THE SCRANTOiN iUJSJU-MOiNDAl', APRIL 2, 1900. NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TUNKHANNOOK. Special lo The Soranton Tribune. - Tunkhannock, March 31. Judge E. M. Dunhnm nnd wlfo camo over from Lnporte this afternoon nnd will re--ifi"hln here for the next three weeks, 'during the holding of April court. Ll 'cense court convenes here Monday at 2 o'clock p. m. and one week from Monday the regular April term of ses sions court begins., The April term of common plena court convenes on the third-Monday of April. The license court will be of short duration, as there are no remonstrances filed to the thirty-two applications. The quarter sessions will have a partly full week and the wee of common pleas will be entirely taken up with the business of that court. The case of L. K. and Maud R. Glrtcm against the Lehigh Valley Railroad company, arising out Of an nccldpnt at Ransom, Lacknwnn r.a county, where Mis. Olrton and her son were run down by the Ulack Dia mond and the boy killed and the wo jiian severely Injured. One suit nils ine out of this accident was trloi al .'January term of court nnd a verdict rendered for $1,000. This suit Is for the Injuries to Mrs. Olrton and the damages asked for are $30,000. .Messrs. 'Sherwood, of "Wilkes-Ham;, nnd Jor den, of Tunkhannock, represent the plaintiffs and P. XV. Whoaton. esf.. nnd Charles K. Terry, esq., of Wllkos Rarre, represent the company. Prank Dana Miller, of Princeton col lege, and Harry Klttredge. of State College, are passing their vacations with their people at this plnre. Miss Mnrlon Metcalf has a Miss Rover, of Duluth. Mlnnesotn. visiting her during the vacation of their col lege. Orlando Ace, who recently purchnscd the Gray bakery and confectionery store al this place, has disposed of the business to D. E. Lyons, of Mont rose, and Mr. Lyons Is moving Into the store building. Mr. Ace will occupy the rooms over F. C. Burgess store for the present. The Tunkhannock Telephone com pany, under the management of A. 1'. Bedford, of Scranton, Is seeking to Im prove its service and to that end have purchased a new switch board and oth er lUtlngs for an exchange ofllce, and as soon as, tho. new ofilce building being erected by the Stark estate, on Tioga street. Is finished, will place their ex change there, fitting it up in first class shape. O. S. Klnner, esq., is the local manager of the company and XV. R. Ar'nts attends to the mechani cal part of the business. Jacob Krcsky, who recently moved from this place to Scranton to accept a place in the service of a Scranton music store, will return here nfter April 1. Dr. E L. McKown Is moving his household goods from the Dr. Dana block, on Warren street, to the house recently purchased by him on Bridge Rtreet. P. B. Carey, who has been In South Bethlehem for the past few months working in the machine shops, will move his family there this coming week. m FOBEST CITY. Special to The Scranton Tribune. Forest City, March 31. T. Warner Rudd, who' has been employed In the Hillside Coal nnd Iron company's blacksmith shop for the past few years, was in Scranton last week, purchasing stock for a.blacksmlth shop which he has rented, In" White's Valley and will open this week. The $300 which was subscribed by the citizens of Forest City to secure the location of the silk mill was paid over to the Harvey Silk Mill company by the treasurer, James White. Dora Griggs spent Wednesday and Thursday with her grandmother, Mrs. Henry Manzer, at South Gibson. Miss Mattie Griggs, of South Gibson, is the guest of Mrs. 55. Westcott. Mrs. A. D. Kehren and daughter are PHjing a visit to relatives In Scranton. There will bo a debate In the Metho dist church on Friday. April 13, on th subject, "Resolved, That England Is Justified in the Course She Is Taking with the Boers." Benjamin Milton, of Vandllng, and John M. Brown will sup port the nfllrmutlvc side, while Rev. W. A. Canington nnd F. M. Gardner will uphold the negative side of the question. There will be good music. The debate Is under the auspices of the Y. P. P. A. society. Mrs. David Rodle, of Honesdale, Is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Henry Relller nnd Mrs. A. T. Lltzo. The Welsh Congregational church will organize a Christian Endeavor so ciety. STKOUDSBTTRO Bpeci.il to the Scranton Tribune. Stroudsburg. Pa., April 1. The Dein ocrats of Monroe county will on Mon day afternoon nect elect three dele gates to the Democratic state conven tion. County Chairman ex-Judge Jansflojd-hus announced his county Cpmmltfee. The'ro will bo 'no contest JITfiCSSWTO Luekaw.iiina and $pstcr,n Railroad company lias accepl l th&l'rorUkjn.of lie-East Strnuds 11,f,!lVa0n ;comp.uiy" and agreed to W;?4li?i9.J,.el" annum for furnishing ntfr-furMlUpuriMisfi except tenement Ifuses, jMuplo syrurw;RnJ sugar making, $hlch wus Interrupted by the recent (flow and cola vVeathor. has been nc jyely carrlrclon 'galn for the last few days. The- ilotv; of sap' has been raite free. Jtrs. ""fill Healey has gone to Scran V t0 sjr-TJustef. Mrs. Ilelley was 'Brmerlya Scranton lady. Ifrhe,,S,t.rpudsburg Jeffersonlan came rat.riyjn. .now form. The paper ft sjijoy, .and fut) of newsy items and B-t8,-a.tp, .Jnv.er'y