.8 Tlllfi SUliAJNTUN TlUJiUJSJS- WEDNESDAY, JUL 26, 1899. UVE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD PRESENT CONDITION OF THE PIQ IRON MARKET. Commission Throwsters of Poterson, N. J., aud of tills State Aro En deavoring to Form n Combination. The Way Eben E. MoLeod Made a Hit with President Truesdale. Thomas M. Williams, of Lykens, Pa., Has Rotlred from His Posi tion as Mining Superintendent. A trade exchange says: "The pis Iron market continues unchanged, but In ii little feverish. People are paying very high prices, but are a little more cautious about long contracts. The cry of nn iron famine, which Is still reiterated by some self-styled organs of the trade. Is losing its force of repe tition. People aro getting used to it and art- no longer frightened by it. Moreover, they are realizing that there vill bo plenty of Iron to go round, with n reasonable amount of patience, though everybody cannot expect to get deliveries at once. "For raw material the range of prices Is shown in our Pittsburg and Ala bama letters. At present prices the furnace-men ought to bo making plen ty of money. Their low-price con tracts are now generally nuuicu "i. nnd they are beginning to get the bene lit of the higher range now quoted. "Finished material, which was a lit tle behind pig iron and billets, Is still going up. The chief advances noted this week are on wire and nails, bars nnd tin-plates. "Steel rails aro in more limited de mand, the prices having made rail roads hesitate a little. The mills, how ever, have work enough to keep them going for the rest of this year and into 1900. "Kxport Inquiries contlne frequent, notwithstanding the high prices. The fact Is that demand is large and prices nre high In Europe as well as here. It Is one of these periods which come at more or less regular Intervals when the buyer does not nsk the price, bul only whether he can get the material he wants." Throwsters to Combine. The commission throwsters of Pater son, N. J-, and Pennsylvania have again taken up the movement that was started several months ago, to form this branch of the silk Industry Into consolidation, with a view to better controlling the trade and maintaining the prices, which have reached, It Is claimed, such a low stage that it is almost impossible to get an operat ing and living prollt out of the busi ness. Although little has been heard of the project of late, It was not dead, but simply slumbering. Jerome C. Head, of the William Strange com pany, and n member of the silk throw ing firm of Read & Lovatt, of AVeth erly. Pa.. Is the prime mover in the plan and has taken an active part in bringing about a combination. Mr. Read went to Kurope in the spring, but recently returned; the schemp has been taken up again and it looks now as if the combination would be effected, as It is said there will be no lack of capi tal to back the enterprise. A meeting of the commission throw sters was called for Saturday after noon last In the rooms of the Silk asso ciation In Patcrson and representatives of eighteen of the largest throwing concers were In attendance. Jerome C. Head was chosen chairman and stated the object of the meeting and the plans for preliminary organization were dis cussed. It was decided to have the chair appoint a committee on organiz ation nnd report back. The commit tee has not yet been named by the chair, but will be In a day or two. In the meantime the advantages of such a combination as Is proposed will be laid before those throwsters who have not yet signified their Intention of joining. The consolidation will take in Pennsylvania and New Jersey throwsters. Mr. Williams Has Resigned. One of the best known and most ex perienced men In mines and mining in tho United States Is Thomas M. 