome to my
heart; but with all his good qualities ho
Is not a man or misiness. ma ujuiici.,
with all his politics, so hostile to me, Is
a man of business. My private feelings
havo nothing to do with tho case. As
Georgo Wabhlngton, I would do this man
any kindness in my power. As presi
dent of tho United Stf tes, I can do noth
ing. So Jefferson, animated by tlie same
high sence of public duty, said:
Of the thousands of officers, therefore,
in tho United States, a very few individ
uals only, probably not twenty, will bo
removed, and thoso only for doing what
they ought not to have done. I know that
in stopping thus short In the career of
removal I will give great offense to many
of my friends. That torrent has been
pressing mo heavily and will requlro all
my force to bear up against, but my
maxim is fiat Justltia, ruat coelum.
The origin of the spoils system, de
clares Mr. Broslus, began with the ad
ministration of Jackson, concerning
which Daniel Webster said In 1S32:
As far as I know, there Is no civilized
country on tho earth In which, on a
change of rulers, there la such an inquisi
tion for epolH as wo havo witnessed in
this free republic. The same party
selfishness which drives good men out of
office will push bad men in. Political pro
scription leads necessarily to tho filling
of offices with imcompctent persons, and
to a consequent male.ecutlon of olflclal
duties.
Mr. Broslus, viewing the "in-and-out"
panorama of succeeding adminis
trations, which he speaks of as still ex
isting, Is reminded of a little story of
a saloonkeeper at Winchester during
tho war:
The tide of battle swept back and
forth through' that little town seventy
six times during the war. When the
union forces were In possession the saloon-keeper
wore a suit of blue, and
when the Confederates returned ho
changed to a suit of gray, making tho
changes with such promptitude as not
to disclose to the respective combat
ants tho trick ho was playing. After
the war was over, a neighbor asked
him how he managed always to be on
the side that was In possession. He
replied that the changes of occupancy
wero pretty fast, but thoy would have
to be quick If they got ahead of
him.
GLADSTONE STORY.
Groundless complaints against the
civil service reminded Mr. Broslus of
what Sydney Smith said to his friend
Jeffrey:
tho soiar system; bad light, planets
too remote; pestered with comets, feeble
contrivance; could make a better wltli
ease.
And the men who advocate civil ser
vice in theory nnd fail to apply It,
brought out a story which Gladstone Is
credited of havlnrr told of Lord Mel
bourne. Tho latter was seen coming
from church one Sabbath in great ex
citement. Mooting a friend, he ex
claimed: It Is too bad. I have always been a sup
porter of the church and have always up
held the clergy: and It Is really too bad
to havo to listen to a sermon Uko that I
heard this morning. Why, tho preacher
HINTS
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Three reasons why you should buy your Carpets from us: First Be
came wo carry tho largest line of Carpets In Seranfjm Hecontl Because
everything Is of tho latest designs, and the quality tho best. Third
Because our prices aro always tho lowest.
WALL. PAPERS-We still havo some good that wo aro selling at
5 CENTS A ROLL, worth 10 cents,
FURNITURE Upholstered Chairs, Tobies and Couches at about one.
half their regular prices
actually Insisted upon applying religion
to a man's prlvato life,
Tho following apt simile is credited
to George William Curtis:
Tho doctrine of rotation In office Im
plies that merit should not be considered.
It treats the public service ns a huge
soup house, In which needy citizens aro
to tako turns at the table, and they must
not grumblo when thoy nro told to movo
on.
A most striking crystallization of tho
spoils doctrlno enunciated by Marcy
in his famous utterance In tho United
States senate, and of which Burr, Jack
son, Tweed and Conkllng were eloquent
advocates, was tho famous reply of
Judge Barnhard on his trial for tho
corrupt use of Judicial patronage: "I
won this ofllce, and its patronage la
mine."
Some years ngo, at a dinner in Now
York, Prof. Huxley asked Senator
Conkllng what he thought of the civil
service reform. The senator launched
Into an eloquent defense of the spoils
system. Huxley was asked what he
thought of It. He replied that it was
tho most eloquent defense he had
ever heard of a perfectly indefensible
thing.
SPOILS A BURDEN.