particular, W. A. rdmarj, esq., s edl(or, and J. B. Kel cr. Jr,..a wido awake newsnatier mnn 3J onQ. 9f 0 .owners. Tho Jeffersonlan S tfcp ,on,I; .Republican paper in Mon peCQunto,;v,For over fifty years it XtaBu edited by. the Jate Judge Schoch. -ExiPresldent (rover Cleveland has flpollned an Invitation to address the SJate formal school students nt grad-flHftUjl;tte- Jn hfo .letter of decllna-ttBnitrJEiya-'tht'he has planned to ..attend ihe commencement of Princeton university, which takes place on June lT;,tm4'Jnirn,n.lU?ljr afterward he goes I to Massachusetts for the summer. Ex it Governor IJobert E. Pattlson has been I isked to aecepfthe plrice, but no nn- I Vfr..JVl8.;?Pni'T,,cp,v?1 by FrQfessor ' George P. Bible, who is at the head of!th'ein6tltiian. Kinney Transue-, of Delaware Water 3a'ldvljPArJ' Unff: circular saw In cutting cord wood had his right hund caught by the rapidly revolving disc nnd received a severe cut between the thumb and first finger. A. Mitchell Palmer, esq., and State Senntor David S, Lee have gone to Philadelphia on business. Dr. Thomas C. Walton, of this town, entertained a number of friends on Thursday evening. Stewart Heller, of East Stroudsburg, was adjudged a voluntary bankrupt In the court of Philadelphia. In the estate of the late Theodore Schoch the personal property has been appraised at $2,998.22. The Stroudsburg Times will on Mon day next celebrate Its seventh birth day. An anniversary number of eight pages will bo Issued. The edition will be the wui of Albert Abrams, of the Dally Times .staff. Few men outside of the cities are netter adapted to edit a hustling paper such as the Times ns Mr. Abrams. The anniversary num ber Is expected to be a credit to both Mr. Abrams nni Mr. George CJ. Hughes, Its owner. NICHOLSON. Special to the Scranton Tribune. Nicholson, March 31. Messrs. N. P. Wilcox. :. R. McKlnncy and J. L. Tif fany performed their duties as com missioners on changing the township line between Clinton nnd Lemon town ships on Friday. On Friday Miss V. V. Walker enter tained at her home on Main street Dr. and Mrs. (.'. L. Frey and Miss Kath erine Coursen, of Scranton. Miss Nellie Hungerford has Just re turned home from Blnghnmton to spend her Easter vacation with her parents. For the past three months she has been attending a business col lege there, studying book-keeping. Mr. Fllnioro Miller and son, Howard, and Mr. Rnlph Tenant and Frank Hartley, of New Mllford, are In town today. Mr. Ernest Hlnkley and wife are go ing to move from Mr. Loren G. Ste phens' farm to Mr. Ellas Hlnkley'a farm, In Lenox, next Monday. Train No. 3 passed train No. 1 here this afternoon. This Is a very unusual occurrence. The mall was ubout forty minutes late. Mr. I. T. Whitbeek Is about to move into Mrs. Lillie Bacon's house, at Ba contown. Mrs. Albert Decker, of Scranton, Is spending the day In town with Miss V. V. Walker. Mrs. Peter A. Winnie Is very sick at present, threatened with pneumonia. Miss Maggie Duggan .taught school today to make up for past lost time caused bv sickness. At present there seems to be a scar city of vncant houses to rent, prob ably owing to the fact that several families from out of town have moved here, while but few hero have moved out of town. The building of a new blacksmith shop In Shields & Company's stone yard is now In progress, Mr. Anson B. Singer and family have broken up house-keeping for the pres ent, Mrs. Singer's health being very poor. Mr. and Mis. Paul Beardsley have moved to Hopbottom. Mr. Beardsley will open a furniture store there. Rev. F. C. Bateman, of Scranton, preached in the Episcopal church here last evening. Subject, "Continuation or Historical Continuity." Miss Nina Shaw, of Tunkhannock, has Just come home to spend a few days with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown have gone to Klngsley to visit Mrs. Brown's sister, Mrs. II. C, Waterman, who Is very sick. Professor and Mrs. A. L. Thayer, Miss Nellie Thompson and Mr. Minor Billings took dinner with Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Wllber, of Tunkhannock, today. Everybody will find mall In their boxes at the post office Monday. Miss Minnie Bailey, of Hopbottom, lias been spending the day with her cousin, Miss Ethel Stark. SUSQUEHANNA. Special to tho Scrantcn Tribune. Susquehanna, March 31. Jared Bar rett, a resident of Juckson, recently fell from his wagon, In Lanosboro, and fractured his knee cap. Charles W. Hagcn, a Juckson ftiruror, aged eighty-four, Is suffering from .1 dislocated hlu, One thousand dollars more must be raised before tho llnul papers between the Hallstead board of trade and tho Bran'dt Chair company are signed. The balance will undoubtedly bo raised. Evangelist John A. Davis, formerly of the Baptist church In Hallstead is holding a series of successful meetings In Hazleton. William J. Pike, esq., of Hallstead, Congressman Grow's private secretary, writes that tho aged statesman is fast Improving. Several Blnghamton pastors will next summer rent a big cabin on DuBols hill, overlooking Hallstead. The Baptist church nt Lnwsvillo Is pastorless. Tho borough authorities of Great Bend will offer a reward for informa tion leading to the