THE SCIiAXTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH t$, 1894.
SCRANTON TRIBUNE
F. E. WOOD,
General Manager.
fl M lKIIKIi DAILY AND WEEKLY IN SCRAN
YON, PA., BY Till TlilBUNI PUBUMIM
Company.
New Yokk Opnos: TniBtnra Bnn.DiNO,
Frank B. Brat Manakkk.
tvlrred at the Fbttofltce at ."mwlun, Pa.,
Becvnd-Claa Hail Hatter.
"IHE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
SCRANTON. MARCH 15, 18M,
As uonkst dollar ltws not inau a
dollar worth only 48 cents.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
An honest election law in would
hnva elected James G. Dluiue president
instead of Grorer Clorelan J, uud would ,
In all probability, hav. avertod the
panic, loss anl political disgraea which
Clsvslatidisui has sinco precipitated
upon our country. The industrious
work of one drilled force of ropottetl
iu Edward Murp'.iy'a city of Troy was
sufficient to turu the scale. The Mur
phy brigade o( skilled repeaters by
beginning early and voting late, ate
enabled 00 ordinary elojtiotn to poll
from 1,800 to 'i, 00;) vote in Troy, Ln
iingburgh and Cohoes;bnt on presi
dential elections, by extra exertion, to
gether with some assistance in the
count, they are accustom . I to poll from
2. 300 to S.OoJ vote. Mr. Wains WU
defeated by 1,031 votes. The failure
of one-balf of the Murphy repsaten to
get their frau lulent ballots polled and
counted therefore. would, la ll, hive
Mat Urover Cleveland back to the
tavern halls of Buffalo, elevated to the
presidency the greatest American dip
lomatist, statesman ant parliamtutar
iau in the latter half of the nineteenth
century, aud changed in tu my Import
ant particulars the recent history of
this nation. It would assuredly have
precluded the Uarlaui Pan Klectrio
scandal, the disgraceful high jinks cut
by Euvoy Sedgewiok In the Cutting af
fair in Mexico, the merciless vetoing of
thousands of private pension bills, the
enactment of a Wilson tariff, the inex
plicable bluad-frof the Hawaiian policy
of iufamy aud the development,
through Popullttlo fusiou and hare
brained COnomilM, of a pinic tint at
each set of sun sees tbj c ountry $10,.
000,000 poorer than It was the dsy be
fore. There is no foretelling when a second
Crisis like that memorable one of teu
jears ago may again ari.is. History,
tbey say, is nothing but a series of rep
etition?. At any moment, in tae choice
of a congress, or in the selection of
presidential electors. w uiiy again en
ci.unter the uncertainty of s Hayes
Tilden contest or the long and dinger
ous suspense like that which preceded
tlis announcement of Mr. Blaine's mc
Tnentcua defeat. It behooves us, then,
to be in readiness for such an emergen
cy. It tecoraes tue duty of American
citittna, then, to make practical effort,
in every legitimate possible manner, to
prevent the future precipitation of a
crisis ia which force and fraud may op
erate to veto the popular will an t set
back, for year, the hour hand, of our
national progress. How shall we start?
We may begin in two ways. Oae way
la the way tnat the good citizens of
Troy have ehosen. in their non-parti-an
movement to stamp out corruption
at the poll. This way can only con
corn itself with local and aggravated
evils. It is limited in the very nature
of things to those cities that hwt fall
en into bossiam's relentless graip, and
that begin, for the first serious time, to
decide upon processes of relief. The
other way is in tin election of a Re
publican congress pledged to the Im
mediate enactment of a general and
decisive law protecting federal elections.