President Lincoln once said he never
went to sleep without looking under
tho bed to see If a certain senator was
there In pursuit of an ofllce. At an
other time, when he was sore distressed
by these congressional importunities,
he said he could not get time to con
sider tho Southern question. "I am,"
said he, "like a man so busy In letting
rooms In one end of his house that he
has not time to put out the fire In the
other end." Secretary Wlndom said:
In tho last ono hundred days a few
thousand men in search of office have
taken nine-tenths of tho time of tho
president and his cabinet.
Dr. Andrew D. White, ex-minister to
St. Petersburg and now president of
the Venezuelan commission, Is credited
with telling of a member of congress
with whom he conversed on an Import
ant measure. He asked the congress
man why ho did not make a great
speech on tho subject, educate tho
country, and extend his own fame. The
oppressed statesman, holding out a
bundle of letters, replied: "I cannot
do it. sir: I have not tho time. Here
are fifty unanswered letters from my
constituents asking me to get offices
for them."
As a contrast to this Mr. Broslus
quotes a member of parliament, repre
senting one of the most Important dis
tricts in tho United Kingdom, who
thanked heaven that he "was powerless
as to the appointment of the pettiest
tide waiter in tho Empire." Mr. Glad
stone, too, once boasted that the only
ofllce In his gift was that of his own
private secretary.
Granting that Mr. Cleveland had
caused the wholesale remoral of Re
publicans to make places for Demo
crats previous to Issuing tho order,
Mr. Broslus declared that "time will
cure the wrong and make things even.
Under the merit system there Is no
danger that Republicans will not have
their share of offices. They have all
to gain and nothing to lose."
As illustrative of the practical work
ing of competitive examinations In this
respect, he related an incident told by
Major Harlow, of tho civil service com
mission, about B. B. Smalley, the well
known Democrat, who was collector
in Vermont:
One day some of the party leaders
came to the Vermont collector and
complained:
"See here, Mr. Smalley, you have not
got any Democrats In your ofllce. These
fellows holding the government posi
tions are all Republicans."
"Well, what do you suggest?" asked
the collector.
"We've got a couple of good Demo
crats and we want you to put out two
Republicans and give them the places,"
was the reply.
"All right," said Mr. Smalley; "I am
a little hampered, but I'll see what can
be done. You see this list of names?"
"Yes."
"Well, run over It and see If you can
find the names of your two Democrats
on It."
The politicians did as directed. One
of them suddenly blurted out:
"What is this darned thing, anyway,
Mr. Smalley?"
"That," answered the collector, "is
the list of persons who have passed
the civil service examination. If any
vacancies occur In my ofllce force, the
law reoulres me to fill them from the
names on that list."
"But thess are all Republicans, Mr.
Smalley: there Is not a Democrat on
the list."
"I am afraid not," said the cellector
regretfully.
"Tho trouble is, our Vermont Demo
crats don't go to school, as they should,
and, until they do, there is no way of
getting them government positions."
Major Harlow h'ad also given Mr.
Broslus an account of an experience
whllo postmaster at St. Louis, which
matches Mr. Smaliey's story very well.
Father Walsh, the shrewd rector of St.
Bridget's parish, made a study of the
clvll-servlce law, and one day went to
the postofllcc and got a copy of the
regulations governing examinations.
The next time thera was an examina
tion at the pnstofllce a group of bright
young fellows from St. Bridget's parish
school put In an appearanco ns candi
dates, They had evidently been pre
pared with care. Some of them came
out of the examination with the high
est percentages and were given posi
tions. "That thing continued," said
Mlajor Harlow. "Father Walsh's young
men would come out of tho examina
tions nt the top of the list, and under
tho law they would got tho appoint
ments as vacancies occurred. One day
some of my A. P. A. friends came Into
the ofllce and paid 'Look here, Har
low, you are filling up tho postofllce
with Catholics. Why don't you give
Protestants a chance?"
"These Incidents show," commended
Mr. Broslus, "that the competitive sys
tem possesses ths merit enjoyed by a
certain church, which, a wag suggested,
he preferred to any other, because It
had nothing to do with either politics
or religion."
THE MARKETS.
