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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-25

had been removed, with her sails, and
as much of the wire rigging as would
not imperil the safety of the masts.
H must have sold those" said the
skipper. The other things are in his
house. ! suppose"
Every fitting that could be pried or
screwed out was gone. Port, STAR
board and masthead lights; teak graf
ings; sliding sashes OF the deck house;
the captains chest Of drawers, with
charts and chart table; photographs,
brackets and looking glasses; cabin
doors; rubber cuddy mats; hatch irons;
half the funnel stays: cork tenders;
carpenters grindstOne and tool chest:
hOlystones, swabs. %squeegees. all cabin
and pantry lamps; galley fittings en-
bloc, flags n flag locker; clocks. chro-
nometers: the forward compass and the
ships bell and belfry were among the
missing.
There were great SCARED marks on
the deck planking. over which the cargo
dcrricks had been hauled. One must
have fallen by the way. for the bulwark
rails were smashed and bent and the
iron side plating bruised.
ITS the governor" said the skipper,
He's been selling her on the INSTALL
ment PLAN"
Lets 20 up with spanners and shov-
els and Kill 'em all!' shouted the crew,
Let's drown him and keep the wo-
mani"
''Then we'll be shot by that black
and-tan regiment-our regiment.
what's the trouble ashore? They've
camped our regiment on the beach.f
Were cut on. that's Ill. Go and 10
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what they want" said MIR. wardrop.

what they want" said MIR. WardrOp.
You've the trousers"
In his simple way the governor was
a strategist. He did not desire that the
crew Of the Haliotis should come ashore
again. either singly or In detachments.
and he proposed TO turn their steamer
into a convict hulk. They would wait
he explained this from the quay to the
skipper In the b~arge-and they would
continue to wait, till the man-of-war
came along. exactly where they were.
If n Of them set Pot ashore. the en-
tire regiment would open fire. and he
would not scruDle to use the one
cannon Of the town. Meantime food
would be sent daily in a boat under an
armed escort. The skipper, bare to
the waist, and rowing. could only grind
his teeth, and the governor. improved
the occasion. and revenged himself for
the bitter words in the cables by telling
what he thought Of the morals and
of the crew. The barge re-
turned to the Haliotis in silence and the
skipper climbed aboard white on the
cheek bones and blue about the nostrils.
II knew it," said Mr.. Wardrop. and
they won't give u good food either.
We shall have baiA'as morning. noon,
and night. an a man can't work on
fruit. We know that"
ITO Be Continued.)
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ASKING TOO MUCH.
The Information the Guest Desired Wai
Not Included in the Terms.

Nv
From the Detroit Free-Press.
After getting washed I went down on
the veranda to have a little interview
with the landlord of the mountain hotel.
to which I had been recommended.
ANY fish around here?" was the
natural first question.
Dunno" he replied, as he glanced to-
ward the brook.
rs the mountain In front ac~cessible!'
"Mebbe she ar"
DO the people do much driving about
up here?"
Cant say"
what is the altitude Of your house
above the sea-"
II never figgered."
what did your thermometer register
last night?"
"Hain't got none"
do you expect to have a full house
this season."
Kinder expect"
How do your guests amuse them
selves?"
Dunno"
I was determined to bring him out of
his shell II It were possible, and after
an interval I queried:
do you get a daily mail up here?"
II guess So" he gingerfy replied.
"As the landlord of the hotel you
ought to be posted on oil these things,
hadn't your"
He slowly faced around. took q long
look at me, and finally asked:
Didn't you come up here to re-
cooperate?"
Yes. / did"
wall, I'm givin' We a straw bed.
meat and taters twice q day and as
onn6 onpfn0 xnyntoF NJ Vail AnA L. 49,
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II LAMP.
Stories OF Hotel Men Who Manage Il
Have Lots OF Fun Out Of II.

