ff " Wl!?lr,S5?I37s)w1,r(r' wt.',.-T'', )'- yrtMffD gw.rtr'w, " nrrfK?'--nif.-.n;, '-oyrttgrr'1 ffpww.illWllf ftwwJMJl.iiW),wil.Jwp., irfMpprtii'iWwW !.' ' B?T"- ' THE SCltANTON 'miBUNK-FlUDAY, FEBttUARY S. 1901. S NORTHEASTERN . PENNSYLVANIA HALLSTEAl). retrial lo the Scranton Tribune. Hnllstearl, Feb. -.Daniel .McU-vUt. h well known Delaware, Lackawanna nml Western liraketnnn, was utmek mid InBtnntlv killed thin (Thurndiiy) mornlm?. McDevIlt was on tint yard switch onrrlno iih Hwltelnniin or drill man. Ho Jumped from tlio.xwlteh en sine to Rive n plgnal, tha Htenni from the engine wns escaping und McDevItt wns In the midst of tin; Hteam and could not eo. He then Htepped upon another track to eacui.' from thi' den olty. of the Hlcnin. The track that hn flopped upon wan the main track and before he tenllzed where he wnn a faHt freight came pHinplnff nlontr the main line and struck .McDevltt. hurl Iiir his body against mi upright .switch lever. Ho wuh killed Inntantly, his hcud and nldo havlmr struck the up light Iron Hlandard of the switch lev er. The unfortunate man was picked up by kind and sympathetic railroad men and carried to the undertaking establishment of K. B. Tuttlo, whete It woh tendeily cared for and later re moved to the grief Htrlckeu lmmi! of the dead man. He leaves :i wife and family to mourn a kind husband and good father. At this time dual nr langemcntn for the funeral have not bean completed. The sympathy of the entire community Is extended to the sorrowing family und friends of the deceased. Fred Hrooki wan in JlliUThamton on business Thursday. The February edition of the Susque hanna County Educator Is. the best yet published and reflects credit iiikjii the Susquehanna County Teachers' associ ation In general and upon IMItor C. 13. Moxley In particular for his elllclent management of the magazine. Two of the chair makers from Syra cuse who have been ut work lire havti returned to Syracuse on account of the low wnges paid at the Uallstead fac tory. Track Foremen Sullivan and Normllo had a number of men at work all night in the I-ackawnnna yard here keeping the snow from covering the switches. Engineer T. J. Connors Is back at his old po.st of duly in Iho cab of u Lacka wanna engine. He has been laid tip und not able to work on account of an Injury which he received at Nicholson some time past. Kamusl Wells, we are glad to say, Is again at work on the Lackawanna. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Wormer were the guests of friends In Blngham ton, Sunday. F. H. Bclden was In Now York on business this week. He has purchased a new carpet for the rostrum of the Y. M. C. A. hall. While in New York ho engaged a professional slelght-of-hand performer, magician and humorist to come here Feb. 21 In behalf of the Y. M. C. A. The Y. M. I'. A. circulated 2S3 vol umes from Its library during Janu ary. This Is the largest number over circulated during the history of the association, Miss Kthel Corwln wan tho guest of N'ow Mllford relatives last week. Miss Lillian Hatfield Is entertaining Miss Annie Hrovvn, of New Mllford, 'his week. Hernaid Hill. 13. H. li. Uoosa and Wesley lionjaniln have been busy since vlelghing commenced In hauling and loading mine props for tho Lacknwan ii.i compan;-, Tho portion of (Treat llend township recently admitted to the borough will hereafter vole In the borough. Mrs, Samuel WelN Is this week en tertaining her sister. Miss Hattle Forbes, of Uinghanitou. The silk mill has been closed for a short time past. The prospect for an early opening of this manufactory la bright. A large number of fine chairs wero on Monday shipped from the factory here to John Wunamaker's stoic In New York. Fred W. Church was In Binghamton on business Thursday. Miss Ellen Tilfany has returned homo from a visit of W-u days with Blnghamton relatives, W. M. Knoeller has recently pur chased the property occupied by his yards and carpenter shop on Church street. Edward Seotteu Is employed In plac ing new telegraph poles for the West ern Union Telegraph company in IJIng hamton. Peter Dearborn last week loaded II v thousand mine sprngs for the Lacka wanna company. Mrs. Frunces McCreary returned to her home Monday after a long visit with her daughter at Sayre. Mr. and Mrs, M. F. Decker were visiting In Pcrnnton Tuesday. A homo belonging to ,1, W. Hun singer fell on the wagon bridge Tues day and created lntens excitement J or some moments. TUNKHANNOCK. SpccUl to the Scranton Tilbuuc. Tunkhannoclc. Feb. 7. John Stouten, lawyer and newspaper man, of On shore, Is visiting Judge Slekler and wife, on Tioga street. Word comes from Mr. and Sirs. i;. A. Hungerford, of this place, who nra -tatloneti at Daytona, Florida, that they are enjoying beuutlful wenthT nnd ore Improving In health, The Christian Endeavor society, of the Presbytet lun church, will hold a valentine social on Wednesday even ing next. February 13th. In tho church parlors. Light icfieshinents will v erved and the census taker will bo there to furnish entertainment. An admission fee of 10 cents will be barged. Itev. F. D. Hans-nek. of Plains, oc cupies the Methodist Episcopal pulpit an