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THE SCT?A iSTTON TRIB.IT1TB THin AY MORNING. DEQBVBER 10, 18J)Y.
-When Looking
For the Best
Go to the rami reliable Linrsest ruiDrtmotit;
IowchI prlcci In Ilnlr (Sotwli. Wo malco
WIGS, SWITCHES, BANGS,
PUFFS, WAVES, ETC.
Sntlftfuctlon Ritaniutccd In l.iullcV ntnl
Gent' lg, for street wear. Wu lmvo tho
lending
Tonics, Blenches, Rouges
and Powders.
Ask totcotho Mo.il Iliilr llrtuh, setiiilno
(Siberian lirlxtln nlr cinhloneit. Clilhlron's
Hair Cuttlui: receives our special attention.
MARTHA I. SCHIIPFF.
317 Lackawam Avj.
FOR THE
18
Fancy Pillows,
Odd Chairs,
Fancy Tables,
India Seats,
Lace Curtains,
Door Draperies,
Rugs of All Kinds,
Carpet Sweepers,
A large variety at
WILLM1S i ratlin,
(r.!!Ti;;niAKTi:u itso.
An O I lit: cr from .Micliiunu Who 11c
cuuii' rontons t) in in u the Mar,
Vrom the Sun.
"fervli'e III thf arni." ri'iiiurkod the
rtcrnn, "certainly tended to develop
i haincti-risties, and If n soldier pos-'is-ned
pecullailtlt's they were bound
to come out. Kvery regiment hail
union,; Its members one or more who
been me known to everybody, who were
distinguished by a nickname, nnd. to
certain extent, were privileged char
nctoiH. Some of these evn achieved
fume, nnd their doings und saIngs
uort- repeated thiotigluiut the army.
Alining the most noted of these In
.HiipIPh command was a reglinental
inarteniiasU-r from Michigan. On ro
portlng at Louisville I was ordered to
take charge of a ttenmhnnt loading
with stores anil ammunition fur Xnsh
llle. Nearly nil the captains and pilots
on the Southwestern livers were- be-lU-iil
to sympathize with the spccs
slonlsts. and It was presumed that
tin sin gentlemen would not give way to
grief If tin1 boats they were runnlnsr,
liiddil with government supplier,
should be captured at some convenient
landing by rebels. Hence the precau
tion if running the boats under th dl
nctlon If n I'nion olllcer with a guard
on their d'eks.
"On going about d the boat to which
I had been assigned I was halted nt
tie gangway i-titlrs by an undersized
limn whose hnlr was several degrees
1 eyonil aiibnin and whose mn nl sav
in ed of Tipperary, with the salutation:
" 'Wliu In thunder are yon?'
"1 produced the document from head
(..urters. which he renil over carefully,
.!!' with n piofound bow handed back,
i nmrklns:
" 'You're nil light, and can go where
like. I've been tnkin' charge of this
raft, becuuso she needed a head, but
I icslgu. Th'le's a devil of a lot of
our fellows aboard, nnd I'm qunrter
iiintitor !go.'
"This wns my Introductlloii to the
iiiiai tci master, (in the arrival of his
irglimnt nt l.nulsUlle he had. or tin
aglned he had. business with the ipiar
termuster of the department, nnd nt
once iiroceeded to the large building
" milled by that otllcer. Utushlng
aside nu intn'poslug ordeily nnd ihis.Ii
Ing open n gate, he marched on through
the suered incloHiiru until stopped by a
dlgiiilled and Indignant gentleman, who
iiirtly Informed him that ho must re
main outside the railing.
" 'Who In thunil-r are you?' demand
ed I bo.
" 'I tun Colonel Swords, dejmrtment
Miiartermaster.'
"Igo coolly glanced over him from
bend to heel nnd then nsked:
" 'Uon't the. government pay you'."
" 'Why, certainly, of course,' nnswer
ed the surprised West I'olnter.
" 'Then, why In thunder don't you
wear brass buttons and things on your
snouiilcrs so n fellow would know you
nre tho hlgh-cock-a-Iorum? How am I
to tell whether you are Colonel Hwoids,
or Tom, Dick, or the devil'.'' With
this he turned and Indignantly match
ed out.
"Soon nfter he encountered the col
onel In n public place nnd nt once ac
costed him about business. He wns
Immediately checked with the remark:
" 'Sir, when you have business with
me you will please cull at my ofllce.'