arrest of tho thieves who have been breaking Into tho stores and residences of tho place for the pat year. Tho Young Men's Christian nssopla tlon library in Hallstead is growing. New shelves will be added. Tho worklnsr force In the Hnllstead silk mill has been Inci eased. Engineer and Mrs. Cliailes Bliss, of Carbundale, visited Susquehanna rela tives on Friday and Saturday. A graded school faculty Is consider ing the subject of organizing a high school orchestra. Mrs. Thomas Canavan Is tho guest of New York relatives. Tho grand Jury, this week, In the burglary ense of Patrick Ilassett, erst while of Susquehanna, found a true bill. Caddy has already "done tlim-" for burglary. As a result of a recent decision of Judge Purdy. of Wayne county, It Is rumored that tho commissioners of Susquehanna county will soon cease paying bounties on noxious animals. Rev. E. R, Allen, recently pastor of Cures a Coush or Cold nt once, Coniuers Croup without fa I. In the l.t for U'niirhitli l'.rlnre t I., ,,.l i ::.'.' ij I lur the cure of Consmmitlon. j Met lirm prnir it, Doctoi pi ricribe It. a i DlBUUnOBCbi qulC, fcUIR ICSUlltt. mtftmt. -i rrlHf-r--MfcTBj.f Yii7,r r - 't 1 tho Baptist church In Susquehanna, will tomorrow assume tho pastorate of the Baptist church In Worcester, N. t. His successor here has not yet been selected. Thcro nro twenty-live appli cants for the position, Redmond Konch nnd daughter, Mrs. Bessie Condon, of Scranton, have been visiting Susquehanna relatives. Under the new law, Hnllstead-Grent Bend may have a Nntlonftl bank. The "moving" season will be Inaug urated on Monday. Congressman C. Fred Wright has ar rived homo from Washington. The Ra publican congressional conference will be hold in Susquehanna next week, Artist D. Arthur Toed, of Hallstead Blnghnmton, has a project In hand to purchase the elegant Phelps mansion, In Blnghamton, for n public art gal lery for the city. Congressman Amos J. Cummlngs, of New York, will spend a portion of the coming summer at Columbian grove, seven miles north of Susquehanna. Rev, and Mrs. John Marsland and son, of Franklin, N. Y., have returned home from a visit with Susquchannu friends. Charles Blrdsall, a student in the Delaware Literary Institute, nt Frank lin, N. Y., is visiting his parents, Dr. und Mrs. Samuel Blrdsall. He Is ac companied by a classmate, E. B. Sll vernall. Congressman Wright has donated $25 to the Montrose village hall fund. Special services, In charge of Rev. S, G. Reading, D. D., of Scranton, will be held In the Montrose Baptist church, for a week, beginning on Sunday even ing. Mrs. H. C. Shlpman, of Montrose, is seriously 111. There Is ti movement In Montrose In favor of the appointment of Mrs. Addle Stoddard, widow of the late postmnster, as uostmlstress In that borough. She is said to be well qualified for the posi tion. Rev. D. C. Barnes, pastor of the Lanosboro Methodist church, Is pro paring to remove to Montrose, to re side permanently. Hallstead expects to have a base ball team this season. Register and Recorder Bruce B. But fum will next week remove from Fiiendsville to Montrose. There comes a report that there is a movement to sidetrack Hon. Galush.'t A. Grow, of this county, In favor of Congressman Rcyburn, of Philadelphia. The projectors will find it very poor politics. "Lawton" Is the name of a new post ofllce In Rush township. Daniel Terry Is postmaster. Rev. Eugene B. Hughes will assume tho pastorate of the Rush Baptist churches, about April 16. Mrs. W. S. Barnes, of Great Bend, has received a pension onhe death of her son, Fred, who was a volunteer In tho war with Spain. THOMPSON. Special to Tho Scranton Tribune. Thompson, March 31. S. D. Barnes was doing business In Montdalo yester day. Frank Hollenback was In town yes terday contracting for the timber on the Brown lot, In the township. Miss Mattie Blair, of Long Island, Is the guest of her cousin, Miss Maud Tall man, for a few days. George Gelatt, of Scranton, Is visit ing his mother, Mrs. L. W. Sanford. M. A. Owens and wife, of Blngham ton, nre spending a few days with L. F. Searls and wife. Mrs. A. C. Foster has had a very busy week. Having rented her store, she Is selling goods at cost this week and next. Egbert Witter Is on the sick list and S. L. French Is delivering coal for him. R. F. Howard was doing business In Blnghamton Thursday. Wllllston Tucker, whoso illness has been mentioned from time to time In these items, died Wednesday morning, aged 77 years. The funeral was held this afternoon In the Baptist church, the pastor, Rev. W. II. French, was assisted In the services by Revs. David and Tower. Ills daughter, Mrs. Attlo Douglass, of Rochester, and son, Char les, of Buffalo, were In attendance at tho funeral. He leaves a widow and two sons, two daughters and two brothers to mourn his loss. He was a good man and a very zealous Chris tian since his conversion some two years ago. Mrs. R. J. Kins has sold her house nnd seven acres of land near the town ship town house to Martin Lydon, and has bought the house and lot adjoining the ready pay store, on Jackson street. How to Save Doctor Bills. We have saved many doctor bills since we began using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy