55 THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY. MARCH 25. 1898. a THE TRIBONE'S OPPORTUNITY BOREflU ONE INSERTION t A WORD. FOR RENT ""WW"""1 FOR RENT KIOHT-IIOOM HOUSE, hot antl cold water, bath nnd furnaco; $18.00 per month. 223 Webster avenuo. ron rent-single house, 9"rooms, modern Improvements, Ml North Main avenuo. STORE AND HUILDINO FOR HUNT, fpl Lackawanna avenue. Address ., Tribune oflicc. iiousn for rent-ios wyom i no nvenue. Apply to F. II. Clomons, niuo Ridgo Coal Company's otlkc, Mears Building. IIAItN roil KENT BOB MAIIOK COURT. Apply to F II demons, Hluo Rldga Coal Company- oillce. Mears Building. ron hent-t wo four-room flats with Steam heat at No. 323 and 327 Ad nms avenue. Inqulro at 319 Adams ave lino, or 119 F'anklln avenue. CHAS. B. SCOTT. ruitTiuNT or pale i'U corner ce- dnr nvcmio nnd River street. 7-room houo and stoic. Apply 13. EPF. 112 ltler street. FOR SALE for sale - new and second- liunil buggies and wagons oC all kliuts; also laigo llni' of bleveles and driving horses cheap at 11. T. KELLER'S, -15 Adams avenue FOK SALE CIIP.AP- FURNITURE, raipet. tlrnpeiles, turtnlns, crockery nnd kltehtn utensils, rompldo furnish ings of nine im.ni houe; in use a sho t time at 411 ("ay avenuo. Apply on prom. Ise tills neck. ron salh-a im:hsi:vi:hanci: cer- tlllcate. No. 5S3. Address Box 87, Mousii . Pa for sale - three LARaEFiRE proof sifts. Call at oltlco of HENRY REL1N. JH, loom 212 Commonwealth building. foh sale - double house, 512 Quliu nvenut; all Improvements; rea sonable terms. Inquire on premls.es. FOll PALE-AT A LOW riGURE. RED room suite, cost J1M.U0. Also Cabinet Sewing M.tchlne, Domestic, cost $50 09. Appls this week between 12 nnd 3, also t,venlngs, 745 Madison avenue. ron sale-broken English set tor, cheap 1311 l'onn nvenue. FOP. SALE-ONE 20-HORSH POWER boiler as good ns new. THE WES TON MILL CO. BOARDING. TEMPLE CAm. E13 mulberry street, Mis. Emma Carpenter, pro prietress. Hoard bj tho day, week or month HOARDING AND TABLE BOARD, SER leo the best, rooms well ventilated nnd excellent table. MRS. HANNAH KELLBY 4Hi Mulberrv street. FIRST-CLASS HOARD. WITH OR without room: special rates Riven to permanent boaiders. Rooms heated by steam and lighted by elcotilc light, cen trally located, 2 minutes wnlk from all depots! 6 meal tickets 51.00, 21 meal tick ets, $4 00. 12.5 Franklin avenue. FURNISHED ROOMS toilet-furnished on unfur. nlBlied rooms, with or without ooard. Apply hit North Washington avenue HANDSOMELY FURNISHED ROOM at 422 Mulberry street. BUSNSSOHPORjnJNnrY DRUG STORE l'ORAUUaOODo' cation, limulro 401 Prospect nvenue, city. GREAT Rl'SlNESS OPPORTUNITY-! offer foi sale an old established busl nes. Hales Sbo.MM it jct. CHAS. II. WELLES. Coal Exchange. PARTNER WANTED WITH ABOUT $10,000. t:stabllshed business. Will heir Investigation Larso profits. Hafo Investment. For interview address P. O. Box 374 Scranton, Pa. AGENTS WANTED IuTlIARLE TEJol?ST?rTAKrrTHE agency In their own towns for tho best line of fast selling novelties; pays 100 pei cent, profit, for ladles or gents. 8PIRO & WATKINS. 1031 mid 10J3 l hest- mi street. Philadelphia, Pu. AGENTS-THE "MONARCH" Is"tHH best and cheapest telephone desk on the murkct; retail price, Including ono roll of pnpei, $1, liberal discount; exclu sive teirltorv. W. W. HAMILTON & CO.. 21 Milk street .Boston. Mass. WANTED-AGENTS FOR GREATEST gas savins devko manufactured. Re tails 25e. Big profits. OLVER BROS, Rochester. N. V. AGENTS TO SELL OUR 50c STORM door, sample prepaid upon receipt of price. AMERICAN STORM DOOR CO., Port Huron, Mich. K LOND1KH-AGENTB WANTED TOR large Illustrated book of Klondike, five hundred pages, pilce 11 50: outfit 10c. Address NAT'ONAL PUBLISHING CO. Lnkesido Building. Chicago. III. WANTED- SOLICITORS; NO DHLIV erlrg, no collecting; position perma nent, pay wseklv; state age. OLEN BROTHERS, Rochester, N. Y. AGENTS-WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO do nbout Safe Citizenship price tl. Going by thousands. Address N1CII OLB, Napervlllo. 111. AOENTS-TO SELL OUR PRACTICAL Bold, sliver, nickel nnd copper elec tro plaster.; prices from $1 upward; ral ary and expenses paid: outfit free. Ad dress, with stamp, MICHIGAN MF'G. CO., Chicago. REMOVAL M.'tSk jr . AAA - LACKAWANNA SIGN COMPANY RE moved to 217 Spruce. PREPARED MUSH. ABK TOUR GROCER OR BUTCHER Prepared Mush. Mado by tho New York Prepared Mush Co. 112 Penn uve nue. Bcrtuiton. lllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllll!lll i REMOVAL SALE, f i. e We are i educing our stock, Si preparatory to moving on , it-April i st. All goods mni'kcd a .S IVuy now while prices are ngiu. s c it- I. JURISCH, AgL, I ZZ- 12 "Spruce Street. U SP1I1 GOODS III m i HI M- JHU11I11IUI1I1IHIIIIIIIIII1IIIII1IIIIIIU3 A POPULAR CLEARING HOUSE for the Ucncfit of All Who Have Houses to Rent, Real Estate or Other Property to Sell or Exchange, or Who Want Situations or Help These Small Advertisements Cost One Cent a Word, Six Insertions for Five Cents a Word Except Situations Wanted, Which Arc Inserted Free. WANTED. YOUNG MAN WANTS PLEASANT furnished rooms, brlsht nnd. clean, for solf nnd wife, with or without board, In private fumllv. Addiess, atatlntr terms, ''Special.' Tilbuno olllcc. WANTED-TYl'EWIHTIiR DESK, OAK finish. Hammond