Suijday next. Judgo Dunham and Attorney W. K. Little, of this place, both members it tho executive commtttee of tin. Mate Bar association, went down to Philadelphia this week to assist In Meeting a secretnry for that body, t.i vacancy having occurred by reason of death. Attorney H. M, .Stucr. of Scran ton, has been appointed administrator to settle the estatn of his lather, tho late. William Streeter, of Eaton town ship. The ladles of the Baptist Social dr oit will serve supper at tho home of Itev. D. L. Woods on Friday. Fob. 3. beginning at 5 o'clock. ' Everyone wel lome. Price, 15 cents. William N. Purdon, tho Unvoting salesman, Is nt home III with tho rrlp. Henry V Prevost, tiuvellng uales mm for the Ch.unplun Mowing M jhlne company, returned on Thuriday from an extended Hip through tho southern counties of the state, MrH. VT. II. MenUer, of Ilnr-lcton, Is vl'ltlng friends In town. Stephen W. Koblneon, painted and paper hanger, Is doing a piece of- work at Meshoppen this week. A man luge licence has been ImUkI to Hairy It. Bhlppey. of wuverly, Pa,, und Miss Nettle Lee, of Camptown, Pu. Mls. Bulalle Piatt, who Is u student at wellesloy college, line registered as n law student In the olllco of her father, James W. Piatt, esq. The South Eaton Literal y tnclety gave an entertainment at the school house In that place on Thursday even ing. The proceeds will be used to putchase a Hag for the school. CENTURIES TO BUILD. Cologne Cathedral Was in Process of Erection 034 Yenrs. I'rciu Stray Stf.rlm. While tho llrst stone of Oulocne cathedral was laid on August lil, 1245, and the body of the edlllce was not opened until August 15. ISIS, 600 years later to the very day, It was not, how ever, until August 1,, 1RS0, that the splendid structure was finally icportod completed, having thus occupied In building the record time of exactly ti.14 years. The castle of Jilngsgoberg. which stands ut the southern extremity of Jutland, took 201 years from the lay ing of the foundation stono lo the tig ging of its master's banner on Its high est flagstaff. Its foundation stone was the skull of Its builder's bitterest en emy. Three months after Its laving Count Jrohslng, the bulld r of the cas tle, was killed. 'Ills son was then In swaddling clothe.-). He did not continue his father's work until agsd twenty- four, .. t.i ,........ ,!,!. ii. ii i . . .. On his twenty-fifth birthday lie was thrown Into prison by the son of the man whose skull lay In the em ih as Klngsgobers's foundation stone. Jn manner master after master of Kings goberg was stopped putting another stone toward the completion of the founder's work until civilisation Inter vened. Between Peith and K ngusslj in Scotland, on the direct John o' Croats to Land's End road, stands Murthlev castle, a magnificent Elizabethan structure, designed In the early nait part of the present century. It Is not likely to bo finished, however, build ing experts declare, for nt least an other decade. Only a taw miles distant, on the same main road, is the vast, unfinish ed palace of tho Dukes of Athol. It was begun by the fourth duke, who died in 1S30. and who planned it on the most sumptuous style. When com pleted It will Iw one of the finest pri vate residences In the kingdom. For over twenty years Lord Bute has been busy building a great man sion oil the island of that name. It Is not yet completed, nor likely to be for another ten years. At tho end of that period Mount Stewart, as the Place Is to be called, will be one ot the most gorgeous establishments In tho world. llestormed castle, In Cornwall, took ninety years to build, of which period exactly one-third was occupied In ex cavating the foundations. The solid rock upon which it stands Is almost as hard as Iron. Indeed, "llestormed" means, in Cornish, "the pnlaee of thu Iron iock." Milan cathedral was begun In 13SG and finished under Napoleon In 1803 Hi years. The Duomo nt Florence was com menced by Arnulfo In tlie year 1291, the last block of marble being placed In position In the facade In presence of the king on May 12, 1SS7, a peiiod of M3 yean. CUBIOUS CASTES AND CUSTOMS. Cannot Be Reformed, Although They Prejudice India's Progress. Ticm the Loudon i:iinu, Forty-tin ee yearn ogo, upon the loth of the present month, the great Indian military center of Meerut saw the kindling of thnt terrible blaze which was destined to ravage the whole of British Hindustan. Nowadays cveiy schoolboy knows that the Indian mutiny was directly the outcome of a religious misunder standing. In 1857 the British soldier could not understand why the smear ing of a little grease upon his cart ridges should offend the Sepoy. But the grease used was that of animals which were unclean nllku to Hindus nnd Mohammedans. Thus It camn to pass that this same misunderstanding resulted In the shedding of oceans of Innocent blood and the near loss of an empire of 230,000,000 souls. Today. Tommy and his ofllcors know better than to olfend native suscepti bilities. Nevertheless, thein Is much In Hindustan that the nveiage Eu ropean finds It hard to understand. One of the greatest stumbling blocks Is that of caste. There