"Later, when everything was being
hurried for an Immedlnte departure
my arniy, oionei kwoius, who was
rldlsg out to the camp, met Igo riding
Into the city.
" 'Ono moment, quurtermnster,' said
tho colonel, bringing his horse to a
stand.
" 'Sir,' said Icro, 'when you have
business with me you will please call
at my ofllce."
"In the autumn of '02 our regiment
relieved u detachment of troops posted
nt a cross-roads several miles from
1
Wc Iinvc Just put on sal.! .1 iuw line of lu;it,ti UiirruU.
prices nnd compare them wit It utiv other goo J 4 In tliu city;
Jlent Heavy Cotton Cnrpot '.'fto All Wool Curpet
liext llcuvy I'nlonCurpet iiilo 1 All Wool, medium quality
Lxtru Heavy b'nlon Carpet U7'-jO I All Wool, licit quality
Wc have some choice lots of
nt 5c, (ic, and 8c. per roll.
J. SCOTT INGLIS. 419 LACKA. AVE
Carpets, Oil Cloth, WlnJow Shades aiU Draporlcs.
'Chairs and Tables,
hontlqunrtera nt Murfreesboro, Tenn.
One evcnliiK wo received orders to re
turn Immediately to town, und while
packing uu a soldier found a box of
papers mid reported the find. Inves
tigation showed them to be Qunrter
mnster Iro's regimental account, und
Instructions were Klvcn to tnke them
along nnd deliver them to him the first
opportunity. ThlH occurred nt Mur
freesboro, nnd the box of papers wns
returned. On receiving them Igo broke
out:
" 'Well, this bents thunder! I've been
losing theo papers nil over the state
of Tennessee, and some blamed fool
Invnrlnbly llnds them nnd brings them
bnek. How nre my accounts with the
government ever to bo settled If I enn't
certify that the papers ore lost?'
"It wns reported afterward that the
government had Imperatively called
upon Igo to settle up, and In answer
he had boxed up all his papers nnd for
warded them to Washington with a
letter stating that these 'were all the
documents, and, as the department had
plenty of clerks, they could settle the
accounts at their leisure to suit them
fcelves." sin; was on Tin: whom: ca
And was ns i;vnperntlnc totho Con-
diictoi us she t otild .Mo lingo to lie.
l''roin tho Washington Star.
She wns one of those women host de
scribed by the term "exasperating fe
male." That Is to say, she was not
pretty, nor plenslng of manner or per
son, nor any other of those choice at
tributes that go with that nort of te
mnle we love to call woman.
Neither was she young.
Say anything else of n woman nnd be
forgiven, but never this.
She boarded n yellow enr of the
Metropolitan line at Fourteenth and K
stteets, nml In two minutes wns strap
ping with the conductor because some
body left the door open. Then she
beckoned to him to come to her, and
he thought she wanted him to stop
the car. and ho rang the bell, only to
discover that she wunttd htm to come
to her so (die might nsk him some silly
question or other.
Hy the time the car reached K .street,
the conductor would have surrendered
half his salary for Just one good chance
to have pushed that womnn's wind
pipe clear back against her cervical
vertebrae and held It there till tlv cor
oner came, even If tlint functional y
didn't come for a month or six weeks.
Ilut of course he didn't dare do it.
Xelthff did he dare ask her where she
wanted to get off. and she hadn't said
a word to him a I unit it.
H- was turi by tills time that she
was simply waiting to spring It on
htm. and then If he cnrrled'her two
Inches and a half past the crossing she
was going to let him know what he had
done
At Oupont circle, as the cur swung
around toward Stewart Castle, she
gave it snort and a jump and caught
the conductor f he dodged.
"I want to go to Georgetown." she
exclaimed.
"Very well, ivmdum." he responded
with politeness and a sense of relief,
"you will hnvo to get off this cur."
"Why didn't you toll me so?"
"I thought perhaps you knew it,
madam."
"Don't be Insolent, sir. Of course I
knew It, but why didn't you tell me
this ear didn't go to Georgetown when
I got on?"
"liecausc you didn't ask me, mad
am." "It's your business to know, sir."
nnd she bounced herself out: but she
held onto the rnil for a final chat.
"How long will I have to wait here to
get to Georgetown?" she afked after
the manner of women asking clear and
lucid questions.