preferred. Addiess E. I. E., Tribune. REDUCTION OF GAS. THE SCRANTON GAS AND WATER Co. nnd tho Hyds Park Gas Co. In accordance with tho policy of these companies to l educe rates from time to time ns may bo warranted by Increased consumption, rotlce Is hereby given that on and after April 1st, next, thu price of pas will bo ono dollar and fifteen cents per one thousand cubic feet consumed, subject to tho following discounts: Five cents per ono thousand cubic feet on all bills where, the consumption for tho month umounts to less than twenty-flva dollars', ten cents per ono thousand cubic feet on all bills whero tho consumption for the month amounts to twenty-live dollars and upwards. Prolded tho bill Is paid on or before tho 20th day of the month In which thnt bill Is presented. By Older ot the Board, G. B. HAND. Secretary. CHIROPODIST VAAAAAAAAAAANAAA CORNS, BUNIONS AND INGROWING nails cured without the least pain or drawing blood. Consultation and advlco Blven free. E. M. HETZEL. Chiropo dist. 330 Lackawanna avenue. Ladle at tended at their residence If desired. Charfies moderate. CITY SCAVENGER A.B.BRIGGS CLEANS PRIVY VAULTS and cess pools, no odor. Improved pumps used. A. BRIGGS, Proprietor. Le.tvo ordcis 1100 North Main avenue, or T-'lckes' drutf store, corner Adams and Mulberry. Telephone C0I0. LEGAL NOTICE ORPHANS' COL RT SALE PUBLIC notlco Is hi-rcbj bIvui that by virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of La caw .inn. i county, the undersigned, nd mliustiator of Hannah Albuct, de ieaMd will, on S.uurdav, Ainll 'Jth. 1' ut nine o'clock In tho forenoon, at tho Arbitration Room In tho Court Houte, ut the City of Scinntnn, In said couutv. ex pose to salo by public vendue and outciy the following described lot of land lato the estate of said deceased, to wit: The undivided one-half part of that cor tnln lot or paicel of. land, situate In tho City of Scranton County of Lackawanna, and State of Pennsylvania, belni? thu northerly ono-hull of lot No. 4 in sciuuie. or block No. 1, and situate upon stieet called and known as (Vd.ir nvenue upon the plot of Scranton. Intended nnd known to bo duly rcKlsteicd and recouled and more fully bounded and described us lol lows: ConimenclnB at the westerly corner of lot number thiee (I), tlieuco running on lino of said lot In a southeasterly direc tion one hundred and twenty-three (12.1) feet to a coiner In line tit tin alley sixteen (10) feet wide for public use; thence run ning on linu of said ulle In a suuthwest erlv direction twenty (2U) leet to u point; tlieuco running In a northwesteily direc tion to the building lino on Cedar avenuo and twenty feet lrom the place of begin ning, and thence along said building line twenty (20) feet to tho place ot begin ning, excepting and resolving the cual and mlncials beneath the surface. Improved vvllh n two-story framo house and outbuildings thereon. TERMS OF SALE. Ono-third ot bid down on day of sale, one-third upon con firmation of sale and delivery of deed and the balance six months thereafter to be secured by bond and mortgage on the premises, with the privilege, however, nt tho option of the purchaser of paying the purchase money In full upon final confir mation and dellveiy of thu deed. PETER NEULS. Administrator. ESTATE OF SARAH A. BLANCH ARlS! late of the city of Scranton, county of Lackawanna and state of Peiinsvlvunla, deceased. Letters tcstnmentnry In tho above named estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons having claims or demands against thu estnto will pre sent them for pavment, and those indebt ed thereto will mako Immediate payment to W. S. ULANCHARD. O. B PARTRIDGE. Administrator. Attorney for Estate. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL parties concerned thnt the widows,' ap praisements In tho following estates have been confirmed nisi., by tho Orphans' Court of tho county of Lackawanna, and unless exceptions aro tiled will be con llimcd finally by the clerk of said Or phans' Court on Wednesday, March 30, A. D l&'.'s to wit.: , Estato of Wellington A. Taylor, de ceased Estate of Christian Spathelf, deceased Estate of Michael Gavin, deceased. Estate of John Tlbbotts, deceased. Estato of James Leary, dectabed Estate of Stafford Klzcr. deceased Estate of Edward Mctzgar deceased. THOS. P DANIELS, Clerk. SITUATIONS WANTED srruA?noN'A the day washing. Ironing, scrubbing or will take washing home Address 420 Franklin avenue SITUATION WANTED-BY AN EXPE llenced cook or will tuke wa&hing nnd Ironing by tho duy. Address 12. S., care Trlbuno office SITUATION WANTED-BY A FIRST clus doublo entty bookkeeper; 31 years' experience; married; steady and tellable, trial solicited. II. A. M.. 51t N. Gai field avenue. SITUATION WANTED AS COLLEC tor foi wholesale hoiiKe. Address Col lector, care Tribune ofllcc SITUATION WANTED-A YOUNG MAN of 21 vcars; a position us driving de livery wagon or In phu Ing mill, have had experience. Address W. S. D., tato of tills oillce. SITUATION WANTED-BY A SOBER and industrious young man; has had eight yeurH' experience us a locomotive fireman, would take a position as a sta tionary fireman; thoroughly reliable. Ad dress Jos. Holland, Carbondale, Pa, SITUATION WANTED-HY AN EXPE rlenced second Bill; lull or address N, C S.11 Plttston uve., Scianton, Pa. YOUNO