Wnll Street Uovtntv
New York, Sept. 18. Tho features of tho
dealings at today'o brief session of tiho
Stock Kxchanjrc. was extraordinary gyra
tions of Consolidated Gas stock. Tho
stock had been comparatively steady
about 210 slnco Its Jump of 20 points early
in tho week. But it took a violent fall
today of over 10 points from tho opening
ami Jumped up and down on the recovery
llko boiling water In a gloss tube. Tho
stook, closed at 23. a net decline of six.
The whole market sagged somownat.
Thcro was an undertone of heaviness In
tho speculation all day, whatever strength
was apparent bolng In spots, though not
always with special causes to account for
it. Tho total sales of stocks was 210,014
shares.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN, AL
LEN & CO., stock brokers, Mcars build
ing, rooms 700-706.
Open- High. Low- Clos
ing, est. est. mg,
Am. Tobacco Co .... 01 tin 07i
Am. Cot. Oil 2t',4 2IV4
Am. Sug. Re'g Co ..1531i
Atch., To. & 8. Fo .. 16H
A., T. & S. F Pr .. 33U
Can. Southern fit
Ohes. & Ohio 20U
Chicago Gas 107
Chlo. & N. W 1314
Chic, B. & Q 101H
C. CI C. & St. L .... 41
Chic, Mil. & St. P ..101
Chic, R. I. & P 06
Delaware & Hud ...123
D., L. & W 161H
Dlst. ft C. F 14
Gen, Electric 40
Louis. & Nosh G2
M. K. & Tex., Pr ... 4Hs
Manhattan Elo 112
Mo. Pacific 3S
Nat. Lead 41
N. J. Central 10Hi
N. Y. central 111
N. Y., L. E. & W .. ISTi
N. Y., S. & W. 19i
N. Y.. S. & W., Pr .. 41
Nor. Paclflo 5G
Out. & West 1H
Omaha SSVi
PaclflsMall 3S
Phil. & Read 20
Southern R. R 12
Southern R. R., Pr.. 20
Te-nn., C. & Iron .... 33
Texas Pacific 14
Union Pacific 21U
Wabash
.. 23
.. Mtt
. 3
.. 3
.. 70
U. S. Rubber 19
CHICAQO GRAIN
Wabash, Pr ..,
West. Union ,
W. L ,
U. S. Leather ,
U. 9. Leather
WHEAT.
December 91
May 01
OATS.
December 20
May . 23
CORN.
May 30
May 33
IjAKD.
December 4.C3
PORK.
December 8.30
153
17
35
61
20
103
131
101
41
101
93
123
162
14
40
O!
41
112
43
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101
115
19
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41
56
20
83
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MARKET.
Open- High- Low
ing, est. est.
92
92
24
152
16
33
61
26
107
131
101
W
101
W
121
161
14
40
61
41
109
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41
100
114
18
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43
53
19
87
38
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33
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23
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33
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91
21
152
16
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61
26
107
131
101
40
101
95
121
11
14
40
61
41
109
3S
41
100
114
18
19
43
55
19
88
33
23
12
36
33
14
23
23
96
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ing. 92
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20
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33
JS.&OaS; beef drams, J27.50; packet, JUOaU.GO;
cltv extra mess, JI3.5OalS.50. Cut Meats-
Steady: pickled bellies, 7a8o.; do. shoul
ders, Cc. bid: do. hams, 8a8c. Lard
Firmer: western, meamod, (5; rellned,
quiet; contlennt, 15.40; South America,
15.75; compound, 4a3c. Pork Old mess,
W.DOalO; new mess, t9.73al0.23; short clear,
J10.60al3; family, Jll.C0al2. Butter Strong;
creamery, 13al9c: western factory, Mia.
12c.; 1)1 gins, 19c.i Imitation creamery,
Halle.; stato dairy, llnl7c; do. creamery,
13al9c Cliceso Quiet; large hlto, 9c;
small white, 9c; large colored, 9c;
small colored, 9c: part skims, 6a7c;
full skims, 8a4c. Eggs Firm; state and
Pennsylvania, 16al8c; western fresh, 16a
17c. Tallow Nominal; city, 3a3c;
country, 3c as to quillty. Pctroloum
Dull; refined Now York, J5.70: Philadel
phia and Baltimore, J3.C3; do. In bulk, 13.13.
m
Chicago Grnln Market.
