The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, January 10, 1898, Morning, Page 10, Image 10

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MONDAY, JANUARY, 10, 1899.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
MONDAY, JANUAUY, 10, ISSS.
BEAUTIFUL
SKIM
Boft.Whlto Hands with Shapely Nails. Luxu
riant Hair with Clean, Wholesome Scalp, pro
duced byCuncuiu Soap, tho most cffcctlvo
ekln purifying and beautifying soap In tho
world, as well as purest and sweetest, for
toilet, bath, and nursery. The only preventive
of Inflammation and clogging of tho I'oees.
(u tic urn
6orlnoldttirouliotitt1woria. rortia Dsuoaud
Cmu. Cor. , Sola lVopi., notion, V. B. A.
tt-"Uow to Purify nd lleautlfj lha Slln, Blp,
sua Hair," mailed irea.
nunv uiiMnnu "?: !? !!ir.i'
unui iiuinwiiw i
I Hired tj Domini HmaclM.
Big Reduction
on all furniture
coverings.
We Upholster
Furniture
and do it well.
Have your work
done this month
at half the former
price.
BREAD THU WORLD OVER.
Various Forms of the Stud" of I.llo in
Ul Ho rout Cnuntrii'ft of the Unrtli.
From Good IloUKelteepliiR.
"It Is a curious and Interestlnp;
study," says the superintendent of the
linklnp; department in a certain Indus
trial school, "to compnre the various
materials which serv the different na
tions of the world as the basis of their
bread In this country, where good
bread, made from spring and fall
wheat Hour, Is within the reach of all.
Rarely a thought Is Riven to the fact
that, nfter all, the inhabitants of only
a small portion of the earth's surface
enjoy such u food.
"In the remoter parts of Sweden the
poor people make and bake their rye
hrtnd twice n year, nnd store the loaves
away so that eventuully they are as
hard as bricks. Further north still
bread Is made from barley and oats.
In Laplund, oats, with the inner bark
of t!i2 pin, are used. The two togeth
er, well ground and mixed, are made
into large Hat cakes, cooked In a pan
over the fire. In dreary Kamchatka,
pine or birch bark by Itself, well mac
erated, pounded and baked, frequently
constitutes the whole of the native
bread food. The Icelander scrapes the
'Iceland moss' off the rocks and grinds
it into fine (lour, which nerves both for
bread and puddings. In some parts of
Siberia, China and other Eastern coun
tries a. fairly palatable bread is made
fioin buckwheat. In parts of Italy
chestnuts are cooked, ground Into meal
and used for making bread. Durra, a
variety of the millet. 1s much used In
the countries of India, Egypt. Arabia
and Asia Minor for making bread. Rice
bread is the staple food or the Chinese.
Jnpanefie, and u large portion of the
inhabitants of India. In Persia the
bread Is made from rice Hour and milk;
It Is called 'Lawash.'
"The Persian oven is built in the
ground, about the size of a barrel. The
sides ure smooth mason work. The nre
Is built at the bottom and kept burn
ing until the wall or Hides of the oven
nre thoroughly heated. Enough dough
to form n sheet about a foot wide and
about two feet long is thrown on the
bench and rolled until about as thin as
sole leather, then it is taken up and
tossed and rolled from one arm to the
other and Hung on a board and slapped
on the side of the oven. It takes only
a few moments to bake, and when
baked It Is spread out to cool. This
br.nd is cheap (one cent a sheet); It is
Hwcet und nourishing, A specimen of
the 'hunger bread' from Armenia Is
made of clover seed, (lax or linseed
meal, mixed with edible grass. In the
Molucca islands the starchy pith of tho
sago palm furnishes a white, floury
meal, This Is made up Into Hat, ob
long leaves, which are baked In curious
little ovens, each oven being divided
Into oblong cells to receive the loaves.
I trend Is also made of roots In some
parts of Africa and 'South America. It
is made from manioc tubers. These
roots are a deadly poison If eaten In
the raw state, but make a good food
if properly prepared. To prepare it for
brpad. the roots are soaked for several
days in water, thus washing out the
iwilsonjthe fibres are picked out, dried
and ground Into (lour. This Is mixed
with milk if obtainable, if not. water
I up1. The dough 1b formed into lit
tle round loaves.and bakes In hot nsh'es
or dried In the sun."
DON'T ALL liNLIHT AT ONCE.
Soldiering the Sufo-t Profession in
tho World.
From tho London Mull,
As it is by no means Impossible that
all able-bodied Englishmen may have,
Itr the near future, to become defend
ers of their country, it is reassuring to
learn, on the authority of statisticians,
that soldiering Is about the least dan
gerous profession in the world.