From the New York Tribune.
Several hotel men were standing In a
group in an uptown hotel, recently
chatting. The conversation turned
upo the eccentricities of guests. The
many odd ways in which different peo-
pie handle electric lights came UP, and
one hotel man said:
Nearly every n 10Y knows how
the incandescent lamp is operated. but
still we meet with some funny in
stances Of ignorance. Last week we
nearly had hotel set on fire on
account Of a piece of stupidity on the
part of a guest. The building being
fire-proof alone prevented a %conflagra-
| ton. A m came to the house who
was in the habit of sleeping with a dim
light in her room, and the electric
lamp bothered her. She either had to
let 1t burn brightly, or else turn 1t OFF
| altogether. Finally she hit upon the
idea Of wrapping a towel around 1t.
| Then she began to question whether
the towel would catch fire. Then she
! adopted the happy expedient Of wet
ting the towel. That was the worst
thing that she could do. She soon
| dropped asleep, and of course the W
| soon began to burn. A blazing piece
| dropped on the curtains, and soon the
| whole room was afire. h was badly
| scared and, Of course. the contents ol
| the room were ruined"
"That was odd said another one OF
| the party, but the s~trangest thing !
have heard of was the case OF a FARMER
| who came into st. Louis. He went 10 a
hotel where electric lamps were used:
He tried for an hour to put 1t out, and
then sent for a call-boy. The guest ex-
nlained his dilemma, n the BOY
promptly stepped up to the lamp n
turned the button. There was q mo-
ment Of silence, and then from the place
where the farmer stood there came a
flash and report, and q bullet Durled
itself in the wall, narrowly missing the
how. Again and again the pistol was
heard until every chamber was empty.
Fortunately the boy escaped and the
police entered the room and placed the
farmer under arrest The old fellow was
talking incoherentiy, anu seemed mac
clear through. When he was finally
auieted down he gave his reason for
shooting. He said that he had been
irving to put out a n~ew-fangled sort OF
a light and had not been able to do 1t.
Then he called a boy. who blew 1t out.
Just after the light went out he heard
n click. and knew that someone "a
cooked a revolver. He at once thought
he was about to be murdered and
robbed, and did not wait. but began
shooting at once. When told of his
mistake he was much chagrined. and
apologized most humbly."
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The Hairy Enemy Armed With Blow pipes Rcjoiccd.

"No good" said the governor. shak-
ing his head. mo n come buy"
Hes taken my lamps, though" said
the skipper. He wore half a pair Of
trousers and his eye wandered along
the veranda. The governor quailed.
There were cuddy campstools and the
shippers writing table in plain sight.
They've cleaned her out, O course"
said Mr.. Wardrop. "They would"
Wen go aboard and take an inven-
tory. See!" lie waved his hands over
the harbor. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Sorry"
The governor smiled a smile of re-
lief.
Hes glad of that" said one of the
crew, refiectively. Il don't wonder"
They fiocked down to the harbor front,
the militia regiment Gathering behind,
and embarked themselves in what they
found-it happened to be the governors
boat. Then they disappeared over the
bulwarks of the Haliotis and the COVER
nor prayed that they might find occu-
patton inside.
Mr.. Wardrop's first bound took him
into h engine room, and when the
others We're patting the well-remem-
bered decks they heard him giving God
thanks that things were as he had left
them. The wrecked engines stood oven
his head untouched; no ineXpert hand
had meddled with his shores; the steel
wedges Of the storeroom were rusted
home; and best of all, the hundred and
sixty tons Of good Australian coal in
the bunkers had not diminished.
II don't understand It," said Mr.. War
drop. Amy Malay knows the use O.
copper. They ought to have cut away
the pipes. And with Chinese junks
coming here, too. It's a special inter-
position O. Providence"
you think SOP said the skipper. from
above. There's only been one thief
here. and he's cleaned her all out our
side"
Here the skipper spoke less than the
truth. for under the planking of his
cabin, only to be reached by a chisel,
lay a little money which drew
any nterest-.his sheet anchor to wind
ward. 1t was all in clean sovereigns
that pass current the world owe and
might have amounted to more than a
hundred pounds.
Hes left me alone. Let's thank
God" repeated Mr.. Wardrop.
Hes taken everything else-look!"
The HaliOtis. except as to her engine
room, had been systematically and
scientifically Quilted from one end to
h other, and there vas strong evil
dence that an unclean guard had
camped In the shippers cabin to regu-
late h plumber. She lacked glass,
plate, crockery, cutlery, mattresses.
cuddy carpets and chairs, all boats and
her copper ventilators. These things
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HOW WOMANLIKE.
Thoo Discuss Their Friend. But WouId'n
Say an Unkind Thing About Her.