'Wil liams, of Lykens, Pa., who has resigned Ills position as general superintendent for tho Pennsylvania railroad collieries nt L,ykens Valley. Mr. Williams was mine Inspector of the Wllkes-Uarre district from 1S74 to 1SS0 and after a term as inspector he Hssumed the responsible position of general foreman of nil tho collieries of the Susquehanna Coal company at Jsantlcoke, under George T. Morgan, superintendent. He was later ap pointed 'superintendent of the Wll liamstown and Lykens Valley collieries tor the Pennsylvania Ilnilroad com Jiany. On Thursday last he sent in his teslgnatlon, to take effect Aug. 1, af ter a continuous service of seventeen years in some of tho most gaseous and extensive coal mines In tho country. The cause of his resigning is falling health, he having suffered severely for over a year. Mr. Williams came to this country with his mother from Uaniddel, near Pontypool, Wales, landing In Philadel phia In the fall of 1S4S from a small railing ship named the Mary Pleasant. One of the passengers on the little craft was Superintendent Benjamin Hughes, of this city, who also recently A- IlfSFSir5 icIC V. 'AaiJdi rai. '"'. f,; i - tm m old IV. I W'cfc Cftn't. fr)A hlnmarl fnw nn tflvlnv (TniHin a.!. n fliu famn t ,Iju .,t ...ti MH iwii m uvprii t, cei Wit! J, hpnni It leti't tA ii t .!.. , ... " vii. utoi iut oiLeloesandcbokeK tho wick; tho wick chan and the light nickeri. When you're tlreil of Utnpdli comfort, ntlc your dealer to sup ply you with our Headlight Water White Oil There'll be healthier w'loka and brlihtar flames: less trouble with in tamps una more com ion .Eromweugnu. Try it ana see. ATLANTIC REFININQ CO. WtWWWAtWWWWWWI Laughlflg Babies Good nature In children Is rare, unless they are healthy. Those raised on the CONDENSED MILK ness. This milk is so easily pre f tiared that IranroDer feeding is & inexcusable. $ a SEND FOR BOOE ON "BABIES," J Jf BORDCVS CONDENSED MILK CO., N. V. resigned as general superintendent of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West ern company. The voyage In the Mary Pleasant took Jive weeks and one day. After Aug. 1 Mr. Williams will take a much needed rest at tho seaside, where he expects to recuperate his health. He has been nn active toller for llfty-seven of the sixty-four yeais of his busy life. Made a Hit with Truesdnle. When Eben E. McLeod, the new chairman of the Western Passenger association, was tho representative of the Pock Island In Pittsburg, ho had occasion at one time to ask for trans portation for a friend of his in this city. He preferred his request to tho general olilces, but was refused, tho reply coming from the general passen ger agent that W. H. Truesdale, now president of the Delaware, Lnokawan na and Western, but the general man ager of the Rock Island, had issued orders directly opposed to that sort of requests. Mr. McLeod thereupon got upon a train nnd went to Chicago to see about tho refusal. Ho was told again what he had been told In the letter. Ho car ried his case to Mr. Truesdale himself, nnd a few minutes after he went Into the office of tho general manager he came out smiling with the transporta tion he had sought. How he broke down the iron-clad rule has never be come known, but his first meeting with Mr. Truesdale so Impressed thnt official that McLeod was very shortly made assistant general passenger agent of tho line. His further advancements have undoubtedly been due to his de termination to get that transportation for the Pittsburg man Pittsburg Com mercial Gazette. Mine to Resume. An official notice has been posted by the Lehigh nnd Wllkes-Harre Coal company at Its No. !) colliery, Sugar Notch, to the effect that on Monday work will bo resumed at that colliery, which has been idle for about six weeks past, during which It has been under golnlng extensive repairs. The improvements make the colliery one of the llnest and best equipped In the conl regions. Although the mine has been worked for a, large number of years there 1j still immense deposits of coal there, and It is tho opinion of experienced mining men that it will take seventy-five years to exhaust the product of the mine. No. 9 is one of the most productive of all the old mines of the Lehigh nnd Wllkes-Harro Coal company. Incandescent Lamps in Mines. Tho one disadvantage in employing incandescent lamps In coal mines now that the installation of current is us ually made for the purpose of