MAN WANTS EMPLOYMENT; will strive to please, had experience In itore, etc. Best references. BlVon. Ad dress R. P., Tribune. WANTED-A POSITION BY A YOUNG lady ot good recommendation und ex perience, as stenographer and typewriter; good references can be furnished. Apply Tribune, Stenographer. SITUATION WANTED-A YOUNG MAN 22 earn old, Industrious and of good habits, desires a position nt most uny thine Address "J," 2J3 Kressler et. SITUATION WANTED-RY A LADY bookkeeper, cun give good references. Address "12. U.," Dunmore, Ph. WANTED BY YOUNO MAN, 20, ANY kind of work, grocery store preferred; would Hcccpt position In city or country: best reference. Addrers A. C caio of R. It Y M. C A., Scuiiiton. WANTED-A POSITION BY A TRUflT- v.orthy inun, who can furnish rcfor- ernes, us hotel pottr, wut chimin or teamster. Apply A. f t' Trlbuno ofllco. SITUATION WANTED - A FORMER school teacher would like to do pri vate tutoring; children who need help prepared for exuinlnullon. Address 'Tiuchar," this ofllco. SITUATION WANTED-TO GO OUT washing; washings nnd Ironing taken home also. Call or address L. B,, 3J1 Sumner uvenu. HELP WANTED-MALE ni2XlABU2MnUWANTt2"D TO AD dress catalogues, circulars nnd envel opes. Send stamp for particulars. BOM ERVILLE M'F'G. CO., Elizabeth. N. J. OPIUM. MORPHINE, WfllSKEY IP Interested In the cure ot these habits wrlto for my book; mailed free. D. M. WOOLLEY. M. D., Atlanta, Ga. HELP WANTED-FEMALE WANTED GIRL FOR GENERAL housework In small family. German or coloied preferred. Apply 1211 Vine st. WANTED-AN ASSISTANT TRIMMER for millinery department. Must bo ex perienced. Apply beforo 10 o'clock Fri day. The Lender, 121 Wyoming avenue. WANTBD SERVANT GIRLS OF ALL kinds. Address, stating experience and reference. Eureka Employment Bu reau, Dlnghamton, N. Y. GIRL WANTED FOR GENERAL housework. 112 Mulberry. WANTED-A P P R 12 N T I C E S FOR dressmaking. 221 Adams avenuo. LADIES CAN EARN $S WEEKLY DO Ing needlo woik nt home. No canvass ing; enclose self addressed Mumped en velope for reply. STANDARD NOVEL 1 CO, 101 Beekman street, Now Yotk. WANTED FIFTY OPERATORS AT once. Steady work. Emplro Shirt Co.. 339 Adams uvenue. LADY WHO HAS HAD SOME EXPE lience at canvassing to solicit among the wlieelwomon ot Scranton. 209 Mcars building. LADIES-I MAKE BIG WAGES DOING pleasant homo work, and will gladly rend full paitlculars to all bonding two cent stamp MISS M. A. STEBBINS, Lawrence, Mich. WANTED-LADY AGENTS IN RCRAN ton to roll nnd Introduce Snyder's cake Icing; experienced canvasser pre feried: work permanent nnd very profit able. Wilto for particulars at once nnd get benefit of holiday trade. T. B. SNY DER & CO , Clnclrnati, O. WANTED IMMEDIATELY-TWO EN crgetlc saleswomen to represent us. Guaranteed t(l a day without Interfering with other duties. Healthful occupation. Write for particulars, enclosing stamp. MANGO CHEMICAL COMPANY. No. 73 John Street. New York PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTS EDWARD II. DAVIS, ARCHITECT. Rooms 21, 23 mid 2ii, Commonwealth building, Scranton. V. L. WALTER. ARCHITECT. OFFICE rear of GoS Washington nvenue. LEWIS HANCOCK. JR.. ARCHITECT, 433 Spruco St., cor. Wash, avo., Scranton. FREDERICK u. BROWN. ARCHITECT. Price Building, 120 Washington avenuo, Scranton. T I. LACEY & SON. ARCHITECTS, Traders' National Bank. DETECTIVES BARRING & M'SWEENEY. COMMON wealth building. Interstate Secret Ser vice Agency. LAWYERS HUNK E. BOYLE. ATTORNEY AND Counscllor-at-Law. Burr building, rooms 13 and 14, Washington uvenue, PRANK T. OKELL. ATTORNE-AT-Law, Iloom 5, Coal Exchange, acranton, I'a. WILLARD, WARREN & KNAPP. AT torneys and Counsetlors-at-Law. Re publican building, Washington avenue, Scranton, Pa. JAMES II. TORREY. ATTORNEY AND Counsellor-nt-Law. Rooms 413 and 114 Commonwealth Building. JESSUP ftc JESSUP. ATTORNEYS AND Counsellors - nt - Law, Commonwealth building, Washington avenue. ALFRED HAND. WILLIAM J HAND, Attorneys and Counsellors Common wealth building. Rooms 19, 20 nnd 21, JAMES W. OAKFORD, A1 TORNEY-AT-Law. Rooms Git, S15 and SIC, Board of Trade building. D. B. REPLOGLE. ATTORNEY-LOANS negotluted on real estate security. Mears building, coiner Washington ave nuo and Spruco street. B T. KILLAM. ATTORNEY-AT-T.AW. 300 Commonwealth bldg. Scranton, Pa. JAS. J. II. HAMILTON. ATTORNEY-at-Law, 43 Commonwealth bldg., Scrun ton. EDWARD W. THAYER. ATTORNEY Rooms 14 and 15, Republican bldg. JOSEPH JEFFREYS. ATTORNEY-AT-Law, 7 and 6 Burr building. L A WATRES. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 423 Lackawanna ave., Scranton, Pa. C. R. PITCHER. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Commonwealth building. Scranton, na PATTERSON & WILCOX, TRADERS' National Bank Building. C. COMEGYS, 321 SPRUCE STREET. A. W. BERTHOLF. Atty,, 319 Spruce St. PHYSICIANS AND SUROEONS DR7 KAY HAS MOVED HIS OFFICE to tho Scianton Private Hospital, cor ner Wyoming Ave. and Mulberry Ot. Telephone: Day call, 63U; night call. Hi. DR. C. L. FREY, SCRANTON SAVINGS Bank bldg, 122 Wyoming avenuo. MARY A SHEPHERD, M. D.. HOME opathlst, No. 22tf Adams avenue. DR. A. TRAPOLD. SPECIALIST IN Diseases of Women, corner Wyoming avenue and Spruce street, Scranton. Ofllco hours, Thursday and Saturdays, 9 a. m. to C p. m. DR. W. E. ALLEN, 612 NORTH WASH Ington avenue. DR. L. M. GATES, ROOM3 207 AND 20S Board of Trade building. Office hours, 8 to 9 a m., 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Resi dence 209 Madison avenuo. DR. C. L FREAS, SPECIALIST IN Rupture. Truss Fitting nnd Fat Reduc tion. Office telephone 1303. Hours: 10 to 12, 2 to 4, 7 to 9. DR. S. W L'AMOREAUX. OFFICE 231 Adams. Residence 1318 Mulberrv. Chron la diseases, lungs, heart, kidneys, and penlto-urlnnry organs a specialty. Hours 1 to 4 p m W G. ROOK. VETERINARY BUR. geon. Horses, Cattlo and Dogs treated. Hospital, 121 Linden street, Scranton. Telephone 2679 HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS THE ELK CAFE, 125AND 127 FRANK llu avenue, Rates reasonable, P. S5IHGLER, Proprietor. SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D L. & W. passenger depot. Conducted on the Eu ropean plan. VICTOR KOCH. Prop. SEEDS a. R. CLARK & CO.. SEEDMEN AND Nurserymen; storo 140 Wuihlngton ave nue; green house, 13J0 Norlh Main uvo hue; store telephone, 782. WIRE SCREENS JOS. KUF.TTEL REAR Hi wannu avenuo, Scruntor., Pa,, WVv- turer oi vviro (screens. SIX INSERTIONS A WORD. OCNTIST3 DR. I. O. LYMAN, 32S N. WASHINGTON avenuo. DR. F. L. M'QRAW, 305 SPRUCE streot. DR. H. F. REYNOLDS. OPP. P. O. DR. C. C. LAUBACll'llS Wyoming ave. WELCOME C. SNOVER, 421 I.ACKA wanna avenue. Hours, 9 to 1 nnd 2 to 5. MIDWIFE SIRS. GABLE, GRADUATED MIDWIFE, 1518 Wnshburn Btrcct, Scranton. En gagements solicited. Rooms and best attendance for u limited number of pa tients. SCHOOLS SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA, Scranton, Pa. Courses preparatory to college, law, medicine or business. Opens September 13. Send for catalogue. Rev. Thomas M. Cann, LL. D., Walter H. BUPil, A. M. PRINTING THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO.. North Washington avenue Linotype Composition of all kinds quickly done. Facilities unsurpassed In this region. MISCELLANEOUS BAUER'S ORCHESTRA-MUSIC FOR balls, picnics, purtles, receptions, wed dings and concert work furnished. For terms address II, J. Bauer, conductor, 117 Wyoming avenue, over Hulbert's music store. MEGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS' Bupplies, envelopes, paper bags, twine. Warehouse, 130 Washington avtnuo, Scranton, Pa. FRANK P. BROWN & CO.. WHOLE sale dealers in Woodwnro. Cordage and Oil Cloth. 720 West Lackawanna ave. LKMtsr.lt OF TWO EVILS. Novel I'lcn of an Attorney in n Tnx Title Cusp. From Caso and Comment. A iifwsaper report of the speech of John Atvvocd, nt Lfartmvvoith, Kan., on behalf of Col. D. H Anthonv, in a tax title case, says that Atwood, as a Democratic politician, had long; been tho tnrget for Colonel Anthony's criti cism, but was called on to try his case "because Senator Baker, who was Colonel Anthonys' uUorney, was In AVashlnpton. Atwood's olonuent ilea for his client was In part as follows: " Tho one thing Unit Is wiling nbojt thf t3FP is that your honor can not find against both the parties to this suit. From the standpoint of pei sonal merit, ntHthcr of them ought to win Neither of them came Into court with clean hands, and I have doubts about their feet Hut Anthony has paid the taxes fur many voars on the prop erty. ...This Is playing; the part of the pood citizen, a part that is new to him, that sots awkwardly noon him, and one that startles the community with Its novelty. Hut since lie Is playing this part ho ought to be encournued In It by being nctmltted to win this suit. When you find one dolnrf right for tin. Hist time In his life, tho thought of dis couraging him revolts the Judicial con science. "I will admit, your honor, that it is a choice of evils; one of the evils has a hooked nos-e and the oth'er has a peg leg; but the hooked nose pays his tnxes, and the peg leg doesn't, and (hat is where my side has gut the best of it. If vou feel inclined to deride this case In favor of my opponent because of the delightful sentiments that cluster mound his name, and that thtough your mind should flort the beautiful btralns of 'Douglnss, Dougluss, Tender and Tiue,' I ask you to remember that my client claims a saint among his ancestors. I will admit that the, claim has never been allowed, but we make It allthesame. Yourhonor may think they aro two old devils together, but 1 sub mit that we uie not responsible for the age of Judge Douglass's Iniquities. To be sure, tho great age of my tllent is an evidence that thev whom the gods love die young, but that does not alter the fact that he and he tUom, of these men, has paid the taxes. " I can see that your honor Is Itching to hit them both (and ordl uatily jou could not hit either uuo of them a lick amiss), but I nray your honor to lem.'iuber that you can't beat them both, much as they both deserve It, and since ou must give the oasa to mo ot them, I ask votir honor to hhut your eyes and give It to Anthony." And the court did. DON'T chew cum. Hero's n Scientific Opinion Thnt It Is Seriously Uiilicnll'-liil. From Popular Science News. The constant tltillation of the fall vary organs kept up by chewing this stun not only causes a steady drain of saliva, which Is most wasteful, but, what is meie serious still, in conse quence of the frequently repeated stim ulation to which these organs are thus exposed, they fall to respond