The Republican party bail tbt oppor
tunity, four year ago, to meet its duty
in this porticnlar, and it weakly and
cravenly faiM. Confronted with the
solemn fa?t of a southern representa
tion in co lgress in some instances
thirteen times as great, iu proportion
to the votes polled, as the nprssenta
tion of our wealthy northern states;
asked hy the conscience of the nation
to fulfill its moral duty to the race that
it liberated from bondage and then
ru?lly deserted; besought to take a
manly stand in the enforcement, by all
the powers of government. If neces
sary, of a free billot aud an honest
count, the leadership of the pirty
halted, parried and nesitated, and the
opportunity was lost The insincere
shrieks of a few supersensitive alarm
ists, mingling with the nppreheniive
howls of guilty brigadier", sufflied to
frighteu the leadership off; an 1 the
n'tt thing that we knew, tne Republi
can party was defeated, and a confed
erate Democratic majority bad whip
pod through a federal election law
ri'pialer before the sober sense of tho
conntry had had time to realize what
w.n b'-ing done. We contend that, pro
tection alone excepted, there is no doty
more urgent upon the Republican
party, in its function as the executive
agent of a consoientions and fearless
citiienship, than this duly of pnrlfyiiiv
and finalizing the A nitric in franchise.
Let rogues cry halt and cowards blanch.
There must neverthslesi cotni a time
when republicanism will hare to be re
established, upon a basis of common
libertv and equal rights bafore the law,
or else given up us an experiment iiu
poesihleof successful maintenance, to
make room for a bastard growth that
carries upon its forehead the odious
birth mark of Illicit origin
What might have been is valuable,
ometimes, in teaching what yet should
be.
overhead electrical wire?. It is such
plain people as this hedged -in tax
payer who are getting supremely tir.vl
of the present order of things; uor will
it materially contribute to their happi
ness to know that for $1 a year a piece
the city is willing to license this spooies
of imposition. The only lasting, fair
and honest solution to the problem is
to order all the wires safely buried in
properly insulated conduits, and all the
unsightly polos chopped down alto
gether. LiitEi'KiNRiDui: EXHIBITS n nerve fairly
deserving a better cause.
.
MERELY ONE GUESS.
FOB COMllU.sSMK-AT-l.ABUK,
Oaiusha a. Orow, of BasQUtbauna,
Ueorgu ft Hull, of WistmorolauU.
FOB IHIYKHNOH,
Dauiel II, Hastings, of Center.
FOB LlKl'TKN ANT OOVMXOR,
Waiter l.yon, of Allegheny,
FOB AL'UU'OU GUMMAXt,
Andrew 11. My 1 i t). of Lancaster.
rOR SKl'RKTABY OF INTERN AX AFKA1BS,
Ueuersl Latta, of Philadelphia.
FI.AIFUKM :
Uouest wagee, houetl money, honest elec
tions aud honest uieu.
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WHAT THEY FEAR.
It would be an iigreabl-j thing for
thw electrical OOinpanlM of tliia city to
have the InptWstOU conveyed by advo
cates of the dollar pole tax tint under
ground wires are an impoillbility.
What they now iear, mora thu any
thing else, is that public sentiment
will soon compel them to g tin full
leugtli of their duty in the prauilias
aud remove, uot one pole iu Hire.) or
four, but all the polas, taking dowo t;t
tu sauw time the dangerous aud uu
sightly itrlngert whfcii. eveu more
than the poles, are a menace to prop
erty, an eyesore and a LUbUo hind
ranee. No one need feel It Is because
of the slight tax of ouo dollar per polo
that these companies are now making
public display of their alleged poverty
and harrowing up tho teedtr souls of
tho members of our select con toll with
pi ieous descriptions of corporation In
dHtreas. 'i'ney are dreading tin later
COMtquraCM, Thev ore fearing the
ampler triumph of a public seatiimnt
bound to become Increasingly dmi
naut and forceful as the evils of the
overhead system multiply and expind.
Hut why should BirantoaUns, now
that they are aroused in this witter,
now that their scrutinizing attsuti n it
tixeJ upon fieir olii.'iil represant atives
iu public station, let thj compauies
i!own with the slight coucissioa in
volved iu the pending ordinance'.' If.
as these gentlemen tell us, the adoption
of this or linance is to bring fro n Mr.
Archer, of the Traction ompany, a
withdrawal of cheap oonoessioni in
way of speci il fares, r.i I from Mr
O'Brieu and his associates a deteriora
tion of their telephone and telegraphic
service, if not an Inoreate in the public
I charges, why should we not m ike one
I sweeping and satisfactory eitilemsnt
I of this question, adjust oara.ilves to the
new 'situation ana usve it euleil:
This would beiu all raspects bitter an 1
fairer and more manly thin to dilly
dally with half-way ordinances that
license the overheat wiri nuisnce
perplex the corp)Mtioa officials them
selves, keep councils tu a continual
ferment and in the end inevitably lead,
after all this intervening annoy mc to
the very solution that Tue TriBO.1I
contends should be applied at once.
