s--r 19 SATUHDAY, JANUARY S, lS93r THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. SATUHDAY, JANUAnY 8, 1898. ' f frn f ft k itching; SKIN , DISEASES Bpikdt Cub Tri?atjib,t for torturlnir, dUD. orlnr, Itcblnr, burnlnic, ami rulr skin and icslp dliouet Willi Iom of balr. Warm baths wllh CO. TIODi Botr, K(Dtl opnllcntlnni of Cotioub, (ointment), an full dos of Ccncdiia Hook. TiT,gtcatcitolblooipatiacriandbamorcuref T rj. m JHMJlL T. iM ItiMnrhonl the world. PoTTH Biro ft Chum. Cntp., Kil. rropl., Hnlton. gg-" How to Cuir llctilnt E Hn BIhum, ft... RED ROUGH HANDS e W&M;4 Big Mellon on all furniture coverings. We Upholster Furniture and do it well. Have vour work done this month at half the former price. 1414 NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 'MCTOKYVILLi:. Aaron Phillips lb seiiously 111 at Mld dlotown, X. Y.. wlieio lie is visltliiR IiIm brother. .Mrs, Phillip. it-colvctl a tllsp.iti-h last Monday, and left for .Mlrtdletown on the morning train. j Tim following unclaimed letters ftre advertised at the postolllcc: lilts A. 1!. llrener, Mm. John Kilioy, Mi. Prank Muzzy, Fred White, Jr., and Mrs. Allie Neuton. Mr. A. M. Sprngup, who recently ac cepted a position In the prr.cvy depart ment of Jonas IionR's Sons' store at Scranton, Is dangerously 111 wltn diph theila. Mr. Ed. Colum has taken chnrse of the o!Tlco of the Wlnola Oil, tins Devel opment and Improvement company to finish the unexpired term of Mr. Stan ley Simrell, who resigned to accept a position In Philadelphia. Fnctoryvllle LocIkc, Free and Accept ed Masons, worked tho second decree last Tuesday evening. Piscatorial nrtlBt, Tohn Ellenbergor and Kd. Watklns, were wrestling with several small pickerel at Mud pond last AVednostlav. Mr. Stanley N. Slmiell will leave next Tuesday for Philadelphia, where ' he has accepted a position as head bookkeeper in the office of the North western Consolidated Milling company. Klelghiidlng parties are In order now, and It Is very proper that the dear girls should not lie overlooke.l, even If It Is n Ions, lonff time before another lefip iar. Paulowna P.elieknh degree lodtje, Xo. 5S, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, enjoyed a very pleasant social at their lodge rooms last Tuesday evening. Ile freshments were served. A Jolly coinany of people enjoyed a sleish ride fioin th'is place, to Waver ly and Clark's Summit last Wednesday t venln. Itev. OlarU and wife, of East I.c-mon, spert Thursday. with Mrs. Oelllah Mat thewson, on Main street. Mr. M. I.. MacMiIlan, of Nicholson, was a pleasant caller her? yesterday. Mae was reinembeilnj; his many ft lords in this place with handsome and patriotic calendats. Meichant Fnd I,. Foster while out sleigh ridins with his wlie neat- Nich olson u few uibhts ago, ran on to a rook along liy the side of the road and badly smashed his cutter. They were thrown out, and the norse dragged Mr. Foster a considerable distance through tho enow. Mrs. 12unlcc Wilson, of Hast J.mon, is lslting ut the home of her daughter, Ml. Mllo TiVl!, of Giove street. Charles Dlarlek, the monument deal er ut Tunkhannork, was in town yes terday. HONKS I) A IX The Presbyterian church will observe the week of prayer by holding meet ings every evening next week. The Uaptlst and Methodist people 'have been holding meetings during the past week. Tho rain on Thursday night gave the sidewalks a coatlns of Ice and pedes trians were obliged Jp use, tho center of the street. Thursday evening a sleighing party drove to Dyberry and enjoyed a dance at Kimble's hotel. Last night Freeman's new orchestra of seven pieces (formerly tho Ideal or chestra) cave the first of a series of social dances to be held In Manager Sllverstone's opera house. He was a Honesdale little boy, visit ing In a neighboring city. At the table silent grace was said. After