to the normal excitation which ought to rouse thorn to action when food Is taken. A constant dribble of salivary secretion is substituted for the healthy flow which should occur only at meal times. The glands fall to respond to any stim ulant less potent than the pepper mint, anise seed or the constituents found In chowlng gum, and tho more Insipid foods, such as bread and other starchy compounds, pass Into tho stom ach unchanged. This Is disturbing to digestion at its very commencement, anl it Is extremely probable that the In digestion for starchy substances, which Is fo commonly met with at the piescnt day, Is latgely duo to tho waste of sall a caused by smoking and by the con stant chewing of various substances which Is going on all around. Tho chew ing of gum Is thus not only a nasty hulilt, but 19 provocative of 111 health. Unfortunately, when "chewing gum" Is sold In the form of a sweetmeat, It may online still more serious consequences, being apt to be tnvallovved by children, who, like their first parents, when they see that It Is apparently gool for food und pleasant to the eyes, aro unde teued by the superscription "not to he eaten." CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. TiSfl!- tinlla 7 It n ien IIPIIT. llc:itu;3 CI rOBEST CITY. By tho unanimous vote of the mom hers nnd congregation of tho First Haptlst church, of which Row J. L. Williams Is pastor, petitions will ho sent from hore to the congress of tho United States for the pas?ngo of tho following measures: 1. To prohibit tho sale of nlcohollo liquors In nil government buildings, af fecting not only the government build ings in the District of Columbia, hut soldiers' homes, "canteens" at nrmy posts, emlcrnnt stations, etc. 2. An nntl-clgarette bill to forbid cigarettes going Into a state In orig inal packages under tho head ot tho "Interstate commerce law," where the law of tho state prohibits their manu facture, snlo and u.sc. 3. An nnti-gnmbllng hill nlmetl spe cially at winter horse racing, which Is conducted mainly In the Interest of pool rooms which are operated not only where the races are, but In stntes where such gambling Is prohibited, nnd, by having bets telegraphed to an other state, the unlawful act Is osten sibly performed there, and thus the state law Is evaded. 4. "Tho nge of protection hill." Mrs. Julius Preedman nnd daughter, Ilosn, ate In New York to attend the wedding of Mrs. Frredman's sister. A dancing class has been formed here with a Carbondale man named Collins for Instructor. The class meets each Friday evening In tho Macnnerchor hall. At the last meeting ot the Forest City Enworth league a rending circle was organised nnd It was determined to establish a circulating library for tho use of the members. Anyone wish ing to donate books or to help In nny other way to start the library can do so through Itev. O. B. Stone, D. Stanloy Evans or Jlnmo J. Brown. Tho read ing circle will meet next Tuesday even ing nt the Methodist parsonage The subject of tho sermon to be de livered by Rev. O. II. Stone, at the Methodist church, on Sunday morning next will be: "Is the Methodist Chinch a Catholic Church?" The Forest City News of yesterday has tho following: "It Is rumored that the stone to he used In the erection of the new capttol building at Harrlsbuig will be token from the quarry Just north of this borough. Whether or not there Is truth In tho report we are un able to learn, but one thing is certain, better stone for building material cin not be found in tho state. Among tho buildings In which It has been used nre the Hotel Jermyn, Scranton, nnd tho recently erected court house at Dlng hamton." At a meeting held the other night In South Gibson the sum of $3"0 was sub set ibed to help mako n survey for the ptoposed railroad from Nicholson to Lanesboro. Those w ho have gone over the loute report It a very feasible one. Entet prise Hose company will hold its regular semi-monthly meeting tlili evening. Frupk Helcher, the South Gibson joung man who wns reported dead In the Klondike region, is alive and well, according to a letter just received from him by his parents. THE BOOM IN MULES. There Are Increasing Whero Otlirr 1'nrm Animals Aro Fewer. From tho Sun. The average value ot an American mule, or more properly, the vulue of uu average mule, Is $10, and In most states of the country a mule Is worth more than a horse. By the bulletin Issued by tho department of agricul ture on March 8, tho live stock returns of the country were, approximately: Horses, 14,000,000; mules. 2,200,000; milch cows, 16,000,00d; sheep, 38,000,000; swine, 39,000,000. Horsoe, cows, oxen and swin, and especially horses, decreased below the totals of last year and tho year before. The number of sheep and mules Increased, nnd, In proportion to the number of them, mules Increased more rapidly than any other. There aie now 1,000,000 fewer horses In thin country than there were two yents ago and tho number Is steadily declining In consequence of the use of electric ity on street railroads, the popularity ot bicycles nnd motor carriages, and the superior endurance and smnller cost of maintenance of mules, The Ameti-p-tn mule hna been criticised adversely by essayists, humorists, persons con sidering themselves humorists, and superficial oleervers of American life, manners, and customs, but It Is a fact, especially in the stntes of the South and Southwest, that the Ameilcan mule Is an impoitant factor In ngrlcul tinul development. He Is a willing beast, cheaply maintained, never like ly to run away, not subject to the ail ments and disabilities which unfit the horse for much hard service, and bet ter able to stand the climatic condi tions. Tnere are four states in which mules aio very numerous Missouri, Texas, Georgia nnd Tennessee. There are 300. 