-. 1f ' THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY. MARCH 31. 1898. i. THE TRIBONE'S OPPORTUNITY BOREflO INSERTION WORD. POPULAR CLEARING HOUSE for the Benefit of All Who Have Houses to Hunt, Heal Estate or Other Property to Sell or Exchungc, or Who Want Situations or Help These Small Advertisements Cost One Cent a Word, Six Insertions fop Five Cents a Word F.xccpt Situations Wanted, Which Are Inserted Free. SIX INSERTIONS A WORD. FOREST CITY. FOR RENT SECOND FLOOR FRONT KOOMB WITH alcovo.lo lot, with table board. 420 Aitanm avenue. for rent - nicely furnished front roam, second lloor. G36 Adams avenue. for rent-five on six koomb with Improvements; now house. 000 South Irving nvenue. I'OIt RENT-7-ROOM HOt'SE; MOD- em Improvements; rent moderate. 218 Madison avenue, Dunmore. J. 11. HOLT. roil RENT-LARGE. WELL, fur nlahed rooms, line location. Ml Mon roe avenue. HOUSE; NEW; Apply room 70S, FOR RENT-S-R00M on Harrison avenue, Menrs lmlkllnci FOR RENT-SINGLE HOUSE. 0 ROOMS, .modern Improvements, GJ2 North Main avenue HOUSE FOR IlKNT-405 WYOMING avenue. Applv in F. II demons, Blue Ridge Caal Company's offlce, Mcars Building. BARN FOH RENT-W MAHON COURT. Apply to F. II demons. Rlue Ridge Coal Company's olllce. Meara Building, FOR RENT OR SALE. FOR RENT Oil SALE - DOUBLE house 91S-920 Myrtle street, 917-919 Glb fon stteet SI3-M7 ijiilncy avenue, and EOT ijulncy avenue. Ten rooms and laundry each sldo; steam heat. T. J. DUGOAN, Library bulldlog Wyoming avenue. AGENTS WANTED nElTLmSPERSON8 TO T AKETnE , agency In their own towns lor the best lino of fnst selling novelties; pays 100 per cent, profit; for ladles or gents. BPIHO & W ATKINS. 1031 and 10J3 Chest nut streot, Philadelphia, Pu. WANTED-AGENT8 FOR GREATEST . Kas bavlnr Uovlco manufactured. Re tails 25c. lllg profits. OLVER BROS., Rochester, N. Y. KLONDIKE-AGENTS WANTED FOR largo Illustrated book of Klondike, five hundred pages; price $1.50; outllt 10c. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Lakcsldo Rulldlng, Chicago, 111. WANTED-SOLIC1TORS: NO DELIV orlng, no collecting; position perma nent; pay weekly; state ago. GLEN BROTHERS, Rochester, N. Y. AGENTS-WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO do about Safe Citizenship price tl. Going by thousands. Address NICH OLS, Naperville, 111. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FARTNERWANTED WITH ABOUT tlO.000. Established business. Will bear Investigation. Large profits. Sato Investment, For Interview address P. O. Box 374. Scranton, Pa. LOST. LOST - SUNDAY, BETWEEN WEB ster and Mndlfcon avenues, it pi'rso containing a sum ot money and a ticket to Philadelphia. Finder please return to 1120 Mulberry street. REDUCTION OF GAS. PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTS EDWARD II. DAVIS. ARCHITECT. Rooms 24, 23 and 26, Commonwealth building, Scranton. D. L. WALTER. ARCHITECT. OFFICE rear of CQ0 Washington avenue. LEWIS HANCOCK. JR., ARCHITECT, 4.15 Spruce St., cor. Wash, avo., Scranton. FREDERICK u. BROWN. ARCHITECT, Price Building, 126 Washington avenue. Scranton. T. I. LACEY & SON. ARCHITECTS, Traders' National Bank. DETECTIVES BARRING & M'SWEENEY, COMMON, wealth building. Interstate Secret Bor vlco Agency. LAWYERS FRANK E. BOYLE, ATTORNEY AND Counsellor-t-Law. Burr building, rooms 13 and 14, Washington avenue. FRANK T. OKELL, ATTOHNEi-AT-Law, Room 5, Coal Exchange scranton. Pa. WILLARD. WARREN & KNAPP, AT torneys and Counsellors-at-Law. Re publican building, Washington avenue. Scranton, Pa. FOR SALE FOlf'sALlSSRR'sOUTFlT-SIN-gle wagon, small horse and harness; lady can drive; latest computation plat form and fish scales, leo box and set of measured; cheap. 1A0 N. Washington nvenue. FOR SALE-TOP BUGOY CHEAV! good as new. Apply HENRY METJ, 1006 Kellerman Court. FOR SALE -TWO OFFICE DESKS, ONE roller top desk, one safe and a hand some olllce railing; also a large number of electric lights, some with reflectors; a lot of gas piping used In a drapery de partment; also carpet, sewing machines and one suitable, for family use. and a large lot of carpet shelving, which can be utilized for other purposes. The entire lot will be sold cheap, as we have no uso for them. S. O KERR. 408 Lackawanna avenue, FOR SALE THREE LARGE FIRE proof safes. Call nt olllce of HENRY BELIN. JR., room 212 Commonwealth building. FOR SALE-AT A LOW FIGURE. BED room suite, cost J1S3.00. Also Cabinet Sewing Machine, Domestic, cost t?0.00. Apply this week between 12 and 3, also evenings, 743 Madison avenue. FOR SALE BROKEN ENGLISH SKT ter, cheap. 1511 Penn avenue. FOR SALE-ONE 20-HORSE POWER boiler, ns good ns new. THE WES TON MILL CO. TEMPLE street, prletrcss. month. BOARDING. CAFE. 615 MULBERRY Mrs. Emma Carpenter, pro Board by 'the day, week or BOARDING AND TABLE BOARD, SER vlce the best, rooms well ventilated and excellent table. MRS. HANNAH KELLEY, 416 Mulberry stieet. FIRST-CLASS BOARD. WITH OR without room; special rates given to permanent boarders. Rooms heated by steam and lighted by electric light; cen trally located; 2 minutes walk from all depots; 5 meal tickets $1.00, 21 meal tick ets, $4.00. 