In our home. AVe keep a bottle open all the time and when ever any of my family or myself begin to catch cold wo begin to use the Cough Remedy, and as a result we never hav to send away for a doctor and incur a largj doctor bill, for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy never falls to cure. It Is certainly a medicine -of great merit and worth. D. S. Mearkle, General Merchant and Farmer. Mattie. Bed ford county, Pa. For sale by all clnir gists. Matthews Bros., wholesale and retail agents. FACTORYVILLE. Special to tho Scranton Tribune. Factoryville, April 1. The official board of the Methodist Episcopal church will hold a meeting Monday evening at the church. Superintendent A. C. Salisbury, of the Lackawanna, was In town Friday, looking over the town and incidentally looking up the matter of Improvement's for our town and citizens. He left with a very favorable impression of our pretty little village, it is not Impos sible that Mr. Salisbury will be a sum mer resident here the coming seaton. The students of Keystone academy are enjoying a ton days' vacation. The old and unsightly barn building that stood directly in front of the sta tion has been torn down. J. V. Caryl, who has been living at Pottsville for the past two years, haj moved to Scranton. Among our townspeople who wero at Scranton on Saturday were the follow Ing: G. W. Stanton, Mr. and Mrs, Al fred Rosslter, Jacob Place and Henry Wheelock, J. G. Cnpwell attended a meeting of tho stockholders of the Ablugton Turn pike company at Glenburn on Satur day. Mtb. David Mead, of Mill Clt, is a visitor at tho home of her sister. Mrs. Peter B. Wulters. Lewis Billings, a former und old resl. dent of this county, died Saturday nt Moscow. The deceased was a, brother of Mrs. Fletcher Dixon, of East Lempn. Tho remains will be brought here Mon day on tho 10 o'clock train, when Funeral Director G. W. Stanton will take them to tho Stark church, where tho funeral will be conducted at 1 o'clock, interment will be made In tha Stark cemetery. LITERARY NOTES. George Moore has written a drama which promises to be the sensation o the hour among those who think while thoy rend. "Tho Bending of tho Rough" will provoke ns much discus sion as an Ibsen play, and thero are not many of uh who are clever enough to settle all the points nt Issue. It is a brilliant piece of work, n. study of llfo which contains the mystery of life. It has Its beauty and poetry, nnd its melancholy compromise with prose. TIio mind is shown vlstns of color nnd rhythm, but their hnimony is always Just out of reach. Tho situations nro as dlscordnnt ns those with which wo conio In contact every day, nnd as dif ficult to readjust without loss. Thero is a peculiar charm In the character of tho ineffectual hero, who has a ca pacity for great work nnd the ambition to achieve it, yet feels himself Impo tent In tho end. His effort and his failure havo both something of beauty nnd one wonders nfter all which was the best: whether tho success lay In the failure, or the failure In tho sua cess. It Is through this mixture of qualities that Mr. Mooro shows him self so consummate nn artist and so keen an observer. Miss Anno Holdsworth has taken up a very serious subject in "Tho Valley3 of tho Great Shadow," as the name ln dlontes, but phc treats it with a kind of light tenderness which makes Its sombrenrss fascinating. Tho scene is laid at a watering place in tho German Alps, and the Invalid life It describes Is like nothing ro much ns certain parts of "Ships that Pass in tho Night." It shows, as even that romance did not, the sacrifices that grow out of tho sit uation and the sympathy that is awak ened in the hnrdest of hearts. Sevcial llttlo love stories grow up even in this alien environment; and touched with pathos no some of them are, they have a delicacy and warmth which atono for the sadness, In fact a peculiarity of tlie book is that in spite of tho sombre background and tho tragic situation, thore le an atmosphere of cheer nnd happlnesj which Is rarely found even outside a resort for Invalids. The story has the same sympathy and tenderness which characterise Miss Harruden'fi success and It promises to bo received with the same enthusiasm. Since the publication of Rnmona threw a new light upon the character of the Atr.erican Indian, ho hns secured a definite place in tho admiration of the pooplf. A novel which Miss Con stance Goddard Du Bols has -ecently written will do much to emohnslze his occasional fine nobility. "A Soul In Bronze" centers In the person lllty of an Indian who with every advantage of education and encouragement finds that there Is after all no place for him self In the economy of tnlngs. An alien In one race, he returns to his tribe with the ambltloa of uplifting and enrich ing It, only to find that with his own people also he Is an alien. Tho story of his love for nn American girl and the wonderful sacrifice he makes for her happiness has a rare nobility. But his exaltation is not without magnetism, and one decs not lose Interest In the man himself because of his loneliness. The feature of McClure's for April Is an account of the Interior of China, especially with reference