Protestant clergymen aro popularly
supposed to be the best male "lives"
going. Rut they die ut the rate of
nearly eleven per thousand each year,
while the BrltlBh army shuttles off this
mortal coll at a rate of less than five
per thousand. Even ludles' maids, who
have usually a life of great comfort and
llttlu work, die faster than this, de
parting this life at the rate of eight
per thousand,
'It might, well be supposed that the
troops who do as much fighting as the
lirltlsh soldiers abroad would be car
ried off In large numbers. This was
true In the paBt. when tho conditions
favored disease, but In these dnya war
Is by no means as dangerous. For In
stance, In all our wars of the past
twenty years, the death rate on the
tattle-field has been only fifteen per
thousand, per annum.
"Now solicitors cannot be said to be
engaged In very risky work, yet they
depart hence at tho rate of sixteen per
01 Ml
thousand per nnnum. Roman Catholic
priests die nt the rate of eighteen per
thousand, and cabmen nt the rate of
twenty-six per thousand. Your chances
of death, then, If you become a cab
man, are five times as great as If you
Join the nrmy at home, and nearly
twice nB great as If you form part of
tho fighting forces In India or Africa.
And there nro scores of trades such
as lead working, glass blowing, match
making, public house keeping, etc.
over so much more dangerous to llfo
than cab driving.
NAlI.i:i) THE LEG TOGETHER.
A Doctor's lliingllng Job Cost the
City 82,500.
From tho Kansas City Star.
It was only an old rusty tenpenny
nail, and It lay peacefully and bent
with age nnd usage on tho desk of tho
court stenographer In Judge Gate's di
vision of the circuit court today. Rut
It was not forgotten. There wero
touching references to It by the attor
neys, some of whom handled It fond
ly, while others referred to It with
sneers nnd discredit.
Rut, meaningless as It looked to bo,
It hnd played an Important part In the
life and limb of Mrs. Ella McClaln, who
lives near Fourteenth and Olive streets.
It had been used to nail her leg to
gether with.
One evening In December, 1896, Mrs.
McClaln ran over to a bakery operated
by her sister on East Fourteenth
street. They chatted pleasantly, and It
was 9 o'clock before Mrs. McClaln
started home. On Fourteenth street,
nenr Park, there was a sidewalk In
bad condition, nnd, too, a contractor
was repairing the street there, and
holes In the latter were Indicated by
red lanterns. Mrs. McClaln fell, and
the result of her fall was that both of
the bones below the knee of her left
leg were broken squarely off. Mrs.
McClaln weighs 100 pounds.
Doctors were called to set the bones.
The small one knitted all right, but the
large one didn't, and mado necesnsry
a serious operation. The surgeons
called nt her house one day. They
sawed off the broken ends of the bone
to make them smooth and fitted them
together again; but, being smooth, they
would not stay fitted.
"I'll fix It," said one of the surgeons.
"Have you a short piece of heavy wire
about tho house?"
One of the household brought him an
old tenpenny round wire nail with a
ilnt, round head.
"This will do," said tho doctor, nnd,
drilling n place for It, he drove the
wire nail In between the ends of tho
bone so they could not slip.
For five long months Mrs. McClaln
wore that wire nail In her leg, and re
cently the surgeons pulled it out with
nippers. It was bent in being .pulled
out.
The nail was Introduced in evidence
today In the trial of Mrs. McCIaln's
suit for $10,000 damages against the
city. The city tried to shoulder the
liability to the contractor, claiming
she fell In the street, and this Is where
the cookies come in. They were found
the next morning Ifi the gutter.crushed
and broken, nnd their position Is used
by Mrs. McCIaln's attorneys to prove
that she fell on the sidewalk.
The Jurv In tho case returned a ver
dict this afternoon giving Mrs. Mc
Claln $2,500.
. .
Truth Crushed lo Rtinth.
From Good Stories
A worthy colored deacon, who find early
Impressed opon his only son and heir tho
moral of the George Washington cherry
tree story, was fortunate oiiuugh to Hud
a fat 'possum recently. Ho bore It In
triumph to his dwelling, and, assisted by
Ills son, cooked It to a juicy brown.
"Now," said he, "do best way ter eat a
'possum Is col', so we'll Jest let him stay
in de pantry, und when mawuln' come
he'll bo mo' Juicier dan ever."
Ills son seemed sndly disappointed, but
he made the best of It, and both retired
for the night.
The old man was up early next morn
ing, but the boy slept on.
On opening the safe the astonished pa
lent discovered nothing but bones In tho
dish that had contained tho 'po?sum. Ho
brought the drowsy vnungster to his teet
with one vigorous Jerk, and, dragging
him to the scene of the wreck, ho said.
"What does dnt moon, oh?"
Tho boy fell on his knees, und cried:
"Daddy, I can't tell a He: t got up in
de night and eal it wld my little moul'."'