"A thousand years, madam," replied
th' conductor, ready to grasp at any
straw of revenge.
This almost paralyzed her.
"What wha wha what do you
mean?" she stnnimeied,
"Just what 1 say, madam, and more.
You will never in the woild get to
Geoigetown If you wait hort. Take the
green car coming around the bend there
and try that." and the conductor ac
tually chuckled with gralilled glee as
his own car slipped out of her grasp
and away fiom the sound of her voice.
ax j:.makkassin; k.vciiangi
Iloth Parties to It Ucic liicoiicorncd
Ilut the Temperance Man Won.
Fn.iii the Uef.olt Frtn Prcis.
"Oiv of the funniest expetieii' es 1
cor lmd." laiiuheil tli- drummer,
"caused two cif us n great deal of
trouble. One of my "iistomers has a
Pig general store quite a .llslnuee back
from the vullroiul and I never visit him
without piovidlng som tiling to make
life a little theeii"!' for him. On file
trip 1 icfet to I had it now valise and
found a man In the same seat with me
whose grip ris exactly lik niln- They
served as an Introduction and wo ha.l a
very pleasant time.
"Reaching my country friend that
evening, he closed the sstoro curly and
we retired to his quai'teis back of tho
ofllco to discuss some espet hilly line
whisky and cigars thnt I h.td careful
ly provided for the occasion. As wc
chatted away I dloped Into the valise
and brought out a squar" pacNago that
didn't look quite familiar. Opening It
while the merchant smacked his lips,
1 found n package of tomprancj tracts
and about ns smooth a prohibition lec
ture as ' ever read. My customer
didn't seem to see the Joke, and wits
Inclined to think that the exchange
of grli hud been made on purpose.
"When I wn In from my trip I was
met hy the man with" whom I had trad
ed "sight iinstT-n." He was n good fel.
low nnd laughed, despite thu fact that
he was won led. He was booked for a
spe-ch 'he nlaht wo met and hurtled
from tie' b pot to the platform. The
Prrt pull he tnnde out of tho bag when
1 caching for h'is speech was a quart
of ohl rye, an.l the next dive he made
biought up a 1m x of cigars. He bad a
hvrder time cxplalnlutr than I did and
of! had come to me for MlhNvltR (is to
facts In th o.'i.s'Lfor his political friends
wero roasting lum to beat tho band."
.Veil" rcit'-TVofr.
"Wot makes me tired," said Meandcilug
Mlle. "Is dose here prof perl. y-howicrs."
"I don't knov," 'cm." replied Plodding
Pete.
"Yc, de do. I moans de hero fellers
dat ktep talkln' lKut good times an' tell
In' ye whur ye kin git work." Washing
ton Star.
ETS.
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Wall l'apers that we at
cloitn out
uwmwiim j m ubh i
yol mikes the load pint,
wholesome anil delicious,
POWDER
Absolutely Puro
WHEAT AGAIN
LEAPS SKYWARD
The
Highest Price Reached
August, 1891.
Since
DECEMBER WHEAT REACHES $1.09
llig Flurry ill the Chicago I'lt-Olnny
a Slid ilc n llnclavard Slide .tlnrks
the ltise--Jtiutiary 'Muds Up with n
Gain of 3 (.'cuts mid .May with an
Advance of'l 7-8 Cents n lluslicl.
Chicago, Dec. !). Not since August,
lsl'l, has any month's delivery of wheat
sold as high as December did today.
It rose from $t.01.& at the opening to
SIM, but in most irregular fashion. It
had many a sudden backward slide,
but in the end rested at $1.07 or the
not Inconsiderable Improvement of
Gic for the day. January was a good
second, winding up with n gain of tie.
May was less demonstrative In its bull
ishness. Its advance was IV. a bushel.
Wheat wits very nervous at the start.