Bo far as the Traction company is
concerned there are other metho Is of
taxing it much mors effective and much
more profitable than this tnconcluiv i
imposition of a tax on poles, the iffrtt
of which will be to keip with n, for
years, tbenurujroua miscellaneous ob
struction! that public ssntimint in
sist must coma down. In stating the
position of the boar 1 of trade in this
matter, Mr. Paine truly said that the
chief desidoratdm is not the paltry
revenue obtainable by this tax, but
rather the perceptible red nation which
would bi made in the number and na
eightiiness of the poles. That being
true, why not do away with the pole
nuisance altogsther, an 1 if revenm
shall then Decora') a consideration, se
cure it by other forms of municipal
assessment?
One thing is sure, tax or no tax. The
overhead wire nuisance will eventually
have to go.
fiction that the ISS.OdO.CKM seigniorage
on this bullion, which is to sav the
profit iu the bulliou's coinage iuto il.'-
grain standard silver dollar.', has not
yet beeu plodged for the redemption of
outstanding certificates, although prac
tically it has lo add55,000,OOOof new
obligations, making altogether $188,-
000,000 of United States' promises lo
pay, for whose redemption there exists,
iu real fact, only JACK'S, 4 10 of actual
value iu the treasury vaultti. How ai y
government can do business for long
mi such a basis of actual insolvency
uoue of the ii lUtionists bus thought it
worth while to explain
Dr. Strong claims that the stored
silver bullion at Washington should be
treated not as u commodity, but as
coined silver dollars, having a legal
value more than double their Intrinsic
value, Very well. There ure now
f l,iS,0tlo.l51 outstanding in treasury
noUs wiiich are redeemable in gold.
Suppose, then, we were to inflate our
currency by adding 159,000,000 In sil
ver certificates to the $187,000,000 cir
culation alr-M.lv llaated on itu intrin
sic value ot $39,188,410 How can we
maintain, npon a ieiiuatient parity,
the treasury nut i which has 100 ceuls
of gold behind it o i the one baud, aud
upon the other baud, the silver certifi
cate which has behind it only about 4!i
cents of a white metal that is constant
ly depreciating in market value!
An bQneat currency until rest upon a
busts the honesty of which is above
even suspicion. Th Him 1 bill is bill!
ply a thief's arttti :e to tl Mil Bat m uey
that is absolutely worthless, except so
far as Auierlotn credu'ity is willing lo
be bum hugged by it.
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Pi UlXtfl Ji.sik.u has beeu w iiuod by
Mayor N'iohol.V'f Witues IHrre, not to
:iht again . aud if we understand Jss
ter's record, the warning will very
I'kely be nbeya 1 e
tor SI
lennan
TiiK 1(1 12,r), 000,000 in silver bnlllon
now lying iu the treasury could make
$180,000,000 in enin by diluting tbe cur
rency on homfopntblc principles. lint
if we once begin this dilution, why
wasto'nny good silver on it at all? Why
not have it nil paper and ink?
At oni: placo on West Lackawanna
avenue tbe owner of a lot thirty feet
wide has five telegraph poles strong
ont in front of his property like the
teeth of a coarse comb. It is said that
even a wagon cannot be bucked in to
the curbing, because of these obstruct
ing supports for a dangerous maze of
BlBUfO that the rain wouldn't cease
for his benefit. Dt Gama wisely con
cluded to come in out of it.
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If General Manaoxk Archer has
a feasible plan to do away with three
poles in every four along L ickiawanna
avenne, he is entitled to much crodit
But The Tkiuu.nk can snrp.isi even
that, for it has u plan whereby we can
dotaway with every solitary one of
them, as well as to rem ve from view
the constantly multiplying tangles of
overhead cables and wires, an I onr
plan calls for nothing more complex
than a conduit, a saw and an axa.