Chicago, Sept. 18. Tho leading futures
ranged as follows: Wheat No. 2 Septem
ber, la92c: Deocmbor, now, 91a91a
92c; May, 91a91aP2c Corn No. 2 Sep
tember, 28a2Se.j December, 29a30a29a
3)c; May, 3.TiaffialVc. Oats No. 1)
September, 18al9c; December, 29a20c;
May, 23o23a23o. Pork October, J8.22
a8.42; December, W.30a8.50. Lard Octo
ber, 1.6Oa4.70; December, J1.65al.77. Ribs
September closed $5.37: October, J5.22
nB.40. Cash quotatlosn were as follows:
Flour Qulot: winter patents, J5a610:
8tralEhts, J4.70al.85; spring specials, $6;
spring patents, J5.10a5.40; straights, $l.70a
4.90; bakers. J3.90a4.20; No. 2 spring wheat,
!2a93c; No. 3 jpring wheat, H8e.ajl.00;
No. 2 ml, 93a91c; No. 2 corn, 2Si2Sc.;
No. 2 yellow corn, 28a2Sc; No. 2 c-ats,
19c; No. 2 white, f. o. b., 22c; No. 3
white, f. o. b 20a23c: 'No. 2 rye, 46a
47c; No. 2 barley, nominal; No. 2, f. o. b.,
32a34c; No. 3, f. o. b., 2Sa43c; No. 1 flax
seed, Jl,O3al.07; prtmo timothcy seed,
J2.63; pork, J3.40a8.45; lard, Ji.67a1.70; ribs,
J5.20a5.45; shoulders, 6aSc; sides, 5a
5c; whisky, J1.22; sugars, cut loar, J3.90;
granulated, J5.27. Receipts Flour, 9,000
barrols; wheat, 133,000 buslicls; corn, 7,33,
000 bushels; oats, 476,000 bushels; rye, 12,
000 bushels; barley, 78,000 bUBhels. Ship
ments Fllur, 5.000 barrels; wheat C0.00O
bushels; corn, 296.000 bushels; oats, 567,000
bushels; rye, 30,000 bushels; barley, 6,000
bushels.
KLONDIKE GOLD.
DR. HILL & SON
The first to use Klou.likc gold for
crown aud .bridge work.
Our prices as low or lower than the
lowest. All work warranted for a life
time. Sixteen ycai-s in Scranton, old
and reliable and up to date in all
branches. Don't forget the new in
vention we have for taking the pain
out of aching and sensitive teeth, so
they can be pulled without the least
bit of pain,
SEE THE PRICES.
Teeth Cleaned $ .50
Full Set of Teeth 4.00
Amalgam Fillings 25
Silver Fillings 50
No charge for extraction when a set is made. Your
teeth taken out aud a set put in the same day,all without pain
mm if III
IS ill I
IRA 1 Mm
4.77 4.C3 4.77
8.50 8.30 S.47
Scrnnton Hoard of Trnde Kxclinngo
Quotntion--AIl Quotations lluocd
on Pur of 100.
STOCKS. Bid. Asked.
IMiilnilclphin Live Stock.
Philadelphia, Sept. 19 Receipts Beeves,
3,429 head; sheep, 8.457 head: hogs, 4,057
head. Beef Cattle Full supply and under
moderate demand, closed weaker; extra,
4aBc; good. 4a4c; medium, 4a4c;
common, 4a4c. Sheep Active, high; ex
tra, 4a4c.; good, 3a4c; medium, 3a
3c: common, 2'a3c; lambs, 4a61.c;
stock sheep, 3a4c. Hogs Firm; 6a0c
for best western: 6a6c. for others and
5a6c. for stato. Fat Cows Fair: 2a3c
Thin Cows Unchanged; JlOalS. Veal
Calves Active; 47c; milch cows, J20a45,
Dressed Beeves Active; 6a8c-
PRICE,
Mccormick & coM
New York.
STOCKS, GRAIN AND COTTON
Member of New York Stock Uxchnnge,
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Now York
Produce Exchange, New York Cotton
Exclinngo, Chlcntro Hoard of Trnde.