are now four principal Hindu castes: Urahmlu, or priest: Kashatrlya,, or soldier: Vnlsya, or Industilnl, and the much despised Sudra, servile caste. These four divis ions are subdivided again and again Into many others. For instance, cveiy village has Us Dhobl, or wuHhoimun; Kuiubar. or potter: Mall, or green giocer: Sum I, or publican; Chamns, or cobbler: Kuhar, or pulklo bearer, und a dozen other ilgorously exclusive t-ects. The boasted blue blood of our European nobility pales Juto Iiislgnl tleanee by compailson. Here In Eng land, for Instance, every ambitious boy, however humbly bom, may us plro to Just such a position as his tal ents may fit him fur. In India It Is different. Not only does the son neer aspire to Use above tint father's sta tion In life, but, In addition, ne could not if ho chose. 'onHeo.uunily the buiasw inking fath er of u dozen sons will bring them up as brnsHworkers; the potter father, as potters, and o on, ad Infinitum. Nor must the lower-caste man In any way violate the sanctity of his higher class brother, for tho penalties as to tho puilllcutlou of tho latter are many nnd Inconvenient. Similarly, he must marry within his own c.iste, he muy only eat with IiIk own caste, and, If a Sudrn, he will esteem It an honor If he Is allowed to Imbibe the vater In which hlri supeilor Brahmin lias laved his feut. But whitt undoubtedly striken the BrltlMier with greatest force Is the fatalistic way In which the lower class mnn resigns blnm-lf without a word of grumbling to this treatment. He la sat- urated with onste. He Is overwhelmed with a distorted sense of Its magni tude. And before Its Imposing Jugger naut lie Is merely nn abject piece of limp, klcklcss humanity. Another curious custom Is that of "Iluluut hal" (You may go). In Eng land It Is etiquette for an afternoon caller lo himself take the Initiative In the matter of Ills departure. Indeed, It would be considered tho height of in breeding If the hostess gave the slight est Indication or any desire to be re lieved of her caller's presence. In India, tho custom Is reversed, and the native will never leave the white nion'M pres ence until told he mny go. The shoe and turban question Is a constant soui'ee of discord. As any schoolboy knows, the Hindu keeps on his turban. house. Not to do so Is thu height of dlsrepect. When Lord Lawrence oc cupied the vlcoicgal chulr he was com pelled to Issue nn official mandate up holding the custom. Slinilatly, 'your native servant would as soon think of appearing before you minus his cum merbund as your English footman would wait at table In his shirt sleeves. The vice versa customs of the man in the street ure legion. The uatlvo cleik sits upon the lloor to write, nnd I his character run from rlfcht to left. the plowman uses a, miserable little plow, which Is utterly unfit for Its work by reason of Its shortness said shoitnes being due to the fact that tho plowman will only drive his team by twisting their tails, and cannot there lore bo far behind them. The tailor, like his English brother, squats to his work, but with the Important distinc tion that he uses his toes to hold the work, while his lingers are busied with the sewing. The Interior of the native houses Is equally opposed to European notions of comfort. ine- uru uuvoiu oi an ; furniture, unless one can dignify a few lugs, cushions and curtains by such a name. Even the wealthiest onnkers and merchants do without crocket y, ziasa, tames ana even plates, knives ever, will be less easllv reached. The and forks, while you might search the , ciYect. direct or indhect, of the gulf entire wardrobe of their laige corps of stream opens the west toast of Spits retainers without coming across u I bergen In Mimmer, but the other i.s single hook, eye or button. moie difficult of approach. Native relaxations are not parlicu- it Is stated that even In the simi larly elevating. The gambling element I tered Ice Fjord, the coal cannot b Is provided Tor by the showers which , shipped directly from tho land, nnd occasionally visit even this parched , the piers munt be it.moved before wln- Inml I'l. -I ,1.. . I.. . t ,...... . - ......... ....... ...... in- usu.u luitu'.r in u uui upon .,.., ljl.0,1..,1i,... Ilf mrt ,,., n,.,ny. rni I - ' - "-.... ...... , ..,... .v, .,, ,-.-, ,w. Villi. ,.l,W I, .IV... ... tank overflowing by a certain hour of . coal has been followed for some Utile the day. The drink habit Is responsible distance from the surface there wilt for much ciliue. be nothing to prevent the miners from "The native drinker mi allows an ex- . :;olng on even to December. The tract of the hemp plant, which tno- ground, no doubt. Is permanently dure a species of mania In Its ile- j frozen for a considerable depth, but vottet. While under Its Influence the . the lempoiaturc will ilse steadily nn drinker will kill all nnd sundry with ! the distance from the surface lne whum he comes In contact. This Is rea?o, and will be uniform. After what Is know nas "running amok." The drinker Is called "hashassln," that Is, one who drinks "hnshin" or Indian hemp, hence our own word assassin. BOSTON'S BIO RESERVOIR. When