The Iau, of Bonabtiy is respectfully
btlt flnnly advise! to keep an eye on
"Labby.
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COINING A VACUUM.
In another column appear an inter
Mttog communication from f)r I) Ii
Strong in support of the Ulsnd bill for
the coinage of hypothetical seignior
eg or, as one disputant wittily ox
pressed it,"Uiand's bill for the BOlotgs
of vacuum " TBI TglBOXI opens Its
columns to this let t"r not becuine it
agrees with tho position taken in it,
but became It is willing to glv every
shnde nf economic belief a fair hearing
and a fair show.
The lilaud bill proposes to coin Into
liver dollars a sum which, as a mat
ter of fact, Is already fully hypothe
cated lor lh redemption of outatand
ing psper. Under the provisions of the
Sherman act, which rem iinsd la fore
from July 14 lH'Jii, to Deo HI, 1898, tb
(r-asury was compelled to purchase
4 000,000 ounces of silver imuihly
Till purchase altogether amounted to
188,100,88 fine onnoM of silver, oost
Ing $181 $88,489 Against tluei $9,e
701), '6ti stored ounces of bullion silver,
the market valu of whloa has ainC9
fallen to $99,188,410, certificates are
now outstanding to th amount of
$137,0J0.000 In rouud ilures. Jj-it
Bland anil bis fellow infl .ionits are
not satisfied to )l .it $187,90,4 09Q of
treasury certificate on the srenifth of
bflfllon really worth only $.U4.-tl0.
They want through the wqyeuieat
Editor of Tut; TaiBt :
Dear Sir, Tbu honurabld senator from
Ohio, Mr Bberman, is certainly one of the
liest authorities on nuance. Any state
meut he may make on this mattur is
worthy, therefore, of attention. Const'
luently when Mr. Sherman publirly de
dares that to coin tho Seigniorage'
would be a "breach of the puldlc trust"
and a shameful di-regard for obligations
of contracts. It is well to inquire what
he nu'ans and to what extent is founded
a denunciation of loll import against n
bill proposed and sustained by us good
and houornrde authority on tlutiuce as
Mr. Bland. Iu his urgument against tl,
lilaud bill. Mr. Sherman mniutains that
the Whole a motiut of tliu '.'JS.OllD.OUO of
ftlver bullion purchased under the act of
!SW0, is hs eacredly mortgaged ior tho re
demption of tho treasury uotes issued for
these purchases and on tbe muxo prin
ciple as ii farm is i ncumbered, or wheat
or any other commodity held in bond
hls entire argumentation agslnst the
Bland bill, now before the senate, being
baied ou the market value of silver its
value es coin being to him no considera
tion whatever. Let us admit, then, with
Mr. Bberman, that the silver bullion in
question i to bo considered by reason of
theactof l80O,under which Itwi spurchased
as a commodity only. In which care, it
must have been bought as a commodity
also, and as sucb, simply to eahance Its
market price for the solo advantage and
profit of the producers of silver. In other
words, Mr. Sherman's view, if correct,
meonnthat 1189,000,000 of the public funds
were expended by our legi.-lators simply
to enhance the market price of a com
modity. Is this not shameful? As well
then bur oats, corn, potatoes or even
chickens und sewing machines out of pub
lic money to ennauce the pronts o. their
producers.