It was over he looked up and said: "Mamma, what wero the folks smelling of?" THE HARVEST OF HUMAN IIAIH. A Dark Ilrowu S1iiKii Hnlr Win llenr n Weight of Pour Ouncoi. From the London Mall. Perhaps thero Is no staple article of commerce about which less Is known by the average person than human hair. It will doubtless surprise many to learn that the dealers In human hair do not depend on chance clippings here and there, but that thero Is a' regular hair .harvest that can always be relied upon. It la estimated that over 12,000 pounds of human hnlr are used an nually In tho civilized world for adorn ing the heads of men and women, but principally the fair Bex. The largest supply of hair comes from Switzerland, Germany and the French Provinces. There la a human hair market In the department of the 'liovver Pyrenees, Jield every Friday. innrcllfl !i iWiiijfi Hundreds of hair tradero wnlk up and down the one street of the village, their Bhears dangling from their belts, and Inspect tho bralda which tho .peas ant girls, standing on the steps of the houses, let down for Inspection, If a bargain Is struck tho hair Is cut and the money paid on the spot. A woman's hair may grow to the length of six feet. A single hair will bear up a weight of four ounces with out breaking, but the hair thus heavily tried must be dark brown, for blonde hair breaks under a strain of two and one-half ounces. Dealers In human hair can tell In a moment whether the locks offered them have been cut off or combed out. They do this by rubbing tho hairs through their fingers. If the hair haB been cut from the head and has not been mis placed. It remains In Its original posi tion. If It Ii'iib been pulled or combed out and put together regardless of tho direction In which It grew, one portion of It will ellp to the right mid the other to the left. It does this because the Jagged edges catch upon each oth er and pull In opposite directions. tiik i:n(;i.isii language. What Statistic Show tlio Increase In Present Century to Ilnve Horn. I'rom the St. Louis Globo-Democrat. We all know that the English lan guage has been growing at n remaik able rate during this century, and that It has been spreading over the whole globe. But few, however, really com prehend how rapid this growth has been. At the opening of the century French wai spoken by 31,000,000 people, German by ."10.000,000, Russian by 30, 000,000, Spanish by 27,000,000, English by 21,000,000 and Italian by 10,000,000. Today KngllHh Is the language of 130, 000,000. French of 43.000,000, German of 70,000,000, Ruslan of 75,000,000, Spanish of 45,000,000 and Italian of 35,000,000. In other words, during the present century English has not only risen from the fifth place to tho Hist, but has gained enormously on the rest In relative magnitude, expanding from nbout thirteen per cent, of the total to over thirty per cent. With this In crease of the EnglWh-speaklng people the language Itself has kept pace. Concurrent with this growth of the language there ha3 been an equal, If not greater, lncreaso In knowledge. Three hundred years ago one man could know all there was to be known. Today one man can know thoroughly only one small branch of one science. This Increase of knowledge has been most rapid dining the last part of the present century. More than any other cause, the prog ress of modern Invention and eclence has brought about an enormous exten sion of the language. Thousands of technical words and expressions now In common use would never have been coined but for the Innumerable parts of the never-ending list of new Inven tions In mechanics nnd dlBcoerles In science. In no better way can this rapid Increase In knowledge, and thereby In the number of words used, bo realized than by a comparison of the first tef erence works with those of the present day. The