Shorts were evidently alarmed by the
announcement that the bull clique had
made arrangements to ship by rail till
the wheat delivered them on December
contracts and had also made advan
tageous storage contracts and in the
earliest consequence was thete u host
of buying orders for December nt the
opening, mostly of moderate lots, but
they had the same effect on the al
ready strained market as if they were
for millions. There was no wheat for
sale. December closed yesterday
SI.OiHj. but opening bids today ranged
all the wnv from $1.11114 to $1.04, nnd
even at the to1,) there was scarcely a
bushel to be had. This precipitated a
scramble among the shorts, not In De
cember alone, but in January nnd May
also. Hefore wheat came out $1.05 was
offered for December. Then came a
lull which lasted for an hour. Brokers
operating for the bull clique attempt.
ed to .stem the tide, but probably from
200,000 to 250.0UO bushels was taken be.
fore a teaction occurred. December
declined to $1.0:i,. but by 11.45 had
again risen to XI. 05. Then came the
storm. Within five minutes, and nmld
a whirl of excitement. December was
bid up to Jl.ns. it reacted with a Jerk
to $1.0C'i. then up again without a stop
to $1.09, the highest point hid for wheat
In this market for six years. Probably
us much wheat was sold on this ad
vance as on the earlier one.
After that the market was quieter.
January shorts in the meantime had
been Idle. That month opened strong
at from !;: to !I4 nnd It sold us high as
!'7 during the excitement, an advance
of 5U since yesterday. It was figured
that the Influence controlling Decem
ber also applied to January, and shorts
got under cover us quickly us they
could. .May wns also very .strong,
though It did not have the same pan
icky appearance of other options. It
opened at SluM'ic as compared with
yesterday's closing prices of fXHJa
fl0ie.. and had advanced by noon to
!2Vri!2aic. If tho market at the open
ing had been left as usual to take Its
Inipilnt from those things that actual
ly affect It, a decline would In all prob
ability have occurred.
M nil Street Review.
New York, Dec 9.
liie hull contingent
met Willi some fuiniMutde onsluclcs in
their ellorts to advance prices of stocks
today u'ld IK greater part of their su.:
ct js was achieved at the iiidii.trlal spe
laities. Man'pulatlen In the ease of thee
stocks was very open and palpable, hut
some sil'isli.etlal gains were shown by
railroad sto.des on the firm hasls of In
creased earnings. There were a niunlie:'
of stocks also which were persistently
heavy In ton nnd requited vigorous r up
port to prevent the spread of weakness
through th whole market. These causes,
together with Imatncss of the Oraiigr
group, were a puslstent drag on the mar
ket. Tho latter part of the day saw a
very animated mutest, between protts'
sionnl traders for the control of tlu mar
ket. Total shares were 3$l,0i thire-i.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN, AL
Li:N & CO., stock brokers, Mears build
ing, rooms 7oi-7lj.
Open- High- Low- Clos
ing, est. est. mi:.
Am. Hug. ne'g. Co ..1401. Hl-
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Am. Tobacco Co .... S75
Am. Spirits Vi
Am. Spirits, Pr 204
ISrooklyn 11. P 32Tk
Hay State Gas fl
Can. S.iutheru 53U
N. J. Central Si
Chic. & G. W 1814
l Inc. & N. V 12Jii
I'hlc. H. & ij &ji4
e hl.'igo Gas vi',i
(iiic. Mil. c St. P .. 'JiVi
Chic, It. I. & P 9114
Chic, St. P. & O .. 7&'i
C. C. C. & St L .... SO
Delaware & Hud ...1034
N. Y., L. B. & W .... li
Gen. Flectrlc 3t
Lake Shore 175
Louis. . Nnsh 5i3i
Manhattan i;io 10'J
M. K. & iVx., Pr .. &1U
Mo. Pacific m
Nat. Lend XU
N. Y. Central 1U74
nut. & West 154
Nonhcrn Paclllc .... Ws
Ncr. Paclllc, Pr .... Li
Paclllc Mall 31
Phil, ft Rend 22
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Tenn., C. & Iron ...
Tex is and Pacllls .
t'nlon Pacific
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Wabash
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OHCAGO GRAIN MARKIJT.
Open- lllxh- Low-
Cloa
tug. '.-214
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2
29
WHKAT.
May
July
CORN.
May
July
OATS.
May
lug.
Cft.
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Jnnuury 8.20
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8.17
4.30
4.47
S.20
8.42
8.25
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1.47
Mny
8.13
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January
May
4.25
4.42
4.2.-I
1.12
"crnnton Ilonrtl or Trade f:clmngo
Quolntloiif-All Quotations iiasctl
on 1'nr of 100.
STOCKS.
Did. Asked.
Scrnnton l'lttston Trne. Co.