123 Franklin avenue. HELP WANTED-MALE MANAGER FOR BRANCH OFFICE. Business principally wholesale. Sal ary. $1,000 per year; $730 cash capital re quired. References exchanged. Address Consolidated Paint and OH Co,, Indian apolis, Ind. WANTED FIRST-CLASS BOOKBIND cr at The Tribune Bindery. THE SCRANTON GAS AND WATER Co. and the Hyde Park Gas Co. In accordance with the policy of these companies to l educe rules from time to time ns may be warranted by Increased consumption, rotlce is hereby given that on and nfter April 1st, next, the price of gas will bo one dollar and fifteen cents per one thousand cubic feet consumed, subject to tho following discounts: Five cents per one thousand cubic feet on nil bills where the consumption for the month amounts to less than twonty-tlvo dollars; ten cents per one thousand cubic feet on ull bills where the consumption for tho month nmuunts to twenty-ilvo dollars and upwards. Provided tho bill Is paid on or before the 20th day of tho month In which that bill Is presented. By Order ot the Board, G. B. HAND. Secretary. REMOVAL LACKAWANNA SIGN moved to 217 Spruce. COMPANY RE- LEGAL NOTICE THE REGULAR YEARLY MEETING of the stockholders of tho Traders' Building and Loan Association will be held nt 7.30 o'clock Thursday evening, April 14, 1S9S, nt Co-operative Hall, North Mala avenue, for the purpose of electing otllcers and such other business as may transpire; also a special meeting ot tho stockholders will be held at 7.30 o'clock Thursday evening, April 21, 1S9S, for pur pose of nmendlng the by-laws. JOHN HUGHES, JR.. Secretary. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THtf firm heretofore existing between C. E. Coursen and E. Recum Is this day dis solved by mutual consent. All business of tho firm will be settled by C. E. Cour sen. C. E. COURSEN, E. RECUM, March 3lst, lStfs. RELIABLE MEN WANTED TO AD dress catalogues, circulars and envel opes. Send stamp for particulars. ROM ERVILLE M'F'G. CO., Elizabeth, N. J. HELP WANTED-FEMALE GIRL WNTEDfoU GENERAL housework. 3514 Mousey avenue, Oreeu Ridge ANY WOMAN CAN EARN $1,85 TO 42.C0 dally making urtltleliil flowers; wo tench, you In one day and give steady employment; wo have hundreds of work ers, dlstanoo frcm us makes no difference; don't deliy but send for particulars. Address Fairfield Flower Co., Fatrtlcld, Maine. LAD1ES-I MAKE BIO WAGES DOING pleaBant home work, and will gladly send full particulars to all sending two cent stamp. MISS M. A. STEBBINS, Lawrence, Mich. CHIROPODIST V SS f CORNS. BUNIONS AND INGROWING nulls cured without the loust pain or drawing blood. Consultation and advice given froe. E. M. HETCEL, Chiropo dist. 3.10 Lackawanna avenue. Ladles at tended at their residence If desired. Charges moderate. CITY SCAVENGER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT tho co-partnership of the undersigned, doing business at 115 Penn avenue, Scran ton, Pa under the llim namo of L. & E. J, Jifklns, has been dissolved by mutual consent L. Jifklns ictliing trum said tlrm. Tho business will be continued by E. J. Jifklns. who ussumes all tho firm s liabilities and will collect ull the linn's accounts. L. JIFKINS. E. J. JIFKINS. KSTATE OF J. ATTICL'S ROBERTSON. late of the city of Scranton, county of Lackawanna, anu si.tie ot Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice Is hereby given that letters testa mentary In the above named estate have been granted to the undersigned. All per sons Indebted to said estate are requested to mako pavment and all persons having claims or demands agnlnst tho same will present them lo MAGGIE S. ROBERTSON. Executlix. F. L. HITCHCOCK, Attorney. JAMES II. TORREY, ATTORNEY AND Counsellor-nt-Law. Rooms 413 and 414 Commonwealth Building. JESSUP & JESSUP, ATTORNEYS AND Counsellors - at - Law, Commonwealth building, Washington avenue. Miowire MRS. GABLE, GRADUATED MIDWIFE, 1313 Washburn street, Scranton. En gagements solicited. Rooms and bent attendance for a limited number of patients. SCHOOLS SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA, Scranton, Pa. Courses preparatory to college, lnw, medicine or business. Opens September 13. Send for catalogue. Rev. Thomas M. Cann, LL. D Walter II. Buell, A. M. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS THE ELK CAFE, 125 AND 127 FRANK lln avenue. Rates reasonable. p. ziegler. Proprietor. SCRANTON HOUSE. NEAR D., L. & W. passenger depot. Conducted on tho Lu . ropean plan. VICTOR KOCH. Prop. SEEDS G. R. CLARK & CO.. SEEDMEN AND Nurserymen; storo 146 Wushlngton ave nue; green house. 