Thoo Discuss Their Friend. but Wouldn't
Say an Unkind Thing About Her.
From the Chicago Post.
After they had kissed each other and
each had disposed Of a bonbon to shOw
that they met on friendly terms the
blonde said:
$50 Mamie Is marfH,d?"
$50 I've heard" returned the bru-
notte.
mice girl" ventured the blonde.
"Oh. very" returned the brunette.
II wouldn't say a word against her
for the world"
Neither would l. How do you sup
pose she every got him.
I'm sure I don't know. Do your
mo: I would give anything TO know
so would I. 1t certainly wasn't her
beauty" .
"Oh, no."
THE idea Is absurd"
II can't understand 1t at all. They
say she vas married first by a justice
and afterward by a minister" t.i
II shouldn't wonder. She naturally
wanted to make awfully sure of him.
"Cf course. 1t Is the only way she
could keep him. But l am glad she has
caught some one Mamie Is a dear girl
and 1t would be cruel to say anything
against her."
Indeed it would. I wouldn't do it for
the world"
Neither would l."
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THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York. Nov. 23.-Srhe transactions
at the Stock Exchange for the two
hours of business today were less than
60. 900 shares. Only two stocks on the
list. Sugar and Tobacco. were anyways
active. Sugar sold down from 99N to
1914. Chicago Gas was weak at 62ssa
63B. The railway list and Western
Union were dull but firm. Western
Union recovered to SIN. The Changers
wer in fair request. but steady. Man
haitian was quiet and steady at S9Aa
100. The market closed firm and gener-
ally Mah per cent higher for the rail-
way issues. The lndustrials. however,
lost Na% per cent. on the day.
The range OF today's prices for the ac-
i've stocks of the New York stock mar
ket are given below. The quotations are
furnished The Tribune by G.. du r.. DIM
mick. manager for William Linn. Allen q
Co. stock brokers. 4l2 Spruce street.
Scranton
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The Devil /.
. and the -.
Deep Sea. RvpvARs By x,p1,uo.
ICopyrisht 1895. by tho Author.l

come the happiest Of created things
natural man.
The governor told the crew they were
evil, and they asked for food. When he
saw how they ate, and when he remem-
bered that none of the pearl patrol
boats were expected for two months, he
sighed. But the crew of the Haliotis
lay down in the veranda and said that
they We're pensioners on the governors
bounty. A ~gray-bearded man, fat and
bald-headed. his one garment a green
and yellow loin cloth, saw the Haliotis
in the horbor and beloved with joy.
The men crowded to the veranda rail,
kicking aside the long cane chairs.
They pointed, ~gesticulated and argued
freely without shame. The militia reg
iment sat down in the governors gar
den. The governor retired to his ham,
mock. 1t was as easy to be killed lying
as standing. and his women %squeaked
from the shattered house.
"She sold?" said the gray-bearded
man., pointing to the Haliotis. He was
Mr.. Wlrdrop,
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New York Produce Market.

New York, Nov. 3.-Flour-Dull. easy:
Wheat-Dull, firmer; No. 2 red store and
elevator, 67Aa67l9c.; afioat, 4slsaiSa4c.; +.
o. b.. 6sAa6S11c.; ungraded red. 64a7Oc. :
No. l northern, 65Aa651sc.: options closed
firm; January, 65hc.; May and June.
6s7sc.: July. 671sc.; December. 64asc. Corn
Dull. firm; No. 2. &c.; elevator, 36Ac.;
afloat; options dull, firm; November. 35%c.;
December. 35c.: January. .&7sc.: May,
35lac. Oats-Dull; options dull; November.
2Ac.; December. 23,sc.; January and May,
23ssc.; spot prices. No. 2. 22%c.: No: 2
white. 2iha241ac.; No. : Chicago. 23%c.;
No. 3, 22c.; No. 3 white. &c.; mixed west
ern. 23a24c.: white do. and white state.
24a27c. Provisions-Firm quiet. unchanged.
Lard-Slow, firmer; western steam. $5.75
a5.sO; city, $40: November, $5.75; refined
dull; continent. S6.25; South America. $3.50;
compound, 4%a51sc. Butter-Firm; state
dairy, 12a2lc.; do. creamery. 17a22hc.;
western dairy. 1O1a15c.: do. creamery, "A
a23c. do. June. 15a2lc.: do. factory, 3a16c. I;
Elgins. 23c.: imitation creamery, 12al3.
Cheese-Quiet, steady, unchanged. Eggs
Quiet, unchanged.
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Toledo Gruiu Market.