29
Natlonnl Hiring & unit's Uo. ...
Klrrt National Hank 650
Klmhurst Uoulevnrd Co
Scrnnton Havings Hunk ZOO
Scranton Packing Co
I.acka. Iron nml Stiel Co
Third Natlonnl Uank 8
Throop Novelty M'f'R Co
Scrnnton Traction Co 15
Scranton Axle Works ...
Weston Mill Co
Alexander Car Ilcplacer Co
Scrnnton Podding Co
Dime Dep. & DIs. Uank 150
Teck Lumbe- M'f'g Co 175
Economy Light, Heat & Pow
er Co
BONDS,
Scranton Pass, Railway, Ilrst
mortgage due 1920 113
People's Street Railway Ilrst
mortcnge due 191? 115
People's Street Hallway, Gen
eral mortgage, due 1921 115
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lacka. Township School 5
City ef Scranton St, Imp. G
Mt. Vernon Pont Co
'is
150
u
75
250
109
103
45
100
102
102
85
109
Scrnnton Axle Works
Bcrunton Traction Co
100
New Yoik Produce.
Now York, Dec. 9. Flour Firm und
higher but not active; Minnesota patent,
TS.lU.i5. 40; winter utrulghts, ?l.5a.4.?0.
Wheat Spot strong; No. 2 red, TUu'ti, f.
o. If., afloat; No. 1 northern Dultith, TJ.ttt'i,
f. o. b afloat: No. 1 hard Manitoba,
Jl.OI, f. o. li., nllo'it;optlnns oined
strong and were generallv firm nil day
on a stampede among December shorts
In Chicago, prompting artlvi covering n
the local market, final pi lee lUalV'. net
higher; January. OT'tDlio., dosed 9Se.:
May, 937a95c; closeJ 91 V-; December, JS
nIMje., closed 9VH.C Corn Spot llrm; No.
2, 21c, f. n. h., afloat; options llrm but dull,
closing ,e. net higher; May. ;i3,uil'.,e..
clos. d 31c. j Dm ember, 3Pn3FC., closeJ
313ic Oats Spot stronger; N'o. 2. i'i'ia
27V.: No. .1. 27c; No. 2 while. Si-Sih::
No. 3 white, 2s3,c; track mixed, western,
27'sa2Sl.c; track white. L'S'ja'AV.; options
llrm iimt moderately active, closing 'sa.c.
net higher; lVbriury, 2"-Vi27'jo., clos'il
27 "ic.; May, closed 27' c: 1). ember, 27c
Reef Quiet. Cut Melts Steady; pickled
I helll
itiic. Ruttcr Steady; western
creamery. Ila2le. ; lo. factory. ll'L-iuc. ;
Rlglns. 21c; Imitation creamery, 13nlc.;
stale dairy, Maltfc; do. creamery, ita'JIc.
ClV-ese Stiady; state white. September,
.suns' jc; small white, do.. 9a9',c: large
colored, September, S'iaS'ac; small do.,
'AiS'ic: large late made 7'ia":!C.: in.ill
do.. i'jaS'...c; light skims, Ga'i'sc; pari
skims. I'j.i.Vse.: full skims, Sal-. Kgas
Steady; state and Pennsylvania. 20iJ.,c;
western fresh, 21a2lc Tallow Flr.n; city,
3 5-lt.i3aC. ; country. 3'a;P::c, as to null
ity. Petroleum Dull.
Philadelphia Provision Market.
Philadelphia, Dee. 9. Wheat Firm and
l'ie. higher; omtraet grade, December,
9vi9S'i,c ; Januao. Fibrurary and March,
nomlnil. Corn Finn: N. 2 mixed, De
cember and January, .",2'ia32lj . . February
and March, nomlnil. o.its Firm and 'ic
higher: No. 2 while December and Jan
uary, 29a2U'c.; Ft bruary nml March, nom
inal. Potatoes Firm and hlgh-r; v nlte.
choice, per bushel. 7a7sc; do. fair to
good, iTSa'iv.; sweets, prime, per basket,
SOaXc; do. seconds, 25a3nc. Rutter Firm;
fancy western creamery, ilc; do. Perin-
j sylvanla prints,
20c
do. western, do.,
Hggs Were lc. lower; fresh, nearby, 23 ;
do. western, 2Se. Cheese Steady. Refined
Sugars Firm; at 12 15 p. m.. Nos. S. 9 and
10 of tho soft grades were advun.-ed 1-1'ic.