The old man said not a word, but,
drugging tho boy to the front door, ho
held him by the collar while he Jerked a
piece of weather-boarding from tho sldo
of the house.
"Daddy!" cried the boy, "is you gwlne
tor lick me ter tenia' the truth?"
"No, you kinky-headed dcbbll, you,"
thundered tho od man. "I gwlne ter frull
de hide off you for oatln' de 'possum!"
Dr. Holmes mid tho Agent.
Charles Francis Adams told .Mr. Morso
that one forenoon, when ho und Mr.
Schurz were rnlllnjr on Dr. Holmes, a
copy of Worcester's "I'nabrldged Dic
tionary" lay on the lntter's desk. The
doctor told them that a canvasser for
"The Century Dictionary" had Just
called, teaslns him for a subscription.
"No," said the doctor, "I'm too old-tiO
years I shan't live to see thu Century
finished." To which tho oncouruging
book agent replied: "Nay, doctor, vou
won't have to live so very much longer
to use our book; we's already got to U."
"And you may go lo I,, If you like," ex
claimed tho little doctor; und the can
vasser went somewhere.
Oldest Lock in HxUtenco.
"The oldest lock In existence Is the one
which formerly secured ono of tho doors
of Nineveh," says tho St. I.ouls Republic.
"It Is a glgantlo uffulr und tho koy to it,
which Is as lurco as ono man can con
veniently carry, remind Jtio of the Scrip
tural roforenco to sucn Instruments be
iif carried on the shoulder. Ths oxact
words aro: 'And tho key to the houso of
David I will lay upon Ills shoulder. Tho
key to tho look from Nineveh is nearly
three nnd n halt feet In length and of
tho thickness of four-Inch druln tile."
Those Dreadful Sores
They Continued to Sproad In Splto
of Treatment but Now Thoy aro
Healed -A Wonderful Work.
"For many years I havo been a great
sufferer with varicose veins on ono of my
limbi. My foot and limb becamo dread
fully, swollen. When I stood up I could
feel tho blood rushing down the veins of
this limb. One day I accidentally hit my
foot against some object and a soro broko
out which continued to spread 'and was
exceedingly painful, I concluded I
needed a blood purifier and I began taking
Hood's Samparilh. In a short tlmo
thoso dreadful sores which had caused
me so much suffering, began to heal. I
kept on faithfully with Hood's Sarsapa
rllla, and in a short timo my limb was
completely healed nnd the sores gave mo
no worojialn. I cannot be too thankful
for the wonderful work Hood's Bsrsapa
rllla, has done for me." Mns. A. E.
Qilson, Hartland, Vermont.
riOOU S parilla
Is the best In faet the One True lllood l'urlflcr,
Hood's Pills euro all liver Ills, McenU.
!
Our Illustrated Pamphlet entitled "Babies"shoulo
0e m tvery household. sent on applications
Niwyou CoNpENSto MiltvCo. new yorw..
THE MARKETS,
Wall Street Review.
Now York, Jnn. 8. Thero was profit
taking on quite u large scale on the stock
market today nfter nn additional advance
in prices in the early trading, Tho real
ising wns quite pronounced In Its effort
on New York Central which reacted moro
than a point from the high level of tho
morning. Notwithstanding these reac
tionary tendencies the general tono of
tho speculation continued strong and con
fident. Tho total sales wcru 2il,4uO sharos.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN. AL-
LKN & CO., stock brokers, Meurs build
ing, rooms 706-70(1.
Opon- High- Low- Clos
ing, est. est. lng.
Am. Cot. Oil 22 21 22i 21
Am. Sug. Re'g Co ..11114 1U Ui lttti
Atch., To. & S. Fo .. 1.1V1 1SH 13'.4 13Vi
A T. & S. P., Vr ... .IHi . 3U4 31'i ai'i
Am. Tobacco Co .... 01 :U 91 !)l
Am. Spirits, Pr 20 20 20 20
Dult. & Ohio 14y ll?i H$, J4&
lirook. It. J' 3Si !!9!i 3S-74 SSi
Hay State Gas I4 IVJ 4 4
Can. South 3114 54 ',4 BlU Gi4
N. J. Central 7',i DSU OT'.i 07
Chic. & a. W V, 1U 15 1G',4
Chic. & N. W 123 Vay m 12.!