6CP.ANTON OFFrCE-Itoom 805 nnd flOO
Board of Trnilo liulldlng. TclepbonoNo. A'iZ'l
T. N. RUTTER, Manager.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Sept. 18. Cattle Fair demand;
feeders, J3.3Ca3.40; steers, 13.50; veal calvc3
were scarce and pi Ices about the hlgliest
of tho season. Hogs Firm; a few heavy
had to soil below $3.90; prlmo big, 11.25;
best butchers', J4.30; fancy bacon pigs.
Jl.37; plain heavy lots,J3.85. Shceip and
Lambs Steady: western muttons went at
J3.95; feeders, J3.50; lambs, J3.6Oa3.80; fair
lambs, JI.80; choice lam,s, J5.10; gocd to
choice feeders, J3.60aS.73. Receipts Cattle,
700 head; hogs, 12,000 head; sheep, 10,00'J
head.
Scranton & Plttston Trac. Co.
National Borlnc & Drill's: Co.
First National Bank 630
Elmhurst Boulevard Co
Scranton Savings Bank 200
Scranton Packing Co
Lacka. Iron and Steel Co
Third National Bank 330
Throop Novelty M'f'g Co
Scranton Traction Co 15
Scranton Axle Works
Weston Mill Co
Alexander Car Replacer Co
Scranton Bedding Co
Dims Dep. & DIb. Bank 143
Lacka. Trust & Safe Dep Co.. 14a
BONDS.
Scranton Pass. Railway, first
mortgage due 1920 115
I'eojuo's street itauway nrst
.mortgage due 1918
Scranton & Plttston Trac Co.
People's Street Railway, Gen
eral mortgage, due 1921 115
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lacka. Township Sohool 5
City of Scranton St. Imp. 67J
Mt. Vernon Coal Co
Scrnnton Axle Works ...,
Scranton Traction Co ....
115
100
20
80
ioi
'95
150
'0
17
75
230
'30
103
90
10O
102
102
S3
100
Philadelphia Lawn Movars,
Best in the Market.
m 1 1
224 ID. HE.
Drexei Lawn Mowers,
Best cheap mower made.
Prices $2.50, $2.75, $3.00
and $3.25.
Philadelphia Provision Market.
Philadelphia, Sept. 18. Wheat Tic low
er; contract grade, September, 93a05c;
October, November and December, nomi
nal. Corn lc. lower; No. 2 mixed, Sep
tember, 33'4a33c; November, December
and October, onmlnal. Oats Nominal;
No. 2 white, September, 2t?aC6c.; Octo
ber, November and December, 26a26c.
Buttor Firm and lc higher; fancy west
ern creamery, 19c; do. Pennsylvania and
western prints, 19c Eggs Quiet but
steady; fresh, nearby, lSal7c; do. west
ern, 16alC'tc. Cheese Steady. Refined
Sugars Unchanged, Cotton c lower;
middling uplands, 7c Tallow Finn;
city prime In hogsheads, 3c; country In
barrels, 3c: do. dark, 3c; cakes, 3c:
grease, 2a3c Live Poultry Quiet but
Arm; fowls, lOltalle.; old roosters, 7c;
spring chickens, lOallc; ducks, c Dressed
Poultry Firm, good demand; fowls,
choice, 12c! broilers, large, Ual3c; do.
small nnd scalded, 8al0c Reeeipts-,Klour.
4,000 barrels, 11,000 racks; wheat, 51,000
bushels; corn, 59,000 busnels; oats, 3,000
bushels. Shipments Wheat. 51,000 bush
els; corn, 125,000 bushels; oats, 9,000 bush-els.
Kmt Liberty Cattle Market
Easto Liberty, Sept. IS. Cattle Supply
llkht, puces unchanged. Hogs Slow and
lower; prlmo light we's;Ii"s and good me
dium, Ji.40a4.45; fair to best 'i orkers, J1.4('a
4.45; pigs Ji.20al33: jn.uvy, J4.30; grassjrs
and r.tul.blers, Jl.20al :.'. common, J2 5u.i
3.40; choice lambs, Jo 30a5.50; common to
good lambs, Jla 5.10; veal calves, J6.60a7.25.
IluHalo Live Stock.
East Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 18.-Cattle
Receipts, all consigned through and there
was nothing doing. Hogs Receipts, 20
cars; fairly actlvo; Yorkers, good to
choice, Jl.50al.55; roughs, common to
good, J3.05a3.SO; pigs, good to cholco, J3.40
a4.40. Sheep ami Lambs Receipts, 10 cars;
steary, firm; lambs, cholco to extra, JVToa.