earliest English dictionary pub lished was Dr. liullokar's, which ap peared In 1G1G. It Is a little bit of a book, with some 200 pages, and hav ing about 5,000 headings. This is the beginning of wotks of reference In the English language. One page which Il lustrates the march of progress Is ,tlt which has meteor, metropolitan, mimic, lnlneral, etc., on It. Mineral Is defined by Dr. Bullokar as "anything dug out of the ground." According to this a pebble, a worm or a mole dug out of the earth would be a mineral. Some of the omtaslons are still more Interest ing. There Is no mind, minister, mill, milk, mile, mlgh$, mighty, mid or middle, and, apparently, if we can Judge by tho omissions here, they had no mind cure and no millionaires In those days. Now this one page of IJul lokar's work covers all the words In the language from meteor to miniver. When Dr. Johnson wrote his cele brated dictionary, 150 years later, It took fifteen large pages to cover the name space. The best work of the pit-sent day the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia requires forty-seven pages to cover this alphabetical range, which shows how enormous has been the lncreaso of .the past 2S0 years, m liullokar's work there is but one micro word, mlcrocosmus. In Dr. Johnson's work, written a century and a half later, the micro words had In creased so ns to cover one column. Microscope, which was not In Dr. Dul lokar's work, appears for tho first time In Dr. Johnson's. In the Century Dic tionary and Cyclopedia these micro words cover over six pages. Another word which may be quoted as a veiy good Illustration Is take. Dr. Iiullo kar omitted it entirely. Ths Centuty devotes to it exactly four pages, and In the course Illustrating Its various uses the latter work contains ESG quo tations. Comparisons of this description will be Interesting to every one to whom they may be possible. Unfortunately, but very few public libraries contain any of those old reference works. Pub lications in those days were few and far between, und but few examples of the old-time presswork aro now ex tant. Splcndorx of Paris in 1000. Twenty million dollurs Is tho sum which tho French government proposes to iln voto to tho Paris exposition ot 1309, Near ly $10,000,00) will' bo -onsumeil by the eon xtruetlon of two pnlaces In tho Chumps Elyseos, and those In tho Champ do Mars, In Hie Esplanade ilea Jnvolliles and on tho Quays. The bridges across the Selno aro to cost $1,000,000, und the mechanical and 'electrical services another $1,000,000. In ono word, France proposes to do the whole thins on a scale ot unprecedented m.ignllleence. A LITTLE SUFFERER Face, Hands and Arms Covsrod With Scrofulous Humors How a Curo Was Effected. "When flvo years old my little boy had scrofula on his face-, hands and arms. It was worst on his chin, although tho sores ou his cheeks andMiands wero very bad. It appeared In tho form of red pimples which would fester, break open and run and then scab over. Alter disappearing they would break out again. They caused Intense itching and tho llttlo sufferer had to bo watched continually to keep him from scratching tho sores. Wo becamo greatly alarmed at his condition. My wife's mother had had scrofula and tho only medicine which had belpd her was Hood's Sarsaparilla. We decided to rjlvo it to our boy and wo noted an improve ment in his case very soon. After giving him four bottles ot Hood's Sarsaparilla tho humor had all been driven out of his blood and it lias never sinco returned." William IUKTZ, 416 South Williams St., South Bend, Indiana. You can buy Hood's Barsaparltla of all druggists. Be sure to get only Hood's, Hood's Pills SSr'SMrl! THE ENCOURAGING RECORD OF 189? Dcst Year la the Mailer of Failures Since 1892. TUB LOW AVEKAO!' OP LIABILITIES In This Krmpoct thn Last Ilnlfortho PiikI Year ilru Excelled Thrtt or the llntiliur Year of Prosperity-Tho Woolen IHills CoDtltiuo to Uuy Heavily to Supply Increasing De mands lor Goods-'Largo llusluoss iu lion. New York, Jan. 7. It. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade will say In Its Issue tomorrow: In failures 18!)7 was not only tho best yonr since 1892, but on tho wh'olo the best ever definitely known. With 13, Cj22 failures, In number 11.5 per cent, less than U9G, and $182,581,771 default ed liabilities, 34.0 per cent, less than In 1S06, the year's Nanking failures count ed for $JS,240,70O, and the commercial failures were but 13,331, with liabilities of $154,332,071, the average per failure being only $11,559, the lowest ever known except In 1S92. Hut even In that year the fallutes during the last half averaged liabilities of $10,477 per fail ure, while In tho laRt half of 1807 the average was only $9,593. The returns by branches of business show that In fifteen out of twenty-eight classes the failures were lower than In any pre vious year, of which there Is record, with especially larzo decrease In tho great number of unclassified m.inufac tiulng and trading failures. Moreover, the year showed remarkable decrease, as soma other prosperous years have shown Increase, comparing tho second with the first half. The new year began with disappoint ment for speculators In stocks and gialn, which Is not a bad sign. Prices of slocks have gained a little, after yielding at first, and closed 7 cents per share for railroad und $1.05 per share higher for trusts. WHEAT DECLINES. Wheat declined lc. owing to tho tctmination of the corner at Chicago, end western receipts were about double last yeats , with Atlantic exports 2,840, 318 bushels, flour Included, against 2,130,903 last year. A speculative esti mate makes th'o quantity still In far mers' hands 40 per rent, of the crop, which Is quite possible, but the con sumption and exports In half tho year ought to take more than 40 per cent, of the year's supply. A lleet of vessels Is reported at Baltimore or on the way thither for wheat. Exports of corn for the week fell below last year's al- though western receipts are unusually large, and th'o price fell but ?g of a tent. Cotton was a disappointment to many because It did not change at all In spot price, although the accounts of reduction In wages by New England works warrant hope of larger con sumption. The cotton manufacture Is a little encouraged by larger demand for goods since the reduction in prices, and the abstention of buyers for months past has probably been due In largo measure to expectation of that reduc tion but with tho certainty that tho print cloth works are to contlnue.prlces li'ave further declined to 2.12 cents. The woolen and worsted mills are both buying wool quite largely at prices probably close to the best, for reports which declared there were no conces sions o month ago are now rejoicing that recent saggedness In prices has passed away. Behind all the murket reports there Is the fact that consump tion of wool has for about five months been the laizest ever known and the buying Indicates, as doe3 the demand for such heavy weight goods as have been opened, that a satisfactory half year Is expected. J'lices so far paid are said to be from 20 to 30 per cent, higher than a year ago, with wool from 50 to 00 per cent, higher, but the buy ing Is thus far encouraging. BIG BUSINESS IN irtON. The Iron manufacture has been fur ther encouraged by unusual business for the season, Including a large build ing contract made, and others for bridges pending nt Chicago, a sale of 50,000 tons pig to one pipe foundry at the east and contracts for two vessels of 5,000 'tons each at Cramp's yards, nnd contracts for 5,500 tons hoop at New York, and 500 for Mexico. The prices are generally unchanged, though In