operat ing electrical cutters or electrical loco motives Is the possibility of the Igni tion of lire damp should the globe bo broken by a blast or by being struck. To obviate the possibility of such nn explosion a German Inventor proposes to provide a lamp base with a spring switch and mount the lamp against a ilexlblo diaphram, so that, should the lamp receive a jar, tho spring will be released, thus cutting off tho current. Tho whole device is protected by a hemispherical glass tube. This and That. II. P. Rlgert, of St. Paul, formerly Identified with tho Pennsylvania rail road, has been appointed chief clerk to Superintendent Kussell nnd assumed his duties yesterday. The Boston colliery of the Delaware and Hudson company nt Larksvllle will bo Idle for six weeks, as the com pany Is making extensive repairs to tho breaker and engine house. National Organizer Benjamin James will attend tho meeting of local union. No. EC2, United Mine Workers, In St. John's hall. Pine Brook, this evening, nnd make an oddro!"s. An invitation has been extended to nil mine workers to attend. W. B. Hlxson, of Hoboken, N. J superintendent of bridges and build ings for tho Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company, arriv ed In the city yestetday and assumed his position. There was quite a serious squeeze Monday In tho workings of No, 2 col liery of the Delaware and Hudson company at Plymouth. It Is hoped that it will not extend so as to throw any number of men und boys out of employment. m 1 Chinese Physlcinns. Tho taking of a first dose of Chinese medicine Is an ordeal which can bo better Imagined than described. It 13 invariably a bitter decoction. If the patient prefers, tho herbs are given him In square pasteboard boxes hold ing about a pint each, and he "cooks" them nt home. A Chlneso prescription contains from ten to sixteen varieties of herbs, flowers, nuts, gums, barks and roots. More than 3,000 species are clossilled nnd used ns medicine, but of these only some COO nre In gen eral usi. Whether the patient takes the remedies at the sanitarium or at home, he is requested to present him self every duy before tho doctor for another pulse examination, so that e ery change In his condition may be not ed and tho prescription may be varied accordingly. The Chinese nre clever chemists In this Hue of pharmaceuti cal preparations, and prepare many medicines for their own uso In the form of pills nnd powders; but these are employed by tho Chinese physi cians In treating tho aliments of white people only to a limited extent. Tho reason given is that tho simple, hot decoctions of the fresh root or plant are tho best form, because the most readily assimilated Into the system. From LIpplncott's, ft rcEEj-aSf Gail B k rJWIP LOgiBO I onsen Brand STEADY GROWTH IN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR SHOWED A RE MARKABLE INCREASE. There Woro 17,204 Names on the Rolls in 1800, as Compared with 15,427 in 1808, and 14,500 in 1807 Averago Attendance Did Not Compare ns Well as the En rollment Owing, Probably, to tho Long and Severe Winter Number of Pupils at Each School. Some Interesting figures nre given In the annual report of tho uttendanco of the public schools just completed by Miss Potts, secretary to City Superin tendent Howell. Last year showed a remarkable increase over tho previous year and also over the increase of tho previous year as compared with tho year preceding. In 1S97 tho total enrollment was 14, 5C0; in 1S9S, 15,472, nnd in 1S99, 17,294. The percentage of increase in tho mat ter of averago attendance was so marked but it was nevertheless large. In 1SD7, tho average attendance was 10.18D; in 1S9S, 11,129; In 1S99, 11,213. The long and severe winter Is likely ac countable for the largo discrepancy be tween the last year's enrollment and attendance. Below uro given summnrles of tho table showing the total enrollment, av erage attendance and per cent, attend ance, of males and females; tho en rollment and attendance by months, the night school enrollment and nttendaneo and tho enrollment and attendance by schools. TOTALS Port 1S37. On Poll- Females 7,c;:j Total 14,500 Average attendance Mules 4.SSI 1'Ymnles 5,2M Total 10, ISO Per cent, attenancc Males 87 Females S5 Total Sfi Promoted 4,92.' Suspended 23 TOTALS FOR 1S98. On roll Males 7.172 Females 8,000 Total 13,172 Average attendance Males 5,427 Females 5,702 Total 11,129 Per cent, attendance Males 90 Females S3 Total S9 TOTALS FOR 1S99. On roll Males D.310 Females 7.9SI Total 17,291 Average attendance Males 5.111 Females 5,772 Total 11,213 Per cent, attendance MaleH SO Females 79 Total 78 ATTKNDANCK PA" MONTHS. On Roll. Average. Fe- Fo- Malos, males. Males, males. Sept n,59.