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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
NEWS OF OUR INDUSTRIES.
Happenings OF Interest to the Stapcl
Trades and Particularly TO the Trade
in Iron. Steel and Anthracite Coal.

1t Is authoriatively stated that the
Illinois Steel company will resume pay
ment of dividends next February.
The new and elegant double engines
at the top of No. 10 slope, Cameron
colliery, at Ashland Is nearly COM
pieted and will soon start to hoist.
They will handle some of the prettiest
pieces of mechanism in the anthracite
coal region.
The heavy traffic on the Pennsyl-
vania lines shows no batenent. Its
four lines centering at indianapolis
last week handled 1852 cars. of which
ii4S We're loaded. In the week ended
Sept. II these lines handled but 1884
loaded ears.
Altoona, Pa. Sept. 25.-The Altoona
Foundry and Machine works of this
city today put their 800 workmen on
ten hours time. This company manu-
factures the NJ \. Green engine. large
ly used in electric light plants and
the orders for these, which are rapidly
coming in. will cause the concern tn run
night and day beginning with next
week.
Philadelphia, Sept. 26.-The August
statements of the operations OF the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and
Coal and Iron companies Were issued
the railroad were $l906,4l6. and the
gross expenses. $997.0ii: net receipts
from other sources. S2i5S0; total net,
S933,953 Total charges, $500 400: sur
plus. $1S. .j52, an increase of Sl52,9lI over
last year. The total deficit for the
fiscal year to date is 1868, 73O, a decrease
of S5S3. .0i5 from the deficit of the same
period in 1894. The gross receipts of the
coal and iron company were $l,96O.liO;
gross expenses, $2.0j7.0 .012. Onetwelfth
of the years fixed charges, $4,000,
makes loss from mining this month
$l9l .S72. This is an increase of $64,S49
year to date is 81 .397, ,169. an increase of
S4if. .110 over the deficit for this period
last year.
The Trunk Lines association has
agreed with the Central Traffic assOcia-
tion, and on oct. Is will advance the
rates on pig iron, steel and manu-
factured iron and steel productions.
For some time past there has been
a special iron and steel tariff in force,
and as the iron and steel business has
shown considerable improvement. it
was thought best to put up the price
on the freight as the present prices
were considered too low. The new
rates will apply to all shipments of
iron or steel from Chicago to New
York The present basis is S4, and the
new one on pig iron. cinder and scale
will be $4.2O The old rate on billets,
blooms. borings. crop ends. ingots.
muck or puddle bars, old car wheels
and axles, old rails, scrap tin and slabs
is $l55 and the new one will be S4.1o.
The local rates are also to be advanced
so as to conform with the through
ones.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
THE WORLD OF Business
WALL STREET REVIEW.

New York. Sept 26.-The stock mar
Eet still maintains its professional
character and II looks very much as II
the activity and advance in cotton and
wheat has diverted the attention to out
siders, at least for the time being, 20
these products. The recent remarkable
rise in cotton followed up today by
gain of two cents in wheat. fully ex-
plains tine Indifference of the speculat-
ing public to the present dull and mar
row stock market.
As a result the market for stocks was
entirely professional. Reports of
further advance in the price of coal
started up a llvelier business In Read
ing and Jersey Central around mid
day. In the afternoon the market dis
played weakness on rumors that 81 ,ao0,-
600 gold would be shipped by Satur-
days steamers. This gave the room
traders a chance to attack the list, ana
prices receded u to 1ia per cent. Spec
ulation closed irregular and In the main
weak. Net losses for the day We're 4
to rs per cent, the latter In Pacific
Mail. Total sales We're 24O, 500 shares.
The range of today's prices for the ac-
tive stock of the New York stock mar
ket are given below. The quotations are
furnished The Tribune by q. du IL. DIM
mick, manager for William Linn, Alien "
Co. stock brokers. 4l2 Spruce street.
Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27

that. I'll make will and leave 1t to
the first beggar ] find in the street.
sooner than Nancy Bilop, or any one
she's plotting with, shall have as much
of 1t as would do to bury em!"
Morford eyed him rather sternly for
a. moment, and then turned to Nancy.
what is your news, Miss Billop? he
said.
But Nancy had hidden her face upon
her arms on the table. and was crying
silently. She did not look up. but
pushed the paper towards MOrford,
with her hand. "Read 1t to him--poor
sOul!'' she said. with a sob between
the words.
lMorford took II up. and faced the
lawyer, again. This paper. Mr. Corr
VIM" he said. "is In your handwriting
and bears date about ten years hack.
1t is signed by you, in presence of two
witnesses. n states that In considera-
tion of the sum Of ten thousand dollars
to you In hand paid by Matthew Bill
lOp. of FenbroOk. you do hereby deed
to him. his heirs, and assigns forever
the certain tract and parcel of land
herein named and descrlbed.--You re-
member the writing, presume: at any
rate. IL you intend to deny II or to con-
test 1t, you will have the opportunity
when bring II before the court, on
Miss Blilop's account, as 1 shall lose
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
RAILROAD NOTES.