Chic, H. & Q HH!i 101 101 101,
Chicago Gas j,7 9514 v3
Chic., Mil. .t St. P .. DC'f, Dt,4 9GU
Clllc. R. I. & V 91 92 51 91
Chic., St. P. M. &. O. 7714 77V4 77
C. C. C. & St. L .... 33 ST. 33 Sr.U
Delaware & Hud ...11314 11! m'2 114
D L. & W 153 15r Km 13.V.4
N. Y L. E. & W ... 13 15U 15 15i
Gen. Electric 3114 3714 f,514 3G
Lake Shore 17"i,i 17G',4 175V4 17i5
Louis. & Nash 57 57V4 37 57
Lehigh A'alley 2'! 2ti ?G 20
Munhattnn Elo 11314 ill',;, 11314 R3H
M. K. & Tex., Pr .... 3S14 3i-. 3014 3li
Mo. Pacific 33 331b 341'8 SI1
Nnt. Loud 3714 3714 374 37',4
N. Y. Central 110', 11114 11014 11014
(Jut. & West k;, ii;u. I6?g ic.14
North. Pacific 21Ti 2214 Wk "-'4
Nor. Pacific, Pr .... (J0 av.t, co oHj
Pacific Mall 3114 31 31 'iUi
Phil. H Read 22 Z'U 23 23
Southern R. R 0 9 9 9
Southern It. R., l'r . 32!i 32ag 321b 3214
Teiin., C. & Iron ..,. 2C 2 26 2714
Texas ti. Pacific .... 11 11 11 11
t'nlon Pacific 2S 29 2SV4 2S
V. S. Leather, IT .. BIVj .". Ci!4 61
Wabash 714 7 714 7'!4
Wabash, Pr IS8 1914 1SSJ 18
West. ITnlnn 924 9314 9254 93Vt
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Open- High- Low- Clos-
WHEAT. lng. est. est. lng
May. 91 Ol'd 9114 61
July S2 824 81 SITk
CORN. .
May 29i 2914 2914 29
July 30?i 2014 3014 30
OATS.
May 2374 23'4 23 2374
July 22 22 22 !Si
PORK.
May 9.33 9.43 9.33 9.40
LARD.
May 4.87 4.92 4.S7 4.30
Bank statement Reserve?', increase,
$0, 175,823; loans. Incrcatio, $U93.30O; specie.
Increase, Jl.S57,kuO; local tender. Increase,
57.270.100; deposits, increase, 11,032,830; cir
culation, Increase, C4.7CO.
Soninton Hoard of Trndo Kxchangc
Quotations.-All Quotations iluscd
011 Ptir ol lot),
STOCKS Uld. Asked.
Scrintou & Plttston Tine. Co. .. 20
National Poring & Drill'g Co. ... 0
First National Rank 630
Klmhurst Boulevard Co 100
Scranton Savings Hank 200
Serantdn Packing Co 93
,l.acka. Iron and Steel Co 130
Third National Hank 330
Throop Novelty M f'g Co W
Scranton Traction Co 15 17
Scranton Axle Works 73
Weston Mill Co 250
Alexander Car Replacer Co 101
Scranton Redding Co 103
Dime Dep. & Dls. Hank 550
Peck Lumber MTg Co 173 210
Economy Light, Heat & Pow
er Co 43
BONDS.
Scranton Pass. Railway, tirst
mortgage due 1920 115
People's Street Railway, first
mortguge duo 191S 115
People's Street Railway. Gen
eral mortgage, duo 1921 115
Dickson Manufacturing Co ICO
Laclcn. Township School 5 102
City of Scranton St. Imp. C. 102
Mt. Vernon Coal Co ' S3
Scranton Axle Works 100
Scranton Traction Co 100
Now York Produce.RarUet.
New York, Jan. 8. Flour Quiet and
about steady; city mill patents, J5.65a5.90;
city mill clear. $5.33a5.43; Minnesota pat
ents, $3.15u5.25; do. bakers, 4.25al.30; win
ter patents, $4.S0a5.15; do. straights, 4.5Ua
4.C0; do. extras, $3.40a3.93; do. low grades,
$3a3.50. Wheat Spot easy; No. 2 red,
S1.01H. f. n. h.. nflrint- Vi 1 n,,l,a.., II,,
luth, 41.02?;, f. o. b afloat; No. 1 hard
Muimuuu, i.u.i;i. i. o. d., unoat; No. 2
TinrMiorn i Vr.Tl t1 fiM. f i. .wiA...
options opened weak owing to bearish
'tiKcuiuiu news, uecuueu unuer small
weekly news and local realizing and
closed easy at lsac. not decline; No, 2
red, January. 9S',4a9S!54c.. clnsod 9Sc;
February, closed 9Sc. ; March, 96a!)0
13-ICc. closed 90c; May, 9274a93 5-ltfc,
clogpfl WlHrv Corn Sunt onu... ..!.-....
opened easy with wheat and sold off un-
uc, uih utuuuiii uiiurnigs anu poor sup
nort. rloslnt? lii&;o nnt lnur,.,. v.,.,., ,.,.