Toledo, o., Nov. 23.-Wheat-Receipts,
1o5. go bushels; shipments, 1900 bushels;
market dull: No. 2 red. cash and Decem-
C0rn-Receipts. 23,W bushels; shipments,
ll,e?0 bushels; market easy; No. 3 yellow.
cash. sc: No. . white, &c; No. ; mixed.
TIC. Cats.Recefpts, 1900 bushels; mar
white. :1c.: No. 3 white. zoe. Rye-Aill;
No. 2 cash, 3Sc. Cloverseed-Ffrm; FeDru-
ary and March, $3.50.
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oI RS,.al ] ;oo n S:.S r; IN N 10, ., ss 6ees! marRs,
firm; fair light steers, s.. lOa3.s 80: fair to
good fat cows. 81. 6oa3.2 %. Hogs-Receipts.
n,0c0 head: on sale. 10. 900 head; market
aS.65: mediums and heavy, So. sOaS. S.; light
Workers. $s.S5a3.7 20; pigs, s.. 7Oa3. rs: roughs.
$s.25: stays. $2:50a3. Sheep and Lambs-Re-
ceipts. ll.000 head: on sale, 5000 head;
good to choice, &. 25a2. 80; extra. 2.60a2. %;
culls and common. $la2; export sheep. $3.l6
e5.30: best native lambs. $3.85a4. 10; good
do. $3.50a3.75; light to fair. 015aS.a ten
cars Of Canda lambs sold at $4.10a4.25.
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ers, & .25as.75. Hogs-Receipts. 5000 head;
market arm and s cents higher; heavy
mon to choice mixed, ;3.45as.S5; choice as
sorted, $s.55a3.65; light, $3.40a3. 6eH; pigs.
q. 2523.60. Sheep-Receipts, 1000 head;
market steady. but slow inferior to choice,
81, 75a3. 40; lambs, $3ai.
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pms rdilrOau was dBdii PoSs!'oheN -"
til Jan. %.
John Todd. of Cleveland. was APP
pointed receiver of the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad. This
action is taken preparatory to an
ticipated purchase of the road by the
reorganized Erie railroad.
=
Ex-Attorney General O'Connor, Of
Wisconsin, one of the incorDorators OF
the Duluth. West Superior and Chtca-
go railroad. says that this O Will be
an air line from Superior to Chicago
and thai it Is an assured enterprise.
The route has been selected and a small
portion of the road built. 1t will con-
meet with the Wisconsin Central at
Portage. Chicago and New York capt.
tai Is said to be back of the enterprise.
=
One Of the Philadelphia directors of
the Choctaw. Oklahoma and Gulf Rail-
way company, the reOrganized Choctaw
Coal and Railway company. writes that
the line Is nov being operated In its
entirety with gratifying results. The
connection between the Eastern and
Western divisions vas only recently
completed, having been greatly de-
layed by the weather. TIE road. as
completed. has about 225 miles of line.
and the limit Of fixed charge bonds Is
$25. 900 per mile.
-
Business along the Wisconsin Central
lines is in an encouraging condition.
While the fall business has not given
the exceptional increases over the cor
responding period Of last year which
were noted In the midsummer, the gain
In gross receipts since June 1 is about
10 per cent. I'VE the same time in the
year 1894. The revival Of trade in that
section Of the country is progressing
slowly, although there Is not to be not
ed any abnormal increase in the
amount of trade. Progress is making
In the proposed plan Of reorganization.
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Oil

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 23.-Oil opened S1.59;
lowest, Sl.60: highest and closed. $1.63.
OIL City, Pa, Nov. 23.-On opened and
lowest, $3.50; highest and closed, $l.63.
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SYNOPSIS.

The Haliotis, a ship of English origin.
but Of very shady record. has been pur-
sued and captured by a cruiser which
found her trespassing In forbidden waters
and wrecked her engine with a shell.
She was found to be laden with stolen
pehris. The victorious warship tows her
eap,ivc 70 land--a reIsote island under the
trOpics-but meanwhile the chief engineer.
Mr.. Wardrop. succeeds In concealing part
Of the machinery, and making this ruin APP
pear worse than II really is. On reaching
shore this unhappy crew are summarily
consigned to the army for jungle service.
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soof TIMING AND soLues,De

AZ 6Sne away With b. the use q HAnIs
Of ineredients wsll.known to Ill. II ca y
roofs. also to brick dwellings, which VII
prevent absolutely any crumblinGs Croc3-
ing or breaking o. the brck. It VIII out
! ~ ann ling Ct any kind b many
Of the cost Of timing. II sold ~ u -
Or pound Contracts taken D.
ANTONIO HARTMANN, "a 0&roo -
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Chicago Live Stock,