1350 North Main .'tve nue; store telephone, 782. WIRE SCREENS JOS. KUETTEL. REAR 611 LACKA wanna avenue, Scranton, Pa manufac turer of Wire Screens. ALFRED HAND. WILLIAM J. HAND. Attorneys and Counsellors. Common wealth building. Rooms 10, 20 and 21. JAMES W OAKFORD. ATTORNEY-AT-Law. Rooms 514, 515 and 516, Board of Trade building. D. B. REPLOGLE. ATTORNEY-LOANS negotiated on real estate security. Mears building, corner Washington ov nue and Spruce street. B. F. KILLAM, ATTORNEY-AT-TiAW, 300 Commonwealth bldg, Scranton, Pa. JAS. J. II. HAMILTON. ATTORNEY-at-Law, 45 Commonwealth bldg., Scranton. EDWARD W. THAYER, ATTORNEY Rooms 14 and 15, Republican bldg. JOSEPH JEFFREYS. ATTORNEY-AT-Law, 7 and S Burr building. L. A WATRES. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 423 Lackawanna ave., Scranton. Pa. C. R. PITCHER. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Commonwealth building, Scranton, Pa. PATTERSON & WILCOX, TRADERS' National Bank Building. C. COMEGYS. 321 SPRUCE STREET. A. W. BERTHOLF, Atty.. 319 Spruce St, PHYSICIANS AND SURQEONS DR.KAYHAS MOVED "HIS OFFICE to the Scranton Private Hospital, cor ner Wyoming Ave. and Mulberry St. Telephone: Day call, 5313; night call, 413. DR. C. L. FREY, SCRANTON SAVINGS Bank bldg, 122 Wyoming avenue. MARY A SHEPHERD, M. D HOME opathlst, No. 223 Adams avenue. DR. A. TRAPOLD. SPECIALIST IN Diseases of Women, corner Wyoming avenue and Spruce street, Scranton. Offlce hours, Thursday and Saturdays, 0 a. m. to C p. m. DR. W. E. ALLEN, 512 NORTH WASH, lngton avenue. DR. L. M. GATES. ROOMS 207 AND 203 Board of Trade building. Offlce hours, 8 to 9 a. m.. 2 to 3 and 7 to S p. m. Resi dence COS Madison avenue. DR. C. L FREAS. SPECIALIST IN Rupture, Truss Fitting and Fat Reduc tion. Offlce telephone 1363. Hours: 10 to 12, 2 to 4. 7 to 9. DR. S. W. L'AMOREAUX. OFFICE 231 Adams, Residence 131S Mulberry. Chron Ic diseases, lungs, heart, kidneys, and genlto-urlnnry organs a specialty. Hours 1 to 4 p. m. PRINTING) THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO., North Washington nvenue Linotype Composition of nil kinds quickly done. Facilities unsurpassed In this region. MISCELLANEOUS BAUER'S bRCHESTRA-M"usfoT FOR balls, picnics, parties, receptions, wed dings und concert work furnished. I' or termB address R. J. Bauer, conductor, 117 Wyoming avenue, over Uulbert's music store. MEGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS supplies, envelopes, paper bags, twine. Wurehouse. 130 Washington avtnue, Scranton, Pa. SITUATIONS WANTED SITUATION WANTED-BY A BOV 11 years old, as errand boy or light of fice work; can speak English and Ger man. Address 520 Maplo street, Scran ton, Pn. SITUATION WANTED AS STENOG rapher or other olllce work. Address "D," 126 Adams avenue, Dunmore, Pa. BAKER-YOUNO MAN WISHES S1TU utton at baking with experience. Ad dress Baker, 147V4 S. Fllmoro avenue. SITUATION WANTED-BY MARRIED many, any position; experienced; ge i eral store or shipping clerk and book keeper. Addres-s C. P., P, O. Box 202, Dunmore. WANTED-S1TUATION IN GROCERY store or any place of trust; strictly temperate; can furnish references; live years' expcilcnVo. Ward, Box 4, Dur yea, Pa. SITUATION WANTED-BY A MIDDLE aged man as Janitor or night watch man; have been six years In present situation. Address "Janitor." care ot this offlce. A. B. BRIGGS CLEANS PRIVY VAULTS and cess pools: no odor. Improved pumps used. A. BRIGas, Proprietor. Leave orders 1100 North Main avenue, or Elckeg' drug store, corner Adams and Mulberry. Telephone 6040. PREPARED MUSH. ASK YOUR GROCER OR BUTCHER. Prepared Mush. Mado by the Now York Prepared Mush Co. 412 Penn ave nue, Scrai.ton. jJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiimr - a nnninuM phip nuluUYHL, 3HLG, A LADY DERIRES A POSITION AS housekeeper; first-class references us to character and ability. Address "In dustry," Tribune offlce. SITUATION WANTED TO GO OUT BY tho day washing. Ironing, scrubbing or will tako washing home. Addicss 420 Franklin avenue W. G. ROOK. VETERINARY SUR. gcon. Horses, Cattle and Dogs treated. Hospital.' 121 Linden street, Scranton. Telephono 2673 DENTISTS blL L0.1TyMAN, 323N. WASHINGTON avenue. DR. F. street. L. M'GRAW. 305 SPRUCE DR. II. F. REYNOLDS, OPP. P. O. DR. C. C. LAUBACH, 115 Wyoming ave. WELCOME C. SNOVER, 421 LACKA wnnna avenue. Hours, 1 to 1 and 2 to 5. WHERE UOTTO.ll I'KM. OUT. i S B I SPORTING GOODS II COST i e W6 are reducing our stock, ss preparatory to moving on a 5 April 1st. All goods marked 5' down Buy now while prices are S right, A. W. JDRISCH, AgtJ g 321 Spruce Street. niiuuiiiixfiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiuiiiiiMiuB SITUATION WANTED-BY A FIRST class double entry bookkeeper; 20 years' experience; married, steady and reliable; trial solicited. H, A. M 616 N. Garfield avenue. SITUATION WANTED-AS COLLKC tor for wholesale house. Address Col lector, care Tribune olllce. SITUATION WANTED-A YOUNG MAN of 22 years; a position ns