Cotton. I'liehaiiKi'd. Tallow Steady. Live
Poultry Dull mil ca.dcr; fowls, lUiuT'je.j
old roosters, fi'vi'ic; spring chh kens. iI'ja,
7c ; broilers, Sa9e. ; turkeys, OalOc; ducks
and geese, fca?c Drecd Poultry Quiet
but steady; fowls, Sc; do. fair to good, 7a
7'3C. ; chickens, large, :; medium, "use;
common, and scalded do.. 4a7c. ; turkeys,
choice to fancj, ll.il2c; do. fair to gool,
9.ilic; ducks, 7a9c Receipts Flour, t.trK)
barrels and x.Wo sat ks; wheat, IS.Wi Iniidi
els; corn, S7,C bushels: oats. 1ii3,iii bush
els. Shioiiienls Wheat. .".( bushels;
corn, 211,'Vi'i bi'shcls' oats, lj!',ii0 btisluls.
Chlcago Crain Mnrket.
Chicago, Hie. 9. Tint hading futures
ranged as follows: Wheat, December,
T-I.UPgnl.fi'; Jnnunr. 9.!a!l,s'.; May, Ma
MVaiW !' Corn Dtvemher, iV4a2.V'c;
May, SS'sa'JVVie. Outs December, 22a
22'i,c; May. 221a221'.-e. Pork January,
SS.JiWWa; Mn), sS.45aS.ro. Lard Janu
ary, $l.25al.32's: May, M.I2'8al.5ii. Rib-
January, ?l.l7'ial22's; May. l.3'iiH.:!5. Cash
quotations were as follows Flour
Quiet; No. 2 snrlng wheat, s9'2a9oc; No.
:: siuing wheat, S3a9',c; No. 2 red, Sl.'Oa
1.07; No. " corn. 20'ic; No. 2 oats, 22' a
22' ic; No. 2 white, f. o. b.. 21ia2IV; S".
S while, f 11. b il'-a-'IV'.; No. 2 rye, 47V ;
No 2 barley, f. o. b., 2iii21c; No. 1 flax
seed, Jl.ll'iiil.n1;: prime timothy sted,
SJiiO; pork. $7.4n.i7.t5; lard. Tl.27'nl.-D; libs.
1 1-, 1 1 .-j. Hhnnlili.rH. 1.1.115c.: sides, tl.l'i.l
I ,,. Whlsky, $1.19; sugar, cut loaf. $59;
! granulated, $5.3'.. Receipts Flour. R')
barrels; whot. -j2.0ihi bushels; corn. 219.-
,00.1 bushels; oats, 410.01H bushels; lye. 10,
ijfjm lundicls; barley. 71.) bushels. Shlp-
! menl s Fhuir, 22.o bands; whiut, 1V,'0
bushels; corn, I'ji.cnw bushels; oats, .'aiano
bushels; rye, none; barley, 10,j0 bushels.
f'hlcngo Iiiie Stuck.
Chicago. Dec 9. Cuttle Slow at J3.1a
".55; good export steers, H.25a4.fiO; Texas
cottell seed mull fed stters, $3.95al.n5;
prime milch cows, J'AiOO each, Hogs
53.25n3.4rt; coarse heavy packers, SJUiu.S.M;
prlmti medium. S3.37a3.f2; ilgs, $3.20a3.o5.
Sliecs f2.0."a3.ii for Inferior lots- up to
$t.25al..W for heavy exports lots; prime
sheep. $I.VM4.75; lambs, $5a5..VI. Receipts
Cattl, 7,5'i head; hogs, 4I.CW heatl; sheep,
13.0KJ head.
Uust Liberty Cattle Market.
Fast Liberty, Pa., Dec 9. Cattle
Steady; prime. $l.75at.5; common, $3. '.5a
3.C0; feeders. $l.5'a5. Hogs Steady; prln.n
medtuin, best Yorkers and pigs, $3. I0a3.43;
Veavy, $3.3.".33.4j; roughs, J2a3. Sheep-
Fair; choice, jl.50a4.tio; common, wa;s.i,.;
choice lambs, 5.75a0; common to good,
Jt.50al.ti5; veal calves, $0.5ea".