6.60: culls and common, Ji.60a3.23; sheep,
cholco to selected wethers, J1.50a4.75; culls
and common, J2.fi0a4,50.
New York Live Stock.
New York, Sept. 18. Beeves Receipts,
933 head: no cfaolce In cables; exports,
1,599 beeves; 4,391 quarters of beef. Calves
Receipts, 111 head; quiet, genet ally low
er; veals, J3a7.53; grassers and butter
milks, J3.50a4. Sheep and Lambs Re
ceipts. 3.809 bead: quiet and steady nil
around; sheep, 53al.-'.; lamtw, joab. nogs
Rocelpts, 1,531 head; firm at Jl.30a4.63.
i
Oil Market.
New York. Sept. 18. Petroleum Penn
sylvania crude, no market, nominally So.
OH City, Pa., Sept. is. credit Daianoes,
69; certificate, no bids. There was ono
sale at 70. Shipments and runs not re
ported.
Veering Round.
A. "How do you Know that Maler has
come In for a fortune?"
B. "Why, formerly people always said
he was crazy; now they say He's orlg
inal." Tlt-Blts.
Baldwin's Dry Air Refrigerators
All sizes. The most per
fect refrigerator manufactured.
New York Produce .ttnrkct.
New York, Sept, IS. Flour Qulot and
weaker. Ryo Flour Dull; fancy, J3.55J.
3.75. Rye Dull: No. 2 western, 51c, c.
1. f., Buffalo; car lots, 50a61c Wheat-
Options opened easier and declined Eharp
ly followlgn weak cables nnd liquidation,
closing with a slight rally on covering;
No. 2 red, May, 95a93c, closed 93c; Sep
tember, 9Sa9Sc, closed 98 !ic; October,
90aS7c, closwl OOHc ; December, 93 l-16a
9S?sc, closed JCc; spot weak; No. 2 red,
93c, f. o. b afloat; No. 2 hard, OOTic, r.
o. b., afloat. Corn Spot weak; No. 2,
31c, f. o. b afloat; options opened weale
under lower cables and closed c net
owor; September, 33a33c, closed 33c;
December, 3t 15-16a35c, closed 35c O-its
Spot weaker; No. 2. 21c; No. 3, 21c; No.
2 white, 27a27c; No. 3 white, 26c;
track mixed, western, 25a36c; track .white,
26a.r1c; options moderately actlvo anJ
easier with corn at lc "net decline; Sep
tember clored 24c: October, 24o24c,
dosed 24o.; December, 25a36o., closed
25c Beef Steady; family, JO.SOalO; moss,
THE
NEW ARRIVAL OF
Boys' and
Children's School
Hats and Caps.
New riillinery,
New Jackets, Capes!
Wrappers, Etc.
ram RIBBON SALE
Summer Goods at a Great
Sacrifice. One Prico and
Cash Only.
'$
HI
i CMIEEL CO.,
434 Lackawanna Ave.
and
LACKAWANNA TRUST
SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY,
404 Lackawanna Avenue,
Agents for Dr. Jaeger's Sanitary
Woolen Goods.
224 Lackawanna Avenue.'
SCRANTON, PA.
$200,000
Courageous.
"No doubt about It men aro braver
than thoy used to me."
"How do you mako that out?"
"Look at the young fellows who get
married on J4 a week." Chicago Record.
a
J.. SCOTT INGLIS. 419 LACKA. AVE.
Ilnd nu Rnsy Time.
They had been discussing what they
would like to bo when they became n en
and women, and the little fellow with tho
red 'hair had listened, scornfully to tho
various views oxDreisod,
"You all don'.t know nothln about bav
in' a good, easy time," he said, when It
came hU turn to speak. "If we want to
get along 'thout workln' or doln any
thing except Just takln' the beat there la
thcro uln't nothln' like beln' a klepto
maniac" Chicago Post.