3214c; May, 31 lka341ic, closed 31'4c. Oats
Spot steady; No. 2, l'8c; No. 3, 2814c;
NO. 2 Wlllto. M1..V!I..IV TJr 1 u,l.lta . .
track mixed, western, 29a30c. ; track wntte,
saaou.; options nuiet but fairly Bteady,
ciusmg uucnungeti; feuruary, closed
2SVio. ; May, closed 2sc. Reef Firm;
famllv. Sllall.50: nxlrn mni4 tti,,& Ru. hr.f
hams, J22a22.50; packet. WalO; city 'extra
4.1mm mess, joaiu.uu. t,ut .Meats steady;
pickled bellies, 5a6c; do. shoulders, 5c;
do. hams. 7o. l.nnl T.'lrm. .,...a,An
steamed, $3.12; May, $3.23. nominal; re-
iiueu, urm; comment, j.2j; South Amer
ican, $5.G0; compound, 4V4a4',4c Pork
Firm; mess. JS.75aP.23; short clear, $10al2;
family, $10al0.50. Rutter-Steady; western
creamery, 15a22c; do. factory, 12al5c; El-
iritis. 22c: lmltntlnn rp,nms.. i'iit,i' .
"-" .. .. .vu,,vj, ,uyjmi ,
state dairy, 13a20c; do. creamery, 15a21c.
Cheese Steady; large white, September.
81ia8c.; small do., 9!4a9VSc; largo col
ored, fiontomhor K1.:.nKV. . cm.,11 .in m.n
914c:; large October, 8!4nSl;c.; small do!,
ovtuiiu.; iikiu sHims, uaiivxc: part skims.
nuo',2k.j iuii Bitims, ;',4na'sc. Uggs
Bteady; stnto nnd Pennsylvania, 21a24c;
western fresh. 20a22c. Potatoes Quiet;
Now York. t2 12Un9 9r. ui..,,.. tvni
'"'" ,-, O.I1.VV0, .v.UVC.1.
Tallow Dull; country (packages free), 314
n3c city (J2 per package), 3c. Potro
leum Dull; refined Now York, J5.40; Phil
adelphia and Baltimore, J5.33; do, in bulk,
J2.85.
Philadelphia Provision Market.
Philadelphia, Jan. 8. Wheat Firm and
He higher; contract grade, January, 97u
9714c; Februury, March and April, noml
nal. Corn Firm: No, 2 mixed, January
und February, jS214u33c; March and Aprli,
nominal. Oats Firm; No. 2 white, Jauu.
nry and February. 2!)14a30c.; March and
April, nominal. Potatoes Firm; white,
choice, per bushel, 7Sa80c; do. fulr lo
good, C5a75c.j sweets, prime red, per bus
kot, 70u75c.j do. yelolw, do,, C0a70c.j do,
necondB do., 30a35c. Butter Unchanged;
fancy western creamery, 22c; do, Penn
sylvania mid western prints, 23c. Eggs-
Gail Borden
Eagle Brand
Condensed Milk.
Steady; fresh, nearby, and western, 19c.
Cheese Firm. Refined Sugars Un
changed. Cotton Steady. Tallow Quiet
but steady; city prime In hogsheads, 3V5:i
354c; country prime In barrels, 3!4a!c;
dark, do,, 314c; cakes, 3c; gretiso, 3c
Llvo Poultry Steady; fowls, Sa9c; old
roosters, 6c; spring chickens, TaSc;
turkeys, flalOc; ducks, 9al0c ; geese, 7n8c.
Drescd Poultry Firm; fowls, choice, S',4a
9c; do, fair to good, 7!ia.Sc. ; chickens,
large, 914al0c; do, medium, Sn9c; common
and scalded do., 6a7!4c; turkeys, choice
to fancy. 1114al21tc; do. fair to good, 9a
lie; ducks, good to choice, 7tt9c Receipts
Flour, 3,000 barrels and S.000 sacks;
wheat, 13,000 bushels; corn, 11,000 bushels;
oats, 70,000 bushels. Shipments Wheat,
1,1000 bushels; corn, 12,000 bushels; oats,
10,000 bushels.
Chicago (irnln .tlnrxot.
Chicago, Jnn. S. The lending futures
ranged as follows: Wheat January, 9114
n92c; May, 914u91c; July, 82aSlc
Corn No. 2 January. 20a2iic; May,
2Stta29a291ia29c; July, 30aS0c Oats
-No. 2 May, 23a2374a23u2.17ic; July,
22a22Jc. Pork January, J9.23a9.2714;
May, $9.33a9.42!4. Lard January, J4.77'ia
4.S0: May, J4,S7V4u4.90. Ribs January, JI.00
a4.60; May, $l.7214al.7u. C'nsh quotations
wore as follows: Flour Quiet: winter
patents, J4.70a4.SO: straights, iiM1.10;
spring specials. $5.23a5.33; spring patents,
J4.40a4.70; straights. JU4.30; bilkers, Jil.'Aa
3.80; No. 2 spring wheat. 87:'4aSSc ; No. 3
spring wheat, S2a91!ie; No. 2 red, !'2c;
No. 2 corn, 2Ga27c; No. 2 yellow, 2Gu27o;
No. 2 onts, 2274c: No. 2 white, f. o. b
2414c; No. 3 white, T. o. b 2ln2IV4c! No.