Chicago, Nov. observation-disclosures. COZ
head; market steady; common to extra
81. SOa3. 80; cows and bulls, 81. 5oas. 30; calves
$2.50a6: Texans, 81. 2Oa3. IS; western rang
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DR.. LOBB's BOOK FREE

To all sufferers q. ERRORS O. yOutM,
WOMEN. 80 .paSss: cloth bousl; cseurely
,iricSiy con6dsntiai. ssd = psei3vs qniok. cure
qua ahteed. No matter how lone standing.
WIN positively care yon WRITE q oan.
m tnRn 2sse =: lstA q. nsiie1s: p.
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PART III.

It was the firing that did 1t. They
should have said nothing about it. but
when a few thousand foreigners are
bursting with JOY owe the fact that a
ship under the British flag had been
fired at on the high seas. news travels
quickly; and when 1t came out that the
pearl-stealing crew had not been allow
ed access to their consul tthere was no
consul within u few hundred miles Of
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RAILROAD +

The sale of the Little Rock and Menu
phis railroad was again postponed UNI
til Jan. %.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
SANTA CRUZ GATHERINGS,
Two Church Conventions to Be
Entertained in the Vene-
tan City.
A San Francisco Youth Held for
Picking a Woman'S Pocket
During the Fete.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, June 24.-Dele.
gates have begun to gather for the annual
convention of the State Association of Bap-
fist Churches of Central and Northern Cali.
fornia. The opening sermon of the con-
vention will be preached tomorrow even
ing in the beautiful chapel at Twin Lake,
the resort of the Baptist Church near this
city.
The grand council of the Catholic Ladies
Aid Society will convene at Santa Maria
del Mar, the beautiful summer resort near
this city, overlooking Monterey Bay, this
week.
The convention opens Wednesday morn
ing, and at o'clock at the Church of the
Holy Cross high mass will be celebrated
by the pastor, Rev. H. McNamee. The
council will formally open the same day at
1o'clock at Hotel del Mar, when an address
will be given in all probability by the bishop
coadjutor of the diocese. Rev. Father Mont
gomery. Delegates are already arriving.
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OWNS ANOTHER MANs WIFE.
Queer Terms of a Lease Held by Stock
ton Italian.

Queer Terms of Lease Held by q Stock
ston italian.
STOCKTON, CAL, June PA. Trucchi,
an Italian who arrived here to-day, SAYS
he has claim on his former wife, now
the wife of another man. He has taken
possession of the woman, and threatens to
kin her husband if he goes back on his
contract.
Trucchi and his alleged leased woman
have an interesting history. He, although
an Italian, disguised himself as a Turk
and conducted some sort of a variety stand
at the Chicago Exposition and also at the
Midwinter Fair At the International
Exposition Trucchi met fellow-countrv-
man, who had buxom wife. He pro-
posed that they travel together, which was
agreed upon. Trucchi suggested that they
represent the woman to be his sister.
which was also called go. They came to
the Midwinter Fair together and at the
close of it removed to Stockton and The
two men went into the grocery business
here.
The partners did not get along very
amicably together, however, and they dis
solved partnership and Trucchi conducted
the business alone. The other man ap-
pears to have dissolved partnership with
his wife too, for, according to the contract.
Trucchi retains the woman.
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SILENT sALVArIoN DRUMS.
They Viii Not Beat in Los Gatos for Some
Time to Come.

They Viii Not Beat in Los Gatos for Some
Time to Come.
SAN JOSE, CAL, June pa truce has
been declared in the fight between the town
of Los Gatos and the Salvation Army, and
the victory belongs to the town for the
present at least.
Several days ago Miss Wright, an army
lassie, was arrested for drum-beating in
violation of the town ordinance, and SEN
fenced to Jail in default of the fine i'm
posed. She is out on bail pending an ap-
peal. The army continued the noise and
Private Lamb was arrested and will be
tried on Thursday. Tonight Miss Barbe
and Dora Hinsley were brought into court
for drum-beating. They pleaded guilty
and were fined $40 each. As they prom
ised to refrain from offending in the fu-
ture, subscription was started by Judge
Beggs with S. and the amount of their
fines was soon raised and the lassies were
set free. Until Miss Wright's appeal is de-
cided, the Salvation drum will be silent in
the CITY of the hills.