the oast works have advanced struc tural beams five cents to 1.15. Pig Is tirchanged, with fairly largo sales. Vis ible supplies of tin are 29.S35 tons, against 32,312 a year ago, with 13.7 cents quoted, nnd with' exports of 10, 303 tons of copper In December, and 123,000 tons for the year, eleven cents Is now quoted for lake. The coke output continues heavy, and tho output of anthracite ccnl was 41,203,000 tons In 1R97, though the con sumption was about 2,300,000 tons Email, and there are sales at $'J.S3 per ton here. Failures for tho week have been 322 In tho United States against 471 last year, and In Canada 32 against G2 last Chicago Grain .ilnruct. Chicago, Jan. 7. The leading futures ranged as follows: Wheat January, SD'i u'i'c; Muy, WWaOiHc.j July, SlsaS2)ie. Corn January, 20a 2C-!ia2rVj,G.; May, 2V!ia WHoa'-ie. s July. SG'iaSCVusuc. Oats January, 21lj.i2l?4c. ; Muy, 2.i..a23'ic. Pork January, $3.iru9 23; Muy. $9.2ua'JJ3. l.ard January, Sl.57.4a4.77',i: May, $I.SDa4.S7VS. Ribs Jamiaiy, $l.50a4.65; May. $l.S2lja4.iO. Cash quotations wero as follows: Fluur Steadier; No. 2 spring wheat, STaSSc.; No. 3 do., 80a90c; No. 2 red, 92c; No. 2 corn. 2b!ia27c; No. 2 yellow, 20?;u2JHc. ; No. 2 oats, 223c; No. 3 white, f. o. ., 2UVia24,ic; No, 2 rye, 4fe.; No. 2 barley, f. o. b., 28a SCc.j No. 1 ilax seed, $1.17al.21j prlrno Urn othey seed, $2.C7J4! pork, $9.25; lard, $4.775; ribs. Jl.45at.70; shoulders, 4a5c; sides, $4,73a4.S5; whitky, $1.19. Receipts Flour, 12,000 barrels; wheat, 29,000 bushels; corn, 431,000 bushels; oats, 3C3.000 busncls; rye, 8,000 bushels; barley, 4,000 bushels. Shipments-Flour, 22,000 barrels; wheat, 20,000 bushels; corn, 115.000 bushels; oats. 331,00-) bushels; ryo, 1.000 bushels; barley, 11,000 bushels. Clilrago Live Nlock. Chicago, Jan. 7. Cattle Fairly active; beet eteors, common, $3.85a4 23; exporters, $1.75a5.25; BtockcrH and feeders, J3.t3al.lD; calves. $6a6.75. Hogs M.69a3.57VS; pigs, J3.3oa3.Kl; western fed slleep, J3.7Ia4.40 for fulr to choice: export sheep, SI.VU4.25; lambs, $la5.90. Receipts-Cattle, 4.000 head; hogs, 32,000 head; sheep, 8,000 head. " Oil Markets Oil City, Pa.. Jan. 7,-Crcdlt balances, CS; certificates, February option, cloned C0'4! ono sale, 5,000 barrels, at that fig ure, and 1,000 cash at (.5Vt ; shipments, 9tJ, 318 barreds; runs, 91,457 bun els. A I'rofcsKliiiiul Secret. From Puck. Now bartender "Tho boss says this Is a new stylo of cash register, and that you'd show mo how to work It," Old bartender "I'll show you how It woiks, but I won't show you how to work It." Koyal makef the lood pure, wholtjome and dellclom. PQWOEB Absolutely Puro nom bakihh podcr co,, new vork. jMmvnpvrwczMM'aiiMJUi ih THE MARKETS. It nil Street Review. New York, Jan. 7. The market "or stocks today did not differ materially from that of yesterday. Tho aggressive bull mood of tho speculative world con tinued In full force. Tho larso profes sional operators wero buyers of stocks. That they wero reinforced by a marked addition of outside Interest In the mar ket was shown by tho large number of orders Hi speculative stocks placed through commission houses. Total sales were 449,900 shares. Furnished by WILLIAM LINN, AL LEN & CO., stock brokers, Mears build ing, rooms 705-700. Open- High- Low Clos ing, est. est. Ing. Am. Cot. Oil 22 U 22V1 W. Am. Sub. Re'g Co ...144 115 113 HI?, Atch., To. & S. Fe .. 13U U 13U 13i A., T. & S. F., Pr .. Sl'i 31,4 31 3l4 Am. Tobacco Co.... 9014 9114 9014 9114 Am. Spirits S4 814 81 V,i Hull. & Ohio 14 1 1114 1114 Brook. II. P S9)a mi 35$ j 39 Bay State Gas 4 4 3T4 4 Can. Southern 51 51 5J3i 5371 N. J. Central 9S USU tKJli 97 Chic. & G. W 15 10 15i 15 Chic. & N. W 12214 1 12-U 122i Chic, B. & Q 10014 191H IWJi 101 Chicago Gas P7!i 07H 9ti?j WAj Chic, Mil. & St. P .. 