driving de livery wagon or In plurdng mill; have had experience. Address W. S. D., care of this olllce. SITUATION WANTED-BY A SOBER and Industrious young man; has had eight years' oxporlcnco as a locomotive fireman; would take a position ns a sta tlonary fireman; thoroughly reliable. Ad dress Jos. Holland Carbondule, Pa, SITUATION WANTED-BY AN EXPE. rienced second girl; call or address N, C, 831 Plttston ave.. Scianton, Pa. Overdone on llm Prtiuild. From the Chicago Trlbuno. The cyclist and Ms cycling bride who were making the tour ot Egypt stood on top at the great Pyramid und lor some moments contemplated In silence the his torlo lundscare. Then tho young man spoke. Stretching out his hand he uttered Na poleon's memorable words; " 'Soldiers, forty centuries aro looking down upon your " "Why, no dear," Blmpered tho lovely lirld, l'v only done thirteen." An Astonishing Moras nntl a Myster ious Luke Met With by IJuildcrs. From the Sun. 'The most ootly llttlo stretch of roadbed, fur a railroad in this or any other countrv, I suoss," said a, contrac tor, "Is on the Carbnmlnlf! division of the Krle railroad at Ararat Summit. It Is only a quarter ot a mile long, but It cost between ?250,000 nnd $301,000 to mako It ready for the rails, or nt the rate of Jl.000.00u a mile. Tho railroad was completed In 1873 ami trains had piiBsed over It, hut ono night quarter of a mile of tho track nnd roadbed disappeared entirely and a ureat quag mire occupied the ulaoe where appar ently solid ground had been before. Into this pit 10,000 carloads of gravel about 100,000 tons and 500 largo hem lock trees, brandies nnd all, were thrown without havlns any perceptible effect toward forming a bottom on which a neiv roadbed could b founded, "Then eteps were taken by the con tractors to find out tho depth ot th,o remarkable sink hole. Four piles, each 40 feet lone;, were driven down, one on top of the other, before solid bottom was reached, showing' tho depth ot the unstable spot to be 160 feet. This fact established, a row of piles was driven In tho manner of tho test piles, on both sides of the- space required for tho roadled. They were driven close togsth.n-, so close that the work re quired nearly S.000 of them. These pie vented the escape of anything dumped Into the lnclo3ure. For four months gravel, rocks and fomt trees, entire, weie thrown into the pit before the nll nlisorblug morasE was overcome. Acres of hemlock forest were levelled to cup ply tho trees, of which 1,600 from 60 to 100 feet high, and with a spread of branchen sometimes of 25 feet, wpro "ued. An adjacent gtavel hill, 50 feet high and covering four acres, was lev elled to ontnln material for building up thU remarkable roadbed, und rocks weighing many tops each wcro tumbled Into the depths before a stolid way vvao made ncrcss it. It Is doubtful If in tho history of railroad construction Just such a task ever confronted a contrac tor, although this one had a pretty close parallel, about the sumo time, oti n Now Jersey railroad, which Is also now pint of th Erlo svstpin, or soon FRANK P. BROWN & CO.. WHOLE sale dealers In Woodware, Cordage and Oil Cloth. 720 West Lackawanna ave. will bo the New York, Susquehanna and Western. "When that railroad was built It wts known ns the New Jersey Midland. Tlo grading of the road was about con pleted through the northern part of New Jersey when one morning the la borers were amazed to see that the roadbed between Snufftown and I'rt Tuttle had been transformed durng the night Into a pond mora than 60 feet wide and an eighth of a mile Imp. The depth of this mysterious pond van sounded and found to be nearly 100 feet. The strangest part of the phenomenon was that the spot had formerly teen heavily timbered, ut the timber had been cleared from the land, which had for years been under cultivation. Vear liy there were, and are yet, rreat springs gushing out of the grund, forming good-sized streams, the vol ume of which' never chnnged. Prom those streams and springs It hac1 long been current history in that vWnlty tint eyeless fish had been taker, and this tradition had led to the theoty that there was an underground lake there about, of which th'e springs and streams were outlets. AVhen tint sec tion of railroad disappeared and a lake took Its place, this theory stoned to be well enough established anunp; the people, and vns supported by tie opin ion of sointlfic persons who visited the place to Investigate the phenimenon. They said that the evidences of the surroundings were that a nattral lake had onde covered that spot at some time long past, and that it hid been gradually covered over by the accumu lating vegetable matter of ares, until a surface was formed strong enough to sustain forest growth. Whether that was true or not, the railroad company had either to build a roadbel through the lake that had Ingulfed thi one they