Vow York Live "loc';.
New Y'ork, Dec 9. Reeves No trading.
Calves Dull and steady; veala, 55a7 75;
grasrsers, $2.50a3. Sheep and Iimbs Slow
nml steady; sheep, $3a4.50; lambs, to-Xa.
ntS.C2U. Hogs Weak at 3.t5a3.05.
llnllalo Live Stock,
Fast Ruffulo, N. Y Dec. 9. Cattle
Quiet. Hoys Steady; Yorkers, good to
choice, $3.10; roughs, comon to good, 2.10
u3; pigs, common to choice, $3.35a3.40.
Sluep and Lambs Dull and lower; lambs,
choice to cxtni, J5 75au.P0; culls to com
mon, t.7&a5,:ri; fhcep. choice to selected
wethers, l.75a5; culls to common, $3a3.75.
(ill Market.
OH City, Pa., Dec 9,-Crcdlt bnlnnccs,
05; certificates, first sale, January option
j; closed, olfercil eli; cash offered 05 j
shipments, Sti,U7 harrels; rtm, ki,979 bar
re-la.
wiiAi'siii: w vvriJ!) to hi:.
All the children except Nonle wero go
ing to play "menagerie." Nonle wanted
to sleep, but tho others wished her to
join In.
Jack WP3 to be a lion, he said. Tom
Rest to take after dim. or;
prevent ilulresi, aid diges
tion, euro constipation.
J'urrlT verf table i do nut gripe
or cam pain, s'olil by nil iIiukkIiIi. ;j rvntt.
l'reartl onlj by C, 1, Hood & Co., Lowell, tlais.
OOo fei
wanted to represent n camel and the oth
ers nil made, choice.
"Nonle, what do you wnnt to be?"
Nonle drowsily answered, "Oh, I want
to bo n a "
"Well, what Is It?" Impatiently yelped
Jack.
And faintly came the answer: "1 want
to be n a a sleep." Pittsburg News.
TIIi: POTATO'S MirUMIKNT.
Tho Tuber In Itlclicsl When Cooked
With Hip M.I n On.
The trleh cotter, who has for hund
reds of years popped his potatoes Into
boiling water with their Jackets on, Is
nn unconscious pelentlrt, nnd Is pre
paring his homely menl upon tho most
approved hygienic and dietetic princip
les, and obtaining the highest possible
degree of nutriment.
Experiments tnnde by the Agricultur
al Department show that potatoes
peeled and soaked before boiling lose
from 46 to fi!i per cent, of nitrogenous
matter, 25 per cent, of nlbumlnolds nnd
38 per cent, of mineral matters; when
peeled, placed at once In cold water and
raised to a boll the loss of nitrogenous
mntter wns 16 per cent., of which nl
bumlnolds form ncatlv half, and 19 per
cent, of mlnernl matters: when peeled
and thrown Into boiling water the lat
ter losses are reduced one-hulf nnd
when impeded and placed In boiling
water the los.s was but 1 tier cent, of
nitrogenous and 3 per cent, of mineral
matter, the difference In nutritive val
ues between a bushel of potatoes peeled
nnd soaked and a bushel boiled In the
Irish fashion being equal to a pound
of sirloin steak. The character of the
water used made no difference in the
nutritive quulltles.
A series of experiments with carrots
embraced the same varieties of waters
In which, both cold und boiling, the
vegetables were placed, after being cut
Into line, medium sized and large pieces
The quality of water made no differ
ence In the results, but the loss of nu
tritive matter was smallest In the large
pieces, the small pieces showing a loss
of 40 per cent, of nitrogen and 26 of
sugar, equal to a pound of sugar per
bushel; the loss In the lurse pieces
being; Nitrogen, 20, nnd sugar 15 per
cent., the total nutritive loss being in
the small pieces, 30, nnd on the large.
20 per cent.
Other experiments with cabbages
snowed that a large part of the nutri
tive elements of tills vegetable is ex
tracted by boiling, which may account
for, the fondness of the European peas
antry and the Southern negro for cab
bage soup, or "pot liquor." Of the 7 1-2
pounds of drv matter contained In 100
pounds of raw cabbage, from 2 1-2 to
3 pounds nre lost In cooking, a loss
which seems unavoidable "unless the
water in which it Is boiled Is also used.