The burlington Is building twenty
seven mogul engines at its shops. They
will cost about 100000
The Houston and Texas Central Rail-
road company has placed an order for
nine locomotives with the Schenectady
Locomotive works.
The Pittsburg locomotive works. of
Allegheny, have received an.Order from
the Lake Shore Railroad for ten 10
wheel road locomotives.
The Cleveland. Lorain and Wheeling
Railroad company has ordered six
heavy locomotives, and, it Is said, Is in
the market for some 30-ton coal cars.
The Richmond Locomotive works
have an order from the Southern Rail-
way for eight locomotives, and from
the Augusta Southern company for
two
The Seattle, Lake Shore and East
ern Railroad company has placed an
order with the Richmond Locomotive
works of Richmond, Va, for one en-
gine.
The Brooks Locomotive works. of
Dunkirk, n. Y. are building ten loco
Rapids and Northern Railroad COM
pany.
Eight new class r freight engines
were turned out of the Altoona shops
last week. They will be used on the
New York and Philadelphia division of
the Pennsylvania railroad.
The Rhode Island Locomotive
works. of Providence, r. l.. are build
ing five locomotives for the Boston and
Maine Railroad company and six for
the New England Railroad company
The Junction Railroad company has
placed an order with the Pittsburg I.o-
ttty., fsa n,lre ..c t..t.,
for two heavy road engines. The com
pany has also ordered two immense so
ton freight engines
Some time ago the PENNSYLVANIA
company adopted a new kind of oil
cup for locomotive eccentrics. which Is
placed In such n position that in order
to remove an air-tlght cap placed over
the valve. 1t is necessary for the en-
gineers to reach their arms in he
tween the spokes of the driving wheels.
The wheels are always covered with q
coat of grease. and every time the sup
ply Of oil is replenished the engineers
spoil the sleeves Of their jackets
The city of Chicago and the Illinois
Central road have at last. after n long
controversy. reached an agreement in
relation to the occupancy by the road
of the lake front park on the shore of
Lake Michigan. In consideration of
the surrender Of certain tracts of land
by the city to the road the latter has
agreed to undertake improvements de-
sired by the city which will cost the
road In the nelghborhood of $1,000, OOO
These improvements comprise the fill
ing In of large portion OF the lake
front In order to make It suitable for
the purpose of the city 10 alter the
present park into what Is expected to
he the finest Dark In the city system.
The company further agrees to depress
all its tracks for q distance of about
one mile putting them four feet below
the present level.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
no time in doing. Meanwhile. I shall

no time in doing. Meanwhile. I shall
keep 1t in charge"
The old lawyer was terrible to look
at while lMorford was speaking thus.
His dry lips curled back from his yell
low teeth, his fierce. crafty eyes were
concentrated in a stare of mingled hate
and fear. He leaned forward over the
table. and peered into Morford's face.
"Who are you"" he asked. i'm husky
whisper. What does all this TOM
foolery mean? Who are you?"
'It will soon be known who I am,"
replied the young man; II came here to
make 1t known, among other things.
But ] will tell you now, since you ask
me, that l am Tom Linton"
Corvin gave a kind of hoarse cough.
and reeled back. His own hands
clutched the table cloth as he fell, and
dragged it down with him. He fell to
the floor with n crash and the heap of
gold coins fell clashing and jingling
over him. Some of them rolled away
into corners. but the bulk of them lay
heavy ON his heart. which had ceased
to beat.
CTo be continued)
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
CHAPTER v.

Mr.. Corvn has been a fortunate man,
as the world reckons and yet he mad
never looked like a happy one. III ne
We're happy. he was very successful IN
Disgusting the ordinary external symp-
toms of 1t. TO look at him, you would
have said that he was victim ot losses,
disappointments and discomforts.
He was the richest man in town, anu
the most powerful; what he said. went.
and what he wanted. came. People
were i'm awe of him. and Judging ny
their manner when conrersing with
him, you would have thought they were
devotedly fond of him. But If you had
heard them talking about him. when
he was not present. you would nave re-
considered this conclusion.
one misfortune. to be sure. he nad
met with; and il concerned his only son,
Peter. This young gentleman had been
put in the way of getting liberal cdu.
cation: he had attended the best school
and the best college; but owing to per-
sonal pcculiarities Of nature and char-
actcr. he had not achieved brilliant
or even creditahlc record in these places.
He had learnt how to spend mopey.
though: hut some of the things he
bought with it II o. not been of benefit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
THE GREAT
LADY DOCTOR
Now in Charge Of the Chicago Medi
cal and Surgical Institute, No. 4l2
Spruce Street, Scranton, Pa.