000 muled, by the last official report, In Texas, and tho value of them Is In excess of $10,000,000. Louisiana has few erbut better mules, nnd all the Gulf states aro represented largely by this farm animal. South Carolina has more mules than horses hy nearly BO per cent. Georgia has more mules thRii horses, and almost In the Bnme pro portion. The average value of a horse on a farm In Georgia Is $48; tho average value of a mule Is $62; and cows aro sold for $20. Florida, possibly on ac count of the flatness of the state nnd the moisture, has few mules, but In Alabama the number of mules and of horses Is almost Identical; there Is only a difference of a couple of hundred between the two In the state, with 130, 000 of each. In til's "Western states, and particularly In the Northwest, mules aro not numerous, belnyrused principal ly In mine). Recently an Ingenious Inventor has devised a. plan for doing away with this employment of mules by substituting an electric appliance for the cartage of ore. In California, and especially In southern California, In agricultural 'operations tho number of mules Is considerable, nnd It Is. moreover, Increasing. At the begin ning of 1S6S thero were only 850,000 i.iules In tho United Stateu. In 1S80 there were 1,700,000. Since 1K93 tho number of horses has been Bteadlly de clining. SERMONS IN A PARAGRAPH. The early bird gets caught by the milli ner. Nature begins fools, and women llnish them. A man may emtio and smile nnd bo a dentist still. Woman Is worth hor weight In gold, hut she al ways wants more. Friendship Is not so difficult ns nUmlia tlon of our friends' friends, It Is a hard task to make an explanation to a person who doesn't intend to accept It. lloma Is thnt dear place whero wo ore not afraid to bieak crackers Into cur ovster soup Talking is like riding n wheel; a man may know when to stop, but may not know how to stop.-Chicago Record. THE MARKETS. Wnll Streot Ile?low. New York.March 24. The stock mar ket today was alternatively feverish and stagnant, closing at tho lowest with tho losses conllned to frnctlons In the railways, but ranging from 1 to 3 points elsewhere. Tho Cuban situation was tho all-Important factor today as It has been for a long time In tho mar ket's fluctuations. Prices rallied sharp ly at the opening on tho assumption that there would bo moro delay In deul Ing with tho Cubau question. The change of attitude of foreign fin anciers towards Ameilcan securities was used by tho bears to hammer the International shares at frequent In tervals. The pressure against St. Paul, New York Central, Louisville nnd Union Pacific preferred resulted In recessions of over a iolnt ns compared with tho high prices established In re cent trading. Tho weakness of Span ish fours abroad did not escapo obset vatlon as It was coupled with tho an nouncement that tho Spanish torpedo flotilla was proceeding westward. Washington selling emphasized tho lo cal speculators' Interpretation of tho aotivlty In tho navy department and the declaration In tho senate by a re cent observer of the oondltlons In Cuba that the horrors there were Impossible of exaggeration and called for inter vention, was not without effett. These things taken collectively checked the momentary bidding up of prlce3 which followed the senate's deteimlnatlon to adjourn until Monday. Covering of shorts from time to time hardened tho market's tone, but this in each In stance failed to last. The selling movement in tho final hour brought about tho lowest level of tho day. Tho total sales of stocks wero 323,500 shares. Furnished by WILLIAM LINN ALLEN & CO.. btock brokcis, Mears building, rooms 70i-70u. Open- High- Low- Clos- . ing. est. et. Ing. Am Sug. Ro'g Co ..U4'j HVi 112'fc Ui Atch., To. & S. Fo .. 11 11 11 11 A., T. &. S. F., Pr .. 2vs ii)i 2jt jjsj Am. Tobacco Co .... Wi !U 93'4 'I3vt Am. Spirits 7 7 7 7 Brook. R. T 37 27 S6'j 30'$ Bay Stnto Gua 2VS 23 2,i lj N. J. Ctntial DOSt SOU W.i W Chic. & O. W 10 10 9Vs lvs Chic. & N. W 113'i 1155s 114ia lll'i ChlC. B. &. Q SSl'i N 87'4 bV,i Chicago Gas S,St M.V4 S7'H bS Chic, Mil. St. P .. 87 8S"i kWi M,5j Chic, II. I. & P Mi fcl'fc Sli fcl' Chic, St. I. M. & O. 07ii i.7',2 07 (.7 C. C. C. & St. L .... 2'2-h 2di 20 215 Delawute & Hud ...107 107 107 l')7 N. Y L E. & W .. 12i& 12'i 12". 12' Gen. Electric 3J 12 31',3 :ili Lake Shore 182 lsj iv 1J.2 Louis. & Nash K TiM, 15 4J4 Manhattan Hie 91',j ii'iU So't 'Jo'i M. )i. & Tew, Pr .. XI 31 30 M' Mo. Pncluc 21 21V4 2.i''8 23'4 Nat. Lead 23 2S 27 27 N. Y. Central 107i lOS'i 106fi 100-)i North. Patlllc 21'i, 21U 20'. .0. Nor. Pat I tic, Pr .... U"i, OfHt 59 59 " 1'ae.lllc Mall jr." 2Sa 2t',4 23 Southern R. U 7'i 734 1 7it SoJthcrn R. Il Pr.. 25 2" 21is 24' Tenn., C. & Iron .... 1SK IsVi IS i8 Texas & Paellic .... 