2 rye, 43c; No. 2 barley.- f. o. b 2X'.sal0c;
No. 1 flax need. $1.1Sal.22; prlmo timothy
seed, $2.75; pork, J9.23a9.30; lard, Jl.7714a
4.S0; ribs, $l.50a4.73; shoulders, 4a3c;
sides, $1.80.14.90; whisky, $1.19; sugars, cut
loaf, $6.14; granulated. $3.51. Receipts
Flour, 15.000 barrets; wheat, 20,000 bushoU;
corn, 113,000 bushels; oats, 362.000 bushels;
lye, S0.000 bushels; barley. 39,000 bushels.
Shipments Flour, 27,000 barrels, wneat,
17,000 bushels: corn, 119,000 bushels; oats,
419,(iOO bushels; rye, none; barley, 2G.000
bushels.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Jan. 8. Thero was the usual
Saturday lack of offerings of cattle, re
ceipts being less than r.0 head; sales In all
cases were at yesterday's ruling prices
but quotations were mostly nominal.
There was an nctlve demand for hogs at
stronger to 2!Sc. higher prices. Prlmo
hogs, $2.C0a2.70; common packing, $3.33a
3.43. As Is usual on Saturday most of
tho light "run" of sheep today was con
signed to local slaughtering concerns.
Prices wero steady at fink for sheep and
J I n5.73 for lambs. Receipts Cattle, 300
head; hogs, 1S.000 head; sheep, 3,000 head.
Philndo'pliiii Live Stock.
Philadelphia, Jan. 8. Receipts Beeves,
3,323 head; sheep, 7,259 head; hogs, 5.I9G
head. Beef Cattle In lighter suply:
firm; extra, 5a514c; goo, 4u47se; me
dium, 414a4c. ; common, IHalc Sheep
In- fair demand; firm, extra, SaSVjc;
good, 41sa4c ; medium. 4a414c; common,
3!4a3c; lambs, BV4nO'.4c Hogs Higher;
best western, 514n3'3c: others, EaSUc
Cows Fat cows, Inactive at 21ia3Vic;
thin cows, dull, at JSal3; veal calves, ac
tive, at 5a7!4c; milch cows, quiet, at J20
a40; dressed beeves, active, at GaSc.
Buffalo Live Stock.
East Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. S. Cattle Re
ceipts of sale stocks, 3 cars, fairly steady.
Hogs Receipts, 4 cars; fairly active;
Vorkets, good to choice. $3.75a3.77; roughs,
common to choice, $3.20a3.33; pigs, com
mon to choice, J3.C5ii3.75. Sheep and Lambs
Receipts, 8 cars; stronger, lambs, choice
to extra, J3.90.-tG; culls to common, $1.50a
5.50; sheep, choice to selected wethers,
Jl.G5.i5; culls to common, $2.50a3.73.
Cast Liberty Cnttlo .lnr;ct.
East Liberty. Pa.. Jan. S. Cattle
Steady; common, $3.25a3.G0; bulls, stags
and cows, $2a3.70. Hogs Steady; prime
asorted medium weights and heavy York
ers, J3.75a3.l-0; comon to fair Yorkers and
pigs, $3,70a3.73; heavy hogs, $3.C-a3.70; good
loughs, J3a3.25; common roughs, J2.25a?.75.
Sheep Slow; choice, J4.65al.75; common,
$3.23a3.75; choice lambs, $3.90aG; common
to good, JI.50a5.SO; veal cauves, JG.59a7.23.
New York Live Stock.
Now York, Jan. 8. Beeves Receipts,
G39 head; no trading; cablo quote Ameri
can steers at 9al0c. : refrigerator beef at
7'iaSc; exports, 1,336 beeves and 205
sneep and 4,16) quarters of beef. Calves
Receipt"", 8 cars; quiet und steady;
venls, $3a8; grassers, J3a3.23. Sheep und
Lambs Steady an.d dull; sheep, $3.50al.'i5:
lambs, $5.30a0.23. Hogs Receipts, 2.805
head; firm at $3.90a4.15.
Oil Ulnrkot.
Oil City, Pa Jan. S. Credit balances,
C5; certificates, closed offered 6414; 65 bid
for cash oil: shipments, 102,233 barrels;
runs, 103,903 barrels.