hud previously built or give up the Idea of getting any further with it, for there was no thorouglfare else where In that neighborhood. So they undertook the task of fllllnir the lake up. They worked three months, night and day, dumping ull sort-) of bulky inuterlal into tho lake and spent more than $100,000 In doing it Tjefore they accomplished the task." A fUKlOUS FUENCIf LAW, From the New York Tribune Owing to tho existence of a peculiar law In France-, wfftnh exacts that "any person named or referred to In any periodical publication shall have the tight to reply In tho next number In tho s.iims place and In the same type, providing tho reply does not extend to more than twico the length of the offending article," one of the forth coming numbers of the "Revue des Deux Mondes," the most Important nnd Influen tial monthly reviews In France, will con tain an article of unusual length, and couched In extravagant lurguage, which will appear In Its pages In spite of op position of tho editor. U will bear tho sig nature of a dramatic author, who In furiated by the uaturo of tho ciltlclsm passed by tho "Rovue" one one or his plays, has invoked his rights under nrtl clo 13 of the press laws, rights which were In vain contested by tho editor. Charles Todtl Is lying 111 with ap pendicitis at the home of his parents, Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Todd. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas IJrovvn aro vis Itlng relatives in New York elty and Hlcksville, L. I. An "Anti-Saloon league" hits boon organized In Forest City. Tho leaguo held its second meeting In the Metho dist church last night. This Is the season of the year when all rubbish and uncleanly accumula tions should be gathered up and prop erly disposed of. All pools nnd foul places should be looked after and dis infected with lime or copperas. Cel lars ought to be cleared of all decay ing vegetable matter and at the same time the streets or alleys ought not to be used as a place of deposit for the refuse. During tho past winter, while there has been no extended epidemic, yet there have been n number of deaths from contngldus diseases. Now Is tho time to guard against on outbicak more serious by using proper sanitary precautions. Tho looks of your prem ises will nlso bo improved and living will to more pleasant generally. Mlsi Mary Heddlngton, of Starucea, is the guest of borough friends. Alfred Davis and Thomas P. McCor mlck have been doing grand jury duty at Montroso this week. It Is reported that the council has undtr consideration the purchase from J. R. Fleming of the building now oc cupied by thnt body and Enterprise Hoe company. Treasurer Patrick Cleary, of tho school board, has Just received Forest City s shnre of the state appropriation. It amounts this year to ?4,230.S8. K. F. Aldrlch and Hr. D. Dwyer have been spending the week in Washing ton, D. C THE HKillT OT IMtlVATEEllINC. rvm vu'Uhtttm THE EDGE OF A DOLLAR doesn't look so big as the face of It. the woman who buvs soan for house- clcanine loses steht of economy she loot ftt her inonev edecwlse. The woman who values Iter money as well as her strength uses Washing Powdir. nd hai something to show for her labor bostd at worn iucb nua a pair or rougn lianas. itiriicni. package greatest economy. Th N. IC Falrbnnk Compujr, Oblctfo. Bt.lK.ali. NiwYotk. isoiion. l'hlUdriphU. It tins Never Itcen Abandoned by llio United Stun-. From tho Chicago Inter-Ocean. It ia appropriate to tho existing con litlon of affairs to call to mind that Spain and the United States nre tho only civilized nations that recognize the right of privateering ns an auxiliary of maritime war. The abstract Justice of such a method of war Is plain from the following opinion of llluntschll. quoted in Wharton's book on interna tional law: "As nothing prevents a state from forming a body of volun teers to be employed as a part of tho niixlllnry force of Its army, so a mari time nation may, with entire propriety, re-enforce Its fleets by adding vessels previously employed In trade." And Thomas Jeffeison stated the case even more forcibly. He said: "What difference is it to tho sufferer that his property Is captured or destroyed by a national or privateering vessel? Did our merchants, who lost 917 vessels by British capture, feel any gratification that most of them were taken by his majesty's men-of-war, nnd but a few of them by British privateers? Wore the spoils less rigidly exacted by n seventy-four gun ship of war than by a privateer of four guns? in the United States every encouragement should be given to privateering In time of war with a commercial nation." And it is mere matter of fact that one among the most illustrious of our naval heroes, Paul Jones, was a priva teer. The first strong movement against pilvateerlng was made by France and Great Britain during the progress of the Crimean