0 9 9 a Union Pnt. 1st Pr.. 4S'i 4S'K W- Wi U. S. Rubbor Hi lfi?4 IM4 lii U. S. Leather 1 ;,v, t 5 IT. s. Leather, Pr .. f.fi W, K4 My, Wabash, Pr 14 H& 14 West. Union SI, S54 hVj 81'. W & L E 2V, 2 2 2'H Mit. Tiattlon Co ..lloli 137'i ,13J'4 132' Haw. Sugar 30 ;ili 30 31i CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. ,,..,-. . Open- High- Low- Clos- WHEAT. Ing. est est. Ii-g. May 10.1 . io:.?i lot im July 8i8 812 S2Ji S2l CORN. May 20 29 2y 2SN, July JOU 30'i 29J4 Sty. OATS. May 23'4 23U 21 2314 July 23ii 23U 23 23 PORK. May 9.67 9.70 9.C0 96.2 LARD. May. 5.05 5 03 5.00 5 00 Scranton Hoard of Trndo Exchange Quotntloin.-All Quotations linscd 011 Pur of 100. STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Scranton A Plttston Trae. Co. ... 20 National Boring & Drlll'g Co. ... w First National Bank 700 Elmhurst Boulevard 100 Scranton Savings Bank 225 . . Scranton Packing Co "3 Lncka. lion k Steel Co 150 Third National Bunk 3S5 Troop Novelty Mf Co bO Scranton Traction Co IS Srrnnton Axlo Woiks 73 Webton Mill Co 25'i Alexardcr Car Replaeor Co .. . . 200 Dime Dcp. & Dls. Bank 150 Peek Lumber Mfg Co i;j 210 Economy Light, Heat & Pnvv- ir Co 45 Scranton Illumlnntlng, Heat & Power Company S5 BONDS. Scranton Pass. Railway, first mortgage, due 1920 113 ... People's Street Railway, first moitguge. duo 191S 113 Peoples Streot Railway, Gen eral mortgage, due 1921 115 Dickson Manufacturing Co 100 Lacka. Township School 5 102 City of Scranton St. Imp. b'"c . ... 10.' Mt. Vernon Coal Co k5 Scranton Axel Works KM Scranton Traction Co , first mortgage, G s, duo 1932 103 Philadelphia Provision Market. Phllldulphla, Murth 21. Wheat 7c. lower; contiuct grade, March, WaaSSVat. ; April, 9Ssa9S,.ic. ; May nnd June, nominal. Corn Uc. lower; No. 2 mixed, March. Zi a33Tic; April and May. C3a3lc; June, nominal, Oats No. 2 white, March, T3a 3Jc; April, May and June, nominal. Po tatoesSteady; white, choice, per bushel, 80aS3c; do. fuir to good, do., "Oa&Oc; sweets, prime red, per basket, 70a75c. ; do. do. yellow, do. do., GSa'Oc: do. seconds, do. do., 40a50c. Butter Steady; fancy western criamery, 20c; do. prints, 21c. EggB Steady; fresh, nearby, 10c; do. western, 10V4c; do. southern, 10c. Cheese Steady. Refined Sugars Unchanged, Cotton Steady. Tallow Quiet: city prime, in hogsheads, 3V:.; country, do. do,, bar rels, 3Via3?ic: dark, do., 3c ; cakes, 5'fca 3ftc ; grease. 2in3e. Live Poultry Firm; fowls, IHialOc: old roosters, 7c; broilers, 17a20c; ducks, 12c. Dressed Poultry rirmor: fowls, choice, 10Hc; do. talr to good, 94al0c; chickens, fancy, largo, Ha U4c.; do. fair to good, do., lOalO'Lc; common and scalded, do,, 7u9c; turkeys, fancy, llal2c.; choice, do., 10c; fair to good, do., 8u9c: ducks, good to choice, do., SalOc RecelptB Flour, 2,500 barrels and 8,000 sacks; wheat, 12,000 bushels; corn, 103,000 bushels, oats, 9,000 bushels. Shipments Wheat, 2.000 bushels; corn, 213,000 bushels; Oats, 203,000 bushels. Now York Protluep Jlnrl.et. Now York, March 21 Flour Weak nnd lower to sell; trade entirely in small lots. Mlnonsota patents. $5.15a5.45; winter pat ents, $4 90a5.33. Wheat-Spot weak; No 2 red, I103U. f. o, b afloat to arrive; No. 1 northern Duluth, $1.09', f. o. h ntiout to arrive; No. 1 hard Manitoba, $l.ll'i, f. u. b.. afloat to arrive; options opened stci'' on cobles and moderate covering l were unable to sustnln the advnnco In owing to bearlshr.ess of scalpots warmer weather news. Ltquldati m again dv eloped as an afternoon feature In spite of fair cxpuil outers, and prices closid weak at jal'Ii.o. net decllno; No. 2 red, Mnrnv $1.021.02'. closed $102; May, 9Hc.n$100'(, closed POVtc ; July, 8JTta87e closed 5',?c. : September, 79VSab0c. ; Decem ber, SO.iU'Hc, closed SOc Corn Spot weak; Nt. 2. 35'n33c, f. o. b ntloaf, options opened nbout steady, but oventunlly yielded to liquidation and closed vvtak nt Y,c. net decline: May. 3SV4u33Hc, closed 33'ic; July. 34a1l 13.10c. closed 3ts1. Oats Spot dull; No. 2, Sic.; No. 3, SOVic,; No. 2 white. CJ'ic.; No, 3 white, aVic; track mixed, western, Sla'JJ'Ac : track 1 white, 32Ua39c; options dull and weak, and closed He lower) May, olond 29V4o, Reef Firm, Cut Meats steady; pickled bellies, GHaSVio.i do. shoulders, I'iatvic; do. hams, 7Ha7Kc. Butter Firm j cream, ory, laVto.i factory, 12a14Hcs nigins. lo; imitation creamery, HalG'io. ; stat dairy, HalSc; do, creamery, 15Hnl9c. Cheese-i Quiet; largo white, September, 7Uo.J small white, September, BuSVic; lar?e, col ored, September, 7c; small colored, 84 S!ic; large October, 7a7Mc: tmall Octo. ber, iJtaSc; light skims, 6a6Vic; pari skims, 4nCc.i full skims, 2u1c. s Eggs Firm; stato and Pennsylvania, lOalOVici western fresh, lOUc; southern, 10,tl0yc. Tallow Steady; city, 3 11-lCc; county, 2 a3)ic, as to quality. Potroloum-Weak. Chicago Grain AInrlcol. Chicago, Mnrch 21. Prices on tho board of trudo today continued on tho down ward grade. Flno weather nnd war talk wero about the only factors. Foreign markets showed no Inclination to sym pathize with tho decllno here, but no sup pot t wus given to anything except May wheat, which was taken en ro of by Letter brokers. Wheat declined ViaUJc. Tho latter in July. Corn declined ic Oats Uc and provisions Ca7Uc Cash quota tions woro ns follows: Flour Dull nnd steady; No. 2 spring wheat, f. o. b., 90a91c; No. 3 spring wheat, 88a91c; No. 2 red, $1.01Mnl.oJ: No. 2 corn, 2ic. No. 2 yel low, 29a2ntc; No. 2 oats, 25',4a264c. : No. 2 white, 31a31Uc; No. 3 white, 27?ia2Sftc.; No. 2 rye, I8?ic; No. 2 barley. 