He Surrendered.
A few years ago Jim Chessley wns one
of the best nil uround athletes on tho
coast, but he made a specialty of baso
ball und sprinting, rnys the San Fran
cisco Post. Ono night, nfter being out
with the baso ball crowd, he suggested
that they go up to his lodgings and look
at a new suit he had bought to sprint in.
Though It was 2 o'clock In tho morning
they accepted his invitation.
Chessley stripped and put on his now
running shoes and trunks. While ho was
Big Sacrifice Shoe Sale.
We are determined to reduce our stock regardless to what the
loss will be. We have too many shoes. Yes, more shoes than we
know what to do with, and if you are a shrewd buyer you will certain
ly take the advantages offered to you in this great shoe sale.
BIG BARGAINS.
Men's Calf Hand-sewed, needle toe, leather lined Shoes, real value
3.00, $4.00 and $5.00, at $1.(11) and $1.)S.
Men's Enamel Calf Lined and Winter Russet Shoes, the new toe,
worth $4.00 and $5.00, at $2.71) and S2.9S.
Men's Satin Calf and Heavy Shifting Shoes, Congiess and Lace
Shoes, worth $1.50, at DSc.
LAWKS' SHOES Ladies' Dongola Button and lace Shoes, needle
toe, worth $2.00, $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00, at OSc, $1.4!) and $1.98.
Ladies' Dongola Button Shoes, worth $1.25 and $1.50, at 81)C.
A few pair Ladies' Shoes at 39c
MISSES' SHOES 1,500 pairs Misses' Dongola Button and Lace
Shoes, worth Si. 00, at 59c, all sizes, 11 to 2.
750 pair Misses' Grain Heel Shoes,at 59c, sizes 9 to 2.
Youths Shoes at 50c, (J9o and 98e.
Boys Shoes 79c and 98c Children's Shoes at 39c and 49c
The above nre only a few of the many bargains. We invite you
to call and examine our goods before buying elsewhere. Remember,
there is no trouble to show goods, and you will surely save money by it
MYER DAV1D0W.
Buying Footwear
Great Sheriffs Sale,
217 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
The store is crowded from morning till night, and
it is no wonder. Listen : Any pair of $3.00, $3.50 or
$4.00 Shoes, either Ladies' or Gentlemen's, can go this
week at $2.49. Remember, also, that no house in this
city ever carried a better shoe at these prices than did
the Standard Shoe Store, all of which stock is being
sacrificed to close out entirely within sixty days.
No matter what you want in Footwear, if we have
it, it can go at a small portion of its real value. .,
Men's Rubber Boots this week
Men's Lumberman Leggings
Ladies' Rubber Boots
Better buy all you need THIS WEEK, as they are
cheaper than any previous sale ever held in this city.
Don't forget the place.
2 1 7 Lackawanna Avenue 2 1 7
still prancing about the room before his
admiring friends a commotion was heard
out in the hall and cries of "Stop thief."
Chessley threw open his door In time to
see a man darting down the stairway.
Ho dashed after the fellow and after a
sprint of half a block caught him. When
Chcssloy took him by the collar ho whirl
ed mound us If he Intended to light, but
when ho had sized Jim up from the top of
his head to his spiked soles his Jaw
dropped, ho shook his head hopelessly nnd
said,:
"I give up, iardnr. When thej keep a
man ready lit rtinnln' costume to chase a
feller at 3 o'clock In tho mornln' they're
too many for me."
Two Wise Fisherman,
Congressman Charley Crisp und Solic
itor General Frank Hooper decided Inrft
week, says a Ooorgla paper, to havo a
big fishing frolic befpre el tcrlng on their
duties as congressman and solicitor gen
eial. They wtnt down to C'.iptaln Seals' flsn
pond, near Americas, procured his Ash
ing boat, und wero about to. embark,
when ono of them discoered tho fish
tank In It, which is- kept .tuppliott with
fresh water by augur holes In tho bot
tom of the bout.
The llsh tank attachment was a new
fangled thing to our young congressman
and solicitor geficral, and they viewed It
with dire disttust.
"We'll ball 'the dang thing out!" ex
claimed Solicitor Frank.
"That's Just what we'll do," chimed In
Congn ssman Charley.'
Getting buckets, they set to work, de
termined to dip tho boat and tank dry
before rlsklnc their precious carcasses
out on the water In It.
Bucketful after bucketful of water was
dipped out and splashed back Into tho
pond, as lower sank the sun In the west
ern sky. Still on and on dipped our gal
lant fishermen. Great drops of briny
perspiration rolled down the manly
checks, and they puffed and blowed like
lolllcklng porpoises, but they wero good
grit and determined not to bo fooled out
of their fish frolic by a small obstacle.