war. The motives at work aro thus set forth in u memorandum of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, at that time French minister of war: "What most Influenced the Kngllsh government was the fear of America Inclining against us and lending to our enemies (The Russians) the co-operation of her har dy volunteers. Tho maritime popula tion of the United States, their enter prising marine, might furnish to Rus sia a fleet of privateers that, attached to Russia's service by letters of marque, and covering the seas with n network of sails, would harass and pursue our commerce (that of England and Fiante) oven In the most remote waters." The United States declined to enter Into a treaty with France and England for tho abolition of privateering unless Russia alo should be a party. The progress of the war made this Impos sible. Hut at the close of the war privateer ing was abolished on the parts of Italy, Germany, Russia, France, Austria and Eritnin, and all of the nations of Northern Europe. The United States was naked to become a party to the treaty, and expressed her willingness to Join, irovlded that the private prop erty of a belligerent on the high sens should be exempt from seizure by the public aimed vessels of the other bel ligerent.unlesB such property were con traband cf war. Great Urltuln refused to entertain this equitable proposition, and so the United States held aloof, and now stands free to equip priva teers In bor own defense or for th" pui po30 of destroying the commerce of nn enemy. It Is the plainest of propn. sitions that in case of need the United Plates could equip twelve privateers where Spain could equip one. THE MARKETS. Wnll Ntreet Review. New York, March 30. Today's trans actions in stocks might fairly be termed a runaway bull market. The over whelming conviction ot all operators on Wall street seemed to be that a peaceful adjustment of the controversy with Spain Is probable. Thero were re actions at times during tho day but without at any time reducing the level of prices to last night's close or oven near it, and tho market several times rallied to near the top figures of the day under renewed buying. The day closed with a buying movement In full force and with prices near the highest level. The day's net gains In the rail road list range from 1 to 3 points und In the specialties gains of over 5 points in sugar and nearly 7 points in Met ropolitan street railway were scored. Total sales were 051,000 shares. Furnished by WILLIAM LINN ALLEN & CO., stock brokers, Mears building, rooms 703-706. Open- High- Low- Clot, inir. est. eL inL. Am. uot. Ull 17', Am. Sug. Re'g Co ..116 11T Atch., To. & S. Fc A., T. & S. F Pr .. 26U Am. Tobncco Co .... u'ii Bait. & Ohio K Brook. R T 'dsy, Bay State Gas 2T3 Can. Southern 471'3 N. J. Central D3 Chic. &G. W 10;, Chic. & N. W : nan Chic, P.. & Q !2Vi Chicago Gas SI'-. Clile., Mil. & St. P.. W Chic, R. I. & V K"a Chic. St. P. M. & O. 71 C. C. C. & St. L .... 27'j N. V., L. E. & W .. n Gen. Electric 3! Lake Shore IS-Vj Louis. . Nash GO'i Manhattan Elo , M. K. & Te... Pr .. !MU Mo. Pacific 21,15 Nat. Lead ::0V. N. Y. Central Ill Out. & West 14? North. Pacific ........ 23U Nor. Pacific. Pr .... IB Pacific Mail 2B Phil. & Read K Southern It. R saH Southern 1'. It.. Pr.. 27't, Tonn., C. & Iron .... l!i.. Texas & Paeillt- .... ini. Union Pac, 1st Pr . . 62 U. S. Rubber 17& U. S. Leather. Pr .. :,'', Wabash 7 Wabash, Pr U West. Union SsG W. & L. E.. Pr 10 IS 122U 12 27H 17,2 trivi 4Sl4 !5 11 12HS 3414 !)2V, SS'a 71 2V, VI i4H IST.Vj I :;4is, aili 11:1 15U 2 Pi i'4 -7 17 S& 2i' lVs lij 5S',2 7 Kt 871-s 10 144 liU 11U mi 26U 7U mi; 2'4 10 11!) 921- lVv ST." 71 IS 33 IV. i PS IKPi 26 Vi SOU 111 14TS 231 4 62'i 26 1C; S1 27 litis 10Vs 321 i 17 10 lasvi Met. Traction 'o ..13! CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE 11 r-'u'j 1H 27 ill IT'S, 3'n p:i 9 Hi 10 121 9Ei .11 W .1 2Mi r; ;'4 .7)1 2 lW.-j 31 27 31 11.1 15li "lis C3',i '-'6 17i2 SVa 27V UIh 101 2 Kl IS "71 , 7 " 1'1'b N7!s 10 in ' creamery, SOVic; do. prints, 22c. Eggs Steady; fresh, nearby, 10c; do. western, 10V4c; do. southern, 10c; do. duck, ISaJOc.; do. goose, COc Cheese Unchanged. Re fined Sugars Firm; at 9.43 a. m. prices wcro advanced 1-lCc. on povvedcred cubes and Nos. 6, G, 9. 10. 11, U ni.d 13, nnd at 1.43 p. m., powdered and No. 1 down to No. IB advanced 1-lGc, except Nos. 3, 7 nnd 12, which wero He higher; powdered ctbes nnd crown A, Ec; gruuulated and crystal A, CV4c; confectioners' A, So.; No. 1 at 4 13-lGc. down to 4c for No. lb. Cn ton Film and 1-lGc. higher; middling up lands, G 7-lGc. Tallow Dull and weak; city prime, in hogsheads, Sc; country, do. do., barrels, 3iiuGc. ; dark, doV 3c; cakes, 3H!r,3c,; Brcns0i aSc. i,ve Poultty Firm; fowls, 10al0V4c; old roos ters. 7c; broilers, 17a20c; ducks, 12c Dressed Poultry Firm; fowls, choice, lUVi allc; do. farl to good, OVialOc; chlckeni, fancy large, llallVic; good to choice, do., lOalO'Jo. : rommon and scalded, do., 7a9c; turkeys, fancy, lU12c; choice, do., 10c ; fair lo good do., SaDc; ducks, Ea9c. Re ceiptsFlour 2,000 barols and 10,009 sacks; wheat, S.mw bushels; corn, 73,000 bushels; oats, 2,000 bushels. Shipments Wheat, ,7.00-1 bushels; com, 7,000 bushels; oats, I'iI'iO bushels. WHEAT. May July CORN. May July OATS. May Jul.v PORK. May LARD. May Open- High- Low- Clos ing. 104 2SV( 30!, est 101 S3is 2!i i 9. 