93y ra ?3' 90 Chic, It. I. & P 9114 91 90 91 Chic, St. P. M. & O. 77-)i 77 7714 "71a C. C. C. & St. L .... SoVt 3314 C3U 33 Delawure & Hud ...113 113 113 113 D., L. & W 15Vi 15Sii 133 153 N. Y. ,L. E. & W ... 13 15 15 13 Gen. Electilc 35 30 31 36 Lake Shore 1VJ 17314 171 17314 Louln. & Nash E'. 67 55 5G Lehigh Vnlley 2t! 20 26 2G Manhattan Ele 112 113 111 113 M. K. & Tex., Pr .. 311 S0 35 30 Mo. Paclllo 34 33 31 31 Nut. Lead 3713 37 37 S7Ji N. Y. Central W) 110 100 110'i Ont. & West l'i 1G 16 jG'i North. Pacific 2t 22 21 21 Nor. Pacific, Pr .... 00 10 t (0 Pacific Mall 30' .11 30 31 Phil. & Read 21 2( 21 2i Southern R. It 9 9 v j im Southern R. It., Pr.. 31 3J 31 ";2 Tonn., C. tc Iron .... 20 2 2G; 26 Texas & Pacific .... 11 11 11 11 Vnion Pacific 2S 2-J 2s 2S 17. S. Rubber 10 16 16 : tlJ. S. Leather, Pr .. Cl 0114 01 fi abash 7 7 79 7 Wabash, Pr 18 1S 18 1S West. Union 91 92 91 92 W. & L. K 2 2"8 2 2 CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Opon- High- Low- Clos- WHEAT. Ins. est. tst. lug May 90 91 90 91 July 8114 S2 81 t2 CORN. May. 29 29 29 3 July 30 304 co :w OATS. May 2314 23 21 23 July. 22 22 22 12 PORK. May 9.22 9.37 3.20 9.33 LARD. May I.W 4.87 4.S1 4.87 Puts, 91; calls, 92. Srrnnton Hoard of Trndo Excliungc Quotntlons--All Quotations Itnsed on Par of 100. STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Soranton tc. Plttston Trac Co. ... National Boring & Drill's; Co. ... St) First National Bank C30 Elmhurst Boulevard Co 109 Scranton Havings Hank 200 Scranton Packing Co as Lackn. Iron and Steel Co ISO Third National Bank 850 Throop Novelty M'fg Co ta) Scranton Traction Co is n Scranton Axle Works 75 Weston Mill Co 230 Alexander Car Replacer Co iw Scranton Bedding Co 10J Dime Dep. & Vis. Bank ISO Peck Lumber M'fg Co 175 225 Economy Light, Heat & Pow er Co 45 BONDS. Scranton Pass. Railway, first mortgage due 1920 115 ... People's Street Railway first mortgage due 191? IIS People's Street Railway, Gen eral mortgage, due 1921 115 Dickson Manufacturing Co 100 Lacka. Township School 5 iw City of Scranton St. Imp. 6 102 Mt. Vcrnoi Coal Ct S5 Scranton Axle Works 100 Scranton Traction Co IW ... Philadelphia Provision Market. Philadelphia, Jan. 7. Wheat Firm and lc. higher; contract grade, January, 9(a9Cc.; February, March and ApiH. nominal. Corn-Film: No, 2 mixed. Jan uary und February, 32a33c; , March and April, nominal. Oats -Finn; No. 2 white. January and February, 29a30c; Mairh and April nominal. Potatoes Firm sects, hlBher; white, choice, per bushel. 78a80c. ; do. fair to good, C3a73c; sweets, BIG SACRIFICE Shoe Today, Come Early and Secure t Big Bargains. RiYER DAVIDOW, t The Acknowledged Cheapest Whole- sale and Retail Shoe House. T 307 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. pilme red, per baikct, 70a76o.; do. yellow, C5a70c.i do, seconds, 30a35c. Butter Dull nnd Y,alc lowei ; fancy western crcntn-e-y, 22c; do, western prints, 23c; do, Pennsylvania prints, 23c. Eggs Dull and 2c lower; fresh, nearby, J9c; do. western, 18c CheesoFlrm. Refined Sugars tin .rhnnzed. Cotton Steady. Tallow CJuiet and ur.chungod; city prime In hocshrnds, 314nc.j country. In barrels, 3n3c; dark, dc 3VSr. : cokes, 3c. ; greaso, 3c. Llvo Poultry-Steady; fowls, Sa9c; old roosters, 62.; spring chickens, 7aSc: broilers, Sa9c; turkeys, 9al0c; ducks, 9a luc; gecso, 7a8c Dressed Poultry Firm, fowls, choice, 8a9c; fr.tr to good, 7ose.; chickens, largo, 9nl0c: medium, 8a9c: common nnd scalded, Ga7!sc; turneys. choice to fancy, 12al214c; do. fair to good, lOallltc; ducks, good to choice, 7a9c. Re ceiptsFlour, 6.000 barrels and 11,000 snckB-, wheat, 23,000 bushels; corn, 21 (AW bushels; oats, CG.000 bushels. Shipments Wheat, 0,000 bushels; corn, 9,000 bushel?; oats, 16,000 bushels. New York Produce Market. New Yoik, Jan. 7. Flour Fairly active nnd firmer, tlty n 111 clears, $5.33u3.43; Minnesota p-ttcnts, $3.15a5.33. Wheat Spot strong; No. 2 red, $1.0114, f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 hard Mnnitobu, $1.01, C. o. b., t float, options fltmcr on cubles, steady all day on a brisk Inquiry for cash wheat from millers and exporters and n cold weather senre, closed alc. net higher; Jnnuary, 9'.a93c, closed 99c; February, 97u9S14c closed 9Sc; March. 