They were mad enough to break the
third commandment, but, being reminded
that It would make the fish not bite,
they refrained and dipped on at a livelier
speed.
Tho slorlous orb of day sank behind
the western horizon and night began to
spread her sablo mantle over the scene,
but the water In tho tank remained ex
actly on n level with the surface of the
pond us on and on dipped the patient
fishermen,
Just as they were about to conclune
that tho bout wus hoodoed and utterly
unsafe, Captain Seals appeared and ex
plained the fish tank. Then there wero
two very blank looking faces, and a con
gressman and solicitor general sneaked
off to kick themselves.
Acknowledged Cheapest Wholesale and
Retail Shoe House, 307 Lacka. Ave.
Everybody
AT THE
LACKAWANNA
RIANUFACTUR-R3 OF
Bill Timber cut to order on short notice. Hardwood Mine RaiLs
enwed to uniform lengths constantly on hand. Peeled Hft-ralock
Prop Timber promptly rurntshed.
MILLS At Cross Fork, Potter Co,, on the Buffalo and Husque.
'lunna Railroad. At ittiua, Potter County, Pa,, on Coudersport, and
Port Allegany Railroad. Capacity 400,000 feet per day.
GENERAL Ol-'FICE-Bonrd of Trade Building. Scranton, Pa.
Telephone No. 4014.
THEDICKSONMANUFACTURINGCO
5 SCRANTON AND WILKES-BAR RE, PA, Manufacturers of
LOCOiOTEVES, STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILERS.
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
UBNURAL OFPICB. SCRANTON, PA.
For Sals by JOHN H PHELPS, Pharmacist, cor. Wv0mlna avanue and
Spruco otroot.
in
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 7Sc 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. Tiicse Clearance
Trices apply to the entire stock,
the reductions being on a par with
the Carpet figure just quoted.
M0LIDAV GOODS The balance
at your price. Some choice things
still left.
18,
Upholstering,
Carpets,
Draperies.
408 Lackawanna Avaiia
FOR SALE
Boilers, Englim and Machinery.
We will dell you New or Second-Hand.
We will sell you new or tnka old lu ex
rlinuge, or we will rent you anything yon
want In tue Machinery I, file, ttpot CaiU
puld for Kemp Iron und Metal.
National Supply and Metal Co.,
709 West Lnckawannii Avenue.
H.E. KEELEY, Mgr. Telephone 3945
Is
$1.75
49c
98c
LUMBER GO,
When In doubt whit to uie for
Ncrvoui Debility. Low of Power.
lai potency. Atrophv.Varlcoctle att
rber wralicnesaes, from any cause,
km Sexino Fills. Drains checked
and full vigor quickly restored.
If electT. ateta trochlea rtroll butty.
Mailedfor$1.00;6boxes$5.00. Wit'
$5.00 orders we clre a (ruaramee to
cure or refund the noney. Address
PEAL MEDICINE CO.. ClcreUnd, O.
WE MAKE
A SPECIALTY OF
OYSTERS
Fancy Rockuwuys, East
Rivers, Maurice River
Coves, .Mill Ponds, Sic, ic.
Leave your order for Blue
Points to be delivered on
the half shell in carriers.
W. II PIERCE. PENH AVE. MARKET
A GREAT OFFER
...or...
Uermanla Wine Cellar,
rUmtnondsport and
Rhelnu, N- Y,
We are determined to
ntroduct our trooda
among tbe very beat peo-
. e iu uo cuumry, ana
we can nee no better wav
of doing tbls than by nelf.
nr them a uaio of our
goods, containing eleven,
bsttlei of wine and one
uottls of our extra tin
double distilled rjrap
rfrandy, ut one-half lta ac
tual corn, upon re
ceipt ot S5.UO wa
will lend to any
reader of tbls paper
one caee of our
goada, all flrnt-clim
uud put up In ele.
k'unt etyle, assorted
as follows:
1 qt. hot- Grand Ira
perlul Hea Cham.
pagne.
1 qt. bot. Delaware.
1 qt. bot. fuelling,
1 qt. but. 'foUay,
I qt. bot. clweol Ca
tawba.
I qt. bot, Hberry.
I qt, but. Elvira,
1 qt bot. Niagara.
I qt. bot. Angelica,
1 qU boU Port.
1 qt. bot. Hwt-ct law
abelln,
1 qt. bot. im. Orapa
Brandy.
Tbls offer Is mads
mainly to Introduce
our Urand Imperial
Sec Champagne and
our line dmiblodli.
I
is f
tegggg
SsESBP
titled Orape Brandy This case of goods Is
offered nt about one-half Its actual cost and
It will plOHse us If our friends and patron
will take advantage of this and helD u Intra.
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