to its rich promises as a market for America, written by Mr. W. B. Parsons, chief engineer of the American China De velopment company, from observations made on his own Journeys, and Illus trated veiy fully from photographs taken by him. In addition, the num ber offer3, on tho more strictly literary side, two excellent poems, a heroic story of railroading and Indian right ing on the Plains, a story of English prison life, a love story having to do with a Pacific coast "boom" anO an Atlantic coast maiden, and a humor ous story by Robert Barr of "a scien tific miscalculation" that involves, es pecially. England and America. Near ly all of the articles and stories arc fully illustrated. It Is a peculiar kind of magnetism that Robert Hlchens achieves In Tho Slave, but it is one of which no one can deny the almost tremulous fas cination. If the reader gives himself up to it, it carries him through the book without pause or hesitation, It is like tho effect of opium which dead ens tho senre to things outside of It self, and yet brings dreams and subtle suggestions of witchery. The woman's passion for Jewels seems abnormal In the beginning of the book: but as one follows it. It grows to seem real and unescapable until at last it becomes tho only real thing in the world. It Is no small triumph to achieve this result with so unusual and repellant an emotion. The volume is handsome ly published by H. S. Stone & Co. Mr. II. C. C'hatfleld-Taylor has car ried off the prize for which many have been striving during the past few months for tho best serial submitted to the new magazine to be called The Smart Set. Its title, "The Idle Born." Indicates the nature of Its subject, but the author has treated it seriously und without the flippancy which many writers consider essential In dealing with high society. That he has suc ceeded In giving the picture of this life. however. The Smart Set's $1,000 reward Is sufficient proof. A paper with such a title, should certainly know when It comes in contnet with tho real thing, and In Mr. Chatfield-Taylor's epigrams it recognizes the lightness nnd the deli cate cleverness of society talk. One of tho best things in the Ap.il Success, Just Issued In handsomer form than ever, Is the story of how Her bert Harold Vreeland rose from the position of an ice-holster along the docks of the Hudson river front to the proud position of president of the createst street railway system of the viiid. Mr Vreeland is the ft .i'c Individual to whom his board f dlree ttr In tho Metropolitan TracM,on com pany sent a check for $100,001 last S' Valentine's day, and this narrative ex plains tho "reason why." Success Is one of the most readable periodicals printed. McCall's magazine for May opens with a beautiful colored plate, illus trating an exceedingly handsome walk ing costume. There is also a beautiful colored plate, Illustrating a lady's foulard silk-costume. The fashions of tho season are exhaustively treated and each subscriber receives a free pattern. i Medicine for Man on Trial and AiipruvHl. Course oi moglcllUcrcmcJIo and won. der-MorkliiR appliance. All you've bcea longing for or yon pay nothing. NVe tend on approval. Create complete physical and nerve vigor, lkttk of rare Infonnation.vrith the proof, Mint under plain I ietterjseal, free. "" "TirjAL CO., QurrALo, N.Y. f Un6eda BlSCUlt is a new form of soda biscuit, packed in nn airtight, moisture proof package, which delivers the biscuit to the consumer as fresh, crisp and tender as when it epmes from the baker's oven. Serve with every meal ; take a box with you on your travels ; splendid for sandwiches; perfect for picnics; uncqualed for general use. Good food for everybody. Carefully remove wrapper and serve in the package. Take no Imitation Tell your Grocer Uneeda Biscuit or nothing. The word "Uneeda " is our trade-mark registered Dec. 27, '98. We also originated, own and control the only moisture proof package, patented March 28, '99. Other patents pending. National Biscuit Company. PROF. COLES FOB APRIL. From Storms and Elgns. All hall to April! She comes to us with twenty-two (22) "HI&I1 Flood" days; beating all past records, Her good for tune will excite tho envy of the "Low Ebb" vital forces: nnd mako Mercury tho ruling planet for 1P00 more restless and Impulsivo than ever before! Wc bellove that he will demonstrate to us his power of oyil doing and pour down up on us destructive sleet and hailstorms; causo much strlfo between Capital and Labor; stimulate tho "nacc war" Into blood-shedding; mako all Nature laugh and weep weep and laugh, and Inflict upon us fevers and Inflammatory dls eases of an acuta nature. Mars, tho red warrior, being behind tho Sun, out of the earth's rar.ge, will have a great ten dency to n-ake the month of April as pleasant as the month of May. The ex cess of "High Flocd" days in America this month vill undoubtedly caubo great destruction nnd trouble In tho "Old World" and upon the seas. Tho greatest danger periods from storms this month will be between the 1st und 7th. tho Nil and llth, the 16th and 20th, and tho 2ind and 30th. Remember, wo aro not yet out of tho reach of "bliz zards" and snow blockades. If tho elec trlcal