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If, as the honorable senator from Ohio
affirms, such was the spirit In which these
ourchases .of silver bullion were made,
then, indeed, are these purchases them
selves breaches of public trust, far more
open, and a disregard for "tho sacred obli
gations of contracts" far more shameful
ihanthe Bland bill, which Mr. Sherman
feels cslled upon to denounce lu tho afore
s iid term'. On the other hand, one might
KUnpose that Mr. Sherman would know,
better than sny ono else, the true spirit tu
the act of lH'jj, inasmuch ns this act bears
Ins own name. Consequently he ought to
b able to tell whether the bullion bought
under his net wa parchased at tho sole
instigation of the silver kings, or whether
these purchases were made la view of its
coin value and monotary functions for the
public good. Lot us suppose it wat the
latter consideration, for the honor of the
framsrs and sustnlnors of the bill,
nod this view Is evidently correct, seoing
that tbe treosnry notes issued for those
purchases of silver bullion aio redeemable
in gold at the option of the bearer .vhich
proves conclusively that their value is o.s
Mutated ou the public credit and not ex
clusively, aa Mr. Sherman announces, on
tho silver in the treasury vaults. At any
rate, when this famous act of 1MI0 was
passed, tbe pnblio was led to believe that
the sdver bullion was purchvod with re
spect to its future value in coin, notwith
'tanding that tne purchases might have
the effect of malutaiuiag the price of the
home silver product. It seems to me,
therefore, very bail taste, to say the least
to come at this late hour and view the
natation of the B-lgniorage simply from
the standpoint of the marxet priin of bul
lion eilver such a view tending not ouly
to falsify tbe whole original act, but to
place at the same time the Hepubllcan ad
ministration, under whirh it wa voted,
In a very awkward, rmt to say dishonest,
light bnfore the public.
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What also proves that it was n. coin
that this b illion was puiohaiod, Is that
fie very act under ublch It wae bought
provides at the same time for the
coining of tbeaesgoiorags whiohselguior-
nge could not exist If its valuo as coin Is
not paramount, Jhororore, these Jd'Jj,
U00,0f)0 In slrver bullion have certainly U
urinal value of IHn,owi,ilon In silver coin
dollar for dollar. 'ons ipionlly lonie
must oe a euigaioragn or f.Vi.fXM.
DUJ available at any time, whICiL on the
origimil spun of the net ot wo have
lully as much right to coin as any other
pirt or pan el of the bullion iisolf b unlit
under this act unless, Hodeed, we are Id
s'l-peud, HSKoon as possible, the unilitgu of
silver niiocBiuer. ' ir this Is what
the opponent! of tho Hinmi bill art
.ii ng hi, inuy snouiu ssy it
rriinkiy ror ttie eollghtennieni of
their constituents before tho next sena
lottal election i. furtloinnoro, the liuimr
nbl senator from ll n i il-clnrns he Would
lather borrow at u h oivy disuonnt than
ruin the seigniorage in uneHliou -oalllng it
a "-ham anna fraud" It Is Qntn oaay, I
will admit, to borrow t I ho ivy discount
nt the ptoplt'i gpttllStl but view- d in this
iiglit the Hun language of the ho io-ehln
tanatbr loeai Mtnewbat of its wnnldbi
eeutlmeut and chivalry. Aud oa the othr
baud wp all ItUOW, that to Oalu any hII vor
wliatevor, instead ot borioivlug g dd at a
high ratn of illtere.t from the money
lenders, has always been a "shatn and a
fraad"in the ey$ qfiWnll street, But.
what about tliu tavpayoiv Are they also
to uu neiu as a viicuimr tho SUM ns Mr.
Sherman' party consider.! ti1(, intui ,
When tlno llnanclsl pilnrnlu. Ilk . V
tiheruiau's tbuonos jn iuotloii am figured
out at tn evident name ol the taxpayer
they ought to lots in the eyes of an en
ltglitouud publlo the best part of tholr
value.
see
Now to the taxpayers and tbe peopli nt
Urge, tbls coining ol the Mlgnl iragn -la-etead
of borrowing to that ninounl, means
Just that much 1-ss mdebtedn ss to be sad
died on tho people. And when we cou
aider tho lutwrnt and f uai'ouud interest
e.ived to the country by coining tiie U -MMOQ
in ijuestlo'i, as well as the profits
arlbiug from lost cola or certilioites tha'.
nevor return to the treasury for redemp
tion, surely it is evident that the $53,O.)0,
U00 nf seignloratte once coined represents
more than twice that amount savea to mo
taxpayen, llow htupid, then, ull this
ant nlioiit tho savarnment naviug im
fl0,0U(i,U()O by tho purchase of silver bull
ion, it ih simply pure and nnsuojeu
poerlsy and falsehood.