Completed It Will Be tho t i c t w i Vi irr i ".go ui Avs .num in iu vrunti Few people, even those in nnd about Boston, realize the enormous extent of the new water works system lnaugu rated in 1SS3, and now well on toward completion. They know that a law was passed five yeais ago, placing the existing system In the hands ot a com mission called the .Metropolitan Water board, and that something U being done to bring water from the vicinity of Clinton, Mass., but the true condi tion of affairs Is practically unknown. It will surprise even those who should be personally interested to learn that within half a decade the greatest res ervoir ever built will be In operation within 02 miles of Boston. It will be even a greater hutpiise for them to learn that, when the sys tem now under constiuetlon Is finished, not only Boston, but Medford, Xewton and Somervllle nnd tho towns of Bel mont, Hyde Park, Melrose, Revere, Wntertown and Wlnthrup, constituting what la known as the Metropolitan Water district, will be kept amply supplied with water, notwithstanding the natural increase In population, un til l'.CO. It is this half-century step into tho future that will give Boston the well-earned reputation of provid ing for her people aceoullng to their honest needs and their deserts. To prove the gigantic nature of tho reservoir, It Is only necessary to stnte that Its capacity will reach the enor mous extent of C3,06S,000,00O gallons, or almost twlco as much as the new Cro ton reservoir near New York city. The building of this reservoir means the Hooding of a valley Si miles from Bos ton, the complete or partial submersion of two thriving towns and the chang ing of a well known railway's right of way through the valley OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THEATRICAL. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ATTRACTIONS FOR TODAY. I.V(;i:UM"Wl 1'ipcr of llimelln, iltcrnoosi; "Hixii Antoinette IVtr," iilght. Ilencilt for tlie Home for the Krlrmlleu. Af.tMKMY OF MUSIC laik llorrflir ioniiiiy. IMllH-e anil night, "Melbourne" nt the Lyceum Monday. "flirrf in a (rlmd-lilp n nUIri to love that fed alone can tMcs the lino betwivn." Thl Is tlie line whit h soma po't h i" to lrscrll tl.e lrirnitiililii cMotlng I., n.-eni n.uii. anil ihlt Ii the line upon Mcli tho tnrtcr nlor) of llio lii pliy, "Mrllioiiriie," Ji built. Il d.ili with tho fiit-mUiilM oi lixti, dut melt something vrhHi U found more nrqacntty under I lie tut ut tin country llun utidei the Me of the il. lido beautiful r-rodivtlon, viltton ly Dinlcl L. II nt. iwmiH to O.o l.wm.i ir eiio nlaht ri:r.iciMnt only New Gaiety Reopens. Hemmtlng with a irutlnu ye.unl.iv una Uu ih remainder of the week, lth initlnoe ditty, the New tlulcly will punl the Pioadwav llnr Imquer. The limisc In now twin the nmuiri--mriit of Alf. G. Herrlnmon. Thin tict jImiic H Rununtro that nothing lull Iho lct will ho Hn ot lh New Oilitj. Many L.CUIr, the poimlji Jii'l well Inown fhuictcr iomull.iri und lniileqin-r, In the hiud Unci tlih M'Jion im llin llio.ulu.iy lltit htUfi. Till aittt i "no if ihe w who lni;roe with me ant) his m.!''jifj him-If to Dim Miiuiiiii'iit lovinn puMIe hy hU careful and councIhiIIoiu wil.. No HpImhI, hall-con-feitcd ui hidly ilifincil pniirajaN or imy clnr aotit are ecn to an tudkinr hj Mi. LeClalr. 1 lils U why he rilalm their roiifldime and Ii alnaje alien ch 1 hearty wcleoun. Tic- om pauy which vurroiindi Mr. Ut lair ttiU eaon In an all-tmr one. They ulte ;ou a .inat laugh and an tndlenj dialu ot fun and novelty foi jour money. The tun tiutlefqnei are "The Illrdi ot the niMotl Cine" and a liuinorom .ulie nn "Wonnii and Vtlne " Mrs. WlnBlow's Soothluc Syiup lloh been w4 for otr Kirry Vf: Mt- W MILLIONS of MOTIIi:ilS (cr their CillLUIIKX Wllll.K TKETlllSO. Willi IT.IIHH.T SUf CIW. It SOOTIIEH the t'lllMl. hOIThXS tho (IUMX ALLAYS .11 I'AINl ,;0!Ji,'W'X"nf'OMC. ami the ttfit leniedy for DIAItnilOBA. Suld hy Pruielnt In eieiy part of the woild. n me and Kk for "Mm Window' Soothlnjf Syrup," and take m 6ther Mnd. Tsenty-fhc n-nt a Lollle. FUEL IN THE ARCTIC. Discovery and Projected Operation of Conl Mines In Spltzbergen. I lum the London ManJald. To obtain fuel from the urctle re gions Heems almost u paradox, but our Berlin correspondent Informs un this morning that good seams of coal have been found on th western sido of Spltzbergen, and are to be worked on the most Improved business principles. That carboniferous rocks existed In the Island hafl been known for some time, but during the past summer exports' were dispatched from Norway to as certain whether the mineral was suf- i flelently abundant nnd accessible to bo worth working. Their reports an most favorable. Ootid furnaco conl has been found In Green Harbor, on the south sld" of the entrance of the ice Fjord, which ploices so deeply Into the western flank of the pilnclpal Is land that the latter Is almost rut Into three parts by the meeting of Inlets from the opposite roasts, At another plnco In the same fjord three of the seams ure from six to nine feet thick, nnd as they ore above sea level, must tiou out nt the surface. The larger and enstern