currents contlnuo running from tho cast much longer, tho greatest storm of the season will sweep down upon us. Tito after-glow of tho April showers will bo something out of the ordinary. Tho grandest planetary scono this month will take place on Monday evening, tho 2nd Inst., when the beautiful planet Venus and tho young Moon will pass each other, within one degree, A strange electrical storm phenomenon will be liable to take place in one of tho three mentioned places following. New York, Pennsyl vania, or New Jersey. Tho Southern nnd Western states will be In danger of destructive floods, cyclones and "bliz zards." Do not be surprised If more earthquake shocks nre felt along our sea coasts this month and tidal waves show their power to inundate tho land. All men, who nro in business of any kind, will please notice that "Good Fri day" this year falls upon tho 13th of the current month; and tho Planets being in position to shed their evil lnfluenco upon mankind tho same as In tho memorial "Black Friday" days of tho past: we warn all men with small capital to keep their finnaclal ships at anchor on that day! Tho planets aro also In position to encourage disease microbes; such ns the small pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, etc. Watch out for a display of red lightning, which wilt affect the eyes of both man nnd beast, and perhaps cause an epidemic of "red-oyo." As Earth is now in Sign Libra tho Balance, nnd opposed by Sign Aries tho nam, wo might as well pre paro ourselves nt once to witness and to hear of many strange occurrences. April, In the main, will prove a good month for prosperity In America, as tho "High Flood" vital forces will rule by a big majority. The "Low Ebb" vital forces will rule tho Old World, and America must guard well her foreign Interests there. Tho results of many years' extensive astrological ret-earch hive shown us conclusively that the planets not only rulo over men. but over all tho various things of earth, and experience has taught us that the following dnys dur ing the month of April aro unfortunate days to begin any new operation or start on a journey 7th, 10th, 16th, 20th nnd 83th. Tho most fortunate days: 5th, 22d and 20th. April tho 30th, will bo very unfavorable for nil things; persons having surgical operations performed on or within five days of above date seldom lecover. The best day of the whole month to fish will be the 23th; and the next best days will be the 7th, lSth, 21th or 2Gth. See our May Forecast for Pick cral fishing. The 2nd, Uh, 7th, 14th, 16th, 20th and 23th. will be the best days, to perform surglcnl operations: but beware of the 0th, 10th, llth. 12th. 13th nnd 30th! For when to sow grain, grans and flower seeds, and all kinds of vegetable seed, set hens, and nil such Information, send 10 cents to Professor C. Coles, Kingston, Pa., for a copy of his Storms and Signs, rroressnr C. Coles, Editor. Kingston, r. S, A., March 15, 1900. To Cure a Cold in One Sav Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If it falls to cure. E. W. Orove's signa ture is on each box. 2Ec. Distance Lends Enchantment. Mr. Soft Would you llko to hear mo sing "In Old Madrid?" Miss Gabby Oh, vos: I should enjoy that. Do you think you could secure telephone connections? Baltimore Amor lean. How's ThlsP- We offer Ono Hundred Dollar Reward for nny case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured bv Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY &. CO.. Props.. Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for tho last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorablo In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To- ledo, O. Waldlng. Klnnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drugclsts, Toledo, O, Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c, per bottle. Sold by ull Druggists. Testi monials frco. Hall's Family liUs are the best. STOP THAT HEAD COLD IN 10 MIN UTES or It will develop Into Chronic Catarrh. Dr. Agnow's Catarrhal Powder stops cold in the head In 10 minute, and rcilloves most acute und deep seated Ca tarrh after ono application. Cures quickly and permanently. "I have used' Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder with best results. It Is a great remedy, and I never cease recommending It." John E. Dell, Pauldln.g O. Sold by Matthews Ilics. and XV, T. Clark. 57. THE GENUINE Hit I Uneeda Biscuit il , THE MARKETS.. Wnll Street Review. New York, March 31, Wall street was treated to an agreeable turprlrn today In an unexpected favorable bank state ment. Themost snngulno preliminary es timate of tho gain In cash by tho banks for tho week on Interior currency move, ment and the sub-treasury operations did not exceed fS.BOO.fOO. The nctunl re turn shows a gain of nearly J6.000.000. It was some fear of this showing that cnuscd yesterday's hesitation nnd un easiness In tho stock market. Tho samo feeling was perceptiblo to some extent In tho early trading today but it gavo way to the renewed buying demand, especial ly for the Iron and sti-el stocks, nnd af ter the publication of the bank statement the sttergth became general and tho market closed nctlvo ami strong at niib stantinl net trains nil