- 7,111 5.9IS C.3M Oct G.500 7.012 5,1.91", 0,101 Nov H.11S S.M!) 5.519 B.SM Doc f.,459 U.S5D 5.338 5.50.1 Jan 8.S60 0,714 6,433 Zfi'tfi Feb fi,22 7,MJ 5,f 5,200 March ... 6,212 t.52." 5.211 5.41S Arpll (!,102 G.5S3 0,557 5,927 June 5,811 6.37S 5,112 6,129 NIOHT SCHOOLS. On Poll. Average. Fe- Fe- Males. males. Males, males. Nov 2,270 503 J.CS 4US Dec 1.S19 403 1210 275 Jan 1,639 2SI 1,109 203 Feb, 1,221 2SI 971 206 ATTENDANCE BV SCHOOLS. On Poll. Average. Fe. Fc Males, males. Males, males. High school... 2SI 439 237 2i No. 1 27 18 2ii 18 No. 2 192 193 132 13(5 Annex 35 29 SO 23 No. 3 232 231 177 172 No. 4 118 99 73 51 No. 5 KM 111 109 112 Annex 49 43 SS 33 No. Ii 118 143 102 116 No. 7 79 82 56 53 No. 8 141 136 103 113 No. 9 149 173 93 107 No. 10 257 213 207 207 No. 11 132 122 S3 79 No. 12 206 200 157 145 No. 13 211 291 213 201 No. 14 359 407 261 302 No. 15 212 198 1S6 137 No. 10 276 205 19S 229 No. 17 118 103 71 7 No. IS 2.30 233 183 1S3 No. 19 329 317 210 236 No. 20 78 97 50 56 No. 21 220 228 153 163 No. 22 Gl 69 37 41 No. 23 151 196 93 113 No. 21 SO 89 17 49 No. 23 SSI 39S 228 273 No. 26 217 193 153 12.1 No. 27 30G Stl 210 231 No. 2S 261 279 1S6 193 No. 29 123 116 93 111 No. 30 200 201 172 173 No. 31 17S 223 122 139 4 "Vie Mill Cannot Grind with Water That's Past" A fagged out, tearful little woman said this in telling her cares and weaknesses. Her friend encouraged by telling of a relative -who 'was cured of fust such troubles by Hood's SarsapArilU. The little woman now has iearsofoy, for she took Hood's, which put her blood in prime order, and she lives on the strength of the present in stead of worrying about that of the past. Told Her Friend "After having 'goitre on my neck 42 years Hood's Sarsa parilla completely aired me. was so glad I told friends about it and a lady in Wisconsin who read of my cure told me she also took Hood's for the same trouble and was cured. She thanked me." SMrs. (Anna Sutherland, Kalamazoo, SMich, ZtfcctCS SaAAapaxit WSr-MdJiTLiLVrm'iHm hmSatt' fAmwdm if ( I f 1 1 1 rJ llnoiVj mil cure liter lilt I the non-lrrltttlng and cnly MiTiarllo to taSe ltK 11ooctVftariapVrlHt: No. 23 172 183 138 142 Annex 61 62 39 S3 No. 33 321 3.'2 239 239 No. 31 CO 44 S3 27 No. 33 274 2S7 204 221 No. 3S 29R 3IS 219 2G3 No. 37 41 43 30 32 Totals S310 79SI 5111 B7T2 Some other statistics contained In tho report arc: il'romotlons, G.012; sus pensions, 48; perfect attendance, E.0S2; visits by citizens to school, 301; by directors, 458; by tho superintendent, 110. HUNTING WILD QEESE. Decoy Fowl That Are Glad to Entrap Their Own Kind. From tho Chicago lntur.Ocean. In many parts of tho south wild geeso breeding is carried on for the benefit of sportsmen, especially along tho reed bound shores of Hyde county, N. C, where years ago some one wounded a goose, bred from It and spread its pro duct through tho district. Hero aro goose yards, and as soon ns a hunter enters the yard tho Inmates know, like dogs, that they nro going hunting, and squawk, fight and struggle to bo the first to bo taken out and placed In tho coop or bag In which they are carried to the grounds. (Pieces of green, tough rotted turf are cut and staked out In four or live Inches of water, and a goose Is tethered to each stake and al lowed to stand on the sod. Thus placed, tho goose has tho appearance of rest ing. The hunter retires to his blind to watch, not the skyline, but the tethered geese. Suddenly one stirs, another fol lows suit, a muilled sound Is made