part of Spitsbergen Is more or loss n plateau, and tho strata are horizontal, ranging from tho per iod anterior to tho eat bonlferoui. to that In which our chalk wns deposited. The western part Is mountainous, and consists of older rtystnlllne rocks, but uplifted portions of these sedimentary strata here and there1 rest upon them, as Is tho case where these seams have been discovered. In such circum stances the fields are likely to be lim ited in extent, and the seams may be tilted ut high angles, or broken tip by fiiiill Utlll. nu the i-O'il cin he worked by adlt, Its accessibility and tie consenuent economy in labor w 11 bo a compensation. These discoveries mnko It highly probable that larger and perhaps richer llelds exist In the eastern part of the island, which, how ier, iiunng puns oi which woik win , ' , ,,?. i..,n,ia,i t.f .i. !, awhile the mine will be more com fortable than any house. As It Is, the party will winter In the Island from the first, and the longer they can work the moie healthy they will be. But Spltzbergen may not be tho only arc tic Island In which coal occurs, though j Phnr It Is tho most favorable for commercial purposes. The fuel mny be found In Frans Josef Laud; betU of fossil plants occur near Kit a Har borof Inter date. Indeed, but In rocks which elsewhere occasionally produce coal. Prom Nov.ila Kemlya Colonel Pielden hrough back specimens of lltne-itones which experts assigned to nn ago very near that of our English conl beds, and other localities could readily be named. But these masses of fossil vegetable matter Indicate curious changes In the climate. Now adays nothing bigger than the Ptunted liolar willow grows In Spitsbergen. Even In the extreme north of Norway the hardy birch Is dwarfed. Yet thesj nnclcnt plants foimerly almost ilvalel fniest trees, and the change was late In coming. A temperate climate ex isted as far north as the seventieth parallel, und In Greenland beds of brown coal were formed even in the tertiary era. At that time tho plane, the magnolia and the vine nourished In the latitude of Disco Bay. A WONDERFUL BRIDGE. l'loiu the ritltlmra; Pent. The greatest steel stiuciuiu in the world, so far as railroad work Is con cerned, la just about completed In tills state. It is the wonderful bridge of the Brie railroad across the KInzua valley In McKean county. The original bridge was a marvel and was considered one of the wonders of the new world. The old abutments are used to support the new structure. This original struetuie was found to be too weak for tlie modern heavy en gines nnd cars of the Eile railroad, and last May traffic on this branch was suspended. It extends from Carroll ton on the main line to Johnsonburg, a dis tance of C3.2 miles, and passes through Bradford, Custer City and Mt. Jewott nnd connects with the narrow gauge division of the I'. & W. It. It. It trav erses a wllderncpa region where beats, deer and wildcats are found, anil the ruffled grouse Is nt home In the almost Impenetrable slashings nnd virgin for- CStF. The new bridge is much heavier than the old structure. In the old bridge 2,000 tons of material wete used, but In the new sttucture there will be 3.G00 tons of steel, or 7,000,000 pounds. This modern steel miracle Is 30H4 feet above the level of the small wilderness stream and Is 2,100 feet In length and nine feet wide. Twenty towers of steel sup port the structure.and these vary from 23 feet to 2S.', feet In height and rest on solid piers of stono woik. Looking up from the bottom these magnificent towers look like a spider web, but ns they are closely examined some Idea of the strength f the now bridge Is as certained, Web pinto girders of threo elghths Inch mild steel with a depth of fii,4 feet look like mere cords 'riiM below. These girders are placed on steel rollers 3S Inches long nnd i Inches In dlnmeter, to provide for elasticity, or In other words, coutructlon and ex pansion. This wonderful structure Is now ready for tralllc. It Is one uf the marvels of the age. CAT WENT 120 MILES IN ABOUT TWO HOURS. Maltese Jumped Into a Fly-Wheel and Came Out Alive. I loin ihe l.veiiln WlftniiMn. At Sheyhoh'nn, Wli u AlaUchu cat Juniper! Into the Ijiko fly-wheel of the Plymouth llotilfferntor cnnipnny's n ftlne, anil, as the engineer could not very well mop .unl shut uif the llRhts to teleiiHe the animal frnm Un perilous position, he '.vuiti.nl until tho u.stial time or Hliuttlnts- down tinnelne hlrhurpiii-'c. on Ktopplnu the engine, to ilml tho tt iillvii anil elltigiui; to the Ity-whcel. The wheel N twelve feet In diameter and thtrty-sis feet In elteunil'eienoe and maker1 elphiy-Heven icvolutlonp, eoiiiteiiueiitly duilnir the two nml one half hoiiiri the eiiRlne was III motion thu cat covered u distance of about 1"0 in lies. The cut lives nnd enjoy, life, and, with thu exception of a InmcueM, he npponr none the wnro for his eperl encp. Special Hargalim Today and Tomorrow. 