Comes highly recommended by all the lead
ing doctors of the world, and makes slecia'.
ty of and will treat only women and children
and all acute and chronic diseases peculiar to
the female sex. Her specaties in which she
has achieved so much great success and honor
are Female Complaints, Blood Poison. Rheu
mati,n, Chronic Nervous Diseases. Tumors,
Cancers Goitres Cripples. Deformti,s, st,
Vitus Dance and Epileptic Fits All who call
within twenty days will receive advice and
service free. including medicine for three
months. for SlU Examination and advice
free. This institution has no injection with
DIR. Reeves. Take elevator in store below, 4l2
Spruce street OfIico hours from a. IN. until
0 D. m; Sunday from to o'clock p. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
Scranton Wholesale

Fruits and Produce.-Dr.ed apples, per
h., 5a6c.; evaporated apples, 7laaSc. Cali
fornia prunes, 6laasc. English currants,
2i4a3c.; layer raisins. sl.GOa1.7O: muscatcls.
4a5c. per h.; $lal.25 per box; new Valen-
cias. 5iaa6,ac. per ID. Beans--MarrOwfais
s2a2.20 per bushel; mediums, $l.7ja
$50. Peas - Green, $l.1O per bushel
split, s.. 50a2. 60: lentels. 5aSc. per lb. Pota-
tOes-iOc. per bushel. On.ons-G0aGjc. per
bushel. Butter-lGa2Oc. per ID. Cheese-Ga
Sc. per lb. Eggs-l6al612c per doz. Meats
Hams, lOiac.; small hams, l1c.; skinned
hams, lie. California hams. Sc: shoulders,
7lac.; bellies, Sc; smoked breakfast bacon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
a pu,zIing Question.

Mr.. Cynical Sheer and Tom Sp,ttleiag,
two society youths. had row In their
clubroom. The latter said very severely:
"My dear friend allow me to tell You
that you are n donkey"
well" responded Mr.. Sheer, Twill you
kindly tell me. am ] DONKEY because I'm
YOUR friend. or am I yorr friend because
I'm a donkey y?"--Texas Siftings.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
pb,,ndc,pbin Tou,ow Market.

Philadelphia, Sept. 26.-.Tallow is steady,
but demand Is light. We quote: City,
prime. in hhds. 4kaihc.: country, prime
in bbls. 4isa4hc.: do. dark. in bbls, 3%a4c. !;
cakes, 41kc.; grease, 3ixa3Nc. 3,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
Buffalo Live stock.

Buffalo, Sept. G-Cattle-Receipjts 300
head: on sale, 400 head: market dun.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head; on sale, $50
head; market strong to 10c. higher: York
ers. good to cho.c ce, N.30ai.3j; mixed pack
ers, Si25al.3O; heavy and medium. Sl.3la
i35; light Workers, $i.25ai.3O; pigs. $ilja
40; common to fair, A Loaf. Ii; roughs, $3a
$50: stags, $5aS.2 % Sheep and Lambs
Receipts. 1000 head: on sale, 1000 head;
market dun and slow; mixed sheep, S2.iCa
2.75; choice selected wethcrs, $2S5a3. far
To fairly good butchers, 81. .9Oa225; good TO
choice export sheep SS.7jai: prime lambs,
81. 3jai 80: fair to good, S3.Sjai.25; Light, S32j
ass; Canada lambs. NiOai.55.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, Sept. 26-Cattlc-Rece.pts, H.
900 head; market weak and Toe. lower;
common to extra steers, $25oa570: stock
ers and feeders, $23Oai; cows and bulls,
$l.5Oa3.75; calves, $3a7; Texans, $l.75a3,io;
western rangers. S2.5Oai5O Hogs-Rc-
ceipts, $1,000 head; market firm and &c.
higher; heavy packing and shipping lots,
$3S0ai -; common to choice mixed, 81. IUl
4.25; choice assorted, $i.ljai.2j: light ,70a
4.25 pigs, s.. 10al.l5. Sheep-Rccepts, l3,oN
head: market steady: inferior to choice,
81. .5Oa3 60; lambs, $3a4.75
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
Toledo Grain Market.