I Ta! k
" Cures talk " in favor
of Hood's Sirsaparllla
as for no other medi
cine. Its great cures recorded in truthful,
convincing language of grateful men and
women, constitute its most effective ad
vertising. Many of these cures aro mar-
vcloui. They have won the confidence of
the people; have given Ilood's Barsapa
rllla tho largest sales iu the world, and
havo made neccsary for its manufacture
the greatest laboratory on earth. Hood's
Sarsaparlllais known by the cures it has
made cures oi scrofula, salt rheum and
eczema, cures ot rheumatism, neuralgia
and weak nerves, cures of dyspepsia, liver
troubles, catarrh cures which provo
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And rent for tired mothers In a warm bath
wilhCuiictrSoAf.andnsinglcappllcatlon
of Cutiouua. (olntmont) , tho great skin euro.
CoTlCDKA IUuiedies alTord instant relief,
and poluttoaspoedy euro of torturing, dls
flgurlng.humllia'.lnj.itcblnu'.ournlDB.bleod. lug. crustod, scaly kin and scalp humeri,
with loss of hulr, when all else falls.
SoM throufUo'iUh otU. Torni fioco asd Chik.
C'V.,.toTu,i.ByT..tr.J B.bl.i.- ft.
SKIN SCALP
100,000
Capital, -Surplus,
-
WM. T. SMITH, Pftt
HENRY J. ANDERSON, Yice-Pre3,
JOHN W. FOWLER, Treas.
Deposit Accounts of Corpora
tion!, Merchants, Firms and hull
yiduals Solicited. Three Per Cent.
Interest Paid on Savings Deposits.
This Company Acts as Trustee,
Executor, Administrator, Guar
dian, Etc., Under Appointments
by the Courts, Corporations or
Individuals.
Book Binding
Neat, Durable Book binding Is whatyou
receive II you leave your order with the
SCRANTON TRIBU.N'U BINDERY, Trib
une Building, Scranton, Pa.
ltd IHlr n.iutifld br
CUTICI'KA bOAf.
I ROBINSON'S SONS'
Lager
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is tua beat-In fact the One True Blood Turlner.
Hood S PHIS take,ciijytooi)raUj.S5c.
Brewery
Manufacturer!! ot th CeUbrwtoA
Hi
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CAPACITYl
100,000 Barrels per Aitnum
$1 00 To Any Ian,
WILL PAY 5100 FOR ANY CASE
Behold a Coat
WHICH you mny prlc. whichever will de
light your eyes, o'en when it's old and
soiled and torn. You'll happy bo thnt you
havo worn a coat that Is and looks as nice as
others sell for twice the price;
W. J. DAVIS,
213 Wyoming Ave., fiSSSJ,.
OF SCRANTON,
OfWonkncssinMciiTlicjr Trout mid
Tail to Cuic.
An Omaha Company places for the
first .time beforo tho publlo a MAGI
CAL TREATMENT for tho cure of
L,ost Vitality, Nervous and Sexual
Weakness, and Restoration or Life
Force in old and young men. No
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Phosphorous or other harmful drugs.
It Is a WONDERFUL TREATMENT.
Magical In Its effects postive In Its
cure. All readers, who aro Buttering
from a weakness that bllghtB their
life, causing that mental and physical
suffering pecullnr to Lost Manhood,
should write to the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY. Suite 717, Range Building,
Omaha, Neb., and they will send you
absolutely FREE, a valuable paper on
these diseases, und postlvo proofs of
their truly MAGICAL TREATMENT.
Thousands of men, who have lost all
hope of a cure ore being restored by
them to a perfect condition. "
This MAOICAL TREATMENT may
be taken at homo under their direc
tions, or they will pay railroad fare
and hotel bills to all who prefer to go
there for treatment. If they fall to
cure. They are perfectly reliable;
havo no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or C. O. D. fake. They
have $250,000 capital, and guarantee to
euro every case they treat or refund
every dollar; or their charges may be
deposited in a bank to be paid ,to them
when a euro is effected. Write them
I today.
Special Attention Given to DttsU
ness and Personal Accounts.
Liberal Accommodations Ex
tended According to Dalances 'and
Responsibility.
3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on
Interest Deposits.
Capital,
Surplus, -Undivided
Profits,
$200,000
320,000
'88,000
AVJI. CONNELIi, President.
HENRY BEL1X, Jr., Vice Prcs.
WILLIAM: II. PECK, Caslilcr.
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