12th Annual Sale of Boots and Shoes For Men, Women, Boys. Misses" and Children, Ladies' 's Shoes. LOT 1 joo paiis Ladies' Pine Vici Kid, Patent Leather and Knvne Shoes, made to sell at $3.50. Sale Price only $2.48. LOT 2 1 50 pairs Ladiee' Box Calf, Low and HirIi Top Shoes made to sell at $2.50. Sale Price only $1.69. LOT .1 i.j.j paiM Ladies'Patent Leather Hue Sliors woith$i.o. at $1.79. LOT 4 m pairs Ladies' Pine Kid, Goodvear Welt, Button and Lace, Kid and Patent Tip Shoes, worth $2.50, at $1.69. LOT 5 i;? pairs Ladies' Pine Vici Kid, Kid Tip Lace Shoes, uoith $2.00, at $1.49. 750 pairs Ladies' Shoes, broken lace, at 97c. 9S pairs Ladies' SpringJHeel Shoes at 75c Sues 3 J J to 0. 000 pairs Ladies' C. S. Rubbers, worth 50c, at 15c. Ladies' SPppsrs at 50c and 75c. Boys' Shoes at 98c. Children's Shoes all prices The above are only a lew ot the manv bargains. Call and examine our oods before buying elsewhere. Remember, there is no trouble to show you goods and you will surely save money by it. MYER DAVIDOW THE MARKETS. Wll Strott ZUvUw. New ork, Keb. 7. The ultmorof the v. piu Jected nteel combination was till over Wall itreet todny and dominated the tucculatlon al inot compluttty, A tenetved upnard movement In Union l'acltle fount J an effective aupplement Ihe ftei-1 ntoclu all opened notably slroiiK and hid good advancen under the flood of hulii pi den attracted by the nlKiilfliant mlmU'Ioin from .imlioiltlc? In the ntrel trad .it to Un reality of priding negotiation. The ciiuiinous udume ot the olferlnen tlurlnfr the rlrnt hour, especially In IVdcral Steel, made It tlear that hoWirs oi my lance amount oi thU stCH'k vein wllllns to avail tl.emsehcn of the good news lo realke protitt. The amount of itoclu encountetvd it 55 wan apparently illimitable and not only tdcfjl Steel, but the whole market, Ktujnend under it, Considerable of the knowledge leitard lug the steel negotiation dUcloned that a Rood deal u H being taken for crantl by tho kx.ai!a. tor. That Mr. Carnegie had indicated a willing, iic.vs to mil the control of liU propel ty recmed lo be admltte'd. but the nunnisen regarding the fuither plan-, for tho "billion tlollara ktcel trutt" had evidently run ronsldirahly beyond thu ant.tr tainiti fattit. There were significant Intlinitlont thrown out that the whole- negotiation va in oincttli.it delicate htagvs, pich an left the posil hlllty that the unhrldhd Hm.ulallon in the ncrur. itlen ronruireJ might Ferlounly Intel fere with its couaummation. The Idea of being long of the nteel aloeln with the pri'po.ed romblmtlun collapcd and aban doned vn auflit'Iilit to caUM.' a nerraitu etato ot mind among pome of the iipifitlatorn who hao talan an enormous linen of thesa tocks. Tho ap pearand ot In'Itle selling added lo their pertur bation. With the speculatlie position thu made Miliur.ible the lo.U ueie ubjectid to ieverc handling during the nfternoan. There was a mo mentary ptuac- In tho feeling, but It tvan uncucil again, tairying IVderul tlown an extreme OH. Federal Steel preferred, iteel and Wire, Tenno .10 Coal and National Steel, 4'; Colorado ruel, I3,, and other intuitu rs of the gioup from 2 to 3 point". That these iolent decllnen weie due to 4 .pcculative laid wan made maidftsA by the kud den recoctltn when tho t-liortis lgan to cover, .titl and wlie iall)lug 2K, l'cdeial Steel pre ferred liVa and other Mock. In tho gioup from 1 to 2 polntn. Tlie railroad list had Its opening bulgo and mbsequont decline on profit taking, but It wan nlffenetl up again In some degree by a remarkable advance In Union Pacific of Sj point". The rumor that a proponed etock lsue to provide for tho Pou'hcrn Pacific purchase had been under-written at par wan tlm oaio of the erc-lted speculation In Union Pacific. Here again thu high level Invited enormoun realUlnj. Total lalen today, 1.7e5,ntO iihirrt. llio railroad bond market etintlnunl veiy uc tlvc, but there weie some recejslonn in prices In lympathy with Ihe re-actlon in stocU. Total Mien par alue, $7,010,000. United Hate bomln wele -II uiichanitd un Ihn UL tall. The following quctatlonn iu furnished TU Tribute by M, H, .lordmi !i Co., room. 7do-7txJ lleaia building, Scrantou, I'a. Telephone WO!: Open- High- l.o Clos- Ii.g. r.t. 'it. ing. Auiiilcaii Sub ir i:i,'.4 lwl 137i l'ls Ameilcan Tobacto .. ..US 11 'i lt7!i 1I7VC Am. Sltel k Who i'Hi W svj .V)-"4 Aichlsoi il'j "'l5i Vi5. SI AlihUon. Fr. S) Vl"' eni s,r; llrHlc. Tract Inn 7l ')'' 7s). 7.s',-j lUlt. K Ohio W-. I:'. OH, U.lj font. Toliii'tv 1'1"J 7'i Hi's I"';! Clitn. A. (Mild ! tW ll'i! ll'i (hie. i (il. Went 31 SJ'i l&'.j ItHi (hlc. II. k i) llia US1 H'l'n Hl'i St. t'aul lM's l'd'ni IW'n 1 VI Hock Uland I.'" Un V.'tU UW Del. k llud.on Til IVi lit ImIj l.arlctwanna I "7 P'i V." 107 Ftsler.ll tci-l .11': V,U in itl; IVdcral SImI, Fr. .... s .,) i0t s'ji; Wan. k Ttx.. I'r. . .. !.- T. "i " loui. k Nanl '-l y.i'4 I'J 5Iir F.ltvatcd 1li lVMt lis)'. Il1-", ltt. Tiatllon ilW', lllli; lii'l'J ir.itj Mlvo. I'atl'lc Id -4 c. Mi S)' IVcple'a (iafl Ifi lu'j .in lul N .1. Central V . IV) lT'I IV: Nititherii .I'ailflo l.1, I7i t.- n7 NVlfollt A. Went (i- l. liK OVj Northern I'atltu M.'l e;'j . Ni Nt.illt. I'arllk, I'r. . . e!U T, sn S-i N. V. Cenlial tl.V4 tlii U l Out. k Wc.tein .. .. M't vll'j Si4 ;i:,i I'cnna. It. It VM r",( ll ll'i I'atiho Mall IU H'c tl II Heading lly li'i .nn V. Heading l., I'r VH '.iiJi 71 7111 eoiilhelii II. I! 