throuch the list. The bars In sugars wero removed from their panic of yesterday by th asser tions of officials of the companies that tho sugar was was still on. Rut profes sional traders handled now short con tracts In Sugar In a gingerly manner. Tho stock dipped 4 points at the opening hut did not get within more than n point of an low as that again nnd rose at ono tulmo a fraction above yesterday's high level. Tho stock was very feverish nnd erratic al day. People's Gas was strong on reports of the nbsorptlon of the Og den company nnd failed to yield on de nials of that report. Total sales, 436,100 shares. Tho following quotations are furnished The Tribune by M. S. Jordan & Co., rooms 705-706 Mears building. Telephone E003: Open- High- Low- Clos lng. est. est. ing Amer. Sugar 107 HlVi JM6 107 Amer. Tobacco 106 107 105i 107 Amer. St. & XV .TOJ EM,4 509i BS-TJ Atchison 29VJ 2IH4 23H 2!H,i Atchison, pfd .-73 73?t 73 7."H Brook. Traction .... 72 73& 72U 72 B. & O SV 82 W Sit? Cont. Tobacco 32 33 32'A 33 Chcs. & Ohio 32?i 32'i 22V1 22V, C. & Q. West 14i 14i 1IM Wi C, D. & Q 13Hi 132 131U la'i, St. Paul 12P.4 12IUj 124'. 124U Hock Island 113U HS'f 113'i 113'i Fed. Steel r.tifc 57 M 5S Fed. Steel, pfd 74"s 7a'A 74Tl 75U Kan. & Tex., pfd. .. 3C?a S6?g 2f.r 3 Louis. & Nash 86V4 "Cft SV4 M Manhattan Ele f)B 07 P6u, W,Ti Met. Traction 165 J5,4 16' 165 Mo. Pacific -I!i W)i 4!)fS 50'i People's Gas 10Cj 109 10fi4 10S N. J. Central 11KU. hm nsu jjS South. Pacific 4iaJ 42 41i 42 North. Pacific C0U cm Cfli,i m North. Pac. pfd. ... 7"U 77K 77'4 77 N. Y. Central 137. 137 137H 137 O. &. W 25 2i;is 25 5 Pennsylvania 131 V.VA 13S's 139'i Pac. Mail 37 37 37 371? Reading 19V, 1UH IS1! I!'1 Heading, pfd G3 03 C2t; 031 i South. Tty l.V, 15-Vrf 151, 15'? South. Ry., pfd CO". C0"j, 60 Wlfj Tenn. C. & I fi7'J f7' 07 07'-', Leather 13 13?. 13 13 Leather, pfd 73W 73U 7.i'i 73.i 1'nlon Pacific 5S , rsi, r.sv, Union Pacific, pfd. . 76T "3l 7G"i 77 Wnbush. nfd ?P, 22. 22Vi 22 Western Union 74Vi 74H 744 745 Third Avenue 101 10S 103 103 CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. Open- High- Low- Clos- WHEAT. Ing. est. est. lntr. J.uly t.S CSVi r,7 C7 May 67'4 7U 06 CC CORN. July 40 40 rj-h srn. May 2S' 38 3b?i 3S OATS. July 2P4 24, 23 2:1 M;-V; 2 21 21 21 PORK. July 12.25 12.30 12.20 12.?? May 12.05 21.70 12.57 12.00 LARD. July C.55 6.55 6.45 6.45 May 6.37 6.10 H.37 6.37 Scranton Board of Trade Exchange Quotations All Quotations Based on Par of 100. STOCKS. Bid. Asked. First National Rank w Scranton Savlnss Bank 300 Scranton Packing Co 35 Third National Bank vx Dime Dep. & Dls. Bank 200 ... Economy Light. H.& P. Co... 47 Lacka. Trust & Safe Dep. Co. 150 Scranton Paint Co. 80 Clark & Snovcr Co., Com. ... 400 Clark & Snovcr.. Prcf 125 s'cr. Iron Fence & Mfg. Cc 100 Scranton Axle Works 100 Lacka. Dairy Co.. Pref 20 Co. Savings Bank & Trust Co 250 ... First Nat. Bank (Carbondale) ... 300 Standard Drilling Co ........... .. 30 Now Mexico Ry Coal Co., Pr.. 10 Traders' National Hank 115 BONDS. Scranton Paf,s. Railway, first mortgage, due 192 115 ... People's Street llaliwny, ttrst mortgage, due 191S 115 ... Pcnp.e's Street Railway. Gen eral mortgage, duo 1S-21 115 ... Dickson Manufacturing Co 100 Lauka. Township School Erj 102 City of Scranton St. Imp. 6. ... 102 Mt. Vernon Coal Co. .......... ... Sa Scranton Traction 6 bonds.. 115 ... Scranton Wholesale Market. (Corrected by II. O. Dale, 27 Lackawanna Avenuo.) Butter Creamery. 21c; dairy, tubs, 21c. Eggs-Select western, 16'c; noarby, state. 17c. Cheese Full cream, 13'.fcc. Beans- Per bit., choice marrow, ?2.4a; medium. $2.30; pea. J2.30. Seed Potatoes-Pet bu., $1.2-. Philadelphia Qraln nnd Produce. Philadelphia. March 31. WheiU-Fli'n, lie. hlBlier; March. 73V:ai)Uc. Cqrn- Stronir nnd ic. higher: No. v mixed rong aim jc iubiici, r.u. t nu ; ""u',,:':, ir ,V .1 nu 'T"' com nrch. 4SinVC. Oats-Quiet but steady; I mon, U2on3-S0. Hojrs-.Lowl. ncav n 0,2 WhltV clipped. 3Hc.: No. n do. do.. , t,50; med urn , H.k W yorker;: March, 80a3014c: No. 2 mixed do.. u'.4o. I'a tntnpK iJnelinnired: New ork nnd west em choice, per bui-hel, E3a55e. ; do. do. fair tc cood. do.. 1,.ujUc. early rose, iuncy ito of Maine, do. fnr Meed. do.. 03nlSc. : state do, Uo. uo., DAOD&0, neBOs juii'i; closer, western, per bushel, car lots, $5o5.60; do. Pennsylvania, per pound, us to quality, 5Ha7',ic. ; tlmothv, western, per bushel, car lots, $1.25al.3u. Butter Dull and to. lower: fancy wpktnrn creamery, 21c: do. prints. 25c. Efgs I'lrnii fresh, nearby, 13c; do. western, 13c; do. southwestern, 13c; do, southern. 12c Cheese Un changed, Refined Sugars Steady, Cot ton Unchanged, Tallow Quiet: city prime, in hogsheads, .V la5ic : country du. do. barrels, SUaSc.i dark, do., 4a5!tc. ; rakes. 5e,: grcaBe, 3a4c, ns to color. Live Poultry Firm, fair demand: rowls, lOHc.i old roosters, 7HaSc; winter chick ens. 15a20e.; ducks. 