Finally the honorable senator from (Jhio
coinpalea tho coiniug of silver to tno
issue or papei money without nn nam
ing." Willi ull duo reaper' to air. nuer-
man I mutt lay tlmt ihe comparison is
perfectly absurd, considering thu iutrinalc
villi. a of MlviToii tliu cue liHi.il aniline
tOUndneM ol our public credit on the
other, b'or my part 1 htiali alwuy plead
the cuuse of noneet money a strongly as
anyone But us uu American citizen 1
shall protest with equal force againat the
bullet that Wall street alone hnali nx on
the attributes of this huucbl money. The
tux paying and debtor public certainly
have something to say iu the mutter.
When, Ihurutoie, a ollcy is like Mr.
Shnrmau'a opposition tu tbe Hlund
bill, all in favor of Wall blreet
and against the beet interests of the peo
ple, f hold, that tho Buine as we want
"huuest" money, we also want enough
political honesty lu our legislators tu not
falsely plead the public good, when they
Rresimply working In ihe iut'ieat of tbe
gold power. It seems to me, thnrefoir.
that the Bepublloeu party has nothing to
gaiu aud it great deal to lose In itn opposi
tion ut this lulu bOUr to lbs coining ot the
seigniorage, which is evidently iu the In
terest of the taxpayer, though unfavorable
to tbe narrow-minded and selfish motives
of "la baaie finance," or gold bug uob-b.-ry.
ours very Sincerely,
UA.NlSt. B. Si BONO.
Him u..'.-a, P(M March 14
- --s - , -Tbe
Future Judxcd v the Paet.
tiyiU' i'.o. CeuHer-IVotfress,
What Huraaton may become In another
decade can be interred from Ihe Improve
maul made In tbe past tun years, We
have iniies of paved utreets, an improved
tiro alarm system, an naSBrpteted electric
railway system, a new bridge across the
Luckawaiuiu, the New Jersey Central
railway buildings, the Ontario and
Western ruilway huvo located here, the
Erin and Wyuudug railway have erected
Hue buildings in tho uorth uud of tbe city,
we have the i.iy Untied States building,
tbe Albright library building, the splendid
luiiulcipnl bulioiiig, miles aud miles of
sowers, aud now we have the proa pec t of
the bridges uud a viaduct acro-n tho Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western OfOMlttg,
a Lttudsome Delaware and Hudson depot,
with a grand high school building in light,
and other sightly Htnit'tuied under con
templation -with all time it would strike
ihe most obtuse resident that Scrantou is
Mire tu go forward, uud that witu great
strides.
Chance for thu Fool Discoverer.
St. f.ouiA oluti'-A 'nurruf.
The second year of the present ndiuiuis
trutiou sturts out with tue cheerful assur
ance that It can not worse than tho
first one unless some new ways of uctlug
tho fool nro discovered.
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Iidted It Doe, Sir.
iittiburj htnpatch.
It takes a wonderial stronz combination
of circumstances to overcoiuo tho pluck
and determination of any great coinmuu
ity of Amerloan citii mis.
Fraehened It Up a Bit
l'itttbury IHtqjatth.
Lord Kosebory merely gave Mr. Olad
Btoue'e policy a frrsh coat of epriug paint.
PBIVBITIOI Is better than cure, and you
may prevent that tired feeling by taking
llood ;-arsnparilla, which will keen your
blood pure and free Iroui acid taint aud
germs of disease.
Iloon'.s 1'iu.s
gripe, but act
efficiently. 2,1c.
do not purge, tialu or
promptly, easily and
SEE WHAT
Will buy in the
way ol a
AT
CONRAD'S
GRAND EXHIBITION
OF THE MOST ARTISTIC
MILLINERY
GOLDSMITH'S S BAZAAR
NEW STYLES
es and
For Ladie3, Misses and Children.
Ladies' Suits and Tea Gowns
A iv also daily arriving and an in
spection is invited.
Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, Shades
and Home Decorations
Are some ol our greatest specialties. It is conceded that
are leaders as to Assortment, Patterns and Prices.
we
Goldsmith Brothers & Company.
Victors Mercereau 4 Conneii
With the New Valves
Out of Sight
)ur new Bicycles are now
to be seen at our 314 Lacka
wanna avenue store.