'M 3tl, 2.1'i 211-j Ninth. It, It., I'l 77t't 771 7n,-t 7." Ttnn. (Vul lion .... (!(. r;7nJ li'H Ml I. S. Leather la'l Hi, lilt lja IT. K lalht-r, Pr 7ii 7dli 7W "HI, I'liinn i,,citi i; n;u nMi uv,, Fnhm I'arlllc, Fr en ; '; w; ivaUb.li, fr ;i:n ::ju r, w4 Wt-teru Fnlon b'', s,. k'.t, Mi Myer Davidow, The Cheapest Shoe Store, 307j.n.cknwnnrm Ave. At pricci less than cost of makiug shoes, We want 'every oue iu Serautou to see the most extraordinary bar gains which surpass anything ever given. Kvery shoe in the sale is of the best makes and every pair warranted. Some Notable Bargains in Men's Shoes LOT 1 Men's Box Calf anil Vlci Kul, leather lined, vsole, Good year Welt, made to sell :tt $3.50. S.tle Pi ice only $2..i8. LOT 2 Men's Winter Russet Shoes, nude to sell .tt .$3.30, at Sa.8 LOT II Men's Box Calf. Vici Kid and Hn.imel Shoes, nude to sell at $5. Sale Price onlv $1.08. I,0T 4 Men's Russet l-iumel, Guodyc.ir Welt, worth $5.50, at $2.29. LOT ."1 Men's Heavy Working and Dress Shoes at 98c, $1.30 ami $1.40. Men's l-Vlt Shoes, felt soles, at 98c, worth $2 00. Men's Rub ber Boots, Woonsockct, at $3.35- lots, lin: alid heavy, button anil cimcuio miAix MitKi:r. Open- High- Low I lov WIIUAT nit et et Inr. Jlay "' "'. I'OltN. Mav ,.', ..-'n OATi.'. Mav .l4 iv POItK. May ll.ir. ll.iin i.ai:p. Ia 7.').' T.''J .SXW VOI1K C.lt.VIs- MMtkl. Open- High- l.oie- fit"- WHKVr nig. e.t. e.t lux. March 7' 7iu, 7'H), ;.,, Maj ? 7"-, 7--. 7"I, COIIN". iUy Il-n U'j ll'i l''j Scrftnton Board of Trade Exchange Quotations All Quotations Based on Par of 100, STOCKS. First Katioral KanL i-cranton &alnga Hank Third National Binlt Dime Iepn!t and IH'count Hank.. economy Light. 11. V 1. Co Lacka. Truit Sate Uepojlt Co Clark k Snoer Co., Pr Hcranton Iron Fence Mfg. Co. ... Scranton Aile Work Laekaw-anna Pair) Co., f'r Countv Saving! Hank & Trujt Co.. rirt National flank (Carkondile) . Standard Prilling Co Traders' National Dank Scranton Bolt nnd Nut Co IIONDS. Scranton !'s!nger Hallway, Hut Mortrage. due l!K0 People's Street Railway, fir-t mort gage, due 1013 People's Stieet Hallway, diinral mortgage, due K-1 Dickson Minuficttirlng Co I-acka. Townhlp School 5 cr cent. City ot Scianton St. Imp. C per cent Scranton Tiauion d per tern Mid A-ktc 1WI HI 'in 4 1.0 . . ina 'ii i't 3uil ... MM .M Hij HJ IF. ... Hi ... I mi Scranton Wholesale Mntket. (Ccirected by II. CI. l)Je, ?7 Laikawann.i A ) ltuttei' I'rt ainer.v, Ui22Lx'. ; daii.s, lSa2X. (Tieene Full crenm. liiU'i.e. :?ra We'trrn freh, '.'laJI'jc. ; icniiy one, tajIS'jc. Heuin IVr bu,, thui.e luiirow, .'i"i2Mi. 1'ea llearw Per bu , 2.Mi.'A. Medium Heann 1'er bu , i'.MV! n Crecti Fens Per I'J., .'t.KUl.H Onions Per bu , l?lat.l0. rioiix Ue.l patyiil, fl.fci. Fhllndrlphln Gram hiuI Produce. Philadelphia, Feb. ..Wheat Finn, 'n. hn-h-er, contract gradt-, 71:ita7i.e. Citi. Finn- N. 2 mixed, Feb., 4 4ii:ije. Oat Meidv No. V white clipped, S2!ic. Ilutlcr Stiv'ly: ftney vvesteni cn.-nn.iy, y..; Iain ai-sIliii punt, 2Jl. j tauey leaihv priliK, '.'... Kgu.- I'ulii: llteh iK-alby svpstcrii mil .oiilhwi-'ein, i't:', (rtth Mjithern, 2D-. Cbewe Dull and iej Hfflned sus,ur I'licliaimiil. Coitor -Steady. Tallow Flinii rltv pi line in h'uK. j. ; tiercel, i'lC.J country pilule, bid., I'?.'"'.; tuk-, i'jc. bun Kultry I'lii'liiugidi fowl-, 'iijiln't". j nM luostcrs, 7c; chicken. H'iJli" : thu , UV. ; l!ree, lOillc: lurktj., He. HriMCil pinliiv Finn; low If, ch.die, l.'. : do. file .o g'.od, dili'sc. ! old roonbia. Ii'i.i7r.: Ii, ally il.I.,, Hllhn : v."t stun d.. I'.iUi.: Iiul,c.s, tlmlo to fai.tt, luaihv, Il.il.Js.. : ih. wt-.b-rn. Mill.-.t 'Inks, rcuibv, 1 .-1 t . : U..U1H io., Hal,!.'. Ilrn-lpta Flout, .0l biritln, and ,.iili) ptiiiuU In uk! when. HiMm hu-lii'!t; ttuu, O.lml bc.lieln: mtH, JiVAl I iu.1 rl. Shlpimiiln 'Abt-at. 10 ),.) rl, om. I'i'.oUO, .it.. 7."'s). Hew Yoik Oialn nnd Fioduce. Nrv Yolk, lb. 7. -ri.)ui--l hi lunged and blely liad, nv lilt n tor.tlmu'.l nil Ii id-. Wlieit ipil l,nn No. ) r.sl, uV f u. Ii nilo.lt; No. 2 ltd, pi) it I'U'Vatur; N'.i. I mrlh'.i Ih.Uith, .-'.'. i. I. o, b. ull ..il. Iiici.iis .iptn-il Una, latr-i weikinetl and tlo.sl linn tl Ut. net iiilvuntt. Until ihtatd 7i'' : May, 7'.it.f. ; July, lu'v". Coin s'pol su.ih, N i. J, tt. tit v, lor, and li.'i. i. . b .illuii. (ijtlin,u orn'ttl dim "Ith he.it. but siii. fniiiil do tili.td nwh.L t ll.ui.lilluu un I hin.ul ivpoit iii'l'iln Fm.illi ii. unr.il on hi' ilnuai.il In in .i..it. and ihAil s'.'.i.l.i ,i. ,. . ii l ml vine... Viae ohwnl lllfco. . lull, i I'lj . I)j -.,.i tilit nml s'li.h; No. .', .'.I'i .; .No ;, .a,.: N.i. 2 vviiilu -B1-ll'i. I N i. I unit., .'A.; Ii.tk iiiImJ ..flciii. ilt'llij.' , lr.ii'1. vviiht. S'l.i.'.'n Oprinii dill and I melt ni.suls Hut-In- ""le-ii'j I frenh tiiMiiinj, Uiti-: itutij, II;. 11'..: linn- iicau.iit, lil! !.. I'lliutl' 11 tiiHini. i.i. Ilir'iii'.; -lale tlili.i, irfl. I7a.iv. (Tccc-I'linl! fam 'li-.e. fall inile. U'l-tH1.' -I li.nev mull, fall nai.e. ll'i.ii;. . Ilgg,- Mi.ul , .li.li .Hid IVlui.i , '.'I'jc .i '.-i-i, -.'ii1.. ."I... Kiiiheni l'i)i.u'ii'f. Ohlrnpo flrnln and Piodnee. I'hii'.ige, I'eli. 7.