93 15-lGa 97c. clored 97c; Mny, 92u9.1 9-lGc, closed 93c- July, S6a871c, rlosed 8Cc Corn Spot film; No. 2, ;sc, f. o. b., nllout; options firm and Inllucnccd by wheat all day, closing nt ,iac. higher; January, 33c; May, 34a3lc, closed 34c Oats Spot stronger; No. 2, 2Sc; No. 3, 2Slic; No. 2 white. 291ia23c; No. 3 white, 29c; track white, 29a33c; options moderately active and firmer, closing c net higher; Fcbtuary closed 2Sc; May, 2Sa2Sc, closed 28c Beef Firm. Cut Meats Firmer. Butter Quiet; western creamery, 15a22c; do. factory, 12al5c; El glns, 22c; Imitation creamery, 15a22c; fac tory, 12al5c; stato dairy, 13a20c; do. creamery, 15a21c Clieose Firm; large white, September, 8a8c: small do., 9 a9c; largo colored do., 8uSc; smalt do,, 9a9c; large October, 8a8c; small do., 8a9c; light skims, 6aGc; part skims, 4a5c; full skims, 2a3c Eggs Quiet; state and Pennsylvania. 21a 24c.; western fresh, 20a22c Tallow Dull; city, 3a3c; country, 3a3c PetroleumDull. Knst Liberty Cnttlp Market. East Liberty, Pa., Jnn. 7.-Cattle Steady; prime, $4.90a5; common, $3.25a3.W); bulls, stags and tows, $2a3.70. Hogs Steady; prime assorted medium weights nnd heavy Yorkirs, $3.75a3.S0; common to fair Yorkers and pigs, $3.70a3.73; heavy hogs, J3.C3a3.70; good roughs, $3a3.25; com mon roughs. $2.23a2.75. Sheep Steady; choice, $4.C3a4 73; common, $3.23a3.75; choice lambs, 3.90a6; common to good, $4.50a5.SO; veal calves, $6.50a7.23. ,cw York Live stock. New York, Jan. 7. Beeves Active; steers steady; butchers' stock firm; na tlvo steers, $4.50j5.1G; ptugs and oxen, $2.73 al.EO; bulls, $3.35; dry cows, J3.23a3.55; veals. $7aS.33; grasesrs, $3a3.23. Sheep Steady; lambs slew and weak; sheep, $3.50 a4.75: lambs, $5.50.10.29; ono bunch, $6.30. Hogs Lower at J3.P0a4.13. Itnttnln Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y Jan. 7. Cuttle Quiet Hogs Slow: Yorkers, good to choice, J.1.73a3.77, roushs, common to choice, $3.20a3.40; pigs, comomn to choice, $3.63a3.70. Sheep and I-imbs About steady; lambs, choice to extra, $.S0a5.90; culsl to common, ?1.50a3.40; sheep, choice to selected wethers, $4.C3a3, culls to com mon, $2.50a3.75. L A D 8 E S DO YOU KNOn DR. FELIX LE BRUM'S Steel Pennyroyal Treatment is the oricirml nnd only FRENCH s:ifo and rolinhlo core on tin mar ket. Price, fix): sent by mail (icuuiuo sold only by Wm. a. Clark, 201 Washington Ave. and 326 Penn, Ave., Scranton, Pa. THE 0 M0aSIAND2, CeM'LTHBTrS, SCRANTON, PA. BIINING AND BLASTIHE POWDER MADE AT MOOWC AMD BCKig DALE WORK. LAPLIN RAND POWDBR CM ORANGE QUN POWDEH Electric Batteries, nioctrio Explidorj. for OS plodlug blasts, Safety Fuse, and Repaano Chemical Co. '3 man BXPLOSIVB3 FOR SALE Boilars, Eninas and Machliury. Ve will Bell you Now or Second-Hand. Wo will sell you new or take old In ex change, or we will rent you anything you want In the Machinory Line. Spot Cash paid for icrap Iron and Metul-t. National Supply aid Metal Co,, 709 West Lacknwunua Avenue. H.E. KEELEY, Mgr. Telephone 3945 yDr- OaJU Saturday. O ! wwMmunmtmmaiiaiiiiiH'iiininiiiiui; m sum "T.ATC' VCctaWcPreparationfofAa" slmilatlngiticToodandRegukt. ting tlic S tooiAchs and Bowels of Promotes DigreUonChccrful ncss andnest.Contalns neiiher Opium.Morphtnc nor Mineral. KOT NAUOOTIC. apefOldTrSXKCnS?IVBEn. JSunrftm Sail" JbcSmna JniH Suvl Jltvtnxint - ADcrfcctncmcdv forConstloa- tion. Sour Slornach, Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .feverish ncss and Loss of Sleep. - in i facsimile Signature of TEW YORK. ftwsifrm mBSBM DCACT