10 n.,-,2 4 97 r..02 est. 10.) hi 2V 4.97 irg. i"SU M' yji, j; 5.00 Itching, Burning, Skin Diseases Cured for Thirty-live Cent. Dr. Agnew's Ointment relieves In ono day and cures Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Eczema, Barber's Itch, Ulcers, Blotches and all eruptions of the skin. It Is soothing and quieting and acts like magic In the cure of nil baby humors, 3Rc Sold by Matthews Bros, and W. T. Clark. 79. Scranton Hoard of Trade Kxchnngo Qttotntions--All Quotations linked 011 Pur of 100. STOCKS. Bi Scranton -t Plttston Trae Co. National Boring & Diill'g Co. First National Bank 7U0 Elmhurst Boulevard Scianton Savings Bank Scranton Packing Co Lncku. Iron & Steel Co Third National Bank Troop Novelty Mfg Co Scranton Traction Co Scranton Axle Woiks Weston Mill Co Alexander Car Replacer Co .. Dime Dep. & DIs. Bank Peck Lumber Mfg Co Ucononiy Light, Heat & Pow- r Co -.. Scranton Illuminating, Heat & Power Company BONDS. Scranton Pass. Railway, first mortgage, duu 1920 People's StreotRallway, tlrst mortgage, due l'Jlb Peoples Street Railway. Gen- ' oral mortguge. duo 1921 DlckBon Manufacturing Co ... I.acka. Township School 6.. City of Scranton St. Imp. 0., Mt. Vernon Coal Co Scranton Axel Works Scranton Traction Co.. first mortbage, 6'b, duo 1932 d. Asked, 20 W ...'"' lii" 223 a3 130 Ss5 .. iu lb ,kl .. 73 230 100 130 173 210 t liii'ngo Grain Market. C'lilcngo, March 3". Wheat today closed nervous wllh all but Vic. ot nn eaily arl viineo lost. The sailing of : new Spanish fleet, the news from Washington and ru mors of a favorable crop leport precipi tated general selling, particularly by longs, who had n profit. Other products followed wlu'at In a narrow way closing quotations showing scarcely any change fiom yofctcrday. Cash quotations wero as follows: Flour Steady; No. 2 red, J1.01V1 al.02Vi! No. 2 corn. 2SVc; No. 2 yellow, ava29e.. No. 2 oats, 2T,c. No. 2 White, f. o 1 29Via29'ic. , No. 3 white, f. o. b., X.Vi a2S'ic; No. 2 rye, 49Vic; No. 1 flax stjed," $l.lG,il.l; prime timothy seed. 5J.f0a2.S5; mess pork, 9.40a9.43; lard, $4.33al.'J7'4; short ribs, sides, loose, JI.S3a.".12'j; dry salted shoulders, boxed, 44a4V&c.; short clear sides, boxed, J5.2Tia3.t0; whisky, 51.19H ; sugars, cut loaf, $3.fi3a5.fcS; granu lated. t5.32a."i.57. Receipts-Flour. 35,000 barrels; wheat, 100,000 bushels; cjrn, 279, (Xk) bushels; oats 'J31.000 bushels; ryo, S.WM bushels; b.irlev. 4.'.0u0 bushels. Shipments Flour, 14,1100 barrels, wheat. jOJ.uOO bush els, corn, S9.000 bushels; oat, I71,0iU bush els, lye. 10,000 bushels: barley, H.OW bush-cla: Chicago Live Stock. Ch'.cago, March 30. Cattle In limited supply and recent prices well maintained, good to prime fat cattle strong nnd 0c higher, beef .steers, $3.S0al.l0 for tho commonest to t5au.40 for choice to prime shipping cattle. Stockers and feeders animated at S3.S3a4.5n. Calves .sold at S6u G.G5; canning cuw uctlvf) nt ?2.2ta3 for tat heifers sold up to tl.30a4.7S. Hogs Fair ly active; prices weakening a little after early strength. The commonest heavy packing hogs selling nt f).G5a3.75, while prime heavy hogs brought t3.Wa3.92Vi. Sheep and Lambs Strong and the recent advance, sheep, sold briskly at t4.23al.70 lor vvooled anil tl.G0.i4. 13 for shorn; lams selling nt t3a4 and at t.1.23, yearling sheep brought'. $l.73a5 15. shorn going at $4.30: shorn lambs sold nt fl.SuaS and un shorn at t3aG; Colorado? selling freely Ut t5.85aG. Receipts Cattle. 12,000 head; hogs, 24 000 head ; sheep, 1G,I0 head. v York Live Slock. Now Yiuk. March 10. Beeves Active und firm and a shade higher; good cows, 10c higher; all sold; steers, medium to cho.ee. tl.75a3.40; oxen nnd stags. tJ.13a 4.61; cows, t2a'i.7,V. extia fat do., tU.OOalU. ('ahlis unchangod, Kxpoits today, 3,7'i2 quarters of beef; tomorrow 592 cattle, ('alvos Good veuls. steady; common and medium, lower; 50 head unsold; poor to cholcii veals, tli'7 Slurp and Lambs Phoop In light supply and linn, lambs, slow and IV1200. lower; ono car unsold; hlu op, tla5.10: lambs, good to choice, frG.i C'li's; flipped do,, $3j5.33; spring lambs,. tJ-'Outi each, i.ps Market slow at K90"V 4.15. 45 S3 115 ... 115 113 .. 