The digestibility of eggs was also In
quired Into. They were boiled for 3, 5,
10 and 2(1 minutes at temperatures
ranging from ISO to 2'.2 degrees, the
experiments showing that, "while it
seems probable that the method of
cooking has some effect upon the rate
of digestibility. It docs not materially
affect the total digestibility.
TI1C OXFORD HIIILi:.
Only Three Persons Know the Kcerct
ol Hie .linking of the Paper.
From Chambers' Journal.
The papermaklng for Oxford Hlbles
Is a specially Important and Interest
ing part of the work. At Wolvercote,
a mile or two out of Oxford, the uni
versity has a large mill for the supply
of its own requirements. A good deal
of the paper they turn out here Is made
out of old ships' sails, the materials of
which, after battling with storms In all
quarters of the world, come here for
tho purpose of being made Into paper,
printed In almost every language under
heaven and bound up Into volumes to
be again scattered far and wide into
all the uttermost ends of the earth.
This Wolvercote paper mill has much
to do with the great reputation that
Oxford has acquired in the production
of Hlbles anil other devotional books.
Twenty years ago and more the man
agement hit on a valuable Invention
In papermaklng, and ever slnee their
"India paper" has been the cny nnd
the puzzle of manufacturers all over
the kingdom. There are said to be
only three persons living who know
the secret of IU make, and, though the
process has never been legally protect
ed, and all the world is free to imitate
the extremely thin but thoroughly
upaqiin and wonderfully stiong nml
durable paper of the best Oxford Hlbles
If they only knew how, all the woild
has hitlieito quite failed to do so.
It Is thin as tissue, but perfectly
opaque, and so strong that a strip of
it till eo Inches wide has proved to be
capable of sustaining a quarter of a
hundredweight. Over lCu works and
editions are now printed on this paper.
This special advantage has very large
ly helped Oxford to retain the leading
position which It originally gained by
being neatly the first If not quite the
Ilrst printer of books In the kingdom,
and by the prestige of Its name.
Soft.Whlto Hands with Shapely Nads, Luxu
riant Hair with Cle-an, Wholesonio Scalp, pro.
chiccd by CuncunA Boai', tho tant cfTcctfvo
skin purifying and beautifying soap In tho
world, as well as purcjt rnd sweetest, for
toilet, bath, anil nursery, Tho only prci cntli 8
of in-' .donation and clogging of tho 1'our.i.
Ecus iMolilturoughoutihe wild. 1'oTiru Parti ad
CflK'! Coir .ban' Pri'i'i., Botton, lT. S. A.
ov"llf to I'urUy tnd Uriutifj thl SHo, Sctlp,
And Ifiir," inlitcJ fret.
BABYHUMOHSfir,rsVT,!I
tnilinl' r
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TH?
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aaoas i aiio 2, comith vvsq,
SCRANTON, PA.
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plodlnc Hast. Safety Fuse, utij
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liau '
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g Draping and Drapery
Draperies of one kind and of another may be
bought almost anywhere, and are purely a matter
of taste, but there's an art in making them look
their best, which is only known to the experi
enced Draper and Hanger, and in that respect wc
can be of invaluable service to you.
Christmas is coming along when you'll want
the home to look it's best. Call and see what wc
can do for you in the line indicated. A little
money judiciously spent goes a long way in our
Drapery Department these days.
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HANUFCTURiRJ OF
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Hill limber cut to order on short notice. Hardwood Mine Knlla
sawed to uniform lengths constantly on hantl. Peeled llMnlock
Prop limber promptly burnished.
MILLS At Cros Fork. Potter Co.. on the Buffalo and Susquc
lanna Huilroad. At Mina, Potter County, Pa., on Couder.4port. and
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THE DICKSON MANUFACTURINGCO
SCRANTON ANO WILKES-BARRc, PA., Manufacturers of
LOCOMQTiVES, STATIONARY ENGINES, BBILERSe
HOISTING ANO PUMPING MACHINERY.
(MINERAL OFP.cn. SCRANTON. PA.
til lWv-'WaETfS a 'V Ml
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tipruco atreet
CARPET
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ADMIRED BY HIS FRIENDS
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short tlmo ago ho wns compelled to put up
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DF SCRANTON.
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Special Attention Given to BttsN
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Liberal Accommodations Kx
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Surplus, - 350,000
Undivided ProQts, 79,000
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