31a43c; No. 1 flax seed, $1.18al.2l: prime timothy soed, 12.8-.a2.90; moss pork, J9.62V4o9.67U; lard, f4.05a4.97U; short ribs, sides, looso, $4.S2Ua 5.10; dry salted shoulders, 4a4Ttc; short clear sides, $5.2,"ni5.10; whisky, 51.19V4; sug ars, unchanged. Receipts Flour, 22,000 barrels; whent, 106,000 bushels; corn, 221,ouo bushels; oats, 20t:,ono bushels; rye, 3,000 bushels; barloy, 62,000 bushels. Shipments Flour, 41,000 barrels; wheat, 203,000 bushels- corn, 217,000 bushels; oats, 830,000 busluls; barley, 10,500 bushels. Ilust LlbertT Cuttle Wftrknt. Hast Liberty, Pa., March 24. Cattle Steady; prime, $5 0Ja5.15; common, $1.60a 4 50; bulls, stags nnd cows, J?.i4.10. Hogs -Active and higher; prlmo medium. $I.20a, 4 2; best heavy Yorkers. $4.15a4.20; fair light Yorkers, $4C5a4,10; heavy hogs, $1.10 u4 20; pigs, $1.C0a4; good roughs, $3,23a3.75; common to fair roughs, $2.50aS. Shocp Firm, choice, Sl.raS; common, $3.Mal; choice lambs, $5.85aC; common to good lambs, $!.75a5S"; venl calves, $6a6.50. Itilflulo Live Htock. East Bultalo, N. Y March 24, Cattle Fairly steady. Hogs About steady; YoiKars, good to choice. S4.i:at.l5; roughs, common to choice, J1.60n3.73; common to cholco, $3.73a3 90. Sheep end Lambs Firm; lambs, cholco to extra, J6.03a6.15; culls to common, $3 25aB.6.'; shcop, cholco to salected wethers, $4 90a5; culls to com mon, $3 60ul 25. Cliicngo Iiivo Stock. Chicago, March 24. Cattle Actlvo at $4.40u3, Mockers and focders, $3.15a4.35; calves, $C.C0a6.7j. Hogs Active at $3.S3a 3.93; pigs, $2 90a3.85. Sheep and Lambs Strong; sheep, $140a4.70; lambs, $4.50aS.03. Receipts Cattle, 9,500 head; hogs, 28,000 hcud, sheep, 15,000 head. New York Live Stock. New York, March 21. Hooves Steadj. Calves-Higher, common to prlmo vea-s, $Ga6.75. Sheep and Iimbs steady, Arm; common to good sheep, $la4,85; prlmo to cholco lambs, J0.25a6.4O; clipped lambs, JS aS.23. Hogs- Firmor at $4a4.40 per 100 pounds. Oil Market. Oil City, Pa.. Mnrch 21. Credit bal ances, 77c; certificates, cash opened 77o. bid; first sales at 77V4c; highest, 77Hc; closed 77Mc bid; regular oil sales at 78c; total sales, 6,000 barrels; shipment, M, S39 barrelR; runs, 82,182 barrels. TUB UNITED STATES, Tho Hon. Champ Clnrk filres lilt Views on Ills Country. From a Speech In St. Louis. I once heard a preacher who knew a great deal more about theology than ho did about grammar read a passage of Scripture to his audience, and then say: "Brethren and sisters, tho wholo gospel ot Christ Is all squz up in that one little text." A quarter of a century ago I wasi teaching school in the hill country Kentucky. One of my favorite pupils a bright 8-year-old kid, named Oeo Mosely moved with his father's fan to Vernon county, Missouri. When reached St Lnul.s and Oenrtre's i eyes grew large with wonder Jy gaziTj? for thu first time upon tLirFather t Waters, he wrote mo a letter. His de scription of that majestlo stream waa all "squz un" Into this ono terse, gtaphle and pregnant sentence: "Tho Mississippi Is a big river!" That de scription sank deep Into my memory. It is perfect. Addition would not aug ment Its force. Subtraction, even In the estimation of a hair, would bo Its ruin. So I could this night respond to tho toast "The United States of America" properly, adequately and comprehen sively by adopting the laconic style ot my pupil and simply saying "Tho United States of America Is a big country," which would be good gram mar from a Republican standpoint; or, "The United Stutes of America are a big country," which would be correct, according to the Democratic standard big in area, big in wealth, big In population, big In achievement, big In ambition, big In glory', big in the bene ficence of its institutions, big In possi bilities. There Is one Irish-American or American-It Ishman for whom I have the In tensest admitatlon John Lawrence Sullivan, tho Prince of Bruisers. Not so much because with his invincible list he knocked out ull coiners until he tackled John Rnileytorn, whom no man can conquer, but because, when, at the meridian of his fame, he was intro duced to his Royal and Imperial High ness, Albeit Edvvaid, Prince of Wales, and was told to take his hat off in that august presence, animated by the spirit of '"G, ho stoutly refused and resolutely kept his beaver on his head, saying bluntly: "I am as eminent in my pro fession as the Prince Is In his" thereby preaching, in his crude way, the doo ttlne of human equality. Incomparable Sully! I wish I could Infuse his manly spirit Into the tlmoroUH souls of Ameri cans who advocate the doctrine of "peace at any price," who mako far greater professions of at dent love of country. HENRY BEL1N, JR., Utnerul Agent for thu Wyoralaj District fJ IIPIIT Mining, Hlnntlnti, Sporting Smakelen and tho Hcpauao Oneroid: Company's HIGH EXPLOSIVES. (safety Funs. Cap and Exploders. Room ma 'Jlrt nnd 214 CommonvrM't) Ilulldlnz, borantoa. AGENCIL3. THOS FORI), JOHN H. SMITH & SON. Y, E. MULLIGAN. I'ittiton Plymouth WUkes-Burrt POllEBo
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