100 102 102 t luO 103 $ $ NOTICE. I In order to facilitate the prompt delivery of The Tribune to our subscribers who are about to change their places of residence, we respectfully re- quest that they fill out the following blank, and mail or deliver to the business ofhee of I he tribune, addressing same to "Manager" Circulation Depart- ment. I Circulation Manager, Scranton Tribune: V Dear Sir : Change the delivery of my paper trom 0 N I To o 4b Subscriber. 0 Oi-DON'T PAIL TO OIVE YOUR OLD ADDRESS. New Vol I. Produce .Market. New York, March 30. Flour Dull but hteady. Wheat Spot weak; No. 2 red, tl.00i, f. o. b., afloat spot; No. 1 north ern New York. !1.0l?, f. o. b., nfloat to arrive, No. 1 hird Manitoba, tl.tw. t. o. b., afloat to arrive, No. 1 hard Duluth, tl.0S, f. o. b,, afloat to arrive; options opened firmer on better cables than expected and was governed nil day by Wabhlngtou news, activity among shorts kept prices well sustained until just before tho closo when realizing set In and established a sharp break, llnal prices being -c. higher on near but e. off on lato positions; March, closed 0SVt , May. OSUa'io., clobt-d 9Si3c; July, S:'.ukGc., closed MVicj September, 79uSni4c, closed 79V-. Do cember, closed 80c. Corn Spot cusy; No. 2, 3c, f. o. b., alio it; options opened tlrm with wheat and held steady all day, easing oft llnally on the lato drop In wheat, closed 'iuVjc. net lower; May, JPaU ll-13o closed 3Uc; July, 3114a 34,c., closed !4c. Oats -Spot firmer, No. 2, 20c; No. 3, 29c ; No. 2 white. ZlUc; No 8 white, 31c; track miked, westein. 30a 31i8c. ; track white. 2a3Sc; options quia but t-teady, closing i.e. net higher; May closed 29c. Beef-Firm; family. Wall. 73; extra mess, t9a9.73 Cut Meats Quiet; pickled bellies, liyaC'.tc. Lard Steady. ButterVery llrm; creamery, ISnlDi&e.; factory. U'aH'Sc Elglns, I'-Hc: Imitation creamery. 14al7c. ; state daily, Hitlfcc ; do. creamery 15al9c. Eggs Steady; stato and Pimii-ylvoiila, lOHiillc. , wectern fresh, loijc; southern, 30alou.c. Tallow Dull; city, 35a3 11-lGc. , country, 3a3Uc., as to quullty. Petroleum Dull. Enst Liberty Cuttle iJnrkot. East Liberty, Pa., Mtreh 30. Cattle Steady; prime. J3a5.03; common, t3.b0al.15; bulls, htags and cows, J2a4.10. Hogs Active and higher; best medium andk Vorers, f4a.4.fl.V, good light Yorkers, mwa 3.93 : fair light Yorkers, t3.S0a3.!w; pi J3.50a3.75: heavy hogs, t3.Mat; rous;! H2.fi0n3.no. Sheep Steady: choice, tlA 3; common, t1.fi0.i4; choice lambs, t.VJOaG; common to good, tl.7Gu5.S0; veal calves, $Ca.D0 lluttitlo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y.. March 30.-Cattle ' Steady. Hogs Fall ly active, Yorker.j, good to choice. (4 14.05; loughs, common to olioioe, t3.50.i3.t3; -pigs, common to choice, $1.73a.l ST. SI eep and Lambs Fairly ao tivo; lambs, choice to extra, tG.lOaC.W; culls, to i-oirmon, t3.23a5.G3; sheep, choice to selected wethers, tl.tOaf' culls to com mon, 3.lja4.4V. Philadelphia I'mvUion Market. Philadelphia, March SO. Wheat Firm nnd ?c, higher; contract grade, March, 7';a9Sc; Apill, 97uSc. Com Un changed; March, 33?4a3lc; April and May, 33'a34i.tc. Potatoes Steudy white, choice, per uuyhel. &0u&3c; do. fair to good, do., 75a7!c; sweets, prime red, per basket, 70a75c, ; do, do. yellow, do. do,, 15a 70c; do. seconds, do, do,, lOuKc. Butter Firm und he higher; fancy western Oil Market. Oil City, Pa.. March SO.-Crcdlt bal- ances, 77c ; certlllcates opened and closed, cabh oil at 77M-C; highest, THic total sales, 15,000 barrels; shipments, 73,210 bar rcls; runs, 100,773 batrels. TO TIJST PURITY OV WATIHl. A simple test for ascertaining whether there Is any Impurity In water Is to tnk a glassful and add to It a few drops of sluphurlc acid nnd a few drops of a dilute solution of potassium permnngenate, A perfect pink color will be produced, but if the water contains decaying organic matter, the pink color will at once be como faint and finally dlsnppear. Some times ferrous sulphate, hydrogen sulphate or other reducing ogenta are prevent in water and produce similar results. An expert can alwuys distinguish the differ- ,' enco, und for this reason tho experiments of a novice cannot always bo relied upon. But when water shovvH nn excess of chlorine, nnd bleaches potassium pernrtn genate, It Is certainly suspicious, and should bo analyzed by an expert. sr.vr.N vr.Aits on tiik iioau. From the Belfast. (Mo.) Republican. Novcnmber 27 Richard B, Stover or Bueksport received through the mall a letter which ho mulled Marcn 1), lbOC, to his father. Captain J. (3, Stover, now soma time deceased, then In command of the ship Daniel Barrea, which was duo at Victoria, B. C. Tho letter was In care of the Amcrlcnn consul. Tho Barnes had sailed before tho nrrlval of the letter, and for seven years It had been pigeon-holed somewhere, to bo finally returned, accord ing to the usual direction on the envelope, unopened, with the usual Indorsement, "Fnclalmed," The Canadian ofllclalh do not seem to bo open to tho charge of un- j due haste In this matter.
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