COPT OF WRAPPED wir;r;jn,iK;;BMirfpj SI LACKAWANNA LUIBER GO, RlANUHCTUrUflS OF Bill Timber cut to order on short notice, llnrdwood Aline Ralls sawed to uniform lengths constantly on hand. Peeled Ucmlock I'rop Timber promptly furnished. MILLS At Cross Fork. I'otter Co.. on the Buffalo and Susque. lanna Railroad. At Minn, Potter County. Pa., on Coudcrsport. and Port AllcRanv Kullroad. Capucity-400.000 feet per day. GENliUAL OFFICE-Uoardof Trade lluildlng, Scranton, Pa. Telephone No. 4014. THEDICKSONMANUFACTURINGCO SCRANTON AND WILKES-BARRE, PA., Manufacturers of LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILERS. HOISTING AND PUPIHG MACHINERY. OENbRAL, OFFICE. SCRANTON. PA. Bomotloies need! a Tollable, sjonthlji, reralitln medialae. Only iuwaltMOaQ tho porett drugs choold bo cud. li jtu wain the best, got Or. IPsafs Pas-EooaS Pills Thr an proapt, iaf 0 arI certain In rtcnlt. Tb xeaalne (Di. Foal'i) nrrar dlxap. nollt. ErMcajvihezc.Zl.W. Adiroil IXH. MtClOIXE Co., Cl0T.UBd,O. For Sale by JOHN H. PHELPS, SPruco street. U And in order to reduce stock to the lowest possible working point, we've decided to Slaughter All Prices to such an extent as to make buying now an object, even when goods are not wanted for im mediate use. Imagine buying Alexander Smith & Son's fine Moquette Carpets at 75c a Yard These are identical ' with goods that have been represented and sold as Axminster Carpets in this city. Within three months it will be im possible to get a yard of these un der $1.25. These Clearance Prices apply to the entire stock, the reductions being on a par with the Carpet figure just quoted. HOLIDAY GOODS The balance at your price. Some choice things still left. Upholstering, Carpets, Draperies. 403 Lackawanna Avania 1 OF SCRANTON. Spccfnl Attention Given to Busl. ness and Personal Accounts. Liberal Accommodations Ex. tended According to Halaucca and Responsibility. 8 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Interest Deposits. Capital, -Surplus, -Undivided front, $200,000 300,000 79,000 WM. C0NNI5LI, Preslileut. HENRY MLIN, Jr., Vice Pros. WILLIAM II. PECK. Cashier. 11$, SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE -OF- 'IB ON THE WRAPPER OF EVERT SOTTTR OB CtstoiJi li pat no in ene-tlre botllos cnlr. It lis set told la balk. Don't allow anyone to tell j roa anything else on the pit er premln that it it juit at geod" ana win annrtr enrpu. pose," Be ttot 70a get U-A-B-'IMMUM. 1 ft f A mmmA lfl emit -z- iWj, urn) wy&uia-7Y&ZfJiA& r f -" vnpfev Pharmacist, cor. Wvomtna avemia and THE PATENT FLOUR We Make It. We Warrant It. We Wholesale It. THE WESTON ILL CO. A GREAT OFFER ...ny. flermanla Wins Cellars. Ilammondsport and Rhclmi, N. Y. We aro determined to nlroJucd our coods iwnon; tho very boil pea. e In lid country, ana wo can e no better way of doing tulH ttiun by self. m Uism s raxe of our goo4, coiitulnlnr eleven jttles of wl'ie und ono bottle of our extra fln double dlstl.led drape Irandy, at one-unit Us ac tual cost, upon re ceipt ol $3.00 wo will send to any reader of lull paper one cine of our goods, nil flrst-clus und put up In ele. Kant style, assorted us follows: 1 qt. bot. Grand Im perial Beo Cliam pAKiie. I qt. bot. Delaware. rqt. bo U lMeillng. 1 qt. bou Tokay. I qt. bot. Svrcot Ca,. tawba. 1 qt. bot. Sherry. Iqt. bot. Klvlro- 1 qt. bot. Nl;ura. I qt. bot. Ancellca, 1 qt. bot. Tort. 1 qt. t'Ot. Uweet Is abella, 1 lit. hu Im, Oral llrandy, This offer Is mad mainly to Introduce our (lrand Imperial See Champagne und our Una double-dls tilled flrape Hrandy This euse of goods Is ofTerod id about one-half Us actual cost and U Mill plcise us If our friends and patrons will ULo advantage of this und help us Intro duce our KQOdS. " SnowWhite m &&3fl ffrJCe fru mUL-vxi 1 n aWltfS 1 IIU KM I
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