12c: geese. lOalle. Dressed Poultry Firm, good demand; fowls, choice, lOaloy.c; do. fair to good. '((M I I ' Jl M NEW YORK HOTELS. ..yiKtr.,K.v,KK,,.KK t HOTEL E ARLINGTON k' t! ft' ft' ft ft' ft' ABSOLUTCLY PlftEPnOOf FOrtMERLY THE QEHLACH. Twenty-seventh St.. West, liear B'vvny. Centrally located In AmUse ment and Shopping District, NEW YORK CITY. European Plan. Completely remodeled and refur nished nt nn expenditure of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dol lars. Restntirants nnd Palm Room open until One A. M, Tnblo D'Hote Dinner. Six to Eight. Mut,lc in Palm Room dally nnd evenings. Tariff of Rates. Single rooms, $1.50 nnd J2.00, de tached bath. Double rooms, $3.00, detached bath. Double rooms, pri vate bath, one person, $3; two, $4. Suites of parlor, bedroom and bath, $1. Jj, $6 and Jf. M t Parlor, two bedroons and bath, ?7, $3 and 10. E. M. EARLE & SON, 30 years connected with Earlo's Hotel. New York. Richfield Spnnc3, New Yo'.b Tho American Cure and Pleasure Resort HOTEL EARLIarON nt T JAMES HOTEL. Onen Juno to October. a.-inuc old rnosters. 7aSc. : chickens, bv. 12allc: western do., large, 12al mpriiiim do.. lOaltc. : do. common. turkeys, choice to fancy, Hal2',4cJ fair to good, BalOc: common do., Recelnts Flour, 3.000 barrels and Rnnkfl! wheat. 19.000 bushels: corn. luiaiiolar n.-its. 24.11OO bushels. Shlnmd Corn, 265,0i)0 bushels: oats, 19,000 bush! New York Grain nnd Producl . t V.n, Vnrlr. M.irch 31. Flour Inu lint Btp.idv nt uncbanKed prices. Wll Snot market steady: No. 2 red, S0cl 1). alloat: 77c. elevator; No. 1 norl Duluth. SOTbC. f. o. b. afloat: options! ..y wnnif thrr.nrrhnut tho forenoon. CI rlull nnd easv at He net decline; Jl 7!a79MiC.: May. 73c. ; July. 73c.d lamhnr. 74r Cnm fiDOt Steady: Jl i-Ain f. o. h. :i flout, and 40c. elcl options market was steady but even! easeu on anu riueu maj ui ,,,.,, nr ces: fliay cioseu. ,; uui- Oats-Spot quiet; No, 2, 2bc; osiir. vn a white. 32c: No. 3 do.. track mixed' western. 29a30c,' track i iiint nntlnnH slnw and about SI iav finanii 2.SMO. Butter Weak arl nr: wratprn creamery 20a24c. : do. fil 17'ial9Vo. : Imitation creamery, ll stato dairy. 19a23c: do. creamery.. I Cheese Quiet ? fancy lnrge whlte.l 13c: do. large, colored, la'ic: up.i white, 13al3Uc; do. do. colored, 13VJ1 Fees Stato anil Pennsylvania, aij l2nl2V&c.: southern do., llalac; w ungraded, at mark. 12c ChicaRO Grain Market. Clitpnero. March 31.-The whel drowsed today seeing nothing Inl n!,ini nnri dnmnce reports from I tlno to causo uneasiness when thil erv s nutt ne up sucn a line ui u-nnihnr nnd the nrownecls are ex rrtw. n.nrirpt rlnsod heavy .Mavl under yesterday; May corn closed May oats be. down and provisions! rlnso v.-ero 5al0c depressed. Cnshl tlons wero ns follows: Flour 1 If c tnr nntpntH. $3.50a3.6.i: 8tralKlits. 1 clears. J2,70a3.05; spring spel.'J nnir.ni. ta.in.iS.4S: str.ilchts. ! bnkprs. $2a2.45: No 3 sphlng whel r,6Ao.: No. 2 red. 69a70c; No. 2 col SS'.ic: No. 2 yellow. 3Wc.: No. 2. pal n24c: No. 2 white, 27a2ie.j M. oixioOTi'.p No. 2 rve. 56c: No. 40.143c. i No. 1 flax seed and -nortl si.ss; tlmothv seed. $2.35a2.IO; mess! tiimnl'Hi: laril. $ 6. 25a 6. 37'. '1 : short! f'4e.;' short clear sides, $6.75.16.90; whf'i?' l .tne ik m iiti 7rt: rirv H.iurri Hiimjm.'iiH ,-,4 Un UUMW IM lllfcHU ,.cn. .?... aunu.j (. loaf, J6; granulated, $5.11; clover,! tract grade, js w, Chicago Live Stock Market! Chicago. .Marcn 31. 1. ame roij.inf.ifl steady; trood to prime native teerF,"'yJ feeders. Stiil.ia; pour to meiiiumioi im.ji 5.75; poor to meoium. $4a4.6o; oiectel feeders, giat.ia: mixeu siocKi-ris '.40a3.fl0,l cows, .m-.t, iiviicio, .viM.ttf, fannPi'h ' $2a2.7u; Dulls, j.'.uuai.z,,; caives, Ji.50a3."3: 1 Texas lru steers. .i.iv;io; iuun uiigi j3 i) 1 a;j.w. iiuii-i,ii,Hi nwjjn, ij others slow to 5c. lower than ycslcrdn.s '"?' age; muca ana nuicners. .iaHsi4-. c00(ij t i-holce heavy, $5.30a3.4a; piughL,, ' Vjjl U5.25; light. J.10dE.a-,4; bulk of sV JJ ii5.37' Sheep and LiimbF-8terf,v ,1 cholc. mixed. $4.k5n5.S0; vvestern' gneep $3.75a.23; yearlings. JGnO.75; nat ." iambs oe'lpts'thls wei k-Cfiltle. 49.000 hOf h0'L' 137.200 head; sheep. 53.200 head; ,'ast week.' cattle, 45.01) head; hogs, 141700 head; sheep, 53,000 head Buffalo Live Stock Mi,rijet, East Buffalo, March 3b--Cattle-Re-cflpts, threo cars niles- iu.t nnd changed: good butcher steel ji... Canada stpekers, $4.2440; ,rUnRB $,,R0 a4.75: veals, $la6.2o. Hogs-(ecCnt- cars; slow, shade lower, il-icers, $j.35a 5.40; few. $545; mixed packfs, Vl3.i5.50; mediums. ls.G0a5.tw: heav y. .5safio. nlg' $.13a5.25: roughs. $l.50.i5.50. 1 Sne' Uimbs-Recelnts, 20 cars; L,ry 8, for lambs and firm for shetl. ton amba $7.70a7.$0; culls to good. Wu7.6i; mixed sheep, tops, $a.i5ub; cullsl0 g00a ... 5.75; wethers. $a6.50; yeares B,6agV. East Liberty Cattldjia-aritet( East Liberty. March i $5.40a5.43; IIKlit uo., .iuaa. P 13.5.15 E9.HKS. rttff-..B,,ECT'nit;: choice cliolco lnmhs. Mt-Go. c,m0n to good $3.50ai.3a; veal calves, J5.2J 7S wcim-iP. "?""" i-""iin. J3.50a4.50: J6.20a6.S.": 1.,: 1,:. . - New York Live Std Market. New York. M:irch 31,- lives None for 'nlves-Feellnff sale; nominally steady. Arm: choice veals. nually flr.n; lambs, slovj onrrp wonu it sellers hold. ilpA lunik, t? 4T Ing steady: commgn to, aS,12'4: common uprlng Hogs Nominally steadj ,bs, $3 per head, Oil Mar Oil City. March 3'frodlt balance. I1.6S; vertltlrates. casfr'icr5mL,.c't: shipments. 71,023 nar,,n?.7rrJ2' fHJi l.nt-rplu: riina. 11K.T1 liU. "V"a,!re' :! &i imrrVu "" average, W,. '