by one, and then away off will be seen a streak of moving gray dots, which quickly develop into a Ilock, gander and goose in the lead, goslings to the rear. The birds drop well out of shot, to see If the quality of the geese on tho sods permits a visit without loss of caste. The goslings, heedless of social forms, gayly start forward to gossip with the decoys, but the parents head them off, scolding, cackling with many modula tions and much emphasis of tone, gab bling wise saws and modern Instances innumerable, as wise parents have done to children since the world began, until gradually tho gander himself yields to the clamorous gabble of tho decoy Hock, which has kept up a Hood of praises of the choice feeding ground. Ho slowly drifts down with much Im portance, his females behlnd.the young sters In their train. His eye is glued on that natch of reeds, and even a man's eye nt tho opening no bigger than a dollar, a bright coat button glinting In tho sun, the gleam of a diamond or the lock of a gun, even the awkward Hop of a tethered goose from off Its sod, Is sufficient to smd them away bag and baggage, and good-day, good-day to them. A curious feature of these live decoy geese is that they must not bo shot over. Tho hunter Is warned that, no matter what happens, he must wait until the strangers paddle to ono side r the other of the decoys, and falling, that, he must let his chance go by, for If ho once tires directly over the tethered birds the get nervous, and at the approach of stranger Hocks remember what hap pened, and, showing fear, disturb and unsettle the strangers. Firing to tha side they do not appear to mind and the older birds who have been out ono or two seasons, when they see the gun go 'up, "down charge," like a veteran setter or pointer, on their pieces of sod, chattering like parrots after tho wild birds are dropped. Tamed geso have been used on Long Island and other places, but not so generally as In Hyde county. On the great South bay, Long Isl and, the geese are shot from quaint boats, which are so designed that they will lloat on water or may be pushed along tho Ice by the occupant, having steel runners underneath. When the geeso are around, the hunter, In n white oversult, pushes off from shore and paddles over to the foe, his Im petus carrying him on to it. Then with Iron-shod ore he pushes over It, across the next open water and the next Hoe, until he gets to the piece of open water he alms at, far enough removed from the shore. Then ho places his stakes, draws his white apron over him, and, with his gun across bis chest, lies back In his boat to freeze until the geese come. If they are around some nre generally bagged; but it is cold, hard work. Neverthe less, the grounds could not be reached by any other method, tho Ice being too treacherous to bear an ordinary blind. This the geese appear to know. Soft White Hands Luxuriant Hair Produced by Tho most elfectlvo skin purifying and beauti fying soap In tlio world, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, anil nursery. Tho only preventive of pimples, blackheads, red, rough, and oily skin, red, rough hands with itching palms and shapeless nails, dry, thin, and falling hair, and simple baby blemishes, because tho only jit erentivo of tho rause, viz., Inflammation and clogging of tho l'onus. BoM tjtrjwhtrt. Vqttcb n. ft C. Coap., Pmn., n8 ton. Uow to line Beautiful Skin, Uandi, and LUlr, lica. SPECIAL THROUGH CARS TO TUB SEASHORK. Daily (Kxcopt Sundny) Via CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY Leave Scranton ut A. 30 a. m. for Long Branch, Ocean drove. A.tbury Park, Uelmar, Spring lake, Sea Olrt, Ac. Returning, leave Point Pleasant nt 11.3S n. m.; Spring Lako, 31.51 a. in.; Uelmar. ll,f,0 a. ni.; Anbury Parle and Ocean Grove, 12.05 noon; Long Hrnnch, 12.22 p. m. Arrive nt Sciunton at S.03 p. m. This will bo kept up for (ho entire season, (..specially for the accommodation of fumllles, ns It will enable passengers to secure und retain comfortablo seats dur ing the entire journey. 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