--Whe.t W'.m lic",idir odj,i tut aver.gtd fair and ilocd ',', i.p 'villi tit. v,l.t.!re of lileial cvpoil encaai'nuntn iipoiltd nt'Kr tht end of the m'so-i. Cum ndvanreil i; and iaU u hadt. Fixulnlon. il.ii.hrd u dull tl.), tuchariKCil to J'.im' hlgl.ei. '.'.ili t)iiula limn vne t full in ; ' ' ' Flour Dull and wvik; .nipping h.-ni, M Special1 Bargains Today and Tomorrow. i The Cheapest Shoe Store. 307 Lackawanna Avenue 7l'i.; No, ' led, 7!.7"- ; N'o. 2 nun, 07aJ7it Nn. 5flhw, .I7'ta37lv.; V., 2 o.il. 2.1ie. No. 2 wlille, s;4a2nc.- .No. 2 v.hite, 'i7W.27:. Nu. 2 tje, WiaSlf. ; midtlng, itjJSe. i No. I U ,ti d noilhuvst, f.M: timothy, $l.M; pork. An.M'al3.iO laid. $7.tf.i7.K'r: rltu. iC Mi7.11; l t-uliU nt. iA4MJi,c; .sides, .'-"vh"..'!!); whisk", "l.'7. Chlcnijo Live Stock Market. t Iik4,o Fib. T. t'tttlc Ittxeiptd, T.iOo; gen rill.v Mroiiger .mil iciive: jrw.l to prune hteei. Hid; poor to iiiedlinii, l. 'Oal.'ii! slotkeu mil btdipi, wtak. evrpt btt. yj."i.il.,V); town, ii u". Jl..'l); lidli'is, V7iil.'fl; t nitiem, fl.7Ja2.fi). lulls, liiiu. t'.'.7'ul.il, t ,bes, llrm, ftaiTJ.'.. Tevan ll dleei". 'Jl.il.so; Vi'jn gras ktaHri. su.oial; Tcra lull. J.'iii.ii.ii), IK'gv Iletclpln twl.ij, ,ll,i)i)i Uiii'Oiioi.-, J. ik): ctiiuatiil left tivtr, :',iXi; SalUo, hisher, nttlve, .-It fnir Mrom." tmi, if,",. Ijj mixed nei lutihti. sV.tii) tn: gtoit in choice heavy, 3..'o aj.lii rouglu, 1k-.ii, ', 2u.2Si light, CVJ'u tM; hulk of s.iis, s'i 2ai.u.i. Mieeji Itecelpu, lii,inii nlieti. ntncig, h..dr higher; limit., turn: umul tn choice nether. f.i.e.-il..Mj uli to molce mli'd, el.lHTl.Di wt.ltni .heep, J.lvlal W: Ti an heep, M, :!..": iijlive lamb., l.'ia,.21: wetriu laridm till'.1'. New York Live Stock. .tw loik, l'cl.. 7. -H. cvet Feelin.' nltc, iiiiidM. le iKriiiiid; pipes leid .It-id.i ; veil" lnrn ml l..rA),'.i.".ii: little nit. , ..t.ii,!-,: t.llltv, si.,;, ,-. .o.niiinj, ., Mii-eii I iline I mi ; .iiliei., .lead). tl t limb, tlnni uud-r glide, .luj.i, Mc-p, e'i, at.W, few hoi. i, ", I.umI.-., Mi1,s-,- ,, car tholic, m.Ki: Iii:l5 . l "A ll..gFit lli.jr .sMk. East Lthoity Stock Mntket. Ist I.ilcit.', I'll. 7. - illtli si-.u); p.ii, ei, 0.i j itlj piini", i 'll'i.Si': cniuinnn, S.'l.7"i Ifogn stt.nl.t ; plini.' 'iici'lmiK, j11a.iyl; li-r .Milken, '.'''"a.l.'.l; btavv log., B.11 '--. 3.iii'.;); i.nigli", M.7ii.1. Miftp Mc.Hlc: i ho!, i- Melhi, 'l ia)l,;i; , n i'ioii, sJall; iliidie tauihs, 'i.Wl'iil'ii coi.lii'iHi to gor.il, ,1 pi. seal t.iliu, .(...V1J7.2.1 lUifl'iilo Live Stock Ilniket. Fi.i llufulo Feb. 7. -bet mi.-( utile. W rr: Muip i'i! limbs, Vi car; hogs ID uik. ). p iiicni--(atile, ti.1 taia; .lucii and lamb, il t n . hrg(, .s tain. Hiilv tu ln.nU t.ilile nn tile i...l Ihey win- illtiui-d ol a' 'uieli .lead; pilci". l.ilil-4-Ch'lrc In i'l. a ei.JiViii he ... cltlce J cxui, il.i0.il.71 llu'.s llei.i and il,s, .".mi. Oil Mniker. oil i m. ivn ; -fu-dlr .,ii.m. .- i'i; nr. lll.i.l... i,i. bid. ."hlpiiuiil, "I, Hi.; ,.uu;.', lij.iil'i. I!u.. 0,,J.-ii. .ucl.ige, "s.. PREDICTIONS BY TESLA. I'ruT.t .tiitt.. , 1 A .J.ltlu oi aiic'li... Itli-iiiaplty liiCwiu.lt a m(siige tan In e- lit tliar ntnuii.1 the w.iild. '.' Fhttiic.il prodtictii.il of ozena t.n, jlul, Irmg win or, lo lid II of Un mam lii-purltK !i Tho iiiaiiufaitiuo of ailllkl.1 I mil by ox Idled ll.vdliiien. . I Tin rlslns l..ai'iliie will lit a flit" 'ft wi I lul liiiiix univci ol 11,110, .1 mine .uppoif f't-irti. ii it tun will rule tlie .in i will Ji the t 3 Fntilio tliulopuirlil Will lend tn diuilnlnt tin. iiuinli.'i oi In.ihilu.d. in,'.JH'.l In bull. 'Ibis- will bi-lni. linn iw :i uucbliio vviilili tail 1 op.ritnl b.i tie feweti potllilc individual I'-'fiie pufntluil of H'laiito'iMlnii, a nuclili latiug ill II bwlllv Moi.lilflilt couliollril frnm ;i ill.i.ii.te, wilhi.ut wires, 'lc lutoiuatitis air upidlcahli u an.v uaelihw il.al moves on the land. In water, pi In I'll) ill'. 7- 'llie Iraiisinis-lon ! chttrlcjl tniify tlnniuh 1 1,. ji ill wllluuit a wlie. --A .jstun to draw energy fmm the aun. u -'Ihe eK'iiolytln proctt tf cxtiadlm. Imn liiuii V1'. '"! mailing Ir ii.f.. uc.uli.'d foim vilthoul fiul roii-iiiiiptioit li) 'Hn- .lecliiifjtiu iniiiufjciurt' uf aliiinli.uni nml Im giaditi) cMeunliiullgu of topirr and, pi. libit. Inn. 11 - mIi .ii Hi a iiigm. i iiia.ilc .'I .l.iiilii; n 1-11. J (Kill It. HWII 11. ill. Hi. lati ol Ohio, t ii) uf Tolecl.i. 1. ita. luliilt, i, FHANK .1. (IIFNKV make ciih that he i rti.lur P-i'rtnei ol the tlim til P. .1. CIIU.N'EI J; ( ().. iolug Ini.lniM In I lie I Hy ol 'lultilo, Cojnli nnd Mate nloriMld, and that citil linn will pa. Ihe .mil of 0i: lirMlltl.li DOl.l.tlH foi i-.icli .mil every caae ol ( Vl'VUItll that cannot Im lined by llio im ui IIM.I.'.s (HTAltltll ( I'll!'.- FltWIv .1. CIIL'NUV. I Mil. in' to beluie nit and siiUtiibed Iu niv I nri'M-nic. ibin till) ilav of lietrmber. A. I).. UyX lhenl.1 1. W. JM:A!-tV. .N'otity Publle. Hall', tataiili Culo U, taken internally, aril ad illicitly riu the blood and nu'iciii Mirlm.tj of Ihe .wlilii. fverid for lellniiiii,li, fr-n. F. .1. (JIIHNKV A. i O . TolH, O, Mild by liiusgUU. 73c. l " - Hall' Family I'ilU r the U, - I ii.i'v U. i