Toledo, o., Sept. 26.--Wheat-Receipt
5S,5O0 bushels: shipments, $500 bushels;
market iirmcr; No. = red. cash, GIc.; De
cember. Csc: May, zoe; No. red, cash,
Gle Corn--Rece!pts, 37,0OD bushels: sh.p-
ments. 25,000 bushels; market quiet: No.
mixed, cash, Siisc.: No. ; do, 33i2c.; No.
yellow, 3Jiac.: No. do, 3ii2c.: No. = white,
35c.; No. do, 3lc. Oats-Reccipts l2,OO0
bushels; market easy; No. white, cash,
22c: No. 3 do, 2lc. Glover Seed-Rece.pts,
| 100 bags: shipments, l75 bags; markc,
steady: cash and October, $40; Decem-
Der. NI0; March, Sii7i..
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OH Market.

Pittsburg, Sept. 26.-The oil market
closed at 122 the only quotation today.
OIL City, Sept. 26.--O!l opened 121; high
est, 123l; lowest. 121: closed. 123A.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
DIR. LOBB'S BOOK FREE

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-27
New York Produce Market.

New York. Sept. 26.-Flour - Firm.
Wheat-Dull. steady; No. red store and
elevator, 654c.: afioat, Csc; I. o. b., G6a,c. {;
No. l northern, 65'Ac.: options closed firia
ut 1Aal,sc. over yesterday: May. lo,,c.;
June, 70i.c.: September, 6i9sc.: October,
6f7sc.; December, 6Gac. Corn-Steady; No.
2. $c. elevator: 39c. ailoat; options dun.
steady; September, 37'sc.: October, 3la,r ;
November, Ihc.; May, 3'sc. Oats-Dull.
mixed firm; options dull September,
2i3sc. October, 2il4c.: Deco mber. At,c..
spot prices, No. =, 2liac.: No. white, 2ic. {;
No. Chicago. 25Ac.; No. 3. 23lsc.; No. !:
white, 25c.; mXed western. 2ia26c.; whit
do. and white state. 2Ja3lc. Provisions
Quiet, steady. Lard-Qulet, firm, un-
changed. Butter-Steady; state dairy, l2o
20c. do. creamery. 2li.a22c, western da .ry,
9laal3c.; do. creamery, l3a22c.: do. fac
tory, Sal2i2c.; Els,ns, 22c.; imitation
creamery. 1lal5c. Chcesc-F.rmer: state
large. 81, aSc; do. fancy, 1%,aSc. do. small,
6asiac.: part SKINS, 3a6i2c.: full SKINS, "a
2lsc. EgSs-Quiet. easy: state and Penn
Sylvan,a, 17alSc.; western fresh, 1Ji.a
lie. do. per case. Sl.5oai.JD
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-12

has rests which will hold the body
and the head in an immovahle posi-
ton. The shadow is then reflected
on a paper that is stretched over a
piece of glass and placed in n NOV.
able frame and which works up and
down in another frame that is at
tached to one arm of the chair. The
shadow is thrown CT this paper by
an artificial light at the opposite side
of the chair away from the frame
The artist then outlines upon the
paper with a crayon the shadow that
is there cast.
This is an absolute Silhouette
Those that + cut offhand from ii
piece OF black paper r. often excel
lent, but they 7 not what the early
artists understood by the word and
r not what has now come into
fashion.
IL making them for society pur.
poses these silhouottes are photo
graphed--that is, after the subject
has been seated and the shadow
thrown on the paper the camera is
brought to bear upon it, and a mega.
tive is made, which Is printed off a:
any other photograph, but in place
of the former profile showing the
features in a natural condition there
now exists merely the outlines and a
solid black mass within. -Detroit
Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-12
The ~SlLHOUETTE FAD.
Science of Shadow Portraits as Laid Down
by Lavater.