VICTORS,
SPALDING,
CREDENDA,
GENDR0NS,
And a full line of Boys' and
Girls' Wheels. We are mak
ing extremely low prices on
1 Second-hand Wheels.
1107 LACKAWANNA AVUXUU
DIAMONDS,
and Fine Jewelry, Leather Goods,
Clocks, Bronzes, Onyx Tables,
Shell Goods, Table and Ban
quet Lamps, Choicest Bric-a-
Brac, Sterling Silver Novelties.
From ths 1; I i njr New York
Houses, In counectlon with our
own dt'sigus, noxt wsek.
JENKINS & MORRIS,
406 Spruce Street.
WATCHES
DIAMONDS
JEWELRY
SILVERWARE
SPECTACLES
EDWIN G. LLOYD
LlCkaWMU Avenue.
J
n ufii 1 mu, npn
1 Ui
314 Lacka. Ave.
HOUSEHOLD HARDWARE,
Timothy, Clover and Lawn Seeds.
B
LANK BOOKS
LANK BOOKS
MEMORANDUMS
Office Supplies of all kinds
Inks and Mucilages
LEAD1NU MARKS.
Fine Stationery
WIRT,WATERW AN and FRANK
LIN FOUNTAIN PENS.
' All QtWMtftd
Agoiita tor Crawford's Tens and
Buck's Flexible Rubber Stamps.
513 LACKAWANNA AVE.
LUTHER KELLER
KING'S WINDSOR CEMENT FOB
PLASTERING
SEWER PIPES, FLUE LININGS
HI, CEMENT.
Reynolds Bros.
Stationers .md Engravers.
817 LACKAWANNA AVU
Office, 813 West Lacka
wanna Ave.
Quarries and Works,
Portland, Pa.
WANT ADS.
NH ui thu
liiffrtcil III
nitu of ONE
THE
CENT A
niiBU
Wt'RO.
FOR THE LENTEN SEASON
All klniN I'ii'mIi I Ufa rfttttWll
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n.int i. . rod,
futinooth Hi out i i ,
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MnttliM Itlver CoV9 mill
lllua 1'iilnt
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vit siiin CUws, Ihrlmpi.
St-nllopa, ftg,
W. H. PIERC
.rami avk
NORWAY IRU.V
HI U K IM MO.M
IILVKR
EXTRA SPECIAL
SANDERSON'S BNOUBH
JKSSOI'S I NOLISH
CAST sti'.Kl
HOR8K SHOKS
TOE CAIiE
TIKE
MACHINERY
HPR1NO
soiT s r 1 11,
WVILS
HKLLOWS
ROR8E Wll.s
WltiEYfA mrasEiji, and win s nitoa
CUTTING MACHINERY.
EEL
WAtM3NHGM
AXLEfe
SPRINGS
m ns
SPORES
RIMS
STREL.S&Kl.VS
u. h snars
SCREW
Bittenbender&Co..Scranton.
Wliolessle aud retnil Oealers' in Wanoniusksrs' and Blacksmiths'
BUPPLIE8.
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CQ
K HANTON AND WILKES BAHRK. I'A., MANUFACTUKKRS Of
Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers,
HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
General Office, BCRANTOK,
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ASK YOUR GROCER AND INSIST UPON HIS FURNISHING YOU WITH
STOWEES'
Dfiucious.MiLDstroAn cuniau absolutely puriH
HAMS, LARD.
EVERY HAM AND PAIt. OF LARD BRANDED.
uagmifun fug STOWERS BACKING CO., SCRANTON. PA
T
HE DUTHE1L STUDIO
315
LACKAWANNA AVKNCB,
SI BANTUS, PA.
TT AAVINU HAM a (ulitract Wit 1
LJ frame factory to turn Ml l.OIJ
I p ii'Htu'a unwi'un now vurt
i inK. 1 wish touunount'ft titln pub
5 li.-tliHt 1 will Mink,- 11 1 1 KM 'IN"':
CRAYON POKTKAir eoptsd :rnm
OI1V sniull onu ABSOLuTEXT KKEIC Of
CIlAKOE.
l.Ail.i' ITYLEa OF FUAMliS riui'l
a no f i WAlii)
Woi'kmitiisliip ituurantcDd.
1 1 in - W per cent, lew than regular prl H
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