Science of Shadow Portraits as Laid Down
by Lavater.
The fashion for silhouettes is gain
ing a strong hold in New York, and
in the fashionable drawing rooms
very many will be seen hanging
about the walls. Fantastic ideas in
photographing appear to be the
popular method just now.
1t is a word that every one is famil.
lar with, but no one probably has
thought of its origin, and the ex.
PLANTATION of that origin shows upon
how frail a basis some of our popu.
lar words are constructed. Some.
where in the neighborhood of 10C
years ago a man started in Paris
what he called Chinese shadows, in
which the exhibition consisted OF
throwing upon sheet the black out
lines of an object and making these
objects perform a play. About that
time the finances of the country
were very low, and a banker of the
name of Silhouette was called upon
to take hold of them and bolster
them up. This he did, but failed
eventually to accomplish the results
that the people wanted, and this fail.
ure largely came about through a
scheme that M. Silhouette was inter.
ested in and upon which he published
a book called "a General Idea For
the Government of the Chinese"
The popularity of the Chinese shad.
ows caused many people to say that
the minister of finance was publish.
ing this book as an advertisement fol
the shadows. The show was called
Silhouette in derision, and that name
has chung to that particular picture
ever since.
Lavater, who is about the only
man who has made a study of this
shadow art and certainly the only
n who has acquired any fame
through it, reduced it to a science
and said that there We're nine sec.
tons to be considered in making
these portraits: (1) The arc from the
top of the head to the end of the
hair, (2) the shape of the forehead
to the eyebrows, (3) the space be.
tween the eyebrows and the top of
the nose, (4) tho O to the begin.
ming of the upper lip, (5) the upper
lip, CO. the point where the two lips
meet and the completion of the
lower lip, "a the portion between
the lower lip and the chin, (s) the
chin, and 80 the throat.
The method pursued by those few
artists who make this sort of thing
a feature is to employ a chair made
| especially for the purpose and which
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-12
Warren's Great Farm,

Ex-senator Warren's ranch in
Wyoming covers an Ire of Is by 100
miles and is stocked with 1000
horses, Is, 900 cattle and 120, 900
sheep. The extreme length of Rhode
Island is so miles, and her extreme
breadth is IS miles, her area being
1880 square miles. The area of Mr.
Warren ranch is z, 500 square miles,
and it is therefore just six times
as big as Rhode Island.
But let us not make haste to turn
the laugh on little Rhody. The War
rem ranch lacks but 615 square miles
Of being as big as Massachusetts,. It
is bigger than Connecticut and two
Rhode Islands put together and
nearly four times as big as Delaware.
boston Globe.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-12
THOSE SCREENS.
80 Matter What MIR. Dare Did. They Game
Back,

Ebbck.
This is a story of an express company,
two screens and a name. There was only
one name, though there were two fam
lilies. That nobody may know what the
name was it shall be called Dare. The head
of one family was NJ. Dare. The head of
the other family was NJ. Dare.
To the summer home on Staten Island
of Mr.. NJ. Dare-Mr. Marley Dare it was
came one day two screens from a New
York dealer, "express charges collect"
Tit family wasn't at home, but one of the
servants paid the express charges, and
when Mrs. Dare came in she looked the
screens over. There was nothing remark
able about them, and she did not want
any screens, but she set them up. That
evening at inner she spoke to her hus-
band about them,
my dear, she said, 1.-The screens are
very nice, and no doubt l can make use of
them, but what put it into your head that
we wanted any s~creens?"
'Screens!" said her husband. what
screensf / don't know anything about
screens" And explanations followed.
The next day the screens came down.
They were bundled up and returned to
the express company, with the suggestion
that they must be for Mr.. NJ. Dare, but
not Mr.. Manley Dare, If you please. Mr..
M. Dare, as well as Mr.. NJ. Daro-Man-
ley Dare, If you please-was also living on
Staten Island.
About two weeks later, the family again
being out of the house, there came a cou-
pie of screens to Mr.. M.-Mr. Manley
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-12
Why They Can't Spell.

1t is said that spelling correctly is
a lost art in the city schools, where
so much time is given to fall festi-
walls, Thanksgiving fetes, Christmas
entertainments, Washington birth
day celebrations, spring festivals,
May day and Decoration day rites.
The children r. kept so busy learn
ing poems and songs for these occa-
sions and the teachers are so busy
hunting up proper material that
somehow there is but little time for
teaching such an ordinary study as
spelling. That is the reason a high
school boy spelled agency ''ageshun-
cy" recently. Another high school
boy, asked to define and illustrate
"antedates," said: "Antedates
means going before. The policeman
antedates the procession. Indian.
apolis Sentinel.
December London's Sunless Month.
1t is common in continental Europe
to speak of December as "London's
black month";" or 1.-The dark month
of the British isles, and on that ac-
count December, the month of merry
Christmas, is the month in which the
worlds metropolis receives the few
est visitors. The records made at
Greenwich observatory, which is a
British institution and would not
purposely malign the climate, is au-
thority for the statement that for the
past IA years London's December has
had an average of 10 perfectly sun
less days and an average total OF
only 20 hours of sunshine for the
entire month.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-12

Ethel-Cousin Lou, is Colonel Bras,
ser a brave soldier?
Cousin Lou-Oh, l guess he isn't
afraid of the smell of powder!
Ethel-No; l guess not, for I saw his
nose against your face last night
Brooklyn Life.